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Connecticut College NewsVOL. 6, No. 10 PRICE 5 CENTS

THE EUROPEAN STU-DENTS FUND CAMPAIGN.

$1,101.00 Pledged.

Connecticut College Responds tothe Call.

The conditions extstma among Euro-pean college students and ororessorswere ru-st brought to the attention ofPr-cstdent Marshall by a tetter from Mr.Herbert Hoover, chairman of theAmerican Relief Administration. teutneof' the pitiful. conditions of the in-tellectual population of Central andEastern Europe due to unsettled eco-nomic conditions and the actual scar-city of foodstuff's.An apueat was made to the coueeee

and universities of this country to a.s-gist then- fellow students in. Durone.There are 1(1.0,000men and women, in-cluding professors, who ace in urgentneed or food, fuel, clothing and hous-ing facilities, if they are to con ttn uethen- assocra.taons with the collegesand universities.We, the students of America. a-r-e

under strong obligations to assist thoseinstitutions which have contributed solargely to the technical and culturalknowledge of the civilized world ani!to do all in our power to aid thoseother stud en ts who surely are kept.studying under such distressing con-ditions, only by a rear love of learn-ing.Connecticut College answered thl'

call and immediately fOl'med plans tocarryon the work. Agnes Leahy wasappointed general executiv.a chairmanand captains were chosen in each orthe houses. Funds' were raised notonly by individual subscription but byfood sale, entertainments and concertRgiven by groups of girls and by ca.mpushouSoes.Following are1. Blackstone2. Thames3. Plant4. 'Branford5. -Winthrop6. North Cottage7. Deshon .8. ~losier .9. Thatcher, Nameaug Avenue10, Pl'ospect Street, Williams

'Street, tPost Hill, BroadStreet

11. Commuters .112. Faculty

the amounts raised:.......$104.25

32.00......................................134.50

198.7593.7541.0033.753,0.2532.25

98.0052.50250.00

Total . . $1,101.00------A CH RISTMAS rPLAY TO BE

GIVEN BY THE DRAMATIC CLUB.The Dramatic Club will present

'!The :!'\ativity" at the Christmasparty on Thursday, December 16th.The play is a short but lovely adapt-ation of the old Christmas story. Thesinging of Christmas carols will fol-low this presentation.

On Thursday, December 9th, thecommuters were entertained at din-ner by the Senior hostesses. Bran-ford House was open to all from 7 to 9and after-dinner <;offee was poured byDean Nye and served -in the lounge..Branford's new piano furnished m.usicfor dancing until everyone adjournedto the College Sing at 7, in the gym-nasium.

NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER 15, 1920===============SONG COMPETITION.

Words Due January 12th-Two Prizes $10 Each.

There is to be another Song Com-petition this year although conductedalong somewhat different lines n-omthat of last s{wing. According to thenew plan, the can test will be two-fold, nrst tor words, second for music.music.The words are due Januurv 12th

and on that date the judges will meettc select tho best matertar which hasbeen turned in. Copies or the "win-rung" wor-ds will then be handed tordJ atud ents who wtsu to compete rorthe prize offered tor music fittingthese words. The date on which

music is due will be announced later.Two prizes of $10 each, will be

awarded: one to the most successfulpoet, the ether to the most "bril-liant" composer. The judges, whosenames will be announced later, willreserve the right not to award theprize in either instance if, in theiropinion, the material is not worthy.

Broce the purpose of this competi-tion is to secure brisk, snappy, hu-morous, "catchy" songs, the entriesare limited to songs "in lighter vein,"than of the urevtous contest.

LAW-MAKING IN CON-NECTICUT.

An interesting meeting of the His-tory Club was held in Branford liv-ing room on wedncedav evening ateight o'clock. l\.In;. F'lot-encc LedyardKitchelt, formerly of the Depart-ment of Citizenship of the Connecti-cut Suffrage Association, spoke to theClub on "The Mechanism of LawMaking in Connecucut.:' As an in-troduction to the talk, Mr-s. Kitcheltemphasized the newly developed op-portunity tor women to contribute toa mOI'O dernocrnttc and efficient codeof laws. Her in te rpr-et a tlon of thetaste that women ha ve undel'taken isthat as co-workel's with men theircontribution should be supplementarybecause of a conscio.usness of needsand demands of society which theyout of their experience can grasp.Basing her knowledge upon closo ob-set'vation at the State Capitol duringthe last three years, she was able toanalyze with unusual clearness theopportunities as well as the defectsof the mechanism of government as itworks today. The sl1eakel' held theclose interest of hel' audience, com-bining with an intelligent grasp ofnersubject, an attractive and compellingpet'sonality. It Is the plan of the His-tory Club to presen t a program forthe year with the desire of develop-ing an interest In service of this kindas young women go out from college.

