Page Two # THE COLLEGE NEWS ro THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year mat during Thanikegiving,° Christmas: and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest ot Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The Collége News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part witheut written permission of the Editor-in-Chief. Editor-in-Chief BARBARA CARY, ’36 : News Editor Co Editor HELEN FISHER, ’37 ANNE ARBURY, 87 Editors ELIZABETH LYLE, ’37 JANET THOM, ’38 ZANNE WILLIAMS, Sports Editor Sytv1ia H. Evans, ’87 Business Manager Subscription Manager DOREEN CANADAY, '36 ALICE COHEN, ’36 Assistants LOUISE STENGEL, ’37 ETHEL HENKELMAN, AGNES ALLINSON, ’37 MARGARET HOwSON, DEWILDA NARAMORE, ’38 CORDELIA STONE, ’37 ‘SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Post Office CAROLINE C. BROWN, ’36 Mary H. HUTCHINGS, ’37 \ JANE SIMPSON, ’37 38 38 38 Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., IN MEMORIAM Bettina Diez Daughter of Professor and Mrs. Max Diez Born October 3, 1921 Died February 18, 1936 Bigger and Better Zoos The 1939 Freshman Show was undoubtedly an outstanding success in many~ways. There were also one.or two notable defects which pertain in one case to Freshman Shows in general, and in the other case to the present production. One of the most ‘laudable features of the Show this year was the fact that 1939 more nearly succeeded in making its play representative of the whole class than has any other recent Freshman Show. They were able to achieve this end because of the new method of producing the Show which was tried this year in an effort to simplify it. The Class of 1939 produced their show by halls, thus eliminating the necessity for the large scale rehearsals of the whole class which have been characteristic of previous Shows. Nevertheless they were able to put on a performance which had consistency of plot, good®¢songs and some very fine individual acting. The whole play was written, rehearsed and produced after the beginning of the = second semester. There is one virtue to the kind of Freshman Show which has been given in the past which ought to be remembered when the question again comes up as to the sort of play the freshmen should give. Usually by the end of the first semester, the freshmen in the various halls know each other fairly well, but their contact with the other members of their class is still quite limited. If the play is given with each hall having its own separate part, there is very little chance for the people in the different halls to come to know one another more intimately through working together in planning the play, practicing the parts and the choruses and building the scenery. The fault which has been common’ to at least three of the last four Freshman Shows, which, indeed, we hoped that 1939 might avoid, is the choice of the class animal. The seniors began the evil influence three years ago, and with the possible exception of the Class of 1937, the animals which have been chosen have been gi absurd. To try to visualize a class insignia with an amoeba as itS central figure is even more laughable than the concrete manifestations of the Mexican Jumping Bean which, plainly enough, are not seen very frequently about the campus. 1939 must have an emblem which has the “lowly worm” as its central figure. The designing of this insignia will take considerable ingenuity, to say the least! / J » Wind Your Watches Preaching the virtue of promptitude to the world at large has never yet had the effect of successfully inculcating the practice of that virtue. What few noble souls have striven to meet others precisely at the appointed time have always been discouraged by the necessity of waiting long past the time for those others to come. Yet notwithstanding this failure of the magnanimous and wise, we intend to raise the plea again, appealing for our cause, however, neither to ethics nor to etiquette, but to pure selfishness. From this moment until May Day is over and done with, ‘the life of every student on the campus will consist of a series of appointments, whether to mass assemblies of country dancers or to exclusive private rehearsals for the leading roles. fidently, requested; in each case it will be more than a matter of courtesy to comply with that request: it will be vitally necessary. The last few puffs of a cigarette, the last hands of bridge, that overlap the hour assigned for practice, seem trivial deductions from the total of such hours, but the total of such last minute delays repeated time after time will not be trivial. It will be an astounding gap ‘in the allotted time, a gap to be filled in with haste and hysteria and with no regard for other. concerns perhaps equally _ important. In other words, the result will be a most distressing muddle. That is one side of the question. There will be times, however, when atonement for tardiness will not be postponed until a final mad rush but will be made then and there where the fault was committed. If someone is half an hour late, then the ‘rehearsal will-be half an hour longer. What- ever was planned for that half-hour will be lost; and when many such losses océur, as they