College News, 1923-01-24, Vol. 09, No. 13

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Volume IX.    No. 13
BRYN  MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24,  1923
Price  10 Cents
IMPORTANT EXHIBIT
TO BE IN GYMNASIUM
Physical   Welfare    Exhibits   From
Many Colleges and Health
Organizations Planned
Devoted solely to various aspects of
physical welfare organization, achievement,
and opportunity! will be the exhibition held
in the gymnasium from January 31 until
February 8. Actual physical demonstra-
tions will Id- staged and there will be on
view exhibits from many colleges, indus-
trial plants, and physical welfare organi-
zations.
The gymnasium will be hung around
with the exhibits: posters, charts, pictures,
bulletins, etc.,-illustrating many phases of
the work. On two of the days not yet
determined, the Model School, will give
a' demonstration of gymnastic work and
euryhthmics liefore the children's parents.
In addition, some physical training work
may be done by college students, to show
the work of  the more advanced classes.
Vassar, Wellesley and Barnard will all
send exhibits, for all have been experi-
menting in various ways. Barnard has re-
cently worked out a series of physical effi-
ciency tests which includes medical, mental
and physical ratings. At Vassar the stu-
dents of the Economics Department have
made statistics of the physical training
work. Finally not the least interesting in
this class of exhibits will be the Bryn
Mawr posture charts, giving examples from
the / present Freshman and Sophomore
classes, and contrasting good and bad post-
ures based on the physical examination
drawings.
"Junglegym" to be Shown
Many of the exhibits will be from the
children's organizations,' such as the Na-
tional Child Welfare Association, the Child
Health Organization, American Posture
League, and Dr. Grenfell. These will show
the results of investigations and what has
been accomplished in physical welfare
work. From Dr. Grenfell there will be
posters showing the part taken by Bryn
Mawr people in Dr. Emerson's highly im-
portant nutrition work in Labrador. An-
other exhibit will be of the "Junglegym.'
This is an apparatus,   rather like a larg^-,
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NEW COURSE  IN HYGIENE TO COME
NEXT SEMESTER
Lectures Given   Every Week Will Treat
Subject   Fully
The new Hygiene Course to be required
of everyone taking Second Year English
except for those who attended Dr. Drink-
er's lectures last year, was the subject of
Dean Bontecou's talk in chapel last Friday
morning.
The "Dean explained that the Jecturcs
have been grouped into three sections and
will come every Monday during the hour
left free in the English course. Failure to
pass an examination in Hygiene set bv
President Park and a special committee
will involve a repetition of the lectures
next year. It will be possible for anyone
wishing to do so to attend all or any of
the different lectures as a hearer.
The first section of the course will con-
sist of six lectures on Personal Hygiene
or Applied Physiology given by Dr. Yatcs
in the Biology lecture room. Dr. Martha
Tracy, Dean of the Women's Medical Col-
lege, will deliver the "seventh lecture on
the subject of nutrition. Dr. Drinker, who
gave the entire course in hygiene last year,
COUNCIL  TO  CHOOSE  COMMITTEE  TO   DISCUSS  CURRICULUM
An unofficial committee of studejit.s. for discussing and suggesting changes in
the .curriculum will soon be appointed by the undergraduate ^members of- the
College Council, who met last week to dciil craU itpiri JURKCStcd member*. It
was decided that the work of this committee will be to formulate into some kind
of systematic report the complaints and suggestions of the whole student body,
and to give force to their proposals by a careful study of the problems both here
and at other colleges. F. Martin, '23, President of the Undergraduate Association,
will be Chairman.

