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igTERESTSof WOMEN
!AMAZONS OF THE SNOW
ARE THE GIRLS OF CANADA
I
SKATING A CHILDHOOD LESSON
Sven the Bough and Tumble of
Hockey Has No Terrors
I for Them
•t ‘
t [Written bv Asrr I.tmax Phu ties for
The Sunday Republican.]
’ You may watch Charlotte twirl on
j her toes in “Hip, Hip, Hooray! ’ with
j your heart coming up into your throat.
J You may tea at the Biltmore where
’ skirts. 14 inches off the ice. undulate
and swirl and sway, weighted by their
; heavy bands of fur. as fair skaters
■ pirouette and cut figure eights and
; twirl on the sharp steel blades. You
' may don skates yourselves ot St
' Nicholas rink and float over the ice
i to the strains of a lilting waltz. But
1 the dull and never ceasing roar of the
’ city, the clang cf the fire engine, the
t shriek of the tug whistle and the rum
i ble of the elevated are sounds accom
' panying all this, sounds from which
’ one can never escape. Then ho! for
< the northland, and the snow white city
3 of Quebec, where Canada’s fair daugh
-1 ters with their rosy cheeks and true
» esprit de vivre are famed as the most
t expert sportswomen on the American
a continent.
i Canadian girls learn to skate and
r snowshoe as soon as they are old
( enough to walk. Almost any day. in
, the governor's garden in Quebec, one
, mav see great shaggy dogs and tiny,
rosy-cheeked kiddies from two years
t old onward, playing in the snow., slid
ing. stumping along on tiny snow
- shoes or sliding down over the big
bump onto Dufferin terrace on their
> first skis. Many a soldier now at the
! front fought his first battle in gov
i ernor's garden—a snow ball battle
' over a fort of glistening snow, under
the verv shadow of the citadel and a ;
' stone's throw from where Wolfe fell. '
’ Bovs and girls together are sent out to i
. play in the new-fallen snow, snugly i
’ wrapped in their tight little red or :
; blue blanket suits, toques and warm ;
knitted leggings, with the inevitable ,
scarfs wound tight about their little
( waists.
And so it is that, almost from in
i fancy . Canadian girls are taught to
1 skate and slide and ski. and to look
upon the coming of winter as the
dawning of a day all their own. Along
with their brothers, they have gone in
for winter sports until now they are
scarcely less expert than the men
themselves, and not a whit less en
thusiastic.
Canadian girls have no rivals in
skating, the world over. True, some
experts like Charlotte and other pro
fessionals who have devoted their en
tire lives to fancy skating, may be
able to come across the footlights with
remarkable stunts. But for real skat
ing—waltzing. figure skating, the
graceful, sinuous, undulating, lazy
skating, the real poetry of motion,
commend the Canadian outdoor girl as
having mastered the art to perfection.
American girls are close seconds, and
at Tuxedo, Poland Springs, the White
mountains and the Adirondacks. one
may see really fine exhibitions of ice
skating. But the Canadian girl leads
through superior skill, and takes
precedence over all the world for her
uniform knowledge of all the joyous
sports of winter.
The Canadian girls have their own
snowshoe clubs, and when they have
donned their gay colored sweaters,
knotted the scarfs tightly around their
waists, covered their saucy heads with
fuzzy knitted caps and put on their
shortest skirts and gayly beaded moc
casins—then they are ready for the
huge bat-winged snowshoes tied on
with thongs of reindeer hide, and are
out and away* to break a crisscross
path across the trackless fields toward i
the hillsup which the pointed fir trees
climb. Set snugly in a miniature for- '
e.st of trees, somewhere a couple of
miles from town, the clubhouse squats
In the snow, a friendly, yellow painted
clubhouse, with open fire within and
Steaming mugs of cocoa and soup aux
pois and meat pie made after a famous
Canadian recipe, and the crisp, nuttv
French crullers and all sorts of good
things to eat, after the brc k tramp
over the glistening snow.
Blanketed for Winter Sports
Despite the craze for knitted fabrics
for sport clothes, the Canadian girl is
pretty loyal to the old Canadian blan
ket costume for her toboggan sliding
and snowshoeing. The heavy, woolen
blankets, gayly striped and warm
hot toast, are made into short, rath-”-
skirts and a snug coat with
tight scarf and toque to match
Knitted stockings of warm wool and
moccasins made by the Indians com
plete tne outfit, not forgetting knitted
gloves which are so much warmer
than any other sort.
But for skiing and skating, the
blanket coats are a bit bulky, and a
warm, wooly sweater is the best bet
!of the Canadian girl. Some of them
wear snug little caps of ermine or
moleskin that cover all but a few
stray wisps of curls that creep out
t 0 frame the rosiest cheeks in all th
world. Fur bands at the bottom of
their wide, swirling skirts are fas
cinating. and the barrel-shaped muffs
into which they tuck their little hands
are quaint and in keeping with the
old-world atmosphere of Quebec.
Nowhere in America, save perhaps
in the Scandinavian colonies at Mil
waukee : nd St Paul, does one see so
many girls on skis as here in Quebec.
On the "Glacis,'’ as the steep hill run
ning down from the wall of the citad-1
to the esplanade la called, on the
| Plains of Abraham, that historic bat
• tie ground back of the Ross rifle sac
-1 tory. or at the high, steep jump of the
Quebec ski club at Sandy hill, every
day one finds the ski girl, ranging in
age from 6 to 26, alert, straight as
a reed, lithe and quick as a panther,
skimming over the frozen surface of
the snow, rising at the jump to land
over so gracefully and slide down the
swift descent as a swallow darts down
ward. She seldom falls, but when she
docs, she has the trick of falling aide
wise to avoid bad tangles and broken
hones that so often occur when on’
• takes his fall awkwardly. The ski
girl is a joy to look upon, and when It
comes to ski-joring behind a big. play
ful horse, no malekind is ever quite so
graceful as the joyous Canadian girl
at her play.
No Feminine Shrinking from Hockey
But it is at hockey after all that the
Canadian girl springs her big surprise.
