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Vol. XVII, No. 15 io
Varsity Dramatics Puts
on Local-Talent Plays}.
Three Traditional Forms With
STAGE SET IS INGENIOUS
_ second was genteel comedy faintly satiric,
_better with the touch-and-go, the atmos-
_is the vital air of such performances.
* interest than the sequence of situations,
' but as the author was the producer that
.The other was a whimsical wonder how
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WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1931
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Dialogue as Essence of
Compositions Seen.
(Specially Contributed by
Professor G. G. King)
_ In the three one-act plays written and
acted last’ week, three traditional and
reputable dramatic forms were well ex-
emplified: the. first was precisely what
used to be known as a curtain-raiser, the
the third’was the farcé that comes after
the pantomime—even tothe breaking of
eggs. If one likes one’s comedy straight,
this last is irresistible-
The stage setting was ingeniously de-
vised so as to avoid long waits and the
moving of heavy scenery, and yet to suit
the pieces; the expressionist sculpture in
the studio deserved a laugh of its own,
and the genefalized background of “any
happy home” was appropriate enough; on
the whole the heavy blue curtains went
phere-of- spontaneity arid impromptu that
The Long Island library, however, had
‘an appropriate realism of effect.
In the middle piece, The Uncommon
Thief, the lines, though they were of less
were Ys explicit and definitive as the
scenery, 4nd between the young man and
the. girl passed bits of real dialogue.
Under the Skin, however, did not get a
fair chance, for the lines were the essence
of the composition and the intention was
all for subtleties; now; whether because
of ‘insufficient rehearsal or because of
unintelligible delivery, points were missed
again and again, and the outcome when
it_arrived seemed accidental.Restless,
confused, ill-organized, the personages
were all meant to appear, but not so the
play.. They existed, présumably, in the
mind of the writer rather like the figures
in‘the box. of the puppet-showman, “each
recognizable as the in goes up and
proceeding inevitably to the activities
proper to each; in the five arts all bad,
in politics two absurd, and a pair involved
in commerce fairly well satisfied with
themselves and -each other; «but if the
action had been true pantomime and the
lines had rung clear, the intellectual con-
ception, which really was the play, would
have been driven home.
Miss Clews, in Humpty Dumpty,
touched at moments the point of real
nonsense, and that is an aesthetic level
fairly high. It was, of course, true to
formula, ‘and was carried by the acting,
last is also a part of her success. The
acting “of Miss. Dodge in this. number,
and indeed in the first, is recalled as the
best of the evening.
Two-reflections that crossed the mind
of the contributor in the waits and on the
way. home, may here be appended. The
first was that the delivery throughout, was
bad, downright. bad; which,. with May
Day in the offing, is a very grave matter.
far the Bryn Mawr Players would fare
if they-—-who write, and act, and discuss,
and take a degree with honors, and take
Continued.on Page Three |
Calendar
Saturday, Match 14— The
French Club presents Les Femmes -
Savantes at 8:30° in Goodhart.
Tuesday, March 17—The natu-
|—ral-dancing—classes—will_give a
Economic Instability
Causes Caribbean Unrest
The Caribbean region is without
peer in the wide divergence of popu-
lar opinion regarding it, said Dr. Lloyd
Jones. in speaking on “The Problems of
the. Caribbean” Thursday afternoon,
March 6, in the Common Room in
Goodhart. “But neither the group
which finds it idyllic, nor that which
is defeated by it, nor yet. the purely
detached point of view has much in-
fluence. on the foreign policy of the
United States. Moreover, it is. not
enough to assume -that the Caribbean
is faced with problems ‘similar to our
own.”
For, example, few people realize that
the large majority of the voters are
illiterate, that the. secret ballot is un-
known, and that it is indiscreet. to
“talk. politics.” Guatemala, Salvador,
Venezuela are all ruled by dictators, or
by a handful of the leading. families.
Venezuela is the only country with no
debt; she has had peace since 1908, but
no popular “government. °
Economic independence unequally
and poorly developed.makes it unlikely
that present circumstances will be
changed, at least for some time. One
product ‘to a} country is a very nar-
row basis for a stable _economic.life,-
yet eighty per cent. of Honduras’ ex-
ports is bananas, and ninety-five per
cent. of Salvador’s coffee. The climate
is not a favowrable factor; it explains
the produce, but does not lead to sus-
tained industrial effort. Where the
density of the population is not
marked, life is very easy, with a low
standard; elsewhere, life is not at all
easy, and the population outruns. the
food. “How can one expect self-gov-
erning communities when they have
only the barest subsistence Id@vel?”
There is a complex racial problem
which will not be changed soon. From
census statistics which are not the last
word in accuracy we learn-that there is
quite a predominance of European
stock. Though Cuba and Honduras
with seventy-three per cent., and Costa
Rica with eighty per cent., aré prob-
ably somewhat exaggerated, neverthe-
less they are a sharp contrast to the
West Indies island units where. the
white population has diminished not
only relatively’ but actually, as the de-
scendants of the negro slaves have
multiplied. In Jamaica the number
pe Continued on Page Three
Fires and Petitions
Discussed by Miss Park
President Park spoke to the whole
student body at a chapel service in
Goodhart “ Hall yesterday mornitig,
March 10. Her three related subjects
were: .the fire hazard at Bryn Mawr,
last week’s false alarm in Merion, and
student petitions.
Miss Park bégan her talk by ena)
ing of the real danger of fire at Bryn
Mawr and in all large’ institutions.
She called attention to the two large
fires here at the college in the last
eight years, one five years ago when
the college shops burned down, the
other recently in Goodhart. There
have been other minor fires, that in].
Dalton especially terrifying in- its pos-
sibilities. | Villanova and_ Princeton
have recently lost buildings through.
fire.
Although the state fire regulations
are: more than fulfilled here at yn
Mawr, no building but. Goodhart is
really fireproof in the modern sense of
the word. One-of the first things for
Dance Recital
_The ‘annual Dance Recital will
be presented by the Dance Club
and the graduate and undergrad-
uate classes in natural. dancing
on. Tuesday.-évening, March~ 17.
The production is under the
direction of Miss Marna Brady,
‘Assistant” Director of Physical
Education. Costumes are de-
signed by the dancers them-
selves, and posters are con-
tributed by Barbara Kirk, ’31;
Alice Thorne, ’33,. and Louise
Turner, 34. The :recital will be
given at 8:30 in the gymnasium,
and all interested are cordially
invited to attend.
French Club Bresents
‘Les F emmes Savantes”
Capable ‘Ditection and Casting
Promised for Production of
Moliere Satire.
PLOT EASILY FOLLOWED
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(Specially Contributed by
Katherine Sixt, 1931)
The French ‘play, “Les Femmes
Savantes,” is probably one of the less
known and less acted of Moliere’s
comedies; but it offers many more pos-
sibilities on the stage for amusement
than one Gould imagine from the mere
reading of it.
The salon of Philaminte pretended
.to be an institution particularly for the
discussion of poetry and science, and
the study of grammar and correct
usage of words. Moliere satirizes all
such attempts of women and one may
find a great deal of truth as well as
fun in -his. exaggerated | picture of
“learned women.” This satire may be
applied to ourselves, with _amusing
effect, the “femmes savantes” being an
exaggeration of an academic attitude.
The “palpitating” love affair between
Clitandre and Henriette is played by
Caroline Lloyd-Jones and Clarissa
Compton, respectively (who, by the
way, proved their acting ability in
“Hernani” of last year). The’ ridicu-
lously amusing “poetical heights” of
M. Trissotin, a wit, and pseudo-phil-
osophér, and the over-wrought imagi-
nation of Belise, an old maid aunt,
who, never having passed the “mental
age of sweet 16”, ‘feels herself the
center of every love plot, are truly
laughable.- One has afl the variety of
characters one can desire from the
“sublime to the ridiculous.”
As a matter of fact, the play is full
of action as’ well as wit, and even those
who may not be able to follow éyery
word, will certainly enjoy the comedy
and be able to follow_the plot quite
wéll> Everyone whé™has passed the
French oral is guaranteed to under-
stand.
“ The costumes come from Brooks in
New York, and, in addition to being
quite colorful, lend much to the-placing
of the play in the atmosphere of a
period that has always had the charms
of elaborate dress and decoration.
