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@RYN MAWR, (AND WAYNE), PA. - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929

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DEMOCRACY AND
ITS ENEMIES

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Norman Thomas . Sees ' Ne-

cessity of. Political —

Philosophy
STRESSES COLLECTIVISM

On Wednesday afternoon, February 13,
Norman Thomas spoke. in the. music



~ room under the auspices of the Under-

graduate Association. His subject was
“Democracy and Its Enemies ;” “after we
made the world safe for democracy, we
wondered. what it was, anyway.” Ideal-
istically we are better off as a nation

simply because we have had an idea ; our, |’

criticismi_of the idea as it exists in fact
does not detract from the glory of it as
as immaterial thing. We know that .it is
worth thinking about the masses and
their rights—this ‘conception had never
dawned upon men during the other
great periods of civilization; the idea is
still young today, and we have our
doubts, but sqgpetimes it is very wise to
“doubt one’s doubts.”

Bertrand Russell says that men fear
thought more: than, anything else in the
world, and“this did not necessarily mean
that he did not intend to implicate women
in the remark,” added Mr. Thomas.
People will not listen to serious discus-
sion in these days unless the subject has
been “jazzed—up.” (MrT homas,inci-
dentally, managed to do just that in a
most amusing way.) - The elite-in our
democracy are bored by its ideals; we
think in terms of a’crowd, and crowds
are fearsome things; it is just this sort
of psychology’ which makes the world

~-an interesting place for dictators, poli-

_ticians, advertisers (the poets of the pres-
ent generation) and others., They have
caught us out in the spirit of mob
thinking; arf@ they are able to keep us
within a rather close limit of control. We
have come to believe in a set of slogans
which have long ago outworn_their_use-
fulness, or which were never intended in

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Three to Be Represented at
Model Assembly of League

. Three delegates from Bryn Mawr will
attend the Model Assembly of the League
of Nations which is to be held at Vas-
sar this week»send, February 22 and 23.
The: Bryn Mawr contingent, who are
Virginia Fain, head of the delegation,
Constance’ Hand and Elizabeth Linn, are
tobe the Italian Representatives. of the
They @r€._ _-rvaged in pre-

The program at Vassar will begin with
an address of welcome by President Mac-

~“Cracken at 2.30 P. M.on Friday, and

“the Jast session: will be held on Saturday

afternoon. Reports will be heard from
the Committee on the Personnel and
Work of the Secretariat, from the
Permanent Mandate Commission and
trom a-special Committee’ on the applica-
tion of the Monroe Doctrine. Each mem-
ber of the Bryn Mawr. delegation is ex-
pected to be informed on one of these
topics, Miss Fain’ on the work of the
Secretariat, Miss Lirin on Mandates, and
Miss Hand on the Monroe Doctrine.
They are expected to take the Italian at-
titude throughout. :

On Saturday ymorning Mr. James G.
McDonald, Chairman of the Foreign
Policy. Association, will lecture on’ the
“Adteged Weaknesses or Defects in the
_ League Machinery.”

The Model Assemble of the League of
Nations is one of the means by which
the National Student Federation . of

America attempts to stimulate thought on.

international problems among undergrad-
-uates, and tg bring them together to

— their. ideas.



“Eontorn Ten
‘Tue Lantern cordially invites
‘all freshmen. who are interested in
writing or drawing to a tea to be ~
_ given Monday, February. 25;-from~
4.30-to 6 in H. Wright’s room, 21
Pembroke West.













Chapel Programs

Mr. Cadbury will speak in Chapel on
Friday . a

On. Monday morning Miss Schenk will
speak about opportunities fors study -in
France.
. Mr.- Willoughby will give a musical
program in Chapel on Wednesday.

beginning. on Wednesday, February 20,
Chapel will begin at 10:50 instead ‘of
10.55:

VARSITY VICTOR”
___IN FIRST GAME

Game With Baltimore Rapid
~~and Well Played on ~
Both Sides

SECOND TEAM IS SLOW

Varsity made a promising beginning
to the basketball season Saturday morn-
ing, February 16, when Bryn Mawr de-
feated Baltimore, .25-15. The game was
fast and exciting. The Baltimore team
passed neatly and well. Their players
hardly had to look where they_threw the
ball because the receiver was always. in
the correct place. This was Bryn Mawr’ ‘$3
only perceptible weakness, a slight slow-
ing of the game. while the player with
the ball looked around. for some one to
pass the ball to. There are, however,
exceptions to all rules and the pass from
Baer. or Blanchard ‘to’ Totten, forward
was almost always successful.