Half a hundred Americans who were
Ln Quebec tor winter sports surround
ed the fir-tree-fringed, open-air skat
ing rink of the Chateau Frontenac and
I gasped as two teams of girl hockey
I players met in conflict upon the glassy
. surface in a game as swift as the fall
ing of a shooting star. Forged light
' ning over plate glass is not faster than
the tireless lassies who belabored the
puck with all the science and speed of
a seasoned hockey player. The unex
pectedness of foot ball, the science of
k baseball and the speed of motor polo.
।as some of the spectators said,
summed up the game between these
intrepid damsels in petticoats, waging
battle royal, for the benefit of “The
r movies.” Not long hence their por-,
traits will be flashed upon a thousand
screens from Tampa to Toronto, from
Halifax to Portland, and the prowess '
B of the fair Canadian hockey player I
L will be published abroad, following a
discreet silence of years upon the sub- .
iect of women and hockey. Most men j
said. “It can’t be done! it's too swift ;
and too dangerous for girls:” but th* |
eirls quietly gathered their forces in I
Canada and showed them that no ’
sport exists at which the Canadian .
girl may not be proficient if she takes
into her head to do so. And so it is t
that hockey is added to her accom- I
nlishments. and even at schools, such, :
for instance, as McDonald college.l
hockey is a part of the curriculum.
And whil? their brothers and sweet
hearts are fighting in cold, muddy
trenches. Canadian girls are taking
their sports seriously and going in
with a vengeance for skating and ski
ing and hockey and sliding—anything
that will make them strong and tough
and lithe and healthy—for upon the
women of Canada after the war will
many a burden fall, and they are pre
paring for it by making themselves as
physically fit as it is possible for any
women to be—through the blessed
medium of sport.
SOUTH AMERICAN DESIGNS
Fashions of the Coming Season
Built Around Decorations of
Indians
South American designs in the vivid
colors used by early Indian tribes are
the latest of the novelties that bring
profits to the dealers in women’s
clothing. Coats lined with Indian
blankets, suits, gowns, hats and para
sols embroidered in patterns used by
South and Central American Indians
long ago. are among the earliest of
this year's new spring styles. The
colors are bright; there are pinks and
I reds and greens and blues and yel
lows. but there is a mellow softness
about them that makes them har-
I monize. Wide sashes of soft silk are
I something like Homan striped silks.
' except that the stripes have, as a
rule, a herringbone effect. One of
the big New York houses sent a rep
resentative to Central America this
winter, instead of to Europe as usual.
This representative went to Guate
mala and there became interested in
primitive American art and in the
archeological explorations which were
going on there. In carved stones and
other relics, he found ideas for the
Indian-inspired sports clothes which
are offered for the coming season.
All kinds of dress accessories are
carried out in harmony with this
Indian motif. Even silk stockings
have insets of Maya embroidery.
Vests are made of silk like the sashes:
there are bags to match, some most
elaborate in design. Sport skirts of
natural-colored tussah. finished off
with belts four or five inches wide of
Maya embroidery, have long ends of
the same. One of the most bizarre
of these offerings is a wrap resem
bling the golf cape which had such a
long run of popularity some time ago.
This is made of one of those gay
Maya blankets and. to add to its prim
tive appearance, it Is adorned with
strings of bright-colored beads.
Woolen mufflers, too. come in these
Maya designs.
A smock of pale sand-colored silk
crepe is banded with black and an- I
broidered with bright yellow worsted
in a sort of checkerboard pattern. It
has a long, rather narrow sash of the .
black, the ends of which are finished;
with yellow worsted fringe, also rath- !
er narrow. Another in a warm, rich i
shade of Maya design in green and •
red. A jersey smock in old blue is ■
adorned with odd stitches in yellow;
and black worsted. Another is of
old rose, embroidered in green, black
and rose on narrow bands of a sand
colored material.
WOMEN ON THE JOB
At Westinghouse Plant—Work at
Inspecting Rifles
The New England Westinghouse
company is employing women workers
in the manufacture of rifles for the
Russian government with consider
able success. For some time several ;
have been at work in the Chicopee
plant and this week they were set |
Ito work in the East Springfield plant '
for the first time. Rest rooms have ,
been arranged for them, and all in
dications point to an increase rather |
than a decrease in their numbers. ;
They are used in inspecting and in |
milling and drilling work of a light
type. It is sard that they are prov- I
Ing unusually efficient.
So far as is known, the employment
of women in this work has so far
raised no objections from the men
whose places they are in a sense bak
ing. It is probable that no objec- i
tion will be forthcoming because of :
the scarcity of skilled workers at i
this time, and it is believed that by :
the time normal conditions are re- 1
sumed they will have so worked In bo ■
the trade that their employment will j
be taken as a matter of course. It i
is said that in some cases the women 1
have shown a greater speed than the
men in the work because of their
deftness in certain types of light work.
PASSED FOR STATE BAR
Three Massachusetts Women to Be j
Admitted Next Month
Three Massachusetts women are
among the 92 applicants who have
neen passed by the board of bar exam
iners for admission in March to the
practice of law fn Massachusetts. The
women are Mary A. Costello of Mat
tapan, Evelyn Sawyer of Dorchester,
and Jennie Shaine of Faneuil. Miss
Shaine is the daughter of Mr and Mrs
William Shaine and is only 21 years
old. When she was studying at Bos
ton university law school she also took
a course at the New England con
servatory of music. She was grad
uated from the law school last June
but couio hot take the bar examina
tions because of her age. Mrs Saw
yer is the wife of Dr Herbert Sawyer
and is a member of the executive com
mittee of the equal suffrage associa
tion.
It hardly needed the word from
Copenhagen that five German army
corps have for weeks been massed on
the Dutch frontier to explain why
Holland was unable to do more than
make formal protest. To this is said
to be added the discovery of a defect
in the system of flooding which Is
Holland's chief defense against an in
vader.
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1917
THE SUFFRAGIST AT WORK
NEW YORK MEN ORGANIZE
Advisory Board Formed to Defend
Assembly Bill From Block
A committee headed by Frank A.
