College news, April 16, 1924

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- INTERRACIAL PROBLEMS

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‘BRYN MAWR; PA.; WEDNESDAY,

APRIL 16, 1924

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DISCUSSED AT SWARTHMORE

Opportunities in Educational and
Economic Matters Essentially

Needed by Negro '

BRYN MAWR SENDS DELEGATES





Colored and white delegates met to dis-
cuss interracial problems at a conference
held last weck-end at Swarthmore; under
the auspices of the Bryn Mawr Liberal
Club, the Swarthmore Polity Club, and
the University of Pennsylvania Forum.
Other‘ colleges represented” were Haver-
ford, Virginia Normal and Industrial,
Hampton, Lincoln, City College of New
York, Union Theological and West Vir-
ginia Col@giate Institute. Attending from
Bryn Mawr were: E. Briggs ’24, F. Begg
24, M. Rodney ’24, P. Fansler ’24, R. Mur-
ray 24, F. Briggs ’25, H. D. Potts ’25, E.
Baldwin 25, H. Hermann ’25, D. O’Shea
26, H. Hopkinson ’26.. ~f

The problem was approached through
the historical background of the negro and
his present social status. As regards any
contact with the white race the negro, with
few exceptions, such as DuBois, has no
standing at all.

Discrimination against negroes exists in
varying degrees throughout the different
states, ranging from~discrimination in the
use of tram.cars and restaurants to dis-
crimination at the polls and education.
Segregation, especially in the matter of
schools, was generally acknowlé@dged not
necessarily to mean discrimination. It onfy
became such when the negro was forced
to attend decidedly inferior schools. Edu-
cational facilities for the negro, however,
are improving throughout the South, ac-
cording to Mr. H. Brown, of Hampton
University, though they are still far from
good. In South Carolina, for example,
for every eighty dollars spent on the edu-
cation of a white, seven are spent on that
of a negro. .For the South the problem
does not hinge around the question of sep-
arate schools, but around the necessity of
obtaining well-equipped colored schools.

Discrimination in matters of education,
the Conference felt, should be made on the‘
basis of intelligence.and not of color
Delegates from colleges where there were
both white and black students felt that
the contact obtained: in this way lead to
mutual understanding and esteem.

Mr. E. Corbie, of City Coflege, New
York, felt that the negro had a very defi-
nite, contribution to make as a race, afid
that its identity should not be lost. The
only way in which the colored race can

ing knowledge of itself and of its con-
tribution to the world from the time .ol
Hiram to that of Hannibal the Phoenician.
and of Egyptian civilizations; even to the
time when the cotton seed was brought to
America. -

- What the negro race needs more than

‘delegates, is opportunity ‘in-all.fields of life,
but especially in education. Present preju-
dice can never be overcome unless the
negro is giyen the opportunity of self-

-meet to discuss common problems of na-
tional and international importance ; unless
journalism, writing and teaching cease to









“qualities and passing lightly over any at-
_tainments of the race. :

foster prejudice by emphasizing the bad

- The question of amalgamation, it was
‘general felt, was a minor issue and one

JUNIOR MONTH TO OUTLINE
_SOCIAL SERVICE WORK

Chapel Speaker Explains Program

and Its Significance



Miss Clare‘ Tousley, Secretary of the
Charity Organization of New York, and
Director of Junior Month, talked in chapel
last Friday morning on what Junior Month
stands for and ‘what the delegates accom
plish. :

Junior Month is a conference on socia’
work held at the Finch School, New York
City, during the month of July. A dele
gate is sent from each of twelve prominent
eastern colleges. for women,* including

| Wellesley, Smith, Mt, Holyoke, Vassar and

Bryn Mawr. The aim of the conference
is to give college undergraduates who are
interested in social work a glimpse inte
every phase of it. .To do this, each week
of the conference is divided into three
days of casework, and two and a half days
of lectures and trips.

Some time is spent’on every field of so-
cial work, from the* various problems of
housing and health, to Americanization.
The best speakers obtainable in cach sub-
ject give informal talks followed by dis-
cussions. Among the speakers last year
were Dr. Gordon Hamilton, a graduate of
Bryn Mawr, and specialist in feeble-mind:
edness, and Dr. Kirchwey, an authority on
criminology. Each lecture is followed by a
trip to some institution. Last year the
Children’s Court of New York City was
visited, where several cases were heard and
the judge interviewed. After a talk by Dr
Katherine Davis the Juniors inspected Bed-
ford Reformatory for Delinquent Girls
An opportunity was also given for com
paring the excellent reformatory at James:
burg, New Jersey, where the boys have a
form of self-government, and are allowed
to play baseball, with a similar institution
the so-called House of Refuge, where sen-
tries pace outside the cells and the rule of
silence is imposed during meals.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDENT
ORGANIZATION EXPLAINED

Bryn Mawr May Join in _Ffforts
for International. Understanding



The Confédération Internationale des
Etudiants (C. I. E.) is a federation of
National Students Unions formed for the
purpose gf developing international bonds
of fellowship between students, co- -ordinat-
ing their intellectual activities, and pro-
moting their common educational and so-
cial interests. It is an association of stu-
dents without political.or religious discrimi-
nation.

The students of twenty European coun-
tries are affiliated to the C. I. E. and those
of the British Dominions are meeting in
England this summer with a vid to par-
ticipation.

The educational aims of the C. I. E. and
its more general purpose*of promoting in-
ternational understanding and good will
have been furthered during the last three
years by “various practical activities car-
ried out through the head offices of the
various National Unions. Students going
abroad are given assistance in arranging
their itineraries and are furnished With in-
troductions to Students with common in-
terests in. the countries they are visiting.
Correspondence exchanges, visits and tours

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the Undergraduate Association elected
A. Johnston, ’26, Secretary, and V. New-
bold, 27, Treasurer, at a meeting last



that wou! d settle itself along natural lines.

‘Wednesday. |

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SELF-GOVERNMENT -PASSES
NEW RULES AT MEETING

Permission to Motor at Night
Unchaperoned Still Questioned



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Announcements were read, amendments
made and motions: passed at a meeting of
the Self-Government Association, in Taylor
Hall, a week ago last Tuesday.

in regard to reporting infractions of Self-
Government rules, Miss Coyne. ‘This
is one. of the subjects to be discussed at
the Intercollegiate Self-Government Con

ference'to be held at Bryn Mawr next fall.
The feeling of the college is to be ascer-
tained-now because the matter has been
often discussed this winter and 1s more
clearly in the public mind than it may be
next fall. Other announcements were made
to the’ effect that stockings must always
be worn, on campus and a™skirt and coat
must be worn over a classic dancing cos-
tune in the Library and the'Inn. By -an
Executive Board decision head proctors are
o~be called Hall Presidents. The new
Hall Presidents are to be provided. with a
slip on which those who have heen proc-
tored more than once in one evening may
sign. The Self-Government Administra-
tion is to have an offfte in the Pembroke-
East Music Rooms for the filing of its
records.

