2 Na ate atavennt The eee ollege VOL. XXI, No: 16 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1935 COLLEGE Copyright BRYN NEWS, MAWR 1935 PRICE 10 CENTS” Capable Direction Marks Production — of One-Act Plays Gay Comedy Characterizations Enliven Skilled Performance of The Boor SETTING AND LIGHTING GOOD IN HINDU PLAY Goodhart, March 9.—This evening’s performances of The Boor and The Judgment of Indra were, on the whole, well-executed ‘and enjoyable. The Boor was amusingly and well pre- sented, with clever acting and an ef- fective set. The Judgment of Indra, a play difficult for amateurs to pro- duce convincingly, showed a lack of sufficient rehearsals. Its dialogue and theme were of a sort foreign to us, and consequently kept the actors from feeling completely at ease in their parts. Their lack of ease was under- standable since they had had so short a time to acquaint themselves with the technique required in that type of play. «The Boor, a rollicking and hysteri- cal comedy by Chekov, was delightful, and was enjoyed by both the audience and the actors. Its plot is far from complicated: a creditor comes to col- lect a debt from a would-be romantic widow, and ends by falling in love with her. It is the characterization which makes the play. Sally Park as Madame Popov and Anne Reese, who directed both plays, played their roles with great relish and vigor. Madam Popov’s changes of mood from pseudo-mourning to in- dignation and finally to a rather brist- ling surrender, were accomplished charmingly and entertainingly. We cherish the memory of her series of three sniffs, repeated constantly, of her manner of wielding a revolver and holding it out so that it looked like a continuation of. her arm, of her eye- brow-raising and of her very excellent screams, Anne Reese gave us a robust and convincing characterization of Smir- nov, the boor, an impatient, short-tem- pered country man, who has no time for foolish affections. Miss Reese’s gestures, facial expressions, her em- phatic utterances and soliloquies quite suited her part. Especially amusing were her treatment of Luka, her meth- Continued on Page Five e Undergraduate Drive _ Plans to Raise $20,000 The Undergraduate Drive Commit- tee is getting under way with plans for a series of schemes to help raise the undergraduate quota of $20,000. A Yarge proportion of the quota will doubtless be pledged or: be accumu- lated by gifts, but some money must be raised on campus. The undergrad- uates in the five halls have already voted to give .up desserts fox four weeks and to impose a five per cent. tax on Book Shop bills to raise money. In addition to these plans, a college bridge tournament is being organized, the first round of which will be play- ed before Easter vacation, and which will finally determine the — college championship after the hall cham- pions have beén discovered. The committee is also sponsoring a dance recital by Mrs. Watson, to be given several weeks after Easter va- cation. A novel idea in campus en- tertainment is to be‘introduced with a series of square dancgs to be held in the gymnasium on March 22, April 27, and May 25. Further plans are being developed in the committee. Meanwhile the com- mittee is going ahead with arrange- ments to have at Bryn Mawr a meet- ing of fathers, “who as business men, will be able to advise the undergrad- uates as to the feasibility of their va- rious schemes and will be able to sug- gest possible ways of raising money. Peggy Little, ’35, heads the commit- tee. A complete list of the members is as follows:. Mildred Bakewell, . 738; Rosanne Bennett, ’36; Jane Blaffer, 38; Leti- tia Brown, ’37; Doreen Canaday;~’36; Continued on Page Four _ oa French Play Cast Announced The following is ‘the cast of stu- dents who will take part in La Soeur Beatrice,'the play which is to be given }:' by French Club on March 23: |B TRE (3 o «apa D. Morgan, ’35 Soeur Beatrice....E,. “Thompson, ’35 LE -ADDGSRO- a cas A. Stewart, ’36 Soeur Eglantine....D. Rothschild, '38 Soeur Clemence....... J.Devigne, *38 Soeur Felicite.......... S. Park, ’36 Soeur Baibine: 2.30 M. Jones, ’38 Soeur Regine..... J. Quistgaard, ’38 38 "37 37 Soeur Gisele........ E. Le Fevre, Le Chapelain...M. H. Hutchings, Le Prince Bellidor..... I. Ferrer, La Petite Allette........ PROS Coie ie a es I. Seltzer, 37 Mendants, pelerins, du choeu yoagtc., A. Allinson, 37; E. Mackenzie, 88; E. Morrow, 3b; Van Keuren, ’35; L. Steinhardt, ’37; E. Bryan, ’38; D. Naramore, ’38; Mary Peters,.’37, and others. infirme, enfants Extra-Curricular Art Exhibitions Planned Modern Art Will be Correlated With Interests of Various Departments SUGGESTIONS DESIRED (Especially contributed by Jean Lamson, ’37) For several years now, an alumna of this college has been giving us a fund for the purpose of exhibiting the work of contemporary artists. This fund was given, not with the idea of forming a supplement to the Art De- partment, but to afford an opportunity for the students to understand more clearly the various trends that are taking place today. The organizing committee for these exhibits realize that it has, in the past, made little or no effort to emphasize the value of contemporary art as a means of more fully comprehending the present age. As a result of insufficient advertising on our part, there are actually very few among the faculty or student body who know that exhibitions in the Com- mon Room are continually taking place.: Now, however, we feel strong- ly that, with the interest and support of the college, we can make something of permanent value out of these exhibits. » : Just as the plans centering around the new Science Building emphasize the inter-relationship of ‘the sciences, so we feel that it ought to be realized as well that art should not remain iso- lated from the subjects for which it has a direct significance. We are, therefore, setting forth a definite plan Continued on Page Four John Strachey to Speak