Consrance M. K. Arpesex Exveanor Duuues ‘17 Maartan O'Connor ‘18 Karnaatve Houmar ‘18 Eiapera Hovosron ‘18 Gorvon Wooprurr ‘19 | Anna Dusaca '19 Purpentca Howat "19 MARY STAIR, '18 FRANCES BUFFUM, '18 Subscriptions may begin at any time Bubscription, $1.50 Mailing Price, $2.00 mee stots ae Brza Maw aa gis. at the At = To Face the Music The college showed its courage at the meeting of the Undergraduate Associa- tion last week, when the motion to drop some of the regular college work in favor of special preparedness courses was de- feated and an overwhelming majority of the undergraduates voted to take up pre- paredness training in addition to the work they were already carrying. This was not the act of an enthusiastic mob carried away by a momentary situa- tion. It was not the act of a crowd swayed by a sudden and intense hatred of the enemy. It typified indeed the spirit of the American people to-day, who, although refusing to be carried off their feet by a whirlwind of excitement, never- theless are quite ready to take to them- selves the responsibilities of war. This spirit is manifest over the whole country to-day. We know what we are to expect on entering the conflict, but we face it unflinchingly. This attitude was evinced by the many thousands of Phila- delphians taking part in the great Pre- paredness parade and mass-meeting on Saturday. In all the crowds there was no drunkenness or rowdyism evident; in- stead, they, and others like them over all the land, were pervaded by the earnest patriotism which realizes it stands before a great crisis, and, realizing, is unafraid. & Scylla and Charybdis Since the cut rule controversy there has probably been no question so impor- tant in its consequences as the question of modifying academic work for the sake of preparedness courses. Two points are especially significant. First, that this important academic mat- ter was left entirely to the undergradu- ates to decide, and second, that a large majority were convinced that cutting down the regular work would be a detri- ment to their ultimate usefulness. This decision, an assertion of our faith in gen- eral mental training and abstract study, comes from no pacificism or careless ob- livion of the needs of the day. College work well done is a patriotic act. Keep Off the Grass The young and over-eager committee considering duty above pleasure goes about to audit. They have not yet offered to audit the faculty accounts nor have they invaded the college business office. Perhaps, young enthusiasts, they will be glad when the hot weather comes that some private organizations have not wel- Vio Wetter teoal lank veces bor contains an entirely unnecessary and un- just slur upon the sincerity of Colonel Roosevelt in his efforts for adequate mili- tary preparation on the part of the United. States, Certainly, if there is any- thing in which he has been consistent throughout his career, it is in his preach- ing of preparedness in season and out of season, and his sincerity is attested by his active service in the field during the Spanish war and his offer of very definite service in the present crisis. Moreover, Colonel Roosevelt is undeniably our strongest attribute to-day in the matter of stirring up the sort of patriotism that will mean the making of an army; and if the question is to be raised, as the College News has raised it, as to what brand of preparedness we should choose, there are many who would prefer, after the manner of Lincoln, the “fire-water” of Colonel Roosevelt to the “grape-juice” variety of- fered as a substitute, Thomas DeC. Ruth. To the HBditor of the College News: One does not have to be an admirer of Mr. Roosevelt’s entire character and rec- ord to be indignant at the unworthy slur cast upon him in the College News of March 28th. If there had been displayed by the government a little more of the “insistency” that has characterized Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude towards national preparedness, the present belated “sin- cere efforts” of the Administration would not be of the feverish, eleventh-hour sort that we now witness. The News is un- wise to cater, even in its little sphere, to prejudice against a man who, whatever else he is, is surely of the utmost value to the country at this time. Ss. C. Chew. To the Editor of the College News: In_view of the misunderstanding there seems to be in regard to the exact rela- tion of the First Aid classes now under way and actual service under the Ameri- can Red Cross in time of war, we take this opportunity of explaining their