The College News ® ie emer = VOL. XXI, No. 9 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934 COLLEGE ‘opyright BRYN MAWR NEWS, 1934 PRICE 10 CENTS Spanish Wapablic Reforms Legislation of Land and State Dr. Gray Describes Revolution, Labor, Education Reforms, New Constitution REVOLUTIONARY STRIKE CONTROLLED BY TROOPS Common Room, December 17. Before a large gathering of stu- dents and Faculty under the auspices of the International Relations Club, Dr. Howard L. Gray spoke on The New Republic in Spain. After a few introductory remarks on similarities to be found in the background and ’ causes of the revolutionary republic in Spain, and conditions in France, England and Russia at. various times in’ their history, Dr. Gray explained how the Republic came into being. After the war Spain found herself in a demoralized state, even though she had not actually taken part in war. The politicians were corrupt and self-seeking and a war soon occurred over the Moroccan question. The re- sults were disastrous, for in one bat- tle about 14,000 Spanish troops were killed. An investigation into this de- feat’ which would have revealed facts defamatory to the monarchy, was sum- marily halted by the appointment of Rivera as dictator. He pursued a policy of cleaning up politics, ending the war, and.restoring prosperity un- til about 1928. But his failure to end the dictatorship caused his downfall. General municipal elections held in April, 1931, showed the hostile feel- ing to dictatorship. The monarchy appeared to favor it and there was lit- tle support for the throne. Soon -af- terward, Alfonso abdicated and fled the country. The revolution was es- sentially peaceful, and an election was held under the auspices of a Provi- sional Government. The result was an overwhelming defeat for the mon- archists? General Zamora was chosen head of the government. He was a large land- owner and a Catholic. .A modern con- stitution was adopted with a single legislature and a Cabinet responsible to it. The Catalonians, Basques, As- turians and Galicians favored a fed- Continued o# Page Four Opinions of Students On Peace To Be Asked Bryn Mawr has been selected by the Association of College Editors as one of one hundred and fifty American colleges and universities in which The. Literary Digest, in conjunction with the Association, is conducting a Peace Poll. The questions to be asked on the poll ballots, which will be mailed to Bryn Mawr during Christmas vaca- tion are as followss 1. Do you believe that the United States can stay out of another great “war? a Ka) States were invaded, would yo arms in defense of your country)? If the borders of the United bear Jr. Leuba Publishes God or Man? Professor James H. Leuba, formerly head of the Psychology Department at Bryn Mawr, has recently published a-new book, God or Man, A Study of the Value of God to Man. It con. siders the problem of whether certain experiences which are usually regard- ed as divine are really of supernat- ural origin\oer whether they-are not the - result of natural forces at the service of man. Professor Leuba does not try to an- swer the’ fundamental question of “God or Man,” by means of philosoph- ‘ical speculation, but with a careful analysis of the, experiences in consid- eration.. This book has been generally praised by critics, among others Al- dous Huxley, who says that this is a book “which no student of contem- porary society can afford to miss.” Henry Holt and Co. are the publish- ers. The volume is on sale at the Book - Shop. Choir Sings Carols With Unusual Beauty Mary Earp Renders Recitative With Rich, Solemn Warmth of Tonal Quality © DR. CREIGHTON SPEAKS Goodhart, December 16. “Thanks be to. God for His. un- speakable Gift!” was the text from St. Paul, which the Right Reverend Frank Creighton, D.D., Suffragan Bishop of Long Island, and former Missionary Bishop. to Mexico, chose for his address at the Christmas Carol Service. - Perhaps because the Gift was unspeakable, the joy felt at Christmas time is unspeakable, too. It cannot be explained nor suggested; it can only be sung. The Bryn Mawr choir sang it, and sang better than it has ever sung before. The choir, directed by Mr. Ernest Willoughby, and accompanied at the piano by Mr. Vernon A. Hammond, entered singing “Oh, Come All Ye Faithful,” and then “Hark, the Her- ald Angels Sing.” After prayer, the Bishop read the first chapter of the Book of John, and the choir sang “Here We Come a Wassailing.”” Their voices were high and light as chil- dren’s are. Merely a faint undertone of lower pitch supplemented the mel- ody and emphasized its monotony, In “A Babe in Bethlehem’s Manger,’ the high voices were fewer and sang only brief phrases that were followed by the more prolonged, deep responses of the whole choir. The repeated chorus was of the same deep tone, and full of echoing “Noels.” Bach’s Jesu. So Sweet was more complicated than either of the two traditional . carols. The various parts did not sing their words in unison. Instead, each wasa beat behind the other, so that at the end of every phrase, lower notes fol- lowed like echoes. Through Vaughan Williams’ gay carol, “On Christmas Night,” some of the choir softly hum- med an- accompaniment to the quick, swinging voices of the rest. Just as swinging and brave was the rhythm (b) Would you bear arms for the yof “King Herod and the Cock,” but United States in the invasion of the borders of another country? 2. Do you believe that a national policy of AN AMERICAN NAVY AND AIR-FORCE SECOND TO NONE will insure us against the pos- sibilities of another great war? aioe Do you favor government con- trol of armament and munition indus- tries? _ 4.. Do you approve of the conscrip- tion of capital in time of war, just as has been our historic procedure .in drafting man-power in time of war? 5. Do you think that, in the pur-| suit of the stabilization of Peace, it would be a wise policy for the United States to enter the League of Na- tions? - Similar polls in European colleges and-interviews with statesmen abroad to define the policies of the great pow- ers of Europe and Asia with regard to these questions are being sponsored by The Literary Digest to discover and report what the leaders of today and the leaders of tomorrow think now about the stabilization of peace. the last stanza was slowed and deep- ened until it sounded like a martial air. Then Bishop Creighton read from the second chapter of the Book of Luke Continued on Page Three ‘College Calendar. Wednesday, December 19. Faculty party in the Deanery. Carol singing for students, 8. 15 P. M. Thursday, December 20.” Mrs. ~ F, Louis Slade. Goodhart. 4.15 a “ Friday, December 21.. Christ- “mas Vacation begins. 