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“all undergraduates, that no honor the Col-
. lege could- confer on President Thomas

- time for them to speak.
‘presented their faculty with an outline of

. Far from taking this as an impertinence,

could be welded into tangible form, fought
“over and modified | into the nearest sem-

_.. flaunt their criticism as a revolt: against
- despotic authority, and it would qualify |
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M. CAREY THOMAS, PRESIDENT.

‘ EMERITUS «<
The directors of the College, meeting in
‘November, unanimously agreed to confer







on M. Carey Thomas, former president of
Bryn Mawr, the’ title of President Emeritus |
of the College. 'The news could not be
announced until Miss Thomas’ acceptance
was secured and this she sent from Singa-
pore on Christmas Day.

It seems to the News, and we believe to

‘Po the directors we
offer our hearty applause and to President

would be too “great.

Thomas our singere congratulations!

KICKS AND KICKS :

There are organic fault-ffnders, and imi-
tative ones, and trivial and personal ones.
if we discount these and others who nat-
urally join the Strafe chorus at this time
of year, how many will be left whose mo-
tives for criticising the methods of their
Cer-
tain it is that since last year there has been

education are grounded on reason?

a new note-among the ordinary dissatis-
factions, voiced at meals and between
classes and in dejected intervals of study
and exercise. It is possible that this comes

from students who have gone a step be-|'

yond mere objection, and have actually
convinced themselves how the system could
be bettered. If there are any who have
done so or who think the matter important
enough for thought, surely this is the

The students of Mount Holyoke recently
what theys considered an ideal curriculum.

the faculty was. delighted, as it well might
be, and found valuable suggestions in the
In, fact, the idea that such sug-
gestions» would be anything but valuable
Provided the student plan
is carefully weighed and shorn of extrava-

document.
is ridiculous,

gance, or even if it isn’t, it supplies a point
of view which faculties get only with -diffi-

culty, but which is of the most obvious}

importance.
If recent complainings at Bryn ates

blance of ‘ ‘undergraduate opinion” and pre-
sented to the faculty, there is not a doubt
that they would be heard, and with grati-
tude. A-little rapport between teacher and
tanght would not be amiss. It would take
the’ wind from the sails of students who.

a is a child with unconquerable |

ralons Sicestopeatioas te

to study.” This year of all yeasss|



APPLIED PHILOSOPHY

Everyone at present is amore or — con- |. Composition, and others. :
Former members. of the facult# ike

cerned with the approaching Mid-Years. It

is true “some assum “indifference, some
even parade it, but fe
Now, like all great

life, this ordeal is

ing themselves of it.

immutable facts of

hedged around with superstition, tradition |
and convention, and many are the theories }

advanced for appeasing the ‘bogey. The
masses, of course, stick to the old tried
palliatives of wet towels and mid-night oil,
a few spirits who claim be independent
and emanéipated maintain with pseudo-
scientific assurance that a week-end before
serves to clear the brain, while there are

still“certain obscure atavistic, persons who

‘tremble at the railroad train over their

heads—happy they who assume no respon-

sibility themselves! However, one’ can

cultivate only one’s own indivitual_ state

Lof mind in which to face the crisis—and
itis ‘cheerful to contemplate that by the:

end of the short week some of us_ will

already have partially sealed our fate.
: cialis :
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SNEEZING
FROM YOUR COLD?

The health rules were made for the good
of the College community: —The girl with

a slight cold who plays water polo: “through
class spirit, because every practice counts”

makes an irretrievable error. Aside from

the fact that she may give iiannald pneu-
monia or the rest of the College measles,
she “inevitably spreads a trail of germs
which may later keep half the team from
practicing or even from playing in match

games. “No person with a cold shall enter

the . ‘swimming pool,” says the A. A. rule,

“And this is the Law of the Jungte—as old
and qs true as the sky: .

And the Wolf that shall keep it may pros-
per, but the Wolf that shall break

it must die.” at

DR. SAVAGE WRITES ON COLLEGE
SLANG IN “DIALECT NOTES”

College slang in general, and particular
phrases from Bryn Mawr College, is the
subject of an_article by Dr. Howard J.
Savage, Director of the Work in English
Composition, in a recent number of Dialect
Notes, one of the publications of the
American Dialect Society.

