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THE BRYN MAWR

LEAGUE WILL

DRIVE FOR veut NEXT WEEK

oo School, E Bates House |

andthe Orient All Need
Support.

GIVE WHAT YOU CAN!

This year .the League must have ap-
proximately $3000 to cafry on its work.
The budget is as ‘follows:

Bates House
Summer School (for scholarships )» 1000



Miss Tsttta’s*School 3... cc. 100
% pet: Wart SCHOO! 565 cca. 100 |
faids (Christmas party, etc.)...... 50 |
Running Expenses oo... corer POreoRaerer 2
ro : ueaee

Total . Sa ere $3000

This amount is not.much larger than
that of other years, for we have cut out

inotiey gifts.to Dr. Grenfell, Dr. James. |
the Student Friendship Fund, etc., and we |

have taken over Summer School, which
used to have a separate undergraduate
committee.
. The real difference a ais year’s
finances and fast year is the way in
which we hopé to raise them. In former.
yeats there have been first, membership
dues; second, pledge cards, and after
those any number of drives for Bates
_House, for Sammer School, for anyth
under the sun. Naturally, people ce
_had pledged something to Bates, for in-
stance, in the beginning of the year ob-
jected to being accosted again during the
Bates drive, but as the pledges were ‘in-
sufficient, thé drive was unavoidable.
This year we are hoping to bring about
‘wo changes, and whether they shall be
permanent or not depends on the reaction
of the ‘undergraduates. ~
In the first place, there are no mem-
bership dues—membership now means
interest, not willingness to part with $2.
In the second place we are trying to do
‘as people seem to, want us to do, in hav-
ing one drive 4nd one only. This means
that every one will have to give as gen-

erously as she can all at once, instead of |.
giving perhaps $5 in pledges, another $5 |

in the Bates drive and a grudging $1 to
Summer School:
we have a two-plan plédge card:
you can give $1,
day, or you can give however
wall on a stated pay day.

‘We cannot promise that there will not
be other drives this year, because, in the
cases of Bates House and Summer
School at least, we haave to raise defi-
nte amounts, We can and do- promise
that if the undergraduates do. the’r part
in giving now, we will not ask them to
give again this year.

3 DorotHy Cross,
_ Chairman of Finance Committee.

Awful Error

i] It seems that in ourcreview of
Prevailing IVinds, by Margaret ~
Ayres Barnes, we referred’ to her
as a. member of the class of 1890.
The class of 196%, for which Mrs. |
Barnes has labored and toiled ever

- since her graduation, would be.
appalled at the mere thought. We
trust that the authoress herself, if
the error has come to her notice,
wil] pet have taken such a prepos-

; herons fapybine of figures ceri-

that is.









To facilitate generosity |

$1.50 or $2 each pay!
much you}



ss a |

fee Por Summer School |
| Instead of the " Tegulat Bryn
Mawr League service Sunday. eve-
| ning, November | 4, Miss Hilda
Smith, director of the Bryn Mawr
Summer School, will. speak at.7.30
in the-Common Room. of Goodhart
Hall, Two of thé most interesting
Summer School students will also
tell of their experiences here this
-summer. Everyone is -most eor-
dially invited.

Bates House

Children” Are Interesting Prob-—
lems and Easy to Work
With.

by MM:





(Contributed Grace,’ Head
Vorker, 1928.)

In case there ‘¢ should be anyone ‘read-
| ing this to whom Bates House means
nothing—or worse, to whom it means
the -wrong-thing—let me-give a short
account of it.: It is a house, in Long
Branch, New Jersey,
York and Philadelphia slum children
are sent for two weeks of fresh air,
sleep, ocean and other more intensive
bathing, and milk. We at Bryn Mawr
raise the money to do this and go
down to take caré of the” children.
That is a brief account of something
that means a good deal,.one way or
anofher, to everyone who ‘goes down
there, whether child or student.
; Although two weeks is a very short
| time in which to effect any real change



and proper food. »The children get up
about. seven-thirty, have breakfast,
sing kindergarten songs,

their bathing suits.
is a rest hour during which some of

just rest, usually in spite of themselves.
Then there is more bathing, supper,
songs, and bed. The teachers,
‘that is the Bryn Mawr girls, spend
j the rest of the evening writing letters,
or investigating
the thrills offered by the amusement
pier.

