O LEGE NEWS Ke VOL.' XXIV, No. 20 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1938 4 BRYN Copyright TRUSTEES OF MAWR COLLEGE, 1938 —— PRICE 10 CENTS Vienna Choir ‘Boys - Sing Charmingly In German Movie % Camaraderie, Boyish Heroliea! And Lack of Usual Romance | Mark Picture Pa | | ALPINE PHOTOGRAPHY ESPECIALLY DRAMATIC Goodhart Hall, March 23.—The ve enna Choir Boys, who sang at Bryn Mawr in January, reappeared in aj] German movie, The Orphan Boy of| Vienna. The. setting of the senti- mental story showed both the school life and the travels of the young chor- isters. Their excellent singing was re- eorded in the Viennese cathedral, in open air busses and at their summer hotel in the Tyrol. The story concerned an orphan, Toni, who joined the group of Choir Boys, aroused fatherly affection in a musical tramp, Joseph Blueml, and, after heroic sacrifice, won the moth- erly love of Schwester Maria, a nun who was housemother to the 80 boys. Toni pleaded guilty to a theft when _ Suspicion pointed to Maria, and hav- ing left in disgrace, nearly drowned, in a brook. The lost. money. was found and Toni, now a hero, revived while Maria rubbed his hands and his fellows sang an open-air mass on a spectacular-mountain slope. Plentiful and varied singing con- tributed to make the total impression charming in its sincerity and sim- plicity, despite the melodramatic plot and jerky filming. In the cathedral at Vienna, Toni first showed his in- terest in music when he heard the choir sing a Kyrie Eleison. In his hut on the du Toni sang while he washed dishes, accompanied on the accordion by his tramp friend. Toni’s performance when he found himself in a group chanting the Austrian equivalent of “Good morning, dear Teacher,” to their manager gained him admission to the choir. ; The individual pictures showed ex-’ cellent photography. The fault lay in the sequence which was often jerky, the fade-outs being particu- larly unsuccessful. The director also showed a tendency to take shots from below of scattered people on hillsides, boys picking edelweiss, or a score of Tyrolese at mass, identical except for their astonishing beards. The shots of the interior of the cathedral were. well suited to the singing, and the filming of the Alpine scenery dra-| matic, particularly a brief scene *of a crucifix reflected by, the sun against a snowy peak. The script also relieved the story.. The German ‘ines were very funny and the English subtitles were aptly translated, -The prefect of the boys’ -sehool,a—-solemn-—youth—with— dark rimmed glasses, talked continually of his pedagogisch principles while Jo- seph Blueml, the tramp, .addressed him as Mr. Defect. Much of the movie was enlivened by this mild humor.:* Incidental horseplay added further diversion as in the scene ' Professor of _ Political ‘Democracy. Mr. Laski is known both \connected with the University of Lon- COLLEGE CALENDAR Friday, April 8.—Bryn Mawr League Musicale. Deanery, 8.30. Monday, April 11.—Second Flexner Lecture, by Dr. Edwin Gay. Goodhart, 8.30. Tuesday, April 12.—Current ‘Events, Mr. Fenwick. Common Room, 7.30... International : Re- lations Club Meeting. Common. Room, 8 p. m. Wednesday, April 18.—Sci- ence Club; Dr. Kar] K: Darrow will speak on Magnetism in the A'tom. Music Room, 8 p. m. _ Thursday, April 14.—Profes- sor Harold Laski will speak on The British Labor Party and Democracy.’ Goodhart, 8.20. Sunday, April. 17.—Memorial Recital; the Curtis String Quar- tet and Mr. Horace Alwyne will play. Goodhart, 5 p. m. Monday, April 18.—Third™ Flexner Lecture, by Dr. Edwin Gay. Goodhart, 8.30. Tuesday, April 19.—Current Events, Mr. Fenwick. Common Room, 8 p. m. , H. J. Laski Will Discuss Labor Party in Britain Science Renowned Theorist is Harold J. Laski, Professor.of Po- litical Science at the University. of London, will lecture in Goodhart on Thursday, April 14, at 8.20. His sub- ject is The British Labor Party and here and abroad as the outstanding modern political scientist. A graduate of New College, Oxford, he taught history at McGill ahd Har- vard Universities. While he was in this country he also lectured as an exchange professor at Amherst and Yale. In 1920 he returned to Eng- land and since that time has been don. His principal work was done on historica} studies of the~problem of sovereignty and many studies on the seventeenth century. For a long time he was familiar as an exponent of political pluralism. In hig more recent books, however, he has seemed to be working out a different theory of state. Mr. Laski is terested in legal and constitutional’ questions. Since 1920 he has worked on various committees for adult education, and became a member of the Industrial Committee in 1926. He served with the Labor Party in 1929 as a member’ of the Lord Chancellor’s Committee on Dele- gated Legislation, and in 1932 was made a member of the Departmental Committee on Legal Education. His publications are well-known to economics and_politics-students:--They + include: The Problem of Sovréignty, 1917; Authority in the Modern State, 1919; A Grammar of Politics, 1925; Communism, 1927; Democracy. in Crisis, 1983; and Theory and Practice, 1935. Many of his articles have;been}: published in The New Republic, The Continued on Page Three Harvard Review and The Nation.. Canine Census Uncovers Intellectual — . Aspirations Among Denizens of Campus There has never been any census taken of the canine population of the campus, a sad piece of inefficiency, since they yearn for the intellectual as much as we, and