# - Peace Movements “the ' often brings suggestions, OLLEG * 7s VOL. XXIII, No. 14 we BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937 Copyright TRUSTEES OF --BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 1937 —— - + _ Need Cooperation Of All Students Mr. Jacob Suggests ‘Members| _ Of Campus Organizations Form Committee - APRIL DEMONSTRATION MORE: WIDELY BACKED ‘Common Room, January 11.—With such varied organizations as the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., the. Foreign Policy Association, the International Club and the A. S. U. supporting .it, this year’s April Peace Demonstration should be far more intelligently di- rected and more effective than ever be- fore, Mr. Philip Jacob, a member of Emergency Peace Campaign, stated. In addition to work on the demonstration itself, efforts are being * concentrated on spreading of general information about the need for active measures, such as pressure on Con- gressmen, to maintain peace. Because of the increased number of organizations partaking in the demon- stration, Mr. J#€®ob urged that Bryn Mawr interest both faculty and campus at large in ‘the drive. He sug- gested that we form,.as Vassar has, a central committee composed of mem- bers of various organizations such as the League, Players’ Club, the News, the International Club, and the A. S. V. We would then be so organized that interesting, as well as successful, peace education could be fostered on the campus by debates, war plays, re- porting, field work, and _ outside speakers. Inter-collegiate discussion and Mr. Jacob proposed that various repre- sentatives from Bryn Mawr be ap- pointed to a committee conference which meets in Philadelphia. _ The Emergency Peace Campaign, which is under the leadership of Harry Emerson Fosdick, is formulat- ing plans for next summer, somewhat parallel to those they carried out last season. Two hundred and fifty stu- dents were sent into rural areas to guide people in active campaigning for peace. Having had two .week’s training at the Institute of Human Relations in Washington, they were able systematically and. effectively to approach their subject. Despite op- position from such groups as the D. A. R. and the Américan Legion, their results were encouraging. Volunteers are asked for again this year. “Cat and the Canary” First Try-Outs Are Held Maids. and Porters Will Present Second. Play, on May 8 : ‘ae For one evening in May the fever- ishly studying students will have a rare opportunity for diversion. No ene who witnessed the performance of Clarence, given by the maids and porters last spring; will allow herself to miss The Gat and the Canary, which will be given on May, 8. Try- ‘outs are’ well- under -way~and- will be terminated, the League committee hopes, erly this week. The director of the production is again Huldah Cheek, ’38. She will be assisted. by Eleanor Taft, ’39, who has been in charge this year of the Maids’ Activi- _ ties under the auspices of the League. Catherine Hemphill, ’39, will head the Lights Committee. Work on costumes will probably not demand a separate committee, as the .cast, furfiishes its ton : | The play, which was chos¢n by Hul- dah Cheek, is an old favorite and its horrors last long in the memory of the audience. We suspect that:in this °ecase its terrors will be doubled and that the campus will be severely shaken in the days following the per- formance. The play was written by Willard and was first produced in-New ,Continued on Page Four PRR POP NR tae Ee RL RRM fer h RSLE Cc CE seh RR ROR AM ~ COLLEGE CALENDAR Wednesday, February 17.— Miss Cora DuBois will give the fourth lecturé on the Nature of Man.: Music Room. 7,30 p. m. Friday, February 19.—Swim- ming Meet at. the Baldwin School. 4.30.p. m. Saturday, February 20.— Freshman Show, Forty Bust. ’ Goodhart. 8.30 p. m. Sunday, February 21.— George Edward Slocombe will speak on The Spanish Situation and Its Repercussions. Dean- ery, 5 p. m. Madrigdls. Deanery. .1 p. m. Monday, February 22= Chapel Services conducted ~by . Elmer Thompson. , Monday, February: 22.— Mr. MacKinnon will deliver the lecture on: The Nature of Man. Music Room. 7.30 p. m. Tuesday, February 23.—Phi- losophy Club meeting. Common Room. 8 p. m. ‘Wednesday, Febriary 24.— Mr. MacKinnon will deliver the sixth letture on The Nature of Man. Music Room. 7.30. p. m. Saturday, February 27.—Mer- ion Hall dance. 9.30 p. m. to 1.a..m. Monday, March 1.—The sev- enth lecture ‘on The Nature cof Man. Music Room. 7.380 p. m. Fuesday, March 2.— Andres Segovia will give a guitar con- cert. Goodhart. 8.30 p. m. Human Activities Are Psychologist’s Reality Range of Human Adaptibility Demands Broad Explanation Of Behavior CONCEPTS ANALYZED _ Music Room, February 10, 1937.— In the second of the lectures on The Nature of Man, Mr. Helson, of the} dealt with the results of experiments which treat man as a natural object in a natural world and at the same time attempt to do jus ice to his more complicated, higher responses. The fundamental reality for the psychologist consists in the products of human activity and he therefore must deal also with the imaginations, hopes, beliefs, and atti- Psychology » Department, tudes that make up human nature. Since technical findings have shown that the human organism exceeds all other organisms in its capacity for registering and responding to stimuli and- since man’s unique . range of adaptability and modifiability, make new’ ways of behavior almdst un- limited, one must not restrict thé “ex- planatory principles of behavior too narrowly, or to .an_ over-simplified theory. In the last-century psychology has borrowed from physiology and employed the neurone-synapse and re- flex arc theory as a basis for the ex- planation of behavior. This theory proved insufficient to deal with more complicated--forms of “behavior © and therefore other’ physiological hypo- theses have been formulated to supple-|_ ment these. The latter may in turn be proved wrong. Among the ,mofe general ond dy- namic concept§ recently proposed for the explanation of human activities, such concepts as closure, symmetry, and simplicity have been found sug- gestive because of their wide range of applicability. Concepts like these, having applicability to both psycho- logical and physiological events, _may be more fruitful in helping us to understand human ‘nature than-even direct recording of. electric currents from the brain, valuable as the latter may prove to be. _ The lecturer demonstrated how a concrete experimental approach can be made to problems involving episto- mology, aesthetics, and certain prac- . Gentinusd | on Page Four ~ e 3 . " te CT ae RS Bg a ’ Anthropology Divided Into Three Main Fields Miiss Cora du ‘Bois Emphasizes The Cyltural Implications Of Geological Finds ceapctll papain Music Room, February 15.—In her first talk on the anthropological ..ap- proach to :the nature of man, Miss Cora du Bois, of Hunter College, dis- cussed the main fields of anthropology and its historical development, Her lecture was the third of the series on. The-Nature of Man, sponsored by the Departments of. Psychology and ‘Phi- losophy. The science of anthropology is com- paratively new and from the first has been highly specialized. It has re- solved itself into three main fields of research: .Physical, linguistic and cultural. "Physical anthropology can be di- vided into two aspects: comparative zoology and racial problems. Com- parative zoology is biology -in » the evolutionary sense-and includes a study of fossil man, and what is popularly known as: the “missing link.” Discoveries iy this realm are increasing by leaps and bounds, the latest being the “Pekin man,’ + dating from the Early Pleistocene Age, un- earthed in the late 1920’s. Not only must finds in this field be fitted into the evolutionary scale, but their cul- tural potentialities and implications must also be observed. The racial angle of physical anthro- pology consists of the static science of classifications, or anthropometrics, and the more dynamic study of the importance of anthropometrics work- ing with environment in the physical and cultural development of man. The former %endeavors to evolve. ra- tios by which to judge and establish racial differences, such as the.relation of the length of the’ head to its breadth, while the latter applies them to the observation of such problems as racial in- “breeding and cross-breed- ing. The branch of anthropology which falls under the head of linguistics is fairly obvious in its extension, but confines itself chiefly to the philology of unwritten language. It is only artificially separated from cultural anthropology. and in a broad’ defini- tion of the latter must be considered as a subdivision of it. Cultural anthropology deals