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Ancient American *
Maya Civilization
Highly Developed



De Sylvanus Morley Illustrates
Temples, Pottery Excavated
In - Yucatan *



MAYA KNEW ONLY USE
OF FIRE, AGRICULTURE



Goodhart, May 13.—‘We estimate
the achievements of a civilization or
of an individual by the “scratch” each

makes, by what each has done with|

the things with which they started;
and if considered in this way, the

Maya developed the highest civiliza-
tion of ancient America.” These were
the introductory words of Dr. Syl-
vanus Morley, director of the Chichen
Itza project of the Carnegie Institu-
tion at Washington, who gave an il-
lustrated lecture on The Maya, The
Most Brilliant Civilization of Ancient
America. In man’s progress from
barbarism to civilization five very im-
portant discoveries have been made:
the use of fire, agriculture, the train-
ing of domestic animals, metal tools,
and the wheel. The Maya knew only
the first two of these, and if we will
compare him with an old-world man
of similar conditions, we must go back
to the Neolithic period. The achieve-
ments of the latter man are far in-
ferior to those of the Maya, and Dr.
Morley demonstrated this with slides
of Maya carvings, pottery, and build-
ings.

The work of the Carnegie Institute
has centered in the heart of the old
and new Maya empires, which are
situated in Yucatan and the northern
part of British Honduras. The earli-
est objects which have been found are
two jadite figurines, one of a man
with a bird’s head and the other con-
taining a full man’s figure and some
glyphs. They are dated.in the eighth
Maya cycle (each cycle. covers 800
years), and were probably. made—in
150-160 A. D.* In spite of the thick
jungle growth, which can support only
the chicory industry, many ancient
town sites have been found. One of
the oldest is at Uaxactun. It was
found in 1916, and has several mono-
liths dated in the eighth cycle, the

Bacchantes Rehearse





—Photo by Chas. M. Clark.

Members of chorus and cast of the. Bacchae of Euripides reprearsing

for performances to be given June

2nd and 4th.



Bacchae Digenialinn
Follows New Methods



The Bacchae of Bhisipidies is being
given in a new manner, far removed
from the conventional methods of pro-
ducing a Greek tragedy in English.
It is being directed by Madame Sikeli-
anos (Eva Palmer, Bryn Mawr, 1900),
who organized the famous festivals
at Delphi.
guished by the treatment of the chorus
as an active medium for dramatic ex-

Her production is distin-

pression and by the use of a’ scheme
of musical modes belonging to the an-
cient tradition of the Greek Orthodox



Church. The chorus will have a share |

in the performance almost equalling |;
that of the actors in importance and
dramatic interest. The actors are
using a straight prose translation of
the play, adapted so that their lines
can be spoken in the simplest and most
effective English.

Fifty undergraduates are taking
part in the play; they are divided
into groups of ten, each with a Leader.
These groups dance and sing the dif-
ferent—choruses—of the—play, “making
a separate pattern for each of them
that sets the tone for the action and
intensifies the tragedy. The possibili-
ties for expression are endless in the
types of dancing and the interplay of
the various modes. The-only musical
accompaniment will be a flute, which



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Many Enthusiastic Stags, Attractive Men
Crowd Spring Dance With Festive Gaiety



A Paradox! A most ingenious para-
dox! A dance that was a success and
at the same time was not a success!
Let us unravel’ the mystery. The
Spring Dance on May 11 was general-

ly, if not universally, considered “sim-
ply swell” and yet it is our firm belief
that in the future all the Bryn Mawr-
tyrs who attended this dance will be-
take theniselves for similar diversion
to the corner of Broadway and 42d
Street at the rush hour. In fact, we
are sure that New York would be
preferred, because one would then be
equipped with heavy shoes and per-
haps even an umbrella. All of which
is to suggest that future dances
would be better with a little less of a
throng. With the large attendance on
Saturday the whole affair resembled
more an athletic contest with the
prizes going to those with the sharpest
elbows and the calmest nerves, than
a. charming social evening where one
met everyone else’s friends and got
nicely acquainted. We hear that a
search is being made on campus for
suitable “maenads,” who will lend
their wild wiles to the Greek Play;
we suggest that the directors engage
a few of the floor committee and
others who were seen in the gym-
nasium: with hair flying, arms flailing
and eyes remarkable for a maniacal
glare. The maenads finally chosen
might pretend to hunt for the one de-
sirable male among the thousand or
so at the dance; we are sure that they

complete dementia.
We can say with perfect truth that
this year’ ’s dance was “a grand suc-

cess, that the gymnasium looked bet-
ter than ever ‘with its spring gar-
ments, that the orchestra was excep-

were excellent—and sufficient, thanks
to the committee—and we could ‘go on
indefinitely listing the advantages of
this particular affair. We can only sug-
gest that it might be made less of a
scramble by having the numbers lim-
ited or the space increased. We do not
at the moment see how either could be
accomplished unless the fencing room
were used for the overflow or the num-
ber of the tickets kept at a fixed
minimum. It would be a great pity to
deprive anyone thus either of her ath-
letics or her simple pleasures, but it
seems as if something must be done.
Program dances are in favor at
many college dances; Bryn Mawr
might well experiment along this line.
Such an innovation would do away
wéth some of the horrors of hopeless
hunting which wears down the morale
of stags and escorts (female in this
ease) alike. Or pally the men could
be induced té wear coats of different
colors. Then we should be able to
beg our roommates to cut in on that
“tall Princetén boy in purple’* and it
would make everything much easier.
After these digressions we turn to
the pleasanter task of congratulating
all those who prepared the way and
of thanking all who in the course of
the evening helped to make the dance
the undeniable success that it was.
We have seldom seen a more attractive
group, both male and female, and we
intend to spend ‘our summer looking
forward to (and training for) the

‘day. A “consort of viols”

tionally good, that the refreshments |°

Amateur Music N eed
© Verified By Science

Catherine Bowen Says To Play,
Sing For Oneself Is Better
Than To Listen





SIX AMATEURS PERFORM



Deanery, May 12.—‘Musie without
a Ticket,” the title of Catherine
Drinker Bowen’s lecture, reveals the
kernel of her convictions about music,
to which she has also given voice in
her book, Friends and Fiddlers. That
these convictions are not merely theo-
retical was shown in the selections
played by. the amateur musical group
in which she takes part.

