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College news, June 2, 1931
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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Vol. 17, No. 23
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THE COLLEGE. NEWS
JUNE 2, 1931
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Goodbye To 1931.
Perhaps the farewell Saltorier to the Seniors must be phrased tritely,
but looking back over the years we have known them, we find ourselves
not quite competent to express what we feel:
We remember them as Sophomores at Lantern Night, we even cat:
ish_memories of amicable (?) Freshman Night rows, and the. slightly
supercilious air which adorns every Sophomore class when a Freshman
hovers in the neighborhood. As Juniors, stepping into the hallowed and
somewhat awesome character of upperclassmen, their brows began to
show the furrows of new responsibilities, and we wondered at their
amazing ability to cope with Majors, Orals, and the Freshmen.
But when they became “the Seniors,” the friendship of two years
suddenly became something to hold on to. Commencement inevitably
draws near; three years ago we thought ’31 and *32 were probably fix-|
tures on the campus, but in-an incredibly-short-timewe-have-come to the
point where we are telling them goodbye, and séon we'll be joining them
as Alumnae ourselves.
—At—Commencement-—time—we—trealize_more-_clearly.alL.
means.- True, sentiment plays a big role, but why not? It’s
college |
pretty
genuine sentiment, and. the classes -that..are left behind are honestly |
regretting the Senior's departure. We have been good friends in the
months or the years that we’ve known them, and we hope that the college
friendships, proverbially lasting, formed in this time, will go on. At any
rate, goodbye and good luck.
To The Alumnae.
& The annual descent of the Alumnae upon the campus is always a
surprise to the Undergraduate—a pleasant and stimulating. one. Those
who are engaged in college living are likely to forget that they are also
being influenced by college life. The return of Alumnae who have
become aware of this contact, and value it so highly that they attempt
to recapture it during their reunions, makes. the_undergraduate adopt -a
more objective point of view for a moment. Many of the members of
the classes holding reunions this year have made names for themselves in
larger, more important communities than our,own. Many of the others
live less famous lives, but they too are. blessed with mature reflections.
All of them are worthy object lessons for the young student who desires to
live wisely, and to make her life reflect the lessons college has tried to
teach her. The yearly Alumnae reunions help to make the undergrad-
uate’s. relation to Bryn Mawr clear, and to give her a foundation upon:
which to base her. convictions.
Seniors Entertain
On Last Class Day
According to one of the customs
handed down to the seniors, they as-
sembled on the senior steps promptly at
a quarter past one, the last day of classes.
It is according to tradition for the
European fellow to speak at Taylor, and
since it has not been announced, Miss
Sullivan proved herself an able candidate
for the honor, by regaling the audience.
After her polite “Ladies, and Miss Gar-
vin” she proceeded to discuss not what
college means to her, but what she means
to the college. After some fine research,
‘she decided thatthe deed most beneficial
to Taylor, .itself, would be to take all
the statues and put them together, nak-
ing one big bust.
‘ At Dalton Miss Cone had the honor of
speaking since according to her own con-
fession she has taken more of the same
biology than anyone else in college, in
_ fact she found herself f majoring | in n_ minor | o}
~~ Biology.
After some peculiar disappearances,
IMiss Winship came forth from ithe gym
properly attired for her position, She
justified her costume and various ath-
‘Jetic accessories by enumerating the list,
of her accomplishments in that line, as-
Pembroke where the’ classes each sang
their goodbye songs and Miss Baer made
the final parting speech for the seniors.
Although théy have already seen Bryn
Mawr change with the addition of Good-
hart Hall, we hope that they will come
back to see it, perhaps entirely different,
in the future.
Seniors’ Freshmarr English!
A number of amusing and enlighten-
ig facts came to
present Seniors’ Freshman English
papers were exhumed and handed back.
