College News, 1916-01-13, Vol. 02, No. 14

              The College News
Volume II.   No. 14
BRYN MAWR, PA., JANUARY 13, 1916
Price 5 Cents
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 14
8.40 a. m.�Chapel. Special address by
Miss Eveline A. Thomson, Secretary of the
Constantinople College American Associ-
ation.
8.00 p. m.�Recital by Mr. Samuel Arthur
King for the Polish Relief Fund.
SUNDAY, JANUARY It
6.00 P. N.�Vespers. Speaker, N. Mc-
Paden, '17.
8.00 P. m.�Chapel. Sermon by the Rev.
Robert Specr, Secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions.
MONDAY, JANUARY 17
8.00 p. m.�President Thomas at home to
the Senior Class.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY It
9.00 a. m.�Mid-year examinations begin.
9.30 P. m.�Mid-week meeting of the C. A
Leader, F. Clarke, '19.
SATURDAY, JANUARY   22
8.00 P. u.�Address before the College by
Mr. John Masefield on "English Poetry."
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23
6.00 p. ii.�Vespers. Speaker, Miss Hal-
lett.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26
9.30 p. m.�Mid-week meeting of the C. A.
Leader, M. Tyler, '19.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2t
End of the first Semester.
11.00 a. m�Annual Meeting of the Alumna*
Association.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
9.00 a. if.�Second Semester begins.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY  4
8.30 p. m.�Swimming Meet � Prelimi-
naries.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
8.30 i>. u.�Swimming Meet�Finals.
ARE YOU A FIRST-CLASS SWIMMER?
Swimming      Captains     Propose     Point
8ystem
A new plan for gaining honors In swim-
ming has been proposed by Miss Apple-
bee and the Swimming Captains. It has
been suggested that there be ten events
and that anyone who can pass eight of
these should be a first-class swimmer,
six of them a second-class swimmer, and
four of them a third-class swimmer.
These events need not be passed off at
any one time, but can be tried all during
the year. The events which have been
thought of are: 4 speed swims, 2 back
and 2 front; swimming for form, that is
being able to do S strokes well. This
event was introduced at the swimming
meet last year, but was cut out this year
as it takes too long and Is not interesting
for the spectators. Other events are 3
dives for form; 3 fancy dives; life-saving;
diving for something on the bottom of the
pool and underwater swimming.
This plan can be used In conjunction
with the plan of the Athletic Board to
have some class be Athletic Champion.
For this, winning first team championship
would count a certain number of points,
second team championship a certain num-
ber of points, etc. The percentage of peo-
ple la each class who are Authorized
swimmers would count as well aa the per-
centage who are first, second and third
class swimmers.
It has also been suggested that the Ath-
letic Association award medals to all first
class swtmmers
SCHELLING    ENTHRALLS   AUDIENCE
UNIQUE    GIFT    OF    B.    M.    ALUMN/C
Introduces Work of Granados
Ernest Schelllng, playing Saturday
evening in Taylor Hall, showed the bril-
liance, precision, and feeling that Pad-
erewski's only pupil and disciple should
possess. His Interpretation of Chopin's
Aflat Polonaise, the most important
number on the program, was scarcely sur-
passed by Paderewski himself, who
played It in Philadelphia a few weeks ago.
Besides the program he gave four en-
cores: Spanish Military March by Gra-
nados, Chopin's ('-sharp Prelude, Spanish
Dance by Granados, and Chopin's Noc-
turne in D-sharp.
Schelling Discovered Granados
Granados, whose "Goyescas" was on
the program, was almost entirely un-
known until seven years ago, when Schell-
lng discovered him and, by playing his
pieces all over Europe and this country,
won for him a steadily increasing reputa-
tion. Kreisler played the Spanish Dance,
arranged for violin, In Philadelphia on
Saturday afternoon. The Military March,
written at the request of the King of
Spain, Is played every night In Madrid as
the watch changes. For the first time,
Granados is in America, in New York, at-
tending to the production of his opera
some time In February-
Student as Well  as Pianist
Schelling was taken to live with
Paderewski in Switzerland when still
very young, and was appointed to take
his place when Illness prevented Pad-
erewski from playing at the National
Polish Centennial Celebration at Lem-
berg. Schelling has, besides the work for
his profession, made a special study of
the habits and customs of the various
peoples in order to play their music. He
is considered the greatest living inter-
preter of Chopin because he so under
stands the Polish spirit.
After the recital, Mr. Schelling said
that he had seldom played to a more ap-
preciative audience�that he always found
college students most enthusiastic.
The program was:
Fantasy.   Op. 17......Robert Schumann
Goyescas...................E. Granados
(a)   Coloquio en la Reja.
(b)   El Fandango de Candll.
(c)   Maja 7 el Ruisenor.
Sonata.    B. Minor...........Franz Liszt
Nocturne.   Op. 27, No. 2..........Chopin
Mazurkas .......................Chopin
(a)   A-sharp Minor.
(b)   A sharp in Op. 4.
(c)   (major
Polonaise A-flat .................Chopin
SLIGHT FIRE  IN  TEA  HOUSE
Bryn  Mawr Fire Company to the Rescue
A slight fire in the College Tea Room
was the occasion of great excitement on
Monday night at 7.30. At the blowing of
the Power House siren the Campus was
filled with a mob, which followed the
noise of the Bryn Mawr fire engine to the
Tea House. The firemen Immediately ran
a line of hose Into the Tea Room, but
withdrew when they found that the only
trouble had been a slight chimney fire
which had gone out of itself. The crowd,
now grown to a considerable size by the
addition of villagers, soon dispersed
U. 8. HA8 CH08EN NARROWEST WAY
IN  SUBMARINE CONTROVERSY
Fund for Study of Prevention of Fire In
Pennsylvania Factories
"There is something very inspiring and
encouraging", begins an editorial In the
"Ledger" of January 6th, "in the an-
nouncement of the uses to which certain
alumnae of Bryn Mawr College have de-
cided to apply the fund they have recently
raised to mark the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of their class". The alumnae re-
ferred to are the eleven members of the
first class, 1889, together with fifty more
from the three contemporary classes.
