ael, soni Vowwme a. No. 12 oc sent _ ALUMNA INVITE SENIORS TO ANNUAL MEETING Will Discuss Service Corps and Farm sociation, to which Seniors are invited, will be in the chapel on Saturday, Feb- ruary ist, at 10.30 a. m. The business to be brought up at this meeting is as fol- lows: .The question of raising the dues of the Association to $2.00 to cover the in- creased cost of the Quarterly. The continuation of the Service Corps, or possible changes in the character of the work. The question of continuing the farm an- other year. | The Deed of Gift, by which the Mary E. Garrett Memorial Endowment Fund, com- pleted last year, will be turned over to the College. Friday Meeting Open to All An open meeting of the Association will be held on Friday evening, January 31st, for discussion of the Service Corps. Speakers representing various phases of war and reconstruction work will tell of the needs of their organizations. Any students who are interested are invited to attend. Miss Thomas will entertain the mem- bers of the Alumnez Association at luncheon at the Deanery on Saturday, February ist. TELLS OF DEATH OF RASPUTIN AS RELATED TO HIM BY MURDERER Mr. Whittemore to Speak Next Week on Russia “The Mystery of the Russian Charac- ter” is the subject of an address which will probably be given on January 17th by Mr. Thomas Whittemore, of the Com- mittee of Relief for War Orphans in Pe- trograd. The lecture will be under the Red Cross,and Allied Relief Committee of the War Council. One of the stories which Mr. Whitte- more tells is of the murder of Rasputin, which was described to him at first hand by the man who accomplished it. The black priest, who was reported to have}. a charmed life, failed to succumb to a deadly poison, given him in a glass of _wine, and did not fall immediately even when he was shot. The murderer was at first imprisoned, but later released, at the time of the revolution. Mr. Whittemore, before the war, was Associate Professor of English at Har- vard. His interest in archwology took him, in 1914, to Egypt, where he was ex- cavating when war was declared. He went immediately into Russia and there organized his committee to relieve the suffering of the children in the capital. Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram is at the head of the committee in Boston. There is a translation by Mr. Whitte- more from the Russian in the January Atlantic Monthly. He will speak several times during the month in and about Philadelphia. GAIETY AT COMMUNITY CENTER Besides the children’s Christmas fes- tivities, a party with singing and games was given a week ago Monday at the Community Center by the men's Italian class for their teachers. The small boys’ ‘gym club celebrated next day with a marshmallow roast. The Mothers’ Club met last Thursday to hear a Chinese speaker. q Is America on the verge of committing the unpardonable sin? Major Robert Davis, of the Red Cross, just returned after two years with the American troops in France, raised this issue in a forceful sermon last Sunday in chapel. The New Testament mentions a sin which is unforgivable, Major Davis said. “The evidence is that this is the sin of turning back to the ol mall life after catching a glimpse of ething bigger. This was the sin of Lot’s wife, who pre- ferred shrivelling to expansion, and of the Scribes, who came down and looked Jesus over and then went back to Jeru- salem. “America for two years has_ been growing bigger and better. But the war ended too soon for us. We were just about to learn some of the things only learned by suffering. We had begun to learn what little is needed to be really blessed. It looks as if in about eight months we shall be right back where we were in 1916, “Our men have gone over to France. We sent them there. Two hundred thou- sand will never return. They died hoping for a better America. If we slip back, as we are fast doing, into the old easy, pre- war days,—like Christ they will have died in vain.” Tells Anecdotes of Americans “If it hadn’t been for the American spirit of ‘clean it up!’ the war would be going on yet,” Major Davis remarked to the large audience, which remained after chapel to hear him tell informally of his experience with the American . troops. “The men’s eagerness and sense of humor never failed. “I came home the other day on a ship with 3000 wounded. As we entered New York Harbor and passed the Statue of Liberty, one of the men shouted, ‘Bye, bye, old girl. If you want to see me again you gotta turn round.’” Another of Major Davis's stories was of a negro who, when sent out to get a German prisoner, returned without his man. “I had one,” he explained to his captain, “but he began tellin’ me of his wife and his little girl and his old father —doggone, Captain, I had to kill that man to keep him from breaking my heart.” Speaking of the great number of Franco-American marriages, Major Davis stated that since the 22d of July he had been sitting on a constant court martial for them. As assistant provost martial in Paris he had charge of 200,000 militarized civilians. Major Davis’s commission is in the French Red Cross. He has also been as- sociated with the British Army and with the American Red Cross. Last March he had charge of a Red Cross zone from Montdidier to Chateau-Thierry, with head- quarters at Compiegne. He expects to re- turn soon to France to stay indefinitely. Cyril Maude to Speak at College Cyril Maude, who is playing this win- ter in The Saving Grace, will speak here later under the auspices of the Red Cross Committee. He was prevented from com- ing this week because his company was sent to Boston. General Maude, who lost his life in the Mesopotamian campaign, was Cyril The Conference of the Christian As- sociation cabinet with representatives from four other colleges was held last night in the graduate club