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he College News
Vol. XVIII, No. 2
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Price: 10 Cents
Lantern Night Proves
Its Ceremonial Nature
Lack of Audience Does Not
Hamper Well-Executed
Interpretation.
CLASS OF 1935 SINGS WELL
It-is to be regretted that this year
there were’ no outside guests at -Lan-
tern Night, although no audience of any
It
is a ceremony, not a performance, and
kind is necessary to its significance.
so it is for those *who take part in it.
We who clutched at the ivy on the
cloister roof, however, were very thank-
ful to be there, even if we felt a little
like eavesdroppers. | For the ‘setting,
with its suggestion of the monastery,
‘and the silent, almost secret entrance
of the Freshmen, would have impressed
even the least solemn,
Possibly the moment of highest sus-
, pense came during the raising and
lowering of the senior lanterns, which
preceded the of “Pallas
Athene,” and as the procession
_green-lantern bearers entered the clois-
ee
opening
of
ters, one ak Sie stad that an “echo
cannot be avoided. This year, at any
rate, the Sophomores were quite well
together.
was good, ‘if not brilliant, and one musty]
Their singing, on the whole,
take into, consideration the difficulty of
separation and the attention required
by the walking, which incidentally was
careful; the lanterns seemed to be on
a straight line and the spacing was
kept even.
The final “Pallas” was sung ina
mass, after the Sophomores had fled
‘into the corner like wind sweeping
across the grass. It was under the
direction of Miss Gallaudet, who had
also coached it, a very nice piece of
work, with solidari a and vibrancy of
tone, and expressi It was a satis=
fying ietucurehattoe of the hymn;
which, however, despite its beauty we
have never liked so well as “Sophias.”
And this the Freshmen really sang
well; their tone was full, there were.
no discordant voices, and they kept on
key, except at the very end, and there
the fault lay with the Juniors. Had
they not continued swinging for still
another repetition, there would not have
been that discordant trailing off of
‘voices. At any rate, the moment at
which the song should end should
have been arranged beforehand.
It may. be that “Sophias” —Mr. Wil-
“loughby is responsible for the “excellent
harmonization—is easier to sing than
“Pallas,” but the reason for its better
interpretation seems, also to lie in the
fact that the=Freshmen take Lantern
Night more seriously than the Soph-
omores. All the drilling—by -Mr. Wil-
loughby and this year Miss Wood—
keys them up to a high pitch of
expectancy.
May Day Discussed
‘by College Council
A meeting of the Pcltems Council
was held*on Monday, October 12.
The decisions reached are,as follows:
Big May Day will be held as de-
cided by the juniors last spring. The
only possible revision of this plan will
be by the trustees at their meeting
in December. ~
Changes in the routine of Freshman
Week were discussed and it was de-
cided that in the future halls would
“he opened for Freshmen on “Ww ednes=
y English” ts an-
except possibly Italy.
t
Dr. Tennent Returns
from Year in Japan
This year finds Dr. David H. Ten-
nent resuming his lectures on biology
at Bryn Mawr after having spent his
sabbatical year as exchange professor
While at
the University Dr. Tennent conducted
the
at Keio University, Tokyo.
lectures, at undergraduate and
graduate colleges in his special field of,
experimental» embryology. He also Communication Dis-
carried ‘on extensive research in : pts
spitan: . «cussed by Miss Park
Of special interest to. us. are the
differences between American and Chapel Wardens and College
Japanese universities as observed by
Dr. Tennent.
Oriental classics is substituted for the
Greek and Latin of the Occidental
universities.
Those of us who begrudge the four }”
years spent in preparation. for college
may find some consolation in the fact
that in Japan the competition for col-
lege entrance begins in the fourth-or
fifth grade. The strifigency. of the
Japanese entrance requirements is il-
lustrated by the fact that only 100 out
of 400 applicants were admitted to the
Medical School of Keio University.
It is also interesting to know that
liberal arts -curriculum.-—The students
acquire a good reading knowledge of
English, but have little opportunity to
practice speaking it, except for the an--
tiual--English—play—presented—by—the
dramatic societies of each university.
Dr. Tennent left Tokyo in July and
spent the remainder of the summer
traveling. Among the places he visited
were Héng Kong, Singapore, Manila
and Java, returning home through the
Mediterranean.
French Grad Sees ‘Solid
Culture’ in Our Students
It is always difficult for the under-
graduate to become acquainted with
the graduate students, apparently due
to the awe with which we behold their
A.B.’s. However, an interview with
Germaine Bree, the French foreign
student, reassures us quite convinc-
ingly that they are not “blue stock-
ings” and that they are very much
interested in us. ,
Germaine comes from studying at
the Sorbonne, France, where there are
At Keio the study. of|
“jmportantpartof—the:
Senior Elections
The Senior class, in elections
held-last Wednesday, @hose the
following officers:
President, Josephine Graton.
Vice _ President, Charlotte
Tyler.
Secretary, Ruth Millikin,
Denise Gallaudet was made
Chairman of the Speakers’ Com-
mittee.
Simplify Giving
Complex Information.
: Council
CHAPEL IS HELD WEEKLY
The subject of President Park’s ad-
dress in chapel last Tuesday was the
of communication. in
ways college.
By this Miss Park meant merely the
mechanical means through which each
“member of the student body-as-an-in-
dividual can reach any faculty member
It
has heretofore been the custom of the
or any association of the college.
aa Desccerpareseeee mente
ministrative body of Bryn Mawr, and
by talking things over to avoid the
question: “Why do-the heathen rage
and_the-people_imagine a vain. thing?”
We so often act in a far more emo-
tional way than there is any need for.
Chapel itself is a*means of communi-
cation between Miss Park, Mrs. Man-
ning, Miss Ward and the student body
and it has been decided that its regu-
larity is an advisable thing; there will,
therefore, be a regular Tuesday morn-
ing chapel each week unless due notice
is given and there may be additional
chapel at any time during the rest of
the week.. Of course it is possible
for President Park and Mrs. Manning
and Miss Ward to say what they have
sentative of the News and thus bring
the material before the student body
but it is more advisable» to have the
personal understanding gained by di-
rect communication. Things are apt
to be complex unless you hear them
directly from their source. The col-
lege offices can be more sure that their
plans are moving forward when there
no dormitories and no “college life.”| js direct corimunication with the
Classes contain about 150 students] students. Through chapel Miss Park
who attend lectures as they please.|o- Mrs. Manning .can express their
If one is bored one merely gets up
and leaves the classroom. The final
| exam.-is..the.-omly-evidence--of--work
which any professor requires of his
students. Although most of their sub-
jects correspond with ours, there is
far more emphasis on American litera-
ture than there at Bryn Mawr.
American stydents at the Sorbonne
follow a set curriculum - and. live in
dormitories. Germaine is working on
English here and intends to return ‘to
France and teach it. = ~
Although French - women—-do
iS
-not
-yote, the importance of international re-
lations in Etrope-makes_politi¢s a com-
mon subject of conversation. ‘“L’homme
de la rue”. is opposed to anything not
in the peace treaty because ‘they think
Germany is arming. They-consider any
treaty made with Bruening today might
easily be broken by a new government
tomorrow. That is the trouble with
the peace caravan. A lot may be ac-
complished by sincere and enthusiastic
people, but world peace cannot be
reached by sentiment. The French
people must realize that it is an eco-
nomic question. No one wants war,
“But the crises]
thoughts or communicate any. informa-
tion of interest to the student body,
If it is necessary to have the students
themselves speak, time will .be pro-
vided for it. -
The second means of communication
of which Miss Park spoke is through
the wardens of the halls who are
graduates of the college and each of
whom has been through the curricu-
lum of an undergraduate. The war-
den knows all the general rules and
regulations of Bryn Mawr-and when a
new-plan-is-to- be-adopted it.is always
talked over with the wardens so that
they may be centers of information.
