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The College News
Published Ce raring Bryn Ms cole ze year in the

Minaging Editor ..ccogssccvcs Paances Buss, ’22

EDITORS
Barbara Ce Marie Wiicox, ’22
IZABETH Cut, "23

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Ecasisatn Vincent,’23° Lucy Kate Bowers, "23
; FE.ice Bree, '24





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; Subscriptions may begin: atany time -°
Stibscriptions, $2.50 Mailing Price, $3.00:
—— as second class matter September 26, 1914

t the post office at Bryn jaw, ‘a -», 1889,
‘ under the Act ree March 3..







Justice—Pure and Simple

Once unwrapped from its foldings of
sentimentality and prejudice the question
of continuing chapel seems to rest simply

&
on..whether the majority want chapel: or

not; and by wanting chapel we mean ac-
tively wanting it enough to attend at least
two-thirds of the” time, rather than the
passive and perfectly unresponsible state in
which so many people voted for it last

year. If, on these grounds, the majority

" vote for compulsory chapel, that is to say

compulsory two Sundays out of three, or
whatever ratio- they should decide, it is no
more or less than just that the minority
abide and act by this decision—this is the
only principle on which community life can
be’ carried on, on this principle the Under-
graduate Association functions and it is
this - principle which raises. Bryn Mawr
from a boarding school to a self-governing

_ College. The: same thing is as true in case

that the majority votes for no chapel, the
minority must abide and act by ‘that de-
cision. “In either case we have faith to
believe that the minorigy will have enough
-of the instinct for'fair play to carry out

~-the-decision—as-honestly—and-thoroughly as

though it were their. own, and enough en-
thusiasm for their convictions to leave no
stone unturned to persuade the majority of
their érror so that as long as the question
lasts it may be a vital one constantly open
to correction.

The Balance

Art was dignified as a course of study
_at Bryn Mawr long before music had

__ Climbed above the top of Senior steps.

Now, however, in a brief half.semester, the
newly arrived muse has not only taken the
place in the curriculum, but is walking
abroad upon the campus and winning
friends among the uninitiate.

Did art ever proselyte like this? The
seminary in the library is;full of earnest
students, no doubt, ‘who find delight and
profit in their wotk. The Art Club—has
been formed, which last year brought a
lecturer to College. But the keen apprecia-
tion, the intellectual curiosity about art
which .is latent in the whole community,
‘has never: “been roused to life. A feeling
for beautiful, one ‘might say, should not:

. need rousing. When the competition for
_ the students’ attention is so great, however,

those things which are not brought before
. them at all are doomed to miss out, though
Bene themselves be the first afterwards to
_ deplore. their loss.
If oe ‘the. Art Dees ‘should, adapt



‘ject of art by the Collége at large.» It
‘|more lectures than this, both long’ and.

‘have exhibitions of etchings, étc.,

-phia,..and explain what _one_ should go: to

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strongly that"some knowledge and apprecia-

of China’s

\-has--been- collected. so.that.the formation. of |



THE COLLEGE NEWS

lecture on I1umination, Illustration and
Mural Decoration,” which was largely at-
tended, and Mrs. Berenson’s lecture,
Professor King gave in chapel a short
sketch of certain -aspects.,, of Spanish
painting. T hese were, to the best of our
knowledge, all ‘that was heard on the sub-

should be possible to. have Sne or two

short, during the course of the year; to
brought
here whenever possible, and their presence
‘and significance made ‘kriown to the Col-
lege; to advertise exhibitions . in Philadel-

look. for; above all, to emphasize the treas-
ures at hand; the collections and galleries
in Philadelphia, the plates and books and
reproductions to be found so easily in our
own library. This we urge because we feel

tion of art is paramount in keeping true
the in
College.

intellectual balance of students

A Current Impression.

