- Describes Cyclés of Painting)

From Conceptual Origins
® To Symbolism

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Music Room, April 12.—In his sec-
* ond lecture on the Archeological Ap-
proach to Art Mr. Rhys Carpenter
described the course of art in the last
five centuries, from the conceptual art
of archaic times to the logical conclu-
sion of realistic art and return to
symbolism.

The painter’s palette has ae
from Byzantine gold red, green and
blue, through the darkening process
to Rembrandt’s chairoscuro, and back
to flat color areas ‘again. In subject
matter the trend has been the same:
from ideal to realistic and back again.

Mr. Carpenter explained archaic
art in terms of the évery day act of
seeing objects. We see only patches
of color, at first, he said, which take
shape by .retreating inside outlines.
Therefore, archaic painting always
uses line and local color.

. Giotto’s - simplicity and concentra-

. tion are due to his inability to draw
more realistically, Mr. Carpenter in-
sists, although he does not count this
a fault in the painter.

As archaic limitations were over-
come*by the introduction of perspec-
tive, foreshortening, and modelling in
light and shade, the rise of portraits
and the anatomical nude marked the
end of truly religious painting. Sig-
-norelli’s hell is filled with nude bodies
rather than naked souls.

' ' But the course of realism went far
beyond anatomy. Truth, it” painting
is not what one knows, but what one
sees. Botticelli knew how many petals
a flower has and showed them all. The
truth a painter seeks today is in him-
self. He may paint the interior of a
theater as he sees it sitting in the

audience. _ The most subjective ‘im-
pression is not wholly optical, but is

~~ tinged. with the feeling of the sito

—and-therefore, expr
ing impressionism. ~

In explaining the present era in
arts, Mr. Carpenter said that as long
as artists could advance in realistic

d technique they sought realism; when
there was no more perfect technique
possible they fell into mannerism, and
now,_seeking new beginnings, they re-
vert to the primitive.

 

Plans for. Library
Addition Published

Continued from Page One

Graduate seminars, an art study room
and offices for department members
make up the rest of the second floor.
A long gallery for the display of
art pictures occupies the top floor.
The archaeology department will have
cases there forthe exhibition _ of
valuable collections of study material
already in the possession of the col-
lege. :
' ‘In working out the plans, Miss
Lois A. Reed, librarian, and the Fac-
ulty Committee, under the chairman-
ship of Dr. Rhys Carpenter, have pro-
. vided for several striking additions to
library equipment of the college. One
of these is the purchase of a projector!
for the .use of microfilms of books,
documents and other records, A li-
brary of such films will be gradually
accumulated and will be stored in the
projection room set aside for this
purpose. Very popular with the stu-
dents is the plan to have individual
desks by each of the windows which
run the length of the stacks. Forty-
eight students are provided with
private study desks in answer to the

 

long expressed desire for quiet study}

space outside the main reading room.

A Treasure Room, to exhibit rare
books and first editions possessed by
the college, or material of historical
value or particular significance to
Bryn Mawr, is to be created out of

GLAMOUR & FUN .
Under Summer’s Sun.

 

North Shore. Fashion mod-
cling, figure conditioning,
grooming, fencing, dancing.
Enrollment limited. Refer-

 

the swinging door.
much,” she said, but we were forced
to disagree with her.

Exclusive summer school on}

 

We strolled down the chat day
investigate the inner workings of fh
College Inm Miss"Davis, its
ger, took us in hand. “The Inn’s hi
purpose, she informed , us, is “
ter to the caprice of the appetite.”
She noted, however, that these days
appetites are not as capricious as they
once were. Once peas and poached
eggs, tomato bouillion and prufies,
were run-of-the-mill requests, but we
are a generation of hamburgers,
brownies and toast. Even chop-eat-
ers are few.

Miss Davis and her assistants do
their best to encourage individuality.
The Inn tries, she said, “to create a
friendly place where the girls can be
themselves. That’s why there are no
restrictions, Of course, in the Din-
ing Room we wouldn’t allow them. to
——_—..” Tactfully she did not fin-
ish the sentence. ¥

When we inquired about the all-
important food itself, she turned us
over to Miss Reddick, who admitted
us into the Great Unknown behind
“It’s not very

 
  
  

The first thing that we saw was
a large and shining ice-cream con-
tainer. “Electric,” saidy Miss Red-
dick, and added the information that
it would hold. 120: quarts—60 dollars’
worth. We then entered the Tea
Room Kitchen, which is equipped with
a pie-and-cake oven, a voluminous
toaster, a broad grill, and an impos-
ing automatic beater. Miss Reddick
said that this was only a small one.
It came up to her shoulder.

