Page Two OR eats ati Se Te a eae THE COLLEGE:NEWS . | an ae “T = = ‘ departing for France. THE COLLEGE NEWS. (Founded in 1914) —— | WIT?S END quoia you can i-ma-gine, I got back like a battering ram and tossed it in! was even worse, a whole volcano of Published weekly during the College 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 copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or ” part witheut written permission of the Editor-in-Chief. © — Copy Editor Nancy Hart, °34 Sports Editor SALLy Howe, °35 Editor-in-Chief SALLIE JoNEs, "34 News Editor J. E.tzapetH HANNAN, ‘34 Editors ELIZABETH MACKENZIE, ‘34 GERALDINE Ruoaps, °35 FRANCES PoRCHER, ‘36 CoNnsTANCE ROBINSON, '34 FRANCES VAN KEUREN,: °35 Diana TATE’SMITH, °35 Subscription Manager Business Manager DorotHy KALBACcH, °34° BARBARA Lewis, °35 Assistant Doreen CANADAY, °36 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 * MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Post Office MARGARET BEROLZHEIMER, °35 & Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa:, @... Iu Memoriam GERTRUDE HOUSTON WOODWARD Class of 1932 April 21, 1909—March 5, 1934 Bitte, Bitte! With the advent of the first warm weather the thoughts of the undergraduates turn as ever to the question of orals and their deathly toll, and this year brings evidence of their increased depredations among the seniors. Usually, no students are prevented from graduat- ing by the orals unless they have actually failed them—usually not once, but many times. However, this year there is a student who seems doomed to go down before them without ever having faced them in actual combat. The case is that of a senior who spent her junior year in France, and who, through a misunderstanding, did not realize that she must at least condition the oral to be allowed to take it in the spring of this year. As the situation stands at present this student who was allowed to study French at the Sorbonne in recognition of her splendid work in that subject, is not to be allowed to attempt the German oral in the spring, thereby automatically losing her degree. There are two sides to every question and the case of the senior is no exception. On the side of those who adhere; to the letter of the rule requiring students to at least attempt the orals before their senior year are several arguments: First, there is the question of precedent and iron bound tradition which allows of no exceptions to an enshrined |. regulation. Secondly, it may be argued that the student should have acquainted herself with the rulings in connection with the orals before Thirdly, there is the point that the Dean’s office did write her to the effect, that she would be required to take the oral on her return in the fall—a point which must be qualified by the fact that through incorrect forwarding. the letter did not reach her until she was on the verge of sailing for the United States in the fall. In general, the position of those who oppose the granting of an excep- tion in the present case is that of a defense of precedent and the immutability of all rules governing the conferring of degrees. Those who have espoused the cause of the student are asking not that she be given her diploma without fulfilling all the requirements, but that she be allowed to attempt to fulfill those requirements: At present her diploma is being denied her without proof that she is not sufficiently acquainted with the German language to pass the oral. To us that constitutes a condition which points to a weakness some- where in the present rules and regulations of the college. The student in question has proved by her work in French that she is well grounded in the fundamentals which govern all languages. She is a language major, and her record for the year just completed at the Sorbonne was satisfactory in evéry way judged by the college standards of -merit. ~ Furthermore, she was removed from the campus where a discussion of the orals and the rules surrounding them constitute regular under- graduate conversation. A meeting was held during junior year in which the oral situation was explained, but at that time this student was in Paris. There were no opportunities at the Sorbonne for a Bryn Mawr junior to study German, as the obvious reason for her presence in that institution was to perfect her French. That the explanatory letter from the administration should have been mislaid for some months and its arrival delayed to such a time that there was no chance _..of the student's perfecting her German to the required stage was unfor- tunate in the extreme, but it cannot be blamed on the student any -more than on the administration. The facts of the case have already been reviewed by the college, and a petition from that studenf that she might ‘be allowed to continue her German and attempt the oral in the spring’ has been denied. ‘We have no doubt that the administration gave the matter due considera- tion, but to them the