College News, 1919-02-12, Vol. 05, No. 16

              The College News
Volume V.   No. 16
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 , 1919
Price 5 Cent*
NEW   COLLEGE    MAGAZINE�"TIPYN
O* BOB" LAIO ON 8HELF
M. Martin New Editor
Tlpyn o' Bob Is dead, killed by its edi-
tors. A new monthly magazine with
Marjorie Martin "18 as editor-in-chief, run
under a new policy and with a different
name, will be published In Its stead. M.
Martin was elected editor-in-chief of Tip
when E. Cooper '19 resigned on account
of Ill-health. The rest of the board will,
for the present, remain the same. The
magazine will be published for the rest
of the year, to be continued next fall at
the will of its readers.
Contributions, according to Miss Mar-
tin, will be culled from many different
people, whether or not blessed with the
literary gift. The editors will work over
possible material, and return unused
manuscript with reasons.
"Vanity Fair" fun and cartoons will be
scattered through the magazine to re-
place the staid humour of "Dulcl Fistula."
Articles will vary from literary topics to
sketches by students who have visited
foreign lands. Brief notes on all new
books will be a feature, as will play re-
views.
Phlllttlne Forerunner of Tip
A fortnightly penny sheet, the Philis-
tine, aiming to be "a playground for cam-
pus wit, and a mirror for campus activ-
ity," preceded Tip In 1895. It explained
Its appearance naively, saying Bryn Mawr
had but two publications, the Lantern
and the Program (the present Calendar).
Miss Donnelley was editor-in-chief of the
Lantern In 1895, as was Miss O. O. King,
in 189�. Among the Phllietlne editors
were Miss King, Miss Crawford, Junior
Bursar, and Mrs. Frances, president of
the Alumna; Association. The Philistine,
changed to the size of the present Tip,
was taken about 1899 under the control
of the Undergraduate Association, which
even elected the editors.
(Continued on page 5, column 2.)
VACHEL LIND8AY TO READ
SELECTIONS FROM HIS POETRY
ALUMNA VOTE TO STOP FARM
AND CONTINUE SERVICE CORPS
MISS REHIY'S  PORTRAIT  IN
ACADEMY EXHIBIT
PHOTOGRAPHS   WILL   BE   ON   SALE
Will be Presented to College at
Commencement by Class of 1901
Campus Red   Cross Work-Room
Closed
No Nesd for Work This Spring
Acting on the recommendation of the
Red Cross and Allied Relief Department,
the War Council Monday night voted to
close the campus Red Cross work-room.
Only in case of an especial emergency
will activities be resumed.
"The demand for women's war work
has diminished faster than the supply,"
said LoIb Kellogg "20. chairman of the de-
partment. "We feel that college students
should be the flrst to cut down on extra
war activities, as their college work Is
their real contribution to reconstruction."
Before the actual decision was reached
It was proved by Investigation that there
was no practical work-room articles
needed this spring by any of the larger
relief organizations. The Red Cross re-
fused the college's offer of aid because
of the need of very accurate tailoring on
blouses, the one type of garment for
which there is still a demand, and there
seemed to be no opening In any of the
branches of the Pennsylvania Emergency
AM.
A portrait of Ex-Dean Marion Reilly
'01, to be presented to the college next
commencement by the Class of 1901, has
Just been completed and is on exhibition
at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts. The picture Is the work of Miss
Cecilia Beaux and represents her only
contribution to this year's exhibition.
Photographs of the portrait, in post-
card and slightly larger sizes, will be
sold on the campus for the benefit of the
Service Corps.
After Its presentation the portrait will
be hung In the library. Sargent's por-
trait of President Thomas�Bryn Mawr's
flrst dean�was presented to the college
by the Alumnse Association in 1899, when
it was unveiled by Miss Martha Thomas
'90.
Miss Reilly Dean Until 1916
Miss Reilly received her A.B. at Bryn
Mawr In 1901, did graduate work here
1901-02. and 1903-1906, and in 1907 was
appointed Dean. From 1907 till 1916 she
was Dean and Reader in Philosophy. In
1917 she became a member of the College
Board of Directors.
She has studied at Newnham College,
University of Cambridge (1907) and St
the Universities of Rome and Sienna,
when on leave of absence. 1911-12.
Miss Reilly is chairman of the Adminis-
trative Committee of the College Service
Corps.
Has     Bssn     Secured     for     Collage     by
Graduate Club
Vachel   Lindsay,   American   poet   and
wanderer,   will   give   a   reading   of   his
poems In Taylor Hall on Friday evening,
February 28th, under the auspices of the
Graduate Club, for benefit of the Graduate
Service Corps Fund.   Tickets at one dol-
lar,  or seventy-five cents for outsiders,
and seventy-five cents, or fifty cents for
members of the college, may be obtained
from Miss Inez Neterer, Pembroke West.
When at Bryn Mawr last fall. Robert
Nichols declared Mr. Undsay one of the
three greatest American moderns, rating
him  with  Robert  Frost and Edgar  Lee
Masters.     He   "belongs   to   no   modern
school, but Is doing his best to found one"
and has confessed to his effort to "restore
poetry to Its proper place,�the audience
chamber,�and take It out of the library,
the closet."    He Is essentially a poet of
the people.