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CONNECTICUT COLLEGELIBRARY.

December 6, 1920.Dear Santa Claus:The Library needs the following

books. In case you do not havethem in your p~ck perhaps you couldwhisper a wonl to some of yourfriends who might 'be pleased to re-member the College Library atChl'istmas or New Yeal"s or any con-venient time.The Letters of William James; The

Outlines of History, by H. G. 1Yells;A Cycle of Adams Letters, edited byWorthington Ford; Athena, a Year-book of the Learned WOI'ld; Patter-son's American Educational Di-rectory; a good edition of Poe, pref-erably Scribner's; Irving's works,published by Putnam; some of theeariler novels of Henry James, The~ltar of the Dead, or The Lesson ofthe :'liastel' ; The Poems of EmilyDickinson; The Poems of EdwardRowland Sill. C. C. L.

SERVICE LEAGUE PLANSYEAR'S CAMPAIGN.

'Phe Service League has started itsveara work .in a most thorough andin tet-eat lng- manner. The Orr-rcamnusCommittee will concentrate its efforton the Chlkh-ena xrovtes. and withthis as a nucleus the officers hone tobe able to leave a definite field of worktor all future "Leaguer-s.' The "mov-ies" aJ'ehelc1 ever-y other Saturdayafternoon and at least stxtv girls arewanted to act as guardians and to heluentertain the children.' 'I'hts is oneway in which all students can showtheir interest and render active service.Immediat.ely after the Christma!'l

holidays the League will start a veri-table "knitting bee," wit'f1 the PUl"l)OSf>of !ceeJ}'ing ch'lL1 winter a\\13,y l\'omsmall. and heretofore unmittened.hands of children who venture toschool in all sorts of weather. Yarnwill be supplied, and hours for PUl'-chasing will be posted. As this worl,cannot be SUCOE'ssfulunless a numberof girls interest themselves in it.everyone is urged 'to buy and knit.The League is also to act. as an

organization, in ulTanging fol' meansof entertainment at nearby hospitalsand sanitariums. Already through th<,efforts of this benevolent body. thE'Mandolin Club has gone to CrescentBeach Hospital to entertain the chil-dren.Through the International Commit.-

tee a letter has been sent to Mis'SKJ~thryn HUlbert, at Beirut College.Syria, our only representative abroad.asking her for any suggestions asto work which the League mightundertake in the Far East. Alsothis committee plans to investigateconditions among the Mountain Whitef;;of the South, with the hope of sendin~books and clothing to them. or helpingin other possible ways.An arrangement has been made with

Pl'esident Marshall for conferences tobe held with him the first Sundavevening of the month, at which anysubject of campus or world interestma~- be discussed. The first meetine-was held on Sunday evening. December5th, with seventy-t'\\1D gil'ls prese-ntand more requesting to join, 'Planswere made for definite meetings andthe girls offered suggestions for sub-jects which they would like to havediscussed during the coming' winter.President Marshall spoke On "'VVhat.Receiving a Degree IShould Mean toa College Student," and expressed hisideas as to just "hat a girl should

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REMEMBER THIS DAn~JANUARY FOURTH.

Dr. Devine Will Speak.The college has been particularly

fortunate in again having securedDr. Edward T. Devine, known as theDean of Social work, a:> the Convo-cation speaker on January 4th, theday on which college reopens atterthe holidays. His subject will be"American Ideals."1"01' over twenty years, Dr, Devine

has been one of the foremost person-.ali ties in social work in America, ac-tively connected with the inceptionand development of various impor-tant movements, and with emergencyretrer of various kinds in widely dis-tant places in Europe and America.As teacher, lecturer, and writer, hehas contributed substantially tobuil ding up the literature of socialwork and to developing courses ofinstruction in social economics, bothfor the general student and as u-atn-ing for social wor-k as a profession.He is now associate-editor of tho"Sur-vey" of which he was formerlyeditor.Dr. Devine was the special repre-

