College News, 1919-04-30, Vol. 05, No. 26

              The College News
Volume V.   No. 26
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1919
Price 5 Centf
FETE CHAMPETRE FOR VICTORY
CHAIR, GIVEN^IN CLOISTERS
Alumna*  Launch Campaign   Today,
with French Program, for
Endowment
President Thomas and the Philadelphia
branch of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Asso-
ciation gave a Fete Champetre in the
Cloisters this afternoon at four o'clock.
The fete was given to launch the cam-
paign for the founding of the Victory
Chair in French at Bryn Mawr with an
endowment of one hundred thousand
dollars. A program of speeches, songs
and dances was carried out.
In an opening speech of welcome Presi-
dent Thomas expressed the sympathy
which Bryn Mawr has always had for
France. This speech waa followed by an
address on the "Importance of the Teach-
ing of French in America," by Monsieur
Jean N. Cru, of the French High Commis-
sion. M. Crue. who was a member of the
Williams College faculty, has been at the
front throughout the war and has served
as "lnterprete de llason" between an
English-speaking regiment and a French
unit. Elizabeth B. Clark '95 (Mrs. Her-
bert I* Clark), chairman of the Philadel-
phia branch of the Alumnae Association,
also spoke, urging all those who cared for
France to give bonds for the Victory
French chair.
"Chansons Populaires," including such
familiar songs as "Au Clalr de La Lune."
"Aupres de Ma Blonde," were sung by the
students, led by the French Club. Dances
in Alsatian costume were given under the
direction of J. Peabody '19, president of
the French Club. The programme closed
with a tableau of allied nations, In which
Ix>is Kellogg '20 took the part of Joan of
Arc, the audience rising and singing
"Joan of Arc," as she entered.
Victory Loan Starts With $17,000
The clock above the Liberty Loan
booth pointed to 917,000 towards the
college quota of $20,000. on Tuesday
afternoon, the end of the second day.
Joseph Connolly, employee on the
grounds, was for the third time the
first subscriber. Among others on
the honor roll the first day were
President Thomas, Miss Franklin,
manager of the college campaign, and
Dr. Hoppin.
The booth will be open from 9-3
tomorrow and Friday, and next week,
on Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday.
A rally, with speakers, will be held
next Wednesday.
CIRCUS  VI8IT8  BRYN   MAWR
Supper "Play" Highly Original
A circus, hardly equalled by Barnum &
Bailey's in originality and skill, was the
setting for the Junior-Senior Supper held
in the gymnasium Friday evening.
Clowns, cowboys, the only wild woman in
captivity, tight rope walkers and various
animals, including a monkey governed
largely by instinct, ushered the Seniors to
their seats inside the tent and disap-
peared to take part in the Grand Parade,
led around the ring by A. Harrison, the
right-hand man of the ringmaster, M.
Littell.
A daring feat in tightrope walking
along the white lines of the gymnasium
floor left the audience breathless and was
the first of several stunts performed dur
Ing the dinner. An opera in four acts, un
winding the reel of 1919's life, showed
the influence of Seneca In the staging of
the crisis, the famous "Fight in the VIII"
between '19 and '20. The operetta ended
with the two classes being "good fellows
to-gether ever." Z. Boynton. the cele-
brated sleight-of-hand man, and "Tootsie."
the fat lady, guaranteed to be an excel-
lent wife because there was so much to
her, performed amid applause. After the
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FIFTH LOAN MOST AMERICAN
SAYS MR. WHITTEMORE
Opens College Campaign With Rout-
ing Speech in Chapel
"The Fifth Liberty Loan is not only
the most important, but the most Ameri-
can." said Mr. Thomas Whittemore,
chairman of the Main Line Liberty Loan
Committee, who opened the college cam-
paign with a sj�eech In chapel Monday
morning.
"If the loan stands for anything, it
stands for the quality we Americans get
from our English blood, that of being able
to finish something we have started."
