oe anil a i. Vouume Wit. NO. 2. ‘Price 10 Cents BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1920 SKETCHES IN ALUMNAE MONTHLY Contributed by President Thomas A series of articles by President Thomas on the “Basin of the Mediter- ranéan” will appear in the Alumnae Monthly, according to an announcement made in the November Quarterly. One article will be devoted to each of the) small nations bardering the Mediter- ranean, according to the Quarterly. Miss Thomas will describe particularly their attitude toward the League of Nations. The first article will appear in the Jan- uary number of the Monthly. SOPHOMORE PLAY TO BEONE OF BERNARD SHAW’S COMEDIES Frances Knox and Eleanor Mathews _to Take Principal Parts Hinting that the scene of the play is to be laid in the East and that it is by Bernard Shaw, the Sophomore Play Committee refuses to divulge more. The performance will take place Friday eve- ning, November 19th, at 7.45 o’clock. -The principal parts are taken by F. Knox and E. Mathews, who are sup- ported by a large cast. The play is coached by Dr. Howard Savage, who coached 1917’s Senior Play, 1919’s Sopho- more Play and 1922’s Sophomore Play. E. Vincent is stage manager. Subordinate committees for the play have been chosen, which include— Scenery: D. Meserve, chairman; E. Rhoads, R. McAneny, H. Humphreys. Costumes: F. Childs, chairman; J. Rich- ards, M. Morseman, D. Fitz. Properties: A. Frazer, chairman; H. Wilson, B. Worcester, V. Miller. Lights: I. Haupt, "17; D. Fitz. ; College Council Meets in Deanery Business Proves Many-Sided The first meeting of the College Council, organized last November, to discuss mat- ters of general college interest and to treat of subjects that do not fall under any of the four associations, was held on Novem- ber Sth, in the Deanery. President Thomas presided. An interpretation of the announcement made at the Christian Association recep- tion, “that Freshmen shall not sit on com- mittees until after their second quiz” was made. Hereafter Freshman elections to committees — shall the semester Freshmen shall be allowed to sit on committees and do light work. President Thomas said that the chairman of the committee should be responsible for seeing that the work was not too heavy. It was a sense of the meeting that the Undergraduate Association and the Grad- uate Club confer with President Thomas and Dean Smith on the possibility of a course in Public Speaking, to be given Monday evenings from 8.00 to 9.30. This course would be separate from the Debat- ing Club. © In order to save the students’ time, it was decided that Miss Applebee and Miss Adair should draw up new slips covering all details of the use of the gymnasium. Students in future will get these slips from Miss Adair’s office, get President Thomas's permission if the entertainment is of a new kind, see Miss Madison about the date, fill out the slip and leave it with Miss Adair. The rest of the arrangements will then be made by the office, and the student may come back for the signed slip later. The question of non-resident students sleeping in the halls of residence was brought up and passed in the Council. (Continued on Page 3) take place immediately ' after Thanksgiving, and during the rest of | READS PLAY INTERESTINGLY Miss Spinney Does Minor Parts Well Not so Pleasing in Choruses Specially Contributed by Katherine L. Ward, ’21 The rendering of Gilbert Murray’s translation of the Hippolytus by Miss Spinney was interesting on _ several counts—both for what it was and for what it was not. It is worth noting the fact that though, as Miss Spinney said, the play was first presented over 2000 years ago, it was not Euripides’ play that was given Friday evening—nor even Gilbert Murray’s. It would have been hard for Euripides to recognise his own work, if he had chanced to wander into the chapel and watch for a while the recitation that was being given against that effective background of blue cur- tains and burning tapers. The charac- ter of the play had been quite changed by the translator. It was padded, ampli- fied, and said in two pretty words what Euripides said in one fiery word. Then, Miss Spinney’s ruthless cutting of the translation did away with the im- pression of Phaedra’s love-sickness as a cruel and subtle malady, and gave the “nobility” of her character a salience, which even the translation did not war- rant. The barbaric effect of Euripides’ study in Greco-Cretan moeurs was, of course, quite lost. The Hippolytus, as thus paraphrased by Murray and telescoped by Miss Spin- ney, was nevertheless an_ interesting thing. Miss Spinney surmounted handi- caps one would have thought almost in- superable, in a play presented by only one person. The smaller character parts, the huntsman and the nurse were well characterized. The first scene between Theseus and his son, was well done, the shift in persons being so skilfully man- aged as to leave the attention free to enjoy her rendering of the lines. In the choruses the performance was uneven. The first showed Miss Spinney’s flexible voice to advantage in the invocation to Artemis. In others, the result was not so fortunate. One person gesticulating alone in the middle of a platform cannot hope to produce so pleasing an effect as a full chorus in an elaborate, rhythmic dance. SHANTUNG DEBATE NOVEMBER 17 Teams Chosen From Competition “Resolved: That the Shantung clause in the Versailles treaty is justifiable,” is the wording of the question to be de- bated next Wednesday evening, by two teams of the Debating Club. The meet- ing, open to the college, will be held at 8.30 P. M. in the Merion Sitting Room. The teams, chosen by competitive try- outs, are: Affirmative, C. Bickley, ’21; (). Pell, ’22; V. Liddell, ’22. Negative, J. Flexner, ’21; F. K. Liu, ’22; G. Rhodes, 22. The following alternate teams, to hold trial debates with the teams before the open debate, were chosen: To debate against the affirma- tive side, A. Domm, '22; R. Beardsley, '23; L. Affelder, 23; against the negative, M. Lawrence, '23; E. Kirkpatrick, '23; S. McDaniel, ‘23. The club, at a meeting on October 27th, voted to debate the Shantung ques- tion, rather than the Irish question, which had been posted. two _ FRESHMEN ELECT OFFICERS Anne Shiras