- Washington, - long term at Bryn Mawr, one of the _ NeWs from the Sesquicentennial Bape: . public and has: devoted time and effort “cate is presented as an expression of ap-|_ VOL. XIII. No. 3. ~ 5 1 MC RETNA RIL SELLS MTEL ELE REESE 3 ns Baa . « . #. ‘¢@ : “ 3 BPR f : 2 » oHege BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1926 . IS NO LOCHINVAR Statistics Reveal Only One- "Third of 1930 Come f Out of West. MOSTLY BRITISH ener yee of the class of 1930 were made public by President Marion Ed- wards Park on Monday, October 11. The most interesting findings. were that about one-fourth of the freshmen come from New York State, about one-sixth from. Pennsylvania, and only one-third from the country west of | the Atlantic seaboard. Eleven college professors’ daughters are included in the class, and the daughters of four- teen alumnae. are'Episcopalians, their average age is, as usual, eighteen years and _ three months, eighty-two per’ cent. of them come from private schools, and _ sey- enty per cent, of them have fathers of British stock, while ninety per cent. of them have both parents and grand- parents native born. The complete statistics are as fol- lows: Christians Must Be Leaders. About one-fourth. of the freshman class (thirty-three) come from New York State, and of these all but four come from New York City or the im- mediate neighborhood. From up- State New York. only’ four—Schenec- tady, Fulton, Buffalo and, Niagara Falls. About one-sixth (twenty-one) of them come from Pennsylvania, and of these fourteen*’ come from Philadel- phia and its neighborhood. Seven come from other parts of Pennsyl- vania—Sewickley, Reading, Harris- burg, Lancaster and York. Another sixth comes from Washing- ton and Baltimore (together)—twelve from , Washington, and seven from Baltimore. One-twelfth (eleven) come from Massachusetts—seven from Boston, or immediate neighborhood and the other |: four from Wareham, Fall River, Fitch- burg, and Springfield. Home Towns. Only a little less than one-third of the class come from the rest of the country: Six from New Jersey, but three of these from Princeton; six from Missouri, but of these five from St. Louis; three from «Illinois, all from Chicago; three from-Connecticut, from Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia; one or two from each of the following: Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, China, Colorado, Indiana, Japan, Min- nesota, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin. Other States. — » At the dinner which was given\to Miss Thomas when she closed he outstandingly noticeable facts was the number of college presidents who had sent their daughters to Bryn Mawr—|’ Presidents of Princeton, Yale, Wil- “CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 SESQU] THANKS “NEWS” A certificate received by THe CoLlece sition reads:as follows: ~ “This is to certify that Tue Co1ece ‘Nuws Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, has rendered conspicuous service in assist- ing the directors¢of the Sesquicentennial Internati Exposition to bring tbe message of the Exposition before the toward making it a success. This certifi- preciation and commendation for assist- ance in the celebration of 150 years of “American independence.” ‘Signed by Ww. FREELAND KENDRICK,’ ~ Mayor of oo cee More than half of them | | =——————== - SYLVIA WALKER OVER $2,000,000 GIVEN BRYN MAWR Average Actual Gift Per Alumna Equals About $407.00. $273,115 MEMORY FUND Over two million dollars in actual gift to the college—this is the stupendous record of the alumnae and former stu- dents of Bryn Mawr, according to af statement by the Director of Publications. Since the alumnae only number abo colleges, Besides this, wilh made by parents and friends in honor or in memory of alumnae and former students total $273,115. The contributions were distributed as follows: For books for the Library, $15,940.40, including $3000 for the valuable mathe- matical library of Professor Charlotte Angus Scott. For buildings, $83,361.27, including $25,000 from the Class of 1905 for an Infirmary. For scholarships, $41,713.85, including subscriptions for regional scholarships, of which there were 23 holders in college i in 1925-26. For endowment, $454,540 to the Fund of $2,000,000 raised in 1920 and devoted to the increase of salaries of the Faculty. For auditorium, Students’ Building, and Department of: Music endowment, $200,000 of $500,000 raised in 1925. SOCIAL SERVICE USEFUL Dr. Kingsbury Outlines History of es doulas The Social Service tea held in Den- bigh on Monday, October 4, was the committee has planned, Dr. Susan Kingsbury spoke to a gratifyingly large audience, telling them how social service. work might be made valuable ‘to all concerned. She gave a resume of the