Photo by Rolfe & Co THE CLASS OF 1917 TENTH REUNION BRINGS GREATEST NUMBER--- 1907 LEADS Bluepoints Compose Costumes 1907 with 58 at their tenth reunion has led all the classes in the number return- ing, though, in spite of war-time economy, all the reunions have been unusually large. The class that planted the first class tree, 1897, has been 35 strong at its twen- tieth reunion. The historic tree is an oak outside of Dalton and this year the class had to go to the Pike and buy three yards of ribbon to tie around it. Red hat, tie and stockings and white dress is their costume, Their class baby, Helen Hutch- ins Weist, the daughter of Alice Cilley Weist, will enter next year and on Wednesday her mother gave a tea for her at Bryn Mawr. At 1907’s banquet, held Saturday even- ing in Pembroke, their class president, who is also an ex-president of the Ath- letic Association, Esther Williams Al- thorp, spoke. The toast mistress was A. Cannon and the other speakers were Dean Schenck, H. Houghteling, Mrs. Cecil Barnes (M. Ayer), G. Hutchins, the Chi- nese missionary who spoke last fall at China Night; E. Thayer, reader in French here, and M. O'Sullivan, whose blank verse translation of “Pallas” was printed in the Lantern Night number of the News. Green cloth turtles hung around their necks distinguished 1907. Their re union had been arranged for by Mrs Barnes, who arrived early last week, and A. Hawkins, warden of Merion. At 1912's fifth reunion banquet, in Rad- nor Saturday night, 35 were present. M. Alden Lane was toastmistress, and: L Watson, C. Hammer, M. Thompson, and C. Welles were the speakers. (Continued on page 2, column 2.) | will be done away with. SENIOR ORALS ARE DEFINITELY ABOLISHED Written Examinations Will Take Their Place Next Year OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF CHANGE The senior oral examinations having been abolished by the faculty, written ex- aminations will be given next year in their place at the time scheduled for the oral examinations and will be conducted by two committees of three each elected in French and in German by the faculty, | | made in the courses required for an A.B. one member of the department concerned being elected to act as chairman. New Entrance Requirements Many changes have been made in the entrance requirements of Bryn Mawr Col- lege which will be optional in 1918 and following years, and obligatory from 1921. The examination in the fourth language Candidates will be required to offer as at present Mathe- matics, Latin, English, 4 points each; an examination in either Greek, French, or German, counting 3 points, somewhat more difficult than the present Greek, French, and German, the examinations being equivalent to French A and B or German A and B of the College Entrance Examination Board; Ancient History, counting one point in and after 1919; Physics counting 2 points, in and after 1919; English History, about equivalent to four periods a week for one year, counting 1 point; American History, being per- mitted to be substituted, if schools can fur- nish proof that’ English History cannot be taught in the school courses, optional in 1918 and following years, obligatory in 1921; Physiology and Hygiene, or Chem- istry, or Physical Geography, or Botany, equivalent to about 3 periods a week for one year, counting 1 polit, Gptional in 1918 and following years, obligatory in 1921 It is hoped by the faculty that by reduc- ing the amount of language work required or preparation and by requiring subjects like history and science, students may enter Bryn Mawr better prepared than at present for their college work. Changes in A. B. Curriculum Important changes have also been degree, these changes being in great part a consequence of dropping the oral ex- aminations in French and German for seniors. On the first Saturday of each college year every undergraduate student must take an hour’s written examination in the foreign language, Greek or French, or German, which she offered at entrance. This examination must be taken in every year of the college course until gradua- tion. Students entering with Greek will be excused from the written examination in Greek at the beginning of the year fol- lowing