a \ Z-615 E NEws VOL. XXV, No. 9 BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1938 Copyright TRUSTEES OF BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 1938 PRICE 10 CENTS E. Emory Stars As Catharine In Shaw Play Players Club and. Haverford Collaborate in “‘Arms — And the Man” DRAMA PROVES TOO SUBTLE FOR GROUP Goodhart, December 10-—~The Play- ers’ Club in collaboration with Hav-| : erford’s Cap and Bells, presented: George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, Saturday night, as-the- major _ attraction of the Bryn Mawr theatri- eal season. Gertrude Leighton; ’38, assisted by Fifi Garbat, ’41,: handled the directing of the play carefully and conscientiously, and with the ex- ception of a few unfortunate. lapses of memory, the actors- played their roles creditably. ‘The finest piece of acting was con- tributed hy Eleanor Emery, 40, who, as Catherine Petkoff, mother of the heroine, captivated the audience with hér expressive eyes and voice. Miss Emery, more than any other member of the cast, caught. the mood of the play and gave her performance just the right amount of burlesque. She seemed completely at ease, possibly “because she really understood.and ap- preciated Shaw’s satire. Somehow when Miss Emery came on stage even the duller spots of the play were brightened. She was especially good, as was most of the cast, in the second act. : Sarah Meigs, ’39, played Raina gracefully. Her insight into the char- acter she was portraying was less keen than Miss. Emery’s, but in sev- eral places she proved herself to be a skillful comedienne, as in the scene where Raina regales Bluntschli with a description of her cultural back- ground. Unfortunately there was nevér any development of Raina’s af- fection for her chocolate. cream sol- dier. Miss Meigs diligently followed the script and did succeed in estab- lishing her own character, but -at the close of the play it was hard to be- lieve that she and Bluntschli were des-. tined to a long and happy life to- gether. Nevertheless, Miss Meigs helped immeasurably to make ~ the . play, as a whole, light and. charming. Phyllis Wright, ’41, added consid- erable life and vitality to the produc- tion in the role of Louka, Raina’s thaid. She was at the peak of her performance in her scene with Ser- gius, Raina’s fiancé, in the second act, and slightly less good in the third because she seemed to be trying too hard. The five men’s roles dere taken with varying degrees of skill by mem- Continued on Page Four Art Club Opens Series 1. OE Illustrated Lectures Louise Thompson, 739, Discusses Paintings of Breughel Common Room, December 11.—In- augurating a new series of four. lec- tures sponsored by the Art Club, Lou- ise Thompson,’ ’39, spoke on the work of Pieter Breughel the elder. Repro- ductions of the artist’s work, lent to the cgllege by Raymond and Raymond of New York, wére exhibited; and with*these’Miss Thompson es st her lecture. Miss Thompson ‘epphasinel: the fact that Breughel, himself of humble birth, painted of and for the Flemish “middle classes of the sixteenth cen- _ tury. He was interested in represent- ing them in-their daily work and at their festivals, as in the series of four _ paintings called The Seasons. More than. that, he used for his subject matter the fairy. ae and oe GERMAN CLUB GIVES CHRISTMAS TABLEAU Common Room, December 13,—The German Club Christmas tableau, en-' Luke, combined effective pantomime and_ beautiful singing of traditional Ellen ‘Matteson, "40, directed the program, which was opened by Louise . Herron, ,’39,. Waples, .’42,- who played the .ddagio movement..of*the’‘Bach double’ con- certo as a violin and flute duet. After the townsfolk entered,. sing- ing ‘Adeste Fidelis, Mary and Joseph eamé tothe stable, and were soon followed, during’ the singing of Stille Nacht, by the ‘shepherds and then the angels. Among the most familiar carols sung were: Es ist ein Reiz, O Jesulein .zart, and In Dulce Jubilo, and. at. the approach of the three kings, the less well- Knows Wir kom- men daher. r car ols. acted from the second chaptey of Saint |. and : Christine | ' Our Village Rehearsal Miss Linn and Mr: Steele Faculty ~and Students Produce Skit, “Our Village,” for Benefit of Peace Chest oO Gymnasium, December ceded by an appeal for someone to play a Spanish dance, and some others to pay their admission fees, the atmo- sphere of Our Village was quickly set by the entrance of Barbara Bigelow as stage-manager ip the true Wilder tradition. “This play is called Our Village,” she announced flatly, and then pro- ceeded to describe the scene and. intro- duce her characters as they appeared. Mrs. Woodrow, cast as Mrs. Chad- wick-Collins, was the first. The part had been written with more spirit than accuracy as that of an ebullient pub- licity agent. The entrance of the “élite” ‘of our village, consisting of Miss Henderson, Miss Gardiner, Miss Terrien, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Cameron and a body of 10.—P oo was followed by the arrival of Miss Frances Perkins, who, seated on a ladder, was acted by Miss Linn, with violent agitation of the right foot and both hands. The climax of the first scene was reached when Paul Green, Mr. Steele disguised in black hair, took his seat on the second lad- der. In the debate which ensued be- tween the two, on the relative efficacy of “minimum standards of housing versus dreams and the frontiersman’s axe, we were finally persuaded that, even in the intellectual unity of our village, the ‘economist and the poet live on different planes.. _ Disillusioned Youth appealed to the godlike Mr. Green from the depths of its tired, collectivesoul. “While Ca- milla. Riggs gave throaty expression Continued on Page Three Michels Spins Top _In Name of Science Science Club Observes Unusual Demonstrations Confirming Physics Theories Dalton Hall, December 7.