Though. he does_not oppose it, Serfator
Hitchcock, of the Foreign Committee Re-
lations, sees no. reason for enthusing over
the, four power treaty for ten years of

peace in the Pacific, contracted by the Con-
ference after four «weeks in session. Cur-

rent opinion sets January 1 as a. possible
date for the conclusion of the Conference,
but it is hard to believe this possible, con-
sidering the little it has accomplished of
importance, if even a few of the high hopes
of its early days are to be realized.

Three of the four articles of the treaty
which Congress’ will assuredly ratify, deal
with comparatively minor points, for which
the Covenant of the League of Nations
makes provision as far as Great Britain,
France and Japan are concerned. The last
the Anglo-
Japanese Alliance of 1911. Even in- this
the United States is party to an agreement
already binding to the others:

On the other hand, there still exists at
the Conference indecision concerning Japan
and the naval ratio program, the realization
hopes - for «Shantung, Great
Britain and the submarines, France and
Italy on sea armament, and the Siberian

article, however, terminates

situation. Most. urgent remains a Far
Eastern settlement. The treaty at present
before Congress is one step in the direction
of peace. How much further the Confer-
ence will go only/time will tell.



A Premature Proposal

In proposing a. plan last week | for the

use of the Anna Howard Shaw “Memorial

Foundation Fund to found a.Bureau for
Political Information at Bryn Mawr, : the
NEw under the impression that the
Fund had been completed’? We have since
learned that only a fraction of the amount

such .a bureau seems at present imprac-
tical, ‘We believe that when the time comes
this plan should be given serious considera-
tion, as we feel that there is a real_and
pressing need for information of this kind.

Sie

| To the Editors of Tue Couece News:

| the*gifts of the alumnae, the College

Ba

The editors do not~hold themsel vgs re-
sponsible for opinions oo in this
column.

To the Editors of THE — News:

‘Will you give me space in your columns
for a comment on your editorial concerning
Mis, @att’s lectures? It is one of a num-
ber that this year seem not to maintain
the traditions of the News, for which Si
with so many, have a high regard, If the
News is to. be in future as in the past a
school of journalism-in some sort for the
College, surely good manners are a Part of
its professional function. And if it is to be
an open forum for the discussion of mat-
ters of College interest and policy, should
not its editorials guide its readers in right
minded if, spirited ériticism, . not offend
them by thoughtless ‘arid brtisque statement
-of opinion. To me the editorial last week
seems: to fall greviously in courtesy to-
ward a guest And lecturer of the College
and in the ‘appreciation: due Mrs. Catt, who,
for years hassbeen among the first fighters:
for recognition and opportunity for women.

Verytruly_ yours,
Lucy MARTIN DoNNELLY.



The Debating Club is planning this year
a number of short extemporaneous debates
on general topics, as well as three more
formal interclass debates with a view to
choosing a Varsity team in the spring. The
Club, is open to all who are interested in
debating. Papers are posted in the* hall
bulletin boards, and those wishing to- join
may sign until 6.30 on Friday, December 16.

Tue Desatine CLus.



The Book Shop

Working gn the basis of a co-operative
society, for little over two months, the
Bryn Mawr = Book Shop thas proved to
be a thoroughly business-like and advan-
In addition to its.
usual stock it receives a regular supply of
goods from the Arts and Crafts, which it
sells at retail-prices. :

tageous organization.

An advantage, at first not so obvious, is
the possibility of having a charge account.
At many other colleges, including Welles-
ley ahd the Harvard Co-operative Society,
no article may be charged, becatfse of the
extra expense incurred by the Shop. This
expense is» no slight matter and will be
more fully realized on considering that
the Book Shop is. still owed 7“ on
October bills: -

All profits are divided among purchasers
who have joined the corporation on pay-
ment of $1, and will receive a dividend on
the amount which: they have bought during
the year. The Harvard Co-operative So-
ciety divided a_ profit of $81,000 between
7000 students, and it is hoped that in time
the success at Bryn Mawr will be propor-
tionally .as..great...

The Sign of the Blue Star

For eight years now the New Book
Room has ‘filed an indispensable position
in the library and--to serious as well as
light-minded book lovers has afforded an
ever recurrent fund of enjoyment.

