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BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1935
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Art and Literature Must Use
Modern“‘Streamline” Style
To Get Attention
CURIOSITY IS NEEDED
January 16.
The faculty of attention is, accord-
ing to Mr. Christopher Morley, man’s
most valuable asset, and modern
writers in all fields have invented
new forms and new styles in an ef-
fort to stimulate and hold this facul-
ty in the art-consuming public. He
added that it is the people who keep
the attitude of a foreigner’ or
stranger and who never permit
things to become everyday and usual,
whose faculty of attention remains
the keenest.
This ability for concentration is
the most extraordinary and complex,
as well as the most delicate and sub-
tle of man’s faculties. The great
mystery that surrounds it can be
understood if one considers the act
of writing, when in a moment of
conscious or unconscious concentra-
tion a writer makes the instantane-
ous choice of one word instead of
another-to- express his idea. Mr.
Morley himself, although he owns a
very handsome fountain pen, always
uses. it as a dip pen, because the
moment it takes to dip the pen is
just the right amount of time his
deeper faculty of concentration
needs to choose the right word or
the right idea. If anyone could tell
exactly what happens to a _ writer
in that instant of intense concentra-
tion, he would know more about
writing. and psychology than all the
existing books in the world have
said on the subject.
Mr. Morley believes that most peo-
ple are completely ignorant of their
own mental pocesses and that they
do not know about what they really
are thinking, because their atten-
tion is spent in directions of which
they are unaware. Because his mind
is so often focused on things he
thinks he is thinking least ezbout,
Mr. Morley continuafly reads detec-
tive stories. He feels that they are
Continued on Page Five
Deanery:
S: ‘Kaye-Smith Will Speak
on Feminine Novelists
_ Sheila Kaye-Smith, an English nov-
elist familiar to many through her
stories of Sussex fields and farms, will
speak on Pioneer Women Novelists at
Goodhart Hall on Thursday, Febru-
ary 21, at 8.20. Miss Kaye-Smitht has
been compared with Hardy and Gals-
worthy, particularly because she de-
scribes one section of England in her
books. She was born at Saint Leon-
ards-on-Sea, near Hastings, in Sussex,
and has lived there until her marriage
in 1924. Her father’ was a country
doctor there, so that she knows from
first-hand experience the Sussex of the
past and present of which she writes.
Her marriage to the Reverend Theo-
dore Penrose Fry, who was then in
the Anglican Church at Saint Leon-
ards, but was later transferred to St.
Stephen’s, Kensington, took her to
London, but she has maintained her
connection with Sussex: by frequent
visits.
Miss Kaye-Smith published her first
novel, The Tramping Methodist, at
the age of twenty. In the series of
Sussex stories which she thus began
in 1908 some of her better-known
early novels are Sussex Gorse (1916),
and Tamarisk Town (1919). The
former is the story of a man’s strug-
gle to own a wild common of gorse
and furze called Boazell, and .is the
book which first brought Miss Kaye-
Smith to the attention of the critics.
It was not until the publication of
Tamarisk Town, however, that she
had a wide circle of readers. A list
of other familiar novels includes Star-
brace, Isle of Thorns, Three Against
the World, The Village Doctor, Susan
Spray, Summer Holiday, and South-
ern Corners. In her writing, Miss
Kaye-Smith takes an almost mascu-
line point of view. She is stimulated
by the inspiration of her locality, and,
unlike most of her contemporaries who
depend on instinct and emotion, she
relies on close study and observation.
Although her novels are her best-
known literary productions, Miss
Kaye-Smith has published two books
of poetry. Both of these, Willow’s
Forge and other Poems (1914) and
Saints in Sussex (1928), show the
wide range of interests characteristic
of her novels.
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Renowned Pro Arte Quartet of Brussels
Gives Brilliant Series, Stressing Moderns
Outstanding Among All Chamber Musicians for Perfect Taste,
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Marvelous Finish of Ensemble, Sincere Interpretation.
Wide Range of Music Covered
MRS. SPRAGUE COOLIDGE IS DONOR OF. RECITALS
Goodhart Hall, Jan. 20-Feb. 10.
The distinguished Pro Arte String
Quartet of Brussels presented on
Sunday afternoon the seventh of a
series of ten recitals of ehamber
music, given every Sunday afternoon
and Wednesday evening from Janu-
ary 20 until, February 20. These
recitals are being given through the
generosity of Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge’s Library of Congress foun-
dation. This group is known inter-
nationally as one of the greatest ex-
ponents of chamber music in the
world and in these recitals it has
even surpassed its glowing reputa-
tion.
The members of the organization—
Alphonse. Onnou, first violin, Laur-
ent Halleux, second violin, Germain
Prévost, viola, and Robert Maas,
violincello—are not only superior
artists individually, buv-mrough long
and constant musical association
have endowed their playing. with a
‘unity of artistic conception and of
technical perfection that. has en-
thused and delighted increasing au-
diences. They are outstanding among
all string groups for their marvelous
finish of ensemble, their sincerity of
interpretation, and their perfect
* taste.-.Their versatility is remark-
able, for they play with, equal
and effectiveness the works
of all’ the great composers from
Mozart and Beethoven to the ultra-
modernists. The Pro Arte Quartet
has long been famous for champion-
ing the moderns and the ultramod-
erns, ‘and its sympathies for them
combined with its faultless interpre-
tation of their works have justly
made this group famous as one of
the most eminent and understanding
exponents of the new music.
The choice of programs has been
as remarkable as the performances,
for consummate taste has marked the
selection of works in the balance of
old and new and the variety of com-
positions presented. Every program
thus far has contained at ‘least one
work by an acknowledged master of
the quartet, while moderns such as
Hindemith,. Milhaud, Bartok, Pizetti,
and Malipiero have received a large
share of the programs.
The entire sefies- opened-on Janu-
ary 20, as was proper, with a work
of Beethoven, the D Major quartet,
manner throughout with. great beau-
ty of tone and perfect balance, par-
ticularly in the slow movement. This
was followed by the Two Serenades
for String Quartet of the famous
Belgian eomposer Joseph Jongen,
whose music in these works tends to
the modern idiom: but is well-written
Continjlied on Page Four
College Calendar
Wednesday, February 13. Pro
Arte Quartet Concert. * 8.30
P..M. Goodhart.
Saturday, February 16. Var-
sity Basketball‘Game vs. Morav-
ian. 10.00 A. M. Gymnasium.
Sunday, February 17.. Pro
Arte Quartet Concert. 4.15
P. M. Goodhart.
Sunday Evening Service con-
ducted by Dr, Alexander C. Za-
briskie;,. 7.15. P..-M.. Musie
Room.
Monday, February 18. Mr.
Desmond MacCarthy on Tlie
Literary Climate in England at
the Present Moment. 5.00 P. M.
Deanery. x |
Wednesday, February 20. Pro
Arte - Quartet Concert. 8.30
P. M. Goodhart.
Thursday, February a1.
Sheila Kaye-Smith on Pioneer
Women Novelists. 8.20 P. M. ||
Goodhart.
op. 18, no. 3, played in the classic |
Midsemester Quizzes
Reduced in Number
Curriculum. Committee Plans
Elimination of Quizzes
in Some Courses
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CLASS VOTE TO DECIDE
(Especially contributed by Elizabeth
Monroe, 1935)
The Curriculum Committee of the
Undergraduate Association is organ-
ized to consider suggestions from
the students at large for improve-
ments in the arrangement of aca-
demic work whether relating to a
single course or to the general struc-
ture. After investigating criticisms |
it may at its discretion present |
recommendations to the Dean and
the Faculty Curriculum Committee.
