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» BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1%, 1924

* Price 10 Cents





CHINA GOVERNED BY
MOST TALENTED GROUP

Students Take Active Hand In
Determining Foreign Policy . ~
«By Organized Campaign ‘





EARNESTNESS MARKS WORK



Academic traditions have had a longer

——-—-eontinuity-in-China-than-in-any-other-coun-

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try. Until very recently, students all over

the Empire were using text-books and meth-

ods originating before the Christian Era.
Her educational tradition is the glory of
China. Long before Western nations had
arrived at the most primitive stages -of
savage education, and before many of her
Orjental neighbors had passed beyond the
> es stages of culture, China’ had a uni-

ed educational system which ran through ||

carefully graduated stages, from the lowest
primary schools to the famous civil service
examinations. It was through this system
that she carefully chose her statesmen, pick-

_ing the best men of each region in local

preliminary examinations, and making a
further selection in the annual provincial
tests. She determined the final choice in the
triennial. -metropolitan examinations. By
these means China had at once’ established
equality, of opportunity for all her sons, and
an aristocracy of talent by which she was
governed.
* Salvation Only Through Education.
Within recent years the old system has
been abolished. The formal civil service ex-
aminations ended in 1905, but education had
maintained its honorable primacy ip Chinese
life. A. modern system of education has
been developed, with: primary and- secondary
schools under local autonomy, normal
schools and colleges for the training of

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FAITH WAS CHIEF CONCERN
OF CHRIST’S MISSION



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Dr. Coffin Explains Four Ways of
Religious Expression



“We often think of Christ as preach-
ing love above everything else,” said Rev.
Henry Sloane Coffin, Pastor of the Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian Church, last

Sunday in Chapel. “In reality, He
preaches faith.”
“Faith is. the essence of religion,’ con-

tinued Dr. Coffin. “To be religious is to
be connected with Someone; faith sup-
plies this connection.

Dr. Coffin said that faith Heme itself
in many different ways: through con-
science, as in the case of Wilberforce,
the English Liberator of the African
slave, and Lord Ashley, who also strove
“to ameliorate social conditions; by power,
as exemplified by Henry M. Stanley, ex-

.plorer of Africa; by the insight of Lin-

coln; by ‘the poWer to-appreciate life as
beautiful, and Jastly by bigness. “It is
not true,” admitted Dr. Coffin, “that all
religious people are possessed of big
minds; but it is true that communion with
God enlarges us.”

“Faith i is hard to ‘poo-poo’ na con-
~ganed Dr. Coffin. . He explained that the

_ discovery of God resembles the discovery
of the ~~ Neptune, located by scien-|

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getting the play before the public.

STOKES BREAKS ONE COLLEGE

RECORD : ESTABLISHES ANOFHER |

Victory in Relay, 68 Foot Pronk’ and
120 Foot Front Gives 1927 Victory



First place in last Friday’s swimming
meet,athe second of the season, went to
1927, which scored 26 points. 1926 came
second with 24 points; 1928 third with
12, and 1925 fourth with 9. ~

The 68-ft. front swim was won by|_
Helen Stokes,

97, whose score of«{2.4
seconds. breaks by six-tenths of a
second the college record established by
K. Woodward, Gi. E. Harris, ’26, was
next, with 13.2 seconds. B. Stewart, ’28,
won the 68-ft. back race in 17.1 seconds.

A record for the 120-ft. front race was
made by H. Stokes, ’27, in 26.2 seconds,
while E. Harris, ’26, followed with 26.4
secorids,

In diving, F. Green, ’26, placed first
with a total of 60.9 points, while F. Jay,
26, came next with 60.1. The plunge was
won by L, Barber, ’25, with a distance of
57 feet 9 inches. The relay went to 1927
with a scor@ of 62.1 seconds.

