College News, 1920-01-30, Vol. 06, No. 14

              ALUMNAE ISSUE
The College News
Volume VI.    No. 14
BRYN MAWR, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920
Price 5 Cents
4 CITIES WELCOME MISS TAFT
ON TOUR FOR ENDOWMENT
Political  Organizations,   Clubs   and
Schools Vie in Honoring Her
"Please don't ask me about politics
first," Acting President Taft is quoted as
saying to a Chicago reporter. "I do so
want to emphasize the need for the Bryn
Mawr endowment fund which the Alum-
nate Association is trying to raise."
Welcomed by college clubs and suf-
frage leagues; photographed as "the
youngest college president." cathechised
as to her political views, Miss Taft left
behind her an enthusiastic Middle West
when she ended her speaking tour for
the Two-Million-Dollar Fund last Mon-
day. Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansas City were the cities visited.
A tea at Hotel Gibson, in Cincinnati.
Saturday, January 17. was Miss Taft's
first engagement on the trip. Catharine
Anderson, '06, had charge of the ar-
rangements.
In Chicago she was the guest of Har-
riot Houghteling, '07. Margaret Ayer
Barnes (Mrs. Cecil Barnes), '07, gave a
dinner in her honor, and Marion Scott,
Ml. a tea. She spoke at a luncheon of
Bryn Mawr Alumnae at the Fortnightly
Club, Wednesday. January 21. and the
next day at the College Club. She was
entertained by President and Mrs. Jud-
son, of the University of Chicago, and
also by Professor and Mrs. James Field.
Addresses Crowded Ballroom in St Louis
At a tea given by the League of Wom-
en Voters in St. Louis, on Friday, Mid
Taft addressed a capacity audience in
the ballroom of Hotel Statler on the
"Preparation of Women for Political Ef-
fectiveness." She also attended a lunch-
eon given in her honor by the Associa-
tion of Collegiate Alumnae and the Col-
lege Club, and spoke at the Town Club
and at Mary Institute. While in St.
Louis Miss Taft was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Gregg. Emily West-
wood Lewis (Mrs. Joseph W. Lewis) en-
tertained her at luncheon; Mr. and Mrs
Gregg gave a reception in her honor
Friday night, and Dr. and Mrs. H. W.
Loeb a dinner at the University Club.
Arriving in Kansas City Miss Taft on
Monday morning delivered the opening
lecture at a School of Citizenship. She
was the guest of honor at a luncheon of
400 given by the Association of Colle-
giate Alumnae, and had dinner at the
men's Knife and Fork Club. In Kan-
sas City she was the guest of Margaret
Nichols Hardenbergh (Mrs. Clarence
Hardenbergh), '05.
Victory Chair Gifts $71,585
$71,585 has been raised to date for the
Victory Chair. Of this $8000 was given
in the class collections for 1918; $49,-
315.08 in 19t9; $10,820.96 in 1920, and
$3449 in pledges.
It will be recommended at the Alum-
nae meeting that the Victory Chair be
made part of the Two Million Dollar
Fund.
DANCING AND VILLAGE SPORTS
TO BE PROMINENT AT MAY DAY
ENDOWMENT DINNER HELD IN
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA
PRES.  NEILSON  URGES  ENDOWMENT
IN TALK AT PHILA. COLLEGE CLUB
"The Future of the Privately Kndowed
College" was the subject of an address
by President William A. Neilson. of
Smith, before the Philadelphia College
Club last Tuesday. Representatives of
six colleges raising Endowments spoke
afterwards, among them Gertrude Ely.
'99, for Bryn Mawr.
Declaring that he was not proud of
the record of his sex in voting. Presi-
dent Neilson emphasized the fact that
colleges train women to be "politically
intelligent" and as such deserve the sup-
port of the  nation.
President N'eilson was in Bryn Mawr
Tuesday and Wednesday as the guest of
Louise Congdon Francis (Mrs. Richard
Francis). '00.
Add lnflMMtial Maahars to Natlooal Co*
�IttM for  EadowaioaL
Seven more prominent men and women
t_\e   accepted   membership  on   the   N'a-
Old Morality to Be Given on Wagon;
"Jepthas Daughter" on Library Steps
May Day this year will combine all
the beauty of past May Days with a num-
ber of effective innovations. "Nothing
could be more beautiful than the May
Day which I saw in 1906," Mrs. Otis
Skinner, who is directing the pageant
this year, told a reporter. "The campus,
however, gets more beautiful every year.