the—-year in which they have elected and passed a minor or major course in Greek. On the second Saturday of the junior year, every junior must take an exami- nation in a language which she did not offer at entrance, Greek, or French, or German, Spanish, students entering with Greek being required to take French or German. This examination will be ele- mentary in character, about equivalent to 5 periods a week for one year in prepara- tory schools or to elementary Greek, French, or German in the college, vided that only about an hour and a half of outside preparation for each hour of lecture Juniors who fail to pass this examina (Continued on page 2, column i.) or pro- is required VARSITY TAKE ALUMNA GAME Athletic Prizes Awarded The alumne celebrated Bryn Mawr’s fifth Athletic Day yesterday morning with a triumphal procession from Pem- broke Arch to the lower hockey field. With them marched the alumne and varsity basket-ball teams, whose game, won by varsity 18-2, preceded the pres- entation of cups and yellow ties. After the game, T. Howell, president of the Athletic Association, presented the individual and class athletic cups. Gold searf pins in the shape of miniature hockey sticks were presented to the members of the Varsity hockey team in memory of their championship season and the All-Philadelphia. The cup for the all-around athletic cham- pionship, presented last year by Miss Ap- plebee in honour of the class of 1916, was won by 1917, champions in four sports, with a total of 185 1-6 points. The cup for first team hockey cham- pionship went 1917, the second and third to 1919. In tennis and swimming, 1920 carried off the honours. The fresh- men took the cups for first team singles and doubles, while M. S. Cary '20 won the individual championship. 1920 also secured the class cup for swimming, and two fréshmen, M. and K. Townsend, tied for the individual cup 1917 won the only water-polo cup, that for first team championship, as well as victory over to college S. Cary the corresponding awards in basket-ball and track. -The individual track cup was won for the third time by H. Harris "17, track cup to be held for good. The second team basket-ball cup was captured by 1920, the 1918 who was also awarded a special third team by First class swimming medals, aside from those already presented to the Continued on page 2, column 3 4 ie Re ¢ Manager oe FRANCES BUFFUM 18 niees Consrance M. K. Aprieser. Karmaane Houmar ‘18 Evizasera Hovasron ‘18 Gorvow Woopaurr ‘19 A. R. Dusicn °19 Parbenits Hows '19 __Danreta Crane '20 ‘hailisesite Cathet Setaagien FRANCES CLARKE '19 CLARA: HOLLIS "19 Subsctiptions may begin at any time @ubecription, $1.50 — Mailing Price, $2.00 Once upon a time thane was a girl who was continually dissatisfied on the sub ject of her “senior oral examinations in French and German”. First she com- plained that it was impossible to get to them on time and that she ran the risk of losing by default. So her kind in- structors instituted the custom of sopho- more runners—with their general conno- tation of “being shot at sunrise”. Next the girl complained that she took no French or German in college and had for’ gotten in her senior year what she knew for her entrance examinations. Then to remedy this defect her twice kind in- structors gave her little French and Ger- man books to read each summer to pre- vent her from forgetting and here her summer was “ruined”! “But this is only a farce , she protested afresh, “on prin- ciple, I never do merely recommend read- ing”. So the thrice kind instructors of- fered—-indeed required—‘mock orals” to welcome the girl in the fall. “Orals are barbarous” was her next sweeping de- nunciation and now she will write instead of speak before the dread triumvirate. Who benefits by the change?—-why the song-writers; for now they have found a new rhyme for their verses, “trembling hand and pen” ins‘ead of the traditional “voice”. Go on, Mighty Seniors! Though the red banner will hang on the gym next year for hockey, water-polo, and basket-ball, no victorious emblem will be needed to remind the college of the outgoing senior class. For the record of the class which has won three triple championships and under whose lead the Varsity hockey team first defeated Alt} Philadelphia includes more than sporting honors. 