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College news, April 15, 1936
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1936-04-15
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 22, No. 20
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
“Co h ae HOME FIRE DIVISION lege career. The candidates must have . : : ° Ee
mprehensive”’ is ;
P passed the College Entrance Board The President— ' jRockefeller Will. Give
_ Explained at Council
‘Comments on Graduate School
In Address by, Dr. Smith, ’02,
To the Alumnae
FELLOWSHIPS ARE MISSED
At the annual Council of the Bryn
Mawr Alumnae Dr. Marion P. Smith,
02, spSke on the. comprehensives, the
junior year abroad, the Graduate
School, the European Fellowship and
other items of interest to the alumnae.
Excerpts from Mrs. Smith’s speech
. are printed below:
The outstanding academic event
this year is the completion of the
plans for the General Examination in
the major subject—popularly known
as “the Comprehensive.” The plans
go into effect this spring; the present
junior class will be the first to take
the general examination in May, 1937,
and the present sophomore class, the
first to make their own plans for su-
pervised reading and special studies.
Every student is required to take
the general examination. As soon as
she has decided on her major subject
she will discuss her plans with the
head of her department and be as-
signed to some member of the depart-
ment for consultation as to courses
and supervised reading. One of the
student’s units during her senior year
will be free for general reading and
preparation for the examination. After
the first-year course, semester exam-
inations will be omitted in the major
subject.
In general, the plans submitted by
the departments are fairly uniform.
There will be three three-hour papers
in the general examination. Of these,
one (or two) will be of a general
character and two (or one) will be
specialized or limited in scope; e. g.,
a French major will take a general
language examination, an examina-
tion in some period of French Litera-
ture, and an examination in a single
“genre,” such as drama, the novel, or
lyric poetry. The student’s courses
and reading-from the end of her
sophomore year will be chosen with
regard to the period of literature in
which she will be examined, or the
“genre” which she is especially inter-
ested in studying.
Whether this system will make for
more or less specialization at the ex-
pense of general information and
wider interests, is a matter of specu-
lation.
Mrs. Smith ‘docks of the popularity
of the junior year abroad. There are
four French majors spending their
junior year in France at present. The
summer term is now spent at Tours
instead of Nancy. Next year there
will probably be one German major
studying in Munich, and possibly a
Renaissance language major in both
Spain and Italy.
In speaking of the Graduate School,
Mrs. Smith remarked that the plan
of giving the Graduate students a hall
of its own was successful. Individual
Graduate students know fewer _un-
dergraduates and less of the under-
graduate college life than they did
when they were scattered among the
six halls of residence; but new and
pleasant contacts are made and the
atmosphere of Radnor is just different
enough to be stimulating.
We greatly miss the stimulus of}}
A shrink- | }
the European Fellowships.
age of funds in the last few years has
reduced them to one. Also we have
lost all but one of the scholarships
for foreign women which did so much
to make the Graduate School cosmo-
politan. A new plan for Foreign Ex-
change Students partly compensates
for this. _We have one French
scholar this year who is exchanging
with Catherine Robinson. We hope
next year to have one student each
from France, Germany,
GREEN HILL FARMS
City Line and Lancaster Ave.
Overbrook-Philadelphia
A reminder that we would like to
take care of your parents and
Italy. and :
tism,” held their first meeting today.
appointment of officers. It was de-
cided that Miss Siegler should select
ant. As only tWenty-eight members
were present, the election of a secre-
tary, treasurer and a secretary of pub-
lic affairs was postponed to-a later
date.
Several new members joined, bring-
ing, the total membership to approxi-
mately one-quarter of the college.
One-half of the funds received through
the fees for membership (a quarter)
are sent back to the home post,
Princeton... The other half is used to
further its:cause at college.
The parent movement, the Veterans
of Future Wars, started at Prince-
ton less than two months ago and
now announces that over 22,000 stu-
dents in 200 posts are affiliated with
it.
Believing that in order to aid the
citizens of America it must be official-
dents in 200 posts are affiliated with it.
of Texas has promised to introduce
their proposal for bonuses for the as
yet unfought war. They are likewise
considering a national convention dur-
ing the summer. The March of Time
has just released a feature on this
movement.
Alumnae Association
Has Many Activities
Continued from Page One
classes, geographically, etc. Recently
an occupational file has been made.
A post card questionnaire asking
name, address and occupation of all
‘alumnae is sent out by the office every
year. Occasionally a more elaborate
series of questions is prepared, the
results of which are published in the
Alumnae Register. The Register is a
publication put out by the Alumnae
Association and the college jointly.
It is issued through the college Publi-
cation Office, but the two organiza-
tions bear the expense equally.
