4

The first of these was his meeting, in
3727, with, Deborah Read, “who after-

wards became his wife. She .made Ben

ty a band of Huguenots and French

mental laws of society morals, and ballet

changed the common conception of it
{rom‘an, elegant game to a thing ef popu-
iar interst. His position as a scientist is
also important from the point of view of

he had come only in‘the role of a diplo-



Model League’

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THE COLLEGENEWS. :







Musical Services

Room-of-Goodhart on February 24, was
in the form of a musical service. The
_progtam was-as follows:

‘Processional Hy mn: “For all the Saints,”

(Allegro Maestoso) from the Overture
Hymn: “Whey I survey the wondrous

Paraphrase by Frances Ralph Gray

—

an interesting, rewarding opportinity. We
shall have specialist in charge of the
various. activities, and the student would
thus be assufed of professional over-

the roof...This part of the program will
include trips to. museyms, parks and

tunity through this, department. The
neighborhood is a very interesting, one,







Cleaner and Dyer

Wearing. Apparel :: Blankets ::
‘Gurtains :: Drapery ~
CLEANED OR DYED

take his scientific studies seriously. The} our early govertiment. M. “Fay main- tune by Vaughan-Williams sight, pal a also mare ® recresion STUDENTS ACCOUNTS
second | * infludhce was that of Bree- tained that Franklin would never have Organ: Selection from “Hymn of ili salve reg tinal vig ae We Call and Deliver
masonry, on organization founded in 1717| been accepted at-the Court of France if PPaie me Os tis Mendelssohn 814 Lanchater-Avenue

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i : ; é i hat he made science dren and with some real knowledge of] : TH og eB

n Franklin rather, in the fact t : : 1 J ) i

A ¥ Bay Oo itself more precise and practical He! The Sunday evening Service of the music, rmgdelin drawing, dramatics, OSEP H TRONCELLIT I
CONTINUED FRUM PAGE 1 e Bryn Mawr Leagie, held in the Music; 84™Mes_ or récreation, would, I think, find

Protestants. ‘These people, imbuedg with | mat. However, his work -was already Capa! : Tune—Rockingham” other out-of-doorse astayell as handwork,

the passion for rationalism which ‘is so} well known “to the French when he ar- Prayers and other athletic games. : os NN
much in the spirit of the time, had come rived, and, in the role of scientist, he) Cpoir: “Where’er You Walk” (from — “sneer emreape Heg oe e

together in order to seek out the funda- ‘was: welcome everywhere. ME) és cans ui Wawona t's Handel ee eee oe ener Escondido f

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cate Ther ott some a e-em, om “Grice Kien | tr codons fe Sele] Gila
F ‘ we rier OPCS ‘ Pree ’ a 2 ° J ° : . %
~ as ‘it Was ‘revealed to them in “Bcvepte oe Continued from Page Three os _ SER errs ee Gustav Holst are: Mali above the street, “and. there is Séason 1929: June 26-July 23;
Christianity—they wished to find a logi- Organ: ‘Introduction and. Allegro, ’

'. that thunder ‘and _ electricity

- provinces of the gods.

cal basis for their belief. Franklin was
like them in that his work was not dis-
interested: A solution to. his problems
was important to him bgcause of its prac-
tical value, This was, of course, the new
point of view.

Electricity Causes Furore
In 1744 occurred an ‘event which is

just as thrilling as “a crime, a -king’s
wedding, or the discovery of a two-head-
cd beast.” Electricity was finally isolated
in—-Leyden_jars,_and_discharged so as to
give -a shock, Everybody immediately
wanted a shock, “even as we, today, want
a cocktail.” Philadelphia was a very
modern city, and Franklin, being an up
tu the minute journalist; sent. for some
jars, so.as to shock his neighbors, and
make.a bit of money. This new form df
amusement became’so very popular, how-
ever, that Mrs. Franklin became exhaust-
ed from _keeping the entrance to her4
house as ‘spick and span as it had once
been, Benjamin took pity upon her, and
taught some of his neighbors how to
discharge the jars. This was the found-
ing. of the Philadelphia School. of Elec-
tricity !

