College news, November 9, 1921

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“HE, THE ONE THAT GETS SLAPPED”—LAST ACT. . ‘





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VARSITY SURRENDERS 7--2 TO
GERMANTOWN CRICKET CLUB

Scrappy Figliting Characterizes Sixth
Game of Season °

In a scrappy, fight last Saturday the Ger-
mantown.Cricket Club pushed Varsity to
a 7-2 defeat. Starting off with a rush Bryn
Mawr held the lead for a period but re-
linquished it after two goals, and gave~in
to Germantown’s more persistent fighting.
Miss M. Wiener: at left wing played a
spectacular game for the visitors.

Greater teamwork was exhibited by Var-|-

sity than in the games of the last two
weeks in spite of its defeat. E. Anderson
and M. Tyler accomplished some pretty
passing. on the right wing showing both
speed and tenacity, The left side of the |
field was- somewhat weak except for R.
Neel at fullback. D. Lee played a strong
game ‘at center forward, scoring the . first
goal.of the game from the “edge of the
circle after some sharp fighting. This was
followed “by a pretty shot by Miss E.
Wiener at center. Attempting’ a second
goal she lost the ball‘ to Varsity defense
and Bryn Mawr scored its second tally
through a maze of sticks around the Ger-
mantown cage.

In the second halt bth sides went wild.
Germantown had thehall in its circle fre-
quently but failed to batter through the
Brown defense. Varsity’s forward line,

sweeping down to the other end of the field’

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MARIAN RUSSELL ELECTED AS
SOPHOMORE PRESIDENT

Marian Russell, Betty Price and Mary
Louise White were elected last ——
by 1924 as class officers.

Treasurer df the Undergraduate Kaa
ciation and Sophomore hockey captain,
Miss Russell was also president of the Ath-
letic Association at the Shipley School.
Miss Price is from Miss Walker’s School
and was a member of the Freshman Com-
mittee. Miss White: is a member of the
Membership Committee, and _ is prominent
in class dramatics.

Budget Meeting to Take Vote on = -

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Appropriations for Year
Discussion of *he budget is the purpose
of a Christian Association meeting to be
held in Eee Hall tomorrow evening at
8 o’d

nh funds. and causes to” which ‘the
Association budget might be ‘devoted will
‘be discussed, and a vote taken on those

“HE, THE ONE THAT GETS SLAPPED,” THE FIRST PLAY OF THE
YEAR GIVEN BY 1923 TO THE SENIORS

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Actors Show Great Skill in interpreting Difficult Characters

Death as the only escape from the des-
perate hopelessness of life; the disintegra-
tion of all character toward some kind of
sardonic insanity; the failure of even the
“Books” to~’save~ mankind; such was. the
rather depressing philosophy offered by
the Junior class to the Freshmen for the
adventure of the first College year.

In the play, an educated man of su-
perior talents finds the evil spider web of
society unbearable and’ makes. his escape
in the seeming maké-helieve world of buf-
foonery. He will no longer be a man but
a ghost—a thing that laughs mockingly at
existence. He will become only He, the
clown, and lose himself among the simple
puppets who apparently only play at life.
But this. refuge is full of its own human
dregs, from which suicide alone’ can bring
relief. Such a thesis is somewhat repellent
to the Anglo-Saxon mind; it. is the antith-
esis of the heroic in our literary inherit-
ance. However, the theme has been skill-
fully developed. For once Andreyev shakes
off enough of his ghostly symbolism to give
us a more realistic production, thereby be-
coming even “more sinister. Abstractions
smack too much of the philosophico-scien-
tific. But in this play, although the drama-
tist has culled his incurables with patholog-
ical intent, all these characters are horribly
real. They are clustered about He as the
center. Each character, so to speak, car-
ries madness or disintegration ‘in a new
direction: the simplicity of the clowns goes
toward silliness; Mancini rots in the de-
pravity of the roue; the Gentleman stands
for the refined vices of society; the feline
traits of Zinida link man unpleasantly with
the animal; and the spider .Baron weaves
his web of sensuality about them all. Even
his fly, the lovely Consuelo, is only the
empty object of all men’s love—a. circus
Venus of the sea. Death is the only hope
for He, who desires to reach the purity,
‘the -goodness and thé@Minnocence of. human
relations.

K He” Characterized Convincingly

Any doubt which may have existed about
the playableness of such material was dis-
pelted by the entrance of two entrancing
clowns. It might almost be said that lines,
although admirably spoken and laden with
“Beethoven--on a broom” and “Mozart on
a bottle,” were unnecessary for Miss Corse
and Miss Wilson. Their intonations would
have. been enough, a- perfectly: matched
pair and quite inimitable in their duo. They,



preferred by the Association.

together with the very effective setting,





Specially Contributed by Mr. George Rowley

carried the action across the initial dialogue
to Zinida and He. Miss Humphreys in her
role of He should be acclaimed for her
very convincing characterization. Andreyev’s
“so-called” ghosts, that is the abstractions
around which he groups his symbolic pro-
tests, are at all times difficult enough to
understand, it is indeed a feat to clothe
one with flesh and blood. The touch of the
‘unearthly, the suggestion of the insane, the
introduction: of the abstract into act and
will were admirably achieved. It was re-
grettable that the amazing make-up of the
first act had to be exchanged :for the clown-
ish white mask, through which the expres-
sions of facial emotions became clouded.
However, additiona prominence was given
to Miss Humphrey’s use of hands and
body, the play of her fingers upon the
chair in the scene with the Baron and the
final perfect fall.

