College News, 1916-03-22, Vol. 02, No. 22

              The
News
Volume II.    No. 22
BRYN MAWR, PA., MARCH 23, 1916
Price 5 Cents
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, MARCH 24
4.30 p. m�Gymnasium Contest.
8.00 p. m�Lecture   by  Professor Albert
Carnoy of Lou vain.
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
9.30 a. ii.�Apparatus Cup  Competition.
10.00 a. m.�Vocational Conference, Taylor
Hall.
11.00 a. M.�Basket  Ball practice begins.
8.00 p. m�Lecture by Mr. George Arthur
Plimpton.
SUNDAY, MARCH 26
6.00 p. M.�Vespers. Speaker, M. Bacon,
'18.
8.00 p. ii.�Chapel. Sermon by the Rev.
Henry Hallam Twcedie, of Yale Divinity
School.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2t
7.30 P. m� Bible Classes.
9.30 p. it� Mid-week Meeting of the C. A.
Leader, Miss E. Saunders.
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
4.00 p. m.�Lecture by the Hon. Mrs. Bes-
trand Russell.
8.00 p. u�Philadelphia Orchestra Concert
in the Gymnasium.
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
6.00 P. m� Vespers.    A. P. Smith, '16.
8.00 p. u.�Chapel.    Sermon by the Rev.
Hugh Black, of Union Seminary, N. Y.
SATURDAY, APRIL S
2.00 p. u. and 8.00 p. m.�Performance of
the Mikado by the Glee Club.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
Junior-Senior Supper.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
Junior-Senior Supper Play repeated.
CRITICISM TO BE INVESTIGATED
BY THE  C. A.
Representative  Committee to  Report
Ten people, representing different inter-
ests in College, have been chosen by the
C A. Board to investigate and formulate
the constructive criticism of the Associa-
tion. A. Grabau, '16, chairman of the
committee, said that it has been claimed
that the Christian Association has out-
grown its present organization and the
Board wishes to find out the different sug-
gestions exactly and to hand in to next
year's Board a definite report.
The committee will find out from those
who resigned this year, from those who
have never joined and from any who have
Improvements to suggest, what changes
might benefit the Association. Those who
are on the committee are: Chairman, A.
Grabau, '16; A. Werner, 16; C. Kellen,
'16; M. Scattergood, "17; N. McFaden,
'17; V. Litchfleld. "17; R. Cheney. '18; M.
Stair, "18; M. Thurman, '19; D. Cham-
bers, '19.
M. C. KLEPS IS EUROPEAN  FELLOW
Eleven  Senior* to Graduate    Cum  Laude
CHANGES  IN   MIKADO  ROLES
The title role of the Mikado will be
played by E. Pugh, '15. M. Russell. '16,
hag been cast of the part of Katisha in
the piece of H. Johnson. '19, and the part
of Nauhl-Poo ha* neon changed from A.
Moore, '19, to M. Jacobs, '15, who was
�Ralph" teat year In "Pinafore". Both
performances of the "Mikado", matinee
and evening, will be on April 8th.
V. Utchneld. '17, won the poster com-
petition. Her design will be used on all
the fosters and on the programs.
DEATH OF KATHARINE REEVES. '19
Katharine Reeves. 1919. died at her
house In West Philadelphia, on March
14th. of pneumonia. Miss Reeves was
Charles E. Ellis scholar and was prepared
at the West Philadelphia High School.
She lived In Radnor
Marian Clementine Kleps, 1916, holder
of the highest average grade in the class,
has been awarded the Bryn Mawr Euro-
pean Fellowship and will be graduated
magna cum laude. The announcement of
the European Fellow and of the winners
of the graduate European Fellowships, to-
gether with the roll of honour of the
Senior Class and the eleven Seniors
graduating with distinction, were given in
Chapel on Friday morning, March 17th, by
President Thomas.
