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College news, January 25, 1933
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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Vol. 19, No. 11
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“THE COLLEGE NEWS
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(Founded in 1914)
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Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of
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- hounds will make their kill, but it is also immature.
‘should be able to pass every course she’takes, and if she does not, it is
‘with intelligent resignation, accepting our fate, and devoting our best
Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa.,
a
Bacchanalia
With the prospect of the next two weeks and their attendant
difficulties before-us;-we-rise-once-more-to-plead-for-an- intelligent atti-
tude toward exams and their numerical outcome. It is difficult not to
tremble, like a frightened rabbit against.the day when the pursuing
Exams form part
of our education and they cannot come as a surprise to anyone. Since
October we have been doing our work, or have not been doing it, as the
case may be, fully cognizant of the final reckoning to come. There is
no reason to regard exams as fabrications of thé devil caleulated solely
to upset our digestions and. derange our minds. Everyone in college
her fault and not that of the system. The semi-annual rebellion against
exams which sweeps the campus reveals an immaturity and lack of
courage which is disheartening. Our screams of rage and pain serve
only to reduce our effectiveness at the crucial moment and interrupt
the mental processes of our friends. Exams are as inevitable as the
change of seasons; we have encountered them before and the majority
of us will do so again.. Therefore, let us face, the coming two weeks
efforts to doing our mentality the most credit with the least weeping
and tearing of hair.
When the marks. are posted the usual wild scramble to see what
we got and who got more than we did will undoubtedly ‘oceur. Bryn
Mawr students have espoused the theory that marks are the supreme
indieation of brains and accomplishment. They get a certain amount
of vicarious pleasure out of splitting hairs, and out of finding out as
much as possible about other people’s marks. It is a form of morbid
curiosity that keeps students rooted to the spot before the lists of marks
long after they have found their own numerical mental capacity. This
Bryn Mawr characteristic is lamentable; it is also apparently incurable.
During examinations Bryn Mawr devotes itself to the worship of marks,
and fo what end? No one is made more happy, and many are made
less so; no one is inspired to work harder or more intelligently. The
college must have some outlet for its pent-up hysteria and the posting
of marks constitutes an appropriate occasion for a numerical baccha-
nalia: As the ancient women ran wild through the mountains of
Greece, just so do the Bryan Mawr students rush screaming through the
halls of Taylor. We are not suggesting that this ancient and well-
loved custom be abandoned, for we have no desire to occupy the role
of a voice erying in the wilderness. Bryn Mawr will go on down
through the ages pursuing its infantile pleasures undisturbed by our
As a small child must have his electrie train, so must a,
We merely recognize the immutabil-
invective.
Bryn Mawr girl have her marks.
ity of it all, and regret it.
t 4
The Animal Kingdom
Freshman Show is a long way off, but while class passions are still
slumbering and definite preparations forbidden, it might be well. to
reflect on the extremes to which rivalry over
Those whose memory extends back so far, will recall that last year
Merion Green became the scene of a near riot, several private homes
were invaded, and harmless visitors were trailed while inspecting the
dormitories and admiring the library portraits. Nothing was unfair,
not even surveillance of the show-case, because there’ were no rules.
This year, since there was no Patade Night, all youthful exuber-
ance will be saved. for the Freshman Animal. Who knows what ex-
cesses may not be perpetrated in the traditional struggle next month ?
Class spirit may be mistaken for Bolshevism, suits may be brought for
battery and assault, distinguished lower classmen may be arrested for
conspiracy. The only crime of which they will not be suspected is
pacifism.
To avert such possibilities, we suggest that a committee of class
officers undertake to formulate Freshman Show rules similar to those
governing Parade Night. All activity concerning the aniimal should
participate, two-thirds of the freshmen should be required to know the
song, and some restriction should be placed on the amount of pay sical
violence permitted.
_ The annual game of hide-and- suk is ‘admittedly iitacitie. and
possible even childish, but it is great fun, and one of the things in
college which one would not like to miss. - Accordingly, lest this pleasant
sport degenerate, for want of a few simple rules, into bitter warfare,
we urge that some such pro Is be nape upon as those advocated
the animal may Kad} ~
THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE
“Won’t you work a little faster,” saia
the girl across the table—
“I’m afraid I can’t oblige you, this is
as-fast as I am able,
For my lobster’s a bit lively: he likes
to loop-the-loop—”
I know! , But can’t you see
that. he shortly will be soup?
And there’s nothing I dislike so
much—in my naivete—
As slimy soup—especially when it’s
nowhere near to Friday.”
yy OB,
‘So she pinced him with her pliers,
and he Mpped a weary claw
As she pried into his. insides for the
contents of his maw,
And cut up his intestines into little
juicy bits,
To please her tete-a-tete companion,
who was now engaged in fits
Of a most disgraceful nature: ag the
‘ latter sadly eyed
The mangled, murdered denizens of
the deep formaldehyde.
