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VOL. tN No. 6

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BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1937

Copyright TRUSTEES OF
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 1937

PRICE 10 CENTS

 

 

H. A. Niller. Speaks:
On Masaryk’s' Work
For Czechoslovakia

Life, Thought and Influence
Of President Are Subjects
For Tribute

SPONSOR OF LECTURE
IS GRADUATE CEUB

Goodhart Hall, November 3.—The
late President Masaryk was unques-
tionably the greatest man to come
out of the war period, said Mr. Her-
bert A. Miller, lecturer in Social

Economy at Bryn Maws, speaking on
Masaryk, Political Idealist, Teacher of
Men, and of Nations. His life and
work, mainly influenced by the teach-
ings of Plato and Jesus, showed him
to be “the most nearly perfect exam-
ple of Plato’s Philosopher King.” Be-
lieving that “idealism was practical,”
he always sought to attain ideals,
knowing ‘the limitations of man. He
éalled- democracy a_ political and
moral. educational. process and con-
sidered truth the best propaganda.
Therefore he was able to gain univer-
sal trust through unpopular causes.

His father was a coachman in the
Hapsburg family. His mother was a
cook. Masaryk himself was appren-
ticed to a blacksmith. before he re-
ceived a doctorate in Greek and Latin
at the University of Vienna and at
Leipzig. He took up revolutionary
activity with reluctance, left it, went
to Rome and Geneva, “and started
educating the world.”

Mr. Miller’s relationship with Ma-
saryk, he said, started with his Amer-
icanization work with Czechs in this
country, which led him into a study
of the Czechs’ attempts to preserve
the ideals of their state. Through
this study he met Masaryk in Bo-
hemia in 1912, and from then on
worked with him on the sociological
aspects of the Revolution.

Mr. Miller spoke in detail’ about
his day-to-day-life with Masaryk. By
the time a week had passed—a week
of morning discussions, lasting from
breakfast through lunch, and after-
“noon excursions—Mr.
monopoly on the knowledge of Central
Europe:” His part was to change
the soldiers’ attitudes toward the im-

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Miller “had a] .

 

 

COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thursday, November 11—
Armistice Day Chapel. Good-
. hart. 8.45 a. m. Doris Hum-
phrey Dancing Class. ~Gym-

nasium. 5 p. m. English De-
partment Movies. Goodhart.
8.15.

Friday, Noweraber 12—Play-

ers’ Club Hamlet. Goodhart. 8 _
p. m. ;
Sunday,. November 14—Lec-

ture on Conditions in Spain by
P. M. Malin. Goodhart. 5 p. m.

Monday, November’ 15—Sev-
enth Flexner Lecture. Good-
hart... 8.20.

Tuesday, November 16—Eng-
lish Department. Movies. Good-
hart. - 8.15.

Wednesday,
Science .Club meeting.
‘Room. 8 p. m.

November 17—
Music .

 

 

 

Salomon. Gives Details
On Present Day Russia

 

Government, Education, Talent
Discussed in Interview

 

Dr. Richard Salomon, who is teach-
ing a course in Russian history which
replaces the first half year of Europe
Since 1870, is a very busy man.~Last
winter he spent four months in this
country lecturing at Harvard, Prince-

ton and other eastern colleges. This
year he is teaching at the University
of Pennsylvania ‘as well as at Bryn
Mawr; and incidentally is finding
the Main Line trains harassing. A

|graduate of the University of Berlin,

he was professor of history at Ham-
burg University for 20 years.

_ Having been away from Germany
for three and a half years, Dr. Salo-

|mon preferred to omit~discussion of

Nazi politics. However, he was will-
ing to discourse at length on Russia,
only banning questions which —in-
volved the Soviet Union’s future. “I
could tell you how many men live
on Mars, too,” he said. The future
of any country ‘is tied up with po-
litical, social and economic conditions.
The actual turn of events is controlled
by accident and coincidence.

