# — Pp = a ee 1 aay it 2-615 THE COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XVIII, No. 4 BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA.,“°WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941 Copyright, Trustees of PRICE 10 CENTS Bryn Mawr College, 1940 A New Red Class Welcomed to Fold At Lantern Night Black Stocking Era Out Alice Crowder, ’42 The usual impressiveness of Lan- |, tern Night was enhanced by the advent of another red class. As the strange and—haunting melody and harmony of the traditional Pallas Athene Thea grew in volume from the first far-away strains in the depths of the library, the num- | ber of bobbing red glows increased ' until it filled the darkness of the | covered walk. The red lights were , weakly coordinated by the aput- | tering and all _ but _ invisible gleams of the blue lanterns of Senior lantern swingers. Like the manifestation of will-o’-the-wisps the lights and music seemed, until the Sophomores assembled around the pool and the results of 'the “end of the black stocking era” became apparent. Visible beneath the lan- terns were hundreds of legs. The illusion was broken, not to be re- stored until the freshmen filed back ; through/the cloisters. The peak of the ceremony came in the giving of lanterns to the Freshmen and the retreat of the Sophomores ac- companied by a sound like that of the flight of a flock of birds. Long before the Freshman hymn, which year after year proves its superiority over the more melodic Sophomore hymn in its lack of monotony, began to die away the crunch of gravel announced the de- parting guest, a deplorable sign of lack of consideration. In the singing in Pembroke Arch the Sophomores far excelled, par- ticularly in choice of lyric songs and in harmony. With the singing Continued on Page Four Calendar Thursday, October 23 International Relations Club, Common Room, 4.30 Py mi Friday, October 24 A./A. Talk on. Skiing, Mr. Von Neudegg, 7.30 P. M. Square Dance with Haver- ford, Gym, 8.30 P. M. Saturday, October 25 Hockey, Univ. of Penna. Sunday, October 26 Chapel, Dr. Howard Thur- man. Monday, October 27 Mary Moon, Vogue Prix de Paris, Deanery, 4.30 P.M, Dr. Richter, Attic Art in the Age of Tyrants, Good- hart, 8.30 P. M. ‘ Wednesday, October 29 Hockey, Swarthmore. Islands’ Sculpture Outlined by Richter In Flexner Lecture In the second Flexner lecture, Dr. Richter described the art of the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor and Egypt, and South Italy and Sicily in the late seventh and early sixth century, B. C. Among the islands, Aegina, an important mercantile center, was active in the sculptural, field and her seventh century coins are the earliest in European Greece. The great achievement of Thasos is the collossal Kriophorus of an early date. Naxos, largest and most fruitful of the Cyclades, was one of the first Greek states to experi- ment in the carving of stone sculp- ture; the dedications in the sanc- tuary of Apollo at Delos give us Continued on Page Three Bugs Are Bugs, But Bugs Aren't Beetles; Lepisma Saccharina Uses Military Tactics By Sally Matteson, ’43 Femininity is nowhere more blat- antly revealed than in reactions to insects. Our indiscriminate hor- ror of creepy, buzzy things is not in keeping with the Bryn Mawr tradition of mature inquiry and judgment. For there are bugs, and bugs. Only a few, in fact, are bugs. A June Bug, for instance, is actually a May Beetle. Some aren’t even insects. Spiders, who give the most ardent feminist a mo- mentary chill, are more _ nearly crabs; and the handsome, striped centipede, which we watched cir- cling the floor of a certain shower we know and disappearing quietly down the drain, is something quite different. Appalled at the mass ignorance, we have started a “Know What You’re Squealing At” «campaign. For days we have been chasing, trapping, and identifying speci- mens found inside college buildings. Our discover‘es may be divided roughly into things that crawl and things that fly. Crawling ones are more exciting. The gun-metal creature of. the Common Room floor, which has the | deadly, unerring approach of a small tank, is Lepisma Saccharina. He is fond of sugar, followed by a bit of wall-paper. Wednesday we pursued a triangular bug down a Pembroke corridor, and found that he is called Enschistus Variolarius and smells. He has an undesirable, and we hope scarce, relative, Cimex Lectularius, (Latin, lectus, bed). Another unpopular crawler, Peri- planeta Americana (cockroach), was seen scuttling in the kitchen of one of the halls—it shall be nameless. Little red wood-lice abound. We can only trust that they are the sole representatives of their tribe, for Reticulitermes Fla- vipes (termite), and Pediculus Capitis, (Latin, caput, capitis, head), are near lice cousins. Ants are too common to mention. Bee- tles are a confusion, but perhaps