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VOL. XIV. No. 261

BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1928

¥. PRICE,





TWO FAIR DAYS
GIFT OF THE GODS

“of



Plpdiependioeted “Success
. This May Day Caused
by Spontaneity.

CAMPUS AT’ ITS. BEST

—-—
some

A good two: days they were;



* unknewn god of*chance deserves a rather

tremendous burn offering. The campus
quivered at perf For a brief mo-
ment each spring there is this ‘perfection,
but it was a sheer miracle to have it

ion.

achieved this- year on the exact. two days }~
of May Day, to have the sun shining to

give the right tone..and color to the

achievement.

' Everything was new and alive. From
the silly green fuzz on the slopes about
to the--very—
mature cherry and. dogwood blossoms,
it was all fresh and spontaneous. And
Every dancer’
on the green seemed really to be having
a good time; the plays completely lacked
the artificial formality which “usually
falls like a pall,on dramatic productions
of-any sort,; People_in costume wandered
lolled under the trees,
drank from bottles, drifted among the
spectators. Clothes were not ‘treated
with the deferential stiffness usually ac-
corded to theatrical costumes; they were
worn unself-consciously, treated with
easy: familiarity. Even-at the last per-
formance, aftersa hot, hard day, there
was a spontaneous enthusiasm and in-

_ formality about the whole thing.

Audiences Variously Enthusiastic.

This. fresh spontaneity was what made
the 1928 May Day the rare and perfect
was. All the ex-

finished but the inner spirit, sorfething
on which no director can count ahead
of time; the spirit was what caused the
unprecedented success. The audience
felt this. “The real spirit of Elizabethan,
England,” said one authority. What
Large
and enthusiastic audiences they were too;
larger and more enthusiastic on Satur-
day than on Friday of ‘course. No one
afterwards: sec... Te tute ydocidow is

whar liad “been she best part of the per-
formance. Some liked the pageant best,
others the. Green; the different plays. all
had their, unquenchable enthusiasts. All
agreed that the May Queen could not
have been more charming, and that there
had. never»been a better Robin Hood.

Yes, it was all a huge and overwhelm-.

ing success. Bigger crowds than on any
other May Day he had seen, said Mr.
Dougherty ; the best May Day since 1910
was the definite comment of many ‘others.
From the beginning to . the end it ran off
smoothly.

Of course there were a few behind-
the-scenes -ificidents. The Robin Hood
cast nearly, had convulsions of agony
when the horse. of Sir Richard of the
Leas reared so. that it all but toppled
over backwards. The good knight stuck

on most nobly, however, and the audience

went into convulsions of admiration and
joy. Nor did the spectators who ,saw
the pageant swing by the grandstand in
perfect formation know of the frenzied
flight that took place in back of Merion.
Proud gods and goddesses humiliated,
clutching their shields and helmets, cling-
ing to the backs of wagons, lifting their
classic draperies for the mad dash.
Things like these were strictly in the
family, and the'general public saw: only
the ivory smooth exterior.

a Mrs. Collins, Miss Applebee, Mr. King,
and Miss Palache deserve to have beds
of roses suspended in the semi-vacuum
which has followed the passing of the
year’s big occasion. Théy all gave a
great deal to the college, but the college
also gave a great deal to them. The
May Day committee should consider as
its greatest achievement the surprising
and surprised enthusiasm of the under-
graduates, for the genuine enthusiasm
with which the college found itself cheer-
ing the crowning of the May Queen was



~ indirectly - B a ae to the

“slightly ~ nore]



An Explanation

The attention of the college has
for the past month been focused
lpon itself. “By concentration in-
ward we have built up a,great sucz,
cess. But now, before the renewede
intensity..of exams, it is time to
relax, to expand, and turn our
‘attention outward. The Cornece fF
News therefore takes this oppor-
tunity to print some of the infor-
mation which it has been accumu-
lating about other colleges and the
student world in general. We try
to. print what will be of special
interest to the student body.: But
we think it-only fair.to state that
we have also on file, and will pro-
‘duce on demand, information con- ,
cerning Summer Courses for
Foreign Students at the University
of Gottingen, the International
University Cruise, Near East Re-
lief, Public Relations-ofthe East-
—ern—Railroads- and ‘various “other —}-
“matters. ae

A’Glance Outside

College Papers Indicative of Spe-
cial Campus . =
Interests.

