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Ashes to Ashes

The Bryn Mawr imagination is always most evident in its mascots, but
the Freshman Class in a soaring flight of fancy has added an unexpected

attraction. to the Zoo. The College

ancestry and brilliant prospects as the class animal of 1935.

can now claim a bird of doubtful
The Phoenix

has joined the ranks of the blue grasshopper, the homo sapiens and the bat,
the amoeba rand the other biological curiosities which have found a warm
home in Freshman hearts. Possibly Bryn Mawr has taken the role of the

Blessed Isles in the minds of 1935,

or it may be the ashes from which

_ aspiring Freshmen wish, to arise. ‘The significance of ‘the Phoenix as a
symbol seems to be dubious, but as’a class pet it has poetry and imagination.
We welcome the Phoenix and its backers.

 

By Word of Mouth

“Get back to nature aad relax!”

The great cry of our age, in reaction to the stuffiness of Victorian con-

vention, is: “be natural,”

doubtedly more healthy than an artificial one.
It does not necessarily imply being vulgar,

according to one’s own taste.

and it is a wise cry since-a natural state is un-

Being natural means acting

for vulgarity is not nature’s primitive. state, it is an affectation whose existence

depends solely on somebody's having bad enough taste to affect it.

It has

come to be expected that anyone having the least chance to learn, to form
judgments, and to calculate values, will acquire, if he- has not already in-

herited it, a certain comprehension of good taste.

In one who has got as far

as Bryn Mawr with the obvious purpose of learning, and of profiting thereby,
we experience a disagreeable surprise if we find it lacking. When one
recites in slang on the development of English drama, and swears over Plato

and Aristotle, there is some sense of decency in us that is outraged. If the}

offenders cannot see what a desperate ignorance of good taste they are

exhibiting, can they not see the childish irony of following the long task of |

perfecting our native language, from

little impressed by it as to open their mouths and murder it.

Chaucer to Lyly, and then being so
A little thought

before speaking has always been the better part of wisdom.
In the plainest of their plain words we ask them, out of consideration

for those who take classes seriously, to outgrow slang and swearing.

It is

not funny, and it is not dashing; it is bad manners.

 

In Philadelphia

Garrick—New Theatre Guild pro- |

duction, “The Moon in the Yellow
River,” makes its American bow. Is
a drama dealing with post-revolution-
ary troubles in Irelend—first produc-
ed by the Abbey Players in Dublin.

Broad—Lenore Ulric in “The Social
Register”—a chorus girl and New
York society get somewhat involved.
Amusing, if the situation appeals to
you.

Chestnut — “Zoom” — a comedy-
drama about a young flier who comes
suddenly and unexpectedly into the
~~ public optic—only fair.

Coming
Garrick—Feb. 22—“If Booth Had
Missed”—a play about what might
have_happened if Mr. Booth had not
been a good marksman.
Music—Academy of Music.

The Philadelphia Grand Opera C
presents “Lohengrin,” with Mmes.
Roselle, Van Gordon, Deis, Kendrick,
Carhart, Davis; MM. Marion, Caupo-
lican, Stesehenko, Eddy, Healy, Mah-
ler, Thibault, Cosby, Conductor,
Reiner.
Philadelphia Orchestra — Friday,
Feb. 19, at 2.30 P. M., and Saturday,
Feb. 20, at 8.20 P. M., conductor, Ber-
nadino Molinari. Program:
Bach-Pick-Mangiagalli.Two Desindes
Deems Taylor,
- “Through the Locking Glass”
Beethoven, __
Symphony No. 6 (Pustarel)
Smetana,
Overture, “The Barterel Bride”
Movies
Masthwam—Ted : Lewis, complete
‘| | ie, hat, and cane, heads the vaude-
“Two

kins and Philip Holmes in

_ Kinds of Women.” A Western girl
-— -. ”

 

Thursday, Feb. 18, at 8.00 P. oe?
0:

; on the.screen, Miriam Hop-!