12.45 ‘P.M. Monday, January 7. Christ- mas Vacation ends. 9.00°A. M>: Mr. V. V. Obolensky-Ossinsky on Economic Planning of the U.S. S.R. Deanery, 8.15. P: M. * Wednesday, January 9. Vo- cal Recital by Mr.” Benjamin De Loache. Goodhart. 8.20 P. M. Mr. Bernheimer Shows Picttines of Arizona Search for Early Civilization Leads to Discovery of Natural Bridges MONSTER TRACKS FOUND Deanery, December }| Mr. Charles L. Bernheimer’s lecture on The Search for the Earliest Ameri- van Civilization gave us the feeling that Arizona was the most beautiful country in the worid, filled with pos- sibilities of tremendously interesting discoveries in the history of. animals and man. Mr. Bernheimer’s expedi- tions have been under the auspices of the Museum of Natural History in New York, the Smithsonian and the Carnegie Institutes, and the National Museum. These institutions pronounc- ed the dinosaur tracks that he found in a narrow canyon off the Navajo the most perfect ever seen, and three imprints, which Mr. Bernheimer res- cued from:a stream bed, are in the Natural History, Museum in New York. The country where the _ earliest American civilization grew up is a rocky desert of glamorous coloring. Mr. Bernheimer showed views from the mesas to which he climbed, over long stretches of pink and orange and grey-green rocks. He showed, too, pictures of the canyon of the Navajo and the Chelly, and an especially in- teresting and “appalling” view of a turbulent river that had carved itself an almost perfect amphitheatre can- yon surrounding a pointed dome. The horses. and mules of the expedition had to ¢limb over absolutely smooth rock, so worn that it looked in ridges and in color, like a shell. There is comparatively little sand in the West- ern American desert, but the pictures of the sandy stretches, with towering, narrow red rocks in the distances, were enchanting. The most exciting part of the scen- ery of Arizona is the natural bridges, formed entirely by the action of the wind and sand. The most famous of them is the Rainbow Bridge, to which Mr. Bernheimer opened a new pas- sage, and of which he showed us an unforgettable picture, taken by moon- light. He showed us other bridges that he found, none so perfect, but some even more impressive than the rain- bow bridge. The Hawkeye Bridge has caves behind it which show the aeolic processes uncompleted. The Owl Heady caves are a. strange mixture of half} formed bridges and deep caverns in the rock; and the Clara Bernheimer bridge, which is very like the Rain- bow, is between cliffs and can be pho- tographed only from below. Mr. Bernheimer was led to these discoveries by his search for the bas- ket makers’ civilization. dians were the ancestors of the Pai- utes of today, and were long-headed, while the Navajos are broad-headed. The basket makers are related to the aborigines of Mongolia and Australia. as is shown by their boomerangs and implements evincing. Eastern relation- ships. They knew no metal, but wore shells brought inland 750 miles from the’ Pacific. They lived in dwellings built of tufa rock with beams, and decorated the walls with ,painted and chipped designs of men ‘and animals, and with symbols. Some of _ the houses are entered by a ladder through the roof; some by T-shaped doorways, because the Indians thought people were wider at the top than about the legs. The race of. the bas- ket makers flourished from 1500 B. C. to 1509 4.-D.; their dates are ascer- ‘tained by ,the rings in the beams of their hou, a, . Vinal Latin Fiftieth Anniversary Mrs. F. Louis Slade is going to speak to the students at 4.15 P. M.,.in Goodhart, Thursday, December 20, on the Alumnae Drive and the plans: for the celebration of the Fiftieth An- niversary of the College. 7 These In-}‘ Dr. Machlup Addresses Class Dr. Fritz Machlup, internationally known economist from the University of Vienna, addressed Dr. Anderson’s Money and Banking class on Monday morning. Dr. Machlup is.an adher- ent of the Austrian School of: Econom- ics, and is known for his work in Cap- ital Theory and the Consumption of | Capital. He described the « Central Bank and the gold systems of Aus-, tria, and explained the effects on Aus- tria of American deflation in the value of the dollar. In giving an account of his own work on Capital Consumption, Dr. Machlup showed that the usual idea that profits are gained through inflation is false. If a manufacturer has a stock of cotton worth $10,000 on January 1, and on December 31 has the same stock of cotton; now worth $20,000 as the result of inflation, he usually considers the added $10,000 as profits and spends it... Actually, how- ever, he is spending his capital, be- causé he could not replace his stock of cotton for less than the $20,000 which it is now worth. Mr. De Loache to Give Recital Benjamin De Loache, baritone of the Philadelphia Grand Opera’ Com- pany, will give a concert in Goodhart on Wednesday evening, January ninth. Bryn Mawr is doubly fortunate in having so distinguished a vocalist as Mr. De Loache come to the campus of his own accord and present all of the proceeds above a minimum fee to the college. The price to students will be one dollar. Mr. De Loache won the Atwater- Kent Contest for 1927 and came to Philadelphia to study at the Curtis Institute under the famous baritone, Emilio’ de Gorgoza. During recent years he has made a distinguished rec- ord in concert. and opera perform- ances. During the concert season of 1933-34 he narrated Poe’s Raven with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Stokowski, and again in December of 1933 he sang Fantasia, by Vaughan-Williams, also with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Mr. Sto- kowski. Nature of X-Rays | 7 Shown in Crystal, Wave Experiments Dr: Darrow Describes Lattice Structure of Crystals in Diffracting Waves SURFACE ‘STRUCTURE GIVEN BY ELECTRONS Goodhart, December 14, . Dr. Carl Darrow, of the Bell Tele- phone Laboratories, in his lecture on Waves and Crystals, explained the experiments that have helped to es- tablish the wave nature of X+rays and beams of electrons and have also helped to prove the lattice structure of the atoms in crystals. ” In 1898. Réentgen discovered in X- rays waves small enough to interact with crystals, and even then it took fourteen years for the connection be- tWeen the two to be discovered. In the meantime, crystallography, had been far enough advanced for a hun- dred years and was ready and waiting for its new purpose. Crystals have - many apparent char- acteristics, but their most distinguish- ing one, the regular arrangement of their atoms, is not obvious even under the most powerful microscopes. The essential nature of crystals is that their atoms are arranged in ranks and files