¢} be tirss j/ ‘THE COLLEGE a ee ee -VOL. XXIII, No. 6 . = BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1936 Copyright BRYN MAWR COLLEGE NEWS, 1936 PRICE 10°GENTS — Getting Jobs Needs Definite Technique, Says Mrs. Gilbreth Sees Increasing Opportunities In Non-Productive Fields Such as Stores POTENTIAL WRITERS ' MUST SEND MATERIAL ~~ The Deanery, November 5. — An ability to do work of high quality, a readiness to work hard, and the power of adaptability are the most desirable qualities for any type of -vocation, said Mrs. Gilbreth, in her informal ‘speech to the seniors and a few grad- ‘uate students. Opportunities steadily increasing now, especially in “non-productive” fields such as per- sonnel work, which has had to be cur- tailed in past years. stores are eager to take on new peo- ‘ple, and there are great possibilities for working to. the top, if one is pre- pared to lead a hard and demanding life at first. There is a definite technique which can be used in looking for a job, and it is a good idea, if possible, to gain practice by spending a few days dur- ing a vacation in being interviewed for one job or another even if one is not ready to take the work. Poise and ease of manner are essential, and one should go to an interview with a list, either mental or actually on paper of all one’s assets. An inter- viewer. usually wishes to know about the background and experience of an applicant, and many things which seem unimportant may be exactly the sort of thing which is needed in the position. One must be ready to tell ~of-extra-curricular “activities, the lan- guages one is familiar with, and to answer pleasantly all questions, whether or not they may sound im- pertinent. An interview is always a helpful experience. Secretarial work, as* an end in it- self, or as an entering wedge, is inter- esting. and as a field is not too overcrowded. Teaching should be con- sidered as a life-work, and not merely as a last resource. Here one’s non- academic interests are important and a girl must face real competition from active young men who are making teaching their chief interest. Appren- ticeship is valuable training, to ease one into the work, and to give one practice under the most favorable con- Continued on Page Five are Now many large ki . COLLEGE CALENDAR Wednesday, November 11.—Col- ° lege Council Meeting. . Miss Park’s house. 6.30 p. m. Thursday, November 12.—A. S. U. meeting. Common Room, ~ 8 p. m. Saturday, November 14.—Var- sity hockey game versus Phila- delphia Cricket Club. Lower hockey field. 10 a. m. Sunday, November 15.—James G. McDonald will speak on European Realignments. Deanery. 5 p. m. Wednesday, November 18.—Paul Hazard will speak on Un Pré-Romantique de 1730 — VAbbé Prévost. Goodhart. 8.15 p. m. ; Thursday, November 19.—Var- sity and. second team hockey games versus University of Pennsylvania’s first and sec- ond teams. Lower hockey field. 4 p. m. Dr. Alice Solomon will speak on Social Workers I Have Known. Social Econ- omy Seminary. 8 p. m. Saturday, November 21.—Var- sity hockey game _ versus Merion Cricket Club. Lower hockey field. 10 a. m. One-act plays. Goodhart. 8.30 p. m. : Sunday, November 22. — Rev- erend Henry P. Van Dusen will conduct chapel service. ‘Music Room. 7.30 p. m. Wednesday, November 25. Thanksgiving vacation begins. 12.45 p. m. NUCLEUS HEARS TALK ON FILM DEVELOPMENT Undergraduate Room, November 10. —At the first afternoon lecture meet- ing of the Nucleus, campus camera organization, Mr. _ Walter Michels spoke to a small but enthusiastic group on the Theory and Practice of Development, outlining the principal methods, and concluding his talk with an actual demonstration. Following the lecture a short busi- ness meeting was held, at which Mar- garet McEwan, ’39, was elected secre- tary-treasurer. The possibility of using a room in the basement of Tay- lor for developing and printing is being investigated. The next meeting of the Nucleus has been tentatively set for Novem- ber 17, at which time a demonstration of printing will be given. The mem- bers 6f the club have decided to meet on alternate Tuesdays, instead of weekly as was at one. time planned. Billet Doux Cause Breathless Silence _ Among Participants of Scavenger Unit Gymnasium, November 7. — The scavenger hunt, given by the seniors for the freshmen, was not only suc- cessful but revealing, mainly of the love letters, but also of freshmen in- genuity. in deceiving the judges. Nine teams of six freshmen started from the Gym at 8.30 Friday evening and returned at 9.30 with a rare as- sortment of God’s creatures and manu- factured objects. The list of miscellany was devised by Elizabeth Washburn, ’37, and a committee. The judges who exer- cised their jurisdiction altruistically were Miss. Gardiner, Mr. and Mrs. Max Diez and Mr. Watson. The period devoted to the reading of the love letters was worth the whole evening. Each team was obliged to bring a billet doux, preferably genu- ine, and the denizens of the Gym were breathless. Unfortunately names were scratched out so that there is no reference on hand for the follow- ing “best blurb” of the evening.: “It was such wicked fun, you delightful seducer of susceptible men.” The French lettre d’amour sounded more like a midwestern college man who -..had once taken French than a wicked “——soveign@it-—_. ‘TEMS+?”">-cafiéFe que vous trouverez quelqu’un y vous don- nera tous l'amour que vous ne voulez that universal je ne sais quoi. (But this column does not profess to be a court of love.) One freshman cer- tainly put away her pride when she produced a letter which ended “to the girl who smiled in vain.” Another more flattering version of the same is “to the girl on whom 7 smiled in vain.” The judges deemed that one of the best displays, for “the funniest thing” was the mirror in which they were supposed to see their own reflections. The idea itself is not very original, but the judges liked the principle of the thing. Another entry in this class’ was a youthful village pickaninny dressed in a gym suit. He was em- barrassingly noncommittal even with the refreshments. Besides letters, funny things and hairs, night watchmen in flannel pa- pamas appeared and foreign flags, one which was white ,with a swastika painted on it. ‘This:was not allowed because it was “synthetic.” There were several small live dogs, includ- ing a setter for “exotic contrast.” In general the pictures of Haile Selassie and Mahatma Ghandi depicted the subjects as footsore and worn. The best “long-handled spdon” was a shovel. se as . The group which won the first prize received a basket of forty suckers and the boobies won six baby dolls. Editors of ‘Lantern’ Praised and Warned Stories Recs “School and Shop” Considered Examples of Good Workmanship BOCK’S PLEA ENDORSED (Especially. contributed by Karl T. Anderson.) : = To attempt at one turn of the press. to convert, a magazine notorious for its “puré, aloof asceticism” into a journal ri the discussion ‘of real affairs is a bold step. For having taken that step the editors of the Lantern Hust be commended. But they must also be warned. For in making so revolutionary a change they court two great dangers. There is, first, the risk that fervor will get the better of skill. The editors will not find it easy to remember and to make the contributors remember that writing, no matter what it is about, is still writing, and that it must be t}done carefully. Second, there is the danger, both treacherous and immi- nent, that in encouraging the Lan- tern in its effort to “encounter the deep and the hard” people will forget the necessity for uncompromising criticism. The new policy is too good