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_beginning- of -next—semester:-—
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‘ tire month, ninety-six for three weeks,
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comment on the poems of her first pub- |.
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Vol. XVIII, No. 8
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WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1931
Price, 10 Cents
Curriculum Committee
Gives Report on Work
Sophomores Are Found To
Work Hardest—Recommend-
dations of Changes Given.
_——
OVERWORK . IS SHOWN
(Specially contributed by H. Moore,
Chairman of Curriculum Committee.)
The Curriculum Committee has com-
pleted its report based on the work
records. It is now prepared to submit
its recommendations to the faculty.
Before this can be done, the student
body as a whole should know what
these are. This article includes a
summary of the most important recom-|
mendations. A copy of the report and
all the recommendations will be: put
in Taylor so-that-everyone interésted
may see it*in full. If there are any
suggestigns or criticisms from students,
they should- be reported to any member
of the committee as soon as possible. . If
no serious objections are raised, the
report will be submitted to the faculty
atthe beginning-of—next—week;-so-ac=
tion may be taken_on_ it before the
The general policy of the committee
that—credit—in first= -year courses
in overworked
therefore’ the work must -be
cut. In advanced courses the amount
of work is, on the whole, up to the
students ‘involved. Therefore in sev-
eral_-cases~-where the statistics show
overwork, the committee, after find-
ing that the students taking the course
like _it_as—it—is,—is—making~—no- definite
recommendations and is only pointing
out to the faculty that the course is
overworked.
Three hundred and. Eee -eight-stu-
is
of a month. One hundred and thirty-
four of these kept them during the en-
fifty-five for two weeks, and forty-
three for one week. -It is the first two
groups.in which we were mainly inter-
ested,
_ The average cumin of hours spent
each week on each unit by the student
in the first two groups was 11.395
when the normal is 10. :
A comparison of the classes show
that the sophomores werk most, then
Continued on Page Five
Margaret Bailey Reads
Selections From Her Poems
Last Thursday night a group of Bryn
Mawr students had the privilege of hear-
ing the newest Bryn Mawr celebrity,
Emerson Bailey, read and
lished-collection, White Christmas. Until
two years ago Miss Bailey’s promising
literary careér had been confined to prose
special newspaper articles, lit-
erary. criticism, Robin Hood’s Barn, a
book of essays;- and numerous. short
stories, published in Harper’s, and other
monthly magazines. She began writing
verse during ‘her convalescence from a
serious illness... She says of this. begin-
ning that her greatest inspjration. was
her mother’s skeptical~remark, “What
makes you think you are Dante?” Her
first poem, “Higher Mathematics,” was
written as a response to this challenge.
Miss Bailey aid sceas twenty odd se-
lections from White Christmas, and a
few unpublished poems, prefacing each
with a/comment or an illuminating anec-
dote. She told of walking in a wood and
finding herself suddenly hardly a foot
away from a great owl, whose blindness
inspired “Black and White”; of finding
the source oF! “Wise Man’s Holiday” in
nares
of the fugue.
‘loveliest * of chorale-preludes, J Call on
e’s Recital
Enjoyed by Audience
Includes in Program Bach, De-
bussy, Rachmaninow,
Couperin and Berner.
Mr. Alwyn
Although it is two weeks since Mr.
Alwyne’s recital, our impression is still
almost as vivid as when we left Good-
hart on November 23, with. the -feeling
that the evening, which Mr. Alwyne was
kind enough to give us, had been un-
usually enjoyable and for many of
us, his explanation of each selection was
a welcome addition, especially since the
large part of the program was devoted
to “program” music, such as “St. Fran-
cis preaching to the Birds,” and even
a Bach selection—‘Awake, the voice
commands’—which may be ‘placed in
that category. What we enjoyed
most, however, was the “Chromatic Fan-
tasie and Fugue.” Not only is it one of
Bach’s greatest works, even foreshadow-
ing, as it does, Tristan and Parsifal, but,
with its mingling of styles, as for ex-
ample, the recitative and the toccata, it
provides opportunity for the full display
of Mr. Alwyne’s talent, which does it so
much justice as well as the expert
technique evinced in the clarity of the
runs and in the _,integrity-—of—the—voices
_One.could_not.but-.wondér
at his power of. adaptation to-mood and
his control is so perfect that his changes
are hardly perceptible. Although’ he
played the Turkish March twice, how he
obtained the illusion-of-sound approach-
ing and receding :remains a mystery, so
subtle is his use of dynamics. ot
The—richness- of Mr, Alwyne’s tonal
quality was especially ‘apparent in that
Thee, Lord. But if we would rather
hear Mr. Alwyne give an entire program
of. Bach, we also took great pleasure: in
his interpretation of such numbers as
Rachmaninow’s Prelude in B Afinor,
“fiery exaltation,” and Debussy’s Prelude,
for there seems to be no end to Mr.
Alwyne’s. versatility. _Couperin’s ‘“‘ten-
dre Nanette,” the frilly court lady, and
Lord Berner’s “Poisson d’Or,” “turning.
sad “and ‘solitary in his crystal bowl,”
were portrayed with a keen sense for the
comic, which often to our surprise plays
no small part in the realm of music.
We hope that Mr. Alwyne will give
another recital before
too. long, so
greatly was this one appreciated. oe
| Cat OY
one’s age in poetry, and I very much
object to people my age who write
verses in the terms of. the twenties.”
And of “Hard Teaching,” in which she
acknowledged her debt to her exacting
grandmother, she said, “I might say that
I think in addition to my grandmother's
teaching, that that was the way Eng-
lish was-taught at Bryn Mawr.”
Miss Bailey read her poems better
than anyone else could possibly have
read them—and this is even more sel-
dom-true of ~poets than of writers of
prose. Her simple, firm, and uncon-
sciously charming delivery is exactly in
the tone of the work itself. Reading
her poetry after hearing her, one can
catch in it the cadences and ihflections
of her natural speech. This natural-
ness, this: setting down in, verse, almost
unmodified, not only the images of her
mind, but the image of her personality
is the most ‘striking quality of her work.
Undergraduate Fund for
Unemployed Lacks Little
(Specially contributed: by H « Moore, ’32)
The Student body has pledged $1700
to the fund “for: unemployment relief
(not including the amount saved by
giving up desserts, which amounts _ to
about $50 per week). To date re-
ceipts have been as follows:
FRQGMOIONOE oi seccscissiinacesosses $33 2.91
MMOL ciixiisccisiccsesscesieccnccs 204.23
© Metiod—sniancnaniann 174.67
BN PTTL occ ivcacssosscavccnsiects 356.56
Pem: East°:i:3:.: rrr eerie 435.22
Vilaphone Prod. Co. »........ 9.00
Coflewe News voccsisiscscccssss 33.00
BOG) senanannsnianacan $1545.59
This means that there is about $155
more to be collected. We feel sure
that this amount can be made up
easily..In the first place no pledges
have been. received from Wyndham,
and there still are some people in other
halls who have said that they intend to
pledge. Secondly, the luxury ‘tax will
continue, along with the private enter-
prises such as selling orange juice.
Finally, we understand that-the Sopho-
the- amount they would. normally-spend:
on their party for the Freshmen and
Way, seems an excellent innovation
aside from the benefits of the fund.)
