——————— The College News VOL. XVIII, No. 21 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1932 ‘ Price 15 Cents Lantern Should be Less Safe and Sound If Lantern Attempted More it Would be“of Use as Training POETRY IS BEST WORK} (Especially Contributed by Mr. E. M. M. Warburg) Sometime this morning I was caught rather off my guard, for I ac- cepted the invitation to, review the cur- rent edition of The Lantern, and, to make matters worse, I said I would get my copy in at eight this evening. “All this simply means that after hav- ing read the contents, I, am now forc- ed to put into irretrievable print an opinion which is so personal as to have but little critical value. Time hardly allows me to follow out my in- clination to study the whole problem of getting out a college magazine as thoroughly as I might, and so “un- biased by any real knowledge of my subject” I hereby barge in. Undoubtedly the editors of a col- lege.magazine are faced by a terrible “handicap in that they are. responsible for the carrying on of a tradition which naturally was not of their mak- ing. The cover of the magazine, the choice of print and printer, the gen- eral format reflect this all too clear- ly. The entire make-up is. amusingly out-of-date and unfortunately not even consistently so. It therefore seems a shame that, even on the sim- ple lines demanded, and even with the natural financial limitations — that the magazine might not be made to give out a more distinct personality, both by a consistency of type of one sort or another, and by the simplifica- tion and ordering of the general make- up. - For at present the reader’s first impression on seeing the, magazine is one of the lack of understanding in, and a slightly shabby handling of, the problems of presentation. But we must not judge only on first impressions, although a friendly face always helps. What about the inside or real body of this publica- tion? It consists of an editorial, four poems, an essay, a play, and two short stories. But the extraordinary part is that all these items only take ‘up some eighteen small pages, and at that the poems never fill the whole of a page. So that, in feeling the size of the leaflet in one’s’ hand, and then in looking at the numerous items listed under the table of contents on the cover, one becomés rather worried as to how all of this can fit into so small'a space. But lest you might join me in’this worry, let. me add right™ here,—it-does;—and,;—-what__is more, through a printer’s error, one line is even repeated twice. So you see, as the whole is rather a minia- ture magazine, so each of its parts is also rather miniature, giving the general effect, upon digestion, of hors doeuvres rather than a complete meal. But certainly length has but little to do with quality, and so I simply mention all this in passing. Now as to the individual works! First comes an editorial, which is in the way of being an essay on the paucity of good literature in this pres- ent day. It is very well written, but I could not help feeling that it smack- ed rather of notes taken in a course on contemporary literature (Continued on, Page Five) wanna rather GLEE CLUB ELECTIONS President: Jeanette Le Saul- nier, ’33. Vice - President: Richardson, 733. Secretary: Ruth Bertolet, 34. Business Manager: Louise Meneely, ’34. The Glee Club voted at its last. meeting to give a large . _ sum of money to the Students’ Loan Fund in co-operation with Miss Park’s request for finan- cial help this year in connection ‘ with the awarding of scholar- Virginia ships and grants. Sorc —International News Photo. Requiescat in Pace Varsity Dramatics Enters on New Policy Players’ Club of 30 Members Planned by Newly Elected Dramatic Board MARSHALL HEADS BOARD At a meeting of the Varsity Dra- matics Board last Monday night the election of the Board and officers for the coming year was followed by the suggestion and adoption of a new pol- icy, that of the revival and reorgani- zation of Varsity Players. Under the new plan a club of a membership lim- ited to about thirty is to be organiz- ed under the leadership of the Board. This group is to meet once monthly to hear special lectures, to read some original work, to sponsor a class in stage make-up, which will be offered next year, and finally to take over the function of the old Varsity Players, which was to sponsor the producing of one-act plays throughout the year. It is the hope of the Board that one play a. month may be given through- out the year; two, at least, of these will be three-acts, directly under the supervision of Varsity Dramatics, but some of the others will be one-acts or bills of one-acts, and these, will come under the leadership of the Players. It is hoped that through the Playwrit- ing class interest in original plays will be stimulated and that many of the short plays will be original. An- other-matter-of-the-greatest_ import- ance in the formation of this new unit is that when a three-act play is being considered, the Players will have the power of suggesting plays to the Board and discusging them in open forum. The new Players will, as we have gaid, be a closed body, with a definite membership. Applications for membership may be turned in by giv- ing one’s name to~Janet Marshall, Pem West; Janet Barber, Merion, or Leta Clews, Pem West. The Board will pick the membership from these applications and announce the mem- bers’ names in the Commencement is- sue of THE NEWS. The election of the new Board is as follows:’ : Janet Marshall, ’33...