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“THE COLLEGE NEWS









THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Founded in 1914)



Published woud during the College Year (excepting during Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest. of



Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.





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Freshman Quota

‘Having started what we hope is a serious discussion of the quota, we
feel that a little attention devoted to an examination of certain of the de-
sirable provisions of the present system would not be out of place.

- first consider the quota and how it affects the freshmen.

Under the present regime an incoming freshman is assigned a room
by the registrar, who takes into consideratiofi her preferences as much as
possible. There are other freshmen in her hall, but the population is largely

The freshman meets many of these lofty
creatures and lives in mortal terror of as many more; but what is even more
important is that she finds out about Bryn Mawr from them. A freshman
learns a great deal from upper classmen which she-can-learn from no other
She learns the traditions of the college, and the distinction which
arises between the sacred and the profane is firmly rooted in her mind. She
learns how to work by watching upper classmen in action, and gradually
she herself becomes an upper classman in her opinions and college attitudes.
The ordinary student adviser is of little value, because she metes out an
hour of advice to her lamb over a tea table and considers her work done.

composed of upper. classmen.

, source.

Let us

were not constructed with such a plan |.

in view, but we feel that a practical
arrangement could be made. The fol-
lowing data is roughly illustrative:
The room space is as follow:
56 Merion 4
71 Denbigh



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127 Total
During the past four years there
have been between 127 and 100 stu-
dents in the entering class. This is
slightly less than the available room
space in these two halls, but some of
the unattractive, small scholarship
rooms in Merion could be turhed back
into suites as originally intended, and
the few remaining could be used as
guest rooms.
The room space in the other three
halls:
64 Pembroke West
71 Pembroke East
79 Rockefeller
17 Wyndham



281 Total

The Sophomores, Juniors and Sen-
iors average collectively about 250.
This ‘total, however, does_not account
for the number of non-resident stu-
dents.

We, who offer this system are ful-
ly aware of its imperfections, but we
hope that it will lead to a plan worthy
of actual experiment. Above all, we
desire action.

Yours sincerely,
SARA A. D. SUPPES,
ESTHER JANE PARSONS.

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Dear Editor:

The editorial, entitled “The Quota,”
in the News of April 18, voiced the
thoughts of a great part. of the col-
lege, especially at. this time when
rooms are being drawn for next year.
We have all found the Quota an ob-
stacle in trying to get settled as we
wish, and we have all aired our views |



The freshman gets most of her advice in the form of observation of
upper classmen, whose modes of living may be reprehensible but are also

effective.
would be completely alone.

her existence when she lives under the nose of upper classmen.
more difficult would it be if she lived in a separate hall!

If, on the other hand, all freshmen lived in separate halls they
It is difficult enough for a freshman to register

How much
Freshmen living

apart from the other classes would find it a hard task to adapt themselves
to college life and work, because they would have no effective example
before them. No incoming student, whether she be from a boarding school

or a high school, is capable of coping with college and its routine without | Mawr, but in the case of there not
the guiding spirit furnished by the other classes, and the only way for this! being room enough for a whole class
union of classes to be accomplished is by having freshmen living in all the i in any one hall; a few people would
A freshman will learn to know her classmates in the course of time,

halls.

but contact with upperclassmen, which must-be established, comes only-as'|

a result of hall acquaintance.

men.

Therefore we feel that any system must |
include an arrangement whereby freshmen are divided among upper class- |



Letter Column



The News is not responsible for
the opinions expressed -in—this col-
umn. ;

April 18, 1932.
. Dear Editor:

In response to the editorial on “The
Quota,” published last week, which
clearly defines the pros and cons of
the present rooming situation, we sub-
mit the following comments and sug-
gestions. In the first place, we be-
lieve that the present quota system
is unsatisfactory as “an impartial in-
trument calculated to mix the
classes.” In the second place, we con-
test. the “inadvisability of allowing
class halls: to grow up.” And with
these two points in mind, we wish to
submit the following plan:

We suggest that Merion and Den-
bigh be used as Freshman halls, with
a complete mingling of the other
three classes in the Pembrokes and
Rockerfeller. ~The advantages, as
they appear to us, would be as fol-
lows:

1, The Freshmen would have the
opportunity of becoming acquainted
with their entire class. Freshman
Week, 4s it is now organized, is an in-
complete attempt at accomplishing
this, because girls do not become gen-
uinely acquainted outside their own
halls in so short a time.

2. After one year in the Fresh-

fran hali, the girls -would know peo-

ple with whom they are really con-
genial, and at the same time, . would
not have become so settled as to ob-
ject to a forced move...
8. Three classes_.divided. among
three halls will not lead to an ohject-
ionably small numberof any one class
living in any single,hall... The three
halls in question are so large, that it
is ineonceivable that.apy person or

reg Garam Liner) ; oa

persons would be thrown in with a
group entirely uncongenial.

4. Hall cliques would be mini-
mized, because a more organized class
and college spirit would exist.

istration now provides so narrowly by
confining bits of. each class to each
hall. is.
6. With © this plan,
tion with upper class-men, and. par-
ticipation in all phases of college life.
For the college provides innumerable
occasions outside of classes, such as
Lantern Night, May Day,-sports, and

|

to those in charge of the quota with-|
out offering any constructive idea for
eliminating the difficulty.

