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College news, March 11, 1915
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1915-03-11
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 01, No. 20
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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BMC-News-vol1-no20
THE COLL
EGE NEWS
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the water-polo team, which, as a crowning
joy, was eaten up by crocodiles. | "
The curtain of the third act rose upon.
‘a street scene in Cairo, crowded with ven-
ders, picturesque fakirs, water carriers
and dancing girls. The Khedive, re-
splendent in white satin and jewels, was
carried in his chair of state through two
lines of stunning red-coated soldiers, who
later showed their remarkable drilling by
performing some very skillful manceuvers,
that took the audience by storm. The.
oriental dance of D. Kuhn, J. Ridlon, L. T..
Smith and M. MacKenzie was beautiful,
particularly with the arch as a frame. |
One of the best bits of acting in the whole
show was that of V. Kneeland, who made
one feel as if she had really stepped out |
of the Cairo streets.
-The few bits of dialogue were clever,
‘especially the proctor’s remonstrance
that “students are not allowed to die on)
the upper campus.” The audience wished
more dialogue could have been inserted |
between the dances and songs as has
rather been the custom in the past.
The |
ALUMN4 NOTES
Yvonne Stoddard, European Fellow of
1913, is studying Middle English at, Ox-
ford with a view to editing some old man-
student, whose father is the Minister of
Finance who put through the recent bill
abolishing the sale of vodka. Miss Stod-
dard seems much impressed with the
even tenor of the life at Oxford in spite
of the war and above all with the entire
absence of expressions of hatred of the
'Germans on the part of either the English
‘people or the Belgian refugees.
Anna Welles, ’08, has announced her
| engagement to Mr. Wylie Brown, who is
the Secretary of the American Chamber
‘of Commerce at Constantinople. Miss
| Welles, who has been connected for some
‘time with the American School for Girls
‘in Constantinople, is now visiting in
| Amarin.
M. Hobart, ’11, is in charge of the
| Church Board of Missions’ Educational
| exhibit, which. she has arranged and col-
lected for the Panama-Pacific Exhibition.
'
uscripts. Living with her is a Russian
‘(Clonee from Pagel)
hangs in rather a small room, where it is
‘almost impossible to see it at a proper
‘distance. It doesn’t seem to me impec-
cable. The cypress trees at the bottom.
are too deep in color for the rest of the
panel, and the design near the top is too
different from the rest. It was designed
for a particular place, and it is. absolutely
impossible without knowing the library
for which it was designed to judge
|) whether it will fit well with the furniture
and walls and woodwork and particular-
ly without taking into account the win-
dows. The coloring is lively in its purity
and radiance. If you will look at the two
little side panels where there is no de-
sign at all, you will be able to judge
more fairly the quality of the man than
you can judge a great decoration with-
same tnan has a smaller piece of flowers
of whieh the color is of the greatest
purity. ‘Then he has an exquisite little
landscape, Poldhu, all blue and scarlet. '
After you have-—studied these, you will |
have to admit that the only reason this
out knowing where it is to be set. This!
have refused to do it, and they have no.
masters, and have no pupils, and get
refused from the exhibitions which give
prizes ie te pcgbeecaicens u ie
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE OF PEG oO’
MY HEART
The Adelphi Theatre will give a benefit
Performance of “Peg o’ My Heart” on Mon-
day evening, March 22d, for the benefit
of the Bureau of Occupations for Trained
Women. Tickets should be obtained be-
fore March 18th from Miss Martha C.
Reed, 121 South 17th Street, or from Mrs.
William Roy Smith, Low Buildings,
Bryn Mawr. After March 18th the re-
maining tickets are put on public sale
and the proceeds from these tickets do
not benefit the Bureau.
The Bureau of Occupations was founded
by the Philadelphia Branch of the Asso-
ciation of Collegiate Alumnz in 1912 to
help women secure positions other than
teaching. It aims to accomplish three ob-
jects: first, to place trained women in
| suitable positions; second, to supply em-
| ployers with efficient workers; third, to
scenery, costuming and dancing were un- | On her way out she stopped at various
usually good, however, and in a great centers and organized church pageants
artist has been allowed to exhibit his |
measure made up for this lack.
A splendid innovation was the drum)
played by C. Fiske, though she has made
life unhappy in Pem. West for the last
four weeks. Needless to say the orches- |
tra, M. Winsor, E. Atherton, H. Walker, C. |
Fiske, M. Smith, A. Dure, J. Israel, aided |
‘ enormously in the success of the songs.
Indeed, 1918 peed not sing
Originality,” since they produced so many
original features in their show.
“Goodbye,
j and mystery plays which have been writ-
ten by Mrs. Hobart.
Lois Lehman, ex-’11, is studying at The
| University of California.
Marie Wing, ’07, is General Secretary
'of the West Side Branch of New York
iY. W. G.. A,
Carlotta Welles, '12, is doing volunteer
‘work in the anti-typhoid vaccination
| laboratory of the Y. W. C. A. in Paris.
FRANKLIN SIMON & CO.
Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Sts., New York
WILL EXHIBIT
Friday, March 12th
an exclusive
Saturday, March 13th
selection of
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Class Day Dresses, Afternoon and Evening Gowns, Suits,
Coats, Blouses, Skirts and Negligees
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THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
1006-1016 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
| Kroll.
| arrabia, he gives particularly those views
/color that you see.