The following comment on the paper
of a certain notorious Senior just goes
to show that either she has completely
changed or, instead, has fought her
way through college equipped only
with a colossal bluff. Either view taken
should be very encouraging—to
undergraduates. :
“The whole first part of this report
is about worthless as a scholarly piece
‘|of. work, You have simplsseparaphrased
and heightened any introduction to
Marlowe's plays,’ in a fashion some-
thing like Lytton Strachey’s or Mau-
rois’, without the authority or skill of
these writers. A great many of your
statements are highly questionable,
although some of your vital is
light when thes
ee
have been unwilling to pay the price
of excessive cutting. The cost, a mat-
ter of honor and independence, has not
been considered lightly. When there
was a definite penalty for absence it
was expected that the cutting would be
less ‘but it is worthy of special note
that there has been less this year when
students. Even the much-feared at-
tractions of spring have not disproved
the undergraduates’ ability to regulate
ttendance themselves. ‘They have
stood firm ‘for faithful. attendance and
have justified their promises.
In the near future much depends on
the professors. A timely reminder to
a particular class before and after cut-
ting, and’ appropriate reproof of in-
dividual. offenders are necessary to
strengthen the more general appeals
of the Undergraduate Association.
* *
Yvette Guilbert, well-known
French actress and concert/singer, will
give a song recital on the night of
Garden Party, May 31, in the Cloisters.
Usually an old English play is given.
Clayton “Hamilton, dramatic critic,
says of Madame Guilbert, “There is
no-word in. English for that medium of
art of which Yvette Guilbert is the
Supreme and perfect master. It is not
acting, it is not singing, it is not reci-
tation, yet it- combines the highest
beauties of all three.” .
*x* * *
As the abolishing of the daisy chain
by_ the recent undergraduate vote, an-
other foolish commencement. tradition
has been changed.’ The even classes,
hitherto. forced to—weary—both - them-
sing over one by one the songs handed
down to them. For 1916 has. voted: that
1918 should not repeat the songs -given
them this year. And once broken, a
useless custom will not be likely to
revive.
Curriculum Records...
Prove No Overwork
The Curriculum Committee distributed
blanks to all the students_on.-which they
were asked to keep a record of the time
they spent on each of their courses each
week. The -weeks for which records
were kept were February 16th to Febru-
ary 23d, March’16th to March 23d, and
the two weeks between April 20th and
May 4th. An *ttempt was made to dis-
tribute them so that-they would cover
the mid-semester quiz period as well as
the report periods and the times when
there was no particular stress or strain
in class work. During the first of these
weeks, there were a number of quizzes
in the courses for which there had been,
no midyear exam. In March, there were
more scheduled quizzes, and April con-
tained, besides the regular academic
work, a reasonably large dose of extra-
curricular things such as the production of
“The Enchanted April,” and fairly’ con-
tinuous rehearsing of the “Mikado.” Al-
though not: all of the college, by any
means, handed in their slips, there is, we
consider, a good cross section. In other
words, those who have worked twenty
hours a week have been just as willing
to let us know about it as those who
have. put in fifty or more hours of study.
According to the original plan, the
unit system assumed that there would
be spent on each unit 10 hours a week
including classes.- Thus, a student tak-
ing four units would spend .abouf? forty
hours a week on her work. If this is
a sound plan, then there is apparently
no cause for complaint about overwork,
judging from the information the slips
have produced.
In the week of February Pept
students worked an average of 45.5 hour
In the week of March 16th, 154 stu-
dents worked an average of 48.7 hours.
In the week of April 20th, 106 students
worked an average of 46.3 hours.
In_the week of April 27, 81 students
the matter was left entirely to thef
4 class of. 193],
the Faculty tea at Wyndham.
Commencement Week.
Brings Senior Frolic
Graduation from.college is nu simple
matter. "The end of four outstanding
years of one’s lifé must ‘be punctuated
in fitting manner. There are many
ways in which Seniors have been made,
dufing their college life, to feél the
has
brought new ‘privileges and prestige.
passage of time. * Each year
Each year tassels-of caps have swung
around caqynter clockwise another
quarter. The door to the “wide, wide
world” does not really begin to swing
open, however, until the end of ‘classes
in Senior year. This year on the evé
of May 14, the last day of classes; the
black-gowned, /green-
lanterned, stole about the campus, sang
sweetly in Greek, planted its’ ‘tree. Next
day, at Taylor, at the gymnasium, at:
Dalton, at the library, the class re-
iterated-its goodbyes. a
Last Saturday, after hearty sand-
wiches, punch and ice cream at the end
of Senior Row, Sophomores ‘and
Seniors rose and sang in turn at each
other. The océasion was the Sopho-
more picnic to the Seniors. Later in
the. evening came the Senior ..bonfire.
