College News, 1917-11-07, Vol. 04, No. 06

              The College News
Volume IV.    No. 6
BRYN MAWR, PA., NOVEMBER 7, 1917
Price 5 Cents
8IREN   STARTLES  CAMPUS
Miss   Crandall's   Chimney   Raises   Alarm .
Housed from studies and work last
Thursday afternoon by the shriek of the
power house siren and the ringing of
Taylor bell, Faculty, students, and em-
ployees thronged tlM campus searching
for the fire.
The "trained fire fighting brigade"
rushed to the. scene of action in Low
Buildings, but by th.it time Miss Cran-
dall's chtmney. tbe cause of the excite-
ment, had ceased to smoke, and the
crowd withdrew, with its craving for sen-
sation still unsatisfied.
FAILURES  IN SENIOR GERMAN
SHATTER ALL KNOWN RECORDS
TWO MERITS HELP RAISE STANDARD
Senior "wi aliens", both in French and
German, have taken a toll of more vic-
tims than were ever claimed by the most
rapacious of orals.   58.16 per cent, or 32 i
out of 55, was the rate of failure posted j
last Thursday for the first German, as j
compared with 5g.08j�er cent for the first
French.    Two made merit in German, H.
Schwarz and G. Reymershoffer, and 38.18 \
per cent (21) passed.
The nearest approach to this record
was made by the Class of 1916 when
5IJfl per cent failed. Last year 52.38
per cent failed, I. Haupt making the only
merit; but in 1914 the rate was as low as
42.85 per cent with one credit.
Twelve Seniors hnve now passed bo'th
French and German. A number, how-
ever, were disqualified from taking the
first examinations on account of not hav-
ing completed their summer reading.
The committees of Dr. Beck, Dean
Maddison, and Miss Donnelly, for French,
and Dr. Jessen, Dr. Frank (serving for
Dr. De Haan), and Dr. Marion Parris
Smith, for German, are permanent and
will correct all the papers throughout the
year. The second Senior examination in
French will be December 8th. with the
�German a week after on the 15th.
Results of the first German examina-
tion:
Merit�Reymershoffer,  Schwarz.
Passed�Booth, Butterfleld, Cassel,
Dodge, Fegley, Fraser, Hobbs, Hodges,
Holllday, Kendlg '17, Kneeland, Lubar,
Loeb, Lynch, Neely, Newlin, Rhoads, Ro-
senberg, Stair, Timpson, WalKer.
Failed�Andrews '17. Atherton, Babbitt,
Bacon, Bailey, Born, Boyd '17, Dufourcq,
Evans, Gardiner, Gest, Hart, Hemenway,
Howell, Israel, Jones, Mall, Qulmby, Rich-
ards '17, Ridlon, Rupert, Schaffer, Sharp-
less, E. M. Smith, L. T. Smith, Strauss,
Teller '17, Turle, Whltcomb. Williams.
Wilson, Worch.
FIRST FRENCH CLUB TEA
WELCOMES FRENCH GRADUATES
Lieutenant Moriz* Scheduled to Speak
Attended by Dr. Eunice Schenck, M.
Beck and M. Vatar, the French graduate
students, and the Freshmen hoping to
Join the club, the First French Club tea
last Thursday welcomed about forty peo-
ple in the parlor of Denbigh. A business
meeting was held directly before the tea.
at which J. Peabody '19 was elected vice-
president.
Lieutenant Moriee. one of the French
officers who trained the Harvard Officers'
Reserve Corps, will come to Bryn Mawr
later In the year, under the ausplcea of
French Club, to give a talk on the life of
an officer at tbe front
CLOSE TUSSLE WITH ALUMNA
TRIES METTLE OF VARSITY
Alumna Scare Bryn Mawr in Last
Minutes Bring Final Score to 5-4
In a hard fought match Varsity won Us
annual contest from the Alumnae last
Wednesday afternoon by one point.
Throughout the game both teams hit
hard, but so far ahead that very little
good passing was seen. The fine playing
of the Varsity wings achieved victory,
though the Undergraduates had a bad
scare In the last ti a minutes and their
lead of four points was almost wiped out
by the alumna? scoring three goals in
quick succession.
The alumna? team was made up of
many former stars, and Its chief fault, a
lack of teamwork, was only to be ex-
pected. H. Kirk 14, M. Kirk '10, J. Kai/.-
enstein '06, A. Hawkins '07, B. Ehlers '09,
M Nearing '09. M. Willard '17, H. Harris
'17, and M. Thompson '17. most of them
at their regular posts, all played on Var-
sity when in college. M. Nearing and M.
