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OLLEGE NEWS”
VOL. XXVI, No. 9
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1939
CURRICULUM
TO LEAD THIRD ASSEMBLY||
COMMITTEE
Panel Will Consider
Discussion Classes
And Lecture System
Is the lecture system the best
method of acquiring knowledge? Is
ble to combine the two within cer-
tain departments? These are the
questions which the student curri-
culum Committee have decided to
present at the third college assem-
bly in Goodhart Hall:on Tuesday,
December 19. Two professors will
be invited to present the advan-
tages of lectures and. discussions
respectively, student members of
tribute to a panel discussion, and
speeches from the floor will be en-
couraged, | .
Many wf the problems inherent
.in a leeture system were raised in a
meeting of the Curriculum Commit-
tee with’ Mrs. Manning Tuesday,
and are to be discussed further in
the general assembly. It was
agreed that lectures provide insuf-
ficient stimulation to individual
thought, and that they are also
likely to waste time.in. repetition of
the reading material.
Difficulties in the system of dis-
cussion to replace factual lectures
include lack of time for adequate
preparation in reading or for or-
ganizing necessary material. The
current demand for an extensive
knowledge in many subjects creates
afurther problem. Survey courses,
Continued on Page Two
PICASSO LECTURE
SET FOR MONDAY
Mr. Henry Clifford, Adijoclate Cuz
rator of the University Museum in
Philadelphia, will--speak on Picasso
on Monday, December 18, in the
Music Room.
The lecture is of particular inter-
est in relation to the current exhibi-
tion of the work of Picasso at the
Museum of Modern Art in New
York. This exhibit represents the
largest collection of Picasso’s works
ever shown.
Although the capacity of the Mu-
si¢ Room is limited, as many stu-
dents as possible will be aceommo-
‘| slides of his: discoveries.
tained only by further excavations.
Wells’ Book Treats
Local Governments
American Local. Govern-
ment, by Mr. Wells, has just
been -réleased’ from the press
and is now onsale in the
bookshop. There has been a
tendency in the political sci-
ence field recently to break
up the subject matter into
small compact volumes _in-
' stead of covering every phase
in a single book.
This is the first’ work on
American local government
‘as a whole since 1921 and
presents a concise treatment
of the subject viewed against
its present-day economic and
sce.ological background. Deal-
ing with both: urban and
1ural local government, the
book emphasizes the role of:
the citizen, the growing re-
lationships of the federal
government with- local au-
thorities, and analyses the
emerging cooperative func-
tion of local government in
our federal system,
J. BIRD “SPEAKS__
ON DIG IN CHILE
Early Man Discoveries
Illustrated by Slides
Chemistry and Geology Building,
December 8.—Evidence of the life
of early man in South America
was presented by Mr./Junius Bird
in a lecture illustrated with lantern
The first
American, according to Mr. Bird’s
calculations, probably arrived in
Patagonia 5000 years ago. These
calculations are derived from exca-
vations showing ‘the land rise and
the successive layers“of stone tools,
but the question of dating is not
absolutely solved and can be ascer-
Accompanied by his wife, Mr.
Bird explored both the mountainous
coast of Chile, about 1000 miles
north of Cape Horn, and the eas-
tern pampas region of the southern
tip of the continent. This narrow
area is favorable to research, for
the remains are necessarily concen-
dated.
Continued on Page Three
Bryn
n Mawr at the Greeks Distinguished
For Honesty, Reserve, Grilled Cheese
By Agnes Mason, ’42.
Considering the monopoly which
the Greeks’ holds on Bryn Mawr
students, we decided that a little in-
‘vestigation, as well as being in ac-
cord with the times, might prove
interesting. The hour of 5.45 on
Thursday, therefore, saw us
sprawled over the synthesized mar-
ble counter (very intriguing pat-
tern) subjecting Mike to the third
degree. Mike has worked at the
_lg@t 20-years: and
’ strictly busi-
‘that Mr. and
Mrs. James own the Greeks’.
They live right’) and have
four daughters who are occa-
-—-sionally--seenbelow. Further “ini
“formation concerning the Bertas
‘fami ily wag unavailable. The
Greeks’ holds 160 people in the back
of the room and ten at the counter.
men. This includes the staff which
works in the kitchen. The girls
‘are allowed to work only. eight
anes 0 et en. wer
longer:
+each night.
amount of the average receipts per
day, Mike said he couldn’t tell that.
Villa Nova, Haverford, Rosemont,
Harcurh and Bryn Mawr make up
the majority of the customers. De-
pending on how good the movie is,
15 to 75 Bryn Mawr girls come in
“Can you tell Bryn Mawr firls
from others?” we asked.
“Oh, yes!”
“How?” :
ichievous, apever cause, any. trouble.
‘They “don’t mix much.” ’- What
seemed to impress Mike moSt about
Bryn: Mawr girls was..that- they
were pretty ‘honest,: “They called
attention to items missing on st
-pshecke- ~~yisshowed...
in-various other ways. Bryn.
“They’ re quiet, ” They’re 2 not, mis- |
Gls are the ony comer
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn, Mawr Soren 1939
PRICE 1 10 CENTS
Bryn M Mawr Heralds
Concert by Menuhin
Artist, Offers First College |
Recital, Only Philadelphia
Concert This Year
The coneert of Yehudi Menuhin
in Goodhart Hall, December 20, will
be the artist’s only appearance in
the vicinity of Philadelphia this
year, and also his first recital be-
fore a college audience. He is now
on his second world tour, which
started in San Francisco, and will
play throughout the United States
until January 18 when he‘leaves for
Continued on Page Three
P. Chang to Discuss
War and Far East
Professor P. -C. Chang of the
National Southwestern Associated
. Universities of China, who arrived
from. China nine months ago to
attend the recent study meeting of
the Institute of Pacific Relations,
will speak in the Common Room
this Thursday at 8.30 on The \Eu-
ropean War and the.Far Eastern
Conflict.
Professor Chang is an excellent
speaker and ‘has an exhaustive
xnowledge of his subject, since he
is a member of People’s Political
Council of China and an advisor to
she Chinese Foreign Office. He
has been a visiting professor at
the University of Chicago and an
exchange lecturer at Oxford, Cam-
bridgé, and Edinburgh.
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Wednesday, December 18.
—Industrial.-Group Supper,
Common Room, 6.30.
_ Thursday, December 14.—
Mr: Barnes speaking on
Group Leadership, Common
Room, 5 p. m.
Friday, December 15.
French Club presenting La
Mystére de la Nativité,
Wyndham, 8.30.
Saturday, December 16.—~
German Open House, 9 p. m.
Sunday, December 17.
Art Club tea and exhibit of
modern: French © paintings,
Marian Gill speaking, Com-
mon Room, 4.30.- Christmas
Carol chapel service, Dr. Lei-
cester Lewis, and Redeemer,
': Haverford, and Bryn. Mawr
. Choirs, Goodhart -Hall, 7.45.