Recetitly I visited some of the chil-
‘dren in New York and talked. with
their mothers. They say that they
cannot get the children to go to bed
early because of the noise and the fun:
in the streets. ‘Thev also say that sg
children do not eat well at home be-
cause what appetite they do work up,
is spoiled by the candy they manage
ito get hold of between meals.
, Tonge Branch there is little for the.
| children to stay up for and ‘still less’
’ for i ple to cat between meats; so they



! more

‘going to the movies,

have/ plenty of skéep and good appe-
, tites |

| These mothers are intensely, almo’:
j embarrassingly, grateful’ for what is
done. And one has only ‘to see their

difficult it is for them to bring chil-
dren up in a decent, healthy way. One
realizes too tHat it is not only the chil- |
dren-who are helped, but the mothers
also, in that they are relieved for a:
short: time of a certain part of their,
anxiety: and care,

It is comparatively easy to speak of
the benefits done to the children and







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such. ‘a

| i tical,

‘to which New:

in a child’s health, we are able to do!
much with the aid of regular hours |

and spend ‘
most of the morning at the beach in}
After lunch there |.

the children actually sleep, and others |

At’

living conditions to understand how

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See

VOI Vee as
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Sueenn meanest

THey Gre
measurable and tangible. But to sp ak
of the benefits, fully as yreat, done to
those who go to Bates House to woe
is more difficult. It is hard to put
thing in words because the
value is much dess definite, less prac-
and, indeed, different for each |
ohe of us. If you have any feeling at |
all for children you are sure to enjoy|
merely being w ith them. If you have
no such feelin, you will probably ac-
quire it-theré>— It is—hard-to. imagine
living in the same house. with forty-
five of them—engaging and attractive
‘as they.are—and not being interested,
+ resides this enjoyment, if-you make
‘any effort at all you are sure to learn
« great deal about. handling them and
bringing out. the. best. that is in--them,
One way of- another children are great
fousers of enthusiasm,

because Ooniyv’ too

mothers,



Fung Kei, ’22, Has Hard

Row to Hoe in China

This is an extract froma letter of Tiu
Fung Kei’s, giving some idea of the
struggle which she -is bravely facing’ in
carrying on her school. Fung Kei,
| has lived right here for four-years, lov-
ing college life with all its work and fun.
Now,.she_ is trying, in the thick of. po-
litieal confusion in China, to. pass on the
education she received at Bryn Mawr.

We have been proud to’ adopt her
school as a child of ours, let us help.t her
cevelop’ it.

A Letter From China.

(The following letter has. been re-
ceived from Fung Kei Liu, ‘22, who was
the first scholar to be brought to Bryn

9909

Wh,

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‘| Mawr by the Chinese Scholarship Com-

mittee. ‘After a year in the Shipley

| School .and four years at Bryn Mawr,

Fung Kei Liu returned to China and

started the work described\ in this

| fetter.) :

fe Yuet Wah Middle School

14, Sin Lun/Hong, Wai Folk Sai Lo,
‘Canton, China:
August 2, 1927.

j

Editor, The Lantern:
| “My pupils now are .very much
| cited. by their newly formed student as-
sociation, .At the very beginning of its
organization the servants in the school
showed very poor spirit. The students
zt once got themselves. organized. to-take
over all the work. .Thus the school was
| able to dismiss all but two of the servants
| | before they could do us much harm.
| two months the student body did ali the !
Le ooking, cleaning and even
heavy buckets of water from wells for
te whole school. “Jn spite of their in-
‘experience and failure at times,
not let their work ‘interfere with
| toapene much.
| “Many. students now
“their service next fall. -
| contriving convenient tools and better
system for their work. A: service club
has been suggested which only admits
“vlling and efficient members. The club
is to be paid for all service. And the
| ivoriey thus earned is to be subsidized to
the members of the club who need finan-
cial assistance. ‘
“Indeed,. the association is trying in
every way to help, the school. You should
sve how well they managed to decorate
for commencement.. They just beautified
‘the almost impossible hall in just two
snort days and with very.little expense.
Just before school closed they elected ‘a
committee and got. some capital for a
co-operative society. Their aim ig to-

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their

wait to continue
So they are now

convenient ‘themselves and to lighten, the “

For |

supplying |

they did |





Foreign |
. e
Contrevoutions
nn Sa RO PUER? roy
{work of the sehool. I appreciate that
For J generally had to take cave

| mdeed.
Mi the school articles, at least, getting tl«

| right kind of books for the students. But
| the student association

now has

| aw ay the list and is ordertg them now.

i Unlike other student associat jons which
are now so prevailing in Canton the or-

ganization wants better discipline. {t:

has helped me: a great deal in mak‘ne
everybody behave. They demand no holt-
| cays, as, others’ do. In fact, they express
| their opinion from time to time about im-
| proving their scholarship. Tf you should
in Canton for a
what all this imeans.



| live would

year, you

realize



CONTINUERD ON PAGE 6

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| Summer eo



' Russian Girl Writes Good Sketch |
for the 1928
“Echo.”



The following sketch from the Bryn
Mawr Summer School paper is written
by a Russian girl who has been work-
ing in California for two years. Com-
pare your ambitions with hers. Con-
sider that you are here for thirty-two

right. to at least two-months of Bryn,
Mawr.
Day-Dreaming.

Buz-z-z-z hums the electric motor;
tat- tat- tat-tat swiftly fall the tiny quick
taps of the sewing machines. Sun-
shine strays into the factory window.
It dances gaily in myriads of d
particles, up and down warm upon my _ machine: tat-tat-tat,
buz-z-z-z.