with archaeology, especially in the prehis- toric and New World phases, and so- cial. anthropology. Social anthro- pology in turn has a series of subdi- visions of “increasing scope: ethno- graphy,-the record of the behavior of a people; ethnology, the comparison of the behavior'.records of several peo- ples; and social anthropology proper, an ambitious study .of the intricate relations of society in general. All three branches, physical, lin- guistic and social, are dependent to a gféat extent upon other fields of learning, including geology, biology, geography, history, sociology and psychology. In their development, a set of abstractions have: evolved with which each field must work and which have lead to the drawing up of re- ” Continued on Page Four : OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF MISS. THOMAS (Excerpt fom rea Alumnae -Bul- |: letin.) The official Slices of President Emeritus M. Cary Thomas. will be written by Edith Finch, 1922. Miss Finch has consented to do this at the request of Miss Thomas’ liter- ary, executors, who have put at her disposal the notes made by Miss Thomas. herself, as well as many let- ters and documents she had collected in preparation for. the autobiography she had planned to write. Miss Finch has just completed the life of Wilfrid | Scawen. Blunt. —, ‘In view of the importance “of ‘the undertaking and the number of docu- ments involved, several years will be. required for the preparation of the phocraehy.. 3 * eS f Ret arse a AS Se RACE PROBLEM STUDIED Prominent Journalist e : bs Speak in Deanery Author ee “Crisis hh Europe” To Speak ¢ on Spain Mr. George Edward Slocombe will _| speak in the Deanery on Sunday, Feb- ruary 21, at five o’clock. His subject| is to be The Spanish Situation and its Repercussions, outlining the history of the struggle between Fascism and Democracy from the time of Spain’s first: modern dictator, Primo de Rivera, to the pr esent. Mr. Slocombe is generally consid- ered an irftpartial authority on Eu- ropean affairs. Leland Stowe says of him, “I know of no British journalist who is so well-equipped to give’ the American public a graphic and authoritative summation. of develop- does he ments abroad. .- Not -only represent the highést standards of British journalists—he is a World citizen as well.” At present Mr. Foreign Correspondent for the Lon- don Daily Herald and Foreign Editor of the London Evening Standard. He is best known for his persuasion of Mahatma Ghandi to attend the Lon- While in India, reporting on the Civil -Dis- obedience Movement in 19380, he suc- Slocombe is chief ver at 2. ad don Round Table Conference. ceeded in interviewing Ghandi in pri- son and getting him to agree to peace terms on which the British Govern- ment was later able to negotiate with the rebels. Aside from his journalis- tic work, Mr. Slocombe is the author of several important books. His Crisis in Enrope eaused much discus- sion because it predicted the assassina- tion of King’ Alexander of Jugoslavia in 1934, which occurred four days after the publication of the book. L’Ecole- des. Maris Is French Club Play Moliere’s Vehicle to be Given With 17th Century Costumes, : Perhaps a Ballet’ MLLE. REY IS DIRECTOR L’Ecole dés Maris, the play by Moliére which.the French Club is pre- senting on March 29th, has gone into rehearsal with a very promising cast. There was so much good material dis- covered at the try-outs last week that the casting was exceedingly difficult. Last year, because of May Day, a troupe of French: actors was imported for the annual play, but now Bryn Mawr Francophiles come into their own again. Every ‘attempt is ‘being made to give the play as true a seven- teenth century atmosphere as possi- ble;; costumes, scenery, music and even: dancing will be arranged. with that aim in view. Mademoiselle Maud Rey, Professor of French Dicfion at college, and onetime pupil of Jac- ques Copeau in Paris, is the director. “The single set will be varied by raising house facades to show interior scenes and by lighting arrangements. Costumes will be hired in Philadel- phia or New York, with some work done by the students themselves. An orchestra tomposed of students will play for the overture and entr’actes, and will accompany occasional songs on the stage. .There i$/a possibility of a ballet as.well. The cast, including only the main roles, is as follows: Sganarelle pes eae Margaret Otis, ’39 Artiste ...... Mary H. Hutchings, ’37 Isabelle ..... '. Catherine Richards, ’39 PE kcvecuces Nancy Wood, ’39 Bisebte: cis es Mary Riesman, '39 Valére ....+..++ «. Jane Nichols, '40 Ergaste..<~- -Priscilla Curtis, ’40 . Scenery Design ......+++++ : Margaret Otis ‘Construction ........ Anne Wyld, ’38| Costumes.........-. Mary Whalen, '38 Lighte. 5... ss Catherine Hemphill, 39 OOS ee ern Madge Haas, '37 |The Players’ Mr. Wyckoff Plans” Stage Laboratory Practical Work is Included as Well as Theory in Each Of the Fields COMMITTEE TO HANDLE ACTING SEPARATELY Common. Room, February 16.—Mr. Alexander Wyckoff was the guest of honor at a‘téa given by Mrs. Chad- wick-Collins. this afternoon for stu- dents. who...were interested in. Mr. Wyckoff’s course in play production, which will begin’ next Tuesday. Af- ter tea was served, Mr. Wyckoff ex- plained his plans for a_ two-hour weekly~tetture and laboratory survey of the problems of professional pro- duction. “About 35 students enrolled informally by declaring their willing- ness to spend a certain amount of time weekly actual working on stage and scenery. The semester’s work will consist of one hour of lecture and” discussion each week, supplemented \by back- ground reading and ‘stage experience in the production of a program of one- act plays. After discussion with Mrs. Chadwick-Collins and the officers’ of Players’ Club and the Dancers’ Club, Mr.: Wyckoff recided to. begin work immediately on a proposed spring production. Specifically, the course will deal with directing, stage-man- aging, lighting, scenic design, costume design and construction. A number terested in all these fields, and will try their hands at different jobs in connection with different,plays. Afte® rest of the students expe to work more or less independently on par- ticular technical problems that in- terest them. ‘ Mr. Wyckoff hopes to have chosen the plays, which. will be presented three weeks, and all work will sub- sequently be concentrated: on ‘them. Club- has agreed to choose an acting committee which will take care‘ of the casting. and rehears- ing independently -of the di ame work. Before the tea in the Comssil Room, Mr. Wyckoff. visited Miss to see four original one-act plays. It is possible that his class may choose one of them to begin work on, or to discuss in connection’ with certain production problems. Freshman Show thcvailies Taylor Hall Impedimenta the Scenic Decorations Reflect . Surrealistic Influence Members of the Freshman Show Committee, after going through the usual pre-production depths, are now well on the way. to a successful. per- formance. Scheduled for 8.30 on Sat- urday, February 20, in Goodhart Hall, the various acts are being whipped into shape with alacrity. Parodies have been written.on the impedimenta in Taylor Hall, the Ge- ology Field, trips, Freshman Composi-. tion, philosophy and other courses. Terry Ferrer, Deborah Calkins, Polly Olney, Eleanor Tucker are responsible for the script; Camilla Riggs, Julia Martin and Janet. Russell have written the songs which, with many dances, are: scattered throughout the acts. The scenery, under the direction of Marion Gill, and influeneed by the surrealist touch. The sets are origi- tion. Members of the. aesthetic dane- ing group plan to disport before a huge pelvic, girdle. of the soil. From all indications, the paver a tion of smart ,script, clever songs, good dancing and extraordinary sets seems bound to “do 1940 wi erst . } In Novel Course. of students ‘professed themselves in-~ some time in. May, within the next. * Emery and _ Isota © work of Dali, will have: a definitely — nal in concept and artistic in execu- | assignments are begun, some of the , re Minor W. Latham’s Playwriting class — PRICE 10 €ENTS | The geology set, i is a composite portrait of all strata ie ee Seo ¥ 7 soomperar an smine ewrnan Deine NEROA SPN ncn ner one thevermgme cher sovenencne om Sthcosipdnine te | tee, : : ~~ THE COLLEGE. NEWS* eave , THE COLLEGE NEWS” (Founded. in 1934) Z wm eo at Xena uring—F chet in the interest Pa.,. and Bryn ~published weekly during the Colfege Year- a taaniclalitteiie ~Chriatinas and Easter Holidays, and during examination of Bryn. 