Chosen to represent. every hall and
class and as many —departments—as
possible, the committee tries to ex-
press student opinion as’a whole.
At present the committee is con-
sidering a proposal to reduce to a
minimum. the number of scheduled
quizzes by abolishing them in. all
courses in which the professor and
the majority of students feel that
quizzes are not vitally necessary.
Sueh quizzes as remained would
then be scheduled in a period of
probably eight college days.
The proposal is the result of a
feeling on the part of a number of
students (cf. also College News for
December 5) that preparing for
quizzes interrupts the regular pro-
gress of their other work, since even
the student who has conscientiously
kept up with her work from week to
week and is not inclined to become
hysterical about. quizzes will find it
necessary to take special time for
review in order to be able to move
from point to point with the rapidity
required in a: fifty minute examina-
tion. There is also some feeling
among the faculty that over the five
week period of scheduled quizzes the
quality of the students’ regular fined
is markedly }awered. Cutting also;
increases.
” On the other hand many students
definitely want quizzes, particularly
in those courses where a considerable
quantity of material is not the sub-
ject of any sort of written or oral
discussion, in the nature of inciden-
tal quizzes, exercises, weekly or bi-
weekly papers, or, conferences. In
such courses many students find a
quiz either. a reassurance that they
are comprehending the matter or a
revelation that-they- are not. . Also
where the student gives no other re-
port of herself she would rather not
stake her semester’s grade on the
Continued on Page Six
French Club Play
The French Club announces
that it will present Maurice
Maeterlinck’s La Soeur Beatrice
on March 22, Mlle. Maud Rey
will direct the production.
|sponded to this thrill with vigorous
Originality, Aliveness, Spirited Presentation «
of American Ballet
Receive Warm Praise
Harmonious Combination, of Sce
With Occasional Moments
nery; Music, Modern Costumes,
of Superb Choreography,
Are Result of One Year’s Work
TABLEAUX, ENSEMBLES, SOLOS WELL JUXTAPOSED
Goodhart: February 7 and 8.
To behold the promise of great. art
in its first experimental achievements
is one of the greatest thrills in the
world, and enthusiastic audiences -re-
applause for both the aims and the
present accomplishments of the
American Ballet at its two perform-
ances last week. As if this thrill
were not sufficient, the company also
gave the audiences a most delightful
evening’s entertainment. The aims
of the company seem to be to com-
pound as many of the arts as is ar-
tistically possible into a whole, which
uses the human body in movement as
its chief medium of expression, and
in particular, to. create a purely
American art form representing the
American scene and temper. Both
performances showed that these aims
have’ been in a great part achieved
already, and that even’ greater
achievements will come of the com-
pany’s work.
One could not help feeling on view-
ing the dancing how much water has
flown under the bridge of the dance
since 1924 saw the decay of the great
Russian companies, Duncan, Wig-
man, Graham, de Mille, Kreuzberg,
St. Dennis and Shawn. The musical
comedy groups of Weidman, Rasch,
and others have all set the popular
form of the dance for almost ten
years, and their influencés and new
trends must necessarily affect any
revival of the ballet. But this Amér-
ican Ballet is not da revival in the
sense that other companies are—
their aims. are new as well as a
combination. of: the past. They
should be judged not in comparison
with the glories*pf the past nor with
present achievements of other com-
panies, but rather for their own
individual merits, which are tremend-
ous. The company is_ particularly
outstanding for its originality, the
generally high level of dancing in
the corps, its spirit /in presentation,
its aliveness, its harmonic combina-
tion of scenery, music and costumes,
and the occasional moments of su-
perb choreography. When one real-
izes that such a roll of achievements
is the result of one short year’s work
together, one cannot help waiting
breathlessly for what should follow
as the company reaches maturity.
The ballet was organized one year
ago by E. M. M. Warburg, its direc-
tor, Lincoln Kirstein, and George
Balanchine, maitre de _ ballet and
choreographer. Mr. — Balanchine’s,
work in the Diaghilev and de Basil
ballet companies has eminently pre-
pared him for his task with this
#ewly-organized group. «
His abilities are varied, for he can
create equally effective tableaux, en-
semble movements and solo dances
Desmond MacCarthy Will Speak
Mr. Desmond MacCarthy, well-
known author and literary critic, is
planning to lecture here on Monday,
February 18, at 5 o’clock. Because
of his first-hand as well as extensive
knowledge of both old and new lit-
erary generations in London Mr.
MacCarthy’s talk on “The Literary
Climate in England at the Present
Moment” should be valuable.
Mr. MacCarthy .is the editor of
Life and Letters and the author of
several volumes of criticism, includ-
ing Portraits, Criticism, and a third
volume which is forthcoming. In
England he is well known for his
contributions to periodical literature
and for. his literary talks over the
British Broadcasting Company. In
this country, to which he came for a
month’s residence in Calhoun .¢
lege, Yale, he’ recgrt
Clark Lectures at H;
while his entrances and crossings can
be both intricate and simple with
equal effectiveness. Perhaps he can
be accused at times of lack of clear-
ness in_his artistic aims, of occa-
sional confusion in his group move-
ments, and of a too great emphasis
on leg and foot movements rather
than complete co-ordination with
body and arms. “But moments in the
second part of Transcendence reach-
ed a peak of effective group choreo-
graphy, tableau, and _ establishment
of mood that made up for many oth-
er little lapses and proved Mr. Bal-
anchine capable of creating the very
finest choreography.
The program consisted of three
ballets, one a world premiere, all new
and with choreography by Mr. Bal-
anchine: Serenade with Tschaikov-
sky music° arranged by George
Anthiel, costumes by Jean Lurceat,
and set by Gaston Longchamp; Alma
Mater, with the book by E. M. M.
Warburg, music by Kay Swift, cos-
tumes by John Held, Jr., and set by
Kugene Dunkel; and T'ranscendance
with Liszt musie arranged by George
Antheil, costumes by Franklin Wat-
kins, and set by Gaston Longchamp.
The company has been most fortu-
nate in being able to command the
Continued on Page Six
Bryn Mawr is Visited
By Vienna Choir Boys.
Old Latin Hymns, German
Songs and Schubert Operetta
Are Presented
VOICES ARE VERY CLEAR
(Especially Contributed by Helen
Ripley, 1935)
Goodhart Hall, January .18.
The popularity of the Vienna Choir
Boys in Bryn Mawr is well attested
by the quantities of undergraduates
who, without a thought for the coming
exams, deserted the library and flock-
ed to Goodhart. They knew from last
year that this was a concert they did
not want to miss and their hopes were
fulfilled in the performance of the
boys. . From the opening chord to the
last encore we sat charmed and amaz-
ed at the tonal quality, assurance,
ease, and feeling with which they sang
a difficult program. The singing of
The Star-Spangled Banner put us
into a sympathetic frame of mind and
we followed the boys with ease
through the various types of song.
The sacred music with which they
began has probably been sung in
their- choir almost since its beginning
in 1498, and has lost none of its charm
with frequent repetition. » They inter-
preted it with feeling, especialy: the
Palestrina number, and the clear, sus-
tained tones of the choir carried beau-
tifully in the large hall. In fact, the
volume of tone was almost overwhelm-
ing to those who remembered certain
of the Glee Club’s difficulties in try-
ing to make themselves heard. The
final number of the first part of the
program, Repleti sunt Omnes, by Gal-
lus, which was repeated” as an encore,
was lovely with its marked crescendos
and quick succession of Alleluias re-
peated by the various parts. The
words of all the Latin songs were re-;
markebly: cleay- and. we -really had °a
feeling of being in a cathedral and
assisting at the Mass. We quite for-
got they were a group of small boys
and were carried away by their ma-
ture interpretations of Jemma: music.
