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PALACE OF PTOLEMY IN “CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA”

BRYN MAWR, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Banner Flashes from Gym
as Seniors Win Hockey Finals

DEFEAT JUNIORS 3-2 ON FIRST

Fighting hard, 1921 tripped the Juniors
3-2 in the last game of the finals, Thurs-
day, putting the Red banner on the gym-
nasium the second year in succession for
hockey. The game was clean and well
fought from start to finish.

The first goal was scored by D. McBride
in the first few minutes of play, and was
followed by a period during which neither
side could gain an advantage. Then came
a long shot across the circle for a goal
by E. Finch, after a pretty dribble by A.
Nicoll. The next few minutes was marked
by the strong defense of the Senior half-
backs and°E. Donohue, Junior captain, end-
ing in a goal for '21 by C. Bickley. During
this half the play was remarkable for the
speedy dribbling of E. Cecil, Senior right
wing back, by W. Worcester at half-back,
and the clever team work between M. Tyler
and E. Finch.

The second half opened with a clean
goal for the Juniors by A. Nicoll, after a
long dribble down the field. For a time
then the ball passed from one side of the
field to the other, until, in the middle of
the period, E. Cecil shoved in the final
goal for the Seniors. M. Foot, Senior goal,
played a dependable game, making one
spectacular stop when A. Nicoll, evading
the Senior fulls, shot for goal from a clear
field. E. Finch, Junior right wing, played
a fast game, evading the backs cleverly, but
losing the ball in the circle, while M. P.
Kirkland and E. Newell were good in the
Senior defense.

Line-up—1921: E. Cecil,* K. Walker, C.
Bickley,* D. McBride,* F. Billstein, W.
Worcester, E. Cope, E. Newell, E. Taylor,
M. Kirkland, M. Foot.

1922: E. Finch,* M. Tyler, C. Baird, A.
Nicoll,* A. Orbison, M. Krech, M. Clarke,
F. Bliss, E. Donohue, R. Neel, G. Rhodes.

 

SENIOR RECEPTION SKIT TO BE
LAID IN MEDIAEVAL SETTING

A mediaeval court will be the scene of
skit to the
which will be given in the gymnasium on
Saturday evening, December 4. M., P.
Kirkland, representing 1924, will take the
A. Taylor and M. Foot will
After the

Senior reception Freshmen,

leading part.
be other important characters.
skit there will be dancing.

Student at the book shop: “Can I get
a new inner tube for my fountain pen?
I had a blow-out this morning when I

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RICH SETTING AND VIVID
PRESENTATION OF SHAW’S

Specially Contributed by Doctor Swindler,
Instructor in Latin and Archaeology

“Caesar and Cleopatra,” the Sophomore
play presented on Friday evening, proved
to be an interpretation that met with the
approval of a large audience. The choice
wasan_ambitious one, but the play was
well cast throughout; the acting was good
and the many scene shifts were made with-
out tiresome delay. :
To begin with, the play was one which
demanded an elaborate setting, and it must
be granted that most of the scenes had
about them the phantasy of the Orient with
its rich color and languorous light. Per-
haps the best of these was the one of the
palace at Alexandria in Act III, with the
green statue of the hawk-headed god in the
background and the rich cinnamon draper-
ies in the foreground. The throne room
of Cleopatra’s palace also showed skill in
the use of patterns and colors. Here the
walls were painted with black silhouettes
of men and animals against a terra cotta
ground, and the gaily colored columns and
varied costumes formed a pleasing spec-
tacle.

The acting of Caesar, a most difficult

 

 

CHARACTERIZATION MARK
“CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA”

part, was maintained at a_ high level
throughout, and deserves great credit. He
was at all times the perfect general, loyal
to his soldiers and adored by them, for-
giving and reckless with his enemies, whim-
sical and indulgent with the “young ser-
pent,” Cleopatra. The striking likeness of
Miss Knox to the portraits of Caesar was
one of the agreeable features of the play.
“Miss Mathews was at her best in the
earlier portions of the play, especially when,
as the naive Cleopatra, she was being
taught by Caesar the art of being a
queen, but she was very alluring in
the scenes where Mark Antony was the
topic of conversation. Her beauty and
the playing alike call for commendation.

The “venerable grotesque” Ftatatetta;was
admirably handled by Miss _ Fitzgerald.
The sinister side of the palace was well
revealed in her. Her facial expression was
at times remarkable, and she carried out
the murder of Pothinus with real Oriental
slipperiness.