Miss Vincent’s Acting Subtle

The Zinida of Miss Vincent was’ suffi-

‘ciently feline and sinuously undulating to

make us glad that she was not a reality.
Unfortunately, those who had not read the
uncut play were unable to appreciate the

various subleties of the interpretation, from |

the shrinking at Briquet’s approach to the
climax of the- entrance from the Lion’s
cage. Miss Burr, as the spidery Baron,
accomplished most curious effects with her
eyes and walk. The latter was artfully sug-
gestive of the ugliness of. the character
itself. At. first, Consuélo was disappoint-
ing, but in the last three acts Miss Mathews
completely won us by the charm of her
personality, without losing the significance
of her part.. Miss. Strauss went straight
to the essential of “Papa” Briquet’s rather
strange characteg¢—a certain paternal heavi-
ness. Mancini was one of the most diffi-
cult studies. Possibly, a more cringing atti-
tude might have been added, but any ques-
tion of the interpretation was offset by the

excellence of Miss -Knox’s portrayal of

mean dandyism. The use of her right eye-
brow was. most skillfully. supercilious.
There was no doubt about the high moral
character of Miss Fraser’s Bezano: im fact,
her own personality somewhat obliterated
the, crudities with which the dramatist had
endowed ‘him. Miss Holt made the best of
a badly cut part, because Jackson’s lines
were so anutilated that his fame as a clown
became one of hearsay and not of speech

‘and action. The inability.to escape from

the past forms the climax of the second

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DISARMAMENT MASS MEETING

| HEARS” VARIETY OF SPEAKERS

Mr. James McDonald}Reveals Need
of Public Opinion

“We cannot solve the problems which the

Disarmament Conference. at .Washington —

has to face, but we can endorse the prin-
ciples by ‘which they must~be solved,” said.
Miss Margaret- Speer, ’22, addressing: the
mass-meeting of Bryn Mawr faculty, stu-
‘dents, staff and employees, in the gymna-
sium last night.

As a faculty speaker, Dr. Roger F,
Brunel, professor’ of chemigtry, declared
that since the production of poison gases
could not be limited, the only way to pre-
vent their use in modern warfare is ‘to
prevent war. Miss Dorothy Shipley, ’17,
warden of Pembroke, emphasized great

importance of public opinion in demanding, |

action from the delegates at. Washington.
““The chances are excellent that there wilF
be a war between the United States and
Japan,” was the assertion 6f Mr. James
McDonald, president of the Foreign Poli-
cies Association, who was the main speaker
of the evening. Mr. McDonald modified
his statement by declaring that the only
way. of avoiding this catastrophe lies in
the willingness of the United States to offer
China her genuine disinterested help,
“It-is my opinion that the Conference
will fail; or intenslfy the bitterness be-
tween nations, or hasten the next war, un-

fess such groups as this do all they can to.

force their will upon. the delegates,”
eluded Mr. McDonald.
The following resolutions were passed
by the meeting, and E. Vincent, ’23, was
chosen to take these to Washington :
ResoLveD, That we, the faculty, students,
staff and employees.of Bryn Mawr College,
do hereby call upon the United States
representatives at the Conference at Wash-~

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ington some immediate action toward the.

limitation of. armaments, and toward the

adjustment of those-questions in the Far> -

East which are regarded as possible causes
of conflict in the future, and be it ,
ResotveD, That we ask our frepresenta-
tives that the United States should lead
the way, in the formation and application

of international policies based on gener- -

osity as well as on justice, and be it further
. RESOLVED, That the control of world

peace should be put in the’ hands of an :
international court of justice, or of an ase.

sociation of nations, and that the steps

taken. toward the procuring of all the **<
aforementioned ends be made ‘public_im-__ AM 4
‘mediately, ‘together with the reasons. for ;

such steps. ‘ set
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Clearness of thought and decisiveness of
action is the happy combination of qualities |.
found i in the representatives of the Under-
graduate body in its. struggle for the in-
dependence of the Students’ ‘Association
for Self-Government at Bryn Mawr. Miss

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vision to see that the qitestion now under
debate was not one of_:week- ends—whether
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Armistice Day

Last Sunday was Armistice Sunday when
Special prayers and services were held and
sermons were preached on the limitation
j pf armaments in all the churches of the
country. November 1], 1918, will be fur-
the commemorated as one of the greatest
days in the world’s history on next Fri-
day, Armistice Day. For two minutes after
noon at President Harding’s request Amer-
ica will kneel in silent prayer.
tbody of an unknown soldier will be -buried
‘in the Arlington Cemetery near Wash-
ington. From there President Harding’s
funeral oration will be heard by means of
transcontinental wires by many thousands
of the nation. On Armistice Day, too, will
gather the members for one of the most
momentous conferences ever known; mo-
mentous because, though it limits its im-
‘mediate purpose to an understanding on

' naval 4rmament in the Pacific, it meets, not |:

making a treaty to end a war, but A a time
of peace for the diminishing of the prob-
abilities of war. Certainly this is no com-
mon holiday, to be passed over lightly, even

: let slip unheeded by some, but a day the

memory of which will sink deeply into the
feelings of the nation and remain there.

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ed _.The Ubiquitous Can.
2: “xfugele”—how significant that name is

at Bryn Mawr! Itis a concoction, the pro-

- duction and appreciation of ‘which is inex-
shaustible. Yet it is not peculiar to College,
fon its fame extends back: in Mexico and
“South. Am" bus_ took -ship.

When the Spantatds Tah in Mashed: shhig'|

_ found a beverage in use with the “Aztec/

‘name chocolath, from: choco (cacao) and |

‘| say that.

Then the’ rn

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The Patent Regulator >" _
Enthusiasm isa quality with many ad-
mirers, who believe’ that if enough of it
can be stirred up concerning one of théir
| pet theories, action is the inevitable result.
These, however, forget that the enthiusteiis
that is the most apparent is often theeleast

lasting. ‘How many audiences, after hear-,

ing "a convincing speaker, declare that their
determination to settle, as far as possible,
all the social problems, or who after a mis:
sionary service are inspired to.go.and roast
in: Central Africa, or freeze in Labrador;
decide
that they, too, wil spend a year cruising
among the South Sea’ Islands! Yet what
comes of it? ‘Talk, pure and’ simply After

of, after a.description of travels,

half an hour all enthusiasm is wasted in

words, any ‘energy that there was originally

has melted into thin air, Moreover, the sub-

ject has become stale and uninteresting.

The man who some day discovers a patent

machine that will that «ST mak-
d

ing | it less explosive an ore lasting, will

not “only be Able to accomplish. something
himself, but will confer a real benefit on
humanity.

ERRATUM EST
, October 31, 1921.

