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VOL. XIII. No. 12.. :
‘ MILWAUKEE TREATS
-MODERN PROBLEMS







Majority Favors Equality of.

Races, Supports Wars, but
Denies Capitalism...

CYNICISM ” 1S VICIOUS

at . a

Seven hiindred colleges and universi-
ties and fifty nationalities were repre-
sented at the National Student Confer-
‘ence held in’ Milwaukee .from December
28-to Jaquary 1. These four and one-
half days were the result of two years
planning on the part of the joint council
of the Y. M. and Y. W.C. A. and were
as full of interest and information’. as
they could possibly be. The speakers,
‘men of-_national and international renown
combined to make this conference one of
the most significant of its kind.







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‘The theme for the entite time was}
“What Resources Has Jesus for Life in
Our World,” a subject which was devel-
oped from day to day by concentrating
on one particular phase or “Cycle.”

* “Modern Conditions Obstacles to Faith.
The first Cycle was “Can God be Ac-
cessible to us, and How?” Dr. Reinhold

Niebuhr summed up the conditions of the

modern world, and showed how thev
stood in the way of faith. “Cynicism,”

‘he said, “is the true enemy: of religion.”
‘We are so taken up with the worship of
‘power, comfort, sex and nationalism, that
‘we have little time for anything finer.
“The price of belief in God is to detach
‘yourself as much as possible from the
type of civilization that this is, and see
it as a whole.”

The other side of this question was
presented by Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin,
who showed the similarity between our
world and that gf Jesus, and how Jesus
overcame the barriers in the way of
réligion by using the time honored means,

_ the church, the Bible, prayer, in new
ways.

CONTINUED ON PAGER 4

RUSSIAN FOLK SONGS
THRILL TAYLOR AUDIENCE

and Saslawsky
Varied Programme.
On Monday evening the second of the
* series of Bryn Mawr concerts was held
an the chapel. Mr. Boris Saslawsky,
baritone, and Mr. Horace Alwyne, pian-
ist, assisted by Mrs. Saslawsky, Mr.
Stopak, and Mr. Borodkin, gave us a
very delightful evening. The pro-
gramme, though a little long, was espe-
cially interesting because it represented
the best of many schools of music,

The Bach Fantasie and Fugue, played
as it was, revealed great mastery of

“technique, although of the first group
we enjoyed most the Rhapsody in E. flat
hoth for the composition itself and the
artist's touch and interpretation. The
German songs were all beautiful, but
Mr. Saslawsky was in his element when
he sang five Russian Folk Songs, each
one expféssive of a different character-
istic Russian mood. ‘The quiet beauty of
the Prayer:

“Give. me, © Lord, of thy blessings,
for I am young and fair; let my vibrant
voice rise to the hazy dome of the sky;
Jet it ring over the dewy soil and hain
all human ‘Kkind.”
and the humorous merriment . of iis
“Merry Danube” were sung with a
genius for interpreting the Russian ex-

’ tremes of feeling. The same spirit. and

____ brilliancy characterized the playing of

Mrs. Saslawsky, Mr. Stopak, and Mr.

‘Borodkin. .Mr. Alwyne’s playing ‘of ‘De-

bussey was exquisite. In the work of

Liszt, the dialogue between Saint Fran-

cis and the birds was charmingly‘ real-

istic, the twittering and flattering of the

..birds on the high register of the piano

; being. answered by the deeper voice of

Saint Francis which works up to a

| beautiful chorale, played with strength

and dignity and omer with the
df the dialogue.





Alwyne Present

‘







WILLA CATHER ON “THE |
NOVEL”

Miss Willa Cather wiil speak on
“The Notel” at the Ann Sheble
Memorial Lecture on Thursday
evening, January 13, at eight
o'clock: in Taylor.

Her latest: novel,





‘The Profes-

+ sor's House, ~was_ published in,
1925. She’ published her first
novel, April Tawilights, in * 1903.

In all, she is the author of eleven’ }
novels, among the best known .of
which are One of Ours, the Pulit-

zer prize novel of 1922, and’ Thg °
Lost Lady. .Miss Cather started

her literary career as a member

' of the staff of the Pittsburgh

Daily Leader, From 1906 antil

1912 she was an associate editor

of McClure’s Magazine.

PREFER PARNASSUS
TO PROSAIC PAOLI

W. P. Eaton hiavcsitics Great
Open Spaces as Aid ~«
to ‘‘Lantern.”’

FINDS VERSE TORTURED













I sit. with the December “Lantern” on
my desk, and wonder why I wad per-
suaded into reviewing it. It seems to
have so little connection with me, to be
so much the expression of a life I do
not know—for I never attended a wom-
an’s college. Even if I had,- would I
know any better? “Three on the Cam-
pus” makes me doubt it. There seems
to be no bridge across the sundering
tlood between ’07 and ’27. This sketch
has interested me more than anything
else in the “magazine, however. Its at-
titude appears as fresh and honest as its
technique is bewildered. (Of course, |
may be all wrong about the technique.
It ‘may possess the technique of “Ulysses,”
though to me it seems to have none at
all.) And I wonder, if three Haryard
elders should go back and live a week in
the Yard, whether their presence would
create so much. resentment, or result in
so few sympathetic contacts? Of course,
fathers are afraid of their sons, and
mothers are never afraid of their daugh-
ters; that may explain much. But sons,
too, have come a shorter distance along
the road since 1907 than daughters have
—because they started far out front.
Probably now, however, they are in the
rear. The girls went past about 1924,
and will probably stay there, if they can
learn to give up singing .college songs.
and naming. automobiles.

“When Hounds Go By,” of course, is
an excellent piece of description, clear,

CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

WHAT ARE WOMEN AND *
SONG WITHOUT WINE?

Sophomores Stage Volsteadian
Montmartre.

If the gatherings of the true Apaches
in their smoky dens under the embank-
ments of the Seine surpass in wickedness
the Sophomore dance in the gym last
Saturday night, they cannot equal\‘it in
gaiety. Apache costumes, if they do not
make for personal beauty, offer’ infinite
varieties of lurid color, and unlimited
possibilities of motion. So although the
antique bottles scattered gracefully on
tables were empty of all save suggestion,
the dancers tassed themselves abotitwwith
almost alcoholic violence, and even the
French posters on the wall and the long
crepe paper streamers above swayed |
drunkenly back and forth.

For once the gym did not look like the
gym. Atmosphere hung thick under the
low ceiling. In one corner crowds wit-





dice clattered on the floor; innocent
gazed wide-eyed at the antics of Kiki;
and the absinthe addict with death in his
hollow. eyes, ‘reeled out the last measure |

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nessed a tavern brawl; in another loaded

Mimi, clinging to the arm of her Albert,

BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12,1927"

MYSTERY MAN
- PRESERVES SILENCE!



Strange Resemblance
_ tween Coolidge and Spokes-
man Noted.

4AS VERMONT “ACCENT

Who
man ?

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is the White ‘House spolttes
Who appointed him?: Haven't
these questions ever perplexed you,:as
well-as Senator Reed, when you read
your morning paper? Haven't you
wondered what the Voice of
Coolidge looks like in the flesh?

Well, I have seen the Voice of
Coolidge. I thave heard the Silence
of: Coolidge, addressing the Washing-
ton correspondents in the bi-weekly
audience the spokesman grants them.

When we all shuffled into the round
green room I was overcome by sur-
prise. “Isn't it extraordinary,” I said
to my sponsor, “how much the spokes-
man looks like Coolidge?”

“Yes,” he replied, “many people
have remarked that. Perhaps it is the
constant association which makes

them resemble each other.”

