WS NMOL. XXII, No. 25° BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1936 Copyright BRYN MAWR COLLEGE NEWS, 1936 — SSE PRICE 10 CENTS SEVENTY-ONE STUDENTS AWARDED A. B. DEGREES | Dr. Hamilton Urges ~ War be Combatted As Dread Disease Work of the League Health Commission is Summarized In Address SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE ~ TYPICALLY PACIFISTIC Goodhart, June 8.—“I sometimes think how much nearer we should be to world peace if statesmen would face war as physicians face gisease,” remarked Dr. Alice Hamilton, who delivered the Commencement address here today. Dr. Hamilton’s speech was concerned chiefly with the ex- cellent work done by the.Health Com- mittee of the League of Nations, of which she is an eminent member. Sickness is not the cause of heroism and “beautiful instances of self-sac- |: rifice’’; usually its stunts and embit- ters, rather than ennobles. The ar- gument that disease is necessary to keep down excess of population and to eliminate the unfit is specious, for sickness often takes those who are fittest both mentally and spiritually. All of these arguments are used by those who believe pacifism to be an impossible and undesirable idea. We are told that you cannot change human nature, that war always has been and therefore always will be, that it stimulates heroism: That is why the fight against disease is so Continued on Page Six : Miss Donnelly Regards Literature as an Art Instituted Courses in Creative Writing’ Here and Movement For Comprehensives HAS TAUGHT 40 YEARS “T am interested in literature as an art, in its creative spirit and the link- ing of its past with present growth, as well as in its sources and history.” With these words, Miss Donnelly, who is retiring this June from her place as head of the English Department, summed up the spirit of the. forty years of her teaching here. “You see,” she added, “I was brought up in the Nineties, when art was spelled with a capital A, and still the form and quality of any literary work seems to me the most important thing about it,—the thing which no student should fail to grasp.” When Miss Donnelly began her work at Bryn Mawr as an instructor in required general English, she put her theory into practice. She felt that the exclusively critical interests of this course were too narrow, and through her influence, accordingly, Continued on Page Six Many’ Alumnae Gather To Attend Reunions President Park Entertains at Home; 1926 Largest Group In spite of the fact that many alum- nae had the opportunity of seeing each other again at Big May Day, be- tween 200 and 250 people found it possible to attend class reunions on June 6 and 7. The largest group present was the class of 1926, repre- sented by thirty-six alumnae. Their headquarters were at Wyndham, with Edith Harris West, ’26, acting as man- ager. Less than ten people were -présent from classes of 1934 and-1935, whose reunions were*managed by Josephine Continued on Page Five Alternate Fellow is Horace Prize Winner Jean Holzworth, Latin Major, Has Magna Average of 88.7 For Four Years FELLOW HERE NEXT YEAR Jean Holzworth, the alternate for the European Fellowship this year, has had a distinguished career of fine and original work and has maintained throughout her four years an aca- demic average of 88.712. Her most spectacular achievement while at Bryn Mawr was the winning of the prize contest sponsored by the American Classical League in connection with the bimillenium celebration of Hor- ace’s birth. The contest, known as the “Uni- versity of Cincinnati Prize Contest,” was open to undergraduates of uni- vérsities in the United’ States and Canada and involved the presentation of a metrical translation of at least fifty lines of Horace’s odes or epodes, an original ode or satire in the style of Horace and an essay on “Horace and Augustus.” All the papers were submitted anonymously or under pseudonyms; Miss Holzworth chose the name “John Michael” and hers (or his) were chosen unanimously by the judges. Miss Holzworth won the New Eng- land Matriculation Scholarship when she entered college and at the end of her junior year won the Shippen Foreign Language Scholarship award- ed for excellence in a foreign lan- guage. This year she has done honors work with Dr. Taylor, writing her thesis on the Philosophical and Rhe- torical Works of Cicero. When she came to college after graduation from Greenwich Academy, Miss Holzworth planned to major in English and then changed to classical archaeology; but in the middle of her sophomore year she made up her mind to major in Latin, doing the work of the entire first semester of the second year Latin Continued on Page Six Josephine Heiskell Wins Second Prize In Vogue Prix de Paris Contest Begins Work on Editorial Staff - In September; Will Assist Fashion Editor ANSWERED SIX QUIZZES ' With Josephine Heiskell, ’36, on the Editorial Staff of .Vogue, Bryn - . Mawr will have to change its collegi- ate style in order to keep up with the. times. Miss: Heiskell is the winner of _ the second prize in Vogue’s Prix de ’ Paris Contest. She will start work- _ ing on ‘the Editorial Board in Sep- ~ tember, For a week in June she’ will _ “cover the market” and ass'st the fashion editor in the picking out of s or the Au gus! ist” who shocked all the slack-clad in- | tellectuals in the famous New Yorker cartoon. The Prix dé Paria | prize was not a gift from heaven which descended af- ter an ardent prayer. Miss Heiskell won it by answering six quizzes issued from November to April as well as by writing a thesis of not more than 1500 words. The quiz questions were usually on ideas received from the preceding issue of Vogue, for instance, writing an answer to the article which Vogue,ran on “What the College Man Thinks of the College Woman.” The subject of Miss Heiskell’s thesis was “Modern Trends in Advertising.” YO¥k“umte one of the staff greeted n| her with the words, “Oh, this is just Recently when she visited the New|, like having a baby. This is the first 99 ie : Rufus Jones Outlines Personal Philosophy Baccalaureate Speaker Relates Doctrine of a Progressive World Creation MIND PRODUCES SPIRIT} Goodhart, June 7.