' discussion practical; or is it possi- - the Curriculum Committee will con- Four girls are employed and five 1 OLLEGE NEWS” VOL. XXVI, No. 9 BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1939 CURRICULUM TO LEAD THIRD ASSEMBLY|| COMMITTEE Panel Will Consider Discussion Classes And Lecture System Is the lecture system the best method of acquiring knowledge? Is ble to combine the two within cer- tain departments? These are the questions which the student curri- culum Committee have decided to present at the third college assem- bly in Goodhart Hall:on Tuesday, December 19. Two professors will be invited to present the advan- tages of lectures and. discussions respectively, student members of tribute to a panel discussion, and speeches from the floor will be en- couraged, | . Many wf the problems inherent .in a leeture system were raised in a meeting of the Curriculum Commit- tee with’ Mrs. Manning Tuesday, and are to be discussed further in the general assembly. It was agreed that lectures provide insuf- ficient stimulation to individual thought, and that they are also likely to waste time.in. repetition of the reading material. Difficulties in the system of dis- cussion to replace factual lectures include lack of time for adequate preparation in reading or for or- ganizing necessary material. The current demand for an extensive knowledge in many subjects creates afurther problem. Survey courses, Continued on Page Two PICASSO LECTURE SET FOR MONDAY Mr. Henry Clifford, Adijoclate Cuz rator of the University Museum in Philadelphia, will--speak on Picasso on Monday, December 18, in the Music Room. The lecture is of particular inter- est in relation to the current exhibi- tion of the work of Picasso at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This exhibit represents the largest collection of Picasso’s works ever shown. Although the capacity of the Mu- si¢ Room is limited, as many stu- dents as possible will be aceommo- ‘| slides of his: discoveries. tained only by further excavations. Wells’ Book Treats Local Governments American Local. Govern- ment, by Mr. Wells, has just been -réleased’ from the press and is now onsale in the bookshop. There has been a tendency in the political sci- ence field recently to break up the subject matter into small compact volumes _in- ' stead of covering every phase in a single book. This is the first’ work on American local government ‘as a whole since 1921 and presents a concise treatment of the subject viewed against its present-day economic and sce.ological background. Deal- ing with both: urban and 1ural local government, the book emphasizes the role of: the citizen, the growing re- lationships of the federal government with- local au- thorities, and analyses the emerging cooperative func- tion of local government in our federal system, J. BIRD “SPEAKS__ ON DIG IN CHILE Early Man Discoveries Illustrated by Slides Chemistry and Geology Building, December 8.—Evidence of the life of early man in South America was presented by Mr./Junius Bird in a lecture illustrated with lantern The first American, according to Mr. Bird’s calculations, probably arrived in Patagonia 5000 years ago. These calculations are derived from exca- vations showing ‘the land rise and the successive layers“of stone tools, but the question of dating is not absolutely solved and can be ascer- Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Bird explored both the mountainous coast of Chile, about 1000 miles north of Cape Horn, and the eas- tern pampas region of the southern tip of the continent. This narrow area is favorable to research, for the remains are necessarily concen- dated. Continued on Page Three Bryn n Mawr at the Greeks Distinguished For Honesty, Reserve, Grilled Cheese By Agnes Mason, ’42. Considering the monopoly which the Greeks’ holds on Bryn Mawr students, we decided that a little in- ‘vestigation, as well as being in ac- cord with the times, might prove interesting. The hour of 5.45 on Thursday, therefore, saw us sprawled over the synthesized mar- ble counter (very intriguing pat- tern) subjecting Mike to the third degree. Mike has worked at the _lg@t 20-years: and ’ strictly busi- ‘that Mr. and Mrs. James own the Greeks’. They live right’) and have four daughters who are occa- -—-sionally--seenbelow. Further “ini “formation concerning the Bertas ‘fami ily wag unavailable. The Greeks’ holds 160 people in the back of the room and ten at the counter. men. This includes the staff which works in the kitchen. The girls ‘are allowed to work only. eight anes 0 et en. wer longer: +each night. amount of the average receipts per day, Mike said he couldn’t tell that. Villa Nova, Haverford, Rosemont, Harcurh and Bryn Mawr make up the majority of the customers. De- pending on how good the movie is, 15 to 75 Bryn Mawr girls come in “Can you tell Bryn Mawr firls from others?” we asked. “Oh, yes!” “How?” : ichievous, apever cause, any. trouble. ‘They “don’t mix much.” ’- What seemed to impress Mike moSt about Bryn: Mawr girls was..that- they were pretty ‘honest,: “They called attention to items missing on st -pshecke- ~~yisshowed... in-various other ways. Bryn. “They’ re quiet, ” They’re 2 not, mis- | Gls are the ony comer Copyright, Trustees of Bryn, Mawr Soren 1939 PRICE 1 10 CENTS Bryn M Mawr Heralds Concert by Menuhin Artist, Offers First College | Recital, Only Philadelphia Concert This Year The coneert of Yehudi Menuhin in Goodhart Hall, December 20, will be the artist’s only appearance in the vicinity of Philadelphia this year, and also his first recital be- fore a college audience. He is now on his second world tour, which started in San Francisco, and will play throughout the United States until January 18 when he‘leaves for Continued on Page Three P. Chang to Discuss War and Far East Professor P. -C. Chang of the National Southwestern Associated . Universities of China, who arrived from. China nine months ago to attend the recent study meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations, will speak in the Common Room this Thursday at 8.30 on The \Eu- ropean War and the.Far Eastern Conflict. Professor Chang is an excellent speaker and ‘has an exhaustive xnowledge of his subject, since he is a member of People’s Political Council of China and an advisor to she Chinese Foreign Office. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and an exchange lecturer at Oxford, Cam- bridgé, and Edinburgh. COLLEGE CALENDAR Wednesday, December 18. —Industrial.-Group Supper, Common Room, 6.30. _ Thursday, December 14.— Mr: Barnes speaking on Group Leadership, Common Room, 5 p. m. Friday, December 15. French Club presenting La Mystére de la Nativité, Wyndham, 8.30. Saturday, December 16.—~ German Open House, 9 p. m. Sunday, December 17. Art Club tea and exhibit of modern: French © paintings, Marian Gill speaking, Com- mon Room, 4.30.- Christmas Carol chapel service, Dr. Lei- cester Lewis, and Redeemer, ': Haverford, and Bryn. Mawr . Choirs, Goodhart -Hall, 7.45. Monday, December 18:— » Mr. Henry Clifford speaking ‘on Picasso, Music Room, 5 — p. m. Tuesday, December 19. — Third college assembly, on Lecture vs. Discussion Sys- . tems, Goodhart Hall, 11 a.m. © > rues lowed charge accounts. Sy we wel bie ee $8 d Mike said: he sold Freshmen Sophomores, J: : ra | apart. Upper ¢ -seadents re ' -4}--Current Events, Mr. Fen- PRINCETON, B. M. CHOIRS EXCEL IN JOINT CONCERTS Ardor of Our Girls Burns High Despite Greyhound’s Death With careful instructions to con- sider itself “in training” for the weekend, the Bryn Mawr choir em- barked on Saturday for Princeton in a pair of well-seasoned Grey- hound buses, prepared to indulge itself in an orgy of gayety, and Bach.’ The fact that one of the buses. saw fit to die peacefully on the way caused considerable delay but could. not sueceed in dampenin the well-bred enthusiasm of O Girls. Upon arrival ay the Princeton Chapel the ‘choir was. met, by its male equivalent, led down -to. the crypt, (after being assured that it contained neither tombs nor mum- mies) and was rehearsed with them until supper. The choir was then roya entertained at. a dinner at the Present Day Club and forgot their Bach in-a varied assortment of Paul Jones and Cinderella dances. Sunday morning was taken ‘up with a Christmas service bythe Princeton Choir and lunch-in clubs of various escorts. Another re- hearsal occupied the afternoon until 4.30 when the two choirs sang their little hearts out for a substantial and appreciative audience in the im- pressive chapel. The faithful Grey- hounds, apparently nursing some sort of a grudge against Bryn Mawr, were an hour late in collect- ing the tired, hoarse little group, so that farewells were slightly more lingering than had been anti- cipated.- Monday saw a sudden renewal of activities when Princeton arrived upon the scene. Rehearsal lasted Continued on Page Two MAIDS, PORTERS TO SING CAROLS Wednesday evening, December 20, the maids and porters will pre- sent their annual carol singing. There,will also be three spirituals suggested by Celeste Travis and a special arrangement of. Deep River with a solo by -Elizabeth Jones. The popular quartet of porters will contribute several carols. Chung-Loh Shows Talent With Rare Instruments Ancient Melodies Demonstrated On Pi-ba and Erh-hu Deanery, December 10.— Spon- sored by the Chinese Scholarship Committee, Professor Wei Chung- musicians today, offered a program of ancient melodies on the difficult Pi-ba -instrument and’on the Erh- hu. Very few- musicians today can play the Pi-ba because of its com- dolin, though longer and narrower, and is held upright, not crossways. There are seven strings, which Pro- fessor Wei played with all five fin- gers, producing notes of different values. simultaneously, _ The effect. was varied, ranging from, harp and |piano-like tones, to a tinkling as clear as bells. The first compositions Srebsenes Wei played were very quiet, ancient mas singing, from 9 p.m. | Wednesday, December 20.— Yehudi “Menuhin, Goodhart . Hall, 8.30. $ wick, Common Room, 7.30. bid }Aithough the Pi-ba is the most dif- Loh, one of the foremost Chinese } plexity. It is shaped like a man-} Th Intensive . Trai And Able Direction Marks Performance Goodhd}t Hall, December 11.— Again Mr. Willoughby has shown what he can do with a choir in less than two months.’ The combined choirs of Princeton and Bryn Mawr gave an excellent concert of Bach and Parry Monday night which showed that their intensive train- ing had not been wasted. Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra were engaged for this concert, but at *very short notice they were required by the Or- chestra Association to make records on the day they were to play at Bryn Mawr, so unfortunately a substitute orchestra had to be en- gaged. It began the program with a choral prelude for strings fol- lowed by the Bach cantata, Nun Komm Heiden Heiland and the Sixty-First Cantata. The Sixty-First Cantata began with a short overture and a chorale sung in counterpoint by the entire chorus. This: was a little breath- less and, although well rehearsed, lacked a great deal-of- feeling. The® tenor recitative by Mr. Kruger was adequate but unfortunately a little below his register; he seemed more at ease in the arioso which followed, and which he repeated: before Mr. Treash’s bass solo came in. The latter’s voice was not only. too rich for the music, but had a tendency to leap onto” the first syllables with a vigor that gave the whole the effect of a Wag- nerian opera. Mrs. Whitcroft’s soprano solo was very lovely and her voice possessed a clear, young quality very fitting for such a work. In concluding the cantata with the Lutheran melody Wie Schone Leu- chtet die Morgenstern, the choir sang better than in the opening choral. Continued on Page Six Art Club to Exhibit French Paintings There will, be an exhibit of Mod- ern French Painting in the com- mon room on Sunday, December’ 17, at 4.30. Marian Gill, president of the Art Club, is to speak and tea will be served. This will be the first of a series of five exhibits of prints and originals to be spon- sored by the Art Club--4 The exhibit, obtained from Ray- mond and Raymond in New ‘York, will cover the--period of French painting from Courbet to Picasso, touching on the highlights of im- pressionist, post-impressionist and cubist schools. It includes such works as Picasso’s Blue Boy and Matisse’s Odelisk. Three Choirs to Join For Christmas Carols On Sunday, paca’ 17, - the Haverford Choir and the choir of the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr will combine with the college enor eeecathag a pro- gram of traditional Christ- mas carols as part/ of the - Christmas’ chapel service to be held in Goodhart Audi- torium at 8.15. melodies. Then, in contrast, he ‘played the very dramatic musical interpretation of the fall of a fa- mous prince on the battle field. ae * The speaker for the service is Dr. Leicester Lewis, of . the Church of St. Martin in the Fields at Chestnut Hill. ~ others of the very Page Two * ¢ _ THE. COLLEGE NEWS “THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in. 1914) Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. _ Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanks- fiving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination. weeks)... n the: interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, 2 The College News is full appears in it may be reprinte permission of the Editor-in-Chief. rotected by bag either wholly or part without “written yright. Nothing that News Editor Susiz INGALLS, °41 Betty Lee Bett, ‘41 M. BocatKo, °41 B. Cootry, '42 EvizABeTH Crozier, ‘41 A. Crowper, °*42. EvizaBeTH Dopce, °41 “Joan Gross, *42 - Ouvia Kaun, *41 MARGARET MAGRATH, "42 Photographer .. 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THOMPSON, ‘41 ' Music Correspondent Terry Ferrer, ‘40 Advertising Manager RutH McGovern, ‘41 Betty Marie Jones; °42 MARGUERITE Howarb, “41 Vircinia NicHots, °41 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME MAILING PRICE, $3.00 Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office Letters in the ‘Lantern’ The department of “Letters to the Campus” means be continued ‘in coming issues of the Lantern. should by all They can throw light, as no other easily obtainable source can, across the background from which, the other more formal writing in the magazine comes. As we see it, their function—and that of most collections of letters—is to show the characteristic problems, emotions, and relationships. of a homogeneous group of people. Whetheror not they possess distinctive literary value is, particularly in this case, relatively unimportant. The. present collection fails wholly to fulfill this function because of its diffuseness: each letter has a quite different focus, but in contrast to a well written story or essay, no one is really qualified to stand alone. For instance, the two entitled “Boy to Girl” might be considered mainly interesting for their ideas on the peculiarities of the female mind: but the ideas are neither sufficiently original nor well enough expressed to support the pieces by and of themselves. In selecting letters of quite different types the Lantern has unnecessarily brought upon itself. criticism of the whole idea. The lack of homogeneity in the collection hinders the reader from: fastening attention on the undercurrents in each letter, since naturally one undercurrent presents very little upon which to fasten. Instead, attack is turned to such