To the Editor of Tue Cottece News:

I note in your issue of October 26, in the
report of the Vassar Conference on Dis-
armament, that you quote my husband as
having said: “The League of Nations is
the greatest instrument of oppression. the
world thas ever seen.” My husband did not
What he did say ‘was that the
Treaty of Versailles, to which the Covenant
of the League of Nations was so closely
related as to be inseparable, was the great-
est: instrument.of oppression the world has
ever seen.

‘Will you not correct this error in your
report? I.had the privilege of hearing Mr.
Wilson speak of the League project be-
fore the delegates in the Quai d’Orsay at
the second plenary session of the Peace
Conference, where I represented the
Century. Magazine. My husband and I have
been ‘interested in the League of Nations
idea from its conception, and have written
and spoken in favor of it. But we could
not,. because of our personal experience
with the Paris Conference and its after-
math, believe that it was wise for the
American people to ratify the emasculated
and denatured Covenant- which Mr. ~e
son brought home from Paris.

At Vassar my husband spoke in hearty
sympathy with the resolution presented by
the delegates, that disarmament could be
effected only by an association of nations.

Sincerely yours,
HELEN Davenport GIBBONS.

NO GARDEN OF ROSES
To the Editor of THe CoLtece News:

In reply to the letter in your law issue
concerning the “beast” I should like to ex-
press my view. To the first question I
should answer emphatically no. The sight
of a cauliflower ear across the breakfast
table would shatter ‘All illusions as to the
placidity of the married state. To one who
would seek repose after the excitement of
her academic life such vegetation on the
part of a possible husband would be far
from. conducive of - affection.
‘ AESTHETE.



: Seniors Pass. French
All ‘the twenty-four Senior’ who took
the old-plan examination in French passed.
Twe others. have not yet taken the exam-
‘ination. 2



; Office Notices —
Owing to absence from College,
Smith will be unable to keep her

wished to see her are



JUNIOR PLAY A SUCCESS



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act,
man, expressed much of the unhappiness
of the man who’ is too weak to preserve
himself . except through the hypocritical
theft of another’s power. The minor char-
acters of the cast were as follows: Thomas,
Angelica, Henry, Waiter, Two. Bareback
Riders, Athlete, Usher,. Shake Charmer
and Tightrope Walker. As usual, they had
the unwelcome task of “beng cogs in the
dramatic machinery. However, they raised
fhore laughs than the play. demanded and
presented wonderfully.colorful effects. The
different committees are to be congratulated
upon the excellence of costuming and prop-
erties. In -fact, the occasional-slowness of |
the action furnishe’ the only point of crit-

poetic flights on the undramatic interests
of sAndreyev. Those of us who knew the
almost unsurmountable difficulties of play-
ing Andreyev, even for Russians, were
tremendously pleased with the production.
The universal opinion expressed “was “Why
go. to New York: re

In-'the descending scale _of pessimism—
Tolstoi, Turgenev, Dostoievsky, one feels
that Andreyev has touched the lowest knot.
The othesyRussians have at least held to the’
hope that through some struggle, not de-
fined, by some way, still unmapped, toward
some goal, dimly seen, mankind may ulti-
mately be reclaimed. All this was expressed
by the unusually well-rendered - choral
prelude, “The Nightingale,” by Tschai-
kowski, which formed an appropriate in-
troduction to 'the younger Russian’s point
of view—death as the only~ deliverance.
Whatever may be our reaction to such
philosophy, we are compelled to admire
Andreyev’s last great outery of derisive
laughter.

Cast of “‘He, the Orie Who Got Slapped”

SMR 0s isons kc cs wee -. Eleanor. Mathews
Mancini, het father. oo... ..0c55 osees Frances Knox
Be MCMC. 4 ee be a Haroldine ‘Humphreys

a uet, manager of ‘the’ circus. Katherine
nida, a lion tamer, Briquet’s we
lizabeth Vincent

trauss

PUIEOG? ORONO 645 6 is tw5d sin bh cos Anne Fraser
oy Cpentiewan cos: Spa ps ares Elizabeth Gray
‘Baron Regnard ...... Nevinesisacte Dorothy Burr
eon Bisiiant (hos atte y sly erie Marion Holt
ill .--Virginia Corse





--Helen Wilson

53). ) REA ea Augusta Howell
»Angelica See NUTST Cee Tees . . Frieda Selligman
WVEIRGE Ga cere rere Katherine Shumway

Two Bareback ‘Riders,

Agnes Clement, Dorothy Meserve
PRODI 35 N56 NT cca oes Sea Clara McLoughlin
PRUIOUO ys et vs 5 565 08% as eval eRe Florence Martin
MONE hake Seah eee Cae ok oxen Laura Crease Bunch
SURES SCHBIMOR oo oe. casino uae sl Jane Richards
A Tightrope Walker ......... Elizabeth Philbrick

“FRESHMEN RECEIVE BANNER



New Presentation Ceremony Tried

A fair night with a bright half moon
offered” a most opportune setting fot ban-
ner ceremony which took place last Satur-
day night around a bonfire in the cedar
grove back of Radnor.

1923 and 1925 marched to the grove from
Pembroke Arch, carrying their lighted lan-
terns and singing. At the grove they
formed two semi-circles around the fire.
1923 sang “Side by Side,” ’25 answered,
23 sang the old: banner ‘song, which is
handed down in the odd classes, “Once
more we are gathered together to-
night,” afid their own banner ‘song. © Then
J. Ward, president of the Junior class,
presented the new red banner in behalf of
the class to C. Remak, who received it in
‘behalf of the. Freshman class. The Fresh-

ceremony ended with the class songs of
each. class.





