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VOL. XIX, No. 18

BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA,, WEDNESDAY, APRIL bd 1933

Copyright BRYN MAWR
COLLEGE NEWS, 1933

PRICE 10 CENTS.





Dr. Cohen Discusses

Philosophy of History)

‘ ae,
Facts Cannot be Determined
Without Ethical Criterion,
Lecturer Says

-REFUTED



THEORIES



“To really understand history,” de-
clared Dr. Morris Cohen, of City Col-
lege, in Goodhart Hall, April 13, “it
is necessary to approach the facts
with some consciously-adopted theory
of social objectives. Only in this
way,” he asserted in the course of his
lecture on “The Philosophy of His-
tory,” “can. the historian choose his
authorities and avoid inadvertent
prejudice.”

If the purpose of philesophy is to
understand the world in which we
live, Dr. Cohen remarked by way of
intYoduction, then time is a central
fact. The general tradition of phil-
osophy. has, however, been hostile to
the notion of time. For the Oriental,
time is a material conception, and
history, unfolding in time, is corre-
spondingly unimportant. The an-
cients, believing the possibilities of
history limited to a cycle of events
which recurred again and again, also
paid little attention to history.

In modern philosophy, time is con-
sidered to be a category of appear-
ance, not reality, and the Idealists
made history a mere appendix to
ethic or to logic. Nineteenth century
thinkers, shocked at this Romantic
attempt to deduce history from the
abstract, treated the subject from a
strictly empirical viewpoint.

‘Although recognized philosophers
thus scorned to develop any philoso-
phy of history as a fundamental

to form some conception of the past,
and ‘all history textbooks are writ-
ten” with some ethical bias, con-
scious or otherwise. A dominant in-
fluence on Western civilization has
been the Old Testament idea of the
Jews, who conceived all history as
contering around one chosen people;
until recently, American text books
were written as if Americans were
another. chosen people in the Wilder-
ness. In contrast to this Biblical
view was the eighteenth -century
tendency to treat history as a strug-
gle against the darkness and super-
stition fostered by the Church.

The first. explanation of history in
purely materialistic terms was ad-
vanced by’ Hippocratus, who discus-
sed the effect of climate in determin-
ing racial characteristics. This the-
ory, in which Plato and Aristotle
concurred, is similar to the modern
doctrine that “mankind is the product
of environment.” Although _ this
statement is applicable in many cir-
cumstances, confusion between neces-
sary and sufficient conditions: should
be avoided, Dr. Cohen insisted;-Eng-
land was always an, island, but did
not become maritime until the be-
ginning of the Tudor era.

A peculiarly nineteenth century
idea is the belief that so constant a
factor as race can explain all the
changing episodes of a people’s his-
tory. This theory has been largely
displaced by the conception that his-
tory is made by the forms of organ-
ized human life. The undoubted in-
fluence of political and economic in-
stitutions, should not,. however, ob-
secure the fact that political differ-

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Easter Miracle Plays

Since repeated showers throughout
Sunday made it impossible to pre-
sent The Deluge on Merion 7 sea as
had been-planned, the production of
the Easter Miracle Plays has been
postponed until Sunday, April 23, at
5 P. M. In order that the audience
which had collected might + not be
completely disappointed, The Sepul-
chrum was given in the Cloisters, but
the performance suffered so much
from poor weather, noisy spectators,
and an autogyro overheard, that it
will be repeated after The may
next Seney:. : :



,;€ALENDAR
Wed, April 19: Mrs. Pearl
S.. Buck will speak on “The
Chinese Sense of Humor.”
Thurs., April 20: Professor
Robert Milikan will speak on
“Probing the Nucleus of. the
Atom.” Goodhart, 5.00 P. M,
Fri:;:> April- “2r: Varsity
Dramatics, assisted by ~mem-
bers of Princeton University,
present Lady Windemere’s Fan.

Goodhart, 8.30 P. M.
, Sat., April 22: ‘Tea Dance,
Pembroke Hall, £.00° P. M. to
7.00 P. M.: Varsity Dramatics,
assisted by members of Prince-
ton University, present Lady

Windemere’s Fan. Goodhart,
8.30 P. M.
. Bun, Aptil 23:----Varsity:

Players will present two Eas-
ter miracle plays, The Deluge
and The Sepulchrum, the, for-._
er in the Cloisters, and the lat-
ter on Merion Green. The per-
formances are to be preceded by
country dancing on the Green
at 5.00 P. M.

Sun.; April 23: ~ Chapel.
Musical Service to be conduct-

ed by the Rev. Dr, Andrew
Mutch. Music Room, 7.30
P.M; :

Mon,, April 24: Dr. Wil-
liam Pepperell Montagu will
speak on “The Materialistic
Theory of Mind.” ' Goodhart,
8.30:.P, M.

Tues., April 25: Mr, Lin-

ecoln Kirstein will lecture on
“The Russian Ballet.” Good-
hart Common Room, 4.30 P. M.

Wed., April 26: Mr, Lin-
coln Kirstein will lecture on
“Classical Dancing.’ Goodhart
Common Room, 5.00 P. M.. Tea
at. 4.80 PP: M,







Committee Makes Plans

, for~Scholarship Money,



(Especially Contributed By Rebecca
Wood)

The Undergraduate Committee on}
consisting of Sylvia;

Scholarships,
Bowditch, Caroline Lloyd-Jones, Bet-|
ty Lord, Josephine Rothermel,
ence Cluett, and Rebecca Wood, met |
with Mfs. Manning and Miss Ward,
on’ Thursday to discuss how the Un-
dergraduates could help the scholar-
shfp fund.

The fund will be known as the Bryn}
Mawr College Scholarship Fund, to| both taking part

distinguish it from that of the alum

nae or of endowed scholarships, and |
any checks. should be made out to
that name.
conduct a regular drive throughout!
the college, nor to conduct any sales}
or other énterprises which might con-|

flict with those of individual students |

or of establishdd organizations. It}
is hoped, however, that any profit-|
making entertainments such as Glee
Club or dramatics will contribute to |
scholarships as far as possible, con-
sidering the great need and import-
ance of raising-an adequate fund this
year.

The Athletic Association has al-
ready set an admirable example by
charging for the faculty-varsity bas-
ketball game for scholarships, and is
planning a basketball game with
Princeton at two o’clock this Satur-
day, with admission, for the same
purpose. Any other such entertain-
ing features which could be staged
for the purpose of raising money,
any private subscriptions from stu-
dents or outside benefactors, and any
ideas whatsoever for furthering in-
terest among the undergraduates will
be gratefully welcomed. Above all,
it is hoped that a general feeling of
responibility or even a crusading en-
thusiasm among the students will .re-

‘sult from the formation of the Un-

dergraduate Committee and the Col-
lege Scholarship Fund.



Junior Month
Josephine Rothermel has been
chosen as Bryn Mawr’s repre-
~ gentative in New York during





Junior Month.





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It was decided not to}

News... Subscription ©
The gollege vote, on the auto-
matic. Subscription to. the News
revealed 125 as favoring it and
116 as opposing it. This is not
‘ considered a sufficient majority
to ps the measure into effect.