things as the lack of literary value in the letters, although this is actually largely irrele- vant. The criticism of “sensationalism” and “lack of taste,” while it is always apt to be brought forward against a group of contem- porary letters, is also more easily alone. aroused when each letter stands Despite these faults, the-present collection indicates the kind of illumination which can be found in letters. It would be far moré tellingly presented if the letters were selected so that all impinged on one specific interest, for instance, ideas on women’s minds, rela- tive naiveté or cynicism, types of sense of humor, and so on. It is the job of the collector—and one requiring considerable imagi- nation—to find some such thread of continuity in a group of let- ters, a thread which is important and interesting to the reader, and ‘also one which is dealt with by fair proportion of all the let- ters. A cross-section is only valued when it, presents many ex- amples along one line. | In Philadelphia Three hundred Persian minia- tures from all phases of the art of Iran, the gift of the late Mrs. John Frederick Lewis, are to be seen .. dn. the. Free Library of, Philadel- ““phia” ‘on Logan. ‘Square, “open. until! 10 p. m. including Sundays. Life and Still Life is the name of the new exhibit at the Art Alliance, | 251 S. 18th Street. Leon Kroll, | George Biddle, James Chapin and modern ethan do are showing their latest work. Chapin’s Farmer, violently condemned by agriculturalists, is - of picture in the showing. But}, Ll A ll ote leneel “first rank in} Soda Fountain, Fourteenth Street Midinettes. The Y. M. H. A., Broad and Pine Streets, has a group of Jos- erph Grossman’s paintings on view which showshis development from etic landscapes. ; Breughel, Daumier, and: other sa- tirists of the lawyer’s profession are shown at Carlen Galleries in prints and drawingsr——~~—~-— ? THEATRE | _ ERLANGER: Roark Bradford's play John Henry, —— Paul Robeson. | early large group pictures to po-} a small but amusing group of ‘Locust st: -Tonteht We | Opinion To the Editor of the News: On reading over your last week’s front page review of Time and The Conways I was moved by its de- jected tone to scribble a few notes in the margin of the article: First’ Paragraph—The play was not very good, and even if it had been good, I would not Mave liked it. Second Paragraph—Three people in it were all right and ‘I liked} them very much.. I liked especially the youngest Conway. > \ She was cheerful; but they ieft her out of the second act (an oversight). Third Paragraph—The part of Kay was very well done, most ef- fective. She was O. K., and set off the cast. Fourth Paragraph—The rest of ‘he cast provided at least “sub- stantial” support. It did its best, no doubt. “As in last year’s play, the male parts were taken by members of the Haverford Cap and Bells.” They weren’t bad, either. Fifth Paragraph—But, the pro- duction as a whole, “directed by Carl Rapp,” was rather an un- fortunate mess, I must say! O, uhhappy reviewer! O, so unhappy, harrassed spec- tators! O, wretched (no, a few untorn) members of the cast and produc- tion crew (mentioned or unmen- tioned; whole or hysterically going to pieces by this time) ! O, poor old weary stage! Oh, for a breath of fresh air! M. C. G., ’40. Goodhart MUSIC On December 15 the Mendelssohn Club, Saint Peter’s Choir and 40 members of the Philadelphia Or- chestra will present a Christmas concert in the Academy’ of ‘Music. The first part of the program will consist of unaccompanied singing of traditional carols and the second, Bach’s famous Christmas Oratorio, a work with very effective contralto and soprano solos which will be sung by Veronica Sweigert and Ed- mund A. Helveston. The soprano soloists will be the boys of Saint Peter’s Choir School and the tenor, Frederick R. Day. MOVIES ALDINE: We Are Not Alone, James Hilton’s story with Paul Muni and Jane Bryan. BOYD: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas and Ina Claire in Ni- notchka. FOX: That’s Right’ — You're Wrong, a musical ¢omedy with Kay Kyser and his band. KARLTON: The Housekeeper’s Daughter, with Joan Bennett and Adolphe Menjou. KEITH’S: -The Secret of Dr. Kildare, with Lew Aytes and Lio- nel Barrymore. NEWS: Fredric Ne and Tal- lulah Bankhead in My Sin. .PALACE: Deanna Durbin in First Love. + — STANLEY: Another Thin Man, with William Powell, Myrna Loy and Asta, the deg. - STANTON: James Stewart and Jean Arthur in Mr. To Washington. MAIN LINE MOVIES ARDMORE: Wednesday: Zorina jin On Your Toes, Thutsday; Fri- day and Saturday: Marx Brothers in At the Circus. SEVILLE: Thursday: -Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in The ‘Plainsman. Friday and Saturday: Fast and Furious, with Ann Soth- ern and Frarichot Tone. SUBURBAN: Thursday, Friday and Saturday: “Baby” Sandy vs. WAYNE: Thursday: Wells Sos | go, with Joel McCrea and*Frances | Dee. "Ssameed and Saturday: Little Smith Goes|- School for Social Research to Found Dramatic Workshop An ambitious project for instruc- tion in the dramatic arts is dis- closed in the New School for Social Research announcement of plans for a Dramatic Workshop. project will be under the direction of Erwin Piscator, eminent pro- ducer and director from Central Europe. The first term will begin on Jan- uary 15, and Piscator will have the active personal collaboration of many of the most outstanding figures in the qautemmporery theatri- cal’ and music worlds,” including Stella Adler, Brooks Atkinson, Bertram Bloch, _Barrett H. Clarke, Hanns Eisler, John Gassner, The- resa Helburn, (Bryn Mawr ’08), Erich Leinsdorf and Louis Weit- zenkorn who will conduct courses.’ Students will have contact with current Broadway productions in rehearsal, and guest speakers are to include persons active in the thea- tre throughout the country. It is designed as a two-year pro- fessional training course and exper- imental laboratory leading from academic to professional work. Classes, lectures, seminars, musical and dramatic productions will be held in the quarters of the New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York City, where a fully equipped stage.and auditorium are available. Eight major divisions make up the course of study: directing, act- ing, dramaturgy, the musical stage, design, production, general prepar- atory training and community dra- ma. In addition, students will have access to a wide range of related courses in the general schedule of the New School, embracing psy- chology, literature and the fine arts. The Dramatic Workshop, in spite of its numerous Broadway connec- tions, will by no means be restricted to Broadway. Barrett H. Clarke, director of Dramatists Play Ser- vice, is chairman of a course in the American Drama of Our Times which includes among -its guest spéakers Maxwell Anderson, Carl Carmer, Eddie Dowling, George S. Kaufman, Sidney. Kingsley and Brock Pemberton. In charge of directing—technique and rehearsal—will be the director of the Dramatic Workshop himself, Edwin Piscator, former director of the People’s Theatre and of the State Theatre of Berlin, and from 1986 to 1938 lecturer on dramatic art at the German University in Paris. Theresa Helburn, adminis- trative director of the Theatre Guild and director of the Bureau of New Plays, will conduct a play- wright’s seminar, with Philip Bar- ry, Robert Shewood and others. In the musical division which stresses the interconnection of mu- sic and drama, both in the operatic and in the theatrical field, Erich Leinsdorf, the young conductor at the Metropolitan, and Felix Bren- tano will undertake training for operatic and other musical produc- tions. Several innovations for the- atrical schools have been estab- lished; they include courses in com- munity drama, theatrical