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Novae Res y Although this fifty-third academic year is only half gone it has innovations in the college as the fifty-second On every front the college as.a whole and as individuals is striking out into new fields. ‘The latest development of rich promisé:is*the course in Stagecraft to be given by Mr. Alexander Wyckoff who contributed greatly to May Day’s success last spring. For years it has been the hope of the college administration to provide a workshop for all kinds of practical experiments in art, particularly in stagecraft. This course is the first weserial impetus which the idea has received since the Art Club took gn new life and a room of its;own in Goodhart. To date the stageerfft course is the most promising because it will reach every student in college, the actual work or indirectly through the entertainment stimulation of the rest of the college. .The college may well expect this course: to opeh exciting new fields before future undergraduates. a The cooperation between the matiy groups whose interests con- verge in stage production is a prominent feature in the plan. Players Club members have volunteered to provide actors for the visible pro: duction results of the course later in the spring. Dance Club members, who are particularly interested in lighting, will join the course. Origi- nal material from the Playwriting Course may be used as new prob- lems. Members of these three groups will naturally form the bulk of the new class. It is this kind of cooperation between groups- whose interests are parallel or complementary that yields the best results for the. college as a whole, Extracurricular activities are growing in scope and seriousness, yet’ ther two evils-are inadequate instruction and seattered activities. _lndaion then, to its own intrinsic merits the new course will combine and foeus varied and undirected interests on a single preject under: expert instruction. The work this spring is naturally in large part experimental. It is looked upon merely as the beginning of what should become an essential part of the college extraeurriculum, The work is planned to combine theory with practical “laboratory” experience and to focus the entire work ona definite produetion at the end. Such laboratory work «already seen as many heard congratulations. has proved profitable in other colleges, and in all instances has enriched: the undergraduate life. Whether such opportunities may be perma- nently-open to undergraduates here does not rest entirely with the students. But the success of the auspicious beginnings this spring may bring the needed means for a continuation, even perhaps an expansion, of this stimulating new work. Design for Living The constant. wonder of the undergraduates is that sub-freshmen who have seen the public rooms in the dormitories ever have the courage to undertake four years’ social life in their bleak surroundings. Loud and chronic are the wails against the dead-oyster color tones, the Vie- torian stiffness unrelieved with comfort or ¢harm in both smoking rooms _ and show cases. In the autumn the News flew its banners for a com- fortable and airy game room in whi¢h to entertain visitors, and while persistent rumors still float about, there is as yet no definite progress to report. In the meantime the news that Denbigh has embarked on a program of refurnishing its smoking room, turns attention to the whole ___problem of héw to make joes surroundings-ef-our gregarious hours more: attractive. Imperviousness to dirt and wear are two major limitations to pro- ~ ducing the comforts of home - ‘in the smoking rooms—but among the hundreds of critics who every week shower: -invectives on the _inani- mate fixtures there must be some who are decoratively minded, In their moments of sitting over cigarettes th _ ment and limited budgets allow. “If every hall were to form an informal - committee to work out such ideas and present them to the business and the hall managers, many of the present eye- and back-sores might be replaced with more attractive fixtures. There is no reason to expect ' busy hall managers who’ do not use the rooms to be full of ideas about their furnishing. But there is every reason to expect those who use the rooms to turn some of the time and energies now spent in ‘eriticism here for those restless ioe who continually ‘protest that. either directly through | y might well apply their '. energies to working out a pleasant color scheme and sturdy but attrac- _ tive materials to achieve as much livable femininity as rigorous treat-|; apg “managers, many of. the- present. eye and back-sores might be} d construetive planning for the hall as a whole: There is a ew Public Opinion . '| To the Editar of -the-College-News:—}*— ae clarification of the position of the Amey ity is necessary in relation to the. let- ter of W. Hustace Hubbard in your issue of. Wednesday; February 10. As an organization ‘the A. S. U. is op- posed to war and fascism. The diffi- culties which arise in consideration of this policy in connection with the | the position of the’A. S. U. has been established only after discussion of |the situation with a full realization of these difficulties. We would like to point out the ‘in-. accuracy of the following quotation |4 ; from Mr. Hubbard’s letter as a de- scription of the Spanish ~ situation: “Class war which has. as \its, object the seizure of power by the. pro- letariat, in which’ any degree of fied.” Occasionally, as occurred - the recent election in this ihe. the large mass of the people express and carry through their political pref- erences legally. This was the case in Spain. When a democratic govern- 4 elected by a-majority vote is attacked by an uprising of a _ well- ‘armed ° minority financed by fascist powers, the war that results can hardly be called a “seizure of power by the proletariat,” but is rather an attempted seizure of power by fascists. Nor can the proletariat be accused of believing that “any. degree of violence regarded as helpful is justi- fied” when the violence was instigated and carried out by their enemies. The A. S. U. supports the Spanish Government for various reasons. We believe that the success of Franco in Spain in strengthening fascism, may precipitate a World War; we believe that the repurcussions of such a suc- cess in Sa Oma would be harmful to ferican democracy; and we question .. the valu of .“‘absolute pacifism” at the presént time although we endorse the ideal behind it whole- Before considering these points separately we would like to state here that there are A. S. U. members who do not agree with ‘this policy. The A. S. U. does not state its position ads an absolute and final one. It was only endorsed after careful thought and after a vote taken in the recent A. S. U. convention. We do not state our point of view as ultimately valid, but we regard it as the best method at this time of avoiding the pitfalls of the inactivity inherent in the attitude of absolute pacifism. Ideally we re- gard this attitude as highly commend- able. We consider; however, that it is weakened intellectually when it is defended by attacking the supposed desire of the proletariat and the sup- posed desire of the A. S. U. to agi- tate’ for violence. Neither of these inferences are established as true by this attack. Such an attitude as Mr. Hubbard and many A. S. U. members take should be defensible from its own standpoint and not from Newton D. Baker’s. We believe that in the event of the success of the rebel forces in Spain, fascism in Europe would be consider- ably strengthened. To establish the position of Hitler and Mussolini in this way would increase the surety of fascist aggression in the future— aggression which even now shows definite signs of resulting in an inter- national war. Obviously there would be no such threat of_wat at the pres- ent if these countries-had taken the attitude of France and refused to send their troups into Spain. We are not in a position to prophesy whether or not the United States could long re- main uninvolved in such a conflict.-. It seems, however, clear to us that in opposing the belligerence of fascism at this time we are attempting- to delay the time when fascist countries | will precipitate world war. We be- lieve ‘also that the elements of fascism in this country—in such men as Mr. Hearst, and such legislation as the Industrial Mobilization Plan—would be considerably encouraged by the suc- cess ‘of Franco in Spain. We do not follow absolute pacifism in this.case because we find that such pacifism condemns us to inactivity in Such, pacifiam now would mean that eutral- Spanish situation. are obvious, and |. violence regarded as helpful is oo the face of forces which we consider | foreign to all-our ideals and desires. || In Philadelphia Theaters dice, through Saturday. Forrest: Hamlet, with John Gi elgud; through, Monday. 