College News, 1918-05-02, Vol. 04, No. 24

              The College News
Volume IV.    No. 24
BRYN MAWR, PA., MAY 2, 1918
Price 5 Cents
1920
AHEAD   IN FIRST   INTER-
CLASS TRACK MEET
1921 and 1919 Close Behind.  A. Stiles
Individual Champion
A total of 44 ft points, won largely In
running and hurdling, gave 1920 the lead
In the preliminary track meet last Satur-
day. Second place went to 1921 with 39V4
points, and third to 1919 with 38V6- The
Seniors followed with 20%. The close-
ness of the scores makes It possible that
a different order for the four classes will
result from the final meet, day after to-
morrow.
Annette Stiles '19 was individual cham-
pion Saturday, winning first place in six
events, and piling up 31 of the Juniors'
38 points. She did not, however, equal
her time for last year in the hurdles and
50-yard dash, or her distance in the hop,
step, and jump. H. Zinsser '20 captured
second place with 12 points, and P. Turle
�18 and E. Cecil '21 tied for third indi-
vidual place with 11% points. The pre-
liminary relays were won by 1919 and
1920.
No records were equaled or broken.
The results were:
2.
3.
1.
10 2/5 sec.
4 ft. 2 in.
75-yard Dash�
1.     A. Stiles '19, 9 4/5 sec.
H. Zinsser '20, 10 1/5 sec.
P. Turle '18.
E. Cecil '21,
D.  Rogers '20,
M. Littell '20,
Running High Jump�
O. Hearne '19,
E.  Luetkemeyer '20.
P. Turle '18,
'  M. Mackenzie '18,
100-yard Hurdle�
1.      A. Stiles '19, 17 1/5 sec.
j L. Sloan '20,
2.  i   H. Zinsser "20,
4.     B. Weaver '20, 18 sec.
Standing High Jump�
1.     M. Mackenzie '18, 3 ft. 5% in.
C. Garrison '21,    1
E. Cecil "21.
4.     K. Townsend '20, 3 ft. 3% In.
(Continued on page 3, column 1.)
4 ft.
17 2/5 sec.
2.
3 ft. 4% in.
OLD  FRENCH  SETTING  FOR
GLEE CLUB OPERETTA
Two   Performance*  of  "The   Chimes  of
Normandy" This Week-End
A picturesque French village of the
time of Louis XIV is the scene of "The
Chimes of Normandy" (translated from
"Les Cloches de Corneville" by Plan-
quette), which the Glee Club will give
to-morrow and Saturday night. The scen-
ery, designed by R. Hlckman '19, has
been painted by a student committee to
save expenses.
The plot of the operetta centers about
a miser hoarding his gold In an old castle,
which he alleges is haunted. This part
will be played by F. Fuller '19, who was
Ko-ko In "The Mikado" two years ago,
and Reginald Bunthorne last year In
"Patience". J. Hemenway '18, T. Haynes
'19, and A. Moore '19 represent the other
principals. The comedy Is intensified by
a number of village dignitaries.
Mr. Hofner of Philadelphia Is coaching
the singing, and Miss Heyslnger. of the
Little Theatre, Philadelphia, directing the
business and the dancing. H. Johnson
*1� is leader, and H. Huntting '19. accom
panlst.
Tickets, at seventy-five cents and a dol-
lar, can be obtained from M. Tyler, Den-
MOVEMENT TO ALTER DATE OF
COMMENCEMENT  UNAVAILING
Faculty Asked by Undergraduate Body to
Have Ceremony Three days Early
The vote of the Faculty not to alter the
regular time of commencement was an-
nounced by President Thomas last Mon-
day in Chapel. President Thomas stated
that any Senior who could bring satis-
factory evidence that she had to begin
patriotic work on June 4th, 5th, or 6th,
would receive her degree In absentia.
The question of having Commencement
on Monday rather than Thursday of the
first week in June was submitted to the
Faculty last Thursday night by a vote of
the Undergraduate Association. The sub-
ject had been brought up and hotly dis-
cussed at several Senior Class meetings
before any action was taken by the under-
graduate body.