I Vanderlip, president of the National
। city bank, and including Herbert Tar
j sons, George W. Perkins and Adolph
I Lewisohn. last week announced the
! formation of a men’s advisory board of
: the woman suffrage party in New
1 York state, to work for votes for wom-
I en and to attempt to block alleged ef
forts in the Legislature to postpone
• action on the suffrage amendment by
j tacking to it amendments that would
| delay its submission to the people. The
• new board, which has opened offices
in Nassau street, feels that “the time
! has come for men to take the lead in
I the women’s cause.” Its chief func-
I tion will be to rally the men of the
I state to the suffrage movement, and
I it has already sent telegrams to both
houses of the state Legislature, pro
testing against the reported attempt
to hold up the woman suffrage bill by
a literacy test amendment at the very
moment when the suffragists were
demonstrating their services to m?
country.
The position of the committee was
made known in a letter sent to Mrs
Whitehouse as the chairman of the
woman suffrage party, and in an
identical telegram sent to Speaker
Sweet of the Assembly, Simon L. Ad
ler, majority leader in the Assembly,
Joseph M. Callahan, minority leader,
and Chairman Pratt of the judiciary
committee. The letter to Mrs White
house reads: —
We desire to express to you our sincere
appreciation of the offer of service recent
ly made by your organization to the gov
ernor of the state. Your action, we be
lieve. commends itself without exception
to the voting population of the state of
New York, and we therefore view with
regret the reported action of Assembly
man Walsh in attempting, by the intro-i
duction of a wholly Irrelevant amend
ment. to block the suffrage resolution,
which had been favorably reported by 1
the judiciary committee of the Assembly.
We are to-day telegraphing to the legis
lative leaders strong protests against any:
delay In the adoption of the pending reso
lution as reported out of committee.
Recent events have made clear to us
that the time Is ripe for the granting of
the suffrage to the women of this state.
Not only because of the intrinsic justice
of the cause, but in view of the possible
further burdens to bp carried by women
In this country, we feel that it Is our plain
duty publicly to support your organization
tn your offer of national service, and also
to give our unqualified adherence to
ihe muse of woman suffrage in the state
of New York. t
The telegram, addressed to Speaker
Sweet, to Simon L. Adler and Joseph
M. Callahan, majority and minority
leaders of the Assembly, and to Chair
man Pratt of the Assembly Judiciary
committee, protests against attaching
any amendment to the woman suffrage
resolution favorably reported by the
unanimous vote of the Assembly ju
diciary committee on February 7.
Such an amendment would prevent
action this fall, and would be a dis
tinct repudiation of the woman suf
frage planks in both republican and
democratic platforms, the board de
clares. The telegram to the political
leaders reads: —
We warmly protest against attaching
any amendment to the woman suffrage
resolution favorably reported by the
unanimous vote of the Assembly judiciary
committee on February 7. An amendment
if adopted would not only prevent action
by the voters this fall, but would be a
distinct repudiation of the woman suf
frage plank in both republican and demo
cratlo platforms in 1111(1. We earnestly
nsk that vou follow your party mandates
and permit no interference, from within
or from without the Legislature, with rhe
pending resolution. The woman suffrag
ists of the state have within the last
week shown themselves capable of rising
above merely political considerations, and
we. a wholly nonpartisan organization of
men. believe that the woman suffragists
deserve at your hands the right again to
go to the voters of New York with rhe
great public Issue which they have pre
sented so long and so ably.
In addition to those mentioned, the
executive committee of the board in
cludes James Byrne, William M. Chad
bourne, Grosvenor B. Clarkson. Frank-
Un W. M. Cutcheon and s'. Everlt
Macy. Plans for a statewide organiza
tion were under way, It was said,
when the break with Germany oc
curred.
“The chief functions of the board.”
said Mr Clarkson, who is the member
in charge of the executive committee,
“will be to rally the men of the state
to the suffrage movement, to stir into
practical, affirmative support those
men now favoring the movement, and
to awake to intelligent decision those
men with minds now undetermined.”
WOMEN VISIT GIBBONS
Suffragists Try to Win Over Cardi
nal Without Success
A delegation of 24 Roman Catholic |
women from Boston. New York. Phil- I
adelnhia and Baltimore discussed with
Cardinal Gibbons at Baltimore. Md.,
last week Wednesday woman suf
frage. They said that while
they were opposed to the "fem
inist" movement and other so
called movements, they felt on the
question of voting the women should I
have a voice.
The meeting was held behind closed ।
doors. Afterward Cardinal Gibbons I
was asked if he had changed in his op-;
position to woman suffrage. He said: J
"A man does not quickly change the i
views he has held for 50 years.’’ Most:
of the women were disappointed, but
; some of them said the cardinal’s atti- |
| tilde Inclined them to be encouraged.
I The spokeswomen were Miss Janet
Richard of Washington and Mrs Sarah
Conboy, chairman of the social serv
ice section of the federation of Cath
olic women
PRESIDENT WRITES DR SHAW
j Mr Wilson Congratulates Suffragist
on 70th Birthday
President Wilson at Washington
has sent a letter of congratulation
to Dr Anna Howard Shaw, honorary
president of the National woman suf
frage association on the occasion nf
her 70th birthday Thursday. The letter
follows: —
My dear T*r Show: May 1 not wish
you for your 7<)th birthday, not only a re
turn to strong health, but the bappv an
tie! pat lon of many more years of useful
service? You certainly have many years
of self-sacrificing work to look back upon
with pride and satisfaction, and I want
to join with your other /rlends in wish
ing you ninny returns of your birthday
and an Increasing happiness ns they come.
Cordially and slncerelv yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
OHIO SUFFRAGE BILL PASSES
Senate Follows House in Voting
Presidential Franchise to Women
The Ohio Senate last week Wednes
day passed the Reynolds bill giving
Ohio women the privilege of voting
for president. The vote was 20 to
16, The bill already has passed the
House and Gov Cox has intimated he
will sign it. Ohio will then be the
- f second state to partially enfranchise
its women in 191 (, and the total elec
toral vote of the 14 suffrage states
' will be 120.