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‘Lady Windemere’ s Fan
Will be Spring Play



n Mawr Faculty and ©

B
y . Princeton
STAGING TO BE MODERN







Next Friday and Saturday nights,
April 21 and 22, Varsity Dramatics
j will present in Goodhart Hall their
aaa three-act--play..The-play;—as

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| has been announced, is Oscar Wilde’s

| Lady: Windemere’s Fan, and the pro-

| duction is tobe in modery dress and

re an especially modern stage. For
the first time in several years, the
| Varsity Play is to be acted before a
|.set of cycloramic curtains instead of
|an ordinary canvas and wood inter-
‘ior. The experimental aims of the
| Players’ organization have been car-
| ried over into Varsity’s work, and
| the sets, designed by Rebecca Wood,
| are the first indication of this change.
| The costuming is another innovation,
| for, although the clothes are. being
‘loaned by Nan Duskin, of Philadel-
| phia, as before, they are planned this

| time on a completely new scheme. The |

| mood of the separate acts will be re-
flected in the coloring of the, clothes
and the personalities of the individ-
,ual characters indicated in the same
| Way. This is definitely an , experi-
| ment and it remains to be seen how
| successful the final effect will be;
; but it is a step in a new and unex-
plored direction, and much may be
hoped from a start such as this.
| Quite as important is the renewal
| of dramatic relations with Princeton.
Not since the production of The Con-
i stant Nymph, in 1930, have Princeton
| actors been seen on the Bryn. Mawr
stage. Although it is not the The-
| atre Intime organization with which
| Varsity is playing, the male parts in
'the play are being filled by Prince-
| ton students. The faculty of Bryn
| Mawr is also taking part, for Mr.
| Edward Warburg; of the Art depart-
/inent, and Mrs. William Flexner_aye
in the play, as well
, | as assisting with the staging and di-
| Pectin of the whole performance.
One more unusual feature of the
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| Choir Sings Parsifal
With Phila. Orchestra

| (Especially Contributed By Suzanne
| - Halstead)

On April_1~at the Academy of
| Music in Philadelphia, the Bryn
Mawr Choir co-operated with two
other choruses in singing the Flow-
er Maidens’ Chorus of the Second
Act of Parsifal. This was given as
a part of the entire opera which was
presented by the Philadelphia Or-
chestra under the direction of Leo-
pold Stokowski, and featured many
famous singers in the solo parts.

The invitation to participate in
Parsifal was a priceless opportunity
for the Choir to sing really difficult
music in a professional production, for
the “Flower Maidens’ Chorus” is not
‘only technically difficult, but demands
subtlety in its interpretation. . Its
moods range from the wildness of
the beginning {0 the soft allure, of
the middle and the derisive note on
which it ends.

Excitement was high among us
when, after the weeks of patient
work under Mr. Willoughby, we were
to rehearse for the first time with
Stokowksi, but he, even at the first
rehearsal, seemed satisfied on the
whole, although there were many de-
tails which needed more practice and
polish. Despite Stokowski’s reputa-
tion for “temperament,” he showed

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Men’s Parts to be Played by .



INTELLECTUAL AMBITION
-~PROMPTS UPPER CLASSMEN
TO FAVOR ACADEMIC WORK



Comprehensive Knowledge and General Flexibility of Mind
Are Considered Most Important Aims ~ ’
: of College Education



MAJORITY SIGNIFY DESIRE TO TAKE HONORS



According to results of the aca-
demic questionnaire for juniors ,and
seniors, circulated by the faculty

through the News before spring va-
cation, the majority of these two
classes are interested primarily in
the academic side of college, rather
than in the much publicized aspect
which includes social contacts and
general amusement. Four-fifths of
the votes cast assigned first import-
ance to academic over extra-curricu-
lar activities, but by an equally large
majority, the upperclassmen .indicat-
ed a strong preference for knowledge
embracing a wide range of subjects,
rather than concentrated knowledge
of one or allied subjects.

The results of the voting as a
whole revealed an apparent contra-
diction in the intellectual ambitions
of the students. Although they de-
clared themselves in favor of com-
prehensive knowledge and the devel-
opment of a general flexibility of
mind, they also indicated by a large
margin a desire to take honors, giv-
ing as the first reason for doing -so
“the opportunity for wide readi n
a chosen field.” These results, how-
ever, are more correctly interpreted
as ‘calling for a wide foundation of
learning upon which specialization in
a given field may be founded. The
college education built around the
major subject is in process of being
discarded in favor of a general cul-
ture which can be used either as/a
foundation for intelligent. living, or as
a basis for intensive study in a sin-
gle field, Further illustration of this
trend is to be found in the large ma-
jority who assigned first place in im-
portance to preparation towards flex-
ibility of mind and second place to
vocational training. Culture first,
and specialization and expert knaewl-
edge second, is the creed for the pres-
ent, juniors and seniors.

The question of examinations and
numerical marking is one upon which
there is the greatest difference of
opinion; .fifty-one votes were cast for
abolition of exams, and fifty-three for
their continuance. The reason given
by almost all the abolitionists was

that examinations are no fair indi-
eation of one’s knowledge; while only
three honest souls dared to state

their objection as relating to the dif-
ficulty of examinations. As a sub;
stitute the long paper piled up a
commanding. lead over general re-
commendations by instructors and
oral questioning. Numerical marking

“appeared as the preference of a ma-

jority of only eight, while the public
posting of examination results was
definitely voted down in:favor of a
system whereby marks should be
known only to the students con-
cerned.

The. outstanding surprise of the
questionnaire is to be found in the
rating of oral reports as the least
valuable means of instruction. Re-
cently there has been a marked tend-
ency among professors to substitute
oral for written reports under the
impression that they are of more val-
ue. This opinion, however, does not
seem to have spread far afield as
yet. The other ratings in this sec-
tion came out much as would be ex-
| pected, with lectures and written re-
ports occupying first and _ second
place.

The greatest amount of informa-
tion on the intellectual preferences
of the upperclassmen was included in
the answers to the question, “What

do you most want from college you

feel you have no opportunity at pres-
ent to get?” Here again the empha-
sis was on more freedom in planning
the four-year course, and an increas-



ed range of subjects, especially in
the fields of modern literature and
art. The complaint was made that
the present curriculum includes ‘too
few courses dealing with the events
and trends of our own period, while
innumerable ones treat exhaustively
of ancient learning and art. The
feeling is that the ancient triumphs
too much over the modern in_ the
present catalogue. ~ Suggestions of
ways in which the curriculum could
be expanded to allow for this demand
for freedom and breadth of field were
numerous, and included requests for
vocational training in professions
other than teaching, mote music—in-
cluding courses in practical instru-
mental work (piano lessons not so
expensive), mechanical drawing and
design, domestic science,. American
archaeology, and more geology field
trips, and a general workshop. Those
desiring to ,introduce a breath of
fresh air into the knowledge of the
past ask for an elective. English
course On moderns and a course in
background tendencies and forces of
contemporary life, i, e., art and liter-
ature.

Thus the present junior or senior
desires first of all her freedom -to
choose her own course of. study, and
a few new highroads to supplement
the ancient and time-honored paths
of learning. There is no feeling that
the curriculum is full of evils or weak
spots, for the votes were evenly divid-
ed between maintenance and revision ‘
of the curriculum. What complaints
were made, were in the form of sug-
gestions for improvements, rather
than that of appeals for reform.

As is always the case, there are
some students possessed of extraor-
dinary bents which they feel. should
be given a freer rein. Screams of
rage and pain continue to arise be-
cause of the existence of a science
requirement; but the great thorn in
the side of several voters is that they
feel the want of association with. the
“emotionally and mentally mature” in
the form of the professors. The cry
is “to be able to know more profes-
cors socially, so that we may know

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Reform of Dining Room

is Asked by Miss Park



Miss Park’s Chapel: on Thursday
morning was addressed to Diners in
College. There is no truer figure to
apply to the four years of college
than to call it a “Halfway».House.”
It is the middle step between family
life, where standards are set by one’s
family, and life in which one has a
fundamental share, as a worker or as
a wife and mother. Between the
two areas of private standards comes
this time when standards seem un-
important. and life a holiday, in which
the individual may do as she pleases
before settling down to please em-::
ployer or husband.

As a result of the conclusion’ that
many individuals have reached, that
the college years ‘afford chance for a.