—Walter ©. Michels, of thesphysics department, speaking to the Science Club on Spin- ning Tops, regretted that he had no cat to drop in order to demonstrate 'the conservation of spin in an isolated system... The behavior of spinning bodies was otherwise-amply shown in demonstrations that included, besides tops, a mono-rail car that walked the tightrope, and a mysterious suitcase that swerved sideways when lifted. The ject had been chosen chiefly for the variety of striking experi- ments possible for demonstration. Afterwards the faculty and students in’ the audience were permitted to ex- periment further with a spinning chair and the gyroscopes. The infor- mal atmosphere of the meeting was promoted by dinner in Denbigh, held beforehand, where two tables were taken over by Mr. and Mrs.. Michels, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, and the. Sci- ence Club. ce é » In any ore system there is only: al given amount of this “spin,” which does not change. When. you: start: a top. spinning, you are giving the earth an equal and opposite spin, although because of the. relative sizes of the two bodies the . ery. /Dr. Boethius was director of. the’ Swedish Archaeological Institute in Rome for a number of years.’ The lecture will be illustrated and all who are in- | terested are cordially invited to attend. —e IN. THE BOOKSHOP LENDING LIBRARY. The Horse and BuggyDoctor by Arthur E. Hertzler—$2.75 The recent flood of medical. remi- nisence has seldom cast up a more provocative character than Arthur E. Hertzler or a more entertaining book than his Horse and Buggy Doctor. It may lack-the breadth of An Ameri- can Doctor’s Odyssey or the drama of The Healing Knife; but is’ has a certain rural and corncob charm pe- culiarly its own. Most of this charm is due to the personality of its author. By this time, most readers. must be fairly familiar with the. Victorian surgeon whe, wore: a Prince Albert goat and stuck his needles in the lapel; they must also be hardened to grisly opera- tions carried out ‘in the most squalid circumstances by the flickering light of a distant lantern. Dr. Hertzler has nothing new to add to these stand- ard anecdotes; he~-merely repeats ‘them as they occurred in his own life and practice. Their originality is wholly dependent on the style of the narrator, and what gives the book its vitality.is not: primarily the sub- ject-matter, but the character of the writer. Dr. Hertzler probably never sat down deliberately at his desk to create a portrait entitled “American Doctor of. the Old School.” This, however, is what actually emerges from his ‘| memoirs, a figure at once curiously learned and curiously limited. He has sympathy, but no imagination; he considers the dramas of real life in- finitely greater than those of fiction, and frankly calls Shakespeare’s tra- gedies “foolishness” beside them. His style is of the “yes-sir-ee” school, and it: ishard to refrain from wincing when he begins to talk about his little daughters or his nurses, whom he de- scribes as a “fine bunch of Kansas girls.” With all this provinciality, however, there’ goeS a depth of. real medical knowledge and sound common sense, united with a hearty and vo- ciferous: contempt for quackery and an intense pity for genuine suffering. The combination is: enough: to make one feel a kind of regret for the days of the horse and buggy. The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse—$2.00 By this time, any real criticism of P. G. Wodehouse has become almost impossible. All there remains to do is to answer the question: Is it up to the usual standard and what, is it about this. time? This time, Mr. Wodehouse is con- cerned with the dreadful misadven- tures. of: Bertie Wooster and the im- peccable Jeeves at Totleigh Towers, a chase that began with Bertie’s cour- teous: offer to sneer at a silver cow- creamer for his Aunt Dahlia and ended only after he had been. black: mailed. by. a. curate’s- fiancée, impri- soned by a Scottie, and threatened with death by the leader of the young. Fascist. party in England. The book is well up to the highest. Wodehouse adeaemncetianed mean, yes; definitely. wt Sy Be ships “and Fellowships. The third question before the Coun- cil was that of early. morning chapel. Mrs. Manning pointed out that the most faithfyl audience was the. choir, who come because: attendance is re- quired. The chief obstacle: in the way of attendance is-¥he earliness of the hour. The chapel system may be changed so that there will be six re- quired chapels in the year scheduled for some hour in the middle of the morning.., ; The Curtis String Quartet has offered to give. a concert Mawr for the. benefit of the Refugee’ Scholarship Fund. The. Graduate Student. has abenaile 9 arrived: and the |! PUBLIC OPINION ‘at Bryn|| - To. the: Editor of the College News: Since Miss. is let- ter in last week’s copy e College News would appear to be based on. @ |.misunderstanding of the effort being |made by the Athletic Association to ‘raise money for a new recreation building, it seems worth. while to em- phasize that the plan outlined’ in the News of November: 16 was drawn up | to meet’ a need of very long standing. If many of the Bryn Mawr commuv- - nity knew nothing of it until the, article appéared; their ignorance was: due to the fact that the memory of the college is short-lived in’ such matters and: has to’ be’ strenuously re- vived if money is to be raised. Ever since the plan: for the new dormitory and the iricrease-of the un- dergraduate body took on @ definite form it has been. evident that there must be more space for recreation and: ‘exercise’ indoors: during the winter months, Everi' with three hun-, dred and’ seventy-five undergraduate students: the: Gymnasium. was hope- lessly overcrowded and: the scheduling of basketball, dancing - and other forms of winter exercise became ex- traordinarily intricate. The desire of the Athletic Association, the Physical Education’ Department and the student body as a whole to di- vergify the games and forms of exer- cise . available on the campus has merely made the situation more com- plicated. If everyone in college were compelled to take Swedish gymnastics three times a week at hours. deter- mined by the Dean’s Office the present . Gymnasium might possibly accommo- date’ five hundred. undergraduates; but with everyone agreed that it is pleasanter and more effective to have basketball; several forms of dancing, badminton, squash and other sports available as they become popular, it is self-evident: that one large room is insufficient. The present plan for a building. in which squash courts would occupy the ground floor and there would be a large room above available for dancing classes and bad- minton has been worked out on the most economical lines which could possibly have been devised. The building is to be constructed of inex- pensive. materials and is to be