like soldiers, only in three dimen- sions. In an easily vizualized two di- mensional lattice, the windows in a building, it can be seen that the dom- inant lines are horizontal and vertical, not diagonal, and also that these hori- zontal and vertical lines can only be parallel to the outside edges of the building. Dr. ‘Darrow showed some pictures of. crystals and some dia- grams which demonstrated how this is exactly the case with the atomic arrangement of the crystals, from the simple to the complex. Before pointing out what will hap- pen when a. number of wave-trains fall on a cubic crystal, Dr. Darrow Continued on Page Four Walter Duranty Speck on Varied Conditions . of Collectivization, Production in Russia Bellevue Hotel, December 15. It is difficult to make:a concrete ap- praisal of conditions in Russia because the country is so varied, so, big, and in such a state of flux. They know whither they are trying to go and why, but there is so much variety in conditions that it is almost guesswork %) to the exact nature of the facts. his is the conclusion reached by Wal- ter Duranty, special correspondent from Russia for the New York Times since 1921, speaking at a Foreign Pol- icy Association Luncheon. Although the Russians are working for a Communist state, Stalin recently said that the state is more socialistic than communistic, because the scale of wages varies. There is now no private wealth and practically no _ private trade, and/money rivalry is not allow- ed because they think it leads to war. They do, however, allow success ‘in other ways, for a high Commissioner in the army, although he is theoretical- ly on the same level as a. low officer, does have more coniforts because he is doing important work for the state. This is not leading to the development of a new bourgeois class, as has of- ten been charged, because the higher officials do not consider their comforts their own and cannot transmit the right to them to their children. Thg difference is more one of rank than class. The Russians aim to give the the same benefits as the hig The mass is to have suff} warmth, light, clothes~angq because, according. to vism would come aboug developed inductygal Russia it actuall non-industrial stg people which poor. In 1928, ti program 60 and in so derfu Twenty miles away there may be dirt and dissatisfaction on poor farms, but Russia. is rapidly progressing toward widespread good organization. The same state of affairs prevails in in- dustry. Some factories have schools, dormitories, creches, living quarters for the workers, wonderful communal feeding from central kitchens at a low rate, and low-price stores open to peo- ple in that factory, so that a worker can get a small wage and still live com- fortably. In another factory a work- er with a higher wage may have very uncomfortable living conditions. Transportation is still their weakest point, but it is possible that Russia may make the leap from ox-cart to aeroplane without the intermediate step of railroads. The Five Year Plan was slowed up by the necessity of diverting some of the money to the war industries, but these have been developed to such an extent that the Russians now feel perfec the face of y They are of war, but time interfe tion progr have ceas¢ nist proy and ha t) Page Tey THE COLLEGE NEWS ‘ ne at i ERE oe RT HR ee eee a Wee See ag oe EREST Sah TEs CREO Ty TE ee IT Y Reh. She pe os | HE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly” during the Collegé- Year ~-(excepting during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Holidays,,and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. . The College News is fully protected by doueeiaht. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly-or in part without written permission of the Editor-in-Chief. . 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That may seem a eryptic and startling statement, but we’ think it will all be clear in the end. * We also believe in Christmas trees with plenty of lights, red and blue and gold balls, and silver tinsel and, snow; we believe in Father knocking down the Christmas tree while in the act of attaching a gold star to the top. And we know there is a Santa Claus because neither Father, nor what:is infinitely more important, the Christmas tree ever suffers irreparably from the catastrophe. We believe in Father’s running Junior’s electric train at 4 o’clock Christmas morning, while ominous snapping noises presage disaster and the whole family stands around pleading that Junior ought to get the first chance to break his own train. That Junior sometimes gets his chance is another indication of the existence of Santa Claus. We believe in Christmas presents in glamorous wrappings and entirely covered with seals that will not come off, so that the whole family can scream “Hurry up and open it! I want to see what it is!” for pro- tracted periods: that and Santa Claus generally keep them quiet for several days thereafter. We believe in eggnog parties galore throughout Christmas after- noon; and we are especially’ fond of people who prove amenable to giving eggnog parties after a little well-timed urging on our part. We believe in turkey, cranberry sauce, champagne and blazing plum pudding arriving amidst cheers from all the family. We believe in the family subsiding into easy chairs after dinner to sleep it off, thus giving us a free hand for nefarious and irreligious festivities. And we know there is a Santa Claus because the vast majority of people, even as ourselves, appear to live through such Christmas, year after LWIT?S END A COMPLAINT UNTO THE GOVERNMENT (Herald Tribune, Dec. 17. “Ex- perts Develop Potatoes In Easter Egg | Colors: By matching the common Irish variety: with the wild potato of | South America, experimenters have | developed potatoes of solid colors and some with stripes.’’) With Uncle Sam At work on the yam And on peppermint postage stamps, We see how and when The cow and the hen Will soon be in C. C. C. camps, All story and fable° Of barnyard and stable | Is vanishing into thin air, With superaesthetic And tasty synthetic Masked and vegetable fare. TENDER HEARTED Hush! Do not say it—slush! My heart is as soft as mush! It’s so lush It will slush, It’s so flush, It will gush At the faintest brush! It gets a crush At the slightest rush! It’s as squashy as plush! I blush To admit it flush!