| and EB. Yeakel, The College | a VOL. XVI, NO. 18 BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., hl cael Y, MARCH 26, 1930 —— PRICE, Saaiaiemeene Curriculim Changes | Explained in Detail Unit ‘Svinte and New Lecture Schedules Substituted For Old Plan. DOUBLE 3:HOUR BLOCKS Since Thanksgiving,’ both the Fac- ulty and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee have been considering tlfe curriculum of the college. Dissatisfac- tion with its present organization has been felt on all sides. President Park, before she left for Europe, expressed her opinion very strongly on the sub- ject, and urged the Faculty Committee to do everything they could to make a change. Dean Manning has for sev- eral years thought that dividing the students’ time among a large number of courses makes for dissipation of energy. and for over-work on the part of the conscientious student. The Faculty, especially those who teach ad- vanced courses or who give Honors work, have felt that the quality of their —hést students’ work has been affected, by the fact that their schedules are over-crowded. The students them- selves have complained more and more about their numerous reports and quizzes. Because of these facts, Committee set itself thoroughly to in- vestigate the whole situation. It con- ferred- formally with the..Undergrad- uate Curriculunr Committee and talked informally with various individuals on, the committee. It found practically a unanimity of opinion as to the draw- backs of the present curriculum, and ample evidence to support the general dissatisfaction. The fact that the majorityof-stu- dents have a large number of subjects is proved by the following table, which} shows the percentage of each class taking last year the number of courses indicated: the Faculty | Thurston Heads Self-Gov. The ‘executive board of the self- government association for , .next*, year has been elected as follows: President—Lois Thurston, 731. Vice-President—Elizabeth: Baer, "Ol. Third Senior Member—E. Mor- gan. First Junior |Meniber—Alice Hardenbergh. ‘ Second Junior Member—Joseph- ine Graton. Third Junior Member—J. Bruere. First Sophomore Member—S. Bowditch. “ . Second Sophomore Member—E. Collins. Sey aT Aloe s y Gill. — : - Treasurer of Association—E. ‘Jackson. ; = _ Miss» Thurston, inher Sopho- more year at Bryn Mawr, 1928-29, was the Treasurer of the Self-Gov- ernment Association, and the Sec- retary of her Class. In this past year, she has held the offices of Class President, Second Junior _Member of the Self-Government - Board, and_ Business Manager of the Varsity Dramatics. ; Student Economic- Conference Addresses and Discussions Cen- tre on Unemployment Problems. TO EMANCIPATE WORKER & (Specially contributed by H. Selig- man, President of the Bryn Mawr Liberal Club.) , A much larger turnout appeared for the Economic Conference _ in Goodhart on March 22, than had been expected.", Swarthmore. as _tisual sent All figures based on percentage: No. of courses: 9 +8 Yi LS GEE aa Class" ‘ . we 1929—-1-6 4:6: 9:7-37/1 37.) 113° 5.6 1930— 14.9 34.0 32.9 15:9 2.1 1931— 3.) 48.5 S92 82 4.0 1932— 1.6 48.8 44.9. 3.1 1.6 A second difficulty was bfought to light in connection with our evaluation of courses, not by the proportion of “CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Miss Carey Discusses Fy es *Journey’s End’ “It seems late to speak* about ‘Journey’s End” since it has now left Philadelphia, but some very interesting facts. have just been: published about it in the theater section ofthe New York Times which have brought, it before the public again.” In this way Miss Carey explained her choice of “Jour ney’s End” for a short talk in chapel on Tuesday, March 18. This is the third year since its writing by R. C.. ‘Sheriff, a veteran of the World War. .Mr. Sherriff took his play which was based on his-letters from the front and his diary of eight intensivé days of action, to many well-known producers and was turned down. Finally the Incorporated Stage Society of London “gave a private performance andthe play was an immediate success.: Since its production it has made $1,220,000 in its engagements in London, and on its British, Australian, Continental, and Far-Eastern tours, while performances in ninety-four North American cities have brought in $1,727,158, counting CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 5S . e. ews Elections Those elected to membership on the Business Board of the .News for next year are E. McCormick 2 | the largest number of delegates, and kept the