College News, 1923-10-24, Vol. 10, No. 04

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The
News
V6lume X.    No. 4
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,  1923
Price "10 Cents
VARSITY BEATS PH1LADEL-
.    PHIA CRICKET CLUB, 84
Good Stick Work and Team Play
of M. Faries* and E. Tuttle
,      Aid Varsity Team
M. PALACHE STARS AS WING
Varsity's game last Saturday against
the Philadelphia Cricket Club was a vast
improvement over that of the week befo/e,
although the victory was not by any mean*
so assured; the score at the end of the first
half was two all, at the end of the game
8-4 in Kryn XUwr's favor.
The playing oOlhe backs with the for-
wardS was coordinated; the forwards
were* fast, and, as a rule, the backs kept
their men well supplied with short passes.
Not one of. the backs, with the exception
�! B. Yoorhces. '2i\ who was put in during
the second half, gave any U>U�, clean shots
ahead of.their forwards, into open spaces;
but there was a constant slow drihbling-of
, the ball up, and its elaborate presentation
' to the wing or inside or center, as the case
might he. Yet another fault to he' fotnul'
with the backs is that, with the exception
of E. Harris. '26, and S. Walker, '26, they
did not keep their places.
The" came started, as seems to be the
.- habit with varsity games, with "a spectacu-
V lar rush, this time made by M. l'alache,
'24, who raced do.wn the field and shot the
first goal in very pretty form. The first
five minutes of each half were perhaps the
best in the game, certainly the fastest, and
those in which the least muddling oc-
curred. M. b'aries, '24, and K. Tuttle, '24,
played at concert pitch throughout, the
former keeping the ball evenly and unself-
ishly distributed,- thereby assuring the
maximum of efficiency to her team, and
' the latter playing a magnificent, if some-
what too individualistic game. The stick
work of these two, alone and together, and
the fast dribbles and shots of M, Palache
as wing were the prettiest Things in the
game.
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NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE MEM-
BER ADDRESSES LIBERAL CLUB
Advocates Our  Entrance   Into   the
League of Nations and World Court
Mr. Charles Bauer, of the League of
Nations Non-Partisan Association, ad-
dressed the Liberal Club last Wednesday
evening in Denbigh sitting room.
According to Mr. Bauer, the Associat.on
favors the entrance of the United States
into the World Court and the League of
Nations, believing heartily in the four
fundamental principles at the bottom of
the peace treaty, the provision for arbi-
tration and for waiting three months bc-
fore_declaring war; the disarmament pro-
vision;-the economic boycott of the ag-
gressor in any dispute, and the guarantee
of territorial integrity.
The Association is now working for
support in the two parties, to get entrance
into the League ratified, if possible, in the
party conventions next summer. The ques-
tion of entering the Court will be reported
out of committee about January, and it
is   hoped   to   gain   support   for   it   in   the
Senate.
A branch of the Association was started
last spring here in College. It will be con-
tinued as a part of the Liberal Club, where
any infcrr-Oias and- literature may be
obtained.
JEAN  PALMER CHOSEN  PRESIDENT AT SENIOR  ELECTIONS
The Senior class elections held by 1924 in Denbigh, last Wednesday, resulted
in Jean Palmer becoming president, Marian Angell, vice-president,, and Mildred
Buchanan, secretary.
Miss Palmer, who succeeds Pamela Coyne, is on the Board of the Under-
graduate Association and class song mistressior this. year. She has been tennis
captain for two years arid was last year class secretary.
Miss Angell, who has been elected vice-president for the second time, is the
chairman of the Students' Building Committee and was last year's Business
Manager tor Glee Club. Miss Buchanan, succeeding Jean Palmer as secretary,
is Varsity Water Polo Captain, and was on the Athletic  Board her Jiyiior year.
MAYDAYORGANIZATIONSTARTS
BY SELECTION OF COMMITTEES
Classes Elect Members After Straw
Vote Taken Two Day Before
Organizing for May Day and the appoint-
ment of committees has already begun. The
organization made up of many specialized
committees is drawn together by two main
committees,  the executive and central.