“fling,” Bryn Mawr suffers from a

“disorder complex.” It is true that
torn clothes may cover a heart of
gold, and untutored hair a brilliant
brain; but on the campus, there are
sights that are neither well- bred_nor
feminine, rather expressions*of proud
and independent egos. *

The meeting of these egos in the col-
lege dining-halls ults in dinners
full of noise, husy, and bad man-
ners. Although the undergraduate
wishes least to be described as sense-
less and unattractive, at present she
merits that description.

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The New Deal - :

At this point, when Bryn Mawr is. pulling itself together sartor-

ially, and dining in nothing short of magnificence, it-is-only_fitting that}

we pause and regard our wardrobes, and see if they are completely
worthy of this new age. The ordinary garments to be worn about
college are, of course, a matter of personal discretion, or indiscretion,

but we feel that the spirit of our rebirth calls for some form of special- |

ized apparel to distinguish us from the lesser forms of intellectual life.
We, therefore, rise to suggest a milk-lunch-suit, to consist of any stand-
ard peasant frock, equipped with three owls placed on the back. The
material should be dark in hue so that minor spots would not be visible,
and the owls should be placed upon the left shoulder in order to avoid
any lawsuits or accusations of piraticism.

The advantages of such a uniform garment are apparent. We
ecould wear them to spring functions at nearby colleges, and thus be
chie and attractive on very hot days. At house parties we would be
ready for anything that might turn up, and so neat and clean that
anyone would be proud to escort us. Also, there would. never be any
doubt as to what college we attended, and we could make our good
impression without being conspicuous. The milk-lunch-suit would re-
duce the necessity for taking any bags along on week-ends, for it has
been amply illustrated that such an ensemble can be made to accommo-
date itself to any cireumstances for an indefinite period of time. Tak-
ing everything into consideration, a milk-lunch-suit would be just the
thing to solve all our spring problems, as it is very smart this season
to give an impression of careful carelessness. .A possible disadvantage
to the idea is that in night clubs we might be mistaken for cigarette
girls, but-other-colleges-do-not-seem to resent such chance cases of
mistaken identity, and there is no need for us to be over-sensitive.

_And we could follow a well-established tradition and bestow milk-
lunch-suits upon our friends on foreign campuses. That way we would
have a chapter in every college, and our garments would come to be
part of what the well-dressed man would wear. Any gentleman not
possessed of a Bryn Mawr milk-lunch-suit would soon be labeled as
one who had not really been about a great deal, while the true sophisti-
cate would be able to collect a number of suits and séll them. to his

oe

less fortunate comrades, thereby making a tidy bit for himself, and’

Indeed, it séems to us that the milk-
lunch-suit is the thing of the future. It would make us individuals,
and, after all, that is what everyone of us secretly yearns to be. To
be noticed in this world, by fair means, is a difficult problem, but’ in
our minds the solution to it is to be found in the milk-lunch-suit.

increasing his friendship for us.



Ouiji Books

The students at Bryn Mawr are sincerely thankful that their ool
lege has been chosen by the spirit world as the medium through which
misunderstood authors may re-express themselves for the benefit of
our fortunate generation. Anyone who takes a, book from the library
will be delighted to observe that Bryn Mawr is rewriting the classics.
Students who are not inspired by the spirits to rewrite library books,
need not despair: they will be sure to find written into every. book
valuable marginal comments or-a complete revision of the text, pro-

vided by those who are so inspired.
Apparently, the spirits of Kant, of Schopenhauer, and even of
Shelley, after years of solitary contemplation, have discovered the er-
rors in their work, and are making use of Bryn Mawr studen\s to
amend them. The more tractable students permit an author to cross
- out the printed words in his books and to substitute the illegible script
of genius. The meanings of sentences, paragraphs, and often of whole
chapters are completely metamorphosed, since the spirit author ocea-
sionally sees fit to confide contradictory revisions to different students
using the same book. We feel that, in such a @ase, the students should
each try to revise a fresh copy of the book, so that the author may;
have an opportunity to compare separate texts in order to decide on a
final edjtion. Some of the students, however, show a stubborn resist-
ance“in allowing the author to do no more than underline his impor-
tant sentences or add in the margins a few eritieal phrases, such as

- “Oh, yeah!”, “Sez you!”, and “How silly!” Even such marginal com-

ments are a step in the vight direction, since in time they may accumu-

+ late to. to. mani tee text entirely, but we feel that students who confine

ate sayeine sme eeving » Selly nena



WITS END



THE BIRTH OF THE BISHOP:
AN, EXPRESSION UPON
EPISCOPAL EVOLUTION '

I

“Shall I tell you stories of bishops?”

she said;

And I thought she should and nod-
j ded my head;
And; 80 she began to spin her tale
In a haunting, jaunting, seven-fold
wail, 3

While her eyes. grew bright

With a prophet light

And, her cheeks flamed up and then
~ grew pale;

And.wI-sat at her feet and tidot: my

“<3 gaze

Upon her: face, while, a dream-thick
haze

Floated up from a wet salt sea

And dimmed all sound with its
density.

Then her sing-song ‘tone

Like a mad-dog moan

Rose through the mist and enchant-
ed me,

And these are the words she sang:—

{I

“Back in the age of the Cambrian

When all was dark and there was no
man,

There lived of Phyljum Protozoa,

A young ingenious Bice,

Who was more clever than the
others— -

The stupid always-eating brothers—

He stopped to think

When on the brink

Of stirring up the ooze for food;

A dim elusive plan he wooed

Whereby he’d live a life of ease,

No fears of hunger or disease

Like leprosy or scarlet fever

Would ever shake him. A believer

In his fresh and new-found creed

Was all he really seemed to need;

And so he polished up his speech

And went into the world to teach

The presence of a deity

Whose faithful Menial was he.

He took an understanding air,

A holy and a vacant stare,

As though receiving inspiration ;

Many was -the invitation

HE was given to come and dine

With One-cells father down the line;

And when he’d eaten every dish up

He’d smile-and say, ‘You’ve pleased
your Bishop.’

(For such the name he chose to take

When social calls he thought he’d
make;

‘It has a staid, yet kindly sound,’

He murmured, and indeed he found

It capable of bringing awe

To any anthropoids he saw

And make them’ feel that ai were

~ sinners, :

And for atonement give hii
dinners).

The future fossils were impressed

And not a creature ever guessed

The truth of his benignant pose.

His bed was soft as any rose |

And when he knew his tife was done

He passed his secret to his son.

So the episcopal condition /

Became a family tradition

And on with evolution ran

And fixed itself at last with man.

The’re bishops with us ¢ven now

Before whom lordly heads all bow,

Who trace their line through Father
Noah

Back to that early Protozoa.”

4
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III

And those are thé words she sang.

She dropped her/ head, and then she
sighed,

Like the spirit /passing from one who
has died;

And cold and chill and white hoar
frost /

‘Wrapped about us, and I was lost;

But she, with a cry,

Opened one eye

And waved a firm imperious hand,

And sttaight a swaying chanting .
band

4 Dramat created Noah

‘who attempt to escape.



Appeared from out the fog and leapt

—

Around us madly till there crept
A warm suffusing glow of ‘heat
Into my arms and face and feet,
And all my heart
Blazed like'a part
Of sun-fire with the wild weird beat.
Then she spoke three sharp crisp
words

‘| And swiftly melted the phantom

herds,
And we were alone, and all was still,
And I gazed into her face until
There were golden flashes
Through her long eye-lashes



And she looked at me and laughed
her fill.
—Orthoceras.
DOG’S LIFE

And no—there’s no question about. it,

There’s nothing to cause you to doubt
it, : % ‘

They may as well te us like guinea
pigs squalid

And number the cages within which|
we’re wall-ed;

‘| While they tamper to see if we are

reflective
To external stimuli; or, if defective,
We lie all inert, appetite unappeased,
Even when by the 6.40 bell we are
tedsed.