publicity and the theatre from the business stand point. Choirs. Spend Spare Time Out of Training Continued from Page One from four until. six thirty when the visisors were dazzled. by. the glories of supper at Rhoads. Ping-pong and: dancing followed in the smok- ing:.room, which had been cleared of its usual inhabitants, and a gen- eral atmosphere of gaiety and glamour prevailed. At the concert itself, the choirs once more outdid themselves, “this « time before a packed and enthusiastic Goodhart. closed Sreatre ‘The Ghost Train’ Amuses; Sound Effects Excel, ‘ Cast Praised (Especially contributed by Fifi The| Garbat, ’41.) As a whole, The Ghost Train by, Arnold Ridley, presented by Hav- erford and Bryn Mawr _ Colleges on December 8 and 9, provided. a good evening’s entertainment. The sympathetic audience on Friday evening seemed to enjoy it thor- oughly. There’ were the. usual , shudders ‘and applause so gratify- ing to the cast of a mystery melo- ‘rama. Much of the credit for this should go to the sound-effects de- partment who created storms and trains with amazing reality. The Ghost Train, as/a play, is trivial and unimpressive. It has only a few big moments dispersed among long scenes of mere expo- sition and waiting. Unfortunately, the direction did not succeed in breaking these long lulls; the ac- tors were seated too methodically, the big scenes were too obviously placed in stage center and there was not enough stress on variety and changes in tempo. Richard J. Potter, who played the part of Saul Hodgkin, the sta- tion master, was particularly good. He created a completely convincing characterization of an old, super- stitious New Englander. He held the stage throughout most of the first act because of his accurate sense of timing contrast. Lowell. King, as Teddie bic. the detective, who hides his iden- tity in the disguise of a foppish Englishman gave a perfectly de- lightful performance. His sense of humor and of variety kept the part from becoming unreal or monotonous. Rosemary Sprague was outstand- ing among the women. She was in large part responsible for the quicker pace and tenser atmos- phere of the second act. It is un- fortunate that her tendency to over- act caused her to become slightly melodramatic and at moments even tiresome. _ Eleanor Fribley did some good acting as an old maid who drinks a flask of whiskey. Her drunk cecene was gradually and suhfly de- veloped. The rest of the cast gave uniformly adequate interpretations and helped to sustain the mood, though unfortunately there were moments when they could not be heard.: In one short ‘scene at the very end, John Marsh did a stimu- lating bit as Jackson, a red-blooded American detective. Technically all was well, for the stage set and lighting were both excellent. The faults in tempo and lapses in action were due mostly to the script and direction. But taken not too seriously, the result was an evening of fun.. © Assembly Plans Panel On Teaching Methods Continued from Page One in meeting this demand, can cover more material in a lecture system than by careful discussion on sepa- rate topics. The general topics of the assem-° ‘bly will be taken up more specific- ally in hall meetings, and recom- mendations may be made to the faculty Curriculum Committee sentatives. ‘The Curriculum Cominittee- plans | later on to study teaching methods of other colleges, as well as discus- sion classes which have proved suc- cessful at Bryn Mawr. The possi- bility of a music major will be taken up, “period” majors and the plan of taking allied courses de- the festivities and Princeton de- parted, leaving many loud, insistent veg adliod® deat gall onetis . {in its’ wake. at ors paper for one comprehensive examination has been suggested for certain major fields, and may be ef- LoS if ‘the cio eotuaead . thrgugh the. ‘undergraduate repre- bated. The substitution of an hon- =|" 2) 4 THE COLLEG NEWS . Christmas Play . Io be Presented Friday evening, December ~~ 15, the French Club will pre- sent La Mystére de la Na- tivité in the music room of ‘ the French House. It will appear as found in the 15th century manuscript with only slight changes, and will in- clude some Christmas songs collected by Mlle. Rey. Most of the club will participate. Chilean Excavation Furnishes Material Gontinued from Page One trated in a restricted space. The original inhabitants used the same camping sites. yearafter- year, so that their possessions have been preserved in horizontal layers -of clay-and in shell-mounds along the coast. The first South Americans, after crossing the Bering Straits, pushed southward east of the Rockies. ‘The people: were not canoe-users, but inland game hunters. Finding the same land animals in South as_in North America, they spread out to Patagonia, settling under the pre- cipitous mountain ranges of the much-indented west coast and also in the cold windy plains east of the mountains. In a small sailing vessel Mr. and Mrs. Bird traveled down the Chil- ean coast, exploring the tropical forests and camping at sites estab- lished by generations. of. Indians. The deposited shells of the mussels, the natives’ stable diet, have. en- couraged ‘vegetation and so land- mark camping grounds for all vis- itors. In these shell-mounds, Mr. Bird found polished stone tools, shaped by percussion flaking, with sharp points and blunt edges. Fish- hooks and pointed instruments were discovered in the second level, and in another layer some crude pottery appeared. The earliest tools were probably made at the time of the arrival of the Spaniards in the new world. 0 Another group of «shell-mounds revealed a layer of knife and arrow points, hooks, ornaments, and bo- las on top of extremely primitive tools. This is clear evidence of the arrival of a new people, probably about 1800 years ago. This may be estimated by the extent that the land has risen, about two and a half feet every 300 years. This date ties up with the fourth period tools found in voleanic caves of Argen- tina. Another site for excavation was the Palli Aike Crater. Caves in this area concealed beneath their floors the bones of extinct animals used for food: giant ground sloths, last animals of the Pleistocene period, and native American horses. In one cave, five different cultures were uncovered, including stemless projectile points from the third period, and skulls from crematiorf burials. These were not of an es- pecially primitive type. — Mr. Bird described his hosts, the Indians of the west coast, as good representatives of the eavliest cul- ture. These people show no inven- tive ability and have probably ad- vanced very little beyond their an- cestors. Extremely lazy,*they do no more work than is necessary to exist. Most of their timé is spent *|ter leave-with thanks. in eating and sleeping. Z Donald. Duck, Tillie Satisfy Enlightened Instincts of Wistful Bryn Mawrters By Marguerite Bogatko, ’41 It is impossible ty go through four years of cgHége without get- ting in a little/reading.. But what do they read, these college girls— in their spare time, I mean? There must be some form of literature that takes their typical ,maiden fancy. Observe our average Bryn Mawr student, a wistful child named Mary with deep circles undef her eyes. We can find her any weekday morning fighting with her friends in the smoking room over the latest development in Terry and the Pi- rates or Donald Duck. Not all of us may sympathize with Mary but can we blame her? A detailed an- alysis of the matter shows that Mary is a truly enlightened mem- ber of society and that she is very wisely learning about life as ‘well as’ about who are the Muses and what is an erg and why think to some purpose. Mary is modern. She is not afraid to face the underworld as it is