College News, 1916-05-11, Vol. 02, No. 28

              The College News
Volume II.   No. 28
BRYN MAWR, PA., MAY 11, 1916
Price 5 Cento
CALENDAR
FRIDAY. MAY 12
3.30 p. m.�Concert in the Cloisters by the
Russian Choir.
8.00 p. ii.�Senior Play.
SATURDAY. MAY 13
8.00 p. it.�Lecture by Dr. Simon Flexner,
Director   of   the   Rockefeller   Institute   for
Medical Research.   Subject, "Insects in Re-
lation to Human Disease."
SUNDAY. MAY 14
6.00 p. ii.�Vespers.      Eaglesmere   dele-
gates:   M. Branson '16, A. Grabau '16, and
K. Blodgett '17.
8.00 p. m.�Chapel. Sermon by the Rev.
Edmund S. Rousmaniere, D.I), of the
Cathedral of St. Paul. Boston.
MONDAY. MAY 15
8.30 p. ii.�President   Thomas'   Reception
to the Senior Class.
TUESDAY. MAY 16
Vacation.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 17
9.00 a. u.�Final CollegiateJ examinations
begin.
SATURDAY. MAY 20
4.00 p. m.�Meeting of the Social Service
Club of Philadelphia.
SUNDAY. MAY 21
6.00 p. ii.�Vespers.    Speaker,   A.   Wer-
ner, '16.
8.00 p. ii.�Chapel. Sermon by the Rev.
Charles R. Brown, D.D., Dean of Yale
Divinity School.
MONDAY.  MAY 22
8.30 p. ii.�President Thomas at home to
the graduate students.
TUESDAY. MAY 28
6.00 p. m.�Vespers. Speaker, N. Mc-
Faden,'17, President of the Christian Associ-
aton.
SHAKESPEAREAN   FESTIVAL
NETS $450
All Classes Contribute
About $450 was cleared for the Endow-
ment Fund by the Shakespearean Festi-
val held on the campus last Saturday
though $800 was taken In. A. Werner
'16 managed the fete to which all the
classes contributed, the Seniors serving
refreshments in the cloister and the
Juniors supper. The Sophomores sold
candy and flowers and the Freshmen gave
folk dances.
"As You Like It", given in the cloisters
by the alumnae of the Agnes Irwln School
in Philadelphia, was noteworthy for the
clear speaking of the actors�they were
trained by Mr. King�and the pictur-
esqueness of the costumes. The cloisters
made a charming setting.
After the performance the Fuller Sis-
ters gave a song recital of old English
ballads which they have collected from
the country people of Somersetshire and
Surrey. In the interval between the
songs the Freshmen gave a series of Eng-
lish country dances.
Supper was served by the Juniors on
Denbigh Green and in front of Pembroke
East and West, under the efficient man-
agement of O. Malone '17. The supper
cleared over $50. Smocks, hats, candy
and flowers were sold on the campus and
in the evening there was dancing in the
Gymnasium to the Freshman orchestra.
BRYN MAWR GRADUATE
RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP
Virginia Baker, '16. has been appointed
to a graduate scholarship in the Sage
School of Philosophy In Cornell Univer-
sity.
Marion Crane, '11. who is holding the
scholarship this year on reappolntment.
the first ever nude either to men or
women, Is about to take her Ph.D. In phil-
osophy at Cornell.
"VICTORIA'S  NIGHTINGALE
WHISTLES"
Or Dr. Shaw   Speaks on Suffrage
"Queen Victoria's Nightingale to Speak
on Missing Link"! flamed the billboards
in the Western town where Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, now honorary president of
the National American Woman Suffrage
Association, spoke in 1886. Dr. Shaw,
Introduced last Friday night as speaking
on "Suffrage in 1850 and 1916", said she
would pay as much attention to this sub-
ject as she had to the Missing Link.
"I knew as much about the Missing
Link", explained Dr. Shaw, "as I did about
the rumor that I had whistled before
Queen Victoria. However, as it was In-
sisted that I at least mention the subject
I told the audience that woman was the
missing link in suffrage and delivered a
lecture on Votes for Women. I shall
bring in to-night's subject In somewhat
the same way".
Antis Are  Strong  Point for  Suffrage
In Uie speech that followed, Dr. Shaw
held her large audience by the happy art
of both amusing and stirring them. Her
collection of the contradictory arguments
against Woman Suffrage provoked a mix-
ture of laughter and scorn.
