a Gattianp, '28 - - ed. The World War which some a independence of thought and _atti- ' that they are adults capable of think- The College News: . (Founded in 1914) _ Published “weekly during the College year in¢ “,the interest of Bryn wr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. Managing Editor, Rasnaxine Simonps, '27 “¢ Cl NSOR R. RicKaBy, '27 o BDITOR Cc. Ros, '28 o ASSISTANT ‘EDITORS H, McKervey, '28 od, LINN, 29 io puareees MANAGER . BOwMAN, '27 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER ; McE.Lwain, ’28 ASSISTANTS ms J. Barts, *29- EB. Jones, 128 Subscription, $2.50 Mailing ‘Price, $3.00 Subscription may begin at any time. Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post ‘Office. ARMISTICE DAY “Victory! Vigtory! on withthe dance! Back to the jungle the new beasts prance!” The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month—eight years ago the world cried that these words were written on our hearts in letters of fire—we couldn’t forget them. They would be passed om from generation to generation, the symbol that was to proclaim the end of all war, all hate, all horror. Eight years ago—and already. many of us have forgotten their meaning. Eight years from now school children will know them only as a convenient way of remembering the date when the World War end- people already vaguely allude to as (horribile dictu) “the late unpleas- antness.” They can say that, while in the streets of Philadelphia there sits a man with no arms, only one leg, and in his button hole a Legion pin. They can say that, while hospi- tals are filled . with living beings, scarcely recognizable as human, alive only to suffer the more. And if you mention these things to them? They shudder and in the next breath theorize casually on the impossibility of war ever being abolished. It is true that in an age which moves as swiftly as ours, there is no time for memories, especially the un- pleasant ones. Yet, five minutes out of every year gp such a small fraction of a lifetime, and this alone would suffice. Only five minutes, but if the world would give them it might mean that the foolish dreams of idealists would become realities. Then why won’t it? Is it because the world doesn’t care? Be- cause it likes war? Can people still believe that war brings out only the best in men? It wasn’t so eight years ago. Then the veil of beauti- ‘ful and»brave lying catchwords fab- ricated by politicians to blind men’s eyes had been rudely torn away, and the world saw and vealiatd what war meant. Perhaps it is because youth hates memories that hurt. It hasn't learn- ‘ed to profit by them. There is pleas- ure in the world; forgetethe ugly, unpleasant horrors. Forget the— dance, dance, dance—then there won't be any time for thoughts. “Pish!” said a statesman standing near, “I’m glad they can busy their thoughts elsewhere! . We mustn’t reproach them; they’re young you see.’ “Ah!” said the dead men, “so were we!” COMPULSORY ATHLETICS Bryn Mawr has always been known as a college which seeks to give its students an education which shall mean more that rote learning, through four years; it encourages tude; it wishes its students to feel ing-for_themselves; it recognizes that a person is not educated until “he is aware of himself as on indi- vidual reasonably well equipped to find his way without fe led eh the hand. The tendency of faculty regulations, of self-govern- ‘ment rulings, is in the direction of ret to +he student the things which do not affect others than her- self, and permitting her to govern as far as possible, according her: own needs. Pee gue ? faway this. right of self-determina- | Seine, directly opposite Voltaire’s |floor of an “ ae ‘Tihevcrmas natwhapiertess Sou UW, io fit exercise. into a schedule 6f work. It may take two years to establish the habit, but certainly what is not learned in two years will not: be learned in four, when the lesson is of elemental simplicity and expounded four times a week throughout the year. Then, after training ‘the student for two years,gvhy insist any furth- er? Two years for the junior, one -year for the senior, and then she will be on her own, forced .to make her own decisions. Is it right not to give her any experience before hand in making*decisions affecting herself in. adaptirig- her own--habits? .. [s.-it not bad for her morale that ‘she should be told that the college feels she has not learned. her lesson and cainot trust her to take care of her-| self if not compelled to? ' Granted that failure to exercise ‘lowers one’s health and consequently the avérage health of the commu- nity, what warrant is there for be- lieving. that students would not have the intelligence to exercise without compulsion unless they are given one chance? Arbitrarily to take tion is to, sap the will and, make the student once .more dependent on authority for her personal con- cerns. ‘Perhaps there could be two lists, one of A students who would be free to. do the éxercise they saw fit to do ahd two, of B students, whose health or power of will was proven to be so feeble as to necessitate supervision. To check up on health medical examinations could be given twice a semester and this process would not involve one quarter of the trouble and-unnecessary