opportunities offered, and told briefly the history of the Bryn Mawr Community Center. “Social service work done here at} college is useful to three kinds of peo- ple.” First to those who intend to go into that field when they leave, be- cause they get practical experience, and have a chance to learn by > the “laboratory method.” It will also be useful to those who plan to take part in the civic life of their communities. Someone has made the very flattering statement that “Bryn Mawr. alumnae '|are milestones across ‘the continent for cle betterment.” * Thirdly, the work is cen to ite vast majority who are not interested and: Seer Class Honors S.V Walker, V. Hill and M.C ruickshank 5000, the average gift per alumna is about | ” $407, a record unequalled by the larger Community Centre. “ first of a series of ectivities that the} The Senior cleat hak held a meeting on Thursday, October 7, in Denbigh. to elect the class officers. Sylvia Walker was re-elected Class Président, Valinda Hill succeeds Dorothy Meeker as Vice- President, and Mary Cruikshank was re-elected Secretary. Miss Walker was one ot the class chairmen her Freshman’ year and a member ‘of the Casting and Costume Committee for the Big May Day, She was Hockey Captain during her Fresh- man and Sophomore years and sstif? retains that office. In her Junior year, she was Vice-President of the Athletic Association, and, during her Junior and Senior: years, President of the class, ‘ ‘ Miss Hill was‘a member of the Busi- ness Committee for Big May Day in 1923-24. During her Sophomore year she -was Secretary for the Self-Gov- ernment Association, and in her Junior year head of the Cut Committee. She was President of the #lass her Sopho- more year. Miss Cruikshank was Madnaus of Gym her Sophomore and Junior years and still retains that office. She was a member of the Business Board of the Cotteck News from the end of her Freshman year to the end of Junior year when she resigned. During her Junior year she was prompter for Glee Club and also Hall President of Pem- broke West. During her Junior and Senior years she was and still is a member of the Religious Committee of C. A. For two years she has been class Secretary, Junior and Senior years, PHILOSOPHICAL CONGRESS Dr. G. De Laguna Says in Chapel That World Is Turning to Philosophy. Dr. Grace De Laguna spoke in chapel on Friday morning, October 8, about the Congress of — Philosophy which she attended this summer. She pointed out its importance and its por- tent in the world of thought. “Two important things took place this summer, one was this Congress and the other was the fact that a book on Philosophy has for: the first time become a ‘best seller’.” Both of these demonstrate a new interest in things of the mind. In science there has been a popular rqcognition, but this is not true of Art. America has been rather a Philistine, a land of jazz and radio and film. But lately this has been changing, people at large are turning to Art, and they are also taking an interest in “that last flower of civilized thought—philosophy.” Ovér. six hundred members attended the conference, many of them young students, a prdmising group. © There were sixteen foreign countries repre- sented, and a special effort was made to make it possible for them to attend. Although there was much that was confusing at the conference, there were signs that something important was going on. Science has for sogge time been going on its own way, but now it has reached the point where it has to take stock of its fundamental aspects. When the scientist begins to transform his way of looking at nature, he becomes to some extent a philosopher. Alsd in Philosophy the old barriers of thought are down; philosophy is turning its face to sciences: At all great periods of history, the greatest men have been both phil- osophers and scientists, not merely one CONTINUED ON PAGE 2- in either phase, but wie like to study |} 4 _ October 20, at 6.00 enero — _ ONLY 150 SEATS. ° Cornelia Otis Skinner will give her original monologues in Wyndham on Thursday, Oc- tober 14, for the benefit of: the Alumnae» Regional. Scholarship- Fund. The evening performance will be given for the college and since only one hundred and fifty ’ seats are available, students are to reserve them early. . Tickets may be bought at the office of - the Director of Publications in Taylor. SELF-EDUCATION BASIS OF SCHOOL Undergraduates Give Their Views of Summer 2 ; Methods. NEW RULES ANNUALLY (Specially contributed by i. Jones, '27, and N. Bowman, "a7. ) Do you remember “Eng. Comp. IT,” for which we read, among other things Cardinal Newman’s | “Tdea of a Uni- versity?” We. were supposed fo de- theories of our own about education while pondering over Car- dinal Newman’s, His main point