College News, 1917-10-10, Vol. 04, No. 02

              The College News
Volume IV.   No. 2
BRYN MAWR, PA., OCTOBER 10, 1917
Price 5 Cents
"YANKEE DOODLE" UNDISCOVERED
PARADE SONS WRITTEN ON SENIOR STEPS
-       AND LEARNED RENEATH    PEMBROKE ARCH
Craft versus Force was the order of the
four days preceding Parade Night last
week. Freshmen and Juniors, for the
second time in the history of the college,
succeeded in keeping the Parade Song
from the Sophomores, who this year used
police rather than detective methods. On
Thursday night, 1921 marched from Pem-
broke Arch to the hockey field to the
strains of "Yankee Doodle", and only on
their return to the Arch realized that
1920 had no parody for their song.
All last week the Sophomores shad-
owed such Freshmen and Juniors as
were unhappy enough to come under
their suspicion. The Freshman chairman
was not allowed even to sleep in quiet,
and efforts were made to prevent any
communication between her and her
classmates or members of 1919. It was
not until Thursday afternoon that she
contrived to enter the Junior President's
room; and once safely locked in that
rOom she learned the words of the song,
and formed her plans for the evening.
The song, which was written by two
Freshmen sitting on Senior Steps at 5.30
a. m., on the first day of college, was.
LARGEST CLASS IN BRYN MAWR HISTORY CROWDS CHAPEL
TO HEAR PRESIDENT THOMAS' OPENING ADDRESS
One Hundred and Thirty-Nine in "War Clan" of Thirty-Third Year
To a war class that is the largest in j and women will be needed for immediate
the history of Bryn Mawr, numbering practical service. So many men have left
139 students. President Thomas made college never to return to their studies,
her opening speech last Wednesday and perhaps never to return at all, that
morning.
President Thomas said in part:
If is always a pleasure to welcome the
students coming back after the long sum-
mer vacation and filling our grey build-
ings and silent campus with movement
and life. But to-day we welcome you I highest duty to your country to be well
with more pleasure and satisfaction than ! prepared.
the burden of intelligent leadership will
fail on college women and the few col-
lege men who will take their degrees
within the next few years. You will be
called on to meet this test immediately
on leaving college.    It is therefore your
INVESTIGATOR OF POLAND IN 1916
WILL SPEAK AT RED CROSS WEEK END
ever before. In times like these the
young men and young women who are in
college form a very important part of
that great patriotic youthful army which
is called to serve the United States.
Many of our brothers of the draft age
are already training themselves for ser-
vice in military camps and will join that
great citizen army which has been called
by the President of the United States
"the army of freedom", and their places
will be taken when they march away by
many others of your brothers who, in
their turn, will fight what I confidently
believe is "the good fight" of faith and
Pacifists Lack Discrimination
I am shocked to find how many of our
last year's Freshman class have left col-
lege for reasons connected with war. It
seems to me a grave mistake of judg-
ment. Everything in life is a question of
comparative values. True wisdom con-
sists   in   Just   and   true   discrimination.
THE DANSANT OPENS RELIEF CAMPAIGN
A the dansant in the gymnasium on
October 13th at 4.30, at which the mem-
bers of the new War Relief Committee
will outline their plans for the year, will
open the Red Cross week-end at Bryn
Mawr.
Kept King George Waiting
"He kept the King of England waiting",
can be said of few people beside Mr. F. C.
Walcott, who will speak Saturday even-
ing in Taylor on behalf of the War Relief
Committee of the Christian Association.