loss of a degree may not seem as important as - it does to the struggling undergraduate. We are asking only that the _ student be allowed to attempt the oral—if she should fail it we would ~ secept, the fact of her not graduating. But, it seems unfair, and _ hardly in line with the boasted policy of the college that to their good students go the diplomas, that a student who spent her junior year abroad in the Sorbonne should be excluded from the final round-up ee be Geetion v0 the colt aoe bp a ae smoke and ashes came flying out. at me. -Finally I picked my way up near enough to .poke around among the remains, and put some papers on top. But let me tell you all! The papers burnt and the entire thing went up in smoke—and there I was with no fire at all. Was J burnt up after all that! : Dearie, I’m afraid I must be off. I’m reading Mourning Becomes Electra—a lovely book. — Oodles of love, DIVINE RIGHT? Some trouble with The kin and kith In lore and myth I’ve always had: The state I’m in— I’m sure that kin And kith in sin -There were, begad. They’ve always said That some were wed, But then I’ve read That some were not. When Greek met Greek, And flesh was weak— Er—so to speak— What then, mein Gott? —Goodness Me. Clara. ANTI-SOCIAL I’ve got a cold With snivels untold: I care not a fig For sprigh. Mad Hatter, dear, dear, My trouble is is is is is is so trou- blesome that I that that I couldn’t to say it myself. All at alk Gertrude willingly said it for me to say to you so you can _tell can tell me what.to do: “If: wean weaned and Nanette spoke she very in a very in a very ina very very very pointed and exceptional withstood. The daughter was simple CHILD’S PLAY “CWA ARMY, 30,000 STRONG ‘LOST’ IN SNOW”’—headline. Come on out, fellas;) We see you! NEW SPRING CLOTHES ONE- THIRD OF F—advt. Look out, lady—yer goin’, gone! almost BRIEFS + Well! that nearly Killed me, but what} ~- minded.” Had Matter so please help. Sorrowfully, Bedraggled Intellect. A PLAINT To be sung in February blizzards— when snow gets in your eyes. When I awake at. morn I am left forlorn, When upon the ground, Swirling all around Snow is falling down, Then try in vain to rift Passage through the drift. This will be my plea When all cuts I lose Snow gets in my shoes. Then comes a sunny day, Snow must melt away, Puddles soon abound, Trickling o’er the ground Mud is trampled down. Still try in vain to push Passage through ,the slush, Taylor is too far. Still all cuts I’ll lose, Mud gets in my shoes, Puss-in-Boots. ? WOMEN OF LETTERS My dear— I’ve just had such a time! Simply awful—I was sitting over in the li- brary, when suddenly—out of a clear sky—it came upon me like a wave FOR THE INTELLECTUALS Mr. Blank to Speak Latter Part of Week Rest of the Deanery To be Hid in Greenery Home Team Plays Fine; Bryn Mawr Backs Shine Discussion i in Chapel Of Adam and the Apple ‘i A FAVORITE FISH | DROWNED IN FORMALDEHYDE ;O woe! but you were lovely, silvered, | slim, | Of soulful eye, and streamline fin so | trim. | Why, o, my beauty, did you sit that day, ; That fated day, upon a slimy spray, ! And ever contemplate a little bite Of hook that dangled shimmering and white? O never have I this sad tale’ believed, How you by shining hook could be deceived. Hear! hear! you other dogfish, learn, That all is not a worm, of such a turn. —Dissectress. From the horizontal point of view of all Art, I wish to speak my mind. My mind is not made up because I have not seen what I wish to speak about. But it seems a very convenient time to speak as I have heard that you are reviewing Four Saints in Three that the fire needed another log.-So I dashes up, my dear—you know me, and seizing the largest—a mere se- Acts'in this issue of the News. I do not wish to make myself too plain; (Continued on Page Five) the spring of senior year. We fully realize the importance of a rule which makes it impossible to put off the problem of orals until the last minute. In the end such a regulation operates to the advantage of the students involved. But, there are times when even the most beneficial regulation could be abro- gated to advantage in special eases. In the past students who have done outstanding work in their departments and who have encountered unexpected snags at the last moment have been treated with leniency by the college. Not that the Bryn Mawr diploma has ever graced the land of one who had not lived up to the letter of graduation require- ments, or whose friends have not shouted the Battle Hymn of the Republic at the crucial moment, but the life of good students has been made more happy by the kindly attitude of the powers—that—be when the skies were blackest. The powers of the academic council of the college could be employed to no better purpose in the opinion of the undergraduates than to allow the student to take her German oral in the spring in spite of the fact. that she has never taken it before. No one knows: whether she can pass it or not