Monday, December 18:—
» Mr. Henry Clifford speaking
‘on Picasso, Music Room, 5 —
p. m.
Tuesday, December 19. —
Third college assembly, on
Lecture vs. Discussion Sys- .
tems, Goodhart Hall, 11 a.m. ©
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lowed charge accounts. Sy
we wel bie ee $8 d
Mike said: he sold Freshmen
Sophomores, J: : ra |
apart. Upper ¢ -seadents re '
-4}--Current Events, Mr. Fen-
PRINCETON, B. M. CHOIRS
EXCEL IN JOINT CONCERTS
Ardor of Our Girls
Burns High Despite
Greyhound’s Death
With careful instructions to con-
sider itself “in training” for the
weekend, the Bryn Mawr choir em-
barked on Saturday for Princeton
in a pair of well-seasoned Grey-
hound buses, prepared to indulge
itself in an orgy of gayety, and
Bach.’ The fact that one of the
buses. saw fit to die peacefully on
the way caused considerable delay
but could. not sueceed in dampenin
the well-bred enthusiasm of O
Girls.
Upon arrival ay the Princeton
Chapel the ‘choir was. met, by its
male equivalent, led down -to. the
crypt, (after being assured that it
contained neither tombs nor mum-
mies) and was rehearsed with them
until supper. The choir was then
roya entertained at. a dinner at
the Present Day Club and forgot
their Bach in-a varied assortment
of Paul Jones and Cinderella dances.
Sunday morning was taken ‘up
with a Christmas service bythe
Princeton Choir and lunch-in clubs
of various escorts. Another re-
hearsal occupied the afternoon until
4.30 when the two choirs sang their
little hearts out for a substantial
and appreciative audience in the im-
pressive chapel. The faithful Grey-
hounds, apparently nursing some
sort of a grudge against Bryn
Mawr, were an hour late in collect-
ing the tired, hoarse little group,
so that farewells were slightly
more lingering than had been anti-
cipated.-
Monday saw a sudden renewal of
activities when Princeton arrived
upon the scene. Rehearsal lasted
Continued on Page Two
MAIDS, PORTERS
TO SING CAROLS
Wednesday evening, December
20, the maids and porters will pre-
sent their annual carol singing.
There,will also be three spirituals
suggested by Celeste Travis and a
special arrangement of. Deep River
with a solo by -Elizabeth Jones.
The popular quartet of porters will
contribute several carols.
Chung-Loh Shows Talent
With Rare Instruments
Ancient Melodies Demonstrated
On Pi-ba and Erh-hu
Deanery, December 10.— Spon-
sored by the Chinese Scholarship
Committee, Professor Wei Chung-
musicians today, offered a program
of ancient melodies on the difficult
Pi-ba -instrument and’on the Erh-
hu.
Very few- musicians today can
play the Pi-ba because of its com-
dolin, though longer and narrower,
and is held upright, not crossways.
There are seven strings, which Pro-
fessor Wei played with all five fin-
gers, producing notes of different
values. simultaneously, _ The effect.
was varied, ranging from, harp and
|piano-like tones, to a tinkling as
clear as bells.
The first compositions Srebsenes
Wei played were very quiet, ancient
mas singing, from 9 p.m. |
Wednesday, December 20.—
Yehudi “Menuhin, Goodhart .
Hall, 8.30. $
wick, Common Room, 7.30.
bid }Aithough the Pi-ba is the most dif-
Loh, one of the foremost Chinese }
plexity. It is shaped like a man-}
Th
Intensive . Trai
And Able Direction
Marks Performance
Goodhd}t Hall, December 11.—
Again Mr. Willoughby has shown
what he can do with a choir in less
than two months.’ The combined
choirs of Princeton and Bryn Mawr
gave an excellent concert of Bach
and Parry Monday night which
showed that their intensive train-
ing had not been wasted.
Members of the Philadelphia
Orchestra were engaged for this
concert, but at *very short notice
they were required by the Or-
chestra Association to make records
on the day they were to play at
Bryn Mawr, so unfortunately a
substitute orchestra had to be en-
gaged. It began the program with
a choral prelude for strings fol-
lowed by the Bach cantata, Nun
Komm Heiden Heiland and the
Sixty-First Cantata.
The Sixty-First Cantata began
with a short overture and a chorale
sung in counterpoint by the entire
chorus. This: was a little breath-
less and, although well rehearsed,
lacked a great deal-of- feeling. The®
tenor recitative by Mr. Kruger
was adequate but unfortunately a
little below his register; he seemed
more at ease in the arioso which
followed, and which he repeated:
before Mr. Treash’s bass solo came
in. The latter’s voice was not
only. too rich for the music, but
had a tendency to leap onto” the
first syllables with a vigor that
gave the whole the effect of a Wag-
nerian opera. Mrs. Whitcroft’s
soprano solo was very lovely and
her voice possessed a clear, young
quality very fitting for such a work.
In concluding the cantata with the
Lutheran melody Wie Schone Leu-
chtet die Morgenstern, the choir
sang better than in the opening
choral.
Continued on Page Six
Art Club to Exhibit
French Paintings
There will, be an exhibit of Mod-
ern French Painting in the com-
mon room on Sunday, December’
17, at 4.30. Marian Gill, president
of the Art Club, is to speak and
tea will be served. This will be
the first of a series of five exhibits
of prints and originals to be spon-
sored by the Art Club--4
The exhibit, obtained from Ray-
mond and Raymond in New ‘York,
will cover the--period of French
painting from Courbet to Picasso,
touching on the highlights of im-
pressionist, post-impressionist and
cubist schools. It includes such
works as Picasso’s Blue Boy and
Matisse’s Odelisk.
Three Choirs to Join
For Christmas Carols
On Sunday, paca’ 17,
- the Haverford Choir and the
choir of the Church of the
Redeemer in Bryn Mawr will
combine with the college
enor eeecathag a pro-
gram of traditional Christ-
mas carols as part/ of the -
Christmas’ chapel service to
be held in Goodhart Audi-
torium at 8.15.
melodies. Then, in contrast, he
‘played the very dramatic musical
interpretation of the fall of a fa-
mous prince on the battle field.
ae
*
The speaker for the service
is Dr. Leicester Lewis, of .
the Church of St. Martin in
the Fields at Chestnut Hill.
~ others of the very
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Letters in the ‘Lantern’
The department of “Letters to the Campus”
means be continued ‘in coming issues of the Lantern.
should by all
They can
throw light, as no other easily obtainable source can, across the
background from which, the other more formal writing in the
magazine comes.
As we see it, their function—and that of most collections of
letters—is to show the characteristic problems, emotions, and
relationships. of a homogeneous
group of people. Whetheror
not they possess distinctive literary value is, particularly in this
case, relatively unimportant.
The. present collection fails
wholly to fulfill this function
because of its diffuseness: each letter has a quite different focus,
but in contrast to a well written story or essay, no one is really
qualified to stand alone.