Molly Frothingham has charge of
the scenery which she directed so well
last year. The coach; Mademoiselle
Ray, is also one of experience and in-
sight, having a feeling for Moliere
which she is succeeding in imparting
to the players.’
‘The actors represent all the classes
Indian Situation Gives *
Some Hope for Settlement
“I have. often met with a comparison
of the present Indian situation with the
American: attitude toward England in
the .Revolution,” declared Miss Molly
Allen, English graduate student, in-a
discussion Thursday evening, spon-
sored by the Liberal Club, March 6,
in the Common Room at Goodhart.
: “Pursuing the subject further, one
finds. that the comparison is rather
far-fetched.” Till 1858 the © govern-
ment of India was shared by the
Crown and the East India Company; it
remained in the Crown with the great
Till 1909, the Indians could
hold only minor positions in the civil
service; at that date they attained a
more or less advisory capacity, but as
yet were without popular representa-
tion. They were, in fact, admitted
largely because of the appearance of
an educated class, from which ap-
pointees were int A_ responsible
mutiny.
government for India was not contem-
plated at all. ae:
The World War changed the situa-
tion entirely. The services of the
people~in~ providing men--and~money
were recognized by including them ‘in
the Imperial War Conference, the War
Cabinet and the Peace Conference. ,In
1916, however, the League for Home
Rule was founded. Such was the situ-
ation when, in 1917, Montague, then
Secretary for India, made the follow-
ing declaration: “The policy of His
Majesty’s Government demands_ in-
creasing association with’ Indians in
every branch, and . . . their increasing
growth to a responsible position in the
Empire.” ~ Many Indian claims have
since been based. on this statement.
In 1919, the Government of India
Act was passed, establishing the prin-
ciple of diarchy, and the possession
was divided up into subjects for local
and for home government, to be dealt
with by the Governor or by the pro-
vincial goverment. Although the basis
for the franchise was very narrow, pro-
vision was made for the representation
of minorities, for a bicameral legisla-
ture, and for a Senate, largely ap-
pointed. :
This occasioned a break in the Na-
tionalist movement, as the moderates
were willing‘to accept gradual Indian-
Continued on Page Three
God’s Love Transforms
Standardized Minds | :
The Reverend: Canon -Ernest ~C.
Earp, of the Church of the Redeemer,
Bryn Mawr, led the Sunday evening
service of the Bryn Mawr League on
March 8. Canon Earp chose as: the
text for his talk a passage from Paul’s
Epistle to the Romans: “And be not
conformed to this world, but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your
mind.”
These words, Canon Earp noted, have
a strangely modern sound.: -Standardi-
zation is..the~ great tendency of our
times, and our systems of. education
aim to~pattern the human personality.
We forget to think of ourselves as
individuals. capable of transformation.
Conan Doyle believed that the end
of human life is to make natural life
spiritual and spiritual life natural. The
whole evolutionary process represents
a development from the material to
the spiritual. , But also, if our religion
is to be a doctrine we can live by, it
|Dr. Root ie ae
Pope’s Didacticism
“Essay on Man” Gains Greatness
From Impassioned Poetry,:
Not Profound Content.
EARLY POEMS ROMANTIC
Bryh Mawr College had the honor of
hearing Dr.-Robert Kilburn Root, pro-
fessor of English at Princeton University,
lecture on Pope and the Art of Moralized
Song in the Music Room of Goodhart -
Hall on, Friday evening, March 6. Dr.
Roblfttelivered the Ann Elizabeth Sheble
Memorial, Lecture in English Literature
for this. year.
The subject concerned one phase of
Pope’s art, his didacticism, a term which
still. suffers from the disrepute acquired
during the nineteenth century. Had
Pope died young, as did Chatterton,
Keats and Shelley, his fame in the nine-
teenth century would have been far
greater than it. actually was. By the
time of an imaginary, early death in 1718,
Pope: had-produced-enoygh poetry to in-
sure his fame: Pastorals, The Essay on .
Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, Wind-
sor Forest, The Temple of Fame, part
of the translation of the Jliad, Elegy on
an Unfortunate Lady and the Epistle of
Eloisa to Abelard. He had already
achieved an amazing variety of rhythm
and tonal effect in his use of the couplet,
displayed his range of fancy and evinced
a depth of feeling truly romantic. Those
critics of a hundred years ago who
searched. madly for precursors of the
romantic movement in the eighteenth
century would have hailed’ Pope as one
‘of the most significant figures in his
period, had he been kind enough to die
young. But Pope chose to live, to wage
his campaign against dunces, a campaign
which ruined his feputation. For it is
Pope, the satirist, to whom critics have
been unkind. As a result of his satire,
many untrue legends have grown up
about his character, and his art has
suffered a lack of appreciation from those
who cannot dissociate a poet from his
poem.
That Pope definitely chose to abandon
the romantic elements in his art and to
become a satirist and a poetic moralist
whose virtues, however great, were not
of a romantic order, we may see in the
famous ; lines from’ the Epistle to_ Dr.
Arbuthnot : “ ;
“That not in fancy’s maze he wander’d
long,’
But stoop'd to truth and moralized his
song.”
The harvest ‘of this cultivation of the
moral field, Pope reaped in the years,
1733, 1734.and 1735. The Epistles, The
Essay on Man and the part of The Imi-
tations of Horace published reveal the
fact that these poems were the product of
a single inspiration. In all of them, Pope .
“stoop’d-to truth.” And if Pope had
died in 1735, his fame would have been
substantially as it is today. In these
later poems, Pope’s conception of poetry
as. moral.was_a. direct. outgrowth of a
critical theory.quite different from that of
today. From. Horace through the Ren-
aissance to the eighteenth century, critics
and” poets believed that the poet’s duty
was to teach and to please. Seventeenth
‘century France reversed the emphasis in
Continued on Page Three ;
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|which the. money from increased tui- in college, ‘including ‘the graduate must be essentially simple and natural. Curriculum Committee,
tion fees last year Was spent ‘was for Continued on Page Two Our greatest danger lies..in the Two more records of working-
additional fire protection.-The—light- ~— —_ standardization of the mind. It has time will be kept, one from
ing—apparatus- 4s necessarily: a part-o of
‘dance recital in the gymnasium.
“Sunday, March ‘22—Musical
service in the Music Room. An
all Bach program, beginning, at
7: 30. ‘
" Wednesday, bhierh eee
Kindler. will give a recital i
Goodhart. More about this Si
* Friday, March 27—Spring va-
cation begina:a at 12:45 P. M.
fire equipment..-Under- the state taw |
Goodhart is required to haye a sec-
ondary lighting system. Where we
‘have not such additional safeguards
we must maintain respect for those we
have. ;
It was a question at ses ee
the recent Merion Hall offense shguld
come under the jurisdiction of the self-
government association or the college; |}
Continued on Page Five
‘ Business Board Tryouts ©
' Those trying out for the Busi-
ness Board of the CoLtece. News ©
are C. Berg, ’33; J. Hannah, 34; ©
O. Jarrett, 34; L. Meneeley, '34;
M. Righter, ’34, and E. Trau-
bridge, 34. Tryouts are still open
to Freshmen and Sophomores.
See D. Asher, 59 Rock, between
1:30 and 2'on Thursday. ©
/cannot change.
often been Said “that human nature
“On the contrary it-is
just the potentiality for change that
makes life worth liying. Our freedom
of choice, our privilege of resolution
gives us the power to renew our minds.
God thinks of us as individuals, and
if we are to fulfill the divine plan we
}must get away from ordinary stand-
The love of God transforms and |}
ards. —
renews us for his purpose and into his
- own ‘image.
oe
March, 16-22, the other from
April 20-27.-The-_statisticsgath-
ered from the three reports will
be published in the News, and
ifvany changes in the requirements
of certain courses are found neces-
sary, they will go into effect next
year.. It is hoped that the co-
operation shown in the last survey
will continue, and that even more
- records will be handed in.
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Sea -
problem. In our own College
the five days a week in old Taylor Hall to three days in the Music Room,
and from three days to two last year.
the 8 o'clock, after the 10 o’clock and after breakfast, and it occasioned
the remarkable schedule of classes whereby we glorified odd moments.