often have to be ousted-from. the classrooms and Good- fart ceremonies by force. Roughly we would number them at about fifty- two, but there is nothing to prove the exactitude of=our---’—" eremayea> cept the well-known game of fifty-two pick-up. We hardly realize _their_im- “portance until we try to imagine the campus without them, when it becomes quite desolate and lifeless except for a few human beings. To be fair, we should start with the smallest first, but the biggest are _ so much a part of our daily life, so _ familiar a sight as we look out the window during classes, that we can hardly pass over them lightly, even if they would let us. Perhaps the. low melancholy Dane. In this case there is no question of his madness, and we consider this a valuable clue to the mental condition of the orig- inal H. Hamlet (the dog) did not become mad until he was christened pop. with a bottle of Danish stout. ver since, he has been trailing the pageant of his bleeding heart all over of» best known is Hamlet, the great yel-) Jog Wave Motion Shown In Schilling Lecture Sound Made Visible for Study ‘ Of Interference Phenomena By Oscillograph ° Haverford College, April 4.—Dr. H. K. Schilling, professor of Physics at Union College, Nebraska, gave a dem- onstration lecture to show, by the use of sound waves, those properties which are common to all forms of wave motion. Mr. A. Lindo Patter- son and members of his physics class- es were invited from Bryn Mawr to attend the lecture under the auspices of the Haverford College Physics de- partment. All forms of wave motion, in light, sound, or radio, said Dr. Schilling, are propagated with finite velocity and in straight lines. These proper- ties, with the principles of Young and Huygens, were the bases for the dem- onstrations. Young’s principle states that at. points where two or more waves of the same kind _ intersect either destructive or constructive in- terference takes place. In the case of sound this produces either a silence, when a crest and a trough coincide, or a louder tone where two crests occur simultaneously. Huygens’ prin- ciple states that’ any point on a wave front, as the vibration spreads spher- ically outward, acts as a new source of spherical vibration. The phenomena which Dr. Schilling displayed by using a beam of sound are more commonly observed in light beams. The advantage of the former method is that: the wave length of sound measures about two or three centimeters, whereas light wave length measures around 0.00005 centimeters. In studying the behaviour of waves, any dimension less than the wave length can be considered as a point, so that apparatus for studying sound waves is large and easy to manage. Dr. Schilling used an oscillograph on which selected sound vibrations, re- ceived in a microphone, appeared as oscillations of a green line. A whistle of inaudible frequency was placed in the back of a narrow sounding box so that the wave front of the emerg- ing sound. beam: was_ relatively straight. Treating this beam as though it were a beam of light, Dr. Schilling showed that it could be reflected be- tween multiple “mirrors”, or cast a “shadow” of silence. The location of the beam was shown by the positions of the microphone for vibration ‘of the green line. When he used a reflector that was narrower than the beam the sound was no longer limited to its straight paths. This narrow. source acted as a single point so that, ac- cording to Huygens’ principle, the vi- bration _ spread out. Combination..of |. slits or gratings in.the path of the beam provided two or more: point sources each sending out interfering spherical vibrations. As thé micro- phone was moved into the places of destructive interference the minimum of vibration showed in the diminished oscillation of the line. Following Young’s principle such a point was at.a distance one-half of a wavelength farther from one source than another. After showing that sound reflected from solids he repeated demonstra- tions using a liquid “mirror” of a wet screen and a gas “mirror” of a ro flames. The acoustical ana- were performed. By moving the mi- crophone between the opening of the sound box and a “mirror” which was a whole number of wave léngths from the whistle, Dr. Schilling showed the standing waves of sound which are found in-an-orgair’Pipe. Suey Dr. Schilling’s final experiment was Continued gn Page Four Memorial Musicale Bryn Mawr College invites the friends of William Roy Smith to attend a recital of chamber mu- sie given in his memory on Sun- day afternoon, April 17; at 5 p. m., in Goodhart Hall. The Curtis String Quartet ‘and Mr. Horace Alwyne will play. Government Has Belied Promise, Says Dr. Gay Flexner Lecturer in Interview Relates Varied Career Dr. Edwin Francis Gay, the Flexner Lecturer for this year on the Eco- nomic. History of England During the Renaissance, outlined some. of his views on contemporary politics in an interview for the News. After graduating in 1890 from the University of Michigan, which, he re- marked, “inspired him with an in- satiable desire to learn something,” Dr. Gay studied for 12 years in Ger- ‘many. He returned to teach economics and economic history at Harvard from 1902 to 1919, was the first dean of the School of Business Administration, 1908-19, and was then called to edit the New York Evening Post from 1920 to 1924. The paper was a strong supporter of the League of Nations. During the war years, Dr. Gay was active on many committees for the organization of economic activities, and. in 1918-19 