In 1915-1916 Mr. Walcott, who was trav-
elling in Great Britain, France, and
Italy, received a cable from John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., requesting him to inves-
tigate Serbia, Poland, and Belgium for
the Rockefeller Institute. The two
weeks' interne, which he was obliged to
spend with the General Staff in Germany
until just five minutes before the proces- righteousness. Your brothers of the
sion left the Arch, unknown to the class j draft age have left or will soon leave
at large. At that time slips with its | their college work, their professions,
words were distributed along the line, their business, and the love and comfort
the Juniors surrounding their sister class j of their happy homes to bear their part
to guard against possible onslaughts of j In carnage and slaughter so frightful and
desperate Sophomores, and by the light so abhorrent that our imagination cannot
of   the  Juniors'   torches   the   song  was  even conceive of it, and they are going
Cecil Chesterton, in the course of an ar- j that they might make sure that he was
gument against pacifism, says that the ( neutral and safe to admit to the invaded
pacifists claim that "all war is wicked, ir- 'districts, made him such an authority on
respective of what war is about", which j conditions In Germany that General
is like saying that "all hammering is I Joffre, Lord Kitchener, and even the King
wrong Irrespective of whether you ham-  of England were anxious for Interviews
with  him.    But   Mr.  Walcott   kept  King
George waitipg too long and he was not
iner the head of a nail or the head of
your aunt". It shows Just such a lack of
discrimination of true values for you to  admitted to his presence.
quickly learned.
Since Parade Night began the only
class besides 1921 whose Parade Song
was not parodied was 1914.
willingly to die for a great cause.
leave college now to do war work, or for
you to let rotting bandages or knitting in-
terfere with your studying as hard as you
possibly can.
I asked a Freshman yesterday what
she had in mind to do after she took her
degree, and she replied, "war work".   She
Volunteers   Fill   Draft Quota
Associated with Mr. Hoover
Mr. Walcott worked for Polish relief
when he first returned to this country,
but he could accomplish nothing because
of the effectiveness of the British block-
ade. Mr. Herbert Hoover, with whom he
had worked in Belgium, asked him to be
on his advisory board when the United
showed   true  discrimination   in   waiting
until she had finished her four years' col-: States entered the Great War.   Mr. Wal-
I have crossed the continent twice this j lege  course, but to find  that even one  colt is now living with  Mr   Hoover in
summer and everywhere I have found su- | Freshman was looking forward to four . Washington.
preme   willingness   to   serve.     At   the   years more of war made my heart stand !    War 1916, which Mr. Walcott published
Grand Canyon of Arizona so many young | still.   Even if the Inconceivable happens,   for private circulation when he returned
IS WORKING ON  GAS MASKS
Dr. Crenshaw a First Lieutenant
Dr. Crenshaw, one of the three Bryn ' men had volunteered that the draft quota   even if there are four years more of war.   from abroad, contained so much evidence
Mawr  professors  who  came   under  the ' was already full and there was no one ; and even if all the ten millions of young  against Germany that it was called In by
men of draft age are called to the front,  the Rockefeller Institute as un-neutral.
draft, is now first lieutenant and is work-   left to be drafted.   In Minnesota and Cal-
ing in the Sanitary Corps to perfect gas
masks. The results of French and Eng-
lish investigation into German gas bombs
are sent over to this country as data for
American Investigators.
Ifornia it was the same. Everywhere, our
drivers, guides, hotel clerks, and the peo-
ple with whom one comes in contact on a
journey, as well as the young professors
and graduate students I met in Califor-
nia, seemed  to/be of one  mind.    Even
there will still remain in the United
States an abundance of women, even
women of college age, to fill in all the
vacant places. Even then you would not
be needed. The girls in college at the
present time are (I grieve to say) only
DEMOCRACY EMPHASIZED BY
SPEAKERS AT C. A. RECEPTION
Junior Band Plays For Dancing
Democracy as a world principle applied
to the work of college associations, was
the keynote of the speeches welcoming
the Freshmen to C. A. reception last Sat-
urday night.
C. Dodge '18 gave a particularly lucid
explanation of Self-Government at Bryn
Mawr, M. Bacon '18, president of the
Christian Association, urged, among
other things, that "only grey, blue or
khaki-colored knitting be seen on the
campus this year".
those who had not volunteered seemed to a very small fraction (considerably less
be ready. , They said, "If I am called I ! than 10 per cent) of all the girls of the
am willing". I heard that phrase over I same age hot in college. Let these less
and over again and In It our American | fortunate�I am going to add, these less
Mr. Walcott will speak on the Prus-
sian system and food administration.
