Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-15

Newark. Jan i5.s--Although the Seniors
wee late in giving thei first the dansesnt
the affsi which took place on Saturday
was a very delightful one. The Hilarium
was simply decorated wi h laurel sprigs
placed around the shaded lights, upon the
mantels, and in large baskets before the
freplAees The Seniors and Their guests
were feceived by Miss Mafgsret Groves,
president Of the class Dean Robinson and
Miss Qunlsita G. Drake, honorary mfnber
Of .he Senior Class After an Introductory
waltz, tea. sandviohes, uinfs and saiteo
nuts we're served by Officers of the Sopno-
more CIass-Rose Roberts. Ruth Rus
sell. Mabel Smith and Virginia Brown
Ann Ritz vice president Of the Senior
olass. presided at the tea table. An
orchestra composed Of four students of the
affiliated oolleges--Paul Wintrup at the
nisno; Alice Ferguson. banjo; Margaret
Moore, mandolin, and Ffsn,es Wortning-
ton, vfolin gave excellent music To- ten
Dances
Tho se present wese the Seniors. Ann,
Ritz, Margaret Cs-oyes, Helen Fisher
Katherine Stevens, Tiny Hancaett. Car
ielIe Williams Edna Pratt, Lillian Thorn
lev. Bfita Buckingham. Madeleine Dixon,
Marie Re Gates, Ruth Bennett, Ann
Van SAINT. Bertha Welcome; and Out~Of-
town visitors, Misses Mary Pratt, Made
leire May, Annapolis Truax; with their
guests Dr w o. Sypherd and 8essrs
Thomas Armstrong Knowles Bowen,
Draper Smith. Dwight Tebo. Johnson
Rowan. Albert Reid, Joseph Wise, VIII
liam Jacobs. Paul Arbuckie, Joseph Fair
banks. Donohoe Robineon. Thomas Cars
veil. Claude Foreaere, Woodward Olcoft
ard John HoFecker.
Tn the evening q very interesting gather
ing Of students from both colleges took
place in the Hilarium % Warner Hal.
Charles r. Ernst director Of recreation IN
/ Community Service work, showed what
real community singing can be when an
enthusiastic leader holds the baton.
/, The oid-tirne favorises, popular modern
songs, and mirthrproducing rourds" kept
+ the company singing until o clock, when
the usual open night" dancing began,
/ lasting for one hour.
MANY HEARD BISHOP COOK
/ An unusually large number Of both
I faculty and students avalled themselves
on Sunday morning Of the opportunity OF
hearing Bishop Cook speak at st Thomas
Episcopal Church. At the y. w. g. A.
vesper services on Sunday night Or. W, o.
Sypherd gave q most scholarly TAX on
the Book Of job. He gave Collins, Jastrov
and other eminent writers as authorities
for various theories concerning the form
and Of this, what many con-
slider the most significant book Ia the
Bible. He showed the relation which the
book had 70 modern problems IN It's pres
enfstion of the struggle, and final recon
citation Of man 20 the will Of q higher
power. Trl reading the 18th chapter of
The Book Of job DR. Sypherd illustrated
the beauty and simplicity Of the poetic
form with which the thought Is set forth.
: On Monday morning Rev Hugh Ran
dali. who had preached in the First Pres
byterian Church OF Newark the day be
fore. gave a chapel talk, or rather SER
nonette. in which he urged the students
TO face without shirking the needs OF the
Twentieth Century, and not regard Il
merely as a ''ioy ride in an elght-cyiinder,
60-horse-power car
Mrs. Rankin, wife OF the new professor
of engineering AT Delaware College, and
herself a former member OF the faculty OF
Brown University. on Tuesday morning
visited the Womens College and gave 9
most Interesting and inspiring talk. She
as oneintensely interested IN biology, told
OF her wish 20 apply the theory Of evolu'
ton % the matters Of life. II society
adopts the evolutionary point OF view
true progress can De made through {
realization and evolution Of ever highel
forms OF civilization. The old stationar,
Il idea with regard TO class distinctions anC
other vexing problems VIII give way Z
more tolerant evolutionary IDEAS Espe
ciaIly should the college women apply tn
evolutionary idea of change snd progres
20 her own life ard outgrow old IN
tolerances. She needs 20 be awake an,
alert 10 develop her own personality Il
order that the worlds work, IN which sh
decides to lead, may be what il should bs
Miss Margaret Wilson OF the plonee
class visited, on Monday, Mss Ada WI
hams, another slumnP Of rs, who is nov
assistant in the Chemistry Department Q
the Womens College. Miss Wilson hs
been spending several weeks IN Pslstks
Florida.
HOME ECONOMICS.
On Tuesday evening Miss Jennie Bsel
State engineer OF Home Economies, sd
dressed the first opSl meeting Of IN
Home Economics Club which has bee
held this wear Not only the students
the Home Economics Department, bu
those In both the Education and Arts an
Science Departments found her tslk o
great interest. She emphasized the I'M
portance which the study OF HON
Economies yAays in the life of moder
society as a prevention Of divorce, infsn
mortality and childhood inefhciency. Sh
congratulated the girls who were plsnnln
: to teach the subject and told of the nee,
: for providing the State with Just sue
teachers as the college Is preparing
women who can present the msRipulativ,
: the scientific and, most necessary OF al
the social or spiritual phase of the work.
Another most interesting guest sc %
college this week was Miss Elizabeth "
Walsh, field representative OF the Pennsy
vania, Delaware Division Of the Red Cros
Society. Miss Walsh met al of the Senior
and talked with them informally ooncerF
ing the. need for college-trained women
the nufsing profession. She also spoke {
the satisfaction and true happiness whic
comes 10 one who chooses nursing as