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VOL. XIV.   No. 4.
C. A. BUDGET WILL
HELP MANY CAUSES
New  Chinese  School   Substi-
* - tuted for Student Friend-
' ^          snip Fund.
DRIVE   IS   NEXT   WEEK
The Christian Association will begin
its drive for funds on Monday, Novem-
ber 7. Its- budget includes many worth
while activities, which will be explained
more fully -in chapel talks during the
week of the campaign.
One of C. A.'s most interesting activi-
ties is Bates House, the summer camp
for city children at Long Branch, New
Jersey. Bates House is a large summer
home, set in a big garden, and lent for
the purpose by its owner, Mrs. Bates; it
accommodates about forty children be-
sides the staff. During July and August
three groups of pale, shy, slum children
are sent from New York or Philadelphia
to thrive on the country air, and be re-
turned at the end of two weeks, healthy,
rosy and uproarious. Six or eight Bryn
Mawr students aid the permanent worker
and the "noice" (Bates House dialect for
"nurse") in taking care of them�teach-
ing them games and songs, watching
them at the beach, telling stories, and see-
ing that they eat their green vegetables.
New Chinese School
The Yuet Wah Mfddle School, Canton,
China,   is   another   worthy   project.     It
was   started  by   Liu   Fung   Kei,   Bryn
Mawr, '22, to be a school that was "not
for   propaganda,   for   busines;,   nor   for
positions,   but   for   giving   the   children
true education."    There  are about fifty
or sixty pupils, most of them day scho-
lars, and they are instructed in modern
Chinese and in English.    Athletics play
an  important part in the schedule, and
Liu   Fung   Kei  attempts   to   teach   the
parents in their care of the children, and
to   have   a   high   moral   standard.     The
school is in a carefully selected building,
but there is need of many improvements
which   necessitate   financial   aid.     This
school has been placed on the budget of
C.  A. to take the place of the Student
Friendship Fund which will have its own
campaign, so that  we can  feel  we are
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BRYN MAWR   (AND WAYNE).  PA... WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1927
"New*" Elections .
The Collbce News has made
two additions to its staff. Jean
Fesler, '28, has been elected Con-
tributing Editor. Miss Fesler was
on the News board in her fresh-
man year, but had to resign; it is
with great pleasure that the News
welcomes her back.           ,     r   �
Juliet Garrett, '29, has been
elected to- the Business board, as
a result of the recent competition.
Pacific Problem
Yellows Play Circles
All Around Varsity
Varsity was smothered, 11-6, on Sat-
urday by the relentless offensive of the
Yellows team. Our defense was slashed
into ribbons as time and time again their
forward line ripped through for a clear
shot at the goal. Al Bruere, defending
the cage, was in an unenviable position.
She alone had the task of warding off
the fierce assaults of the five opposing
forwards.
In the first half we were hopelessly
outclassed. The Yellows, playing as a
team, each sure of her position and her
intentions, ran circles around our eleven
individuals. Each person on Varsity was
playing her own game, often brilliantly,
but utterly without co-operation with
anyone .else. The result was pande-
monium. No one seemed to be in the
right place at the "right time or to&know
where the others were in relation to her-
self. The Yellows, no better man for
man than we were, made up an efficient
machine. -
The game was started off with a goal
for the Yellows made by Dot Lee (Mrs.
Haslam). From that time on the ball
^�as kept up at our end pretty continu-
ously. Occasionally one of our forwards
would break away for a long run down
the field to fail in the circle because of
lack of co-operation from the other for-
wards. Only Longstreth, who got off
several of these pretty runs, played fine
heads-up hockey throughout the game.
Two more goals for the Yellows; abor-
tive lone star attempts on our part. And
then Longstreth captured the ball and
carried it down to the other goal, for
once some teamwork; Wills saw just
where she was needed and rushed the
ftftir JktK :**'.' ~ � the unusually large
cheering section something to ,be really
enthusiastic about.    Joy  was shortlived;
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Miss   Ely  Explains  Conference
Which She Attended in
Honolulu.
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In Chapel on Wednesday morning
Miss Ely spoke on the conference in
Honolulu of the Institute of Pacific Re-
lations. This conference, held every
two years, was started by Mr. Athcrton.
a man concerned, with shipping in the
-Pacific. It seemed to him that a con-
ference of the countries which used the
Pacific for trading would make for a
mutual understanding of difficulties, and
therefore would promote international
peace. The first meeting was held in
1925.
