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THE COLLEGE NEWS.
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VOL. XXIV, No. 18-
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1938
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BRYN MAWR
Copyright TRUSTEES OF
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“COLLEGE, 1938 PRICE 10 CENTS
Further Discussion
Of New Hall Plans
By College Council
Mathematics, Biology, Physics
To be Housed in Renovated
t. Dalton Hall
- SMOKING ON BALCONIES :
TO BE INVESTIGATED
(Especially contributed by Janet
.Thom, ,’#8.)
The President’s House, Wednesday,
Mareh
for the combined smoking and. game
9.—The decorator’s sketches
room in the new dormitory were shown
to the members of the College Coun-
cil by Miss Charlotte B. Howe and
Julia Grant,
ing contmmittee.
members of the decorat-
President Park told
the Council about the plans for re-
modeling the inside of Dalton to house
the physics and mathematics depart-
ments next year.
After dinner and general -discussion
were over, Miss Howe brought four or
five large colored sketches showing the
furnishings which are planned for the
social smoking room on the ground
floor of the new hall. This room is
very large, square, and built on two
levels because of the.slope of the hill.
The decorator has planned to break it
up into ag many small units.as pos-
sible, still leaving space to clear a
large area of the floor for dancing.
There will be a low, white fence which
will’.be wide enough to sit on, and
steps dividing the smoking room from
Two large piers mM
the center of one room will also be
connected with the walls by low fence-
the game room.
like divisions. These will serve to
break up the floor space. The furni-
ture will also. be. grouped in separate
unitsefor the.same purpose.
The floor will probably be made of
asphalt tiles, without rugs. These
tiles come in all colors, and one room
will probably have a rust-colored floor
and the other a dark blue one. The
Continued on Page Four
Mr. Dryden Shows Fossil
Specimens at Lecture
; ‘United States Once Populated by
- Dinosaurs, Elephaiits
Sun Room, March 9.—Mr. Lin:
coln Dryden, of the Geology Depart-
ment, spoke on Fossil Graveyards at a
meeting of the S¢eience Club. The
lecture was illustrated by specimens of
various fossils. Mr. Dryden defined a
_fossil ‘as the remains or trace of
something that once lived. “He used
the term “graveyard” to describe a
place where many animals or plants
were buried at some past time.
«The, first .. fossil, remains ,.shown
formed a piece of the ornamental
stonework on Goodhart Hall. This
fragment broke off, and when taken
to the Geology Department was found
to be Indiana limestone. It consists of
the calearious remains of countless
small animals living in the shallow
sea which at one time covered the
middle part of the continent. These
fragments ,and bits of broken shell
can be seen under a hand lens.
«Later in geologic time came the
dinosaurs, which ‘varied widely in size.
Their remains are found chiefly in
the western Great Plains region, in
arid land. where their bones can be
plainly seen on the surface. The
rocks in which they are buried are
. not marirre;~but-ittdircave .,- eR BS ames Banadis
-gi] plants that the dinosaurs lived in
a large flat swamp which extended
over the western oe of the United
States.
In. South Gavmais: near Sollenho-
fen, where fine-grained lithographic
stone is quarried, some unusual fossils
have been dug out. In 1875 the old-
ést fossil bird, which has teeth and a
jointed tail almost like a reptile, was
‘| style could\rarely be discerned.
Continued on a ts
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SHAN-KAR PRESENTS
LAST PERFORMANCE
Goodhart . Hall, March 10,-—Uday
Shan-Kar and. his Hindu Ballet, on
their this
country, presented a varied program
farewell appearance in
to a large and enthusiastic audience.
this the
troupe sailed for India to establish an
All-India Center for the Dance in Be-
nares.
Following performance,
The program consisted of simple
folk. dances, traditional religious
myths characteristic of the Hindu
race, and an impressive dance-drama
concerning incidents in the life of the
god, Shiva. The accompaniment, writ-
ten for them by Vishnudas_ Shirali,
was furnished by musicians .on: the
stage. The use of drums.and gongs
as a prelude to several numbers set
the scene for the daiices that followed.
In all the dances there was ‘a re-
strained but, at the same time, a
continuous flowing quality of move-
ment. Jerky transitions of tempo and
The
head and arms were used to’ convey
inflections of meaning and subtleties
of feeling, while the hands, employing
the Mudras er symbolic gestures, told
the basic theme of the stories.
Shan-Kar’s dancing is said to be
the greatest refinement of that art to-
day. In his first solo number Kama-
Deva, he moved with an effortless
grace that was excellent in its con-
trolled expression. Even in the war
dance, Kartikeyya, he was restrained,
although the impression of strength
and power was clearly perceptible.
Dancing of a more dynamic nature
was supplied by the young Madhavan,
whose solo dance was a marvel of dif+
ferentiated movement. Continuing a
steady motion of his hands, he varied
his steps, technique.and rhythm, never
losing control of the hand motion,
nor of the opposing body movements.
Simkie,. a French member of the
group, was small, lithe and graceful.
Her dancing formed an excellent com-
ple ment_to-Shan-Kar’s virileexposi-
tion.
The costuming was lavish and col-
orful with gay India. prints cleverly
mingled to produce dramatic efforts.
The troupe brought their own curtain
which blended admirably with the
costumes. Lighting was used in sev-
eral: dances to create - atmosphere.
This was most effective in the last
number, where a bronze light gave the
impression of temple interiors or the
warm sunlight of oeg.Hindu- Olym-
pus. °
Ly ds. Si
PHILOSOPHY, ENGLISH
ARE HUBENER’S TOPICS
Gustav Frederic Hiibener, professor
of English at the University of Bonn,
will give two lectures on philosophy
‘and English. The first, Phenomenol-
ogy, will be under the auspices of the
philosophy department in the Common
Room, March 19, at 8 p.m. All stu-
dents are invited. On Monday the’
second lecture, entitled Beowolf and
Heroic Exorcism, will take place in the
Music Room at 5 p. m. Mr. Herben
recommends it particularly to all stu-
dents interested in literature and folk-
lore.
Professor Hiibener studied at the
Universities of Munich, Paris, Berlin,
Edinburgh and Gottingen. For some
years he was professor of National
Economies at K6onigsbtirg, and later
taught English at the Universities of
Basel and Bonn. He has published
varied critical works, among them
England and the Moral Foundations
of Early European History, English
Philosophy, and Stylistic Tension in
et TOK tas
His investigations of heroic litera-
ture have taken him literally all over
the world, and his theories on the sig-
nificance of certain epic situations are
of the greatest importance. At the
present time Professor Htibener is on
a, sabbatical year which he is spend-
ing in Canada. Bryn Mawr is for-
tunate in-having him speak here as
he is making a few lectures in this
country.
SHAN-KAR
and SIMKIE ;
Alumnae Council Holds
Meeting in New Jersey
District Representatives Deplore
Lack of College Contacts,
Inactive Graduate Clubs
(Specially ' Mary
Whalen, ’38.)
The Alumnae. Council convened on
Thursday, March 10, for an informal
session at, Mrs. Parker’s house in
Orange, N, J., where they were wel-
comed by Mrs. Ruth C. Streeter, 718;
their hostess for the weekend, and
Mrs. Ida L. Darrow, ’21, president -of
the association. At the Friday morn-
ing session the seven district coun-
cillors gave their reports.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Mendell stated
that the New England States were
exceedingly. active’ and that their
chief complaint was lack of contact
with the campus. Two solutions were
suggested to solve this problem: that
the faculty and college officials be
sent a list-of those cities where there
is a Bryn Mawr Club functioning, in
order that they may be entertained
when they travel to any of these
cities; that a representative be sent
from every club to the alumnae week-
end; and that the class collectors also
attend annually. ne
Mrs. Streeter reported °¢ on 1 the” five
clubs in the Widdle Atlantic States.
