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BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929

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DUNCAN DANCERS

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Will Take, the Place of his
ee nee Niles ‘Ballet “itr
Goodhart Series.

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PRAISED IN NEW YORK

‘The «Isadora Duncan Dancers,
dance in Goodhart Hall next Wednesday,
evening taking the place of the DMis

 

 

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Niles Ballet in the Goodhart series, that

crganization having been obliged to diss
band while on a tour of, the Pacifie Coast.

The Duncan Dancers “adopted daugh-
in the
strenuous regime of her school came té

ters’ of Isadora, and trained
this country from Russia in the fall and
have been appearing in New York at the

Manhattan Opera House. They spent a

week in Philadelphia, dahcing at the-

Forrest Theater, where they enjoyed con-
siderable success. They are all young
girlsy the youngest and most popular after
Irma Duncan is “little Tamara,” a Rus-

sian girl only thirteen years old. The

“others are “picturesquely named Atex-|

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andra, Maria, Manya, Vala, Vera, Lola,
Lilya and Maya.

The dancers will give a program of
dances designed by Isadora Duncan from
music by, Chopin and Schubert, and Im-
pressions of Revolutionary Russia.

The New York Times said of these
dancers: “The eleven Russian children
are disarmingly beautiful and spirited,
Their youth and simplicity escape all the
pitfalls of anaemia and precocity which
their elders have not always succeeded
sin-

in -avoiding, and their complete

cerity contains no hint of solemnity.”

 

Present Italy Will Be
Discussd by Salvemini

Professor Gaetano Salvemini will de-
liver an address on “The present-day
Italian Situation” in the Music Room
of Goodhart Hall on Saturday evening,
March 2, 1929.

Professor Salvemini has spoken at
Bryn Mawr" more than once before.
His career has qualified him only too
well to give the anti-Fascist viewpoint,
but his scholarship and wide knowl-
edge-of-affairs assure a viewpoint that]
is historically accurate as peel as per-
sonally emphatic. ~~ :

Professor. Salvemini, Ph. D., Uni-
versity of Florence, 1894, was a
Secdndary. School Teacher, in Palmero,

‘Faenza, Lodi and Florence, from 1895

ford College,

to 1902; at the University of Messina
from 1902 to 1909; at the University of
Pisa ffom 1910 to 1916; at the Univer-
sity of Florence from 1916 to 1925. ‘He
held the position of editor of the week-
ly paper L/Unita from 1911 to 1921 and
was a -member. _of the - Italian Parlia-

ment from November, 1919, to AprilMas to whether Noah’s flood had left the

1921. He was arrested under charge of
lese majeste in June, 1925, amnestied
on July 31, 1925. Left Italy in August,
1925, and sent in his resignation from
his chair of History on November 5,
1925.. On December, 1, 1925, the Min-
ister for Education, disregarding his
resignation, dismissed him from _ his
chair for being absent—from- -his post.
His permanent residence is now Lon-
don: He has given courses of lectures
on mediaeval and modern Italian his-
tory at King’s College, London, Bed-
London, the. London

- School of Economics, Lady Margaret

Hall, Oxford, All Soul’s, Oxford, the
Universities of Manchester and Edin-

_ burgh.

Professor Salvemini lectured efote the
Foreign Policy Associations 'of New
York, Boston and Philadelphia, and
the Council for Foreign Relations of
Chicago; at Columbia and Cornell Uni-
versities, at Bryn Mawr, Mount Holy-
oke .and other colleges, and at the
Colony and ee Clubs of
New. York. F

In the winter and red 1927.

Tdid seem fantastic to the public, “but, on

|of one argument that lasted for weeks,

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FRANKLIN FIRST - °
_ MODERN SCIENTIST

Fay’ Distinguishes Eighteenth
Century Science “from

Our Own.

