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| Delight Tollesand Mary

Margaret Taylor

Are Given Graduate European Fellowships

 

The European Graduate Fellows for
1938-38 are Delight Tolles and Mary
Margaret Taylor. Miss Tolles will
study the ritual of libation in the
Greek household cult, from archaeolo-
gical remains in Athens and elsewhere.
Miss Taylor will examine the assize
rolls for Cambridgeshire for the years
1338 and 1881 for new facts about
the Peasants’ Revolt.

Miss Tolles decided that she would
“like to do a little Greek” at some
time during her last year at the Mt.
Vernon public high school. At Vassar
she took Greek all four years, receiv-
ing her A. B. as a Greek major in
1935. She has been a graduate stu-
dent at Bryn Mawr since then, and a
fellow in the Greek. Department this
year.

Miss Tolles’ dissertation for her Ph.

' D—D. will be in the field of the Greek

household cult about which little is
known. She intends to ascertain the
nature and position of the libation in
the ritual of the domestic cult. This
entails examination of evidence in a
wide range of Greek#iterature. The
comedies of the fifth century B. C.
provide a large portion of this ma-
terial.

Archaeological data is necessary to
support these findings. Miss Tolles
will visit sites on the islands of Delos
and Thera, where cult-implements that
have been excavated will help her de-
duce the nature and meaning of this
important factor ,in..Greek. religious
life. Although the procedure of liba*
tion is not wholly established, Miss
Tolles explained that it was per-

formed chiefly at banquets at the be-
ginning of the symposium. It was a
protective ritual to secure peace,
health, and prosperity for the house-
hold and its members. Two cups, or
perhaps more, of wine and water were
passed among those present and each
took a sip and poured a libation to
the desired divinities. One cup of un-
mixed wine was also passéd around.
Usually the Greeks thought unmixed
wine was bad, and that only foreign-
ers drank it; this explained why they
were so peculiar, Apparently it hada
favorable effect upon the gods.

Miss Taylor cannot remember when’
she became interested in history. At
Mount Holyoke she studied Medieval
History under Miss Neilson. . She re-
ceived her A. B. there in 1934, and her
M. A. the following year. For the last
two years she has been a fellow in
the History Department at Bryn
Mawr. In London she will collect fur-
ther material for her new disserta-
tion.

The powers of the Justices of the
Peace had just been enlarged in 1338
to allow them to determine felonies,
On. the assize rolls of -that year the
various cases show much about the
economic conditions of that period. In
order to suppress the Peasants Revolt
in 1880 special commissions. deprived
the justices of many powers. The rec-
ords of the trials in this later period
show that isolated outbreaks continued
after the rebellion was officially
quelled. These excise rolls will, also
give Miss Taylor much material to aid
her. study of economic and administra-
tive history of England.

 

New Undergrad. Head
Is Sociology Major

Taft Has Traveled at
‘Home ‘and’ Abroad

 

Eleanor

 

Eleanor K. Taft, newly elected
prefident of the Undergraduate As-
sociation, lives in, Cincinnati, Ohio, but
was born in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Following up the wide separation of

her home from birthplace, she has
traveled widely. in a Canada,
and the West.

At the Hillsdale School, in Cincin-
nati, from which she was graduated
in 1935, Eleanor Taft was president
of her class and of self-government
while she was a senior. A member of
the Bryn Mawr League since fresh-
man year, she has been particularly
active on the Maids’ Committee, and
is also interested in the International
Club and the:A. S. U. She is one of
the first group of Sociology majors,
and believés that “although the de-
partment is still in the experimental
stage, the plans for major courses
next year and for work in nearby
cities priniias to be extremely inter-
esting.”

Last summer she visited Germany
and England, and the year before was
in France, Belgium and England with

 

Non-Resident Election

The non-residents take great
pleasure in announcing the elec-
tion of Elizabeth Aiken, 39, as
non-resident representative.

Oa MRS? ad ci ll LOR TO

dusts

 

 

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her sister, who is now a Vassar fresh-
man. She has never been abroad with
her family and thinks the idea that
two girls shouldn’t travel alone in
Europe is silly. There are few incon-

Camping in Murray Bay, Quebéc,
and mountain-climbing in Estes Park,
Colorado, have filled up other sum-
mers. Twice she has climbed Long’s
Peak, which is near Pike’s Peak and
slightly higher. Golf and tennis are
her favorite sports. '

veniences and “it is much more fun.” | ©

REPORTER INTERVIEWS
GERMAN ARMY OFFICER

 

Paris (NFS)—A_ newspaperman
returning from Germany reports a
long conversation with one of the offi-
cers of the German army, which sheds
some light on the relationship between
the Nazi Party and the army. The
officer was a Prussian Junker, con-
servative and a Protestant, a typical
representative of the officer caste.

