College news, March 13, 1935

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VOL. XXI, No: 16

BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1935

COLLEGE

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MAWR
1935

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Capable Direction
Marks Production —
of One-Act Plays

Gay Comedy Characterizations
Enliven Skilled Performance
of The Boor





SETTING AND LIGHTING
GOOD IN HINDU PLAY



Goodhart, March 9.—This evening’s
performances of The Boor and The
Judgment of Indra were, on the whole,
well-executed ‘and enjoyable. The
Boor was amusingly and well pre-
sented, with clever acting and an ef-
fective set. The Judgment of Indra,
a play difficult for amateurs to pro-
duce convincingly, showed a lack of
sufficient rehearsals. Its dialogue and
theme were of a sort foreign to us,
and consequently kept the actors from
feeling completely at ease in their
parts. Their lack of ease was under-
standable since they had had so short
a time to acquaint themselves with the
technique required in that type of
play.

«The Boor, a rollicking and hysteri-
cal comedy by Chekov, was delightful,
and was enjoyed by both the audience
and the actors. Its plot is far from
complicated: a creditor comes to col-
lect a debt from a would-be romantic
widow, and ends by falling in love
with her. It is the characterization
which makes the play.

Sally Park as Madame Popov and
Anne Reese, who directed both plays,
played their roles with great relish
and vigor. Madam Popov’s changes
of mood from pseudo-mourning to in-
dignation and finally to a rather brist-
ling surrender, were accomplished
charmingly and entertainingly. We
cherish the memory of her series of
three sniffs, repeated constantly, of her
manner of wielding a revolver and
holding it out so that it looked like a
continuation of. her arm, of her eye-
brow-raising and of her very excellent
screams,

Anne Reese gave us a robust and
convincing characterization of Smir-
nov, the boor, an impatient, short-tem-
pered country man, who has no time
for foolish affections. Miss Reese’s
gestures, facial expressions, her em-
phatic utterances and soliloquies quite
suited her part. Especially amusing
were her treatment of Luka, her meth-

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Undergraduate Drive
_ Plans to Raise $20,000



The Undergraduate Drive Commit-
tee is getting under way with plans
for a series of schemes to help raise
the undergraduate quota of $20,000.
A Yarge proportion of the quota will
doubtless be pledged or: be accumu-
lated by gifts, but some money must
be raised on campus. The undergrad-
uates in the five halls have already
voted to give .up desserts fox four
weeks and to impose a five per cent.
tax on Book Shop bills to raise money.
In addition to these plans, a college
bridge tournament is being organized,
the first round of which will be play-
ed before Easter vacation, and which
will finally determine the — college
championship after the hall cham-
pions have beén discovered.

The committee is also sponsoring a
dance recital by Mrs. Watson, to be
given several weeks after Easter va-
cation. A novel idea in campus en-
tertainment is to be‘introduced with
a series of square dancgs to be held
in the gymnasium on March 22, April
27, and May 25.

Further plans are being developed
in the committee. Meanwhile the com-
mittee is going ahead with arrange-
ments to have at Bryn Mawr a meet-
ing of fathers, “who as business men,
will be able to advise the undergrad-
uates as to the feasibility of their va-
rious schemes and will be able to sug-
gest possible ways of raising money.

Peggy Little, ’35, heads the commit-
tee. A complete list of the members
is as follows:.

Mildred Bakewell, . 738; Rosanne
Bennett, ’36; Jane Blaffer, 38; Leti-
tia Brown, ’37; Doreen Canaday;~’36;

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French Play Cast Announced
The following is ‘the cast of stu-
dents who will take part in La Soeur
Beatrice,'the play which is to be given }:'
by French Club on March 23:

|B TRE (3 o «apa D. Morgan, ’35
Soeur Beatrice....E,. “Thompson, ’35
LE -ADDGSRO- a cas A. Stewart, ’36
Soeur Eglantine....D. Rothschild, '38
Soeur Clemence....... J.Devigne, *38
Soeur Felicite.......... S. Park, ’36
Soeur Baibine: 2.30 M. Jones, ’38
Soeur Regine..... J. Quistgaard, ’38

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Soeur Gisele........ E. Le Fevre,
Le Chapelain...M. H. Hutchings,
Le Prince Bellidor..... I. Ferrer,
La Petite Allette........

PROS Coie ie a es I. Seltzer, 37

Mendants, pelerins,
du choeu yoagtc.,

A. Allinson, 37; E. Mackenzie,
88; E. Morrow, 3b; Van
Keuren, ’35; L. Steinhardt, ’37;
E. Bryan, ’38; D. Naramore, ’38;
Mary Peters,.’37, and others.

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Extra-Curricular Art
Exhibitions Planned



Modern Art Will be Correlated
With Interests of Various
Departments



SUGGESTIONS DESIRED



(Especially contributed by Jean
Lamson, ’37)

For several years now, an alumna
of this college has been giving us a
fund for the purpose of exhibiting the
work of contemporary artists. This
fund was given, not with the idea of
forming a supplement to the Art De-
partment, but to afford an opportunity
for the students to understand more
clearly the various trends that are
taking place today. The organizing
committee for these exhibits realize
that it has, in the past, made little or
no effort to emphasize the value of
contemporary art as a means of more
fully comprehending the present age.
As a result of insufficient advertising
on our part, there are actually very
few among the faculty or student body
who know that exhibitions in the Com-
mon Room are continually taking
place.: Now, however, we feel strong-
ly that, with the interest and support
of the college, we can make something
of permanent value out of these
exhibits. » :

Just as the plans centering around
the new Science Building emphasize
the inter-relationship of ‘the sciences,
so we feel that it ought to be realized
as well that art should not remain iso-
lated from the subjects for which it
has a direct significance. We are,
therefore, setting forth a definite plan

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John Strachey to Speak

Mr. John Strachey will speak on
America’s Place in World Affairs in
the Deanery on Wednesday, March 20,
at 8.30 P. M. He comes to Bryn Mawr
with an extraordinary reputation as a
lecturer on public affairs and with tlie
requisite experience for speaking on
the topic scheduled. During 1933 he
established his name. as a lecturer in
a tour of the United States. During
this tour he gave several lectures. at
Foreign Policy Association Groups in
New York, Albany, Elmira and Phila-
delphia, and addressed various public
organizations and college and univer-
sity groups. He is one of the most able
writers on modern political crises and
is well known for his The Coming
Struggle for Power and The Menace
of Fascism.

Mr. Strachey is the son of the late
John St. Loe Strachey, editor and pro-
prietor of The Spectator and a cousin
of the late Lytton Strachey. After his
graduation from Oxford, Mr. Strachey
‘}joined the aff of The Spectator and
has since become distinguished for his
contributions to many English peri-
odicals, including The’ New Statesman,
The Week-end ‘Review, the New Lead-
er, and the Daily Herald. In 1924
he left his position on The Spectator
and. became a member of the Labour
Party, to become a member of Parlia-
ment in 1929 as a delegate from that
party. In 1931 he resigned from the
Labour Party. :



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Choir Honors Bach,

Handel ‘In Service,

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Sensitive, Capable Rendering
Of Difficult Music Shown
In Program

COORDINATION EXPERT





Music Room, March 8.—To com-
memorate the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the birth of Bach and
Handel, the Bryn Mawr Choir gave
a special’ chapel service of their re-
ligious;songs. Beginning with simple
unison singi ng, the Choir displayed at
once a sureness of tone and codrdina-
tion of effort which it preserved even
in the difficult counterpoint of Bach’s
Crucifixus. Its response to Mr, Wil-
loughby’s direction was sensitive and
ready, although he restrained the va-

riations in expression to emphasize the |:

dignified purity of the music.

