ime | $2.00 3 matter Septem’ 1914, at ae ys Mawr, Pa, under (ax ith tts Ata ihaneaing 96 itor for this issue, — Little Wars of Little Men An interclass feud can be a source of enjoyment only to the depraved. Yet when there is mischief in the air the most responsible often add fuel to fire and quickly fan a faint —_— into a roaring blaze. ° a; class (or a siedaditities group in that ‘class) behaves in an unbecoming way. Rival classes are loud in their con- demnation, often seeking to administer active chastisement. Sometimes the provocation is strong. None the less, their efforts at retribution result not in a betterment of the situation, but only in a thoroughgoing antagonism between condemner and condemned. In such squabbles, justification can doubtless be found for both parties, but the squabbles themselves are unjustifi- able. In a time when the college is mak- ing every effort to work together as never before, interclass feeling is a disgrace. If some of us can only practice a little forbearance (as has already been done in a few cases) many of the worst offenders will correct themselves. Time Saver Any time-saving device is always wel- come this year. A bulletin‘board hung in Taylor, with the letters of the alphabet, under which notes for students might be slipped on racks, would save committee chairmen, hockey captains and everyone, in fact, an enormous amount of time or- dinarily spent in hastening from Rocke- feller to Radnor in order to announce a meeting or game. Would it not be possi- ble for the Bulletin Board Committee of the Undergraduate Association to take the matter up and help.in the year’s cam- paign to save time as well as food and coal? The Moody Senior (By Special Contribution.) Our charming friend, Alfalfa Floyd, Has failed in French, she’s so annoyed! Her lovely visage is defait. I saw her gazing yesterday Upon a blooming garden-plot; It laughed with flowers, but she did not. I watched her dainty features harden— She loathes a complicated garden! Oh, dear, what language Seniors use! I led her to our green pelouse. It's large enough—too large, I ween— It wastes a lot of gasoline. We sauntered down the north allée, It is so darkly ombragée Our cousins (female) not a minute After 6.30 would walk in it. (You see I mind my mood and tense; They often do affect the sense.) Good gracious, how Alfalfa grumbled! She thought the Vatican had crumbled. I said, “Alfalf, s’ti standing still; It always has and always will. Since Italy produced the Pope The world has almost ceased to hope. (1 dodged the Capitol because I really don't know what it was.) Maintaining Gothas can be Zepps I took her up the Taylor steps. Perron, one calls them in French fiction, ' (I never did admire their diction). Used for farewells when heroines droop, A neat translation (mine) is “stoop.” [An exception to the “News! fale: tant vir ring anonymous contributions is made in | hé tau RE Se ES LETTERS'TO THE EDITOR. (The editors do not hold, th - ‘responsible for opinions expressed | column.) ‘|To the Editors: Events of the past few days have led us to believe that the Sophomores are tou much impressed with the dignity of their own position. While we have long since tearned to consider our crackers and jam as community property, we should like, if possible, to keep our hats, desks, rugs, and pictures for our own use. In con- scription days, when time is no longer our,own, may we not pursue our Sunday meditations free from the intrusion of cude appraisers? If this is the Sopho- more idea of courtesy, who are they to vote the Freshmen fresh? Indignant Sister-Classmen. [Seven Signatures. ] To the Editor of the College News: From several sources we have heard that the action of certain members of our class in trying to secure properties for the Sophomore dance has offended some of those whose rooms were entered last Sunday. As the thoughtlessness of this procedure was not realized at the time, we wish to alopogize for our uninten- tional rudeness. The Class of 1921. Per E. H. M., Sec’y. To the Editor of the College News: This year it is proposed to inaugurate a new scheme for raising the money nec- essary to run Bates House. The custom has been for the Christian Association to raise two-thirds of the required sum on the budget and to depend on a private canvass by the committee for the re- mainder. Last year the Christian Asso- ciation gave us $1000 and we raised $500 by our spring pledges. It seems logical to include in the budget drive all the money for Bates House, thereby connect- ing more closely the activities of the com- mittee with the Association. We hope to raise $1500 on the budget by pledges in November. To do this, it is necessary for all to realize in pledging that to avoid the canvass in the spring and to insure to Bates House the success it has enjoyed this past summer, they must pledge at least twice .the usual sum. Frances C. Clarke, Chairman of the Bates House Com. To the Editor of the College News: Is there something wrong with the col- lege or something wrong with us? It is impossible to hear, day after day, “The most patriotic thing you can do is to stay at college, and prepare yourself for recon- struction work after you graduate,” and not to think there is something in it. Yet as we read of our friends dying at the front, it is hard to believe that we are doing the most we can—going to our classes, eating when we are hungry, sleeping when we are sleepy, having thrills over hockey matches, and revelling in the extreme patriotism of our “mili- tary” drills. There is, of course, Red Cross work to do, and some people do it—but many do not, because naturally they cannot neg-|. lect their committee meetings and song- practices—it -would be lacking in college spirit. The Conscription Board allows such occupations (not to mention rehears- abou tee the Soglees €F calmed ead tec excellent distribution of time thereat? Moreover, if exercise and studying are so regulated as to make us better, phys- is | ically as well as mentally, why is it that | | at Que wad ak the willbe oar the wale ity of people are below par? Why have half-way measures? To my mind there is little use in waving your arms around vacantly for ten minutes twice a week, or in having a show-off drill on the hockey field so that neighbors may see how patriotic is our Alma Mater. Some retort courteously, “But drill is for physical development.” Judging by last week’s performance, I should say they are quite right if the purpose is the de- velopment of the larynx. If, instead of this, we had some vain military discipline, and went about it se- viously, we might consider ourselves as doing something. College work should be war work, and all irrelevant practices» should be abolished. This sounds like the Prussian system, you say? The differ- ence is merely that should this measure go through, it would be by vote of the majority: the minority would be con- trolled by public opinion. If we are going to college at all, we ought to give at least our time, when others are giving their lives, to the country. It makes no difference what sort of war work we are planning to do— whether reconstructing French’ villages, or assisting in a laboratory—but we must have some definite idea and plan our courses accordingly. Why cannot we be a military college, and not join the ranks of those who seem not to be slackers, but who an reality are: people who are just drifting. If we find that we are drifting we ought to get out! In agswer to the argument that mili- tary discipline would weaken our will power and make us puppets, the fact re- mains that those who have that estimable characteristic are living up to those standards anyway, and as for the others —it might wake them up a little bit so that even if they are mental wrecks they won't be physical wrecks! We think we’d hate it! Supposing we did? If we are going to get out of doing the things we hate by coming to college, Bryn Mawr would be better without us in war time! If war disciplines the men, why not the women who are to try to take their places? M. Train ’20. The News will be glad to print a letter signed “Consistency” if the writer will send in her name to the Editor. It is a rule of the News that the name of the writer must accompany every letter, though only the nom-de-plume need be printed. To the Editors: We at Bryn Mawr are not fettered by prudish traditions. After going through Minor Latin, Social Hygiene, and the en- lightening drama featured in the English courses, we feel we are well able to face, without a quiver, the facts of life. But references to the aforementioned facts, and the detailed court records of the an- tics of the underworld, given in a course in “Civilian Relief,” are absolutely unnec- essary and irrelevant and can but arouse our indignation. Conscious Objectors. J. Ridlon "18 is studying at the Chicago University this winter. ot aa 15—War Chest, allie nea | Service Corps pledge for Semester I. _ Feb. 15—War Chest, charge accounts. Mar. 15—War Chest, charge accounts, Glee Club dues. ae April 15—War Chest, charge. accounts. May 15—War Chest, charge accounts, ‘Service Corps pledge for Semester 5 ENGLISH CLUB BROADENS WORK Three New Members This Year _ Publicity work for the Red Cross, the Food Administration, and the next Lib- erty Loan may be undertaken by the Eng- lish Club this winter. M. Rhoads ’19, newly elected secretary of the club, is in- vestigating possibilities. Last year gov- ernment publicity work was done by the class in Second Year — Compost- tion. Besides.Mr. Robert Nichols the English Club hopes to secure this season Mr. Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent, who has recently returned from a trip abroad. F. Allison ’19, J. Mebane ex-'18, and A. Harrison 20 are the new members of the English Club. The requirement for mem- bership is a grade of 85 in General Eng- lish Composition, or 80 in Elective Com- position. THE BIBLE A LIVING BOOK Dr. Wood's First Lecture Enthusiastically Attended — “Bible Study for Busy People,” the first lecture by Dr. Charles Wood of Washing- ton, was finally given last Wednesday after being postponed from the week be- fore on account of the epidemic. “Some people have an interest in the Bible as collectors,”, said Dr. Wood; “others as a piece of good literature and have read it through many times without ever getting the true message.” We need more than a bowing acquaintance with the Bible, he continued, We need a knowledge that comes from reading it thoughtfully every day. The most inter- esting thing about life is living and yet some people are so busy that they do not live. If they really want to live, the Bible is the book that gives light and life. RESPECT FOR PERSONALITY IS STANDARD OF TRUE CHRISTIANITY E. Biddle, President of C. A., Tells Large Audience at Vespers “*Love one another,’ should be the keynote of our lives in college, in the community and in America this year,” said Elizabeth Biddle, president of the Christian Association, last Sunday in vespers. “But that doctrine has been preached so much and practised so little that we might do better to say, ‘Have re- spect for personality.’ Develop your own according to your ideals and give the same opportunity to others. Put the good and the personality of others above your own selfishness. If everyone put this into practise it would be impossible for eight hundred schools in New York to be closed because of a lack of teachers or for an industrial leader to say that he used up one batch of men and then got a new one. If we had love for one another we should have a world safe for democracy or, in other words, the kingdom of God. This is subject to criticism as being idealistic ‘and unpractical. Live by it and see if it is. The job is bigger than we are and therefore it is thrilling.” FRENCH LECTURE SATURDAY A lecture on “Americans in France” will be given in French by Mme. Claude Riviere Saturday afternoon in Taylor, if the necessary arrangements can be made by the French Club, under whose aus- pices she is speaking. ae i CA ae te