College news, January 11, 1933

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VOL. XIX, No. 9

BRYN MAWR ane ‘WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1933

Copyright BRYN MAWR
COLLEGE NEWS, 1932

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Varsity Swimmers
Hold First Practice
Successful Season Predicted

With Many Former Membérs
Back This Year



MISS BRADY IS COACH



The first ‘regular practice of the
Varsity swimming squad was held on
Monday, and although it is very early
in the season to make predictions, we
are tempted to prophesy a successful
season for the team. A large propor-
tion of last year’s squad returned this
year and there is excellent material in
the Freshman class from Which Miss
Brady should be able to develop some
excellent performers. Also,.a great
cause for general rejoicing is to be
found ‘in the removal of -the beam
from. over the diving board. For

years this beam has _glowereddown 1,

upon divers, limiting the height of
dives and doing untold damage to the
general morale. The college has re-
moved it and the opportunities for
improved diving are unlimited.

The only outside meet scheduled is
with Swarthmore on March 17, and
the team will point for that under the
coaching of Miss Brady, assisted by

Captain Jo Bronson and Susan Dan- |

iels, manager. Although it is dan-
gerous to count on individuals so
early in the season:and on the basis
of so few practices, it is possible to
form a tentative idea of the strength
in the various departments.

Frances Messimer is the greatest
loss suffered by the team over the
summer, but the threatened with-
drawal of Marion Mitchell, high scor-
er in last year’s meet with Swarth-
mye, will. be a far heavier blow. Miss
Mitehell is at present convalescing
from an attack of pneumonia, and
the possibilities of her swimming this
year are very remote.

The 40-yard dash material is com-
posed almost entirely of Freshmen,
with Wylie, VanVechten, Stokes and
Porcher representing the class of ’36.
Goldwasser, ’34, has shown notable
improvement in this event.

In the 80-yard dash there is Dan-
jels, who placed second against

_ Swarthmore, and Bronson, who took

134, and Meneely, ’34.

BPR alt eRe mo ele oe
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third. In this event VanVechten and
Wylie are also showing up well.

In the 40-yard back stroke the best
performances so far have been turn-
ed in by Porcher, ’36, while Jarrett
would be a definite contender with
more practice.

Waldenmeyer, ’35, who took first
plaez in the Swarthmore meet, is the
leading candidate in the 40- yard
breast stroke. Torrancé, ’33, who
placed third, is also back.

In the medley relay there are no|
definite stars at any style, but several
people are well qualified in more than
one stroke. C. Stone, ’36, does both
the crawl and side stroke, and Hemp-
hill, ’35, is reliable in both trudgeon
and side stroke. M. Righter, ’34, was
a member of the squad who showed
up well in the trudgeon last year,
ibut as yet she has not attended a
_practice this season. Other candidates
for places in the medley are Bill, ’35;
“Bridgeman, 86; Taylor, ’35; Tyler,

: 738, _and Page, 35.

onson and Messimer were the
_ outstanding combination in the tan-
dem, crawl last year, but with Messi-
mer. one the honor passes to Daniels,
Bronson will
_ undoubtedly find a partner and get
into. form soon.

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Bridge Party
~The “Eastern Pennsylvania

Scholarship Committee is giv-
ing a bridge party in the Com-
mon.Room, Wednesday, Janu-
ary. 18th, t 8 P. M., for the
benefit of this year’s "Régional
Scholarships. °

Two prizes for high scores.
~Regular price, $4 a table;
.-HALF, PRICE to students.
.Tiekets are on sale in the
Publication. Office.





Mil a
Infirmary
There: is not as yet an epi-
' demic of the flu or grippe, but
all precautions should be tak-
en to prevent catching cold, and
the proper treatment should be
given all ailments, however
slight. ‘Students are urged to
report even the earliest mani-
festations of a cold to the in-
firmary, so that it may be treat-
ed immediately. In. staying
away from the infirmary stu-
dents not only endanger their
own health, but that of their
companions. Before exams the
health of the student, body is
a very important consideration
and everyone should co-operate
with the infirmary in its at-
tempt to keep down colds and
other illness:







Fire in Power House
Does Little Damage



Professors Dismiss Classes to
Attend Early gMorning

Fire on Campus re

FIREMEN HAVE TROUBLE





From a formal point of view, the

Dramatic Club Dance was our big so- |

cial event, but there -were more peo-
ple at the fire. We were there, too.
Although it was the Thursday before

holidays and the hour before a quiz, |

we were there.

Running figures passed us on all}

sides as we hastened to the scene.
The scene wasn’t much, just smoke
piling out of the power-house and a
few people standing around, “looking
grim. That puzzled us until we heard
hoarse yells. We ran_in the direction
of the yells and found the college |
standing in a semi-circle back of the |
power-house. They were looking up}
at the roof where a desperate strug-'
gle was going on between a fireman
and the water from a hose. The
hose had a hole in it, so the fireman
lost.

