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College news, December 19, 1918
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
Bryn Mawr College
1918-12-19
serial
Weekly
6 pages
digitized microfilm
North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 05, No. 11
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/26mktb/alma991001620579...
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BMC-News-vol5-no11
*f angibane that tex ebth thts ot ton. ab-
lantic a committee of young writers be
‘set up and that every month a bundle of
books be exchanged,” he writes. Telling
of his first glimpse of the shore of
’ America, he says: “I knew that some-
thing unknown, a beauty yet inexperi-
enced, was floating toward me; and tak-
ing a volume of modern English poetry
from my pocket I read on and on until I
‘grew assured that I also, wafted from the
Old World to the marvelous New,
brought with me some quality of beauty
as yet perhaps- unknown to those who
awaited me beyond the horizon.”
Mr. Nichols will have an article enti-
tled “That Damned Englishman” in one
of the 1919 numbers of McClure’s.
Many Firms Co-operate to Make Indus-
trial Course Successful
(Continued from page 2.)
Many other firms have offered oppor-
tunities of observation and will be visited
and announced later.
In entering the field of Employment
Management, we are not only aiming to
know and to stand for the best practice
already set by the Employment. Mana-
gers, but we are dependent upon the wise
supervision and experience of these ex-
ecutives. When a few years ago monthly
meetings made known to the country the
existence of a new profession—a profes-
sion which aimed to reduce the number
of industrial misfits by recognizing that
a man on an unsuitable task is working
at a disadvantage, both to himself and to
the organization—many industries awak-
ened for the first time to the need of a
centralized labor policy. Few realized
how comprehensive was the problem.
Studying the conditions of a job, as well
as the fitness of a man, means making
use of the research of experts, both in
psychology, medicine and engineering.
Transferring misplaced workers realizing
that while the old employee had faults,
the new one will have others, and these
are unknown, implies interesting all fore-
men and minor executives in retaining
present employees in the organization.
Keeping the man on the job, compels a
policy of promotion, as well as a knowl-
edge of causes of absenteeism, home, and
housing conditions. Retaining satisfied
employees means providing a suggestion
system to get their ideas to the manage-
ment, hearing their complaints, and meet-
ing their leaders in the adjustment of
grievances.
The employment manager cannot alone
care for all these activities. What he can
do is to co-ordinate the work of labor
management. To provide trained women
for this work of co-ordination is the aim
of the Bryn Mawr course. Such train-
ing cannot be the work of one or two
persons, but demands the all-together of
a corps of experts in the fields of Govern-
ment, Economics, Psychology, Sociology
and Education, combined with the experi-
ence of Industrial Physicians, Safety and
Sanitary Engineers, as well as Employ-
ment Managers.
The work which the Y. W. C. A. under-
took throughout the war in its Bureau of
Industrial Supervision made plain to that
organization the need of more specializa-
tion for women directing employees. It
was logical to secure from Bryn Mawr.
with its Department of Industrial and
Social Research, an expansion of its
training to include employment problems.
The courses were made possible by the
scholarships and financing of the Y. W.
C. A.
Credit—K. Outerbridge.
Passed—M. Bettman, A. Blue, E.
Cooper, M. France, C. Hayman, D. Her-
ing, C. Hollis, E. Howes, H. Karns, W.
Kaufman, M. Krantz, A. Landon, BE. Mac-
donald, H. Prescott, R. Ray, M. Snavely,
H. Tappan, A. Thorndike, A. Warner, R. |
Wheeler, L. Wood, R. Woodruff.
Failed—V. Anderton, S. Belville, M.
Broomfield, R. Chadbourne, F. Clarke, A.
Collins, H. Collins, F. Fuller, D. Hall, R.
Hamilton, T. Haynes, G. Hearne, EF. Hur-
lock, H. Johnson, M. Lafferty, E. Lanier,
M. Mackenzie, M. Munford, D. Peters, R.
Ramsay, R. Reinhardt, A. Stiles, C. Taus-
sig, S. Taylor, M. Thurman, M. Tyler, D
Walton.
