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King s Lyric Intensity, Insight |
in “Heart of Spain” Catches
Spirit of People







Heart of Spain
By Georgiana Goddard King
“Writing to please rather than to
instruct, lingering less oyer the
celebrated than the significant, we
are not careful to follow well-trod-

‘den ways, yet not unwilling to

cross them,” said Miss King in the
preface to Heart of Spain. The
book, written about fifteen years
ago, is published in honor of Miss
King, former head of the History
of Art Department, who died in
1939.

Heart of Spain seems at first a
sensitive impression in vivid col-
ors of Spanish landscapes and the
Spanish people as they are a part
of that landscape. Gradually, we
perceive that what is so gently
pleasing us has at heart a shrewd
analysis of the essential nature of
the country. “The Spanish wom-
an,” she notices, “thinks all over
herself, not just inside the skull.
The life in her darts and trembles
like a goldfish in a globe.” Or,
“the Marileno is not tall like the
old Castilian, nor keen like the
Catalan, nor tight in his clothes like
the Andalusian: he is a man as
God made him and not improved
much as yet.”

Her essence of Spain has been
distilled from its architecture, its
literature, its songs and its legends.
Miss King uses her own transla-
tions for the poetry she discusses:

“For I was. caught midway

By treacherous whirlwinds: and with
no word spoken

Dashed down: thrown’ far

The lyre I used to play:

And in. the flight I think my wings
were broken.

away

Her lovely lyric mule is just
as clearly present in every line of
her prose as in the poetry, so that
it is hard to choose only one pas-
sage to quote. Here is part of her
description of Salamanca: “Always
the wind is waiting, out there in the
wide desert, and along the green
and changeful river Tormes, win-
ter-swollen, summer-shrunken, it
blows. Within the city, the air is
hushed and kind, fresh-tasting amid
the watery greenery of little
squares in summer; in winter
warm-feeling in the sunny inter-
spaces. of. collonades.’’

Heart of Spain is the happy re-
sult of a combination of wide
learning, sensitive appreciation,
keen criticism, (as in the discus-
sion of Ibanez and other contem-
porary novelists) and beautiful na-
tural music which pervades every

line. \

~

B. C., ’42



Garrick Represents
18th Century Stage



Continued from Page One
St. John pointing to the Bible on

which is written, “the Genius of
Shakespeare corrected by Revela-
tions.”

“Garrick,” as Dr. Wind describes
him, “represented the feminine
elegance of the century, but there
was an overtone of irony in every-
thing he did.” His fundamental
thesis of acting was that the actor
must first learn to play comedy be-
fore he will be able to do tragedy.
Venerated as the incarnation of
Shakespeare, he realized that with
eighteenth century acting and au-
diences, there either had to be no
Shakespeare or redactions. Unlike!
Edmund Malone, arch-proclaimer
of the nobility school who published
an edition containing 1,654 emenda-
tions, Garrick’s redactions were
very brief and carefully done. In
his acting he combined the obvious
with the very subtle, and brought
the pitch of emotion to the just
bearable point. His reverence for
Shakespeare was tempered by the
eighteenth century habit of self-
ridicule.

Dr. Wind believes the most per-





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| New. Hope, Pennsylvania, Site of Old Canal,
| Visited by Bicycling Bryn Mawr Campers



|
By Barbara Bechtold, ’42
| “New Hope,” someone had said. |
land there’s a canal.” These|
| magic- sounding places four Bryn!
‘Mawr students made their goal;
| they set out to study the historic |
| Village of, New Hope, and the canal
which runs through its back streets.

They kidnapped a friend with a)
small delivery truck, vintage 34,
and piled into the. truck ‘all objects'
necessary for an overnight camp:
cooking ‘utensils, food, sleeping bags |
and blankets, and a flashlight. Four |
bicycles were dove-tailed into one|
another in the rear of the truck, ;
amidst the four girls and camping:
articles.

They found a camp-site near!
enough New Hopé to be able to bi-
cycle there, and managed to build
a fire from wet leaves. Sleeping
was a more serious question; there
were four girls for three sleeping-
bags.

