fy din yy ——— i | VOL. XXIV, No. 21 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE,, PA; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1938 Copyright TRUSTEES OF BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 1938 PRICE 10 CENTS ~ Bryn Mawr Wins Acclaim as Russia gute?" 4-1 League Morley Awarded First Prize For “Litvinoff” Speech On League Inaction SAYLOR OF -HAVERFORD CHAIRMAN’S ASSEMBLY The Bryn Mawr International Re- lations Club took a prominent part in the Mqdel Assembly of the League of Nations held at Rutgers: University on April eighth and ninth. Last year ‘Bryn Mawr represented Denmark andj so suffered from an inferiority com- plex; but this year self-confidence was restored when we were allotted Rus- sia and the trip turned out to be a great suctess. Louise> Morley, ’40, won first prize fag her speech in the Friday Plenary S sion, Dr. Fenwick wWas quoted by China, and many dip- lomatic manoeuvers were won by the three Bryn Mawr delegates at the informal dance. On Friday morning Tillman Say- lor; of Haverford, opened the first plenary session and such routine business. followed as the appointment of the Credentials Committee and the election ‘of the president the as- sembly. After this cam e debates, ‘in which Louise Morley, ’40, proved the best diplomat. Impersonating the Soviet, Union, she pointed out that the League has failed to keep down aggression largely through its at- tempt to be universal. This ideal uni- versality has caused artificial and in- effective measures, for the League’s own covenant permits the withdrawal of members for aggressive purposes, Therefore the League members, rath- er than holding to this ideal of uni- versality, should be united by a “com- mon universal idea such as that of peace, of respecting the independence and integrity of all peoples, of. out- lawing forces as an instrument ‘in national policy.” The silence with which we have ac- cepted the recent aggressive actions of three nations is dangerous, the ‘‘So- viet Union” believes, for the aggress- -ors may interpret our silence to mean agreement with their principl As a solution, the speaker urged that the League make its policy that of strong non-intervention and show by one ex- ample that “aggressiveness does not pay. ” Then the three previously men- “tioned States would return and help attain the ideal of a universal League as an instrument of peace. The afternoon and the following morning were filled by commission sessions dealing with mandates, Far- Eastern affairs, and internal conflict. Ann Blake, ’39, Mary Wood, ’39, Joy Rosenheim, ’40, Alice Shurcliff, ’38, Louise Morley and Eleanor Taft, ’39, Continued on Page ge Five Sd Zimmerman Attacks, . Imperialistic Economy or mt a Labor Must Fight Midit Governments : Common Room, * April “6.—Mr. I. Zimmeéfman, formerly organizer for the C. I. O. in Delaware, spoke to the Industrial Group on Labor and War, with special reference to the May Bill. Declaring that imperialistic econ- omy is one of the chief causes of war, Mr. Zimmerman stated that “the: only force to do away with war is labor,” ‘because it alone can fight effectively against the present system. He urged free action of the labor party in the + political field to guard against op- pressive legislation and to: bring about more adequate social conditions. By opposing rearmament and the in- crease of. military budgets labor would form a most effective weapon against war. Imperialistic economy causes ‘war, Mr. Zimmerman said, because such a system, to expand, must have colonies to supply raw materials and a market for manufactured goods and surplus capital. The division and feallocating of colonies in 1919 are the main causes of today’s conflict between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” With such a cause we cannot simply say that it it is the nature of man to fight, or expect to stop war by expressions of indignation. Every nation is now preparing for war, not only by rearmament but by more insidious means; through educa- tion, the R. O. T. C. and organized propaganda groups. The speaker quoted Fechner, head of the C. C. C., as saying, “All of these boys are 85 per cent army trained. . . All of the guiding spirits (of the C. C. C.) are military men.” The “M Day” (Mobilization Day) plans which were brought to light in the course of a munitions investiga- tion are the basis, Mr. Zimmerman said, of the earlier Shepherd-Hill Bill and of the May Bill. The pro- visions of the May Bill come under four heads: price fixing, drafting of man power for military service and in- dustry, control of industry, and prep- aration of a treasury report on in- dustry:and income. He pointed out the provisions which seem most sig- nificant and dangerous to labor. The bill gives the president absolute au- script everyone in the United States, to fix prices, wages, rents and serv- ices. No exemptions will be made in drafting, and those not taken at once will be given “deferred classification.” Only women and children are exempt, and since in wartime all restrictions on labor for women and children would be removed, they would replace the drafted men in industry. Under the bill the president may supervi all those in contrdl of business, and thority in time of emergency to con-' COLLEGE CALENDAR ' Thursday, April 14.—Prof. Harold Laski will speak on The Rritish Labor Party and De- “mocracy. Goodhart, 8.20. Sunday, April 17.—Memorial Recital. Mr. Horace Alwyne_ and the Curtis String Quartet will play. Goodhart, 5 p. m. Monday, April 18.—Third Flexner Lecture by Dr. Edwin Gay. Goodhart, 8.20. Cornelia Otis Skinner in Edna, His Wife. For the benefit of the Theatre Workshop. Forrest Theatre, 8.30.. Tuesday, April 49.—Current Events, Mr. Fenwick. Common Room, 7.80. International Club . , meeting. Common Room, 8 p. m. Saturday, April 23.—German Club Play. Goodhart, 8.30. Sunday, April J. —Nadia Boulanger recital, Deanery, 5 p. m. Leslie Glenn will speak in Chapel. Music Room, 7.30. Monday, April 25.—Fourth Flexner Lecture by Dr. Edwin Gay. Goodhart, 8.20. wa, Fuesday, April 26.—Current Events. Mr. Fenwick. Com- mon Room, 7.30. Wednesday, April 27.—Peace . Day; Vera M. Dean will speak. Goodhart, 11 a. m. Cornerstone of New Rhoads .Hall is Laid Coca Cola, Book List, Lipstick— Are Enclosed as Typical Of College Life Rhoads Hall, April 9.—The corner- stone for the new dormitory was laid with simple ceremony. Mr. Charles Rhoads, president of the corporation and son of the hall’s namesake, smoothed out the last lump of mor- tar with a silver trowel. Upon this the -large hollow block of granite, carved MCMXXXVIII, which will be at the southern base of the-entrance arch, was lowered into place. Mr. Rhoads led the small gathering in three cheers for the hall, Miss Park, the architect and the contractors, and the ceremony was complete. A suitable inscription for the trowel will be planned by Miss Park and it will be preserved in the new hall. The copper box which will be sealed inside the granite contains a eollection of items for the benefit of future archeologists and the follow- ing letter: “To whoever opens this box: Greet- ings: “We have enclosed in this corner- stone a number of things which we think will give you some indication of how we work and spend our leisure time here in Bryn Mawr College dur- ist ing the spring of 1938. “The College News and the Lantern _~ Gontmuedon-Page- Four INe Patience Satirizes Pre-Raphaelite School; | Contributed to Downfall of Aestheticism It is usually a moot point, whether operas and operettas should be ex- plained beforehand. On the one hand, an opera libretto gives . the plot. in brief for those who presumably will not know “the words; on the other, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are so crystal clear that they need no ex- planation. But most