Continued on Page Six
xGOLLEGE. CALENDAR .
Thursday, March 17.—Maids’
Play, Mr. Faithful. Goodhart,
8.30.
Friday, March 18.—Announce-
ment of Graduate-_European
Fellowships... Goodhart, 8.45.
Saturday, March 19.—Lecture
on Phenomenology, by Gustav
Hiibener. Common Room, 8
p. m. :
Sunday, March 20.—Lecture
by Fniedrich Spiegelberg, on
What India.Has to Offer Us To-
day. Deanery, 5 p. m. :
Monday, March 21.—Lecture
\| by Gustav Hiibener on Beowulf
and Heroic '' Exorcism. Music
Room, 5 p. m. Piano Recital, by
‘Horace Alwyne. Goodhart, 8.30.
Tuesday, March. 22. —Current
Events, Mr. Fenwick. Common
Room, 7.30.
~~ Wednesday, March 23.—Ger-
man Movie, An Orphan Boy of
Vienna. Goodhart, 8.00.
‘Monday, April 4.—First Flex-
ner Lecture by Dr. Edwin F.
Gay. Goodhart, 8.20.. — es ,
contributed by
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't Committee,
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Miss Ward Announces
Changes in Room Rents
New System Will Attach Rents
Of 100 Dollars to Student,
~ Not to Definite Rooms
Musie Room, March 15.—The prin-
ciples on which room rents are as-
signed were outlined in a morning
chapel by. Miss Julia Ward,
Dean of the College.
that the aim has been to keep the
Acting
She _ explained
100 to 550 dollars, in each hall, and
also to keep an approximate uniform
distribution of rooms at-each rate.
One-quarter to one-third of all col-
lege rooms are priced at 100 dollars.
However, there is often a shortage of
bthese rooms available to the incoming
class, because pndergraduates who
could afford more expensive rooms
choose the 100 dollar ones for various
personal reasons. The college has been
forced arbitrarily to change the rent
of some rooms in order to supply the
desired number at each price in each
hall: .Miss Ward pointed. out that
this leads-to more and more -diserep-
ancies between the rent and the de-
sirability of particular rooms.
The theory of the new system is
“to attach the rent to the student, not
to the room”’s» A» largenumber of |
rooms in each hall have been priced
at 200 dollars. All’students who. can-
not afford to pay more than 100 dol-
lars, are strictly required to make
out a formal application, if possible
before Spring Vacation.
These applications will be checked
by Miss Ward and the Scholarship
and preliminary halt
draws for the 200 dollar rooms_will
be held between students whose ap-
plications have been approved. They
will occupy the rooms at ‘a rent of
100 dollars, while ‘ any remaining
rooms in this group will be open to
other students at 200 dollars.
Mark Starr, who will speak at a
meeting sponsored by the A. S.° U.
next week, is the National Director of
Education of the Ladies’ Garment
Workers’ Union. He has taught at
the Brookwood School and at the Bryn
Mawr Summer School.
¢
rv.
He will speak on the points in
mon of the A..F. L. and the C.
especially in relation to Workers —
cation.
same range of rents, at present from.
LABOR EDUCATOR TO SPFAK|-
Subtle Conflicts,
Amusing Dialogue,
Mark French Play
‘The Young Seducer Seduced”
As Romantic Moon Rises:
On Closing Scene
DE MUSSET COMEDY
IS EXCELLENT CHOICE
Goodhart . Hall, Mareh 12.—Good
Gling, good costuming andsgood stag-
ing -made a success of this year’s
I'rench Chab play, Jl ne Faut Mrrer de
Rien, by Alfred de Musset. Its one
obvious. fault was the actors’, frequent
need of prompting. The play itself
was an excellent choice, beautifully
constructed: and very funny. Musset’s
theme, as M. Jean Guiton, the diree-
tor, phrased it, was “the young~se-
ducer seduced.”
Jane Nichols, who played Valentin,
made an extremely handsome and
winning hero. Her acting has im-
proved since she played the male lead
in Moliere’s l’Eeole des Maris. last
vear. She gestured confidently and
delivered her lines with spirit. The
part of Van Buck, Valentin’s rich and
long-suffering uncle, taken by
Priscilla Curtis, who did a good job
of charaeterization. She was subtler
and more restrained than she has ever
been,
was
Boone Staples, as ia Batcnne de
Mantes, who successfully hides a
heart of gold from all but her daugh-
ter until the last act, dominated all
the scenes in which’ she took part.
Whether haughtily regarding the
Abbé, or approving Valentin’s love
lettey to her daughter, she was con-
vineingly funny. She and Van Buck
were good comic contrasts, the auto-
cratically domineering versus the vul-
garly explosive. Typical Baronne re-
action was her immediate acclaim of
Valentin as “tion ‘gendre”’.,when she
discovered him ‘with her daughter at
their midnight rendex-vous.
Continued on Page Four
vA
Morley and Cobb Are
Peace Council Officers
Statement on International Coopera-
tien Discussed
Pembroke West, March 14.—Louise
Morley, ’40, was re-elected president of
the Peace Council at their first meet-
ing underthe new constitution. Helen
Cobb, ’40, was elected secretary for
the coming year.
The main business of the meeting
was to discuss whether they would
sponsor the statement of the Philadel-
phia Committee for International Co-
operation for Peace. This statement
repudiates America’s isolation-rear-
mament policy concerning foreign af-
fairs, and calls on the country to take
its place as an active member in “in-
ternational cooperation. This proced-
ure, the statement continues, can be
the only means to “stop the forces of
war? and vitalizesthe principles ‘of-in- ~
ternational morality.”
Copies of the statement "have
already been circulated in the city 'to
obtain individual signatures, and were
then sent to Washin Every mem-
ber--of-.the Council has been given a
copy and individual signatures will be
solicited on the campus. The deadline
for these copies of the statement is .
the 21st of March.
The Council, as a body, is not taking
a stand of collective security imme-
diately, nor_will. the individual_signa-
tures necessarily indicate the .opin-
ion of the College as a unit. But as
an educative and administrative body,
the Peace Council will assume the duty
cra atures.
Plans for the remainder of. ‘the.
semester’s activities were outlined by
the president, and will be discussed at
further meetings. Members of the
new Peace Council are:the following:
International Relations Club, Louise
Morley.
-* Bryn Mawr League, Eleanor Taft,
39. f
A. S. U., Marian Greenbaum,
Continued on Page Six
‘Page Two
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
THE COLLEGE NEWS
(Founded in 1914)
Published weekly durin
Mawr College.
the College Year (excepting auring Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire putns,
Wayne, Pa., and Bryn
The College News is fully protected by copyright.
it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written permission of the
‘Nothing that appears in
Editor-in-Chief.
News Editor
ANNE LOUISE AXON, ’40 -
Ass’t News Editor
EMILY CHENEY,.’40
DEBORAH H. CALKINS,
Mary DIMocK, ’39
CATHERINE D. HEMPHILL, ’39
Business Manager
CAROLYN SHINE, ’39
"40
LILLIAN SEIDLER, ’40
Suitianniotliag Manager
ROZANNE PBHTERS, ’40
Editor-in-Chief
Mary R. MEIGs, ’39
Editors
\ Assistants
BETTY WILSON,
Copy Editor
MARGARET MACG. OTIS,
Ass’t Copy Editor
Isota A. TUCKER, ’40
"39
ELLEN MATTESON, ’40
ELIZABETH POPE, ’40
LUCILLE SAYDER, ’39
Advertising Manager
DoroTHY AUERBACH, ’40
BARBARA STEELE, ’40
40
Graduate Correspondent
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rd
Entered as second-class matter at’ the Wayne, fa, Post Office
In Memoriam |
Jeanne Crawford Hislop, ’
Ave Atque Vale
Most of the seniors who held offices this year are in the noman’s-
land between total ousting and a nominal participation in official
affairs.