Miss Park has asked for further and
careful consideration of the “motoring at
night with a man, unchaperoned” amend-
ment. She has discussed this with several
women on the Board of Directors and
agrees with them that this is not a wise
amendment to submit to them at this time.
Cars are heing searched constantly for
liquor, and_if the fact-that- anyone had been
stopped and searched reached the papers
it might bring -discredit-on~ the college’
There is the further danger of accident and
of being left alone in the car when the
man goes for help. In addition, the irre-
sponsible girl is likely to change her plans

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DR. ROSS EXPLAINS CHANGE
IN MEANING OF RELIGION



Ecclesiastical Authority Overcome

Today by. Personal Belief



Some changes in the essence and embodi-
ment of religion since he discussed them
at Bryn Mawr fifteen years ago, were cited
by Dr. Johnston Ross, Professor of Homi-
fletics at Union Theological Seminary, in
Chapel last Sunday.

Formerly it was generally objected .to
preaching, that it was all right for those
who liked it, but that its institutions were
provincial, partial, sectional, and conven-
tional. To this, Dr. Ross, trying to over-
come the objection, opposed the fact that
the essence was universal. In the time that
has intervened, the former unquestioning
way*in which people went to ‘church, even
though it was odious, has ceased. People
are better able now to discriminate _be-
tween the essence and embodiment of re-
ligion because in most colleges there are
courses for this purpose.’ Another differ-
ence is that religion is more inescapable.

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The Dramatic .Club of the University
of Pennsylvania is giving “R. U..R.,” at
the Plays and Players Theatre, Seven-
teenth and DeLancey Streets, on the
evening of May 5, for the benefit of the
Bryn Mawr Summer School. Tickets
may be obtained at the Summer School
Office, Pembroke East



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A questionnaire will be put on the doors

|THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS

HERE, SAYS MR. SIMPSON

A. Speaker ‘Calls Marriage and
Property Obstacles to Finest

Spiritual Growth



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ONLY LAW IS THAT OF LOVE



Mr. William Simpson, pacifist and mystic,
spoke in Taylor last Wednesday night about
the way ‘of life which he practises.

After graduating from Union Seminary,
MrsSimpson went to a‘small church in one
of the ‘worst industrial. districts of New
Jersey. “He was forced to resign from his
chirch in 1918 because of his. pacifism. In
order to realize the trials of a laboring man
he worked for six weeks. in mines, rail-
road gangs, and labor camps, attending So-
cialistic and I. W. W. meetings. He came
back opposed to capitalism but unhappy at
the materialistic methods of the workers.
He gave up all hfs private property and
now works with his hands for anyone who
desires his labor, making no charge for his
work, £ =

He prefaced his speech by reading sevy-
eral verses from the New Testament,
among which were, “Know the truth and
the truth shall make you free”; “Love your
enemies’; “Seek ye first. the kingdom of
God and His righteousness and all these
things shall be added unto you.” “Jesus,”
said Mr. Simpson, “usually meant what he
said and tried to. put his teaching into
practice.”

“We are living,” he went, on, “in the
decay of civilization. The tree is prone
and-the grubs-are burrowing in it.” Proph-
ets cry “Away with capitalism,” but capital-
ism is only “a symptom of the world’s
rotteness. We can no more affect the. sys-

tem’by changing its clothes than we can °

change a man by changing kgs attire.

Most of us-are trying to put “salve on
the sores” by means of social service work.
But the money which pays for such work
comes from the rich Who havé taken it
from the poor. People who do such work
do it with an-attitude of superiority. Such
activity does not bring the Kingdom of
¢: any nearer. What is asked for is all
that we are. We must have a sublime in-
differerice to results and the faith to leave
everything to God. We must see that God
is, that man is eternal, that the efoundation
of all the universe around us is love, that
there is no sin, no death, no evil. “In_all
of us is the capacity of living in that con-
sciousness, and as man comes to that con-
sciousness. we. shall build here a society
where these is no hate, greed, or pain, no
masters, presidents, or courts,°a world en-
tirely of love. The Kingdom of God is
here and can be entered now.” . For. society
there is no short-cut, and for individuals
the climb is painful and bloody.

To enter into the joy and peage of such
consciousness, one must be nin with

nothing less than “the perfection of God..

In the Bhogovotgftas, God is pictured as
saying, “Whenever dewn through the ages
righteousness has declined and un-right-
eousness is enthroned, I manifest myself
again.”
bodied in human lives, as it was embodied
in Buddha or Jesus. The price is our all,
every whit of selfishness. We are conscious
of'a division within us between two selves.
There is a little self, which makes for
separateness, making us think that our
good is apart from that of others, a chok-
ing, strangling, crucifying power. Then
there is the true self, expansive, reaching
out. to all, a love which leaves out no hu-

man being and makes for growth, whole- :

ness, and harmony.











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FOR CONSIDERATION

In these days there is for most of us
her€ at Bryn Mawr one dominant. thought
—May Day. Work-for it is all important,
eclipsing other college activities. However,
‘though we are busy, our opinions concern-
ing it are for the most part unformed and
our ideas unbiased, while after May 10 we
will be dither so elated by car weather
and success, or so cast down by rain that
the institution of May Day will seem. in
retrospect wholly good or bad. Surely
then, an event which takes so much of our
time and physical energy ‘should receive as
well. a little abstract consideration as to
its conduct and management in the future.
Any change to be instituted or improve-
ment to be made should really be discussed
and planned for now, while it is immediate,
and not later.

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LIBERAL CLUB _ :

This third year of the existence of the
Liberal Club as such, finds it with a wide
field of interests and many affiliations away
from Bryn Mawr. There is a large and
increasing number of ‘people, however, who
feel that the’ Liberal Club should play a
more important part in college life. At
present the situation is that wife the ac:
tivities of the club are of great interest
and. value to the people they directly touch,
the majority of both the members and the
college at large have rather too little share
in them. The club does not make itselt
felt sufficiently as an organization to at-
tract and sustain the attention of more than
a small group of students. This is un-
doubtedly due chiefly to its youth, and al:
ready it has shown great powers of devel-
opment. It is just this which makes us

_ restless-to have it go further and become

one of the determining influences in the
college. We have great faith in the Liberal
Club, in its power to lead public opinion,
and to strengthen general interest in ques-
tions of social service, industry and politics.

