College News, 1923-06-05, Vol. 09, No. 26

              Copyright. 1922, by The Collegi New*
Volume IX. No. 26   '
BRYN MAWR, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923
Price  10 Cents
THE  CLASS  OF  1923
PRESIDENT MEIKLEJOHN
TO SPEAK ON THURSDAY
Commencement Procession Will Fol-
low Order Similar to That of
Last Year
STUDENTS TO FORM AT LIBRARY
The order of Commencement is:
President Meiklejohn, of Amherst Col-
lege, will speak at Commencement on "To
Whom Are We Responsible?" President
Meiklejohn graduated from Brown in 1893.
He has taught philosophy and logic at
Brown and has been President of Amherst
since 1912.
1.    At Commencement, Seniors are
seated in rows of six on each side and
forward of the central aisle of the gym-
nasium, and this place is ribboned off.
The front seats arc filled first. No' devi-
ation from this seating as assigned can
be made, and Senior marshals for Com-
mencement are responsible for the cor-
rect seating of the class.
2.    Candidates   for  the  M.A.  sit alpha-
betically in rows of  seats behind the en-
trance  aisle,  first on  the left of  the cen-
tral   aisle,   then   on   the   right,   beginning
from the aisle.
3.    Former members of the Senior class
sit behind the Seniors in front of the
entrance aisle, as space permits.
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LUCY GATES TO SING WITH
SALZEDO  HARP TRIO
the
Recital    to    Be    Held    Tonight    in
Cloiaters of the Library
Miss Lucy Gates, an American soprano,
is to sing with the Salzedq Harp Trio in
the Cloisters tonight
Miss Gates has in four years become
prominent in the musical world. She has
sung at the Newark New Jersey, Festival,
and on tour with the New York Symphony
Orchestra under Walter Damrosch. The
Philadelphia Record says of her: "Her
voice is beautiful in quality and has a lyric
power that is most beautiful and appealing.
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ALUMNA ACTIVITIES OPENING WITH CLASS BANQUETS
AND MEETINGS CULMINATE IN COSTUMED PROCESSION
Three Odd And Three Even Classes Assemble While 1894 Returns for an
-  Informal Reunion
Seven classes, ranging from the grad-
uates of 1922' to the class of 1894, are
having their reunions here this week. Class
banquets were held in the different halls
on Saturday night and informal meetings
have'been taking place all over the campus,
where groups of alumnae may be seen at
any hour of the day or night. Yesterday
the Procession of < Alumnae in costume
was followed by the Alumnae vs. Varsity
basketball game and the presentation of
athletic cups and prizes. The open meet-
ing of the Council to which all alumnae
were invited was held in the Chapel this
morning. The classes ^holding reunions
are:
1922
The forty-eight members of 1922, the
youngest class back, appear in long blue
smocks with dark blue tarns on their heads
and model rattles in their hands, very
proud since their class baby is older than
1923's. E. Anderson and K. Peek furnished
entertainment at their banquet held in Den-
bigh Saturday night by giving their *famous
r61es from Banner Show. C. Skinner sang
some songs and S. Hand and E. Anderson
both  made  speeches.                          *�
1921
1921, here for their second reunion, are,
as last year, clad in red Indian blankets
with red feathers in their hair and arc still
singing the war whoop. B. Kellog acted
as toastmistress at their banquet where all
were dressed to represent themselves at
their twentieth reunion. K. Johnston and
H. Hill spoke on their "experiences in
England." Among the other speakers were
M. Morton, E. Cecil, A. Taylor, and R.
Marshall, ev.-'21, who has returned for her
last year at Bryn Mawr.
1914
Blue jackets and white skirts make up
the costume of 1914, Jmo axe returned this
year forty-seven strong. Their banquet,
held in Rockefeller, Saturday night, was
entertained by family pictures thrown on
the screen and a. speech on "motherhood,"
written by "a husband," which proved the
hit of the evening
1913
The largest number of Alumnae return-
ing in any class are in 1913. Fifty-nine
people attended the banquet on.. Saturday,
which was considered by the undergrad-
uates as the noisiest and longest dinner
held that night. Their costume is a red
handkerchief, which, according to one of
their number, is both "cool and chaste."
1911
Only nineteen members of 1911 arc here.
They wear broad green belts and "tub"
headbands and say that every member
spoke at their dinner. The Rehearsal, by
Christopher Morley, was given as an in-
formal skit. 1911 boasts of having 114
children, but they appear to have left all
but one at home.
1898
7J1898, which proudly claims the member-
snip of President Park, is holding its re-
union in Radnor Hall.   Their banquet was
given on Monday night in  Penygroes.
1894.
1894, here for its thirtieth reunion,, is
back informally, their headquarters are in
Merion, but they cannot he distinguished
by any particular costume.
LABRADOR,    UNDEVELOPED    COUN-
TRY, OFFERS DIRECT CHALLENGE?
Difficulties  Add  Zest  to  Life,  According
to Dr. Grenfell
(Specially Contributed by Dr. Wilfred T.
Grenfell)
The opportunity to speak at Bryn Mawr
is always a pleasure to any one who can
accept it, and who is really interested in
human life as a possible field of honor. To
me, the end of, education is to know one's
self and one's talents so that one may
make the greatest impact on this material
universe while wc are related to it. There
are only two alternatives: we either con-
tribute to a purposeful world or we are
actors in a very cruel tragedy. So far as
education goes, I believe that to the willing
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DR. HENRY COFFIN GIVES
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
Real   Adventure  to be Found by
Man WhoSeek's God's Promise
�' I Will Be"
BIBLICAL GOD IS NEVER STATIC
The conception of Cod advancing the
promise "That I will be" in contrast to the
picture of the static God "I am" was the
subject on which Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin,
of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, spoke at the Baccalaureate service
last Sunday evening. His text, taken from
Exodus III, 14, was, "And God said unto
Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
"An objection recently offered to the
Christian religion," said Dr. Coffin, "is that
it opposes a static universe. The world
in which we live, the world of evolution in -
which life takes on a myriad forms, where
races, classes, and nations rise and fall
continually, is not a static world. The God
who announces himself as 'I am' seems to
be out of place. Such a statement tends to
make His followers settle down, to make
them conventional and unprogressive. No
element of risk or adventure enters into
their religion, the thing they call 'God's
will' is guaranteed them. There is no room
for pioneering or experimenting."
The text, Dr. Coffin explained, is really
an incorrect translation. The words are,
not "I am," but "I will be." "The people
who lived in contact with the Biblical God,
Moses for example, did not have tame
careers.
"What is there really so venturesome and
exciting," he asked, "in anything from
which God is banished? The world will
become ice, we will be fossils or dust, per-
haps. What could be more static than to
be destined to be so much fertilizer, with-
out even the satisfaction of knowing what
we fertilize?
"Archeology tells us that the earliest
human remains contain some elements of
religion, of the appeal to some spirit for
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