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Leuba, “because it marks a step forward
in human history; it is the first attempt
to bring to an objective test beliefs until
now supported only on tradition, desire
and metaphysical arguments. |
not be long now, we may hope; before
the traditional belief in a God who an-
swers prayer will also be recognized as
open to similar inductive methods of re-
search,

“IT should probably say also that I am
not averse to every kind of survival af-
ter death. But from the kind of future
life which mediums are now disclosing
to us, I devoutly wish to be preserved.”
Spiritism Degradation of Hopes and Ideals

When Dr. Leuba had expiained certain
phenomena attributed by Sir Oliver
Lodge to Spiritism, he summed up his
conclusions on the subject as follows:

“1, The evidential messages that re-
fer to things of this earth fail to carry
conviction because they are open to ex-
planation as clever guesses or luck, or as
fraud, or as telepathy.

2, The communications purporting to.

represent the nature of the other world
are not merely absolutely lacking in evi-
dential value, but they also clearly sug-
gest an earthly origin.

3.. One cannot reconcile the existence
of spirits able to communicate no end of
things and claiming to know much that
is going on on earth, with their inability
to do any of the many things that would
constitute an incontrovertible proof of
their existence.

4. Nothing in Sir Oliver is stranger
and more ill placed than the missionary
zeal with which he presses his faith
upon an incredulous world. Never was
a man less entitled to regard himself as
a public benefactor. Whether illusory
or not, and vague as it is, the Christian
faith in immortality is the expression of
some of the noblest yearnings of hu-
manity. But instead of being a demon.
stration of that faith, the picture present-
ed to us by contemporary spiritism is a
degradation: of the hopes and_ ideals
which in centuries past have given rise
to that belief. ¢

Sir Oliver Lodge speaks as if the sal-
vation of society depended upon the pos-
sibility of holding converse with those
we have lost. If humanity is at this mo-
ment threatened with appalling calami-
ties, it is neither because the living have
forgotten their dead nor because they
weep for them and yearn for c\ nmuni-
cation with them.

It is rather because men and women
live too exclusively for those who are
nearest them; it is because their vision
and devotion do not extend to the living
who are not of their flesh and blood,

The prophet for which humanity is
waiting is not he who would help us to
soothe our selfish sorrows by visits to
mediums and sittings at rapping tables
but who would turn our eyes and our
affection upon the multitudes of the liv-
ing for whom this earth has not yet been
made habitable.

FOURTEEN RECEIVE COMMUNITY
SINGING CERTIFICATES

Fourteen Community Singing certifi-
cates have been sent by Mr. Lawrence to
students who registered at least six of
his Community Singing Classes, and are
capable of conducting informal sings.
Those receiving the certificates are: 1920,
H. Ferris, L. Kellogg; 1921, E. Boswell,
C. Mottu; 1922, E. Hall, C. LaBoiteaux,
G. Rhoads, M. Tyler; 1923, M. Carey, E.
Child, E. Philbrick, K. Raht, C. Stewart,
E. Vincent.

“T welcome ou ‘éfort ke 4 te ee |
lish, on objective scientific grounds, the}
belief in survival after death,” began Dr.

It. may}



Te in chapel, ‘denied ‘that

mission. —

“No fixed number of points io or

required above fifteen,” said Miss Taft.
“But when it became evident that there
would be no room for all the students
who had passed the fifteen points, wq
decided it was fairer to.admit only the
students who seemed qualified to do
satisfactory work when in college.” Four
or five points of conditions put a stu-
dent under a disadvantage in doing col-
lege work, she added. Therefore stu-
dents having four or five points of con-
ditions in the spring were advised to pass
them off before the fall and then were
considered with candidates coming up in
the autumn.

CAMPIMETRY DISCUSSED BY
DR. FERREE AND DR. RAND

Dr. Ferree and Rr. Rand discussed,
with demonstrations, the subject of “The
Standardization of the Factors Influenc-
ing the Campimetric and Perimetric De-
terminations of Retinal Sensitivity” be-
fore the Ophthalmological Section of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia,
on Thursday, February 19.