As practical suggestions therefore, we offe1

that greater publicity, more formal or:

* ganization and increased co-operation and

enthusiasm on the part of the members,

uld materially advance the interests “of
the club.: Also more lectures along cul-
tural lines such as the lecture on Nietzsche's
philosophy and that on Russian dramatic
art given last year would be greatly ap-

The lectures given this year have been
extremely valuable and illuminating. Next
year we hope that the club can achieve a
more forceful character and arouse active
interest in a larger percentage of the Col-

lege. : ‘

REFUTATION:

“They say” that romance is dead, and
sighing, express audibly a wish to have
~ been born jn the “good old days.” If they
_ would but read their dailies they would

find. romance and to-spare. I shall not tell

them where precisely, for then, souls of

~ fairness, they would be forced to read it,

and Jo! their complaint would vanish.
Knowing the value and general necessity
‘for a com grumble, to present to a



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sympathetic world, I cannot thus ruth-
lessly rob them. But lét me state that in
the same day a woman diver, first of her
kind, declared -her intention to go after
the treasure supposed to’ have sunk with a
Spanish ‘galleon in the sixteenth century,
off Scotland;»and someone purchased the
night shirt in which Napoleon died, as well
as the cup from which he last drank, whose
sole value lies in their use by that hero of
romance.



IN THE SPRING

I’m tired of Youth Movements,
« Radicals make me mad. 2

I hate all high-brow meetings.

Discussion groups are bad.

I like them in the winter,

I bear them in the fall;

But now I want to sit and dream

And never think at all.



THE COURSE OF LA FOLLETTE

Our politics have for many years been
cut and dried. The leaders of the*Repub-
lican and Democratic parties settle their’

| respective platforms,. pick their candidates

and fight for the Presidency or the office
in question on the same well-trodden paths
Senator La Follette brings a new and ex-
citing element-into-the-arena of presiden-
tial elections. According to articles in
Labour, and The Nation, if his health per-
mits, he will probably head no one party
new or old, but will Ygin on an independent
progressive ticket, that is, not attemptingsto
put up candidates for the Senate and the
House. He will run as a candidate in
those states having an.organization whose
principles he endorses, and which desires
to back ‘him; while in states having no
such organization he will run independ-
ently. The conservative folk are already
muttering that “La Follette is going to es-
tablish: a one-man power in America and
will rival Mussolini as Dictator.’ They

_may .be assured, however, that even Sen-

ator La Follette still doubts that the time
for parties to go has come. This is shown
by: the fact that the Farmer-Labor Feder-
ation, after hearing the report of two of
their members who called on Senator La
Follette in Washington; voted to change
the date of their convention for the nomi-
nation of a candidate to the presidency
until after the Republican convention.

Editors do not hold themselves respon-
sible for opinions expressed in this column.
To the Editor of THe CoLLEGE News:

As a very inactive member of the Lib-
eral’ Club'I should like to say first that a
Liberal Club should be almost, the most
valuable factor in college life; dnd _ sec-
ondly, that ours is at present an ineffectual!
though earnest organization. So at least
it seems to me. Instead of keeping our
campus life in touch with all the issues. of
the day which do not fall under the prov-
ince of the science clubs or the language
clubs as it ymight most helpfully do, the
Liberal Club is tending more and more
towards research and sociology; research
that seems a little advanced and technical
to any one who is not majoring in the_so-
cial sciences. And the conferences are he-
wildering — of us. They are often
difficult for“us to go to and their very’
little range limits the delegates who attend
them. .If we could have a conference here
at home more than once a year, it might
change our attitude of detachment. As yet
-we are unfamiliar with the methods of
conferences and uncomprehendirig of their
results. But I think that a few more
speakers on cultural subjects would be of
equally great value to us. The very name
of the Liberal Club suggests ari unlimited
scope for discussion. Why do we not hear
about the really arresting problems and -
coveries of our day? “

Of course it is impossible for a a
members alone to run a club successfully

and kratify the interests of all its members. |

The fact is that the enrollment af the Lib-
eral Club is about 66 and the average at-
tendante at meetings about 15. Now the

here.”

Té the Editor of THe CoLLEGE News:

Of course we all see the advantages of
conferences. We say, that through them
we meet students from other eplleges, get
other people’s points of view and after an
intense discussion and much hard though
often succeed in@settling some: question ot
mutual interest.

I dare say there isn’t a person .in col-
lege who hasn’t heard of conferences and
yet I wonder how many of us actually
have been benefited by then. It seems to
me that. our attitude is always, “Let’s go
to. a conference,” pever “Let’s have one
As far as I know: only one has
been held at Bryn Mawr this year, while
nearly every week-end a carefully selected
group of delegates has trouped off to other
colleges. Even when our own Liberal Club
has helped to plan and organize a confer-
ence we have had to go to Swarthmore.

Often, I must admit, we have all been
invited as guests. In point of fact, how-
ever, isn’t it “usually the same group of
energetic people which takes the trouble to
go?
their reports for inspiration.

Of course; in a Students’ Building 're-
ceiving delegates will be. much easier for
us, but still this seems to entail a com-
plete change in policy. Wouldn’t it be
worthwhile to stir up public interest and
enthusiasm by holding a few conferences
here ?

E. Matter, *25.

DEMOCRATIC GIRLS MAY CONNECT
WITH NATIONAL COMMITTEE

At a meeting of the Undergraduate As-
sociation on Friday, Miss Requa read a
letter from the Democratic National Com-
mittee to Miss Ely:

The letter read:

“My Dear Miss Ely:

“T am enclosing a letter we are sending
out in regard to some organization work
we hope to-carry out in the colleges and
universities of the country during the
month of: May. I wonder if~t would be
possible for you to send us the names of
a few Democratic girls at Bryn Mawr Col-
lege to whom I could write concerning this
matter. It would only be necessary for.a
meeting of a number of Democratic stu-
dents to be arranged for a certain date,
the necessary publicity to be secured, ete.,
so we could send an organizer to address
the meeting and outline our plan in detail.