She undulated to her feet and writh-
ed across the floor,
With airy little flitterings she ia
out by the door,
Shepassed--clean-out-of--Dalton,and
went rolling on the green,
And nevermore since then hag our
heroine been seen;
But her last words are extant,
farther from Biology
I ever can attain to be, the nearer I
to sanity.”
“The
The lobster is departed, he reigned
two weeks as despot;
Bryn Mawr is glad — let lobsters
lie!—and raise a “Requiescat.”’
Campusnoop.
A FREE SOUL
Vunce on a time der war
In die Halle of Bryn Mawr
Ein general Brechen-Aus-
Nein, nein—nichts com der Haus—
Aber mit ein rote Rash
Das macht die Fraulein rasch
Zu rennen an die Nurse
For Better or for Worse.
Sie sagten dass sie waren exposet
An die Magd nun so geroset;
Ganz die Inf sein Schrecken dringt
Als sie vom der Doktor Shrinkt;
Aber sie allen waren gedickt
Und endlich waren aus geschickt,
Sie rompen nun mit feindlich Glee
Outside—around die Infirmarie! - .
—Merionette.
FRAGMENTS FROM “ALICE IN
CHEMISTRY LAND,” OR;
THROUGH THE SEP-
ARATORY FUNNEL
Sensuality
What fragrance of perfumes. steals
over my senses;
What sweetest. of noises assails my
ear!
"Tis the odor of aniline as it con-
denses,
*Tis the bubbling of yeast
now changing to beer.
a * ae
Reality
This’ heap of fine glistering flakes—
what can it be?
What wizardly power has now be-
come man’s? :
Can this be pure gold dust I see here
before mey |.
So ttred?
; No; friend—it’s picric;
look at my hands.”
cakes
iv
just
* *
' Hypnos
That rushing of waters, that sibilant
. hiss,
Can lull one to rest with ‘hypnotic
seduction;
Ah, how to extol the sweet, somnolent
bliss
Iriduced by the sound of filtration
by suction?
‘ es :
nN ' Revenge
If you loathe a person, and for him
or her ;
In search of slow tortures you o’er
the world seek, will
: ae ; TY yer find better than this?—
‘be limited to the campus, juniors and se-iors should be forbidden to}: eee ee ne ae
aver
Distilling destructively hast’t an
equal.
~~ —-Adamant Eve.
_ SPRING FEVER.
Anent the scarlet fever curse
Things could be a whole lot worse,
Those who can’t pass their “Dick”
test is
Get confined to bt and rest—
| In’ other courses—but no matter
WITS END
We’re not complaining—
—THE MAD HATTER.
IN PHILADELPHIA
‘Lheatrcs
Broad: The theatre returns to the
Sweci, simple, and romantic. with A
Story of Love, with Dorothy Hall and
Kenneth MacKenna, the dramatization
of the Eu-opean novel, Peep Show—
a purely romantic story ef a girl’s
life. Just what we soured moderns
need.
Garrick: Henry. Hull continues to
gambol and: creak through Spring-
time For Henry—a comedy farce
which is really funny—also it’s cheer-
ful to. think that somewhere it’s
springtime for someone.
Forrest: Green Pastures, the one
and only, which no one should miss.
Coming
Chestnut: January 30, Counsellor-
at-Law, with Paul Muni. The saga,
with appropriate variations, of the
rise of a lawyer.
Garrick: January 31, Uday Shan-
Kar and a group of Hindu dancers
presenting a “daring repertoire.” We
saw this crew in Europe and rise to
say that they are atrocious—not even
amusing, let alone artistic.
Forrest: “February 6, Of Thee J
Sing. The -Pulitzer prize-winning
musical satire on American politics,
with original New York cast.
Broad: February 6, Whistling in
the Dark—a new comedy of unknown
traditions with Edward Childs Car-
penter and Louis Gross.
Music—Academy of Music
Philadelphia Orchestra: — Friday,
January 27, at 2.30 P. M., and Sat-
urday, January 23, at 8.20 P. M. Is-
say Dobrowen will conduct and Ye-
hudi Menuhin will be the soloist. Pro-
gram; :
Dvorak ....“New World” Symphony
Beethoven,
Concerto in D Major, Violin and
Orchestra.
Movies
Aldine: Coming Friday—the three
Barrymores in Rasputin and the
Empress. The tale of the mad monk
who ruled the Romanoffs. All seats
reserved—two shows daily. Recom-
mended purely on the basis of our
Barrymore passion,
Europa: Louise,
The authentic
well done.
Boyd: Ruth Chatterton in Frisce
Jenny—a throw-back to Madame X—
Queen of Prussia.
story of her life—
the tale of a street-walker, and the
on she raised never to know her.
Mother love combines with the earth-
quake to make a fair picture.
Fox: Edmund Lowe and Victor
McLaglen in Hot Pepper, a New York
comedy, about Park Avenue papas,
hotcha queens, and “the rear-admiral
of rum-row.” Very funny, but not
at all original.
Stantem: Boris Karloff goes on put-
ting bad ideas into little children’s
heads in The Mummy. The tale of
a well-buried prince who bounced
back 3000 years later to search for
his lost love in a most ungentlemanly
way. Not as good a thriller as it
should be—but* has its moments.