Today Russia has a Marxian dic-
tatorship, and though political poli-
cies are established by representa-
tives of the proletariat, the reins of

‘Continued on Page Three

 

Undergraduates Will Give Bacon’s Hamlet,.
The Original, Unrevised, and Virile Version

 

Early Shakespearean Tragedy
~ Will Make Debut With All

Feminine Cast

 

- In strictest.confidence, the News has
accepted the following statement from
two undergraduates who wish to be
nameless, in regard to a production
of Hamlet which they have arranged
to take place next Friday evening.
They say:

“While it is based on Shakespeare’ 8
great treatment of the Hamlet theme,
Friday night’s production is essential-
ly. asnew interpretation, of the play,
suggested by an unpublished treatise
of the 17th century which reveals that
Shakespeare rewrote Hamlet in 1602
Pe with the London blue
laws, leaving out numerous scenes
which he later incorporated in his
other plays. .

“Any student of English literature
is aware of the fact that Shakespeare
was merely the nom de plume of Sir
Francis Bacon, who called himself
that because of an emblem on the fam-
ily shield which shows a javelin ram-
‘pant held by a mailed forearm agi-
tant. Sir Francis was not only the
author of the so-called Shakespearean

plays, but he also wrote Den Qo

(which was latér translated into
Spanish by a minor. Iberian poet
named Cervantes) and edited a collec-
tion of Danish and early English
legends called the Saxo Grammaticus.
Among the manuscripts which Bacon
discarded when compiling the Saxo
Grammaticus was the original Amblet,
or Hamlet legend. This virile and
ks { e :

 

primitive .story ened the text for
his first version of Hamlet.

“Bacon, or Shakespeare as we may
call him when speaking of him as a
dramatist, was notorious for pains-
taking revision of his work, and his
first versions were invariably more
dramatically compelling than his later
ones. Therefore, we feel that the
unearthing for the first time of this
eatly Hamlet is of inestimable value
to the tradition of English drama.

“It is singularly appropriate that
the new Hamlet should be put on for
the first time at Bryn Mawr, a wom-

‘en’s-college, and\that it should, be-done

with a complete cast of women. In
Bacon’s day, his plays were produced
by an entirely male cast, because that
was a man’s world and women’s activi-
ties were suppressed. However, by
the second decade of the 20th century
women have completely _ outstripped
men, and our present civilization is
definitely that of the feminine. sex.
We feel that a great drama can only
be interpreted aptly in terms of the
civilization dominant as it is per-
formed, and for women to enjoy Ham-
let nowadays, it is as important that
women act its leading roles as it was
in the days. of ‘Shakespeare’ for men
Sy iplaghsbe  paennrts

-This experimental Hamlet will be
produced i in Goodhart.auditorium, Fri-

‘day, November 12, at 8.30. - The price

of ‘admission will be 50 cents, and all
profits will go ‘to the Players’ Club.
Anyone who is unable to attend the
Friday night performance may at-
tend the dress rehearsal Thursday
evening for the same ‘Price.

 

 

College Inaugurates

New Goodhart Policy

 

Series of Entertainments Will
Offer Shan-Kar, Engel Lund
And Vienna Choir

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SEASON SEATS ON’ SALE

(Mrs. Chadwick-Collins nas asked
the News to publish the following in-
formation.)

The College Entertainment Commit-
tee is bringing, in a series, three en-
tertainments to Goodhart Hall. The
Vienna Choir Boys on January 10 for
the benefit of the Bryn Mawr = Hos-
pital; Madame Engel Lund
February 8 for the benefit of the
Mrs. Otis Skinner Theater Workshop;
the Shan-Kar’ dancers on March 15,
for the benefit of the Deanery.

The Vienna-Choir Boys, who have
been to the college twice before and
have both times had full houses, will
leave America on January 22. Shan-
Kar sails the end of March and does
not expect. to return for a number
of years. Madame Lund is a famous
European singer, acclaimed by Eu-
ropean critics, and is being brought
to this country, for the first time, by
Hurok, who: brought the Russian
Ballet and Shan-Kar to America.
“She might be called a singing Ruth
Draper, dramatizing as she does
through song the folk of many na-
tions.” The London Daily Telegraph
writes: “The first of Madame Engel
Lund’s three recitals of ‘Songs of
Many Lands’ introduced to the big
London public a very considerable
artist and a personality of great
charm. She has an-enchantingly un-
forced sense of humor. .The_ two
songs that went: best of all were in
strong contrast to each other—a gay,
cynical little French fable and a re-
ligious ‘counting song’ from Denmark.
As attractive as anything else in the
recital were Madame Lund’s explana-
tions of the songs, delivered in
English.”