“Zion hears her watchmen’s voices,”
a chorale from Bach’s cantata, Sleep-
ers, Wake, was sung to the accom-
paniment of the chorale prelude play-
Vernon Hammond. The
quick rhythm of the piano ran
strangely under the slow, clear voices
of the Choir, all strongly united in a
simple melody. In her next chorale,
“Lord, hear the voice of my com-
plaint,” the Choir sang in four parts,
but with syllabic unison except at the
end of each phrase, when one part
sounded after another, each softly
holding its note until all came together
again. Just as this was an elabora-
tion of the preceding chorale, the fol-
lowing, ‘‘O Jesu so sweet,” was an
elaboration of this. Every word was
echoed by another tone, now higher,
now lower. The sustained concluding
notes were particularly clear { and
steady, and the pattern of the various
melodies never became blurred.

Another brief, rather solemn chorale
from Bach, “Lord Christ, reveal thy
holy face,” was sung by both the
Choir and the audience, and then the
Choir alone gave Crucifixus from the
Mass in. B Minor. The sopranos be-
gan, holding the one word, “cruci-
fixus” in a prolonged play over only
two or three tones until the second so-
pranos took it up in a lower key; then
the altos, and then the second altos
followed, each lengthening the ponder-
ous Latin word into a sad, undulating,
cry. At last all the voices formed,
and wove and interwove in an intri-
cate melody. Almost immediately the
harmony began to separate into its
component melodies again, and_ the
powerful, wailing notes, made monoto-
nous by the solemn undertone of the
piano, became distinct as at the begin-
ning. Finally they fused and faded
away. The Crucifixus is a curiously
moving piece of music, and the Choir
sang it with great feeling in spite of
its difficulty.

Oh Sacred Head from the St. Mat-
thew Passion, given next, was rela-
tively simple, yet it had a _ lovely

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Anti-War Student Strike Called

‘A call for a nation-wide strike of
students against war and fascism at
11 A. M. on April 12th has_ been is-
sued by the’ National Council of Meth-
odist Youth, Inter-Seminary Move-
ment (Middle Atlantic Division), the
Student League for Industrial De-
mocracy, the National Student League
and the American Youth. Congress.
Student leaders of the strike estimated
that at least 100,000 students from
high schools and colleges would re-
spond to their strike call. Last year,
25,000 students left their classrooms
at Vassar, Harvard, Johns Hopkins,
Amherst, Smith, Los Angeles Junior
College, and the Universities of Den-
ver, California, and Minnesota.

The immediate incentives to the
strikethis -year, the- leaders of the
strike-declared, ,are the decision of
the U. S. Supreme Court upholding

compulsory drill, the Hearst campaign

against liberal and radical students
and professors, and the .various stu-
dent loyalty bills that have been in-
troduced into the State Legislatures,
such as the Nunan-Deuany Student
Loyalty Oath Bill in New York, and
the Assembly Bill 105 in the Califor-
nia State Legislature.

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College Calendar

Thursday, March’ 14. Fene-
ing meet with Shipley School.
Shipley. 3.00 P. M.

Senior Fencing Champion-
ship. Gymnasium. 8.00 P. M.

Friday, March 15. Chapel.
Announcement of Graduate Eu-
ropean Fellowships. Goodhart.
8.40 A. M.

Swarthmore Swimming Meet.
Gymnasium. 4.15:°P. M.

Saturday, March 16. Varsity
Basketball Game with Swarth-
more. Gymnasium, 10.00 A. M.

Sunday,.March 17. Sunday
Evening Service conducted by

Dr. Dunbar. 7.30 P. M. Music
Room.
Wednesday, March 20. John

Strachey on America’s Pgice in
World Affairs. Deanery. 8.30
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Miss Park Debates
May Day Advisability
Main Asset Is Acquiring Spirit

of Cooperation, But College
Work May Suffer











EXPERIENCE VALUABLE



Goodhart Hall, March 12, 1935.—By
request of the College Council, Miss
Park spoke to the undergraduates: on
the subject of Big May Day. In the
past years it has always been the pre-
liminary vote of the undergraduates
which has been the decisive factor in
the decision about the presentation of
May Day. The Trustees, who must
underwrite the production: and who
advance some of the necessary capi-
tal, have always accepted the verdict
of the students. The Faculty have
also been in accord with the students’
wishes in this matter.

There have been ‘eight May Day
pageants given since the beginning in
1900. They are usually presented once
every four years, but during the war
there was _an interval of six years as
there was between the first and second
May Day. The character of the page-
ant has changed curiously little since
its inception. The performance in
1900 was put on after only six weeks
of rehearsing, yet it contained all the
fundamental parts of the usual May
Day performance. The success of the

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Monologues Reveal
Keen Penetration
and Lively werionaces 5



Miss Helen Howe ay
Feminine Foibles With Skill

and Conviction



PORTRAYS RIDICULOUS |
IN LINE AND GESTURE



Goodhart, March 11.—The series of
dramatic monologues presented by
Miss Helen Howe were distinguished
for their knife-like penetration. They
might well be called exposés of the
essentially ridiculous characteristics
of various. types of modern women,
but the remarkable feature of Miss
Howe’s work is that her exposés are
never over-drawn. With unusual per-
spicuity, Miss Howe has seen the sali-
ent points. that differentiate the
French teacher or the director of ama-
teur dramatics from the Modern In-
tellectual Feminist or the social work-
er, and has exaggerated those very
points with such delicacy that her
characterizations of them become
alarmingly convincing. ‘It. seems as
though none of us’could avoid erring
in some of the ways whose ridiculous-
ness Miss Howe has pointed out to us.

Unlike Beatrice Lillie, who per-
ceives people with a similar acuteness,
Miss Howe does not turn her charac-
terizatious into farces. They remain
pure comedy, and in their comedy
have that understanding of the pa-
thetic which is the essence. of the
comic art. The portrayal of the ri-
diculous has gained a new and expert
artist in the person of Miss Howe,
but when she turns to expressing sin-
cere emotion unalleviated by a lighter
touch or to creating and sustaining
dramatic intensity, she departs from
the field in which she is an expert and
noticeably loses the inspired quality of
her work in comedy.

_The first monologue presented —a
French teacher faced with a class of.
recalcitrant small children. This ideal
Frenchwoman did all the things that
have terrified children from time im-
memorial. She issued directions in a
rapid and incomprehensible French
and repeated them with obvious im-
patience in a strongly accented Eng-
lish; she saw all—absolutely all —
that went on sub rosa and none of it

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Campus Collections Range from Bottles

Through Autographs, Penguins to Dolls



Collecting things seems to be one of
those hobbies which. either fascinate
or repel people. At least, when we
went around prying into our friends’
private lives to discover their weak-
nesses, some would scornfully disclaim
any time for or interest in collecting,
while others would proudly show off
their prizes and tell amazing stories
of the difficulties they had had in get-
ting them.