There was more cheering as he de-
scended, quickly quieted in the inter-
ests of order. Water was everywhere,
but it was mis-directed becatise there
were so many holes in the body of the
hose. We found ourselves wondering
whether the inefficiency of the hose
had anything to do with the color of

| William Beebe to Speak
in Goodhart Hall



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LBectute to be on Half Mile Dive
| Beneath Ocean -in

| Bathysphere

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| ILLUSTRATED BY SLIDES

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On Thursday evening, January 19,
in Goodhart Hall, Dr. William Beebe,
noted scientist and explorer, -will de-
liver an illustrated lecture entitled
“Beneath Tropic Seas,” under . the
auspices of the Cosmopolitan Club of
Philadelphia.
| thoroughly qualified as a speaker on
| this subject than Dr. Beebe, who holds
jthe.deep sea diving record of nearly
jhalf a mile. In 1980 Dr. Beebe as-
| tounded the world by descending: to

a depth of a quarter of a mile in a
specially constructed -bathysphere, but

this feat was surpassed on September
22, 1932, when a descent was made
of 2,200 feet. The lecture to be de-
| livered on Thursday will be concerned
with a deseription of the descent and
of the strange fish and deep sea ani-
mals. seen by the scientist during the
| time spent under water. ~ Dr. Beebe
|is an authority of repute on all forms
of ocean life, and the new discoveries
he made concerning sea life at great
depth should be of great interest to
-veryone. The. lecture will be illus-
trated with moving pictures of how
the dive was made, and of life be-
neath the surface. Animated car-
toons will:show in action fish that
live so deep no camera can photograph
| shoei: but which Dr. Beebe has seen.
| Accompanying the pictyres will be
'the scientist’s description of these
| “phosphorescent creatures that at in-
| tervals studded the black depths with
; points of light like stars in a clear
isky.” Fish of a length of six feet
‘were attracted by the light of the
Hnchaue and rammed their noses
against the port holes. Part of these
‘experiences were described by the ex-
plorer during the descent itself over
a nation-wide radio hook-up and those
that listened in need no introduction
to Dr. Beebe, and no further recom-
mendation of him as a speaker and
narrator.

. All seats are reserved and tickets
are on sale at the Publicity Office.
The regular price is $2.20 for the



There is no one more



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CALENDAR

Sat., Jan. 14—Mr. Ephraim
Lipson ‘will speak on The Eng-
lish Labor Movement in the
Nineteenth Century. Goodhart,
8.20 P. M.

Sun., Jan. 15—Chapel. Rev.
Dr. George Wood, Dean of St.
Matthew’s Cathedral, Dallas,
Texas, will speak. Music



Dr. Gitetson Speaks

on Poetry of Burns



Contribution of Burns to World
| Poetry is His Zest —
| for Lifé



‘GREATEST SCOTCH POET





Room, 7.30 P. M.



Varsity Dramatics Buys
Modern Lighting System |



Varsity Dramatics. is pleased to an-
nounce that they have been able to
buy what the several lighting men
consulted have’ outlined as the abso-
lute necessities of a modern lighting
system for the stage in Goodhart. It
is unfortunate that when the lighting
was installed it was not done along
more modern lines, and that _succes-

‘sive generations of Dramatics did _ not,

install work upon which. the next
group could build instead of patching
the holes in the equipment as_ best
they could and _making it do. This
year’s group, with a number of people
vitally interested in the problems of
stage lighting, found itself badly han-
dicapped by out-worn and out-dated
equipment and a lack of funds to buy
any other type. When the need be-
came so pressing that the Board felt
it was better to sacrifice other; pro- |
jects than to continue so limited, they |
decided that no matter what the pres-
ent inconvenience, they would buy
only such material as would provide
a good foundation for the further de-
velopment of the lighting system. In
other words, when another group
finds itself in possession of sufficient
funds to extend the equipment .now
provided, they can take the matter
up where this year’s Board has left
it, without having to begin anew as
they have done.

It was a very difficult task with the!

small funds available to do any really

constructive work, as it was necessary

to rewire the whole switchboard, an
undertaking of considerable expense:
We.are also lacking in so many really

necessary items that it was hard to|
It}

choose what should be bought.
was finally decided when it was found
that the fall play, The Royal Family, |
had cleared a profit which could be
added to the money already set aside
for this purpose, to buy and install a.
series of X-ray borders and two new-|

Last’ Friday evening Dr. Grierson,
;of Edinburgh University, spoke at

| Bryn Mawr on Robert Burns, and
(read some~of -his. poetry. in its. origi- _

| nal dialect.

Burns, Dr. Grierson said, is the
| greatest poet Seotland has ever pro-
‘duced, great not only among Scotch
| poets, but among world poets. In
| his anthology, The Spirit ef Man,
| Robert Bridges includes four lines of
Burns and forty lines of Shelley, but
|this is not at all the true relation
of the two poets. Unless one looks, at:
poetry “entirely: from the point of
view of vegetarians and. prohibition-
ists,” one must realize that the Scotch
have contributed to poetry the spirit
of enjoying life. Shelley and his com-
patriots sigh over death and days
gone by, but the great Scotch poets,
Hume, Burns, and Scott, write with
ja “zest for life,” in which lies their
greatness.

One side of Burns’ poetry concerns
nature, not scenery for itself, but
Lwetuve as it enters into the lives of
| his people, with its inclement as well,
jas its artistically picturesque aspects.
| His Holy Fair includes both the de-
scription of the. “simmer Sunday
morn, when Nature's face is fair,”
and a great deal more of human na-
ture, of coffers and farmers and
“chosen swatch,-wi’ screw’d-up, grace-
proud faces.” The epistles contain
| Burns’ most purely“poetical love of
|his country, as inthe Epistle to Wil-
liam Simpson of Ochiltree he writes

of:





‘Her moors red-brown wi’ heather
bells, ;
Her banks an’-braes, her dens an’
dells,
Whare glorious Wallace
Aft bure the gree, as story tells,
Frae Suthron billies.”



