Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-03-30
DELAWARE COLLEGE

The drive for new members is still con
tinuing, and will continue until every
girl in college belongs At present al
out four are members, Surgical Dress
ing Glasses are held every Tuesday
night, with twenty members. Mis-:
Walker and Miss Soruger from Whining
ton are instructors. Another feature
Of the Red Cross work is the making Of
scrap books for wounded soldiers
oily stories, jokes, and attractive pic
ures are pasted on sheets Of light
weight cardboard, y by 10 inches.
Five sheets are fastened together into
book.
The Mission Study Glasses ended this
week. As windup meeting the Hhmt
nd Foreign Mission Glasses met to-
ether. The Reverend William Ralph
all, superintendent of Young Peoples
Work of the Presby terrain Board was
The speaker. The theme of his talk
was "What are you going to do with
ife?'' He said that life is our most
precious possession, and the most i'm
,ortant thing in the world is your de.
;ision as to how you will use that lite.
After deciding that, the next big thing
Is to keep your decision.
Sunday evening the same thought
was continued in the Easter Service OF
.e Y. W. G.. A. Miss Helen Mackay
vas the leader and the Reverend Will
liam Sickle, pastor of church in Doy'
lestown, Pennsylvania, was the speaker.
de defined religion as friendship with
Jesus Christ. He said that the first
cause of our friendship was all He had
zone tor US. Then, too, we are fIiends
because we can trust Jesus. He said
hat Heaven is merely being where
Jesus is. AS special feature OF the
Meeting Miss Ritz sang 1.-The Palms. ="
i ID quartette, Misses Dennis, Wright.
Layton, and E. M. Sones, sang Il Will
Give You Rest.
Y. w. c. A. AT wOMEN's COLLEGE
Last Monday evening the Y. W. G. A.
abinet held it's first meeting. The
ew officers are: President. "lss Mary
wright; President. Miss Helen
bishop; Secretary, Miss Anna Reebe;
treasurer, Miss Agnes Fowler; Chair
nan Missions, Miss AJable Dobson;
Chairman Bible Study, Violet Norris;
Chairman Social Service. Helen Ban
:roft; Chairman Religious Meeting,
Iiss Mary Dennison.
Open Night at W.. c. D: Saturday
vening Miss Mural Tilden gave most
delightful entertainment. For the first
part OF her program she played seiec-
ions from Greig, Bach, Beethoven.
chopin, Mcdowell, ano other composers,
Introducing each number with whim-
steal little explanation of the compost
zion. For the second part, size danced
through aesthetic dances to Kreistler's
violin solos. She was dressed in pale
;reen like a weed nymph. The usual
rance followed the enter tainnent, the
music for the dancing was generously
furnished by Miss Elsie Wright who
patiently fingered the keys until the
en- o'clock bell rang
Chapel Talk at W. Z. D.: Spring was
ushered in on Monday, March Is, by \
delightful bird talk by Miss Dora Ware
Of the faculty. The victrola was used
O reproduce the bir calls and songs,
and more than a dozen native birds
were discussed. On the same morning
DR.. Sypherd spoke briefly about the
call for the camps, urging all students
o give from their own libraries, and
give generously. Over fifty books
have already been contributed.
Tuesday Miss Mary S. Shaw FL filled
he Current Events period. She spoke
on the measures being taken at the
pre- sent time to preserve the master
pieces of Germany and France from be-
ing sold out of the country. Her
talk was followed by the reading by
Miss Winslow Of portion of the little
book "The White Comrade" a tale. of
the spiritual side Of life in the trenches
Wednesday the speaker was DR..
Vaughn who took for his subject "Au-
photography emphasizing the stimulus
rs we'll as the delight to be gotten from
the reading Of the autobiographies OF
men and v omen who have meant some
thing in the worlds progress. He
dwelt upon the four Things that chiefly
influence life: Work, Education, Love
and Religion.
Every Thursday Professor. Carpenter
leads community singing after chapel
and there is no speaker on that morning
Friday morning Dean Cullimore ad
dressed the students. His subject wa:
"Ideals," and the point dwelt upon wa:
that it is the easiest thing possible tt
have ideals, to voice them, but thai
where we fail is in the courage to live
them
Lecture on Italian Painting: AS Mis-!
| Winslow will be out of town for tn,
Easter recess the Monday evening lee
ture will be omitted this coming week
The course will be resumed on Monday
April 8, when the topic will be "Th'
Early Venetian Painters.
Personal: The Faculty of the
Woman's College has welcomed a new
member this past week, Miss BESSIE
C. Leftwich has come from Danvllle,
Virgiania, to join the Home Economic
Department under Professor Caudell
| Miss LeftWich has been teaching tn,