_Votuun VII. No. “12, Ee BRYN MAWR, PA:, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12; 1921. @ oe Zz Predlinon Entertained by 1922 ‘with ’ _ Masquerade Dance in the Gymnasium ° Masked fairies and -Chinamen, : Splash- * me’s . and card ‘packs hobnobbed_ togethér last Saturday night at a dance given by the Juniors to the Freshmen in the gym- ~-nasiu In Muitiok to many weird and: exotic costumes the party brought to light .two EXPLAINED AT T, CONCERT TALK subject of age ongert-talk , given by Dr. Sigmund Spatth,. assisted ‘by Mr. Henry Souvaine, _ pianist, in Taylor. Hall, under the auspices of the RACIAL CHARACTER IN MUSIC| Debate Japanese Immigration Prob- is By An Electrical Player debated Friday evening at 7.30,” jn the “Racial Characteristics in Music” was the is the third debated by the club and the second under the World Citizenship Com- ; S d : mittee, ast Saturday, evening, Japanese should be admitted-into the United dem at Third Debate of Semester ' Japanese immigration will be the question Merion sitting room. The subject, which ‘is worded “Resolved: That the FRENCH CRITIC-AUTHOR WILL DISCUSS AMERICAN LITERATURE “French » Characteristics of. American Literature” Ernest Dimnet’s lecture next Saturday night, at 8 o'clock in Taylor Hall, under the auspices of the French Club. Price 10: Cents Dimnet Will Return to Bryn Mawr. will be the subject of Abbé . ..new_stars_in the dancing firmament, when eed States "onan. equal...foctine...with others nena ee ae cemreeaee - eae ——“TPossessed OF alr Witenise™ i = Coffin, A, and mM Anya, _ ‘won seo the ied ture; ‘Mr. Sone “rendered a a num- sein” . which never fails to charm ir oe ef prize contest. After the unmasking a buffet b ’ iede th bei cod -The two teams. are—Affirmative: P.| Sian wi te iS -aUuclence, supper of lemonade and cakes was served, er of pieces himself, the rest being playe Ostroff, 21; S.. Washburn ’21;. M. Dunn, either at home or abroad, speaking@English - vand the dancing continued ‘until 10 o'clock. E. Hall, ’22,.was chairman of the commit- tee in charge of the’ dance. CHINESE’ FAMINE CONSIDERED | AT RALLY BEFORE VACATION “President ‘Thomas and Mewhers of : Faculty Expose Great Suffering A rally to discuss the Chinese. famine | conditions was held Saturday night, Decem- a salizing the subject,” said Dr. Spaeth, indi- cating that music which is really significant RIOU WILL SP’ EAK ON FRENCH to the piano. “Gréatness in music depends on univer-|. tends to lose all racial character or “local color.” Thus, in Grieg, Norwegian char- of greater’ qualities. Mandarin,” Mr. Souvaine played his own ‘composition,. “a Chinese piece from the American point-of-view.2 In the encore to.this he regulated the Ampico, and the by the Ampico, an electrical player attached. 93 acttristies are maintained.at the expense PP ” Hides” Th “The Mood of Prunia’s Shepherd Sculptor” to be Negatiye: F. Billstein, '21; S. Mar- bury, '21, and P. Willcox, ’22. SCULPTOR PAUL DARDE Discussed -on February 18 Gaston Riou, official lecturer- of the Alliance Francaise, and “one of the most distinguished * of the - younger French almost as fluently as he does French,- not to-speak of his great and active brain, « Dimnet is-often considered one of the most noteworthy of modern lecturers,” according to a French graduate student. The story of Dimnet’s life is one of con- stant and well-directed action. His interest in English literature. was early expressed in his teachings at the College Stanislaus ‘in Paris. In 1898 he was induced to write a criticism.of an American.book for -the Prlot, and since that. time he has written constantly and with growing success for ber 18, in Taylor Hall, under the auspices piano continued to play while he looked| writers,” according to La France, willl the North American Rewiew, the London of. the History Club, in place of the lecture] on to the astonishment of the audience} speak on the Sourbes sculptor, Paul Dardé,} Nineteenth Century and variows other by. Mr. Raymond Fosdick, who was unable Plays Prelude in G Minor on February 18th, at 8 o'clock, in Taylor] leading periodicals, : . to,come. President Thomas, Mrs, William Next on the program was the Prelude in Hall, under the auspices of the French] — In 1919, speaking at Harvard, in New Roy Smith, Professor of ,Economics; Dr. Fenwick, ‘ Professor of..Political Science, and Miss Dong,.a Chinese graduate student, spoke. Outlining the problems .in the aaa political situation in China, Dr. Fenwick said that the Chinese havé solved the prob- lem of local self-government fairly satis- caioely, but that national self-government apr see ~Srugging.agsinet..