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The College News

 

 

VOL. XIX, No. 7

BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932

PRICE 10 CENTS

 

 

M. Paul Hazard Speaks :

on Voltaire’s Talent
Voltaize acd -Mme. Chatelet
Were Disciples of Newton
and Empiricism’ ©

 

WAS PROLIFIC. WRITER

 

Avec Voltaire il y a 200 ans was,

the topic chosen by M, Paul Hazard
for his lecture in the Music Room of
Goodhart last Saturday evening. Hav-
ing devoted most of his time to po-
etry, when, as the Flexner lecturer,
M. Hazard visited Bryn Mawr two
y<ars ago, he said that he now wished

to turn to prose. Moreover, although

Voltaire—is universally-*+known;~he~is
always worth further study; however
lucid and precise he may be, the mul-
tiplicity of his facts makes analysis

very difficult. One can but study his
various aspects separately in an at-
. tempt to see him as he really was.

Voltaire, it appears, was seriously
in love with Mme. du Chatelet. For
him, she had a genius worthy of Hor-
ace and Newton. Together, at Cirey,

‘they sought solitude, a rather social
one, to be sure; simplicity had not
yet come into style.. Voltaire’s room,
for example, was highly decorated,
with a rug of crimson velvet, silver
dishes, Indian wallpaper, and no com-
fort. Voltaire quite“frankly admit-
ted to a dislike for the spontaneous
and the primitive: ~The society to
which he belonged lived pleasurably;
for them, nature was not yet king.

Voltaire was “un enfant gate.” Of-
ten he became cross and sulked: “Je
ne descendra pas pour diner.” He

,, had frequent quarrels with Mme. du
Chatelet at the dinner-table—in Eng-
lish, so that the servants would not
understand. Indeed, the lovers saw
each other exactly as they were. Was
not Voltaire the apostle of season?
Still, he found he was not always
true to his faith: _Mme du Chatelet
had a child, which he deplored as a
“faute de gout;” Mme. du Chatelet
saw too much of St. Lambert, and
Voltaire was jealous; finally, Mme. du
Chatelet died, and Voltaire made a
terrific scene and blamed St. Lam-
bert. Voltaire tried to impose rea-
-son on natural forces. and failed.

As a writer, Voltaire was a man of
miraculous ability. He produced play
after play, retreating before nothing
except the three’ unities. He even
planned an epic. But with age, his
hardiness seems ‘to have left him. Such
works as Mahomet, with its monoto-

“nous verse and countless abstractions,
sound almost desperate.

It is true that a good part of his

work has aged. In his “petites
pieces,” however, in which he has re-
produced the thought and spirit of his
time, one will never cease to delight
in the natural vocabulary, the facile
phrasing, the “delicieuses mechance-
tes,” Rare and aristocratic, his re-
production of a graceful, supple, ele-
gant society, gives us that sense of
satisfaction which comes from the
contemplation of.perfection.. It may
be a madrigal, such as ‘the compli-
ment to Mme. du Chatelet as she was
learning algebra; it may be a very
naughty epigram, such as the famous
“T’autre jour, au fond d’un vallon;”
it may be a sheer tour de force of
virtuosity like “Au roi de Prusse,” but
whenever he contents himself with
“petite musique,” Voltaire is supreme-
ly successful.
__..With-regard  to-his- prose, one-can
find nothing better than a letter of
Voltaire. Light, but delicious, he ex-
ploits a sensation to the point of
rendering it almost immaterial. He
is wit incarnate.

Mme. du Chatelet was a scholar. She

(Continued on Page Three)

»

Hockey
At the hockey dinner on Mon-
day night, Josephine Rothermel,
’34, Was elected Varsity captain
and Elizabeth Kent, ’35, mana-
ger.

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Carol Service

The Carol Service this year
will be held in the Auditorium
and not the Music Room/’and
the time will be 7.45 P, M. ‘

The Choir will be assisted by

’ the Belov String Quartet. Miss

Mary Earp, of Bryn Mawr, will
be the soloist.

The -Program will be as fol-
lows:
Hush, my dear, lie still and

slumber”

ee

“O thou that tellest good tid-
ings to Zion” (From the Mes-
SIGN) Getic Handel
Miss Mary Earp _
followed by Chorus..The Choir
Carols:
“The Wassail 1 Song” uy
~“A~babe” in” Bethlehem’s
-manger”
“King Herod and the Cock”
“On Christmas night all
Christians sing”
“Hallelujah, Amen” (from
Judas Maccabaeus) . Handel
“Today is born Emmanuel,”
Praetorious
“ Carols for Congregation:
“O Come all ye faithful”

“Hark the Herald Angels
sing’
“While Shepherds watched

their flock by night’
'. “God rest you merry gentle-
men”
“The First Noel”

 

The speaker will the Rev.
Joseph Fort Newton, D.D., of
St. James Episcopal Church,
Philadelphia, and the Choir will
-be.under. the. direction..of..Ern-.
est Willoughby.-

 

 

 

 

International Club for
Bryn Mawr is Suggested

 

At Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Con-
necticut, and Mt. Holyoke there exist
so-called International or Cosmopoli-
tan Clubs which discuss current
events, send délegates to the Model
League of Nations Assembly, and
welcome foreign students when they
first arrive. Bryn Mawr has never
had any formal organization of this
sort, but there seems to be a consid-
in foreign affairs
among the students.

erable interest

A meeting will

be held after Dr. Fenwick’s lecture
next Tuesday evening, December 12,
to discover whether this interest
warrants the formation of an Inter-
national Club at Bryn Mawr.
Although to many students it may
seem that enough demands on their
time and energy are made by organi-
zations already existing, a foreign re-
lations club could perform many val-
uable functions which are now ne-
glected. Dr. Fenwick has by ‘his
weekly lectures kept the student body
well informed about current events,
but he necessarily covers a number of
topics each evening, and can never
discuss any single one fully. If all
those who would like to hear more
about the events he mentions were
organized in a club, it would be pos-
sible to secure outside speakers on
special .topics who otherwise would
never be heard. There is no occa-
sion for the college authorities to in-
vite such speakers, but if some spe-
cial group existed, assuring a small,
interested audience, a number of men

with an intimate knowledge of foreign

affairs might easily be induced to
speak in the Common Room. The for-
eign students who come to study at
Bryn Mawr might be introduced at
International Club teas. The gradu-
ate fellows, in particular, never be-
come more than mere . glamorous
names to the majority.of undergradu-
ates, who hear their appointments an-
nounced in chapel.. The formation of
some kind of club interested in cur-
rent events would also make Bryn
Mawr eligible for the Carnegie pub-
lications, which Dr. Fenwick would

be delighted to have at the college.

Furthermore, the existence of such
(Continued on Page -Three)

©

1 Dr. Leuba...

| University, is takin

American. Philosophi-
cal Society Meets ston

 

Bryn Mawr Campus Selected as |
Location for Society’s |
Yearly Convention |

 

DR. WEISS. READS PAPER.

 

The Eastern Division of the Amer-|
ican Philosophical Association is hold- |
ing its thirty-second annual meeting |
at Bryn Mawr during the Christmas |
holidays, on December 28th, 29th, and,
30th. This association gathers yearly |
at one of the large colleges or uni-|
versities along the Atjantic sea coast, |
—Princeton, Amherst, Swarthmore, '
and the University of Virginia being |

among those that have been chosen!|~

in the past as places of mééting. The’
honor goes to Bryn, Mawr this year, |
and it is of especial interest in view |
of the fact that until now no learned ,
association has ever convened on our)
campus. The local committee charg- |
ed with conducting the proceedings |
has Dr. Grace De Laguna for its
chairman, and consists further of ;
Dean Manning, Dean Schenck, and |
Pembroke Hall is to be;
used. for rooms and meals, and the|
Common Room, as a lounge and smok- |
ing room throughout the meetings. !
Several people connected with the col- |
lege are figuring on the program. Dr. |
Paul Weiss is reading a paper on|
“The Individual.”~ Helen H. Park-|
hurst,| who is now a professor at Bar- |
nard College, .but- who received her |
A.B. degree and also her Ph.D. from |
Bryn Mawr, is discussing “Relational |
Absolutes.” Katherine Gilbert, who
was; according to Miss Thomas, the
first’:““academic warden” at college,
and who is now a ppofessor at Duke |
p “The Rela-
tion of the Moral to the Aesthetic
Standard in Plato.” Below is the com-
plete program of the activities of the
society for the three days of their!
stay here: |
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28th.
8.00°P. M., *Informal Smoker,
Goodhart Hall, Common Room;

|

 

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29th
9.80 A. M..Goodhart Hall, Auditorium

TERCENTENARY SESSION ON LOCKE
AND SPINOZA
Welcome by
PRESIDENT MARION E. PARK
John Locke,

FREDERICK J. E. WoopsrIDcE
Spinoza’s Doctrine of Intellectual
Intuition ..BENJAMIN GINZBURG
Non-being RAPHAEL DEMOS
2.30 P.. M., Goodhart Hall, Auditorium
Are There Particulars?
BRAND BLANSHARD
What Are Propositions?
‘ Morris R. CoHEN
The Problem of General Proposi-
tions ANDREW P. USHENKO
Are Particulars Constituents of
Propositions? ....LUCIUS GARVIN |
“we (Introduced by C. J. Ducasse)
4.30 P. M., Tea,
‘Goddhart Hall, Common Room
(At the Invitation of President Park)

Se A yl a ee

 

5.30 P. M., Meeting of Executive
Committee ....... Goodhart Hall
7.30 P.«M., *Annual Association

Dinner Pembroke Hall
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
Freedom, Necessity, and Mind,

EDWARD GLEASON SPAULDING
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30th
CONCURRENT DISCUSSIONS

9.30 A. M., Division I,
Taylor Hall, Room F
The Operational Test of Meafing-
_. Jessness~ 20 7RAY« H:-DoTTerery-

What Is Analysis?

