College News, 1918-11-07, Vol. 05, No. 06

              The College News
Volume V.   No. 6
BRYN MAWR, PA., NOVEMBER 7, 1918
Price 5 Cents
War Council Elects M. Carey
Will Not Join Periodical L�agu<
Millicent Carey '20 was elected secre-
tary of the War Council at a meeting
Monday night to succeed Miss Orlady,
who resigned. Miss Carey, as Junior rep-
resentative on the War Council, is also
vice-chairman.
The War Council considered the ques-
tion of joining the Intercollegiate Period-
ical League, but decided it would be im-
practical. Instead, magazines collected
by the Junk Committee will be taken into
Philadelphia to the American Library As-
sociation, and from there they will be
sent direct to hospitals in the neighbor-
hood, so that the periodicals will still be
of immediate interest when they reach
their destination.
CORNSTALKS AND GAY COS-
TUMES AT HALLOWE'EN
REVELS
$290 Cleared for Social Service
Committee
Enthusiasm pent up from four weeks of
quarantine, heightened by the music of
the Varsity Orchestra, reached a high
pitch at the Hallowe'en costume party
given by the Social Service Committee
last Saturday night in the gymnasium.
$290 was made. $125 will go to the I. C.
S. A., $100 to the Varsity Service Corps
and $65 will be kept by the committee for
running expenses usually paid by the
C. A.
With a background of cornstalks. Jack
o' lanterns and many colored costumes,
H. Zinsser '20 and Z. Boynton '20, dressed
as Hallowe'en clowns won encores by
their graceful hoop dance.
Exorbitant prices were paid for the
war posters cleverly auctioned by Private
G. Hess. R. Hickman's bid of thirty dol-
lars was the highest of the evening. $209
was made by the posters alone.
How to pierce a husband and how to
learn your fate was told In screened cor-
ners by witches and gypsy fortune tellers.
In the lighter vein obstacle races in dress-
ing proved that the costumes of the black
cats were the most fitted.
M. TYLER FRE8HMAN PRE8IDENT
Margery Tyler, sister of M. Tyler '19,
Senior vice-president, has been elected
president of the Freshman Class. Miss
Tyler was a member of the committee
which has run 1922 since the opening of
college. She was president of her class
last year at the Springside School in
Chestnut Hill.
Emily Anderson, also a member of the
Freshman Committee, was elected vice-
president. Serena Hand, who has been
acting secretary of the class, was elected
secretary. Miss Hand and Miss Anderson
are from the Brearly School.
K. Stiles Assistant Treasurer of the
Christian Association
Katherine Stiles '22, sister of A. Stiles
'19, was elected assistant treasurer of the
Christian Association Tuesday night.
Miss Stiles was president of Self-Oovern-
ment at Wykeham Rise last year and
business manager of the school paper.
Twenty-five dollars. It was decided. Is
to be sent to the Isabella Thoburn Col-
lege, the first woman's college in Asia, in
order that Bryn Mawr may be repre-
sented In the number of American col-
leges which have helped in Its foundation.
The Association voted to continue
i Day p
AMERICAN SOLDIERS CAPTURE
AFFECTIONS OF FRENCH
Madam Riviere Sketches Effect of
U. S. Army on Civilians of France
"The gayety, youth, and good looks of
the American soldier charmed the French
people at once," said Madame Claude
Riviere, Associate in French, who spoke
in Taylor last Saturday on "The Ameri-
cans in France." "American sense of hu-
mor harmonizes perfectly with Gallic
wit, and an amazing fraternity has re-
sulted between the two nationalities."
"The drollery and Ingenuity of the
Americans," continued Madame Riviere,
"has done much to arouse the affections
of the French civilian." She told of the
two soldiers who stationed themselves at
the entrance to a Paris subway with a
basket of tomatoes, and established cor-
dial relations by presenting one to each
French woman who passed. And in the
town squares throughout France, she de-
clared, the American soldier may be
found, riding several French children on
each knee and teaching them to eat the
candy which their parents have long for-
bidden them.
Madame Riviere described the astonish-
ment of the French at the huge tent cities
erected by the Americans, the feverish
activity at the ports of debarkation, and
the energy displayed by the soldiers in
their sports. "Contact with the Ameri-
cans," she said, has taught the French
the importance of physical development,
and of initiative. The American, in his
turn, having learned to appreciate the
beauty that Is France, and the depth of
Frencn sacrifice, can now understand
Franklin's phrase that 'every man has
two mother countries, his own and
France.'"                                              v
"It is our duty," concluded Madame Ri-
viere, to enroll our hearts in the cause
for which Americans are giving their
lives: First, victory, then liberty, and
lastly the cementing of a friendly under-
standing between France and America."
Madame Riviere, after her talk, showed
lantern slides of the ground in Alsace and
Lorraine now being reconquered by the
American Army. At the end of these
she led the audience in the singing of the
Marseillaise.
Z. BOYNTON '20 COLLEGE
TENNIS CHAMPION
Is Varsity Captain
Zella Boynton '20, Varsity tennis cap-
tain, came into her own as college tennis
champion last Saturday, by defeating H.
James '21 in a well-played match.
Earlier in the week Miss Boynton won
her preliminary match with K. Gardner
'22 by a score of 6-4. 6-4, and Miss James
won her right to play in the finals by
sending A. Thorndlke '19 to defeat to the
tune of 4-6, 8-�, 7-5.
Miss Boynton's score over Miss James
was 6-4, 6-2.