Miss Park herself has been through
the halls. at the lunch “hour and: has
been unable to hear the announcers
and she suggests that if anyone else
have the same unhappy results . she
may be set straight. through the war-
dens who are competent to be her
guide technically if not spiritually.
Another means: of communicatioit
through the telephone or through an
appointment. The important officials
of the college are ladies equipped with
telephones and office hours. It is easy
is
tosay_to_committees or to a repre-g
Mrs. Fea Is Spokesman for Peace
in Capital as Petition Is Presented by Caravan
e
International Organization Headed by Jane Addams Asks President
for Total and Universal Disarmament After Adding Bryn
- Mawr Names to United States List.
DEAN STRESSES FAVORABLE TIME FOR MOVEMENT
—Photo by Bachrach.
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students to communicate “with tlre. ad~ we HELEN -TAFI..MANNING.
Mrs. Helen Taft Manning was one
of the spokesmen. for the group of
Peace and Freedom which pfesented to
President Hoover a petition for ‘total
and universal disarmament” as a pre-
liminary to its presentation to the
Geneva Conference. Miss Jane Ad-
dams, who is head ofthe- International
organization; Miss Catherine Deve-
reaux Blake, who was one of the
speakers for the Peace Caravan on its
appearance at Bryn Mawr, and Miss
Mabel Vernon, another member of the
Peace Caravan, also addressed the
President in this demonstration for dis-
armament, which began in California
on June 21,-and-came toa temporary
halt in the East Room of-the White
House at 12:30 last Saturday.
Miss Addams told in an _ informal
way what the organization had ac-
complished in other countries in its
attempt to bring public opinion to a
head before the Geneva meeting. Mrs.
William Hull, head the national
organization, then read the petition and
presented it formally to. the President.
Mrs. Manning. enumerated the reasons
why this seemed a favorable moment
for disarmament, and emphasized the
importance for the cause of disarma~
ment of the President's lead. Miss
Blake and Miss Vernon, who were
with the Peace Caravan on its entire
journey ‘across. the country, related a
few of their experiences. All of the
speakers praised Mr. Hoover for what
he had already done to further their
cause.
Mr.
of
Hoover responded briefly but
with’ deep feeling, thanking the peti-
tioners for their efforts to mobilize
public—opinion..._He said he believed
that the statesmen all countries
were sincere in wanting disarmament
but in this democratic age they wer
dependent public Mr:
Hoover is acting asycustodian of the
petitions, which represent every State,
until they are carried to Geneva by’a
member ofthe League.
The women of the Peace group drove
through Washington in more than fifty
patriotically-decorated automobiles be-
fore proceeding to the Capitol and
the interview with the President. The
petition presented does not have as
many signatures as those similar
143 foreign. eoun-
of
on opinion,
of
five hundred women representing
the United States section of the
Women’s “International League—for-
“dent Hoover a petition for
pavy,
‘tions,
United States will take the lead at the
coming Disarmament Conference at
Geneva, and will authorize its delegates
to do everything their power to
bring about an international agreement
under which the nations of the world
may cease to compete iii*the hopeless
race for supremacy in battleships and
armed men,
in
“Never in the world’s history has
there been more reason to look for .
united effort by all nations to end war.
“With the disastrous effects. of the
last great war ‘still perceptible on every
side, with national governments every-
where facing stupendous. deficits. in
their budgets for the coming year, with
men and women in every walk of tife
facing destitution and starvation as a
result of economic distortion following
in the wake of the war, surely we may
hope that the petty rivalries which have
stood in the way of better international
‘| utiderstanding in the past may disap-
pear.”
Peace Cara Van Stops H a acre
—En Route to Washington
On Tuesday, October 6, “President”
Park and Dean Manning receivéd the
members of the Peace Caravan on the
“Steps of Taylor Hall. This group of
women has come across the country
from Los Angeles to present to Presi-
“disarma-_
ment, total and universal.” On their
way across the continent they have
stopped to explain the need of dis-
armament and: to add names to their
petition:
Mrs. Richards greeted the college,
saying that the work of rescuing the
world from the mess that has been’
made of it lies on our shoulders. In
Pottsville, where: Mrs. Richards lives,
the coal mines run two days out of the
week; met! leave their starving families
or commit suicide; women do all the
work they can find; produce is -rotting
on the farms and no one can afford to
buy. it. In the meantime the govern-
ment spends 78 cents out of every
dollar on the army and the navy. At
Bryn Mawr we can see nothing of the
terrible conditions but those who grad-
ifate this year will be going into a hard
world. The Peace Caravan is the re-
sult of desire for peace not only~in
America but over all the world. They
wanted a demonstration before ‘the
Disarmament Cénference of 1932, and
they have had a triumphant progress
through the If every
would fill his or her mind with the idea
peace, public. opinion would be
swayed to bring about disarmament.
There is a glamor aboyt our army and
but we must remember that we
And
country, one
of
have signed the Kellogg Pact:
when we-see the
hospitals we must think of what Irving
Fisher of Yale and the Red Cross have
said, that war would mean
absolute annihilation: That ought to
make us realize vital a thing is
peace. :
‘Miss~ Katherine Blake
then spoke on the coming Disarmament
Conference which is to include all na-
for there is unemployment all
over the world. Under-secretary of
State Castle wants America to be
ready to go better than the proposals
of any other country. Last winter the
gov ernment spent $30,000,000 for three
another
how
Devereux
day night, and for upperclassmen on
Sunday morning.
' A special committee on entertain-
ment was created to work under the
chairman of the,Speakers’ Committee.
The following mrembers were ap-
pointed by the President of the. Under-
graduate Association:
A. Lee, Denbigh; M. Mitchell, Pem-
broke East;’ B. Korff, -Pembroke
West; C. Candie, Rockefeller; M.
Wood. Wyndham; Parsons, Merion;
M. Seon, Radhor.
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in England and Germany must be set-
tled first.
There seems to be only one thing
that the graduate students have to sug-
gest to the undergraduates, but Ger-
maine seems.to think they would all
join with her in urging very strongly |-
that Radnor should be considered a
hall containing many possibilities in the
line of friend making. “Wouldn't it be
possible for us to. get. to know the}:
. Continued on Page Five
to see them with or without an ap-
pdintment and. Miss Park herself is “‘at
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Continued on Page Three
News Competition
The News announces a compe-
tition for a junior member of the
Editorial board. Candidates
should notify Rose Hatfield, 80
Pem West, between 1 :30 and 2:00
or 6:00 and 6:30 on Thursday.
peace egreanizations: Ht
tries. Mrs. Manning suggests that this
may be because of the wording of the
petition, which calls for “total disarm-
ament.” Perhaps a more conservative
petition looking toward steady -and
certain, but more gradual disarmament
would be more successful at present.
Mrs. Manning’s-speech, as quoted. by
the Times, follows:
“In presenting a petition to you (Mr.
Hoover) at this time it is with the
hope. that the government of the
Continued’ on Page e Threa
Try-Outs for ‘Berkeley Square’
Varsity Players with the Haverford
Cap and Bells will present Berkeley
Square, by John Balderson, om Novem-
ber 20 and 21. The tryouts will be held .
on Monday and Tuesday evenings of.
next week. As there are eight female
roles, everyoue is urged ‘to try for some
part. Books will be put on the reserve
shelf in the library.
wounded. men-in. our
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Election or Selection.
