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VOL. XV, NO. 9

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ROUSES CRITICISM

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Dr. Bridges Pints Out the
Fallacies in Book :on
Behaviorism.

LARYNX REPLACES MIND

“Behaviorism is a tissue of self-con-,
tradicting dogmas,” said Dr. Horace. J.
Bridges, who, under the auspices of the
Bryn Mawr League, gave.a very inter-
esting lecture in .Goodhart Hall, Friday

 

 

evening, December 7, on the subject, Be- |

haviorism and Personality. :
Two years ‘ago Dr. Bridges asked two”

so many bizarre theories have developed
in the field of psychology and -he was
answered, by both that it was because the
public is not interested in genuine
science: it must have something spec-
tacular.. For this reason, scientists have
found it necessary té identify themselves
with ssome, extreme point of view. and
have become ‘mere advocates of atheory

Introspection Is Out of Style
There was a time when introspection
was considered the only psychological
ideas and

built up their theories. A little later in-
trospection was declared impossible; and
now it is considered only one of several
methods. At any rate, it is-a difficult
method,-for it is almost impossible for
a thing to observe and be observed at the
same time.

In the last twenty-five years three
kinds - of psychology have developed
fairly rapidly: social psychology¥ psycho-
analysis; and behaviorism, which has be-
come prominent as a theory through its
pioneer, Dr. James B. Watson.

Since it is-the business of science to be

Continued on. Page Three”

The Emotions Win

Stix and Fain Defeat Hand and
--Gellhorn in Second
. Debate.

. The Debating Club. held, its second de-
bate the .evening before Thanksgiving
vacation. The subject was a rather diffi-
cult one, namely: Resolved, that the emo-
tions have done more for the world than
the intellect. Miss Stix, the president of
the club, spoke first, for the affirmative,
and ina very orderlyfashion traced-the
importance and the power. of the émo-
tions in history. Miss Constance Hand
then--defended the intellect in a speech

 

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cussing. . -The-affirmative- finished —its—of-

Fain, in which she pointed that it is an
emotion which is the motive power be-
hind all intellect. Miss Gellhorn then
wandered a bit from the point in. the
beginning, but came down to the fact
that allathe really great things in the
world have been the result of intellectual
work.

Miss Fain took the rebuttal for the
affirmative and again stated that without
emotion the intellect would achieve noth-
ing. Miss Gellhorn’s’ rebuttal amused
the audience with its description of a
world without reason, and Miss Merrill
then declared the debate at an end and
put the decision up to the judges, Miss
King, Dr. Fenwick, and: Dr. Hirt. After

bate to the affirmative, and, in explaining
this, Miss King poimted out that Miss
Fain’s speech had been the best because
she. had stated her points more clearly.
It was suggested that the next debaters
think about this and also try to’ do with
fewer notes. We are .very~ indebted to
the judges both for the time they gave
‘us and for the criticism.

The debate was very enlightening
(though not always accurately) and ex-
tremely enjoyable. The next one will
take place on Tuesday, December 18, and
be on a less ponderous and inconclusive
subject, namely, whether or not the world

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Russia Made Clear
Mrs. Jackson Fleming, perhaps
the best known woman speaker
on current events in this Country,
and certainly one of the best” in-
formed, will speak in the Music
Room in Goodhart Hall on Thurs-
day afternoon at £15. The sub-
ject, as alluring as the speaker, is
“Soviet. Collectivism.” Mrs, Flem-
ing, a great traveller, spent last
ssyear <in- Russia, and is considered °
‘an authority on its problems, She
will use her ‘subject as a means of
explaining Russia’s .outlook upon
the world. meet

 

 

 

Cross Describes Friend-
ship Needed in College
‘Rosamund Cross, ’29, led the Sunday
evening meéting of the Bryn Mayr
League in Goodhart Hall on December 9.

“In college, it seems to me,” began Miss
Cross, “there are two main things that
absorb our attention: studies and friends.
And it is the latter, perhaps, which will
mean more to us after we leave than the
facts we have stored in our minds. Al-
most nowhere else do you have theop-
portunity of knowing. girls as intimately
as you'do here, for you live, play and
work with them daily, and. from—theim-
you choose your dtiends.

