5

at ' THE COLLEGE NEWS





we



Taylor Tower

On Monday, afternoon, November 3,
at 4:30 o’clock, a passerby inquiring
the..time. might, have.been..startled..to
see a human head poked through Tay-
lor’s clock-face, Pembroke side. Many
were the mysteries revealed to the Cot-
LEGE News, on that day.

It all began with the mysterious
stairs—irgn-wrought and spiral—wind-
ing up and away from the common-

_ place third floor offices. The first sur-
prise came at a landing ‘which thrust
us’ into what was obviously Taylor’s
great garret. “Here were gloomy files,
heaps of musty monographs, and a coy
head of a Roman lady rising out of
the dust—also'a bucket of sand. We
recognized the familiar but indescrib-
able attic smell. After the monographs
«what should we find but innumerable
ladders. We pickéd one going down
into a sort of attic ballroom, where we
shuddered at a great, oblong, iron sar-
cophagous, the nature of which we
could not determine. A pigeon looked
in at us through a little window, and
nearly had a fit. Next we tried a lad-

_ der also going up into dim. obscurity but
we got scared when: we found that it only.
led to another ladder also going up. So
we scampered back to our spiral ‘staircase.

Now we could hear the rhythmic
ticking of the four clocks talking to-
gether, and in a moment we had dis-
covered their secret: a lovely - oiled
Mechanism with a Pendulum, and an
inscription which satd: Seth Thomas
Clock Company, April 1, 1885. (We
had always thought that the clock-
maker had duped us, and now we were
sure of it.) Up a few miore steps we
came upon the four round \backs of the
clock-faces, each with its\ little trap
door. (It was at this point that we
struck ‘our head out of the clock.)

-Then-we-climbed-on,—gettingsootier
and sootier up to Taylor Bell itself, in
its eight-windowed turret. It ‘proved
to be a real bell: (like the Liberty.
Bell), hung in’a wooden frame _with
ominous ropes around it. Its inscrip-

- tion explained that it was “Cast by
Thomas Dufrin, North Wales, Pa.,
1883,” and.that it weighed one thou-
sand pounds..The_ bell was simply
mottled with chalk autographs (even
George Washington’s) and we didn’t
feel as if we had accomplished any-
thing after all.

As we turned to the windows and
looked out, we could see all Taylor’s
chimney pots with pigeons sitting on
them. We could see the whole
campus, very neat and small, with lit-
tle people flurrying across it. And we
could also look away over the red,
gold and brown trees, to where the
Schuylkill ran among the hills.

But before we left, we gave a final
loying glance at Taylor bell, and were
conscience-stricken to see in raised let-
ters on its north side:

“Get Wisdom. Get Understanding.”
Prov. 4:5,



SHORTHAND FOR

a!

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

ot:
ALL



were punished not by official reproof but
- by the amputation of the offending hand
or fingers.

Mr. Gregg predicts that shorthand will
one day become the universal mode of
writing. The same forecast has been
made for typewriting, so ordinary long-
hand seems doomed. There are two pop-
ular systems of shorthand in general use
in this country, based on widely different
principles, and the users of one find the
other quite unintelligible. A skilled ste-

-. nographer can generally read the notes of
another who uses her : system, particu-
larly. if they deal with a line of business
with which she is familiar. But every
expert tends to develop his own personal
abbreviations which could be only guessed
at roughly by other people. And the
more he condenses his shorthand, the
speedier it goes.

Ordinary writing is often difficult
enough to decipher. But a really for-
midable problem would be presented by
a shorthand letter from a modern Horace
Greeley—New York. Times.



School Spirit at Trinity

Show your school’ spirit! How often
‘have you heard that said? And how
often have you seen it carried out? Just
mind it is that elusive something which
makes a student support with loyalty and
enthusiasm college institutions and ac-
tivities. '

And what does all that mean? It
means joining Glee Club if you can sing,
Dramatics jf you can act, Debating if,
your talents run argumentativewise. If

stil fur
satel, to. stop the taking. of attend~|.

the clubs which deal with those subjects.
If. you really cannot. do ‘any of these
things, then encourage those who can
by being present at the various. enter-
tainments: they offer throughout the-year.
An appreciative audience is every bit as
important as efficient performers.

School spirit means that five days a
week, 10:15 will find you seated in. the
auditorium ; that “sings” will always find
you among “‘those present.” . Sodality ex-
ercises and nfeetings will have: your sup-
port also. Teams will find you a faithful
attendant of practices; if you are not ath-
letically inclined, the cheering squad will
enjoy your presence and voice. Not only
will you read the college magazine and
paper in the library, but you will also
subscribe to them.

Have you. time for all this—club meet-
ings, song rehearsals, team practices?
Others have. Why not you?
rate, try it and see. One action speaks
louder than many words. Show your
school spirit!—The Trinity Times.



Fifteen Years Ago



Class Spirit Run Riot

To the Editor of the CotteceE News’

“Class spirit” is venting itself: this
year in contests in enthusiasm. Not
content with rivalling each .other in
athletics, the different classes are bent
now on outyelling each other. Clap-
ping, too, has become a serious busi-
ness; proficiency in it demands train-
ing just as skill in dribbling tthées. One
must also cultivate an éxpression of
ecstacy to be assumed while one’s
sister class sings its Junior Song. For,
on the intensity of this ecstacy and on
the loudness of the subsequent ap-
plause- depends the standing of the
spirit of the classes. At least so the
classes seem to think, or, rather, they

sion. For, waiving the question as to
whether enthisiasm is a valid test of
class spirit, can’ any one really believe
that this sort of thing is enthusiasm?
Enthusiasm must be spontaneous.
is a vivid feeling, and must often. espe-
rcially when shared by a crowd have-a
lively outlet. There is no objection
to this.” The noisy kitid of enthusiasm
aroused by a close water-polo game
is the finest thing in the world. That
is because it is genuine. It is real en-
thusiasm. Organized uproar is not.
—Deafened.