It -was*first instituted in the spring of
1913 through ‘the: efforts of Miss Donnelly | «
and. Miss” Jones, who was then librarian.
For its support it.has depended sol



Well, Anyway. w

The Freshmen may not také* pp ae
lot of interest in the Undergraduate Asso-

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gre various’ clubs, and books so ac-
aif =. marked with a blue star ané
remain in the room “permanently. Books

-out. of the. regular ‘appropriation

dot me ene are,on the: reserve for | ies

old. Christmas ¢





To tig Bidjtors of THe Cottece News:

? The plan for “the jbroadening of the in-
fluence of the Anna (Howard Shéw Memo-
rial Koundation Fund,” presented in- elast

week’s NEws, might be more, favorably re-

ceived. had it been prefaced by a more .

courteous. reference to the recent Founda-* .,
tion lectures. In the first plate’ the attend-
ance at’ these lectures was not “forced in
every case by the requirements of the
politics and economics course,” as the edi-
tors will find if they will consider the ques-
tionnaire thoroughly. Even though the
major student Wa$.not stimulated, may we
not suggest .that Mrs. Catt Jhas: accom-
plished in political action more: than the
major student with all her political acumen?
A fact which the editors might think over.
If the “call to college women’”
pardonable ‘sin, is not unnecessary rude-
ness on the editorial page of THE CoLLEcE
‘News equally unpardonable? Surely criti-
‘cism does not preclude good form,. One
wonders whether the directors. of the Anna
Howard Shaw Foundation Fund are not
also “sorry that Bryn Mawr was chosen

‘asthe recipient of this. Fund.” Sam

KATHERINE M. PEEK, 22,

= EpITH FINCH, ee



To the Editors of THe Cottece News >
The question of no chapel or compulsory
chapel seems to be imminent and everyone
feels’ that which ever way it is answered,
at ‘least a third of the College will have

to act against their desire, will or possibly
This is on the supposition .

consciences.
that the majority mud rule, and here we
have the error and the solution; for, after
all, why should the majority rule! In.
political life the success of minority repre-
sentation is now universally acknowledged,
in intellectual life the minority is often
conceded. to be the progressive and far-

“sighted party, and religion, through all

time, has stood for the rights of the
minofity.

In the present case the rights of both
majority and minority work out veny easily ;
if the majority vote’ for no chapel, let the
chapel to which they are now dragged by
personal friendship or public opinion stop,
but let the minority hold whatever services
they want_and get as good a man as, with
their small numbers, they can get. If, on
the other hand, the majority vote for com-
pulsory chapel, let this mean that all who
voted thus shall go’three times out of
every four, which will assure a reasonably
filled chapel every Sunday; and let the
minority .go or stay away as they wish.

- OPTIMIST.

To the Editors of Tur Cotnece News:

is an un--<,

*

The members of the I. C. S.A. Commit*

tee consider that the class in playground

work, given by Miss Applebee on Tuesday

afternoons at 4.50 o'clock, is an excellent
opportunity for workers at the Community
Center to get’ practical demonstrations of
how to do their work. The Committee
advises every worker at the Community
Center to grasp this splendid opportunity

and attend the class.

Tue Il. C. S. A. CoMMITTEE.



BALDWIN SCHOOL INVITES
PRESTON TO CHRISTMAS PARTY
“The children at Preston are all on their:

best behavior, and are trying for a good
attendance record so that they can go to
the Baldwin School party,” said Miss Hut-

ton. The party will be atthe School and.

all the small children from Preston who

are “good” will be entertained. Beside this —
.|party, Mrs. Dillworth and Margaret Taylor,

21, are planning a party for the whole
Center, at which the children will recite
“pieces”. learned under the supervision of
their teachers, and will give a play which

n| Miss Taylor. is coaching.

The Junk Committee requests that all

‘to theta: ' Mission in Lab-

rador Se colored schools want them

to Hang on next year’s Christmas trees.

be saved and sent,’





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