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THE COLLEGE NEWS













~ THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Founded in 1914)



Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thank:
Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the
of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., an
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~ 1936 Member 1937

Associated Collegiate Press

Editor-in-Chief.

The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in .
it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written _—e of the



‘Editor-in-Chief
HELEN FISHER, ’37

News Editor
E. JANE SIMPSON,

Copy Editor

37 JANET THOM, ’38 :
Editors
Mary R. MEtIGs,
JEAN MORRILL,
MARGARET OTIS,

LUCILLE SAUDER,

ELEANOR BAILENSON, ’39
MARGERY C. HARTMAN, ’38
MARGARET Howson, ’38
Mary H. HUTCHINGS, "37
ABBIE INGALLS, ’38
Sports Editor, KATHERINE HEMPHILL, ’39

Business Manager
AGNES ALLINSON, ’37
Assistants
ETHEL HENKLEMAN, ’38 Mary WHALEN, ’38
Subscription Manager
DEWILDA NARAMORE, ’38
Graduate Correspondent: VESTA SONNE

Mary WALKER, ’38

Assistant

SUZANNE WILLIAMS, ’38

Advertising Manager

LOUISE STENGEL, ’37

Mary T. RITCHIE, ’39

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Fine or Imprisonment
Be it enacted, etc.

That if any officer, clerk, agent or member

of any public library, or any other person whatever, shall hereafter
wilfully cut, mutilate or otherwise injure any books, volume, map,
chart, magazine or newspaper, belonging to any public library,
every such person shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor,

and upon conviction thereof by any court of a competent jurisdic-

tion, shall be liable for each offense, to a FINE OF NOT MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONMENT IN
THE COUNTY JAIL, NOT EXCEEDING THREE MONTHS OR
BOTH; moreover, HE SHALL BE LIABLE TO MAKE GOOD

THE SAID DAMAGE OR INJURY TO SAID INSTITUTIO

addition to aforesaid fine and imprisonment.—Extract from ‘the

Library Law of the State of Pennsylvania,

N, in

It is everyone’s privilege to mark up books, if that person is willing
to buy her personai copies for the purpose, but no one has the right to

destroy property whith does not belong to her alone.

It is one of the

paradoxes of college life that the books in the Library must be pro-
tected as one’s own property and used with the knowledge that they

belong to others. Not only is it a violation of state law and a
tion of community property, but it shows a gross lack of cons
for others to underline and annotate the text. of a library
individual interests. The person who follows may seek an

destrue-
ideration
book for
entirely

different aspect of the discussion and in any event can care little what

a predecessor of such dubidus taste may have selected.

Any defense of marking books because it “helps those who follow”
is stupid and miscalculated. There is not a student or faculty member
in the college who has not at some time had to erase or abandon Rages

because they were mutilated beyond readability. Marking

passages

and margins reveals the culprit as_an_arrogant egoist with the brazen

conceit to believe that she knows enough about the subject to
others in their search for the truth.

guide all

It is safe to say that there is not

now in college, never has been and never will be a person sufficiently

all-knowing to mark even one library book adequately for all
individuals who may follow. If a student has the right to
name, she has also the right and the obligation to form her own
on any passage.










greatly limited through lack of gifts and when the demands

evils of book marking have spread throughout the college.
‘expenses are less than those for

Fl to take upon herself the preservati
les © property.
friend to ar up ier own books. Only if she takes the same
what belongs equally. to her and to others can she prevent th
destructive practices.



Crueller Cuts

different
bear the
opinions

It is a sad fact in recent years when the Library’s ‘funds are

for new

books are greater than ever because of the new major examinations, the
Here where

a single

rsity, the only way to maintain our library

on of her

No one would permit a borrowing

stand on
e present

For years a bird of bad omen has hovered in the consciences of the

student mind. This is the penalty infiicted for cutting the
before and the first class after vacations.
severely criticized among undergraduates as being too stringe
offense excusable at other times.

last class

The penalty has always been

nt for an

We understand the reason under-

lying the punishment and agree that it is good policy to prevent stu-

dents from extending their vacations to extraordinary lengths.

But

we do not agree that the deferred examination is an expedient

punishment.
, In order to curb the severity of the cutting offense an

d also to

fulfill its purpose of punishing the guilty, we suggest a system of triple

euts. For every class cut on the last day before and the first

vacations, triple cuts could be dealt out to offenders.

day after

This penalty,

although uncompromising, is-far more sensible than the deferred exam-

ination.

their cuts for future use would not relish thé thought of losin

It would eliminate poor work in a postponed examination for
which a student haf no time to study. Undergraduates who cherish:

g most of

them in one fell swoop. They would doubtlessly decide to remain on
and return. to the campus at the time when the college demands sheir







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\|long. The students then requested a

-Valley Forge as it really is in its ex-

|view’ you get is worth the inconveni-
jence. The whole panorama of the
|park is at your feet, and what you

MISS” REED EXPLAINS
LIBRARY SUSPENSIONS

Dear Editor:

It has seemed to mé that the Col-
lege News has always stood for ac-
curacy of statement. It was, there-
fore, with surprise that I read the
‘misstatement of the situation in the
editorial about the suspension of Re-
serve Book. Room privileges on the
morning of November 30. It so hap-
pened that only those students lost
their privileges on that morning who
returned books as late as 9.10 or later.
It was impossible for the Reserve
Room attendant to’ check up on all
overdue books before that time, be-
cause of the after-holiday return of
books, which is always great. Since
our Reserve Book Room records have
not been destroyed, I herewith give a
few examples of the sort of case which
needs correction, for the benefit of the
student body as a whole, and which I
take from the records of the morning
in question. In practically all of these
instances the books were needed by
others.

