VOL. XIV. No. 16.

 

 

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~ a eH AS
The First Robin
, Mageh came in, not like a lion
or a lamb, but like a sheep in -
wolf's clothing. Nevertheless—the
mild face of spring appeared be-
find’ the wolfish frown: The first
robin was actually seen on the
campus. last’ Friday, chirruping
feebly, withhis red waistcoat but: ’
_ toned up to his chin.

LEAVE PROBLEMS
‘TO WILL.OF GOD

Relations With 1 Parents’ and
Friends Solved by

Relaxation.

DR. HART IN IN (CHAPEL

“What power has religion to solve the

 

 

 

 

/ problems of life?” asked Dr. Bart in

chapel on Sunday evening,

“There are four problems which are
typical of thosé which present themselves:
The
first is the case of the college student

to us during our college careers.

who is absorbed in an ambition to study

medicine. Her parents, with some sacri-

‘ fice, halve given lier the advantage of a

“resistance from her family,

thorough education—an_ exclusive pre-
partory school and then college. The
student returns home and meets decided
She finds
herself bound by duty to give up this
vivid, vital ambition and remain with her
family. She has a problem'to solve.
Secondly, there is the case of the. girl
who finds her ‘relations with men very
perplexing. When actually in their com-
pany she feels ill at ease and embar-
rassed; she finds nothing to say and is
unhappy- because she feels that she was
not born with the knack of being witty

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| Christianity Was Topic oe

Gettysburg Conference
(Specially contributed by E. Baxter, ”30.)}
Last Friday six of us started out for
the conférence which was held at Gettys-
burg, under the auspices of the Y. M. &
Y. W. C. A. aiid the Student Volunteers,
for the colleges in this region.. This year
it was especially interesting as it followed
up the Detroit conference held at Christ-
thas. The subject was “The challenges in-
volved in the spread of Christianity.” The

. conference -was-carried. on by. general-lec-

tures and group discussions of the vari-
ous aspects of the.question. The dis-
cussions fell into two main groups—the
appreciation of other religions and. cul-:

_ tures, and the translation ‘of international

“mindedness into individual living. Each
of these discussions proved very interest-
‘ing because of the able leaders and be-
cause Of the variety .of attitudes ex-
pressed.

Some of the subjects discussed were:
.“Are the basic principles of -all religions

alike?” “What is unique about Chris-
tianity?” “Should we take the good of
other religions and add it to Chris-
tianity ?” “Do we want missionaries from
other races and religions?” The con-
élusion reached. was-that the findgt things
of other religions can be found in Chris-
tianity as taught by Christ, if not in
present-day doctrines, and that, far from
contradicting other religions, Christianity
tather fulfills them.

The other main theme félated.4prin-
cipally to the value of western civiliza-
tion, and especially of American ideals,
and the extent to which we can make our
civilization as a whole, and our own ac-
tions: conform to the_ highest ideals.
Racial antipathy, narrow nationalism, in-
dustrial autocracy, undemocratic govern-
-ment and imperial foreign policy were
discussed. While everyone agreed on the
need of changing these things, many
‘people ‘seemed to fear the influence of
foreign ideas. The chief suggestions
yere to think about these matters more,
to read, and to. get the point of view of

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-| | Thrifis-and Defeat Foun2=
in 2¢ Team Basketball

Nip and Tuck: those two good old

birds made.a morning of it on Saturday.|
| | Second Varsity played Rosemont College

in a game replete with thrills and heart
throbs. Rosemont finally won, 27-26, but
we nearly fell from the balcony in our
excitement during the last few hectic mo-
ments;

Not=that it was. a good aia it was
just exciting. Our team, as a team, was"
even poorer than second Varsities have a
habit of being. It lacked all sense of
teamwork and could not even hide behind
the boast of uncoagulated individual bril-
liance. The only-individual brilliance was

