Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

The first convocation of the year was held on Tuesday afternoon at j c clock in the college gymnasium with students and faculty present. John COWper PowYs of England, poet and lecturer, addressed the assembly on the subject of England as affected ny the war and added greatly 10 tine interest of his subject by the intro duction of personal experiences and "reminiscences. Developing his theme the speaker said; The war has taught ] England respect for personality as op- posed to respect for machinery. Pub lie opinion does not exist; for Eng land expects every man to do his duty; it is a matter of honor, not pub 1 lie sentiment. The individualis1n Of the Engtishnan has been accentuateH and there have been many noticea ole { improvements since the war" Among the changes mentioned were the fol lowing; disappearance of poverty; the conceit of the people has vanished the nerves 9f the people has changed; 7; the Flng}isb empire is in a fluid state ] lecauso Of tAe individualism of it's nation: and the fact that the country { is becoming more sensitive: each man 1 Is beComil@ less reserved and more ConSiderate of one another.
 l In the evening Mir .PoWys spoke on l English literature and it's characteris- 1 tics and especially of Bennett Gals 1 worthy and Wells. He exempified ! Hardy and Conrod as the great writ 1 CTS in England today and criticized 1 the many mediocre books and authors 1 on the market at the present time. Af- ! ter the lecture an informal reception was held at which time students and 1 faculty were given an opportunity to meet the lecturer.
 l Supt. Hansen of the New London 1 city schools has made inquiry at the l college office to learn if he can secure among the seniors at the college sub 1 stitute teachers and 8 supplementary ] list who can be in reserve and upon whom he could call in emergency. ! There is immediate demand for young i women who can teach English, com mercial arithmetic and penmanship in ] the grade while after Christmas a de- mand in q wider range of subjects is [ expected
 ] A first prize of $25; a second of $15, and a third of s is to be given for the three best amateur photographs 1 of Woman's Land Army Units. The 1 photographs are to become the prop erty of the Land Army and the pub 1 licity committee is entitled to rights
 
 dents will enter photographs in the contest from the actual pictures taken of the Connecticut College Land Ar my groups who spent the summer on l Long Island as farmerettes.
 The first meeting of the recently or
 Sanized History club was held We'd
 nesday for the purpose Of election of
 officers. The following have been elected as charter officers. President l Ruth Anderson, Mystic; vice presi
 dent, Lucy Marsh. Yonkers. N Y; secretary, Ethel Mason, Stamford treasurer, Esther Bellows, Oak Park 1 H.; chairman of programme commit
 tee, Mildred White, Amherst, Mass;
 chairman of membership committee Josephine Emerson, Natink, Mass l There are over sixty members in the club which is 8 new organization this
 year and all are very enthusiastic
 over the plans for the year.
 To the great disnay of the college
 it was announced in the various ciasf
 Wednesday that mid semester report; were to be handed into the presidents office by the 27th of November ani
 that mid semester tests would be hel6 l within the next two weeks. It waS
 thought that owing to the quarantine
 predicament and the fact that man!
 girls were out for three or four weeks
 that they would be dispensed witt this semester but Wednesdays an Inouncements dispellsd the illusion Lights will burn late during the neX few weeks and the Thanksgiving re