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BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936

Copyright BRYN MAWR
COLLEGE NEWS, 1936

PRICE 10 CENTS







Decision Is Reached

About Summer School

Original Plan, Abandoned 2927,
‘ Revived; Return To Campus
Is Announced





F. W. Fetter Believes |
Silver Act Ridiculous

Common Room, Decert r 18,2The
Silver Purchase Act of Jtine, 1934, is
ridiculous, but not .particularly dan-
gerous, according to Mr. Frank WwW.
Fetter, assistant professor of econom-
ics at Haverford Collgge, who spoke







College Calendar .
j Thursday, January 9.—Mrs.
Harrison Eustis will talk about
the work of The Seeing Eye.
Deanery at 5 P. M.

Friday, January 10.—Voca-
tional tea. Dr. Margaret Jane-
way, ’20, will speak. Tea will
be served in the Common Room

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John Mason Brown Will
‘ Lecture On the Drama



Mason Brown, known as one

surely the greatest lecturer on the
drama, will speak. in the Deanery

‘on Saturday evening, January the

eleventh. As the theatre critic for

ith !
of thé “greatest American critics and

| Memorial Service Held
For M. Carey Thomas



‘Dr. Rufus Jones, Dean Manning,
| Mrs. Slade Recall Contacts
With Late Leader



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°, POLICY LEFT TO BOARD under the auspices of the Internat-.| at 4.45 P. M. the New York Evening Post, he is a | RESUME OF LIFE GIVEN









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January 6.—The Summer School
for Women Workers in Industry will

again return to the Bryn Mawr
campus this coming summer. In an-
nouncing an agreement which is
satisfactory to all concerned, Miss
Park revealed that a decision had
been made to return to the original
plan of managing the school which
was in force from its founding until
1927.

The Summer School was founded
in 1921 by President Thomas and
the project was a source of great in-
terest both to her and to Miss Park.
The aim of the school was that stu-
dents, alumnae and trained women in
general might help womén who had
had fewer advantages in intellectual
training and who desired to use such
training as an aid to the advance-
ment of women in industry. The
college buildings were used by the
Summer School, and in the winter
its main office was on the campus.
At first more than half of the mem-
bers of the board of directors were
connected with Bryn Mawr, but af-
ter the first session the composition
of the board was changed in order to
give women in industry representa-
tion on a fifty-fifty basis with ‘Bryn
Mawr.

Miss Hilda J. Smith was director
of the school for fourteen years and
left only in order to occupy an im-
portant position in the Education
Office in Washington. The faculty
was never from Bryn Mawr, with
two or three exceptions. Undergrad-
uates of Bryn Mawr assisted in the
work of the school, and it was not
until 1927 that students of other col-
leges also came to help. The funds
to maintain the school came largely
from Bryn Mawr sources. The col-
leze itself had no financial obliga-
tion to the school other than allow-
ing it to use the buildings, but

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ional Relations Club on the interna-
tional silver situation. The act was
passed with the help of three contrib-
uting forces; its supporters were those
who believed that it would increase
trade with the Orient, those who con-
sidered it an inflationary measure and
those who were influenced by the ro-
mantic appeal of the old silver stand-
ard. e
Until 1873 America had a bimetallic
system, but in that year silver was
demonetized, completely destroying
the tradition of the silver dollar,
which was partially revived in the in-
terest in the recent act. The popular
slogan of the nineteenth century bi-
metallists was “Give us back the dol-
lar of our daddies!” For more than
twenty years there was great contro-
versy on the question, while the value
of silver declined in comparison with
gold. There was much agitation for
remonetization of silver, which would
have resulted in a cheaper dollar; and
this led to the unfortunate and false
idea that the question of silver was
closely associated with political rad-
icalism and monetary inflation. The
issue was laid to rest after Bryan’s
defeat in 1896.

At the time of the war the United
States Treasury contained some 14,-
000 tons of silver, although there
seemed to be no opportunity to use
it. In 1918 England found herself in
need of silver to deal with the mone-
tary situation in India, where paper
rupees were redeemable in_ silver.
Congress passed the Pitman Act pro-
viding for the sale of the silver, which
was the only large amount free at that
time; but: an amendment stipulated
that whenever the price of silver from
American mines fell below a dollar an
ounce, the United States must go into
the market until there was an equal
amount of silver in the Treasury.
After a rise in price until 1920, there
followed a fall until the Treasury was

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Skits, Traditional Costumes at Christmas
Banquets Move Guests To Witty Replies



December 19 is ever festive because
of its proximity to Christmas vaca-
tion. This year it was especially gay,
for it was the very eve of vacation,
and was marked by celebrations in
all the halls. Members of the faculty
were guests at the various banquets
which preceded or followed the en-
tertainment, according to the cus-
toms of the individual halls.

The Denbigh Christmas, party is
always a very traditional affair, with
holly and mistletoe and all the at-
mosphere of “Merrie England!” The
Grand March, led by the King and
Queen, nobly impersonated by Janet
Horsburgh and Betsy Harrington,
36, who were equipped in truly regal
splendor, inaugurated the festivities
of the evening. The punch bowl was
brought in, brimming over with a
beverage wholly in keeping with the
Bryn Mawr tradition rather than the
Old English one. Toasts were drunk
to all the celebrities present.

Before the first course had been dis-
posed of the toastmaster~ Barbara
Cary, garbed in a court jester’s cos-
tume in which she felt more than
foolish, announced Dr. Wells as
the first speaker. He explained
that we were witnessing in hi§
performance an example of the ad-
vantages of division of labor, since
he was giving the speech which his
wife had written—or at least super-
vised. Regardless.of.the accuracy of

“this stateriient, the joint enterprise

was a howling success.

The Class of ’39 gave a sample of
its dramatic talents in an amusing skit
whose title, The Advertisers’ Christ-
mas Carol, speaks for itself.. After a
brief pause in which everyone had a
chance to partake of the turkey dinner
and its complementary parts, Dr. W.

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R. Smith held forth on the general
topic of his experiences with the
Bryn Mawr woman as student, cook
and friend. Needless to say, we were
| enabaested and were soon weak with
laughter.

The changed plans of Pembroke
Hall for the Christmas celebration
Thursday evening, December 19, re-
sulted in a very successful Christmas
banquet. During the course of the
‘dinner Eleanor Fabyan introduced
|several well-known ‘speakers. Dean
|Manning, who “had not had time to
prepare her home work,” read a short
but to-the-point poem. Agnes Halsey
told a true but incredible story of
her trip around the world. Dr. Weiss
told “something about nothing, noth-
ing aboutggsomething and nothing
about nothing,” or words to that ef-
fect. Mrs. Diez read a clever set of
rhymes written in collaboration with
Dr. Diez. The gist of it was that all
should sing “Hallelujah!” and were
wished “a happy New Yah!” Dr.
Miiller related some very amusing
anecdotes which enchanted his audi-
ence. Coffee was served downstairs
in both halls, after. which the fresh-
men presented a merry farce. —

Merion overflowed with Christmas
cheer at the traditional hall banquet
the night before vacation. Students
put aside papers and quizzes for eve-
ning clothes to feast in the gayly







decorated dining room. Dr. and Mrs.
Dryden, Dr. and Mrs. Nahm, Dr, and
Mrs. Crenshaw, Miss Glen and Mule:
Soubeiran were, guests. They were
introduced at dinner by Pauline Man-
ship, the “Poet Laureate of Merion,”

gan with:
Alas, we Bryn Mawrtyrs are law-
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who acted as toastmistress. She be-|



Saturday, January*11.—John
Mason Brown, dramatic critic,
will speak in the Deanery at 8
P. M.