or English as it may be spoken. She savors to the full each word and situation: when Joe Palooka says with terse simplicity, “That’s ‘lwhat we wanted t’talk t’youse about, sir, etc. etc.’’, or when Down- wind rushes to Jack’s bedside’ with a cheery, “I want you to meet th’ cutest bevy of de-icers that ever de- iced.” Beneath her blasé and intellec- tual little extérior, Mary wants a home and babies. She wants to be just a woman, a glamorous woman, perhaps, but a helpless womanly woman. When Tillie can’t work the can opener and just has to ask dreat big Mr. Simkins to help her and when Baby Dumpling inno- cently drops the flat iron on daddy’s toe, it sort of gets Mary. There’s something so simple and refreshing —something so real about it. all. Perhaps one of the most signifi- cant factors is that it isn’t only Mary who reads the funny papers. Down in the periodical room sit the stern philosopher and the bearded English professor, and |with a seri- ous but attentive eye’ they read them to the:-last word. They do not laugh; surely they can’t be. inter- ested in the womanly woman or the Sub-Nietschean Super Man. Why do they read them, then? That’s what we’ve always wanted t’talk t’yousé about, sirs. B. M. Customers Only Can Charge at Greeks Continued from Page One observation, we asked him what changes there had been in the Bryn Mawr girl during the 20 years he had worked at the Greeks’. He said practically none; in fact there was really no difference. These were hard words, but we swallowed them and have been trying to digest them ever since. Returning to the matter of fact, we asked if the present girls played the nickelodia much. “Sometimes in the afternoon they play it. And they dance occasionally.” (That was a new one on us.) “Could you tell us what they eat- for the most part?” “They eat grilled cheese sand- wiches.” (That was that) “They drink coca-cola and milk shakes. A very few take beer.” Mike told us that more coca-cola and ice cream are sold at the Greeks’ than at any store on the outskirts of . Philadel- phia. We asked if they ever had any trouble and Mike said that “no rough stuff” ‘was allowed but that occasionally someone had to be “chucked out.” Having consumed several coca- colas and a large amount of Mike’s time, we thought that we had bet- We had just got to the corner when we realized that we had taken off with a pack of chewing gum for which we had not been charged. We were forced to rush back at headlong speed Bryn Mawr Heralds Concert by Menuhin Cont‘nued from Page One England, the continent, South Afri- ca and finally Austrailia. Menuhin was born in New York in 1916, but his childhood was spent in San'Francisco. When four years old, he began taking violin lessons from Sigmund Anker and then from Louis Persinger. At the age of seven he appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Orchestra and at the Metropolitan. Two years later he went abroad to study with Georges Enesco and Adolph Busch and had a sensational debut in Paris. In 1934-85 he made a record breaking tour around the world giv- ing in all 110 concerts in 13 differ- ent countries. Since then he has been alternating periods of study with performances. Crities of his concerts this year have found his playing more ma- ture, more emotional, yet retaining its poetical refinement. He brings to the music the same freshness and genius which distinguished him as a child, but added to that is the flawless technique of a man. (nickel clasped in _ outstretched hand) to uphold the Bryn Mawr honor. SELECT GIFTS 138 S. 17th Street Philadelphia invite you to visit our display of Gifts for all ages “from Baby to Granddad.” ye -_ —_ —- 1726 CHESTNUT ST. For 86 Years Books- for Gifts from Brentano’s Telephone Rittenhouse 9325 1332 WALNUT ST. Page Three City Lights ~By Rebecca Robbins, °42.~ Philadelphia, as you may have heard, is the least progressive of cities, Other American cities, with federal subsidy, have gone on, in the American way, to build bridges (improvements), to tear down slums and plan happily geometric housing developments of clean bright brick (also sunshine and cross ventilation). Philadelphia has torpidly watched its City Council refuse federal funds because it couldn’t put up the minor fraction of the capital re- quired by the current federal pro- vision for partial subsidy of pro- posed improvements. Street after street in. the.central city is lined with decayed houses. Under pressure of Philadelphia big business, the Council refused to éx- empt slum properties from back taxes—which will never be paid— unless big business real estate was also exempted. At*the same time, owners of slum property raised prices - (automatic reaction to ru- mors of possible government pur- chase). Taxes plus this raised price prohibited the buying. up of blocks of slum ground. Even when Congress authorized the F. H. A. it seemed at first that the Philadelphia Housing Commit- tee would accomplish nothing. But the Committee, headed by Judge Frank Smith, has gone qnietly to work to produce “hous- ing” in undeveloped areas. Then, after slum-dwellers move into the new low-income projects, the rag- ged shells downtown will be left to crumble in ghost-town leisure. And the government will be able to buy at government leisure, for little more than taxes, and clear out. the central city. Every so often now, one reads an unobtrusive feature on housing in a Democratic Philadelphia paper. A tract of land at 46 and Market, bounding a decaying colored sec- tion, will be the site, of a jousing development. The land is now part subse Tobe-Coburn School Offers Fellowships Tobé-Coburn School for Fashion Careers, Rockefeller Center, New York, is again offering five Fash- ion Fellowships to members of this year’s senior class. Each Fellow- ship .covers a year’s tuition of 700 dollars in the school. Only one will be awarded in any -college or university. Members of the senior class who wish to apply for one of the Fash- ion Fellowships must. mail regis- tration blanks to the school on or before January 31. All applicants will answer a series of qualifying ruary 29. Those whose work is considered most. promising will be asked to proceed with a fashion research project, due April 15. Announcement of the awards will be made April 25. . Registration blanks, along with complete information about the Fashion Fellowships and the Tobé- Coburn School, are available in the Bureau of Recommendations. of the extensive grounds of a hospi- tal for the mentally diseased. An undeveloped site near the river, at 30 and Ritter, is also being claimed. Roland Randall, Committee vice- chairman, is at Ninth and Poplar, swooping with a pick-axe at an old |house, and grinning broadly (think- ing inner thoughts, no doubt, about the progress of humanity). ; aaa Shopping ‘is no fun Let flowers be your present this year. JEANNETT’S will order and plan your Christmas gifts with origi- nality. » if you get it at Merry Christmas ! 7 It’s the same old wish, but it won't be the same old gift Richard Stockton’s When you come back after Xmas . These. special school and college rail tickets, with their liberal extend- ed return limits, are immensely popu- lar with and a great saving to stu- dents and teachers. When you're ready to come back after Christmas, Spring Holidays come you can use buy one and save money. When ~ Be Thrifty and Safe—Travel by Train ASSOCIATED EASTERN RAILROADS the return coupon to travel home again or use it at close of school. 