of them do not .have as definite a historical back- ground as Patience, which in 1881 burst upon a whole society of Lon- don aesthetes, and became the most spectacular piece. of satire of the ~ period. acorn attinte. f ind Sullivan- ite is well pa that Bunthorne is meant to be Oscar Wilde, who dwelt lovingly.in his poetry and in his daily life “‘: “strange sorrows and strange sins.” Wilde settled, ‘in London in ~ 1878, and immediately became the idol of a swarm of imitators. His favorite attire was black velvet knee breeches and a flowing-tie; in his right “hand}, _ he would hold a pure white calla lily,| sniffing: it thoughtfully every now .and| ; then to indicate his abstraction from a gross world. When Patience opened, he was to be seen in the front stalls, holding his lily and laughing indul- gently, Punch, also laughing, wrote a poem on him, “Aesthete of aesthetes, what’s in a name? _ His actions are Wilde, but his verse is tame.” The character of Swinburne is not so easily ‘recognizable in Grosvenor, who is a healthy version of the “fleshy poet,” a handsome youth who diverts all the feminine attention from Bun- thorne. In reality, Swinburne had a mass of red hair, and a pale, énterest- ing face, but he was much too small -for-the smallest. of love-sick maidens. | His only claim to fame as a muscular Olympian hero was that he did not strike «stained-glass attitudes,. and langorous Oscar Wilde. For that mat- ter, Wilde was more preoccupied with ‘the worldthan he pretended to be, ‘and according to -Beerbohm’s carica- mo Continued on Page Three { represented’ a robuster’ school than or are our own publications. The New York Times is the newspaper most generally read by the students. It is delivered’ to our doors every morning at eight o’clock. Life, a weekly maga- zine which inundates our smoking rooms every Friday, is also popular among the students. The book of Self Government rules contains the laws which operate within the College and which are made and obeyed by the students. The Orchestra program, Book List (which indicates the popular fiction of the moment) the Motion Picture Ad- “lmiSsion Card and the Inn menu, indi- cate, in part, what we do for recrea- tion. The underlined item* on the Continued on Page four _ THEATRE WORKSHOP its’ two one-act plays on Friday, May 6, for the benefit of the Theatre-Workshop. The plays “dre Poison, Passion and Petri- . fication, an uproarious farce by Bernard Shaw, and Trifles, a subtle tragedy of rural life by - Susan Glaspell.- Both plays are being produced without scenery ~The Players’ Club~is giving f[*. to lower expenses. | k ~ — | German. Miss Skinner to Give Will Appear in. Dramatization of oe ‘Edna His Wife» Starting on Monday, April’18, Cor- nelia Otis Skinner will be at the For- rest. Theatre in Philadelphia in her. own. dramatization of Margaret Ayer | Barnes’ novel, Edna His Wife. Miss Skinner is donating all’ the proceeds of Monday night for the benefit of the} Theatre Workshop, but. there will be no increase in the price of tickets. Students from Bryn Mawr and Bald- win will give out leaflets at the thea- tre with information about the Work- shop. Edna His Wife is Miss Skinner’s first full-length play. It starts in the early 1900’s,’ with the first scene laid in a beer garden where a party is being given for a brakeman on the Blue Island Railroad; Edna, her sis- ‘ter, and two young men have come on their Monarch Safety bicycles. Miss Skinner plays the part of Edna in alternate scenes, but.the character of Paul Jones, her powerful and ruth- less husband, dominates the entire play, even though he naturally never appears. Miss Skinner has an extra- ordinary ‘faculty for creating invisible characters who have as much reality as her own portrayals. The sets were designed by Donald Oenslager and the costumes by Ma- dame Héléne Pons, who does most of the costuming for the Theatre Guild. Mrs. Otis Skinner always wanted to see her daughter framed, as it were, in a comparagively small setting, and Mr. Oenslager has carried out this idea: In the past thé whole stage has been left bare except for a few obvious: properties, making it difficult for Miss Skinner to fill, in a dramatic sense, a space which is usually occu- pied by at least two people, Mr. Oen- slager was also confronted by the problem of providing properties for imaginary characters; in the beer garden scene, for instance, he de- cided to have only one chair for Edna at a table, even though eight or nine people are supposed to sit down with her. In another scene Miss Skinner, playing the part of Edna’s* mother and laden with real packages, receives an invisible and quite convincing tele- gram. From her mother Miss Skinner in- herited a passion for meticulous cor- rectness. When Mrs. Skinner directed May Day, she made it so authentic that English directors came specially to see it. Miss Skinner has studied the early 90’s with such care for Edna His Wife that even her sean is correct. The prices for tickets are: Cohen: tra, $2.28; Mezzanine, $1.71; Balcony, $1.14 and $1.57. They will be on sale in Mrs. Chadwick-Collins’ © office~-in Taylor continuously until Monday. A. A; PRESIDENT PLANS" _ CAREER IN STATISTICS Anne Janet Clark, newly-elected president of the Athletic Association, has spent her life officiating in Bryn Mawr athletjc associations. At the Bryn Mawr School in her-wative Bal- timore she was president of the ath- letic association. She was elected to the college one upon arrival and has systematically run the cursus wea orum. A. J.’s interests are varied. She won the special Bryn Mawr scholar- ship for the top ranking student) at school and has continued to show great ability..in_ F eagea Semoru SERS: ang ‘science. ‘She is preparin, in biological statistics by majoring in German. At college she has been co- founder and active supporter of the ‘German Club, holding executive po- sitions In it as in other organizations. Her summers are divided between sailing a sloop in Maine or on the Chesapeake Bay and mountain climb- ing or bicycling in Europe, where she contracted her fondness for all things % Theatre Guild Benefit 4 11933). ‘1 .Tomorrow night Harold J. ? a career |’ . Gay. Discusses _ Change to English Monetary System Influx of pov : Gave ae , To New Economy and Helped. ~ Promote Capitalism QLERGY AND MONARCHY / DEBPEST SUFFERERS lecture, Goodhart, April 9.—In his second Dr. Edwin Gay discussed money as the third cause of the price revolution during the sixteenth cen- tury. The growth of population and the advance in technology were treated last week. Throughout the sixteenth century, Gay, there was a’ steady. transition from the old “na- tural” economy to the new “money” economy. This meant ‘that. business was transacted in cash rather than in goods. Since very little commercial paper was used except in international trade, the result was a demand for new, supplies of metal for coinage. This need was first met by the de- velopment of silver-mines in Southern Germany and Bohemia. Later, after the discovery of~America, great amounts of precious metals, especially silver, weré also imported from the Spanish possessions in Mexico and Peru. The supply of silver was par- ticularly large, and became more and more “important with’ time. From 1493 to 1560 it formed 55% of the European total; from 1561 to 1620, it formed 75%; and from 1621 to 1660, 80% According to the estimate of Soet- beer, between 1493 and 1560 the total European supply of both gold and silver was approximately $549,400,000 (using the value of ollar before Of this, $3810,000,000 came from Europe and Africa, and $238,- 000,000 from America. From 1561 to 1620, the total was $1,099,000,000. Owing to the lack of accurate ac- counts, such figures can only-be ap- proximately correct. A new and greatly reduced estimate of the Amer- ican