STOLEN THUNDER

-On-Tiesday evening; a M.1-
Bernard Fay spoke the Goodhart
auditorium on “Franklin and Eighteenth

Ceypury Science.” M.-Fay is well known
in America as the author of The Ameri-
can Experiment and other books, as well
as by his reputation for being.one of the
most unprejudiced foreigners among our
political critics. The lecture was deliver-
ed in French:

The significance of the word “science”
has changed considerably between the,
eightgenth century and our own. Origi-
nally it applied to a kind of “jeu d’esprit,”
and .was considered fitting only for the
philosophers and intelligentsia of the day.
The study of literature and the arts, on
the other hand, was the practical pro-
cedure to be followed in the education of
any young man preparing for the busi-
ness world. Science consisted solely of
‘theories; it was capable of developing
thought, but in itself it was hardly prac-
tical; itywvas, in truth, disinterested specu-
lation. Towards the beginning of. the
eighteenth century this idea had already
begun to be charfged. It was Franklin
who had a great deal to.do with making
of it a practical study.

Two of the earliest influences ae
a science which was less “disinterested,”
“and -more practical, were-Fontainelle-and
Asaac. Néwton. The: theories of the latter.

 

 

 

 

 

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the otheg hand, they were’ fascinating.
Science Wit bordered. upon the “jeu
esprit.” :

Benjamin Franklin lived and worked
‘in a period when “scientific” problems
could be discussed at great length} and
with little knowledge. There are records

as to whether a certain spring in Ger-
many flowed water during the week, an
wine on ‘Sundays. There was “another

shells and fossils to be found on the tops
of mountains, or whether they. had once
been dropped there by pilgrims. All of
this*sort of thing was carried on in good
Latin and Greek epigrammatic style, by
the most learned “philosophers” of the
time. Even Voltaire is known to have
had his say. These’ “savants” as a rule
wore lace cuffs, and worked in labora-
tories which. were filled with all sorts of.
instruments. They were rathef frighten-
ing «to Ahe ignorant public, and the less
explicable they found a problem to be,
the more beautifully they were able to
write and speak about it.

The Growth of a New Science

Franklin was a scientist of another
He..wore a calico vest, and he
could speak no Latin. He was~ forced to
use English, and therefore it was impera-
tive that he know whereof he spoke. He
made bjs own instruments, and could
carry out his own experiments. a

: The text’ to Dr,

Balanced Religion

Cadbury Calls Jesus ‘Enemy of
Formalism, Modern Danger
to Belief.

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chapel Friday morning, February 22, was

“These things ought ye to have done.

and not left the other things undone.”
He ;hastened to add that he. was not
going tgpreach a sermon but was going
to give a few scattered thoughts.

Balance is one of the most important |

things in religion, Dr, Cadbury stated.
Most people have considered religion as
dealing with” matters of extremes; —re=
ligion is absolute truth; religion is dedi-
cated to some caus@ It is a pity that the
study of religion does not reveal more
about balance.

The Bible, however, has a great deal
of corrective in religion. It mostly at=
tempts to correct its own religion and
1iot that of other people’s. -The correc-
tive element is strong in college. We
have corrective gym and corrective speak-
ing, we might have corrective religion.
Jesus -had a good deal of this corrective.
Dr. Cadbury said that he had wanted at

| different times to -write-on~Jesus’—con=

servatism, and on His realism, but now
he was tempted to write about’ His
sanity.

The Pharisees, continued’ Dr. Cadbury,
were extreme formalists; Jesus was the
sworn enemy of formalism. So a student,
who evidently was an Episcopalian, in
describing Jesus said that'He was a very
lew church person indeed. ‘The “Phari-
sees had a tithe which anyone who grew
any thing had to pay. To make doubly
sure of this the man who bought the
produce took off an additional tenth.
Jesus in his argument against the Phari-
sees did not blame them for the tithe but
jor the things which they ought to have
done in the way of justice, etc. Thy
should have done both. Jesus however
did not overemphasize the doing of good
works. This point. Wr,. Cadbury. illus-
trated by the story of Marthaand Mary.
Martha was certainly zealous in good
works and yet Jesus said that’ Mary had
done the better thing. Then again Jesus
praises a woman who anoints his feet,
for her beautiful deed: All of these
iliustratiéns go to show that Jesus real-
ized the importance. balance. Paul
also recognized this. In his. epistles to
the Corinthians he -says that there are
two kinds of religious teacWtiss those
who prophesy and those who speak with
There is room for both.

of

tongues.

