College News, 1923-05-02, Vol. 09, No. 23

              Copyright, 1922, by The Coluoi N�w�
News
Volume IX. No. 23
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1923
Price 10 Cents
SOPHOMORES VICTORIOUS
IN FINAL TRACK MEET
K. Steinmetz, '25, Wins First Place,
Breaking Two Records and
Winning 75-Yard Dash   '
FRESHMEN WIN SECOND PLACE
With a. lead.of fourteen points over, their
nearest competitor, 1925 won the final track
meet, which was held last Saturday morn-
ing. Their score was 43, while 29 points
were scdred bvAhe Freshmen, who placed
second, and 28 points by the "Juniors, who
came last.                                         ^.
The individual championship was won by
K. Steinmetz '25, whose personal score was
26 points. Steinmetz beat the United States
record as well as the College, by running
100 yards in 11^ seconds, one-fifth of a
second faster than M. Morgan '15, the for-
mer record-holder. She also broke the
College record for the running broad jump,
setting it at 15 feet 4^5 inches, as opposed
to the former record of 15 feet 3 inches,
set by F. Crenshaw '12, in 1911-1912. She
placed first in the 75-yard clash, with a
time of 9'/$ seconds, and fourth in the
standing broad jump, doing *? feet 3l/i
inches.
Second place was won by M. Buchanan
'24, who made 19 points. She again placed
first in the running high jump, breaking,
by an inch, her record of the week before,
and setting the new record at 4 feet 8
inches. She placed second in the standing
high, jumping 3 feet b'/2 inches; in the run-
ning broad, with 14 feet 10^ inches, and in
the standing broad, with 7 feet 6J4 inches.
G. Leewitz '26, with 8 points, received
third place. She placed second in both the
100- and 75-yard dashes, and third in the
standing broad jumt>. Fourth place also
went to a Freshman, S. McAdoo, whose
score was 7 points. She placed first in the
standing high jump, doing 3 feet 7 inches,
and third in the running high jump.
The scores were as follows:
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MANY SUMMER SCHOOL STU-
DENTS ARE ALREADY STUDYING
V
The 105 Workers Chosen Promise
Great Success This Year     ,
MISS   SCHENCK   OUTLINES   NEW
PLAN  OF ORALS
Three   Kinds of  Translation   Make  Basis
of Examination
There were many faults with the old lan-
guage examinations, said Miss Schenck,
speaking in chapel last Friday on the sub-
ject of the latest plan of French and Ger-
man orals.
Chance might play a large part. Able
students ran the risk of being side-tracked,
not knowing the words. It was an arti-
ficial test. Miss Schenck remarked that
people are rarely asked to translate liter-
ally as difficult French as was given in
the examinations. The result of the tests
has been to make preparation artificial and
did not help anyone's knowledge of French
and German. The only way in which a
vocabulary can be built up is by constant
repetition in reading.
Miss Schenck explained the th/ee parts
of the new kind of examinations. The
first will consist of a sight passage from
which all the difficult words will be elim-
inated. Next will follow several pages of
simple narrative to be read in twenty min-
utes; after which ten minutes will be given
to writing a summary. The last will be
a difficult passage to be translated with the
aid of a dictionary.
Leila Barber '25, was elected secretary
of the Association and Elizabeth Subbs '26,
assistant treasurer.
Specially Contributed by Miss Hilda Smith,
� Director of Bryn Mawr Summer School.
One hundred and five students Jor this
year's Summer School have Wen selected
by the Admissions Confmitt.ee, meeting
here at Bryn Mawr two weeks ago. Every
district in the country has sent in applica-
tions, and many districts have reported an
unusual  number of candidates^
For the first time this year an attempt
has been made to offer preliminary study
classes in the communities from which the
candidates arc chosen. Many of our new
students have been hard at work all win-
ter ; and, as a result, the committees are
better able to make, a careful selection
among them. Twelve students are. coming
from the south and seven from the fat
west. In Denver alone one hundred women
workers have been interviewed, and two
were recommended by the committee. This
widV distribution of students is in accord-
ance with the unanimous opinion of the
School that the students should be drawn
from every section of the country, thus
giving opportunity for the exchange of ex-
periences in the School itself. Each district
committee has sifted its own applications,
but even after this process of elimination
over two hundred applications were sent
in to the Admissions Committee for final
choice of 105 students.
