College News, 1920-11-17, Vol. 07, No. 08

              The College News
VoLuin VII.    No. 8.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,  1920
Price 10 Cents
DARK  BLUE   FALLS  BEFORE
ONSLAUGHT   OF RED FIRST
[ 1921 Takes First Game of Finals
.    after4Fiercely Contested Battle
With President Thomas applauding from
the side lines, '21 hammered the Junior
team for a 3-2 victory in the first game
of the finals, last Monday. The passing
on both teams was wild, and the game, as
a whole, was scrappy.
Within the first few minutes of play
F. Billstein pushed in the first goal for
the Seniors, followed almost immediately
by one for '22 by O. Howard. Then for
a period, marked by the speedy playing of
E. Newell, '21, at half-back, and the strong
defense of the Junior fulls and goal, neither
team gained until F. Billstein scored her
second goal. '22 tied the score almost im-
mediately with another goal by O. Howard,
and for the rest of the half neither side
scored.
With the score at 2-2 both teams battled
to a standstill in the second half, neither
side being able to penetrate the opposing
defense for a tally. Then, with five min-
utes to play, came the most spectacular
play of the game, when E Cecil, dribbling
down the field, passed to K. Walker, right
inside, for a pick-up goal from the edge
of the circle. During this half the splen-
did blocking of E. Newell, at left half, and
the team work between K. Walker and E.
Cecil, backed by W. Worcester, were
features of the Red play, while E. Dono-
hue, R. Neel and G. Rhodes starred for
the Dark  Blue.
Line-up�1921: E. Cecil, K. Walker,* C.
Bickley, D. McBride, F. Billstein,** W.
Worcester, E. Cope, E Newell, C. Garri-
son, M. P. Kirkland, M. Foot.
1922: E Finch, M. Tyler, C. Baird, O.
Howard,** A. Orbison, M. Krecb, B.
Clarke, E. Bliss, E. Donohue, R. Neel, G.
Rhodes.
TO  DI8CU8S  REORGANIZATION  OF
ALUMNAE  ASSOCIATION
Conference November 22nd to 23rd
Reorganization of the Alumnae Associa-
tion will be discussed at a conference held
in Bryn Mawr, November 22nd and 23rd.
A special committee of five has investi-
gated the Alumnae Associations of other
colleges, and will report their findings to
a joint committee composed of the Board
of Directors of the Alumnae Association,
the Chairman of the Finance Committee
and the Chairman of the Academic Com-
mittee. The members of the Special Com-
mittee are: Harriet Bradford, '15, Dean
of Women at Leland Stanford University,
of California (representing the West); Mrs.
George Gellhorn (Edna Fischel, '00), rep-
resenting St Louis and District 10; Mrs.
Learned Hand (Francis Fincke, '97), rep-
resenting New York and the National
Committee; Mrs. Robert Walcott (Mary
Richardson, '06), representing New Eng-
land. The board hopes that Mrs. A. Mor-
ris Carey (Margaret Thomas, '89) will be
the representative from the Southern Dis-
tricts.
A meeting of the Executive Board of
the Alumnae will be held in Bryn Mawr
on November 19th.
Vassar Presented French Tank
The French Government is presenting
a Tank to Vassar College "in recognition
of the moral and physical contributions
to the cause of the Allies made by Vas-
sar graduates during the War," says "The
Vassar Miscellany News." One hundred
and fifty Vassar alumnae served in
France between 1914 and  1914
TAGORE EXPLAINS PHILOSOPHY
OF BENGAL VILLAGE MYSTICS
RABINDRANETH TAGORE
SYSTEM OF LITERAL MARKING
ADOPTED  BY  BRYN  MAWR
President Thomas explained the new sys-
tem of substituting literal for numerical
grading in chapel, Monday morning, say-
ing in part:
"The study of our college grades was
made by a Faculty Committee of three
(Professor Donnelly as chairman; Profes-
sor Kingsbury, and. Professor Tcnnent).
This study covered nearly a year, and in-
cluded a careful study of the after careers
of all our Bryn Mawr European Fellows.
It was proved that certain numbers were
not used by the Faculty; that among other
curious things, for instance, very few of
you get the grade of 72, 73, 76. 77, 78. If
your work deserves more than 65 the Fac-
ulty very naturally Rives you 70, and docs
not pay much attention to the numbers like
67 or 68. It is almost impossible to dis-
criminate between 75 and 70 (72, 73, or
74), or between 75 and 80. We concluded,
therefore, that numerical grading in be-
tween the great blocks, such as 60, 65, 70,
75, etc, was worthless. We have now
adopted the 'literal system'�Highest Credit,
between 95 and 100; H.C. (High Credit),
90 to 94; C. (Credit), 85 to 89; L.C. (Low
Credit), 80 to 84; M (Merit). 75 to 79;
I. M (Low Merit), 70 to 74; P. (Passed),
65 to 69; L.P. (Low Passed). 60 to 64; P.