discussion’® going. About a hundred people were served at lunch and ‘tea, including a plentiful sprink- ling of Bryn Mawr faculty. Dr. Jesse ‘Holmes, Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore, was the first speaker of the morning; after a few words of welcome by the Chair- man, H. Seligman, ’30. He believes that the best way to solve our present difficulties is by the political action of a new party, a third. party. The Republican party, he said, is con- fessedly the party of business inter- ‘ests; we need to get rid of the prop- erty idéa as the aim of government. The work of this generation is to eliminate the acquistive motive and to get back to the earlier, ideals of liberty. After a few minutes’ recess, Mr. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Humanism Apparent in New Scholarship “Something new is in the wind of American _ scholarship today.” Miss Caroline Dunn prefaced her after- dinner speech to the graduate students at the’annual Fellowship Dinner in Rad- her Hall, March 21. Miss Dunn is full professor in English at Smith College, and was herself. holder of the Helene and Cecil Rubel Fellowship: in 1921-22. This new element, Miss Dunn went on to say, has been given the very old name of “humanism.” Humanism, according to Mr. Harry Hansen, of The New York World, makes excellent “column” stuff. The word is - becoming popularized. Newspapers and, educators have taken it! up as signifying their»protest against the |.| ‘|modern materialistic attitude which — that the “evidence. of things not seen” jal. | and” their development Thus. Greek Myth Interpreted In Dance Club Recital A fulfillment, and even an expansion of what the name Natural Dancing im- plies, was to be found in the program of Natural Dancing presented by the Dance Club, and the Dancing classes on Tues- day evening, March 18. Simplicity char- acterized not only the setting, and the costumes but the dances themselves. “The natural technique in ignoring completely the sophisticated pretensions of modern interpretive dancing, was so graceful and unrestrained in form, .as suggest an idealized expression of the ordinary im- pulse to leap and run. Natural Dancing indeed harks back to Greek ideals, as we | think of them today, and the development} of the pure technique into an interpreta-} “tion of the my th; Pentheus and Bacchus, was the most smooth of transitions. The interest centered upon the har- mony of the whole. The gymnasium was transformed by no more. than greyyéur- tains hung from_ the balcony; the cos- tumes were simple, soft-colored tunics; the spotlight played almost no part at In the dancing there was none of the mechanical organization sometimes seen, _| but.the. individualized movements of the |. dancers were harmonized through the common elements of the natural technique. The first part of the program was an illustration of the technique and showed better than any words what constitutes natural dancing. The examples could not be mistaken in any way for’ gymnastics, into the actual dances could be traced. The elastic laws. of the technique require no more than the ordinary movements of the body made free and co-ordinated, and relaxation of the. botly. The spirit of the dancing is the adaptation of yourself to a motif, not a stilted effort to be what you are not. The dancers really exhibited the every- day actions of bending, moving arms and legs, and springing on feet, executed as CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Of Economic Interest On April 8 and 9, there will be a very interesting conference” held in Philadelphia) on “Unemployment— What Can Be Done About It?” The meetings of this Eighth —All-Philadel- phia Conference on Social Work are to ‘be open to the public, and’ will take place at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. The subjects to. be discussed are the All-Philadefphia Community Council, Utiemployment Throughout the Coun- try, The Human Cost of Unemploy- ment, The Human Cost of Unemploy- ment in Family Relationships, An In- dustrialist- Looks fat Unemployment, How Unemployment Affects Philadel- phia, The Human Cost-of Unemploy- ment in Child Development, How Un- employment is Being Met, in European Countries and in Industrial Groups. There will be discussion, léd by people who are well acquainted with the sub- ject, as are ‘all the speakers on the pro- gram. Further information and reéser- vations may be made through Clara E. Farr, Room 507, 311-South, Juniper St. ° Varsity Dramatics- The cast of “The Constant Nymph”. has been chosen, and