¥ | Versus. V. No. 10 BRYN MAWR, PA., DECEMBER 12, 1918 Price 5 Cents ———— — samcaioesee SST Sw Tr aT Tt TT wy ls ; asalnagsane * War Coun Instead of M Carey In order to relieve the strain of raising $8500 as a Service Corps Quota for this semester, the War Council voted Monday night to recommend to a mass meeting that the quotas be extended from the first semester to June; that a general canvass be made in the second semester but without setting a quota; and that in- dividual pledges be extended till June on request. A. Harrison '20 was elected War Coun- cil secretary in place of M. Carey ’20, who resigned. Fate of War Council a Problem ,Considering possible methods of dis- banding, the War Council voted to rec- ommend to a mass meeting that its pres- ent officers continue until June and that, unless a new need arise, no provision be made for continuing the War Council next year; that for the rest of this year the War Coungil be reduced to consist of the executives of the Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Food Conservation, and Food Pro- duction departments, with one represen- tative each from the Faculty, the alumna, the staff, and the graduates; that the Undergraduate and Christian Associa- tions discuss the question of taking over the Education and Occupational depart- ments. The advantage of having the Service Corps pledges paid on the scheduled date, January 16th, rather than at any later time, was stressed by H. Johnson, treas- urer, who spoke particularly of the in- terest which would accumulate during the spring. She stated, for the benefit of classes which are having difficulty in fill- ing their quotas, that there will probably be a surplus to the Varsity fund, which can be distributed among the classes as was done last year. Dr. Hoppin attended the meeting Mon- day night as. the second Faculty repre- sentative. SOPHOMORES NET $61 AT PARTY tN GYM FRIDAY A spirited dramatization of three of Hilaire Belloc’s “Cautionary Tales for Children,” “Jim,” “Matilda,” and “Charles Augustus Fortescue,” advertised by a parade of actors, and played as a side show, brought laughter and applause from a large audience at the Sophomore party im the gymnasium for the benefit of the Service Corps last Friday evening. H. Bennett, as Matiida’s Aunt, achieved the spirit of the original poem more com- pletely than some of the other aetors. H. Hill read the lines for the skit, and E. Kellogg, BE. Bliss and M. Goggin played the respective title réles. The Pirate Stunt from Sephomore dance was repeated. The varsity orches- tra played with more finish than it has shown before. Painted wares for Christmas gifts and refreshments were sold. H. Stone auc- tioned the pesters used to advertise the dance, drawn by M. Morrison. $61 was cleared for 1921's Service Corps fund. Netice A reception for all undergraduates in or near Philadelphia at the time will be held at the College Club, 1300 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, on New Year's Day, CHRISTMAS VACATION TO END JAN. 4TH INSTEAD OF JAN. 3D Friday’s.Classes To Be Held on Saturday The Christmas vacation has been ex- tended one day, making Saturday, January 4th, the date for resuming work, rather than Friday, January 3d. The vacation will begin, as scheduled, on Thursday, December 19th. At a special Faculty meeting called to consider the question Tuesday noon, a sense of the meeting of the Undergrad- uate Association that the vacation begin a day late and extend over an extra week- end was submitted. ALSACE AND LORRAINE FRENCH AT HEART Mme. Riviere Says They Have Always Looked on France as Their Ideal “It is the free will of a people that de- termines its nationality and not its his- tory or geography,” said Mme., Claude Riviere, Associate in French, in a lecture on Alsace and Lorraine given last Friday afternoon under the auspices of the His- tory Club. Geographically and historic- ally these two provinces do belong to France, she explained, but, most impor- tant of all, the hearts of the inhabitants are with France. Although separated from Germany by the Rhine, Alsace and Lorraine have al- ways excited the jealousy of Germany and as long ago as the first century B. C. called on Cesar to aid them against the German invaders. Mme. Riviere went on to give a brief summary of the history of Alsace and Lorraine since that time, ‘showing that they have always been an object of dispute between France and Germany,* but have always looked to France as their protector, and since the French Revolution as the representative of Liberty and Democracy. “When in the treaty of Verdun in 1870 Alsace and Laor- raine were ceded ta Germany as a part of the indemnity of the Franco-Prussian War, Clemenceau, the present French (Continued on page 5, column 2.) : “ROSALIND” AND “MAID OF FRANCE” ACCEPTED AS VARSITY PLAYS To Be Given March 7th and 8th Rosalind, by J. M. Barrie, and A Maid of France, by Harold Brighouse, have been decided upan by President Thomas, the English Department, and the Under- graduate Association as the plays to com- plete the program for Varsity Dramatics. The third play, The Merry Death, by Evreinov, was accepted some time ago. For the two news plays M. Martin ’19 and M. Mackenzie ex-'18 were unani- mously elected stage managers, in ac- cordance with President Thomas’s wish that there be a separate stage manager for each play. M. Krantz ‘19 is stage manager of The Merry Death. The datesjof the performance will be March 7th and. &th. Ahead on Road to Athletic Championship The Juniors still lead in the competi- tion for the all-around athletic champion- ship, with a total of 56 points, 35 of them 1920 Still rmade in tennis, 15 in hockey, and 6 for the winning of B. M.’s. In spite of the winning of first, third, fourth, and dfth team hockey by the Seniors, 1919 remains im second place with 43 points. 