Sunday, January 12.—Yale
Puppeteers will give Mr. Punch
at Home in the Deanery at 5
P. M.

Jean Holzworth, ’36,
Receives $1000 Prize









Victory in National Contest
on Horace Brings Honor
to Bryn Mawr



WILL TRAVEL IN ITALY



While the college was away enjoy-
ing the Christmas holidays, Jean Holz-
worth, ’86, gained honor for herself
and Bryn Mawr by winning the $1000
prize offered in the University of Cin-
cinnati Prize Contest held to celebrate
the Bimillenium Horatianum.

The contest was open to all under-;|

graduate students, men and women, in
four-year colleges and universities of
the United States, its possessions and
Canada. The subjects for the prize
were: (1) An English verse trans-
lation of some of Horace’s lyric poetry
(odes and epodes), the selections to
be between fifty and seventy-five lines
long; (2) an essay of approximately
5000 words on the subject of Horace
and Augustus, and (3) an original
Latin ode or satire (between twenty
and thirty lines in length) written in
the style and metre of Horace.

All entries were made anonymously
and were. accompanied by a_ sealed
envelope bearing on the outside the
assumed name and containing within
the real name of the writer, his ad-
dress, college and class, and a state-
ment from the head of his Latin (or
Classics) Department saying that he
was the sole candidate recommended
by his institution. Not until the win-
ning contributions were chosen did the
judges know who had written them.
Since Miss Holzworth had given her
Christian name as Michael, the judges
supposed that they had awarded the
prize to a man.

Miss Holzworth was announced the
winner by Professor Dorothy Roba-
than, chairman of the committee, at
a dinner held in New York City on
December 26 in connection with the
meetings of the American Philological
‘Association. The subscribers to the
dinner called themselves “Friends of
Horace.” Doctor Taylor and Doctor
Broughton were present, and they told

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Maids’ Dance Huge Success

Gymnasium, December 18.—To the
fast rhythm of an excellent orchestra
and beneath balconies from which
undergraduate legs kept frantic time
to the music, the annual Maids’ Dance
swung into its wonted gayety. At 10
o’clock most of the couples had ap-
peared on the floor and dancing of al-
most professional calibre was exhibit-
ed to the-admiring eyes of the stu-
dents above.

Later in the evening a contest was
held; then John Whittaker performed
much-applauded tap dance. All!
through the evening, however, stu-
a much-applauded tap dance.” All
almost every dancer. The party was
a very définite success, from the
point of view of both audience and
spectators, most of whom are clamor-
ing to have the same orchestra at the
next college dante.



H. ockey Elections

Sylvia Evans, ’37, and Mar-
garet Evans, 38, have been
elected captain and manager, re-
spectively, of the hockey team
for 1936.







sure judge of a box-office appeal. As|
staff lecturer for the Institute of!
Arts and Sciences at Columbia Uni-'
versity, he has. a profound scholarly ,
knowledge of the drama. Heé~is also|
familiar with the. actual workings |
of the stage and the technicalities of |
production. In a _ word, all that
there is to know about the theatre
he knows.

Young, gay and charming, he is

brilliant, but he does not rely on
wit and brilliance. He holds to a
firm standard of the artistic value of
the drama, and he praises or blames
accordingly. Four books, written in
a style as entertaining as his talk;
also bear witness to his comprehen-
sion of the theatrical field. They
are entitled: Letters from Green-
room Ghosts, Upstage, The Ameri-
[pe Theatre as Seen by its Critics
1 (An Anthology of Criticigm 1752
/ 1934), and The Modern Theatre in
| Revolt.

In July, 1935, Vanity Fair nomi-



nated Mr. Brown to the Hall of
Fame because “for two years he
had moved _ highest among the

the number of hits and flops he pre-
dicted correctly;”’ O. O. McIntre did
not goed to say that Mr. Brown
“has become a sensation.of the lec-
ture field,’ while Joseph Wood
Krutch summed up his abilities thus:

“One of the characteristics which
distinguish John Mason Brown from
the other practicing dramatic cri-
tics of New York is the depth and
intensity of his interest in the thea-
tre as theatre. Most of us found
ourselves following our rather odd
profession partly, at least, as the
result of accident, and most of us
confine ourselves largely to one or
another at of our subject. I
am told, \however, that Mr. Brown
resolved in ‘youth to be a reviewer
of plays,-and the fact helps to ex-
plain the breadth of his knowledge
and enthusiasm. He is interested in
the theatre as such, in everything
which concerns it, and in its past as
well as its present. For these rea-
sons his comments on the plays of
the moment are frequently made
from an original point of view; for
these reasons also he has much to

nary review.”



Yale Puppeteers Come
To Deanery On Sunday



The Yale Puppeteers from the popu-
lar Club Guignol in New York City
will come to the Deanery at 5 o’clock
on Sunday afternoon, January 12, to
present Mister Punch at Home. The
college is invited by the Entertain-

P : |
Broadway appraisers, on a basis of}

say beyond the limits of’ the ordi-

Goodhart, December 19, 1935. —
The memorial service for M. Carey
Thomas was held -this afternoon at
three o’clock in accordance with her
own express wishes, President Park,
Dr. Rufus Jones, who is President

|of the Bryn Mawr College Board of

Trustees, Dean Manning, and Mrs.
Caroline McCormick .Slade, a mem-
ber of the College Board of Direc-
‘tors,.spoke in her praise and mem-

yet amazingly wise; although he! “
often Speaks flippantly, he always A —— — —- =
speaks soundly. He is witty, and 7 en, ee eee a

chosen: Tallis’ “Nune~ Dimittis” and
Mozart’s “Ave Verum.” In the audi-
ence were representatives of the
Board of Directors, the Executive
Board of the Alumnae Association,
the Graduate School, the Summer
School for Women Workers in In-
dustry, the National League ‘of
Women Voters, the Committee on
the M. Carey Thomas Prize Award,
the American Association of Uni-
| versity Women, the National Wom-
jan’s Party, college presidents from
institutions in the vicinity, and the
present senior class of the college.
| The undergraduate body as a whole
'was,also asked to attend.

