a h mi - ——— VOL. XX, No. 8 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933 . Jopyright BRYN. MAWR COLLEGE NEWS, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS James Stephens Sees Renaissance Ahead Change Is Manifestation — of Mind, Not Brain; Amer- ica Leads Movement JAZZ ERA HAS ENDED Mr. James Stephens, speaking on “Our Overdue Renaissance,” Tues- day, November 27, prophesied, specu- lated upon, and gave reasons for the occurrence of a general renaissance at this time, centering in this coun- try, and made manifest in new lit- erary forms and ideas. ’ The Greeks had great power both as manipulators of the humap form in ‘marble and Shakespeare had a comparable. degree of facility in his art. ‘In contradis- tinction to this ease of expression we find the pre-war artists turning to violence for expression: Nietzsche’s philosophy, Rodin’s sculptures, the imagists, the cubists, the dadajsts paralleled in art the violence of the suffragettes and the struggles of la- bor and capital. The community felt itself deficient somewhere so it adopt- ed a spirit of violence, which inevit- ably culminated in the World War. From 1914 the world was growing self-conscious: it realized its lack. The social order was evolving so that it might carry on.. Violent forms of dancing and of music alone typify the jazz era, a movement introduced first in America, the only country left with energy enough to evolve and export. James Stephens in a broadcast on December 31, 1931, said that that day was’ the last of the jazz era and that with 1932 was coming a new epoch, dependent upon mind instead of upon brain. From, 1914 to..1932 there was a sort of lapse‘not fulfilling normal- ly, im which: living was not as it should be. 1982 had outlived the strange Victorianymanner. Writers had attacked the Victorian manner with singular rage in an attempt to destroy it. But their premeditated destruction was only pretense; in reality it’ was a destruction of the horse age, of the age of peasantry, and was attributable to progress in the mechanical sciences. America’s work was precisely this: the inven- tion of such things as the car, the ra- dio, and the wireless destroyed the peasantry, a class which exists only upon ‘isolation. The change is not merely an external manifestation of speeds; this new world is built by the mind and the new era is a mani- festation of mind. The former world—a world of ani- mal creation—is not present today. Our world environment is a sense only of other human beings. We seek no longer after solidarity, but rather af- ter this sense of ourselves and others (Continued on Page Three) as _ philosophers. Dr. H. Flanders Dunbar To Lead Sunday Chapel (Especially Contributed by Sarah E. Flanders, °’35) The Bryn Mawr League is most fortunate in being able to get Dr. Helen Flanders Dunbar to speak in chapel, Sunday, December 10. Dr. Dunbar is a graduate of Bryn. Mawr, and since leaving here has been awarded an M.A. and a Ph.D. by Co- lumbia University, a B.D. by Union Theological Seminary, and, an. M.D. by Yale School of Medicine. She is now connected with the medical and psychiatric staffs of the Columbia Medical Center, New York, and is an instructor at the College of Physi-. cians and Surgeons. Dr. Dunbar has chosen for her tenic—‘Psyche and Health—Based on Observations Made at Lourdes.” She spent seven weeks at Lourdes. last summer and had an opportunity to study its significance both from the medical and religious aspects. Dr. Dunbar is staying after the service and everyone is invited to meet her... Coffee will be served in the Common Room. CALENDAR ba Thurs., Dec, 7. Shaw lecture conference. Deanery, 2-4 P. M. Fri, Dec. 8. The Varsity Players present The Knight of the Burning Pestle, by Beau- mont. and Fletcher. “Goodhart,: 8.30 P. M: Tickets are on sale” at the Publications Office. Sat., Dec, 9. Varsity Hockey Team vs. __ All-Philadelphia. 10.00 A. M. . Sat., Dec. 9. The Varsity Players present The Knight of the Burrttng Pestle, by Beau- mont‘and Fletcher. Gogdhart, 830 P..M. The performance will be followed by a dance in the gym until 2.00 A. M. Tick- ets for the dance are obtain- able from the committee. Sun., Dec. 10. -Katherine Garrison Chapin (Mrs. Frances Biddle) will read her Christmas play, The Lady gf the Inn, and the College Choir, under the di- rection of Mr. Willoughby, will sing carols. Deanery, 5.00 P. M. Sun., Dec. 10. Chapel. Dr. H. Fletcher Dunbar will deliver the address on “Psyche and Health.”” Music Room, 7.30 P.M Tues., Dec. 12. Mr. Alexan- der Woollcott will speak on “Confessions of.a Dying News- paper Man.” Goodhart, 8.20 Cy Ms Wed., Dec. 18. French Club Meeting. Common Room, 7.30 