“Thanking you for any assistance you
may be able ‘to give us, I am,

“Very sincerely yours,
“ELIZABETH BLAIR,
“Vice-Chairman.”
Miss Requa asked any Democrats who
were interested to give their names to
Eleanor Follansbee, ’26. ’

SOCIAL SERVICE CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD AT MT. IVY



Last |. C. S. A. Meeting Bryn Mawr Will
Attend Before Resignation



(Specially Contributed by Beth Dean, ’25)

This year’s Social Service Conference,
held at Mt. Ivy, New York, on the week-
end of April 25, 26, 27, promises to be our
last opportunity to get the intercollegiate
point of view on social work. The Con-
ference is under the atfSpices of the Inter-
collegiate Community Service Association,
and as Bryn Mawr’s resignation from the

“Association is to take effect immediately

after the conference, Bryn Mawr delegates
will not be invited next year.

The I. C. S. A.’s proposed program as
recently outlined by its president is pro-
gressive and worthwhile. The Bryn Mawr
Committees feels that what Vassar and
Wellesley .say of their work under the
T. C. S. A. indicates that. whether or not
Bryn Mawr resigns from the organization,
it might do well to keep in touch with the
I. C. S. A. current of ideas. ™

Anyone wishing further particulars may
apply to B. Dean, Denbigh. Registration
closes April 16.



enrolled members must: have been. inter-

ested once, could doubtless be again .if So-

cialism exercised a less energetic monopoly.
sce LEFFERTS.







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: Engaged
Roberta Murray, ’24, to ‘Tom Fansler,
Haverford, ’21. | -- “

The rest of the college’ depends on’

MR, SIMPSON’S TALK CREATES |
INTEREST AMONG’ STUDENTS

Wide



Difference of. Opinion in

Resulting - ‘Discussion



The formal discussion which followed
Mr. Simpson’s talk last Wednesday. night
and which has been continued informally
throughout the week revealed certain dis-
agreements among those who heard - him.

At the Wednesday evening discussion

the questions put to Mr. Simpson depended _

largely on his statement that, marriage
was an obstacle to the fullest attainment
of spiritual development. It was quite
evident that almost every student was op-
posed to him on that score, mentioning the
danger of race suicide if the finest mem-
‘bers of a society adopted such a course.
Most of them also disagreed with his state-
ment that love. hindered’ one’s highest de-
velopment because it leads to reliance on

the audience felt that love was a stimulus
to mental and spiritual growth.

“As to the general idea which Mr. Simp-
son spoke of, the life which is all spirit
and no matter, which will not compromise
its
meffiate good, opinions differed widely.
Some were temporarily inspired to do as
he has done; these, however, were in the
minority. The greater part seemed to think
that his way of living, though successful
with ‘him, was impractical for most peoplé
and of less value to others than that of the

‘| person who tries-to right the wrongs which

he sees, although seeming to acquiesce in
an iniquitous social order to do so. They
felt that while the most sublime happiness
may be found in a life such as he lives,
there is, nevertheless, a more unselfish way
where the individual’s supreme spiritual
development is forgotten for the sake of
others.

IN THE NEW BOOK ROOM

Vindication, Stephen McKenna.

There is at least harmony between the
subject matter—and—its—treatment—in— this
book. Both -are superficial. No ‘power
in writing could give significance to the
purposeless manoeuvres of some artificial
members of English society. And no
characters whose most important actions
are based merely on shallow selfishness
could make a trivial treatment worth while,

The author would have us take interest
in the story of Gloria Britton, the penni-
less daughter of a once socially established
and now depraved father. To hold it, he
describes the conflict between her desire.
for wealth and comfort and her love for
one man. Gloria’s weakness, ineffective-
ness in decision, may be true to life, but,
unredeemed +by any really strong point of
character, bad or good, it appears dull and
unconvincing,

This is true of all the people in the ‘book.
Some are given more prominence than

ine, but none stand out as actual figures.
It is as though their actions and reactions
had been caught in the author's experi-
ence, then dropped on them as sufficiently
plausible figures. Their characteristics
suggest the rooms of a house heaped in
one spot without a framework to give
them order and shape.

Some may consider that the author
shows great skill in maintaining his char-

cause this is true of one ‘sction of life,
But we would argue that mediocrity

some .intuitive penetration into its causes
and results, with a sense of its general sig-
nificance rather than of its isolated exist-
ence. Then a book based on its treatment
might attain some importance, while, in
our opinion, Vindication has ngne.

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ERRATUM —

sion, is reported to have said, “The courts

the weakness-of the attorneys.” It
tthe courts but .the —- whi Miss



Strauss said were inefficient. OF GN

cg ideals for the sake of an im-

others through their relation to the hero-

acters at an even level of mediocrity, be-

Miss Dorothy Strauss, in her recent ad--
dress at Bryn Mawr on law as a profes-

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Vol. X., No. 22. . April 16, 1924.

“THE COLLEGE NEWS |

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Facts and Fancies of May Day

Observations have frequently been made
that mankind is the same the world over.
in that it is gratified to see its name and
above all its picture, in the daily paper.
Not so with Bryn Mawr. , At the announce-
ment that the Fox, Stanley, Pathé, ’ Inter-
national, etc., moving-picture corporations
would take “movies” and “stills” of some
twenty-five characters in costume in the
cloisters yesterday afternoon, there arose
a.tumult of lamentation from all. twenty-
five. The affair undoubtedly caused every:
one inconvenience, the cameramen, the
principals, the costumers at East House and
all others concerned; but the result, we
trust, will justify the . effort. These pic:
tures will be shown everywhere during the
following weeks. May Day will be pleas-
antly brought to the attention of hundreds
too” busy to~ read their papers; andthe
effect will tell in the ticket receipts of May
Oth and 10th. May those who come after
us, both in thé near future and the far,
as they enjoy ‘their music courses or their
auditorium, think of the reluctant twenty-
five—with gratitude!

Mrs. Otis Skinner will speak on Pag-

23rd of this month, and, via Gertrude
Macy’s receiving apparatus in Pembroke-
East, the College may hear of its activities
even while it carries'them on.

Tur News wishes to retract a statement
made in the last issue to the effect that
May Day would lose a thousand dollars if
it rained on the dates set for the féte. All
and more than all the possible loss is COV-
ered by insurance. Postponement an-
nouncements are in the press and will, be
prominently posted in all the cities in case
May 12th should be substituted for either
the 9th or 10th. Contracts and tickets allow
for this possible postponement; and in
fact May Day makes a profit in case of
rain, since insurance more than covers loss
in gate receipts. If a bad shower comes
up, however, the chaotic rout to get the
audience to shelter, the costumes to safety
and the hounds, horses, «pheasants, lambs,
chickens, the pig, the donkey, not to speak
of-the Dragon, and_all the rest of the ani:
mal kingdom of Elizabeth’s Age, to no one
knows where, will most thoroughly devas:
tate the entire personnel of the festival
“A sight to dream of, not to tell!” Each
soft sunny day that goes by now, bringing
out the Forsythia and over-taxing the
bulbs, seems. a tantalizing example of what
the weather has no intention of doing three
weeks hence. .

