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VOL. XVI, NO. 18

BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., hl cael Y, MARCH 26, 1930

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PRICE,



Saaiaiemeene



Curriculim Changes |
Explained in Detail
Unit ‘Svinte and New Lecture

Schedules Substituted
For Old Plan.



DOUBLE 3:HOUR BLOCKS



Since Thanksgiving,’ both the Fac-
ulty and Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee have been considering tlfe
curriculum of the college. Dissatisfac-

tion with its present organization has

been felt on all sides. President Park,
before she left for Europe, expressed
her opinion very strongly on the sub-
ject, and urged the Faculty Committee
to do everything they could to make a
change. Dean Manning has for sev-
eral years thought that dividing the
students’ time among a large number
of courses makes for dissipation of
energy. and for over-work on the part
of the conscientious student. The
Faculty, especially those who teach ad-
vanced courses or who give Honors
work, have felt that the quality of their

—hést students’ work has been affected,

by the fact that their schedules are
over-crowded. The students them-
selves have complained more and more
about their numerous reports and
quizzes.

Because of these facts,
Committee set itself thoroughly to in-
vestigate the whole situation. It con-
ferred- formally with the..Undergrad-
uate Curriculunr Committee and talked

informally with various individuals on,

the committee. It found practically a
unanimity of opinion as to the draw-
backs of the present curriculum, and
ample evidence to support the general
dissatisfaction.

The fact that the majorityof-stu-
dents have a large number of subjects

is proved by the following table, which}

shows the percentage of each class
taking last year the number of courses
indicated:

the Faculty |



Thurston Heads Self-Gov.
The ‘executive board of the self-
government association for , .next*,

year has been elected as follows:
President—Lois Thurston, 731.
Vice-President—Elizabeth: Baer,
"Ol.
Third Senior Member—E. Mor-

gan.
First Junior |Meniber—Alice
Hardenbergh. ‘
Second Junior Member—Joseph-
ine Graton.
Third Junior Member—J. Bruere.
First Sophomore Member—S.
Bowditch. “
. Second Sophomore Member—E.
Collins.

Sey aT Aloe s y
Gill. — : -
Treasurer of Association—E.

‘Jackson. ; =
_ Miss» Thurston, inher Sopho-
more year at Bryn Mawr, 1928-29,
was the Treasurer of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association, and the Sec-
retary of her Class. In this past
year, she has held the offices of
Class President, Second Junior
_Member of the Self-Government
- Board, and_ Business Manager of
the Varsity Dramatics. ;







Student Economic-
Conference



Addresses and Discussions Cen-
tre on Unemployment
Problems.



TO EMANCIPATE WORKER

&

(Specially contributed by H. Selig-
man, President of the Bryn Mawr
Liberal Club.) ,

A much larger turnout appeared
for the Economic Conference _ in
Goodhart on March 22, than had been
expected.", Swarthmore. as _tisual sent





All figures based on percentage:
No. of courses:

9 +8 Yi LS GEE aa
Class" ‘ . we
1929—-1-6 4:6: 9:7-37/1 37.) 113° 5.6
1930— 14.9 34.0 32.9 15:9 2.1
1931— 3.) 48.5 S92 82 4.0
1932— 1.6 48.8 44.9. 3.1 1.6

A second difficulty was bfought to
light in connection with our evaluation
of courses, not by the proportion of

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Miss Carey Discusses

Fy

es *Journey’s End’



“It seems late to speak* about
‘Journey’s End” since it has now left
Philadelphia, but some very interesting
facts. have just been: published about it
in the theater section ofthe New York
Times which have brought, it before
the public again.” In this way Miss
Carey explained her choice of “Jour
ney’s End” for a short talk in chapel
on Tuesday, March 18. This is the
third year since its writing by R. C..
‘Sheriff, a veteran of the World War.
.Mr. Sherriff took his play which was
based on his-letters from the front and
his diary of eight intensivé days of
action, to many well-known producers
and was turned down. Finally the
Incorporated Stage Society of London
“gave a private performance andthe
play was an immediate success.: Since
its production it has made $1,220,000
in its engagements in London, and on
its British, Australian, Continental, and
Far-Eastern tours, while performances
in ninety-four North American cities
have brought in $1,727,158, counting

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e. ews Elections

Those elected to membership on
the Business Board of the .News
for next year are E. McCormick

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the largest number of delegates, and
kept the discussion’® going. About a
hundred people were served at lunch
and ‘tea, including a plentiful sprink-
ling of Bryn Mawr faculty.

Dr. Jesse ‘Holmes, Professor of
Philosophy at Swarthmore, was the
first speaker of the morning; after a
few words of welcome by the Chair-
man, H. Seligman, ’30. He believes
that the best way to solve our present
difficulties is by the political action

of a new party, a third. party. The
Republican party, he said, is con-
fessedly the party of business inter-

‘ests; we need to get rid of the prop-
erty idéa as the aim of government.
The work of this generation is to
eliminate the acquistive motive and
to get back to the earlier, ideals of
liberty.

After a few minutes’ recess, Mr.