Modgrn_lifeis.full of extremes, The

atmosphere of Bryn Mawr has, however,

some advanfages_for religion. There are
two groups of moderns; one. with sin-
cere, vigorous,
are likely to/put too much stress on one
form, and the other, uninterested, because
the only religion which they had grown
tip té know. any thing about was dis-
pleasing to-them. They ought “hot to
give up religion for this reason nor
should the first group think that » any one
torm is too good.

The danger, here at Bryn Mawr, Dr.
Cadbury thinks, is'not so much from lack
of balance as from too much. balance;
even ‘balance can be extreme. ‘We need
to mix sane and earnest moral enthusiasm
with intellectuality. But we must cherish
our enthusiasm and try to commute
aloofness into enthusiasm- and enthusi-
asm into aloofness.

 

What Do You Think?’

For the benefit of those régisier-
ing for courses for next year the
News wishes to provide a brief
but enlightening dictionary of the
College curriculum. As the Board
does ‘not take all the courses in
college we would: be glad to -ré-~,
ceive brief appraisals of her
courses from anyone who is will-
ing to take the trouble.. All in-
_ formation will be treated as strictly

 

scientific work as a study which te

and should be of practical value to man. |}

Cadbury’. Sin}

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Count Your Points

The following’ resolution was
_ passed by the Senate at its meeting
last June:

Resolved . that. ‘twenty. . _Honor
Points be regarded . as: & *
» standard for the first and ‘yecond..
year of ,Major Work. Students
are warned that if they have less
than twenty Honor Points in their
Major subject they are liable to
exclusion. Students ‘having less
than fifteen Honor Points at the
end of the third.semester of their
Major work shall be. reported’ to
the Senate for serious considera- .
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Difficulties in Stage
Told by Miss Crawford
Many of-us are interested in the the-
ater, some even have practical ambitions,
but it is seldom that really first hand
information on this subject is vouchsafed
us.

First hand information of a directly
practical nature was what Miss Crawford
of the Theater Guild gave at the Dra-
matics Tea in the Commons room last
Thursday. She left: out all theorizing
and informally poured out hard and use-
ful facts.
ous aspects of woman’s.. work in the
theater and how.best it could be accom-
plished.

_ Speaking about the acting end of the
theater game Miss Crawford said that
at present the New York field was ter-
ribly overcrowded. If you really want
to act professionally after college the
first thing is to decide whether you need
practical training. If so the best way
is either to get in with a reputable stock
company,in almost. any capacity or else
start with some New York Company in
a. walk role. She said that she would
advise against any of the _ theatrical
schools in New. York. They are‘mérelya
waste of. time and money from-a pro-|
fessional _point_of view,-and-do_not-form
contacts that are invaluable afterwards.

If you feel competent to start right in
on professional acting you should go to
New York at the beginning of August,
and 8g and interview managers in a
ceaseless round, One visit is no good as
it is the person on the spot who is given
the job. Casting agencies are useless as
they-never consider people without ex-
perience. Very few producers are will-
ing to consider beginners. Hopkins, Har-
ris, Ames, Brady and Wynan, the Theater
Guild, Provincetown Players, ‘and_ the
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only ones who are willing to take a_chance}.

with inexpérience. It is far better both
theoretically and for a practical profes-
sional. future. to take a small part in a
good production. than to get a larger. bit
with a shoe-string’ prodiicer. :

This is the way to get a foothold, but
even after the foothold: is obtained a
future @n the stage is both uncertain and
discouraging. The two all-but-necessary
assets are money and influence. A letter
to a producer is a definite door-opener
which thé beginner must have.

The technical angle has three or four
different sides. The stage manager field
has just been opened to women. This
leads possibly and remotely to. being a
director. At present Eva La Gallienne
is the only woman director. If you con-
sider going into stage designing you
should get into. a technical director’s
office, or a designer’s studio and see what
they are doing.

