i i a bi i VOLUME y, No. 9 Price 5 Cents LT. ROBERT NICHOLS SPEAKS ON ENGLAND’S SOLDIER POETS Reads From Works of Friends As a representative of the young Eng- lish poets who have fallen in battle, Lieut. Robert Nichols, of the Royal Field Artillery, gave a lecture-reading on Brit- ish War Poetry Friday evening in Taylor under the auspices of the English Club. Describing himself as “slightly damaged” through his fighting with the Hun, and quite unused to lecturing, Mr. Nichols kept his audience under intense emo- tional strain for nearly two hours as he read informally from the works of three of his personal friends, Charles Sorley, who was killed in action in May, 1915; Robert Graves, who has been severely wounded; and Siegfried Sassoon, who has fought three times in France and once in Palestine. Mr. Nichols has had severe shell shock, and was obliged to remain seated throughout most of his address. Stresses War Poets’ Love of Action To emphasize the directness and love of action of the young War Poets, Mr. ols described in contrast the inertia of the poets of the ’90’s, “who never played football or rode or swam, but pre- ferred to lie on a sofa and think about it.’ The glory of the 90’s was that they rebelled against Victorian sentimentality and Victorian bad technique, that they saw that without truth there could be no poetry; their weakness, that they prided themselves on their exclusiveness and used up their courage in such caprices as wearing lilies in their buttonholes. Through a, long stretch of “lean years,” marked by “moral writers” such as Shaw, Barker, Wells and Galsworthy, literature finally got back, by way of the poetical dramas of -Masefield, to real art. The most characteristic emotion of the immediately pre-war period in England was indignation, Mr. Nichols declared. When the war came, it provided some- thing everyone could be horribly indig- nant at. In so far it was a relief. Sorley a Poetic Dramatist Charles Sorley, the first of the “young Elizabethans” whom Mr. Nichols de- scribed, gives splendid expression to this fighting mood. During his years at Marl- borough he fought the whole school over his successive “admirations” for Mase- field, Hardy and Goethe. Sorley has been called by Masefield “the greatest literary loss England has sustained in the war.” Another English critic prophesied that had he lived he would have been the greatest dramatist since Shakespeare. “Like Emily Bronté,” Mr. Nichols com- mented, “he is almost without adjec- tives.” His greatest poem, in Mr. Nich- ol’s judgment, is “Into Action.” Mr. Nichols read “Stones,” “Lost,” showing his love for the rain and the wind, and the “Song to Marching Men”: “All the hills and vales along Earth is bursting into song, And the singers are the chaps Who are going to die perhaps. O sing, marching men, Till the valleys ring again. = . = > = (Continued on page 5, column 2.) Foods Which May Be Sold on Campus Nuts, peanut butter, fruit, crackers and hot soup, the Food Committee sanctions as foodstuffs which may be sold on campus. VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM, 1918-19 Top Row: K. Cauldwell '20, D. Clark '20, E. Donohue ’22. Middle Row: B. Weaver ’20, M. Carey ’20, E. Biddle ’19. Bottom Row: G. Hearne "19, A. Stiles "19, M. Tyler '19 (captain), D. Rogers '29, M. Tyler ’22. First Subs (not in picture): M. Warren '21, A. Nicoll ’22, G. Rhoads '22, H. Guthrie '22, M. France ’19, M. L. Mall ’20. VARSITY GAINS 6-3 VICTORY OVER ALL-PHILADELPHIA Four Goals by G. Hearne 719 Seal Visitors’ Doom For the third year in succession Varsity | | has won from All-Philadelphia. In a hotly contested and evenly matched game last Saturday the college team, every member but one playing, defeated their ancient foe, with six goals to their three. The play was full of vim, particularly in the second half. A noticeable absence of long dribbles by the Varsity wings bore witness to the efficiency of the op- posing halfbacks. The main stars of the sume were G. Hearne '19 and B. Weaver 20 for Varsity, and the Misses McLean, MacMahon, and Townsend for AlIl-Phila- delphia. First Half, 5-2 The first goal was made, after about five minutes of indecisive fighting, by the All-Philadelphia team in a sharp scrap at the goal. A retaliatory tally for Var- sity, made by G. Hearne '19, followed, and then came a period of scrapping, in which Miss McLean, E. Biddle ‘19, and Miss MacMahon took most active part. Two raore goals were made by G. Hearne ‘19 from some distance, and one by M. Tyler 19, before Captain Townsend of All- Philadelphia took the ball down for a second score egainst Varsity. Just before half time was called D. Rogers '20 drib- bled down the field, and G. Herne "19 shot another long goal at a sharp angle. Second Half, 6-3 The second half showed more team- work on Varsity’s forward line, and a cor- respondingly . stronger All-Philadelphia RECORD OF VICTORY UNBROKEN Varsity’s victorious record for this season is unbroken, even by a tie. Five games have been played, against Philadelphia Cricket Club, the Alum- nae, Lansdowne, Germantown, ana All-Philadelphia. One or two games which were postponed on account of the quarantine may be played after Thanksgiving. defense. As in the first half the visitors drew first blood, this time with a goal mude by Miss Townsend across a circle swept clear of defense by a clever decoy play in the right wing. The remainder of the game was bitterly fought, but un- eventful except for a final goal by D. Rogers ’20. During most of the second half the home halfbacks played on the defensive. Line-up: Varsity All-Philadelphia M. Tyler 19 (c.)