the black one in Merion basement was a Harpalus Pennsylvanicus. We note, by the way, a distressing tendency for species to be. called Pennsylvanicus, and, alas, there is one small fly whose name is Sapro- myza Philadelphica! Flying things are less interest- ing. Moths are enigmas, since no two look alike. Then there are mosquitoes, Anopheles and Culex, and thousands of Musca Domestica, but they are dull. Nobody screams at them. Female terror seems to be directly proportional to the length-of-insect-legs, and a “flying daddy long-legs,” Bittacomorpha Clavipes,—he who complains: “My six long legs, all here and there, Oppress my. bosom with des- pair,”— causes, perhaps, the most actual fainting. This is just the beginning of our research, but the next time your room-mate stands transfixed before a centipede, demanding hysterically that you remove him, just remem- ber that he is a Sentigera Forceps, close cousin of Lithobius Erythro- cephalus and Euphoberiidae Acan- therpestes, and act accordingly. a \ Alumnae Return for Successful Weekend, Hear Faculty Speak on War Perspective Representatives of Many Classes Return Alumnae weekend brought back many alumnae, representing a large number of classes, to the campus. The college offered them varied entertainment. Starting Friday evening with Lantern Night, the weekend activi- ties included two plays given by the Players’ Club—The Twelve Pound Look and Rosalind—an ad- dress by Dr. John D. Gordon at the formal opening of the Rare Book Room; and a series of four | lectures by members of the faculty in the departments of history and political science entitled Perspec- tive After Two Years of War. Election The Self-Government Asso- ciation takes pleasure in an- nouncing the election of Helen Resor as Vice-Presi- dent. B. M., Haverford and Swarthmore Continue Academic Cooperation In spite of hindrances the co- operative work between’ Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore continues this year with renewed vigor, Miss Park announced in her recent report to the Board of Di- rectors. There is the usual ex- change of Haverford and Bryn Mawr students_and_ the two —col- leges are using several professors in common. Moreover, Dr. Jorge Basadre of the University of San Marcos in Lima has been assigned for the year to Swarthmore, Hav- erford and Bryn Mawr by the Com- mittee on Cultural Relations with South America. Dr. Basadre will give a course at Swarthmore the first semester and an advanced course to both Bryn Mawr and Haverford the sec- ond. During his stay in the United States he is writing a history of Peru, requestéd for the Shotwell Series of Latin American Histories. The death of Professor Brooks of Swarthmore and the inability of Mr. Mantoux and Mr. Broderson to accept! the visiting professorships offered them by Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore respectively has re- duced the cooperative work in the social sciences. -However, Dr.An- dre Weil, of Haverford and Mr. Asensio of Haverford and Mr. Bern- heimer of Bryn Mawr will lecture at both Bryn Mawr and Haverford. Miss Park to Attend — West Coast Meetings Miss Park is planning a month’s trip, during which she will address and attend a series of meetings on the West Coast. Leaving for. the West Coast the first or second of November, Miss Park will arrive in Los Angeles the sixth, when her round of speeches and meetings begins al- most immediately. As chairman of the College Entrance Examina- tion Board, she will speak to the head-mistresses of the Pacific Coast November 7. President Park will spend the seventh and eighth with this group, attending various discussions and meetings. From Continued on Page Five History and Politics Departments Combine : In Symposium on War, Present and Future ROBBINS Taylor Hall, Room’ D, October 18,—Opening this series of lectures, Miss Robbins discussed the Jrish Problem. . She considered the ques- tions of British naval bases in Ire- land, of the racial minority. in Ulster, and of the internal difficul- ties of any small neutral nation wishing to become self-sufficient. By the treaty of 1938, Ireland be- came little more than an honorary member of the British Empire. It has the advantages of freedom from British immigration laws and of protection by the British navy, but owes no obligations to England. Naval Bases The naval bases; which had been ceded to England in 1922, were re- turned to Ireland in 1988 by the Chamberlain administration. De Valera considered their possession by Ireland essential. The impor- tance of the bases to England in securing Atlantic lines and _ in guarding against possible invasion, is, Miss Robbins said, obvious; but their present use would probably strain Anglo-Irish relations’ by making Ireland feel she was being drawn into the war. Disunity of North and South Although the Irish constitution claims all Ireland