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THIRTEEN FRESHMEN HEELERS IN.
NEWS COMPETITION

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Thirteen Freshmen signed on the bul-
letin board for the News Competition. |
If there are any more who would like ta)
apply, they may enter their names at |

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office hours, Christian Association room, |

Library between 2.00 and 3.00 this atter:|
noon. The successful candidate in this)
competition will bé in line for the posi- |
tion. of Managing Editor in her senior.
year.

The names already entered are: R. G.
Rhoads, M. Worch, M. O'Connor, T. Born, |
E. J. Merck, P. Turle, K. A. Holliday, |
F. Buffum, E. Lindley, H. Whitcomb, D.
Kuhn, H. M. Wilson, K. Dufourcq.



ALUMNA NOTES

Mrs. Robert Speer (Emma Doll Bailey,
ex-’04) has been elected President of the
National Board of the Y. W. C. A., to
succeed Miss Grace Dodge. The Febru-
ary number of the “North American
Student” contains an article on Miss
Grace Dodge written by Mrs. Speer.

The wedding of Mary Alden, '12, and
The Rev. Edwin Lane, will take place on
April the seventh.

Geraldine Watson, M.D., ex-’09, is an
interne this year at the Bellevue Hos-
pital.

Jessie Buchannan, ‘13, is studying law
at the New York University Law School,
and is also taking a course at the School
of Commerce in which course she is the
only-woman-in_a_class_of-sixty-men,

DR. G. A. JOHNSTON ROSS TO HOLD
LENTEN SERVICES AT ST.
STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH

At the daily noon-day services for the

week of March 8th to 12th, the ad-!
dresses are to be made by Dr. Ross who
was formerly the’ minister at the Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian Church, and is now
Professor of Homiletics at the Union
Theological Seminary. The “Evening
Bulletin” quotes Dr. Grammer, the Rec-
tor of St. Stephens, as saying in refer-
ence Dr. Ross’s engagement:

“This Presbyterian clergyman has been
invited into our pulpit under the canons
of our church and with the approval of
the Bishop of the Diocese, in the firm
conviction that by the road of such cour-
tesies the unity of the Christian world
ean be made manifest and increased.
By his presence, as well as by his words,
Christian fellowship will be spread
abroad.”

| telligence,

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WOMEN IN SCIENCE
By Dr. Morgan

For those of us who are Dalton-bred,
Dr. Morgan’s book, entitled “Women in
Science,” should be of special interest.
With so many formule and facts to learn
we are far too apt to neglect the his-
torical side of our chosen subjects, and
hardly realize that science, as well as
literature, has a general culture of its
own which should stimulate as well as
interest us. It is of course reprehensible
of us to associate our knowledge so little
with the scientists whose life-long en-
deavor has given vhat ‘knowledge to the
world. We loose much of the charm of
our work by this, for on a background
of bigraphy, formule and theories grow
real and vivid to us. It is especially
reprehensible for the feminists of the

‘College not to realize the success that

women have already attained in that
most unfeminine of all pursuits, science.
And even the least scientific minded will

_find with interest, I think, that, far from

being an outgrowth of the present age,

equal educational rights for women have |

been the established order in Italy sifice
the beginning of the Renaissance. Two
centuries ago women held chairs in
Italian universities with honor and ac-
claim. More than that, the majority of
those who attained the greatest success
in science married and brought up fam-
ilies into the bargain—a point which Dr.
Morgan stresses with great pride and
triumph. It is perhaps disappointing to

find that we cannot consider ourselves |

pioneers, but it is inspiring to find that,

-in—spite—of—predictions to the contrary,

the brightest dreams of feminism have
already been realized in many cases, If
you wish arguments to dispel the usual
pessimistic doubts concerning female in-
read “Women in. Science.”
You will find it a fund of interesting in-

formation, with dates and data attached. |

J.T. Howell, °10.

FRENCH PLAYS TO BE GIVEN IN
PHILADELPHIA

On March third the New York com-
pany of French actors will appear at the
Little Theatre in Philadelphia for the
last time this winter. In the afternoon,
the well-known comedy, “Le Voyage de
Monsieur Perrichon” will be given, and
in the evening, “Le Chemineau,” a rather
new play by Richepin, which has been
very successful in Paris and in New

York. The plays which have been given

earlier in the winter by this. company
have been very well presented, and these
will undoubtedly not fall below the stand-

,ard set by the previous performances.

THE COLLEGE NEWS

FIRE ON THE CAMPUS

The old infirmary, now used as a
psychology laboratory, was in danger last
Saturday of being burnt to the ground,
but was saved by the presence of mind
and pluck of Miss Rand and Miss Bills.
The hood of a piece of apparatus which
Miss Rand was using caught on fire. The
apparatus contained a tank of highly ex-
plosive liquid and to prevent an explos-
ion which would have wrecked the whole
building, Miss Rand and Miss Bills threw
the burning parts of the machine out of
the window, unfortunately the bush out-
side caught.on fire and the flames quickly
spread to the roof. They shouted to a
boy to telephone to the fire department
and he gave the alarm to the gymnasium
janitress who rushed the Italians from
cleaning the swimming pool to the
rescue, arming them with the fire ex-
tinguishers. Just as they had succeeded
in put‘ing out the fire on the roof, Miss
Rand emerged from the doorway en-
veloped in a sheet of flame and they
promptly turned the extinguisher on her.
Inside of fifteen minutes all the excite-
ment was over, Miss Bills whose clothes
were burnt, but who had escaped with
only slight injuries to her hands, had re-
turned to Pembroke, Miss Rand, who was
badly—burnt though, _as-the—flames—had
been ‘so quickly put out, the burns were
luckily superficial for the most part, had
been taken first to Merion and later re-
moved to the Infirmary, and the “News”
reporter, who had been the first onlooker
to arrive on the scene, was left to survey
| the damage, to admire the pluck and
i/nerve of women, to marvel at the un-
| suitability of their work-a-day garments,
jand the stolid common sense of the
|Italian workmen to whom a fire extin-
| guisher is a fire extinguisher and to be
| used alike on women or on wood,



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WATER POLO BEGINS

| Water polo began Monday night, with
ja packed, cheering-section,-and with 16's
/mascot and '17’s little red whale much in
| evidence.

| The line-up for the first game was as
follows.

17 "18

|M: Willard....... Mie. D. Kuhn
|H. Harris........ C: Bo G. F'anagan
a igi Eee L. F. ...H. Alexander
, Litehfield....... Bh T. Howell
ts rs o's mw. Bek A. Newlin
. Faulkner.... L. G accacs M. Strauss
'M. Scattergood.... G. ........H. Wilson

During the first half the sophomores
did all the p'aying. The score was 5-0.
In the last half however, ’I8 seemed to
‘get it’s wind and the final score was
| 7-3... °27 played a fast offensive, while '18
'elung to the defensive almost to the end.

The '15-'16 line-up was:

Robinson. .... Mee sae Cc. Dowd
NOT soc os Sheen cs F. Kellogg
BOTY oes iecn ess OS er E. Strauss
| A. Hardon...... Be... L. Goodnow
| A. Spence..... Be occas C. Kellen
or fee... ta ee is cua ns M. Dodd

| E. SPORE chic, Wey va eas F. Hitchcock

| M.
|G.

"15 got two goals first-half, and four
in the second. ‘16 did not score. The
juniors had fairly good team play. ‘15
| played a brilliant individual game and
ihad excellent defense.”