_. The wisdom of democracy has been in question for some time. In
the resolution ‘of the election: problems which will arise at college during
the next few weeks and throughout the country during the coming year,
an answer will. be found for the democracy-challengers. Tithe: national
campaign, the result will probably be too much influenced by party slogans
and interests..There_is not, however, much party material at hand to
help in deciding college elections. Platforms have very little significance
in class offices—the most important factor is generally the relative popu-
larity of the candidates. Although some positions do call primarily for
those characteristics which lead to popularity, there are others in which
such qualities are not essential.
The ‘needs of the office must be: considered first. A girl may be
required who can organize, who carries responsibility well, who has busi-
ness ability, who has social graces. If the requirements of the office are
thoroughly understood by the voter. the possibility of a mistaken choice
becomes correspondingly less. Complete discussion of the a¢complish-
ments and potentialities of the nominees is the next essential step—the
_-nuimber-of-a-candidate’sfriends-is no-index of her ability to fill_a certain
position.
Unfortunately, even after these two measures have been taken, there
may be a few who still base their choice on the respect in which they
hold popularity. This is a-form of hero-worship which probably cannot
be checked even in a small community. The only alternative to a wise
and considered election is appointeeism. Where the community is in-
‘capable of selecting a responsible officeholder, the appointing power is
necessary and desirable. In a college group which has been officially
chosen because of its intellectual. potentialities, offices to be filled by
appointment would -be a sad and undemocratic commentary. —
‘way, however, the class and college offices must be held efficiently. It
is in the hands of the voters to determine. whether the election method
is best.
_.. Do We Care?
We wonder how many of the News readers may have seen Harold
J. Laski’s article in the July Harper's entitled “Why Don’t Your Young
Men Care?” and.were struck, as we were, by the extreme aptness of his
remarks. Doubtless, we are somewhat bold in presuming to apply some
of these remarks to “our young women,” but, in this day of skirted sav-
ereignty, we may be forgiven our enthusiasm.
First, be it known, by no means are we sounding a clarion call to
don the garb of a politician and sally forth to the fray. Nor do we de-
sire to arouse an interest in politics academically, interesting and vital
. though the subject may be. Mr. Laski definitely. brings out as his thesis
that we are. sufficiently interested in the academic problem, but only
slightly in the immediate and pressing issue; that is, the undergraduate
“studies politics as he studies biology, or the fine arts, or the elements of
enact. erie 7
He is right in saying that we gibe at our institutions and-our leaders
and do nothing to improve them. Referring to the somewhat moribund
Liberal Clubs found in many of our universities, he compares them with
-the many and robust English student groups. “IT look back,” he writes,
to the vivid life of the political clubs in English universities, their meet-
ings, their discussion groups, their vivid pamphlets, their eager concern
about the next step in political action.” They are not, one gathers, solely’
radical bodies, but “clubs” based on the British parties, and probably all
intervening shades of opinion, meeting real questions in miniature Par-
liamentary debates, making themselves familiar .with those matters on
~ which thinking people wish to be informed. Ns ee
-Our-“cynicism” will, no doubt, go so far as to raise the question,
“What can we avail by getting-overheated over matters about which we
know practically nothing, and who cares to listen anyway?” Obviously,
no one is going to listen to us now, nor will we lay Congress prostrate on
the floor of the Capitol, but the effort is commendable’ and presumably,
efficacious results will, in due time, appear.
Certainly, the question is up to us, if not to solve, at least to help in
arriving at its solution. The Presidential campaign is relatively near at
hand, and it is not too early to make a start in watching and studying
the situation. That Bryn Mawr undergraduates have evinced as imme-
diate an interest in politics as we have we owe largely to Dr. Fenwick’s
Current Events lectures. Let us take advantage of our numerous oppor-
tunities, many of which we will not have again, and realize that, after a
college education, we are “charged with high civic obligations we must
seek at all costs to fulfill.”
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In some |-
Pe Shubert: Ilse Maryenga in the inter-
final. week. A good musical comedy—
and that’s about all:
national musical comedy, Princess Charm-
ing. Romantic operetta of amorous “in-
trigue in a mythical kingdom—both gay
and charming. 2
Chestnut Street: The House Beautiful
with Mary Phillips and James Bell.
Romance of Modern Age contrasted with
that of the age of chivalry. ;
Coming—October 19
Tomorrow. Glen Anders and _ Zita
Johann. . Fair. ‘
Broad: Stratford-upon-Avon Company
in Shakespearean repertoire. Well worth
seeing.
Erlanger: Earl Carroll's Vanities.
Same as usual and mildly irritating at
times.
Shubert: Al- Jolson in The Wonder
Bar. Has a cast of stars and the ac-
claim of Europe and New York. Should
be good if you Jike Jolson.
October 20
Walnut: Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a
brilliant ‘cast headed by Raymond Mas-
sey. Directed by Norman Bel Geddes
and promises to be high light of the cur-
rent season. ‘
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October 26
Forrest: Schumann-Heink in the Shu-
berts’ production of The Mikado. Wel
wish her well.
Music
: Academy of Music
Philadelphia Orchestra: . Friday after-
noon, October 16, and Saturday evening,
October 17. Leopold Stokowski, conduct-
ing. _ Program:
WOE fini Overture “Euryanthe”
eg Seen freee Unfinished Symphony
WV RNG cassacsccrcseccscor ney sesesess Siegfried Idyi
sino Sh. | SSRtESRA Eat Tod und Verklarung
_October..17—a{ternoon,-Fritz=Kreisler:
Coming—Academy of Music —
October™22-"Philadelphia Grand Opera
Company presents Tannhauser.
October 29: Eleker#.
Conductors Stokowski,
Goossens. .
October 26: First of New York Phil-
harmonic Symphony Society Concerts.
Conductors: Toscanini, Kleiber, Walter.
Reiner and
Movies
Keith’s: Eddie Cantor and Charlotte
Greenwood in Palmy Days. Typical of
Mr. Cantor.
Fox: Wicked—a melodrama in which
Elissa Landi and Victor McLagen start
their married life under false pretenses
and therefore suffer and suffer.
Grand: The Squaw. Man with Warner
Baxter and Lupe Velez. Pretty drear.
Arcadia: Sylvia Sidney and William
Collier in a faithful production of Street
Scene. Extremely good.
Mastbaum: The~-Road to Singapore.
William Powell and Marian Marsh chose
as the scene for their romance a nice hot
jungle in Ceylon.
Earle: Homicide Squad with Noah
Beery 4nd Mary ‘Brian. A gang story
centering around a maniacal, killer with
a -sentimentat -streak-which- gets him in
no end of trouble.
Stanley: George Arliss in the title role
of Alexander Hamilton. Historically ac-
curate and ‘well handled.
Stanton:- Cedric Hardiviche in an
authentic version of The Dreyfus Case.
The true story of the. French artillery
captain-—extremely interesting.
Karlton:-Ann~ Harding and~ Leslie
Howard in Devotion. ~ English drawing-
room picture.
Europa: The Five-Year Plan. Mod-
ern Russia it silent films with lecture in
‘English.
