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VARSITY SWIMMERS
_DEFEATED BY BALDWIN

7 —_—Februery-19=The Bryn Mewrvart
sity swimming team, minus-a few of
ts members, lost to the ‘Baldwin
—§chool team, 35 points to 29, in an
4nofficial meet in the Baldwin pooh,

After losing the 50-yard freestyle,
Bryn Mawr managed to win the Med-
ley Relay, a combination of breast-

stroke, sidestroke, tiwgeon and crawl.



in the crawl for fornr-from, Lewis, of
Baldwin. In the breaststroke event
Doris Turner, and Emily, . Cheney
placed first and second, respéctively.
Baldwin regained her lost lead by
winning the two rémaining events, the
100-yard dash and the freestyle se-
lay. Marjorie Hughson swam the
' four lengths. of the pool for the 100-
yard dash in°17 5-10 seconds, beating
_ Constance. Renninger by 5% seconds.
Events:
50-yard Freestyle
Mehl (Baldwin), 31.4-5 sec.; Beatty
(B.), 32 1-5 sec.; Simpson (B. M.),
Duncan (B. M.).
Medley Relay
‘ Bryn Mawr (Turner, Brady, Steel,
Woodward, Evans, Duncan, Irish,
Simpson). : :
Crawl for Form
Renninger (B. M.), Lewis (B. ‘

~~

Hughson (B.), Goodman (B. M.).
50-yard Back Crawl
Mehl (B.),- 35 sec.; -Woodward
(B. M.), 48 1-10 sec.; Gaud (B. ms
Beatty (B.). -
' 50-yard Breaststroke
Turner (B. M.), 45 sec.; Cheney
(B. M.), 50 1-10 sec.;. Kirk (B.),

Santamarie (B.).
100-yard Dash '
Hughson (B.), 1 min, 17 5-10 sec.; 3

Renninger (B. M.), 1 min. 23 sec.;
Beatty (B.), Steel (B. M.).
Freestyle Relay

Baldwin, 2. min. 4 2-10 sec.; Bryn

Mawr (Duncan,- Muller, Goodman,
Woodward, Cheney, Gaud, Renninger,
Steel).



MR. NEUDEGG COACHES
SKIERS ON REAL SNOW

Would-be skiers a a been
faithfully attending the Tuesday eve-
_ ning sessions with Mr.. Neudegg in
- the Gym and have, as a result of
the lessons, been staggering down Tay-
Jor stairs clutching the bannisters and
groaning aloud, have “at last -had—an
opportunity to put. their technique
into practice. .
Last Tuesday they awoke. to “nd
the campus already white and snow
still falling fast. By evening a hope-



fully estimated three inches covered |..

the landscype, and enthusiasts dress-
ing for the weekly ski lesson donned
mittens and mufflers in anticipation of
the ic¥ blasts to be encountered: on
. the hill behind Gowda Soon
shadowy figures were desce ding the
hill more or less skillfully, while from
below Mr. Neudegg called directions
and encourdgement. Darkness, only
faintly relieved by pale moonlight,
concealed treacherous bumps, while
_ lack of control coupled with bound-
less enthusiasm made collisions fre-
quent. x
Wednesday morning found the sun
shining brightly and skiers recklessl
.eutting classes to enjoy the-snow wie
it lasted. Mr. Neudegg personally
conducted beginners on their first trip
down the hill, or made even the few
“experienced skiers gasp as he exe-
—~éuted “gelundesprunge” and “‘drehte-



- balance.
_ Before noon the heat of the sun,
combined with the efforts of countless

slope lay bare and muddy. Some
hardy souls, bruised in body but still
fresh in spirit, procured cars and went
‘off to search (more or less success-
fully) ‘for other more shady and less
used hills; others retired to the more
- gentle slope behind Miss Park’s house;
a few returned belatedly to classes to
await another and more lasting snow-
fall.

sr oar arent

Constance Renninger took first place |

-/’40, 18 sec.;

sprunge” with: effortless grace and).