Miss Park Reviews Life
President Park gave a_ brief
‘resumé of Miss Thomas’s life, telling
how she was born of Quaker stock
on one side of her family; and how,
armed with the quiet resolution
|Quakers have, she pursued her edu-
cation in a day when difficulties
were the rule. After receiving her
Ph. D. at Leipzig, she was appointed
‘both Dean and Professor of English at
| the new college of Bryn Mawr. She
| was made President at the retire-
| ment of President Rhoads, and at
iher own retirement in 1922 she was
}honored by the title of President-
lemeritus. As a member of the
| Board of Trustees, also, she contin-
‘ued to hold office at Bryn Mawr un-
til her death. She served for several
years at Cornell as the first woman

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Dr. Fellowes to Talk on Madrigals
| The Department of Music announces
an illustrated lecture to be given in
Goodhart Hall on January 16 at 8.30
'P. M. by Canon Edmund Horace Fel-
' lowes, M. A., Mus, Bac. Oxford, Mus.
|Doe. Dublin, on Elizabethan Madri-
‘gals and Elizabethan Songs With Lute
| Accom paniment.

| Dr. Fellowes is a Canon of the
| Royal Chapel of Windsor and is the
greatest living authority on the Eliza-
ibethan period in English music. This
‘was the period in which a school of
‘composers flourished in England who
i held the first place in European music
-and, together with the Flemish and
‘Italian Madrigalists “represent the
‘most perfect expression in secular
‘polyphonic song that has yet been
!achieved.” Several composers of this



ment Committee of the Deanery to|same school were also Lutenists who
see this show, which has won the ap-;havé bequeathed to us a rich legacy
proval of the city’s press and out-|of beautiful songs in the forms of
standing applause at a recent per-|“Ayres” with Jute accompaniments.

formance before the Cosmopolitan
Club in New York City.

out seven years ago as a traveling
troupe. A two years’ spectacular run
in Los Angeles was followed by an
entire season in New York, a return
to Hollywood to make the film J Ara
Suzanne, and last year the founding of
their own Club Guignol in New York.
Their avowed artistic mission has
been to “produce a puppet theatre of
such traditional correctness, such dra-
matic significance, so spellbinding,
that, measured by any theatrical yard-
stick, itis first-and-last a good show,
and for that reason can defy these
limitations and in the conquering
write a new page in the history of the
theatre of this country.” The dra-
matic critics have praised them in
terms that affirm their success.

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Graduates of Professor Baker’s 47
Workshop at Yale, the Puppeteers set;

|The composers: of. the Madrigals and
| Ayres drew on the glorious literature
of the Tudor period for their inspira-
tion and thus effected a union with
poetry and music that has never since
been equalled in England.

Dr. Fellowes’ lecture will be il-
lustrated with gramophone records of
Madrigals and he himself will sing a
number of Ayres and accompany him-
self on the lute of the period. The
lecture is open to all members of the
college and their friends.

The Department of Music is hoping
to arrange for a performance very
soon after Dr. Fellowes’ lecture of a
program of Madrigal and Folk-Songs
by the’ “London Madrigal Group” of
eight singers, an organization similar
to the “English Singers.” The latter
group won very flattering enconiums

week at the White House.



from. the New York press in recent |
concerts there and is appearing next

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Welcome Back Home ‘

The Bryn Mawr Summer School, that much-publicized and oft-dis-
cussed institution, has returned to the college campus after a year’s leave
We regretted its departure, although we recognized ‘the
necessity for it; and we are delighted that the school can once more use
our buildings, and that more undergraduates will now have an opportunity

of absence.

to participate in its work.

The reorganization of the board and of the relation of the school to
the college marks the return to the original plan for a school connécted
with Bryn Mawr alone. The hope expressed in 1927 that other colleges
would be similarly interested in schools for women workers in industry
and would perhaps help to organize them on their campuses, seems to have
been disappointed, for the present at least. Coédperation between women’s
colleges in enterprises like that of the Summer School seems to us an
excellent experiment, and while we regret that the other women’s colleges
no longer have their former direct connection with the management of ;
the school, we trust that they will not lessen their active interest. * Because.
the arrangement in effect since 1927 did not produce all the results that
had been hoped for, it is only natural that Bryn Mawr, as the college most
intimately concerned, should resume her position of foster parent.

We are justly proud of the part played by the undergraduates in

The

the Summer School decision.

lagt summer -originated a- petition which was signed by the heads of the
college organizations and other representative students.
stating the interest of the undergraduates in the school and their earnest
hope that the final decision might bring it back to the.campus, was sent

to the President of the Bryn Mawr

that this action, particularly the care with which the petition was written
and signed, did carry some weight in the final decision of the board.
Perhaps the most satisfying aspect of the Summer School decision
is the codperative spirit with which the representatives of the board of
the school and of the Bryn Mawr Board worked together. “The willing-
ness of the representatives to meet each other half way and their eager-
ness to find a satisfactory solution, has resulted in the present arrange-
ment. We are particularly impressed by the fact that the newly consti-
tuted board of the school has not had its policy defined for it in any
restricting sense. We hope that in the two-year trial period provided for |
in the present arrangement, this freedom of action will achieve perma-
We do not know what course the school will
pursue in the future, but we can be confident that whatever policy and
procedure are adopted, the members of the board will be actuated by a
common desire to share our educational aqwantages with women workers

nently satisfactory results.

in industry.

oughly erijoyed it, as a competent,
well-balanced feeling presentation, and
especially I was impressed by the per-
formance of Miss Seltzer as the
Swan—for an amateur a smooth and
pleasant piece of work, in my opin-
ion,
therefore, when an acquaintance of
mine drew my attention to the review
in your columns, which spoke of the
play as a whole, in lukewarm terms,
and of Miss Seltzer’s part so grudg-
ingly that, at the risk of seeming im-
pertinent, I must say that I believe
your reviewer to be lacking in per-
ception. As an old playgoer and
critic, may I assure her (or possibly
him) that it was an admirable per-
formance? I wish your dramatic
company the best of good fortune.
Yours very truly, .
MAURICE GOVETT.



The following letter was received
by the editors of the News. It is pub-
lished herewith despite the established
policy of the News which requires that
all letters published must be properly
sign. Our only comment is that in
the future we hope that the author or
authors may have the courage of their
convictions and will at least identify
themselves to those for whom the ad-
vice is intended. A letter when print-
ed in the News need not be signed or
the signers may ¢loak their identity
beneath an anonymous signature if
they wish.

Care of the editors of The College
News,

The Pot Calls the Kettle Black

The News talks of the “comeback”
of varsity dramatics. Couldn’t The
News talk somewhat of its own “come-
back”? Or Comedown?

The News, it is rumored, is dead;
the mere reporter of college events.
The News, it is said, has lost the
genius of its late editor. She em-
bodied in it the sparkle, now missing,
the constructive criticism it so sadly
abuses, the representative opinion so



students: who worked at the school

This petition,

Board of Trustees.- We understand





Public Opinion

The editors take no responsibility
for opinions expressed in this column.
To the Editor of the College News:

This is the third year that the
Christmas number of “L’Illustration”
has been taken from the Magazine
Room, shortly after it has been put
there for every one to see. It is an
interesting and valuable number full
of beautiful plates. When such a
magazine is taken by the unscrupulous
borrower, the rest of the college is de-
prived of its use. The Library sub-
scribes to this type of periodical from
a general fund, for the entire college
community, to read in the Magazine
Room, and not for one person, only,
who may prefer to use it elsewhere.