The Schuh '
ful, t}
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The Editorial Board of The College News wishes to extend
on the behalf of the college its sympathy to.Dr. and Mrs.
Robert D. Swab on the death of their daughter, Florence
Miller.
A Greek Tragedy This Year!
‘This editorial is especially contributed, and has not been voted on
by the News Board)
Flere is a magnificent opportunity for us to ‘contribute to the
million dollar drive and to bring something new, startling and great
into our-own experience and to the-fame of the college. Madame
Sikilianos offers to present with us a Greek tragedy, the’ Bacchai of
Kuripides. She has a tremendous reputation as organizer of the
Delphic Festivals, and to work under her direction would be a great
experience and training in acting, dancing and musie. It would be
a training, we could never get in May Day or in any other theatrical
production.
The play would be eiven after commencement. It demands
fifty actors, and would mean beginning the training immediately and
eradually. The rehearsals would be an hour five days a week, intensi-
fying after spring vacati Nd letting up during exams to only a few
hours with individual work>—Commencement—is—a time for—a
production. All the family and friengls of the graduating class is on
campus and it would draw a big public.
Such a performance offers more opportunity for individual acting
than any other possibly could, for the chorus involves individual work,
so important that Mme. Sikilianos says she chooses the chorus first and
actors afterwards. The choruses.are five groups of ten each with
their leaders. They have musical instruments, dance, sing and play
against each other. It offers more of individual work than Gilbert
and Sullivan, though this does not mean to interfere with that per-
formance. All actors to be eligible need not be experienced in singing
and dancing. Some will do one, some the other, and Mme. Sikilianos
expects to train from raw ‘material.
Mme. Sikilianos’ approach to the Greek Tragedy is an entirely
new one. The play is not restrained but.very dramatic and emotional,
and there is a fluidity in the tragic action of the chorus throughout.
A performance from this point of view, with the emphasis on the
ehorus has never been presented to the public of this country before,
It was given only as a private presentation at Smith College. The
interest aroused then among the people who saw it and who could not
see it would be brought to Bryn Mawr.
The play represents the whole gamut of emotions known in the
world. It is the story ‘of the power of Dionysius over the people of
Thebes, and is an interesting plot,with suspense, not merely a poem,
but a great tragedy. us
Such a performance outside our usual run of things would be a
ereat event Tor Bryn Mawr. It seems to be the best possible way to
raise money because it incurs practically no expenses, such as the
great burden of May Day does, for instance. What we make will be
profit for the million dollar drive.
To give the. Bacchai we must have the backing of the majority of
‘the college. Mme. Sikilianos will be presented at tea in the Deanery
at 430 Thursday, February 14, and all the college is invited to meet
her and hear her speak. It is impossible to tnderstand the-way in
which she proposes to give the tragedy without hearing her speak,
and we. hope that all interested will be present.
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| Big May Day This Year!
_ We have been overcome by an Idea! LET’S GIVE BIG MAY
DAY THIS SPRING FOR THE MILLION DOLLAR FUND!
LET’S GET BEHIND THE ALUMNAE DRIVE AND DO SOME-
THING REALLY BIG! We ought to do something! Why shouldn't
we givésdbe biggest thing that is ever given at Bryn Mawr for the
' which the Alumnae are pouring every oynce of
g? The Alumnae are doing as much as
st thing possible for us to do
$ who must do it. It
||I sit, it really
= ; | All my. classes
™ I rank among the
wi z % re | Dreary asses?
—Dying Duck.
TRANSCENDENCE VALENTINE
[m..a stupid The ventricle ithe furical
Unaesthetic lout, nf
Wax fast at,a’ oratorical
For your great: beauty;
With abnormal palpitation
Why-\.O why the hesitation
'T wi % love and duty?
But. I’m afraid I couldn’t
Exactly. make out
Just what the excitement
Was all about.
—Lone Goose.
FUTILITY
(Or, Moments When Mother Earth
Stops Revolving)
The typewriter sticks in its many
keys;
. The roving pen wants ink.
The thread lacks a knot. I have to
sneeze.
I know, but I cannot think.
SONG OF MEDIOCRITY
Seems to me
As many weary
Hours as she,
Deep in the libra-
Ry’s arctic region
My legs and pen-hand
Almost freezin’,
And yet in my marks
I lowly lie
While she soars in the
Blue of credits high.
CIVILIZATION DECLINES
(cf. continued storiés running in all
_of the. papers in the know)
We used to have the plague, the pox
And melancholy humors;
We used to weep and tear our locks
O’er different kinds of tumors.
But now the good old days are nearly
Mine eyes are glued u-
Pon my book,
I have a stern scho-
Lastic look,
The casual ob gone:
Server might . We only sit and sneeze, hiccough aff
and yawn!
Almost think that I
Was bright.
Why is it thatin -
; —Cheerio,
THE MAD HATTER.
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lie project on the part of the college, and we believe that if the
undergraduates want to do it enough, we will be allowed to do it.
One of the main reasons that we should give Big May Day is that
it is so much fun, You'll never know how much fun it is till you’ve
been through it, as everyone of the present Seniors can testify. When
the entire college in full costume gets out and walks in the proces-
sion, While all the handsome members of the faculty, dressed in
gorgeous Elizabethan costume, accompany Queen Elizabeth as her
suite, when literally thousands of people pour onto the Bryn Mawr
campus and wateh the college acting its very best in-at least five
different plays, and dancing on the green in the finale of hours of
carly morning .rehearsals, it is the most wonderful feeling of a tre-
mendous undertaking begun and carried through with a mass
enthusiasm.
There is no reason why we should not give Big May Day. We
are only a short while late in starting it, and if we begin now and
carry it through at high pressure, it will be more fun even than May
Day usually is. There are other exciting things long before Big May
The first is the exciting moment when the announcement
is made: “The May Queens will walk in the gym at two,” after which
every girl in the college possessed of longed hair turns out in a
nightgown to parade in the gym before the critical eyes of the college.
‘hen come days of violent lobbying-while every hall splits:into turbu-
lent factions over who is to be the May Queen. Then when the vote
's finally. taken, there comes the eternal necessity of
preventing the May Queen from eating too many teas or from staying
up too late, so that she will look her prettiest for May Day.
About this time there begins to descend on the college a spirit of
the fun of working in unison on a perfectly tremendous undertaking.
Kveryone is in May Day, and everyone helps to make everything.
People make flowers in the gym after lunch and after every other meal
in their halls. People make costumes and properties until all hours of
the night; they rehearse for hours on the plays with high spirits and
enthusiasm; everyone practices dancing in the gym at night until the
Spring, and on the green in the late afternoons and early mornings
when the Spring comes; and let us tell you that dancing around the
Maypole is a whole lot harder and much more fun than it looks as if
it were. The Vews gets to work on a speeial May Day issue and scréams
loudly for volunteers. to help sell it; workmen erect grandstands and
booths and Maypoles omevery side, until the campus is in a ferment of
activity.