™.... president. ‘\\Leta ‘Clews, 33. executive committee. Janet Barber, ’33.executive committee. Sylvia Bowditch, ’33....construction Carrie Schwab, ’34. business manager. Sallie Jones, ’34.. advisory committee. Evelyn Thompson, ’35, : advisory committee. Barbara Macauley, ’35;~ ‘advisory committee. ‘LANTERN ELECTIONS ' Editor-in-Chief: Leta Clews. Business Manager: Anne. Holloway. -Editors from ’35: Catherire Bill, "Evelyn Thompson. | wae Geos | to their orals, and some to keep bgek Cannot Judge Nation * by Gov't or Army Mrs. Slade Comes From Orient at Time of Late Unrest - and Outbreak ‘ DISORDER IS TERRIBLE “One cannot judge a nation by the acts of its government or its mili- tarists,” declared Mrs. F. Loris Slade, Director of Bryn Mawr College and Delegate to the Pacific Relations Con- ference in Shanghai, speaking May 10 in the Common Room on “Reactions to the Far Eastern Situation.” When’ she visited Japan last Au- gust, Mrs. Slade noticed an unrest, an expectation of trouble, which she had not seen on previous trips. The question of Manchuria was much dis- cussed, propaganda was being used insisting that Japanese interests de- pended on a vigorous stand in Man- churia, and Militarists, fearing the impending disarmament conference, declared that a real cut would place Japan at the mercy of Russia and hamper her in Manchuria. The Japanese viewpoint is that ne- cessity. justifies expansion in Man- churia. Although it offers no outlet for population, the profitable rail- roads, coal and iron reserves, and rich markets, make it highly desirable. Freedom of action, however, is ham- pered by the Nine Power Pact, which was signed in Washington in 1922, guaranteeing the integrity of China, and also by the agreement -embodied in the Kellog Pact, to use peaceful methods for settling disputes. From Japan, Mrs. Slade went to Mukden, where she arrived September 18, the night when the railroad tracks were blown up and the first fighting (Continued on Page Six) Senior Orations as They Leave Halls of Learning Speech in “Front of Taylor Friends, Romans, and fellow Bryn Mawrtyrs—unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, nevertheless, as I look down at your happy, smiling faces, I feel impelled to say a few words—a very few words—under the tarnished green of Taylor’s bell—at the foot of Taylor’s well-worn steps —perhaps we shall never meet again —for we meet today but to part—to say farewell. Some to go out into the great beyond, some to come back the clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders at our quaint spirits. Many people have asked me what Bryn Mawr—a liberal college—can offer to women in a world where ‘spe- cialized training is so necessary. And I say, “Many things.” In this time of depression, a careful study of the classics and of the ‘best thoughts of more glorious ages, will give us—in (Continued: on Page Four) | productions. May Day is Reviewed by. Mr. Frank Markoe, Experienced Director of Dramatics Diversity of Costumes Marred Perfect Handling of Masses on Green. and Colors Did Not. Harmonize With Backgrounds of Foliage reels contributed by Mr. Frank Markoe) After 24 hours of: gentle simmering in, the cauldroriof memory, the refol- lections of one who saw his first Bryn Mawr May Day last week leave some things sunk “inthe general richness of the stew, but others gaily and obstinately bubbling to the top of the pot. And this reviewer—having had ‘}it definitely impressed upon him by your Editors that what THE News wants is not that natural gasp of admiration that the sight of so much youth at play, and at’ such pretty play, must of necessity give to the | senile and satiate, but rather a seri- ous and detailed criticism—takes his fate and typewriter up and skims the cream of the aforesaid bouillabaisse. For what but a mixed metaphor can serve a mixed impression? First, first, and then again fir st was the superb precision and art with which the very intricate evolutions of the pageant on the Green were ac- complished. I have never seen at any similar show here or’ in England, even in its pre-war pageant-mad days, any more capable handling of mass move- ment. But what a-pity that so mas- terly' a unity of movement should have been blurred by such a diversity of costume intentions. I looked up from the Green to the grandstand and saw a far greater harmony of color there, due probably to the. fact that the leading textile manufacturers only release so many shades each season. At the entrance of the procession heralds ‘had led to high hopes. The court of Elizabeth was obviously from the costumers, from renting-by-per- formance costumes intended to be seen by artificial light and looking in the spring sun quite. desperately dreary. Also, they were nearer her papa’s styles than Her Virgin “Majesty’s. But the graciousness and dignity of her bows certainly cast a glamour over the scene,-and one forgot the “ungartered hose’ of her courtiers. Then came. the white oxen and the very clever color scheme of the May- pole. The white oxen and the warm, pale flower-swags. Lovely. Then, alas! hard, unblending small groups with no interrelation of tone value, though sometimes amusing in them. selves, and then, again, the finely con- ceived black horse-drawn cart, poppy and cornflower gyved, filled with the sophisticated, beautifully attuned blues, buffs and old rose of the reap- ers from The Old Wives’ Tale. Then more discords. A tonality in color, as in music, can only be achieved by those who have mastered the mys- teries of key and accord. And the young spring green is an exacting background. And so down the hill and