Woman should not have the vote, ac-
cording to the Antis, said Dr. Shaw, be-
cause if she did she wouldn't use it,�and
also because she would do nothing but
vote. Wives would vote differently from
their husbands. This would cause dis-
cord In families. Wives would vote the
same as their husbands. This would sim-
ply double the vote. And so on until, as
Dr. Shaw said, the arguments against suf-
frage are the best points In favor of it.
Watchful Waiting a Poor Policy
Against what she termed "pseudo-
patriotic hysteria" Dr. Shaw felt strongly.
(Continued on Pate 2)
1916 OUTPLAYS 1919, 15 TO 11
EVEN CLASS AGAIN  ROLLS HOOPS
E.  Hill  '16 Stan at  Free Goal  Throwing j    Fourth Orals Fatal for Last Rsd Class
DR.   KINGSBURY  URGES ATTENTION
TO UNDERGRADUATE PROBLEMS
B. M. Represented at Settlement
Conference
Bryn Mawr was well represented at
the annual College Settlement Conference
held at the Summer Camp of the New
York College Settlement, ML Ivy. Among
those present were Pauline Goldmark '96,
Mrs. Macan (Helen Amy '04), Dorothy
Weston '14, E. Dulles '17, undergraduate
elector, L. Wood '19.
Dr. Kingsbury urged more cooperation
on the part of the College Settlement with
the undergraduates in the working out of
their problems. Students are keenly in-
terested In social work, she said, but it is
community problems not necessarily set-
tlement work, that they wish to learn
about She said the question that is
asked by the student over and over again
is "What can I do when I get home"? and
the College Settlement must answer this.
The Settlement Interest at Bryn Mawr
this year has been an indication of this
fact, she claimed; the students wished to
study problems such as they would meet
in their home communities. "It is not
settlement work but community educa-
tion towards which people are tending to-
day".
Economic  Courses  Adequate
In describing the first year's work of
the Carols Woerishoffer Department, Dr.
Kingsbury said that the instruction in hy-
giene   is   Insufficient,   but the  economic
(Conhnumt on Pagt 4)
The Seniors won in the second game
of their series with the Freshmen on '
Thursday, 15 to 11. 1919*8 constant foul-
ing accounted largely for their opponent's
score. E. Hill '16 seldom missed a free
throw, putting in 11 In all.
Free throws, however, would not have ;
gained 1916 the victory without thejr fine '
defensive work.   In the second half espe-
cially the Freshmen fought hard, but they
could neither stop I6's passing nor get
through their guards.   Line-up:
1016                                               1919
C. I)owd ..........L. K...........E. Lanler
B.   Mill   ...........B. F.........M.   Peacock
P.   Kellogu   ........L. 8. C.   . . M.   L.  Thurman
M. Branson........C C   ..........F.   Clarke
It. Kordyce........ii. :�� C........V. Morgan
\    Werner   ........B. O..........P.  Howell
M.   McKay   ........L.G.......A.   Thorndike
Subs playing�1019: It. Chadbourne, D.
Hull.
I i.ld Uoals�1916: P. Kellogg, 1 ; B. H1U.
1       1919:   If.   Peacock,   1;   B.   Lanler, 2.
Goals from foula�1016: B. Hill, 11 oat of
21. 1919 K Unler, 4 out of 5 ; M. Peacock,
1  out of 5.
RUSSIAN  CHOIR  TO SING
NEXT   FRIDAY
Concert the  Gift of  Mr. Crane
The Russian Choir, which will sing
next Friday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock in
the cloisters, was brought to the St. Nich-
olas Cathedral, New York, three years
ago by Mr. Charles K. Crane. The leader
is M. Ivan T. Gorokhoff. of Moscow. The
concert is the gift of Mr. Crane to the
College.
The distinctive feature of the choir Is
the deep bass, contra basso, of one of the
men�a voice found only in Russia�and
which Is scarcely human, merely deep vi-
brations. The choir consists of thirty
men and boys. Usually they sing in the
rich blue, scarlet and gold vestments of
the Greek church. Modern music as well
as the ancient chants of the church, make
up the program.
Boys Are Children of Emigrants
Last year, owing to the war, the choir
could give no concerts as many of the
singers had to return to Russia. The
Archbishop, Most Reverend Evodklm, of
Aleutia and North America, has since se-
cured substitutes from Lemburg, Naples,
Athens and other places. The boy mem-
bers of the choir are children of emi-
grants.
