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Vol. XVII, No. 12



WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1931



Price: 10 Cents









Vachel Lindsay, “The
Troubador,” Chants

The “Chipmunk” Contrasted
With the “Swan” by Means
of the Rhythm.





POETRY: FOR SWING



Vachel Lindsay has been given the
appelation of troubador, and # we may
judge from. his visit to Bryn Mawr
last Thursday, no other term could be

more fitting.. His aim is to make
poetry a social exercise, and so his
poems are written to be chanted,

rhetorically spoken, or danced, The
poems of the chipmunk and the swan
which he recited on Thursday evening,
are good examples for his theory.
Each, he says, must speak, .or..rustle
for itselie-""And .so Mr. Lindsay ex-
aggerated the reading; “Mr. Chip-
munk” as a poem is far more reason-
‘able when slower, says its author, but
then it would not be characteristic of
“The chipmunk, the chipmunk,
The monkey of the. squirrel tribe;
Quivering with monkeyshines ie
Alert from ear to tail, ~
In the thimbleberry, raspberry, huckle-
berry trail,
In the thimbleberry, raspberry, huckle-

‘erry feet ~

The swan, on.the other hand, is one
of the few things which cannot be
“jazzed up,” as Mr.’ Lindsay says. “A
Swan Is Like a Moon to Me” is espe-::
cially suited to be danced,

“And if they dance ‘it is so slow

“And if they dance it is so slow.”

Of dancing Mr. Lindsay has said
that’ “anything that -seems to be- poetry.
to the listener can be danced by him
while it is read to him,” which seems
logical since it seems to be chiefly by
means of tenypo that he characterizes
‘his subject, as- he has so admirably
done in the syncopated case “Good-
bye, Jazz Age; I’m Going Home.’ At
any rate it is obvious that interpreta-
tion of one kind or another is necessary
for complete appreciation of his work,
possibly Mr. Lindsay’s own at that; his
voice is exceptionally sonorous, and
whether or not one agrees with his
method of using it, one cannot ~help
feeling the tremendous vitality it has
the ‘power of imparting to the “printed

Continued on Page Four



Present ‘Swelling of Jordan’
Must Be Met with Courage



The Reverend Harold Long, Dr.
Mutch’s assistant at the Bryn Mawr
Presbyterian Church, was speaker -at
the Vespers service on Sunday, Feb-
ruary 15. In an informal talk Rev-
erend Long discussed the varieties’ of
physical, intellectual, and moral cour-
age, and a fourth type which-means
carrying on in times of trouble. and
suffering. The subject was ‘chosen
from the allusion in Jeremiah to the
need for courage. when the “swelling
of Jordan” came, There is. courage
in many to meet such times of troublé
but there*are also elements of cow-
ardice which, it is. difficult to keep
down—the two are in constant con-
flict! Only children have the divine
recklessness in its pure form. Courage
js also. one of the Christian virtues
without which man can face neither
the little or the big things.

Physical courage is not to be looked
down on, for it deals with the whole
man. It is most evident in war which
wastes all of this courage ‘uselessly.
The. Apostle Paul and. Christ were
both brave men. The next type of
courage is that of the intellect, when a
new idea is not considered something
to. fear. Neither St. Paul nor Jests
ever hesitated to say what they thought
though it-meant making, bitter enemies.
Then there is moral courage, which in
college brings the individual to stand
out against the mores of the group.
‘Older people“find this difficultto retain
as. their ideals lose brilliance.

The fourth type of courage is less

Continued on Page Three

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Notice!

In thee announcements of ‘altera-
tions in Requirements in the News’
of -February 11, the. word
should should have read
two cases:

1. A-student majoring in science
“must substitute for the science re-
quirement a unit of Psychology or
Mathematics, or. Economics, or
Politics, or History, or History of

. Art. ocr) ;
2. A» student majoring ‘in Phi-
losophy must offer a unit. of Psy-
chology’ for the fourth unit of rg-
quired work.

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may
must in







Isabel Cooper Dances

in Charming Recital
. A datice recital was given by Miss
Isabel Cooper at the request of the
Department of Physical Education, in
the gymnasium Thursday afternoon,
February 12. Miss Cooper was form-
erly a student at the Elizabeth Duncan
School of Dancing in Salzburg, Ger-
many; she_is now holding classes in
dancing in Philadelphia,

A severe background ot gray.-drap-
eries ‘concentrated all attention upon
the figure of the dancer in her long,
graceful ‘burnt-orange costume. The
program opened with simple illustra-

\tions of watking; running and skipping:

The essential naturalness and restraint
in Miss Cooper’s. technique was at
once apparent. All her movements
seemed to merge in an upward lift cen-
tered in the torso, eliminating the ex-
travagant motions of arms and legs
that characterize so much. of..modern

dancing, There was strength, smooth- ]

ness and, unusual lightness, in the

co-ordination of her body.

In the more complicated dances that
followed, one could mark the develop-
ment from the simpler elements in Miss
Cooper’s. dancing... The emphasis was
upon controlled continuity of move-
ment rather than upon the execution of
minute: patterns. Her interpretations,
though spirited, did not attempt to be
pseudo-dramatic, though originating
from- the same. basic idea, they: were
never monotonous. _

Because Miss Cooper does not aban-

Continued on Page Three



Reception for Summer

School Was in Deanery

e

President Emeritus Thomas Re-
ceives Students, and
Industrial Workers.

A PLEA FOR SUPPORT

President Emeritus Thomas was
hostess last Tuesday, February 10, ata
reception in the deanery to which all
students were invited. Speeches by
Miss Thomas, Miss Hilda Smith, head
of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for
Women Workers in Industry, and
three former students of the school
preceded the refreshments,

Miss Thomas -spoke first, urging
student support of the summer school.
Jt.was started, she said, in 1921 and
is the pioneer among the four suntmer
schools for women workers that now
exist. The three others are: one at
Barnard, one in the South, and a co-
educational one in Wisconsin. ®

One of the greatest happinesses, said
President Thomas, is to work in a
coming yiovement. When she grew up
the struggle was for college education
of women. ‘The next step was the

achievement, by -the sacrifice of the ©

lives of thousands of women, of wom-
en’s suffrage. Now we must learn to

share. with most. of the world, .with its.

workers, the opportunity we ‘have to
gain wisdom, knowledge and ,under-
standing: “A fine example of co-opera-
tion between college _ women
women workers may be seen in the
arts and crafts movement in New
York. The great joy of’ the summer |



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Mrs. Manning Announces.