to the plays. Robin Hood, which I found the most interesting, was notable for its excellent groupings and the clear, strong voice of its chie€ protagonist. And for the ease with which it went off. That same ease was perhaps the outstanding feature jn all the plays. Everyone knew not only their lines but their business so well that there was no trace of that strained effort so often found in the best amateur The scene-suiffered from having the artificial background and the costumes of the merry men lower in tone than the surrounding leafage, thus acquiring an,undue_sombreness, the one exception being the minstrels’ clear green and flame. The Old Wives Tale I had. never seen: done before, and I found it well worth the doing and well done. It again suffered from the dark _ leaf- screen against a brilliant distance. ’ f on In it the notable playing of Saerapant t the beautifully balanced regalia of the? and the lovely procession of reapers are the outstanding things one re- members. As You Like It was more fortunate in its setting and more attuned to it. The two shepherds—and-~their—lambs— made as pleasant a picture as one could. ask for, as: did Phoebe wander- ing off into the thicket, with her pink cloak sun-flecked and shade-patterned by the saplings. es Here, as ets I could baie wished for the giving of the straight — speeches with more simplicity. The Victorian pastoral players’ tradition seems to survive in schools and col- leges, where any taint else of that pleasant, but padded period is laughed to scorn, much. : A Midsummer Night’s Dream;~in the Brook Hollow, also fared well as to setting. The tiny Puck was en- chanting, if somewhat serious, and the tableau of the small fairy with the enormous spear something never to be forgotten. “I wish there could have been a little more pageantry here, as there was in Robin Hood. It deserved it. And a larger orches- tra and more voices to sing the parts in Mendelssohn’s “Philomel with Mel- ody.” The rustic comedians were ex- cellent, and Bottom, entete or other- wise, grandly sure of himself with a real sense of burlesque; and with the rest playing up in quite an old-stager manner. Were the acoustics especial- ly good here? word. Quite an outdoor record. The St. George Masque went: with fine spirit. Having lived in Oxford- shire and had the ldcal Waits play it in my front hall, I found, in an ab- breviated form, the real spirit in its performance. The dragon henceforth is enshrined among the most amiable and alluring of my supernatural ani- mal acquaintances. But I missed the quaint, traditional ribbon capes of the champions. When I tell the tumblers that after watching their performance the lady next to me remarked to her com- panion that it seemed a pity to mix professionals with the college girls, they will feel, I hope, that they have not labored in vain. And the morris dancers, too, deserve all praise. But last, and, to my way of think- : : ing, certainly first, The Masque of the Flowers, in the cloisters. The music, the setting and its clever utili- zation, the excellent dancing, the singing and the beautiful and just Pe; VOICES CAME OUT REMARKABLY CLEAR In the. comedy séenes it - somehow does not seem to matter $0; One hardly.lost--a costuming set it apart to be judged~ . by a more exacting standard and to emerge therefrom triumphant. The rich coloring, so beautifully and so- phisticatedly scaled, of the rout of Silenus; the warm, dry glow of the tobacco group, so simply and effec- tively achieved; the carefally clashing brilliance of the gypsies, and perfect success of the shepherds were all highly admirable, Primavera and her Boreal and Gallic companions danced finely, with a.clear-cut, easy tech- nique that was very satisfactory. I congratulate Miss Barber, Miss Coop- er and Miss Petts, who, I understand, are responsible, without stint. I can see it still: The sun on the young leaves and faces; the-rhythmic perfection of_ the -pageant on the Green—this, one cannot over-enthuse upon; the clearness of the players’ voices; the delighted audience; the life-saving orange juice stand; the attention of the.police to the plays, even to the second and third show- ings; the light and shadow on the gray stone walls; the sense of every- one being happy; the reapers; the tumblers; the white oxen and the May-pole; the sun on the May-pole; the May- pole. . Page Two meted THE COLLEGE NEWS § THE COLLEGE. NEWS (Founded in 1914) ‘Published weekly during the, College Year Se aa during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of ion Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. Ten CURA, PA. 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MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office : _, Conscientious Objectors » It is one of the bitter lessons that those who work at any organiza- tion or movement in a community such as the college community must —learn-that-the-more effort-they-put-behind-their-project-and the greater success crowns that effort, the.more unreasonable, unkind, and uncon- structive will be the criticism leveled at their work by those of their contemporaries who take part in no constructive movement and put their shoulders behind no wheel. To turn this criticism to any real benefit either to that which is attacked or those who-are responsible for its success or failure is impossible as the critics, while they feel very strongly —often even to the point of hissing—their’ dislike of the publication, organization, or performance, when questioned specifically can only answer vaguely that it isn’t the