for the Free State, the North and South have not yet united. Since Ulster is richer than the Irish Free State, Protestant in religion and still po- litically bound to England, its in- habitants do not regard Union with Southern Ireland favorably,. The Continued on Page For First Forum Opens With Four Speakers The first student Forum will be held on Saturday evening, Novem- ber 7, in the Common Room. Four speakers will give brief talks on opinion groups in the four regions of the United States that affect our national policy. The _ inter- ests, organization, and effect of such groups, along with some idea as to their history, will be pre- sented. Following the speeches there will be an open discussion in which the speakers will answer uestions. _— MANNING Taylor Hall, Room G, October 18.—‘Any attempt at a common legislature of the English speak- ing nations must be based on a very flexible agreement,” Mrs. Manning, of the +»Department of History, said, speaking on The Future of the British Empire. One must realize the disunity and di- versity of the British Empire be- fore one can consider any union of these countries. At present the British Empire:is divided into three parts: India,— really an empire in itself,—Canada and ‘Australia,—dominions almost completely: independent,—and_ the colonies proper. India India is strongly tied to Great Britain. It has. no constitution ‘of its own. Its conquest coincided with the humanitarian movement in England, and thus Englishmen, loath formerly to let go of it be- cause they felt that its happiness depended on education, now con- tinue to hang on for fear that, once free, India will return to its former state. The Indian govern- ment is more than self-Supporting, bringing in considerable revenue to Great Britain and to many in- dividual Englishmen. The country has the added value of its stra-~ tegic position in the Eastern Hem- isphere, and, finally, its fear of Germany, Russia and Japan makes it cling to England of itself. Independence of Dominions The colonies and dominions, how- ever, are a different matter. ‘They may be divided into three kinds: Relics of an earlier economic sys- tem, like Jamaica; colonies ac- quired for strategic reasons, and colonies acquired for raw mate- rials: Bad administration — ren- dered these expensive rather than profitable in the middle of the 19th century. The result was a strong anti-imperialistic movement and an indifference to actual posses- sions. Australia and Canada were settled, not conquered. Originally, the emigrants were mostly unde- sirables and England was eager to be rid of them as completely as possible. This, added to indif- ference, and the consequent liberal grants of self-government, — con- Continued on Page Four Miss Henderson Has Had Wide Exberience, Directed Charley's Aunt and John Garfield Directing the Varsity Players’ major fall production, Stage Door, will not be purely a matter of ‘in- spiration_to-Miss-Mary—Henderson, instructor of diction, since she has had_past experience in the profes- sional theatre. For three years she directed the Santa Fe Players, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, presenting such varied productions as western melodramas for the fiesta, the per- ennial Charlie’s Aunt, (“what a money-maker,” Miss Henderson said,) Synge’s Irish plays, and The Road to Rome. i In 1930 Miss Henderson felt the need for further range and mizJ grated to New York. She worked under Eva Le Gallienne in the low- price Civic Repertory Theatre, act- ing, stage-managing, and directing the apprentice group. She had a chance to see all sides of directing, since the plays rotated, and ranged from Chekov and Ibsen to the mod- ern _play_Siegfried,by Jean -Girau- dou, and Miss Le Gallienne’s memo- rable Alice in Wonderland. She thus acquired a far fuller experi- ence than working on Broadway plays would have given. Miss Henderson directed some of the younger actors who have since made their mark,—Burgess Mere- dith, Mark Lawrence, Leona Rob- erts and Helen Walpole who later appeared on Broadway in Stage Door, “and John Garfield, then n as Jules Garfinkle, and won- erful, Miss Henderson said, in Awake and Sing. There was only one thing the matter with him, she sighed. “He had a hard R. I work- ed on it. But I saw Out of the Fog last night, and he has it still.” a Page Tne , THE COLLEGE,NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanks- giving. Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) n the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. ‘ The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that OPINION 'The Haverford News Revolts | | Against Four Year Slam “ By B. M. Gals appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written permission of the Editor-in-Chief. ; ; Editorial Board JOAN Gross, ’42, Editor-in-Chief ALICE CROWDER, ’42, Copy “ SALLY JAcoB, '’43, News ANN ELLICOTT, 742 BARBARA COOLEY, 742 NANCY EVARTS,.’43, LENORE O’BOYLE, ’43 Editorial Staff MILDRED MCLESKEY, 743 ISABEL MARTIN, ’42 REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42 9 BARBARA BECHTOLD, ’42 ANNE DENNY, 743 BARBARA HERMAN, 743 BARBARA HULL, ’44 SALLY MATTESON, ’43 MARY BARBARA KAUFFMAN, ’43 JESSIE STONE, 44 FRANCES LYND, ’43 Music Sports PorRTIA MILLER, ’43 CHRISTINE WAPLES, ’42. JACQUIE BALLARD, ’43 Business Board ELIZABETH GREGG, ’42, Manager CELIA MoskovitTz, ’43, Advertising- BETTY MARIE JONES, ’42, Promotion MARIE LEYENDECKER, 744 Louise HoNwoop, ’44 MARTHA GANS, 742 ELIZABETH NICROSI, 743 DIANA LUCAS, ’44 LUCILE WILSON, ’44 Subscription Board GRACE WEIGLE, 743, Manager FLORENCE KELTON, ’43 CONSTANCE BRISTOL, ’43 WATSON PRINCE, 743 : CAROLINE STRAUSS, 744 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office To a Purpose The establishment of any system, whether political, economic or educational, involvés a motivating idea. Every institution, every custom or traditional mechanism was conceived for a purpose which it may, for a time, succeed in fulfilling. “Other things being equal, it would always continue to do so, It is obvious, however, that other things will not remain equal. Attitudes and circumstances change. Even the ideas of the systems themselves as they were conceived are lost in the shuffle. But the institutions persist. The means continue without the end in mind. The course in Required Philosophy seems to have undergone, such a transition. The idea in making Philosophy compulsory must have been to give it as a background and point of departure for students in any field. Now, the course does not seem to be serving this purpose. Our attitude has changed. We are not even sure whether the original purpose applies today, and, surely, few of us take the course with that purpose in mind. When it is taught with attention focused on the growth of fundamental ideas and the solutiois of recurrent problems of mankind, it-is successful. But if the original plan was to encourage students to think through a succession of ideas the present method, when it becomes a mere survey of chronological events, loses sight of the motive. The necessity of passing the course becomes of such primary importance that the subject matter, instead of becoming a useful, working knowledge, degenerates to miscellaneous facts forgotten after the exam. Bryn Mawr, with all its traditions, would do well to review them in the light of their present significance and of the ideas | which motivated them. May Day Big May Day, with the years, fades further and further from view even as the movies have faded with the passage of time. And the students who danced across the: colored screen in Goodhart, we can no longer adequately imagine to be ourselves. Only the Seniors have ever known a class which participated in May Day; that was long ago and now forgotten. The apathy which arises from the ruins is more enemy of Big May Day-than is logical argument coricerning ee, al of the present day and their relation to paper flowers. Imagination only can now reconstruct what May Day was, and what it could be. Each side conjures up its own May Day; the correspondence of the images with reality is difficult to test, for the circumstances have greatly changed since May Day came up for the four-yearly vote in 1939 and was dis- cussed with those who-knew it. Neither_side_can_deseribe-with certainty the relation of May Day to the present world situation. There have been wars before intended to end war and to save democracy. For sixteen years we have been warned against slogans and propaganda, but the effect as shown in the recent News poll was only to: produce. indecision: _ The education of the post-war period, intended to vulcanize the new world, did not do so. : The opponents of May Day have their slogans. The making of paper flowers when there is great work to be done for defense | and progress is taken as the epitome of futility. As a symbol of futility, it is far excelled in that greater symbol of futility, the perpetual bridge player, magazine reader, or grind. Paper flowers may physically be the antithesis of the’‘awareness of reality. Actu- ally they have a direct ‘relationship to it, for what we learn here is|this particular variety of all-inclusive not detail, but technique, and the ability to work with others is a . |/run up at the Manna B-r. To the Editor of the College News: } Three years was enough, but 1 | four years is too much, It seems as if humorists on the College News | are really at their wit’s end when they have to drag the old skeleton /of Haverford’s social disgraces out iof the closet and dangle the aged | skeleton in front of the eyes of a couple of hundred freshmen. | Not that the Haverford News isn’t to blame. Several weeks ago ‘one columnist slipped in several