There comes at last the horrible fear that it will rain: people
literally stay up all tlie night before May Day tqasee whether the sun
will come out. The oxen, which must be white, can never be found,
and when they are finally extricated from a remote farm, May Day
always dawns without their appearance, and frantic search parties go
out in quest of them, At last they arrive, but so do numerous goats,
dogs, horses and shee, and all the animals fight while they wait for
the procession to begin. — All down the street past the Inn-the college
in full costume and make-up waits. to start in the procession, and
meanwhile keeps the goats from attacking the oxen and the oxen from
trampling on the people; everyone is scared and nervous but thor-
oughly determined to make a success of it.
Several objections may be raised to the idea of giving Big May
Day, but we believe that all of them can be met. The first is that it
would be too hard to do, and that there is not time. In 1931 the first
tryouts were ‘held on February 4 and no play went into rehearsal
before Februafy 25, so that we would be only about two weeks late
in starting. We believe, furthermore, that we could do it: real
enthusiasm for May Dag in 1931 was very late in starting, and it
could well be held that we did not: begin to work hard on it until
late in March; nevertheless, we were able to do it.
In answer to those who hold that three years is too short a time
in which to,repeat Big May Day, we suggest that different plays could
be given. St. George and the Dragon could certainly be replaced by,
fdr instance, Sir-Gawdine and the Green K night, and the performance
of different Shakespeare plays would be both possible and ver % inter-
Day comes,
and amusing
esting. It would be so much fun that we hope when the time comes,
IN. PHILADELPHIA
Theatre .
Broad: Edith Barrett is reappear-
ing in Mrs. Moonlight, the play that
once in the dear, dead years of yore
Pereated some dissension among the
élite of Broadway theatre-goers.
Chestnut:
the play that -retrogresses arid plunges
the audience into horrified dismay over
their futures, is opening for a two
weeks’ run. Recommended to all who
yearn to look upog life and ambition
with a sad, cynical and disillusioned
eye. o
Forrest: Heleri Hayes and Philip
Merivale in the- immortal Mary of
Scotland, going into its last week in
Philadelphia. This is the play “over
which some confusion arose in the
awarding of last year’s Pulitzer prize,
leading, to a prevalent impression that
the Prize -had been awarded to a
mythical opus of high merit, entitled
Men in Scotland, or, varyingly, Mary
in White.
Walnut: A new light comedy,
Cross Ruff, whose title appears to
have some suspicious reference to peo-
ple playing their cards in a most an-
noying manner for their opponents.
Orchestra Program
Onerupbint 0. oes Overture Anacreon
Brahms,
Concerto in D for Violin and
Orchestra
Beethoven,
Symphony No. 3, Froica
Otto Klemperer Conducting.
Movies
Aldine: Leslie Howard and Merle
Oberon in Baroness Orezy’s famous
The Scarlet Pimpernel. A tremen-
dously exciting tale of the adventures
of Sir Percy Blakeney, who posed as
a fop to rescue French noblemen from
the guillotine. Highly recommended.
Arcadia: The Gilded Lily, with
Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMur-
ray. An attractive and fast-moving,
sophisticated movie, which is _ just
right for the (ditto) Miss Colbert.
Boyd: David Copperfield, a su-
perlative version in the movies for
once, which is really worth seeing. On
Saturday begins Ruggles of Red Gan,
with Charles Laughton, Mary Boland
and Charles Ruggles. Highly amus-
ing.
Earle: The Winning Ticket, with
Leo Carrillo, Ted Healy, and Louise
Fazenda, Nothing to get excited
about.
Fox: My Heart Is Calling, a Brit-
ish operetta, all about the singing of
a young tenor who brings fame to his
struggling opera company.
Karlton: The Night Is Young, a
highly romantic effort with Evelyn
Laye and Ramon Novarro. To be at-
tended by all who object to the pure
movie dedicated to the average
twelve-year-old in Kiokuck.
Keith’s: Clive of India, an excel-
lent historical drama with a superb
east, containing Ronald Colman in the
title role, Loretta Young.as his wife,
C::Aubrey Smith, Francis ‘Lister and
Colin Clive.
Roxy-Mastbaum: The Good*Fairy,
which we didn’t like very much on
the stage anyway, with Margaret Sul-
luavan, Herbert Marshall and Frank
Morgan. Not very much improved in
the movie.
Stanley: Devil Dogs of the. Air,
with James Cagney, Pat O’Brien and
Margaret Lindsay. We have here not
only aeroplanes and dashing aviators,
but the marines plus the U. S. Fleet |
performing maneuvers — in other
words, the whole works.
Local Movies
Wed., Bing Crosby in
Here is My Heart; Thurs. and Fri.,
Claudette Colbert in Imitation of
Life; Sat., Ginger Rogers in Romance
In Manhattan; Mon., Tues. and Wed.,
Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy in
Broadway Bill.
Seville: Wed., Shirley Temple in
Bright Eyes; Thurs., One Hour Late,
with Conrad Nagel and Helen Twelve-
trees; Fri. and Sat., Mrs. Wiggs of.
the Cabbage Patch, with Pauline Lord,
W. C. Fields and Zasu Pitts; Mon.
and Tues., Laurel and Hardy in Babes
in Toyland; Wed., George Raft in
Limehouse’ Blues.
Wayne:
Fairbanks in The Private Life of Don
Juan; Fri. and Sat., Laurel and Har-
dy in Babes in Toyland; Mon., Tues.
and Wed., Will Rogers in The County
Chairman.
Ardmore:
Rivalry between planets will bethe
next great force to mould
Merrily We Roll Along, |
Wed. and Thurs., Douglas 7
_THE COLLEGE NEWS
—_ Three. ®
Bryn Mawr Beats
‘ Two Ursinus Teams’
Varsity Wins in Exciting Battle
By 31-30 Score; Second Team
Triumphs 39-21
SEASON OPENS WELL
Bryn Mawr, February 9.
On Saturday morning Bryn Mawr
scraped through: with a 81-30 victory
“over the. Ursinus basketball team in
a surprisingly. exciting game.
Ursinus started off with the “centre
toss in” and scored at once in a nice
fast series of short passes. Finding
Bryn Mawr napping, the visitors
chalked up a lead of several goals be-
fore. Varsity managed’té come out of
its slump sufficiently to gét a three
point lead at the quarter, only to fall
back again and then revive for anoth-
er, four point lead at the half.
In the second half, the jump was
used in the center.and though Bryn
Mawr fared pretty well in the first
half in the center, the second half.
showed some rather ragged passing
and defensive work, which is surpris-
ing, since in practice the center play-
ers had done some nice work on the
défense as well as a fast strong of-
fense. The Ursinus | ase te and
clockwork passing and _ interception
brought the game toward the end to
a high pitch and as Varsity began
to find the range of an all too-fami-
liar run, ‘and the guards to move
around a little faster, Bryn Mawr
gained a good seven point lead at the
end of the second quarter, only to fall
back again before the accuracy and
lucky shots of Gadshall, Ursinus’
amazing forward; but the final whistle
brought the game to an end with Var-
_ sity winning by one point and with
the spectators gasping for breath in
the galleries.
Unfortunately several of the . Ur-
sinus goals were thrown out because
of some fault. Also, though Bryn
Mawr showed some nice passing when
so inclined, we feel that Ursinus was
the better team all around, and that
we won out by the skin of our teeth,
a pair of good guards, and occasion-
ally some fine playing.
The line-up was as follows:
Ursinus (31) Bryn Mawr (30)
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Goals — Ursinus: Gadshall, 16;-}
Francis, 14. Bryn Mawr: Faeth, 18;
Larned, 13. a
Substitutes — Ursinus: Ware for
Gadshall, Gadshall for Ware, Fenton
for Dedrick, Dedrick for Rooch, Myers
for Fenton.