It is also important that our peri-
odical files be complete. In the case
in question, the replacement of missing
numbers can be done only at greater
expense, since single copies cost more
than those included in the yearly sub-
scription. It has been necessary in
the past few years, to replace many
missing numbers of magazines, espe-
cially the popular English ones. One
year ten numbers of the “Purich” were
taken; last summer, eight. numbers







PRMSES



‘unknown persons continue to disre-



of the “Illustrated London News” dis-
appeared, just to mention two_in-
stances.

A part of the charm of this Library
is the inrestricted freedom from
supervision \and unnecessary rules in
the use of the magazines and _ books.
It is a great pity that because of the
actions of a few outlaws we should
have to resort to unpleasantly rigid re-
strictions. The only alternative is to
keep such magazines in the Librarian’s
Office and to require any one who
wishes to read them to sign for tiem
there. This obviously limits their use,
which is contrary to the policy of this
institution. However, it may be
necessary to adopt this course if these

gard the rights of others.

necessary to a true,journal.

We open The News—what do we
find? Many write-ups of lectures
‘(other peoples’ ideas) a fairly good
editorial (but scarcely of great inter-
est) and stupid (because it lacks bal-
ance) criticism of college activities.

Should the paper of a college like
Bryn Mawr deteriorate into a petty
chronicle for students who have
missed lectures and Bulletin of col-
lege activities? :

A Conscientious Objector.

Further comment solicited.—Eds.



Christmas Banquets,
Skits Are Gay, Festive



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ridden hosts;

We can give you no liquor to drink
down these toasts.

She toasted the guests with rhymes,
among which were ‘the following
gems:

To that high-powered salesman and
shop-keeper, Eleanor,
She overcharges. us, yet she keeps
sellin’ and sellin’ more.

(To Mrs. Nahm)

Can it be the quest of knowledgee

Makes students ‘take geology?

Or is it the chance of smilin’ and
blinkin’

And flirtin’ and winkin’ at Abraham
Lincoln?

'(To Dr. Dryden.)

At the end of the dinner four wan-
dering minstrels entered playing
Christmas carols. They were Jane
Lewis, Betty. Bryan and Janet Thom
with their violins and Betty Reed with
her ’cello. All were dressed in bright-
colored Old English cdstumes foraged
from the costume closet in Goodhart.
To the strains of ‘“Adeste Fideles”
everyone retired to the Showcase to
watch the freshman skit, which con-
tered around the extraordinary ex-
pressions we all are prone to use.
Giving a literal version of “She swept
around the room,” Dorothea. Peck
wielded a hearty broom as a sign of
her disapproval of our inappropriate
language. The piece de -resistance,



Sincerely yours,
Lots A. REED,
e Librarian.



To the Editor of The College News:
Dear Madam:

Will you kindly permit me as an
old friend of Bryn Mawr to make a
short comment in the columns of your

however, was May Chow’s sword
dance, executed with exquisite grace
and perfect codrdination.

- Rockefeller Hall entertained
ant representing the various religions
of the world. Altars were set up to
Buddha and Vishnu, while one of the



college newspaper? Whenever it is
possible for me, I attend dramatic per-
formances of the college, and I was
happy to be present at the recent per-

busts from Taylor Hall. represented
the Greek deities. Worshippers kneel-
ing at these shrines were interrupted
by the singing of . angels, fully
equipped with ‘haloes and wings, who



formance of “The Swan.” I thor-



drew the curtain from a golden frame
_

its}.
Christmas party guests with a page-|°

enclosing the Madonna and. Child. To
this new divinity all the believers in
other gods turned: for adoration, while

‘formance, read a prophecy of peace
from an angelic scroll.

I was very much surprisedg)> The guests who were thus enter-

tained were obliged to entertain in
turn during dinner. Although. Ellen
Stone was somewhat hampered in her
office of toastmistress. by lack of any-
thing to toast with, she still managed
graciously to introduce Miss Richard-
son, the warden of Rockefeller. Miss
Richardson accused Miss Howe of ap-
propriating her cigarettes, but when
it was Miss Howe’s turn to speak, she
refuted all charges. Although -M.
Guiton began-to talk by protesting his
terror at the thought of. talking, -he
speedily became’ so reconciled to the
idea that. he could wish a Merry

‘|Christmas to all: with positive elo-

quence. When a toast was proposed
to Dr. and Mrs. von Erffa, only the
gentleman arose to pay the penalty.
He seemed particularly happy to be
present and expressed his appreci-
ation of the contact possible at Bryn
Mawr between faculty and students.

Dr. _ Fenwick courageously rose
above the embarrassment which he
declared- the presence of. so many
females'inspired in him. In honor of
the festive season he determined to
cast off his reputed character of a
book worm., He wished to show his
acquaintance with the realities of life.
As an illustration of these hidden
deeps of existence he quoted the fol-
lowing poem: ;

A VEGETABLE TRYST
Potato lay deep in the dark under-
ground,
Tomato above in the light.
The little tomato was ruddy and
round,
The little potato was white.

And redder and redder she rounded
above,
And paler and paler he grew,
And neither suspected a mutual love,
Til they met in a Brunswick stew.

WIT’S END

The following Art Notes were re-
cently received on campus:

An artist employed in repairing the
properties of a church in Ireland,
being refused payment in lump sum,
was asked for details and sent in his
bill as follows:

Embellished Pontius Pilate and

put a new ribbon on his

WORN Seis on ine 5s, 6d
Put a new tail on the Rooster

of St. Peter and repaired

Ger ne © 10s_ 6d
Re-varnished and gilded the

left wing of the Guardian

ee et 4s 9d
Washed the Servant of the

High Priest and put Car-

mine on his Cheeks........ 5s. 5d
Re-newed Heaven, adjusted

two Stars and cleaned the

MEOON cosy Cee Eee qs
Put additional Rays to the Sun

and re-animated the flames

of Purgatory and restored

BOMG SOUS: Fee Sc 5s 4d
Re-newed the flames of Hell,

put_a_new tail on the Devil,

mended his hood and did

several odd jobs for the

ON i eae a 7s
Re-bordered the robe of Herod

and re-adjusted his Wig.... 4s
Cleaned the ears of Ballaam’s

Age and. shod him... 4. 38s 2d
Put Sarah’s new Earrings in. 2s 4d
Enlarged the head of Goliath







10d

10d

and extended his legs...... 8s 2d
Put new stones in David’s
ONE i a ce, 8s

Decorated Noah’s Ark ....... 3s

Mended the shirt of the Prodi-
gal Son and washed _ his
hands and face... ... : 2... . 8s

Corrected 10 Commandments. 5s 6d



3 pounds, 16 shillings and 7 pence
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In’ Philadelphia

Broad: I Want a Policeman, a mys-
tery. melodrama by Rufus King and
Milton Lazurus, continues for the rest
of this week. ‘ It is considered a sat-
isfactory specimen of its species, with
the required number
should prove popular in New York.