(This account of Chapel on Thursday,
February 12, has been, contributed from
the Dean's office.) ‘

When the Faculty adopted the new
plan for the required work they voted
that it should go into effect immedi-
ately for those students who wish to
arrange their work accordingly. There
are some points which must be em-
phasized, ‘however, especially to the
students who have already decided te

41 drop froni. their échedule Latin, Eng:

lish Literature or Psychology.

in general, students must choose be.
tween the old and the new, plan. If they
wish ‘to abandon some one of the ‘old
“required” subjects they must comply
with the new requirement of three and
one half-uriits in the major subject, and
also with the new Special requirements
for students majoring in Science, in
English, Latin or Greek and in Phil-
osophy. Thus a science student may
not drop her Latin or English’ Liter-.
ature in order to devote all of her time
to work in Dalton Hall unless she has
already completed a. full-course in Psy-
‘chology, the Social Sciences, or~ His-
tory. ot Art. Phis the
new plan was made at the suggestion
of some scientists on the Faculty who
feared thete would be-too great spe-
cialization on the part of the science
students when the -other-requirements
for the degree reduced. And
again it is rash for a freshman to de-
cide that she ‘may as well drop her

provision in

were

Continued on Page Four



Dr. Kirsopp Lake to

Be Flexner Lecturer



‘The Roman Empire As Seen in
the- New Testament’ Is Sub-
ject for Publication.



WILL HOLD SEMINARIES

By

Announcement has recently been made
of the Mary Flexner Lecturer for next
year.’ Dr. Kirsopp Lake, at present
Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History
at Harvard University, will follow Dr.
Breasted, Dr. Whitehead and M. Paul
Hazard in this capacity. Dr. Lake will
come to Bryn Mawr early in the second
semester and will give public lectures on
two subjects: St. Pawl and the Text of
the New Testament. The joint seminary
ofthe graduate students under Dr. Cad-
bury and Dr. Taylor on Contacts of
Christianity and Paganism will be taken
over for six weeks" by Dr. Lake, whose
contribution will cover The Roman Em-
pire as seen in the New Testament. Dr:

Continued on Page,4

Details of ‘‘Requireds”’ |

Freshmen Present Animal Show to Juniors
and Reveal Grasshopper as Class Beast



“The Road to Mars” Has Original Plot, But Is Diverted From
Main Theme to Centre Interest on Individual
Characterization.



EXCELLENT LEADS COMPENSATE FOR LACK OF UNITY



1934, for the first-time an organized
whole,’ presented its show, “The Road
to Mars,” to the-Juniors, and revealed
the class animal last,Saturday night in
Goodhart Auditorium.
are to be congratulated on.’a produc-
tion possessing a reasonable minimum
of amateur defects, and showing to ad-
vantage the varied taleits of the class

The Freshmen

The plot, though original and prom-
ising for an “animal show,” failed to
develop the animal theme. The empha-
sis, so predominant in the first act,
was completely diverted in the second
and became only incidental.
theme of Marsian and the
dual love interest, originally subor-

feminism

dinate, usurped its place. In_ short,
we received the impression that the
dark blue grasshopper was only a

means to an end, not the end in itself,
as tradition has had it,

Though unity is not to’ be expected
of a musical comedy, what little there
is, is usually provided by the chorus.
In this case, the chorus did not fulfill
its part, and it was necessary for the
leads full
‘Fortunately, as the play. was written
them, this not of
whelming difficulty.

THis should not be construed as be-
littling the ability the
stars, in particular, Miss . Jones, as
Reggie Smythe, a typical P. G. Wode-
house hero. Despite-an-—-English- ac:
cent. far from convincing, Miss Jones
made the most of a role which gave
full scope to her, undoubted ability to
amuse, rom_her_first-appearance-on
the scene, she is featured, although the
context of her dialogue leads one to
expert Miss Righter, as Jimmie Wynne,
to carry the leading part. “It is hard
to imagine what would have‘ been the
outcome had Miss Jones not been cast
in this rather ambiguous character,
whether, had Miss Righter’s role, been
more amply Miss Jones
would still have walked away with the
play. We think that, Miss
Jones’ charm and_ personality, Miss
Righter is potentially the abter actress.

Miss Righter’s poise and stage pres-
ence distinguished her, and enhanced
an otherwise colorless role.

to assume responsibility.

around was over-

histrionic of

developed,

despite

It/jAis_re-
grettable that her talent should have
been wasted in providing a foil to Miss
Jones, however , effective. the joint
effort. Apart from her acting, she has



a remarkably sweet and well-pitched



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voice, as evidenced by “Once in Far
Cathay,”. her duet with Miss Culbert-
son, .

Miss Culbertson and Miss Schwab,
as Comnie Stevenson, Bryn Mawr, ’34,
and “her chum,” -Hepzibah Jones, filled
rather incidental parts with ease and
grace.” Miss Polachek had a: surpris-
ingly.meagre-share-as~president of thé
class of '34 at Rwar* Nyrb, and, al-
though she herself has a true and well-
sustained voice, she received’ no sup-
port from cast or ‘chorus.

The Freshmen are fortunate in hav-
ing can contribute in
three different ways to a musical pro-
duction. Miriam Cornish not only
performed two particularly good spe-
cialty dances, . but trained the
chorus, and composed a large part of
the music. The dancing chorus, which
was not especially good, suffered more,
we believe, from badly timed entrances
than from any fault of her directing. ,
She provided the only ‘really | profes-
sional touch in her own dancing which
was justly encored. In fact, we won-
der that Miss Cornish did not supply
the deficiengy of the “animal” finale
by executing a symbolic dance, to An-
troduce the discovery of the grass-
hopper. a

The music was’ slightly negligible,
possibly because of the k/of an or-
chestra (which may also account for
the weakness of ‘the chorus) although
Miss Snyder did as much as possible
to provide a ‘musical background from
the depths of the pit. It remains only
to comment on the scenery and light-
ing. By far the most effective staging
was in the second scene of the first
act, “The Road to Mars, Night.” The
lighting was ambitious} and, on the
whole; vety successful. =

Despite certain obvious imperfec-
tions, the Freshmen put on their show
with a spirit and verve Which inclines
it is the best

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Program of Spirituals
by Hampton Quartet