IN THE NEW

It is said that to un
well you must begin at te beginning; so
all who are trying’ to an#wer the problems
that are so evident today might, well begin

fstand anything

| with:

Prehistory by M. C. Buckitt, wii h “dis-
cusses the various human’ civilizations of
| mankind in Europe and the north coast of
Africa .. . before historical record was in-
vented.” Although it is rather technical,

t it is. full. of eee oes ‘ ao) ok

in “which Miss Gray, as the Gentle-]

icism and that is partially attributable to the’

man class sang their banner song and the|:





CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL ~
RECONSTRUCTION DISCUSSED

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Mr. Rowntree Speaks on Underlying '
Principles of Present Unrest

“To provide men with an environment
that will eneourage the full development .
of. their physical, mental and spiritual ©
power,” is the ideal of social reconstruc-
tion, according to Mr. Rowntree, an Eng-
lish investigator of industrial problems who
spoke in Room F, bases Hall, on Sun-
day night,

‘This generation is engaget ng will ‘be
engaged in this work’ more co tely than’
we realize, for the world is in a more
plastic shape than ever before, and we have
a better chance to put things right than any
generation has had before us.
trying to bggin. we ‘must. realize that all
things must exist in thought before ih fact
and that only if they are perfect in thought
will they be perfect in fact. Some of the
most vital present problems are: Unsatis-
actory housing conditions, drink, gam-
bling, and so on. -But before trying. to
remedy them we must get farther back
to the thought that: made them possible— -

to the underlying cause. Take.for instance

poverty, and what is true of this is true

.of the rest; even if wealth were evenly

spread it would not make any real differ-
ence, for it is due to men not acting co-
operatively in wresting from nature all
she is worth; this superficial cure is being
tried in Russia and is accomplishing little,
for though the system is being changed,
human nature remains the same, man needs
a new heart as much ‘as new environment
. the final issue is man’s character.

We must do something more than insti-
tute new principles, we must be sure that
they are eternal and fundamental ones, and

the only one of which we can say this is .

the principle of, love, a principlé as broad
as the moral universe and as. eternal as
God. To get God in our hearts we must
nave a living relation in our lives.”

Mr. Rowntree ended with a description
of the. atonement of the “carpenter of
Nazareth, if whom, “we must remember, now
lives and preaches through us.”

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MRS. CATT SHOWS WAY WOMEN
SHOULD BETTER POLITICS



Describes Present Bad Conditions

Women’s opportunities to improve poli-
tics were outlined by Mrs. Carrie Chap-
man: Catt, speaking last Thursday evening
in -the gymnasium: Mrs. Catt described
present conditions and showed how women
could raise the standard ° of political: ‘or
ganization.

“The -hope of democracy ig in the elec-
tion district,” began Mrs. Catt. “It is the
unit of the entire organization.” But it
has been true that these districts have
been centers for the crooked politics of
the “captains,” and jit is in keeping the
district clean that \women will be most
effective. Reform of the urihygienic con-
ditions of the polls also could be brought
about. with the influence of the women
voter. With the booths in saloons and
cigar shops, where all space is crowded,
and where all oxygen has been exhausted
and replaced by smoke, “the sacrament of
citizenship is lost;” according to Mrs.’ Catt.
An advance in this direction has already
been made in NewYork and Boston,
where churches and schools have been used
for the polls,

Finally Mrs. Catt stressed the importance
of a full knowledge of the laws, not only
because there is. great opportunity for en-
terprising college women to clear up the
general confusion of the State laws and
constitutions, but also becafise there is no

reason why a woman: should not hold any: ,

political position she wishes. “Suffrage,”
concluded Mrs, Catt, “is an unfinished job,
which we, as ‘college women, are com-

‘mended to carry on.”

ae “IMPORTANT :
in’ Association meeting put in as
will: be held next —



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~ SEASON’S FIRST MATCH GAME
: Win 5--1 Through Close -and More |

** pregnabte defense whose mainstays were

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- §, Lewitz, B. Mosely, B. Borden, E. Bailey,

- surpassing*thé Juniors in team work and

_ victory from 1923“last Monday.

- became. more general over. the. field ,and

‘=-*In the second half the Senior team con-

’ McCullough playing a pretty defense and

’-Miss Margaret Wienér and Miss Mary

‘tennis matches at Bryn Mawr last spring.

“Vol. VIII, No: 6, November 9, |

1921

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SENIORS BEAT GREEN TEAM 'IN

,, Organized Teamwork

Held in check by a ‘solid’ defense, but
shooting, the Seniors grappled a five-to-one

Carrying the ball with them, “the Green
team started the game with a rush down
the field to,de turned back on the edge of
'22’s goal. From. there they were forced
‘slowly back, until after a struggle the
Sgniors broke through and -scored. This
was quickly countered by ’23 with their one
goal of the game, pushed in by C. Mc-
Laughlin. For the rest of the half the play

the ball was contested at every point. On
the Senior.team E. Anderson and M, Tyler,
both playing fast games, asserted the Blue
supremacy and scored two more goals. M.
_ Adams did much quick and effective work
for 23, but the ball was invariably lost as
“soon as it reached the circle. through’ the
inadequacy of the Green forwards.

tinued the struggle against an almost im-

.H,.Rice and E. Page, while the Green for-

yards shot weakly and played out.of place.
* Smith. and B. Clark did vigorous work
int the hot scrapping out of which emerged
the fast two goals for the Blue.

Line-up: fs

1922: E, Anderson*, M, Tyler*, E. Finch,
P. Smith**, E. Rogers, A. Nicoll, B. Clark,
F. Bliss, O. Howard, R. Neel, G. Rhodes.

1923: M. Adams, V. Brokaw, C. Mc-
Laughlin*, E. Vincent, A. Smith, F, Mar-
tin, V.. Corse, E. Page, H. Rice, A. Ho#vell,
K. Raht.+ -¢

Substitutes—1923: J. Ward for V. Corse

SOPHOMORE SECOND TEAM’ BEATS
FRESHMEN IN 8-1 VICTORY

' Slow playing on both sides characterized
the second team game between the Sopho-
mores and Freshmen on Monday afternoon.

Team work was poor, although individuals

were good both in speed and defense. F rom
the beginning the ball. stayed for the most.
part near the Freshman goal, which was
their weakest position. Bucharian played
her usual speedy game, Price fought hard,
and 1924’s forward line as a whole was
their best point. Stillwell starred for 1925,

Herman doing some very good stopping

at the end, ‘
Line-up: °.
1924: M: Buchanan*, P. Price****, E.

Hale, M. Smith**, E.’ Sullivan, V. Miller,

P. Coyne, P. Fansler for E. Hale in second
half.

1925: M. Stewartson, V. Lomas, M. Carr,
M. Brown, M. Bronnell, H. Hinckley, M.
Stillwell*, V. McCullough, H. Hoga J.
Gregory, S. Cary.

