College News, 1915-01-21, Vol. 01, No. 14

              The College News
Volume I.     No. 14
BRYN MAWR. PA., JANUARY 21,  1915
Price $ Cents
CALENDAR
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
ti !� m.�Vespers.   Speaker, E. Deems, '10.
8pm    Chapel.    Preacher, Father Hunt*
ington, O.H.C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
9.80 p. h.�Mid-week Meeting of the C. A.
Leader, Miss HaJlett
SATURDAY, jAnUARY 30
11 a. m.�Meeting ol the Alumna Aaaocfav
lion.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Second Semester begins at \) o'clock
SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY 6
8.30 p m�Swimming Meet,
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY  7
6~F. jr.�Vespers.   Speaker, A Werner, '16.
8 p. h.�Chapel.   Preacher, Dr Brdnian.
E. DOUGHERTY RETURNS TO COL-
LEGE TO DANCE
HISTORY OF THE CUT RULE UP TO
DATE
ELECTIVE COURSES
Friday evening, under the auspices of
the Committee of Mercy, E. Dougherty,
ex-1915, save some "Sketches in a New
Art" for the benefit of the Belgians. She
has been studying for four months at the
Metropolitan Ballet School and the prog-
ress she has made in muscular control
and toe dancing was astonishing to all
who saw her performance. The pro-
gramme was entirely of her own creation,
only the Arabesque and Badinage were
taken from the Ballet School. Clad in
native costume�"red boots and clinking
coins"�she opened with a Hungarian
dance. As Pierrot, she interpreted the
futile love of Harlequin for the moon and
his final triumph through death. With
peacock feathers and blending blues and
greens, she became the enticing personi-
flcation of "whims" in a Caprice a Vien-
nois. Her ambition, however, has been to
combine with motion, words intoned with
the music. The Drama of the Seasons
exemplified this type of production. Al-
though the co-ordination of the three has
not yet been perfected.'a new element
Is introduced into dancing which when
worked out will no doubt prove a suc-
cess. The Dream of the Lotus made an
exquisitely lovely ending in "amber and
gold." L. Davidson. D. Perkins. E. Pugh
and M. Thompson assisted in making the
programme complete. The proceeds alto-
gether amounted to one hundred and
forty-five dollars.
At the request of the Alumna; attend-
ing the Finance Committee Meeting In
Philadelphia this month we reprint the
history of the cut rule as presented to
the Hoard of Directors of Bryn Mawr Col-
lego in the Undergradute petition of
mber 19.
"On October 19 at morning chapel,
President Thomas announced that a rule
regarding attendance at lectures had been
passed by the faculty, according to which
each unexcused cut taken should be
penalized by reduction of grade. The
reason given for the adaption of the rule
111 that statistics taken during the year
191144 showed an excessive amount of
cutting by the average undergraduate
The undergraduates, however, felt that
no such rule was justified, and in a
meeting of the Cndergraduate Associa-
tion it was unanimously decided to send
a committee to President Thomas to pro
test against the rule. This committee
accomplished nothing. President Thomas
told the Chairman, however, that she
would like to meet the undergraduates
to explain to them the faculty point of
view. The Cndergraduate Association
then voted to hold a meeting to which
President Thomas and the faculty who
passed the rule shouldbe invited to dis
cuss the matter with the students. Ptlll
dent Thomas accepted the invitation,
stating however, that it would be unfit
ting for the faculty to meet the under-
graduates for discussion but that she
would present the faculty point of view.
"The meeting  with   President   Thomas
was held on Oct. H.    After this meeting
the undergraduates still remained uneon
vinced   of  the   necessity  for  a cut   rule.
and.   since   President   Thomas   had   told
the undergraduates that they could com-
municate with the faculty in writing, the
Cndergraduate Association voted to send
a   petition   to  the  faculty.    The  petition
asked that the cut rule be repealed and
; that a perio'd of probation be given dur
ii.g which the undergraduates might show
i that   they   could   regulate   cutting   them-
I selves.    Tne  petition   was considered  in
i a faculty meeting and  the cut rule was
| then altered to the present rule, whereby
j cuts exceeding eight are penalized by a
re action  of grade.     When  the cut rule
was  announced  the  undergraduates saw
that   the   faculty   still   had  not  acknowl-
'1'iuf/ on VaQt St
Open for the Second  Semester
Dr. Fenwick offers in the second Mm*
ester of 1914-10 an elective course in Pri-
vate Law, maetiBg on Monday and Friday
at 10 o'clock. Requirement! for the
(iiuie aie a ><ai of General Philosophy
and a year of either Modem History or
Economic! and Politics. Students who
wish to take the course and cannot satisfy
these requirement! are asked to consult
Dean Iteilly in regard to admission to the
course.
The following ionises may be entered
in the second semester: All minor courses
in History and Art and Dr. Barton's
courses in Biblical Literature; Dr. Wilm's
coruse in Minor Philosophy, Logic, two
hours at 11 o'clock: and Dr. Fisher's
course in Minor Philosophy, Recent Philo-
sophical Tendencies, three hour.; at 11
o'clock, are open to students who have
completed the year of (Jeneral Philoso-
phy. The two- and three-hour courses in
Minor Psychology are open to students
who have completed the (Jeneral Psy-
chology. Dr. Kellogg will give in the sec-
ond semester of Minor Psychology a
course on Instinct, Will and Emotion. Dr.
leiee s course In Minor Psychology is a
continuation of the work of the first sem-
ester and although it may be entered in
the second semester, students who wish
to do so should advise with Dr. Feree.
The one- anil two-hour electives in Geol-
ogy also continue the work of the first
semester through the second. Students
who wish to enter these courses for the
second semester should talk over the.
work with Dr. Brown. The elective course
in Education at 3 o'clock on Thursday
and Friday afternoons is also open to
students who wish to enter it in the sec-
ond semester.
The courses in Minor Archeology will
change and therefore be complete in
themselves. Miss Swindler will offer
Home: Its Buildings and Art, two hours
at nine; Dr. Carpenter, Greek and Roman
Minor Arts, two hours at eleven.
In Minor English, the lecture courses
may be entered if Required English has
been finished. Miss Crandall will give
Narative Writing. Argumentation may
be entered with permission from Miss
Shearer. Miss Langdon's Poetics will be
open.
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