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THE COLLEGE: NEWS

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The College News

{Founded in 1914.]

Published weekly during the coeet year in the
interest of. Bryn Mawr College



Managiiig Eaitor ,eecree Fexice Becc, '24
EDITORS E
OLivia FountTAIN, ’24



ASSISTANT EDITORS
Heven Hoven, '25
Dexia Smit 1, '26>
BUSINESS BOARB
*MAWAGER— WOUISE Howt1Tz, ’24
, MARGARET Situ, 724

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E. GLEssNeR, ’

* ASSISTANTS

MARGARET Boypen, 25

Betty JErrrikzs, '26 ELizABETH TYSON, ’26
KATHERINE TOMPKINS, '26 .



Subscriptions may begin at any time .
Mailing Price, $3. 00



Entered-as second class-matter-September.26, 1914,
at the post office at Bryn Mawr, Pa., under
‘the Act of March 3, 1889,



THE BENEFITS OF : PUBLICITY

The cloistered quiet of the Bryn Mawr] +

was something never-to -be accepted entirely
without question. Recently’ it has ‘become
something of the past. The “quiet’ ’ has not
quite disappeared, but it could not be called
“cloistered.” . For we could hardly be said
to have more than the privacy, of that
famous oyster: We are in the limelight of
section of the Philadelphia

“Miss Sullivan claims her

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bageage,’ “committee of students welcome

ifkoming Freshmen,’ and “daughters of
prominent. judges enter Bryn Mawr”; such
phrases come to mind as we think. over
the papers of last week. If we continue
in the public eye as at present, we will not
All
that will be.needed ‘will be ‘to ask to what
number of the Ledger to refer!

: - baer."

A HIDDEN LINK

ah . . . aX |
The comparative isolation of College. 1s



both a bane and a blessing. Its blessedness,

that of protecting the student from the

interference of outside duties and ‘distrac-.

tions, has been repeatedly emphasized. By
obviating this one danger there is a risk

~ of incurring a second; a danger a little less |

tangible but nevertheless one -which should
be recognized; that of almost completely
losing touch and interest in things outside
of College. : Connection through interest in

literary and artistic questions is consider-

able, while interest in politics is negligible.

Besides these, there is a third link, a smaller

and less obvious, but one which must not-

be overlooked. It is the opportunity offered
by the Social Service Committee to spend
a couple of hours a week’ otherwise occu-
pied im individual improvement to social
welfare. Modest as the work may seem
its importance is great, when one considers
that it enables; ‘a small group to see a. little

beyond the closed circle of campus affairs.

“MORE BREAD, TEACHER, MORE
BREAD”

All liberalizirig influences, are now being

- welcomed and cultivated-at-Bryn Mawr,}
. from the Summer School to the changed
In regard to the

entrance requirements.

* faculty, there is.one custom which might
_ well be an influence of this same sort, the

custom of exchanging professors with an-
other college. The introduction of an ex-

change professor, with sites different







FOR ALL WE HAVE RECEIVED
Words cannot express” the unmitigated
delight with which we hear that course-
books are no longer. *We always.«thought
them an abomination to be privately and
publicly damned as unwarranted drains on

our time, energy, and peace of mind; But

__.| never in our wildest dreams did we believe

that they ,might someday. cease to annoy
us. Bryn Mawr without course-books? A
wildest of dreams! and. happy are we that
we have been disappointed in our pessimism,

“(Editors do not hold themselves re-
sponsible for opinions expressed ‘in this
column.) o-



To the Editor of Tur Cortece News:

The- attention of the College is being
called on all hands, now;-to--the-difficulties
of the year which we are just beginnipg.
May Day is not ofily, a great wsitoreacee

College routine. Since we. must all make
the most possible use of every minute of
study there is no better way in which the
student, body asa whole can_begifi. the .co-
operation necessary to, make May Day a

success than by maintaining absolute quiet

in the reading room of the Library: The
social gatherings which seemed to become
increasingly gay last year cannot go on this
winter, and I am sure they will not go on
when we realize how very crowded and
valuable. our
in the Library, is going to be.

We have failed to remember, I: think,
that in infringing upon that rule which re-
quires quiet in the Library we are neéglect-
ing a res@ution of the Self-government
Association as fmportant as any concerning
chaperonage or conduct.

‘The Board of the Association aie every
member to work with them this winter. in
making the-kibrary~a~reat~place~for—un=
disturbed study. ;

_ Very sifterely yours,

PAMELA Coyne, ’24.

The Bryn Mawr Sunimer School for

Women Workers in Industry.

To Bryn Mawr College:
GREETING: :

We wish to return our thanks for the
friendliness with which every facility of
the ‘College has been placed at our disposal,
and we are particularly grateful forthe
courtesy with which the winter students

have turned their room furnishings over to
Not only have we appreciated:

our” use.
their campus, but we have found pleasure
in respecting the affection with which you
have surrounded. the traditions of the Col-
lege, and those traditions have become a
real part of our work. The Bryn Mawr
habit of curiosity and courage in things
of the mind has been a guiding principle
with us.

goodbye to the campys without leaving be-
hind us something of our own peculiar tra-
dition—a purpose to apply intellectual train-

academic inquiry as generous as human
needs are pressing, and to inform thought
with spiritual. aim ?