is as follows: (in order of appearance) ~ Kate Sanger...... Laurine Sears Linda Angelyn Burrows, Teresa Sanger, Catherine Rieser, Paulina Sanger, Elizabeth -Thomas, Antonia Sanger, Mary Hamman, 30 “31 "31 "32 fod eg Betty Fetter, ’30 Florence Churchill, Mary Drake, ’31 if iiioeat Gregory, Mary Burnam, Erda Leyburn, : -Dongta ee "31 32 - | no evidence.at all—the emphasis upon r= stability of facts as against the a a ity of ideas, er , Dine 2 Mrs: Mainwaring, } Miriam Dodge, 33 + | Madame Marxe, a SARAH STANLEY GORDON Fellowship Awards_ Rubel Founda- been awarded to The Helene and Cecil tion Fellowship ,has Edith Fishtine, A. B. Boston University, 1925: “student, University of Paris and Madrid, 1925-26; cliffe College, 1927; part-time instructor graduate student, Rad- in Spanish and graduate student Bryn Mawr 1927-28, 1929-30; Fellow in Span- 1928-29, Miss Fishtine has been nominated by the De- ish, Bryn Mawr College, partments of Spanish and French; she has already chosen the subject for her thesis: Juan Valera as'a Critic. The main part of Miss Fishtine’s work will be done in Spain, gathering material for her thesis and attending courses by Men-. endez Pidal at the Centro de Estudios Historicos. She will also spend some ‘time in Cordoba, in Vienna, in the Brit- ish Museum, and in Paris gathering further. material for her thesis. The Fanny Bullock Workman Fellow- ship has been awarded to Virginia Ran- dolph Grace: A. B. Bryn Mawr College, 1922; M. A. Bryn Mawr College, 1929; Assistant in Print Department, Metro- politan Museum; N. Y., 1922-23; teacher, Wadleigh High. School and Brearley School, 1923-26;° student, American School of Classical Studies at’ Athehs, 1927-28: Fellow in Greek, Bryn Mawr College, 1928-29; Fellow in Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1929-30. Miss Grace has .been:‘nominated by the De- partments of Archaeology and Greek. She will ‘Spend “most of “her time ‘in Greece, taking courses under. Dr, Car- penter and others at the American 'School «at ©Athens, “devoting herself mainly to the study of archaic sculpture. She will also spend some time in Ger- many, probably in Munich, - studying under Professor Buschor. CONTINUED “ON PAGE. 3 Varsity Victorious Over Swarthmore The Varsity basket ball game with Swarthmore on Saturday, March 21, was a great pleasure to those who have watched Varsity in’ its vicissitudes of fortune this year. The two teams were closely matched and held each other to their utmost, so that there was excel- lent opportunity to see Varsity’s cali- bre. Outstanding for steady, clean, co- operative playing were the guards. They passed accurately and. quickly, and intercepted many of the plays from the Swarthmore centers. Their. work was characterized by dependability. and excellent joint playing. ~The forwards-also-deserve credit for \ effective teamwork and reliable shoot- Their increased use of quick ing. 4 passes to the-center-while they freed themselves and moved back under the me. | basket proved:a valuable asset to their | The: centers, too, played _ good |. Stanley Gordon European Fellow With 303 Honour Points Fishtine, Grace Relyea, and Jef- frey Win .Graduate Fellowships. AWARDS HISTORICAL Chapel was held in Goodhart Hall, Friday,. March 21, to ince the awards of the European Fellowships, and the Roll of Honour for the class of 1930. In preface to the announcement, announce Acting President Manning gave..an-account~ of | the history of the European Fellowships, particularly of the undergfaduate fellow- ship. the Almost_ since Bryn Mawr College the award of the Euro- opening ~ of ‘| pean Fellowships have marked: one of the great days in the college year. The European Fellowship at Bryn Mawr seems to have originated in the mind of President Emeritus. Thomas. | When Miss Thomas was working in Baltimore fact that for every ambitious young man studying at. Johns Hopkins the most im- portant part of his preparation was. a year in Europe, preferably in Germany in ordergto work in mee seminaries. That opportunity, Miss Thomas felt, should come to Bryn Mawr; she _her- self -had—gore to the “Gérman universi- ties; her account of her own education is particularly fascinating. At that time no German university would give an American woman a degree, and she had to go to Zurich to take her Ph.D. She appeared in low neck evening dress and long white gloves. at the’ final exami- nation at 10 A.-M..