Vouume V. No. 5 OCTO ee = “THE GEISHA” FIRST CHOICE OF ; GLEE CLUB ji E. Taylor Elected Stage Manager A Japanese musical play, “The Geisha,” with music by Sidney Jones, libretto by Owen Hall, and lyrics by Harry Green- ven by the Glee Club this and although moxt of the characters are Japanese, the cast of twenty-two includes (Continued on 5, column 1.) K. TOWNSEND '20 ELECTED ATHLENC SECRETARY Succeeding Phoebe Helmer ’20, who did not return to college this year, Katherine Townsend ’20 was electéd secretary of the Athletic Association at a meeting ‘Tuesday night. Miss Townsend. received thirty votes as against twenty-five cast for M. L. Mall ’20 and five for D. Rogers '20. Both years that she has been in college Miss Townsend has won first place in the swimming meet. In her Freshman year she was class water-polo captain, and last year swimming captain. She played last year on 1920's basketball team, and took part in the track meet. A note of regret to Miss Helmer on her . resignation was voted by the Association, and a hearty vote of thanks accorded her. EXTRA EXAMS FOR FLU VICTIMS IS RECENT DECREE OF FACULTY All students who, on account of the in- fluenza or the influenza quarantine, have missed their language examinations are to have extra examinations, the faculty decided at a special meeting last week. GERMAN “WRITTEN” SHOWS MORE -MEDIAN GRADES THAN FRENCH Eighteen Pass Both Examinations In contrast to the unusual number of extreme grades in the first French “written,” the results of the frst German examination, posted Tuesday morning, show a much more even distribution of marks. Merit was made by M. Gilman and B. Sorchan. Twenty-nine passed, 43.28 per cent, and thirty-six, or 53.73 per cent, failed. Eighteen Seniors passed both French and German at the first examinations. The grades are: Merit, 2: M, Gilman, B. Sorchan. Passed, 29: F. Allison, G. Bailey, F. Clarke, F. Day, A. R. Dubach, V. Frazier ex-'18, E. Fuller, F. Fuller, D. Hering, J. Holmes, F. Howell, E. Howes, W. Kauf- mann, M. Lubar, J. Mebane ex-'18, E. Mercer, A. Moore, C. Oppenheimer, B. Pershing ex-’18, H. Prescott, R. Ray, M. W. Rhoads, BE. Rondinelia, M. Snavely, C. Taussig, A. Warner, L. Wood, G. Wood- bury, J. Wright. Failed; 36: F. Beatty, M. Bettman, E. Biddle, A. Blue, M. Butler, D. Chambers, A. Collins; H.. Collins, H. Conover, V. ‘Coombs, C. Everett, E. Fauvre, M. France, D. Hall, R. Hamilton, C. Hayman, G. Hearne, C. Hollis, E. Hurlock, M. Jane- way, H. Johnson, H. Karns, M. Lafferty, A. Landon, E. Moores, M. Moseley, J. Pea- body, M. Ramsay, R. Reinhardt, M. Rem- ington, A. Stiles, 8. Taylor, A. Thorndike, M. Tyler, R. Wheeler, R. Woodruff. The Seniors who have passed both BRYN MAWR, PA., Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant °03, corre- spondent of the New Republic and first .| member of the Bryn Mawr Service Corps, has been wounded in France by the ex- plosion of a hand grenade, according to reports received by the New Republic. Her injuries are not serious. A party of American women accom- panied by a French officer were being conducted on a tour of reoccupied terri- tory near the front, says the New York Sun. Mile. de Vallette, head of the Amer- ican section of the Press Department of the Foreign Office, who was conducting the trip, picked up a hand grenade, which exploded and killed her instantly. Sev- eral other women of the party were in- jured. Miss Sergeant is the author of French Perspectives, a book on the French peo- ple, and a series of essays in the New Republic, the latest of which, “American Women in France,” appeared in the issue for October 19th. She has been in France for thirteen months under the New Re- public, and during this time has also done investigation work for the Red Cross. On this ground she was adopted last spring as Bryn Mawr’s first war worker under the Service Corps. Miss Sergeant was the first president of the Bryn Mawr English Club, which was founded her Senior year. : RED CROSS MENDS GARMENTS Pressing Need for First Lot Garment mending is in full swing in the Merion Red Cross room. A good-sized ap- portionment, to be filled immediately, has been given the college by Mrs. Ewing, in charge of the garment mending at the Bryn Mawr Red Cross headquarters. Mrs. Ewing talked last Saturday to twenty-five of the college inspectors, about the sewing. She has received from the Philadelphia Arsenal 300 soldiers’ undershirts, 300 underdrawers, and the same number of socks, all to be returned within ten days. Mrs. Nichols described the work done by the Red Cross Reclama- tion Department in Boston. Garments for Draftees “This department is now one of the most important branches of Red Cross work,” says L. Kellogg, head of the War Council Red Cross department. When soldiers go overseas, they leave their old garments to be cleaned, mended and used again. The present allotment is needed for new drafted men in the camps. Room for Forty Workers Forty workers can be accommodated in the Merion work-room, and are wanted day and night. Hours are from 2.00 until 6.00, and from 7.30 until 10.00. Inspec- tion is strict, and each person is respon- sible for her own garment, tagged with her name, JUNIOR AND SOPHOMORE CLASS WAR COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES M. Carey '20 and M. Foot '21 have been elected Junior and Sophomore Class rep- resentatives om the War Council. As Junior represenative, M. Carey becomes vice-chairman of the Council. The Fresh- man representative will be elected in the .