Some items in the TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections may be under copyright. Copyright information may be available in the Rights Status field listed in this item record (below). Ultimate responsibility for assessing copyright status and for securing any necessary permission rests exclusively with the user. Please see the Reproductions and Access page for more information.
College news, May 13, 1936
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
Bryn Mawr College (creator)
1936-05-13
serial
Weekly
6 pages
digitized microfilm
North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 22, No. 24
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/26mktb/alma991001620579...
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation.
BMC-News-vol22-no24
“THE COLLEGE NEWS
: ghee
‘In Philadelphia |
So eee reer
‘Garrick; Three Men on a Horse
é
continues alone with its well-deserved
Milarity, proving it. a phenomenon
‘in Philadelphia.
Movies -
Aldine: Things to Come, the spec-
tacular Wells prediction of the de-
struction and re-creation of civiliza-
tion under the auspices of Raymond
a Massey.
Boyd: Till We Meet Again, ‘a flam-
7 4 ‘ing love story of two World War
| spies, with Herbert Marshall, who has
the face for an intelligence agent if
not for an. Abelard.
Earle: Florida Special, with Jack
Oakie, probably designed as subtle
propaganda against the Florida
Chamber of Commerce.
Europa: The Blue Light, and Basil
Rathbone in Loyalties.
Fox: Ronald Colman carries on in
the turban of a legionnaire. as the
_-hero.of the-old-sweet-and sticky Ouida |.
story, Under Two Flags.
Karlton: Panic on the Air, a minor
mystery with that minor irritation,
Lew Ayres.
Keith’s: Mr. Deeds Comes to Town,
the first really worthy successor to
It Happened One Night, with Gary
Cooper, who is a better comedian than
Mr. Gable ever hoped to be.
Stanley: Ex-Mrs. Bradford, star-
ring William Powell and featuring
Eric Blové, the British accent.
Local Movies
Seville: Thursday, Little Lord
Fauntleroy; Friday and Saturday,
Sylvia Sidney in The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine; Sunday and Monday,
Warner Oland in Charlie Chan at the
Circus; Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Mae West in Klondike
Annie.
Wayne: Thursday, Desire; Friday
and Saturday, Charlie Chan at the
Circus; Sunday, Jack Haley in
F-Man; Monday and Tuesday, Eddie
Cantor in Strike Me Pink; Wednes-
day and Thursday, Trail of the Lone-
some Pine.
Ardmore: Thursday, Petticoat Fe-
ver; Friday, Amateur Gentleman;
Saturday, Wheeler and Woolsey in
Sillie Billies; Monday and Tuesday,
13 Hours by Air; Wednesday and
_ Thursday, The Unguarded Hour.
Power House Quenches Hell Fire
The Power House takes great pleas-
uré in announcing that the heat was
turned off for the summer on May 11
at 2 p.m. In spite of a torrid May
Day and the fact that the mercury
rose to 102 degrees in Goodhart, sum-
mer did not officially begin until that
hour.
The Power House authorities, accus-
tomed to the constant temperature of
their own domain, have no doubt for-
‘got that in the outside world weather
conditions do change. Shunning heat
reports as men shun straw hats be-
fore May 15, they kept the radiators
bubbling merrily, until the sacred mo-
ment of closing the furnaces arrived.
TSS nan gus
NEW YORK BOUND...
You are invited to stay at ‘New York's
most exclusive residence for young
women” and to greet the swimming
pool before breakfast . . . to live
happily in an atmosphere of re-
finement and inspiration at The
Barbizon—the beautiful residence-
hotel for students and for business
and professional young women.
Swimming Pool...Gymnasium.
« « « « Every room has a Radio.
Theatre Review
According to precedent, the more
skeletal the plot of-an American mu-
clever is its production. On Your
Toes is:a slick example. Its slight
frame agreeably serves the precise
Wit of ‘its author, Mr, George Abbott,
still being applauded for his Three
Men On a Horse, and. his colleagues
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Hart. But what
|makes On Your Toes peculiarly out-
standing for this typeof entertain-
ment is the shrewd choreography of
with, the American Ballet, and to a
lesser extent, the typically opportune
settings of Joe Mielziner. This ex-
traordinarily able group of men have
attempted and partially succeeded in
satirizing the Russian Ballet and have
chosen a responsive cast.
Ray Bolger, who combines a squir-
rel-like agility, a comical manner and
thorough dancing ability, is a hoofer,
suppressed as a college professor.