Thompson are former Varsity captains.
M. Nearing has the distinction of being
one of the few Bryn Mawr players who
has really mastered the difficult "lunge
stroke". .1. KatMMtatB, a member of
the Lansdowne team, and A. Hawkins
(warden of Merlon), a member of the
Germantown team, have both played M
eral years for All-Philadelphia.
M.  Tyler '19  Stars  at  Wing
The feature of the game was the work
of M. Tyler '19 ;it left wing. Time after
time she dribbled the ball past her oppo-
nents for long gains. Three of Varsity's
five goals she shot herself and. on her
most spectacular run she carried the ball
from almost her own 25-yard line past an
alumna; halfback and two fullbacks to the
goal, where K. Biokley '21 shot It In.
Three   First Goals for Varsity
The fight started off in Alumna? terri-
tory, and the strength of Varsity's for-
ward line is shown by the score they
made against the strong Alumnae defense.
After a hard scrimmage G. Hearne shot
(Continued on page 3, column 1)
LIBERTY      LOAN      FIGURES     SHOW
EVEN  CLASSES  IN  THE  VAN
Three-fourths   of   Sophomores   Subscribe
The even classes lead both In the
amount subscribed and in the per cent
of subscribers, according to figures com-
piled by campaign leaders from the re-
turns of the Second Liberty Loan at
Bryn Mawr. The Senior total li $9100
for 44 subscribers, 65 per cent of the class
subscribing. The Sophomore total ll
$6850, with 71 per cent, almost three-
fourths of the class subscribing.
The biggest amount, both In itself and
in proportion to the number of subscrib
ere, "was contributed by the Faculty.
$44,900 to 29 subscribers. The Juniors
had the smallest per cent and the Fresh-
men the smallest total.
The returns, exclusive of money which
came through college bills or outside sub-
scribers, are?
SwtMFriber*                 Amount        r<r   (y<
1918........      44           $9400           65
1919........      59             6050           59
1920........      67             6850            71
1921........      >1             5700           6r.
Faculty ....      2f           44900           �4
Staff.......      34             MM           48
Graduates ..      30             2700           32
Employees .      56             3050           31
Total.....  410         $85450
WAR  COUNCIL  MEETS TONIGHT
With Dean Taft and Dr. Frank as the
two Faculty representatives. Miss Martha
Thomas and Miss Dimon as the Alumna
aproeontatlvoo, and Miss Orlady as tbe
Staff representative on the Advisory
Heard, the organization of tin- War Coen-
I-il is well under way.
At Its first meeting to-night, there will
be elected a permanent chairman and the
heads of the departments, Food Conser-
vation, Food Production, Red Cross and
Allied Relief, Liberty Loan. Social Agen-
i i"s, Education, and a possible finance
department.
EVOLUTION OF WAR COUNCIL
TRACED IN "NEWS" FILES
First Officially Connected This Year
With The American Red Cross
DISTRESS IN ITALY CULMINATES
IN FALL OF MINISTRY
FOOD   RIOTS  PRECEDE   OVERTHROW
Spec mil H  Cmlrthuti'l by Dr. Frank
Dr. Tenney Frank, Professor of Latin,
who returned this fall to Bryn Mawr
from a year's leave of absence at the
American Academy in Home, spoke In
. hapel, Wednesday, October Slat, on
Italy's difficulties in the war. His own
account of the talk, written specially for
the News, follows:
"Italy needs one hundred million bush-
els of wheat from us, that is to ::ay, one
large cargo every day till harvest time.
