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DR. LOWES. LECTURES ON
RIME OF ANCIENT MARINER

Ann Shgble Memorial Lecturer
Tells How Original Idea of
Coleridge Grew

POEM EMBODIES THEORIES







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Lowes, professor of Eng-

John L,

-—Jish-at-Harvard,-delivered-the Ann-Sheble}-

Memorial: Lecture, speaking on “The Bird,
the Daemon, and the Eternal Wanderer:
A Chapter in the history of the Rime of
the Ancient Mariner,” in be ae Hall last
Friday evening. =

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” said
Professor Lowes, “is not a tour dg force
of the imagination, but compact of the fact
and. thought of Coleridge’s time. It is in-
stinct with Neo-Platonism and with the
naively scientific spirit then prevailing.
Coleridge-had a nebulous idea for a poem
about an old navigatory Wordsworth stug-
gested that the navigator kill an albatross
and thereafter be punished by the spirits
of its native land, which Coleridge makes
a kind of supermundane place. Words-
worth unlocked a storehouse of legend and
superstition by his suggestion, for Cole-
ridge’s mind was seething with Jewish and
Oriental mysticism, because he had read
deeply. in the Neo-Platonists of the Alex-

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andrian period. Plotinus :and Porphirius, |

and even more in the Renaissance Neo-
Platonists, Fiemo, and Rico Mirandella,
whose Caballa is almost an encyclopedia of
mysticism.

“Daemonology was a tremendously popu-
lar subject at that time. People were deeply
interested in the legend that there were
supernatural invisible beings distributed
among ‘the elements, and having the power
Coleridge,
at Wordsworth’s proposal of the spirits,
‘remembered the fable of these daemons,
which belong to ‘the mystic region of the
primal instinctive will to believe,’ and set
out to deal with them in such a way as
to give them reality.

“The original conception of the old navi-

gator was greatly changed by Wordsworth’s
idea, Coleridge had read extensively , in
*German literatére, which then interested
itself largely in the legend of the Wander-
ing Jew. Yet the Mariner is not the Wan-
derer: by a subtle transfer he becomes a
‘new creation, though shrouded in all the
mystery of this most ancient of legends.
He has a semblance of truth which chal-
lenges us to believe in him.

“Coleridge had been planning a novel
whose central character - was known only
as the Unfathomable and whose preface

was exactly like the wedding scene in “The

Ancient Mariner.’ Wordsworth’s sugges-
tion linked this idea to that of ¢ternal
wandering as an expiation for crime. Gess-
ner’s ‘Death of Abel’ interested Coleridge
by its conception of Cain as a branded,
hunted man. The- Mariner is influenced
by it, yet the Mariner is not ‘Cain;-but an
essentially new creation.

“The beauty of ‘The Rime of* the An-
cient Mariner’ springs,” Professor Lowes
_said,.“from ‘the secret influence of the un-
expressed.’ Investigation of the subtlety
by. which this beauty is. achieved proves
is not merely* a work of the
imagination, but also the result of the
varied intei&sts of Coleridge’s age and of
his literary satin A

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LABOR PARTY BRINGS UNIONS
AND INTELLECTUALS TOGETHER



Application to All Classes



Tracing the rise of the Labor Party from
the Renaissance and Reformation, Mr. Sid-
ney F. Wicks, of the Manchester Guardian,
told of its present position in the British
Government, in Taylor, last Tuesday eve-
ning. . r
The Manchester Guardian, which Started
at the death of Napaleon, with a policy of
disseminating ideas, and formation of pub-
lic opinion, helped the Liberal Party, which
as the parent of the Labor Party, had
started reforms... The extension of the
franchise, finally to women, education, fac-
tory acts, and to freedom of Ireland were
the results of its work in this field. . There
was a-religious zeal behind liberalism that
still characterizes the movement, because
the Anglo-Saxon wants not spiritual hair-
splitting, but a practical application of
Christianity to his needs, and therefore a
libéral interpretation of the New Testa-
ment. When liberalism faltered, and re-
fused to take advantage of its victories
over the House of Lords, the torch passed
on to the younger, more vigorous party,
which at a time of’ scepticism about the
efficacy of diplomats, was unstained by
diplomatic contact. Some members of the
older party, like Lord Haldane, now joined
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3



COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES
CASTS FOR MAY DAY

Alexander and Campaspe, The Lady

of The May, to Be Posted Later

&

Plays for May Day have been cast as
follows:



St. George and the Dragon

De LEO sg on son 0s op M. Constant, ’25
Pe OUCEN: 5 64 sikiinc 4 as J. Palmer, ’24
Shimt GOGO. ics is vse on M. Palache, ’24
King William ..........J. Schoonover, ’25
‘ne Dragon. i.....; ey M. Z. Pease, ’27
Giant Blunderbore ...... +».C» Remak, ’25
eg Se eee M. Whitcomb, ’25
Captain Slasher ............ E. Lomas, ’25
Tirkigh CHAMOION coe occa cos M. Hale, ’25
A: Noble Doctor «isseses R. Godefroy, ’24
“ The Old Wives’ Tale
SRCTINONt ci cciniii cas ss. M. L. White, ’24
First Brother (Calypha).Marion Smith, ’27
Second Brother (Thalea)..... B. Ives, ’24
Eumenides ......6sseeeseees P. Coyne, ’24
Senex (Erestus) ......++B. Spackman, '26
rLampriscus ........ uae O. Saunders, ’25
OE EEE AG POT L. Ford, ’24
COPeDUS covet ess roe eters A. Pratt, ’24
MEE PAN i hates ensues E: Walton, ’25
Church Warden ........ ...A. Tierney, ’26
Seton =i. 335 0 Peek asc ees H. Henshaw, ’25
Ghost of Jack STS ED ..F, deLaguna, ’27
H. Quinn,’26
WUSEOS coves oe casctanary M. Arnold, ’26
: | L. Andrews, ’26
PR oso a ise tevatiecsoues E. Tifft, ’24
Venelia ...... viaeied eb avees R. Tubby, ’24
a rr ce eT ..E. Sullivan, ’24
COdfta oo occ sees ee ceseees R. Foster, ’25
Ee E eiaeen enue E. McKee, ’26
NEO or recy E. Mallett, '25
Fantastick ......... Re IG I. Wallace, "24
Clunich (the smith) ....... M. Rodney, '24
Madge (his wife) ....... ..M. Tucker, ’22
er *M. Shumway, ’25
Fiddlers eeeceewe one E. Brodie, 27

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Roberta Murray, 24, gave a lecture to
the Males Crab, last Thareday night, on |



History of Movement Shows General]

| father and mother.



HELEN HOUGH NEW PRESIDENT
OF SELF-GOVERNMENT

‘Phe President of the Self-Govern-
ment Association for next year will be
Helen Hough, recently elected to suc-
ceed Pamela Coyne.

Miss Hough has been on the Self-
Government Board for two years. She
was vice-president of her class last year,
and -was a member of 1925’s Fr reshman
Committee.







SENIOR-TEAM- WINS- FINAL
GYMNASIUM MEET



. Individual Championship



Winning every event in the final gym-
nasium meet last Friday, the Seniors
placed first with a score of 102.2 points.

and 1926 with 97.2 and 95.3 points. Sec-
ond. team was also won by 1924 with 582
points. The Juniors came second with 57.2
points, and’ the Freshmen third with 49.8.

The Cup for the individual ‘champion-
ship was awarded to M. Buchanan, ’24.
Miss Buchanan made a score of 37.6 points
while S. Leewitz, ’24, placed second with
36.3 points. Third and fourth places were
won by B. Tuttle, ’24, and G. Leewitz, ’26,
with 36.1 and 35.4 points.

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EUROPEAN FELLOWSHIPS TO
BE ANNOUNCED IN CHAPEL



Senior Upper Ten Also Announced
on Friday



‘The awards of the Graduate and Under- |}:

graduate European Fellowships, as well as
the names of the ten students in the
Senior class, having the highest number of

honor points, will be announced in chapel] 5

on Friday.

Last year the Undergraduate Fellowship
of $500 was awarded to Dorothy Burr,
who is now studying at the School of
Athens. Miss Burr graduated Summa cum
Laude with a total of over 270 honor
points.