Burns shared Dr. Johnson’s view

| that the country was all very well,
| but that one liked to have company,
land this he expresses in the Holy
Fair, in Tam O’Shanter, and in the



the fire-engine, or vice-versa. It was
green.

front section, and $1.65 for the back,
but the balcony seats are available

The eclat of the gathering was in-| to students at a special price of $0.85
creased by the number of ‘faculty|and may be put on payday. It is
present and the number of classes | hoped that as many students as can
given cuts to come to the fire. We, will take advantage of this reduction
couldn’t help thinking to ourself as|in price and attend what will un-
| we toiled back to our hole in the Lib; doubtedly prove to be one of the most
how much better a morning fire is | interesting and absorbing lectures of



type hanging flood-lights. These, with | ‘closing chorus of the Three Jolly Beg-
the material already on hand, will) 9@"s, all of which bear out the pre-
provide adequate lighting for the cept of enjoying life while you. have
stage, although new footlights and | it. Many poets have put passion into
expensive shiftings of some of the|love poetry, but Burns, more than
fixed spot-lights in the auditorium will | anyone else, has put passion into
be necessary before the stage can be | every aspect of common life.

lighted properly | and any real | Another side to Burns’ poetry is
beginning on experimental work along isatire. A Scotch farmer in the 18th









than one in the afternoon or at night.
Sirens in the morning stir us out of |
a grey somnolence; at other times’
they seem like interruptions. Of
course, we don’t like fires.
approve of them deeply, and we wish
to present our condolences to the col-
lege authoritiés, as well as to the
fireman who got wet.



Prize for Poem or Story

In order to stimulate undergraduate
writing in the United States and to
discover new talent that can be de-
veloped for American letters, the edi-
tors of The Hound & Horn are_post-
ing its first annual prize of one hun-
dred dollars for the best. piece of fic-
tion, and a prize of fifty dollars for

tthe best piece of verse, by an under-

graduate of any American college or
university. The winning story and
poem will be published in the Sum-
mer 1933 issue of The Hound & Horn.

The competition will close April
first. No manuscripts with envelopes
postmarked later than that. can qual-
ify. The manuscrupts must be type-
written, accompanied by a stamped,
self-addressed envelope for reply, and
addressed to Undergraduate Contest

| Editor. The Hound & Horn reserves

the right to purchase manuscripts

|other than those selected for the prize

for the regular. issues ull the maga-
zine.

We dis-}

eae year.



‘Miss Levy Speaks on
Commercial Designing



On Thursday afternoon, January 5,
Miss Florence N. Levy, Supervisor of
the Vocational Service Department of
the National Alliance of Art and In-
dustry in New York, spoke on Design-
ing and on the opportunities in the
many more or less specialized fields
coming under this classification. In
commercial art the main qualifications
are ability to carry’ out instructions
and add one’s own pereennety at the
same time.

Besides the more dtéte possibili-
ties of teaching, writing, lecturing, or
doing museum work in-this field there
are the opportunities for creative
work in the specialized ‘classes of com-
mercial art. Among these may be
listed working on individual pieces,
such as painting and scultpure, as-
sembling arts such as interior deco-
rating, landscrape gardening and
architecture, work on two-dimensional
objects—the graphic arts, particular-
ly advertising and newspaper and
magazine illustrations, modelling in
three-dimensions of architectural
models and models of new products
or machines, and lastly styling—the
design of clothes or furniture, for

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these lines made.



Dr. Taylor Appointed to

American Academy in Rome!



Dr. Lily: Ross Taylor, head of the’
Latin department, has just been ap-
pointed Annual Professor of the
School of Classical Studies at the
American Academy in Rome for her
sabbatical leave in 1934-35. Other
members of the Bryn Mawr faculty
have taught at the Academy, but, as
the trustees of the Academy remark-
ed, Miss Taylor’s appointment is par-
ticularly notable because she is the.
first woman upon whom the honor has
ever been conferred.

The American Academy is main- |

tained by.-contribution from leading
American colleges and universities,
and gives graduate courses in archi-
tecture, archaeology, and the classics.
Miss Taylor’s duties will leave her
plenty of time for travel and research
on whatever subject she may. “ choose.

Bryn Mawr, as one of the colleges
which contributes to the stpport of
the Academy, has had a number of
students and faculty members con-
nected with itr. Tenney Frank
was Annual Professor in 1916-17,
while still a professor here, and Dr.
Rhys Carpenter received an appoint-
ment for 1926-27. In fact, the com-

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century had a great reason to be bit-
saw his country poverty-

rele, He
—_ n and bullied outrageously by

'the Kirk in the name of John Knox.
‘Yet Burns has none of the bitterness
lof Swift or even of Pope. It is told
that when he was writing Tam
|O’Shanter his. wife found him with
itears of laughter streaming down. his
| fai ace; When one reads Death and Dr.
| emai one recognizes that there
is always more mischief than hatred,
more’ fun than bitterness in his
| satires.
' Finally, the love songs of Burns
are unequalled by anyone: The ma-
jority of them were originally much
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Wyndham Opened