We protest that such treatment is
_ brutal,

That we should rise ‘up at one tootle,

And with “dog-bell-bone” sequence

(Neglecting fine pretense) .

Salivate like brutes automatic

With response animal, systematic,

Our motto henceforth shall be “cave
canem”—

Thumbs down on the canines—we
refuse to go to ’em!

—Campusnoop.



THE DELUGE
The stage. was almost set, the actors
- almost met,
The audience might be neatly
termed agog,
But, alas, they did not know, that
to enjoy their show
Far, far it better were/to be a
frog.

First an awe-inspiring downpour,
Then reversed into/a dribble,

Came the inconsiderate rainfall
In a fashion most terwible,

‘With a most consummate art,
But. they didn’t think that Heaven’d

Want to play so big a part.
—The Merion Greenhorn.



The Weatherman is chuckling loud
At every distant, dreary cloud:
“God may be on His platform high,
But all’s not right: you needn’t try
To’seape by Babels high and huge;
The Moral is here: “Apres moi, la
Deluge.”
Cheero,
—THE MAD HATTER.



| French Moving Picture

is Shown in Goodhart



On April 11, Rene Clair’s great
French film, A Nous la' Liberte, was
presented in Goodhart Hall for the
benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Rene
Clair is known to everyone for his
production of Sous les Toits de Paris
and Le Million, and the presentation
of his latest picture at Bryn Mawr
gave us the opportunity to form an
interesting | comparison between
French and American cinema_ tech-
nique. ae

A Nous la Liberte is the ‘story--of
two convicts, Emile (Henri March-
and) and Louis (Raymond Cordy),
Emile jis
caught and returned to prison, while
Louis gets free, and from humble be-
ginnings builds up a successful busi-
ness in the manufacture of phono-
graph records. Emile, at the end of
his term, finds Louis rolling in pros-
perity, decides to stay with him, and
falls in love with one of the factory

| girls; who, however, will have nothing

to do with him. The inopportune ar-
rival of the police with the intelli-
«Continued on Page Six)



ile more controlled and favorable conditions. Obviously, the philo-
sophical and scholarly problems of the past are about to be solved:
aucer will soon reveal the correct arrangement of the Canterbury



Tales; Kant will explain his use of terms in the Transcendental Aes-
thetic; Aristotle may even tell us whether he pollens in the existence
of God. Binee, Bryn Mawr has been elected to e

‘yn Mawr student who 1
i easily peering it, is not ae. her

iwhten the world, it
a library book pass



| 24, at 8.20



IN PHILADELPHIA
>) ores
‘Chestnut Street: Podrecca’ Ss nov-

jel life, sized puppet company, The

Piccoli. Not a childish evening at

ropean acclaim.

Garrick: Mask and Wig Club of
the University of Pennsylvania in
Out of the Blues. Always fun for
the little girls and boys.

Academy of Music
Fri.; Apri] 21, at 2.80 P. M,; Sat.,
April 22, at.8.30 P. M.; Mon., April
. M. Leopold .Stokow-
ski, ‘conducting. Second Request pro-
gram. -Tschaikowsky, Symphony No.
6, - “Pathetique,”. Beethoven,
phony No. 5, C Minor. ~

« 4

Movies A
eo Street: Oliver Twist comes
to life with Dickie Moore, and Irv-
ing Pichel as the dandy” Fagan. Good
for the spring cry.

Fox: . Noel Coward’s / Cavalcade
back at popular prices. If you didn’t
see it before, do it now,/because Clive
Brook, Diane Wynward and so on
are superb.

Earle: None other than Paul
Whiteman, and all his circus—Ra-
mona, Jack Fulton, ete. Also Carole
Lombard whips From Hell -To

Heaven. “‘A/ thrilling love drama.”
Hotcha! :
Boyd: /Clark Gable and Helen

Hayes in/The White Sister—called a
second-rate Farewell To Arms by
the critics.

Stanley: A fifty-foot ape
dinosaurs and
State Building for Fay Wray in King
Kong. Somehow falls a little short
of “colossal,” but it’s good fun.

Karlton: The Past of Mary
Holmes—“a woman’s greed for fame
shatters the romance of the son she
hated.” With Helen MacKellar. and
‘Erie Linden. Couldn’t be worse.

Stanton: George Raft and Sylvia
Sidney in Pick-Up (does not refer

kills

rto early morning variety).. Fair
only.

Keith’s: Hopelessly cluttered with
vaudeville and a dreadful movie;

Trailing the Killer.
Local Movies

Ardmore: Wed., 42nd Street,
with Ruby Keeler, Bebe Daniels,
|and George Brent; Thurs., Whis-
tling in the Dark, with Ernest

Truex;' Fri. and Sat., Constance Ben-
nett and Paul Lukas, in, Rockabye;
Mon. and Tues., H. G. Well’s Island
of Lost Souls, with Richard Arlen
and Charles Laughton; Wed. and
Thurs., King of the Jungle, with
Buster Crabbe and Francis Dee.

Seville: Wed. and Thurs., Ann
Harding and Leslie Howard in Ani-
mal Kingdom; Fri., Employees’ En-

ta Young, and Wally Ford; Sat.,
Kate Smith in Hello, Everybody;
Mon. and Tues., No Other Woman,
with Irene Dunne and Charles Bick+
ford; Wed. and Thurs., Lionel At-
will and Fay Wray in Mystery of
the Wax Museum.

Wayne: Wed. and Thurs., Nor-
ma Shearer, Frederic March, and
Leslie Howard in Smilin’ Through;
Fri. and Sat., King’s Vacation, with
George Arliss; Mon. and Tues., Mad-
ame Butterfly, with Sylvia Sidney,
Cary Grant, and Charlies Ruggles;
Wed. and Thurs., Norma Shearer
and Clark Gable in Strange Interlude.

LETTERS

ve

(The News is not responsible for
opinions expressed in this column.)

Editor’s Note:
ter arrived too late to be included in
the last issue of the News. We re-
gret that publication has been de-
layed.
To the Editor of the College News:

May I again ask for space in the
News? In the issuepf March 15, Dr.
R. W. Kelsey, of Haverford College,
in a discussion on Prohibition, is
quoted as saying, “To me it is al-
‘most impossible to understand people
who think the privilege of drinking is





_| precious above all others.”

As an opponent of Prohibition I
should like to tell Dr. Kelsey that
while I do not feel that “the privilege
of drinking is precious above all
others,” I do feel that it is equal and
co-ordinate with a host of other pre-
cious privileges such as freedom of
speech, freedom of religion, freedom
of the press, and other constitutional
guarantees which we Americans be-

(Continued on Page. Five)



a



all, having received tremendous Eu-

Sym-”

climbs the Empire -

trance, with Warren William, Loret-,

The following ‘let- °

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uy __Page Three.





Statistics Announced
for-Basketball Season

Varsity Teams Will Lose Much
Valuable Material Through
™ Graduation .





SEASON IS SUCCESSFUL



With the exception of the Faculty

. game and the tie with Rosemont, the

Bryn Mawr basketball teams have
come through an unusually success-
ful season.