P. M. James Stephens Discusses Poetry at Informal Tea At an informal tea given by Mrs. Chadwick-Collins for James -: Steph- ens, the poet entered into discussion with a few students on many subjects, including ghosts, criticism, college poetry, methods of composition, and dbseurity in modern works. In speaking of ghosts and spirits, the poet declared it would be an un- interesting world if there were only the elements of good, and that he be- 1ieves in reincarnation,—that, in fact, he has a definite feeling that in his next reincarnation he will be a female and will in that case be able to come to Bryn Mawr. The prospect pleases, it seems, because he considers this campus, with its atmosphere of quiet sseclusion, one of the most beautiful campuses he has -ever visited, Serious discussion got under way with his being asked the difference between poetry and prose. He said the two had nothing in common. The style of each differs in accordance with its different purpose: prose re- quires an argumentative style and a form providing a beginning, a mid- dle, and an end, whereas poetry de- mands a thought complete unto it- self. After the reading of original po- etry by several students in the group, Mr. Stephens gave his views on @rit!- cism. He said: “All real criticism 's destructive, for that is the essence of criticism. A thing which is com- plete and good is to be complimented, not to be ‘criticized.” He stopped, apropos of this, to remark upon the perfect technique, the flowing quality and the depth of thought in the poet- ry read, and, reverting to explana- tion of his terms, he, stated his be- lief that only lesser poets. display emotion, and that the great poets speak with passionate utterance, neither human nor personal, but rath- er anonymous and universal. The words themselves must come’ to the poet’s drunken mind unconsciously. “An aspiring poet must practice Yogi exercises_and fast and pray.” Steph- ens himself has an exercise which he lic speech. Five minutes before he is going on the’stage he spends entirely alone, emptying his mind, and medi- tating. The fact that the art of poetry re- quires no conscious preparation he illustrated by his*own start in writ- ing. He wrote no poetry until after he was twenty-one years old. e One (Continued on Page Three) always uses before giving any pub- Miss King Reviews N ovember Lantern Editorial Challenges Students to Attempt Self-Expression in Literature FORMAT IS APPROVED (Especially Contributed by Miss Georgiana Goddard King) One who served nearly six years on the Lantern—the last of them, frank- ly; because no one else could be found willing to carry on the job—must of necessity year by year take up the autumn issue with acute interest in everything: format, typography, ta- ble of contents, the color of the cov- er and the color of the contents. Ob- jectively, the» November number of 1933. is peculiarly pleasant: the page, the paper, and, above all, the print. Subjectively, it is surprising. Not just that apparently the whole magazine is written by the editors, with, the ex- ception of a book review and the poem Respite, though indeed these two pieces haye most the air of inevita- bility, of being spontaneously compos- ed to get something off one’s mind: one an opinion, the other a feeling. The Sonnet and The River have both the aspect of being selected for publication out of a private portfolio, as-though the writer had the habit of writing; the one is grave, concern- ed with inward things, the other fan- ciful, descriptive, moody. But all three pieces of verse are loyal to the here and now, in sincerity of the best sort. The two pieces, while not in } the Jeast old-fashioned, are more ten- tative, Writing courses, which are necessary dangers when they are not heaven-sent opportunities, tend to en- courage this kind. They are, never- theless, neatly done; the choice of sub- ject is significant, and all to the good. The one-act play is an ingenious mur- der-mystery, solved by the so-called French system of reconstructing the event. As everyone reads the Lan- tern there is no need to relate the plot. The opening dialogue which un- folds it and places the figures might perhaps be shorter, but the piece is stage-thought, the mystery is sustain- ed, and the personages. are sympa- thetic. The editorial is what amazes. Very well written, it reads a burial service over “pure literature,” Among 497 students, of whom only a few. may adopt writing as a profession, is there not enough creative impulse—of the bubbling well, of the upward-leaping flames — which is normal to human youth, to carry a quarterly of forty pages? The word, written and spoken, is the one certain means of