a one to be allowed to drift. Hence the apparent harshness of the re- marks which follow. The center of the current issue is given over to four articles setting forth the platforms of as many po- litical groups.. I cannot give them much praise as examples of thinking. Democrats may be pleased to learn, however, that despite the careful silence of the party on the matter, the administration really has_ the constitution in mind and is. prepared to favor a “clarifying amendment” (p. 14). They may be relieved to know also that Mr. Landon talked about the constitution only to fill up the time; his real worry was only the extravagance of Mr. _ Roosevelt. (p. 19.) Everybody will be glad to know that the Democrats have a way to increase foreign trade, while at the same time carrying out the great Republican desire to protect thor- oughly the domestic market. (p. 13.) In the Socialist ranks the company is more discriminating. The author sees, at least, a few of the defects and deficiencies in the platforms of the “capitalist” parties, and she is not afraid to mention one or two of the evasive tendenies of Mr. Thomas. (p. 24.) With the Communists dia- lectic is dead. The new Communism (American model) can work in a capitalistic frame, and it can find the blessing of Marx for charging inter- est on loans to farmers who safely may be allowed to own privately their land and other instruments of pro- duction. (p. 26.) Now political platforms are no great credit to the intellect; they are only vote-getting instruments. It is inevitable that the writers presenting the several platforms should be com- pelled to sacrifice intellect. My point is not, then, that they do the job badly, because with one exception they actually do it well. My point is that the whole matter might be at- tacked differently. It is our particu- lar privilege to be able to view affairs through the eyes of a student rather Continued on Page Four PROTEST SENT BY A. S. U. Common Room, November 5.—A let- ter was formulated at a meeting of the A. S. U. to be sent to Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, as a protest on the Bob Burke case. This deals with the ex- pulsion of a student who — spoke against Columbia’s representation at the 500th Anniversary Celebration of Heidelburg University. The A. S. U. throughout the country is campaign- ing for his reinstatement. This Thursday the A..S. U. will have as guest speaker Carlos March, movements. /‘ ° SIX PROFESSORS GIVE CURRENT EVENTS TALKS While Mr. Fenwick is away on his South American diplomatic mission, the weekly Current vents lectures will be given by various members of the faculty, each of whom will speak on a single topic of contemporary in- terest. During the presidential cam- paign, domestic ‘questions naturally overshadowed foreign affairs; but now that the country is in the post-election doldrums, it seems appropriate to give more attention to foreign problems. For this reason, the series will in- clude four lectures on foreign and two on domestic subjects. The time will continue to be Tuesdays at 7.30 p. m. and. the speakers have been instructed to close promptly at eight o’clock. The program as arranged is as follows: » November 10—“The Election in Retrospect.” Mr. R. H. Wells. November 17—“Spain Today.” J. E. Gillet. November 24—“The United Front in European Labor.” Mrs. M. P. Mr. Smith. December 1—“The New Russian Constitution.” Mr. H. A. Miller. December 8—“The President’s So- cial Security Program.” Miss Hertha Kraus. December 15—“The New Constitu- tion of India.” Mr. W. R. Smith. HAZARD TO LECTURE ON L’ABBE PREVOST Paul Hazard, who is to lecture here on November 18, is .one of Bryn Mawr’s favorite speakers. This opin- ion is reflected in his own France, where he was the most popular lecturer at the Sorbonne. From there he was called to the Collége de France, and he has. been exchange professor at Har- | vard, the University of Chicago and Columbia. He was the second Flex- ner lecturer here. Harvard honored him in September with the decree of Doctor of Laws. Mr. Hazard’s field is that of com- parative literature, especially in the Italian field, and he is extremely popular’ in Italy. His chief work, which appeared in 1935, is La Crise de la Conscience Européenne. Among his other books is the Etudes sur Ma- non Lescaut, and he will present in his lecture here some new material concerning the author of this delight- ful eighteenth century novel. He de- livered the same paper on the occa- sion of the Harvard Tercentenary, where it had great success. The sub- ject is Un Pré-Romantique de 1780: “Holiday” Selected By Varsity Players And Cap arid Bells Play is Sophisticated Comedy On Pre-Depression Troubles Of Idle Rich REHEARSALS ALREADY WELL UNDER CONTROL Rehearsals are well under way for Holiday, the comedy by Philip Barry which Varsity Players and Haverford Cap and Bells are giving as their fall play. A notoriously successful pro- duction, it was first produced on Broadway in. 1927, and treats of the re-depression troubles of the idle rich. The dialogue is swift and sophisticated and the problems are not social but personal. The entrance of the fiancé of one of their daughters into the life of the well-established Seton family brings about a conflict between the ideals of Linda, the older girl, and the rest of the family. Linda’s sister; Julia, returns from a visit to Lake Placid engaged to Johnny Case, an attrac- tive young man who is determined to lead a life entirely different from the Seton’s. He wants to “retire young and work old,” and has no desire for wealth as an end in itself. Linda is completely in sympathy with his de- sires and promptly falls in love with him. Julia, on the other hand, dis- covers that she cannot understand him at all, which discovery gives rise to a further set of complications. The play ends happily, but the solution is not an obvious one, There are two sets, both interiors, of the Seton’s New York establish- ment; the decor is of the Stanford White period. The two scenes are contrasted. with each other, for the first is the richly paneled living room, whose furnishings discreetly exude wealth, while the second act is laid in the children’s old playroom on the top floor, the only room of the house, according to Linda, in which any one has ever had any fun. Haverford will cooperate with the staging of the play as well as with the acting. The cast follows: Julia Setono..6 5 eh ests Edith Rose Henry, the butler..... Tillman Saylor Johnny Case.........+ William Clark TANASE neck eerie Isabelle Seltzer Ned Seton, : divans Crosby Lewis Mr. Edward Seton........ Amos Leib Seton Cram. ous ives Daniel G. Santer Laura Cram Mary Hinckley Hutchings Susan Potter, Olga Miiller Abbé Prévost. Nick POtter, :i cesses & Robert M. Bird Bryn Mawr Ties Unbeaten Swarthmore Team, 2-2, in Season’s Most Thrilling Game In the most exciting game of the hockey season, the Bryn Mawr Var- sity tied Swarthmore, 2-2, thereby winning a great moral victory, since the Swarthmore team up to that time had been undefeated, untied and scored on only once. Five minutes after the opening whistle Weadock, our right wing, dribbled the ball from the fifty-yard line to the shooting circle, found a hole in the opposing ranks and shot the ball through it into the goal. It was a difficult shot to accomplish, but the timing and angle of direction were so perfect that the ball went into the goal almost untouched by the oppon- ents. The half ended with Bryn Mawr in the lead, 1-0. In the second half our goal was threatened more than in the first period. Once the ball faltered on the edge of the white line, finally deciding to roll out of bounds. However, it was not long before E. Jackson, Swarthmore’s captain and center for- ward, was rushing the goal to tie the score, The gallery was wild by this time. Swarthmore had various male contin- gents scattered over thé’ sidelines to root for them, but we too had some bass support from members of the Haverford student body. tm In the middle of the half Bennett shot a nice goal past the goalie who had come out to meet her. We were again ahead. The question was, could we hold the lead? There were still ten minutes to play. E. Jackson, followed by the rest of the Swarthmore forwards, rushed an- other shot into the goal and the score was tied again. Either team could win with some eight minutes left to play. Bryn Mawr made a last valiant threat to score, but the Swarthmore goalie held her ground and the final score was 2-2, an ending which sat- isfied Bryn Mawr sympathizers be- cause it had been brought about by brilliant playing on both sides. Bryn Mawr functioned as a formidable unit. Not only was there coopera- tion among the forwards, but also be- tween themselves and the backs, among whom Bright and Norris were outstanding. The spirit of the team, as in other Swarthmore games, was considerably . better than usual. Might it be due to the rallying effect of an audience or a cheering section to encourage the play- ers? part. it played. __ - (Line-up_Page 3) This seems to have_had some-_ _ thing to do with it, however small a ; Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS opinion. THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year (excepting durin Thanksgiving, | _Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest & ray sori College--at-—-the--Maguire..Building, Wayne,.Pa., and. Bryn _ wr ege Cc 1936 Member 1937 Associated Collegiate Press The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be peeeretet either “wr or in part without writtén permission of the Editor-in-Chief. ae Editor-in-Chief HELEN FISHER, ’37 < megane News Editor | 7 E. JANE SIMPSON, ’37 Editors ELEANOR BAILENSON, ’39 ABBIE INGALLS, ’38 MARGERY C. HARTMAN, ’38 JEAN MorRILL, 89 MARGARET HowsON, ’38 MARGARET OTIs, 39 Mary H. HUTCHINGS, ’37 JANET THOM, bg SUZANNE WILLIAMS, ’38 ‘Business Manager Advertising Manager AGNES -ALLINSON, ’37 Mary WALKER, ’38 Aésistants ETHEL HENKLEMAN, 38 LOUISE STENGEL, 37 Subscription Manager Assistant DEWILDA NARAMORE, ’38 Mary T. RITCHIB, ’39 | * Graduate Correspondent : VESTA SONNE SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME . Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office Politics Begin at Home The booing and cheering of the.election is over; the people of. the country have returned once more to their work and to constructive rather than defensive criticism of the country’s problems. One of the gravest of these to the students of the country is the need for trained non-political civil service men and women in every branch of the gov- ernment, and back of them a trained and deeply interested public Both labor and industry ‘are too busy and too one-sided to run the affairs of the nation. The present political party and spoils system is an abomination to everyone in the country except the profes- sional politician. Yet none of these three inadequate methods is necessary. England has a civil service system which draws and trains the best young men of the country to service for the people. America could well follow suit, and not permit the best young people to go into business, as they do now, because that is more lucrative or because the name “politics” has become contaminated. Yet when we ask for the “why” of the present political graft and the general disinterest of the abler and better men and women in the government we find the fault in the education which we college: stu- dents are receiving. What we know of the government, its aims and its methods we learn from the newspaper headlines, or at best from an entirely theoretical course in- politics or economics, . The precise “whats” never reach our attention. In the best of college educations we learn a scholar’s detachment, but seldom a citizen’s obligation. We receive neither the stimulation to public service nor the factual basis on which to proceed once given-that stimulus, Yet many of the thou- sands of us now in college might becom¢ excellent civil service employees or sincerely responsible citizens if we/had any firm ground on which to move. In this college excellent courses in polities, economics and social economy are offered, but they total eleven and one-half units. Few students are willing: so to confine themselves, even to become good citizens, The first year courses are crowded today, but they present a limited and an abstract view of a very factual field. Other colleges have felt the need for a factual course falling beneath and between these two, and have instituted it as required civics. At many colleges it is the most popular course on the campus, because students sincerely want to know what makes the wheels 6f government go ’round. Regard- less of ideals of scholarship and without theory and footnotes, they want to know simply and vividly what they may do to make those -wheels run more smoothly. Only a general course not cluttered with detail can elucidate for the average student how the government works, what trade unions are and why business opposes them, what happens in soil erosion and how to stop it, what might happen if trade barriers were lowered and who would be affected, what the stock exchange is and why, what our civil service is and what other nations have done with theirs. These and a hundred others are questions for which everyone wants answers and for whose answers few will work four years. The college would probably rebel against dropping one of its two English requireds in favor of a course in civics. Therefore, if such a radical move cannot be made either (1) one of the three present extracurricular courses—hygiene, diction or body mechanics—could be dropped and a civics course taken up; or (2) at an hour, twice a week, when there are no other classes or lab, lectures in such a course, with purely voluntary attendance, could be given. It is the firm opin- ion of this board that, if the latter were done and the lectures were - yivid, direct and factual, the facts and the problems of government oa ; - last week realize what a great help it is to kitow exactly what kind of would become a truly vital element in our lives, instead of an idle appendage. Help to the Hazy Getting a job in this day is just as difficult as keeping one used to be. The prospects for all of us, seniors in particular, become gloomier instead of brighter as the year wears on. It is then most fitting and cheering that Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth should be Vocational Adviser to the college, and that'she should be available at frequent intervals through- out the year. All those students who saw Mrs. Gilbreth during her office hours - jobs there are within any field and exactly how to go about asking for those jobs. Sanaa peer se sien < oar nee hawe vi — a eerie Mabaald ag: Al la The Students Speak: Below appear two letters from seniors who have had difficulties with the orals system and who feel that it does: not bring the desired results. This is only one side of the situation. The News should like to hear from (1) the Dean or a member of the |German department on what the orals propose to do and wherein lies their strength; (2) a member. of the fac- ulty in the *science -and another in the art or archeology departments, where reading in French and German is assigned in large quantities; (38) a senior