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Vouvume II. No. 11

BRYN MAWR, PA.,

DECEMBER 9, 1915

Price 5 Cents





CALENDAR



; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
8.00 *. m.—C. A. Li . College Settle-
ment Meeting. Speaker, H. Smith, '10.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11

9.00 a. M.—Senior Oral Examinations in
German. .
8.00 rp. m.—‘‘Bates Camp” C, A. Party in
the Gymnasium.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12

6.00 rp. M.—Vespers. Speaker, Ryu Sato,

7
b 8.00 p. m.—Chapel. Sermon by the Rev.

J. V. Moldenhauer, D.D., of Albany, N. Y.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
4.00-6.00 rp. M.—Faculty Tea to the Grad-
uate Students in Merion Hall.
"WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15

7.30 vp. M.—College Settlement Meeting.
Speaker, Mrs. William Spinney, ’07.
9.30 p. Mi—Mid-week Meeting of the C. A.
Leader, M. Branson, ’16.
ij FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17

8.00 p. M. Sophomore Dance.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18

8.00 p. M.—Senior Reception to the Grad-
uates in the Gymnasium.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19
6.00jp. Mm—Vespers. Speaker, C. M. K.

Applebee.
8.00 yp. m—Chapel. Christmas Service.
Sermon by the Right Rev. Philip Rhine-

lander, Bishop of Pennsylvania.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21
1.00 pe. m.—Christmas Vacation begins.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5
9.00 a. M.—Christmas Vacation ends.

HALF FAIL SECOND FRENCH ORAL



Statistics of Other Years



Thirteen out of the twenty-seven Seniors
who took the second French oral on Sat-
urday failed. Of these, twelve still have
both French and German to take. Those
who held the oral on Saturday were Dean
Reilly, Dr. Savage and Dr. Beck.

The statistics of the second French
orals for the past four classes are:

1912—26 passed, 6 failed.

1913—22 passed, 11 failed.

' 1914—16 passed, 16 failed.

1915—30 passed, 18 failed.

The German oral on Friday and Satur-
day will be held by President Thomas, Dr.
Fernsimer and Dr. Grace De Laguna.
There are 42 to take it.

FORUM PLANS WEEKLY DISCUS-
SIONS



The subjects for the weekly discussions
of the Forum for the rest of December
are: .

December 12—Mrs. Emily James Put-
nam’s “Views on Feminism”.
Miss Dimon.

December 19—*Socialized Germany”,
by Frederick C. Howe, reviewed by Miss
Barnicle.

Last Sunday, the Forum chose for its
subject of discussion “The Peace Ship”.
The meetings are held Sunday night at
nine o'clock in the Non-Resident Room in
Rockefeller. They are open to all gradu-
ates and undergraduates who are inter-
ested in the informal discussion of impor-
tant present-day movements.

The officers elected by the Forum for
this year are: Executive Committee, E.
B. Daw, chairman; A. Cheyney, M. E.
Barnicle; Auxiliary Committee, EB. Butler,
G. A. Jones, E. Marquand. ;

Reader,’



STATE CAMPAIGNS BRING SUFFRAGE



Mrs. Funk Tells of Success in Chicago



The first suffrage address of the year
was delivered by Mrs. Antoinette Funk,
Friday night, in Taylor Hall. Mrs. Funk
spoke of the advancement of woman suf-
frage in the last few years, and urged
the necessity of breaking down the bar-
rier of States rights. Her address was
particularly interesting in that it was
practical rather than theoretical. She
based her statements and arguments on
her own personal experience, on facts
which she had learned while working for
suffrage with Congress and with various
State legislatures, |

Although she ‘dealt partly with legisla-
tive questions which she herself apolo-
gised for as being “dry and technical”,
she held the interest of her audience
throughout the whole lecture. She in-
terspersed her “dry and technical facts”
with amusing accounts such as her en-
counter with a certain Senator who told
her that the women of New Jersey were
“household pets” and did not want the
vote, and descriptions of scenes in Chi-
cago during the women’s fight for en-
franchisement there two years ago.

“T think,” she said, “that far-seeing peo-
ple see suffrage approaching very close,
and through the State route”. First,
however, she said, “you must break down
that awful barrier which is constitutional
and political, which is built up in almost
every State against suffrage and against
progress in general. You’re not going to
be able to get the State nearest your
heart into the suffrage column until you
break this wall’.

As an example of the efficiency of State
campaign she spoke of Illinois, and the
success of the women there. In Chicago
now, she said, 73 per cent of the women
vote to 72 per cent of the men. She told
of the great changes the women had
made already in the two years since they
have had the vote, in the improvement

of the jails and sanitary conditions and

the abolition of the dance halls. This
change, she said, stands out as one of
the best arguments for the enfranchise-
ment of women.

COLLEGE WOMEN AND SETTLEMENT

WORK



Hilda W. Smith to Speak



Miss Hilda W. Smith, 1910, will speak
at an open meeting of the College Settle-
ment Chapter in the C. A. Library on
Friday night. She will describe some
phase of College women’s relation to set-
tlement work. ;

Two years ago Miss Smith led one of
the most profitable and well-attended
Bible Mission Study Classes of recent
years, in which social problems were
studied. Since she graduated in 1910, she
has done much practical social work and
has studied two years at the School of
Philanthropy. A pageant, which she man-
aged in a small town in New York State,
brought the people together as a com-
munity and gave some of them the first
opportunity for good amusement. She
has had charge of several clubs in New
York and is at present doing village work,
awakening the people to their civic re-
sponstbilities and organizing clubs.