headed the Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics, which advised the President on coor- dination of government agencies and activities. In 1924, he returned to Harvard and taught economic history until 19386, when he accepted a perma- nent position on the research staff of the Huntington Library. “A democrat of the liberal tradi- tion” according to his own definition, Dr. Gay believes that “the world must move toward increased social con- trols.” The Roosevelt administration, he feels, opened quite hopefully, but it has belied its promise and fallen into several evil courses. - a The unbalanced budget and par- ticularly the large quantities of gov- ernment obligations held by the banks are, to Dr. Gay, the most dangerous factors in the present situation. Al- though actual bank reserves are re- putedly ‘high, the supply effective to back loans is greatly decreased by the quantity of government debts which the banks hold. At present few loans can be made unless many government bends are sold. A second threatening trend is the increased influence of pressure groups. This is owing, Dr. Gay believes, to the government policy of “uniting doles and grants with political action, thus dangerously ~ _ undermining political morality.” — Bn Seas eaeeexuan Dr. Gay finds the administration’s course of action in the depression marked by presidential vacillation and much fictitious improvement. “In- stead of a recovery bf confidence, we had. a recovery. shot’ through” with fear.” Many business men accumu- lated large inventories in fear of crédit and monetary inflation, and few have* made long term investments. As a result there is now serious dan- ger. of another depres on, not just a Continued on Page_Four “1 DARROW WILL SPEAK BEFORE SCIENCE CLUB Mr. Karl K. Darrow will deuik at the next meeting of the Science Club, on Wednesday, April 13, at 8 p.-m., in the Music Rroom. Mr. Darrow is a member of the technical staff of the “Telephone Laboratories, Inc., and ‘the author of several books, among them An Introduction to Contempo- | vary Physics and The-Renaissance_of the campus, howling in’ a terrible manner, although he looks perfectly well fed. His great love is bicycles, or wheels (an English degeneration of the Danish word Owhelia), but his presente is more of a hazard than a protection, since the alternative to bumping into Hamlet, is bumping into ‘a ci The best way —_ his” ac- Continued on 100 Dollar Rooms All students who wish to have rooms at a minimum rate of 100 . dollars next year, must sign a formal application and return it — to the Dean’s. office by Monday, _ April — Physics. In both writing and lectur- ing Mr. Darrow shows an unusual ability to present his subject clearly without beéomiing too technical for a popular audience. the title of his lecture was incorrectly announced; it will be Magnetism in -the Atom. The Science Club invites all those interested to attend. - * a Through an error’ Influx of Metals Causéd Price Rise “In 17th Century Lecturer ~ Discusses Economic Change, its Consequences And Causes EARLIER EXPLANATIONS FOUND EXAGGERATED Goodhart, April 4.—The first of a series of six public talks under the . Mary Flexner lectureship was deliv- | ered-by Dr. Edwin Francis Gay on — the subject of The Price Revolution in England; its Causes .and_ Conse- quences. Dr. Gay who is a Professor Emeritus. of Harvard University, will speak on the general field of the Eco- nomic History of England During the Renaissance (1485-1640). In his later lectures he will discuss the conflict between the inherited mercantilism. of the mediaeval age and the rising capi- talist system. Characterizing the price revolution as a west-European phenomenon, Dr. Gay traced its parallel courses in Spain, France, Germany, and Eng- land. The average price rise in all these countries reached its peak during the first half of the 17th century. In all, and particularly in Spain, this rise reflects the constantly increasing flow of silver and gold from America into Europe. Contemporary analysts declared the price revolution a result of any one of a number of evils, ranging from bad harvests to moral decadence. Finding most of their explanations exaggerated, Dr. Gay believes that the influx of gold and silver was certainly the principal cause, though most of the contemporary theories are par- tially true. The price rise began in Spain in the early years of the 16th century, was~evident everywhere by 1520, and reached its latest peak in England in the middle 17th century. The course of the revolution was roughly similar throughout Europe, though Spain led the-movement both in time and in the heights to which prices rose. Since the price inflation was a European phenomena, warned Dr. Gay, we should not draw géneral conclusions about its course in any one country without checking the facts and ten- dencies elsewhere. Three groups of prices, each rising to. different heights, can be distin- guished in the general trend. Agri- cultural prices soared highest, while rare foreign imports—spices, sugar, and the like—changed ‘the least, and’ manufactured goods made an inter- mediary rise. Technological improve- ments may have helped to prevent violent price changes in the latter two groups, while the lack of such ad- vances perhaps contributed tothe dearness of agricultural products. The causes of the revolution were discussed by Dr. Gay through an analysis of the many explanations Contiffuea on Page Four SUMMER ‘SCHOOL, A.S.U. INTEREST VAN HOESEN Martha Van . Hoesen, ’39, lately