College News, 1915-04-15, Vol. 01, No. 23

              The College News
Volume I.    No. 23
BRYN MAWR, PA., APRIL 15, 1915
Price 5 Cents
CALENDAR
FRIDAY,  APRIL 16
8.30�Meeting of the Graduate Club.
Address by Mr. Rhys Carpenter.
SATURDAY. APRIL IT
8.30�Performance of H. M. S. Pinafore by
the Glee Club.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18
6 p. if.�Vespers.    Speaker, A. Smith.
8 p. M.�Chapel. Preacher. The Rev.
George William Douglas, D.D., Canon of
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
MONDAY, APRIL It
7.30 p. m�Meeting of the Undergraduate
Association.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
7.30�Bible Classes, f
9.30� Mid-week meeting of C. A.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23
Junior-Senior Supper.
SATURDAY, APRIL 24
Track Meet.
8.00�Junior-Senior Supper Play Repeated.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
0 p. M.�Vespers.    Speaker, M. Bacon '18.
8 p. ii.�Chapel.       Preacher,  The   Rev.
Henry Tweedy of Yale.
SATURDAY, MAY 1
8 p. ii.�The   Coburn    Players   in    "The
Yellow Jacket."

OFFICIAL NOTICES
The last day for physical appointments
Is Friday, April 30th.
All undergraduates, resident and non-
resident, not examined on or before that
date, must pay a fine of $2.00 for a special
appointment.
IN  MEMORIAM
Miss Mary Elizabeth Garrett
On Saturday morning, April 3rd, Mias
Mary E. Garrett died at the Deanery.
After a long illness which she had borne
with so much fortitude, death came
quietly and peacefully early in the Easter
recess of the College, and we, among
whom she had lived, could only re-assem-
ble after tbe vacation to mourn the loss,
not only of a benefactor, but of a true
friend of the College.
Miss Garrett, through her friendship
with President Thomas, has been so
closely associated with the College and
so completely in sympathy with all of
its aims and Ideals from the foundation
until the present time, her interest and
Influence have been so ever-present, her
help and assistance so ever-ready, that,
where so much has been given, it is
hard to take some definite part from
the whole and say, this was her contribu-
tion. Certain things stand out in our
minds, however, as having received her
particular care and attention. She had
excellent taste, a certain genius for In-
terior decoration, and she believed In
the educational effect of a beautiful en-
vironment. The quiet beauty and har-
mony of the halls of residence are largely
Miss Garrett's work. She gave her per-
sonal attention to the chblce of furniture
and fabrics and to the arrangements of
the rooms. The many lovely and valu-
able prints and engravings which hang
on the walls are lent from Miss Gar-
rett's own collections or have been given
by her to the College We are very
proud of our campus and buildings, but
we do not realise to what extent the
whole beauty of the Collsg* has boa*
preserved and enhanced by a careful at-
tention to each detail.
Miss Garrett has given to the College
during her lifetime, $350,000, next to the
Woerlshoffer bequest by far the largest
amount the College has ever received
from a single individual. This sum was
not given all at once, but was contributed
from time to time to meet the needs and
to further the true aims of the College.
To every fund that the College has so
laboriously collected, Miss Garrett con-
tributed; to every appeal for help In
what really affected the life of the Col-
lege, she responded liberally. She vastly
increased the Library, she brought to
the College many notable speakers, she
made four years of college life possible
for many students, and she furthered the
work of the graduate school by gifts of
scholarships and fellowships.
In 1906 when it was made possible
under the charter of the College, to en-
large the Board of Directors from thir-
teen to sixteen, and two alumna; Direc-
tors were appointed, Miss Garrett was
also made a member of the Board. She
then formally took her place on the gov-
erning board of the College to which she
had already given so much thought and
interest. She was eminently fitted for
her work as a director, not only by her
unusual knowledge of business and
finance, but also because of her Intense
interest in everything that related to
women. It is not possible to separate
the problems which arise In the higher
education of women from the woman
question as a whole. To do so would
be a failure in understanding. The leg-
islator for women's education must have
in mind at least a tentative solution of
the problems and difficulties which con-
front the trained woman in the world.