5 Concert. Liadow: Eight Russian Songs; Sibe- lius: and orchestra; ‘Brahms: No. 4 in E minor.“ ~ Movies Arcadia: Camille. Nothing is more trite than. a discussion of the triteness of Camille, but this was an important problem. in the production of the movie. _Rather than skimming apolo- getically ly over the sentimental aspects the: theme, the directors un- ashidshedty gave every teary scene its due and achieved a picture that is genuinely moving. | Their success would probably have been only mod- erate if they had not secured Greta Garbo for the leading role and given N|this an importance which would have beeri out of all proportion on‘the stage. The development of the tragedy lies om a Symphony face, and it is recorded with a charm of musty melodrama. Aldine: You Only Live Once, with Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Boyd: Lloyds, of London. This is an historical drama that: seems to have aspired to epic heights and failed very noticeably—perhaps because of the steady ‘oscillation between © ex- traordinarily imaginative interpreta- tions of historical events and sudden shovelfuls of historical baékground. A typical “background shot’. is the sequence when Samuel Johnson greets Benjamin Franklin at the coffee- house with, “Allow me to present my, friend Mr. Boswell.” Freddie Bar- tholomew, drawing card No. 1,. inter- prets the part of a small ale-house ruffian in so faultlessly a Fauntle- roian manner that one wonders why little Horatio Nelson was forbidden to consort with him. The subject, as old theme, the British Empire. While it fails as an epic, Lloyds, of Lon- don, is colorful, the excitement sus; tained, and Tyrone Power in the lead- ing part is almost convincing and at any rate attractive. -Earle: The. Great O'Malley, with Humphrey Bogart. Europa: Slalom, a German skiing picture. Fox:* The Plough and the Stars, with the Abbey Theatre Players and Barbara Stanwyck. Karlton:..More Than a Secretary, protest, but would submit to the vic- tory of methods which we cannot con- sider as anything but universally de- structive. We support this position even in the realization that “making the world safe for democracy” has not succeeded in the past. We cannot close..this--letter” without reference to the situation: in Bryn Mawr itself. We collected old clothes and canned goods, and drank tea, which could hardly be considered. a “demonstration,” since we were not parading our opinions in front of any- one who did not want to look at them. Nor did we consider at the time that two cardboard boxes of old clothes and condensed milk considered in any con- nection whatever could involve the United States in an international war. We recognize: that our position is comparatively unintelligible to those who do-not believe’ that the’ Spanish Government is fighting for political freedom vital to the development of the individual and the ultimate—wel- fare of society. It is this inability to separate the subject of neutrality from. political and economic opinions which makes it difficult to conceive of ‘direct and useful action for peace which would leave out these conditions, ex- 8 in the case of propaganda for the stract ideal of peace which we con- sider valuable but unspecific. This is tion, and we would like to assure Mr. Hubbard that we have done it consci- entiously. SYLVIA WRIGHT, ’38, | On behalf of the Executive Com- © mittee of the Bryn Mawr Chap- : ter of the A; S. U. : > —_ ; : 2 : . i Philosophy Club M. eeting Gertrude Leighton, ’38, will -read- her paper; Contact - in Aristotle, at the meeting of the , Sellen Olah’ on Sttecide Chestnut Street: Pride und Preju-| Concerto in: D minor for violin}. in the changing expressions. of. her’ and. sensitivity that dispels any. trace may be seeti, 18*taken-from that, raré. why the A. S. U. has taken its posi-. jearved Egyptian scarab. 4 coat pocket and h with Jean Arthur and George Brent. Kéeiths: Champagne Waltz, Gladys Swarthout and Fred MacMur- FR a inttic Palace: ‘The Piston, “Although of Lincoln’ s conference with his cabi- net, ther eis no danger of its becoming an American version of a. British- Saumont production. We aré dealing with a straight Wésterti which makes a, direct appeal to all of our. baser instincts through the beat of the tom- tom, the thud of galloping hoofs and the presence of Gary Cooper himself, But it is a Western in a very high stage of development. The tom-tom is used -sparingly* and’ with good effeet, the galloping-horse sequences are well photographed, and Wild Bill Hickock, as played by Gary -Cooper, is not purely ornamental,’but. a real and ap- pealing charactey, Stanley, Nineteenth and Market: On the Avenue, with Dick Powell and Madeleine Carroll. Stanton: Man of the People, with Joseph Calleia. Victoria: College Holiday, with Jack Benny and Burns and Allen. Local Movies Ardmore: Wednesday, Gil in Town, with Gene Raymond and Anne Sothern; Thursday, Wanted: Jane Turner, with Lee Tracy; Ffiday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday arid Tues- liam Powell and Myrna Loy. Seville: Wednesday, One in a Mil- lion, with Sonja~ Henie;, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Great Guy, with Go West, Young Man, with Mae West; Tuesday and Wednesday, Wings of the Morning, with. Henry Fonda; Thurs- day, Weck-end Millionaire, with Buddy Rogers. .Wayne: Wednesday, Jungle, Prin: cess;, Thursday: and ‘Friday, brandt, with Charles Laughton; Sat- urday, General Spanky, with Spanky MacFarland; Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, The Gay Desperado, with Nino Martini; and Friday, Great Guy, with James Cagney. ALGAE RETURNS [In response to a request from many students, Algae returns this week to teappear spasmodically in the future until further notice from his pub- lic.—Ed.] The Personal Peregrinations of Al- gernon Swinburne Stapleton-Smith, or Lost in a London Fog. The return of Algae One of the first things that Algae did’ on his return to London was to try to get in touch with Mary Anne Linsey-Woolsey. But her mother, Mrs. Wellington Linsey-Woolsey,: who had just defied convention by opening a fashionable Ladies’ Millinery Shop in Old Bénd Street, informed him, when he dropped in at Chapeaux Parisiens, that Mary Anne had re- turned to the estate of her Aunt Agatha Exchequer at Piggetts, Bax- ton, -Thixton, Haggetts, Woods Hole; Surrey, England. Moreover, Algae learned with acute nausea, Virgil El- well was also the house guest of Lady Exchequer for the remaining week of August. Algae saw red. He strode down Old Bond-Street in a blue funk, and in. his-preeccupation quite acci- dently trod on the toe of a heavily veiled young woman. “Oh, I say,’”’-he ejaculated at once, “I. do beg your pardon. Frightfully clumsy of me.’ The young woman_ bowed’ silently, and, as Algae peered under her hat brim he caught a ‘glimpse of large with silky lashes. and an untroubled brown brow. She did not speak, but turned around immediately .in a swirl of silk veils. Something impelled Al- gae to follow her, and she led him quickly through the crowded streets. Unfortunately he was delayed at one corner by a bobby who held him up; and he gazed hopelessly after her ad- in the throng of Piccadilly Circus. A wave of futile lonéliness shook him, Belgrave Square, inthe gutter below him. Upon ex- amination is proved to be a —— slipped it meditatively into is — to ring up an acquaintance of h eign Office. — with - Smartest day, After. the Thin Man, with Wil- James Cagney; Sunday and Monday, > Rem-- Wednesday, In His . ‘Steps, with Eric Linden; Thursday burning brown eyes heavily fringed ° vancing head till he lost sight of her’ and he was about to turn back toward’ ‘when -he caught ~~ sight of a bright blue stone glittering ; at the For- 4 ca v1 vo THE COLLEGE NEWS eee : Page Three ’ Montgomery County Holds Relief Forum Goodrich. Plan Loaiiittgalod by Citizens’ Committee on Public Assistance PRESENT SYSTEM WEAK Deanery, February 13.