The refrigerators were next in-
spected. The refrigerator for the Tea
Room is a whole closet to itself; that
for the Dining Room is another, with
the added distinction of two smaller

hoavities chiefly for ‘eggs, vegetables
and butter.

. The Dining Room Kitchen is, as
Miss, Reddick said, “the works.” Down
the’ middle of its shining floor runs
a steel-topped work. table—“just for
general work”—and a steam table,
with porcelain jars sunk in its depths.
Faint wreaths of steam coiled lazily
upward. A. massive range occupies
one wall; a deep “zine” fills another.
On, another table what was to become
dinner for the evening was spread
out: five chickens, three ducks, large
roasts of beef, and asparagus, string
beans and sweet potatoes innumer-
able.

The Pantry, used forddishwashing,
is the third division of the holy of
holies. It contains an automatic dish-
washer, whose action we couldn’t pre-
tend to, understand, a, two-fold sink
for glass and silver, “and for some
reason, a gigantic, shining coffee urn.
We questioned Miss Reddick as to
the personnel of this warm, gleaming
Eden. She told us that there were,
besides the maids, a general handy-
man named Eric, Mr. White, the Pan-
try-man, ‘and two cooks, I. J. Ruff
and Fred Washington. Miss Minnie
Henry supervises all ghese mere men,
as,is only fitting at Bryn Mawr. We
were unable to make her acquaintance
because, from the noise from a back
room, the staff, was engaged in an
energetic game of Fan-Tan.

As we finished our tour something
out of place in all the neatness caught
our eye. On a window ‘sill, totally
neglected, sat. a large yellow wedge
of rat-cheese, with a small: red to-
mato perched tiltedly on top. We
were afraid to call this slightly sur-
realistic exhibit to Miss Reddick’s
attention, and passed with regret
back through the swinging door.
N. E.

a.

 

MISS POTTER QUITS
COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE

 

 

The resigration of Miss. Genevieve
Potter from the staff of the comp-
troller’s office has been announced.
Joining the staff in 1907 as first book-
keeper and assistant, Miss Potter has
been in continuous service longer than
any other member of the office, with
the exception of Mr. Foley. Comment-
ing on her resignation, Mr. Hurst, the
comptroller, said, “Miss Potter has
been a loyal and valuable member of
the staff throughout her 32 years of
service.”
Born and raised in Philadelphia,
Miss Potter held a business position
there before coming to Bryn Mawr.
Until the past few years, when the
comptroller’s office began cashing
checks for students, she saw very lit-
tle of the undergraduates.
When asked ‘about her plans, Miss
Potter replied that she intended to
“go on to new adventures and to. en-
joy herself.” . She has liked. the work
at Bryn Mawr and found that “the
32 years here passed like five min-
utes.” Miss Potter is very fond’ of
music, and for eight years attended
almost all of the Saturday evening
concerts in —

 

part of the space made available in
she present fi + sen by the transfer of
the Art and Archaeology departments
to the Quita Woodward Wing.
Architects for the Woodward Wing
are Thomas and Martin, of Philadel-
phia, who also drew the plans for the
recently completed Chemistry and
Geology Building and for Rhoads

| Work Camp Planned
‘AFTER LONG SERVICE|

To Help Refugées|

 

As a partial solution to the prob-
lem of rehabilitation and assimilation
for the refugee, the Intercollegiate
Committee is cooperating. with a
group of educators in establishing the
first work Camp for Democracy. This
will be a summer training camp of
work, study and recreation. It will
be-in-session from August 7 to Sep-
tember 4, at West Park, opposite
Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River,
New York, the site of the Bryn Mawr
Summer School/earlier in the season.

The campers( will include men and
women: collega students from all
parts of the coyntry, young workers
from trade unions, representatives of
negro youth organizations, and _re-
cently arrived refugees, most of whom
will be from Central, Eyxope. A resi-
dent staff and faculty apdmany guest
speakers will é special studies
and condwét seminars’ revolving
around_a positive definitiqn of democ-
racy and a consideration of its eco-
nomic, sociological, political and civil
libertarian problems.

to 60 students.