Mr. John Strachey will speak on America’s Place in World Affairs in the Deanery on Wednesday, March 20, at 8.30 P. M. He comes to Bryn Mawr with an extraordinary reputation as a lecturer on public affairs and with tlie requisite experience for speaking on the topic scheduled. During 1933 he established his name. as a lecturer in a tour of the United States. During this tour he gave several lectures. at Foreign Policy Association Groups in New York, Albany, Elmira and Phila- delphia, and addressed various public organizations and college and univer- sity groups. He is one of the most able writers on modern political crises and is well known for his The Coming Struggle for Power and The Menace of Fascism. Mr. Strachey is the son of the late John St. Loe Strachey, editor and pro- prietor of The Spectator and a cousin of the late Lytton Strachey. After his graduation from Oxford, Mr. Strachey ‘}joined the aff of The Spectator and has since become distinguished for his contributions to many English peri- odicals, including The’ New Statesman, The Week-end ‘Review, the New Lead- er, and the Daily Herald. In 1924 he left his position on The Spectator and. became a member of the Labour Party, to become a member of Parlia- ment in 1929 as a delegate from that party. In 1931 he resigned from the Labour Party. : Jed: by Mr, Choir Honors Bach, Handel ‘In Service, ~ Sensitive, Capable Rendering Of Difficult Music Shown In Program COORDINATION EXPERT Music Room, March 8.—To com- memorate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Bach and Handel, the Bryn Mawr Choir gave a special’ chapel service of their re- ligious;songs. Beginning with simple unison singi ng, the Choir displayed at once a sureness of tone and codrdina- tion of effort which it preserved even in the difficult counterpoint of Bach’s Crucifixus. Its response to Mr, Wil- loughby’s direction was sensitive and ready, although he restrained the va- riations in expression to emphasize the |: dignified purity of the music. “Zion hears her watchmen’s voices,” a chorale from Bach’s cantata, Sleep- ers, Wake, was sung to the accom- paniment of the chorale prelude play- Vernon Hammond. The quick rhythm of the piano ran strangely under the slow, clear voices of the Choir, all strongly united in a simple melody. In her next chorale, “Lord, hear the voice of my com- plaint,” the Choir sang in four parts, but with syllabic unison except at the end of each phrase, when one part sounded after another, each softly holding its note until all came together again. Just as this was an elabora- tion of the preceding chorale, the fol- lowing, ‘‘O Jesu so sweet,” was an elaboration of this. Every word was echoed by another tone, now higher, now lower. The sustained concluding notes were particularly clear { and steady, and the pattern of the various melodies never became blurred. Another brief, rather solemn chorale from Bach, “Lord Christ, reveal thy holy face,” was sung by both the Choir and the audience, and then the Choir alone gave Crucifixus from the Mass in. B Minor. The sopranos be- gan, holding the one word, “cruci- fixus” in a prolonged play over only two or three tones until the second so- pranos took it up in a lower key; then the altos, and then the second altos followed, each lengthening the ponder- ous Latin word into a sad, undulating, cry. At last all the voices formed, and wove and interwove in an intri- cate melody. Almost immediately the harmony began to separate into its component melodies again, and_ the powerful, wailing notes, made monoto- nous by the solemn undertone of the piano, became distinct as at the begin- ning. Finally they fused and faded away. The Crucifixus is a curiously moving piece of music, and the Choir sang it with great feeling in spite of its difficulty. Oh Sacred Head from the St. Mat- thew Passion, given next, was rela- tively simple, yet it had a _ lovely , Continued on Page Four Anti-War Student Strike Called ‘A call for a nation-wide strike of students against war and fascism at 11 A. M. on April 12th has_ been is- sued by the’ National Council of Meth- odist Youth, Inter-Seminary Move- ment (Middle Atlantic Division), the Student League for Industrial De- mocracy, the National Student League and the American Youth. Congress. Student leaders of the strike estimated that at least 100,000 students from high schools and colleges would re- spond to their strike call. Last year, 25,000 students left their classrooms at Vassar, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Amherst, Smith, Los Angeles Junior College, and the Universities of Den- ver, California, and Minnesota. The immediate incentives to the strikethis -year, the- leaders of the strike-declared, ,are the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court upholding compulsory drill, the Hearst campaign against liberal and radical students and professors, and the .various stu- dent loyalty bills that have been in- troduced into the State Legislatures, such as the Nunan-Deuany Student Loyalty Oath Bill in New York, and the Assembly Bill 105 in the Califor- nia State Legislature. kuialay - -and aviators. vw College Calendar Thursday, March’ 14. Fene- ing meet with Shipley School. Shipley. 3.00 P. M. Senior Fencing Champion- ship. Gymnasium. 8.00 P. M. Friday, March 15. Chapel. Announcement of Graduate Eu- ropean Fellowships. Goodhart. 8.40 A. M. Swarthmore Swimming Meet. Gymnasium. 4.15:°P. M. Saturday, March 16. Varsity Basketball Game with Swarth- more. Gymnasium, 10.00 A. M. Sunday,.March 17. Sunday Evening Service conducted by Dr. Dunbar. 7.30 P. M. Music Room. Wednesday, March 20. John Strachey on America’s Pgice in World Affairs. Deanery. 8.30 re Miss Park Debates May Day Advisability Main Asset Is Acquiring Spirit of Cooperation, But College Work May Suffer EXPERIENCE VALUABLE Goodhart Hall, March 12, 1935.