Costume work down at East House goes
on with usual intensity, and, we must say
increasing fascination. The rich and splen
did stuffs made, by devious processes, from
stuffs neither rich nor splendid, are covetec
by all who behold them; and more pe
destrian work goes a-begging while under-
graduates blow inks’ and dyes furiously
through fixators, and stencil lions rampant
on an azure field? Great. rows of trophies
for the captives in Alexander and Cam-
paspe are being repainted by the committee
for properties, and just now a gay and
charmingly colored pavilion for Robin
Hood’s merry-men is being mapped out and
constructed. All expect the appearance of
the long-desired, long-awaited Ass’s head
for the Midsummer Night’s Dream. A
sturdy box with padlock has been already
made for his reception, where he will stay
safe for future May Days. The Dragon
has two new stories of teeth, or rather,
tusks, his feet and nether parts are truly
resplendent and terrifying, and he whiffles
crimson through his nostrils. Transforma-
tions at East House are rapid. One morn-
ing the glass bust of a be-wigged Lady was
seen in a hairdresser’s front window in the
village: that afternoon it was surmounted
by a trial helmet made of glue and news-
paper, and Minerva herself, as Olympic
‘in her own line as Taylor’s Juno, surveyed
her latest realms with pride.



: : NEWS IN BRIEF

Basketball, played out of doors with boys’
rules, began this. week. The practices, how-
ever, wl be irregular this -year as fhe



not inter»*re with May Day rehearsals. —

CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION .
REVISES CONSTITUTION



By New Arrangement, Underclassmen
Have More Prominence on Board

A’ revision of the Constitution of the
Christian Association was: made at a meet-
ing last Wednesday.

As it stands now, said Kathleen Gallwey,
24, President, the Board consistyof a pres-
ident and vice-president, from the Senior
class and two Senior members, a treasurer
from the Junior class and two Junior mem-
bers,'a secretary from the Sophomore class,
one Freshman member, and two general
members, nearly always a Senior and a
Junior. This meansgthat the present Board
is run. by upper classmen.

The revised constitution provides for the
same number of members from the Senior
and Junior class, but calls for a secretary

and two mg¢mbers from the Sophomore*

class, one Freshman member and one. Grad-
uate member.

PHILADELPHIA music peueipai TO

POPULARIZE GOOD MUSIC
A Philadelphia Music Festival will be
held for the first time ine the Arena on
the evenings of May 1, 2 and 3. Famous
opera singerS™have been engaged .in addi-
tion to a large orchestra of Philadelphia
musicians and a thorus of over a thousand
voices. The mission of the Festival is to
“make good music popular. and popular
music good.” es
There will be an “Opera Night,” a “Wag-
ner Night,” and a “Concert Night.” On
“Opera Night” Rose Ponselle and Gio-
vanni Martinelli, Both leading members of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, will
render selections, assisted by the orchestra
and the chorus. The following night
Emma Kruger, Kathryn Mesle and Paul
Althouse will sing .Wagnerian music. On
Saturday evening, which is “Concert
Night,” "Olga Samaroff, said to be the
greatest living human pianist, and Nina
Morgana, are on the prggram., =
Tickets’ are on sale at Conway’s, 217
South Broad-Street, Philadelphia, and may
be had from $2.75 up, for the series.

DANCE GIVEN FOR BATES HOUSE
FIRST SINCE MUMPS RULE

An informal dance was held for the |’

benefit of Bates House in: the gymnasium,
Saturday night. The party was a success
both in fact that it was much enjoyed and
that it succeeded in clearing $24.45. Janet
Seeley '27 and Eleanor Morris ’27 were in
charge of the pretzels, which tempted many,
especially those who came in from early
picnic suppers, while the punch made and
served by Ellen Haines ’27, Elizabeth Nor-
ton ’27 and Elizabeth Cunningham '27, was
refreshing to many. The music was sup-
plied by a Freshman orchestra which played
unflaggingly until five minutes of ten on
the eager entreaties of the guests.

SELF-GOVERNMENT PASSES
NEW RULES AT MEETING

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

after writing her destination. Registration
could not prevent any of these things from
happening. - :

The motion that election rules should
be amended to read that straw votes shall
be taken in all classes for their members
of the Executive Board and that a quorum
must be present at such straw votes was
made by E. Pearson, ’24, and passed unani-
mously. It was agreed that since ‘such
votes are customary, they might as well
be included in the rules, and if they are
to stand for the opinion of the class it is
only fair that a quorum should be present.

Clause 3, of Resolution X¥,*which reads,
“The Association does not allow its mem-
bers to use fermented beverages except
for medicinal purposes,” was omitted from
the Constitution. N. Hough, '25, pointed
out that the board cannot enforce the rule
as it stands now. Usually no action was
taken when people reported drinking cock-
tails in private houses. The incoming board
will work on a resolution that liquor shall
not be used on the campus.







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A. Woodworth, ’25, moved that proctors
be chosen for two weeks time at the discre:
tion of the Hall Presidents. It was felt
that a proctor serving for two weeks was
more efficient than one serving for 2
shorter term, because ‘one week scarcely
gives time to realize or discharge efficiently
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The motion was carried unanimously.

It was moved by L. Barber, ’25, and
carried that students, who are’ proctored
more than Once in.an evening must sign
on a slip: provided by the Hall President:
‘that in case of continued infraction of the
quiet hour rules the Executive Board
be empowered to impose fines. So far, in
cases of infraction of this rule there has
been no penalty, other than the two ex-
trémes of gentle remonstrance from the
Hall President and the reprimand, which
has consequences out of proportion to the
offense. :


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NEWS FROM OTHER COLLEGES
Haverford

The formation of an undergraduate com-
mittee whose duty it shall be to personally
interview as many candidates for admission
‘as possible was approved by the Faculty
at a meeting held Thursday, March 20, at
Haverford. :

This committee will request each appli-
cant to meet with it on a date convenient

_ to a majority of those concerned. After-|

‘tthe interview the prospective Haverfordian
will be’ entertained on the campus by the
committee. A written record will be kept
of the results of each of these conferences.
These records will be turitd over to the
Faculty Committee on Admission, who will
make use of this information in selecting
those who are on the border line on the
question of admission.
| Those who pass all the entrance exami-
nations ‘according to this scheme will be
admitted without question. The remainder
of the incoming class will be. selected by
the Faculty Committee, who will make use
of the report of the Undergraduate Com-
mittee in making their decision.

