Pate es tan OE The College Ne w Vol. XVII, No. 17 ‘ — . WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931 a = Price: 10 Cents ~collége de jeunes filtes. Paul Hazard, Mary Flexner Lecturer This Year, Gives His Impressions of Bryn Mawr __ News Reprints Article Taken From Revue des Deux Mondes in Which Well-Known Critic Describes College Traditions. .and_ Activities. \. \ ARTICLE, IN FRENCH, WILL RUN FOR TWO ISSUES Aujourd’hui, tout est a l’aigreur; quel En rentrant 4 Paris, je m’apercois que pour pays en aime vraiment un autre? étre a la mode, il faut dire du mal de l’Amérique; pour étre a la mode, it-fallait l’exalter sans mesure, il y a trois ou quatre ans, Le vent a tourné; si cela continue, it n’y aura plus de fripier de village, égorgeant son cochon dans sa cour, quine parle avec mépris des abat- toirs de Chicago. Pour ma part, je raconterai.ce que j’ai vu, dans mon petit coin. 4 Philadelphie; prenez un train local, et vous descendez Vous arrivez vous a Bryn Mawr, qui, des temps anciens de la colonie, a gardé son nom gallois. Bryn Mawr“ a ses garages, son cenéma, son-golf- miniature et son bazar a cing sous. Mais ce qui fait sa gloirg, c’est son Ef tout de suite, évoquez un ensemble trés différent de ce que te mot représente d’ordinaire a notre esprit. Point de cléture ni de grilles; point de porte verrouillée, ne s’ouvrant que pour la promenade du dimanche, triste A voir. Point de ces vieux batiments ‘monastiques, ou de ces ,patiments a bon marché qui, tout neufs, sont décrépits. Imaginez, bien plutot, un immense espace vallonné, des gazoris, des pelouses, des massifs, des bouquets-d’arbres; et dis- persés \dans la verdure, des pavillons recouverts de leur robe de lierre, et dont le seul aspect est seigneurial. Imaginez, en pleine nature, toute une cité dédiée aux études et au ‘bonheur. Dédiée-au bonheur; j’enstiis sur, meme Interesting Lectures Promised for April Maurice Hindus Will Discuss Russia; Liberal Club Has Norman Thomas. ANGNA ENTERS COMING On Tuesday, April 7, Maurice Hin- dus, the brilliant young Russian and author —of——‘‘Humanity-.; Uprooted,” “Earth” and “Red Bread,” will lecture on Russia and the World. Mr. Hin- dus was born in a Russian village and came to America at the age of fourteen. He has visited Russia annually since 1923, wandering about the cities and villages of Siberia and the Caucasus, the Volga region, the Ukraine, the Crimea and the Far North. Of Rus- sia Mr. Hindus says: “For good or for evil; Russia—has—plucked up *the old world by its very roots and the party: in power is glad to-see those roots wilt and turn into.dust. Hardly an institu- tion—property, religion, morality, fam- ily, love—has escaped the blasts of the Revolution.” Mr. Hindus is presented by the Pennsylvania League of Wom- en Voters, and the proceeds. of the lecture will be used to further the pro- Continued on Page Three = — Elections The NEws:, announces , its new boards for 1931-32: avant d’avoir pris contact avec celles. qui seront, demain, mes étudiantes. Sur les murs du cloitre gothique qui régne- der- riére la bibliothéque, je lis des inscrip- tions. |Reconnaissante, cette ancienne éléve a fondé un chaire; cette autre a donné des bourses d’études pour aider ses camarades de l'avenir; cette autre encore a voulu qu’elles eussent des jardins plus vastes, des edifices plus beaux. Toutes ces pierres se sont élevées, tous ces en- seignements.,se sont établis, toute cette vie s’entretient grace a l’initiative privée. Une sorte de piété se méle au souvenir des années que les étudiantes ont~ ici vécues; il n’en est aucune qui ne cherche a rendre au collége, en générosité, ce qu’elle a regu en bonheur. Des différences psychologiques qui nous séparent des. Américains, ‘celle-ci__ est assurément._l’une- des plus marquées. Nous avons beau alléger nos programmes, nos jeunes filles, nos jeunes gens restent surchargés; ils n’ont: pas le temps de vivre, tant ils sont occupés a se préparer a la vie.- Jé connais une gamine de dix ans qui est alourdie de devoirs a faire quand elle ‘rentre de la classe, et qui veille en peinant sur ses, cahiers. Et qu’est-ce que sa vie .d’écoliére, sinon la fatigante succession des heures de cours? Comment, lorsqu’elle aura fini ses études, emporterait-elle un souvenir heureux? La-bas, on écoute mieux cet appel au bonheur, qui est comme la vocation spontanée de l’enfance et de la jeunesse. Libres,-installés dans leur république, que les ainés ont le devoir d’entretenir, mais qu’ils n’ont pas le droit d’opprimer, les adolescents vivent par eux-mémes et pour eux-mémes. Une éducation serait man- quée, qui ne laisserait’ pas aprés elle l'image, éclatante d’une ile fortunée dont le rayonnement se prolonge sur toute l’existence. Les ndtres sont plus savants, ceux-la sont-plas heureux. “ LA RUCHE 5 octobre 1930.