Two students returned books shortly
after 9 o’clock—their third offense;
two at 9.15—their third offense; four
at 9.30—their third offense; two at
11, two at 11.50, one at J ong at 1
o’clock.

Some years ago the hour for the
return of Reserve Room Books was 9
o’clock. At the request of the students
the hour was changed to 8.30. The
following year another request sent it
on to 9 again. Later the influence of
certain diligent students swung the
time back to 8 o’clock, but not for

change to 8.30 for all days except
Saturday and Sunday—an arrange-
ment which I think has,,been the most
satisfactory of all.

We trust that with the granting of
the proposed change to 8.45 this hour
may prove to be the magical one and
the proper time limit for all.
Sincerely yours,

Lois A. REED,
Librarian.



ABROAD AT HOME



Twelve miles southwest of Bryn
Mawr lies a region worthy of your
time some Saturday afternoon, where

pansive—yet impressive beauty has
been preserved.

Turning across a wide field from
the road we approach Fort Washing-
ton, built on a hillside overlooking
the field, open, shallow and surrounded
by a ditch.

From the fort you can see the chapel
which, though recently erected, yet re-
tains the whole spirit of the neighbor-
ing monuments in that it commemor-
ates the common soldier in the Conti-
nental army, carves him impressively
above the choir stalls and shelters him
with windows of richly painted glass
and heavily carved doors. Beside the
chapel is a carillon of bells presented
by different states of the Union.
Every hour the bells chime and in
the Christmas season Silent Night,
Adeste Fidelis and other familiar
carols ring through the woods.

Leading from the chapel is a road
to the railroad station and thence to
Washington’s Headquarters, which is
a small six-room house, once owned
by Isaac Potts, minister, who departed
for parts unknown when Washington
came to Valley Forge. Old furniture,
little touches of authentic detail, a
fireplace which practically fills the
huge kitchen, a tunnel, now cut off but
once supposed to have been long
enough to go under the Schuylkill
River, all create an _ inescapable
atmosphere of reality.

About. a block from theSheadquar-
ters is Valley Forge Inn, built before
1768, where meals were cooked for
some of the soldiers. The cupola and
porches are too ornate to be called
beautiful, but they are interesting in
their own right as well as parts of
an historical building.

Now you take a road between Mount
Joy and Mount Misery, which runs.
along a creek where the old forge was
situated. A footpath leads off from
the road, up the side of Mount Joy to

an observatory at the top. The obser-
sabaieg is open and windy, but the



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1 aching legs -you can
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> | Spirit ~

‘Summer School Material

Summer School material—the
students’ magazine, poetry by
students, outlines of class work,
and especially an_ illustrated
résumé of the science course—
are now on display in the New
Book Room.









where General Knox had his head-

quarters, the Schuylkill River as it

runs placidly by the railroad station.
M. H.



AT HOME NOT ABROAD



Two: weeks ago the neighboring
columnist cited the joys and delights
of an afternoon at the zoo in Phila-
delphia. Since this column is to con-
fine itself to matters of campus con-
cern, we hasten to point out the de-
lights which we, as the inmates of
our own type of zoo, offer to Sunday
visitors.

The usual line of approach is by
motor, following the devious meander-
ings of the road from behind Merion
and the Gym around to the Deanery.
At the corner of the Deanery, as each
car cuts the rut at the turn an inch
deeper, there is invariably a knot of
amorphous student body, hidden be-
neath hunched-up coats and conceal-
ing the identity of the parts behind
a heavy smoke screen. Visitors are
warned not to drive into these groups
nor to approach too closely on foot,
for they are murderously dissecting
the affairs of their intimates, and vis-
itors will have no claim to mercy.

Happily chattering pre-freshmen
and parents amiably vocalizing their
approval of “vine-clad academic clois-
ters” should not heed the heavy
grunts and blazing glares of the in-
mates who have taken to the Cloisters
with their books for fresh air. This
species of the woman collegian, while
forbidding in appearance, is not vi-
cious, and as a rule is approachable
(for a match). The real danger re-
gions of the campus, for the uniniti-
ated Sunday visitor, are the hall en-
trances and the showcases. Here
every form of bodily injury and men-
tal torture may be inflicted upon the
unsuspecting. Closed eyes and ears
are only a partial protection for the
latter, while ‘an advance guard of
tame inmates or guardians at every
door is the only surety against bodily
injury from banging doors and hur-
tling bodies.

