College News, 1919-01-22, Vol. 05, No. 14

              The College News
Volume V.   No. 14
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1919
Price 5 Cents
M. M. CAREY NEXT YEAR'S VAR-
SITY HOCKEY CAPTAIN
New Athletic Honor for All-around Star
Millicent Carey '20 has been elected
Varsity hockey captain for 1919-20. Miss
Carey, for two years a player on Varsity
and captain of her class team, has also
won B. M.'s in water-polo and basketball,
and wears a yellow tie, as one of the six
all-around athletes on the campus. She
is this year a member of the C. A. and
Self-Government Boards, and was 1920's
Sophomore president and Freshman vice-
president. Until its partial disbanding
she was 1920*s representative on the War
Council and acted as War Council Sec-
retary.
"NOT THE END OF RUSSIA," SAYS
MR. WHITTEMORE           .
Peasants Resemble Children With No
Consciousness of Statehood
"The personality of a child in the shape
of a man" was the definition of the Rus-
� sian character given by Mr. Thomas Whit-
temore, who spoke in Taylor last Friday
under the auspices of the War Council
Red Cross and Allied Relief Committee.
"The Russian can steal from you and
love you at the same moment," said Mr.
Whittemore. "He Is apt to be self-cen-
tered, lazy, and dishonest, but his faults
are those of a child, and, like a child, he
can outgrow them."
"This is not the end of Russia," went
on Mr. Whittemore, "but a moment of
catastrophic creation. Russia does not
centralize herself because she has yet to
assume the consciousness of statehood,
having never been a state but merely a
government. And the government of
Russia has always cut against the grain
of race. There is an exaggerated fear in
each part of Russia of all the other
parts."
"The Church," said Mr. Whittemore, "is
today playing a great though quiet part in
Russian national life. In the parish it is
the enemy of the Soviet and of Bolshe-
vism, which means literally 'those who
want all.' �
Mr. Whittemore concluded with an ap-
peal against the "hands off" policy in re-
gard to Russia. "The Allies' hands off
Russia," he declared, "means the Gorman
whip upon her. The Germans in Russia
are like the thread in the pattern of a
carpet. Germany can face with equanim-
ity the loss of her colonies and the tread-
mill of indemnity if she has Russia alone
in which to reconstruct herself."
Mr. Whittemore, who has been in Rus-
sia since the outbreak of the war, is a
member of the Committee for the Relief
of War Orphans In Petrograd. He Is re-
turning to Russia next month.
ALUMNiE ANNUAL MEETING A WEEK FROM SATURDAY
ALUMN� WAR WORKERS WILL
SPEAK JANUARY 31  IN
GYMNASIUM
Undergraduates Invited
A special open meeting of the Alumnae
Association, the subject of which will be
the war work of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae
In this country and overseas, will be held
in the gymnasium Friday evening, Janu-
ary 31st, at eight o'clock. Miss Marion
Reilly '01 will preside. Among the speak-
ers will be Mrs. F. L. Slade (Caroline
McCormick ex-'96) and Miss Ellen Kll-
patrick (ex-'99). Miss Slade has been
doing personnel work for the Y. M. C. A.
and was vice chairman of the Mayor's
Committee of the League for National De-
fense of New York City. Miss Kllpatrlck
is from Baltimore and has recently re-
turned from France, where she did volun-
teer canteen work under the Red Cross.
After the scheduled speeches the meet-
ing will be open for five-minute speeches
from the floor. The aim of the speeches
will be to show directly what the Bryn
Mawr Service Corps has accomplished.
The meeting Is under the auspices of the
Alumnae Association, but will be open to
undergraduates.
USE OF RUSSELL SAGE BEQUEST
WILL BE DISCUSSED BY ALUMN/E
A reception to the Faculty of the Col-
lege in gymnasium will be held after the
meeting at 9.30.
GLEE CLUB TO BE COACHED BY
M. JOSEPH CRAIG FOX
Mr. Joseph Craig Fox will coach the
Glee Club performance of the Pirates of
Penzance, to be given the first week in
May. Mr. Fox has been associated with
the Savoy and with Plays and Players
and has both coached the Pirates of Pen-
sane* and acted In It. He will direct the
dancing as well as tha singing.
Tryouta with Mr. Tax are being held
this week, the cast to be decided as soon
as posTJhli,
CHAPLAIN OF BLUE DEVILS
TELLS OF FRANCE AT WAR
Annual Meeting Next Week in the
Chapel
The Future of the Bryn Mawr Patriotic
Farm and the possibility of a permanent
Bryn Mawr Service Corps will be among
the topics discussed at the Annual Alum-
nae Meeting, which will be held at the
end of next week. Another subject of in-
terest will be the Russell Sage bequest
and how the money can be used In the
best interests of the College. A Pension
Fund or a higher rating of salaries have
both been suggested in this connection.
Reports of the alumna) committees that
will be read are: Finance, Miss Martha
Thomas '90; Academic, Miss Frances
Brown '09; Conference Committee, Mrs.
Richard Barrows '08; James E. Rhoads
Scholarship, Mrs. William Roy Smith
'01; Farm Committee, MIsb Alice Haw-
kins '07; Joint Committee of the Service
Corps, Miss Marion Reilly '01; Students'
Loan Fund, Miss Martha Thomas '90;
Alumna; Directors of the College, Miss
Elizabeth Klrkbrlde '06; Athletics, Miss
Maud Dessau '13; Alumnae Quarterly,
Isabel Forster '15. Reports on the local
branches and clubs will be made by the
secretaries.
After the meeting the members of the
Alumnae Association are invited by Presi-
dent Thomas to luncheon at the Dennery.