Varsity on the whole out-played Bal-
timore during the first part of the game,
but after the few minutes .time out in
the last quarter (Shoemaker had to re-
cover from the. disastrous effects of a
collision with Baer) the visitors let loose.
Varsity by that time felt. almost sure of
a victory -and awoke with a start to find
that. Baltimore was playing better and
faster basketball. Both -teams~ fought
hard but Varsity held the lead.

The center, proved to be the hole in
the visitor’s armor. Cassard was. slow
and ineffectual and their guards often
had to throw long passes to the forwards.
But Cassard was at, a. disadvantage, she
} was playing opposite Blanchard, who is
fast and exceptionally good at interfer-
ence, although inclined to be a little wild
in passing.

The honors of the game go to Totten,
forward for Varsity, and to Clarkson,
forward for Baltimore. Totten was fast
and dependable; she made up for Hum-
phrey’s tardiness at certain critical mo-
ments. .. Totten was.good. but. Clarkson
was spectacular. Althougti playing ‘out

“fof her-usual-position and at a_disadvan- |

tage on account of her size and poor eye
-sight, she was the real star of the game,
quick, alert and always moving.
made the most of every opportunity.
The lifte-up—was:

* Varsity—B. Humphreys, '31, 212212;
E. Totten, 31, 222221211; EF. Baer, 31;
E. Blanchard, ’31; E. Freeman, .’29; H.
Moore, ’32.°

Baltimore—Clarkson, 221112; Tyson,
1122; Shoemaker, Cassard, Gardner,
Erickson:

Referee—Perkins.



Second Varsity

Second Varsity followed in Varsity’s
footsteps Saturday morning, February
16, and defeated The Saturday Morning
Club, 26-23.

It is a pity that Second Varsity has to
play after Varsity because it is such a let-
down. Saving-the best for the last might
work in athletics, too. The passing in
Saturday’s game was ‘slow and often
wild. The playing generally looked like
a slow motion picture in comparison with
the first game. McCully played a con-
sistent game and successfully kept the
visitors’ score.down. Rash in side center
played well but hardly had an opportun-
ity to show her ability. Johnsop; who took}
‘Hirshberg’s place the second half, added
| materially to the score -but had. a ten-
dency to hog the ball which was unneces-
gary with Engle there to.-help her.

Engle was’ ‘the one consoling feature
about the game. “She handles av basket-
balf in a very competent manner. In





President Park has announced that

She | :

Hewes Commended|

All-College Revue: Is Suggested |
by Miss Park.

morning, February 18, She declared that
aside from the excitement of the scertes,
there was an atmosphere of calmness and
serenity, that the pleasure of the, per-
formers was evident, that the. whole thing

“| moved very “easily (perhaps due to the

fact. that this is. the first class to use
Goodhart for its Freshman Show), that

bus opening was good, that. the scenery
was charming and effective, and the
dancing excellent...

.Miss Park then pointed out jor ditre
was an application of her remarks to
dramatics in general at Bryn, Mawr.
There are more dramatics at Radcliffe,
for instance; more emphasis is placed on
it there, and the drama courses at Har-
vard are an added advantage. On_the
whole, it is mot a theory, but an actual

fact, that amateurs cannot, do ‘finished
acting. We must realize the problems

presented to someone acting. a difficult
and subtle woman’s part, or a man’s part,
and not expect excellent and expert act-
ing, in any thing but exceptional cases,

It is therefore a pity, continued Miss
Park, to lay emphasis on finished and
expert acting, and to choose plays if
which everything stands and falls by the
acting alone. It would be far better to
take something fresh and original that
can’t be seen elsewhere. It may be either
very old, or the original work of a col-
iege student, but its freshness .is all-
important. It would remove the dis-
advantage of almost certain disappoint-
mént and discouragement. The college
hoe be able to do. something very
intefesting with costumes.and _back-
grounds, and really ought to do the
actual preparation of the latter them-
selves; instead of having it done bythe
college men.