Xine former students who have applied
have been admitted for a second term.
These students have proved not only by
their school work here at Bryn Mawr but
also by their active support of the School
and of Workers' Education in their own
communities that they would make good
use of further opportunities for advanced,
work.
About seventy-five of the students were
born in America, and among the othef na-
tionalities represented are worker* from
Austria-Hungary, Czccho-Slovakia, Eng-
land, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Rou-
mania, and Russia.
Among the trades represented are the
following; industries: Automobile, Candy,
Electrical Processes, Foodstuff, Garment-,
Glove, Gold Leaf, "Horse Shoe Nails,
Hosiery, Kodak, Leather, Millinery, Novel-
ties, Paper, Photography, Printing, Rail-
road, Shoe, Telephone, Textile, Tobacco,
�Typewriter.
The fact that the age limit has been
raised this year means that many able can-
didates have been excluded, and have been
advised to study and apply another year.
Most of the students have completed the
seventh or eighth grade, and a few of them
have had one or two years in High School.
Where a grammar school education has
not been complete, equivalent work has
been done through night schools, extension
classes or workers' classes. From every
indication, it is safe to say that the stu-
dents who have been admitted arc an un-
usually fine group, with intellectuaT ability,
enthusiasm, and a genuine desire to con-
tinue  their education.
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Basis  of   Christian   Association  to  be
--------� -u ,'      Discussed.    .
"What Should be the Basis of the
Christian Association?" is the subject
for en .informal debate, followed by
general discussion,-to be held next Sun-
day. The debato will be held at eleven
o'clock on the green between Denbigh
and Dalton; in case of rain in the Grad-
uate  sitting roojn.
Informal; discussions are being held
every Sunday after chapel in Kathleen
Gallwcy's room, for all those who wish
to come.
FLORENCE MARTIN WINS
"SUNNY JIM" PRIZE
Brooke  Hall  Scholarship Goes to
Virginia Miller With highest
Average
ANNOUNCE GRADUATE AWARDS
THREE EUROPEAN STUDENTS
TO SPEND WEEK-END HERE
German, Dutch and Danish Members
of Youth Movements to Speak
Three young European intellectuals, Hans
Ticsler, Pict Roest and Jorgcn Hoick,
brought to the United States by the Na-
tional Student Forum, are coming to Bryn
Mawr Friday afternoon, under the auspices
of thc�Liberal Club, to spend two days at
the College. They will stay until Sunday
morning to meet and talk with the students.
According to P. Fanslcr '24, vice-presi-
dent of the Liberal Club, they want to
meet undergraduates as informally as pos-
sible. Announcement as to when they will
speak to the College will- be made later.'
Hans Ticsler is a young German work-
man who attended the People's Interna-
tional College at Elsinorc, Denmark. He
was one of the German Wandervogel and
has many friends in all the youth groups
of Germany. At one time he and six other
men lived together conducting a co-oper-
ative industry as a proof that people could,
if theySqshed, live co-operatively in the
midst of a competitive society.
1'ict Roest is a medical student at the
University of Leyden and a member of the
I'ractical Idealist Association. As a boy
he went to sea with the fishing fleet. He
has also worked in the shipyards of Rot-
terdam and knows the attitude of young
people of all classes in Holland.
Jorgen Hoick, of the University of
jjCopenhagen, is well acquainted with the
student movements in all the Scandinavian
countries. He has spent much time in the
University Settlement at , Copenhagen,
where students i>ass on their instruction to
workers unable to attend the University.
Here also groups of business men, students
and workers discuss their mutual problems.