elected president of the Bryn Mawr League, was born in 1917. in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, and gradually - progressed to an appropriate age for graduating from the Lincoln School, and coming to Bryn Mawr. Until the summer of her sophomore year she ,|had intended to major in English, but she changed hér mind when she found that a Sociology major was being. offered. Even before that, her main interests had been with the Summer School, the A. S. U., and the League, but now Sociology is to be the-basis of her future career. ~ She took the one year. permitted to - undergraduates as—.teachers..at the Summer School last summer, teaching swimming, and, in a.small way, Eng- lish grammar. Her League career started when. she began soliciting childrens’ clothes from the faculty for the Summer Camp, a difficult task, since faculty children do not appear in the college catalogue. ontinued on Page Four < ar. ee Since then, a meNip e pioneer O’Learys, with Tyrone Power’ and Alice wo Pa THE COLLEGE NEWS \ THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) ef Bryn Mawr College at the Magu Mawr College. : Published weekly during the College Year (excepting ‘uring Thanksgiving, Christmas and Haster Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest ire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn. vr The College News is fully protected it may be reprinted either wholly or in Editor-in-Chief. by copyright. Nothing that appears in part without written permission of the - News Editor- ANNE LOUISE AXON, ’40 Ass’t News. Editor EMILY CHENEY, ’40 DEBORAH H. 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To be sur are striking more there is strength in numbers. they were told that their vacation most of them are underclassmen, and all of them ecause their ruddiness is unusual than ‘because They would probably be surprised if was meant to be a reading period. Nobody went so far as to say it to the pallid souls who used it ‘as one, but there seems to have been a tacit agreement to that effect. cases reading was actually assigned In some in books which could not be found in vacationing libraries, and for a big class there would be only three or, four such technical books available from the college library. “Another ‘metho ately after the holidays, or to give of enforcing study was to schedule quizzes immedi- assignments for Monday, April 4, in first year Courses. The most misleading, was the hour-or-two fallacy by which one was persuaded to do an hour-or-two for every subject. We realize that a certain amount of work must be done, and that it cannot be done in the space of the college year. At least this is true of the upperclassmen. We think that our hand is being forced, not by any intent of the faculty, but by our own incapabilities. Either we must study in the holidays, or we must have a longer college year, or the work should be planned so that we could meet requirements and still be perfectly free in the holidays. The latter is a solution for those who have time for more work, the second for those who are pressed for time already. The first does not agree with the definition of the word vacation. the hope that something can be done without it. We are not advocating a longer year, because we cling to Probably the people who work hardest now would work in the holidays even if the year were a month longer. We certainly do not oppose optional holiday study ; we are cavilling because it is required. The People’s Choice In our last issue we published and said that the question would the results of the hoop plebiscite not be closed until opinion was further clarified. The vote was 184 to 113 in favor of preservation of the tradition, more than a two-thirds’ majority, so that there is no reason for not considering it a democratic decision and abiding by it. Unfortunately, a vote always divides opinion to such a degree that a saat must exist. regard annoying for anyone who has happened to vote with the majority. do not intend to say who is right in And perhaps because it is not privileged, it is ‘by various peopte, including Ibsen, to be right, which is We this case; we do want to point out the large minority which was created simply by the vote, and which represents a group of discontented people. The only way the majority can recdgnize the existence of the minority idea is by making a concession. _They can make very few concessions, however, under the present circumstances,. without-ruining their hard-won tradition. But since the object of burning\the hoops was to make college life as painless as possible, we think that in deference to the 113 who voted for destruction, some pain should be — eliminated, As a mild start, the seniors, might abandon their old ¢ cus- tom. of skipping around Goodhart with May baskets. After all, it is as bad with hoops, and s ip around only’ to Have any hoops as not to get any, and wi ite is a superlativ? way of attracting attention to oneself. in Philadelphia Movies Aldine: The Divorce of Lady X, an English romance in Technicolor, with Merle Oberon. -Beginning Thursday: Gaiety Girls, with Patricia Ellis. Arcadia: Easy Living, a comedy, > with Jean Arthur. Boyd: Judge Hardy’s Children, a domestic drama, with Lewis - Stone, Cecilia ~ -Parker and Mickey Rooney. Beginning Thursday: Mad About Mu- oe a comedy, with Deanna Durbin:-— Earle: Hawaii Calls, a musical com- Ss with Bobby Breen. Beginning : Bulldog Drummond's Peril, a ‘aomeey, with John Barrymore. Erlanger: In Old Chicago, about the SCG ‘Brady. -English murder mystery, with Nova Pilbeam. Fox: Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife, a romantic farce starring Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert. Karlton: The First Hundred Years, a ccmedy, with Robert Montgomery and Virginia Bruce. Keith’s: Snow White and the. Seven Dwarfs, by Walter Disney. | + Stanley: Jezebel, a Southern melo- drama,> with Bette Davis. Stanton: Over the Wall, a peniten- ginning Saturday: Tip-Of- Girls, with Mary Carlisle. Theater You Never Know, Cole lifton Forrest: Porter’s new musical, Webb, Libby Holman, and Lupe Velez. Locust: Room Service rete —its final | J Set We. Young, an week, with the George “Abbot Com- lWiT?S END On hearing a fevival of The.Black and Tan Fantasy (with apologies to Frangois Villon and D. G. Rossetti)? Tell me now in what alleyway is Jungle chant of jazz age and pagan? Where’s Sophie Tucker and where is Texas. (pronounced Tex-is) Neither of them the lovélier woman? Where is Lewis and horn and wood- wind band Only heard with the bootleg beer, Made for the insides more than hu- man? But where are the snows of yester- year? ™ Where is Miss Morgan regretting her Bill, Voice and eyelids of indigo, And where is the man, we remember him still, The handsome, the bitter, the gigolo? Shall we listen no more to his Moanin’ Low And shall we forget when softly we hear : Jolson singing of mammy and life’s weary flow? But where are the snows of yester- year? This Star-Dust they play us is not the same And the Truckin’ is not what ik | seems, edad While gone and forgotten is the erst- while fame Of Nobody’s Sweetheart and Broken Dreams. Only in mind’s eye Marlene now gleams, Swinging a leg in black stocking sheer, * Luring the moths to her candle beams. But where are the snows of yester- year? Where are the blues songs of heaven and hell, Of Memphis, St. Louis and Broadway, Of limehouse, infirmary, love and farewell, Blue ’cause you're leaving, blue ’cause you stay, Blue ’cause the saxophone blew it that way? Hounded with swing-time, we ‘secretly fear Blues are outmoded, moods have goné@ gay. But where are the snows of yester- year? ° Nay, never ask this week, baby, Where they are gone, nor this year Save with this to explain, maybe, But where are the snows of. yester- year? *Re.: line 2, first verse, Falling in Love Again. pany.: _. Orchestra Friday ‘and Saturday, Eugene Or- mandy conducting: Bach-Kodaly: Va- ter Unser in Himmelreich; Handel: Fantasia in C Major; Verdi: “Eri tu,” from The Masked Ball (John Charles Thomas, soloist); McDonald: Sym- phony No. 4; Grieg: Eros, Duparce: Phydile, Massanet: recitative and aria, “Salome” from Herodiate (John Charles Thomas,’ soloist); ~Kodaly: “Hary Janos” Suite. Local Movies , Suburban: . Wednesday, _ through. Walnuniay. The Baroness and tlhe Butler, with Annabella and William Powell. : Wayne: Wednesday, Yow’re a Sweetheart, with Alice Faye; Thurs- day afternoon: Tarzan’s Revenge, with Eleanor Holm Jarrett; Friday and Saturday, The Baroness and. the al Butlér, with Annabella and William Powell; Sunday through Tuesday: Everybody Sing, with Judy Garland. Seville: Wednesday, Swing Your Lady, with Frank MacHugh; Thurs- day, Penitentiary, with Walter Con- nolly; Friday and Saturday, Border- town, with Paul Muni and Bette Da- vis; Sunday throw#h Tuesday, A Yank at Oxford, with Robert Taylor. Ardmore::. Wednesday, Of Human -tiary..romance,..with. Dick. Foran.-Be-|Hearts, with Beulah Bondi and James Stewart; Thursday, ‘Friday and Sat- urday, The Big Broadcast of 1938, with Martha Raye, W. C. Fields and Dorothy Lamour; Sunday and Mon- day, The- Kid ‘Comes Back, with | Wayne Morris; Tuesday, Romance In |the Dark, with Gladys Swarthout and John Boles. | studies is different on this side of the PLAY CAST The cast has been chosen for G. B. Shaw’s one-act play, Passion, Poison and Petrifaction. .This’ play, and an- other one-act, which has not yet been definitely deeidéd on, will be presented by the Player's ae either May Ma Thee Tisai ee aan Phyllis" wee”. A, Ingalls, ’38 Lady. Magnesia. Kees SN. Sioussat, ’40 Fitztollemache ....J. Follansbee, ’41 SRE Eee aret erazece xyes V. Nichols,. 741 The Landlord ......... P. Curtis, ’40 Te WOCOr si aks ees S. Miller, ’40 The Policeman .M. A. Sturdevant, 740 EXCERPTS From EXILE 5 Little Saint Mary’s Lane, Cambridge, England, March 21, 1938 To the Editor of the COLLEGE NEWS: -This is from England, where it is spring, but there has been no winter, All year, the lawns have been vivid green. There were roses in Decem- ber, and tiny daisies on the common in February. The year at Cambridge is ‘divided into three sections, and it is now the end of the Lent term. A “full term” consists of only two months, sixty days and: fifty-nine nights, but you must spend all those nights in Cambridge, “within sound of the bells of Great Saint Mary’s Church”. In compensation for week- ends, there are five weeks of vacation, both at Christmas and at Easter, when Post people go abroad [or, ,in the spring, on walking tours and reading parties]. The academic system of the univer- sity is, of course, very different from that at Bryn Mawr. University lec- tures are open to members of all the colleges, but the students “read” only one subject. When that has been chosen, they are assigned to one or more supervisors, for whom work is done every week. Progress is optional, however, and the only tests are the exams in the spring. Graduates of other universities and colleges are either “research students” like Eliza- beth Monroe