So may winter College and Summer
School be joining hands in keeping vivid
the wish for-social progress.

NEWS IN BRIEF

“The fire captains who have been ap-
pointed for . this year are S. Leewitz, ‘24,
head captain; M. Brown, 25, Radnor;
K. Fowler, ’25, Merion; E. Smith, 25, Den-
bigh; S. Carey, '25, Pembroke-East; H.
Jennings, °22, Pembroke-West ; and M.

poe Mission.
.becn a. great

in itself, but it complicates all the ordinary.

‘ime, and especially time-spent-

May we hope that we are not saying:

ing to problems of the workers, to render.

HELEN WALKER SPENDS SECOND
SUMMER IN LABRADOR



Natives Hold Strong Opinions” on

Behavior of “Ladies With Learnin’ ”
(Special contributed by Helen Walker, ’24)
~ Not even the darkness and the rain, to
say nothing of the cold, could lessen in
the least*the foy of my arrival at Mill Cove
for a ‘second summer of teaching in Dr,
The first summer had
adventure; but .the second
summer: was a real joy. .
The -great surpfise which greeted, my
arrival was the new school house given
and built by the people themselves because
of their anxiety to” do their part towards

the longed-for education of their children.

Yt may have been” onty~ a wooden ~frame

‘building with cracks in the floor through

which one could see the sheep and chickens
which sought shelter there, but it was very
near the water and one could look through
the winddWe;~ whith really opened, across
the bay to the glorious green hills beyond.

The schodl teaching part of my work
was really heaps of fun.
dren of all ages, from five to nineteen,
were eager. 10 come to’ school. For them
it was the great excitement of their lives,
and the least thing: gave them a. thrill.
They adored to have stories read to them
and by the end of-the summer most of
the older ones could really read for them-
selves. . They always stayed after school
while I tidied-up, fearful lest: they should
miss something.

But a six-hour teaching da} left lots of
time for other.things. It was then that we
played games, went for walks, and worked
in the gardens. Sometimes I read stories
to the older people who were pleased ‘with
anything from the Saturday Evening Post
to Grimm’s Fatry- Tales. Hardly. a day
passed that there wasn’t some one who
wanted-medical_advice,-a.toe fixed, .a.“gath-
ering” finger cleaned, or a bad back pre-
scribed for.

The nicest thing about the + whole summer
was living with the people themsely es and
seeing how they got aléng with almost
nothing and still were happy. Their little
houses were not even watertight, their
furniture and rugs were homemade,’ and
thet® bed bunks built into the wall. A diet
of fish, bread and tea, eked out with

The sixteen chil- |



occasional treats .of lettuce, turnip tops,
potatoes and_rice, arid a bit of cheese “when
times was good,” ifakes one appreciate even
college. food, but at Jeast there was-always
enough to eat. But



spite of poverty they -

had: very vigorous opinions as to what.a~~

‘Yady like me with lots of learnin’ should
do.” It shocked them that I, Who could
afford it, didn’t have false teeth. Never
mind how good your own teeth are, it is
“quite the thing” to have false ones. They
might do their hair up with naws, but

“Mother McKenzie” wouldn’t even let me

carry a ragged handkerchief.

When I came away they presented me

with all sorts of things, picture post cards,
strawberry jam, canned lobster and home-
made snow shoes. But the nicest things of
all were four lovely hooked mats, made for
mein the winter. It wasn’t so much the

rugs, but the fact that they represented
real work “and sacrifice. They were a real
gift. F-is the’ kindness -and: appreciation

of these simple people that repays one a
thousandfold for anything done for them
NEWS FROM OTHER COLLEGES

Wheaton College is putting a “budget
system into effect this year. The twelve
dollarsea yedr, payable i in two installments,
includes the membership dues for the Self

Government Association, the I. .C. S. A.

the Athletic Association, Y. W. C. A., the
ISramatic Association, subscriptions for the
Wheaton *Record News and all class and
house dues.

Freshman rules ‘vary: greatly at different —

universities... Temple University men wear
either black or white ties, while the women
wear green ribbons around their waists;
while at McGill all the Freshmen musi
appear in white and réd skull caps.

The temporary hockey captain for 1927 is
Sylvia Walker; tennis. captain, Beatrice
Pitney; swimmjng, Nancie Benoist; song-
mistress, Barbara Schieffelin, ané assistant

‘songmistress,_Kathlie-Sthler.

The Committee for 1924’s Senior Recep-
tion to the Freshmen is A. Shiras, C. Lewis,
M. L. White, M. Cooke, D. Gardner and
H. Walker.

ENGAGED

Mary S. Hoag, "20, to Carl Laurence, of
Groton, Mass. Mathilde Hansen, ome?
William Smith, of. Providence.







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