Local Movies
Seville: Wednesday and Thursday,
The Star Witness with Walter Huston,
Chie -Sale- and Frances Starr ;Friday
and Saturday, Caught with Richard Arlen
and Franees Dee; Monday and Tuesday,
The Birth of a Nation with Henry Wal-
thall and Lillian Gish. _—
Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday,
Their Mad Moment with Warner Bax-
ter, Dorothy Mackaill and Zasu Pitts;
Friday.and Saturday, The. Public_.De-
The Pillar
of Salt
Garrick: Philip Barrie's Tomorrow and |
Pipe Comfort
(With apologies to Prince Albert)
That certain something which bright-
ened our return to elbow-grease and the
Stygian fluid this fall was Miss Park’s
announcement that our happy family had
been blessed with new pipes. We were
inspired anew to cleanliness, but our
dreams of marble baths with sunken tubs
and mirrored walls went gurgling down
the drain when we found that the new
pipes carried not only the clear waters of
the mountain streams, but in addition a
large part of the. mountainside itself.
When sitting in the tub we were vaguely
‘reminded of the feel of sand* on the
beach, so we shut our eyes and dreamed
it was summer again, until we were
wakened by the plumber’s knock and
apologetic blow of the nose—for each
bathroom..in. Pembroke has its own ever-
ready plumber who lives, we suspect, in
the closet With the mops. This morning
we spent in the hall because,-driven from
the tub, we were prevented from return-
ing to our clothes by six merry painters
sitting on the sill’ They at least -have
their uses, such as to keep the sun off
our faces in the morning and to spice
our studies with the financial problems
of the. Main Line.._And now -we-have
begun to suspect that those intersecting
ribbons of new grass on the campus are
merely a strategy of the powers-that-be
to keep us off the grass—and the Fresh-
men seem to be right in with them judg-
ing from the number of times we were
ordered off the grass during Freshman
Week in spite of our hoary age. Our
cry--goes—up, ‘‘where_may._.we..go, where
find a stone to rest our head?” Pursued
as we are by the Wrath of God, we, have
turned to the last resort, the Pillar of
Salt.
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Query: What’s wrong
ture?
with this pic-
“The. women’s disarmament motorcade,
numbering more. than fifty automobiles,
swung into the White House grounds
behind. a_uniformed band, playing military
marches.”—From the New York Times.
First Musical Service
Draws Large Audience
The first musical service of the year
was held last Sunday evening and was
welcomed by a large audience. It is
‘not often that oné has the combination
of so fine a program and such splendid
interpretation. -As a matter of fact,
one usually has to go to Bethlehem to
hear Bach chorales. The choir’s ren-
dition of “Now All the Woods Are
Sleeping’ was perhaps the climax spot
on the program; the singers, in re-
sponse to Mr. Willoughby’s conduct-
ing, showed great sensitivity to cli-
mactic values, Here, as_in Mozart's
“Ave Verum,” the tone was nearly
flawless. There was a slight lack of
precision of attack in “Jesu, Joy of
Man’s Desiring,” which, however, was
compensated by the sure-footedness of
“Where’er You Walk.”
Mr. Willoughby’s organ selections
offered. great variety, ranging from
sixteenth to~-twentieth— century com-
posers. His five Bach numbers, in-
cluding the very difficult “Toccata and
Fugue in D Minor,” were played with
his usual skill and fine feeling for
mood, as, for example, the reflective
eh rut’ gu. dir.”
The program was as follows:
Organ—‘Prelude in G Major”....,.Bach
Chorale Preludes—
“Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu. Christ,”
Bach
SEER RPPICT PTI seitcsscckesciscisssssies Bach
Choir— “pe
“Where’er You Walk”’............ Handel
WAVE: VORUay orig dicssticsscda Mozart
Chorale with obligato for Organ—
“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Bach
“Holy Father, Cheer Our Way”
4
Letters
Tue News is ‘not responsible for any
opinions which appear in this column.
But, though names need not be printed, .
they must be made knawn to the Editorial
Board. _ As the following letter is deemed
to be of some interest to the undergrad-
uate body, it is being printed with .the
request that the name of the author be
submitted to the Board, according to
precedent. sar!
October 10, 1931.
To the Editor of the CoLtteceE News:
College customs such as Parade ‘Night,
May Day, and Lantern Night are cher-
ished by us not in proportion to their
value as shows. for outsiders, but in pro-
portion to their richness of meaning to
us: Their very traditional character en-
dears. them to‘us, but more particularly
are we captured by the inherent beauty
and dignity of the ceremonies; and the
fact that we are privileged to participate
in them, as in some significant rite, makes
For this
reason the last Lantern Night lost noth-
them all the more precious.
ing by the absence of a crowd of spec-
tators, and, in fact, became rather a
‘beautiful, intimate thing of our own.
The singing under the Arch seemed
even more impressive than usual, except
Thé
Juniots were, as_ usual, unnecessarily
feeble in. their rendition, while the Soph-
omores seemed to have missed the spirit
of the thing entirely. No doubt~dread-
ing accusation of the unforgivable sin
for two rather lamentable flaws.
of sentimentality, they partially destroyed
the pleasure of the singing by their
entrance.~~-In~perfect~accord—with... their.
characteristic disdain for. various tradi-
tions, they chose to mareh between the
row of Freshmen in chain gang forma-
tion. After all, .perhaps: Lantern Night
was rather humorous, and ‘the Sopho-
mores did feel self-conscious about march-
ing to their places with the three other
classes. watching them; but in any case
their usual lack of sense of propriety
was more than ordinarily. disturbing on
this occasion. If the Sophomores would
apply their undoubted cleverness and
originality in other directions, the college
would probably be more impressed.
(Signed) A’ SPECTATOR.
To the Editor of the Cottece News:
- The Week-end Book Service, ~collec-
tively and personally, was most surprised
and pleased to find itself on the editorial
page of the CorteceE News. It/‘is a dis-
tinctly enjoyable sensation to. find myself
remembered in the old haunts.
However, I am sorry to have to dis-
appoint the News in its high opinion of
me, because I never did reach the ex-
alted state of editor. Cornelia Rose was
editor in 1928, and I was copy editor.
To balance this lack of glory, on the
other hand, the News can claim credit
for Caroline Smith, who was also on
Editorial Board in -1928. Truly, the
Week-end Book Service owes its all (or
at least two-thirds of itself) to the CoL-
LEGE News.
Very appreciatively yours,
Heten F. McKetvey.
a
Dr. Simpson. Speaks in
Swarthmore on Mexico
On October 15, 16 and 18 at 8:15
P. M. Dr. Eyler N. Simpson, Mexican
representative of the Institute of Cur-”
rent Affairs, will lecture on Mexico in
the Friends’ Meeting House at
Swarthmore. The subjects of his lec-
tures are as follows: ;
‘Thursday, October 15:—Mexico, the
land, the people and the culture; Fri-
day, October_16—Americanism crosses
the#Rio- Grande;.Sunday, October 18—
Mexico, headed where?
Dr. Simpson. is, by’ his training and
experience, exceptionally well qualified
to speak on this subject.
The William J. Cooper Foundation
of Swarthmore College, under whose:
auspices these lectures are to be held,
cordially invites anyone who is inter-
ested to be present at these lectures.
No card of admission is required.
In Philadelphia 6
- -Eocust : Opening Saturday, October 17, Fine and Dandy. One of the season's
best.
with The Greeks Had a Word for .It—
cast headed by Catherine Dale Owen.
A comedy centering around three typical
Follies girls. Amusing in spots, - in
~ others merely annoying. ain
Walnut : Grace George in her new and
extremely amusing comedy, A Golden
Cinderella. A wealthy woman, tired of
leading a cloistered existence, decides to
» step out and see what it’s all about. Good
and Otto Kruger in Private Lives.
Smart, sophisticated and gay—best thing
in town. x ane ‘
Garrick: Final week of the Theatr
Guild’seAs Husbands Go.
from Dubuque, Iowa, go to Paris—and
then the fun begins. —
Forrest: Meet My Sister enters its
Two matrons
.