The*reason that it was necessary to
pledge more than we have at the-mo-
ment is that the drive closed on Mon-
day and in order to have the full
amount of our gift, which is not due in
_cash_ until the first-of June, intcluded-in
the drive we had to estimate what we
will receive in the future. We are con-
fident that this $155 willsoon be. made
up.
‘Berkeley Square’.
Upholds Traditions
Laurels of Joint Performance Go
to- Miss: MacMasters as =~
Helen Pettigrew:
MR. TRUEX CONVINCING
(Specially contributed by Miss Norton.)
When the rising curtain revealed
Miss Barber's very effective setting
for “Berkeley Square,’ one was uncon-
sciously reminded of an evening seven
years ago, in the Bryn Mawr gym-
nasium when, amid great excitement,
the curtain ‘rosé on another scene of
the eighteenth century, Sheridan's
“School for Scandal,” the first produc-
tion of Varsity Dramatics. It- was a
thrilling moment for those who had
been ‘dissatisfied with class plays and
wanted a new organization, permitting
the best dramatic expression possible
at Bryn Mawr.
That the 1deals which produced Var-
sity Dramatics are still predominant,
is illustrated by the recent production.
The co-operation of. the Haverford
Cap and Bells have of recent years
given a more professional appearance
to the performances. This year the
desire to attempt a difficult thing, pre
senting interesting problems to grapple
with, was revealed in the choice of
Continued on Page Five “
Faculty Shows Speed and Concentration, But
_’_« Lacks Co-operation as Varsity Wins Melee
On Monday, November 23, the
faculty and the Varsity hockey teams
engaged in their annual melee. The
being to storm en masse the Varsity
mores are giving to the fund part, of |...
simplifying the party by having a Vila-|.
}phone~skit-and-games (which, by the
i
} with study}
Stabilization of Industry, |
Economic Conference Held at Bryn Mawr -
Is Subject of
Meetings Held Under Auspices of College and of Women’s Trade
Union League—Miss Van Kleeck Strikes High Note in Em- *
phasis on New Significance of High Standard of Living.
COMMUNITY
RESPONSIBILITY
fb IS REQUIRED
i
—Underwood and Underwood.
MARY-VAN-KLEECK
Stabilization of industry is possible
but it can only be accomplished if the
community takeg the responsibility for
the individual, °
a nation
“In the long run, even
cannot stabilize industry
alone; ‘world. planning is necessary.
This. was_ the. conclusion-reached— at
the economic conference on “Commu-
nity Responsibility for: the Stabiliza-
-held at Bryn Mawr
on Saturday, December 5, under the
tion of Industry
auspices ‘of the Women’s Ttade Union
Philadelphia and Bryn
Mawr College.
League of
This conference was
planned .for’ the- purpose of bringing
together representatives of the wom-
an’s organizations of the State that
they .might..become. informed- onthe
subjects of the conference. A very
large audience attended the meetings.
Miss Lillian M. Gilbreth, industrial
engineer and a member of the Presi-
dent’s Commission on Unemployment,
spoke at lunch in the Pembroke din-
ing room. She said she had visited
communities ‘to see in- what way
people without employment might be
fitted into other jobs. As a result of
her observations, she emphasized the
need for proper vocational education
and guidance, People able to hold
jobs were the people. who had re-
tained “mental dlertness, and had not
considered that when their formal edu-
cation was finished, they were through
They have continued to
study along the lines in which they
were interested. Also people who, are
emotionally able to make adjustments
are better able to keep jobs.
Clarence Stein °
After lunch Clarence’ Stein, archi-
tect, spoke on Home Building. Mr.
Stein felt that President Hoover's con-
ference on Home Owning and Home
Building stressed home ownership
rather than the adaptation of homes
to hunian needs. In planning houses
their relation tothe, cOmimunity must
be considered,’ for “they. are economi-
cally bound to the city by the cost of
land, paving, sewers, water, and trans-
portation. The present real estate
company’s practice of buying farm
it is even built upon not only increases
municipal taxes unnecessarily, but
dictates to future builders the type of
land and cutting it into lots before.
of the “buggy age,” while we let thou-
sands of persons live in New York
in houses long. ago condemned as un-
fit for habitation, Some Limited Divi-
dend Corporations have been organ-
ized to build better small houses and
apartments. A Housing Board, estab-
lished. by the New York State Hous-
ing Law, grants tax exemption to
-+model-communities built on approved
plans. .So far this has only been ap-
plied to apartments and has saved the
tenant two dollars a month on an
| eleven-dollar room. The law also
gives, the right of eminent domain in
model conimunities, one for white per-
sons and. one. for negroes,have=been
‘built ‘in Newark, and aided _ indirectly
by-thecity° which bought land be-
into-a park, —Cleariiig the slums, which
menace health and breed gangs, is a
ment handling, Slides were.shown—of
the plans and houses of Sunnyside
and Radburn. Each housé has a view
of the garden or playground, combin-
ing beauty with light and yentilation.
In Sutinyside each block has a garden
in charge of a committee. Radburn is
within twenty-five miles of New York
City but automobiles approach each
housé by a blind lane, underpasses or
bridges are built for pedestrians at
each main highway, and. paths are put
through the garden so that children
can. walk to school without crossing
any motor roads. Pittsburgh has built
one of these communities, based on
social and economic research, where
workers can ‘afford to rent suitable
houses.
The problém today is to make plan-
ning a public concern, and to operate
builditig and its finance so that more
than a small one-third of the popula-
tion can have adequate housing.
Colonel Wetherill urged farsighted
planning for whole regions as well as
for. communities, with the co-opera-:
tion. of business: and political interests.
It was also mentioned how slowly
America is waking up to the housing
problem. Pennsylvania is just new
of New York State.
Social Legislation
The afterhoon discussion’ of ‘the
Women’s Trade Union League was
on the subject of Social Legislation.
Charlotte Carr, depyty secretary; De-
partment of Labor and Industry -of
Pennsylvania; spoke on “The Employ-
ment Exchange”; John Edelman, Di-
rector of Research, American Federa-
tion of Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers, spoke on “The Shorter Day,
and the Shorter Week,’ and Mary
Van. Kleeck, director of Industrial
Studies, Russell Sage Foundation,
brought out “The. New Significance of
Standards of Living.” The afternoon’s
discussion was opened by Mary An-
derson, ~ Director Women’s’ Bureau,
Centinued on Page Three
No Autos Allowed
Miss Park called to the attention of
the students in chapel on November
24 that the regulation which Bryn
Mawr like a ber of othe alleges
ballcarrier. It must be said for the
individual players-that—they—ran—with
O dialogtie; Of Sééing, in a room
in the Meteoaiiiiin, a riotously colorful
Frans Hals opposite a sombre, medita-
tive Rembrandt, and noticing the contrast
of which she writes in “Frans Hals
Grown Old’; and of seeing a child on
a train, being silenced abruptly when he
asked the inevitable “How and~ Why.”
Of her poem, “Poor House Road,” she
says that she “reversed all the New Eng-
land proverbs” concerning this via lacri-
mosa. “I wrote ‘Dead Language’,” she
where they thought the ball ought to
‘store was: Varsity, 3; Faculty, “0, al-
though the faculty..scored numerous
times on the feet and shins of Varsity.
The faculfy, unable to work out their
energies on the ball, preyed. upon any-
thing that met the eye, or the stick.