1922 fol lows with a total of 22. The Sophomores have won no points to date. GLEE CLUB TO PRODUCE “PIRATES OF PENZANCE” Tryouts Now Going On Reviving their original tradition of Gilbert and Sullivan, the Glee Club will give “Pirates of Penzance” as their an- nual operetta, instead of their first choice, “The Geisha,” which proved im- practicable. The two performances will be May 2d and 3d. As the third of the great series of Savoy operas which took London by storm in the late ’70’s and '80’s, “Pirates of Penzance” was pronounced by its first critics superior even to “Pinafore,” with both “voice parts and orchestration sufll- ciently artistic to satisfy the most crit- ical ears.” After its premiére in April, 1880, it was praised for “the pretty fe- male choruses in the first act, the humor- ous music of the policemen’s scenes, and above all the quaint little duet or madri- gal for the hero and heroine, ‘Oh, leave me not alone to live.’” The first of the two acts is staged in the Pirates’ lair on the coast of Cornwall, and the second in a ruined chapel. The parts for which tryouts are being held this week, are: Richard, pirate chief (bass); Samuel, his lieutenant (alto); Frederic;-pirate apprentice (tenor); Major-General Stanley (second soprano) ; Edward, sergeant of police (bass); Ma- bel, Stanley’s daughter (high soprano); Kate, Edith and Isabel, Stanley's daugh- ters (high soprano); Ruth, comic old woman (alto). The Glee Club’s first performance was “H. M. S. Pinafore” in 1915. The next year it produced “The Mikado” and in 1917, “Patience.” Its only departure from Gilbert and Sullivan was its pres entation last year—‘“The Chimes of Nor- mandy,” by Planquette. “Pirates of Penzance” is being revived this month in New York by the Society of American Singers. M. MOSELEY SELF-GOV. DELEGATE To Represent Bryn Mawr at Conference M. Moseley '19 will be the Bryn Mawr representative at the Self-Government Executive Conference to be held at Wil- son College, Chambersburg, Pa., on De- cember 16th. Miss Moseley is vice-presi- dent of Self-Government and secretary this year for the Intercollegiate Associa- tion of Students. The annual conference of the whole Intercollegiate Association was omitted this year on account of the war. CONINGSBY DAWSON COMING SATURDAY NIGHT Will Speak en “A Soldier’s Peace” Lieut. Coningsby Dawson, of the Cana- dian Field Artillery, has been secured by the Education Department of the War Council to lecture in the Gymnasium Sat- urday night at eight on “A _ Soldier's Peace.” The author of many popular books both before and during the war, Lieut. Dawson is ane of the most sought- after speakers of the year. Among the places where he has lectured since his return to this country. are Princeton and Vassar Colleges, New York City, and his home city of Newark, N. J. The proceeds of the lecture will be di- vided between British War Funds and the Varsity Service Carps. Tickets, which are $1 and $75 for outsiders, and $.75 and $50 for members of the college, may be had from M. Healea ‘20, Merion. The Senior Class will give a reception for Lieut. Dawson after the lecture COLLEGE JOINS NATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF BRITISH DAY Lt. First Rifle Spells Us Ser ates Cas CHAPLAIN SEELYE LEADS SINGING The College joined the nation-wide cele- bration of Britain’s Day by an enthusi- astic rally in the gymnasium, given for the benefit of the Service Corps by the Senior Class. Dean Taft and Lieut. John . Kersley, of the First Battalion Rifle Corps, spoke on the relations of England and America, and Chaplain Seelye opened the rally by leading the audience in sing- ing war songs. British and American war posters were auctioned with pro- ceeds of $364. $445 was netted in all, thereby exceeding 1919’s Service Corps quota. “"We eked you in 1775 and 1812 and we can lick you any time we want to,’ was once typical of the attitude of most Americans toward England,” said Dean Taft in introducing Lieut. Kersley. “We felt in 1775 that taxation without repre- sentation was tyranny and were antago- nistic toward the very people who had first enunciated that principle. But we have kept peace with England for a hun- dred years, although we border for many miles on the British Empire. Now Ene- land is nearer to us than any other nation.” German Propaganda Still Active “Germany is trying to cause friction between Great Britain and America by saying that England entered the war to get something out of it,” said Lieut. Ker- gley, “and is trying to win sympathy from the United States because she thinks it is worth while. Ask the women and chil- dren of Armenia and Syria whether you should send food to Germany. I’m not preaching hatred, but those who are re- sponsible for the crimes committed should suffer just punishment. Germany is attempting to poison you against us, but we must be friends so that we shall never have another such war. England and America have the same ideals and that is our real reason for wanting to shake hands.” Lieut. Kersley, then gave statistics to show what England has suffered during the war. The casualties of Great Britain were one million dead and three million wounded. Of eight million men in the service, seventy-five per cent were England proper. “Christmas will not be a lively one for us,” continued Lieut. Kersley. “We didn’t cheer when the war was over. But the Germans would have had@ to kill every man before we would have given in. In the dark days of last March the line on the Western front bent, but it never broke. It was a wall of liv- ing flesh. “There never were better fighters than you Americans. What you did and suf- fered at Chateau Thierry will go down in history; but England has had Chateau Thierry after Chateau Thierry for four years.” The Battte Field “For ten-miles north and south along the British front in Belgium the villages and trees have disappeared and there is nothing but a sea of mud and Diack @tumps,” declared Lieut. Kersley. “If you dig down three feet you come to water, and every shelkhole is full of green ooge, pieces of uniform, and metal. A terrible stench hangs over the place and the heat is terrific. Here and there (Continued on page 2. column 2.)