—An all day forum was held here by the Mont- gomery County Citizens’ Committee on Public Assistance to study the Goodrich Plan, of which Miss Park is chairman. -The committee explained its purpose as an effort not only to investigate the Plan itself, but also ‘to inform Montgomery County citizens about the Plan and its various ad- vantages and disadvantages. The forum opened at 10.30 a. m. with a lecture by Miss Hertha Kraus who discussed the background of pub- lic assistance since its beginning in i795, why a new system is needed to replace the old, and how the Goodrich Plan will: accomplish the needed. re- form. After luncheon Miss Mildred Fair- child discussed the personnel problem in public assistance. The question of political patronage was brought up ‘in connection: with the hope of the Good- rich Plan to establish the personnel problem on: a strictly merit basis. Following Miss Fairchild’s talk the forum broke up into. two: -discussion groups under the leadership of Miss Abigail Brownell and Dr. Amy E, Watson, ‘who is. Special ASsistant in Research on, the Technical Staff of the Pennsylvania Committee on Pub- lic Assistance and Relief. After an | hour for discussion—the-two~groups assembled again-for-a-panel debate in which the mai? points of the previous lectures and discussions were brought forward and summarized. The relief system as it stands today is badly in need of-repair as shown in Miss Kraus’s lecture to the thirty women who are potential county work- ers. These women are preparing to go out into. the community in which they live to educate the people in the present public relief system and agi- tate for the passage ofthe Goodrich Plan in the Pennsylvania Legislature. The main points.in the present Stu- ation which need remedying are: first, the obsolete» form of: Poor Boards which have remained the same in ad- ministration since their inception in 1705; second, the Mothers’ Assistance Board, which was cut away. from the original Poor: Boards in,1913, has not been sufficiently “deyloped to take care of its two hae itional categories, the’Blind Assistance and the Old Age Assistance; third, the new Old Age|s Insurance system will -undoubtedly conflict with the present Old Age Benefit system. Their functions must ve more. clearly make each effectual. “Fourth; WPA work. and the Emergeney Relief as set’ up in President Roosevelt’s FERA are only temporary. . Some policy must be worked out to take care of those who are dependent on_ these agencies. Fifth, the present. system is unfair because of the unequalized defined in“ order to? standards and qualifications set: up by the independent agencies; sixth, the public does not know. what agen- ciés ‘to go to. from one to another and finally énd up in the hands of the Poor Board, which is actually the least capable of taking care of “them Because of the above situation a committee on Public Assistance and Relief was appointed by Governor George H. Earle; of Pennsylvania. ~Headed by Herbert F. Goodrich, dean of the Law School of the University o: Pennsylvania, the committee has been active in research for over a year and has brought forth the Good- rich Plan which has six underlying principles:. First, create a County Board of Public Assistance. to handle all types of relief except institutions, which-can-be carried by the State; second, create a permanent State Board of Public Assistance, which will take over Some of the functions of the State Welfare third, let. the State finance relief en- tirely, with supplementary aid from the Federal government | when, neces- sary; fourth, equalize Standards by merging varying services on a sound general basis, that they will be accessible to everyone, without letting categorical priviléges*be-taken away fifth, so choosing of personnel; sixth, community cooperation by creating a} Eugenia Coburn, board of citizens w ho. are interested} Anderson were the only members of and will see to it that the|the faculty present, as both Mr. im relief agencies are functioning properly and well. Department? They aré often referred |: 4 safeguard this standardization! by applying the merit basis to the} by Josephine Hant, ’37, hall president, get| assisted by Catherine Corson, Private Dinners Precede Self oe Extends Time Limit to One, as Experiment On a weekend made additionally fes- tive by the second League square dance of. the season, Denbigh gave the second dance in its history. Spurred on by a ‘successful first affair in No- vember, .member's-of-the hall had been insistent in their demands for another dance before the spring vacation. This time a.dinner was not given in the hall. Those who had guests dined out, returning at 9 o’clock to join the orchestra and stag line. a special experimental dispensation } from the Self-Government’ Association the dance was allowed to continue until one o’clock.' Previously all hall dances had been restricted to the hours befare .12. The dining room was’ decorated for the. occasion with red and white bal- loons, alternately round and sausage shaped, which were tied in bunches to the chandeliers. Over the fireplace was a large red heart, edged in rows of lace paper, on which a gold cupid aimed his. fatal arrow. The arrow was lighted with electrie lights; Gefieral arrangements were made 38, and 39. Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Dryden and MY. Fenwick were unable to attend. Second Denbigh Dance By |' '| JESSUP SHOWS DANGER OF YOUTH MOVEMEN TS New York N. Y.— (ACP) —The “newer youth movements” are de- signed_as “short cuts to power or to change,” is the theme of the annual report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching deliv- ered by the Foundation’s president, Walter A. Jessup.“ “In all’ too. many instances,” said the. report, ‘it, is apparent that these newer youth movements are really or- ganized by adults who know what they — want and to whom youth is a reservoir of advocates readily influenced. “Shifts in social, economic or po- litical outlook. are quickly reflected. in the pfogram set up in his behalf,” ex- plained “Mr. Jessup... “Witness the’ youth movements under Hitler, Musso- lini and Stalin, not to mention our own National Youth Administration in America, “Although we look with horror at the child crusades of the Middle Ages, may not some future historian chal- lenge some of the current youth activi- ties? Just now we hear much about youth as a factor in bringing about a-new order in society. ~ “So much is said about youth today and so much emphasis is laid upon it that it might, seem that preceding gen- erations. had overlooked youth. _ The schools are not by any means our sole provision for youth, even in recent times. We-have encouraged for him an endless number of extra school or- ganizations,” continued the report. “IT WAS A BREATHLESS DASH,” said Méss Dorothy Kilgallen, famous girl reporter, back at work (/eft) after” finishing her assignment to circle the world by air in rec- ord-breaking time. (Right) Her exciting arrival at Newark Airport. “I snatched ‘meals anywhere,” she says, ee ate’ all kinds ‘of food. But Camels helped me keep my diges- tion tuned up. ‘For digestion’s sake—smoke Camels’ meant a world of comfort to me. I’ll bet on them any time —=for mildness and for their ‘lift.’ Camels set me right! COSTLIER TOBACCOS _ Camels are made from finer, MORE EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS ~Turkish and Domestic —than any other popular brand. “JACK OAKIE’S COLLEGE’”’ Full-hourgalashow withJack Oakiein person! Benny Goodman’s'‘Swing”’ Band! Hollywood comedians and singing stars! Special college amateur talent every week! Tuesdays—9:30 pm ” E.S.T., 8:30 pm C.S.T.; 7:30pmM.S.T., 6:30 prh P.S.T.,over ae raaromennreS Network. \ “| GET MORE ENJOYMENT from Camels,” says Arthur H. Waldo, Jr, College Class of ’38. “I’ve found that. Camels\ help offset the strain of long hours of study. Working out a tough assignment often can make me; feel tense inside. So at mealtime, you'll see me enjoying my Camels.” Yes, Camels. speed up the flow of digestive fluids — increase alkalinity. | ead SHOOTING T.N.T. “My business makes me mighty careful about nerves and digestion,” ka AN OIL-WELL with ™~ says B. C. Simpson. “Camels have what I like. They don’t get on my nerves. And they puta heap more joy into eating.” v e I! NN er PORN ye ect 00: Sa ' “ "Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS yon ers ._ Leave Thirtieth Street... - ing with family history. vance of American civilization. ‘ABROAD AT HOME—SKI TRAINS -Poconos—One-day trips every Sun- _.day during Pébruary and “March; also holidays, February 22 ‘and March 26. $3. 00 round trip from Philadel- ' phia. Leave 30th St. Station.... 7.56 a.m. * Revive Crea 6... 6.502 es 11.26 a. m. . Arrive Mt. Pocono ...... 11.42 a.m. Arrive Pocono Summit... 11.49 a.m. Arrive back at 30th Street — 7.53 p. m. For longer -visits: ° Philadelphia to Cresco, $4.60 round iin, =": : Philadelphia to Mt. Pocono, $4.90 round trip. Philadelphia to Pocono Summit, $5. 00 | round trip. Bear Mouritain—One-day trip. No direct train after February 14. _ February 28—Take regular 8.00 a. m. train from Philadelphia to New York. Then transfer from Pennsyl- vania Station to foot of West Forty- second Street for connection with West Shore Railroad trains to Ptaal Mountain. Norfolk, Panbobicbs events 28. $4.25 round trip from Philadelphia. 7.04 a. m. Arrive Norfolk 12.03 p. m. Back at Thirtieth Street. 