who had little trouble with the orals and feels that she learned to read the two languages with the Jaid of a dictionary; (4) students who have taken the proposed substitute courses in French and German litera- ture. COURSES SUGGESTED . IN PLACE OF ORALS To the Editor of the College News: -No one> who has -been ‘a frequent victim .of the Orals or who has seen her friends suffer from that seemingly relentless “F,” can help feeling that the orals system works very badly. Although the complaints are toned by the frenzy. of the night before or by the emotion of those dreadful Monday mornings before the envelope is finally torn open, nevertheless there is a sound and constructive criticism be- neath these cries. The principal. behind .the require- ment of a reading knowledge of French and German is one which is fully recognized and acclaimed, but the fault lies in the means, not the end. A student can cram for an ex- amination and then, as_ everyone knows, she will forget a large per- centage of this material within a few months. A mechanism which allows this inadequacy of preparation is use- less. Secondly, studying for the Orals under the present system is an extra-curricular activity. It requires either taking a course for which one does not get credit, either at, college or at Summer School, or else studying on one’s own, since Elementary Ger- man here is admitted to be insufficient. And this injustice becomes’strikingly evident in students who are not al- lowed to take part in campus activi- ties because of their lack of merits, but are forced to slave over an extra language while getting behind in their units. Both these criticisms could be resolved by requiring students to take courses in French and German for credit, instead of merely an examina- tion. This would insure a permanence of the material studied as well as a minimum waste of time. A second. criticism is directed against the rule that a student can- not be examined in her entering lan- guage until her junior year. If she knows enough of that lafiguage when she is a freshman, she should be al- lowed to try the examination when she wants to. But it would be still better to have her take the required course as soon as she likes, and in- crease her commartrd6f the tongue im- mediately instead of giving her two years in which to forget it. A third criticism is one which is not so easily met, but which never- theless presents an important prob- lem. Some allowance should be made for the science majors who are apt to have difficulty with languages. Everyone realizes that some students simply do not have ‘a language sense, and this is characteristic of the type of thinking they are accustomed to and very capable of doing. One way out is to have the content of the ex- amination neutral material, which puts everyone on an equal footing. But this problem, like the others, would not even arise if courses in- stead of examinations were required. The emotional effect of the Orals constitutes their major fault. The far-reaching terror which has been in- stilled in us, not by upperclassmen but by experience, increases with each new failure. The intense discourage- ment which results from a defeat after months of hard work has a downing effect on the rest of one’s studies. and inevitably permeates all one’s activities. The Orals are not the most important part of a Bryn Mawr education and they should not | be allowed to have the unhealthy in- fluence that their unfair conditions and . justified reputation have given them. ALice Gére KING, ’37. REVISIONS SUGGESTED WITHIN ORAL SYSTEM To the Editor of the College News: As much as we hate to admit it, I think we realize that the idea be- hind the Orals is a very good one. A reading knowledge of French and Gerfnan ‘is a benefit to everyone and ‘|}an' absolute necessity to anyone doing graduate work, particularly in scien- tific fields: - But I feel that the pres- ent system is not only painful, but it does not prove whether or not we have that reading knowledge. At present most students. enter on French, but are not allowed to take the. Oral in that subject until their junior year. The penalty—and it is a penalty—of waiting two years seems a very unfair one. Either the students must continue to study French .during those two years or they must cram for. the examination at the last minute. Everyone admits that crammed knowledge is not last- ing knowledge, and isn’t it lasting knowledge that we are seeking? If we want to pass the French oral and then forget that knowledge, why can’t we take the exam in the fall of fresh- man year? If we don’t want to for- get it, why not give us the alternative of taking the First Year course in French Literature and_ substituting the final examination for the oral? Under this system the students would have the chance to prove that at some point in their college career they had ‘a reading knowledge of French— which is all that the present system means—or they would be able to escape the torture of taking the oral by substituting a course which is both interesting and far more beneficial than an examination. Students who offer German for en- trance credit should be given the same choice of taking the oral Freshman year or of taking a course in German literature similar to the French course. Of the two German courses which would fall into this category at present, one is too advanced and one too elementary. Why not replace the Elementary Reading course by a literature course concentrating more on rapid reading ability and less on details of structure? This might be made into a full unit course and credit received as such. Only the excep- tional student is able té pass the oral and so take the present course in First Year German Literature after the training she has gotten in school. Most of the undergraduates, how- ever, do not enter on German, but must take Baby German, and again only the exceptional student can pass the oral after this course alone. The average student has then two choices of action—either she must spend a whole year in the Elementary Reading course, for which she gets no credit and which takes a full unit’s time, or she must submit to two weeks’ hectic cramming before the oral, which does her no permanent good and does real harm to her regular work. Why not substitute after the Baby German course the choice of. taking an ex- amination or of taking the Literature course suggested above for students who entered on German? I realize that the Oral Committee has devised the present system as one which they feel is the best for giving us a reading knowledge of these lan- guages, but I wonder if they realize how few of us who have passed the orals can really read French and Ger- man with any ease. While the spirit of experimentation—so evident in pre- senting us with comprehensives—is already begun building concretely for that goal. More important than college itself is the problem of what to do afterwards and how to go about it. With increasing specialization and complexity in every field the novice cannot know where to turn for the -best. results. In such circumstances expert vocational advice’ is necessary; and here last week Mrs. Gilbreth proved a wetl that advice can be given. , pico .as assistants on the Busi- - « Try Outs! Tryouts for the Editorial Board-of. the College: News are due on Thursday, “November. 