The members, men and women inter-
ested in international relations for one
reason or another, are chosen from ten
different countries. Some of them are
teachers and missionaries, others are in-
terested in questions of race, government,
or finance. Most of the delegates went
from San Francisco to Hawaii on the
boat together, and so became acquainted
beforehand. Plenty of reading material
on the subjects of the conference was
supplied; everyone arrived somewhat
prepared. The headquarters were at a
preparatory school in Honolulu. Round
tables were#held here in the mornings;
the afternoons were given over to amuse-
ment. Motor trips were made over the
island, and there was much bathing, in
characteristic national fashion, at the
Waikiki beach.
Every One Was Frank
One of the most impressive things
alwut the conference was that people
were so frank and honest in their state-
ments. In spite of racial difficulties
there were very few hurt feelings. Eng-
lish was the language used, in deference
to the majority. This was harder for the
Japanese delegates than any others; the
Chinese, spoke fluently and expressively.
Curiously enough, the Americans and
the British understood each other with
great difficulty. The subjects under dis-
cussion were mandates, labor, industry,
race, communications, and foreign loans.
Some of   the  more prominent of  the
American      members     were     President
Actress and Author
German Brother and Sister Visit
Here Before Lecture
Tojir.
Erica and Klaus Mann were the guests
of honor at a tea in Rockefeller on Mon-
day arlernoon, October 31.
During the two weeks they have been
in this country these twenty-year-olds
have averaged eight engagements a day.
One of the people they have met is H. L.
Mencken, who, Miss. Mann says, told
her "Everybody drinks here, even my
grandmother." She has never been of-
fered so much hard liquor itv -her life
before.
Speaking of the plays they had seen
in New York, Miss Mann said that the
not-so-good plays here were much better
than those of the same class in Berlin,
but that there was more serious problem
drama abroad. "Here the main object
seems to be amusement." Miss Mann
knows whereof she speaks since she is
the daughter of Thomas Mann, the Ger-
man dramatist.* She is negotiating the
sale of the movie rights to one ofjjiis
plays when the twins get out to Cali-
fornia where they expect to stay six
weeks.
Have Visited Princeton
Saturday they spent at Princeton,
where they saw William anri^ Mary de-
feated. "It is a much rougher game
than German football," said Miss Mann,
"but the band was wonderful with cute
little caps." She acknowledged that she
played goal on the hockey team when
she went to the "Gymnasium" which cor-
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PRICE.   10 CENTS
Lofa Wife Elected^
The 1928 Class Book staff has
been elected*: H. McKelvey is to
be . Editor-in-Chief, assisted by
M. Haley, V. Atmore, E. Amram, ,
and M. Fowler, 4n the positions,
respectively, of Art, Athletic,
Humor, and Activities Editors.
The Business board is headed
by M. Gaillard, and her assistants
are M. Pettit, D. Miller, E. Jones,
and F. Bethel.
THIS GENERATION
NOT SO DOCILE
Dean  Corrects False Impres-
sion Given by Reprints of
Her McCall Article.
CULTIVATE  INHIBITIONS
Sin Not Extinct
Individualism Is Good, but We
Must Develop Own Moral
Standard.
WILL CO-EDUCATION
ANSWER PROBLEM?
Opinions Gleaned from Clip-
pings Show Active Interest
in Women's Colleges'.
ADMIT ECONOMIC NEED
Woolly, of Mt. Holyoke; Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, President Comstock* of
Radcliffe; Mr. Crowly. of The New Re-
public, and Stephen Duggan. Other im�
portant members were.Colonel Manton
Davis,' of the Radio Corporation of
America; Dr. Edward Hume,, lately
president of Yale-in-China; Ivy Lee, the
publicity man; Paul Sharrenby, of the
San Francisco A. F. of L.; Dr. James
Shotwell, and President Wilbur, of
Stanford.
Miss Schenck Talks
on Graduate School
"Undergraduates have much to gain
from contact with graduates," said Miss
Schenck. in Chapel, on Friday, October
28th. "I am not suggesting a formula
for friendships. Friendships take care
of themselves, and those of us who have
a long perspective have seen many last-
ing ones grow up between these two
groups that are said so often by silly
people on both sides to be .incompatible.