There are three sare Fellowships
given each year. First is the Helene and].
Cecil Rubel Fellowship for $1500, founded
by Helen Rubel, ’21, in memory of her
To it are attached no
restrictions: It may be used at home or
abroad, towards getfing a degree or merely
for individual research. The second is the
Mary E. Garrett Fellowship of $500, which
may be held by a student who has had
two years of graduate work and is a can-
didate for a Ph.D. at Broyn Mawr; it
must be used abroad. The M. Carey
Thomas Graduate Fellowship of $500 is
awarded each year to a student with one
year of graduate work, also a candidate for
a Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr, for study abroad.
The recipients of these fellowships last
year were: Ann Jones, the Mary E. Gar-
rett Fellowship; Vera Lee Brown, - the
Helené and Cecil Rubel, and Helen Haw-
thorne Young, the M. Carey Laisa Fel-
lowship.



_ NEWS IN BRIEF

The Junior Class has voted that its party
to the Seniors shall’ be a supper with danc-
ing in the gymnasium.

“| Caroline Remak has been elected basket-

ball captain by 1925.
S. McAdoo, ’26, was elected Sophomore
ip Basketball copter at a class meeting last



Mildred Buchanan, ’24, Receives|

Second and third places were won by: 1925:

SWARTHMORE DEFEATED BY
VARSITY IN SPEEDY GAME

iia Victory Is Due
Accurate Aim and Passing of
Bryn Mawr



to



C. REMAK, ’25, STAR FORWARD’



A--game of rapid scoring ended in a

decisive victory for Varsity over pleas pas

more College, 33-17, in .the first ‘outside
basketball game last Saturday.

Bryn Mawr. took .the lead immediately
and kept it throughout the game, though
by no means* with great ,ease, The team
played well, both together and individually

‘and superior- skill in handling the ball eh-

abled them to pass more swiftly and accu-
rately than Swarthmore. _This was espe-
cially true of.the passing between the
forwards, who left their guards completely
behind. The calmness and accuracy of C.
Remak, ’25, was never failing, and she
scored 30 of the 33 points.

Swarthmore scored a beautiful goal from
the center line at the beginning of the
second half and a number. ef free shots
later. The whole team played in a more
determined and pugnacious: manner and
the similar response of Bryn Mawr led to
the game’s often degenerating into a scram-
ble with frequent fouling, It remained,
however, both quick and interesting to the
end, with the throwing of several sensa-
tional long-distance goals,

Swarthmore Bryn Mawr
Miss Brown-......: bec .K. Elston, ’24
Miss Parry. ...:..; rds ..C. Remak, ’25
Miss Jenkinson... .. “S. McAdoo, 26
Miss ‘Roberts ..... Srl ».+.M. -Palache,-’24
Miss” Sjostrom ....R.G....G, Leewitz, ’26
Miss Pollard ...... L.G....S. Leewitz, ’24

Field Goals—Swarthmore: Miss Brown,
4; Miss Parry, 2. Bryn Mawr: K. Elston,
’24, 1; C. Remak, ’25, 14,
Foul Goals—Swarthmore: Miss Brown,
. Bryn Mawr: K. Elston, ’24, 1; C.
Reimak, .’25, 2.

Substitutes—Swarthmore: Miss Foot for
Miss Jenkinson, Miss Jenkinson for Miss
Sjostrom.

HONESTY OF INTELLECT

URGED BY DR. STEINER

Chapel Speaker Stresses Necessity
for Justice in Hate and Love

—_—_—_——

“Dealing justly” involves intellect as well
as emotion, said Dr. Edward Steiner, pro-
fessor of Applied, Christianity at Grinnell
College, in Chapel last Sunday evening.

People, he continued, tend to be governed
by bias rather than by fact; by hastily
generalized impressions; by their inclina-
tion to believe what they want to believe;
by inheritance, training, surroundings, self-
interest.

“OR

But to be just, a man must have



-the courage of his convictions and_ the

courage to face both sides of a question
at the same time. Furthermore, in dealing
justly the emotions of love and hate are
necessary as well as logic. But we must
love fairly; when we hate we must- hate
justly and to a purpose; hating in our
friends and in ourselves what we hate in
our enemies, +)

At.-this time intellectual ‘sina and just

emotion are most needed, concluded Dr. ©

Steiner, that God¢may reveal Himself to
us, :





__ All those wishing to return to Sum-
mer School this year as Recreation
Leaders will please give their names to
_M. Woodworth, 24,