For instance, the two entitled “Boy to
Girl” might be considered mainly interesting for their ideas on
the peculiarities of the female mind: but the ideas are neither
sufficiently original nor well enough expressed to support the
pieces by and of themselves.
In selecting letters of quite
different types the Lantern has
unnecessarily brought upon itself. criticism of the whole idea.
The lack of homogeneity in the collection hinders the reader
from: fastening attention on the undercurrents in each letter, since
naturally one undercurrent presents very little upon which to
fasten.
Instead, attack is turned to such things as the lack of
literary value in the letters, although this is actually largely irrele-
vant.
The criticism of “sensationalism” and “lack of taste,” while
it is always apt to be brought forward against a group of contem-
porary letters, is also more easily
alone.
aroused when each letter stands
Despite these faults, the-present collection indicates the kind of
illumination which can be found in letters.
It would be far moré
tellingly presented if the letters were selected so that all impinged
on one specific interest, for instance, ideas on women’s minds, rela-
tive naiveté or cynicism, types of sense of humor, and so on. It
is the job of the collector—and one requiring considerable imagi-
nation—to find some such thread of continuity in a group of let-
ters, a thread which is important and interesting to the reader,
and ‘also one which is dealt with
by fair proportion of all the let-
ters. A cross-section is only valued when it, presents many ex-
amples along one line. |
In Philadelphia
Three hundred Persian minia-
tures from all phases of the art of
Iran, the gift of the late Mrs. John
Frederick Lewis, are to be seen
.. dn. the. Free Library of, Philadel-
““phia” ‘on Logan. ‘Square, “open. until!
10 p. m. including Sundays.
Life and Still Life is the name of
the new exhibit at the Art Alliance, |
251 S. 18th Street. Leon Kroll, |
George Biddle, James Chapin and
modern ethan do are showing their
latest work. Chapin’s
Farmer, violently condemned by
agriculturalists, is
- of picture in the showing. But},
Ll A ll ote leneel
“first rank in}
Soda Fountain, Fourteenth Street
Midinettes.
The Y. M. H. A., Broad and
Pine Streets, has a group of Jos-
erph Grossman’s paintings on view
which showshis development from
etic landscapes. ;
Breughel, Daumier, and: other sa-
tirists of the lawyer’s profession
are shown at Carlen Galleries in
prints and drawingsr——~~—~-— ?
THEATRE |
_ ERLANGER: Roark Bradford's
play John Henry, —— Paul
Robeson. |
early large group pictures to po-}
a small but amusing group of
‘Locust st: -Tonteht We
| Opinion
To the Editor of the News:
On reading over your last week’s
front page review of Time and The
Conways I was moved by its de-
jected tone to scribble a few notes
in the margin of the article:
First’ Paragraph—The play was
not very good, and even if it had
been good, I would not Mave liked
it.
Second Paragraph—Three people
in it were all right and ‘I liked}
them very much.. I liked especially
the youngest Conway. > \ She was
cheerful; but they ieft her out of
the second act (an oversight).
Third Paragraph—The part of
Kay was very well done, most ef-
fective. She was O. K., and set
off the cast.
Fourth Paragraph—The rest of
‘he cast provided at least “sub-
stantial” support. It did its best,
no doubt.
“As in last year’s play, the male
parts were taken by members of
the Haverford Cap and Bells.”
They weren’t bad, either.
Fifth Paragraph—But, the pro-
duction as a whole, “directed by
Carl Rapp,” was rather an un-
fortunate mess, I must say!
O, uhhappy reviewer!
O, so unhappy, harrassed spec-
tators!
O, wretched (no, a few untorn)
members of the cast and produc-
tion crew (mentioned or unmen-
tioned; whole or hysterically going
to pieces by this time) !
O, poor old weary
stage!
Oh, for a breath of fresh air!
M. C. G., ’40.
Goodhart
MUSIC
On December 15 the Mendelssohn
Club, Saint Peter’s Choir and 40
members of the Philadelphia Or-
chestra will present a Christmas
concert in the Academy’ of ‘Music.
The first part of the program will
consist of unaccompanied singing
of traditional carols and the second,
Bach’s famous Christmas Oratorio,
a work with very effective contralto
and soprano solos which will be
sung by Veronica Sweigert and Ed-
mund A. Helveston. The soprano
soloists will be the boys of Saint
Peter’s Choir School and the tenor,
Frederick R. Day.
MOVIES
ALDINE: We Are Not Alone,
James Hilton’s story with Paul
Muni and Jane Bryan.
BOYD: Greta Garbo, Melvyn
Douglas and Ina Claire in Ni-
notchka.
FOX: That’s Right’ — You're
Wrong, a musical ¢omedy with Kay
Kyser and his band.
KARLTON: The Housekeeper’s
Daughter, with Joan Bennett and
Adolphe Menjou.
KEITH’S: -The Secret of Dr.
Kildare, with Lew Aytes and Lio-
nel Barrymore.
NEWS: Fredric Ne and Tal-
lulah Bankhead in My Sin.
.PALACE: Deanna Durbin in
First Love. + —
STANLEY: Another Thin Man,
with William Powell, Myrna Loy
and Asta, the deg. -
STANTON: James Stewart and
Jean Arthur in Mr.
To Washington.
MAIN LINE MOVIES
ARDMORE: Wednesday: Zorina
jin On Your Toes, Thutsday; Fri-
day and Saturday: Marx Brothers
in At the Circus.
SEVILLE: Thursday: -Gary
Cooper and Jean Arthur in The
‘Plainsman. Friday and Saturday:
Fast and Furious, with Ann Soth-
ern and Frarichot Tone.
SUBURBAN: Thursday, Friday
and Saturday: “Baby” Sandy vs.
WAYNE: Thursday: Wells Sos
| go, with Joel McCrea and*Frances
| Dee. "Ssameed and Saturday: Little
Smith Goes|-
School for Social
Research to Found
Dramatic Workshop
An ambitious project for instruc-
tion in the dramatic arts is dis-
closed in the New School for Social
Research announcement of plans
for a Dramatic Workshop.
project will be under the direction
of Erwin Piscator, eminent pro-
ducer and director from Central
Europe.
The first term will begin on Jan-
uary 15, and Piscator will have the
active personal collaboration of
many of the most outstanding
figures in the qautemmporery theatri-
cal’ and music worlds,” including
Stella Adler, Brooks Atkinson,
Bertram Bloch, _Barrett H. Clarke,
Hanns Eisler, John Gassner, The-
resa Helburn, (Bryn Mawr ’08),
Erich Leinsdorf and Louis Weit-
zenkorn who will conduct courses.’
Students will have contact with
current Broadway productions in
rehearsal, and guest speakers are to
include persons active in the thea-
tre throughout the country.
It is designed as a two-year pro-
fessional training course and exper-
imental laboratory leading from
academic to professional work.