ALBERT E. BLUMBERG
The Individual PAUL WEISS
Logical Positivism and Psychology,
JoHN A. IRVING

9.30 A. M., Division II,
Taylor Hall, Room E

(Continued*on Page Four)

eee wees

 

Election
Bryn Mawr League takes
~ pleasure in announcing the elec-
tion of Sally Park as represen-
tative of the Class of 1936.

 

 

 

 

 

| United States.

 

CALENDAR
Wednesday, December 7 —
William Butler Yeats will speak
on the Irish Renaissance. Good-
hart, 8.20 P. M.
Friday, December 9—Varsity
Dramatics and Haverford Cap

and Bells Club present The
Royal Family. Goodhart, 8.20
PEM,

Saturday, December 10—Var-
sity Dramatics and Haverford
Cap and Bells Club present The
Royal Family. Goodhart, 8.20
P. M. Bryn Mawr College dance,
Gymnasium, 10.30 P. M: to 2.00
A. M.

Sunday, December 11 —
Christmas Musical Service, Ad-
dress by the Reverend Joseph
Fort-Newton, D.D. At 7.45 P.
~M., in Goodhart. Auditorium.

Monday, December 12 — Mr.
John Avery Lomax. will speak
on Negro Folk Songs and Spir-
ituals (not yet published).

“Goodhart, 8.20 P. M.

Tuesday, December 13—
Christmas Carol Singing un-
der auspices of Bryn Mawr:
League. ot

Wednesday, December 14—
Maids’ Party. 7.00 in the gym.

Thursday, December 15—
Christmas Play, 7.00 in front
of the Library.

 

 

 

'M. Canu Describes His

‘Impressions of America

 

Spent First Vacation Here Tour-
ing U.-S.;-Found--All
Section ‘Alike’ ~

 

| RELATES —~ADVENTURES

 

(Especially Contributed by
E. Margaret Tyler)

At the meeting of the French club
(in Merion showcase last Tuesday af-
ternoon, Moliere’s Le Bourgeois Gen-

'tilhomme was chosen as the produc-,

tion for this year.

M. Canu gave a talk on his first
He began
very modestly by saying that we prob-

impressions of America:-

| ably knew very much more about

America than he ever would. To get
the right atmosphere for this story,
he said that we must go back to the
time when he was a free man, a stu-
dent coming to America on a scholar-
ship.
as his course was simple.and he could
study or not_as he chose, being pro-
vided with unlimited cuts.

When the summer vacation came,
two friends and he decided to hire an
automobile and take a trip around the
At first they consid-
ered trains, but someone said: they

It was a free and easy time,

| were kept very hot over here and on

coming out of them into the air, one
was liable to catch all sorts of dis-
eases. Next they thought of bicy-
cling, but people told them that it
was “mal vu” in America. Not. one
of them was Jean Jacques Rousseau
with his love of nature, or they would
have walked, so they bought an an-
cient car, tents and cooking utensils,
and sét about getting their drivers’
licenses. People warned them that
New York was a very hard place to
learn and that the examination was
difficult, and they were advised to go
+n Washington. “Donec nous voila a
| Washington!” chcaat Sores

One of his friends was a celebrated
economist and was itnmediately en-
trusted with the funds and named
“Ministre des Finances.” The other
was a good cook and was “Ministre
de l’Interieur,” while he, who spoke
the best English in the party (“jugez
les autres”) was nominated “Ministre
des Affaires Etrangeres” and charg-
ed with getting letters of introduction
and doing the speaking for all three.
They started off through New Eng-
land» and on to Canada; where they
had been told they would feel at. home,
as everyone spoke French. * They

: (Continued on Page Four) .

 

ia

Royal Family to be
Acted in Goodhart

Varsity DieaKatics and Cap and
Bells Are Directed by
Mrs. Flexner

 

STAGING IS. AMBITIOUS

 

On Friday and Saturday evenings:
in Goodhart, Varsity Dramatics is
presenting perhaps its most difficult
undertaking since the days of the
Constant Nymph, that is, the Royal
Famliy, a three-act comedy by George
Kaufman and Edna Ferber. The set
in. particular was a really monstrous
project, for the script requires that
it represent the two-story living room
of a New York duplex apartment, bal-
cony, upper hall, stairs and all; Every
possible inch of stage space is being
used to make a set big enough for ali
the people who must appear onh-it at
the same time, and the mere fact that
men fence and ladies faint on the
stairway is a good enough clue to the
type of construction that is demand-
ed. The properties for the three'acts
fill four or five pages in a script, not
the least amongst them being a live
parrot, and two champion Great
Danes, which are being loaned by Mr.
E. S. Choate, of Wayne. The cos-
tumes of the women are being loaned
by Nan Duskin, of Philadelphia, while
Bonwit Teller and Blum’s are provid-
ing shoes, riding habits, and negligees.
Other acknowledgements would fill a
column} it suffices to say that there
is enough glamour about the. proper-
ties, costumes and accessories to make
the evening worth-while on that
ground alone.

The cast includes both newly-dis-
covered talents and some of the most
seasoned actors that both Bryn Mawr
and Haverford -have produced. The
Haverford cast is headed by Philip
Truex, president of the Cap and Bells
Club and the Haverford English Club.
He has appeared in numerous produc-
tions-of both these organizations; on
the Bryn Mawr stage twice—in Berk-
eley Square and in The Devil’s Disci-
ple; and has just directed the Eng-
lish Club’s production of Twelfth
Night. He takes the part of Tony,
Cavendish, temperamental scion of
the royal house of Cavendish.

Herbert Dean, brother of Fanny
Cavendish and uncle of Tony and
Julie, is played by James Stoddard.
This is his first year in dramatics at
Haverford and he has already given a
very creditable performance of Mal-
volio in Twelfth Night.

Perry Stewart, Gwen Cavendish’s
fiance, is played by Russell Richie,
who had a small part in Berkeley
Square, and who has just played Sir
Andrew Aguecheek. Wolff, the long-
suffering manager, is done by Sidney
Hollander, whose first appearance this
is. Gil Marshall, the South Ameri-
can emerald king, who comes back
after twenty years to marry Julie,
will be portrayed by Henry Vaux.
Mr. Vaux is an experienced actor and
not new to the Bryn Mawr stage, for ‘
besides his performances in the Cap
and Bells productions of the Queen’s
Husband, Tons of Méney, and the
English’s Club’s Twelfth Night, he
appeared here last year as the Am-
bassador in Berkeley Square. Bruce
Jones, new.to our stage, but*known
in the Cap and Bells for his work in
Twelfth Night and Tons of Money,
will play. Jo, the butler, and John
Pugliese, a freshman, will play Mac-
Dermott, the pugilist-trainer.

The three women of the royal fam-
ily, Fanny, Julie, and Gwen, will be
played by Del MacMaster, Janet Mar-
shall, and Betty Lord, respectively.
With the exception of Miss Lord,
whose only other Bryn Mawr appear-
ance was as the heroine of the Fresh-
man Show of the Class of 1935, this .

(Continued on Page Five)

 

Resignation
__. The ann News regrets to
annOunce the resignation of
Peggy Little, °’35, from the
Business Board. :

 

 

 

 
  

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

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' THE COLLEGE NEWS

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; Crime.and Carelessness
- Every year Bryn Mawr students suffer from a certain amount. of

loss by theft or carelessness, and this year, unfortunately, is no excep-

tion.

During the past months the disappearance of several rather

large sums of money have been reported, and there have been many

more cases not turned in.

There is also the constant pilfering of the

sandwiches, food, and cigarettes which are offered for sale in the halls
with the understanding that students will sign for whatever they take.
The existence of a condition of this sort is a constant source of seri-
ous annoyance to the students and of anxiety to the authorities, and

easts an unfortunate light on the

entire group in Bryn Mawr. In

trying to prevent theft the College authorities are faced with enor-
mous obstacles, and if any progress is to be made the students must

offer their whole-hearted co-operation.

We will not assume that there

is any member of Bryn Mawr College who is actually dishonest, for

to such a gne there is no avenue ‘of approach.

But the great majority

of us are to a degree careless, and- this is a situation which can be
remedied, Carelessness is a trait which is too often confused with dis-
honesty, and in its more advanced stages it has practically the same

results.

It_is, of course, up to_every student—to sign up for sand-

wiches and to avoid careless handling of either her own or other peo-

ple’s belongings.
without. mentioning the matter.

Too often students borrow something from someone
They intend to return it but the day

of its return never dawns, and the friend eventually decides it has

been stolen.