All these fluctuations, however, affected lamentably few of the under-
graduates, the faithful, aside from the Choir, numberitg less than twenty-
“ five.
is certainly logical. There is“still provision for occasional assemblies,
while the President, the Dean, and: the Choir-are no longer regularly
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Solution
It looks as though we had reached the final solution of our Chapel
generation Chapel has been reduced from
It has been sandwiched in after
Since the students were so desultory in attendance, this final step
-o-——“-gegponsible to a practically non-existent student body. >
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(The following editorials were submitted ‘in the News competition)
S portsmanship
One of the first things impressed upon the student body at Bryn
Mawr is the necessity for good sportsmanship in athletics, It isean
excellent theory, but one is‘led to inquire-whether or not Bryn Mawr, as
‘a college; follows out this theory in its outside athletic relations. The
students are urged to be sporting while the college violates one of the first
principles of good sportsmanship.
We refer to the present policy of refusing to play Varsity matches
anywhere except on our own court. It is distinctly discourteous as well
as unsporting to ask a team to comé to Bryn Mawr for a match, whether
‘it-be hockey, basketball or swimming, and then refuse to play the return
game on their territory. Such a practice can but detract from Bryn
Mawr’s’ prestige among other colleges, and it does endless harm to
athletics at Bryn’ Mawr itself. : :
Such an attitude, of necessity, eliminates from the list of possible
opponents many teams which would otherwise provide good competition
for Varsity. The student body is continually criticised for the lack of
interest shown in Varsity athletics, but it cannot be expected to turn out
and cheer when Bryn Mawr is playing a non-collegiate team; usually
composed of women who play for the sole purpose of keeping their weight
under one hundred and seventy-five. The student body, however loyal
it may be, will never give Varsity whole-hearted and enthusiastic support
under the existing conditions. With the exception of Swarthmore, Bryn
Mawr plays no matches which ‘call for enthusiasm from the students.
Ii, on the other hand, Varsity played teams composed of girls from other
colleges who play games with a truly competitive spirit, there would
undoubtedly be an increase in the interest shown.
Also if Varsity were to play games on courts other than our Own,
it would be of great value to the team. Playing continually on the same
floor and under the same conditions becomes colorless and mechanical.
One of the chief requirements for a good team is that it should be able
to play-well on a strange court and adapt itself to altered conditions. The
possibility and advantages of such experience are completely denied the
team by the present one-sided and narrow policy.
The first defense of the existing attitude is the everlasting one of
tradition:. But is not good sportsmanship also a tradition? Secondly,
there is a question of collegiate opponents. We feel sure that if Bryn
- Mawr would alter its policy, this problem would solve itself.
Above all, if we are to attempt outside athletics, let us ask no more
than we afe willing to give. Let us put the theory of good sportsmanship
into practice where it is now so sadly lacking.
~» = A Universal Occupation
‘This is a community of poseuses. Sometimes it seems that the
attitudinizing is a result of boredom, and then again it seems to be done
for the pure joy of the thing. Some play at being astonishingly intellec-
tual, or astonishingly sophisticated, or astonishingly full of college spirit,
and others merely at being astonishing. Those who are pompously intel-
lectual have, perhaps,-the most excuse for their attitudes. Our college
does encourage that sort of thing, actually if not purposely. It is a trifle
amazing, however, to be embraced reverently. by a Kipling “‘fan” on your
acknowledgment that you have read Kipling and like him rather well.
The attitude becomes disgusting when it leads to discussions of the liter-
ary in precieux phrases and a voicapitched high enough to carry down
the length of a dinner table. The sinking room has surrendered tg this
growing mob of intellectual attitudinizers, but we grow sad when we see
“The sophisticate is less
__ simplest pose, makes a ridiculous
and depends upon pantomime for the expression
phrases to show her utter w 1
Her direct opposite, the. who is just full of all sorts of affec-
_.,.. . tion for traditions and What We Stand For, is a more serious offender. |
In a way she is a prostitute, for she, in adopting the —— spirit as the
of teats
or clearly remembered and’ realized.
rent, sings songs with a rapt
*
inspiration. But sometimes we wonder, don’t they ever tire of the eternal
effort to astonish, to make themselves a “figure of fun.” . Pt me
The only answer to that is that the pose of everyone of these atti-
tudinizers is the reason and enlivenment of their existence.’ We are curi-
ous, however. Do they throw themselves into gear as they’ approach a
possible audience, muttering -to themselves—Hah, I’m Intellectufal, or
Bored, or oh so Fond of my college—or about to produce a sensation?
We worider.
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What’s This—a System? . ;
- ‘It seems to us that one of the best institutions at Bryn Mawr ‘is the
system of Hall Teas. . We call-it a system but at the same time we are
urging that it be‘made more systematic. One day last week, three teas
were running riot on the same afternoon, and it is rather. disconcerting to
ask a‘friend over to see how excellent the Denbigh chocolate is, only to
find that she is more interested in the Pembroke sandwiches. We wonder
if it might not be possible for the various people responsible for Hall
Teas to get together—or, if that ig just what they have been doing, to
stay apart—so that we will all have a chance at the more popular profes-
sors, or at least be able to persuade a friend that) “this is’the Hall to live
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obvious per se, for, beyond a few well=
sion of her deepest qualities. |
in” by inviting her to tea.
“Strictly Dishonorable”
_ Has Record Run of Season
tenth week of its engagement at the
Broad Street Théatre, Philadelphia,
Monday night, March. 16. Which
means the longest run of any othet at-
traction the current season,.and a near.
record long run for this house, only
two other offerings, “‘Lightnin’,’ which
remained there thirteen weeks, and
“The Gondoliers,” ten weeks, haying
played a longer period. With the
Preston Sturges comedy still doing a
satisfactory business it promises to
equal the latter for a long-run €n-
gagement and at least come a close
ise avcesi,£ ammmapeneente
Undoubtedly “Strictly | Dishonor-
able” is the only play of. the. present
season that has been attracting out-
of-town patronage.. This is “caused,
first by the popularity of the piece, and
second by the fact that the manage-
ment has announced that when the
local engagement closes the comedy
will be shown—in-no other’ place ex-
cept Detroit’ and Chicago, where re-
peat engagements have. been booked,
the play having been given there prior
to the Philadelphia engagement.
As “Strictly Dishonorable” begins
the tenth week of its stay at the Broad,
the London company will have ended
the second week of its engagement in
that city and the other company and
yet another will begin a two weeks’
tour of the New York sub-circiiit,
which is a return engagement, the Lon-
don company. having recentl¥ played
in that territory. All this means that
this popular comedy, which is the only
pen
phia at this time, has played every key
city-in the United States, and in a
very short time will be in performance
in this city only. That is in this coun-
try, as the London engagement is a
pronounced success and the piece will
remain there—indefinitely.
“Strictly Dishonorable’ seenis to
have all of the elements which bid for
success; romance, .clever ‘ character
drawing, humor, expert staging and
play construction. It has been given
enough of the paprika to popularize
it, but so delicately administered, after
the French manner, that it never of-
fends. As all the world now‘ knows,
it is the story of a little Southern girl,
who “fancy free” falls in love with an
Italian opera singer while casually vis-
iting a New York speakeasy in the
company of her fiance, who is suddenly
eclipsed by his rival, the opera singer,
Di Ruvo. Mail orders are filled in
order of their receipt. !
In Philadelphia
Broad—Strictly Dishonorable.
Forrest—Street Scene is in its last
week. _
Garrick—S7#way Express, the unusual
mystery play also leaves after Saturday.
Lyric—Queen of Chinatown, third of
the melodrama revivals which have had
several of the Hedgerow Company ‘head-
ing the casts.
Shubert—My Maryland, this Civil War
operetta -has not lost its grip on Phila-
delphia hearts. Z ;
}ing-English_melodrama with Lionel At-
“Strictly Dishonorable” begins ‘the |.
second to the record run of _thirteen+
“Coogan and Junior
comedy being présented in Philadel- |
Walnut—The Silent Witness, interest-|
romance filled with African thrills.
Earle—George O’Brien in a Western
Fair Warning. = :
Erlanger—Unless your dislike of
comedy includes even Charlie Chaplin,
City Lights is inevitable.
Europa«-Marlene Dietrich in Three
Loves. .