so placed. that its architectural beauty or the xeyerse will be of no particular importance. The special features of a lounge and tea pantry could* prob- ably be added with very little extra expense, but I should like to’ empha- size that. they do not constitute an integral part of the original plan and were added merely as attractive features. : My main point, therefore, in answer to Miss Bigelow’s fulmination is that an annex to. our present gymnasium facilities is an absolutely indispens- able part of the plan for the en- largement of the college to an under- graduate body of five hundred stu- dents. I realize that there will always be a considerable part of the student body which, being deeply. moved by the sufferings of their fel- low humans in other parts of the world, are indignant at the thought of trying. to raise money for their own needs. I think they should re- member at this crisis in history, how- ever, that. unless we in the United States continue to develop our own interests: and “Bttivities in a normal and healthy way; we cannot be of miuch’ real’ assistance to the rest’ of the world. Prosperity;, we hope,’ is returning slowly ‘to American com- munities,: and: even: our modest build- ing. program on the. Bryn Mawr ‘campus has: its: place in’ the national effort: to: stabilize economic conditions in this: country, so that we may. be stronger: and. better: able to care for | the refugees: from. revolution and de-. | pression’ in other countries. HELEN TAFT.. MANNING. undergraduate: is expected: after the Christmas holidays: The ~1700 dol- lars which has: been raised will not only provide for the two students this year, but will cover their expenses for part: of a second year. Engagement Mary Eliot Frothingham, ’31, .to Charles Jackson, Jr., of Do- . ver and Boston. Mr. Jackson ~ is the brother of bi ec _: & . Pn atid ip, dian, ~ a timely holiday dress— : four boxes of Camels in “flat fifties.” Looks like (and és) @ Soe’ — , . of “gife” for what you pay! eee t teat caer fhe THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three ~ q Early Man is Traced | ~~ To Extinct Mammals \ Continued from Page One quence of civilization.from the Folsom period to the later horizon of the In- East to the Great Basin be- tween the Rockies and the Sierras nething of importance has been dis- closed. ' “From Abilene, Texas, comes new evidence connecting the American man with the Anterglacial period, 75,000 years ago. The evidence has been verified by a glacial scientist but is not. yet widely published nor fully tested. : The desert districts near Clear- water, California, whose evolution: is similar to those near Denver, and various regions on the Eastern séa- board provide further proof of the Folsom culture and of man’s: connec- tion with extinct mammals. Although it is generally believed that the ancestors of the American Indian came from Asia across the Ber- ing Straits, -the finds in the region of this gateway have failed to throw light on early man’s history;.. The river beds ffere are continyally shift- ing and great erosion has taken place in the valleys. As a result, excursions under Herdilicke,. Collins and. Miss de Laguna have been able to obtain valuable information’ only about the Eskimo and Indian and. as ‘yet have found little evidence of early -migra- tions. At the other extvein, the tip of South America, a recent site shows a sequence of development ‘similar to that at Salt Lake though perhaps of an earlier origin. Thus Dr. Strong showed the divergencies of dates with- in the pedigree ofthe New World— from three or*foyr thousand B.C, in the extreme south to the dividing line or even the early A.D.’s in middle America, from 15,000 B.C. in the high plateau regions, again to the divid- ing line in the far north. Only the beginning of the pedigree, however, is known as yet. —w ‘PUBLIC OPINION v To the Editor of the News: The editorial titled Peace—or De- mocracy that appeared in last week’s edition of the College News. shows some“ confusion as to the position taken by the Young Communist League on the ASU Armistice Day resolutions, as well as to the relation of democracy and peace.- It would seem from the heading of the editorial that the News finds a certain incom- patibility between the two concepts. The position of the Communist Party, however, is that peace and democracy are not incompatible. Although de- mocracies are sometimes compelled to defend themselves by arms, as Spain and China are doing today, they are actually protecting. the peace of other nations by stopping the spread of ag-| gression. We can help them prevent the further spread of war by withhold- ing economie aid from the fascist pow- ers, as suggested in the resolution. Surely everyone will agree that it. is| the faseist states, not the democracies, which are the sources of war. - ‘ Fascism is. essentially a war ma- chine because it. represents the most extremg stage of imperialism, when new markets and’ colonies must be ob- tained by violence. On the other hand, the more democratic imperialist pow- ers are, relatively, forces for peace because they have not yet reached this acute stage and because their peoples, who desire peace, retain some degree of control over the governments. But nc capitalist democracy has been able to throw its whole weight on the side of peace, as the USSR has consist- ently done. The reason is that the Soviet Union, a socialist state, has eliminated the causes of war latent in even the most democratic capitalist nations. World peace can. never be a reality until world socialism has been achieved. The Communist pro- gram includes both these:..aims. We support collective security because it coincides with a small part of our Program. But since collective security is primarily designed for capitalist ‘nations, we do not regard it as a per- might be done under the auspices of manent solution to the question of péace. Hence we approve of the ASU reso- lutions,“inasmuch as they are intended to impose restriction on fascist and imperialist governments and __ to strengthen the for of democracy. But they obviously} cover limited phases ef the present situation and fail to provide a-plan of future action. These reso}uftions could be a first step in a more comprehensive program, in which the demésxatic nations use eco- nomic means to Stop fascist aggres- sion while such means ‘are still