imports has been advanced by Earl J. Hamilton, who was able roughly to deduce, from its registers, the: complete amount imported. Ac- cording to his figures, the import made a total of $854,500,000.. This account, however, was taken from _ official records, and makes_no allowance for — the great quantity of metal which was smuggled in, unregistered, and which - probably formed anywhere from 10% to 50% of the total supply. If such a 50% increase is added to his original figures, it brings them much closer to those of Soetbeer, which still, how- ever, remain too high. The correct estimate probably lies somewhere be- tween the two. Even with Soetbeer’s estimate, the average total supply is only 8 million according to’ Dr. during the--first--period,..18... million during the second, and 20 million dur- ing the third. Compared with the | total Pearly produetidn’ in °1932--545° > > million—this seems rather slight. But it is really relatively large when it is compared to the needs of the society of the time. This “flow of metals” had two chief European points of diffusion, Antwerp and Spain, from which the American supply was distributed. Depreciation, and juggling with the coinage had very little to do with the - price revolution. In England, the depreciation from 1544 to 1553 “Was a jog in the price movement, but was ¢ Continued on Page Six ‘ " . LASKI TO SPEAK ‘Laski, of the University of Lon. don, will speak in Goodhart on The British Labor’ Party and. Democracy. Mr. Laski is ‘dis- tinguished as an economist and © as an author. He has made a- special effort tod come to Bryn _ Mawr, through the intercession ‘of Miss Stapleton, and we are | privileged in being able to hear, nd e © him. e “~. e THE COLLEGE NEWS Rosie THE COLLEGE NEWS ~ (Founded in 1914) Christmas and Easter Mawr College. Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during ary ere Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest ‘ of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa:, and Bryn a Editor-in-Chief. The College News is fully protected by copyright. it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without.written permission of the Nothing that appears in News EMILY CHENEY, ’40. DEBORAH H. CALKINS, ’40 Mary H. Hacer, ’41 CATHERINE. HEMPHILL, ’39. Susiz INGALLS, ’41 BARBARA AUCHINCLOSS, ’40 od Business Manager CAROLYN SHINE, .’39 LILLIAN SEIDLER, ’40 Editor-in-Chief Mary R. MEIGs, ’39 : a itor NNE UISE 0 anes a pie 3 Ass’t News ator” Editors - Sports Correspondents Graduate Correspondent VESTA SONNE Assistants Brerty WILSON, ’40 Subscription Manager ROZANNE PETERS, ’40 Copy Editor | MARGARET MacG, OTIS, ’39 Ass’t Copy Editor IsoTa A, TUCKER, ’40 OLIVIA Kkan, "41 ELLEN MATTESON, ’40 ELIZABETH POPE, 0 LUCILLE: SAUDER, ’389°°°°”” Preccy Lou sash, "Al Advertising Manager DorRoTHY AUERBACH, *40 BARBARA STEELE, ’40° SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME MAILING PRICE, $3.00 a Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office 2 Theatre Worksho p ~ ‘Without the knowledge of the majority of the college, blueprints have been made, architectural sketches have been pondered over, and building costs. have been estimated, for the big stgne barn that lies on the Baldwin school grounds opposite the Diezes’ house. When the word is given, it will be transformed into the Mrs. Otis Skinner Theatre Workshop, pleasantly white and Elizabethan looking on the outside, and equipped on the ‘inside to suit the most catholic of twentieth century tastes. According to the plans, the-lower floor will be divided into two equal sections,.one for Bryn Mawr and one for Baldwin, with a stage at either end, a partition in the middle, and a galaxy of sloping seats that can be moved into the Baldwin end if Bryn Mawr so desires, and moved back again for the purposes of entertainment. On the second floor will be a green room, a big studio for the Art Club, and a smaller studio with a north light for artists who want to create in seclusion: The opponents of this ideal arrangement say that there is no more time for extra-curricular activities, that Goodhart is perfectly well equipped, and that if people want to study dramatics or art they should go to Bennington. But the Theatre Workshop is just what is needed to start an expansion of extra-curricular activity, to prevent it from taking more time because it will be correspondingly more efficient, to stimulate talent that might have been discouraged by the vastness of Goodhart, and by the difficulty of carrying on a consecutive piece of work, Goodhart, which is meant to be an auditorium and not a medium for small student productions, kills real experimentation, and swallows ‘up its audiences. The Theatre Workshop will have a manageable stage, because it is a workshop, it will be ‘disarmingly informal, and sets which -are in the process of building will be untroubled until they are finally dismantled. As for the third objection, we think that when talented people choose ‘colleges where they can get more practical experience, the loss is all Bryn Mawr’s, and that the more encouragement they get to come to Bryn ‘Mawr, the better. The main argument that people make against the Workshop is that it is designed for a group which is small enough to be negligible. They do not realize the extent andthe ambition of the Players’ Club and the Art Club, the fact that the Play- writing Class will be transferred, that the English Department can show movies and hold lectures, and that the college at large can give dances. expand. Everything which has felt itself hampered, can automatically At church it is the custom to give a sermon and then to pass the plate. In the same way, we are picturing the delights of the Theatre —Workshop-without forgetting, that-as_far_as_Bryn_Mawr-_is-concerned, |} --it-is-a mere-eastle inthe air unless.it.is financed before this summer. If there is not enough enthusiasm to provide the comparatively small stim of 6,000 dollars which is needed to start building, it will be turned over to the Baldwin School; and Bryn Mawr will be left twiddling its *~ thumbs. The erection of a Theatre Workshop does not mean that our \ high academic standards are being diluted, or that we are becoming a potpourri of the academic and unacademic, just so that we can offer/as attractive a curriculum as other colleges. There is no question of neglecting what is the core of our prestige; the Theatre Workshop was not even conceived until plans for the Science Building and the Library . Wing had become certain. With this in mind, and with the Wor bf shop’s positive advantages, we make’ a special plea to those who will haye an opportunity to use it, the juniors and underclassmen who expec ¢ come back next fall. The seniors are exempt partly because they are “ graduating, and partly because of the demands made on them by the “Million Dollar Drive. There is no moral obligation forcing the others ‘+ to to contribute, nothing but their interest and a realization of what they may lose. ae SRE SEAR gpa wer ge i ent =e pete be a : . In Philadelphia Stanley: Jezebel, the romance of,a : > : ee Southern ante bellum hussy, played * ‘Movies by Bette Davis. Beginning Friday: Boyd: Mad About Music, a comedy about the young daughter of a movie Fools for Scandal, another lunatic/ comedy, with Fernand Gravet and Carole Lombard. _Fox:. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, a WIT?S END DON JUAN (Being the XVIIth Canto, which was recently found in a secret cham- ber of the Villa Diodati.) || I left Don Juan with a graceful ghost, Her frolic Grace Fitz-Fulke, in sa- ble frock. Fitz-Fulke had flesh and blood allure- ments. Most Of Juan’s finds were of the self- same flack. Add on an amorous venture to the host Of those of which I’ve ere now taken stock, But I must get Don Juan from the arms Of duchesses with o’er-developed charms. Not long ago I found it hard to tell, Whether my hero was to have an end With an unhappy marriage or in Hell ' Or with a red cap as the people’s friend, Fighting for liberty and dying. Well, I was surprised and hurt, I can’t pretend I wasn’t, when he made the startling query, If he might sojourn in a seminary. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll. He Insisted on a transatlantic trip, Which landed him not far from famed Paoli (A place to give the toughest man the pip.) But Juan thought that college life was holy, And far from feeling coarse or even flip, He donn’d for women’s clothes a fea- tha dusta, And, incognito, gusta. called himself Au- His first acquaintance was the great Lem Munch, A conoisseur in Byron, so they say. From the beginning, Juan had a hunch That Lemuel knew he wasn’t Mrs. Leigh.* He asked him to the bane for lunch, And when they’d gotten fairly un- der way, “UJnmask,” said Munch, “You can’t fool Dr. Chew on, Byron. I see. you for the wretch Don Juan.” (to be continued) *Pronounced: Lay. 4 version of the Great Fire, with Alice Brady, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye. Stanton: Tip Off Girls, a gangster drama, with Lloyd Nolan. and Mary Carlisle. Beginning Saturday: Pri- son Nurse, with Henry Wilcoxon and Marian Marsh. Earle: Bulldog Drummond’s Peril, another movie about the great detec- tive, this time with John Bamwymore. Beginning Friday: Island In the Sky, a melodrama, with Michael Whalen and Gloria Stuart. Europa: Le Bonheur, a French film, Light, an Alpine drama, starring Leni Riefenstahl. Arcadia: Merrily We Live, or what happens when a family. takes in a tramp;ywith Brian Aherne and Con- stance Bennett, - Karlton: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, with everything new but the title, and starring Shirley Temple. Keith’s: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Walt Disney, Theater Forrest: Beginning Monday: Edna His Wife, a series of monologues taken from the novel, and written and acted by Cornelia Otis Skinner. Locust: Beginning Monday: You Can’t Take It With You, the Pulitzer Prize comedy, presented by Sam Ab- bot. Chestnut: Beginning Monday: Pins | drama Society and the Modern Drama most_charming of the male characters with Charles Boyer, and The Blue | son and—silently—pereeived—each—en- rand Richard Barrows. Cover Contest. Don’t forget the contest for the cover of the Patience pro- gram, All designs must be in | by the Monday after Easter. The prize is five dollars. Cohen Play Presented By Blind Drama Club Actors Rise Above Handicaps in Seven Keys to Baldpate a (Especially contributed by may Tuckerman, ’40.) Overbrook, April 6. — The Philo- Club of the Pernsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind pre- sented Seven Keys to Baldpate by George W. Cohen in the school audi- torium. The key to the situation’ is that there is only one key to Baldpate in existance and not the seven of the novels. The scene of the play is laid on the snow-covered mountain- top, Baldpate, in a summer hotel. A young: and enthusiastic writer of melodramas has to complete a novel for a bet, in the space of twenty-four short hours. The play jumps cleverly from real life to the novel and not until the end does the audience realize that the wild night of surprises is nothing more than the melodramatic | imagination of the young author. Of couse, the book is written, the $5000 bet won, and a happy ending is at last reached. The play was well cast and excel- lently directed. To all outward ap- pearances the actors faced only the problems of the usual amateur theatrical performance. _ However, it became apparent that Although the actors addressed each other, appeared to read letters, switched lights on and off and lit oil lamps with more than ustial skill, they did all this mechani- cally by training and not by sight. Only the~expression~ of—their—eyes gave them away. spects their enthusiasm in their work was easily noticeable. They deserve great credit for’ the flawless handling of properties and cues which per- mitted a smooth performance. Several characters were particu- larly pleasing because of their eager- ness. Mr. Quigly, the old caretaker of Baldpate Inn, with his simple coun= try humor_and his mousey little wife formed a very pleasant contrast to the sordid wordy crooks of the ensuing acts. ray Equally enthusiastic and no less eager to succeed was Peters, the her- mit of Baldpate, who had the delight- ful part of a living ghost. One of the was Jiggs Kennedy, the Chief of Po- lice of Asquewan Falls, who forgot his lines and went back several sen- tences to pick them up. His guilty smile soon earned him forgiveness for the only slip of the evening. Love interest was supplied by a young woman reporter who was trying to cover the story for the local press. The whole performance was a credit to the _school....To anyone with ade- quate vision it was miraculous that. the actors pointed at the correct per- trance. Also, their skill in avoidin furniture, in walking and fighting on the stage, was uncanny. Pr ce Pe & and Needles, a labor revue by the I. L. G. W. U, Erlanger: Private Enterprise, a new play by Amory Hare, about a group of characters at the Salzburg Music Festival, with Mariana Fiory yz ~ Orchestra Wagner Program, Eugene Ormandy conducting: Excerpts from “Parsifal”: Prelude, Transformation Scene (Act I), Klingsor’s Magic Garden and the Flower Maidens, Good Friday Spell; excerpts from “Die Meistersinger’, Prelude to Act 1, “Saint John’s Night’ and Cudgelling Scene, Introduction to Act 8, Dance_of the. Apprentices and|day, Bringing Up Baby,—with.Kath- Notice Dr. Fenwick will speak. on current events in the Deanery — .on Friday evening, April 22, 1938, at the spring meeting of” the Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Dela- ‘ware Branch of the Alumnae Association. of_ Bryn Mawr Col- lege. ” Entrance of the Meistersingers. ‘ Local Movies: In all other re-}to shove around. { everyone Theatre Review . The Guild presentation of Chek- hov’s Sea Gull with’ the Lunts is re- strained and™subtly cheerful. The tragedy concerns Nina (the sea gull) and Constantine, who are in love with each other and want to become famous. Seduced and disillusioned by Trigorin, a well-known author, Nina becomes a third-rate actress. The boy Constantine is thwarted by his actress mother, Trigorin’s mis- tress, and shoots himself after Nina’s revelations. “Their souls may sorrow, but their minds smile at their souls” applies strikingly to Chekhov’s’ characters. They refuse to become morose or dra- matic, at least, all but two. Lynn Fontanne as. Constantine’s mother, Irina, strides and shrills, as no-doubt Irina should do. She is still loud and red-headed, very like. Alkemena and the blond menace of Idiot’s De- light. The second exception is Richard Whorf’s Constantine, who is thorough- ly morose and impassioned. As the thwarted genius, he is amazingly transformed from the Mercury of Amphitryon 38. This reviewer was bothered all evening by his voice, build, and abrupt movements, that re- minded us of someone by no means so tragically inclined. We were relieved to read in Mr. Benchley’s column in the New Yorker that he, too, had felt Mr. Whorf’s resemblance to Eddie Cantor. Although heéis not much in evidence until the second act, it is Alfred Lunt as Trigorin:- who dominates the play by sthe ‘sheer quietness and intensity of his acting. He manages skillfully a long monologue to his adoring f9 Nina about the trials of an author, ascending and descending climaxes adroitly. He has little to say, but moves quietly through a _ beautiful part. All these Guild actors create deci- sive entities, not puppets for the Lunts her Broadway debut as the tragic Nina. Although the playbill indicates that she was born in Gottingen, Ger- many, and has spent most of her life abroad, the young actress speaks beau- tiful English. She makes an intelli- gent, sympathetic transition from the happy young girl in a child’s frilly white dress. and pigtails of the first act to the disillusioned, melancholy woman, deadened in Maal clothes, the Nina of the fourth act. ' Margaret Webster plays Masha, the weary young daughter of a sad, weary mother. This is the part that Eva Le Gallienne played, when she pro- duced the Sea Gull at the Civic Rep- ertory Theatre in-1929. \A- daughter of England’s Dame May Whitty, Miss Webster has drawn avalanches of ap- plause from the audience for her drunk scene. The cast also boasts of an excellent doctor, cynical and cosmopolitan (John Barclay); the melancholy Masha’s husband, a childish school- master (A. Z. Whitehead); and a stubborn idiot of a steward, who sim- ply refuses to allow anyone to use the horses (Harold Moffet). The settings are richly done in browns, .