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The College News

[Founded in 1914.]

Published weekly ‘during the cgllege year in the
interest of Bryn Mawr College

 

Managing Editor..'..... Ferice Beco, 124:

 

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H.-.GRAyson,
C. CuMMINGS,

E. Giessner, ’25
Detia Situ, ’26
sidaiuauniies
ASSISTANT EDITORS

Tom PKINS, ’26
Simonps, ’27

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J. Logs,
M. Leary,

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MANAGER—LouIse Howrtz, ’24
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ASSISTANTS

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Entered as second class iiatter; September 26, 1914,
‘at the post office at Bryn Mawr, Pa., under
we Act of March 3, 1889.

 

 

FOR CONSIDERATION

In these days there is for most of us
her€ at Bryn Mawr one dominant. thought
—May Day. Work-for it is all important,
eclipsing other college activities. However,
‘though we are busy, our opinions concern-
ing it are for the most part unformed and
our ideas unbiased, while after May 10 we
will be dither so elated by car weather
and success, or so cast down by rain that
the institution of May Day will seem. in
retrospect wholly good or bad. Surely
then, an event which takes so much of our
time and physical energy ‘should receive as
well. a little abstract consideration as to
its conduct and management in the future.
Any change to be instituted or improve-
ment to be made should really be discussed
and planned for now, while it is immediate,
and not later.

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LIBERAL CLUB _ :

This third year of the existence of the
Liberal Club as such, finds it with a wide
field of interests and many affiliations away
from Bryn Mawr. There is a large and
increasing number of ‘people, however, who
feel that the’ Liberal Club should play a
more important part in college life. At
present the situation is that wife the ac:
tivities of the club are of great interest
and. value to the people they directly touch,
the majority of both the members and the
college at large have rather too little share
in them. The club does not make itselt
felt sufficiently as an organization to at-
tract and sustain the attention of more than
a small group of students. This is un-
doubtedly due chiefly to its youth, and al:
ready it has shown great powers of devel-
opment. It is just this which makes us

_ restless-to have it go further and become

one of the determining influences in the
college. We have great faith in the Liberal
Club, in its power to lead public opinion,
and to strengthen general interest in ques-
tions of social service, industry and politics.

As practical suggestions therefore, we offe1

that greater publicity, more formal or:

* ganization and increased co-operation and

enthusiasm on the part of the members,

uld materially advance the interests “of
the club.: Also more lectures along cul-
tural lines such as the lecture on Nietzsche's
philosophy and that on Russian dramatic
art given last year would be greatly ap-

The lectures given this year have been
extremely valuable and illuminating. Next
year we hope that the club can achieve a
more forceful character and arouse active
interest in a larger percentage of the Col-

lege. : ‘

REFUTATION:

“They say” that romance is dead, and
sighing, express audibly a wish to have
~ been born jn the “good old days.” If they
_ would but read their dailies they would

find. romance and to-spare. I shall not tell

them where precisely, for then, souls of

~ fairness, they would be forced to read it,

and Jo! their complaint would vanish.
Knowing the value and general necessity
‘for a com grumble, to present to a

 

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sympathetic world, I cannot thus ruth-
lessly rob them. But lét me state that in
the same day a woman diver, first of her
kind, declared -her intention to go after
the treasure supposed to’ have sunk with a
Spanish ‘galleon in the sixteenth century,
off Scotland;»and someone purchased the
night shirt in which Napoleon died, as well
as the cup from which he last drank, whose
sole value lies in their use by that hero of
romance.

 

IN THE SPRING

I’m tired of Youth Movements,
« Radicals make me mad. 2

I hate all high-brow meetings.

Discussion groups are bad.

I like them in the winter,

I bear them in the fall;

But now I want to sit and dream

And never think at all.

 

THE COURSE OF LA FOLLETTE

Our politics have for many years been
cut and dried. The leaders of the*Repub-
lican and Democratic parties settle their’

| respective platforms,. pick their candidates

and fight for the Presidency or the office
in question on the same well-trodden paths
Senator La Follette brings a new and ex-
citing element-into-the-arena of presiden-
tial elections. According to articles in
Labour, and The Nation, if his health per-
mits, he will probably head no one party
new or old, but will Ygin on an independent
progressive ticket, that is, not attemptingsto
put up candidates for the Senate and the
House. He will run as a candidate in
those states having an.organization whose
principles he endorses, and which desires
to back ‘him; while in states having no
such organization he will run independ-
ently. The conservative folk are already
muttering that “La Follette is going to es-
tablish: a one-man power in America and
will rival Mussolini as Dictator.’ They

_may .be assured, however, that even Sen-

ator La Follette still doubts that the time
for parties to go has come. This is shown
by: the fact that the Farmer-Labor Feder-
ation, after hearing the report of two of
their members who called on Senator La
Follette in Washington; voted to change
the date of their convention for the nomi-
nation of a candidate to the presidency
until after the Republican convention.