12, at-five o’clock. For all informa- tion, see Helen Fisher, Rock 10. still high, why not carry it further and try a new system, and a more ef- ficient one, of giving us a “Reading Knowledge” of French and German? Lucy HUXLEY KIMBERLY, ’37. LIGHTING. PRESENTS IMMEDIATE PROBLEM a To the Editors of the College News: It was with great interest that I read your editorial of last week re- garding the lighting system of the college. . Certainly you are bringing up the question which most needs im- mediate solution. It is, I am con- vinced, the one point on which the student body will agree; it would not only be more comfortable to have more and better lighting, we absolutely need it. This not only applies to the stu- dents’ rooms and Taylor, ‘but also to the smoking rooms in the halls, and éSpecially the laboratories in Dalton. We could probably get on very well without new science apparatus or new wings in the library—we could prob- ably get oh without. the variety of courses and the proportionately large number. of professors which Bryn Mawr offers at present—but the ques- tion of the proper enjoyment of ap- paratus, buildings and courses rests with the lighting system perhaps more than any other factor. Right now many students are using sixty or seventy watt bulbs in open defiance of college regulations. They cannot be excused for this, but cer- tainly it should not’ be necessary for them to do so. I reflect the sentiments of the stu- dents, I am sure, when I compliment. you’on the stand you have taken, and I hope that there will be some response to your plea in the near future. Yours truly, PATRICIA ROBINSON, ’39. SIMPLER MAY DAY IS ADVISED FOR FUTURE To the Editors of the College News: I am writing in answer to your edi- torial in the October 14 issue on May Day. A year before May Day is scheduled to take place the under- graduates vote, to be sure, on whether there will be a May Day. But just before they vote they are shown beau- tiful and impressive movies of the last May Day. To their bewildered eyes the finished product looks gay and exciting. Little is heard from the one class in college who has been through a May Day and in a moment of ecstasy the undergraduate body is carried away and votes unanimously in favor of it. But who told them that they would rehearse five hours a week for two months; that their leisure hours from 12 to 2 o’clock in the morning would be snatched away by desperate com- mittees who had to have 5,000 paper flowers the next day or six pairs of fairies’ wings? They told them that it would be work, lots of work. But little was said until May Day had been voted on. Then they were faced with the problem. Bryn Mawr must not lose money in this endeavor. This must be a bigger and better May Day! In the early days of Bryn Mawr, May Day was comparatively unpre- tentious. There were no professional directors, professional costumes and professional set designs to make it a perfect and authentic performance. Those May Days must. have had the usual flaws of an amateur production, but they were done by the under- graduates, advised by the faculty. I do not think that Bryn Mawr in the future can give a distinctly in- ferior May Day, when such a high standard has been set. It is too late now to take back what has been done. I think that if the students feel the urge for presenting a pageant of some kind it must be something of an en- tirely different sort, which they cast, direct and produce themselves, helped by the outsiders they may choose. Sincerely, A PARTICIPANT. ‘News’ Elections . The College News takes great pleasure in announcing the elec- tion of Mary Ritchie, ’39, Mary Walker, "38, and Mary Whalen, bres cord ot te College Nee aa & ‘cil for the Prevention of 2 | THE COLLEGE NEWS Page ‘Three World Affairs Topic Of Jamies McDonald: Associate Editor of N. Y.' Times Is Authority on Foreign Relations ACTIVE IN PEACE WORK James ‘B. McDonald, noted author- ity on foreign affairs and former League of Nations High Commissioner for German Refugees, will speak in the Deanery, November 15, at five o’clock. Mr. McDonald is now asso- ciate editor of the New. York Times. In addition he is holding: office as vice-president of the National. Coun- r, hon- orary chairman of the Foreign Policy Association, member of the Commis- sion on International Justice and Good-Will of the Federal Council of Churches, and trustee of the Ameri- can Council of the Institute of Pa- cific Relations and of the Twentieth Century Fund. In 1919 he acted as co-organizer of the Foreign Policy Association over which he presided as chairman for 14 years. During Mr. McDonald’s extensive travels in Europe, Russia, South America, China and Japan, he has ‘met leading personalities. of. the world, including Adolph Hitler, Be- nito Mussolini, Aristide Briand, David Lloyd George, Eleutherias Venizelos. Because of Edward Benes and] Re ve YEAR BOOK COST REDUCED | , 7 A decidedly 1987 air and ingenious innovations were cagily referred. to by..Anne Marbury, Editor-of-the Year | Book, as its main features. Surpris- ingly enough, these may be had for $2.25, a 50 cent reduction under last year’s price. The books, which valliupe distrib- uted. on. May 1,*will ‘have ‘all new campus photos as well as snapshots. If any student has good pictures of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, May Day, Little May Day, Last Day of Classes, Lantern Night, or of any seniors, the committee would appreci- ate the loan of these. ‘It is essential, however, that they be clear and glossy prints. The assistant editorggare: Elizabeth | Lyle and Betty Anne Stainton. Sophie Hemphill is in charge of the art, Janet Phelps of photography, and Lucy Kimberly of subscriptions. Alice King is business manager, Josephine Ham, advertising manager, and Margaret Houck, assistant adver- tising manager. , the different capacities in which he hes acted, Mr. McDonald has had unique opportunities to become fa- miliar with the working of the League of Nations and with the governments »f Europe, He studied as a fellowship student from the University of Indiana at Harvard University and later filled teaching appointments at Harvard, deliffe and Indiana University. He ‘s a native of Ohio. — FOR DIGESTIONS SAKE... SMOKE CAMELS Camels increase digestive activity — encourage a sense of well-being! Playgts Send ‘Thanks The mempers of the. Scottish and Irish hockey teams who vis- ~ited.the. campus last week have written to thank Miss Park’and the college for their hospitality. The captain of the Scottish team writes: “We were all charmed with. the college and just spent the days going from one enjoy- able thing to ahgther, although the best part of the evening in Goodhart Hall was When we cou'd. breathe freely and relax » to watch the performances of the other ec SECOND, M' WINS, 2. 1, TIN CUARK STAR To supp'ement the moral victory ‘of last. Saturday, the Second Varsity hockey team came through with a more substantial victory over the Blacks and Manheim Monday after- noon. Although many of the players were playing out of their usual po- sitions, they did as well as some of the regulars. Peggy Martin, who usually plays in the backfield, was excellent at right wing. The score was tied atthe end—of the first half, but at the end of the second we emerged victorious by a score of 2-1. A. J. Clark scored both our goals with short, hard shots. It is significant to note that we tied this team three weeks ago, on October 21, with a final score, 1-1. Most of their former players were here this week. Outside of that tied game, the Second Varsity has won ITH healthy nerves and good digestion, you feel on top of the world. When yousmoke Camels with your meals and after, Camels help in two special ways: Tension is lessened and Camels promote : digestive well-being. So enjoy your Camels between courses and after eating. Strain eases. The flow of digestive fluids, so vital to proper nutrition, is speeded up. Alkalinity is increased. You get more good from what you eat. For an invigorating “lift” —for matchless taste—and “for diges- tion’s sake” —the answer is the same: Camels. Camels set you right! And they don’t get on your nerves. every game. It is an excellent record that the team can well be proud of. BRYN MAWR BLACKS AND ; MANHEIM P. Mart'n .... ¥. W. .... Bs Disston **A. J: Clark —..