— My heart is as soft as mush! Sign in the Bryn Mawr Woolworth’s (. . . and°on the bedroom slippers counter, at that): SUGGESTIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. | Cheerio— | THE MAD HATTER. Christmas Festivities Planned On Thursday evening, the night be- the custom for all the halls to give some sort of entertainment. In Rocke- feller, a pageant in Renaissance cos- tume will be presented, followed by a; banquet at which several members of ; the faculty will be present. ‘Dini | ant, Phyllis Dubsky and Helen Ripley are in charge of costuming and sing- ing, respectively, and Vung-Yuin Ting is toastmistress. The Freshmen in Pembroke and Wyndham will present skits, and din- Tate- Smith) js in charge of the page: | | Dramatics,. Skating Discussed by Council | President’s House. December 12, | The discussion in this month’s Coun- jcil meeting centered largely on the changes in the organization of the Alumnae Council meetings of the fu- ture, the organization of Varsity dra- | matics, the use of private victrolas during non-quiet hours, minor changes iin entrance requirements, and _ the question of flooding the college tennis jcourts for skating. | - The Senior class, at least in part, | will be invited to attend thé meetings lof the next Alumnae Council held at Bryn Mawr, so as to interest younger alumnae in the Council’s activi- | ties. The project for an Alumnae Col- i\lege, suggested at the recent Council meeting, is also being considered by the academic committee. At present the committee is faced with the. diffi- culty of finding the most suitable time \for such an alumnae meeting, and is debating the relative suitability of Mid-Year Weekend and. Commence- ment Week-end. Complaints that students partici- [pating in Varsity Dramatics — find ‘themselves considerably pressed for time to do their regular work during. the rehearsal for plays brought up the question of the relation of student lactivities to academic work. The question of lengthening the academic year in case the students vote to have ; Big May Day- was discussed, and iplans were definitely made to secure a faculty vote on the matter and to hold an undergraduate vote on Big May Day as soon as possible. With tions, in which the whole college does not participate, no such arrangement is feasible. Neither is it possible for the departments to reduce assign- iments of work for participants in such varied fields as English and Science. The Gilbert and Sullivan operettas similarly conflict with the students’ regular work, but the sponsors of these have found it greatly to their advantage to spread the rehearsals over a greater length of time, and to avail themselves of Mr. Alwyne’s and fore we all depart for vacation, it is'Mr. Willoughby’s experience in criti- cism and direction. The two main suggestions for a change in Varsity 'Dramat policy were that only one big iplay should be given in each year, to ibe presented in dne semester to bal- ;ance the Glee Club production in the other term, and that a permanent di- rector, attached to the faculty, should be appointed to advise Dramatics on the choice and production of the Var- sity Play. The. success of the arrangement for the use of student radios has brought regard to Varsity Dramatics produc- |. year, without being appreciably the worse for it. News of the New York Theatres Now that. the Christmas spirit has descended upon us, mainly because people will skip past our doors at 7.30 A. M., blithely announcing to all who would rather not know that they “Three Kings of Orient Are,’’ we feel that the time has come to sharpen our elbows for the annual Christmas push into stores and the New York the- atre. In fact, after we have been so rudely awakened, we have been wont to lie in bed this many a morning now and think about the plays we would like to see if we could only get our elbows sharp enough. In our first group we have placed miss, and we personally can scarcely wait for Katherine Corneil’s and Wal- ter Hampden’s reportory companies to open within the next week. Miss Cor- nell is doing Romeo and Juliet with Basil Rathbone and Brian Aherne, and Walter Hampden plans to vary his productions between Hamlet, Riche- lieu; Richard III, and Macbeth. His Richard III, which is seldom produé- ed, is said to be unusually good. Eva Le Gallienne is reopening L’Aiglon for two weeks, beginning Christmas night, and we heartily recommend to anyone who missed it in Philadelphia that she should rush to see a finer ner will be followed by the dance to|up the question of the playing of pri- which, as is usual, all the halls are in- | vate victrolas during non-quiet hours. vited. Merion is giving only a hall; Private victrolas may be played at tea this year, instead of its usual tea-!such times, provided they are register- performance of sincere acting than we had thought any modern actress was capable of achieving. If the sharpness of our elbows should fail to carry us into the the- atre to see any of these, however, we would not be painfully averse to see- ing any of the following. Anything Goes is by far the best of the revues, with Life Begins at 8.40 keeping a close second, although everyone knows nost in-|ll the best jokes and tunes by this Bee on)’?g |time. John Van Druten’s The Distaff é, with Sybil Thorndike, is a seri- drama about: a mother controlling amily as best she can, and Per- Appearance, with Gladys is an amusing comedy if not K\ious as it might be. The the quiet drama about The Farmer Takes a nteresting enough to Ruth Draper is immemorial mon- time. We can- pout recommen- tan possibly nettes pro- ed Magi- ma De- the Ode to Liberty, with Ina Claire, which opened in Princeton to the ac- companiment of shrieking audiences Nline jn the aisles and\screaming for in every in- 1 that she mplications 's does not st who ap- en cannot isentan- dance followed by Freshmen skits and a buffet supper. Much entertainment is channel in Denbigh, where Freshmen, Sopho- mores, and Juniors are giving skits, followed by a banquet. Anne Hawks and Anne Lukens are the king and queen, respectively, and. Elizabeth quet. Whittaker, the porter, is to tap- dance,. The Freshmen, under the lead- ership of Dorothea Seelye, plan a Syr- ian dance “expressing . primitive in- stincts unguessed by others because of their demure ways and domestic hab- it of knitting.” Sylvia Evans is in charge of the Sophomore entertain- ment, which will be shadow pictures of the Nativity, and the Juniors, with Antoinette Brown in charge of ar- rangements, are giving a surprise skit which is veiled in mystery. _ League Christmas Party The Bryn Mawr League gave a Christmas party for ten of the chil- dren from St. Martha’s Settlement House who attended the Bryn Mawr Camp last summer, in the Common Room Monday afternoon. dren acted plays of Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Bears, and sang songs and Christmas carols. A Christ- mas tree and small presents for tne children were provid", , oe Soviet Art Exhibition ’ An exhibition of Soviet Art, spon- sored by the Society for Cultural Re- lations