The Freshman gowns distributed on
Thursday were from two to six inches
too short. The gowns should be~six
inches from the ground: Some were
exchanged, some were altered, but
many had to be sent back. As a re-
sult of this mistake many of the Fresh-
men have not gowns and had to bor-
row them for Lantern Night.

Editorial: \We are told that when
the man who sent the Freshman gowns
was questioned as to the cause of their
shortness he replied, “All gowns are
worn short. this year.” Thus we see
the effect of fashion on everything.
Even the formerly dignified academic
gown has become tinged with the
spirit of the smock. Each year will
bring new changes. \ There will be hob-
ble gowns and hoop-gowns, empire
gowns and princess\ gowns. Future
generations may find this a relief from
monotony. For us old conservatives
it is, to say the least, shock.



Freedom, and More Freedom
It is interesting to note a recent
change in the Bryn Mawr cut system.
The record in’ their college News
reads: “A student is allowed only so
many cuts per semester as. she has
regular Courses per week... .. A stu-
dent taking ¢éxcess cuts up| to and
above her. individual allowance shall be
placed on student probation . » » and
is liable to have part or all of her
semester’s work cancelled.”

And what about the Goucher) “cut
system”? A minus quantity; we are
free of such. Instead of an allowance
of cuts per semester, we are encouraged
to take none, but we walk unforbidden
to take any number. Instead of stu-
ent probations and severer penalties,
“we go unfearfully, for the administra
tion devises no punishments for us.
This freedom is.-undoubtedly a
glorious thing, a thing to be proud

At anyy

seem to have. jumped to such a conclu-|.

it |"

so difficult that it, is the wise woman
who goes. Smith College uses this
system. President Robertson approves
it. It would imply dignity and ma-
turity on the part of Goucter-women,
not to ‘mention. scholarliness..and_in-
tellectual interest. An acid test, bit
we should expect a positive reaction.



MISS PARK

SONTINUED FROM THE FIRST PAGE

the light passed across them. ‘The
light reached through the door even
to the inside, lighting up the paintings
and carvings.

Egypt offers another aspect in the
academic excavations which are going
on at Thebes and near Cairo. Still
another sight:is the Eastern native life,
with everything taking place before
vous eyes, as in open dollhouses. In
this life there is a complete unbroken
tradition with that of ancient Egypt—
ancient tools are still used for planting.
Everything is amusing and exciting but
even a nationality-loving person can-
not help feeling that there would be
deplorable danger in the departure of
England from Egypt:





Gest—Very
Announcement has been received of
‘the wedding of Annette Eleanor Gest,
Bryn Mawr, 1918, to. Samuel R. T.
Very, of the class of 1907 of Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. The
wedding took place on June 14, 1930.



Princeton University has created a
chair of French Literature which, lasting
four months every year, will be entrusted
to a French author. Andre Maurois,
famed especially for his biographies, has
been chosen for this year and is en route
to_America. —I/’cllesley College News.:









ny"






















Haverford Pharmacy

HENRY W. PRESS, P. D.
Prescriptions, Drugs, Gifts
Phone: Ardmore 122
~PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE
; Haverford, Pa. ,

Meet your-_friends..at the.
Bryn Mawr Confectionery
(Next to Seville Theater Bldg.)

The Rendezvous of the College Girls
. Tasty Sandwiches, Delicious Sundaes,
Superior Soda Service ‘

Music—Dancing for girls only |




























































John J. McDevitt

Phone, Bryn Mawr 675

Programs
Bill Heads
Tickets
Letter Heads
Booklets, etc.

Printing
1145 Lancaster Ava. Eee, Pa









Going to New York? |
Room & Bath 12°° to 17° Weekly |
Transients $259 and 3 daily

|

oe = ee



The Place
for Young
People to live-
Smartly with
Economy. A
new hotel plan-
ned for youn
men an i
women of cul-
tured tastes.



Every room completely
furnished with private bath-
room. Luxurious public
rooms. Popular priced res-
taurant. Library. Roof ~ :
Garden. Centrally located.

The George
Washington

A Distinguished Hotel
LEXINGTON AVE. 23" to 24» ST,

“Ten Minutes from Everywhere”

NEW_YORK __











BC





of er ets







Pex |
oot eae
ek mt tear oe ae



_ coaches and players.

The banks of G-E floodlights at Georgia Tech's Grant Field can be adjuste.t to

G-E Floodlighting Wins Favor for
Football - Hockey - Track - Baseball - Tennis

G-E floodlighting equipment has a winning record. Its victories are
counted in terms of pleased spectators, increased attendance, satisfied

The development of G-E athletic-field floodlighting’ equipment was
planned with every consideration for the fundamental and special playing
conditions it must meet. That is why the big Novalux projectors give ‘
ample and evenly diffused light over the entire playing area.

The development of~ General Electric floodlighting equipment has
largely been the work of college-trained men in the G-E organization
— other college-trained men are largely responsible for the continuing
leadership of General Electric in furnishing the many other products

an
a



















illuminate track meets as well as football games.



prouder still is that our privilege goes
unabused; Goucher students do not cut
en masse; and few individuals consist-
ently absent themselves from classes:

Perhaps the next step is to retreat
ther from the policing of a cut

to make presence at



you are musjcal. or literggy try out for

\











7ENE

which bear the G-E.monogram.

.JOIN US IN THE GENERAL ELECTRIC PROGRAM, BROADCAST EVERY SATURDAY . \
EVENING ON A NATION-WIDE N.B.C. NETWORK






L@ ELECTRIC

por