—r.i. .. a GENERAL his young lady just said a telephone full. And when you come to think of it, she’s right. There is no reason for not having a car with such modern conveniences, when General Motors is able to produce and sell its Cars in such volume you get these im- provements at no extra price. GENERAL Motors A ee Institution - OLDSMOBILE. - BUICK - LA SALLE + CADILLAC , GBP IBE GE TBE MBO MBE BP LIP I) LE I? TBP IIE TIP LEN IP ME LE LO PBS TS PD TR TERS TBO TIP MIE MBO MBO ME? MBO MIE MIRE AEP PP MBS IES RABE MBP GIO BPS LEO LES LEE LES MES TIP TEP MEO MBP MEO GHP MFO MBP MBO MBE MGS SBP aR | : i { i LE li to Z.. This imparts to . RR Rene * “e —*~ , eee ‘ during the. year. THE COLLEGE NEWS a j j Page Five _ Dinner Series Begun By Graduate School Gillet E Desiaides Shei: ba ciiddnn | Upon Political and Social Views of Spain SPANISH LETTERS READ Combining interests with the grad- uate students in the Romance Lan- guage Departments, the members of. the Graduate Club and Miss Eunice M. Schenck were hostesses last Thurs- day at the first of a series of faculty dinners to be given in Radnor Hall The occasion was the opening meeting of the Romance Language Journal Club which ‘had selected for the subject-of its evening discussion, “Spain as it is today.” Dinner guests included the princi- pal speaker of the evening, Mr. Jos- eph Gillet and Mrs. Gillet, Miss Mary Sweeney, Miss Eleanor O’Kane, Miss Margaret Gilman, Miss Berthe Marti, M. Jean Guiton, Mlle. Germaine Brée and Miss Angelina Lograsso. After dinner the group’ was augmented by _ some. fifteen additional guests inter- ested in hearing the presentation of the Spanish topic. Mr. Gillet’s admirable development of the background that helps inter- pret and explain the social and’ po- litical factors operating in present day Spain was supplemented by com- ments from Miss O’Kane and Mr. Harold Wethey who were in Spain/ when the revolution began. Miss O’Kane has been in Madrid for the past two years teaching in the Resi- dencia de Senoritas. Mr. Wethey, who was marooned in Tarragona, had planned to spend a portion of the summer in Spain. Miss Sweeney, representative of the International Institute for Girls in Spain, read ex- cerpts of letters from friends alligned with different factions. Of interest to those unable to hear the discussion will be the following books mentioned by Mr. Gillet: Two novels on anarchism in Spain pub- lished this year are Ramon J. Sen- der’s Seven Red Sundays, about the activities of the anarchists in Bar- celona; and Olive Field by Ralph Bates. Three non-fiction books all published within the past few months are Spain in Revolt by Harry Gannes and Théodore Repard; Spain Today; Revolution and Counter-revolution by Edward Conze, and Spanish Tragedy by E. Allison Peers. Joseph A. Brandt’s Toward the New Spain, published in 1933, and The Origins of Modern Spain by J. B. Trend, appear- ing in 1934, are also recommended by Mr. Gillet as aids in understanding the chaotic situation in present day Spain. RADNOR HAS WEEKLY .“LANGUAGE TABLES” Advantageous as well as diverting are the “language tables” held weekly or fortnightly in Radnor Hall. At a table in the dining room seating eight or ten persons the French con- versational group meets on Monday evenings; the German group on Tues- days; the Spanish and Modern Greek on alternate Wednesdays; and the Italian on Thursdays. Last year as part of her responsi- bilities as the exchange teaching fel- low from France, Mlle. Paquerette Nasse presided over a weekly French table of graduate and undergraduate students in the department. This year, in cooperation with the French Club, Mlle. Nasse is again arranging for students to meet once a week at dinner and to converse in French. The other exchange teaching fellows, Miss Erika Simon and Miss Paola Fran- chetti, have organized similar tables for German and Italian conversation. Miss Mary Sweeney, representative of the International Institute for Girls in Spain and Ph. D. candidate in Spanish, is presiding over the Spanish table. Encouraged by the linguistic efforts of their fellow students, the members of the Archaeology and Greek De- partments have organized a table at which they are speaking Modern Greek. ———— PEERTEX HOSIERY BAR Seville Theatre aeons Seven Piece Orchestra, Buffet Supper, : -Well- ‘Waxed Floors F Feature at Rock Dance} ere Rockefeller Hall, November” Vom Catering to the various musical ap- petites represented by the 48 couples and the 21 stagettes, who supported the third Rock dance, Walter Howson and his seven piece orchestra strum- med away busily from 8 to 11.30 p. m. An ample buffet supper was served immediately preceding ‘the dancing, but further nourishment was presum- ably in pressing demand after the dance, if one is to judge from the rush to the Greeks. Stickler for perfection: though the committee was, a few mishaps o¢- curred. The flowers, instead of the orchestra, were a little later than ex- pected, and had been barely settled when the guests arrived. Then an over-enthusiastic dancer -(a guest at that) managed a fall and quite a slide across the beautifully waxed floor. Fortunately, he seemed rather hardy, for, still enthusiastic, he was gliding ahout on his feet the rest ae the eve- ning. This last incident’ was quite com-- prehensible to those of us who had tottered across Mac’s_ vigorously waxed floors during the day. After years of experience in polishing the expanse of Rock’s floors on his hands and knees, Mac now puts on ice- hockey guards when waxing and ca- pably propels himself about by vigor- ous swoops which we hardly know how to describe. Miss Comegys, warden. of Rocke- feller Hall, received with Lucy Kim- berley, ’37, hall president, and Mary Whalen, ’38, and Ruth Brodie, ’39, the dance committee. The faculty mem- bers present were: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Max Diez and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Watson. Mrs. Manning Discusses Purposes of Quizzes Opportunity Given to Review _ Material and Test Work Music Room, November 5.—Taking the philosophical view that students may be divided into two classes in their approach to quizzes, those who haven’t finished the reading and those who haven’t started the reading, Mrs. Manning discussed the purpose of quizzes and gave practical sugges- tions on how to prepare for them. The purpose of the mid-semester quiz is two-fold.' In the first place, it gives the student opportunity to re- view the ground covered and to or- ganize her material. This is particu- larly useful for freshmen who find they “have to put on speed” in order to get their work done when they come to college. Its second purpose is to allow the student as well as the faculty.a means of testing her ,work and to see how she “is getting on.” It is more important to the stu- dent than to the faculty because she can learn from the quiz and correct herself. In studying for the quizzes, Mrs. Manning considers reviewing to be more important than finishing every last page of the reading. It is better to have a general view of the subject than to cram in a lot of details, which one has never seen before, at the last minute. Mrs. Manning stressed the importance of “taking these things in your stride,” and advised particularly