seemed to be that “self-education” was the best method. Bring a group of young people together, leave them alone, and they will educate each other. “That youthful community will fur- nish—principles-of thought and action; it will give birth to a living teaching which in course of time will take the shape of a self- -perpetuating tradition which haunts the home where it has been born, and imbues and forms, more or less, and one by one, every in- dividual who is successively brought | under its shadow.” Cardinal Newman, I am sure, would have thoroughly approved of the Bryn Mawr Summer School. Here the principle of “self-education” was in full swing. Groups with totally different experiences would come together and learn to understand and generally tol- erate one another’s point of view. .We of the “winter school” experience something of this too, but after all our backgrounds are very much alike, while those’of the Summer School group were entirely different. Of magy nationalities, of many different trates, some of which were highly or- velop and from every corner of the country, they began pouring in on one hot June day and immediately began the process of gettfig acquainted with the place and with each other. It seemed amaz- CONTINUED ON MAIDS’ CLUB MEETS Speakers Explain Work to Be Of. fered—No Classes, But Individual Tutors. The first meeting of the Maids’ Club was held in the Maids’ Clubroom in the basement of Taylor Hall on Tues- day evening, the fifth of October. The purpose of this meeting was to ex- plain to the maids what classes they can take, and, in general, how the com- mittee works. The first speaker was Miss Faulkner, who told them what she hoped they would get from the classes, stressing particularly the Eng- lish, and the Sewing Classes. M. Coss, ’28, spoke next, inviting the maids to come to the Sunday school which meets every Sunday afternoon. The gym classes were ex- plained by J. Stetson, ’28, who is to have charge of them this ygar. Be- sides the regular gym there will be folk dancing and games. PAGE 3 ganized and some not organized at all, | -* PRICE, 10 CENTS RELIGION’S VALUE SEEN AS A TASK Radiance Not Lost. if “Man — ' — Realizes Interest in ‘Struggle {IS SUBJECT IN CHAPEL “When we see religion as a task for. our strength it ‘becomes interesting,” said Dr. Crosby Bell speaking in Chapel on October the ,tenth. He stressed the fact that religion is an adventure, and a dangerous one, rather than a “refuge.” If it has lost ifs radiance it is because it has been preached wrongly, ‘or listened. to wrongly, not through any fault of the church itself. “The most fundamental question about religion is: What is Christianity all about anyhow? Why did Jesus gome into the world?” The answer in Jésus’ own words is “I’am‘come that they may have life, and have it ‘abun- dantly.” Jesus is a “life-giver;” He came to arouse intellectual life, so that men would feel afresh the prob- lems of the world; He came to stimu- late the will, making men live “harder’” He came to quicken moral life, turn- ing men into “moral explorers.” He wanted to “pour in the fiery liquid of His own ideals.” At bottom we all want to live as deeply, as richly, and as interestingly as possible. We admire men who seem alive, while we have a proper contempt for anyone considered “a dead one.” The true Disciples of Christ are the men who’ have come alive. This is completely the reverse of the idea often in the minds of peo- ple that religion is a sort of “soothing syrup,” something to turn to when you are tired, or old. A story appeared recently about a young minister who found religion so dull that he gave up and went in for wholesale ‘debauchery; this was_in- tended as a criticism of a religion which “drives its own ministers to drink.” The same author has pub- lished a book entitled The Lost Radi- ance of Religion. Laying the blame on the church has long been a favorite indoor sport, because it hurts nobody’s feelings. The truth is that religion has not lost its radiance, but that people have lgst their eyes for this radiance; you cannot see a sunset if your. eyes are on the ground. Faulty Presentation. The cause for this may also be found in the way in which religion is pre- sented by ministers, It is so often presented as a shelter from the battle- field of life, an ark. But religion has a message for the man who is healthy as well as for the man who has been hurt. “It is not the ambulance corps trailing behind, but the army itself.” All through history religion has been one of the great stimuli of life, Tenlarging men’s vision, making them think cosmically. It has turned men from “spiritual stay-at-homes” to trav- elers. The religious man has always known ‘himself as a seeker after. some Holy Grail, whose path ends only at CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEETS The Athletic Association held a meeting last Wednesday evening in Taylor for the purpose of familiariz- ing new members with the athletic regulations and incidentally reminding old members. Regulation gym clothes must be worn for all sports. Tunics may be worn omy with shirtwaists. , “Zippicks” (tights) may be worn with class color sweater and shirtwaist or middy. The question of points for blazers. “NEWS? TRYOUTS. Tryouts for the editorial board of the CoLLeck News _ will be held next. week for 192", 1928, # broke ce ast “42, on ‘Wednesday, fa _|jonly possible if the college is “— “The last to speak was E. Stewart. ‘28, the chairman of the committee She explained in detail the work in the classes. This year the committee hopes tobe able to’supply a tutor for each maid, as. this is MOren sat than having large classes one teacher. But, of course, this is : oo cai Tutte, was also discussed. Attention was called to the rule *that everyone must sign her own periods. So often people have given the excuse that they told someone else to sigri and that the someone else forgot. In the _ Ttiee vaveee’ Will not be an a alibi for avoiding fines. _ After the constitution was read by. | the wterst the’ cee. ended. ay ee 2 ee : “BP Linnyssa0er" » ae BUSINESS MANAGER i - N. Bowman, '27 ae ie "S ’ the interest of Bryn oo Bey ie —— can : Published weekly durin (Founded in- 1914) year in the Coll i awr Sonee’ at the re Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn ' “Mawr College. Managing Editor, KaTHaRine Simonbs, '27 ae CENSOR R. RickaBy, '27 Ba ED EDITOR - M. Fow.mr, '28 * ASSISTANT EDITORS _C. Ross, ’28 - « H, McKevvey, ’ — SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER P. McELwalIn, ‘28 “ASSISTANTS | M. GAILLARD, '28 : B. Jones, '28 ¢ E. Morris, '27 ‘ Subscription, $2.50 Mailing Price, $3.00 - *Subscription may begin at any time. J. Bartu, '29 Entered as second-class matter at the “Wayne, Pa., Post Office. - ST. FRANCIS OF -ASSISI - Seven hundred years| ago, m a small Italaan hill town, was born one of the greatest figures thg world:has ever known, Giovanni /Bernadone, St. Francis.» Behind Aim stretch the Middle Ages, a tim€ as Chester- ton has said, of gradual purification and simplification after the luxury and degradation which accompanied the decline of ancient civilization. Life was steep, bare, joyless, beset with mysterious terrors-; religion of- fered no surety of happiness or beauty. St. Francis comes at the end of this epoch, and heralds the modern world. Superstition he had, in com- mon with all men, but he had also a simplicity and a modernity which are equalled alone by those of Christ. God to him was not a far-off men- ace, but a living spirit, so close that a man, if his.eyes were divinely opened, could feel His presence, and even speak to Him; no abstraction, but a Being who loved mankind, and should be loved in return. Influenced as he was by the Pro- vencal troubadours whom he fol- lowed in his early youth, he had their sense of beauty and their pas- sionate need of loving. He devoted his life to the celebration and serv- ice of a lady. He was, he himself _declared, a jongleur of God. Seeing all the world as a creation of God, he found no necessary evil in it, and to the men of his day he pointed out the beauty and spirit- ual ‘significance of material things. He saw God everywhere, in the sun, in the stars, in the birds, and, most of all, in mankind. : Going up and down Italy, he in- stilled in men’s minds the idea that God was to be served and obeyed, not through fear, but through love, because the only true happiness lies in loving God. Austerity, poverty, charity, are all ways to happiness, because through them man can win to God, and feel the divine sweet- “ness in-his heart. Everywhere. St. Francis won recruits to his follow- ers, and his disciples in turn spread the doctrine, till all over Italy men to awake from bleak despair and love God and beauty, and hope became a force for the first time in hundreds of years. No king or general ever won so great a victory as did Francis; no revolutionary leader ever effected so eat a change in men’s minds. With he teaching the Renaissance is fore- shadowed, and, still more, many an ideal yet unrealized—freedom of the spirit from doubt and fear; ey and fraternity among men, self- abnegation for the service of humanity. © PETER-PIPERISMS Peter-Piperisms have come to take the place of the crossword eure: according to the New York Times. ; eter-Piperisms are sentences of not ess than eight words and not more e same letter. For example, elve, each word beginning sk be rhe 4 . , ‘ e.. a », s Fr Ps The College News ¥. i. bss ; ae eee 4 \ ra ie TRE COLLECE~NEW,S- uy f ¥ - i i Y 3 : ee feat