Gradually they are tossing the reins of government into the
tremulous hands of juniors, and ascending to a Valhalla where they
ean drink the nectar of intellectualism. We should rejoice for them,
but we cannot, because we are angry. We are angry with Time, who
wrenches senior classes away yearly, and makes them alumnae.
We
have a sentimental attachment to the seniors, and we are being forced
to jostle them rudely, to make room for ourselves.
They are not alum-
nae yet, but they are about to step carelessly into the familiar state of
nothingness that Time lays as a trap every April and May.
After painstaking study and observation of the present situation,
we feel free to prophecy that he will set the trap again.
to stop him is to stop the elections,
The only way
and erect a timeless dormitory in
the air above Senior mh soba seniors can accumulate in perpetuum.
ty)
Down with alumnae!
wn with Time!
' We“will sponsor a special
referendum to determine the removal of Taylor bell.
Plebiscite
The editorials which are produced tirelessly every week in the
College News supposedly reflect a certain amount of eampus opinion;
if they do not reflect it, they should at least provoke it.
Our weekly
"hope is to see the postman staggering under letters which undergradu-
ates have written, approving or disapproving our editorial suggestions.
But the majority of students are apparently too busy to write letters,
and their opinion, if expressed at all, is confined to sporadic smoking-
room discussions, which become sparser as the suggestions are gradually
forgotten.
Some of our schemes have died a natural death, some have actually
been adopted. The busts, for which we crusaded with such spirit,
were a lost cause before we started;
the reorganization of Greeks’ per-
mission went unheeded.~ On the other hand, the Peace Council consti-
tution was modelled along the lines we suggested. At the moment, there
are three issues hanging fire, upon which a democratic decision would
be illuminating and helpful.
The first two concern Self-Government:
The permission to smoke on balconies, afid our drastic proposal to leave
halls open until 11.30. The Self-Government Board moves in a mys-
terious way, its wonders to. perform, and we are told that both sugges-
tions are being mulled over according to the usual rites.
Presumably
all the students are in favor of their adoption, though they have failed
to express themselves except as individuals.
The third issue, the future of the hoops, has no outside affiliations
whatever, it depends ¢ on no decision of, the, board .of directors,..and. is
entirely @ case of student ‘policy. “Therefore the College News proposes
to hold a plebiscite on this issue, and on similar issues in the future,
until the students will be gradually led, we hope, to express themselves
without any artificial stimulation.
It will be conducted according to
the most democratic standards at the customary post-lunch hour, and
"it will disturb no one except the. ballot-counters,. who will be recruited
from the News. When the deéision has been made public, we expect. it
instantly to bring action of some kind, either the continuation of the
tradition, or an extremely active bonfire.
In Philadelphia
a bt td
So Movies
Aldine: The Adventures of - Pon
Sawyer, a Technicolor. adaptation of
Mark Twain’s_.classic. with Tommy
Kelly . See 2
Arcadia: Everybody Sing, a comedy
with music, Judy Garland, Fannie
- Brice, and Allan Jones.
. Boyd: Merrily We Live, a ‘a farce
ith Constance, Bennett and Brian
|with Wayne | Mortis and Priscilla
Lane. —
Erlanger: In Old iia the ro-
mance of the pioneer~ O’Learys and
the Great Fire of 1871,- with Alice
Brady and Tyrone Power.
Europa: The Gods At Play, a mu-
sical French. Amphytrion, with Henri
Garat.
Cd
Fox: Sally, Irene, and Mary, a mu-|
sical with Alice Faye and Fred Allen.
Karlton: A Slight Case of Murder,
a comedy: che Edward G. Robinson
S | Lewis aes ee: special
Self-Government Head
Jean Morrill, an English Major,
Plans Teaching Career:
Jean Morrill, 88, new president of
Self-Government Association, is a
resident of Denbigh. Aroused from
her studies at midnight, she answered
questions on her private and public
life with admirable calmness and ef-
ficiency. In 1937 she was a member
of the Undergraduate Association, and
this ‘year a member of the Self-Gov-
ernment Board as well as president of
her class.
Jean went to the John Burroughs
School, in St. Louis, where she began
her career in public office. She was a
member of the Student Council and
secretary of the Assembly. Just what
the Assembly was, Miss Morrill re-
fuses to say, but we know one of her
biology partners who now goes to Vas-
sar.
During her two years on the Col-
lege News, Jean, like many another,
saw great things in a journalistic fu-
ture. But the idea died at birth and
she has turned her thoughts to peda-
gogy. At present her goal is a job
teaching English in an elementary
school. Next summer she will try to
glean experience in this field doing
social work at home.
The new president admits with dis-
arming frankness that she has no
passion for le sport. Her hobby is
writing, which is in itself a strange
and wonderful thing for an English
major. At the moment she can say
nothing about future plans for the
Student Government or, at least, does
not wish to be quoted by the press.
WIT?S END
Wanted: A man who takes his time.
Aphrodite.
Lost: -A memorandum containing
the date of Byron’s birthday. If found,
please return to A. C. S. or S. J. H.
Lovelorn: Now that spring is here,
Suzette is feeling the chains of her
imprisonment. She would . welcome
correspondence with Great Danes on.
odd Thursdays.
Auction! Next week my honors re-
port, 1200 s cal words on one Sir
Francis Bacon, will be sold at great
sacrifice to the highest bidder. _De-
spondent.
For sale; Sixteenth century main de
gloire to take the place of Joe
Graham’s lantern. No fuel necessary,
guaranteed to burn.
' Contest! A vellum bound large quar-
to edition of the work of that roguish
imp, Algernon Swinburne, to be given
to the writer of the play which best
fits the character of peeping Thom.
For Sale: The estate of Algernon
Swinburne Stapleton-Smith and Mary
Anne ___ Linsey-Woolsey Stapleton-
Smith, in Scuffle-on-the-Bustle, Hants,:
Pants, Bucks, England. About 99
master’s bedrooms, one’ kitchenette,
one curly hickory-nut panelled quoits
room, one gently rolling bowling green,
one cursory nursery-solarium. Hot
and cold running chambermaids in all
rooms.
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Keith’s: The Goldwyn Follies, an
enormous revue ,in Technicolor, and
starring Charlie MacCarthy, Andrea
pLeedsy >and Adolph. Menjou. Begin-
ning Friday, Bringing Up Baby, with
Cary nt and Katharine Hepburn.
Palace: A Yank at Oxford, a An-
glophile romance about an American
student in. England, with Robert
Taylor.
~ Stanley: Snow White and The Seven
Dwarfs, the Disney classic in Techni-
color. :
Stanton: Daughter of Shanghai, a
gangster romance; with: Anna May
Wong. -
Victoria: The Buccaneer, with Cecil
B. de Mille and Fredric March giving
their version of the Battle of New
Orleans,
‘Walnut: The Dybbuk, the Yiddish
classic. ‘
a
Theater
bott’s farce about the troubles of pro-
— a play. Matinees: ‘Wednesday
Saturday.
sy cst Hall: ‘Eddie Cantor-Ted
Interviewed for News
Locust: Room Service, George Ab-|
Heart, with Gloria Stuart and Michael |
Presbyterian Speaker
_ Chapel will be conducted this
week by Dr. Hugh Black, who -
will speak on “The Doctrine of
the State.” Dr. Black is one
of the outstanding Presbyterian
speakers of the country, much
appreciated for his enthusiasm,
clarity, and vigor. Discussion
will follow the service as usual.