Because of the tours which he has
made on foot through Kansas and the
Southern States, "preaching the gospel of
Beauty" and exchanging his poems for
bed and board, Mr. Lindsay has been
called "the twentieth century minstrel."
He records his adventures in the books
called A Handy Guide for Beggars and
Adventures While Preaching the Gospel
of Beauty. His philosophy is summed up
In his latest prose work, The Art of the
Moving Picture.
Mr. Lindsay's volumes of poetry in-
clude The Congo and Other Poems, The
Chinese Nightingale and General Booth
Enters Into Heaven. His works may be
found In the New Book Room.
American Women Will Unite For
League of Nations
In spite of the closing of the work-
rooms the Red Cross Department will re-
main in office during the spring. Thsy
will be always prepared for emergency
demands, and will continue their work in
connection with the Service Corps
Alumnae Open Room in Taylor
A permanent Alumnae room has been
opened in Taylor�Room L�on the third
floor, over the office of Dean Taft's secre-
tary. The furnishings � desk, wicker
chairs, rug, and yellow silk curtains, are
the gift of President Thomas.
The room will be open at all times,
locked cupboards having been provided
for private papers. Katharine McCollin
'15. corresponding secretary of the Alum-
nae Association, will be there Wednesday
afternoons.
Before the opening of the new room the
Alumnc used a room In the basement of
the library.
President Thomas and Miss Kingsbury to
Attend   Meeting
In support of a democratic League of
Nations, American women of prominence
have been invited to attend a Victory
Dinner and Conference on Lincoln's
Birthday in Washington. President
Thomas and Miss Kingsbury will go from
Bryn Mawr. and a number of Bryn Mawr
alumnse and former students will be
present.
The meeting is called In the belief that
'the women of America should support a
democratic League of Nations because
only through a League of Nations can we
realize the Ideals of democracy for which
the Great War was fought." and that "the
unified effort made necessary by the war
to meet the elemental human needs of the
world�food, health, the right to work
and to education�should be continued."
Dean Glldersleeve. of Barnard, and
President Woolley. of Mt. Holyoke, are In-
vited, and Miss Boardman. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, Mrs. Abraham Flexner.
and Miss Julia Lathrop will be present.
Miss Pauline Ooldmark. Miss E. S. Kirk-
bride. Mrs. F. Louis Slade, Miss Bertha
Rembaugh. are among the Bryn Mawr
representatives.
Problems under discussion will be,
"Health, an International Problem. The
Protection of Childhood. How to Feed the
World. Political Action for Women. Worn
en's Now Economic Statua. The Place of
Women In Induatry. and Education for a
New Democracy "
Discuss Sage Bequest and Organisa-
tion of Local Branches
Abandonment of the Farm and continu-
ation of the Service Corps was the sense
of the annual meeting of the Alumnse As-
sociation held in the chapel a week ago
Saturday. The disposition of the Russell
Sage bequest and the better organization
of local alumnse branches were discussed.
The discontinuance of the farm was rec-
ommended by the farm committee on the
ground that Inexperienced labor and
changing organization would always keep
the enterprise from paying. More will be
gained, they believe. If individual stu-
dents ally themselves with local land
army units.
The Service Corps will continue along
the same lines for the present. A circu-
lar letter has been sent out to all Bryn
Mawr women working in foreign coun-
tries, to aid the committee In the selec-
tion of future workers, but the replies
have not yet come in.
Sage Fund Available Next Year
A scheme drawn up by President
Thomas was the basis of the discussion
of the use to be made of the Russel Sage
bequest. The legacy amounts to at least
$500,000,�some estimates place It at
1750,000,�and will be available for use
next year. According to the tentative
plan outlined, a sum would be set aside
for annuities under the Carnegie Pension
plan, another sum for the creation of
Sage professorships, another for the in-
crease in the salaries of some of the
senior professors, another for the In-
crease in the executive salaries, etc. The
derision will be made by the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trustees.
To increase the number and effective-
ness of the local branches of the Associa-
tion it was decided that all local organiza-
tions should be under the direction of the
vice-president of the Alumnse Association.
Ten cents on the regular dues for the
Alumna? Association will be remitted to
each local branch member. The local
branches UlSIMrtT� charge no dues.
CAST CHOSEN FOR GLEE CLUB
OPERETTA
T. Haynes '19, Hero; L Grimm '22
Heroine
The cast for the Glee Club perforniam ��
of the "Pirates of I'enzance" has BMfl
chosen as follows:
Richard, a pirate chief.......F. Fuller '18
Samuel, his lieutenant----Z. Boynton '20
Frederic, a pirate apprentice.
T. Haynes '19
Major General Stanley,
G. Hess (or P. Smith 22)
Edward, a sergeant of police,
(choice not yet confirmed)
Mabel.....................L. Grimm '22
Kate ....................M. Southall '21
Edith..................E. Klmbrough '21
Isabel................M. P. Klrkland '21
Ruth, a piratical mald-of-all-work,
H. Kingsbury '20
Lord Dunaany's Lecture Cancelled
Lord Dunsany, who was to have spoken
at an open meeting of the English Club
thla week-end. has been detained in Eng-
land, and will not come to this country
until next September.
The sketches In the Alumnse number
last week were made by Theodora Bates
'OS.