Dr. Savage formulates certain laws
which govern all college slang and explains
methods by which words and phrases be-
come current, drawing his
from observations made at Bryn Mawr
since 1915; in which he has been helped by
his classes. Finally, he lists over a hun-
dred .common Bryn Mawr slang expres-
sions, including all such terms as “chloro-
plasts,” “fire-balls,” “pest house,” “muggle,”
and the nicknames of professors.

FACULTY MEMBERS PRESENT AT

MODERN LANGUAGE MEETING

Many present and former members of
the Bryn Mawr. Faculty attended the meet-
ing of the Modern Language Association,
which was held December 28-30, at the
University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Savage,
Director of Le Work in English, Composi-
and: Dr. aes” avcisiee: (elect) in nine
lish Literature, and Dr. Prokosh, Associate
Professor of German, were among those
who presided at group meetings:;

Present faculty who were at the meeting
were Dr, Savage, Dr. Brown, Professor of
English Philology Dr. Hughes, Dr. Pro-
a Miss Trotain, ‘eum ia French;

Schenck, Associate Professor. of
yak ; Mr. Gilli, Associate Professor of
French ; Dr. Bullock, Associate (elect in



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Italian; Dr. Crandall, Professor of English

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were present were Dr. Dunn, now of
Smith; Dr, Riddell, of Wheaton; Dr.
Schinz, of Smith; Dr. Gerould, of, Prince-
ton; Dr. Patch,, of Smith.

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FACULTY NOTES

Dr. Feree presented a ‘paper at the thirty-
first annual meeting of the American
Psychological - Association on December
27th at Cambridge, Mass., entitled “The
Theory of Flicker. Photometry,” and Dr.
‘Raped a_ paper entitled, “Comparative
Stndies of Equality -of: Briglttness and
Flicker Photometry with Special Reference
‘to the Laz of Visual Sensatiort’’ In the
absence tof Dr. Ferree, both papers were
read by Dr. Rand.

THE LANTERN.
(Specially contributed )
Would that all things improved from
month to month as das the Lantern. This



‘is a far fatter issue, and one filled with

material of a class quite different from any
which’ has appeared before. Two articles,
two short stories, two poems and the usual
book-reviews may not present a very bold
face when ‘listed, but they are all ample,
interesting, and, in varying degrees, well-
written. The chief fault with the material
seems. to be a’ certain lack of finish rather
than any fundamental weakness; a wood-
enness of style,-an inflexibility of expres-
sion pervades each articles. © Even. Miss
Scribner, agile, as she is. with her words,
wants ye suppleness of phrase and point
of. view which is a reader’s” enchantment.
It is regrettable that Miss Scribner's arti-
cle does not maintain throughout the pace
of the first two paragraphs. But the rapid-
fire phrases lag a little toward the end
and although the end is very good inde

it is not so good as it should be. Where,
oh where, have Miss Scribner’s delightful
“|short stories gone?

» This Frenzied Campus by Louise San-
‘\ford is a level-headed and clearly-expressed
exposition of the curriculum questions
which have for so long been. stirring
vaguely in the minds of all of us.’ She is
to be commended for her coolness and de-
termination, for her engaging yet perfectly
clear_presentation,.and_ above all for the
simple directness which is in this article.
The issues which she raises are of, para-
mount importance because they. are very
near to all undergraduates. In. the settle-
ment which must soon be made her reason-
able statement should surely be a great
help in determining public opinion.

Of the two short stories, Spanish Paper
by Miss Child has the greater. plot inter-
est, although in this, as in character, it runs
very much on the established order of such
things. To have a stamp the be-all and
the end-all of our hero’s efforts is some-
thing out of the ordinary, it is true, and a
reader is very much taken up with whether
Ludlow will get away with his exotic loot
or not, but it is essentially a story that

slidés in one ear and out the other, with a’

certain read-it-with-your-eyes-shut quality
common ‘to. its kind. And yet why should
a story, especially a ‘short one, be anything
Such things are creatgd to entertain
and Spanish Paper does not fall short of
its~ mission.