with Foreign Countries, is. be- ing held at the Fairmount Park Mus- eum., This is the first exhibition of Soviet Art in America, and Philadel- phia is especially proud of having se- cured it before it goes to New York and Boston. Meirs is the toastmistress at the ban-| The chil-| ied with the warderis. | - The Entrance Committee is chang- ing entrance requirements so as to permit more choice in subjects to the entering student, by lessening the number of units definitely required in foreign. languages from seven to six, ithus providing for an elective unit. The recent demand for flooding the tennis courts for skating met with the explanation that hot water pipes run under the lower tennis courts and that most of the other courts are so situ- ated as to make flooding difficult and expensive. The suggestion is, how- ever, being taken up by the Depart- ment of Physical Education and, if nothing can be done this year, the tennis courts behind the Inn will be remade so as to be convertible. | Plans are also under way to reduce the daily fee at the infirmary beyond the four days of treatment to which the student’s payment of an initial fee entitles her. V. Y. Ting Makes Speech At a meeting of the. Philadelphia branch of the International Students of America last Wednesday night, Vung-Yuin--Ting—acted as the. repre- sentative of the ‘International Wom- en Students: She spoke on the value of ingenation education, and _ ex- pres the gratitude of the foreign students for the opportunities of study and of learning varied points of view ‘| which are offered them in America. The soy bean, fifteen years ago con- sidered to be fit for consumption by horses and cattle, has today been so intensively developed that Prof. G.. L. Schuster, of the University of Dela- ware (Newark) believes that it will eventually replace 15 to 20 per cent of the wheat consumed in the world. . } Vocational Talk Mrs. Manning has asked Mrs. Lillian’ Gilbreth, who is herself a consulting engineer with a wide experience™ in* pefsonnel work, to meet the Seniors and the Graduate Students on the evening of January. eleventh in order to discuss with them ways ., came last year for e same purpose. te i holding them. for es Self-Government Makes New Permission Rulings At a recent legislative meeting of Self-Government a number of changes were made in the rules regarding Special Permission. The most im- portant change is the rule requiring that Special ‘Permission must be ob- tained for every absence after ten- thirty. Students must be inside the halls by 10.30 unless they have com-. plied with the following rules: A. Students expecting to return to the halls after 10.30 must in all cases register before leaving: name, desti- nation, means of return, probable hour of return, and on return the actual hour. B. Special permission to be out after 10.30 must be obtained for the, following: (1) Motoring after dark. Students must sign out “motoring” up to 10.30; after 10.30 destination must be regis- tered. Special permission is not neces- sary if motoring with families or in taxis. (2) 11.80 permission may be ob- tained for: (a) eating in the village if escort- ed. (b) if unescorted, three-quarters of an hour permission for eating in the village after evening entertain- ments in Goodhart (11.30 the latest). (3) 12.15 permission for movies, theatres, and concerts in Philadelphia. (4) Two o’clock permission for*pri- vate parties. (5) Two o’clock permission for in- formal dancing at any reputable place such as the Mayfair, Bellevue, Wal- ton Roof, Pierre’s. (6) Three o’clock permission for formal parties. (7) If a student after leaving the halls, finds out before 10.30 P. M. that she wishes special permission, she must teléphone to a member of ,the Board, hall president, or deputy for it and have herself signed out. (6) After 10.30 a student must call the warden: (a) if unavoidably delayed. (b) When she finds it necessary to extend the time of her permission, in which case she must ask if she may speak with a member of the board; hall president or deputy. No student may call up after 12 o’clock to extend her permission. Itinerary Revealed for Miss Park’s Trip Miss Park is planning to leave Bryn Mawr on January 6 for a two-months’ tour to speak to Alumnae groups in the western states. This tour, propos- ed by the Alumnae Council, is design- . ed to bring Alumnae living at a dis- tance into closer contact with the work now being gone at Bryn Mawr. Miss Park is not planning to speak on the Alumnae Drive. The tentative itinerary for January includes a stop in Cleveland from Jan. 6-8, in ‘Detroit from Jan. 8-10, in: Chicago from Jan. 10-13, in Portland from Jan. 16-18, in San Francisco from Jan, 19-28, and in Los Angeles from Jan, 29 to Feb. 7. She is going to speak at several schools, notably” ‘ at the Kingswood School Cranbrook in Detroit, and at Miss Branson’s School in San Francisco. During her stay in San Francisco Miss Park is also going to speak on women’s education at a lawyers’ and trust officers’ luncheon and means of getting jobs and J": % w being-held by the Alumnae Committee _ of Seven. Colleges. Her ‘schedule is not complete, but she ex- pects to visit the following cities be- fore her return to Bryn Mawr on March 1: Denver, Oklahoma City, Dallas,-Galveston, Kansas City,.Oma- February, ha, Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, | and Louisville. The discovery of 1,700 new valuable stars, each a new “yardstick” for fathoming the depths of space, has been reported by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard University . observatary and a University of Mis- souri alumnus. 4 was marked by a strong start, rather e THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Criticism of. Hockey Team Praises Finish Strong Start Followed by Bad Slump; Best Score in Years Made vs. All-Phila. B. M. MAKES 26-38 GOALS). The 1934 Varsity Hockey . season of a let-down.in the middle, but a fine finish, with a splendid showing against the All-Philadelphia team. In the first few games, the forwards were playing a fast, hard-hitting/game, taking the offense at all times. The “stick handling was a bit ragged, but the balls were. usually hit hard and directed well. The defense was play- ing exceedingly: well, but co-operation between the forwards and backs was more th&n* once noticeably lacking. With the West Jersey game, which the team showed an alarming’ falling off in power and co-ordination especially in the second period, Var- sity seemed to lose its drive and pep and even the defense.was not up to its usual mark. Fortunately, Bryn Mawr always seemed to snap out of its lethargy in time to make a con- certed effort in the last few minutes. But saddened by the