VASSAR ATHLETIC COSTUME
SHOWS GREAT CHANGE

Biddle, both Vassar, ’21, had their pic-
tures in the Sunday Ledger in the “athletic
costume$-seen at that College in 1861 and
1921 respectively. The long dark dress
with tight sleeves and a high neck worn
by Miss Wiener, was designed by the
editor of Godey’s Fashion Book. The mod-
‘ern. costume .consists of bloomers and
middy. Miss Wiener is on the German-
town Cricket Club hockey team. Both she
and Miss Biddle, sister of E. Biddle, 19,
played for Vassar in the intércSllegiate

: GYMNASIUM NOTICE 4

There will be swimming try-outs for
everyone all next week at the —
swimming class periods.



News: o~ Brief

ee Donnelly, Mi Baldwin and H. James,|
- all ’21, were at College over the week-end.

W. ‘Worcester, ‘21, wil Itake E. Taylor’s

' 830 P. M.—Lecture ,



er at the Alumnae: Council meeting.

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MISS APPLEBEE*TO INTRODUCE
ENGLISH GAME OF BADMINTON

"Played On Indoor Court

Badminton is the mew game which is to
be played at College during the year, and
which will count as exercise. An exhi-
bition of it was ‘given at the folk-dancing
class last week. , — =
The game, whil w to America, has
long been played b e English and is
especially common among the regiments in
India. In England it is played by clubs



‘organized throughout the country hike the].

hoekey.. clubs. -For, the gam@ an indoor

‘court,, forty-four by twenty feet in dimen-

sions, ‘and~marked like-a tennis court, is
used. The net is five feet high and a foot
and.a-half wide, and the playing: done*with
racquets like squash racquets and balls or
shuttlecocks. As in nis, two or four
people may™play*but: theScoring..is done
only by’'the server; the one who wins the
point—or .“ace” as it is called—gains the
tight to. serve” Fifteen aces make game.

Miss. Applebee imported the racquets es-
pecially from England this summer, and

they and the shuttlecocks. are kept in the

gymnasium office, from which they may
be taken out. Rules for playing are posted
in the gymnasium. The game is-considered
as excellent training for tennis. :

GERMANTOWN DEFBATS VARSITY



’ (Continued from Page 1)

on a number of occasions, reverted to its
old trick of failing to shoot, and rarely
rushed in after their shots. With a few
exceptions they played too much on the
defensive, the backs staying far down field
as in the English game. -

‘The line-up was: ; ‘
* GERMANTOWN

BRYN MAWR
E. Asfdergon ......¢ R. W. ....Miss L. Brinton
Mi OMNES sis aaaes ms Ly eae nas Miss Brooke**
Dh MMO ce cai eesen nd C. F.-..Miss E. Wiener**
Me MR ee a ee ee L. I. ..Miss M. Brinton***
Mi BOON A hbcs tesa L. W. ....Miss M. Wiener,
Ae EE Speen soa s RoE. heciies Miss McOwen
ee ea C._H. .......Miss Killough:
Pir PRG SUS NGS. eC UER TER ewes Miss Zeisinger
PRIOR shia ce ed Be OF is ieaciaees Miss Swaiti
Mee INOS 556% iis be 08'S hii By ced ocean Miss Brown
CG. SRRORGN 665k cccees Ce itseces Miss Ferguson
*Team. 6

Substitutes:

E. Voorhees for E. Page in
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‘PRESIDENT OF gQUEEN’S COLLEGE
TO LEAD CHAPEL ON SUNDAY °
Rev. Bruce Taylor, D. D., the president
of Queen’s College, Kineetin, Ontario, will

speak in chapel-next Sunday night.

Dr, Taylor is a Scotchman who. served
with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces
and was for a time chaplain of Princess
Patricia’s. regiment or regiments running
with that one. According to the chairman
of the Religious Meetings Committee he
is “brilliant and original, can tell Scotch
stories in an inimitable way and is a witty
and forceful speaker.”

CALENDAR
Thursday, November 10
8.30 P. M.—Lecture in the gymnasium by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt on “Po-
litical Parties, Their “Strength and
Weakness.”
Friday, saieinber 11
2.30 P. M.—Lecture on the. . Student’s
- Friendship Fund in the gymnasium.
Sunday, November 13
6.00 P. M.—Finance vespers in ‘Taylor
Hall.
I M.—Chapel, led by Rev. R. Bruce
Taylor, of Queens College, Kingston,
Ontario,
Monday, November 14 '
in the gymnasium.
Bach program.
Wednesday, November 16 me
7.30P. M.—Lecture by Dr. Stuart Tyson,
of Princeton, N. J., in Taylor Hall.
Thursday, November 17,
8.30 P. M.—Lecture by Mrs:"Carrie Chap-
- man Catt in the gymnasium, on “The
Political . Responsibility.”
Friday, November 18

- 8.00 P. M.—Sophomore Play in the gym:

~ nasium.

Saturday, November. —... .
10.30, A. M.—Varsity Hockey vs, Riverton.
8.00 P. M.—Sophomore: Play i in the gym-

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PRESIDENT THOMAS EXPLAINS
“* HER STAND ‘e

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(Continued from page 6)

of what effected | the efficiency of stu-
* dents’ work would be left to the author-
ities in- the dormitories.

.“On motion report was accepted as
above.” [Extract from minutes of the
faculty, 192021, page 254.]