@reth..2” greys, anda few Ag. whites, excellent.backgrounds for Mrs. t's red hair and fiery costumes. (We were very sorry to hear that thdse’ settings; “Wade ‘the’ ‘aforéinen* tioned Mr. Benchley a bit bilious.) Stark Young (of So Red the Rose) has done this new translation, which thinks is excellent. We can’t vouch for this, because we’ve never read the play. P. L. H. Thursday, Bordertown, Muni and Bette Davis; Friday and Saturday, International Settlement, with George Sanders and Dolores del Rio. Ardmore: Wednesday and Thurs-~ day, Gold Is Where You Find It, with - Olivia de Havilawd/and George Brent; Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mon- arine Hepburn and Cary Grant. " wasn Seville; Wednesday and Thursday;}[~ Charlie.Chan at Monte Carlo, with Warner Oland; Friday and Saturday, Everybody Sing, with Judy ,Garland, Suburban: Wednesday an Thurs- day, Love On A Budget, with the Jones. family; Friday and Saturday, International Settlement, with George Sanders and Dolores del Rio. Elections The Undergraduate Associa- tion takes great pleasure in an- nouncing the election of Sarah Meigs, ’39, vice president; Ca- --millia K. Riggs, 40, secretary; and Charlotte: oe *41, treasurer. Wayne: Wednesday, Penitentiary, |1~ Uta Hagen makes with Paul . / oe THE COLLEGE NEWS Patience Satirizes Pre-Raphaelite School Continued from’ Page One tures would not have been at all en- dearing to‘the maiden of today. But the maidens. then were steeped in pre- Raphaelitism, and the unhealthiness of Wilde’s physiogomy accorded too well with that of the art which they admired. Like the women who appear in Rosetti’s painting, they dressed themselves in rippling Greek chitons, bound about the waist with a casual rope; on their feet they wore sandals, and their hair was allowed to- hang in all its abundance over their extraor- dinarily long white necks. Whistler, too, carried on this tradition, and Lady Jane of Patience is one of his tall ladies ravaged by time, and en- dowed with a “rugged bosom” and an’ ample form'for the purposes of com-: edy. di putes a4 There are countless other allusions in Patience is an exact . representa The dragoons are the “mititary,” the sturdiest part ofthe English popu- lation at that time, puzzled by what even the aesthetes could not attempt to explain. Some of the mystery of aesthetic poetry was. the. It of a constant search for the right word, the musical word, like Bunthorne’s “calomel,” which is quite -unpoetic in its context. “Greenery-vallery, Gros- vengr gallery,” refers toa real Gras- vénor gallery where a single picture would occupy ‘a room, standing out ‘in a halo of light from the dark drapery which surrounded it. What seems most improbable to us in Patience,’is an exact. representa- tion of things as they were, and the aesthetes were therefore rather pleased than otherwise. Its exactness, however, made them ridiculous’in nor- mal people’s eyes, and, doomed by its own exagyeration, a gradual dissolu- tion of aestheticism began, not to be completed until after the war. It’ is said, though, that isojated cases still exist, that in certain parts of London, women can still be seen in- loose pre- Page, Three Miss Henderson Scorns ‘Bastard British” As Well as the Tainted Debutante Drawl How many unsuspecting mothers have allowed their daughters, still with a-merfy lisp upon their lips to come to Bryn Mawr and fall a victim to “bastard British” (Miss Hender- son likes the alliteration), a language spontaneously generated and under- stood only by the charmed circle who use it? The Speech Department has been trying to keep the outside world from knowing anything about this in- sidious tongue capable of robbing a girl of her prominent “r’s” forever and supplanting them with a treach- erous “a” and a rounded “w.” “Bastard British,” as one might ex- pect from its name, is not legitimate in America or England. It is marked by the “intrusive New England ‘r,’” e. g. “I sawr & rat.”- Although she pretends to have great contempt for it, we feel Miss Henderson is very fond of this foster child because it has. so much individuality. There is a theory that it was introduced into thé college by a student who thought the curriculum needed a little cockney, but wasn’t fully successful in supply- ing it. The accent which the Speech Department has most fun with, how- ver, is one which could -have origi- nated only in an obscure corner of Scotland. It is definitely- not in what the experts call the “Anglo-Saxon” tradition and Miss Henderson is at a loss to explain how it made its way into this far-distant spot, with all that water in between. Miss Henderson believes one’s repu- tation may be largely due to one’s speech. She tells with relish the tale of the English professor who, wander- ing pnder Pem arch at 6.30 (obviously p. m.) was stunned by the wild clamor Raphaelite garments. _But probably none will ever dare come to America again, as Oscar Wilde, did in his habitual get-up; and calla lilies long ago reassumed their old Easter sig- nificance. =: M._R:.M. in the dining room. He later com- pared the sounds he heard to the squawking in a large chicken yard when a few ears of corn have been tossed among its occupants. Dr. Greet, Miss Henderson, and their infallible phonograph do not want to deepen the students’ voices, but to smooth off the shrill edges. They also hope to eliminate the debu- tante drawl, speech with a “taint of elegance.” This drawl, in’ Miss H.’s opinion, marks the generation in which a girl has grown up. Eleanor Roosevelt, an outstanding addict of the debutante drawl, is imitated ever and anon by her. fun-loving cousin, Alice Longworth. Fashions in speech are dangerous. The growing girl may pick up all sorts of broad letters if she is not careful. Formerly Washington Square, N. Y. C., boasted an elite accent unique for 'the.way in which it. con- torted the vowel sounds. This affec- tation has since died out. When cook and lady’s maid began to use it, the proud old families were horified to find Junior and cook ‘speaking alike. _ While many Americans are trying to develop English accents, young Britishers' are attempting to master American slang. Great Britain, pre- dicts Miss Henderson, will become an American province, linguistically. She ‘also believes that the Middle West will be the-cradle of American speech. Most Americans use the Chicago ac- cent now, the outstanding exceptions being New England and the south. An English accent is still required for certain professions, and is obliga- tory for teachers. No aspiring actor who has a New York accent can, be successful. Miss Henderson firmly believesthat the only way to correct a-person’s speech is by the phonograph. No hu- man being really. knows what he sounds like, and bad speech, she points | out, is “vocal halitosis.” Your best esotooerat — “How about