On the .second ‘teams, 1925 had 16
points; 1926, 9, and 1927 and 1926 tied for
third with 4 points. Victory in the 68-ft.
front and the 120-ft. front went to S.
Anderson, ’25, with scores respectively of
15 and 30 seconds, while R. Tatnall, ’26,
won the diving.

COMMERCIALISM IS NOW
GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THEATRE





Mr. Middleton Believes Its Condition
Essentially Healthy

“A play is like a. baby,” said Mr.
George Middleton, speaking last Friday
under the auspices of the Liberal Club
on the practical aspects of modern drama,
“and must be as carefully nurtured.”

The prevalent idea that a play merely
has to be written to be produced, and
that a good play will succeed. because of
its merit, is ideal, he said, but not -true.
The hardest task for the playwright is
This
is especially hard for an unknown play-
wright, because in the producing game a
well-known name is a better bet than an
untried author.

“The best way, though not the easiest,”
said Mr. Middleton, “is to read the play
to a producer or a star.” But he said
that people frequently have to be “held”
physically, as well as by the interest of
the play, to. make them listen.

Once the play is accepted for produc-
tion it must be cast, and the playwrights

‘usually write into the contract a clause

giving them the right ~of supervision
‘over casting. Most directors like to have
the playwrights at rehearsal.

“Playwrights do not find the star sys-
tem the unmitigated curse which it is
sometimes painted,” Mr. Middleton said
in answer to a question, “The flaming
personality of such a star as Ethel Barry-
/more may be a great help to the author
in making his play a popular success.”

In conclusion, Mr. Middleton said, “In
spite of the inroads which the movies

Re PES EN a - igre “ . ws n * . hi ®
and ‘the radio have made ‘upon it" the the discussion on “Toward ical

American theatre is in an extremely

| healthy condition. But the’danger which

threatens is commercialization, both in

e.”|the operation of theatres as real-estate









investments, and the rapidly-mounting



s of producers and— owners: for









SENIORS GIVE RECEPTION i
AND SKIT TO FRESHMEN | .



Interlude Flavored With Familiar
Figures From Court of St. James



The family life of the’ Windsors was
made glaringly public last Saturday night
through the indiscretions of the Senior
Class in giving a skit entitled “Hey Day
at the Court of St. James.”

_Nothing was hidden, nothing left_un-
mentioned. The distressingly plebeian
passion of King George the Fifth for
cross-word. puzzles was exposed by, his
poplin-clad . spouse, . while Constance,
Countess of Periods, gave the Prince of
Wales his“daily fall from the horse and
the Lord High Elocttioner, ardent cham-
pion of monarchy and the vitiated_ vowel,
the former _ a creditable rendering
of “The Skylark,’ put Lucy, Duchess of
Wordswords, ‘and Mees Georgiana de
Risquay through arti@ulatory gymnastics.

Fearfully realistic were the Represen-
tatives of the Press, inky and baisterous
and introduced’ by Horace, Master of
Harmonies, and the susceptible heart of
“Davy” was visibly lost to the dainty blue
Miss Octavia Viginti. *_ is

After this delightful interlude which
ended with
general dancing and supper followed.

NORMAN THOMAS TO LEAD
INDUSTRIAJ, CONFERENCE





Program Planned for Meeting to Stress
Collegiate Thought



A student conference to discuss eco-

nomic .and industrial questions. will be
held on December twenty-ninth and thir-
tieth in New York under the leadership
of Norman Thomas.
. “What are our collegians thinking?”
will be the first subject for discussion on
Monday morning, December twenty-
ninth. Delegates from various Eastern
colleges represented will report and, ih
addition to. the students, officers of the
League for Industrial Democracy who
have been visiting colleges in all parts
of the country will report the conclusion
they have reached.

Mr. John Brophy, President of District
Number two, United Mine Workers of
America, will speak on the subject:
“What can I do in nationalization?” fol-
lowing, Norman Thomas will speak on
“What can I do in politics?” * Mrs. Har-
riot Stanton Blatch,- one of the leaders
of Women Suffrage in the United States,
will be chairman of the meeting.