at oe be ES ET can’t | count. ‘that! - Thege _aren’t , IN -PHILAQELPHIA- ae enough words!” . _ Theatres 1 On the other hand, those less Welsh in temperament will point to the practical advantages of this last of derniers cris. They hold that Peter-Piperisms will rival the cross- word. puzzle in énlarging vocabula- ries and. will rest unrivalled in im- proving - the technique of diction. The following is a‘Suggested slogan for the ensuing Peter;Piperism cam- paign on the campus: . Be a Peter-Piperist and insure yourself against flunking S. A. K. SCIENCE AND MATHE- _~ . MATICS — %: In view of the fact that perhaps the majority of Bryn Mawr. stud- ents are not preparing for-a particu- lar career, buf tend to. grow up and get married, and pursue the va- |poury phantom. of general culture, science seems to need a defender. From the standpoint, apparently, of most people, scientific and mathe- matical courses, except,as a grudg- ing “required,” have no place in a cultural education. But they: really can be of real value in such an edu- cation, aside from the interest of tlie subjects themselves, as .sharpeners and exercisers of the intellect. sceptical observer as decayed knowl- edge; and indeed the jéyous seeker for a general education, who has gathered the rarest flowers of many literatures, sat through a course in history of art, and learned the rudi- ments of three languages is all too likely to grow old gracefully per- haps, but ineffectually. Although culture in the finest sense, is a wonderful and valuable thing, in our efforts to get it quick- ly we all too often ‘stuff our minds with a great deal of material, with- out ever giving them any excerise on original problems, so that we grow intellectually corpulent and slothful. Such an education con- sists all in taking in with nothing coming out. Would it not be better to keep our facilities in training by a certain amount of writing and scientific courses, and to acquire the culture gradually without danger of forgetting all that we learn? If we have kept our intellects keen enough, we can make up later for lost time by reading at home. * CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN In your autumnal rambles, have |you happened to walk down Roberts road to where it crosses Gulph road? If you have, you must have noticed just behind the power house. The college must have been using this as a dump heap for the last thirty years, so high are the piles of ashes and old cardboard. Our attention was called to this deplorable condi- tion by someone who is not connect- ed with the college, but who is in- terested and would like to see it im- proved. The rest of the campus is kept so beautifully, that it seems a shame that the “back yard” should offer such a sad contrast. Perhaps after the new boilers are installed, the power house will awake to its full possibilities and insist upon a more pleasant environment. FRENCH CLUB ELECTION Last Thursday .a meeting of the French Club was held in room 32 Pembroke West to elect a Vice-Presi- dent and Treasurer, Sylvia Knox, ’30, was elected. Plans for the coming year were also discussed. It was decided that the en- tertainments, such as teas, discussions, etc., given by the French Club should be open exclusively to Club members. It. was proposed that a tea be given for new members in the near future. The date, however, has not yet been determined, ; Educated Women Do Marry. The fact that more than half the jalumnae of Swarthmore College are married alumnae is of and Culture has been defined. by a’ the peculiar “beauties” of the.spoty. married tends to disprove the belief that | - Centipede “alt, Our great Colyum Title Contest has brought in a; large assortment,of sug- gestions. You ‘can’t imagine how excit- ing it has been to receive them. wAs for picking the winner, that was really the easiest part, and if there is anyone who doesn’t like our choice we will be greatly surprised. _ . @ % x * * The. difficulties. arose. when it came to deciding how to award the second and third prizes. We began by dividing all the entries into two classes’ Complimentary and Uncomplimentary. (It is sad to relate that there were far more ‘of: the escond class than of the first. The following are some of the most noteworthy contributions : ) Collegiana - The Bryn Mawron*® . Shall We Join. the “ie Bryn Mawr Brain- Ladies ?7 h storm All the News It Gives Us Fits to Print The Tempest Pot Luck Giding the Lily * * * We put the footnotes in so ‘that there would. be no doubt about this being a scholarly performance. a : *This was ruled out on first sight be- cause it involves a mispronounciation that we simply could not countenance. That word “Ladies” pleased us im- mensly ! o * * The prize winners and the prizes (they really were wrapped in tissue paper and tied in yellow—can you believe it) are as follows : S ' First prize, for the wMning title, “The Pillar of Salt,” to be signed “Lot’s Wife,” submitted by G. Chapter, 19, is an assortment of musical instruments. There are two beautifully embossed har- monicas, we mean harmonicae, one of which has five notes, the other, 24, and‘a non-functioning oboe or sweet patootie, or whatever those odd-shaped black things with” holes in them are, and a’ “Flex-a-tone.” We feel sorry for the proctor on her fioor!