Year Book for 1917 Is Ont
The suffrage year book for 1917.
published by the national woman suf
* i frage company, is off the press. It is
• i edited by Martha G. Stapler, and cov
• ers the following topics: Suffrage
i events in 1916; suffrage history, argu
. ments. statistics; charts; bibliog-
raphy: international alliance: federal
amendment; presidential suffrage;
■ 1 state referenda; lists of associations in
; the United States; suffrage planks in
party platforms; effect of woman suf
frage: number of women voters; laws
‘ affecting women and children; per
■ sons excluded from suffrage; jury
। i service and poll tax; facts for suffrage
workers; sentiment in favor; cost of
‘. elections.
Boston Association’s Lunch Room
The Sunflower lunch, maintained by
the Boston equal suffrage association
at its office at 167 Tremont street, has
’ completed its first year. Since last
fall it has been more than self-sup
-1 porting. The original advances for in- !
stalment and equipment have been re-
I naid. and recently an organizer has
I been engaged for field work for suf-,
1 frage, to be paid out of the proceeds'
; now coming in to the lunch room. ;
■ The number of lunches served has
• gradually increased, but now the daily
, average is about 150. The special
' lunch costs 25 cents, with extra en
trees and dessert at small prices.
Executive Meeting This Week
The executive council of the Na
tional American woman suffrage asso
ciation will meet in Washington on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
The meeting is in answer to a call
sent out by Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt,
president of the national association,
to decide upon the most effective
service the members can render the
i nation in this time of stress. All
states will be represented at the meet
| ing.
The college equal suffrage league, at
j the last meeting of its executive board,
voted to co-operate with the Boston j
j association in special legislative work.
: An appeal is being sent out asking
members everywhere to hold small
■ house meetings in order to arouse in- '
, terest among college women who are .
indifferent to suffrage.
THREE MEALS A DAY
[Menus and recipes prepared for The ’
Republican by Virginia Carter Lee.] i
Sunday
Breakfast—Sliced oranges and bananas,
rooked cereal, fish cakes, buttered toast,
coffee.
Supper-Mock chicken croquettes (from
roast porkr thin bread and butter, celery,
molded fruit jelly.
Dinner Roquefort cheese canapes,
broiled steak. French fried potatoes, corn
pudding, vegetable salad, coffee charlotte.
Monday
Breakfast—Grapefruit coupe, uncooked :
cereal, shirred eggs, bran drops, coffee.
Luncheon—Panned Hamburg with onions
(from fag end of steak), creamed pota
toes. marguerites.
Dinner—Clam chowder, lamb chops en
casserole, peas, baked sweet potatoes,
romaine salad, chocolate bread pudding, j
foamy sauce.
Tuesday
Breakfast—Stewed apricots, broiled fln- j
nan haddle. rice griddle cakes, honey, j
coffee. ,
Luncheon—Broiled ham. corn pone, !
j macaroon iunket.
Dinner—Puree of tomato and green pep
• per, veal loaf, brown gravy, riced pota
i toes, spinach, celery and nut salad, cocoa
■ nut cottage pudding, marshmallow sauce.
Wednesday
Breakfast—Tangerines, steamed bom- ,
iny. esealloped eggs. Baptist cakes, cof
fee.’
Luncheon—Cheese souffle, brown bread ;
sandwiches, ripe olives, maple apple
sauce. . 4
Dinner—Vegetable soup (without meat), ’
boiled cod with oyster sauce, parsley po- 1
tatoes. string beans, watercress salad, i i
steamed molasses pudding, hard sauce, i j
Thursday i
Breakfast-Cooked cereal with stewed 1
figs, minced veal on toast (from Tuesday's 1
dinner), pocket rolls, coffee. ]
Luncheon—Fish chowder (from left over i
fish ami sauce), pilot biscuit, watercress i
sandwiches, reheated molasses pudding (
(from last night’s dinner). 1
Dinner—Halved grape fruit, fricassee of <
fowl with dumplings, mashed potatoes. (
asparagus tips, young onion and radish
salad. ■ pistachio parfait.
Friday ;
Breakfast—Baked bananas, uncooked ■
cereal, parsley omelet, bath buns, coffee.
Luncheon—Baked browned bash (from •
last of beef a la mode), bread sticks, •
stewed peaches, sponge cake.
Dinner—Clear bouillon with macaroni. <
planked mackerel, potato border, escap- ;
loped tomatoes, celery, cinnamon cream
puffs.
Saturday J
Breakfast—Apples cooked with lemon •
slices, fricassee of smoked beef, fried
hominy square, maple sirup, coffee.
Luncheon—Fish salad (left over fish),
beaten biscuits, olives, maple bianc
mange.
pinner-Halved grapefruit, roast pork
with apple sauce, browned sweet pota
toes. mashed turnips, lettuce. French
dressing, ginger and mint sherbet.
Rice griddle clakes-Turn into a mixing
bowl a small cupful of cooked rice, care
fully freed from lumps, and add a quar
ter of a tea spoon ful of salt one teaspoon
ful of molasses, one tablespoonful of
melted butter, two well-beaten eggs, n
scant pint of milk and sufEHent flour
sifted with two leaspoonfuls of making I
powder to form a smooth batter Beat ;
The batter until It Is full of air bubbles
and bake quickly on a hot griddle.
Pistachio parfait—Conk one cupful of
sugar with one quarter of a cupful of
water (without stirring) until the svrup
I threads from the tip of the spoon. Pour
i slowly, while beating constantly, on the
I whites of three eggs beaten very light
i and dry. Continue beating until the mix
i ture cools. Color one pint of chilled don
i bio cream with a few drops of green <«>l
- orlng matter, beat until solid and com
: bine with the egg and syrup mixture. Fin
i vor with one teaspoonful of almond ex
> tract (not bitter), add ha If a cupful of
! cbonped pistachio nuts and freeze slowlv
| until firm and smooth. Repack in ice anil
rock salt for two hours before serving I
Planked mackerel—Wash the fish quick- !
ly in cold water, removing every particle
of blood, dry and Iny skin side down on a !
fi«h plank that has been boated and I
brushed well with melted butter. Fasten I
the fish to the plank with the small clips
that come for that purpose, and place un
der the broilers of the gas range. Light
the burners eight minutes before the fish
Is put in. Bear over rapidly, then dust I
with salt, baste with a little melted but- '
tor and when the fish Is browned lower I
. the plank In the broiler and cook more J
slowly until done. Ten minutes before It ’
Is cocked, pipe around the edge of the 1
plank a border of creamy, hot mashed po-1
lato, from a pastry tube: brush the potato ।
over with butter and return to the broiler |
until the potatoes are delicately browned. ;
Serve the plank as it comes from the |
oven and garnish with bunches of cress
and lemon quarters dipped hi chopped
parsley.