The "Outlook" for last December said
that this is "music such as only Russia
could produce. It is the expression of a
people who have developed a keen sense
of beauty out of their suffering. In con-
trast to it the Anglican music which we
in America have inherited is superficial".
FRENCH WAR SLANG TRANSLATED
Preserving unbroken the record of the
even classes, 1916 rolled their hoops after
the fourth French and German orals last
Saturday. The last odd class which could
not roll hoops was a red class, 1913.
In the German oral, which came sec-
ond, two persons were called back to read
again and the suspense of the Seniors, sit-
ting with their hoops on Senior Steps,
was beginning to infect the crowd when
the Sophomore runner brought the glad
word, relayed down through Taylor, of
"Passed".                    ,
Later, after the rolling of the hoops, it
was learned that E. Washburn, '16, taking
the Orals Saturday for the first time, had
passed them both. As Miss Washburn la
technically 1917, 1916 could have rolled
their hoops even If she had failed.
1919 WIN CLOSE GAME WITH 1917
The Freshmen defeated the Juniors
Tuesday 16 to 12 in the first game of the
finals. The playing was fast but slipshod.
The chief interest of the game lay in the
steady foul goal throwing of M. Peacock.
Line-up:
1917                                                           1819
C.  Stereos  ........B. P.   mrnn. B.  Lanler
N.   McPaden    ......UP.........M.  Peacock
U   Brown   .........B.B.C.......V.   Morgan
H.   Harris   ........C.C.........J. Peabody
8.   Jelllffe   ........L. 8.   C.......M.  Franc*
M.   Thompson   .....Lli..........P.   Howell
J.   Pauling   ........B.0...........C.   Ilollla
KiiIm playing�1017 : C.  Hall.
Field goals�1917 : C. BteTena, 1; L. Brown,
3 ; II. Harris. 1 ; 8. Jelllffe, 1. 1919: at.
Peacock,  2:  E.  Lanler,   1:  M.   France.  1.
(ioals from foula�1917: C. BteTena, nona
out of 4; N. McFaden none out of 4; L
Hrown, none out of 1 : II. Harris, none out of
S: 8. Jelllffe, none out of 3. 1919: M. Pea-
cock,   7  out of  12:  E.   Lanler.  none out of 2.
Keferee�Miss   Applebee.
H. SPALDING '19 GETS BULLETIN
BOARD PRIZE
H. Spalding '19 won the prize for the
"Bulletin Board Contest", a Bryn Mawr *
pin. M. Mackenzie came second. These
reports, together with those of V. Morgan
'19, J. Hemenway '18, and R. Rhoads '18,
have been put in the C. A. Library.
RETURNS  OF   SELF-GOV   ELECTIONS
M. Stair and M. L. Thurman New Officers
Two French books, "Gaspard", by Rene
Goncourt for the year 1915 and "L'Argot
des Tranchees by Sainean, have been put
in the New Book Room. "Gaspard", a
story of the French Army at the front, is
full of the slang which has come back
from the trenches since the beginning of
the war. M. Salnean's book is a diction-
ary of this vocabulary and the author
uses "Gaspard" as one of the documents
which supply his glossary. He attempts
to trace the origin of such words as
"Boche", "Poilu". etc.
It is impossible to say how many of
these words will remain permanently in
the French language: It is however,
equally Impossible to read the French of
to-day without some such special diction-
ary.
With the new treasurer, M. L. Thurman
'19, the Self-Government elections of offi-
cers and Executive Board for the year
1916-17 closed last Tuesday. The polls,
held In each hall, were open Wednesday
for the election of head proctors. These
with the secretary, M. Stair '18, form the
Advisory Board of Self-Government.
The newly elected chairman of the
Graduate Committee, H. E. Wieand, A.M..
and the two members from 1918, C. Dodge
and M. O'Connor, together with the Presir
denL Vice-President, and Treasurer, form
the new Executive Board.
The new officers of the Association
are: President, C. Stevens '17; Vloe-
President, C. Hall '17; Secretary, M. Stair
"18; Treasurer. M. L. Thurman '19.
The retiring officers are: M. Russell
'16, C. Dowd '16. E. Emerson '17. C. Dodge
'18.
Mrs. Pankhurst, the English suffragist,
complimented at a tea in New York the
pretty feet and ankles of the American
girl.
"And It's necessary to have pretty feet
and ankles with the present fashions'*,
she said. "Such faalhona! If brevity la
the soul of wit. then the skirts of today
ought to cause a lot of laughter".