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“Who Doth “Ambition Shun!”

Confession ‘that you are: working. for a
position. -brands.you; confession that you

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are working for high credits ostracizes |’

you. Work without confession succeeds’
in the case of nine-tenths of thé under-
-graduates, and a care-free -confession- of
no work puts a twentieth in a Nirvana, of
earthly bliss. This twentieth, who™heither

: live i’ the sun.” .For sixteen weeks they
are beyond the: ‘buffets of life; quizzes,
- compositions and , reports do not affect}
them. But even ‘for these college is the |
ideal place™ “just. to live in,” and at last
they sadly find that, it takes more than an
umbrella to carry them through the.“rough
“weather” ‘which stands between the end of |
the sixteen. weeks and another semester of
ever-envied ruminating.



“Friendly Enemies

Last: Sattirday ‘morning “when » Adelphi
College came. to Bryn Mawr, we had an
opportunity ‘for. the first time in five years
to meet another college in as match game.
Twice before has Bryn Mawr’ had. this
privilege—once in 1900 when we played
Barnard, and again in 1915 when we played
‘Swarthmore... The interchange of ideas and
the spirit of good fellowship arising from
‘such an occasion cannot but- have a broad-|
ening influence on the college.
sonable number . of intercollegiate matches
could be scheduled each year, it would help
co-ordinate the college into an ‘enthusiastic
whole,. and. incidentally add attraction to
week-ends ‘on the campus. °



Value of a Week-end Qonference

The Mid-winter, Conference of the Chris-
tian AsSociation, last week, sounded a posi-
tive note and fostered geligious thought
‘tather than devoting hour after hour to the
- futile questioning that has’ sometimes char-
acterized conferences at Bryn Mawr. It

_was an attempt to counteract the prevalent
attitude that Dr. Johnston-Ross, of Union
Theological Seminary,- New York, charac-
terized recently, when he wrote “It is im-
possible to find a thinking audience in
New* York City. All that people will listen
to is a ten-minute talk on the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of man with
an application to Abraham Lincoln.” At-
tendance at~the conference was smalleg |
than last year, but the drop is significant

* only as an, indication that for the average
Bryn Mawr student a week-end is~more
sititable than Wednesday and Thursday.



Oxford Analogies ~. . he
The attitude of Oxford’s male contitigent
toward its academic dress, as described in
the American Oxonian for January, sug-
-_gests:a flattering similarity of taste between
that cultured. body and ‘oursélves. The
“Oxford “student dusts his’ table with his
gown, and then uses it as a “blower” for
the grate. We show the proper profound
~ contempt for ours by neglecting them alto-.
- gether... The extent of that party which
deplores the fall of the gown at Bryn
- Mawr will never be determined, because’ its



ae }f there are any; how-
who still ao, cherish” a hope)

If a -‘tea-

“DR. RUFUS JONES WILL SPEAK
,HERE NEXT SUNDAY EVENING |

and president of the Board of Trustees |:

will lead the: chapel service next Sunday.

- Déctor Jones is ‘chairman of the Board,
of Directors at Bryn Mawr, and Professor.
of Philosophy at Haverford Collége. He
is one of the ministers at Haverford
meeting. :

“Founders’ au which is giyen once
in four: years to instruct the students at

of the Quaker Church, was delivered la
‘year by Doctor Jones. The lecture on
“Elizabeth Fry” is the ourth Founder's’
lecture Doctor Jones has given.



MEDIEVAL: ACADEMIC CAP POPULAR
_ AMONG women AT OXFORD



“Black-and Tams” Like to Wear Gown
Wear it Bicycling to «Hockey y

Reverting to the late Middle Ages to find
an. academic costume for its women. stu-
dents, Oxford pas hit upon one which is
immensely popular, according to a corre-
spondent of the American ~Oxonian, the
record of American” Rhodes scholars.

- Although the gown is that of the other
students, “a four-cornered cap of soft
material has been substituted for the tradi-
tional stiff* mortar-board.. This. cap is
“capable of folds and sags that suit and set
off the individual that wears. it.”. The
popularity of the academic costttme among
women students, “who wear it even to the
reductio ad abadrdus of bicycling hockey-
wards in it,” says the correspondent, is in
extraordinary.-contrast-to the “nonchalant
negligence and revulsion common among
men in regard to the gown.” The article
ends: “Mindful of Irish matters, the male
undergraduates have applied to the women
the epithet ‘Black-and-Tams!’”



