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‘Next week's. number of the News will
be issued by the Alumnae under the edi-
torship of Anna R. Dubach, '19, and will

appear on January 30. This is the sec-
ond time in the history of the News and
the college that the Alumnae will write
and edit an issue of an undergraduate
periodical.

There will be no further issue of the
News until after the midyear vacation.



The Children’s Hour
_ (tn the Library)
In the evening when the fire is lit
Around its warmth the students sit,
And sometimes for an hour or so
Gossip together in voices low.

And some sprawl down upon the floor,
And like young kittens mew and paw.
While I sit in my hard earned chair
And gnash my teeth and tear my hair.

And does it not seem hard to you,
When I have half my notes to do,
For every one to laugh and _ chat,
And roll around upon the mat?



The Des Moines Conference

(Specially Contributed by Dean Smith)

One could not help wondering during
the sessions of the Des Moines Con-
vention just how much time and hard
work, from how many people, had gone
into the organization of the conference,
and whether in the long run the months
of preparation wotld prove to be worth
while. Bringing together 7500 men and
women from every corner of North
America is no small task in itself, when
one considers the detailed work involv-
ed in arranging any meeting. But
far more difficult than bringing the dele-
gates and speakers together and provid-
ing for their comfort must have been
the task of planning a suitable program
for the Convention. That a uniform
standard of excellence in their addresses
was maintained by the leaders of the
conference speaks well not only for the
committee who selected them, but also
for the intellectual calibre of the men

“and women who have given their lives

to these high enterprises. Very wisely,
considering the diversity of opinion rep-
resented, discussion of pressing indus-
trial or political problems was almost
entirely omitted, but one after another
the speakers from many nations appeal-

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inspiration is a mutual affair. It de-
pends as much on the attitude of the
audience as on the eloquence of the
speaker. Here, where eloquence in the
main will be lacking, the college as a
whole must prove whether or not the
pony cthon has been a success.



Campus Insurance Company Will aie
Merits

With the motto, “Nor skill nor might
nor merit ours,” the Campus Insurance
Co. offer to insure for merits.

Twenty-five cents, payable on the Feb-
ruary Pay Day, guarantees a share in
the profits of the company to policy-
holders who fail to get their required
merits. Dividends will be declared on
the day after Pay Day.

The company was chartered in 1917.
L. Sloan, ’20, is the only one of the orig-
inal partners still connected with the
firm.

Further information may be obtained
from E, Luetkemeyer, Denbigh.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Acting President Taft is making a
western tour to address Bryn Mawr
clubs and Bryn Mawr audiences in the
interests of the Endowment Fund. She
spent Saturday and Sunday in Cincin-
nati; left on Monday for Chicago, and
will be in St. Louis and Kansas City on
January 25 and 26.

Miss Watson spoke on “Red Tape
and the Business Office” at a meeting
of the Senior Class last Friday.

Frances Knox, ’23, has been elected
track captain in place of E. Bright, who
resigned on account of rush of work.

The first Freshman editor to make
the Review board, E. Page, was taken
on last week. Associate editors picked
from the four classes in the last com-
petition are: H. Kingsbury, 20; H. Mur-
ray, ’21; P.- Smith, ’22, and D. Burr, ’23.

Miss Margaret Dunlop, Superintend-
ent of the nurses of the Pennsylvania
Hospital and of Base Hospital No. 10
in France, addressed the monthly tea of
the Doctors’ Club last week.

Medical Department Notice
Banbah Kilroy, ‘23,
measles. All students who have been
with her and exposed between January
12 and 16 are asked to report daily at
the Infirmary from January 22 to 31 for

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a position on his college newspaper. H
is now assistant pastor at the Brick
Presbyterian Church in New York.

“Who Jesus Is and What He Does for
Us” is the aim of the talks, says Dr.
Johnston Ross, who helped Dr. Greene
and the Bible Study Committee to plan
the course. Dr. Ross will hold the Chap-
el service on Sunday, March 7, to sum-
marize the lectures.

-Dr. Ross was formerly at the Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian Church; in 1917 he
led the week-end conference.

The four lectures will be:

1. What Changes of Thought Have
Put Early Bible Usage Out of Date.”

2. The Bible Message About God and
Man.

8. Jesus of History and the Christ of
Faith.

4. What Answer Jesus Gives to Some
of Our Modern Social Problems.

Discussion will follow each lecture.

WATER POLO SEASON BEGINS
THURSDAY AFTER MIDYEARS

Water polo practices will begin the
first Thursday after midyears at 8.30 p.
m. During midyears informal class
practices will be held at noon.

‘The captains plan to organize three
teams in each class. In order to play
water polo, every student, including
those with A cards must have a special
medical examination. No students with
B cards may play. Since the Senior and
Sophomore first teams have each lost
one member and the Junior line-up of
last year stands intact, the champion-
ship games promise to be close. The
class captamms are: B. Weaver, '20, E.
Cope, '21, and E. Anderson, ’22.
Alumnae Notes

Shirley Putnam, ’09, is editor of the
Greenwich Review, a Greenwich week-
ly paper. She is also in charge of the
print shop connected with the paper.

Margaret Hobart, "11, has been elected
a member of the newly formed National
Council of Women of the Episcopal
Church.

Cleos Rockwell, 14, is assistant to the
Y. W. C.,A. Industrial Secretary in Fort
Wayne, Ind.



Because of unfilled orders in college
and demands from booksellers in diff-
erent parts of the country, the Reelets
and Writhers Club will bring out a sec-
ond edition of “Humble Voyagers”
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very valuable to the Community Center,
have been retained for the coming
semester.
* Even these people, however, occasion- —
ally have been absolutely unable to keep
their engagements, and a more efficient
arrangement for providing substitutes
than that which is now in operation will —
have to be devised. For the coming
semester it is planned that for every po-
sition requiring two workers, three will
be provided, and for those requiring one,
In the future,
Freshmen will not be used regularly
until their second semester. In this
way, each new group of students com-
ing in will learn the work more thor-
oughly and will be better qualified to
undertake the responsibility of a regu-
lar worker.
Work by Classes Hereafter

In general, the Social Service Com-
mittee plans to allot the work accord-
ing to classes. The Freshmen and
Sophomores will be given work with
children. The Sophomores will do gym-
nasium work, especially since that is

|the year when students are usually best

trained for it. The Juniors and Seniors
will be given the night work, such as
the organization of clubs, might school
classes, and general work with older
people. Only the graduates will be per-
mitted to do home visiting, This plan will
not be kept: strictly in cases where stu-
dents seem better fitted for work which
would not normally be theirs.
Night-school International

This semester has vastly increased the
interesting aspect of the work. The
clubs and gymnasium classes and the
visiting among factory workers has
brought up many entertaining incidents.
The night school, for example, is be-
coming positively internatiomal in char-
acter, since it includes a Russian and a
Philippino. The latter is in the navy
and is on a detail in Bryn Mawr. His
people at home, he says, expect him to
learn a great deal, since he is having
the cultural advantages of a trip to
America.

Campaign to Rouse Fifty New Workers

Next semester, the Social ‘Service
Committee will need about fifty more
workers, and is planning to have a cam-
paign during the first week after midyears
to get them. At the same time, it would
like the names of all those who are defi-
nitely willing to serve as substitutes.









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