They lacked co-operation, but their
concentration was‘ unlimited, all inem-
bers of the team flocking at once: to
be, and leaving Varsity unguarded and
tinmolested. They did their bes
efense, the method of attack
ond —_
es eh te eete| 5, rout ae ; i AF Bes
a di
| ard, -Carlson, Watson, Nahm,
inspired speed, and, in fact, often ar-
rived at their destiaation long. before
the ball got there. At the end the
spirit. of our athletic intellectual men-
tors was as unbroken as ever—as for
Varsity we have been unable to gather
any coherent opinions, but there seems
to be an opinion current that the vic-
tory was dearly bought.
comimunity they are to’ live in.
The colossal production of houses in
the last ten. years has been almost en-
tirely for the one-third of the .com-
munity that has a high income, yet
these houses have been: badly placed,
badly planned, badly . constructed, and
wastefully financed and sold. House
building is one of the largest industries
in the United Stated, yet it is one of
On the Faculty team were: War-|the few that has not decreased its|
burg, King, Dryden, Brady, Blanch- |costs_by large scale—operation- We,
myer, Hedlund, Crenshaw.
|wnit and plan communities after towns
has made that “resident otedeuite are
not permitted to keep motor cars in
Bryn Mawr or vicinity” is. a college
not a Self- Government ruling. The
college regards its regulation as im-
portant and is not prepared to make
any exception to it. Miss Park thinks
that misunderstanding of the regula-~
tion is hardly possible. From: now on
if a student brings a car to Bryn Mawr
y the college of put into
ibe eiten MPagetaraer nd O!
in the process.
rred
;
ns
tween _two_rows-of-houses-and-made it
problem so large as to need govern- -
backing a -housing act similar to, that ~
‘
the’ absence of purchasable land._Twe——
she must expect to have it sent home...
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Epitor:*SINGLE COPIES OF THE NEwS MAY BE PROCURED BY NON-
NEWS WILL BE ENTIRELY WRIT-
_. Miss CAROLINE ROBBINS HAS
CONTRIBUTIONS
re t * ’ oa se - .
“The Editor of the News: andl
which appeared in the editorial colu
~~
an academic feeling against slavery existed in fifth
>> Tt has been brought to the editor's attention
made: “Professor Whitehead, in
ago, pointed out that.
century Greece. =
that in fifth century
institution of slavery.
in keeping with the Greek democratic
Greece the feeling
Mr. Whitehead’s point was that slavery was not
ce lil” a serious-mistake
on Noverier 11 in an editorial
» Fhe following statement-was
actually was in favor of the
ideals of the time.
Woodman, Spare That Blade
drawn periodically to the
That, our attention has to be
to the various and sundry reasons f
indicative of any superfluous amount
the fall and spring seem more suitable periods
college verdure, may we at least remind you that tramping lustily on the
_pathetic fragments of, winter gras$ i
crop in the spring, which is, after all
and most appreciated after a sparsely
grass, and’
or its preservation is certainly not
of public.spirit_on. the campus. If
of the year to comment on
s hardly conducive to an abundant
, the time when it is most welcome
scattered winter growth.
Immediate Action .
of the Curriculum Committee is published in
The completed report
summary in this week’s issue of the News.
records of from one to four
has not confined itself to .a mere record of the
facts but has analyzed them all carefully. As a result of this analysis
obtained from careful
work. The Committee
certain definite conclusions sta d. out
. not only
reports,
where evidences of over-
the Committee, a single
Wheré there has been a
Committee has published both recommendations,
The final report shows workmanlike investigation and inter-
erence.
pretation.
The existence of over-work was shown by last
and has been established again by those of thi
which calls for a, remedy, and the Curriculum
value by suggesting a definite progra
tions have been made in the hope that they will be approved by the
Difficulties will undoubtedly.}
> faculty, and carried
arise in making changes in the credit
recommended plan can go into effect next semester.
however, is the aim of the Committee. They have attacked the
problem of unbalanced work with concentrated attention, and have ob-
We urge that
make the changes which have been shown to be
desirable, in time for the new semester.
change,
tained concrete results.
present schedules, and
on the facts which have emerged: from. studying. the weekly
but also on the individual opinions of the students in all classes
or underwork have appeared. Where-the sug-)
gestion of the majority of the students concerned has agreed with that of
recommendation has been made for the course.
divided opinion in the class over remedies, the
out as soon as possible.
It was made from statistics
weeks of students’
The recommendations are based
indicating its own pref-
spring’s statistics,
s fall. A situation.exists
Committee has proved its
m of reform. These recommenda-
of work of a course so that the
An immediate
the administration reconsider the
- Letters
The Editorial Board wishes to an-
nounce a change in the policy of the
letter column. Henceforth all contribu-
tions to this department will be printed
with the signature of the writer.
The News is not responsible for opin-
ions expressed in this column, «
To the Editor of the CoLLecE NEws:
When we reflect upon the abundance
of musical, histrionic and _ terpsicho-
rean talent so evident in our faculty
we feel confident that it is capable of
staging a production which will be en-
Brues, E. M. Chalfant, S. E. Torrance,
J. Blum, H. Baldwin, M. E. Charlton, ]
E. M. MacKenzie, M. Gateson, E. Colie,
N. Hart, A. M. Findley, R. Bertorlet,
J. E. Polachek, E. L. Meneely, J. Dar-
lington, N. Squire, M. Swenson, Q.
Woodward, D. Morgan, E. U. Thomas,
M. M. Coxe, K. Fox, L. Hurd, R. Rob-
ert, M. Laird, R. James, G. Rhoads, L.
Fairbank, D. Tate-Smith, J. Kibbey, E.
Chamberlayne, F. ‘Swab, M. Smith,
H. Ripley, P. Jones, F. Van Keuren,
E. Van Auken, A. Lee, ‘A. Hawks, K.
Pier, B. Batts, N. Hosn, B. Macauley,
F. Watson, M. Worthington, M. Mac-
lightening to the over-, and lucrative
for the under-employed.
With its background of culture and
foreground of modern art, its artistic
ability in an historic sort of way, its
tender whimsy, its pregnant philoso-
phy, itf®experimental spirit, we are
gure that any. dramatic efforts of the
faculty could be‘ nothing but inspired.
.. In a word we want Faculty, Drama.
ey Hopefully (Signed).
Crackén, A. Lukens, L. f :
Mitchell, C. Coleman, B. Butler, M. E.
Laudenberger, J. Crumrine, M. Tipton,
R. Prugh, E. Young, A. Burnett, K.
Higuchi, M. Foote, E. G. G. Renner,
C. B. Robinson, D. L. Kolbach, M.
Berolzheimer, S. Halstead, R. Davis,
P. S. Simms, E. P. Pinkerton, F. E.
Taggart, M. Swenson, K. Franchot,
L. J. Esterly, -L: Sanborn, J. J. Wil-
~B. Kindleberger, J. Barber, E. TL
aoe ‘Levin, E. R. Eckstein, C.D ae .
~~ Busser, A. Webster, M. Williamis, A.
ao
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nie Snedecor
liams, M. Righter, E. Morrow, N.
Lan th . : 2 .
ir
In Philadelphia
Broad: Maude Adams and Otis Skin-
ner in The Merchant of Venice. Un-.
less you feel as we do about the leads—
don’t go.
