College News, 1916-01-20, Vol. 02, No. 15

              The College News
Volume II.   No. 15
BRYN MAWR, PA., JANUARY 20, 1916
Price 5 Cente
CALENDAR
SATURDAY. JANUARY 22
8.00 p. m.�Address before the College by
Mr. John Masefield on "English Poetry," in
the Gymnasium.
SUNDAY, JANUARY  23
0.00 p. m.�Vesper.-. Speaker. Miss Hal-
lett.
8.00 p. u.�Chapel. Sermon by the Kev.
W. N. Chambers, D.D., of Adana, Turkey
in A-ia.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26
9.00 P. m.�Mid-week meeting of the C. A.
Leader, M. Tyler, '19.
SATURDAY. JANUARY 2�
11.00 a. m.�Annual meeting of the Alumna
Association.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
B.4S a. m.�Beginning of the Second Seines-
UT.
9.30 p. it.�Mid-week meeting of the C. A.
Leader. Deaconess Greene.
FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY 4
8.30 p. m. �Swimming Meet � Prelimi-
naries.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6
tt.00 p. m.� Vesper.-.    F. Kellogg, '10.
TUESDAY,  FEBRUARY  �
7.30 to 10.00� Red Cross work in basemen!
of Rockefeller.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
0.30�Bible Classes.
9.30 P M.�Mid-week inciting of the C. A.
Leader, A Werner. '16.
FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY 11
8.30 v H    Swimming Meet -Finale
COURSES  TO   BE   LIGHTENED
Undergraduate    Board    Meets    President
Thomas
DR.  KINGSBURY ONE OF THE
MISSION  CLASS  LEADERS
Three Other Classes to Be Given
CHANCE   FOR  THE   REVOLUTIONARY
On Tuesday. January 11th. the Advis-
ory Board of the Undergraduate Associa-
tion met with President Thomas to dis-
cuss the question of overwork. The con-
clusion reached was that about half tin-
courses, especially the reading; courses,
require too much work. President Thomas
' proposed to have the work in these
! courses cut down. She stated that she
considered eight hours a day the maxi-
i mum which should be spent on academic
work, and that seven hours is not too
short. Four hoifrs' work should be suffi-
cient for the week-ends, she thought.
President Thomas also mentioned the ex-
cessive cutting, and said that some strin-
gent measures must be adopted to stop it.
The Seniors did not consider their
class overworked. The other classes, es-
pecially the Juniors, felt that they were
too busy. The courses were discussed
one at a time and It was decided that
those which required too much time
were: English, minor, major, and general,
both Literature and Composition; History
of Art; Major Physics; Major Chemistry;
Kronomics, major and minor.
This  was the  first  meeting  which   the
Advisory  Board has held  In its new  ca-
l pacity as an Advisory Committee to Pres-
| Ident Thomas    The members of the board
; are the officers of the Undergraduate As-
sociation, and four class representatives.
M.   Russell.  C.   Hall,   L.   Hodges,  and   K.
Marquand.
MASEFIELD  TO  SPEAK  ON   ENGLISH
POETRY
DR. CHAMBERS ONE TIME PRISONER
OF  WAR
"Sailor Poet" Returned from the
Dardanelles
Will   Preach   Sunday   Evening
Mr. John E. Masefield. who will lecture
on English Poetry in the Gymnasium.
Saturday. January 22d, Is now in this
country for the first time since 1896.
When here before he is said to have sup-
ported himself by odd Jobs in livery sta-
bles and bakeries, finally getting a steady
job at ten dollars a month in a New York
saloon. He now returns as one of the
foremost English poets. His work, Dr.
Chew thinks, is more significant than that
of any other modern poet except Mr.
Hardy.
Will Not Dlscuse the War
Mr. Masefield has said that he does not
intend to lecture on the war. although he
has served several months In the Darda-
nelles as a stretcher-bearer, in the front
line trenches, only 50 yards from the
enemy's line. "Then the man behind you
drops dead", he said, "and that is how the
war goes. When you have served some
time on the ambulance corps your feeling
for the wounded becomes so Intense that
you would rather lose your right arm
than drop the stretcher".
Some of the best known works of Mr.
Masefield are "The Everlasting Mercy".
-Dauber". "The Daffodil Fields", "The
Widow in the Bye Street". "Philip the
King" and a volume of poems and ballads.
His recent book on Synge. the Irish dram-
atist. Is in the New Book Room in the
Library.
Mr. Masefield will lecture before the
Contemporary Club in Philadelphia on
Tuesday. January 18th. subject. "An
Evening of Poetry".
The Rev. W. N. Chambers. D.D.. will
preach on Sunday night. January 22d.
about the present condition In Turkey
and his personal experiences there. Dr.
Chambers is a missionary of the Ameri-
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions. He has spent thirty years in
Turkey, where his work has been the
evangelization of the natives. He was in
Erzeroon when the massacres of the Ar-
menians occurred In 1896, and in 1906 he
witnessed the massacres at Adana. where
he was able to protect the lives of many
of the persecuted Christians. When the
war broke out in 1914 Dr. Chambers, as
a British subject, would probably have
been sent to the interior into exile, but
as a missionary of the American Board
be was allowed to remain at Adana, al-
though during the winter he was in-
terned and taken prisoner of war for a
short time. By this fall, however, the
persecution of the Armenians and the
following situation made it seem best for
citizens of belligerent countries who were
missionaries to leave the country. He is
now engaged in Armenian relief work In
this country. Dr. Chambers is the father
of D  Chambers. '19.
Philosophy, Social Problems. Turkey,
and Old Testament Biography, will be
studied in the classes which run for ten
weeks during the second semester, be-
ginning February the 9th. These classes
meet regularly at 7.30 Wednesday even-
ings.