lof charming women and gambling

peti~she the advantage a3 not point-

evil. Rather good aatintalniiank:
Keith’s—“Cock of the Air”
amusing comedy film of the air. Ches-
ter Morris is the lad who loves far
better than he fights, and the girl
whose appeal keeps the entire army
out of the trenches is Billie Dove.
Stanton—Dorothy Mackail in “Safe
in ‘Hell’’—the less said the better.
Karlton—“Arrowsmith,” with Ron-
ald Coleman and Helen. Hayés—one
of the greatest pictures of the year.
Don’t miss it. e
Stanton—“Men- in Her Life” —
Charles Bickford and Lois Moran.
Story of a girl who found it was mad-
ness to love and therefore,tried hat-
ing. She eventually reverts, to love,

—- an

with the aid’ of a retired—racketeer:

Not much.

_Fox—Will Rogers in “Business and
Pleasure” —Rogers as a razor blade
tycoon traveling to Arabia to corner
the razor blade business. Joel Mc-
Crea and Jetta Goudal are in the cast.
Extremely amusing and ieee a
good evening.

Stanley—Clark Gable and Wallace
Beery in “Hell’Divers.” Aviation in
the Navy—filmed during actual ma-
noeuvers in Panama. Excellent fly-
ing, good comedy and plenty of
drama—definitely worth seeing.

Lééal Movies

Ardmore-—Weduasday and Thurs-
day, “Strictly Dishonorable,” with
Paul Lukas and Sidney Fox; Friday,
“False Madonna,” with Kay Francis
and Conway Tearle; Saturday, Bill
-| Boyd in “Suicide Fleet,” with Ginger
Rogers, Robert Armstrong a8
James Gleason.

Seville—Wednesday and Thursday,

Guilty Generation; ;” Saturday, Lew
Ayres in “Heaven on Earth.” ¢ |
Tn ate mecc a and Thursday,

 

“The Rainbow Trail; Friday, “The ||

 

The Pillar
of Salt

 

 

 

Dedication

There is an hour that I would dedi-
cate

To be the play-time of the rambling
roach,

An hour which is by force inviolate

He so outnumbers me when I at-
tack—

The hour romantic genius makes me
choose

To prop up leaden eyelids with one
hand

And with the other supplicate the
Muse—

The darkest, coldest, grimmest hour
of night.

As if i in fruitful answer to my prayer
The armies of the wooden. under-

world *

Without a sound, without . a stir, are
there

Mustered along the .cushions of my
couch.

The best-fed of these aboriginese

(Honor varies directly as their girth)

Sits on my biggest pilolw in well-
stuffed ease,

While lesser, thinner ones go out for
food.

And then there grows a nightmare
in my head,

Of scrambling feet and: avid munch
of crumbs,

Until my shattered nerves force me
to Hed

Wonderirig if roaches climb the legs
of chairs. .

Moaning at the Bar

Dog-fish is dead, he is dead as a door-
nail,

The dwellers in Dalton could all tell
you that.

We knew it,-too, but’ we weren’t in
Dalton,

Weeping and wailing we mourned
with the rest.

Poor little dog-fish! Let’s give him
(her) a funeral,

Gather his pieces and lay on a bier,

Straw him with roses and pour. on the

perfume,

Give him a winding-sheet, straw him
with yew,

Carry him forth to the shore of the
ocean,

Bear him along to the winy-dark deep,
Launch him a-barge and set him a-
floating,
Kindle a flame on the corpse-laden
deck,
And as it rises call all. the fishes,
Let them lament him, his watery
grave, :
as ‘she_.sobbed,
guppy, :
Melting in tears as she looked at his
face,
“Isn't it lovely?
grace!”

Said the garrulous

May God Jend him

 

Se Show Reveals
Phoenix Class Animal

 

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not as well executed as “Get On Your
Toes,” the love-song, “At Last” was
requally-good—muiscally....The chorus |-
was well trained and unusually at-
tractive; the mummy dance was un-.
forgettable. The construction was
done intelligently with simple sets.
The lighting was highly sensational.
One noticed especially the entrance
of the Pharoah and the Egyptian
dance. A criticism of the show is in-
complete without some mention of the
captivating “Flea Museum,” who went
through. her repertoire so.profession-
ally and with so little fuss.