Wyndham is being opened as a
refuge for the convalescents who are
'ready to leave the infirmary but who
are not ready to’ go back to work.
This measure is being taken not be-
cause the number of cases of influ-
enza has reached alarming propor-
tions on the campus, but simply be-
cause Dr. Wagoner wishes to be free
to admit, everyone who ought to be
under observation. Wyndham will be
in charge of a trained nurse, and the
infirmary rules will be enforced there.
There have been twenty-three cases
of influenza .or grippy cold since the-
vacation, but the greater part of



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Praise

The nation was profoundlyshoeked—this-week—by-the-tragically
sudden death of Ex-President C oolidge. He was an active and value-
able citizen, despite his retirement from the field of polities to which he
had devoted the best years of his life and in which he had carved out
for himself an astonishingly successful career. His untimely death is
a great loss to the country, and kings and pontiffs have expressed
through the newspapers and through messages to President Hoover and.
Mrs, Coolidge their appreciation of and sympathy for that loss. Be-
sides these messages of condolence, there have been signal and appropri-
ate honors done to the memory of the late President by every one in a
position to do him honor. The flags of the whole nation have been
lowered to half mast for thirty days by an order of the President. Both
houses of Congress suspended action on receiving the news of his death
during regular legislative sessions. The highest military and naval
honors were ordered on the day of the funeral although it was desired
by the family that this ceremony be as simple and inconspicuous as
possible.

It is not for us to attempt to eulogize this great figure. There are
more than enough appreciations of him andhis work in the daily news-
papers, written by people who knew him well and who are in a far
better position than we are to judge the value of his eareer to America
and to the world, We-wish merely to comment ona noticeable phase of
American behavior which is particulary well illustrated in the events
of the past week. That phenomenon is the strange reversal of opinion
that all of us, both in public and in private life, seem to undergo when
death, and especially a dramatic death, closes a life with which we
have had dealings. no-matter what history mayde-
cide of him, was a great political leader. That he was also a statesman
does not here concern us. In American government a statesman must
be a politician if he is to be a practical statesman, and Calvin Coolidge
Now a political leader must of necessity have both
There must be men who will: pledge

Calvin Coohdge,

was certainly that.
a following and an opposition.
their reputations and honor that the principles for which he stands are
the only right and just principles involved in any given question. There
must and will also be men who will just as surely pledge themselves
that the leader is wrong either in principle or in application, that his
administration is working for the harm rather than the good of the
greatest number, and that those who eampaign for him are, willfully
or unWillfully, misleading the people.
The late President was no exception.
cal opponents than some beeause his administration was marked by
ereat material prosperity, but he had opponents. He was devoted heart
and soul to the principles of his party, aid members of the. opposing
political: party naturally disagreed and still do disagree with those
principles. Is it not strange then that men who, in the recent campaign,
denounced before great gatherings the guiding principles of his career
in public office should feel it necessary 11 expressing their no doubt
sineere grief at his death to lose themselves in eulogies of his accom-
plishments as a political leader and a public servant? This is no ques-
tioning of the sincerity of these men, It is only natural that they should
~ mourn the passing of a respected and close associate. It might seem,
however, more sincere and infinitely more dignified to comment at his
death upon those sides of his life aid personality which they really did
admire and with which they were really in aeceord. This is only a crit-
icism of a tendency which seems to us undignified and misleading and
which also seem to us to mar an otherwise very great tribute to a grea’

Ile had perhaps fewer radi-

American citizen.



And Again the Grass

At a time when all living things are raising their heads and hailing

life anew (a bit-prematurely perhaps, but it is not for us to censure
the doings of Nature) we find the Bryn Mawr turf looking definitely
unelad in.spots, and perilously worn in others. The feet of the intellee.
tuals of the college are a menace to every blade of grass that rises to
greet the new sun in the sky of 1933. ‘They clump, slither, charge,
stride, mince, and sneak over the ground leaving dead and dying grass
in their wake like the dragons of Sophomore English. This destruction
must cease, for if it goes on apace spring will find us inhabiting a beau-
tiful campus with a desert underfoot. We shall be reduced to rolling
gleefully upon brown earth when our youth overtakes us, instead of
revelling on sweet-smelling turf. Our little feathered friends will shun
us as pueblo. dwellers, and lizards will bask where robins formerly
hopped. If these pathetic pictures of the future do not tug at your



WIT’S END|

LINES WRITTEN IN
BITTERNESS
The sort of professor we admire
Won’t let his class go. see a fire.
Taylor itself could burn to the ground
And after it all he’d doubtless be
-found
Right’ in his place,
the deck,
Lecturing still—the pain in the neck!

—Adamant Eve.
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As time has passed the Campus Cat
Has turned into a Technocrat.
Technocracy at school would make
A happier life of give and. take.
We ‘go to classes and are paid
With wisdom. But exams are made
Of thoughts and problems so surpris-
ing

e

'| We can’t pass with rote memorizing,

And Technocrats have not solved yet

How you can give more than you get.

The Energy Dollar too suggests

A parallel working for the best.

If marks were measures of energy

Wouldn’t all: of our averages be

: eee ok as

Professors, take this panacea,

Sce each of us as.you should see her.
Theoretically and ecstatically,

—The Campus Cat.



The clock on Taylor is quite slow,
Or else it’s very fast;

You never know if you are late
Or early to a class.