Corn pudding Bent one egg until kinon*
colored, add one cupful of drained canned
corn, one scant ‘ablespoonful of sugar,
half a teaspoonful of ‘alt. a saltspoonful
of paprika, two cupfuls of rich milk and
one tablespoonful of rolled cracker
crumbs. Heat the mixture in the upper
I part of the double boiler and when it
coats the back of the spoon, turn into a
buttered pudding dlah. set In a pan of hot
water and bake in a moderate oven until
set In the center. Serve hot in the pud
ding dish.
। Two American women clerks in the
' American embassy in Benin will nc
' retained by the Spanish embassador,
it is reported. This makes much less
important the fact that the Spanish
attache In immediate charge of the
American deportment of the embassa
dor’s multifarious duties speaks no
English and little German. Attending
to important public business in the
। name of some man official is all ir» the
' <ay’s work of the American woman
, clerk. /
SCHOOL and COLLEGE
WILLIAMS MEN READY
STAND BACK OF WILSON
BOSTON ALUMNI DINNER
Resolutions Are Adopted — Presi
dent Garfield Asks Govern
ment How Undergraduates
Might Best Be Trained
for Military
Service
' From Our Special Reporter
BOSTON, Wednesday, February 14
The Williams alumni association of
: Boston, at its annual banquet at the
1 Boston City club to-night, adopted res
[ olutions indorsing President Wilson’s
attitude in the German crisis, and stat
ing that "if the situation requires war,
Williams will stand back of the ad
ministration." President Harry A.
Garfield of the college said that he had
asked both the war and navy depart
ments for suggestions as to how the
Williams undergraduate body might
best be trained for possible military
service.
Over 150 demonstrative Williams
alumni were at the tables for their
semicentennial dinner. The attend
ance was the largest on record. James
D. Colt. 'B4. president of the associa
tion, presided. Others at the head
table included Henry Lefavour, ’B3.
Williams trustee, and president of
Simmons college; Bentley W. Warren,
’S3. Williams trustee: Mayor Spauld
ing of Manchester. N. H„ not an
alumnus; George H. Warren. ’B6, of
Manchester. N. H.; Rev Charles W.
Huntington, ’76. chaplain of the hour,
and James R. McDonald, ’B9,
Much of the success of the evening
was clearly due to the skill and en
ergy of the secretary, J. Ernest King.
’l2. Officers for the next year were
elected as follows: President. James
D. Cplt. ’B4; vice-presidents, Rev
Dr William R. Campbell. ’76. Prof
Bliss Perry. 'Bl. Bentley W. Warren.
'BS: treasurer. Tracey A. Rudd. 'O7;
secretary. J. Ernest King. 'l2; ad
visory committee. James F. Bacon,
'9B. Charles M. Davenport. 'Ol. Da
mon E. Hall. '97. Macgregor Jenkins,
'9O. Stephen B. Davol, '95. Irvin McD.
Garfield. '93. Joseph A. Hall, '99. Hen
ry Lefavour. 'B3. Edward A. Watson,
'97: executive committee. Tracey A.
Rudd. 'O7. Kenneth S. Domett. '97.
Fletcher L. Gill. 'l3. Branton H. Kel
logg. 'l2. Francis E. Bowker. Jr.. 'OB,
Edward M. Hay, 'ls. Chester M. Jones,
'l3. J. Ernest King. 'l2, Arthur J.
Santry, 'O9.
SELECTION OF THE FITTEST
Modification of College Policy in
View of High Prices is Urged by
Cornell Professor
That the depreciation of the dollar
might well react on the policy of en
dowed universities and colleges, to lead
to exclusion from their benefits of
many students who would waste the
instructors’ time, is a suggestion that
has been made by Prof H. J. Daven
port of Cornell. Intellectual standards
necessarily suffer from the presence
in the student body of a large ele
ment of mediocrity, and the student
who is both able and industrious is
the loser. Rising prices are equiva
lent to a shrinkage in each univer
sity's endowment, and unless there
is to be a general depreciation in
the quality of the advantages offered
to all students, the number who may
share them must in some way be cut
down.
Money that is made available for
affording education at the expense of
some one else should be zealously
guarded. Prof Davenport believes,
from waste by those who cannot or
will not profit by it. and saved for the
exclusive use of those who worthily
and profitably use it. Even were the
funds adequate for anything else, they
should be employed fox- nothing else.
The minimum requirement should be
the accomplishment of average ability
working at a high degree of industry,
rather than that of average ability
with merely average industry—how
ever low that average of industry
may be.
The action which will presently be
forced upon endowed universities and
colleges is one which, in Prof Daven
port’s opinion, they should have taken
before now, irrespective of any com
pelling emergency. They must decline
further to lavish their resources on
students who. by lack of ability ox
industry or interest, are not qualified
for the educational process. These
endowments are a trust scrupulously
to be protected from waste by stu
dents who are not interested in the
intellectual life. Standards both of
interest and of accomplishment should
be raised to the end of making the
university a place of severe and
strenuous intellectual effort —no one
permitted to enjoy the privileges of the
university except, those who are glad
—not merely willing, but glad—to
meet the conditions imposed.
DR FLEXNER’S FIGURES
A Query as to College Entrance Ex
aminations and an Explanation by
Mr McDnffee
To the Editor of The Republican:—
Permit me to make inquiry con
cerning the editorial appearing in The
Republican Thursday. February' 8, en
titled “Dr Flexner's Fallacies.”
Is Dr Flexner correct In stating that
75 per cent of the pupils in question
did not make a mark of (10 per cent. In
Vergil, or is Mr McDuffee right in
saying that 75.2 per cent did make 30
per cent or over?