A pleasant interlude will be afforded
by a supper to the delegates Monday

evening in the home of Norman Thomas..

The conference will be in fulh session
again at a big mass meeting in Cooper
Union.

Brigadier General Thompson, of the
British Labor Party, formerly Secretary
of State for Air in the British Labor

‘Cabinet, will speak on “Why I joined the

Labor Party.” By the courtesy df the
Foreign Policy Association, which is ar-
ranging this meeting, the League dele-
gates will receive free tickets.

Freedom in America” will be continued.
Roger N. Baldwin, Director | of the}
American Civil Liberties Union, will
speak on “What Can I Do in Civil Lib-
erty?” and Mr. A. J. Muste, of Brook-

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FESTIVITIES IN HALLS
FRIDAY BEFORE HOLIDAYS ©

Choir in taps and Gowns Will Sing
Christmas Carols on Campus
While Pembroke Dances

RETURN TO MEDIAEVAL SPIRIT







Christmas. revelry ‘will fill the halls on
Friday night, December 19. The parties
planned differ greatly; you may wonder
if each is typical of its hal. Radnor does
not Concern itself with atmosphere; its
program is merely a’ banquet and a skit
by every class but the Seniors. Denbigh
and Rockefeller will return to the Mid-
dle Ages with a Lord and Lady of the
Manor leading their festive courts, Den-
,bigh also gives a skit, while Rockefeller
tries to capture the elusive “mediaeval
spirit” in a pageant of knights and ladies,
scholars and court attendants. , More
frivolous Merion will express its twen-
tieth spirit in a tea dance. After dinner
the Freshmen of Pembroke will give an
entertainment to the rest of the collegé in
the Pembroke dining room, which, will
be followed by dancing.

Outside this warm merriment the choir
will show perhaps the truest Christmas
spirit, going from house to house on the
campus and ‘singing carols, no matter
how coldeand sharp the wind. About
midnight they will return to Pembroke
arch and sing as the dancers are leaving.

Clearly the Christmas tendencies of the
campus are mediaeval, as last spring they
were Elizabethan. If the large scale pro-
duction were not lacking, too, you might
expect to find an authentic Christmas
scene with dn. ox, an ass, and a flock of
sheep on the eampus, and insurance for
a night. of stars and stiow. The Middle
Ages are more’ simple.



CONCERT PROFITS GO
TO MUSIC DEPARTMENT



Sale of Boxes for Series in Hands of
New York Committee.

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The New York Committee of-the De-
partment of Music at Bryn Mawr Col-.
lege, of which Mrs. William C. Dicker-
man is chairman, and whose magnificent
work has made possible the Department
of Music at Bryn Mawr College because
it has every year raised the money to
run the department, has taken over the
sale of the boxes at ten subscription con-
certs which the Wolfsohn Musical Bu-
reau has announced, Those still to be
given are:

Moriz Rosenthal—Box $30, seat $3.75.
Sunday afternoon, January 4.

‘London String Quartet—Box $40, seat $5.
Saturday afternoon, February 7.

Cecelia Hansen—Box $30, seat $3.75.
Russian Violinist, Sunday afternoon,
March 1. .

Maria Ivogun—Box $30, seat $3.75.
Hungarian . Coloratura, Saturday,
March 7 (afternoon).

Josef Hofmann—Box $40, seat $3.75.
Saturday afternoon, March 28.

The committee would appreciate tre- ~
-mendously any. assistance from the un-
dergraduates who are_in New York at
the tifne of these concerts by buying seats
or boxes for the concerts. The profits
which are very high on the sale of the
' boxes go to. the expenses of the Music
Department this year at Bryn Mawr.

Further information may be obtained
from Mrs. William C. Dickerman, 6 East



: ae street, New Yigrk City. :