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VoLuME VII. No. 11.

BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1920

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PEMBROKE DANCE TO CROWN
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS REVELS

Hall Parties Revive Old Customs
Merion Will Have Tea Dance

A Christmas celebration in each hall will
‘culminate in a fancy dress dance in Pem-
broke, at 7 o’clock next Monday night. A
buffet supper, will be served under the
management of D. Meserve, '23, after
which Pembroke will open its doors to
the other halls. The Freshman stunt,
which will be given at 9 o'clock, is being
‘managed by L. Ford.

Old English customs will be revived in
Radnor and Denbigh. F. Bliss, ’22, toast-
mistress, and M. Tyler, ’22, song mistress,
will lead the Yule Log and Boar’s Head
ceremonies in Radnor. In Denbigh, W.
Worcester, ’21, as the Master of the House,
‘and M. Holt, ’23, as the Mistress, will pre-
side over the revels.

A tea dance with music by the same
orchestra that plays in Pembroke at night,
will be held in Merion. During the buffet
supper there will be stunts by all classes.
Rockefeller, under the management of G.
Trotter,,’21, is also having speeches during
‘dinner, and a general stunt in which every
class is represented.

Soviet Upholders Win Debate: Down
Supporters of Old Czarist Regime

That Soviet government offers the
Russian people better opportunity for
development than they enjoyed during
the last ten years of the Czar’s reign,
was decided by the judges’ award at a
hotly contested debate, held last Wed-
nesday by the Debating Club, under the
auspices of the World Citizenship Com-
mittee of the Christian Association. The
affirmative team was H. Stone, ’21; B.
Warburg, '21; and L. Bunch, ’22. The
negative, O. Howard, ’22; I. Beaudrias,
‘eo, 200 &. Karns, 21.

Because the affirmative side had more
arguments not met by the negative, the
judges, Margaret Brown, ’00, warden of
Merion; C. Garrison, ’21, and J. Flex-
ner, ’21, decided two to one in their
favor. The negative, they said, pre-
sented their arguments more coherently
and effectively, O. Howard and I. Beau-
drias speaking particularly ‘well.

Helen Stone Makes Rebuttal

Summarizing points for her side in
the rebuttal, when she had showed the
injustices under the Czar’s reign, H.
Stone said: “After a period of Czarist
misrule, Soviet communism stands be-
fore the world as having given Russia
the vote for all men, with an executive
committee that can be recalled by the peo-
ple, political equality of men and women,
education for all in many branches, the
abolition of the poll tax, and division of
all the land among all the people.”

Restriction of the press under soviet-
ism was stressed by the negative, de-
struction of the peasants’ ambition when
they must turn over their surplus to the
state, the exclusive communist principles
taught in the schools, the breaking down
of family life, and the miserable living
conditions.

In answering the negative, Miss Stone
urged the fact that the comparison was
between Russia during the ten years of
Czarism, seven of which were peaceful,
with the country under three years of
communism, suffering from exterior and
interior wars and blockade, which have
necessitated restrictions like those on
the press, the amount of food allowed
the people, and the subjects taught in
schools.



All Seniors Four Pass Second
French Writing

Leaving only four students to take a
third “written,” the second French lan-
guage examination, old plan, shows, a
record of five passes, two merits, two
credits and one high credit. The grades
are:

High Credit: M. Morton.

Credit: E. Cope, E. Godwin.

Merit: J. Brown, B. Kellogg.

Passed: C. Bickley, M. O. Hawkins,
D. Klenke, P. Ostroff, M. W. Taylor.

Failed: F. Billstein, M. Foot, H
James, M. Wiesman.

VARSITY; CRUSHES BALTIMORE
TEAM IN 11-2 VICTORY

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C. Bickley Stars for Bryn Mawr

Varsity defeated the Mt. Washington
Club, of Baltimore, 11-2, in a post-sea-
son match last Saturday. The Baltimore
team was fast, but played out of position
and was easily held in check by the
Bryn Mawr backs.