After several preliminary practices

-at which more than fifty candidates

appeared, ‘a temporary squad was
drawn up. With the exception of
Longacre, ghis squad included ‘those
left from-last year’s teams with five
additions, Nichols, Daniels, Monroe,
Baker, P. Little and James. Five
representatives of the freshman. class
also showed -prospécts of becoming
splendid material, Raynor, Simons,
Bridgman, A. Brown, and Van Vech-
ten. Of these, Nichols, Baker, Little,
Bridgman, Van Vechten, and Ray-
nor proved to be excellent prospects
for the large vacancies left in the
Varsity. . After trying many combi-
nations, Miss Grant finally picked the
following official teams to play in the
Drexel game:

First Second
MOOION 40 ek es ot ye Baker
Ur Sca) sameoerg errr er Pee 4 eee Meirs
efit i) adic cis OC force. Collins
Remington ..... BG, 46s Bishop
OW ogc cde Beane Nichols
PRCMNON bcc vce l.-g. ....Bridgman

As the result of this game and the
two practice games with the Satur-
day Morning Club and the Philadel-
phia Cricket Club, Miss Grant was
able to chose a team likely to stand
up against: the faster and more ex-
perienced teams which were next*on
the schedule. Longacre returned to
the center position, while Bridgman
was given one of the guard positions
on Varsity, with Kent as her running
mate. Baker and Meirs settled into

the Second Varsity forward positions,

with Nichols and Collins holding the
center and Bowditch and Jackson the
guard positions.

In spite of a slow start, Varsity
finally learned to co-operate. The
spirit of individual playing had prac-
tically disappeared, leaving behind a
smooth-working team, the members
of which were playing for a *common
end. Unfortunately, we cannot say
as much for the second team. Only
too often, inability to co-operate and
the slowness of the play made the
game comparatively uninteresting to
watch although they came through
the season undefeated.

Collier was high scorer of Varsity
with.a total of 152 points, while Bak-
er led the second team and the squad
with a total of 159 points.. Faeth
and: €ollier have proved to’ be a
smooth combination, working / quickly
and for the most part accurately, In
several games, however, carelessness
nearly lost them the-lead, ‘and only a
last minute spurt saved) them from
defeat.
ed with each other very little. Meirs
is inclined to hesitate too long before
shooting, while Baker shoots far too
often and tries too many long shots.
If each could strike a happy medium
and develop her passing, they would
perhaps be able to work better -to-
gether.

The Varsity centers, Siiniiiats and
Remington, work extremely well to-
gether, but are frequently careless
about their passes to the forwards.
Longacré is fairly regular at the
jumps, but often fails to follow up
her mistakes, ‘thereby losing many
chances to—get the ball into Bryn
Mawr - territory. Remington, al-
though small, can usually be count-
ed, on, but her passes to the for-
wards are very often too high. Nich-
ols/and Collins, the second team cen-
ters, have worked out an excellent of-

fense, but are weak in the defense. |.

Theif passwork especially is very of-

/ten inaccurate, both in the center

court itself ‘and to the forwards.
Bridgman and Kent are Varsity’s
greatest strength, and Bryn Mawr’s
great lead in the total number of
points is to a large degree due to

- their excellent work. Kent, besides

being an unusually good jumpéry
-sticks closely to her guard and gets

away quickly once she gets her hands
on. ‘the ball.’ Bridgman, a former

“guards,

Meirs and Baker co-operat-.



Shipley ace guard, is almost invari-|
ably able to’ intercept passes and to
break up dribbles...The second team
Bowditch and Jackson, are
slow passers, but) can usually be “de- |
pended upon for steady, defensive
work.

Through graduation the squad will
lose many of its best players, whose
vacancies will be hard to fill, Col-
lier, Jackson, Bowditch, Remington,
Longacre, ind Collins will be Missing
from the line-up. In spite of this
large gap, next season promises to
be as successful:as this has’ been.

The following are. the statistics of
the season:

Opponents Varsity
Drexel 34 47
Saturday Morning |

Club 4. 81
Phila. Cricket Club 35 sl
Mount St. Joseph 31. 36
Rosemont 27 rH
Swarthmore ANib: | 22
Ursinus 15 37
Faculty 3 22

Total 194 313

Opponents Sec. Varsity
Drexel aes 62
Sat. Morn, Club 11 49
Phila. Cricket Club 27 31
Mount St. Joseph 29 387
Rosemont 32 41
Swarthmore 19 31
Ursinus: 26 44

Total 151 295

¢



ye

Dr. Cohen Discusses
Philosophy of History



(Continued from ‘Page One)

ences are usually due to other con-
flicting interests, and that the Marx-
ian economic interpretation of his-

tory assumes that men are activated !

by economic motives alone and al-
ways know their own advantage.

In advocating such one-sided
ideas, Dr. Cohen maintained, histor-'
ians fail to picture human develop-
ment as a process of time, in which
a variety of factors—political, eco-
nomic, geographic, racial, cultural—
all play a part.’ The -American,John
Fiske, attempted to envisage this
process through an adaptation of the
evolutionary, philosophy of Spencer
and Hegel. According to him, all
societies must pass through various
progressive stages of development,
from primitive hunting and fishing



to commerce and ‘industry, but the
facts do not substantiate this theory. |
Moreover, if environment makes aj)
difference in human conduct, then)
evolution is an a priori notion. On|
the other hand, the empirical deter-|
mination to begin with the facts is
equally naive, for science must first
decide what the facts are.

William James worked out an en-
tirely new theory to. reconcile deter-
minism with the decisive role wnich
great men play in making history.
Napoleon’s career would have been
impossible without the French Revo-
lution,. he admits, but it is equally
true that if Napoleon had drowned at |



|
Lodi, history would have been very!
different. Hence, the significance of |
events, the tragedies and triumphs of
human affairs may be appreciated!
only by considering each event in the
lights of its possible alternatives.
Santayana, realizing that in any
such estimate some system of ethics |
or theory of values must. be used as
a criterion, stressed the importance
of eliminating prejudice from one’s
point of view. The ideal historian,
like any good theoretical scientist,
conscientiously applies his philosophy
of history to the actual material, and
is always ready to discard his own
ideas for better ones.



“Peter Arno’s Favorites” is nosed
out by Taussig’s “Principles of Eco-
nomics” in the race among best sell- |
ers in Harvard Square bookshops.

—(N. S. F. A.)



Inter-Collegiate Swimming

Bryn Mawr tied with Swarthmore
for third place in the Women’s” In-
tercollegiate. Swimming’ Meet. at
Pittsburgh, March 17-18. Alma Wal-
demeyer; ’35, came in second in
the forty-yard breast-stroke, and
Frances Porcher, 36, won a fourth
in the forty-yard crawl.. The Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh won the high-
est general average, with Syracuse

University as runner-up.
: X



Reform of Dining Room

is Asked by Miss Park

«(Continued from Page One)



The student has moved away from
the stilted tradition of the old-fash-
ioned boarding-school to
neither pleasant nor civilized. As our
dining-halls become more like the un-
comfortable and inconvenient Com-
mons of the men’s colleges, the lat-
ter are returning to the formal tra-
dition which we have deserted. Yale,
Harvard, and Princeton have inau-
gurated the custom of English uni-
versities of dining formally and pleas-
antly. °

Bryn Mawr should make a concert-
ed effort to return to the former civ-
ilized habits of dining. Breakfast
may be taken neatly and comfortably,
if not sociably, and luncheon will re-
main the professional meal of the
day; but dinner can be distinguished.
The difference may be symbolized by
changing for dinner and_ showing
some attention to one’s personal well-
being. The dining-halls are charm-
ing places, especially the newer ones,
in spite of the fact that it has been
found impossible to have small tables
in all of them or acoustic tiles in the
ceilings to deaden noise.

It is possible, however, to have good
and well-served meals if the college
will co-operate by arriving.at dinner
at approximately the same, time.
From Monday, April 17, to the fol-
lowing Friday, the doors will be open
only from 6.40 to 6.45 and an effort
will be made to have the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad change the 7.15 train
back to 7.28. Also, no business may
be transacted during dinner that re-
quires straying from table to table.
If- all these reforms are heartily co-
operated in, it will mean that the
“Halfway House” may present a pic-
ture of culture and civilization. In-
creased formality will be, not a bar-
rier, but a short cut to interesting
informality and, as time goes on, it
will be possible to ask distinguished
visitors to dine in the halls. Stu-
dents are earnestly urged to give
their support and also suggest the
next steps to take in making dinner
a more Civilized occasion.