in their. power. The halting of fascism will secure peace for the present and ‘will enable the world to make progress in understanding and eradicating the deep-rooted causes of war. We should like to clear up another point in. the editorial which has been widely misunderstood by the campus; that is, the interpretatioif our pre- vious statement that. “Chamberlain was working hand in glove with Hit- ler and Mussolini.” Here we do’ not imply that Chamberlain was actuated by love of fascism or by personal am- bition. No doubt he was influenced by many motives which cannot be ex- plored hefe—the class motive, the Rule Britannia motive, the peace at any price motive; but we doubt very much whether his actions sprang from a corrupt or self-seeking motive. The fact remains‘that, willingly or unwill- ingly, he did exactly what Hitler wanted him to do. Chamberlain at Munich met the acid test by turning’ blue; we must draw our own conclu- sions concerning his future reactions. To the"N@ws we wish ‘to offer a sug- gestion. Siftce we have stuck” our necks out by giving our opinion on practical methods for obtaining peace, and are inviting and receiving much helpful criticism, would: it not be an interesting idea for the News to ore ganize a peace forum and encourage’ contributions from other schools’ of thought on the campus? Perhaps this4 saacar-eaios = ‘many Fatulty - Student Skit | Given for Peace Chest * Continued from Page’One to: their embitterment: “Oh, Mr. Green, we’re just lost in a me Miss Perkins smiled and posed for the press photographer, Doris Turner. The apparent lack -of communion be- tween Fame, Youth, the Press, not to mention Communism, disappeared, however, in the gay maytime rendi- tion of the Lambeth Walky‘fn which everyone joimed at the~close of thé scene, a second scene was a touching number in which Senora Manning and Sener Crenshaw blew . roses*at one another and adopted a child. Appar- ently this was Senor Crenshaw’s in- fant, and its mother was repeatedly reported “dead in the baggage car ahead.” The scene was made even more-appealing by the nonchalant at- tempts of Senor Crenshaw to. control a small but agile mustache. In’ the fimal scene Disillusioned Youth, who had come down to the station to see Miss Perkins and Mr. Green off on the train, were: delighted and surprised when the faculty in- formed them that in their spare time Continued on Page Five the Peace Council. Such a forum would provide an opportunity for those who have had no previous chance at self-expression to get their opinions read and considered by the. student body as a whole. It is shown by the number of arguments heard all over the school that Bryn Mawr students are by no means uninterested ‘in for- mulating a practical peace program; but as a rule only a minority of the current opinions are voiced in public. The News would be doing a great service not only~to this campus but to others throughout America if such a forum could be set up. We have cer- tainly posed enough leading and per- tinent questions in this letter to pro- vide material for discussion, and we regret to leave the subject with so ‘of its implications Tarelv Check the smokers on your Christmas list= delight them with these gaily-wrapped, inexpensive gifts— Camels and Prince Albert os (right) Also featured in — o A PERFECT WAY TO se CAMELS —What could be a nicer gift for those who smoke cigarettes than Camels, by far the most popular ciga- rette in America? Remember...Camels are made of finer, MORE EXPEN- SIVE tobaccos—Turkish and Domes- tic. There’s a world of Christmas cheer in receiving a fine gift \pf mild, rich- tasting Camel cig grettes — and a lot of satisfaction in giving them too! (eft) The handsome » Christmnas-wrapped Camel carton—10 packs of “20’s” —200 cigarettes. Your dealer is featuring it now. —< PRINCE ALBERT—If you want to please a man who smokes 4 pipé, give him the tobacco that is extra mild and extra tasty—Prince Albert! Watch his “happy smile as he lights up this ripe, rich tobacco that smokes so cool and mellow because it’s specially cut and “no-bite” make this a real Christmas for the pipe-smokers you know — give Prince Albert, the National Joy Smoke. treated. If you want to « Se, touched. ; Sincerely, THE YOUNG COMMUNIST _ ‘ LEAGUE of Bryn Mawr College, Bess LOMAX, EMILY Doak, ETHEL DANA, am AGNES SPENCER. =, To the Editor of the College News: A senior is theoretically entitled to use any steps to Taylor which strike her*fancy. But the only ones which are really convenient to the great majority of classrooms are those on which smoking is permitted. Unfor- tunately these steps are alWays com- pletely blockaded by students enjoying their between-class cigarettes. We are therefore confronted with two equally distasteful alternatives: (1) use Senior steps which take us out of our way and, consequently, make us late to classes. (2) fight a terrific battle to mount the convenient steps, a struggle which | takes. so. long that we are late to class, anyway. In the case of (2) ‘the vhyaiend struggle is so great that both stu- dents and professors have to take a 10-minute siesta in order to recover from their exertion. The other side of the controversy is that smoking is a noble institution, in addition to being the college girl’s salvation between classes. Any at- tempt: to do..away with smoking in front of Taylor would undoubtedly re- sult in a revolt of Bryn Mawr stu- dents compared with which the terrors of the French Revolution would seem mild. The solution to this problem is sim- ple—let the smokers enjoy their smokes on the gravel path in front of Taylor. Is it really necessary to loll all over the steps to get the full en- joyment ofethe weed? If they would smoke standing in front of Taylor in- ‘stead of reclihing on the steps like decrepit Greek philosophers, both™fac- ulty and students. would be unendingly.. grateful. Doris Ray. (above) A pound package of rich- tasting, “no-bite” eye-filling gift patkage of Prince Albert, the world’s most, popular smoking tobacco. Be sure to see ‘the big, generous one-pound tin on display at your nearest dealer’s, smoking in this 4 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS WRAPPERS | 3 > d Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS = ' Eleanor Emery Stars in “Arms and the Man” Continued from Page One ‘bers of the Cap and Bells Club. The grossest.