The ‘committee is inaugurating a
new policy in that these entertain-
ments will be offered to the colleges
and schools of the neighborhood in a
series at the following prices:

 

 

WYONS BOCHION 20k Geb cs nese Cees $5.00
Sacond: SECON: i tvccsiees s sce 9 4.50
PROG coins 06 oe CE po we che iie 3.50

Single tickets will be sold as fol-
lows: ;
For the Vienna Choir Boys ,

Front section. .....-5ssussewees $2.50
BOCOME MOULION 6b cs 66a es oe ve 2.00
BBRIGOOY 6.4 bv yed bes eect aes 1.50
For Madame Lund
Wront segion. 4. 6b. cis dees ce oes $1.50
Second section and balcony ..... 1.00
For siteesanae
Front section ........csseeeee $2.50
Second BeCuion 4 64. 5.8 i ees 2.00
eCOy is et ee 1.50

“~Qrders for single tickets will not

be accepted until two weeks. before
each performance, except for the
Vienna Choir Boys, notice of which
will be mailed to the general public
early in December. ‘The purchase of
a series ticket will not only be a sav-
ing of money, but also will give first
choice of seats in all sections. The
members of the committee in..all the

-halls will-have order, slips by Novem-

ber 18.. These must be filled in and
returned by December 1 in order that
seats may be allotted before the out-
side sale for the Vienna Choir Boys
begins. Payment for series tickets
may be divided into three parts and
paid in February, March and April.

The members of the Committee are
Continued on Page Two

 

Science Club to Hear Mrs. Harvey

At the second meeting of the Sci-
ence Club, Mrs. E. Newton Harvey,
of Princeton, will speak on her re-
search into the division of non-nu-
cleated eggs. : This lecturer will fol-
low up Miss Gardiner’s recent talk}
on heredity, in which she described
meiotic division in eggs containing nu-
clei.

Mrs. Harvey will illustrate hes léc-
ture with colored slides and movies
of centrifuging eggs. ‘The date of the
lecture will be announced early next
week, and the club invites anyone in-

on|

 

—_—
Spanish Relief

The Non-Partisan Committee
on Relief for. Spanish Children,
formed last spring at Bryn
Mawr College, invites you to a
lecture on Conditions in Spain:
the Story of an Eye Witness, by
Professor Patrick Murphy
Malin, of Swarthmore College.
Professor Malin spent last sum-
mer in Spain investigating con-
ditions under the auspices of the
American Friends Service Com-
mittee. The Bryn Mawr com-
mittee consists of:

Marion Edwards Park
Joseph E. Gillet
“Marion Greenbaum,
Graduate Student
Julia Grant, 1938
Delia Marshall, 1939
Martha Van Hoesen, 1939
Undergraduate Secretary
Dorothy-MaeDonald,
: Treasurer

 

 

Lily Ross Taylor, Chairman —
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Infinite Fields Opened
By Recording Machine

 

Peculiarities of Language Are

Studied and_Elimiyated

With the coming of the voice re-
cording machine, the “Bryn Mawr
accent” is a thing of the past, a le-
gend never to be recalled. Affecta-

ion is decidedly out. Such was the
ultimatum passed by Miss Mary Hen-
derson, director of all recordings.

The machine, bought at a cost of
fivé hundred dollars, is the. property
of the college. It consists of a cut-
ter, which makes the record, and a
loud speaker whieh plays the record
back to its listeners. Portable, it can
be used wherever there is A. C, cur-
rent. But a soundproof room has been
provided in the basement of Pem-
broke East for ‘its use.

It is hoped that everyone, faculty

and students, will’avail themselves of
the opportunity to use the machine.
The French Department has already
manifested its interest. Language
students can be aided in pronuncia-
tion, as. the recordings are almost in-
fallible in the exposition of errors.
Mr. Willoughby has also used the
machine during rehearsals of the mad-
rigal singing. Mistakes in pitch and
tempo have been accurately demon-
strated to the singers.. Mr. Hans
Schuman will record a number of his
compositions for dancing classes.
_ A charge of 75 cents will be made
for all recordings... The ‘charge cov-
ers the cost of the metal discs, the
needles, wear and tear on the ma-
chine, and operating expenses. Rec-
ovds are,J0 and 12 inches respectively.
Those interested in recording their
singing voice may also do so. Fur-
thermore, the department is anxious
to experiment with the recording of
musical instruments.