sentative of the American Red Crossin charge of r-ouer in San Franciscoafter the great fire of 1906 and dur-ing the years of 1tl17-18 he was incharge of the Bureau of Relief andRefugees of the American Red Crossin France, He was one of the found-ers of the National Child Labor Com-mittee, and in 1912 was chairman ofthe Committee on Industrial Rela-tions for the first part of its existence.Since his return from IFl'ance he hasbeen free to engage in general lec-tUring thl'oughout the country andhe has lectured at Carleton ,College.Tl"inity, Vassar, New York School ofSocial 'York, Illinois Federation ofWoman's Clubs, before the chambersof commerce of many large -cities, be-sides having been frequently calledupon to advise all special problems inconnection with the development ofsocial worl( in different parts of thecountry.·Several of his books are in our li-

brary and have been read by in ter-ested students. Among the bestknown of his works are: The XonJlallAte, i\H~el"l' aud Its ('a uses. The P1'ill-ciJl7e8 ot Relief. and DisaQlcll 801dier~alld. Sailol"s.

COME OUT.Mr. Weld hopes that we may be-

come a "singing college." In my op-inion there is no college anywherebetter fitted to become a "singingcollege" than Connecticut.The whirring, rushing wind makes

us want to sing. At BlackstoneHo-use "get-to-gethers" we sing.Walking arm and arm about campuswe stilI find ourselves breaking intoshort snatches of song. But, whatdo we sing! "~1rs Shady!" "Keepon Hopin'!" and the ever-present"Smiles!" These are all fne enough.but a "singing college" wants andshould have its own college-talentsongs, that live with the zest and en-thusiasm of the girls who know ourcollege. We don't want to say any-thing about the prizes that will beoffered for the three best songs. We

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THE PRINCESS WHOCOULD NOT PRAY.

Once upon a time there was a kingwho had one child. This child was adaughter, a Princess whose hair waslike pale silk and whose white handsthe moon had kissed. Slender, shewas, and light as a wind-tossed flower.All the people of the kingdom careddeeply for their Princess, and herfather, the king, loved her with a verygreat love. But in the heart of theking there dwelt an eternal sorrow,for, though she was good and pure, thePrincess worshipped not the gods ofher father. The king was a righteousman and daily he prayed that thePrincess might believe, and that shemight be forgiven her one sin, For,in the eyes of the king, she had onesin, She danced! And because shedanced he grieved and mourned forher. And although the Princess lovedhim with all her heart at the sound ofthe lute or the harp, at the lilt of asong, or even at the lark's melody shedanced.The king held ceep in his heart one

hope. Someday a young Prince wouldcome and then, he thought, thePrincess would forget her dancing andremember her father's gods.!One day with a clattering of steel

and a fluttering of banners, the youngPrince came. He went to the king,and doffing his plumed bat. and bow-ing tow, he spoke thus:"Uh, King!" he said, "I have come

to you that 1 may ask the hand atyour daughter in marriage. My landsare broad and tail', my people klnd-and in my heart there sings a mightylove, so loud it sings! I hardly knowhow you can hear my words above thesong!""Prince," said the ktng , "In my

kingdom it is the custom for the royalPrincess at her betrothal ceremonyin the temple to orter a prayer. bothtov herself and tor her betrothed. )Iydaughter will not pray. If you canmake her pray, her hand is yours!"Then the Prince went to the Princess

and told her of his love. and of thewords or the king.She answered him, "Beloved, my

heart is as full of love as the butter-cup of sunshine, or the oriole's throatof song, All my love is yours, surelyout of its depths I shall find words withwhich to Dra}' at my betrothal feast."When the Prince kissed and left her,

the Princess ran out into the gardento dance to the blossoms, and to abuttel'fly fluttering in the flowers,On the day of her betrothal a great

fear grew in the heart of the Princess,\Vhen the time had come and shewaited outside the temple doors rorthe solemn march to begin she feltthat she could endure it no longer.There were no words at her commandwhen she most needed words to winher Prtnce. As the first chords of themarch throbbed in the air the Princesscaught her breath in terror, then shesaw hovering near the' little butterflyfrom her garden, and she took it inher hand and sobbed."Oh, Little Buttel~f1y! Little brother,

help me now or I must lose my Prince,for 1 cannot pray."The buttet'fly flew from her pale