Negro Songs A



AUDIENCE IS PLEASED



Once again Bryn Mawr has had the
pleasure of hearing the Hampton Quar-
tet; on Monday evening they presented
four groups of songs among them, as
usual, Juba, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,
and Water Boy. Although it. seems
superfluous, we cannot. refrain. from -re-
marking that through the effortlessness
of crescendo, smoothnéss of phrase, and

| fullness of tone, these singers have com-

bined the healthy sentimentality inherent

in the spiritual itself with the restraint

characteristic of the interpretation of the
true art-form. Upon no. occasion is the
program allowed to become subordinate
to. the’ music, despite the temptation
offered by such a song as Roll, Jordan,
Roll, which deals with death in a naively
sentimentalized form. With such singers
as these of the Hampton Quartet the ap-
peal of the music depends upon natural
expressiveness _ rather. than ‘startling ~

‘effects of interpretation, /uba, of course,

being an—excepfion, for its effectiveness.
depends upon-its successful dramatization.
And so, the literary value of the spirit-

uals is not obscured, and what could be

more delightful than Oh, Mary, / don’t
you weep, don’t you moan, because
Pharaoh's army got drowned, or Ezekiel
saw: the wlieel ‘way up in the middle of:

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Hail, 1934! 7
The first appearance of the Freshman Class is always a time for
rejoicing. From “Hitch your wagon to a star” to the Animal Song we
enjoyed every moment, and we congratulate 1934 on its talent,-individual

and collective:

Good luck to the Blue Grasshopper.

8



Keep Off

the Grass

As freezing temperatures alternate with balmy spring days, we grow

more and more solicitous for our old

friend the grass. Part of this feel-

ing is the result of contagion, we admit, for President Park seems more

distressed than usual.

It develops that the drought has done its work

and menaced the grass from root to blade, the fair bloom of last fall

being merely an illusion of prosperity.

The winter snows were unusually

brief and inadequate as a protective covering, and the undergraduate (the
a graduate, too, it appears from the path beyond Senior Row) continued her
direct methods as she does yéarly, waiting for the first shrill whistle to

wake her conscience.

Now is the time for the spring resolution and the annual good deed

for the: —
detours.

Let the whistles’ see~ you quickly ~established-in-your-



We wonder how 1933 is going to meet its obligations to the Fresh-

men. Anyway it was a beau geste.



COMMUNICATIONS



(The News is not responsible for opinions expressed in these columns)

To the Editor
A report of the curriculum ‘commit-
tee appeared in the News. of Déetember
17. It seems to me that this deserves
some notice. As I see it the curricu-
lum committee is supposed to be an
organization through which student
opinion -on college work can be ex-
pressed to the faculty, I, may be mis-
taken in this opinion, for some may
contend that the committee is to work
out plans to be adopted by the Faculty.
Of course, if the purpose of the cori-
mittee is to furnish the Faculty with
brilliant suggestions, it would neces-
sarily be made up of the most intelli-
gent, deep-thinking and original minds
on campus. However, as I See it, the
Faculty and the administration are in
'. a far better position to work out pro-
gressive ideas in college curriculum

-and.the.commitee to find out how the].
However it turns out that two mem-

student body reacts to these ideas.
With the idea in mind that the com-
mittee is to find out student opinion,
how should it be composed? The two
places in which work is most discussed
are the class room and the hall. If
the present committee is analysed from
these points of view it will be found
to be. unbalanced in several important
particulars. If it is looked at in refer-
ence to the courses in which the mem-
bers are majoring, the results are as

follows: meat

5, History; 1, Economics and Poli-
tics; 1, English; 1, French; 1, Arche-
ology; 1, History of Art; 1, unknown
(not science). With references to
halls: 5, Pembroke West; 2, Pembroke

East; 2, Merion; 1,: Rockefeller.
These lists show two flagrant lacks of
representation. There is no represent-
_ ative of any science course or of math,
its nearest ally. Secondly Denbigh is
also’ neglected.
is some student opinion among sev-
-—enty-one students. spp 18%}
Of the undergraduates).
Aside from the make- -up of the « com-
mittee, its functioning also’ seems faulty.
“It is strange that a committee should
submit a report to the Faculty sup-
) representing student opinion
on the subject before a large portion
ete the students even knew the commit-
_ yee was considering that subject: This
i exactly what has happened with the







-the rest of us.

‘also to genuine disapproval.

Il am sure that there]



et- halls ‘and of wt the

ing of the students was held to approve
the report before giving it to the Fac-
ulty.. No request was made for sug-
gestions from the student body as a
whole. Lastly not even an announce-
ment was made that the committee
was considering ‘the matter of required
courses. | An obvious result of this lack
of, discussion could be seen last year
in the way in which most of the stu-
dent body accepted the new plan. We
all knew that something was going on
that would mean radical changes, but
try as we would, it was nearly impos-
sible to find out exactly what it was.
Most of the members of the commniit+
tee itself were inethe dark along with
For this reason we
naturally supposed that the matter had
passed. beyond the realms of student
initiative and advice and was_ being
worked out solely by the Faculty.

bers of the committee worked out a
plan almost identical with the one
adopted. (Of course this may. have
been a coincidence, and the Faculty
may have been going to adopt such a
plan anyhow.) Certainly it is strange
to, have a. plan, backed by. student
opinion, drawn up by two members of
a committee without the knowledge of
the rest of the committee,
ofthe rest of the students. When the
plan arrived, when it Was too late to
change, a storm of objections arose
from the student body. This was
partly due to misunderstandings © but
If only
the matter had been discussed7if a
meeting, no matter how poorly at-
tended (non-attendance at college
meetings is the current excuse for not
publicly discussing curriculum mat-
ters), many of these misunderstandings
would have been cleared up and per-
haps some of the objections met before
the plan was put, into effect.

necessary to suggest remedies. I
would suggest that the committee
either’ be elected annually by the
classes so that the members could be
responsible to a definite~-group of
students, or be appointed with the
definite stipulation that due regard be
shown for representation of all the

