Consrancs M. K. Arrianzs Exssnon Duuias '17 Mantaw O'Common ‘18 Karmaanre Houumar '18 Eximasera Hovonron ‘18 Gonpon Woovsurr '19 Awwa Dupacn ‘19 Farperica Howe. '19 Assistant Business Managers MARY STAIR, '18 FRANCES BUFFUM, ‘18 Subscriptions may begin at any time Gubsoription, $1.50 Malling Price, $2.00 ce =— “They Toll Not”! With the example of Beau Brummel, the “glass of fashion and the mould of form”, before us on Saturday evening, the decision of the Undergraduate Asso- ciation as to jumpers worn at plays seems heresy indeed. 1918 plans to station at the door a fashion expert who will censor all costumes in order that we may be quite A la mud and correct in every par- ticular’. Those arriving in deshabille can only exclaim, in the immortal words of the play: “Great Heavens! the bailiff”, and retire in confusion to their boudoirs. The Right of Eminent Domain Many events of late, both national and local, have conspired to point out the vir- tues of unanimity. President Wilson em- phasized it in his proclamation of April 17th: “The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together”! This week’s Independ- ent, in an article entitled “United We Stand”, declares: “Never in the history of the United States have the people of this country entered a war with such unanimity of mind and given it such united support. In the days when an Englishman named George Washington took up arms against a German king called George III we were very far from being united. A large and influential part of the population took the Tory side and all through the Revolution the country was torn by dissensions. The War of 1812 was a sectional war. It was approved by a bare majority in Congress and New England threatened to secede because of it. The Mexican War was re- garded with abhorrence in the North— and the popular song of the day was: “Go, go, g0, Mr. Polk, you know, Bids you fight and kill and quell, Cut their throats and make them yell, Send their spirits down to hell, ”Y Conquer Mexico”! Again, in a recent question nearer home, the singlemindedness with which the whole college, faculty and students attacked preparedness was a strong ar- gument for taking common counsel. But no matter how united a nation or even a college may become there must still be division of powers. The action of the undergraduates in making deci- sions concerning “merits” looks like an infringement on the academic domain of the faculty which is not likely to prove of much value. The case of merits is too personal a one to be decided by a court partly composed of the culprits. wo tek Milan ot fas Oia ek the liberty of commenting upon the letter and editorial in the last number of your excellent paper regarding the use of the college grounds for the raising of food crops. The present movement to stimulate pro- duction and avoid waste is most com- mendable, but it is quite possible that such efforts may be misdirected and re- sult in an economic loss. ~ Let us suppose that the college grounds are planted with potatoes (which offer the greatest possibilities) and consider what would be the probable result. The college grounds have not been plowed for many years; the soil is hard and compact; tree roots extend close under the sod over much of it; there is a lack of humus, and when plowed it would be difficult to get a seed bed that would yield a fair crop. Several years of plow- ing and the addition of manure well plowed in would be necessary to secure this. Therefore, if it is decided to put a crop in this year, it would be necessary to use ground quite unprepared for the purpose. To get even fair results it would be nec- essary to add large quantities of potash fertilizers, and as these come only from Germany and the American stocks are al- most exhausted, this would be very ex- pensive, if not indeed impossible. It is my judgment, therefore, that any crop which is put upon the college grounds within the next year or two would be a disappointment. Another question which should be con- sidered is that of the labor which would be used in preparing the ground and tend- ing these crops. This would all have to be hired, as I should not expect the col- lege girls to do more than drop the:pota- by “some farmer. This farmer and his teams and plow and the men-who are employed later to care for the crop would be taken from farms where they could use their energies under better conditions and produce more than they could possibly produce on the college campus. I assume that it would not be proposed to use the college grounds in this way more than one or two or three years (in producing each time a disappointing crop) and at the end of that time the lawns would be restored. This would re- quire a large amount of labor which should be charged up against the experi- ment. Altogether, therefore, I feel that in making this venture the college itself would be contributing nothing and doing nothing of value to the community, but would, on the other hand, be diverting labor from useful occupations to an en- terprise that is exceedingly doubtful, to say the least. In my opinion, anyone who desires to aid in the present movement for national economy should consider what labor he or she is best fitted to undertake and do with. the worker’s own hands, and not at- tempt to direct labor in occupations which are entirely unfamiliar. I believe that the college girl can best help by continuing her course without being agitated by these efforts to find something unusual to do, and when her college year is over, take a hand in solving some of the domes- tic problems which she will find at home. Yours very truly, Charles G. Rupert. April 20, 1917. To the‘Editors of the College News: Now that my garden is waking up