Editors do not hold themselves respon-
sible for opinions expressed in this column.
To the Editor of THe CoLLEGE News:

As a very inactive member of the Lib-
eral’ Club'I should like to say first that a
Liberal Club should be almost, the most
valuable factor in college life; dnd _ sec-
ondly, that ours is at present an ineffectual!
though earnest organization. So at least
it seems to me. Instead of keeping our
campus life in touch with all the issues. of
the day which do not fall under the prov-
ince of the science clubs or the language
clubs as it ymight most helpfully do, the
Liberal Club is tending more and more
towards research and sociology; research
that seems a little advanced and technical
to any one who is not majoring in the_so-
cial sciences. And the conferences are he-
wildering — of us. They are often
difficult for“us to go to and their very’
little range limits the delegates who attend
them. .If we could have a conference here
at home more than once a year, it might
change our attitude of detachment. As yet
-we are unfamiliar with the methods of
conferences and uncomprehendirig of their
results. But I think that a few more
speakers on cultural subjects would be of
equally great value to us. The very name
of the Liberal Club suggests ari unlimited
scope for discussion. Why do we not hear
about the really arresting problems and -
coveries of our day? “

Of course it is impossible for a a
members alone to run a club successfully

and kratify the interests of all its members. |

The fact is that the enrollment af the Lib-
eral Club is about 66 and the average at-
tendante at meetings about 15. Now the

here.”

Té the Editor of THe CoLLEGE News:

Of course we all see the advantages of
conferences. We say, that through them
we meet students from other eplleges, get
other people’s points of view and after an
intense discussion and much hard though
often succeed in@settling some: question ot
mutual interest.

I dare say there isn’t a person .in col-
lege who hasn’t heard of conferences and
yet I wonder how many of us actually
have been benefited by then. It seems to
me that. our attitude is always, “Let’s go
to. a conference,” pever “Let’s have one
As far as I know: only one has
been held at Bryn Mawr this year, while
nearly every week-end a carefully selected
group of delegates has trouped off to other
colleges. Even when our own Liberal Club
has helped to plan and organize a confer-
ence we have had to go to Swarthmore.

Often, I must admit, we have all been
invited as guests. In point of fact, how-
ever, isn’t it “usually the same group of
energetic people which takes the trouble to
go?
their reports for inspiration.

Of course; in a Students’ Building 're-
ceiving delegates will be. much easier for
us, but still this seems to entail a com-
plete change in policy. Wouldn’t it be
worthwhile to stir up public interest and
enthusiasm by holding a few conferences
here ?

E. Matter, *25.

DEMOCRATIC GIRLS MAY CONNECT
WITH NATIONAL COMMITTEE

At a meeting of the Undergraduate As-
sociation on Friday, Miss Requa read a
letter from the Democratic National Com-
mittee to Miss Ely:

The letter read:

“My Dear Miss Ely:

“T am enclosing a letter we are sending
out in regard to some organization work
we hope to-carry out in the colleges and
universities of the country during the
month of: May. I wonder if~t would be
possible for you to send us the names of
a few Democratic girls at Bryn Mawr Col-
lege to whom I could write concerning this
matter. It would only be necessary for.a
meeting of a number of Democratic stu-
dents to be arranged for a certain date,
the necessary publicity to be secured, ete.,
so we could send an organizer to address
the meeting and outline our plan in detail.

“Thanking you for any assistance you
may be able ‘to give us, I am,

“Very sincerely yours,
“ELIZABETH BLAIR,
“Vice-Chairman.”
Miss Requa asked any Democrats who
were interested to give their names to
Eleanor Follansbee, ’26. ’

SOCIAL SERVICE CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD AT MT. IVY

 

Last |. C. S. A. Meeting Bryn Mawr Will
Attend Before Resignation

 

(Specially Contributed by Beth Dean, ’25)

This year’s Social Service Conference,
held at Mt. Ivy, New York, on the week-
end of April 25, 26, 27, promises to be our
last opportunity to get the intercollegiate
point of view on social work. The Con-
ference is under the atfSpices of the Inter-
collegiate Community Service Association,
and as Bryn Mawr’s resignation from the

“Association is to take effect immediately

after the conference, Bryn Mawr delegates
will not be invited next year.