When a student, suitably portrayed
by Doris Carson, yaltruistically
schemes to release him, she is amazed
by his responsiveness. In fact, he is
Tamara Geva, as an _ attractively
tdominating ballet star.’ At this Mr.
Bolger’s native talents explode and
when the scene clears he is definitely
in command of her electrified troup.
The most distractingly charming of
all the castis Miss Luella Gear, who,
as a slightly passé trouper, is delight-
fully at ease. As the only wise mem-
ber of the cast she enjoys herself im-
mensely by fostering an outgrowth
from the main burlesque which is
pointed at the players themselves.
Monty Wooley has preserved exactly
of an aging roué.
to present the most incongruous danc-
ing which has ever appeared in a
Broadway musical. Mr. Ballanchine
has based his ballet, as may be ex-
pected, on graceful technique, muscu-
lar litheness and a responsible chorus;
consequently his mass effects do not
depend on novelty, but are provocative
per se.
It is precisely this superior dancing
which arrests the complete enjoyment,
of the spectator, who is prodded every
now and then by the almost latent
realization that the dance is a bur-
lesque and really meant to be comical.
As the first ballet progresses it does
introduce some perfectly ridiculous
postures, most of which, however,
would evoke a shudder rather than a
laugh in a more subdued atmosphere,
sical show, the more extravagant and
-George Balanchine, who is affiliated
soon fit to be taken in hand by Miss!
the proper amount of the dignity:
which was actually his as a late Yale;
professor and brightened it in his role! gracefully,
| Bolger’s dancing swells to capable
All this burlesque and talent serves}
Beards, Black or - Red,
| Appear as if by Magic
Flat Paint and Eye-Shadow Adorned
.. . Hair and Complexions
To an’ innocent by-stander the
campus. on Friday and Saturday
morning, with bearded sladies and
other oddities about, must have seemed
like the home of circus performers.
Girls, who from a distance looked per-
fectly normal, had facés colored any-
where from a very ruddy tan to the
wilder shades of blue, green and even
gold, and on top of this anything from
a dapper waxed moustache to a full-
grown bush covering most of the face.
Goodhart dressing rooms were a
havoe of tubes, powders, eyebrow
pencils and- false hair, in the midst
of which three professional make-up
artists, two men from the Hedgerow
Theatre, Miss Dyer, Mr. Wyckoff,
Betty Lord and several others adorned
| faces with bushy eyebrows, putty
/nases’ and’ wrinkles, turning out won-
derful, if incredible, specimens.
The beards were usually made of
wool hair, which came in long twists
and ranged from golden yellow for
Prince John to black for the Turkish
Finally, the dance becomes increas-
ingly obvious in its intent and unhap-
pily is climaxed by Mr. Bolger’s ap-
pearance as an Eddie-Cantorish slave
who has forgot his body blacking.
| The Jast ballet releases Mr. Bolger
of all‘plot obligations, and properly,
too. As a cheap hoofer in the ballet,
he is forced to kill the swaggering
“toughie” who loves the strip-tease
girl, again Miss Tamara Geva. The
rowdy aspects of the situation having
been effectively emphasized, the brute
killed, his lady having crumpled
the crescendo of Mr.
proportions. He does a macabre,
slinking dance about the corpse,
against a fittingly sordid background
of a “den of evil.” When recalled to
the basic situation he is considerably
shattered to find two gunmen aiming
at him from a box, melodramatically
awaiting the last chord. Mr. Bolger’s
dancing eclipses that of the rest of the
show as he jitters about the stage in
a subtle compromise between humor
and terror.
Mr. ‘Rodgers’ catching music is
properly syncopated to accentuate Mr.
Hart’s lines, slightly léss clever than
usual, but still very pleasing. The
results, already bound for popularity,
are such as lyrics as: It’s Got to Be
and The Heart Is Quicker Than the
Eye. M. C. H.
Love, Too Good for the Average Man|
"PHONE BRYN MAWR 440
Railway Express can handle laundry
packages for you very easily and
economically. Simply notify the folks
that you are shipping your laundry
by Railway Express and ask them to
return it the same way. If you wish,
you can ship “collect.” It saves time
and detail, and loose change.
Railway Express is fast and depend-
able and can be relied upon to get
your laundry back as fresh and in as
good condition as when it left home.
So think the idea over and telephone
Railway Express. Our motor truck
will pick up the package at your door
at no extra charge.