Is President At the Freshman elections held last Wednesday Anne Shiras was made presi- dent, Elizabeth Howe, vice-president and treasurer, and Ethel Teft, secretary. . Miss Shiras is the scholar for the New England division, and in her Senior year at Miss Walker’s was head prefect. Miss Howe was vice-president of heft class in her Junior year at Shipley, and in her Senior year was leader of the choir and of the Mandolin Club. Miss Teft, who came from Miss Spence’s, was temporary secretary. GHOSTS WALK SIDE-BY-SIDE ; PARTY FOR SOPHOMORES Seniors Entertain 1923 With Hallowe’en Stunts Orange lights cast a lurid glow over a scene of mystic revel at the Hallowe'en party given by the Seniors to 1923 in the gymnasium last Saturday night. From their haunts among the corn, black-robed spectres spread their arms in ghostly welcome. Ina far corner a witch brooded over her cauldron, while above her owls hooted and black cats arched their backs in recognition of their broomstick relative. Dead leaves __rus- tled and swirled under the rhythmic tread of the dancers, and overhead golden balloons bobbed eerily in time to the swaying shadows. In dusky corners lurked wandering spirits of different ilk. One told weird tales of past and future, and from potent vessels drew forth the fate of each ques- tioner. Others presided over the revels, enticing the adventurous to try their luck at bobbing apples and warning the unwary away from the fiery brew. Con- tests of various sorts held sway. A, Smith, '23, proved herself the most glut- tonous cater of pumpkin pie, and K. Raht, '23, and M. Holt, ’23, showed their genius at the dance as it is not done. MERION FALLS BEFORE VARSITY Game Ends With Final Score 6-1 Rallying in the second half of the game against the Merion Cricket Club last Saturday, Varsity was victorious with a final score of 6-1. In the first half the offensive of both teams was disorganized breaking through the defense for only one goal as against the six scored in the -second period. The first goal was scored by M. Tyler, : [to representative sports. early in the game after a dribble by E. Cecil. For the rest of the half neither forward line was able to break through the opposing defense for a goal. Miss Townsend, at center half, and Miss Ma- | deira, right full-back, blocked the Brown forwards, while Miss Duncan, left full- back, starred for Bryn Mawr with her heady stick work and passing. At the opening of the second half the Merion forwards rushed the ball to the edge of the circle only to be blocked by E. Donohue, who passed to C. Bickley for a long dribble ending in a goal by E. Cecil. The third goal was scored by C. Bickley after a long run, followed by a spectacular tally for Merion by Miss Mutch after a clever get-away at the 25-yard line. Then followed three goals in quick succession by C. Bickley, M. Tyler and M. Faries, bringing the total score to six for Bryn Mawr as against one for Merion. During this half the forward line rallied and showed skilfull team work, evading the powerful Merion defense time after time. In the back- (Continued on Page 2) TAGORE TO SPEAK ON MYSTICS Poet Wrote Verse at Age of Six; Spent Youth in the Himalayas “Village Mystics of Bengal” will be the subject of Rabindranath Tagore’s lecture Friday evening in Taylor Hall, under the auspices of the English Club. Admission is $1.00 for reserved, $1.50 for unreserved seats, and all proceeds go to the maintenance of Tagore’s school for boys at Shantineketan. The Indian poet is described in a Book- man article, November 16th, as “a slim man over six feet in height, with a high turban and long gray robe that makes him look still taller, a full brow, deep brown eyes, a long grayish beard, flowing hair, and features that remind one of the Christ as he is seen in De Vinci's pictures.” “The story of Tagore’s life, as his In- dian biographer Roy tells us,” reads a re- view in the Bookman for August 15th, “is like that of almost every great genius; the youthful precocity, the unremitting revolt against alien and established conventions and institutions, and above all the sudden birth of an exalted idealism which has remained with him throughout his life. “Until Tagore was ten years old, his father, universally known in India as Great Sage, left him severely alone, and then, sud- denly becoming aware of the extraordinary qualityof the youthful poet’s mind, for Tagore had been writing verse for four years, went alone with him to the Hima- layas to train him in the school of nature. “In the months spent in the mountains, Tagore roamed about as he pleased. Here — he read nearly every important work writ- ten in Bengali, and also learned Sanscrit, English, botany and astronomy, besides his constant production of poetry’ and his strides in what his biographer calls ‘lessons in responsibility.’ “After a year spent in London trying to fathom the intricacies of the English legal mind, he returned to Bengal, and at the age of sixteen started in earnest on his career as poet and writer.” ENDOWMENT FUND DONORS COME TO VIEW, COLLEGE Six hundred Endowment Fund donors visited the college last Thursday, at the invitation of President Thomas. The entire campus was on exhibition for them, athletic matches were staged for their benefit, and tea was served at the Dean- ery. A corps of undergraduates acted as guides to the points of general interest. All the athletic fields were given over Beginning at 4 o'clock was a first-team hockey game between ’23 and '24 on the first field, and a second-team game between the Seniors and Juniors on the second field. On the upper field was a basket ball match of teams chosen from the three upper classes, and apparatus work by the higher teams, and the tumblers who per- formed on May Day. On the tennis courts, first, second and third team play- ers contested. Tea was served at the Deanery from 3.30 until 6.30 o'clock. The receiving line, headed by President Thomas, was made up of trustees, Endowment Fund Committee members, faculty and alum- nae, and included Mrs. Frederick J. Man- ning (Helen Taft, '15), Mrs. Richard 5S. Francis, Mrs. F. Louis Slade, and Miss Gertrude Ely. The tables scattered about the house and garden were presided over by faculty members, wardens and alumnae.