Classes, lectures, seminars, musical
and dramatic productions will be
held in the quarters of the New
School, 66 West 12th Street, New
York City, where a fully equipped
stage.and auditorium are available.
Eight major divisions make up
the course of study: directing, act-
ing, dramaturgy, the musical stage,
design, production, general prepar-
atory training and community dra-
ma. In addition, students will have
access to a wide range of related
courses in the general schedule of
the New School, embracing psy-
chology, literature and the fine arts.
The Dramatic Workshop, in spite
of its numerous Broadway connec-
tions, will by no means be restricted
to Broadway. Barrett H. Clarke,
director of Dramatists Play Ser-
vice, is chairman of a course in the
American Drama of Our Times
which includes among -its guest
spéakers Maxwell Anderson, Carl
Carmer, Eddie Dowling, George S.
Kaufman, Sidney. Kingsley and
Brock Pemberton.
In charge of directing—technique
and rehearsal—will be the director
of the Dramatic Workshop himself,
Edwin Piscator, former director of
the People’s Theatre and of the
State Theatre of Berlin, and from
1986 to 1938 lecturer on dramatic
art at the German University in
Paris. Theresa Helburn, adminis-
trative director of the Theatre
Guild and director of the Bureau
of New Plays, will conduct a play-
wright’s seminar, with Philip Bar-
ry, Robert Shewood and others.
In the musical division which
stresses the interconnection of mu-
sic and drama, both in the operatic
and in the theatrical field, Erich
Leinsdorf, the young conductor at
the Metropolitan, and Felix Bren-
tano will undertake training for
operatic and other musical produc-
tions. Several innovations for the-
atrical schools have been estab-
lished; they include courses in com-
munity drama, theatrical publicity
and the theatre from the business
stand point.
Choirs. Spend Spare
Time Out of Training
Continued from Page One
from four until. six thirty when the
visisors were dazzled. by. the glories
of supper at Rhoads. Ping-pong
and: dancing followed in the smok-
ing:.room, which had been cleared
of its usual inhabitants, and a gen-
eral atmosphere of gaiety and
glamour prevailed. At the concert
itself, the choirs once more outdid
themselves, “this « time before a
packed and enthusiastic Goodhart.
closed
Sreatre
‘The Ghost Train’ Amuses;
Sound Effects Excel,
‘ Cast Praised
(Especially contributed by Fifi
The| Garbat, ’41.)
As a whole, The Ghost Train by,
Arnold Ridley, presented by Hav-
erford and Bryn Mawr _ Colleges
on December 8 and 9, provided. a
good evening’s entertainment. The
sympathetic audience on Friday
evening seemed to enjoy it thor-
oughly. There’ were the. usual ,
shudders ‘and applause so gratify-
ing to the cast of a mystery melo-
‘rama. Much of the credit for this
should go to the sound-effects de-
partment who created storms and
trains with amazing reality.
The Ghost Train, as/a play, is
trivial and unimpressive. It has
only a few big moments dispersed
among long scenes of mere expo-
sition and waiting. Unfortunately,
the direction did not succeed in
breaking these long lulls; the ac-
tors were seated too methodically,
the big scenes were too obviously
placed in stage center and there
was not enough stress on variety
and changes in tempo.
Richard J. Potter, who played
the part of Saul Hodgkin, the sta-
tion master, was particularly good.
He created a completely convincing
characterization of an old, super-
stitious New Englander. He held
the stage throughout most of the
first act because of his accurate
sense of timing contrast.
Lowell. King, as Teddie bic.
the detective, who hides his iden-
tity in the disguise of a foppish
Englishman gave a perfectly de-
lightful performance. His sense
of humor and of variety kept the
part from becoming unreal or
monotonous.
Rosemary Sprague was outstand-
ing among the women. She was in
large part responsible for the
quicker pace and tenser atmos-
phere of the second act. It is un-
fortunate that her tendency to over-
act caused her to become slightly
melodramatic and at moments even
tiresome. _
Eleanor Fribley did some good
acting as an old maid who drinks
a flask of whiskey. Her drunk
cecene was gradually and suhfly de-
veloped. The rest of the cast gave
uniformly adequate interpretations
and helped to sustain the mood,
though unfortunately there were
moments when they could not be
heard.: In one short ‘scene at the
very end, John Marsh did a stimu-
lating bit as Jackson, a red-blooded
American detective.
Technically all was well, for the
stage set and lighting were both
excellent. The faults in tempo
and lapses in action were due
mostly to the script and direction.
But taken not too seriously, the
result was an evening of fun.. ©
Assembly Plans Panel
On Teaching Methods
Continued from Page One
in meeting this demand, can cover
more material in a lecture system
than by careful discussion on sepa-
rate topics.
The general topics of the assem-°
‘bly will be taken up more specific-
ally in hall meetings, and recom-
mendations may be made to the
faculty Curriculum Committee
sentatives.
‘The Curriculum Cominittee- plans |
later on to study teaching methods
of other colleges, as well as discus-
sion classes which have proved suc-
cessful at Bryn Mawr. The possi-
bility of a music major will be
taken up, “period” majors and the
plan of taking allied courses de-
the festivities and Princeton de-
parted, leaving many loud, insistent
veg adliod® deat gall onetis
. {in its’ wake. at
ors paper for one comprehensive
examination has been suggested for
certain major fields, and may be ef-
LoS if ‘the cio eotuaead .
thrgugh the. ‘undergraduate repre-
bated. The substitution of an hon- =|"
2)
4
THE COLLEG NEWS .
Christmas Play
. Io be Presented
Friday evening, December ~~
15, the French Club will pre-
sent La Mystére de la Na-
tivité in the music room of
‘ the French House. It will
appear as found in the 15th
century manuscript with only
slight changes, and will in-
clude some Christmas songs
collected by Mlle. Rey. Most
of the club will participate.
Chilean Excavation
Furnishes Material
Gontinued from Page One
trated in a restricted space. The
original inhabitants used the same
camping sites. yearafter- year, so
that their possessions have been
preserved in horizontal layers -of
clay-and in shell-mounds along the
coast.
The first South Americans, after
crossing the Bering Straits, pushed
southward east of the Rockies. ‘The
people: were not canoe-users, but
inland game hunters. Finding the
same land animals in South as_in
North America, they spread out to
Patagonia, settling under the pre-
cipitous mountain ranges of the
much-indented west coast and also
in the cold windy plains east of the
mountains.
In a small sailing vessel Mr. and
Mrs. Bird traveled down the Chil-
ean coast, exploring the tropical
forests and camping at sites estab-
lished by generations. of. Indians.
The deposited shells of the mussels,
the natives’ stable diet, have. en-
couraged ‘vegetation and so land-
mark camping grounds for all vis-
itors. In these shell-mounds, Mr.