Estelle Winwood and Judith / Wood

Huldah Cheek, who directed the per-

| The Crusades.

thrills, and,

are two members of the cast.
Forrest: Zeigfeld Follies, presented
by Billie Burke, will come to this city
for two weeks beginning Monday.
The cast includes Fannie Brice, Har-
riet Hoctor and Josephine Baker, the
Harlem girl who has returned from
Paris after a success so phenomenal
and of such long standing that she is

said to be unable to speak English °

without a French accent. oe
Garrick: Ethan Frome will have) its
premiere tomorrow. It will rutin
Philadelphia for one week. Max Gor-
don, the producer, seems this season
to be running not only to super-superb
productions and casts, but also to,
dramiatized novels of long-standing
popularity. It will be remembered
that Mr, Gordon was responsible for
the excellent production of Pride and’

‘Prejudice which is still running in

New York. For Ethan Frome he has
sets by Jo Meilsener, Guthrie Mc-
Clintic as director, and an epoch-mak-
ing cast consisting (in part) of Pau-
line Lord, Raymond Massey, R
Gorden and Sylvia Field.

Academy of Music

‘The Philadelphia Orchestra’ will_~

play, and Leopold Stokowski “will
conduct, the last of ‘a series of Bach-
Wagner programs. The first half of
the concert will consist of the Aria
from the third orchestral suite in D
of Bach, the first Bowrree from the
second of his “English” suites for the
harpsichord, the prelude “Wir Glau-
ben Alle in Einen Gott,” the. Prelude
in E flat minor and the,Toccata and
Fugue in D minor.

The second half of the program will
be Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Sieg-
fried’s Death and Brunnhilde’s Immo-
lation, all from the opera Gétterdiéim-
merung.

Movies

Aldine: First a Girl, a British film
with Jessie Matthews, the English
dancer, and Griffith Jones. The plot,
which sounds very complicated, con-
cerns itself with the trials of a female
actress who impersonates a male actor

_ {impersonating a female-actress.

Arcadia: Millions in the Air, with
John Howard, Wendy Barrie and Wil-
lie Howard. A comedy about an ama-
teur hour. The rich girl falls in love
with the ice ¢ream salesman. The
story is relieved by Willie. Howard,
who can be very funny when ap-
proached the right way.

Boyd: A Tale of Two Cities, billed
as a worthy successor to David Cop-
perfield, and in reality, according to
the critics, an artistic and workman-
like production; but, apparently, noth-
ing for them to go into spasms over
(which, if you will remember, they
did do in the case of its predecessor).
Ronald Colman stars.

Earle: Dance Band, starring Buddy
Rogers. He may be all right, but the
only time we saw Buddy Rogers was
from the side aisle of a large motion-
picture palace, from which situation
the back of his head looked perfectly
flat. Granting that this may. pave
been an optical illusion, we still know
just what to expect: America’s Boy
Friend with some new popular music.

Europa: The New Gulliver, the
pleasantly Russian propaganda film,
acted for the most part by a large
company of puppets.

Fox: Professional Soldier, with Vic-
tor McLaglen and Freddie Bartholo-
mew. More, this department cannot
tell you.

Karlton: Kind Lady, with Aline Mc-
Mahon, which recently came to Phila-

‘+ |delphia from New York, appears on

the screen.

Stanton: Riffraff, with Jean Harlow
and Spencer Tracy. Love comes to
the Tuna-fish factory, menaced, as
usual, by the big industrial boss.

‘ Victoria: Ah, Wilderness! with
Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and
Eric Linden. The film is faithful to
the original play version and Eric
Linden is perfectly cast in the part

*:| which was played in New York by

Elisha Cook, Jr.
Local Movies —
Seville: Wednesday and Thursday,

Gary Cooper and Ann Harding in

Peter Ibbetson; Friday and Saturday,
Carole Lombard in Hands Across the
Table; Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
Mutiny On the Bounty; Wednesday,
~~ | ie
Wayne: Thursday, Friday, Satur-
day, Mutiny On the Bounty; Sunday,
Nevada, with Buster Crabbe; Monday

and Tuesday, Peter Ibbetson; Wednes- ©

day, Sylvia Sydney in Mary Burns,

Fugitive.
Ardmore:

Saturday, Marx Brothers in A’/Night



at the Opera. ;

Thursday, Friday \ and —

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Basketball Ranks Empty

As Practice Commences

The outlook for the basketball sea-
on seems none too bright at present,

since last year’s first and second Var-
sity teams have nearly all graduated
or left college. Good material from
among the freshmen is to be hoped
for and expected.

M. Bridgman and P. Hasse alorfe
are left from last year’s varsity team.
Hasse will probably leave her old post
at side center and take ‘up her’ posi-
tion at guard as Bridgman’s running
mate. Two forwards, a jump center
and a side center have yet to be found.
Seckel, who starred as a forward on
the second team. last year, may shape
up well. Likewise Jennings, a fresh-
man, plays a promising forward’s
game.

Second Varsity’s ranks are not much
fuller. Washburn is the only remain-
ing good guard, and P. Jackson and
E. Smith are still here to hold down
the jumping center position, but with
the exception of these, the second team
seems quite destitute. |

Numerous freshmen turned out for
the varsity tryouts in response to the
urgent call made for new recruits.
Since no varsity squad has been picked
yet, there has been a motley crowd at
the practices and the promising pros-
pects have been hard to spot. It
seems quite possible, however, that
several good freshmen will be ready
to join the teams. When these are
picked out and are settled, . the
prospects may brighten.





Games at Party Delight
Settlement Children



Christmas seems all too far off now,
but it has probably not been forgot-
ten by some of the children from the
St. Martha’s Settlement House in
Philadelphia. _The party which the
Bryn Mawr League had for them on
December 17 put them all in fine spir-
its. Ice cream and cake put both boys
and girls into a talkative frame of
mind; an active period of games fol-
lowed the feast; and finally presents
from the Christmas tree, at which all
had stolen furtive glances, were dis-
tributed.

Katherine Docker and Sally Park
both should be congYatulated for their
ability to give children a good time.
That is what the League Christmas
Party was for, and the children’s good
spirit showed that it was successful.
They seemed to put on weight in two
hours. Think what a summer at the
seashore must mean to them!



Yale Puppeteers Come
| To Deanery On Sunday



Continued from Page One
They are: the only company to
establish puppets in a commercial
theatre in America and the first to
adapt the musical comedy and revue
idea to the miniature stage. One of
their features is to’ present portrait
puppets satirizing celebrities, such as
Douglas Fairbanks, Katharine Cor-
nell, Albert Einstein, Aimee Semple
MacPherson, Alexander Woollcott,
Cecil Beaton and the First Lady of
the Land. At the head of the com-
pany is Harry Burnett, who creates
‘all the puppets, and assisting him are
Forman Brown, who composes all the
stories, lyrics and tunes, Richard

Brandon and Beverly Brown.

The program follows:
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2. Belittling Hollywood.





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Vocational Talk

Dr. Margaret McAllister Jane-
way, Bryn Mawr, ’20, will speak
on Opportunities for Women in
Medicine in the Common Room,
Friday afternoon, January 10,
at 5 o’clock. All those who are
interested are cordially invited
to attend. Tea will be served at
quarter of five.