It really was amazing, for if I had
not been told beforehand, I should
never have believed that the figure
which stood behind a great desk and
waited for. the class to asserable was
not Coolidge himself. At any rate,
the President seems to value his Voice
very highly; there was a secret serv-
ice man standing by the desk and look-
ing as if he expected us to kidnap the.
spokesman.. You have to admit;
would very embarrassing for a
President to lose his Voice. I won-
dered if Coolidge sent that gilt Twis-
tum .toy onm-the desk as a Christmas
gift to his Voice, as Alice used to send}
letters to her left foot.

be

More curious still, when the spokes-
man began,#it was with a Vermont
accent. ‘This is carrying servility too
far,” I said to my friend. He smiled.}
“Not sO many years ago the White

House spokesman had an Ohio ac-
cent,” he said, quietly.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2



ART CLUB CRISIS PASSED

First Time Bryn Mawr Students Have
Run and Financed a Class.

Specially contributed by Nina Perera,
president of the Art Club,

A crisis in the development of the Art
Club has just been passed. The class
met on Saturday morning, January 8,
on the top floor of Taylor Hall. among
the uprooted desks, of the studio.. Mr.
Young and the officers of the Art Club
felt that the time had come for the
members to make a definite decision. On
what basis should the class continue, if
at all? It seems that the art enthusiasts
have not realized their full responsibili-
ties. To be merely a member and pay
dues is not enough.

It was voted that those who felt they
could not share the burden implied in
pledging themselves to “Stick” by” the
club were asked to resign. Only two of
those present withdrew their names, not
because they were out of sympathy, but
because they. were unable, to attend the
classes. The rest agreed unanimously to
continue next semester and establish th¢
basis for a permanent class.

To do this, a committee consisting of
Helen Tuttle, ’28; Isabella Hopkinson,
*30, and Nine Perera, ’28, were chosen
‘to form a constitution to be presented to”
the class for approval on Wednesday,
February 2, at 7.30 in Room F, Taylor.

Movement to Endow Department.

The Publicity Committee will meet
soon. Incidentally, if any. students hap-
pen to be personally acquainted with
editors, communicate with N. Perera,
since their influence might be invaluable.
A struggle is impending, for the endow-





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THE NEXT TO THE LAST!

This is the next to the last mis-
spelled word contest! Don’t miss ‘

a ~ this chance for a prize.

The winners of the last compe-
tition are E. Morgan, "28; mE.
Baxter, '30, and M. Burch, ’30

The rules are on another page
of this issue.

Cash prizes to winners:

< Pst ptiee ....... $2100
Second prize ...,..$1.00

. There are a number of mis-
spelled words in the advertise-
ments throughout this issue of
the. Co.tecE News. Here are the
rukes to be followed in compet-
ing for the prizes:

1. On a sheet of paper write:
The names of the advertis-
ers in whose advertisements
you find the misspelled
words,

2. The misspelled Words.
3, Correct versions ot the mis-
spelled words.

2. Give your answers to M. Gail:

lard, Pembroke West, by six

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The names of the prize-win-
ners will appear in the next issue
of the News. Every subscriber
to the News is eligible for this
contest.

Board members are ineligible.







ME,” SAYS DURANT

Excludes Jesus and Spinoza
from List of Ten Greatest,”
Thinkers.

VOLTAIRE A _ LINCOLN

Jesus, Buddha and Spinoza’ were
among the great figures left out of the
category of the Ten Greatest Thinkers,
which Mr. Will Durant, author of T7'he
Story of Philosophy, expounded in Tay-
lor last Friday night, under the auspices
Bureau,

For Mr. Durant set himself the cri-
terion of the men who through their
thinking, not through their actions, emo-
tional appeal, have had the greatest in-
fluence on humanity.

Confucius First Great Philosopher.
Confucius was the first, not because
he was the founder of a religion, but
because Ine was a moral philosopher
preaching a system of ethics. He taught
the Chinese to use their intelligence as
a first step towards. attaining world
‘peace—it was only an-accident that a
religion grew out of his teaching.
“Wedding truth and beauty, as they
have never been married before or since,
—for beauty is rarely truthful”—Plato
dominated the mind of Europe for 2000
years. It is curious that only the beoks
of Plato which he intended for the peo-
ple, his efforts at popularizing philos-
ophy, remain, “In this, Plato was my
predecessor,’ declared Mr. Durant.
Aristotle Dominated Middle Ages.
Aristotle’s case was exactly the oppo-
site—only his technical books, his notes
for lectures, have survived, and even
then we know of ninety-nine books of
his. His systems of thinking dominated
medieval philosophy. . ey:

Rome produced no original thinkers,
so the next man admitted to Mr.
rant’s group was Thomas Aquinas, whom
he accepted “under protest,” because,
while he recognized that Aquinas has a
tremendous influence, he felt that most
of his philosophy was wrong. He is
still the philosopher de rigueur of
Catholicism, and his books embalmed a
whole millennium of human thought.
Modernity Begins With Copernicus.
Copernicus, a voice out of Poland,
produced the greatest revolution in all
human thought by proving that the







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MIDNIGHT BLAZE NETS LOSS -
OF $45,000 IN PAINT SHOP



Bryn Mawr Firemen Risk
‘Lives Amid Fumes and |
| Flaring Flames.

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(Specially contributed by Frederica de
Laguna, 1927.)

4
Less than ten hours after the college
closed for the Christmas vacation, there

first terrible fire on the

ary Denbigh blaze. The long, one and.a

half-story building hack of the varsity
tennis courts, avhich contained the college

paint, carpentfy and upholstery shops,
was wrecked by flames which raged from
about 9.30 until well after midnight. The.
tire was not discovered, however, until
10 o'clock, when the whole northend of
the building, the paint shop, was blazing
to the skies. Mr. J. Foley, superintendent
of building, first noticed a disturbance in
the electric lights, and in going out of his
house to report it to the Power House,
caught sight of the flames, and sent in
an alarm to the B. M. Fire Station. At
the same time, Joseph. Graham, a night
watchman at Taylor Hall, discovered the
fire, and a second alarm was given by
Eugene Sullivan. While the college siren
[Ahrieked a belated warning, your cor-
respondent and most of the college
faculty were running to the scene, think-
ing that Low Buildings was on fire.
Great relief was experienced when it was
discovered that this was not the case, Al-
ready the flames were shooting from the
windows and from an- enormous» hole
in the roof, and were spreading rapidly
to the tops of the pine trees nearby. A
strong wind was blowing towards the
college garage which stands only a few
yards ‘away,
Laurels Go to Fire Department.

Too great praise cannot be given ‘to the
Bryn Mawr Fire Department. This squad
of volunteer and unpaid men, under the
able direction of Fire Chief Albert Par-
sons, broke all records in reaching the
spot. The alarm was given at 10.05,

CONTINUED ON PAGB 4

KNULLEN VOYDE MAKES
, BEAU GESTE AT LAST

Proposes





Princetonian
Peace.

Prominent

To -the Editor,

Bryn Mawr Co..ece News,

_ Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Dear Madam: :
Through a curious piece of ill-for-
tune, and I was never the kind to keep
cool with Calumny, I am in receipt of
a third-hand rumor’ that copies of my
child: A. Book of Lamplight, were re-
ceived, sold, and proceeds devoted to the
building of a Bryn Mawr Summer
School. Madam, this is an outrage
against my better nature and my intelli-
gence. While it has always been a ques-
tion in my mind whether Bryn Mawr
girls should be allowed to go to college
at all, I am positive that they should be
kept out of Summer School.

The vandalism committed against my
profit is quite another thing. Of course,
you realize that we eminent authors, .
trom Voyde all the way down to’ Vol-
taire, work for infamy, not for gain;
that our relations with the publisher are
organized on a financial margin about as
wide as a shoestring.

