Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-10
SHERWOOD EDDY TO !.
SPEAK At WOLF HALL
Secretary of Y. M c. A. in Asia
Will Deliver Address at
Woman's College.
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Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Newark, March 10 Sherwood Eddy
will speak at Wolf Hall, Friday evening
March IL, at s o'clock This fact is the
most talked about thing in the Women =
College just now. for through the kind
ness Of Dr. Condee the college Y. w. G. A.
WAS able to yet promise that Mr.. Eddy
would stay over from the Inter-Church
conference Mt Dover, Thursday TO speak
in Newark A Joint committee has been
formed to plan the meeting, consisting
of Helen Bishop, Margaret Finck, Alice
Roop,. Alex Blair, Herman Mckay,
| Bayard Carter and Mr.. Bebout, secre-
tnry Of the Newafk Y. NJ. &. A. Every
one interested in hearing MIR. Eddy is
invited to be present.
Sherwood Eddy is in the foreign de-
partment of the Y. NJ. G. A. being general
secretary for Asia. During the first years
of the war he WAS one of the foremost
leaders in inaugirating Y. work among
the prison camps Of all armies Some OF
his most successful work has been done
among the students of China and India.
Saturday night in Wolf Hall the repre-
sentatives of the inter-Church Movement
will show very interesting slides, showing
life in Asia and South America md giving
a graphic idea of the progress OF missions
there.
The last two Saturday nights have been
open. February IS was open house in
Sussex. There was music and reading
from "Unclc Remus" by Miss Rohr, fol-
lowed by dancing. March 9 Mr.. Irving g
easier, Director of Community Music IN
Wilmington, sang for the girls and their
guests and led in the singing of popular
"a. 4 4. 4. II II
there was dancing until ten O'Clock.
The Y. w. G. A. on February 20 was
devoted 10 the national Day of Prayer
requested by the Student Volunteer
Movement Miss Null was the leader
and there we're sentence prayers and
silent prayers for devastated Europe,
plastic Asia, and troubled America. In
place of the regular Sunday evening
service on March Z, the mission study
classes met instead of their regular
meeting time on Thursday night. Miss
Drake led the upper classmen on "fhc
Near East" and Miss Wolf and Miss
Dikeman led the freshman in home
missions. Wednesday morning the old
custom of morning watch was revived and
Miss Marion Rodney, chairman of bible
study committee led.
Friday evening when the lights went
out, there was silence for one startled
minute, and then the piano struck UP
again and the girls began dancing with
each other. Tho matron furnished
candles and in little while a jolly group
was sitting around the piano. singing
popular and college songs. Not satisfied
with mere vocal expression, the fresh
men and snpbomorcs presented a mork
wedding and then gave an impromptu
vaudeville There were skits, pantomme,
songs and dances, tn the great delight
of the select audience, which cncored
nearly every performance. As one OF
the girls said, can't see TO study by
candlc-light, so ] might as well have
good time" In fact most of the girls
seemed to enjoy the unexpected respite
from lessons and ordinary activities.
4 course in parliamentary Law has been
started in chapel meeting once n week.
The students are called the Parent
Teachers Association of the Blue Hen
School House and in discussing tho
psychological tests the girls are learning
how 10 conduct meeting properly. Mr.
Wilkinson Is the presiding officer
The only chapel talks this week of i'm
portanoe were an account given by Dean
Robinson Of THE Life OF Pioneer the
autobiography of DIR Anna Howard
Shaw and talk by Miss Book about
her work In France. Miss Book was sent
as a representative from Delaware To do
recreational work for the Y. VI. G. A.
Her duties evidently consisted of every
thing from serving cocoa and sewing on
buttons 10 dancing with the men and
taking groups of soldiers on picnics IN the
mountains nesr Grenobe.
A. J.. r..