Evening journal., 1921-01-15
Women s College Notes
BY RUTm ANNE RUSSELL.

During the chapel period on We'd
nesday morning, Miss Marian Spru-
ance. %. discussed the Smith-Tower
bill. and reasons Why IL should be-
come a law. Miss Spruance ilrst said
that the u. s., which leads the world
In most things, IS, not a leader In edu-
cailOnal matters. Fftyner cent Of me
school children are physically unit
and the teachers, in many cases, are
not fitted 10 teach. The Smith-Iower
bill proposes TO provide a national
department Of education and lhruush
the federal government remedy nNlls
Of the present educational system. In
1866 a bill providing a national de-
partment OF education wa passed Dy
CONGRESS and became law. Ihe
next year, however, bill was slipped
through Congress, which abolished
this department The part that edu-
cation plays In the national affairs as
purely education, Is very small. FOR
il there is only a small committee in
The Department of the Interior. Al
though this committee has been led
bv able men. yet because Of lack OF
opportunity they have been able TO do
liille on a large scale. The Smith
ToWner bin provides a department or
education, whose head shall be a
member OF the presidents cabinet. II
proVldes that one hundred millions or
dollars shall be distributed among
7 the states arcr'dNnr
/ OF nlilerales in the State. The money
h 10 be distributed on a ility-ilfty
basis. the stale raising as much as Is
given by the government The bill
requires legal school term in all
i States, compulsory education from
! the ages Z to "A, the use Of the Eng
/ lish language in the schools. and also
provides Tor the Investigation OF IL
! iileracy, health education, and immi-
I grafton. Some great educators say this
/ bin is long step IN the Prussianlz-
ing Of education IN the United states.
The majority, however, think that the
nation should educate its children as
a safeguard against the many evils
which confront II at present. The re-
| viewing of l'p
now feature OF the chapel program.
These topics are always timely and
well presented.
The Glce club held no meeting on
Wednesday evening. No real practice
has been begun FOR the opera as yet.
The opera that the Glce Club plans
| TO give during the coming term is
'-rhe Chimes OF NOrmandie."
on Thursday morning, at chapel the
viclrOla entertained The hymn was
sung By Madame Homer. After the
Bible reading and announcements, the
| Philadelphia Orchestra played the
Hungarian Rhapsody; Caruso and
Farrar sang a selection from the gar
den scene in Faust, Fritz kriesler
/ played the chant OF India. These
mornings with the worlds best mu-
sic are enjoyed very much by all the
girls.
ON Thursday evening the usual
Bible class meetings were held in
charge OF Professor G.. 4. Dution,
Miss Miriam Fell and Miss Gladys
Pratt.
Many OF the girls attended the Del
aware Carnegie game on Thursday
evening at Delaware College. Miss
Rachel TAYLOR, faculty head OF Sus-
sex Hall. chaperOned the girls at the
game The girls Of w. G. ID. consider
the new grandstands a decided i'm
provement over the old benches.
The Reporter stan met with Or.
Foster on Thursday TO discuss plans
for the coming term.
On Friday morning the Red Cross
Association OF the WOmen's College
held a meeting. The meeting was CALI
ed 10 order by the president Miss
Cardelle Williams. The reading Of the
minutes OF the last meetinc. was
dispensed with to give the speaker
more time Miss Williams presented
/ The speaker, Miss Welsh. a Red Cross
nurse who saw service overseas dur
ing the war and who Is now enter
ested in furthering the work OF the
Junior Red Cross work and the good
~ Is doing. Miss Welsh congratulated