The ivy in the cloister is now surpass-
ingly beautiful. There really is no col-
lege campus like Bryn Mawr for an old
English May Day."
"Robin Hood" and other plays tradi-
tional to May Day will be given. "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" will be per-
formed in the hollow, "St. George and
the Dragon" in the angle of Pembroke
East, the "Old Wives' Tale" in the sec-
ond hollow, and "The Masque of Flow-
ers" in the cloister.
An old morality, "The Nice Wanton,"
will be given by the graduates, on a
wagon, something not attempted here
before. "Jeptha's Daughter" will be
given by the alumnae on the steps of
the library.
Much will be made this year of the
d,nuing and village sports. The greed
about the May poles will be kept active
throughout the day. Jeanette Peabody,'19.
will help with the folk and Morris danc-
ing.
That the two classes which missed
M.i\ Day on account of the war might
be asked to take charge of the booth for
tea, is a suggestion of Mrs. Skinner's
whi.h will be taken up by the chairman
of the May Day committee and the
president   of   the   Alumnae   Association
Two performances have been decided
upon, but the date has not yet been set.
AUTHOR  OF  "PARIS  VISTAS'TO  GO
ON  LECTURE TOUR
Helen Davenport Gibbons (Mrs. Her-
bert Gibbons), ex-'06, author of "Paris
Vistas," will deliver lectures next year
on her experience abroad under the man-
agement of the  Pond   Lyceum   Bureau.
Mrs. Gibbons went through the Adana
massacres of 1909, lived through the Ital-
ian and Balkan wars in Constantinople,
and was in Paris at the time of the air
raids and bombardments. In 1914 she
founded the layette work in France,
"Sauvons les Bebes," distributing in
three years from her studio in Paris
nearly five thousand layettes.
From the entry of the United States
into the war Mrs. Gibbons devoted her
time to the American soldiers, lectured
to them and danced with them. Her
chateau in St. Nazaire became the fa-
mous "Little Gray Home in France."
t'onal Committee of the Two Million
Dollar Endowment Drive. They art
Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Mrs. Ira Couth
Wood, and Mrs. Frank H. Scott, of Chi
cago; George W. Perkins, Miss Harriett
Bradford,  of   Stanford   University.
St Louis Reports $15,000 in Pledges
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan Organize
Knthusiastic reports from a number
of districts tell of preliminary events to
arouse interest in the Endowment. Only
one district, St. Louis, reports a spe-
cific amount pledged.
Philadelphia and New York have been
most active in the past two weeks, Phil-
adelphia giving a dinner to ex-Presi-
dent Taft; New York, two dinners to
get together  the   New York alumnae.
NEW  ENGLAND
Professor Leuba presented the need for
the Endowment Fund at a special meet-
ing of the Boston Bryn Mawr Club De-
cember 29.
On January .1 Mrs. Slade came from
New York to address a meeting called
at the home of Elizabeth Higginson
Jackson (Mrs. Charles Jackson), ''.17, to
open the campaign in New England.
Margaret Graham Blaine, '13, has ac-
cepted the chairmanship for New Eng-
land. Marjorie Young, '08, is chairman
of publicity for New England. Sylvia
Scudder Bowditch (Mrs. Ingersoll Bow-
ditch), '01, chairman for Massachusetts,
and Elizabeth Higginson Jackson (Mrs.
Charles Jackson), '!)7, chairman of Po-
tential Donors for Boston.
Headquarters are at M7 Boylston
street,   Boston.
NEW YORK
A press dinner with Act inn-president
Taft as speaker was given at the New
York Bryn Mawr Club January 15. Miss
Taft's address was quoted in newspapers
all over the country, from Buffalo to
Denver.
line hundred and fifty liryn UlWl
alumnae attended a luncheon at the Cod
mopolitan Club January -'��. Mrs. Slade,
Mr. John Price Jones and Helen Daven-
port Gibbons (Mrs. Herbert Gibbon->
ex-'OO, were among the speakers. Louise
Fleischman Maclay (Mrs. A. B. Maclayl.
'06, who has accepted the chairmanship
for New York. Connecticut and New Jer-
sey, presided. Barbara Spofford Mor-
gan (Mrs. Shepard Morgan), 'on, chair-
man of estimates for the district. Raw a
detailed account of tin- plans for work.
A map was used to show the different
district-   with   their  chairmen.