" e@rnest skiers “stemming” "down the | he
hill, had had its natural effect and the | }

Swimming Meet Won
_By_ ; Freshman, Na Class
Ruth Mary Penfield, ’40, Wins

Individual Cup, Diving Cup
: As Class - Star ’





FRESHMAN SCORE IS’ "78



+i (Submittéd in News Tryouts)

Gymnasium, February 23.—Thirty-
six excited Bryn Mawrters bobbed
out of water for Washington’s Birth-
day cherries suspended“ from cords
held across the pool by: neutral var-
sity girls in the mystery event of the
second interclass swimming meet. Al-

more than twice that of any other
class, there was more competition from
upperclassmen than in previous years.

The freshman heroine was Ruth
Mary Penfield, winner of the’.
vidual Cup and the Diving‘Qups Hey
class was awarded the Interclass Cup
for having a.total score of 78 from
both meets. The sophomores followed

--with a score of 35; the juniors had

33 and the seniors 24.
The relay-race brought cheers from

-|the sidelines when Johnson, ’40, pulled

her class ahead after a‘ poor start.
The “freshmen_finished nearly a lap
ahead with-w t time of 1 min. 38 sec.
The crawl for form was very close,
McEwan,».’39, tying Sioussat, 40, for
first place, and Seltzer, ’37, and Noel,
38, sharing second. “The freshmen
won. the final mystety event with 8
points to the sophomores’ 6.

Events:
40-yard. Freestyle

Penfield,~’40, 27.8 sec.; Noel,
28 sec.; Arnold, ’40, 30.6 sec. _
Backstroke

McClellan, *40, 17:2 sec.; Penfield,
; Braucher, 39, 18.2 sec.
Crawl for Fol

McEwan, '’39, and Sioussat, 7403
Noel, ’38, and Seltzer,.’37;. Hamilton,
’°39, and Marsh, ’38.
Sidestroke for Form

38,

Val Spinoza, ’37; Marsh, 738; Bin-
gay, 37.
Relay

1940" (Arnold, Eppler, Robins, Si-
0 ssat, ~ Johnson, Wilson), t. min;
58 2-5 sec.

1939 (Peck, Hamilton, Pottberg,

Marshall, Braucher, M. Meigs), 1 min.
38 2-5 sec,
Diving three :

Penfield, ’40; Webster, ’38; Lane:
37. s
Mysetery Event

1940 (10 entries, 8 points);
(12.entries, 6 points).

1939



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Faculty Suffer Second Defeat
Gymnasium, February 19.—An un-
usually large group of spectators i
the Faculty basketball team again
feated, this time to a score of 2649:
The Royals, a diminutive but fast and

well-organizged\ team from the neigh-
borhood of Bryn Mawr, bewildered

‘the professors with their lightening

passes, and the Bryn Mawr players
were unable to use their superior
height to any. advantage.

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| Sophomores Down Juniors, 34-4
February 18.—Sophomore hopes for
-xictory in the interclass basketball
series received a severe setback in the
first games-of the season. The Junior
team defeated the Sophomore seconds
with the ovérwhelming score.of 34-4.
In the second game, the Seniors beat
the Sophomore first team, 20-10.





In New. York City, Dr. Paul
Schilder, News York, University psy-
chiatrist, brought down upon his own

__the--wrath-——of-—the—“‘Aticein
}¥onderland’, worshipers when he
told .American Psychoanalytic As-
sociation delegates that Lewis Car-
roll’s famous book is so full of cruelty,
fear and
cannibalism” that its wholesomeness
as child literature is ee,
(A. C. P.) ;




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red rule, The Soviet intervention that
upset Hitler was less important and
more.,.immediate in arrival than the
Nazi‘and. Fascist help, ‘Their cargo
of arms in December caused the tide
to turn from Franco to the Loyalists.

|-Up to that-time they had~been-fight-

ing a modern army with ancient flint-
locks, pitch forks and other equally
ineffectual weapons. With Russian’
arms .-and ammunition, the Loyalists
‘were able ‘to cope suceessfully with
the foreign mercenaries of Franco.