1917's academic average is one of the highest ever reached at Bryn Mawr. Nineteen seniors have an average of 80 or over and four graduate Magna Cum Laude. Only two have an average of less than 70. In the matter of abolishing irksome tra- ditions 1916 largely cleared the way last year, but 1917 has departed from custom in the giving of original senior plays. Their significance may be measured by the furore they created. Finally; 1917 will be vaunted in tradi- tion as the last class to undergo ordeal by fire, the “last class to take the senior orals”. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (The editors do not hold themselves responsible for opinions expressed in this column) To the Editor of the College News: May I introduce Bryn Mawr through the College News to the Intercollegiate Alumnz Athletic Association? The As- sociation, which is the outgrowth of the work of the Barnard Alumne Commit- tee on Athletics, was formed a little over a year ago. In its membership of more than 400 there are 56 colleges and universities represented. Of course, you are more interested in the future than in the past and if those ‘of you who live in or near New York will join us next winter you will have abundant opportunity for good basket- ball and swimming and dancing, and almost everything else you can think of. MARIAN O'CONNOR ‘18|16 and 17. Perhaps if you come to Sat: instruction for beginners, drills for in- the Association is a true example of community co-operation and except for urday afternoon hockey practice in the} ‘| fall we can bave « team that will beat next year’s” varsity. Beginning in Oc- | tobe there will be riding classes with termediates, and bare back and polo for the more daring spirits. All this you can have at “bargain rates”, for annual dues of two dollars (which cover the expenses of running the various com- mittees, printing of notices and postage, etc.) the fee for each activity is the ac- tual cost per individual. You will find that the weekly classes are a fine wuy to keep up with collegsa friends—and to make new ones. Aiumnze of ten or twenty years ago play with as much abandon as last year’s A. B.’s. Vassar and Smith vie with Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke for the basket-ball championship. Bryn Mawr did not win this year—but with your help it may next year. If you don’t want to join the Asso- ciation now, cut this out and put it where you will find it next fall. Take my word for it, about the middle of Oc- tober you will begin to long for hockey or swimming or even for Heavy Gym. Miss Charlotte Hand, 373 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, will be glad to an- swer any questions or to send you niem- bership application blanks. New York, May 26. Agnes Morrow 1912. To the Editor of the College News: The Boston Athletic Association of Col- legiate Alumnz, which meets for basket- ball, hockey, tennis, gym, and anything else which members want, is anxious for new members. Any holder of a degree from Bryn Mawr, or from any other four- year college course, is eligible, and ap- plications for membership may be made to M. Edwina Warren, 41 Middlesex Road, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Do join if you are in or near Boston next winter. Blizabeth Ayer ‘14, Mary Coolidge ‘14, Edwina Warren ‘14, Ger- trude Emery '15, or Miss Applebee will be glad to give any information about the club. *. Every one who enjoyed athletics in col- lege will find organized exercises after college not only healthful but most en- joyable. The annual dues are very small and the more members the less dues. M. Edwina Warren ‘14. Tenth Reunion Brings Greatest Number (Continued from page 1.) A picnic took the place of 1914’s supper on Monday evening and about 40 came back for it. An ex-president of Self-Government, E. B. Smith, was '15’s toastmistress at their banquet in Merion Saturday. The speak- ers were H. Bradford, Dean of Women at Leland Stanford University; I. Foster, founder of the College News; O. Erbsloh, M. Jacobs, M. Keller Heyl, mother of the class baby; A. Kenyon, an ex-president of the Undergraduate Association; M. M. Chamberlain Moore, K. Mc@ollin, and E. Van Horn. The headquarters for 1915 have been in Rockefeller. They had no costume this year. An oyster shell on a light blue ribbon composed 1916’s costume. 