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Vol. XVIII, No. 1

WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1931

Price: 10 Cains

 

 

Hardenbergh, Moore and Little Describe Their

Respective Sensations

During Freshman Week

 

Upper Classmen Find the Numerous Events as Hectic as the
Freshmen Do—But All Agree That It Is a
Satisfactory Solution to and Problems.

 

1935 - ‘FIND THE EXPERIENCE VERY ENLIGHTENING

 

“(Specially contributed by
Peggy Little, ’35)

Still another Freshnian .Week_ has
gone down in the. history\ of Bryn
Mawr College. As usual it was a
week filled with appointments. Each
girl, according to her number, whether
it was two or ninety-two, managed to
see in the ‘course of the week President
Park, Dean Manning, Dr, Wagoner
and Dr. Hewson. Beside that she,
with her ninety- nine classmates,’ at-
fended Various -mectiags.. explaining).
self-government, athletics, the Bryn
Mawr League, and the Undergaduate
Association. All this was new and
therefore a pleasure, but for the high-
light of the week we might pick out

first, President Park’s reception and
second, .the :picni¢ and the concert at],
Wyndham.

In her talk President Park first told
us how the reception had changed

present informal welcome. No longer
is it necessary to invent at break-neck
speed a career, nor to explain it in-
tremendous. voice, We should be
happy. that the “gay nineties” have:

 

‘and to introduce them to the intrica-

_faces in familiar _places, ahd Freshmen
‘with the. “prospect of thousands of in-

-relation in. .

passed, for now the reception is an
affair to look forward to. We settle
back in our chairs. We learn about
the founding of the college, its history
and growth and even. the scandal it
once created. For the finishing touch
refreshments are served; so ’tis no
wonder we go “on our way rejoicing.”
Once again refreshments played their
part in the form of a picnic at Wynd-
ham. There Miss Moore told us about
our cuts, and there Miss Gallaudet
taught us songs or rather gave us a
concert. It was really the concert that
proved the cream of the program. In
fact we might stop here to raise a loud
shout of thanks for the hospitality
committee. It had already made its
place’ but this was tthe “crowning
glory.” We marvelled at the close
harmony. We even marvelled at
“Sophias Philai’” over which only the
week before we had laughed loud and
long.

_ Needless to say Freshman Week
expanded our knowledge greatly. Sun-
day night found us full of confidence.
Monday we were almost unbearable;
but as the-tide rushed in, we wilted.
No longer can_a_Greek song phaze us,
but, alas! the mushy greetings of long-
lost friends!’

(Specially contributed by H. Moore, ’32)

Last Wednesday the doors of col-
lege were opened to the class of 1938]
From early morning until late after-
noon Freshmen, some alone and some
with families, came to search-the-halls:
for misnumbered rooms and unknown
roommates. Eight upperclassmen were on
the scene te give them sage advice

cies of Taylor. All seemed dazed;
upperclassmen with the crowds of new

terviews. But dinner in Pem helped
to straighten things out’ and by 9
o'clock a sufficient calm had settled
over college to make possible parties
in each hall. After names had been
given all around pretzels and ginger
ale were consumed to the tune of “Oh,
do you know...” or “Have you any
.?” By the end of the
home’ having found many mutual
friends.

Thursday morning the rush for in- |}

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Calendar

__.October 9 or. 10:.Lantern Night.
October 10: French Language
_ examination at 9:00 A. M.
October 11: Musical Service.
October 17: Banner Night.

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In Taylor Mrs. Man-
ning and Miss Park were busy greet-

terviews began.

ing the Freshmen-and- mapping out
There

were at a premium because “Freshmen

their future courses. mothers

with mothers” took. precedénce over
those without getting igto the inter-
views. It. has been said that many
were imported from outlying districts
and even a few aunts were used as
substitutes. In the gym Miss Petts

physical beauty ‘ofthe
There, too, the measurements for caps
and gonwns were taken. (How. accu-
rate they were, I hate to think, be-
cause the tape measure was broken
and there was much debate. as to
whether the inch should be added or
subtracted.) In -Goodhart Mr. Will-
oughby was discovering the musical
talent among the Freshmen. . That

instructed “in-the rules and regulations
of Self-Government by A. Lee.
-On Friday the ‘fast pace of inter-

the day was -Chimaxed by the first meet-
ing of—the—elassof —’35 at which the

teresting,

and Dr. -Wagoner were examining the.
Freshmen.