It is Mrs. Bowen’s belief that it is
far more fun to play and to sing than
to listen to others do it, and that the
wide cleavage which exists between
professional and amateur music is
much to be regretted. Her position
is strongly in defense of amateurs;
she is interested in urging more peo-
ple to’ take part in musical organi-
zations like her own, which she has
gathered together from among her
friends and which subsequently play-
ed in the course of the lecture.

Two hundred and fifty years ago
the word “concert” had “a meaning
quite different from its significance to-
‘meant a
group of people who gathered together
to play their viols informally. Through
the ages—people-have—realized the
pleasure obtainable from making mu-
sic. David, Plato, Pepys and Ruskin
are only a few examples of those who
have been aware of the pleasure to be
gained thereby. In Elizabethan days
everybody sang and played, — sheet-
music was even passed around the ta-
ble after meals.

Today, music can be cultivated for
fun in clubs, schools, churches and
homes. A great many people like to
play for their own pleasure in spite
of the easy access we have to profes-
sional music by means of the radio.

One should play in order to learn
to play and read. the great masters
rather than to give cuncerts. Owen
Downs, a contemporary music critic,
agreed at once with Mrs. Bowen when
she told him of her conviction that “
is more fun to be inside a‘bad quartet
than outside a good one.” For just
as the impulse to talk, shout, and weep
is universal, so is the impulse to play.

There is a new science of aesthetic
measure which attempts to measure
the physiological impulse and vibra-
tion which causes us to beat time, for

Continued on Page Five



Change in Schedule

Dr. Bernheimer’s course in
German Art will be given as a
free elective, counting for one-
half unit. Advanced students
iw’History of Art will be able
to take the course and receive
one unit of credit by doing ad-
ditional reading. The hour for
the course will be decided later.

The. course in Social Anthro-
pology is scheduled to meet
Tuesdays and Fridays at 10
A. M. and Wednesdays at 3
P. M., instead of Mondays, Wed-
nesdays, and Thursdays at 10
A. M. as formerly.





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Glee Club Surpasses All Past Si ccaaan

In Production of “Pirates of Penzance”



Excellent Details Of Scenery,. Lighting, ‘and Costumes: Combine
- With Splendid Cast, Chorus Singing for Spontaneity,
Finish Threughout Performance



AGNES HALSEY SINGS LEAD WITH PERFECTION



(Especially Contributed by Laura
» Richardson, ’29)

The annual Glee Club performance
can always be counted on for a popu-
lar success, but this year’s production
of The Pirates of Penzance hit a.new
high mark. Not only has the leading
lady, Miss Halsey, a soprano voice
which surpassed -any expectations for
an amateur performance, but also the
production as a whole had great spon-
taneity and finish.

Particularly noticeable in this re-



Albert Einstein Praises
The Late Emmy Noether



(Reprinted from The New York
Times)
To the Editor of The New
Times:

The efforts of most human beings
are consumed in the struggie for their
daily bread, but most of those who are,
either through fortune or some special
gift, relieved of this struggle ‘are
largely absorbed in further improving
their worldly lot. Beneath the effort
directed toward the accumulation of
worldly goods lies all too frequently
the illusion that this is the most sub-
stantial and desirable end to be
achieved; but there is, fortunately, a
minority composed of those who rec-
ognize early in their lives that the
most beautiful and satisfying experi-
ences open to humankind are not de-
rived from the outside, but are bound
up with the development of the indi-
vidual’s own feeling, thinking and act-
ing. The genuine artists, investigat-
ors and thinkers have always been
persons of this kind. However incon-
spicuously the life of these individuals
runs its course, none the less the fruits
of their endeavors are the most valu-
able contributions which one genera-
tion can make to its successors.

Within the past few days a distin-
guished mathematician, Professor
Emmy Noether, formerly connected
with the University of Géttigen and
for the-past-two-years-at- Bryn Mawr
College, died in her fifty-third year.
In the judgment of the most competent
living mathematicians, Fraulein Noe-
ther was the most significant creative
mathematical genius thus far produc-
ed since the higher education of wom-
en began. In the realm of algebra,
in which the most gifted mathemati-
cians have been busy for centuries,
she discovered methods which have
proved of enormous importance in the
development of the present-day
younger generation of mathemati-
cians. Pure mathematics is, in its
Continued on Page Four

York



College Calendar
Wednesday, May 15, 4 o’clock:
Tennis match with Swarthmore

College. 8 o’clock: Scavdnger
Hunt.

Friday, May 17: Last day of
classes.

Sunday, May 19, 7.30 o’clock:
Music Walk. Outdoor Chapel
Service.

Monday, May 20:
tions begin.

Tuesday, May 21, 5 o'clock:
Deanery. _Lecture-Recital on
The Modern Russian Composers,
by Mr. Guy Marriner.

' Saturday, May 25, 8 o'clock:
Gymnasium. Square Dances .

Saturday, i 1, 6 o’clock:
Bacchae of Euripides.

Sunday, June 2, 8 o'clock:
Goodhart. Baccalaureate serv-
ice.

_ Monday, June 3, 6 o’clock:
Bacchae of Euripides.
Tuesday, June 4, 4. o’clock:

Examina-

Wyndham Gardens. Garden

Party. ‘
Wednesday, June 5, 11.30

A. M. Goodhart. ‘Presentagion b



of Degrees.







next Bryn Mawr dance._ m







spect were the scenes with full chorus,
the usual weak spot of amateur op-
erettas. The grouping was natural
and constantly shifting. The gestures
were wide and free, and had little of
the awkward, set effect generally to
be expected of amateurs. The Pirates
were a colorful,. lively, and extremely
credible crew, and the Major-General’s
daughters, an animated and beguiling
“bevy of beautiful maidens.”