It would seem that if the figuror
which you quote from Mr McDuffee
are correct —if. for instance, only 21
per cent of those taking examinations
in American history and 20.1 per cent
in geometry, secured a mark of GO or ।
over—a ridiculously small proportion
cf those aspiring to college life ever
get there.
It is gratifying to find such a mat
ter discussed In your columns. The
editorial referred to, however. leaves
rue with the desire for more explicit
information. Where and when wars
the 5575 examinations taken? For
what colleges? What wan the differ
ence between the "regular" and the
"irregular" papers referred to? Tn
short, how universal are Mr McDuf
fee's conclusions?
GEORGE W. PORTER.
Agawam. February 9. 1917.
Where Dr Flexner Was Misleading
To the Editor of The Republican:—•
The following statement may help
to clear up the points raised in Mr
Porter’s letter. In 1911 the college
entrance examination board adopted
a new type of Latin examination, —or
rather examinations, for there are six
of them. The six examinations of the
older type were retained, but the num
l er of students who took them rapidly
diminished, as practically all the col
leges soon stated their requirements tn
terms of the newer type. In my state
ment the new examinations were
called “regular” and the others “ir
regular.”
The college board records of 1915
(from which Dr Flexner obtained bls
statistics) show that approximately
5575 students took the six “regular"
examinations and 400 the six "Ir
regular” examinations in Latin. Dr
Flexner paid no attention to the for
mer group nor to the majority of the
latter group, but picked out as suit
ing his purpose the 128 papers or the
eld type Cicero and Vergil examina
tions. His figures regarding these
128 papers. 64 in Cicero and 64 in Ver
gil, are correct, but his use of these
figures as representative of the Latin
results in general is utterly false arid
misleading and is worthy of the se
verest condemnation.
To make clear a point not mentioned
in The Republican editorial, th'e com
parison between the results in Vergil
and other subjects was taken from the
records of 1916. The Vergil results
last June (75.2 receiving a rating of
60 per cent or more) were better than
the average, but the general superior
ity of classical papers over the sub
jects was not as marked as usual. In
1915. 25 per cent of the 64 students
who took the old type Vergil examina
tions received a rating of 60 per cent
or over, and 61.1 per cent of the 776
who took the new type. Dr Flexner
used the 25 per cent in his “Modern
School.”
The seemingly' exceedingly poor re
sults of the college board examinations
in all subjects, to which Mr Porter re.
fers, is In large measure due to the
fact that all of the poorest candidates
for college take these examinations
and but few of the better ones. For
the most part the latter class either
enter college by certificate or take oth
er examinations not included in the
regular college board tabulation.
W. V. McDUFFEE.
Springfield. February' 13, 1917.
PARENTS AND TEACHERS
Necessity of Co-operation for Edu
cation of the Child — Note
Sounded at Joint Convention Ses
sions
The value of co-operation on the
part of parents and teachers and the
educational responsibilities and pos
sibilities of the home were the key
notes continually struck at the sec
ond conference on child welfare of
the Hampden county district of the
national congress of mothers' and
parent-teachers’ associations in the
high school auditorium at West
Springfield Friday. Practicaly all the
fundamental problems confronting
present- day educators were discussed
in the course of the three sessions.
The influence of women in civic life
and in matters pertaining to the wel
fare of the child was emphasized by
several of the speakers. Mrs Helena
Richardson of Greenfield, state board
director of the council, was unable to
be present at the morning session, and
Mrs J. S. Weatherwax of Greenfield
read the paper which the former had
prepared for the round table discus
sion. Mrs E. W. Kroepel of Holyoke,
president of the central council, spoke
on conditions in Holyoke. Mrs J. B.
Newton, secretary' of the infant
hygiene association of Holyoke, spoke
on the decrease of infant mortality in
that city and the increase of mothers’
pension laws in the state. Mrs Edward
V. French of Andover, secretary of
the Massachusetts council, was not
present at the morning session, but
her message on child welfare work
was read. Miss Katherine M. Holmes
of Holyoke, principal of the Sargent
street school in that city', spoke on the
importance of mutual sympathy and
understanding between Americans and
aliens. In her opening remarks. Mrs
Sumner H. Whitten, state vice-pres
ident of the council and national coun
cillor. for the Hampden county dis
trict, who presided at the meeting, said
that “we are the only organization
that Is in the position to directly in
fluence every' home and every' child.”
.The principal speakers in the after
noon were George W. Winslow, prin
cipal of the normal training school in
Westfield, and Francis McSherry. su
perintendent of the public schools in
Holyoke. Mr Winslow, in discussing
the topic “What more can we do?”
dwelt on the fact that conditions in
the home were of essential importance
in the education of the child, good
food, regular hours, careful sym
pathetic helpfulness on the part ot the
parents and co-operation with the
teachers. Mothers are as much teach
ers as those who conduct classes in
the recitation rooms and hold as much
responsibility. Mr McSherry spoke on
“Thrift for young Americans.”
The principal address last evening
was given by Rev Arthur W. Bailey,
educational secretary of the Congre
i gational society for New England. His
i subject was “The movies and the com-
I munity.” He spoke concerning the evil
| as well as the helpful and educational
possibilities of the moving picture.
FOR WILLIAMS PROFESSORS
Increase in Pay Voted—Action)
Seeking Elective Course in Mili- i
tary Science Indorsed
Special Dispatch to The Republican
NEW YORK. N. Y.. Frl., Feb. 16
Williams college trustees held their
midwinter meeting at Hotel Manhat
tan this afternoon, and transacted a
large volume of routine business. Two
matters of public interest were acted
upon. Measures were taken to provide
increased pay for members of the fac
ulty tor the coming three years. A
plan is under consideration by which
the salaries of the professors are to be
placed on a new basis and Immediate
action was take?, In lifting the pay of
the teaching force to meet obvious
needs caused by the high cost of living.
The college was also put in the way
of doing its part in such military
training as will avail to aid its stu
dents In case the country should call
for their services. The Indorsement of
the trustees was given to action taken
bv the faculty on the sth looking to
ward an elective course In military
science and training, under such reg
ulations as the federal authorities may
apply.