—By request of the College Council, Miss Park spoke to the undergraduates: on the subject of Big May Day. In the past years it has always been the pre- liminary vote of the undergraduates which has been the decisive factor in the decision about the presentation of May Day. The Trustees, who must underwrite the production: and who advance some of the necessary capi- tal, have always accepted the verdict of the students. The Faculty have also been in accord with the students’ wishes in this matter. There have been ‘eight May Day pageants given since the beginning in 1900. They are usually presented once every four years, but during the war there was _an interval of six years as there was between the first and second May Day. The character of the page- ant has changed curiously little since its inception. The performance in 1900 was put on after only six weeks of rehearsing, yet it contained all the fundamental parts of the usual May Day performance. The success of the Continued on Page Five — Monologues Reveal Keen Penetration and Lively werionaces 5 Miss Helen Howe ay Feminine Foibles With Skill and Conviction PORTRAYS RIDICULOUS | IN LINE AND GESTURE Goodhart, March 11.—The series of dramatic monologues presented by Miss Helen Howe were distinguished for their knife-like penetration. They might well be called exposés of the essentially ridiculous characteristics of various. types of modern women, but the remarkable feature of Miss Howe’s work is that her exposés are never over-drawn. With unusual per- spicuity, Miss Howe has seen the sali- ent points. that differentiate the French teacher or the director of ama- teur dramatics from the Modern In- tellectual Feminist or the social work- er, and has exaggerated those very points with such delicacy that her characterizations of them become alarmingly convincing. ‘It. seems as though none of us’could avoid erring in some of the ways whose ridiculous- ness Miss Howe has pointed out to us. Unlike Beatrice Lillie, who per- ceives people with a similar acuteness, Miss Howe does not turn her charac- terizatious into farces. They remain pure comedy, and in their comedy have that understanding of the pa- thetic which is the essence. of the comic art. The portrayal of the ri- diculous has gained a new and expert artist in the person of Miss Howe, but when she turns to expressing sin- cere emotion unalleviated by a lighter touch or to creating and sustaining dramatic intensity, she departs from the field in which she is an expert and noticeably loses the inspired quality of her work in comedy. _The first monologue presented —a French teacher faced with a class of. recalcitrant small children. This ideal Frenchwoman did all the things that have terrified children from time im- memorial. She issued directions in a rapid and incomprehensible French and repeated them with obvious im- patience in a strongly accented Eng- lish; she saw all—absolutely all — that went on sub rosa and none of it Continued on Page Four Campus Collections Range from Bottles Through Autographs, Penguins to Dolls Collecting things seems to be one of those hobbies which. either fascinate or repel people. At least, when we went around prying into our friends’ private lives to discover their weak- nesses, some would scornfully disclaim any time for or interest in collecting, while others would proudly show off their prizes and tell amazing stories of the difficulties they had had in get- ting them. One of the most thorough collectors we ran across is Madelyn Brown, who has a book of autographs of. famous people, particularly theatrical men She has gotten them in person, not through the mail, and they are mostly addressed to her. George McManus has signed and drawn a picture of the familiar Jiggs. She has the signatures of many prominent musicians, among them those of Hugo Rosenfeld, Rachmaninoff, Martinelli, Lily Pons, and Ernestine Schumann Heink, who-added this sentiment, “In art—Life. In Life—Truth.” Amelia Earhart has signed, as have Com-| mander Richard E. Byrd, chen and others of his. crew, has on one page the. signatures of Kingsford-Smith and his three com- panions, which she got a few days after their flight_in June, 1930. Bobby Jones, terman, and even and she Thomas’ Edison (who was very chary of giving auto-| graphs) have obliged her, as have Curtis and Dawes, who signed on fac-| ing pages..Some of the celebrities: who have come to Bryn Mawr have writ-| ten their John Hancocks, — among’ them William Hutier Yeats and Wil:| Bernt Bal- General Pershing, Arthur Gui- | liam Beslie. Just to show sel. not one-track-minded she also has the sig- naturés*6f several movie stars,—Lil- yan Tashman, Groucho Marx, Fredric March, Norma Shearer and others, There are many foreign trophies which the travelers among us have collected. One girl who has lived for some years in Syria has her practically furnished with near-East- ern objects. She has an oriental rug, vases and pitchers of Syrian ware, a box made by Syrian prisoners, Jerusa- lem ¢hina, and Hebron glass. A huge Syrian. auto license,-twice the size of one of ours and much thicker, is less artistic perhaps, but was very useful in getting her family through Europe. Foreign antiques have lured one trav- eler, who decorates her wall with a red, orange, and green striped poncho from Peru,—it’s woven ‘and not made of rubber,—which is 250 years. old. She also has a Japanese actor’s ki- mono, which is about 200 years old, but still in good-condition. She has picked up an English chafing-dish, about 1750, for domestic purposes. Dolls still seem to be favorites With some of our number, though one girl with about 20 of them justified her- lself by saying that her interest was /in the costumes, not in the dolls them-° selves. She-has dolls dressed in the costumes of Lapland, Norway,.the Ty- rol, ete., and also a seal from Norway |which boasts of the name, Agamem- non. Etchings are also one of her hob- | bies, particularly . from Lapland, ‘while striped hats of many bright col- ors decorate her bedposts. Continued on Page Six | room - er Page Mig THE COLLEGE NEWS ——— THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanksgiving, . Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at-the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr — Fs) The College 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. Copy Editor Editor-in-Chief DIANA TATE-SMITH, GERALDINE RHOADS, ’35 > 35 : __ Editors CAROLINE C. BROWN, ’36 ELIZABETH. LYLE, ’37 BARBARA CARY, ’36 ANNE MARBURY, ’37 HELEN FISHER, ’37 FRANCES VANKEUREN, ’35 Sa Sports Editor PRISCILLA Howe, ’35 Business Manager Subscription Manager BARBARA LEWIS, ’35 MARGOT: BEROLZHEIMER, 35 | Assistant DOREEN CANADAY, ’36 _JEAN STERN, ’36 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Post Office Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., We Want to Go Out-——Out A new mystery has come to our attention: there seems to be some] unexplained reason why the undergraduates are not allowed officially to depart from the campus and to engage in organized activities with other colleges under the aegis of Bryn Mawr. Varsity Dramatics, for instance, may not take plays on tour: the prohibition is sometimes troublesome, since it would be possible for us to make arrangements to act with at least one of the boys’ colleges if we could accompany their dramatic association on its annual tour. At present, individual stu- dents may go on tour in plays, but the name of Bryn Mawr may not be attached to the programs, since the college cannot be officially repre- sented. This prohibition is even more troublesome when it comes to sports. Bryn Mawr officially is not allowed to make a pilgrimage to Vassar or Smith for the purpose of competition in basketball, hockey, tennis, and other sports. If we go at all, each individual girl takes upon herself the responsibility of transporting herself thither and back, and the Bryn Mawr Varsity team is actually not present in name, even though it looms large as life in person. It is doubtless true that this prohibition against engaging in organized activities is a hindrance to us in arrang- ing schedules with the other colleges. It seems rather a pity that we are prevented from taking part in much of the intercollegiate activity that is such an increasingly import- ant part of college life at the present time. Every effort is being made to bring all the colleges together as much as possible for the purpose of discussions, competitions, and. of. working together on various projects. The name of Bryn Mawr may as well be attached to the efforts of individual students to cooperate with other colleges along these lines. There must obviously be some excelfent reason why the authorities feel that it is impossible for us to do so, and we hope that when this reason is brought to light, some basis for future arrangements to facilitate Bryn Mawr’s off-campus activity may be found. We Object! It may be a considerable surprise to us, in our old age, to learn that there are a number of things that are both instructive and amusing to do. We already have a number of campus organizations designed to provide us with opportunity to do group work on various projects: on plays, on publications, on athletics, and in artistic work. But one thing that we lack, and one thing that we cannot omit on the ground that we lack proper equipment, is a debating society. On glancing over news from other colleges, we gather that there are great things going on in the world outside that are being rabidly debated in other cloisters. We ‘do not mean to infer that these news items never reach or catch the ear of Bryn Mawr students at all; but we do know that Bryn Mawr never sponsors any discussion of them. Debating has for some years been considered an outworn art, belonging to the days when students stayed after hours and worked for the good of their souls in clubs allied with the curriculum. But+debat- ing is definitely being revived now, especially with the advantages o debate by radio hook-up and because of the current interest in world affairs. And what interests us more: it is great fun! There is a satis- faction to be gained nowhere else in probing a situation until all of the * facts on both sides have been martialled and then in weighing the facts and arguments on each side. We cannot decide the world’s fate by find- ing out how many peace treaties have worked, and by studying arma- ments. That is not what we dare hope for. But we can learn while we live, Improvement of the mind does not always entail the perusal of a five foot library, nor a hermit life with the world’s ten classics. We ean enjoy working and learning together by debating. Summer Courses Offered in Europe} ance in weaving and dyeing; Strat- Holiday Courses in Europe, 1935, a ford-on-Avon, folk music and. the recent publication of the International dance; Geneva, international rela- Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, | tions; Vienna, psychology; and Swe- lists 156 courses on a wide variety of den, gymnastics. subjects to be given this summer and] It has been the aim of the Interna- - eourses, in Byzantine, _. Basque art. The classicist here learns fall in 16 different European coun- - tries. Those interested in languages “will find details about schools where they can perfect their French, German or Italian, while students of art and archaeology are put on the track of Sienese and of lectures on Sophocles and Euri- to be given on the island of y- a tional Institute of Intellectual Co-op- eration in publishing this annual sur-| vey of available summer courses, not only to help students with definite scholastic goals to locate in the most strategic centers, but to suggest to the more carefree tourist delightful ways of combining study with pleas- ure. Holiday Courses in Europe, 1935, is available at NSFA, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. WIT’S END| GERMAN IDEALISM The representation is not the book Sinée phenomena are not:the way they look Still, the book on my shelf’s Not the thing in itself— All being is just _transcendental sur- mise As no essence appears in empirical. guise: The substance of Kant is too fine for my eyes! —Critic of Pure Reason. He’s. gone at last, Who came of late To photograph The Bryn Mawr Fate. He got us singly And in masses, ~ And looking interested In classes. Our bridge, our work, Our nervous chatter, All found their place Amongst his matter. _.And even, maybe, Risque poses Of ten uncovered Little toeses! _ Who knowses?