College News, 1921-03-09, Vol. 07, No. 18

              VOLUMB  VII.     tyO.   18.
.    BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1921
Price 10 Ctnftf
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SHAW MEMORIAL FUND WILL BE
COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY 1922
Bryn Mawr To Have Memorial Chair
of Political Science Founded Next Year
.�February 14, 1922, Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw's birthday, has been set as the close
of the campaign for $500,000 to establish a
joint  foundation  at. Bryn  Mawr and the
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania' entirely and�in case it is voted to continue
.in memory of Dr. Shaw.^ The National
Worften Suffrage Association voted last
February to found a chair in political
science at Bryn Mawr and one in medicine
at the Woman's Medical College of Penn-
sylvania as the official national memorial
to Dr. Shaw. Mrs. F. Louis Slade, chair-
man of the Bryn Mawr Endowment, and
Dr. Susan Kingsbury, professor of social
economy, Were appointed Bryn Mawr
members to the national committee on the
memorial.
All funds raised will be divided equally
between the two colleges unless otherwise
designated. Already $157,000 has been
raised. This, amount includes $100,000
which was part of the Bryn Mawr Endow-
ment; the rest comes from private sub-
*   scription and from the collection made, by
. suffragisfs at the polls last election day.
Mrs. Richard S. Francis, '00, chairman of
the Shaw Memorial in Merion County,
Pa., is now planning a luncheon to be given
at the Merion Cricket Club to raise the
Merion County quota.
REELING AND WRITHING  CLUB
TO   HOLD   BU8INE88  MEETING
The annual business meeting of the
Reeling and Writhing Club, customarily
held early in the second semester, will be
n�*t Tuesday, March 17, in the Christian
Association ^Library, at 7.30 o'clock.
Whether a new collection of Reeling and
Writhing Club poetry will be published this
year, whether tfjg.Cluh shall �rw-dishanded
before the meeting.
Founded primarily as a Club for under
classmen, officers of the Reeling and Writh-
ing Club are by precedent Juniors, Sopho-
mores or Freshmen.
MISS  WALD,  NOTED  SOCIOLOGIST,
TO  8PEAK ON  COMMUNITY  HEALTH
Htalth problems in relation to the com-
munity will be presented by Lillian Wald,
president and head worker of the Henry
Street Settlement, who will speak in Taylor
Hall, on Wednesday evening, March 16,
under the auspices of the World Citizen-
ship Committee...                                  t
Miss Wald, who was the originator of
the Federal Child's Bureau, is an executive
the Club�election of officers^ are questions [member of the Committee on Child Labor,
as well as other committees, and was
American delegate'to the Women's Inter-
national Conference at Zurich in 1919. She
is the author of "The House on Henry
Street, 1915," and pamphlets and reports
on her work.
CHINESE VAUDEVILLE STAGED BY PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS
ACTED \VITH SPIRIT.    NET $1500 FOR FAMINE RELIEF
President  Thomas   and  Mrs.  Pankhurst  Emphasize  Urgency  of  Need
MRS.  PANKHURST CONDUCTS FIRST
CLASS  IN .PUBLIC   8PEAKING
Will   Give  Six  Lectures While
On International Relations Work
The first of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst's
six classes in public speaking, held Mon-
day night in Taylor Hall,, revealed, accord-
ing to Mrs. Pankhurst; an encouraging
ability for sustained speaking in the stu-
dents.                                            ,
"Most important rules for public speak-
ing," Mrs. Pankhurst said, "are having
something to say, saying it with conviction,
speaking audibly, and* always expressing
oneself simply." When she had finished
outlining the purpose and method of her
course, fourteen students spoke extempo-
raneously, and were criticized by her.
A public meeting will take the place of
the next class. Mrs. Pankhurst is to pre-
side, while four principal speakers will dis-
cuss "Immigration and Child Welfare."
Questions and short criticisms will be made
from the floor. This class is scheduled for
Thursday, March 17, though all further
classes come on Monday in each week.
Mrs. Pankhurst is in this country pri-
marily to combat Bolshevism by, speaking
to schools, colleges, chambers of commerce
and men and women's clubs. Her purpose,
however, is also to promote good relation-
ships between Great Britain and America.