Gives. Three “Types of Friendship

“There seem to be three general classes
of friendships in college. The first, and
most exclusive, is that of two people who
are so wrapped up in each other that they
do not feel the need of consorting with
other people. They are absorbed by their
own affairs, study together, do not mix’
with, others, and though they are very
glad. to have others come to see them,
they never make any .effort to become
friends with them. They feel perféctly
happy. and self-sufficient in their own
company. :

“The second class is that of a small
group of seven or eight girls who are
very intimate with each other, always do
things. together, mix more. with outsiders
than the first, but never really admit them
to their circle or have any desire to do so.’
They all generally have interests in. com-
mon, ‘in college or out, which take most
of their time and attention,

“The third. class, who are perhaps the
least numerous, are the girls who, while
they have intimate friends, are not identi-
fied with any particular group. They
know many different types of people and
enjoy them; they ae interested in know-
ing people just for the sake of knowing
them:-and ‘having fun-with them. TI don’t
mean the kind of-girl who takes up one
person after another, sees her. a great
dealt fora little while, and therr ‘drops’

interested. in them. for.their own. sakes.

thing which, I think,-is sadly lacking
Nearly alf of us be-
long to either the first or second class
for one of two reasons: either we are
too.shy and ‘lack self-confidence, or else
we have a feeling of. self-sufficiency, per-
haps unexpressed but present, and be-
cause of ‘laziness. It really is merely
inertia tat keeps a small group of people
together and tyakes them satisfied with
themselves, ‘never caring enough to ask
anyone else to join them. It takes a
little effort to ask anyone outside your
hall to do things with you and our native
laziness makes us feel in our innermost
hearts that after all it isn’t worth while,
as we're getting along very well with our
own group of friends.

“Yet haven’t you ever sat in the lib.
and looked around at people near you
and wondered what’ they were like? You
may think of their friends and wonder at
what seems to you a strange combina-
tion of people, and again that intriguing
thought of ‘what are they like?’ appears.
Perhaps you are missing an opportunity

by not knowing them. . Friendliness will,

I think, reward anyone who tries to prac-
tice it. I do not mean a ‘Pollyanna-ish’
sort of interest, for though in a few cases
it may be genuine, it always strikes one
as being -v artificial; but I. mean a
genuine interest in the people around you

and in the things that they are doing, and

 

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Goodhart Circus .

 

Clown, Educated Pony, Dogs and
Birds. Amuse Many
Children.

 

Goodhart Hall was witness go strange

sights-and sounds on Saturday afternoon. |.

While five hundred children entered at
the front door, forty. educated pets, Aus-
Japanese
cats, dogs’ and monkeys

tralian Cockatoos, ‘Pigeons,
Arabian doves,
came én at the back. They were Pama-
hasika’s Famous Performing Animals,
presented by George E. Roberts for the
benefit of the Bryn Mawr Educational
Clinic.

It. might have been another election
A few .years’ ago children went.
But

these young visitors made the arches re-

night,
to a circus in wondering silence.

sound with their shouts as balloon after
balloon, slipping from some too nervous
grasp, floated nonchantly up among the

rafters, They are still thére, by the way,

and will probably come drifting down |.

unexpectedly some. day, like wandering
visitors from. Mars.
_First_on—-the—programwas-a-clowii,-a
rather congescending, “
clown. The atitience knew all his’ jokes
beforehand, and laughed scornfully at his
sleight-of-hand. The clown profession is
net what it once was.

The clown, however, was, a mere in-
troductory note to Pamahasika’s famous
pets. ‘The curtain rose at last on Prin-
cess, the educated pony: a grey and white
vision, with marvelous powers of count-
ing, conversing and telling the time. .

Next came the :canine schoolroom,
where seven delightful: dogs did wonder-

ful things with an appearance of great

enjoyment, The hit of this scene was the
Murphy: family, Mr, and Mrs. and little
baby Murphy.; the Patter came in a baby
carriage, being wheeled by his mother and
father. A disobedient monkey, who re-
fused to remain in his seat, added zest
to the scene. Princess ‘reappeared after
a while to give the dogs a ride. They
performed wild-west feats of horseman-

ship, leaping on. and off her, as she
trotted by.