President Garfield wrote on the 6th
to the secretary of war and the sec.
retary of th® navy telling of the de
sire of the college to learn the possi
bility of establishing a course in mili
tary science and tactics, and the pos
sibility of establishing an officers'
training unit at Williams college.
President Garfield's letter concluded,
"We earnestly desire that our stu
dents be of tho utmost service in the
event of war.” College credit would be
given to those who satisfactorily com
plete the military science course.
The official returns from the last
presidential election wore officially
canvassed and announced last week.
There were no surprises.
TO CHOOSE A SUCCESSOR
FOR PRESIDENT M. L. BURTON
Smith College Trustees Name Com
mittee—Promotions and
Fellowships
At the meeting of the trustees of
Smith college Friday' at Northamp
ton the resignation of President Mar
ion Leßoy Burton was accepted and
the following committee appointed to
select his successor: Prof John B.
Clark of New York city. Prof Arthur
L. Gillett of Hartford. Thomas W. La
mont of New York city. Mrs Ruth S.
Baldwin of New York city and Miss
Marguerite Milton Wells ot Minneap
olis. Minn. The trustees appointed
Prof Clark to prepare a resolutroh ex
pressing the regret of the college at
the decision of President Burton. The
president’s statement of resignation
was the following:—
February 16. 1917
To the Members of the Board of Trus
tees of Smith College: —
As I stated in a communication sent
to each member of the board on Jan
uary 31. I have been called to the
presidency’ of the university of Min
nesota. At this time, therefore, 1 de
sire. both as a trustee and as presi
dent of the college, to tender my' res
ignation, to take effect on June 30,
1917.
It has not been easy’ for me to
reach this decision. For seven years
1 have endeavored to give my’ very
best to Smith college. In no spirit of
self-sacrifice, but rather with a full
devotion to its highest interests. I have
sought by every’ honorable means to
maintain its traditions, to conserve
its ideals, to enlarge its resources .and
to elevate its standards . At no time
during my entire administration have
I been conscious of any serious strain
in the cordial and friendly relation
ships which I have enjoyed with the
board of trustees, the faculty, the
alumnae, the students and the citizens
of Northampton. To sever these ties
and to give up this work is for me
the occasion of sincere regret.
I have accepted the call extended
to me by the board of regents of the
university of Minnesota because I be
lieve they offer to me a broader field
of service. By this statement I re
fer not so much to the fact that the
university trains both men and wom
en as I do to the distinction between
a college and a university. I find my
self in hearty accord with the educa
tional policy which provides all types
of training—cultural, professional and
vocational—to meet the varying needs
of different types of students. More
over. I believe firmly’ that larger op
portunities for scientific research and
criginal investigation both for mem
bers of the faculty' and for graduate
students must be afforded in our high
er Institutions of learning. It is one
of the distinct functions of a univer
sity, to provide these privileges and to
encourage scholarly productivity.
Herein must be found the chief rea
son for my' decision. It is fitting, also,
to allude to the fact that I received all
my' early training. Including, my un
dergraduate work, in the state of Min
nesota.
I cannot refrain from expressing
my’ strong conviction in regard to the
plans for the future of Smith college
which we have been discussing in re
cent months. If there is any’ sound
ness in the policies which I have out
lined so tentatively, if the Massachu
setts Legislature passes the bill intro
duced by the state commission on
mental diseases, petitioning for the
right to sell the Northampton state
hospital, if a satisfactory price can
be agreed upon for the property, and
particularly if the world situation does
riot produce a financial market which
would preclude the probability' of con
ducting a successful financial cam
paign. then I believe that these plans I
should not be Abandoned or even de- j
ferred, but should be prosecuted with ,
the greatest vigor in the immediate I
future. It is unnecessary’ to add that
I shall be glad to do anything within
my power between now and the close
< ° the present academic year. I be
lieve that my successor would welcome
y creative task of this magnitude. The
whole enterprise should appeal very
strongly to our entire constituency. I
must therefore express the hope that
the board of trustees will continue the
serious consideration of these plans
and go forward with confidence to
iheir successful realization.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) M. L. BURTON.
The following promotions were
made: —
Elihu Grant. B. D., Ph. D.. from
associate professor to professor of
Biblical literature: Florence Alden
Gragg, Ph. D.. from associate pro
fessor to professor of Latin; Wilson
Townsend Moog, B. M.. A. A. G. 0..
from assistant professor to associate
professor of music; Clara Belle Will
iams. A. B„ from assistant profes
sor to associate professor of spoken
English; Harvey Gates Townsend. Ph.
D.. from assistant professor to asso
ciate professor of education; Mary
Delia Lewis. A. M.. from instructor to
associate professor of English; Louis
Gaspard Monte, from instructor to
I assistant professor of Art; George A.
I Underwood. Ph. D.. from instructor
to assistant professor of French; Ed
na Ashton Shearer. Ph. D„ from in
structor to assistant professor of edu
cation; Ruth Swan Clark. A, M.. from
assistant to instructor in philosophy;
Marian Vera Knight. A. M.. from as
sistant to instructor in zoology; Flor
ence Cunningham. A. 8.. from assist
ant to instructor in spoken English;
Elizabeth Andros Foster. A. M.. from
assistant to instructor in Spanish;
Emmett Reid Dunn. A. M.. from as
| sistant to instructor in zoology;
Gretchen Todd. A. 8.. from assistant
to instructor in Spanish; Harriet
Hitchcock. A. 8.. from reader to sec
retary of department of music.
The following sabbatical absences
and leaves of absence were granted: —
Caroline Brown Bourland. Ph. D.,
professor of Spanish. 1917-18; Ever
ett Kimball. Ph. D.. professor of his
tory. second semester. 1917-18; Carl
F. A. Lange. Ph. D.. professor of Ger
man history, second semester. 1917-18.
Leaves of absence: Susan Miller Ram
bo. A. M.. instructor in mathematics;
Helen Ashhurst Choate. A. M.. in-
Rtductor In botany; Anna Willard
Hosford, instructor in spoken Eng
lish: Martha Warren Beckwith. A.
M.. instructor in English.
The following fellowships have been
awarded for 1917-18:—•
Resident fellowships: Marion Es
ther Beecher. A. 8.. Smith college.
1912. fellow in German; Louise Smith.