room in Den- bigh. Guests at the conference were presidents of the different Christian Associations, Miss Emily Frank from Vassar, with another member of the board; Miss Eleanor Linton from Welles- ley, with another member of the Welles- ley board; Miss Helen Jones from Mt. Holyoke, and two representatives from the Smith Christian Association. Among other matters the conference discussed to what extent they, as cabinet members, were responsible for the eth- ical standards of the college, whether ad- vertising is as necessary for the C. A. as for war work, how many and what kind of meetings should be held, and what should be the qualifications for election to the cabinet. A tea was held for the guests from 4.30 until 6.00, in K. Stiles’ room, Merion. Members of the cabinet were invited, the Silver Bay delegation, graduates from the colleges represented, and anyone who knew the representatives. RUSSIAN STAR GIVES SONG RECITAL AS FIRST CONCERT OF YEAR Mme. Niessen-Stone Plans Opening of Vocal Classes The first concert of the year was given by Mme. Niessen-Stone, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Company, last Satur- day evening, in Taylor under the auspices of the Music Committee. Mme. Niessen- Stone, who has studied abroad and sung in European opera, was for nine years leading teacher at the Institute of Mu- sical Art in New York. She announces the opening of vocal classes, and will come here or to Philadelphia to give lessons. Mme. Niessen-Stone, a Russian born, sang the Russian numbers on the pro- gram in the original, previously translat- ing them into English. The words of “My Native Land” are by Tolstoi, and de- scribe Russia in a series of noun-phrases without using verbs. Anyone who wishes to enter Mme. Niessen-Stone’s classes may secure infor- mation and register through I. Arnold ’20, Pembroke East. Marcella Sembrich and Dr. Frank Damrosch endorse her as a teacher. The program was: I CON ne oe Haydn CO): Ce I ik ks i veil vids Pergolesi (c) Fortunio ........ Re Messager Oe PII oc ik bebe bs ces wes Chausson gee Ee re Georges II (a) The Soldier’s Bride .. .Rachmaninoff (b) My Native Land ..... Gretschaninoff ee ne Moussoreski (d) Parasha’s Reverie and Dance, sung in Russian ...... Moussorgski Bonjour Ma Belle, sung as encore. ‘ Ill (a) Highland Joy .......... (b) Auld Daddy Darkness... . Stickles .. Homer (c) Don't Come in, Sir, Please... . . Scott a . Silberta ccc kacackun Bond “I wish today to commemorate the splendid service given to the College by a former Trustee and Director, Alexamler C. Wood, of New Jersey, who died last’ Saturday night,” said President Thomas, speaking Monday morning in chapel. “Mr. Wood resigned from the Board two years ago when he reached the age of seventy-five, after twenty years in the service of the College, during fourteen of which he was a member of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds and for eight years the chairman of the committee. The College owes much to his fajrness, good judgment and expert knowledge of building.” To the devotion, open-mindedness and vision of Mr. Wood and Mr. David Scull, the first Chairman of the Building Com- mittee, President Thomas attributed a large part of Bryn Mawr’s success in architecture and in the placing of its buildings. “Of all devoted and- unselfish services the service rendered by the trustees of colleges like Bryn Mawr is the most self- sacrificing,” President Thomas said. “At Bryn Mawr we have been blessed from the very beginning—I can speak because I have known all of the trustees as well as the founder of the college—I believe that no college has had men of wider vision connected with it, men with no other ends to serve except the good of the college.” “Interest in education—in the develop- ment of one’s own college first of all and then of other colleges, is one of the high- est outside interests a business or a pro- fessional man can have in the United States,”) President Thomas said. “It is an intete ll of idealism, For many men and ‘women it means the hope and faith that the next generation will solve the problems their generation has failed to solve. It is an interest full of romance, In our colleges today the knights of the modern world are forging their armor.” IAN HAY WILL SPEAK ON “VIC- TORY AND BEYOND” Lecture Saturday in Gymnasium Major Ian Hay Beith, now on tour in this country for the third time, will speak in the gymnasium Saturday night at eight o'clock on “Victory and Beyond?” Travelling under his own management, Major Beith, after covering expenses is giving to war charities all the profits of his lectures. From this source he has distributed in the last two years over $15,000 among a dozen American and British war relief organizations. Major Beith was asked by the Y. M. C,. A. to write for American soldiers and sailors visiting England a brief explana- tion of some of the elements in English life which they might not understand. This article, which is given to each man sent to England, is reprinted in the Ladies’ Home Journal for January under the title “What You May Not Know About Us.” The lecture is under the auspices of the class of 1920 for their Service Corps Fund. Tickets, $1 and $.75 for outsiders, and $.75 and 3.50 for members of the college, may be had from Marian Gree ‘20, Pembroke West Maude’s brother. The Captain. sung as encore “it Pays to Advertise” From Freshman show to Senior play every class appreciates: the importance of - vigorous advertising. Yet a college asso- ciation, in making its plans, often takes matters into its own hands and leaves its - members in the dark. When the Christian Association this week held an intercollegiate cabinet con- ference, with representatives from Vas- sar, Smith and Wellesley, little if any effort was made to give it general pub- licity. Recently new agreements