hand in tl1l'ough the open window ofthe great temple, Up to the organ itfluttered, its wing-s catching light rromthe tall windows! The organist sawit, and the great chords died under hisfingers. Quick as the butterfly's wingsthe music leapt through the temple-The Princess, waiting outside theheavy doors felt in her heart the re-sponse. She loved, and the music wascalling. Into the hush and the dimlight she slipped and stood for a mo-ment listening. The crowds of people,the white-robed priests, her father, theking, she did not see at n.ll. The musicwas a torrent Or silver notes pouringthrough the silence. Moonlight shesaw-the glint or frosted branches, andpoppies bowing low before the wind,And so she danced, danced like thethistle's silvery down, swift-blown,danced like a nymph who has knownlove. With her slim arms high aboveher head she leapt, and turned, andleapt again. And when the music diedshe knew what she had done, and shedropped on the marble floor, and herhait, spread out like a pool of gold,gleamed in the light of many candles.In the terrible silence the king arose.

·White-faced, he was. and full of painand wrath!"Princess," he said, "you came into

the temple of my Gods td pray!"But the Princess, lying as one dead

upon the marble floor, stirred not, andhis voice faded into echoes throughthe stillness.Then from his place before the altar

the wise man of the kingdom rose. Hewas very old! He had known theking's father and the king's grand-father, and his hair was silvery white.-VVith a voice like the voice of theorgan he cried aloud:"Reverend Sir! Most mighty king!

Chide her not! For Io! I say untoyou-the Princess has prayed!"There was silence again, and the

king looked long at the hushed facesof his people, and at the Princess lying

at his feet, and slowly he bowed hishead.Then the young prince ran forward

and lifted tne Princess gently to herfeet, and the butterfly flew quteuv outinto the sunlight! C. l!-'. '2-1,

FACULTY KIDDIOSYN-CRASIES.

AMONG THE "CORN·FLAKES.'~).1y father wears wniskers and is

almost bald. 'Lhe cbtm ren were onlyaccustomed to seeing clean-shavenmen so this way of wearing the hairstruck them as peculiar. WhenEwart was about four she remarked,"Gr-a.nd papa wears whiskers allaround hIS head but it isn't filled ontop."Joyce, when she W:l.S about the

same age, pointed a [at forefinger ac-cusingly at him and said, "Grand-papa, vou'se a funny man, you is.You wears your old cur-iv-wurhee allround you:' old chin,"

'wuen Ewart was three 1 took herto churcn for the rlrsc time, She wasvery good and joined in the singing,softly, I listened and finding she wassinging "Jesus Loves Me," let her goon, although we were singing some-thing else. After chur-ch her fathertold her he had seen from the pulpithow geed she had been, and 1 saidthat she had helpe.t us sing, too.Fn.th er, "And what did you stng ?"Ewart, "Oil I sang, 'Jesus Loves

Me,' and 'Sing a Song of Cities,' and"worktng on the Railroad,' and'what's th-e Mattei' Wlth Fa tber, He'sAll Right.'''

We were staying at my moth-er's, and she had in the billiardroom a double trundle bed on theupper half of which Paul slept. Themosquitoes were very bad that yearand one night Paul got out of bed,pulled out the lower part or the bedand slept on the bare s!wings, Heexplained gravely that this leas toeheat Ihe 1II0Sf/lIi10IJIl (/S of course theywouldn't think he would sleep thereand would look for him on the othel'part of the bed 'tchcl'c Ow bed-clothesWCl'e.

Winift'ed when she was just begin~ning to read at family prayers madethe following mistakes:"And they tied Paul up with tongs

(thongs)""And she ate and stuffed (suf-

ficed) ""The LOI'd is my shield and my

buckeL"F'ather, explaining, "Buckler."Winifred trying again, "'l'he Lord is

my shield and my butler,"

Vivien has a bad habit of forgettingto [old us her napkin. One day in herSunday lesson with her father shehad the text "Be ready," and he toldher she should "Be ready" to fold upher napkin and that if Satan told herto leave it unfolded she should tellhim she was "ready" to fold it up,This greatly tickled Vivien and sheremem'bered at the next meal andfo!ded it up. Then she turned to meand said, "There! I just told SatanJ was ready Lhat time and I didn'tobey him, and he said, 'Huh!' I'mbeing good today, I never told you notto,"

Limerick on the word "),'1onk" madeby Ewart at the age of seven:There once was an ancient old monkWho ever from sorrow had shrunk 'One day he was sad 'Said I'm not very gladFor I'VA ju~t found the home of a

Skunk!