Miss Garrett desired intensely to solve,
at least In part, these problems, and
Bryn Mawr College was but one of her
many interests.
With President Thomas and a few
other women she founded the Bryn Mawr
School of Baltimore, in order that the
girls of her own city might have the op-
portunity and incentive to prepare for
and to enter college. She gave half a
million dollars to the Medical School of
the Johns Hopkins University upon the
condition that the school should be op-
ened to women on the same footing as to
men. This one gift gave to college wo-
men the opportunity of working on a pro-
fessional equality with men and set a
standard for the medical education of
women throughout the country.
Miss Garrett realized that in creating
opportunity and a responsible place for
women in the world the question of suf-
frage was fundamental. When Miss
Susan B. Anthony died and there was
danger that tbe National Women's Suf-
frage Association which she had built up,
would disband. President Thomas and
Miss Garrett assumed tbe responsibility
of raising $60,000 to carry on the work
for five years. The sum was raised and
the work of the association was continued
through a critical period and we to-day
are reaping the results In the marvelous
advance of Woman's Suffrage throughout
the country. Miss Garrett was interested
in getting tbe college women into' suf-
frage work and for many years she was
treasurer of tbe College Equal Suffrage
League.
It Is not, however, as the benefactor of
the education of women in general thai
we snail think primarily of Miss Garrett
here, but rather we shall miss her as the
friend of Bryn Mawr College who took
pleasure In our pleasures, who triumphed
In our success, and to whom we shall ever
owe a deep and personal debt of gratitude
FUNERAL OF MISS MARY ELIZABETH
GARRETT
Miss Garrett's funeral service was held
in Baltimore on April 6th. A special car
left Bryn Mawr in tbe morning, carrying
the Trustees of the College, members of
the faculty and staff, and representatives
of the Graduate, the Alumna? and Under-
graduate Associations. The interment
was private.
AGNES   8MITH   PRE8IDENT   OF   THE
CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION
A very successful year of the Christian
Association ended Monday night when the
annual meeting for the elections was held.
Ruth Tinker. In the President's report,
brought out again the great importance
and usefulness in the College of the effi-
cient board. The Treasurer's report
showed us that we could fully meet the
budget this year. The election of officers
followed the reports. Agnes P. Smith, '16,
was elected President of the Association.
Miss Smith has worked for the Associa-
tion as Assistant Treasurer and In other
capacities and has always been thor-
oughly interested in all Its activities.
Agnes Grabau, "16, was elected Vice-Pres-
ident. Katharine Blodgett, '17, was elect-
el Treasurer and Charlotte Dodge. 18,
Secretary.
BRYN   MAWR   CLUB   OF   NEW   YORK
VOTES     PRE8IOENT     THOMAS
FIRST   HONORARY   MEMBER
The Bryn Mawr Club of New York City,
at their annual meeting held February 3,
1915, established a new class of member-
ship, that of honorary members. The
club voted unanimously to ask President
Thomas to become its first honorary mem-
ber. In doing this the members wished
to express "their appreciation, as alumnae
of Bryn Mawr, of the enduring elements
in the structure and development of the
College," which the College owes to Miss
Thomas and "which not only have deter-
mined its own fundamental character, but
have Influenced all grades of tbe aca-
demic education of women."
BRYN MAWR DEFEAT8 GOUCHER
Score, 20-9
Saturday afternoon the Varsity Basket
ball team opened tbe new season by win-
inlng the first game of the year from
, Goucher College, the score being 20-7.
Bryn Mawr got two field goals within the
nrsi five minutes of play and continued
i to lead throughout the game. The Bryn
Mawr forwards played well, H. Alexander,
1918. making four goals and J. Pauling
playing quite as well as she did at guard
last year. S. Smith made some of ber
extraordinary catches, although she found
It very hard to bold to the girls' guarding
rules. Bryn Mawr had the advantage In
height, but Goucher balanced it by greater
agility. There waa good passing on both
sides; that of the Bryn Mawr team was
due to Miss Wesson's coaching during the
short period of practice. In tbe second
half Goucher came on the field with a
tush, putting up a vigorous defense.