European   Fellow  Very  Young
Miss Kleps' group is Latin and English
and she was prepared by the Girls' High
School, Philadelphia. She is just twenty
years old. "Her age", said President
Thomas in the course of her address,
"would be approved by President Lowell
of Harvard. In his last president's re-
port he has made a study of the Harvard
men who enter college at sixteen as com-
pared with the Harvard men who enter
at eighteen and has reached the conclu-
sion that the man who enters the college
youngest wins a greater proportion of ac-
ademic honours than the man who enters
older. This does not mean that if every-
body entered college early the grade
would be raised. It means only that an
exceptional student is exceptional from
the beginning. An exceptional student
enters college before an ordinary student
because she possesses th* kind of ability
that will mark her out In college".
Graduate Fellowship*
The Anna Ottendorfer Memorial Re-
search Fellowship In German and Teu-
tonic Philology was awarded to Ruth
Perkins, of Ahington. Massachusetts.
Miss Perkins took her A.B. at Wellesley
in 1912, her A.M. at Radcllffe In 1913.
and has been doing graduate work at
Bryn Mawr for the last two years, scholar
in German. 1914-15; fellow In German,
1915-16. "She is particularly well
equipped", said President Thomas, "for
the study of German philology. She has
the advantage of also having studied
Anglo-Saxon. The Teutonic dialects In
which she has made a beginning ace Old
High German, Middle High German, and
Norse".
"The next fellowship", continued Presi-
dent Thomas, "the Mary Elisabeth Gar- j
rett European Fellowship, which is given j
in the second year of graduate study at
Bryn   Mawr,   has    been   already   given
twenty-two times.   The faculty has nomi-
nated Elisabeth Beatrice Daw.   Like Miss
Perkins, Miss Daw represents a number
of different colleges.    She Is A.B., Vas
sar. 1909; A.M., University of Pennsylva-.
nia, 1910, and has been a Fellow in Eng-
llsh at Bryn Mawr for the last two years.
Her special work Is English and the sub-
jects that she is studying In connection
with   It   are  old   French   Philology  and f
French Literature".
The President's European Fellowship j
was awarded this year In Geology to
Helen Mornlngstar, of Columbus. Ohio.:
Miss Mornlngstar is a graduate of Ohio
State University: A.B.. 1913; A.M.. 1915;
and is now a Fellow in Geology at Bryn
Mawr. In speaking of her work. Presi-
dent Thomaa said. "When we send abroad
Miss Mornlngstar, we are sending a scien-
tific woman who ha* already given prom
l*e of the power to do independent re- ^
search work in *clence".
DRAMA TOO PICTORIAL
Mr. Houaman Criticise* Modern
Stagecraft
"The drama", said Mr. Lawrence Hous-
i man Saturday evening in his lecture on
'The Moral and Immoral Influence of the
j Drama', "has shifted from the plastic to
I the pictorial, with a consequent loss of
j reality.    We must subordinate our back-
ground and  revert to the plastic repre-
sentation of the past".
In .defining "too pictorial". Mr. Houa-
man explained that the drama is pri-
marily Intellectual in appeal; it should
not depend on costumes and scenery.
"The fault of the modern drama", he said,-
"is that it over-visualizes in the direction
of illusion, and undermentalizes. It is
mere pictorial chatter; we think too little
and see too much. Dramatic reality cre-
ates its own illusion; modern scenery
chucks It at your hesd st so much per
yard".
Living Drama of the Past
"The drama to be real", he went on,
"must be spontaneous as the Elizabethan
or traditional as the Greek. The stage
limitations of those times were really as-
sets. The Greeks had no sharp division
between actors and audience. The ad-
vantage of a conventional background Is
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NO ONE  FOR  BOTH   FOURTH  ORAL8
ASSESSMENT MOTION LOST
Infirmary  to   Be  Screened   by  Voluntary
Contributions
As a result of the third orals, no one
will have to take both French and Ger-
man In May. Ten people are left, three
for French and seven for German, but all
of those taking French have passed Ger-
man and vice versa. The statistics of the
third orals for the last three years are as
follows:
French
1914            1915            1916
Passed   ....    14                10                12
Failed   .....      2                 9                 3
Merit........                 1
German
Passed   ___     14               22               10
Failed  .....      4                 5                 7
At a meeting of the Undergraduate As-
sociation last Thurseday the motion to
assess all the members of the College 50
cents to screen the Infirmary was lost,
but a motion was passed to raise the
money by voluntary contribution.