- é <2. Second prize, we finally decided, should go to the person who submitted “Collegiana,” but it was sent in anony- mously. The prize is a year’s subscrip- tion to the Christian Science Monitor, but we don’t know where to have it sent. Will the person who is responsible for “Collegiana” please communicate with us at once. The title has a high-brow sound so we are sure the person_will ab- preciate our award. x * * “Third prize, a sample Colgate’s week- end kit, complete with tooth paste, soap, shaving cream and talcum powder (we got it free, but dori’t tell anyone!) goes to M. Coss, ’28, who suggested “The Bryn. Mawron,” although it goes against our better judgment to reward anyone for making such a frightful pun. ; ftteia, Sea This is a very pastoral piece, even to the signature. Perhaps we should have saved it until spring, but we will prob- ably get tore in that productive sea- son so we thought we would offer this now, it being a more unique time. On looking at a violet, : I thought I’d write a triolet. My three friends turned to me, “O let Us tell you its a triolet.” And that officious trio set To work to write a triolet, While I could only sigh, “O let Me write my dear old triolet.” DAISY. * * * of its members was heard to say as though she meant it, “What are these Merits, and where can you get them?” All we can say is that if she has not yet found out it probably won’t do her much ‘good when she does, so why bother. * * * : Then there is another thing concern- ing this ¢lass, which seems a little odd, land has aroused quite a bit of comment. It is a thing. about which we hesitate to speak, and yet we feel it our duty. None of them has yet been detected tak- jing a. bath! When you stop to realize that so many of them are 100 per cent }American (see President Park’s Statis- tics), it seems too bad that they are not even 99 and 44-100 per cent. pure. ates th Sey oe The Pillar’ of * ’30 is indeed an exceptional class! One _|from it something which they lack. _ Metropolitan Opera House—The Mir- ‘acle, A tremendous spectacle. : . Wa'nut—Mary and Florence Nash in A ,Lady's Virtue, by Rachel “Crothers. Misses being noteworthy but is thought- provoking. ._—| ae vali Broad—Gentle Grafter's.» Owen Davis’ 107th play. ° edy. Forrest—Twinkle,’ Twinkle. . Musical comedy. ‘ : . Adelphi—Abie’s Irish Rose, In jts fifth year in New York. - . 23 “Eyric+The- Butter and Egg-Man. A wise-cracking play about theatrical pro- duction. Tey Shubert—Katja the Dancer. Musical comedy. ; Chestnut Street Opera House—Gay Paree, Revue. . » Coming .. : Shubert—Oh Kay. Musical comedy with Gertrude Lawrence. Chestnut—Spring Magic. Broad—Craig’s Wife. play by George Kelly. Garrick—Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Ina Claire and Roland Young are in the cast. Wa'nut—The Enemy, by Channing Pollock. A war play. Pulitzer Prize Movies Stanley—Into Her Kingdom, with Cor- inne Griffith. Romance of the Romanoffs. Stanton—Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate. Oe % se * se sae \ === : we ‘e a : ° ~ a # - : Bryn Maw \Bryn Mawr ‘€o-opezative Society es * Taylor Hall ‘BOOKS “©. SUMMER SCHOOL vhot argument. . me t é bt a o wy THE COLLEGE NEWS A * ei F é : : . n r : . ag eam, te LADEIECK. el fF . CONTINUED FROM WAGE 1 4 . 8 ee ingly quick, on the whole: for instance, one “group from: the South, exactly an hour after its arrival, was engage in (The topic under dis- cussion was whether one should be in- fluenced in voting for a political’ candi- ate by the saitk candidate’s religious - evs Rs Fd 3 a4 noise of a factory, the monotony ‘of doing the same thing ‘over and over for eight hours a day, and finding your- self ‘among gray’ ivy-covered walls, with the beauty of the green sunimer, campus to enjoy, and the place of the cloisters for your own. , For many it was the first chance to “indulge, them- selves in: thinking and investigation,” those first essentials of an education. Others may have.had the chance, but never in such surroundings, with such a stimulus. for thought. ‘ -Elections Exciting. One of the earliest gatherings of the ‘stir up fruitful discussions; long-held” actual academic work -accomplished. The classroom was transformed into an ‘informal place. where teachers and pupils sat around