One of the most thorough collectors
we ran across is Madelyn Brown, who
has a book of autographs of. famous
people, particularly theatrical men
She has gotten them in
person, not through the mail, and they
are mostly addressed to her. George
McManus has signed and drawn a
picture of the familiar Jiggs. She
has the signatures of many prominent
musicians, among them those of Hugo
Rosenfeld, Rachmaninoff, Martinelli,
Lily Pons, and Ernestine Schumann



Heink, who-added this sentiment, “In
art—Life. In Life—Truth.” Amelia
Earhart has signed, as have Com-|

mander Richard E. Byrd,
chen and others of his. crew,
has on one page the. signatures of
Kingsford-Smith and his three com-
panions, which she got a few days
after their flight_in June, 1930. Bobby
Jones,
terman, and even

and she

Thomas’ Edison

(who was very chary of giving auto-|

graphs) have obliged her, as have

Curtis and Dawes, who signed on fac-|

ing pages..Some of the celebrities: who
have come to Bryn Mawr have writ-|

ten their John Hancocks, — among’
them William Hutier Yeats and Wil:|

Bernt Bal-

General Pershing, Arthur Gui- |

liam Beslie. Just to show sel. not
one-track-minded she also has the sig-
naturés*6f several movie stars,—Lil-
yan Tashman, Groucho Marx, Fredric
March, Norma Shearer and others,

There are many foreign trophies
which the travelers among us have
collected. One girl who has lived for
some years in Syria has her
practically furnished with near-East-
ern objects. She has an oriental rug,
vases and pitchers of Syrian ware, a
box made by Syrian prisoners, Jerusa-
lem ¢hina, and Hebron glass. A huge
Syrian. auto license,-twice the size of
one of ours and much thicker, is less
artistic perhaps, but was very useful
in getting her family through Europe.
Foreign antiques have lured one trav-
eler, who decorates her wall with a
red, orange, and green striped poncho
from Peru,—it’s woven ‘and not made
of rubber,—which is 250 years. old.
She also has a Japanese actor’s ki-
mono, which is about 200 years old,
but still in good-condition. She has
picked up an English chafing-dish,
about 1750, for domestic purposes.

Dolls still seem to be favorites With
some of our number, though one girl
with about 20 of them justified her-
lself by saying that her interest was
/in the costumes, not in the dolls them-°
selves. She-has dolls dressed in the
costumes of Lapland, Norway,.the Ty-
rol, ete., and also a seal from Norway
|which boasts of the name, Agamem-
non. Etchings are also one of her hob-
| bies, particularly . from Lapland,
‘while striped hats of many bright col-
ors decorate her bedposts.

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We Want to Go Out-——Out

A new mystery has come to our attention: there seems to be some]

unexplained reason why the undergraduates are not allowed officially to
depart from the campus and to engage in organized activities with
other colleges under the aegis of Bryn Mawr. Varsity Dramatics, for
instance, may not take plays on tour: the prohibition is sometimes
troublesome, since it would be possible for us to make arrangements to
act with at least one of the boys’ colleges if we could accompany their
dramatic association on its annual tour. At present, individual stu-
dents may go on tour in plays, but the name of Bryn Mawr may not
be attached to the programs, since the college cannot be officially repre-
sented.

This prohibition is even more troublesome when it comes to sports.
Bryn Mawr officially is not allowed to make a pilgrimage to Vassar or
Smith for the purpose of competition in basketball, hockey, tennis, and
other sports. If we go at all, each individual girl takes upon herself the
responsibility of transporting herself thither and back, and the Bryn
Mawr Varsity team is actually not present in name, even though it
looms large as life in person. It is doubtless true that this prohibition
against engaging in organized activities is a hindrance to us in arrang-
ing schedules with the other colleges.

It seems rather a pity that we are prevented from taking part in
much of the intercollegiate activity that is such an increasingly import-
ant part of college life at the present time. Every effort is being made
to bring all the colleges together as much as possible for the purpose of
discussions, competitions, and. of. working together on various projects.
The name of Bryn Mawr may as well be attached to the efforts of
individual students to cooperate with other colleges along these lines.
There must obviously be some excelfent reason why the authorities feel
that it is impossible for us to do so, and we hope that when this reason
is brought to light, some basis for future arrangements to facilitate
Bryn Mawr’s off-campus activity may be found.



We Object!

It may be a considerable surprise to us, in our old age, to learn
that there are a number of things that are both instructive and amusing
to do. We already have a number of campus organizations designed to
provide us with opportunity to do group work on various projects: on
plays, on publications, on athletics, and in artistic work. But one thing
that we lack, and one thing that we cannot omit on the ground that we
lack proper equipment, is a debating society. On glancing over news
from other colleges, we gather that there are great things going on in
the world outside that are being rabidly debated in other cloisters. We
‘do not mean to infer that these news items never reach or catch the ear
of Bryn Mawr students at all; but we do know that Bryn Mawr never
sponsors any discussion of them.

Debating has for some years been considered an outworn art,
belonging to the days when students stayed after hours and worked for
the good of their souls in clubs allied with the curriculum. But+debat-
ing is definitely being revived now, especially with the advantages o
debate by radio hook-up and because of the current interest in world
affairs. And what interests us more: it is great fun! There is a satis-
faction to be gained nowhere else in probing a situation until all of the

* facts on both sides have been martialled and then in weighing the facts

and arguments on each side. We cannot decide the world’s fate by find-
ing out how many peace treaties have worked, and by studying arma-
ments. That is not what we dare hope for. But we can learn while we
live, Improvement of the mind does not always entail the perusal of
a five foot library, nor a hermit life with the world’s ten classics. We
ean enjoy working and learning together by debating.

Summer Courses Offered in Europe} ance in weaving and dyeing; Strat-
Holiday Courses in Europe, 1935, a ford-on-Avon, folk music and. the

recent publication of the International dance; Geneva, international rela-

Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, | tions; Vienna, psychology; and Swe-

lists 156 courses on a wide variety of den, gymnastics.

subjects to be given this summer and] It has been the aim of the Interna-



- eourses, in Byzantine,
_. Basque art. The classicist here learns



fall in 16 different European coun-
- tries. Those interested in languages
“will find details about schools where
they can perfect their French, German
or Italian, while students of art and

archaeology are put on the track of
Sienese and

of lectures on Sophocles and Euri-
to be given on the island of
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tional Institute of Intellectual Co-op-

eration in publishing this annual sur-|
vey of available summer courses, not

only to help students with definite
scholastic goals to locate in the most
strategic centers, but to suggest to
the more carefree tourist delightful
ways of combining study with pleas-
ure. Holiday Courses in Europe,
1935, is available at NSFA, 8 West
40th Street, New York City.