Broad: Last week of Madge Kennedy |:
| Gaynor. *
fender ‘with Richard Dix; Monday and
Tuesday, Travelling Husbands with
Evelyn Brent and Frank Atherton.
Ardmore: Monday and ‘Tuesday,
Secrets of a Secretary with Claudette
Colbert and Herbert Marshall; Wednes-
day and Thursday, Silence with Clive
Brook; Friday, The Bargatn with Lewis
Stone and Doris Kenyon; Saturday, The
Last Flight with Richard Barthlemess ;
Monday and Tuesday, Merely Mary
Ann with Charles Farrell and Janet
(Tune “Veser )-
Organ— :
Solemn Melody.......... Walford Davies
Prelude de “La Damoiselle Elue,”
Debussy
Adumaio Casta bile \....5:icciisssaieess Tartini
Gagliarde —. cciccccsviscssssisssciscsieccats Schmidt
Choir—“Lift Thine Eyes,”~
: Mendetssohn
Chorale—“Now All the Woods Are
NE 6 i ciciessnsciviscianmimnabetinnioch Bach
Organ—“Toccata and Fugue in D
Minor i... nti atcoainis oe ann Bach
Lantern Announcements
The Lantern wishes to announce
the election to the Board of Caro-
lyn Lombardi and Leta Clews, and
* the return to it of Arine Bur-
Nett. En
A box is being placed on the
door of the Lantern Room in
Goodhart where contributions may
be left. ae
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" Book Bwiew
“Devil’s Due”
By Phyllis Bottome
This novel of the Austrian Tyrol, by
the author of Kingfisher, is calling forth
some astoundingly contradictory criti-
cism and comment in the columns of
literary review and in circles where the
new books are discussed and appraised.
The the
characters of the leading figures: Max
controversy
centers about
von Ulm, erstwhile Viennese nobleman,
aviator, roue, and cowherd; and the
Grafin Nathalie, the young countess
of the district in which: the novel is
set. Max, perhaps the more unusual
of the two, is a personality of °tre-
mendous force; profoundly honest with
~himself,-but- with’ no~ other; paradox-
ically weak and strong, kind and cruel,
free and base; always both intelligent
and intuitive; an athlete of superb con-
trol, he has none in his personal life;
he is defeated at every turn by a
dogged fate, fails in everything, ruins
every lovely thing he touches, and yet
has about him an austere dignity that
carries with it a great fascination.
Nathalie is less of a tragic figure than
Max, for where he wrestles with hope-
less problems and fails by his own
weakness, Nathalie has usually but one
path before her and is brought to her
terrible death through the failings of
others. She also is a splendid athlete,
infinitely more. consistent than* Max;
supremely controlled, poised, and clear-
headed. Her. defiance of convention,
reckless. sacrifice, and passionate loy-
alty~fit perfectly together, and make
her;-in-contrast“to-Max,-an-arrestingly
complete and .integril personality.
Whatever may be sajd of her lover,
no one could fail to admire, if not
adore; this gallant, sincere and capti-
vating- woman. ‘
The plot is formed by the struggles
of these two to escape and overcome
all the obstacles to their deeply pas-
sionate but ill-starred loye. The ob-
stacles are Max’s wife, his poverty and
consequent degraded condition, Natha-
lie’s family, and, above all, Max’s weak-
ness and baseness. The situation be-
comes hopelessly complex and difficult,
until at last Nathalie finds a terrible
but final way out, leaving Max, crushed
and broken hy her death, to fall back
into the abyss from which she had so
nearly lifted’ hini. : :
A: word about minor. characters and
setting. Figures like the pathetic little
Tante Gusta, the grand old Cardinal,
the degenerate young Graf, Max’s baf-
fling wife’ Lili, and Maur-Andel, the
Tyrolian peasant, are done exquisitely,
briefly, and unforgetably. One has the
feeling that if Max and Nathalie were
not there to be dealt with, anyone of
the others would be adequate as a
central figure. The setting, both in the
natural beauty of the surroundings, and
the interesting populace, is charming
and unusual. The style, insight and
sincerity of the author command the
admiration of all, and the sympathy of
many. It seems almost too obvious
to add that we are among the latter
group.
For BOOKS
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neighbors of the:college are welcome.
Peace Caravan Stops. Here
—En Route to Washington
Continued from Page, One
battleships, which, in the event of an-
other war, would be perfectly useless
in the face of air warfare, while a
$25,000,000 appropriation for drought
and unemployment relief: was turned
down. In 1930 $835,000,000 were spent,
while in the Worcester mills the wages
are $1300 a year, which means. that
638,000 men would have to work the
entire year to earn back. the $835,000,-
000. The cost of one bomb in warfare
is $1300.
dream but now it is a banker and a
Peace used to be a poet's
business man’s: necessity, as President
Hoover’s recent conference’ showed.
This petition for disarmamé@t is inter-
national and has been printed in Eng-
land, China, Japan, and all countries.
Miss Blake ended by urging everyone
‘to write a personal plea for disarma-
ment to President Hoover and encour-
agement for his efforts.
President Park then announced that
Dean Manning and Jane Addams will
go to Washington to present the peti-
tion to. President Hoover, and it is
hoped that the petition will have-many
Bryn Mawr names on it. Harriet
Moore then voiced a resolution in be-
half..of. the college’ to’ send with ‘the
petition that “Bryn Mawr stands for
disarmament, total. and universal.”
Sunday Programs Till
__ Thanksgiving Completed
The committee on Sunday services
has .completed its plans for services
well-known speakers . from various
parts of the East have been invited to
Bryn Mawr and it is hoped that every-
one will take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to hear them.
The speaker for next Sunday, Octo-
ber 18, will be the Rev. Leslie’ Glenn,
of Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass.’
The following Sunday, October 25, the
Rev. W. Brooke Stabler, director of
college work at the Church Missions
House, New Yé6rk City, will—speak.
There will be no service on November
1, but on November 8 the rector of St.
Mary’s Church, Ardmore, the Rev.
Louis W. Pitt, will preach. There will
be a musical service under the direc-
tion of Mr. Willoughby on November
15 and for November 22 the speaker
will be the Rev. Hugh Black, D.D., of
Union Theological Seminary.
Chapel will begin promptly at 7:30
P.. M. ‘except when otherwise an-
nounced, All undergraduates, gradu-
ates, members of the faculty and
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A number of
Bryn Mawr Fashions
' Made Public At Last;
The following advice appeared in
a_ well-
known newspaper this fall with the
caption, “So You're Going to Bryn
Mawr.”
the advertising columns ot
We are printing it for the
benefit of those who are as yet unac-
customed to our somewhat unique
mode of dressing on campus. We
might add, too, that we received this
information in the form of a clipping
with the accompanying remark, apro-
pos sof the pictured Bryn Mawr girl,
“Why does. the collegiate girl look so
unintelligent?” * Frankly, we consider
this a bit ambiguous; are we unintelli-
gent and smart, neither, or which?
‘A prominent Bryn Mawr 1932 girl
wrote the following college wardrobe
advice: ee
“Don’t try to be different, but dress’
in the same kinds of. clothes. we all
wear if you want to be happy your
enue year at Bryn Mawr.
“On campus, while it’s still. warm,
wear pastel tennis frocks or overalls.
Later, you'll want. wool sports frocks
and skirts with colored shirts, mid-
length socks and bright suede jackets.
When it’s colder, a tweed or fur sports
edat-is-a-necessity and lots of girls
also have those woolly Hudson Bay
coats. On rainy days, show you're in
the know by wearing a trench coat and
a bandanna a la immigrant.