way they think such a thing should.be, or that it is departing from tradition (which usually means that happy state of dusty failure in which a project may hide success- fully fromthe stings and arrows that beset it at the first sign of life it may exhibit), Often the answer of the critics is simply that they disliké the personalities behind the thing—which perhaps is the truth more often than it is admitted. "ois started_by saying that this is a bitter lesson, and we might have to have added that it was the universal lesson of all initiators or organizers. One has no reason to complain when one undergoes that which every organization must undergo if it is alive and active. One should rather weleome such criticism as a‘sign of life and, in some measure, of success; for we have never observed that moribund and enfeebled movements were so attacked. But we do deplore the fact that criticism on the campus is becoming something it- has never been— which is, criticism by halls or by classes. It has in the past been one of the prides of Bryn Mawr that such childish ‘phenomena as class and hall animosities did not exist in our undergraduate body. All of us are critics s unduly personal and severe crities at times; this is only natural in a thinking community such as we would like to believe we are. But when criticism goes into the hands of a group of malcontents who have nothing to show for their own efforts and who attack the efforts of others with no desire to assist, but only to destroy, and who above all make their criticism a personal affair of class and hall divisions, we feel that criticism in college has ~. reached its all-time low. - of paper, so you will have to forgive ~~ the eriticism being typed on the back Ave Atque Vale As we cast a somewhat entesbied glance over our shoulder at May Day we all experience unconcealed relief that it is over, but our relief is not unmixed with pride. That May Day was a success seems.to_be the unanimous opinion of everyone who witnessed it, and another palm has been added to Bryn Mawr’s Croix de May-day. May Day as it ‘developed on Friday and Saturday was not the work of individuals, but af the college as a whole. To the efforts of the talented indi- viduals who inspired and guided the preparations tribute has already been paid. The praise for the finish and beauty of the actual perform- ance belongs equally to everyone, from the men who sodded the Green to Queen Elizabeth herself. The co-operation for which the directors pleaded was given at the crucial point and our effort was repaid many times over. Even the weather made its contribution to the occasion, and we hereby tender our appreciation. Our final vote of thanks goes to the faculty who have made a generous contribution to May Day through their considerate concessions as to work. We appreciate the prompt response to our plaintive plea for mercy. The martyred feel- ing which we were all nursing a few weeks before May Day disap- peared at once and everyone's enthusiasm rose considerably. The faculty have ‘contributed generously to the success of May Day, and; the student body is duly appreciative and hereby wish to register its manifold thanks. ! Now, fellow-titizens and . folk dancers, this is s the last time this publication will ever bring up- the subject of our recent triumph. We are all feeling a little: weak over it all, but we can still squeak out Ave | atque vale. one ; e Letters (THE News is not responsible for the opinions expressed in this column) Dear Sallie: This being Sunday, I find Tam out get to the shops tomorrow. The whole show was very fine, but it should, with the capacity for indi- vidual work you all showed, have been more of a unity. To your Mrs. Col- lins, if she is responsible for the evolutions on the Green, I take off of some ancient charity bazaar relics, _ || Wes END which is all I can find until I/ can — Gossip We’ve found a professor so shy and retiring, He cut his last class—so the fair and admiring Couldn’t €lap. Then they saw that the weather was blackness,and lower And knowing they; knew that he knew Schopenhauer— Took a nap! May Day was crowded with visitors motley, One petticoat princess arrived on the spot, she Declared that the pageant was gorge- ous, although If, she didn’t .leave she’d.miss the other horse show! Another transgressor was heard to despair, : That “They’d chosen a queen with such beastly red hair.” And a pure-minded modern was heard questioning, Which one of the courtiers was play- ing the king? A more subtle watcher took part in, ; the sinning— Asked the man with the megaphone which crew was winning! If you overheard boners in spite of the roar Of Pyramus, know— Campus Cat—needs some more. INFANCY. They had saved up their ills, Their pains and their chills, And the terrible ache that affected their gills, Against the torture of _e fed pills By the nurse. But now they stand on the inf’s sterile soil, Ravaged by week-ends and cumber- some ' toil, Attempting to make the thermometer boil. Alas! for their efforts only much castor oil. They could curse!! The doctor doesn’t recognize this, She’thinks they probably are all driv- en diz, She can’t imagine whatever it is, Unless perhaps a psychology quiz, — Call the hearse! —College Lifer. We have noted with surprise and delight that our friend Alice has been awarded a degree—a fine girl Alice, but she wasn’t—as we-remember it— very clear on her English literature, or, for that matter, her grammar. -—The Mad--Hutter. - all my hats. That was the really great moment. I have a feeling that I have prob- ably -been too critical, but where and when everyone just sinks into a sibi- lant chorus of exotic praise, I always find that one wants definite facts and suggestions rather than mere appre- ciation—though heaven knows we all like praise well enough. But it isn’t always constructive. : Chop, change and generally do what you think best to my efftsion and suit it) to the popular taste. I am no Mr. Shaw insistent on textual purity. / Thanks so much for having me down and entreating me so magnifi- ‘cently and granducally. I am writing my own little piece to your honorable President. Hers was the best buffet lunch_I have been to since George V ascended the throne and taught us the disadvantages of simple living. . Yours ever, FRANK, MARKOE. To the Editor of the College News, May I take this opportunity of con- gratulating the student body on their recent May Day presentation? It ade- quately fulfilled the Bryn Mawr tra-|' dition and may proudly take its place in: May Day history. ‘The Pageant and Maypole dancing are the outgrowth of years of experi- ment and were substantially the same as organized by Miss Applebee in News of the New York Theatres Merry-Go-Round, a melodrama deal- ing with what everyone recognizes as Tamany political corruption, was not allowed to. open in New York, os- tensibly because the application for renewal of the theatre license was filed too late. The great Jimmy Walk- er, when asked if he had had anything to do with the sudden efficiency of the license bureau, denied vehemently that any political pressure had been used to stop the license, and ended by say- ing that he had heard that it was a rotten show anyway. The producers came right back and said they weren’t interested in the reported dramatic criticism by the Mayor’s: friends. The whole business is pretty obvious, since dozensrof other theatres are running without licenses, but—they aren’t making nasty cracks about friend Jimmy and all his little pals. Mean- whije, many protestations of good will—but no business. Brock Pemberton is about to pro- duce a farce, Christopher Comes Across,.by Hawthorne Hurst. We wonder idly how they are going to get the Santa Maria on the stage, but then we may be on the wrong track and the theme might not be explora- tion but exploitation. Got it? | Herbert Polesie, in an ill-informed moment, wrote a play about radio do- ings and called it Coast-to-Coast. The error became apparent when the drama proved itself upperly unable to get beyond Bridgeport, so they chang- ed its name to Heigh-ho, Everybody, in the hope that the feminine popu- lation would think that Rudy Vallee was in it. No one did—it’s still in Bridgeport. Thornton Wilder, author of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Woman of Andros and Cabala, is making his first appearance-as a dramatist with an adaptation of The Bride‘ of Toroz- ho,.a comedy by Otto Ludig. The Wilder play will be called Klari, and will ‘be produced next season by Gil- bert Miller. Dennis King has recently been add- ed to the cast of the somewhat reviv- ed Show Boat. Also present will be Helen Morgan, Norma Terris, Charles Winniger, Paul Robeson, Edna May Oliver and Aunt Jemima. It ‘is to open May 16, barring accidents to the actors, such as a fall from a high place (which, ‘according to Bradley, would produce a tragedy). Our com- ment: “Yea, verily.” There is a healthy row on in New York as to whether or not the licenses for the burlesque houses shall be re- newed. Great objections are being raised to the renewals by ‘all the lead- ing citizens on the grounds that the burlesque is ruining the reputation of the neighborhood. The burlesque peo- ple called in defense witnesses, and among them came a_ninety-three- year-old ex-chorus girl, who testified: 1. That she went to church every day and was the best woman in Amer- ica; 2. That she had “seen worse wiggling in high-priced . theatres.” It’s a good thing May Day doesn’t needa licensé—they’d close the Clois- ters. Siegfried Rumann, the hard-fisted business magnet of Grand Hotel, has been given the lead opposite Ethel Barrymore in her next season’s at- tempt, Encore. see what cclor Miss Barrymore will turn up to be in this one. Since she is a retired opera singer, we suggest purple. 1928. I feel that it would be hard to improve on any part of it. Mrs. Col- lins and Mr. King handled their re- spective tasks in their usual efficient manner. . For my own part, I want to ex- press my deep appreciation to Mr. Willoughby, Miss Grant, Miss Brady, and Miss Petts for the splendid pre paratory work, without which the suc- cessful celebration of the Pageant would not ‘have been possible. Only those who have lived and worked through several May Days can ap- preciate how much time and effort must be expended behind the scenes. To this must be added the untiring ‘effort of the student body in devoting their time and patience to the path as- signed to them. The writer desires to thank every- one for her co-operation, which was freely given, in accordance with the best traditions of the college. — Very sincerely, MILDRED enn Banset?. We are interested to}|in In Philadelphia Garrick: Mourning Becomes Elec- tra, with its New York cast. Mr. O’Neill’s melodramatic study in de- cay. Academy of Music: ~Friday and Saturday, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Yeo- men of the Guard will be presented by an excellent company. The Philadel- phia Orchestra will furnish the ac- companiments. Should be grand. ‘Coming ° Broad: Madge Kennedy and James Rennie in Bridal Wise, a new comedy which should: be great; but like so many others, probably isn’t. The title suggests anything from a well-mannered horse to a wary male. Movies “ Chestnut Street: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery continue to pack the lobbies in Grand Hotel. An excellent picture, and so full of stars that it’s fascinating—you wonder who will come around the corner next. Fox: Victor MéLaglen in While Paris Sleeps. We didn’t know it did, but it seems parts of it do, and when they do, shocking things happen— mystery, deep and sinister. Also on the stage the vaudeville goes on and on. Europa: Double feature: Wild Men of Kalihari.and Ten Days-That Shook the World. A gentle combination of savages and the Russian Revolution —the later makes the savages look very weak. : Mastbaum: Edward G. Robinson in Two Seconds. A’romantic movie in which a woman completely ruins a man’s life in-two seconds. If all that happens in two seconds, think of the other hour. Rather good. Stanton: Charles. Bickford .and Rose Hobart in Scandal For Sale, a very unpleasant movie dbout a man who lived on scandal, blackmail and . murder (gentle diet!) until he got. tangled up in it himself. Earle: George Bancroft and Mir- iam Hopkins in The World and the Flesh. Evidently what it sounds like and not very well done either. Stanley: The Mouthpiece, with Warren William. The tale of a crook- ed lawyer who was a success in keep- ing thugs out of jait until pleasure interfered with business. Sidney Fox as pleasure is excellent. A good movie. Karlton: Ruth Chatterton in The Rich Are Always With Us. A clev- er and amusing satire on the New York rich, their divorces, speakeasies and horses. Not overdone and very good fun. Keith’s: Again the newspaper drama rears its ugly head in Final Edition, with Pat. O’Brien and Mae Clark. .A friend of the editor and the girl reporter who gets the news— and the editor. Not so good. Local Movies Ardmore: Wednesday and Thurs- day, Joan Bennett and John Boles in Careless Lady; Friday, Peggy Shan- non in Hotel Continental, with Alan Mowbray; Saturday, The Hatchet Man, with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young; Monday and Tues- day, Richard Barthelmess in Alias the Doctor; Wednesday and Thursday, Barbara Stanwyck in Shopworn. Seville: Wednesday and Thurs- day, Clark Gable and Marion Davies Polly of the Circus; Friday and Sa#urday, The Devil’s Lottery, with Elissa Landi and Victor McLaglen; Monday and Tuesday, Arsene Lupin, with John and Lionel Barrymore and Karen Morley; Wednesday, Jean Har- lowe and Walter Huston-in Beast of the City; Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday, Maurice Chevalier and Jean- ette MacDonald in One Hour With You. Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday, Behind the Mask, with Jack Holt and Constance Cummings; Friday and Saturday, Richard Dix, Dorothy Jor- dan and Joel. McCrea in Lost Squa- dron; Monday and Tuesday, Bad Com-* pany, with Ricardo Cortez and Helen Twelvetrees; Wednesday and Thurs- day, Impatient Maiden, with Mae Clark and Lew Ayres. Especially recommended: Lupine, One Hour With You. Fairly. Good: Lost Squadron, The Devil’s Lottery, The Hatchet Man. Arsene a” : Personal “Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Drake, of Miami, Fla., and Lenox, Mass., have announced the engagement of. their daughter, Miss Mary Polk Drake, Bryn Mawr, ’31, to Lieutenant Com- mander ‘Senet M. Hoeffel, U. S. N. ga x" ‘’ THE COLLEGE NEWS w Page Three Miss Park Voices. Her Approval of May Day Says it is Best in 4 Years and Reads Letter From Mrs. Skinner GREEN GAINS IN COLOR No official financial report of the proceeds of May Day is possible fr publication as. yet according to Miss Park in chapel Tuesday morning, but there are hopes that after many bills and a few more receipts have come in that there. will still be a small sur- plus over the expenditures of May Day, even taking into account the tickets as compared to other years. Miss Park claims that this was the most beautiful of the four May Days that she has seen for many reasons. Although the weather caused those in authority many nerve shattering mo- ments it was perfectly clear and at just the right temperature by the time the pageant started. The music form- ed a “Background as lovely as the blue distance and the flowering apple trees” for Miss Pairk. Thanks to Mr. Willoughby, the music, in the plays was more suitable andbetter execut- ed than ever before. The Green gain- ed with the increase in color of the costuming and the only two criticisms that Miss Park overheard, one was that there was too much red on the green and the other was that there were too many pastel shades. His- torically the crowd should be dully dressed, but this is one case where it is well to consider the aesthetic rath- er than to obey the historical implic- itly. The play costumes were delightful and Miss Park is especially proud of those of The Masque of the Flowers, designed by an undergraduate. Miss Skinner as Queen Elizabeth was graceful and majestic, and “I: am sure that we all gazed aghast at the court.” The work on the green was more exact than of previous years and the special dancers were 80 well trained that they in some way meas- ured up to the standards of Mrs. Bas- sett’s,own superior folk dancing. Miss y made a success of the tum- bling, Miss Park thinks, not only be- cause she maintained a sense of equi-7 librium, but with it a sense of humor. The measure of goodness:of May Day, however, is in the measure of trans- ferrence of each’ gifl from the har- rassed college’ student to the Eliza- bethan reveller.. This transfer was more universal this year than ever be- fore and added the necessary spon- taneity to the mechanised events. We are grateful to innumerable people for the success of this. May Day: Mr. King, Miss Petts, Mr. Do- harty, the Alumnae, and the Under- graduates, but most of all it will be remembered as Mrs. Collins’ May Day for her knowledge, ingenuity, patience —and even impatience, tact,-good hu- mor and courage!