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' discussion practical; or is it possi-

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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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rues



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.



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The speaker for the service
is Dr. Leicester Lewis, of .
the Church of St. Martin in
the Fields at Chestnut Hill.