formali- ties now consequent to the system of supervision. If an A student showed any sign of deterioration, she could be placed in the B class, and have her exercise supervised. But to be subjected to the humilia- tion of paternal supervision based on incapacity to act as intelligent adults without a chance to prove ourselves—is this not pernicious? We firmly believe that it is, and we as firmly believe that the junior and senior classes, at. least, if left ‘to themselves, would have the intelli- gence and the foresight to take the necessary care of themselves. EDOUARD CHAMPION The advent of M. Edouard Cham- pion next Tuesday, when he will give two lectures, one in the after- noon on Prouste, and the other in the evening on Anatole France, of- ‘fers a. rare opportunity to all who come and hear him. His lectures will have a twofold value. M. Champion will speak from the point of view of personal knowledge. Especially is this true in the case of Anatole France. From early boyhood, ‘M. Edouard Cham- pion grew up regarding Anatole France as a- familiar hearthside companion, since M. Honore Cham- pion, father of Edouard, was a life- long friend of the great author, and successor to the publishing business of the author’s father. To this per- sonal knowledge, M. Edouard: Champion adds the invaluable qual- ity of being an excellent literary critic, a gift inherited from his fath- er. M. Honore Champion was never known to concede to popular favor. He sought not the most profitable, but the best book, and justly merit- ed the title bestowed upon him by Jacques Bainville, the historian, of “Knight* of Imperishable Books.” But no less rare is the opportunity of listening to M. Champion for his own sake. He is representative of a group, of Frenchmen upon whom France| ought to bank her future, men who preserve valuable French traditions and combine them with modern efficient methods and whose interests lie outside national bourd- aries. This fusing of new and old can best be illustrated by The Quai Ma- laquais Shop, headquarters of M. Champion’s world-wide activity as ublisher and distributor of- books. ituated nearly midway. between the Rue Bonaparte and the Rue de occupies the tel” in the statue, the ate e|meaning of the word, built so - | te: Seventeenth sewing *s at Bryn Mawr on November 22. talk will be for the benefit of Lady pied for a time by Humboldt under the restoration. Here in his sanctum, which Ana- tole France playfully named “L,’ opis- thodome,” at the end of a long pas- sageway, habitually. sat’ M. Honore | Champion af a black writing desk, adorned in the season with roses, his ‘back to a glass case of his choicest treasures. THis was a_ strategic position as he faced a. glass door which enabled him to signal, with- out movitig, to persons entering the shop and invite fhem tg talk over the latest developments in literature, science or politics. It is ‘unquestion- able that-Anatole France used- Hon- | ore Champion as a model for some of his quaint book- Beha “i characters, jaecording to Alvan: Fy ‘Sanborn ‘in the Bostoh Evening Transcript. M. Edouard Champion has. left No. 5 practically unchanged. He presides over the same glass-doored sanctum behind the same black desk as his father. But he has installed an annex in the adjacent building, equipped with the latest comforts and conveniences for browsers. This annex serves also as headquarters for three groups of book fanciers, “The Socjety of Bibliophile Physi-]. cians,” ‘““The Bibliophiles of the Pal- ace of Justice,” and “The Authors; Friends of Books,” of which he is the. publisher. In his sanctum. and old shop occurs a great deal of the electioneering for the Academy and the Institut de France, while in the annex, movements of younger so- cieties take place. WHITHER EDUCATION The’ McGill Daily considers the dangers of the fact that “too many go to college” in an editorial, and the same week the Vassar ‘Miscel- lany carries an article on the recommendations of the American Association of University Profess- ors, for weeding out undesirable students at the end of the Sopho- more year. The Daily states the conditions : “Everywhere and anywhere colleges are dispensing quickly and painless- ly outlines of polite culture, stan- dard and seasoned to suit the sac- carose palates of the ignofant undergraduates.” The Miscellany finds the , pro- fessors advocating that the Junior Class be not less than 50 per cent. nor more than 75 per cent. of the entering Freshman Class. Students who are eliminated, not because of a large number of flunks but be- cause of not “showing brilliance in any one field” would receive “Hon- orable Dismissal” certificates. This they feel would discourage those not markedly intellectual from planning to take more than a two year course. The Daily considers that: “If education is to be saved from stan- dardization and mediocrity the new army of students’ must be rigidly divided and ranked. There must al- ways be an honor group to which the richest minds among the faculty can personally reach and inspire the ablest and most eager of the stud- ents. Merely raising the standards for admission to heights that would have seemed impregnable two years ago does no good.” Whatever conclusions may be reached as to proper methods of curbing this evil, there is no doubt that wholesale education of the sort that is being sold all over the country, is a menace to true scholar- liness. That this problem is receiving consideration from widely different groups is evident to anyone who reads the papers—undergraduateé or otherwise. There are many articles about “What is wrong with the col- leges 2”? speeches that declare that “college is not the goal, but the means.’ So much Keriesion naturally starts us thinking. But when we have thought and thought, we are left with our problem: mass educa- tion as it now exists is a prostitu- tion of knowledge and scholarship ; what are we going to do about it? LECTURE ON DANCE FORMS — Dance forms and music will be ‘the subject on which Miss Margaret Deneke, choirmaster of Lady Margaret Hall, Ox- rench| ford, England, will give a — er. a vee 4 ei Init, Aa Archbishop of Valence ant d6ceu~) ( The Pillar of Salt Cissy Centipede (we have been neg- lecting her of late) came into our room acting queerly, as if she were..embar- rassed about something. ‘ “Out with it,” was said, sternly. “Have you broken Self Gov. ?” - “Ne,” she squeaked, shrinking into her- self. “Haven't you taken your required ex- ercise? Were you proctored more than once in an evening? Did you get your withoyt giving her a chance to answer. By tfits time Cissy was positively: inartic- ulate,-so we continued : “We won't believe that you haven't ten gninutes a day, so iad up ane 5 scon- fess.” Timidly she held out a paper. we asked, raising % “A contribution ?” our eyebrow. At that Cissy fled from the room, This is what she gave us: “T like to crawl Along the wall; I like the spring, But not the fall.” C. CENTIPEDE, be, aE Hosses from an Old Manse. ‘By Sophronisba. INSTALLMENT 2 (Synopsis of what has gone before— In the beginning all life was under water ; then, what with the Heidelberg and the Piltdown submen (or were they yes- men?) the Neanderthal Man evolved. Close on his heels came The Palaeolithic man, and in hot pursuit of him the Neo- lithic. Came the dawn. Pause between first and second act denotes passage of time, or to the nearest exit. The Roman Empire gose and fell, but what difference did that make to Tiny Tim? In 1066 William—but that is an old story. Stop me if you've heard this one before. And that brings us down to the matter in hand. Let us proceed.) ' “Was it,” I asked myself, aghast, “Po- cahontas?” for the Captain John Smiths lived not five miles away. Wild though our corner of England was, bows and arrows had been demode for several hun- dred years, and so the beautiful young wife of Captain Smith seemed the only person who might have owned one at this enlightened date. But I kept my suspicions to myself, though eagerly pressed by my “curious” friends. “Oh, Heav’n!” I cried, “ifspire me!” And as if in answer to my impromptu prayer I had a “bright” idea. I would send for the famous London detective, Hawk-Eye Skertt, popularly known as Hawky Skertt! Dr. Watson, in a well- known book of detective stories, had been modelled on Hawky Skertt, so I knew he must be very clever. In a week or so I got him over “long distance,” and he promised to aid me, a poor, unprotected girl in a lonely old Cornish castle. As soon as he arrived (some seven weeks later), I took him to the scene of the crime and told him my dreadful sus- picion. Without a word he set off through the black woods to the commo- dious bungalow of the John Smiths. He returned with set face. My heart throbbed wildly as I demanded, “Well?” Hawky Skertt went straight to the point. -“As soon ,as I stepped into the hall,” he said, “I noticed that the woodwork was Valsparred. The furniture was fine old- Bonwit-Teller. Every detail was sig- nificant. I asked Mrs. Smith if she had committed a- murder lately. She said, ‘How lately?’ I said, ‘Oh, within the last year.’ last year.’ So that narrows the clews down to none. It makes it much easier.” “But, then, whom——,” I breathed. - Has Hawky-«Skertt a clew which he is ‘unwilling to divulge? Was Pocahontas telling the truth or trying fo shield Cap- tain John Smith? Don’t miss our next! * * * How many people know the right pro- nunciation of b-l-a-c-k-g-u-a-r-d? We feel very dumb, because we just discov- ered that we had been mispronouncing it all our life. But now that we know, when correctly pronounced! ‘We feel _in- ee ee ee Le the other day.-* We noticed that she was Comp: paper in late?” we fired at her [. ‘ been practicing your vibrated consonants She said, ‘No, not within the] we are entranced with the word—how | * much more virile, more villainous it is | There once was an ‘unsightly blackguard, o became ‘most depressingly ' hack- guard; From crime did he sink, To the demon of drink, So he never walked but he stackguard. « ’ *Lot’s Wife. x, ~ Me lo a4 a Madame LeGal will tutor you in French successfully. nee and Conversation * 609 Dayton Road Phone: BRYN MAWR 1391 } Yelena “456, Bryn Mawr MICHAEL TALONE 1123 LANCASTER AVENUE “WE CLEAN OR DYD ‘ - SUITS, DRESSES, GOWNS, WAISTS GL®@VES, CURTAINS, ROBES, DRAPERIES @ALL FOR A DELIVERY SERVICE o H. ZAMSKY_ Portraits of distinction 902 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia, U. 8.°A. 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