fa en mete ie F. Howell was assistant managing edi- tor of the News for this issue. TIME WAS WHEN——. “Yon balmy days,” how far away they seem—when we of the older generation were Freshmen. We spent hours listen- ing to the constitutions and 57 varieties of by-laws of all four associations. When we were not at meetings we were eating, feeding “our C. A. girls” at the tea house, being fed by our fond Juniors and if not fond, certainly dutiful, Sophomores. We lived on the fat of the land at eleven o'clock at night. We feasted on mocking- bird’s eyebrows and marrons at Presi- dent Thomas’s reception, spent hours waiting for our turn at the flower shop in order to send a bouquet to our favorite Junior in Banner,Show—and in between times we studied. Times have changed. A Bryn Mawr princess now leads a protected, healthful and academic life. She rises early for physical development, she attends-_lec- tures regularly. Immediately after lunch she hastens either to the library to bury herself in Cicero’s correspondence or to the laboratory to trace the life history of the amoeba protozoa. Later, she plays hockey, dines on healthful war food, and after a long evening of concentrated study she retires when Taylor tolls the knell of parting day. In passing we wish to say that the News board approves of the suggestion of one of the Seniors—that those not passing their German writtens wear an iron cross. it’s the Little Things It is fruitless to battle against organi- zation. For it is through the means of this powerful machine that we attain the wholly desirable end—efficiency—in the best sense of the word. There are, how- ever, many small details of life that it seems totally impossible to govern through any organization. It is to aid in overcoming these hazards in the course of complete efficiency that we have drawn up several resourceful suggestions for saving time and effort. First, there is the daily business of tak- ing notes. Never take time to remove a large welling blot. It has lately been dis- covered to be one of the most profitable by-products of the fountain pen. Use it to refill your pen; it does away with un- necessary movements of the right hand. Next, the popular plan of carrying soap, toothbrushes and paste in a wire sieve is worthy of imitation. Another wise saw advanced among food conserving experts is, “Eat more” corn- meal, oatmeal, and barley meal, and eat fewer real meals, breakfast, luncheon and dinner. As a final word: Do not bother to read the daily news, for, as an observing Sophomore said, “What's the use, the news changes every day anyway.” Hal! Libraries in Hands of Strategists Napoleonic strategy has had a wide- spread influence in history. The princi- pal manoeuvre is to send an insignificant part of the fighters against the enemy at the most obvious point, while the strength of the army is being rushed around by a secret passage for a surprise the quarantine, “The Spirit of the Revolution,” “Paris in f | the Highteenth Century” and other hints: | of “The Child of the Revolution,” while the. mighty soldier himself has rushed around ON Ladhuttsasp passage for a surprise attack between “Theories of Value” and Lyly’s “Campaspe.” If anyone have mighty ambitions of be- coming a crafty general, we beseech her : refrain from training in the hall libra- es, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (The editors do not hold themselves responsible for opinions expressed in this column.) To the Editor of the College News: One of our biggest problems this year is how to pass the traditions of Self-Gov- ernment on to the Freshman Class. Since the quarantine has prevented our having the annual meeting in the “first fort- night,” the responsibility of instilling into the incoming class our spirit toward Self- Government is left entirely with the Up- perclassmen and Sophomores. Unless every one of us realizes our personal re- sponsibility it will be impossible to main- tain the high ideals for which our organi- zation has always stood. After all it is our own organiaztion and its future rests with us. Sarah C. Taylor ’19, President of Self-Government. To the Editor of the College News: In the cheerful hope of relaxation in the War Council last Monday made further recommendations to a mass-meeting-to-be. Owing to the form of the motion made last winter, in which the Service Corps project was ac- cepted for the year only, it is necessary this year to vote again on the main war object of the college. Our obligations to the organizations under whom our work- ers are serving overseas, and to the work- ers themselves, need no discussion. The War Council has decided to recom- mend, as the method of raising Service Corps funds in college, a quota system of $8500 for the first semester, described in detail on the same page of this issue of the News. The system of assigning a given sum to be raised by a given class in a given time was felt to have stood the test of previous usage, and to place the project on a thoroughly business-like basis. In dividing the sum to be raised into class allotments, the question of the amount of the per capita pledge arose. While the quota may, by a good mathe- matician, be resolved into an individual allotment of $16 for the first semester, the feeling of the War Council is directly opposed to pressure on the individual for a given sum. Those who are able will probably give more than $16, those who are not are perfectly justified in giving less. If it is proved that the balance can- not be maintained in this way, it is up to us all as a body to work our hardest to make up the deficit. We can do no more. The importance of- our financial cam- paign for this year, and of the intelligent vote on it demands the attention of all. It is not too much to say that the purpose of every individual in college in regard to campaigns for war relief is the same. If there are differences in opinion as to the means to attain the end, it is the re- sponsibility of everyone