Locust: Lou Tellegen and Agnes
Ayres in Cortez, the comedy-melodrama
about a Spaniard in the movies. Full
of cowboys and blood ’n’ thunder.
Chestnut: Constance Collier in the
comedy Hay Fever—Noel Coward's an-
swer to. the question “How do actresses
behave at home?” The answer is
“abominably.”
Schubert: Rhapsody in Black. One of
the better Negro revues. . Has good
| music and lacks the usual “hot” element
producers feel the public must have—
that alone is enough to endear the show
to. us.
Music—Academy of Music
Thursday evening, December 10, at
8:00. Philadelphia Grand Opera Com-
pany presents Boris Godounov in Rus-
sian, Conductor, Reiner.
Philadelphia Orchestra: Friday after-
noon, December 11, at 2:30, and Satur-
day evening, December 12, at 8:20, Alex-
ander Smalleris, Conductor. Program:
Haendel—Concerto Grosso, G ininor.
Geminiahi—Andante for Strings, Harp,
Organ. ;
Bach-Schoenberg—Prelude and Fugue,
E flat.
Shostakovich—Symphony, Opus 10.
Tschaikowsky—Romeo and Juliet.
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Society : Monday evening, December 14,
at 8:15. Toscanini conducting.
Pei Movies
Stanley : Frankenstein -with-Boris Kor-
loff, Colin Clive, John Boles and Mae
Clark. Terrify ing“tale_of .a_robot..that
‘destroyed its master—a’ swell thriller—
makes one miserable for weeks.
Fox: James Dunn and Sally Eilers in
Over—the—Hill,a_sweet movie about a
typical American family. _ What . more
can we say?
Boyd: Girls About Town in which
Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman look
devastating and attack Joel McCrea and
Eugene Pallette in a pecuniary way. The
old story of the gold-digger de Tuxe.
EarlexRichard—Dix in Secret Service
—-a swell spy—story—in which Dix is
Captain Lewis Dumont. -
Keith: Possessed’ with Joan Crawford
and Clark Gable. Just. who. possesses
whom is not quite clear, but that’s a
minor detail.
Stanton: Way Back Home—of small-
town life and—romance. Another -at-
tempt to show us where the real virtue
of our republic lies.
Arcadia: The Guardsman with Lynn
Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. An amusing
Heavily backed to win. °
Karlton: Lionel Barrymore and Elissa
Landi in The Yellow Ticket. A tale of
pre-Soviet Russia and its social vic-
tims.
Europa: Pori—the screen account of a.
recent expedition into East Africa.
Local Movies
- Ardmore: Wednesday and Thursday,
“Adolphe Menjou, Erich von Stroheim
and Lily Damita in Friends and Lovers;
Friday, Ricardo Cortez and Mae. Clark
in Reckless Living; Saturday, Richard
Arlen, Jack Oakie and Reggie Shannon,
Regis Toomey in Touchdown; Monday
and Tuesday, Will Rogers in Ambassa-
dor Bill.
Seville: Wednesday and Thursday,
Mad. Parade with Evelyn Brent, Irene
Rich and Lilyan Tashman;. Friday,
Honor of the Family with Bebe Dan-
iels; Saturday, Mother’s Millions with
Mae Robson and James Hall; Monday
and Tuesday, Greta Garbo in Susan
Lenox with Clark -Gable.
Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday,
Lew Ayres in the Spirit of Notre Dame;
Friday, Dolores Costello in Expensive
Women; Saturday, Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr., and Loretta Young in I Like Your
“Nerve; Monday and Tuesday, The Rul-
ting Voice with Walter Houston and
Doris Kenyon.
Romeo and Juliet
The English Club of Haverford Col-
ent the first quarto edition
*
Yexpires. An English manager has found
tale done by two. very charming people. +
Calendar
Thursday, December 10, 4:30
P. M.:: Miss. Louise Watson,
an employee of the Guaranty
Trust Co., will speak .in the.
Common Room.
Friday, December 11:
3:30 P. M.—“Romeo and
Juliet” at Haverford with
Haverford. and Bryn Mawr
Players.
Sophomore dance and skit for
the Freshmen.
Saturday, December 12:
8:30 P. M.—‘Romeo
Juliet’? at Haverford.
8:30 P. M.—Maid’s party for
the benefit of the unemployed.
Sunday, December 13, 7:30
P. M.: Christmas Musical
Service conducted by the Rev-
erend Corydon Tyler, D.D.
Monday, December 14, 8:20: Mr.
John Connell, violinist at the
Cathedral of Johannesburg,
will speak on “African Folk
Music” in Goodhart Audito-
and
rium,
Wednesday, December 16:
Maid’s singing in the halls. -
Thursday, December Tz
Christmas parties and carol
singing.
Friday, December 18, 12:45
P. M.: Christmas vacation—be-—
gins...
Monday, January 4, 9 A. M.:
Christmas vacation ends.
News of the Theatres
The new” John ~Van- Druten “comedy,
After All, which stars Helen Haye,
opened last week jin New York and was
very favorably reviewed. “It Concerns
the perennial clash between succeeding
generations and_is amusingly done. A
high comedy throughout, -and thoroughly |
satisfying. :
It is rumored that Greta Garbo will
go on the legitimate stage in London as
soon as her present Hollywood contract
a modern play she is very keen to do.
George Bernard Shaw has just finished
Too True to Be Good, which will be
produced this fall in ‘London and later
by the: Theatre Guild in this country.
‘
The author describes the play as “some-
thing of a sermon, with a few music hall
tricks thrown in to make people laugh;
also a dash or two of Edgar Wallace.”
Arthur Schwartz, of The
Band. Wagon, has. gone to Europe to
study—Spanish folk music_to aid in the |
composition of the Three-Cornered Hat,
his present assignment.
Last week twelve plays closed, much
to the relief of many a harassed New
York playgoer. The most popular play
on Broadway is now Eugene O’ Neil’s
Mourning Becomes Electra. Francine
Larrimore is a distinct success in Brief
Moment; Helen Hayes in Molnar’s Good
Fairy is charming many. The Barretts
of Wimpole Street continues to, lay to
capacity audiences, and Cynara with
Philip Merivale and - Adrianne Allan is
having a comfortable run. Plays have
been either very good or very bad this
fall, and only the very good ones man-
age to play to decently filled houses—
the others close.
Leslie Banks, Nigel Bruce, Frieda Ins-
court, Helen Chandler are featured in
the farce, Springtime for Henry, which
opens this week in New York. The play
is by Ben Levy, whose other efforts were
Art and Mrs. Bottle and Mrs. Moon-
light.
Ronald Coleman will do Philip Meri-
vale’s part when Cynara is filmed.
It is rumored that Ernest Truex will
have the lead in Alexander McKaig’s
forthcoming production of The Perfect
Crime.
* Constance Binney, who has not played
in New York for some six years, is con-
sidering a return to the stage in J. M.
Barrie’s A Kiss for. Cinderella.
composer
-| Europe.
Dr. Schlueter-Hermkes __
on Situation in Germany
The foreign policy and domestic
situation of modern Germany were the
points stressed by Frau Dr. Schlueter-
Hermkes in her lecture given last Fri-
day afternoon in the Music Room of
Goodhart Hall.
Germany has always been ruled by her
The foreign policy of
geographical position in the center of
Her relations with France,
always of first importance, have: taken
on new complexity since the Treaty of
Versailles. Germany desires a revision
of this document, while France desires
new guarantees “by which to defend
herself from a defenseless Germany.”