‘evening the néwcomers were carefully

views and examinations _ continued and}—

Miss Donnelly Tells of
Sabbatical Year Abroad

 

At Miss Donnelly’s own request this
is but a modest* announcement of her
return to Bryn Mawr from a sabbatical
year abroad. Miss Donnelly spent
both summers in England working on
eighteenth century literature. She
lived: within easy distance of Cam-
bridge and those places which were of
inestimable value to her work. “But
as a holiday from her studies, she spent
last winter traveling through the coun-
tries on the Mediterranean. Although
most travelers such as herself seem to
find Kairo and Arabic Egypt most in-
Miss Donnelly was en-
chanted with the Nubian sands and the
dark mountains, which*appear as pyra-
mids, of the Upper Nile. Since spring
in Greece follows that of Palestine,
Miss Donnelly was fortunate in enjoy-
ing two springs. -The remainder -of

cher—holidayineluded-Constantinople, a.

trip into Atistria, and Italy. After
completing more work in England this
summer, Miss Donnelly has returned
in time to enjoy fall, the stason which
she considers the most pleasant at
Bryn Mawr.

 

Summer School Gives
Interesting Contacts

 

Aim to Stimulate . Interest in

__Study Rather Than -Give

Information:

 

first class chairmai Peggy Little, was
installed by Margy Collier, the junior
president. This meeting was followed
by another at Which Miss Petts spoke
on physical education; Dr. Wagoner on
the health department, and Margy Col-
lier on the athletic association.

By Saturday everyone was fairly
well settled. All ears were hardened
to the noises on Gulf Road, except
those at 7 A, M. which so rudely
awaken tis.

ordinary’ occurences. Upperclassmen

CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

 

Self-Government Greets
Freshmen at Reception

 

The annual reception of the Self-
Government Association for the
coming freshman class took place last
Saturday night. President Park,,Dean
Manning, Mrs. Collins and Miss’ Har-
denbergh, this year’s president of the
association, were in the receiving line.
Before the evening’s entertainment in
the form, of the orchestra arrived, Miss
Hardenbergh introduced’ Miss Park
and. Mrs..-Collins,. who..spoke to the
assembled of Self-Govern-
ment,

“This is a poor night of a poor week
on which to have to give a short, tell-
ing speech,’ said Miss Park, who has
been conscious of every move on the
campus during these first few very
hectic days that follow the opening-of
‘college. She said she felt like.a friend
of hers who made sonie slight mistake
because of a preoccupied mind, and
remarked, “Oh, I must be crazy.” “No,
Miss,” answered the old family re-
tainer, “You ain’t crazy. You're just
like me; you’re mind just comes and
goes.” The point. has never come,
however, when Miss Park has refused
point blank to speak at the Self-Gov-
ernment reception«because she has a
tremendous liking and respect for the
association as the personification of the
good things in Bryn Mawr, personal
independence and responsibility.

in-

members

Interviews had become

 

GREAT PROGRESS SHOWN

 

Specially contributed by

- V. Butterworth, 32.

' “Is there a-speaker coming to Dr.
Warne’s class? When is it? Can we
all come?” These common questions
give the college student some idea of
how inforniation is sought.and soaked
up by.the hundred students at the
Bryn. Mawr.Summer..Schéol for. Wom*
en Workers in Industry. To under-
stafid the schgol, however, one really
has to see the groups arguing eagerly
as they stream back’ from Current
Events at Denbigh to Junch in Pem-
broke; to take part in classes, almost
always heated discussions to which
each girl can contribute concrete ex-
perience; to listen to the talk and feel
the warm friendliness of the parties
that spring up every night all over
the two Pembrokes,: where girls from
every part of this country and Europe
discuss political and social problems till
late at night—as late as we, perhaps,
but with a realistic grasp that we never
compass. ‘

The summer school students are re-
cruited by an elaborate of 50
committees all over the country,
pick out the leading personalities
all our widely differing localities.
sian Jews, dressmakers from New
York and Philadelphia, who have lived
through the reyolution,-and who sing
some-of-the-inost beautiful folk music
in the world; southern mill
whose parents mountaineers;

series

from

Rus-

hands
were

»middle westerners and hundred per cent.