against staying up all night before the quiz. In reading courses a lot can be learned by going over the notes the night before, but in subjects where reasoning is necessary one needs awakeness of mind in taking the quiz, and, for this, staying up all night is not exactly a help. Getting Jobs Needs Definite Technique Continued from Page One ditions. Those who hope to write should be- gin at once to submit material, in order to havg some idea of their chances. Journalism is perhaps the hardest work of any, and writing is a very overcrowded field. As an avo- cation it may lead to great things, but it is best to be sure of earning some- thing in another job at the beginning. There are increasing openings for women in the scientific fields, though here particularly they must be pre- pared to work as hard as or harder than their male associates. Chemistry is perhaps the best field to enter, but there are chances in the others as well. Mrs. Gilbreth’s own interest is in engineering, and she says that the prejudices against women are grow- ing weaker all the time. Industrial pn offers good cope. Luncheon 40c - 50e - 75¢ | Meals a la carte MEALS SERVED Twenty Undergraduates Form New German Club M. Lee Powell Elected President, A. J. Clark Treasurer Bryn Mawr has been singing Ger- man songs and sporting an occasional pair of lederhosen for about as long as we can remember, but the spirit of the Tyrol, more robust than ever this year, has recently made its most concrete contribution to the life of the college in the form of a German Club. Spurred on by. the enthusiasm aroused by summer trips abroad and furthered by the Deutscher Tag, some twenty undergraduates met in the May Day Room on Wednesday of last week to discuss plans for a permanent organization. M. Lee Powell, ’37, and A. J. Clark, ’39, who aided in the di- rection of the Bryn Mawr skit given in Wilmington, were elected president and treasurer, respectively. The club will meet at frequent inter- vals for singing, dramatics and in- formal discussions, in addition to oc- casional Ausfliige, when time and weather conditions permit. All indoor activities are to take place in a room in Wyndham, where a piano and vic- trola may be used. Approximately thirty people, in addition to those present at the first meeting, signified their interest in be- coming members on slips posted in the various halls, raising the total po- tential membership to fifty. Dues will be 50 cents a year, and the $25 par- ticipation prize awarded to the Bryn Mawr group in Wilmington will serve the treasury as a temporary next-egg. Dr. Fenwick Sails After a hectic delay of six hours because of the longshoremen’s strike, Mr. Fenwick finally sailed for South America to attend the Peace Confer- ence which opens December 1. Mr. Fenwick will return early in January. In the meanwhile Mrs. Anderson is teaching the first-year course in Poli- tics and Mr. Charles Savage is tak- ing charge of the course in Elements of Law and the’ seminar in Constitu- tional Law. Dance After Play The Undergraduate Association wishes to announce that there will be a dance on December fifth; following the second performance of “Holi- day.” It will be given in the Dean- ery, from 10.30 to 1.30. Elections Results of the freshman elec- tions are: President, Eleanor Emery. Vice - President - Treasurer, Louise Sharp. Secretary, Carolyn de Chaden- edes. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE INN TEA ROOM ~~ Daily and Sunday 8.30 A. M. to 7.30 P. M. Afternoon Teas BRIDGE, DINNER PARTIES AND TEAS MAY BE ARRANGED ON THE TERRACE WHEN WEATHER = ' THE PUBLIC IS INVITED - ‘ i] ‘Telephone: Bryn Mawr 386 Dinner 85c - $1.25 and table d’hote Mise Sarah Davis, Manager _|supplant honors. Comprehensive Exam Demands Originality Complete Command of Subject Necessary for at Least One Of Three Tests COURSES INTERRELATED The comprehensive examinations in- stituted this year have not so much altered the work of the various de- partments as the point of view from. which students are approaching’ their work. Since the links between courses are seldom supplied in any lectures, the undergraduates are being compelled to depend upon themselves in their private reading to obtain this information. If they have any special interests to which they have devoted particular attention, they are likewise being forced to rely upon their own initiative in order to relate these interests to the general whole. Although the comprehensives fur- nish an opportunity for original thinking formerly given only by hon- ors work, these examinations do not They give a wide understanding that makes the deep but necessarily narrow. .investigation done by honors students and the specialized study of advanced courses far more significant. In almost every department it is required that one of the three three-hour examihations deal with the entire sweep of the sub- ject. Biology has this requirement; so. have chemistry, economics and poli- tics, geology, German, physics and psychology. In English and in his- tory of art, there are general exami- nations also, but they are limited to certain principles of style and criti- cism which can be made to apply to large and varied fields. French and Italian demand basic linguistic tests; Greek and Latin require first of all a test of knowledge of the language as shown in translation. In differ- ent ways, according to the different natures of their subjects, the depart- ments ask to be shown that each stu- dent has a grasp of the essential ele- ments of her work. After this, what most departments require is a more intensive knowledge within narrower limits. Each of the other three-hour examinations may deal with a single branch of the work offered, for the general test. In bi- ology, for example, one of these re- maining two examinations may be de- voted to embryology, the other to cytology or biochemistry or physi- ology, and so on. Again, only one of these need be given to a biological question, for it is also permitted that the third may deal with an allied sub- ject if the student so desires. In chemistry, not only an allied subject, but a laboratory performance is an alternative for this third examination. This is the most prevalent plan for the comprehensives, but there are also interesting variations. Although philosophy majors, for example, are tested inrespect to their knowledge of philosophy both ancient and mod- ern, they are not questioned on all aspects of philosophy. The particu- lar theme which they follow through history is the problem of the nature of the-mind. The different parts of philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, aes- thetics and so on are dealt with in only one examination and only as they appear in the system of one philoso- pher. Whoever majors ‘in history does not have to submit to one gen- eral examination ‘at all, for the sub- ject is obviously too big. This stu- dent must simply take three examina- tions in three different fields, one of which must deal with the history of the continent of Europe. In French, beside the linguistic test, there is one test as usual in a special field of literature, and then the third must follow the development of a single literary genre through the history of the French language. However any separate department may go about it, the common purpose of the comprehensives is to -relate ‘knowledge into an organism that lives in the minds of students, an organism which has proportion and logic, which in turn demands the use of proportion and logic in dealing with it. MADEMOISELLE BREE SPEAKS ON ALGERIA Common Room, November 10.