¥ (Noite by the president of*the College:
This amendmétnt meant that it was not
satisfactory to ‘thé faculty to have the
regulation of what affected the efficlency

of the students’ work left to the “author- |

ities én the dormitories” but that it
~seemed'to the faculty satisfactory to have
it left to the president of the College,
acting as executive officer of the faculty.)
‘The faculty took this action after amend-
Thg the report of the Curriculum Commit-
tee: and discussing the-whole matter and the
president proceeded.to carry out the recom-
mendation of the Curriculum Committee
approved as above by the faculty.
Throughout last° year, although the sub-
ject was frequently discussed in the, Stu-
dents’ Council (composed of the president,
Miss
Applebee, the then business manager, the
warden. of Denbigh, the president of the
Graduate Club.and the presidents: of the
Self- Government, Undergraduate, Christian’
and Athléfic Associations, the Editor of
Tur Cottece News, and the presidents of
the four undergraduate classes), in~ the
Conference Committee of the Undergradu-
ate Association and in the Undergraduate
Association at various times no suggestion
was made to the president or dean that it
was a self-government matter. Not only did
the faculty regard. it as within the juris-
diction of the faculty, but it is clear that
the »senate also so regarded it as within

_ the past few years students whose academic

work is unsatisfactory have been limited
by the senate to two week-ends a semester
or have beén required to stay at the Col-
_ lege continuously through the remainder of
the semester. The Health Department of
the College; of which Dean Smith is chair-
man and Miss Applebee health supervisor,
also regards it as a serious detriment to
health for stiidents who are not strong to
take too many week-ends and: has not hesi-
tated to.limit week-ends for such students.

The. president of the College believes
that the present misunderstanding between4
the Undergraduate Association and. the
president and dean was the cause of its
action in turning over to the Self- -Govern-
ment ASsociation the question of week-ends
’which according to all precedent it should

“have dealt with this year as it did last

year. This unfortunate and much to be re-
gretted misunderstanding occurred last
May. The president and dean-received no

information of the vote of the Undergradu-

ate Association taken on May 31 whereby

‘the Association in general agreed not to

take more than four week-ends a semester
and in consequence understood that no rule
would be imfosed by the administration.
As this was precisely the action that the

” president and dean hoped that the Under-|

graduate Association would. take they
would, of course, have given up all other

regulation ‘had they been informed of it. |,

As it was they knew nothing of it and pro-
ceeded to carty out the plan approved by
the faculty and talked over at an ier
date with the undergraduate members of
the College Council. During the summer
all members of the incoming Freshman
class -and“all students who had taken more
than four -week-ends a semester. in the
previmus year were informed that they
could reserve rooms only if it was clearly
understood that they would conform to the

practice of the majority of the students and |:

limit themselves to four week-ends a semes-
ter. As soon as the president and. dean

heard of the vote ofthe Undergraduate |}
_ Association they suspended all regulation

pending further consideration and the com-
ing conference with the ‘Self-Government

~ Board. e

The matter now stands as follows: Be-
fore the president and dean of the College

can reply to the Self-Government Board
and state whether or not they coricur in}

|lege year is a self-government matter ‘and

under its *autondinous. jurisdiction they
must consult the Curriculum ‘Committee of
the faculty and the faculty itselfoth of
which have already acted in the matter of
regulation of week-ends, and*the senate
which has also taken action in special cases.
Since the last conference * with the Self
Government Board it has developed that
the Health Department which likewise has.
regulated week-ends must also be consulted.

The president and dean of the College
unite in thinking that, the Undergraduate
Association had every reason to feel in-
‘dignant wheg action was taken that it un-
derstood was not to be taken. It had no
means of knowing that the president and
dean.were not informed of the*vote of the
Undergraduate Association not to take ex-
cessive week-ends-nor.did -we know.that it
had “voted unanimously to back the plan
of the Council.” We believe, however, that
this unfortunate incident, now that it is
understood, should not be permitted to pre-
vent the students: from eo-operating with
the administration and faculty in reaching
the wisest possible solution of this vitally |"
important question, “

‘ M. Carry THOMAs,

LANTERN NIGHT PROCEDURE
. TO BE AMENDED ~



Coltege Song Mistress to be Senior

“Questions concerning Lantern Night and
the College song mistress were voted upon
at the Undergraduate meeting last week.

It was decided that the Freshmen will
no longer have to walk around Taylor Hall
on their way from the library to Pem-
broke Arch.on Lantern Night, and a mo-
tion was carried that everyone in College
should wear caps and gowns on this, occa-
sion. The matter, however, will be brought
up for reconsideration atthe next meeting.

That the Senior song mistress should be-
‘corhe ipso facto the College sohg mistress

was also decided, -
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PUBLIC LEDGER CORRESPONDENT
TO SPEAK FOR STUDENT FUND

Mr. «Fullerton Waldo, foreign corre-
sponderit . for tlie Philadelphia Public
Ledger, will address the - College «and
schools of the neighborhood at a mass-
meeting which is being. held under the
auspices of the Christiam Association to
discuss the question of- destitute students
in Europe, next Friday night at 8 o’clock
in the gymnasium.

In his extensive traveling abroad Mr.
Waldo has witnessed * first hand the dis-
tressing condition of students from Fin-
land to the frontier ‘of Persia, and as a
newspaper man he-is continually in touch
with the situation throughout Europe, ac-
cording to M. Speer, ’22, president of the
Christian Association.

Mrs. Alice Russell, head Sines of the
College, will preside at this meeting, to
which the preparatory schools .of Devon,
Overbrook and Bryn Mawr are invited.

According to Miss Speer, no pledges wi
be asked, as the schools are expected t
.conduct campaigns of their own in the
interests of the Student’s Friendship Fund,
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the Baldwin School, has been visiting in
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To the’ Editor of Tue Cortece News:
Since the publication in Tue GoLLEcE
News on November 2 of the article on the
gweek-end question by the president of the
Brn, Mawr Students’ Association for Self-
Government I have been frequently ,asked
whether she has correctly intehpeets what

‘I think and feel about self-government. I’

am, therefore, much indebted to’ THE CoL-
LEGE News for this opportunity to explain
my point of view. My.ghost-would surely

* have haunted the library cloister, “doomed:

for .a certain.term to walk the night, re-
visiting. thus the glimpses of the moon” i

an endedyor to communicate with succes-
sive self-government presidents had I been
unablé while alive to correct the to: me.

> unthinkable ithpression: that I had tried to

pull down with my own hands the glory of
the Students’ Association for Self-Gov-
ernment in which I have always taken such |
pride, Net to the scholarship ‘of ouft
faculty and the good name of our alumnae
the self- governing power, of our students
seems’. to me Bryn Mawr’s’ greatest
achievement.