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, Fensral. gf ginupings:

of courses such as language and litera-
ture; history, economics, and __ politics

ty courses; science and math; courses; and:

art. If such thorough ‘representation
would mean too large a committee to
meet conveniently with the Faculty or
otherwise ‘to’ function efficiently, a
smaller committee could be chosen
from among the members to represent
it, but this smaller committee must be
‘directly responsible to the large com-
mittee and report back to it frequently.
A second requirement should be that a
definite public announcement, be made
of the subject under consideration and
opportunity provided for non-members
to express opinions. ‘This. could be
done by putting up a box for sugges-
tions, or by members ‘holding office
hours for interviews with their “con-
stituents,” A final and:-most important
requirement should be that any. report
drawn up by the committee must first
be submitted to and approved by a
meeting of the whole student body be-
fore it is given to the Faculty. Even
if the meetings are very poorly at-
tended, it will be a formality insuring
that the réport is representative of
student opinion as a whole. However
I am convinced that the meetings
would not be poorly attended. Many
people in this college spend a five-day
week here and must be interested in
the work done in those five days or
they would not be here. Most of the
other meetings, from which people

subjects relating to the other two days
or, more specifically, to the social life
of the college. ‘ But a meeting about
the curriculum would deal with the
one ‘subject in which we are all pri-
marily interested.
it unfair to say that such a meeting
would be unattended. But- if. it were,
it could be interpreted to mean that
the students had complete confidence
in whatever its committee decided, and,
further, the few who would attend
would help: spread the news of what
was going on.

I have written such a long letter,
because I feel. very strongly on the
subject.. I think that at present a
large part of the students are unrepre-
sented in a matter very near to them
in which they have the power to be
‘represented. I would very much like
to see-letters from others who are in-
terested in the matter. Perhaps some
could straighten out my misconceptions
and justify the present system. If not,
I would like some action.

Harriet Moore, '32.



Dear Editor : ~

~It is obviously wrong that we should
be compelled to waste the better part of
one day in seveny and also that in the
meanwhile we must be a damper on the
fun of those who are quite entitled to all
the relaxation they can get, especially. on
Sunday morning.

Are we to abandon all hopes of having
the Lib open on Sunday mornings? We
have kept silent as long as we could but
we can endure no longer and we reiterate
four plea for Sabbath peace’ On one
occasion we resisted the temptation to
roam abroad and spent the week-end at
college, with high hopes of accomplish-
ment.
ing that. point where our ideas were be-
ginning. to crystallize, and we were on the
verge of seeing our way clear to the
end. -In short, we had reached that point
where a few hours of peace and quiet
were the’most desirable, and disturbance
the most undesirable, of ail things. Then
thé tumult started. Our neighbors gave
a breakfast’ party, the “Times” arrived
and was exclaimed over and shown to
‘us, Our roommate waxed unusually con-
yersational, and everyone else _tramped
up and down the corridor in mules.
sought refuge in the smoking-room,
the newspapers and bridge games had
preceded us. All morning we sought after
quiet, but to no avail. Finally, at two
o'clock; when the Lib did open, we had
lost our inspiration of the morning, and
never did quite recover >it.

Our New Year’s resolution was to go
to Philadelphia at least once each, week
for the good of our Soul. Generally we
chose. Saturday as the logical day to go,
for then our friends could go with us and
we, too, felt more disposed to roam than

|we had during the week: -To make up
oe realiz® that there is no-use-in just
criticising an orgaiiization. , At is equally

for. - Saturday's absence | we planned to

result. Finally we gave up our good
resolution, and now we sacrifice ourday
of recreation to hard wStk, and Sunday,
for lack of the opportunity to do other-
wise, we waste.’

These are two examples of the folly
of closing the Lib on Sunday mornings,
and we beg for consideration of them or
}reasons why greater folly might result



have judged attendance, are held on.

Therefore I think

We had just succeeded in reach-

me
but

work all day Su nday—but you -know the



from opening it.
Incidentally, what—if any—is.the rea-

‘son~behind -this.new.-marking..system. I
gravely suspect that our faculty have |

been guilty of changing merely for the
sake of change.

Most sincerely yours,
A Memser oF 1932.



To the Editor: - .

_ You may have noticed in Taylor a
box jn which people were to leave their
names if they were “genuinely inter-
ested in having the library open Sun-
day mornings on the-following condi-
tidns: The stacks closed; reserve room
open, but books out over the week-end
not to be returned untjl Sunday P. M.”
The results of the ballo in a space
of three days were: 11 Freshmen, 13
Sophomores, 7 Juniors, 4 Seniors, 2
unsigned; total, 37.

Of these, three wanted the stacks
open and eleven wanted the reading
room open under .atty conditions
whether or not the reserve. room was
open. It is possible that more of the
signers would also be satisfied with
just the reading room open. The big
disadvantage in having it closed i is hav-
ing to carry all the books for a report
home over Sunday. I cannot see why
it would be a great bother to have the
reading room and the reserve room
open. The librafy must have to be
heated anyhow. if the Faculty are in
it on Sunday, as we have been told. If
the difficulty is in getting some one to
take the reserve room for that time, I
would be glad to do it.

If there are legitimate objections to
having the library open, I would like
to seem’ them in print. Thirty-seven
is one-tenth of the student body and
is a large enough number to make it
worth while unlocking the library at
8 instead of 2 on Sunday.

One Interested in the Library.



Dear. Editor:

We-should like. to endorse_the— policy
that the News has taken on the question
of numerical marking. We noticed with
relish in the same issue, the following re-
mark of Miss Moore, who served on the
commission of Higher Education in the
Detroit Conference: “the consensus of
opinion seemed to be in favor of only.
two marks, passed and failed, with a
possible mark for superlative work.” We
feel that this is too idealistic a theory
for the present ‘but that the merit sys-
tem provides the nearest practical ap-
proach. We also concur in maintaining
that the numerical system is at once
unfair and undignified.

Patricia Hitt Stewart,
Dorts-K. RANSOHOFF.



February 11, 1931.
To the News:

We wish to agree. with the editorial in
the News of February 11 criticizing the
new system of marking. - The distinction
between an 84 and an 85 or a.61 and a 60
takes on a significance out of proportion
to its actual meaning, while valid differ-
ences would be well-expressed if the
C—, C, C+ distinctions were retained.
The requirements for graduation honors
could be raised if it ‘is felt that there
are too many “Summas” given at present.

Signed,
AMELIE’ ALEXANDERSON, '32.
RutH ‘MILiiken, 732. *
, GRETCHEN Mvetter, "32.



Dear Editor:

Not only do we agree | with last week’s
editorial on the numerical system, but
we have yet to hear a dissenting voice.-
We hope that the editorial, expressifig,
as we believe, undergraduate opinion, will
be instrumental in restoring the merit
system, which was far more satisfactory.