Vivien dramatically telling stOliesto her dolls:"And the giant's wife seized little

Francis, and the baby took a carving

knife and killed the giant's wife. Thebaby was very kind to little Francisto kill the giant' wire."Mother, ·'.But, vtvten, how could a

baby kill a giant's wife?"Vivien, -weu it was rattier a lUl'fjc

baby,"xtotber, "But even a large baby.

How could even a large baby kill agiants wife?"vtvten. -weu, it was rather a

small 9ialll."

"JUST DAVID"-AND AMOS.Amos rushing in disconsolate,

"David says he hates me and he andOttvor won t let me play with them,"Mother, "wen just you go out and

give David a piece of your mind."Amos, "Where is it?"::\Iothel', "What?"Amos, "The mind, I want a piece,

too!"David, as he gazes wra pt at Amos

who sits reading Alice-in- WOllde,.{undin his own peculiar fashion, "Listento Amos, Daddy. he is so spontane-ous."

MARTHA HAS THE RIGHT IDEA!Martha Brinkerhoff, coming in

from horse-back riding, "My, myflanks ache," Martha also wished toknow why people in the east do notpronounce their "i-'s.'

WHEN IRA WAS A LITTLE BOY.He was reading to Aunty from rug

little school histor-y and was at theperiod just preceding the civil war."The North was full of rumors," heread. "Do you nmder-stand that?""Oh, yes,' said Ira. "Then tell mewhat rumors are." "They're peoplewho take their meals somewhereelse!" .

ABOUT THE BAUERS.Cary Bauer, whose Teutonic name

was the cause of consideraJ)le uneasi-ness to her during the war was o'bligeuto undergo a blood test. She show~dplainly that she was very much ''''01'-ried in the doctor's presence dur-ing the test, I)ut said nothing. Asshe left the office, and the door clos"cl,she grasped her mother's hand andWhispered, "Mother!' the doctor did-n't find any German blood, did he?"

William, .Jr. (meetln'g an unknownstudent) "How are you Loday?"StUdent, "Rotten, thank you!"·William, Jr, (somewhat ,puzzled)

"Rotten ? Oh, I, know' whatyou mean, you feel like a soft pota-to!"

(William, Jr. had been imitatingsome goats he had seen and heardthat day, until it annoyed those abouthim,) Mother, "That will do nowWilliam, we have had enough ~f thos~noises,",ViIJiam, Jr" ''But why, Mother?

Daddy does it; why can't I do it?"Mother. "No, you are wrong, Will-

iam, Daddy does not make suchnoises."William, Jr., "Well, anyway, Daddy

is a Billy, isn't he?"

" 'Peering into a bowl of gold-flsh,-See the fishie's tOes mavin'!';"That is the fj'sh's tail dear,""Oh, the fishies got his toes in his

tail. Didn't he'?"

HISTORY CLUB PLANS.The January meeting of the His~

tory Club will be devoted to the dra-matic presentation of outstandingphases and characters of the FrenchRevolution, This program is the" re-sult of the review by one of theclasses in history, of that particularp~riod of history and its comparisonWIth the present revoLutionary con-diti,ons of the world, Very brief his~torlCal sketches, given by members ofthe Club, will precede each of the

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tableaux presented. The meeting willbe held in the gymnasium at the 7o'clock hour and all the students ofthe college arc invited to attend.

'So K. NOEL.------

REINDEER HOOFS.There is a peculiar atmosphere in

Branford these days. It is one of mys-tery. good cheer and hurried prepara-lions. Sometimes one might eventhink she heard the rattle of tissuepaper, or saw an end of red ribbonhustled out of sight. It seems thatthere is a party on foot. No oneknows exactly what kind, but we arereasonably sure that there will be aChristmas tree in the lounge, and itis rumored that Santa Claus is mak-ing an extra trip about the middle ofthe week.

COME OUT.IConcht(kd from palJ~ I, column /,).

should write for the love and the joyof the writing, not for a prize. How-ever, we realize the commercial atti-tude of the times, and that manyworldly creatures must be coaxed wilhcain. Thus the abasement of ournjeats, and we will say that twoprizes will be awarded, one for thebest words, and the second tor thebest music,Come out for the prizes! Come out

because you want to sing your loveof us, our games, our life! ,BUT,COME OUT! L. H. '24.