We are not isolated from urban life,
here at Bryn.Mawr, and so we have com-
petitors in the professionals'in Phila-
delphia. We must see what our best
chance, of offering something interesting
is. ‘Miss Park suggested that an all-
college revue might be very good. It
would be fresh and original, and lend it-
self to production, arid be better than a
cut and dried thing that could be ‘Seen
at any theater. We can get the: point
of view from the Freshman Show and
everyone in Bryn Mawr who is. at all
interested in Dramatics could do some-
thing. or. the preparation .of a. .produc-
tion. of “s type.

Liberal-Club- ee
Extension of Membership

Hazel Seligman, ’30, the President. of
the Liberal Club which ‘has been carry-
ing on a quiet existence for nearly two
years, has announced that the club plans
to extend its sphere of activity. Hitherto
the members have -been Seniors and
Juniors who have been individually in-
vited to take part in the club discussions,
which take: place every other Sunday
night. It has now been decided, how-
ever, to offer membership to any under-
graduates or graduate student who is
interested in domestic and international
problems of current interest, and who is
willing to take an active part (in -the
club’s activities. Miss. Seligman there-
fore requests anyone who is interested
to come to see her between 1.30 and
2 P. M. any day this week, in Room
10-12 Pembroke East. The appeal ts
especially directed to Freshmen, Sopho-
mores and Graduate students, as they
have hitherto pad no part in the club,
but any member of any ~~ will be
welcomed.

The discussions which have Sid held
so far this, year have .dealt ;with such
subjects as Italy under Mussolini, Soviet
‘Russia, Companionate Marriage, and so
forth. It is the custom of the club to
select a topic two weeks in advance and
give each member some particular aspect



| of the problem.to.study. In this way the

members are led to take an active as well
as passive interest in the questions under



Miss’ Park highly commended thet

(pee Debating Club

Freshman Show in chapel, on Monday]

| discussion. The club may also invite c

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IN PROPERTIES.



Bryn Mawr’s Varsity Debating
Team (as yet unchosen) will de-
bate against Swarthmore some-
time in, April. The question is,
“Resolved, That Advertising Is
Detrimgntal to the World.” We
have asked for the ‘affirmative, but
that side of the situation hasn’t
been decided either.







Emphasis of College Has

In- Chapel on Wednesday morning
Miss Carey announced a_ consecutive
plan for the remaining of her weekly
chapel talks during the second semester.
For several weeks she will talk upon vari-

consider certain phases of literature—
bpoks and authors of interest to her; and

lastly she will discuss some of the out-
standing social problems of the day.c#

Miss Carey stafted right off on the
series with a delightful comparison of
the ‘college-as it was when she was
there—but a short decade ago—and the
college of-today. Apparently there were
amazing differences, above all ‘in, the
curriculum of academic work. The

ed the amount of elective work that. it
was possible to take in the limited time.

Changed in-a Few Years|

ous aspects in college life; she will next |,

amount of required work almost exceed- |

FRESHMAN PLAY SHOWS TOUCH

IS PROFESSIONAL

| Prekiehes” Life Life Made ‘Vivid

by Realistic and Effec- |

tive Costume ‘

| COHERENCE IS LACKING

The chief fault to be found with’ all

| Freshman Shows is that the producers
forget their amateur standing in an un- *

successful attempt to be professional. In
spite of the almost professional excellence
of the lighting, scenery and costumes

something from the Freshman “men”)
we must find this. fault with the prodtic-
tion of 1932,” presented in Goodhart,
Saturday evening. We came. away with
the feeling that the. Freshmen had made
a gallant attempt to achieve something
just’a little too big for them.

After the campus cat had made a
leisurely pilgrimage across the stage, the
curtain sorig—well sung—gave the signal
for the prologue. The. familiar gestures
of Lucy Swift as the harassed poet seem-
ed‘ exaggerated and over-played through-
out the performance. If it had not been

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Study in Germany —

Dr. Diez Recommends Summer
Courses at German
Universities.