39 were pres- ent at their banquet on Saturday evening in Rockefeller, where L. Klein was toast- mistress. The speakers were A. Werner, ex-president of the Undergraduate Asso- ciation; D. Packard, M. Dodd Sangree, M. Russell, ex-president of Self-Govern- ment, and M. Branson, ex-president of the Athletic Association. The class bulletins recording the “past, present and future” of 1916 were place cards. Their head- quarters have been in Merion. The money saved on costumes was voted to the sup For the summer, tennis courts have been Sn ger eS Over $3200 collected by tl the 5 Bova Mawr Belgian Committee since March 5th, for the support of Beersel, near Malines, Ant- werp, was sent to Mr. Alexander Hemp- hill, treasurer of the American Commis- sion for Relief in Belgium, before June 1st, the last day when the Commission would receive contributions. Owing to the government loan to Belgium no pledges will be collected hereafter. Last week the committee refunded many ad- vance payments on pledges. Approximately $1200 of the $3200 was given by the Alumne and faculty, and $2000 by the students. $1200 went to the Commission in three monthly payments of Bryn Mawr’s $400 a month pledge and the balance was sent May 31st in accord- ance with the request of Mr. Hoover. In a letter to the Bryn Mawr “associates” of the Commission Mr. Hoover sent his thanks to the subscribers as individuals and as an organized group. That the Belgian Relief and the Red Cross Committees of the C. A. combine next year under the head of the War Re- lief has been proposed. The executives of the Belgian Relief are E. Houghton 5 Sas Fuller, graduate. Freshmen Cut Least, Juniors Most The statistics of the Undergraduate Cutting Committee show that on an aver- age 1920 has taken the least unexcused cuts, with 1917 a close second; 1918, the | most, with 1919 next. In the matter of recording the cuts 1919 and 1920 have been more exact than 1917 and 1918. As the hall representatives have been un- able to collect all of 1917’s cut cards for May the figures in their case are an esti- mate. These statistics have been made out on a slightly different basis from those of the office. Unavoidable cuts, such as those for illness in the student’s family, have been counted excused. Hence the unexcused cuts represent those which are really illegitimate and should not have been taken. The office statistics for—the—last-third of the semester have not yet come. Report of Cut Statistics Total number of students.......... 358 Number of cuts: DE icc ec ca cnnan 1467 Excused ..... Og ea ee ce ae 1980 oe heck 3447 By Classes NUMBER OF STUDENTS 8. ee a 78 Be a a a kk 66 WU a a oo os es 110 Ee ee ee 105 NUMBER OF CUTS Excused Unexcused Total BN 4 os hay aes 0 oe 330 300 630 ee en 262 306 668 ee 742 483 1,225 BOO vious es obs Ce 378 924 CUTS. PER STUDENT Excused Unexctsed Total BOTT ei eek 3 4,3 3.8 8.0 : RD 4.6 10. 6 1 Billy Sunday at Baccalaureate Evidently feeling that to some members of the congregation a suggestion to “brighten. the corner where you are” might not be untimely, the skilled Italian workmen supplied the platform seats for Baccalaureate last Sunday with Billy | ; Sunday hymn books. Detected by a dis- cerning eye they were removed a few | ton, will be required to go into tuiortag '18, F. Howell ’19, K. Clifford 20, and H.| = |classes and pay for them at the present ae rates. They will not have another Op portunity to be examined until the second Saturday of their senior year. If they ‘fail to pass this examination they must wait over for their degree and try the same examination again at the beginning of the next college year, this rule requir- ing them to defer their degrees admit- ting of no exception. Students failing to pass any one.of the four written examinations in the lan- guage offered for entrance will in ifke manner be required to go into tutoring classes and the fact of having passed the written examination in one year will not save-them from being put into a tutoring class in the next