it, Joe, do you find that Camels are differ- ent from other cigarettes?” SPRING TENNIS SCHEDULE The Tennis Team will play its-first match on Saturday, April 23, against Ursinus. Tryouts for the Squad and the Advanced Class were started last week and-it is expected-that-the-final lists will be posted before next Mon- day. The schedule for the rest of the sea- son is as follows: Saturday, April 830—Merion Cricket Club. Tuesday, May 3—Germantown Crick- et Club. Saturday, May 7—Faculty (tenta- tive). Sunday, May 8—Vassar. Monday, May 9—Swarthmore (tenta- tive). Saturday, Mary. This year three singles and two doubles matches will be played at each meet, instead of four singles and one doubles as formerly. The change has been made at the request of the other colleges. May 14—William and friend won’t. tell \you your speech is bad because people are extremely sen- sitive about their yoices. It is em- barrassing to show a student defects in her speech by \mitation. No im- itator can be nearly as accurate as the phonograph and therefore not nearly: as fair. Sound is becoming more’ important every day. Good voices are qualifica- tions for many jobs, particularly radio work. Ears are taking an equal stand with eyes, and perhaps most of our reading will soon*be done by listening to broadcasts. We’re wait- ing patiently for that short wave broadcast from Scotland commencing “Once there was a _ rat named Avthuy. oo QO. K. Vote of Thanks The Bryn Mawr League thanks all those who took part in the musicale and Jane’ Gam- ble, ’40, for her fine work in or- ganizing the program. Campus Maestri Give Musicale in Deanery — Chinese Sword Dance Included in: Vart Programme The Deanery, April 8.—Much cam- pus talent was displayed at the annual musicale for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr League. The program, ar- ranged by Jane Gamble, ’40, owed. its charm chiefly to the varitty of the performances. While the singihg and instrumental music was well done, the two dancers were most applauded. Members of the German Club sang a new graup of folk songs, and as en- core, Wien und der Wein, a lilting continental waltz. Dorothy Auerbach, ’40, accompanied on the piano by Har- riet Hutchison, ’40, played the violin in a melodious Chanson Danoisé. Lydia Lyman, ’39, sang three songs in three languages. May Chow’s. Chinese sword dance was contrastingly oriental. She danced without music, dressed in red coat and trousers. With perfectly sustained tempo she brandished her sword to give every gesture mystic significance. The oriental tradition was carried on in lighter vein with “Brightly, Dawns Our Wedding Day,” revived a last year’s Mikado by a quartet of Helen Lee, Ruth Mary Penfield, Terry Ferrer, all ’40, and Ruth Stoddard, ’39, Patricia Robin- son,.’39, played an arabesque by De- bussy and a minuet by Ravel on the piano, with one of Bach’s familiar sarabandes as encore. Arsenia Arroyo sang three Spanish folk songs, one written by a Loyalist who has since been killed. Her strenu- ous peasant dance was freer and less self-conscious: than the typical “Span- ish dance.” The short full skirt of © her costume gave scope for lively footwork and syncopated steps rather like tap dancing in their rhythm, Castanets were used. to show the '|changing moods of the dance. 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The Haverford)’ production will be staged in period costumes, collected from old trunks in attics. THE CAST. Lady Bracknell ..Susan G. Miller, ’40 Gwendolyn, her daughter ett ‘ Ruth Elise Ruhl, "41 Algernon Montcrieff, her nephew William Reeves, ’39 Jack Worthing, his long lost brother Wilfred Simmons, ’41 Cecily Cardew, Jack’s ward Carolyn R. Shine, ’89. Miss Prism, formerly nursemaid to the Montcrieffs Rosemary Sprague, ’41 Canon Chasuble ....Alan Bacon, ’41 Merriman ........ ‘Robert Aucott, ’38 eee GA SOMEES Meer ser rary Amos Leib, ’38 ORGANIST TO APPEAR IN WYNNEWOOD RECITAL Before sailing for England to play by special invitation at the Royal College in Dartmouth, Dr. Edward Rechlin has consented to give an or- gan recital under the auspices of the Bryn Mawr Graduate Club on Tues* day evening, April 26, at All Saints’ Episcopal Church. in Wynnewood. An interpreter of Bach and his con- temporaries, Dr. Rechlin has been ac- claimed by musicians and critics both in this country and abroad as an able organist and a real musician. He was guest organist at the three hundredth anniversary of the Augsburg Confes- sion and played at the dedication of the great Heldenorgel erected at Kuf- stein, Austria, in honor of the World War. dead. The program, to begin at 8. 00 p.. m,, | will include: Fantasie and Fugue....C, P, E. Bach Sonabine i. ie0 es eos sae cae es Ritter We All Believe In One True God Krebs Wake, Awake ..c.ccceccveccae Krebs Rejoice, My Soul ........++- Walther Teed, Soe sas vs cases Krebs Improvisation SiefOniG 6. ovedccesceoee et ceaes Bach MGBUIIONNE oc ok bos os bo ow te es Bach Fugue (St. Ann’s) ....e0eeeees Bach A collection will be taken for the beriefit of the Graduate Club Music Fund. The church, located on Montgomery Avenue, can be easily reached from the Wynnewood Station or by walking along Montgomery Avenue from Bryn Mawr. ALice A. FERGUSON. City Line and Lancaster Avenue A-reminder that..we. would like » to take care of your parents and friends, whenever they come to visit you. For reservations: C. GEORGE CRONECKER - Yale University School of Nursing | ‘A Profession for the PARALLEL TO ETHIOPIAN CONQUEST SEEN IN AIDA Paris (NNS) — Giuseppi Verdi's famous opera Aida is heard no more jin Italy. The story of this opera is «|well known. Aida, an Ethiopian slave girl in Egypt, is the daughter of Amonasro, king of Ethiopia. She was captured by the Egyptians during their wars in Ethiopia. In the suc- ceeding campaigns her father, Amo- nasro, is also made prisoner. She falls in love with Rhadames, captain of the Egyptian guard, whereupon she and her father try to persuade Rhadames to become a traitor to Egypt.and to help the Ethiopians re- cover their freedom. Substitute Fascist Italy for Egypt and the opera is up-to-the-minute politics. It opens with the words: Everywhere is. heard the voice of the Ethiopians Breathing defiance. # Amonasro (read Haile Selassie) ad- monishes his daughter: Thou: rememberest that the merci- less Egyptian Profaned our houses, temples and altars; Mothers, old men and children he slew. He scores the Egyptians with savage rage: Up, then! Rise, Egyptian legions! With fire, destroy our cities— Spread terror, carnage and death. ’ To your fury there’is no longer check! Though they have lost their king, the Ethiopians determine to fight on for freedom and deliverance. Says the captive Amonasro: Then delay not. roused Our people—everything is ready. And Rhadames confirms the fact that “once more to fierce battle Ethiopia’s peoples have united their soldiers’ ranks.” The parallelism is so striking that Aida was taken out of Italian reper- toires. - In arms now is Cornerstone of New Rhoads Hall is Laid Continued from Page One menu is the most frequent choice for afternoon tea. The lipstick and foun- tain pen are our daily aids to beauty. and learning, while the hair curler and “Bobby Pin” (a clip for holding the hair in place) indicate our meth- ods of hairdressing. The socks are included because they are typical of part of the undergraduate costume as distinct from the more formal silk stocking attire of the young women who do not attend any college. The bottle contains a popular beverage known as “Coca-Cola.” stimulant and many students find it Bro MK SIMs It acts as al] yh ninveiinites Attacks: Imperialistic Economy ‘Continued from Page One | determine in what order industrial contracts are fulfilled... He may ar-|' range, transfer and create government agencies. The provisions