BOOK REVIEW
The Devil Laughs, ae, CONE Spal-
lazani. Sinfull Sisters Press. $5.
The Devil Laughs is a strange
little limited edition (number 83) pub-
lished in Boston and written by some-f
one who calls himself; Lazzaro Spal-
lazani. Mr. Spallazani says that this
is not kis real name, but that he is
disguising himself because he. does
not, want to lose his job. His books
should be particularly interesting to
students because he is a college pro-
fessor; and particularly interesting to
college professors because he thinks
that students will not recognize his
style. We do not recognize it, but
that may be because we do not live
in Boston, Massachusetts.
The frontispiece of the book is for-
bidding. At the top of it is the skull
and cross-bones which customarily
appear on chemical bottles, and un-
derneath a poignant statement, which
should be quoted if the book is to be
understood: “All drug stores. sell
poison, but they so label it. All book
stores sell poison also, but they dis-
guise it. Scientific truth is . poison
to some minds, and that is why I so
label this book. Christians are warned
not to read it under- penalty of com-
mitting the unpardonable sin against
the Holy Ghost.” Below this is the
cryptic name, Lucifer, in red ink, and
a cabalistic farm scene in black. ink,
witha: bird, a~ pitchfork, and in-
definable blots. The writing of
“Lucifer” is oddly reminiscent of Mr.
Spallazani’s signature, which is
scrawled at the end of the preface.
The preface concerns Mr. Spalla-
zani’s troubles with the world, his
students, and his ideas. There is not
yet enough academic freedom. in
America to permit a teacher to say
“that something that some pedple
consider sacred is nothing but bunk,”
without his being peremptorily dis-
missed. Moreover, Mr. Spallazani
likes-his—job;-and- does not have the
blood of. martyrs flowing in his veins.
He wants his ideas, which are too
radical to be propounded to his stu-
dents, to be absorbed slowly by the
blotting-paper of American thought.
To his students he is just a “yes-
man;” he tells them what they want
to believe is true.
“As far as I &iiow,” says Mr. Spal-_
undér sponsorship of the Artisans.
Wednesday through Saturday; mati-
nees Thursday and Saturday.
Forrest: Yes, My Darling Daugh-
ter, a sophisticated comedy about pre-
marital relations, with Lucile Watson.
fon :
Music
-Thursday: Academy—Nelson Eddy,
song recital. ~8.30.
Friday and Saturday: Academy—
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Or-
mandy conducting, — Sibelius : Poh-
jolws” Dauiyhy “Wageriaar: “Triple
Concerto for Ris Harp and Cello,
with orchestra (Georges Barrere, Car-
los Salzedo, and Horace Britt, solo-
ists); Chausson: Symvhony in B Flat
Major.
—
Local Movies
Ardmore:. Wednesday and Thurs-
day, Paradise for Three, with Robert
Young and Mary Astor; Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday, Mannequin, a4
Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy..!
Suburban: Wednesday, The Awful
Truth, with Cary Grant and Irene
Dunne; Thursday, for indefinite run:
Happy Landing, with Sonja Henie.
Wayne: Wednesday, 52nd Street,
‘| with Leo Carrillo; Thursday through
Saturday, Man Proof, with Myrna
Loy, Franchot Tone and Rosalind aud
sell,
Seville: Wednesday, Change J
Whelan; Thursday, Thank. You, Mr.
Moto, with Peter Lorre; Friday and
Saturday, J Met My Love Again, with
Joan Bennett ood aor Fonda:
‘ axioms,”
—
PUBLIC. Veen
To the Editor:
The editorial on the abolition of
hoops is without any doubt the sound-
est we have read this year.
Sincerely yours,
°
To the News Editor:
We loathe sentimentality in all its
forms. The tradition of (W) hoops
is sentimental as* well as repulsive.
As long as this nauseating custom
persists, we say, “Whoop the hoops!”
To the Editor of the News:
True friendship needs no~hoops.
To the News;
We favor the abolition of hoop-giv-
ing because it is more likely than any
other tradition on campus to ‘hurt
feelings; it proves nothing-about the
relationship between, the people in-
volved and even less about the under-
classmen. It makes for competition
‘and false modesty. Such a tradition
is futile) ‘We demand concrete ex-
pression 6f campus opinion.
Four of 741.
OLD CLOTHES DRIVE
BENEFITS HOSPITAL
(Specially contributed by Jane A.
Jones, ’40.) °”
The old clothes drive sponsored by
the Bryn Mawr League is held an-
nually for the benefit of the Bryn
Mawr Hospital. Our contributions to
the drive are sold at the Thrift Shop
of the hospital to the poor people on
the Main Line and even from Philadel-
phia. The Thrift Shop is run by the
Social Service Department of the hos-
pital and the proceeds go directly for
sick service to the poor. In past years
the Bryn Mawr clothes have netted as
much as $1,000 for the hospital and
consequently they are greatly appre-
ciated. The Bryn Mawr Hospital has
always been ready ‘to place its facili-
ties at the disposal of the college, and
this drive is one way in which we can
repay the hospital for its fine coopera-
tion.
lazani, “I am the only scientist in
the world today who has reached the
conclusion that miracles have ever
taken place. By ‘miracles’ I mean
acts that are in violation of the laws
of nature.”
of Mr. Spallazani. Not seldom, he
harks ‘back to the elassi¢s for~his ma-
terial, thinly disguising himself as
Socrates. “The more a man knows,”
he says, “the more he knows how little.
he knows.” Mr. Spallazani runs the
gamut of intelligence from A to Z,
sticking for the most part around M.
Here, is an A axion, of the wistful,
childlike variety: “I wonder if it is
possible for one God to give individual
Tattention to every one of the billions
of prayers that are said every day?”
Mr. Spallazani also-likes to make
terse, hard and fast rules like “Faith
is the ability to believe that which is
not true,” and bitter world accusa-
tions; e. g., “Many an innocent man
has been hanged because he acted
guilty.” There are political axioms,
“minorities have.ruled many times, but
there-_has.never_been _a—_dictator.”
(?), and practical axioms, “Might as
‘well eat, drink and be merry if you
have the price, the next depression
you'll £9 broke anyhow,” and etiquette
gentleman is a “ladylike
man.’ Then there are really world
shaking axioms that cannot be classi-
fied—Number 246 “Gold _ itself, as
money, can be inflated. See GOLD, a
novel by Stewart Edward White.”
Unhappily for Mr. Spallazani, we
do not. think that the American pub-
lie will be- bowled over by the novelty
of his philosophy. We hope that he
will get some deserved notoriety when. -
his students recognize. his style, and
that academic oppression will not
‘trample him helplessly under foot:
‘| We will try to remember that “life
is a comedy and not a tragedy and
that is why THE DEVIL LAUGHS.”
Signed, Lucifer.
Elections!
The Self-Government Associa-
tion takes great pleasure in an-
nouneing the election of Jean L.
Morrill, "39, as ‘President.
This is very observant.
®
eon
none eemniomeets cK EES
———Ee
perfectly
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Mr. Dryden Shows Fossil
Specimens at Lecture
% Continue@*from Page One
discovered’ there. Bird fossils, Mr.