The "Sunny -Jim" prize, the awarding of
graduate and undergraduate scholarships,
and the announcement of the prizes of
the General Literature and Information
Examinations, were made in chapel by
President Park yesterday.
'Florence Martin is the winner of the
Helen--Ritchie Memorial, the -"Sunny Jim"
prize. The Brooke Hall Scholarship, given
to the student holding the highest average
at the end of'the first semester of her
Junior year, was -awarded to Virginia
Miller, '24. This scholarship was held in
\')\3 by Anting Dean Bontecou and last
year by E. Melcher, '23. The Junior Upper
Five are V. Miller with 188 honor points
out of 75 hours, K. VanBibber with 176,
M. Fischer with 173, L. Ford with 158 out
of 85 hours, and P. Fansler with 147.
President Park announced Beatrice Con-
stant, '24, the winner of the first prize in
the General. Information Examination,
Anne FitzGcrald, '23, the second, and Maris
Constant, '2?, holder of the third prize.
Dorothy Burr, '23, won first place in the
General Literature Examination, Editn
Walton, '25, came second and Anne Fitz-
Gcrald, '23, third.
Two new. undergraduate scholarships
were awarded, the Elizabeth Wilson White
Memorial Scholarship, given by Mr.
Thomas White, and another in memory of
E. F. Hayt, who was to enter Bryn Mawr
with 1926. The scholarship will be awarded
to -one of the members of this class until
its graduation, when it will become an an-
nual   Freshman scholarship.
When the announcements had been made,
President Park read a cable received from
President Emeritus Thomas from Mar-
seilles,'   which    was    signed    "M.    Carey
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LI.OISE REQUA IS PRESIDENT OF
UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION
Eloise Requa '24, was elected president
and Elizabeth Smith '25, vice-president of
the Undergraduate Association, at a meet-
ing held in Taylor last Thursday. Miss
Rfeqm has been treasurer of the Associa-'
tion during the past year. Miss Smith was
vice-president for her class last year and
acting president this fall. She was Soph-
omore hockey captain and is at present
basketball captain and secretary of the
Athletic  Association.
COLLEGE  GAMBOLS TRADITIONALLY*
ON SUNNY MAY DAY MORNING
Magdalene Hymn and Village Band Have
Accustomed  Part in Ceremony
�    FELICE BEGG 18 NEW MANAGING EDITOR OF "NEW8"
The News takes great pleasure in announcing the election of Felice  Begg '24
as Managing Editor.    Miss Begg, who succeeds  Elizabeth Vincent  '23, has been
a member of the Editorial Board since her Freshman year.    Sarah Wood '24, is the
new Censor, and Delia Smith *26, was elected Secretary.
Louise Howitz '24 is to take the place of Ruth Beardsley as Business Manager,
and Margaret Smith '24 will be Circulation Manager, succeeding Sara Archbald '23.
Perfect weather lent its aid toffee May
Day celebrations yesterday morning, when
the college gamboled on the Green, wound
May poles and skipped to the tune of "To
the May Pole Let L's On," in honor of the
Seniors' own particular May Day.
At seven o'clock the Seniors greeted the
sun by singing the Magdalene Hymn from
Rockefeller Tower. This custom, sug-
gested by President Thomas whcn_the hall
was first completed, has Iwen carried out
ever since. Caroline Rcmak, president of
the Sophomore class, crowned Katherine
Strauss, Senior president, as May Queen ,'
with a wreath of white spring ffowers just
before the procession from the tower
trooped in to breakfast, swinging their
small green  May baskets.
At eight o'clock Florence Martin, presi-
dent of the Undergraduate Association, led
the band to Merlon Green, where the three
lower classes, after winding their May
poles, hurried to watch the Senior May
pole dance and witness President Parks's
presentation of a necklace to the May
Queen. Wild snake dances, grand right
and left marches and games followed
which kept up until Taylor bell summoned
everyone to chapel to hear the announce-
ment oj, the scholarships and prizes.