We leave our own possessions strewn around where they

do not belong, and we either forget where they are, or else someone
picks them up. We cannot register a serious protest against thefts
until we learn to take the necessary precautions against them. Money
lying about is an inviting sight and if we are to resent having it stolen

we must be more secretive with it.
able belongings.
here its place is in a safe.

And the same is true for our valu-

Jewelry should never be brought to college, but once
Whatever we value we must protect, and

what we wish to retain we must look after.
The college has its own methods of dealing#with stealing, and stu-
dent reports of each theft are an important item in the system. All

thefts,

once reasonably established as such,

should be immediately

reported to the warden together with the accompanying circumstances.
The administration, without the use of detectives and a great deal of
uproar, has been able to track down many thefts to their source, and
if students will only lend to it their support, they may be assured that

it will not be in the interest. of an idle cause.
‘ities can only stamp out theft; carelessness is a student matter.

However, the author-
We,

therefore, appeal to all students ‘to take better care of their possessions

and avoid borrowing as much as possible,

The case of the food taken

in the hall is“a direct reflection on the inmates of the hall, and our
pride must of necessity cause us to be more eareful about signing up.
Even the suspicion of the presence of dishonesty on campus is unpleas-
ant; let us dispel it by stamping out the carelessness often confused

with it.

 

LETTERS

The News is not responsible for
opinions expressed in this column.

 

. To the Editor of The College News,

Perhaps letters from very aged
graduates are not considered items of
interest to your readers, but néver-

'*. theless Iam minded-to have my say.”

I was interested in the News of
November 2nd that the college had

voted overwhelmingly for Hoover and

Repeal and I wondered “how you got
that way!” ,

a Soncéivable - even after the
election that there were some people
who preferred Mr. Hoover for Presi-
dent; but how the same person could
‘vote for Hoover and think they were
voting for repeal of the 18th Amend-
ment is beyond comprehension, for in
the words of a famous Federal judge:
“The Republican Party, neither in
its platform nor speech of acceptance,
contains a single word advocating the
repeal of the 18th Amendment. They |
provide only for some form of ‘sub- |

_ salotion. te she: penole of an amend:

 

there

     

 

ment which they do not de-
fine. They do not favor a submis-

sion to the states of the 18th Amend-
ment, limited to the issue of its re-
tention or repeal. On the other hand,
they seek to submit to the people a
proposed amendment, the terms of
which are not even suggested, giving
to the Federal Government certain
powers over the liquor traffic which
are lefty wholly undefined. This pro-
posed amendment must be subject to
absolute guarantees in the Constitu-
tion that in no part of the United
States shall there be a return of the
saloon system.....No man is wise

enough to define the scope of their} -

amendment and no sane lawyer would
undertake to draw it. ”

In writing/this letter I do not wish
to appear: to be criticising the stu-
dents for’ ‘lack of political intelli-
gence, ag I find the ordinary college
graduate equally unintelligent when it
comes +0 political matters, but I wish

ere some way the so-called
mentally caged well educated
nk intelligently

 

 

|WIT?s END

The editors acknowledge zeceipt of
an anonymous campus communication
in which they were advised of the
doctrine of Eusebuis: “Wash thy
sins, not thy face only.” We were
gratified by the extensive knowledge
of the ancients implied by the choice
of this selection, but beg to inform
our well-wishers that if they will take
care of their faces, we feel adequate

 

 

|to the task of coping with our sins,

Also, we should very much like to
know the names of our good angels,
in order that we may extend our con-
gratulations to them on their knowl-
edge and thanks for their ‘interest.
However,. “quis  custodiet ipsos
custodes?”

 

How drear for me to. have to walk on,
At nine o’clock, those steps in Dalton.

I don’t like it when I’m called on
To walk up even the first flight in
Dalton.

At the second I’m desperately hauled

on

By a late classmate in ascent up
Dalton.

The third I’ve often barely crawled
on

Thinking it’s the fourth in Dalton.

The fourth. I am quite appalled on
But thrills! Ot last! Geology in
Dalton.
—Sour Apple.

 

PFIFFLE WRITES AN EPISTLE
Dearest Tommy,

eIt was so good to hear from you
again. I often think of you in the
middle of quizzes, and the good time
we had at the game last week. I
don’t think I’m thawed out yet. My
heart is feeling very warm toward
you, as you may gather from the fol-
lowing. There is going to be a dance
next Saturday which will last till the
absurdly late hour of two A. M.
Shades of the Quaker founders! If
you would not. feel too juvenile quit-
ting your merry-making at such a
time, I would be thrilled to pieces to
have you come. You will love my new
orchid velvet. Incidentally, the Var-
sity Players are putting on The Roy-
al Family that evening, and we might
drop in to see it. Since you were so
perfect in The Great Lover, you will
probably be very interested in our
Thespian activities. I must dash off
to the physics lab now, but here’s.
hoping.
Yours as ever, .
PFIFFLE.

P. S.—Sorry I couldn’t write soon-
er, but I had to ask Billy first, he’s
such a good dancer. Be sure to an-
swer immediately, so in case the
verdict -is unfavorable, I can ask
Charlie, though I’d rather have a
blonde like you if possible.

Fr.

 

Now that the attention of the world
and a few Bryn Mawrites is focused
on the problem of our manners and
dress, we should like to speak briefly
of our pet peeve. We have no desire
to be disagreeable but the sight of a
fair-haired (or even a dark) maiden
tripping gaily across the campus in
the long gingham gown and embroid-
ered apron of a Bavarian peasant, or
the long tunic of a Russian with the
accompanying bandana, or even a
simple Swiss hat and feather has al-
ways made us want to stop short in
our tracks and run. It is not that
we miss the charm of said costumes
and the genre they add; “jt’s some
hitherto obscure chord in our soul on
which they jar unpleasantly. We
have just discovered the true nature
of this aversion, and we hasten to
pass it-on to-those amongst you “who
may have suffered with us, in silence.
It’s May Day. We realized it with
a start yesterday when we ran into

 

on political questions.

There may well have been other
reasons for voting for Mr. Hoover,
but. anyone who wants the 18th
Amendment repealed could never
have voted for him on those ground

as I think the above quotation ‘shows..

_Thanking you for permitting me to
take up space in the News,
Sincerely yours, ;
EMMA GUFFEY MILLER, 99,

News of the New York Theatres
Feeling, we suppose, that Autumn
Crocus, in spite of its truth, its Ty-
rol, its gentle passion and its spright-
ly Francis Lederer, needs more to
commend it to the lovers of naivete
and the spring of life, the produc-
ers are introducing Dorothy Gish
into the cast in place of Patricia Col-
linge, who is now going into Rosalie
Stewart’s Just Out. Certainly, there
will be no harsh note in this idyll.

Katherine Cornell is out among the
motor magnates in Detroit, opening
in Lucrece tonight, and whatever the
merits of the play she is bound to
be a success, for men who work in
metal have extraordinary enthusiasm
after six. The production will reach
New York on December 20, and set
up shop at the Belasco Theatre.

Horace Liveright, whose production
of Dracula so exhausted him that he
hasn’t done anything since, has a new
project. Hotel Alimony. It deals—
you’ll never believe it—with divorce
and the attendant jailing of the lads
‘who don’t pay later for what went
before. Ever since Grand Hotel we've
had scores of “hotel” titles, and now
the -inmates--of -the—hostelry are to
be, not ready for love, but relics of
it. How ideas in the theatre do grow
old.

Noel Coward, who just arrived in
New York to be greeted by the usual
fanfare, has gone into rehearsal with
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in
his Design For Living. This play
marks the achievement of a career-
long ambition ofboth Mr. Coward and
Mr. Lunt. When both of them were
just starting and no one thought they
had any future, except themselves,
they decided to do a play together
when at the peak of their careers.
That time has come and Design for
Living, written during a South Seas
cruise and concerning three people,
all hopelessly in love, is to be the
honored vehicle. It will open about
January 23 and a limit of twelve
weeks is set for its run, because Mr.
Coward has other-fish-to pull out of
the sea.

On December 26 The Good Earth}.

will open an extended road tour with
a three weeks’ engagement in Chi-
cago. To us there is something pa-
thetic about the good old earth having
to go on tour to keep up interest.
It seems a little undignified when the
Good Earth, mother of men, goes
forth into itself and ends up in Chi-
cago. Of all places for her to pitch
camp! Maybe she’s going out to see
how the World’s Fair is getting along.
A touch of professional jealousy,
mayhap.

We are to have a series of revivals
presented under the aegis of Middle-
ton, Guttler and Forkens, which will
begin with the twenty-five-year-old
Paid in Full. Anything by that name
is bound to be a revival, because the
title phrase has long since died of
neglect. It’s so long since we’ve seen
or heard the cheerful term that we’re
going to the revival just to recall the
happy days when those three little
words lived and breathed. Other of-
ferings will include The Bat and
Seven Days.