the same table, and at least half of the: lecture was tis- cussion, The “tutoring groups” wigth followed “eagh class to analyze "nd sum up were still more informal. Often they would be held out of doors— under a tree in Senior Row, perhaps. Hére again the rubbing of ideas and personalities against each other would opinions would be recaét, and convic- tions would. grow up- where none ex- - RELIGION INTERESTING - F : CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 * the feet of God. He is like the “Seeker” of Ma efield’s poem: Excitement and Dough. The Lord was no advocate of quiet- ism; He had no prudential maxims; He always took the dangerous chance. *T he man who is too ‘careful, who never forgets his overshoes or umbrella,. is already half dead. , Religion is not a “Il am the Way” means you are going to get into-trou- ble, and there is going to Be .jlenty of shelter, but a road. whole school was the first class meet- ing, held on the fourth day after the SEND “YOUR views, and there seemed fo be a wide range of opinion on the subject.) The BOOK ORDERS arrival.at Bryn Mawr and the intro- - duction to thé grdup life of the school ‘ TO US must have been a uniqt experience for é every ‘girl there. Imagine leaving the | parses c-J « A) SYR ZG ZOU ANE me | WZ — ZW ing, study, and DS > ESZL77ZAIW STASIS 3 : KECOMMENDED * by the English Department of BRYN MAWR COLLEGE WEBSTER’S . 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No one left . the meeting without having learned the rudiments of parliamentary law and mob psychology. ‘In the various school meetings that followed it be- came evident that a sort of group con- sciousness had been born. Everything, from the problem of where knickers should be worn (this ticklish question | has to be met every year, because at Summer School the rules do not last over from one year to the next) to ithe advisability of sending an official WZ RSNA WHA ASAT ANN NS | settled by asking: “Will it hurt the school? Will it spoil someone else’s chance of coming here next year?” This idea seemed to have sprung up overnight of its own initiative. Classes Were Informal. The undergraduates who attended have only a superficial idea of what the X ZS G. & C. MERRIAM CO. With the hemispherical integrator the illuminating engineer measures light tensities and distribution. - pose te improve our everyday illumination. / When the sun goes down .The General Electric i, __§ Com _is the world’s ‘largest manufacturer of incandescent lamps. And behind the G-E Mazpa electri is doing in many will be sent on request. Ask for booklet GEK-1, These laboratory findings are ptactically - More than 350,000,000 incandescent lamps, with a combined light of nine billion candlepower, make city streets, stores, and homes brighter than ever before. « In bungalow or mansion, workshop or factory, dormitory or auditorium, there is no excuse for poor illumination. We have cheaper and better lighting in the electric, lamp than ever before; for the dollar that bought 1,115 candlepower-hours of light with the carbon-filament lamps of 1886, now buys 16,200 candlepower-hours of light with the MAZDA lamps. | Not only more light, but correctly applied light, is the order of the day. The electric lamp, with its flameless yet highly concentrated light source, lends itself ideally to reflectors, shades, and screens. It is controlled light—safe light. And illumina- During college days and in after life, correct light- ing must ever be of paramount importance to the college man and woman. Good lighting is the ‘worthy of culture and progress. contribution to thé Passaic strike, was | ' isted before, Athletics Popular. Athletics at Summer School were not compulsory, but they, evoked the greatest enthusiasm. _ Swimming, ten- nis and folk dancing classes were well attended, but the acknowledged favo- rite was baseball, Perhaps it’s true that no one feels quite so much good will towards men as the victors of a hard-fought team game. At any rate, the faculty team, trailing from_ their ignominious and overwhelming defeat on the Fourth of Juiy, received tl¢e most considerate treatment from the victors. And when, that night at sup- per, the. faculty was cheered individ- ually and collectively, they felt that they could say with Satan, “What though the field be lost? Afl is not lost!” Important -as was the effect of team game psychology, the benefits of in- dividual athletics is worth mentioning. One girl, who had been in terror of the water since childhood, because she used to be ducked for punishment, learned to swim inside of four weeks, That surely was more than a physical experience. The Monday morning music class, giving its impressions of fragments from Bach or Beethoven; the#ather- ings after supper, for talk or