It-was preceded (as are practically all
Bryn Mawr events) by a procession.
This formed under Pembroke Arch—
Seniors, laden down with their own or
their neighbors’ unwanted class notes
or reports in the middle,.on either side
cap-and-gowned Sophomores bearing
red lanterns. Singing blatantly con-
ceited songs about themselves, the
Seniors passed on Taylor steps the
Alumnae, who rose and cheered, trav-
eled part way down Senior Row, cut.
across down over the-hill.to the hockey
field. There a-huge,-kerosene-smelling
-selves—and-their-audience-on- the -night| bonfire. awaited _them,-After—hurling}
of the Senior Bonfire, need no longer |
papers at it with more or less success
and dancing about it in a very calm
fashiop, the Seniors lined up to face
the Sophomores on one side of it and
conscientiously sang their way cians
their songbook,
Sunday, May 31, meant goodbye to
Faculty and to chapel. In the after-
noon the Seniors were entertained by
In the
‘evening they went to the Baccalaureate
service in Goodhart. Little can be said
about the afternoon affair except that
the flowers arrived late from the
Alumnae luncheon and that despite
the fact that-it was held on the porch
because of rain, it was a very pleasant
tea. It rained again for the Bacca-
laureate and the academic procession
could not be held outdoors. In stead,
it wound, in medieval splendor, about
Goodhart.
Eight-thirty Monday morning found
the’ Senior Class and many others re-
hearsing for commencement. The
proceedings were much enlivened, it is
reported, by the antics of one Molly
Gardner, dog. From 4:30 to 6:30 in
the afternoon, Seniors and Alumnae.
chatted in the Common Room at the
Alumnae tea. Dinner at 7 followed at
Miss Park’s and included aspic, open
fire, and lobster croquettes. A good
time, the News is informed on good
authority, was had by all. After din-
ner, Miss Ely entertained the class at
her charming home with conversation,
a talk on Woman’s League of Women
Voters, beer, and a Welsh rarebit.
Yesterday, Tuesday, was the day of
garden party. Today,: finally, is the
day of commencement itself, ninety-
seven (or is it 102?) sheepskins are
firmly grasped in ninety-seven (or is
it 102?) hands. Goodbyes (most of
them) are said, and the Seniors are at
last ‘out, out in«the wide, wide world.”
Ruth Page Dances in Cloisters
Ruth Page, the premiere danseuse
of the Metropolitan-Opera; gave’® con-
cert in the Cloister Garden, Tuesday
evening, June 2. We are sorry to be
unable to print a review of the per-
formance, but the News is forced to go
to press before that time.
Miss Page is said to delight her audi-
ence by her versatility in a variety of
“suring us that her enthusiasm—would
take her’ far from 4 physical training
course.
Miss Lord's most chetously true story
at the library would tend to prove that
at least one student in college had been
- jn the library more than once-in spite of
“wv the difficulties that beset such a feat. In
_ fact if some people obeyed the little sign
which - she exhibited. (Silerse—Keep
Out) pag more people would be
very nice
“The. analysis of ‘ka plays is rot
good because you never state clearly
what you are trying to show. I gather
that you feel Marlowe’s own personal-
ity is reflected in the characters, but
you give no clear proof of this. Your
approach is vague; your quotations are
not well used; the criticism of “the
separate plays is badly proportioned.
“Your style is shockingly bad; your
sentences are appalling; your use of
hyperbole and sentimental generaliza-
worked an average of 44.6 hours.
General average be work per week:
46.3 aria
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tion makes even your good Criticism
seem padded and ugeless.- The’ paper
has no structure or proportion, You
show no knowledge of punctuation,
and you. disregard every principle of
unity and coherence.”
N. B. The paper, we are sorry to
say, was flunked.
to “The Flapper and the Quarterback,”
and from “Romantic Etude” to “St.
Louis Blues.” The originiality of her
interpretations is thought to be outdone
only by an imagination which matches
her technique.