—Cela ne veut pas dire -qu’on néglige le travail, ici. Certes, les jeunes filles de Bryn Mawr sont libres de leurs mouvements; elles vont et viennent a leur guise; il faut seulement, qu’elles' soient rentrées a. dix heures °et demie; marge généreuse, dans un pays ou l’on dine deux heures plus tot que chez nous. Elles habitent cha- cune leur chambre; elles la meublent, elles la parent a leur fantaisie: et ce n’est pas une petite affaire. Elles pratiquent le sport, elles se divertissent. -Bien plus, Continued on Page Fotir Angna Enters Coming on April 11 : A; M. Findley, Editor-in-Chief, Rose Hatfield, 32; Business Manager, Molly Atmore, ’32; Copy Editor, Susan Noble, °32; Subscription Mana- ger, Yvonne Cameron, ’32. 34; -and~— S: Jones, ’34, have been elected to ' the editorial board, and C. Berg,, 33; M. Meehan,’ 33, and-J. Han- nan, 34, have been elected to the business board... Library Open Sundays Word. has been received from the Board of Directors that after Easter the reading room and the reserve book room will be open on Sunday mornings. Ifthe ex- periment is a success during the rest of this year, the arrange- ‘ments will be made’ permanent. (Signed) : Secretary of the College Council. College Council Revises Curriculum Committee Old Body, Because Unyielding, Is Discarded for One More Representative. HALLS ELECT MEMBERS 1 (Contributed by Curyiculum Committee) At a recent. of the College Council Miss Park“thd Mrs. suggested that the Curriculum Com- mittee be revised. As it now stands, it is inadequate insmany respects. Be- cause of its large size it is impossible to get unity-of-epinion—and-action,.and. it is-too.unwieldy to make discussions with the Faculty Curriculum Commit- tee easy or useful. . Besides, as Miss Park pointed out, it would be very helpful if there were a small commit- tee to which she could turn for actual information on student opinion. From the point of view of the sttidents, it is weak in that it-does-not actually _rep- resent the widest cross section of un- dergraduate opinion. This is because when the committee was first formed it was suggested that the members. be chosen for “the value of their opinions upon academic matters.rather than as a.representative group.” It has become generally recognized throughout the college, however, that the committee— though it is desirable that it should be Manning Continued on Page Six Dance Club Recital Delights Audience Naivete and Spontaneity Mark Performances—Unity of Rhythm Obtained. ATMOSPHERE INFORMAL The annual recital« of the Dance Club- and the #Dancing Classes was held, in the gymnasium on March 17. Although it would seem that natural dancing exists primarily for the per- former himself, it also appears that it may give pleasure in an entirely objec- tive fashion, as the large audience of Tuesday evening may. testify. The in- formality of the atmosphere was well in accordance with.the= natureoof the recital, and the simple though effective lighting and the background of grey for the kaleidoscopic dancers was espe- cially appropriate to. their technique, if one may ‘speak paradoxically, fof*'this technique seems to consist in the very lack of it as it is commonly understood in dancing. There was no pointing of toes, or drooping of hands-or other grace-imparting formulae; these belong to a later atid more artificial stage in the evolution of the dance. Hence the simplicity, almost naivete, (of the dances themselves as well as of *tk€ in- Graduate Fellowships for Study Next Year in Europe Are Announced by Miss Park - = New Faculty Appointments, Seniors in Line for Degrees With Honor, and Recommendations for Junior Year in France Are Also Revealed. REPRESENT B. M.’S EFFORTS TO KNOW EUROPE-MORE Left to Right—Edna Caroline Marie Helene Schneiders. Frederick, Ruth, M. Collins and “From Bryn Mawr’s Victorian days up to 1931 the college has made steady and deliberate efforts to induce its stu- declared President Park in open- hing her Friday, ‘March 20, in which she announced the ters,” address in chapel, Graduate