Stanley: An authentic picture of
prison life, in which a plea is made
for the honor system and less brutal-
ity—Twenty Thousand Years in Sing-
Sing. Not very pleasant.
Keith’s: The Unwritten Law—a
mystery drama with Greta Nissen,
Lew Cody, Louise Fazenda and Skeets
Gallagher. - With that.__cast there
should be -plenty of mystery—but we
question the drama.
Karlton: Eddie Cantor bull 'fights
and puts his foot in his mouth gen-
erally in The Kid From Spain.. Fairly:
funny.
Earle: Friday. Carole Lombard
in a “knock down and drag out” ro-
T emon: No More Orchids. Good for
its type.
Fox: Friday. Face in the Sky,
the tale of a romantic young sign-
painter and a country girl. Some-
what asinine.
Coming
Locust Street Theatre: February
2. Noel Coward’s famous Cavalcade
—the screen version’ with Diana
Wynward and Clive Brook. The saga}
of a British family from 1900 to the
present day.~a A film everyone should
see. ;
Local se rom
Ardmore: Wednesday and Thare-
day, James Dunn and Boots Mallory|
(Ci ni on- Page Three)
|put on a show all its own.
News of the New York Theatres
Design For Living with Noel Cow-
ard and the Lunts, opened last night
before an enthusiastic audience, and
once more we have a goal to pursue
clear-eyed. We are going to see that
play, if we have to turn into a
clothes’ moth to do it.
Noel Coward’s first nights have
not always been successful, nor has.
his path to glory been devoid of
thorns. He entered upon his stage
career in England.at the tender age
of twelve, not because he was talent-
ed, but because his family was finan-
cially embarrassed. He batted about.
the provinces in -everything imagin-
able, including Chdrley’s Aunt, until
the war ‘broke out. Returning from
abroad he appeared ‘in several plays
and wrote’ The Vortex. When the:
time came to produce that opus, no
manager would buy it, and Mr. Cow-
ard, backed by Michael. Arlen, put
it on independently. The Vortex. was
greeted with enthusiasm, but such
was not the case with Sirocco and
Home Chat. On those occasions the
gallery threw all manner of flora
and fauna, and raised healthy voices
in open derision. Even the orchestra
patrons joined in, and the audience
However,
Mr. Coward soon learned the likes
‘and dislikes of the public and has
not had a failure for many moons.
Playwriting class, please note—and
prepare for a long, hard struggle be-
fore attaining the heights.
The theatre in the dear city is
undergoing its usual January decline
and there is not much going on. Dear
old Tallulah Bankhead starts Eorsak-
ing All Others in Wilmington next
week; Jimmy Durante, Hope Wil-
liams and Lupe Velez are in rehear-
sals for Strike Me Pink; and the
Guild is getting ready to launch two
more productions simultaneously. The
first one will not be This Side Idol-
atry, by Talbot Jennings, as origin-
ally announced, but George O’Neil’s
cycle of one-act dramas, American
Dream. Along with this trilogy about
three periods in our history and their
tragedies et al., will come Both Your
Houses, by Maxwell Anderson.
Pardon My English, which was
taken off the boards for revision af-
ter its Philadelphia engagement,
opened last Friday in a blaze of glory
with George Gershwin conducting his
own music, and everyone gamboling
happily around. Also A Good Wom-
an, Poor Thing, with Irene Purcell,
closed a one-week’s run on Saturday,
That animal opened in Philadelphia
during Christmas and the majority
of the theatre critics, both official and
unofficial, declared it was a ‘worthy
piece”y,and prophesied great things
for it. ¥ooks like mistakes can issue
from even the center of the universe.
The present plan is to revise it and
put it back in the spring.
The way producers take failures-
before-their-time off the boards “for
revision” has always amused us. It
reminds us of the _ not-so-popular
young thing who excuses herself to
go upstairs to powder her ‘nose and
then never comes back. Most plays
never return after being revised, and
it has always been our secret convic-
tion that they are thrown in the. ash-
heap as soon as a dignified exit has
been. achieved through the theatrical
back door. Maybe not—watch for A
Good Woman in the spring, and if ‘it
doesn’t show..up, mark up one for us,
as against all the black marks we’ve
got.
College Choir to Sing
Parsifal With Orchestra
One of Dr. Stokowski’s ambitions
has been to give a concert version
of Parsifal in its entirety without
cuts. In this connection Parsify will
be given at the Academy of Wusic,
Philadelphia, on Friday, March 31st;
Saturday, April 1st, and Monday,
April 3d, by the Philadelphia Orches-
tra, with members of choral societies
of Philadelphia and various other
groups drawn from nearby colleges.
In order that the complete work
may be presented each concert will be
devoted to a different act. The whole
of the College Choir of 54 members
has been invited to take part and will
sing the chorus of “Flower Maidens”
at the concert on Saturday, April 1st |
(8.20 P. M.), when the entire second
act will be given. : “a.
Rehearsals w wens Collec Choi
commenced last week, m
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