My book in Princeton was energet-
ically advertised. It was “the child of a
brain of a child;” “the aristocrat among
Christmas presents, the Christmas pres-
ent agnong aristocrats ;” it was. “like a

in every family.” Even a “one-armed
telegrapher with-the itch wasn’t too busy
to read it.” And when a_ young lady,
cn seeing an advance copy of my book,
‘exclaimed “How unique!” the author re-
plied indignantly : “Madam!
/nigued in my life.” —
However, a profit: 7

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planting qffality:?

maintained ‘at. a - sufficiently. high
level, the number of those remain-
ing -in college will also be necessarily
limited. . (How dull and painful -a
.trinsm 1) 5 5

But is it true that quantity is SUP-
A discussion of
college curricula and standards with

graduates of twenty-five or thirty |.

years’ standing: reveals no lowering
of requirements in the 1927 type of

ASSISTANT © Date oe ‘

HL. F. McKatvar, oy Daven, od” college. In fact if. any change has
. Linn, '29 M. Suirs, '28 occurred, requirements have been
os Larriscingit ais raised. But, comparatively speak-
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ing, the college graduate. used to be
ee, in the minority. It is not extraordi-

BUSINESS MANAGER ¢ is i ini
nC enna at nary then that his mind training
‘ pie seemed extensive. compared— with
-. W. MomLwaty, "26. that of the majority of people. Now-
i : .{adays he is no rarity. Fully half of
ASSISTANTS a’ | | 1 | 1,’
BE. R. Jones, 28 J. Barr, '29 those with whom he, is associate
M. 8. GamLtarp, '28— M. py, Peers, '28 | whatever his eccupation, are also

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Wayne, Pa., Post Office.

WHAT PRICE CHRISTMAS?

“The spirit of Christmas” is a’
cheerful but annoyingly insistent
little sprite who makes tears of joy
and sentiment start to one’s eyes
until the 26th of December, and
then suddenly becomes anathema.
The weight of yesterday’s Christ-



less thank-you letters to be written,
the swift, rushed days of vacation
slipping by, and, abruptly, college
again and mid-years looming objec-
tionably near—with all these the
mere mention of “Christmas” makes
us sigh weakly and wonder that the
word ever called forth ‘in us emo-
tion or pleasure.

For what do we get from it all?
After'spending so much money and
trouble—and tissue paper and_ red
ribbon—we come back from vaca-
tion worn in body and spirit, our
pockets empty, a few pairs of silk
stockings we could have bought with
the money we spent on presents, a
few knick-knacks that we have no
room for; a sense of grievance be-
cause “our holidays are the shortest
in the country”; and a feeling of:
futility as regards the last fourteen
days. Far from being nicely rested
and inspired to work, we are laden
with the thought of those two post-
poned periods to make-up, the read-
ing that we didn’t do tor the last
quiz, and the long paper due Janu-

ary 15th.
Let's abolish ‘Christmas; — let’s
spend our money on_ ourselves

and not on ungrateful friends and
Christmas seals; let’s stay calmly at
college studying. We could get ina
great deal of—say—basketball prac-

tice; we could catch up on our
German notebooks and do some

good work in the lab. We wouldn't
be all tired 6ut with paetes, nor
upset by rich food.

And yet, this plan would never
work; publicity, the New Testa-
ment, and family claims are too
“much for us; no matter what our
principles,'we should find ourselves
just as eager next December—and
just as weary when we come back!





THE COLLEGE EDUCATION |
PROBLEM

Although so much has been said:
and is being said about the prob-
lem of education in this country,
such is the magnetism of the topic
that it is well nigh impossible toj

‘one person has expressed doubt’ of |
the existence of etlycation in the!
colleges. Others, less pessimistic, |
sf¥ that existing conditions show
the substitution of quantity. for
quality. Almost everyone agrees
that something is vitally wrong.

The latter opinion, that all is not!
well, is heartily seconded here. Yet



it, is both ifutile and stupid to con-:

clude that edtication is non-existent
in the aye that what all we are
struggling fo so desperately re-
solves itself. into nothingness, merely
because perfection has not
_ Feached. | P Granted that
conditions are far from satisfying ;
is that pefiicsent: cause for throwing

‘2 book!

been -
existing



college graduates. No wonder he
does not shine by contrast.

On the other hand, in nowise does
real scholarship seem to be waning,
judging by recent college graduates
who are successful in intellectual
pursuits. Brilliant minds will con-
tinue to be rare in the future as
they have been in the past. Human-
ity is incapable of producing an
entire race of intellectuals. -‘The
Renaissance in Italy is probably the
highest point the world has yet
reached. Still no one would ascribe
intellectuality to the~Tuscan peas-
ant. Colleges should not be blamed
for the incapabilities of humanity.
It is-true, however, due naturally to

the increase in college graduates,
that an A. B. degree does not bear

the mark of distinction that was
once its wont. Degrees. for grad-
uate work are becoming more and
more necessary in various fields of
work, as Law, Medicine, Letters and
Research; - Bat. this situation is not
to be deplored. On the contrary. it
is to be commended as indicative of
the fact that with the widespread
increase in wealth and leisure in this*
country, standards of living are ris-
ing. Colleges are merely taking
another and more vital place in the
social scheme, a place not inferior in
dignity ¢but infinitely superior in
beneficial influence,

There is however one quality
which the college student of thirty

years ago possessed, or is said to

have possessed, which is not widely
current now: a sense of the value of
the opportunity to study. Too often,
since colleges have become so
numerous, the opportunity to study
in congenial surroundings with a
wealth of facilities at one’s beck and
call is accepted with cold indiffer-
ence as one’s due. Clever super-
ficiality supplants sincere interest.
This is clearly one of the most sin-
ister evils. of college education to-
day. But the fault is one of atti-
tude rather than curriculum:



FINGERPRINTS
Must you write in library books?
Must you underline every bit of
poetry you enjoy? Can't you re-

strain yourself from commenting
on a_ situation? Does the entire

class, do many subsequent classes,
have to endure your reflections on
why the hero doesn’t come to the

int, your extremely weal puns,
our hoary-headed jokes ?.

Perhaps you do enjoy. poetry, per-

‘haps you do get annoyed with a

hero. But surely there are other
ways of expressing your literary
criticism than by attacking the de-
ifenseless reader, who wants. an open
mind on the book. Surély you knew
someone who would be interested in
‘your idea—go-and tell it to her. Or,
if it demands literary expression,
buy yourself some chalk and write it
on the pavements. Many people
will see it and have the opportunity
of appreciating it. After a day, the
kindly rains, the passing feet, will
‘obliterate it, and people will forget
it. Then you will never have the
painful experience of coming on
your own ineptitudes—for it is!
curious that this sort of comment is”
nearly always inept—and knowing!

that, until the book wears out. you!

2 Will enjoy this” painful immortality.

For nothing I could say
could damn him quite | so Foon cae A

jand enduringly.





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‘A problem, I’m facing, a problem that’s
catchiy ; ‘
How in the world do you say this
“Apache ?” “a,
Some think that it makes them indeed
recherche ;
To style this strange: person a_ bold |
«Apache. a ,* ;
And others there. are say there isn’t a
match
To the low living gentleman, called: an
"Apache.
While the Indians seen he fore stores of
‘tobacca ]
‘Are’-known through the West as the

tribe of Apache.
3ut one of the other kind said “What
the H?
Surely you know.
Apache ?”.,
Really I feel very much up a tree
I wonder if it should be said “Apache?”
3ut this problem to solve you have only

that ‘its sounded

to watch

What occurs if. you mention a “Paris”
Apache,”

For every true Frenchman breaks out

in a rash’
If he hears it pronounced any way but
Apache.
Millwaltky.
(Specially contributed by Dismal Des-
mond, the doleful+» Dalmatian.)

Here I am in the city of Socialists and
spitoons, and according to the mayor it’s
the only place to be. “Why wait,” some-
one asked us, “for the Millenium? Why
not live in Millwalky?”

Did: we have a good time coming out
in the train? Do more than half a
dozen kindred spirits usually have a
good time on a train? We went out on
the end to make the acquaintance of the
brakeman (that is always a wise thing
to do, in case there is an, accident or
something), and when he saw "us com-
ing, he stopped the train and got off and
started running down the track. At
first | admit I was hurt, deeply hurt, but
when I saw the station I felt better.
Then “he came back and while he was
still along way off I got an idea.

"Shall 1 start nerr” sez I.