“After dinner, if there is ‘a pajama
party, wear your most fantastic pajama
ensemble, or. if you're just sitting
robe ahd striped cotton pajamas.
“On week-ends and when there are
teas in--Cominon, Room, concerts in
Goodhart™ or receptions iif the Gym,
Jook your loveliest.and blossom gut in
your best debutante costumes.” :
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Miss Park Discusses
Means of Communication
Continued from Page One
hoine” on Tuesday afternoons.
Then there is the communication of
an individual through a body, the Col-
lege Council. This council is of. old
standing and is an extremely interest-
lying
change that has been made at. Bryn
Mawr for the past five years. Although
the initiative of a change may have
come from elsewhere the discussion of
it has always been with the council.
The Council is made up of the presi-
dents of the four important undergrad-
uate organizations: The Undergrad,
Student Council, Bryn Mawr League
and. the Athletic Association, of the
presidents of the four classes, of the
chairman of the non-residents, ‘of one
member of the faulty at large, of the
director of halls, of a representative of
the wardens, the-athletic director, the
director ofpublications and the dean
and president of the college. This
council meets once a month with a ses-
sion several hours long to discuss mat-
er which any of its members may bring
up. It has not the power to act
effectively but it transfers any niatters
back to be covered by that part of the
college to which they “belong. The
council often has visitors and it en-
deavors | to get information -first
hand: As-the discussions at the coun-
cil meetings are of things in their be-
ginnings its.matter- is often-not-suit-
ing organization, behind. any
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October 15—Dr. Virginia Knee-
land Frantz will speak on
“Opportunities for Women in
Medicine” in the Common -
Room at. 8_P. M,
Oct. 17—Banner Night.
Oct. 18—Dr. Leslie Glenn, rec-
tor. of Christ's *Church, Cam-
‘bridge, Mass., will lead. the
service of the Bryn Mawr
League at 7:30.
Oct. 23—Senior reception to
_ Freshmen.
Oct. 24—Liberal Club confer-
ence,
able for chapel or publication in the
News. ‘This year, however, there will
be a column in the News telling what
the’council__has._been...doing.-ifit.is
ready for publication. :
Miss . Park that this year,
above all others, the student body will
take advantage of these meatis of com-
munication the greater responsi-
bility of the college is in the students’
hands. She hopes that the student
body will not follow Tennyson and be
“An infant crying in the night,
“An infant crying for thé light,
“And with no*language but a cry.”
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.° THE. GOLLEGE NEWS
Shakespearian Repertory
‘Coming to Philadelphia
Beginning on Monday, October 19,
the Stratford-on-Avon Festival Com-
pany will in Shakespearian
repertory at the Broad Street Theatre
Philadelphia.
now this company, under the board of
Me-
Stratford-on-Avon,
appear
in For several years
governors of the Shakespeare
Theatre,
have come to Philadelphia with their
morial
productions. of Shakesperian drama,
As the permanent organization is suc-
ceeding so well in England and as the
people of the United States and
Canada have heretofore responded so
generously. to their touring troupes,
the A are sending representa-
tives again this year with a repertoire
of nine. plays.
presented are: “King Lear,” ‘The
Taming of the Shrew,” “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream,” «ks You, Like It”
and “Ywelfth. Night.” The following
is a atien from the pamphlet
issued by the Stratford-on-Avon Com-
pany to its patrons:
“In interpreting and revealing the
plays the director’s foremost aims are
for clean. enunciation of the lines;
almost instant changes of scene; ac-
curacy to the period in costume and
manner; beauty and illusigp in, scenic
display and fitness to the time and ac-
tion in musical accompaniment. The
forenost dramatic critics in England
and America have eredited the organi-
zation with. complete success. in .carry-
ing out these ambitious intentions and
no less an authority than Sir Edward
Elgar has voiced his high approval,.of
the arrangement of the music, ‘To
these attributes of the Stratford-upon-
—Avon—Cempany—may—be-laid_the abid-|
ing popularity of the organization at
its home theatre and the gratifying
success that it has achiev ed abroad.”
We are sure that anyone who has
seen these renderings of Shakespearian
plays will join with the News in rec-
ommending them as a good and en-/
lightening evening’s: entertainment. A
few years ago Sir Archibald Flower,
the chairman of the board of directors
of the company, cante to college and
lectured in one of the English classes;
since: that time the ‘undergraduates
have been enthusiastic patrons of the
players’: performances in Philadelphia.
Theatre Review
Lean Harvest, with Leslie Banks,
the current presentation of the Walnut
Street’s one hundred and twenty-third
and one hundred and twenty-fourth sea-
son. The play, we are told, is direct from
its London success, and undeniably it
keeps one entertained for. an evening.
The credit, however, is not ‘due to Mr.
Ronald Jeans, the ‘author, but to Mr.
Banks; no matter how poor a play, one
cannot but gather some. enjoyment from
For. the play
is poor, if a positive term can be applied
to something: as nebulous as Lean Har-
vest.
It belongs to the type-play whose pur-
pose is “to express an idea,’ and the
theme, a timely one, is money. When the
play opéns; Nigel Trent, ambitious son
of a modest country family, is on the
verge of’marriage. When, however, he
» turns down for the hundredth time an
offer of a position, in the hope of “some-
thing bigger,” his fiancee, a wholesome
girl of simple. tastes, breaks the engage-
ment, and eventually marries Nigel’s
brother, Steen, who scrapes together a
living—by writing history books. Nigel
goes forth, finds his fortune,
ries. From then on, we watch the vicis-
situdes of married life.. As a result. of
Nigel's absorption in money-making, he
and ‘his wife drift apart, she to her night
clubs and gay friends (isn’t it always the
way?) and he to his office.. He- begins
to envy Steen and Anne. But without
cause, as Mr. Jeans quickly shows us.
For they, victims of poverty, in their
own quiet way are just as unhappy; mis-
understandings aris¢é between them also,
and Steen is at last forced—by his wife’s
threat to leave him—to appeal to Nigel
» for a job as well as'for money. Mean-
; hi f Nig
el's health has been giving
Among the plays to be.
‘remains without a single characteristic,
is
eS, nen
and mar- }:
but the question is, is it worth making? | connected with an interest in kitchen
We are shown that money is the cause | utensils, and was at least very delight-
of Marital Distress among rich and poot | ful as a burlesque of herself in the scene
of Nigel’s dream. Perhaps the most
individual character was Philip Downes
(Philip Bruce), the nonchalant wooer of
Nigel’s wife, although he too was only
a bit of surface drawing. Nigel himself,
with the heart and the pockets of gold,
was most consistent as a character.
When he enteréd, the scene brightened,
and the- action seemed quite rapid, so
expert is Mr. Banks in playing a line
for its full comedy -value, and so crisp
is his acting. His portrayal of Nigel’s
more serious moments was not less ef-
fective; it» the mad scene, for example,
alike, but we are offered no_ solution.
And we have a right to expect charac-
terization of thought, at least, in a play
of ideas. It is doubtful, however, if ac-
tual characterization can ‘ever be dis-
pensed with to. the extent that it is in
Lean Harvest: Despite Vera Allen’s
efforts, Nigel’s wife, however decorative,
either as a type or as an_ individual.
Even a master gesture would have helped. |
Anne, played by Patricia Calvert, if
drawn without any depth, was at least
with the assistance of a simple spotlight,
he inspired more than a little pity, to say
nothing of fear: And there is often but
a_hair’s breadth between pathos and
bathos when the tone of a whole play
is as uncertain as this one’s.
