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College news, May 16, 1923
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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BMC-News-vol9-no25
Vol. IX, No. 25, May 16, 1923.
THE COLLEGE NEWS
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GLEE CLUB PERFORMANCE
RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
then fiercely moustachioed, they strode on
When
they first put that uniform on, one wonders
what they did say when they first looked
in the glass.
like the gallant heroes they were.
the right contrast be-
tween the three officers, but it seemed to
the observer that the Colonel in aesthetic
dress had not sufficiently practiced being
awkward.
Miss Humphreys gave a good imperson-
ation of the blasé Duke, while Miss Raht
presented a delightful idea of the comedy
in her part.
There was just
The twenty-one love-sick maidens (sing-
ing as twenty)—or was one of them not
love-sick ?—and draping themselves in a
sort of funeral wreath around the handiest
poet, were highly effective to both the eyes
and the ears of the audience. The singing
ensemble of the whole chorus’ was
excellent.
Sullivan’s music is as fresh as ever. No
one equals him in writing spontaneous
melody perfectly suited to the text. His
tunes are never sickly and his sense of
humor is only second to Gilbert’s.
It has been said that can be no
real wisdom without humor.
like this are valuable, for they give us all
an opportunity of hearing something gay
and bright and wholesome and of forget-
ting, for the time being, our all-too-serious
pursuit of knowledge. And there’s plenty
of sense in Gilbert, disguised as nonsense.
Although “Patience” written several
decades ago and the world has become
very much changed since the Pre-Raphael-
ite period which produced it, it is just as
new as ever. Aesthetic crazes now go
under a different name, but we have plenty
What we need, and badly, is a
satirist for. them. Oh, for a Gilbert to
parody free verse, cubist painting and
sculpture, to see the good in it and chas-
tise it with a smile.
The cast was:
there
Occasions
was
of them.
Officers of Dragoon Guards:
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Colonel Calverley.. Katherine Strauss ’
Major Murgatroyd...Katherine Raht ’23
Lieut. the Duke of Dunstable,
Haroldine Humphreys ’
Reginald Bunthorne, a fleshly poet,
Katherine Conner ’
Archibald Grosvenor, an idyllic poet,
Beatrice Constant ’24
Mr. Bunthorne’s Solicitor,
Roberte Godefroy 724
Rapturous Maidens:
The Lady Angela...Dorothy Gardner '24
‘Ene Ieady-oaphir.. <6 65... Ethel Tefft ’24
The Lady Ella..... Elizabeth Mallett ’25
The Lady Jatie...... Maris Constant ’25
Patience, a dairy maid....Mary Minott ’24
PRECEION 204. ech oe gees Horace Alwyne
SELF-GOVERNMENT ADOPTS
CHANGES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
The changes providing that a student
shall not be in Philadelphia alone after
715 Standard Time, and that a student, if
accompanied by one or more persons, may
take the 9.45 train from Philadelphia, was
passed after prolonged discussion.
All restrictions as to places where stu-
dents may lunch or take tea with men un-
chaperoned were removed, and Kuglers’
Cafeteria, the Ritz-Carlton, Washington
Square Inn, and Augustine Baptiste were
added to the list of places where students
may dine with men unchaperoned.
ALUMNAE NOTES
Dorothy Shipley, 717, taken Mrs.
Russell’s house in Chelsea for two months,
while Mrs. motoring through
France and England with President Emeri-
has
Russell is
tus Thomas.
BRITISH SPEAKER DISCUSSES
LABOR PARTY PROGRAM
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
At this time, when conditions in England
and on the continent were very discourag-
ing, the Labor party appeared with a new
character and a new and appealing pro-
gram. It shook off its old exclusiveness
and declared itself a party of all workers,
making a broad distinction between workers
and idlers. The result of this widening
of the constitution was that soldiers, doc-
tors, professors, and even nobility joined.
The program of this new party is, briefly,
according to Mr. Mallon, international.
They contend that there is no difference
between labor parties of separate nationali-
ties, a policy which is Utopian but a step
in the right direction. They are against
exploitation of such races as the African,
seeing that England’s policy of economic
exclusiveness in Africa will breed trouble.
The party would put the non-adult races
under the protection of an international
body such as the League of Nations. At
present, the Labor party stands for the
cancellation of the Allied debts to England,
realizing that to demand payment will be
to create great bitterness and economic
disaster. Their policy in regard to Russia
is to advocate a de jure as well as a de
facto recognition of that country.
The party assumes a scientific attitude
toward Socialism, proposing experiments,
the results of which may decide future
policy. At present, they would like to have
the coal mines placed under government
control, but they are not dogmatic as to
how this shall be done. Another proposal
of theirs is the capital levy, by which all
people with property over $25,000 would
be assessed a definite amount, the scale
rising gradually until a man with $2,000,000
or $3,000,000 would be assessed one-half
of it. The money thus realized, about
$15,000,000,000, would be used to pay off the
national debt of some $40,000,000,000, thus
lowering the crushing income taxes which
are necessary to pay the interest. The
most important of all the Labor programs
is that dealing with education, The party
heartily supports the Fisher Act for Con-
tinuation Schoolsby which children from
fourteen to sixteen years of age are re-
quired to spend at least eight hours a week
in school.
In answer to a question, Mr. Mallon said
that the Labor party was not yet ready to
form a cabinet; that it must serve a politi-
cal apprenticeship of a few years more
before undertaking to create a government.
IN PHILADELPHIA
Academy of Music: Philadelphia Op-
eratic Society. Aida, Thursday evening,
May 17, at 8.00.
Lyric: Philadelphia Theatre Guild.
Lola Fisher in “Good Gracious Anna-
belle.” Next Week: “Winnie and the
Wolves.”
Adelphi: Last week of “Blossom
Time.”
Shubert: “Greenwich Village Follies.”
Walnut: Last week of ‘“Kempy.”
Chestnut Street Opera House:
Cantor in “Make it Snappy.”
Eddie
Garrick: “Adrienne,” a musical play.
Forrest: “Shuffle Along.”
Stanley: Harold Lloyd in “Safety
Last?’
Stanton: Pola Negri in “Bella Donna.”
Karlton: Ethel Clayton
Woman Love Twice?”
Aldine: “Mighty Lik a Rose.”
in “Can a
OFFICE NOTICE
Sophomores’ and Juniors’ final registra-
tion of courses with their warden advisers
must be completed by May 25.
HALL TEAMS
Pembroke-East defeated Rockefeller Hall
team for the second time on Monday.
Merion Hall defeated Pembroke-West on
Monday with a score of 13-6.
DIRECTOR OF THEATRE GUILD TO
SPEAK HERE FRIDAY MORNING
Miss Theresa Helburn, Executive Director
of the Theatre Guild in New York, will
speak on “Dramatic Production” in chapel
on Friday, May 18.
She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr, 1908,
and has been with the Theatre Guild for
the last few years, among other things,
helping to choose the plays which they have
produced. Many of these were experiments,
such as “Back to Methusaleh” and “Peer
Gynt,” were prophesied to end in failure,
but almost everyone has been a brilliant
success.
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE TO BE
LED BY DR. HENRY SLOAN COFFIN
Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin, of the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York
City, will preach the baccalaureate sermon,
which will be given Sunday evening, June 3.
Dr. Coffin spoke at the Christmas service
this year and led the Week-end Conference
in 1921. Last summer he gave a course
together with Dr. Fosdick at Silver Bay
on the fundamental principles of religion.
Caroline Cummings, ’25, has made first
Miss.Cummings is the
first person to make the class this year.
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