{ he i VOL. XXII, No. 24 First Prize of $15 /ness and Finance.” - Was made on that section, and at — time: bio ies Offered by Time Won by Helen Ott | Half the, Winners of ‘Current Events Contest Are. From | : Class of 1936 FRANCES PORCHER, 36, GAINS SECOND PRIZE of the twelve winners in the Time Current Events Contest held in Tay- Jor on Saturday, May 2, six are mem- bers of the class of 1936. In addition, two juniors, three sophomores and one freshman had scores which en- titled them to a share in the seventy- five dollars prize money provided by the sponsors of ‘the contest. The fifteen dollar first prize goes to Helen Ott, ’36, who is politics major. Miss Ott’s score was eighty- six. Frances Porcher, also ’36, will receive the ten dollar second prize for her score of eighty-three. The ten participants ranking .next highest will each receive five dollars, although there-is a difference of ten points be- tween the highest and lowest of their scores. Eleanor Fabyan, Jeanette Colegrove, Alice Cohen and Barbara Cary tie for third place in the num- erical standing, each with a score of eighty-two. Elizabeth Simeon, ’38, is fourth with eighty-one. Winifred Safford, 38, Laura Estabrook, ’39, _ Dewilda Naramore, ’38, Selma Ingber, 37, and Flora Louise Lewis, ’38, all * with scores in the seventies, complete the list of prize winners. As might have been expected, the largest proportion of high scores came from politics and history classes, but because the test was a very general one, covering Music, Art and Science as well as Domestic and Foreign Af- fairs, a goodly number. of right an- swers indicates a fairly comprehensive knowledge of what is going on in the world today. Four of the winners are history majors, three politics, two psychology, one economics and one biology. Winners and flunkers alike seemed to have the most difficulty with “Busi- No perfect score least one paper, ranking fairly well in other respects, had wrong answers for every one of the ten questions it contained. In general, the largest percentage of right answers fell in the groups devoted to National Affairs and to Foreign News. All but one junior knew over what city Fiorello Laguar- dia holds sway, all but eight, the state represented in the Senate by William E. Borah. Hitler’s foreign policy, however, was misinterpreted in a way strangely consistant with reality, but contrary to the dictates of the answer book. Continued on Page Six BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936 Copyright BRYN MAWR COLLEGE,NEWS, 1936 ——— PRICE 10 CENTS Outsiders Are Judges In Concours Oratoire Six Successful in Initial Trials to . Compete in Finals The successful candidates in the trials for Concours Oratoire, which will be held on May 14, are: Jeanne Berthe, ’39, Grace Dolowitz, ’39, Mary Hinckley Hutchings, 37, Monaco, graduate student, Dorothy Rothschild, ’88, and Alicia Stewart, ’36. Each candidate will read two passages at sight (prose and verse) and two passages prepared in advance. The passages to be prepared are: Vigny—Servitude et Grandeur mili- taires, La Canne de Jonc p. 149-50, “‘la Tt GW ST JURY LORS Coe vk ces ce Mis ecea MW aia cdo Vo oe ils attendaient.” La Fontaine—Fables III, 16, La Femme noyée. - Typewritten copies of these pas- sages may be procured from Mademoi- selle Soubeiran, who wil] preside over the final Concours Oratoire. The books to be used are on the reserve shelf. The finals will be held at 4 p. m. in the Common Room. ‘The judges are: Mrs. Frank D. Pavey, chairman; Mme. Paul Cret of Philadelphia; and Dr. Edith Philips of the French De- partment of Swarthmore College. Lurid Crimes Appear In Modern Att Films Kidnapping, Murders, Gangland Might Horrify the Modern Movie Censors TATTERS IS STYLIZED Goodhart Hall, May 13.—The ever- popular subjects of crime and horror will prove their box-office appeal in the fourth showing of the early Amer- ican films circulated by the Museum of Modern Art Film Library. Kid- napping, murder and. gangland in their most lurid aspects should cause gasps and: palpitations in even the most hardened onlookers. Tatters; A Tale of the Slums, though produced about 1907,. might well be applied to the present kidnap- ping racket. The kidnapping of the little rich boy is done before the eyes of the audience in a way that would horrify modern censors, although at that time no one thought of objecting to the portrayal of crimes on the screen. Until last summer, when the Museum of Modern Art Film Library acquired the movie, its producer, di- rector and ‘cast were unknown. Through the research of Mr. Leslie Wood, an authority on the pre-war British film, it was discovered to be by an English producing firm whose Continued on Page Three Recent Registration Lists Prove English , And History Are Most Popular Courses} ; Ades, That history and English are, as usual, the two most popular courses in college, has been proved by the re- cenit registration lists. This year, probably because an English compre- ‘ hensive has lost its peculiar horror, the numbers enrolled in the English ranks have been considerably en- latged. Twenty-nine have registered as history majors as compared to | thirty-five in the English department. The number of prospective psycholo- gists seems to be on the increase, for psychology is the next most popular course with eleven juniors and nine sophomores majoring in it. The sci- ences can be arranged alphabetically and in order of popularity at the same , chemistry, geology