The sounds of the highway were |
dying away, as the sounds of the |;
woods increased. Leaves rustled, a
distant dog barked, an owl hooted.
Before long it was dawn, and mist
was covering everything. Dew had.
drenched the camp, and frost had_
fashioned the dampness into ghost- |
like patterns. A fisherman rowed‘
his boat up the river, stopping fre-
quently to pull in his line. The |
current drifted him back. |

Sunday morning, and with it the |
time had come to explore the Dela- |
ware River canal, and the old vil-|
lage of New Hope. This is what |
the campers saw as they bicycled |
along, and this is what they |
learned of the past. a

The canal remains from the days

i



‘of coal-hauling,
‘dragged the loaded barges.

leracking apart.

| mule stables.

when

though the actual commerce disap-
peared years ago, the canal was

long used to haul sightseers in the

flat-bottom barges. Some of these
can be seen deteriorating. A few.
retain their roofs, while others are
Along the. sides
are benches,

The canal itself is in disrepair.
|The banks are cracking, while _only
a foot of dirty red water “flows
{through it. New Hope still prides
itself on its locks, however. Sheds
‘beside each lock flaunt signs ad-
' monishing; “Please do not operate
ithe locks.’”’ This seemed like fan-
tastic optimism, since warping had
set in.

The tow-path along one side of

' the canal is the only useful object |
Bi- |!

which remains from the past..
cyclers and Sunday-walkers follow
the royte of the mules which hauled
ithe barges. Along it they get a
\first-hand view of the canal, the
inns for its passengers, and the old
They follow under
old arched bridges, through the
quaint outskirts of the yillage. It
\is this tow-path which lends its
,name to the Tow-Path Inn, where
good food and an atmosphere of the
past may be combined at one sit-
ting. Also may. be ‘seen artists’
studios, many of them renovated
and modernized. But others retain

‘their Old World character, which

the artists have accentuated with
ivy and mill-ponds, ducks and
cattle. New Hope gains a pic-
turesqueness from the canal, while
the canal gains a pastoral quietness
and dignity from the fields through

|which it flows.



U. S. Pressure Groups
Described. by Forum



Continued from Page One

on a losing fight against federal
intervention, Margaret Magrath
said. The most. important -. or-
ganized forms of this large group
are: the Chamber of Commerce,
representing business in general—
the National Association of Manu-
facturers, led by sixty of the larg-
est corporations and the National
Industrial Council. With these are
allied most of the country’s con-
servative interests, both in business
and in the professions.

The NAM, most formidable of
them, applies its political policy in-
directly through the National In-
dustrial Council which influences
manufacturers employing the ma-
jority of those engaged in industry.
Industries. functioning within the
pressure group also have lobbies to
protect their interests which are
distinct from the group. Qf these,
railroads and public utilities have
gone in for the game most thor-
oughly, spending millions to con-
vert the general public to their
economic philosophy.

Pressure on legislation was_be-
gun by manufacturers in 1864 and
has continued down to the present
day. Tariff and indirect taxation
are two important pressure points.
But in spite of business lobbies, the
excess profits tax was finally put
through in September, 1940.

Labor
Although laboring classes’ in
manufacturing alone comprise

more than 25 per cent of our total
population, said Sally Jacob, only
organized labor can exert any ac-
tual pressure on government policy.
|The past fifty years has shown a
constant increase in the power of
the labor group. The A. F. of L.



ifect honor paid to Shakespeare in
the century was that of Lawrence
Sterne, who chose as his pen name
Yorick, the jester in Hamlet, who
only comes into the play when his
skull is dug up in the graveyard
scene. Sterne wanted to be remem-
bered from this minute incident as



transform his sadness into wit,



|ports a regular

‘a melancholy man who yet could:



|has obtained the embodiment of
‘many tangible demands in legisla-
| tion.