Miss Park announced that T. S.
Eliot, who is giving the Shebley lec-
ture on April -28, will speak on
“Modern Poetry,” instead of on “The
Development of Taste in Literature,”
as previously arranged. He _ will
read from his own poems and make
a running comment upon them.

Professor Robert A. Millikan: will

' discuss his present investigations in

a talk on “Probing the Nucleus of the
Atom.” Students are urged to re-
serve the hour of 5 o’clock on Thurs-
day, April 20, to hear. this distin-
guished scientist. ~



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activities of the weekertd will be we
tea-dance, Saturday afternoon, i
Pembroke, nnder the auspices of Var-
sity Dramatics. This is the first
time that any organization except |
the Undergraduate Board has spon-|
sored a dance at college. Barbara
Lewis is in charge of the arrange-
ments and the Pied Piper’s Orches- |
tra has been secured for the occa-!
sion. The dance is to be held from
four until.seven o’clock.in the after-
noon and refreshments will be
served, ‘

There have: been a few changes i
the cast of the play since it was last
announced and the final version is
printed below: :
Lady Windemere,

Janet Marshall, ’
The Pochess of Berwick,
“Miriam Dodge,
Lady Agatha Carlisle. Betty Lord,
Mrs. Erlynne...Honora Bruere;
ROsalie. i s5 fo Madeline Brown,
Lady Plymdale,
Margaret Kidder,
Lady : Stutfield,
s Elizabeth Morrison,
Mrs. Arthur Bowden,
Florence Swab,
Mrs. Cowper-Cowper,

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Barbara. Korff, ’33
Lady Jedburgh. Anita Fouilhoux, ’34
Miss Graham..Frances Porcher, ’36

Lady Paisley,

Magdalene Hupfel Flexner
Lord Darlington....Charles Trexler
Lord Windemere....William Gibson
Cecil. Graham. . William Kienbusch
Lord Augdetus. teieom,

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Campus Notes

‘Dr. Alfred. North Whitehead, who
was Mary Flexner Lecturer in 1929,
has included the substance of his
| Btyn Mawr lectures in his new book,
| Adve ontures of Ideas. A review will
be se mag in an early issue of
| the News





A new béok by Dr. Leuba, entitled
'God OF Man? The Value of God To
Man, will appear early this winter



ing in direct relation with Man—i. e:,
|the God of: the religions.” He is, at
present, Lega db a survey to de-
| termine the reli belief of all
| American: men rg science and of stu-
dents ,in .representative »American
| colleges, among them Bryn Mawr.
| The results of the- recent’ question-
naire are not, however, to be divulg-
|ed in. connections with the name of
the college. Dr. Leuba undertook a
similar investigation in 1914.



Dr. Helson -spoke at Princeton
University, April 11, on “Gestalt
Psychology and the Mind-Body Prob-
lem.” He presented the gestalt point.
‘of view and showed its implications
| for a reinterpretation of the related

| facts of Physics and psychology.
|





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~ Col. Minnigerode

‘Club, March 30,

‘tained,

- stronger nations in this sentiment.| | be sufficient to supply every human



° have cut the throat of a dangerous

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| the comforts that this moderfi civi-

‘Speaks Before
‘keeping under cover as a part of some
International Club tuture strategy.

| Giacomo Puccini, the Italian op-
| eratic composer, author of Madame

| Butterfly, who died in 1924, appear-
'ed to Col.- Minnigerode as a profes-
| sional business man, dressed in per-
. fect taste, showing none of the ec-
KNEW MANY CELEBRITIES centricities wich often accompany |
| genius. “His simple, kindly nature!
“There is no country in, Europe | i gave no evidence of “the frills and
which has a love for. America,” said furbelows tag be expected in men who
Col. Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode, the! have achieved greatness.” Marconi,
New York Times foreign correspond- | too, is to be encountered in Italy, He
ent, in his talk on “What Europe is devoting his time today to an at-
Thinks of Us,” given under the aus-| tempt to perfect a scheme which will
pices “of the International ' Relations | cause a tremendous industridl revo-
in the Common! lution. He sees a world thirty years
Room. “If there is no actual hatred,| hence.when all the power which is
there is a feeling of dislike, enter- | needed to do-all the work of the world
with considerable cordiality,| will be broadcasted by wireless from
by all the peoples from Dublin to} a number of large broadcasting sta-
Constantinople.” The third rate! tions placed at strategic points
powers also jain with the larger ana around the globe. This power will

Times Foreign Correspondent
Says European Situation
is Hostile to U. S. |





England is ° at present our best | need, from cooking meals to moving
friend, not because of her connec-| ships at sea, and controlling planes
tions with us in lineage or language, | i in the air. This power is not to be
but because her ideas and ours are, derived from the winds, which are too
more or less similar, as opposed to! in-constant, not from the waves,
those of the Teutonic and Latin! which method would be too expensive,
races. Nevertheless, England dis-! and not from the internal heat of
trusts ws and tréats us with a lack! the earth, but from the sun. The
of respect. jsun’s heat is to be extracted from
“The War debts are the chief) the air and water around us,
cause of Europe’s dislike for us.”! “European politics change so fast
France, for example, is the chief op-| that it is almost impossible to keep
ponent in this matter, and our worst | track of the men in each country
enemy, while Spain and Scandinavia: who are important at the moment.”
are completely indifferent, and sini There are four men who are always
many is experiencing no very active | before the public eye in England:
hatred. We Americans can hardly | Ramsay MacDonald, who is_ the
help having a. different attitude, to- | Woodward Wilson type of dreamer;
ward the debts than the Europeans, Stanley Baldwin, a practical man,
and certainly cannot sympathize! who_lacks the spirituality of Mac-
with them when they say now, fif-| Donald; Lloyd George, the true poli-
teen ‘years after the war, that there; tician, who would make a good Tam-
should have been common munitions | many boss, and breathes confidence |
and common supplies of all sorts! into the English people; and Winston
among the Allies, because we were! Churchill, a younger man of insa-
“brothers fighting a common foe.”| tiable ambition. The Prince of Wales!
Col. Minnigerode advocates a can-|is the most popular man in Great
cellation of the debts simply because | Britain, and the Princess Elizabeth |
they are never going to be paid. can do anything with impunity.
“Sixty-three years have been given|
for payment,



“Perhaps it is imprudent to limit |
but Europe Will be) these close-up personalities to men,

‘plunged into another war long be-| because women will be in’ the as-|

fore the expiration of that period.” 'ecendance in the next fifty years.’ |

From this international and na:| Nancy Astor is. a woman who has!
tional attitude of Europe toward us,| achieved her position through’ charm |
Col. Minnigerode turned to a discus- and personality. She was, moreover,
sion of personalities and the opin-| the first person in high circles to’
ions each entertained. “Politicians! neglect conventionalities. Margaret |
are perhaps the least interesting per- Asquith is an extremely homely per-|
sons for a newspaper man to meet, | son, who has gone far by means of a'
for they are afraid of the press. Men; vibrant quality in her make-up, and |
of letters are the. most fun.” The | her rapid first voice. Edith Sitwell,
tireless and indefatigable George} takes the place in poetry of the Cu-'
Bernard Shaw, is, for example, not! bistic artists and the composers of
an old devil, but a benign old gentle-, jazz.
man. -He is often wrongly thought |!
of as a beast with horns. He is, it |
is’ true, extremely self-opinionated, |



Campus Notes



| lization can supply, is undoubtedly oe

| Trotsky, surrounded as he is by-all-N€ademic Interests Are

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highly intelligent people in a field
outside our own.”
ly expressed desire was to develop a
purpose in life, and an emotional and
intellectual balance. And one poor
‘soul stated that she “still considers
herself somewhat narrow and clois-
tered, although she has _ obtained
what ‘she most wants. from college.”