If the stage receives Tallulah Bank-
head back into its wings after her

(Continued on Page Three)

 

a gay little peasant, and a sudden
feeling of the futility of it all over-
came us. After a moment of gazing
at her costume we were so wearied
that we scuttled home to our hard bed
and collapsed exhausted, only fo have
harrowing-,¥igions arise before our
eyes. Two days of unbelievable chaos,
during which we gathered ‘“Pease-
cods” at a break-neck speed, or plod-
ded clumsily, but with great feeling,
up and down innumerable crooked
rows to the “Twenty-Ninth of May;”
sticky beards, grease paint that ran
in the sun; the May-day News scream-
ed from every corner of the campus;
aspiring little prep-school girls who
were coming to Bryn Mawr to be in
May-day, and to whom at the moment
we could wish no harder fate. In fact
it all came back, even the Shakes-
peare that we shouted thrice a day
from the hollow. Now reminiscing
has its joys, no one knows better than
we. But May-day for all its glamour
is not a restful thought in these days
of stress, and the next time we see a
milk-maid on the campus, we’re going
to shout out our best Elizabethan
curses and run the other way.
; Cheero,
_ —THE MAD. HATTER.

 

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IN PHILADELPHIA

Orrick: Aarons and Friedley pre-
sent Jack Buchanan and Jack Pearl
in a new satirical musical, Pardon My
English. Gershwin music and a
Fields. and Ryskind book. A _ swell
show from every angle—amusing and
very good music.

Broad:. A new comedy, Honey-
moon, about a divorcee living in Paris
who entertains a Boston couple on a
very strange honeymoon.

Coming—December 12

Forrest: Mary Boland comes back
in Irving Berlin’s Face the Music, for
one week only. Most of us know how
diverting this is, but those who don’t
shouldn’t miss it. |

Music—Academy of Music

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra?
Friday, December 9, at 2.30; Satur-
day, December 10, at 8.20, with Ben-
jamin de Loache and Chorus, Leopold
Stokowski :conducting. Program:
MIRCLIOWGIL esi Fee cee Indian Suite

re The Raven
MPMUUEON 6s « 060.00 cbs Two Nocturnes
Strawinsky Serer Le Roi des Etoiles
rpenue fo sy cee. Finlandia

Philharmonic Symphony Society of
New York: Monday evening, Decem-
ber 12, at 8.15.. Rachmaninoff, solo-
ist, and Issay Dobrowen, conducting.
Program: |
Tschaikowsky,

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor
Rachmaninoff,
Piano Concerto, No. 3 in D Minor
Movies

Chestnut Street: Maedchen in
Uniform, a movie set in the school for
German officers’ daughters and deal-
ing with its abuses and effects. Sim-
ple, straightforward and arresting.

Aldine: Clark Gable and Norma
Shearer continue to go through the
emotional maze of Strange Interlude.

Boyd: Red Dust, in which Clark
Gable, Jean Harlow, a rubber plan-
tation in Cochin China and a society
“dame” all go to stir up a consider-
able emotional disturbance,
ends with Miss Harlow reading bed-
time stories to caveman Clark. Real-
ly not bad, if you have no critical ego.

Earle: Assorted vaudevile nui-
sances and Sidney Fox and Erie Lin-.
den in Afraid To Talk, an adapta-
tion-of the play, Washington Merry-
Go-Round,, which is an expose of the ©
racket of the U. S. government. Why
get all steamed up over it? No one
can stop it.

Europa: Kameradschaft, a Ger-
man film, in which one is shown that
political boundaries are purely artifi-
cial, unreal, and contrary to nature.
Beautifully done and _ significant.

Fox: Lowel Sherman as an un-
ethical beauty surgeon who lifts one

too many faces in False Faces. Just
another Hollywood “quickie.”
Karlton: John Barrymore and

Katherine Hepburn in the excellent
Bill of Divorcement ends Thursday.
On Friday Charles Laughton, of Devil
and the Deep, comes in Payment De-
ferred, a swell Getecteye story. Very
good.

Stanley: Richard Dix and Ann
Harding in an unbelievably stupid
and insignificant attempt to prove
that America has gone on financially
in the face of it all for sixty years.
The Conquerors is its name and may
it go to an early grave.

Stanton: Ricardo Cortez and Irene
Dunn in Thirteen Women. Twelve
college girls run afoul of the sinister
thirteenth after college is over, and
she is a demon for upsetting things.
Rather a good mystery. Looks cheer-
ful for us in our dotage, doesn’t it?

Local Movies

Ardmore: Wednesday and Thurs-
day, Harold Lloyd in Movie Crazy;
Friday, George M. Cohan, Jimmy Du-
rante, Claudette Colbert in “The
Phantom President; Saturday, Madi-
son Square Garden, with Jack Oakie,
Marion Nixon and Thomas Meighan;
Monday and Tuesday, Warner Bax-
ter in Six Hours To Live; Wednes-
day and Thursday, Marlene Dietrich
in Blonde Venus.

Seville: Wednesday and Thursday,
Rackety Rax, with Victor McLaglen;
Friday and Saturday, Frank Buck’s
Bring ’Em Back Alive; Monday and
Tuesday, The Crusader, with H. B.
Warner and Evelyn Brent.

Wayne: Wednesday and Niieides. :
Back Street, with John Boles and _
Irene Dunn; Friday and Saturday,
Mr. Robinson Crusoe, with Douglas
Fairbanks; Monday and Tuesday,
One Way Passage, with Kay Francis
and William Powell; Wednesday and
Thursday, Walter Huston and Kath-.

erine Johnson in Ameen Madness.

 

which...

 
“THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three

 

 

Roll of Buddhist Images

‘Explained by Miss Chapin

 

In the Music Room, Wednesday, No-
_ vember 30, the History of Art De-
partment presented Miss Helen Chap-

~in, a graduate of Bryn Mawr, who
has spent seven years in the Orient,
studying Chinese art and culture.
Armed with a thorough knowledge of
Eastern religions and philosophies,
she has been attempting to under.
stand that)mysterious quality in the
art of the’ yellow races which seems
so bafflfng to the West.

‘Recently, togethér with.Dr, John C.
Ferguson, a well-known connoisseur
of,-and writer on, Chinese art, Miss
Chapin was permitted to see many
artistic specimens in the Palace Mus:
eum at Peking, which had been seen
heretofore, only by members of the
Imperial family and by officials of the
court.

Among. the mahimonos exhibited
was “A Long Row. of Buddhist
Images,” which had ‘been brought out
of a secret closet in which it had
prohkably been hidden since the Fall of
the Empire. This is the roll which
has. been termed by Miss Chapin as
her “pet discovery.” It is a narrow
silken scroll, fifty feet in length, beau-
~tifully painted in delicate shadés of
yellow, blue and vermilion, with abun-
dant notes’ of pure gold. Certain
parts of it are in monochrome, and
are thought to be unfinished. Unfor-
tunately, during the Ming dynasty,
between 1486 and 1450, this long roll
was cut up,into small sections and
pasted into an album. Sometime lat-
er these parts were pasted back again
in thé form of a mahimono, but many
of them, for example. eight scenes
from the life of the Sakyamuni Budd-
ha, were lost in the process, and a
number of them seem to be out of
their proper sequence. The Emperor,
for instance, now walks at the head
of the procession, although, according
to religious canons, it would seem
proper for Buddha: and his followers
to assume the place of honor. The
magnificence of the roll, fortunately,
has in no way been destroyed by this
shameful mutilation.

The caligraphic character of this
painting is one of its most admired
features, and the presentation of the
subject matter; which is treated in a
slightly humorous vein, is  icono-
graphically correct. Miss Chapin be-
lieves it to date from-one of the best
periods of Chinese painting, consider-
ing it a Thirteenth Century work of
the Southern Sung dynasty. There
are three inscriptions upon it, the
first, written by a monk in 1240 A. D.,
the second by a scholar of the Ming
dynasty, and the third, which gives
the history of the roll since its execu-
tion, by an emporer who ruled during
the Eigfteenth Century. The°second
inscription seems to indicate that the
roll in question is a copy of a. work
executed in 946 A. D. by a master liv-
ing in the ‘Tai-lu Kingdom in South-
ern China, probably in the province
. now called Yunnan. - Although the

mahimono now in the Palace Museum
was painted during Sung times, it
shows little interest in landscape and
portrays rather a great hierarchy of
Buddhist divinities, very much in the
style of the religious paintings of the
‘classical Tang period, 618-907 A. D.
Sung Buddhism:took the form of indi-

vidual contemplation, instead of
spending itself in elaborate works,
rich in iconographical signficance.

These facts render it likely that this
painting is a copy of a much earlier
work. To; quote Miss Chapin, “Al-
though ‘A: Long Row of Buddhist
Images’ is in a sense a document of
Buddhist iconograhy, it gives. one
pleasure purely as a work of art.”

 

United Campaign

Seventy-eight members of the
Faculty and Staff have contributed
$1,589 to the 1933 United Campaign.

Of this amount $525 was contrib-
uted. by four members of the Faculty
in amounts of $100 or over; $235 by
four members of the Faculty in
amounts of from $50 to $75; $370
was contributed by fourteen mem-
bers of the Faculty and Staff in
gifts of from $25 to $40; there were
two contributions of $20 each, five
contributions of $15 each, and ten
contributions- of three dollars or
under.