Dryden explained, are comparatively
rare. The area at Sollenhofen, in
which fossils have been found is
roughly circular, and the character of
the rock suggests that it was a lagoon
in the center of a coral island. The
circle contains the remains of insects,
birds, flying reptiles, fish and one di-
nosaur which was especially interest-
ing because it seemed to contain an
embryo.
In South Dakota and Patagonia, re-
gions widely separate but quite simi-
lar in many respects, geologists have
found the remains of early mammals.
South Dakota contains more familiar
forms, such as horses, tigers and ele-
phants. Patagonia has traces of
primitive sloths and. ant-eaters and
strange hoofed animals. At this same
time fossil fish were being buried in
the lakes of the Rocky Mountains.
Mr. Dryden showed a slab of rock on
which a delicate tracing of a fish ap-
peared, complete even to the scales
and fins.
In the south Baltic region conifer-
ous trees flourished during this period,
and many small animals became im-
‘bedded in their resin. This material
hardened into amber and° preserved
the remains of insects,
mosses, and flowers.
small chunks of amber which Mr.
Dryden brought to the meeting, ants,
a spider, and.a small caterpillar could
easily be distinguishgd“through the
transparent walls.
There are two unusual deposits of
a later date at widely separate points
on the earth. Near Los Angeles re-
mains of quite recent animals were
discovered in beds of clay and tar-like
material, having been imbedded when
they came to the water. Carnivores
and vultures collecting to feed on
them also were entombed. In north-
ern Siberia great numbers of woolly
mammoths were buried in swamp-land
’
‘meadows and panoramic views of the
‘the actual peaks are called horns.
In the several.
Anna Holman Gives Illustrated Lecture
On “Techniques of Mountain Climbing”
Movies in Natural Color Show
Panoramic Views of Alpine
Peaks, Meadows
Deanery, March 13.—At a Deanery
entertainment. Miss Anna Holman,
of the Winsor School, showed pictures
of the Bernese Oberland of. Switzer-
land and spoke on Techniques of
Mountain Climbing. . The well-taken
moving pictures were in color, and
showed, besides actual ascents, high
Alpine peaks. “Practically,” she said,
“there is no proper technique; the
main point is to get there.”
Miss Holman first showed pictures
of afternoon walks in the alps. An
alp is a high mountain meadow, and
Next she showed still pictures of her
ascent of the Breithorn, the Fin-
steraarhorn, and the Jungfrau. By
the usual route from Joch the Jung-
frau is an easy climb. Miss Holman’s
ascent from the Rothal was, as‘ Miss
Park said in introducing her, a no-
table feat. The lecture ended with a
last shot of the Gespaltenhorn. as Miss
Holman and her guide, Fritz, de-
scended from the high*snow country.
In the ascent of the Breithorn Miss
Holman explained in detail the |
niques for snow and rock ‘climbing.
When Agassiz, a century ago, evolved
his glacier theory on the Finsteraar-
horn, climbing was done with long
ladders which were carried from
place to place. Now climbers use
ropes and ice axes which are both
t
and frozen. They are being exposed
now as the ice melts and are so per-
fectly preserved that the natives use
their flesh to bait traps. Mammoth
tusks were for centuries the main
source of Chinese ivory, but it was
not until the 20th century that scien-
tists se¢ured the first complete skele-
ton.
‘fallen on the mountains.
easier to manage and more successful.
Even so in one Bernese Cemetery all
the graves are of those who have
Most of
these accidents, Miss Holman said,
are the result of foolhardy expeditions
when weather conditions are doubt-
ful.
On the Gespaltenhorn where Fritz
guided her last summer a new hut
was being built to replace the old one
which was menaced by a tottering
rock. They spent the night in the old
hut with 20 workmen who refused to
have windows open, Getting up at
three o’clock they reached the peak at
six with two photographers and four
of the workmen who had decided to
take a‘holiday. The weather was per-
fect and Miss Holman took wide
panoramas of the peaks in all direc-
tions which showed snow, red granite
and blue sky with only a haze of civili-
zation on the horizon. The following
day they started to-scale-the Blum-
lisalphorn. After two hours a blizzard
and a lightning storm overtook them.
They were fortunate in getting down
safely.
Miss Holman’s photography was
consistently excellent. The closeups
of the bright alpine flowers brought
out their variety of color and form.
A stupid goat climbing down an al-
‘most vertical cliff and the two ,cream-
colored cows, who fought*to have their
portraits taken, were among her
amusing animal shots. Once she was
fortunate in photographing a herd of
rarély seen chamois.
pressive shot was a view of the Ges-
paltenhorn on her last descent, wheré
the snowy peak towered above a red-
dish cliff with a waterfall and trees
in the foreground. Much of the fun
of mountain climbing, says Miss Hol-
man, is in looking at the peaks from
all angles as her pictures showed, and
deciding which to try next.
Patronize our advertisers.
agree with me.”
J ONE SMOKER TELLS ANOTHER
‘CAMELS AGREE WITH ME’}
HERE’S MISS REED’S ANSWER: “Yes,
I certainly have. Camels are different in
‘ $0 many ways. Going through my stunts
over and over is a severe’test of healthy
nerves. I smoke Camels all through the
day, and miy nerves don’t feel the least
bit frayed. Being so mild, Camels are
gentle to my throat too. After a meal, Fs
I chjoy Camels —‘fdk Uigestion’s sike.” » >’
You see—in so many. ways, Camels
FOR RECREATION Miss Reed
likes cooking...dancing...out-
_ doorsports, And Camels! “Hol-
lywood seems to prefer Cam-"" |
els,” she says. “I notice so many
of the stars smoking them.”
a hazardous feat, asked
Camels to other cigarettes
os
¥
2 ’
you, too, will find as
smoke Camels — the
{ONE REED, Hollywood stunt girl, after
‘ And ‘that led to the question: “Do you
have definite reasons for preferring
IG? Yes! Foolhardy?..No! Ione Reed knows what she’s
doing, And she smokes Camels, because, as she says: “It:
means alot to me to know that my cigarette agrees with me!” :
_ Millions of other people find
that Camels give them what they want in smoking!
Men and women in all walks of life say: “Camels agree
with me!” If you are not now enjoying Camels, perhaps
MORE EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS, Turkish and Domestic.
The most im-|
‘Mr. Faithful’ Tickets
Tickets for Mr. Faithful, the
play to be given by the maids
and porters on Thursday, March
17, will be on sale in the Publica-
tions Office daily from 1.30 to 2.
Prices are 50 cents to one dollar.
‘YOUTH HOSTEL CONTEST
The American Youth Hostels, Inc.,
is offering two major travel prizes
and eight lesser awards to the _hos-
telers who do most to spread infor-
mation regarding youth hostels. Win-
ner of, first place will receive a ten
week’s hostel trip to Europe, with all
expenses paid, and the runner-up a
Other suc-
cessful contestants will obtain bicycles,
knapsacks or other hosteling equtp-
ment.
similar trip in America.
» There are many ways of interest-
ing people in hosteling.
son who takés out a 1988 pass _ is
automatically credited with five points
in the contest. Additional points may
be gained by writing articles for
magazines or for a school newspaper
(10 points for each article), by in-
fluencing friends to take A. Y. H.
sponsored trips in Europe or Amer-
ica (25 points per friend influenced),
or by writing a 250 word letter about
hosteling (the best letter wins 25
points, all others 10). Full details of
the contest are posted on the Ath-
letic Bulletin. Board in Taylor. |
Every per-
GERMAN CLUB MOVIE
The German Club is sponsoring
The Orphan Boy of Vienna, a movie
featuring the Vienna Choir Boys,
which will be shown in Goodhart, on
‘Wednesday, March 23, at 8 p. m. The
filn is in German with English sub-
titles. It concerns the adventures of a
poor orphan boy who becomes one of
the choir boys, and is. guaranteed to
please all who liked the Vienna Choir
Boys when they were here. Admis-
| stan is 25 cents.