About 1748 Franklin got more time to
-himself{-than"he_had_previously had, so he.
set about. considering a question which
was agitating many minds. People sus-
pected that there was some innate con-
nection between thunder and electricity ;
tl ey were a bit-afraid to-go very deeply
into the: problem because thunder, since
the very earliest times, had always been
associated, in one way or another, with
the gods, and more often than not it. was
spoken of as “the plaything of the gods.”
Consequently a great many people, and
especially a number of New. England
pastors, thought that. this problem was
somewhat too irreligious to bear looking
into. It became a burning subject, and
everyone was speaking of sit. In 1749
the Academie de Bordeaux offered’ as
prize to him who could prove, in writing,
were the
same thing. This was more than: ade-
quately accomplished by a> gentleman
from Dijon who wrote a very nice Latin
-and Gréek style. In the same: year,
Franklin proved. the connection. with his
Ite, in a modern scientific way.
first letter. of congratulation,” -M. -Fay
added,--proudly, “came from France.”

By 1752 Franklin had been able to
distingttish positive and “negative elec-
tricity, and he had invented the lightning
rod. Even this practical and useful dis-

covery aroused a great deal-of=adverse*

criticism. It was thought that Franklin
was meddling quite a bit too far in the
It was €ven said,
in am elegant Latin phrase, that “Franklin
has taken the thunder from God, and
given the sceptre to the devil.” This work
was, however, of enormous help to the
cause of the Freemasons: it gave to them
the opportunity to prove certain of their
disillusioned idéas by means of practical
experiment.

Franklin a Practical Scientist .
Franklin had reached the peak of his

fame by 1754. “A foreigner,” said M.
Fay, “would have gone on to discover
another sun-or moon. Franklin continued

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manent mandates commission under ex-
ceptional circumstances. Mild as they
were, the resolutions were unanimously
opposed by. the mandatory Powers,
France, Great Britain, Japan, Australia.
-A .substitute resolution providing .for a
more direct method of presenting written
petitions was likewise defeated. Italy did
not: participate in the debate; which (shall
we say nevertheless) was a good one.
The Italian delegation, true to its care-

the personal presentatiom of petitions, but
modified its reactionary stand so far as
to approve the condemnation of com.
spulsory: labor.

The second half of the mandate report
was presented in the afternoon. This
last session was enlivened by G. Ms.
Snellings, delegate from France (also
assigned to Princeton) who seemed to
have the rules of procedure at his finger’s
ends and ee rose to points of
order. :

The last formal resolution, introduced
on behalf of the Sixth Committee, pro-
vided “that the Monroe doctrine should
not be interpreted to ‘preclude the inter-
.vention of the Veague, in accordance with
the covenant;in disputes .to which Ameri-

are’ parties.” A large number of dele-
gations, including the. Italian, spoke in
favor ef this resolution, Miss Hand, for
Italy, spoke third in the debate, urging
in a brief but finished paragraph that
the League is more competent than the
United States to provide machinery for
arbitration and that it would be better)
for all nations to co-operate to perfect
this one instrument of peace than. for
two rival organizations to compete with
a like’ purpose.

One of the French delegations, perhaps
interpreting more practically the probable
attitude of the great Powers towards
such a resolution, spoke against—it,-in—a
tone distinctly conciliatory towards the
United States.

he said, “that students in America -are
holding Model Assemblies of the League.
Sentiment in the United States increas-
ingly favors her participation ir the
Peed Let us therefore rather work
to bring her $n than alienate her by pass-
ing resolutions cegtain to be: unfavorably
interpreted in--Washington.”*™=
All prepared agenda being disposed of,
Sweden inaugurated a brief discussion of
the Auland Islands question which re-
sulted in a display -of nationalistic self-
‘assertion By ‘Dentnark and ‘the defeat of
a resolution recommending their annexa-
tion to Sweden. Italy did not vote.
Finally the Assembly joined in passing
a resolution commending the Kellogg!
pact, and, after a short but telling address
from the President of the Assembly, who
recommended abolition of the unanimity
vote, the Model Assembly -was adjourned.
Mr. McDonald, ably summarizing the
proceedings at the dinner Saturday eve-
ning, laid stress on the fact that in just
the proportion that preparation is made
in advance’ good results are obtained. .He
also advised against having outside speak-
ers take part in the actual sessions.
A committee was formed to make plans

2 eget

_fully-maintained position, - voted _against{

gram’ of

‘can Republics, members of the League, |

“T have read in our Paris newspapers;

F. Edward Bache
“Glorious Things of
hee Tune—Austria

Recessional Hymn:
- Thee are spoken”



Opportunity for Work
in University Settlement

‘“The following letter has been received
by the Bureau of Recommendations, from
the University Settlement Society, 184
Eldridge street, New York city:

~“T should be very glad’ indeed to have
the,nmames of students who might be
interested in assisting in the summer pro-
University Settlement on aj
quasi-volunteer basis. We can pay the
merely nominal amount,of $50 a month
which takes care of the living expenses
at the house.