The attitude of Germany toward her
neighbors may be seen from her will-
ingness to join in the Locarno Agree-
ment, the spirit of which calls for in-
ternational friendship and co-operation.
It was in this spirit that Germany
agreed to give up Alsace-Lorraine to
France. “There is no hatred of France
among the German people; rather is
there a desiré for mutual understand-
ing,” said Dr. Schlueter-Hermkes.
One of the problems facing Ger-
| many at present .is that of evolving
some agreement concerning the bound-
ary situation between East Prussia and
|| the Polish Corridor. The present situ-
ation is endangering , the economic
safety of both sections, for the Corri-
}many...apd, oland’s rigid regulations
concerning passage
East. Prussia through the Corridor are
an insurmountable | obstacle to. com-
merece. Then also Germany is -un-
armed and defenseless, having been de-
prived of her eastern and northern
and navy by the Treaty of Versailles.
There is no nation in the world that is
more interested in disarmament than
Germany, nor one that is more nearly
disarmed. The present situation is un-
bearable, for she is wedged in between
highly armed countries and ‘utterly
unable to defend-herself. In regard
to reparations Dr. Schlueter-Hermkes
said that Germany’s present economic
state is due to the drain upon her
finances made by her reparation. pay-
ments. Hoover’s proposed morato-
rium might have staved off disaster,
but France’s hesitancy in accepting it
caused a loss of corffidence, foreign
loans were foreclosed and the crash
resulted. The discipline of the- Ger-
man people during this period of
financial disaster was remarkable.
Life went on as usual, and when the
banks were reopened more money was
deposited than withdrawn. This disci-
pline is largely due to the confidencé
of the people in Chancellor Breuning
whom they feel to be both level-headed
and a master of diplomacy. Although
the crisis is passed, Germany must pro-
vide for 7,000,000 unemployed for
whom no work can be made available.
The ranks of the jobless include not
only laymen, but people equipped with
a higher education for whom there is
no room in industry or letters. The
universities continue to be crowded
with “disguised unemployed”—young
people for whom there is no work.
The living conditions in the universi-
ties are almost unbearable. Women
are obliged to scrub-subway floors and
wait upon table in restaurants at night
“in order to pay tuition. .Among these
underfed, dissatisfied students’ — the
radical parties recruit many followers.
anced policy of Germany is due to the
power of the Socialist and Catholic
Center Party. The Hitlerites and
Communists wish to uproot everything,
and it is to these parties that the stu-
dents. flock.
winter, and how she may survive it.
Already taxes have increased 50%. and
salaries cut 50% but the fate of Ger-
|many really depends upon the success
of her foreign policy. Should that fail
dor cuts East Prussia off from Ger-
fortifications, -as welt as of -her- army
from Germany to” Bs
¢
The present moderate and. well-bals,.
Germany’s chief thought is for the-=
of Romeo and Juliet Friday afternoon
and Saturday evening in Roberts Hall.
Bryn Mawr ‘students taking part are:
Caroline Schwab, as Juliet; Molly Nich-
ols, as Lady Capulet; Adele Nichols, as
Lady Montague, and Dorothy Gerhard,
as the nurse. Tickets may be secured
at the publication office. ©
been withdrawn owing to the tone of
the—above—letter—-These twenty-nine
Women in Banking
Miss Louise’ Watson, B. M.,
12, will speak in the Common
Room at 4:30 on Thursday, De-
cember 10. Miss Watson is a
bond salesman with the Guar-
anty Company of New York and
will speak on the ‘opportunities
for women in the field of bank-
ing. Tea will be served, and all
interested are cordially invited to
the radicals would perhaps gain power
enough to seize the government.
Chancellor Breuning feels that suc-
cess may be hoped for. Whatever her
‘on, great not because of its arms and
material force, but because of its moral
and intellectuakeforces. “On the brink
of death she thas the confidence to say
that she will not die, but live, in order
that she may join the other nations in
fate, Germany is an example of a na-.
will, heartily endét'se any dramatic
production by the. faculty.
Ed. Note, Twenty-nine names have
4 fate”
:
' attend the meeting.
— | community.”
building up a true and genuine world
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Stabilization of Industry
Is Subject of
Economic Conference Held at Bryn Mawr
Continued from Page One
United States Department of Labor,
who was presiding. :
The one hopeful aspect in today’s
depression and extreme unemployment
lies in the fact that various groups
are attempting to find a cure and a
preventive for future economic crises.
But this is not enough. “There is a
crying need for continued and syste-
matic co-operation of all forces. to
bring about the stabilization of indus-
try. It is the social legislation and
organized community efforts that we
are to-consider this ‘afternoon,” said
Miss Anderson, “In the enactment
of social legislation making for better
standards, educational organizations
have the responsible role of pointing
and leading ‘the way.”
Charlotte Carr
After the chairman’s introduction
Charlotte Carr spoke of the employ-
ment exchange as a clearing house of
labor supply and demand—making
available for employers the kind of
workers needed, getting jobs for tnose
in search of work, and adjusting people
to the types of regular employment for
which they. are best fitted. Some mile-
stones toward these ends were brought
out by Miss Carr. The Philadelphia
employment-commission;-although™in=
dependent of the state, has stimulated
the citizens of Philadelphiaand—the
University of Pennslvania to raise
$50,000 by legislation for experiment-
ing——in—employment—exchanges:—-At
Pittsburgh an attempt was made to
put through: a+similar-bill stressing —a
employment of the unskilled and semi-
skilled workers. “At__Erie there. isa
competent employment service that for
ten years has’ kept accurate figures of
workers in every industry. The Penn-
sylvania “Commonwealth Government
is -deeiding to establish emergency
camps where unemployment is most
serious. ‘Religious organizations have
the realization-of the necessity: for stic-
cessful relief work. “If Uncle Sam
would stand by —Father..Penn..in...em-
ployment,” concluded’ Miss Carr, “the
service will be a real help in the sta-
bilization. of industty.”
Mr. Edelman
Mr. Edelman showed ‘how the
shorter work day means more general
employment for everybody, more reg-
ular -work for--those--employed;
creased_time forthe worker-to make
use of many products that can be con-
sumed only in leisure hours, increased
opportunity for training and research,
increased demand for the services of
all types ‘of workers; including those
trained in the various professions. As
an investment for national prosperity,
the shorter work day with a better re-
turn for services rendered is ecOnomi-
cally and socially sound and is the most
important measure to be put into ef-
fect. “The: Trade Industries are
equipped,” said Mr. Edelman, ‘“‘to fill
the needs of the American nation on
the ‘shift basis. An increased surplus
would bring down prices gnd make it
impossible-to pay—a- living wage. Re-
in-
ligious organizations should “persuade |'
the President to bring pressure gn the
Trade Industries to do away. with
night and day shifts as resulting in
overproduction, ~The only hope for
the stabilization of industries lies with
the employees and trade. union and
labor unions. In this state there is a
committee for. the stabilization of in-
dustry by private-employers but- they
use economic advantage to break down
economic standards.” Mr. Edelman
went on to trace the overdevelopment
of industry since 1924, The wages in
the stocking industry -have been
slaughtered. - Attempts are made to
keep production and consumption
well geared. But in critical conditions
the employers. and employees are: ap-
pealing to women for support.