The obvious pitfall of the show Was
the taking of mens’ parts by girls.
The strain on the voices of the men’s
chorus Was most noticeable, but for
the most part, the soloists skirted the
difficulty. Miss Ripley as‘the Pirate
King amply made up in characteriza-
tion for her lack of basso profundo.
She swashbuckled appropriately, but
did not overdo. it. Miss Park’s Ser-
geant of Police was done to a turn,
a masterpiece of understatement and
suggestion® Miss Lord’s Major-Gen-
eral likewise avoided the hazards of

ficult patter songs.and more sustained
lyrical solos equally well. She was
uproariously applauded, and deserved-
ly so, for her characterization was
one of the high spots of the evening.
Miss Morse, as Frederic, was a really
handsome hero and did a first-rate
performance vocally.

None of the women’s parts ap-
proached Miss Halsey for musical ex:
cellence, both in difficult florid pas-
sages and lovely lyrical solos; bp
Miss Shepard, as Ruth, contributed a
real contralto voice, round and full in
tone, a quality sadly lacking in voices
at Bryn Mawr, where the tendency
in singing in a low register seems to
be_ towards a_sort—of——athletie-song
timbre, harsh, strained, and unnat-
ural.

Praise must also be given to the
girls’ chorus. * To this reviewer, the
quality of tone seemed to be a great
improvement over previous perform-
ances. The high notes were sweet

Continued on Page Four



Art Club Shows Promising Work
The B¥n Mawr Art Club held an
exhibition of its work last week-end
in the Common Room. The display
included plaster and plasticine heads
and figures, as well as paintings and
charcoal drawings; it represented
what the Club has done this -year
under the direction of Miss Agnes
Yarnall, a Philadelphia sculptor.

The Club has been meeting for two
hours every Saturday morning in the
basement of the gymnasium, where it
works from male and female models.
Owing to a lack of clay, most of the
figures are destroyed at the end of
each class; those that are considered
the best of each pose are cast in plas-
ter. During the week students also
work independently. ;

The pieces in the exhibition were
chosen primarily for the creative abil-
ity that they manifested, rather than
for any photographic realism. The
model provides a point of departure
for individual creation, and does not
serve merely as a figure to be copied.
Since few of its members have had
previous teaching, the Art Club feels
that it has made great progress under
Miss Yarnall’s supervision. Although
the work is. still far from technical
perfection, it contains the creative

for what it is, but also4ger what it
was intended to be. ‘é

The Club hopes that by giving a
display of its products it will make
Bryn Mawr feel the need of an -
ganization of this sort. In most col-
leges, the art classés are officially rec-
ognized, and doubtless the new library
wing will make practical art more

Until that*somewhat distant moment;
however, students are urged to take
more interest in the Art Club.



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overacting, and she negotiated the dif- °

germ, and should be judged not only ©

practical here, since there are plans :
to have a regular course in this -line..

SOON oe Se ee





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On the Top

There is nothing which gives us so much real pleasure as a difficult job
well done, and that is certainly what we witnessed in Goodhart this past
week-end! We “returned from the Glee Club's performance of the Pirates
of Penzance with a feeling of satisfaction such as we have seldom felt before.
The spirit which made this occasion a memorable one will long remain with
us, when we reflect on the excellence of the singing and acting, the fine
“scenery, and the enthusiastic audience.

Saturday night marked the culmination of months of preparation, some
of it bordering on drudgery, not a little of it tedious, but all of it profitable.
The organization back of the production had to be capable and efficient in
order to put on such a successful performance. Everything functioned
smoothly, and even the scenery was changed with unusual speed. Incident-
ally, the quality of the scenery’and lighting made us feel as if we were seeing
a professional show being given with all the ability that the term implies,
and with the addition of that extra feeling of happy spontaneity which only
an amateur production can evoke.

Seldom have we seen a college dramatic event which combined such
meticulous regard for details with such genuine verve and dash. The direc-
tors, the cast and the chorus well deserve the praise which they received.
We liked the Pirates, the audience like it and the participants themselves
seemed to be having a highly enjoyable time. May there be many more
like it!



More Cutter-Inners

As the doldrums of the “after-the-ball” feeling settled upon our care-
worn minds, and we faced the last dash to final examinations, we mused
aloud with the college at large on what good fun everything had been, and
how thoroughly we had enjoyed ourselves. Then the saddened souls lying
glumly about the smoking rooms tried to cheer themselves with finding faults
-in the proceedings of the gala events. This might have been comforting,
except for the surprising fact that every detail had been perfect. The Pirates
~ was superb throughout; the dance will go down on the records as one of
the gayest and nicest yet seen on campus.

But desperate minds need solace, and at last one suggestion arose from
the depths. Why should. not the men cut in at the dance as well as the
girls? This would make the dance truly exciting, for, with everyone on the
floor able and anxious to cut, no one could “get stuck.” “There would be no
more anguished glances imploring a friend in the stag line to cut in: the
couple would merely cut in on another couple, exchange partners, and
dance away. The turnover, of course, with the two most popular people
would be terrific, but the most attractive deserve to suffer for their charm
and beauty, and-allow the normal run of us to enjoy our fling. This is a
good suggestion, and warrants an experiment at some dance next year. Girls
could bring as many m€n as they chose, for with this new system, the drudg-
ery of “looking after my man” would bea thing of the past. . With two
stag lines and a determined group of cutter-inners, the next dance ought
to be highly exciting. se

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such ‘subjects as child psychology, psy-
chology of personality, aesthetics, and
psychological research.

