Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS — ws “THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published sess a the College Year (excepting during Tiganksgiving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College. at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. 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. ' Editor-in-Chief Copy Editor GERALDINE RHOADS, ’35 DIANA TATE-SMITH, ’35 - oan Editors ‘ ~j CAROLINE C. BROWN, ’36 ELIZABETH ‘LYLE, ’37 ANNE MARBURY, ’37 FRANCES VANKEUREN, 85 Sports Editor PRISCILLA HOWE, ’35 Subscription Manager MARGOT BEROLZHEIMER, 35 Assistant BARBARA Cary, ’36 HELEN FISHER, ’37 Business Manager BARBARA LEWIS, ’35 DOREEN CANADAY, ’36 JEAN STERN, ’36 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIMB ; Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office We Do Our Part For years and years a favorite topic of campus conversation has been how much a million dollars could do for Bryn Mawr. Alumnae have been at work on plans for at least six years, for in 1929 a proposed scheme for gradually expanding the college plan. and teaching and scholarship facilities over a period of seven years was announced. This was of course nipped in the bud by the depression which has unfortu- As the year 1935 appeared on the horizon the Alumnae decided that a supreme effort must be made to nately been with us ever since. realize some of the most essential points in the plan and the Million Dollar Minimum Drive was organized in order to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the college’s founding. Several weeks ago the campus was rocked by a great discussion of what we as undergraduates should do to aid the cause, and after much debate it was decided to give the Greek play. But the announcement of the pledge of $20,000 which was made this week, touched us all far more deeply than any talk about plays or pageants. Here is a concrete voal which we must reach as our small but vital part in the campaign. In this, the college's fiftieth year, it seems appropriate to choose a sum which amounts to one fiftieth of the grand total. Every possible means must be used by all of us to raise this sum and it is only by a succession of small contributions that the grand total can be reached. There is no question, there must be no question, of its not being reached, for we, who are here on campus, can see even more clearly than far-distant Alumnae how pressing is the need for such improvements as_the Bel: ence Building and the wing for the Library. In 1925 the undergraduates raised $55,000 through the donations of students and their parents and we should be able to acquire $20,000 even though conditions are not nearly so favorable. We are going to raise the money by giving the proceeds from benefit performances, by selling various and sundry things on campus, and by saving collectively on such luxury items as desserts. But the. important thing is that, in addition to our collective efforts to raise money, we must individually assume the responsibility of raising $20,000, and if it means saving or sacrificing on our part, we must regulate our expenditures so that we ean give our share. In asking “sacrifice” we do not demand that we deprive ourselves of the necessities of life and take to bread.and water asceticism. But we might set our own hair, finesse the movies occasion- ally, and go out less frequently to eat our spinach. We shall raise a fair share of our.quota from outside contribution and by organized attempts to get money from entertainments, but we shall not make $20,000 at one fell swoop by the most ingenious plan designed by the inind of the Bryn Mawr undergraduate. Every small contribution counts, every small saving adds, and every co-operative move brings closer the attainment of our quota. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life! The latest news flash that comes through from Olympus reveals that the Faculty are going to’give-a show this Spring. It is the latest and best secret of the season, and such a good one that we are helping the Faculty by spreading the tidings far and rapidly. Stating our attitude conservatively, we should say a Faculty Show is a Good Thing. But we object to two things in the scheme that is now being hatched. One. We object to the species of mental cruelty to which we are being subjected and the sense of thwart that we feel when we know that secret sessions are in progress and we are locked gut. Two. We wish to point out that the Faculty is throwing out the backdoor all of the splendid opportunities for publicity. Undergrad- uates can talk more loudly and more rapidly about the wonders of the Faculty than any.half a dozen other people. That is all we have to say, all we know and all we hope to know. But we are progressive in spirit: we want to know more. At least, let us ask questions and tell us some lies, Approximately 25,000 men and 12,- 000 women were allowed to defer their tuition payments in U. S. colleges and universities last year. Campus Note Miss Mary Zelia Pease, A.B., Bryn Mawr 1927, and Ph.D., 1933, has been awarded the Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship of $1,500 by- the Ameri- ean Association of University Wom- >. on. Miss Pease will use the fellow- - ship for study in Greece of Corinth-| jan Imitations of Attic Pottery. .