Fox — Ann Hardirig is unfailingly
lovely but East Lynne is hard to’ take
seriously, *
2
o 8
Keiths—Nancy Carroll maintains, her
record of good pictures in Stolen Heaven,
with Phillips Holmes. Also Rudy Vallee
is with us. ite
Mastbaum—Another gangster picture,
Gentleman’s Fate, with John Gilbert and
Louis Wolheim
~Stanley—Dracula, ‘exposed to Kleig
lights hasn’t the same awful fascination.
Stanton—Lawrence Tibbett and Grace
Moore in New Moon.
_ Philadelphia Orchestra ~
Friday, March’ 13; Saturday, March
14; Monday,. March 16, at Metropolitan
Opera House—The Passion of Our Lord
According to St. Matthew. Music by
Johann Sebastian Bach. The Mendels-
sohn Club, the Choral Art Society, the
Boys’ Choir of Girard Gollege. .
Local Movies ©
Seville—Thursday and Friday—Clara
Bow and. Stuart Erwin in No Limit;
Saturday, Only Saps Work, with Leon
Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian; Mon-
day and Tuesday, Greta Garbo in Jnspir-
ation, with Robert’ Montgomery... _
Wayne —- Wednesday and Thursday,
The Lottery Bride, with Jeanette Mac-
Donald; Friday and Saturday, Jackie
Durkin—_in_Tom
Sawyer; Monday and Tuesday, Edward.
Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in
Little Caesar.
In the New Book Room
Through the Shadows with O Henry,
By A] Jennings
v
The Runagates Club. ...By John Buchan
Poem of Gerard Manley Hopkins,
Edited with Notes by Robert Bridges
Mozart's. S,.
A Critical Study by J. Dent
Jeb Stuart.....By John W. Thomason, Jr.
Model-League Assembly
to Be Held at Princeton
Between one hundred: and fifty and
two hundred undergraduate delegates,
representing twenty-seven Eastern col-
when the fifth annual Model Assem-
bly of the League of Nations for the
Middle A\tlantic States convenes at
Princeton University on March 27 and
28.
The institutions which have defi-
nitely signified their intention of send-
ing delegations to ‘the Princeton
Assembly are Albright, Barnard, Bryn
Mawr, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell,
Haverford, Hobart, Hood, Lafayette,
‘Lehigh, Moravian, -Mount Holyoke,
Néw Jersey College for Women, New
York State Teachers’ College, New:
York University, University of Penn-
sylvania, Rochester, Rutgers, Skid-
more, Swarthmore, Syracuse, Temple,
Union, Vassar, Wells and .William
Smith, It is estimated that slightly
more than fifty of the delegates will
be women.
The Princeton Assembly. will re-
Academy — Rachmaninoff. - Saturday
afternoon, March 21, at 2:30.
Movies
Arcadia—Finn and Hatti
Mrs. Haddock in Paris,
talkie. With Leon Errol and Mitzi}
_ Boyd—Joan Crawford plays another
emotional tole in Dance, Fools, Dance.
-is Mr. and
a
leges and ‘universities, will be present |:
semble to a. considerable degree those |.
=
“The Briand Plan for European
Union” and “Disarmament.” In the
discussions, each college delegation
will represent a single nation which is
dure, the Model Assembly- will follow
rather faithfully that of the League
itself.
The program for the gathering calls
for a plenary session immediately fol-
lowing the registration period on the
morning of the first day. At this ses-
sion, organization will be effected and
the questions for discussion will be
formally referred to standing commit-
tees. That afternoon and the foltow-
‘ing morning the delegates will meet
in three committee groups for lengthy .
discussion of the individual questions.
Finally, on the second afternoon, a
plenary: séssion will be held for discus-
sion and action. upon the reports of the
committees. ;
Other features of thé program in-
clude an opening’ luncheon at which
President Hibben, of Princeton Uni-
versity, will ‘officially welcome ‘ the
delegates, and a final banquet at which
James G. McDonald, President of the
Foreign Policy Association, will be
one of the speakers. Entertainment.
for the visitors will include a special
dance to be given on the evening of
the first day. ; *
ad
’32 Discusses Big May Day
On Tuesday, March 3, in the Com-
mon Room a tea was held for—or by—
the class of ’32 for the purpose of dis-
cussing Big May Day. -Harriet Moore,
a league mémber, In point of proce-.:--
Président of 732, introduced Dean
Manning and Mrs. Collins, who pre-
sented interesting extracts from their
own experience with May’ Days. The
effect on academic -work “and the
amount of time and co-operation” re-
quired of the undergraduates were the
main themes of interest. ‘Photographs:
and literature of the 1928 May Day
were shown. a *
Try These :
To vindicate the honor of the Bryn
Mawr girl. who fled when faced with .
Scribner’s baffling. questionnaire, we
are presenting our own batch of baf-
flers. Answers for the puzzled are on ..
} page - si
‘1. Where is San Marino?
2. To what €ountry did . what
French king send his two sons as
hostages? '
3. ‘Who was the mother of “Bloody
Mary”? .
4. Place the following quotation:
“And what were thou and earth and
stars and sea,
If to the human mind’s imaginings,
Silence and solitude were vacancy?”
5. Where is the ‘Garden of the
Gods?
6. Where does “Abandon all hope,
ye who enter here,” come from?
7. Where is the.Sistine Madonna?
8. Where is the White Horse Pass?
9. Where is Pola, and for what
is it famous?
10. Who is the present Secretary
of War? Of the Interior? Of Labor?
11. Who was Pennsylvania named:
after?
12. Where is Gotland?
13. What is a fugue?
14, What is the meaning of the
word casuistry? af
15. Who was Simone Martini?
16. Place the following quotation:
“A body of England’s, breathing Eng-
lish air, - :
Washed by the rivers, blest by the
suns of home.” of
17. Who were. the people ‘desig-
nated by the following names: Lack-’
land, Cunctator, The Hammer, Red
Beard, The Silent?
18.. Where is the leper colony for -
‘the U. S.?
19. Who said “L’Etat, c’est. moi”?
_ 20. What is the oldgst University in
the world? . -
French Club Presents
aV.aS-
sar in 1929. Thé a8semblies are held
for the primary purpese of increasing
student interest in world affairs and
also for furnishing the representatives
}with a knowledge -of League—proce-|
dure. ‘
‘The-program for the P
rinceton As-
sembly f ission of thre
‘principal questions, all of internation:
Polish . or,”
Se one, en ee SC ee Oe eee jee
Les Femmes Savantes”
_CONTINUED-FROM- PAGE ONE
school,’ and, to please everyone, there
is a wide variety of talent and. inter-
pretation. So come, one and all, Sat-
reais. Marv 14, to Goodhart Hall at
8:30 P. M. and find out how the in-
triguing ; Aris oils the
tyrannic -Philaminte (it must always
be an “in-law”) and allows the lovers
atid i all =
“ment.
i the ball over the guard to the forward
‘to get away from her~ larger and
_ was unable to’ hang on to the: ball
“more luck than good management that
- difficulty passing to the forwards, being
Marcu 11,1931 ais
| SPO RTS
Varsity, Engle Starring, ne
Defeats Baltimore, 30-15
Again victorious Varsity in ite bes
ond game beat Baltimore, 30-15.' The
game was rather rough and _ slow,
However, there were signs of i improve-
With Engle in for Remington the
unity in the centre was broken up but
the passing to the forwards ywas
greatly improved. She seems to be the
only centre who can consistently get
under the basket, Unfortunately this
good play, was greatly offset by the
inability ‘of the centres to get going
together. Baer: managed successfully
slower opponent, Shoemaker, but’ she
when she once got it.
Totten and Collier started out fairly
well, but the nice interference of Mrs.
Kirkland soon broke up their passes,
and despite her absence in the second
half, they did not get together again.
Totten’s shooting was better than Col-
lier’s, except on free throws where
she failed to. score.. Moore and Mc-
Cully were steady but slow. Moore,
slower than ustal, was also rougher,
making more fouls than anyorte else
on the floor.
Mrs. Kirkland and Mrs. Code were
the best. of the Baltimore team.
—-— Clarkson-also-played a-nice-game-———|---
By Me C. Baltimore
ROOTED scrsccivesanisans Bi igisisssnccite Graham
BORGIR os sspsedeescogee Fy sesoossncnvets Clarkson
BOOT i cccssssscrierovive J. Cu .....- Shoemaker
‘Remington.......:. S.- Gersssasasens Mrs. Code
(Engle) ‘
MOM aii Gi: iesiciciigionnns White
MOC Y oi vessascactsosves Ge iG Mrs. Kirkland
' (Barton)
Referee: Miss Perkins. Time:
8-minute quarters.