WIT’S END|

GERMAN IDEALISM
The representation is not the book
Sinée phenomena are not:the way they
look
Still, the book on my shelf’s
Not the thing in itself—
All being is just _transcendental sur-



mise
As no essence appears in empirical.
guise:
The substance of Kant is too fine for
my eyes!

—Critic of Pure Reason.



He’s. gone at last,
Who came of late
To photograph
The Bryn Mawr Fate.

He got us singly
And in masses, ~
And looking interested
In classes.

Our bridge, our work,
Our nervous chatter,

All found their place
Amongst his matter.

_.And even, maybe,
Risque poses
Of ten uncovered
Little toeses!
_ Who knowses?*

‘You say you miss
The intent face,

The camera’s eye
About the place?

For more encounters
With the rogue,

You'll have to wait, alas,
For Vogue.

*Apologies to a lady of Pembroke.



WE MUST HAVE LEARNED
SOMETHING!
(On making our debyt in pictures)
I’ve heard it said
One once went out
Her: charm before
The films to flout.

But that, my dears,
In times past was,
For nowadays
They come to us!



THE WEAK AND THE FAINT
Now, most men need a pint of whiskey
To shake them up and make _ them

frisky,
But.we know of one who feels. smooth
as silk
On only a half-pint bottle of milk.
‘—Observer.

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WORDS FROM DAPHNE
DOOLITTLE MANDRAKE
(Whose story was begun in last week’s

: College: News)
I’ll give you the dope
On how to elope
With your favorite, if. bashful, profes-
sor. €°
Just attend all your classes
In shorts suit and glasses,
And hint when it’s warm you’ll wear
lesser. 4

‘That’s how I got John
And we’re now getting on
In the perfectly duckiest way,—
We do nothing but hike
~~ Or take rides on a bike,
And we both sport in sun suits all day.
r; Cheerio—
THE MAD HATTER.



THEATRE REVIEWS
(Especially Contributed by
D. Haviland Nelson, ’34)
* The Children’s Hour, which, by the
way, is not quite the thing for Little
Willie’s birthday treat, is one of the
few really adult plays on Broadway in
this.or any other season. It is also a
deeply moving picture of a problem
that has become wel-nightu niversal.
‘The plot is by now well known to
most of those who have. any slight in-
terest in the*:“gern theatre—indeed,
it has stirred up more turmoil than
anything that has happened this sea-
son, with the possible exception of
Boston’s ban on Within the Gates. It
concerns two hard-working and rather
charming headmistresses whose school
is ruined when an imp from hell, one

of the pupils, accuses them of abnor- |:

mality. The accusation finally costs
one of them her marriage and the
other her life. . ;



_ The subject. matter is, one can see, | L

somewhat sensational; the theme of
abnormality has in this been treated

successfully for the first time on the}

stage. But the thedtre-goer who buys
a ticket for the Children’s Hour in
order to snicker for two hours will be
sadly disappointed, for the play is
most definitely the. thing. Rarely, in
fact, has this blase reviewer seen such
a fine piece of dramatic writing. The
stake is kept before the eyes of the au-
dience from the moment the plot be-
gins to work; the trap is sprung early
in the first act, and closes in on the

{unfortunate girls with all the inevita-

bility of a Shakespearean tragedy,
and the resultant tension is so great
that the audience is in spirit on the
stage with the persecuted teachers, its
nerves strained almost to the break-
ing point. »

But excellent as the plot of the
Children’s Hour is, the play is more
remarkable for its characterization.
Each member of the school stands out
as an individual; the headmistresses
are beautifully done and completely
convincing in their ‘passionate protest
against the injustice of the accusation
and in their despair at:the ruin of
their lives by. the machinations of a
fiendish child and a foolishly credu-
lous grandmother. But the real tri-
umph of characterization is in the imp
from hell. "We accept her thoroughly
and hate -her violently. She has not
one redeeming feature; she bullies her
classmates; she is constitutionally un-
able to tell the truth; she makes every-
one with whom she comes in contact
wretched. But never is she _ over-
drawn; we feel that we have met her
like before and shall do so again, All
the characters are consistently devei-
oped and motivated; at no point does
the author do violence to our concep-
tion of them.

The acting is as good as the play—
a rare combination. Katherine Emery
and Anne Revere make sincere and
attractive headmistresses; Katherine
Emmett is excellent as the not too
bright grandmother; and _ Florence
McGee, as. the detestable child, gives
one of the best performances we have
ever seen. It will surprise us very
much if Miss McGee survives this sea-
son; without a doubt some infuriated
member of the audience, carried away
by the play, will spring upon the
stage and strangle her with his bare
hands. If our seats had been in the
first instead of in the last row, we
should probably have done so our-
selves,



(Especially Contributed by Nancy
Wescott) _ :

For This Relief, Anton Douglas’s
new play, is a routine drama enliv-
ened with touches of real dramatic
power, and is for that reason intensely
irritating. We see how good. Mr.
Douglas can be when he takes the
trouble, and we are filled with a homi-
cidal fury because he so seldom takes
the trouble.

The plot deals with a settlement of
fadists on an unnamed island. Pre-
sumably the island is tropical, for the
costumes are as sketchy, though not
nearly as attractive, as those of the
more sensational Broadway leg
shows. It is to be presumed that the
locale is that of the date and tragic
Galapagos settlement, though this is
more on the lines of a French farce.
It seems that the men of the settle-
ment are rather bored with © their
mates, whose faces are innocent of
both cosmetics and intelligence, and
long for a change. The women, on
the other hand, feel that their mates
are insufficiently enthusiastic about
raw food, the charms of grass huts,
and nature in general. There arrives
the inevitable yacht, somehow crip-
pled for the time being (we are never
quite sure how or why the yacht got
there), and filled with a group of so-
phisticates. Mr. Douglas’s definition
of a sophisticate seems to be a per-
son who drinks continually and leaps
in and out of bed with a succession
of different partners, but he may be
right. The _ sophisticates -introduce
their coy little habits to the fadists,
who take to them like ducks to water,
and the rest of the play may be left
to the imagination. It is enough to



Library Committee

An undergraduate committee
has been appointed to work
with the librarians on student
library problems, .The commit-
tee is: B. Eaton, ’85, Rock; L.
Marean, ’37, Rock; B. Merchant,
36, Pem East; Edith Rose, "37,
Merion. /

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News Election

The College News announces

the election of Helen Harvey,
1937, to the Editorial Board.



say that the couples are irretrievably
scrambled by the final curtain.

The situation has its elements of
humor, but it seems to us rather bed-
room, and the bedroom has long ago
seen its best days. The dialogue is
excellent in spots, but the plot is too

las’s undoubted wit. Shandra Mac-
Pherson plays the leading sophisticate
with ‘considerable charm and: ability,
and she looks very attractive in the
deshabile ‘that characterizes the play,
but we fear that her talents are wast-
ed in an inferior vehicle. Walter Hal-
liday, one of the fadists, is also good,
and has the rare talent of getting at-
tractively drunk on the stage. The
subsidiary members of both groups
are adequate, especially Horatio
Loomis, one of the best ingenues of
the season. Our opinion is that if you
are presented with a pair of tickets,
you might as well go, for it is good
for several laughs, bytdon’t spend
your last cent on it.