* ‘You say you miss The intent face, The camera’s eye About the place? For more encounters With the rogue, You'll have to wait, alas, For Vogue. *Apologies to a lady of Pembroke. WE MUST HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING! (On making our debyt in pictures) I’ve heard it said One once went out Her: charm before The films to flout. But that, my dears, In times past was, For nowadays They come to us! THE WEAK AND THE FAINT Now, most men need a pint of whiskey To shake them up and make _ them frisky, But.we know of one who feels. smooth as silk On only a half-pint bottle of milk. ‘—Observer. ” WORDS FROM DAPHNE DOOLITTLE MANDRAKE (Whose story was begun in last week’s : College: News) I’ll give you the dope On how to elope With your favorite, if. bashful, profes- sor. €° Just attend all your classes In shorts suit and glasses, And hint when it’s warm you’ll wear lesser. 4 ‘That’s how I got John And we’re now getting on In the perfectly duckiest way,— We do nothing but hike ~~ Or take rides on a bike, And we both sport in sun suits all day. r; Cheerio— THE MAD HATTER. THEATRE REVIEWS (Especially Contributed by D. Haviland Nelson, ’34) * The Children’s Hour, which, by the way, is not quite the thing for Little Willie’s birthday treat, is one of the few really adult plays on Broadway in this.or any other season. It is also a deeply moving picture of a problem that has become wel-nightu niversal. ‘The plot is by now well known to most of those who have. any slight in- terest in the*:“gern theatre—indeed, it has stirred up more turmoil than anything that has happened this sea- son, with the possible exception of Boston’s ban on Within the Gates. It concerns two hard-working and rather charming headmistresses whose school is ruined when an imp from hell, one of the pupils, accuses them of abnor- |: mality. The accusation finally costs one of them her marriage and the other her life. . ; _ The subject. matter is, one can see, | L somewhat sensational; the theme of abnormality has in this been treated successfully for the first time on the} stage. But the thedtre-goer who buys a ticket for the Children’s Hour in order to snicker for two hours will be sadly disappointed, for the play is most definitely the. thing. Rarely, in fact, has this blase reviewer seen such a fine piece of dramatic writing. The stake is kept before the eyes of the au- dience from the moment the plot be- gins to work; the trap is sprung early in the first act, and closes in on the {unfortunate girls with all the inevita- bility of a Shakespearean tragedy, and the resultant tension is so great that the audience is in spirit on the stage with the persecuted teachers, its nerves strained almost to the break- ing point. » But excellent as the plot of the Children’s Hour is, the play is more remarkable for its characterization. Each member of the school stands out as an individual; the headmistresses are beautifully done and completely convincing in their ‘passionate protest against the injustice of the accusation and in their despair at:the ruin of their lives by. the machinations of a fiendish child and a foolishly credu- lous grandmother. But the real tri- umph of characterization is in the imp from hell. "We accept her thoroughly and hate -her violently. She has not one redeeming feature; she bullies her classmates; she is constitutionally un- able to tell the truth; she makes every- one with whom she comes in contact wretched. But never is she _ over- drawn; we feel that we have met her like before and shall do so again, All the characters are consistently devei- oped and motivated; at no point does the author do violence to our concep- tion of them. The acting is as good as the play— a rare combination. Katherine Emery and Anne Revere make sincere and attractive headmistresses; Katherine Emmett is excellent as the not too bright grandmother; and _ Florence McGee, as. the detestable child, gives one of the best performances we have ever seen. It will surprise us very much if Miss McGee survives this sea- son; without a doubt some infuriated member of the audience, carried away by the play, will spring upon the stage and strangle her with his bare hands. If our seats had been in the first instead of in the last row, we should probably have done so our- selves, (Especially Contributed by Nancy Wescott) _ : For This Relief, Anton Douglas’s new play, is a routine drama enliv- ened with touches of real dramatic power, and is for that reason intensely irritating. We see how good. Mr. Douglas can be when he takes the trouble, and we are filled with a homi- cidal fury because he so seldom takes the trouble. The plot deals with a settlement of fadists on an unnamed island. Pre- sumably the island is tropical, for the costumes are as sketchy, though not nearly as attractive, as those of the more sensational Broadway leg shows. It is to be presumed that the locale is that of the date and tragic Galapagos settlement, though this is more on the lines of a French farce. It seems that the men of the settle- ment are rather bored with © their mates, whose faces are innocent of both cosmetics and intelligence, and long for a change. The women, on the other hand, feel that their mates are insufficiently enthusiastic about raw food, the charms of grass huts, and nature in general. There arrives the inevitable yacht, somehow