RECONSTRUCTION . TALKS TO BE
GIVEN AFTER MID-YEARS
A series of talks on Reconstruction,
mostly by students, will be given on
Wednesday evenings after mid-years,
under the Bible and Mission Study Com-
mittee of the Christian Association. The
lectures will be based on a course given
last summer at Silver Bay, by Dr. Gilkey.
His notes will be used.
The program now planned is: D. Cham-
bers 19, “The Church of the Future”; M.
Carey '20, “Reconstructing Government”;
L. Wood ’19, ‘“‘The New Industrial Order”;
Miss Leville, Vassar '19, “The Coming In-
ternationalism”; E. Cecil ’21, “Remaking
Human Nature”; and Dr. Gilkey, “Why
We Follow Christ in Rebuilding.” The
committee is not certain that Miss Le-
ville and Dr. Gilkey can come.
The talks will take only ten minutes,
and will be followed by informal discus-
sion, led perhaps by three or four people
chosen to help the speakers.
FRESHMEN COMPLETE SYSTEM TO
REGULATE OFFICE HOLDING
Offices Divided into Four Classes
No member of the Freshman Class, by
a new system recently adopted as a by-
law to their constitution, may hold offices
amounting to more than 9 points. All
offices open to Freshmen are divided into
four classes, as follows:
A—Counting 4 Points
Class officers.
B—Counting 3 Points
Song mistress.
Captains—ist team.
Managers—ist team.
C. A. Treasurer
War Council representative.
Member of Advisory Board of Under-
graduate Association.
C—Counting 2 Points
Representatives on C. A. committees.
Representatives on Undergraduate com-
mittees.
Representatives on War Council com-
mittees.
Hall representatives.
Cheer leader.
D—Counting 1 Point
Member of Song committee.
Member of Point committee.
RED CROSS CALLS FOR SWEATERS
Everyone is asked by the Red Cross
Committee to knit sweaters during vaca-
tion, to be turned in on January 6th.
48,000 is the alldtment to be filled by
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland,
before that date. Knitted garments are
urgently needed for men still in service,
especially in Siberia, where hundreds are
dying of pneumonia from the intense
cold.
Wool for sweaters may be obtained
from D. Lubin, 76 Denbigh.
Ot PATBONIEIWG ADVERTISERS. PLEASE
last week's issue of the News, which con-
tained the account of the rally.
‘Lieutenant Kersley says, “I have been
considering some of my utterances on
Saturday evening last, when I was ac-
corded the great honour and privilege of
visiting your dear old college, and I feel
that I may have been misunderstood.
“After Miss Taft had spoken and paid
such a fine tribute to the British I was so
touched by her remarks as to how Amer-
ica. was now understanding Britain and
how you would love us in the future, that
I had to entirely change my address, and
endeavour to express my feelings of
thankfulness.
“Since I have been in America I have
_ | learned to love the people and country to
such an extent that I cannot but feel it
my duty in the future to do all in my
power to help my brethren over the
water realize what you are to us, and if I
said anything that wasn’t clear on Satur-
day evening I trust I will be forgiven, be-
cause my remarks were spontaneous.
For instance, when I stated we should
not send food to Germany I meant, we
should not even consider sending food to
Germany before we had fed the other na-
tions, France, Belgium, Servia, Roumania
and others, and then we could consider
feeding Germany when we had found out
whether it was true that she did really
need help and also whether she needed
help more than Italy and Russia. That is
my idea, but I know I did not make it
plain on Saturday, when speaking.
“I again state that Britain can* never
agree to a League of Nations if Germany
is included, firstly, because Germany can-
not be trusted because a contract with her
signature on it is only a scrap of paper,
and also Germany is not repentant and
does not now consider she is beaten. Un-
til Germany becomes civilized (at present
she is barbaric) we civilized people can
never hold her hand.”