in college to find out the actual facts of the case, through News statements, or by talking to War Counell members, cast a vote about which they have really thought, and then abide by the decision of the majority. Gordon Woodbury ‘19, Charman of the War Council. ey cauucsitia, Woiks eae te be tained jin. Anyone who has ever struggled with a difficult German sentence will realize that it is, to say the least, disconcerting to be forced in the midst of it to listen to the technical explanation of a new quiz book system. And that is precisely what happened to the Seniors last week. There has been a good deal of indigna- tion over the ill-chosen way in which the explanation was made, and many stu- dents feel that their chances of passing were materially lessened by the persistent interruptions. Aside from the ordinary strain and discomfort of a Senior Written a distinct and irritating disturbance was unnecessarily created. May the remaining three examinations be conducted in all possible peace and tranquillity! ; A Sorry Senior. SECOND BRITISH SCHOLAR ARRIVES IN BRYN MAWR — Crossed on Boat with Ex-Ambassador Page A second British scholar has arrived in Bryn Mawr from Scotland, Miss Grace Dedman, M.A. Edinburgh University, with Honours in English. Miss Dedman was delayed in securing passage and it was feared she might not be able to get here. For the present she is living in Denbigh. The other British scholar, Miss Helen Wilkie, arrived at the first of the year. She and Miss Ded- man were classmates at the University of Edinburgh. Tells of Ocean Passage Miss Dedman crossed on the boat with Dr. Page, recent American Ambassador to England. The passage as it is now made, -according to both Miss Dedman and Miss Wilkie, is about one thousand miles longer, because the vessels tack, turning at unexpected intervals in order to run out of the range of any U-boat aim. The boats are camouflaged, as are all ocean liners. The régime on shipboard is strictly military, with bugles for rising, bugles for dressing and eating and special bugle calls for life-drill. Four soldiers assigned to every boat assisted first women with children, then all other women, and last the men, to enter the lifeboats as quickly as possible. One boat, Miss Dedman said, carried twenty children, American or Ca- nadian, born in England after 1914, whose fathers had been killed or else were in action. Machine Guns Train on Iceberg The passengers were always under the command of the officers, who ordered them to wear their life-belts at all times, except during meals. The boat passed two transports—one bringing English soldiers from France and another carry- ing American soldiers overseas. “Our machine guns took aim and prac- ticed fire on a large iceberg some three miles distant. We could see the chips sliding off,” said Miss Wilkie. The pas- sage was particularly safe because of the high sea, in which no U-boat can live. Seeing America First Shut off from the outside world, two members of 1920 are determined to have “every experience a woman can have” on the campus. L. Sloane and M. Porritt are making a tour of the campus, dining at a different table in one of the five halls every evening. mass: meeting. . : Last year $10,000 was raised between rt wale aclinied the War teanall GIGI Monday night. After a careful discussion the lower sum was accepted, and will be submitted to the vote of the college at a February and May. The feeling of the War Council seemed to be that the cok lege should on no account relax its money-raising efforts, but that, since the semester is already well advanced and no rallies or metings can be held for some time ahead, it is better to set the college’s quota at the lower figure. | The Alumnez are becoming more and more enthusiastic about the Service Corps, .Miss Martha Thomas reported. The Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., and other organizations have shown that they will accept any woman the Service Corps Committee recommends. Miss Marion Reilly, chairman of the Service Corps Committee, has recently been made chair- man of the personnel department of the Y. M. C. A. for this district, and has charge of the selection of Y. M. C. A. canteen workers. Extra Members of War Council Committee Various committee members besides those elected by the four classes were approved. Members on the Liberty Loan Department are Mr. Hurst, Comptroller of the College, Mrs. Chandler, and Miss Goldstein and Miss Babcock, graduate students. Dean Maddison is an honorary member of the Educational Department and the presidents of the clubs and chairmen of the Religious Meetings and Social Serv- ice Committees will constitute an ad- visory committee. The regular members of the depart- ment have not yet been elected by the classes. By a new scheme each class will be asked to send a representative to fill a specific office on the committee in ques- tion. The plan for the offices the differ- ent classes will fill is: Liberty Loan Department 1919—Official data. 1920—Publicity. 1921—Thrift campaigns. 1922—-Secretary. ‘Red Cross Department 1919—Work Shop. 1920—Entertainments. 1921—Wool Department. 1922—Publicity. Education Department 1919—Publicity. 1920—Tickets. 1921—-Secretary. 1922—Posters. Food Conservation Department 1919—Thrift Clubs. 1920—Publicity. 1921—-Officials. Food Production Department 1919—Secretary. 1920—Manager. 1921—Publicity. 1922—-Posters. UNDERGRADUATES FILL PLACES OF LABORATORY GIRLS Undergraduates have undertaken the work of laboratory girls in Dalton this, year and are registering the time spent in that way as war work. No regular laboratory girls could be found. The biology laboratory assistants are V. Frazier ex-’18, P. France "19, M. Mack- enzie ex-18, M. S. Munford ex-’18, 8. Belleville ex-’18, and M. R. Bettman "19. E. Macrum "19 and EB. Macdonald ‘19 are helping in the Physics Laboratory, H. Collins "19, M. K. Cary ‘20, C. Coleman "20, K. Bickley "21, and I. Coleman ‘22 in Chemistry.