This. represents 49.1 per cent. of
the Faculty and Staff, who have sub-
scribed to the campaign this year,

 

News of the New York Theatres

 

(Continued frem Page Two)

unceremonious exit from Hollywood,
following another good-bad woman, de-

‘bacle, it will be taking all the glory

away from the father of the Prodigal
Son. Miss Bankhead left the stage
flat-footed to go out and blink at or-
namental males, but now that she has
starred her last on the screen, she is
back with prospects of the” lead in
Ivor Noveflo’s comedy, Party. What
a party. it will be if the lady is her
usual dynamic, vital self. She will
have to revise her technique, because

the scenery won’t hold up under the:

Bankhead “lean.” Mr. Novello will
be remembered as.the author of The
Truth Game, in which Billie Burke
disported herself two years ago.

Clear All Wires, the newspaper cor-
respondent play, which has had rath-
er an éncouraging success, has closed,
as has Chrysalis, the twenty-one
scene creature which Theresa Hel-
burn had a hand in bringing to life.
This year there is a marked tendency
on Broadway to close up and get out
before you’re thrown out, so to speak,
and plays still fairly popular close
before it’s all over. .Of course, there
are always some plays that are closed
before they get through the first re-
hearsal, but if there is any spot
where hope goes through more set-
ting-up exercises than the theatrical
breast, we have yet to encounter it,
and even. the worst play can survive
one night. Chrysalis could not go
much farther, though.

 

M. Paul Hazard..Speaks
on Voltaire’s Talent

4

 

«Continued from Page One)

knew Latin, French, English, and
even studied philosophy. A Plato now
in the library of Leningrad is an-
notated by her, and reannotated by
Voltaire, who likewise sought “le fond
des choses." He was ever an ap-
prentice in philosophy, always go-
ing over former decisions, as he tells
us in “Sur l’Homme,” in the hope of
reaching perfection.

At this time there were two new
tendencies in philosophical thought:
toward the empiricism of Locke, and
toward Newton’s seareh for the. con-
crete. In both of these Voltaire had
a part; he was glad to abandon specu-
lation on the unknown in favor of
humanity. Humanity was_ his re-
ligion. And so he was an apostle,
not of Descartes, but of Newton,
whose attitude with regard to facts
he very much admired. Voltaire him-
self not only wrote a “Traite des
Mathematiques,” but conducted exper-
iments “Sur la ‘Nature et la Propaga-
tion du Feu,” for the best work on

 

which the Academy of Sciences at

in France, thus showing us another
of his aspects—Voltaire proselyte.

To make Voltaire feel nearer to us,
we need particularly a sign of an-
guish from him. And _ undoubtedly
he was sad; from him we have irony,
piquancy, wit, but never gaiety. He
even writes that were it not for love
and work, he would kill himself. Za-
dig is Voltaire himself, the story of
a pale Chateaubriand. -He speaks in
bitter, painful accents; he is not. pleas-
ing to women, and seeks happiness in
science and thought. But he causes
jealousy, and is persecuted for his
knowledge. Nor is power the road to
happiness, for however just one may
be, a caprice may-dislodge one from
office.

Voltaire insists on the absurdity
which seems to rule over human life;
there is no cause and effect; the wick-
ed are the happiest and he cries “Quid
est felicitas?: Quid est veritas?’

Regret for lost youth, a sense of in-
justice, of persecution, are ‘apparent
also in some of Voltaire’s poems. .

Two hundred years ago, the period
was frivolous, but it busied itself with
great questions. The spirit had free-
dom and made use of it: Voltaire is

Munich were offering a. prize. Vol-; not a statue sculptured for ever; we

taire did not win, nor did Mme. du;

Chatelet, who, sleeping one hour a
night for eight months, also sent in
the results of her researches. That
Voltaire (contrary to his own belief)
did not discover a physical law is of
no importance; what matters is his
attitude toward experimental physics.
It was he who made Newton popular

 

must retouch it; Voltaire was much
deeper than we will allow; he was
sad; he was always working and was
never satisfied. Often he was des-
perate. Voltaire is “un homme leger
mais qui pense profondment,” and that,
concluded M. Hazard, is far better
than an appearance of depth with

'slightness of thought.

 

International Club for ~
Bryn Mawr is Suggested

 

‘Continued from Page One)

an organization would make Bryn
Mawr’s membership in the Interna-
tional Student Committee more than
a nominal honor. Vassar and the
more widely known New England
women’s colleges have formed a loose
intercollegiate association called the
International Student Committee,
which maintains contacts between
the different college clubs and pub-
lishes a magazine called the Student
Internationalist, a copy of which will
be placed in the Common Room by the
Undergraduate Association. Bryn
Mawr sent eight representatives to
the first meeting of the committee in
May, 1931, and contributed to the
magazine, but the Bryn Mawr édi-
tors have never been appointed by
any active campus organization.
Three new editors, Vung-Yuin
Ting, Nancy Hart, and Josephine
Williams accepted responsibility for
the December issue with the under-
standing that the question of the or-
ganization of a club and the further

| membership of Bryn Mawr in the n-

tercollegiate committee should be re- —

ferred to all Bryn. Mawr. students.

interested in foreign.affairs. Accord-
ingly, it is hoped that a large repre-
sentation of students will &ttend the
meeting in the Common Room Tues-
day night to decide whether an In-
ternational Club would be desirable
on the campus, and if so, to choose
officers and discuss a program.

 

 

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

 

 

M. Canu Describes His
Impressions of America

 

(Continued from Page One)

found it quite hard to get used to the.
anglicized French. At the frontier

they had tried speaking French to the

douanier, but they had been told that

~ just be¢ause they had studied it in

school, they needn’t try to show off.
From Quebec they went. to Niagara
Falls, but were more impressed by
the number of tourists than by the
Falls itself. Oa

As they went on westward, they got
to Cleveland, wheye banners of wel-
come were hung across every street.
They were very modest, but pleased
with this show of hospitality at their
coming. The inhabitants were all
dressed: as Persians or Turks with
turbans and fezzes on their heads, but
they; thought that it was perhaps a
They had got
quite used to queer American customs
by now. At one intersection, their
car was stopped and a number of
these queer people jumped on the run-
ning board and ordered them to get
out.. They were on the point of obey-
ing when someone said, “It’s all
right, they, are the guys from Colo-
rado.” Every time they were stopped
they used the magic words, but soon
the density of the crowd forced them
to stop. Someone told them to “hur-
ry and get dressed,” as they-had been
keeping the banquet for them. They
could not disappoint these people, and
a banquet sounded good, sq they let
themselves be turbaned, too. After a
parade through the streets, they came
to the banquet, where, M. Canu con-
fessed, the Eighteenth Amendment
was not very well observed. To their
horror the chairman announced that
the honor delegation from Colorado
would give the first speech. M. Canu,
as spokesman, was expected to give a
speech! - But he had to go through
with it, so he stood up and began. As
he went on, the fdces around grew
more and more suspicious and he felt
an atmosphere of hostility; suddenly
he had a brilliant idea. He told the
assembly that his section of Colorado
had: been settled by Frenchmen and
that-ever since the Knights Templar
of that district. had spoken English
with a French accent in honor of
those pioneers. Thunders of applause
cut him short and the chairman sug-
gested that every State should look
up its ancestors and do them honor
likewise if—they-happened tobe
French.

They left hospitable Cleveland hur-
riedly the nextday, as they were

afraid the real delegation might come.

Their itinerary included Yellowstone
Park, Seattle, San Francisco, the
Grand Canyon, New Orleans and back
to New York, an inclusive-view of the
United States. If M. Canu said that
he were not living in Bryn Mawr, he
would choose San Francisco as the
city in America that pleased him
most.

In conclusion, M. Canu said that}

he found nearly all parts of America
alike; the same language altered nat-
urally according to the region, but
not like the sharply different dialects
of/ the French provinces. He found
that every city had the same type of
stores; even that certain parts of New
England reminded him of France, ex-
cept for the billboards and “chiens
chauds” stands, “institutions Ameri-
caines.”’

Such a comprehensive view of the
United States in three months has af-
forded him only a glimpse of the vari-

‘ous sections, but even so, he probably
knows it a whole lot better than many
Americans.

 

‘ From North Dakota State we learn
that a survey conducted at the Col-
lege of Emporia shows that the stu-
dent body is ‘more intelligent than the
faculty, that they stay at home more,
and devote more time to their work
than do their pedagogues.—(NSFA.)

 

 

GREEN HILL FARMS

City Line and Lancaster Ave.
Overbrook-Philadelphia

Luncheon’

Dinner

Shore Dinner every Friday :
$1.50

 

 

No increase in price on Sundays
' _, or holidays

 

The Princes#Marries the Page
Edna St. Vincent Millay

The Princess Marries the Page is a
surprise for those who, having been
disappointed by Fatal Interview, are
wondering fearfully whether Millay
regains her wonted excellence of style
in this new book. The Princess Mar-
ries the Page is not new. It was writ-
ten while Millay was an undergradu-
ate at Vassar College, and has been
produced four times, twice with the
author playing the principal part.
Che manuscript was lost for thirteen
years and has only just come to light
again. In her preface Millay says of
it, “On reading over to myself The
Princess Marries the Page, I found

expected. It was unmistakably a
youthful work, ahd very slight, but
| thought it rather pretty. And I
had a desire to see it among my pub-
lished books. So here it is.”