BLANKS  FOR  8CH0LAR8HIP8 AND
LOAN8 IN ALUMNAE OFFICE
Professor Lucy Martin Donnelly, chair-
man of the Scholarship and Loan Fund
Committee, has announced that she will
gladly see students wishing to consult her
concerning undergraduate scholarships.
Any student who would like to make
special inquiry regarding these scholar-
ships previous to formal application, or who
might wish for an appointment with the
chairman, can make such arrangements
through the alumnae office, Taylor Hall.
The application blanks are to be secured
through the' office of the secretary and
registrar.
The Loan Fund is available for students
wishing to supplement scholarships or for
special assistance, and is granted without
interest until after the student's college
work is completed.
W
Oriental, ingenuity displayed itself in
great variety for occidental amusement in
the entertainment for the benefit of Chinese
Famine Relief, given in the gymnasium last
Saturday night by Chinese students study-
ing at the University of Pennsylvania.
Directing the entertainment was Mr. C.
Chen, graduate of Yale University, and
graduate stqdent at the University of
Pennsylvania, while M. Foot, '21, president
6f the Undergraduate Association, acted as
stage manager.
"We want to show our American audi-
ence what jve can do," said Mr. Chen^ in
an interview with a Ne-^s reporter. "We
are going to play our game in your way."
' The program accordingly included Amer-
ican singing as well as Chinese operatic
selections from classics over 1000 years
old, an occidental interpretative dance to
Chinese music played upon instruments in-
vented more than 1500 years B. C, and
two renderings of Chinese plays in Eng-
lish. The acts' presented here were from-
a longer- program given on February-11,
at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, in Phila-
delphia, where the proceeds amounted to
$5000.
Good  Harmony Shown in  Singing
Vivacious action and poise, as well as
good harmony, marked the singing of "Roll
dem Bones," "Call John," and other hu-
morous songs by Mr. K. Y. Ling, Dr.
K. B. Young, Dr. Don G: Lew, and Mr.
C. T. Yin, who sang "Serenade" with
equal success. Quite in contrast to this
music were the Chinese operatic classics,
with their falsetto tones and uneven rhythm.
Dr. Frederic Poole, Oriental traveler,
for many years the head of a Chinese mis-
sion in Philadelphia Chinatown and the
only American on the program, illustrated
upon a blackboard the -pictorial nature of
Chinese writing. He showed how the char-
acter for man and the character for field
together", mean farmer; mouth and door
combined stand for begging; man, mouth
and rice field together mean happiness,-while
the word for trickery and conspiracy is
the character fdr woman written twice.
Dr. Poole also gave a scene from the "Yel-
low Jacket," in which Li Sin beheads the
servant maid, Zo. During the twenty-four
years which he spent in the Chinese Mis-
sion in Philadelphia Chinatown, Dr. Poole
was once shot in a feud (callefl the Tong
War) between the Chinese merchants.
Chinese Playlet a  Feature
"The Spanking of the City Gods,"
modern Chinese play now playing in Chiija,
and entertainingly translated^nto colloquial
American for this occasion, was the prin-
cipal act on the program. The humor of
the plot, in which three thieves, hiding from
justice in the guise of gods upon an altar,
are prayed to by the balked detectives, and
finally discovered through an amusing acci-
dent, was increased by the spirited acting
of the performers. M'ss Marguerite Wong,
as an afflicted maiden praying to the City
Gods, invoked them thus: "Oh, won't you
please help me!, My father and mother
are fighting, and I am so nervous. Won't
you please make them stop!" The white
noses worn by all comic characters on the
Chinese stage mighl^fce adopted to advan-
tage by some comedians in America so
that there would be no doubt as to whether
they were comic or not, according to Dr.
Poole.
The. act performed by-Mr. S. T. Chow
and Mr. C. J. Li, called 'Two in One," is,
according to Mr. Chen, a very old Chinese
trick. A most amusing effect was produced
when Mr. Chow stood behind Mr. Li and
spoke, while Mr. Li went through the
motions of speaking.
Little Harry, a young representative from
China, who is, according to Mr. Chen,
"No. 1 Boy" in Grade 2B of the school
which he attends in Philadelphia, was one
of the most popular performers of the
evening. The words of his song, which
was three times encored, were as follows:
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NOTED REFORMER URGES FIGHT
FOR EQUAL SOCIAL STANDARDS
Mrs.    Pankhurst    Describes    Part
Played by Women in Legislation
"In 1905 the women of England decided
that politics must be practical and not
theorejjcal," said Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst, nofed suffragist, speaking in Taylor
Hall last Friday evening..... "And so urged
on by the presence of the social eveil, they
adopted militant methods fo win the vote,"
she continued. Mrs. Pankhurst, who spoke
to the students .on the social evil, was in-
troduced by President Thomas.