All in all, the Class of 1935 im-
pressed the audience as an able.group
of showmen. Miss Macaulay, the di-
rector, has a fine eye for effective

and has much to be proud of. A few

 

CALENDAR
Mon., Feb. 22—-8.15, Rev. Kir-
sopp! Lake, D. D., “will speak

in Goodhart Hall on “Paul's ;
Successors.”
! Tues. Feb. 23—8.20, Mr. Sam-
uel Arthur King will give a
Boscombe recital in
rer Hall.

 

 

 

 

staging of the school of Ray Goetz, |

Summer School Director
Acknowledges Contribution

 

To the Bryn Mawr Contributors For
the Summer School Scholarships:

It is indeed good news to hear of
the substantial gift. promised by the
members-of-the-College for the Bryn
Mawr Summer School this year. To
reach a total of $1100 seems remark-
able during this period, equalling any-
thing the College has done in past
years.

Applications for the Summer School
are coming in every week from every
part of the country. These workers
are almost all of them unemployed
and are therefore looking forward to
the eight weeks at Bryn Mawr as a
great opportunity this year. The
school term will give them not only

eight weeks, together with regtilar
meals and health supervision, but will
also offer an opportunity to study
such questions as Unemployment and
Social Control—questions which are
closely related to their daily lives as
industrial workers.

We hope that many of the under-
graduates will plan to visit the school
this summer and become acquainted
with these workers from industry.
They would, I know, send their sin-
cere thanks with ours to all those
who have contributed so generously
to the scholarship fund, which makes
it possible for workers to attend the
school.

Very sincerely yoiir's,
BILvA W. SMITH,
Director.

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News df the New York Theatres

Sir Harry Lauder, a famous spe-
cialist in ‘farewell tours, is to make
his fourth in America this fall.

“Adam Had Two Sons,” which ran
for one fitful and unhappy week in
Philadelphia, lasted exactly three
days in New York—the aidience at
these performances consisted. largely
of outraged critics and free custom-
ers. The production was not a suc-
cessi

 

The new -Ziegfeld musical, “Hot-
Cha,” will open in New York March
1. The piece_is_by-Hellinger;-Brown
and Henderson, and is said to have
an outstanding score. The cast in-
cludes Bert Lahr, Buddy Rogers (who
has deserted the “silver screen” for
the great white way), Marjorie
White, Lynne Overman and Veloz
and Yolanda.

Greta Garbo’s next picture will be
“Grand Hotel,” in which she will play
Grusinskaia. John Barrymore is to
have the role of von Gaigern, Lionel
Barrymore that .of Kringelein, Joan
Crawford that of Flammchen, Wal-
lace Beery that of Prysing, and Lew-
is Stone that of the doctor. Edmund
Goulding is to direct and Vicki Baum
herself will supervise the adaptation.

 

more Freshman Shows of this water
will break the hoary tradition of the
NEWS eritics, who have felt that on
this occasion they could be vituperat-
ive. We are forced to despite tradi-
tion and=our“ownr bad disposition to
congratulate them.
Director—Barbara Macaulay.
Business Manager+-Barbara Lewis.
Musie and Lyrics—Denton, Macau-

lay, Bates, Douglas, Swab.
GAST-
Crowley, an American naturalist
Cary ae
Betty, his daughter......Betty Lord

Michael, his assistant..Marie Hayes
Percy, expedition camera man,
Betsy Bates
Ali, chief guide... .-. Lucy Dougals
Captain of the Legionnaires,
Susan Morse
Wepiae 3 ee Mildred Smith
Members of the Expedition—Che-
ney, Ripley, Howe.
-=Guides — Cross, Hawks, Hupfel,
Monk Wlorrison.
Egyptian ‘Dancers — Bill, Lakens,
Cook, Eaton, Nicoll, Perry, Tobin.
Soldiers—Blythe,. Briggs, Bucher,
Chamberlayne, Fairbanks, Holloway,
Horn, Kent, B. Little, P. Little, Me-
Cormick, McCurdy, -McEldowney,

|| Meirs, Robinson, Simpson, van Keu-
: ren, ven Vechten.

