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Show Your College Spirit by Subscribing to the Sibyl and the Weekly and by Patronizing our Advertisers: PUBLISHED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SIBYL VOL2. ELMIRA N Y NOVEMBER 13, 1918 ' > Colleo'e Paruclpates in. Peace Parade Many a sweet dream was interrupted | about 3 o'clock Monday morning by the long-wished-for peace had really come. It didn't take anyone long to bounce out of bed, and - in a few seconds lights began to twinkle | from Cowles, Alumnae and Mackenzie. _- Then the octagon bell pealed forth a la Liberty Bell (thank goodness it didn't . crack.) Strains of \O Beautiful Amer- ica'' poured forth from Mackenzie. After a while everyone quieted down as much as possible, and we slept a lit- tle while . At breakfast everyone was hilarious when we were told to get ready to march in the parade. The Mackenzieites startled the public by ap- pearing at breakfast with a fife and drum corps, all dressed in red, white ~- and blue, and with headdresses made of the Star- Gazette Extra. At nine we assembled for the parade, marched down town and joined the rest of the town in the general celebration. After the. parade we had a chapel ser- vice which we can never forget. It made us realize what we had before been almost unable to realize, that the war is over. - Dr. Lent requested that we should not trouble the Faculty with classes for the rest of the day, so each one celebrated the news in just the way she wished for the rest of the day. ' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Epsilon Gamma entertained Delta Psi last Friday night at a very clever and original party 20,000 leagues under the sea. Old fish-nets and shells cover- ed the floor of the deep-sea hall, and all sorts of sea-weed, fish, sponges, and ev- en anchors floated in the water (?) above. For awhile the guests swam about merrily and then came stunts. Mermaids came forth and sang as they I combed their hair, and as of old the song lured sailors on the rocks. Here, too, was Mary Lewis, transformed into | Starfish Mary, and she read most charmingly. Then the River Styx came into view, and the shades of our promi- nent Seniors were seen to cross this river and go to their future dwelling- . After this, icebergs and peri- - places! seopes floated in, and it was found that these closely resembled ice cream and cake, so everyone feasted happily. Shortly after this they all returned to land very well pleased by the novel en- | tertainment. announcement that - regis - armistice. _ Dr. Norton Speaks in Chapel on F‘nday Dr. Norton spoke to us in chapel on - Friday morning concerning the reports - of peace that came to us the day before. He told us that while Prussianism is at bay, and militarism in check, the viper is not yet dead, and continues to strike back. He said that such a mistaken re- _ port as we received on Thursday would affect the American soldiers and might tend to demoralize them. Public men, newspapers, pétty ambitions, all are ' prolonging the war through peace pro- paganda. There is a report now that the Y. M. C. A., K. of C., and other wel- fare organizations do not need the $170,000,000 they have been trying to_ raise, but this is not true. need it as much as ever. There are about 2,300,000 American soldiers on the other side. If the war They do should end now, we would have 200,000. men home by Christmas, but it would be the middle of 1920 before they all would be back. They will have to come in. American ships, becanse Britain will need her own to transport her soldiers to the colonies and also to obtain pro- visions. During this time when the men will have leisure hours is the time that they will have to be entertained, so we do need welfare organizations more than ever. Dr. Norton closed by saying, **Yes- terday the German envoys came through the Allied lines to discuss the is dawning. It is the greatest period in the world. Are we ready foe it?\ As Dr. Tuttle said, no ore 'but Dr. Norton could have said to us so wisely and so well the things that he did. It is up to us to consider the facts he put be- fore us, and to act upon his advice. Coming Speakers. Wm. Lyon Phelps of Yale, a Brown- ing Scholar and a lecturer, will lecture - on Mark Twalin in March. Chas. Foster Keat of Yale, a Biblical Literature February. Stereopticon Lecture By Dr. Lent. Dr. Lent. gave a very interesting stereopticon lecture in the chapel on _ Bunday evening. His object was to - make us become bettér acquainted with Palestine. « He showed some extremely _ | them success in their work. beautiful and interesting scenes. The Reconstruction Period. specialist, will lecture in - Student Government Party. Thanks to the passing of the \flu\' | epidemic, social events went on as us- ual last week-end, and that long-looked- | for, much-postponed Student Govern- - ment party was held on Saturday night. Perhaps it is just as well that our ex- pectations ran so high-otherwise we might have been overwhelmed, for 1t was some party. There were four stunts, the first be- ing tableaux of various war posters. Jean Clarke as \'The Greatest Mother in the World,\\ and \Hold Up Your End,\ proved that there are great com- pensations for being a wounded sol- dier. K. Reed would be sufficient in- ducement for anyone to \join the navy,'' and Darb Dunham as \Tell It to the Marines,\ and K. Throop as \Liberty far out-shone their pictur- ed forerunners. The second stunt was a wax-figure production of Mother Goose rhymes, characters too numerous to mention. Marie Hawley recited most effective- ly several poems from ''Rhymes of a Red Cross Man,'' by Robert W. Ser- vice, and as the grand finale, Helen Bal- lard and Jeannette Underwood, charm- ingly dressed as Colonial lady and gen- tleman, sang old fashioned songs by the llght of two flickering candles. There was dancing between each two stunts, and for once in its history the chapel floor was actually slippery. People who had come prepared to \stick to it,\\ found it brightly shining and really danceable. It was a shock, but what a happy one! After the dancing came the refresh- ments-fluffy, well-filled, chocolate- coated cream puffs. Judging from the quantity of them, the committee in charge must have been blessed with a particularly happy foresight. When the octagon bell gave the sig- nal, the party broke up, abandoning the chapel to the clean-up committee, who were last seen struggling violently and impartially with broom and confetti. It was certainly a most successful evening and one that will be long re- membered. New Members of The Weekly Board. Laura Cronan is Senior Reporter on the Weekly now, and Ruth Tolson is Freshman. Reporter. Frances French is Assistant Circulation Manager. We congratulate all these girls and wish