after the long winter, I venture to trespass on your space with an invitation to any mem- bers of the college to visit it at any time and investigate any corner of it, regard- less of whether anyone is there to give a personal welcome. C. A, Seott. IN PATRONIZING "As the husband of one Bryn Mawr girl| gia }| and the father of another, I am assuming tees when the ground ‘had been prepared | ADVERTISERS, PLEASE MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWS" ties, from ten to fifty cents’ worth, on any week-day when conditions (of weather, growth, etc.) are favourable. For cash only. C. A. Scott. SCHOLARSHIP TO JUNIOR TO LIVE IN NEW YORK FOR JULY The Charity Organization Society of New York has invited a junior to be its guest in New York, living at one of the settlement houses and working under them for the month of July. The ex- penses including board and the railway fare from college to New York is given them. Eleven other students will also repre- sent eleven other colleges, the six women staying together in one settlement house and the men in another, and all meeting for discussion. The work will include taking a boy or girl to a dispensary, taking allowances to the aged, the finding of employment for the head of a family, and helping children, crippled, unemployed and sick. Saturday afternoons and Sundays will be free and recreations will be planned for the stu- dents so that they will see how the people of New York find their amusements. Any one interested should communicate with Dr. Kingsbury at once. English Peer Describes B. M. ————— Emphasizes High Standards of Exam- inations In a of a Recent Tour in Mh, ies near Havertord” and nite “stiff” entrance examinations and a “se- lect” membership. The quotation reads: “The third of the best-known colleges for women in America is Bryn Mawr, which is in Pennsylvania, near the univer- sity for men, Haverford. It was later in foundation than the other two colleges mentioned (Wellesley and Vassar) having come into existence in 1885. The princi- pal of Haverford, Dr, Isaac Sharpless, is on the governing board of Bryn Mawr, and both colleges are under the Society of Friends. It educates about four hun- dred girls, and its entrance examination is always stiff, so as to keep the members select as the space is limited”’. NEW HEAD PROCTORS IN OFFICE 1919’s new head proctors went into of- fice last Tuesday. E. Biddle who was elected from Merion, tendered her resig- nation at a hall meeting, saying that she was often away over the week-ends, and E. Carus was elected in her place. The new proctors are: Pem West, Marjorie Martin; Pem East, Frances Day; Rocke- feller, Marjorie Ewen; Denbigh, Augusta Blue; Merion, Clara Hollis; Radnor, Eleanor Marquand. B. M. CLUB OF NEW YORK INVITES SENIORS TO JOIN Initiation Fee Waived for Those Who Will Join Within One Year Seniors are now eligible to the Bryn Mawr Club of New York. By joining within one year of graduation they n not pay the initiation fees. There are three possible classes of memberships—resident, suburban {within forty miles of New York), and /non-resi- dent—all of which give the use of rooms and restaurant. The club hovse is situ- ated at 137 East Fortieth St ently near the Grand Central Station. Represented in Fiction A cosmopolitan collection of new books has gathered on the shelves of the New Book Room during vacation. Among the most important is the series of “Pelle the Conqueror”, comprising four volumes; . “Boyhood”, “Apprenticeship”, “The Great Struggle”, and “Daybreak”, by the Danish writer, Martin Andrew Nexé, translated by Jessie Muir and Bernard Miall. Al- though each is in itself a unified story, the four volumes when taken together de- scribe “a career of experiment, of search for the meaning of life—and a successful search”. It is a study of the labor move- ment as a whole through the story of the life of a Bornholm peasant. Other novels that are new for the li- brary are “Anna of the Five Towns”, by Arnold Bennett, and “The New Machia- velli’, by H. G. Wells. Here also are three works of Dostoevsky, “A Raw Youth”, “The Insulted and Injured”, and “The Eternal Husband and Other Sto- ries”, which have recently been translated by Susan Garnett. These translations are the first version in easy idiomatic Eng- lish that has been made of this “most deeply Russian of the Russians”. The Drama Criticized Among the new critical works there are three books on modern drama and drama- tists, two of which, ‘“Dunsany the Drama- tist”, by Edward Hale Bierstadt, and “The Contemporary Drama of Ireland”, by Er- nest A. Boyd, treat of Lord Dunsany. The former is a fascinating sketch of that Irishman’s works and personality, and the latter describes the movements and ten- dencies of modern drama in Ireland, and shows how “after long years of purely.. political struggle the soul of Ireland has once more found expression in literature”. In “The Contemporary Drama of Eng- land”, by Thomas H. Dickinson, the au- thor has taken a rather critical attitude in writing of the successes and failures of English drama from the accession of Vic- toria to the beginning of the Great War. ETHOS SUPREME Even though the substitution of women in the trade of printing would result, it is said, in more detailed and careful work, it could hardly result in-a- more supreme esthetic feeling than that evinced by the printer of the Lantern, who encouraged the editors to mark all the blank verse plainly, so that the compositor would not try to make “poetry” out of it. — = — A Typewriter Exceptional ee iy oe MULTIPLEX HAMMOND Two sets of type in each machine. “Just Tarn the Knob” Presto one or the other Simple—Compact—Portable Beautiful work—beyond 208 South 1lth Street, Philadelphia