slurring remarks about the insti- tution up the Main Line when the editor wasn’t looking. But -we , thought the rumor the editor was ‘out with a Bryn Mawr girl at the | Wit’s End to Yield High Place to Editorial Unless, Of Course, We Object To the Editorial Board: In connection with the October fifteenth issue of the News, might we suggest the promotion of the editorial entitled “We Had A Rea- son” to the column reserved for “Wit’s End.” Unless, of course, “We Had A Reason” expresses the personal convictions of the editorial board, in which case we too, ag members of the aggregation be- neath the old green tower bell against the sky, shall just echo other people’s opinion. Sincerely yours, ' BARBARA WALTON, ’42. —And On time would gloss over the attack.|!7'9 ihe Editor of the College News: Evidently it didn’t, and the column- | i ist | flower show and barn dance in the | gymnasium without as much as a | single telephone call in return— |vented her wrath on the typewriter | keys. One or two facts ought to be ‘cleared up about some of the state- | ments by. your columnist in ‘Wit’s | End.” Certainly any moron knows | passion flourishes in the tropics— eight members out of last year’s | graduating class got married dur- | ing the summer. And as for fight- |ing every inch of the way to estab- | lish contact with the outside world, we think Bryn Mawr ought to seri- ously consider whether or not the ;outside world wants them. We ‘don’t think you’ll have much trouble | finding ready hands for those pick- 'axes from the geology lab. No hard feelings, however.- Just _to show how compassionate we feel .for those poor freshmen who may be forced to commit suicide or ‘even take to the demon liquor, the *News will pay for all bills Tell i Alice to chalk it up to our account. Or maybe you can persuade that | dark-skinned excuse for a_ bar- ‘tender to make the drinks on the house. THE HAVERFORD NEWS. *Ed. Note.—Insert Haverford. Your editorial, ‘We Had A Rea- evidently suffering from her|son,” conveyed a real message to ‘third or fourth visit to the annual | me as I read it. For three years I’ve been wondering why it is that I am here; now I’ve found one. Sure, I wanted an education, but that’s not enough of a reason for me, I wanted to ‘give. I know that this can be accomplished by being a part of a social group instead of just an aggregation. But I must come to the point— it is not only the message I felt, but also the moving simplicity of the prose, or rather poetry. I felt constrained to read it over to my friends several times, and after about the fourth time it came upon me that the only thing that was lacking was a’ sort of accompani- ment of soft music. An aesthetic background was not lacking how- ever, for there was Taylor Hall with its green tower against the night. The word “green” should be qualified, considering the time of day. This is the only criticism which might possibly be offered. SPENCER BARROLL, ’42. —And On To the Editor of the College News: The fine mass confession of oblivion-and—renasecence which we received from the members of our editorial board in the article en- titled “We Had A Reason” appeals Continued on Page Five point of highest efficiency. technique which is more essential than typing, shorthand, or first aid when the energies of the nation are to be speeded up to the Through the interruptions, the fits and starts of political and diplomatic history, runs the continuous current of civilization, and of culture; the perfection of the technique of-living. We are being | equipped to contribute to this current and to guide the future in the | direction which will most contribute to its progress. If we isolate lourselves in the details of events without attention to. the. broader |implications of those events, if we bind ourselves to our generation, !and become too absorbed in learning practical techniques, we are ' violating the trust placed in us. Such is the argument against those | who repudiate May Day as an illusion. | But the argument for May Day cannot end here. The size _and nature of the undertaking must be justified to those who view jit with apathy, and who look on the present extra-curricular situa- tion as sufficient for the accomplishment of the purposes of educa- tion outlined above. While there are signs of progress in the | defense courses, the Curriculum Committee and the Forum, the tendency to concentrate all extra-curricular activity in progressively | fewer hands becomes more and more manifest, and the new activi- 'ties provide no solution. The defense courses do not educate in |the techniques. of working with people any more than do academic icourses. The work of the Curriculum Committee is necessarily, at ithis stage, carried out by the very few. The Forum must yet prove ‘that it can gain the cooperation of those who are not already ‘engrossed in other