DIRECTION
Dancing Coach—Betsy Bates.
Drill Coach—Susan_ Morse.
-Construction—Catherine Bill.
Lighting—Diana Tate-Smith.
Costumes—Jane Hopkinson.
Properties—Peggy Little.

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relief from: ecoriomic pressure for;

Mrs. Barnes

 

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from which the woman writes. The
world has been made by men; the
woman emerges from the tkitehen. or
the parlor and makes her comment on
his handiwork. Sarah Teasdale
knew this when she named her book
of woman’s poems, “The Answering’
Voice.”

A great book always seems so com-
plete that it is hard to realize the
work and correction that has been put
into it. A novel is one of two types:
of character, or’ of situation. When
the novel has suggested itself in the
form of a character or a plot, the
author has to decide between speak-
ing from the mind of one. person,
changing from one person to another,
or with a God-like insight knowing the
minds of all. Finally, the author
must» write from his experience, or
from his’ conclusions drawn from
others’ experiences. Henry James de-
fines experience as all impressions,
demands that authors should write
from experience only, and says, “try
to be one of the people on whom
nothing is lost.” A book must show
some conclusion about life, or throw
light on some moral value. Moral
values have become a matter of taste,
and today it is daring to believe in
the cardinal virtues. Perhaps, how-
ever, it is worth while to have this
daring when one realizes, as Henry
James says again, that the quality of
a book is the quality of the mind of
its writer.

 

Book Review

“Mary’s Neck,” by Booth Tarking-
ton, (Dowbleday, Doran).
“Muary’s Neck’ adds another set
tals. Ananias Prinsh Sweetmus and
Zebias Flick, natives of Mary’s Neck,
Maine; Eddie Bullfinch and Madame
Parka, of the summer cottagers, seize
at once their place in dur hearts be-
side Monsieur Beaucair, Penrod, and
Gentle Julia. The story is as epi-
sodic and as lacking in form. and
|logic as a summer vacation in Maine
imust be. If it’s plot has the three
parts required of all plots, a_begin-
ning, a middle, and an end, they -are
simply April, September, and the
months between. Each chapter is a
short story in itself, with ‘its own
suspense and climax. The whole is
a group of New Engtand portraits
as delightful as Tarkington has ever
done.

The Massey family, from the
neighborly Middle West, made_ their
first encounter with the close-lipped
New Englander of Mary’s Neck, and
the equally close self-sufficiency of the
summer colony. They were resisted
most efficiently by Zebias Flick, who
was afraid even to cough lest he com-
mit himself.to something. Ananias
Prinsh Sweetmus,. who was named
after the wrong Ananias, and whose
other two names were most compro-
mising to shout across the garden, tol-
erated them, even encouraged them.

 

’pinion” why “animals and children
and women” always took to him. The
| deepest inroads into society were
feuds by gay Clarissa Massey, and
| her sister, Enid, who always had in-
itellectual interests, whether it was
| the modern. art_colony,.or. Dr._Gil-
merding, student of the ways of the
Ogilluway tribe. Among their ad-

 

‘|mirers is Mme. Famietta Parka, the

Croatan Prima-donna, the outrage of
the, colony, with her purple and
orange kimono, and her six white
dogs. Enid’s backgammon partner,
Eddie Bullfinch, with whom she got.
along best when they were not on
speaking terms; mechanic, breaker. of
antiques,..subject.to fits of despond-

sympathetic portrait in the book, a
rich mixture of humor and pathos.
‘The situations “¢reated™
characters are as living and as hilari-
ous as Penrod’s stage appearance in
the janitor’s overalls.

C.F. G.

 

Dr. Holland Reads Monograph
Dr. Leicester Bodine Holland, pro-
‘fessor at the University of Pennsyl-

‘}vania, read a paper on “Mantic Mech-

anism at Delphi,” to students of
Archaeology and Latin on Monday

= afternoon. Dr. Holland previously
|read the monograph at the December

meeting of the American Archaeolog-

ical Society at Richmond. Virginia.

 

of portraits to Tarkington’s immor- -

Anyone would do as long as he al- |
lowed Ananias to “spress his own

ency and frankness, he is the most~

‘with’ these

or Ween