Walter Hampden:and Katharine
Cornell. a

A Well Known Leading Man.

The Lady Who Swung by Her
Knees.

Little Egypt.

Moments Javanesque.

The Boxing Bout.

The Rocking Raconteur.

The Theatre Gilded.

Thirty Years from Now:
Florence McGee.
Bernard Shaw.
Shirley Temple.
Marian Davies.

The Leading Lady.

The March of Rhyme.

St. Moritz Ballet.

Strings. |

12.
19."
14,
15.



Jean Holzworth, ’36,
Receives $1000 Prize



Continued from Page One

| Campus Notes |



Christmas vacation was a busy one
for many members of;/the faculty.
Professors from the Latin, Geology,
Biology: and Psychology Departments
were particularly active in attending
meetings and reading papers.

Dr, Helson, of the Psychology De-
partment, spent five days in Wash-
ington, D. C., working with Dr. Deane
B. Judé,.of the Colorimetry. Section
of the Bureau of Standards on the
subject of the mathematical theory
of color. Dr. MacKinnon directed a
conference of ‘psychologists held in
Wyndham from’December 29 tfil De-
cember 31. This conference, which
meets each year during the Christmas
vacation, is especially interested in
the A of experimental tech-
niques for the study of behavior. The

nucleus of the group is made up of
American psychologists who studied

at one time or another with Dr. Kurt
Lewin, of the University of Berlin.

The group, although composed mainly
of psychologists, includes a few work-
ers from the closely related -fields of

psychiatry, psychoanalysis, enthnology

and sociology. The papers and discus-
sions this year were largely concerned
with problems of child and animal
Among those attending
the meetings were Drs. Kurt Lewin,
of the University of Iowa; Kurt Koff-
ka, of Smith College; Edward C. Tol-

psychology.

Miss Holzworth that she had won.gman, of the University of California;

She had not heard from anyone else.

Doctor Taylor stated that Miss
Holzworth’s contributions showed
literary ability and perseverance, were
remarkable for their philosophic back-
ground and that her work formed a
well-rounded whole. Her poem dealt
with Mussolini’s efforts to conquer
Africa.

All contributions had to be sent to
Professor Dorothy M. Robathan, of
Wellesley, before December 8. Last
spring Dr. Broughton suggested to
Miss Holzworth that she enter the
contest and during the summer he
corresponded with her about it. She
worked on her entries almost steadily
since last June.

Miss Holzworth is delighted and
surprised at winning the contest. The
committee set the following definite
specifications concerning the spending
of the money: the winner must spend
the prize money, unless temporarily
excused by the committee for an_ac-
ceptable reason, such as illness or war,
in the eighteen months following the
award, in not less than three months’
travel in Europe, at least two of
which must be spent in ftaly (or
Greece and Italy). At the end of the
trip the winner must submit a report
of his travels and expenses to the sec-
retary of the American Philological
Association. Miss Holzworth has not
yet decided how she Will fulfill these
conditions. y

The three judges who selected the
winner were: Professor R. J. Def-
ferrari, Catholic University, Washing-
ton; Professor C. E. Bennett, Amherst
College, and Miss Mary A. Grant,
University of Kansas.



Margaret Mead, of the American Mu-

seum of Natural History, New York;
William Stern, of Duke University,
and Wolfgang Kohler, of Swarthmore
College.

Dr. and Mrs. Max Diez attended a
meeting of the Modern Language As-
sociation in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr.
Diez read a paper on The High School
Course and the College Course in Ger-
man at the meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania branch of the Modern Language
Association, at Harrisburg.

Miss Taylor, of the Latin Depart-
ment, at a meeting of the American

Archaeological Society in New York,
read a paper on “Seats and Peplos’

on the Parthenon Frieze.” Dr.

Broughton attended a meeting of the

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York and read .a .paper_ entitled,
“Some Non-Colonial Colonii of Au-
gustus.” At this same meeting Mrs.
Holland, formerly of the Bryn Mawr
faculty, read a paper, “Janus and the
Bridge Head.” She also attended the
meeting of the Archaeological Society
and read’a paper, “Via Vilia_ to
Herodotus.”

Dr. Watson, of the Geology Depart-
|ment, attended a meeting of the
Mineralogy. Society of America at
which he read two reports, the first
{by title only, “Emplacement of Gran-
ite at Springfield, near Philadelphia,”
and “The- Alteration of Gabbro near
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.”

Dr. Blanchard, of the Biology De-
partment, redd a paper at a meeting
of the American Society df Zodlogists
at Princeton on. December 30. His
subject was, ‘The Effect of Adrenalec-
tomy Upon Blood Cholesterol.” The
work of Dr. Tennent has been given
high praise in the December issue of
Science in an article on notable sci-
entific events of the year 1935.

Miss Woodworth, of the English De-
partment, attended a meeting of the
Modern Language Association which
was held during vacation in Cincin-
nati, Ohio. ‘

Dr. Ernst Diez, of the Art Depart-
ment, sailed for London shortly before
vacation began, to attend an exhibi-
tion of Chinese art at Burlington
House.



Decision Is Reached
About Summer School



Continued from Page One
alumnae and: friends of the college
contributed the major part of the
funds by which the school was main-
tained. The average number of
students was about 100. The curri-
culum was directed to the needs of
the workers, with economics as the



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core of the whole study: program.
Cultural subjects also loomed largé.
A wide variety of courses was off-
e.ed and it was frequently felt that
greater concentration on a smaller
number of topics which could be ade-
quately treated would have been a
more satisfactory arrangement. This
change of emphasis occurred in 1927.

In 1927 an effort was made to
stimulate interest.in the establish-
ment of this type of ,school on other
college campuses. besides Bryn Mawr.
In line with this policy, representa-
tives of Vassar, Mt.. Holyoke, Wel-
lesley and Smith were put on the
board of directors, and the number
of Bryn Mawr women fell to about
two or three. The president of the
college was no longer thé chairman
of the board. The curriculum was
simplified and unified in order to al-
low longer time to be spent on.a
single economic subject. The school,
although really a joint project, ap-
peared to the public as primarily a
Bryn Mawr concern. -Actually, the
connectiom of the school with the col-.
lege was extremely indirect and
there was no automatic link between
the Bryn Mawr board of directors
and that of the Summer School.