Start from your room just at the bell, |

-.Nine after Taylor states;
Run madly, three after, says the:
class-room clock,
Your hurry much abates.

Start from the hall just on the hour,
Five to, says Taylor,—but!

‘You loiter dreamily into class

And they’ve already counted your
cut.

The clock on Taylor is quite slow,
Or else it’s very fast;

You never know if you are late
Or early to a class.

—Sour Apple.



We wish to thank the kind friend
who called our attention to the fol-
lowing two tid-bits, one of which
might be called low comedy and the
other of which undoubtedly will be.

We fcel, however, that there is such |

a thing as over-intellectualizing one’s
humor, and perhaps these may be a
welcome note of “fresh” air. The
first we reprint from Jl Travaso,
Rome.

“I have bought a rare object. The
fountain pen which was used by
Dante in writing the ‘Divine Com-
edy.’ ”

“Fountain pens were not invented
in Dante’s time.” ~

“That’s what makes it rare.”

And the’ second from everybody’s
friend, the New Yorker, found in and
reprinted by them from the Main
Line Daily Times, which brings it
close’ to home.

Lost—Monday evening at the resi-
dence of Mr. J. C. Groome, on Rail-
road Avenue, rose-colored velvet gown.
Finder please notify Miss M. C. Wis-
ter, Bryn Mawr, 1261. No questions.
—Adv. in Main Line Daily Times.

And the New Yorker adds: “Who;
are you to be asking questions?”

Ha, ha,’ ha,

Cheero,
THE MAD HATTER.

like the boy on!

News of the New York Theatres

The great, lady of the stage, Kath-
erne Cornell, has got a definite box-
'office failure on her hands in Lucrece,
and being a wise lady, she is closing
'on Saturday. ‘Everyone has admit-
‘ted the artistry of the production
and the fine work of the cast, but the
structure of the piece lacks dramatic
value and emotional depth. Even
Katherine Cornell cannot hold it up,

although she probably could add some
interest if she got a chance to speak

before the second act. In all of
her former successes, such as The
Dishonored © Lady, and The Green

Hat, she got things well under way
|long ,before act two, and it seems a
| better plan. Now, .all of. Princeton
having paid tribute, life is over for
Lucrece. Already rehearsals .have
been started on Alien Corn, Sidney
Howard’s drama of the tribulations
of an artist in a mid-western com-
munity. Siegfried. Rumann (Prey-
sing of Grand Hotel) will head Miss
Cornell’s cast, and (Guthrie McClin-
tic will stage it. The opening is set
for late in February:

| Clifton Webb and Tamara Geéeva are
| providing material «for two grand
| take-offs in other New York reviews.
/Their great dance of desire from
Flying Colors comes into the last ‘act
\of Walk A Little Faster, in the cap-
|able hands of those genii of the terp-
jSichorean art, Beatrice Lillie and
| Bobby Clark. There ensue ten min-
‘utes filled with breathless beauty and
| sobbing sinews, which should make
,even Clifton smile a touch, although
| we doubt if it does. Then Bert Lahr,
‘holding forth in Music Hall Varieties,
pulls himself together and does his
| imitation of “les elegantes et al’ all
iby himself. Difficult to be accurate,
‘but easy to be funny.

| There are several pretty engaging
stories about The Gay Divorce, in
‘which Fred Astaire, Claire Luce, and
‘Betty Starbuck hold forth. . During
‘one performance of the opening week
\in-New Haven Betty Starbuck trot-



ited onstage at a very .wrong moment
'and somewhat broke in upon Mr.
itaire and
{beamed affably at the intruder, and
‘said loudly, “Hello,

As-
Miss Luce. The latter
Betty, what the
hell are you doing on the stage?’—
| The lady retreated. Also the fall off
'the couch, which Fred does every
once in a while is for the special
benefit of the cash customs, and js not
ithe result of miscalculation. It’s a
good stunt because the audience al-
| ways thinks it is in on a bad moment
ifor the star, but not this time. If
you haven’t seen the show you should,
because Cole Porter’s music is al-
most monumental and the dancing is
grand. Claire Luce’s white pajamas
should be listed on the program, be-
cause they play a big part. All New
York is sitting waiting to ste what
happens when they have to zo to the
cleaners.

Tallulah Bankhead has gone into
rehearsal in Forsaking All Others,
and with her to inspire all the for-
saking is Ian Keith. We wonder if
the play is a farce. «Considering the
title and the lead it must be.

We saw a headline on one of the
theatre pages saying “Prices for Hon-
eymoon Reduced.” That’s good news,
and we are hereby handing it on to
all young- hopefuls for what it is
worth. Incidentally, those of us who
harbor a desire to seexFilying Colors
and who fear to advance the idea be-
cause of the financial stress it would
cause, need no longer hide our feel-
ings. Max Gordon has reduced the
prices from four dollars for orches-
tra seats to two, and the top matinee
price is one-fifty.





heart and constrain your feet to the solid friendliness of cement, let us

point out that’ soon the only spot
roof of Taylor*Tower. Friends a
such a fate to overtake this garden
being!

of green on the campus will be the
nd countrymen, you ean not suffer
spot in which we live and have our

The places where the ravages of bipeds are most noticeable are be-
tween the library and Pembroke, at the intersections of walks, between

Pembroke basement and Taylor, and under windows.

