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Vol. XVIII, No. 2

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Price: 10 Cents

 

 

Lantern Night Proves
Its Ceremonial Nature

Lack of Audience Does Not
Hamper Well-Executed
Interpretation.

CLASS OF 1935 SINGS WELL

It-is to be regretted that this year
there were’ no outside guests at -Lan-
tern Night, although no audience of any
It

is a ceremony, not a performance, and

kind is necessary to its significance.

so it is for those *who take part in it.
We who clutched at the ivy on the
cloister roof, however, were very thank-
ful to be there, even if we felt a little
like eavesdroppers. | For the ‘setting,
with its suggestion of the monastery,

‘and the silent, almost secret entrance
of the Freshmen, would have impressed

even the least solemn,

Possibly the moment of highest sus-

, pense came during the raising and
lowering of the senior lanterns, which
preceded the of “Pallas
Athene,” and as the procession

_green-lantern bearers entered the clois-

ee

opening
of
ters, one ak Sie stad that an “echo
cannot be avoided. This year, at any
rate, the Sophomores were quite well
together.

was good, ‘if not brilliant, and one musty]

Their singing, on the whole,

take into, consideration the difficulty of
separation and the attention required
by the walking, which incidentally was
careful; the lanterns seemed to be on

a straight line and the spacing was

kept even.
The final “Pallas” was sung ina
mass, after the Sophomores had fled

‘into the corner like wind sweeping
across the grass. It was under the
direction of Miss Gallaudet, who had
also coached it, a very nice piece of
work, with solidari a and vibrancy of
tone, and expressi It was a satis=
fying ietucurehattoe of the hymn;
which, however, despite its beauty we
have never liked so well as “Sophias.”

And this the Freshmen really sang
well; their tone was full, there were.
no discordant voices, and they kept on
key, except at the very end, and there
the fault lay with the Juniors. Had
they not continued swinging for still
another repetition, there would not have
been that discordant trailing off of
‘voices. At any rate, the moment at
which the song should end should
have been arranged beforehand.

It may. be that “Sophias” —Mr. Wil-
“loughby is responsible for the “excellent
harmonization—is easier to sing than
“Pallas,” but the reason for its better
interpretation seems, also to lie in the
fact that the=Freshmen take Lantern
Night more seriously than the Soph-
omores. All the drilling—by -Mr. Wil-
loughby and this year Miss Wood—
keys them up to a high pitch of
expectancy.

 

May Day Discussed
‘by College Council

 

A meeting of the Pcltems Council
was held*on Monday, October 12.
The decisions reached are,as follows:

Big May Day will be held as de-
cided by the juniors last spring. The
only possible revision of this plan will
be by the trustees at their meeting
in December. ~

Changes in the routine of Freshman
Week were discussed and it was de-
cided that in the future halls would
“he opened for Freshmen on “Ww ednes=

y English” ts an-

except possibly Italy.

t

Dr. Tennent Returns

from Year in Japan

 

This year finds Dr. David H. Ten-
nent resuming his lectures on biology
at Bryn Mawr after having spent his
sabbatical year as exchange professor
While at
the University Dr. Tennent conducted
the

at Keio University, Tokyo.

lectures, at undergraduate and

graduate colleges in his special field of,

experimental» embryology. He also Communication Dis-

carried ‘on extensive research in : pts

spitan: . «cussed by Miss Park
Of special interest to. us. are the

differences between American and Chapel Wardens and College

Japanese universities as observed by
Dr. Tennent.
Oriental classics is substituted for the
Greek and Latin of the Occidental
universities.

Those of us who begrudge the four }”

years spent in preparation. for college
may find some consolation in the fact
that in Japan the competition for col-
lege entrance begins in the fourth-or
fifth grade. The strifigency. of the
Japanese entrance requirements is il-
lustrated by the fact that only 100 out

of 400 applicants were admitted to the

Medical School of Keio University.
It is also interesting to know that

liberal arts -curriculum.-—The students
acquire a good reading knowledge of
English, but have little opportunity to

practice speaking it, except for the an--

tiual--English—play—presented—by—the
dramatic societies of each university.

Dr. Tennent left Tokyo in July and
spent the remainder of the summer
traveling. Among the places he visited
were Héng Kong, Singapore, Manila
and Java, returning home through the
Mediterranean.

 

French Grad Sees ‘Solid
Culture’ in Our Students

 

It is always difficult for the under-
graduate to become acquainted with
the graduate students, apparently due
to the awe with which we behold their
A.B.’s. However, an interview with
Germaine Bree, the French foreign
student, reassures us quite convinc-
ingly that they are not “blue stock-
ings” and that they are very much
interested in us. ,

Germaine comes from studying at
the Sorbonne, France, where there are

At Keio the study. of|

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Senior Elections

The Senior class, in elections
held-last Wednesday, @hose the
following officers:

President, Josephine Graton.

Vice _ President, Charlotte
Tyler.

Secretary, Ruth Millikin,

Denise Gallaudet was made
Chairman of the Speakers’ Com-
mittee.

 

 

 

 

Simplify Giving

Complex Information.