(Failed), below 60�and here we shall give
you a numerical grade to help you to make
up your deficiencies. In computing the
grades, the office is instructed by the Fac-
ulty to count a Low Passed as 62^4, a
Passed as 67tf, "M" as 77#, and the other
letter grades in like manner Various test
experiments have been made by calculating
numerically the grades of the first ten
Seniors, and the European Fellows, by the
old and new system and the results esti-
mated in numerical grades seem very much
the same. We believe that our new tJSMBl
s going to be much more scientific It is
(Ctotiaae* ea Pie* $)
CLA8S PLAYS VICTORIOUS OVER
VARSITY   DRAMATIC8   COMPROMISE
The Varsity Dramatics compromise was
defeated by a vote of 89-54 at the Under-
graduate meeting Tuesday night. In
speaking against the compromise, V. Lid-
dell, '22, argued that class plays could be
made as gotxl publicity as a Varsity play,
too many skits would be a failure, and
dramatic talent was not plentiful enough
to support credibly three plays, four skits,
and a Glee Club performance.
The plan of having college rings instead
of class rings was unanimously adopted by
the association, in accordance with a mo-
tion made by M. Spcer, Junior president.
Miss Speer advocated a college ring, be-
cause it would be cheaper, would save time
and trouple every year, and would be a
means of distinguishing a Bryn Mawr
graduate outside of college.
Students' Building Drive Begin*
An active campaign for the Students'
Building will be begun immediately in ac-
cordance with a motion made by E. Taylor,
'21, and passed unanimously by the asso-
ciation. Work for the Students' Building
was abandoned last year on account of
the Endowment Fund, but the plans have
been drawn up by Mr. de Forrest, lh)
lege architect, and a model of the pros-
pective building will lie sent to the college
The student fund now stands at $1100. As
soon as this reaches $25,000, another $25,000
will be added by the trustees.
The Students' Building Committee is:
B. Kellogg. '21; P. Smith, '22, and H.
Humphries, '25.
Reads Their Poems.    Brown Robed
Indian Contrast to Audience
Clad in his brown Bengali robe, with
a darker brown turban, Rabindranath
Tagore made a picturesque contrast to the
American audience who heard his lecture
in the gymnasium, Friday evening, on "Vil-
lage Mystics of Bengal." He stood apart,
not only by virtue of his appearance, his
eastern dress, his calm face with the deep,
quiet eyes and long gray hair and beard,
but by the mysticism expounded in his lec-
ture, .foreign to the average western train
of thought. His voice was musical, rising
and falling in Oriental cadence.
The idea of infinite love, made mani-
fest in man, underlies the philosophy of the
group of ascetic beggar poets, whose teach-
ing Tagore set forth. "To be born a man
is the greatest privilege given any crea-
ture." they say, "because God's will in giv-
ing love finds completeness in man's will
returning that love�and love is the per-
sonal expression of life in all its perfec-
tion."    They sing,
"When shall   I  meet him, the Man of my
Heart ?
My longing is to meet you, my beloved;
This longing is not only mine, but yours."
Primitive man, according to Tagore, be-
lieved in gods as forces acting on him from
outside. Then the idea of God's immanence
developed, tending, however, to become im-
personal and abstract. "This conception,"
he said, "finds votaries only among the
intellectual, who do not feel the need of
,l"w and worship."
The man who first showed that the per-
fection of God, infinite wisdom and love,
dwells in every human personality, was
Buddha. "To be good is incidental," he
taught. "To be good is only to reveal the
infinite that lies in the soul." The value
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RELATIVITY   TO   BE   8UBJECT   OF
DR. AME8 ON  SATURDAY  NIGHT
New  Science Club's  First  Speaker
"Einstein's Theory of Relativity" will
be the subject of the lecture to be given
by Dr. Joseph S. Ames, physicist, who
will speak under the auspices of the
Science Club, at an open lecture in Tay-
lor Hall, on Saturday evening, Novem-
ber 20th.    N'o admission will be charged.
Doctor Ames is head of the depart-
ment of physics at Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, and is associate editor of the
American Journal of Science and assist-
ant editor of the Astrophysical Journal.
In 1917 he was a member of the national
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,
and as chairman of the foreign service
committee of the National Research
Council, visited France and England to
study the origin and development of
�dentine activities in connection with
warfare. Doctor Ames is also the author
of books on physics, and in collaboration
with Doctor Bliss wrote the laboratory
text-book in use here at college.
Oxford Confers Degrees on Women
On October 14th, for the first time in its
history, Oxford conferred university de-
grees on women I pwards of 59 women
students received degrees in the Sheldonian
Theatre, and as the degrees were conferred
the recipients were loudly cheered.
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WILL  DEBATE  ON   RUSSIAN  SOVIET
Russian Soviet government is the sub-
ject for the next debate on December
1, in which the Debating Club will be
assisted by the World Citizenship Com-
mittee. The question is worded: "Re-
solved, That Soviet government offers
the Russian people a better chance for
development than they enjoyed during
the last ten years of the Czar's reign."
The World Citizenship Committee will
co-operate with the club for the next
three debates to avoid duplication of
work