poor play of the rest of the game, we were not always as appreciative of the spurts as per- haps we should have been. Our great basketball rival, Rose- mont, was routed in an extremely one- sided game, which was marked by fast play, hard driving, and good team- work. Varsity seemed to be on the upgrade once again, especially since the defense backed up the forwards much better than usual. Bryn Mawr took its first defeat. at the hands of the Merion contingent in a game which had Varsity on the de- fensive most of the time. The for- wards started to fade in this game and seemed to lose all the drive and co- operation which made them such a threat in the earlier matches. Varsity swept a strong Alumnae team off the field, but were blanketed completely: by the Philadelphia Cricket Club, most of whom were All-Ameri- cans or possible candidates, and Bryn Mawr was completely lost in the face of superb technique and superior tac- tics. A 5-0 win over Swarthmore was es- pecially gratifying because of the two previously undecided stalemates. Bryn Mawr ended up the season in a blaze of glory by holding the All- Philadelphia team to the lowest score in many years, 4-1. Varsity played a beautiful defensive game with the for- wards combining strongly with the backfield and preventing any scoring during the first part of the half. The Faculty and Haverford games were marked by the usual excitement and we were especially pleased with the ‘victory over the Faculty and the scoreless tie with the Haverford team. All in all, the season has been much more successful than usual and though there is room for improvement in back technique and tactics, we feel that hockey may sometime regain the place and glory which it once held in Bryn Mawr athletics. The official team is as follows: in Oe RCs ss oe ec right wing UO is ao occ aN inside right eo Wii hes CS center forward WE ibid is sks h inn eee: inside left We Fics iss iviesives left wing MAY hbk vin ceicsiaes right half A Ra errs Pari center half Be NE 505 0 8 oa ead left half ME fc oe 0a cee right back TIO ccsesectnteaer es left back Me EE Cv oes Wao ee kee goal BUS 5 ois ieee 1 Bryn Mawr.. 4 Phila. Cty. Club. 2 Bryn Mawr.. 6 Meet your friends at the Bryn Mawr Confectionery (Next to Seville Theater Bldg.) The Rendezvous of the- College Girls Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious. Sundaes; Superior Soda Service — Music—Dancing for girls only GREEN HILL FARMS City Line and Lancaster Ave. Overbrook-Philadelphia A reminder that we would like to take care of your parents and friends, whenever they come to visit you. “they sang.‘‘And the Glory Choir Sings Carols With Unusual Beauty Continued from. Page One another story of Christ’s birth. Now the singing became pompous in turn. Miss Mary Earp sang the recitative, “Oh, Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion,’ from Handel’s ‘‘Messiah,” and the choir joined her in the chorus. After her deep, solemn voice, rich and warm ‘in tonal quality, all the others together sounded light and _ almost frail. But this. was forgotten when of the Lord” which “shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see together.” Bishop Creighton explained in his sermon that.Christmas has gifts more valuable and permanent than those we give and take from friends and family. \Without the true Christmas gifts, lifé would not be worth living. Yet men have never prayed for these; they have even struggled against them. On the first Christmas night, God manifested more gifts to earth than His incarnate Son. A multitude of angels appeared to the poor, rustic shepherds of Judah with tidings of love. The stern, joyless religions and governments of centuries were cast aside. Instead, Christ brought release from sadness into life and peace. For the angels proclaimed peace to the world that night. That was another unwanted gift. Always, men have protested against peace; today, they still protest. After the Bishop’s address, the choir sang two Czech carols: “Now the Rarest Day of Days” and “Sleep, Baby, Sleep.”’ The last was slow and sweet as a lullaby, but its solemnity made it a hymn. Part of the choir hummed again in Geoffrey Shaw’s “How Far Is It to. Bethlehem?” but only at the beginning and end. The rest of the time, both tune and words were prettily childlike. Arthur Som- ervell’s “Grasmere Carol’ began gaily and ended solemnly, too, while the last carol, “Today is Born Immanuel,” was nothing less than majestic. First, Miss then she and Miss Agnes Halsey to- ‘gether, and last, Miss Halsey alone. The combination of Miss Earp’s deep, rich voice, and Miss‘ Halseys’ high singing was very lovely, while the final burst of the whole choir was like the end of a “Te Deum.” oo Luncheon 40c - 50c - 75c THE Phy Telephone: Bryn Mawr 386 ... Yesterday, on These were Pere >» eo West Jersey..... ‘4 Bryn Mawr.. 4 Rosemont........ 1_ Bryn Mavwr.. 6 DE ects 4 Bryn Mawr... 2 Ajunmac......%.. 1 Bryn Mawr.. 6 Phil. Crick. Club. 9 Bryn Mawr.. 0 Swarthmore .....0 Bryn Mawr.. 5 PMCUIY Ce Ci aes 0 Bryn Mawr.. 4 Haverford ..... 0 > Bryn Mawr.. 0 All-Philadelphia 4 Bryn Mawr.. 1 HOURS .-0:6ou:8 sce 26 38 Mary Earp alternated with the choir; |. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE INN TEA ROOM Meals a la carte and table d’hote Daily and Sunday 8.30 A. M. to 7.30 P. M. Afternoon Teas BRIDGE, DINNER PARTIES AND TEAS MAY BE ARRANGED MEALS SERVED ON FHE TERRACE WHEN WEATHER PERMITS Keep your hair lovely, too, at the Strawbridge & Clothier Beauty Salon. A shampoo and Antoine Set is the smart modern inter- pretation of the quaint old Southern formula. Call Ardmore 4000 MEZZANINE | STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER The Main Line Store Ardmore Mexican ‘Architecture Described by Dr. Mullet Music Room, December 18... Dr. Valentine Miiller, in describing his trip. through Mexico.and tracing the influences.