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. Most Important Activities
Academic activities, 91; extra-cur-
ricular, 24. -
Sort of Knowledge Wanted q
Concentrated, 35; wide range, 82.

Rating in Importance
Preparation towards flexibility of
mind, 1st; discovery of own bent,
2d; general. information, 3d; social
contacts, 4th; vocational training, 5th;
commercial—social value of depress
6th.

Abolition of Examinations
Yes, 51; no, 53.
If Yes, Because
No fair indication of your knowl-
edge, lst—46; do you no good, 2d—
14; they are hard, 3d—3.
Would. Substitute
Long papers, 1st—40; general rec-
ommendation by ‘instructors, 2d—17;
oral questioning, 3d—14.

If No, Would Modify By
General comprehensives at end of
Junior year, 24; general comprehens-
ives at end of Senior year, 12; gen-
eral ‘comprehensives at end of both

years, 12.
Preferencd in Numerical Grading
Yes, 54; no, 46.
Preference

Public posting of marks, 41; marks
known only: to you, 58; examiners
outside your department, 2; combi-
nation of departmental and outside
examiners, 55.

Reasons For Attending Classes

For subject-matter, 1st; for rela-
tion to a general scheme of your own,
2d; for instructor, 3d; for unusual-
ness, 4th; for simplicity, 5th.

Rating By Value

Lectures, 1st; written papers, 2d;
private interviews with instructor,
3d; class discussion, 4th; oral re-
ports, 5th.

Opinion of Curriculum

All right as it is, .50; should. be al-
tered to freedom to do what you like,
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no evidence of it with us and was
as quick to praise as he was ready
to condemn. It was a memorable
experience to be directed by him and
to be able to watc is expression
as he conducted the huge symphony
orchestra and the soloists on the
night of the concert.

None of us will ever forget the
night of April 1; our excited specu-
lations as: we rode in to Philadelphia
on the bus; the foreign-ooking musi-
cians hurrying to and fro backstage
while we stood about in little knots,
undecided what to do next; the mo-
ment when we filed on to the stage,
not quite daring to look about us;
and how we sat there with our eyes
dazzled by the -blazing lights, our
ears full of the stirring harmonies,
wondering how we came to be there
among the accomplished artists and
finished musicians. It was a thrill-
ing experience for us; and that we
were not the only ones who appreci-
ated and gained from our work in
Parsifal. the following letter from
Stokowski will show:

Dear Mr. Willoughby:

Will you do me the. great favor
of_reading this letter to all the sing-:
ers in your chorus group to thank
them for the beautiful work they did
in Parsifal?

All three performances were in-
spirational to those who listened and
to all of us who, took part and we
hope that in the future we can all
co-operate again: in producing some
more music of such a high quality
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Neo

Poetry of N egro Race
_Has Long History



Post-War Disillusionment and
Race-Hatred Are Two
Absorbing Themes



JOHNSON READS POEMS



“The story of the negro as a poet!
and* as a creative artist goes back'|
much further than most people real-'
ize,” said James Welldon Johnson ‘in,
an informal talk in the Common’
Room, Monday afternoon, April 10.
This well-known poet of the Negro:
race has. written a. book called Black :
Manhattan, which shows how far’
back the history of Harlem. reaches.
From the first year of the corporate |
existence of New Amsterdam,’ when,
eleven out of the two hundred settlers |
were of negro blood, there has been
This one!
instance indicates the importance of |
searching out the background of the |
Negro folk-art which has contributed |
so freely to our common cultural |
store.

|

The first Negro poet was a young |

* woman, brought to Boston on a slaver |

in 1761, at the age of seven or eight,
and bought in the market by a man)
called Wheatley. She was christened |
Phillis Wheatley by her owners and |
given an education. Just twelve |
years later she became the second;
poetess in the United States to find|
her way into print. “Although her|
poetry is not great, it is good and |
measures up to the high standard of
her age. .She was influenced by the
18th century poets, especially Pope,
and by the Latin poets.” Nothing in
her poetry showed her to be a woman |
of the Negro race, nor was there any-
where a_ reference to her blood-broth-
ers in slavery. Instead she dedicated
her poem to royalty and to eminent
figures.

Not until Dunbar started to write
at the turn of the century did dis-
tinctive racial traits appear in Negro
poetry. Of the many poets who wrote
in the intervening century only three
or four are worth looking up. “Dun-
bar, however, took a different. turn. |
After writing in the Hoosier diaiect |
of James Whitcomb Riley for a time, |
he decided that he could gain a hear-
ing only by writing in the Negro dia-|
lect. He was not the first to use this:
mode of expression, but he was the |
first to do it well.” His excellence |
in that field has not saved him from |
oblivion in our day, and what made|
for his popularity, then, is at a dis-|
count now. “If he had received the |
dialect before it was forced into the|
mould of the Minstrel, he might have!
done great things with it, but the
mould was fixed, and he had only two
stops to his instrument—pathos and
humor.”

During and immediately after the
War, a revolt was: led by Claude
MacKaye against the genial opti-|
mism and over-unctuousness of the |
dialect poets. The War, itself, was |
the prime motive. in this revolt, for}
it had failed ‘to “make the world safe!
for Democracy,” especially in the case
“The colored people of
the United States had wagered more
on the results of the war than any
group in the country, and the new
school of Negro poets expressed their
disillusionment at its outcome.”
They differed from the dialect poets
in that they did not write for an
audience with’ preconceived ideas of
Negro poetry; they were unselfcon-
-scious and sincere as their predeces-
sors of the dialect school were not.
The race riots of the “Red Summer
of1919” brought poetry from Claude
MacKaye. which was as foreign as
possible to the poetry of Dunbar.
Propaganda and_race-consciousness
predominated in it and gave it im-
mense force.

Again, ten years ago, there was a
new departure in the field of Negro
poetry, a revolt against the intense
racial ‘hatred of the propagandist
poets. Countee Cullen and Lang-
ston Hughes were the two leaders, un-
like in education and style. They
were only alike in believing that the

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But |
the struggle which MacKaye external-
ized so violently still works as a mo-
‘tive force in Countee. Cullen’s work’
he has tried to get away from it, yet

‘he is still influenced by. “this ‘thing

celled ‘race.’” -In one of his most
moving sonnets expressing his faith
in God, he reveals in the last couplet
that the struggle is still going on
within him——

“Yet do I: marvel at this curious

thing,
To make a poet black and bid him
sing.” . 4,

Langston Hughes, on the contrary,
'snaps his fingers at, the question of
| race, lives in Russia, and enjoys him-
self hugely. The difference in atti-
tude ‘of these two may be traced to
different upbringing: Countee Cul-
len is the son of a Methodist minis-
iter and a graduate of Harvard;
' Langstoh Hughes buffeted about the
| world on freighters during most of
| his youth, and now writes of‘ things
which offend the taste of his own

| Race, as in a poem called Brass Spit-

toons.

1 fin: ‘be a long time before the
Negro poet can get away from trace
because_it_ijis axiomatic _that_an_artist
can achieve most when working in
the material he knows best. The
time may come .when he will not feel
race so deeply, but for the present,
the racial theme is the surest ground.
Folk-lore is a little bigger than this
narrow and bitter view of race, and
the Negro poet must in the future
send his roots down into this, the uni-
versal soil.’”