The first half opened with a goal for
Baltimore by Miss Winand, center for-
ward, after a long run by Miss Norris,
left wing. A tally for Bryn Mawr by
K. Walker evened the score, and Var-
sity then took the lead with a goal, shot
from the edge of the circle by A. Nicoll.
For a: period then neither side scored,
the ball passing from end to end of the
field, until Miss Turnbull, right wing
for Baltimore, shot a goal in a scrim-
mage around the circle, tieing the score
at half time.



Bryn Mawr Rallies in Second Half

Starting off with a rush, Bryn Mawr
rallied in the second half, scoring nine
goals, while the Baltimore team was un-
able to penetrate the strong defense put
up by Miss Duncan, full-back; — G.
Rhoads, goal, and V. Corse, center half-
back. The play during this half was
marked by the team work of the Bryn
Mawr forward line and the clever inter-
cepting and clearing of M. Carey, ’20,
right half-back for Baltimore, and Miss
Bowen, goal-keeper. C. Bickley played
a dependable game at center forward,
scoring four goals and passing well to
the insides, while E. Cecil was quick on
right wing, taking the ball down time



and again.

Line-up:

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HB. Zao ... ssskenee sok. Newell, ‘21
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Be ON ns esa vccusss Ol spiceccees M. Foot, ’21

‘Substitutes: E. Taylor, ’21, for E. Donahue, 22;
G. -Rhoads, ’22, for M. Foot, ’21.

BIOLOGY ASSOCIATE NEXT TERM
WILL BE DR. FRANZ SCHRADER

Dr. Franz-Schrader, B.S. Columbia, 1914,
and Ph.D. Columbia, 1919, will come to
Bryn Mawr, in February, as associate pro-
fessor of biology. Doctor Schrader was
scientist for the Bureau of Fisheries, De-
partment of Commerce, Washington, D. C.,
1915-16, and has been pathologist for the
bureau since 1919. During 1918-19 he was
assistant in Zoology at Columbia.

ELIZABETH DONAHUE IS VARSITY
HOCKEY CAPTAIN FOR 1928-1921

The captain of the Varsity Hockey team
for the season of 1921-1922, will be E.
Donahue, Junior captain. Miss Donahue
has played right fullback on Varsity since
her Freshman year and has, for three
years, been captain of her class team. She
prepared for Bryn Mawr at the Baldwin
School



Dr. Spaeth Will Give Piano Recital

_ and Commentary on Music

A piano recital by Dr. Spaeth, of New
York, will be given in the gymnasium
Friday evening, January 7, at 8 o'clock.
In Dr. Spaeth’s recitals, according to the
American Piano Company, under whose
auspices the concert is given, “the works
of the great masters are interpreted by
the leading ‘pianistic virtuosi of the day,
with illuminating commentary on con-
temporary music and the ideals and
ideas of the artists. .

“Dr. Spaeth’s work has thus far been
so very successful that we wish to give
every prominent college the opportunity
of having one of these evenings.”



ORIGINALITY IN POETRY IS
STRESSED BY ROBERT FROST

Gives First Lesson in Verse Making

Robert Frost, the New England poet,
made his second visit to Bryn Mawr this
winter, when he addressed the writing
members of the Reeling and Writhing
Club on Thursday evening and gave in-
terviews to fourteen members on Friday.

Mr. Frost has been engaged to meet
four times with the Reeling and Writh-
ing Club to give a course in writing
poetry. The first of his visits was Oc-
tober-30,-when-he-read~ from his” poems
in Taylor Hall. February 16 he is ex-
pected again to talk to Club members
only on “Fetching and Far-Fetching,” a
discussion of metaphor and _ allied fig-
ures as used in poetry,

Finds Influence of John Masefield

In the work of the Bryn Mawr stu-
dents, Mr. Frost said that he found
traces of the influence of Amy Lowell,
John Masefield and Rupert Brook, but
not of Vachel Lindsay. “To achieve
originality,” said Mr. Frost, “you must
eliminate all the not-you.” There are
two growing moods in writing verse—
one when the poet loses himself in the
inspiration of the moment. Later comes
the critical mood, where all the unorig-
inal and poor parts must be eliminated.
“There should be enough fire and
warmth in a young poet for him to be
able to sacrifice some of it
form,” said Mr. Frost.