The 1934 session of the school
seemed for various reasons unsuc-
cessful. The original purpose of the

school did not appear to be fulfilled.
Criticism of the school came particu-

larly from the conservatives; but
others, too, questioned its actual
value. In the fall of 1934 the Bryn

Mawr board asked to have a series
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excl Service Held
For M. Carey Thomas

. Continued from Page One
trustee; she was president of. the

National Women’s Suffrage Associa-
tion and of the Collegiate. Alumnae;
she founded the Summer School and
instituted the M. Carey Thomas
Award of which she was the first
recipient. At the Fiftieth Anni-
_versary celebration of the College
she spoke in honor of Bryn Mawr
and was honored in turn by..the
announcement that the library built
in 1905 under her direction was at
last to be-called by her name. On
the second of December she died,
leaving a request that such a service
as this should be held for her.
Dynamic Qualities. Praised

It was also in compliance with her
request, announced Dr. Jones, that
her ashes were interred this morn-
ing in the cloisters of the library
now bearing her name. Then, pay-
ing his own tribute to her, he con-
tinued. Forty-two years ago, . he
first became acquainted with Miss
Thomas - at Quaker Meeting, and
thirty-seven years ago, he entered
into -intimate relations with her
through his appointment as _ trustee
of the college. Thus he has known
her well longer than any other per-
son. During all that time, neither
he nor anyone else could doubt that
she was a unique woman. Her mind
was gifted with unusual capacity,
with a noble amplitude. By contact
with stimulating people and with the
best literature of the world, she
greatly enlarged her own _intellec-
tual domain. When difficult prob-
lems came, she met them with what
has been called “imaginative domin-
ion”; that is, by grasping their
larger aspects through her imagina-
tion, she saw through them to /a
solution previously concealed by
petty details. Not only her imagin-
ation, but all of her, was possessed:
of special power. She often seemed
like a human dynamo, force per-
sonified, a being throbbing with
creative power.
Compared to Wise Woman In Plato

A passage from Plato’s Sympo-
sium was read very fittingly at her
funeral service, the passage which
Socrates declared was given him by
the inspiration of a wise woman. He
learned from her the supremacy of
eternal beauty and of the—mind’s
creations. Among the fairest crea-
tions of the mind are magnanimous
thoughts which improve the youth,
the creation of institutions which



mold life, and the development of} S$

that crowning science which is the
science of beauty everywhere. Miss
Thomas thought and created as the
wise woman told Socrates to do.
Dean Manning praised | Miss
Thomas as fully as had Dr. ‘Jones.
To a large proportion of Bryn Mawr
alumnae she said, the figure of M.
Carey Thomas is the image which
best typifies the words “great” and
“heroic.”” A wealth of reminiscence
_and anecdote flows spontaneously at
the mention of her name, and if in
time she succumbs to the fate of so
many -whose achievements are re-
membered while their unique quali-
ties are lost, it will be due only to
blindness.to truth in those who knew
her and to a criminal waste of rich
and abundant material. Yet it is
‘searcely possible to have been blind
to her enormous energy, physical, in-
‘tellectual, and moral. She had the
power to pursue a fixed purpose, and
the patience to pursue when she
made perfection her goal.
for perfection is not an easy thing
to live with, Miss Thomas knew.
When Mrs. Maiining once wrote an
article for. the Alumnae Bulletin in
which she mentioned Miss Thomas’
driving force and unwearied per-
sistence, Miss Thomas thanked her
for the article and said: “I had not
supposed that you approved of my
Daemon.” Many did not approve
of her Daemon, but without it. she
would never have realized her dream
as she did realize it gr Bryn Mawr

College. ;
College Is Her Monument
The college is her monument.

While she was still president, enter-
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saw her that the life of Bryn Mawr

revolved ‘around her. Yet she had a.

larger vision than the College. Her |

inspiration came from her resolve to
vindicate the right of one-half of
the human race to live on equal

terms with the other half. Because}
education logically came first in ex-|
perience, she began with it. She be-.

lieved that education, .

needed an outpost, a guiding beacon, '

to progress, |

and she shaped:Bryn Mawr to fill’

this function. Her intellectual, prac-

tical, and eesthetic gifts also influ-:

enced the growth of the College. |
Since she felt that the best elements:
of the human race should be selected:
for culture, she established a schol-|
astic standard for Bryn Mawr so
high that it seemed scarcely possible
She never lowered
it, however; instead she miraculously
forced preparatory schools and other
colleges to come up to it.

In selecting the candidates for the
student body each year, Miss Thomas
again expressed her passion for per-
fection. No ordinary plodder would
do for her; she wanted the poet, the
musician, the artist,

those whose!

|



minds were inspired and alive with|

original energy. She appreciated |
the value of a rebel or so in each
class. _She wished, moreover, to en-

able every talent to be trained and!

Geenopem Not content ‘with’ s iim cae limited in size to fifty, was

ited number of subjects for a small

college, she insisted on enlarging’.
the curriculum, making it more
thorough and profound. Nor did

she direct her attention to scholastic
matters alone. ‘ The daily life of the
students was under her strict obser-
vation, and without seeming to in-
terfere, she worked to bring about
greater intercourse between classes,
greater refinement in dress and man-
ners, and above all, greater
pendence of conduct. So independent
of mind herself, she could not help

but hold by the right of each stu-;

dent to make her own decisions with-
out interference. Finally, Miss
Thomas desired to provide the most
beautiful campus possible for her
faculty, her students and herself. In
an age noted for its bad architec-
tural taste, she yet managed to plan
a group of buildings that still satis-
fy the aesthetic sense of those who
come here either to visit or to live.
_ Mrs. Slade Praises Work

Mrs.
Thomas, and brief excerpts from her
eulogy follow: “M; Carey Thomas!
was born with the heritage of great!
Quaker traditions—respect for edu-
cation, reverence for individual free-
dom and a concern for social causes.
he was surrounded by post-war po-
lite society, rapidly hardening into!
Victorian rigidity, and whether she

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Slade also spoke of Miss!

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Engagements

The engagements of the fol-
lowing people were. announcéd
during the Christmas holidays:

Janet Barber, ’34, to Dr.
Stephen D. Clark, of Hartford,
Conn.

Barbara Merchant, 36, to Mr.
John H. C. Sidall, of Cheshire,
Conn,

Sarah Tillinghast, ’36, to Mr.
Philip Thomas, of New York
‘City.

Anne Woodward, ’86, to Mr.
Nathan Pusey, of Lawrence Uni-
trian de Appleton, Wis.







inal idea of the founders of the
school. Another difficulty | which
grew out of the very indirect con-
nection between the school and the
college was that anything which
Bryn Mawr said or did came to be
felt as interference. (The discus-
sions between the two boards went
on during November and December;
and when it was found that all the
issues had not been settled before
Miss Park went on her two months’
Western trip, it was decided that the
i; Summer School would: have to be
As a
result of this decision it was held at
Mt. Ivy” under the direction of Mrs.
| Dexter Otey, 1901. The session, al-

very successful.)

Last spring and this fall the dis-
cussions between the two groups of
directors has continued, and an
agreement has been reached which
has been approved by both boards of
directors with the exception of two
very small details of phraseology.
The basis of the agreement is that
a return to the old plan of manage-
ment will be made. The close con-
nection between Bryn Mawr College
and women in industry will be re-
established and the president of the
college will once. again be chairman
of the board of the Summer School.
The board itself will be smaller and
will be composed of six representa-
tives from industry, including a rep-
resentative of the faculty and of the
students of the Summer School,-and
six with Bryn Mawr connections.