The most beautiful) and the most
startling number was the last. Snow-

white cockatoos with plumed heads, scar-
let parrots, and little rosy doves behaved
with such apparent intelligence that one
was almost convinced’that Watson was
right. The pigeons, swooping gracefully.
from their perches, climbed ladders and
obeyed all. sorts of complicated instruc-
tions; while the cockatoos, cleverest of
all, rang ells, “made bows, turned--som-

and_ raised sflags _ without . the

them all turned himself into an Amert-
can eagle, and posed. with outstretched
wings between two American flags; and
the show was over.

New York String dieeiciet
Comes in Goodhart Series

The third event of the Goodhart Hall
series is scheduled for. Wednesday eve-
ning, December -12, at 8.15, The New
York String quartet, assisted by Mr. Al-
wyne at the piano, will play..

The history of the quartet is a remark-
able one. Before its first appearance its
members “enjoyed the privilegé of three
years of constant association devoted to
daily rehearsals, which gave them an op-
portunity not only: to perfect their. en-
semble, but also—which- is—more im-
portant—to. devélop a certain distinct
character of individuality as a body.”

The members of the quartet are:
Ottakar Cadek, first violin; Jaroslav Sis-
kovsky, second violin; Ludvik Schwab,
viola, and Bedrich Vaska, cello.

The program will be as follows:

I, Schubert—Quartet in A Minor, Op.

29. iy

II. (a) Borodin—Notturno.
‘(b) Glazounov—Orientale.:

 

III. Dvorak—Piano ~ Quintet in A’

Major, Op. 81.
‘The next concert, scheduled for Jan-

curtain-raising |,

Miss - Yerkes,

 

GOODHART CROWDED TO HEAR
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA__

 

” League Lacks $500

- The -fmal resin’ or the League
drive are as follows:
Amount

 

 

fs
‘ -Quota = Raised
Denbigh ....... .- $424.00 $488.00
_ Rockefeller 568.00 - 641,00 _
Pem «West 400.00 344.00
Rem Fast ..... 480.00 * 302.40
Merion *..:.... 472.00 269.10
Radnor .......4 362.00 150.00
Wyndham . 138.00 138.00 |°
as $2944.00 $2332.50
Non-Resident .........+ 25.00,
Gifts (Faculty) ....... 71.00
Ota ci gs cas He $2428.50

o We have“a little over $500 jess
* than we need, and we hope that
those students wh® didn’t find it
Possible to Fontribute whén the
pledge cards’ were collected will
feel able to give sotnething later.

Are You Adequate or Do
You-Shrink From Life?

On Wednesday evening Dr. Arthur H?

Ruggles spoke on Personality Difficulties,

 

 

 

Presenting Mental “Health Problems in
College. According to Dr. Ruggles, who
is superintendent of the Butler Hospital
in Providence, R. I., there are two types
of personalities ; adequate and. inadequate.
The majority of people in college—where
the groups are highly selective—have ade-
They

antness without undue emotional stress:

quate personalities. meet unpleas-

and strain; they face their failures
squarely and think them out coolly; they
make friends and hold them; they have
the -abitity— to sort out-important--points
from ‘unimportant ones; in short, they are
so in harmony with their situation that’
only a major problem could disturb them.

Quite in contrast to these highly, effi-
cient individuals Are those persons which
have an inadequate personality, First of
all there are those who have suffered
from some great emotional experience
and who react to this in-a manner utterly
inconsistent with their characters, Then
there are people who lack balance; who
are always either up or down, hitting on
all six or in the slough of despondency.
Thirdly, there are people. whose .emo-
tions so far dominate over their: intellect
that they lose all proper sense of propor-
tion. And quite common are those-who
have an exaggerated feeling of inferi-

ority, who—either -withdrawinto~ theth- |"

selves or_attack.others. to. cover up~ their
ows-feeling-of-deficiency. A most di fh-

cult problem is presented by those who,

like the shell-shocked soldiers during the
world war, resort to “escape mechanisms,”
an unconscious form of shirking. And
then, lastly, there are those who are ever
dependent upon” someone, in a hopeless
dependence,. bred by the dominance of
parents who have never aHowed their
children to decide for themselves.