The success of the Bryn Mawr. Students’
Association for Self-Government affects
not only the students-of Bryn Mawr Col-'
lege, but women students in other colleges
as well. It involves not only the ability
of the Bryn Mawr students to control their
own conduct, but also indirectly the free-
dom of women students to do so elsewhere.
It has stood splendidly for these two things,
since 1892, only seven years after the open-
ing of the College, when the present charter
‘was granted it by the trustees of the Col-
lege. The degree of self-government in
other women’s colleges has been given in
great part because at Bryn Mawr our Self-
Government Association has worked’ on the
whole so marvelously. well over a period
of twenty-nine years. Even.at the present
time, if Iam correctly informed, no other
‘system of students’ self-government is so
unlimited in its powers as ours. No other
self-governmefit executive board is so
really independent and self-governing. The
‘Bryn Mawr Executive Board is composed)
‘Gnly Of students elected by the Self-Gov-
ernment Association and is responsible to
it alone even when it reaches decisions in-
volving suspension or expulsion of stu-
dents. No member of the administration
or of the faculty sits with it either as a
regular .member, as is the case in almost
all colleges, or even in an advisory capacity.
The wide scope of the jurisdiction of our
Bryn Mawr Students’. Association for Self-

a ‘Governmenit can only be fully appreciated

iby a comparison with other self-govern-
ment systems. I believe that it is the freest
in the world.

Many attempts at’ self-govectiment in
men’s colleges have failed. I do not know
‘of any system now. operating successfully.
‘The rather restricted self-governments in
other women’s colleges might possibly have
failed’ ‘also if they had been as aujenomous
as ours, because many of. them attempt to
enforce factilty rules. All other systems
that I know of have been operdted on a

different ‘basis from ours at Bryn Mawr.

Rightly or wrongly, but I think rightly, we
thave always hitherto tried to draw a rather
sharp division between the College activities
and duties-“which are, or are not, under the
jurisdiction of self-government. It is, I
believe, dug to this division of function
‘that we have so far been able to avoid con-

- flict of authority between the general busi-

mess administration of the College, the man-
agement of the halls of residence and, most
‘important of all, between the self-govern-
‘ment and the faculty. Such conflicts have
wrecked self-government in other colleges.
‘They have n€éver happened at Bryn Mawr.
_ Of course, by- and large everything in
«a student’s life at college—her food, drink,
clothes, exercise, social work, amusements,
social engagements, and her activities of

"all kinds—has to do with her college educa-

- tion, is indeed. an. integral part. of .it,. but

“we have so far found no insuperable diffi-

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fore, a student’s individual exercise. has
never come under the Bryn Mawr self-
government, but operates under’the Phys-
ical Training Department assisted by the
Students’ Athletic Association and also in
part under the Health Department: In a
similar way social and philanthropic work
outside the Gollege has always been lim-
ited by the president of the Gollege in close
co- operation With the’ Christian Associa-
‘tion. “In the halls of residence we have not
had, much difficulty in defining spheres of
influence. Certain things. are regulated- by
n| hall rules with the co-operation of the self-
government ‘proctors, although in a sense
they might be considered matters of in-
dividual. conduct—turning ._ out_...electric
lights, going to.meals at fixed times, not
taking food from dining rooms or pantries,
not driving nails into the walls, not keep-
ing. dogs, cats, parrots, victrolas, etc., in
students’ rooms or -motorcars in outside
garages. In every case an attempt has been
made by successive Self-Govetnment Exec-
utive Boards to» deal with the big ‘vital

J issues. of- conduct and ‘to avoid lessening

the dignity of self-government by admin-
istering such details. ;
. We have always regarded our Bryn
Mawr self-government as an indépendent
body which administers only those things
over which it has legislative authority. It
makes its own rules and carries them out
with the co-operation’ of the president,
dean, wardens and everyone concerned. It
took over in 1892 when its charter...was
granted certain regulations vitally impor-
tant for ‘the continuance of the College
which resolutions were written into the
minutes of the trustees of the College as of
the date of the charter. These so-called
charter resolutions, together with the ar-
ticles of the constitution, have never been
altered -or amended--without securing the
consent of the president and dean and the
approval of the directors. An exact parallel
to this is the procedure followed by the
faculty in changes made in its important
rules or in courses of study which also
must be approved by the directors,
Among these so-called charter resolutions
is the-one_requiring..overnight absence to-
gether. with length of absence and address
during absence to be registered in books
kept in the halls. These records have been
very efficiently kept by self-government for
many years. According to the co-operation
which has always existed bétween the self- |
government and the administration they
have always béen open for inspection. They
were tabulated by the dean and discussed
at a conference on week-ends between the
Curriculum Committee of the faculty and
a committ@e of the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation last February. .The use of these
self-government recofds does ftot in any
way, as the president of the Self-Govern-
ment Association seems to assume, consti-
tute an admission by ‘the faculty or the
president that the matter of continuous
residence in the College during the College
year was under “the previous jurisdiction
of self-government,” but it does, of course,
assume what has never béen questioned,
that to self-government belongs ex-
clusively the administration of the privilege
enjoyed by the students before self-gov-
ernment came into existence of being away
over night without any explanation be-
forehand of where they are going. This
responsibility has been admirably carried
by self-government. A few years ago the
president, by request of the Self-Govern-
ment Executive Board, expelled four stu-
dents for registering false addresses and
lying about it afterward. It is no ‘small

thing to have demonstrated as our self-|

government has done year aftér year that

young girls between the ages of sixteen

and twenty-three can successfully govern
themselves’ ©

I helieve that the extraordinary * success:

of our Bryn Mawr self-government has

been in great part due to our care ih dée-|

fining beforehand the spheres of author-
‘ity as. one..after another. different ques-
tions have come up for settlement. The
principle on which successive Self-Govern-
ment Boards in conference with the presi-
‘} dent il dean’ have acted has been to pro-





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"PRESIDENT THOMAS STATES POSITION IN CONTROVERSY ee

tect thie autonomy and independent opera-
tion of, self-government. by not asking it
to administer regulations _ which belong
primarily or in great. part to the educa-
tional side of the College, which, how-*
ever delegated ‘or administered, are after
all in the last analysis the responsibility
of the faculty and cannot be put under the
jurisdiction gf an autonomous association
of students, It is for this réason that
whenever educational régulations have
seemed necessary to the faculty but not to
the students the question has always, been
‘taken up by the Undergraduate Association
and néver by the Self-Government Associa-
tion. Students’ conference committees have
been appointed by-fhe- Undergraduate Asso-
ciation at varidus times, such as -when the

ance ’at lectures, or on students returning
promptly. before and after -vacations. “In
some cases, as in the case of attendance at |
classes, the Undergraduate Association has
undertaken. to administer, the faculty regu-
lations and is ‘doing it very wi at
the ‘presgnt, time.