Nothing was said in the statements
of either group about the policy
which the school is to pursue. Miss
Park believes that this is one of the
best points about the new arrange-
ments, since it leaves decisions in—all
‘matters of policy in the hands of the
At the present mom-
ent the chief concern is the choice
of a director for next summer, since
a Bryn Mawr woman is desired if
iit is at all. possible. A great safe-
guard is seen in the automatic meet-

was the most influenced to go for- ‘ing of the interested parties after

ward by her family or goaded by
her neighbors it would be hard to
say.

“She thought in terms of women,
she fought in term8 of women, and
she wrought in terms of women, but
her influence dn education, the lift-
ing of its. standards and the widen-
ing of its horizons was for everyone.

“If we have to find one word to
describe Miss Thomas, it must be
‘humanist.’ If her spirit belongs to
any one period, it is to that great
revivifying period of the Renais-
sance, but she belonged essentially to
her generation as she would have
belonged to any generation in which

»she had been born.”



Decision Is Reached
About Summer School



Continued from Page Three
of. conferences with the Summer
School board about the future of the
school. It was clear to the board: of
directors of the college that in cer-
tain instances economics had been
taught by propaganda and that there
was a tendency to make the school
a mouthpiece of the labor movement
instead of a place of impartial study.
This was not in accord with the orig-



two years under the new régime. At
the end of one year either one can
request a meeting to discuss the ar-
rangements.

No one, of course, can be sure
that the new plan will be a complete
success. It is an honest attempt,
however, to start out, as in the be-
ginning, with the belief that. both
sides can make more than a financial
contribution.
main reasons for holding this belief.
One is that it would be a great mis/
take for Bryn Mawr to lend itself to
the disintegrating force in American
life which keeps people of differing
opinions from working together in a
harmonious way. The other/ reason
is her conviction of the power and
wisdom of open discussion/in which
each person states hi§ opinion.

The new Summer School Board
is composed of: College representa-
tives: President Marion Edwards
Park, Chairman, Miss Josephine
Goldmark, Mrs. Wilfred Bancroft,



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F. W. Fetter Believes
Silver Act Ridiculous

Coiitintied tren Page One

forced to begin buying again. By
1924 we again had 14,000 tons of sil-
ver. The price fell to.sixty cents and
then. to less than twenty-five cents
during the depression. Naturally; a

strong agitation began for action to
raise the price on the ground that the
decline had destroyed the purchasing
power of silver. Actually this was but

ope of the misconceptions which were
current. It is true that our trade with
China was greatly decreased—but it
was less so than our trade with other
countries, such as Germany and
Canada. Although the Chinese dollar
was worth only one-fifth of ours, in-
stead of the usual half of it, it did
not affect the purchasing power, since
the Chinese never paid for imported
goods by exporting silver. As for the
effect of the low silver price on other
countries, it was nonexistent’ in Mex-
ico and India, whose coins are fiduci-
ary and do not fluctuate according to
the material.

In America the agitation by the in-
flationary forces led to an amendment
of the AAA authorizing the President
to coin silver at his discretion, but
actually this bill had little effect.

The first step in international ad-
justment was taken at the London
Conference in 1933, with the “Silver
Agreement” signed primarily by three
producing powers—Mexico, Canada
and the United States—and three con-
suming countries—India, China and
Spain. » The consumers agreed to limit
their sales for a few years and the
producers agreed to buy up consid-
erable amounts of silver. The United
States made a great mistaké in insist-
ing on this agreement, since it meant
buying. up our entire output of silver,
whereas other countries who. produce
more silver were only to buy some
twenty per cent of theirs. As a result
of this agreement Roosevelt issued a
proclamation in December, 1933, that
the Treasury could buy newly mined
American silver at sixty-four and one-
half cents an ounce, but the price of
silver was very little raised by this
method.

The pressure of the inflationary ele-
ments forced the passage of the Sil-
ver Act last’ June. It was based on
the policy that one-quarter of the
monetary stock in the Treasury should

should act according to such a policy
whenever he saw fit. It did not pro-
vide for the actual buying of silver.

When the price of silver began to
rise as the Secretary of the Treasury
bought it according to the agreement,
China protested against the action
which was having a deflationary in-
fluence on her currency. The price
was up to eighty ‘cents an ounce.
When he stopped buying, it fell to
sixty-five cents an ounce, where it re-
mained for several months. China
had finally gone off the silver stand-
ard and she might have unloaded her
silver to our great disadvantage.
Hong-Kong, too, suspended payments
of silver, but the Secretary of the
Treasury at once stopped buying, al-
though the constitutional legality of
such an action is a moot point. In
early December, 1935, there were no
bids for twenty million ounces of-
fered in London and no price quoted.
The United States is not entirely out
of the market, but we have been bid-
ding for only about five per cent of
the offerings.

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Dr. Fenwick Says:

The AAA was the Administration’s
pet legislation and was intended to
re-elect the President. What was the
situation with which. Congress was









faced at the beginwing of his term?

Farm pricés were on. the floor; wheat
was forty-four cents a bushel when
the normal price is ‘one dollar to a
dollar and a quarter. At the same
time, the price of farm machinery
and other commodities that the farm-
ers needed, cost almost as much as
in normal times. Well, there’s no
doubt that the government’s measure
of paying the farmers for curtailing
production by taxing the processors
has had a certain stimulating effect on
industry -by raising the -purchasing
power of the farmers.
constitutional?

The Supreme Court says that it is
not constitutional because it is not a
tax, but a plan of production. If it
were a tax, nobody could say any-
thing, because Congress has the right
to tax anyone it chooses and to put
the money in the Treasury. In this
case, the Supreme Court says that
Congress used the money from the
taxes for purposes for which they are
not authorized to use it under the
Constitution.

The Supreme Court says that the
right to regulate prices is a local
prerogative of the individual states.
But can Kansas raise the price of
wheat? Can a Southern state raise
the price of cotton all by itself? Of
course not. The price of commodities
is fixed in Chicago and Liverpool. If
the federal government can’t raise
commodities and- the--states can’t

either, we are in a deplorable situation “

which I look upon’as a surrender of
government.

The majority opinion quotes Madi-
son, Hamilton and Monroe. Their
doctrines may have been perfectly
sound in the days of the ox-carts and
sailing vessels when there could be
one price for corn in Pennsylvania
and an entirely different one in Ohio.
But the Supreme Court says that it
is no business of-theirs if the Consti-
tution is behind the times.

President Roosevelt’s message to
Congress on“the state of the nation,
which he gave last Friday night at
nine o’clock was not a message on the
state of the nation. The first part
could be described as a message on
the state of foreign countries. Presi-
dent Roosevelt described the state of
the western hemisphere during the
last three years as characterized by
beauty, peace and a feeling of good-
neighborliness. Evidently nobody told
Mr. Roosevelt about the three-year
war between Bolivia and Paraguay
which the United States was power-
less to stop, and which the League of
Nations would have stopped if the
United States hadn’t insisted that it
was an affair of the Western Hem-
isphere. The President also includ-
ed an attack on the governments of
foreign nations, saying Europe is
troubled by twin spirits of autocracy
and aggression. The President did
not refer to the governments of any
specific foreign countries.

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