me Hae Se ee hE a em Sabersubeietmnn aime seein Noe ox as Vouumn IV. No. 7 BRYN MAWR, PA., NOVEMBER 14, 1917 Price 5 Cents EX-PRESIDENT TAFT SPEAKS ¥ NIGHT ON THE WORLD WAR The | Honorable William Howard Taft, ex-President of the United States, has announced “The World War: What the United States is Fighting for”, as the sub- ject of his address to-night in the gym- nasigm at 8.30 under the auspices of the Central War Council. He is president of the League to Enforce Peace, and chair- man’ of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross, of which Woodrow — ex-officio president. 1913 Mr. Taft has been Kent Pro- fessor of Law at Yale, president of the American Bar Association, and the Amer- ican Academy of Jurisprudence. Seats are reserved for the members of the college, but no admission will be charged. VARSITY TIES GERMANTOWN Weakest Game of Season Ends, 5-5 Weak shooting and a marked slowness in following up held Bryn Mawr down to a 5-5 tie with Germantown last Saturday. The fullbacks were the strongest part of the Varsity line-up, bearing the brunt of the defense. The visitors’ team put up-a snappy fight, recovering quickly and closing in well around the goal. The Germantown . line-up included two alumnae, A. Hawkins ’ ’07, ‘warden of Merion, at left inside, and M. Kirk '10, sister of H. Kirk 14, at cen- ter forward. The captain, Mrs. Murphy, is a sister of A. Hawkins. Bryn Mawr opened the game with a rush, M. Tyler scoring in the first few minutes of play. A. Hawkins, hitting hard, came back with a goal for German-. town, followed by another tally by M. Tyler. P. Turle made a long run down the field and passed the ball in to M. Carey, who scored. Two more-points for the visitors by A. Hawkins and Miss White and a Varsity goal by M. Tyler and A. Stiles raised the score to 4-3, Bryn Mawr’s favor, at the end of the first half. Several times in the second half A. Stiles blocked the halfback’s shot, and several times the fullbacks got the play out of the circle after a close tussle in (Continued on page 3, column 4) WARLICH CONCERT DECEMBER 7 Lieder Singer Arre: Arrested as Spy Reinhold Warlich, bass basso cantante lieder singer, will give a concert in’ Taylor Hall December 7th under the auspices of the Music Committee. By request he will re- peat several of the pieces which won him special applause at his concert here last March, Thomas Reimer, Pirouchka, The Village Fool in Love, and Trepak or The Dance of Death. During a trip to the Pacific coast last summer, Mr. Warlich was arrested as a spy and had some rather unpleasant ex- periences before he succeeded in clearing himself. Of German origin, but educated in Russia, he took an anti-German stand in the early days of the war by dropping the prefix “von” from his name. Mr. Warlich is the only man whom Kreisler accompanies. For some years he sang in the opera at Vienna, but has lately devoted himself entirely to Eng- lish, Russian, German, and French folk songs, for which his clear enunciation and flexible voice make him peculiarly fitted. Tickets will be fifty cents for those con- nected with the college, and one dollar for outsiders, the profits to go to war relief. ‘ALLIES ON THE BRINK OF HELL- THEY DARE ARE NOT LOSE Devastation in Northern France De- scribed by Canadian Officer FIVE MORE YEARS OF WAR THE LEAST U. S. CAN HOFE FOR “To-day we are on the brink of hell. The only reason for saying we are going to win is because we dare not lose”. This statement came as a climax to the dark sketch of devastated France, violated Belgium, and the perilous fortunes of the Allies drawn by Major Boehm, of the 169th Canadian Infantry, in his talk last Friday in Taylor on the “German Retire- ment from the Somme in March, 1917”. The German retirement Major Boehm characterized not as an allied victory, but as a great tactical suecess for the enemy, “the most marvelous retreat in history”, a feat “which has destroyed the possibility of beating the Germans on the ee front”. Somme Battlefield a Desert Forty miles long and six miles wide and honeycombed with shell holes in which have lain for six months the bodies of 200,000 “missing” men, the bat- tlefield of the Scmme is