Evening journal., 1922-01-11

lege on last Saturday evening A
number OF the girls spent the week
end of campus. Many attended the
dance given by TIE Blue Lantern So
ciety at Delaware College. Miss
Marian Parkhurst chaperoned this
dance from the Women's College.
The seniors entertained in Sussex
Hall for those who remained at col
lege Those who attended the party
had a very jolly time. Several games,
music by the victrola and popcorn
furnished the amusements.
Miss Miriam Null was the speaker
at the Sunday evening service OF tke
Y. w c. A. Miss Elizabeth Walker,
%. was the leader. The subject for
the evening -sxas Missions. Miss
Null spoke OF the harm done in the
mission field by INSCRIPTIONS busi-
ness men. who went out into unciv-
ilized lands and exploited the ma
tives for their own gain. Such un-
Christian acts make the work OF the
missionary douhly hard. Not only
the business men but thougktless
college students make the work OF
the missionary difficult. Many
heather foreigners come 70 this
country to be educated. Instead OF
going back converted to the Chris
tian religion and workers in It's
cause. these students go back and
use their knowledge for thcir old
religions. In these ways, every one
is indirectly responsible for mission
work Miss Null reminded the girls
that the true type Of missionary now
in the forei~n fields is a doctor, a
teacher a newspaper man.
There was no meeting OF the Fell
iowship Club on Sunday evening.
The Thursday evening religious con-
ferences also have been discontin-
ued until after examinations
The Women's College was surely
ahead Of time on Monday morning.
The bells rang fifteen minutes ahead
OF time. Consequently the attend
ance in chapel on Monday morning
Keuren. OF the English Department.
spoke about India. India is a land
OF romance. because IL Is far away
and we know very little OF II. Usu-
ally. we think Of India as the prop
erty OF the British Empire It is not
a unified nation II cannot be uni
fed, for its people speak forty dis
tinctly different languages India is
one-half as large as TIE United
States and has a population three
times as large as the population OF
the United States. This great dens-
ity OF population makes possible the
famines and pestilences which we
hear about in India. The English
government. however. is doing much
for India Now there are more rail-
roads in India than in the United
States. There are newspapers print
ed. and many persons have electric
lights.
In SAC B. c.. Buddha tried to
solve the problems of his people
Even now the main religion OF India
is Buddhism. Mohammedlsm
Rrahmanism. Confusianism. as wei
as Christianity. are also important
religions in India. India Is impor.
tant also for its literature. From
1900 to 1850. India was a highly civ
ilized nation. The dramas OF their
literature are especially beautiful
They were like the Greek dramas. IN
the fact that they we're reserved
There are no death scenes on the
stage In Hindu drama. Although
ninety mine per cent. OF the people
Of India cannot read or write. this
Hindus are not 70 be looked down
upon. They are practically the
same stock as we English and
Americans are. Those Hindus who
come to America usually have mar
velous intellects. Several OF the
grest philosophers were and are
Hindus
The head OF the English depart
ment. DR.. W. o. Sypherd spoke on
Monday evening The subject OF
his lecture to the Freshmen was
Writing" DIT. sypherd said that
he wished 10 discuss the joys pleas
ures and profits OF composition.
some OF the Freshmen failed to see
the place Of the first two items in
the speech. Freshmen themes seem
10 have taken much JOY out OF
writing Composition Is always use
full We get good fiction in college.
From composition we get personal
satisfaction, personal accomplish
ment and an understanding OF good
literature. We also get valuable
training in clear thinking and ef-
fective ordering OF material. We
get the ability TO express our ideas
10 others. In order 10 write, Dr.
sypherd gave some comforting
thoughts 10 the Freshmen. The
one which they remember and the
instructors seem to forget, is that