| first fortnight of November. Dorothy Moore ‘15 is studying medicine at Johns Hopkins this winter. BER 31, 1918 /ROBERT NICHOLS SECURED BY ENGLISH CLUB -— Will Lecture November 22 The English Club has secured Mr. Rob- ert Nichols, the British war poet, to speak -before the college on November 22nd. In accepting the invitation of the club, Mi. Nichols said in part: “I hope it will be understood that my defective memory—lI've had shell shock— does not permit me to make an address, and that owing to my hate of reading prose, and my badness at it, this will be only a talk, to which will be at- tached the principal point of my coming, namely, a reading of certain poems (chiefly of war, by Gorbey, Graves, Sas- soon, and, if you wish it, of my own work. The chief difficulty is that I can’t split up my own stuff. As I know both Sas- soon and Graves personally, perhaps I shall be able to give you information which you would not be able to get other- wise.” A copy of Mr. Nichols’ poems, Ardors and Endurances, is in the New Book Room. C. A. CANVASS REAPS 100 PER CENT MEMBERSHIP 190 per cent of the Freshmen at_col- lege have joined the Christian Associa- tion. A canvass was made in all the halls this week by the Membership Com- mittee. L. Kellogg '20, chairman of the committee, will speak at Vespers next Sunday and the names of the graduates and Freshmen who have joined will be read by B. Allard and M. Wilcox '22, the graduate and Freshmen representatives on the Membership Committee. TO ESTABLISH CENTRE OF FRENCH CULTURE AT BRYN MAWR New French Associate Arrives Mme. Claude Riviere, an editor of Paris’s well-known daily, L’Oeuvre, and formerly instructor at the Lycée de Paris, arrived here last week from France to be Associate in French. Teaching in Bryn Mawr Mme. Riviere regards as a patriotic service. Her ob- ject is to establish a centre of French culture here and to help convert the as yet rather superficial relationship which exists between France and America into a more durable intellectual understand- ing. This is a year ‘of victory, and peace will be more difficult than war, said Mme. Riviere. For that reason this bond is es- sential. Mme. Riviere crossed on the Rocham- beau, which has received the Croix de Guerre for successfully resisting four U- boat attacks. She found New York, with its mountains of light and with the excite- ment of a big Liberty Loan drive, like an- other planet after the darkened Paris that she had left. Throughout the bom- bardment of Paris by the German long- range guns and the Gothas Madame was in Paris. Twenty shells fell in the quar- ter where she was living. As many as three “alertes” were sometimes sounded in one night until the cellars came to be centres for social gatherings. Paris in the last year, continued Mme. Claude Riviere, has been cleared of all but the true Parisiennes and their morale is ad- mirable. Among those who crossed with Madame was M. Greber, the architect, who has been chosen to improve the plans of the city of Philadelphia. Mrs. Martin Lowenberg (Margaret Friend "11) has changed her name from Quarantine Probably Lifted Monday Through the effective handling of Dr. ranson and Dr. Ray the college influ- enza epidemic has been reduced to a minimum. Only six cases are left in the infirmary, and the latest information available when the News went to press indicated that the quarantine would be - lifted next week, probably Monday. The epidemic has practically subsided both in Philadelphia and its suburbs. Vaccine Reduced Epidemic The influenza vaccine has materially reduced the number of cases, according to Dr. Branson, Physician-in-chief of the college. About 500 were inoculated. The vaccine was used by Dr. Branson four years ago, when it was not widely known. From being a sceptic, Dr. Bran- son. declares he has become a firm be- liever in its great value. Among his cases some persons who had suffered con- stantly with colds became entirely free from them for three years. The vaccine is composed of well-known disease germs which affect the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract. It is used chiefly to combat influenza, pneu- monia and pus-producing germs. The Same general process is involved as in the better established typhoid vaccine. .. The quarantine rule forbidding college meetings where there are no outsiders was lifted last week. WILL PAY BILLS MONTHLY Mass Meeting Accepts, Measures A regular Pay Day, to be held on the fifteenth of every month, and a monthly contribution to the Five Counties War Chest are among the war measures ac- cepted by a mass meeting of the college Tuesday night on the recommendation of the War Council. The Service Corps was again adopted as the college’s specific form of war work, with $8500 as the quota for the first semester, For failure to do four hours of con- scripted war work, it was decided that students should be brought up before a mass meeting, the meeting to decide the penalty to be inflicted. The work of the Conscription Board was reported by D. Peters '19, that of the Red Cross by L. Kellogg '20 and A. Lan- don "19, Liberty Loan by Miss Franklin, Food Conservation by A. Harrison ‘20, Food Production by Miss Alice Hawkins, and Education by H. Johnson ‘19. Outsiders Barred From Lantern Night Unusually “Muteless” Year An audience exclusively collegiate will see the Freshmen receive their class lan- terns tomorrow evening. Owing to quar- antine regulations no outsiders will be admitted to the cloisters. Unusual volume may be expected both in “Pallas Athene Thea” and “Over the Way to the Sacred Shrine” because of the comparatively small number of mutes among the Sophomores and Freshmen. 1921 has twenty voiceless members and 1922 about twenty-three. The lanterns that will be given to the Freshmen were designed by a Sophomore committee consisting of M. Morrison, chairman, BE. Hill, L. Beekwith, and E. Lowenberg to Lowe. Farnsworth.