FREDERIKA BEATTY, 19, WINS
CARNEGIE HERO FUND



Will Go To Oxford For Year “s
In recognition of an act of life-saving,

bronzé.medal and 4 sum of “money by the
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. : Miss
Beatty will spend-the money in a year at
Oxford.

#Performied in. the €uinmer of her Sopho-
more: year, the deed was. investigated but
was not publicly recognized by the com-
mission until recently, when she received
a letter,.a part of which‘is quoted below:
“My Dear Madam: The attention of
the Carnegte Hero: Fund Commission has
been calle@to an act performed by- you,
by which,on July. 10, 1917, you saved Miss
Reilly and attempted to save Miss. Mar-
garet Moore from death by drowning in
the south fork of the Spring River, near
Hardy, Ark. Your case, after a thorough
investigatjon, was considered at‘a meeting
of the commission held this afternoon, and
I have much pleasure ‘in informing . you

occasion, the commission awarded you a
bronze :medal.and a. sum,. $——, for edu-
cational purposes, payments to be made as

Tfieeded and approved.”

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- MISS KING EXPLAINS MODERN
- SCULPTURE TO ART CLUB

“To break’ dway- from studio’ forms. and
professional models _is ythe aim ofmodern
sculptors,” said Miss a Professor~ of
History. of Art, speaking before the Art
Club on Monday. evening, February 14.

After considering the fundamental laws

|about by modern times. The. Tecent devel-
opments of science and familiarity with|
the art amé methods: ‘of-all the races of the









Head of the Ffiends’ Reconstruction Unit |

of: Bryn Mawr College, Dr. Rufus. Jones,

Bryn Mawr in the tradition and ved ane was Doctor awe

| responsibilities. -

_| power.”

Frederika~“Beatty,..219,has- been- awarded-a:

that in recognition of your “heroism-on. that+-

‘| want power,

presented to the sculptor and their. treat-|:
ment through the ages of the history of art, |
Miss King discussed the changes brought,

ne MID- WEEK ee



‘Says Jesus Fille Need of ‘Modern win:



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alliance with thé King of ‘Kings, can over-
come.” The supreme thing in faith ‘is
“taking risks for God’s sake; it is a venture
but is it not.a aig. desirable ‘sometimes ? r
he ended.

Jesus. as the man with the purpose, the
power. and ‘the mind needed “by: people
subject. *'on

ursday afternoon. +

“Those who dedicate dinanss to. the
purpose of Jesus, who assume the attitude
of Jesus, find thgmselves empowered with
His force,” said-Doctor—Coffin=
was one of the outstanding features of His
lifé,-It takes all your head to think out,
this goal and-all-your-heart to- comprehend
it, all your conscience to shoulder its
There will be no tag ends
of ypur personality left over—nothing left
Lunconscripted. ‘This, Doctor Coffin pointed

out,, relieves one from _ self-consciousness.

“Don’t,” he advised, “allow some of your
feeling to feel’ what the rest of your
feelings are feeling !”

In Christ we find one of the most saga-
cious intellects-the world has even know#,

| Doctor Coffin declared. His ability to look

facts in the face, to estimate resources, is
shown in His teachings.. His method of
redemption by personal contact is not
showy, nor quick, but it succeeds where
other methods have failed.

Pointing out Jesus’ power, Doctor Coffin
said, “He is the. ‘most forceful contempo-
rary that we have today. We have seen

-|how much people are willing:-to go through

under: His leadership. . They will ‘endure
contradiction’ and’ for this reason they
achieve their ends. It is only as the elec-
tric current. endures contradiction that it
becomes luminous; only as the ‘stream
encounters Spperien -that._ it. generates

°
Explains Significance of Cross

the subject of Doctor Coffin’s talk on
Thursday night. He spoke of the tragic

it must be taken for granted” that all the
best ideals and motives of today have their
origin on the little hill where the. ‘cross
stood.

According to Doctor Coffin, Jesus went,

conscious of what’ the journey meant, to
Jerusalem because he felt the sin of the
nation; he was able by. his sympathy to
become a part of the men who slew him,
and to understand the spirit of frresponsi-
bility, embittered idealism and curiosity for
which they stood.
"Tt is this feeling which makes the para-
bles so marvelous, that Jesus has been the
prodigal andthe father, the sheep and the
shepherd. Just as a path of light from the
moon comes to the watchers by a lake no
matter where they stand, a feeling of per-
sonal relationship with Jesus may come to
everyone who looks for it though the points.
of view be very different, provided a clear
‘conception of this sympathy and sacrifice
is found... os

“The nation of mankghd stands today in
the place of the Holy City; it needs cru-
saders for the King of ‘Kings. People
inspection, guidance; . they
must remember the Man. of eee:

‘\concluded Doctor Coffin.