Those who have seen her are im-
pressed by her grace, beauty and engag-
ing stage personality. She has had a
career of amazing success, despite her
B. M. Fellow Wins French Trip
Miss Susannah P. Edmonson, fellow
in Romiance Languages at Bryn Mawr
College in 1930-31, and 1931-32, has
been awarded a trip to France for a
prize-winning essay on the influence of
French culture in the modern world.
Three such trips were offered, the win-
ners to sail on the Ile de France, June
1, under the ‘auspices of the American
Committee on International Colonies and
Overseas Exposition, as guests of the
French Government. The other winners
were James Névins Hyde, of Yale; and
Mrs. Sarah Rickard, of Winthrop Col-
lege, S. C.
Miss Edmonson plans to spend all of
her summer in Paris, with the excep-
tion of a month in August, studying in
the Bibliotheque National, under M. Paut
Hazarf. She is working on her doc- |
tor’s paper, which is to be-on: “Le Sen=
timent de 14 Mer en la Litterature Fran-
caise avant Chateaubriand.” During Au- -
gust she will work in Spain with the
University’ of Liverpool summer school,
as she is allying Spanish to her work- in
French. She intends to return in Sep-
tember to resume her work here.
Miss Edmonson comes from Montgom-
ery, Ala. She graduated from Randolph
Macon. Women’s College in 1929, Phi
Beta Kappa, and with honors, having
spent her junior year in France with
the University of Delaware foreign study
group. She received her M. A. in 1930,
at the University of Wisconsin, after a
year of teaching there, and has since
being doing ‘graduate work here. Her
essay had as its subject: French Influ-
ences in Civil and Cultural Life - in
America. It was — purely historical,
limited’ to 1500 words, due March’ 1, and
announced~as. the first prize May 1. Miss
Edmonson declared_herself-highly pleased
Bryn Mawr’s graduate school, and in-
tends to. finish -her-graduate -work~ here.
as
By All Means Say It
As you probably know, it’s the tradi-
tion for the Lord High Executioner to
make a little list of his own of people
and things life would be pleasanter with-
out to supplement the one supplied by
Gilbert and Sullivan. In fact it’s one
of the things which makes Koko’s part
so much to be envied. We recall
our parents wheeling us in a baby car-
riage to the Mikado when it was given
in the gym about five’ years ago—pre-
sumably to imbue us_with_an—insanede-
sire for a college education—and all we
remember of it was the fact that Taylor
Tower was put on the list. We liked
that. This year Koko didn’t have time
to state his own personal grievances and
we think they deserve public attention.
All those who in backgammon are in-
‘cessantly imbedded,
I’ve got ’em on the list
They never would be missed.
All those who say, “My dear, I flunked,”
and come out with high credit,
I’ve got ’em on the list, etc.
All those who think Bryn Mawr Girls
are a lot of- greasy grinds,
And by shunning College” women thus
display their prewar minds;
All devotees of chewing gum who pop
it in the lib; *
Those who claim they’ve washed the
tub, but the ring reveals the fib;
Those who smugly leave for week-ends in
the middle of the week;
The girls in beach pajamas whose figures
make us shriek.
But it really doesn’t matter whom you
put upon the list!
Thorne School Gives Play |
The Phebe Anna Thorne School pre-
sented “The Spirit of the Fountain,”
a Moorish play, and a program of
danees in Goodhart Hall-Monday eve-
ning; June-t.--Fhe play Was. written’
by two of the students with the help
of an instructor and finally planned by
the entire cast, in which Eloise Chad-
wick-Collins appeared as a guard. It
was based on Washington Irving’s
“Legend of the Three Beautiful Prin-
cesses.” In the dances which fol-
with the facilities and atmosphere of -
ions, ranging from “‘Japartese Print” |/owed, Monna,-de--Montolit- appeared
as the soloist, finishing with an excel-
lent Spanish tango. The program was
followed by.a reception for the Seniors’
parents and friends.
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America; she has been premiere dan-
seuse--of -several -opera companies and
ballets, has toured the Orient, and danced
in, Russia, the only. American ever with
the Diaghileff Ballet. Bryn Mawr is,
youth. She studied in the Pavlowa~Bal-
let, and travéled with them’ in South|
| very fortunate to obtain. her services in
honor: of the bacco d Class.
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