As for the writing end here again in-
fluence is important in getting one’s play|
read and considered, The Forty-Seven
Workshop at Yale is good, as there seems

to be a certain stimulus emanating froma try °

many people all writing plays.

 

Chapel Announcements

Miss Schenck will speak in chapel on
Friday morning on the opportunities for
study in France- this -summer, . both in
Paris and in the Provinces.

Mr. Witloughby’s organ recital of
Bach will ae in chapel sometime next
week.

-On oa. 4 Dr. Smith will speak. in

chapel on “Problems Before the Presi-|
| dent ;”

in other words, on what will be

1 the Assembly.

One by one she took up vari-|

 

 

facing: Mr. ‘Hoover at that same “date:

NOR e emmy ee aE ET

 

MODEL LEAGUE IS"
A GREAT SUCCESS

 

Spirited Part’in Debate

‘an lely Italy.

FIRST SESSION SLOW

A nagnificent and instructive comedy
was played at Vassar last week-end at
the Model Assembly of the League of
Nations held under the* auspices of the
Middle Atlantic States.

The Bryn. Mawr delegates, Virginia
Fain, Martha Gelthorn, Constance Hand

and Elizabéth Linn; ‘all expressed them-

selves as well pleased with’ the results df
A. few good arguments
and the invaluable. co-operation of Mr.
McDonald would be worth a far longer
trip,” Miss Gellhorn said. oe
The Assembly got under way slowly,
somewhat like a rusty machine that has
long been out of use. The Friday after-
noon session was almost a total loss.
But by Saturday the atmosphere had
changed. ._Mr. James G. McDonald,
President of the National Foreign Policy
Association, who attended the Assembly
as-its-expert-adviser, began_the day. swith

PRICE, 10 CENTS

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an appeal to the delegates to plunge in,

and talk. The stbjects for discussion
had been announced peste and pre-
pared for by the (lelegates. A super-
ficial observer might perhaps have said

that nothing was accomplished, for out
of the four resolutions prepared for dis-

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Now’s Your Chance for
Constructive Criticism

Juniors and Séniors are all eligible for--

the very interesting competition which is’
now being conducted by The New Re-
public. To-find ov firs-hand what kind
of college students would like to go to,
and encourage thinking and writing about
standards of academic life, The New Re-
fublic is inviting the older students and
younger graduates of American colleges
to submit articles on the subject:
College as It Might Be ,

1. Members of.the college classes’ from
1930 back to 1926 may submit essays.

2. Each essay must be not more than
2000 words .long. (That is, about ten
sie Ws

. It must be received in the office of
ri New Rajon on or before April 1,
1929.

4. The name, pre college, home ad-
dress, and, in casé Of the alumni, present”

occupation of the author must appear on
every manuscript.

. 5. The writer of the best article’ will
receive $100 and his essay will be pub-

lished in The New Republic, if possible .

before: the close of the academic year.
‘The writer of the next best article will
receive $75.

6. Articles should be addressed to Col-
wi Essay editor.

Articles will be judged by the fol-
fowie Committee: _

Alexander Meiklejohn, of
of Wisconsin, author--of
Liberal College ;” Max McConn, of Le-
high University, author of “College or
Kindergarten ;” Robert Morss Lovett, of
the University of Chicago and The New
Republic.

Articles should be addressed to College
Essay editor, The New Republic, 421
West Twenty-first street, New York city.

Amorlg the points which essays might
consider aré the following:

Location of the college:

the Uni-
versity

city or coun-

Size: the best number of students.

Selection of students.

Curriculum: proportion of electives,
degree of specialization.

* Method of instruction: quizes, lec-
tures, seminars.

Examinations ; ‘grades.

Intellectual life of individuals and
groups.

Living quarters; _ fraternities.
Co-education. —
~ Athletics and other etadiaale activities.

Hege, and how these could be developed.

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Bryn Mawr Delegation Takes. -

Advantages of the writer’s own col- -