The Faculty, in voting that the date of
Commencement should not be changed,
felt that there was not a preponderance
of sentiment among the undergraduates
most concerned in the ceremony suffi-
cient to warrant a change in date which
would involve serious inconvenience In
altering arrangements already far ad-
vanced.
MARJORIE MARTIN NEW UNDER-
GRADUATE PRESIDENT
M. Little '20, E. Williams '20 and
W. Worcester, Other Officers
Marjorie Martin '19 was elected presi-
dent of the Undergraduate Association
at a meeting beld Tuesday evening. M.
Littell "20 and E. Williams '20 were
elected vice-president and treasurer and
secretary respectively, and W. Worcester
'21 assistant treasurer.
Miss Martin received 73 votes as com-
pared to 52 cast for E. Marquand '19 and
42 for M. Tyler '19. She has been on the
Conference Committee during the past
year, and was stage manager for the Var-
sity Play this year and for 1919's Fresh-
man Show.
JUNIOR   SENIOR   PARTY   A   MASKED
BALL AND STUNT
Loving Cup Ceremony Shortened
In defiance of all traditions of Junior-
Senior Supper Play, 1919's entertainment
to 1918 in the gymnasium Saturday night
comprised neither a supper nor a play
and cut down the loving cup ceremony to
an irreducible minimum.- The two classes
had dinner in separate halls, the Seniors
in Radnor and the Juniors In Rockefeller.
A masquerade followed by a stunt was
the order of the entertainment in the
gymnasium.
An island costume from "The Admir-
able Crichton", won L. Hodges, Senior
president, the prize for the best disguise
in the masquerade. The stunt combined
a parody of "A Woman Killed with Kind-
ness" with a take-off on members of
1918. Noisy shifting of imaginary scenery
filled the spaces between the acts.
The stunt committee was: A. Moore,
chairman; G. Bailey. E. Cams, F. Fuller.
M. Hawkins,, F. Howell, E. Howes. E.
Mercer, A Thorndlke, and J. Wright.
One-fifth of the varsity loan approxv
mately, $74, was given outright or for-
feited because uncalled for, to the profits
of the varsity play, which now totals
$450.    Fefunds were made on Thursday.
The loan totalled $366. lent by 253 sub-
scribers.
VIRGINIA KNEELAND 1918's
"SUNNY JIM"
COLLEGE DOUBLES LOAN QUOTA
Scholarship Awards Announced at
May Day Chapel
Virginia Kneeland is the winner of the
Mary Ritchie prize for efficiency and
faithfulness; Mary Rupert, of the George
W. ('hilds Essay Prize for the best writer
in the Senior Class; and Frances Day, of
the Brook Hall Memorial Scholarship for
the highest average of the Junior (lass.
President Thomas announced the awards
of these prizes and of the undergraduate
scholarships, graduate scholarships, and
resident fellowships yesterday morning In
Chapel.
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
MARIA L.   EASTMAN  BROOKE   HALL
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
Frances Blakiston Day.
FIRST   CHARLES   S.   HINCHMAN   ME-
MORIAL    SCHOLARSHIP.      Awarded
for special ability.
Maria Litzinger.
SECOND CHARLES S. HINCHMAN ME-
MORIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
Edith  Macrum.
JAMES     E.     RHOADS     SOPHOMORE
SCHOLARSHIP.
Beatrice Norah Spinelii.
JAMES     E.     RHOADS     SOPHOMORE
SCHOLARSHIP.
Mary   Helen   Macdonald.
MARY   E.   STEVENS  JUNIOR  SCHOL
ARSHIP.
Arline Fearon Preston.
ANNA HALLOWELL JUNIOR SCHOL-
ARSHIP.
Julia Newton Cochran.
MARIA HOPPER SOPHOMORE SCHOL
ARSHIP.
Ruth Louise Karns.
MARIA HOPPER SOPHOMORE SCHOL
ARSHIP.
Henrietta Elizabeth Baldwin.
THOMAS    H.    POWERS    SOPHOMORE
SCHOLARSHIP.
Paisya Eunia Ostroff.
MARY   ANNA  LONGSTRETH   SENIOR
SCHOLARSHIP.
Jessie Mebane.
ANNA   M.   POWERS   SENIOR   SCHOL
ARSHIP.