year if they fail to pass. As in the former oral examinations, eter- nal vigilance is the price of safety. M ; “2 soconnge tf i ah i | rE | = —— = { A Most Attractive Figure HT Bete. A corset is so personal—so much a part of one’s very self —that it should be most thought- fully selected and. fitted by a skillful fi.ter. Redfern Models enhance figure beauty and correct figure defects. You will appreciate the value of a Redfern Corset, and you will like the beauty of form and exquisite dain- tiness of the latest models. minutes before the service. ee ee i Athletic Prizes Awarded (Continued from page 1.) freshmen, were awarded to four seniors. | A second class swimming medal was) awarded to one senior and one sopho- | more, i Yellow ties were awarded to M. Thomp-| son "17, La Brown "17, V. Litchfield "17, H. | Harris "17, M. Willard "17, T. Howell 18, | port of a French orphan. M. Peacock "19 IN PATRONIZING ADVERTISERS, PLEASE MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWS" $3 up At High Class Stores Any: student nds, aggressive, 1 THE COLLEGE. NEWS pee pcatesnieteepecmceromanaaneen ee ee rah namineeecennene-nsrencnnenaemansientnninnehinmeeanineinnirenianerenyataanenalnene nanan — — The ‘alumna who ‘baped in the _» Alumne-Varsity water-polo_ _practise | shenis tiene || ployment of a rest bh the summer months” is invited through: a letter. just received by the Appoint- ment Bureau to write to the Thomas Manufacturing Co., makers of phono-| graph parts, Dayton, Ohio. For a “quiet, studious, serious-minded girl’, on the other hand, there is an enenine with the J. Walter. Thompson Advertising -Co., to do stenographic work in their braftch office in Cincinnati. The most recent teaching position the Bureau has been asked to’ fill is in the Madison, New Jersey, high school. “Can- didate must be a college graduate, a Protestant, of good appearance, inter- ested in high school pupils and their school activities and have. at least one year’s experience in high school work”. The subjects to be taught are German, Algebra, and Plane Geometry. The posi- tion pays $850. -WAR CUTS COMMENCEMENT FESTIVITIES AT MEN’S COLLEGES Patriotic Demonstrations Replace Spreads—Yale Crew Race Abandoned On account of the war Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton and other colleges are radically modifying their Commence- ment gayeties. Reunions, spreads, and dances are being cut down and at some universities preparedness demonstrations will take their place. : “Many a senior will receive his bach- elor’s degree clad in khaki’, says the New York Times. “At Harvard many class day features will be omitted and there will be no ball game or boat race with Yale, At Princeton plans have been practically completed to make the annual commencement a great demonstration of loyalty. A mass meeting and parade will be held in the Stadium, where the Prince- ton unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will march in review before dis- tinguished visitors. In the evening an- other patriotic mass meeting will be held on the front campus’. Strauss 3: halfback, L. Dillingham 16; fullbacks, EB. Ayer 14, C. Kellen "163: goal, M. Coolidge 14, Several changes in this line-up were made for |. the match on Monday. The freshmen swimming medals were presented Wednesday night at the senior singing by T. Howell ‘18, president of the Athletic Association. The Rosemary Hall hockey team, coached this year by F. Kellogg ’16, Director of Athletics at Rosemary, was beaten only once throughout the 12 MEDALS WON THIS YEAR Given to Freshmen at Senior Singing On account of the absence of freshmen from Athletic Day the precedent was es- tablished last Wednesday evening of awarding the freshmen swimming medals at senior singing. T. Howell ’18, presi- dent of the Athletic Association, pre- sented 1st class medals to M. S. Cary, K Townsend, K. Cauldwell, P. Helmar; 2nd class to M. R. Brown and B. Weaver. M. M. Carey, H. Holmes, A. Moebius made 3rd class. Swimming medals, given on Athletic Day were: Ist class, 1917, H. Harris, L. Chase, E. Russell, M. Willard; 2nd class, E. Dulles ’17, H. Spalding ’19. 3rd class, 1917, Allport, Davis, Malone, Blodgett, Collins, Stevens. 1918, Gest, Newlin, L. T. Smith. 