probably will, the consequences will be too serious to dismiss with ; iendleratielaain ‘Consider the German lessons that might’ be done, He. started out with a wife name ‘| As we nurse an injured toe. In each case, promptness will be hopefully, if not con-| Wits END) Henry, surnamed V I I L, Was an egotist indeed; He wouldn’t listen when he was told One wife was.all he should need. Kate, A Spaniard affectionate and mild. But Henry’s devotion turned to-hate For want of a masculine child. When freed from Casnenine by hook and by crook, ° The King married Anne Releve. But soon wife two had her head chopped off For morals not suiting a queen. Next came Jane Seymour, the greatest success Of any he made his bride. A son was born to the happy king, But alas for the queen—she died. Jane was followed by Anne of Cleves. By proxy-her hand was sought. When Henry sighted her homely face, The mine’ Was slightly rae Anne was dispatched - to two large estates. Kate Howard now married Bluebeard. But soon Kate’s head parted ways with her’ neck; Kate wasn’t pure, it appeared. The King’s taste in names was now pretty fixed, So-he married Katherine Parr; And, wonder of wonders, Henry died first; He had gone just one wife too far. The Dormouse. THE OLD, OLD STORY They said we all should try for plays, So I went hopefully. I thought that anything would ‘do— Except to be a tree. I offered myself as Maid Marian, And wore auntie’s long nightgown. But my piebald hair only came to my neck— They swiftly turned me down. So then I tried to be a man, I fancied Robin Hood. My voice, alas! was high and shrill— The effect was not so good. “All right,” I said, “It may well be That comedy’s my forte.” I bandied insults as Gammer G.— They weren’t of the right sort. As Hodge or Bottom, Frolic or Ham, I did not seem to rate. But still I bravely tried again, Suspecting my real fate. But now at last it’s all fixed up, I know what I shall be. They say it’s really rather fun— I’m going to be a tree! (To the tune of “Carefully on Tip- toe Stealing’—with apologies to Gil- bert and Sullivan.) Down a steep and slippery pathway, Skidding gently as we go; Every step with caution feeling, Goodness me, a remedy: “Bake it now, and you will see Improvement instantly.” They say, so it may be. And no matter what the malady, Be it illness, cut or ache, Their diagnosis always is: “Go and let it bake.” If you bump your head in two, There is just one thing to do:. Go and get it baked. —HALF-BAKED. Liked Freshman Show when four freshmen who were on probation surprised everyone, including the directors of the play, by bursting forth from the balcony with the following song: ‘“Flunk; flunk’ | That seems our motto. Flunk, | flunk That seems our song, Flunk, flunk, ‘Our minds must be blotto. We won’t be here very long. Cram,’.cram'. _ It don’t avail us. Cram, cram ’ We are too dumb. Cram, cram The powers assail. us. ‘Calling our intellects numb. « Work, work ° Summa Cum Laude. Work, work We'll graduate. Work, work Though we seem rowdy, We’ll each. marry a potentate! Cheerio, ‘THE MAD HATTER. News of the New York Theatres The current dramatic season, which has been characterized by Mr. William F. McDermott, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer as “technically admirable and artistically rich” has lately benefited further by the openings of two new light comedies. which show healthy signs of flourishing. We refer to Lynn Riggs’ latest, Russet Mantle and the Theatre Guild’s Call It a Day. Neither of these is distinguished for sharp satire or broad farce as fur- nished by First Lady and Boy Meets Girl, which have hitherto been the most popular comic plays on Broadway. Besides being funny, they are sympa- thetic and have their tender moments. Perhaps this is because they are both written about the young, and most authors seem to hold‘the opinion that there is something intrinsically pitiful in being young. Russet Mantle marks the return to the legitimate stage of John Beal, who appeared lasf* as a’ Princeton senior in She Loves Me Not. He plays a dreamer, poet and tramp, who wanders into the Western ranch of a family of Easterners to get a job as hired man. There he finds under- standing in the person of his employ- er’s daughter, who joins him in his revolt against the moral restrictions of modern society, temporarily upset- ting the composure of the household. This state of affairs does not last long, however, as Mr. Beal soon makes it evident that he has every intention of marrying the girl. Nothing that this play says is supposed to be revo- lutionary; it is a sigh for, perhaps a salute to the unnecessary and amus- ing courage of the young. But the mood is not entirely nostalgic. Mr. Riggs has written an excellent straight comic part in the aunt of the young heroine, who thinks everyone should live in Louisville, Kentucky. Call It a Day was written by Dodie Smith, the English author of Autumn Crocus. In her new comedy she writes about fifteen hours in the life of a very nice family. The only thing that is extraordinary about the action is the fact that on this early spring day by a strange coincidence the thoughts of the three childrén, mother and father