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Humanism Apparent
in New Scholarship



“Something new is in the wind of
American _ scholarship today.”
Miss Caroline Dunn prefaced her after-
dinner speech to the graduate students
at the’annual Fellowship Dinner in Rad-
her Hall, March 21. Miss Dunn is full
professor in English at Smith College,
and was herself. holder of the Helene
and Cecil Rubel Fellowship: in 1921-22.

This new element, Miss Dunn went on
to say, has been given the very old name
of “humanism.” Humanism, according
to Mr. Harry Hansen, of The New York
World, makes excellent “column” stuff.
The word is - becoming popularized.

Newspapers and, educators have taken it!
up as signifying their»protest against the |.|
‘|modern materialistic attitude which —

that the “evidence. of things not seen”

jal.

| and” their development

Thus.

Greek Myth Interpreted
In Dance Club Recital



A fulfillment, and even an expansion
of what the name Natural Dancing im-
plies, was to be found in the program of
Natural Dancing presented by the Dance
Club, and the Dancing classes on Tues-
day evening, March 18. Simplicity char-
acterized not only the setting, and the
costumes but the dances themselves. “The
natural technique in ignoring completely
the sophisticated pretensions of modern
interpretive dancing, was so graceful and
unrestrained in form, .as suggest an
idealized expression of the ordinary im-
pulse to leap and run. Natural Dancing
indeed harks back to Greek ideals, as we

| think of them today, and the development}
of the pure technique into an interpreta-}
“tion of the my th; Pentheus and Bacchus,

was the most smooth of transitions.

The interest centered upon the har-
mony of the whole. The gymnasium was
transformed by no more. than greyyéur-
tains hung from_ the balcony; the cos-
tumes were simple, soft-colored tunics;
the spotlight played almost no part at
In the dancing there was none of the
mechanical organization sometimes seen,

_| but.the. individualized movements of the |.

dancers were harmonized through the
common elements of the natural technique.

The first part of the program was an
illustration of the technique and showed
better than any words what constitutes
natural dancing. The examples could not
be mistaken in any way for’ gymnastics,
into the actual
dances could be traced. The elastic laws.
of the technique require no more than
the ordinary movements of the body made
free and co-ordinated, and relaxation of
the. botly. The spirit of the dancing is
the adaptation of yourself to a motif, not
a stilted effort to be what you are not.
The dancers really exhibited the every-
day actions of bending, moving arms and
legs, and springing on feet, executed as

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Of Economic Interest

On April 8 and 9, there will be a
very interesting conference” held in
Philadelphia) on “Unemployment—
What Can Be Done About It?” The
meetings of this Eighth —All-Philadel-
phia Conference on Social Work are to
‘be open to the public, and’ will take
place at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel.
The subjects to. be discussed are the
All-Philadefphia Community Council,
Utiemployment Throughout the Coun-
try, The Human Cost of Unemploy-
ment, The Human Cost of Unemploy-
ment in Family Relationships, An In-
dustrialist- Looks fat Unemployment,
How Unemployment Affects Philadel-
phia, The Human Cost-of Unemploy-
ment in Child Development, How Un-
employment is Being Met, in European
Countries and in Industrial Groups.
There will be discussion, léd by people
who are well acquainted with the sub-
ject, as are ‘all the speakers on the pro-
gram. Further information and reéser-
vations may be made through Clara E.
Farr, Room 507, 311-South, Juniper St.

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Varsity Dramatics-

The cast of “The Constant

Nymph”. has been chosen, and
is as follows:

(in order of appearance) ~
Kate Sanger...... Laurine Sears
Linda Angelyn Burrows,
Teresa Sanger,

Catherine Rieser,
Paulina Sanger,
Elizabeth -Thomas,
Antonia Sanger,
Mary Hamman,

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eg Betty Fetter, ’30
Florence Churchill,
Mary Drake, ’31

if iiioeat Gregory,
Mary Burnam,
Erda Leyburn, :
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| no evidence.at all—the emphasis upon r=

stability of facts as against the a a
ity of ideas, er ,

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Mrs: Mainwaring, }
Miriam Dodge, 33

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SARAH STANLEY GORDON



Fellowship Awards_

Rubel Founda-

been awarded to

The Helene and Cecil
tion Fellowship ,has
Edith Fishtine, A. B. Boston University,
1925: “student, University of Paris and
Madrid, 1925-26;
cliffe College, 1927; part-time instructor

graduate student, Rad-

in Spanish and graduate student Bryn
Mawr 1927-28, 1929-30; Fellow in Span-
1928-29, Miss

Fishtine has been nominated by the De-

ish, Bryn Mawr College,

partments of Spanish and French; she

has already chosen the subject for her
thesis: Juan Valera as'a Critic. The
main part of Miss Fishtine’s work will
be done in Spain, gathering material for
her thesis and attending courses by Men-.
endez Pidal at the Centro de Estudios
Historicos. She will also spend some
‘time in Cordoba, in Vienna, in the Brit-
ish Museum, and in Paris gathering
further. material for her thesis.