Since 1935, the scope of ér-
ganized labor — and hence _ its
effectiveness — has been extended
through the CIO’s plan of organiza-
tion by separate industry.
Politically labor generally sup-
party candidate
and maintains legislative commit-
tees in Washington. Labor lobbies,
whose chief concern is the em-
ployer-employee relationship, exert
influence through publitity, pres-
sure on Congressmen by union
members, contact with various ad-
ministrative agencies.
Minor Interests

In addition to the three large

classifications, many smaller social | :

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L erfemphant at the end of the first

Over Merion C. Club
While 42 Beats °44

Bryn Mawr, Noveinber 11.—In a}
one-sided game Bryn Mawr com-
pletely overwhelmed the Merion
Cricket Club hockey team. Not
only was the victory one-sided, the
Varsity scoring seven goals while

Chris Waples ay |



Notable Rare Books

‘Loaned by Collectors
For Library Exhibit

On loan at the second exhibition
of Rare Books in the’ Library, are
notable incunabula from the Rosen-



wald and Rosenbach collections, as
well as important faculty contribu-

Merion made none, but most of the | tions.

action of the day was on Merion’s
fifty yards of the field.

Chris Waples was sensational in
her defensive strategy, bewildering
every opponent with dodges, scoops
and sharp passes. She made two
of Bryn Mawr’s seven goals in
quick succession,
made the first goal, and so with
three goals to their credit, the Bryn
Mawr players came off the field

period,

But this was only half the story.
Elated by its first period. success,
Bryn Mawr went on to annihilate
its opponents with four more goals.
Only once did Merion threaten the
shutout, when the players almost}
got the ball through Bryn Mawr’s
goalee.

While this massacre was taking
place on one field, the Seniors and
Sophomores were having a close
battle on the other. With the score
tied at 1-1 and the allotted time for
playing finished, it was about to be
called a tie. But the classes would
not have it so, for they decided on
five more minutes of play, in which
Louise Lewis shot a goal, giving a
2-1 decision to the Senior class.





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Peace and Freedom, founded by!
Jane Adams.

Pressure groups chiefly concerned
with foreign policy—such as the
William Allen” White and_ the

America First Committees—have
developed during the. war.



interests are also represented in| 3:

Washington, Sally Matteson
pointed out.

lobbies, that of the National Edu-

Of the professional | #

cational Association has been most|

militant. |
Women’s. pressure groups are
unified under a Joint Congressional
Committee which serves as a clear-
ing house. Moral and educational
reform and relief are the chief
concerns of women’s organizations.
Most of the-activity of the vigil-
ance societies represented in Wash-
ington—such as the American Civil
Liberties Union—is now directed
towards “civil reform before for-
eign intervention.” Among the
many veterans’ associations in the
capitol, the American Legion is the
most active and influential. Ap-
proximately 50 national organiza-
tions promoting peace exist today,
of which the two most influential
are the National Council for the
Prevention of War and the Wom-



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SUBURBAN ihSuone



Rarest volume in the Rosenwald
group, is the “Legea Aurea” of
Voragine, printed by William Cax-
ton in 1453. The book is a folio
edition in excellent condition, and

illustrated by woodcuts. The

Lydia. Gifford | Mainz Bible, printed by Schoeffer

in 1462, is also ineluded in this col-

lection. Its pages are surprisingly

clean and the illuminated initials
are vivid and clear.

Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach has lent,
for the exhibit, a Latin Manuscript
Bible of the 14th century, written
on vellum and annotated, a Crom-
well Bible, first edition printed in
1539, and the first separate issue of

'Coverdales New Testament, printed

by Matthew Crom in. 1538. Start- |
ling in this group is a 17th century
Hebrew scroll of the Book of
Esther.

In the same ease is a page from
the Gutenberg Bible belonging to
the Misses Mary and Margaret
Pierce.

Outstanding among incunabula
belonging to the faculty are the
Geneva, or Breeches, Bible loaned
by Miss Woodworth, Mr. Herben’s
17th century edition of the Vulgate,
a 15th century French Manuscript
and a Psalter belonging to Mr.
Chew. Mrs. Jessen has contributed
a remarkable German Bible, two
volumes- done in German gothic
type and illustrated with large
striking woodcuts.__This_text—was
printed in Augsberg in 1518.

The display will continue until
the end of December.



All-Philadelphians

Chris Waples, Bryn Mawr’s
Varsity center halfback, was
chosen for the All-Philadel-
phia second hockey team.
Connie Lazo, Margie Perkins,
Helen Resor and- Nancy

Scribner, all Varsity players,
received honorable mentions.













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