College News, 1915-01-28, Vol. 01, No. 15

              ALUMNAE    NUMBER
The College News
Volume I.     No. 15
BR\N  MAWR, PA., JANUARY 28,  1915
Price B ('cuts
CALENDAR
SATURDAY, JANUARY 33
11   v. m.� Taylor  Hall.       Meeting  ol   the
Alumna' Association.
WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY 3
Second Semester begins at 9 o'clock.
7.80�Bible Class.   The Rev. C. Deems.
9.30�Mid-week   Meeting   of   the   C    A
Lander, Mia Hall< tt.
SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY 6
B.80 p. m.�Swimming Meet,
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY  7
fl p. m. -\'r~|)ir-    Speak*t. A Wernet, '16
8 p if.�Chapel.   Preacher, Dr. Kidman.
BRYN   MAWR   COLLEGE   LIBRARY
Serenity anil   peace and sunny dream
Have laid their blessing on these grace
ful towers,
And   airs  august   from  old-world   Oxford
seem
To   breathe   among   these   courts   and
cloistered   bowers
JOHN RUSSELL HATES
(Reprinted  from the "Public Ledger")
ANNUAL   REPORT
The annual report of the College
Library for the year beginning October
1, 1913. and ending September 30, 1914.
has recently been compiled and the fol-
lowing summary may be of interest In
living some idea of the work of the
library.
During the year 2.584 volumes wen
added, of which 392 were gifts, so the
total number of volumes in the librat >
on October 1, 1914. was 74,299. The
number of volumes registered at the
Loan Desk during the year was 24.648. of
which 3,."fi8 were placed in the reserve
book room and seminary rooms. The
remainder were taken  for study or gen-
era!   reedini   outaide  the  building.     \
record of the circulation of books by sub
Jed was kept. The literature subjects
(including the I lassical, French, Ger-
man. Knglish. etc.) M With the circula-
tion of 12,539 volumes. History and
biography follow with the circulation
of 2,""3; economics,, sociology, and
education had MM; philosophy and
psychology, L042; art. 779: religion and
church history, "03; philology, 964, The,
Heel had 3"1 taken tram tha main
library, but as this number does not in
elude the books taken from the DaltOti
Hall libraries tha circulation for sciences
inn. I .hi /'I
THE      ALUMN/E      ASSOCIATION      OF
BRYN    MAWR    COLLEGE
The annual meeting of the association
will he held in the Chapel on Saturday.
January 30th. at 11 o'clock. It is the one
regular business meeting held in the year
Tha assiK-iation is composed primarily
Of all who have received degrees from
Hiyn Maur College, with the exception
of about ninety ahiinnie who have signi-
fied I lack of interest either by failure
to pay dues or by a dlrecl Statement that
they do not care to continue as members.
In addition to the 1200 full members there
are over two hundred associate members,
former students who have not received
degrees Associate members pay the
same dues as full members and have the
same rights and privileges, except the
power of voting, and the right to hold of
flee or serve on standing committees.
Since the interest of a student in and her
loyalty to the College is not always niea-
urecl by the length of time she spends
here or by the letters she is allowed as a
result to affix to her name, we have
among the associates some of our most
faithful, active and  valuable members.
Inasmuch as there is each February in
the College a Senior Class and several
candidates for the Ph.D. degree, who in
four months will become full member!
oft the association, and who will then
scatter so that many of them will rind It
difficult to come to future meetings, the
association makes a practice of inviting
the Seniors and Ph.D. candidates to at-
tend Though the meeting is a long one.
its length has the advantage that in one
day all the activities are reviewed, and
any investigating visitor can liftd out ex-
actly how the alumna?, as such, busy
themselves in "cultivating intimate nla
tions and friendly feelings among the
graduate's of Hr> n Mawr College," in "fur
therlng the interests and the general wel-
fare of the said College, and thus main
taining and advancing the cause of higher
education."
The Board of Directors. The five offi-
cers of the association, president, vice.
president, recording secretary, curie
sponding secretary and treasurer, const i
tute a Hoard of Directors which manages
the affairs of the aeaoclatton in the in-
terim of its meet inns They are elected
biennially; the present officers eon
ale< ted in January. 1914. The president.
Cornelia Halsey Kellogg (Mrs. Frederick
It. Kellogg), of 1900, was the president of
the   Cnderuraijuate Association   when   in
College. This is her tirst term as presi-
dent of the association. The other offi-
cers were all re-elected last year. Jane
Haines. "92, has been  treasurer since her
graduation; Abigail Dimon, '.'t>. has been
corresponding secretary since 1910;
Louise Congdon Francis, 1900, recording
scretary since 1911, ami Mary Richard-
son VValcott, "06, vice -president since
1912.
Business of the Meeting
The   business  of   the   meeting   consists
largely of reports from tha Board of i)i--"\
rectors, the treasurer, tin Standing com-
mittees, the alumna' directors, the local
branches    and    the   special   committees
These reports usually bring subjects for
discussion at the meeting. Taken to-
gether they present a View of the activi-
ties of the association in more or less de-
tail. They will be published in full in the
April number of the Alumna- Quarterly,-
which is the official Organ of the associa-
tion.
The Alumna' Quarterly" was started
in 1909, and until last year it was pub
lished by an editor appointed by the
Hoard of Directors. The editor as-unii-il
entire    responsibility   for   the   magazine.
which depended for its support entirely
on subscriptions and advertisements. As
its circulation was small, its financial
standing was precarious, and the last edi-
tor,    Kvangelinc    Walker    Andrews,    ''.'.:.
after four years of manage.....nl that had
been most satisfactory to the Alumna?.
reelgned her position in 1919, and forci-
bly presented the dilhYulties of the situa-
tion. After much discussion it was de-
cided in February, 1914, that the "Quar-
terly" become an official organ of the as
SOl iation. under the control of the Board
of Directois In order to finance its pub
lie�ation. amendments to the by laws wen-
proposed, raising the annual dues of the
association to one dollar and fifty cents,
and life membership dues to thirty dol-
lars. These amendments are to come up
before the meeting 'his year for action,
and. if adopted, the association will con-
tinue sending the "Quarterly" to all mem
hers The Hoard of Din-dors was for-
tunate   enough   to  sec ure as editor  Five
Lee, '.'4. who has complete charge of the
publication,   but   who  consults   with   the
board on matters of policy.
The  Academic  Committee
Tin- tirst r-'spcm-.' 01   th<   College to the
doaire of the ahnanss for an opportunity
tn expreaa their Interest in college affairs