Miss Gray’s Sisie, on the other hand,
relies for interest not on the plot but on
the characters. For so short a ‘story, the
characters remain fixed in the reader's
‘}mind with a most creditable clearness—
creditable to Miss Gray, not the reader—
and they have, moreover, a consistency of
action with character which is rare in
amateur productions. _ Early writers seem
woefully determined to fix any deed what-
soever on a character, utterly regardless of
the impulses which might move him. With
Miss Gray, however, a deed has a motive,

|and therefore her writing can never be | <

wholly trash. But Miss Gray’s story suffers
| badly from her lack of personal experience



“THREE AND HENRIETTA”
‘SEEK EEK SUNNY. SOUTH

Mi isses
rowe Visit Georgia in Vacation .

Specially Contributed

The three of us, or perhaps one should
say the four, for surely Henrietta deserves
to be included, as a benevolent and almost
human member of the trio—well, anyway,
we sct off on the Wednesday before
Christmas. :

It was most’ cold and freezy. and many

—expressing kind sentiments of hope and
cheer, but scarcely able to conceal their joy
that they were not participating in our
chilly adventure. Did they picture us a
week later basking in the hot sun with our
complexions: tanned to a rich mahogany?
We proved most conclusively that the
South is undoubtedly warmer than the
North,—our picnic butter daily became less
like _chedder cheese unfortunately this
tendency was shared with the roads, which
also became fluid ate’ phenomenal ‘rate.
Still, Henrietta* nobly: responded to’ the
arduous task and remained intact through-

break. the spirits of steeds more highly
born but less- hardy. We passed many
stranded automobiles and viewed others

selves from the ever-deepening mire. Even
Henrictta sometimes got stuck and we saw
her back wheels spinning fruitlessly in the
greasy slosh—however, at these conjunc-
tures the two passengers always: ventured
forth—to the sad detriment of their foot-
wear and later of Henrietta’s interior—and
the helpful push behind never failed to get
us going again.

And so we progressed from day to day,
leaping like a chamois from crest to crest
or noseing like a crocodile through the
muddy ooze, till, on the following Tuesday
evening, we found ourselves at a_ spot
called Brunswick—a seaport of Southern
Georgia, (N. B.—Georgia, where the

domestica during the winter months.)
Here we stayed our-journeyings awhile,

the scenery and admiring the O-Cedar-
Mop-like palm trees and the brilliant color
of the poinsettias and other
plants, We also learned much regarding
the production and shipping of turpentine
and rosin, and there was a four-masted
schooner loading up with lumber to take
to New Haven whose interior. is not un-
known to us.

The happenings towards the close of our
travels can: only be indicated—twere better
to draw a discreet veil over the encounter
with @ ‘picturesque figure, attired in a kind
of Boy Scout hat, blue jersey and khaki
breeches, seated upon a spirited steed. He
took~an undue interest in us and insisted
upon our accompanying -him back to a
small hamlet, where we were introduced to
his companions, ‘who, though kindly and
sym@gthetic, did not refrain from charging
‘us“tather heavily for their hospitality.
They indicated that further similar .oc-
casions might arise unless we took ad-
‘vantage of the gathering darkness to
conceal from the eagle eyes of their watch-
ful brethren the fact that. our — nfimber
plates were not, quite as they should be!
Therefore, although late afternoon and
about fifteen miles the far wide of Balti-
more, we decided to go right through to
Bryn Mawr. _°

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IN INTERCOLLEGIATE MAGAZINE-
“Every Day in Every Way,” by D. Me-
serve, ’23, and “Moments Religieux,” by

lax Lantern, have been republished inthe
American Intercollegiate M. agazine. . for
December.

The magazine was first ears in 1921
with the purpose of keeping up the stand-
ard of = aged er students.



kind friends assembled to bid us goodbye-

out .in spite of rough going sufficient td

making frantic efforts to extricate them-

peaches grow, and the habitation of musca |
giving ourselves over to investigation of |

tropical ©

TWO “LANTERN” ARTICLES APPEAR

K. Connor, '24, which were printed in the ©»