“Sure,” sez he.

“Whischt whischt,” séz°the ‘air brakes.

And we started! Well! he just caught
up in time to show us the Horseshoe
curve.

And then I thought of another idea.
Here was my chance to learn all about
life as a brakeman. (It’s always handy
o know. these little things, especially
when you are trying to pick your
career.) So @ asked him sofne impor-
tant quéstions like,

“Where do you keep your wife?
Chicago or New York?”

“Well,” sez he, “I have one in each
place, and one in Sandusky in case we
run out there sometime.”

That seems like very valuable infor-
mation, it’s essential to know things like
that.. Then I thought I would check
up on -all+the. popular superstitions re-
garding brakemen, so | asked:

‘Do you always use a _ Hamilton
watch, like in the advertisements ?”

“Yes,” he admitted, he did, so that’s
one more illusion left ‘uninfracted. ~

(We know it’s against newspaper
ethics to mention the name of advertised
commodities, but Desmond doesn’t, and
maybe it will inspire the company to
make us a handsome present one of

Tn

these days. L. W.)
But Mrs. Lot says these are enough
;experiences. Before closing, though, I

want to add that if there is any blonde
dog. young and good-looking, who
doesn't know too many other men, I
would like very much to hear from her.
Enclose picture. Object, matrimony.

D. Desmonp.





;a flock of sheep to use this spring in
place of ‘the noisy motor lawn mower.
; How quaint our campus will be! We
suppose this is an effort to get: back to
the rustic Elizabethean atmosphere which
it interfere with Lacrosse. practice on
Merion green? Think of being pursued
by a lusty ram while getting your re

quired exercise! But, on the other hand.
how pastoral to with the gam-

. Shubert—Biy Boy.

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‘ Theatres. *
’Triyialities made
distinctive by Al Jolson.

Adelphi—Abie’s Irish Rose.. Still with

us. J ee
Chestnut—ANists and. Models.
Lyrtt—The Student Prince. “The
best. operetta of. them elias
Ledger. ;

Walnut—What Every Woman Knows.
Helen Hayes in an exquisite . perform
ance.

Garrick—On
but hollow.

Broad—Money from
Craven’s nevgest effort.

*Forrest—Riéd Rita.
shdéw.

Approval. Entertaining

Home. Frank

Ziegteld frusical

Coming.
Garriék—T hie DB rowan Affair Jan-
uary 24
which will’ hang the most blase on ‘the

pedge of his ‘seat.

Forrest—Rufus Le Maire’s Affairs
January 24.

Shubert—The Vagabond King January
24, Colorful light opera. te

Chestnut—Earl Carrol Vanities.

Adelphi—The Girl Friend January 24.
Constantly pleasant. =

Garrick—Cradle Snatchers ° February
7. Indelicate bids for raucous laughter.

Movies. : ;

Stanley—T winkle Toes. Colleen
Moore in a “tense tale of Limehouse.”

Stanton—The Scarlet Letter. Sincere
acting by Lillian Gish in a good Brpduc: |
tion.

Karlton—Johnny Hines
Along. ~

Arcadia—A lice Terry in The Magi-
cian.

in

S ebbing

Palace—Bardleys — the Magnificent.
John Gilbert steals. some of Doug’s
thunder, :

Victoria—Four Horsemen of _ the
Apocalypse. oe

Aldine—Old __ Ironsides. Excellent
photography of an historical film -of
pirates and sea-rovers by Laurence

Stallings.
Fox—One Increasing. Purpose.
Coming.
Stanley—Stranded in Paris with Bebe
Daniels, January 17.
Stantgn—Harold Lloyd
Brother, January °17.

in the Kid



ORCHESTRA PROGRAM
The Philadelphia Orchestra will play
the following program on Friday after-
January 14, and: Saturday eve-
ning, January 15. Dr. Arthur Rodzin-
ski will be the guest conductor :
Glazounow—Symphony No. 4,-in E flat
major.
Ravel— ‘Daphnis et Chloe.”
Strawinsky—Suite from “Petrouchka.”
:
OPERA THIS WEEK
The Philadelphia Civic Opera Cam-
pany will present // Trovatore on
Thursday evening at the Metropolitan
Opera House. The La Scala Grand
Opera Company will give Faust at the
Metropolitan Opera House on Saturday
evening.

SPOKESMAN SPOKE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

noon,





What did the spokesman say? |
don’t remember. You probably read
it in the papers the next day, some-
thing like this:

“Intimations from the White House
indicate that there is a revolution go-
ing on in Nicaragua, and that the
United States, while remaining neu-
tral, intends to protect the property of
its citizens. It is believed that; un-
less something ‘unforeseen happens,
prosperity will continue to prevail
throughout 1927.”

That is certainly all that was re-
vealed at the meeting. What. you per-
haps did not know was that the White
House ‘spokesman, while conveying
was holding in
one hand the carefully prepared ques-
tions of the correspondents, that we
were in that room fifteen minutes, and|
that when it was intimated to us that
we knew enough for one day, not one
of them had been answered.

Voice of Coolidge speak to the Presi=|
dent’s people about the affairs of the
day. Does the spokesman — really be-
lieve that it ‘is not healthy for the pub-|
lic to know too i timately heclesrned





An Owen Davis mystery play }





"MONET | STOPPED THE SUN |



[oven Artist Given Discerning Trib-.

utes by Miss King, %,

“Claude Monet was one of the earli-
est declared: Miss.
Georgiana Goddard King in Chapel
they morning of December 15th, speak-

impressionists,”

ing on the French painter who died
recently. . ee
‘America firs knew Moget in
early, eee ‘the Afmerican Art
Madison Square.
hibited .the
Rouen Cathedral series.
“like a lace veik
Pt

There were ex-

twenty canvases of the

They were
dotie all in one color,
over ,a Victorian beauty’s brow.
near. view you could ‘see practically
nothing, but when you backed off you
could see what it was all about.’ From
this Miss King declared that &he
léarned thatsepi must give every man
his distance.” :

was born with a sense of
landscape similar to the Chinese;
physically he had extraordinary sight.
He could see that the line of a roof-
-tree-in the sun is jagged, not straight.”
The four-important points about his
art are: (1) He saw the “value, of the
contemporary in art;. (2) he appreci-
ated the value of. the every day; (3)
he put the stress upon the moment;
(4) he was faithful to things as they

“Monet

are.

He worked out of doors with his
canvas in the sun. Often he would
drive out with several canvases,

changing .them hour by hour as the
sun changed. In this way he recorded
a single hour, held the moment for-
ever. “Like Joshua, he stopped the

”

sun,

His focus was outside of, himself;
like the great Sung painters, he got at
the heart of the natural world.

“His end was lovely, with the
setting sun, and music,:at the close.”

PLENTY OF CHANCES FOR
JESUS, SAYS B. PITNEY

Milwaukee Broke Barriers and Over- |
came Fears.

“The Milwaukee Conference was a
success,’ unhesitatingly declared Bea-
trice Pitney, ’27, speaking in Vespers
on Sunday, January 9. “And by that
I do not mean that we decided to re-
form the world, or to save other peo-
ple’s souls, or even that our own souls
are saved; what we got from the con-
ference was the stimulus to act, a great
disgust for lazy-mindedness, a desire
to live as freer, fuller, sounder,
petty, more generous-minded people.

the





less

“Among twenty-five hundred
ference there were twenty-two Bryn
Mawr delegates. We lived in small
hotels, and met morning and evening
at the auditorium to hear outstanding
speakers; four a day. Between times
there were informal discussion groups
at which we could ask any questions
that came up. ,

“All of those students came to the
conference with an -earnest desire. to
find a way out of the terrific mess the
world is now in; not wanting to re-

‘orm the world, but to reform them-

selves first. When conditions are as
bad as they are now, it is no use to
go about saying, ‘Oh, yes, we know
that war is wrong, and that the work-
ing classes are too poor and the idle
classes too rich, but we cah’t change
human nature. There’s nothing to be
done about it.’- At Milwaukee we were
given the stimulus, the moral energy
to try and throw off this deadening in-
tellectual approach, and do what we
know is right.”