The Second Varsity encountered a
team far inferior to the skill and speed
evidenced by the Ursinus Varsity, and
whitewashed the game, 39-21. Co-op-
eration between the forwards, we were
glad to notice, was the best in many
seasons; the centers did some nice
passing (and also some “traveling’’),
and the guards upheld their end of
the cqurt with offencing. One wishes
that there could be a little more com-
petition offered by our opponents —
but perhaps their good material and
splendid playing were concentrated in
their Varsity.
The line-up: \ (\
Ursinus (21)- Bryn Mawr (39)
UN) I ar EE Ce nay Baker
WATE 4 ices s eck es ee Maynard
Steuer... 6 ee ss Co is Smith, E.
BOCKMAN ...<... SoG, a Seckel
GCGUnds: 4.....5; T..2. .... Wasnoure
Camett «4. kee ss eS a3 Evans, S.
Goals—Ursinus: Keyser, 4; Ware,
17. Bryn Mawr: Baker, 20; May-
nard, 19.
Substitutiofis — Ursinus: ~“Peter-
man for Stauffer. Bryn Mawr: How-
ard for Maynard, Dewees for Seckel,
Seckel for Evans, Evans for Seckel.
Candidates Summoned
for Swimming Teams
. On March 1 the opening interclass
swimming meet of the season occurs
in which the four classes compete for
honors. There are good people i in every
class, so that even Miss Br. ~s, thor-
oughly uncertain about the outcome.
Everyone who swims should now find
“an opportunity to.do what she can
with her ability. The only require-
ment for trying out for a class team |
4
is attendance at no- less than. three
practices before the first meet.
As far as the Varsity people go
there is nearly. the same number from
each class of the three upper classes
on the squad. There are seven of both
the Seniqrs and the Juniors, . six
Sophomores, and one Freshman. There
may. be a number of. good prospects
among the Freshmen who have not
yet presented themselves, and for this
reason Miss. Brady urges all Fresh-
men to try out as well as any inter-
ested upperclassmen. Class tryouts
will be announced soon and captains
of class teams have already. been an-
nounc¢ed as follows;
Senior—N. Bucher.
Junior—M. Wylie.
Sophomore—S. Evans.
Freshman—Wescott and Goodman.
For. the benefit of those who do not
know how swimming ranks as a sport
at Bryn Mawr let it be said that, de-
spite the hordes who turn out for
hockey and basketball, last year swim-
ming and tennis held the record for
the largest number turning out. Also,
ryn Mawr is Offered
Public Speaking Medal
The Comité France-Amérique has
chosen Bryn Mawr College as the re-
cipient of one of the medals which it
awards annually to certain colleges
and universities for competitions in
public speaking. Harvard, Yale and
the University of California were the
first institutions to be chosen in the
United States. This year Johns Hop-
kins and Bryn Mawr have been added
to the list. The Comité France-
Amérique is one of the most distin-
guished of the groups working for bet-
ter understanding between France
and the American continents. It op-
erates in four sections, France-
Amérique Latine, France-Etats. Unis,
France-Canada, France-Brésil, and
has a clubhouse in Paris, 9-11 Avenue
Victor Emmanuel, known as La Mai-
son des Nations Américaines. The
President is Monsieur Gabriel Hona-
taux, of the French Academy, former
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The medal, to be given to the suc-
cessful competitor in a concours ora-
toire, will be forwarded each year by
the French Ambassador at Washing-
ton to Miss Schenck who is the Délé-
guée du Comité aupres de Bryn Mawr
College. It will bear the words:
France-Amérique Concours Oratoire
with the indication of the year. The
winning discours will be forwarded to
Paris and the Comité reserves the
right to publish it. ‘The winner may
add to her titles and distinction that
of Lauréate du Concours France-
Amérique. '
Miss Schenck has asked Mademoi-
selle Soubeiran to take charge of the
concours for 1935 and the’ French De-
partment announces the following
regulations:
1. The concours is open to all un-
dergraduate students, whether in the
French Department or not, and to all
graduate students who received the
A.B. degree not earlier than 1934.
2. The discours shall be not less
than ten and not more than fifteen
minutes in length. (Speakers will be
stopped at the end of fifteen minutes.)
The discowrs may not be read, but
brief notes may be referred to if nec-
essary. The subject of the discours
in 1935 is L’Académie Francaise. It
is understood that competitors shall
have no advance criticism of their
discours and no coaching.
8. Each competitor shall speak her
discours at a concours préliminaire be-
fore the French Department. The De-
partment will choose those discowss
which it considers the beyc for the
Concours Oraiotre itself, which will
be a public meeting on Aprit 24. The
jury shall consist of three outside
judges.
4. Students wishing to take part
in the competition shall give their
names to Mademoiselle Soubeiran be-
fore March first. A written copy of
the discours, as the competitor pro-
poses to deliver it, shall be handed to
Mademoiselle Soubeiran on the day of
the concours préliminaire.
A cribbage intramural fraternity |:
contest has been started at the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire.
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Dr. Smith Discusses
U.S. Internationalism
Senate Biécks to Executive’s
Foreign Policy, Tariffs Are
Nationalist Factors
LEAGUE NOW _ ASSISTED
Speaking before a large and inter-
ested audience, Dr. W. R. Smith, of
the History Department, discussed
Recent American Foreign Policy.
From the outset he made his analysis
of the problem from the point of view
of an Internationalist. He defined an
internationalist as a person who be-
lieves that what is best for the whole
world is in the long run best for this
country.
Dr. Smith. began by an examination
of President Roosevelt’s policy. He
remarked that despite the internation-
alist trend of our policy recently there
were mitigating factors. One of
these is the ability of a legislative mi-
nority to block the executive in car-
rying out his:foreign policy. Another
factor is the world-wide tendency to
both political and economic national-
ism. Several other issues, such as the
tariff, which are both domestic and in-
ternational in scope, also constituté
hinderances to the carrying out of a
really international foreign policy.
The negative parts of Mr. Roose-
velt’s polfey were first discussed. The
failure of the London Economic Con-
ference was a real’ blow to interna-
tionalism. Stabilization of currency
was given up because of fear of fur-
ther deflation. The real criticism of
the President’s action in this case was
not so much his changing his mind,
which was in itself.a courageous thing’
to do, but rather his failure to make
any constructive counter-proposal to
the plan of the gold bloc under the
leadership of the French:
The Tariff policy of the Administra-
tion has also met with much criticism
because of the manifest failure to
carry out the campaign pledge to re-
duce the tariff. The President has evi-
dently changed his mind since 1932
and now thinks it dangerous to
change the tariff in depression. But
it does seem unfortunate’ that small
reductions are not instituted, for they
would make immense additions to our
export trade without hurting business
perceptibly.
Big naval expenditures have char-
acterized the Roosevelt Administra-
tion. This policy does.not harmonize
with .Geneva Disarmament proposals
and plans in which we are participat-
ors. To be sure, we are only catching
up with Great Britain and Japan.
Nevertheless the expansion is unjusti-
fied, for we have not the far-flung em-
pire to protect that Britain has, and
if our Navy is for defense only we can
have no objection-in Japanese equal-
ity.
In connection with the war debt
problem the President has taken lit-
tle action. He undoubtedly sees the ab-
surdity of the Johnson Bill forbidding
us to-lend money to nations whu have
defaulted on their debt payments. He
knows that in the long run this pol-
icy ‘will only result in injury to our
own business. The country as a whole,
however, is not yet ready to admit
that the collection of the debts is an
absolute impossibility.