“piece of niiscasting in the play was that of giving the role of Bluntschli to Gove { Hambidge,. Jr. Bluntschli is one of Mr. Shaw’s finest and subtlest characters. Mr. Ham- bidge seemed merely to be repeating his lines, mechanically smiling and crossing ‘his legs whenever the plot or _ the directors forced him into it.. He _ played the whole first act as if Arms _ and the Man were a play with a message, and never seemed to relax the tenseness of his expression, look- ing self-conscious and embarrassed whenever any of his lines-provoked a laugh from the audience. Si Simmons was not much better as Major Ser- gius Saranoff,' speaking those lines _ which -were intended” for farce in the manner-we may’ suppése he used somne- what earlier while leading his faméus cavalry charge. =~ Malcolm” Smith. and Lowell King did their best to redeem the male honor. Mr. Smith was a lean and efféctive Nicola and had more stage presence than bis fellow Haverford- ians. He nevetstole the attention of the audience from the “main actors but filled in many gaps in the action. Lowell King, who played Major Pet- koff, was a little nervous, but other-|| wise good. He managed to supply almost everything which his part re- quired, and did not weaken it by add- ing»any more. His straightforward- ness and simplicity were in excellent ' eontrast to Miss Emery’s Catherine. ' Miss Leighton did as well as,could ™ be hoped for with the production, but perhaps in the future Players’ Club should avoid putting on plays as diffi- ‘cult and subtle as Arms and the Man. This was an interesting and worth- ‘while presentation, but there was a large amount of material undeveloped. The: costumes were rich and dis- tinctive and were principally responsi- ble for the impressién ‘of lavishness mpon which the play depends. The sets were experimental, those of the - first and third acts less successful than that of the second. Separating _the brilliantly colored flats of the first’ ~ gét with neutral curtains made the set disorganized rather than giving it the ludicrous appearance required by Mr. Shaw. The colors used throughout ere excellent--and costumes = and scenery blended well together. O-k: You will find helpful hints in the ads. = HENRY B. WALLACE Caterer and Confectioner ~ DINING ROOM" Estimates given ‘“ 22 and 24 Bryn Mawr Avenue Bryn Mawr, Pa. ~~ EXCERPTS from EXILE ‘|To the College’News: - @pAs anyone would tell me, this is a fine time for anyone to: get homesick. The height-of Genevese social life is about to begin with the Consul’s-ball for all Americans tomorrow night at the Hotel des Bergues, ‘an affair to which everyone in Geneva goes whether they’re American and know the meaning of Thanksgiving or not. Then there will be all the celebrations for the Escalades the eleventh of De- cember, and after that everyone will be having. Christmas parties before we all go ‘away for vacation. into the house and see shades of the porch of old Merion dance before my eyes, or go. down to the: University, jleap off my bike and tear into class just about on time with a sort of lone- some feeling due to the absence of anything resembling the Taylor Hall busts which always solaced me with their silent presence when there was no one else in the hall as T slipped into class. Therefore, my reaction has been that the only sensible thing for me to do to cure this rising nostalgia is to write some exerpts from exile, reminisce.a bit, put my- self in a good humor, and then be Still) this is the time of year when I come thankful for my blessings. After all, we have got a lot in Geneva, that Bryn Mawr hasn’t got. ~~ This morning riding down the hill} from the League Library we were comparing Geneva weather to that in Philadelphia and along the Main Line, It was pouring rain at that moment, as it does quite often around here. But this afternoon the sun is out and it feels like spring. The roses which keep on blooming coura- geously in the gardens at the League and in the park around the Interna- tional Labor Office look more sprightly than usual. As a matter of fact it is ‘not inspiring, when we- consider all ee plans we’d made for skiing in the Swiss Alps. It looks now as though we are going to have the same Dean Foresees Danger In Emotional Politics Continued from: Page One et there may be a much more important forces of reaction if the fear of Com- munism ig increaged by a recrudes? cence of sit-down‘strikes or other rad- ical demonstrations which can be in- terpreted as an attack on the rights of property. Mrs. Manning believes that Com- munism, like Fascism, is a philosophy based on divisions and conflicts which have a long historical development in Europe but which were transplanted only partially and in much less serious form to this country. In America ttouble we had last year in the States\¢fiere has never been a governing unless “the weather turns a little colder. However, despite the strangeness of the climate, the Grand. Passage, Ge- neva’s Wanamaker’s, is all decid for Christmas. The array of Christ- mas balls, tinsel, and toys would make one feel one was in the center of the most Christmassy of towns, but we are all making vigorous pl a ns for leaving the first thing after our last class, as you probably are, and rearriving in Geneva) in timd for |the reopening. The group is scattering Have You .. Sportswear Afternoon and Evening Clothes ‘ Sweaters Lingerie , ; oe ! COLONY HOUSE | Inc. 778 Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr . « Looked for your a ae class in the sense in which it has existed in England, in Germany, and in all directions and we'll probably all come back talking different lan- guages, but it doesn’t matter much. : Continued on Page Five _ HOME BY RAILWAY - EXPRESS | a } \ pl rey i, ot merle That’s the way to vacation in style —with nothing to do but go. Just lock up your trunk and bags and f] phone Railway Express. No extra |' charge—no dickering or doubts. BRYN MAWR AVE. ' BRANCH OFFICE: (R. R. AVE.) RAILWA AGENCY < and disastrous organization of thet SEND YOUR VACATION ie by ig G \ AR NAA NATION-WIDE RAIL-AIR SERVICE in Russia. While we have often suf- fered from grievous governmental in- efficiency and corruption as a result of the wealthier and better educated ' groups taking too little interest in politics, we are not now faced with the same kind of cleavage between classes in our political life which ex- ists ir*many European countries. Mrs. Manning would like to cor- rect one sentence in the report, of her chapel talk last week. She did not say that America has less race consciousness than Page Scho It is obvious that our racia ems in dealing with a large negro popu- lation and a large population of Orien- tal peoples on the Pacific Coast are of the utmost difficulty. Our one great national asset, hewever, is that the various divisions of. the white race who live within the borders of the United States have so far suc- ceeded in working along together, not always harmoniously, it is true, but at least without erecting impenetrable barriers of prejudice and hatred. 