: Council

 

CHAPEL IS HELD WEEKLY

 

The subject of President Park’s ad-
dress in chapel last Tuesday was the
of communication. in

ways college.

By this Miss Park meant merely the
mechanical means through which each
“member of the student body-as-an-in-
dividual can reach any faculty member
It

has heretofore been the custom of the

or any association of the college.

aa Desccerpareseeee mente

ministrative body of Bryn Mawr, and

by talking things over to avoid the
question: “Why do-the heathen rage
and_the-people_imagine a vain. thing?”
We so often act in a far more emo-
tional way than there is any need for.

Chapel itself is a*means of communi-
cation between Miss Park, Mrs. Man-
ning, Miss Ward and the student body
and it has been decided that its regu-
larity is an advisable thing; there will,
therefore, be a regular Tuesday morn-
ing chapel each week unless due notice
is given and there may be additional
chapel at any time during the rest of
the week.. Of course it is possible
for President Park and Mrs. Manning
and Miss Ward to say what they have

sentative of the News and thus bring
the material before the student body
but it is more advisable» to have the
personal understanding gained by di-
rect communication. Things are apt
to be complex unless you hear them
directly from their source. The col-
lege offices can be more sure that their
plans are moving forward when there

no dormitories and no “college life.”| js direct corimunication with the
Classes contain about 150 students] students. Through chapel Miss Park
who attend lectures as they please.|o- Mrs. Manning .can express their

If one is bored one merely gets up
and leaves the classroom. The final
| exam.-is..the.-omly-evidence--of--work
which any professor requires of his
students. Although most of their sub-
jects correspond with ours, there is
far more emphasis on American litera-
ture than there at Bryn Mawr.
American stydents at the Sorbonne
follow a set curriculum - and. live in
dormitories. Germaine is working on
English here and intends to return ‘to
France and teach it. = ~

Although French - women—-do

iS

-not

-yote, the importance of international re-

lations in Etrope-makes_politi¢s a com-
mon subject of conversation. ‘“L’homme
de la rue”. is opposed to anything not
in the peace treaty because ‘they think
Germany is arming. They-consider any
treaty made with Bruening today might
easily be broken by a new government
tomorrow. That is the trouble with
the peace caravan. A lot may be ac-
complished by sincere and enthusiastic
people, but world peace cannot be
reached by sentiment. The French
people must realize that it is an eco-
nomic question. No one wants war,

“But the crises]

thoughts or communicate any. informa-
tion of interest to the student body,
If it is necessary to have the students
themselves speak, time will .be pro-
vided for it. -

The second means of communication
of which Miss Park spoke is through
the wardens of the halls who are
graduates of the college and each of
whom has been through the curricu-
lum of an undergraduate. The war-
den knows all the general rules and
regulations of Bryn Mawr-and when a
new-plan-is-to- be-adopted it.is always
talked over with the wardens so that
they may be centers of information.
Miss Park herself has been through
the halls. at the lunch “hour and: has
been unable to hear the announcers
and she suggests that if anyone else
have the same unhappy results . she
may be set straight. through the war-
dens who are competent to be her
guide technically if not spiritually.
Another means: of communicatioit
through the telephone or through an
appointment. The important officials
of the college are ladies equipped with
telephones and office hours. It is easy

is

tosay_to_committees or to a repre-g

Mrs. Fea Is Spokesman for Peace
in Capital as Petition Is Presented by Caravan

 

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International Organization Headed by Jane Addams Asks President
for Total and Universal Disarmament After Adding Bryn
- Mawr Names to United States List.

 

DEAN STRESSES FAVORABLE TIME FOR MOVEMENT

 

 

 

—Photo by Bachrach.

SS, |
students to communicate “with tlre. ad~ we HELEN -TAFI..MANNING.

Mrs. Helen Taft Manning was one
of the spokesmen. for the group of

Peace and Freedom which pfesented to
President Hoover a petition for ‘total
and universal disarmament” as a pre-
liminary to its presentation to the
Geneva Conference. Miss Jane Ad-
dams, who is head ofthe- International
organization; Miss Catherine Deve-
reaux Blake, who was one of the
speakers for the Peace Caravan on its
appearance at Bryn Mawr, and Miss
Mabel Vernon, another member of the
Peace Caravan, also addressed the
President in this demonstration for dis-
armament, which began in California
on June 21,-and-came toa temporary
halt in the East Room of-the White
House at 12:30 last Saturday.

Miss Addams told in an _ informal
way what the organization had ac-
complished in other countries in its
attempt to bring public opinion to a
head before the Geneva meeting. Mrs.
William Hull, head the national
organization, then read the petition and
presented it formally to. the President.
Mrs. Manning. enumerated the reasons
why this seemed a favorable moment
for disarmament, and emphasized the
importance for the cause of disarma~
ment of the President's lead. Miss
Blake and Miss Vernon, who were
with the Peace Caravan on its entire
journey ‘across. the country, related a
few of their experiences. All of the
speakers praised Mr. Hoover for what
he had already done to further their
cause.
Mr.

of

Hoover responded briefly but
with’ deep feeling, thanking the peti-
tioners for their efforts to mobilize
public—opinion..._He said he believed
that the statesmen all countries
were sincere in wanting disarmament
but in this democratic age they wer
dependent public Mr:
Hoover is acting asycustodian of the
petitions, which represent every State,
until they are carried to Geneva by’a
member ofthe League.