crip- pled for the time being (we are never quite sure how or why the yacht got there), and filled with a group of so- phisticates. Mr. Douglas’s definition of a sophisticate seems to be a per- son who drinks continually and leaps in and out of bed with a succession of different partners, but he may be right. The _ sophisticates -introduce their coy little habits to the fadists, who take to them like ducks to water, and the rest of the play may be left to the imagination. It is enough to Library Committee An undergraduate committee has been appointed to work with the librarians on student library problems, .The commit- tee is: B. Eaton, ’85, Rock; L. Marean, ’37, Rock; B. Merchant, 36, Pem East; Edith Rose, "37, Merion. / } ui News Election The College News announces the election of Helen Harvey, 1937, to the Editorial Board. say that the couples are irretrievably scrambled by the final curtain. The situation has its elements of humor, but it seems to us rather bed- room, and the bedroom has long ago seen its best days. The dialogue is excellent in spots, but the plot is too las’s undoubted wit. Shandra Mac- Pherson plays the leading sophisticate with ‘considerable charm and: ability, and she looks very attractive in the deshabile ‘that characterizes the play, but we fear that her talents are wast- ed in an inferior vehicle. Walter Hal- liday, one of the fadists, is also good, and has the rare talent of getting at- tractively drunk on the stage. The subsidiary members of both groups are adequate, especially Horatio Loomis, one of the best ingenues of the season. Our opinion is that if you are presented with a pair of tickets, you might as well go, for it is good for several laughs, bytdon’t spend your last cent on it. IN PHILADELPHIA Theatres Chestnut: Ina Claire in Ode to ‘Liberty still holds down the theatrical house alone this-week. Both she and the play are, however, worthy of that honor. The polished finesse and deli- cate skill of Miss Claire’s perform- ance are well worth studying, and the play is-a clever French farce about a fugitive Communist who descends upon Miss Claire and cannot be shak- en off. The line and action of the play are fast-moving and extremely entertaining. Orchestra Program The Marriage of Figaro (in English), Mozart 2 o’clock sharp: Fritz Reiner con- ducting. Movies Aldine: The Folies Bergeres, with Maurice Chevalier, is held over for a second week. Maurice, in the role of a stage”star and a French baron all at once, outdoeg even Maurice, to the great joy of doting audiences. Arcadia: Chester Morris and Vir- ginia Bruce~in Society Doctor. We would greatly appreciate it if the faculty and students would come to us with suggestions and. tell us their particular interests so that we can arrange exhibits for next year, which will be as illustrative and pertt- nent as possible. : The .committee wishes to thank Miss King, Miss Donnelly, Miss Pal- frey, Miss Koller, Miss Stapleton, Dr. Grey, Dr. Nahm, Dr. Weiss and Mr. Alwyne; and also the students who have already expressed their interest and approval. If. any of the factulty or students who have not as yet indi- cated their interest, would care to do so, all members of the committee will gladly receive their names. The present committee is as follows: Marie Swift, Pembroke East; Helen Fisher, Rockefeller; Olga * Muller, Merion; Betsy Bates, Denbigh; Eliz- abeth Putnam, Evelyn ‘Thompson, Pembroke West. Choir Honors Bach, Handel In Service Continued from Page One finale, while the sopranos held a strong high note and the lower voices rose to meet it. After the calm ending, the loud burst of O Praise the Lord from Bach’s Cantata No. 28 was amaz- ing; its manifold variations of expres- sion, tempo, and tone, distinguished it from all the other Bach pieces sung by the Choir, and its triumphant, joyous quality conformed beautifully to its name of praise. With the audience joining, one.more Bach chorale—‘O wondrous love”— was sung. It was of a remote, im- personal mood, with» an enigmatic “dying fall” concluding each verse. There was nothing remote or enigmat- ic in the next three selections, which were Hiandel’s — the only Handel on the program. Where Ere You Walk from Semele was more beautiful than anything else the Choir sang. There was a soothing repetition of theme in it, a binding together of varying har- monies and tones, which made it more obviously a whole; and whatever the |- words meant to say, the music was ~ full of a reverent wonder satisfied at last by .a positive, triumphant shout that was absolutely grand. ‘And the Glory of the Lord from the Messiah concluded in the same defiriite way, yet its rendering was en- tirely different. Like the Crucifixus, it is written in the contrapuntal style; the Choir, however, managed this even more ably, for the Hindel counter- point is less difficult. The final Halle- lujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus, was also contrapuntal but beautifully interspersed with clear harmonic pas- sages. If the very Highest notes sounded somewhat harsh, the majes- tic effect of the whole was not less- ened. In this finale as in its whole performance, the Choir showed itself well-trained, and more than that, ap- preciative of its own music. P Philadelphia Fencers Win Bryn Mawr Meet (Especially. Contributed by Eleanor Smith, ’37) : Having seen the try-outs for the February 28th, we expected to see the Philadelphia Sword Club make quite a slaughter in the meet held on Mon- day night, March 4th. In these try- outs, Manship and Berolzheimer quali- fied; and on Thursday night another tournament was held to decide on the third member of the team. Julia Grant qualified by winning all of her bouts against the members of the squad. As for the meet with the Philadel- phia Sword Club team, we were not far wrong. Although we know only too well, from previous. experience that the Sword Club fencers were not at their best, they managed to win