European Fellowships and Faculty changes for next year. Fo-this-end-many- of its faculty have either been Europeans themselves or have completed their training abroad. Again, since 1892, there have always, been European scholars studying at Bryn Mawr on fellowships. provided But the most definite step the college has taken toward its objective is the official sending of its own students abroad for study. Four graduate students and onessenior are chosen each March by the faculty to live outside America, to work in Europe’s libraries and mu- seums_ and to become acquainted with modern civilization other than our own. From. now. on, the Senior European Fellow will not be announced until commencement in order to give the faculty more time to form an estimate of the student’s ability. This change brings with it the abolition of two age- old undergraduate traditions, that of attempting to intercept the _faculty mail, and that, of the President's at- tempting to prolong her announcement to the length of a Senatorial filibuster. The Helene and Cecil Rubel Foun- dation’ Fellowship to the value of $1500 is.to be given for the last time this | year. The generous terms of its award, j for that» purpose by the~college. it is to be used anywhere ‘in any intel- lectual pursuit, have. made it one of the fellowships women in America. It is awarded this year to Ruth Mulford Collins, of Pied- mont, Calif.,-M.A., Bryn Mawr,. 1930, Fellow and Instructor in English. She will work in England on the poetry of Charles Doughty, the author) of Arabia Deserta, on. manuscripts placed. at— her disposal by his wife. most interesting open to —_—-— dents to know Europe at close quar-' holds the Fellowship in Latin at Bryn her History, . Mawr, and principal subject is Roman her thesis subject, “The Spread of Roman Citizenship in Empires.” She plans to study in’ Munich, Rome and Greece. Miss Nicholson received her A.B. at Mawr, M.A. this year. the University of Copenhagen i in Phys-s ical Chemistry. - The Mary E. Gasets European Fel- lowship to the value of $1000, awarded sannually to a student still in residence who has completed at least three semesters of graduate studies at Bryn Mawr, is to be applied towards the ex- penses.of one year’s study and resi- dence at some foreign university. The Fellowship has been awarded consist- ently since 1894, and is being given this year in French. It goes to Edna Caro- 3ryn 1930, and is getting her She plans to work at line Frederick,-of South Hadley Falls, Mass., M.A., Bryn Mawr, 1930, and Paul Hazard Scholar in French, 1931. Miss Frederick has chosen as a thesis ~ subject the development of the plot in between Moliere and Beau- marchais, in which she is promised the friendly guidance of Monsieur Hazard. The Anna’ M. QOttendorfer Fellow- ~ ship in Teutonic Philology, to be held at a German university, has ‘been awarded to Marie Helene Schnieders, candidate for M. A. Bryn this year,’ part instructor in .German,.and graduate student, 1928-29, aad Fellow comedy Mawr, | in German, 1931. The Helen Schaeffer Huf Fellow- Continued on Page Two Calendar FRIDAY, . MARCH ~—27—Spring " Vacation begins at 12:45 P. M. TUESDAY, APRIL Vacation ends at 9:00 A. M. 8:15—Maurice Hindus lectures and the World /in 7—Spring on Russia Goodhart. THURSDAY, APRIL’ 9—Noar- man Thomas will speak at 8:00 in Goodhart, under the auspices Self-Government Board for 1931- 32. The results of the other elec- _ tions are not yet complete, but f —will:be announced_tlater, | town, ae e= ee The Fanny Bullock W grkiman Fel- of the Liberal Club, on Sogtalism ee a ta lowship, also t tothe value of $1500, im America. Continued on Page Three was founded five veafs ago by a be- FRIDAY, APRIL 10—Dr./ Harald quest of Mrs. Workman, herself an J. Laski will lecture jon The . eminent scholar, to be used “by a stu- Future: of Parliamentary Gov- Self-Gor. President dent of proved ability who is working erument in England at 8:15. in Alice” L.* Hardenbergh -has for a Ph.D: and: who= could’ not-have SGoodhart. been elected President of the the advantages of such a year without SATURDAY, APRIL’ 1!—Mon= assistance. After long agonies 6f in- decision, it has been awarded to Char- lotte E. Goodfellow, of Coatesville, Pa., and-to Anne Leigh Nicholson, of Mores- _ Miss Goodfellow now day classes will be held. 8:20—Angna Enters will give a program in Goodhart Altdito- rium: ; j—! tai LER ERE ROR ER EERE vite