to-day a wilder- ness of débris without a blade of grass or a tree with a limb on it, said Major Boehm. The wanton cutting down of fruit trees was an outrage least justifiable from a military viewpoint. That the Germans do not hate: the French in spite of their policy of fright- fulness was proved to Major Boehm by a German cemetery in one of the villages. Side by side were the graves of French and German soldiers, both covered with ivy, both equally honored. “Hier ruht in Gott ein franzésischer Held” was as care- fully carved by a professional stonecutter as “Hier ruht in Gott ein deutscher”. It is for the British and the Americans that the German reserves his hate and if the English navy does not succeed in winning the war, said Major Boehm, we shall have ample opportunity of learning its bitter- ness. With the English navy out of the way, he declared, the German navy could land as easily on the New England coast as the Canadians landed in Eng- land. “It is a time to dispell illusion”, the speaker continued. “The war cannot end under five years and perhaps ten. Russia is out of the game; Italy is being crushed; France is not exhausted, but nearly so; and the morale of the enemy was never better”, Reckoning on the two years it took Canada to transport 333,313 men at a time. when the submarine menace was much less, Major Boehm calculated that it would take still more time before the United States could make her strength felt and that, in the meantime, England must bear the brunt of the attack. Combatting the illusion spread by Ger- man and Irish propoganda that English colonies are sacrificed for England, the Canadian said that the highest praise a Canadian soldier asks is to be told -he fights as well as an Englishman. An account of what England and Canada are doing and a general appeal to wake up to the seriousness of the situa- tion concluded the speech. The disen- franchisement of conscientious objectors and the giving of the voté to all women with brothers, sons, or husbands at the front was, he said, an emergency measure | J. Ri to insure the return of the war party in the next elections. COMMITTEES CONFER ON WAR UNIT The possibility of a Bryn Mawr recon- struction unit was discussed at a meeting of the Conference Committee of the Alumnz Association, composed of K. McCollin '13, Mrs. R. L. Barrows (G. Buf- fum '08), and A. Patterson ’13, with the president of the Undergraduate Associa- tion and four class presidents, comprising the Undergraduate Conference Commit- tee, last Thursday afternoon. The question of late hours among the Freshmen also came up. The conference is an annual one, held on matters of com- mon Alumne and Undergraduate in- terest. WAR UNIT ALMOST CERTAIN A‘umne Discuss Possible Kinds RUSSIAN UNIT URGED Not “Shall we have a war reconstruc- tion unit’? but “What kind of a unit shall we have”? was the trend of the dis- cussion at the meeting of the Board cf New York last Saturday afternoon. Miss Marion Reilly, former dean of the college, and Miss Dimon and Miss Martha G. Thomas, who are members of the War Council, were appointed a committee to investigate the matter.. The American Friends Committee had urged that a unit be sent to Russia, where the need is unusually great. The feeling continually came out in the discussion that a unit should on no account be sent to France unless it was wanted over and above the many organizations already there. A small minority suggested that Bryn Mawr alumnz should work individ- ually through their local organizations in- stead of as a body. Miss Esther Lowenthal, Bryn Mawr 05, Professor of Economics at Smith Col- lege, gave an account of the Smith unit, and Mrs. Anna Rhoads Ladd ’89, a Direc- tor of Bryn Mawr, described the Friends’ reconstruction work. Miss Dimon told of a letter she had received from Leah Cad- bury ’14, asking the support of the Asso- ciation in canteen work in Paris, and of letters read at the War Council to inter- est the college in Y. M. C. A. huts. A list of all Bryn Mawr alumne@w and former students doing relief work abroad was suggested, and has already been be- gun by Miss Dimon. ONE-SIDED BATTLE FOR 1919 SENIOR OPPOSITION SLIGHT