10.20 p. m. Within \ five’ minutes’ walk” from snow train station: Two practice slopes, three downhill courses, cross- country trail of four Ailes, and ‘a junior: jump. February 28—-Exhibition ski jumps. Gore Mt. (North Creek, N. YJ— Week-end trains: February 26 and March 5. Tentative Schedule: ey ee ee en ee Leave Grand Central Terminal about midnight Fridays, returning to New York at 11.30-p. m. Sunday nights. $7.50 round trip from New York. Pullman rates, round trip, $2.40 upper per person, $2.80 for two people. $3.00 lower per person; $3.50 for two people. - Great Barrington, Mass. — Every Sunday from February to March. $2.50 round trip from New York. _ “THREE. BAGS FULL,”-NOVEE OF FAMILY LIFE Three Bags Full, by Roger Bur- linghame, is the answer to the prayer of all those who love long novels deal- This is a hearty book describing the- founding and improving of the village of Glen- vil in upper New York state by the line of the ._proud Van Huytens and their friends. Through five genera- tions the two branches of the family; the aristocratic ‘“Huytens”. and the degenerate “Hootens,”’ react upon each other and upon the inhabitants: of: the lake settlement which fate of so many brave frontier towns which lost their earlier individualism with the invasion of the ‘summer devils” and of the twentieth century “modern improvements.” The treatment of the family traits of character is the most important | aspect of the book.” Mr. Burlinghame evidently believes in. the- influence of environment predominating over heredity for the most part, for it is only after four generations that the force of character which is so clearly shown in the first pioneer reappears in the man whose prime belongs to - the nineteen-twenties, and.even here “it is misdirected by his upbringing and surroundings. The.characters are strongly and sympathetically done, so that each -one stands out clearly, ‘whether he is attractive to the reader or not. Contemporary events are unobtru- sively used as a- background for the action within the book, but it cannot be said to be an historical novel. ‘The scene and movement- are plainly typical of many: settlements. of: like nature—the author admits, of course, that Glenvil is an imaginary place, but authenticated as a type by many histories and records. He has docu- mented his text carefully, but he clearly shows his opinion of the ad- Per- haps it is because he seems so much in sympathy with the earliest mem- bers of the family that the book loses something of its interest toward the end—or perhaps because one’s love of the picturesque is greater than the appreciation of the much-calumniated modern generations. M. H. H. suffered the Leave New York ........ 7.45 a.m. Arrive Great Barrington . 11.03 a.m. Back in New York ...... 8.45 p. m. South Lee, from February to March. $2.50 bomne trip from New York. Leave New York......... 7.45 a.m Arrive South Lee........ 11.25.a,m Back to New York....... 8.45 p. m. Pittsfield, Mass. $2.50 round trip from New. York. February 21—Leave New Took 7.45 a.m Arrive Pittsfield 11.45 a. m. Any other Sunday but February 21, take 7.30 train, which arrives in _ Pittsfield at 11.15 a. m. Catskills—W oodstock and Phoenicia. Every Friday to March 5, inclusive. Tentative schedules: Leave New York (West Forty- second Street), Fridays, 7.25 p. m. Arrive Woodstock, 9.50-p.m. Arriver Phoenicia, 10.30 p. m. Returning Sundays, leave Phoenicia, 4.30 p. m. Leave Woodstock, 5:10 p.m. Arrive New York (Forty-second Street), 7.30 p. m. “Virginia Reel’? Favored At Gala Square Dance Overalls and Dirndls Featured ‘in Informal Evening Gymnasium, February 12.—The sec- ond square dance given this year. by the League for the benefit of the Sum- mer Camp proved to be another smash- ing success. Crowds from Haverford and Bryn Mawr arrived promptly and stayed until the band stopped playing at 11.30. So great is the enthusiasm for this kind of entertainment_ that people are already hounding the com- mittee, demanding another dance in the immediate future. By this time most Bryn Mawr stu- dents realize that the squaré,.dances are fun. On these. occasions an air of delightful informality pervades the Gym and overalls and peasant dresses or dirndls are in order. Experi- enced square’ dancers “shuffle” . ex- pertly; beginners “cast off” and swing their’ partners with commendable abandon if little skill, guided by the voice of Mr. Jesse Slingluff,- who calls and explains the dances~... The Girl I Left Behind ie. and The Spanish Caballero were compar- atively new-to-those-at-the dance Fri- day night, but the couples quickly learned. them and danced them as readily as the better known Comin’ Thro’ the- Rye and. Pop. Goes the Weasel. The real favorite, danced at two different times during the eve- ning, was the familiar Virginia Reel. Music for the dancers was sup- plied by Christian Anderson’s band. Nucleus Plans Tea for Faculty After several months of interrupted activity the Nucleus Camera Club is now ready to begin work in earnest. Dues have been collected and the sup- plies: developer, hypo, papers, toners and so forth, will be installed in the new darkroom as soon as_ possible. in the near future, before Dr. Watson leaves, they hope, the club will have a tea for the faculty photographers. Prizes Offered for Poems, Stories The Prose Poetry Guild, publishers and booksellers of 75 Fifth Avenue, New York City, offers five five-dollar prizes for the best unpublished poems and short short stories by known and unknown writers. Poems and stories will be included in the,Guild Antho- logy. The manuscripts cannot be re- turned, and the entries close March | Anthropology Divided — Into Three Main Fields), Mass.—-Every Sunday |®"* -similiar—catagories.--——~ Sontinued from Page One igious systems; systems~of- saci Anthropology is often considered a synthetic sciencé, and has been ac- cused. of being “a morbid escape from our own social problems” and a pre- dilection for the “problems of. anti- quarianism.” . It has, however, one important body of knowledge, that of illiterate primitive peoples: It dis- passionately ‘watches cultures taking shape; and by assuming a compara- tive approach, an alternative for éx- perimentation, it develops a relativis- tic point of view. - It looks at society “in terms of” and acts as a corrective on over-generalizations in other fields. Historically speaking, systematic anthropology is one of the youngest sciences. It received its first real stimulus, in 1865 when E. B. Tyler published: his Researches in the De- velopment of Mankind. Appearing six years after the Darwin theory, it showed a strong Darwinian influence, and applied oe evolution to society. ‘ From’ this siiniedad the sosialc evolutionist school, which énvisaged ‘| society as.a.cause-and effect sequence, bound together by the psychic unity of mankind. It treated: human insti- and considered the psyche of man as preordained to develop from the-sim- ple to the complex. Against this belief the criticism was immediately directed that some institutions be- longing to highly-developed societies, such as monogamy, are also found among the most primitive peoples. The social-evolutionist approach was obvious ‘ethnocentric, and for that reason, both non- relativ istic, and non- historical. Natfrally enough, there was a re volt against the evolutionist attitude, | which led .to the founding of an his- torical-reconstructionist school. This school of thought progressed from a heliocentric movement, which under the leadership of Eliot Smith sup- ported the theory that; all culture had emanated from Egypt, to a type char- acterized by the American, school of historical-reconstructionists in which Boas of Columbia has played an im- portant role. The historical-reconstructionists are interested in: similarities and their distribution through space; for dis- tribution leads to diffusion, which in turn~leads to historical -continuity. They follow biology.as their leading light, and are concerned with such problems as: the biology of age-area, or the distribution of animals in its chronological aspects; discontinuous distribution, or independent invention as seen in the development of agricul- ture in the Old and New World, with- out any historical connection; paral- lelism, or the appearance in different places of similar causes producing similar effects; convergence, or differ- ent historical stimuli, converging into a similarity; and patterning, or the means by which a diffused trait is absorbed bya different culture. The historical - reconstructionist school works in terms of cultural pro- cess and abstraction. It reached its height..in the period from 1910 ‘to - -|1920, and still thrives in a moderated form. The problems which naturally arise in connection with its scientific approach have caused dissensions, but none of the departures from the move-. ment have solved them. | SS ee a a a male BLAIR’'S 15, 1937. Meet your friends at the” ~~ Bryn Mawr Confectionery (Next to Seville Theater Bldg.) The Rendezvous of the College Girls Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious Sundaes Superior Soda Service Featurin}“ Specials This Mouttd in all PERMANENT WAVES 64 E. Lancaster Ave. Ard. 3181 ll a i A a a i a i -Music—Dencing fe gies cl _JEANNETTE’S —— - , Btyn Mawr Flower Shop, Inc. MEET "YOUR FRIENDS - The Bryn Mawr College ‘Tea Room ~ fora SOCIAL CHAT AND RELAXATION. Hours il Service: 7.30 4 M —7.30 P. M. ‘2 | oe Ror Special Paticn, Call Beyn Mews 386. tutions,-as well as material culture, |: an Maids and Porters to _ Present S econd Play Continued from Pa e One that time by Henry Hull and Flor- ence Eldredge. excellence and requires some compli- cated staging, including various slid- ing panels and secret cupboards, ter- rifying scratching at the doors, flash- ing jewels and dead bodies. To say more would but disturb our readers ahd spoil the anticipation of the per- formance. , The interest shown by the- maids and portefs has been most gratifying and there are several more recruits than there were last year. Work on the play is even more prolonged than in the dramatic efforts of the -under- graduates, for at the beginning the cast of. The Cat and the Canary will rehearse twice a week for the first few weeks and after that every night. The following. members of the cast have been chosen up to date: ROY: Survies sees Richard Blackwell NDE hips vines 0 Paes ah John Whittaker MOIy oes ys TAT Emmet Brown i Ver eo gee ON ee Minnie Newton Susah-we ia RT Doris Davis OUST oeiaic bs cp ceveneevaga Mabel Ross ANVGDCUE (6000s icc cee Hilda Grene _ Property Committee —Eva Tyson and Mary Jackson. WPA THEATRE PROJECTS ARE POPULAR SUCCESS New. York City—More than. 5,500,- 000 persons attended 9,280 perform- ances of WPA Federal Theatre ,Pro- ject plays in New York City during the past year, according to the pro- ject’s first annual. report, which. will be made public next week. The report, which marks the pro- ject’s first anniversary, encompasses all New York City Federal Theatre activities, including plays presented at permanent..theatres, along. with vaudeville, marionette, circus and out- door performances. Hitherto unknown attendance and employment statistics are revealed in the report. Breaking down the major attendance figure into specific cate- gories, the report says that 2,900,000 saw WPA dramas, 732,000 attended Federal Theatre vaudeville shows, 415,000 followed the WPA circus and 1,468,009 attended marionette per- formances. The longest continuous run for WPA Federal Theatre plays was cred- ited to the Broadway production of It Can’t Happen. Here, which has played more than 90 performances to date. The unique all-Negro produc- tion of Macbeth, which. toured the country following its successful en- gagement in New York,’ actually had the longest run, giving 144 perform: ances in 27 weeks. 7 : Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot’s poetic drama, and the current revival of Dr. Faustus have received accolades of praise from critics and public alike. Both have been hailed as among the most artistic achieve- ments of the last two years.—(WPA Release. ) York in_19227 ft is interesting to note “lthat the leading roles were taken at ‘to come up before Congress. Formal A. Y. A. Petition . _' Needed, A. S. U. is Told Common Room, February 10. fea. 9a mE liam Hollister, field worker of the national A: S.‘U., emphasized the im- — : ; : It i ig.a melodrama bar portance of students’ formal declara- — tion of their desire for the new American Youth Act, which is ‘shortly For this purpose a pilgrimage of American students from all over the country will gather i in Washington February 19, 20 and 21. Petitions and letters to Con- gressmen will reflect the opinions of those who cannot attend. As a result of impressive Poe testimony rendered by hundreds of needy students last year, the National Youth Act has. been redrafted into a | More specific bill with several new . features. Federal scholarships, the revision of high school and _ college - grants, and an increased appropria- tion of 150 million dollars added to last year’s 350 million are some of its measures. Interviews with Congressmen will take place’ on Friday, which will be the most important day of the pil- . grimage, Saturday the meeting will be addressed by President Roosevelt, and conferences and entertainment will compose the rest of the three days’ schedule. In such. national movemenits Phila- delphia’s geographical position in re- lation to New York and Washington makes it a peculiarly important post. Members present at the meeting vol- unteered a certain amount to pay each month toward the upkeep of the city committee. Under its direction, vari- | ous college members are visiting high schools and helping students to. or-— ganize their chapters. Volunteers for such activities: are requested. .—/ An alumni banquet of members of students’ movements, some dating back to 1867, will meet in New York on March 2. Undergraduate members of the A. S:-Usare invited to attend. Psychologist Bases Reality on Results of Human Activity Continued from Page One” tical fields of interest. The psycho- logical contribution to the study of man is thus seen to lie not only in the many’ specific contributions to knowl- edge ‘and practical affairs, but'in the application of experimental methods to,the understanding and control of aspects of human nature which at present are regarded as aeinine the pale of science. ll A TN W. G. CUFF & CO. Electrical Contractors BRYN MAWR, PA. : 4 : VICTOR RECORDS _ RADIOS Portable Victrolas— Sold and Repaired Phone Bryn Mawr 823 @ ? 2 Rs ‘ “ oom ‘ 2 y-, es What are you doing Sunday?” “For one thing, I’m: going to call home at the reduced Long Distance rates.” @ You'll be surprised to find how little - it costs to call. home after seven.- any night or any time on “Sunday. rom THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA . x ing .‘ “THE COLLEGE NEWS “Page Five ~. Bryn. Mawr, Laing New. Guarding System, Class wy 40 Carries eto Webster, '38,/ "Four Howes” to Sing Beats U. of P. in Strictly. Refereed Game} Off Swimming. Honors! freshmen scored “again-in-the| ._Madrigals._in_ Deanery . crawl for form and the backstroke. Gymyasium, February 18.—=In a game. marked chiefly. by the strictness of the referees in calling fouls and ‘smaller violations, Bryn Mawr beat the University of Pennsylvania var- sity’ 18-12. used their new system of zone guarding, Bryh Mawr in which one guard stays back under’ the basket ‘as a- safety man, to take the ball from the Penn forwards and rush it down to their own end of the court:.: At the end ofthe first quarter the score stood 8-2 in favor of Penn and they held gn to a slemder one-point lead until the half. Then, with the score 6-5 against them, the | Bryn Mawr players rallied. De Chadenédes jumped forthe ball as it came down from the: basket and shot it neatly]. into the net to put Bryn Mawr ahead. Nice passing from a guard to Bake- well to Hoagland and back to Bake- well résulted’ in another goal, and a few moments later Hoagland brought thé score to 11-6, while the Penn team was unable to tally. Washburn, with perfect” timing, several. times suc- ceeded in knocking down the ball just as-heyv opponent shot for the basket. Line-ip BRYN MAwR U,. 08 -P Bakewell ........ Beis cet yaw ate Conlin De Chadenédes .. f ..... Daugherty Hoagland ...... Tis ek Collins Washburn ..... ee McGinnes vackson .. 5... Qvsevas Hennessy E.Smith ....... Qivescisvene Genet Goals—Bryn Mawr, Bakewell (2), De Chadenédes (8), Hoagland (3), Bridgman (2). University of Penn- sylvania—Conlin, Collins- (2), Me- Ginnes (3), Hénnessy. Fouls—Bryn Mawr, Bakewell, Hoagland (4), Washburn, Jackson (2). University of: Pennsylvania — Daugherty (2), Collins (2), McGinnes (3), Hennessy. Substitutions—Bryn Mawr, Bridgman for De Chadenédes. University of Pennsylvania — Roberts for Genet, Hood: for Collins. Referees—Hallen and McKinney. - TANGO. DEMONSTRATED BY “MR. HERBERT .WARE Gymnasium, February 9.—Mr. Her- bert Ware and his partner, from the Arthur Murray School in New York, gave an exhibition of-four ballroom dances before a large and interested ‘audience. The first dance shown was_ the waltz, which was fairly slow, ,and ended in a series of graceful whirls. The foxtrot, next on the program, was more lively. As their third num- ber Mr. Ware and his partner danced the rhumba. There’are many varia- tions of this.dance, which, because of the simplicity of its steps, and _ the} small amount of space needed for its execution, is extremely popular. Their dance was an adaptation of the Mexi- can and Cuban rhumbas,'and showed the small amount of movement neces-|' sary in a step of this kind. The last dance, and by far the most interest- ing and lovely to watch, was the Ar- SECOND TEAM GAINS | VICTORY FROM PENN Gymnasium, duplicated the performance of«the var- sity, beating the University of Penn- sylvania seconds, 18-11. The game was slower than-the varsity match, but equally marred by many penalties for fouls, Line-up: ‘ BRYN MAwr U.or P. Whitmer..... LOPWEIG 6 6s scares Park Sovipiog, oss POVWAYR sca ve "Or lady Bridgman.... forward ....McFadden M. Meigs...... RUBTG fo scliaca Hine Oo; MeATUN, . 