Campus"Note °

Harvard Summer School, the oldest
in the United States, in its 65th year,
announces that Dr. Karl Leopold An-
derson, Assistant Professor of Eco-
nomics and Politics, and Dr: Donald
Wallace MacKinnon, Assistant Profes-
sor of Psychology, both of Bryn Mawr
College, will join the teaching staff
of the Harvard University Summer
School from July 1 to Aug. 11 of this
year in Cambridge, Mass.

Dr. Anderson will give a course in



Two workers and Sheriff Carmich-
ael were killed when ‘“‘deputies attack-
ed a demonstration at the Gallup
Court House.” The demonstration
was held to protest-the eviction of sev-
eral miners. Forty-eight workérs
were arrested and all but ten were
released at a preliminary hearing.

An obsolete statute of New Mexico,



modern industrial organization, the

theory of money, and the distribution

of wealth. His course will be one of

nine economics courses at the Harvard

Summer School, dealing with. modern

problems’ of industry, commerce, agri-
culture, and banking.

Dr. MacKinnon will give a course
> abnormal psychology, dealing with
the phenomena of trances, hypnosis,
dreams, hysterical states, phobias and

ties, obsessions and compulsions.
‘Harvard Summer School offers

peniion!





enacted in territorial days and never
before invoked, is now being used to
charge these ten with murder. The
statute provides that all persons par-
ticipating in “unlawful, riotous or
tumultuous assembly,” which results
in the death of an officer attempting
to disperse it “shall be held to an-
swer” for the, death of that officer.
Meanwhile arrests continue.The Fed-
erated Press reports them as “illegal
raids by special deputized Legion- | B
naires who continue terrorize Gal-

WIT’s END].

We’ve spent a week-end full of cheer—
Of song and dance and laughter,
And now in gloomy ranks we face
_ The work that cometh after!





It was indeed a lovely show,
We roared at every funny thing,
Met Aggie’s flights with wond’ring
6s oh!”
And grieved because we couldn’t
sing.



Bugs, . bugs,—
On the wall,
In the rugs,

. Watch them fall

~ On my book—
Look! Look!
They’ve got wings,
Legs ’n’ things.
While they flutter
I but mutter
Please don’t sting!
I will fight
If you bite.
: —Where’s Henry.



The oral this year proved sadly
disappointing to the faculty members
who marked them. The papers lacked
the usual verve, the waywardness of
translation, the individual charm—in
short, the “boners” usually produced
by the language examinations. Among
the German blue books were discov-
ered only a few amusing misinterpre-
tations, and, in the French, merely
“awful translations in terrible Eng-
glish” (such as “the ground’ was
treaded by numberous people”).

The German orals were almost all
marked by a charming naiveté, a dis-
regard of the ways of the: world, and
evidence of a careful avoidance of
newspapers during the past few
months. Plaudits go to the individual
who translated, for “In dem _ Teil
Afrikas der den Eingeborenen noch
erhalten blieb,” “In that part of Af-
rica which remained to the only begot-
ten son.” Then there was the girl,
oblivious of current events, who trans-
lated “der Fuehrer, ‘“‘the Flyer.” Hy-
drochloric acid, familiar to many and
dear to some, became, with benefit of
German, “Hydraulic acid.”

Despite these little rays of light
which cheered the examination-mark-
ing gloom, the oral period was far
below par. The “boner” crop—the de-
light of.a reader’s existence — *has
fallen off. Innocence and a mangled
knowledge of chemistry cannot com-
pensate for the independence and in-
dividuality which marked the orals of
yore. ae

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| tn: the middle of the night, ..

Out of windows, left and right,
Came the Seniors creeping
While the rest of us were sleeping.

Each one had a penny bright

And a lantern with a light, ©

Coins they started heaping—

Soon the lot of them.were sleeping.
—So Are We.



DOUBLE CROSSED
A yellow wasp mistook me for a

flower.

A lightning fork thought I was Tay-
lor Tower.

An English prof read my -exams for
Greek,

And now they’re going to bury me this
day week.

They will deck me with yew and gilly
plant,

And for my dirge a magpie’s silly
rant,

And those in black who will bear my
pall—

They will be measle suspects all.

ee (Chorus)
Dead, dead under Merion Green,
Far, far away from the eye of the
Dean,
Lay her below the ectoderm
Down with the dark earth worm.
—Darling Clementine.



Today I passed, to take the airy

The Senior tree, a cherry fair.

And as I went my pensive way _

I heard that fragrant cherry say,

“Ah me, I cannot understand

The customs of this foreign land.

Here was I, so greenly growing,

My perfume to the breezes blowing.

a now they interrupt my roots
y,,stamping pennies in with boots!”

Cheerio—
*. THE MAD uarfer,





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“ Theatre Review
We see with surprise that the Pulit-
zer Prize for drama has been awarded
to The Old Maid: Since, we have only

an. inadequate acquaintance with the

other plays which have been presented

4for judgment this year, we cannot pre-

sume to criticize. the justice of ‘the

award, Nevertheless, we deplore the|

general condition of the theatre if ‘The
Old Maid is actually its noblest en-
deavor. _As a psychological study, this
play is a penetrating, careful analysis
of complexes and reactions, although
we humbly believe that the original
premises are eroneous.. As an exam-
ple of literary craftsmanship, it is
worthy of nothing but praise. The
English is impeccable. The touches
of humor and poetry are delicate and
neatly balanced. But as drama, The
Old Maid is no more than mediocre.

Definite action is necessary on the
stage, and prolonged mental suffering
is no substitute for action. Yet Helen
Mencken’s anguish of spirit occupies
most of the scenes in this prize win-
ning play. “The very title is indicative
of the monotonous tenor of the -plot,
while the listing of Helen Mencken
and Judith Anderson as sole stars,
without a masculine escort, is another
warning. When ladies have the up-
per hand in any story, it is almost
sure to be talkative and sentimental.
The story of The Old Maid is no
exception.