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é

~After reading innumerable papers from
almost innumerable colleges, we have|

come to the conclusion that the best way

to comprehension of another ‘college lies
° ‘ |
‘through its newspaper. Through fre-

quent reading of that you can find. out
not only most of the external, the
mechanical facts that lie concealed in
the catalogue, but’ also the more subtle
things, such as the underlying spirit and
character of the collega And of course
the more you read, thie better you under-
stand,

From a summary of the news iterhs
ina paper you see whatevents are con-
sidered important at that’ particular place,
what matters are of greatest interest’ to
its students. (We wish to~ say ~ here,
without any Axcuse or explanation, but
just so as *to say it before’anyone else
does, thaf the News has often been
criticized . for its. preponderance. -of.re-
ligious articles.) For example, in the}
Stanford Daily and the Daily Nebraskan |
a large number of columns are devoted
A Na viii in the McGill Daily and:

er are never:
many ie” on this subject, and some-
times none at all—unless chess tourna-,
ments be included in sports. . And of”





2 Se ¢ at

no sports in the Canadian universities, |
or that there ‘are no events other than
sporting in the .Western universities—it
is merely an indication of interests.
“Columns of Opinion Popular.”
In-almost all of the papers, there is a
column for the expression of public}
opinion; that is, for ‘letters commenting |
on college affairs.. These columns, to-
gether with the editorials reflect the,
thought—or lack of thought—of the stu- |
dent bedy, and its opinion of passing |
events. and» existing institutions. Of
course it very often happens that these |
letters. are in criticism of some editorial |
comment on the part of the newspaper ;
this*fact gives the~reader at least’ two |
points of view on the subject,-two angles |
for discussion. - In many cases the edi-|
torials are concerned with college affairs |
alone, but in other's, notably the Harz ard |*
Crimson, the Yale News,. The Daily:
Princetonian, and the Canadian. papers |
mentioned above, there is always. at least |
one editorial of more than local interest. |
The . Harvard and Princeton papers
have one feattre that is unique in ‘our
knowledge of college newspapers. They
publish, under the headings of The Stu-
dent Vagabond and the Third Elective,
-lists of lectures, with their lecturers,
which they consider of interest to” the
students generally. This could not help
but be useful and interesting, specially
in a. large university, where the oppor-
tunities for hearing unusual’ lectures is
large. These two papers and the Yale
News also issue a monthly literary sup-
plement, consisting of book -reviews and
articles on literary matters. Most of.
the other papers print occasional re-

| views-in their daily or weekly issues. }
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| standing—young leaders—of— the - colored

| the Undergraduate Association and the

.| sider, and about which they should know

-ness and with the utinost frankness,

This has been true .in many

| which is entirely different from the one

| thoroughly used to the lecture system, by

Crystal Bird ‘aoaakcs on “

Possible Race Problem

Miss Crystal Bird, one of the, dut-
race, will speak here on Sunday: evening
at 8.15. o’clock. Miss Bird comes to the
college under the combined auspices of

former Chriggian Association, -through
the courtesy of the’ American Friends’
Service Committee. The predominating
purpose of this committee is
a better understanding between races,
nations -and various groups of people.
Realizing the deep need in American life |
for.a more. intelligent .understanding of
the colored people, the’ Interracial Sec-
tion of the American Friends’ Service

Committee is presenting, Miss - Bird ror ;

speaking’ engagements.”

The subject. of Miss. Bird’s talk will
be: “Is There: a Race Problem”? The |
retent C. A. questionnaires shdwed .
widespread—interest--among the stiidents |
in the race question, It is_a problem _
which all. thoughtful people: ‘should con-





something before forming an opinion.

