College News, 1916-02-17, Vol. 02, No. 17

              The College News
Volume II.   No. 17
BRYN MAWR, PA., FEBRUARY 17, 1916
Price 5 Cents
CALENDAR
FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY 18
8.30�Address before the Graduate Club
by Professor Cheyney, of the University of
Pennsylvania.
8.30�Booby Swimming Meet.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19
8.00�Informal meeting of the History Club.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20
6.00 p. M.�Vespers.    Speaker,   H.  Harris,
'17.
8.00 p. m.�Chapel.   Sermon by the Rev.
William H. Van Allen, of Boston.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21
8.30 P. m.�Water Polo match games begin.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
7.30�Work for the Red Cross in Rocke-
feller.
8.30�President Thomas at home to the
Senior class.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
7.30�Bible and Mission classes.
8.00 � Faculty Red Cross meeting at
Cartref.
9.30�Mid-week meeting of the C. A.
Leader, F. Kellogg.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26
8.00 p. m.�Lecture by Dr. Grant Mac-
Curdy, of the Peabody Museum, Yale.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27
6.00 p. it.�Vespers.   Speaker, L. Garfield.
8.00 P. li.�Chapel.    Sermon by the Rev.
John Haines Holmes, of New York.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
8.00�Freshman 8how.
1917  WIN8  8WIMMING   MEET
L.   Patera,   '10,   Individual  Champion
1917 won the swimming meet on Satur-
day night for the third Ume with a total
of 38 % points, while L. Peters, 1919, won
the Individual championship, making 23
point*. Three records which were made a
week ago remained the same but M.
Scattergood. 1917, equalled Miss Bwarts'
record of 16 3/6 sec. on the 68 foot swim
on front made in 1913. 1919 won second
place with 31 points, while 1918 won third
with 12yi. M. Scattergood won second
individual place and A. Oest, 1918, who
broke the record in the plunge for dis-
tance which has stood since 1912, won
third place.
The meet as a whole was not so good
as the one the week before, for most of
the swimming was slower, the plunging
did not nearly equal that of the week
before, and the diving was not so good.
The results of the meet are:
68   front:
1.   U.  Scattergood,    17.   15 3/5  aec.
2.   L.  Pet*�. M9.  15 4/5 net ,
S.  E.   Ruraell.   'IT.   17  3/5 sec.
68  bark:
1.   U Peters, '19,  19 2/5 sec.
2.   U    8c�etergoo<!,  '17.   IS 4/5 sec.
8. If.   Straus*.   '18.   20   2/6   *ec.
136 front:
1.   I.   Peter*.   '10. 36  2/5  *ec.
2.   PX Dulle*. '17. 42 1/6 ��<�.
3.  O.  Flanagan.    18.  48 2/6 see.
136  back:
i, U Peter*.  '19, 44  1/5 *er.
. af.  Scattersood,   '17.   46  3/5  sec.
8. B.   Driver. ^19.   49  4/5  sec.
Plunge:
1.  A. (Je*t.    18. 51  ft   I1H  In.
2.  H   Rpakllng. '18. 61 ft. 4 In.
8. U.  Wllumf '17.   49  ft  6M   la.
Dire  for  Form :
1    V   LitcnOeld. '17.  27*4  point*.
2.  N.  (Jail.    16.  26H   point*.
8. M.  Wlllard.    17.   26  point*
U T. 8mlth. '18.
Faacy  Divas:
L  II   ScattergMd.   17. 22H  potnti
H. SpahMac. fl�                 ^
8.  N.   (Jail.    16.   21   point*
Belay   Race
1917 T*.   1918.     IN  by   1*17.
AUTOGRAPH C0PIE8 OF  MASEFIELD
PRIZES FOR  BE8T  POEM  OR  PLAY
Mr.   Masefield  Pleated   with   Bryn   Mawr
In proof of the interest that Mr. Mase-
field felt in Bryn Mawr he has offered two
prizes to Bryn Mawr students and has
promised to come to award them in
March.
For the best poem of not more than
forty lines Mr. Masefield has offered a
prize of three volumes of bis poetry, with
an inscription to the winner in verse.
Likewise to the writer of the best short
story of not more than 1200 words or of
the best play of not more than 3000 words
he has offered a prize of three volumes of
his prose with an inscription to the win-
ner in prose Unless he is called back to
England before that time, Mr. Masefield
will spend several days in Bryn Mawr in
March. He has not consented to give an-
other lecture then, but he will choose the
winners of the contest and award the
prises.
PLAY TIME.  BATES HOUSE. LONG BRANCH
BATES HOUSE TEACHES STRANGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
DEBATING  DISGUISED
1918'* Impromptu Speakings Success
Acting on the suggestion given by Dr.
De Laguna in his description of the Ox-
ford Fabian Society, several of the Sopho-
mores have experimented with a method
of impromptu speaking which promises to
be much more efficient than the system
of practice debates of last year. No
preparation is necessary for the speaking,
except by one person who chooses the
speakers and their subjects in advance
of the meeting. V. Kneeland did this for
the first meeting, which was held on Tues-
day evening, February 8th, in the Chris-
tian Association Library. About thirty-
five Sophomores were present.
Minute-GIa**  Times   Speaker!