The Council felt that the three questions of greatest importance would be the
matters of required courses, quizzes, and honors with the degree.   " *    '.
The idea of student suggestion in regard to matters of the curriculum orig-
inated in the last Council meeting, when President Park spoke of the Ideal curricu-
lum drawn up by the undergraduates of Mount Holyoke.
VARSITY BASKET BALL
TAKES TWO VICTORIES
Two Successful Games in One Week
Start Off Season.    Team
Plays Brilliantly �
BRYN MAWR JUNIOR HAS
CHANCE FjR MX IAL TRAINING
Grace    Carson    Describes   "Junior
Month" at Charity School
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(Specially contributed by
Grace A. Carson, '23)
Five years ago, convinced that the col-
lege undergraduate would profit by a sur-
vey of the field of Social Work, the New
York Charity Organization Society insti-
tuted "Junior Month." A member of the
Junior Class of each of the Eastern col-
leges, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Connecticut,
Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Swarth-
morc," Vassar, Wellesley, and Wells is
chosen by a faculty-student committee.
During the month of July they are the
gucsts'of the "C. O. S." in New York, and
last summer we lived in the Finch School.
Two and a half days a week we spent
at lectures and various excursions of in-
quiry on the practical side. The lectures
sun planned to give us a panoramic view
of the whole subject of social welfare? We
considered the problems of Housing and
Welfare, the Mental Defective, Immigra-
tion, Industry, Work with the Handicapped
and especially the case work method ol
dealing with social problems.- We visited
various institutions including Sing Sing,
the Workmen's Compensation Commission,
Orphanages, and Ellis Island. The last
was by far the most interesting since we
arrived just as a Liverpool boat came in.
Then, too, we had opportunity to "browse"
in the Russell Sage Library and collect our
experiences and look up those which most
impressed us.
The other three days we did or attempted
to do family case work in the individual
districts. That sort of work appealed to
most of us more,�perhaps because it was
least academic but more probably it satis-
fied a conceit, in making us think we ac-
complished something worth while�that
we didn't just absorb impressions, but pro-
duced an idea now and again. When you
are  given   a slip   from   which   you  derive
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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
EXPLAINED BY MISS PARK
Two 'Points Have Been  Eliminated
and No Conditions are Allowed
ALUMNAE  DINNER AND PLAY
TO PRECEDE ANNUAL  MEETING
A luncheon to members of the Bryn
Mawr Alumnae Association, given by Miss
Park and the College Directors in Pem-
broke on -Saturday, February 3, will follow
the annual meeting of the Association,
which will take place that morning at 10
o'clock in Taylor Hall.
The Finance Committee hopes at this
meeting to adopt a plan for a fund through
which all alumnae contributions can be
directed to the' most pressing financial
needs of the College, according to advice
from the Alumnae office. This new project
will be discussed on Friday evening, at a
dinner in Rockefeller Hall open to all
Alumnae.
A short play arranged by Serena Hand,
'22, will be given in the Gymnasium that
evening.
The changes in the Collegen entrance re-
quirements, upon which the faculty has
recently decided, were the subject of
I 'resident Park's talk in Chapel last
Wednesday morning.
Bryn Mawr has always stated twenty
points as its requirement for entrance, she
explained, but, if the points were counted
as in other QaUflgtt, tlu-y would pnly
amount tu seventeen. In English, Mathe-
matics, and Physics, Bryn Mawr gives one
more point than do other colleges for ex-
aminations of equal difficulty. Besides
these, however, Bryn Mawr requires two
points which are actually more than those
prescribed  hy  other  colleges.
Last year the Faculty Committee on En-
trance Examinations worked to find some
changes in the requirements which would
bring the College an increasingly good set
of students. Now, through the elimination
of examinations in two minor subjects,
which after long trial have proved to be
of small value as a" foundation for the
College curriculum, the faculty hopes to
accomplish two things: first, to release
time for more thorough preparation in the
remaining subjects, so that no conditions
need bo carried over into the first year of
college; and, second, to make it possible
for a greater variety of good schools'to
prepare readily for Bryn Mawr.
Bryn Mawr will continue to accept either
her own or College Board examinations,
President Park went on, but on account of
the reduced number of examinations they
may be hereafter taken in not more than
two divisions and no students with con-
ditions will be admitted. These require-
ments will be optional in 1923 and obliga-
tory in 1924, but minute arrangements
have been made for students who have
already offered preliminaries.
"We think these are more intelligent re-
quirements for entrance," she concluded,
"because good students in almost any kind
of school can now consider coming to
Bryn Mawr, and future students will come
into Bryn Mawr, unconditioned, with clear
minds  as  regards their school  work."
ICE   CROWDED  LAST THURSDAY
WHEN COURTS FIRST FLOODED
The frozen tennis courts, transformed
into a rough but popular rink, were
crowded with skaters last Thursday after-
noon as long as the ice lasted.
M. Brown, '25, and E. Nichols, '26 proved
their ability as fancy skaters, performing
difficult figures, which showed that though
the space was small it made no difference
to those really skilled in the art. Others
contented themselves with plain straight-
forward stroke^ among whom was Miss
Barrow, endeavoring to become proficient
in one of the few sports she has never
tried.
Overwhelming the "Has-beens," a team
of nearby roaches, with a score of 49-4,
Varsity won the first game of the season
iii't Wednesday night.
They were \iclorious, . however, not so
much on their own merit as,bccausc of the
futile, though animated, playing of their
opponents. A spirit of frivolity obsessed
the players and despite a strict calling of
VaTsity's fouls, the ball seemed bewitched,
landing almost invariably in the sure and
easy clutch of a Varsity player, though
there was quick and intelligent passing be-
tween F. Martin, '23, C. Remak. '25, and
Helen Rice, '23. The forwards were slow.
But their slower opponents cancelled the
advantage they might have gained from
this. Miss Adams, of the Has-Bcens, was
especially active, and toward the end of the
game her team took to passing higher, in
this way sometimes getting over the heads
of Varsity's two celebrated giants. A.
Clcmenet. '23, was sure and deft as guard,
and -M. Palache, '24, a very agile side-
center.
W.   Dodd  Stars in  Second  Victory
The   game   on   Saturday   against   the.
Philadelphia   Girls'   Hockey   Club   Basket-
ball   team   was a  rather close  victory   for
Varsity, 34-26.
Miss Townsend alone, despite her indi-
vidual^ game, kept Bryn Mawr hands full,
and, had her team been accustomed to
playing together, affairs might have taken
a fatal turn. W. Dodd, '26, in her bap-
tismal game, was most emphatically the
star. She played a clear, game, using her
head even more than Remak, '25, and this,
together with her quickness and accuracy,
more than made up for lack of practice
with her team. The passing between Mar-
tin, '23, who outshone even her usual bril-
liant game, and E. Howe, '24, and C.
Remak and W. Dodd, was quick and sure,
Remak and W. Dodd, was quick and sure�
'tetter than last year's. The guards fouled
with deplorable frequency.
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CONFERENCE  OF  COLLEGE   WOMEN
TO  BE   HELD   IN   PHILADELPHIA
Psychologist-to  Speak   Here  on   Student
Government   Problems
Miss Anne Hampton Todd. '02, and Miss
Marion Reilly, '01, are the Bryn Mawr
delegates to the annual conference of the
North Atlantic section of the American
Association of University Women, which
is being held in Philadelphia from Friday,
February 9, until the following Sunday.
On- Saturday afternoon the meeting will
be held at Bryn Mawr, when Dr. H. L
Langfeld. professor of Psychology at Har-
varcr University, will discuss the "Handling
of Social Problems by Student Govern-
ment," and Miss Ellis-Fermor, Oxford
University, will speak on the "University
Education for Women in England awl
America." President Park will preside
that evening at dinner at the Bellevue-
Stratford, when the "Widening Oppor-
tunities for Women" will be the topic for
discussion.

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