have been made with the College authorities by both the Self-Government and Athletic Associations, concerning which the mem- bers were not consulted or even in- formed. “But no one comes to meetings when they are held,” the presidents complain. “The few who do, suffer by being sent to rout out a quorum.” In an age of de- mocracy, however, it is only fair to hold meetings for the sake of a wide-awake few whose interest is active. A Change for the Good In spite of the passing of two pay days without the collection of athletic dues, many are only dimly aware of the benefi- cent arrangement made by the College with the Athletic Association in regard to expenses for equipment and grounds. For years the undergraduates had paid to the Athletic Association, from the allow- ances given them by their parents, dues of a dollar a semester, a greater part of which was in turn handed over by the treasurer to the College, in payment for its care of the athletic fields. This year, under the new agreement, the dues have been paid direct by the parents to the College. A great deal of routine work for the Association treas- urer has been eliminated, with no addi- tional trouble or expense to the parents— excepting as the increased price of labor has necessitated higher dues. The small incidental expenses of the Association are provided for by the Col- lege, as well as the care of the fields guaranteed. Best of all, one of the an- noyingly inevitable drains on the limited undergraduate income has been done away. 67 PER CENT PASS SECOND GERMAN WRITTEN Thirty-two Seniors, 67 per cent of those examined, passed the second German Written, taken shortly before Christmas. M. Krantz, who took the examination for the first time, made Merit. Eight mem- bers of the class have yet to pass both French and German. The grades of the German are: Merit.—M. Krantz. Passed.—F. Beatty, S. Belville, E. Bid- dle, A. Blue, M. Broomfield, M. Butler, R. Chadbourne, D. Chambers, A. Collins, H. Conover, V. Coombs, E. Cooper, E. Fauvre, D. Hall, C. Hayman, G. Hearne, C. Hollis, E. Hurlock, H. Johnson, A. Landon, E. Lanier, E. B. Moores, M. Mose- ley, K. Outerbridge, J. Peabody, M. Ram- sey, H. Reid, R. Reinhardt, A. Thorndike, M. L. Thurman, M. Tyler, R. Woodruff. Failed.—M. Bettman, H. Collins, C. Ev- erett, M. France, R. Hamilton, H. Karns, B. Macdonald, M. Mackenzie, M. Munford, D. Peters, M. Remington, A. Stiles, H. Tappan, S. Taylor, D. Walton. " sGactelin: Yada: go by. cee. overs | with the supply truck ‘steadies,” she | wrote last summer in a letter. “Then distance. Sunday is my great day. way—to see an American mother and to hear American children laugh and chat- ter. Boys that had started to ‘make a regular day of it’ in some village café get switched off and find they had wanted home folks—not drinks. In the course of the summer boys from no less than one hundred and eight organizations have stopped for a chat or a meal or a night’s lodging at the Little Gray Home. More than four hundred have had meals here and seven hundred have stopped to call. As the song goes: ‘Only a tumble down nest,’ but to the boys—a corner of home. Many a man has told me, ‘This is my best day in France.’ They write their names in my guest-book with the address of their organization, and on the next line the address of someone I can send a pos- tal card to in the States, a postal card of the house and a word saying John was here today, looks and is well, and sends love.” Mrs: Gibbons is now at-her home in- Paris, 120 ulevard du Montparnasse, where shé is always glad to see Bryn Mawr people. RED CROSS BEGINS NEXT WEEK; WOOL SUPPLY MUST BE FINISHED Pledging Red Cross work, for which all classes voted, will probably go into ef- fect next Monday. The College Red Cross has received 1010 comfort kits to be filled. Garment making will be con- tinued under a reorganization depart- ment, under which children’s garments may be a part of the program. Although the national Red Cross has issued orders to “stack needles,” the Col- lege will continue knitting until its wool supply is exhausted. All sweaters made from wool taken out before vacation must be turned in to G. Hess '20 before Janu- ary 20th. Where Wool Is Exhausted Women May “Stack Needles” Washington, Dec. 28.—‘‘America’s army of women knitters, who did not cease work with the signing of the armistice, today were ordered by the Red Cross to “stack needles,” their task accomplished. An inventory of articles in reserve shows sufficient on hand to meet the needs of fighting men in this country and abroad and of Red Cross Relief Commis- sions. Knitted articles now in the mak- ing will be finished and turned in to the 854 Red Cross chapters, which will issue no more yarn. More than 10,000,000 sweaters, socks, muffiers, helmets and wristlets were turned out in the seventeen months pre- ceding the overthrow of the Central Pow- ers. Virtually every man in the army received woolen accessories fashioned by the tireless fingers of thousands of women who chose that method of aiding to win the war.’