—In his Baccalau- reate sermon, Dr. Rufus Jones, pres- ident of the Board of Trustees, ad- vanced his philosophy of the progres- sive, creation of the world and the emergence: of the “free self-transcend- ent spirit” from the natural-animate to where “we find ourselves in mutual reciprocal and communion with a Beyond within ourselves.” He began with the proverb: “ ‘the spirit of man is a candle of the Lord. Our lives are kindled by G&d’ and as we feed the flame with our enkindled lives we become revealing places for the life of God,” and our religion be- comes “complete normal spiritual health.” This spirit is the result of slow development of life towards higher forms, and man “a being with a slen- der body, but with ideal vision in his eyes,” has succeeded the mighty saurians. The spirit does not come from above but ‘‘as a new and subtle elevation of what was here before.” Refined forms of matter allow con- sciousness to break forth. When the mind progresses beyond being able to know an object to being able to know “that it knows as well as what it kngws,” the term spirit can properly be used. The mind is no longer com- pletely dependent on objects; it can now “enlarge the empire of its estate by the ideal forecast of what ought to.be.” We can enjoy abstract, spir- itual realities such as Beauty and Truth, ideas which are eternal. At the top of this “Jacob’s ladder” we find within us “a More that is akin to what we know as spirit in our- selves.” This actual world only touches this world within a world as a “bounding shore.” The upward urge in the universe has shifted from physi- cal development and has become a “nisus towards spirit.” Dr. Jones said that he preferred the account. of the creation in~ the Romans to that in Genesis, because the former sees man as being still in the making. In the latter, when God has made man, “the work is. finished Continued on Page Five STEWART WINS MEDAL FOR FRENCH READING Alicia B. Stewart, of the graduat- ing class, won the gold medal for French reading at the Concours Ora- toire held on Thursday, May 15. The medal is offered each year by the Comité France-Amérique. Last year it was won by Mary Pauline Jones who graduated summa cum laude with distinction in French. Miss Stewart is diso majoring in French and has been doing honours .work on Victor Hugo with Mademoiselle Sou- beiran. Miss Stewart was one of six contestants for the medal, who read the same selections both of prose and poetry. Each girl read prepared passages of La Fontaine and de Vig- ny, and also read at sight from work of Andre Gide and Emile Verhaeren. The judges were Mrs. Pavey, whose husband is President of the Alliance Francaise, Madame Cret of Phila- delphia and Miss Edith Phillips, of Swarthmore. Students’ Change df Courses Students who are changing their courses must notify the Dean’s office before September 15. After Commencement: noti- fication may be made by letter to either Mrs. Manning or Miss Ward. After September 15 a — fine of $5.00 will be charged un- less a very good reason for de- lay can Sew given. eet i reer ae : Science Building Plans Delayed a ement to the College ews, Mrs. F. Louis. Slade, chairman of the Fiftieth Anni- versary Fund, said that. the committee had decided not to plan the new science building this spring, although the alum- nae have obtained enough money to begin construction. They ex- pect to wait until they receive enough to cover the carrying expenses before the building shall be begun in order not to burden the college with the ex- penses of running it. E. Wyckoff is Major In Ancient Classics Average is 88.919; Interests Include English, Politics and * Creative Writing IS EDITOR OF LANTERN Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff, the Eu- ropean Fellow chosen from this year’s senior class, is a scholar. as the stu- dents of the Middle Ages were..Choos- ing no new-fangled science for her work, she has majored in the litera- ture and language of ancient Greece; and the classical studies of Latin and philosophy have supplemented her in- terest in the time-honored, traditional knowledge on which to some degree all other knowledge rests. Not a whit dismayed by the incomprehensibility attributed to Greek by popular talk, she has maintained a brilliant record in this subject as well as in her other courses throughout her college years, for her general average is 88.919% Miss Wyckoff is not, however, ex- clusively devoted to antiquity. She is a member of the executive commit- tee for the very modern organization of the A. S. U. and heartily approves of the union between liberal and radi- cal forces accomplished by this asso- ciation. She is encouraged, too, by the increased interest in _ political affairs shown on the campus. Since one of her two habitual modes of recreation is talking—the other is walking—, she has always been in close touch with all sides of campus activity, not merely politics. As hall president for Pembroke East this year, she has been a leader in student government, and as editor of the Lan- tern, she has been a leader in student expression. She only wishes the col- Continued on Page Six Meeting Votes Assent To New Plan of Marks Faculty Endeavoring to Eliminate Emphasis Upon Grades On the recommendation of the com- mittee especially appointed to con- sider the problem, the Faculty . voted at its meeting in April that in the future no grades should be posted in Taylor Hall. Instead of posting the grades the Registrar will enter them on the students’ course cards and send out the course cards as soon as the record is complete. In February the cards will be sent by campus mail; in June it Will probably be necessary to send them to the student’s home ad- dress. In special cases information as to grades will be given out through the Dean’s office. Mrs. Manning will furnish such information when , it seems necessary for the upperclass- men, and Miss Ward for the freshmen. Members of the faculty have agreed not to give out grades, and students are especially requested not to ask for grades for the language examinations will be sent to the students on sep- Continued on Page Six them except at the Dean’s office.. The| European Fellowship ie Given To Elizabeth Porter | Wyckoff 11 of 71 Graduated Magna Cum Laude 25 Students Receive Diplomas Cum Laude, 22 Gain Degrees With Distinction 3 PH.D”’S CONFERRED Goodhart, June 8.—Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff has been selected as the Bryn Mawr European Fellow for next year, Miss Park announced at the Com- mencement exercises this morning. Miss Wyckoff was graduated magna cum laude with distinction in Greek. Jean Holzworth was named alternate for the fellowship.’ The M. Carey Thomas Essay Prize of one hundred dollars, awarded to the member of the graduating class whose writing is adjudged best in the class, the second coveted honor announced on Com- mencement Day, went to Margaret Kidder. Out of a class of seventy- one, eleven students were graduated magna cum laude and _ twenty-five, cum laude. Twenty-two received their degrees with distinction. Dr. Alice Hamilton, eminent research worker in the field of industrial poison, delivered the Commencement address. Following is a list of those who re- ceived A. B., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Bryn Mawr College: Continued on Page Four Susan M. Kingsbury Retiring This Month Directed Carola Woerishoffer Department Since Founding In 1915. AMAZING CAREER HAS The choice of Susan M. Kingsbury as director of the Carola Woerishoffer Department of Social Economy in 1915 resulted from a consideration of her personal qualities and the achieve- ments in which they had already as- serted themselves at, that time. In 1890 she had her B. A. from College of the Pacific in California, — She of which her mother was .dean. became president of the Y. M. C. A. of her college and later of the'State.~ organization. In a very brief .time after that Dr. Kingsbury had* a strange assortment of teaching posi- tions. country school she went to, the Coggs- well Polytechnical School, then the Lowell high school in San Francisco. During her free hours Miss Kings- bury managed to work toward her M. A. in history at Stanford Univer- sity. At ‘Columbia, where she secured her doctorate in 1905, Dr. Kingsbury’s career began when she became the first woman ever to receive a fellow- ship. Following her studies at Co- lumbia, she was awarded the foreign fellowship by the American Associa- tion of University Women. She went to London, where she ferreted out ex- ceptionally important documents con- cerning the Virginia company, which the Library of Congress published. In 1908 Dr. Kingsbury went to teach at Vassar; but an offer of the Massachusetts State Commission of Industrial Education to investigate Continued on Page Five The Drive is Over the Top! June 7.—Just as the News nounced that the Alumnae had “reached their goal and the Mil- After a year in a two-room ' went to press Mrs. Slade an- } lion Dollar Fund was complete. e ~~ ~York City... , ; A.B. BryttMawr College, 1934. \ Graduate Student in ical Archeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1934-35,—.and |Graduate ‘Scholar in Classical Archeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. ‘ Subjects, Economics and Politics and Social Economy: MILpReD SYLVIA FIsHMAN of Mon- ticello, New York | A.B. Barnard College, 1935. Graduate Scholar in Economics and Politics, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. Subjects, Economics and Politics and CATHERINE CHRISTINE McCoRMICK of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania A.B. Bryn Mawr College, 1935. Graduate Student in Economics. and Politics and History, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. History: . Subjects, Education and’ Psychology: ALMA IpA AUGUSTA WALDENMEYER, of Philadelphia | A.B. Bryn Mawr College, 1935. on-Resi- dent Graduate Scholar in Education, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. Etta KATHARINA SOPHIE ALBRECHT of Hamburg, Germany,)| in ab- | sentia A.B. Earlham College, 1934. | Friends’ College Scholar, Bryn Mawr Cathes 1934- 35. Subject, English: ELIZABETH RUTH HOSMER, of Barre, Vermont A.B. Mount Holyoke College, 1935. Grad- uate Student in English, Bryn Mawr Col- lege, 1935-36. 4 LOUISE CLEWELL TURNER Of Roa- noke, Virginia A.B. Bryn Mawr College, 1934, Assistant in English, Hollins College, 1934-35; Grad- uate Student in English, Bryn Mawr Col- lege, 1935-36. Subject, French: Marion Monaco of Bristol, Penn- sylvania A.B. New Jersey College for Women,’ 1935. Graduate Student in French, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. THELMA CHIQUITA WILHELMY of Marlboro, Massachusetts A.B. Beaver College, 1935. Graduate Stu, dent in French, Bryn Mawr College, 1935- 36. Subject, German: ANNE PoaGE FUNKHOUSER of Roa- noke, Virginia A.B. Bryn Mawr College, 1933. Graduate Student in German and French, Bryn Mawr College, 1933-34, and Graduate Stu- dent in German, 1935-36. Subjects, Greek and Classical Arche- ology: ADELAIDE Mary Davipson of Pro- ‘vidence, Rhode Island A.B. Pembroke College in Brown Univer- sity, 1933. Graduate Student in Greek and Classical Archeology, Bryn Mawr College, 1933-34; Graduate Scholar in Greek, Bryn Mawr College, 1934-35, and Fellow in Greek, 1935-36. DELIGHT ToLLes of Mount Vernon, New York A.B. Vassar College, 1935. Graduate Stu- Meet your friends at the Bryn Mawr Confectionery (Next to Seville Theater Bldg.) The Rendezvous of the College Girls Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious Sundaes Superior Soda Service Music—Dancing for girls only ® Mawr, Pennsylvania, in absentia A.B, Bryn Mawr College, 1930. Graduate Student in Latin and Classical Archezology, Bryn Mawr College, 1934-36. Subject, Mathematies: MARION BELLE GREENEBAUM of Brooklyn, New York A.B. Barmard College, 1935. Graduate Scholar in Mathematics, Bryn Mawr Col- lege, 1935-36. « ‘Subjects, Physics and Mathematics: MarTHa Cox of Chappaqua, New York a A.B, Cornell University, 1929. Assistant to Research Physicist, Taylor Instrument Company, Rochester, New York, 1929-30; Lecturer in Physics, Huguenot Univérsity College, South Africa, 1931-33; Part-time Demonstrator..and Graduate Student. in Physics, Bryn Mawr College, 1934-36, PAULINE RotFr of Chilo, Ohio. A.B. Uniyersity of Cincinnati, 1934. -Grad- uate Scholar, University of Cincinnati, 1934-35; Graduate. Scholar in Physics, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. Subjects, Psychology and Education: ELEANOR MurpocH CHALFANT