English women had the local vote'before
the national franchise. They served on
hoards as administrators of the Poor Act,
Mrs. Pankhurst explained, adding that
"these board women realized that without
the vote they never .could free women
whose position was intolerable."       I
Mrs. Pankhurst believes that now the
first battle for equality is won in the great
Englisn-speaking countries, it remains to
solve the problem of the social evil. "It
is the outcome of subjection of women and
is the product of ages," she asserted.
"Hitherto, men and women have been
judged by different standards. Such a con-
dition is now impossible�equality must be.
sought." In conclusion, Mrs. Pankhurst
urged that no one neglect this important
department of human life, one that con-
cerns the whole race.         "�                __/
FIRST TEAM APPARATUS MEET
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY
Two Former Cup Holders Will
Enter Individual Contest
Apparatus, Indian clubs, ropes, pyramid
building and individual exercises will be
included in the first team gymnastic meet
which will be held Friday, March 11, and
Thursday, March 17, at 4.15 o'clock. The
judges for the meet are Mr. Bishop, of the
Haverford School for Boys, and Mr. Wil-
liam J. Cromie, Department of Physical
Education of the University of Pejmsyl-
vania; and the officials are, clerk of the
STUDENTS' BUILDING COMMITTEE
0PEN8 CONTE8T  FOR PAMPHLET
A competition for the best students'
building pamphlet will open tomorrow and
continue for a week. President Thomas
'will submit one, and has asked that as
many undergraduates as possible should
help the students' building campaign by
entering the competition.
The prize pamphlet will be printed and
distributed among alumnae and friends of
the college in order to arouse interest and
solicit subscriptions for the necessary fund
Anyone desiring to enter the competition
should go to E. Donnelly, '21, chairman of
the Students' Building Committee, and get
a list of the points to be covered in the
pamphlet- The plans for the prospective
building may be seen in E. Donnelly's
room.
ROBERT FR08T TO GIVE LAST
LECTURE TOMORROW EVENING
Reeling and Writhing Club members
will hear Mr. Frost for the last time to-
morrow evening when he will speak in-
formally in the Christian Association
Library at 7.30.
Although no formal topic for his talk
has been given out,'it is understood that
he will speak on the musical qualities of
poetry. Other talks hfive been on achieving
originality in poetry, and on metaphors
good and bad.
RIDING CLA88E8 BEGIN
Riding instruction under Mr. Graham
Conor started last week. A beginners' class
is held on Tuesdays at 4.30, an elementary
class on Thursday/afternoons at the same
hour.
court, Miss Applebee; scorer, H. Hill, '21.  !
Four optional exercises on the bars and
three vaults and three exercises on the
horse will be required for each team. In-
stead of the rope relay, which was planned
at first, there will be a racing event up the
ropes, timed by stop-watches. The present
record, made in former years when indoor
track meets were held, is nine seconds. The
stunt, which has not been included in the
meet since 1917-18, can be either moving
or stationary and may be built up from the
floor, the bars, or the horse. The Indian
club drill, which will be done by a team of
thirteen people from each class, will con-
sist" of some required and some optional
exercises.                                     ..�'
Four Competitors in Individual Moot -*�
In the individual apparatus contest each
class will have four competitors, who will
offer one vault and one original exercise
apiece on the horse and bars. A silver cup,
to be held for one year, is given to the
winner of this event. Two former holders
of the cup will enter the contest, E. Cope,
'21, who won the individual championship
in 1918-19, and E. Cecil, 71, the present
holder of the cup. Other entries are�1921:
M. Ladd, M. Smith; 1922: A. Nicoll, R.
Neel, E. Rogers; 1923: J. Richards, M.
Strauss, A. Smith, M. Swartz; 1924: B.
Tuttle, M. Buchanan.
First team captains are�Apparatus: E.
Cecil, '21; A. Nicoll, '22; J. Richards, '23;
B. Tuttle. '24. Indian dubs: E. Godwin,
�21; L. Grim, '22; E. Ericson, '23; F.
Begg,'24.
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