The Fanny Bullock Workman Fellow-
ship has been awarded to Virginia Ran-
dolph Grace: A. B. Bryn Mawr College,
1922; M. A. Bryn Mawr College, 1929;
Assistant in Print Department, Metro-
politan Museum; N. Y., 1922-23; teacher,
Wadleigh High. School and Brearley
School, 1923-26;° student, American
School of Classical Studies at’ Athehs,
1927-28: Fellow in Greek, Bryn Mawr
College, 1928-29; Fellow in Archaeology,
Bryn Mawr College, 1929-30. Miss
Grace has .been:‘nominated by the De-
partments of Archaeology and Greek.
She will ‘Spend “most of “her time ‘in

Greece, taking courses under. Dr, Car-
penter and others at the American
'School «at ©Athens, “devoting herself

mainly to the study of archaic sculpture.
She will also spend some time in Ger-
many, probably in Munich, - studying
under Professor Buschor.

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Varsity Victorious
Over Swarthmore



The Varsity basket ball game with
Swarthmore on Saturday, March 21,
was a great pleasure to those who have
watched Varsity in’ its vicissitudes of
fortune this year. The two teams were
closely matched and held each other to
their utmost, so that there was excel-
lent opportunity to see Varsity’s cali-
bre. Outstanding for steady, clean, co-
operative playing were the guards.
They passed accurately and. quickly,
and intercepted many of the plays from
the Swarthmore centers. Their. work
was characterized by dependability. and
excellent joint playing.

~The forwards-also-deserve credit for

\ effective teamwork and reliable shoot-

Their increased use of quick

ing.

4 passes to the-center-while they freed

themselves and moved back under the

me. |

basket proved:a valuable asset to their |
The: centers, too, played _ good |.

Stanley Gordon European
Fellow With 303 Honour Points



Fishtine, Grace Relyea, and Jef-
frey Win .Graduate
Fellowships.



AWARDS HISTORICAL



Chapel was held in Goodhart Hall,
Friday,. March 21, to ince the
awards of the European Fellowships, and
the Roll of Honour for the class of 1930.

In preface to the announcement,

announce

Acting
President Manning gave..an-account~ of
| the history of the European Fellowships,
particularly of the undergfaduate fellow-
ship.

the

Almost_ since Bryn

Mawr College the award of the Euro-

opening ~ of

‘| pean Fellowships have marked: one of

the great days in the college year. The
European Fellowship at Bryn Mawr
seems to have originated in the mind of
President Emeritus. Thomas. | When
Miss Thomas was working in Baltimore

fact that for every ambitious young man
studying at. Johns Hopkins the most im-
portant part of his preparation was. a
year in Europe, preferably in Germany in
ordergto work in mee seminaries.
That opportunity, Miss Thomas felt,
should come to Bryn Mawr; she _her-
self -had—gore to the “Gérman universi-
ties; her account of her own education
is particularly fascinating. At that time
no German university would give an
American woman a degree, and she had
to go to Zurich to take her Ph.D. She
appeared in low neck evening dress and
long white gloves. at the’ final exami-
nation at 10 A.-M..- It.is:hard to realize,
now, since work in Europe has become

that when Bryn Mawr opened the idea
first becoming prevalent in the
American mind; the continental, countries
were ahead pf the Anglo-Saxons in
'methods of research—this was especially
true of Germany and France. The rea-
sons for giving European Fellowships
were strengthened by the trend of the
times. Bryn Mawr was one of the first
colleges to offer European Fellowships ;
it was also one of the® first institutions
to invite foreign women to study on the
campus. :

was

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Statistics of 1930
The class of 1930 is the largest class
to graduate since the statistics began,
which. was_in,1900....It..has the largest
percentage graduating with hofiour with
the exception of the class of 1904, in
which 35% of the class graduated with
horours. (The class of 1930 has 34.8%
graduating with honour.) ,
ROLL.OF HONOUR
Class of 1930 ©
_SUMMA CUM LAUDE



Sarah’ Stariley Gordon ; 303
(315 on 110 hrs.)
‘!Constance Hand 288

(298- on 112 hrs.)

MAGNA.CUM LAUDE
Marina Yung Kwai 247%
Margaret Mary Gook.:....... Keay

(241 on 107 hrs.) ae
Anne Elizabeth Wood 238
(240_on.107 hrs.) °
Helen Louise Taylor 236
(243 on 110 hrs.)
| Agries Kirsopp Lake 234.
(239 on 110 hrs.) : o
Myrtle de Vaux 233
(On. 103 hrs.) :
Nina Sturgis Skidmore 233
(On 103 hrs.)
Gertrude Bancroft 232
Dorothea Cross... 230%
Mary Augusta Peters 226

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Lantern Elects’

The Lantern has the pleasure of
announcing the election of* Anne_}.

10 CENTS

Pas a girl, *she-was—impressed—with—the-

a part of the young American’s study ~



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the class of 1933. NPE





‘field of. graduate study, - Miss Dunn



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basketball, although their_ co-operation |

“Channing, 33, afd Maxine Silver,
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