—New York Times. Miss Clara E. Mortenson, last year In- structor in Labor, Economics and Poli- tics, is secretary of the Minimum Wage Board of the District of Columbia. She is also working for the War Industries Board. FE. Titcomb "22 has been appointed by the C. A. board to investigate the ques tion of going over the C. A. library. there are the convoys. And many indi- | vidual lads from camps within walking Homesick chaps walk seven miles—one pel of safety;” he urges, “let them lift up the central faiths of the Christian life, with the fringes hanging how they will. Let them draw together in one common cause, because they have learned ‘how much they all agree and how insig- nificantly they differ. . . . “Facing this coming decade with its unbounded opportunities to fight for things worth while, I should desire before all else to be a Christian minister. But to be a contented minister, a conventional placid minister, soothingly mellifluous on Sunday, while the whole world is on fire —that is anathema!” Dr. Fosdick has been professor of prac- tical theology at the Union Theological Seminary since 1915. He is called to the First Presbyterian Church to be “perma- nent preacher” without pastoral duties. A second minister, Dr. George Alexander, has. been called as pastor. Dr. Fosdick is the author of The Mean- ing of Prayer, discussed last year in Sil- ver Bay meetings; The Manhood of the Master, The Challenge of the Present Crisis, and other works. He is a brother of Raymond B. Fos- dick; -Commissioner— of Training Camp Activities of the War Camp Community Service. ALUMNA NOTES Georgina Biddle '09 is in New York doing medical social service work for the Home Service Section of the Red Cross. Margaret Blaine °13 is confidential junior assistant in the Bureau of Intelli- gence in Washington. Her work is ascer- taining the enemy status of firms and in- dividuals. Louise Fleishman '06 is taking a course in Occupational Therapy at Teachers College, Columbia. Sylvia Jelliffe '17 is Chief Yeoman, U. S. N. R. F., at the Office of Naval Intelli- gence, Washington, D. C. Fannie Barber ’09 is taking a nurse’s training course at the Walter Reid Hos- pital, Takoma Park, D. C. Catherine Bryant '15 is doing canteen work in France. M. Ewen ex-'19 is working in the Army Transport Service in Hoboken under the War Risk Insurance. Virginia Litchfield ‘17 is in France, a Reconstruction Aid in the Army Medical Corps. She is stationed at Chateauroux (American Base Hospital 9). She re- ceived her appointment on completing a course in Occupational Therapy at the Franklin Union, Boston. Eleanor Dulles ’17 has left Mrs. Shurt- leff’s Committee and is working in the Marne region with the Friends’ Recon- struction Unit. She has charge at pres- ‘ent of a village of 80 families which she is helping. Hildegarde Kendig is working in the Plant Department of the Bell Telephone Company in Philadelphia. Jane Beardwood "12 is Professor of English at the Indiana State Normal School, Pennsylvania. 1921 Works Out Registration Plan The Class of 1921 has adopted the fol- lowing plan for registration for work in the Red Cross room: A captain, elected in each hall will see that everyone who ean signs up for one or more hours of work a week. Those who fail to do the work pledged will pay a fine of ten cents and make up the time the following week. itt daaie 0 on «oak ow experie tion of his books on the Spanish. classics and pastoral novels, and Senorita Dor- ado spoke on “Modern and Legendary Spain.” — Christmas carols, both familiar and new, were sung in Spanish by the minor and major classes, and guitars strummed old Spanish tunes. A solo, “Estudian- tina,” was given by J. Hemenway ‘18. Three Kings’ Day, which corresponds to the old English Twelfth Night, is the occasion in Spain, as Christmas is here, for the exchange of gifts. Children, leaving their shoes on the balcony the night before and finding them in the morning filled with goodies, believe that the Three Kings of the New Testament have visited them and left their gifts. BRITISH ELECTION RESULTS FORECAST BY MRS. PANKHURST “The British elections have turned out exactly as Mrs. Pankhurst predicted to me last summer,” President Thomas com- mented in chapel Saturday morning. “The women of Great Britain have stood squarely behind Lloyd-George, who was pledged to ‘peace with victory’; Asquith, who showed himself against a vigorous prosecution of the war by opposing a united Allied command, has been discred- ited and defeated; Ramsay MacDonald and Arthur Henderson, who had suc- ceeded in capturing the leadership of the Labor party, failed to be elected to Par- liament through their pacifist and de- featist policies.” Of the fourteen women who ran for Parliament Countess Markievicz was the only one to be elected, and she as a Sinn Feiner will not sit in the British Com- mons. Mrs. Oliver Strachey (Rachel Cos- tello), graduate student here in 1908-09, who ran for the Brentford and Chiswick section of Middlesex, was defeated by Lieutenant-Colonel Grant Horgen, a Ca- nadian and Coalition Unionist, who polled 2077 votes to Mrs. Strachey’s 1263. Mrs. Pankhurst’s daughter, Christobel, was de- feated by only a few votes. CONINGSBY DAWSON MARRIED Captain Coningsby Dawson, two days after receiving his commission, was mar- ried to Mrs. John J. Wright-Clark, of Newark, who attended the reception given here at the time of his lecture. The engagement was announced Christ- mas Eve. At the wedding, a week ago Saturday morning, the ceremony was performed by Captain Dawson’s father, Rev. W. J. Daw- son, and Dr. Hugh Black, of New York. Only the families were present. Captain and Mrs. Dawson will sail in two weeks for London, where they will live. SWIMMERS’ HEALTH WILL BE SAFEGUARDED To enforce the old rule against stu- dents with colds or sore throats entering the pool this year everyone will be re- quired, before entering, to sign a state- ment that she is free from all symptoms. Thus, as soon as a swimmer is reported ill, it will be possible to empty and disin- fect the pool. NOTICE Students wishing to change their courses next semester are required to consult Dean Taft in office hours some time between now and the end of mid- years. Miss Dame Stresses Importance of - Physical Fitness” 14 Via Sardegna, Rome, | Oats 87, 1918. My dear Miss Reilly: Having now been in Rome for nearly three weeks, I think the Bryn Mawr Service Corps may like an account of my adventures thus far, I have so often thought, since leaving New York, of the health certificate which the Corps requires of applicants for serv- ice overseas. My physician signed a blank testifying