The story of the play is that of a
princess who hides a page from pur-
suing soldiers. The page is suppos-
edly the son of an enemy king acting
in the capacity of a spy. While the
princess is defending him by saying
she must marry him, a letter is found
on his person proclaiming that he is
an undutiful son to his father; and
at~the-same~time~his~ fathers’ death
is. announced. The page then is a
king in his own right and is allowed
to marry the princess.

The story is an old one. The play
is indeed slight, but more than “rath-
er pretty.” Such lines as these:

“Is there not some maiden,
Some golden-headed herder of white
geese,
Some shepherdess, some dark-eyed vio-
let-vendor,
That holds you dear?”

or

“Melt not my tears for you that for
myself
Lie like a pool frozen i’ the breast.’

have the delicate beauty of Millay’s
later work. Some lines, as for in-
stance:

“Why does a-man who is doomed to
Hell for ever
Climb into heaven for a day,”

and '

“None goes so lonely to his death but
thousands
Pass through the door with him.”

vive momentary flashes of that' inner
meaning and power of suggestion that
is the life breath of poetry. But these
are fragmentary; the theme itself
lacks profundity. It is lovely like a
piece of thin china, but is to be tak-
en as seriously as one would take the
fence of paper streamers in Aria da
Capo if that did not have its deep un-
dereurrent of tragic meaning.

he a! >

 

The apple-vending machines at Bos-
ton University have sold approximate-
ly 20,500 apples to students during
the last five school months. Accord-
ing to theories advanced by health ex-
perts, the regular eating of apples is
a short-cut to easy reducing. Per-
haps this accounts for the fact that
C.'L. A., with a large percentage of
co-eds among the enrolled students,
has sold over 11,000 apples, and C.
B. A., with a majority of men stu-
dents, has sold only - 9,500 ° apples.
Although the machines hold seventy-
two apples each, they have to be re-
filled at an average of three times
in two days.—(NSFA.)

that I liked it much better than I had |

 

MRS. RICHARD
PATTON’S SHOP

DRESSES LINGERIE
Sizes

12 - 20

Sizes

2 - 20

Christmas Suggestions for the
Girls and Boys

10 ARDMORE ARCADE
PHONE 1725 ARDMORE, PA.

 

 

 

 

Katherine Hepburn Fought

Way to Successful Career

 

(Reprinted. from The. Philadelphia
® Inquirer, Sunday, November 27.)
Although she hungered during’ sev-
eral seasons as one of the unknowns
of Broadway, Katharine Hepburn
never had to starve :in a W. 47th
street boarding house. As a matter
of fact, Katharine Hepburn has liv-
ed always in comfortable, even ele-
gant, circumstances. Her hunger was
that of**ambition, a hunger which
gnaws just like the physical sort.
After experiencing the conventional
four years among Merion, Rockefel-
\ler and the other halls of elite Bryn
Mawr, Katharine Hepburn set out
to crash the glamorous realm of pro-
fessional histrionics.. Today, thanks
to her work in “A Bill of Divorce-
ment,” starring John Barrymore,
which is the feature screen offering
at the Mastbaum Theatre, they have
pressed upon her a five-year contract
with RKO-Radio Pictures. But in

|the intervening years—not many, to

be sure—Katharine Hepburn “was
bounced—around Broadway, only —to
come back for more. It wasn’t easy.

Four days out of college she had
a job in a stock company in Balti-
more. Baltimore may remember her,
but there is no Katharine Hepburn
Theatre there to keep alive that mem-
ory. After the Maryland engagement
began the jolly good fun of getting a
job in New York.

“Miss uh-Helburn?”

“Hepburn. I
casting a new play.”

“Oh, yeah? Where’d ya hear that?”

“Well, as a matter. of fact it was
in the paper this morning. It’s in
the afternoon papers, too; and I also
heard it from some people.”

“Well, I am casting, but I’m-sorry,
Miss Helburn, but you just aren’t the
type. Leave your name with the girl
outside, and—”

“And if anything comes up you'll
call me? | Thank you.”

“Okay, Miss Helburn.”

That was one type of meeting
which the eager young actress ex-
perienced day in, day. out. Finally
she managed to get herself cast in
“The Big Pond.” Came tryout night
in Great Neck, L. I. Miss Hepburn
was informed after the performance
that it might be a good idea for her
to take up social science, or open
an art shoppe in Hartford, Conn., her
home town;—or go abroad for—a—rest.
In fact, she was told the world is full
of. things for a girl to do who has
charm and intelligence, but who can-
not act.

Yet, as it happened, Arthur Hop-
kins was in the Great Neck audi-
erice that night. As a consequence
young Miss Hepburn was given a
walk-on in “Holiday.”

 

Student anti-Japanese demonstra-
tions in Shanghai, which were tem-
porarily put down, have been for-
mally revived with plans for a large
student demonstration to voice a for-
mal protest against the Lytton report
to the League of Nations before dis-
cussion starts at Geneva Monday.

—(NSFA.)

understand you’re+

 

MEN AGAINST DEATH—PAUL
DEKRUIF

“Another book” by the author of
Microbe Hunters is almost a  suffi-
cient characterization for Men
Against Death. Another tale of the
battle waging between science and
disease, ‘it is imbued with Paul de
Kruif’s essentially vigorous, vivid
style. Its forcefulness makes of a
succession of scientific exploits, an ex-
ceptionally fast-moving, thrilling tale
of human warfare against death.

The death fighters are made full-
blooded heroes of the front and their
(leeds become adventures into the
grim, menacing No Man’s Land of
unexplored science under de Kruif’s
pen. There is Semmelweis, a fanatic
on proper methods of sterilization, a
fighter-to-the-death against child-bed
fever. ‘For diabetics Banting pro-
vides immeasurable hope by his dis-
covery and production of ‘insulin; now
there is no limit save the natural
bounds of human life for those pa-
tients who have formerly used up
their own tissues in their extremity
in a kind of duto-cannibalism. Minot,
although. he was of a family with a
scientific tradition, had enough innate
sagacity to discard the technicalities
of: science for his remarkably prac-
tical_treatment—of-pernicious-anemia.
Again, we have a romance of the
Rocky ‘Mountains—Spencer’s fantas-
tic fight against spotted fever. Miss
McCoy’s work with parrot fever,
Schaudinn’s discovery of the small
ecork-secrew microbe lying at the root
of that pale horror, syphilis, Bordet’s
precise investigations of the nature
of this bacillus, his perfection of the
blood test and his eventual discovery
of a method of combating these dan-
gerous spirochetes marks another step
in the progress of our warfare against
death. Then in more recent tactics
against disease we have “machine
medicine,” the use of electric machines
by Wagner-Juregg to fever paresis
and Finsen’s first use of electricity as
a substitute for sunlight.

Here is a magnificent tale of war
against the most inexorable and prob-
ably the most thrilling enemy of man.
It is so gripping that the reader be-
gins insensibly to finish each chapter
with a sotto voce—‘And another mi-
ecrobe bit the dust!” In retrospect, an
analysis of style shows it to be slight-
ly melodramatic:

“It is morning. Life is good. Hope
surges. I think of the strange power
in my—lifestuff,_in—all_protoplasm
to remake itself, at least partially, af-
ter it’s been damaged, of its power
to adapt itself to this or that danger.”

Occasionally, as here, the form
seems to be distinct from the sub-
stance, and we have a singularly in-
congruous result. These infrequent
(laws give us momentary glimpses of
the real difficulty of portraying this
superhuman struggle, this drama, so
vital that it lapses into melodrama.
Qur heroes are “men against death”
and the very recounting of their epic
deeds is, suitably enough, a challenge
to the philosophy that “Death is the
inevitable consequence of all life.”

—G. R

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American Philosophi-
cal Society Meets Here

 

(Continued from Page One)
‘Relational Absolutes,
HELEN H. PARKHURST
The Relation of the Moral to the
Aesthetic Standard in Plato,
KATHERINE GILBERT
The Right and the Good, Method-
ology in Ethics. SARAH H. BROWN
Reality and “the real’ in Bradley,
RUDOLF KAGEY
2.00 P. -M., *Annual Business Meet-
Wis Taylor Hall, Room F
CONCURRENT DISCUSSIONS
2.30 P. M., Division I,

: Aristotle’s Analytic Method,
ABRAHAM EDEL
(Introduced by F. J. E. Woodbridge)
The Theory of Logical Continuity,
Lewis S. FEUER
(Introduced by Morris R. Cohen)
The Identity of Formal and Mate-
rial Truth in Rational Thinking,
Kurt E. ROSINGER
(Introduced by A. N. Whitehead)
On Tiaith ...... JOHN SOMERVILLE
(Introduced by H. W. Schneider)

2.30 P. M., Division II,

DISCUSSION ON ETHICS AND
-_SOcIAL.. PHILOSOPHY.
(Each speaker limited to five
minutes)
* Indicates open only to members of

the Association and specially invited
guests. _

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Page Five

 

 

Haverford Soccer Team ?2!! well in the striking circle of the

| Haverford goal. Zintel was too much

Defeats Varsity Hockey, for us. His accurate eye, quick foot-
| work and hard hits stopped two goals

| which we tried to make. During the
Marathon Runs and Hard Ac: | second half a good deal of the playing
curate Passes Stunned Home _ | on the part of the Haverfordians con-

Team in First Half | sisted in lying flat on the field and
hitting in a reclining position.
FINAL SCORE WAS 3 TO 1) Bowditch’s
ty lability to rush in quickly, checked the
(Especially Contributed by Esther | forward line.
Smith) | Soccer seems to be the best way to
The last game of the season was|develop good hockey players. They
played Tuesday afternoon when the|far outran us. Their footwork and
Bryn Mawr Varsity met the Haver-| Stickwork were more accurate, and
ford soccer team: The game started) Zintel’s extra practice at goaling in
somewhat later than scheduled, due! Soccer made him one of the best hock-

 

 

 

fearlessness—and - her,t hey are as neatly characterized and

play will force you to squeeze any
tears out of the arid eyes, but don’t be
surprised if you find yourself liking
the Floyd-Gibbonish creature who}
dominates Clear All Wires. If you are
like us, you will be very fond of the
rest of the cast, too, twenty-five in
all, not to mention Porters, Red Sol-
diers, and Members of Delegations.

well handled a group as we have ever
seen on the stage, from the Chairman
of the Tapestry Delegation to the
‘superior journalist, ~ Pettingwaite,
played by Charles Romano. The su-
perior and journalistic Pettingwaite,
a sour person whom we could under-
stand but not like, is a good foil for
Buck Thomas’ exuberance.