and Betsy Wycoff, or “affiliated students” like myself. Af- filiated students work for the tripos, or honours’éxam, which, if passed at the end of two years, gives a B.A. de- gree. This automatically becomes: an M.A. after a certain time (if one wish-. es to pay for. the privilege) ! I am sorry that I shall not be able to. stay for two years, for I have enjoyed these two terms exceedingly. Although I am, again doing work for a B.A. degree, it has been with a dif- ferent and wider approach and I was very glad to have a _ background already established. The emphasis on Atlantic, and suggests the old axiom that the more one knows, the more one realizes one’s ignorance. Extracurricular activities are nu- merous and varied. There is a club for almost every subject and every political party. There have been boy- cott parades, readings of: The Waste Land, balls, concerts, and plays. I even saw the’ impossible, a good un- dergraduate production of King Lear. Sports are equally numerous; no foot- ball games and cheering, but rugger and rowing. Now, the great question is whether the Cambridge crew (which | sports two Americans) will beat Qx- ford in the April race on the Thames. The intercollegiate races are very amusing. Since there is not room on the Cam for some seventy-five boats (each college has two or three) to line up abreast, the boats are divided .into sections, and placed at intervals. The object is to “bump” the boat ahead, position having been determined by the bumps of the day before. The coaches ride bicycles along the banks, shouting and shooting guns to encour- age their crews, the umpires ride horses,. and. the onlookers stampede back and forth, trying to avoid horses, | guns, bicycles,-and the oars of those boats shoved into the shore.’ Even Newnham, my own college, has a crew, which is thoroughly cursed whenever it appears on the river, and which, though it applied, was not al- lowed to attempt bumping. Cambridge, less progressive.than Oxford, does not admit women as members of the Uni- versity. I find this an advantage, however, since we receive the regular University degrees, and do:‘not, likeq the men, have to wear gowns ‘to lec- tures and after dark. Similarly, qne is not liable to arrest by the “pe tors” who eep order in the town. , (A proctor, however, has the peivilege to a eee PUBLIC OPINION — To the Editor of the College News: Having just read the fiery expres- sions of Public Opinion ‘inspired: by your late editorial, I hastén to add to - the ‘general bulk, hoping that it is . not all a dead issue by this time. I feel most strongly that both aesthetically and,morally speaking ~} cause” With ‘no great admiration foNBryn Mawr light fixtures; I do- not yet ¢gndemn them to such depths of hidioSity that the superposition of assymmetric hoops festooned with grimy old lingerie rib- bons ranks as an improvement;* nor yet, in my mind, does the old-fash- ioned tradition of friendship, whether practiced innocuously or rejected in- discriminately*, seem very much con- cerned. It appears. to me that the only acceptable excuse. for hoops, hoop-rolling ~and _hoop-preserving, comes under the heading of pure sen- timental symbolism. This is not in- tended. to -be a criticism. Personally I rather admire those who are capable of indulging freely and _ unselfcon- sciously in such forms of sport and can only wonder why they refuse to admit their sentimentalism. Unfortu- nately, and to my own discredit, I am not made that way. Never (except at Christmas which doesn’t count) have I given or received tokens of friendship, so I have not yet been obliged to conceal them in different parts of my bed-chamber, but I should like to.express the apologetic and purely selfish wish to be spared the hoep ceremony and all that it entails next spring. This cold reserve does not, as might easily be suspected, depend entirely upon my -present absence from Bryn Mawr, which obviously lessens all hoop-culling opportunities. If the tradition persists and I find I have not sufficiently benefited from the chari- table S. A. H. D. (Society in’ Aid of the Hoop-Deficient) I shall immedi- ately go to the most expensive hoop- store in Ardmore and equip ‘myself properly, *Refer to letter of March 26. (Signed) EXILE. one To the Editor of the College News: We all agree that Little May Day is a moderately silly custom. Without hoops it loses what little significance it has. But childish as it is, it is not so. childish as people who regard hoops as the criterion for popularity. The group of those who do, moreover, is largely composed of Pollyanna girls who smugly harbor their own May Day trophies and who feel a consum- ing sympathy for the less fortunate. Most of the less fortunate, on the other hand, seem to loye May Day. So it appears that the whole college is considering changing its traditions for a wvery small group of sensitive souls. The giving of a hoop is a very pleasant trivial gesture from a depart- ing senior. It is pleasant for those who get them, and trivial for those who do not. If the general feeling is that in- dividuality should be smothered and everybody have hoops from every- body else or no one haye any hoops at all, why not replace Little May | Day with a Communist Demonstra: . tion? Two SoPHOMORES. = ask your-name from your escort, if he thinks you may be a suspicious char- acter!) Graduate students are permitted to — live in “digs,” which is pleasant after four years of “college life”. I, of course, frequented Woolworth’s while furnishing my room. There