So far, the machine has been chief-
ly used by the Freshman Speech
classes. Records are being made at
the beginning and end of the year.
A complete geographical history of
every member of the Class of ’41 has
been taken. The birthplace of the
girl, of her parents, and grandparents,
location of her schools; and the ex-
tent of her traveling have all been
filed. From this information, pe-

culiarities and faults in her speech
) Continued on Page Three

 

New Dinner-Exchange Rule. ~
(Especially contributed by Julia
Grant, ’38.)
| A new system is being tried where-
by students may have guests from
other halls to’dinner without having
to send an exchange. Lists will be
placed in éach hall dated for each
day in the week, and students plan-
ning to go out for dinner will sign
an_theeo ingadvance, as, possible.
(Geudet wre are in the In ry
are not included i in this arrangement.)
When a student in a hall wishes to
have a student from another hall to
dinner, she will consult the list, and

the name of a student who has signed
out.’ Any exchange for lunch must
be arranged by the old system.

 

‘able

sign the name of her guest opposite

 

standing.

Panofsky Explains
Neo-Platonism as
Influence on Titian

 

Philosophical Stil Developed
By Ficcino and Members
Of Platonic Academy .

CHRISTIAN AND PAGAN
CREEDS ARE FUSED.

Goodhart, 7.—In his
fourth lecture, Mr. Panofsky explained
the heo-PYatonic system as the philoso-

phy of*the Renaissance. He described
its development by Ficcino and other
members of the Platonic Academy in
Florence, and its influence on Titian,
exemplified in three of his best known
paintings, The Allegory, The Educa-
tion of Cupid, and Sacred and Profane
Love.

Ficcino was the soul of the informal
society which comprised the Floren-
tine Academy. His task was three-
fold: To translate the documents of
Plato and Plotinus; To coordinate
them into a living system; and to
find a new Platonic meaning in old
writers and ‘harmonize it with the
Christian religion, the first attempt to.
fuse the Christian philosophy baaath a
great pagan philosophy.

In Fiecino’s universe, God is uni-
form action, not movement, a God
in whom being, thinking, and willing
are the same. | “He fills the universe
without being filled, pervades it with-
out being pervaded, and includes it
without being included.” Ficcino
conceived of a sphere with God on the
outside, then concentric circles of cos-
mic mind and celestial’ world. The
celestial world is called cosmic soul,
as against cosmic mind,.and is mov-
with self-induced movement.
Here we have pure causes. Cosmic
spirit connects these causes with na-
ture, which is no longer incorruptible,
but composed of forms and matter,
and matter is the innermost circle.
The concentric spheres are one living
thing, with a current of energy flow-
ing from above to below, each circle
of being contemplating and caring ~
for the one within it.

For his conception of the human
soul, Ficcino shared a belief in the
analogy between the macrocosm and
the microcosm, where body and soul
correspond to the material and the im- —
material. Propagation, growth, and
perception are determined by the
physical condition. The higher soul
has two faculties, reason and mind;
reason communicates with the body,
mind with the cosmic or divine mind.
Mind has to illuminate.reason during
her struggles with body, and is thus
sometimes forced to look down instead
of up.

Continued on Page Four

MODEL LEAGUE WILL
BE HELD AT RUTGERS

 

 

November -

 

 

Merion Showcase, November 9.—
The International Relations Club. met
this afternoon to discuss the possi-
bility of attending the Model League
of Nations which is to be held this
year at Rutgers University on April
7, 8, and 9. Five countries were voted
on as possible for representation.
They are, in preferential order: Rus-
sia, France, China, and England and
Argentina, the last two tying for fifth
choice.

Since the Model Assembly is going
to discuss the ‘Far Eastern problem,
and the relation of the League to ~
foreign interference in internal con-
flicts, any one of these countries
would be important. Russia is promi-
nent in both categories, for she is con-
cerned in interference in Spain as
well as in the Far East.’ France is
also prominent. in international af-
fairs, whereas England has not only
an integest in China and the Mediter-
ranean afea, but also retains a key
position in international affairs. Ar-
gentina is important mainly “because
of her leading part in South America
and because she entertains the hope
of bringing all countries together,

under her own guidance, in an effort ~~

toward international peace and under-