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HEAFFER PENS LORS ¢,$2.75 TO $20 @-° # ee eS ne 2 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page vt EXCERPT S from EXILE d Continued from Page Four We are now undergoing what our French professor calls a “Turquisa- tion” anyway;. as some of us have been learning “Turkish from some. of the Turkish: students down" at’ the Maison Internationale and’ we come back flaunting our’ knowledge of.two or three terms.’ It reminds me of Merion’s flair for Russian last year after Mertimac came’ home from: va- cation with a Russian: grammar. ‘I must say that it will seem funny to go to classes as usual tomorrow which is. Thanksgiving; for the: first time in my life. And then we are obliged’ to eat two turkey dinners: to never had to do that in the’ States, Still it will comfort me for my in- ability to hope that one of the bal- loons irs the Macy Parade would fall in my backyard.. And. then we still place cele si the football games even thou are far away. Last Saturday night we tried desperately to get the Harvard-Yale game over the radio. We failed and went. out and enjoyed the Swiss atmosphere instead: No » are all on edge about the Perc ornell game,.as there are loya erents of. beth factions around. We'll Know the results far sooner than you: get’ this letter, but still. It doés seem far away at ” present. While: in‘the midst’ of dutuinn and winter festivities, European enough to keep us awfully happy, and Ameri- can enough to keep us from forget- ting about life chez nous, I can’t seem to help myself from” wishing either that alk Bryn Mawr were over here or that I’ weré over there just for a week or so: just forthe time when we have all the Hall dances, the Varsity Players’ big night, the Maids’ Glee Club serenades, and the big Christmas dinners. Then there are probably all sorts of special things that I’m missing like the famous faculty skit last year. However, I’ll bet that there are a lot of you who’d be willing to change places with those of us in Europe. Repercussions of the international situation are felt quite yiolently here in'Geneva. It is hard to realize how much more vivid they become when you are far more conscious of what goes on behind the headlines. Last--week shortly after the an- nouncement of the new laws in Ger- many, one of the professors of Ger- man law down at the University was | talking about property rights, and stated that they no longer existed in Germany. The course was one given in German for the benefit of the large number of ‘German students here. One of the students arose and asked him to repeat. He did so and the éntire class walked out. As one or two who were not Nazis cdénfessed later on,| well when seventy per cent of a class leaves, what can you do? it was the end of the course in Ger- man~law. The large number..of Nazis here, many of them for propa- ganda purposes, is counteracted -in, their influence by the number of refugees, that all the humanitarian organizations are trying to swell. "Stories of what is happening in Ger- g@many are so much worse than one ‘could think. Many of our friends with families in Berlin are terrified. News has already come to five that their fathers are in concentration camps. Changes in the map, persecutions of whole peoples and the visible fail- ure of the international machinery. established here in Geneva has become far more vivid to us. If we get home- sick from time to time, it is because the awakening, is not altogether t, the necessary adjustment of one’s philosophy on the hope for the international situation on - basis | Faculty - Student Skit , Given for Peace Chest 'the train. Ft ‘perhaps’ this: is' Belittling the physical | exertions of. those who pustied, as Mr. ‘we have left you some dreams!” From .we want reality.”” avoid hurting‘ people’s feelings. I'|' ‘along with students of six. nationali- opinion was to the Swiss. Anyway : Continued from Page Three “we get a kick. out of you.” The word “kick” may have had more than one meatling, but here produced noth- ing but harmony between the faculty ‘and student body. At last Miss Per- kins and Mr. Green arrived to catch Finally the train drew out, though Green made his last appeal, “I hope Agnes Spencer;;’39; the Red; came the stoney reply, “We don’t want dreams, The play, which was: written -by ‘what was: called) an! “anonymous group,” was’ given for the’ bénefit of the Peace Chest.. Spanish children’s drawings, Chinese Christmas cards, and Bryn Mawr. sandwiches and. cider were also seld: Elizabeth: Dimock, ’41, engineered Mr. dnd Mrs: Diez‘ into paying five dollars for a toy horse which: made no’ pretenses’ of having been produced’ by anyone but possibly F. W. Woolworth, Inc. E. C. a radio broadcast. Armistice Day ties, I found it hard to swallow the -bitter pill: of censorship for the first time. ~ I had not realived how dan- gerous’ “the liberal: expression of In fact, my ideas had-always been considered* reactionary by the Bryn Mawr A.-S. U. And: although: it is amusing to defend in French one’s’ rights of freedom of. speech under the Ameri- can Constitution while the radio an- nouncer tells you. “Oh, no, you mustn’t mention Spain, nor . China, nor the League! Comme vous étes dangereuse, Mademoiselle,” it was definitely sad when I thought of: the absolute freedom with which the Bryn Mawr students who took part. in the broadcast against Swarthmore last spring expressed their opinions. Nevertheless, despite this long- winded letter giving you a rough idea about the mingling of nostalgia with the newly awakened consciousness of the marginal utility of an American passport, the. inevitable longing of an American for her family and friends and for her college in our most im- portant: of seasons, I would not have missed. the opportunity to be here CURRENT EVENTS for anything in the world. I am only Common Room, December, 13.