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College news, October 25, 1933
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
(Founded in 1914)
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Published weekly during the College Year (excepting tne. Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination’ ) in the interest of
Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. ~~
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Editor-in-Chief | . Copy Editor
ALLIE JONES, '34 Nancy Hart, "34,
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vost Office
Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa.,
President-Emeritus Thomas
For the many students and alumnae, who attended the opening
of the Deanery as an alumnae house, the occasion came as the climax
to the long and glorious career of that greatest of all Bryn Mawr
women—President-Emeritus Thomas. And it was not without emotion
that those whose privilege it has been to know and admire her gathered
to pay her tribute. Miss Thomas stands today as the embodiment
of the ideals of scholarship, humanitarianism, and graceful living—
ideals to which she has dedicated her life. During her many years as
President she directed the college with that wisdom and foresight
which have earned her a place among the great educators and leaders
of the century. But, what are more important to us than her material
achievements, are the ideals for which she stands and which have be-
come, through her, part of the college tradition.
Those of us who. came to college after Miss Thomas’ retirement
have felt her presence.as an inspiring’ genius, and her standards of
living and thinking have been handed down to us in the spirit of the
college. Miss Thomas is, and always shall be, Bryn Mawr. The great-
est tribute, therefore, that we as undergraduates can pay her is: to
uphold the tradition of the college and to realize that our association
with her, distant though it be, has passed on to us the responsibility of
carrying a standard which she raised and bore with such eredit
during her years on the campus.
Literary S peakeasies
The peaceful routine of the Library is once more upset by occult
manifestations: ~Many~—of-our- modern authors have-heard—of Bryn
Mawr’s preoccupation with emending the classics and have engaged
emissaries amoug the undergraduates to remove their books from our
dangerous premises. Since the thitd of October, the rate of disappear-
ance of a:ttobiographies aud noyéls from the New Book Room has
touched an unprecedented high; ‘and it seems possible that we are to
be the victims of literary blockade. I‘ is a peculiar failing of most
authors that they would rather not be read than be revised.
We would not dream of deploring the intellectual sympathy and
acquisitive instinct of those emissaries who are helping modern authors
to protect their books from our revising pens. There can be no dowbt
that such conduct is admirable. But somewhere in this vast student
body, there must exist a few other literary spirits capable of feeling
‘an unifterpretive enthusiasm for a modern book. In the interests of
the few, we advocate the immediate foundation of literary speakeasies,
where books too precious to be left in the jeopardy of the New Book
Room may be read in a more appreti e atmosphere. We feel that
Bryn Mawr’s interest in Modern Literature would certainly increase,
were we but allowed to read it in the lairs of the protective book-
hoarders, and we humbly sue for a card of admission and a lesson in
the password. The college so seldom sees a modern book these days,
for few—very few—have been lefv behind by the hoarders, that we are
certain a brilliant and amusing company would be assembled at the
first opportunity to read them. The picture of Miss Donnelly greeting
her Autobiography of Alice B, Toklas with cries of joy after a sad,
long parting could not but bring a ly rie pleasure even to the heart of
a hoarder.
against Washington, D. C., than was
News of the New York Theatres
its parent,” while the great Brooks
Activity continues unabated. along
proper place in the leading farce of
the highways and byways of Broadg-
way and in spite of all the prophecies
that the public would be in a col-
lapsed state from over-exertion after
years of inactivity, and would desert
the theatre as too strenuous a diver-
sion, more and more good plays ap-
pear and’ more and more public
springs into being.
_.The, most important opening of the
past week was that which brought
the dear old government back into its
the country. William Gaxton, Lois.
M and Victor Moore appeared |
yy |ioy that the Win
in the Kaufman-Ryskind sequel to Of
oe 1fae: whieh known At de)
Atkinson, who would rather suffer
death in the night from an infernal
machine than do anything so plebe-
ian and primitive as admit a whole-
hearted liking for anything except
himself, asserts that it is low comedy
instead of low satire, as he calls Of
Thee I Sing, and that although there
is a brilliant first act, the second act
gets out of hand, and “the authors
get too overwrought to be funny and
the satire is undisciplined.” So there
you have it, and the only solution is
to see it for yourselves. The cast is
as cheering as ever _and we note with
“a er Save
sent of tp prestienl
WEARY QUERY
My dear, confiding Lovelorn Ed.:
‘O, tell me why my sweetie said
To go away, and dropped her eyes,—
There’s nothing wrong, they adver-
tise:
I’m not one of the “four-from-five,”’
I’m the sort of wire that’s 1 auetiat
“live”;
I read the odvartlaineet hooey—
I use Ipana and Lifebuoy,
And Pepsodent and Listerine
(To me like nitroglycerine).
I’m not bow-legged, not knock-
kneed, —
I have no unconventional creed
(I. e., ve never been a Buddhist,
Nor shal] I ever be a nudist);
I’m not a critic of the kulak,
I drink my noontime glass of Zoolak,
And have my luncheon sandwich
toasted |
And keep myself on late news posted..
And yet, Dear Ed., I’m still lovelorn,
And rue the day that I was born.
