College News, 1918-03-21, Vol. 04, No. 20

              The College News
Volume IV.   No. 20
BRYN MAWR, PA., MARCH 21, 1918
Price 5 Cents
FRESHMEN TRIUMPH OVER
SOPHOMORES IN GYM
MEET
Gymnasium Shield on Red Banner
Tradition Fatal for Light Blue
Following the red class tradition of in-
vincibility, 1921 defeated 1920's light
blue, by a total of 146 to 131.2 points in
the annual gymnasium meet last Friday
afternoon. The losers won the wand drill
and tied the Freshmen in the marching
and Indian clubs.
The judges were Mr. Bishop, of the
Haverford School for Boys; Miss Lillian
Shaw, physical director of Swarthmore
College, and Miss E. Smith, gymnasium
director of the Baldwin School.
Before presenting the shield to 1921
Mr. Bishop said that their work on both
horse and parallel bars was the best he
had seen in years. He praised the Fresh-
man stunt, done without aid of apparatus
or mats, as excellent, difficult, and well
carried out.
An innovation this year was the march-
ing drill. Commanded by M. M. Carey '20
and J. Peyton '21, the Sophomores and
Freshmen performed many complicated
marches and countermarches with true
military precision. The wand drill, in
which many of the old "floor work" exer-
cises were incorporated in slightly modi-
fied forms, was another new feature.
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SENIORS PUT 1920 OUTOF RUN-
NING IN WATER-POLO
Dark Blue to Face Green in Finals
In a thrilling game, hard-fought to the
end, 1918 downed 1920 on Monday night,
6-3, winning their way Into the first team
water-polo finals, which begin tonight
.against 1919. The dark blue victory,
Monday, was due to T. Howell's aggres-
sive game at halfback, supplemented by
an ever-ready defense, which bottled up
the fast Sophomere forwards and
blocked M. M. Carey's long throws.
The latter, at first deserting her posi-
tion at halfback to play side forward,
soon returned, finding M. Strauss '18 too
strong an opponent. The first goal was
made by M. O'Connor '18, who pushed in
a long throw of T. Howell's. Two goals
for '20 followed, the second being made
by M. M. Carey, receiving the ball from
the center forward at the throw off. A
second goal by T. Howell '18 left the
score 2-2 at the end of the period.
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8. TAYLOR  SELFGOV. PRE8IDENT
Retiring   Board   Consistently  Liberal
By an overwhelming vote, which made
it possible to make the nomination an
election, Sarah Taylor '19 became Presi-
dent of the Self-Government Association,
Tuesday evening. Miss Taylor has been
first Junior member of the Executive
Board during the past year.
Charlotte Dodge '18, retiring president,
reported for the Executive Board at a
meeting of the Association, Monday. To
refute the criticism that Self-Government
Is mechanical and unreasoning. It has
been the policy of the outgoing board to
be unusually generous with special per-
mteaktoa, she said. Each case has been
Judged on its own merits with as little
reference as possible to former rulings.
C. A. CONFERENCE OPEN8 TONIGHT
Tea for Mr. Ross Tomorrow Afternoon
The Christian Association Conference
will open in Taylor at seven-thirty this
evening, when Mr. George A. Johnston
Ross will deliver the first of his three ad-
dresses on the Fundamentals of Chris-
tianity. The other two lectures will be
given tomorrow evening at seven-thirty
and Saturday morning at nine-thirty.
Mr. Ross will be the guest of President
Thomas at the Deanery and will have
office hours there for individual Inter-
views.
A tea for Mr. Ross will be given In the
gymnasium tomorrow afternoon from
four-thirty to six, by the Membership
Committee of the Christian Association.
WOMAN ARMY [OFFICER i WILL
TELL OF FIGHTING IN
SERBIA
M. C. TIMPSON EUROPEAN FELLOW WITH BEST GRADE SINCE 1915
Record Number of Magna cum Laudes, but Lower Median Grade than Usual
PRE8IDENT THOMA8 CITE8
GERMAN'S CRITICISM  OF WOMEN
Gave Signal for Artillery Fire at
Battle of Brod in October, 1917
An American woman in active service
in the Allied Army, Sergeant Ruth Far-
nam, of the crack Serbian Cavalry, will
lecture In Taylor Hall Saturday evening,
March 23d, on "A Nation at Bay". The
lecture will be an account of the war on
the Eastern front, and will be illustrated
with lantern slides.
MIbb Farnam enlisted In the Serbian
Army in 1913 and was decorated by the
king for her services in the war with
Bulgaria. For valor and service in the
present war she has been twice more
decorated and has been made a cavalry
officer. Sergeant Farnam left Serbia in
July, 1917, but returned in October. She
was the first woman of any nationality to
enter reconquered Serbian territory after
the Austrian invasion.
At the Battle of Brod (October, 1917),
one of the Serbian Army's great victories
in its advance toward Monastir, Sergeant
Farnam gave the signal for the com-
mencement of the artillery fire and wit-
nessed the panorama of the fighting from
a hill between tbe opposing front line
trenches.
The lecture is under the auspices of
the Class of 1920 for the benefit of the
Service Corps and will begin at 8 o'clock.
All tickets are fifty cents.
Margaret Catherine Tlmpson, with a
grade of 89.345, is European fellow from
the Class of 1918, President Thomas an-
nounced last Friday In Chapel. Miss
Tlmpson is from New York City and is
Just twenty years old. She was prepared
at Miss Spence's School In New York and
her group In college is Modern History
and Economics and Politics. She is the
holder of the Brooke Hall Memorial
Scholarship, which is awarded annually
to the member of the Junior Class with
the highest average. Miss Tlmpson's av-
erage as European fellow Is the highest
since 1916.