To .the question that was the sub-
ject of the conference, “‘What re-
sources has Jesus in the modern

fworld?” Miss Pitney replied that Mil-

waukee showed that there are plenty.
“It all comes back to the individual.
We are all so afraid for our position
in the world that we make barriers for
ourselves. We are all walled around
by barriers and all knotted up with
fears.’ Jesus tried to break down these
barriers and overcome these fears: He

we got the stimulus to follow Him.

the:

~~

Galleries were dusty red velvet rooms ,

>

men and women students at the con- .




says He did it through trust. in God

“Pins “clearly and filly does the}



“I don’t want to give you the im-—

pression that we all got ‘Christianized’
or came out with the same principle;



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“Desert;!
‘er and: Brothérs, publ
Revivals of old legends ouabal by

‘by Martin Armstrong. Harp-'

some new light, or looked at from
some new point of view are very popu-
lar just now. But the authors of them.
are seldom so successful, in keeping
the tone of the old story, while at the
“same time treating it in an attitude
sufficiently modern to make it see ap-
plicable to modern readers, as is Mr.

» Martin Armstrong in his recent book,

~

Desert. The basis of the story lies in
a tale occurring in the syriaé version of
Palladius’ Histories of heeFathers, but
much ‘of it is imaginaty.

It concerns a young man, who, ‘sb.
feited with the brilliant ,and luxurious
life of the; Alexandrian intellegentsia
about 16 centuries ago, flirns in search
of spiritual peace, to the austere exist-
ence of a hermit in the desert of the
Thebaid. Written in a flowing nar-
rative style, imbued with a not too au-
stere fedling for the beauty’ of desert
nights and misty mornings, the book
is-a vivid presentation of the ascetic
life. Completely disassociating himself
from externals, the hero, Malchus,. de-
préives his body -of food and sleep in
order to arrive at state where the soul,
absorbed in the contemplation of etern-
ity, is free.from all further desires or
expectations.

It is a life requiring great physical
courage and endurance, yet somehow
even Mr. Armstrong’s powerful presen-
tation fails to make it a convincing
exhibition ‘of spiritual bravery. Thus
to withdraw in scorn from the aches
and annoyances of daily existence, pet-
tishly to deny the value of all material
and even intellectual life because of
their present imperfections seems on
the whole a little cowardly. It is hard
to believe in a divinity who presents
us with a world and a mind solely*for
the purpose of teaching us to run away
from them. The life of the spirit alone.
which the book advocates, appears so
pure p perhaps because it is so
vague and ill-defined. “Where ever the
author attempts to ‘describe it more
concretely, it is no more than a sort
of mental sickness, resulting from un-
der nourishment and lack of sleep.

Mr. Armstrong himself was perhaps
not quite satisfied with his own sug-
gestion. At any rate he had to bring
about the ultimate victory of the spirit
and the end of the story by an incon-
gruous and unpleasantly materialistic
miracle whose symbolism quite ' fails
to make up for its inconsistency. .

Nevertheless it is stimulating to find
a_ well-written book which offers a
definite and considered ‘plan of life,
among all the novels of blind groping
or sophisticated scorn with Which we
are swamped by outers ats writers.

oe te





Benjamin Franklin, by Phillips Rus-

sell. Brentano’s.

The phrase, “the first civilized ners
can,” appended to Franklin’s name is
a dangerous generalization not calcu-
lated to attract the type of reader Mr.
Russell would perhaps prefer. It con-
tains a certain amount of truth no doubt,
only relative, however, to the dark ages
in which we are made to feel Benjamin
Franklin lived. Certainly there is good
‘sense ‘in the principle expressed in the
book’ that a direct application of pur-
pose to practice, even though sométimes
naive to the observer, can often. accom-
plish wonders;
lin exercised this principle, the epithet,
“the first civilized American,” is to a
certain degree justified.

In this new, and to some, startling
biography, the reader. is most entertained
by .Franklin’s character as a man of the
world.. The admirable portrayal of the
-hero from this aspect betrays the keen
delight the author must have taken in
reveating it. In fact Mr. Russell is so
carried away by the mischievous humor,
the shady whimsicality he has discovered
in Franklin, that the impression of a

and inasmuch as Frank- |





minds. at the niention of Franklin’s n
| is almost completely lost’ We are tol

of all his varied ‘achievements as a
printer, as an editor, ,as a statesman, as
a scientist,:as a philosopher, as an in-
ventor and as a maker of money; noth-
ing is omitted; yet this.is. more like a
dry recital of facts than the story of a
man’s intimate hopes and struggles. It
does not furnish as good reading, as the
chapters devoted to love intrigues, be-
cause on these Mr. Rusgell has ex-
pended all his zeal.’ It is here that he
sympathizes most warmly with Franklin.
The personal significance of. Franklin’s
work to himself is not clearly enough
brought out, and surely for most of us
this could not lack interest.

» The style is simple and amusing; but
not without ‘flawsig In his metaphors in
particular the author displays a “capacity
for muddle-headedness hardly consist-
ent with his gift for plain, clear narra-
tive. This fault, however, should not
deter the reader, for in addition to its
metaphors the book contains spicy witti-
cisms and terse characterizations which
will repay him for all the time needed
to peruse it.

M. V.
This Believing World, by Lewis
Browne.
This Believing World, by Lewis

Browne, is an extremely readable sur-
vey of religion beginning with the primi-
tive animism ‘of savages and coming
down to the various creeds of our own
time. While little detail can
pected when the field is so large, Mr.

the book of a purely outline character.
Mr. Browne has also been careful to
add “perhapses” when the data is slim
about a particular age and people such
as the early Greeks.

The format is pleasing. The type and
paper are excellent, and the author has
illustrated the book with attractive pen
and ink sketches. The style is easy, the
narrative running along as though it
were being spoken, but without the slip-
shodness of speech. In explaining and
simplifying -what would otherwise be
obscure and complex Mr. Browne has
done a very good job. In all, it is a
very interesting account of what might
have been a very dull subject.

c

E.R,

a

THE CONSTANT NYMPH

All Roles Well Filled in Good Drama-
tization of Novel.
At last the play of The Constant
Nymph, for which all devoted readers
of the novel in America have’ clamored,
has been produced in New York. The
adaptation from the book has been made
by Margaret Kennedy herself, and Basil
Dean. The result is as good a play as
could be created from the story without
fundamental changes in the plot, but no
doubt the famous Sanger’s Circus will
survive ultimately in the novel form, to
which the material primarily lends itself.
With the-exception of that of Teresa,
the roles in the play do not require great
acting. As the chief characteristic of
the members of Sanger’s Circus was to
think and do just as ‘they pleased, irre-
spective of anybody else’s feelings or
opinion, so the acting of each could be







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Robb, Fundamentally conventional,
Florence cannot. resist Lewis’ sudden,
‘powerful pasion, but ewhen they are
garried and settled ‘in England, she
makes the fatal mistake’ of » building a
silver sty” for her “pig” (according to
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“VOICE FROM VOYDE_

CONTINUED FROM PAGE f

in etown and on Campus,-I sold’ only a
few ‘thousand copies of ty book—just
. endugh to pay for the advertising. Sud-
_ denly confronted by poverty, I sent some
of them to Biyn Mawr, having heard
- for’ many :years about the widow's mite.
(But now I see that they won't).) . ‘And
you have sold them, not for a songy but
for a summer school.



Well, | have gone without three con-
secutive meals, a new top hat, -a~pair_of
-galoshes, a cane, and my Christmas vaca-
tion son this account ; ‘and I have sad to
bum! from my. ever-dwindling friends,
postage stamps, dress. shirts, cigarettes
and razor blades. But for a heart like
mine, which is just one big, palpitating
churn full of the creme de la creme of
the mi‘k of human kindness, to take of-
fense at these things is to strain out the
~gnats; and I will do no such deed. I[
have forgotten them already. I shall
say nothing more. *

Only thiss If you"do insist on building
a summer school, 1 feel quige naturally,
that I should be invited to Bryn Mawr
to lay the cornerstone. Make ‘me such
a bargain; I will not only let bygone be
bygones, I will purchase my own ticket.