—In the settlement of America, according ‘to Miss de Laguna, the Indians were forced to accept the hardest deals and thé greatest losses. By 1870 the white people had taken into their own hands méstof the property, and cultivated for their own uses the waste lands which had been used before for hunt- ing. - A tremendous feeling of antago- nism was aroused, and there «were continual flare-ups of old hatreds. A new religion was formed, the general concept of which was that the buffa- loes would eventually return to de- stroy the whites,. and to bring _— the old wild’ freedom. The tribal wars continually ce place_did little to help matters, while the Indians’ claims against the gov- ernment still: remained. The Allot- ment Act of 1887 was undisputed rob- bery of the Indians and left them in possession of only one-third of their former land area. They found it quite impossible to learn how to farm the desert land, which was’ all that re- mained for them. Added to these agricultural and economic’ problems, the Indians were treated as potential enemies, even if they had previdusly proven to' be friendly. The Indian «Organization Act of 1934-was designed to prevent further land allotments, so that the tribal lands might remain as such; and to provide money for education and for the buying of cattle, farm implements and other necessary equipment. Miss de Laguna, who gave the first part of the lecture, turned the meet- ing over to Miss Underhill, who is ‘active in service work for the Indians. She told how the attempts to educate them have not been very successful because wrong methods have been sorry there isn’t more time to each day, there is. so much to learn in so short a time. So it’s by long dis- tance that I send my greetings to everyone, my best wishes for a pleas- ant vacation, for swell Hall dances, and a good time for everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. LovuIsE MORLEY. - ALBRECHT’S FLOWERS ARDMORE, PA. 12 Lancaster Avenue - Tel. Ard. 2850 ‘Yoga and Surrealism’. On Monday, January 9; Dr. Friedrich Spiegelberg, formerly of the University of Dresden and now at Columbia Univer- sity, will speak, in the Deanery at, 8.30 o’clock on Yoga and Surrealism. used. People forget that. the tran- sition cannot be immediate and it will take time before the Indians will come to want any improvement. The best that can be done is to demonstrate the advantages of civilization rather than to force their adoption. The In- dians are being taught how to get the most out of what they have, and to see the value of efficiency and good’ training. One of the worst educa- tional errors to date has been the teaching of skills which are of little practical use. Bryn Mawr Author Elizabeth’ Kent Tarshis, ’35, has just had published Young Sailors of Sidon, a historical. novel’ for children; It is her first major work, thou the literary tradition is stif@ng in the Kent family. Mrs. Tarshis’ mother is Louise. Andrews Kent of Brookline, a writer of chil- dren’s books. Mrs. Tarshis majored in his- tory at Bryn Mawr and has al- ways enjoyed writing. She be- came so interested in the ancient . Phoenicians that she determined to tell of Sidon and its life, interpreting it for modern chil- dren. Her principal chgracters - are Hamilcar, the great sea gen- eral, and Hanno, his nephew. ‘as the Drawings by Spanish Children, Are Shown Parallel _of Artistic Development In Child and in Civilization Made by Diez Common Room, December 8.—At an Art Club tea, Mr. Diez spoke on the Art of Young Children in connection with the exhibition of the drawings and paintings of. Spanish children, in the Common Room, The pictures, — loaned’ by the Spanish Child Feéding Committee, were for sale for the benefit of non-partisan child-relief in Spain, to be distributed through Quak- er relief stations. ee Mr. Diez. began with the interesting statement that the development of art in civilization parallels the artistic development of the average child from the time it makes its first attempts up to the age of fourteen. As soon optical: sense of the child de- velops, and until it reaches the age of six, it draws almost nothing but human figures which are.all frontal. By the ninth or tenth year the figures are in profile, and turned to the left. Finally between the ages of ten and fourteen, the child understands “phe- nomenal representation” and gives its figures movenient. H@re the develop- ment of the child in the field of fig- ure representation will stop unless ‘it . has peculiar talents. Animal drawing and plant drawing are not as common in original “child art.” The animals are all in profile” and very few of them have any indi- cations of movement. Spatial effects are drawn better from memory than from nature. First attempts at perspective are Continued on Page Six * A Merry Christmas A happy holiday, like any other successful event, requires a little planning. ° Do folks know when to expect you home? Let them know by telephone. Are friends’ now planning parties and wondering if. you’ll' be available? Drop a hint’ by telephone. Is that favorite boy or girl-friend going to be all dated up when you arrive? Make your. dates ‘in time by telephone. Are you wondering what in the world to give __Aunt Agatha? Call home. for expert advice. of ney ‘knowledge acquired is a/| difficult one. When asked to speak in Res > Rates are caduaed on most Long Distance D° YOUR crave over the ‘holidays ‘~ROUNDTRIP FARES oa : by Greyhound. 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Dance Despite Untimely Aberrations _of Half the Band). : Gymnasium, December 10.