—One of France’s most successful colonies was described most vividly by Ma- demoiselle Brée at the regular meet- ing of the French Club. She has been teaching at a lycée in Algeria for the four years since she was a graduate student at Bryn Mawr. There is far more to this beautiful North African province than meets the casual tourist’s eye. The region can be divided into three parts—the modern French towns on the coast, the high plateau of the more inland country and finally the desert interior, beloved of artists. The population is divided as well into the foreign ele- ment, composed of people of mixed French, Spanish and Italian blood, the Arab Mohammedans of the towns and the remnant of the old Berber stock, which is led by powerful chiefs, whose importance is both religious and political. In the interior are the “puritans of the desert,” the Moabites, who have been pushed farther and farther inland until they have reached a spot where water can only be ob- tained by deep wells. There are also the Tuaregs, the famous desert war- riors who always walk slowly because speed impiies that one ‘is afraid. France has made no attempt to con- vert the Algerians to Christianity, but has done a great deal to better living conditions and to allay the diseases prevalent among the natives. DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DURHAM, N. C. Four terms e never weeks are given each pent ge hese may be taken con- secutively (graduation in three and - quarter years) or three terms may be taken each year (graduation our years). The entrance require- Hed are intelligence, character and at least two years of college work, including the subjects specified for Grade A medical schools. and application forms’ tained from the Dean. Catalogues may be ob- Showing of WINTER FASHIONS for daytime for evening . . » for sports November 13th and 14th at the COLLEGE INN Bryn Mawr, Pa. Page Six _ecanns THE COLLEGE NEWS — ska Current Events __(Gleaned from Mr. Wells) Taking The Election in Retrospect as the subject of his lecture, Mr. Wells discussed both the predictions that had been made regarding the election and its actual results. The Literary Digest poll and the farm polls have both fallen very wide of the mark, the first representing too large a percentage of people with large incomes, the second minimizing the strength of the Democratic party in rural districts. Smaller and more localized polls were more. accurate, and Farley, who said that he would | give the Republicans two states, ap- ‘ -— to be the champion. crystal- gazer. j But while Roosevelt has the largest electoral majority since Monroe in 1820, the popular vote was only in a ratio of about 60 pér cent to 40 per cent. What is more serious is that the Democratic party has a majority in Congress which is larger than any has been for a considerable length’ of time. The Republican party has lost local patronage in a great many cities and ‘states and the destruction of its or- ‘ganized machine dooms the two-party ‘system. The minor parties played a -very unimportant part in the election and seem to have been pretty well dis- posed of. The results of the election cannot be solely explained. by the fact that the Democratic party has spent such large amounts of money on relief. It was more satisfactorily explained by Walter Lippman’s comment that to vote for the ins when things are going well and to vote for the outs when things are going badly is the essence of party government. ee & PO, Mr. Sprague Approached Drama With New Slant Arthur Colby Sprague’s arrival at Bryn Maver as Associate Professor in English ends a twenty-year affiliation with Harvard University, interrupted only by two years of military service during the war. Mr. Sprague Gerved with the American First Division and was cited for distinguished service in action. With the end of the war Mr. Sprague resumed his studies at Har- vard, obtaining his A. B. in 1921, his M. A. the following year and his Ph. D. in 1925. For the next five years he was an instructor in the Depart- ment of English. Then in 1930 he was appointed Assistant Professor and chairman of the Tutorial Board Di- vision of Modern Languages. Mx. Sprague’s particular absorp- tion in the English drama and in Elizabethan non-dramatic literature is evidenced by the books which’ he has published: Beaumont and Fletcher on the Restoration Stage, an edition of Samuel Daniel’s Poems and a De- fense of Ryme and Shakespeare and the Audience. At present he is at work on a volume which will also have to do with Shakespeare. A new course, Modern Drama, is being initiated into the curriculum by Mr. Sprague. His novel and in- formal approach to the subject has proved exceptionally stimulating and Mr. Sprague hopes to develop it further. JEANNETTE’S ‘ Bryn Mawr Flower Shop, Inc. Flowers for All Occasions 823 Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr 570 CRYSTOLOGY IS FIELD OF MR. A. L. PATTERSON (This is the third of a series of in- terviews with members of the faculty.) Mr. A. Lindo Patterson, Assistant Professor of Physics, finds little dif- ficulty in adapting himself to new en- vironments in view of his interestingly varied residences in the past. At fourteen he left Canada for England, where he remained until he was of college age. After graduating from McGill Un:versity he studied in Ger- many for a year. Having received his doctorate from McGill in 1928, he was appointed lec- turer there for the following year. Mr. Patterson spent the next two ears at the Rockefeller Institute. From 1931-1933 he’ lectured at the University of Pennsylvania. For the past three years Mr. Pat- terson has been doing research in crystal analysis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is con- t'nuing to investigate the structure of organic crystals by means of X-ray while at Bryn Mawr. In his spare time Mr. Patterson en- joys listening to concert music. His fondness for skiing seems to be the result of his Canadian background. Special prices to Bryn Mawr College lt A A A RENE MARCEL FRENCH HAIRDRESSER Permanent Waves of Distinction by Messieurs Rene Marcel, Martin and Joseph MIKADO REHEARSALS | BEGIN IN DECEMBER The Mikado is the choice of the Glee Club for the annual Gilbert and Sullivan production, it was announced by Irené Ferrer, ’37, president. The dates of the two performances will be April 23 and 24, about two weeks earlier than the dates selected in previous years so that seniors who are studying for comprehensives will be able to take part. One of the most familiar of the famous Savoy operettas, The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu is a mijd satire. on bureaucracy, laid in a municipal district of Japan. The main char- acters include Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, Pooh-Bah, the Mikado, Nanki-Pooh, his son, Yum-Yum, Ko- Ko’s ward, Katisha, Nanki-Pooh’s fi- ancée, Pitti-Sing, a school friend. Rehearsals for the operetta will be- gin a week or so after Thanksgiving, | and tryouts for ‘the specific parts among the members of the Glee Club MOSSEAU—O pticians A Complete Optical Institution Broken Lenses Duplicated Low Prices 610 Lancaster Ave. : Bryn Mawr 829 853 Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr 2060 will also begin aboutgthen. The ten- tative list of members has _ been posted on the bulletin board in Taylor, and the list of appointments for try- outs will be posted next week. Mr. Willoughby will be the con- ductor and musical director for the production and Mr. Horace Alwyne will be the director. The business manager is Mary Sands, ’38. Mem- bers of the Philadelphia Orchestra will play for tle performances. 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