The 'Executive Committee is: President
Park, Honorary Chairman; Mrs. Skinner,
Director, Chairman; Mr. King, Head of
Acting Department; Mfcs Chadwick Col-
lins. Business Managor.f Miss ^Applebee,
Head of Green Dancing, of Morris Danc-
ing, of Classic Dancing; E. G. Rcqua, '24,
President of the Undergraduate Associa-
tion; P. Coyne, '24, Senior Advisory
Member.
The Central Committee is: E. G. Rcqua,
'24, Chairman; P. Coyne, '24, Senior Ad-,
visory Member, Chairman cdj Casting Com-
mittee, Chairman of Costumes Committee,
Chairman of Business Committee, Chair-
man of Green Committee.          �
Advisory to Central Committee are the
Chairmen of Classic Dancing Committee,
Music Committee, and Properties Commit-
tee.                                                                    *
Committees  Have Varied Work
. The Coslunk-s, Casting, Classic Dancing,
and Business Committees consist of one
member from each class and a graduate
representative. These members arc elected
by the respective classes after a straw vote
taken two days previously. The Seniors
hold their elections first, followed by the
Juniors and under-classes.
The Costume Committee works directly
under the Director. It looks up the his-
torical background for all costumes, makes
designs for the May Day as-a whole, and
sees to the making of costumes.
The Casting Committee works with Mr.
King. It will cast the entire May Day,
and coach the plays.
The Business Committee works with Mrs
Chadwick Collins and is the backboncof,
the whole fete. It compiles all the maittiie,
lists of patronesses, is in charge of all
correspondence, bookkeeping, printing, pub-
licity, programs and tickets, not to mention
details of purchases and all financial mat-
ters, arranging for special trains, catering,
and housing of visitors.
The Classic Dancing Committee works
under whoever' comes to be in charge of
that Department. Until some one does
come it has try-outs, and assists with re-
hearsals later.
The Properties Committee consists of j
one person from each play, one to be re-
sponsible for making flowers, one from
each dance on the green, one to represent
the sellers, and a chairman. This Com-
mittee works in conjunction with the
Costumes.
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FRESHMAN STATISTICS
GIVEN BY PRESIDENT PARK
Many   New Schools Pass  Students
For First Time
The Casting Committee asks that any-
body who has suggestions for a possible
May Queen to hand the names of peo-
ple they consider possible to B. Constant,
'34, Merion Hall.
The statistics of the Freshman, class,
dealing with their" preparatory education,
their ages, the states from which they
come, and their fathers' occupations, was
the subject of President Park's talk in
Chapel last Friday morning.
Two hundred and forty-three new schools
have been added to the list of school- pre-
paring for Bryn Mawr iu and since 1911?
saidM'resident Park. .Of this number A2
have wholly or partially prepared students
for the first time this year. Of these 32
new schools, 13 are high schools. The
total number of schools sending Student!
�this year is 83; in 1922 it was 73, and in
1912 only 52. In addition to the increase
in the number of schools preparing for
Bryn Mawr there has beer an increase in
the number of applicants. In the past five
years the number has more than doubled.
< it the 12S members of the Freshman
Class, all of whom have entered Bryn
Mawr without a condition, the average age
is 18 years 2.8 months, and the median age
is 18 years 3 months; the youngest member
being 16 years 1 month, and the oldest 2(1
years 6 months.
Students Come  From Many States
The geographical division is fairly wide,
23 States and the District of Columbia
being represented. Pennsylvania, as usual,
leads with 35 students, New York is sec-
ond with 29, while the District of Colum-
bia is third with nine. Eight students
come from Massachusetts and the same
number from New Jersey; five come from
Illinois and 5 from Connecticut; four from
Maryland ; three from Minnesota, and three
from Virginia, Michigan, North Carolina,
Ohio and Wisconsin are each represented
by two students, while Arizona, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kci#tuck\,
Maine, Nortn Dakota, anil West Virginia
each have one student.