Betry Hatt,
Susan S. GraHam,
Grapys_ L. Brinker.



Dear Editor:
We are glad to see that the News

has taken--notice -of the new marking

system, and has expressed so well our

own feelings on the subject.

Mary Foote,

Yvonne G. CAMERON,

CATHERINE E. Morr.



To the Editor at the Diewee ik

Although I appreciate-the usual ex-
cellence. of the News comment, I am
forced to register-a~protest-expressing
complete disagreement with the recent
editorial on numerical marks.

One of: the News’ chief objections-to
numerical marks is the belief that they

}give an evaluation of the student's work}

less fair than the old honour point. sys-
tem, It is admitted that there was dis-|
satisfaction with the. previous arrange-
ment “where an werent credit minus

‘1 college

. | Casella—



student received a mark ten (numeri-

cal) points higher than the habitually
merit.plus:. But the News says that

the faculty is unable- to- make the-dis---——

tion of one or two points in: grading
‘work. ~ Nevertheless, — “the
faculty, since they voted the measure
in, presumably . wanted it.”
We are told that the new system can
give no reward to those intangible
qualities which may not be included
in the strict quizz and examination
average. Does it not seem obvious

that these extra-statistical achievements |
can be much better recompensed when °

a professor can add on two points,

which will actually count, than when’

he is faced with either a plus sign,
which does not help in the final ac-
counting, or an entire ten-point in-
crease? And the smaller the unit of
the mark, the more truly can he repre-
sent those qualities. This principle of
fairer differentiation holds for all
border-line cases, including the almost-
failure and the almost-pass.. And fair-
ness likewise. justifies “the humiliation
of a'mark in the 30's.”

The fact that faculty and students

are still thinking in terms of merits '

and credits does not, to my mind, prove
that the honour points are better, but
merely that we are not yet used to the
change. As to the: professor who
posted a 58—the case appears to be
one of misunderstanding the relation-
ship, between the new system and the
old, not of an immutable P-psychology.

The moral effect on the students is
a more difficult question. Neverthe-
less, I cannot see why a numerical
scale should lay more emphasis on
marks than did the previous mee hg
ment. There probably is somewhat
more bickering over a difference of a
few points now than formerly, but
that seems to me the unfortunate ac-
companitment. of what ~is otherwise a
great improvement. .

Finally, the whole question of mark-

ing systems-seems-rather-trivial: Need

we*bother our over-worked minds with
the’ long consideration of this purely
mechanical side of our studies which
would be necessary if we effected a
change? ~ ;
A Member of 1932.

In Philadelphia

Broad: Strictly Dishonorable continues
to prove that bedroom comedy. need” not
cater to the evil-minded.

Chestnut: Better Times, a revue with
Louise Groody, Jaék Pearl and several
other stars.

Forrest: Elmer Rice’s Street Scene is
a moving and vivid cross-section of New
York tenement life.



Garrick: Subway Express, a mystery
play in which a murder occurs on a
crowded tube train.

Walnut: A. A. Milne’s Michael and.
Mary, a sentimental and tender play in
which Madge Kennedy moves graciously.

Movies

Boyd: Illicit with Barbara. Stanwyck
and Charles Butterworth. The case for
marriage restated.

Earle:-
Aunt, a revival of the old comedy.

Fox: Ed Wynn in Follow the Leader.
The Wynn antics are perennially amusing
and Ruth Etting is in the stage show.

Keith’s:—Jack—-Oakie—in--The—Gang
Buster. Comedy, needless to say.

Karlton: Joe E. Brown is hilarious in
Sit Tight.

Mastbaum: Constance Bennett, Robert
Montgomery and a swell cast in The
Easiest Way, about a girl =vho
and then found love.”

Stanley: Cimarron is a splendid. ver-
sion of the Ferber novel. With Richard
Dix.

Arcadia: No Limit. Clara Bow as“an
usherette, with Stuart Erwin.

Philadelphia Orchestra

Charles Ruggles in C ay

“sinned.

Friday afternoon, February 20; Satur-

day evening, February 21, Ossip Gabrilo-

Witsch conducting :

Beethoven—Symphony No. 3 in E fat
major “Eroica.”

Liszt—Concert No. 2 in A major for
Piano and Orchestra, Mieczyslaw
Munz, soloist.

“Serenata” for Small Orchestra.

Local Movies
. tg ¥¥ CONC and 1 da
Sean: ‘Ceawiord i in Paid: ‘Friday | and Sat:
urday, Jack ,Oakie and Lillian Roth in
Sea Legs...

Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday, The
Lash with Richard Barthelmess and Mary
-Astor; -Friday, Victor ~-McLaglen_in'A
Devil with Women; Saturday, al E.
‘Brown in Going Wild. - >

Ardmore: Wednesday and iat
Will Rogers i in Lightnin’; Friday, Evelyn. |

day, Men on Call with Edmund Lowe.



. 4
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Lucas | 2 ,

Brent in Madonna of the Streets; Satur- :

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~ the unity of the team. was..with the

1931 1933
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BNE cers sciserts Bes Aiscesacecaseinis Leidy
PIndley. caidas Cee ay Lefferts

(Wood)
COPE i cscsis cts ee aos Grassi

Score: 1931—10; Tatnall, 2,2,2,2,2.
1933—23, Weld, 2,2,2,2,2,22,1,2; Candee,
2,2:2.

1932 1934
WOVE? Gameron’nscicacccs ee age eer Daniels
BAGO saiccaics: Fi Qasinccdveisvientslons Hurd
RAinenart | fosi.scs EG csiasdesesvopecee Jarret

ante te: Gis csscccsecsuisal E. Smith
(M. Woods)
Watts asinine: OER abe ee Bishop

(J. Woods)

Score: 193217, Cameron, 2,2,2,2,2,-
2,2,; Pettus, 1,2. 1934—35, Daniels,
1,2;2;3)2,2;231;1,2;2> Butter, -1,2;2,2;2:2;2-
1,2,1-



_ Second Varsity Overwhelms
- Saturday Morning Club

On Saturday, February 14, the Sec-
ond Varsity opened the basketball.



. season very auspiciously with a 51-16|

ie

victory over the Saturday Morni
Club. Led by Captain Harriman, the
team showed a unity hardly to be ex-
pected so early in the season.

Harriman and. Boyd after a few min-
utes of warming up began to drop the
ball in whenever it came their way.
They seemed to go well together. De-
spite the fact that Boyd only shoots
from one spot, she was able to work
herself into it without losing any op-
portunities for scoring.