Everyone must realize that without
any arbitrary regulation of numbers
we would eventually have class halls
Wiser heads than ours have pointed
out that class halls would not only
make that rift between classes which



| fair that in co-operation with Presi-
Vonuhanen [dent Park and Miss Gaviller she try
would not be separated from associa- | to live where she is placed.

| pathy and understanding in her asso-

5. There would be greater Oppor- | ciates is necessary for this state of
tunity to promote the inter-class so- | mind.
cial contacts which the college admin- | Say she cannot live with anyone in col-

ire but her own little group of per- |

is now so happily absent from Bryn

| be stranded in a hall filled solidly with
another class. We must, therefore,
| recognize. the wisdom of some regula-
tion of numbers.

On the other hand, the quota does
| at times segregate a student from her
particular frierids and place here in
alien surroundings. We are sure that

for a student to do good work get any value out of college, and we
believe that a certain amount of sym-



It is intolerant of a student to

haps four of five people, and it is only

'a happy state’of mind is necessary |



WIT’?S END

The first floor has new carpets in
Pem.. East :
So thick, they dull the greatest
maiden’s tread;
But tragedy will come when sleepers
find.
‘A softer rest on carpet than in
bed.





rf

He walks the streets to Denbigh, Pem.

and Rock,
For he knows fifty girls if he es
one! .
But still, “Oh, Lord!” and “Hide

quick” meet his knock,
So he and hair and chin walk on
alone.

Now we enjoy the lecturer who—er,
who-—er, who—er, gasps
, And even clap the egoistic man,
But how about professors who insist
On crowding as many pithy sen-
tences in after the bell rings as
they possibly can!

This week it’s bugs and things, but
we have heard
There is a (girl in “Midsummer
- Night’s Dream” that
Was told to scratch as if something
were there
And couldn’t do it!

Whoops—
THE CAMPUS CAT.



NOSTALGIA

Forty more days to the first of June,
Chorus the freshmen all in tune.
Forty more days and my work is done,
Leaving not enough brains to make a
pun.

| Sparrows may chirp, and robins may

- call;
Cherries may blossom, and apples
fall;
If the calendar’s right and I add the
sum,

There’s a long time to wait, but the
day will come.

Which now I see in the densest fog,
Consuming my time like the basest
hog,
But nothing can help it arriving soon,
Forty more days to the first of June.
PFIFFLE.



ODDS AND ENDS
The technique of eating spaghetti
‘Is a definite part of your eti-
Quette. One end is best,
And suck in the rest,
Though with catsup this fails to be
pretty.

There is a young lady just seen by us
Who is growing a tree of gardenias,
So, that on the week-ends
Though no money she spends
Her beaux gasp and think what a
queen she is.
THE LABOR PARTY.



There were Merionettes three,
Entered the draw with great glee,



Where, however, she is unsuccess-

importance of moving her to a more |
congenigl location.
ly true in the case of Juniors and

all extra-curriculum activities, where-| Seniors ;who have, unconsciously per-

by an inter-class social. life would nat-
urally exist.

In addition, we suggest that Seniors
aets as Senior Advisors for the Fresh-
men, thereby, insuring SENIOR-
FRESHMEN __relationship.. We be-
lieve that to have such a responsibil-
ity rest upon that class as a whole
would increase the value and signifi-
cance of having a Student Advisor.

A JUNIOR-FRESHMAN contact
is insured by the fact that Juniors
and Freshmen are sister classes. —

And as to a SOPHOMORE-
FRESHMAN relationship, the class
animal, Parade and Lantern Nights
are ample grounds for friendships.
Above all, classes and sports are a
means of daily contact.

This plan would most certainly
avoid “depositing a girl in a hall her
Freshman year, and keeping her there
four years against her will.”. A
Freshman, with few: exceptions, ac-
cording to our suggested system,
would know definitely where and with
Lwhom she would be most contented
her remaining three yéars. ©

We are- aware that the dormitories



‘haps, but definitely, found those peo-
ple whom they admire and with whom
they sympathize the most.

What we ask, then, is only what the
whole college feels is urgently need-
ed. It is*that-the quota be continued,
but with the stipulation that it may
be broken for a special case if it
seems reasonable to those in charge.
We feel sure the student would co-
operate by not abusing this leniency
with unreasonable requests.

CLARA FRANCES GRANT.

&

All-French Film Will be _

_ Egyptian’s Main Line
Innovation April 27-28

‘Sous les Toits de Paris,” an all-
French talking cinema, will be pre-
sented for the first time in any
American Community Theatre at the
Egyptian, Bala-Cynwyd, afternoons
and evenings of Wednesday and
Thursday, April 27 and 28. .