Pacific coast—
“all these
brought together
where they gain

Americans from the
the foremost women
industrial groups. are

for two months here,

from

an_-understanding of each. other's at-.

titudes and problems. The school aims
even more to arouse interest and give
a technique for study than to teach
specific information. In both it has
been eminently successful. Carefully
worked out psychological tests show
that it is not uncommon for girls to

who

| Miss Park Opens Forty-seventh Academic Year
in Welcoming Returning Professors and 1935

 

Justification of the Existence of
Financial, Situation

Liberal Colleges in Today’s Chaotic
s Found in the Sense
of Values They Offer.

 

THE SERIOUS FACING OF

RESPONSIBILITIES URGED

 

In chapel. last Tuesday morning
Miss: Park introduced Bryn Mawr's
forty-seventh academic. y@ar, _As_well

as welcoming the return of three pro-
fessors who have been*away. from the
campus for a year, Miss .-Park ex-
tended her’ greeting to the incoming
class of nineteen thirty-five which
numbers exactly one hundred. It
“necessary in-times such as these today,
President ~Park continued, that Bryn
Mawr should justify its opening. Is
+a liberal college of any use in the midst
of the financial chaos abroad “today?
The answer to this question that
what the liberal college has to offer
becomes “even more useful and more
important when civilization is halted.”
For this reason. Miss Park urged that
‘each student-should-““shoulder seriously
her’ responsibility for the college work
this year.” President Park's address
in more detail is quoted below:

There’ are certain. times=when it is
a_pleasure to be allowed to speak for
Bryn Mawr and never more so than
at the beginning of the year when as an
earlier comer I can welcome both the
faculty and students who return to an

is

is

to whom in both a mental and physical

new. In particular it is a personal as
unitedly give to Professor Donnelly,
Professor Tennent and Professor Hart,

Professor Tennent has lectured and
carried on research work as E xchange
Professor at the University of Tokyo.
Professor Hart has spent thé year as
investigator in Charge of the study of
changes in American attitudes and in-

 

‘Chinese Scholar Tells
of Purpose in College

 

Speaking of these freshmen who
enter Bryn Mawr ‘this fall with a credit
average, Miss Park said in chapelUast
Tuesday—“and only a hair’s breadth
below stands the name of the Chinese
scholar of the year, an achievement so
remarkable that I must mention it
even in advance of the freshman sta-
tistics of next week.” It is with this
welcome that “Ting” enters Bryn
Mawr. “ :

Vung-Yuin Ting’s last year of prep-
aration for college was spent at the
Shipley School, whose principals wrote
to the chairman of the, Chinese Schol-
arship-eCommittee saying—“We
found ‘Ting’ a delightful member of
the school household.
become very fond of her and* have en-
joyed having’ her*here as one of théir
group.” And ‘There is little wonder
that Ting’s ever pleasant. disposition
should have won her
her classmates.

have

The girls have

many friends
Her smile is
bright and cheerful, and her

charming... In: athletics. at

among
always
manner

team and she was an active supporter
of the Glee Club, winning her the nick-
name of “Ting-a-ling.”

To a scholar, of course, lessons are
always of primary importance, and
there were very few months at school
when Ting was not on the honor roll.

_Lold stamping ground and those-others-+-
sense we are fresh fields and pastures

well as an official welcome which’ we:

all three back after their holiday years.

terests for. President Hoover's Com-.

Shipley Ting was on the’third hockey ‘connection

mittee on Social Trends, and Professor

Donnelly has prefaced a summer of
work ine England on’ her beloved
eighteenth century with a sweeping

circuit through Egypt and the Near

East, Greece and Sicily. Those of us

who missed them every day last year
rejoice that Bryn Mawr is not begin-

ning without them, and venture to say

this although they are perhaps sté@l
moving through distant sights and-
SOUS y ss pagodas. aad yrainids::

doubtedly even now more real to them
than our voices pr the committee meet-
ings fly

open so promptly to engulf them.

attd’ classrooms whose doors

But even for travellers from Java
and Constantinople Bryn Mawr is not
And
in spite of this-summer’s heat, in “spite |
ofthe

so bad a place to corhe back to!