In the beginning, it is true, there is
much excitement. Judith Anderson
first appears dressed as a bride, and
she makes her exit to the sounds of
her wedding march. Although Helen
Mencken has the unfavorable position
of a plain, poor relative, she is ob-
viously blessed by being in love. It
seems that her lover. admires Judith
Anderson, but Judith’s marriage will,
if the gods permit, certainly cast the
forsaken gentleman into Helen’s arms.
Before the next scene reveals what
actually occurs, however, six years
elapse and alter the course of events.
Helen Mencken, with superhuman
sweetness, has taken charge of a
nursery school and so impressed a
wealthy, prosaic young man that he
has asked her to become his wife. But
he does not approve of her school; she
must give it up for him. In great dis-
tress, she runs to her cousin and con-
fesses that one of her pupils is her
own. child. by the man who was the
lover of both her and her cousin, Be-
cause of her shocked sense of pro-
priety and her jealousy, Judith pre-
vents Helen’s marriage, but compen-
sates for such cruelty by supporting
her and her little girl royally. All
these happenings are stirring and dra-
matic, yet they constitute only half
of the play. From _this-point. on,
Helen Mencken is shown effacing her-
self in every conceivable way, and pre-
tending to~be—an—old- maid aunt, so
that her child, Tina, will not suspect
their actual relationship. That any
mother could so completely abdicate
her perogatives is incredible.

As Helen Mencken’s role is. writ-
ten, it is unbearable. There is no en-
joyment in seeing a woman mentally
on the rack. To make herself more
unpleasant, she seems to take a per-
verse delight in her own torture. She
is obsequious to those who usurp her
rights in her daughter. She exag-
gerates her character of an old maid
to a needless degree. Then, through
Helen Mencken’s acting, the woman is

rendered so servile and long-suffering |

that she is irritating to watch. Her
mental processes might have been
more comprehensible if Miss Mencken
had given a nobler, stronger interpre-
tation. The apologetic gasp with
which she prefaced every speech, the
timid, fluttering little gestures she
constantly makes, and the horribly
strained look she assumes, all empha-

‘size a trait which should be treated

with as little stress as possible.

Although Judith Anderson’s wicked
blasting of her cousin’s hopes for mar-
riage cause her to be hated for a
while, her dignity and common sense,
and her devotion to the child Tina,
soon gain her admiration. In contrast
with Helen Mencken’s offensive meek-
ness, she is a goddess.- More histrionic
talent is doubtless put into Miss
Mencken’s part, but it is spoiled by
her exaggeration. Miss Anderson’s
characterization of a cool-headed lady
is superb.

The other actors and oieeiaiin ful-
fill their roles competently, and do
their best to belie the old maid at-
mosphere which Miss Mencken’s part
nevertheless maintains. That such an
atmosphere ~ is maintained might be
considered a merit ina eet expressly



called The Old Maid. Yet the dra-
matic element of the play cannot be
benefitted by this harrowing inaction,
and the realistic element is destroyed. °
by the falsity of the Old Maid’s char-
acter... \

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Theatres

Broad: The Bishop Misbehaves,
with Cecil Lean and Cleo Maysfield
heading the cast, continues during this
week.- Herein a bishop solves the
mystery of a hold-up in a’ “pub.” Not
the best of drama. :

Chestnut: ‘Bert Lytell continues’ in
the leading xole of the Jesuit play,
First. Le This is a remarkably
interesti play in which nearly all
of the characters are priests.
story of faith lost and found again.

Forrest: On Tuesday evening, May
21, the second edition of Earl Carrol’s
Sketch Book will open. This is a
musical history of the United -States
as viewed by a Vanities girlie.

Movies

Aldine: The talkie version of Vic-
tor Hugo’s classic, Les Miserables, is
necessarily a cut rendition, but it is
well worth seeing. Fredric March,
though not quite our idea of Jean Val-
jean, is good, and Charles Laughton
as Javert acts with his usual skill.
Florence Eldredge, John Beal and Ro-
chelle Hudson are the most important
members of the supporting cast.

Arcadia: Naughty Marietta, with
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald,
is the best movie-musical to date. If
you have not seen it by now, you have
been missing. some excellent entertain-
ment.

Boyd: William Powell and Ginger
Rogers co-star in Star of Midnight,
which is a fast-moving tale of the ad-
‘ventures of a reporter who is .forced
to discover the murderer of. one of
his brother newspapermen in order to
exonerate himself. It is a good pic-
ture, but Ginger Rogers can. never
take the place of Myrna Loy.

Earle:. Party Wire, with Jean
Arthur and Victory Jory, is now play-
ing, but on Friday People Wiil Talk
arrives. Charles Ruggles and Mary
Boland go through more of their comic
actions in this production.

Karlton: {
Una Merkel, another couple of com-
edy fame, have the leading parts in
Baby Face Harrington, the tale of a
small-town clerk who turns gangster.

Keiths: Black Fury, with Paul
Muni, Karen Morley and William Gar-
gan, is the current feature. On Fri-
day this drama of the coal fields is
replaced by Cardinal Richelieu, in
which George Arliss takes the lead.
In spite of the material at his disposal,
Arliss is still Arliss!

Stanley:
stein, with. Boris Karloff, Elsa Lan-
chester and Colin Clive, is one of the
most exaggerated horror pictures yet
presented for the consumption of
American audiences. The complicat-
ed machinery photographed calls forth
hoots of laughter, but is extremely
fascinating. The movie turns out to
be more of a somedy than a mystery-
thriller.

Stanton: G-Men, featuring James
Cagney, Ann Dvorak and Margaret
Lindsey, continues until Saturday,
when The Informer, with Victor Mc-
laglen, Heather Angel and Preston
Foster, begins an engagement. Not a
particularly exceptional picture.

