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Volume L No. 14

CALENDAR

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24

6 p. M.—Vespers.

8 p. m.—Chapel.
ington, O.H.C.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
9.30 p. Mi—Mid-week Meeting of the €
Leader, Miss Hallett.

Preacher, Father Hunt-

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
11 a. M—Meecting of the Alumne Associa-
tion.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Second Semester begins at 9 o’clock.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

8.30 pep. m.—Swimming Meet.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7
6 Pp. M—Vespers. Speaker, A. Werner, “16,
8 p. M.—Chapel. Preacher, Dr. Erdman.

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E. DOUGHERTY RETURNS TO COL-
LEGE TO DANCE

Friday evening, under the auspices of
the Committee of Mercy, E. Dougherty,
ex-1915, gave some “Sketches in a New

rt” for the benefit of the Belgians. She
has béen studying for four months at the
Metropolitan Ballet School and the prog-
ress she has made in muscular control
and_toe dancing was astonishing to all
who saw her. performance. The pro-
gramme was entirely of her own creation,
only the Arabesque and Badinage were
taken from the Ballet School. Clad in
native costume—‘“red boots and clinking
coins’—she opened with a Hungarian
dance. As Pierrot, she interpreted the
futile love of Harlequin for the moon and
his final triumph through death. With
peacock feathers and blending blues and
greens, she became the enticing personi-
fication of “whims” in a Caprice a Vien-
nois. Her ambition, however, has been to
combine with motion, words intoned with
the music. The Drama of the Seasons
exemplified this type of production. Al-
though the co-ordination of the three has
not yet been perfected,‘a new element
is introduced into dancing which when
worked out will no doubt prove a suc-

exquisitely lovely ending in

and M. Thompson assisted in making the
programme complete.

forty-five dollars.

Speaker, If, Deems, '10..

jreiuction of grade.

The proceeds alto-| was announced the undergraduates saw
gether amounted to one hundred and|

BRYN MAWR, PA., JAN ‘VARY 1, 1915

HISTORY OF THE CUT RULE UP TO
DATE

At the request of the Alumne. attend-
ing the Finance Committee Meeting in
Philadelphia this month we reprint the
history of the cut rule as presented to
the Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege in the Undergradute petition of
December 19.

“On October 12. at morning chapel,

+President Thomas announced that a, rule
regarding attendance at lectures had been |

passed by the faculty, according to which
each unexcused cut taken should be
penalized by reduction of grade. The
reason given for the adaption of the rule
was that statistics taken during the year
1%11-14 showed an excessive amount of
cutting by the average undergraduate,
The undergraduates, however, felt that
no such rule was justified, and in a
meeting of the Undergraduate Associa-

tion it was unanimously decided to send |
a committee to President Thomas to pro-.||

test against the rule. This committee
accomplished nothing. President Thomas
told the Chairman, howéver,
would like to meet the undergraduates

‘to explain to them the faculty point of)

view. The Undergraduate Association
then voted to hold a meeting to which
President Thomas and the faculty who |
passed the rule should-be invited to dis-
cuss the matter with the students. Presi-
dent Thomas accepted the invitation,
stating however, that it would be unfit-
ting for the faculty to meet the under-
graduates for discussion but that she
would present the faculty point of view.

“The meeting with President Thomas |
was held on Oct. 22. After this meeting |
the undergraduates still remained uncon-
vinced of the necessity for a cut rule,
and, since President Thomas had told
the undergraduates that they could com-
municate with the faculty in writing, the

Undergraduate Association voted to send
The petition |

u petition to the faculty.
asked that the cut rule be repealed and
that a period of probation be given dur-

jing which the undergraduates might show |
|that they could regulate cutting them-
| selves.
cess. The Dream of the Lotus made an, faculty meeting and the cut rule was |

“amber and /tnen altered to the present rule, whereby

gold.” L. Davidson, D. Perkins, E. Pugh |

Tne petition was considered in
cuts exceeding eight are penalized by a
When the cut rule

that the. faculty still had not acknowl-
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that. she |

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The College News

Price § 5 Cents

ELECTIVE COURSES

Open for the Second Semester

Dr. Fenwick offers in the second sem-
ester of 1914-15 an elective course in Pri-
vate Law, meeting on Monday and Friday
at 10 o'clock. Requirements for the
course are a year of General Philosophy
and a year of either Modern History or
Economics and Politics. -Students who
| wish to take the course and cannot satisfy
‘these requirements are asked to consult



| Dean Reilly in regard to admission to the
| course. :
The following courses may be entered

|
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|in the second semester:

All minor courses
‘in History and Art and Dr. Barton’s
courses in Biblical Literature; Dr. Wilm’s
|coruse in Minor Philosophy, Logic, two
| hours at 11 o'clock; and Dr, Fisher’s
|course in Minor Philosophy, Recent Philo-
|sophical Tendencies, three hours at 11
|o’clock, are open to students who have
|completed the year of General Philoso-
phy. The two- and three-hour courses in
| Minor Psychology are open to students
|who have completed the General Psy-
r. Kellogg will give in the sec-
‘ond semester of Minor. Psychology a
/course on Instinct, Will and Emotion. Dr.

Feree’s course in Minor Psychology is a
continuation of the work of the first sem-
lester and although it may be entered in
the second semester, students who wish
to do so should advise with Dr. Feree.
The one- and two-hour electives in Geol-
ogy also continue the work of the first
|semester through the second. Students

who wish to enter these courses for the
| second semester should talk over the
| work with Dr. Brown. The elective course
'in Edueation at 3 o’clock on Thursday
and Friday afternoons is also open to
students who wish to enter it in the sec-
ond semester, :

The courses in Minor Archeology will
change and therefore be complete in
themselves. Miss Swindler will offer
|'Rome: Its Buildings and Art, two hours
lat nine;. Dr. Carpenter, Greek and Roman
| Minor Arts, two hours at eleven.
| In. Minor English, the lecture courses
|may be entered if Required English has
| been finished. Miss Crandall will give
| Narative W riting. Argumentation may
be entered with permission from Miss
Miss Langdon’s Poetics will be

|chology. D

|

Shearer.
open.