Bryn Mawr May Join Phi Bet Kappa
In compliance with a unanimous vote
of the Senior Class, a committee has been
appointed by the president to confer with
President Thomas on the question of in-
stituting a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa
fraternity at Bryn Mawr.
The conditions of membership would be
fixed by the College. The general opinion
is that it would be open to students
graduating cum laude, as well as to those
receiving magna cum laude and turn ma
cum laude, and that it would extend to
the alumna.
The question, before it can be decided,
will come up before the Faculty and the
Undergraduate Association. The Senior
Committee is M. Thurman (ex offlclo), M.
Martin L. Wood, A. Landon and M. Gil-
man.
SECOND SCIENCE NO LONGER
A REQUIREMENT
Post-Major Work or Five-hour Elec-
tive May be Substituted
$75  Netted for 1922't Service  Corps
"Germany put material forces into the
War�France put her soul," said Abb6
Flynn, chaplain of the Blue Devils, in a
lecture given for the benefit of the 1922
Service Corps last Saturday evening.
Chaplain Flynn wore the decoration of
the legion of honor. About $75 was netted
for the Freshman Service Corps.
"Germany made a mistake In the psy-
chology of the nations. She did not
dream that little Belgium would stand
up against the German army. The idea
that Great Britain and America would en-
ter the war seemed ridiculous, nor did
Germany understand France. She
thought there would be Internal discord,
but on the day that war broke out France
stood up as one man to face Germany. I
wish that I could evoke the soul of France
before you. One of the characteristics of
France is unity. I have found the same
unity in America. Unity of nations came
with unity of command. He's a genius;
he's our idol-�Foch. France will never
forget the day that Pershing came with
100,000 men and said to Foch, 'They are
yours!' Victory Is due to the courage of
the American soldier, and in the name of
France I thank them."
Clearness of aims, Chaplain Flynn said,
is another characteristic of the soul of
France. France was fighting for freedom
and Justice�not for annexation. She
was not going to annex Alsace and Lor-
raine. Annexation means taking some-
thing that Is not yours, while Alsace and
Lorraine have been French for three hun-
dred years. France Is creative and chiv-
alrous, but she Is above all heroic. One
million three hundred thousand men have
bean killed In the war yet she Is not
"bled white" as some Americans said.
�On January 1. 1918. Franc* bad 4.7M.MS
In the field.    These nMn set their
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VARSITY CASTS CHOSEN
Rehearsals to Begin After Midyears
The three Varsity plays have been cast
as follows:
The   Merry   Death
Pierrot ...........L. Babcock, Graduate
Harlequin^..............B. Ferguson '21
Columbine................S. Belville '18
Spirit of Death............H. Zinsser '20
Doctor....................P. Ostroff '21
The Costumes and Scenery Committee
are working out a plan of coloring for
The Merry Death like that of Leon Bakst.
Rosalind
Rosalind .................C. Skinner '22
Dame Quickly ...........M. Ramsay '19
Charles ...................E. Hobdy "22
The Maid of France
The Maid ................L. Kellogg '20
The Poilu .................V. Evans '21
Blanche  ................P. Norcross '22
The Tommy..............M. Warren '21
Gerald .................D. Chambers '19
Rehearsals will begin immediately after
midyears.
TWENTY-FOUR MAKE FRENCH CLUB
Half of New Members Freshmen
With the admission of twenty-four new
members through the conversational try-
outs last week, the membership of the
French Club has been almost doubled.
Of the new members eleven are Fresh-
men, five Sophomores, five Juniors and
three Seniors.   They are:
1919:   A. Landon. A. Moore. E. Rondl-
nella.
1920:   J. Conklin, N. Oookln. T. James.
E.  Stevens. E. Williams.
1M1: M. Baldwin. D. Lubin. H. Rubel.
A. Taylor. K. Ward.
1929: E. Brown. C. Cameron. H. Crosby.
M. Krech. V. Uddell. P. Norcross, O. PnO,
F.  Robblns. A. Rupert. B. Rogers. M. Vor-
h
In place of the second year of required
Science or any of the substitutes for It,
five hours of post-major work in one or
both group subjects, or a five-hour block
in any other subject may be taken, ac-
cording to a recent decision of the t'ur-
riculum Committee to go into effect for
1919-20. The five hours thus afforded
differ from the ten hours of free elective
only in the fact that, unless post-major
work la taken, the five-hour block may
not be split into two- and three-hour
courses. It is hoped that the throwing
open of this second year of Science will
add greatly to the number of students
taking post-major work.
Under the new entrance requirements
students electing the two-point option of
offering a fourth language in place of the
one point in Science and one point In
English History, will be required to take
In college one half-year of Science and
one half-year of History, or one full year
of Science or one full year of History.
Students electing the group of History,
however, will not be allowed to take the
option of a full year of History, nor will
students electing the group of Science be
allowed to take the option of a full year
of Science.
To enable students to take the half-year
of Science and half-year of History in one
year, the elective course In U. S. History
will be given at nine on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, and another elective course of
three hours a week will be given on Mon-
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, which
students electing Chemistry for the first
semester may elect In the second semes-
ter. Students choosing Geology or Bi-
ology for the half-year of Science may
enter the ordinary minor course In His-
tory in the second semester.
No Chapel Service Sunday
There will be no chapel next Sunday,
since   Rabbi   Wise,   who   was   to   bar*
spoken. Is serving abroad.   Vespers will
be led by M. Tyler '22.
Junk Realises $3 by Sale of Old Paper
The Junk Committee has made $308
by selling $70 pounds of newspapers,
scrap paper, and rubber. This Is the first
step toward Its yearly 120 contribution to
the Chinese scholar now at St. Hilda's
School In Wuchang. China. Margaret
8�ott "04 Is the principal of St   Hilda'*.