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LADY ASTOR SPEAKS TO LARGE

AUDIENCE. AT MUSIC ACADEMY:



Lord and Lady Astor Both Give Short
Speech-on. National Service .



“As Philadelphia was founded on broth-
erly love,” Lady Astor said that she felt
that she could speak freely to the Philadel-
phian audience ‘which -she addressed on
Monday, under the auspices of the National
Women’s Trade Union League,

The for Christianity and
animity was the slogan of her speech,
she said, “you can’t make people econom-
ically mdependent and you can’t force com-
munity spirit.” Lady Astor’ spoke as the
representative of the working men and

necessity in-

for

. women of Great .Britain, and* she consid-

ered her warm welcome in _America the
recognition that she ‘‘was fighting for the
The League of Nations, ar rather
of Peace, was the first goal to be won,
Lady Astor felt, though she said she knew
that it was unpépular i in Philadelphia ‘“ex-
cept with the men who had fought,
women who had suffered, and all living,
liye -peaple.” —‘‘For,” she ‘said,. ‘War_ will
never end war. The _ Bolshevists are
against war, but they’ve shown us they
can’t push the nation far, the reactionaries
say the world will always be the same, but
they really mean they'll bé; nothing changes
them but death, and sometimes it seems as
though death wouldn't.”

“The relation between capital and labor

is one of the great problems the war leaves!
‘ with us, the future world depends on their

working together and this is the trend of

unionism. Trade unionism stands for
common sense and unanimity. It is every
woman’s duty to. see that all. working

women have a chance “—— possible condi-
tions, under conditions We would like our
children to have. I should rather my child
would have a chance in industry than loaf
outside of it.”

“T sound,” Lady, Astor acknowledged,
“like a socialist, but I am no such hum-

‘bug. They preach love to the Hungarian

miners and rob their brother. The ideals
but you can’t
get them through by legislation.” :

“The trouble with people is not that
they’re wicked, but apathetic. If you want
a better country you’ve got to work for
it; men are simply jwhat we women make
them, and every woman ought. to be
ashamed of it.” ,

“IT am not a propagandist,” Lady Astor
said, “the thing is bigger than a people or
a country. No matter what your religion
is, put that and sense and unanimity to-
gether and save what little civilization
we've got left!”

. After Lady Astor’s address, Lord Astor
spoke for a few minutes on peace and how

~ it could, best come through understanding.

appreciation
“a great

“The warm welcome and
given to .his wife was,” he said,
tribute to his judgment.”
he said he tried only “to think things out,
and not to teach, but to learn from his
audience.” “What’s wrong with the world
is,’ -he said, “that we. aren’t using our
hearts and heads.enough. It is most diffi-
cult to think honestly and to understand

another’s-point-of-view,.Unfortunately,.we

try to adapt. ourselves to the things that are
wrong in the world, rather than to change
them. We should try to understand each
other more and not forget how. artificial
civilization is.” Lord Astor, illustrated his
feeling of how neaf peoples’ views’ were
if they only knew it, by a story of how he
once invited twelve labor I@€aders to confer

with him; at the end’ of several days spent)
thus, he wrote down the conclusions they |

had come to, to which they all agreed, then
he did exactly the same thing with a group

; of employers, and found that the conclu-

sions ‘were in both cases practically the
same>

Of his speech.

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MARGARET. TYLER: CROWNED QUEEN OF MAY IS AWARDED SUNNY JIM PRIZE
MBS THOMAS ANNOUNCES GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

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GLEE CLUB PREPARES FOR
AMBITIOUS PERFORMANCE



Professional Orchestra to Assist Mr.
Alwyne to Conduct Gondoliers

In giving the Gondoliers next Friday and
Saturday nights, the Glee Club is attempt-
ing Gilbert and Sullivan’s “most’ ambitious
and most difficult opera,” and one which
it could never have undertaken without the
help and encouragement of the, music

department.

The Gondoliers has only been given once
or twice before in America, although ac-
cording to a’ musical authority it is one
of the favorite Gilbert and Sullivans, The
coaching is being done by Mr. Fox, who
has coached for the Savoy Company in
Philadelphia for the last fifteen years, is a
famous Gilbert and Sullivan authority and
has himself taken part in--many Of the
operas. .Mr. Alwyne, assistant professor
of music, has devoted a great deal of time
and attention to the musical part of the
production and will act as leader.

The orchestra will consist of professional
cello, violin and piano players, assisted by
mandolin and. triangle players from
College.