seven out of the nine bouts without undue difficulty. All credit for saving Bryn Mawr from a complete and utter rout, and incidentally for giving the Sword Club some real competition, goes to Pauline Manship, captain and top-ranking fencer. Individual hon- ors went to Lucy Douglas, of the Sword Club, a former Bryn Mawr fencer, who was the only one to win all her bouts. In a few weeks the New York Sword Club is sending some of their junior members to ferice with the Bryn Mawr team. To us this seems quite exciting, for although they are juniors they represent the leading fencing club in the country and will give Bryn Mawr a hard but, we hope, not a_los- ing fight. We realize the experience and advantages the Bryn Mawr team will gain from this opportunity to fence with a group considerably su- perior to themselves, and so despite the probable inequality of the con- testants, it will be an interesting and valuable event. Monologues Reveal Keen Penetration Continued from Page One escaped her stern reprimand. ‘She was ynreasonably enraged upon elici- ting the information that “the buuk’’ was “la livre,” but she became para- gon of all the virtues when the mother of the most often rebuked child ap- peared to visit the class. No one, not even an investigating mother, could have criticized her gentle treatment of the children when under inspection, but her last glance at the departing ° & ‘|elass warned ominously of the mor- row. This characterization was espe- cially marked by Miss Howe’s very French use of her hagds and mouth in speaking, and by hef toothy smile and toothy pronunciation of the diffi- cult English words. The next monologue showed a de- terminedly ingratiating and patient director of amateur dramatics, who is Senior fencing team on ‘Thursday, ‘|ing sincere emotion. faced with maintaining péace and sat- ‘isfaction. among a small-town cast. The lady _ herself, we suspect, had learned to direct in a correspondence course and had gleaned her knowledge of the drama from the Woman’s Civic Club’s yearly forum devoted to that | disreputable art.. At any rate, she proposed to put dn a Russian play in twenty-five scenes, in which a_ pil- grim, designated as the Little Father, made his way through twenty-five typ- ical Russian homes, while the audi- ence “sits on the edge of their seats to watch him change the lives of every person with whom he comes in contact.” Our suspicions were arous- ed, however, when we learned that “during the entire course of the play he influences nobody at all and noth- ing at all happens.” . They were ful- filled when Miss Howe informed us that “That’s what I call theatre!” We know not of a better take-off on the Russian play, and since Miss Howe writes her own monologues, we’ wish to congratulate her on so admirably ridiculing a form of the drama which is peculiarly well-known to Bryn Mawr. The play continued to take delightful shape in our minds when we heard more of the directing. We were especially impressed when the idiot of the play was ordered to “Sit in total darkness, radiating a feeling of complete idiocy.” The third monologue was. entitled Ladies in Waiting and contrasted four young women “typical of the present day” at 5 o’clock in the afternoon in their New York apartment. The first young woman to meet our eyes was a Southern belle studying acting at a New York dramatic school, who has been assigned the part of Lady Mac- beth. Her rendition of “Out, damned spot, out” in a Southern drawl, so that “Out” sounded like “Ow” was one of the better moments of the eve- ning, but perhaps the high spot was when she announced “I don’t find that the acting of the part is so hard. It’s the learning of the lines that’s hard.” The next apparition is .a Feminist coming home from work, who proves to be a hard-bitten young woman with a stride like Katharine Hepburn’s and a frightening intensity about “the awfully interesting thing they’re trying to do down at the of- fice. They’re establishing the unity of life—an economic interpretation of art and an artistic interpretation of economics.” She is succeeded by a secretary who has been having an affair with her boss, and who reveals for the first time Miss Howe’s failure in portray- The social work- er who makes the final addition to the gallery is much more successful in evoking an emotional response from the audience. She has devoted her life and love to raising her brother’s children, but he has: married again, and she is no longer- wanted. In the course of this monologue she _per- suades another lone social worker to take an apartment with her. Her re- mark that “Sundays in New York are a little lonely if you haven’t any friends” is infinitely touching, and her final enthusiasm over their future home, “their little castle-in-the-air,” is true and pathetic. The second half of the program was begun by a characterization of a col- lege president introducing the doctor who will give the Freshman Hygiene class a talk on the facts of life, or © Ss From New York. MARCH 23. ~ Return Mar. 29 : ; ‘QiNTHIA ros .. From- New: York MARCH 30 Return Apr. 5 y¥ QINTHIA TO Gala entertainment aboard all cruises . . . dancing, deck sports, talkies, swimming etc:*No passports! _ CUNARD WHITE STAR 6 Days. Three days and two nights-in Bermuda. Round trip, not including ‘60 accommodations or meals $75 during ship’s stay in Ber- : UP muda $60. Full Cruise Rate UP ~« $75, with ship your hotel in Bermuda, meals included. TO NASSAU | Sailing Saturday at 6 P.M. Six day $ cruise with day and evening in 70 Nassau. Your ship your hotel in Nassau. 