IN PHILADELPHIA



Theatres

Chestnut: Ina Claire in Ode to
‘Liberty still holds down the theatrical
house alone this-week. Both she and
the play are, however, worthy of that
honor. The polished finesse and deli-
cate skill of Miss Claire’s perform-
ance are well worth studying, and the
play is-a clever French farce about
a fugitive Communist who descends
upon Miss Claire and cannot be shak-
en off. The line and action of the
play are fast-moving and extremely
entertaining.

Orchestra Program
The Marriage of Figaro (in English),
Mozart
2 o’clock sharp: Fritz Reiner con-

ducting.

Movies

Aldine: The Folies Bergeres, with
Maurice Chevalier, is held over for
a second week. Maurice, in the role
of a stage”star and a French baron
all at once, outdoeg even Maurice, to
the great joy of doting audiences.

Arcadia: Chester Morris and Vir-
ginia Bruce~in Society Doctor. Park Avenue doctor and medical eth-
ics are combined into rather a poor
movie.

Boyd: The movie version of Ro-
berta, with Fred Astaire, Ginger
Rogers and Irene Dunn presents some
swell entertainment, two new songs
and several superior dances.

Earle: Times Square Lady, with
Virginia Bruce, Helen Twelvetrees
and Robert Taylor. About what you
would expect from the title.

Fox: Will Rogers in Life Begins
at 40, in which Friend Will becomes
more involved in beginning a new
and snappier life than is either wise
or expedient.

Karlton: Kay Francis in Living on
Velvet is a noble woman trying to re-

Brent!

Keith’s: Helen Hayes and Robert
Montgomery in Vanessa make an en-
gaging pair, but why bother?

Stanton: Captain Hurricane of-
fers those veterans of Broadway,
James Barton and Helen Westley. We
would back them in a revival -of Uncle

prejudiced.

Stanley: Gold Diggers of 1985 is
in accordance with the time-honored
tradition of screen musicals. You’ve
probably heard the best of the music
already, and if you’ve seen one you’ve
seen them all. But you may want to
see them all.

Local Movies
Ardmore: Wed., Thurs., and Fri.,
The Bives of a Bengal Lancer, with
Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone; Sat.,
West of the Pecos, with Richard Dix;
Mon. and Tues.; The. Woman in Red,

Copperfield, with an all-star cast.

Madame, with Elissa Landi and Cary
Grant; Fri., Lottery Lover, with Lew
Ayres and “Pat” Paterson; Sat., The
Silver Streak, with Charles Starrett
and Sally Blane; Mon., The Barretts
of Wimpole Street, with Charles
Laughton, Norma Shearer and Fred-
ric March; Tues., The Private Life of
Henry VIII, with Charles Laughton;



habilitate the ruined ‘life of Geoi#e”

Tom’s Cabin, but perhaps we, are

with Barbara Stanwyck; Wed., David:

Seville: Wed. and Thurs., Enter’, .



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Mt. St. Joseph Yields
To Bryn Mawr, 29-24



Varsity Downs Expert Defense
By Superior Shooting Form
and Fast Play



SECOND VARSITY WINS



On Saturday morning thé Mt. St.
Joseph team offered some of the best
competition yet, especially in defensive
playing, and Varsity came through
with a margin of only 5 points, 29-24.

Faeth and Larned were the hardest
pressed -by a close sticking pair of
guards who kept eagle eyes on the ball
as well and intercepted many of. Var-
sity’s best passes and broke up several
good plays. Fortunately, at least dur-
ing the first quarter in which a lead
of 12 points was piled up, the Bryn
Mawr forwards were in good shooting
form, while the St: Joseph forwards
were less proficient in slipping the ball
through: the rim. :

The centers picked up in the Satur-
day game, we were glad to notice, and
did some nice clean, fast passing to
the forwards.» Evans, taking Kent’s
place at the guard position, did nicely
on her defensive work, though Kent’s
absence was noticeable as far as team
work on the offensive between the
guards was concerned.

So far we have downed a good de-
fensive team,—the Rosemont game
will show whether we can do as well
against a sharpshooting pair of for-
wards backed up by co-operative and
‘clean-passing teammates.

The line-up was as follows:

Mt. St. Joseph Bryn Mawr
Senn . PERE CD ee Cera ane Faeth
NO ori teers ee | ih ae SSPE Larned
DUOR iio reins Oita Meirs
Liebermann ©. .«:8..¢Cresys cis Hasse
WROB AU coarse res sR « Pay rae Evans
McCloskey ...... ts Bridgman

Goals—M. S.,J.: Senn, 18; Mack,
11. B. M.: Faeth, 9; Larned, 20.



Second Varsity Team Wins
Trouble in the forward positions
gave a discouraging beginning to the
second team game, which ended in a
well-played finish, 30-12.

In the first: quarter, the St. Joseph
guards again hexed Bryn Mawr to a
stalemate until the ever-to-be-depend-
ed-upon Seckel was again shifted and
with Maynard settled down to some
good teamwork and shooting delight-
ful to behold. Already a boon to the
Senior team, Munxoe acquitted herself
beautifully in the center position, her
height giving her a great advantage
and, although a little unsteady at
times in handling’ the ball, she did
some fine passing to the forwards.
Bennett, also a newcomer in the guard
position, did well as Little’s running
mate against a fast St. Joseph con-
tingent. .

The line-up was as follows:

Mt. St. Joseph Bryn Mawr

McGuiness ....%. ete Baker
CNG ek a ee Maynard
COU CT eer Vee econ Munroe
COMING ies sy G O65 0. ce Seckel
TAGtONDETS. 4..4.TeoSs oe ck Little
Oe ee Wee, cis Bennett

Substitutions — B. M.: Seckel for
Baker, Dewes for Seckel. .

Goals — M. S. J.: -McGuiness, 4;
Griffen, 8. B. M.: Baker, 1; May-
nard, 11; Seckel, 18.



‘Swarthmore meet this Friday.



1936 Team Captures
Class Swimming Cup



Juniors Top Sophomores 55-30;

Porcher Scores Greatest
Number of Points



McCURDY WINS DIVING



The second class swimming meet on
Friday afternoon again gave 1936 the
lead and a total score of 55 points,
while 1937 overcame. 1935’s lead of
three points to win second place with
a total of 30 to 27, the Freshmen
trailing with 15 points.

The 80-yard freestyle started the
match with a bang when Wylie broke
Daniels’ record of 57 1-5 seconds by
clocking 54 2-5 with a style which
should break more records in the
Dun-
can nosed out Bucher, last week’s win-
ner, by 3 1-5 seconds to take second
place.

In the strokes for form,. Porclier

accumulated 27.5 points to win thes

side stroke, while. Whiting again came
in first in the crawl with a total of
26.5 points, .5 of a point within
Mitchell’s record, and here again the

*|chances look good for an equaling or

breaking of her récord this week-end.