Strong Junior Team Work—Score 7-1 1918 offered no great ) great resistance to 1919 in the initial game of their first team series on Tuesday, as the score of 7 to 1 indicates. The fight was one sided throughout, though the Senior defense gave '19 enough difficulty in keeping the ball in ‘18's territory to show up the strength and teamwork of the green team. | Four of 1919’s”points G. Hearne scored. | The Senior forwards passed at every chance instead of dribbling. P. Turle, at right half, played the best game of the | eleven and did much to check the sweep- | ing advance of 1919’s line. | Line-up: 1918 1919 S. Belleville......... Me, Wikateceeces M. Scott Ty Es hccixcces My Makkisackacs M. France* V. Anderton®....... o Mi kiebesdeoa G. Hearne***e | eS ee a Wis eae schauns R. Chadbourne Rc on ccasace A icecsskeee. M. Tyler** PE 4 bic oo é0can ee P. Clarke : DER. 6k 00466éa Be cans bac E. Biddle i Rition .... oie Mii akaens Cos F. Lanier UME: . ks ccna Me icin ascuccs: M. Peacock M. Strauss... alieaillicneenaamnmian R. Gatlin L. Ri-hardeon...... G. . A. Thorndike Time of halves 25 and 20 minutes. oe V. KNEELAND CHAIRMAN OF WAR COUNCIL OF COLLEGE | Heads of Seven Deps Departments Chosen Include Faculty and A‘umnz WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE BIG WORK OF YEAR With V. Kneeland ’18, president of the Undergraduate Association, as chairman, Miss Dimon, Recording Secretary of the college, as secretary, and the heads of the seven departments appointed, the membership of the War Council of twenty-one is complete. The election ._| took place at the first two meetings last Thursday and Monday. Miss Kneeland, in the hot discussion preceding the election; urged that the chairman should not be an undergradu- ate, on the ground that the basis would be too narrow, but the Faculty and Alumne representatives and several of the undergraduates agreed that available . alumne were too busy, and that an un- dergraduate could work more efficiently. Miss Martha Thomas, C. Dodge ’18 and and M, Bacon '18 were the other nomi- nees, The old War Relief Committee, re- leased from the C. A. last Wednesday for the purpose, was taken over bodily as the Red Cross and Allied Relief Department with E. Houghton '18, chairman of the old committee, as its head. Mrs, de Laguna represents the Faculty and staff and Miss Marion Reilly, ex-Dean and chairman of the War Committee of the Alumna Asso- ciation, the Alumne, That there should be one cbject for war work was unanimously agreed, The decision of the Red Cross department as to what that object shall be, after it has passed the council, wilt come before a mass meeting for ratification, Miss Kingsbury, head of the Registration De- partment, described the work of Smith, Wellesley, and Radcliffe in the Recon- struction Field. The Red Cross Depart- ment was empowered to make minor can- vasses to meet appeals that may come in, and to act as a clearing house to protect the college from private enterprises, No war canyass may be made without its ap- proval. With the likelihood of a third Liberty Loan being floated in February, Mrs. Wil- fiam Roy Smith, Professor of Economics, who managed the campaign here last month, was appointed head of the Lib- erty Loan Department with the power to choose her own committee, After President Thomas declined to ac- cept the election as head of the Education. Department, P. Turle ‘18, president of the History Club, was chosen in her place. She will submit at a later meeting plans for the organization of the department, whose functions are training speakers on war topics, providing speakers at college, (Continued on page 6, column 3) NO MEN AT NEXT MOVIES A false rumor than an exhibition of | dancing by one of the students attended the last performance of movies for war relief has led the college authorities to | Close the doors to men. The committee, M. Thurman ‘19 and M. | Martin "19, declares that it will work only }in strict co-operation with the National | Board of Censors. There will be two | more performances this semester and | three next semester. “Freckles”, if the committee can seeure | it, will be the next film, shown November 24th in the gymnasium.