singing; the Sunday evening cloister meetings, wien a play or some poetry was read aloud, just before it grew dark—these and a huridred ‘other contacts made up the life of the whole. Some girls who had had no interest’ in industry before began to ‘realize the problems of the industrial world; some realized for the first’ time that professional salaries might be less than their own, and everyone, through classes, books and, above all, the associations of the school, went through a mental shaking up and rearrangement of ideas. Per- haps there is no tradition of Bryn Mawr which we would rather have “self-perpetuating” than that of Sum- mer School—“to imbue and form every individual who is successively brdught under its shadow.” SOCIAL SERVICE TEA .« CONTINUED FROM PAGE ‘1 our share toward making it as good as possible. 2 The Bryn Mawr Community Center was started by some energetic students of the college. It began in a very small way in the back room of the old school building, but it soon outgrew its quarters. As soon as the commu- nity realized its value and its impor- tance, they took it over,.and now it is a well-run organization, in which the college girls have their part. Its latest triumph is the erection of a new library, a handsome stone building next to the Center. The fields which the committee will cover this year are much the same-as they have been in the past: Blind School, library work, Americanization classes, clubs, kindergarten, and per- haps Hospital work if’it is wanted. “There are, three essentials to be considered in work of this kind, It must be of value to someone; a person is not to be blamed for getting dis- couraged if she feels that she is neither getting nor giving. The right person must be given the fight job, so that she will be interested in it. And there should be expert supervision both from within and without. This year besides the general supervision that the work- ers have at the centers, there will be faculty members ready to assist. and advise.” These will include Dr. Kings- action. The lives of missionaries have prove@ this, they have been the ex- plorers of the earth. Job of Religious’ Man. The religious man has the most diffi- cult job in the world—to bring the | kingdom of God on the world, to get the spirit of Jesus into life. On*the success of this, all our other ideals, our depend, No other agency can take the place of religion in this.: Science cannot do it for science cares orily for knowledge and knows nothing of good and evil; it creates both the bullet and the antiseptic which cures the wound, it builds the tower, and the gun to de- Stroy it. Economics might feed us, but more bread may only give more energy for deviltry. Electric lights do not bring the light of knowledge. Bathtubs in every house do not-mean ‘cleanliness—the Roman Empire left its bathtubs and its sins all over Europe. i Strongest Things. Religion goes deeper. There is an old legen about the. gods trying to bind Loki (the evil spirit), They tried every form of rope or chain, but were not successful until they tried a rope of sand. This story shows ‘that “the things you cannot see.” The more a church tries to put the spirit of Jesus into life, the more it will command the enthusiasm and the loyalty of men. There have been times when Christians have been fearful, then people have lost interest, because they cannot get at the real thing. But at other times they have been leaders; then people have been ready to live and die for religion. To capture the modern world we need that spirit. “A steersman cannot guide a ship that is standing still; he can do nothing unless it is moving. In the same way, Jesus will guide and give life to a people and a church, if they are mov- ing.” CLASS STATISTICS CONTINUED” FROM PAGE 1 liams, Johns Hopkins, and former Presidents of Wisconsin, Haverford, Minnesota, and Dalhousie University. College Presidents’ Daughters. There are in this year’s freshman class the daughters of eleven college professors, nineteen lawyers, about as many bankers and manufacturers, nine engineers, nine physicians, eight mer- chants and the rest scattered. Parents. The parents of twenty-three fresh- men were both college graduates or both had college training, the parents of thirty-one had no college training; sixty-two had fathers with college training and mothers without it; four- teen are daughters of Bryn Mawr alumnae. Out of one hundred and twenty-six freshmen (counting out the Japanese and Chinese scholars) one hundred and fourteen, i. e., over ninety per cent. have both parents and. grandparents native born. Denominations. The denominational affiliations of the freshmen are as follows: Episco- palians, sixty-eight; Presbyterians, sev- enteen; Congregationalists, six, and Unitarians, five;