College News, 1915-01-14, Vol. 01, No. 13

              The College News
Volume I.    No. 13
BRYN   MAWR, PA., JANUARY 14,   IM/i
Price f> Cents
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
8 p. M.�Driiiiintir Dancing in the Gyrn-
nasiunt by K. Dougherty, l."> For the hem-fit
of the Red Cross.    Admission 50 cents.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17
tt p. M.�Ves|>ers. Speaker, M. Scattergood,
8 p. m�Chapel. Preacher. The Right
Rev. Philip   M. Khinclander,   D.D.,   Bishop
of Pennsylvania.
WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 20
Mid-year examinat ions begin.
9.30 p. m.�Mid-week meeting of the C. A.
Leader, L P. Smith, '08.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
p. m. �Veapen.   Weaker, K. Deems, '10.
p. M.��Chapel.        Father   Huntington,
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O.ll.C.
down in a chalk ditch, taking good care,              MID-YEARS AND MERITS
under penalty of death or wounds, not to �ow a 8|mple 8y8tem � become
show our heads. It is a war of rabbits, �,�,.,, invo|ve(l when a larRe nuniber of
or of molea. The aviators, friendly or peoPie set out to misunderstand It. la
| hostile, fly over us. The cannons have a demonstrated again and again by the con-
certain terrible majesty, but the Herman fU8jon invariably accompanying all men-
�obus whose arrival is announced by a ,ion of ..nierit8." ,�age8 57 and H of the
shrill, vibrant whistle, are the most dan- ,.olIeRe (.ataloKue give one the genera,
gerooa. Mrs. Cons is with friends in i(lea but the ,letai,8 of the arranKement
Paris, so busy knitting and working for ,.ome only after ,ong expeP,ence> In
the soldiers that she scarcely has time order to gra,|uate in four year8 you mU8t
to write more than cards to us at home. have at the ent, of your Junlor year over
She says that Paris seems as .,uiet as a half yollr hours. mer�8 T|l|8 mpang of
country village in comparison with Cap. ,,�> ninety hours regularlv offered a. least
where troops were coming and going at fortv.nve an(, a ,lalf nn|!S, ,�. ,�(.rit ����_
all hours of the day and night. Her ad-
dress   IS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
Meeting of the Alumni Association.
MR.  CONS  TELLS  OF   LIFE   IN   THE
TRENCHES.
The following letters will undoubtedly
be of great interest to Mr: and Mrs. Cons'
many Bryn Mawr friends:
13 Aoui 1914
'�.Nous   parton-   ileinaii!  |M>ur   la   Prance,
ma tinimi
�oldat.    Je in
sympathies
irop juste |�
par lautocr
linn,  Louis Cons,
Chez Mine.  Deniker,
Si rue CeoffreySt. Ililaire,
Paris, Emnce.
If you have only forty-five hours you fall
beneath the merit rule and must add
whatever extra time the collage author-
ities-see lit. In order to hold office in
any class or college organization, to be
a team captain, business manager, editor
of any  college   publication,   to  take   any
comiiii
-ai-
iiitiiiiiieie it uioi oommc
in- de quelle coir- -out voe
>� von- crois  tio|i -age  el
pn voir |e role odie.lx joiie
me pruaaien dana cette affaire.
Je crois oi(e la Ljaiice comlial pour -i \ ie
el   sjpWfcrte  el   <|iie  je  ne  poiirrais  donncr
moll sang pour line meilleiire cail-o
"Je voua pne de dire a mea amiea dc Bryn
Mawr ipic,   make  lout, je garde  le  mcillcur
souvenir da votre heau College el que ic
penscrai Men touvenl a lui, la-has. .le
souitre bcaucoup a la penace que je ne pourrai
|M'iit-etre jainai- achever mea rpehefches
mail nan admirable petite Amerieaine de
fen......  m"a promis,  avee I'aide de qelqun
amis, de li"- leriiiiner avee le- notes que je
laiaae, i'fl m'arrive malheur. Ton- ma
amis de Franca et preaque tow lea Franeaia
d'Aliicriqiie partont OU sent  partis,     Ma vie
ne vaut pen miens que la leur.   Je par- anaai
"J'espere que la cauae de la justice i
la liherlc triomphera de la harhane prua-
sielil.e       .le   lie  hai-   pa-  fl'-  Allemaiiil-  In.n-
leur imperialiame brutal  souleve le degoAl
universel "
After six weeks' training at Gap
(southeastern France), Mr. Cons' regi
ment was ordered to the fronL and since
the middle of October has been in the
trenches, "first those of the 3rd line, then
those of the 1st line, facing the enemy,
on Uie Roman road that runs from
Chalons/Sur-Marne to Rheims." He says
"the bullets whistle incessantly, like a
swarm of angry bees.    We live crouched
On December ISrd  Mrs. Cons wrote:
"To   supplement    the    meagre    details  part in a play which needs rehearsing or
which you have already  received. I send   training   of  any   kind,  to  hold   any   paid
you these extracts tr..... Mr  Cons' letters,,position    Ithis    includes   the    choirl    you
written   hastily  and   incoherently   as   he  must have over halt  your hours- merits.
