re ‘D. Clark '20 is assistant managing ed- itor for this issue. Thanksgiving Day will mean more to us tomorrow than turkey and cranberry Sauce; it will have in it the true spirit of thankfulness which the Pilgrims first felt when they met to give thanks to God. The nation’s thanksgiving will rise to God for France and the spirit of France, for England and her grit, Italy and her fire, Belgium and her courage—for Amer- ica that she has won the right to share in their rejoicing. Immediately after conscription was abolished 50 of the 110 who had signed up for work at the Community Center withdrew their names. This fact does not seem to bear out the argument of those who objected to conscription on the ground that public opinion could accom- plish the work just as well. Doubtless the majority have found that four hours of war work a week is too much. On the other hand, there is not a person in college who could not give at least one hour. We suggest that each individual desig- nate on her conscription card the amount of time she is willing to volunteer and then register her work each week as before so that accurate tally can be kept of the work done. By this means the war service output of the college, which has never been so great as this fall, might be maintained and an even distribution of work effected. COLLEGE HEARS CHAPLAIN “On the roulette wheel of nations Ger- many picked her own color, spun and last,” Chaplain Laurens Seelye, of the U. S. Army, declared in his sermon Sunday night in chapel. Germany reckoning that America was too interested in self-seeking commerce to fight, failed to realize her latent power of self-giving. This unsel- fishness, formed into personal spiritual convictions, is the one essential. “Nothing is inconsistent, with religion except what is vile,” Chaplain Seelye stressed. Nowadays it is not incongruous at a camp sing to follow “Rock of Ages” with “Good Night, Ladies”—an illustra- tion of the practical faith that God is all and in all. What matters is what we think of God, what, too, the blaspheming Gott-mitt-uns Junkers thought of God when they persecuted the Armenians. Our conception of Christianity is impor- tant. “Into our Christianity,” concluded Chap- lain Seelye, “must be builded a faith in broad internationalism.” The question is not whether America has been profoundly stirred. It asks, “Is anything being se- curely rebuilt in America? Have we merely passed through a spasm of altru- ism, or will a new world be formed in the spirit of God?” FIVE PASS DEFERRED GERMAN WRITTEN WHILE FOUR FAIL In contrast to the results of the French written taken by students who had had the influenza, the emergency German 14, at and Stamps will be placed on sale early Treasury. of January 1, 1924, and in practically all respects will be issued on the same terms and in the same manner as the present series. color, bearing the head of Benjamin Frankliy the apostle of saving, and a former Postmaster General, is in prepa- ration. Cards now in use will be continued in 1919 and will be exchangeable into the new Series of 1919 War-Savings Stamps. night’s chapel, which he himself had con- ducted. Holding his audience from the the big gym table with a shouted “Now all Chaplain Seelye led them with an un- bounded vim which won him immediate popularity with all present. and other similar gems, old and new, to of weakness. The enthusiasm and well- Smuaneeeemmneen’ after Christmas. The committee is: Pro- fessor Donnelly, chairman, Professor Fenwick, and Professor Frank. Literature examination of one hour, on the same principle as the general infor- mation test, are also to be given this year, probably directly after the Easter vacation. Prizes are offered by President Thomas. The examination is to be a test of gen- eral knowledge of the literature of the world, and no particular preparation for it is specified. A test of the kind was given here several years ago, modelled on an examination given at Oxford. The committee is: Prof. G. G. ‘King, chairman, Professor Wright, and Pro- fessor Chew. HONOR IS THEME OF STRONG VESPER TALK BY M. THURMAN In one of the most forceful vesper talks heard here for many months, M. L. Thur- man ‘19, Senior president, attacked the low standards of personal honor preva- lent at college in petty matters. Although half-way measures in doing exercise or required reading, afterward signed for, might not be unanimously con- demned in the world at large, she said, technical justification of them here to ourselves is impossible. The out-and-out liar she placed on a higher plane than tie petty offender in matters of honor, in that he acknowledged his offense to him- self. A higher ethical standard throughout the community she demanded as a neces- sity for the higher development of indi- vidual character, and for the justification of confidence in the college as a whole. WAR-SAVING STAMPS FOR 1919 TO BE BLUE A new series of War-Saving Certificates in 1919, according to the Secretary of the It will have a maturity date A new $5.00 War-Saving Siamp, blue in The same Thrift Stamps and Thrift Chaplain Follows Service with “Sing” (Continued from page 1.) very first minute, when he jumped up on together, boys—what’ll we sing?” Beginning with “America” and “The Long, Long Trail,” and continuing through “Old Black Joe,” “Over There,” the “Marseillaise,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and “The Star Spangled Ban- ner,” the singing showed never a trace tried methods of the ledder everyone present with a new inspired sort of written marks show that a higher number spontaneity. [VOLUNTARY TESTS To BE SET FoR INFORMATION AND LITERATURE | A voluntary general information test with the same prides as those awarded by President Thomas last year, will be given graduate record, 3509 were due to Infirm- ary illness, 65 to