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NEWS Settee ae eee ae Student Poll Shows 68% for N leutrality| Peoples’ thatiecioes Desired To Maintain Peace Policy ~ During European War BY STUDENT OPINION SURVEYS OF AMERICA Austin, With Europe’s war now entering its fourth month of existence, American college students, in a na- tional poll conducted by the Stu- dent Opinion Surveys of America, have registered a highly optimistic view that the United States can stay out of the conflict. Also, hand-in-hand with the na- tion’s apparent determination not to be involved, a slight majority of ‘the collegians have voted in favor of requiring a referendum of the people before Congress could draft men to fight abroad. To the question, “Do you believe the United States can stay out of the-present European war?” stu- dents answered: G11) aE arr tet a 68 per cent ING 6 Sh aici os 32 per cent Although this issue is pure specu- lation, it is important to know this opinion in order to get an insight into the war patterns of the aver- age ¢ollege youth’s mind. The rank and file of voters is not so sure that the U. S. can steer clear, for in other polls only 54 per cent have held this view. It will be of interest to note in subsequent sur- veys the effect here of the Russian attack on Finland, since these polls were made before the Red Army began its activities, — “Should the Constitution be cHanged to require a national vote of the people before Congress could draft men to fight overseas?” interviewers for the Surveys asked hundreds of students. They di- vided almost evenly, only 53 per cent approving. Interesting differences were noted among students of different ages; upperclassmen reversing them- selves entirely: A Draft Referendum? Texas, December 11,— Yes No Ireshmen .....-. 60% 40% Sophomores ...... 52 48 PUDIONS 43.5 cs cous 46 54 Seniors, Graduates 49 51 Elementary Aesthetics Will the students who wish to register for the elective course in ElementaryAesthe- tics in the second semester leave their names at the Dean’s office as soon as pos- sible in order that a time for. . the course may be arranged in the schedule. [First Year Sociology Romps In International Institute hal ae By Rebecca Robbins, ’42, Long before Saturday, December 9; Mr. Miller, was telling his first year sociology class about the pub- lic cafeteria supper to be given on that date by the International In- stitute. He spoke of the pictur- esque delights of having your en- trée with Russia, your soup with Ukrainia, your main course with Italy, your dessert with Albania. We all pictured a series of festive booths, where gaily costumed girls served with glittering smiles and little peasant chants. But as we, mignt nave guessed from reading the papers, interna- tionalism is no longer in its hey- day—and neither-is its House. We were received at a side door into Philadelphia crumbling)—and up into the midst of the International Institute’s Open Hofise. We passed along a row of tables which were covered with great: white cloths, and -featured aluminum pots, There were, small placards, let- tered in red water-color, saying “Sweden,” or ‘Latvia’ or. “Po- land.” Unfortunately, most of the tables had already been invaded: only Swedish smdrgasbord and Italian spaghetti were left. Tables were sot up everywhere in the audito- rium, in every room in the house, on stair landings. We found places, and ate our smérgasbord and spa- ghetti, bemoaning Borsch Pi- roushki, and Kartofelsalat, and Paklaya and Kielbasa and Tebli. Once in a while someone in a cos- tume would appear, but for the most part we saw only dark mid- dle-aged business. suits. The rooms were tan. They were simply tan; and there was nothing to be done. It was Christmastide: red candles on the tables, pine branches fastened in bunches along the walls, but the rooms were tan, and the light fixtures were yellow glass. Somebody must have realized that we wouldn’t get much inter- a gray basement courtyard (old. national flavor from. sm5rgasbord and spaghetti, and therefore. there was a program. There were songs in gay Spanish voices and we thought of movies under starry tropic skies. There were songs by Russian: girls, who sang~ beauti- fully, but told us afterwards that they weren’t. nearly as good as they’d have been if they’d “had their men.” There were gay little Dutch dances, and gay little Swe- dish dances, just like them, without the clop, clop. We heard in back of us, as Sweden filed out, “Aren’t the costumes nice.” " “My, yes they’re cute, but. it costs such a lot to tent them.” As the international atmosphere faded from the auditorium, Mr. Hatch, a director of the institute, led “community singing.” We sang Swannee River. We drew it out. We sang Annie Laurie. We sang it again, with “sustained notes” (and when you come to “Lay me down and die,” sing it as if you would). We went on -to’ Silent Night, in the Christmas spirit that knows no national borders. » Silent Night, too, we repeated, on‘ the principle that you haven’t really dirged a dirge until you’ve dirged it twice.. We ended standing at attention and singing My Country ‘Tis of Thee. The German Club Sees the World On Friday, December 15, the Bryn Mawr German Club leaves for a binge with the Princetonian Germans, to be held at Princeton. Dinner there will be followed by much singing” and dancing done in the true German style. Saturday night, the Bryn Mawr German Club, or what is left of it, is holding open house at Denbigh with a similar singing and pestle. program. PAPERS ' AT WHY NOT RELAX BETWEEN LAST MINUTE : AND SEE The CHRISTMAS’ GIFTS ON DISPLAY COLLEGE INN THE tie ® TYPICAL NIGHT AND SUNDAY RATES BRYN MAWR For 3-Minute sintiew stellen Calls FROM NEW YORK | SCRANTON | NEWHAVEN | ALBANY CITY, N.Y. CONN. .Y. 35¢ 35¢ 45¢ 55¢ ALTOONA BOSTON saa ROANOKE MASS. VA. ~55¢ 60° | 65° 70¢ BURLINGTON | HUNTINGTON| © DETROIT» | CHARLOTTE g W. VA. MICH. N. C. 75¢ | 80¢ 85¢ | 90¢ These reduced long distance rates are in effect every night after 7 and all day Sunday. Take ad- _ vantage of them to get in touch with the folks back _ home ome and with out-of-town friends. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA but! and is somewhat lower in tone than Chung Loh Shows Talent || ryolish Clock re ™ With Rare Instruments si Merion by °37 «¢ Continued from Page One : The class of 1937 has pre- sented an English clock to the Merion smoking room as . memorial to Anne Legate Roberts, ’37, a- Merionite, who was killed in an automo- bile accident just after her graduation. The clock was the last of its kind to come over from England before the war and has very beautiful chimes. A slight difficulty arose when the chimes.rang for seven minutes every quarter hour. They were silenced Monday night when the clock ran down, and ave now being re- paired. re ficult of all Chinese instruments, tradition says it was played by fair ladies. In several patriotic legends of Northern China, where the in- strument originated, there were prineesses who romantically saved their country by the charm of their music‘on the Pi-ba. One of them enhanced the spell of the Pi-ba it- self by sitting. on a white horse while she played. The second instrument Professor Wei played was the Erh-hu, which might be called the Chinese viola because it is played with a bow, a violin. This instrument is more common than: the Pi-ba, but it sounded very beautiful and exotic to’ western ears when Professor Wei-played traditional Chinese mel- odies on it, : THEY’RE TEEING OFF - In Pinehurst, N. C., where richly carpeted fairways and velvety grass greens vie with tennig, riding and shooting for your attention. Excel- lent Inns—moderate rates—ideal cli- mate to rest or convalesce. Enjoy next spring now! htt a qt ; : Seaboard R. R:- leaves New Yor 5 Bryn Mawr Confectionery Co. ||P. M., stopping at Phila., Baltimore Pinehurst, and Washington. For details write BRYN MAWR Pinehurst, Ine., 1236 Dogwood Road, ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee a a ee a Campion & Co. Booksellers, Inc. . 