University Settlement is the first settle-
ment house to be established in America.
it has a large building in the heart of
the lower east side of New York.

The. summer.program of this year will
consist of-a play school for children be-
tween five and eight with enrollment oi
about one hundred.
est in educational work’for small chil-

Girls with ar jnter- |.|



ample fresh air.

I should be very glad to furnish
further details about opportunities offer-
ed, or to ‘correspond with individual
young women.

e Very sincerely wours,
(Signed) ALBert J, KENNEDY.”
- Any students who are interested are

_asked to see Miss Crane in the Bureau of

Recommendations.- 5
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" Aren’t You Hungry?

The ‘first Sunday ‘that the Bryn-
Mawr League servéd breakfasts in
bed a good many people” availed
themselves of that luxury. The .
second week, however, there were
very few. [t is hard to decide
whether the League has under-
estimated the Sabbath energy or
the thrift of students. At any rate,
unless more people sign for break-
fasts this week the service will
have tobe’ discontinued. ‘It is
yours to decide whether or not this
highly civilized, elegant custom is
to be abandoned. , Decide wisely,
you know. you need the rest!



















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For FRANCE!

Parents are good souls... positively, weak-
minded about education.-:-Easiest thing in the
world to make them see travel as a cultural
influence... they always fall. -:- And what ‘

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the past 14 years has had an ex-
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East and: the Southwest, offers to
small groups of college girls an op-
portunity to spend four weeks rid-
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om dear

you think?”

“Yes, but so dumb!”
“What do you mean? She

rates higher marks’ than bh

and I.”

‘cal~ ” = t I 1 ee
tc. seek to solve practical-problems.” He} for the Assembly to be held next year, pa ag " Tape with alee en : is if oy ee Ay eer day,
tried to find a way to keep chimneys invitations to the.1930 Assembly having and have. the time of times. nee 4.8 ot ad just
from smoking, and he. looked into! heen: received from Lafayette College,

The French Line gives you France from the

telep honed

theories on the prevention of influenza;1 Syracuse University and New York Uni- second you cross “the longest lank in
ct he touched upon most of the] versity | the world” at the New York end. -:- The es.
; de France”, the “Paris” and the “France” are Mother, ia spending «

contemporary worries of mankind. He
had become the arbiter of the scientific
world; hig work was clear and regular,
and it was characterized: by a constant
display of rare good sense.

He was in London from 1757 until 1764
and there he won a reputation as a kind
cf magician. One of his tricks was amus-

—ingfy related by M. Fay. He was visiting

The delegates” urianimously expressed
their gratitude to Vassar for the extraor-
dinarily warm reception which they re-
ceived. Such service and such generosity
has probably never been heard of before.

The colleges which participated in ‘the
Assembly were: Albright College, Bar-

Cornell

nard College, Bryn Mawr College, Col-|

to be carefull:
Tourist Thir



5 aeons

the aristocrats of the service... one of the
three sails each Saturday, -:-If finances have
considered, the first two have
Class accommodations. -:- The
“De Grasse” and the “Rochambeau”...cabin
liners,.. are favorites with the after-college set. -

French fine —

cent, sha just looked at me in
a funny sort of way and then

simply dashed out the dor.”

“Tl bet she was on her way

to the nearest telephone sae

she’s not so dumb!”
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gate University, University,
Elmira College, LaBiyette College, New
Jersey College for Women, New York
State College for Teachers, New York
University, Princeton University, Skid-
more College, " Syracuse University, ‘
| Teachers’ College, Union College, Uni-
| versity of Rochester, Wells ‘College and
ease fue e

Charges on calls by number may

now be reversed without addi-
tional cost. Arrange with the
folks at home to ‘telephone

them this week-end

Information from any authorized French Line Agent
or write direct to 19 Sate Street, New York City

Bs Lord Shelby on a windy day, and told the :
French Line Officers and Stewards Converse in English

ladies of the company that he could calm
the waters of a. small pool, They were,
quite naturally, sceptical, but he did the
trick by pouring oil into the water, so
that. no-one saw him do it. _
e 2 Franklin’s greatness lay, not. in the ad-|
te eet of new y scientific theories, but.