The ten scenés, though not aiding a
plot already deficient in continuity, were
a credit to the producers. The snatch of
subway platform and the embossed cor-
ner of Nigel’s bedroom could hold their
own with any set from a Sophisticated
Revue. Moreover, the dizzy study in
Nigel’s house provided just the right
atmosphere for going mad.
Whatever we may have said, the fact
remains that we enjoyed Lean Harvest.
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way, and when, for some reason inexplica-|
ble even to the audience, his wife sud-
denly decides. to “go- off with another
wman,” he breaks down and goes mad right
on the stage. After that, the reading
of his will hardly comes as a surprise,
and the play closes. with the jubilant
exclamations of. the beneficiaries, Steen
and Anne, and, of course, with the not
too subtle intimation of misery ahead.
Mr. Jeans makes his point all right,
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We by no means sat back in our seats, .
picking it apart.
times brilliant dialogue, the staging, and,
above all, Mr. Banks’ acting quite sus-
pended our critical processes:
of a vague sense of flimsiness, we were
not aware of the play’s real faults until
afterward. One does not have to “take
away” something from a play, but it is
somewhat discoricerting to have it turn
into vapor behind one. Still, had the
author «accomplished his purpose, and
given us a meaty comedy about the hor}
The rapid, and some-
rors of money, we would have left the»
theatre even more susceptible to the De-
pression. As it is, a play that can keep
one happy, or at least djwérted for an
evening, while it may not be great drama,
or even drama, is still worth seeing, and
for the “tired business man and college
girl” probably of greater benefit.
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| Hotkey Team Loses
Opening Game
Main Line ‘Wins, 5-3, Despite
Potentialities of
Varsity. :
SECOND TEAM _ LOSES
On Saturday Bryn Mawr opened its
hockey season with a ame against
Main Line, the score being 5-3 in favor
of the visitors. The team showed great
potentialities, but the usual early sea-
son lack of co-operation showed up in
the attack. On the defense the play
was better, being more a question of
playing
backed up
individual ability. Strebeigh,
centre-half for Main Line,
their forward’ line beautifully, with
passes into the circle, and the opposing
forwards took advantage. of Bryn
Mawr’s muddles in front of the goal
to score. Miss Grant is still experi-
menting with her line-up, and given an-
other week of practice should have' the
attack going more smoothly and the
‘which
more than solve: Saturday’s shortcom-
defense more reliable, would
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Substitutions: Remington for Ger-
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Douglas, Jones for Fairbanks, Jackson
for Jones.
Although the Bryn Mawr secefid
team game against the Main Linge
onds was..a two-to-one defeat, if gave
- Miss Grant an opportunity to see all
of the new material in action. The
team was playing together for the first
time, to which the lack of both of-
fensive and defensive strength may be
attributed. Frequent — substitutions
necessitated by injuries also broke up
the. team. work. The most noticeable
fault of the second was their inability P
to co-operate, caused by lack of confi-
dence in themselves and in their asso-
ciates. Too often.an individual kept
the ball herself instead of passing, and
no one seemed to anticipate the next
. move; a bad: failing in any team. Miss
Grant has now an idea of the needs of
the team, and next week will un-
doubtedly see the new and old ele-
ments formed into a more co-ordinated
whole.
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‘About the Alumnae
1930
Hannah Ban spent the winter in the
St. Luke’s Hospital’ School of Nursing
in Tokyo.” retone!
Vaung-Tsien Bang was married on
H, Chou,
she knew
January Ist to T. an elec-
engineer, whom in
America where he worked and studied.
“Whiz”
does editorial work for a weekly: paper,
“The China Critic,” and teaches English
They live in Shanghai where
in two colleges.
John
name of our class baby.
Latane Bissell* is the proud
His modest
good lqok-
mother says he is “pretty
ify.”
Edith
family case work she is doing inthe
Baxter is thrilled with the
Bowery as a fellow of the Charity Or-
ganization Society and.also with ethe
study she does at the N. Y. School of
Social Work.
Connie Cole has job
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
York.
_We had the .pleasure of deitine on
Charlotte Farquhar Wing in her
charming apartment in New’ Haven
the other day. Charlotte seem§ to be
kept busy with the musical and literary
interests of her husband, but she also
with : the
‘of New
a
| manages to. find time to go antiquing
with Jean Parks, ex-’30, who lives with
her husband (whose name, Donald A.
Davis, had escaped us) in Danbury
where he carries on Jean’s father’s
business.
Joan Prentice, also ex-’30, really is
teaching English to little. Siamese. boys
and seems to love it.
thrilling tales of elephant herds.
1931
At the last class meeting held on}!
the following officers were
President, Elizabeth Baer;
Timonium, Maryland; Vice-President
and Treasurer, Mary. Frothingham,
157 Bay State Road, Boston, : Mass.;
Secretary, Marion Turner, Parkton,
Md.
Virginia Burdick was chosen as class
collector; Elizabeth Baer, representa-
tive for the Alumnae Council, which
is to meet in Baltimore in November;
Evelyn Waples, class editor; Virginia
Shyrock was appointed manager - for
the Reunion, whichis scheduled to
take place in 1932. The class voted
to give not only the traditional $100
as-a contribution:to the Students’Loan
Fund, but also $100 toward the fund
which is being raised to purchase new
microscopes for the Minor Biology
Laboratory.
June 1,
elected;
She‘ also writes:
other remark
French Grad
* Continued from Page One
Germaine asked. An-
which the French
undergraduates?”
on
grad seemed to lay much weight and
that pleased us, was to the effect that
there was a. great deal. more “solid
culture” among ‘the students in Amer-
ica than she had expected. We hardly
dare guess how much culture a student
from the Sorbonne would expect to
find in the average Bryn Mawr girl
but being thoroughly American we are
optimistic.
It was quite gratifying to: find an
onlooker who expressed a desire to
participate in Parade’ Night and who
said that Lantern Night was typical of
that sort of tradition which is lacking
in the.French university life. Ger-
‘maine concluded that she had found
that all Americans were bubbling over
with what she called “universal kind-
ness,” and we should like to add that
if any -undergraduate..would like to
take advantage of her desire to meet
“some of them} she will be aniply re-
paid. .
Globe Trotters
If you have any goldfish put them:
in the attic with. your Victorian what-
nots, gilded clamshells and Second
Empire hats. They are out. The com-
ing fish are ‘more in‘keeping with the
present mode—slimmer for one thing,
and wearing contrasting color com-
binations, What's more they are very
temperamental. Before going into de-
tail it might be best to tell you where
we got our’ information. ' Mary Kath-
erine Rasch, °32, of Narberth, raises
fish in surprising quantities. Shesells
them, “but not for profit. (this is. not
an advt.). It's something like dispos-
ing of a lot of kittens except that fish
come by the -hurdreds~and~obviously |
can’t be drowned.
Pisciculture, it seems, has its very
amusing moments. Take for instance
the Betta Cambodia, more vulgarly
known as the Siamese Fighting Fish,
whose bodies .are cream and whose tails
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are bordered with blue-green and red.
They
froni embarrassment. but simply to’ at-
blush—not as’ you might think |
tract attention. When they are bored,
all the red seeps out of their tails.
These, as well as niost “of the” egg-
bearers, are properly parental while
spawning but act most abominably im-
mediately after, The eggs, as you
probably don’t know,, have. been laid
ona bubble nest, blown by the proud
papa. . Now is. the time to take the
mama fish out because she has an ugly
habit of eating the*eggs. The papa
fish behaves more creditably. Ah, but
not for long! . He waits till all the
eggs are hatched, and they'd better be
because he breaks up the bubble nest
to make sure they’re all out. And now
is the time to remove papa because he,
like Chronos, has a penchant for eat-
Probably you have been wondering
why they are. called Fighting Fish.