The loan, at 4% per cent, practically tax-
exempt, is on a sound economic basis, be-
ing Interconvertible at all times with the
loan at 4% per cent, which is absolutely
tax-exempt, bo the money need not be
lent from a sentimental viewpoint. But
the person who subscribes, thinking only
of the commercial side, will suffer a spir-
itual loss.
"If the war had lasted six months
longer. 100.000 more Americans would
have been killed." Mr. Whittemore con-
cluded. "Germany save in because we
did not tackle the war in the state of
mind of the great tightwad, and because
she knew we were stinting neither men
nor money. It falls to our privilege to
pay the bills, the incurrence of which
brought the war to a speedier end than
would otherwise have been possible."
May Day Celebration Opens at 145
May Day will begin officially at 6.45 to-
morrow morning, when the Seniors, In
cap and gown, will gather in front of the
Deanery and sing "The Hunt Is Up."
They will then march to Rockefeller, to
sing the Magdalene Hymn from Rockefel-
ler tower at exactly seven o'clock.
After the singing, M. Thurman. Senior
president, will be crowned May Queen by
J. Peyton, president of 1921. The Seniors
fast, and at a quarter to eight, accom-
panied by the Bryn Mawr Band, and to
the tune of their parade song, they will
march to Denbigh green. The band will
then strike up the May Day song and the
May pole dancing by all the classes will
begin.
TOUR OF STUDENT BUILDINGS
WILL BEGIN MAY 1
MISS KIRK  LEAVING FOR FRANCE
Will Work a Year Under Y. W. C. A.
Helen Reed Kirk '14, Assistant Director
of Athletics and Gymnastics, is planning
to leave for France the last of May under
the auspices of the Y. W (\ A. Miss
Kirk will probably work as an athletic
instructor in Paris during the coming
year.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT TO SPEAK
AT COMMENCEMENT
Will Talk On League of Nations
Ex-President William Howard Taft will
deliver the Commencement Address on
June ML His subject will be the League
of Nations.
Mr. Taft has spoken twice before at
Bryn Mawr Commencement. In 1910.
when he was President, his Commence-
ment speech was held in the Cloisters.
In his address to the graduating class in
1916 a definite plan for a League of Na-
tions was outlined for the first time from
a public platform. Two weeks later Mr.
Taft. with President Ix>well of Harvard,
founded the league to Enforce Peace
at a meeting in Independence Hall
Committee to Visit Four Colleges
Leaving tomorrow afternoon, several
members of the Students' Building Com-
mittee will accompany President Thomas,
Dean Taft. Mias Louise Watson, and Mr.
De Forrest, the college architect, on a
trip to inspect the student buildings of
four colleges. The undergraduates who
will make the trip are M. Martin '19, F.
Day '19, L Kellogg '20, M. Morrison 21.
and C. Skinner '22. They will visit Mt.
Holyoke. Smith, Wellesley and Radcllffe,
and will consult President Woolley of
Mt. Holyoke and Mr. J. P. Baker of Work-
shop 47, Harvard.
The building site below Radnor was
staked out Saturday morning. At present,
plans for the building provide for rooms
for the Student Associations, the Collage
News, the Trophy, the Alumna Associa-
tion and other clubs, In addition to the
main feature of the building�a Btage and
auditorium. Three particular attractions
planned are, a room in which teas may
be given, with French windows opening
on a terrace, a music room with piano
and big fireplace, and a colonnade on one
side of the building.
MM "SUNNY JIM" ANNOUNCED
IN CHAPEL TOMORROW
Essay Priae and Many Scholarships
Included in May Day Awards
The Senior "Sunny Jim" and the win-
ner of the George W. Child's Essay Prise
will be announced by President Thomas
In chapel tomorrow morning, in addition
to the thirteen winners of undergraduate
scholarships and a number of graduate
scholars and resident fellows for 1919-20.