of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A.B. Bryn Mawr College, 1933. Student, Philadelphia School of Occupational Ther- apy, 1933-35; ' chology, Bryn Mawr College, 1935-36. Candidates for Certificates Carola Woerishoffer Graduate Depart- ment of Social Economy .and Social Research TWO YEAR CERTIFICATE ISABEL JANET BLAIN of Glasgow, Scotland M.A. Glasgow University, 1932. Diploma, Glasgow School of Social Study, 1933. Graduate Student in Social Economy, Bryn Mawr College, 1934-35, and Special Scholar, 1935-36. CLARA ALBERTA HARDIN of Denver, Colorado A.B. University of Colorado, 1928, and M.A. 1930. Carola Woerishoffer Fellow in Social Economy, Bryn Mawr College, 1934- 36. GERTRUDE DorotHy Hit of Lin- coln, Nebraska A.B. University of Nebraska, 1934. Scholar in Social Economy, Bryn Mawr College, ake: jon of tha Lafechees Tascriatiew Winey. | dont in Geek cal Cusslat ardleahes. PaNIHRACIR TLS GARE 7 "Pei soeter | fig eesptuces ies] don Gru at “=> [COMMON ROOM DANCE _ Magna Cum Laude| (with distinetion in History) — Arnold Hedlund Subjects, Latin and Classical Arche-| IS CROWDED SUCCESS ero overt oe oe ANNIg LeicH BrovcHTon of Bryn} The dance in the Common Room on May 16 was definitely a success, but a crowded one, | Wells and Mr. and Dr. (Dr. Leary) Wells were the chaperons. The dance committee originally planned to have the dance in the Gymnasium. It was . changed to the Common Room because ~ they felt that there would be toe few people not to feel lost in the Gym- nasium. Perversely, half the college ‘came to the dance and the orchestra added to the general jam by taking up a good quarter of the room. Dr. and Mrs. In spite of these difficulties the Com- mon Room is declared by all to be an excellent place in which to hold a small dance. mal than the Gymnasium, and ‘the small rooms along the hall‘are more pleasant-places in which to eat during the intermission._than the tables around the Gymnasium. It is much more infor- Graduate Scholar in Psy- | 1934-35, and Carola Woerishoffer Fellow, 1935-36. HELEN LEwis of Berwyn, Pennsyl- vania zi A.B, Ursinus College, 1934, Graduate Student in Social Economy, Bryn Mawr ee 1934-35, and Non-Resident Scholar, 1935-36. ONE YEAR CERTIFICATE ALICE MARGARET KNEPPER of Co- lumbus, Ohio A.B. Ohio State University, 1933, and M.A., 1935. -Graduate Student in Social Economy, Bryn Mawr College, 1933-34. Mary SANDILANDS LeEIB ‘of San Jose, California, in absentia A.B. Leland Stanford University, 1932 and M.A., 1933. Carola Woerishoffer Fel- low, Bryn Mawr College, 1933-34. ONE YEAR CERTIFICATE (To be received after completion of Summer Practicum) DorotHy STUART CLAPP of Cleve- . land, Ohio A.B. Oberlin College, 1935. . Carola Woer- ishoffer Scholar, Bryn Mawr College, 1935- 36, *"s “YOU KNOW WHERE HE GETS THOSE SAFETY GLASS AND KNEE-ACTION IDEAS” GN | oro 1] you have to do is to look at a General Motors car and you will find all the worth- while improvements. Thanks to the greatness of its resources, this organization is able to keep ahead of the parade in pioneering new developments— and able to add these im- provements to its new cars at a price any General Motors car owner can afford. _ GENERAL Motors A Public-Minded Institution : ass eeete ed THE COLLEGE NEWS St Page Five amend _—— Miss Park Reviews Year In Last Chapel Speech Calls Senior Class Unusually Steady, Attitude Disinterested Goodhart, May 19.—“I usually let the year end without commment,” said Miss Park in chapel, “but this one has been so out of the ordinary that it deserves a few valedictory words.” The year which brought general blessings, such asa full college and no serious illnesses or epidemics, was also one of special events.. Two great prizes were won by Dr. Melba Phil- lips and Jean Holzworth, ’386. On November 1 and 2, 1935, the Fiftieth Anniversary of the college was cele- brated and made unforgettable by the presence of Miss Thomas and the pro- cession of the fifty classes which have been graduated since the founding of the college. December brought the death of Miss Thomas, a fitting end to a life so full of vigor and force, and the dignified and appropriate memorial service in her honor. In the week before Christ- mas the-Messidh was given at Prince- ton and in Goodhart Hall by the com- bined Princeton and Bryn Mawr glee clubs. In February and March the college was. given the ‘privilege of hearing I. A. Richards, the Flexner lecturer,.deliver a series of lectures on the Interpretation of Prose. The greatest event of the spring was May. Day, which was to many the most beautiful of all hitherto given. In spite of the fact that it involved more work and preparation than ever before, the college took it in its stride amazingly well. One of the fore- most reasons for the smoothness with which it was carried off, was the ex- cellent group in charge. Mrs. Chad- wick-Collins said that if she had had to choose the Executive Committee again, she would not have: made one change. The great thing, however, which made the 19386 May Day an unique pageant, was the unflagging spirit of the undergraduates. This year has brought academic changes. The absence of Miss Don- nelly and Miss Kingsbury, who retire this year, will be keenly felt. The requirements for the completion of work for the Master of Arts degree are to be made stiffer in order to in- sure a “fairer way of getting into Bryn Mawr and a fairer way of get- ting out.” An old tradition was abol- ished when the system of posting un- dergraduate marks was changed to one of mailing them. The faculty ' feels that this new method. will in- crease the maturity of work and transfer the quality and direction of study from that of a child to that of an adult. Miss Park closed with a tribute to the class of 1936. It has shown it- self, since its entrance, a class of definite character, intelligent, steady and disinterested. It has had “its ear to the ground and its shoulder to the wheel” and has moved con- stantly toward its goal. It is the President’s wish that the seniors con- tinue as alumnae the record they have made for themselves and prove good critics who will welcome intelligent changes and whose outlook will be not that of 1936, but that of the cur- rent year. EIGHT JUNIORS TO BE ABROAD NEXT WINTER An unusually large