Score: B. M., 30—Collier, 22112222;
Totten, ° 22222222. Baltimore, 15—
Graham, ‘22211; Clarkson, 12221.
Playing the Thorne School, .the
Third Varsity, trailing for most of
the game, managed to come off with a
35-34 victery. The team was very dis-
jointed; the players seemed incapable
of passing to one another, and it was
got the ball into.the basket.
The forwards gave the best perform-
ance despite the fact that they had
never played together before. . Mc-
Cormick was able to score quite cons
sistently if she could get the ball near
the basket. The.centres had- great
just too slow and, therefore, throwing
into the hands of the opposing guards.
The guards were not able to cover
their forwards and got mixed up with
each other frequently.
The Thorne School forwards were
both good, being able to shoot as well
from a distance as close up. Seltzer
the side centre being small and quick
managed frequently to get her hands
on the ball before her opponent. The
guards were very good, contindally in-
tercepting passes. The school team
was a good deal more unified’ than
Bryn Mawr and deserved a ‘victory.
Third Varsity | Thorne School
McCormick............ Be aaa a Saul
TART peccsesinesseinsst aE sivienaune Folwell
(Fuliz)
alate tice Je Oe tinccics Js* Scott
Rothermel............ ed Oe rete Seltzer
(Collins) ;
Jackson. ic: Neaiaes Gi tiieiieawes Camby
COMB ii iiiiick IGE Sitios B. Scott
(Bishop) ~
Referee: Miss Brady.
Score; B. M. C, 35—McCormick,
24; Tatnall, 11. Thorne School, 34—
Saul, 13; Folwell, 15; Fuliz, 222.
Varsity Plays
‘Continued from Page One ‘
a place in the world thereafter—if -they
risked a venture with the commedia
dell’ arte, a play with types fixed,
scenario supplied, and pantomime agreed
upon beforehand, but the dialogue left to
have
gnifiorities; Guatemala and Costa Rica’
comedy? If not, what is wrong? Or,
approaching from another angle, put the
question: When a public lecture is, ad-
journed to the Common Room and a
‘distinguished visitor sits. down for. dis-.
cussion, why cannot the students keep
the ball up better? -
Under the Skin
Bertram, an unusual composer,
Nancy Hoyt
Ileana, an unsuccessful playwright,
Letita Yoakam
Rupert, an unsuccessful sculptor,
Ellen Hart
Sigrid, a Communist ............ Anne Lord
Serge, a failure as a poet,
Lois Thurston
Sasha, an enthusiastic Communist,
; Maria Coxe
Norberta, a poor interior decorator;
Miriam T. Dodge
Alida, an unsuccessful painter,
. . Elizabeth Peterson
William Russell, a salesman, :
Helen Bell
Directed by Sydney Sullivan.
Scene: Sigrid’s Studio
© The Uncommon Thief
Lawrencé Kimball ............Sallie Jones | °
Iris Miller, his. fiancee ....Mary Nichols
Burglar ........ ininirinia 1018 M. Thurston
Detective... «Caroline Schwab
Directed by Janet Marshall...
Scene: “Thornwood,” Kimball’s home
“on Long Island,
Humpty Dumpty
‘Mrs... Rumpleworth, Elizabeth Peterson
Mr. Rumpleworth ...... Virginia Hobart
Egbert Rumpleworth,
Miriam T. Dodge
Malvina Paine ............. wwuweNancy Hoyt
Directed by Leta Clews.
~——““Scene—Any happy home.
General Director, Ethel Choteau Dyer
Those responsible for the stage set-
ting, construction, costumes and prop-
erties:
Sylvia Denilitelere Ethel--Chouteau
Dyer, Betti Goldwasser, Josephine
Graton, Betsy Jackson, Alice Lee
Hardenbergh, Robin Kreutzberg, Mar-
garet McKelvy, Lois Thurston, Rebecca
Wood. ;
Economic Instability
Continued from Page One
has fallen every year since 1880, and
there are only a few hundred whites
in Haitii On the mainland the old
negro stock has been somewhat sup-
planted by the Indians. This racial
question is very troublesome, and Cuba
and many*Central American countries
legislated to exclude negro
have a two-hundred- dollar head, tax
on negroes trying to enter, and all but
Mexico have sought to encourage Eu-
ropean immigration. With this last ob-
ject, Columbia has offered large farnis,
and all have hoped that restricted
immigration to’ the United States
would direct the tide to the South;
but it seems all to no avail.
As to Public Health, “despite. the
conquest of many physical handicaps,
there are many battles still to be
fought.” Some advance has been
made: yellow fever. is_ practically
stamped out, and hookworm, which
once affected eighty per cent. of the
people, has been conquered, but as
yet no adequate cure for malaria has
been found, and it. remains a great
drain on the vitality of the people.
“If the printed page means noth-
ing tg a large majority of the people,
then they cannot take an active part
in the life of the country. By her own
reports, Costa Rica is the only one
with less than one-fourth
nine-tenths of Guatemala cannot read.”
Despite «the tremendous sacrifices of
the educated “South Americans, - funds
are so inadequate that little can be
done.
Within the last thirty years,. devel-
opment has come. They are all. work-
ing. toward political and economic in-
dependence, at least toward economic
interdependence. From the winning
of their freedom until recently, ‘the
Caribbean was dependent on sugar.
With the abolition of slavery a long
period of painful decline set in; foreign
capital was introduced, but only to a
small extent. Until 1900, the average
Caribbean state borrowed when it
could and paid when it must. The
reciprocity treaty with. the United
public securities.
literate; |
the development o igeration, haye
a market even in Europe, oil, which
now makes” Venezuela the second
greatest oil producing and the great-
est oil exporting country. in the world.
Public order has also improved since
the United States has assumed obliga-
tions and. strengthened the local gov-
ernments,
Since 1900 there has been an increase
‘lin the investment. of foreign capital,
mostly in private enterprises, although
there have been heavy investments in
In addition, the total.
foreign trade of all the countries has
increased five fold; our ¢onnections
have grown more than the world at
large, and have increased seven fold.
Socially and economically, the United
States and the Caribbean .are growing
closer and closer together.
_ “There are, despite this more gn-
couraging outlook, surviving weak-
nesses,” concluded Dr. Lloyd Jones.
“Progress is still confined to a few
lines only, and the narrow basis of
their economic life is not a satisfac-
tory basis for real self-government.”
Dr. Root Considers
) Pope’s Didacticism
Continued from Page One
that the chief duty of the poet was to
please. but not at. the expense of some
instruction. Not only was the great
tradition of literary criticism favorable ‘to
didactic art but also poetry itself. Any
conception of art that would eliminate the
moral would eliminate the Jliad, the
Divine Comedy, the Faerie Queene and
+ Paradise-Lost.-The-didactic-spirit-inits|-
best sense was not partisan. It served to
illuminate what was already accepted, to
confirm rather than to convert. The ques-
tion to ask of this po¢try, therefore, is not
whether: it is didactic but. whether it is
poetic, whether it transmutes prose ideas
into poetry.
In this light, Dr. Root considered the
Essay on Man, which begins with an ab-
stract. proposition,a—philosophical thesis,
the raw material of ideas. When the
poetry emerges, the intellectual idea is
still present, but what was a thesis has
become. an image, what was prose has
taken on the rhythm and texture of in-
dubitable.. verse. The formal argument
of a didactic poem bears the same rela-
tion to the work of art as the study of
the plot to the narrative poem. Just as
we do not. value Paradise Lost for its
story, we do not value the Essay on Man
for the consistency of its argument. In
this poem, Pope has chosen to write
poetically of a moral subject in an epis-
tolary manner. He has ‘undertaken to
speak as a cultivated gentleman, now
matter-of-fact, now impassioned or fanci-
ful. Pope is here as always the completely
civilized poet. One must not expect to
seek for profound philosophy in the
Essay. Pope may have picked up a little
philosophy from his friend, Bolinbroke;
he acquired deisni from him uncon-
sciously. But that does notemake Pope a
philosopher. Furthermore, he tells what
everyone already knows. And because
his content is well known it is all the
better subject.matter for poetry. Since
it was neither profound nor novel, the
Essay on Man thrilled the world of 1733
as much as Tennyson’s Jn Memoriam
thrilled the Victorian period. Therefore,
‘to read the Essay on Man, one must
think very little of the philosophical argu-
ment and consider it.as poetry. The great
poetic theme which fired the imagination
of Pope was the paradox of man: -his
greatness and -his insignificance. It is a
theme full of poetry, instinctive with
emotion. Within the poem, the passages
which possess the greatest poetic and in-
tellectual value fall into fourteen lines,
sofinet length. The modern reader might
best begin his consideration of Pope by.
reading the fourteen line “passages first.