1807 WALNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPRUCE 4491 WILL BE AT THE COLLEGE INN ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 11 A. M. to 6 P. M. with a display of Specially Bound Books, Sporting Prints and Gifts for-Christmas Tasty Sandwiches Refreshments Lunches 35c Dinners 50c - 60c We make you feel at home g MARGARET PAUL PUERTA DE MEXICO invites you to meet a Painted Pig Glorification of Tin Hanks of Dried Fruits Silver Jewelry Chiang Kai-Sheck’s Tea grown -by Head-Hunters of Old Formosa 69 St. James Place | 9.30-5.30 Near the Suburban - R. S. V. P. in Person Ardmore, Pa. Siac A VERY SPECIAL GIFT A NEW DANCE FROCK A LOVELY PIECE OF SILVER or AN ANTIQUE All at COLONY HOUSE Inc BRYN MAWR 778 LANCASTER AVENUE GOING HOME? SEND THAT LUGGAGE by FAST RAILWAY EXPRESS! Just phone the Rail- way. Express agent when your trunk or bags are packed and off they will speed, direct to your home, inall cities and prin- cipal towns. You can send “collect” too, same as your laundry goes. Use this complete, low-cost service both coming and going, and enjoy your train trip full of the proper. Holiday spirit. - When you phone, by the way, be swre-to tell our agent when to call. Bryn et Avenue ueanch Office: Haverford, ’Phone Bryn Mawr 440 Pa. (R. R. Ave.) : Bryn Mawr, Pa. . _*Phone Ardmore 561 RAILWAY TEXPRESS _ oy * year. - THE COLLEGE NEWS bt a Page Five “Ferdinand” Phobia Frustrates Future . Finesse of Fencers' (Especially contributed by Jane Harper, 41.) The fencing team has undertaken no outside matches as yet, but plans to fence Swarthmore and the Penn- sylvania Women’s Team again this Last year’s team, consisting of Lucy Smith, ’40, Jane Harper, ’41, Ann Harrington, ’41, and Ethel Clift, ’41 “foiled” all. Since fenc- ing has now been made a major sport which may be taken without buying equipment, a larger squad is expected this year. The college is fortunate in hav- ing the A. F..L. of A. Women’s Foil Championship Match scheduled here for March 18. Among those enter- ing from Bryn Mawr will be Janet Dowling, who has a smooth hand, Jane Nichols, who has excellent timing, Jane Harper, who is all right if it happens to be her good day; Ann Harrington, who is also all right, Lucy Smith who has too much work; ‘Ethel Clift, who man- ages the team and Margaret, (“Ferdinand”) who loves fencing but doesn’t like to fight. °43 STRENGTHENS SWIMMING SQUAD Team Still Incomplete ‘But Practice. Started With the addition. of a likely bunch of Freshmen willing to risk permanent waves to obtain the speed of fishes, the Varsity Squad shows promise of a successful sea- son. Last year saw two defeats by Swarthmore College and Baldwin School, and an encouraging win over University’ of Pennsylvania. With Morfoot, Baldwin ’39, now Bryn Mawr ’43, the team is appre- ciably strengthened. Although div- ing tryouts have not. been held, and the Squad has not been completed practice officially begins this week. The Tentative Squad is as follows: (Cap’t) Link ’40, Williams ’42, Paige ’42, Penfield ’40, Miller ’40, Jacobs ’48, McClellan ’42; Boal ’42, Rambo ’43, Reggie *48, Morfoot ’43, Jones ’41 and Gaud ’41. Swimming Schedule Interclass — Tuesday, January 10—4.00 o’clock. Baldwin — Friday, February 16 —4.00 o’clock. Swarthmore—Tuesday, February to watches. EST. PHILADELPHIA 1420 Walnut Street A Complete Jewelry Shop We reset, repair and remodel anything from charms We sell any jewel for any purse. Our designs and our work are all our own. DIESINGER g 1886 * ARDMORE 39 Coulter Avenue (Near the Suburban) Sn By Barbara Cooley, ’42 Sometimes writers can create only one masterpiece; . sometimes every new effort is greater than the last. The public always greets a new novel by an_ outstanding writer eagerly. In the case of Christmas. Holiday the ‘critics were loud and lengthy in their praise. The eager public. rushed to buy first editions. For the most part, they were disappointed. Christmas Holiday does not mea- sure up to the standard of Of Hu- man Bondage. Charley Madon, a typical young Englishman of a typ- ical well-to-do English family, spends his Christmas holiday in Paris—a typical idea of the way in which he can have a last fling be- fore he settles. down to become a typical English business man like his father. Through the medium of Charley’s “adventures,” Mr. Maugham would have us realize that there is no such thing as a shady Bohemian life. Lydia, who dances in a cafe under the guise of “rink 27—4.00 o’clock. )U. of P. (At Penn) — Tuesday, March 12—4.00 o’clock. . " Interclass — Thursday, March 14 —4.00 o’clock. Varsity Interclass — Tuesday, March 19—4.00 o’clock. SS MAHAN’S DINING ROOM and MANNA BAR Quality Food Excellent Service Luncheons Dinners 23-27 East Lancaster Avenue nore, Pa. a’ Russian -princess, is in reality the | wife of a notorious murderer who is serving time on Devil’s Island. When Charley offers to let her live ‘in his apartment, ne finds her as moral and as devotedly loyal. to her husband as the finest English women in his own class. Simon Fenimore, a friend of his at Cam- bridge, has become a violent radi- cal—not a stirring ardent idealist, but a bitter, illagical, personally dirty and even boring rebel. The book ends: ‘Patsy had asked him if he had had “adventures in Paris, and he had truthfully’ an- swered no. It was a fact that he had done nothing; only one thing had happened to him; it was rather curious when you came to think of ite and he didn’t just then quite know what to do about it; the bot- tom had fallen out of his world.” Mr. Maugham intends us to realize, I suppose, that for some people life is more vital, more intense than we, the Charley Madons of the world, had realized. If this ‘is his inten- tion it is a noble one, but somehow I realized only that every one is pretty" much alike. As the first work of a young novelist this could be praised; as a mature novel how- ever it falls far too short of Mr. Maugham’s earlier standard. ! PENN SERENADES MUTE BRYN MAWR Choir Sings Hail Penn And Good Night Ladies Saturday night the Bryn Mawe mutes were saying that a good voice wasn’t everything and that it would be grim to arrive at Princeton tagged as one of the Bryn Mawr group. The _ mutes were thinking how weary, stale, flat and unprofitable this college life seems. But the mountain comes: at mid- night voices were heard. harmon- izing Nearer My. God To Thee. The Bryn Mawr voiceless were be- ing serenaded. The choir of the University of Penn. had given a concert with Harcum Saturday night. Surplus energy, pity for Bryn Mawr, or de- fiance of Princeton’s art spurred Penn to try this campus. First they serenaded Rockefeller with Dartmouth Winter Song and Good Night Ladies. . Proceeding to Pembroke Arch, the choir was in- terrupted by two late students and the wardén. | After all were within, Xmas Cards Wool Ties Lingerie Cases Trays Luggage Racks Boudoir Pillows Picture Frames Margaretta J. Thayer, Inc. 28 Parking Plaza ~——Ardmore Spice Baskets Compacts Desk Sets Perfumes (Left) America’s Number One Cigarette... Camels. This gay, new Christmas package contains4 boxes of Camels in the “flat fifty” size. Dealers are featuring them now. (Below) All Christmas- wrapped and ready to give — 10 packs of “20's” — 200 mild, cool Camels — the cigarette for giving! Camels “‘There’s no finer gift for those who smoke cigarettes than a Camels. You can be sure your choice is wise—for more people enjoy Camels than any other brand: And when you give Camels you're giving the milder, cooler smok-* ing of Camel’s’ matchless blend of long-burning costlier tobaccos. Dealers are featuring Camels in a choice of two attractive gift packages—200 Camels in each. There’s lots of cheer in smoking Camels—and in giving Camels! ; ifts that are sure to please