Miss Bird is aegraduate of the Boston
Normal School and has done graduate
work. at Teachers’ College, Columbia
University. She taught in the Boston
Public Schools for three years and then
became Secretary for Younger Colored
Girls, Girl Reserve Department, -Nda-
tional Board of the Y. W. CG A. To
most of us she better known as a}
singer of . Negro -Spirituals than as a
speaker. But her wide experienc with |
both white and colored groups equips |
her in a remarkable way to interpret her |
people. “She speaks with great vivid- |,
but
without rancour or bitterness.” Her elo-
quence and power as.a speaker and her |
personal charm have i tcead everyone’
thathas heard her.



is



Honors Work Diaousaed
~ “by Dean and Dr. Gray,

Thé meaning and intention of Honors

work-was the subject~of Dean Manning’s-,

talk jn Chapel on Monday morning, April |

23rd. To many people the purpose of |
this: type’ of work has been to find 7
means -.of letting those students work |
rapitly who are capable of ‘so doing.
European
and American universities, - Here at
Bryn Mawr, however, we need-not take
I this idea into. account; the student body |
is unusually small, and proportionately |
few people go into very’ advanced work. |
It this-were the -sole reason ‘for adopt-



|

have been considerd as a necessary addi-
tion to our curriculum,
Our Need for Honors Work.
However, the Dean proceeded to point |
out the fact that there is a need, even
here, to differentiate between the type of
work: that is.done by lower and upper-
'classmén. Freshmen are put immediately
into classes with people who have had’

previous experience of tlie lecture sys- |}

| - aN Py
in ¢é Northwestern University class
sin and y e groups are

tem, and they have little or no chance to
| become, accustomed to a form of work



‘with .which they have studied at school.
|On the other hand, students have. become |

the end of their Sophomore year, and |
|they are prepared to go’ on with a more
advanced -type of work. The ideal. of

study is, of course, to see things-as a |
whole, and to connect up the work of the
| several semesters; it is hardly possible
|that this ideal may be attained under the
| present system. A correlation of stib-
jects is to be desired, and it is towards
this new purpose .that the. Honors work
is hoped to reach.

Dangers of .Irresponsibility.

There will be a great deal more indi-
vidual work done under the new plan,
and this element, in itself, has disadvan-
tages. It presupposes a well-developed
sense of responsibility on the part of the
student; therefore we must be serious
in the experiment. “I hope,” concluded
the, Dean, “that the students will lend as
much initiative to the attempt as the fac-
ulty, as it is only in this way that we
can succeed wih Honors work.”

Dr. Gray on History Honors.
=a Wedaendae: morning, April 25, Dr.

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“to create |,

fore Baccalaureate.”
has already been Medicated before Christ-

| course,
i : . .
| Vassar the-cuts are considered unlim-

VIRGINIA FAIN W

ILL HEAD

_ UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION



Shall It Go On?

For the. guidance of “the next
generation of students Tur News
wishes to ascertain exactty the ‘at-
titude of the present generation
towards Big May Day. If you
would recommend that May Day
should be given “again in 1932 mark

' Yes; if you object to continuing
the tradition on any grounds
whatsoever -mark No. - The -votes
will -be ‘collected Thursday eve-
ning. Please leave them on ‘your
door. *

Yes







President’s Report

|New Head Takes: ‘Chair at East |
Meeting of the *
Year,



At a meeting of the Undergraduate
Association held on Tuesday, May 8,
Alice Palache, ’28, read her -president’s
report, and turned over the chair to the
new president, Virginia Fain, ’29. - Miss

Palache was given a book of Blake’s|

pencil drawings by the association in

| appreciation of her services in’ the. cause {

| of May The

follows:
President’s Report, 1927-1928.
Committées. Discussed.

The most important event ‘this. year is
the final handing over of Goodhart Hall
to the college. The ideal of many years
hase at last materialized and the large
| auditorium will be dedicated the day be-
The Common Room

Day. president’s report

| mas, at a small ceremony, which marked

the first final step.” A*committee has this’

year been appointed to work out prob-
lems, connected with the usé of the Stu-
dent’s ‘wing, which -is to be entirely the
| responsibility of -the undergraduates.
There .aré many things connected with
the auditorium and stage that are still
very unsettled and*that the future-officers
and boards will be more that, able to
settle as they come up. Everyone feels
[ think, that it is to her interest as well.

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Cut Systems:

course this does not mean that there are\ing the new plan, it would probably—net Bryn Mawr the Only College

Where Undergraduates...