What can I—under yon round sun-—
Have for my sweetie further done?
Unless, just as she dropped her
* eyes,
I should have yielded to surmise,
And done as I was really fain,
And stooped, and picked them up
again?
—Snoop-on-the-Loose.
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“MATERNITY WARD BENE-
FIT ENLISTS MEN’S AID”—Her-
ald Tribune. O ho! What brought
this on? Babies, Just Babies, or a
new “we do our part’ code?
“PROHIBITED ON BOARD-
WALK: Sitting on Railings, Dogs,
Bicycles, Baby Carriages, Persons in
Bathing Suits—Coney Island Sign.”
We object conscientiously! Who
says we can’t sit-on persons in bath-
ing suits? It’s done! Even in over-
populated Coney.
Sign on Pfiladelphia boarding
house: “Rooms with Private or
Semi-private Bath.”
Three in a tub! Did I or did I not
pay for a private bath? My semi-
privacy must be respected,
From the Help Wanted columns of
the Ledger (oh, yes! we read ’em
regularly): “Refined young lady
wanted to interview prospects for
Woodlawn Cemetery.”
Let’s go, Friends, with a
Cheero—
THE MAD HATTER.
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Jed Harris’ Green Bay Tree, with a
cast’ composed of such reliable per-
formers as James Dale and Lawrence
Olivier, who has recently been re-
claimed from the- movies which not
only threatened to ruin his acting,
but also gave him many raw deals.
The fear that clawed at the hearts of
all that have seen Mr. Harris in ac-
tion. was that his love of the porno-
graphic and his wandering taste at
the crucial moment would make of
The Green Bay Tree a horrendus piece
that would. haye no. dramatic value
and would lurk snarling in the lower
depths. To say that Mr. Harris has
done himself proud in his production
and that he has shown all the artis-
tic perception and taste that could be
| desired would hardly be an exaggera-
tion, and he has given to the stage
a notable production. It has _ been
called “An absorbing experience in
theatre-going—an inspiring study of
the disintegration of character — an
excellent production that boasts both
dignity and taste.” There seems lit-
‘tle more to say on the subject except
that as the public applauds so the
producers react and the current de-
mand is for entertainment that does
not have to rely upon the more un-
pleasant facts or life, but can stand
on its own feet and move under the
seen nothing but life in all its stages
—from birth, accompanied by a host
of white doves; to make it all seem
slightly more pleasant than it is, to
Braanes and ah, eretstic all sorts
power of its artistic merit. We have)
‘ting’ entertainment, but as long as
people go into gales of laughter at
the piece de resistance of Chie Sale
et al, just so long will that tone pre-
vail. :
_ As for the plays which are to
brave the spotlight this week—there
are nine.. None of them look as if
they will stampede the critics, but
they will be of interest in that
Blanche Yurke (Spring and Au-
tumn), Fay Bainter (Move On, Sis-
ter), and an number of old loves will
appear. Vicki Baum’s newest work
The Divine Drudge—is to be seen
with Mady Christians, Tamara Geva
(who has never been™in her right
mind since she stopped doing those
time-arresting dancés with Clifton
Webb), Minor Watson, and Walt
‘Abel. It was given a try in the sum-
mer stock and was not a success in
any sense of the word, but it may
have been revamped,
Philip Truex, of Haverford and of
Bryn Mawr, in the Varsity Dramat
productions, is scheduled to make his
stage debut in New York on Wed-
nesday when The World Waits, a
new and somewhat bitter diatribe
about the exploring racket. by George
Hummel, opens with a cast headed
‘| by Reed Brown, Jr.
The future promises even more
plays of merit and all the stars of
many moons are dusting off their tal-
plays of the past two years, and are
preparing to fight for their place in
the newly risen sun of the theatre. Pola
Negri is lurching into town in A Trip
To Pressburg, which is under the flag
of the Shuberts. It tried but failed
last season, and for some reason they
were not satisfied with the thorough-
ness of the process and are relying
upon Miss Negri for the finishing
touches. Rachel Crothers has a new
and apparently grand play in Talent.
It requires an actress who can sing
and age twelve years in the three
acts, and the only thing holding up
the production is the scarcity of such
animals. The rumor now is_ that
Norma Terris will be given the part
on the strength of her performance
in the revival of Showboat last year.
Max Gordon has the script for Dods-
worth, Sidney Howard’s adaptation
of the Sinclair Lewis novel, and in-
tends to launch'it in the near future.
He also has the great combination
of Laura Hope Crews and Roland
Young in Her Master’s Voice under
his guidance at the moment, and is
feeling very cheery about it all. Alex-
ander Woollcott, who has had noth-
ing but bitterness in his life as a
dramatist, has collaborated with
George Kaufman, who has an epi-
demic of successes continually threat-
ening his peace of mind, and together
they have turned out The Dark Tow-
er, a melodrama about the world of
the theatre, which, was once known
as Snake in the Grass. However,
since that time symbolism has taken
its place in Mr. Woollcott’s religion
and the title was changed to suit his
new mood. Basil Sidney, Leona
Maricle, and Margalo Gilmore will be
in the key spots when the curtain
rises.
