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=e as second class matter September 26, 1914,
t the post office at Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1889,
under the ‘Act of aren 3 :



OUR SYSTEMATIC MEALS
-A--new. law. has. been decreed regarding
The “usual, thing to do. ‘after such
Perhaps the Bryn

meals.
an event is to complain.
Martyr feels that flere is over-organization
in more fields-than one, but before making
any real objection she should look into the
facts of the case.

The authorities claim that by old
system the food can not always be hot and
served promptly. Because people may
come in at any time, the maids can have
no system about their_serving and there
is confusion in the -pantries eften resulting

the

in_ long: waits.
Now there is a definite plan whereby
each maid does a certain thing. She does

not have to stop serving meat and vege-|.
tables to go for soup for some late-comer. |

There will be a certain system in the pan-
tries, because each course will be served

at a definite time. By this plan the fodd

~ should be hotter and the waits between

-courses. shorter.

To judge by the protesting clamors the
ungrateful student prefers her meals cold,
but if hot meals are to he forced upon her,
why could not some leeway be allowed for
the poor unfortunate who drrives home late

because ~of~-an~athletic meeting or~some

other unavoidable circumstance? Why
could she not go into the dining room at
any time during dinner and begin with the
" This
Could not.upset the system, and how much
better to have a little dinner than none!

course. which is being served then?



THE OXFORD SYSTEM
Much criticism has been made of the
relative advantages of the American sys-
tem of study as compared to the Oxford
system. In this connection it is inter-
esting to note the experiment which

Smith is making this semester with.

thirty-six members of the Junior class in
introducing the Oxford system of study:

. “To enter this group a student must

Have a straight B average for the two
preceding years. The student chooses a
field of study and presents her name to
the head of the department. As an ex-
-ample, history may be chosen. The head
-of the department plans a program iin
two comparative divisions, perhaps 17th

_ century history in England and America.

- The, student is then assigned to two

-. miembers of the staff who are specialists
inthe subjects.

Eight’ problems are
eee. in.,each, branch of the subject,
- for which two weeks’ preparation is
_made and a paper written, the papers
in, ‘the, two divisions alternating. | Ex-

‘aminations are. given at-the end of the

Senior year after.a semester’ of special



| minutes.



preparation, the Gevien ilies made by
professors from other-colléges and uni-
versities.” »

How this system will work out -re-
It. will,
‘exert considerable limitation on the stu-

mains to be seen. of course,
dent, but f8r those who have-determined
by the énd, of their Sophomore year to
specialize in some particular subj&®®, it
will provide oppértunity for more €x-
tensive kn@wledge in their chosen field,
and may thus succeed in doing away
with ‘that ineffectual -smattering-of in-
formktion which is so prevalent today.
8 cxsenescincaniittaniiatmnnenpisiielipeciiesaaaite

Mistaken Leniency

- Although the end of the hour is legally |

the. end of the, quizz period, many of
the professors do not announce the quizz
as closed ‘and do not collect the papers
for sometimes "five, sometimes °° fifteen
and perfectly fair thing to do, but it does
In the first

plage «dt ‘detracts from ~those people’s

not always prove to be.

work who have divided the supposed
hour into equal :périods for each ques-
tion aad. are thus left with extra time
which might have

for the last answer,

been. more, advantageously divided--be-
tween all. ‘Then in the case of one-ques-
tion quizzes, it leaves those who have
planned their work into an organized
whole with time in which they can add
comments only in the nature of post
scriptums, And irost sadly of all, - it

prevents one from writing “time” with

‘any show of plausibility béfore the last

and invariably most impossible question.

SENIORS GIVE LADY FROM THE SEA
(Continued from page’ 1) A
Yet in The Lady of the Sea Ibsen has
done precisely that thing; he has reversed
the aims of his heroine. In the first: four
acts, with growing insistence, he shows
the power of the Stranger, of the sea, over
Ellida’s” will>That~ power—such-that-it
has—at least so Ellida has come to believe
—become part of her being and come forth
in her-child’s-eyes._She—is_horrified by it.
But the horror, as she puts it, “terrifies and
attracts.”A singleshght incident changes
her determined course of action. Wangel
releases her from her obligations to him,
and with that the compelling power of the
stranger slips froin her.
explicable, iftwe regard Ellida as normal, or
for that matter as*one, sick for sight of the
sea, pent up in a spot too narrow for her
vital force. The explanation for her action
is revealed in the following lines. When
the Stranger is talking to Wangel, he says,
“Tf Ellida will come with me, it must be of
her own free will.”