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mittees are co-operating in simple color)

experiments.
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and Sara Archbald, Circulation Manager.

Glee: Club has voted'to giyé| the French Club by President Thomas [ast

_ELIZABETH VINCENT TO HEAD “THE COLLEGE NEWS”
Elizabeth Vincent was unanimously elected Managing Editor of the News last

Miss Vincent has been on the News since her Sophomore year and is
President. of the Liberal Club. Ruth Beardsley

DOROTHY BURR WINS PRIZE IN
GENERAL LITERATURE TEST



Second and Third Places Taken by
Constant Sisters

Dorothy Burr, ’23, Beatrice’ Constant,
24, and Maris Constant, ’25, carried off
between them the three prizes in the gen-
eral literature test which was ‘given last
Thursday: in Taylor. They were likewise
the winners, in reverse order, of the gen-
eral information test held the week before.
Though it was not anounced in chapel: on
“Monday, honorable mention in the litera--
ture examination was won by J. Fisher, %22
and FE. Finch, ’22, conjointly, according to
@liss Georgianna G. King, Professor of
History. of Art, who was chairman of the
literature test."

“The lower classmen came’ up splendidly
in this test,” Miss King said. “This shows
that the kind of students we want are com-
ing to College. If they are as intelligent
as this during their Freshman and Sopho-
more years, we. shall expect miracles of 4
them as Seniors.”

M. Maurice Donnay and’ M.-. André
Chevrillon, of the French. Academy, were
the guests of honor at the tea giyen to

Friday in the Deanery ”

a

was elected Busiriess Manager,

‘joyously

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‘Sun Shining Upon May Pole Dane-
ing, Hoop Rolling and Revels
Breaks Long Tradition

DOROTHY BURR IS HONORED





Award ber Highest Junior Average
Goes to Edith Melcher.

The rose bright ‘and gk last
Monday morning for the first tim in many
May Days. The Senior Class greeted _ it
‘Tower, which,
according to President Thomas, “was built
with the idea that the Seniors should sing
the Magdalen Hymn from the top of it.”
After Margaret Tyler, 1922’s Senior Presi-
dent, had been crowned by Marion Russell,
Sophomore President, four: May-poles;-gay
with red-and-blue and yellow ribbons, were
wound on Merion green, while the Seniors
danced around the big pole before Denbigh,
swinging their baskets of spring flowers.
Miss Tyler’s speech under the May Pole
was-a warm tribute to President Thomas,
appreciation cf her inspiring service



sun als

from Rockefeller

and an
to Bryn Mawr.

‘When, after: the May Day
dent. Thomas announced,
Margaret Tyler had- received the Mary
Helen Ritchie Memorial Prize, and was
“Sunny Jim,” het announcement
greeted with a shout of applause.
set of books, was awarded last
Marynia Foot, President of the
Undergraduate Association. It stands. for
“cheerfulness, courage and fair minded-
and_is one of the highest honors to
be awarded to any member of the graduat-

révéls, Presi-

in chapel, that

was
This
prize, a
year to

ness”
ing class.

»President Thomas announg:d many others
which will be published in a later issue.

After making the announcement ot
awards of scholarships, fellowships and
prizes, President Thomas concluded:

“After awarding all these fellowships,

scholarships and prizes, I want to say a few
words about them. We think at Bryn
Mawr that such.récognition of excellence
helps you to make the great effort required
to study in the midst of all the avocations
and _ distraction the modern young
woman gr young man. Awards like these
have another great value. They show you
that you have a certain amotitt_pf ability
as compared with your fellows that it is
your duty to make the best of.

“Tt is very difficult to know just where
we belong intellectually and whether by
making a great effort we can. succeed and
win the prizes of life. I mean prizes it
a- good sense because if you put forth your
utmost strength there is. great happiness in
feeling that you have been able to accom-
plish something and that all your kaborious
days have riot been spent in vain. This
is one great good of studyifg-in a college
like Bryn Mawr. You realize that you

of

+can hold your own among your fellows.
| Scholarships and prizes: encourage you: to

do your best. In the development of
human beings from the protoplasm from
which we came through all the sea things
and land things and lower and higher ani-
mals we reached at last the highest work
of all creation, which is man. The struggle

has been up and up twward, the life of...

the intellect and spirit: It is tragically
easy to revert to what we eame from.
Most people we know ‘stop making’ the
necessary supremg effort to advance intel-
er. *’To grow
throughout a lifetime-represents-unremit-

ting effort. Theré must be some way of
making young people think that such an
effort is worth while. -

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