Local Movies

Ardmore: Thursday, Gary Cooper
and Franchot Tone in Lives of a Ben-
gal Lancer;
West Point of the Air, starring Wal-
lace Beery; Monday and Tuesday,
Mississippi, with W. C. Fields, “Bing
Crosby and Joan Bennett; Wednesday,
Robert Donat and Elissa Landi in The
Count of Monte Cristo.

Seville: Thursday, By Your Leave,
with Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin
and Neil Hamilton; Friday and Sat-

Murray, Sir Guy Standing and Ann
Sheridan; Monday and Tuesday, Ed-
ward Everett Horton and Karen Mor-
ley in $10 Raise; Wednesday, Clau-
dette Colbert. and Charles Boyer in
Private Worlds.

Wayne: Thursday, Charles Laugh-
ton in Private Life of Henry VIII;
Friday, The ‘Thin Man, with Myrna
Loy and William Powell; Saturday,
Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard in
Cavalcade; Monday and Tuesday, The
Wedding Night, with Gary Cooper and
Anna Sten; Wednesday, Times Square
Lady, featuring Robert Taylor, Vir-
fired and Helen Twelvetrees.

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Bryn Mawr Defeated
By Vassar In Tennis



Perry, Doubles Team Victories
Bring Final Score: To 2-3
Loss for Varsity



‘MERION CRICKET LOSES

_

Saturday dawned bright and clear,
a perfect day for tennis, exeept for

‘the breeze, which was cool enough to

discourage. sun backs and _ strong
enough to whip up little dust storms
from. the courts. It was a day that
inspired some feautiful tennis, al-
though Var bowed .to Vassar by
the score of 3-2. However, scores are
not everything and Varsity as a.whole
played extremely good tennis, though
their Boston rivals proved just a lit-
tle better.

Betty Faeth was tip against the
most formidable opponent she has met
this season, Helen Jones, a champion
from the regions of Boston. Although
Faeth lost both sets, 6-3, 6-3, she play-
ed excellently, time and again. making
neat placement shots that called forth
enthusiastic clapping from the specta-
tors.

Betty Perry, as seems to be her
custom, drew her match out to three
hard-fought sets, but finally came

through to victory, the only successful

singles: player of the day. She and
her opponent, Margot Lee, were two
of the most perfectly matched players
that it has ever been our lot to see.
Both played a deliberate, steady game,
and each slowly rolled up her score
until it ‘seemed as though the. games
would mount to the twenties before
either gained a lead or two.

Peggy Jackson, in spite of many
admirable plays, was finally defeated
after running her match up to three
sets.
steadier player, lost to Miss Wright,
whose hard drives made up for her
somewhat erratic playing.

Because of Perry’s lengthy match,
it was almost one o’clock by the time
Faeth and Perry faced Jones and
Ellis for the doubles match. In spite
of the fact that both, Betty Faeth and
Betty Perry had had real work-outs
in their singles matches, they man-
aged to down the Vassar team in short

order, thus bringing the Bryn Mawr
count up to two. against. Vassar’s
three.

Summary:

First Singles—Jones, Vassar, VS.
Faeth, B. M., won by Jones, 6-3, 6-3.

Second Singles—Lee, Vassar, VS.





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Perry, B. M. won by Perry, 8-10, 6-3,
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* Third Singles—Ellis,
Jackson, B. M.,
6-2. =
Fourth Sivgies-— Wie Vassar,
vs. Little, B. M., won by Wright, 7-5,
8-10, 6-3.
First Doubles—Jones and Ellis,
Vassar, vs. Faeth and Perry, B. M.
won by Faeth and Perry, 6-4, 6-4.

Vassar, vs.
won by Ellis, 6-1, 2-6,



Wednesday, May 8.—The Varsity
Tennis Team defeated the Merion
Cricket Club with .the decisive’ seore

of 5-0. Many of the matches were
one-sided; Miss Perry’s game, how-
ever, Was carried to three sets. Miss

Faeth won her two sets; the first one
had the easy score of 6-0, but the sec-
ond one, in which Miss Faeth seemed
somewhat tired, had: the closer score
of 6-4. Miss Faeth as usual played a
steady, even game, making profitable
use of her favorite stroke, which is a
deep, strong forehand ‘drive.

Betty Perry, playing Ruth Gum-
mery, of the Merion Cricket Club, lost
her first set with a score of 6-4. She
managed to get into her game early in
the second® set and kept the lead
throughout that and the third sets,
making scores of 6-3 and 6-4, respect-
ively. :

The score got both of Miss Jack-
son’s sets was 6-1. Miss Jackson’s
steady playing and accurate placing
easily overeame an able opponent.
Miss Little also defeated her oppon-
ent by using the same sort of neat
placement shots. Her scores were 6-1
in the first set and 6-3 in the second.

Only one doubles match was played
with Faeth and Perry playing for
Bryn Mawr against Gummery and
Daly, of the Merion Cricket Club. In
spite of the fact that they had al-
ready played their singles matches,
Faeth and Perry played a strong, fast
game, which ended with the score of
6-1 in both sets.

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The schedule of the senior class for
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day, May 17, the last day Of classes.
The seniors will go from hall to hall,
Singing, and one representative will
maké a speech at each stop. On Tay-
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Dalton;. Barbara Lewis, at the Li-
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gymnasium.

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will be followed by. the Senior-Sopho-
more picnic and bonfire. The next
evening, Sunday, the Baccalaureate
Service will be given, with an address
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_ Bacchae Presentation



Follows New Methods

= “Gontinued from Page One

plays with the chorus and is part of
it. The chorus is its own orchestra,
beating out the rhythms on oriental
drums, cymbals and tambourines. In
one chorus, shifting rhythms on the
drums altggnate throughout the entire
episode. The different musical modes4
are useg to express most effectively
the meaning of the words that are be-
ing sung. . The mode shifts as the feel-
ing of the verse changes and the types
of dancing change with it. In this
way, Stylized archaic gestures and vio-
lent modern dance movements can be
combined to make up one whole dance

_ form. This joined inseparably to the
The music has}

words and the music.
been composed entirely by Mme. Si-
kelianos and the dancing contrived
and planned by her. ee
The only piece of scenery used will
be an altar in the centre of the or-
chestra on which incense will be kept
burning throughout she play. The

“gostumes are entirely woven by hand

of natural silk and wool, for hand-
woven costumes hang better and are
more effective in the movement of the
dancing than any it is possible to buy.
Those for the chorus of Bacchants are
copied from an ancient Greek vase
painting of maenads dancing in their
orgies. Masks to be worn by the
actors are being modelled.