For service or information telephone
BRYN MAWR AVE.
BRYN MAWR, PA.
_ AGENCY INC.
BRANCH OFFICE:
HAVERFORD, PA.
(R. R. AVE.) ARDMORE 561
AWAY EXPRES Ss.
RAIL. AIR S SERVICE
| Champion. Besides jthe common run.
of beards, teres Noah’s orange
wool creation, with eyebrows and
beard ina matthing set. The latter’
is now: justly famous because of the
announcement made in the. halls on
-the occasion of Ats being lost:
“Lost: one frange beard by Noah.
Please return to Rock Hall.”
God in the Creation had an amazing
headdress made of little coiled springs,
miniatures of the ones on screen doors,
and painted gold. The hair of Senex,
in the Old Wives’ Tale, was painted
with flat paint on Friday; on Satur-
day ‘the actress taking the part went
to Philadelphia for a wig, finding that
even five shampoos did not remove the
paint.
HOMETOWN PAPER HAS
EYE FOR “LUCKY GIRL”
Under the cosy title, “Home Folks
Here and There” and a subtitle “Lucky
Girl,” the following notice appeared
in the hometown. paper of .one. under;
graduate:
This department’ has been scan-
ning the rotogravure sectiofls of
the metropolitan dailies for pic-
tures of Miss Mary Ann Blank,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Blank, who appeared as a milk-
maid in the Bryn’Mawr May festi-
val. .The festival, which is held
once every four years, is THE
event in the life of any Bryn Mawr
girl, as it is always put on with a
great deal of majesty and circum-
stance, and everyone who is lucky
enough to have a part in it, well—
is just plain lucky.
We ought to mention, too, speak-
ing of Mary Ann’s achievements,
that her name was well up on the
college scholastic honor list which
appeared a few weeks ago. - She
will be graduated next month, and
G. MARRINER PRAISES
SPIRIT OF MAY ai
May 11. —Guy Marriner, whose mu-
sical prestige recommends him as an
able commentator of May Day, is uns.
able to recall ah outdoor event im-
pressive enough even to compare with
the pageantry of last weekend. The
convincing spirit of the participants,
Mr. Marriner feels, transformed “the
audience into a’ congregation” and
then “lifted them completely out of
the century.” Added to this was the
humor which characteristically pene-
trates all American artistry. Though
the festive atmosphere barred all
staginess, the exact details and sound
direction ‘were pleasurably apparent.
Mr. Marriner was especially appre-
ciative of the coloring of the costumes,
so expressive “of the joy’ in the hearts
of the Elizabethans.” Well*acquainted
with the steps which English villagers
still practice, 'Mr. Marriner declared.
that not a step was performed on the
Greene which these folk do not. still
enjoy.
In Mr. Marriner’s~ opinion, Mr.
Willoughby cannot be commended
enough for his thoughtful arrange-
ments and “exquisite timing” of the
music. Mr. Schumann’s compositions
for the Cloister dances also displayed
much excellence, but their sound ef-
fect might have been bettered in per-
formance. -
A valuable change in the future
would be to have the band memorize
their parts and so make a better ap-
proach to*the bandstand. St. George’s
costume was so impressive that Mr.
Marriner feels that the addition of a
Richard Coeur de Lion and a band
of knights similarly dressed would be
an effective note in a future May Day.
we have a notion she will be collect-
ing prizes and honorable mentions
no end.
") WOULBNT HAB A COLB IF YOU HAB
NO DRABT VENTILATION IN YOUR cart”
constantly better cars
*O-Aegy a Td n
CHEVROLET - PONTIAC -
3
i
i
|
:
:
;
i
:
|
i
i
;
‘
:
:
:
:
b
i
‘ms get a lot of safeguards and comforts in
modern cars that were unknown a few years
ago. That’s because General Motors uses its
vast resources to pioneer them—and manv-
factures in such volume that it can produce
GENERAL MOTORS
A Public-Minded Institution
- OLDSMOBITE - BUICK + LASALLE + CADILLAC
at lower cost.
NP EE ENE IIOP TIE IEE IIE ESE EP IES MES OMEN? OES KES PRR LS TS ES TS TES FES OBE LS TIRE OES DES DES TEE ES PESTLE DGS EO BORE AE TBO LD OBE PEL IE LIE TPE TIE ES IE ES ORE ODD ODS OBO PRO RO BO
eee
4