55 i guard Botehlo hr POSTER i es GUNG Cccin Meyers Goals—Bryn Mawr, Whitmer (5), S. Meigs (2), Bridgman (8); U. of P., Park, Orlady, McFadden (4). Fouls —Bryn Mawr, S. Meigs, Bridgman (2), M.- Meigs; U..of P.,.MeFadden, Botehlo, Meyers (2), Croll. Substitu- tion—Croll- for. Hine. __Referee—Hal- len and McKinney. gentine tango, exceedingly graceful in its movement. This dance takes too much space to be popular for use in the usually over-crowded ballrooms of today. February 13..— The|” Bryn Mawr second basketball team, — R, Penfield, - ’40, ‘Wins Diving Event; .V. Lautz, ’37, Is Runner-Up PLACES: .Gynnasiuni, February 16—In an, atmosphere of gaiety and friendly competition provided by class ban- ners festooning the walls of the pool room, the freshmen, glass, of 1940, romped away with most of the honors in the first interclass swimming meet. They made-a total ‘score of 38 points, more than twice the rating’‘of ’39, who followed with 16 points. The seniors’ were third. with 138, one morvé than the juniors, The, freshmen started out strongly by capturing the relay race with great ease. Penfield, the last man on their team, was streaking’ down the last lap as her opponents were still going the other way. Webster, 738,’ just out- lasted the final spurt of. Ferkyser ’39,°to: place second. In the diving event four dives were required: standing front, running front or swan, jacknife and one op- tional. dive. All .the divers chose either the back dive oy the front flip for the latter. Penfield gained first place in the diving with a total of 19 points; Lautz, ’37, was second with 1939 SECOND In the first-of these Axson, ’40, led ‘with 20 points, Sioussat, ’40, tied Bin- | gay for second place. McClellan, ’40, easily won the backstroke -race in..17.2 seconds,- more than a second faster than her nearest rival, Webster, 38. The seniors’ and sophomores ‘gained one victory apiece, .Bingay, ’37, won the. sidestroke for form, while Peck, 39, and Hutchinson, ’40, tied for sec- ond. In the 40-yard dash Ferguson and McEwan, both ’39, secured the first ‘two places, and Arnold, ’40, placed third. Last on the program was the “Mys- tery Event,” which turned out to be a variation of what is familiar to many as the peanut-scramble. When all the representatives of each class stood ready around the pool, quanti- ties of marshmallows were strewn up- on the water. 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HAMILTON, BERMUDA ~ : pniaanintiaues ee ~ een tnncemn : ce SR SETS RR Soupeageraiae ie a eT = Page Six ~~ THE COLLEGE NEWS ” 4 7 | LEAGUE NOTES - - | The ‘sale of Grenfell articles this’ year eovered a period of six weeks in- stead of the usual two, but conversely the net result was less than ‘last year. Since this is true also of the Grenfell Shop iM Philadelphia, that. news i# not as discouraging as it appears. The falling off is attributed to . the lack of Labrador weather. A suni of over $100 was “made this year: As always, the League is in need of more help in the shape of volunteers among the undergraduates. for. its various activities. This is especially true of the Americanization Commit- tee, headed by Catherine Richards, ’°39, which has been. robbed: of two. active members by the*French Club play. Eight people. are required and . she ‘hopes that ‘two’ volunteers will “. eome forward to replace those who are not strayed but stolen. The Haverford Community Center has been functiéning with the help of WPA workers, but students who can plan their time: to go regularly are ‘still needed. The chairman, Virginia Hessing, ’38, is counting on the help of the freshmen once the, Show is a thing of the past. The new. chairman ,of~ the Blind School, Jane Braucher, ’39, reports that so far the work has been very successful. A special effort is to be made this year to continue the reading to the blind up to the last passible minute before the final examination ose as ‘ Report Entertainments! The P-+anwit-g—Committee _ wishes to remind all under- graduates who are presenting atty type of public entertain- ment on the campus that they must report to a member of the Committee. A Faculty at Large. Dean Manning left Monday, Febru- pary 15, to attend the meetings of the National Association of Deans of Wemen in New Orleans and will go from there to Washington for meet- ings of the Alumnae Council on Feb- ruary 25, 26 and 27. Miss Dorothy Walsh, of the Depari- ment of Philosophy, has had The Philosophical Implications of Histor- ical Enterprise in the February 4 is- sue of the Journal-of Philosophy. period. The Maids’ Activities, under Elea- rior Taft, ’39, will be concentrated on the play under the direction of Huldah Cheek, ’38, but classes are held for them now in knitting and gymnasium work. . One maid is anxious for music lessons, but it has not ‘as yet’ been possible to Srange this. The Bryn Mawr Camp fund was materially increased by the proceeds of the Square Dance on Friday. The Committee, headed by Mary Eliza- beth Reed, ’37, assisted by Anne Ferguson, ’39, cleared between 45 and 50 dollars. oye ti imma am Theater Review “Maxwell Anderson’s Tlié “Masque of Kings is a good play, well acted, which \moves to a powerful conclusion, al- though the direction which the trag- edy is to take is not clear unt1 late in the action. The play is essentially the personal tragedy of Rudolph, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian. Empire and the destruction of his ideal. _ Partly from the disinterestedhess of this ideal, which is to rule with jus- tice and tolerance for all, and partly from a _ poetical standpoint without ever losing, dramatic power, the play derives.a certain dignity which. adds to its tragedy. « This personal tragedy involves the empire, personified by the Emperor ,and Empress, and in an entirely dif- erent way, by Rudolph’s mistress. It is the presentation of the separate goals of these three secondary people ning. The first thought presented in Empress to leave the Empire to a capable heir, and the second is Ru- dolph’s superficial desire to escape all responsibility and to_live only for his Reb, The central theme, Rudolph’s ideal, enters when he is persuaded to revolt against his father to seize the crown. The second act ends with the material success of this plan. The fact that his‘ideal still awaits trial i is somewhat obscured by the fact from its language, which is very fine | | wipe out. opposition—that any man in which weakens the play at the begin- the. play is. that of the Emperor and | New History Society Offers Essay Prizes ae" Subject is Lisarmament be Achieved?” ‘In the belief that the silent popula- tion of the earth has been too long acquiesent, the New History Society| is offering the’sum total of ‘five thou- sand dollars to the entire population of. the globe for the best papers of not more than two thoysand words, on the subjcet: ‘How Can the People of the .World Achieve’ oo Dis- almament?”’ The prizes offered are as follows: First world prize ...1,000 dollars cessor seems to be fulfilled. To hold his position with any. degrée of safety, Rudolph realizes he must ruthlessly his or his father’s position must be a tyrant in order to maintain security. He refuses to accept this imposed condition. and gives tp the revolt. His one remaining support—love—is knocked from under him on’ discover- ing that his mistress ‘was first sent to him by -his father as a spy on his activities. His mistress, who depended entirely on his love, kills herself when he loses faith in her. Rudolph refuses to re- turn to. cqurt as the heir, to join the “masque of kings,” and completes his death, which has already been ‘“How Can Universal 2. League Election. The Bryn Mawr League takes _ pleasure in announcing“the elec- tion of Jane Braucher, ’39, as chairman of the Blind School Committee and Christie Golter, 39, as assistant. te 600 dollars 400 dollars Six continental prizes of two hun- Second world prize.. _ Third world prize.. dred dollars each will be awarded ' for the best papers respectively from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Mexico, South and Cen- tral America and North America. with no restriction as to age, nation- ality, race or religion and regardless of academic or educational affiliations. 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