Margaret  Gilman.
CHICAGO BRYN MAWR (LIB SCHOL
ARSHIP.
Anna Munson Sanford.
(Continued  on   page   6.)
Pressing    Toward    Goal    of    One-quarter
Million
Doubling its quota of $20,000, and push-
ing on toward the committee's goal of a
quarter of a million, the College rated
its Liberty Loan subscription last week
to $47,450.
$5150 more is needed to make Bryn
Mawr's subscription for the year a fourth
of a million. Counting in the $197,400
subscribed in the Second Loan drive last
fall the College has raised $244,850. Of
the $47,450 subscribed in the pri
drive, $31,200 was taken out In bonds
through the College Liberty Loan Com-
mittee, and $16,250 through outside banks.
This subscription entitles Bryn Mawr to
an Honor Flag with one star.
The Liberty Loan booth in Taylor will
be open tomorrow and Saturday for late
subscriptions.
NEW CUT REGULATIONS PROPOSED
No Illness excuses will be given next
year except for Infirmary cases if the pro-
posal of the Health Department, made in
a special conference with undergraduates
last Tuesday, is carried out. The only-
exceptions would be students suddenly-
ill before a quiz, and students actually-
unable to attend lectures regularly and
consequently under special treatment.
To cover other cases the Health Depart-
ment proposes fourteen unexcused cuts
per student as a maximum, instead of
eight.
The undergraduate representatives ac-
cepted this proposal but asked that the
regulation of cutting be wholly trans-
ferred to the Undergraduate Association,
which will improve Its records and asks
that they be acknowledged. They sug-
gested that the effect of cutting on each
student's work would be seriously con
sidered, and that the Faculty regulate at-
tendance at classes by greater emphasis
on the class work.
WAR COUNCIL  DELEGATES TO
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Heads of Departments Elected
Bryn Mawr will bo represented by
three delegates at an International War
Service Council to be held at Vassar
from May 11th to 13th. The representa-
tives chosen by vote of the War Council
are Gordon Woodbury '10, chairman, Vir-
ginia Kneeland '18, ex-chairman, and
Dean Taft, Faculty Member.
At a meeting of the War Council Tues-
day night, the heads of the departments
were elected as follows:
Registration, Miss Kingsbury; Food
Production, Miss Hawkins; Food Conser-
vation, A. Harrison: Education, H. John-
son; Red Cross and Allied Relief, L. Kel-
logg; Liberty Loan. Mrs. Smith; Main-
taining Existing Social Agencies, E.
Blddle.
A new office, that of treasurer, was
added to the War Council and will in-
clude the management of the funds of the
Red Cross and Allied Relief Committee.
The eletcions for this office will be held
at the last meeting of the War Council
this year.
MAY DAY FESTIVITIES MODIFIED
The omission of Senior breakfast in
Rockefeller marked a departure from tra-
dition yesterday in Bryn Mawr's celebra-
tion of May Dajr. The S. niors sung the
Magdalen hymn from Rockefeller and
danced around the Maypole, but on ac-
count of the expense of exchanging,
breakfasted in their own hall*.
SPEAKER  ON   SCOTTISH   HOSPITALS
DECORATED  BY FOUR   NATIONS
i Kathleen  Burke,  C.B.E.,  Describe*  Spirit
of Soldiers and Work of Scotch Women
Wearing six decorations pinned to the
i uniform   of  the   Scottish   Women's   Hos-
pital    Service.    Miss    Kathleen    Burke,
C.B.E..   spoke   in   Taylor   last    Saturday
[ night on the work of tin- hospitals and
: their share in the spirit of teamwork that
characterizes   the   Allies       Miss   Burke,
| who is organizing ...�� m-'.try and honorary
delegate of her organization to the I'nited
States   and   Canada,   has   been   made   a
Commander of the Order of the British
,' Empire, a decoration established recently
for both   men and   women.     She Is also
' a Knight of St   Sava, Serbia. Member of
I the Order of Misericord*- wt s.-tbla. and
Offlcler de llnstruction Publlque. Fnu
j and wears the   Russian  Red Cross, and
i the  French  Red Cross  with the double
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