The person in charge of the meeting,
that is, the only one who knows who the
speakers are to be, announces the first
speaker and her subject, allowing her two
minutes to think of her speech. At the
end of the two minutes, the person called
on must speak for five minutes. No apol-
ogies are allowed and a stopwatch and
minute-glass time the speakers accu-
rately. During the two minutes in which
each subsequent speaker thinks of her
subject, there is open discussion of the
subject of the previous speaker. At the
end of the hour the person to arrange
the speakers for the next time is chosen.
C. Dodge was elected, at the first meet-
ing, for the second meeting, which came
last Tuesday.
The speakers and subjects at the first
meeting were in order as follows: C.
Dodge, "Gordon Craig and the New
Staging"; E. Houghton, "Advantages of
Four Months Away from College"; M.
O'Connor, "Merits of the English
Course"; V. Frailer, "The Artistic Tem-
perament"; G. Flanagan, "Advantages of
Horseback Riding"; L. Hodges, "Incon-
ststsney of Self-Government at Bryn
Mawr"; and R. Cheney, "Answer to Mlas
Hodgea".
Canvass for Support Begun
COLUMBIA INTRODUCES COURSE ON
PRISONS
Columbia is laying aside funds for the
maintenance of a new course in practical
penal problems. These funds were con-
tributed by three persons actively inter-
ested in the campaign to support the
prison reforms of Professor Kirchwey.
now acting warden of Sing Sing. Pro-
fessor Kirchwey will co-operate with Co-
lumbia University In giving these courses.
Bates Camp Committee has begun the
annual canvass to raise money; $1100
is necessary for the running expenses of
the Camp; $600 is paid from the Chris-
tian Association Budget, the remaining
$600 must be raised by separate pledges
now. Spring Street Mission In New York
pays the rent of the house, but the rest
of the support comes entirely from Bryn
Mawr.
Mr. Bates, who had charge of the Spring
Street Mission, interested Bryn Mawr in
his work through speaking in Chapel. Al-
most immediately the Sewing Committee
was started to make dresses for the chil-
dren in the Day Nursery and Junk Com-
mittee to send old clothes to Mr. Bates
for the people who were in need. Later
a committee was formed at bis sugges-
tion to plan for a summer camp. Presi-
dent Thomas gave her approval to the
plan on condition that an older person,
not the cook, be In charge as chaperon.
In 1913 the camp was opened at Elms-
ford, a farm in New York State. Mar-
garet Shearer, '10, was in charge for the
first two years and was assisted by Bryn
Mawr undergraduates.
Since then the "Bates House", has
been moved to Long Branch, New
Jersey, where it has the double advan-
tage of being near New York and being
by the seashore. Many of the people like
being in a town so that they can
go to the movies. The house is large and
there is a back yard, and a stable, where
the children play on rainy days. Hun-
dreds of people who can not afford to get
any other vacation spend a week or more
at Bates. Part of the time there are
Italian families�mothers with their little
children. The housework of the camp is
done by those who can only have a vaca-
tion by working for their board.
Experiences Varied, Say Bryn  Mawr
Helpers
The Bryn Mawr helpers take care of
the children, chaperon the boys and
girls and entertain the Missionary So-
ciety. Their reports of camp life are en-
thusiastic and show that the experience
Is varied. One of those who was there
last summer wrote a glowing account of
her week there, ending with the following
lines:
"Bates Camp taught a new vocation.
There I learned to guide the child;
l<ead it in the way appointed�^______
Spank It hard or treat it mild.
| Learned the colic's every symptom.
Told a fairy tale or two;
i Doled out bread and milk to infants�
Learned to love the Irish stew
There I learned to scrub the woodwork,
Disinfect the rooms  with  care;
Make the beds and say the blessing.
Lead the hymns and comb the hair.
, Learned the art of dressing children.
Learned to love the nursemaid's toil;
Feared the lollypop's attraction,
Learned respect for castor oil".
ADVANCE  NOTICE OF  NEW BOOKS
Art, Plays,  Biography,  History
Among the new books which will be
placed on the shelves of the New Book
Room Friday morning are several of
varied  and general  interesL
"The Life of Clara Barton", by Percy
H. Epler, is the first complete biography
of the founder of the National Red Cross
In this country. It shows Clara Barton
on the battlefields of the civil war, at the
sieges of Strassburg and Paris in the war
of 1870. and finally, as president of the
American Red Cross, at the front in the
Spanish war. Miss Barton's diagnosis of
the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war
and Its evident relation to the causes of
the present wai make the book especlall;
timely.
"The New Tendency In Art", by Henry
R. Poore, is an attractively bound hand-
book of post-impressionism, cubism, and
futurism. The Illustrations are numerous
and illuminate a rather abstruse text.
There will be two new volumes of plays
from the Russian and one from the
Swedish in the New Book Room on Fri-
day. "Plays" by Leonid Andreyeff, the
gift of the Class of 1916, is translated
from the Russian by C. L. Meader and F.
N. Scott and Includes "The Black Mask-
ers", "The Life of Man", and "The Sablne
Women". "Plays" by Anton Tchekoff.
the gift of the Philadelphia Alumna*, is
translated by Marian Fell and Includes
"Uncle Vanya", "Ivanoff", "The Sea-
Gull", and "The Swan Song". The Swed-
ish plays are Strindberg's Translated,
with an Introduction, by Edwin BjOrkman,
they are "The Bridal Crown". "The
Spook Sonata". "The First Warning", and
"Gustavus   Vaaa".
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