The incident that furnished the
spark for Mr. Johnson’s own expe-
dition into the folk-lore of his people
was repedted by him as told in the
preface to God’s Trombones. “In a
general way these poems were sug-
gested by the rather vague memories
of sermons I heard preached in my
childhood; but the immediate stimu-
lus for setting them down came at
a comparatively recent date. I was
speaking on a Sunday in Kansas

' City, addressing meetings in various

colored churches.” At one church
which he reached late in the evening
there was a“‘famed visiting preacher.
He was a dark-brown man, hand-
some in his gigantic proportions. He
appeared to be a bit self conscious,
perhaps impressed by the presence of
the ‘distinguished vistor’ on the plat-
form, and started in to preach a for-
mal sermon from a formal text. The
congregation sat. apathetic and doz-
ing.” The preacher saw his audi-
ence slipping away fram his influence
and suddenly “started intoning the
old folk-sermon that begins with the
Creation of the world and ends with
Judgment Day. -He was at once a
changed man, free, at ease and mas-
terful. Before he had finished, I
took a slip of paper and somewhat
surreptitiously jotted down some
ideas .for the first poem in God’s
Trombone, ‘The Creation.’* This
poem portrays the old-time planta-
tion Negro preacher, not in his comic
aspect, but as a man “giving utter-
ance to the thing he dreamed.” After
this -explanation of the genesis of
God’s' Trombones, Mr. Johnson illus.-
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lieve are the very foundation of free
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Any form of. freedom is precious
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behavior, not by unnecessary compul-
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John Milton, in his celebrated ap-
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Sufficient. to have stood, though free
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Varied Music Presented
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(Especially Contribited By Gertrude
Parnell; ’34)

Mr. Horace Alwyne presented a
pianoforte recital in Goodhart Audi-
torium, March 29. The. first four
numbers were by Bach: the Chorale-
Overture, “Ah! how ephemeral, how-
transity is man’s life’; the Chorale-
Prelude, “The old year now hath
passed,” an especially lovely impro-
visation on an old German chorale;
the Chorale-Prelude, “Now comes the
Gentiles’ Saviour”;.and Pan’s. Daric-
ing Song, from the cantata, “Phoebus
«and Pan,” a gay, lively dance.

These Papillens;-by Schumann, fol-
lowed the numbers by Bach. These
compositions “are program music,
drawn from the story, Die Flegel-
jahre, by the German writer, Jean
Paul Richter, who, together with E.
T. A. Hoffman, had a marked influ-
ence upon Schumann. The various
numbers were uncommonly amusing,
especially the “Entry of Rowdy
Masks;” the “Dance of the Big
Boots,” and the “Grossvatertanz.”
Two. numbers by -Liszt followed the
Schumann, The Sonnet of Petrarc,
No. 2 and the Etude After Paganini
in E Major; the second of these was







% transcription of a theme by Paga-
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As Mr. Alwyne said, Liszt managed
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remarkably “well. Liszt isa compes-
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could not help but admire Mr. Al-
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ing of these two pieces. That Mr.
Alwyne had included Brahms on his
program was a grateful diseovery
since this year is the hundredth an-
niversary of Brahms’ birth. But. the
beauty of the three numbers that had
been selected made any excuse un-
necessary: the Ballade in D Major,
the Intermezzi in A Minor and E Flat
Minor, and the Rhapsodie in E Flat.

Two compositions by Mr. Alfred
Swan, Professor of Music at Swarth-
more and Haverford, and an author-
ity on Russian music, followed the
Brahms: the Sonata in A Minor and
Rondeau des Enfants. The sonata
was dedicated to Mr. Horace Alwyne
and it was the first performance of
both pieces. As Mr. Swan was in
the audience, he acknowledged the
applause which greeted their playing,
an exciting touch at this “world pre-
miere.”

Three numbers by Rachmaninoff
concluded the program: the Prelude
in D Minor, Moment Musicale .in D
Flat, and the Polichinelle, a brilliant

ity. In response~to the applause of
the very enthusiastic audience, Mr.
Alwyne. played two encores,"a Min-
uet by Boccherini and a Serenadé by
Borodine:

In our opinion, Mr. Alwyne’s re-
cital is the outstanding musical event
of the year. The well-chosen pro-
gram, together with his ability as a
performer of the first rank, combined
to produce a definitely superior per-
formance. °



French Moving Picture

is Shown in Goodhart

ap
(Continued from Page Two)



gence that Louis is an escaped con-
vict forces the latter to leave hur-
riedly. Emile accompanies him, and
the two go down the road happily
singing, having lost both love atid
fortune, but having gained liberty.
The main strength of A Nous la
Liberti, as opposed to American mov-
ies, ig that it has a point, that lib-
erty is better than fame, fortune, or
love; and this point is subtly achiev-
ed.. The typical American film
shows a man getting a woman, usual-
ly by eliminating several intruding
gangsters. It gives excitement or ro-



mance, or it satisfies some personal



tress; but it says nothing.
Rene Clair has made this French |
picture adaptable to the understand- |

-ing @f our country by cutting the |

dialogue to a minimum, and substi- |
tuting, at the most significant mo-|
ments, pantomime with accompany-|
ing music, The photography 1s) not.
merely representative ‘of . objects. It |
is artistically composed for beauty
and for the subtle suggestion which |
drives home the final meaning of the |
whole film. One theme beautifully |
carried throughout is the marching!
feet, first of convicts to their: cells, |
then the factory workers~ to ma-|
chines, finally of top*hatted isas|
ciers scrambling after bank-notes. |
Wind blowing over the grandstand,
and the field-grass as it looked to!
Emile as he lay in. it, are two feats |
of photography which may teach |
something to Hollywood camera-|
men.

Yet A Nous la Liberte falls down;
in one serious respect, namely, the |
acting. Raymond Cordy. gives an
excellent performance as Louis, eas-
ily blending the serious with the
comic. Henri Marchand as Emile is
very winning in his comic moments,
but excruciating when he becomes the
rejected lover. Rolla France
(Jeanne) might as well not be in the



piece, requiring much, technical abil- | idollantion of a screen actor or ac: picture, since she has neither good

| looks, vitality, mor any visible idea
in her head. Paul Oliver (The Un-
cle) is the farce type that is invari-
ably overdone. The producer has
failed to realize that perfect photog-
raphy and well-directed satire ‘will
not stand by themselves, but must
have vital people to carry them.

It is to’ be regretted that'too much

of A Nous la Liberte is conceived as

zomedy, and jars like an old-time pie-

shrowing farce, since it could be tre-

mnendously moving if seriously done.
—C.- FG.

a



. ~
“In a recent survey conducted by
Canadian hjgh schools, it was found

that the Canadians knew only the,

‘bad things’ about our country, but
they knew four times as much about
| this country as -the American stu-
dents: did about theirs,” said Presi-
dent Henry N. MacCracken, of Vas-
sar, in an address at Texas State
College for Women.

“Vassar is only seven hours’ jour-
ney from Montreal, by train, yet we
have no girls from there, as compared
to 15 from Honolulu, Canadians be-
lieve that they can learn nothing new
on the other side of the imaginary
line which they have placed between
the two countries.”—(N. S. F. A.)





—_—_—_—_—

habbits and Radishes

Babies and Bouquets

Carrots and Cahhages
all from an

EMPTY ||

TUB!

ILLUSION:

Right before your very eyes the man of magic draws
rabbits, vegetables, flowers, fruits—even babies—all
from an empty tub! What an astonishing fellow he is!

EXPLANATION:

The assorted rabbits, babies, carrots, cabbages, rib-

bons and other magical “props”

are not created by

magic. The tub has a false bottom that is-conveniently
displaced, and numberless wonderful things spring to
life in the magician’s nimble fingers. They do liter-
ally “spring” because they are made to compress into
the bottom of the tub, taking their natural shape as
the magician lifts them out:

* Source:

“Tricks and Illusions” by Will Goldston,
E. P. Dutton & Co.








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