He and his friends were indignant
over the arrest of Pastor Niemoeller.
The persecution of the Catholics had
left him indifferent, but action against:
the Protestant church roused his anger
against the Nazis.

Another reason for his opposition to
the Nazis is their foreign policy." He
and his fellow-officers do not believe
that the democratic countries will con-
tinue to yield the Nazis. He has, the
highest respect.for the French army
and French war machines and he does
not believe that the German army is
strong enough to oppose France. Ger-
man infantry, above all, is still in-
adequate and insufficiently trained.
Czechoslovakia could be defeated, but
not one“of&the Great Powers. English’
rearmament has caused great worry
among the officers, while the military
power of Italy is not esteemed highly.

A third reason for dissatisfaction
with the Nazis arises from his caste
feeling. He and his fellows despise
the “plebeian elements” in the Nazis
who are no specialists yet wish to par-
ticipate in everything. On the other
hand, the officer corps endorses Hit-
lers’ and, Goering’s economic ‘policy.
They believe that private capitalism
has outlived its usefulness, particu-
larly in times of war. The only doubts
that still existed referred to the capa-
bility of the Nazis to govern industry.
Most interesting was also the fact
that there was much hostility to Blom-
berg.

This interview took place before the
recent. open conflict between the army
and the Nazis.

 

NOTICE!

Sunning in the cloisters must
be accompanied by adequate
clothing. This definition does
not extend to halters or obvious
under garments.

 

 

 

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Erratum

The College News regrets
that_in last week’s.article.on the
Alumnae Council, the Chicago
district was said:to have no re-
gional scholar. »This district
really has five regional scholars
in Bryn Mawr now.

In the same article, the com-
ment attributed-to Mrs. Streeter
in the first paragraph on page
six, was made by Mrs. Myers of
District III in the South,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maids, ‘Porters Produck:
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displayed her share of the family
business instinct in negotiating the
denouement. - é

John McKnight; of Merion, was the
aggressivé Sir Jonas Grapt who never
said “try” but simply “got,” and al-
though not always intelligible, he

blustered realistically. Sir Walter
Wample, played by Richard Black-

swayed politican appropriately inde-
cisive in his efforts to ingratiate. The
philosophical butler who would have
liked to be Napoleon was Minnie New-
ton, of Pembroke. Nellie Davis, an-
other member of Pembroke’s staff, was
excellent in the roles of smooth
tongued Mr. Fortescue and the bobby
who, efficient in his bewilderment,
calls.in mental doctors for the other
characters when they demand legal
counsel to ascertain whether the Cap-
tain is' a dog. These men’s parts,
though taken by women, were convinc-
ingly masculine.

Eva Tyson, of Pembroke, a gover-
ness, complained that Mr. Faithful
had been wading in the Serpentine and
stealing bread from the ducks. Peggy
Pegton, of Rockefeller, playing the
stableman’s wife, protested against
the “dog’s” treatment of her cat. To
defend himself Mr. Faithful claimed
that, in approved canine fashion, he
had merely chased it up a tree and
shouted the customary abusive lan-
guage for five minutes. Robert Bfyan,
of Rockefeller, played the two parts
of a dog-catcher and the silk-hatted
President of the Scavengers Union,
who spoiled non-union Captain John-
son’s attempts to work on the rubbish
squad in Hyde Park.

  
  

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after 7 P..M. each night and-all dew.
Sunday when rates are reduced.

Huldah Cheek, ’88, should be con-
gratulated on her choice: of the play
and ‘her fine direction of both actors
and,stage crew. With more furniture,

and the Common Room tapestry, the.

yellow set looked less like the interior

of Taylor than it did in the French. _

play. The freshman tree appeared
for the third time in Sir Walter’s
charming garden, and the current
trend towards highly colored flats was
noticeable in the blue walls of Sir
Jonas’ parlor. Although seven. changes
of scene seemed ambitious for so short
a play, they were managed smoothly.
Songs between the acts were enthu-
siastically’ received. . Louise Simms,
clad in kilts, was encored for her ren-
dition of Lochs Lomond and Empty
Saddles, sun by Carl Smith, was par-
ticularly applauded.
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BRYN MAWR CLUB GIVES TEA
The under§raduates are cordially
invited to conte to a tea which the
Bryn Mawr Club of New York is giv-
ing on Monday, March 28, to inaugu-
rate a series of monthly teas. Mrs.
Alfred Winslow Jones will speak on
her experiences in Spain with the
Friends’. Relief Committee.

The club’s quarters are at 106
East 52nd Street, and are a conveni-
ent meeting place for undergraduates
over week-ends. It is also possible to
spend the night at the club at very
low rates.. Information about joining
may be had by writing to Miss Grace
Meehan or by writing to the Club Sec-
retary at 106 East 52nd Street.

 

 

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