until she has tried, and if the student is qualified to pass the examination it seems only intelligent {o permit her to make the attempt. The undergraduates have no desire to assail the academic suprem- acy of the Gods of the Mountain in matters of this sort. They feel merely that the student in question should be given a chance to lose her degree instead of having it taken from her by a rule of which she. was, through extraordinary circumstances, not aware. The seniors would accept any dispensation in her “favor 4in-the-light of a fully justified exception, and would not regard it as creating a precedent or in any way lowering the barriers surrounding the territory of the orals. Exceptions have been made in the past, and to the student body, the case of the French speaking senior to-whom the privilege of express- ing herself through the additional medium of German is denied, con- stitutes a case worthy of exceptional treatmeft. We are not asking that any ‘of the graduation requirements be dispensed with in the present case. We are asking only that the student be given a fighting chance to graduate instead of having her hands firmly bound behind pag | back by pink ribbon. cae ee tee tig ei Pag a a ee rn pnt f : és ar Fe ree ee nye . IN PHILADELPHIA “Theatres Broad: . Conrad Nagel and Laura Baxter in the very funny farce about a well-behaved lecturer whose badly- behaved past caught up with him in Cleveland—Goodbye Again, Is the best of the week’s offerings. Garrick: Mr. and Mrs. Coburn come back to us in The Yellow Jacket. The charming, but slightly sleep-in- ducing pseudo-Chinese whatnot. Erlanger: The three illegitimate sons of “one of .those. dancers” all turn out to be like their respective fathers (who were very different) and we have Three in One. With Jacque- ‘line Logan and King Calder it goes along very well. Coming—March 12 Broad: Alexander Woollcott and $ccore Kaufman’s joint brain child— —Confined The Dark Tower. Jessie Royce Lan- dis and Alexander Clark have the leads, and, as they had nothing to do with the moderate success of this ‘melodrama in New York, we will make no promises. , «@ Music—Academy of Music Ballet Russe. Wed. afternoon, March 7, at 2.45 P. M., and Thurs. evening, March 8, at 8.30 P, M. Wed. program will be ‘“Petrouschka,” “Carnaval,” “Le Beau Danube” and others. Thurs. program will be “Les Sylphides,” “Les Presages” — and “Prince Igor.” John Charles Thomas will give a concert on Wednesday evening, March 1; at 8:20: PP: °-M. Philadelphia Orchestra. Friday af- ternoon, March 9, at 2.30 P. M.; Sat- urday evening, March 10, at 8.30 P. M., and Monday evening, March 12, at 8.30 P. M. Leopold Stokowksi will conduct, and Yehudi Menuhin will be the violin soloist. Program: Beethoven....Leonore Overture No. 3 Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major Bach, Fugue in G Minor (The' Smaller) BOCK : 46546 Prelude in E Flat Minor Bach, Brandenburg Concerto, No, 2, in F for solo Flute, Oboe, Trumpet, Violin and Orchestra. Movies Stanley: Clark Gable and Clau- dette Colbert continue to bill and coo on the way to Florida on a transcon- tinental bus—-Jt Happened One Night —is very funny and gives one hope for the future of Mr. Gable’s sense of humor. Aldine: Anna Sten in Nana, the “millions of dollars movie,” which is supposed to be based in some obscure fashion on Zola’s novel. Not a very good movie and we thought Miss Sten less. than her advertising manager would have us believe as to charm, ete. Arcadia: The entire population of Hollywood continues to have Dinner At Eight at popular prices. Has been seen by nearly everyone six times, so comment seems unnecessary. Boyd: Ruth Chatterton finds the state of marriage as difficult as she usually does in Journal of a Crime, with Adolphe Menjou. Isn’t there any character besides that of a jealous wife that this woman knows how to portray? Earle: Along with vaudeville we have Wheeler and Woolsey in Hips, Hips, Hooray, which is all about noth- ing in particular except those two fun- ny boys. We can’t bear them, but maybe you can, Europa: The same movie seems destined to last_us all season—Forgot- ten Men goes on showing us the ter- rible side of the war, which for many years was suppressed. Seems a lit- tle superfluous to show them to the people—might have a special showing for the government. Fox: On the stage, “The First Lit- tle Show” and in the film Devil Tiger himself looking obligingly at the cam- era in the epic of man against the elements and animals. Worse - than most. Karlton: Mae Robson as the mis- erly old lady who loves money and her son and is dreadful about them both until she finds that’ You Can’t Buy Everything. Points’ a doubtful moral and is not all it should be. Stanton: Lionel Barrymore and Fay Bainter in This Side of Heaven, a mediocre movie, which goes to prove that the haste with which Mr. Barry- more is turning out his starring ve- hicles. is making for waste. © (Continued on Page Six?