Exhibition of Paintings
Held in Common Room
Mrs. Fern Coppedge Uses Color
To Produce Harmony
Mrs. Fern I. Coppedge’s paintings,
‘on exhibition in’ the Common Room
from March 4 to 26, are collectively
oppressing, and individually exhila-
rating. All landscapes, they range in
locale from Maine to New Hope, Penn-
sylvania. The most interesting from
the point of view of technique, is
Snowy Afternoon, because it shows
Mrs. Coppedge’s use of color patterns
to produce a total effect of harmony.
According to the artist herself, one’s
eye should be led from one color to
the next, until the composition be-
comes a whole, which is especially
firmly knit together by the relation
of its parts.
This explains Mrs. Coppedge’s sub-
jective method, that is, her personal
idea of symmetry in _ landscape.
Strictly speaking, every artist is jus-
tified in painting a\ thing as it ap-
pears to him.“ But, the run-of-the-mill
eye is taken aback by the garishness
of some of Mrs. Coppedge’s colors,
everr though there is indubitable har-
mony among them. That is why a
whole roomful of her~intense color
patterns is overpowering. We think
that it is easier to err on the side of
cheer, which for nature is equal to
color, than on/ that of severity, and
: \
we prefer restrained snow and water .
scenes, -like _ Jersey Village, and
Gloucester Fishing Boats.
Another ‘point about Mrs. Cop-
pedge’s painting which we question
is her effect of distance. In Snowy
Afternoon, the values used for the
faraway hills are as high as those in
the nearby rooftops, and the sky, in-
stead of receding, as sky seems to do,
gives a feeling of closeness almost
like a back-drop. This is not true of
all the paintings, by any means, al-
though most of them fail to suggest
the low-value dimness that in turn
suggests distance. M. R. M.
for a Camel.
» Miss Reed?”
KW ED
others have, that it means a lot to
cigarette that is made from finer,
PEOPLE DO APPRECIATE THE
COSTLIER TOBACCOS
- LARGEST-SELLING
CIGARETTE IN AMERICA
LEAPING from car to locomo-
tive. “I know what hard work
is,” Miss Reed says. “Many. a
time I’m thankful for the ‘lift’
I get with a Camel.”
of
Camels are a
matchless blend
of finer, MORE
EXPENSIVE
TOBACCOS—
Turkish and
DOUBLE-FEATURE CAMEL CARAVAN
Two great shows — ‘‘Jack Oakie
filled hour. Oa the air every Tuesday
night at 9:30 pm E.S.T., 8:30 pm
C.S.T., 7:30 pm M-&T., 6:30 pm
P.S.T., WABC-Columbia Network.
Top prices, that’s
what J. B. Jackson,
College” and Benny Goodman’s™"f ;
| Sieg tehaal”—ia oun fon, fon- ay ly ase |
buyer last year.
“Camel buyers don’t
1 buy just any tobacco “"*
—they pay more to get the best.
That means finer “‘tobaccos are
used for Camels. I say quality has
got to be grown in tobacco. That’s
why I smoke.Camels.”
Copyright, 1988, R. J. R
“What cigarette
do the tobacco
growers smoke
themselves?”
“Camels — by a large
majority,”’say planters
who know the kinds.
tobacco bought by
each popular cigarette
T. N. Williams, |
well-known grow-
er, of Winchester,
Kentucky, says:
“A planter knows—,
tobacco. My last’
crop was the best —
I ever had and the Camel people
“|-bought my best leaf tobacco. There
isn’t any question where the more w
expensive tobaccos go. They’re in
Camel cigarettés.”
“I’m a planter,”
says Vertner Hat-
ton, who has
grown tobacco for
25 years. “Camel
bought the best
‘leaf tobacco of my
last crop. Paid a high price for my
»./ finest’ grades. I smoke Camels —
| because I know there isn’t..any
substitute for more expensive to-
baccos.”
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Winston-Salem. North Carolina
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THE COLLEGE NEWS .
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New Hall Discussed
By College Council|
Continued from Page One
walls will also be different colors in
different parts of the room: pink, blue,
The fireplace
will be in plain brick, painted white.
The furniture will consist mostly of
There
will be four bridge tables permanently
set up, and space to put other tables
up. There will be seats in cushioned
wall recesses, and on low stuffed has-
Altogether the room is ex-
‘pected to seat 70 people without using
rust, and even plaid.
overstuffed chairs and sofas.
socks.
the floor.
Models of the furniture for the bed-
rooms have been sent to the commit-
tee, and gone back to the factory for
It is expected
to be sent out again this week, and
several minor changes.
may be put on exhibition.
Miss Park said that both the physics
are
anxious to share a building. The books
both departments use are now kept
either in the library or in Dalton, and
they will be transferred to 4 common
library in Dalton which will have both
redding room and’ stacks, probably in
the’ chemistry lecture room which will
The mathematics depart-
ment will have two classrooms, faculty
offices, and a room for graduate stu-
Tenment will have a
special suite of rooms for use .as re-
1500 square feet of
floor space will be added in Dalton by
cleaning out the basement to give ad-
ditional room for the physics depart-
2500 dollars is available to the
college for this work of remodeling
Dalton, but other funds will have to
The admin-
istration. is faced with the problem of
estimating the permanent value of this
It is likely that two -depart-
ments will have to continue in Dalton
indefinitely, but the college does not
want to invest. too much money there
if there is a chance of putting up a
new wing on the new building within
__ the near future.
‘Suzanne Williams brought up the
request to be allowed. to
smoke on roofs and balconies, Miss
~Park said that the fire insurance regu-
lations do not prevent smoking any-
where in the college buildings, but that
company statistics prove if: there were
smoking in the bedrooms that there
would be more frequent fires, which
would make insurance rates go up..
She said that Self-Government could
investigate the college roofs and bal-
conies, find out which ones it is safe
and inconspicuous to smoke on and
This would
~inelude the gymnasium .roof, several
balconies in Pembroke and a roof in
Rockefeller, not the roof between Pem-
and mathematics departments
be rebuilt.
dents. Mr.
search professor.
ment.
be used to augment this.
work.
then change the rules.
broke West and Rockefeller.
The members of the German house
want to have some place nearer cam-,
Miss Park said that
the only place in any of the campus
buildings which could be cut off from
pus next year.
the halls and have a dining room a
well as bedrooms, is the old graduate
No decision has
been made about next year ’s ee
wing of Denbigh.
man house yet.
‘Miss Park and Miss Howe have
continued their investigations about
the cost of a record library. “Marion
Greenbaum said that a committee in
Radnor had investigated the cost of
vietrolas and also the cost of putting
“diternating curren? into the Ralls; be-!
cause electric victrolas perform very
) ‘Miss Park
said that it is very expensive to
badly -on direct current.
install.
The Faculty Petitions ‘Committee
considered the suggestion of the un-
dergraduate Cut Committee to change
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LOSES. TO SWARTHMORE
(Especially contributed by P. Jaffer,
41.)