Japanese—beetle—theoretically
chewing his way from Wyndham to
Radnor, in- spite of new water pipes
laid all over the campts, as you may
the

which now mark the summer's digging,

see by ribbons of infant grass

we look fairly green and fairly trim.

Setemnnnnasrrs soc HO a OC

Oiir Only dishgurement is—alas!—the

slashing to a greater width and a
straighter line of our quiet piece of
the Gulph Road,
look of a country lane from—I dare
when Washington
The

college has lost’ a great oak tree which

say—the day

marched down it till this year.

prew behind Denbigh, and in the early
mornings the inhabitants of Denbigh
and Merion will probably lose a cen-

tury of sleep between them,. if I may
use the New York Times form of cal-

culation which annoynced yesterday

that seven hundred years of sleep had-

been made up by the people of New

York when Eastern Standard Time
was reinstated by a_ thirteen-hour
night.

The college opens with full halls,
and in a very.difficult year for many
families and many individuals its num-
bers are: only slightly lower than last
year—nine fewer undergraduates and
ten graduates or perhaps not that.

We welcome to our upper reaches
twenty-five resident fellows and twen-
scholars. The five traveling
fellows whose appointment you_ap-
plauded-in-this hall last March and a
fifth, one of the two Helen Schaeffer
Huff Fellow~in Physics, have all gone
off to. Europe on their various
and jin return five foreign
scholars from Great. Britain, France,
Gérmany, Spain and Poland have
reached Bryn Mawr. The second of

ty-six

mis-

sions,

CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

~ Musical Service
The first of a series of seftvices in
with—the—-Bryn-—Mawr
League will be held on” Sunday next,

 

October 11, -at 7:45. P.. M. in the
Music Room.®* ;
The program is as follows:
CHOIR:
“Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring”’......Bach

“Now All the Woods Are Sleeping,”

 

often argues,

the association is. irresponsible and

 

CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.

 

 

Betty Kindleberger, ’33, and Betsy Jack-
So Aiea

how to tell,” but what she did say
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR

 

 

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onlooker, having nothing actual to do| grasp concepts and express themselves “Of course her strong points WEFE | «where’er You Walk’ scsssssssus Handel
with Self-Government; but by no| in eight weeks of the summer school] Mathematics and Science, DE IOS Tae Veer ni” « ssccccaosousscorcegusaeece Mozart
Lmeans—a-—peaceful_onlooker,“‘one_who}as. in-a-year-of-high.school._There-—is Brownell said awhen L. talked to_ Net | st ifePhine byes :

quotes the past and] one case of.a girl who made three| this morning. “You see she's plan-| ORGAN SOLOS:
threatens the future.” In reality Miss| years of high school progress in one| "8 to be ” doctor. A pamphlet of “Prelude in G major” sicsssscdeacseesies Bach
Park is very closely connected with| summer here! This is more compre- the Chinese Scholarship Committee] Chorale Prelude, “In Dulci Jubilo,”
he asSociation because it is to her} hensible when one realizes that the in- aa pet pS =i fe Mido to] « . oak
nts, the inquisi- ‘ study medicine, realizing women | « toy OST ees ini
ties reporters and the outraged minor.|  CONNINUED ON PAGE SIX | doctors are bitterly needed in China.” Gagtiarda” cove oucrccnnn, Schmid
ity of the student. body-appeal._In the ‘ And this brings us to. what Ting her-| «golemn Melody” ~......Walford-Davies
}end there is no power the President Resign From Board self feels. In answer to my questions] “Finfandia” —scrscecs.cssessvsscerseeeeeers Sibelius
of the college can exert except to com-| THe News announces with regret the | She said, “I find I have very little to Prelude de “La, Damoiselle Elue,”
plain to the trustees of the college that] resignation from the Editorial Board of| Sav, and many things I do not know Debussy

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