self-ex- pression common to mankind. If the student of economics has taken a problem and: shaken it and made a so- lution or at least a conclusion, no matter how tentative or temporary, what she writes with fire will be read with enthusiasm. ‘Let instruction go to the dogs. If the other student has really enjoyed and understood some music strictly modern, a written page, while telling the world, can enhance her own private pleasure. Away with edification! Not mutal self-improve- ment, but communicated feeling, is the function of art, and to the art of discourse we were all born, nor can any calamity rob us of its exercise. In short, the recommendation of the editorial is all admirable except the alleged motive and method. The sec- tion on Questions and- Comments would be a goodly gift to the College News, where conceivably such matter belongs, yet it does very nicely where: it_is. rai The Lantern, then, is serious, rep- resentative, and well-written. If in the present state of the nation and of the world, and in consequence of the: lectures and conferences on the Shaw Foundation, the, trend of thought and feeling is as here deter- mined, so. much the worse for the world and the better for the Founda- tion. Surprisingly free from unreali- ties and throw-backs, it is sincere, it is re dern. ay P “ Art Exhibit ~ There is to be an exhibition and sale of etchings by Andre Smith, loaned. by: The . Print Corner, Hingham Center, Mass. The etchings will be on view in the Sduth Corridor of the Li- brary, December 6"'to 20. Greek Newspaper Likens Bryn Mawr to Monastery (The following artiéle, discovered and. translated from a Greek news- paper by Dorothy Burr, ’23, is re- printed from the ALUMNAE BUL- LETIN.) In the United States, where man can find all he can desire, there he will find something. unique in the world—the antithesis of our absolute- ly male democracy of Athos: the fe- male university of Bryn Mawr, Not far from Philadelphia, in a place of almost incredible beauty, in the foothills of the Alleghany moun- tein (ALEGKANY), there is a most charming as well as a strange settle- ment. In the centre is a colossal, nevertheless not an ungraceful build- ing, before which stretch flowery lawns several meters in length and breadth. Right and left of the two smatHer“buildings above are the other buildings, each of which include about 200 public and private rooms. Be- hind the three central buildings and in a wood which covers the side of the foothills of the Alleghanies—are charming little villas, little single dolls’ houses, with three, four, or ai the most five rooms. The whole place is surrounded and divided off by lawns, small artificial lakes, gardens, tennis courts, grounds for gymnastics and athletics, for golf or cricket and all such activities, which are necessary to the life of a well-brought-up Anglo-Saxon. The region of the settlement helds something magic, something not of the world; it is, you think, when you (Continued -on Page Two) Faculty Hockey Game Is Uproarious Affair Polo and Golf Techniques Are Major Threat in Faculty’s Performance CONTEST END$ IN DRAW Varsity came up against a stiff for- ward line with Dr. Blanchard and Mr. Carlson making full use of their one- handed polo-playing technique, Dr. Watson’s bea-utiful stickwork, Dr. Nahm’s steady plunges which result- ed in two goals, and Dr. E. Diez’s neat chip-shots in the wing position. The Faculty backfield proved to be Varsity’s Waterloo. Dr. M. Diez, Dr. Turner, and Dr. Metzger offered a stolid defense wall, which was back- ed by Dr. Broughton with his tricky dodges and by Dr. Richtmeyer who proved himself an excellent mashie shot, to say nothing of Dr. Dryden, who defended his cage nobly-in the well-known attitude of an ice hockey goalie. All in all, the game provided plen- ty of thrills and excitement for the spectators and much amusement for the players of both teams. Basket- ball is next on the schedule and it’s a good team that can beat any Fac- ulty quintet in this sport. Until then —Cheerio. The line-up was as follows: Faculty Varsity DE Wen... tes cas Taggart Mr. Carlson ....¥.-i. «sis. s.¥ aeth Dy, Blanchard: it. ft. 6 cc ciis Kent Py Warn i Larned | Dr; E. Diez.:... Wiser vicars Brown De, My Viet. Bee Evans De Taner... tes Bright Dr. Richtmeyer.L h. .:%%. Bridgman Dy, Mewees 2. ot a Bishop Dr.. Broughton il. f. ..:.; Rothermel Dr. Dryden-<.... Oy vada es Smith Goals—Faculty: Dr. Nahm, 2; Dr. Blanchard, 1. Varsity: Faeth, 3. Substitutions» — Faculty: Miss Brady for Dr. E. Diez, Dr. Welles for Dr. M. Diez. Jane Addams Finishes. Shaw Lecture Series — Efficacy of Non-Resistance Is Demonstrated .by Ghandi Policy in India NATIONALISM IS THREAT “