group of juniors will be spending the winter of ’36-’37 in colleges and universities abroad and elsewhere in this country. Four will be in France with the Delaware Group, three will be in Germany, and one wilk:go to Spain with the Smith Group. Three students plan tenta- tively to spend next year at the Uni- versity of Michigan, and one may ‘transfer to Radcliffe. Esther Buchen, Eleanor Mackenzie, Dorothy Rothschild: and Boone Staples are going to France, and Alice Chase, Mary Howe de Wolf, and ‘Elizabeth. Simeon are going to Germany. Kath- erine Bingham will join the Smith Group early this summer. Yearbook Elections The Class of 1937 takes pleas- ure in announcing the election of Anne Marbury as Editor and . Alice King as Business Manager for its book. Anne Mar- bury is Copy Editor of the Col- lege News \and Alice King is on Seniors Reminisce on Campus Steps; Say Last Farewell to Buildings and Inmates ._ When Taylor bell rang at twelve forty-five on May 20, closing the last class of the year, the whole ¢ollege poured out to hear the seniors dis- course from various traditional rostra. The first. celebrations were onthe senior steps of Tayler Hall; whence the mob migrated to Dalton, to the Gymnasium and finally to the Library. The seniors sang a farewell song to all the inmates of Taylor, after which Anne Reese proceeded to re- count how she had found the powers- that-be (of the college) tearing their hair (“there was a. little pile of hair in the middle of the floor”) because the glories of Taylor were about to be eclipsed by the new science build- ing. Miss Reese offered herself as a guide to the mysteries of Taylor and demonstrated to the college her pe- culiar qualifications for the post. The optical illusion was created by a very battered policeman’s hat and a black mustache that had to be held in place. The erstwhile seniors then marched to Dalton, singing Where, Oh, Where Are the Verdant Freshmen. Miss Veeder lectured before Dalton, chosen, she said, not because of her proficiency as a speaker, but because of her de- ficiency as a scientist. In her opinion the nicest thing about science was the communal spirit in the labora- tory—the work one does there is never one’s own. (Miss Chapman mounted the Gym- nasium steps announcing that she was in a ‘delickte position because she didn’t want to bring her “incomplete” records—which qualified her to speak —to the attention of Miss Petts. Be- fore the august doors of the Library, Pauline Manship graphically narrated the horrible sufferings of a late friend of hers who had had the au- dacity to enter those grim portals. Jane Matteson, president of the senior class, spoke under Pembroke Arch, describing her class as the peak of womanly beauty, in fact, “the per- fect thirty-six.” She regretted that this could not be passed on, but as the best alternative she handed over the. college, symbolized by the tradi- tional straw hat, to Esther Harden-| | bergh, president of the junior class. Susan-M. Kingsbury « Retiring This Month Continued from Page One child labor “pointed so directly” to her real concerns that she dropped her teaching. This survey was the first of its kind in America. Following this work, Dr. Kingsbury joined the staff of Simmons College, where she remained until she came here in 1915. A shift of interest rather than a change in type has taken place at Bryn Mawr during the last 21 years, Dr. Kingsbury believes. The idealism of the pre-war years soured into dis- satisfaction after the war. The first years of the depression emphasized a feeling of responsibility which was thrown aside with the realization of the “necessity of preparation for specific professional work.” Dr. Kingsbury has been most inti- mately connected with the graduate school. Approximately 200 students have shared in the untouched and necessary work of this department. a has it initiated new techni- ques. in its transplanting of scientific work into factual experiences, and its introduction of monographs into so- cial research, but individual research has received material results. For instance, it was a survey of sweat shop or “homework” conditions made in this department which occasioned salutary laws passed by the govern- ment. Dr. Kingsbury urges additional interrelation between sociology and politics, a more thorough foundation for undergraduates and further prac- tice for advanced students in public welfare. Outside of her working hours Dr. Kingsbury continues her sociological works. Even her travels are chosen for this purpose. She made a report of employment in pre-war Russia to the Social-Economic Congress. In collaboration with Miss Fairchild she also wrote a book on Factory, Family and Women in the Soviet Union. Dr. Kingsbury intends to go back-to Rus- sia this summer to study the develop- ments which the shortened working hours have brought about in the use of recreational time. She staunchly denies that any book will ‘be a result of her trip. This use of leisure time is one of the problems common to both. our country and Russia. In addition we are both countries of great size con- taining a variety of nationalities. Russia’s level of education, however, is generally low, while our lack of education is restricted to certain groups. Russia’s application of technique and her adaptation of the individual to his resources has signifi- cant implications, Dr. Kingsbury be- lieves. . In this | connection, the Summer School, too, is important, for it is de- veloping “the technique of teaching adults with limited educations. But its greatest contribution,” Dr. Kings- bury asserted, was “the development of women workers into leaders in labor communities and consequently lead- ers in the thoughtful consideration of problems in the working class.” Off-campus affairs have secured a valuable portion of Dr. Kingsbury’s attention. It was she who first or- ganized the Haverford Community Center, which started in such a dis- couraging little room that it was nick- named “Pneumonia Hall.” It has White Muckshin A shoe youll love for your tailored clothes this Summer... You'll like the price, too. $Q>° Claflir : 1606 Chestnut Street AFTERNOON TEA 25c A ; ely Luncheon and Dinner a TEAROOM 839% Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr © Paias : ’ allt di de i ee et grown apace with her interest in it. Among other chairmanships that Dr. Kingsbury holds are that of the Com- mittee on the Economic and Legal Status of Women of the American University Women; the committee is now occupied with work in connection with the Department of Labor. She has accepted the presidency of the Philadelphia branch ‘of the Univer- sity Women’s Club and was chairman of its. Educational Committee. Out- starting among her honors ‘is the vice-presidency of the American Eco- nomical and Sociological Association, a post usually held by men. Dr. Kingsbury’s “Sunday after- noons” are both instructive and de- lightful to her students. and friends. Flavored by her brusque decisiveness and her approachable enthusiasm, they have attracted such energetic thinkers as Jane Addams, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Secretary of Labor Perkin Karl de Schweinitz and Eva Whiting White. yoaber D> Rufus Jones Outlines Personal Philosophy Continued from Page One . The returns: are all in.” This man was.a failure because, under this system of creation, he has no possi- bility of changing. The former con- siders creation as progressive, that “God hasn’t finished making his world and especially is He still making us.” Dr. Jones believes that “what is to be is ... greater than what is.” The process of evolution in its lower stages Dr. Jones compared to an escalator—everything moves inde- pendently of the mind. But in the higher—levels there is no escalator, and we are free to go a higher goal or not, as we wish. Dr. Jones concluded by saying that there are times in our lives when we feel fresh initiation into life, and that he hoped the present occasion would be one of these “vernal equi- noxes.” Players’ Club Elections The Players’ Club announces the election of the following new members: acting: M. F. Bell, 89; C. R. Kellogg, ’39; L. M. Musser, ’387, and M.,.Otis, 39; lighting: K. D. Hemphill, ’39, and M. Howson, ’38; scenery and construction’, C. L. du Pont, ’39; M. G. Wood, ’89, and A. F. Wyld, ’38; costumes: M. E. Whalen, ’38; business manage- ment and publicity: E. C. Smith, "87. = New Appointees Announced Announcement was made of two new appointments not made public in Miss Park’s chapel ad- - dress of April 21, that of Dr. Hertha Kraus as Associate Pro- fessor-elect of Social Economy and ‘of Dr. Eva Fiesel as Non- resident Lecturer in the Depart- ment of Classical Archeology. Many Alumnae Gather To Attend Reunions Continued from Page One Rothermel, ’84, and Marie-Louise Van Vechten, ’35, with headquarters at Merion. Approximately fifteen to twenty alumnae attended the reunion of classes 1925 and 1927; whose head- quarters were Pembroke West and Rockefeller, respectively. Katharine %|McBride, ’25, and Audrey Sanders Lewis, ’27, acted as managers. The-class of 1928 was represented by twenty-five people, who met at Rockefeller, with Virginia Atmore, ’28, acting as manager. Pembroke East and Denbigh were the headquarters for twenty members from classes of 1908 and 1909, respectively. Myra Elliot Vanclain, ’08, and Lillian Laser Strauss, 09, served as managers. Larger numbers turned out from the classes of 1906 and 1907, which were represented by approximately twenty-five or thirty alumnae. Louise ‘Cruice Sturdevant, ’06, was manager for the class of 1906 in Pembroke East and Alice Hawkins, ’07, served in Pembroke West for her class. Class suppers were held at 8 p. m. and picnics at 6.30 p. m. on Saturday, June 6. The classes of 1925 and 1935 had their picnic in the Hollow. Elinor Amram Nahm, ’28, entertained her class at her home and the class of 1934 had their picnic behind Radnor. On Sunday the classes of 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909 met for a picnic in Wyndham Garden. The classes of 1907-and 1926 met for supper in Wyndham, while 1906 dined in the Deanery, 1908 in the Com- mon Room, 1909 in the May Day Room and 1927 in Rockefeller. At 2 p. m. all the alumnae met for the regular annual meeting of the Alumnae Asso- ciation, at which ‘Caroline McCormick Slade, ’96, national. chairman, spoke on the Fiftieth Anniversary Fund. On the same afternoon the Senior Garden Party was held in Wyndham President Park entertained the classes of 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1934 and 1935 at a buffet breakfast on Sun- day morning and again entertained all the alumnae at luncheon in the Dean- ery. Let Your Go Home by the LAUNDRY ROUTE Arrange to ship it off this June by your old friend(} Railway Express and when Commencement Day dawns, be fancy free to board the train for home. Anything — trunks, bags, books, golf clubs, cups, even your diploma— Railway Express will pick them all up on your phone call, forward them at passen- ger train speed, deliver them safe and sound at your home, And it’s economical. Railway. Express rates are low, and you pay nothing at all for pick- up and delivery service. There are no draymen’s demands, no tips, no standing in line, and sure- ness is made doubly sure by Railway Express’s double receipts, with $50.00 liability included on every piece you ship, Besides, you have the choice of forwarding your things either prepaid or collect, and they'll be home as soon as you are. No other way of shipping gives you this kind of service, as you probably know, and to get it you have only to phone the nearest Railway Express office. B Mawr Avenue ’Phone Bryn Mawr 440, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Branch office: Haverford, Pa. (R. R. Ave.) *Phone Ardmore 561 - RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY INC. | NATION. WIDE. RAIL-AIR SERVICE Baggage oa a Aa Bs eh By » Cs ts te hy a pure criticism.» ’ eral course, moreover, it was fitted to ‘into a single year for sophomores in . Donnelly approves of these examina- independent reading the a M3 Sot: the-college at present, but they oS, \ have no ‘less worth. ~'»- + Tn spite of Miss Donnelly’s absorbed “traveler and has a wide range of Se tar a ae Be eS he OP oF OS ok ‘Sete sete og a th oa 3S ° . 