Mary Van Kleeck
A discussion of standards of living
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and “a program for reforms by. Mary
Van- Kleeck closed the afternoon’s
program. Miss Van Kleeck’s address
is important as it is through standards
of living that communities can better
the situation. Education and _ public
opinion can do a great deal in this
respect against ‘long hours and low
ewages. At this conference Miss Van
Kleeck hoped individuals and organiza-
tions would gather up ideas and weld
them into a program for what they be-
lieve to be the community responsibil-
ity for the stabilization of industry.
The possibility of..takittz action di-
rected toward preser¥ing individyal
liberty is essential in the United States.
“A democracy need not fall to revolu-
tion—with an expression of public
opinion in the legislature.” The test
is whether it is possible fot thé democ-
racy to face the economic situation;
and the change going on and to work
out methods of comnion life that will
meet these changes. The opportunity
and the possibility are both here—the
solution depends on the ability of pri-
vate organizations to develop leader-
ship. The time when one man can
lead has passed. We must form
groups or organizations and work
through them, oe
The World Social Economic Con-
gress - in Amsterdam discovered that
the world’s production capacity has in-
creased faster in the last ten years.than
at~any—other—period—faster-than._the.| W
population, _but--at-the same time , un-
today is- not business organizatign or
efficiency or lack of* machinery and
labor.-.-But- the. countries —of
industry have failed to maintain stand-
ards of living on a plane high enough
to__utilize_products—which=modern—in=
modern
liberal government must protect its
citizens jwith labor laws for the sake
of humanity; but as Monsieur-Thomas,
of the International Labor Office,
pointed out, the cost of maintaining
social-insurance in European cotntries
has become an almost intolerable bur-
den,as—at--present organized. Eco-
nomic organizations must adjust them-
selves to meet needs. The danger is
that each case of unemployment causes
more unemployment which spreads
from country to country. The Am-
sterdam Congress concludes that the
efficiency of labor, the organizing abil-
ity of industry and employment are
best in organizations utilizing the re-
sources of the world.
The hiacimeabant of all Srganizatous is®
aodaction and consumption
This is not a sufficient objective.
iting production means limiting wealth.
Industry must be integrated.
“The supreme test which Congress
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national and international program di-
rected toward the raising of standards
of living by the spreading of purchas-
ing power in all countries. :
“The way out of the present devaé-
tating condition of unemployment,”
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standards of living by spreading pur-
Van to raise
chasing “power so that in all nations
the cloth-
the
education and the other conditions of
living which modern industry, with its
marvelous technical development, has
made’ possible. The machine cannot
survive poverty. Poverty can be-pre-
vented only by a changed distribution
of wealth, and modern industry cannot
realize its own -possibilities unless it
can create not only goods but buying
power.
“ “This is not an insoluble problem.
The chief obstacle in the way is the
need for a complete change
tude on the part of bankers, industrial-
ists and leaders of government in all
the countries in which modern indus-
try is most highly developed: The
United States, as the leading.creditor
country, has more power and more
responsibility than any other country...
Concretely the means to which Con-
gress and the Administration should
give attention toward the end of lead-
ing the way out of the present depres-
sion and establishing peace in the
world are to be found in seven meas-
‘fires: ; a:
Ey AR place: Ot thetarif’ we
have a series’ of wofld economi¢ treat-
ies, beginning with agreements for the
utilization-..of - raw - materials;
upon a plan drawn by economists who
are capable of a world view; the plan
people may -buy the food,
ing, the housing, the recreation,
based
dustries have learned to produce. A”
so that
it may afford high profits and wages.§
Lim-
of atti-|
é should.
should have just one objective, to re-
move all obstructions to the maximum
use of the world’s productive capacity.
This requires a balancing of produc-
tion and consumption; not by limiting
production but by raising the power
to consume. This would not be free
trade, leading. to the beating down of
standards of living, but planned trade,
leading to the satisfaction of the basic
economic needs of all people.
““(2) In the light of this world plan,
an international conference on the ex-
change value of silver as an_ instru-
ment of money. should be called -to
meet the present difficulties of coun-
tries in which silver isthe medium of
exchange, especially the Orient.
“(3) Similarly, the whole problem of
money, including credit and-currency,
should be ‘a subject of international
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agreement in the eae of such a world
plan.
“(4) The problem of war debts and
reparations would take its place in
such a scheme, and measures for ad-
justing war debts would then become
an economic problem in which a way
would be found to establish the eco-
nomic basis for trade relations in Eu-
rope on a foundation of security for
they’standards of living of all nations,
luding, of course, France, Germany,
’ Great Britain, Italy, Austria and all
the others whose living standards are
now menaced by the barriers. set up
between them and by the complica-
tions in international finance produced
by war debts. *
“(5) To establish trade relations be-
tween the countries of capitalism and
the country of the new’ system, Soviet
Russia, particularly trade relations be-
tween the United States and Russia,
would be the most effective way of
preserving what is socially desirable if
our own system and preventing the
danger of war, which daily grows inore
menacing.
“(6) Taxation must be planned with
the objective of distributing purchas-
ing power, which means, of course,
adopting the principle’ of capacity to
pay as the basis of taxation, and,
deeper than that, taxing out of exist-
ence the power to~-speculate~in-—that
portion of wealth which belongs to the
whole community, including Jand and
natural resources.
“(7) The United States should at
once déclare on its own part a far-
reaching policy of disarmament, but
disarmament will be a result of all
these other measures and will be im-
possible without them. —
“In the face of possible bankruptcy
——-n-~Germany~when-the—present—credits_|
expire in February, and with the im-
"minent-menace of war_in-the Far East,
the, electorate of this country must
‘awaken to the need for positive and
dn interesting fact that in all the prin-
cipal countries of the world conser-
vative politicalleadership is now in
power. If the present profit-making
capitalism cannot find a way toward
socialized capitalism, it will not be be-]
cause the electorate has denied leader-
ship to big business. The present
crisis affords an unprecedented oppor-
tunity for the United States to give
to the world a demonstration of its
power to apply the principles of
democracy*to-industry:” :
Stabilization Within Industry
The evening session, over which
Miss Park presided, took up the ques-
tion of stabilization within industry.
Mr. Morris Llewelyn Cooke, an indus-
trial engineer, and former director of
public works for Philadelphia, in-
troduced Mr. Francis Goodell, indus-
trial engineer of the Naumkeag Steam
Cotton Co., of Salem, Mass., whose
method of controlling industry by co-
operation of management and em-
ployees has been highly
For, of the three ways in which indus-
trial problems may be solved—arbi-
trarily (on the part of the employer)
by arbitration and by’ co-operative
-gesearch—~Mr;-Goodell-holds-the. last to-
be most effective, since the second ‘is
often expensive, and the elaborate
preparation of cases on both-sides.is:
wasteful (of time?).
At Naumkeag there.is a research
committee which meets about once a
month, and a staff of five members
who work.continually. Such questions
as, Is the weaver to clean his own
loom? and What is each worker re-
sponsible “for? are considered. The
overseers and operators are also pres-
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some of which are translated for the
workers to read. In secret meetings
of the unions, reports. and wage
changes are discussed. This system of
joint research, said Mr. Goddell, has
“character-building value” in that it
keeps the workers alert, and the em-
ployees, feeling the protection of the
union, dre very willing to co-operate.