“displayed by Sappington who made rather

a sparkling first appearance, - She was
‘| the only person on, the team who seemed
to have any basketball sense, and she
had an ‘easy and satisfying affinity with
the basket. Unfortunately for us she
did not get her hands on the ball often
enough,
No’ Co-operation... \
The centers were excessively ineffectual,
Swan, although most divinely tall, does
not seem to be -divinely endowed with
the qualities that ‘make a good side-
center; and Dean to be any good at all
needs. fast and’ skillful co-operation. As
for the guards: Thompson reminds us
irresistibly of a stately Spanish galleon
in action (but need we recall the fate
of the Armada?); Totten on the other
hand was quite fast but never knew the
location éither of the ball or of the
person she was guarding ; Bruere, who
succeeded her, was much better, . even
though not playing in her regular ‘posi-
tion Boyd, not up to her usual form,
was at forward for the first half. Hilda
Thomas, taking her place in the second
half, .played a good game and had ex-
cellent. teamwork with Sappington.
‘Their combined play at. forward was the
only highlight of the game, and the score

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Passing Modes:

27 Leaves Few Haritacae ta tha, =

Fickle Collegian.

The hour-glass has been turned over;
and a new year is already slipping slowly
away. It is now 1928 (and doesn’t it
sound /funny: and- ultra-modern?) ; 1927
has passed from our horizon forever, but
it has left us several. heritages with
which to start the new year. Snooping
about the campus we find that the first
of. January does not strip the undergrad-
uates bare of all follies and foibles, hates
and passions. No,- the college seems still
to be in its late 1927 ‘state. These modés
and manners are of the most temporary
and ephemeral sort. They may change
overnight, they may stay in vogue for
months, but while they last their power is
supreme. It is too early yet to divine
the coming fashions. Alf we cap) do is
to note the heritages with which/we start
the new year, the passing modes of 1927:

Berets have passed from popularity and
baifttanas or frankly bare heads have
taken their place. A few of these brightly |
colored round caps with their invigorat-

‘ing top-knots still survive but the over-

whelming vogue of last year is in absen-
tia. (This raises the question as to what
has become of. the discarded berets. They
do not seem to have. the practical.
uses of ex-German helmets. They
could be used as hot-water bottle cover-
ings on a pinch, or perhaps as winter
wraps for transplanted ostrich, eggs.
Probably they have been given to the Sal-
vation Army and will soon appear on all
the poverty-stricken streetsweepers and
window-washers in the city. Personally
we think that butchers might wear them
in winter instead of their everlasting dirty
straw hats.)

- Sciences are going out and history of

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Still Striving
As a result ‘of the first week of the try-

outs for the-Editorial Board of the Cot-
LEcCE News the following people are still],

 

in the running: E, Lewis, ’31; V. Hobart,
|’31; V. F. Shyrock, "31; E. G. Zalesky,

30; R, Hollander. 31, and B. Faust, ‘31.

 

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BRYN. MAWR. (AND. WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1928

 

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Bs Invitation

The Bryn Mawr Art Club. in-
vites you fo visit its studio from
10 to.1 o’clock on Saturday. morn-
itfg, March 10, on the third floor

“of Taylor Hall.

 

 

 

Bloodless Reiolution

Will Make India Free
“Within a year the eyés of the, world
India,” predicted
Dhan Gopal Muskerji when he was inter-

will be focussed on

-viewed by a member of the News ‘staff.

Already, under the influence of Gandhi,
changes have taken: place in the social
world; very soon, the caste systém. will

be blown to bits. In the political world,

a bloodless revolution, passive’ resistance,
will..drive out England, All this
movement is’ founded on religion.
great movement in history is carried by
religious fervor ‘at. the beginning, but
that dies out—posterity will have none of

it. Gandhi’s own religion looks more to
the physical world than to an after-life}
he_is interested “in an “experimentation
of human relationships.”

Art and, literature have already suffered
under this movement. Cubist painting is
no new thing in India, and the manner
oi writing has changed. No longer do
they write of the vast conceptions of
human and divine nature, but of the
petty problems of individuals. Literature
has become introspective and is not good.
Mr. Mukerji felt: that this type of work
would not last, as it is not universal in
its application..“It is no~ good howling
about happiness,” he said, “The happiest

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Is: Social. Work Worthy?

