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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Founded in 1914)



Published weekly during the College Year mat during Thanikegiving,°
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BARBARA CARY, ’36 :
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Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa.,







IN MEMORIAM

Bettina Diez

Daughter of Professor and Mrs. Max Diez

Born October 3, 1921 Died February 18, 1936







Bigger and Better Zoos

The 1939 Freshman Show was undoubtedly an outstanding success in
many~ways. There were also one.or two notable defects which pertain in
one case to Freshman Shows in general, and in the other case to the present
production.

One of the most ‘laudable features of the Show this year was the fact
that 1939 more nearly succeeded in making its play representative of the
whole class than has any other recent Freshman Show. They were able
to achieve this end because of the new method of producing the Show
which was tried this year in an effort to simplify it. The Class of 1939
produced their show by halls, thus eliminating the necessity for the large
scale rehearsals of the whole class which have been characteristic of previous
Shows. Nevertheless they were able to put on a performance which had
consistency of plot, good®¢songs and some very fine individual acting. The
whole play was written, rehearsed and produced after the beginning of the

= second semester.

There is one virtue to the kind of Freshman Show which has been
given in the past which ought to be remembered when the question again
comes up as to the sort of play the freshmen should give. Usually by the
end of the first semester, the freshmen in the various halls know each other
fairly well, but their contact with the other members of their class is still
quite limited. If the play is given with each hall having its own separate
part, there is very little chance for the people in the different halls to come
to know one another more intimately through working together in planning
the play, practicing the parts and the choruses and building the scenery.

The fault which has been common’ to at least three of the last four
Freshman Shows, which, indeed, we hoped that 1939 might avoid, is the
choice of the class animal. The seniors began the evil influence three years
ago, and with the possible exception of the Class of 1937, the animals which
have been chosen have been gi absurd. To try to visualize a class
insignia with an amoeba as itS central figure is even more laughable than
the concrete manifestations of the Mexican Jumping Bean which, plainly
enough, are not seen very frequently about the campus. 1939 must have
an emblem which has the “lowly worm” as its central figure. The designing
of this insignia will take considerable ingenuity, to say the least!

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Wind Your Watches

Preaching the virtue of promptitude to the world at large has never
yet had the effect of successfully inculcating the practice of that virtue.
What few noble souls have striven to meet others precisely at the appointed
time have always been discouraged by the necessity of waiting long past the
time for those others to come. Yet notwithstanding this failure of the
magnanimous and wise, we intend to raise the plea again, appealing for our
cause, however, neither to ethics nor to etiquette, but to pure selfishness.

From this moment until May Day is over and done with, ‘the life of
every student on the campus will consist of a series of appointments, whether
to mass assemblies of country dancers or to exclusive private rehearsals for
the leading roles.
fidently, requested; in each case it will be more than a matter of courtesy to
comply with that request: it will be vitally necessary. The last few puffs
of a cigarette, the last hands of bridge, that overlap the hour assigned for
practice, seem trivial deductions from the total of such hours, but the total
of such last minute delays repeated time after time will not be trivial. It
will be an astounding gap ‘in the allotted time, a gap to be filled in with
haste and hysteria and with no regard for other. concerns perhaps equally

_ important. In other words, the result will be a most distressing muddle.

That is one side of the question. There will be times, however, when
atonement for tardiness will not be postponed until a final mad rush but
will be made then and there where the fault was committed. If someone
is half an hour late, then the ‘rehearsal will-be half an hour longer. What-
ever was planned for that half-hour will be lost; and when many such losses

océur, as they probably will, the consequences will be too serious to dismiss
with ; iendleratielaain ‘Consider the German lessons that might’ be done,











He. started out with a wife name

‘| As we nurse an injured toe.

In each case, promptness will be hopefully, if not con-|

Wits END)

Henry, surnamed V I I L,

Was an egotist indeed;

He wouldn’t listen when he was told
One wife was.all he should need.





Kate,
A Spaniard affectionate and mild.
But Henry’s devotion turned to-hate
For want of a masculine child.

When freed from Casnenine by hook
and by crook, °

The King married Anne Releve.

But soon wife two had her head
chopped off

For morals not suiting a queen.

Next came Jane Seymour, the greatest
success

Of any he made his bride.

A son was born to the happy king,

But alas for the queen—she died.

Jane was followed by Anne of Cleves.

By proxy-her hand was sought.

When Henry sighted her homely face,

The mine’ Was slightly rae

Anne was dispatched - to two large
estates.

Kate Howard now married Bluebeard.

But soon Kate’s head parted ways
with her’ neck;

Kate wasn’t pure, it appeared.