1919, Ewen. 1920, M. M. Carey, H. Holmes, Moebius. COLLEGE BREAKFAST TO-DAY Besides the toastmistress, E. Dabney 19, the speakers for College Breakfast, held to-day at noon in the gymnasium, in- clude in order of speeches: Helen Robins ’92, Janet Holmes '19, Mrs. Corinne Put- nam Smith ex-’97, Thalia Smith ’17, Ellen Thayer ’09, Larie Klein ’16, Helene John- son '19, Charlotte Dodge '18, Mary Shipley Allinson ’14, Natalie McFaden ‘17, Harriet Bradford 15, Constance Hall ’17. o oF _ SPORTING ws ee ‘last Saturday | afternoon were: For-| wards, A. ‘Miller ’14, F. Kellogg 16, EB: |, Bryn Mawr beat All-Philadelphia 3-0, M. Stair '18 and M. S. ‘Carey ’20 — played last week in the patriotic tennis tournament for Pennsylvania and the eastern states held at the Merion Cricket Club. M. Stair reached the ‘third round, meeting defeat at the hands of Mrs. Knud Dahl, the Swiss champion. The Varsity Hockey Committee for next year, appointed by the Athletic Board, is: M. Bacon ’18, chairman; G. Hearne ’19, M. M. Carey ’20, and Miss Applebee. : 1920 has elected M. M. Carey class hockey captain for next year. i English Club President Will Also Manage “Tip” M. Rupert ‘18 has been elected next : -year’s President of English Club. She is also to be editor-in-chief of Tipyn o’ Bob, after serving on the board since her soph- | omore year. In the elections a few weeks ago she was chosen President of the French Club. WOMEN INCLUDED IN MILITARY RECORDS New York Women Take Census “For the first time in the history of the country”, says the New York Times, “a military census is to include women as well as men. This census also deviates from its predecessors in that women vol- unteers will take an active part in the actual work of enumeration. Chief among the organizations taking part are the Na- tional League for Women’s Service, with Mrs. Goelet Gallatin at the head, and the State Suffrage League, directed by Mrs. -| Norman de R. Whitehouse. According to Miss Esther E, Lape, chairman of the Re- source Mobilization Committee, a division of the Department of Codéperating agen- cies, the census work will do much toward showing the women their comparative strength and how they fit into the work as a whole”. A similar census dividing the students into agricultural, business, scientific, and hospital reserves was made last year by Dr. Marion Parris Smith ‘01. season cad then by All-Philadelphia. — Ae “Sok Segetiatinast Qeetoastonlion of the Jacques-Dalcroze Eurythmics by the pu- pils of the Model School, given last Fri- — day afternoon in the gymnasium under the direction of Monsieur de Montoliu, included dances composed by members of | the class and the singing at sight of a melody. President Thomas and several of the Directors of the collége were pres- ent. The purpose of the work in eurythmics is to cultivate to a very exact understand- ing of music (values of notes, rhythm, ac- cent, phrasing, tempo, etc.) and also to acquire the muscular control necessary to realize the music in action. When the pupil is able to express the music by means of these arbitrary movements, and her understanding of the music is obvi- ous, the motions may be varied and ex- pression becomes more “plastic”. In former years the children had not arrived at the plastic stage, but last Fri- day the two upper classes took part in dances referred to on the program as ‘“‘In- dependent control: plastic canon”, “Les petites filles de pierre, a plastic study of E. Jacques-Dalcroze”, and “Expressive ac- cents and dynamic shading; plastic inter- pretation of rhythms”. Ten Enter Alumnz Tournament Wisconsin Champion in Finals - A. Miller '14, manager of the alumnw tennis tournament which was played off last Monday, was one of the doubles champions of the state of Wisconsin in 1914 and 1915, and EB. Ayer '14, who reached the semi-finals Monday morning, has won a tournament at the Oakley Country Club in Cambridge, Massachu- setts. Both these players made Varsity while in college. Among the ten entries were: E. Hill "16, A. Werner '16, E. B. Kirk 16, I. Smith ‘15, E. Warren ‘14, E. Balderston '14, A. Hawkins ‘07, M. Rockwell Moorhaus '04. -PENNOCK. BROS. 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