The work on this subject was begun
by Dr. Rand nine years ago in the Bryn
Mawr Laboratory and has been carried
on by her more or less continuously since
that time. The problem of the better
standardization of the clinic practice of
perimetry and campimetry 1s now being
considered bya special_committee—of
the American Ophthalmological Society,
of which committee Dr. Ferree has re-
cently been appointed a member.

No Advanced Standing for Seniors Except
for Itness in Junior Year

The only condition allowing seniors
to take advanced standing examinations
is a loss of hours in their junior year
due to illness, according to a recent de-
cision of the Faculty.

The rule allowing students to take ad-
vanced standing examinations only up to
the beginning of their junior year is a
wise one, the Faculty decided at a Jan-
uary meeting—and ought not to be set
aside except in the case of students who
have been ill in the junior year and have
lost time through no fault of their own.

First Lecture for the Malds in Taylor Hall

A lecture for the maids was held in
Taylor Hall on February 13, by Miss
Mary Ovington, chairman of the Execu-
tive Board of the National Association
for the advancement of the Colored
Race. Miss Ovington set forth present-
day issues that confront the negro race
and presented the work of prominent
colored men and women to an audience
of 55 of the 68 maids in college.

Miss Ovington, who is at work upon
a novel dealing with the negro question,
led an informal discussion after the lec-
ture.

Hereafter, current event classes for
the maids will be held every Wednesday
evening in Taylor. E. Godwin, ’21, spoke
last week on the presidential elections.

The committee in charge is: W. Wor-
cester, ‘21 (chairman); C. Needham,
Graduate; M. P. Kirkland, '21; K. Cowen,

21; E. Jennings, ’23.

SIX UNDER-CLASSMEN COMPETE

FOR “REVIEW” BUSINESS BOARD

Two Sophomores and four Freshmen,
H. Jennings, and C. Bennett, from 1922;
N. Fitzgerald, M. Lawrence, F. Sellig-
man and M. Macferran, from 1923, have
entered the competition for the business
board of the Review.

Two editors will be chosen.
petition ends March first.

The com-



ot cast, which will inetade
‘some 40 people, with Sor6 leading parts,

has not yet been
ahees points are now required for ad-| ye chosen






om WORK ON POINT SYSTEM.
Plans for a point system limiting the
number of positions that may be held by
one student are being drawn up by the

Undergraduate Board.

The proposed plan will be dieiniid
with association and club officers and at

class meetings before being submitted

to the Undergraduate Association as a
whole. '

Of the colleges which have replied to
letters written them on this subject, all
have tried the system, or are seriously
discussing it. Where it has been tried
out, all the colleges have found it entire-
ly successful except Smith which is
working out\a new plan. Mt. Holyoke

has based its system on a basis of 40|

points, with the highest single office
counting 30 points. Goucher College re-
cords the quality of the work done as
well as the amount.



NO STUDENTS RECOMMENDED FOR
SENATE PROBATION

No students were recommended for
Senate probation according to the sta-
tistics of the Cut Committee for the
first semester, but fourteen have been
warned and placed on Student Proba.
tion, which allows them only four un-
excused cuts for the second semester.
The cutting this year has been some-

what—lighter_than_during—the—second
semester last year. The exact records
follow:
Undergraduate Ex- Unex- To-
Record cused ctsed tal

No. of Students

Cutting .....; 155 342 347
to. of Cats ..,< 13870 1074 =: 3858
No. of Cuts per

Student Cut-

A ek ess 10.2 5.7 9.6
No. of Cuts per

Total No. of

Students (362) 3.8 5.4 9.2
No of Students

with no unex-

cused cuts 20
No. of Students

with no cuts at

Oe Gk 15

No. of unexcused cuts registered by the
Office and not by the students, 481.

No. of cuts registered by the students
and not by the Office, 504.