We don’t really know but. it may be
because the male has a hard time ad-
justing himself to wedded ‘life. Miss
Rasch, who believes in the marriage
de convenance, does all. the arranging.
One of ‘her fish, a finny Bluebeard,
apparently resented having no say in
the matter, and killed off two fiancees
before settling down to matrimony.
If you want to know more about
Miss Rasch’s collection and what other
kinds of*fish she has she will be very
glad to take you to her house in Nar-
berth to look at them,
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Marriages
Marcella ‘Palmer, "30;
Wendell Blanchard.
Marion ‘Hughes to Lieutenant Walls.
Katherine Collins, ‘29, to. Henry
Hayes. They were iiarried” ii “San
Francisco. with Elinor Collins-as maid
of honor.
to Lieutenant
Anna Walcott to F. Bourn Hayne
Ella Berkeley and
Marg Ullom were bridesmaids.
in Sai Francisco.
Anne Lee Hobson to T. S. Brough-
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THE. COLLEGE NEWS
Enthusiasm of Russian “People Is
Marked, Says Miss Gertrude Ely
Bryn | Mawr Woman Made Trip i in Colbie with Bernard
Shaw and Lady Astor; Found People Better
Dressed Than a Year Ago.
“he training of the Russian people
under the Five-year Plan was com-
pared to a terrific religious fervor by
Miss Gertrude Ely, chairman of the
Pennsylvania League of Women Vot-
ers, who returned last week from a
trip to Russia in company with Ber-
nard Shaw, Lord and Lady Astor and
other prominent Britons to her home
on Merion AVenue, Bryn Mawr.
Miss Ely’s visit to Russia, the sec-
ond in two years, was prolonged after
the return of the Shaw party. Most
of the time was spent in Moscow.and
Leningrad, visits also being paid to the
‘Lenin Commune, to a prison farm near
Moscow and an animal raising farm.
“It is most difficult to give an ade-
quate or complete picture of Russia,”
Miss Ely said, “since the -field in which
they are working covers so many lines.
Everything, of course, is directed to
the advancement of the Fi; 2-Year Plan.
- The theatres, movies, newspapers and
books are all propaganda agencies for
it. And the enthusiasm and co-op-
eration of the people is: most striking.
“People there often have two or.
three jobs and much work is done at
night. Public projects are looked upon.
as everyone’s duty and mitch volun-
teer work is done. In Moscow, for in-
‘stance, they were repairing streets by
night.”
Miss Ely told of an incident which
occurred there one evening about 5:30:
‘Workmen were prying: up cobblestones
in the street, preparatory to relaying
the. trolley tracks, and girls’ were
throwing the stones oneside. One of
the girls she discovered spoke German
—so-she asked if she might help fora
bit. * Assent- was readily given so.,Miss
Eiy went to work. “It’s good fui
~~ throwing cobblestones,” she said.
“Did you see what you wished to
see_or-what_the-Soviet—officials wanted-
Quarantine and Course .
Changes Are Explained
In chapel on October 1 Dean Man-
ning made the -following announce-
ments:
On account of the epidemic of in-
fantile paralysis, visitors to the college
may not sleep in the halls and anyone
wishing to go home, or to visit any-
where besides PHadelphia and_ its
suburbs must apply to Miss Ward for
permission. The object of this two-
weeks quarantine is to keep people
from the infected areas off the campus.
Miss Ward is working in accordance
with Dr. Wagoner and it is hoped that
the quarantine will be lifted with the
first cold weather.
Mrs. Forest will not give her course
in child ‘psychology this year unless
more people. are very anxious to take
it. It will be given next year in any
case.
Shakespeare reading will be given
this year although the plans for sec-
ond semester are uncertain as yet on
account of May. Day.
Surgeon to Speak
The first of the serics of meetings to
familiarize students with the various
vo¢ations will be held in the Common
Room on Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
The speaker will be Dr. Virginia Knee-
land Frantz, of the College of Sur-
geons. Her“ subject is “Opportunities
for Women in Medicine.”
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you to see?” Miss Ely was asked.
“Those may have coincided, but I saw
what I wanted to see,” was the reply.
In a village she revisited she found
that an athletie tield had been laid out
since last year and that athletics. were
being encouraged. The people, she
found, were better dressed than a year
ago and were demanding more, “even
lipsticks,” she added.
The Communist party, according to
Miss Ely, is small in numbers and is
constantly being purged when hun-
dreds who are found lacking are
thrown out at one time. “It is very
arduous belonging to the party,’ she
said. “I asked many people, particu-
munists. In some cases the answer
was yes, but more often the reply, was,
‘No, I’m not a Communist. It’s too
difficult’.”
The reactions of the Russian people
to Shaw were most interesting, Miss
Ely said. Everywhere he went the
people crowded around him. Even in
the factories they surrounded him, ask-
ing for his autograph and telling him
larly young people, if they were. Com>
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MISS GERTRUDE ELY
“It’s good fun throwing cobblestones.”
they had read his books. “By remain-
ing there after he had gone I got the
attitude of the people towards him in
another way. They were all very kéen
about-him.” Miss. Ely characterized
Shaw as “‘a highly dramatic person and
one of the most: extraordinarily alert
persons, mentally and physically, t that
I_ have ever-met.”’
----spirited Freshman-‘stunt were the fea-
Fifteen Years Ago
Seniors Take-Off Quarantine
Nineteen seventeen’s amusing skit
on quarantine regulations and a
tures of the Senior reception on Sat-
urday.- night.
Nineteen seventeen’s performance
opened with a screen-song addressed
to the “pretty babies” of the audience.
The first act, a take-off on registration
under quarantine, showed Freshmen
going through “hot air,’ “hot oil;’
“microscope” and “cold showers” and
reappearing with the yellow ticket
“purged.” The Freshmen, especially
those impersonated by C. Hall in bril-
liant orange, and E. Seely in yellow
and purple, were recognized at once.
Their methods of ‘smuggling mer-
chandise from the pike with the aid of
’20’s numerous M. Carey’s, were the
features of the second act.
THE POINT OF A JEST
In attaining the much-desired senior-
ity, 1917 has also attained the much-
dreaded orals. No amount of dread-
ing, fearing, hating can save you.
Orals must be taken and ‘passed or
taken and failed, but they must be
taken. Since this is true, why not
take them in the best spirit possible?
Thirty-one classes have met the test
|
and very, few students have failed in
the end, but no class has ever shown
a healthy sense of humor in regard to -
them.. They have all moaned over the
campus, trailing lengthy word-lists be-
hind them,
their disheartened look and pessimistic
depressing everyone. by
talk. Of course you must study, study
hard, but being gloomy and afraid will
not help you. Why not display a lit-
tle originality, 1917, and start a new
fashion in oral taking?) Be gay—at
least now and then! If, like Cyrano;
you must die with the point of a
sword in your hearts, die also like him,
with the point of a jest om your lips,
Cc
Disarmament
The League for Industrial Democ-
racy has just published an emergency
magazine, called ‘Disarm; Disarm!”
This aims to be a sweeping, graphic
assault on war, on war psychology, on
the causes of .war. Not merely nega-
tive, Disarm! indicates various ways
for affirmative action. As was true
of ‘The Unemployed” (which had a
circulation of 315,000 for three issues)
“Disarm!” is an example of eollabora-
tion of writers and artists who now
contribute their work as a united effort
against the secial- horror of war,
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