Laughing waves running to sunlit |
white sands, deep blue .sea, drowsy, |
heat-stricken, white streets of an Ital-|
ian town. Italy! Flowers, dark, flash-
ing cyes, gliding gondolas,
ancient ruins.

The hands do the work—baste, pm,
stitch; -but- the thoughts~are~ far, far’
away. Near the ancient ruins. . Like
a light mist arise the dainty.
that “surround them. Gods and = god-
desses dancing—free,
like, graceful;
meadows, in dark green woods. The
white marble of shrines shows through
the deep green of the woods,

“Did you hear tlfat! One dollar and
twenty cents for this dress?”

“Why, I can’t make one
| hours!”

What!



in three

Oh, yes, one has
| to, have money to travel, to all
ithat glory. But where is one to get
it? Working like this I can never have
| enough, for the shortest, tiniest
| trip.

s And why should 7 ‘devin of travel-
ing?

“Money?”
see

even

But suppose?—suppose—a miracle—.
Suppose I am to have ten million dol-
lars. “Here it is for. you to do as you.
please.”

All that my own! Here I have.it.
What I shall do first? I want to have
free kindergartens fér the children of
the city. Full of sunshine they must
be, clean air, nourishing food, beauti-
ful playgrounds, patient, gentle, guid-
ing. There must be busses to bring
the pale little tots from all part's of the
city, from dirty. dark slums, from
clumsy, ignorant mothers. They must
be carefully taken to this colorful land
of their own.





taken .

months and stop te think whether such
people as.Zena do not, perhaps, have a}

dust |

m othe. cnal,” Cestriczs\ lor: tired,

"ie tt TCO y tls. [Rete mite

Ne best of health imsiructions,

ers. swiarning pools, large win-
dews; sofil furca shed and softlyis
glassroot Ws where the thirst of knéwl-
edgeis-appza-ed. ~All to be free for
them.

And gidy Mage ta ‘travel— world, Olt te wlor: *f it! Ancient
Fyvpt. massive pyramids, the silent
sphinx in the sands of the desert:

‘Do you-knaw the mystery. of: Lfe,
you" enricnt . over Silen‘—forever
slent, Wohoat are‘you hiding?”

Palestine. the sold: glory. of Tsraéf,*
: how shattered = Gen'‘le Galilee. shadow
of Christ—the beautiful, the loving, the
| all-id? giving, the vnderstandins One.
| Spain, laces, red roves, tarantetlas,
serenadess—

Sunny — Italy—doll-like Holland,
| snowy Switzerland. Noble — p-iks

| piercing .the skies, dressed in veils of
clouds,- raging storms upon. them,

hei ‘shall not. fYample our virgin .

heights,” they seem to say. They
| freeze hin, send all the furies of fierce



| winds against him. but he climbs
higher—higher
“Hand me that pink thread, will
tyour” oe ;
"What pink thread? “Oh, yes, here
it Ts,”

Buz-z-z-z, tat-tat-tat-tat. |
The sunshine is gone.

—Zena Shienkman.

Writes of Work of Bryn
Mawr Graduate in Japan





beautiful |
' ciated. with Bryn

legends;

beautiful, dream- |
they play upon flowery |

_cducation for women in

So many would be glad to have:
a little bit of any kind of recreation. '

T want to have large gy er

I have been asked by the Bryn Mawr
League to say something about Miés
| Tsuda’s School in. Tokyo, Japan, to
| which the students of Bryn Mawr have
generously been contributing year after
year. The school has been closely asso-
Mawr? ever since
Miss Tsuda,

| foundation in 1900. the

founder of the ‘school, was the. only one

lai the several young girls sent by. the
Japanese Government to sqydy the West-
crn Civilization in this country who came
to Bryn Mawr.
ing, shé was the only one who attempted
to apply the principles learned here to
Japan. Never
before had any woman in Japan attempt-
ed to engage in public entefprise.
There were only eight students when the
school was first opened, but as vears went
by, girls began. Ao coihe irom all over the
empire, even from a othe and Korea, un-
_til now it has sent dut some 700 grad-

vates. Many these: alumnae have
carried on Miss Tsuda's work aid teach-
ings into wider educational and soeciaf
belds, proving everywhere the real worth
cithe school. . ‘

any

of

The earthquake and fire of 1923 de-
siroyed all the buildings of the school.
Only one montli was lost, however. be-
fore the school began again. though first
the students were taught in the houses of
professors which had escaped. and even
now the 400 students have only a tem
rary building in which to_study.

Miss Tsuda'’s School is
and proud to acknowledge -the sympathy
and help which, ever since its foundation,
it has. received from Bryn Mawr friends.
Bryn Mawr has not onily aided with con-
tributions, But also with those craduates,
ene American and severab Japanese, v ho
have gone*to teach im the school.

Hanya Ran, ’30,

(Graduate of the School.)





its-

Likewise, after graduat- |

both grateful--