Dr. Kingsbury will give the class on
the study of social problems in Boom C.
Taylor. She will give a general intro
duction to the course in the first two
classes and will secure experts along vari-
ous lines to give some of the other talks.
The general topics of study will probably
be: "The General Importance of Settle-
ment Work". "Reform Work with Girls",
"Politics in Social Work", anil "Oppor-
tunities of Work in Hryn Mawr Village"
Kate Chambers Seelye, '11. and Doro-
thea Chambers. '19, will give a foreign
mission class in Denbigh 37. on Turkey,
where they have both spent a large part
of their lives. "Religious Problems of
Philosophy", especially those suggested
by a general course of Philosophy at col-
; lege. will be given by Miss Agnes L.
Tlerney In the C. A. Library. She Is a
member of the Germantown Society of
Friends, and a leader in thought and writ-
; ing on religious subjects. A class on the
study of Old Testament Biography will be
i led by Mary Branson. '16, In Rocke-
feller 41
The chairman of the Ilible anil Mission
Study Classes. Miss Scattergood. says
that these classes are designed primarily
for those who will show a definite inter-
est and attend regularly. The different
topics to be studied and the plans for
leaders of wide experience, she thinks.
H.-.-m to have aroused some general inter-
est,   although   the   canvass   has   not   yet
ibeen made. The class.-* will be further
explained by a personal canvass and  by
[literature on the subject.
Discussions   of   C.   A.   With   a   View   to
Change
Changes and improvements of the Chris
tian Association will be discussed at a
series of Wednesday evening meetings
after midyears by those who approve and
those who disapprove of any of its pres-
ent phases The chairman of the Wednes-
day evening meetings committee says
that there are those not much Interested
In the C. A. who think they will take a
more active part if some things are
changed; the purpose of these meetings
Is to give a chance for criticism and
therefore for progress. President Smith
lias said that any suggestions which meet
with approval in these meetings will be
proposed in a general meeting of the as
sociation. The different phases of the
Christian Association work will be taken
up separately. "The Ideal Association
and Its Place in College", led by A. Wer
ner. '16; "The Philanthropic Work". M.
Scattergood, '17; "Informal Meetings", C.
Hall. '17: Formal Meetings". M. Gardi-
ner.   18.
MIKADO CAST PARTLY CHOSEN
The parts in  the "Mikado"  which are
already cast are:
The Mikado of Japan. .Frances Fuller. '19
Ko-Ko. Ixml High Executioner of Titipu.
Alice Van Horn. "16
Yum   Yum  .......< onsuelo Eastwlck, '16
Pitti-Sing .............Thalia Smith. '17
Peep-Bo............Dorothy Deneen, '16
(Three sisters, wards of KoKo)
The parts that are still to be cast are
Nankl-Poo............The Mikado's Son
Pooh-Bah,
Pish-Tush.
(Noble Lords)
Katisha................An Elderly Lady
ONE  HUNDRED ANO 8IXTY   DOLLARS
FROM   ALUMN/C
NEWSPAPER  STARTED AT  GOUCHER
Goucher College, Baltimore, issued the
first number of a weekly newspaper on
January 13th Two members of the new
paper's board. S. Tilghman and K. Treide.
played on the Goucher basket-ball team
against Bryn Mawr last April
iUNDERGRADUATES   VOTE   FOR
ENDOWMENT CHAIR AS MEMORIAL
i
At a meeting of the I'ndeigraduate. As-
sociation  on  Tuesday.  January  11th.  it
I was voted that the undergraduates Join
I the alumna?  in  working for the endow-
ment of a chair as a memorial to  Mi-s
j Garrett
Dr.    Marion    Parris   Smith.    1901.   ad
dressed  the association and stated   that.
i in   her opinion,  the   Alumna-  Association
1 would favor endowment of a new I hair as
a  memorial to Miss Garrett. rather than
! the Students' Bnildin. she pointed out
that the Alumna? Association with two
thousand members has in the last few
years raised *1.36."..'mmi. the largest
amount ever raised by an Alumna- Asso-
ciation of this size in a similai time In
spite of this amount, she said, the College
is at present only able to meet sxpeaaaa
and has been unable to DMfBBM BBJ sal
aries except those of the full professors
since it was founded in 188*.
After speaking. Mrs Smith withdrew
and It was projwsed ihat the ma ter be
laid on the table until after Mid
The motion was defeated and it v*h~ then
moved and voted that the undergraduates
join the alumna? in working for the en
dowment fund The Alumna? Association
will be told of the undergraduate-
sion at Its meeting on Saturday. January
2tth
About one hundred and sixty dollars
has been received from the alumna? who
are associate members of the Christian
Association in response to the pledge
cards sent out about a month ago
Seventy-three have responded, according
to K. Blodgett. the treasurer, or about 25
per cent of those to whom cards were
sent The dues are one dollar, but many
of the members add a contribution
The result of the undergraduate can
vass has not yet been announced, but al
most all of the dues are in and a fair num
ber   of   the   students   are   said   to   have
pledged   something.
CHAMPIONSHIP   AWARD   TO   ONE
CLA88 TO  BE  DECIDED  UPON
Athletic Board Arranges System of Points
The Athletic Board has formulated a
plan for the winning of Athletic Cham
plonship as a whole by one class. This
plan is to award a certain number of
points for each athletic event which the
class may win. first team championship
in a major sport, that is. in hockey.
d.i-kei ball or water polo counting most.
and grading down from that The board
has fixed points for some teams which
are as yet non-existent, but with this
plan it Is hoped that more people will
come out for the various sports     If this
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