to my ability to endure hard- ships of food, cold, fatigue, long hours, and continuous standing on my feet. I can truthfully say that already I have been put to the test in nearly all these re- spects. Travelling in Europe now is a far cry from what it was in times of peace. I believe that, as a rule, college women adapt themselves quite readily to special emergencies and physical discomforts, but not all of them are so built. She who cannot exist without hot baths or butter, who could endure neither sleeping with three roommates in a stateroom with closed porthole, nor the alternative of spending the night on the hard floor of a damp deck, or who is unable to carry all her hand baggage from her taxi to the train, or is too conventional to walk up the Champs-Elysees with an unwrapped loaf of bread under her arm has no place in Europe during. war-time. Travelled Two Nights in a Day Coach Our journey from Paris to Rome fur- nished a concrete illustration of some of the inconveniences of travel. Being un- able to obtain sleeping cars, our party sat bolt upright in our compartments for two nights in succession. The first night we were congealed with cold, although wrapped in our faithful steamer blan- kets; the second, we were crowded with éight people in a space intended for six. Add to this that we were obliged to carry with us from Paris two days’ rations, be- cause of lack of dining-cars, and that on the last morning of our journey, after a night of many tunnels, we discovered that there was no running water on the train, so that we were obliged either to go un- washed or to perform our ablutions under a spigot, outside of a railway station, and you will have some notion of the difficul- ties of our journey. However, a game group of people like ourselves can smile at such discomforts in the retrospect, and dwell only on the ' absorbingly interesting life which a so- journ abroad at this time connotes. Chief Work Has Been Translating Our office—that of the Department of Tuberculosis of the American Red Cross Commission to Italy—has speedily been placed on a working basis, and we are there on a regular schedule of hours, from 9 to 12.30 and 2.30 to 6.30. I have myself been steadily busy, almost from the first day in Rome. Whereas my posi- tion, in plain American, is the modest one of “filing clerk,” I have been mentioned in an Italian newspaper as having the sonorous title of “Segretaris del Proto- collo,” a dignity to which I shall try to live up. As yet I do comparatively little filing, for the obvious reason that there is not much to be filed. My time is occupied mainly with translating Italian letters, re- ports and periodical articles into English. This work accomplishes the double end of helping such members of our unit as are more accomplished professionally than they are linguistically, and of adding appreciably to my own Italian vocabu- lary. I also have charge of checking up ir | language is one of great concern to all 1e taking lessons of a Berlitz School teacher, | who comes to the office and has classes gs oo ts a a the of four to six people three times a week. We are permitted to do this on office time. In addition, I have made a per: sonal arrangement with an Italian lady, herself a teacher of French, by which we exchange conversation twice a week, as her zeal for learning English equals mine for acquiring her language. We are fol- lowing the unwritten rule, “When in doubt, try French,” and we thus get on very well indged. Do Not “Do as the Romans Do” There are in our unit thirty-eight people, nearly equally divided as to men and women. We are a motley crowd, doctors, nurses, social workers, journalists, ste- nographers and educators. We come from eleven different States. Among the women Miss Laws and myself represent Bryn Mawr College, and others come from Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, Ohio, Wes- leyan, Earlham and Western Reserve. Some of the women, including myself, are living in the Amcross Club house, started since our arrival by the American Red Cross to meet a difficult housing problem. It is a delightful house, with gardens, front and back, and large bed- rooms, with comfortable beds. We are to disregard, to a certain extent, the rigid command, “When in Rome do as the Romans do,” for we are to have hot baths, without extra charge, steam heat in our bed-rooms, food from the American com- missary and cereal for breakfast. In my next I shall hope to tell of the further progress of the work of our unit. Very truly yours, Katharine Dame. Miss Reichenbach Sent from Paris as Hospital Hut Worker November 13, 1918. My dear Miss Reilly: soe Two weeks in Paris passed all too quickly for me,.as even the war could not spoil the interest and beauty of that city. In fact it impressed me more than ever before, and the longer I stayed there the more “war enthusiasm” I seemed to feel, and the more anxious I was to begin work. Miss Evans of the Refugee Bureau gave me a little pre- liminary training and let me investigate a few special refugee cases for the Paris bureau by way of apprenticeship, while waiting for the powers that be to decide what to do with me. The Zone Commander decided that there was greater need for hospital hut workers than for social workers just now in this zone, so I was sent here to Le Mans as assistant to Miss Steele who had just gone about a week before to start a hut in a big camp hospital.’ This is, I understand, a temporary arrange- ment, and I am to return to the refugees when the reconstruction work starts in the war zone, at least I hope so. I was very glad to get down to real work finally, but sorry to get out of touch with the French people, as their spirit and courage are such that it is an inspiration to work with them, The refugees are so pathet- ically happy over the possibility of re- turning home, even though that home is a hopeless desert, and grateful for any little thing the Red Cross could do for them. They were so interesting to talk to, one could not really call it work to go to see them and investigate their re- quests for help. The hardest part of it, as of most other war work, especially over here, is the fact that one always wants to do so much more than is possi- ble. One sees such tremendous needs and seems to be doing so little. " tients are in barracks in the court. Most of the patients are sick, not weeded. and therefore apt to be disappointed over their “hard luck” and in need of diver- sion. There is no regular hut or space for any kind of entertainment yet, but Miss Steele had started a little canteen in a partitioned off end of a floorless shed and there we daily sell all tobacco and candy the commissary will let us have, and could dispose of more. We have a crowd all the time and will be glad to have the use of a whole big tent that Major Hooker, of the hospital, and Cap- tain Mason, of the Red Cross, are going to put up for us tomorrow. We can make a sort of clubroom of it. It is penetratingly cold here, with enough rain and wind to make us realize, as we never could at home, the hardships the soldiers have to endure, and to want to do anything to make them more com- fortable. In the absence of hut enter- tainments we have spent a good deal of time in the wards, distributing papers, magazines, comfort bags, and other Red Cross gifts. They are little things, but the men’s response makes us feel that they are worth while. Many who have ‘The same is true here, ie weephial te ‘Trews: a well-managed but cheerless in- stitution, housed in a medieval monas- tery with high, stone-floored, bare-walled galleries for wards. The, overflow of pa- talked to « “girl who talks United States” for weeks, and they keep us busy. So our work here has possibilities and will continue a long time in spite of the fight- ing being over; in fact, many here seem — to feel that the greatest work of the Red | Cross women is yet to come. Celebration of Armistice "There has been wild excitement here over the armistice, as you doubtless know from the papers. The picturesque old town is a mass of flags, and day before yesterday one could hardly get through the crowds of yelling people running arm in arm down the streets, waving flags. Everyone, crippled soldiers, women in black, all joined in the most spontaneous celebration I ever saw. All around us we heard the cry, “La guerre est finie,” varied occasionally by “Germany finish,” when they tried to talk English. They feel so grateful to America that it is sometimes embarrassing, and keep say- ing over and over that they never could have won if we had not come over in force to help. I cannot begin to thank you enough for giving me this wonderful opportunity of coming over here,—I have been glad of it every minute since I started, and am trying my level best to work hard and uphold the “glory of Bryn Mawr.” Lucie Reichenbach. SPORTING NEWS The classes have elected captains and managers for water-polo as follows: 1919, BE. Lanier, captain; A. Thorndike, man- ager. 1920, B. Weaver, captain; H. Holmes, manager. 1921, E. Cope, cap- tain; W. Worcester, manager. Freshman. swimming - authorizations will be conducted this Friday night in the pool. Swimming meets this year are sched- uled for February 7th and 14th. According to a recent decision of the Athletic Board members of all four classes will be allowed to compete for the Apparatus Cup this winter. K. Tyler '19 will lead the college drill next week in the gymnasium. Swimming classes will count as organ- ized exercise this season. Mr. Bishop will coach members of the first class, and lower classes will meet with Miss Kirk and the class captains. For Women MONDAY January 27th for College Franklin Simon 8 Co. A Store of Individual Shops Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Sts. New York Announce an Exhibit of Advance Spring Fashions AT THE MONTGOMERY INN Bryn Mawr, Pa. A selection thoughtfully chosen to fit the needs of the College Woman Suits, Coats, Wraps, Tailored Dresses, Afternoon and Evening Gowns Waists, Skirts, Shoes, Sweaters Gymnasium Apparel, Sport Apparel Riding Habits, Underwear, An extensive variety of styles appropriate At Moderate Prices and Misses TUESDAY January 28th Negligees, Etc. Women @ PATRONIZING ADVERTISERS. PLEASE MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWS” Bite ty pus el Eon. ere ia i Nell Ce Sta wee re es for th SOTOUN a unique assemblage of GOWNS ready to fill all saias ae 113 So, Sixteenth Street Telephone: Locust 6886 Philadelphia GOWNS, WRAPS, BLOUSES | ‘ | | BLOUSES “SUITS SPORT SKIRTS SPORT SWEATERS MOTOR COATS TOP COATS ART NOVELTIES WOOLS, SILKS AND COTTON FOR FURS - Values of furs cannot be FANCY ARTICLES not to be found elsewhere 16 and 18 West 46th Street, near Fifth Avenue New York City a Bell Telephone, Walnut 3274 MISS IRENE C. MULHOLLAND TOILET PREPARATIONS Marcet Wavina, Smampoorva, Facran Massacre, | Manicurina, Vioter Ray TREATMENT BOOKS OF ALL PUBLISHERS Can be had at the DAYLIGHT BOOKSHOP 1701 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphi ROOM 403, WIDENER BLDG. N. W. Cor. Juniper and Chestnut Sts. Take Local Elevator MANN & DILKS Hyland Shirts Collars Attached Collars Detached Just a plain tailored shirt. Made in madras, cheviot, silks, flannels, etc., etc. ESTABLISHED 1840 Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases, Small Leather Goods Hand Bags, Gloves © Repairing Geo. B. Bains & Son, Inc. 1028 Chestnut Street Philadelphia The Little Riding School BRYN MAWR, PA. TELEPHONE: 68% BRYN MAWR Mr. William Kennedy desires to announce that he has opened a Riding School for instruction in Horse Back Riding and will be p to have you call at any time. to children. A large indoor in inclement weather. attention ring, suitable for ri In connection with the school there will be a training stable for show horser (harness or saddle). ESTABLISHED 1839 | = | _ 131 So. 13th Street 3 2 / Mawson’ s Furs Poti ed en advertising. Reputation the first requisite. Mr. Mawson is not connected directly or indirectly with any other firm using his name. UNUSUAL GIFTS GREETING CARDS DECORATIVE TREATMENTS Will Always Be Found at THE GIFT SHOP 814 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa. Phone: Walnut 1329 Footer’s Dye Works 1118 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. Offer their patrons Superior Service in CLEANING AND DYEING Smart New Models in Georgette Crepe 1120 CHESTNUT STREET Neat Door to Keith’s Seeond Floor Tailormades No. 705.