�aya,  but which give a rather vivid  pic-   \  Kreshinan in order to do any of these
ture of the life he is leading.    I am lead-   things   alter  mid years  must have eight
ing a very humdrum  existence in  Paris,  hours of merits
working   for   the   soldiers,   and   the   war
sufferers.    1  am  well, and very busy, as
usual.    With best Christmas greetings to                  WOMEN   IN  EUROPE
all our Bryn Mawr friends.    1 wish I had      Madame   liosika Schwimiiior addressed
time to write to them all  to thank them   a crowded chapel Saturday evening,
for their sympathy."                                        I'rau   Schwiinmer told of the  new  im-
2 D.'icinlire, 191 I        portant position of the women of Kurope.
"Noii- void de nouveau tranquillca pour Their internationalism though youagai
qudquea jtfura encore avant dc remonter than that of the men is more real and
aux tranche,- N,,- .Icplaccinci- -,� foul thofogajl. The race of motherhood is 1. 11
en ellct  BUivanl un roiilcmeiii svste-matinuc        ..         ,             . .,   .    .,                    ,
de  facon   a   a-urer   aux   ho.......W   ap�'-   lellr   i,S   "Vin*   for,,('   aml   b,,,,ls   "'�'   W,,lllpn   �f
scjoiirsur la hgneiie leu un r. pi.- iVparaiciir. "'1 nations together. She said that the
Je ne -ai- juaqu'a quel point il ml permia women confess that they are partly
aux  miUtairca dc donncr  dana  leur cue-  Kinlty for �lp war    They knew. t|ml ar.
-poliilancc i|c- pn i 1-nni--in  ii   -ujcl.      Au-.-l              .11                             ..
jaiine uiicux nvabatcnir de detail* el Ic dire   ��"���  �"� <<>�'J>ulsory service  would
-implement que tout ,-i calculc pour ne pa-   ''ring on war. yet their motherliness did
(Alter trap de DOUa i. rr.toriaiix.    II y a un   not go beyond their individual homes, and
ioli vieux provche .,ui djt!    Al.nl.i- lon.liie   Ihey ,|l(, not (.are enoUK|, to alter the con-
Pletl   ine-lire   le   vent.       I'.h   hleii!  au\   tern-    .                ,_  .,      ,,.             ~,                        .,          , .
,       ...ii..        ,i    i        .,    i ,r                 ditions in the State.   The women thought
tonaiix deplumes ,-t bedonnantf Jonre nicMiri
la fatigue ei. juaqu'l  un oertain point, le  u ,,leir duty to obey Uie men;  the mar-
danger                                                           riage laws of Kurope. contrary to Matlie-
La petil bulletin de ma mntd:   Kile. n"a   matiea, say that one plus one equals one
j�na,- eta* -, bonne deput. mn 30 am.   ilM(| ,hat ,8 the husban(L   Hom ��. nien
.lamai-    un    rhiiine,   jainais    line   migraine!
Kt pourtanl now avona eu loute I., gamine  "r<|pr  ,lie  women  out to  do  the   work
� In iiiauvai-  temp-    pluie. froid, neige, gel.   which  in times of peace the men would
ii.         Mai-  dan*  lea  abria dea tranrbcni   not allow the women to do even if they
nun- av..�- t,......... - pu lure du f,,. av, ,  ill.   wanle(, ,0     ynu Schwimmer beKge(,  Uie
hoi- rain:.�e in arrn-re "le-  hgi.e-       .h � .|i- i n                                        .   ..
arriere   maw,   il   y   a   quolqaM  joura,   un   �o.nen of our . ivihzat.on to . ry out an.l
hiiiiiine de mon pacoumle eat  alle rherrher   instead of ipiestioning. who is wrong, to
du boia en avant dea lignw, r a d. cntre notre   sav,  vou are all wrong.    "And now con-
Irancheeeltotraiidrfeiu'H^ndr, |{c-uli,..   (.,.ntratH vour work on RPttinK ni,.an8 to
le pauvre garcon a �u le lira- droii traverse        ,    ,                      ,  �                    ,
liuneh:.....      On a .In  hi. fa.re lamputa.,,,.,    *�'rk    for   >'our   luea'8'      was   her   clo8lnK
UteMrfaaftawA                       exortation.