Dartmouth

‘Dartmouth undergraduates are taking the
lead among colleges in organizing for in-
dependent political action. For the purpose
of educating American students to bri
about co-operation between labor an
learning for the formation of a labor party
modeled on the British Labor Party:as well
as for the purpose of sending delegates to
the Cleveland Convention of liberal groups
an undergraduate Dartmouth Club for. In-
‘dependent Political Action has been formed.

The. formation of the organization was
brought about: by the feeling of dissatis-
faction with the existing political order.
‘The unearthing of the oil scandal showed
the Dartmouth group the condition of po-
litical corruption which now exists and the
control of the government by big business.

Drastic changes in the curriculum are
being considered at Dartmouth.-The pro-
posed changes’ made for/much less freedom
in the choice of courses during the first
two years of college, and for much greater
freedom during the last two years. The
object of the changes is to give the college
man a more comprehensive education dur-
ing his first two years, and a chance to
specialize more on his major during the
Juniof and Senior years.

Carnegie Institute*

An efficient system by which a student’s
participation in extra-curricular events may
be regulated is being sought by students of
Carnegie Institute. The system now in
effect there, similar to the one adopted by
Haverford several years ago, has proven
useless, due to the difficulties encountered
in its application. .

The plan originated several years ago,
but until this year had not been carried
out on any adequate scale. A list of every
student’s activities had to be kept, and this
task required an inordinate amount of
work, The system was found to be not
only difficult to maintain, but to have a
depressing effect upon activities rather than
inducing an interest_in them.

It has frequently been demonstrated that
a student who becomes affiliated with -too
many activities soon automatically discards
some of his responsibilities, and a natural
system rather than an artificial set of rules
determines a student’s capacity for. extra-
curricular work. ‘

Antioch

“To. create men and. women. that are
versatile and symmetric in their lives and
.to instill an intuitive sense into the world,
is the modest aim of Antioch College,” said
President A. E. Morgan, of that institution,
in an address given at Yale, March 17.

By a combination of industrial training
and practice with the study of the liberal

| Warts, Antioch strives to give the student

‘a broad view of life. In President Mor-
gan’s opinion, the chief faults with the
average education is that it tends to train
a in such a narrow way that after
graduation it takes him a long time to find
himsélf; it shapes men to fit as cogs in

large L.\sinesses and industries to the neg-.
~ lect of thy

spirit of individual enterprise.



New School of Social Research
Successful results are reported by the
secretary of the New School of Social Re-
search, conducted for adults, in. New York

City, in which the students control their |’

courseS and select their own professors,
After gaining experience by taking chargé
of individual: courses, it is expected that
eventually the students. will ‘run the school
completely.

COLLEGE MEN PLAN EXCUR.
SION TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE

Complete ‘Third Class on Saxonia
Reserved for College Students



F

Under the chairmanship ‘of Mr. B. D.
Adams, of “The Oaks,” Ithaca, N. Y., col-
lege men are arranging an economical ex-

cursion to England, France and other Eu-|

ropean ‘countries this summer, sailing from
New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and
Southampton on June 21 in the third cabin
of the “Saxonia,” and returning home on
the same ship from Southampton and Cher-
bourg on September 6. The “Saxonia’s”
entire third. class has been reserved for
the college men, and_no others will be
admitted.

Th cost for the round trip has been
placed at $165, and the chairman says that
with the. low rate of exchange prevailing
abroad students’ may enjoy two months’

r sight-seeing and attending exhibitions, fairs,

athletic mets, and kindred attractions for
$400.

Mr. Adams says that the exclusive third
cabin will answer the increased demand
for an economical and comfortable mode
of transportation to Europe. On this ex-
cursion non-students and immjgrants will
positively be excluded from the third class,
thereby eliminating what has been the eco-
nomical traveler’s only objection to the
modern third class. The chairman prom-
ises. “Good wholesome British food four
times a day.”

Students. are invited to jae their musi-
cal instruments along, so that impromptu
parties, “song fests” and musical evenings
may be the rule. The Cunard Line will
arrange to store the instruments until the
ship returns in September.

w)

-|DR. ROSS EXPLAINS CHANGE

IN MEANING OF RELIGION

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The ecclesiastical authority has decreased
and is disappearing, according to Dr. Ross,
but there is a new-authority, that of nature.
Like laws for the preservation of health
it is a saving factor of life. The clergy
can do less and less for one.
cording to the Dean of St. Paul’s, they
are no longer necessary. The things of
the spirit have become democratized, and
at the same time individualized. All is
personal and must be faced by each in-
dividual alone. In the appalling uniform-
ity there is a struggle to be one’s self, for
only thus can one solve one’s problems.
Even, “getting religion” is not an exceptiqn,
because some can only find solitude in a
group. Little can be done by external



| forces except in the direction of thought

on certain books, and a slight’ pressure on
the will.

In the slight influence that can. be
brought to bear there is a division of
Christianity that» ought to be recognized.
St. Paul, in a bitter mood, unconsciously
divided—it-into- Jesus, Spirit, and—Gospel.
Christianity is a historical religion, not a
philosophy or series of facts, but both.
Jesus was as secular as Caesar, for he
occurred as a historical fact. He is not the
“saccharine idpl of any individual pietist,”
but ‘the son of Joseph. He stands as the
center of human history. By bringing man
and God into a new relation, He is the
concern of us all, and there is more to
Him than we now know. When he crashed
into history with a force that has lasted
until now, He appeared not in the réle of
a teacher, but in that of an imperious
master. Our duty is to know ‘him at first
hand through the Gospels and the see





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HERE, SAYS MR. SIMPSON

The Gospels are Paul’s itepretaogggpr HE KINGDOM OF GOD IS
4s

a person who demanded explanation.
too huge’in its whole conception, however,
to be discussed,

‘The third division is that of the Spirit.
When the world‘is analyzed, it is found to
be made of tempers. There are two; a
dangerous one of self-interest that ex-
presses itself in, the worship of military
glory and economic greatness; in politics
that of pedple opposed to change, whose
rabid patriotism is.synenymous with a re-
ligion of institutions,’ prejudices, and sec-
tarianism. The other temper, a force of
good, is reducible to the temper of Christ
and is that of an internationalist, a minister
to all, who depends on God, and* moves
freely with Him, arttd finally mediates God-
to other men.