*. L. W. ........Miss Irons MM. Tyier.’32........: L. I. .Miss Katzenstein D. Rogers ’20*,... C.F. .**Townsend (c.) A, Stiles '19..:..... R. 1... ies Cheston G. Hearne "19**** R. W. ..Miss MacMahon BE, Lanier °19..... L. H. ....MissBoogar B. Biddle ’19..... C.H...:.<.. Mise Taylor B. Weaver ’20..... R.H. .....Miss McLean Be Ceniewell 20. la Be a is a Miss Reed E. Donohue ’22... R.F. ......Miss Glover Dy Clare Res cc sks | SERRE Pe Mrs. Fraley Substitutes — All-Philadelphia: Miss Newbold for Miss Glover, Miss Morgan for Miss Irons, Miss Newbold for Miss Boogar. : Referee—Miss Kirk. Time of halves-~30 min. K. Caldwell ’20... L. F. .......Miss Powel Chaplain Follows Service with Spirited “Sing” in Gym Shows College How to “Get Together” A tall swinging figure in ligutenant’s khaki, towering high above a mob of about three hundred students, and lead- ing with voice, arms, and entire person- ality in the spirited singing of the fa- vorite songs of the army: this was Chaplain Laurens Seelye a few minutes after the conclusion of last Sunday (Continued on page 2, column 2.) Busts in Taylor Come to Life for ’19’s Reception to Freshmen Cornelia Skinner Recites The long-abused Greeks who adorn the corridors of Taylor came into their own last Saturdzy evening, forming an orig- inal and well-executed background to the familiar theme of the Bryn Mawr super- women, presented by 1919 in their recep tion to the Freshmen. Under a clever fire of comment from (Continued on page 6, column 2.) COLLEGE RECEIVES $500,000 _ LEGACY FROM MRS. SAGE Will Enable Bryn Mawr to Join Professors’ Pension Plan Margaret Olivia Sage, who died on No- vember 4th in her ninety-first year, left Bryn Mawr College one fifty-second share of her residuary estate, which is esti- mated by the newspapers. as between $700,000 and $800,000, but by Mrs. Sage’s executor, Mr. Robert W. de Forest, as about $500,000, in a telegram sent to President Thomas. Other shares go to foreign and home missions, aid, tract and Bible societies, hospitals, museums, libra- ries, Hampton, Tuskegee, and fourteen other colleges in addition to Bryn Mawr —Troy Polytechnic, Union, Hamilton, New York University, Syracuse, Yale, Amherst, Williams, Dartmouth, Prince- ton, and four women’s colleges, Vassar, Wellesley, Smith and Barnard. All these bequests are free from any restriction except the request that they shall be used in some way that shall com- memorate the name of her husband, Rus- sell Sage, who left her this great fortune to dispose of. These splendid charitable and educational gifts, amounting roughly to $40,000,000, place Mrs. Sage next to John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie among American benefactors. It is gen- erally thought that the Trustees will add this legacy to the general endowment funds of the college, and it is hoped that the income. of about $20,000 of the legacy will be set aside to enable the college to join in the new prdtessors’ pension plan of the Carnegie Foundation. It is interesting to recall that during her husband's lifetime Mrs. Sage at- tended commencement at Bryn Mawr and took such a fancy to President Thomas's garden party hat that she ordered an ex- act duplicate and wore it for several years, as Mr. Sage gave her a very small dress allowance. Soon after his death she gave President Thomas $20,000 for suffrage work, and lét her present the ter- rible financial straits of the five women’s colleges—Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Welles- ley, Smith and Bryn Mawr. After this interview President Thomas sent Mrs. Sage a carefully written statement of what an additional endowment of $1,090,- 000 «apiece given to these five colleges would mean for women’s education. This statement was never acknowledged and President Thomas says that she feared that she had displeased Mrs. Sage and probably damaged Bryn Mawr’s chance of being remembered in her will. Hap- pily this proves not to have been the case; and it may be that President Thomas’ presentation of the needs of the women’s colleges influenced Mrs. Sage to include four of the five colleges among her residuary legatees. At the time that |Mrs. Sage’s will was made a fifty-second share would have amounted to about $1,000,000 for each college, but gifts of principal during her lifetime considerably reduced the residuary estate. Bryn Mawr is deeply grateful to Mrs. Sage for its legacy and will always revere her memory. No “News” Next Week Owing to the Thanksgiving vacation there will be no issue of the News next week. The next number will appear De- ecember 12th