This first motion passed a meeting two
weeks ago, but, according to the consti-
tution, any assessment of more than 25
cents must pass two meetings before it
can go into effect. The motion of as-
sessment was not passed because it was
felt to be the beginning of a new prece-
dent by which, In the future, the College
might call upon the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation to furnish or repair the buildings
at any time. But since the College 1b
again in debt this year and the need for
screens Is so pressing, It was voted that
the Advisory Board consider paying for
them by contribution.
A motion was also passed that the rules
of the Association should be read st the
same time as that of the constitution,
within the first month of the first sem-
ester of each year.
The Association also voted to send to
the family of Katharine Reeves, '19, a res-
olution expressing sympathy and sorrow
at her death.
WATER-POLO  TEAMS
'FIND  EMPTY  POOL
WILSON  "FLEEING  TO   CANADA"
Paper Report* Mexican Victories
President Wilson was reported to be
fleeing before Villa's troops by a Spanish
weekly published In Durango, New Mex-
ico. The States of Texas and New Mexico
were said to have been captured, the
troops were pressing north and the Presi-
dent and bis family were hastening to
Canada for safety.
MASEFIELD   WILL   NOT  COME   BACK
John Masefleld will not pay a second
visit to Bryn Mawr to award the Mase-
fleld prizes, for on Frldsy, March 17th. he
sailed from New York for England.
The famous English pcet was given a
farewell ovation the day before he sailed
by an audience of 2000 In the University
of Pennsylvania gymnasium. Mr. Mase-
fleld did not give a formal lecture, but
told tales of "Bill", a sailor friend of his
before the mast.
Mr. Masefleld is returning to continue
his work among the wounded on the Eu-
ropean battlefields.
Like old Mother Hubbard who found
her cupboard bare, the Alumna? and Var-
sity water-polo teams found an empty
pool when they were ready to begin the
game on Saturday. Among the sugges-
tions which were offered for filling the
pool rapidly was to run water from the
fire hose In, but this was considered
slightly cold and any one who saw the
stream on the campus at a recent drill
will know that it is of a dark, muddy
color. Mr. Foley encouragingly said that
by 8 o'clock he could have three feet of
water. As no possible solution for the
difficulty could be found, the two teams
played a game of basket-ball. Varsity de-
feating the Alumna;, 29-27.
The line-up for the basket-ball game
was:
Alumnr                                                 Vanity
B.  Baker. '14........�............E.   Lanler
II.  Alexander. ox-"18.  F............C. Steven*
C.   Wewon. '08..___C.  .............C.   11*1!
K.   Hhlppen. '14.....   O............T.   HoweU
L. Cadbory. '14.....  <J..........U. O'Connor
The water-polo was expected to take
plsce on Monday, but was called off by
the Alumna?. The Varsity lineup would
have been: M. O'Connor, M. Willard. F.
Howell. T. Howell, M. Strauss. C. Hall. A.
Davis.
First Subs were: L. Dillingham. C
Stevens. A. Thorndlke. E. Lanier.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR
3HAKE8PEAREAN BOOKPLATE
Two Hundred Dollar* to Be Awarded
�TYP" NOTICE
(CmUtnueJon Potr 41
Owing to the loss of the first proof of
Typ". the number for March 15th will
be late In coming out
The American Institute of Graphic Art*
and the Shakespeare Birthday Committee
concur in offering prizes of $100.00. $60.00
and $40.00 for bookplates of exclusively
Shakespearean motif. The drawings must
be submitted before May 15th at 34 4
West Thirty-eighth Street New York.
Each competitor must give in more than
one drawing and the drawing* must be
sinned with a pseudonym, which Is to b*
sent separately with the real �lg|�ture.