The King’s taste in names was now
pretty fixed,

So-he married Katherine Parr;

And, wonder of wonders, Henry died

first;

He had gone just one wife too far.

The Dormouse.



THE OLD, OLD STORY

They said we all should try for plays,
So I went hopefully.

I thought that anything would ‘do—
Except to be a tree.

I offered myself as Maid Marian,

And wore auntie’s long nightgown.

But my piebald hair only came to my
neck—

They swiftly turned me down.

So then I tried to be a man,

I fancied Robin Hood.
My voice, alas! was high and shrill—
The effect was not so good.

“All right,” I said, “It may well be
That comedy’s my forte.”

I bandied insults as Gammer G.—
They weren’t of the right sort.

As Hodge or Bottom, Frolic or Ham,
I did not seem to rate.

But still I bravely tried again,
Suspecting my real fate.

But now at last it’s all fixed up,
I know what I shall be.

They say it’s really rather fun—
I’m going to be a tree!



(To the tune of “Carefully on Tip-
toe Stealing’—with apologies to Gil-
bert and Sullivan.)

Down a steep and slippery pathway,
Skidding gently as we go;
Every step with caution feeling,

Goodness me, a remedy:
“Bake it now, and you will see
Improvement instantly.”
They say, so it may be.

And no matter what the malady,
Be it illness, cut or ache,
Their diagnosis always is:
“Go and let it bake.”
If you bump your head in two,
There is just one thing to do:.

Go and get it baked.

—HALF-BAKED.

Liked
Freshman Show when four freshmen

who were on probation surprised
everyone, including the directors of
the play, by bursting forth from the
balcony with the following song:
‘“Flunk; flunk’ |

That seems our motto.

Flunk, | flunk

That seems our song,

Flunk, flunk,

‘Our minds must be blotto.

We won’t be here very long.

Cram,’.cram'. _

It don’t avail us.

Cram, cram ’
We are too dumb.
Cram, cram

The powers assail. us.
‘Calling our intellects numb. «
Work, work °

Summa Cum Laude.

Work, work

We'll graduate.

Work, work

Though we seem rowdy,

We’ll each. marry a potentate!

Cheerio,
‘THE MAD HATTER.



News of the New York Theatres

The current dramatic season, which
has been characterized by Mr. William
F. McDermott, of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer as “technically admirable and
artistically rich” has lately benefited
further by the openings of two new
light comedies. which show healthy
signs of flourishing. We refer to
Lynn Riggs’ latest, Russet Mantle and
the Theatre Guild’s Call It a Day.
Neither of these is distinguished for
sharp satire or broad farce as fur-
nished by First Lady and Boy Meets
Girl, which have hitherto been the most
popular comic plays on Broadway.
Besides being funny, they are sympa-
thetic and have their tender moments.
Perhaps this is because they are both
written about the young, and most
authors seem to hold‘the opinion that
there is something intrinsically pitiful
in being young.

Russet Mantle marks the return to
the legitimate stage of John Beal,
who appeared lasf* as a’ Princeton
senior in She Loves Me Not. He
plays a dreamer, poet and tramp, who
wanders into the Western ranch of a
family of Easterners to get a job as
hired man. There he finds under-
standing in the person of his employ-
er’s daughter, who joins him in his
revolt against the moral restrictions
of modern society, temporarily upset-
ting the composure of the household.
This state of affairs does not last long,
however, as Mr. Beal soon makes it
evident that he has every intention
of marrying the girl. Nothing that
this play says is supposed to be revo-
lutionary; it is a sigh for, perhaps a
salute to the unnecessary and amus-
ing courage of the young. But the
mood is not entirely nostalgic. Mr.
Riggs has written an excellent straight
comic part in the aunt of the young
heroine, who thinks everyone should
live in Louisville, Kentucky.

Call It a Day was written by Dodie
Smith, the English author of Autumn
Crocus. In her new comedy she
writes about fifteen hours in the life
of a very nice family. The only thing
that is extraordinary about the action
is the fact that on this early spring
day by a strange coincidence the
thoughts of the three childrén, mother
and father unanimously and lightly
turn to thoughts of love. Moreover,

'there is nothing extraordinary about

the interpretations, first rate though

‘they are, of such actors as Philip

Merivale, Gladys Cooper and thirteen-
year-old Jeanne Dante. The most ex-
citing thing about the play is the
writing, which is so perfect that the

of the simple proposition that, as



A new touch was added to the

Brooks Atkinson says, “the Hiltons



begun or even entirely written in that

the two, and unless those proportions
We are not, therefore, urged to

nothing of what we are expected to

There is no gain from May Day if we



the reserve room books that might be secured, the papers that might be

collection of lost fractions of an hour.