- It.is:hard to realize, now, since work in Europe has become that when Bryn Mawr opened the idea first becoming prevalent in the American mind; the continental, countries were ahead pf the Anglo-Saxons in 'methods of research—this was especially true of Germany and France. The rea- sons for giving European Fellowships were strengthened by the trend of the times. Bryn Mawr was one of the first colleges to offer European Fellowships ; it was also one of the® first institutions to invite foreign women to study on the campus. : was a CONTINUED ON RAGE 4 Statistics of 1930 The class of 1930 is the largest class to graduate since the statistics began, which. was_in,1900....It..has the largest percentage graduating with hofiour with the exception of the class of 1904, in which 35% of the class graduated with horours. (The class of 1930 has 34.8% graduating with honour.) , ROLL.OF HONOUR Class of 1930 © _SUMMA CUM LAUDE Sarah’ Stariley Gordon ; 303 (315 on 110 hrs.) ‘!Constance Hand 288 (298- on 112 hrs.) MAGNA.CUM LAUDE Marina Yung Kwai 247% Margaret Mary Gook.:....... Keay (241 on 107 hrs.) ae Anne Elizabeth Wood 238 (240_on.107 hrs.) ° Helen Louise Taylor 236 (243 on 110 hrs.) | Agries Kirsopp Lake 234. (239 on 110 hrs.) : o Myrtle de Vaux 233 (On. 103 hrs.) : Nina Sturgis Skidmore 233 (On 103 hrs.) Gertrude Bancroft 232 Dorothea Cross... 230% Mary Augusta Peters 226 ’ GONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Lantern Elects’ The Lantern has the pleasure of announcing the election of* Anne_}. 10 CENTS Pas a girl, *she-was—impressed—with—the- a part of the young American’s study ~ s Florence Meyer, *32 - tof the cast. x the class of 1933. NPE ‘field of. graduate study, - Miss Dunn My ve ON PAGE 4 is if seas ai not been announced yet. was not_as outstanding as that between ' = CONE CED ON "PAGE £.. j basketball, although their_ co-operation | “Channing, 33, afd Maxine Silver, 33, to the Editorial’ Board. of — prohibition surveys, and” we wish » ___ suuile st ‘ore onticcerar sealife Sa Page, 2 [oe The College News (Founded in 1914) ° . Published a the ¥ mm the interest of Bign wr Cee as the Maguire Buil: ; ayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. . , . Editor-in-Chief _ Copy Editor Erna S. Rice, 30. CatHerine Howe, 30 Editor Graduate Editor V. Suryocx, ’31° H. Pascoe V. Hosart, '31 ‘ Assistant Editors O. Perxins, 32 C. W. Pace, ’30 &. Harri. ’32 L. Sansorn, °32 ; Business Manager oI DorotHea Cross, ’30 Subscription Manager E. Baxren, ‘30 Assistants DO. Asner, ’31 M. Armore, 32 M. E. Frommycuam, °31 Y. Cameron, '32 F. Rosinson, ’31 becription, $2.50 Mailing Price, $3.00 Soeewistees * iisy Begin a hae ime Entered as second-class «.matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office. (The editor of this-issue of the News was L. Sanborn, ’32. The Copy Editor was Dorothea Per- kins, 32.) A CHALLENGE , . Exceptional as any of the prover- bial rarities is newspaper reading (among ‘hon-economics students!) | at this girls’ college. Nonetheless, some facts of the great outside * world do creep within the cloisters of our minds. We are aware of them Godspeed; we are conscious of Communist riots, and we wonder vaguely what-it’s all about; we feel -sorry for the unemployed, and think that something should be done about ~~ them; we listen-to-weekly—Current- .-Events-talks,-and_ try..to. digest the _well synthesized tablets of wisdom ; we even went so far as to. @ign a petition to the London delegation. Yet (and this is the point at issue) «how many of us realized at that time, or now, when, ’the danger’ séems even more imminent, just what would mean the failure of. the Naval Conference? “Tt would take out an important prop from the American faith in public opinion as the basis of our peace pledges; it would undermine the prestige of the much-heralded ' Kellogg Pact (for, if we can’t trust each other enough at least to com- promise_in—our— disarmament de- mands, how in the world can we truly believe that the end of wars - has. come?); it would mean that Hoover’s Armistice Day speech (“We will reduce our naval strength in proportion to any other. It cannot be too low for us.”).was made up of so many words, and of no meaning. It would mean, finally, and fundamentally, that the world has progressed to a point of fair international co-operation, only -to have one of its finest and most advertised and most .reasonable un- dertakings fail—and that would ‘mean, that the belief in a peaceful international spirit which has been built up most painstakingly during the past ten years will have to be begun ‘again. Surely this is a thing to ponder on. We are the people who, having just missed the signifi-