We eannot but

commend the intellectual zeal that keeps all Pembroke coursing back
and forth to the library, but it would be even more deserving of praise

if it kept to the main thoroughfares.

of—person or persons unknown; we hope they will reform. Remem-

The other bare spots are the work.



ber that even if no one sees you cross the grass, the evidence you leave
behind is incriminating. Always the eyes of Nature are upon you, and
you cannot get away. But enough of this trifling—the Bryn Mawr
grass is being ruined by students walking on it.

Keep Orr. ~~



IN PHILADELPHIA

Chestnut Street Opera House:
Charles Hackett, recently of the. Chi-
cago Civi¢d Opera Company, sings
the lead in Franz Lehar’s (author of
The Merry Widow) new musical play,
The Land of Smiles. This production
was a sensational success abroad and
should provide a charming evening
for anyone.

Forrest: The great Pulitzer prize
winner, The Green Pastures. The
dramatization of the Old Testament
according to a Southern darky par-
son’s ideas. Don’t miss, it.

Coming—January 16

Garrick: Springtime for Henry,
an excellent farce, with Henry Hull.:
It is a success in London, which seems
to indicate considerable, breadth, if
not depth.

Academy of whit

Philadelphia Orchestra under the
direction of Issay Dobrowen will give
concerts Fri. aft., Jan. 13, at 2.30,
and Sat. eve., Jan. 14, at 8.20 P. M.
Program:
Handel...Concerto Grosso, D Minor
Beethoven.Symphony No. 1, © Major

Brahms..Symphony No. 2, D Major
Movies
Fox: Maedchen in Uniform for the

first time at. popular prices. A’ su-
perb movie, handling its subject with
intelligent sympathy and consummate
artistry. .

Aldine: Cecil B. de Mille presents
in his usual fashion The Sign of the
Cross. A great. spectacle, in which
Rome at its most dissolute stage is
well depicted, but in the end Elissa
Landi, who will have none of sin,
emerges trimphant, if demolished.
Charles Laughton lolls as Nero, ‘Clau-:
dete Colbert slinks as Poppea, Fred-
eric March flexes his muscles as Mar-
cus Superbus, and Elissa Landi runs

away with the ball game. Gory but
good.
Stanley: Twenty Thousand Years

in Sing Sing. Warden Lewis E.
Lawes’ own story, and we guess he
ought to have an idea or two on the
subject. Personally, we aren’t in-
terested in Sing Sing at the moment,
and if it lurks in our future we’d
rather be surprised.

Bod: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes,
and Adolphe Menjou do superb work
in A Farewell to Arms, the war love
story of an American in the Italian
ambulance corps and an English
nurse. .Beautifully done and of defi-
nite merit.

Stanton: - Nancy Carroll in Hot
Saturday — and it’s hopeless. The
tale of a popularity girl who gets a
social black eye because someone sees
her leave the automobile of someone
the town doesn’t like. Full of modern
youth, millionaires, and similar rub-
bish.

Karlton: Fhe Penguin Pool Mur-

(Continued on Page Four)

LETTERS





The News is not resporsible for
= expressed in this colmun.
«December 18, 19382.
To the Editor of the College News:
The account given in the December
7th number of the College News of
my talk at the College on November
380th contains several inaccuracies
which call for correction. In the first
place, the painting about which I
spoke was never called! by me “A
row of Buddhist. images,’’ but a roll.
It is painted not on silk, but on paper.
I presume the h instead of the k in
makimono is a typographical error.
I read a translation of the inscription
by the Emperor Ch’ien Lung which
says that the Imperial procession is
out of place at the beginning of, the
roll; I clearly stated, that I did not
agree with the illustrious critic. It
is putting it a little too strongly to
say that the “magnificence of the ‘roil
has in no way been destroyed by this ©
shamefwi mutilation.” What I said
is: “In spite Of all this mutilation,
however, the painting is still capable
of giving pleasure asa work of art.”
This statement also doubtless is re-
sponsible for the misquotation at the
close of the article. The country
which” produced. the groll -is..not the
Tai-lu Kingdom,.but the Ta Li King-
dom, and it is well known that ‘this
country was in what is now the prov-
ince of Yunnan.
Hoping that you will publish these
corrections, I am
Very sincerely yours,
HELEN B. CHAPIN,
416 East 50th Street, ,
New York City.










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ph Three





Goad New Material
Out for Basketball

——_——

Squad Finally Chosen After
Several Practices; Number
to be Cut Later



HOPE FOR GOOD SEASON



ites several preliminary practices:
at which more than fifty applicants
for Varsity positiong appeared, the
basketball. squad was finally chosen
last Friday. This, however, is mere-
ly-a*temporary squad. Those who do
exceptionally well in class practices
will be moved up, while others may
be dropped from the squad. After
mid-years its number will be cut. to
twenty, but there will be plenty of
opportunities until then for people
who have been dropped to work up
again.

Collier, captain, and Jackson, man-
ager, as well as Bowditch, Kent,
Faeth, Rothermel, Remington, Meirs,
McCormick, and Longacre are all
members of last year’s squad. Nich-
ols, Daniels, Monroe, Baker, P. Lit-
tle, and. James are new members,
while five freshmen, Raynor, Sinions,
Bridgeman, A. Brown, and VanVech-
ten are proving to be splendid. Var-
sity material.