GOOD-BYE, HOCKEY SEASON



Captain Branson Gives Report



This year Varsity won from Lansdowne,
New York, the Alumne, and Baltimore,
and lost to Germantown, Philadelphia,
and All-Philadelphia. M, Branson, Var-
sity captain, says: “The result of the All-
Philadelphia game was a great disap-
pointment, for the hockey season has
otherwise been successful and hopes were
Ligh this year that Varsity might win
against their invincible opponents. Be-
ginning with the fall of 1908 Varsity
has played the All-Philadelphia team
every year except 1911. Last year and
two years before that the score was a
tie. During the entire series of games
All-Philadelphia has scored 35 goals and
Bryn Mawr 19.

“Although the game this year ended
with the score 6-3, it was not from lack
of good playing or good spirit. The best
work which Varsity has done this season
was done during the first half,
Varsity slackened in the second half it
made a splendid come-back in the end,
and finished honorably if not victori-
ously”.

Miss Branson says that the early part
of the season was promising for the big
game. “Varsity won the first game
against Lansdowne. After the loss of the
next two games, the Varsity committee
bent all its energies toward preparations
for the All-Philadelphia game. Special
practices were started and Mr. Newhall,
who played on the Oxford Varsity, Eng-
land, saw the last practise and gave us
some valuable advice”.

“Eleven players received white notes,
and seven subs received blue notes, The
back field was composed of the same
steady players who made Varsity last
year, except that M. Bacon took the place
of V.-Litehfield, who was moved to the
forward line. She, with L. Brown, P. Turle,
and two Freshmen, J. Hearne and M. Ty-
ler, made a fast and sure forward line. Of
the subs, C. Fiske and A. Stiles distin-
guished themselves in the All-Philadelphia
game. Everyone who has been posted to
play has shown splendid spirit in the
games, practises, and training. The in-
terest in hockey has been strengthened
by the teas and luncheons given for the
visiting teams, after which Varsity dis-
cussed the points of the game and made
suggestions for plays’”’.

The Varsity committee for this year
was: M. Branson, F. Kellogg, M. Thomp-
son, M. Bacon and Miss Applebee.

Those who made B.M.’s as Varsity were
L. Brown, G. Hearne, V. Litchfield, M.
Tyler, P. Turle, H. Harris, M. Branson,
M. Bacon, M. Thompson, J. Pauling, A.
Werner. Those who made B.M.’s as first
subs were F. Kellogg, M. Willard, A.
Stiles, M. Peacock, M. Russell, C. Fiske.

COLLEGES IN KHAKI

At a recent meeting the Harvard Stu-
dent Council expressed itself in favor of
military preparedness and of military
training for all members of ‘the Univer-
sity. Four hundred students have al-
ready volunteered. The question is such
a burning one throughout the country
that it seems probable that all men’s col-
leges, who have not already done so, will
soon declare themselves on one side or
the other. Cornell bas had required mili-
tary training for several years and it is
practically assured that Dartmouth is
about to institute it. The University of

Michigan senate recommended military
training this fall and the University re
gents will consider the matter in January.

Though |

SIDE LIGHTS ON PLAYWRITING



Dr. Savage Explains Baker Courses at
Radcliffe and Harvard



Most Bryn Mawr students think of the
courses in drama at Harvard and Rad-
cliffe as something remotely wonderful or
else do not think of them at all, but Dr.
Savage, who has taught at Radcliffe and
has worked with Professor Baker at Har-
vard, really knows. In the following arti-
cle, written for “The News”, Dr. Savage
shows the remarkable scope of the work
and emphasizes the fact that its stand-
ards are not purely academic, but ap-
proach closely those of the professional
stage. Dr. Savage writes:

“More than any other one agency, Pro-
fessor Baker’s English 47 and English
47a at Harvard and Radcliffe have helped
to break down the supposed barrier be-
tween the professional stage and aca-
demic work, Reform of the American
drama is not their purpose; Professor
Baker would be the last person to urge
that such a thing were either possible or
desirable. Their object is to provide
training in playwriting for those under-
graduates and graduate students who
show sufficient aptitude.

The Baker’s Dozen

“The conducting of such classes is not
‘the task of the novice at teaching. Eng-
| lish 47, say at Radcliffe, is an elementary
course limited to a dozen students. For
admission the consent of the instructor
is necessary, and it must
through a competition, in
plays form the basis udging the fit-
ness of the can es. Many feel them-
selves called to write plays, but few are
chosen. Once having gained entrance,
the student listens to lectures on dra-
matic technique and writes scenarios,
adaptations, and original one-act and
three-act plays. If she passes the course
‘with distinction’,.a-term-—which permits-

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NINETEEN FRESHMEN COMPETI.

TORS



To Begin Work This Week



Cut at Christmas—Decision in February
Nineteen Freshmen have signed up as
candidates for the Editorial Board of
“The News”. Any others who wish to
compete should report to the Managing
Editor before to-morrow. The work of
the competition will begin this week and
| will last until after mid-years, when one |
Senior member of the board will resign
'and a Freshman will be put in her place.
A cut will be made in the number of com-
| petitors immediately after Christmas, so
‘that an early start and regular work is
| necessary.
| Each Freshman entering the competi-
‘tion will be assigned to one member of
'the board, who will send her notice of
|/her work and will receive her material.
|The work will consist in writing edito-
/ rials and accounts of College events, and
‘in collecting news of all sorts. The win-
ner of this competition will be in line for
the position of Managing Editor, or of
Assistant Managing Editor in her Senior
‘year, and will be a member of “The
News” Board during three years.

Those who have already entered the
competition are: F. Allison, B. Andrews,
M. Bettman, E. Cooper, C. Hayman,
M. Janeway, H. Johnson, H. Karns, W.
Kaufmann, B. Lanier, B. Marquand, M.
Martin, E. Matz, A. Moore, EB. Moores, J.
Peabody, A. Stiles, M. Tyler, L. Wood.