extra-curricular activities. One of the points (about May Day upon which-the imagination must.play with peculjar force is the extent to which it will curtail activities such as these. It is not realized that May Day is entirely the student’s production, to be planned by them. The extent to which May Day will curtail activities is up to those who produce it. The assets of leadership trained in former productions, of scripts, of two thousand dollars’ worth of costumes, the “good will” of an audience drawn from all over the United States and eager to see another Big May Day, argue eloquently for the retention of undertaking. Atice Crowper, '42. Lc] City Lights By Rebecca Robbins Last week President Roosevelt ordered » an Philadelphia water system. For decades Philadelphians, ‘corrupt and contented,” have been drink- ing atid joking. “Chlorine , cogk- tail” has become a pet tag; Phila- delphia, inured to the taste and smell is even rather fond of the tag. Philadelphians seem content to go on drinking treated sewage. But the Federal Government is acting. The government realizes that, from the point of view both of future property values and pres- ent human health, defense-housing and factory constuction are a bad investment in a city with a rotten system of water-supply and sew- age disposal. The government also realizes that the dramatic taking up of an issue that has beeri’ in- creasingly rousing discontent,’ fol- lowed by direct and effective action, will seriously discredit the long, carefully-careless Republican rule of — Philadelphia. (Republicans, with local elections imminent, are quaking.) Roosevelt directed McNutt, Fed- eral Security Administrator to de- termine whether the Philadelphia water system endangers defense production. This investigation is to be supervised by William L, Dill, regional Social Security Ad- ministrator. Next, an executive order went to the U. S. Public Health Service, advising that it send a sanitary engineer to confer with local officials on -technical problems, The fact that the order for tech- nical investigation followed on the heels of the order for general in- vestigation seems to indicate that the Social Security “investigation of whether to investigate” is a mere gesture. The results are a foregone conclusion. The technical inquiry will suggest ways and means. The suggestion can be implemented by the clause in the defense appropriations act provid- ing for special public works proj- ects necessary to National Defense. But it would not be a Philadel- phia Story if we were to end it by quoting today’s pat headline: “Mayor Welcomes U. S. Water Aid.” It would not be a Philadel- phia Story unless a purple-faced Republican spluttered: “I won't have it! If we let those Federal Democrats in here we'll lose local initiative. We’ll lose local auton- omy. We’ll lose the right to take care of our own responsibilities.” The ruddy individualist was El- wood J. Turner,-.chairman of the Inter-State Commission for the Delaware River Basin. Red-face and furious, the Demo- crats screamed at Turner: “Mc- Continued on Page Six MOVIES BOYD: Smilin’ Through, Jean- ette MacDonald and Gene Ray- mond. ALDINE: Sergeant York, Gary Cooper. ARCADIA: New Wine, Ilona Massey. FOX: Week-End in Havana, Alice Faye. KARLTON:>—You'll_Never_Get. Rich, Fred Astaire and Rita Hay-’ worth. KEITH’S: A Yank in the R. A. F., Tyrohe Power. STANLEY: Honky-Tonk, Gable and Turner. “Scheduling Any group planning an im- portant meeting or intending to use the Common Room, the Gym, or Goodhart should schedule the meeting both with Margot Dethier in Mer- ion and with Miss MacDonald in Miss Park’s office at least three days before the date on which it is to fall. investigation of the © ~ — * enthusiastic student and alumnae ‘to daughter achieved in appearance > Page Three “Twelve-Pound Look,’ | ‘Rosalind’ Presented By Varsity Players 4 Natural Assurance, Variance Of Pace Shown by Cast Of Rosalind By Isabel Martin, °42 Theatre Work Shop, Saturday, September 18.—Before a large and audience, the Varsity Players pre- sented, without benefit of scenery, two of Sir James Barrie’s most one-act -plays, The Twelve Pound Look, and Rosalind. The latter was much the most suc- cessful of the two both in-produc- tion and delivery. The answer ‘for this is perhaps that Rosalind is a much more compelling, whimsical type of play, conducive to the act- ing of amateur young women, while The Twelve Pound Look de- mands a very well developed char- acter role in the part of Sir Harry. The Twelve Pound Look focuses upon the. apparently successful man who does not meet the quali- fications of a husband. The main part of the play deals with the first wife who deserted him to become a typist. The closing line of the play, “Are they expensive —those machines?” tops the ac- tion of the play and is the most enlightening to the audience. The part