and ed, although there is physics. In one freshman who would like to take major physics next year, there are none at present registered as majoring in that course. — Those who are majoring in eco- ics or politics appear to have a desire not to mix their courses, \ there are-eight s in polities, the giving of the playwrityng course; only one is working in. both fields. Vieing with these subjects in popu- larity come history of art, archael- ogy and philosophy. The classics, however, and even the modern lan- gua~es appear to be in disrepute. There are six French majors,\five apicce in the Latin and German De- partments and only one Greek student. It is interesting to note that whereas at Harvard nearly one-third of the student body takes economics or poli- tics, Bryn Mawrters prefer English, history or science. At a man’s col- lege, the scientifically-minded go in predominately for chemistry, but bi- ology is far and away more appealin to the Bryn Mawr, student. The interval which has e has not. deadened enthusiasm for it. Already eleven sophomofes, two fresh- men and three juniors. have signed up for the course, and as only about one-half of the junior class has regist~ ered, even more will probably enter these ranks. This is an unusual num- ber to be enrolled in a free elective Marion} |... College Calendar | ‘ Wednesday, May 18.—Under- graduate film showing, Pro- gram IV: Mystery and Violence. Goodhart, 8.20 p. m. Thursday, May 14.—Finals of the Concours Oratoire, Common Room, 4 p. m. Saturday, May 16.— Under- graduate dance. Gymnasium, 10-2 a. m. Tuesday, May 19.—Non-resi- dent tea. Common Room, 4-6 p. m. Wednesday, May 20.—Under- graduate film showing, Pro- gram V: Film Personalities. Goodhart, 8.20 p. m. Saturday, May 23.—Collegi- ate Examinations begin. Administration Scored In Political Discussion Liberty League is Youth’s Champion Declares Princetonian Common Room, April 29.—Under the auspices of the Bryn Mawr chap- ter of the Liberty League a promi- nent lawyer, Charles Kenworthy, and four college representatives discussed crucial political issues and the appli- cation of the league to their solution. Laura Musser, ’37, president of the chapter, introduced Theodore Kro- leck, of the University of Pennsyl- vania, as the first speaker. -Mr. Kroleck urged the audience to spread the league’s influence energetically. Josephine Taggart, ’86, who repre- sented Bryn Mawr, pointed out the incongruity of the Democratic plat- form of 1932 which advocated a quar- ter cut in the budget, and the course which the Administration has fol- lowed, which resembl 4, some Socialis- tic planks of that year. -- Besides the frequently indiscriminate spending which has amassed a deficit of seven billion dollars, the Government has attempted change without due refer- ence to the voice of the people. Implying disapproval of ;the ‘“ob- scure” activities of his fellow students who. are Veterans of Fature Wars, Beauvais Duffey, Princeton, ’86, pro- nounced the Liberty League occu- pied with “practical politics.” Youth is suffering most acutely from the taxes which force industry to curtail its activities, as new positions are hardest to find. Nor has the mass of Continued on Page Three DR. HAMILTON FAMOUS AS RESEARCH WORKER Dr. Alice Hamilton, who is to speak at Commencement, is a member of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and received her education at universities widely scat- tered over two continents, taking her doctor’s degree at the University of Michigan in 1893 and then crossing the Atlantic to do post-graduate work at the Universities of Leipzig and Munich. She then returned to Amer- ica, first working at the John Hopkins Institute and then at the University of Chicago. The year 1903 found her in Europe again, working at the In- stitute Pasteur, Paris. She,has since been an investigator on the Ulinois Commission of Occupa- tional Djseases and in the U.S. De- t of Labor, where she studied industrial poisons. She was a. pro- fessor of Industrial Medicine at Har- vard Medical School from 1919 to 1934 and was appointed a member of the Health Organization of the League of Nations in 1924. After resigning from her position at Harvard, she was appointed by the Department of cee to investigate industrial poi- oning for the second time. Senior Dance The senior dance will be held in the Deanery on Saturday, May 30, from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. The patrons and patronesse sak. Captain and ‘Mrs. James C wick-Collins and Dr. and Mrs. _ William: Roy Smith. The -or- William Roy Smith. Formal vate 8 is optional. On Artistry of Dramatic Critic Compliments Bryn Mawr : its May Day Pageant — Haig, Seeing May Day for Second Time, Finds Timing of 1936 | Procession Extraordinary, With Contrast in Movement : As a Whole and Within Groups DELUGE RATED AS PERFECTLY PRODUCED PLAY (Especially contributed by Robert Haig.) To attempt a professional estimate of the Bryn Mawr May Day which now must take its place on the small list of artistic productions of which America may well feel proud is. diffi- *cult even to a hardened critic and to one who saw it for the second time. The task, however, is mine and in order-to feel satisfied that my judg- ment -was not swayed by too much emotion I have allowed twenty-four hours to go by before attempting my task, The Bryn Mawr May. Day is note- | worthy for the pageant and the mass dancing on the Greene. In many places outdoor plays may be seen, given with as