- which: have affected Mexican art. and. building, showed slides of Mexican landscapes and architecture — ancient andgmodern. Dr. Miiller recommended this trip as enjoyable and interesting. It was neither unbearably hot, nor. spoiled by rain, as he had feared. There were excellent lectures, given by Mex- icans, on economics, politics, ‘art mod- ern Mexican problems, and ancient and modern Mexican music. Dr. Miil- ler recommended that anyone taking this trip should stay afterwards by himself and study museums and churches. Slides of the Mexican’ countryside, canyons, deserts, and mountain sides, and of the unusual and lovely Mexican trees, were shown, Tropical plants prevail in a large part of Mexico. From Mexico City, Dr. Miller took three trips, and obtained many slides of skylines and churches. No matter how poor’ a Mexican community is, it always possesses a great number of churches.. There are many lakes, too, invariably full of snakes—so full, in fact, that no one can take a bath in them! Mexican archaeology was more com- plicated than Dr. Miiller had expect- ed, for it has many trends developing side by side, and the dates are very uncertain. Mexico is interesting for that very reason, since it gives us an opportunity to see how a civilization can grow by itself, without foreign in- fluences. The ancient Mexicans sur- passed the ancient Europeans in lay- ing out cities. There are a great many so-called pyramids in Mexico, although they are not ‘like the ._ pyramids of ancient Egypt: they are flat on top, and have narrow steps leading to the top. They are frequently decorated with ser- pents’ heads. Dr. Miiller showed slides of temples, shrines, and monasteries, built under Indian and Spanish in- fluences, The Mexicans are a mixed race. At the end of the 19th century 18 per cent. of the population was pure white, as compared with the 5 per cent, now. In Mexico, the making of a new peo- ple and of a new civilization is -in process, since civilization always de- velops from a mixture of races. There is a large amount of art among the peasants, especially pottery, weaving and _lacquering. Dr. Miiller showed some slides of Mexican peasant houses and villages, and the exteriors and interiors of sev- eral churches. He concluded by show- ing a slide of a modern skyscraper in Mexico City. Dr. Miiller believes that the modernistic style in architecture can be taken over and adapted ous countries. by vari- Dinner 85c - $1.25 > INVITED arah Davis, Manager a Miss Park Suggests Permanent Director Possibility of Summer Studying of Parts, of Theatre Guild - Group, Proposed BETTER CHOICES URGED -Goodhart, December 14. Miss Park, speaking in Chapel on Cymbeline and All That, said that col- lege plays must be chosen to meet not only the angle of the small group that‘ heads Varsity. Dramatics but also the angle of the audience. Varsity. Dra- matics is dependent on “the rest. of us” to a greater extent than any other specially interested group in col- lege. Its need of a large group as an audience is psychological. Varsity Dramatics has the same troubles as all amateur dramatic organizations. It has only two nights to give its play and it is faced with the problem of bringing in outside guests to witness its productions. Miss Park made a few suggestions to help Varsity Dramatics in secur- ing an audience and in overcoming some of its production difficulties, The best thing to do, in choosing a play, is to inspect the lists of plays’ given.by good stock companies, such as that of Eva Le Gallienne. These stock com- panies choose a very wide range of plays — classical and_ restoration drama, occasionally a new play. It has also been suggested that'a professional coach should be attached to the college, as Mlle. Rey is attached to the French Department, and Mr. Willoughby and Mr. Alwyne to the Music Department. Students go stale on a coach, however, unless he is very remarkable. A very possible scheme would be for the college to give only two pro- ductions a year, the Gilbert~and Sul- livan operetta in the spring and a very carefully worked out Varsity Dramatics play in the fall. , The play could be chosen in the spring and parts given out then to be memorized over summer. Then the actual pres- entation could take place very soon after college opened the following fall. ‘| ~ Ht costs no more to live in the vey heart of town—with all the vodern comforts and . conveniences! The suites (one and two rooms) are large and alry, with Pullman kitchen and bright bath. You will have to see them to appreciate them. Of course, rentals are not beyond your budget. CHAS. C, KELLY Managing Director There would be more freedom and lei- sure at that time for the necessary work on direction and movement. This plan was tried out at Bryn Mawr for several years with. great Success,. - It is ‘also possible that interested members of the college should at the beginning of the year, as is practised in the Theatre Guild, agree to co- operate with Varsity Dramatics not only in paying expenses, and in help- ing with the work, but also in choos- ing the plays to be given. This would not be interference in or dictatorship over the small group, which is almost 400 close, but would give many people in college training for future work in the small theatres springing up every- where ‘in the United States. There were many interesting points in the past presentation of Cymbeline. The lighting was the best ever done in college. The scenery was reniark- ably effective, and the stylizing used so well in the scenery could welt have been.extended to the properties. The bloody head like the baby in Winter’s Tale is an awkward and dangerous device and usually provokes laughter. The complicated changes and series of scenes were very’smoothly effected and there was a: great deal of very pleasant acting. The play was, how- ever, too much cut; it was hard to know what was being done. The audi- ence suffered also from the “extreme- ly bad” diction of the actors, which rendered many of their lines unintelli- gible. The bad postures and move- ments of the actors, particularly no- ticeable in the numerous entrances and exits, had the distracting effect of jerking the audience back from its contemplation of the lovely scenery. Cymbeline is a very queer, curious sort of play and not a moving one. It has fewer of what Carl Sandburg calls Shakespeare’s “slow, wise, beau- tiful words” than any other of his plays. JEANNETT’S BRYN MAWR FLOWER SHOP, Inc. Mrs. N. S. T. Grammer: 823 Lancaster Avenue BRYN MAWR,,. PA. Phone 570 : ~ STETSON HATS for Vaiss a he Stetson designers ae created new fall tyles, of unusual distinction far college girls — smart, youthful models —-includ- ing sports hats in Stetson felt, priced as low as $5— the “Topster’ beret in flan- nel or Doondale cheviot $3. = All hats and berets in your exact bead size STETSON ™1224 Chestnut Street @. = ning wrap @ Call 100 Rate; fz set of Dickens or an eve- Christmas tree! make e between a> op re: under the miles for 60 cents by Day iby Evening Rate; SRR ete Page Four . > THE COLLEGE NEWS — * Nature of X-Rays oe ° Shown in Experiments Continued’from Page One drew an. analogy to sound waves. In a model theatre, pictures have been successfully taken of .a single sound wave moving from the position of the speaker toward the back of the the- atre. As this wave front passes over each of the steps where the seats are placed, a wavelet is reflected from each step. X-rays are very different from sound waves for they are less than a millionth of an inch long; when a train of X-rays strikes