of Sir Harry, played by Sil- via Maynard, ’44, was as well done as could be expected of a young girl, but it was not the true Sir Harry of Barrie’s imagination. Helen Wade, ’42, took the part of Lady Sims, and Lynn Haden, 43, that of the typist. The de- livery picked up considerably after the first few minutes, but did not | retain speed or lightness through- out the play. Small portions of the dialogue were well delivered, yet too frequently it slipped back into the literal dullness of repeated lines. Lynn Haden was a poised and gay typist, and Sylvia May- nard’s rendition of Sir Harry can- not. be overlooked in as far as it amused the audience. Helen Wade, who played the meek wife, rose to her best heights in the last few lines. In contrast to this, Rosalind. was more evenly successful. The pace was set by the first speech and maintained. The dialogue was fresh and spontaneous; the action natural and yet expressive. No motion, no words, no time ,was wasted, and through it all shone the charm of the play’s make-be- lieve. The acting of all three characters was convincing. Doris Benn, °48, as Mrs. “Page, was charming in all the phases of her character, her change from mother charming as_well as in voice tempo and ex- pression. Kay Tappen, ’44, made a handsome Charles, rather .more of an American than an English boy and not quite twenty-three. | Dame Quickly was made quaint | and natural by the acting of Mira! Eitingon, 742. Carpenter Receives | . | Litt.D. from Rutgers) i] Dr. Carpenter received a daawes | of Litt. D. (Litterarum Doctor) | from Rutgers University-on -Octo- ber 11, 1941. sae | The citation was as follows: “Intimate companion of the spirit of classical art, you have revealed to us-also that spirit, with ‘its-sur- passing beauty and grace. You have borne to us the message from the deathless past of Greece and Rome, telling us that we, too, from the materials-of our-invention may create our own immortal art. It is with great pleasure that be- | cause of your enrichment of our | cultural heritage I confer upon you honoris causa the degree of Doctor of Letters. ROBERT C, CIOTHIER.” | sphere. THE COLLEGE NEWS AND WEIL ALL COME BACK NGS pars : ‘Bryn Mawr Crashes Headlines in Roaring Twenties by Abolishing a Ban on Smoking By Nancy Evarts, ’43 Bryn Mawr has made The New York Times 335 times in the last 20 years. Although an average of 16.75 items appeared per year, the distribution varies from eight in 1921 to 31 in 1935, with the num- ber declining stéadily since then, until, in 1940 there were only 13. The subject matter of such items is, for the most part, routine: May Day, academic appointments, schol- arships, Choir and Glee Club pro- ductions. But there was a golden age, during the 1920s, when Bryn Mawr, a pioneer among women’s let- ters to the. Times, and at least one colleges, provoked editorials, front page article. The _ sensational achievement | which landed Bryn Mawr on the} front pages was the abolition by| Miss Park; at the request of the Self-Government Association, of the rule prohibiting smoking on cam- pus. The establishment of smoking rooms in the halls in 1925 lifted a ban which; had'.been in effect since 1897, but which had, according to Miss Park, “increasingly failed,” and begun .“to affect the student relations to other regulations.” The Times, in an article on No- Sculpture of Islands Outlined by Richter Continued from Page One an idea of her importance. Among these are the Delos Colossus and the later stupendous sphinx. The important art of Thera shows the strength of Eastern influence, Dr. Richter discussed the theory that Crete was the birthplace of monu- mental stone sculpture, pointing to} East Greece as a more likely orig- | inator. The greatness of East Greece | there can be surmised from what | little remains of her literature and | art. Fiercely individual, individual cities produced brilliant work. At Miletus is the important temple of | Branchidae and its oracle. Valu- able art has been found at Ephesos, Samos, and Rhodes, bearing wit- ness to the great and valuable in- fluence and stimulus of the older civilization of Egypt. In the West, South Italy and Sicily early came into the-Greek Greek colonies prospered, and made contributions comparable to those of East Greege and Greece proper. Excavations ‘show that the same styles prevailed™ as -on. the mainland during this time. Dr. Richter concluded by showing works from Olympia, one of the greatest Greek sanctuaries. EXCELLENT FOOD REFRESHMENTS LUNCHES—35c and 40c DINNERS—55c and 65c Tasty Grilled Sandwiches THE GREEK’S “Always at Your Service’ vember 24, 1925, cited a poll which had been taken at the college, in which, of the 386 undergraduates voting, 321 approved the abolish- ment of the rule. It quoted Fran- ces Jay, the president of Self-Gov.: “This does not mean that all stu- dents: are smokers.