Yours very sincerely,
KNULLEN - VoYDE.
_ 717 Pyne ‘Hall, Princeton, N. J. Jan-
uary 6, 1927,

$45, 000 FIRE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

and four minutes later the |
attached to the fireplug’ and water was
‘being squirted onto the roof. When in-
terviewel the next morning, Chief Par-
sons explained that the difficulties he an:
his men had to face were those of lov
water pressure and the fumes from ex-
ploding cans of paint and varnish, The



first hose was

efforts of the:firemen were directed to}

playing water upon the burning building
and to preventing the flames f rom spread-
ing to the college garage, which contained |'

explosive chemicals and several hundred,

gallons of gasoline. The roof and walls
- of the nortehrn end of the paint shop col-
lapsed almost at once. With magnificent
recklessness the firemen placed a ladder
against that part of the wall which still
stood, and carried the hose into the upper
story from which they could all too
readily reach the heart of the fire. For
minutes at a time the men on the ladder
and in. the house were swathed in dense
clouds of smoke which hid them from
sight, Once I saw two men ‘tearing down
a burning partition with their bare hands.
With half the building a mass of ruins
and the floor on which the men stood
undermined by flames, there was great
danger that it would collapse, which
would have meant certain death to any
one falling into the inferno below. Al-
though begged not to risk their lives, the
firemen refused to leave their post until
they had done all they could.
Six Men Overcome.

Six men were carried out, overcome
‘by smoke and the treacherous fumes
from the burning paint. They were
treated on the spot by Dr. James Shoe-
maker, and later returned to duty. Their
names are Albert Parsons, fire chief;
Samuel Calvert, hoseman; Johnand Fred
Adams, brothers, James rit Mala and
William Cooper.

Deserving of special praise for hero-
ism is Charles Hamilton. When inter-
viewed, Pie Parsons,
modesty, made light of his own part in
quelling the blaze, but said, “Charlie did
good work, aad so did the other boys.”
President Park, who was on the spot en-
couraging the firemen, expressed the
_ highest admiration for their achieve-
ments. :

Valuable Machinery Lost. ~

The fire was well under control by
midnight, and the firemen were able to
leave at 2 A. M., when they were enter-
- tained by: Miss Faulkner in one of the
halls with coffee and ‘sandwiches. Only
the extreme southern end|-of the build-

ing was left intact, while the northern |

- wing was literally burned to the founda-
tions. The,.damage has been estimated
at $45,000, but this sum is covered by

insurance. The largest single loss was in|
valuable machinery, and in- several hun-

dred pounds of floor’ wax.

The origin of the blaze will, probably
remain a mystery. It has been suggested |.
. that the fire was started by spontaneous
of rags or papers ‘soaked in
oil, which is often used in paint-

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1927 Walks Away with Honors, Dué

Partly to Superhuman Bryants. | -

1929 carried off the honors with a
magnificent margin in the two swim-
ming meets which took -place in the
gym on Saturday, December 11, and
Friday, December 17. Their victory
in the ‘first team section was due
largety to the activities of the super-
human Bryant twins, but théy alsd
showed considerable superiority in the
second team meets. T928 | came second
in both divisions, with the ether two
classes ‘trailing. The - Bryants « were
also. individual point winner. R.
Bryant, who broke the record for the
120 ft. front, leading with 19 points.
E. Bryant established the record in the
60 ft. front, and K. Field and E. Stew-
’28, established records in the 60
ft. breast and 60 ft. back, respectively.

The*results in detail were:

First team:
front—Won by RS Bryant,

60-ft. 29,
10.6;~E. Bsyant, ’29, second, 11.6; Rich-
ardson, .'30, third, 12.2; Seeley, '27,
‘fourth, 12.4.

60-ft. back—Won by. Stewart, ’27,

14.5; Bud, '29, second, 16.6; Taylor, ,’30,
third, 16.8; ‘Moran, ’29, and Young, ’28,
tied for fourth, 17

Diving—Won by E. Bryant, 64.3
points; A. Bryant, second, 62.15; Gui-
terman, ’28,": third; Brodie, ’27,

55.6;
fourth, 50.6, <
60-ft. breast—Won by Field,
Davis, ’30, second, 15.8; Johnston,
third, 16; Wills, ’29, fourth, 17.2.
Plunge—Won by Haines, ’27,
3rooks, ’28, 52.834; Dalziel, ’29,
Bradley, ’30, fourth, 50.437.

120- ft. front—Won by R. Bryant,
24.8; E. Bryant, second, 24.8; Stewart,

28, 15.3;
30,

53.4;
52.7;

teled: 28; Richardson, fourth, 30.

Relay—Won by :1929. -
Total—1929, 4214 points; 1928, 16%;
1927 and 1930, 10.

Second team:

60-ft, back—Won by Linn, ’29, 18.6;
Mercer, ’29, second, 18.8; Wickes, ’30,
third, 19; Hulse, ’28, fourth; 19.2.

60-ft. -breast—Won by~ 18.2; Hopkinson, ’30,- 18.6; Houck, ’
third, 18.8; Stetson, ’28, fourth,’ 19.

60°F t. front—Won by Hulse, 14.8;
Laurence, 30, second, 15.2; Mercer,
third, 15.4; Rickaby, ’27,fourth, 16.4.

Diving—Won by Alling, °28, 33
points; Adams, ’27, second, 26.3; Fain,
'oy, third, 26; Mercer, fourth, 22.2. —

Total—1929, 18 . points; 1928,
points; 1930, 10 points; 1927, 4 points.

ROUGH STUFF DANCE

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CONTINUED

The climax of the evening came after
supper, served unusually at tables, when
Alice Glover and Becky Bryant (sad as
it is to unmask their realism) staged the
passionate dance of the bona fide
Apathes: If rhythm’ and motion have
any power on the human brain, those
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the rhythmic’ and suggtstive motions of
their bedies ‘admirably expressed. The

audience, shouting, for encgpe after ¥en-

core, showed its appreciation of the sight.

Sophomores and Freshmen sang tune
from Paris in’ each other’s honor with
reckless enthusiasm, and no bne cgred to
0 till after 11, when the orchestra un-
used to such riotous parties, went home to
hed” The evening may well be summed
up by the things which were’ lost in its
colirse; a garter, a jewelled ear- ring and
an empty bottle.

WOODBINE WILLY —

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1



G. A; Studdert Kennédy, chaplain to
the King of England, and famous during
the war as “Woodbine Willy,” traced the
similarity between science and religion,
and proved that:both started by assuming
that God is accessible to man, although
their terms are different. Both travel
along the. same road, starting with “a
moment of illumination, in science, it is
an hypothesis, in religion, it’ is conver-
sion—“a - hypothesis about life.” “They
both believe that every event can be re-
lated to every other event, and, that the
order in the whiverse can be understood.
“Both assume that studying the facts of
life is worthwhile.”

Scorn Christians, Admire Christ.
- The second Cycle, “A -God Who
Father of All,” brought out some inter-
ésting discussion of the race question.
Charles W. Gilkey, the mere famous
brother of: James Gorden Gilkey, dis-
cussed the scorn of the Hindu philoso-
phers, especially Ghandi, for present day
Christians, and their admiration | for
Christ.

Timothy T. Lew, from Yenching Uni-
versity, Peking, China, gave instances of
the way in which Christians interfere
with the spread of Christianity.

The Race Question from the point of
view of a Negro was discussed by
Mordecai Johnston. “We want the
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Negro, rcs said. “We want ‘oi
take part in th@economic life which con-#.

cerris us; we want political liberty, and
self respect.” Mr. Johnston declared. that
if. Christians made an effort this cquld be
actomplished in twenty-five years .