A larger number of Seniors are gradu-
ating with the distinction "Magna cum
Laude" (given for grades of 85 to 90)
than in any other year on record. They
are M. Tlmpson, V. Kneeland, T. Born, I.
Loeb, and L. Hodges�7.8 per cent of the
class, compared with 6.7 per cent in 1917
and 4.2 per cent in 1916. The percentage
receiving the next distinction, "Cum
Laude" (for grades of 80 to 85) Is con-
trastingly low�9.3 per cent as opposed to
23.5 per cent last year. The median grade
this year is 75.316. This is slightly lower
than any year since 1911.
Two Alumna- Among Graduate Fellows
Of three graduate European fellowships
announced at the same time as the Senior
fellowship, two were awarded to Bryn
Mawr alumna;: the Mary E. Garrett Eu-
ropean Fellowship for students who have
completed two years of graduate work at
Bryn Mawr, to Eva Alice Worrall Bryne
'16. A.M. 1917, Scholar and Reader In Eng-
lish; and the President's European Fel-
lowship, for students who have com-
pleted one year of graduate work at Bryn
Mawr, to Isabel Smith '15, Scholar in Ge-
ology, and assistant to the warden of
Pembroke. The Anna Ottendorfer Me-
morial Research Fellowship in German
and Teutonic Philology was awarded to
Olga Marx, A.M., Fellow In German.
1918  EUROPEAN  FELLOW
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SENIOR  HONOR  ROLL
Upper
Ten
H.  FERRI8 '20  INDIVIDUAL
APPARATUS CHAMPION
Freshman Takes Second Place
With 235 points to her credit, as
against the 227 of E. Cecil '21, who came
second, H. Ferris '20 won the Sophomore-
Freshman apparatus cup at the second of
the two contests last Saturday morning.
The judges were M. Mackenzie '18, A.
Stiles '19, and E. Carus '19.
Third and fourth places this year were
made by B. Weaver '20 and E. Cope '21
with 224 and 222 points respectively. All
the records of the previous week were
broken.
PAID P08ITION OPEN ON "NEWS" TO
STUDENT  WITH  FREE  HOUR
MONDAY
A messenger for the College News Is
needed at once. The position will be paid
and anyone with a free hour at twelve
o'clock Mondays Is asked to apply before
Sunday. March 24th. to M. O'Connor '18.
Pembroke Weat.
President Thomas Addresses Senior*
President Thomas, in announcing the
fellowships, said in part:
"There are two ways in which scholars
devoted to research and study can do
good work�one, by imparting knowledge
(it is very seldom that a great scholar
does not wish to teach younger scholars),
and the other, by doing research work.
The highest ideal of all Is fulfilled when
we see a productive scholar surrounded
by a group of eager pupils.
"Nothing is more inspiring In the history
of the world than to see scattered through
the centuries these little schools of learn-
ing......In classical times and
throughout the Middle Ages we find such
gatherings of scholars and pupils. Out of
them developed the great mediaeval uni-
versities� Oxford, Paris, Padua. . . .
In this scholarly fellowship women hsd
no part. Opportunity to study has come
in full measure only In your generation.
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"I should like to read you a few sen-
tences from a wonderful and awful book
by Osias L. Scbwarx. called 'General
Types of Superior Men', which shows us
with fatal clearness the brutal opinion
held by educated German men of the un-
educated female sex. 'Now. if the female
inherits and, like the child, recapitulates,
the organised, racial, primitive character
istlcs. but not the recent, functional varta-
The  eleven  Seniors who will  receive
their degrees with distinction are:
Magna Cum Laude
Margaret Tlmpson .....89.34
Virginia Kneeland  .....87.43
Therese Born ..........87.19
Irene Loeb ............86.19
Louise Hodges .........85.66
Cum Laude
Gladys Casael..........84.28
Elizabeth Houghton ... .82.23
Ella Rosenberg ........82.12
Lillian Fraser  .........81.11
Helen Whitcomb.......80.92
Katharine Sharpless___80.37 '
The other Seniors in the upper half of
the class are M. O'Connor (79.75), F. Buf-
fum (79.74), A. Newlin (79.51), K. Holli-
day (79.38), M. Strauss (79.38), M. Stair
(78.27), A. Gest (77.80), C. Neely (77.74),
M. Rupert (77.60), E. Lynch (77.48), C.
Dodge (77.33). R. Hart (76.93). B. Fegley
(76.69), A. Lubar (76.42), G. Reymers-
hoffer (76.42). M. Jefferies (76.08), K. Du-
fourcq (75.93). M. Worch (75.91), M. Mall
(75.86), A. Booth (75.84), M. Williams
(75.41).
tions, we understand why the female
Is superstitious, conservative, confused-
minded, irritable, impulsive, intolerant,
despotical, vindictive, unsociable, and In
spite of her being protected against the
uncertain struggles of life, is still greedy,
deceitful, envious, untruthful, selfish, un-
intellectual, craving for power and caste
distinction, incapable of disinterested
friendship; we understand why the prog-
ress of woman will always be behind that
of man; we understand why women will
never truly inherit any higher aspira-
tions, for these do not become so easily
a general or common property of the
species.'
"We educated women ought to be able
to learn something from the criticisms of
our enemies. You who will be among the
most highly trained women in the world
must help your age and generation of
women to set their faces against the
things that the herd-women and the cave-
women of the past have cared most for.
Social distinction and comfortable, afflu-
ent homes are not the chief objects for
you to strive for in life. Make up your
minds to lead your own lives independ-
ently and to set before yourselves new
ideal* of conduct and thought "