Thus there was little opportunity to
specialize.’ Much of the work was ar-
ranged on the five-hour basis which al-
lowed scarcely any chance for variation
in a-schedule: of classes during the week.
This system appears to have been very
stiff and rigid but it was advantageous
in that students didn’t rush from one
thing’ to-another. ; fs

_ Athletics were carried on in the same
highly organized system. There were five
hours of required exercises—hours that
permitted no individual expression, In
Miss Carey’s class itself, which consisted
of 64 girls—there were (ve hockey teams
and during her freshma "year 11 basket-
ball teams.

The boundaries between classes ‘were
held: to be inviolable and almost sacred.
The: seniors were set apart somewhat as
minor. dieties, Miss Carey conféssed that
she is still a bit scared of anyone from
the class of 1917, This class spirit meant
necessarily much emphasis upon song-
writing .and -songg-were composed for
everything imaginable—something which
we miss nowadays. Every party must

[needs have -a~song.~ Miss-Carey~recalls
‘the first two lines of the Senior Recép-| |

tion Song that her class sang:
“1920 thanks you for your party here.

so kind—.”
To make up songs and to have all par-
ties conducted with proper attention to
detail there were innumerable class meet-
ings apd committees, including a War
Council—formidable titl—which worked
to raise money, to send war-workers
abroad. For this students pledged great
sums and then tried to redeem their in-
debtedness by shining shoes or by re-

ing money.

Many more rules existed in the self-
government handbook. There was more
dignity in attending to these rules, less
individualism and no boasting whatso-
ever about breaking any regulation.
Week-ends were almost unthdught of—
Saturdays and Sundays were spent in
reading and playing together.

“Perhaps this sounds like a doleful
picture,” Miss Carey concluded, “but I
can assure you that it wasn’t doleful.
We were less blase, with less chance for
self-expression and with more inclination
to work together. A slightly different
emphasis . existed, not so much -upon
‘work as upon inside activities. Now there
is less general enthusiasm and much

more particular enthusiasm. The swing
4§ from general things to the arts. And



even if the alur do say ‘things
are riot the sainé, this swinging signifi-
cant of progress, and an ex ingly in-



outside speakers to talk at its meetings. [

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sorting to. various other devices for rais- },

| clude such places as drug

Professor Max Diez of the German
department spoke in Chapel, Friday
morning, on the opportunity of studying ,
in Germany in the summer. ;

“The opportunities for. taking i@liday
courses in Germafiy increase so fast that
it is impossible to keep up with them,”
said Professor Diez, The best places to
go, according to .Mr,. Diez, are the fol-
lowing: :

Hamburg, August’5-24; three weeks of .
work with excursions to We heck # Lunes
berger, Hude, After this there will be’
two weeks’ tour to Frankfort, Heidelberg,
The Rhine, Cologne, ete.

Kassel, July 15-August 31; there are

‘| airplane lines daily’ to London, Brussels,

Rotterdam, Prague, Hanover, Frankfort,
Berlin, etc. Kassel is a beautiful city,
having five museums. The university. is
organizing -full winter courses for Ameri-
can students; :

Marburg, three weeks of study 3 in Au-
gust,-the fourth week is devoted to sight- ~
seeing,* is

Jena, ‘August 1-15; two weeks of
study, twenty- four hours of total work,

'o- soethe
was the President i the board f the
University. Luther translated “his| Bible

Heidelberg, June 24-August 3; Ele

mentary courses are given here, also trips
to the Rhine valley, to ruined castles and
also the Black Forest.
Munich, July 10-August 7; lectures are
also given in elementary courses. There
are trips to the Bavarian Highlands and
the Lake Countries.

Berlin, July 11-August 21; five lan-
guage courses are given here—the largest
ptégram offered in the cotititty. The
courses are given both in German and
in English. After the session there will
be organized trips to all parts of Ger-
many.

“T would like to recommend Munich
or Berlin. The whole session is six
weeks in both places; but you can take
half session. The advantage of study-
ing in Heidelberg, which opens early in
June, is that you will be able to see
German universities in operation if you
make a tour after you finish your work
there. ¢

“T have not said anything about ex-
penses,” said Professor Diez in conclu- |
sion, S aicraiithsnal are
cheap.”



Self-Government ‘Announces
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mission to smoke in the village was given
for tea-houses only. This does not in-



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