There are a number of features of
the Administration’s policy which are
of a positive nature from the interna-
tional point of view. Chief among
these is the very real co-operation of
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the President with the League of Na-
tions. We are to be censored, how-
ever, for ‘getting all the advantages
out of membership and taking none
of the responsibility. °
It is to the President’s credit that
he pushed the World Court vigorous-
ly. The only thing that can be ques-
tioned is his apparent lack of under-
standing of the influence of popular
sentiment on Senators who were on
the fence anyhow. In the light of
these conditions it seemed rather in-
judicious to press the matter just
when he did.
The President has been interested
in the Disarmament Conference and
our delegates have taken an _ active
part in the proceedings. ‘The Presi-
dent has also encouraged the Senate
investigation of munitions, and has
backed the move to take the profits out
oF war...
The President has attacked the tar-
iff problem in a round about way by
means of the reciprocity agreements
on which he has been working. Only
the treaties with Cuba and Brazil
have actually been concluded. There
are, however, some. fifteen others now
pending. Canada has announced her
willingness to negotiate through
Prime Minister Bennett, who former-
ly was opposed to a treaty of this type.
Reciprocity has not been a success in
the main, and there are several rea-
sons for this failure. One of the fore-
most is the fact that reciprocity is fine
in theory, but fails in practice. An-
other obstacle is the existence of the
“most-favored nation clause” in, all
our present treaties. The attitude of
the Administration officers on_ this
point is divided. Hull and Sayre are
advocates of the “unconditional”
clause, which means that the advan-
tages of a treaty with one country are
extended to all others. Peek and
others are opposed to this theory and
there has been some talk of publishing
a blacklist of some 35 nations who dis-
criminate against us and dre accord-
ingly due for retaliation. This will
undoubtedly lead to bad feeling and
RICHARD
STOCKTON
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- Telephone: Bryn Mawr 386
The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvani
No. 18-W
so much
for so little!
It costs very little to telephone
out of town. At night, for ex-
ample, you can call 100 miles
for 35 cents*. What the call
costs is amere trifle compared
to what it’s worth! Hearing
the voices and sharing the
news of distant friends or
home folks is next best to
seeing them.
should be Sone at all costs.
Another importa&t part of our re-
cent foreign policy has been the radi-
cal revision of our attitude on neu-
trality. In the future we will not in-
sist so vigorously on the freedom‘ of
the seas. Another object of the plan
is a proposal for an embargo on arms
to belligerents. The President has
guaranteed that the U. S. will not in-
terfere with a League embargo or
boycott. This will remove many bar-.
riers to the effective use of the boy-
cott' clauses of the Covenant. The
President does not accept the theory
that the U. S. must participate in the
next war. His belief is demonstrated
by the relaxation of our position on
neutrality.
Relations with Latin America have
improved greatly under Mr. - Roose-
velt’s Administration. Our liberal
policy -has been very popular, The
beginning of the century saw the very
active use of the Monroe Doctrine,
which clouded over our negative ac-
tion in the 19th century that kept
South America from being carved up
as was Africa.. Theodore Roosevelt
evolved the famous Big Stick policy.
Wilsonian constitutionalism also an-
tagonized the Latin Americans. This
policy was continued by Harding and
Coolidge, .who said that the U.S.
would give protection to its citizens
and their property wherever they
might be.
Roosevelt has advocated the “pol-
icy of the good neighbor.” The U. S.
is not to interfere except in accord-
ance with existing treaties. If there
is anarchy in any Latin American na-
tion, it is to be the joint concern of
all. The Army has evacuated Haiti
two years early and the Platt amend-
ment has been completely abrogated
and Machado eliminated fairly peace-
fully.
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New Avselican Ballet
Coordinates All Art
| Warburg, Balanchine Describe
Revival\of Movement Art
Choreography
“AMERICAN ART WANTED
‘Common Room, February 5.
The purposes of the American bal-
let, the method of training for it, its
history and probable future, were ex-
plained by Mr. Edward Warburg and
Mr. George Balanchine at a tea for
the students interested in art and
dramatics. Mr. Warbgre is the pub-
licity director and manager of the
Ballet, and Mr. Balanchine, a former
member ,of the Russian ballet, is the
director of dancing.
Mr. Warburg first became interest-
ed in the ballet form as a method of
coordinating the arts so that they
would be of some use to society. It
seemed that no great artist of today
saw the possibilities of art’ in relation
* to society, instead of as a personal oc-
cupation. Mr. Kirstien was very
much interested, and Mr. Balanchine
was mentioned as choreographer. Mr.
Balanchine had worked with Diaghi-
leff and had founded the Monte Carlo
ballet. Later he had formed his own
ballet. He became interested in form-
ing an American ballet, and came
from Europe to join Mr. Warburg
the
school.
The school has been in existence in
New York just one year. In the be-
ginning, only four girls were enrolled;
now there are one hundred and seven-
ty-five people enrolled. The training
each day consists of an hour and a
half of classical dancing and an equal
amount of time of character dancing,
folk dancing, ete. The classical danc-
ing is taught since it is the grammar
_ of all dancing; anyone who can do it
can do any type of dancing.
The ballets that are being given
now were worked out in the school
curriculum, and practiced there. Each
ballet is thirty minutes long. It is
felt that the theatre has forgotten the
possibilities of movement, just as the
movies, with the beginning of talking
pictures, forgot pantomime. Since
movement is the basis of ‘drama, the
ballet ‘should be of great importance
in the theatre. Mr. Warburg feels
that they have the possibility of doing
something big with the American bal-
let.
The school wants American sub-
jects for the ballets, but does not want |
to be limited to them. American niu-
sic and scenarios, and American tal-
ent are wanted, but also European tal-
ent is desired, if it is at hand. Ameri-
can choreographers are wanted, if
they can be found. The costuming
and scenery-designing offers a great
The standard costume-de-
signers have not enough fantasy—
they hide the human body, instead of
decorating it. The fantasy desired is
not fairy-tale type; instead, it is the
fantasy of America, containing humor
and irony. ‘The scripts sent to the
school are, as a rule, much too closely
written, offering small variations. The
writers do not realize how much the
choreographer does in the building up
of a ballet.
In introducing Mr. Balanchine, Mr.
Warburg said that he is the last hope
of the ballet tradition of the past. Mr.
Balanchine went through thé Russian
batfee training . in Schoois, and is a
cer himéelf, aS-Well as having been
v/ choreographer for Diaghileff. and
the Monte Carlo ballet. He ‘is: the
last of the classic choreographers, hut
has the advantage of understanding’
modern ideas. Since Mr. Balanchine’s
English is only one year old, he pre-
ferred to answer questions, rather
than to make a speech.
Mr. Balanchine was asked how a
ballet is composed—how the idea of
Sometimes the story of a
a dance, often it is planned for a
“beautiful girl who jumps well.” Mr.
Warburg explained that--ballets are
often .composed for individuals, and
the old ballets come down through the
members of the cast. That is why it
is so difficult to reconstruct ‘an old bal-|
let. Mr. Balanchine himself never has
an idea of a ballet before he enters
room. There he takes
do the same thing,—all are doing
Taek The. whole thing has a basis of
architegture, but not. always of sym-
metrical architecture. The music for
the ballet is put together according to
ideas of the choreographer.
Usually a script of one and one-half
pages is long enough to tell the story.
The stories wanted are not those
which call for all the characters on
the stage at all times, and yet not
those which require a series of solos.
In Alma Mater, one of the ballets
given here, the story opens with the
heroine and villain entering on a bi-
cycle. There follows a snake dance,
then a love dance (a waltz). The
story builds up by itself; it is vague,
but moving. The scripts should have
a principle, a point of view in them.
