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Miss Lake Contrasts
Greek, Roman Theatre

Taylor Hall, November 11.—-Speak-

ing before students in the Latin De
partment, Miss Agnes K. Lake dis-
cussed the development of drama ‘in
Greece and Rome. There were basic
differences ‘between the origin of the-
atrical art in the two countries. ‘In
Greece it arose from the celebration
of festivals which usually took place
in some public spot, such as_ the
threshing floor, while the audience sat
on the side of a nearby hill. In Rome,
although the drama arose likewise
from the observing of a festival, the
actual theatre was different, ‘since
the Romans did not gather around a
threshing floor, but around a special
stage set up for the purpose.. They
remained standing because the Ro-
mans felt that it was sacriligious to
sit down at the theafre.
- In Greece, the primitive plan of
sitting on. a hillside. soon gave’ way
to that of seats hollowed out in the
hall.~ Then gradually these were re-
placed by marble benches as the the-
atre grew more formal. At ‘first the
drama was very simple and the actors
were few in number. With the desire
for changes in clothing and for the
expression of more complicated
themes, the need arose for a retiring
room and for a bigger stage. Danc-
ing was always an important part of
the Greek drama, and the number of
dancers increased as the plots became
more complicated. ' Then these, too,
had need of a retiring room. Thus
arose the permanent stage building
back of the orchestra’ and the pro-
scenium where the action took place.
Attention began to be payed to the
background against which the acting
occurred. ing containing three doors was erect-
ed, which represented the palace.















The next important change was the
development of a two-story building.
This effect was achieved by roofing in

‘the proscenium and putting pillars ‘in

front: of it. Above the proscenium

-was a higher level which represented

the second floor of the stage. The the-
atres at Syracuse, Delphi and Toar-
mina in Sicily are excellent examples
of the best type of Greek theatres.

The arrangenient of a Roman the-
atre was bound to be different, be-
cause of the audience’s. prejudice
against being seated. The actors had
to be raised up on a platform in order
that the spectators might see the
action. Thus, from the beginning,
the main accent was on the stage, not
on the amphitheatre.

The first stone theatre was built by
Pompey the Great in 65 B. C. From
the, remains, of this building the es-
sential outlines of a typical Roman
theatre can be discerned. There were
three levels of arches forming the
stage, and facing it were three rows
of seats. The theatre at Pompeii had
two walls in the front between which
there was a trough. The curtain
dropped into this space. There were
niches of various shapes in the front
wall in which ‘statues and ornaments
were placed. Elaborate backdrops
were developed for some of the Roman
stages,



Fashion Show on Thursday

Undergraduates will model at a
fashion show of sportswear from
Kitty McLean’s shop on Thursday
afternoon, November 14. Everyone is

invited to the Common. Room at half- |

past four, when tea will be served.
Kitty Gribbel, Bryn Mawr, ’34, who
is working with Kitty McLean in the
village, will be in charge of the show.
Miss McLean has generously offered
to give a percentage of all sales which

she makes at this time to the Drive.

, Campus Notes A

In the homage volume of Italica
dedicated to Profgssor-emeritus
Charles H. Grandgent, of Harvard
University, Bryn Mawr has the dis-
tinction of being the only college rep-
resented by a woman among the con-
tributors..Miss Lograsso’s article on
Piero Maroncelli, based on evidence

the Bibliotheque Nationale Department
des Manuscripts, corrects some of the
‘erroneous judgments pronounced on
Maroncegalli .by P. Ilario Rinieri, S, J.,
the noted biographer of Silvio Pellico,
to. whom this information was not
available.



In the next few weeks the sixth and
final volume of the Collected Papers’ of
Charles Saunders Peirce will be pub-
|lished, and with it Dr. Paul Weiss

reoneludes his work:as an editor of the



{late logician’s work. The publication |

|of the six volumes was begun in 1931

‘and includes one work on general
philosophy, three volumes of mathe-
matics and logic, and one volume on

pragmatism, which “Peirce ‘initiated

and which is America’s signal contri-
‘bution to philosophy. In this sixth
-volume are included a number of dis-
;eussions of modern _— philosophical
| problems which, altheugh begun over
thirty years ago, strikingly antic_pate
current views, particularly with _re-
| gard to the nature and variability of
scientific’ laws.. Among other stimu-
lating questions with which this final
ivolime deals are: the principle of
|} indeterminacy, the nature of evolu-

CECELIA YARN SHOP

SEVILLE ARCADE
BRYN MAWR, PA.




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now..in. the Nouvelles Acquisitions of |

tion, the origin of the universe and
the meaning of God and miracles.



entitled “Ethics and Metaphysics,” be-
fore. th® November meeting of the

on November 9.



Academic Processions
Are Arranged By Rank

Continued from Page One

Up until 1929 the members of the
faculty were not placed in the present
alphabetical order by department.
The departments of the college were
then listed according to the “classical
system” ancient languages, Sanskrit,
Gréek, and Latin led, followed by
the modern languages.
| Modern History, Economics and
| Politics followed, with ‘Philosophy
and Psychology next in rank. Classi-
cal Archaeology and History of Art
| preceded Mathematics and the sci-

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ences. Biology was the last depart-
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Art Club Elects New Officers
The Art Club ‘wishes to announce
the election of the following new of-—
ficers for this year: President, Olga
Muller, ’87; vice-president, Edith
Rose, ’37; secretary and treasurer,
Louise Dickey, ’37. This year the
club is continuing its: regular meetings
every Saturday morning in the base-
ment of the gymnasium. Miss Agnes
Yarnell, a sculptor who lives in Ard-
more, ig again in charge of the in-
struction, and models are provided
for the sketchers and. modellers at
each meeting.

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