But what I do suggest is that the under-
graduates rouse themselves a little earlier
than they sometimes do from their ab-
sorption with themselves. I believe the
fault, if fault there is, lies there. It is
a lazy kind of stupidity that keeps you
endlessly talking in circles in your own
^mall group when there are new and
fresh ideas and personalities and experi-
ences with which to come in contact. It
is obviously an  interesting  thing for a
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"The Question of the Women's Col-
leges," as set forth in the Novemlwr
Atlantic Monthly, by the heads of seven
eastern colleges, and partially reprinted
in last week's College News has at-
tracted widespread notice and comment.
About thirty-five newspaper clippings
comprise front page articles and edi-
torials viewing the situation from every
angle.
The commonest solution to the problem
offered by these writers is Co-education.
They consider it inevitable, and most of
them are satisfied. Th'e livening World,
however, looks on that with alarm: in
an editorial entitled "Lest a Worse Thing
Befall!" we read "Here is a prophecy
which the deans were not brutal enough
to make; girls are not going to stop
going to college. If there isn't room
and money enough for them at the girls'
colleges�there are the big, .finely-en-
dowed plants and staffs of instruction
at the men's colleges. Co-education is
the inevitable, irresistibje answer. So, if
the wealthy graduates of these men's
colleges want to keep their alma mater
free from the women's invasion, they'd
better give an endowment thought to
Vassar and Smith as well as to Yale and
Princeton!"                         *
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The chapel service of the Christian
Association on Sunday, October 30, was
led by Milliccnt Carey,, class of 1920.
"There are certain words," said Miss
Carey, "which, although they meant a
great deal to our fathers and grand-
fathers, have disappeared almost entirely
from our present-day vocabularies. The
word 'sin' is one of them. There is an
excellent reason for this: the word 'sin'
has no definite connotation to us; we
dislike it because it suggests another
word shunned by the modern generation
�repression.
"Individualism is, primarily, the order
of the day. In many ways this charac-
teristic of our age is a good one. We
do not, in general, worry so much about
the faults of our associates.
Develops Own Standard
"There must be, however, some defi-
nite standard of right and wrong, which
each one of us, as an individual, must de-
velop for herself. Too generally do we
look at wrong in relation to how it is
going to effect other people. If it does
not infringe on the happiness of others,
we think it of little consequence to our
own moral rating.
"There are two groups of people to l>e
considered here: first, those who are
entirely indifferent to conduct except as
it affects the individual herself; and sec-
ond, those who discuss 'immortality' and
'tragedy' with the idea that their own
feeble discussions and conclusions will
ultimately solve all the difficulties of life.
While they blithely discuss these theories,
little do they imagine that 'tragedy'
awaits them in the smaller experiences
of their brief existence.              *
" 'Sin'  is not extinct;   and 'the  wages
of sin is death."
Sophomores Gain Solid,
Not Brilliant, Victory
19:10 achieved a victory over 19.11 in
a none too brilliant game on Wednesday
with a score of 4-1. The passing of
both teams was very wild; there was
much bunching, and many fouls. Hirsch-
berg and Brown were the only efficient
Sophomore backs. Ilirschberg, in par-
ticular, made some good stops and fol-
lowed up well. Longstreth and Stix
stood out on the forward line. On the
Freshmaq team Blanchard and Sanbornc
made several good dribbles down the
field, while Baer in the backfield was
on the job. Rieser, the Freshman goal,
was excellent. The line-up was: 1930�
Parkhurst, Longstreth*, Stix**, Sulli-
van, Taylor*. (Wilson), Coney, Skid
more, Hirschberg, Brown, Houck, E.
Smith. 1931�Rieser, Tottcn*, (Moore),
Blanchard, Adams, Hobart, Sanbome,
Benham, Tatnell, Waples, Baer, Thomp-
In Chapel on Monday morning Dean
Manning spoke 'briefly on the younger
generation. As a subject, she said that
it was greatly over-rated, and not nearly
as important as many others. Referring
to her article in McCttlts Afagaxine, she
said that in writing it she had the middle-
aged in mind as an audience. But as
usual, adjectives and phrases were re-
printed out of context, giving a some-
what false impression, which she wished
to correct.