The broader aspect of ‘this attention,
the-exploitation of weaker peoples, was
attacked by Mr..Kirby Page, of New |
York, “In the World now, people can-
not get along without each other. “Eco-
nomic rivalry is always dangerous; in our
world of anarchy, nationalism and pride,
the fesult will be war unless something
immediate is done. oF saci in a crusade
to break down war.”

“The Divine Possibilities of Human
Life” was the theme of the third Cycle. |
Harold Phillips illustrated Jesus’ faith
in the. possibilitigs of .human nature,
Harrison S. Elliott of the Unjon Theo-
logical Seminary, gave the psychotogical
aspéct of religion. He emphasized the
necessity of effort combined with prayer.

Professor Robert A. Mitliken, the well
known physicist, spgke on “The Chang-

ing Conceptions of God, and of Duty.”
He ‘showed the evolytion of religion
paralleling the evolution of man. “The

world has changed, so -religion should

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People Worship the Form of Dramas.
The fourth. Cycle, “The Meaning. of

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his humor, ,his vigor and his sincerity
were felt by every delegate to the con-
ference. “Life i in a world without a plan;
would be intolerable, if it hasn’t.one, I’ll
give it one’ I believe in God because I.
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WORLD'S “OMLY HOPE To. Vie de Boheme, was a real, person. Mallarme, Verlaint, * Villiers de I’Idle-

“FOLLOW: AFTER PEACE”| Mrs. Elizabeth Burton, a member pf] Adam, Monet and Sarah Bernhardt,

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“UB. Too .Inured to Conflict,” Says

‘Dr. Harold E. B. Speight.

‘Follow. after peace with all lest any
root of bitterness springing up trouble
you,” was the téxt chosen by Dr. Harold
E. B. Speight for his address in Chapel
on Sunday, January 9. That we should
learn to have differeiices of opmion with-
out quarreling about them is, he. stated,
most important. We should bring our
questions before a competent judge in-
stead of fighting them out.
judgment such as that of Solomon in
the case of the two women who both
claimed the same child, will prove -a
man’s sincerity and judgment.
stance. of the United States and “a Re-
public to the South” force and gestures
cannot save the situation—it will mérely
bring discredjt on both countries.

“We gre too inured to conflict; we take
extreme positions and refuse to yiéld an
inch through our love of conquest.

"Fighting Instinct Inbred.
“Even our vocabularly shows how
much of the fighting-instinct is left with
us: we talk about the ‘forces’.of prog-
ress, ‘tactics’ of statesmanship.

contributing to the common voice.
do not realize that the common opinion

the sense of the meeting, is more valuable

than individual opinion, or even than all
separate opinions added together.

in the enjoyment shared with others.”
That there should

mitted, necessary and advisable.
variety of opinion there can be no prog-
ress,
suppress the opinions of others, but to
add to the common voice. °

Free Discussion Advisable.

To “prove all things” is necessary be-
fore wé’can hold fast to anything. There-
fore free discussion is advisable to win-
now the theories of the past-and select
such as are most suited. For our prob-
lems are not new—Thomas Carlyle in
1850 declared that’ “ruin was universal,”
that there was no hope in the present
state, that a “new spirit was needed.”

“There have never been such resources
of spiritual leadership as there are today,
and the spirit that will save us is the
It respects the
rights of individual judgment, holds out
hope and freedom to every individual,
regards life as a great partnership. — Its
most important precept is ‘Follow after
peace ;’ and when we get this spirit in our
hearts there is hope for the world.”



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SAYS MRS. E, BURTON

Describes Historic Figures of Latin
Quarter.
Giving a brief literary history of the



- Latin Quarter together with selections

from the works of authors wh@élived in
this section of Paris, , Mrs. Elizabeth
Burton declared that the decade of 1830-
40 when Romanticism was in full flower
alsg proved the supreme moment of the
Quartier Latin, and that Mimi Pinson,
heroine of Henri Murger’s’ Scenes de la

Frequently a

qn the in-.

The
whole difficulty is that each of us wishes

to express his own opinion instead of
We

We
should learn to merge personal triumph [

‘he_.differences of
‘thought and principle, is, Dr. Speight ad-
Without

But our ideal. should, be not to

and a Parisian by birth, spoke under
tthe ‘auspices of ‘the French Club at a
tea in Rockefeller last Friday ° after-
.noon,

“Tt St.
Genefieve (wlich is really-only a hill),
spe walls of Lutece that a
theméely res,"
her

e .
was on the mountain . of

oe
outsi

students first established
said Mrs.
talk, ' “From. the students,
was their chief subject of study, the
name ‘Latin Quarter’ is derived. Dis-
covered by ‘the Romans, beloved by the

Burton in commencing

since Latin

Emperor: Julian,* the mountain of St.
Genevieve served as the refuge for

s

Abelard when he was exiled from Paris
for preaching against cdiitemporary con-
ditions. Here he founded a school and
soon after a -church was. established
But always the life of the Latin Quarter
was centered round the students.”
Literary Career Begin With Villon.
With first ‘mo-
dern poet whose

>

Francois Villon, the
in French literature,
Burton’ read, the Latin Quarter may be
said to have embarked on its long: and
brilliant literary career Then follow
Corneille, La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere,
Racine and Marivaux in quick succes-
each with his particular cafe, us-
name, where

sion,
ually bearing the author’s
he .and his disciples and
sembled in the evening.

In the Second Empire, the great civil
engineer, _Haussman, made his _head-
quarters here. But the years of 1830-40
mark the apex in the history of the Latin
Quarter. Gavarni, the great lithographer,
Deveria and Daumier. grouped them-
selves here, together with Henri Murger,
author of 8Scenes.de la Vie de Boheme,
from which several selections were read,
and the ever-enchanting, Alfred de Mus-
set and Paul Beranger. Several scenes
from. Sacha Guitry’s play, Beranger,
were read by Mrs. Burton so that a
more concrete picture of the times might
be obtained.

Then came the great group of realists
from Flaubert, Zola and Maupassant
down to Anatole France and Bourget.

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“Isms” because of their delight in attach-
ing ism to any word whatever. ‘These
were followed by the Decadents and the
Hydropaths. The latter group is mainly
of interest because it. severed into three
divisions and one of these divisions was
the first to take up headquarters in Mont-
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‘In a second speech, Mr. Kennedy
developed this subject, whatever vision
wé may have found at Milwaukee is

Chri#t born in us, And it will grow,
and grow to its crucifixion, “You will
have to endure suffering. Loving means
working.”
Discussion Revealed Cosmopolitanism.
Each day, in conpection with the theme
forthe day, discussion groups were held.
These were particularly interesting be-
cause in them students from every local-
ity, and’ race gave their views upon pres-
-ent Here it was that the
cosmopolitan aspect of the conferefice
was most clearly The exhibitions
held in the afternoons at the auditorium
threw light on various present efforts
toward the solution of these problems.

problems.

seen.

Informal groups were also planned to
follow up questions of special interest.
These were led, some by the speakers;
and others by men who are leaders in
some particular field. Among the most
instructive was Professor Jerome Davis’
“laboratory trips,”, which took students
into factories, the jail, Socialist meetings,
and other places of interest. On one
afternoon the Mayor of Milwaukee, a
Socialist, spoke to this group.

A pageant, “The Quest for Truth,”
was arranged;and produced in an amaz-

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Bach. : ..Chramatic en and Fugue }.
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Intermezzo in E flat, Op. 117. (Cradle
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Mr. Alwyne

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Mr. Alwyne'

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2, The flight of the crow

3. The Gadabout

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irvly short time. B. Pitney starred in
tl's, in the role of Religion.