<1, -hysssucsatic.civill eatin “Rhapsody Nor 6 service system. The family is the unit of}: government, ‘the village and town being only an enlargement of it. “There is a sound core of family life in China,” ended Dr. Fenwick, “and they cannot fail to succeed.” Food,. Not. Money, Needed __... ‘Between. thirty and. forty millions.are] affected, and crops, which have failed ut- terly in a large area, are at best only 8 per cent. normal,” read Mrs. Smith from recent newspaper accounts of the famine. ‘: The element of self-respect in. the Chinese character keeps the sufferers from begging and plunder, so that “they are committing suicide by poisoning the last portions of their food ‘with arsenic,” according to one newspaper. _ Describing the relief measures being taken by the Red Cross, she said that food, not money, was being given for work, since “the people are willing to die or work, but wilf not beg.” In addition to the failure of the last crops there: is no seed~ supply -——- for next year, and the locusts are doing great damage ; business is being deeply G Minor, of Rachmaninoff, recorded on the Ampico by the composer. This strikes a triumphant note not found in the more familiar C Minor prelude, said Dr. Spaeth. “The Liebestraum, which has the universal, note of= sentimentality, shews~ Liszt in a mood apart. from the Hurfgarian,” he pointed out, while the composer has para- phrased the racial character in the Hun- Dr. Spaeth himself played and sang in good tenor Neapolitan Folk Songs. A Pre- lude Fugue and Variations, by Frank, played by Mr. Souvaine, was “quite in the classic style,” said Dr. Spaeth, while the following piece _by..Debussy—attained_only. local. color. “The Spanish have characteristic rhythms,” Lhe explained, “but-depend-for-expression_ont— the French; as in Carmen.” position, by Lane, illustrating a higher order,” Dance by Percy Granger. “Perared “it to bea pet niatient “adaitroni * tO T -He was wounded in the battle of Dieuze, months in a Bavarian fortress,” A: darky com-| the rush of his blood, are all instinct with “ragtime of| the passion *of patriotism,” acc&rding to was encored by a Morris| La France, he usually speaks on subjects of French national interest. Club:: The greater part of Riou’s writing has been of a religious character. His newest and most popular work published recently in America, ig The Diary of a-+French Private... To quote La France: “In his native land the success of the book has been extraordinary, and the sternest of the French critics have, with one voice, de- literature. Riou_@ént to the front among the first, took part in the fighting in Lor- raine, and was mentioned in dispatches. was taken prisoner, and passed eleven Darde a Native of Cevennes Region _Since-Riou’s—! ‘ardor>-his- fire, -his impetus, | He has. chosen York, Boston, Philadelphia and at Bryn Mave. he appealed for funds for the “des- titute hospitals of Lille’ Because’ of the huge success of this tour and the rever- w ence. with which Dimnet is - generally re- » garded in. France, the University of Lille, where he has ‘taught for several years, in October canonized the author-critic. . Diminet’s two greatest French works. are: LaF Soeurs Bronte, which appeared in 1910 and ‘was declared by a French critic to be - the best biography in years,: and, in 1914, France Herself Again, a portrayal of the spirit with which the author's native land entered into the Great War. BRILLIANT ENGLISH WOMAN WILL LECTURE HERE FRIDAY Honored by British Government “Contemporary Poetry” is the subject of certo, by Tschaikowsky, Mr. Ampico, and towards the end he picked the ‘execution... Coming public educationally, and Mr. Smith, and other places. ‘In the first movement of a Piano Con-| to lecture at Bryn } Mawr on a man belong- Souvaine| ing to the French. soil, a “genius who once began the piece, it was carried on by the| herded sheep. - The home of the French sculptor is in it up again with no perceptible change in the region of the Cevertnes, a locality made through the} famous by~Stevenson’s Travels With a music committee, both Dr. Spaeth, who is| Ponkey. “Interest centers on the inhab- greatly interested in ‘offering music to’ the] itants of a very small-cottage with three Souvaine, ogival openings that give on to a chalk- says the