Just as the primary function of the
Alumnae Office is record keeping, that
of the association itself is providing
financial assistance to the college. It
does this in a number of ways:
through Scholarships, the Loan Fund
and special drives, such as the Million
Dollar Minimum conducted during the
present year.
A lack of financial aid for entering
students moved the alumnae to insti-
tute the Regional Scholarships. The
first student to receive such an award
entered college in 1922. She gradu-
ated summa cum laude in 1926 and
was awarded the European Fellow-
ship for that year. The scholarships
are awarded on the basis of financial
need and promise of a successful col-
Spain, and, in return, “to send four
Bryn Mawr graduates to those coun-
tries. The exchange students receive
no stipend, all their expenses are paid
and they, on their part, give language
lessons four hours: weekly.
Luncheon 40c - 50 - 75c
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APPOINTS. OFFICERS
Gymnasium, April 13.—The Bryn
Mawr members. of the Homefire Di-
vision of the Veterans of Future
‘| Wars, advocates of “prepaid patrio-
Post Commander Eileen Siegler, ’37,
announced that the business of the
meeting would be to decide upon the
a girl from each hall'to be a lieuten-
examinations and be acceptable by the
gollege as candidates for. admission,
but the actual awarding of the scho-
larship is entirely in the hands of the
scholarship committee of the district
in which the money was raised.
The scholarships are not for a fixed
amount as is sometimes thought,
range from one hundred to six hun-
dred dollars. They last from one to
four years, depending on the academic
success of’ the recipient and the state
of the funds raised in her district.
There is usually a decrease in the
amount given, however, after the ex-
Washington, where Senator Maverick |
ceptionally expensive period of the
freshman year.
The activity of the alumnae in re-
gard to scholarships is not restricted,
however, to those made from funds
collected solely by district alumnae.
Bryn Mawr is the only woman’s col-
lege where the awarding of regular
college scholarships is in any way de-
termined by the alumnae. When an
application for a scholarship is filed
in the office of the Dean, a duplicate
copy is filed in the Alumnae Office.
The Chairman of the -Alumnae Scho-
larship Committee reads over the ap-
plications, obtains reports of the stu-
dents concerned from each of their
professors, and then consults with the
faculty and the President. In this
way a large share in the selection of
college scholarship students is taken
by the alumnae.
The Loan Fund was established in
1891 and has operated every year
since then, although no special appeals
for donations have been made in big-
drive years. In 1925 the fund com-
mittees were reorganized and the name
Alumnae Fund was adopted. The
Fund Committee solicits funds for the
college, and endeavors to direct be-
quests. into the right channels. Vari-
ous well-meant’ but unwanted gifts
have often been averted by a timely
word from the committee.
The official organ of the Alumnae
Association is the Bulletin. It was
formerly a quarterly, but since 1921
has appeared nine times a year, no
issues being published for August,
September and October.. During the
early years of its publication the
Bulletin was subscribed to separately.
Since the early 1920’s it has been in-
cluded in the yearly dues of the asso-
ciation, which are three dollars. It
goes to eighty per cent of those who
have received an A. B. from Bryn
Mawr. The editorship, which is a
part-time job, is at present filled by
Marjorie Thompson of the class of
1912. The editorial board is volun-
tary. Class notes are contributed by
the class editors, and are published
just as they are sent in except for
changes of spelling and punctuation
which we find, to our surprise, are
often edieaity The rest of the
Bulletin is given over to articles by
various alumnae, members of the fac-
ulty, Miss Park and an, undergraduate
representative.
The officers of the association are
elected by all members from a group
nominated by a special nominating
committee. In addition to an Execu-
tive Board, district councillors, etc.,’
the Alumnae Secretary (at present
Miss Alice Hawkins, 1907) is elected
in this way. The secretary is in
charge of the Alumnae Office, through
which all official business of the asso-
ciation is handled.
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE INN
TEA ROOM
Meals a la carte and table d’hote
Daily and Sunday 8.30 A. M. to 7.30 P. M.
Afternoon Teas
BRIDGE, DINNER PARTIES AND TEAS MAY BE ARRANGED
MEALS SERVED ON THE TERRACE WHEN WEATHER PERMITS
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
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GETTING INTO BUSINESS
EXcEPTIONAL positions, where college attainments have practical
value, are readily secured by graduates of our Special Course for
College Women, combining secretarial training and modern business
fundamentals. Interesting placement booklet, “Results,” and illustrated
Catalog on request. Address College Course Secretary. Fall term opens
September 22 in Boston and New York.
. July 13th —NEW YORK SCHOOL only.