A Greek tragedy at Bryn Mawr is
a departure from its tradition of giv-
ing Elizabethan plays, but it promises
to be most interesting and exciting.

A summary of the action in The
Bacchae is as follows:

Pentheus, King of Thebes, has de-
clared that he will not honor Dionysos,
God of Wine. From this evolves the
whole action of the play, the reason
for its rich development, and its tragic
end. Dionysos disguised as a mortal,
persuades Pentheus to go to Kithaeron
where his mother, Agava, dances in
the midst of the Bacchants. The King,
led on by curiosity and anger, con-
sents to go. There follows the ironic
scene where Dionysos inveigles Pen-
theus into dressing as a woman—and
thus to be led through the streets of
his city. “I shall be your guide,”
says the God, prophetically, “but an-
other shall bring you back.” And so
in the end he is brought back by the
aged father of his mother, terribly
slain in fulfilment of the prophesy.
The Bacchae, seen from the ancient
view, is a play whose theme is a con-
ventional one—that of retribution. As
seen from the modern view, it is a play
of both comic and tragic elements
whose overtones are incredibly mod-
ern. The cast is given below:
Agave, Mother of Pentheus,

Evelyn Thompson

Pentheus, King of Thebes,
Lucius’ Shero

Kadmos, Father of Agave,
Richard Heath
Tiresias, a Seer........ Arnold Post
Dionysos. .......... Leonide Ignatiev
First Messenger. .Gertrude Leighton
Sstond Messenger...Margaret Kidder



“Pirates of Penzance”
Excellent Production



Continued from Page One

‘and unstrained, and, as was true of

all the ensemble work, especially
“Hail Poetry,” the precision of at-
tack, the balance of parts and the con-
trast of tone bore witness to Mi}.
Willoughby’s. excellent training.

Scenery, costumes and lighting were
all excellent. In short, there were no
faulty details to detract the enjoy-
ment of the audience. One felt, fur-
thermore, that this was whole-hearted
enjoyment, not solely due to loyalty
of friends among the performers, nor
of familiarity with the operetta, but
rather for the performance on its own
merits.

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Maya Civilization Was
Culturally Developed

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Continued from Page One

oldest being built ca. 420 A. D. This
place has been made a center of op-

erations, and was named by Dr. Mor-:

ley from the Maya word uarac —
meaning eight, and tun, stone.

One of the best preserved of the
Maya pyramids was found in a near-
by location. It was indicated by
a fifty-foot pile of rubbish and over-
growth, which when cleared away, re-
vealed a building 25 feet high coated
with white stucco. The Mayas had
covered it with rubble and ‘it has last-
ed unharmed. In it were several
graves, one of which contained two
very beautifully and skillfully made
vases. The larger of the two, some
16-18 inches in diameter, was in red
and black and had figures of serpents
and jaguars. On the other the potter
had made a mistake in the dating and
instead of drawing a bar, which indi-
cates 500 years, and three dots—each
representing one hundred years — he
had only made a bar and two dots.
Monuments are usually found around
an open court; and when one of these
slabs, which had fallen face up, but
which was nearly covered with dirt,
was dug up, the mark indicating
the end of the ten-year cycle ‘was
found. Dr. Morley knew that there
could be only two more glyphs, those
giving its day and month, and drew
them as he was sure they would be
found. His native workmen were as-
tonished when they finished their dig-
ging and found that he was right, and
since they are superstitious, they al-
most stopped working!

Copan, another city of the old em-
pire, was one of the places where the
Its temple
court had many fallen monoliths which
have now been set up. Some of these
were used to support a cruciform
vaulted roof which was over a treas-
ure room. One handsome polychrome
vase was found here, which had con-
tained something like incense, since its
lid was covered with smoke. It was
here that the famous gold boots, real-
ly the hollow legs of a three-inch fig-
urine, were found.

Near Copan is Quirigua, where both
the American School of Archaeology
and the Carnegie Institution have
worked. A zodmorphic altar in the

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there, as well. as many fallen mono- | significance, ince it is found in many
liths. One of these is the biggest stone: temples. SfKes go out from it, which
the Mayas quarried, and is 35 feet'divide the turquoise into eight’ pat-
long. It has‘ a carved face-on one)terns. The petalled border is also
side, which is well preserved except | made of turquoise.

for the nose. When the stele was
found in 1882, the nose was in the
dirt beside it; but, although it was
plasteréd on, it had come off by 1917.
Dr.’ Morley again found it and left it
in safe hands, and in .1934 it’ was re-
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Book Review
Claudius .The God, by Robert
' Graves, continues the account of the
i\life of the Emperor Claudius, third
ruler of the Roman Empire after
‘Augustus. Like J, Claudius, to’ whi

I The first “hesthetic developrhent of | it is the sequel, it is told in aa si
the Maya occurred at Yaxchilan. person, the raconteur being Claudius
There is found a temple with the only himself. Beginning with the events
extant figure of a svated human idol.|jmmediately follewing his succession
ae ate Pk mic nt the temple rites, | to the throne, it continues until his
Be te ere ee ere
This ceremony has three episodes, G6 cous talad te rego i oe
piercing of a neophyte’s tongue by peat sa eth fia of
the priest, the passing of a cord of ,

thorns through this hole, and the pres- | Mark. Antony through his mother, and

entation of the salvaged blood to the hey Mescae ceib and Alger by
serpent ‘god. | adaption,o ugustus. e grew into