_ The forwards’ ‘chances were greatly
increased by the excellent playing of
Engle, who looped the ball over to the
forward under the basket with accu-
rate shots. Alb her passes were sure
and apparently easy to hold on to>
Longacre generally got-the jump. She
has a tendency to walk with the ball
and as a result there were a good many
out of bounds throws for her opposing
centre. The only apparent break in

centres who rarely passed to each
other;

. The guarding was good. Le Saul-
nier in particular covered her forward
consistently well.

For the .opposing team Miss Sharp
was by far the, best, often catching
Longacre at her own game by stand-
ing in front of her and intércepting
passes. E

| Lefferts

ib

‘THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Chalfante) , -

“PSPORTS jess eis aet

17, Jones, 2,2,2,2,2,1,2; Smith. 22.
First Team Totals
First Team Ttls. Second Team Ttls.



Team W.. L. Team W. LL:
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SUMMER SCHOOL «

RECEPTION AT DEANERY



Continued from Page One

school is that in it are taught students
who want tremendously to learn. As
in the early days of Bryn Mawr, the
greatest. difficulty is. keeping students
from overwork. Miss Thomas con-
cluded by turning the meeting over to
Hilda ,Thomas, ’31, who introduced the
speakers that followed.

The’ first of these was °Miss Hilda
Smith. She told of the fouriding of the
school ten years ago by:Miss Thomas,

and. of. its. great possibilities for the

future, of the sort of background of
the workers that come, why special
schoofs are needed for women workers,
what the courses.of the school are, and
what its work leads to. There are a
hundred students every summer. They
are grown women between 20 and 35
years of age. All are required to have
a_ background of at least two years in
industry. Most of them are used to
long-hour’s of monotonous work in fac-
tories. Some work at very simple ma-
chines, others at highly intricate ores.
A 6th grade education or its equiva-
lent is required for entrance. but this
requirement is loosely construed; some
have never .been to school. Others,
however, have been one or two years
in high school., Ability to write-and
read-Engtlish to a certain extent is
required. Good health .is another re-



B..M. Seconds hovel a eae

Se |, ae ees aes Lighices |
(Allen)

DMS i soctsisccnainnsse Bice Tashjian |

(McCormick)

POUR CEO 2s is acss J Guna Sharp
(Allen)
TURIIO: osssccrsossoccsens Sy Concerta Farson

(Rothermel) (Lightcap)

PA OMPOIBON i civsensvsiede (Roc ies ees eas Allen
(Jackson) (Sharp, Wirson)
SOB RUINIET 5 4i.s0000>: Goins Newcomb

(Lloyd-Jones)

Referee: Miss Perkins. Time: eight- |.
minute quarters. Score: Bryn Mawr,
51—Harriman, 2222222221122; Boyd,
2211222222222; McCormick, 21. S.
M. C. 16—Lightcap, 1121;° Allen, 2;
Tashjian, 22212. ai



Class Games
The class games of the first: teams
were played on Thursday. The Sopho-
mores beat the Seniors, 10 to 23, and
the Freshmen beat the Juniors, 35 to
17.

In the second team, games on Mon
day the Freshmen beat -the Juniors,
27-21, and the Sophomores beat. the
Freshmen third team, 36-17.

1932 Second 1934 Seconds

| helping

1 quirement.

‘The workers come from all over the
United States and from Europe to the
school. One girl hitch-hiked last sum-
mer to the school from California. An-
other walked all the way from Chicago.
The worker's education. movement ~is
betterdeveloped abroad ‘than it: is in
America but workers come from Eu-
rope on scholarships in order .to meet
American workers.

Tired workérs, no matter how eager,
can learn little in night schools. Con-
ferences are too short; university ex-
tension courses are too expensive, too
“high-brow” and their lectifrers are
usually unappreciative of the experi-
ence and problems of the working class
group.

The: campus. in.summer is a most
picturesque place; there is every sort of
opinion represented and no two people
agree on any subject. -It is very stimu-

self-government in which they take an
active part. The school is divided into
six units on the basis of a psychologi-
cal test which tests chiefly reading
‘ability. In every group Economics and
English are required. Courses are
planned in consultatidn with the work-
ers. For-English there are speeches,
papers and forums. Seience is-a popu-
lar subject; Room D in Taylor swarms
with rabbits and guinea pigs, and at
night outside a line of students waits
before a telescope to study the stars.

The two months at school are only
the beginning of an _ intellectual
renascence. Many former students are
forming night classes. The school is
them to get teachers and
proper text books. Many have de-
veloped an, interest in legislation and
are starting worker’s clubs. Many
things are wrong with our present
industrial system under which so many
suffer. It is up to us to educate the
worker that he may better his lot.

Miss O’Connor, of the neckwear
trade in Philadelphia, was the next
speaker. She told feelingly of the manner
in which she came to summer school, of
the indescribable beauty she found in
the campus, of the joys of privacy and
of self-expression. It has taught her,
she said, to have sympathy with and

The summer school fills a real need.

lating. The students have a system of:



. Curtis Concert Tickets. ~

~ Pickets-for-the.Curtis. Orchestra _

_ Concert, which is giveii_ t6 the sub-- f
scribers to the Series by Mrs. Cur-

_ tis Bok, should be called for before
Friday at the Publication Office.
After Friday, those wh: are not
subscribers may also obtain tickets.







learning to understand those of other
countries.

Miss Vimita Seegers, who coneluded
the speaking, is one of the two women
linotype. operators in Philadelphia.
She told of the variety of opinion pre-
sented in the classes by outside speak-
ers and by. the students. She stressed
the importance’ of English and Eco-
nomics in the curriculum.

Miss Hilda Smith added as a final
word a plea for financial as well as
moral support for the school.



Mouse Disrupts Thorne
School Game in Gym



Monday, February 16, a mouse, very
small, fat and brown crept from a crack
to sniff a heap of coats promiscuous
just outside the: gym. A young furor
ensued. The immediate suspension of
basketball on the part of the* Thorne-
Schoolers was followed bythe forma-
tion of an eager ring of sprawling’ spec-

tators. At first the small mouse
seemed to keep his smallwits~ about
him: “perhaps “visions of © cracker

crumbs in sundry pockets had made
him rash. At any rate he whisked in-
trepidly in and. out and over tailor-
made tunnels, hills and valleys. Sugar
was proffered but he disdained it.