Biehiid aides Wi be aunvened fet cadly plaseusiaids Rutty iaeelinent secsegenys
leo One and Twe Year Courses jor preparatory and high school greduates
KATHARINE . GIBBS SCHOOL
Dinner 85c - $1.25
_ 90 Marlborough Street, Boston
Attended a meeting of the
Curriculum Committee of the
Bryn Mawr Summer School for
Women Workers in Industry on
Friday evening, April 10. At-
tended a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Bryn Mawr
Summer School on Saturday,
April 11, in New York.
Presided over a meeting of
the Committee on Review of the
College Entrance Examination
Board on Tuesday, April 14;
and attended a meeting of the _
College Entrance Examination
Board on April 15, in New
York.
Campus Notes
Dr. Carpenter, of the Archaeology
Department has just published An
Elaborate Study of the Fortifications
of Ancient Corinth, which is part of
a series brought out by the American
School of Classical Study in Athens.
It is a quarto volume of three hun-
dred and twenty pages, summing up
five years of digging, map making
and measured drawing.
The Department of Education has
just received a grant to continue a
study of the aggressive behavior of
young children.
Dr. Chew has just edited Lord
Byron: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
and Other Romantic Poems for the
Doubleday Doran series in literature,
A story by Miss Meigs, entitled
Hasty Pudding, appeared in the April
number of Child Life.
Miss Gilman of the French Depart-
ment has recently published an article
in the Romantic Review on Baudelaire
and Thomas Hood, and in the Revue
de la Literature Comparée on Cosmo-
politisme de Baudelaire et l’Espagne.
Dr. Max Diez, in the modern lan-
guage section of the Teachers’ Con-
ference of Philadelphia high schools,
lectured on March 23 on Aims and
Possibilities of Modern Language In-
struction.
Dr. Ernst Diez, during the vaca-
tion, lectured in Chattanooga on Ori-
ental Gardens. This fall an article
of his, Analysis of Islamic’ Art, will
appear in the magazine Ars Islamica.
Dr. von Erffa is writing a paper on
a tomb stehli, taken from a Persian
tomb in the Gardiner Museum in Bos-
ton.
Dr. Taylor has just accepted an in-
vitation of the College Entrance Ex-
amination Board to be on the commis-
. Dance This Saturday
Students Eager to Set Precedent
For Brighter Weekends
Bryn Mawr traditions are usually
thought of as being followed. On
Saturday, April 18, at 7 p. m., Rocke-
feller Hall, trusting in the adage that
all good things deserve repetition,
hopes to introduce a new custom giv-
ing hall dances at college.
The spirit of experiment has proved
to be irresistible.
least fifty couples are expected, to-
gether with a sprinkling of more
skeptical “stags.” The hall is sorry
to announce that it is unable to ex-
tend an invitation to undergraduates
from: other halls.
After a buffet supper has been
served, the couples will dance in the
large dining room. At 11.30 the or-
chestra will stop playing, as a tactful
reminder that the hall must be cleared
by midnight. It is assumed that the
majority of the dancers will swoop
down on the “Greeks,” as everyone
may obtain one o’clock permission.
“The weekend is to be a thoroughly
social one. Sunday afternoon a hall
tea will offer further entertainment
to: the guests.
sion for making up the Latin examina-
tions for a year from this June. She
has also recently published an article
in the American Journal of Philology,
entitled The Publii Lucilii Gamalae of
Ostia, which is a study of a famous
family of Ostia, considered in the light
of recently discovered inscription.
Miss Marti is to be a reader on the
College Entrance Examination Board
this year.
Dr. Wethey, of the same depart-
ment, published in February a book
on Gil de Siloe and His School.
Miss Lehr will give.a lecture on
April 17 for students of mathematics
and science at the Masters School,
Dobbs Ferry. The subject will be the
mathematical problem that has its
origin in crystal structure.
Dr. Gillet of the Spanish Depart-
ment has published several articles:
Note sur Rabelais ens Espagne and
Le Transitif Espagnol “Quedar”; and
is bringing out an edition of the re-
discovered Farca by Alonso de Salaya.
Meet your friends at the
Bryn Mawr Confectionery
(Next to Seville Theater Bldg.)
The Rendezvous of the College Girls
Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious Sundaes
Superior Soda Service
Music—Dancing for girls onlv
— SRR Fa
oe
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GOING TO EUROPE ON
THE STATENDAM
Make the Transatlantic crossings high spots of your
summer European trip—sail STCA* with a congenial
college crowd*—to England, France or Holland.
PE. meses June 5
wees ee June 13
WOME. 6.6. June 24
Tourist Class d
Round Trip $2 i] a we
*STCA
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fe ere July 11 *
Statendam (via Boston) ... July 21
Third Class
$14.6°° =
Round Trip
either Student Tourist Class or Student Third Class Asieciation.
For full details see
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Consequently, at,
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