4 Gaba / “THE COLLEGE NEWS ee eS a bs e - /~ : ~ Literature, as an Art = er F ier “Teh ty Continued from Page One webs. in. purely ‘creative writing Maseratedsit>, supplement the hen Freshman Eng- lish was differentiated from this gen- a study of contemporary literature, and in this way acquired a movement and vitality not possible before. At! the same time, however, the rest of ' the general course was compressed’ which a general survey of English literature was made. As- President Thomas, President Nielson and sev- ’ eral other instructors first gave this | survey, and as Miss Donnelly took it up after them, it allowed time for in- dividual literary works as well as for general trends and periods; but with the reduction of time, it lost in depth and richness. By touching merely! the high points Miss Donnelly strove | to overcome this deficiency, and when. she gave up the teaching of it after directing it for thirty years, she still felt its value. She suggests that it might now be used experimentally as! a final rather than a preliminary course in the case of English majors, since it would then provide excellent | preparation for their comprehensive examinations by filling in gaps and giving a general framework to the whole subject. It is because of such a general shap- | “ing which the comprehensives give to) knowledge, and because of their ten-| dency to make students think of their work as a whole rather than as a series of separate courses, that Miss tions. During the last years when Miss Thomas was president, Miss Donnelly worked to introduce them at! least into her own department, but it’ was not until Miss Park rearranged | the faculty schedule, allowing profes- sors necessary extra time and becom- ing interested in the comprehensives | herself, that they became possible. A few disasters occurred among Eng» lish students because of them, but on; the whole the work in English has’ been improving consistently _ since their institution. Besides originating the movement for comprehensives, Miss Donnelly has_begun many other experiments now embodied in the college life. Hav- ing seen the wonderful work done in Japan by Miss Tsuda, a_Bryn Mawr student, she desired to “set the ball rolling” in China too. With the help of several friends she therefore: founded the Chinese Scholarship in 1918. She founded also the New Book Room in the Library. She was one of the original committee for the Bryn Mawr Summer School, ard she has continued to be intensely interested in this organization because of the deeper eagerness and sincerity of the stu- dents there and the challenge which their independent thinking gives to any teacher. Miss Donnelly does not disapprove of the regular Bryn Mawr students who simply take their education more as a matter of course. In answer to the laments so many alumnae make that students are not so brilliant nor so earnest as they formerly were, she replies that they are just as good as -ever.. Perhaps they have less time for and writing in well-organized and crowded life ‘interest in Bryn Mawr and her own department, she is an experienced friends from all over the world. The change and stir of travel she’ believes are vital to a fresh intellect. They allow a return to one’s own work with greater love and energy than before. Dean Schenck was the speaker at Beaver College in Jenkintown, for their Honors Day on Wednesday, May 20. a a jbased on Shelley’s life, called Many- ‘much more efficient than the fight ‘lieve that disease will ever be abol- ‘must fight with all their powers. ‘evil, we may really succeed in con- M. Coxe, ’34, Has Play Produced _ Kit Marlowe, a play by Maria Coxe, Bryn Mawr, ’34, was produced May 29 and 30 by the Hedgerow Theatre. teen years old. The-séts @md costumes for the Hedgerow production were de- signed by the author, and she also assisted in its direction. In 1935 the Theatre Alliance in Philadelphia produced another play of Miss Coxe’s, If Ye Break Faith; and she has just completed a third, Colored Glass. In’ 19338, while still an undergraduate, Miss Coxe won a scholarship from. the New York Drama League. A, War and Disease Akin, Says Dr. A. Hamilton ~ Continued from Page One Des against war. Physicians do not be- ished, but they feel that it is an unmitigated evil and one that they “When our statesmen are as fully convinced that war is evil as physi- cians are convinced that disease is trolling it, as we are on the way to controlling disease.” The members of the Health Com- mittee of the League of Nations are not appointed by their governments, nor do they represent any country, although their selection is influenced by the desire to have the membership widely scattered over the world. All are chosen because they are experts in. some field of .public health. In its early days, after the war, the committee was occupied chiefly with restoring public health work in the older countries and initiating it in the newer, and in bringing malaria under control after it had spread far and wide. The most stricken coun- tries were visited by members of the committee, who gave advice accord- ing to the conditions in the individual countries and in consideration .of the amount of money available for such work. Sleeping sickness and tubercu- losis control are also among the par- ticularly successful projects of the committee. a It is noteworthy that by 1925 the committee, which had at first asked permission of the various countries to make its investigation, was now be- sieged by inquiries and pleas for help from all parts of the world. Such investigations have spread widely of recent years, and have been conducted in Persia, Latin America, Turkey and the Far East, in addition to Europe. Drexel Institute Changes Name Philadelphia, May 30—Drexel. In- stitute of Art, Science and Industry— the only college which has adopted the cooperative plan of technical educa- tion in the Philadelphia area—is now officially Drexel Institute of Technol- ogy, according to an announcement made by the Trustees of the Institute. Drexel Institute was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, Philadel- phia financier and philanthropist, as a technical college for men and wom- en, open for day and evening sessions. The college offers courses in four schools—Engineering, Home Econom- ics, Business Administration and Li- brary Science. Both the Engineering and Business Administration Schools offer