�NEWS'1  COMPETITION   FOR   1921
Meeting  in Gym Today at 1.90
A competition for a second News editor
from the Class of 1921 begins today. A
meeting for all who wish to enter will be
held in the gymnasium at 1.S0. Those un-
able to rooM at that time should hand In
their names to A. R. Dubach. Tt Pan
West, not later than Friday noon
Quarantine Lifted Gradually
102 Total of Flu Cimi
Quarantine 1b being lifted by degrees.
The ban on Philadelphia andsthe village
will probably be off next week, according
to Dean Taft. This week parents are ad-
mitted to the halls. Students may motor
to their own homes, and may visit the
College Inn or Mrs. Miller's tea-house.
The audience at Banner Show will be
limited to Alumna, members of students'
Immediate families, and members of the
college.
The most recent Infirmary reports show
a total of 102 Influenza cases since the
beginning of college; 57 cases were in the
Infirmary, 28 in the halls, and 17 at home.
LANTERN NIGHT PROVES
FRESHMEN'S POWER OF
SONG
Excellent Rhythm Shown by Both
Classes in Cloisters
With blue lanterns twinkling brightly
under the blackness of the sky, the
Sophomores and Freshmen solemnized
Lantern Night in the cloisters last Friday
before a quarantine audience of Faculty
and upperclassmen. Perfect rhythm all
along the line characterized the singing
of both classes. The Sophomore line was
led by M. Foot (song leader) and M.
Smith, and the Freshman line by M.
Krech (song leader) and M. Tyler (presi-
dent).
The Fresbjnen, on the whole, outsang
the Sophomores. Their deep altos blend-
ed effectively with the higher notes to
form a well-modulated whole. They also
achieved an excellent distribution of tone
by placing a few strong voices at the end
of the line, instead of concentrating them
all at the beginning.
1921's   rendering   of   "Pallas   Athene"
was remarkable less for the total effect
than for some of the Individual voices in
It.   Rhythm was gained at the expense of
smoothness, the class pausing at the be-
ginning of every phrase to wait for their
leader to sing the first note.
1922'i  Class  Song
In the college singing under Pembroke
Arch after the ceremony 1922 first sang
their class song.    Written by their Song
Committee to the tune of "O, Wert Thou
in the Cauld Blast," it runs:
"Bryn Mawr. with wisdom's living fire
Through toil severe thou bring'st us
light
That helps us up the rugged way
And leads us on to greater height.
Bless what is good of mind and heart
In '22, that we may gain
A greater strength for deeds of worth.
So shall our torch increase thy flame."
President Thomas Advises New
Freshman Lantern Night Music
In commenting on thjs year's Lantern
Night ceremony. President Thomas In
chapel Monday morning asked whether
ihe music of "Over the Way to the Sacred
Shrine." 1908's class song, traditionally
sung by the Freshmen, could not be al-
tered. She said the words were excel-
lent, but that the music seemed to her
sentimental and Inadequate. President
Thomas praised very highly 1921's sing-
ing of Pallas Athene Thea
She also said that the entrance of the
Sophomores and the exit of the Fresh-
men through the middle of the cloister
door did not seem to her as effective as
through the door of the back cloister.
DRAMATICS NEXT MONTH,
VOTE UNDERGRADUATES
Association Acts on Reports of Musk
and Bulletin Board Committees
Varsity Dramatics will be continued
this year by unanimous vote of the Un-
dergraduate Association, and will consist
of a group of three short plays to be
given on December 13th and 14th. The
Plays chosen at a meeting of the Asso-
ciation last Tuesday, subject to the ap-
proval of President Thomas and the Eng-
lish Department, are: The Six Who Paaa
WhIL Lentils Boll, by Stuart Walker;
The Merry Death, a translation from the
Russian Evreinov, and A Night at an Inn,
by Dunsany.
Nominations for stage manager will be
made by the Varsity Dramatics Commit-
tee, consisting of A. Moore '19, chairman,
D. Pitkin '20, H. Hill '21. and C. Skinner
'22. The election will be at the next meet-
ing of the Undergraduate Association.
Committees on costumes, scenery, etc..
will be appointed at once.
Concerts will be given this year and
financed by a canvass of the college. All
students will be admitted free and a
charge made to outsiders for the benefit
of the Varsity Service Corps.
An alphabetical bulletin board for
notes has been found to be too expensive,
according to the report of the Bulletin
Board Committee, and instead of such a
board an alphabetical paper file will be
placed In Taylor. The bulletin boards in
Pembroke West. Radnor, and Rockefeller
are to be enlarged.
A tax of 25 cents will be levied on each
undergraduate to meet the current ex-
penses of the Association.
BRITISH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
WILL. GIVE ADDRESS HERE NOV. 15
War Chest and Service Corps Pledges To
Be Collected
A British officer. Lieutenant-Colonel
Frank S. Evans. D. S. O. R. O., will speak
at Bryn Mawr November 15th, on "The
Cause for Which We Fight."
Colonel Evans enlisted as a private
in the British Cavalry at the outbreak
of the war. He spent three years and
two months in France, was wounded and
gassed, and rendered unfit for active
service in September, 1917. After many
months In a hospital he was discharged
last April from further war service. He
was mentioned In dispatches from France
for valor and meritorious service. The
National League for Women's Service re-
leased him for the fifteenth of November
to speak here under the War Council.
War Chest and 8ervice Corps pledges
will be distributed a few days before the
lecture and collected immediately after-
wards in the halls.
When requested to speak on his ex-
periences at the front. Colonel Evans re-
fused. sayinK that he could not approve
the common practice of idly amusing au-
diences with tales from abroad, nor that
of making capital of one's life when one
had been fortunate enough to escape with
it.
There will be a charge of twenty-five
cents for the benefit of the Service Corps.
The lecture is acbeduled for eight o'clock
in Taylor on Friday. November 15th
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