a series of single rows of atoms, the atoms will turn off this wave, say at an angle of 30°. A train of longer waves will be turned through a greater angle, smaller waves through a, smaller an- gle. No matter how many wave-trains of different wave length strike this same row of atoms at the same time, each different train will be deflected at a different angle, without any in- terference, and with the various wave fronts bound in different directions. There is a difference from this, how- ever, when a number of wave trains of different wave-lengths strikes a three-dimensional lattice. Mest of the wave trains advance straight through the crystal, which acts as a filter, and only one or a few of the wave trains are deflected, each at different angles. It is in this way that a crystal differs from a single row of atoms. Before 1912 it was believed general- ly that X-rays were beams of cor- puscles or particles. If this were so there would be no order in deflection when a beam passed through a cry- stal... It occurred to Von Marle that X-rays were really waves and that if this were so, a beam of. 'rays going through a crystal would pass straight through except for a few wave trains which would be deflected in sharply different directions. He turned the performance of the experiment over to two younger men, who sent a nar- row beam of X-rays through a crystal with a photographic plate.on the other side. If the plate revealed a vague smear,-X-rays would have been proved to be corpuscles; if there were some sharply different spots on the plate, X-rays were proved waves and cry- stals diffractive to them. The photo- graphic plate revealed around the large center smear a perfect pattern of spots, which were perfectly sym- metrical not only in arrangement but in brightness and, dimness. Each crystal made a different pattern by this method, which was also used to prove the crystalline nature of metals and other substances. X-rays and electrons are two dif- ferent kinds of waves, but their evi- dence about crystals is complementary, X-rays are very penetrating and re: veal the nature of the depths of the crystal, while electrons are deflected by the first. few rows of atoms and therefore reveal the nature of the out- side of crystals. The scale of these atoms in crystals is about one million to the linear centimeter, while X-rays and electrons measure about from a ten-millionth to a hundred-millionth of an inch from crest to érest of the waves, Spartish Republic 7 ‘ Reforms Legislation Continued from Page One eral. state..such_as.the.United. States. Zamora wanted a recognition of the unity of Spain first, and then federal- ism. A compromise was reached -in which a high degree of autonomy was granted to. Catalonia, The Church question was the next problem. The government separated the Church from the State through a law which cut the budgetary“subsidies for the clergy one-third in 1932 and completely cut them out in 1938. Zamora did not want to disband the religious orders, but in the end the Jesuits were, disbanded, while the others lost their property and privi- leges of teaching. Shortly after this Azafia became head of the. govern- ment. Education in Spain had been man- aged, up to this time, by the Church and State. The better classes used. the Catholic schools and the poorer ones, the State schools. : ly Socialist government naturally fav- ored replacing Catholic education with State schools. The land problem was next encoun- tered by the Republic. The soil of Spain is relatively poor. Yet over 75 per cent. of the population is agrar- ian. In the south a few great land- owners control almost the whole farm- ing area. They hire labor to till their fields at very low wages. In the north there is a system of tenant “farming on small tracts of land, great blocks of which are owned by the aristocracy. The predominant-| To remedy these evils, the Institute ot Agrarian Reform was established. It was given funds yearly to buy up the land from the owners who could be compelled to sell. The land was then let out to individuals or to groups: The Labor Reforms instituted were chiefly in the form of two laws. The selection of workers’ and employers’ representatives for the settlement of industrial disputes was legalized, and the political control exercised by the owners and employers over the work- ing classes, was limited by forbidding the importation of outside labor into a region unless there were need for it. These laws were opposed by the owning classes, just as. the Catholic Church opposed the Church legisla- tion. . In the course of 1933 as these laws were coming into effect, the opposition began to crystallize. The elections of the spring and fall of .1983 showed that the government had the support of only a third of the people. In Au- gust the Azafa’ Government. resigned and wéts replaced by that of Lerroux, a.man who had long opposed the Church influence, but who was at the same time an economic. conservative. He secured new élections, which re- sulted in a surprising victory for the Right parties. In October 1984, the Revolution broke. A general strike for all Spain was called on October 6th. The gov- ernment checked the fighting, through the Civil Guard and the Army. Bar- celona in Catalonia and Orviedo in Asturias were the centers of the re- volt. The Socialist strikers feared that the Anarchists would not support them; they were supported in Or- viedo but not in Barcelona. The Catalonians declared themselves the leaders in a Third Republic of Spain,” This did not mean that they ~ planned to be totally “independent of Spain, but was an expression of their old desire for a federal state. The Barcelonians’' counted on the Bae port of the local troops under General Batet, who, however, declared martial law and quickly suppressed the un- trained Barcelonian rebels. T:wenty- three people were court-martialed for the revolt and sentenced to death. All but two were pardoned by President . Zamora. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL RICHARD STOCKTON BRYN MAWR | seer —— @ Cigarettes for Christmas! No smoker evér has too many. But which cigarette? Remember that the brand you give reflects your Own good taste...your sense of discrimination. That’s why we sug- © a i Ta the inexpensive gift you have been wanting. their finer tobgg .% bring that y gest Camels. They are made from finer, more expensive tobaccos than any other popular brand. They are the choice of distin- and women in every field of the social and way } | in Mim, Mato, Mu ‘ \ ‘ VS GWM The 1-pound tin of mild, mellow “P.A.” specially wrapped for Christmas, ; Saad , @ Is there a pipe smoker on your Christmas list? 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