Miss Frances Perkins
Miss: Frances Perkins, the commis-
sioner of industry of New York, who
spoke next, began by pointing out the
bright spots of the depression, which
has stimulated spiritual and intellectual
interest in its causes and remedies.
As for the latter, they must necessarily
be of many varieties;,individual cases
need individual treatment.. As one
method of stabilization, we have that
of budgéting, or planned production,
used successfully not only by the
housewife but also by a concern such
as Procter and Gamble’s soap makers,
and by the Eastman Kodak Co.
Then, again, demand may be stim-
ulated in off-seasons by high-powered
salesmanship advertising. The In-
ternational Shoe Co., for example,
advantage in off-seasons. Side
lines and “fillers”? may also keep busi-
ness busy.. Fifteen years ago the
Beechnut Packing Co. sold only pork.
c
Today, among many other things, they
are making a good filler of peanut-but-
ter. Another point: the working day
should be. made flexible on the short
week basis. ‘The Delaware Cloak and
Suit Co. in good times increases its
forty-four-hour ‘week to_ fifty, and in
slack times shortens. it-to. thirty...The
wages remain the same. Under this
plan, however, there is danger of ex-
cessive hours.
The timing of the introduction of
technical improvements to periods of
expansion, and unemployment reserves,
may also be of assistance in the sta-
bilization of industry, whose advan-
tages are, first, that it saves the train-
ing of new men, an expensive process;
that it keeps all capital investment in
use; that it makes possible lower unit
wages—if the yearly wage is greater,
production will cost less; that it pre-
vents the fear of “working oneself out
of a job,” and so raises the morale of
the worker.
Mr. Sidney Hillman
Mr. Sidney Hillman, who is the gen-
eral president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America, said
that: no industry has the power to sta-
bilize itself; all are interdependent, and
enforced planning alone can make for
real stabilization. This the industry of
which he is president has attempted
to do by means of conferences (fol-
lowing strikes), and division of work,
the reduction of the hours from sixty-
six to forty-four a week, or the “stag-
gering of employment.” Moreover,
there has been no discharge without
cause, and, through piece work there
has been co-operation in the efficiency |
of the industry.
In 1923 an Employment Insurance
Fund was introduced in Chicago from
three per cent. of the employers; and
otie and one-half per cent. the’ em-
ployees’ wages. Then there is “coop-
housing,” which in New York City
alone takes care of one thousand fami-
lies. At present, however, the unefn-
ployment and underployment are very
great, and the reason, is the lack of
purchasing power. .A larger program
is needed; it must be made possible
for the people to consume. In’1920-29
there was an increase of forty per cent.
in the productivity of the worker.
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Herbert Ames Tells
of League Finances
After Hard First Year Money
Shows Confidence of Many
Put in League.
EXPECTS ARMS’~ HALT
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On Wednesday, December Sir
Herbert Anies spoke on the financing
In 1919,
when Canada was given the appoint-
ment of a Financial Director of the
Secretariat of the League, Sir Herbert
was on the Banking and Commerce
Commission of the Canadian’ Parlia-
ment. He was nominated for treasurer
of the League and was influenced. in
his acceptance of the appointment by
reading the League Covenant in which
he saw the “seed of a wonderful experi-
ment,” for this was the first time that
all nations had got together to prevent
war, and the beginnings of all experi-
ments are most interesting.
When Sir Herbert arrived in Lon-
don, Sir Eric Drummond explained to
him that since nothing like the League
had ever existed before, there :were as
of the ‘League of Nations.
- yet no rules, but these had to be
_ states. into.seven S5e5—€
worked out as they were needed. ‘The
resources consisted of small sums
granted by France and England in the
Peace Treaty. Knowing that this
would not go far, Sir Herbert-had a
careful budget drawn up of the. League
expenses and divided them among’ the
29°powérs according to the Postal
sea Union System—of—dixision,named—in
_the-"Covenant—as—a~—suitable~ model.
This “system-originated-with-stamps-for-
apportioning postage rates.and divided
number of units each. The ambitious
_states-had-themselves pat-in-the-high-
est classes with the result that Abys-
sinia and- England paid the same rate.
This system, naturally, did not work
out for the League finances. However,
a letter was sent to each of the League
powers, drafted after the usual manner’
of diplomatic business, as’ a hopeful
suggestion that each nation would
propose to pay its proportionate
amount to the League. Those who
could pay at once were Denmark who
offered to pay from the King’s own
royal grant, and Siam which had no
Parliament. . The Secretariat was aided
in staving off its debts the. first year
by the Duchess of Marlborough’s loan
of her house, by borrowing its furni-
ture and by getting its stationery from
His Majesty's Stationery Office on
credit: ste ‘ -
The League was officially born on
January 10, 1920, when a sufficient
number of states had signed. . Until
then Sir Eric Drummond and Sir Her-
bert Ames had been on their own; the
Council held its first meeting on Janu-
ary 16 in Paris, and met often through-
out the year. In July it was décided
that President Wilson should call to-
gether an assembly in November at
ig es and that’ the Council should
go t6wn earlier and establish head-
quarters. Sir. Herbert, the Secretary-
General, and. Mr.. Howard. Houston,
‘went to Geneva in search of a house,
and after surmounting the difficulty of
making’ out a bill of sale to such a
nebulous organization as the League,
they bought the Hotel National for
$1,000,000 to be paid in ten six-month
installments. The covenant was
amended in 1923 giving the Assembly
the right to appoint their own system
}other...similar..momentseo---- ="
+-cannot go*unnoticed; and if one had
of division, and a special committee
was pointed to study every state.
The states were rearranged with Eng-
land ift the highest class with 105
units, And such small states as, Liberia
at the/ bottom with one unit.
made the more convincing: by our
knowledge of the charm of the Helen
Pettigrew of 1784 to whom he was
to remain faithful always. :
Miss Young deserves. great praise
Thel hardest problem. was exchange, for her management of the play, both
for while there were eight countries
using the gold franc before the war,
after it there was no gold in use and
no two countries had the same money
or the same rate of depreciation. Sir
Herbert had a ‘gold franc made re-
sembling the pre-war franc and worth
19 2/3c in our money. The book-keep-
ing was then done in gold francs and
each country paid in drafts on New
York, the American dollar being worth
5.1826 gold francs. .
in the atterition to detail and in the
founding of the performance as a
whole. In closing, a word for the
costuming, which included some de-
lightful combinations of color; and for
the many moments of pleasure which
were added by the playing of Miss
Einsiedler, Miss Reinhardt ‘and the
other musicians.
Curriculum Committee
Gives Report on Work
‘Berkeley Square’,
Upholds Traditions
Continued from Page One
the play. If the performance. of
“Berkeley Square’ was not as con-
vincing as last year’s rendering of
“The Enchanted April,’ it is due to
the far. greater complexities presented
by the former. To succeed perfectly
in Mr. Baldeérson’s ‘play is to convince
the audience of the possibility of the
impossible. The mood is everything.
As the eeriness, so perfectly sustdined |.
by Leslie Howard in the cinema ver-
sion of “Outward Bound” is broken
when heaven itself must actually be
presented, so “Berkeley “Square” suf-
fers when Helen must read in Peter's
eyes the vision of the future, and at
Continued from Page One
the Seniors, then the Juniors and lastly
the Freshmen, who work just about
‘| the normal amount of time.