All. these cases of mental maladjust-
ment are ripe problems for the mental
hygieneists who nowadays are doing ac-
tive work in co-operation. with the. de-
partments .of Health in our larger col-
leges, such as West Point, Yale, Dart-
mouth, Smith, Vassar, Michigan ‘and
Minnesota. Through personal contact
with students, trained psychiatrists set
about: to discover kinks in personalities
and if any are found, prescribe, a_remedy
for them. The minds of individuals are
put in tune with their bodies. Thus they
are emotionally stabilized and rendered
more efficient.

 

Water-Colors

In the upstairs East corridor of the
library some water-colors by Albert Kra-
kwsin, obtained through the mediation of
aré now on exhibition..
While touching on most of the high spots
-of: the summer tourist—Venice, the Al-
| hambra; Nuremburg and the Gothic Ca-
‘ohana Fratice, they in | 10. way | re-

 

 

Formnal ‘Opening © Provided -
“the Time, the Place and
the Loved : Ones.”

MR.’ ‘STOKOWSKI SPEAKS

At lcuale the formal opening of Good-
hart Hall, Tuesday evening, December 4
with the Philadelphia Orchestra, innumer-
able guests, and the whole college in the
background, we had, as Miss Park said,
‘the time, the place, and the loved ones
all together.” Actually, as those of us
who. tried to get tickets for our clamor-
ing friends discovered, the guests were
only too numerable. “But, from ‘the
balcony, the audierite which listened to
Miss’ Park, the orchestra, the Glee Club
and Mr. Stokowski with rising  en-
thusiasm seemed vast and elegant, for
once, excellently. suited to the auditorium,

Miss Park Gives Welcome
‘Miss Park gave the prologue, one sen-
tence of business, and three of pleasure.
The business concerned the emergency
lights of. the hall,.the.pleasure, the-wel-
coming of everyone to the concert. Mr.
Meigs, the architect, stood to receive the
welcome of applause given to him by the
whole audience.. We, the college, were
welcomed by Miss Park as the orchestra
which she herself conducted. Mr. Sto-'
kowski and the Orchestra were welcomed
with the hope that they came not only
as givers of -pleasure, but a kind -of
symbol of the place they took in our.
all too -rigid system of -education. It
would be foolish, Miss Park said, for a
college so near Philadelphia with all of
its advantages to give practical courses in
the arts. Bryn Mawr cannot attempt to
train ‘painters and musicians, but it: can
try ‘to’ make moré intelligent seers “sof*
art, and keener listeners to. Mr. Stokow-

 

Continued on Page Three

Is Wyndham Open?

First French Play Is a Success
‘as Well as a De-
light. .

In spite. of an incipient ‘blizzard a sur-
prisingly large audience turned up for the
French Club play given:at Wyndham on
Saturday night. And they were well re-
warded. Instead of béing a ‘stiff aca-
demic affair as feared by the pessimists,
it—-proved fo be a_ sprightly” one-act
comedy,-very-cleverly. staged-and~ acted.

The scene: a butcher shop, with realis-
tic carcasses, painted by the master hand

 

 

The players : the gruff, ruddy butcher ;
His. ‘very..Eeench and=-very« -efficient-wife;
their altogether charming daughter; and
an ambitious and starv ing young profes-
sor.

The butcher, M. Tomenteux, was play-
ed by M. Lambert, ’29, very well played.
Her accent was not all that could be
desired, but it was acceptable; and her
pantomime, and her appearance were ex-
cellent. M. Gellhorn, 30, was the wife.
She alone of the cast, managed to hit
exactly the right .note. Her accent, her
gestures, and most difficult of all, her
intonation, were completely and miracu-
lously French.
was, alone, worth paddling through the
snow to:Wyndham. The pale young pro-
fessor, Bertrand, was, acted by E. Linn,
"29. Her accent too was only acceptable.
But perhaps Miss Gellhorn. set too high
a standard. Her acting was splendid

the comic possibilities of the part. Ger-
maine, the daughter, object of Bertrand’s

played by A. Hubbard, '29. There was
not much to the -patt; “It had to be ‘done’
mostly by appearance, and Miss Hubbard
‘looked the part to perfection. She, like
Miss Gellhorn, gave the illusion of being
French. ‘
Altogether
chosen, excellently cast, and more than
excellently, for such an informal affair,
put across. It made us, hope that the
French Club would try its proficient hand

 

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