When there is so much curricular work to do as well as so much making of
flowers and learning of parts, one sort of activity is bound to cause neglect
of the other unless the time of each day is carefully proportioned between

are as carefully kept.
promptitude only by the fact that a

schedule moving like clockwork would exhibit the consideration and the
reasonableness that we should like to contemplate in ourselves. There is the
practical motive that without some attempt at regularity and punctuality,

do this semester can be accomplished

except in a frenzy.. There is also the further motive that whatever is per-
formed in a frenzy is usually performed in fever and anxiety, not. pleasure:

cannot have fun along with our labor.

er ome Ley oe



author has made a moving play out,



are united by too many ties to’ break
loose just because the weather has
turned warm.”

In Philadelphia



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Movies

Aldine: The Lady Consents, in
which Ann Harding, who chooses her
own stories, appears as a brave and
popular little woman gallantly hiding
her disappointment in love until her
father-in-lasv dies to reunite her with
her \iérbert Marshall).
Begins Friday.

Arcadia: Professionat Soldier, A
Graustarkian boy-king (Freddie Bar-
tholomew) meets a U. S. Marine
(Victor McLaglen) and learns to shoot
craps.

Boyd: The Petrified Forest, with
Bette Davis, and starring Leslie How-
ard. The story on a vagrant phi-
losopher, who meets a girl in a road-
side restaurant and of their encounter
with a neurotic gangster, played by
Humphrey Bogart. The philosophy is
a bit superficial, but Mr. Howard's
acting is almost flawless.

Earle: Love On a Bet begins Fri-
day. Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie |
and Helen Broderick star in this ro-
mantic comedy. Miss Broderick fur-
nishes the humor.

Erlanger: Modern Times. Charlie
Chaplin at his best. Paulette God-
dard plays -her first screen role as
the “street-gamin” who befriends the
little clown.

Fox: The Prisoner of Shark Island,
starring Warner Baxter, begins Fri-
day. One of the latest in the current
flood of biography films, it is the story
of an heroic American doctor named
Samuel Alexander Mudd.

Karlton: Rose Marie, with Nelson
Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald, an
amusing and beautifully produced mu-
sical about an opera singer and her
Canadian Mountie. It is as amusing,
less tuneful and shorter than Naughty
Marietta. Miss MacDonald seems a —
little more adroit at playing comedy,
but even more coy than ever.

Keith’s: The Voice of Bugle Ann,
taken from MacKinley Kantor’s story
and starring Lionel Barrymore and
Maureen O’Sullivan.

Stanley: Starting Saturday, Follow
the Fleet, the newest singing and
dancing film of Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers.

Stanton: .The Tough Guy, with
Jackie Cooper and RinTinTin, Jr.

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Theatres

Broad: Danger—Men Working, the
murder mystery of Ellery Queen and
Lowell Brentano, ends its two-week
run here Saturday night. The plot is
conventional, though fast-moving, and
concerns the -astounding revelations
which come to three young authors
when they decide to investigate the
private life of a bearded neighbor.
Fred Stewart, Hal Dawson and
Broderick Crawford play the leads.

Chestnut: The Postman Always
Rings Twice will remain for the addi-
tional week as we prophesied-in our
last issue. It is a dramatized version
of the popular Cain novel, concerning
the tragic end of two partners in
crime. Richard Barthelmess is the
star.

Forrest: Tobacco Road, the Georgia
“breshwood” drama, continues at this
theatre for a second week. Henry
Hull, the star of the original company,
has returned to his role after an in-
terval in Hollywood.

Academy of Music
Fritz Reiner: conducting. The Or-
chestra will play Le Roi David, bf
Honegger, a symphonic psalm in three
parts.

Local Movies

Ardmore: Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Ronald Colman'in A Tale
of Two Cities; Monday and Tuesday,
Jean Harlow in Riffraff; Wednesday,
Joe Penner in Collegiate.

Wayne: Thursday, Alison Skip-
worth in Hitchhike Lady; Friday and
Saturday, Claudette Colbert in The
Bride Comes Home; Sunday and Mon-
day, Warner Baxter in King of Bur-
lesque; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Gene Raymond in Seven Keys to Bald-
pate.

Seville: Wednesday, Jessie Mat-
thews in First a Girl; Thursday, Fri-.
day and Saturday, Warner Baxter in
King of Burlesque; Sunday and Mon-
day, E. E. Horton in Your Unele |
Dudley; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Claudette Colbert in The Bride Comes
Home.