good effect, but such a pageant can be seen, I feel sure, nowhere else. A pageant such as this is dependent on timing, spacing, gen- eral movement and color. The timing Accidents Do Happen In Time of Revelry Beefeater Overcome by Weight Of Costume During Court Procession HEROINE SAVES MAYPOLE In spite of very modern..airplanes above and‘ ice cream trucks on cam- pus roads, Bryn Mawr students suc- cessfully sustained Elizabethan at- mosphere last weekend. The numer- ous small accidents, slips and mis- steps which happened during the two-performances_of May Day went almost unnoticed, not only by the audience, but by most of the stu- dents performing; yet since Saturday evening many incidents have come to light which seemed catastrophic at the time of occurrence. The most serious of these seems to have been the faint- ing of one of the beefeaters on Friday, and others range in importance from the collapse of a flowered garland on the center Maypole to .the bewilder- ment of certain members of the audi- ence. On the whole, the Saturday per- formance seemed to run more smoothly than the Friday one. Once the huge flowered Maypole appeared to be fall- ing off the cart as it passed the grandstands, and one of the Morris men bravely caught it, only to escape by a narrow margin being knocked under the cart by its weight. After it had been set up in the middle of the Greene, wavering precariously in its erection, one of the long stream- ers was discovered to have been Continued on Page Six J GOOD WISHES WIRED” BY FORMER DIRECTOR Mrs. Otis Skinner, Director of the 1920 and 1924 May Days and«at pres- ent ill in New York, telegraphed President Park the following message Friday morning: “Every happy wish for this May Day stop I am watching the prom- ising sunrise.” Signed Maud Skinner. To Mrs. James Chadwick-Collins the following message came from Miss Theresa Helburn on Saturday. eve- ning: “Very sorry not to see you before I left and tell you how greatly im- pressed I was by the superb produc- tion of May Day. You did a mag- nificent job: I was certainly proud to preside over so beautiful a féte. Please tell my young subjects that I genuinely eppreciated their perform- ances. 27" > I-retire reluctantly into private life.” Signed, Theresa Helburn. that of 1936 extraordinary, with a contrast in’ movement between the opening, the middle and the end. Much of the effect of pageantry de- pends on this too little \ynderstood art and on Saturday it was seen at its best. The approach of the Queen’s Cham- pion, a beautiful figure in blue and silver, and the same, if I am not mis- taken, as opened the 1932 pageant, the pause half-way across the stand in order to display the emblem.of Her Majesty, Elizabeth, was a new note and well conceived. Then at a per- fectly executed distance the eight “gorgeously apparalled” heralds, fol- lowed at an equal distance by the Queen’s Archers and then by Eliza- beth herself in her panoply carried by her courtiers and followed by her really magnificent court. All the movement slow as befitted royal dig- nity was a triumph of restraint in time.: Then followed at a slightly in- creased pace the Lord and Lady of the May, the Maypole with four superb white oxen—and truly their equal never was seen—and then. at an ever increasing tempo with dimin- ishing space between them, the play- ers and at the end the mass of vil- lagers, the comic characters and the mounted village rider. It was only real art in spacing and timing that prevented the end of the procession from being an anti-climax to the mag- nificence of the opening. The rush of the dancers on to the Greene, the progress of the Queen, the crowning of the lovely May Queen by the most gallant Robin Hood and the ex~ traordinarily beautiful Maypole dances were sights never to be forgotten. Surely nowhere is such a sight to be seen except at the Bryn Mawr. May Day, for there was created a real illu- sion of the Elizabethan time, some- thing I have never seen before nor imagine could be accomplished. Brighter Costumes Effective Helping this glorious effect were the costumes in which I saw a definite improvement from 1932, stronger col- ors, more vigorous and a more authen- tic treatment and indeed most of the Continued on Page Five STUDENT TRAVELERS MAY GET REDUCTIONS All Bryn Mawrters who are plan- ning a summer abroad, or the many more who would like to do so, are reminded of the announcement of the International Confederation of Stu- dents of the issuance of an Interna- tional Student Identity Card. The encouraging boast is that total sav- ings through the use of the card can be as high as’ 40 per cent. Through the cooperation of the League of Nations the undergraduate bearer may secure reductions in hotels here and abroad and on rail- roads, as well as free entrance to mu- seums and other places interesting to tourists. In addition, visa fees are waived efitirely or considerably low-. ered. For the more ambitious this card even makes available university facili- ties as well as helpful contact with the staffs of the foreign National -Union of Students. The sole distributor of these cards in the United States is the National Student Federation of America, hae offices at 8 West Fortieth street, York City. The unbelievably low et is only $1. May Day Programs Programs for May Day have. been reduced to a special student _ rate pf 50 cents and are avail- able at the Publication Office: ry , ‘z : ’ ‘ od 4 of the procession in 1932 was good, ~ hp