Conference Will Decide
ae Phe Site € (Philadelptiia Conference
on Social Work will be held at the Ben-
jamin Franklin. Hotel, Ninth and Chest-
nut streets, on Thursday and Friday,
March eighth and ninth. The Conference
this year will be of particular interest
to Bryn Mawr, students in view of the
fact that the program for one afternoon,
the afternoon of the ninth, will be de-
voted to a. lecture and discussion ar-
ranged by a group of college undergrad-
uates for college students. ‘The speaker
will be Dr. Hornell Hart, of Bryn Mawr,
and his subject, “Can Social Work Create
a New “Social Order?” The lecture
itself begins at four o’clock, and will be
followed by an Open Forum led by. Ken-
neth L. M. Pray, Director of the Penn-
sylvania School ‘of Social and Health
Work. This hour of discussion will give
an opportunity fér students to question
those actively erigaged in sociak work
as to the larger significance of that work.
The college sttident can often hear lec-
tures on the details of social work ,in
particular fields, but it is very rare that
a group of sociologists and’ social work-
ers offer to discuss the probable effects
of social work on society as a whole,
both now, and in the future: #to give their
opinions, for example, on the degree to
which ‘social work actually prevents the
multiplication of the unfit; whether there
is any longer any practical distinction
between the treatment of the “deserving”
and the “undeserving” poor, and if so,
what; what is, and what can be the atti-
tude of the college student toward social
work, etc.? The discussion will cover
a range of topics wide enough to inter-
est even those who are not “sociology
students, and it is hoped that many whose
interests are not strictly sociological will
attend and enter into the discussion. Ab-
stracts of Dr. Hart's speech may be
obtained from V. Fain, ’29, Pembroke
West, so that those who wish may con-
sider the subject in advance.

At 6.30. there will be,a buffet supper
at. which Dr. Marion Kenworthy,
Psychiatrist, of the oye of Child
Guidance, will speak. .

 

 

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MUKERJI CALLS INDIA HOME~ |
~~ OF MEDITATION AND PIETY!

West ‘Must nak: Synthesis of

* Being and Doing From
; Gandhi

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MAYO’S BOOK DYING

Kipling and not Katherine Mayo gives
the fairer picture of India,” said Mr.
Dhan Gopal Mukerji in his address in
chapel on Saturday, March 3. :

sMr. Mukerji Spoke very briefly about’

Mother India,
fused to read the book, but then he was
told that as a speaker about India he
must know it. It°has had a distinct in-
fluence i in- both England and«America, In
England, it has been one of the causes
ot
sént- to discover if India a fit for self-
government; America”

in it has mat

“everybody feel that even if it is only 5

per cent. true, he must go and clean up
India. , But India is not cleanable in ‘that
way; the Westerner who judges it from
the market place he sees is as. unfair.as
the Indian who judges America_from.the
movies, or from. the average “American

novel.. .To understand India, one must
understand India’s win ideals,
morals.

Caste System Has Endured.

“T should rather talk about India _§it-
self,” said Mr. Mukerji. “I often hear
expressions of wonder that. the caste
system has endured so long.’ The rea-
son is that the Brahmins, the teachers
and _ highest caste of India, are the poor-
ést class; no Brahmin is ever rich, except
in the South of India where the greatest

“| trouble “lies.

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Mediaeval Women
Tout to Lecture on Important
Aspect of His Specialty. .

Mediaeval Women. will. be the subject
of the lecture which Dr. Thomas Fred-
erick Tout, professor of history at Man-
chester University in England, will de-
liver here this:Saturday evening, March
10.

Professor Tout probably knows more
about early English. History than any
man in England at the present time.
His specialty -is the history. of govern-
mental institutions, to which field he has
made some important contributions,’ be-
sides. having developed at Manchiester the
best school of mediaeval institutions in
existence. -His“latest-and most importarte
book, which went to print just at the
time Professor Tout left England, is a
four-volume work on governmental in-
stitutions in medideval England, which
develops the idea of the control of gov-
ernment by the King, acting through the
wardrobe. He has also published a book
on .the past and present relations of
France and England, and many other.his-
torical subjects.