The I. C. S. A.’s proposed program as
recently outlined by its president is pro-
gressive and worthwhile. The Bryn Mawr
Committees feels that what Vassar and
Wellesley .say of their work under the
T. C. S. A. indicates that. whether or not
Bryn Mawr resigns from the organization,
it might do well to keep in touch with the
I. C. S. A. current of ideas. ™

Anyone wishing further particulars may
apply to B. Dean, Denbigh. Registration
closes April 16.

 

enrolled members must: have been. inter-

ested once, could doubtless be again .if So-

cialism exercised a less energetic monopoly.
sce LEFFERTS.

 

 

 

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: Engaged
Roberta Murray, ’24, to ‘Tom Fansler,
Haverford, ’21. | -- “

The rest of the college’ depends on’

MR, SIMPSON’S TALK CREATES |
INTEREST AMONG’ STUDENTS

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Difference of. Opinion in

Resulting - ‘Discussion

 

The formal discussion which followed
Mr. Simpson’s talk last Wednesday. night
and which has been continued informally
throughout the week revealed certain dis-
agreements among those who heard - him.

At the Wednesday evening discussion

the questions put to Mr. Simpson depended _

largely on his statement that, marriage
was an obstacle to the fullest attainment
of spiritual development. It was quite
evident that almost every student was op-
posed to him on that score, mentioning the
danger of race suicide if the finest mem-
‘bers of a society adopted such a course.
Most of them also disagreed with his state-
ment that love. hindered’ one’s highest de-
velopment because it leads to reliance on

the audience felt that love was a stimulus
to mental and spiritual growth.

“As to the general idea which Mr. Simp-
son spoke of, the life which is all spirit
and no matter, which will not compromise
its
meffiate good, opinions differed widely.
Some were temporarily inspired to do as
he has done; these, however, were in the
minority. The greater part seemed to think
that his way of living, though successful
with ‘him, was impractical for most peoplé
and of less value to others than that of the

‘| person who tries-to right the wrongs which

he sees, although seeming to acquiesce in
an iniquitous social order to do so. They
felt that while the most sublime happiness
may be found in a life such as he lives,
there is, nevertheless, a more unselfish way
where the individual’s supreme spiritual
development is forgotten for the sake of
others.

IN THE NEW BOOK ROOM

Vindication, Stephen McKenna.

There is at least harmony between the
subject matter—and—its—treatment—in— this
book. Both -are superficial. No ‘power
in writing could give significance to the
purposeless manoeuvres of some artificial
members of English society. And no
characters whose most important actions
are based merely on shallow selfishness
could make a trivial treatment worth while,

The author would have us take interest
in the story of Gloria Britton, the penni-
less daughter of a once socially established
and now depraved father. To hold it, he
describes the conflict between her desire.
for wealth and comfort and her love for
one man. Gloria’s weakness, ineffective-
ness in decision, may be true to life, but,
unredeemed +by any really strong point of
character, bad or good, it appears dull and
unconvincing,

This is true of all the people in the ‘book.
Some are given more prominence than

ine, but none stand out as actual figures.
It is as though their actions and reactions
had been caught in the author's experi-
ence, then dropped on them as sufficiently
plausible figures. Their characteristics
suggest the rooms of a house heaped in
one spot without a framework to give
them order and shape.

Some may consider that the author
shows great skill in maintaining his char-

cause this is true of one ‘sction of life,
But we would argue that mediocrity

some .intuitive penetration into its causes
and results, with a sense of its general sig-
nificance rather than of its isolated exist-
ence. Then a book based on its treatment
might attain some importance, while, in
our opinion, Vindication has ngne.

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ERRATUM —

sion, is reported to have said, “The courts

the weakness-of the attorneys.” It
tthe courts but .the —- whi Miss

 

Strauss said were inefficient. OF GN

cg ideals for the sake of an im-

others through their relation to the hero-

acters at an even level of mediocrity, be-

Miss Dorothy Strauss, in her recent ad--
dress at Bryn Mawr on law as a profes-

as yet are very inefficient, largely due to

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another rather than solely on oneself, fof-~

should be treated from the inside out, with |

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