_|old. There are, of course, two very beau-
| Boy and Indian are by Robert Henri.
‘is a man with great gifts, who is content
/to turn his trick. He means to show these
| gifts as greatly as he can, but instead
pictures with all their color, is that he is
an instructor in the Academy.
When you look at the little nude lady |
by Arthur Carles, which is very white, |
almost the color of plaster, on a white |
background, it probably seems to you |
that the space composition is all wrong. |
But if you stir about the room a bit you |
will find a small space on the floor where |
the whole thing falls into the right per- |
spective and stands out exactly as it!
should. It has substance. Although his |
control of color in this is odd, you find in |
the same room with it another great)
thing of his called “A French Bouquet,” |
the color of which burns and glows.
The best new name is that of Leon)
In the Basque Landscape-Fuent- |
on the edge of the Pyrenees, where the
great height and contour of them against
the grey low-hanging sky and the deep, |
almost sullen green of the cabbage fields, |
are strong and keen. There he finds the |
The reality and the |
substance in the world he is presenting |
to you are those you find in this world, |
His mountains are real, they are as hard |
as a mountain feels if you slip coming
down. Apparently life caught and|
squeezed him last summer, when he was
caught abroad like the rest of us. The
outcome of it was that having felt real-
ity, he can paint it.
Maud Bryant is another new name.
She is apparently a Philadelphia woman,
who has a great deal of delightful color.
In a series of arrangements of flowers
and brilliant silken stuffs, she has
thought of an almost perfect and quite
beautiful design.
The best of the work in the main is
tiful pictures of mother and child by
Mary Cassatt. These have been ex-
hibited in New York and Paris again and
again. Of the four pieces by Howard
Cushing hung in a row, the ‘one which |
is called “Spirea and Single Dahlias” has |
a real and perfect design.
Now for the old work which is bad:
The portraits of an Irishman, Colored
he shows his wants: he has no artistic
sincerity and even less intellectual sin-
| cerity.
Childe Hassam’s little group is getting
thinner. I think it is because the blood
is running slower in his veins. Where
he could give you the vigor and play of
his strength ten years ago, and would
make the dive into the pool, so to speak,
| before painting the pool, now his art has
the sort of pallor that comes at times in
August and gives the promise of Autumn.
In Richard Miller and_ Frederick
Friesecke, you can see the academic
| thing as it is now taught in Paris, when
|_you go and pay your money and try to
_ | find out how te do the really correct
| thing. Many are doing this, many more
He |.
act as a clearing house of information as
'to various lines of work open to women,
|the schools giving technical training, sal-
aries, conditions of advancement and new
fields of women’s activity. The Depart-
|/ment of Business Placements now pays
for itself. In 1912-13 the Bureau received
| in commissions $195.00; in 1913-14,
$700.00; in 1914-15, $1632.00. The Bureau
|charges 3 per cent on the first year’s sal-
ary, though the State law allows 10 per
'cent. The Department of Vocational Ad-
vising is free to all and money to support
this part of the work must be raised
every year by donations and benefits.
This year everyone is giving all they can
‘afford to Belgian relief, Red Cross work
‘or to help the unemployed. The Bureau
of Occupations is making every effort to
|help women who are out of employment.
|If you are interested in this work, com-
'bine philanthropy and pleasure and go
to the benefit performance of “Peg 0’ My
| Heart” on March 22d.
MISS ANNE WIGGIN TO TALK ABOUT
244 SPRING STREET
On Sunday, Miss Anne Wiggin 1s go-
ing to speak at Vespers on the work of
the Neighborhood House at Spring
| Street. Miss Wiggin, who is a graduate
of Smith College, started her work with
Mr.-Bates-about five years ago,.and-since
Mr Bates’ death has been the mainstay
of the house. Every one who has stayed
at, Spring Street, or at the ‘“Bates’
Camp,” has seen Miss Wiggin’s wonder-
ful power of managing people. They will
remember her tactful dealing with deli-
cate situations, as for example when
every visitor at the camp insists on hav-
ing the best front bedroom, and her
cheerful, humorous way of keeping every
one’s best side on top, even when they
have to do “what they ain’t accustomed
to,” and will welcome another chance of
hearing her talk on the work she does
so well. Those who do not know Spring
Street and its charms should not miss
|this opportunity of making its acquaint-
gnce,
NEW BOOK ON PHILADELPHIA
One of the recent additions to the New
Pook Room is Elizabeth Robin Pennell’s
“Our Philadelphia.” “It is the story of
the old Philadelphia that has passed and
the new Philadelphia that-is passing, a
record that in a few years will be impos-
sible to make, so continually is Philadel-
nhia changing.”. The hundred and five
iiustrations by her husband, Joseph Pen-
nell, are as charming as Mrs. Pennell's
éescriptions. Many of them picture
quaint, out of the way spots little known
to us for whom Philadelphia means the
noise and confusion of Chestnut and Mar-
ket Streets. The book is written as Mrs..
Pennell herself says, “simply for the
pleasure of gathering together every old
memory of a town” dear to her as her
native place, “and every new impression
of it after an absence of a quarter. of a
century.” n :
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