re- lation. Just as it was explained at the time of the registration for the First Aid classes, a student who has attended eight out of the ten lectures and passes the examina- tion with a grade of 75 per cent or over is eligible to volunteer for service under the Red Cross in time of war. However, to quote from the leaflet issued by the Red Cross, “Women are advised to follow their training in First Aid by a course in Elementary Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick”. “In selecting women for serv- ice the preference will be given to those who have had not only the course in Ele- ‘manded here that First Aid be the first course given, as there was barely time when the courses were proposed to ar- range for its ten lectures, to say nothing of the fifteen lectures required for the course in Elementary Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick. With two hundred ap- | plicants for such a course it was impos- sible to arrange for more than one lec- ture a week for each class. At that time the possibility of courses in Elementary Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick next fall was considered. At best, the graduate of these courses, as one of the doctors giving First Aid ex- plained, “is one grade above a scrub-wo- man, She can be trusted to do no harm.” The courses do not pretend to turn out skilled nurses. : D. A. Peters ’19. G. Woodbury '19. SUPT. OF THE NEW YORK STATE REFORMATORY TO SPEAK Mrs. Davis Chosen by Mayor Mitchell as Most Competent Person for Place Mrs. Katherine Bement Davis, superin- tendent of the New York State Reforma- tory for Women, which has charge of more than 400 girls, and former head- worker of the College Settlement in Philadelphia, will speak_on “The Protec- tion of Women” in Taylor Hall, April 14th, in connection with Miss Kingsbury’s class in social study. According to Miss Marjorie Dorman, anti-suffragist, Mrs. Davis got her posi- tion, which was one of the biggest given out by Mayor Mitchell at his election, not because she is a suffragist, but because she is the most competent person in the .| country to fill such a place. ALUMNA NOTES The marriage of Marion D. Crane ’11 to Mr. Charles Carroll will take place at Ithaca on Easter Monday, April 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll will live in Ithaca. Mrs. Asa Dupuy Watkins (Dorothea Day '03) has a son born in March. Marion Scott ‘11 is doing journalist work in New York this winter. Gladys Chamberlain ‘12 is the social worker for the Madison Avenue Presby- terian Church. “The Red Rugs of Tarsus”, an Ameri- can woman’s experience in the Armenian massacres of 1909, written by Helen Dav- enport Gibbons ex-’06, has been published by The Century Co. m| studied depends upon the convenience of *|the pupil”. — “The convenience of the pupil” de- Special 25% Reduction for Ten Days comed their offer. 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Feminists Only Logical Suffragists As things are now, said Miss Dorman, no man voter can claim economic sup- port from anyone else, but all wives can sue their husbands if such support is withheld. Feminists are the only logical suffragists, and even they in their plea for the equal division of household work are fallacious, for few homes would go on happily if the men were given a share in the domestic labor. Illinois was the only State where the votes of the men and women were counted separately, and there both sexes voted alike, she said. In her opinion suf- frage was here only a doubled expense to the government, and attended by no exceptional results. The only real way of uplift, she concluded, is to make hu- manity better, and this must be by per- suasion and the influence of mothers on their children. SOCIAL STUDY CLASS HOLDS A PRACTICAL CONFERENCE Community Center Problems Set Forth Miss Kingsbury’s class in social study last Wednesday held a conference on the Community Center. The speakers were Miss Hilda Smith, the head of the Com- munity Center; Mrs. Dayton Vorhees (Elsa Dennison '10), former chairman of the Executive Committee, and Miss Eu- land, formerly a worker under the Gary school system and now head of Carson College for Orphan Girls. Miss Smith es- pecially stated the problems of the Com- munity Center and asked for suggestions for their solution. —_—__ A ete Exceptional Chaney rot tat rom oe THE MULTIPLEX HAMMOND Two sets of type in each machine. “Jest Tare the Knob” Presto one or the other Beautiful work—beyond Sf oct incined te & new wunbina, uire for our Factory Rebuilts. e Rent Machines of high quality.