~ Miss Park then read part of Mrs. Skinner’s letter to Mrs. Collins: “On Friday it was all so dazzlingly lovely that I gave myself up to the beauty of it all; but on Saturday I ‘watched the wheels go round’ — noting the way in which you had. put it all together. How everyting was timed; everything so apparently spon- taneous, yet so completely co-ordi- nated. -All eyes on the leaders; all ears attuned to the music. For ex- ample, after the last of the pageant had passed: the grandstand, at once on the cue came that valiant queen’s champion through the path through the maples. Then the proud march of the heralds and their stand on the right of the throne! “T could go on’forever with my joy over the infinite detail of the deport- ment on the Green. You just must never say that you learned it all from me. I felt humble. I know how much I owed to Mrs. Andrews and to Elizabeth, Daly, put. for the -revels on the Green I am ever deeply’ grate- ful to Miss Applebee. You have taken all that went before and added your own, until now we can all: acknowl- ‘edge that the ideal May Day has been achieved. “Of the plays I saw not half enough. Partly because I was a little lame to walk the distances; partly because, with theeting so many old friends along the way, I could not get to the scenes in time. But I saw enough to feel that the acting was of.a gen- erally higher order than formerly. All.students have-a better sense~of acting: today, and, now that the cos- tumes ‘are more accurate, more befit- ting the characters, we get a more complete enjoyment than we did in the old days. St. George and The Dragon was the only play I saw from start to finish, and (with all defer- eneé to-.the other five May Days I have seen) it was the only time when I have found in it a genuinely hu- morous quality. The dainty queen, with her flying silver veil, was a pic- ture of lasting, memory. “The Masque of Flowers was never so pictorially costumed. I loved those colorful Indians, and Kawasha might have been drawn by Gringling Gib- bons for a court performance. Since Gallus designed the costumes not forgetting. that glorious bunch of grapes), I hope he \will not mind my saying I personally should have liked the Messenger of the Sun.to have wings over his arms\ and taut wind- (and : ings about his legs to hold in place two sharp, golden spurs, but her legs and arms are: so lovely and she was altogether so lovely to behold that I am. glad she did not burden herself with ‘wings and spurs. Primevera scattering petals along the. pathway of the pageant was a lovely touch. “The play of Robyn Hoode, I felt, held to the tradition of being the best all-round acted play of the May Day, and Robyn himself was as handsome and clear-cut in his speech as Lois Kellogg of 1920. -I can sing no higher praise! : “T am too sorry’I could not limp over the hill to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ‘Queen Elizabeth’ adds to my regret by telling me she found it enchanting, and she also tells me I missed much in not-seeing all of The, Old Wives’ Tale, and she thought the Sacrapant truly a far better performance than thé one of 1920. That was not being polite. She meant it! I.saw only a little of that play from the top of the hill, where I was not in a good place to hear or see; but I did think the harvesters were never so picturesque. ““As You Like It I also saw at dis- advantage, but near enough to enjoy both the acting and the infinite detail of perfection that had been aimed for. Mr. Norman Hapgood enjoyed that especially and thought (being a lover of Shakespeare) that another year it might be well to add to the May Day a scene from The Tempest. 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 But I don’t agree with him. I feel that, now the Green has grown so in importance, with all its joy and revelry, we like the unusual things that follow—things more suited to the occasion.” Maude Skinner. ‘NOW EUROPE. is 50% nearer! Fares are sliced right down the middle on these famous twin liners, MINNEWASKA and MINNETONKA. Formerly exclu- sively First Class... now exclusively Tourist, with accommodations unchanged. Just look at these rates! TOURIST FARES AS LOW AS $98 Round Trip $172 (up) This year a vacation in Europe costs little more than an ordinary one at home! On. the MAJESTIC, world’s largest ship; OLYMPIC, HOMERIC, LAPLAND and our other famous liners, fares have been cut 20% to 50%. And the PENNLAND and WESTERNLAND, former cabin liners, now carry Tourist as. the highest class. Your local steamship agent will give you the “low down” on the new low rates to Europe. WHITE STAR° RED STAR International Mercantile Marine Lines 1620 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Get hot AA well ; Bey Monday e @ x © 1932, Lic att & Myers Tobacco Cor» [ a 4 e wong al \O:30 E.DL. COLUMBIA CO@S @ ® ' What those sisters can't do to a tune! Wherever you buy Chesterfields, you get them just as fresh as if you came by our factory door U SY “-lo-cowse N ETWORK Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Senior Orations as They Leave Halls of Learning (Continued team »PpRe Ane) the