The Bryn. Mawr delegation was ex-
tremely fortunate in arranging’ delegation
mee‘ings led by G. A. Studdert Kennedy,

and Henry P. Van Dusen. Mr. Kennedy

discussed prayer, and outlined ‘its advan-|

tages. He advocated praying for your
enemies because, he said, “you can’t hate
a man after you have prayed for him.”
Conclusion Expressed in Referenda.
_ The problems of universal interest to
the conference were briefly, war, the race
question, and the economic situation. Be-
fore leaving Milwaukee it was felt that
we should crystalize our thinking on
_ these subjects, by expressing some con-
_~ ¢tusion. After a heated debate as to
method, a system of referenda was in-
augugated, resolutions were presented in
several clauses and were voted on clause
by clause.
The first .resolutionwas on War, and

was voted on as follows :
1. I shall not support any war, 300.
2. I shall support some wars, but not
others. 700.
3. I shall support wars entered into by
the authority of my own Government.
100.
: 4. I am not ready to commit myself.

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The official conference re-
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The result of the referendum”on thg

1. I shall accord to all races the same.

2. Regarding some races as inferior to
‘my own I believe that they should have

3. I shall deny no privilege to another
4a] am not ready to commit my pet.
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vcw, Appalled by their ‘new maturity
the nten of the time turned for. guidance’
to Greece, the, maturest civilization so
far, and the Renaidsantt. took place.
Philosopher and statesman, great man
as well as thinker, Francis Bacon was
thé next on the list. He was not merely
n intellectual—“for intellectuals’ are not
intelligent.” The Baconian idea of domi-
nating nature reverently has inspired all
scientific thought since his death. His
was the modern theory that the only
way for met to learn to live together in
peace is for them to increase their’
knowledge. All the. really influential
philosophers of modern times have been
Baconians.

Since Spinoza and Pascal are medie-
val in’ spirit, and since their influence
was confined to comparatively small
groups, even though they. were very
gré@at thinkers, they were excluded from
he category, in favor of Newton, who
changed the face of the earth. °
Voltaire the Great Emancipator. ©
Voltaire has been called a purely de-
structive influence; he was really lib-
erative--the great emancipator, who at-
tacked all the old traditions, ane broke
down all the old systems. -
Terrified by the emptiness of the
world as Voltaire had left it, Emmanuel
Kant set himself to find consolations.
|He maintained that the only thing we
‘are sure of is our own mind, This re-
stored God and free will to man, with-
out which he cannot be happy.

. Darwin, the last-of these great think-
ers,. created an entirely new earth.

“It is men like these,” concluded Mr.
Durant, “who, combining knowledge
with hope, help us to understand God.
The undiscouraged researches of science
and the patience. of genius reveal the
divinity that hedges us about.”
Discussion was hot afterwards, mem-
bers of the~faculty contesting Mr. Du-
rant’s category and selections. .

TRY YOUR OWN HAND::

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1





Is it too much to say that we repre-
sent a typical student movement, which is
apparent throughout the country?* Dr.
Frederick P. Keppel, of the Carnegie
Corporation says in an article in the
School and Society, February 14, 1925,
“One of our worst mistakes in the past
has, in my judgment, been a psycholog:-
cal one, to divorce appreciation from per-
formance and_ production. We
must always work primarily for an ap-
preciation of the arts, but we are work-
ing against the facts of human nature
when we fail to give the sttident whom
we are endeavoring to interest, the
chance to try his own hand.” More and
more colleges are trying to introduce the
practical as well as the theoretical into the
curriculum, and it is the student himself
who is demanding this. The Bryn Mawr
Art Class is the outgrowth of a real
need.

At our meeting, we faced the tremen-
dous difficulties to be overcome by those
who long for art at this college. It was
manifest that only by individual initia-
tive and co-operation could the movement

succeed, .

PARNASSUS PRI PREFERRED

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1907, can appreciate.

of it—and try it again.

she now puts her final period.

verse !

fas far as I am concerned.

tains the phrase, the “Moon and 1.” Must

"| University of Minnesota beginning Jan-

vivid, well-rounded, and with a nice feel-
ing all the way for the point of view of
a young girl, and for horses and the
peculiarities of horses. ‘This is some-
thing that I, who somewhat antedate even.
I can. appreciate,
|too, the intention ih “Six Days,” but
unfortunately the theme is considerably
| beyond the present powers « of the author.
She should tuck it away in a pigeon 1 hole
-| of her, mind—the theme, not this handling
I’m not sure
but the real story has just begun where

“ Ala$, “Wowever, dam utterly .ingom- |.
petent to pass comment on much of the
Frankly, I don’t know what a
lot of it is all about. It is as incom-|-
prehensible to me as the poems of Elinor
Wylie, the streets of Brooklyn, or the
reputation of Southern amg I “Black

I find dust yawning dryly, and have to
give up. Almost equally difficult for me
ta. ‘Visualize is the, “gtgy lover” walking
in the “lucid ‘night” of “Promenade.”
The night-is the only lucid thing, .theré,}
As to the
‘moon lyric, to my shame I’ must confess
a continued partiality for that other, and
as yet more famous onegwhich also con-

| add that it will be found in the libretto
of “The Mikado?”

But I do: understand the sonnet ‘Dy
Miss Bigelow, of the class of ’30. Her
soul clogged with the “rust. and grime”
of text books, largely composed of -ufh-
important facts unearthed by research
scholars to give themselves:a Ph. D. and
Miss Bigelow a pain, she wants to beat
it for the. Great Open Spaces where—
well; anyway, for the Great Opert Spaces.
Go to it, Miss Bigelow! There’s a real
mind behind your sonnet, comprehensible
to my generation. Therefore it will be
to the next. A good point there: the
only way to test your wit for posterity
is to try it on grandpa.

“Bell in the Night.”
me of. Carl Sandburg—or is it Amy
Lowell? It is imagist verse, I take it.
Amy Lowell could have done worse. *In
fact, she frequently did. Sfill, I object
to dripping sounds, and shrieking nights,
and sqgrlet trumpets—except, of ‘course
Keats'—and B minor larkspurs, ande
daffodils in 7% time, and all such be-
labored and tortured figures that defy
the laws of physics. If poetry today is
largely a fad of little magenta and green
magazines, it is so because it has ceased
to be simple, natural, and the result of
deep and universal emotion.” We 6f the
Tremendous Twenties laugh at. the
Mauve Decade, and the Elegant Eigh-
ties. But Brinthorn had nothing on the
precious little poets of today—not a thing.
Kick out of it, girls! Call that dog. and
beat it for the Great Open Spaces.- Take
Mimi, if necessary. Snooks will book
you for a week-end on Parnassus, where
Sappho wanders arm in arm with Walt
Whitman, to their mutual delight, and
the extreme disapproval of Longfellow.

Water PricHARD Eaton.

of course, reminds



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Course in Embalming.
A short course in embalming will be
offered by the extension diwision, of the

uary 3, and running for twelve weeks,
full time.

A similar course has been run for the
past ten years, There were between forty
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Does Away With First Two Years.

Following the lead of Johns Hopkins,
Leland Stanford University has decided
to do -away with the freshman and
sophomore years in college work. The
Stanford plan differs from that at Hop-
kins in that Stanford is not seeking to
establish a great. university. graduate
school, but merely plans to have two
years of college instead of four. The
great number of junior colleges, offering
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The Dark Ages?
Studefits entering the new John Wes-
ley College at Cambria, Il, are required
to sign a pledge to refrain from the use
of “tobacco, liquor and cigarettes”
Athletics, fraternities, student govern-4
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A New College.

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'‘nown as the Sarah Lawrence College,
will soon open at Bronxville, N.
through a, gift of approximately $1 250,-
000 by W. VY. Lawrence, of Bronxville
Miss Marion Coates, principal of Brad-
ford Academy, will be its first president
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State of New York to. operate excl-
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limited to 250, but in addition it is ex-
pected that there will be many day
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Hazing Upheld at Barnard.
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lege approve the old custom of hazing
freshmen, according to results of the
hazing questionnaire, announced recently
by Margaret Goodell, undergraduate
president.
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hazing were that it promotes class spirit,
that it makes for friendship and that
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