unanimously and lightly turn to thoughts of love. Moreover, 'there is nothing extraordinary about the interpretations, first rate though ‘they are, of such actors as Philip Merivale, Gladys Cooper and thirteen- year-old Jeanne Dante. The most ex- citing thing about the play is the writing, which is so perfect that the of the simple proposition that, as A new touch was added to the Brooks Atkinson says, “the Hiltons begun or even entirely written in that the two, and unless those proportions We are not, therefore, urged to nothing of what we are expected to There is no gain from May Day if we the reserve room books that might be secured, the papers that might be collection of lost fractions of an hour. When there is so much curricular work to do as well as so much making of flowers and learning of parts, one sort of activity is bound to cause neglect of the other unless the time of each day is carefully proportioned between are as carefully kept. promptitude only by the fact that a schedule moving like clockwork would exhibit the consideration and the reasonableness that we should like to contemplate in ourselves. There is the practical motive that without some attempt at regularity and punctuality, do this semester can be accomplished except in a frenzy.. There is also the further motive that whatever is per- formed in a frenzy is usually performed in fever and anxiety, not. pleasure: cannot have fun along with our labor. er ome Ley oe author has made a moving play out, are united by too many ties to’ break loose just because the weather has turned warm.” In Philadelphia ® Movies Aldine: The Lady Consents, in which Ann Harding, who chooses her own stories, appears as a brave and popular little woman gallantly hiding her disappointment in love until her father-in-lasv dies to reunite her with her \iérbert Marshall). Begins Friday. Arcadia: Professionat Soldier, A Graustarkian boy-king (Freddie Bar- tholomew) meets a U. S. Marine (Victor McLaglen) and learns to shoot craps. Boyd: The Petrified Forest, with Bette Davis, and starring Leslie How- ard. The story on a vagrant phi- losopher, who meets a girl in a road- side restaurant and of their encounter with a neurotic gangster, played by Humphrey Bogart. The philosophy is a bit superficial, but Mr. Howard's acting is almost flawless. Earle: Love On a Bet begins Fri- day. Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie | and Helen Broderick star in this ro- mantic comedy. Miss Broderick fur- nishes the humor. Erlanger: Modern Times. Charlie Chaplin at his best. Paulette God- dard plays -her first screen role as the “street-gamin” who befriends the little clown. Fox: The Prisoner of Shark Island, starring Warner Baxter, begins Fri- day. One of the latest in the current flood of biography films, it is the story of an heroic American doctor named Samuel Alexander Mudd. Karlton: Rose Marie, with Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald, an amusing and beautifully produced mu- sical about an opera singer and her Canadian Mountie. It is as amusing, less tuneful and shorter than Naughty Marietta. Miss MacDonald seems a — little more adroit at playing comedy, but even more coy than ever. Keith’s: The Voice of Bugle Ann, taken from MacKinley Kantor’s story and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O’Sullivan. Stanley: Starting Saturday, Follow the Fleet, the newest singing and dancing film of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Stanton: .The Tough Guy, with Jackie Cooper and RinTinTin, Jr. a Theatres Broad: Danger—Men Working, the murder mystery of Ellery Queen and Lowell Brentano, ends its two-week run here Saturday night. The plot is conventional, though fast-moving, and concerns the -astounding revelations which come to three young authors when they decide to investigate the private life of a bearded neighbor. Fred Stewart, Hal Dawson and Broderick Crawford play the leads. Chestnut: The Postman Always Rings Twice will remain for the addi- tional week as we prophesied-in our last issue. It is a dramatized version of the popular Cain novel, concerning the tragic end of two partners in crime. Richard Barthelmess is the star. Forrest: Tobacco Road, the Georgia “breshwood” drama, continues at this theatre for a second week. Henry Hull, the star of the original company, has returned to his role after an in- terval in Hollywood. Academy of Music Fritz Reiner: conducting. The Or- chestra will play Le Roi David, bf Honegger, a symphonic psalm in three parts. Local Movies Ardmore: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Ronald Colman'in A Tale of Two Cities; Monday and Tuesday, Jean Harlow in Riffraff; Wednesday, Joe Penner in Collegiate. Wayne: Thursday, Alison Skip- worth in Hitchhike Lady; Friday and Saturday, Claudette Colbert in The Bride Comes Home; Sunday and Mon- day, Warner Baxter in King of Bur- lesque; Tuesday and Wednesday, Gene Raymond in Seven Keys to Bald- pate. Seville: Wednesday, Jessie Mat- thews in First a Girl; Thursday, Fri-. day and Saturday, Warner Baxter in King of Burlesque; Sunday and Mon- day, E. E. Horton in Your Unele | Dudley; Tuesday and Wednesday, Claudette Colbert in The Bride Comes Home.