The student body will be restricted
The cost for fout
weeks will be $65, and a limited num-
ber of scholarships will be available.
Students are invited to.make applica-
tion for themselves and to suggest

 

Numerous Applications Received
For Student Assistants
And Scholarships _

Miss Jean Carter, director of the
Bryn. Mawr Summer School, an-
nounced that the school was trans-
ferred to its new headquarters on the
Hudson shore last Friday, April 14.
Numerous applications for admissiort'
to the school this summer have been
received, foreign as well as domestic.
Two English workers have enrolled,
one a London bus conductoress, the
other a textile worker. A Swedish
pocketbook maker has been accepted,
but Denmark has not yet raised suffi-
cient funds to transport a student.
American applications have been re-
ceived in as large numbers as usual,
and although there are positions open
to only six collegé students, 19 have
already applied for this. work, seven
from Bryn Mawr. The directors in-
tend to take two Bryn Mawr under-
graduates if they are as well qualified
as those from other colleges. Vassar
wishes to have two students picked
as the proximity of Summer School
to their campus has stimulated new;
interest in the project. Wellesley,
Mount. Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith,
Goucher, and the Connecticut College
for Women also have ‘one applicant
each,

' The new school will have a house-
‘warming, open to former students and
staff, on May 13 and 14. Accommo-
dations will be available for 60 per-
sons, most of whom will probably be
New Yorkers, though Boston . and
Pittsburg are also to be represented.
The alumnae have all shown enthusi-
asm for the new location of the
school, and the independence it will
give.

The new site covers about 55 acres
—an area equal to the Bryn Mawr
campus—running from the highway
to the Hudson River. The campus
boasts a continuous frontage on the

 

 

in the: summer months. Two large
houses stand at either end of the
campus, and near each of. these is
a smaller house and barn. So that
classes will be equally convenient for
all students, each house will contain
classrooms and dining rooms as well
as dormitory facilities.

-Last year a total of 143 dollars was
raised by the students for scholarships
and similar purposes. The New York
City group alone has pledged 400 dol-
lars, or two complete scholarships, for
the coming session, while Pittsburg
is contributing 200 dollars. The money
is-largely raised by raffles and dances,
and one group swelled the fund with
a “bunko” party.

 

profit by their attendance.
dent_who will be responsible for car-

yéar will be given special consid-
eration. Those interested in the
Work Camp should address inquiries
immediately . to the

‘river where students may swim dur-

the names of students who “would
The stu-

 

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“< Traced by Se But Modern Appetites Fail to Respond Prospects Outlined er | eee

Continued from Page One
fronting its continuance and _ rein-

forcement were also presented.
,| In, speeches\gt the first séssion al-
most all the member “nations” asked

for changes in the structure and poli-
cies of the League. France recom-
mended curtailment of the League’s.-.

tion on social and ‘economic problems. |
‘several members withdrew from the
League altogether, following Italy’s
example last year. This action,
however, céased to be effective upon
repetition.

Bryn Mawr, as Rumania, stood for \
the policy of a strong League en-

dowed with political as well as eco-
nomic pawers to uphold sanctions.

Since it is a small nation, Rumania
needs the security granted by the.
League and therefore supported the
principles of the present covenant.

However, it agreed “to co-operate in
any expedient compromises on practice

necessary to meet_the current situa-
tion.”

At. the closing session several re-
visions of the covenant were adopted,
though changes were not as sweeping
as had been expected, owing to a lack
of unanimity in replacing proposals
voted down. The article of. sanctions
against aggressors and that- guaran-
teeing territorial intergrity of mem-
ber nations were finally deleted tem-
porarily, to be restored when member-
ship in the League should become uni-
versal.
“The first plenary session resem-

bled a political convention,” said the

New York Times of April 14. “The

200 delegates from 27 Middle Atlantic

colleges and: universities sat in groups

marked off by signs for the countries -
they represented.” The speaker from

Haverford gave an address in French,

artistically translated by ‘a fellow

delegate with a strong French accent.

Another realistic touch was providéd

by the corps of uniformed messengers,
who bore notes between delegations.

ne

Usually reliable sources report that = = —
the contents varied from military
threats.to invitations to lunch.

 

“The Devil Passes”
The Haverford spring play,
The Devil Passes, will be given ©
Friday night, April 21, at 8.30,
in Roberts Hall. Cars will leave
Pembroke Arch at 8 p.m. Tick-
_ ets may be obtained in each hall
from a member of the Theatre
,,.Workshop Committee.

 

 

 

 

GREEN HILL FARMS

City Line and Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore .. 3600

A reminder that we would like

political powers and great concentra-

 
   
        
       
    
         
       
      

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to take cate of your parents
and friends, whenever they come
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DINING ROOM
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