Bird found polished stone tools,
shaped by percussion flaking, with
sharp points and blunt edges. Fish-
hooks and pointed instruments were
discovered in the second level, and
in another layer some crude pottery
appeared. The earliest tools were
probably made at the time of the
arrival of the Spaniards in the new
world. 0
Another group of «shell-mounds
revealed a layer of knife and arrow
points, hooks, ornaments, and bo-
las on top of extremely primitive
tools. This is clear evidence of the
arrival of a new people, probably
about 1800 years ago. This may be
estimated by the extent that the
land has risen, about two and a half
feet every 300 years. This date ties
up with the fourth period tools
found in voleanic caves of Argen-
tina.
Another site for excavation was
the Palli Aike Crater. Caves in
this area concealed beneath their
floors the bones of extinct animals
used for food: giant ground sloths,
last animals of the Pleistocene
period, and native American horses.
In one cave, five different cultures
were uncovered, including stemless
projectile points from the third
period, and skulls from crematiorf
burials. These were not of an es-
pecially primitive type. —
Mr. Bird described his hosts, the
Indians of the west coast, as good
representatives of the eavliest cul-
ture. These people show no inven-
tive ability and have probably ad-
vanced very little beyond their an-
cestors. Extremely lazy,*they do
no more work than is necessary to
exist. Most of their timé is spent
*|ter leave-with thanks.
in eating and sleeping. Z
Donald. Duck, Tillie Satisfy Enlightened
Instincts of Wistful Bryn Mawrters
By Marguerite Bogatko, ’41
It is impossible ty go through
four years of cgHége without get-
ting in a little/reading.. But what
do they read, these college girls—
in their spare time, I mean? There
must be some form of literature
that takes their typical ,maiden
fancy.
Observe our average Bryn Mawr
student, a wistful child named
Mary with deep circles undef her
eyes. We can find her any weekday
morning fighting with her friends
in the smoking room over the latest
development in Terry and the Pi-
rates or Donald Duck. Not all of
us may sympathize with Mary but
can we blame her? A detailed an-
alysis of the matter shows that
Mary is a truly enlightened mem-
ber of society and that she is
very wisely learning about life as
‘well as’ about who are the Muses
and what is an erg and why think
to some purpose.
Mary is modern. She is not
afraid to face the underworld as it
is or English as it may be spoken.
She savors to the full each word
and situation: when Joe Palooka
says with terse simplicity, “That’s
‘lwhat we wanted t’talk t’youse
about, sir, etc. etc.’’, or when Down-
wind rushes to Jack’s bedside’ with
a cheery, “I want you to meet th’
cutest bevy of de-icers that ever de-
iced.”
Beneath her blasé and intellec-
tual little extérior, Mary wants a
home and babies. She wants to be
just a woman, a glamorous woman,
perhaps, but a helpless womanly
woman. When Tillie can’t work
the can opener and just has to ask
dreat big Mr. Simkins to help her
and when Baby Dumpling inno-
cently drops the flat iron on daddy’s
toe, it sort of gets Mary. There’s
something so simple and refreshing
—something so real about it. all.
Perhaps one of the most signifi-
cant factors is that it isn’t only
Mary who reads the funny papers.
Down in the periodical room sit the
stern philosopher and the bearded
English professor, and |with a seri-
ous but attentive eye’ they read
them to the:-last word. They do not
laugh; surely they can’t be. inter-
ested in the womanly woman or the
Sub-Nietschean Super Man. Why
do they read them, then? That’s
what we’ve always wanted t’talk
t’yousé about, sirs.
B. M. Customers Only
Can Charge at Greeks
Continued from Page One
observation, we asked him what
changes there had been in the Bryn
Mawr girl during the 20 years he
had worked at the Greeks’. He said
practically none; in fact there was
really no difference. These were
hard words, but we swallowed them
and have been trying to digest them
ever since.
Returning to the matter of fact,
we asked if the present girls played
the nickelodia much. “Sometimes
in the afternoon they play it. And
they dance occasionally.” (That
was a new one on us.)
“Could you tell us what they eat-
for the most part?”
“They eat grilled cheese sand-
wiches.” (That was that) “They
drink coca-cola and milk shakes. A
very few take beer.” Mike told us
that more coca-cola and ice cream
are sold at the Greeks’ than at any
store on the outskirts of . Philadel-
phia.
We asked if they ever had any
trouble and Mike said that “no
rough stuff” ‘was allowed but that
occasionally someone had to be
“chucked out.”
Having consumed several coca-
colas and a large amount of Mike’s
time, we thought that we had bet-
We had just
got to the corner when we realized
that we had taken off with a pack
of chewing gum for which we had
not been charged. We were forced
to rush back at headlong speed
Bryn Mawr Heralds
Concert by Menuhin
Cont‘nued from Page One
England, the continent, South Afri-
ca and finally Austrailia.
Menuhin was born in New York
in 1916, but his childhood was spent
in San'Francisco. When four years
old, he began taking violin lessons
from Sigmund Anker and then from
Louis Persinger. At the age of
seven he appeared as soloist with
the San Francisco Orchestra and at
the Metropolitan. Two years later
he went abroad to study with
Georges Enesco and Adolph Busch
and had a sensational debut in
Paris. In 1934-85 he made a record
breaking tour around the world giv-
ing in all 110 concerts in 13 differ-
ent countries. Since then he has
been alternating periods of study
with performances.
Crities of his concerts this year
have found his playing more ma-
ture, more emotional, yet retaining
its poetical refinement. He brings
to the music the same freshness
and genius which distinguished him
as a child, but added to that is the
flawless technique of a man.
(nickel clasped in _ outstretched
hand) to uphold the Bryn Mawr
honor.
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City Lights
~By Rebecca Robbins, °42.~
Philadelphia, as you may have
heard, is the least progressive of
cities, Other American cities, with
federal subsidy, have gone on, in
the American way, to build bridges
(improvements), to tear down
slums and plan happily geometric
housing developments of clean
bright brick (also sunshine and
cross ventilation).
Philadelphia has torpidly watched
its City Council refuse federal
funds because it couldn’t put up the
minor fraction of the capital re-
quired by the current federal pro-
vision for partial subsidy of pro-
posed improvements.
Street after street in. the.central
city is lined with decayed houses.
Under pressure of Philadelphia big
business, the Council refused to éx-
empt slum properties from back
taxes—which will never be paid—
unless big business real estate was
also exempted. At*the same time,
owners of slum property raised
prices - (automatic reaction to ru-
mors of possible government pur-
chase). Taxes plus this raised
price prohibited the buying. up of
blocks of slum ground.
Even when Congress authorized
the F. H. A. it seemed at first that
the Philadelphia Housing Commit-
tee would accomplish nothing.
But the Committee, headed by
Judge Frank Smith, has gone
qnietly to work to produce “hous-
ing” in undeveloped areas. Then,
after slum-dwellers move into the
new low-income projects, the rag-
ged shells downtown will be left to
crumble in ghost-town leisure. And
the government will be able to buy
at government leisure, for little
more than taxes, and clear out. the
central city.
