Page 2 * ae onc THE COLLEGE- NEWS Aprit 29, 1931 ‘ (Founded in 1914) Pablished . weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanksgiving, oes Ban and Easter Holidays,.and during examination weeks) in the interest of Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr ‘College. 3 4 Editor-in-Chief Rost Hatrie.p, ’32 ¢ Copy Editor Susan Nose, 732 Editors ’ Anna A, Finpiey, ’34 Cuara Frances GRANT, 734 SaLueE Jones, 34 Mo ty Nicuots, ’34 Leta Crews, ’33- _ EvrzaBetH Jackson, 733 Betty KINDLEBERGER, 733 Business Manager Mo.iy Atmore, 732 Subscription Manager YvonNE CAMERON, 732 Assistants a ELeANor YEAKEL, 733 ~ CarRoLine Bere, 733 J. EeizapetH Hannan, 734 Maseu -Meenan, 733 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office "Tap News wishes to remind its readers that any subjects presented ‘in this column which are of sufficient interest to the college to cause discussion by letter ‘will automatically be brought before the College Council at its next meeting. : Liberty and Pride . Major revisions of many antiquated.systems in Bryn Mawr life have been: accomplished during the past year. With such violent erup- tions upsetting our daily calm, minor changes have crept in almost unnoticed. The recent action of the Cut Committee has passed so much of its life without audible comment it may be commended as a step in the right direction, but almost nothing can be said for its consistency. Those students’who are taking Honors do not have their cuts. counted in any of their classes. We suppose that they are allowed this privilege because they have proved their interest in one fiéld at least by specializing in it. a Such-a provision fails to take account of those students, who, given the opportunity to take Honors, have chosen to. widen rather than narrow their field-of-work.—-Other-students-who,.though they are_not onthe. official Honor list, have shown their interest in college work by consist- ent application also feel the restrictions imposed by the narrowly-limited cut system. There is, no doubt, much to be said by its advocates: human nature being fallible, how are we to be sure that classrooms won't be periodically empty? This view completely ignores the premise that the large majority of students are at college for the definite purpose of getting an education, - Many. of them will prefer to take it in the, way in which it is offered—a regular, suré’ method. Others are conscious of being hampered by the necessity of attending every scheduled class | | with the exception of from ten to thirteen in nearly four months. Often important and concentrated mental activity is interrupted. At times students who are not feeling well but have no infirmary symptoms drag themselves to classes, out of which they get nothing, because of the inelasticity of their cut allowance. : Bryn Mawr has always prided itself on its insistence on intéllectual and physical liberty for-its-students... The-cut_ruling_is_a violation of both principles. Students will never be able to prove their real interest in what they are doing until they are given a chance to prove it of their own volition. Possession of her Merits should be used as an indication that a girl is capable of judging her own intellectual desires ang needs. Where she misjudges them, she will fall below requirements and lose her cutting privilege. Practical considerations of human capabilities and the elusive but powerful factor of intellectual pride will effectually pre- vent abuse in most cases. The exceptional people, who might take advantage of the chances for extended week-ends, will not be a great loss to their classrooms. P : Goodhart Neglected _ The question of what. interests students at Bryn Mawr has arisen in various forms for many years. It has always been based, however, ~.on the assumption that they were interested in something. This year the question again presents itseli—in the form of a problem. Do Bryn Mawr students want anything which the college has to offer outside of their class work? It is clear that there are certain groups which are interested in ‘such extra-curricular activities as athletics, dramatics, or literary work. It is not at all clear that any of these groups, or the college as a whole, desire“anything more from college life. In the past year Bryn Mawr has been exceptionally fortunate in getting brilliant and unusual lecturers and artists for performances in Goodhart Hall. Almost every field of intellectual or artistic importance has been presented by an