‘ But the public eye soon*became too
much for him.
weré picked up and shaken: no mouse:
Pockets, at length, were searched: out
he popped, small and horrified, to be
greeted by squeals of delight. And
now the hue and cry was after him.
When last seen he was heading in des-
peration toward the swimming pool.



In Print

Everything. from desecrating to’ re-
juvenating the country has been placed on
the héads of college students. Now Dean
Manning, of Bryn Mawr,/says they are
responsible for over-work. 'The constant
pressure of life in the United States plus
the immaturity of college students is
blamed. The moral of that is devote
yourselfto «studies only or_read books
and become mature.—//tnter Bulletin



In the New Book Room

Mastering a Metropolis, “planning
the future of the New York region,” by
R. L. Duffus; Open Gates to Russia,
by Malcolm W. Davis; An Anthology
of World Poetry, edited by Mark Van
Doren; Christina Rossetti, by Dorothy
Margaret Stuart; Bach, the Master, “
new interpretation of his genius,”
Rutland Boughton.

by



DANCE RECITAL BY COOPER



CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

don herself to loose or superfluous
motions, her dancing might seem at
times to be unemotional and overself-
conscious. But control is the very
principle of her art, and any departure
would be desecration. In this era of
aesthetic stylization it is particularly
satisfying to see dancing so artistic
vet so essentially natural... —
D-H, er,
The programm was as follows:
BO BIN ie Corelli Adagio
USE a) aa Free Schubert’s Forelle
* SKIPRING stcese: Schubert's Standchen

2. Schubert Waltzes

3. Chopin Mazurkas

4. Brahms Waltzes ,

5... deegerdartsakss Moment Musicale

O NEOSEIN Giicics chon Minuet

fe CHEE: i cin Air gai, Iphigenie

8: Beethoven -:....:...........6utene Lang
(1) Encore—Galop ........... Schubert

(2) Encore—Eccossais ....Schubert



‘

Home Talent

On Tuesday evening, March 2,



Saneorn ccc AE cise Polachek
Ti. WO0d 8: tiaiivinn EN Sicsisoscsts: Pee Allen '
Hranchot-...0.5...., he Sic cgeeccenecivanse Nichols
Graton kuwkai Or Ceca sieiaics Mitchell
Foote--iicsscincie: CEE ae Miles
Field é —— Duany.
Score: 1932—2.1, Sanborn, £,2.8;%

Woods, 2,2;2;2;2,2,2,1. 1934—27, Allen,
22234,2;1-;—Polachek,221222 12.
1933 Seconds 1934 Thirds

understanding of those of other na-
tionalities and colors, to. vote - intelli-
gently instead of for the “best-looking”

the terrors of libraries. pa
Miss Bessie’ Zach; a typist in the of-
fice of the Bricklayers’ Union in Phila-
delphia,
with summer school training in trade
unions, of her poltical education here,
of learning to express herself, of learn-
ing the possibilities of organization, of



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ties ‘ (Yoakam)
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candidate, to have the courage to brave i

spoke of the need for girls}

the—\arsity—Players«.avill_present

He disappeared, Coats+

= |Progtam to Be Presented by"

Curtis Symphony Orchestra



press its gratitude to “Mrs. . Mary
Loyise Curtis Bok for her generosity

I} in giving this concert, which will be

giver in Goodhart Hall on Monday
evening, February 23, at 8:20 o'clock.
Emil Mlynarski, Conductor
Assisted by ‘
Louis Vyner, Conductor
Carmela Ippolito, Violinist
Conrad Thibault, Baritone
Mildred Cable,’ Soprano
PROGRAM
Symphony, No. 2, in D Major,.
Johannes Brahms
. Allegro non troppo
Adagia. non troppo
Allegretto grazioso
Allegro con spirito
Concerto in E Minor for Violin and

Orchestra sissies Felix Mendelssohn
First movement (Allegro molto
appassionato)

-*Carmela Ippolito _,
INTERMISSION
Overture—Fantasy: “Romeo and
Juliet” se Peter I. Tschaikowsky

**Conducted by Louis Vy1
Aria—“O du mein holder abefd-
stern” from ‘“Tannhauser”, for

Baritone and Orchestra,

Richard Wagner
*** Conrad Thibault
Aria—Einsam in Truben Tagen”
from “Lohengrin”, for Soprano
alia OTrcneswa snr Richard Wagner
+Mildred Cable
Overture te “Rienzi”

*Student of Mr. Efrem Zimbalist.
**Student, of Mr. Emil Mlynarski.
***Student of Mr. Emilio de Gorgorza.

+Student.of Madame Marcella. Sem-

~brich:— oe



REV. LONG AT VESPERS



Continued from Page One

definite, but it appears: in .times
distress and suffering. It is necessary

‘| because life is a matter of suffering, as

is increasingly apparent at the present
time and in this immediate -neighbor-
hood where many aré in actual physical
distress. People have unemployment,
poverty, sickness, and death to face
all of the time, and in carrying on they
become the real heroes.

The “swelling of Jordan”
strong enough to meet it. Christianity
doesn’t explain sorrow, but it shows
the mystery, and potency of. sorrow,
pain, and~ sin,
capacity and force to transform them
strength ‘and faith.’ In Jesus
Christ who offers to help sustain’man’s
burdens, is,a clew to what the universe
is like—He makes the whole less of
a puzzle. Faith is part of courage;
it is not a mere substitute for reason
but reason grown courageous. With
faith to aid man it is easier to face the
“swelling of Jordan,” and to follow
the words “Do not be afraid.”

finds them

into



The Mikado

The Glee Club has begun rehearsals
of the choruses for the Mikado, which
will be given the week-end of May 8
and 9. Miss Shaughnessy is President
of the Glee Club, but the musical re-
khearsals are under the direction of the
Music..Department and are taken by
Mr. Willoughby as in former years.

The News wishes to emphasize the fact
that the Glee Club is organizea under.the
Music Department of the College.