New names added to the personnel of
the district are: Marguerite Jones, ex-'15,
publicity representative; Helen Howell
Moorhead (Mrs. J. J. Moorhead). '04.
chairman of speakers' bureau; Eleanor
Wallace Looinis (Mrs. Henry I.norms i.
"0:i. treasurer; Helen Annan Scribncr
(Mrs. Arthur Scribner), 'Ul. chairman of
Potential Donors for New York state.
PHILADELPHIA
Ex-President Taft was the guest of
honor and principal speaker at a dinner
given at the Ritz-Carlton Wednesday
evening by Gertrude Ely, '99, chair-
man of the Philadelphia branch tor the
Endowment. President Neilson, "i
Smith College: Mi>- Caroline F EL
Spurgeon, LL. D, representing the Fed-
eration of English University Women
and Caroline McCormick Slade (Mr- !�'.
Louis Slade). ex-'9<">. were the other
speakers. The guests, numbering about
seventy-live, were friends of Bryn Mawr
College, members of the faculty and a
few  alumnae.
Recent appointments to the   Philadel-
phia    Committee    are    Mary    Christine
Smith,   "14.   secretary,   and   Helen    Wil
liams   Woodall   (Mrs.    John   Woodall).
'98,  treasurer
(Continued on  page 5)
Endowment Reaches $107,000
Contributions to the Two Million Dol-
lar Endowment stand at $107,000 at the
hour of going to press. Mr. Asa S. Wing,
treasurer for the fund, reports that $69,-
000 of this amount is in cash and $38,000
in pledges.
This $107,000 is exclusive of the Vic-
tory Chair fund, which is in the hands
of the Alumnae.
ALL ALUMNAE  IN PEM. WEST
ON ACCOUNT OF QUARANTINE
Luncheon Saturday in Pembroke�
Buffet Supper in Gym. with Pres.
Taft and Dean Smith Speakers
With two hundred and fifty alumnae
expected on the campus this week-end
for their annual meeting, a serious prob-
lem confronted the wardens when an
influenza quarantine was declared Tues-
day against students going to Phila-
delphia and New York. All the alumnae.
it was stated, must be put in one
hall, Pembroke West, from which the
undergraduates will be moved. The
Pembroke dining room will also be re-
served for the alumnae, the undergradu-
ates left in Pembroke East taking their
meals in other halls.
Luncheon on Saturday will be served
in Pembroke instead of i" Rockefeller.
Each class hopes for a large number of
recruits. Those who plan to come arc
asked to notify Mi-- Martha Thomas
immediately on arriving.
Instead of the dinner in Pembroke
Saturday night, a buffet supper will be
served in the gymnasium. Acting-Pres-
ident Taft will welcome the alumnae and
Data Smith will recount how the col-
lege i- affected by the campaign.
Dr. Spnrgeon'a address will be given
a- -clieduled at B.30  in  the chapel.
ALUMNAE WILL HEAR DISTRICT RE-
PORTS ON WORK  FOR ENDOWMENT
Progre-s of the different districts in
their work for the Endowment will be
reported by the district chairmen at the
Alumnae Meeting Saturday afternoon.
The district- will be represented as fol-
lows:
New England, excluding Connecticut,
Margaret   Blaine.  'IS,
New York, including Connecticut and
New Jersey, Louise Flcischmann Maclay,
'06.
Pennsylvania, including Delaware..
Elizabeth Kirkbride. '96; Gertrude Ely,
'99, as chairman for Philadelphia, and
Marion Reilly, '01, as chairman of can-
vasser-.
District of Columbia, including Mary-
land. Virginia and West Virginia, Amy
Steiner, '99: E. Buckner Kirk. '16. on pub-
Im n\
Southern States, Julia Duke Henning
i Mrs. Samuel Henning). '97.
Ohio. Ruth Strong Strong, '03; Marie
\\ mg. ii7. state organizer; Gwendolyn
Kawson. chairman for Cincinnati.
Indiana, Elizabeth Adams Lewis (Mrs.
P.  N. Lew
Michigan, Marianna Buffum Hill (Mrs.
Perry HillV '<�!: Marjorie Green Mulock
(Mrs.   Edwin   Mulock),  '03.
Illinois, including Wisconsin. Minne-
sota and Iowa. Susan Follansbee Hibbard
Mr- William Hibbard). "97; Grace
Clark Wright ( Mrs. Vernon Wright). '98
Missouri, including Arkansas, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas. Anne Rotan Howe
(Mrs. Thorndike Howe). '02. organizer
for Tevii    \imu U   Oubach ,'19. for St.