It is fairly certain that Collier, ’33,
will occupy her old position at right
forward, but there is a large vacancy
left by Boyd .at left forward. Faeth,
35, and Meirs, 35, who played for-



wards on the second team last year;
Baker, ’35, who hasbeen showing up
very well in practice; and two fresh-
men, Simons and Raynor, are all ex-
cellent prospects for the _ position.
Longacre, ’33, will probably keep her
old position at center, with Reming-
ton, 33, as her partner at side cen-
ter; but Nichols, ’34, and James, ’35,
are playing a fast game and are work-
ing easily together at the center court
positions. Kent, ’85, and Jackson, ’33,

: will probably be given the guard po-

ition’ with Bowditch, ’33, Bridge-
man, 736, and Bishop, ’34, as possible
altcrnates. It is too early in.the sea-
son as’ yet to actually make up a
team, but,we hope soon to be able to
give the complete line-ups for both
the Varsity and the Reserves.

The prospects for a successful bas-
ketball season: seem very cheering. to
those who are sufficiently interested
in athletics to give encouraging sup-
port to the college teams.

Varsity schedule for 1933:

Friday, January 27: Drexel.

Saturday, February 24: Ursinus.

Saturday, March 4: Mount. St.
Joseph’s College.

Saturday, March 11: Rosemont.

Saturday, March 18: Swarthmore.

Games. with the Philadelphia Crick-
et Club and the Saturday Morning
Club are being arranged. '



“All women should take a definite
interest in politics,” said Lady Astor.

“It is our absolute duty. Women are
necessary in public life to put Amer-
ica straight again.”—(N. S.F. A.)



Engagements

The following engagements
have been announced:

Jane Bradley, ’33,
shipman Flagstaff, United
States Naval Academy, '33.

Olivia Saunders, ’26,
James Agee, of New York.

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Varsity Swimmers

Hold First Practice



o «
e (Continued from Page One)

At presene we. would hazard a
rough guess that the crawl relay will
be made up of Daniels, Bronson, Wy-
lie, and VanVechten, with Porcher a
close contendef for a position. Dan-
iels, last. year’s. winner, heads. the
diving contingent, which is composed
of Meneely and Bowditch, who per-
formed in the meet with Swarthmore,
MacCurdy and Waldenmeyer, ’35, and
Wylie, Stokes, Porcher and Ott, all
of ’36. Daniels is going along with
the usual reliability, and her best
effort is still a half-gaynor. Wylie
is impressive through the height she
gets in her dives, while Stokes exe-
cutes a notable one and a half. How-
ever, nowhere does practice bear more
fruit than in diving, and great things |
should be forthcoming. before March. |



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This doesnot. pretend to be a-defi-
nite forecast of the team or ‘summing
up of the prospects. There are some
members of the squad who have not
put in an appearance as yet, and no
one has approached the height of her
form. In a few weeks there should
be new contenders in every event and
the team for» Swarthmore will be
made up of many who have not yet
come'to our attention. There is room
on the squad. for anyone with deter-
mination and ‘ability and we hope to
seé new people added throughout the
training season. The present squad
is as follows: . Bill, ’85; Bowditch,
’33; Bridgeman, .’36;. Bronson, ’33;
Butler, ’34; Daniels, ’34; Goldwasser,
B., 34; Hemphill, ’85; Jarrett, 34;
Little, P.,.’35; MacCurdy, .’35;.Me-

neely, ’34; -.Mitchell, ’34; Ott, ’86;
Page, ’35; Parker, ’33; Porcher, 36;
Righter, ’34; Smith, T., 34; Stokes,

’36; Stone, 86; Taylor, Patty, 363
Torrance, ’33; Tyler, ’33; VanVech-
ten, A., °36; Waldenmeyer, 85; Wy-
lie, ’36.

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Vocational Conference

Miss Eleanor A. Bliss, Bryn
Mawr ’21, will speak on Lab-
oratory Work and Scientific Re-
searchin the Common Room on
Thursday, January 26, at 5.15
P. M. Miss Bliss is a research
worker in the Johns Hopkins
Hospital. Tea will be served
at five o’clock.







tion two class meets are to be arrang-
ed at the end of February and the
following class managers have been
appointed: © B. Jackson, ’33; L. Me-
neely, ’34; C. Bill, ’°35; H. Scott, ’36.
A new regulation has been put on
class meets no one may swim in a
meet who has not been in swimming
at college at least: three times.









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Woman

The thirty months’ course, provid-
ing an intensive and varied experience
through the case study method, leads
to the degree of

Bachelor of Nursing

Two or more years of approved col-
lege work required for admission. Be-
ginning in 1934 a Bachelor’s degree
will be required. A few scholarships
ayailable for students with advanced
qualifications,

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THE COLLEGE*NEWS

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Bryn Mawr Leaguc to Hold
Discussions, on Its Work



‘In ag¢ordance witha much appre-
ciated suggestion fiom a group of stu-
' dents the Bryn Mawr League is very
eager to provide an opportunity for
those interested to know more about
' the. significance of the work that it
is undertaking and to have a better
understanding of the way society is
meeting various social problems. The
League, therefoie, is planning a pro-
gra%h which will include informal
short talks and discussions on such
topics as “The Future of the Blind
SchooP Student,” “The Home Condi-
tions of the Child at Bates House (or
at Haverford Community Center),”
and on subjects not so intimately con-
nected with college’s activities. For
example, Mrs. Mary Breckinridge wil!
speak on “The Frontier Nursing
Service in Kentucky.”