Gymnasium, Saturday, March 12.—
The basketball team suffered its sec-
Swarthmore College. Bryn Mawr was
not up to its usual standard in either
passing; intercepting, or shooting,
and the: Swarthmore guards, playing
man-to-man defense, managed to keep
the Bryn Mawr forwards from scor-
ing. The team was handicapped by
the absence of seVeral members, but
all credit is due to Swarthmore for
its intercepting and guarding. The
score at the.end of the half was 18-11,
in Swarthmore’s favor; final score,
80-20.
H. Tomlingon, of Swarthmore, was
high scorer of the. day, registering 14
points. C. Norris accounted for 8 of
Bryn Mawr’s points. by making two
goals and four foul shots. Both teams
had been defeated once before in the
season. is
Line-up:
BRYN MAWR SWARTHMORE
OPTS. 6 ci cee o's ier are Leeper
Bakewell........ Evia Tomlinson
AMONG s.c oe be eh cree we ar yor Dana
Pertar.. cae. iS erie Johnson
Meigs, M........-&.++ . Kellock
BUtChINg 0. ees ae Laphan
Points: Bryn Mawr: Norris 8,
Bakewell 6, Ligon ‘6. Swarthmore:
Tomlinson 14, Leeper 12, Dana 4.
Substitutions: Bryn Mawr: Squibb
for Bakewell. Swarthmore: Richard-
son for Johnson.
Second Team Ghme ?
In the second team game Swarth-
more was again victorious.
Swarthmore was leading at the half,
15-11, Bryn Mawr threatened to catch
up several times in the last half but
went down in a, 20-15 defeat.
Andrus made most of -the points for
Swarthmore, and Peggy Squibb for
Bryn Mawr.
_ Line-up: aaa
BRYN MAWR SWARTHMORE
WRMeY oo osc. as fois ees Stubbs
BOUIDO ose vce Le rere ion Andrus
Meigs, M..-. 0300 Becca es Edwards
Wiletoes incase Oe Massey
Bridgeman...... ees Richardson
COtet ioc rs coe Sv ii Brearley
Points: Bryn Mawr: Squibb 8, Gar-
bat.5, Meigs, M., 2. Swarthmore: An-
drus 9; Edwards 8, Stubbs 3.
Substitutions: Bryn Mawr:
for--Whitmer;—Whitmer—for— Meigs;
Gill for Garbat, Kurtz for Gill.
Swarthmore: Matsuoko for Stubbs,
Kern for Andrus.
Garbat
the penalty for deliberately cutting
the first or last class before or after
vaeation, and to make it the removal
of all the student’s cuts for the next
semester. The faculty are not ready
to accept this penalty because it would
mean that if under such circumstances
a student overcut, part of her credit
for accomplished work would be can-
celed,
Miss Ward:reported that the sys-
tem for assigning 100 dollar rooms
has been changed. The rent is now
attached to the student whose applica-
tion is approved, and not to the room.
enough 100 dollar rooms in each “hall.
“The attempt will be to keep approxi-
mately the same number of 100 dollar
rooms in each class. Rooms. will be
drawn ,fyom the ,presept 100 Qt
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PUBLIC OPINION
Rockefeller,
March 10
Dear Editor: *
The meaning of thedMveragé col-
lege tradition of long-standing does.
not disappear for a great majority of
the students even whén clever cynics
call it unpopular or inconvenient. But
we are still very grateful to the
writer of the editorial “No More
Hoops,” since she, “as a gesture of
respect to the spirit of reverence for
old institutions,” does permit Lantern
Night to bethanded on,.for a while
longer, to coming Bryn Mawr genera-
tions. Cc).
The reason for the Hoop Tradition,
we had always understood, was the
desire of seniors to leave to their un-
dergraduate* friends some traditional
token of friendship, which might. con-
tinue to pass from friend to friend;
making the hoop symbolic of an ever-
growing chain of good friends and
good wishes.
But it seems that nowadays such
lan old-fashioned tradition as friend-
ship, “generally innocuous in practice,
is nevertheless so falsely discriminat-
ing in essence that it should be re-
jected.” And as for tokens of friend-
ship—if you’ve ever received one,
you'd better hide it under your bed
or on your closet shelf, to avoid seem-
ing proud of it. (We have person-
ally found hoops rather useful in dec-
orating otherwise hideous room fix-
tures!)
The writer grows unnecessarily ve-
hement over the fact that the girl with
the most hoops is not necessarily the
most popular girl in college. It had
seemed fairly obvious that the pos-
session of a large number of hoops
merely indicated a farge number of
friends in the graduating classes.
Why no one has suggested a simple
solution to the “no-hoop” complex, we
can only explain by the suggestion
that perhaps people have been too
busy tearing down traditions to be
constructive. If, some time before the
first of May, the seniors in each hall
(and the non-resident seniors) would
make sure every Junior had at least
two hoops—which would be easily done
—there would be no real heartaches.
So that we may have tangible re-
minders of our departing friends, and
for the sake of extending chains of
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Continued from Page One
The heroine was played by Eleanor
Mackenzie, who made a very pretty
Cécile, foiling all her lover’s guileful
plots with utter frankness. Her main
task was to be naive, which she was—
whether natively or not it was.hard
to tell.
The minor characters were all well
done, particularly the Abbé and the
dancing master, played respectively by
Susan Miller and’ Fifi Garbat. The
Abbé, trembling and vacillating his
humble way through the play, wrung.
our hearts while we laughed. The
dancing master’s appeal lay in his
appearance. He looked like the spirit.
of all dancing masters.
After a good first act and a really
successful second one, it was too bad
that the third act dragged. This may
have been because most of. it was de-
voted to the lovers. Van Buck, drunk,
and the baronness, in search of her
daughtér, were welcome if infrequent
interrupters of romance.
Kitty Hemphill made some good
effects with her lighting in the last
act. Helped by two assistants, she
caused night to fall and the moon to
rise. Tlre moon focused on a bench
where the lovers spent most of their
time, fortunatély, because when they
strolled into the shadows they were
hard to find. At such times the night
seemed almost too convincing.
Costumes were handsome, but they
did not seem to have been chosen with,
any definite color scheme in mind.
The warm shades of the sets—mauve
in the first, orange and brown in the
second—gave enough color to the
scenes. However, Nancy Bush, cos-
tume chairman, used blue and white
too exclusively when she dressed both
her hero and her heroine in those
colors.
_ Miss Maude Rey, of the Baldwin
School, and Miss,Germaine Brée, of
the French Department, gave a sur-
prise curtain raiser, Les Conseils
d’Agathe, in which Miss Rey as
Agathe, an old “actress, harangued
Miss Brée at length under the delusion
that she was a would-be actress. Clad
in magenta pajamas trimmed”. with
orange and green, Agathe monologued
so effectively that half Miss Brée’s
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will be as follows:
Bach—Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue
Mozart—Sonata No. 14 in D major
Allegro
' Adagio
Allegretto
Schumann—Kreisleriana, Nos. 1, 2, 4
and 5
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Molto espressivo
Molto lento
“ Molto vivace
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Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76
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Rachmaninoff—Le Lilas
Etude Tableau, Op. 39,
No 9 in C sit mi-
nor
Prelude in G
Etude Tableau, Op. 39,
= No. 6 in A minor
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Page Five
CURRENT EVENTS
(Gleaned from Mr. Fenwick)
Common Room, March 15.—“Amer-
ica cannot remain aloof from the
world,” said Mr. Fenwick, in dis-
cussing the annexation of Austria
and its. implications. “Murder has
been committed on the highways of
the world.” We have a right to in-
terfere in the interest of international
law and order. The statement of the
Philadelphia Committee for Interna-
tional Cooperation for Peace, dis-
tributed at the meeting; emphasizes.
this point.