In speaking of the futility of
fascism as a panacea for the economic
ills of “Europe, Mr. Slocombe painted
a grave picture of Germany and Italy
today. Never since the war has Ger-
many’s condition been so serious. The
winter promises to be extremely se-
vere in all aspects. . Unemployment
thas been in part eliminated, but only
by me s of concentration camps and
military units under state. control.
Italy, too, is in bad straits; Musso-
lini has had to mobilize his last re-
sources, economically, by calling up
Italian securities abroad ‘and using
the eapital as income. The standard
of living has lowered since 1922.

“Fascism,” said Mr. Slocombé, “is
an illusionary. moral discipline for
countries losing national prestige

tion. But it also results in a loss of
the intellectual virtues. — Liberty,
peaceful effort, criticism, free speech,
scientific research, assembly, all ‘the
qualities of mind, body and heart are
gone. It.is the difference between i
Twentieth Century and the Dar

Ages.”

The Spanish war, he. believes, is
the first act of the struggle in Europe
between these two opposing ideals.
He has, however, hope for Spain, and
contends that a.new ,gpirit of unity
will lead to the establtahment of a

vergent states_as Catalonia, the Catho-
lie Basque country, aid agrarian An-
dulusia. The Spain of 1931 is not
likely to be restored.—The newly au-
tonomous” Catalonians, as well. as
their fellow Spaniards, would rather
die thayygive up their recently ac-
| gto and national spirit.

Sense of Showmanship
_ Marks *“‘Forty Bust” Hi it

Continued from Page One





Shan-Kar neck number, done with con-
siderable grace as well as comic effect.
This skit also ended on a brisk note
when a troop of tap-dancers dressed
in immaculate black and white satin
filed out of the wings. Their leader
was. Jane Klein, whose own perform-
ance seemed little short of, profes-
sional.

All technical matters were handled
with great skill by different members
of the class. The ‘tap-danting ‘inter-
ludes were well done and formed an
—s contrast to the skits in’ which
they’ appeared, but the production

,seemed a trifle over-weighted with. this

form of entertainment, as’ tap-dancing
—unless done by Fred Astaire—tends
to become frionotorious. ~ ,

The scenery, confined for the most
part to back-drops designed by Marion
Gill, were abstractions relative to the
course under discussion and ‘remi-
niscent of dada-ism. These, both in-
genious and .éffective, culminated in a
gigantic pelvic girdle before which
Miss ‘Stepps and her disciples went
through their paces.

Anne Louise Axon was ecicanaible

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primers, which claims to teach Eng-
lish in. ten easy lessons. We sug-
gest a dictation ah Dan writes la-
boriously ...
bath-tub.” :

“Plug? What’s a plug?”-

Our primer drawing, of a bathroom
does not show a plug. We gesticu-
late wildly. Ten minutes later we
turn desperately to light conversa-
tion. Dan, it seems, works in a ga-
rage. He has been in America for
two. years, is never going ‘back to his
home and family in Italy, and ap-
proves of Mussolini. There is ap un-
comfortable pause, Then with a de-
termined attempt at gay banter we
say, “We were in: Italy last year.”
Dan’s face lights up unexpectedly.
wh Bh BMY

“Yes, we wane to Rome and Flor-

ence and .
dionente? Where that?”
“Firenze,” we say hopefully. *
" “Oh! Firenze, Fjgenze!” He beams
with joy. ;

“Yes, and Napoli, and Pisa, and Mi-
lano and Trieste ..-. And we learned
some Italian, too,—freddo, caldo, chi-
uso, aperto, piscina.” Dan laughs
happily; Americanization has suddenly
changed its character, and as far as
we are concerned, Italianization has
set in.

