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College news, April 13, 1921
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
Bryn Mawr College
1921-04-13
serial
Weekly
6 pages
digitized microfilm
North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 07, No. 22
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914) --https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/26mktb/alma991001620579...
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BMC-News-vol7-no22
THE COLLEGE NEwWs
Born
Catherine Delano Grant, ’11 (Mrs. Alex-
ander), has a daughter, born March 2.
Ruth Glenn, ’15 (Mrs. Edred Pennell),
has a son, born February 11.
Helen Tredway, ’11 (Mrs. E. A. Graham),
has a second son, Evarts Graham, Jr., born
February 4.
Engaged
Dorothea Clinton, ’13, has announced her
engagement to Mr. Lewis Woodworth, of
Chicago. She expects to be married in
June.
Eleanora Wilson, 17, is engaged to Dr.
Howell Peacock, of Columbus, Ga., who is
now serving his internship at the Pennsyl-
vania. Hospital in Philadelphia.
Married
Marian Gregg, ’20, was married to Mr.
Clarence King on April 7, in St. Louis.
Janet Gregg, 24, was maid of honor,
Julia Mayer, '17, was married in October
to Dr. Arthur L. Bloomfield, of Johns
Hopkins Hospital. She graduated last May
from the Nursing School there.
Phoebe Curry, "17, was married in June,
1920, to Mr. Herbert J. Davies, of Johns-
town, Pa.
Died
Helen Wilson, 18 (Mrs. William Jackson
Merrill), died on April 6, in the Lankenau
Hospital, Philadelphia. The funeral will be
at Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Merrill’s
home.
Mr. Clarence P. Cadot, father of Louise
Cadot, ’21, died at his home in Richmond
on March 26, after a short illness.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT NOTICE
All undergraduate students must have
physical appointments, which can be signed
for in the gymnasium, on or before Friday,
April 22.
Rebecca Marshall, ex-’21, spent the week-
end at College, returning for the Fellow-
ship dinner and the athletic meets.
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PICKING COMPETITORS FOR
INTERCLASS FENCING BOUTS
Fencers for an interclass tournament,
from whom four varsity members to meet
Pennsylvania in a bout later will be picked,
are being chosen by each class. Mr. Ter-
rone’s fencing students have been divided
into two groups—1921 and 1923 at 4,15
o'clock, and 1922 and 1924 at 5.30 o'clock.
B. Warburg, 21, is manager of the odds;
M. Speer, "22, of the evens. The last
fencing lesson will be May 12.
Se a
Only One Track Record Held
By Class Now in College
With the track meets beginning within
ten days, April 23 and 30, practice in the
newly dug pits next to the hockey field is
under way. The last track meet, won by
1922, took place two years ago. The only
record broken at that time was running
high jump, established at 4 feet 4.6 inches,
by F. Robbins, ’22, Of the events besides
the twenty-person relay, competitors may
take part in six.
SPORTING NOTES
Tomorrow, April 14, is the last night for
swimming try-outs, Everyone who is reg-
istering Swimming this spring must be
tried out—1922 and 1924 at 8.30 o’clock, and
1921 and 1923 at 9 o'clock.
NEWS FROM OTHER COLLEGES
The Yale News, the oldest college daily
in America, recently celebrated its forty-
third anniversary.
Williams has received an honor flag from
the Red Cross for the highest percentage
of enrollments in the New England Divi-
sion in the recent “fourth roll call.” An
89 per cent. enrollment was secured, Brown
University ranking next with 80 per cent,
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RUSSIAN SABLES
NEWS IN BRIEF
President Thomas has made a gift to
the college of three Lombardy poplars, to
be planted in the nooks in Pembroke West,
and she is also giving the shrubs to be
planted around the manholes,
Tea was given by the faculty and staff
to the graduate students in Radnor Hall
on Friday, April 8 Professor Donnelly,
Professor and Mrs. Leuba, Miss Orlady,
Professor Gray, Professor Crenshaw, Pro-
fessor Savage and Miss Dunn, received.
Dr. Castro, professor of education, will
speak on “Child Psychology” at the College
Club on the afternoon of April 18. The
lecture will be followed by a reception. All
students in Miss Castro’s classes are in-
vited,
President Thomas received the Senior
class in the Deanery last Monday night.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Wendell David
have invited the History Club to their
home to see lantern slides taken by Dr,
and Mrs. William Roy Smith on their trip
around the world,
If students do not come. to class before
quarter past the hour, it will count as a cut,
according to a recent ruling of the faculty,
which will go into effect May 1. The Col-
lege Council advises students not to leave
until the whole hour is up in order to get
trains, but the regulation of this matter is
left to the students,
Ella Riegel, ’89, has given a Lombardy
poplar to replace the one in the corner of
Pembroke East that is in bad condition.
Jean Flexner, ’21, was elected president
of the English Club in place of M. Speer,
’22, who resigned.
Elizabeth Matteson is chairman of the
committee for selecting the Senior class
tree.
Marion Rawson, ’22, has been elected
chairman of the Junior - Supper Play
Committee,
A bird’s-eye view of the campus, taken
from an aeroplane, is on sale in the Alum-
nae Office in two sizes, priced at fifty-five
cents and $1.05. Students coming to look at
the pictures are asked to walk in without
knocking,
“The Late Tendencies in Art,” a futurist
exhibition, will open at the Academy of
Fine Arts this week and continue until
May 15. Over 200 extremist paintings and
drawings will be shown.
Dr. Helen Brown (Helen Smith, 07),
psychiatrist, spoke at the Science Club tea
on Wednesday afternoon, April 6, Dr.
Brown discussed the general question of
women in medicine.
It was decided at a meeting of the Col-
lege Council that victrolas may be played
in the halls on Friday and Saturday nights
from 7 until 8 o'clock, and that it be con-
sidered a hall convention that there be no
card playing in the parlors.
The general opinion of the College Coun-
cil is that the Student Self-Government
Board should have the Power to remove
inefficient head Proctors, and also that the
sub-proctors be upper class-men, never
Freshmen.
In the matter of the care of the athletic
fields the College Council has appointed a
committee consisting of Miss Applebee,
Miss Adair, Mr. Foley, the president of the
Athletic Association and the sports man-
ager for the season, who will be in charge
of expenses, Partially pay off the present
deficit this year, and receive a monthly ac-
count from the comptroller,
Vespers was led last Sunday afternoon
by E. Pearson, ’24,
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SPRING
Out-door and Indoor Togs
Blouses, Frocks, Tramping Suits, Tea Frocks
AT
COLLEGE INN, BRYN MAWR, APRIL 25TH-26TH
FROM
MESSRS. BLAYLOCK & BLYNN, INc.
1528 CHESTNUT STREET
a Lingerie Dresses
The Makanna
Shop
Hand-made Specialties
Exclusively
BOSTON
Annouace an Exhibit of
HAND-MADE
Blouses—Lingerie
Real Laces by-the-Yard
SMALL GIFTS
AT
The College Inn
THURSDAY FRIDAY
April 21 April 22
STONE MARTENS
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