The, 40-yard freestyle was close alls

the way, Woodward taking a first by
2-5 of a second, Little and Porcher
taking second and third places, -re-
spectively. In the 40-yard backstroke,
Porcher crossed the tape 2-5 of a sec-
ond ahead of Woodward, with Duncan
coming in less than a second later.
McCurdy led the list in the diving



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and won the cup for the greatest

on her requireds and an 8 on her op-
tional, a jack with a half twist. Mor-
ley and DeWolf nosed out last week’s
placers by Tee second and_ third
places with '32.7 and 32.4 points.

19386 again kept the lead through-
out to win in the relay, cutting down
last week’s time by .8 of a. second.
Second and third places were reversed,
however, 1938 coming in ahead of
1935.

At the end of the meet the totals
were ‘announced, and the class cup
awarded to 1936. Individual honors
went to Porcher witha total of two
firsts and a third in Friday’s meet
alone. Bucher, Wylie and Woodward
tied for second honors with 8 points
each. McCurdy took the diving cup
and the class meets were over. Great
credit should go to the managers of
the class teams, Bucher, ’35; Wylie,
36; Evans, ’37, and ‘Goodman and
Wescott, ’38, who prodded their vari-
ous classmates into trying out for the
team and helped to make the meets
such a great success.

Swarthmore meet on Friday in. the
home pool!

The statistics of the meet were as
follows: :

80-yard free, style:
Duncan, ’37; Bucher, ’35.

Side stroke for form: Porcher, ’36;
Seltzer, ’°37; Vall-Spinoza, ’37.

40-yard free style: Woodward, 787
Little, ’°85; Porclier, ’36.

Wylie, ’36;



number of points, 37.2, scoring two 8s,



40-yard backstroke: Porcher, ’36;
Woodward, ’37; Duncan, ’37, .

Crawl for form: Whiting, ’36; Wes-
cott, 38; Bijl, °35.

Diving: McCurdy, ’35; Morley, ’36;
DeWolf, ’38.

Relay: 1936 (Whiting, Scatter-
good, Cohen, Wylie), 1938. (Hasse,
Frank, Foss, Wescott), 1935 (Faeth,
Little, McCurdy, Bucher).



Haverford to Give Hay Fever

The Cap and Bells Club of. Haver-
ford College has chosen Noel Coward’s
comedy Hay Fever, for its Spring
presentation. The play will be given

on April 12, and the following Bryn

Mawr students will be members of
the cast: .

GUCIEN:, USE. Oh sc D. Canaday, ’36
MOVE] BSG 6.66 cs C. Corson, ’38
Myra Arundel..... E. Welbourn, ’38
gdcnie Coryton........ M. Brown,, ’36
GUATD 6004 bah iexs Grace Fales, ’38

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Soviet-German Tour for $449

A tour of the Soviet Union and
Germany next summer, under _ the
leadership of Francis- A. Henson, Gen-..
eral Secretary in America .of the In-
ternational Student Service, has been
announced. The inclusive rate, New
York to New York, will be $449, with
an addition of $86 for anyone wishing
to extend the trip in Germany. / The
tour will leave New York June/22 on
the SS Normandie and will return on
August 19.





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Extra-Curricular Art
Exhibitions Planned



Continued from Page One

by which those students who are in-
terested will be able to meet at a given
time during the week to look at and
discuss the current exhibition as a
direct illustration of and supplement
to’ such departments as English, Phil-
osophy, History, Music and Psychol-

ORY: :

} We wish here to stress again the

fact that it is not necessary to be an
art student to enter into this. To
realize that Salvator Dali, for in-
stance, paints dreams and visions does,
not necessitate an aesthetic apprecia-
tion. His paintings are also valuable
to the psychologist who has here an
actual illustration of the individual
who reverts to the sub-conscious as
the reality in life; or to symeone who
can see in this reaction a relation to
the unstable state of affairs today.
Other illustrations of this type are
numerous. Further,.there are to be
found in contemporary painting direct
parallels to the various experiments
and trends to be seen in music, poetry,
prose, .etc.

It is in this way that we hope to
give these exhibits a distinct place in
the college curriculum. It is also our
hope that professors and students will
consent to lectures on not only the
aesthetic value of the paintings, but
more especially on a topic of interest
in their own particular field. We will
supply. for these lectures the work of
some artist having a similar aim, idea,
or situation as its cause.

Because of numerous other extra-
curricular activities this spring, it is
practically an impossibility to put the
plan into effect this year. Students
may be.interested to know, however,
that a bulletin board has been added
to the Common Room for Art news.
The rest of the exhibits will be sup-
plemented with books and articles as

- reproductions of paintings which will

throw a little more light upon the
artist and. the. work that is being
exhibited. >

We would greatly appreciate it if
the faculty and students would come
to us with suggestions and. tell us
their particular interests so that we
can arrange exhibits for next year,
which will be as illustrative and pertt-
nent as possible. :

The .committee wishes to thank
Miss King, Miss Donnelly, Miss Pal-
frey, Miss Koller, Miss Stapleton, Dr.
Grey, Dr. Nahm, Dr. Weiss and Mr.
Alwyne; and also the students who
have already expressed their interest
and approval. If. any of the factulty
or students who have not as yet indi-
cated their interest, would care to do
so, all members of the committee will
gladly receive their names.

The present committee is as follows:
Marie Swift, Pembroke East; Helen
Fisher, Rockefeller; Olga * Muller,
Merion; Betsy Bates, Denbigh; Eliz-
abeth Putnam, Evelyn ‘Thompson,

Pembroke West.



Choir Honors Bach,
Handel In Service



Continued from Page One

finale, while the sopranos held a strong
high note and the lower voices rose
to meet it. After the calm ending,
the loud burst of O Praise the Lord
from Bach’s Cantata No. 28 was amaz-
ing; its manifold variations of expres-
sion, tempo, and tone, distinguished it
from all the other Bach pieces sung by
the Choir, and its triumphant, joyous
quality conformed beautifully to its
name of praise.

With the audience joining, one.more
Bach chorale—‘O wondrous love”—
was sung. It was of a remote, im-
personal mood, with» an enigmatic
“dying fall” concluding each verse.
There was nothing remote or enigmat-
ic in the next three selections, which
were Hiandel’s — the only Handel on
the program. Where Ere You Walk
from Semele was more beautiful than
anything else the Choir sang. There
was a soothing repetition of theme in
it, a binding together of varying har-
monies and tones, which made it more

obviously a whole; and whatever the |-

words meant to say, the music was

~ full of a reverent wonder satisfied at

last by .a positive, triumphant shout
that was absolutely grand.

‘And the Glory of the Lord from
the Messiah concluded in the same
defiriite way, yet its rendering was en-
tirely different. Like the Crucifixus,
it is written in the contrapuntal style;
the Choir, however, managed this even

more ably, for the Hindel counter-
point is less difficult. The final Halle-
lujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus,
was also contrapuntal but beautifully
interspersed with clear harmonic pas-
sages. If the very Highest notes
sounded somewhat harsh, the majes-
tic effect of the whole was not less-
ened. In this finale as in its whole
performance, the Choir showed itself
well-trained, and more than that, ap-
preciative of its own music.