But we must not forget Mrs.
Kasher—Mrs. Kasher and her immor-
tal pun. She has the weight of years
upon her shoulders,. and the responsi-
bility of a growing child. She would
never willingly have descended to the
depths of pun-making, but she, too,
is in spirit a Mr. Kaplan. “Mrs.
Kasher,” .we ventured, “Can you use
the word ‘ancestor’? in a sentencé ?”

“Well,” she said slowly, “When you
say someting ofer and-ofer again, you
ancest’ or it.”

At.nine o’clock doors open, harassed

ing slyly at each other as they meet.
Downstairs four heads are bent ear-
nestly over a table.. A. green-shaded
lamp glows on their latest .efforts.
They are the hopefuls, Jo, another,
brighter Nick, Felice, all naively un-
conscious of the time. Whén they see
us. they huddle even closer, conscious
but unwilling.

Just before we leave, Dan dashes
up, American history .book in hand.
He points to it peremptorily.. We find
ourselves looking into the stern é¢yes
of an unknown lady, the head of the
school, we are to, learn, and under-
standing dawns. “Oh, yes, ka, ha!
We forgot to give any assignment for
next time,” we lie.. “Well, just pre-
pare Chapter Two.” Dan nods and
pokes us with his elbow, bursting with
laughter and pride at his little decep-
The lady must never know.

M. R. M.



vided all songand dance~ accompani-
ments on the off-stage. a Be

The freshmen’s success was crowned
by the fact that the sophomores failed
to discover the nature of their class
animal, an octopus. : M.'O.

- Students Resemble Kaplan :

“Tie plug is in the.

teachers appear, their protegés wink- :



Times Critic Attacks



Literary | Mind,
-“Bea-uty” Are Art Foes

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In an endeavor to create an audi-
ence for the modérn dance in Phila-
delphia, John Martin, dance critic of
the New York Times,
group at the Hotel Stephen Girard on



Thursday; February 18, under the

auspiees of the Art Alliance. Mr.
Martin declared he had no sympathy
for the term “modern dance.” The

dance grows-out of its time, wapbinei’

ment, and what is modern today is.

old-fashioned tomorrow.

‘In spite of the danger of treading
on people’s “pet toes,” Mr. Martin
discussed four general enemies of the
modern darice. The first was music.
People believe that to do “aesthetic
dancing” one must dance to classical
music. This is a misapprehension of
the ideas of Isadora Duncan.
needed classical music to dance. But
that music is not imperative for mod-
ern dancing. Musi ould be inci-

dental, an accompaniment and noth-

ing more. “If one has a clear impres-
sion of the music at a dance recital,”
said Mr. Martin, ‘one has not seen
the dance.” The second enemy is the
“literary mind.” The woman who
says, “It was very lovely, but what
did it mean?” One cannot: para-
phrase in words what is done in move-
ment. If it could be done, movement
would be irrelevant.

Self-expression, or exhibitionism,

is the third enemy. One dances not
to express oneself, but toxuse oneself
as a medium for expressing far
greater things. The fourth enemy is
“bea-uty, with the eyes rolled upward
—very spiritual, ‘but stewed down sex
appeal.” The modern dance is ugly,
but it ignores the surface and concen-
trates on the contest.
As to the function of=the—danee:
Mr. Martin explained that it is built
in terms of movement of the body.
There are two inspiratiorts for move-
ment, namely, a ‘desire for’ the
maintenance of harmony, and for the
increase of a state of harmony. In
response ‘to these impulses there are
three movements: toward a- pleasant
object to acquire it, away: from an
unpleasant object,
weaker object to destroy it.

After this preliminary discussion
Mr. Martin showed slides of the vari-

ous. present-day dancers, with a run-.

ning ‘comment on their style, technique
and aims,

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