Ellida (cried out) : “My own free will!”

Wangel: “Could you dream of such a
thing ?” : %
Ellida (to herself): “Of my own free
will!” . ’

There you haye it, the mainspring of the
action. This is a drama of a weak will
saved through belief in free will. -At the
end Wangel sums it up, “Now I begin to
understand you, little by little. You think
and feel in picture$, in living images. ‘ Your
longing and pining for the sea, its, attrac-
tion for you and the. power of that stranger
were the experitnce of your growing
yearning for liberty.”

Such a play requires subtle acting. All
of Ibsen’s plays do, for that matter. In-
deed The Lady from the Sea is one of the
easiest to act from all points. of view, if

“one desires to give Ibsen. But a shout of

protest. is invariably, raised when ama-

‘télirs: have ambitions. ~ “They * are told that

it is better to produce exceedingly “well a
second-rate, or at least a light,. play than

to produce half. well a serious’ one. This |

is hard on the amateurs.: It is doubly so
when the amateurs—as is the case in col-

leges—happen to have brains and little time,.

for they are compelled to waste both on
parts which require no. insight... - i

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Superficially, this seems a kind:

All this is. in-|.

es

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But I do not: believe that those who saw

| was done only half well. For one thing,
and their voices were pitched correctly.
The scenery was unpretentious but most
satisfactory, particularly so in the’ garden
scene... Theylighting was excellent.

Miss Howard, who as Ellida carried the
most dithcult part in the play, pitched her
emotional key ‘a bit too high at the
which thade it impossible to work up to a
climax. ‘Fhis gave the effect of monotony.
She was lovely to look upon. Her make-
up, however, did not sufficiently suggest
-a woman who had suffered. Lynstrand,
the half pathetic,- half contemptible con-
sumptive youth, was played by Miss, Hall.
She gave an appreciative interpretation of
a part which might well have been over-
done. ‘Her actifig was easy and: unforced.
4; allested and thé tourists formed delicious
comic relief,

Miss Bliss in the part of. the Stranger,
had “all the calm and magnetism necessary
to persuade us of his fascination, Her act-
ing, her gestures, or rather her, lack of ges-
tures, were in absolute accord with the’ part
she.created, . Wangel, played by Miss Hobdy,
had the uncertainty ®f a man wrapped up
in the past, striving to understand the pres-
ent. Perhaps Miss Hobdy’s make-up de-
tracted at first from her part.» It is difh-
cult for us to sympathize with men who
wear beards. But as.the play went on, the
thoroughness. with which she entered into
her. role made us forget the unpleasing
first impression. Her best acting canie
when she was talking with Ellida in the
third act.» Misses Hand and-Burges, as the
daughters, Boletta and. Hilda, were delight-
ful. Miss Hand was especially pleasing in
her listening—a_ thing rate in actors, and
Miss Burges in her teasing. The Pompous
Arnholm, played by Miss Peek, made him-
self a foil to Ellida and did an admirable
bit of acting in Act V, when proposing to
Boletta. Her makeup was satisfactory and
she maintained that ponderousness which
is the mark of Awnholm’s character, with-
out exaggeration and with effect.

One thing particularly pleasing about this
production was the smoothness* and_ speed
with which it ran.~ There were no hitches ;
the intermissions between’ acts were of the
nattiral length. This was the more praise-
worthy when we consider the number of
exits and entrances in the. play.

Whatever. adverse criticism can be made
of the Senior performance of The Lady
from the Sea, 1922 has demonstrated, it
seems to me, that Ibsen can be acted by
amateurs. . It may happily result in more
Ibsen in the future.

"Mary LapeLey CAUGHEY.

MRS. SCHWARTZ GIVES TALK ON
COMING PRIMARIES
_ (Continued from page 1)
district,’ Mrs. Schwartz explained. “Of
the two Republicans who are running, Mr.
Faries is only: twenty-five years old and
has no public record, while Mr. Ludlow is
a forceful man, a brilliant talker, with
political experience. We need somebody
strong: ~who. knows something about the
game.” The Democratic candidate, Mr.
Wallet, is a landscape gardener, almost un-
known politically.