REPUBLICAN CLUBS STARRED
IN MANY COLLEGES



President of Columbia Commends the
4. “Organization of Such Clubs

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With the- purpose of becoming better
acquainted with leading political issues and
Republican party - principles, many thou-
sands of college students throughout the
country are enrolling in college Republican
clitbs, organized. under the College Bureau
of the Republican National Committee.

Both undergraduates .and alumni are
joining in the movement, now under way
at over a hundred colleges, to encourage
a deeper interest in the nation’s political
problems. "At Ohio State University. the
Republican Club announces a membership
of 2300, Nineteen hundred alumni are en-
rolled in the club at Harvard, Purdue
University has a Republican club with 600
members, and clubs at other colleges report
similarly large enrollments. ,

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of

Columbia University, has issued a state--

ment commending the nation-wide organi-
zations of college Republican clubs. Dr.
Butler, noted educator and publicist, is an
earnest advocate of early political training.
Regarding the movement to interest and
instruct college students in matters of cur-
rent American politics, he says:

“Many of us are greatly concerned at
the widespread lack of interest, ir political
principles and policies and in the growing
unwillingness to assume any share of po-
litical responsibility. Nos political institu-
tions will work themselves. The best form

of government requires good men and|]-’

women to: operate it.

“Just now we are faced by a situation
in which the overwhelming majority of our
important public offices are filled by the
votes of but a mere fraction of the quali-
fied electorate. Year after year candidates
for public office who secure at so-called
direct primaries from five per cent. to ten
per cent. of the vote of. the qualified elec-
torate, receive party nominations, and are
then elected to high office by the votes of
from ten to thirty per cent. of the qualified
electorate. The consequence is that we are
everywhere faced by minority rule.

“Many of our young people have grown
up and.are growing up under conditions
which confuse them as to the meaning of
political issues and which conceal from
them the fact that fundamental principles
of government are frequently at stake when
least suspected. A cure for this condition
will be found in arousing political interest
and in bringing accurate political informa-
tion to the thousands of intelligent and
high-spirited youth .who are to-be found
in our colleges and universities.”

DR. FEARN TO HOLD CONFERENCE

The Rey. L. W. Fearn wil hold a con-
ference in Lyme, Conn., about three hours
from New York, from May 17 to May 26,
This includes two weqk-ends, so that it
will be very convenient to attend. “The
subject is not yet decided upon, but will
undoubtedly be interesting. For further
particulars, see E. Mallett, Pembroke-East.

Married
Siete Yen; ex-26, to Mr. J. Y. Louie,

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There is great joy in giving up every-
thing and none until everything is given up.
The utiiversal love, which is the God in us,
can take no prescribed form. But all our
loving becomes mere sentiment and moral
drunkenness unless feeling something we
do something. Love cannot own.: “If you
are afraid someone will take something of
yours you hac& better get rid of it.” Let
your wealth consist in being, in loving, and
in giving. , Not a stick of property can a
man take and keep without using the or-_
ganized violence of society, and a man of
love cannot do that.

Not only must we stop owning things, we
must stop trying to own people by extend-
ing our ego over them, as do parents over
their children and a man over the woman
he loves or she over him. In such love is
a miserable element which demands love in
return. “When an entirelg unselfish love
for all people is achieved, it goes out as
the love of God goes out.” It cannot be
a parasite living on rent, interest, and
dividends, but will set him who has it to
work. He will find it intolerable that some
should have ease and an abundance of
things for lack of which others perish. He
will feel that if some must eatin the
kitchen, then he will be one of them.

Such ‘universal love means that all must
be forgiven. When we love as God loves
we will love as impartially as the sun
shines, to give life to any and all. We can-
not -have one eye on effectiveness and one
on results; we must have a sublime itn-
difference to results. Having put our hands
to the plow we may not-turn back. It is
better to turn af@ hate our father and i
mother than to let anyone turn us aside
from being true to God.

As to who may follow such a course,
Mr. ‘Simpson safd that “as long as anyone .
can go on as he is now going, let him go
on.” Those whom the dream hath posessed
must go on, even though they know that
at the last none can live by that love with-
out coming to Calvary. Such_a-man_sees
what we are and what God is. He cries,
“Repent, see how good the world is.” He
would make men say, “If God wants us to
be fools, we will be fools,”

OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED
TO STUDY IN MEXICO

American Friends Committee Seeks
International Understanding

“American students and teachers are in-
vited to enjoy the privileges of study at
the National University of Mexico,” writes
Douglas L. Parker, representative of the
American Friends’ Service Committee in
Mexico.

“The Revolution is over and the =
are returning to normal activities,” says Dr,
“Mexico wants and needs our
friendship, and the Summer School of the
Mexican National University is one of the
most potent agencies for the fostering of
international friendship and uriderstanding
between Americans and Mexicans,

“The rates are reasonable, the climate
delightful and the opportunities unusual for
American students to study Mexican life
and civilization. A knowledge of the Span-
ish language is not.a prerequisite.”

The American Friends’ Service Commit-
tee,,for whom Mr. Parker is a representa-
tive, is interested in efforts to create in=
terfational good will and understanding.
Mexicans are distrustful of foreign ex-
ploiters. If our students can have first-
hand knowledge of local conditions there,
a basjs would be formed for better rela-
tions. :

The Fourth Summer Session of the na-
tional University of Mexico is held in
Mexico City from July 9 to August 22,
1924. Beginning, intermediate and ad-

tvanced students of Spanish will find here

most favorable opportunities for studying
that language. Facilities for research in

history and archaeology are exceptional.

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THE, COLLEGE NEWS



RELIGIOUS LIBERALS TO HOLD.
CONFERENCE AT MT. HOLYOKE



Seventy-Five Colleges Represented at
Conference Held Last Year



The Student Federation. of Religious
Liberals, a new non-sectarian organization
{Grmed a year ago, is planning a confer-
ence to be held at Mount Holyoke College
June 21-28, to which any Bryn Mair stu-
dent is invited to go.

Last year the constituency was made up
of 265. students whose college affiliations
represented seventy-five colleges .and yni-
versities in twenty states and Canada. This
year it is expected that the enrollment will
greatly exceed the previous one and that
even larger numbers‘of men and women
who. are taking a definitely liberal stand on
religious questions in the colleges will be
represented. The Student Federation work
has three main purposes:

First, To make for a better understand-
ing of one’s self and one’s: fellows in his
own country; Second, To further liberal
religious viewpoints in one’s own commu;
nity; Third, To maintain contacts with
youth movements of other countries for
the mutual benefit that can be derived
therefrom.