This generation is not any more docile
and conservative than any other; it is
inevitable that young people should be
conservative. Independent thinking can-
not be expected of them until they are
at least twenty-five. As they are brought
up and educated they are taught certain
theories and precepts; they require time
to compare and consider these before they
adopt them or cast them aside.
Poat-War  Youth Disappointing
Although the problems of young people
are always much the same, there have
l)cen   some   new   ones   since   nineteen*
twenty.   It was rather hoped that post-
war   classes   would   do   great    things,
because of their freedom from handicaps,
their opportunities ior independent, con-
structive  thinking.     But on  the  whole,
they seem scarcely in the frame of mind
to take advantage of this.    All respon-
sibility  for  leadership in such  work  is
being avoided; little thinking or planning
is done.    This generation has absorbed
from   the  atmosphere   too  much   of   a
philosophy  which  stresses  the need for
evading personal responsibilities,   for ac-
quiring   experience   before   we   attempt
constructive work.    This idea has been
taken   too seriously;   the   fallacy here is
that experience as  such  has  never  ad-
vanced ^the   human   race   much.     The
world has always gone forward through
the creative urge, the desire to perfect
one's   craftmanship,   to   be   not   only   a
reporter of emotions and experiences, but
a creative l>eing.    Unfortunately two de-
cisions have come into conflict.   We think
we have had to choose between doing a
job   well   and   experiencing   all   possible
experiences.   There arc too many "drink-
deepcrs" among us, and  they are taken
too seriously.   The only way the human
race has made much progress is by "cul-
tivating a few inhibitions," as Dr. Freud
advised Lorelei Lee.
1930 Elects Howell, Stokes, Martin,
After Cengthy Balloting
After long struggles and repeated
deadlocks, 1930 at last contrived to elect
two of its officers on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week, and the third
this Tuesday. Agnes Howell was elected
President, Olivia Stokes Vice President,
and Margaret Martin, Secretary. The
delay in the election was partly caused
by the i^c^ilUBf^n*- ^-^..^icm was tm.de
for the nomination of a defeated candi-
date for the next office.
Miss Howell was on the committee of
five that   ran  the  Freshman  Class  for
the first few weeks last year. In Fresh-
man Show she provided a delightfully
tuneful and humorous entr'acte. At the
beginning of this year she was class song
mistress, but resigned when she became
President.
Miss   Stokes   was elected ^o the   Ex-
ecutive   Board   of   Self-Government   as
second   Freshman    member.      She    was
captain of 1930's tennis team and playedf
in  several  Varsity  matches.   *
Miss Martin was Hall Representative
of Wyndham last year and is Treasurer
of the Self-Government Association.
Messy Game Ends with
Victory for Juniors
The Juniors carried away the  rather
doubtful   honors   in   Wednesday's   game
against the Seniors by a 6-2 score.    Both
teams played^very messily, although with
plenty of spirit.    In the first half neither
side functioned as a team; merely eleven
individuals, some brilliant and some not.
Tuttlc and Loines shone for the Seniors,
while   Wills,   Woodward   and   Freeman
bore  the brunt  of   the battle   for   1929.
Wills carried the ball well, used her head,
and was the only Red  forward who hit
hard in the circle and rushed the goal.
Woodward's    defense    was   consistently
dependable.    At the end of the half the
score was 3-1, due mainly to Wills' -per-
sistent attack.                                          N^
There .was noticeably less muddling in
the second half and the Juniors' forward*
line was*immensely improved.    Humph-
ries got off some pretty passes in from
wing  and  Friend   made   nice   runs,  but
lacked the final  necessary punch in the
circle.     Throughout    the    game   Tuttle
played brilliantly, but she could not carry
her  team  to  victory   against   the   poor
support  of  her  own  backs and the   in-
spired work of  Freeman at goal.    The
line-up was: 1928�M. Harrett, M. Fow-
ler, H.  Tuttle,  E. Bethel,  B.  Loines**,
J.  Stetson, E.  Rhett. C. Field, J. Hud-
dieSWBj-i�!*p7biic3,'"?i.   lirwere.     1VTC9�
B.       Humphrey,       E.      Quimby*,      R.
Wills*****,  E.'Friend, M.   Humphreys,
C.  Henry, E. Boyd, C. Swan, E. Ufford,
N. Woodward, E. Freeman.