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Philadelphia Fencers
Win Bryn Mawr Meet



(Especially. Contributed by Eleanor
Smith, ’37) :
Having seen the try-outs for the

February 28th, we expected to see the
Philadelphia Sword Club make quite
a slaughter in the meet held on Mon-
day night, March 4th. In these try-
outs, Manship and Berolzheimer quali-
fied; and on Thursday night another
tournament was held to decide on the
third member of the team. Julia
Grant qualified by winning all of her
bouts against the members of the
squad.

As for the meet with the Philadel-
phia Sword Club team, we were not
far wrong. Although we know only
too well, from previous. experience
that the Sword Club fencers were not
at their best, they managed to win
seven out of the nine bouts without
undue difficulty. All credit for saving
Bryn Mawr from a complete and utter
rout, and incidentally for giving the
Sword Club some real competition,
goes to Pauline Manship, captain and
top-ranking fencer. Individual hon-
ors went to Lucy Douglas, of the
Sword Club, a former Bryn Mawr
fencer, who was the only one to win
all her bouts.

In a few weeks the New York
Sword Club is sending some of their
junior members to ferice with the Bryn
Mawr team. To us this seems quite
exciting, for although they are juniors
they represent the leading fencing
club in the country and will give Bryn
Mawr a hard but, we hope, not a_los-
ing fight. We realize the experience
and advantages the Bryn Mawr team
will gain from this opportunity to
fence with a group considerably su-
perior to themselves, and so despite
the probable inequality of the con-
testants, it will be an interesting and
valuable event.



Monologues Reveal
Keen Penetration



Continued from Page One

escaped her stern reprimand. ‘She
was ynreasonably enraged upon elici-
ting the information that “the buuk’’
was “la livre,” but she became para-
gon of all the virtues when the mother
of the most often rebuked child ap-
peared to visit the class. No one, not
even an investigating mother, could
have criticized her gentle treatment of
the children when under inspection,
but her last glance at the departing

° &
‘|elass warned ominously of the mor-

row. This characterization was espe-
cially marked by Miss Howe’s very
French use of her hagds and mouth
in speaking, and by hef toothy smile
and toothy pronunciation of the diffi-
cult English words.

The next monologue showed a de-
terminedly ingratiating and patient
director of amateur dramatics, who is

Senior fencing team on ‘Thursday,

‘|ing sincere emotion.

faced with maintaining péace and sat-
‘isfaction. among a small-town cast.
The lady _ herself, we suspect, had
learned to direct in a correspondence
course and had gleaned her knowledge
of the drama from the Woman’s Civic
Club’s yearly forum devoted to that |

disreputable art.. At any rate, she
proposed to put dn a Russian play in
twenty-five scenes, in which a_ pil-
grim, designated as the Little Father,
made his way through twenty-five typ-
ical Russian homes, while the audi-
ence “sits on the edge of their seats
to watch him change the lives of
every person with whom he comes in
contact.” Our suspicions were arous-
ed, however, when we learned that
“during the entire course of the play
he influences nobody at all and noth-
ing at all happens.” . They were ful-
filled when Miss Howe informed us
that “That’s what I call theatre!”
We know not of a better take-off on
the Russian play, and since Miss Howe
writes her own monologues, we’ wish
to congratulate her on so admirably
ridiculing a form of the drama which
is peculiarly well-known to Bryn
Mawr. The play continued to take
delightful shape in our minds when
we heard more of the directing. We
were especially impressed when the
idiot of the play was ordered to “Sit
in total darkness, radiating a feeling
of complete idiocy.”

The third monologue was. entitled
Ladies in Waiting and contrasted four
young women “typical of the present
day” at 5 o’clock in the afternoon in
their New York apartment. The first
young woman to meet our eyes was
a Southern belle studying acting at a
New York dramatic school, who has
been assigned the part of Lady Mac-
beth. Her rendition of “Out, damned
spot, out” in a Southern drawl, so
that “Out” sounded like “Ow” was
one of the better moments of the eve-
ning, but perhaps the high spot was
when she announced “I don’t find
that the acting of the part is so hard.
It’s the learning of the lines that’s
hard.” The next apparition is .a
Feminist coming home from work,
who proves to be a hard-bitten young
woman with a stride like Katharine
Hepburn’s and a frightening intensity
about “the awfully interesting thing
they’re trying to do down at the of-
fice. They’re establishing the unity
of life—an economic interpretation of
art and an artistic interpretation of
economics.”

She is succeeded by a secretary who
has been having an affair with her
boss, and who reveals for the first
time Miss Howe’s failure in portray-
The social work-
er who makes the final addition to the
gallery is much more successful in
evoking an emotional response from
the audience. She has devoted her
life and love to raising her brother’s
children, but he has: married again,
and she is no longer- wanted. In the
course of this monologue she _per-
suades another lone social worker to
take an apartment with her. Her re-
mark that “Sundays in New York are
a little lonely if you haven’t any
friends” is infinitely touching, and her
final enthusiasm over their future
home, “their little castle-in-the-air,” is
true and pathetic.

The second half of the program was
begun by a characterization of a col-
lege president introducing the doctor
who will give the Freshman Hygiene
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1616 WALNUT ST., PHILA.

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“Life, Its Origin, Its Aims, and Its
Meaning.” As a true climax to the
course, the college has secured “the
greatest authority on the mystery of
hirth, be she man or woman,” ‘and this
“Authority” is most ‘fittingly, we are
sure, described as “a woman first, a
doctor next, and a lady all of the
time.” We can only wish that Miss
Howe had delivered us the lecture as
well.

A series of five women on a ship
which runs into an iceberg and sinks
rapidly was perhaps the least suc-
cessful monologue of the evening. It
is extremely difficult to accept, as con-
vincing a number of people in deadly
peril who stand around and talk for
some time after they are ordered to
take to the lifeboats, and there was a
noticeable failure on Miss Howe’s
part to sustain the feeling of dramatic
suspense. A debutante who is madly
in love and insists on going down with
her fiancé, and an immigrant mother
returning to her dying son, were un-
convincingly portrayed in their agon-
ized emotion, but a, Personality Con-
test winner who persists in getting
drunk at the moment of crisis and a
jocular female who thinks the an-
nouncer of their peril is kidding her
and insists on taking her straw hat
are creations of genius which we shall
never forget. ©

As an encore, Miss Howe gave a
singer of English madrigals, whose
facial expressions were a joy to be-
hold. The line in this last monologue
contained an excellent skit, on the
repetition of words in English madri-
gals, so that the evening ended with
a brilliant success. We have neglect-
ed to mention that Miss Howe’s work
is distinguished by that rare ability
in monologuists to listen expressively,
using her face to convey her reac-
tions to the person who is. supposedly
speaking. This faculty, in combina-
tion with her talent for comic ex-
posés both in acting and line, make
her a convincingly creative artist
whom we hope Bryn Mawr will see
both soon again and often.

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"One-Act Plays Are
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od of breaking the arms of chairs, and
her infuriated striding up and down
the stage. Luka, the maid whom
Smirnov so terrified, was very at-
tractively ae Madelyn Brown.

