Evening journal., 1921-12-24

The chapel period on Wednesday
morning was given over TO the Limi-
tation of Armaments Club. Miss
Ruth White. the president. asked the
club members TO speak OF the club
as the club FOR the discussion OF
Limitation OF armament since the
conference in Washington Is not
discussing entire disarmament. but
the Limitation OF armament Miss
Lucille Petry read some extracts from
the New York Times and the Lit
erarv Digest relative to the Far
Eastern situation.
The freshmen in the two-year
course in teacher training. present
ed Tolstors play where God Is,
There Love is Also" The play is
the story OF Martin. the shoemaker.
who hopes to entertain the Christ
child. He helps the poor but fails
to have his expected Heavenly Wis
itor. A voice tells him that he has
entertained the Christ child. for 'in-
asmuch as ye have done il unto the
least OF these my brethren, ye rave
done IL unto Me-" The cast is as
follows:
Marten. Miss Elizabeth station
stepanwitch. an old soldier,
Miss Mary Elsenbrey
The apple woman. Miss Delma Danks
LITTLE boy . Miss Hilda Hastings
Beggar ...... Miss Maud Webster
Pilgrim ..... Miss Jennie Hudson
A customer.
Miss Marian Scarborough
Tho committee which arranged the
Entertainment was Miss Mary Eisen-
brey chairman, and Miss Elizabeth
Station and Miss Maudc Webster.
Just after the play. the alarm oi
FIRE was given. a blaze had been dis
covered in the store room In tho
basement The colored men who
work in the kitchen fought the fire
braveiy and had It under control be
fore the FIRE company from Newark
arrived The smoke in the hall,
was very dense. Many or the girls
took their belongings from the Resi-
dence Hail rooms TO Science Hal
or Sussex Hall This is the nrst mis-
hap OF this kind that has ever hap
pened at the college. The way IL
which the affair was managed prov
ed the efficiency OF the FIRE drill
ond the cooi-headedness OF the stu
dents and faculty. on Thursda,
morning Dean Robinson congratu
lated the girls on their sensible con
duct during the nre.
Although the fire had made Il i'm
possible for the sophomores to enter
tain in Residence Hall. they move'
the Christmas tree TO tho Commoi
Room in Sussex Hall and enter
Mined their big sisters. the seniors
there. This was one of the most en-
joyahle parties OF the year. Mis-
Edna Cranston acted as Santa Claus
She read the messages coming will
each gift before presenting It 4
the senior for whom Il was enter
tanned These verses were all YER,
clever and fitted the receivers YER,
well. The sophomores served 20,
candy. pop corn and punch. Mis-
I.enora Parsons rs. and Miss Grac
Reed 25. furnished the music dur
ing the evening After the gifts ha'
been given, the evening was spent II
dancing.
Miss Nellie Blair. Editor-in-chie
of the Blue and Gold for 1923, re
minded the college that a year bool
would be published this year. Sh
spoke OF the many reasons for buy
ing the book. record OF college life
and a record OF changes in hal
dressing Miss Blair reminded tn
girls that they would be asked 10
their subscription very soon afte
Christmas. The most importan
question now before the staff is IN
question OF advertising. Every gin
should feel that the Blue and Col
Is her book. for altho the Junior
get out the Blue and Gold Il is
college publication. Miss Blair ash
ed the girls to try and get advei
tisements from people interested 1
the college in their home town
After Miss Blair had said her sa
Dean Robinson spoke for the yea
book. she reminded the girls that IN
advertising In the year book Is n,
charity but a good business pr,
position since practically every girl
the college buys a Blue and Col
The book therefore. goes to hom,
in many states and many parts ,
our own state therefore the major
ity OF the advertisements come froi
Newark and Wilmington. The sta
OF the Blue and Gold for 1928 wishe
the people all over the state to hay
share in aiding this college actiN
iiy
The Christmas dinner is always a
event at the Women's College. Tn
dinner this year. after the fire in tn
store room. was very enjoyab
affair The girls expected that m
Christmas dinner had gone up
smoke, but the whole dinner w,
saved
Miss Mabel Tebo 20. President
the Dramatic Club. was toastmistres
Miss Tebo spoke OF the real Chris
mas spirit--f'P Peace on Earth. Goo
VIM to Men" At the Women
College the real Christmas spirit
kept there all the year by the orga
lzauons Of the college Miss Margar
finck. first president OF Il
student Self Government. spoke 4
that organization. Miss Dorotl
Ford was the speaker for the Y. I