words of a distinguished profes- _ sor—‘Passion and an inner life.” Few of us realize, I think, just how far some really first-rate passion will get a girl. And then there are memo- ries— Remember Parade Night " Lantern Night “Freshman Night “ any night “ the Maine and contacts—for who has not had her contacts. Then take Little May Day, take Herben’s beard, take Big May Day! You take it, it’s your May Day, and all of us, working together—co-opera- tion, co-ordination, extermination. Why, friends, with experiences like ours we could conquer the world; that is, if we wanted to. There will now be a pause for sta- tion announcements. While we are waiting for the orchestra to tune up, the European Fellow will tell us “The best way to get along with a man— Seventeen Methods of Relaxing, or How I Passed Art in Asia.” Give the little girl the well-known hand! And now Life is calling and I must leave you. But before I go, there is one thing or two which I would like to impress upon your minds. A Bryn Mawr diploma is the equivalent of a Phi Beta Kappa in backward coun- tries, so. never give up hope. Hope’s the stuff dreams are made of—never- go to the Three Threes without ‘spe- ciaNpermission from the Dean’s Of- fice, never have a date with a strange man, never gét your feet wet, and al- ways be cheerful! And just. on more word, friends, what this college really needs is a good five-cent window! I thank you! ELIZABETH THOMAS. Said Through a Window in Dalton I find that I am not yet in a posi- tion to say good-bye to Dalton,—in fact, my time here seems to be only beginning. I have begun working here day and night; Miss Blake is with me; we have our own kitchens and infirm- ary set up here and we will have our Children and— Grownups All need Scientists and medical authorities are ea that own May Day when I get this experi- ment done. I am one of those indi- viduals who can weigh the same pail of water three times in succession and have it weigh something entirely dif- ferent each time, and so I think I am fairly on the way to substantiating the famous new Principle of Uncer- tainty. At the beginning of the year I was not‘so much at home jn the laboratory, and wouldn’t always come in. I would pretend I was Cardline Manning come over to play with Molly, and I would not do any experiments. I pretended I was someone waiting to see Dr. Drydén; I would burst into tears and say it was very important. I hid in the galvanometer cabinet; and was accidentally dragged out to be the re- sistance box in an electrical circuit; the resistance, everyone said, was sim- ply enormous. And happy. was. the day when I discovered that Dalton had a back door. In this connection I should like to pay a tribute to the sportsmanship of the physics department. It was al- ways a fair race to that door and I always felt as if I had earned: my vic- tory when I reached it. But now everything. is changed; when I am not here-I- am, in what has become practically a laboratory-of-my- own over in Rockéfeller. I have car- ried instruments over there from here bit by bit,—parts of a sextant, an earth inductor compass and so on,— and reassembled them. I always have the feeling.that I can work out every- thing better later on by myself. Also there are always two or three assist- ants there working over problems, and now that. May*Day is over I can have Mr. Daugherty all to myself to help V.1INCHEON, GUEST ROOMS milk . milk is the one best food. -They insist, too, that it befrom a source that can and does guarantee its Purity, Freshness and Healthfulness. Such milk is Abbotts “A,” arachiced by healthy tuberculin-tested cows, and protected by a most rigid system of sanitation and laboratory control. ABBOTTS A MILK Athletic Association Elections 1933-34 Board: President—Sylvia Bowditch, 1938. Vice-President—Susan Dan- iels, 1934. Treasurer —. Esther Smith, 1934, Secretary — Elizabeth Kent, 1935. Sophomore Member — Helen Whitney, 1935. with the dynamo. My work was also very much simplied the day, self-gov- ernment allowed climbing in’ the win- dows. by daylight, so that my tutor could come in before nightfall. Perhaps. not many of ‘you realize how much the idea of the new Dal- ton became definite because of my work in physics this year. I have-an enormous amount of destructive en- ergy; no one can. blow out fuses or break instruments: faster than I can, —I have almost succeded in explod- ing the atom,—and the need for the new Dalton is growing more evident every day. You probably know that I am try- ing to finish these very interesting experiments before 10 A. M. on the first of June;. Mrs. Manning has been doing the publicity work for me,, and has bought up all the seats in the’ lec- ture room so that no one will be in the| THE NEW HATS As Midette Drapes Them They’re only becoming if they’re really well done. Colors to match any outfit, $3:50 We redrape vour old ‘hat for $2.00 MIDETTE DRAPE.SHOP...-. .; 1828 Chestnut St. Suite 509-10 COLLEGE INN AND TEA ROOM SERVICE 8 A. M. TO 7:30 P. M. Daily and Sunday A LA CARTE BREAKFAST AFTERNOON TEA AND DINNER A LA CARTE AND TABLE D’HOTE PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT STUDENTS’ CHARGE ACCOUNTS line of danger in case anything goes wrong. I should like to offer a scholarship named after me to any. one who will take up this work for me,—the appli- cant to be judged by her aptitude for physics, together with joyousness of spirit in doing it. She need not be the daughter of an alumna. I am ready to interview candidates at once. 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