five-year cooperative courses. The cooperative college system is based on the coordi- nation of theory and practice. After the freshman year, the student spends half his time in college and the other half in a carefully selected position with some progressive business or in- dustrial firm—alternating in three- month periods between the college and his outside position. Because his prac- tical work is coordinated with his classroom studies, his entire college course is well balanced. BRYN MAWR Luncheon 40c - 50u- 75c TEA ROOM Siaila'a la cleee oui. cable Clinke Daily and Sunday 8.30 A. M. to 7.30 P. M. Afternoon PARTIES AND TEAS MAY BE ARRANGED $ SERVED ON THE TERRACE WHEN WEATHER PERMITS | COLLEGE INN Dinner 85c - $1.25 | Teas It| was written when Miss Coxe was nine- ¢ © Hurst Receives Tutorship Martha Hurst, Fellow. in Philosophy here, has been given a tutorship at Lady Margaret’s Hall, Oxford, for the coming year. Meeting A pproves of New Plan of Marks Continued from Page One arate cards as rapidly as_ possible. The grades in hygiene and physical education will be posted in the Gym- nasium. The most frequent criticism which has been made of the proposed change is that students will not be able to know their comparative standing in any class. This criticism was made in the faculty discussion, but the ma- jority of the faculty apparently felt that the sense of competition between undergraduate students had been un- duly stimulated by the posting of grades. There will, of course, be no change in the award of honors, and individual members of the faculty will be entirely at liberty to discuss the comparative merits of examination pa- pers and reports if it seems desir- able. There has been a very general feeling in the faculty that many stu- dents were placing a false emphasis on grades, and it was the hope of the committee which made the recom- mendation that the new system of an- nouncing the grades would eliminate much of the excitement and misinter- pretation which has followed the post- ing of grades in Taylor. There will inevitably be a certain amount of de- lay in the new system, but it is to be hoped that real inconvenience can be avoided by furnishing necessary in- formation from the Dean’s office. Alternate Fellow is Horace Prize Winner Continued from Page One course during the summer. Her chief interest outside her work is music. She has studied: piano for two years under Mr. Alwyne, besides taking several music courses here. Next year Miss Holzworth returns to Bryn Mawr as Graduate Scholar in Latin, to work in that subject and in Greek. The following year she will use the thousand-dollar Horace prize for study at the American Acad- emy in Rome. GREEN HILL FARMS City Line and Lancaster Ave. Overbrook-Philadelphia A reminder that we would like to take care of your parents and friends, whenever they come to visit you, L. ELLSWORTH METCALF, Manager. + ao D4 NEW YORK BOUND... 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His life at the College of Rochenoir in Dublin is one of the most interest- ing phases of the book, and the char- acters of the-priests who administer the work there :are especially well drawn, for the author stresses their doubts and emotions rather than their ecclesiastical personalities. The friends Ignatius makes there are dealt with consistently throughout, and their interrelations are all-important for an undertanding of their actions. . At the end of the book one cannot but be struck with the horrifying injustice of their destinies, as Healy, who was born to be a demagogue, wrecks the life of each, and yet, absolutely unre- lenting, goes on to higher things. As in so many of ‘the novels of this day, the minor characters are the most clear and forceful. Danny Finnigan deserves a place beside some of Dick- ens’ best creations, and. the members of Ignatius’ family are brilliantly done. Miss Pawle is particularly good at giv- ing quick sketches of the backgroynd of each of her characters. Yet there is a strange paucity of general atmosphere in the novel. The theme of the sleeping Old Woman, that is; Ireland, is strong enough, and this book may represent a reaction Non-Residents Give Tea Common Room, May 19.—Evelyn Hansell, ’86, acted as hostess for. the last non-resident tea of the year, at which about twenty non-resident stu- dents entertained friends and mem- bers of the faculty. E. Wyckoff is Major In Ancient Classics Continued from Page One lege would express itself a little more. ' Although Miss Wyckoff: has been interested in Greek ever since her first training in that subject in the Brearley School, and although she has enjoyed her courses in the Greek de- partment here, a:liking to write and study English has always rivalled her inclination toward the classical languages. Her Freshman English with Miss Glen was as exciting and. delightful as any research she has made since then into the tragedies of Aeschylus or the poetry of Pindar, while the two courses she most regrets having missed while she was here are English courses too—the Elizabethan Drama and the Seventeenth Century Literature which Miss Glen has al- ways taught. The winning of the European Fel- lowship, is not the first honor which Miss Wyckoff. has gained at Bryn Mawr. As a sophomore and as a junior she held the James Rhoads Memorial Scholarship, while at the end of her junior year she was award- ed the Maria Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship for having the . highest average in her class and the Hinchman Scholarship, the most coveted of all undergraduate awards, given to the junior who has done the from the imagist writing of Donn Byrne; but the stories that Maureen MaCarthy tells to Ignatius, for ex- ample, might well have been expanded to make the motive for the actions even more powerful. The love story of Norah Proudfoot and Dick Finlay diverges abruptly from the main theme. It offers, how- ever, strong contrast to the story of Ignatius and, Maureen, for the one be- gins in great happiness and ends in sorrow, while the other is never free from doubt and torment till the end, when the final hope shows in the West, as the lovers look to America. best work in her major subject. 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