— The teachers’ college of Columbia University (New York City) now of- fers a new degree —Docter of Educa- tion. | ‘oil millionaire, now ambassador WIT’S END| BOHEMIAN She liked her sofas overstuffed, And sported curtains patterned floral, Withal, the lady liked her moderns Without a moral. 2 She had the newest heating plant, But ‘spurned its comforts for a five} In front of which to socially Aspire. $ : The lady was in love with love And art and comfort, too, forsooth, And also was at one with Youth. Until she felt the log fire’s heat Too much, too much upon the feet. In laboratory, the student of Bi Finds a problem that bothers a lot, (About when she gets to the dogfish’s eye) — n And that is: to hurry or not. Her drawings will suffer and so will her mark, To be late is a very bad habit, But as soon as she’s rid of the fish, she’ll embark On the ordeal of skinning the rabbit. “YOUTH BITTEN BY MON- STER GAINS — Myron Mittleman, sixteen years old, who was bitten by his Gila monster early Saturday morn- ing, was reported recovering yesterday at his home, although still in bed and still running a slight temperature. A fellow member of the Brooklyn Herpe- tological Society has taken charge of the monster, which seems to be do- ing well, also.” Weak, we calls it. To think that a guy’d be bullied by a monster. You’d think he’d have taken a bite out of it! B. M.—MAR: 1—TO THE -° WEATHER I don’t give a hearty damn That you come in like a lamb; All the forecasts, “Fair and warmer,” All the zephyrs in my dormer Make me see your sheepish clothing With an eye of deepest loathing: I must do oddments to get by on Midsemesters; And then I s’pose you'll turn the lion with nor’westers. LAMENT Mark how the Critic works task! See how she wrinkles her brow! . “What is the matter?” we well may ask— “Just what is troubling you now?” at her “Alas and alack!” the Critic replies, “My opinions I no longer can flout; My every word evokes loud cries From those who see the plays I write about!” —Outraged. ° We herewith present the ideal Col- lege: News item: Bryn Mawrtyr Elopes With Popular Prof Miss Daphne Doolittle, 15-year-old platinum blonde from Bryn Mawr, is missing today, and at the same time officials cannot trace the whereabouts of Professor Jonathan Mandrake. Miss Doolittle was a student in Dr, Man- drake’s course in “Home Economics and Preparation for Motherhood” and when last seen by her roommate, Vida (“Fatso”) De Puyster, was on her way to have an interview about her long paper with Professor Mandrake. Students when interviewed advanc- ed the opinion that the two had eloped on the 6.38 of the Paoli local, while the college was at dinner. The authori- ties categorically denied this state- ment, offering suicide as a_ possible alternative. Miss Doolittle is the Saaiaes of an to Persia, and came out recently in New York society. She is small, fair and curly-haired and when last seen was wearing a red halter and shorts. Her roommate described her as being very ‘popular, both with students and pro- fessors. “I went to Greenleaf Acad- emy with her and she.was always known as a very nice, quiet girl. ‘She was elected President of Student-Gov because she rode a bicycle terribly well. At first, when she came to Bryn Mawr she went on week-end house- parties all the time at Leland Stan- ~ cnt aes SRY -|failure and consequently has \ ford. Rece staying he y, however, she has been i b and she said yesterday that ‘Mandgike was a perfect love— that he had just given her a private conferencé on her paper, on The Way to a Man’s Heart.” (cont. in our next) _ . Cheerio— THE MAD HATTER. pie e Years and Years Ago ) Pea . fs. .. >b replaced The Fort- nightly Philistine’ in 1903 with. many regrets—regrets for its predecessor and most of all, regrets for Bryn Mawr’s vanished era of youth. The library consisted of one room in the old days, says Tipyn O’ Bob sadly. Everyone ‘lived in Merion, ‘graduates and undergraduates, both well and sick, as the great ode to the infirmary patient on the fourth floor proves: ‘Come down, oh maid, from yonder measly height, For health is of the valley, Come.” “The snow and winds blew with a violence still @amiliar, and for lack of paths and snow-ploughs Professors several times came rubber- booted to their lectures. As the Bryn Mawr spring came on with a beauty that has not grown old, private read- ing examinations took place on the steps of Taylor and special Greek classes wandered into the woods about Harriton not to study but to recite. The turtles in the biological labora- tory on the second floor’ of Taylor found an easy and “ pleasant. walk along the chapel aisles.” - Now, in 1903, “a greater, fairer, bet- ter. Bryn Mawr stands before us.” “Owing to the non-support of the stu- dents, the college omnibus (a horse- drawn object painted black) to and from the station has been a financial] been abolished. In its stead, however, for the safety of the students, a watch- man with a lantern meets every train from town after dark.” Electric lights have been installed in the gym- nasium. “The long-expected tea-pan- tries, with their little gas jets and aluminum kettles and saucepan, have at last taken the place of all chafing- dishes and alcohol lamps.’”’ The Fresh- man class consists of 118 regular mem- bers and four hearers and its average age, is 18 years, 6 months. Great. names appear in Tipyn O’ Bob’s pages. Theresa Helburn has been elected, according to Athletic As- sociation notes, captain of the 1908’s class baseball team. A story of hers, entitled Realization, appears in Feb- ruary, 1905. It is a very romantic tale, all about a gentleman who has been influenced by the East, decidedly for the worse. It ends on a pathetic note: “Evelyn rose and passed her hand across her eyes, quickly, as if she were in pain. ‘I don’t love you, Jack,’ she said simply.” Margaret Emerson’ Bailey, on Tipyn’s Editorial Board, makes quite erature, including a very long and very tragic tale called Great Posses- sions. A lady named Katherine Hough- ton is, according to Alumnae Notes, engaged to a gentleman named Mr. Hepburn. We are not quite sure about her connection to Hollywood Kate, but we would be willing te bet that there is some link there. Henry James came to Bryn Mawr in 1905 no net on Balzac. His di- gressions-from the subject were inter- esting. He thought of life in Dickens, he said, as always passing in the morning or the early afternoon in a long hall of many unwashed win- dows; in George Eliot, when the shad- ows are long; the trees rustle vaguely, and the color of the day is inclined to be yellow. In Balzac, the color is rich and thick, sun and shade are mixed. Bryn Mawr may have been emanci- pated, but this was not true of all other institutions. One young lady of the class of 1907 was horrified to re- ceive a catalogue of a ‘Ladies’ Col- lege” situated near Baltimore which offered to prepare the student for “the duties of wife and mother.” Among the courses offered. is the~following, described at length: “A two-hour cours¢’ in the lighter form of English verse will be required of all Fresh- men. As the female mind is often un- able to comprehend the great. mani- festations of genius and as the duties of woman do not. render such com- prehension necessary, this course may be substituted for any part of the course in Shakespeare. It consists of one hour’s reading in class of selected portions of the works of Lewis Car- roll, Lear and. others, and one hour's a ae OP eee | Sas sais hy a few contributions to Bryn Mawr lit-| consideration by the lecturer of the: relation born by literature to a Wom- an’s future duties. Parents need én- tertain no fear—” and here the quota. tion breaks off, to our sorrow. Apparently, the female mind com- prehended Lewis Carroll very well. The annoyed recipient of the catolofue should have read Appreciation, pub- lished in 1908. “Pensive and cavernous, lithe and lorn, the Object sits, ah me! Would that I had a red, red rose, plucked’froim a.POppy : Oh gloathesome glumness- gloating. there, with busy hands and free, Shrill not thy slithy shrieks at him, the purplous one, the Ghee. L’Envoi. To him who lorns’ and langles lone To him come these, come we! The Alumnae Plays produced in May, 1905, included among their num- ber a puppet show, Columbine’s Mar- riage, written by Miss Georgiana ‘ King, ’96. This was, says Tipyn O” Bob, ‘‘very entertaining in its nov- elty.” IN PHILADELPHIA Theatres k Chestnut: Ina Claire in Ode to Liberty, in which Communists, irate husbands and murderous police re- solve themselves at the deft hands of Miss Claire into a walking tour of Spain with a most charming young man. Town Hall: That inimitable tem- perance melodramer, The Drunkard, is offering Philadelphia a chance to boo, hiss and throw beer bottles at the evil machinations of the villain on the Roof Garden of the Walton Hotel. Academy of Music: March 18, two performances by the Ballet Russe. The program at the matinee will be: Le Bal (Premiere) Aurora’s Wedding La Concurrence (First time here.) and the evening program will be: The Firebird (First time here.) Jardin Public (Premiere) Three-Cornered Hat Orchestra Program Mahler... .Symphony- No. 2, C Minor _Eugene Ormandy Conducting. Movies Aldine: Folies Bergere, with Mau- rice Chevalier as a stage celebrity who impersonates a baron and sings five swell songs to boot. Areadia: Rumba, with George Raft and Carole Lombard making a snap- py attempt at another Flying Down to Rio. “Boyd: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene Dunne in Roberta, a pretty snappy movie version of the musical comedy. Earle: An extremely funny edition of one of the world’s funniest books, Night Life of the Gods, with Peggy Shannon. Selling out day and night in New York. . Fox: George White’s Scandals. If you like George White’s Scandals, don’t let us stop you from going. Karlton: Ricardo Cortez and Vir- ginia Bruce in Shadow of .Doubt; nothing doing. Locust: George Arliss in The Iron Duke breaks into what is promised to be its last week. We trust you will remember that Wellington and other historical figures or moments, as you will, disport themselves bravely about the scene. Local Movies Ardmore: Wed. and Thurs., Ron- ald Colman in Clive of India; Fri., The Right to Romance, with George Brent and Josephine Hutchinson; Sat., The Band Plays On, with Robert Young and Stuart Erwin; Mon. and Tues., Claudette Colbert in The Gilded Lily. Seville: Wed. and Thurs., Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy in Broadway Bill; Fri. and Sat., May Robson in Grand Old Girl; Mon. and Tues., Joan Grawford, Clark. Gable*sand Robert Montgomery in Forsaking All Others; Wed. and Thurs., Enter, Madame, with Elissa Landi and Cary Grant. Wayne: Wed. and Thurs., Ann Harding and Robert Montgomery in Biography of a Bachelor Girl; Fri., and Sat., Joan Crawford, Clark Ga- ble and Robert Montgomery in For- saking All Others; Mon. and mars = Anna Sten and Fredric March Pat Live Again; Wed. and Thurs., Band Plays On, with Robert Yom and Start Erwin.