Royal Family to be

Acted in Goodhart

 

(Continued from Tage One)
is an experienced group. Miss Mac-
Master, besides her work in college
and in school, has had some experi-

ence in student-stock company work.
She willbe remembered best_in-Bryn-

Mawr’ for her portrayal of Helen in
Berkeley Square. Miss Marshall play-

ed Kate in the same production, and

has appeared in several one-act plays
during her four years, as well as
working behind stage, directing, and
writing them.

Leta Clews is taking the part of Kit-

to the scarcity of sticks, for the Hav-
erford team arrived minus four im-
plements ,af war. Moreover, they
broke two of those which weré sup-
plied them. This was shortly reme-
died, and amid many cheers from the
enthusiastic Haverfordians, led in the
true spirit by a gesticulating cheer-
leader, the teams went. out. onto the
field. Haverford started like a shot
out of a cannon, while Mryn Mawr
could only stand and gasp at them.
In two minutes they had scored a
goal. This seemed to rouse the Bryn
Mawr Varsity, but, Haverford had
gotten far ahead of ts. Their hard
hitting, accurate passes>\and mara-
thon runs, left Bryn Mawr. far be-
hind. One: more goal was scored,
while Bryn Mawr succeeded only in
approaching the Haverford goal. It
was a threat and not a very potent
one.

Once more they rushed down to
threaten our goal. Betsy Jackson, in
her eagerness to prevent the score
from rolling up, decided the best way
was to calmly sit on the ball. This
was effective only for a few minutes
and a penalty bully was called upon
us. The ball whanged against the
back-board and Haverford had scor-
ed a goal. Rothermel was the first of
the Bryn Mawr team to realize the
necessity of quick action. Rushing
in where others fail, she intercepted
many of their hard passes. Long-
acre seemed to be off her game, or it
might have’ been fear of the hard
shots. Kentie was by far the best on
the forward line. She slashed and
hit with the best of them, and, with
two Haverford men attacking her, she
scored a goal.

The second half started with sev-
eral substitutions.
set to our team was Bowditch in the
backfield. Bryn Mawr seemed to have
found itself, and successfully prevent-
ed Haverford from further scoring.
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Toward the end, the first string,
Ritchie, T. Brown and P. Brown,
came back on the field.

 

Theatre Review

Clear All Wires, the.Spewack play,
which has been running at the Times
Square Theatre in New York for two
weeks, is a satire on all sorts of peo-
ple, including foreign correspondents,
a chorus-girl, and divers citizens of
the Soviet. Although it is being ac-
claimed by the dramatic critics as the
best satire of the year, it is not pure
satire; there is a definite note of high
comedy. More than once when Buck
Thomas (Thomas. Mitchell of . The
Last Mile), the super-egoistic report-

ridiculous ‘broadside, it is hard to
laugh because of the essentially hu-
man weakness revealed in him.

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care, only letting down once to intro-
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man. We advise you not to go ex-
pecting the satire of the century, and
then you will not be disappointed, for
Clear All Wires is simply a dramatic
play, made to draw laughs and pro-
duce suspense. We always have
‘thought Soviet Russia pretty funny.

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Einstein to Teach at Princeton

 

(Reprinted From Adelphia
Fortnightly)

Dr. Abraham Flexner, director of '
the new Institute for Advanced|
Study, announced yesterday that Pro-
fessor Albert Einstein, discoverer of
the theory of relativity and widely
regarded as the greatest scientific fig-
ure since Sir Isaac Newton, has ac-
cepted a life appointment as head of
the institute’s School of Mathemat-
ics. Dr. Flexner also said that the
institute will open next autumn and
that it will be situated at or near
Princeton, N. J.

Professor Einstein has been ap-
pointed Professor of Mathematical
and Theoretical Physics. He will oc-
cupy a home in Princeton with Mrs.
Einstein, will be in residence at the
institute annually from October 1 to
April 15, beginning next autumn, and
will make a yearly visit to Germany.
Professor Einstein will devote all his
time to the institute, and his trips
abroad will. be vacation periods for
rest and meditation,

   
    

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This year special rates provide another prac-
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Its nearness (only 15 hours
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at Christmas.

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Sport tournaments of national importance
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worked behind the. scenes in. many
one-acts, producing several of her
own. Her only other appearance as
an actress was a small part in the
Congtant Nymph. The harassed maid,
Della, will be played ky Susan Dan-
iels, whose debut this will be, and
Elvira Trowbridge will take the part
of the nurse, Miss Peake.

Of unusual interest this year is the
direction of the play. A need has
long been félt for a director of more
experience than the average Varsity
Dramatics member, to cope with the
innumerable complexities and subtle-
ties of a difficult three-act play. Pro-
fessional directors have been tried,
with varying success, but the great

'complaint against them has been that

someone was losing valuable experi-
ence. This year the problem has
found a happy solution in the selec-
tion of Magdalene Hupfel Flexner, of
the Class of 1928, active in dramatics
in her college years and still intense-
ly interested in them. Mrs. Flexner
was known as perhaps the most ver-
satile and convincing actress on her
class, and she has studied with fam-

ous teachers with the object of the
stage itself in view. Under her ‘ex-
pert’ handling the play has become
much more of a group effort than it is
likely to. have been under the dictat-
orial guidance of a professional or
the no less dictatorial guidance of a
college student. Her contribution to
the success of the play;-if“it proves
|. success, “is perhaps greater than
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radio star popularity poll show the
following leading,’ in the order nam-
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George Olsen, Guy Lombardo, Rudy
Vallee, Paul Whiteman, and Walter
Damrosch . . Singers (men),
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Singers (women), Jessica Dragonette,
Kate Smith, Ruth Etting, Julia San-
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Rubinoff, Little Jack Little, and: Ann
Leaf lead the instrumentalists . . .~
Graham McNamee, Jimmy Walling-
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Bill Hay are our most popular an-
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Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Jack Pearl
and Burns and Allen follow in order.

 

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- bert Einstein, “who worried us once

Page Six

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

 

 

Dr. Fenwick Describes Prof.
' Einstein’s Visa Trouble

 

At the Current Events lecture Tues-
day evening, Dr, Fenwick presented
interesting analyses of the Irish an-
nuites, debt, Einstein, and beer situ-
ations. For a new slant on the a
annuities tangle, he referred his audi-

look, written by a member of the Irish
Free State cabinet. It’ is probably
partisan, as the writer is a de Va-
‘lera supporter, who, as an’ argument
against payment, declares that North-
ern Ireland does not remit annuities
to the government of Great Britain.

The historical background of the
Irish problem goes back at least to the
days of. Cromwell when. the Scotch
Covenanters came over to settle the
Iri-h. problem by the simple process
of extermination of the Irish, but cre-
ated an entirely new problem by mar-
rying Irish. women and _ producing
Scotch-Irish Ulsterites. Although the
Glastonian agitation for Home Rule
and also the Asquith Bill of 1914,
which could not go into effect im-
mediately because of the War, aimed
at’ the creation of a free and united
Ireland, the Irish Revolution of 1916
made the ideal impossible. The final

North and South, Northern Ireland

De Valera is determined to end
this’ separation, but Dr. Fenwick
doubts whether he will succeed, for
the two sections have deep emotional
differences: “I think some day there
will be a unified Ireland, but it will
not come by de Valera’s method of
compulsion—probably for reasons of
trade and commerce.”

Ireland is not the only problem
Great Britain has to cope with, as the
Scotch, “wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,”
now want Home Rule and the cre-
ation of A Scotch Free State. It was
formerly said that. the Scotch did not
want Home Rule because they could
go down into England and rule it.
Now, however, Scotland is worried be-
cause of her empty shipyards and idle
mines, and has begun to think that
she is paying more taxes than war-
ranted by benefits received, the awful
thought having dawned that Scotch
money is poured by Parliamentary
appropriations into English pockets.
“Look out, John Bull,” is Dr. Fen-
wick’s warning.