After reviewing ‘the events leading
up to Hitler’s announcement that Aus-
tria had been made a German
province, Mr. Fenwick advocated three
means of action in regard to the
matter: First, America should form-
ally rebuke Germany for violation of
the: Kellogg Pact; second, she should
apply the doctrine of non-raeognition
» the new province; and third, she
should discontinue trade agreements
with Germany until that country
ceases to coerce and use violence to
gain her ends. By the last measure,
there may yet be time to save Czecho-
slovakia from the fate which Hitler
threatens.
Ameri¢a’s isolation policy in regard
to the affairs of Europe will not keep
her from war. Peace. cannot be pro-
moted by condoning crime. This coun-
try must take an active part in sup-
-pressing violence and this can best
be attained by removing the causes
of war.
vail.
Economic justice must pre-
We cannot condemn a nation
to starvation, Mr. Fenwick pointed
out, for if we restrict them and im-
pose intolerable burdens on them, it
is obvious that they will lose their
heads, and become fanatical. Dicta-
tors will arise who claim their coun-
tries have the right to live, and they
will take all they can by the most
lucrative means as Germany and
Italy have done. But the use of vio-
lence even for. justifiable ends must
be suppressed. Economic redistribu-
tion’ by all nations is’ the only way
to remove the causes of this violence.
England’s indecisiveness is an*im-
portant factor in coming events. If
she does not definitely say she will
fight with France for ‘Czechoslovakia,
Hitler may take the chance that she
will remain passive and enter that
defiant country. Italy, stunned by
the suddey turn of events, is now in-
clined to*tveat with Great Britain,
while France is valiantly pledging
her aid to Czechoslovakia in case of
attack.
This alignment is -ominously com-
parable to that of 1914. A definite
stand by England would clear the
situation and possibly prevent war.
If not, if violence, coercion, and sup-
pression are permitted to rule, all
treaties will be broken, and the democ-
racies of the world will have to fight
for their existence. In doing so, they
will have to turn themselves tempo-
rarily into dictatorships as the only
YOUTH PILGRIMAGE
Eight delegates from Bryn Mawr
attended the Washington Congress of
“Youth’s Pilgrimage for Jobs and
Education,” a drive to back the Amer-
ican Youth Act. The object of this
measure is to aid. education in the
poorer states, increase N. Y. A. grants
to colleges, and end racial discrimina-
tion in allotting grants.....Discrimina-
tion against negroes was objected to
particularly. Forty organizations,
jranging from extreme right to left,
joined in mass meetings and parades
on. March 11th ‘andgl2th.
The Bryn Mawr delegates were:
Bertha Cohen, ’39; Emily Doak, ’39;
Eileen. Durning, ’41; Frances Levison,
’41; Mary Lewis, ’41; Joy Rosenheim,
40; Alice Ferguson and Elise Upton,
graduate students.
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means of conducting a successful war.
This is dangerous, since it is difficult
to get rid of the dictatorship when
peage has been declared again.
If} America could put some back-
bone into her foreign policy, and some
concerted, constructive action could
be achieved> the possibility of war
would be diminished, if not eradicated.
GERMAN CLUB TO GIVE
INTERCOLLEGIATE PLAY
The annual Intercollegiate German
Day will be Held at Bryn Mawr on
April 23. A supper is to precede en-
tertainments and singing in ‘Goodhart
by participants from seven colleges.
The program will end with the pres-
entation by the Bryn Mawr and Hav-
erford German Clubs of Schiller’s
Die Stumme Schone, now in rehearsal.
Last year the colleges met at Hav-
erford. Since the University of Penn-
sylvania gives a yearly German play
they have not been invited this time,
but several new colleges have- been
added to the list.
The officers of the Bryn Mawr Ger-
man Club are mainly concerned with
how, what, and where to feed the visi-
tors. Waltz records and a victrola
for the semi-Tyrolean dancing have
already been borrowed in advance.
Die Stumme Schéne will be the
most pretentious offering on the pro-+
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Wayne, is directing the cast. Typical
of German comedies of its period
(1747) the play shows a strong French
influence, and the Pinafore motif of
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Alumnae Council Holds ©
Meeting in New Jersey
Continued from Page One
The New York Club :which has its
headquarters at the Women’s
versity Club, has recently lowered its
Mes,
dues. The Pittsburgh Club needs re-
suscitation. Mrs. Margaret H. Myers
explained that the Baltimore Club has
not been active for several years, but
it is hoped that it will_seon be reor-
ganized. The, Washington Club,
which boasts about 150 members, in-
stead of needing help, affords help
both morally and financially to the
entire locality. In this district there
‘are also nine southern states which
have only 300 alumnae, so contacts
are almost impossible. However, five
clubs. were formed last year.
The reason that there are so few
scholars from the south, Mrs. Streeter
believes, is ‘that the majority of south-
ern schools do not provide adequate
preparation for Bryn Mawr. The stu-
dents who do succeed in entering
make excellent records’ She also gave
as an explanation, the feeling among
southerners that the intellectual. tone
of Bryn Mawr is too high.
The district about Chicago claims
323 alumnae, Mrs. Ruth B. Pehfield
reported, but due to lack of interest,
they have had -no regional scholar for
two years. Miss Eloise ReQua, for-
mer warden of Rockefeller, suggested
poster contests and moving pictures
to .keep college publicity before ‘the
schools.
The section west of the Mississippi
as far as Colorado has had difficulty
in establishing contacts. Their rep-
resentative, Miss Mary Taussig, is in
favor of a revision of the districts.
The Far West, reported by Mrs.
Katherine C. Hayes, ’29, feels the lack
of publicity given Bryn Mawr in
western papers. People from Bryn
Mawr have often visited there, and
left before it was known.
On Friday. afternoon President
Park spoke on the Dilemna Which
Confronts All Conscientious Educators
Today. The first aim of education,
Miss Park said, is to provide for the
continuance of civilization by pre-
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Miss Park was followed by’ Lucy
Kimberly, ’37, who discussed the new
interest shown ,by students, in world
events. She said this was especially
apparent in the Peace Council. She
then outlined the new constitution and
the activities of the past year. Mary
Whalen, ’38, next reported on im-
portant phases of college this year
such as new. buildings, language
houses, club activities, and the league
services.
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This formal education seeks
The report from the graduate
school was given by Vesta Sonne, who
explained the new policies of the
school, including the substitution ‘of
a statistics course for a former
language requirement, and other at-
tempts to. enable, the well-equipped
student to proceéd more quickly to in-
dependent work. °
Saturday morning the entire per-
sonel left at eighty-thirty for Prince-
ton where the final session was held.
Mrs. Caroline L. Byers, who recently
succeeded Miss Gardener to the office
of Chairman of the Scholarships and
Loan Fund Committee was the first
speaker of the day. She reported that
there are 96 scholars in college this
year of whom 86 are regional ‘scholars.
The majority .of these students are
not only making enviable academic
records, but also hold offices in the
student- administration. The system
of loans and the new requirement that
the borrower pay one per cent in-
terest while she is in college were
then discussed.
Morley and Cobb Are
Peace Council Officers
Continued from Page One
Undergraduate Association, to be
elected.
Athletic Association, Constance
Renninger, ’39.
Lantern, Sylvia Wright, ’38.
College News, Lucile Sauder, ’39.
IF'rench Club, to be elected.
German Club,, to be elected.
Dancers’ Club, Mary Wood, ’39.
Players’ Club, Betsey Dimock, 741.
Non-resident students, Bertha Gold-
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Glee Club, Lucy Smith, 40.
Art Club, Helen Cobb, ’40.
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