—Dainty semi-tail- ored Blouse developed in Georgette crepe, round pleat- ed collar, fold-back cuffs. Collar and cuffs of crepe de chine. Comes in Navy and Bisque, Brown and Bisque. 7 IN PATRONIZING ADVERTIONRS, PLEASE MENTION “TEE COLLECE awe 'STRA WBRIDGE and CLOTHIER Specialists in the FASHIONABLE APPAREL FOR YOUNG WOMEN MARKET, EIGHTH and, FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA BONWIT TELLER & CO, Fall and Winter Blouses and Lingeries No. 794.—A charming Tail- ored Blouse developed in crepe de chine, a large in- verted cowl pleated back col- lar, daintily trimmed with buttons and tucking. Flesh and white. $8.75 NOTE—MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. PARCEL POST PREPAID. ‘on. Arthur ‘. — “— “ ‘Dobothea Day 08 (iltre, ‘Asa Watkins) has" a ‘daughter, Julia, born last Septem- ber. Seaiisonincy Arthurs ‘14 (Mrs. Frank Supplee) has a son, Frank Supplee, 3d, born last September. Mary Andrews ’17 has announced her engagement to Mr. William. Pitt Mason, Jr., of Troy, N. Y. Miss Andrews is sta- tioned at Camp Dix as assistant at the Bacteriological Laboratory of the Base Hospital. Mr. Mason has a commission as captain in the U. S. Army. He is a graduate of Williams College ‘13 and studied at the Columbia Law School. He served at the Mexican border as a mem- -ber of Squadron A. ‘ Helen Lee 13 has announced her en- gagement to Ensign Charles Gilbert, U.S. N. Mr. Gilbert is in the submarine service. Elizabeth Baldwin '14 has announced her engagement to Captain Phillip Stim- son, Medical Corps, U. S. A. Captain Stimson is at present adjutant of the Red Cross Hospital No, 2 in Paris. Captain Stimson joined the British forces two years ago when they were short of doc- tors and was wounded at Ypres. Since recovering from his wound he has been on active service with the American forces. Harriet Hobbs ’18 has announced her engagement to Lieut. William Howard Haines, U. S. N., a member of the Class of 1912 of the Columbia School of Elec- trical Engineering. Miss Hobbs is at col- lege this year as Demonstrator in Chem- istry. Theodosia Haynes '19 has announcec her engagement to Mr. Sidney H. Lincoln, Yale '08, of Springfield, Mass. Katharine Walker ’21 has announced her engagement to Mr. Franklin W. Hobbs, Jr., of Brookline, Mass. Mr. Hobbs was a member of the Class of 1919, Harvard, but left college in his sophomore year to enter the Navy, in which, until his recent discharge, he held the rank of junior lieutenant. Frances Hollingshead ‘21 has an- nounced her engagement to Mr. Thomas Groves, Dartmouth 18, of Bradford, Pa. Mr. Groves has just received his dis- charge from the Navy. Gertrude Davie ex-’21 has announced her engagement to Mr. Adrian Green, of the naval aviation. They will be married Easter Monday. M. Banks ex-'21 will be her maid of honor. Marriages The wedding of Jean Barstow ex-’14 to Ensign Charles Gilbert Reinhardt took place on January 2d at the Calvary Hpis- copal Church at Germantown, Pa. En- sign Reinhardt is stationed at Pensacola, Fla., where Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt will make their home. Grace Meigs '03, M.D., was married re- cently to Dr. Thomas Reid Crowder. Alice Hornberger "15 was married re- cently to Lieut. William Clinton Bowen, of the U. S. A. Engineers. Deaths Mr. David Lubin, father of Dorothy and Grace Lubin ’21, died on January ist at Rome of pneumonia following influenza. Mr. Lubin was the founder of the Inter- national Institute of Agriculture and the American representative on its perma- nent board. Mary Butler, sister of Margaret Butler 19, died on Christmas Eve of Influenza. _ Will be the land it was of yore. Will it be Heaven, or will it - Hetl— When there is peace. the life of a nation or of a person than following Christ,” said Miss Applebee. “1t involves taking a definite side in the game of life and playing hard; but it brings the peace of God because we are on the side of the Prince of Peace. In this game we must first defend the goal— righteousness, truth and love. Faithful- ness in the routine of daily life, corre- sponding to the steady work of the half- backs in hockey, is also essential to vic- tory. This line has three divisions: one’s special job, which must be held down; being a good all-around member of the community; and living as a human being among other human beings. . . . And besides doing our ordinary duty we must go the last long mile of scoring goals. “We must experience and know re- ligion; it is not merely an intellectual act.” 291 SUBSCRIBE TO RED CROSS THROUGH COLLEGE J. Connelley Heads 100 Per Cent Employees With a 100 per cent subscription among the employees, the Red Cross Christmas drive totaled 291 members for the col- lege, yielding $304. Thirty-three faculty and staff contributed $38; 248 graduates and undergraduates, $256.20; 10 maids, $10, and 36 employees, $43. These fig- ures do not include members who joined in other places than the college. Only seven undergraduates are not Red Cross members. Joseph Connelley, twice first subscriber