The daily ration of the workin"men has
already been seriously reduced: and the
resulting distress, together with the feat-
that the government had failed to lectire
the necessary promises from us. led to
riots which contributed, in large measure,
The first mention of war � rk at Hryn
Mawr appears in an an St I p inted in
the College News for October 8. i:�H,
written by Kmily Noyee '15, now an Eng-
lish reader lure, and K. ltapallo IB, The
letter urges that students go to a aabee-
Quent Undergraduate Meeting and up-
port a measure tor living class playi for
the benefit of the Bad Cross, and thai
they apply to the authors for 'info na-
tion about the making of                          A
similar letter in the next Btimb r Oi the
News makes an appeal for refugees and
asks people fo apply to Susan F. NielioU
'15, also an English
"A genera] Bad Cross movement'1 bad
bean voted tat rapport of the Undergrad-
uate Association by October lath 'by
charging admission to class plays, by con-
tributing money which would otherwise
have gone Into concerts,  and   b]   |i    ings
on the garments needed bj the Bed i osa
and refugees". The Senior members of a
"Red Cross" committee weir appointed
and    an    organization    loosely    connected
with the Undergraduate Association was
fairly started. It had no connection .. ith
the American Red CrOBK
The Committee of Harpy, the ti si -ub-
committi.....f the poll age "Bed Cross**, to
lend help to the refugees .mil non-com-
batants, was formed hy three Seniors in
December. 1911, OM of them   B.   Nichols
la.
Red   Cross   Leaves  Undergraduate   Body
The   "Red   Cross"   Committee,   which
maintained    a    workroom    for    surgical
to the overthrow of an excellent ministry.
"J>aly has no coal in her soil, and has   |l|�n|W �,�.� �,�,. ;l twk in tie non-
recently failed to secure a sufficient sup-   rasldanl  room of BookefeUer, continued
ply for her ammunition factories and her
trains.    The  soldiers  a4   the front  never
have the assurance that   the BUpptjr will
not fail.      *
"There are also difficulties of     political
under the Undergraduati   I        a ion un-
til the 8th of la-t   Kelirtia-y,  when  it   are*
voted in    to the Christian   taaoeietloa.
The management I ended h, .i  Jan
'17,   cunt iniii il    the   same    until   (he   new
nature.    For instance, the present house   C. A. committee, elected  bj  das ea, and
of deputies, elected in 1913 during a tem-
poraiy reaction. Is unusually deficient in
progressive, constructive, and aggroastVS
men. The aristocracy is still largely in-
different, since many of the noble fam-
ilies, which also hold much of Ital)
land, have refused to become reconciled
with the government under the House of
Savoy. Finally, in a few sections of Italy,
where the oppressive Bourbon rule long
bred anarchy, the nationalistic spirit has
not yet found a welcome. Naturally, the
regiments from these districts cannot al-
ways bo depended upon. Gorman apfes
readily find the weak spots in the line
and tell the enemy where to attack.
"Despite all this, the morale of the
army is in general excellent, and the
grant mass of Italians are determined to
fi'h* with the Allies till their eotninnn
alms are secured. The new cabinet an-
nounced to-day Is strong. Orlando has
secured the services of Sonnino. a bril-
liant statesman, universally trusted, and
from the Clerical and Socialist partial
he has chosen Meda and Dissolati, the
leaders of the pro-war factions. There is
also good reason to believe that the re-
treat will end soon, for If the enemy has
not penetrated farther than the I'dlne to-
day Cadorna can probably save his army
and reform behind the Tagliamento".
not appointed, aa it had been ruder the
Undergraduate    association,   wen!    into
i,Hire
The   Belgian   Belief   I omiini t. �    of   t he
i hristian   Association   came  into   being
two   weeks   later,  after  Mr.  OeOTgO   Itarr
Baker, Of tht   American  Commission for
Belief in Belgium, �poke hero, pleading
for the starving Belgian children.   To the
support of I :� �     el   a Belgian town of 400
(Continued mi page >'>, column 1)
"Italy and the War" was also the sub-
ject of Dr. Frank's talk at the History
Club Tea in Pembroke East last Thurs-
day.
DR. FENWICK RECEIVES GOVERN-
MENT ORDERS.     LEAVES AT
ONCE FOR CAPITOL
Called by  the  Tna.Mr >    1 >� part ment  at
Washington to lecture before training
eampa and to act as councillor to the
camp oommaadera on the subject of the
new military and naval insui ance act, Dr.
chaiies Keiiwiek. Aasooisti  Pro!
Political Beteace, let! Bryi  Hawr Tues-
day   Dlgbl    for   a   period   of   about   :
Week-.       At     the    rollfep lire    jfl    W."s||ing
ton   >                   Dr.  K' Dwleh   learned   at
what   camps   he   was   to   lecture   and   the
farther details of tho Government order.
The new Insurance act provides auto-
matically that men in the a               naive
life, sickness, or accident in-nan when
It is due them, instead of having tfl
to their Congressmen for pensions The
<>n system, which created such havoc
under President Grant, has always been
too closely connected with politics to give
anything resembling satisfaction.
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