“The great poet or writer of any kind
shows himself by his metaphors,” said
Mr. Frost. Metaphors, such as “brand-
new” and “nettled,” are woven into all
our speech, Mr. Frost explained. “These

are useless for poetical purposes. Our

to gain

business as poets is to make new ones.”
Leaves Questions With Writhers

Mr. Frost left several questions with
his class. Among these were, What dis-
tinction do you make between invention
and imagination? Does the subject mat-
ter of poetry come from anything
beyond sight and insight, if sight is
used to denote all senses?

Mr. Frost dined in Denbigh on Thurs-
day evening, when members of the Har-
mony Club of the Senior Class arranged
special singing in the dining-room. On
Friday, Mr. Frost lunched with Presi-
dent Thomas in the Deanery.

Any one who has written at any time
for the Reeling and Writhing Club may
talks. Interviews
will be given only to those who have
submitted work to Mr.°Frost. Poems
should be given either to E. Page, ‘23,
or M. Willcox, '22

come to Mr. Frost's

VIOLET OAKLEY SHOWS HIGH
_ IDEALISM IN TALK ON ART

Illumination in Books and on Walls
the Subject of Illustrated Lecture
Dressed in a striking gown of mediae-

val design and reading from a gold-bound,
hand-illuminated manuscript, Violet Oakley,
foremost among the mural painters in
America, spoke last Friday evening, in Tay-
lor Hall, under the auspices of the Art
Club, on the “Idea of Illumination Within
Books and Upon Walls.” Reproductions
of the vivid illuminated letters wrought
by churchmen of the early centuries, of
the vast frescoes which cover the walls
of Italian churches, and of the illustra-
tions of Pyle and du Maurier were used
by Miss Oakley to show her Bryn Mawr
audience how some of the greatest deco-
rators have carried out their ideals of
art.

Addressing the members of the Art
Club and Miss King’s classes in her au-
dience, Miss Oakley said: “You are
proving your appreciation of the vital
relation of art to your own lives and
your realization that life is itself an art
—the finest, surely, of all the arts. And
you are thus proving your worthiness to
enjoy the privilege of life amidst the
architectural fitness and beauty which
is Bryn Mawr, thanks to the wisdom,
knowledge and judgment and_unerring
taste of your distinguished president,
Miss Thomas.

“The slides I have selected to show
you are of pictures which have meant
so much more to me than the still-life
paintings of a jug and a mass of fruit
on a table, which fill our galleries,” said
Miss Oakley. The first slides showed
initials and pages from early manu-
scripts. “When people say to me, ‘I
would love to be an artist, but I cannot
draw a straight line,’ I want to say to
them, ‘Learn to write beautifully; learn
to manuscribe, and you can then paint
as easily as any and every scribe in the

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Raymond Fosdick Coming Saturday
Night to Explain Police Systems

“Police Systems in Europe and Amer-
ica” will be the subject of a lecture by
Raymond Fosdick, Saturday evening, at
8 o'clock, in Taylor Hall, under the au-
spices of the History Club. Doctor Fos-
dick is an authority on the question, having
spent the year 1913 in Europe as represen-
tative of the Rockefeller Bureau of Social
Hygiene, studying police organizations in
different countries.

As chairman during the war of the Com-
mittee on Training Camp Activities, Mr.
Fosdick worked with Secretary Baker in
the “checking of moral hazards frequently
associated with camp life.” He is a mem-
ber of the Citizens’ Council of the National
Social Unit organization, which plans to
work out in other cities the democratic
Social Unit experiment that has been in
practice a year in Cincinnati.

Mr. Fosdick is the author of “European
Police Systems.”

TRAINS APPROVED BY OFFICE

After Christmas vacation students re-
turning to college may take trains on this
list.

From Boston, the Quaker City Express,
due in Philadelphia at 7.45 A. M.

From Chicago, train leaving at 10.30
P. M., making connections at Omaha. In
case the Omaha train is late, the Broadway
Limited, leaving at 10.30.

From Cincinnati and St. Louis, train
arriving in Philadelphia at 7.30 A. M., pro-
vided it can reach Paoli by 8 o'clock to



make connections there for Bryn Mawr.