The occupations of the parents are
varied; twenty-three Freshmen arc daugh-
ters of lawyers, of which three arc judges,
eighteen arc daughters of bankers and
brokers; twelve of physicians, seven of
merchant-, seven of teachers, SIX of mana-
gers anil officials, five of engineers, four of
real estate dealers, three of' insurance rep-
resentatives, two of clergymen, two of
army officers, two of members of the diplo-
matic service, two of federal research
workers, two of naval officers, and two of
salesmen. An architect,^ chemrtt, a den-
tist, an editor, a journalist, an expert ac-
countant, a bank cashier, a clerk, a con-
tractor, a druggist, a mechanical engineer,
a refrigerator installer, a textile trade rep-
resentative, a hotel proprietor, a master of
dredge, a merchant tailor, a newspaper
owner, an organizer, a rancher, a stock
farmer, each have a daughter in 1927. In
addition, the parents of two members of
[^ffe class have no occupation.
The denominational affiliations show thai
seventy-three are Episcopalians; eighteen
are Presbyterians; eight are Congregation-
alists; six are Roman Catholics; five are
Methodists; three are Unitarians; two are
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LANTERN NIGHT TO BE
CELEBRATED ^CLOISTERS
Sophomores  to f Give   Lanterns   to
Freshmen By Custom Over
Thirty Years 0!d
CEREMONY IS MORE FORMAL
Lantern Night, which will be held in the
Cloisters  next   Friday  night,  is  one  of  the >
oldest ceremonies in College.
1890, the second class in College, was
the first to reCcifC lanterns. The idea of
presenting them originated from one line, ' -
"the only lantern in Bryn Mawr," in a song
by Dr. K. Washington Hopkins, former
professor of Greek.
The lanterns given to 1890 were made of
liligrced tin lined with red isinglass and
stood only four inches high.' They in-
creased in size each year until 1904, when
1908 received^the first lanterns of the type '.
now used. Since then they have changed
in shape ajid general proportions, hut the
size ami the materials used have remained
about the same. The color of the. glass��
varies each year with the color of the
Freshma^class,
Lantern   giving   was   originally   only  an
incident in the impromptu entertainment
which the Sophomores -:n<  -the  I're-hihcri. -
The earlier classes received their lanterns
in   broad   daylight  after   ;.n   outdoor  play
and  had  firsl  to undergo a severe oral quiz
at   the hands   of   the   Sophomores,     This   _____
was afterwards shortened jnto a few words
of good advice and thence to "Good Luck."
In order not to mar the solemnity of the
ueca-i hi, the greeting is now written on a
card attached to the lantern instead of
being spoken. Later the ceremony was
transferred to the night when the Fresh-
men received their caps and gowns and
wa- moved from the campus to the cloisters.
The Greek hymn, "Pallas Ath�nc Thea,"
was written as 1893's class song by Ik'rtha
Haven Putnam and Madeline Yaughan
Abbott, and was first sung at Lantern
Night by 1901. M. O'Sullivan, '07, is the
author of this prose translation:
"Pallas Athene, goddess of learning and
power, we come to thee -to make sacri-
fice in thy honor.
Continued on page 3
HAMPTON QUARTET SINGS
OLD NEGRO! MELODIES
Dr. Gregg Explains the History and
Needs of Institute
Speeches a+iout Hampton Institute, past
and present, were given by its president and
a graduate immediately preceding the negro
melodies, sung by a Hampton quartet at the
concert, held under the auspices of the Un-
dergraduate Association at eight o'clock in
Taylor Hall on Tuesday.
Dr. James K. Gregg, the president of the
Institute, explained how Hampton, founded
by General Samuel Chapman Armstrong,
in 1868, was designed to instruct the negro
youth in morality, industry, thrift and in
practical Christianity. The Institute has
carried on its work for over half a century
and in that time has sent out over 10,000
men and women able to cam an honest
living. It has developed into an industrial
village with an annual enrollment of over
2000 students, jjith more than 150 buildings
and over a thousand acres of land.
The negro melodies and other selections
which followed were sung by the quartet
unaccompanied. All subscriptions collected
at the concert wifr%o to the funds of the
Institute.    .