The League of. Women Voters-‘wants to
get back of the independent men who at
least possess their own souls., A new era
is dawning. We will carefully watch the
records of candidates and elect and re-elect
men with a full knowledge of the record
they have made. To reform politics, we
must begin at the bottom and have our
committee men and state representatives
as strong and capable as possible.”

Besides its increasingly successful efforts
to have independent elections, thé League
is advocating the presentation of four
measures, a bill for the reorganization of
the State Departments, revision of taxation,
difect primaries, and a new constitutional
convention.
LANTERN NOTICE
* Contributions to the spring Lantern are
due now. “They may be handed in to the
editors, or put in the Lantern box’ outside



of the Pens office. in Taylor.

this year’s Senior play would say that it},

the men’s roles were unusually. well eacted.



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IN THE NEW BOOK ROOM .:
Virgil, by Tenney Frank, is a biography
of’\the poet, conceived, says the author,
“with the purpose of centering the attention.
on. the poet’s life.and character, with the
hope of making his Works more interesting.”
The Story ‘of Mankind,»by Hendrick Van
Loon, is, as-its title ‘indicates, a brief -his-
tory of the most important events since the
creation of man. It presents, as does the
Outline of History, by H. G. Wells, a
comprehensive view of history as a whole
but in a simpler and broader way. The
book is written. for children and is fullyg
illustrated by the author.
Public Opinion, right or wrofig, is a
mighty*force. Walter Lippman in Public
Opinion sets forth the reasons for the way

in. which that mighty forée is moulded, and

“why the pictures inside met’s heads often
mislead them fn their dealings with one
another; and how the trickle of messages
from outsidg is affected by storedsup
images and prejudices.” ;

C. B. Tinker’s Young Boswell is a life,of
the Great Biographer based largely on new
material and erring, says the author “on
the side of appreciation.”

John. Masefield,
1918, said,
great poet.

“America is making ready for a_

You are all writing poetry or
enjoying it. A great poetic revival is in
progress.”. Margaret Wilkinson in New
Voices has collected’ the best of this. new
poetry and with sympathy and ability has
shown up its technique and spirit. —

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CECELIA BEAUX TO LECTURE ON
COLOR NEXT SATURDAY

“Color” will be the subject of Miss
Cecelia Beaux, well-known _ portrait
painter, who will speak in. Taylor Hall
on Saturday, April. 29,°at 8 o’clock, under
the auspices. of the Art Club. ‘The lecture
will be free to members of the College.

Miss Beaux, who painted the portrait
of Miss Reilly, which is now in the
Library, has won distinction for her por-
traits of women and children, and has
recently been decorated by the | French
government for portraits of war Heroes.

FLORENCE MARTIN ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF UNDERGRAD
_President of the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation for* next year is Florence Martin,
as the result of the elections held last
Monday evening. Marion Russell is
vice-president, while the secretary could
not be elected owing to the lack of a

quorum.

Miss Martin, who was” Vice-president
of the Association for the past year, was
president of her class Freshman year*
and-was Freshman .member on the self-
government board. Miss Russell has
been secretary of the Association this
year and is Sophomore president.



. UNDERGRAD WILL APPOINT
CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES



Old Properties Committee Changed



In addition to the election of officers
at the meeting of the Undergraduate As-
sociation last Monday evening, the. re-
ports of the secretary and treasurer were
read and accepted and two new. regula-
tions regarding the chairmen of com-
mittees and the Scenery and Costumes
Committee were passed.

According to the first regulation, the
chairmen of committees shall henceforth
be appointed by the Board, and may be
chosen from the’ Board if it is thought
practical. By the second, the old Sce-
nery and Costumes Committees will be
abdlished and in its place will be a Cos-
tume Cofmmittee consisting of the chair-
men of the Costume Committees of each
class, and a separate Scenery Committee

similarly constituted. - :



On Friday night the Seniors ‘presented
the play for the Juniors alone, and after
the performance Junior Senior supper was
served with the usual ceremonies. Presi-
dent Thomas, President-elect | Park, - Mrs.
Frederic Manning and. many other _dis-~
tinguished college presidents and deans at-
tended the performance of the ‘play. |

visiting this country in .