As a lecturer Prdtesvor Tout issknown
in this country especially through the
series of lectures which he delivered at
Cornell. His popularity rests not only
on his scholarship but also on his power
of witty and picturesque expression. His
appearance here will worthily continue
the series of remarkably interesting lec-
tures Which the college has enjoyed in the
last few: weeks.

 

Calendar

Friday, March 9—Social service com
ference at Benjamin Franklin Hotel.

Saturday, Match 10—Varsity basketball
at 10 A. M. Professor T. F. Tout will
speak on “Mediaeval Women” at 8.15 in
Taylor Hall. |

‘Sunday, March 11—Dr. Hugh Black
will coridiict chapel at 7.30 P. M.

Friday, March 16—Morning chapel.
Announcement. of academic honors. 8.30
P. M—Fellowship Skit.

 

Two thousand college people can’t
be wrong;’ they _have already booked].
STCA passage for the coming eee
‘mer. —Advt. |

 

For a long while he re-|

the conservatism of the committee}

 

 

“Hugh Black

The Christian ‘Association has

‘bered from last year, for the Sun-
day evening service of March 11.
Only the unexpected cancellation’ -
of. another engagement has enabled
Dr. Black to come again this year.

NEW PLAN MADE
FOR MAJOR FRENCH

University of Paris Offers
Work Adapted to

¢\mericans. .
WILL Jue N HOMES

The study in
France during.the Junior year of col-
lege work that are now “open to Bryn
Mawr were explained by Miss Schenck
fon W ednesday,.February 29.

-“The college has always allowed: an
undergraduate to take one-half. of her

 

 

 

 

  

ew possibilities for

‘on it: profitably on her return, «Many

this has never been possible’ before. The
Courses at the’ Sorbotine are differérit
from ours here; the. student does not
get a chanee to meet-the professor, he
doesnot know where to find his sup-
plementary reading, and. he is puzzled
by French methods of work.

“Now a plan has been evolved where-
by an American student can take his

Paris.
versity of Delaware’ has worked up ‘the
system which is called ‘the Delaware
plan for foreign study,’ and it has been
opened to students of other colleges, on
the» condition..that . they .choose. students

profit, selecting those with the capacity
and will to work. ~

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Group Being Formed

{ to Study in Geneva
*Mrs; Elbert F. Baldwin offers unusual
opportunities to those wishing to spend
the summer in Geneva. For the past
four years she has organized a represen-

from American colleges.” ‘One of the
many charms of. the, system is that the
housing and chaperoning problems are
cared for automatically by Mrs. Bald-
win.

the University of Geneva, members of

a series of lectures, followed by general
discussion, especially arranged by Mrs.
Baldwin... The speakers ‘include. such
personages as Dame Crowdy and Mr,
Howard Huston. and the subjects deal
with various aspects of political, eco-
nomic, historical and international ques-
tions. . That Mrs. Baldwin is eminently
qualified for the organization of such a
group is shown by her long residence
abroad and her years of direct~contact
with the actual work of the League. The.
program inclutles an optional week in
Paris and as many excursions in the
vicinity of Geneva as the individual may
desire. . Mrs. Baldwin will also make all

annual international conference of the
C. I. E. The sailing is scheduled for
June twenty-third in third class on the
Majestic, returning on September fifth_
on the same-boat. All-of this (including
laundry, possible excursions, etc.) is
offered for six hundred dollars. There
are two places still vacant and Mrs. Bald-
win is most anxious that Bryn Mawr
be represented, for the. probable benefit
both to her group and to the college...

“(For further information see
C. Crosby, 34-38 Pembroke west, or
write Mrs. Moorehead, ‘Foreign Policy
Association, 14. East Forty-first street,
New ‘York City.)

 

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en fortunate in securing Dn |
ehh Black, who is well remem- | -

course elsewhere if she can be examined °

students have wanted to go to Paris, but

Junior year’s work at the University of .
Professor Kirkbride of the Unis...

from the upper third-of the class. Bryn.
PME will: let the- French Department
recommend the sttdents who will mast;

Bey ot

tative group of twenty-five girls selected

Besides the. lectures at the Zim-.
‘mern School and the summér school of.

the group have the opportunity to attend

requisite arrangements for attending the

   

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