Dr. Root concluded his lecture by say-
‘ing that had Pope followed his first_man-
ner, he might have been a less volcanic
Byron but, in his later manner, no one
-has surpassed him. And, as Byron him-
self said in a fiery defense of Pope,
diadactic poetry is the most difficult kind
of-poetry to write.
Indian Situation
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
ization, whereas the extremists, led by |
impromptu. Such a thing has. :
in the memory of some now living, and
a ‘small community like the college, with |
its proper argot and its own jokes, is
the field where it flourishes. If possible
(aS we know it is) in the restricted an-
nual form of individual caricature, why
to social satire and from parody to pure
States, however, brought _sugaf_back,_
and somewhat lessened the strain.
The development of the Panama
Canal has. provided better means_ of
communication, and a means of. con-.
tact with the outside world, thus facili-
tation the growth. of three other fac-
fruits which, since the World War and
Gandhi, were not... The movement_to
get England out of India grew, and a
constitution’ was attempted which
proved unsuccessful, owing to Indian-
Moslem conflicts. The moderates were
anxious for Western civilization, but the
extremists wanted fo shut themselves
| and by the time it is fully granted the
THE COLLEGE NEWS £
obediences was inaugurated, which in-
cluded refusal to buy foreign ‘loth,
then to pay taxes, and culminating in|,
active disobedience :to the law.
vided for a-commissio general in-
quiry, position of the arm\getc. This
commission had representatives of all
three political parties in England, al-
though appointed by the Conservatives,
but there were no Indians. Obviously
this arouSed some feeling and the sub-
ordinate Indian committees were boy-
cotted.
This Simon Commission reported’ in
1930, giving a full account of the eco-
nomic situation, the distribution of
races, and the general background.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to cede
to the demand the whole way at once,
Indians will have reached the point
where they will accept nothing, More-
over, Gandhi refused to goto, the
sideration would be not of how much
but in what way home rule will be
given. This obviously is impossible at
the present time. The result, fairly
unanimously reached, amounted to the
following points: A federal form of
government comparable to that of the
United States, and to which the princes:
agreed; a bicameral legislature, with
Senatorial represefitatives from the
native states appointed by the princes,
and representatives from the British
states elected by the provincial legis-
latures, and a lower house with
methods of election as yet undecided.
The form of representation raises the
difficult question of minorities, and]
graduated, indirect e elections are tenta-
tively proposed. Finally, the Governor
General reserves the right to intervene
in the interests of law and order; and
the Indian government is answerable
to the English for foreign affairs,
finance, i. e., floating of foreign loans,
and for the army.
Recently, Viceroy Irwin-and Gandhi
have arrived at a truce, the civil dis-
obedience campaign is called ‘off, and
there will be no further prosecution
for non-payment of taxes, or for the
manufacturing of salt;
cott will cease and political -prisoners
will be released.
On the whole, the situation is still
hopeful. The question remains as to
whether it is better to stay in ‘the prov-
inces or get out. The majority in bothf
countries are willing for an arrange-
ment whereby both may be moderately
satisfied, despite a number of die-hards
on both sides. As far as can be seen,
the present situation is the best which
can be hoped for with reason. Were
England to lea’e now, there would re-
main the problem of thé Hindu-Mos-
lem conflict, other minorities such as
the Christians and Parsees, the posi-
tion of women, andthe possibility of
Russian invasion. India is now. a fac-
tor in the world, and due thought must
be. given to the result were she allowed
to work out her own salvation. Prob-
Round Table Conference only’ i if con-|
the liquor boy-}
Page 3 |
‘Haverford Liberal Club
The Liberal Club of Haverford
College wpresents on Thursday,
Marth 12, 1931, Senator. Robert
Wagner, of New York: “Un-
employment.”
On Monday, March 16, Repre-
sentative Burton L.. French, of
* Idaho, chairman — of the Sub-
committee on Naval Appropria-
tion: “Naval Disarmament.” s
On Wednesday, March 25,
Sherwood Eddy, “The Challenge
of Russia?’ The Haverford
Union at 8:15 o'clock.” 7
central location easily permits the at-
fendance of delegates from all parts
of thé United States, and because the
new buildings recently added to the
campus facilitate the arrangements ‘for
housing, meals and entertainment.
The other invitations presented for
the 1931”congress were from Wichita, °
Cincinnati and Washington,
4
k
College Dramatics ,
Can Save Theatre
In a recent article in the Columbia’
Spectator Barrett H. Clark, playreader
for the Theatre Guild and editor of the.
Drama Magazine, says: “Unless some-
thing unforeseen octurs in, the near
future, I don’t see how our theatre can
become.much more than a mere. manu-
facturing plant—subsidized by the motion
picture interests—for turning out obvious
types of popular entertainment.”
| The-reasons-for -this-arelargely—finan-. ama
cial, according to Clark: The theatre
cannot be regarded as a money-making
enterprise without losing its value as
an art. Better equipment is necessary,
and the education not only ‘of actors,
directors and technicians, but also of the .
theatre-going public.
The solution of the problem, says Mr.
Clark, lies with college-dramatics.-The %
proviticial theatre, in which class may be
included many college dramatic associa-
tions, is not limited by cinema standards
‘or the necessity for becoming a large
source of income. For this reason it
possesses the power to emancipate the.
stage from disintegrating commercial
influences—NSFA News. °
Teachers’ Ethics Found
to Vary Widely
Should a teacher accept pay for tutoring
her own pupils? Should she accept gifts
from pupils? Should she receive com-
missions or royalties from books or sup-
plies in the purchase of which she exer-
cises official decision? Replies to such
ethical. questions. propounded by a Na-
tional Education Association committee
to selected classroom teachers, principals,
school superintendents and college presi-
dents in every State revealed a diversity
of attitude, ranging from a 93 per cent.
disapproval of taking royalties from
ably, the princes would take over the
rule, and with greater despotism than|
now. pocce
Who’s Who From Where
Easton, Pa.—In a receft survey of
small colleges and ‘universities, two prd-
fessors at Lafayette College found that
students in small ‘colleges have a better
chance of getting their names in ‘“Who’s
Who” than graduates of the larger uni-
versities. This survey was based on the
‘proportion of living graduates who have
risen to heights sufficient to qualify then
for “Who’s Who.”
The college ranking the highest was
Hampden-Sidney in Virginia. Out of
seven hundred graduates more than fifty
have. their names in “Who’s Who.”
None of the large universities with the
exception of Harvard, Yale and Prince-
ton, were\near the top of the Tist—N. S.
iaaee 8
Toledo Host to 1931 Congress
The University of Toledo will act
as host to the 1931 Congress of the;
National Student Federation, with Ir-
vin Harbright and Howard Dence as
co-congress chairmen, according to the
action taken at the Sixth Annual Con-
gress at Atlanta, Ga.
iar stan teil ; h
delegates at Atlanta, Mr. Harbright re-
called the constant support which his
university has given to the federation
since its founding. Every year at least
one delegate has been sent to the con-
gress, and men from Toledo have twice
held offices in. the Federatiou. The
Watvorsiie—ie—fertl lifted ,
books self-purchased for a school, down’
to a 29 per cent. condemnation of accept-
ing gifts from pupils.
Thorough discussion of principles’ of
professional ethics is needed, concludes a
recent-research bulletin of the association,
as well-as~systematic—instruction inthe
subject in all schools for teachers. That
thirty-three State teachers’ organizations
have already adopted ethical codes is
looked upon as hopeful. “Because of their
peculiar opportunities for guiding and in-
fluencing the prospective members of all
vocations’, teachers have an adiec . “‘ea-
tion to lead in the nation-wid- mov — ent
toward higher social levels,” the be «mn
points out. a—New York Ti imes
Robert. Frost Gives Diet :
Hanover, N. H.—-Many .college profes-
sors dislike the idea of giving exams,
However,‘ there’s one who actually did
something about it. -
At Dartmouth College, Robert Frost,
the poet, was giving a course in- poetry.