Their game was free and open, with some
swift passing; so that Bryn Mawr's goals
were less frequent, while theirs were
remarkably neat and pretty.
Goucher   brought   about   forty  support-
ers, who were met by a committee of the
Athletic Association who served luncheon
to them on the campus.   Between halves
they  sang  some   very  good  songs  while
Bryn Mawr's supporters came out strong
during  the   progress  of the  game.    The
crowd was quite large despite the blazing
sun and sultry  weather.    At  the end  of
the game the teams of tbe two colleges
cheered each other enthusiastically.  The
|game was a great success; even the con-
I fusing compromise of rules did not cause
i Miss Applebee to blow her whistle very
I often as the play was so very clean.
The line-up  for the game was as fol-
; lows:
Boucher                                        Bryn  Mawr
K. von Buries........   F.........H. Alexander
i     Nagel............   F.......------J. 1'aullng
I.  I.IIktIh.........     <\ C..........H. Harrf*
�  Tn-lcli-..........   8. C.........I.. lioodnow
nigliinun.......    8.0...........U Brown
Hay-den. <-apl......   �;.....8. R. flmlth, rapt.
I   �<ll.............O.........M. TlK.mpK.pn
III    Klllngcr)
MRS. BEATRICE FORBES-ROBERTSON
HALE 8PEAK8 ON 8UFFRAGE
liimlH- 4ioucht'r:   Field Koala, B. tod BotIpm.
goal
ris,
2.
;   S   Nagel,   I      Free goaf,  8.   Nagel   1.
Hryn   .Mawr:    Field Koala,  J.  1'aullng, 4:  H.
Referee�Mlis     Applebee.
�lags   anil   Ml��    Weason.
Time   of   halvt-H�20   mlnutea
I'mplrea,      Mia*
OR. GIR0U0 LECTURES ON "MIARKA"
Illustrated by Bongs
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
was introduced by M. L. Hlckman. "16, to
a very enthusiastic audience. She spoke
on the awakening of women to democratic
government. Beginning with American
colonial history she showed woman's
place, from the laws regarding her. She
then ran through the movements for
higher education, professional life, and
tbe repealing of the common law, which
have paved the way for suffrage. She
met the various objections, taking up
suffrage from tbe point of view of tbe
educated woman, the woman in the home,
and the working woman. Although Mrs.
Hale presented no startling arguments,
her talk was extremely logical and almost
every point she made drew applause.
That woman might supplement man's
work and his knowledge was her final ar-
gument for bringing about true democ-
racy by giving women the ballot.
Last Friday night Dr. Giroud, assisted
by Signora 0. Di Vlncenzo, gave a lecture
in Taylor Hall, on the novel "Miarka." by
Jean Rlrhepln. He Introduced his talk
by a few words about the Bohemians,
"Les Romania," diverging a little to speak
of Rlchepln, who has done so much to re
vlve the interest In the Romany Folk-song.
Dr. Giroud then went on to tell the
story of "la farouche Grand-mere," who
devoted her life to ber native tribe, of
which her grand-daughter, Miarka, was to
become queen. Here and there, to keep
the audience In harmony with tbe spirit
of the tale, some of the songs which
Richepin has Introduced were sung by
Signora dl Vlncenzo. The accompani-
ments, written for these songs by Alex-
ander Georges, are fully in keeping with
their weird and fantastic words.
A SUGGESTION FOR BRYN MAWR
At Vassar tbe undergraduates have
formed a police force to keep people from
crossing the grass on the campus. Mem-
bers of the squad, armed with badges and
whistles, are stationed 01 the various
walks When they see a student about to
cut across the grass she is warned by a
blast of tbe whistle (o turn back
COEDUCATION A POSSIBILITY AT
DARTMOUTH
A persistent rumor is abroad at Dart-
mouth that a wealthy friend of the college
Is anxious to have it co-educational and
has offered to build several dormitories
for women. Although the college officials
will not confirm this, it Is admitted that
there Is nothing in the (barter to prevent
a woman from graduating at Dartmouth
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