The lecture Is at 8 o'clock. Twenty-five
rents admission will be charged.
MAY DAY STILL IN BALANCE
A hot debate as to whether May Day
shall be held this year and the proceeds
given   to   War   Relief,   left   the   student
democracy seems to me to have justified
itself and our faith in It
College of High Practical Value Now
Last year when we first joined in the
war almost all college students, both men
and women, felt that they must actively
prepare themselves for tghtlng or ambu-
patriotlc girls�do what they can to help.   body almo8t evenlv divided at the Under
You can help best and serve best by de-
voting your whole time to your studies
lor full four years. The President was
speaking for civilization and for the
United States when he urged all young
graduate meeting Tuesday night. The
final decision was postponed to a late
meeting.
That May Day would represent to out-
siders a piece of war work on a large
scale, accomplished by Bryn Mawr, was
people to go on with their studies as pa- ,
Tance and hospital service, 7r at least j triotlc service. And it is just aa much one of the arguments advanced by M.
that they must work on material to be the patriotic duty of your families to ' Andrews, who spoke in favor of the mo-
used in fighting, and we of the Faculty  >�end your brothers to the front.   It will ,t,on-    C-  Dod*'e  "1"  and  S.  Taylor  '19
be a dire loss to our country If young ,sald that the Pn*eant would be sure to
women leave college through a mistaken   command  a  'aw  audience  in  spite of
Students Off Campus This Year
It   Is  for  this   reason   that
in better perspective.   Your highest duty   broken our fixed  rule, which  Is as you
seems to me, and I believe that it will   know, to admit only as many students as
seem   to   you.   to   dedicate   yourselves   we can accommodate In our halls of real-
wholeheartedly  this year  to study in a   dence.    We have this year admitted
sympathized  in  this  point  of view.    It
seemed to us that perhaps It might be so
and that perhaps study waa for the mo-   sense �' duty.
ment less Important.    But  in the  time
that has elapsed since then we see things
Applause for Graduate Speech
Miss Allard, president of the Graduate
Club, was enthusiastically received and
made the humorous speech of the even-
ing.    The  usual  point  of  view  toward   kind of a way that In times of peace is   war class of 139 Freshmen, the largest 'for many years May Da>' director,
graduate students,  said  Miss Allard.  is ! possible   only   in   professional   schools,   class In the history of the college. 23 oi.
Young men who have idled through col-
lege will often sacrifice exercise, health,
and  all   social  engagements,  and   work   <ng must be trained in college.
ten and twelve hours a day at law, medi
the war. The opposition was upheld by
E. Houghton '18, chairman of the War
8 have i ,te"ef Committee, who stressed the un-
timellness of the elaborate celebration as
well as the large amounts raised In col-
lege by less strenuous means, and called
attention to the resignation of Miss Daly.
that of the maid in Pembroke, who re-
marked sympathetically to a graduate
barely twenty years old: "Lawsee. chile.
yo' aho' must 'a been good-looking when
yo* was young"
Ice-cream and cake, and dancing to the
ever popular music of the Junior orches-
tra followed the speeches.
cine, or engineering because they know   �ay on behalf of the Faculty and older
that their knowledge is to be put to an   college students that we give you a warm
immediate practical test In earning a llv-   welcome to Bryn Mawr College.   We, all
ing.   In times like these all college men        (Continued on page 2. column 2.)
Statistics    furnished    by    the    chair
whom are living off the college "campus.   "h�w�d the profit of the last May Day
In times like these every girl who Is will- 'lo haTe been about ,3000' w,,n an esti-
mated loss of $4000 owing to rain.   The
To this large Freshman class I want to  expenditures were, roughly. $6000.
President
Neilson of Smith College
was an associate when at Bryn Mawr.
not a full professor, as termed In last
week's News.