Standard symbols, such as a man
dressed as money, or gold, or a scis-
sors, should not be used. Man should
represent a human being.
From the physical appearances of
people is gotten the idea of what part
they are to take in the ballet. The
best dancers do not always have the
most prominent roles. Often just
standard people are needed for these
roles, with the best dancers doing the
most difficult technical parts.
his role, not insofar as he runs
away with it. For this training to
take -the roles given, classical tradi-
tion is very important.
College Council Plans
Revision of Orals
Faculty May Appoint Varsity
Dramatics Director Who Will
Coach Plays
INFIRMARY FEE RAISED
Announcements about a change in
the Infirmary Fee, a revision of the
Orals system, plans-for remaking
the tennis courts for ice skating, and
full discussion of Big May Day and
plans for Varsity Dramatics made
up the business of the January Col-
lege Council.
The Directors of the college have
approved a five dollar increase in the
Infirmary fee charged to undergradu-
ates to enable students to have seven
free days in the Infirmary instead
of three days and to enable the In-
firmary to reduce .its charges for
further use of the Infirmary to three
dollars per: day. Non-resident stu-
dents will not be charged this fee;
but they will pay a five dollar fee
for the use of the Dispensary.
The Faculty has voted to omit the
summary passage in both French and
German Orals, beginning this spring.
The change will mean that there
will be one sight passage and two
dictionary passages (of different
types) in each Oral.
The Athletic Association is plan-
ning to remake the tennis courts
that lie below Yarrow so that they
will be regulation size, with a base
permitting them to be flooded for
ice-skating. The project wil! cost
a great deal of money, and will take
several years, but the Association, in
view of the fact that they have
recognized the need for some time, is
making definite plans.
The undergraduate vote on Big
May Day is to be taken soon, so that
the undergraduates can work out a
schedule of rehearsals satisfactory
to the Faculty: Some change may
either by the addition of a week to
the college year or by the scheduling
of week-end classes during some part
of the year. Regardless of the col-
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same
have to Be“made in the college cal-|’
ender in order to give Big May Day, |-
lege’s decision on these calendar
changes, however, the students will
have to work out, in ‘committee with
the Faculty, some schedule whereby
no classes and no afternoon labora-
tories will be cut out.
In the discussion of Varsity Dra-
matics, the following aspects were
considered: (1) the advisability of
having a professional coach or di-
rector; (2) the expense involved in
obtaining a director and in produc-
tion; (3) the selection of plays; and
(4) the amount of time that should
be allotted to dramatics. The general
decision reached concerning the ap-~
pointment of a director for Varsity
Dramatics was that it may be possi-
ble for a Faculty appointment to be
made of a Director, to coach some
kinds of plays, and to aid in the
choice of plays, the choice of goach,
and the casting, who might at- the
time -give several regular
courses in the English department.
The financial difficulties of Varsity
Dramatics were discussed in the light
of the college’s poor reception. of
Varsity plays in the last few years.
In order to engage a_ professional
coach for its plays (a plan which
the représentatives of Varsity Dra-
matics have always favored for at
least one of their yearly produc-
tions), Varsity Dramatics must have
more money than it has at present,
and must have considerably more if
it is to have a surplus on which to
draw for future productions. In re-
gard to such financial stress, Miss
Park’s idea of inaugurating under-
graduate subscription to Varsity
Dramatics was again considered.
The selection of Varsity Plays will
henceforward be made in a new
way. That is (as discussed in the
News of January 9), Players’ Club
in general meeting will ‘suggest
plays, the Executive Board of the
Club (a small group corresponding
to Varsity Dramatic Board) will se-
lect three plays from these sugges-
tions, and finally, the College will
vote on the three choices of the
Executive Board.
Concerning the whole matter of
the amount of time allotted to dra-
matics, no decision was reached, but
a number of constructive suggestions
were made. Workshop productions,
or any sort of dramatic productions
done in connection with academic
work are at present out of the
question for Bryn Mawr because the
number of students taking playwrit-
ing and music, for example, is too
small. Therefore, rehearsals. must
he scheduled so that they do not in-
terfere with the students’ work. This
has been found difficult in the past
(and especially difficult in planning
the. rehearsals for Cymbeline), so
that two specific suggestions were
made for rehearsal schedules: (1)
that students taking part in plays
should be required to rehearse over
the’ last week-end preceding the per-
formance, as well as the week-ends
preceding that, if necessary; and (2)
that parts might. be assigned in the
spring, to be learned over the sum-
mer, so that. the autumn play might
have a longer period of rehearsal.
Also, in this connection, Varsity
Dramatics is considering the idea of
producing only one full three-act
play per year (in the fall) and of
doing two or three one-act plays in
the spring, with a miracle play on the
Sunday following their presentation.
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the “Topster’ beret in flan-
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Pro Arte Quariet
Give Brilliant Series
Continued from Page One
and shows a good feeling for the
various instruments of the quartet.
The last and: best piece on the pro-
gram was the F' Major Quartet of
Ravel, for whose superb performance
the Pro Arte Quartet is justly fam-
ous. Ravel has seldom been sd
brilliantly or sympathetjcaily per-
formed, especially. in the pianissimo
passages: of unbelievable. softness
yet of full color and balance.
The program for’ Wednesday, Jan-
uary 238, included the Quartet in D
Major of the modernist Pizetti, dedi-
cated to Mrs. Coolidge, the Quartet
No. 4 of Béla Bartok, the contem-
porary Hungarian, and the Quartet
in G Major, No. 1(Ké6chel 80) of
Mozart. The Bartok piece, atgnal
throughout its five movements, is an
excellent example of modern yet un-
derstandable music, whose technical
difficulties and intricate counter-
point received precise and flawless
performance by the Pro Arte artists.
After the intricacies of the moderns,
the freshness and spontaneity of Mo-
zart came’as a distinct relief.
On January 27 the Pro Artes
again showed their finish of ensem-
ble and beauty of tone in the Quar-
tet in E’ Minor, Op. 116, No. 1 by
Smetana, the Hindemith Quartet,
Op. 82, No. 4, and the Haydn Quar-
tet in E Flat Major, Op., 33, No. 2.
The Hindemith music is eccentric ul-
tramodernism, full of atonal har-
monic schemes and amazing new
technieal devices. In response to the
continued applause the final of
Haydn’s Quartet in C Major, Op. 33,
No. 3 was played as an encore.
The fourth program, on January
30, included the Quartet in E Flat
Major, Op. 125, No. 1 of Schubert,
the Fantasy Quartet, Op. 12 of Goo-
sens, and the Cantari alla Madrigal-
esca of Malipiero, the last dedicated
to Mrs. Coolidge. The piece of Mali-
piero, a modern Italian, is in nine
movements. with great interest in
the form, musical content, and in-
strumental writing. It demands
great technical proficiency on the
part of the individuals and the en-
semble, which the Pro Arte Quartet
supplied in an almost unrivalled per-
formance of .chamber music. The
beautiful Largo and-vivacious Finale
of Haydn’s Quartet in D Major, Op.
76, No. 5, were played as extra num-
bers. :
On Sunday afternoon, February 8,
the quartet displayed beautiful qual-
ity of tone and exquisite artistry in
the Beéthoven Quartet in E Flat
Major, Op..74 (The Harp). The
latest quartet of the modern French
radical’ Milhaud, which is dedicated
to Mrs. Coolidge, received a superb
musical composition. The rendition
of the Schumann Quartet in A Ma-
or, Op. 41, No. 3, was magnificent,
with all the beauties of the famous
slow movement brought out with
perfect tonal balance.