of the May Bill would be in force until Congress declares a cessation of hostilities, which in the last war did not take place until 1921. declaration, the power granted in the bill could be used to destroy all rad- ical organizations. The stand. of labor in regard to the May Bill is obvious. Even if unions are not actually suppressed they are made useless because the bill ‘supersedes all other legislation and takes away the union’s principal function of fixing wages. The labor legislation of the New Deal. was denounced by Mr. Zimmer- man as “sugar-coated suppression of unions and a restriction of the right ‘of labor to strike.” He named the Wagner Act as an exam le because while it has some advantages, it takes from labor its most important asset, independence, at night for the purpose of studying. |: The wooden stick with the ribbons on it is symbolic of a custom which may soon be abandoned. (cf. College News). Hoops are rolled every year by the departing Senior Class on the first of May. They are then given as tokens of friendship to members of the lower classes. This stick is one of the sticks used to roll the hoops. It is inscribed with the names of those to whom and by whom it has been given.** To you, whoever you may be, in the hope that you will find the contents of this box to your sat- isfactidn, we of the Bryn Mawr Un- dergraduate Association, have now in- scribed the stick. Rhoads Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. April 9, 1938.” Several items were added to, the group listed in the letter. A package of cigarettes (Camels) joined the rec- reation division. The building plans and specifications, accompanied by a picture of Mr. Rhoads, were included to enable the future archeologist to reconstruct the. dormitory. An Eng- lish paper written by Sylvia Wright with the comment by Miss Wood- worth “this is contemporary” will show, it is hoped, the cast of the stu- dent mind in 1938. * “Toasted Hamburg Roll.” ** “Nancy Bucher to Dicky Reese to Julia Grant to Discoverer.” - EB. Foster Hammond Incorporated R.C.A. Radios Victor Records 829 Lancaster Ave: Bryn Mawr useful in aiding them to stay awake! la. Matterine—hiere and Calf A light, cool pump that holds its shape MOG. GHESTNUT: ST. . Blue mesh, with blue calf, Black mesh with patent ‘eather. Beige mesh with: brown calf. All white. Blue and white. $] 450 SHORT STORY CONTEST: .The Partisan Review, a literary monthly, afinounces a ‘contest for which a prize of $100 will be awarded the author of the best short story submitted before June 1, 1938. The editors are particularly interested in seeing the work of promising under- graduates. The address of the maga- zine is 22 East 17 Street, New York Conditions: to publish, at our usual rates, any of the stories submitted for this contest. . Only unpublished stories will be considered. . Contestants may submit as. inany stories as they like. ten and accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelopes. . . The contest ends at midnight, June _ 1, 1938, 7 6. The winning story will be an- nounced in the July (1938) issue. Until such all: Partisan Review reserves the right} h ' Educational. Endowments ._ New York City—U. S. higher edu- cation has received gifts and bequests totaling more than $680,000,000 from philanthropic foundations since their founding. This fact has been revealed at Co- lumbia University. Of the total amount given, 64 per cent came from the John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and Car- negie trusts.—A. C. P. The College News takes great pleasure in announcing the elec- tion of Olivia Kahn, ’41; Mary H. Hager, ’41; and Susie Ingalls, 741, to the editorial board. a . 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Room, Aprip 12.—The present controversy in the adminis- tration is the result of the division between the “pump-primers” and the “anti-pump-primers” in the govern- ment. Congress has not yet voted on President Roosevelt’s latest bill which would call for the expenditure of co- lossal amounts of money. It is un- likely, however, that the bill will be defeated as its victory in Congress ' ‘would mean at least a temporary end of the depression. Unless business conditions improve before the rext elections the Republicans will be almost sure to move into the White House. It is risky to attempt to balance the budget during a depression. We should first end the depression and then pay our debts. We are in no danger of bankruptcy unless we bor- row from other countries; as long as our debt.is to ourselves, the payment will be relatively simple. Harry Hopkins, an aide to the President, is opposed to the distribu- tion of relief as a means of aiding business. As an alternative he advo- cates a sufficiently large public works program so that: every man can get a job. However the wages for this emergency work must be less than those paid in private business, pref- _ erably about a twenty percent differ- ence. It is doubtful, however, that the President or Congress will allow this in consideration of the strong opposition from labor. The defeat of the reorganization bill was merely a gesture against President Roosevelt by the House of Representatives. The bill itself had formerly been advocated by Presi- dents Taft, Wilson, and Hoover. Last summer the House voted for the bill, but because of limited time the Sen- ate postponed any action until the Spring. It was necessary to have a revote and this time the bill was de- feated, showing how much prestige the President has lost as the result of the Supreme Court controversy. This at present is the main prob- lem of France. In the last.ten years France has had twenty-five govern- ments; each has lasted less than six months. The government is divided ‘ and demoralized, and open to attack at any time from Germany. Premier Blum was forced out of power when the Senate refused to ratify a bill giving him the right to revalue the franc on the basis of the gold reserve and to impose a capital levy tax. The latter calls for five per cent of each taxpayer’s capital and was con- , sidered a drastic measure. ‘ Labor groups have been striking and warsindustries are at a stand- still. The government, afraid — of civil war, cannot send troops to end ae a Oe ee Ole RICHARD. STOCKTON EASTER CARDS nd: te pH v Spr P dO Appfepriate’ Gifts for Easter SO eer ‘cea wee To That Senior Who, having excelled in history, math, a science or German .. - and who, having a modest income ° sufficient to support herself for one year away from home, has not yet settled upon what she will do next year, A Provocation To contribute one year of * her life to:participation in the for- mation of a new school to be built ar tal idea. Send a list of your courses in these subjects, with - grades. Send.a-snapshot of your- self and state a weekend when you would like to meet.on your own campus or in New York City. _ ’ ' FRANCES MOTZ 20TH-FLo0oR, 25 west 43 st., NEW YORK CITY, l. nt &. cl a a a a a a a all | Bryn Mawr’s Russia Acclaimed at League’ owe Continued from Pagé One represented’ Bryn Mawr at these com- missions but, unfortunately, Peggy La Foy, their advisor, was unable to go. On Saturday the first committee sub- mitted a report which provided for the extension of international control over mandates and looked for future inde- pendence of some of the mandated areas. The report of the commission on Far-Eastern affairs: was an analy- sis of the economic and political con- flict between Japan and China, and a slightly idealistic program whereby both countries, under the auspices of the League;’might. come to some set- tlement. ay The most controversial of the three was the committee of which Louise Morley was chairman and which dealt with internal conflict. This provided for the organization of a committee by. the League Council for