The women of the Peace group drove
through Washington in more than fifty
patriotically-decorated automobiles be-
fore proceeding to the Capitol and
the interview with the President. The
petition presented does not have as

many signatures as those similar
143 foreign. eoun-

of

on opinion,

of

 

five hundred women representing
the United States section of the
Women’s “International League—for-

“dent Hoover a petition for

pavy,

‘tions,

United States will take the lead at the
coming Disarmament Conference at
Geneva, and will authorize its delegates
to do everything their power to
bring about an international agreement
under which the nations of the world
may cease to compete iii*the hopeless
race for supremacy in battleships and
armed men,

in

“Never in the world’s history has
there been more reason to look for .
united effort by all nations to end war.

“With the disastrous effects. of the

last great war ‘still perceptible on every
side, with national governments every-

where facing stupendous. deficits. in

their budgets for the coming year, with

men and women in every walk of tife

facing destitution and starvation as a
result of economic distortion following
in the wake of the war, surely we may
hope that the petty rivalries which have
stood in the way of better international

‘| utiderstanding in the past may disap-

pear.”

 

Peace Cara Van Stops H a acre

—En Route to Washington

 

On Tuesday, October 6, “President”
Park and Dean Manning receivéd the

members of the Peace Caravan on the
“Steps of Taylor Hall. This group of

women has come across the country
from Los Angeles to present to Presi-
“disarma-_
ment, total and universal.” On their
way across the continent they have
stopped to explain the need of dis-
armament and: to add names to their
petition:

Mrs. Richards greeted the college,
saying that the work of rescuing the
world from the mess that has been’
made of it lies on our shoulders. In
Pottsville, where: Mrs. Richards lives,
the coal mines run two days out of the
week; met! leave their starving families
or commit suicide; women do all the
work they can find; produce is -rotting
on the farms and no one can afford to
buy. it. In the meantime the govern-
ment spends 78 cents out of every
dollar on the army and the navy. At
Bryn Mawr we can see nothing of the
terrible conditions but those who grad-
ifate this year will be going into a hard
world. The Peace Caravan is the re-
sult of desire for peace not only~in
America but over all the world. They
wanted a demonstration before ‘the
Disarmament Cénference of 1932, and
they have had a triumphant progress
through the If every
would fill his or her mind with the idea
peace, public. opinion would be
swayed to bring about disarmament.
There is a glamor aboyt our army and
but we must remember that we

And

country, one

of

have signed the Kellogg Pact:
when we-see the
hospitals we must think of what Irving
Fisher of Yale and the Red Cross have
said, that war would mean
absolute annihilation: That ought to
make us realize vital a thing is
peace. :

‘Miss~ Katherine Blake
then spoke on the coming Disarmament
Conference which is to include all na-
for there is unemployment all
over the world. Under-secretary of
State Castle wants America to be
ready to go better than the proposals
of any other country. Last winter the
gov ernment spent $30,000,000 for three

another

how

Devereux

 

day night, and for upperclassmen on
Sunday morning.

' A special committee on entertain-
ment was created to work under the
chairman of the,Speakers’ Committee.
The following mrembers were ap-
pointed by the President of the. Under-
graduate Association:

A. Lee, Denbigh; M. Mitchell, Pem-
broke East;’ B. Korff, -Pembroke
West; C. Candie, Rockefeller; M.
Wood. Wyndham; Parsons, Merion;
M. Seon, Radhor.

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in England and Germany must be set-
tled first.

There seems to be only one thing
that the graduate students have to sug-
gest to the undergraduates, but Ger-
maine seems.to think they would all

join with her in urging very strongly |-

that Radnor should be considered a
hall containing many possibilities in the
line of friend making. “Wouldn't it be

possible for us to. get. to know the}:

. Continued on Page Five

to see them with or without an ap-
pdintment and. Miss Park herself is “‘at
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Continued on Page Three

News Competition
The News announces a compe-
tition for a junior member of the
Editorial board. Candidates
should notify Rose Hatfield, 80
Pem West, between 1 :30 and 2:00
or 6:00 and 6:30 on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

 

peace egreanizations: Ht
tries. Mrs. Manning suggests that this
may be because of the wording of the
petition, which calls for “total disarm-
ament.” Perhaps a more conservative
petition looking toward steady -and
certain, but more gradual disarmament
would be more successful at present.

Mrs. Manning’s-speech, as quoted. by
the Times, follows:

“In presenting a petition to you (Mr.
Hoover) at this time it is with the
hope. that the government of the

 

 

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Try-Outs for ‘Berkeley Square’

Varsity Players with the Haverford
Cap and Bells will present Berkeley
Square, by John Balderson, om Novem-
ber 20 and 21. The tryouts will be held .
on Monday and Tuesday evenings of.
next week. As there are eight female
roles, everyoue is urged ‘to try for some
part. Books will be put on the reserve
shelf in the library.

 

 

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