Evening journal., 1923-02-14

he no entertainment provided every
one 70 furnish her own entertain
ment. So on Saturday evening
much conversation and dancing 10
victrola music was the program for
open night.
Miss Marion Parkhurst was the
chaperone from the Women's Col
lore at the dance given by the Druid
fssternity OF Delaware College, on
SATURDAY evening. A large number
OF the girls attended.
The subject of child welfare was
Introduced last Friday during the
crapel hour by DR.. 2, B. Crooks. on
srndsy evening. Mrs. Tatnall, OF the
Consumers' League, spoke Of some
Of the work being done now In Del
aware for the welfare OF the chill
dren. Mrs. Tatnall spoke in parti-
cular OF the bills concerning the la
hor Of women and children which
are now being considered by the
LEGISLATURE at Dover. Since the
Federal law regulating the labor or
women and children has been de-
ciared unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court, which claims that II
is the province OF the states TO reg
ula+e labor within the state, Il has
become necessary that the State
mass laws which will take the place
OF the Federal law. There are now
four bills before the Legislature and
il seems very probable that these
hills viii pass. These bills. II they
become laws, will raise the age limit
nom fourteen years TO sixteen years
80 the age when children may leave
school to work. they will reduce the
ten-hour day to an eight-hour day
There was a fifth bill which was con-
cerned with regulating the labor
In canneries, but there was so much
rrotest against this bill that IL had
10 be withdrawn. The Gamers ar
que that labor is very hard TO get,
that they need all the labor they
can get. They claim that children
do piece work and may stop when
they become tired. The children OF
the migrant families who have no
real guardian, but the State are
those children who need the pro-
fection OF a law regulating labor in
the canneries. II there was Fed
eral law which operated alike in
an the States, the Delaware can
ners would have nothing to fear
from the competition of the Gamers
in Indiana for the hours worked by
the laborers OF each would be the
same. Public opinion has much 20
do with the passage OF laws. The
legislators wish to the win Of the
people. The people Of the State
could do much TO help the passage
of these bills by letting their rep
resentstives know the Will Of the
citizens Of the State.
Miss Elizabeth McNeal acted as
an animated newspaper during the
chapel hour on Monday morning.
Miss McNeaI talked on current
events. She told some news about
ireland; then made a hurried trip
10 Turkey and the Near East, came
hack to England 20 report that
Princess Mary has fine som re-
ported that Monday was Dincoln's
birthday and wednesday st. Valen-
tines Day. skipped about the glote
p bit more and returned 10 the Wo-
mems College 10 remind the girls
OF the song contest. which Is going
on this week at the college.
The cabinet of the Y. W. c. A.
held a very important meeting IN
Monday evening. At the meeting
the chairmen OF committees made
their monthly report. The faculty
advisers, Dean Winifred J. Robin.
son, Miss Laura V. Clark and Miss /
Agnes Snyder met with the cabinet.
A conference of the Student /
Volunteers will be held at the Uni /
versity Of Delaware this Weekend, |
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. on
Tuesday. in Wolf Hall, DR.. George
A. Chafont, OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, told OF the purpose Of tha
Student Volunteer movement and
spoke little OF the coming confer
ence. DR.. Chalfont said that the
problem OF What Am Going TO
do in Ldfe?" confronts every college
student. While he Is in college ie
the time that every student should
decide what he Is going TO make
OF his life. This should be de-
decision not made in haste, for II
hasty decision OF this question IS
made. somebody will find the student
coming TO the realization that he is
not the right man for his job. There
are two things which should help.
direct these decisions-hrst, can
reach my highest achievements in
the place? second, Am l giving
enough service TO others? The for
eign field can find a job for every
one, whether he be engineer, teach
err. doctor or what not This con-
ference is a conference of college
students who have pledged them
selves to spend some time OF their
lives in the foreign field.
This conference. which IS to be
held at the University on February
1s, II and IS. is a conscience of
the Student Volunteers in the col
ieges Of Delaware, Maryland and
District OF Columbia, Johns Hkoipns
University. George Washington, Uni
versity OF Maryland, Washington
College, Blue Ridge College. Hood
College and University Of Delaware
are represented in this conference.
Thus far, e.ghty-two delegates have
registered. They will be entertained
by the people o. Newark and by
both colleges of the University.
The meetings Of the conference
viii be open to the public. Dr.
Fleming. Of Union Theological Sem
-nary, viii lecture in Wolf Hall, on
Friday night in Life Service" SAT-
urday morning there will be a busi-
ness meeting. Saturday afternoon
Dr. Rowe. a returned missionary
from China. will speak. Saturday
evening at siS-thirty o'clock. there
will be a banquet at the Commons,
T1a1a.vara CoIle0a There will he an