Great Britain may take this last |
warning, even though they disregard-
ed a former one apropos of the deb
situation, for they are now in a diffi-
cult situation because of their obtus-
ity. Dr. Fenwick said formerly that
Great Britain’s note to us should not
argue against payment of debts on
the grounds that her own people dre
heavily taxed, and the present time
unfortunate because of the adverse
exchange, for the American farmers
are suffering from like circumstances,
and certainly will not accept such
pleas. If the argument that trade
will be brought to a standstill by pay-
ment in cash, as Dr. Fenwick sug-
gested, our Congressmen might have
had a loop-hole. As it is, if 95 mil-
lions are subtracted from the 750 mil-
lions now in the Bank of England,
the pound will hit a new low; conse-
quently, American goods will have no
market in Britain because of adverse
exchange and higher rate in pounds
sterling paid for articles. sold in
terms of the American dollar. But

the average American does not real-|-

ize that for every dollar exacted as
payment of British debts, his country
will lose ten dollars’ in trade. Will
Rogers is the mouthpiece for the prev-
alent feeling—‘Pay or default.” The
best way out at present is for Great
Britain to pay in bonds so that “every
Congressman will be able to say to
his constituents in Mississippi and
Arkansas—“We made them pay!”

Another aspect of the American
scene has been brought out in the
hullaballoo over the visa of Mr. Al-

by his theory of relativity and now
wants. to come to the United States
and worry us again.” “The hunter
is now being hunted” — not to say
haunted—by the American Patriot
Association, an organization of patri-

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otic ladies. He was faced-by the
American consul with a formidable
quiz before he could obtain a visa, one
of the ‘questions being, “Have you
ever committed any Acts of Immoral-
ity?’ He rebuked the question as im-
pertinent. But the main hurdle for
-his eminent scientist is his interna-
ionalist and pacifist views which, the
the American Patriotic As-
on think, will pollute American
children, Princeton’ being the principal
object for their solicitude. They in-
tend to dog his footsteps and haunt his
lectures.

The bill for re-submission of the
Eighteenth, Amendment was defeated
by six votes in the House yesterday,
272 to 144, since 278 votes are needed
for a two-thirds vote. The wet lead-
ors are much-cheered, however, for 81
of the opposition were lame-duck rep-
-esentatives. They are confident of
Actors ext March, as-well as in the
test vote on modification of the Vol-
stead Act next week. Dr. Fenwick
closed his lecture with the” cheering
information that only a majority is
needed for modification. 1

 

Cotillion Changes Date and
Price for Varsity Play

 

Miss—-Gerta_Franchot and Miss
Del McMasters, of Bryn Mawr Col-
College, will sponsor the third Co-
tillion Club dance to be held at the
Merion Cricket Club, Friday night.
Bob Bollinger and his eleven-piece
orchestra have been. secured by the
club committee to’play for the affair.
Bollinger played at the Football
Dance, November 12, arfd is very pop-
ular around Philadelphia.

The dance, scheduled for Saturday,
December 10, has been changed to Fri-
day, December 9, to avoid a confli
with the dance at Bryn MaysCo|
lege.

In view of the fact that many will

and “Varsity Players joint production
of The Royal Family Friday night be-
fore the Cotillion, a special price for
dance tickets has been made possible.
Upon presentation of ticket stubs
from the play after 11 o’clock, the
dance price will be reduced to $1.25
a couple and $0.75 stag. Dancing,
however, starts promptly at 9.30 and
lasts until 1.00, and the regular price
of $1.50 a couple and $1.00 stag ap-
plies for those hours.
Refreshments are served on the bal-
cony during the evening at cost.
Sandwiches, drinks and cigarettes
may be purchased. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hentz and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hallenberg,
of Haverford, are chaperons. The
date of the fourth Cotillion Dance is
Friday, January 20th.

 

To Whom It May Concern

When we were small, we were im-
mensely thrilled whenever we read
that stirring declaration of Stephen
Decatur—“My country—in her inter-
course with foreign: nations may she
always be right but my country right
or wrong.” But as we grew older,
and, we. hope, more intelligent, we
realized the extreme absurdity of such
a position. So we gladly accepted the
revised form of this doctrine—revised
by Carl Schurz, who, it might inter-
est you to know, was a reformer. Mr.
Schurz believed, “My country, right or
wrong; if right, to be kept right; if
wrong, to be set right.”—(NSFA.)

 

more in Taylor university, Upland,
Indiana, brought 150 chickens with
her. when she arrived this fall and is
making them work overtime to pay
her expenses. In order to speed up
production, Miss Smith wired elec-
tric lights in the hen house to an
alarm clock. The clock is set for two
‘hours before daylight, forcing the
chickens to start to work early. So
far, she says, the system is a suc-
tess.— (NSFA.)

 

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Philadelphia Tries Central
Employment Bureau

 

At the meeting of the Student-In-
dustrial Group in Germantown, No-
vember 30, Miss Dorothea de Schwei-
nitz, head of the Pennsylvania State
Employment Office in Philadelphia,
described the aims and methods of
this experimental organization, which,
with the exception of two similar bu-
reaus in Rochester and Minneapolis,
is different from any others which
have so ..far been established in
America.

One of the most distressing experi-
ences confronting the . unemployed
worker, Miss de Schweinitz said, is:
the fatigue and -disappointment of
constantly walking the ‘streets in
search of a job, answering deceiving
advertisements, and paying large fees
to private employment agencies for
one or two days’ work.

The public agencies which now ex-
ist in twenty-two States have done
little to relieve the situation. They
are often handicapped by insufficient
funds, and the Federal department
is merely a fact-finding body which
maintains representatives in each
State. In contrast to the typical
State. bureau, the Philadelphia Em-
ployment Office has a large grant
from the .Pennsylyania Legislature
and the Rockefeller Foundation, and
with its trained personnel is attempt-
ing to establish a central office bu-
reau, something like the English ex-
change, where employers can find
workers and workers can find jobs of
every sort, according to their educa-
tion and ability. Efficiency is con-
sidered more important than need.
Since February, when the organiza-
tion began functioning, 41,000 people

Rave applied for work, as many as a

thofisand in one day, and 10 per cent.
have been successfully piaced.

According to Miss de Schweinitz,
a public employment bureau can ren-
der services just as valuable in nor-
mal times as in,an emergency like
the present one. No matter how pros-
perous the country becomes, there is
always a certain amount of seasonal
and——-technological unemployment.
Some industries, like the silk hosiery
industry, are overgrown, and their
workers must enter new trades.

The Philadelphia office has not been
in operation long enough to have be-
come the final authority on available
workin this locality, but it is rapidly
proving its:value to Philadelphia in-
dustry and labor. Furthermore, it
is developing a technique for public
personnel work which should be of
use when other agencies are estab-
lished throughout the country. The
Wagner bill, designed to establish an
adequate system of Federal employ-
ment bureaus, was vetoed by Presi-
dent Hoover. Such a bill may, how-
ever, be passed by the next adminis-

tration, if Governor Roosevelt keeps

his pledge on the subject.

 

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Requirements for Job
of Secretary Discussed
&
At the first of a series of ‘voca-
tional teas to be held in the Common
Room, Miss Morrell from Drexel In-
stitute discussed: the possible open-
ings in secretarial work, particular-
ly for the college graduate, Foremost
among the necessary qualifications for
success in this field are initiative and
readiness to be one’s employer’s con-
fidential attendant by relieving him
of detail work and minor adminis-
trative work.

 

A secretary may be an assistant
with either social or business duties
and her work, in general, is not ad-
ministrative. She is merely an aide,
differing from a stenographer in that
she does not do only routine work,
and she is expected to act as a buf-
fer between the office and the out-
side world. Her duties are.-many and
diverse: they may include arrang-
ing her employer’s correspondence,
making his engagements, preparing
itineraries and making reservations
for his travels, working for his fam-
ily’s interests, and interviewing his
visitors—to mention only a few. The
salaries for this kind of work ran
in 1931 from $1430 a year up.

The qualifications for such an ex-
acting post are obviously as num-
erous and varied as the duties in-
volved: personality, neatness, accur-
acy, courtesy, initiative, intelligence,
education, interest, and tact. A col-
lege graduate invariably has a better
chance for success in secretarial
work, but experience in a company is
most likely to fit the aspirant for sat-
isfactory service as a personal helper
to any official in that company.

 

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Movies in Classroom
An educational innovation, the basis
of which will be taking motion pic-
tures for classroom work, has been
announced by Dr. Robert Maynard
Hutchins, president of the University
of Chicago.

¢ Production will begin shortly at the
‘University on a series of 20 talkies
on the physical sciences. Next fall
they: will be tried out on the members
of the freshmen class.

Lectures by noted professors will
be synchronized with the films, which
can be repeated as often as necessary
to bring home the lesson to the stu-
dent.— (NSFA.)

 

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The' Wahl-Henius Institute of Fer-
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1915 with 19 students in attendance.
In an opening address to his stu-
dents, President Max Henius said:
“What has the future in store for
us? The revival of the brewing in-
dustry in the United States.” Courses
in chemistry, bacteriology, yeast cul-
ture and refrigération are on the cur-
riculum.—(NSFA.)

 

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