The athletic species of the college
woman, while the strongest and best
armed, is by far the most amicable
to the tourist, except when she is in
active competition. One of the rea-
sons for the high death rate of visi-

distinction, and frequently attempt
innocent questions when a_ tennis
game is at add out for the seventh
time. At other times, and when loose
on the campus, the athlete is always
ready to be of assistance. Visitors
of weak body or mind should not ac-
cept too glibly this proffered aid.
The visitor to the Common Room
will be safe at most seasons, but at
intervals of six to eight weeks
throughout the year must never en-
ter the room. This rule may safely
be applied to the rest of the campus,
for in these periods (usually of two
weeks’ duration and known to the in-
mates as “quiz-” or “exam-time’’)
even the most docile female animal
in the college zoo becomes a crazed
beast and must under no circum-
stances be tampered with or even fed.
At other seasons, however, feeding
is generally a safe procedure and
often is the shortest way to the ani-
mal’s heart.. The brave visitor who
is anxious to make a complete con-
quest is urged to take one of the
tamer inhabitants (of small stature!)
away. from the campus and even so
far as Philadelphia for feeding pur-
poses. As a rule, this courageous ad-
venturer ‘need have little to fear, for
the city has a subduing effect upon
even the wildest of the carnivorous
species. If funds are limited, the vil-
lage or even the College Inn (another
habitat for the gregarious species of
Bryn Mawrter) will do for eating.



Youth Concert on December 10

Tchaikovsky: 6th Symphony in B
Minor; Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
and De Falla: El Amor Brujo, sung
by Madame Enid Szantho, leading
‘contralto of the Vienna Stal Opera;
Four Christmas Carols; Caillet: The
of © Christmas; » Woltmann:





tors is that they do not recognize this | *



In Philadelphia

‘Movies
Rembrandt, with Charles
Laughton. (Quoted from The New
York Times.) “Between the two of
them, Charles Laughton and Alex-
ander Korda have produced a great,
and rich, and glowing motion picture
in Rembrandt. ... For Rembrandt
is as much Mr. Korda’s greatest pro-
duction to date, as it is at once the
noblest’ subject: and the best likeness
—so far, at any rate—in Mr. Laugh-
ton’s inspired gallery of historical
portraits.” :

Arcadia: The Prestiines Mystery,
with Henry Wilcoxen and Betty Fur--
ness. The plot was conceived by
President Roosevelt and written by
six noted authors.

Earle: Jungle Princess.

Europa: Legong continues.

Boyd: Adventure in Manhattan,
with Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea.

Karlton: Smartest Girl in Town,
with Gene Raymond and Anne Soth-
ern,

Aldine:

Local Movies

Seville: Thursday, Murder With
Pictures, with Lew Ayres and Gail
Patrick. Friday and Saturday, Dimp-
les, with Shirley Temple and Frank
Morgan. Sunday, Monday and Tues-
day, Big Broadcast of 1936. Wednes-
day and Thursday, Old Hutch, with
Wallace Beery.

Wayne: Thursday, Old Hutch, with
Wallace Beery. Friday and Saturday,
The General Died at Dawn, with Gary
Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Sun-
day and Monday, Under Your Spell,
with Lawrence Tibbett. Tuesday and
Wednesday, Walking on Air, with
Gene Raymond and Anne Sothern.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Lib-
eled Lady, with Myrna Loy, Jean Har-
low and William Powell.

Ardmore: Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Libeled Lady, with Myrna
Loy, Jean Harlow and William Powell.
Sunday and Monday, The Magnificent
Brute, with Victor McLaglen. Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday, Cain
and Mabel, with Clark Gable and Mar-
ion Davies.



Concert Program for Dec. 11 and 12

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3; Wagner:
Grahlserzdhlung from Lohengrin ande
Wintersturme from Die Walkiire,
Kodaly: Galanta Dances; Verdi: Re-
citativo and Aria, Monologue from
Othello, Tu? Indieto Fuggi-and Aria
from Act II, Othello; Strauss: Tod
and Verklarung.

Lauritz Melchior.

WITS END|

Once the highest floor of Dalton
With its maps of breaks and faultin’
And its references to Galton

Taxed my brain.





Once I thought of Conshohocken
In cold terms of sand and rock, an’
My nature-love was crackin’
’Neath the strain.

Once Pteridospermophyta

I considered quite a blighter
And a name a little lighter
Sought to frame.

With intrusions and with granite
And the love life of each planet
Struggled I; or orthids panted,
’*Til insane.

Once a prehistoric mussel
Made me hustle, scurry, bustle
Now this hardy little fossil
Weeps in vain.

I have found another locus
For my intellectual focus,
And I’ve sent old Diplodoxus
Down the drain.

Say goodbye to Dr. Dryden,

Dowse and Watson; farewells slide -in
To Hower and Wyckoff; writin’

I remain,

Just Venus mercenaria ,,
Who should have been much warier,
A matron now they’ll bury her,
Lost to fame.
Valete!
VENUS MATRIMONIA
(née marennatia)

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But ve ‘all times -and. under ema cir-
‘eumstances visitors should establish
themselves immediately as a i,
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