The atmosphere of Paris’ tenement
district is caught cleverly by Rene
Clair in a film that is hailed by crit-
ics as an advance in talkie technique,
reducing wart ge to a minimum (40







per esehd diel — the oat

ful, we cannot stress too strongly the|

This_is especial- |



But on seeing the line
Their hopes ceased to shine a
| For they all wanted to go to Pem E.

i They drew the highest of all,
And then and there fell a pall,
They could do:no iota
For full was the quota
And so they lived on in their hall.
—College Lifer.
saison
The Mad Hatter, who chose said
nom-de-plume as an advance apology
for just this sort of thing, has to
admit right at the start of his mad
career that he (she or it) made a
mistake. We tried to work out that
confounded sim in the News office

_ilast Monday night, because we had

forgotten to bring the solution down
with us. If you knew ‘the NEWS
office intimately, as we dq, you would
understand. The correct answer is
9567
1085
10652
And we figures this one out down in
the office, too. Cheerio!
THE MAD HATTER.



mime formula with which the most
universally successful silent films
were produced. The picture is 100
per cent. understandable even to those |
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‘Tarzan the Ape Man.

In Philadelphia :

Broad: Cornelia Otis Skinner in her

Wives of Henry VIII. These dra-
matic sketches will be preceded by
some of her-jther original mono-
logues. Definitely worth seeing. -

Garrick: Helen Hayes
Good Fairy. A gentle little piece full
of whimsey and Miss Hayes. At
times it is so gentle that one forgets
all about it, but you may like it.

Forrest: Grand Hotel, with Eu-
genie Leontovich, Sam Jaffe and Sieg-
fried Rumann. A: superb production
that no one should miss.

Music—Academy of Music
Philadelphia Orchestra: Friday
afternoon, April 22, at 2.30, and Sat-
urday evening, April 23, at 8.20. Leo-
pold Stokowski conducting; Sylvan
Levin, Pianist, soloist. Program:

Sibelius. Symphony No. 4 in A minor

BOVE 0580 ees Concerto in G major
emergent ae ce mrrmrgrer ce Chaconne .
ON hci cee i Passacaglia

Movies

Stanley: James Cagney and Joan
Blondell in The Crowd Roars. All
about auto races and their catastro-
phies. Mr. Cagney divides his time
between driving in races and slapping
women.

Mastbaum:
head of a vaudeville bill and after
the smoke clears Edmund Lowe and
Claudette Colbert in The Misleading
Lady. The idea is that of the girl
who has everything but is bored by
it all and goés on the stage.

Earle: Doug Fairbanks, Jr., in
It’s Tough to Be Famous. The tale

of the trials and tribulations of a na-

tional hero whose public won’t “leave
him be.” Mr. Fairbanks is excellent
and the whole affair is amusing.

Boyd: Man Wanted, in which Kay
Francis turned from society to busi-
ness for no apparent reason and with
little success.

Keith’s: House Divided, with Wal-
ter Huston, Helen Chandler and Kent
Douglas. Father and son in a tan-
gle over father’s matrimonial agency
wife—all very grim.

Stanley: Johnny Weismuller in
A ‘swell pic-
ture full of impossible yet fascinating
goings-on about Tarzan, monkeys,
crocodiles and elephants. Don’t miss
it;

Karlton: Lupe Velez and Leo Car-
rillo in The Broken Wing. About
an aviator and a girl, (aha) a Mexi-
can rebel and a wife and numerous

other confusing elements. Not very
much.
Europa: Das Lied Ist Aus, an ex-

cellent German film, full of good tunes
and a temperamental opera star.
Worth seeing.

Keith’s: Warner Baxter in |Ama-
teur Daddy—a shy, old-bachelor who
adopts a family of orphans and finds
out his mistake later. Sort of Daddy
Long Leggish.

Stanton: Spencer Tracy and Wil-
liam Boyd in Sky Devils—an uproari-
ous burlesque of the air service.

Grand: John and Lionel Barry-
more as thief and detective in Ar-
sene Lupin—an excellent picture.

Local Movies

Ardmore: Thursday and Friday,

Constance Bennett in Lady With A /“
_ |Past, with Ben Lyon; Saturday, Dis

orderly Conduct, with El Brendel,
Sally Eilers and SpencerPraty; tifon-

day and Tuesday, Charles Farrell -
‘| After

Tomorrow; Wednesday and
Thursday, George Sidney, Smith ana
dale, and Ruth Hall in Heart of New
York.

Seville: Wednesday and Thursday,
Billie Dove and Edward Everett Hor-
ton in The Age For Love; Friday,
Will Rogers in Business and Pleas-
ure; Saturday, Monsters of the Deep:
Monday, Tuesday and. Wednesday

Russ Columbo at the:

in The’

Hell’ Divers, with Clark Gable and_

Wallace Beery; Thursday and Friday,

Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook in-

Shanghai Express.

Wayne: Wednesday and Thurs-
day, Cheaters At Play, with Thomas
Meighan and_ Charlotte Greenwood;
Friday and Saturday, Ladies of the
Jury, with Edna May Oliver and
Roscoe Ates; Monday and Tuesday,
Tomorrow and Tomorrow; with Paul
Lukas, Ruth Chatterton and Robert
Ames; Wednesday and Thursday, Dis-
orderly Conduct, with Sally Eilers
and Spencer Tracy.

Especially Recommended: Shang-
hai Express, Lady With a Past.

- Fairly.Good: Hell Divers.- °



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