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A debutante who is madly in love and insists on going down with her fiancé, and an immigrant mother returning to her dying son, were un- convincingly portrayed in their agon- ized emotion, but a, Personality Con- test winner who persists in getting drunk at the moment of crisis and a jocular female who thinks the an- nouncer of their peril is kidding her and insists on taking her straw hat are creations of genius which we shall never forget. © As an encore, Miss Howe gave a singer of English madrigals, whose facial expressions were a joy to be- hold. The line in this last monologue contained an excellent skit, on the repetition of words in English madri- gals, so that the evening ended with a brilliant success. We have neglect- ed to mention that Miss Howe’s work is distinguished by that rare ability in monologuists to listen expressively, using her face to convey her reac- tions to the person who is. supposedly speaking. This faculty, in combina- tion with her talent for comic ex- posés both in acting and line, make her a convincingly creative artist whom we hope Bryn Mawr will see both soon again and often. DD. ¥-8. BEGIN BUSINESS TRAINING JULY 8 387 young women from 128 dif- ferent colleges are now enrolled at the Katharine Gibbs Schools You may begin your busi- ness training at either our Boston or New York School on July 8, in a special 8-month Executive-Secretarial Course exclusively for college wo- men. You will be ready for a ¢ position the following March. Or you may start the same 8-month course September 24. Write College Course Secre- tary for catalog. 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It’s as easy as it’s inexpensive. ‘a - ay ~~ ae © sayler Soh seh olegeh gare) me wb ebet- a aa ge Elizabeth Monroe, - > ‘ ES Page Five "One-Act Plays Are Admirably Directed Continued from Page One od of breaking the arms of chairs, and her infuriated striding up and down the stage. Luka, the maid whom Smirnov so terrified, was very at- tractively ae Madelyn Brown. Dhan Ghopel Mukerji’s play, The Judgment of Indra, is the story of a Hindu monk Shukra, the head of a monastery in the . Himalaya Moun- tains, who repudiates his family be- cause he has made religious vows re- nouncing worldly ties.. Expecting to die as punishment in a sudden storm which arises, he considers himself ex- onerated in Indra’s judgment since he remains living. The tragedy comes when he learns that his favorite monk, Shanta, has been killed in the storm. To us, the play had an unreality, which was partly the result of the rather stilted phrasing of the dia- logue. The tragedy‘never quite seem- ed to come to life; it is probable more rehearsing would have rhade the play more smooth and convincing. The characterization is done in undertones, which could not be adequately han- dled by an undergraduate cast. The actors, however, did their best under the circumstances. Miss Bel- lamy, as Shukra; gave an adequate, if not sufficiently powerful, characteriza- tion of the monk. Miss Porcher was more human and gave a warmth to the part of Shanta. Miss Allinson was competent as Kanada, a_ part written more for exposition than for : : THE COLLEGE NEWS any other purpose. Miss Lautz, as the old man, was fortunate enough to have dialogue that was less restrained and gave more scope for acting. She did well with it, although she seemed a bit nervous at times. The set for The Judgment of Indra, as for The Boor, was. extremely ef- fective. The blue background, even without mountains, and the simplicity of the scene was quite in key with the mood. The costumes also were ef- fective. The lighting was exception- ally good; the dimming of the lights before the storm, and the lightning were extremely well executed by Miss Webster. e A. M. Miss Park Debates May Day Advisability Continued from Page One first May Day was due largely to the remarkable work of the director, Mrs. Evangeline W. Andrews, who outlined the general plan of May*Day, which has been followed by every succeeding college generation. In concluding this brief historical sketch, Miss Park ‘ask- ed the students to remember that the tradition of giving May Day can be broken if we desire to do so, and that we should feel free to make an inde- pendent decision. The assets which are gained in giv- ing May Day are many. Perhaps the most important one is that the whole college learns to work together with every kind of person. The college has always found that this spirit of co- body: results. aieeessarily entails. operation carries over into the next year and that a more united college Excellent individual ex- perience ‘is gained in many fields, sucht as outdoor acting, managing executive work, directing plays or dancing, and working on costumes. May Day makes no attempt to make money, but only strives to break even, a result which has always been achieved in the past by the good management of all con- cerned. The net result of all the work put into. May Day is something extra- ordinarily beautiful witnessed by. a huge audience, which never fails to be impressed by the splendid perform- ance. : The greatest liability is, of course, the disappointment caused by rainy weather. This hazard is somewhat alleviated now by the existence of Goodhart, where some of the plays can be given, if necessary, to save the crowd from disappointment. A second difficulty to be faced is the great amount of tediofs preparation which any big performance of this nature Furthermore, no plays, nor operettas, can be given in the second sljasetar as every energy must besconcentrated on May Day. Lastly, there is serious and marked in- terference with the work of the col- JEANNETT’S BRYN MAWR FLOWER SHOP, Inc. Mrs. N. S. T. Grammer 823 Lancaster Avenue BRYN MAWR, PA. Phone 570 lege. If we are to get an education and a degree in four years, the work must come up to a certain standaré| and the Faculty is responsible for this. It has been suggested by them that an extra week be added to the college year, since the week preceding the actual performance is practically all lost as far as real work is concerned. It was also decided that the big re- hearsals during that week should be- gin earlier than 4.30 in the afternoon. 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