acknowledged expert. Although all. these programs have been brought to college because of the obvious advantage to the students, students’ have shown little appreciation of their oppor- tunities. In. almost every case the great fnajority of the audience has been made up of outsiders. Where this rule has not held, the reasons for student response have been fairly apparent. In the’ case of Mary Wigman, seats were cheaper than-in New York for a dancer whom all sophisticated people were expected to see. The motives of many of the large college group who heard Professor Laski are even more suspect. The problem to be faced is whether Bryn Mawr students want anything to be given in Goodhart. Because of lack of support’ the Musical Series has been discontinued. This will be a very real loss to many. If student response to other entertainments ‘is as sporadic as it has been this year, those too will have fo be discontinued. This inertia toward good things which are to be obtained with’no effort, may be & another symptom of woman’s valiantly defended independence and desire to retain her individuality. If so, her negative efforts would seem to be misdirected. It is for the student body to decide whether it prefers to. go elsewhere for its extra-curricular intellectual life or whether it will netansdible-< isi opportunities which the Goodhart The Pillar of Salt e “We have always thought that spirits (departed) were ‘such ‘delicate, frail little wraiths, floating wanly around in high-necked muslin nightgowns, and whispering wistfully into the under- standing -ear of a medium who gave boldness and body to theif utterances. Our first contact with mysticism gave us a jolt. It was a méssagé written on a typewriter, my dear—too, too anti- séptic—and the medium arrived on a bicycle. “Up to that moment we had misjudged the spiritual quality of the United States Mail Department. To make a long story short, we have re- ceived letters from both Lot’s former wives! Apparently __disembodiment hasn’t lessened their concern for their uxorious husband: Salt tears roll down our cheeks when we think of the day when we too will have to join the ghastly harem. Fate overtakes us, but will our Lot never catch up? Perhaps, however, Heaven would remain more peaceful if he never did—we can’t help thinking of the jealousies and intrigues which would accompany the reunion of the happy. little family. But so much for.soliloquy. We will give Lot’s first’ wife the priority owed to senior- ity and print her “spirituelles” medita- tions first. Dear Mrs. Lot III, We hope you will forgive our audac- ity. in speaking thus from:the tomb, but we cannot restrain’ ourself (you know, our historic difficulty was al- ways_lack-of restraint) from expressing our view that Lot, the old scallywag, has done very well by himself. We flatter ourself (and our successor more particularly) that he always has been able to do-himself-pretty well... Though considering what a hard mas- ter he is, we still wear that faint look of surprise as tribute to his past and present successes. But far be it from us, now long defunct, to venture any criticism of our erstwhile mate; after all, a husband is‘a husband, and “‘it’s the’ little gold band that counts.” — We feel that, as-one- who has been through it all once before, we should exercise the prerogative of superior age,‘and offer you sage counsel and words of advice. So, looking back— Ah, there we go again—our old weak- ness. Lot’s Wife. The Sleuthing Department inaugurated a sleuthing departmeyt. We hope that people will not begin to mind their P’s and Q’s because if they do this poor little baby column will find a premature grave before it has even had a chance to be spanked. lacks that personal touch. So we a . We were very touched, in this age of disintegrating family life, to discover a young man connected with one of lege sitting soulfully’ in ff empty room, playing “Home, Sweet Home,” on a harmonica. We wonder if this could be explained psychologically. The campus, however, hasn’t a monopoly on musical talent. We are told that the Infanta of Spain performs on a musical saw. Spain must miss that. Incidentally, and this has noth- ing to do with music, we are told that the King sleeps in.a brass bed—or did unless he’s, having it moved to London. Somehow it takes all the glamor from “The Royal Bed.” We thought that the barber. (who advertises in the News, but we hope doesn’t read it) whose name was Nutti, was too good to be true. It was. But ‘it turns out that his