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FACULTY NOTES.On the afternoon of ::\Ionday, De-

cember 6th, President xtarshatt spokeat the xrertden High School, and lateraddressed the College Club of xtert-den, On January 5th he will lectureon "The Spirit of America-A Visionand a Purpose," before the woman'sClub of Stamford.

xttss Anna xrorse, graduate studentat Yale, was the guest of xrtss Robin-son over the first week -end in De-cember.

)O'liss Dederer has joined the Wom-an's Club of 'xew London.

::\1rs. Noel and :'\1iss Julia 'remerhave become members of the Daugh-ters of the American Revolution.

On Tuesday evening, November30th, members of the faculty wereinvited by the College Club of NewLondon to attend a reception given atthe Newcomb home in honor of Ed-win Markham. Mr. Mark ham read"The Man with the Hoe" in a mostcharming manner.

Mr. James Hislop and Mr-, Edgarand Mr. Lewis, of Lewis & Co., wereamong tbe visitors at the Pottery Ex-hibit on November 29 and 30.

Mrs. Thurston, who spoke at Con-vocation. Tuesday, December 7th,was a school friend of :'11 iss 'VI'ighL

The week of December 6th, MissRector visited Simmons, 'weueelev.and other schools and colleges aroundBoston for the purpose of investiga-ting their systems of household man-agement.

Dean Nye, Ml·S. Noel, Miss DIad::,Miss Dickerson and Mlss Sher-er at-tended a meeting of th e New Eng-land Association of Colleges and Sec-ondary Schools in Boston the week-end of December 4th. Ex-PresidentElliott of Harvard was one of thespeakers at the banquet.

The Board of Trustees has invitedthe members of the faculty to dinnerin Thames Hall at 5.45 on Fr-Iday, De-cember 17th.-----

FACULTY DOINGS.Most of us know, or try to keep in

touch with, the activities of our fac-ulty during the year, but of how theypass the rest of their time, we knowlittle. Here are a few items concerningtherr plans for the Christmas holi-days.

Miss Ernst will be in Boston withrelatives 'where she will spend thegreater part of her time in perfectingher new book. which is to be sent toBrussels on January first for publi-cation.

:....rtss Rector will spend most of the

time in Boston, but on ChristmasDay she will be at home in Paw-tucket. Rhode Island.

::\1iss Black will visit in Cincinnatiand St. Louis,

--Dean Xye will spend the greater

part of the time here, varying theholidays only by attending conven-tions at "New York and Baltimore.

:\Iiss Robinson will be either in An-napolis or in New Haven.

:Uiss Lovell will first go to NewYork where she will attend severalclasses in office practice, and then sheis intending to visit in Ithaca, 1'. Y.,where she taught commercial sub-jects in the High School from 1909to 1915.Miss "Walters will visit her family

in Washington, D. C., and may alsoattend a reunion of the students inthat vicinity who have been at'wood's Hole. She now plans to stopat Goucher College and go thr-oughthe Zoology laboratory there,

Miss Patten will be in Duningham,New York.

Miss Slawson will be in New Lon-don for the ru-st part of the vacationand will brighten the last of the hol-idays with a short trip to New York.

Miss Leonard will be at AtlanticHighlands, New Jersey.

Miss Deder-et will be in New Yorkfor pa r-t of the time.

On December 28th, 20th, and 30th,Miss Cary will attend the AnnualMeeting of the Modem Language As-sociation at Vassar.

Mrs. Noel will be at "Vest Point fora few days. and will then visit friendsin Philadelphia and Washington.

MI'. Bauer will take part in theChristmas services at the SecondCongregational Church in New Lon-don.Mlss 'White will visit Grace Cock-

ing-s '19, [or a few days.

Miss Southworth will probably beat 'wanham. ::\OIassachusetts, for theholidays.Miss Sherer will be in Petersham,