Dhan Ghopel Mukerji’s play, The
Judgment of Indra, is the story of a
Hindu monk Shukra, the head of a
monastery in the . Himalaya Moun-
tains, who repudiates his family be-
cause he has made religious vows re-
nouncing worldly ties.. Expecting to
die as punishment in a sudden storm
which arises, he considers himself ex-
onerated in Indra’s judgment since he
remains living. The tragedy comes
when he learns that his favorite monk,
Shanta, has been killed in the storm.
To us, the play had an unreality,
which was partly the result of the
rather stilted phrasing of the dia-
logue. The tragedy‘never quite seem-
ed to come to life; it is probable more
rehearsing would have rhade the play
more smooth and convincing. The
characterization is done in undertones,
which could not be adequately han-
dled by an undergraduate cast.

The actors, however, did their best
under the circumstances. Miss Bel-
lamy, as Shukra; gave an adequate, if
not sufficiently powerful, characteriza-
tion of the monk. Miss Porcher was
more human and gave a warmth to
the part of Shanta. Miss Allinson
was competent as Kanada, a_ part
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any other purpose. Miss Lautz, as
the old man, was fortunate enough to
have dialogue that was less restrained
and gave more scope for acting. She
did well with it, although she seemed
a bit nervous at times.

The set for The Judgment of Indra,
as for The Boor, was. extremely ef-
fective. The blue background, even
without mountains, and the simplicity
of the scene was quite in key with
the mood. The costumes also were ef-
fective. The lighting was exception-
ally good; the dimming of the lights
before the storm, and the lightning
were extremely well executed by Miss
Webster.

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Miss Park Debates
May Day Advisability



Continued from Page One

first May Day was due largely to the
remarkable work of the director, Mrs.
Evangeline W. Andrews, who outlined
the general plan of May*Day, which
has been followed by every succeeding
college generation. In concluding this
brief historical sketch, Miss Park ‘ask-
ed the students to remember that the
tradition of giving May Day can be
broken if we desire to do so, and that
we should feel free to make an inde-
pendent decision.

The assets which are gained in giv-
ing May Day are many. Perhaps the
most important one is that the whole
college learns to work together with
every kind of person. The college has
always found that this spirit of co-

body: results.

aieeessarily entails.



operation carries over into the next
year and that a more united college
Excellent individual ex-
perience ‘is gained in many fields, sucht
as outdoor acting, managing executive
work, directing plays or dancing, and

working on costumes. May Day makes
no attempt to make money, but only
strives to break even, a result which
has always been achieved in the past
by the good management of all con-
cerned. The net result of all the work
put into. May Day is something extra-
ordinarily beautiful witnessed by. a
huge audience, which never fails to be
impressed by the splendid perform-
ance. :

The greatest liability is, of course,
the disappointment caused by rainy
weather. This hazard is somewhat
alleviated now by the existence of
Goodhart, where some of the plays can
be given, if necessary, to save the
crowd from disappointment. A second
difficulty to be faced is the great
amount of tediofs preparation which
any big performance of this nature
Furthermore, no
plays, nor operettas, can be given in
the second sljasetar as every energy
must besconcentrated on May Day.
Lastly, there is serious and marked in-
terference with the work of the col-



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year, since the week preceding the
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lost as far as real work is concerned.
It was also decided that the big re-
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gin earlier than 4.30 in the afternoon.
The Faculty has done a very construc-
tive thing in requesting the students
to present a plan for work and for re-
hearsals, as in the past this has not
been very constructively worked out.
There is an opportunity here for some-
thing really new and useful to be
evolved by a committee of undergrad-



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Campus Collections Numerous and Varied



Continued from Page- One

Collections of souvenirs of hetels,
inns, and other places visited are pop-
ular, and they take many different |
shapes. Sugar lumps, the kind which
are individually wrapped, are one sort
of collection, and matches from all
sorts of places are another. Perhaps
the best memento of this sort is
the china which one ambitious ,girl
has managed to. bear off in triumph.
There is certainly something tangible
in a cup and saucer 'from the Balti-
more Dairy Lunch .in Princeton, a
plate from the Mess Hall at -West
Point, or a dish from the Ritz,—or
any of the’places one visits. Some
come from even nearer home, but pol-
icy forbids us to be spétcific. Suffice
it to: say that such objects do make
very satisfactory souvenirs, since they
often have the name of the place on
them, and, of course, they can be used,
if desired, in the present owner’s tea
set. ‘

Drinks and their containers have
been a source of interest to several
Bryn Mawrtyrs. There is on campus
a very fine collection. of diminutive
whisky, cognac, gin and other bottles.
Their owner now has over 20, all, list-
ed, some of which she got from a Sen-
ior who had collected them and some
she found for herself. Several are of
pre-prohibition date,—some from the
White Horse cellar. Trains, this col-
lector says, are one of the best places
to pick them up. There is another
even larger collection of bottles of all
sizes, one of which guarantees, believe
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it. or no, that the liquor it contained
was not more than. one month old.

Beer mugs are collected by one
girl, who proudly sports her latest ac-
quisition, a handsome Yale Toby. Sev-
eral of her mugs are not now gracing
the campus, but she, does have one
from Kloster-Andachs, which she car-
ried by hand all the way home from
Germany.

Nature collections ate not very
common, which we. admit is probably
as it should be in view of the recent
deluge of praying mantidi (not “man-
tises,” their owner tells us), which
descended upon Merion. We did find
one other enthusiast who collects
birds’ eggs in the summer in Southwest
Colorado, Most people, however, are
content with imitations of the real
thing. Two penguin devotees have
very complete collections of penguins
of all shapes, sizes, colors, and posi-





tions. One girl began her collection

about six years ago, when Antarctic
pictures featuring Byrd and ‘some
penguins appeared. She now _ has
black and white, silver, and brightly
colored birds, some six and some 14
of an inch high. One is a napkin ring,
two are’erasers, two are made of
shells, and two are of chocolate, —
which are not yet nibbled. She even
has a window: shield which sports a
penguin as its coat of arms. The
other collection (we have only- found
two) has many similar birds, though
in addition there is one lordly penguin

with KOOL written-on his front. This

collection contains many blue and
white, and blue and yellow birds, while
both seem to go in for birds with vivid
yellow or red feet. Doll-Penguins and
sponges are also on display. China
animals of all sorts are easily to be
found. One girl has collected a hunt-
ing scene, but age and frequent moves
from ,house to house and hall to hall
have impaired the vigor of some of
the animals. The hind-feet of one of
the horses are now worn down fo his
knees.







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For the new season.

We invite you to see our selection of Abercrombie &

Among them are imported and domestic tweed suits and

skirts and a rich choice of sweaters in the season’s latest

Our shopping service covers everything in the large

stock of Abercrombie & Fitch whether or not repre-

sented in our own selections.

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Apology
The College News wishes to apolo-
gize for any confusion that may have
arisen as a result of appending: the
numerals, 1938, to the letter signed
“Nancy Wescott” published last week
in the Voice of Bryn Mawr. Unaware



that letters to the News are ever writ-
ten under pseudonyms, the Board at-
tempted to identify its correspondent .

for the readers of the letter column.
In future, the News will if possible
refrain from printing letters in which
the status of the writer is not clear.





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