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THE COLLEGE NEWS









The College News

"‘Pebitiail wcchly Getig- ic elas gat ba the
interests of Bryn Mawr College

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Managing Editor . . . EMILIE STRAUSS, '16
Ass’t Managing Editor, FREDRIKA M. KELLOGG, '16
Business Manager . MARY G. BRANSON, '16

CONSTANCE M. K. APPLEBEE
CONSTANCE DOWD,'16 ELEANOR L. DULLES,'17
SARAH HINDE, '17
MARIAN O'CONNOR, '18

Assistant Business Managers
KATHARINE B. BLODGETT, '17
VIRGINIA peS, LITCHFIELD, '17

Subscriptions may begin at any time
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, at the
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“The News” Board heartily agrees with
the undergraduate that the Students’
Building is the most suitable memorial
for Miss Mary E. Garrett. An endowed
chair, the other alternative, would not
stand out as a distinctive memorial and
would benefit only a part of the student
body. There are already several scholar-
ships in Miss Garrett’s name which rep-
resent her interest in the academic side
of college life. Her enthusiasm for our
social activities and for the beauty of
the buildings was equally great. For this
reason and because the Students’ Build-
ing would be unique in its importance toa
the whole College, we ask the help of
the alumne.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

(The editors do not hold themselves responsible
for opinions expressed in this column)

News Write-Ups Censured

To the Editor of “The College News”:

In an editorial published in “The
News” of November 11th, the Board ex-
pressed its determination to change the
tone of its criticisms of plays this year.
Heretofore something has been found in
all the plays to praise, and the unpraise-
worthy has—usually been lightly passed
over, or as has usually been the case, has
been omitted entirely in the write-up lest
someone's feelings should be hurt. This
year, as I have gathered from the above
mentioned editorial, ‘The News” intends
to criticize plays for their true value, “to |
weigh the good qualities and the bad so
that we may give a fair estimate of the
whole.” Surely “The News” is to be)
commended for this determination. But
I would suggest if the two recent play |

write-ups are samples of the result of |
add a|
dramatic critic to its staff, or at least use|
a little more discrimination and good |

this intention, that “The News”

judgment in its criticisms.

The write-up of Banner Show was, on
the whole, good. A very glaring tech-
nical fault, however, was committed in
the amount of space taken up in ad-
versely criticizing the plot. In the first
place, a Banner Show is not supposed to

have any plot, and in the second place, |

whatever difficulty there might have been

in following the none too definite actions |
of the players, was clearly explained in |

the programs. The critic very obviously
had not read a program.
But in the write-up of the Sophomore

Play, it seems to me the critic showed |
neither dramatic intelligence nor a sense |

of proportion. She neither praised what
was good nor condemned what was not
good. In all opinions but that of “The
News” it was Virginia Kneeland to whom
the palm belonged. Hers was the one
piece of brilliant acting in the play. She
showed a thorough intelligence in and
-@asy adaptation to, a very difficult part.

Her personality was dominating and she |

held the stage every minute she was on
it. Yet our critic gave her a brief half

sentence and said she “cleverly portrayed
her part”.

less‘ good, and many of whose scenes
dragged for lack of spontaneity, she de-
voted a whole paragraph of eulogy. To
say that F. Richmond was “one of the
most amusing characters in the play”,
tells absolutely nothing. Would it not be
fairer to mention the intelligence she
showed in acting, and the comedy she got
out of a part entirely unsuited to her?
Mary Allen was not mentioned and I have
as yet found no one who does not agree
that she was the best and most comic of
the students. Nor was notice taken of
the careless enunciation of many of the
actors and the general slowness in pick-
ing up cues.

As far as the undergraduates are con-
cerned, a correct or false criticism of a
play can make no material difference, for
everyone who sees the plays forms her
own opinion. But for the alumne and
others whose only idea of plays given
here at College is obtained from write-ups
in “The College News”, should not “The
News” attempt to give the general opin-
ion of the College as a whole rather than
the personal opinion of a few editors, es-
pecially when that opinion, as in this last
case, has proved so inadequate?

Helen Marie Harris, ‘17.



To the Editor of “The College News”:
Is interest in hockey lacking this year
or has the intelligence of “The News”
reporters failed them? Or how else can
we account for the sudden slump in the
reports of hockey games? Last year you
gave us snappy pointed accounts of the
games and criticisms of the players. They
were written with a vim and an enthu-
siasm that showed that the reporter en-
joyed hockey and had an accurate knowl-
edge of the game. Compare with these
the lukewarm, spiritless, vague, articles
in the recent numbers of “The News”.
How vividly illuminating is this: “The
ball continually went up the field and
down again”, (vol. 2, No. 9), or again:
“Most of the goals were made by the
forwards following into the goal’, (how
extraordinary!). In flashes of inspira- |
tion the reporters say three distinct |
times in one article that no goal was
made. Now “we hold these truths to

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be self evident”, but how much do they
convey to the reader? We object to such |
a representation of our hockey games to |
‘the alumnz and outsiders, to say noth-
| ing of the impression they must get |
lof the intelligence of our reporters. Is |

“The News” going to uphold the high |
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[The policy of “The News” has always |
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‘of our reporters and who feel that their)
| opinions are more adequate than ours.—
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Self-Imposed Rules

To the Editor of “The College News”:

| In reply to the letter signed “A Gradu-
ate”, may I say that any graduate student
| who wishes to come under the required
exercise rule may do so by signing a card
to that effect in my office?

The main regulation is: “Three periods
iof authorised exercise, two being gymna-
sium classes, must be taken and regis-
tered eaca week. Each period that is not

registered must be made up the following |

Wednesday evening in the Gymnasium
with a fine of fifty cents per period”. No
excuses except for infirmary cases are ac-
cepted. ‘
Constance M. K. Applebee,
Director of Gymnastics.

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