for the first time I discovered my language a handicap, in the face of salesgirl stu- pidity. ‘For instance, it took them ten minutes to understand that when I said wash-rag, I meant “face-flannel”. However, in general, American citizen- ship isan asset, and an open sesame. American charm and hospitality have © a pre-established reputation, and so I will pass-en to all who are thinking of England the advice given by. Miss McLoid toGretchen Greene when she set off for India: “Keep your head up, * 7 tail over thedashboard, and don’t for- get you're an*American”. (a) TOMMY ALLINSON? Howard College students believe that course outlines are a definite aid in improving = a recent ‘poll -re- vealed. | / THE COLLEGE NEWS ~ Page Three res | CURRENT EVENTS (Gleaned from Mr. Fenwick) The in * the President, following footsteps of Taft and Wilson, has. proposed a..Reorganization Bill, the purpose of which is to reorganize the executive departments of the govern- ment for ee omy «and ‘? efficiency. is “eminently sensible “ and the only reason for opposition to it is the business men’s “psychopath- ic’ hatred of Roosevelt. They claim that it gives the President dictatorial power. A compromise has been sug- gested whereby the President may transfer the work of one bureau to another, subject to a majority . vote by Congress. ™& technical poirft is the constitutionality of a majority rather than a two-thirds congressional vote. The » Recession is approaching alarmingly near to 1932 lows. Talk of “pump priming” in the last few days has ‘already steadied the market, but it is unfortunate that we should have -to start all over again. Con- servative Secretary of the Treasury Morganthau, in his attempt to bal- ance the budget, stopped his priming just too soon last year, and in August the market began to sag. In Mexico, President Cardenas is at- mpting to put through his. radical New Deal, which involves the distribu- tion of land, some of it American owned, to the Mexican Indians, and ‘the confiscatioggof about one-half billion: dollar’s ‘worth of English and American of] wells. The wells were taken over, their owners in response to a demand of the government agreed to raise the worker’s wages, but re- fused to grant them a share in ad- ministering the business. © The immediate results of Mexico’s action are two-fold. Secretary Hull protested through Ambassador Dan- iels, admitting Mexico’s legal right of appropriation but only on condition of adequate compensation, and America stopped buying Mexican silver. This last action was a serious blow to that country’s chance of paying the com- pensation. She is now negotiating with Germany, Italy and Japan, to sell them oil in order to get money to pay us. However, she has to sell so cheaply that the money gained will be insufficient. Germany’s talk of “reunion” with Austria is based on no historical fact. There was never a close union be- tween them even under the Holy Ro- man Empire. In 1815 both countries -were members of the Germanic Con- federation, but retained their full sov- ereignty. The immediate result of Austrian absorption by Germany is the imprisonment of some 30,000 peo- ple and the impending trial of Dolfuss followers and of Schuschnigg for a false plebiscite. Czechoslovakia now faces the pro-}| Tasty Sandwiches—Refreshments Lunches 35c Dinners 50c-60c We make you feel at home Bryn Mawr Confectione (next to Seville Theatre Bryn Mawr -Co. COLLEGES This year there are 638 wo- men from 184 colleges en- rolled at. Katharine Gibbs School. 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These were displayed by placing arms around shoulders, ruf- gine hair, gazing soulfully or by grit- g teeth. Toni was a rather starved and appealing young Aryan with deep set doubtful eyes. Unlike our American movies, the Austrian cine- ma does not cast charm proportionate to virtue or importance; but uses agreeable people in the minor roles so that it is impossible to label them The presence of three eligible young men 4and the chayming nun became espe- cially distracting to an “American audi- ence as the story progressed without any hint of romantic attachment. The picture was shown by the Ger- man Club to raise money for Inter- collegiate German Day. >) a” posal of becoming a federal state, with each of its component races form- ing a canton on the model of Switzer- land. Since it is fairly obvious that Ruthenian, German, Hungarian, and the Polish cantons would secede, the prospect is not a happy one. Cham- berlain says that England will not take up the cudgels for Czechoslo- vakia. France cannot risk war with- out Britain, so she, too, has aban- doned the Czechs. In Spain, Franco, with his mech- anized army supplied by Germany and Italy, has succeeded in cutting the Loyalist territory in two. The Loy- alist fall is a matter of a few months or weeks. Probably a close alliance between Britain and Spain will fol- low, since America and Britain are the only countries capable of lending the money which Franco will need. The United States refuses, but Brit- ain. consents for a _ consideration, which will probably be the right to work the’ mines and the assurance that Germany will not participate. England and Italy are about to come to terms for an _ unfortified Mediterranean, an open Suez Canal, withdrawal of Italian volunteers from Spain, withdrawal of troops from the border of Egypt and Sudan, and ces- sation of hostile broadcasts. E. Foster Henunsud Incorporated | R.C.A. Radios Victor Records 829 Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr }Aherne arrives to use the telephone, | BOOK REVIEW | | Merrily We glive has lifted the heavy veil of mourning which we. as- sumed after the decease of Brian Aherne’s charm in The Great Garrick. Brian Aherne, we have decided, shows to better advantage in modern dress; he is épatant in a chauffeur’s uniform, and bouleversant, in tails. Merrily We Live is overrun, besides, by Billie Burke at her mous fluttery, Bonita Granville at her most minxish, Alan Mowbray at his most Jeevesish, Con- stance Bennett, and two great Danes, who are called Get Off the Rug, and You Too. Billie Burke is the wife of a sena- tor and has a passion for tramps; as the scene opens we see the family thrown into confusion because the last tramp has just gone off with all the silver, kitchen included. The senator is feebly prodding his honeydew melon with a sieve. At this juncture, Brian PEI because his rattletrap car has rolled down the hill and been smashed to smithereens. For some reason which we could not quite fathom, he is thor- oughly unshaven, and dressed in most disreputable clothes. To the eyes of the senator’s wife, however, lie is a vision of beauty. She welcomes him with open arms, in spite of strong family opposition, and turns him into an exotic chauffeur, who conducts himself in a discreet manner, even though Constance Ben- nett throws herself at his head. Be- fore very long he is taking the place of a dinner guest who dropped out at the last minute, and is being pursued by. Minerva, the daughter of ag guest of honor. _ The ending is in the old peacent ie tradition. Brian Aherne suddenly turns out to be a person of some ac- count, and is supposed to have gone to his’ death in/the rattletrap car. Every member of the senatorial house- hold faints at one time or another. When they are not fainting, they are knocking each other down with the kitchen swing door. In the midst of everything, Get Off the Rug, and You Too, bay noisily. Surprisingly enough, this is not tiresome. It is prevented from becoming so, by the reappear- ance of Brian Aherne, by his awaken- ing of swooned Constance Bennett ~ = Se 7” GREEN HILL FARMS City Line and Lancastér 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 ,peatylor and the Library. isd ‘|}dom appears inside Pembroke “Arch), Canine Census Reveals Intellectual Leanings Continued from Page One quaintance is to say, “Here Hamlet”, to the lordly creature who lies between The mad- dest thing about him ‘is that he does not know his own name. The next biggest and by far the ottractive, y, wno ee “easily be recognize by his naturally curly hair, and by his attraction to Taylor steps. Anoth- er sure-fire way of telling hjm, from Peter (a shy, older brother, who sel- is by looking underfoot until Winnie makes her appearance. Winnie. and Ba Ba are esoteric, they have a secret understanding which cannot be broken in upon by mugs like Hamlet. We once made the mistake of being even more esoteric than Ba Ba, by asking him if he had any wool. He growled. Unfortunately the small campus dogs, except for Winnie, are name- less. Some-of them are not so small. There is quite a good sized spotted animal looking for a coach to run un- der, and several red setters, one of whom is Sociologically inclined. Last but not nameless is Suzette, who, although she is far from vicious, has become vice“warden of Pembroke East. This is the highest. office which a campus. dog has yet attained, and therefore proves the inherent super- iority cf the French poodle. : M. R. M; Students advertising a University of Michigan play production picketed the local cinemansion to advertise their own play. with a bucket of water from the vali Most of the success of Merrily We Live can be handed to the Jines. Typi- cal was Billie Burke’s farewell to her guests, “Goodbye. It was so lovely of you to come. I can’t imagine what we would have done with all the food jis Ba Ba, ih oa PROGRAM FOR’ : “LEAGUE MUSICALE Program German Songs German Club Wenn Wir Marschieren Guter Mond ‘ Auf der Luneberger Heide Schlaff Herzensodhnchen Kommt ein Vegel Geflogen Chanson Danoise “rman Sandby ad Dorothy Auerbach, violin Sword Dance by May. Chow Madrigal from the Mikado “Brightly Dawns sed Day” Terry Ferrer, R. M. Pen eld, Helen Lee, Ruth Stoddard Intermission Li Oe 2 & se ding * Songs Arabesque by Debussy Patricia Robinson, piano Minuet by Ravel , Patricia Robinson, piano Peasant Dance....Jota Castellana , by Jota Castellana by Arsenia Arroyo Folk Songs Admission—25 cents . F. W. 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Se a » : sc Senet Sener Ol in microphone, a knowledge of the|8°me specially nice nightgowns dur- many governments to secure public confidence may account for the resort distaneces’-traversed would combine — Contem- minor slump. to force. : with the easily measured interval be- the drastic rise,} When asked for his opinion of the . tween thé departure and return of the ing the next week at the shop of Jeanne Betts. All are handmade and of unadulter- Continued from ‘Page One _ Continued from Page One which have been adv, vyoraries, appalled ended to blamé it on almost any ae ; : 3 ain ated silk. Prices will be reduce ‘ondition about which they were par- ae wee me sie Bill, Dr. Gay| Wave Motion Shown _ pla go the. Shee). twenty-five per cent. We urge em -ieularly agitated at the time. replied that realignment of some gov- Tn: Schill L waka D : aii es pager sc selection. Adv. Speculation and)usurieus loans by | ¢rnment dgencies was undoubtedly :