The sixth program on February
work of a contemporary, for the
Dvorak Quartet in F Major, Op. 96
(composed’ in America), the Brahms
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2,
performance, which merited :a more]
and the Mozart Quartet in C° Major
(Kochel 465) were all familiar num-
bers... The Brahms work, one of the
greatest of all quartets since Bee-
thoven, is rich in beautiff¥ and pow-
erful music and technical detail. The
-Pro Arte Quartet, in chamber music
playing of the very finest sort,
brought out all the beauties that the
work. contains. ‘The Pro Arte per-
| formance was superlative, with grace,
balance, and fine interpretation main-
tained throughout both’ collectively
and individually. Two additional
pieces by Mozart were given as en-
cores.
The largest audience that has at-
tended any of the series heard the
program on Sunday,. February 10,
which included the G Minor Quartet
of Vaughn-Williams (the revised ver-
sion), three Noveletten of Glazounoff
entitled Alla Spagnuola, Interludium
in modo antico, and Orientale, and
the F Major Quartet of Haydn, Op.
38, No. 5. The quartet of Dr. Williams
is faultless in its technique and de-
tails of form, with excellent thematic
development, and the composition re-
ceived a splendid performance by
the Pro Arte group. The three nov-
eletten were performed with bril-
liance and due emphasis on the indi-
vidual color and character of each
piece. Mr.-Onnou, the first violin,
played the Serenade of “the Haydn
quartet with fine tone color and artis-
tic phrasing, while the freshness of
the work as a whole was beantifully
brought out by the quartet. In re-
sponse to applause, the slow move-
ment and finale of the D Minor
Quartet, Op. 76, No. 2, were played.
The program for Sunday, Febru-
ary 17, has been changed to works by
Vivaldi, Borodin, and Debussey, in-
stead of by Borodin, Respighi and
Brahms, as announced.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Pag& Five
‘Christopher Morley
Urges Concentration
Continued from Page One
the perfect anodyne and cancellatign
of the superficial mind and that they
permit the essential inner attention
to devote itself to its own concerns.
He often lies reading a detective
story believing himself completely
unconscious of anything but the plot,
when there will come a sudden click
in his mind and he finds. that subcon-
sciously fis inner faculty for ‘con-
centration has advanced toward a’
solution of some problem that has
been perplexing him. Therefore, he
believes that the inner and more im-|
portant mind can best be reached by
tricking or outwitting the conscious
awareness, just as the newspaper re-
porter notices things by not staring
at them and by pretending that he
did not notice them so that his sub-
conscious awareness could observe
them. On Conrad’s initial visit to
America, he took one clear’ and care-
ful look at New York’s skyline and
then retired to the further side of
the deck so that his subconscious mind
could digest adequately what he had
seen.
Today when this small stock of
sensible awareness. belonging to
everyone is constantly harassed by a
million claims .upon it,.it is more
important than ever to protect it
against such attacks by the proper
attitude of mind. Foreigners pay
the best attention because they al-
ways wonder and question at what
|are at work
'|'they see and they always assess val-
ues with a scale of reference all
their own. It is all-important to
keep this quality of a foreigner about
one’s mind, to question,: wonder,
doubt, to’refuse to accept as eternal-
ly true what one finds in the world.
No matter how familiar the scene or
the people, one should never forfeit
the right of the foreigner or, like-
wise, of the artist. If one will only
look upon the world with the eyes
of a stranger, one can notice fa-
miliar objects changing rapidly be-
fore one’s eyes within a few years,
and can find, for instamge, that the
same impulses at work in one field
in another, from me-
chanics to.art.
Bryn Mawr is Visited
By Vienna Choir Boys
4
Continued from Page One
dent stage-presence ‘of the actors was
equalled by their melodious voices and
the high notes of the “Maid with the
pink Bow” were a pleasure to ‘hear.
There were no false notes and the
melody was strong above the intricate
accompaniment. Schubert himself
was a choir boy and so understood
how to write music for them. Even
to those who did not understand the
plot, the play was delightful and these
operettas, a specialty of the Vienna
Choir, are an important addition to
their repertoire.
The German songs in the last part
are also an innovation of the Vienna
Choir and were sung with feeling and
expression. The Strauss waltz was,
perhaps, the high-spot of the evening
and made Vienna seem very real and
attractive. The legato passages con-
trasted with the lighf¥ss of the
chorus and the elasticity of tone show-
ed real understanding of the music.
We were delighted at the generous
encores and enjoyed their rendition of
Swing low, sweet chariot. This piece
showed best the results of their re-
markable training because the boys
had probably never heard spirituals
sung by a négro choir. We were glad
they" did not end with this, however,
because, beautifully as it was sung,
we felt that’it was rather a concession
to the audience and not as spontane-
ous as the rest of the program. 5
It is hard to get over the-feeling of
amazement that boys of twelve can
learn: such musie and show such un-
derstanding in their performance.
There were no signs of effort or strain
in the singing and if we had not seen
the children, we probably would not
have realized that this was not a regu-
lar chorus, except for the
quality. of their voices. .For--the in-
terpretation was mature even in ,th«
most difficult songs. “
It is pleasant to know that the
school continues to finance its pupils
after their voices begin to change.
We hope that.it will be able to con-
tinue its trips to America and bring
us more of their delightful singing
soon again.
sexless
Intramural checker and ping pong’
contests are being held at the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute.
Voice of Bryn Mawr.
bi :
Department of Physical Education
: January 22, 1935:
The Editor of the College News:
In the article on The American Bal-
let in the issue of gsanuary sixteenth
it is stated that the progress of the
ballet is being “followed with keen in-
terest not only by Americans, but: also
by Europeans, who. heretofore have
been responsible for every new* devel-
opment of the dance.”
May. I say that this is not gnly a
misinfo?med, but also, mos unfortu-
nately, a typical American, point of
view of the dance. While in Europe,
where I stud¥ the dancing situation
each summer with care and interest
and thoroughness, it is Isadora Dun-
can, born in California. U. S. A., whose
ancestors ‘crossed the prairies in a
covered wagon, who fs acclaimed the
great modern revolutionizer of. the
dance, whose ideas are accepted and
used excluding all others, by the new
schools of at least two well-known
countries of Europe, namely Germany
and Czeckoslovakia, with France and
Italy gradually following suit.
And may I further say that the bal-
let which originated in France in the
eighteenth century is not and never
was a pure art, but a Europeanized
version of Oriental dancing which was
meant as part of the opera. It is,
therefore, so thoroughly European in
feeling that as an American art it
can alwaygbe only a translation.
Isadora’s contribution, on the other
hand, is absolutely original, absolute-
ly American and appreciated ail over
Europe as such. *
v
And because of her fine conception
of this very great art her name is
valued there.
So once more it is true that “A
prophet is not without honor, but in
his own country,’ and among his own
kin, and in his own house.”
Very sincerely yours,
JOSEPHINE PETTS.
Tolstoy’s Daughter
Talks at Haverford
‘
daughter of Count.
The youngest
Leo \Tolstoy, Céuntess Alexandra
Tolstoy, will speak in Haverford Col-
lege on February 19, at 8.15 P. M.
Her» talk will be. éntitled: © “My
Father and the Russian Revolution,”
and it will be illustrated by a moving
picture of the great writer at home.
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“VM STUDYING TO BE AN ARCHITECT,” says
Kling, ’38. “My course includes structural engineering
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