“The cross is ‘the adequate iain of

together and sending us forward until the
kingdoms of this “world are, indeed, RT
kingdoms: of Jeaus: bids n

MISS DONNELLY CMALRIOAN OF
COMMITTEE TO AID STUDENTS
The Scholarship: and Loan Committees of
'the Alumnae Association — have’ been -com- |
bined into a single committee of which |
Prof. Lucy “Martin” Donnelly; “93, tas ‘been
a- | appointed chairman, Miss :Donnelly has}
| been chairman of the le on. » Schol-



DR. HENRY SLOAN COFFIN, OF N. Y.

“Purpose”

The importance of the crucifixion was |.

and glorious appeal of the cross and said |

God, the compelling inspiration. binding. us-



“ALUMNAE NOTES:

Anna Wildman, ’17; sailed for Europe on
January 15 with Catherine Casselbury, ’17.
Grace Downing. Mitchell, ’01, is teackthg
mathematics | at in Fine’s nee

Princeton. °

Pauline Goldmark, ’09, has resigned mee
the Railroad ,Commissidn in Washington,
She is now ie of the vice-president’ of:
the Leagiie of ‘Women ‘Voters of the
Borough of Mahhattan, Ne Y.

Helen W. Irvin,.’15, is teaching English
and histgty at the Roland “Park Country
School, Baltimore.

Elizabeth Em
ate in June from the Medical School, will
start an internship in’a San Francisco
hospital in July, s ‘

Cleora Sutch, ’15,° and Grace Dedman, °
Britid® scholar 1918-19, ‘both of whom are
at present teaching at the Scarsdale High
School, plan to conduct a party through
the British Isles this summer. ©

Helen..Davenport Gibbons, ex ’06, gave.a
lecture to the “Woman’s Guild of the

Presbyterian. Church of Bryn Mawr on
Febriiary 2; Her subject was’ “American”
Soldiers and a Little Gray Home in
France.” ;

*Mary E, Allis,,’01; is the director of the
National Woman’s Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian Church, and
chairman of the Publication Department.

- Eugenia Baker Jessup (Mrs. Henry Jes-
sup), '14, is teaching at Rosemary. Hall .
this - year.

‘Frances Clarke, ’19, has a position, as
‘secretary with the Society for Organizing
Charities, of Providence, R. I.

Ruth Collins Desch, ‘10. (Mrs. Frank
Desch), is teaching history at the Merrill
School, Mamaroneck, New York.

Gertrude Hearne, ’19, has been appointed
Chairman of the Alumnae Committee on
Athletics.

Darthela Clarke, —’20, we Frederika =
Howell, ’20, are sailing on February 26 to
do-reconstriction werk under-the American
Committee for Devastated France. .

HELP RE-ESTABLISH CIVILIZATION.
URGES MISS SPURGEON AT SMITH



Discusses also Modern Poetry ©

By supporting the International Federa-
tion of University Women, organized in *
London»Jast summer, colleges can help.
build up and promote mutual symipathy and >
understanding. among nations, asserted —
Miss Caroline F; E. Spurgeon, Professor «
of English at. London Uhiversity and
Exchange Professor at Columbia, speaking
at Smith College on February a

“The war just past was the result of_a
lopsided development of the. world. The
material side and the physical sciences grew
faster than the spiritual side, and to pre-
rvent such a repetition is the world’s prob-
lem,” according to the report of Miss
Spurgeon’s address ‘in the Smith College
Weekly. The International Federation Af. .
University Women intends also “t6-exert a
broadening influence over ‘women of all
nationalities” by the establishment of social - -
club houses for visiting university ‘women
in the large cities of the world, New York;
London, Paris and Athens already having
them.

“Miss Spurgeon,” says the Weekly, “also _
gave a delightful lecture: on modern
poetry,” charming her audience as she did
at Bryn Mawr by her reading. and per-
sonality. _ -James Stevens, Harold Monroe
Hand Walter de la Mare were the three .
modern: ‘poets under—discussion at Smith. -

.

BRYN MAWR™“SONG ADOPTED. BY
GIRL. RESERVES OF Y. W. C. A.



Bryn. _Mawr won the song competition at -
Silver Bay last summer, has ‘been adopted ..

of which several ‘thousand girls i in a all parts.
‘of the” United Statés-are-members. The ~~
rsong was published i in -the Sbiuaie num-
ber of the Association Monthly.

Words for ‘the song were written. co



| Helen Hill, ’21. The tune is a Hawaiian
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