They have raised a fund to endow study
of Fire Prevention in the factories of this I
State where women are employed.
"This work", the editorial goes on to!
state, "will be done under the auspices
and with the cordial approval of the Penn-1
sylvania Department of Labor and Indus-
try;�it will be carried forward, as far;
as the fund  will allow, in the hope of
arousing   the   public  from   its   mood   of
apathy and of winning that sympathy and
cooperation  which  are essential to the
success of an effort to minimize or elim-
inate   the   horrible   fire   danger   which
hourly   menaces   lives   of   thousands   of
young girls and women".
The editorial closes with a congratula-
tory paragraph upon the practical and
altogether admirable nature of the alum-
nae's gift.
BRYN   MAWR   FACULTY   ATTEND
CONVENTIONS
Several   Members Speak   in  Washington
During the Christmas vacation, Wash-
ington was the meeting place of many
conventions, among them the Second Pan-
American Scientific Congress, the Ameri-
can Anthropological Association, sad the
American Sociological Society, at nearly
all of which Bryn Mawr was represented.
Professors Read Papers
The members of the Bryn Mawr faculty
who attended the Historical Association
were Dr. Frank, Dr. Gray, and Dr. Leake;
Dr. Fenwick, and Dr. Leake attended the
meeting of the Political Science Associa-
tion; and Dr. Fenwick the meetings of
the Society of International Law. Dr.
Frank was one of the leaders of a dis-
cussion In the ancient history section of
papers on "Economic Causes of Interna-
tional Rivalries and Wars In Ancient
Times" by Ferguson and Botsford. Dr.
Gray read a paper on "Problems of Anglo-
Saxon Times" In the mediaeval section.
Various Associations Meet
Dr. Barton went to New York to the
section of the Archaeological Institute
which met there, to the Society of Bib-
lical Literature, and to the Association of
Teachers of Biblical Literature in Col-
leges and Schools. Dr. Gordon went to
Chicago to the Psychological Convention.
Dr. Kingsbury read a paper at the Second
Pan-American Congress In Washington.
Dr. Wheeler and Dr. Frank attended the
meeting at Princeton of the Archaeologi-
cal Institute of America
"International law Is what International
sentiment will support, and nothing else",
said Dr. de Laguna, at the end of his talk
to the Philosophy Club on Monday night
International law, its relation to law in
general, Its three divisions�the law of
peace, the law of war, and the law of
neutrality�and the application of the
last law, neutrality, to the present sub-
marine issues, were the chief points made
by Dr. de Laguna.
Dr. de Laguna said that there was s
broader and a narrower way for a neutral
to act concerning its rights, and that in
the submarine controversy between this
country and Germany the United States
have acted in the narrowest way possible.
Our protests against the torpedoing of
merchant ships, he went on to say, have
been most Inefficient. In every case we
look first to see whether there were say
Americans on board; If so, whether they
were injured; if so, whether Germany has
any excuse to offer; and, if not, we de-
mand a disavowal or Indemnity. The
broader way to act, explained Dr. de La-
guna, would be to protest against the
sinking of any merchant ship whatsoever,
for the liability to sinking is itself a limi-
tation upon the freedom of American
travelers. The broader way, admitted Dr.
de Laguna, would bring a larger amount
of danger, but Insistence upon rights, he
said, is always dangerous.
The talk was very general In scope and
gave an Interesting account of bow law
has grown up.
FOUR   STUDENT  VOLUNTEERS
Open meetings of the Student Volunteer
Band will be held twice a month during
the Second Semester. Anyone interested
in missions will be invited to come and
Join in the discussion of mission subjects.
There will be no outside speakers, but
someone will generally give a short re-
port and the discussion will be based on
some book of missionary biography
There are now four Student Volunteers in
College�two graduate students, H. Tufts
and R. Manchester, '13, and two under-
graduates, A. Grsbau, '16, and R. Sato,
'17. Several others who do not wish to
volunteer sre also definitely planning to
become missionaries
CLA88 COLLECTORS DI8CU88
ENDOWMENT  FUND
DRILL 8TART8 AT HARVARD
Actual drill for the Harvard "rookies"
was held for the first time last Friday in
the baseball cage at Soldiers' Field under
the direction of Captain Cordler. The 140
noa-commlssioned oacers who have bean
ssisntsrt to assist the commander in the
preliminary Instruction were given prac-
tice la explaining and Illustrating the fun-
damentals of drill
Last Saturday the class collectors met
with the Finance Committee of the
Alumnae Association at a luncheon at the
l Philadelphia College Club to discuss
methods of raising money for the Endow-
ment Fund. M. G. Branson Is the class
collector for 1916.   Each year the gradu-
I atlng class at Bryn Mawr elects Its class
collector, who holds her position for life.
Her duties are to superintend the con-
tributions of her class to the endowment
fund, to write each year to every member
of her class, about such contributions, and
to meet with the Finance Committee to
j discuss methods and results The collec-
tors will meet again with this committee
during Commencement Weak. Miss M. O.
Thomas, 'If, is chairman of the Finance
Committee and Miss Dlmoa is secretary.
The uadergraduats members present at
j the luncheon were C. Kellen. senior presi
' dent, and M. O  Branson.   16