College News, 1918-06-05, Vol. 04, No. 29

              The College News
Volume IV.    No. 29
BRYN MAWR, PA.. JUNE 5, 1918
Price 5 Cents
CLASS OF  1918
PRESIDENT  THOMAS   WILL
ORGANIZE SPEAKERS' BUREAUS '
Will Continue  War Work  of Winter
President Thomas will continue this
summer the work which she has been
doing during the winter, organizing patri-'
otic speaking bureaus under the War
Service Committee of the Association of
Collegiate Alumnae, of which she is
chairman.
The War Service Committee has drawn
up a series of resolutions to be
sent to the President of the Halted
States asking him to give women greater
opportunities to help win the war. These
resolutions are now being signed by all
great organizations of women. Signa-
tures representing ten million women
have already been given. It is hoped
that delegates of the different organiza-
tions will present the resolutions in
person.
TODAY ATHLETIC DAY
Cups and Yellow Ties Awarded
The alumna? arranged by classes, pa-
raded in costume, together with the
Alumnae and Varsity basketball teams
from Pembroke arch to the lower hockey
field this morning at 9.30. After the game
A. Stiles '19, president of the Athletic As-
sociation, announced the championships
and awarded the cups, swimming medals,
and yellow ties.
1918 won the cup for first team water-
polo; 1919, second. The Juniors took the
first team basketball lantern as well as
cups for second and third team basket-
ball and for first, second and third team
hockey. 1920 was awarded the cups for
tennis singles and doubles and fur the
ntinued on page 3, column 4.)
TRIO  DE LUTECE  COMBINES
FLUTE, HARP AND CELLO
The combination of flute, harp and
'cello is presented by the Trio de Lutece,
which plays in the cloisters Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the Red
Cross and Allied Relief Department.
George Barrere, founder of the Barrere
ensemble of wind instruments, Carlos
Salzedo, formerly harpist of the Metro-
politan Opera, and Paul Refer, for live
years solo 'cellist of the New York Sym-
phony Orchestra, compose the personnel
of the trio.
The three artists, all of whom are Pa-
risians, made their first appearance to-
gether in New York early in 1914. The
Trio itself is named after Lutece, the
early Roman settlement on the site of
Paris.
Program
1.  Pieces en Concert.
Jean Philippe Rameau. 16831 "64
La Pantomime.
La Timide.
I.'Indiscrete.
La Cupis.
Tambourine.
Trio de Lutece.
2.  Lied..................Vincent D'Indy
Paul Kefer, 'Cello Solo.
3.  a. Serenade ...........C. Saint Saens
b.  Menuet ..........Georges Valensln
c.  Dorlenne  ...........Jules Mouquet
Trio de Lutece.
4.  Variations on an old-style theme.
Carlos Salzedo
< arlos Salzedo, Harp Solo.
5.  a. Menuet   (Orpheus),
Ch. Gluck. 1714 1762
b. Polonaise and Badinerie.
J. S. Bach. 1685-1750
George Barrere. Flute Solo.
�;. Petit* Suite..........Claude Debusey
Kb Bateau.
Cortege.
Hornet
Ballet.
Trio de Lutece.
DEAN WEST IS FOUNDER OF PRINCE-
TON  GRADUATE  SCHOOL
Prof. Andrew F. West, who is to give
the Commencement address on "The
Need of the Classics", has been Dean of
the Graduate School at Princeton since
1901. He first planned the school and
put it into operation.
Dean West has been chairman of the
School of Classical Studies in Rome, and
is a trustee of the American Academy
there.
SENATE   INTERPRETS   NEW
MERIT LAWS LIBERALLY
Colors Indicate Academic Rank
The hoods of the academic costumes
indicate the universities that have con-
torted the degree If American; if conti-
nental, the faculty in which the degree
is taken. Blue for the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy, green for the degree of
Doctor of Medicine, purple for the degree
of Doctor of Laws and scarlet for the de-
gree of Doctor of Theology, crossed by a
chevron containing the colours of the
country in which the university confer-
ring the degree is situated. A chevron of
red, white and black indicates the Oer
man Empire; a chevron or white and
green the Ringdom of Saxony; a chevron
of red and white, Switzerland. Harvard
hoods are lined with crimson; Princeton,
orange and black; Johns Hopkins, old
gold and black, and so forth. The degree
of Doctor of Science, of the I'niversity
of London, is Indicated by a crimson
gown and a crimson and yellow hood.
Gowns show the degrees taken. Only
doctors' gowns are made of silk and have
bands of velvet on black or the colour of
the faculty in which the decree Is taken,
rs' gowns have a long sieve with
a slit for the arm. bac1
I long -pointed sleeve and the Ilr> n Mawr
undergraduate gown a round open �
on the model of that worn t>> the Oxford
scholar.
Reply io Petition Applauded in
Crowded Meeting
('.ranting the undergraduates' petition
that the new Senate regulations exclud-
ing students without merits from college
should not go into effect till next spring,
the Senate has stated that it would "in-
terpret its resolutions as follows this
yea i
With   reference   to   third   year  stu-
dents the resolution  will not   be applied
this   Veil i .
"With reference io second year stu-
dl ins ihe resolution will not be applied
in  its full strictness this year.
"With reference to first year studeii'�
conditions rather than merits will be con-
sidered  this  year;
As usual, all cases will !>�� treated in-
dividually."
A burst of applause greeted the reading
of this answer at a crowded I'ndergrailti-
ate Association meeting last Wednesday
night. The undergraduates based their
petition on the short notice given.
ALUMN-C RAISE $12,000 FOR SERVICE
CORPS
No Definite Quota  Set
According   to   the   UUeet   available   fig-
the   Alumnjp  have   ral�<tl   approxi-
mately $12,000 In oaab and  promises for
�he   Si ivj.                  Fund.      Added   I.,   ihe
J1".......  in   i  U\   mdem                thin
makes |  lota] of |3S,<MM, of which $11,160
has already been appropriated
The   Miimn.e  ;".�   Mot   working  toward
et quota, as in the ca-o of the under-
graduates, but  will   pa on I               MNMJ
Indetaitetj