The lectures will be given by leading
thinkers in a number of denominations and
there will also be discussion groups in the
hands of student leaders. Further infor-
mation can be found in the pamphlets on
the Christian Association Bookshelf in the
New. Book Room or by applying to E.
Hale, ’24. ;
LINK WITH WORLD AFFAIRS FOUND
IN FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION

The Foreign Policy Association of New

York opened a branch >in Philadelphia,”

Saturday, with a luncheon at which Sir
William Wiesman, a Conservative, Mr. J
P. Wilson, a Liberal, and Mr. Ratcliffe,-a
Labor -man, discussed the ‘present Labor
Government in England.
' The Association has branches in various
cities, including New York and Cincinnati,
which has recently received it enthusiastic-
ally. A Cincinnati paper says of the
Association : :

“The most hopeful institution of public
opinion in the city is the Foreign Policy
Association. , Other organizations present
speakers who will be sure to say things theit
members like to hear. The Foreign Policy
Association brings speakers to the city who
may say things some people don’t like to
hear. . . . Another hopeful thing about
this Association is that it is willing to hear
both sides of an issue.”

Some members of the faculty belong to
this Association, which, now in Philadel-
phia, offers-the students, should they wish
to join it, an excellent opportunity to
learn about world affairs and to cultivate
the outside intérests so frequently advised.

SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDENT
ORGANIZATION EXPLAINED



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are arranged, Students of different coun-
tries are brought together intimately by
athletic and other meetings. (It will be
remembered that Paddock © successfully
took part in the Students’ Olympic Games,
organized by the C..I. E., at Paris, in 1923.)

A closer relationship with the students of |

Europe must bécome an essential part of
our college life if this-country is to fulfil
the obligations of the leading position
among the nations of the world which it
is destined to hold.

The second Triennial Congress or Gen-
eral Assembly of the C. I. E. is to be held
this summer in Warsaw. At this meeting
all the activities of the Confederation will

be reviewed, and its future policy will be
determined. The election of the Officers
and Executive Committee for the next





three years will also take place. The social
functions and athletic meets held ‘in con-

. nection. with the conventions of the C. I.E. |

ttract large numbers of students and pro-

At the first Congress, held at Prague, in
1921, a desire for Américan co-operation
was earnestly expressed by students -of all
countries represented. At the present time
the C. I. E. has to face in its own’ sphere
the same problems which confront the
official European diplomats and there is
an opportunity for statesmanlike action

on the part of American students in help-'

ing to "make effective the ideals of good
will and justice on which the Confederation
was founded.

NEWS FROM OTHER COLLEGES
: Yale

The recent noteworthy performance of
Yale University in providing under. scien-
tific supervision human tests for the effects
of poisonous gases is now to be followed
by the same institution .in an extensive
scheme of academic co-operation with- the
manufacturing and other industries of the
state. A formal agreement has been-made
between the university and the Manufac-
turers’: Association of Connecticut, under
which each party is to place its facilities
at the service of the other for the common
good. .

Thus the library, the laboratories and the
scientific apparatus of the university will
be utilized by the factories for reference,
research work and experimentation, with
the expert members of the faculty and
trained students to direct or, assist in the
operations. This will place at the com-

mand of the industries resources which
would otherwise be beyond their reach. On

the other hand, all the industrial plants in
the state will becomé fields for the univer-

study, research, and practical experimenta-
tion and training in the chemical, mechan-
ical, and other arts. It would be difficult
to determine to which party is. given the
greater promise of\ profit. In addition, of
course, there will be this inestimable gain
fér both sides: that students + will be
trained as otherwise would. be impossible
for actual encouragement in industrial
business. The graduate will be able to step
from the commencemnient platform into the
factory, not as‘a novice but\as an expert,
specialized in the work of that particular
establishment.

JUNIOR MONTH. TO OUTLINE
’ SOCIAL SERVICE WORK



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~“The~casework end of the-conftrence;,’
said Miss Tousley, “is intended to show the
students why social work is needed. ° The
reason ‘is that there are health margins and
life margins so narrow that outside helr
is a necessity. The best*kind of help that
the social worker can give is by reaching
the individual. To take an example from
Amgricanization work, the good accom
plished by any number of patriotic mass
meetings is slight compared with the good
than can be done by a single sympathetic
employer, or landlord, or school teacher,
in his personal relatigns with the immi-
grant. One can only work through the in-

sity students’ to utilize for observation, | :



dividual and the motto of the social worker :
might well be ‘E Pluribus’ Unum.’”
Other colleges are already choosing their
delegates. The committee in charge of
Junior Month at Bryn Mawr consisf& of
the Dean of the | Summer School, Miss
Hilda Smith; the Head of the ‘Economics
Department, Dr. M. P. Smith; the presi-
dent of the Junior Class, V. Lomas, and
the ex-delegates, G. Carson /23 and M.
Rodney:’24.

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_ CALENDAR_
Friday, April 18
Vacation. |
Sunday, April 27
7.30 P.M.—Chapel, led. by the fev.
Hareld Phillips, Pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

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NEWS IN- BRIEF ,
The straw vote of the Junior Class for
the President of the Christian Association
was S. Carey 32, and M. Stewardson 20.
The Junor Class’ has voted not to have
a Maypole or little" May Day.





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EDMUND HALLEY
1656-1742

Son of a London soap-boiler
who became Astronomer-
Royal. At the age of 20 headed
an expedition to chart the stars
of the Southern hemisphere.
Financed and handled the
printing of Newton’s immortal
Principia.

As spectacular @s a -
comet has been the
. world’s electrical devel-
° opment, By continuous
‘scientific research the
: : General Electric Com-
pany has accelerated
this development and
_ has become a leader in
the industry.







The comet came back .

The great comet that was seen by William
of Normandy returned to our skies in 1910
on its eleventh visit since the Conquest.
Astronomers knew when it would appear,
and the exact spot in the sky where it

would first be visible.

Edmund Halley’s mathematical calcula-

tion of the great orbit of this 76-year vis- .
itor—his scientific proof that comets are

part of our solar system—was a brilliant

application of the then unpublished Prin-

cipia of his friend Sir Isaac Newton.

The laws of motion that Newton and
_. Halley proved to govern the movements

of a’ comet are used by scientists in the
- Research Laboratories of the General Elec-

tric Company to determine the orbit of ;
electrons in vacuum tubes. :