The main concern of all of us at
the moment seems to keep up with the
theatre, which has been loitering in
the dust for so long that all this
sprinting on the turns seems hardly
fair, and we are relying on more like
Nancy Carroll and her school to
bring a few things into town that
we can ignore and so catch a little
sleep from eight to twelve.
Grad at Home
Dean Schenck, Miss Robinson, Mrs.
Keator and the Graduate Students
will be at home in Radnor Hall on
Wednesday afternoons throughout
the winter beginning November 1. All
members of the College, Faculty,
Staff and Students, Graduate and Un-
dergraduate, are cordially invited to
these informal teas, which will be-
gin at 3.30 for the benefit of people
with 4 o’clock classes. No cards will
be sent out.
Sasee: Navy Day.
The Naval Service .at Philadelphia
Navy Yard has asked to have an in-
\vitation given to the faculty and
¢ Br Mawr College to
Yard on Navy. Day,
Navy Yard will be
pass ts
bition j Pwned ‘Sat., Will” Rogers in
ents which were not needed in the|
Nils Asther.
IN PHILADELPHIA
Theatres
Garrick: Otis Skinnéx)and Queen-
ie Smith in the grand old tale of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This is the same
company which won such praise for
its work during the famine last year
and should be seen.
Broad: Madame Alla Nazimova in
Doctor Monica, a play dealing with
three women, a doctor, an architect,
and a servant, and their attitude to-
ward life, the men they love, ‘and
their work. Notable chiefly for Nazi-
mova, who is a tower of strength.
Walnut: Florence Reed ventures
into comedy for the first time in a
new play, Thoroughbred, a tale about
the fashionable racing set of Long |
Isfand, in which Miss Reed plays a
lady owner.’ It should be excellent
and very amusing.
Chestnut: Ina Claire and Earle
Larimore continue to do justice by the
hilarious Biography and to make it
one of the most amusing and polished
comedies of many moons.
Forrest: Max Gordon presents
Gowns By Roberta, with a Kern-Har-
bach score and Lyda Roberti, Ta-
mara, Sidney Greenstreet, and Fay
Templeton. Somehow it all sounds
garbled. and not very attractive, but
maybe it isn’t.
Coming, October 30 :
Garrick: Corinne Griffiths in De-
sign For Living, with the original
New York production- intact—that is,
without the trifles of Lunt, Fon-
tanne, and Coward, who after all, are
not vitalk ,Ugh! sounds like a
wake. ‘
Academiy of Music
Philadelphia Orchestra. Fri., Oct.
27, at 2.30 P. M., and Sat., Oct. 28,
at 320. P, MM. Alexander Smallens
will conduct and Sophie Braslau will
act as soloist. Program:
Mozart, ;
Symphony No. 41, C. Major
(Jupiter). se
Manion. ..... Songs of a Wayfarer
PROMONOIT. 05s cascve Seythian Suite
SHAWINEEY. 0.5 co ees The Fire Bird
Movies
Boyd: Jean Harlow does the best
work of her career in Bombshell, with
Lee Tracy. She plays a movie act-
ress with all the trappings, and a>
love for home and babies as well, and
it is grand.
Keith’s: Lilian Harvey, who
thinks it speaks well for American
men that most of them are married,
makes her debut in a musical what-
not—My Weakness, with Lew Ayres
and Charles Butterworth.
Europa: The Red Head, a remark-
able French picture that one has to
see to comprehend. An outstanding
piece of work.
Stanley: Warner -Brothers give
the public no time to cool off and
rush back with Footlight Parade, in
which Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and
Jimmy Cagney do their part to make
it a very acceptable two hours.
Karlton: The Kennel Murder Case,
with Jack La Rue, Helen Vinson and
Mary Astor, in which Scotties and
Philo Vance solve the impossible rath-
er well.
Stanton: The rather disappoint-
ing drama about the icebergs goes
on—S. O. S. Iceberg. Rod LaRocque
heads the cast and it does not do
the material justice.
Earle: Vaudeville continues to
predominate with a sad thing called
Midshipman Jack flickering on. Fred
Waring and his Pennsylvanians are
(at the head of the bill and have al-
ways attracted us.
; Local Movies
Ardmore: Wed. and Thurs., Kath-_
erine Hepburn and Douglas Fair=
banks, Jr., in Morning Glory. Fri.
and Sat., Marlene Dietrich in Song
of Songs, with Brian Aherne. Mon.
and Tues., What Price Innocence,
with Jean Parker. Wed. and Thurs.,
Kay Francis and Edward G. Robin-
son in I Loved A Woman.
Seville: Wed. and Thurs., Double
| Harness, with Ann Harding and Wil-
liam Powell. Fri. and Sat., Be Mine
Tonight, with Jan Kiepura. Mon.,
Tues., Wed., Doctor Bull, with Will
Rogers. :
Wayne: Wed. and Thurs., Storm
At Daybreak, with Kay Francis and
Fri., Sat., Mon. and
Tues., Tugboat Annie, with Wallace
Beery and Marie Dressler. Wed., -
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