Living Age. of have given similar concert-talks at Vassar,| baaked_ terrace,” “In front of the door, with October 9th. Intercollegiate Magazine Discussed its primitive latch, are two young people. Both are healthy and happy, content with life and humble abode. The ‘man is a a lecture which Miss Caroline F.. E. Spur- |} geon, Professor of English Literature at the University of London, and Exchange Professor at Columbia University and Barnard College this winter, will give in chapel next Friday morning at_10 o'clock. Miss Spurgeon had the unusual honor of being one of two women on the Commis- sion of Education sent to this country by the British government: in ‘1918. A’ year later she returned to America at the request of Lord Grey, to promote. .international relations by lecturing through the country. At this time she spoke at Bryn Mawr on at Conference herculean ‘devil,’ a mighty figure clad in affected. @ China Looks to America for Aid Miss Dong, who has been away from China for two and a half years, described | modern educational conditions ‘according to information Sent in ‘letters. “Two educa- to the West, have resulted jr eiarbaaai at- tention to__women’s. eduicatit: Although the missionaries are doing a. ‘great work, introducing: western methods, “there is still) a huge task ahead of us,” said Miss Dong. “Relief must come from. Manchuria where there are great supplies of wheat,” reported President Thomas, who had just “returned from a meeting of, the Chinese Relief, Committee. Upon investigation, it ‘ is found: that $12 will keep a Chinese’ adult E alive until the next harvest, and it is only necessary to cable money across to release the corresponding amount of wheat. Presi- _ dent Thomas pointed out that a great deal ~on the future depends upon how this great nation develops. She said that China jis}. _now appealing to America.as to a ee in time of need. . J. Flexner Represents Bryn Mawr, College,. New. York City,on January. 3, at which Smith, Vassar, Holyoke, and Bryn Mawr, were represented,, The possibility of a monthly or, quarterly magazine ‘was voted down because of thet. difficulty of supporting ‘an. extra publication Hand in the colleges. ° pages contributed’ by each college, and | © edited by Wellesely. Bryn Mawr. will not contribute to this number on account of Next year a/ similar plan will be" taiea up Jean Flexner, ’21; a member a the hea tern board, attended ‘Yhe conference. wide blue pantaloons reaching to huge : boots that énclose naked feet. Plans for an jntercollegiate magazine] he models an enormous block ‘of stone with were discussed at a conference at Barnard | astonishing force and surety.” Pick in hand Wellesley, Mt. New York Bryn’Mawr Club Entertains | Undergraduates a at Luncheon) g Winifred Waresster, 21, 21, Thanks Alumnae With Mrs, Learned Hand, mother of S. } W. Worcester, This year a spring number: ‘teacher-in the schools~at -Pudna, Italy; as of the regular college magazines. will con- ‘speakers, the Bryn Mawr Club entertained tain the same material composed of seven|the undergraduates. at a luncheon on De- cember: 29, in New York. marked the opening of the new club house at 279 Lexington. Avenue. Mts. .Hand’s praise of the college woman, not being able to secure sufficient material and particularly of the Bryn Mawr woman, | by January 15, when the copy is due,|came in contrast to the tale of the dearth ; of education in the Far-East. fie et hes cco nigel FOSter - thanked. -the alumnae, .on.a more extensive ‘stale: godmothers,” for their good-will and active | support of the Endowment Fund. About “British War Poetry.” She also made an ing held for the opening of the’ Endowment Fund Campaign last January. 5 “Methods of Teaching” will be: the sub- Miss Spurgeon by the English Department side her lecture here, Miss“ Spurgeon ex- pects to give a week’s and two addresses at Smith. GLEE CLUB REVERTS TO GILBERT AND SULLIVAN “H. M.S. Pinafore,” by Gilbert and Sul- livan, will be given by the Glee Club=this year instead of “The Geisha Girl,” which was the. first. choice. of the club. fore” was given at Bryn: Mawr in 1915, “Pina- 1917, and secretary to the president, Bryn Mawr College, in 1917-18, took the part of thirty-five undergraduates were present. i ’ Buttercisp. address here at the annual Alumnae Meet- ‘ ject ‘of a private conference'to be held with . in the Deanery during her stay here. Be--” -course at Vassar when Thalia Smith, European Fellow, in _ ‘nich t--