Control."
ieet hp
The “proper way to “deal wi a,class” cut-
ting is of gPéat *Miereet toaleO? us now,
Our present system is not very satis-
factory, and we are’ in, the midst of
evolving a new. method.
At Smith, Vassar, and Moynt Hol-},

yoke, and at the University of Wiscon-

under the manage-
This is also the
where three cuts

cutting is entirely
ment of the faculty.
case at Swarthmore,
a seinester’ are allowed for a three-hour
two for a two-hour, etc. At

ited, but as-each professor attends to the |
cuts in his classes the system varies, and |

| some are stricter than others pty take |

offense whén a student is absent, At the
University of Wisconsin each depart-
ment is responsible for the cuts taken
by the: student, and regulate them as
they see fit. ‘ Freshmen at Mount Hol-
yoke are supposed to obtain excuses for |
all absences, but, on~ the whole, the
faculty takés—little notice of-cuts if the
work is satisfactory. :

«An experiment is being tried at Prince-
ton this year whereby seniors are given
unlimited cuts for the second semester.
If this works out well, the privilege may
be extended’ to all classes.

Nearly all the women’s colleges have
rules pertaining to attendance on the
days preceding and following vacations.
In most colleges no cuts are allowed for

twenty-four hours before ‘and after, and}

at Vassar attendance is required at this
time 4or two days. Bryn Mawr seems

to-be-uniquein_having .its_cut .system | .

| - boomite, Ca
ing and Howell Fill Other -
Offices. —

NEW BOARD COMPLETE



Virginia Fain, "29,
President of the Undergraduate Associa-
tion for next year and Martha Rosalie
'29, Vice President. Both
were elected by a large majority on the

first ballot;

Humphreys,

that-is the nomination in both

cases was* large enough to constitute an

Miss Fain, who appeared as the
Learchus, in The
Woman iii the Moon’ was secretary of

election.
charming. shepherd,

Undergrad this year and on the’Curricu-

last capacity she introduced several of
For the
past two years she has been on the com-

the speakers during the year.

also a prominent: member of. the Art
Club... Severaleof ‘her drayimgs appear
in the present Art Club Exhgbition,
Miss Humphrey was president of her
class as a freshman; as a sophémore she
was secretary’ of C. A. and fhis year she
has acted as the first Junior member. of
C. A.
\ Virginia Loomis, 0), bas bial
secretary ; Agnes Howell, ’30, first junior’
member, and Rhys Caparn, '31, treasurer
of the association. Miss Loomis-acted as
treasurer this year, and was secretary of
her class last year. Miss Howell has béen
president of her class this year,
Miss Caparn has served as-secretary~ of
her class. :

Open-Road Tours Offer
Attractions to Students



annually to Barone several hundred* stu-
dents, who go*%in two ways. One is the
C. LE. delegation, where the American
sttidents are received in Europe by the
international Cotifederation of - Students.
The C. I. E. tours have already been
described in the News. THe other is
through the N. S. F. A.-Open Road
tours, ‘for which the arrangements: in
this country are made by the N. S. F. A,
travel agent, the Open Road incorporated,
and for-which the reception in Europe

is by the International Student Hos-
pitality Association. The purpose of the
Open Road tours—is. “to give first-hand
insight into European conditions and

problems.”
Exploring Russia.

Under these auspices, in co-operation
with Russian orgartizations, will be car-
ried out the only student tours to Soviet
Russia this year.. Several itineraries,
covering from three to six weeks in Rus-
been arranged, and student

being organized’ in various
parts of the country. In keeping with
the central motive that opportunity .be
had for making edirect contacts, the size

sia, have

of these parties,
Open Road auspices, limited. . The
| Russian groups will be fimited each to
| eight members. The leader in each case
| will be an American familiar with Rus-
sia. In the U. S, S: R. each part will
|add an English-speaking Russian who
will act as’ host and: interpreter. The
Russian Government has extended its co-
Operation ii making it possible for
American students to clarify their numer-
ous impressions of that much-discussed
country by personal observation.
For Students of Government.

For: women students of international
-relations and governmental problems, in-
cluding’ undergraduates and recent grad-
uates, a ten weeks’ visit to European
countries where international problems
are realities has beey arranged under the
leadership of Mary Noel Arrowsmith,
M. A. This party, which wil be limited
to ten members, will journey through

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Choir Mistress for next year.



under the control of. the undergraduates. |

*

-

has been elected

mitttee for Varsity, Dramatics, and she is -

and —

The National Student Federation, seads |

as of all others under —

10 CENTS . -

lum-and Speakers’” Commnttee; in which >

Song Mistress
Laura Richardson, '29, has been elected a



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