in the Liberty Loan drives, was the first employee to take out his Red Cross mem- bership. LUCY EVANS MARRIED TO DR. CHEW Wedding Takes Place in Studio The marriage of Lucy Evans ‘18 and Dr. Samuel Chew, Associate Professor of English, took place in the studio of the bride’s father in New York City, Saturday Pevening, December 21st, before a niche in which Mr. Evans’s latest sculpture, “Moweli and the Panther,” was placed. Miss June Evans, the bride’s sister, was her only attendant. Mr. Chew’s best man was Captain Thomas Ruth, Lecturer in Latin at Bryn Mawr in 1916-17. M. O'Connor 18 was among the guests, and eaught the bride’s bouquet. Mrs. Chew was taken ill with influenza on the wedding trip and is now recover- ing at her father’s home in New York. SPRING STREET THANKS BRYN MAWR FOR CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS “The Christmas contribution from Bryn Mawr was very heartily appreciated at Spring Street,” writes Miss Wiggin. “The stockings were delivered in the homes of the children. Over fifty fami- lies received gifts from the Neighborhood House. “The Helping Hand Society had a spe- cial Christmas meeting on December 23d, and their stockings were given to them then, and were very deeply appriciated. The Nursery babies had a party on Christ- mas Eve, and one evening there was a party for their mothers with Movies. Altogether Christmas week was most suc- cessful, except for the fact that we imissed Miss Applebee badly.” “There is no more peaceful thing in Dobso engine was never rihning better. ‘Turn Sink iades 0 pene. ck ted oe edn | back? Never! That is the way hundreds of college women felt that day and will continue to feel. After the zest of war work there is no turning - back for her. ‘And why | turn should she go back? All the old and] countless new roads are open to women today. The war has made real thinking as necessary for the inside of a woman's head as a hat for the outside. Luckily, it has also made it an easier, matter to translate thinking into action. The Blue Triangle stands for one of these means of translation. This is the sign that has meant the most to women in war work since Uncle Sam enlisted and the Y. W. C. A. intends to have it mean even more in reconstruction. Under the Blue Triangle there ure various ways of using the college wom- an’s general and special training. Any girl who has another language besides English can feel it a patriotic duty to take up work among foreign-born women in the International Institutes. There she can help to make the future of America. If she is interested in social problems and enjoys her economics, she can join our social and recreational work among in- dustrial women. A girl who is able to leave her home town, can do good work in club organization and activities in communities affected by the war. France, Russia, China and other lands are await- ing the girls of America. The Y. W. C. A. needs help in spreading their splendid ideals to those lands. Girls with a head for business or organization can do good work as cafeteria directors or business secretaries. No finer way of using a good athletic training could be found than in becoming a physical director or recrea- tional leader under the Blue Triangle. The girl with a quality for leadership and insight into character can find inspiration and pleasure in joining our religious work. ; Intensive and regular courses of train- ing are provided in these subjects for qualified candidates in all parts of the country. Such a candidate for a position in the Y. W. C. A. must have a college education, or its equivalent in experience, or technical training in: Household Economy, Physical Training, Business Training. She must be at least twenty- two years of age and a member of a Protestant Evangelical Church. When you write your letter of inquiry, address it to the Personal Bureau of the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., 600 Lexington Avenue, New York City. Speaking of Liysyfran A visitor in chapel Sunday night scanned the congregation in vain looking for an undergraduate friend who lives in Llysyfran. “Poor girl,” she reflected at last, “I suppose she doesn’t get to chapel very often—living. off campus!” IN PHILADELPHIA Adelphi.—Last week of “Eyes. of Youth.” Broad.—George Arliss in “The , Molluse” and Barrie’s playlet, “A Well-remembered Voice. Lyric.—Lew Fields in “Friendly Ene- mies.” Garrick.—‘“Polly with a Past.” Forrest.—“The Velvet Lady.” Schubert.—McIntyre and Heath in “Hello, Alexander!” Chestnut Street Opera House.-—“Oh, Lady! Lady!!” Walnut.—“The Garden of Allah.” Metropolitan Opera House.—Russian Symphony Orchestra with Isadora Dun- ean’s pupils. January 20th. UN PATRONIZING ADVERTISERS, PLEASE MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWs" es of Ypres and Verdun, received a spe- |cial citation after the battle of the Somme, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre. Sent to America by the French government, he expected to re turn early this month, but by special re- — is ee longer to lecture. . Telephone :— Established 1854 Majestic 2240 Incorporated 1893 Juergens & Anderson Co. oo MAKERS OF FINE JEWELRY 100 TO 108 N. STATE ST., CHICAGO LECTURE By MAJOR IAN HAY BEITH In the Gymnasium on Saturday, January 11, at Bight O’Clock For the Benefit of 1920's Service Corps. Tickets may be procured from Miss Marian Gregg, Pembroke West. Outsiders, $1.00 reserved; $.75 unreserved College, $.75 reserved; $.50 unreserved CoroNA TYPEWRITER RIBBONS, STANDS, PAPER, FELT MATS, RUBBER COVERS On Sale Through the College News Apply F. C. Clarke, Rockefeller EMPLOYMENT BUREAU of CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Typewriting, Note Copying, Secretarial Work, etc. H. Holmes, Chairman, Pembroke West L.P. HOLLANDER & CO. 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