Every so often now, one reads an
unobtrusive feature on housing in a
Democratic Philadelphia paper. A
tract of land at 46 and Market,
bounding a decaying colored sec-
tion, will be the site, of a jousing
development. The land is now part
subse
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700 dollars in the school. Only one
will be awarded in any -college or
university.
Members of the senior class who
wish to apply for one of the Fash-
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tration blanks to the school on or
before January 31. All applicants
will answer a series of qualifying
ruary 29. Those whose work is
considered most. promising will be
asked to proceed with a fashion
research project, due April 15.
Announcement of the awards will
be made April 25. .
Registration blanks, along with
complete information about the
Fashion Fellowships and the Tobé-
Coburn School, are available in the
Bureau of Recommendations.
of the extensive grounds of a hospi-
tal for the mentally diseased. An
undeveloped site near the river, at
30 and Ritter, is also being claimed.
Roland Randall, Committee vice-
chairman, is at Ninth and Poplar,
swooping with a pick-axe at an old
|house, and grinning broadly (think-
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the progress of humanity). ;
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Settee ae eee ae
Student Poll Shows
68% for N leutrality|
Peoples’ thatiecioes Desired
To Maintain Peace Policy ~
During European War
BY STUDENT OPINION
SURVEYS OF AMERICA
Austin,
With Europe’s war now entering
its fourth month of existence,
American college students, in a na-
tional poll conducted by the Stu-
dent Opinion Surveys of America,
have registered a highly optimistic
view that the United States can
stay out of the conflict.
Also, hand-in-hand with the na-
tion’s apparent determination not
to be involved, a slight majority
of ‘the collegians have voted in
favor of requiring a referendum of
the people before Congress could
draft men to fight abroad.
To the question, “Do you believe
the United States can stay out of
the-present European war?” stu-
dents answered:
G11) aE arr tet a 68 per cent
ING 6 Sh aici os 32 per cent
Although this issue is pure specu-
lation, it is important to know this
opinion in order to get an insight
into the war patterns of the aver-
age ¢ollege youth’s mind. The
rank and file of voters is not so
sure that the U. S. can steer clear,
for in other polls only 54 per cent
have held this view. It will be of
interest to note in subsequent sur-
veys the effect here of the Russian
attack on Finland, since these polls
were made before the Red Army
began its activities, —
“Should the Constitution be
cHanged to require a national vote
of the people before Congress
could draft men to fight overseas?”
interviewers for the Surveys asked
hundreds of students. They di-
vided almost evenly, only 53 per
cent approving.
Interesting differences were noted
among students of different ages;
upperclassmen reversing them-
selves entirely:
A Draft Referendum?
Texas, December 11,—
Yes No
Ireshmen .....-. 60% 40%
Sophomores ...... 52 48
PUDIONS 43.5 cs cous 46 54
Seniors, Graduates 49 51
Elementary Aesthetics
Will the students who wish
to register for the elective
course in ElementaryAesthe-
tics in the second semester
leave their names at the
Dean’s office as soon as pos-
sible in order that a time for. .
the course may be arranged
in the schedule.
[First Year Sociology Romps
In International Institute
hal ae By Rebecca Robbins, ’42,
Long before Saturday, December
9; Mr. Miller, was telling his first
year sociology class about the pub-
lic cafeteria supper to be given on
that date by the International In-
stitute. He spoke of the pictur-
esque delights of having your en-
trée with Russia, your soup with
Ukrainia, your main course with
Italy, your dessert with Albania.
We all pictured a series of festive
booths, where gaily costumed girls
served with glittering smiles and
little peasant chants.
But as we, mignt nave guessed
from reading the papers, interna-
tionalism is no longer in its hey-
day—and neither-is its House. We
were received at a side door into
Philadelphia crumbling)—and up
into the midst of the International
Institute’s Open Hofise. We passed
along a row of tables which were
covered with great: white cloths,
and -featured aluminum pots,
There were, small placards, let-
tered in red water-color, saying
“Sweden,” or ‘Latvia’ or. “Po-
land.”
Unfortunately, most of the tables
had already been invaded: only
Swedish smdrgasbord and Italian
spaghetti were left. Tables were
sot up everywhere in the audito-
rium, in every room in the house,
on stair landings. We found places,
and ate our smérgasbord and spa-
ghetti, bemoaning Borsch Pi-
roushki, and Kartofelsalat, and
Paklaya and Kielbasa and Tebli.
Once in a while someone in a cos-
tume would appear, but for the
most part we saw only dark mid-
dle-aged business. suits.
The rooms were tan. They were
simply tan; and there was nothing
to be done. It was Christmastide:
red candles on the tables, pine
branches fastened in bunches along
the walls, but the rooms were tan,
and the light fixtures were yellow
glass.
Somebody must have realized
that we wouldn’t get much inter-
a gray basement courtyard (old.
national flavor from. sm5rgasbord
and spaghetti, and therefore. there
was a program. There were songs
in gay Spanish voices and we
thought of movies under starry
tropic skies. There were songs by
Russian: girls, who sang~ beauti-
fully, but told us afterwards that
they weren’t. nearly as good as
they’d have been if they’d “had
their men.” There were gay little
Dutch dances, and gay little Swe-
dish dances, just like them,
without the clop, clop. We heard
in back of us, as Sweden filed out,
“Aren’t the costumes nice.”
" “My, yes they’re cute, but. it
costs such a lot to tent them.”
As the international atmosphere
faded from the auditorium, Mr.
Hatch, a director of the institute,
led “community singing.” We sang
Swannee River. We drew it out.
We sang Annie Laurie. We sang
it again, with “sustained notes”
(and when you come to “Lay me
down and die,” sing it as if you
would). We went on -to’ Silent
Night, in the Christmas spirit that
knows no national borders. » Silent
Night, too, we repeated, on‘ the
principle that you haven’t really
dirged a dirge until you’ve dirged
it twice.. We ended standing at
attention and singing My Country
‘Tis of Thee.
The German Club
Sees the World
On Friday, December 15,
the Bryn Mawr German Club
leaves for a binge with the
Princetonian Germans, to be
held at Princeton. Dinner
there will be followed by
much singing” and dancing
done in the true German
style.
Saturday night, the Bryn
Mawr German Club, or what
is left of it, is holding open
house at Denbigh with a
similar singing and pestle.
program.
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The class of 1937 has pre-
sented an English clock to
the Merion smoking room as
. memorial to Anne Legate
Roberts, ’37, a- Merionite,
who was killed in an automo-
bile accident just after her
graduation.
The clock was the last of
its kind to come over from
England before the war and
has very beautiful chimes. A
slight difficulty arose when
the chimes.rang for seven
minutes every quarter hour.