The acting of Rufio, the shadow of
Caesar, was spirited and in character. Miss
Strauss has already proved her ability as
a soldier, and repeated her success of May

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ALUMNAE AND UNDERGRADUATES
DISCUSS STUDENT QUESTIONS

Academic questions from the student
viewpoint were discussed at the confer-
ence between the Alumnae and the Un-
dergraduate Conference Committee in
the Christian Association Library last
Monday afternoon.

The undergraduates are dissatisfied
with the system of orals because it fails
to accomplish its purpose. The New
Plan examinations are supposed to indi-
cate a reading knowledge of the lan-
guage, but can be passed by two weeks
of tutoring.

M. Tyler, ’22, outlined the cut system
and said that it was very satisfactory
except for the inaccuracy of the profes-
sors in handing in the records. The
honor system in quizzes was discussed
from the faculty and undergraduate point
of view.

A permanent lantern with rotating col-
ors was suggested by the alumnae. It
was felt that a college lantern would be
useful for publicity.

The conference included five alumnae,
among whom were Mrs. David Riesman,

SHANTUNG CLAUSE UNJUSTIFIABLE
ACCORDING TO DEBATE DECISION
That the Shantung clause in the Ver-

sailles treaty is not justifiable was decided

by the judges’ majority vote on the first
debate, held by the Debating Club last

Wednesday evening. The winning team

was F. K. Liu, Chinese student in ’22; G.
Rhodes, ’22; J. Flexner, ’'21, and their

opponents, the affirmative side, C. Bickley,

’21; V. Liddell, ’22, and O. Pell, ’22. Miss

Caroline Ware, Vassar, ’20; K. Ward, ’21,

and K. Gardner, '22, acted as judges.
Decision was difficult, according to the
judges, because both sides were arguing
from different points of view on the word

“justifiable.” The award favored the nega-

tive, because they not only presented their
arguments proving the clause unjustifiable
from China’s point of view, but in their
rebuttal speech met the argument of the
affirmative, who considered it justifiable on

the ground of temporary world expe-
diency. The affirmative kept to their defi-
nition of the word, but did not attempt

to meet the negative arguments.

 

There will be no issue of the News

 

chairman: D. Clark, °'20, and
Camp Dimon, 6, former secretary of
the college
represented by the Conference Commit-
tee and M. Foot, '21, president of the
Undergraduate Association

 

was working the self-starter.’

Abigail |

The undergraduates were]

next week on account of Thanksgiving
vacation.

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
Explained by Noted Physicist

USHERS TURN PEOPLE FROM DOORS

“A dramatic introduction into science was
made by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity,
which appeared about a year ago, because
it Was the verification of the work of a
German by English scientists immediately
after the war,” said Dr. Joseph Ames,
head of the Physics Department of Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, opening his
lecture in Taylor Hall on Saturday night.
Doctor Ames, who spoke under the au-
spices of the Science Club, addressed an
audience that large that people
were turned away from the doors.

Doctor Einstein, who is a Jew, was born
in Frankfort, Germany, but. was educated
in Switzerland, where he became natural-
ized. He was employed in the Swiss
Patent Office, and later held a position in
a technical school in Ziirich. From there
he went to Prague, and then to Berlin,
where he had time to work on the deflec-
tion of light beams and on gravitation.
He was a pacifist and an upholder of the
republic, and was driven from Berlin while
lecturing. He went to Leyden, Holland,
where he was made professor of mathe-

 

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matics and physics, and where he is still
lecturing and working.

Drew Conclusions From Postulates

“His principle of Relativity consists of
two parts, one referring to cases of uni-
form motion, the other to all other cases.
Einstein did not try to develop any theory
of natural phenomena nor obtain a
mathematical formula to describe known
facts. His method was to determine by
serious thought a number of postulates,
extremely simple ones, applying to nature
as we know it, and then to draw conclu-
sions from these by mathematical processes,
His work began in an attempt to learn
whether the length of a moving body is
the same as measured by an observer mov-
ing with it and by an observer with refer-
If we
his

to

ence to whom the body is moving.
his postulates, we must grant

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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CANVASS
ENROLLS UNDERGRADUATES

Final statistics from the membership
committee show that 225 undergraduates
and 12 graduates joined the Christian Asso-
ciation. 1924 leads, with enrollment of
106: 1923 comes second with 81, and 1922
third with 61. The Senior membership
is the smallest, being only 57.

 

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| The business office will impose a fine of
| twenty-five cents for walking on the grass
of the upper campus, unless the regulation

is more carefully observed

According to the classes
| rank: First, 1923, with 96 per cent.; sec-
jond, 1924, with 86 per cent.; third, 1922,
\ witt™ 77 per cent.; fourth, 1921, with 60

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