in b x WY Check the pipe-smokers on your list and counton Prince Albert — world’s _most popular smoking tobacco. This attractive one-pound package of \ cooler-smoking Prince Ba Albert is sure to please! Prince Albert If he en a pipe then he’s bound to appreciate a gift of Prince Albert Smoing Tobacco—the largest-selling smok- ing tobacco in the wofld. Prince Albert is the famous __ ae cooler-smoking pipe tobacco that’s made extra mild and... extra tasty by special “crimp cut” and “no-bite” treatment. : ; There’s so much pleasure in giving Prince Albert because you know your gift will please. So, for pipe-smokers, this Christmas, give Prince Albert—the National Joy Smoke! seautiful Ch ristmas wrappers” APRS Se pe is sade 1/iarotte Pobacte Gompand We Saetn: W om f e Penn. reappeared and finished with | Hail Pennsylvania. CHRISTMAS 1939 er - Se at eee SFY GA Soy 4° ‘dom and Thanks, also by Johann ‘orchestra played a Sinfonia in B ‘gant, and strongly influenced by *Bach’s 190 Church Cantatas. Be = SRE OPS mee cpp: TT TR ap es HY bite 4 ee wens Ge rT Le at Pe Rr rr | jai i Page Six Princeton, Bryn Mawr Render Joint Concert Continued from Page One The Motet, Blessing, Glory, Wis- Sebastian Bach, was beautifully sung and showed the work of Mr. Willoughby to its best advantage. The timing and phrasing were extremely well done, and the choir seemed to. enjoy singing it. The piece is really intended for a Bou- ble chorus and is based on the old hymns: Was Frag Ich Nach der Welt and Wie Schone Leuchtet die Morgenstern. ,The middle part was sung by a mixed chorus of tem with a sustaining chorale for the rest of the choir. To give the choirs -a. rest, the flat by Johann Christian Bach. In contrast to his father’s music, Christian’s style is graceful, ele- the Italian. Although the orchestra had apparently not rehearsed it very fully, they conveyed through- out its feeling of a forceful ques- tion and answer, alternating be- tween the strings and the winds. The oboe was well done and car- ried. much of the work. The Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme is one of the finest. of The orchestra, beginning with oboe and strings ‘alternating against a very rhythmic bass, delibefate and ex- citing, built up great suspense for the choral -which came in con- ( RTC EGE NEWS ~— 4 § Avoid the Xmas Rush The’ advertisements for gift shops that will appear in the News for the next. two weeks have been care- fully selected for our read- ers’ information. Only 16 more shopping days till Christmas. Patronize our ad- vertisers/ trapuntally with a measured dig- nified dopfinating iti Throughout the whole cantata the soprano orchestral parts were a contrast in The bass and soprano duet can be criticized on the basis that the bass overwhelmed the soprano. The contrast in voices was so great that it was almost humorous rather than effective. The final repetition of the chorale was in harmony rather than couh- terpoint and did not have the in- itiak heavy bass or the lovely un- derlying lyrical bass of the second exposition. This was well sung and seemed more a final statement of the praise. The first was an emotional working up, the second repetition a more ‘loving call, and the last a glorious exhortation. © After excerpts from incidental music to plays by the great 17th century English composer, Purcell, the choir sang Sir Hubert Parry's setting to Milton’s ode, Blest Pair of Sirens. Parry has a typical English quality in his work, and it is significant that he chose Mil- ton for the inspiration of one of oboe and strings. ae The Main Line Store of ; Strawbridge & Clothier - x : Ardmore unusual - - - 7 See Come to the Second Floor - ‘ There you'll find : To please those = yest re choosing for is.a veritable Christmas Gift City, with a special shop filled with the 2 Of S & C’s Main Line Store, EY gifts galore ‘ in The Gift Shop To be Married On December 14 Mary. H: Hager, ’41/ of Bryn Mawr, and Walter Wilhelm Herman Marseilles are to be married. his best works. This was sung with very evident pleasure by the Bryn Mawr girls if a little less happily. by: Princeton. The color- ing was well done and the great climaxes forceful. The cho‘rs were, T think, better than the soloists: or the orchestra though some members express their more individual singing to the dis- advantage of homogeneous choral work. Princeton gave an excellent performance, and it seems a shame we sing with them so seldom. . The greatest criticism of the concert appeared to be its length. It seemed to me that the solo re- peats were ‘not so well done that the aria da Capo must be enforced: And instead of the two orchestral more and shorter intermissions. Both of the selections ‘were well worth listening to, and it seems a shame that so much divided at- tention and growing ..unrest_ les- sened their value in the eyes of the audience. Altogether, gréat praise should his more than able assistants, Janet Russell and Mary Newberry, both '40. ¥ Pati ae a heen, ra ‘Ann Sheridan A Warner Bros. Picture 4 does her Christmas. in ee _ ene heel eee numbers, there might have':been” be given to Mr. Willoughby, and, i STARRED IN “YEARS. WITHOUT. DAYS’ | Republican’s Political Machine Operates |. Unchallenged by Staunchest Democrats By Joan Gross, ’42 ‘and Elizabeth Crozier, ’41. Last week’s encounter with Mr. Lacy Gaines was quite unsatisfac- tory, from our point of view. We had failed to uncover a dramatic political machine. At least, we had failed to pin anything on the Re- publicans. Assuming that some real and: horrible truth would be re- crats, we called on Miss McCrystal ex-Democratic Town Committeewo- man. Miss McCrystal has a dress store next to Woolworth’s. When we reached it, the door was bolted, the lights were: out and a sign was posted -over the latch: “Store will be open evenings until Christmas.” A face peered down upon us from the second story window. hopefully. The face receded into darkness. For a long moment we ‘contemplated the lingerie of Miss McCrystal’s window display. Then a door swung open and white- haired Miss McCrystal appeared , questioningly on the threshold. | When we explained our mission, she ushered us into her house with an air of political secrecy. We were encouraged. We opened fire with a challenge. “Miss McCrystal?” we ventured vealed by the subjugated Demo- | Was it true that the Republican’s controll all Aut 200 of the 1,000 votes in Bryn Mawr? Miss Mc- Crystal blandly verified this, but added ruefully that when Governor Earle was elected about 100 extra votes swung Democratic. It devel- oped that this wavering faction of voters consistently follow the con- trolling party, attempting to land political jobs. Miss McCrystal’s duties as {Democratic Committeewoman are chiefly concerned: with the mechan- ics of election. As for issues, real political issues, Miss McCrystal could uncover none.’ She thought for a while, then mentioned an occa- sional case’ in which a Democrat was refused a. township office. As far as Miss McCrystal was concérned, the Republican adminis- tration was entirely satisfactory. This view baffled us, coming from a staunch Democrat; we were expect- ing no less than embittered denun- ciations of the present machine, “Tf there is something I. want done,” said Miss McCrystal, “I just go aid-see Torn Hammonds and he usually takes care of it for me.” Mr. Tom Hammonds is Republican Commissioner, but then, we suppose it’s all in the spirit of amity and cooperation. —SSSSS========== One of the most attractive Christmas packages—see it in the stores and order your Christmas Chesterfields now. _,, Chesterfields, with. their real mildness, better taste and delicious aroma, give reak pleasure to anyzong: who smokes. You can’t buy a better cigarette. _e See —— on none