appropri- ate action in the instances of foreign aggression. In cases of internal strife, existing legal governments will be permitted to receive assist- ance for their defense. The commis- sion recognized foreign intervention in Spain and agreed to “take such action as will restore the rights of Spain under international law.” James G. McDonald, as critic to the session, spoke at the banquet pre- ceding the dance, and, while not overly optimistic about the League, expressed his belief that the world could discover means of keeping order and ideal justice. The Final Plenary Session held Saturday afternoon was won by Yoko Matsuoka, of Swarthmore. She spoke in behalf of Fascist Italy, and in spite of being met with boos and hisses her speech was praised as be- the strikes. The present condition of France is encouraging to Hitler to continue his policy of expansion. The United States has yielded to the demands of the Mexican govern- ment much more leniently than has Great Britain. England, whose policy has always been to defend her sub- jects in all parts of the world, sent a strong note demanding reparations. There has been feeling that we have been exploiting the Mexicans; however, our investments in Mexico were made at the invitation of the Mexican government.- Today _ this government is attempting to develop socialism and its first step has been to take control of the oil wells and large farms. It has been supported by labor. Breakfast Lunch _ MEET YOUR FRIENDS , at The Bryn Mawr College Tea Room for a 7 SOCIAL CHAT AND RELAXATION Hours of Service: 7.30 A. M.—7.30 P. M. For Special Parties, Call Bryn Mawr 386 ~ SAVE ON LAUNDRY 5 Convenient Railway Express Service Blankets Needed The Bryn Mawr Camp is sad- ly_-in--need-.of bedspreads~-and blankets (in any condition). It would appreciate any contribu- tions that members of the fac- ulty and departing seniors can give. All donations can be left in Pembroke East for Anne Fer- guson. We. hope that spring cleaning will produce aod re- sults for the Summer Camp. The Bryn Mawr Camp Committee, (A. Ferguson, Chair- | man). r (S. Miller, Assistant Chairman). ing “in character.” Although the Chi- nese speaker was also very good, he is to be chiefly remembered for his use of a typical Fenwick sentence and his later remark, “Oh, ‘yes; I stole that one from,your prof.” The reports of the commissions were then given and the awards an- nounced. Again Philadelphia came to the front, for Haverford as Finland gained first prize. After this ‘the Model League was disbanded and the International Relations Club returned, proud of its own showing at the As- sembly (and at the dance) but espe- cially pleased with the success of its head, Louise Morley. The New York Times, of April 9, gave the following complimentary write-up of Louise Morley’s speech: “. . The greatest applause was re- served for the address of Miss Louise Morley of Bryn Mawr, representing Soviet Russia. Miss Morley advanced a plea for a firmer League stand against aggressors and a denuncia- tion of anti-Communist’ propaganda. “James G. 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THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA only THE COLLEGE NEWS sy — Gey Discusses Price : Revolution in England tion.” The consequences of the flow were enormous, First, it gave impetus. to the new “money” economy and helped to build the capitalist world. It was extraordinarily favor- able to the development of the trad- ing-classes, who bought and sold on a long, rising market, with a fair chance of gain. The rise in prices and the influx of precious metals changed. their political position and made them one of the most sonerye groups in the state. Secondly, a great inanjantity of in- comes resulted from the violent. break up of customary price relationships: In France, England, and Southern Germany, there was also a very seri- ous drop in the earning péwer of the lower classes.’ This was caused by an increase in population in «countries with fixed production systems, many wage-earners, no outlet for migra- tion, and inadequate improvement in technology. In England, from 1500 to 4600, ‘there was a.60% drop in earning power. In Spain, where there was no increase in population, there was only a 30% depreciation, and by the middle of the seventeenth cen-| tury, wages were almost as high as they had been at the end of the _Six- teenth century. : The working classes were also af- fected by another change of attitude caused by the price revolution. Dur- ing the Middle Ages, “the upper classes had regarded the lower as fel- low-creatures, a necessary part of the human machine.” But from the end of the sixteenth century on, they be- came more and more mere impersonal units, “the laboring poor.” . Aside from the_working-classes, the people who suffered most in the price revolution, were the clergy, the land- lords, and the monarchy, whose in- = ‘ivaaitaa All The Way EUROPE Solo ... 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The monarchy suff- ered especially, for it could not meet’ the * demands ' ‘of the new. militarism and the new nationalism equipped only with a medieval income.- “Henry | VII made up the deficiency by robbing ‘the ‘barons, his. son by robbing: the church, and Elizabeth chiefly by de- spoiling’ the nobility and by «actual parsimony. But the Stuarts inherited a financially bankrupt monarchy, and their ‘efforts to- rehabilitate it by tax- ation brought. on the struggle for constitutidnal : beri the seven- teenth century. — In the case of the clergy, the result of the price revolution was to make them desperately poor, and therefore to deprive them of their independence. Although there were many exceptions, the clergy in. general became pliant and subservient to the wealthy. They were not relieved until the time. of Queen Anne’s “Bounty, a hundred years later. The effect of the price revolution on the landlords and the measures they > JR. YEAR MOVIES SHOWN | Haverford Union, April’ 10.—Dr. John; Kelley, of the Haverford Ger- man Department, entertained members of the Bryn Mawr and Haverford German Clubs at an informal Lie- derabend. Moving pictures of the 1937 Delaware Group for the Junior Year Abroad Were shown as in inter- mission in the singing, and refresh- ments were served. Jack Velte, ’38, and a. friend. at Brown University had taken the pic- tures. In them three Bryn Mawr seniors, Elizabeth Simeon, Alice Chase and Mary Howe DeWolf appeared dressed in dirndls,-on excursions in Central Europe. They had skiied on the Zugspitze, near Garmischparten- kirchen in the Alpine country which was photographed in color, and had seen the sights of Vienna, Budapest and Munich. To judge from the pic- took against it will be discussed in next week’s lecture on the Agrarian Revolution. tures, the Delaware Group did- not spend all their time in study. One Haverford senior explained that you could not help studying profitably, even in pursuits that we would con- sider a waste of time, since you al- ways had to do it in German. The singing was accompanied on the piano by Dr. Kelley, and by sev- eral violins. The repertoire of the zerman Club was increased by the new songs learned for the League Musicale. The Community Kitchen—- 864 Lancaster Ave. Phone 860 B. M. Afternoon Tea - 35c & 25c Iced tea for warm meather Buffet Suppers by Appointment acer BLAIRS Formerly of Bryn Mawr - Copyright 1938, Liccgtt & MyEas Tosacco Co. - Hair Stylist 64 EAST LANCASTER AVENUE ARDMORE, PENNA. Is pleased to Announce that MR. MARTIN SHAMPOO and FINGER WAVE $1.50 Telephone Ardmore 3181 for Appointment Our Car Will Call for You is now associated with us out for. more | leasure Step right up and ask for Chesterfields .. . they Il give you more pleasure than any cigarette _ you ever smoked ______— hesterfield “the PLEASURE cigarette 4 .