Those of us who care for the indepen-
dence of self-government think that it is
undignified and subversive of its author-
ity. for it to act as the executive of im-:
portant faculty legislation. We believe that
it must in such a case have full jurisdiction
.or not touch the matter at all.

In view of this consistently carried-out
practice and of my whole-hearted support
of our Bryn Mawr Students’ Association
for Self-Government it shocks me greatly
to see ffom the statement of my attitude
by the present president. of self-govern-
ment, made in all good faith, I am sure,
that I have completely failed to make my-
self clear. She says that I feel that .“proc-
toring, quiet hours, singing in the dining
room, going to the theater, if not regulated
satisfactorily by self-government and in-
jurious to College work, are finally under
the jurisdiction of the administration,” that
“the individual ethic life of each student,
the good nage and fame of the College,
ens independence, the assist-
ance given the administration in regulating
College life are the objects and purposes
of self-government,” and that “whatever
directly or indirectly affects academic work,
whether it be for the moment in the hands
of self-government or of the wardens (is)
within the jurisdiction of the administra-
tion.” I realize that these sentiments may
not seem as dreadful to her as they seem
to me and I am-on the whole grateful to
her for showing me that it is necessary for
Dean Smith and me to tell the students
just what we intended to say, and what we
thought we had said, to the Executive
Board. ‘We have held two bisences re-
cently: with the Executive Board of the
Self-Government Association. In answer
to direct questions we said that no matters
that. had ever been under the jurisdiction
of ‘self-government had been taken. away
from it and that no such action would be
possible under the charter. We. further
stated that if at any time self-government
ceased to be able to control ‘the situation
and great harm was resulting to the Col-
lege the president and dean might. be com-
| pelled, to recommend to the directors that
the charter should be revoked. We em-
phasized that there was no other way out.

The original Self-Government Charter
dated February 12, 1892, reads as follows:

“To the Association, the president and
dean shall entrust the exclusive man-
_agement of all matters concerning the
conduct of students’ in their“College life
which donot fall under the jurisdiction
of the authority of the College,,or 6f
the mistresses of the halls of residence.

“In addition to the general reservation
the authorities of the College especially
reserve for themselves the ation of
all public and formal entertainments and
invitations to all entertainments... -

residence is reserved the regulation of

any doubt a8 to which of these three



faculty thought it wise to insist on attend-|

“For the mistresses of the halls of| °*

all ‘matters which, without’question, be} “4
long to the management of the household. | -
“If when a new matter arises, there is |



ae. of jurisdiction it belongs and
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_ who shall deal with it ‘the Executive
Board of the Stydents’ “Association shall
consult with the dean befere any action

is taken. (In a later resolution the word \

president was inserted.) .
'.“The authorities of the College prom-—
se to support the Association to the full’:
extent of their power,in enforcing its ap-
proved decisions. The Association, in re-
turn, promises to support the authorities
& the College and the mistresses of the
halls of residence ; and to use its power
‘with earnestness and care,to promote thg °
highest welfare of ‘the College.
“It shall be within the power of the
_.trustees.to. request. the president and dean
to assume control of all matters touch-
ing the conduct of the students should a
necessity: therefor arise in the future;

and: it shall also be the power of the Stu- —

dents’: Association to resign such control

should’ a : ERE therefor arise in the ©

future.”

We ta, tothe Self-Government Board.
and also to the Students’ Council that de-
cause of the misunderstanding last, May
between the Undergraduate Association and
the president and. dean—not as stated in
the article, in question because “the con-
tracts sent out by the administration’ pre-
suppose the jurisdiction of the administra-
tion”—all regulation of week-ends would
be suspended pending further consideration
and conference with the Self-Government.
Board.

The ‘real and only question .at issue be-
tween the Executive Board of the Self-
Government Association and the président
and dean would’ seem to be whether or not
more or less continuous residence is an‘ im-
portant element in the education we are’
giving at Bryn Mawr College and if so
whether the faculty or, the students. are
ultimately responsible for seeing that the
student body at any given tim® is getting
this kind of education. Great financial sac-
rifices have been made by the directors and
faculty to make Bryn Mawr a residential
college, and if residence isfiot a factor
of great educational value then these sac-
rifices have been unnecessary. The over-
head charges would-be almost the same for ~
1000 as. for 365-students, and the reputation
of the College would soon fill the boarding
houses and families of the neighborhood
with as many students as we might choose
to admit. Up to the present time residence
over week-ends has unquestionably been re-
garded as an educational matter py the
senate and by the faculty. The excessive
mid-semester over-night absences of - the
students have been causing anxiety for sev-
eral years to different members of the
faculty as well as to the president and dean |
who are, of course, also members of the
faculty. The question definitely came. up

for consideration in the College Council |

early in last year and. was made the sub-
ject of several chapel addresses during the
first semester. The Undergraduate Asso-

‘ciation asked the faculty for a conference
‘on the subject and the Curriculum. Com-

mittee of the faculty was. appointed to
represent.the faculty in a conference which ~
took place on February 16. The: subject
was continued under consideration in the
Curriculum Committee and on May 26 the
Curriculum Committee made the following
recommendation to the faculty :
_ “The Committee on Currriculum re- -
potts to the faculty that it has considered .
carefully the problem of week-ending and
suggests that regulation of this problem
_be left to the administration of the Col-
lege. ‘The Committee is informed that if
this is done, the following regulations


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will be enforced: Beginning with next ~~

year only such Freshmen will be ad-
mitted to the dormitories as agree to be
away only four week-ends during the
first semester and four week-ends during
the second, and students who do not ob-

, dropped, | the same
nants now in ——



inal re report read “to the re in the
dormitories’ to which exception was:
taken ‘on the ground that ————

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