"Sunny Jim," the winner of the Mary
Helen Ritchie Memorial Prise, must be a
Senior "in the upper half of the class In
grade, spirited, efficient, faithful, and an
all-round student." She is chosen by a
committee of the President, the Deans,
the Secretary and Registrar, Professor
Donnelly, the Senior Warden, and the
Senior Presidents of the Self-Government.
Undergraduate, and Athletic Associations.
A secret ballot to guide the committee is
cast by the Senior Class. This prise waa
awarded last year to Virginia Kneeland.
The George W. Childs Essay Prise,
which goes to a member of the graduating
class for ability In writing, was won last
year by Mary Rupert.
Among the undergraduate scholarships
to be announced are the Brooke Hall
Memorial Scholarship, value $100. to be
awarded to the member of the Junior
Class with the highest academic average
(won last year by Frances Day), and the
two Shlppen scholarships, value $100
each, given to two members of the
Junior Claas, the one with majors in sci-
ence and the other majoring In languages,
who have received the highest grade in
their group subjects (which must have
covered not less than fifteen hours). The
Shlppen European Fellowship, value $200.
noes regularly to the European Fellow.
Of the other undergraduate scholar-
ships awarded annually at May Day. two
go to 1920. three to 1921. and four may go
to one of several classes.
FRENCH HIGH C0MMI88I0N VISITS
AT BRYN MAWR
Three members of the French High
Commission visited Madame Riviere over
last week-end. M. Rouffi was head of the
commission, and accompanied by Lieut.
R. Battigne and Lieut. Reclus. nephew of
R. Rouvier. French cabinet minister. The
mission is now being dissolved, and di-
vided into different bureaus that are fin-
ishing up the business of buying war ma-
terial-
D. CLARK ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF UNDERGRAD.
W.Worcester, E. Taylor and M. Taylor
are Other Officers
Darthela Clark was elected president of
the Undergraduate Association in a m^et
ing Tuesday night. The other officers
ar Winifred Worcester '21. vice-president.
Elisabeth Taylor '21. secretary, and Mar-
garet Tyler '22. assistant treasurer.
Miss Clsrk has been secretary of the
I'ndergraduate Association this spring,
and was on the Advisory Board of Self-
Government her Freshman year. She
has been on the editorial board of the
News since her Freshman year.
Miss Worcester was on the advisory
board of the Undergraduate Association
last year, and assistant treasurer this
year. She has been swimming captain
and water-polo manager for two years.
Miss Taylor was business manager ot
Varsity Dramatics and Glee Club last
year, and stage manager of 1921's Fresh
man Show. She is the Sophomore has
ketball captain. Miss Tyler was one of
the chairmen who ran 1922 the first
month of college, and is 1922*s class presi-
dent. She has been on the advisory board
of the Undergraduate Association this
year
Write the new Bryn Mawr song In notes
of Victory.
Undergraduates Try to Remove
"Sunny Jim" Restrictions
Motions to try to remove the restric-
tion that the "Sunny Jim" frize must be
given to one of the "upper hair" were
paaaed in an undergraduate meeting
Tuesday night. The regular "Sunny
Jim" committee of the undergraduates
was instructed to tell the "Sunny Jim"
committee of the faculty and staff
in ihe conference Tuesday morning of
the undergraduate feeling about the re-
striction. Another committee, appointed
by the undergraduate president, will con-
fer later with President Thomas and the
faculty on the interpretation of the prise
for future years. The committee is M.
Martin 19. M. Thurman 19, D. Clark "20.
M. Cary '20. and H.  Holmes '20.
The principal reason for removing the
restriction was that while the donor stip-
ulated the "Sunny Jim" must have "for-
titude, faithfulness, high courage and
Joyousness." only in the last three years
has "faithfulness" been Interpreted to
mean being in the upper hslf. It was ar-
gued that to graduate with the required
merits shows that one has been faithful
to scholarship, and that a person Just be-
low the arbitrary median grade of the
class could be Just as good a "Sunny
Jim" as the person Just above.
If your coins are drones�
Just serving you�
Buy some Victory Loans.
And help me. too.
Uncle Sam
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