half-iliness, and 123 were unexcused. Nine of the latter were starred as legitimate cuts. not registered by the Undergraduates, while the Undergraduate statistics show 39 not on the office lists. MISS DONNELLY ELECTED To MARY rett Memorial fund of $100,000, raised by alumnez and students becomes available this year and the principal will be handed over later to found the Chair of English. The directors have elected Lucy Martin Donnelly "93, the head of the department of English, Mary Elizabeth Garrett Pro- fessor of English. Archeology, in a brief talk last Wednes- day morning in chapel, _ | expedient,” declared Dr. Hoppin, “to erad- ality cannot be killed. It would be equally Impossible to receive her again into the family of nations as if nothing had hap- pened. We must build Germany up to the point where she can begin to pay for her sins, and then force her to spend the next fifty years making amends.” ALUMN® NOTES Cynthia Wesson '09 has been sent by the Government as a Reconstruction Aid to the U. S. General Hospital for Wound- ed in Lakewood, N. J. Miss Wesson was trained in Dr. Sargents’ School in Boston and this summer took a special course for Reconstruction Aids in Boston and passed the government examination in September. Ruth Newman ’15 has left Spring Street this year and is the Suffolk County Agent for Dependent Children of the New York State Charities Association. Ai Hoshino ’12 is studying at Columbia this winter. Julia Tappan ‘14 is in Washington do- ing secretarial work for the Health De- partment. Maisie Morgan Haupt "12, M. Murray unusually high number was due to the in- fluenza epidemic, 104 of the 209 students cutting registering under the excused heading. The office records and those drawn up from cut cards by the Cut Committee of the Undergraduate Association follow: Ce Ss & ® = 8 4 &.§ g - § Ss Office Record i No. of students cutting. 104 135 209 moO. OO... .. 222 2530 No. of cuts per student MUN ci sis cc... 25.1 16 131 No. of cuts per total No. Or WS... .:,. 5.6 Undergraduate Record No. of students cutting. 109 107 216 me, Of OU... 3... 3697 No. of cuts per student UI oc ccc es inns Se5 : 17.1 Of the total of 3697 cuts on the Under- The office recorded 45 unexcused cuts E. GARRETT PROFESSORSHIP The income of the Mary Elizabeth Gar- “It would be impossible, as well as in-| ieate Germany from the map, for nation- “I think the undergraduates have been. Wise in giving up conscription bécause it will be impossible to have the enthusiasm necessary to carry it through without the necessity of winning the war,” Dean Taft said. “Undoubtedly there were mistakes in the conscription measures—too much work was required every week, making too many activities every day in the week. Still, conscription was necessary in view of conditions at the time it was adopted, because many students were not doing their part and the work was falling on a few. A great many had signed up for work and were not doing the work they had pledged. “The work is still to be done. It has proved that the average person ought not to undertake as much as four hours a week. Still, everyone should take some part and should do the work regularly and conscientiously. I hope the college will undertake to meet this need.” WAR CHEST PLEDGES TOTAL $1,906.80 $1906.80 is the sum pledged by the col- lege to the War Chest for the coming eight months. The amounts promised per month by the different halls are: 13 and V. Kneeland ’18 are studying at | Pembroke Hast ................. $63.00 the New York College of Physicians and Rockefeller OUR R 6 ee Case eet insane 43.30 Surgeons. Merion POS CSN be bres Cees cis cs. 39.00 H. Huff °18, who has been running a|Pembroke West ............._.. 32.70 comptometer in a munitions factory at ove ceis ccc, 21.00 Williamsport, Pa. has enlisted in the|Denbigh ........................ 21.00 Student Nurses’ Reserve and expects to|Llysyfran ...............,...... 14.00 be called in December. Total for one month.......... $234.00 CUT STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER Total for eight months........ $1872.00 232 Students Register No Cuts Given outright by Pembroke 2530 cuts were registered by the Under- WOE felealeciieiiecc ce 34.80 graduates during October, according to the statistics drawn up by the office. This} Grand total ................... $1906.80 ne Future Doctors Attend Operation Eleven members of the Medical Society went to the clinic of the Lankenau Hos- pital last Saturday afternoon to see Dr. Deaver operate. removal of a sensory nerve ganglion from the left side of the brain. This was a very serious case and the operation lasted about an hour and a half. The operation was the All the other operations were abdom- nal and not so serious, although in one case the patient resisted the anesthetic and was so unrelaxed that complications set in. SOLDIERS FACING COLD WINTER NEED KNITTED GARMENTS The soldiers advancing upon the Rhine will need warmer garments than they have because of the increased altitude, SayS an appeal for more knitted gar- ments, printed last week in the New York Times. The author of the appeal is Mrs. Herbert Satterlee, chairman of the Com. forts Committee of the Navy League. “Just because the actual fighting in this war is over most women seem to think all troubles are ended for our boys,” she says. “The wind and sleet will be just as bitter and hard on all our naval vessels on the seas this winter and there are more of them than last year. Today we had to refuse a request for 1000 sets of knitted comforts because we had none in stock. us to be knitters and not quitters.” Now is the time for all of The college’s output of woolen socks can be increased many times if more vol- unteers can be found to learn the use of the knitting machines in the Pem East music room, according to D. Walton, who is in charge.