PLANS AS TO RELATIONS WITH *
CONSUMERS’ LEAGUE CHANGED
Will Not Be a Bryn Mawr Chapter
Contrary to all previous plans, Bryn
Mawr will not have a Consumers’ League
chapter. Instead, the college’s connec-
tion with the Consumers’ League will be
governed by one of three plans, worked
out by the Christian Association Board
and the chairman of the Social Service
Committee, which will be voted on by the
Christian Association at a future meet-
ing. The plans are:
(1) To be connected with the Consum-
ers’ League in the same way that the
Christian Association is connected with
the I. C. S. A.—that is, by giving an an-
nual lump sum from the C. A. Budget.
(2) Not to establish any financial con-
nection, but to embody it in the policy
of the Social Service Committee to in-
vite each year one speaker from the Con-
sumers’ League to keep the College in-
formed of its work.
(8) To take no official action, but to
encourage students to belong as_ indi-
viduals in their home communities.
Swimming News
The swimming meets have been post-
poned until February.
At the time of Freshman authorizations
after Christmas members of 1922 will be
tried out for medals as well as for author-
ization.
During the swimming season Mr.
Bishop will give free lessons to advanced
swimmers and divers, and Miss Kirk will
teach elementary diving as well as
swimming.
A Booby Swimming Meet will be held
January 11th.
MENTION “THE COLLEGE NEWS”
the War Service Conference held at Vas
sar last spring. The agreement was to
|exchange reports on war work in Decem-
ber, March and June. The following are
summaries of the reports of the seven
War. Council committees:
Red Cross and Allied Relief Department
The Red Cross and Allied Relief De-
partment could not begin until] November |
on account of the influenza. $8500 was
voted upon early in November as the col-
lege Service Corps’ quota for the first se-
mester, (The time limit has since been
extended until June.) $4122 has been
pledged by the four classes, leaving $4357
to be raised by the classes, faculty and
varsity. $1906 was raised for the Five
Counties War Chest.
The Red Cross Work Room has been
given over to Reclamation and Comfort
Kits Departments. The average attend-
ance has been 35 a day, total 732. 350
comifort kits were filled, 192 garments
were mended and 225 socks were darned.
Three knitting machines, running five
nights a week, have turned out 45 pairs
of socks. Many pairs of hand-knitted
socks have been turned into the depart-
ment. The Wool Department reported a
handicap on account of lack of wool.
Liberty Loan Committee
The college Liberty Loan campaign
was limited to the last ten days of the
National Campaign from October 11th to
the 19th, on account of the epidemic. The
college more than doubled its quota of
$25,000, raising $58,700 through 367 sub-
seribers, $161.25 has been raised by the
committee since then by a sale of thrift
and war saving stamps.
Food Production Department
The workers at the Bryn Mawr Farm
have averaged 40 on Saturdays and 6 to 8
daily. The workers were partly volun-
teers and partly obtained through self-
imposed conscription and were unpaid.
Vegetables have been gathered, packed
and driven to the campus. Some were
distributed for immediate use and some
were buried for winter use.
Food Conservation Department
The Food Conservation Committee has
endeavored to regulate public opinion
through articles and posters. It controls
the sale of food on the campus.
Education Department
The Education Department has aided
the office in assigning dates to the differ-
ent clubs and classes in order to avoid
confusion and crowding of dates for out-
side speakers. The department has one
date a semester for the benefit of the
Service Corps.
Maintaining Existing Social Agencies
About sixty students are registered
with the Social Service Committee for
work at the Community Center. More
than a hundred helped with the cleaning
of an unused hotel, which was converted
into an influenza hospital during the epi-
demic. Bates House had the best sum-
mer ever known at Long Branch. $3142
has been pledged by the 354 members of
the Christian Association for work in
China, Japan, Switzerland and toward the
support of Bates House.
Conscription
The Conscription Board appointed last
May, when 4 hours a week of war work
were decided on, was successful in carry-
ing out its duties. The system of posting
the names of the students who failed to
carry out the requirements on a “black
list” was adopted. With the signing of
the armistice, conscription was given up
and methods for voluntary work are be-
ing tried, in order to have a less abnor-
mal and strained atmosphere.
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