They were silenced Monday
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ficult of all Chinese instruments,
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Wei played was the Erh-hu, which
might be called the Chinese viola
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sounded very beautiful and exotic
to’ western ears when Professor
Wei-played traditional Chinese mel-
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Page Five
“Ferdinand” Phobia
Frustrates Future .
Finesse of Fencers'
(Especially contributed by Jane
Harper, 41.)
The fencing team has undertaken
no outside matches as yet, but plans
to fence Swarthmore and the Penn-
sylvania Women’s Team again this
Last year’s team, consisting
of Lucy Smith, ’40, Jane Harper,
’41, Ann Harrington, ’41, and Ethel
Clift, ’41 “foiled” all. Since fenc-
ing has now been made a major
sport which may be taken without
buying equipment, a larger squad
is expected this year.
The college is fortunate in hav-
ing the A. F..L. of A. Women’s Foil
Championship Match scheduled here
for March 18. Among those enter-
ing from Bryn Mawr will be Janet
Dowling, who has a smooth hand,
Jane Nichols, who has excellent
timing, Jane Harper, who is all
right if it happens to be her good
day; Ann Harrington, who is also
all right, Lucy Smith who has too
much work; ‘Ethel Clift, who man-
ages the team and Margaret,
(“Ferdinand”) who loves fencing
but doesn’t like to fight.
°43 STRENGTHENS
SWIMMING SQUAD
Team Still Incomplete
‘But Practice. Started
With the addition. of a likely
bunch of Freshmen willing to risk
permanent waves to obtain the
speed of fishes, the Varsity Squad
shows promise of a successful sea-
son. Last year saw two defeats by
Swarthmore College and Baldwin
School, and an encouraging win
over University’ of Pennsylvania.
With Morfoot, Baldwin ’39, now
Bryn Mawr ’43, the team is appre-
ciably strengthened. Although div-
ing tryouts have not. been held, and
the Squad has not been completed
practice officially begins this week.
The Tentative Squad is as follows:
(Cap’t) Link ’40, Williams ’42,
Paige ’42, Penfield ’40, Miller ’40,
Jacobs ’48, McClellan ’42; Boal ’42,
Rambo ’43, Reggie *48, Morfoot ’43,
Jones ’41 and Gaud ’41.
Swimming Schedule
Interclass — Tuesday, January
10—4.00 o’clock.
Baldwin — Friday, February 16
—4.00 o’clock.
Swarthmore—Tuesday, February
to watches.
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By Barbara Cooley, ’42
Sometimes writers can create
only one masterpiece; . sometimes
every new effort is greater than
the last. The public always greets
a new novel by an_ outstanding
writer eagerly. In the case of
Christmas. Holiday the ‘critics were
loud and lengthy in their praise.
The eager public. rushed to buy
first editions. For the most part,
they were disappointed.
Christmas Holiday does not mea-
sure up to the standard of Of Hu-
man Bondage. Charley Madon, a
typical young Englishman of a typ-
ical well-to-do English family,
spends his Christmas holiday in
Paris—a typical idea of the way in
which he can have a last fling be-
fore he settles. down to become a
typical English business man like
his father. Through the medium
of Charley’s “adventures,” Mr.
Maugham would have us realize
that there is no such thing as a
shady Bohemian life. Lydia, who
dances in a cafe under the guise of
“rink
27—4.00 o’clock.
)U. of P. (At Penn) — Tuesday,
March 12—4.00 o’clock. .
" Interclass — Thursday, March 14
—4.00 o’clock.
Varsity Interclass — Tuesday,
March 19—4.00 o’clock.
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a’ Russian -princess, is in reality the
| wife of a notorious murderer who
is serving time on Devil’s Island.
When Charley offers to let her live
‘in his apartment, ne finds her as
moral and as devotedly loyal. to her
husband as the finest English
women in his own class. Simon
Fenimore, a friend of his at Cam-
bridge, has become a violent radi-
cal—not a stirring ardent idealist,
but a bitter, illagical, personally
dirty and even boring rebel.
The book ends: ‘Patsy had asked
him if he had had “adventures in
Paris, and he had truthfully’ an-
swered no. It was a fact that he
had done nothing; only one thing
had happened to him; it was rather
curious when you came to think of
ite and he didn’t just then quite
know what to do about it; the bot-
tom had fallen out of his world.”
Mr. Maugham intends us to realize,
I suppose, that for some people life
is more vital, more intense than we,
the Charley Madons of the world,
had realized. If this ‘is his inten-
tion it is a noble one, but somehow
I realized only that every one is
pretty" much alike. As the first
work of a young novelist this could
be praised; as a mature novel how-
ever it falls far too short of Mr.
Maugham’s earlier standard.
!
PENN SERENADES
MUTE BRYN MAWR
Choir Sings Hail Penn
And Good Night Ladies
Saturday night the Bryn Mawe
mutes were saying that a good
voice wasn’t everything and that
it would be grim to arrive at
Princeton tagged as one of the
Bryn Mawr group. The _ mutes
were thinking how weary, stale,
flat and unprofitable this college
life seems.
But the mountain comes: at mid-
night voices were heard. harmon-
izing Nearer My. God To Thee.
The Bryn Mawr voiceless were be-
ing serenaded.
The choir of the University of
Penn. had given a concert with
Harcum Saturday night. Surplus
energy, pity for Bryn Mawr, or de-
fiance of Princeton’s art spurred
Penn to try this campus.
First they serenaded Rockefeller
with Dartmouth Winter Song and
Good Night Ladies. . Proceeding to
Pembroke Arch, the choir was in-
terrupted by two late students and
the wardén. | After all were within,
Xmas Cards
Wool Ties
Lingerie Cases
Trays
Luggage Racks
Boudoir Pillows
Picture Frames
Margaretta J. Thayer, Inc.
28 Parking Plaza
~——Ardmore
Spice Baskets
Compacts
Desk Sets
Perfumes
(Left)
America’s Number One
Cigarette... Camels.
This gay, new Christmas
package contains4 boxes
of Camels in the “flat
fifty” size. Dealers are
featuring them now.
(Below) All Christmas-
wrapped and ready
to give — 10 packs
of “20's” — 200 mild,
cool Camels — the
cigarette for giving!
Camels
“‘There’s no finer gift for those who smoke cigarettes than
a
Camels. You can be sure your choice is wise—for more
people enjoy Camels than any other brand: And when
you give Camels you're giving the milder, cooler smok-*
ing of Camel’s’ matchless blend of long-burning costlier
tobaccos. Dealers are featuring Camels in a choice of
two attractive gift packages—200 Camels in each. There’s
lots of cheer in smoking Camels—and in giving Camels!
;
ifts that are sure to please in b
x
WY Check the pipe-smokers
on your list and counton
Prince Albert — world’s
_most popular smoking
tobacco. This attractive
one-pound package of
\ cooler-smoking Prince
Ba Albert is sure to please!