The authorities insisted that he give a
final examination. « Frost. didn’t care to,
but, as he» was under orders, he went
to the blackboard, and wrote, “Do. the
thing that you think will please me most.”
Some students composed original
poems; others wrote critical essays; some
praised the professor. One student, tak-.
Ling-the professor at his word, simply got.
up-and_walked_out—N.-S.-F, A. ise
It all happened in Macy’s to one of
our alumnae working there, ,A_ Park
Avenue lady came up tothe C. C.. grad-
uate and asked, “Do you wait on mules?”.
Came the — reply, “Certainly,: won't
lene New ews.
the scene ‘of the Congress because its
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Marcu 11, 1931
Two Plans Offered
for Foreign Study
: Walter Prichard Eaton ‘ad Sheldon
Cheney, leading experts in stagecraft,
are to conduct drama tours to Europe
_in the late spring and summer, accord-
-—-their festival seasons.
ing to. an announcement made by the
Drama League of America. :
Mr. Eaton, author of “The American
Stage of Today,” “The Actor’s Heri-
tage,” and a recent history of the Theatre
Guild, will lead the eae hig annual Sum-
_ met Theatre Tour, which 3 scheduled to4
sail from New York on July 4. The
party will be in England for the Shakes-,
peare Festival, im Orange for the yearly |
festival in the Theatre Antique, in Salz- |’
burg for the Reinhardt Festival and in
Heidelberg, Munich, and Bayreuth. for
Interviews are
being arranged with Sir Barry Jacksun.
_ Sir Archibald Flower, Max. Reinhardt,
* Gordon Craig, the Capeks, and others.
Special features will include visits back-
stage to investigate theatrical equipment
and machinery, and the’ party will enjoy
plays from both sides of the footlights.
Sheldon Cheney; outstanding exponent
of theatre arts and author of “The’ The-
atre—one thousand Years of Stage Deco-
ration” and the recently published “New
World Architecture,” will lead the Rus-
sian Theatre*Tour. This novel trip, sails
from New York on May 9 in order to
teach the Soviet Republic while the the-
atres are still open. It is designed to
give students a fascinating opportunity
to view Russia as well as to study out-
standing examples of the new drama.
The director will give lectures on the
“experimental and workers'-theatres-and4—
theré will be frequent comparisons with
the Continental methods and with the
Russian school preceding and following
the work of Stanislaysky. Rehearsals
will be attended and conferences will be
held with” leading producers. Theatres
to be visited include. the Meyerhold The--
atre, Moscow .Art .Theatres, Kamerny
“Theatre, Blue Blouse ‘Troupes,- Theatre
of Social Satire in Moscow, .and Ukran-
ian National Theatre.
Folders and full particulars ‘can be}:
obtained from the Drama League Travel
Bureau, 15 West 44th Street, New York.
THE VILLA COLLINA RIDENTE
A Centre for European and International
Study
The Villa Collina Ridente, a centre for
study, is open to young women, students
and recent graduates of American uni-
versities, who desire to acquaint them-
selves with certain social, economic and
political aspects of modern Europe. The
centre’ is directed by Miss Edith May,
sponsored by European and American
‘educators, and endorsed by the Italian
Government. :
» The aim of the work at the villa is
not to serve the specialist, but to meet the
pressing need of the average isolated
student who desires to lay a foundation
for future study, and to obtain a general
and practical knowledge of | certain
aspects of present-day Europe, i. ¢., its
life, culture, history, and “its interna-
tional problems.
To this end, the following methods of
instruction are employed: the permanent
staff is drawn from the schools of eco-
nomic and social sciences and of history
and literature of the University of Flor-
ence. Lectures are given in English,
French and Italian. Further instruction
is offered in. French, Italian and German,
and these languages are used in the daily,
life of the villa.
The program is unusual and unique in
that it is supplemented by professors and
other representative men from various
parts of Europe, who come as visitors to
the villa and who—lecture-and--conduct+}
- informal discussion... groups on - various
questions pertaining to the problems and
culture of their respective countries.
The study is completed by travel: ‘the
first study trip, of several “weeks, to
various parts of ‘Italy; the second, of a
month, to Austria, Czechoslovakia; Ger-
many, France and Switzerland. - In each
city opportunity is given to meet eminent |.
men who interpret the questions relative
to their nations.
The diverse lines of work are con-
verged through a week of study of the
League of Nations at Geneva. This
study is facilitated by the aid of the
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only high scholastic standing, but well-
balanced interests, who desire the deeper
insight and ‘broader international out-
look which characterize this type. of
study. :
Scholarships are available for a limited
number of students. ©
It is advisable but not necessary to
have had some preparation in either
French or Italian... ©
‘Motor, bicycle and walking trips are
made into the surrounding Tuscan towns.
For program of the year’s work and
further information, address -Miss Edith
M. May, Director; —_ Elizabeth B.
Gilmore,. Assistant Director. cy
VILLA COLLINA RIDENTE
59 via della Piazzola
Florence, Italy. —
American Representative: Mrs. S. N.
Cerick, 1750 Harvard .St., N. W.,.Wash-
ington, D. C.
June 1 to October 1 Wickford, R. I.
SUMMARY OF THE CENTRE’S
i? PROGRAM
A—Subjects—
1. Study of the Languages—French,
Italian, German—Particularly as a
means. of communication and un-
derstanding between ak students
and the students, professors ‘and
’
peoples with whom we come into |},
contact.
2. Study of the History—Economic,
Social, Educational, Political, Cul-
tural, especially.’ of » England;
France, Germany, Austria, and
Italy, and certain aspects of the
history of some of the smaller na-
tions of Europe, such as Denmark,
Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Yugo-
slavia.
3. ssa of the Sculpture, Architec-
means of understanding the i oi
and théught of various nations.
4, Study of certain aspects of the his-
tory of the Middle Ages, the Ren-
aissance, the French - Revolution,
and the Nineteenth Century, in
order that the significance of to-
day’s history may be better under-
, ' stood.
B—Method— i
The methods are many, and herein
lies the unique contribution: of the
It ‘is an effort to adapt
progressive methods: to students of
college age, and to meet the need
of the time for more personal and
practical. knowledge of vital ques-
tions.’ “
‘Centre.
1. Conferences and Lectures are given
by European university professors.
2. Round Table Discussions and time
The Round
Table discussions are held under
the auspices of the professors. ,
3. The Tutorial System, with indi-
dividual research and seminars.
4.. Wide opportunity for discussion
with men. of distinction in the edu-
. cational world and the world of in-
for summarizing.
ternational endeavor (members
from the Secretariat of the League
of, Nations and of the Cammittee
for Intellectual Co-operation), who
are our guests at the Centre for a
week or more, not merely to lec-
ture, but to give opportunity for
informal” discussions and conversa-
tion. S
5. During the year six of the- princi-
pal countries of Europe are visited
‘to bring the student in contact with
some of their social and educational
institutions, to give them the op- |.
tunity to meet some of the stu-
dents of these countries, and to
have conferences from men espe-
cially fitted to explain their coun-
tries’ problems. - All travel is in
the nature of a laboratory observa-
tion.
C—Students— .
The students are, for the most part,
—-~university. gradyates; some have
had but two years of college prepa-|
ration, . bs
D—Places— ~
The Villa Collina Ridente is itself
an asset in this work, both by its
situation and because it is run along
the lines of the peasant-proprietor
system, “Mezzadria,’ adopted
throughout Tuscany. This in itself
is a study of-certain existing social
conditions.
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No similar course of study, perennial
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MarcH 11, 1931
THE COLLEGE NEWS
- Class Basketball Games
Beginning the second round of Ahe in-
_ terclass games last Wednesday 1933 beat
1931 by a score of 31-13. Berkeley was
the star gf the evéning, scoring 24 of her
team’s points. In the second, game of
‘the evening 1932 and 1934 waged’ a hotly-
contestéd battle which ended 19-19.