—In spite of the whforseen difficulties which arose, one of the most successful dances ever held on campus took place after the Players’ Club’s production of Arms and the Man. Disguising a gymnasium is an almost impossible. feat, but Emily Tuckerman, "40; chairman of the Dance%: Committee, accomplished it with very striking and beautiful dec- -orations. The Christmas motif pre- vailed, with dozens of Christmas trees covered with snow banked against the walls and around the orchestra, and. miniature trees and boughs along the balcony. A large Santa Claus was placed at one end, and most effective of all, the ceiling glittered with red and silver stars which reflected the floodlights. Scattered around the room were attractively decorated ta- bles at which couples ate doughnuts, coffee and punch. The size of the orchestra seemed small at first until an announcement was made that four out of the. seven players had got lost and would arrive shortly. The surviving three a pieces “swung” with remarkable vi- tality—in spite of the fact that only one of them had ‘sheets of music! Time passed and still there s no sign of the missing members; finally, it was r nnounced that they had run into a*truck, and, since they were driving. without a license, had been dragged off to jail. At quarter of two, their arrival was greeted . with shouts and. cheers. Having been hap- pily reunited, the orchestra obligingly played an extra fifteen minutes to make up for the faux pas. A large number of male stags ap- peared mysteriously without benefit of escort, and caused much confusion as to just who should do the cutting. Those who seemed to have no reason for being present, were -gently but firmly ejected. A cértain amount of tact was also required to get rid of an hilarious group of these males who ‘tried to crash the doors of Merion after the “dance. Notwithstanding these problems, it was a fast moving, not too crowded dance, which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. N.-S. Drawings by Spanish Children Are Shown Continued from Page Five given’ by several views of such re jects as houses, tables, chairs, on ‘the same plane; this is called the informa- tive style and appears also in ancient Egyptian and Chinese art. The final problem is ‘the representation of dra- matic action,, This is done in three general ways: first, the representa- tion of one significant moment; sec- ond, that of the action divided into several moments, each containing the main actors; and third, that of the repetition of the main actors in one and the same scene. Mr. Diez compared the art of the children with reproductions of mod- ern conscious primitives such as Pi- casso, Mirault, and Paul Klee. He cited several exhibitions of original art of untrained children in America as evidence of interest in the free artistic development of the child. Michels Spins Tops In Name of Science Continued from Page One its axis. The direction of this force can be told hy the direction in which - a corkscrew wotld -proceed if rotated similarly. Any change of the per- pendicular of a body can be consid- ered as a:spin. When a spinning body is thus moved, unless the direc- . tions of the forces from these two E. Foster Hammonds, Inc. Radios Music Records 829 Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr spins are parallel, the body will jerk sideways to adjust itself to a line between the two original forcés; As an example ofthis, Mr. Michels Wung a spinning bicycle wheel which was suspended from the ceiling. When the axis of spin of the wheel was parallel to that of the swinging mo- tion, the system behaved like an or- dinary pendulum. “When, however, those two axes were at an angle, the wheel jerked and seemed to writhe in a mystifying fashion.’ It could be recommended as equipment for a haunted house. The explanation of the mysterious suitcase is similarl, one of spins’ that are not parallel. In . another demonstration, Mr. Michels stood upon a -platform that was free to rotate (like a Lazy Su- san). No twisting could change the ‘rection in which he faced. When ‘he took a weighf™in one hand and swung it horizontally around his head the platform turned around in the op- posite direction, the total spin of the system remaining zero, This is the method that a cat uses when falling The rear part of its body is rotated one way to bring the front: part, by opposite Piation, into the desired po- sition. A bar, with a gyroscope at one end spinning in a vertical plane, ‘was Mey. Christmas _and_a Happy and Prosperous New Year Jeannette’s Flower Shop e 823 Lantaster ‘Ave. Bryn Mawr, Pa. Phone B. M. 570 Art Club Opens Series Of Illustrated Lectures Continued from Page ‘One among the people, and he himself was probably connected with: political af- Near the end of his life he moved from Antwerp to Brussels, a city less disturbed by political up- heaval, and spent the rest of his life there. It is not definitely known why he moved, but it is possible that he was forced to do so because of his anti-Papist sentiments. fairs. Miss Thompson pointed out that]. through his master, Jerome Kock, Breughel became a member of ~the leading intellectual group of his day. To further elaborate upon his interest in philosophy, Miss Thompson spoke of Breughel’s Fall of Icarus,’a paint- ing based on Ovid, and presenting the theory that “one who dares to try|. to put himself above humanity is|_ mounted on-a swivel, On this Mr. Michels showed that if. a force were applied sideways the. bar moved. ver-f: tically; if a weight.pushed down on| : one end, the other end did not rise directly, but started to move*in a ris- ing spiral. The * mono-rai] car carried two heavy wheels, spinning in a vertical plane. Whenever the car started to tip, the resultant twist in the angle of these wheels counteracted the cap- sizing force; after a few seconds the car reached an equilibrium and pro- ceeded smoothly across the desk to- wards Cartreff. This. system, said Mr. Michels, works perfectly as long as it works. At present, however, the impractical feature in a mono-rail car is the uncertainty of where, on a trip from Bryn Mawr to Thirtieth Street, it would fail and tip over. & oon | bound to fall—and the event.is ‘not of great importance to the rest of the world.” The paintings of this master, since they were drawn from legends and dreams of the people, have-a large amount of unusual iconographical de- a tail. Miss Thompson. explained. the derivation of some of the more famil- iar points. This group of paintings breaks away entirely from fhe usual laws of composition, but was, very popular with the people who’knew and told the tales that Breughel’ depicted. < QUESTION: Why Do You Like Penit? WHERE ASKED: Almost Atty Campus ANSWERS: OLIVER PUNDIT, Phi bate: GOS? a WITH UTTER ABANDON FLUIDITY ENABLES ME TO EXPRESS MY MOST CANT KICK AGAINST © PEWIT. ITS TROUBLE- PROOF. PASS ME PEN/T FOR AW EASY WRITING TOUCH DOWN JUNE ME JITTERBUG. 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