name is even better and more truthful. It’s ‘notti Ld furnished by a Southern orchestra. In the middle of, the dance: a great surprise was proclaimed with a roll of. drums. John Whitaker, of “Ravin’ Rhapsodie”, triumph, offered three dances, including the fascinating and difficult “Snake Hips.” His enthusi- We have been told that the News tte the educational departments of the col- |. In Philadelphia Broad:* Walter Hampden and Fay Bainter. in Barrie’s Admirable Crichton; an excellent cast in an excellent, play. “, Lyric: He, a translation of Alfred ’Sa- voir’s comedy “Lui;” sounds good and then there is Violet Kemble Cooper. Walnut: Tony. Sarg’s world-famous marionettes present Rip Van Winkle Saturday, May 2, at 10:15 A. M. only. Will intrigue anyone regardless of their degree of sophistication. Shubert: The Student Prince, a grand operetta meets a rather dreadful fate. Chestnut: Singin’ the Blues, a new colored ‘musical drama. Philadelphia likes it if that means anything to you. Forrest: One More Night. Irene Bor- doni in a new musicaF show adapted from the French. Movies ° Stanley: Richard Barthelmess in The Finger Points. Based on the recent gang murder-of ‘Jake~ Lingle; the racketeering Chicago’ reporter. Fox: Victor McLaglen in Not Exactly Gentlemen; bad men in the Bad Lands. Europa: Comrades. of 1918. A German All Quiet on the Western Front. Mastbaum: Lew Ayres in The Iron Man, with Jean Harlowe and - Robert Montgomery. “The sensational drama of a man who paid.” » Arcadia: Unfaithful. Ruth Chatterton as the disillusioned wife of a public hero, played by Paul Lukas. ~ Much the best in town. Don’t miss it. Boyd: Continuing Constance Bennett in Born to Love. Witness the results of placing courage above convention. _ Stanton: Drums of Jeopardy. Warner Oland returns in what amounts to an- other version of Dr. Fu Manchu. Plenty of mystery. Karlton: Charlie Chaplin in his latest comedy City Lights. If-you liked him before you will like him. now.- Local Movies Seville: ‘Wednesday and ~ Thursday, Friday and Saturday, The Great Meadow. Ardmore: Wednesday and Thursday, Barbara Stanwyck in Illicit; Friday, Neil Hamilton in Command Performance; Saturday, Girls Demand Excitement. Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday, Cimarron; Friday and Saturday, The Criminal Code. Nutti;: it’s Nitti. Such a shame, we had a neat little poem all fixed: Madam, your hair is so pritti, That truly I think it’s a pitti, You refrain from having it cutti By the ‘coiffeur de luxe, Mr. Nutti. And now we’ve had to; change it to this: Not Mr. Nutti Helps hair beutti, But Mr. Nitti. What a pitti! This was overheard in the Pembroke dining room by a tourist going from East to West: First Maid—‘What are the girls having for lunch?’ Secdnd Maid—“Canned fruit and wafers again, poor things!” Whitaker’s Revue has caused an épi- demic of “Snake Hips” on the campus. At. last the undergraduates have a serious purpose in life. We find them in front of every mirror, watching the lithe or jerky movements (depending upon how soon théy caught the dis- ease) of their hips, with solemn -and critical ¢yé. ~ Since the visit of royalty to the campus the question of the true de- nomination of the pink-blossomed been raised. “But we do want to point out our Japanese cherry~-+tree.” Ah! but are they? Several sugges- tions have been advanced: “T’sa Judas tree.” “No, ’tisn’t. We have one in our backyard. ’Tis’nalmond!’s “ ’Sneither, *squince.” Personally, we think it’s—very pretty. wn And apropos: of the excitement over royalty we want to tell somebody that we fell in love with the Roxy usher. He really made-the crowd feel quite at home, _We.were so-dazed by this daz- zling white teeth that. we forgot to count his stripes and now we can’t look him up in the Encyclopedia. - LOT’S THIRD WIFE. ‘offer. 3 * Tea Dance Succeeds __ business-of-eating-air and became com-. astic reception shows ~thathe—has gained a large following on the campus where before only Denbigh was aware of his talents. Dinner-was-served-tater | pletely _festi rge crowd rcame (to exhibit a man or snake one) but the dance floor didn’t have that crowded look or feeling—perhaps in contrast with the small, intimate Rockefeller roorhs: The music was _ \ahe-tea_ dance’ before “The | En-] ‘chanted April” was _really—held, and very Successfully. Pembroke dining ~ room, with waxed floor and cheerful “a , in the.afternoon, The tea dance com- mittee deserves congratulations for its amusing party—especially as it was one of the