. |manhood during Augustus’ ‘sovereign-
scat Seating ens thr tly ad caved the rans of is orm
higher sculptural level gvas reached peas rien glen prigrhae, a
at Piedras Negras which captain OW |perors were moray ‘yerered, x
lent figure is that. of a corn deity ee se ont, and —! gant;
kneels to sow the_corn seed. Bie ee parts a ee iV
ae pe pacing te se hen & Claudius. Claudius had always
he sows, a female deity rises to i ve nye Se ae van republic fe
lca tie ssh ck Bietens Wave and he was convinced that the
there are four representations of the pecnle, would te parent sneer S
same theme, a figure seated crosswise ested wierd ee Consequently,
in a niche, all made within 145 years. tes wer vee & — oh A daa hid
Between the first and the last there Fe oe tine imei? to be draggés
a very striking fmprovemdnt. ay. (out from behind the palace drapes to
though in the first the Gicla waa veny | be crowned with the gilded oak-leaves
narrow and the figure poorly aropor siagiloia soars : :

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Guy Marriner Traces
English Music History



~ Modern British Composers Ate

‘Strongly Individualistic, Use
Folk Song Basis



HOLST IS .POLYTONAL



Mr, Guy Marriner, in,the second

of his series of lecture-recitals on
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Modern Composers, considered

English composers who are remark-

able for their distinct individualism.
As a group, these composers represent
the “Renaissance”: of English music
which has been developing slowly since
fifty years after Handel’s death and
has derived most of its melodic in-

_ Spiration from English folk music.

To provide-a thorough understand-
ing of English music, Mr. Marriner
traced its development from the Eliza-
bethan Age, when part-singing was:a
common practice, to the present day.
After the musical achievements of. the
Elizabethan Age, no English composer
agpeared until fifty years after the
death of Handel in 1759. Folk music
continued in the north of England;
but it was not until. 1825 that the
Royal Academy, the first musical in-
stitution in England, was founded as
a result of William Gardener’s ef-
forts. John Field and, later, William
Bennett, were among the first Eng-
lish composers; but, although they
profoundly influenced English music,
they were little appreciated in their
own country. At about the same time,
Wesley succeeded in improving the mu-
sic of the church. Arthur Sullivan,
the next important musician to ap-
pear, composed works of importance
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Guy Marriner Traces
English Music History



Continued “fiom Page live

the development of Englis'i music to-
wards its “R-naissance” in the mod-
ern period. .

Edward W/lliam Elgar was one of
the first modern composers. Born in
1857, he had achieved a reputation as
a violinist and composer at the age
of*twenty. His music, which is digni-
serene and
free, represents a transition from the
old order to the new. The Bavarian
Dance, which Mr. Marriner played, had
a definite English quality in spite of
its name. Sir Walford Davies, the
next composer under consideration,
has not broken away from the diatonic
scale. His work is important for its
extreme purity of style, which Mr.
Marriner illustrated-by playing his
own arrangement of the Solemn Mel-
ody, a simple but very ,impressive
piece.

Gustav Holst was a man of more
revolutionary tendencies. In,his early
days he was attracted to Indian phil-
osophy and composed. Indian. works |
with asymetrical measures, alternat-
ing five and seven beats to the bar.
After the war, he returned to Eng-
land, where he wrote a great deal of
music, including orchestral, choral,
operatic, fugal, and_a few piano-forte
pieces. He was an uncompromising
pioneer in English music and compos-

-ed work full of an unstudied and of-

ten polytonal originality and force. He
evolved a keyboard harmony which he
felt expressed the temper of England.

how Holst
‘ity with the old folk melodies which

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In-explaining Holst’s music Mr.. Mar-
riner discussed polytonality, which is
created by the playing of a chord of
the Thirteenth as if it were formed of
two separate triads and hence of two
distantly related keys.’ Mr. Marriner
played Christmas Day .to illustrate
interweaves his polytonal-

}are the basis of much of his music,
Holst’s Folk Song Fragments, Oh I
See a Rose and-Ihe Shoemaker, wére
also played. e

Vaughan Williams, the most typical-
ly English composer, is chiefly import-
ant for his work in choral singing.
Besides forming choral societies in all
the villages, towns and. cities in Eng-
land, he is a great student and mas-
ter of harmony and counterpoint. He
is able to handle great masses of
tone; his music is noteworthy for its
melody, poetry and reliability. Often,
as in On Song 13 by Orlando Gib-
Marriner, Wil-
liams gains a polyphonic effect, echo-
ing Bach.

Frederick Delius, who ‘ wrote the
Dance for the Harpsichord, is one
of the most individual of all these com-
posers. During the forty years be-
fore his.death, in 1934, he lived im
solitude in Paris, indifferent to the re-
ception given his music, which is mod-
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less worker and experimenter, who no
sooner derives’ one formula than he
begins to search for something new.
His music, as illustrated .in his ar-
rangement of Cherry. Ripe, is particu-
larly important for melody in con-
trast to harmony and, in this particu-
lar instance, closely approaches
atonality.

’ John Ireland, also a great scholar,
bases his music, in contrast to the
method of Cyril Scott,-on the classic
and diatonic scale. By introdu¢ing a

major 6th into the minor scale and a}

sharped 4th into the major scale, ‘he
often produced the-effect of: the an-
cient Greek modes. Mr. Marriner play-

ed Ragamuffin, in which the ‘“rag-
ged” effect is given by disconnected

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“bunches of notes,”, played in succes-
sion.

- Arnold Bax is another extremely in-
dividualistic composer, who writes
complex, concise music, particularly
remarkable for its: poetic beauty of
line and for its strange harmonies.
His. Lullaby. is an example of pure
melody and contains delicate irrades-
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In -addition to. the pieces already
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