Harvard Frosh Received
Severe Training in 1734

Being a college student of Harvard

emn business. Rules for freshmen in-
cluded such as these: “No freshman shall
wear his shat in the college yard except
when it raing*or snows, or be on horse-
back, or hath both hands full. No fresh-
man shall use lying or equivocation to
escape going on an errand. Freshmen
may wear their hats at dinner and sup-
per, except when they go to receive their
Commons of bread and_beer.”—N. S.
FA;

Bryn” Mawr” Coreg wishes to~ex=|:



of |

and it» gives man, the

University in 1734 was a stern and ‘sol-°





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three 6f.the one-act plays written__,
for Mr. Hughes’ course in Play-
writing: Under the Skin, a satire-
by Sydney Sullivan; The Uncom- '
mon Thit#va comedy by Janet
Marshall: Humpty Dumpty, a
-farce by Leta Clews.. The plays
were chosen by Mr. Hughes, and
each one will be directed by the
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Alumnae and Guests of Students: — _
per night including use of bathroom
’ Breakfast: 60c and 75c¢

Luncheon: 75c and $1.00 °°
Dinner:~ $100, $125, $1.50 *

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FEBRUARY 18, 1931





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Calendar
Thursday, February 19—The Lib-
*-eral Club’ presents” Mr-~ Morris
Leeds, President of the Leeds-
Northrup Company, who will
speak at 8:15 in the Common
Room on-The New Capitalism.
Monday, February 23—Mrs. Curtis
Bok gives the concert by, the
orchestra of the Curtis Institute
to the Subscribers of the Bryr
Mawr Series in Goodhart Audi-
torium.
Wednesday, February 25 — Mary
_ Wigman will give a program in
Goodhart Auditorium.

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Dr. Kirsopp Lake to
Be Flexner Lecturer



Continued from Page One

Lake's publication, as Mary Flexner Lec-

~ . ° .
public lectures and the ‘seminaries which
concerns the New Testament.

Dr. Lakésis an M. A. of Oxford Uni-
versity and an honorary D. D. of St.
Andrews._He has worked on manuscripts
of the New Testament at the monas-
teries of Mt. Athos and Sinai, and has
published his investigations in numerous
articles and books. His other publica-
tions include several translations,’ the
Beginnings of Christianity in two vol-
umes, the Earlier Epistles of St. Paul,
the Stewardship of Faith, Immortality
and the Modern Mind, and Religion Yes-
terday and Tomorrow. He is at present
engaged in directing the excavation of
Samaria. Dr. Lake is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.



~“VACHEL LINDSAY SPEAKS



CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

page.’ He is quite frank about: his
work. Of the “Santa Fe Trail’ he said
that he was here to give us the tune

There was
so we need not look for one.
On the pther hand, of his humorous
though kindly poem on Carrie. Nation,

and the general structure.
no idea;

he said that though written in his boy-]-

hood, “it had wind.” Again, he ad-
mitted’ (after the performance) that. he
was proud of his ballad produced at the
request of a magazine for a 2000-word
article on “How to. Write Poetry,” and
before reciting it he had asked his audi-
ence to realize that the “quiver in the
voice and the briny tear were not sen-
timentality but mixed emotion.” This
poem, he says, marks his return to con-
centration after a period in which he
had written diffusely. A work such as
this shows that Mr. Lindsay writes

an impression, as he does with the
chipmunk, for instance, but he has
something definite to express. In
other poems which he also recited he
shows very real feeling, as in “Vir-
ginia.”” .Being a wanderer himself, he
sympathizes with others, with those
who

““_Went West to: the new blue grass
When it was still Virginia.”

This “land of the gauntlet’ and. the
glove” is also thought of in “The Vir-
ginians Are Coming Again,” in which
Mr. Lindsay prophesies the downfall
of Babbit: -~

“You will die in your shame, under-
standing not day.
Out of your loins, to your utmost con-
fusion :
The Virginians are coming again.”
The idea of looking back whence we
came is also to be found in “The Rim-

“We-march to that ‘alien blue-grass
hymn ae
Under Spokane’s brocaded sun, and
her deeply embroidered moon.”
although the city itself, rock-encircled
and, says Mr. Lindsay, more “glittering
than Broadway” is beautiful. Califor-
nia, too, is loved by Mr. Lindsay. Not
only has he written what he calls a
serious poem) about it, which, inciden-

tally, he did not recite, but he has |

praised it to “Punch, conductor, punch
with care, punch for every passenger,”
which he let us hear for ourselves.

Alsq/Spokane may boast a “brocaded
SUF doubt whether it could

portant, at least when their author reads
them. How great their intrinsic value
is need not be considered. It is enough
to-say that Mr. Lindsay provides -ab-

sorbing entertaitiment. ie



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Latin because she expects to go of
with English at any rate, for the Latin
or Greek will be required of major
English students. i

Another point on which there has
been some confusion is with regard to
The

choice is between English, Latin and

the new literature requirement.

Greek Litérature and by the last of
these the course in Plato and Homer is
meant. The

Greek cannot be offered in the fulfill-
ment of this requirement except by
students "majoring: in English, Latin or
Greek.

Undoubtedly the greatest number of
special adjustments will have to be
made in the case of students who will,
at the end of the year, have completed
only a half of the present Philosophy:
and ~Psychology. requirement. ~ The
courses im both subjects will be
changed next year to full courses with
three meetings a week and increased
preparation. For the students who
have had the present Philosophy
course there will be a choice of courses
in fulfillment of the rest of the require-
ment.» »They may. take.the. first. year
course in Psychology or they may take
one of the second year courses in Phil-
osophy. Those students who have had
the present Psychology course without
the Philosophy are the only ones who
may possibly feel aggrieved at the ar-
rangements for next year, for they
cannot fulfill the rest of the require-
ment except by taking the full course
in Philosophy. If this increase in the
requirement for a few students causes
real hardship, however, the Curricu-
lum Committee will certainly consider
making adjustments for them.

In conclusion I would say to any of

course in Elementary

you who. feel. wounded tosee your
more dilatory or procrastinating class-

mates released from a requirement

| vised to do so, that none of us on the
Faculty are willing to admit that you
have suffered any real injury. The re-
duction of the requirements is not an
admission on our part that you would
do well.to leave~Latin or Psychology
out of your schedule. We believe that
you will ali be better women if you
can include them. It is only the rec-
ognition of the fact that there has been
real difficutt in arranging schedules
to include jso. many required courses,
and that it has sometimes proved im-
possible to do so\ without sacrificing
the major subject or soine closely re-
lated work, which has caused us’ to
make the¢change.



- HAMPTON QUARTET

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE



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The quartet has sung but lately in ne
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chanty about the sea-serpent, who
_“eracks the ribs of ships and waits for
the men that drown.” This is one of
Mr. Lindsay’s most delightful poems.
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