In addition fo these talks trips will
be arranged to visit such institutions
as The Lighthouse, one of Philadel-
phia’s oldest and largest Settlement
Houses, Sleighton Farms, a reform
school for girls, a prison, etc. When
more definite arrangements about
these trips have been made they wif

be announced and all those interested

to go will be most welcome.

The Board hopes that these new
activities will prove of interest to its
members.



Miss Levy Speaks on
Commercial Designing



(Continued from Page One)

example.

The training for work of this sort
must of necessity vary as the aspir-
ant’s inclinations in the diverse fields
of commercial art, and with the par-
ticular person’s situation. To be-
come an independent architect may
take ten years for instance, and from
six to eight may be required to be-
gin independent work in sculpture or
painting, but the length of time re-
quired varies largely with the indi-
vidual.
obtained at schools of applied art,
where valuable experience in handling
materials and a knowledge of periods
of design may be obtained. These
form the basis for good work in most
fields, although in some'such as styl-

ing or interior decoration, there is an’

additional need for a knowledge of
buying and of materials and for a
well-developed. color-sense.



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(Continued ’ from. Page Two)

der, with Jimmie Gleason and Eda
May Oliver. A murder takes place in
an aquarium, and five people are sus-
pected, not including the penguins.
A good mystery, full of swell comedy.

Europa: Virgins of Bali. All

about - Bali, which seems to be un-
dergoing a pretty comprehensive
screen inspection from all angles.
Phis is a very good member of the
series.
Earle: Lee Tracy and Lupe Velez
in the Half Naked Truth, go through
the love affairs of a press agent with
attendant thunder and -heat lighting.
A fairly good farce, helped on by
Frank Morgan (Topaze and The Band
Wagon).

Keith’s: Six acts of vaudeville,
which are guaranteed to be smashing
in one way or another, and The Sav-
age Girl, with Rochelle Hudson and
Walter Byron. Another bite and
scratch lady gets into love,’ intrigue,
and adventure. :

Local Movies

. Ardmore: Wed. and Thurs., Mir-
riam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Her-
bert Marshall in Trouble in Para-
dise; Fri., Three on a Match, with
Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Ann
Dvorak, and Warren William; Sat.,
The Conquerors, with Richard Dix;
Mon. and Tues., Clara Bow in Call
Her Savage; Wed. and Thurs., John
Barrymore and Katherine Hepburn
in Bill of Divorcement.

Seville: Wed. and Thurs. and Fri.
and Sat., Smilin’ Through, with
Frederic March, Norma Shearer, and
Leslie Howard; Mon. and Tues., Joe
E. Brown in You Said a Mouthful;
Wed., Kongo, with Walter Huston.

Wayne: Wed. and Thurs., Richard

‘Barthelmess- in Cabin-in-the: Cotton;
Fri. and Sat., Tess of the Storm
Countiy, with Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell; Mon. and Tues.,
Robert Montgomery and Tallulah
Bankhead in Faithless; Wed., I Am
a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, with
Paul Muni.



‘ Science Lectures

Dr. D. B. Judd, of the Bureau of
Standards, will give three lectures at
4.30 on January 16, 17, and 18 in
the Physics Lecture Room on the fol-
lowing subjects: | *

The Fundamental Specification of
Color Stimuli.

The Psychological Attributes of
Color in Quantitative Terms.

Primary and Secondary Systems of
Color Specification. fs

It is believed that th lectures
will be of interest to students of psy-
chology, physics, and other sciences
in which quantitative methods as ap-
plied to color are of importance.
fourth meeting consisting of a dem-
onstration of oddities in color vision

are interested.



Dr. Taylor Appointed to



(Continued from Page One)

plaint has been made that the Bryn
Mawr faculty has received more than
its fair share of appointments. Among
those who have attended the Academy
as students are Miss Taylor herself,
ta Fellow from 1917 to 1920; Frances
Frenaye, Dr. Holland, and Nan Lake,
30, who is now studying there as a
Fellow.

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American Academy in Rome};

Dr. Grierson Speaks
on‘Poetry of Burns



(Continued trom l’age One)

older than Burns and contain only a
few lines from his own hand... But
certainly Burns improved upon the
older songs. Many of them are uneven
and are better if only one verse is
considered, as, for instance, “Had we
never lov’d sae kindly.” This is es-
pecially true of. the serious poems,
although there are very few of these.
Of.the two traditions of Scotch: love
poetry, one, that of courtly love, is
best exemplified in Scott, and the
other, songs of the people, in Burns.
The latter expresses the joyous and
the humorous side of love, which one
cannot miss in My Luve Is Like a
Red, Red. Rose, and Tam Glen.

Burns’ influence on Scotch poetry
has not been entirely for the good,
as no influence so narrow and con-
trolled as his can be. It has given
rise to the sentimentality of Barrie,

who “dishes up the Scotch to amuse
the English cockney.” Neyertheless,
Burns ‘ranks among the four repre-

sentative Scotchmen; John Knox, who
silifoniad the Scotch conscience; Dav-
id Hume, the skeptic, who pointed out
that the human mind was not capable
of leaping to the comprehension of
universal systems; Sir Walter Scott,
who awakened the Scotch to a sense
of beauty; and Burns, whose sympa-
thy with human. nature made him
the voice of his people.



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