Massachusetts. ---Miss Colby will visit in northern

New Hampshire.----,----

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OLD MAN 0' THE COALS.Dancing firelight flickers out into

the soft, warm darkness of this bigroom; cos)' war-mth radiates from theglowing logs, as they softly sing andcrackle.Contentedly I rock my big chair,

snugly warm and comfortable with-in its cushioned arms.Outside, the wind whistles and

shrieks around the house as thoughit were resentful of the snug, warmcomfort within the closed door anddrawn shutters. With great gusts ofits chill breath it btows whirling eddiesof whispering, swishing snowflakesagainst the windows as a great curiousdog snuffles and sniffs at the closedcrack of a tightly shut door. Then,furious that it cannot gain entrancefor the tiniest icy flake, it goes rag-ing on its way howling with fury anddisappointment, leaving its frostysnowflakes to whimper and whisperrestlessly on the accommodating sills.The great crackling logs chuckle

and glow with triumph and snugglecloser to their warm beds of ashes.I, too, laugh quietly into the cushionsof my big chair and sink drowsily intotheir depths.I am waiting for you, Old Man 0'

the Coals!Suddenly with a muffled report and

a shower of sparks you spring fromthe red coals and perch on one of theshining andiron tops, YOU)' old whitehead thrown back in impertinent, rol-licking merriment.Always you are the same-your

round, jovial self filled to the brimwith laughter and glee and your wise,shaggy head filled with new ideas foran entirely new jaunt in the big rock-ing-chair. You slip nimbly off thebrass knob of the andiron and dancegrotesquely toward me-just as youare dancing now-your finger placedwisely on your nose, one merry eyea c twin kling- and the other closed inan elfish wink.No, not so rast! I'm not forgetting

your song-I was just about to men-tion it! With each visit it varies.Tonight it runs how? Old Man 0' theCoals?

"You're off tonight for Japan,Heigh-a!

You and this little old man,HJeigh-o!"

With your last "heigh-o" you areastride the arm of my chair, youragile elfin self a-rocking with glee, aswe are whirled away, out of thefl icker-Ing- fire-light.We pass through the storm, 'tis

true, but with a snap of your tinyfingers great clouds of white snow-flakes .halt round about us, partinghumbly to let us pass untouched bytheir frosty onslaught.Boldly you laugh in the face of the

north-wind, as he bears down uponus, shrieking with anger and fury be-cause his angry biting and snappingcannot reach us,The howling grows fainter, the

humble snowflakes grow fewer. Sud-denly your ragged beard and hair area-shine with sunlight!Bright feathered birds flit by your

saucy nose, their tiny throats a- throb-bing with song as merry as your own.

A pink petal flutters softly into yourbeard, another brushes by your laugh-ing mouth,"cnerrv-btossoms, you sa)', Old xtan

0' the Coals?"Abrim with laughter and mischief

you answer me by plunging us intotheir pinkness and perfu me, and wearise all covered with their Iragt-anceand pink loveliness.Scattering a shower of petals as we

whirl on, we peep down into song-filled gardens, tiny bamboo and paperhouses, and on the shining blacknessof sleek heads. We hear the clickand scuffle of sandatled feet and thesoft throaty mur-murfng s of a strangetongue. Brown faces tilt curiously asthey hear the whir over-head, and al-mond eyes widen with astonishmentas they see nothing stranger than theblueness of the sky. Perhaps reas-sured with the thought that a shim-mering, colorful humming-bird hadwhizzed between their slow vision andthe dazzling s·unlight they trip bus-ily on.Picturesque temples, narrow, busy

streets filled with color and life andthe soft rumble of hurrying jinriki-shas drawn by basin-hatted, nimble-footed beings-all th'Is is before me!Softly the amused chuckle of my

elfin gent rouses me from my ab-sorption in the color and interest be-low.We seem to be rising breathlessly

on a sunbeam, whirling into the sun'svery depths, Dazzled, warm, startled,I jolt suddenly to a stand-stnt, gaz-ing straight into the heart of theglowing embers of the fire.Did I hear you laugh, Old Man 0'

the Coals. or was it the dull shuffleof the charred logs as they fall intothe ashes?And. did I see one last flutter of

your shaggy beard? But 110, there itis again, just a flicker of a yellow-white flame! C. H. '24.

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(Concludedj1·{jm nooe 1, cnlumn S.)know before receiving a deg-ree, Theinterest and enthusiasm of the stud-ents promise to make these conrer-ences a great sucess.Another phase of the work of t'hf>

League, in which we are all partrctnat-ing-or should be-at the present timeis doll-dress-maJdng for the Cnrtstn-dora Settlement House kiddies, Lnstyear the same thing was done, to theun toi-getable joy of dozens of utnepeople who might otherwise never havehad a dolly. So this vear a snectateffort has been made to have as larg-ea number sent as possible. At leasta -hundr-ed and fifty have been a.lr-eadvpurchased and are being dressed forChristmas gifts to these little NewYork children.

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