1933 : 1931
Berkeley...........00... Ps anche Macatée
7. Persinicnicun Tatnall
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EME iviciwiiveriin ais Guanes Dixon
TERE Briss scissiinivecives ASiicenans Finckley
(Wod)
MEP AGE i isis oaks 6 PE ean BA Moore
(Lefferts) ~
Score! 1933, 31: Berkley, 2,2,2,2,2;2,-
2,2,2,2;1,2,1; Candee, ‘2;1:2.2. 1931, ‘13:
Tatnall, 2,2,2,2,2, 1; Macatee 2.
1932 1934
BOCCUB hi cisiccccassscsios Fisica Daniels
Cameron iiaeriariccs Pe viasiavacsianis Butler
Bei CG iiiciisisscccaccssse Sse re S. Jones
Reinhardt...<........ SiG, Gisessisvnvn Jarrett
(Mitchell)
Mueller..::....:... Wise bseeistivincceasiies E. Smith
DEVISON ccc OS cata Bishop
Score, 1932: 19—Cameron, 151,2,2,=
2,1,2,2,2,1; Pettus, 2,1; 1934, 19—Dan-
iels, 2,2,2,1,1,1; Butler, -1,2,2,2;1,2. .
In-the second team games’ Wedies
day. afternoon 1934’s third team held
1933’s seconds to a 13-13 tie. While
their second team beat 1932’s second,
26-10,
+ 1933 2d’s 1934 3d’s
IVE ORION occcisiis acs acs Bssis coisa scarhoraed F, Jones
PBR Eiiticessiviesviies Bivicscus hon B. Smith
Chighoun........... dL ORO eRe Hurd
Swensonss...350S: Cn. Yoakam
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Score, 1933: 13—Morison, 2,2,2,1,2;
Busser, 2,2, 1934, 13“Afones, LeA2 2.3
Smith;-2;2,1-
1932 2d’s 1934 2d’s
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Gratottissiciscaiusisasses ( omens Nichols.
Preancnotscsiccscc of ORT EE Mitchell
Alexanderson.......... . CEE aT Miles
(Milliken) (Yoakam)
BNR csc aca Fi nats Duany
Score, 1934: 26—Allen, 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,-
2,1; Polachek, 2,2,2,1,2. 1932,-10— M.
Woods; 2,2,2; J. Woods, 2,2.
Standings of the First Teams
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Student Congress Deplores
Subsidization in Athletics
Winding up three days of heated
discussions and parliamentary fights
student leaders at the Sixth Annual
Congress of the National Student Fed-
eration at Atlanta, Ga., December 29
to January 3, passed ‘three résolutions
‘on the evils of college athletics; which
summarize general student opinion on
the problem.
The resolutions were as follows:
1. That the Sixth Annual Congress
of the National Student Federation of
America deplore the subsidizing of
college athletes.
2. That the Sixth Annual Congress
of thé National Student Federation of
America. go on record.as favoring the
award of.scholarships on the same
basis regardless. of participation in
extra-curricular activities.
3. That the Sixth Annual Congress
of the National Student’ Federation of
America empower its officers to make
a thorough investigation of the possi-
bility of staging a nation-wide confer- |.
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ence of college presidents, athletic di-
rectors and student leaders on com-
mercialism and professionalism in col-
lege athletics.
, Answers
1. In Italy, near Rimini. It is the
smallest republic in the ~world:
2. Francis I,. to. Spain.
3. Catherine of Aragon.
4. Shelley’s Mont Blanc..
5. Colorado Springs.
6. Dante’s Inferno.
7. Dresden.
8. Alaska. The famous Pass of the
Trail of ’98. :
9. Istria. Famous for
its Roman
arch and amphitheater. .
10. Patrick Hurley, Ray Wilbur,
Doak. :
11. William Penn’s father.
12. An island in the’ Baltic, once .a
member of the Hanseatic League.
13.. A musical composition based--on
one short musical phrase, taken up by’
each voice in turn.
14. Sophistical reasoning.
15. A Sienese painter of the Renais-
sance: :
- 16. From one of Rupert Brooke’s war
sonnets.
17. King John, Fabius, Charles Mar-
an
tel, Frederick Barbarossa, William of
Orange. .
18. Tm island of Molokai, in the
Hawaiian Rlands.
19 Louis XV;
20. jhe University of Bologna.
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-The former decided that jt was a col-
lege problem.
In connection with a student peti-
tion received in the last week, Miss
Park suggested that petitions would
be more effective if they gave reasons
for their requests and were not merely
&
thah the petition, however, is the co
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the bald, “respectful”
students make so often.
ference. . To disclose new informatio
to ask the college its reasons or 1 |
assert its own the student body wou
find the conference useful. Hono
work has fostered an intelligent par
nership between older students an
faculty. We should aim towards th
same intelligent co-operation in all th |
intergroup scat of college lif»
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make. :
While we =< spent a good many million
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really counts is what we put into our cigarette
and not what we say about it.
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jokingly, “What is this, a special blend re- —
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“Certainly not,”’ we told him. “This package
of Camels was bought at the corner store this
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Denver. If you would give the rest of the world
the kind of Camels you sell here in Winston-
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problem. The more we
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we were that he was dead’
right, and that somehow,
something must be done.
Denver wasn’t getting a fair :
break. Neither in fact was
*
of the tobacco in Camels, whether you buy
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too. But up to now there has been a very real
-difference in the condition of the cigarettes by -
the time they reached the smoker. ~ ¢
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depend upon the retention of its natural, not
added,, moisture content which is prime at
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‘sure Camels left the factory with just the right
(1) Cheap tobaceos.
(2) Particles of peppery dust left in the
tobacco because of inefficient clean- —
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(3) A parched dry condiiton of the to-
bacco due to loss of natural moisture
by overheating or evaporation.
Always certain of the quality of our tobaccos
we had already made Camel a “‘dustless”” cig-
arette by the use of a specially designed vacuum
cleaning apparatus exclusive with our factory.
Now, if we could perfect a package that would
actually act as a humidor and retain the natu-
ral moisture content, then Yuma, Arizona,
could enjoy Camels as much as we do here at
Winston-Salem.
_We knew what we wanted.
~ We tricd many things.
asked the Pittsburgh Testing
Laboratory to.help us. —
After many experiments and
humidity tests covering all
methods of packing cigarettes
came the detailed report of
which this is the net:
(A) No existing cigarette pack-
age, including those wrapped
in glassine paper or ordinary
We -
air-tight seal could give the desired protection.
(D) This measure, while costly, could be relied
on to keep Camels in prime condition for at
least three months in any climate.
If you have 4 téchnical bent, the graph 77 iw
made by the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory -
will show you the exact results of their ex-
haustive study.
25 DAY CHART OF CIGARETTE MOISTURE i058
4 Average 50 packages *:
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory chart above graphically
shows you that only the Camel Humidor Pack delivers
cigarettes to you in prime condition
You may be sure we gave this report a lot of
careful study. We checked it and re-checked it
and then we went ahead. We tried this device
and that. At last we met success. The air-tight
wrapping involved the designing of special
processes, special machines.
That costs a lot of money, more than #2, 000,-
000 the first year, but after you have tried
Camels packed this modern new way we are
sure you will agree it is a fine investment.
For some time now every Camel that has left
our factory has gone out in this new Humidor
Pack. ou
,_-We have said nothing about it until now, to
make sure your dealer would be able to supply”,
you when the good news came out.
Camel smokers of course have ‘already dis-
covered that their favorite cigarette is better
and milder now than ever before.
If you aren’t a Camel smoker, try them jubt
~to see what a difference there really is between
harsh, dried out tobacco and a properly con-
ditioned cigarette. =
= AX ot in pw heonv . : opiiane vives an nin: g like 2 You can feel the difference, you can hear the
ple who really knew how aah sdaadte protection “against difference and you certainly can taste the dif-
Camels could be,were the folks. evaporation. — Jie . ference. ‘
ence whatever in the quality
right here. in Winston-Salem.
That was due to a factor no :
cigarette. manufacturer had . the day they are released from —_ world’s best ‘cigarette.
ever been able to control. the factory. - ~ ‘Now we know it. f
Naturally there is no differ- (Cc) Only a waterproof mate-
(B) All-cigarettes so packed
2 ge with a specially devised
tend to dry out rapidly from’
_Of course we’re prejudiced.
We always have believed thet Camel is. the
i: Sot treat yourself to Camels in the new
Humidor Pack and see if you don’t agree.
R. Jj. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
«Winston-Salem, N. C.
College news, March 11, 1931
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