The recommendations ,in regard to
specific courses are ‘as follows (for de-
tailed reason see the full report): é
Archaeology—Ancient Athens, in-
crease work; Egypt and Mesopotamia,
decrease work.
Biology—First year, eliminate one
or both of morning lab periods; sec-
ond year, voluntary overwork.
Chemistry—First year, cut. work and
check up earlier to be sure class is get-
ting the point; second year, set definite
number of required experiments and
give optional ones to those who.wish
to spend extra time.
Eeonomics’ “anid” Politi¢s—Elements
of Law, have two class meetings a
-week-and assign more ‘cases. oe
* English —“Rhetoric, cut reading;
Criticism, voluntary overwork; Seven-
teenth Century,. voluntary overwork,
Miss . Marshall's but should have better distribution of
was charming, an excellent contrast of quizzes and report. Reading of Shake-
_character—-with—that=-of—Helen.-- Tisat |
moments she seemed to portray more
temper than concern for her sister,
the weakness may have been lain in
the inadequacy of the lines. Mr. Hunt,
as Tom Pettigrew, played with skill
a part which might. easily have been
overdone, and—what is a rare talent
in young actors~kept it subordinate
to the more important roles. Miss
Elliott and Mr. Church very adequately
handled the impersonation of Lady
Anne Pettigrew and Mr. Threstle,
parts made no easier by being stereo-
typed stage Characters. “Perhaps “the |”
most difficult of the lesser parts was
that of Marjorie Frank, played by
Miss Meneely, who did the best she S d
could with pretty weak. material. Her pen
the Holidays
in Land of
Sports ....
shriek, “which would waken the dead,”
It's just an easy trip to Pine-
_IfMr,.Truex--was-.a—little—over--
anxious in the first scene to force an
impression of weirdness and impending
mystery, his portrayal of the first
Peter Standish was both-winning and
Mpathetic. Kate
escaped the feeling of the supernatural
up to that point, one must then have
been perfectly convinced. The other
minor roles were presented with vary-
ing success.
But the laurels of the performance
must go to Miss MacMasters. If ever
a character was bewitching, it was
Helen Pettigrew. Elfish at one mo-
ment, filled with tender sympathy at
the next, with ease of gesture and
lovely intonation of voice, she got
from the part every ounce of its worth.
When Mr. Truex. spoke the difficult
closing lines of the play, they were
outdoor pleasure — fragrant
pine breezes . . . friendly sun...
championship golf courses
(grass tees) .. . horseback riding
on 100 miles of beautiful bridle
paths and other sports.
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has been arranged for the holi-
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| should be made for the fact that some
{o-Physies "Advanced _ sli
=—peyehology—Motivation of Action,
but” class’ would]
rather have three lectures and less|’
hurst, N. C., and a new world of |
speare and Public Debate should have
work increased.
Geology—First year, work should be
better distributed and lab. less hurried,
especially the Grand Canyon; secqnd
year, increase work immediately.
German — First year, allowances
members of the class can read much
more quickly than others. Either
divide the class or cut the required
reading and give a full optional list;
German Novel, voluntary overwork.
Greek—Plato, cut the private read-
ing.
History—First year, cut the reading
and provide reading lists ahead of
time; Renaissance, reading cut; Con-
tinental, Temporary overwork due to
report. Better distribution needed.
Otherwise o. k.; British Imperialism,
voluntary. overwork} Europe Since
1870, increase credit to 1% units and
cut reading a little.
History of Art—First year, cut read-
ing.
Latin—First year, make allowances
in daily assignments for private read- |.
ing; second year, Lit., assignments
should be cut.
Math.—Second year, Calgulus, make
assignments more eyen in difficulty;
Advanced Geometry, increase credit to
1% units. i
Musi¢—First year, cut credit to half
unit, but keep three classes a week and
cut reading to a minimum.
Philosophy—Ethics ‘is slightly over-)
worked due to report and quiz at same
time.
worked.
work is all’ right,
reading, which is very difficult without
further background; second year ex-
perimental, raise credit to 1% since all
ghtly over-|.
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second-year Lab. courses have this;
abnormal, increase reading; mental
measurements, decrease credit to half
unit.
Social Economy and Research—So-
‘cial Anthropology, increase the read-
ing; Labor Movement, decrease ‘the
credit to-half unit.
For the benefit of the faculty it
should be made clear that all these
recommendations ¢ome from the com-
mittee as a whole, and no individual
opinion, either from the committee or
from the students taking the courses, is
shown in these recommendations. The’
committee also suggests’ that before
making any criticism of these sugges-
tions, everyone should read the full re-
port to get the reasons for these de-
cisions.
C. Thompson Tells of Her
Experiences in Geneva
iv chapel last Thursday Carolyn
Thompson, who ‘was the member of
last year’s graduating class selected by
the Students’ International, Union to
go to Geneva, told of her summer
there. In that “miniature world,” with
foreign problems being acted before
one’s eye, she found that her perspec-
tive, both intellectual and. ‘social, de-
veloped greatly. She went with an at-
titude of foreignism,” but has come to
see the American point of view. From
a complete idealist, she has become a
realist, except. with regard to world
peace. FT es ALESIS *
~’"Wfiss Thompson heard constant ‘criti-
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cism of the United States, both as to
policy and culture.
us but finds that we are not conscious
of our leadership as yet. At the In-
ternational School of the League of
Nations, which has students, 250 of
them, of almost every nationality, Miss
Thompson found that misunderstand-
Europe looks to
ings arise from the differences between
their educational system and ours, even
with regard to extra-curricular activi-
ties. :
In the economic group, in which
Miss Thompson was, one month was
spent in considering what was wrong
in the present conditions and the next
in trying to discover a remedy. But
it was the social life that she found
most important, with its week-ends,
World Court Dinner
The dinner and meeting spon- .
“ sored by the American Founda-
. tion and the Philadelphia World
Court Committee to express
support for Senate ratification of
the World Court treaties will be
held at the Penn Athletic Club,
Rittenhouse Square, Philadel-
phia, at seven o'clock on the
evening of Friday, December 11.
commission,
which, in Geneva, mean an opportunity
for intensive discussions, may on the
question of Russia and communism, for
there are many socialists at Geneva.
Miss Thompson told of her visit to a
Fascist camp, where she and her com-
panions were greeted by 300 Fascist
students. But most interesting of her
exftriences abroad were the committee
meetings of the League of Nations,
where one might hear such people as
Litvanoff, who discourses in a ‘suave,
devil-may-care” manner. Miss Thomp-
son spoke also of the thrill which she
had in listening to the disarmament
and of the part- which
women have in the League. She her-
self knows of sixteen women who are
working for it, Formerly, women did
only social work. Now there are rep-
resentatives of the two types of opin-
ion, Catholic and’ Protestant, on* each
delegation. Great interest is shown at
Geneva in the League of Nations,. espe-
cially among European students, in-
ers
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terest such as we perhaps, through iso-
lation, and a sense of individuality, do
not have. What we must do, con-
cluded Miss: Thompson, is to build up
some . kind of constructive opinion
about foreign affairs.
Dr. James Speaks on Finance
Dr. Cyril James, of the Wharton
School of Finance, the University of
Pennsylvania, spoke recently. under
the auspices of the Liberal Club on
problems of international finance. _
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