few events this year which cleared expenses and made a small ‘Joan Crawford in Dance, Fools, Dance; trees standing by Pembroke West has _lour Japanese Prince and The royal Japanese honeymooners, Prince Takamatsu and his bride, made Bryn Mawr one of their stopping points interesting places around Philadelphia. The campus was the scene of wild ex- citement before the royal call. The grass around Senior Steps waived inviolability, and the protecting posts before Pem- broke Arch were spirited away in honor of the great event. The official cars and motercycles took the corner into the drive in great style and drew up with a flourish before Taylor. Mrs. Yanning was yait- ing to welcome the royal couple as they stepped from the car; and Elizabeth Baer, as president of ’31,- presented the bride with a bouquet of yellow roses and white lilacs, tied with yellow and white ribbons. Mrs. Manning then presented Miss Shiza Nakamura, who is now at the Kirk School, and expects to enter Bryn Mawr next year. After the dean had spokef with the vis- itors for a moment and pointed out the Bryn Mawr cherry blossoms, the young couple prepared to depart to the accom- paniment of a Greek cheer by the very large, very interested gallery. The cars once more started up, and the Japanese Lescorts and the motorcycle policemen waved goodbye. The posts have returned —to keep vigil over Pembroke drive until Bryn Mawr plays hostess again. Interview With Japanese Student ~ Miss Shiza Nakamura, who greeted the Prince and Princess of Japan on Wedtiesday, is preparing for Bryn Mawr College at the Misses Kirk School in. Bryn Mawr. Miss Naka- mura ‘was very much. distressed be- Times wrote that she courtesied to the Prince and not that she bowed. accord- ing.to. the custom of her country. Al- though she had marched before their Royal -Highnesses with her school in Japan, Miss Nakamura had never ac- tually greeted them, a chance which only. few: have. The dress which she wore is--the--veryformal--one--of the students as they appear pefore the Emperor in Japan. Tsuda. College, from which Miss Nakamura graduated in Japan, was founded by a former Bryn Mawr stu- dent, Ume Tsuda, and the ‘present head, Ai Hoshino, is a graduate of Bryn Mawr. Miss Nakamura does not find her studies now, although entirely in English, any harder than those she completed in Japan. Their curriculum is much like ours except that there are no sciences. ‘Tsuda College is con- sidered very large since it has four hundred, students. Before the earth- quake the .college had dormitories as well as class. buildings, but the quake reduced them all to ashes. They are planning now to move into the suburbs of Tokio,’ to the financing of which many Americans have contributed. Only the men’s colleges in Japan have intercollegiate athletics, although the girls have much the same sports as we have. Miss Nakamura has found the greatest difference in American schools the repeated mention of boys. There are absolutely no co-ed colleges in Japan; in fact, the Japanese girls know no boys. Miss Nakamura expects to attend a summer camp and enter Bryn /Mawr in the fall. She is particularly inter- ested in. sociology and perhaps shall teach on her return tO Japan, although that is too far in the future, she says, ‘for her to dé@ide. Her father is the re- search department of His Imperial University in Tokio and ‘she expects him to visit her sometime in the future. 2 4 Club and formerly/of the University of Pennsylvania, captain, ‘won the cham- — pionship with séven straight wins. She has been one of Philadelphia’s best fencers for / several years, recently being‘ a member of the United. States’ team which, met Canada. In the first strip’ Migs Brylawski won all three | bouts to enter the finals, in which she gained / four victories.” Edith Watts, No.1 fencer, - finished Bride Visit Bryn Mawr last Wednesday afternoon in their tour-of.. -cause*-a*—reporter—on—the—New— York rod % BE. Watts, 32, Second second, being defeated by only Miss Brylawski. Eleanor Smith, of the Agnes Irwin a ee Sword Club Meet The Philadelphia division of the women’s foils championship was held Thursday night at the Sword Chip. 132 South Eighteenth Street. naa Ee Miss Ruth Brylawski, .of the Sword / foils championship, gained third place in the women’s division. Betty Young, another Bryn Mawr representative, placed fourth, beating Lucy Douglas, of Shipley School, who placed last and being. defeated by the top three fencers. School, winner last week in the novice ~