Prince Albert
If he en a pipe then he’s bound to appreciate a gift of
Prince Albert Smoing Tobacco—the largest-selling smok-
ing tobacco in the wofld. Prince Albert is the famous __ ae
cooler-smoking pipe tobacco that’s made extra mild and...
extra tasty by special “crimp cut” and “no-bite” treatment. : ;
There’s so much pleasure in giving Prince Albert because
you know your gift will please. So, for pipe-smokers, this
Christmas, give Prince Albert—the National Joy Smoke!
seautiful Ch ristmas wrappers”
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Penn. reappeared and finished with
| Hail Pennsylvania.
CHRISTMAS 1939
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‘dom and Thanks, also by Johann
‘orchestra played a Sinfonia in B
‘gant, and strongly influenced by
*Bach’s 190 Church Cantatas.
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Page Six
Princeton, Bryn Mawr
Render Joint Concert
Continued from Page One
The Motet, Blessing, Glory, Wis-
Sebastian Bach, was beautifully
sung and showed the work of Mr.
Willoughby to its best advantage.
The timing and phrasing were
extremely well done, and the choir
seemed to. enjoy singing it. The
piece is really intended for a Bou-
ble chorus and is based on the old
hymns: Was Frag Ich Nach der
Welt and Wie Schone Leuchtet die
Morgenstern. ,The middle part
was sung by a mixed chorus of tem
with a sustaining chorale for the
rest of the choir.
To give the choirs -a. rest, the
flat by Johann Christian Bach. In
contrast to his father’s music,
Christian’s style is graceful, ele-
the Italian. Although the orchestra
had apparently not rehearsed it
very fully, they conveyed through-
out its feeling of a forceful ques-
tion and answer, alternating be-
tween the strings and the winds.
The oboe was well done and car-
ried. much of the work.
The Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme is one of the finest. of
The
orchestra, beginning with oboe and
strings ‘alternating against a very
rhythmic bass, delibefate and ex-
citing, built up great suspense for
the choral -which came in con-
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Avoid the Xmas Rush
The’ advertisements for
gift shops that will appear
in the News for the next.
two weeks have been care-
fully selected for our read-
ers’ information. Only 16
more shopping days till
Christmas. Patronize our ad-
vertisers/
trapuntally with a measured dig-
nified dopfinating iti
Throughout the whole cantata the
soprano
orchestral parts were a contrast in
The bass and
soprano duet can be criticized on
the basis that the bass overwhelmed
the soprano. The contrast in voices
was so great that it was almost
humorous rather than effective.
The final repetition of the chorale
was in harmony rather than couh-
terpoint and did not have the in-
itiak heavy bass or the lovely un-
derlying lyrical bass of the second
exposition. This was well sung
and seemed more a final statement
of the praise. The first was an
emotional working up, the second
repetition a more ‘loving call, and
the last a glorious exhortation. ©
After excerpts from incidental
music to plays by the great 17th
century English composer, Purcell,
the choir sang Sir Hubert Parry's
setting to Milton’s ode, Blest Pair
of Sirens. Parry has a typical
English quality in his work, and
it is significant that he chose Mil-
ton for the inspiration of one of
oboe and strings.
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is.a veritable Christmas Gift City,
with a special shop filled with the
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in The Gift Shop
To be Married
On December 14 Mary. H:
Hager, ’41/ of Bryn Mawr,
and Walter Wilhelm Herman
Marseilles are to be married.
his best works. This was sung
with very evident pleasure by the
Bryn Mawr girls if a little less
happily. by: Princeton. The color-
ing was well done and the great
climaxes forceful.
The cho‘rs were, T think, better
than the soloists: or the orchestra
though some members express their
more individual singing to the dis-
advantage of homogeneous choral
work. Princeton gave an excellent
performance, and it seems a shame
we sing with them so seldom. .
The greatest criticism of the
concert appeared to be its length.
It seemed to me that the solo re-
peats were ‘not so well done that
the aria da Capo must be enforced:
And instead of the two orchestral
more and shorter intermissions.
Both of the selections ‘were well
worth listening to, and it seems a
shame that so much divided at-
tention and growing ..unrest_ les-
sened their value in the eyes of
the audience.
Altogether, gréat praise should
his more than able assistants, Janet
Russell and Mary Newberry, both
'40.
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a heen,
ra ‘Ann Sheridan
A Warner Bros. Picture
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numbers, there might have':been”
be given to Mr. Willoughby, and,
i STARRED IN “YEARS. WITHOUT. DAYS’ |
Republican’s Political Machine Operates
|. Unchallenged by Staunchest Democrats
By Joan Gross, ’42
‘and
Elizabeth Crozier, ’41.
Last week’s encounter with Mr.
Lacy Gaines was quite unsatisfac-
tory, from our point of view. We
had failed to uncover a dramatic
political machine. At least, we had
failed to pin anything on the Re-
publicans. Assuming that some real
and: horrible truth would be re-
crats, we called on Miss McCrystal
ex-Democratic Town Committeewo-
man.
Miss McCrystal has a dress store
next to Woolworth’s. When we
reached it, the door was bolted, the
lights were: out and a sign was
posted -over the latch: “Store will
be open evenings until Christmas.”
A face peered down upon us from
the second story window.
hopefully. The face receded into
darkness. For a long moment we
‘contemplated the lingerie of Miss
McCrystal’s window display. Then
a door swung open and white-
haired Miss McCrystal appeared
, questioningly on the threshold.
| When we explained our mission, she
ushered us into her house with an
air of political secrecy. We were
encouraged.
We opened fire with a challenge.
“Miss McCrystal?” we ventured
vealed by the subjugated Demo- |
Was it true that the Republican’s
controll all Aut 200 of the 1,000
votes in Bryn Mawr? Miss Mc-
Crystal blandly verified this, but
added ruefully that when Governor
Earle was elected about 100 extra
votes swung Democratic. It devel-
oped that this wavering faction of
voters consistently follow the con-
trolling party, attempting to land
political jobs.
Miss McCrystal’s duties as
{Democratic Committeewoman are
chiefly concerned: with the mechan-
ics of election. As for issues, real
political issues, Miss McCrystal
could uncover none.’ She thought
for a while, then mentioned an occa-
sional case’ in which a Democrat
was refused a. township office.
As far as Miss McCrystal was
concérned, the Republican adminis-
tration was entirely satisfactory.
This view baffled us, coming from a
staunch Democrat; we were expect-
ing no less than embittered denun-
ciations of the present machine,
“Tf there is something I. want
done,” said Miss McCrystal, “I just
go aid-see Torn Hammonds and he
usually takes care of it for me.”
Mr. Tom Hammonds is Republican
Commissioner, but then, we suppose
it’s all in the spirit of amity and
cooperation.
—SSSSS==========
One of the most attractive
Christmas packages—see it in the stores and
order your Christmas Chesterfields now. _,,
Chesterfields, with. their real mildness,
better taste and delicious aroma, give reak
pleasure to anyzong: who smokes.
You can’t buy a better cigarette.
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