A. 8.. Smith college. 1916. fellow in
zoology: Catherine Sheffield Thomas.
A. 8.. Trinity college. 1915, fellow in
, Engish.
Nonresident fellowships. Frances
Margaret Bradshaw. A. 8.. Smith col
lege. 1916. fellow in philosophy: Nel
lie Gertrude Chase, B. L.. Smith col
' lege. 1898; M. A., Cornell university.
1905. fellow in English; Frances Mil
likin. A. 8.. Smith college. 1916. fel
low In zoology.
Superintendents at Kansas city
Superintendents of state, county,
district and city school systems are
to meet in Kansas City, Mo., from
Monday to Saturday of next week.
It is expected that many school
boards also will be represented. The
annual business meeting of the de
partment of superintendence of the
national education association, at
which only active members will be
present, will be held Thursday, March
1. Superintendent James II Van
Sickle of this city will be one ot the
speakers at the Friday morning ses
sion. His topic will be “Educational
poise; variations in the ratio of tima
to be given to the mental and man
ual elements in the different grades
of the elementary schools, as related
to tlie mental growth of children.”
Other topics to be discussed at tho
general sessions are uniform stand
ards. use of English, experimental
movements and tendencies toward a
nationalization of American education.
HOLYOKE FACULTY CHANGES
Miss Stecker Resigns to Go to New
York—Prof Hayes Given Leave
of Absence
With the opening of the secon-I
semester on the 12th, came several
changes in the membership of tho
faculty. Miss Margaret Loomis
Stecker. who has been an instructor
in the department of economics and
sociology since 1911, has resigned to
accept a position with the institute
for social service in New York city’.
Her work will be carried on during
the semester by Miss Ethel Dietrich,
a graduate of Vassar in 1913. who
has received her master's degree from
tlie university’ of Wisconsin. The
course in sociology will be given by
Mrs Frances Fenton Bernard, who
was instructor in the department dur
ing 1910-1911.
Prof Samuel Perkins Hayes, of tho
department of psychology and phil
osophy, has been granted leave of ab
sence for the second semester and
will continue his research in the psy
chology' of the blind at the Pennsyl
vania institution for the instruction
of the blind at Overbrook, Pa. Mr
Hayes will work with three aims in
view. The first problem is to give
mental tests to all the members of the
school in order to help classify the
students according to their native
ability. Secondly, the superintendents
arc weary of the generalities spoken
and published about the mental effect
of blindness, and wish to have an
extended series of psychological ex
periments performed upon the blind,
to see how and to what degree they
vary mentally from seeing people.
Thirdly, there is a strong probability
that better information about tho
mentality of the blind will make evi
dent the need for changes in the
methods of teaching them and Mr
Hayes will spend considerable time
In the classes watching the teachers
and pupils with this idea in mini.
During the absence of Prof Hayes, his
courses will be given by Dr John
Herschel Coffin, professor of psy
chology and philosophy at Earlham
college.
A course in “The life and teachings
of Christ” will be given by Rev Ed
ward E. Nourse of the Hartford
theological seminary. Dr Nourse has
given this course at Mount Holvoke
several times.
RESIGNS AS PRINCIPAL
Former Technical School Teacher
to Give Up Utica (N. Y.) Position
Because of Interference of School
Officials
Special Dispatch to The Republican
UTICA. N. Y„ Wed.. Feb. 14
Because he considers that the school
board and superintendent of schools
have infringed upon his rights. Clifford
S. Bragdon. principal of the Utica
free academy, to-day tendered his res
ignation. The friction has resulted in
an indignation meeting of the teach
ers in the academy, who adopted res
olutions in favor of Mr Bragdon. The
citizens of Utica are demanding an.
investigation. Mr Bragdon was for
merly head of the mathematics de
partment at the technical high school
in Springfield.
The resolutions adopted by the acad
emy teachers were as follows: "Real
izing that the acceptance by the board
of education of the resignation of Mr
Bragdon as principal of the Utica free
academy is a distinct calamity to the
city of Utica, the faculty of the acade
my hereby express their highest ap
preciation and confidence in Mr Brag
don as a principal, a man and a strong
moral force which neither the academy
nor the city can afford to lose."
Mr Bragdon's letter of resignation
said: “Because I find it impossible to
agree with the policy and action of
the board and the superintendent of
schools in regard to the affairs of the
academy, especially with reference to
the rights, duties and responsibilities
of the principal in relation thereto,
I hereby tender my resignation as
principal, to take effect at the end of
the present school year. Mindful of
the courtesies extended me during my
connection with the school system of
Utica, and thanking you for the same,
I am, Respectfully yours. C. S. Brag
don.”
EXONERATES APPELMANN
Report of University of Vermont
Alumni Committee
Prof Anton 11. Appelmann of the
university of Vermont was absolved of
charges of un-American activities in
the majority report of a committee of
alumni of the university which was
made Wednesday to the executive com
mittee of the board of trustees. The
executive committee subsequently an
nounced that Prof Appelmann. who
is a German citizen, would continue
to hold the chair of German language
and literature pending decision by the
full board of trustees, which meets the
24th. A minority report, filed by Hen
ry B. Shaw of Burlington. Vt.. chair
man <>f tile investigating comrfiittce
of alumni, asserted that the profes
sor had been guilty of un-American
conduct.
London Takes l'p Oriental Studies
London institution's new school and
oriental studies will be formally
opened this month. Teaching will be
provided In seven groups of languages,
comprising 20 different tongues, and
it is hoped at an early date to extend
the scope of the school considerably.
Courses on' the history, religion and
customs of oriental and African coun
tries will be part of the curriculum.
The senate of the university of Lon
don has assented to tha transfer to
the school of the teachers in the ori
ental departments at University and
King’s colleges, excluding certain
subjects, such as Egyptology, Assyrl
ology and Hebrew. The oriental staffs
have accordingly been transferred to
the school, but since the teaching at
the colleges has been on a restricted
scale additional appointments have
been mode.
The "leak" committee ends its pub
lic hearings nnd at the same time
young Mr Bolling very fittingly ends
his connection with that Washington
brokerage firm. He is richer In ex
perience than in dollars,