HOOVER INDORSES $2,000,000 DRIVE;
PAYS TRIBUTE TO BRYN MAWR
Herbert Hoover, writing to Acting-

President Taft, declares that the average

salary paid to the professors and teachers

at Bryn Mawr is even below the stand-
ard of other institutions.

“The fine service of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege over all these years, the fine charac-
ter of the woman that has come from it,
only emphasizes the duty the community
owes,” says Mr. Hoover. “I know of
nothing that our people should so gen-
erally resent as the fact that our sons
and daughters are to receive the basic
formation of their characters and intelli-
gence at so great a sacrifice as is now
being imposed on those upon whom we
must depend to create our whole nation-
al character.”

MAY DAY OFFICE IN CARTREF

Mrs. Skinner, director, and Mrs. Rhys
Carpenter (E. Hill, '16), secretary and
treasurer of May Day, will be in their
office on the third floor of Cartref, from
9-5 daily. Mrs. Carpenter is compiling

a card catalogue of the parts taken by
each student in May Day.



English Club tea on last Thee. a
ternoon in Denbigh sitting-room.

“No ulterior motives may be admitted
in writing nonsense verse,” said Dr.
Savage. “Pure nonsense is written for
nonsense’ sake alone.

“Surely only ‘toves’ can ‘gyre’” declar-
ed Dr. Savage, quoting from ‘Jabber-
wocky’ to prove -that all manufactured
nonsense words should sound plausible —
and should convey an idea. ‘Uffia,’ from
the Nonsense Anthology was read to
illustrate the point:

“When sporgles spanned the floreate
mead
And cogwogs gleet upon the lea
Uftia gropped to meet her love
Who smeeged upon the equat sea.”



MARCH 15 LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS.
Applications for undergraduate schol-

arships should be handed in to the secre-
tary and registrar before March 15, on
two forms obtained from the secretary
and registrar’s office. The awards will
be announced the first of May.

Two Sophomore scholarships, four
Junior, three Senior, one Junior or Sen-
ior and four special scholarships are of-
fered this year. The Undergraduates
Scholarships Committee also tries to
secure special scholarships in the case
of students needing financial aid. Last
May one special Senior, and seven spec-
ial Junior scholarships were awarded.

Descriptions of the scholarships and
the conditions for holding them may be
found in the calendar, pages 207 to 211.



History Club Takes in 10 New Members

Ten new members have been admitted
to the History Club this semester. They
are: M, Butler, 19; C. Keeble, ’20; C.
Donnelly, ’21; F. Kniffen, ’21; E. Mills,
‘21; E. Taylor, ’21; G. Trotter, 21; A,
Weston, '21; J. Fisher, ’22; M. Meng, '22.

The requirements for admission to the
club are, for Sophomores and Juniors,
three semesters of Economics or Politics
or History with grades of credit in two
semesters or high credit in one semes-
ter, while for Seniors, two semesters
with the same grades are required.



RADNOR LEADS CAMPUS IN PROMPT:
NESS ON PAYDAY

With only one pay-day bill over-due
this year Radnor holds the record among
the halls for prompt payment.

“The same people are always fined for
over-due bills,” declared one pay-day col-
lector to a News reporter. In Rockefeller
and Pembroke West as many as four
fines a month have been collected, vary-
ing in amount from three cents to forty
cents.

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE MAKES
PLANS FOR SEMESTER

With a new personnel, the Publicity
Committee plans to feature each C. A.
committee in turn by means of posters.
It aims to bring the activities of the As-
sociation before the college as a whole,

C. Robinson, ’20, and D. Wyckoff, ’21,
have been elected to the committee in
place of D. Rogers, ’20, and M. Morrison,
21, who have resigned. P. Smith, ’22,
has been appointed chairman.

VASSAR STUDENTS SNOW-BOUND

Heavy snow-ifalls recently made it im-
possible for Vassar students to leave
their halls, and for one entire day no
classes could be held.

Dr. Gilkey, who led Bryn Mawr’s week
end conference, had expected to lead the
evening service for the college, but spoke
to the isolated students of the hall in
which he is staying, since it was found
impossible to assemble a congregation.