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VOL. XXIV, No. 5
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1937
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USTEES OF
Miles Gloriosus is
Rewrite of Plautus
By Alice John, ’
Terry Ferrer, ’39, Encourages
Progress of True Love as
ySlave, Palaestrio |
LATIN TRANSLATED AS .
Miles Gloriosus: (Priscella Curtis,
740) et servus gloriousissimus (Terry
Ferrer, ’40) cum laude translatinione
(Alice John, ’89) fecerunt Plauti mere
effort a real play—with the essential
of Miss
Agnes K. Lake, instructor in Latin.
The production is a satire of the mod-
erns, as they are and, apparently, as
they always have been.
The actual plot of What a Warrior!
is meritorious in* being of very little
importance. .The audience never has
to worry about the plot because in the
first place, it is fairly obvious, and in
the second, no ‘one gives it a thought
anyway, especially the participants,
who are much too busy enjoying the
spontarieous lines.
‘As the play opens, the warrior
struts the stage, sighs, “What a bore
to. be so handsome,” and fancies that
weak women strew his path. The not
so weak sister of the moment is one
Philicomasium (Marion: Kirk, °40),
who was stolen away by the soldier
when true love was away on business
(“he-got a‘job on P. W. A., and was
sent off to Naupactus”).
True love, however, with -the help
of ex-slave Palaestrio (Terry Ferrer,
’40), has managed to’ put his nose to
the trail, and is now living next door
‘to the soldier. Periplectomenus (El-
len Matteson, 40), the owner of the
house, fosters the fun for old times’
sake, thinking himself a gay old sin-
ner and a strategist of moment.
Philicomasium is finally reunited
with Pleusicles the lover“*(Eleanor
Emery, ’40). Miles Gloriosus, who is
merely the grandson of Venus, must
finally drape himself aboyt her statue
and sigh, ‘Grandmother, Grand-
mother, how you let me down.”
Palestro, with masterly impudence,
darts orders and sarcasms at every-
one in the play—as well as at the
audience, to whom he says at the start,
“If anyone of you don’t want to listen,
‘beat it now and let someone else have
your seat.”
He quiets natural suspicion by tell-
ing the other slaves that Philicoma-
sium is her own twin sister; and as
such, of course, she has a _ perfect
‘Continued on Page Two
organizing . machinations
i
WITTY MODERN SLANG!
Model " the. New Dormitory from Miss Park’s House
CIO Oficial Outlisos
~ Organizing of Unions
—
‘Discusses Possible Settlement of
Coming Union War by Labor |
Relations. Board
Common Room, October 28.—
“Threat of action by the Labor Re-
lations Board is the mést potent fac-
tor in the settlement of -labor dis-
putes,” said Mr. John Edelman at the
joint supper of the Industrial Group
and the A. S. U. Mr. Edelman, di-
rector of the Philadelphia division of
the C. I. O., having arrived late, con-
fined himself to answering the ques-
tions of the group.
* The NLRB _ is so understaffed that
action is a slow process, he continued.
Furthermore, employers are not as
scared as previously, and are prepared
to undertake long litigation for their
defense. The smaller employer, hav-
ing less reserve, will usually settle be-
fore going through a hearing. But
the Board, to function efficiently, needs
more money and more trained person-
nel.
When asked about the chance of a
reconciliation between the warring A.
F. of L. and C. I. '0., he replied that
he was not very hopeful. The strug-
gle is no longex one of principle, and
has become one for power. It is an
attempt to change the personality
in the old-line unions. Old-line le
ership must go, according to the more
liberal wing. This‘is too drastic a
change for the old-line organization to
be settled peacefully. Regarding a
question on the pending Wages and
Hours Bill, Mr. Edelman said that it
Continued on Puge Three
Newsreels Show Eager - Eyed :
Students in Work and Play
No terse movietone voice ‘heralded
the coming of Bryn Mawr to the
screen, no Hearst propagandist ‘sullied
our hame by so much as an opening
of the mouth to speak. Except for
some “appropriate” college music that
was evidently supposed to make old
grads weep reminiscently, the movies
were almost anonymous. The wary-
eyed could have read some flickery
white letters at the bottom, but the
wary-eyed knew, anyway.
In a vain attempt to be objective,
we watched the senior table in Pem-
broke at their midday meal, and de-
cided that perhaps it was better to
recognize them one by one with glad
little. cries of excitement. What the
mother of a prospective college daugh-
ter would have thought, we cannot
say. It was probably only the im-
perfections of the camera that made
‘ movements like the heaping of food
‘on plates seem so abrupt. »
At any rate, we sighed gratefully
when the hypothetical mother’s mind
was turned to domestic scenes: to the
‘hanging of curtains, the laying out of
many dresses on a bed, or the shuf-
fling of books, preparatory to salting
them away for the winter.
If mother did not approve of this,| ing
she ee like to Sys
academicians seemingly intent on their
books. The atmosphere of the clois-
ters, however, was more social. Here
we see two students approaching two
other students; there, a ring of bright
young things talking about Aristotle
at the fountain’s edge, or lounging in
the lush grass. Sure and it makes
one think of old Oxford or old .Cam-
bridge. But by far the most stu-
dious group, at least to the unclothed
eye, was dressed in neat white lab
coats, pouring chemicals hither and
thither, and watching the most com-
plicated maze of scientific apparatus
with a knowing eye. This, we thought,
would make the mother sigh for sci-
ence. It is a pity that there is no
such attractive activity in other
realms, though we suppose that life
in the Library showed graphically
enough how the unscientific masses
occupy themselves.
music, demonstrated our method of
keeping corporem sanum in. mente
sana. After the preliminary gay skip-
ping down the steps, we see figures
busying themselves on the hockey.
field—the ball, rolling, rolling (miss-
ing the goal)—and finally a crouch-
goalie, the epitome of the -spirit:
“lelass presidents,. took a turn:
The last shot, accompanied re wild |.
Miss Park Breaks
Ground for New
Residence Hall
Floor Plans, Elevation Outlines
And Photographs of Model
Discussed at Tea
REGARD SERVICE WING
AS GREAT INNOVATION
November 1.—A gold spade, an ob-
long patch of earth and a series of effi-
cient diggings by 11 people, started
the new doxmitory on its way to com-
pletion while a minor throng of un-
dergraduates, faculty, and alumnae
looked on. Introduced by. Julia Grant,
38, Miss Park was the first to remove
a shovelful of earth which she pre-
ceded with the toast, “I dig my good
wishes to a beautiful and comfortable
hall . . . and to the final effluent fac-
ulty.”
Charles J. Rhoads, President of the
Board of Directors of the College,
tossed his contribution to the ground
with the words ‘‘sobe—it!” He —was
followed in quick and silent succes-
sion by Francis J. Stokes, Chairman
of the Buildings and Grounds Com-
mittee, and Sydney Martin, archi-
tect for the scienee building as_ well
as the new dormitory.
Thereupon, Miss Ward and Miss
Howe, cohorts in planning the dormi-}
tory, simultaneously dug up a double-
sized clod of earth. Each of the four
Mary
Sands, ’88; Jean Morrill, 39; Louise
Sharp, ’40, and Charlotte Hutchins,
"a1, Then, self-introduced, Julia
Grant participated as President of the
Undergraduate Association. Last but
one of the most important on the list
was Mr, A. O. Leighton, destined to
dig for a protracted period as builder
of the dormitory. —
After the ceremony, plans ‘for ‘the
dormitory as well as photographs of
Mr. Martin’s model for it were shown
in the~Common ‘Room. There - are
notable items to be recorded. The
servants, for- instance, are to have a
whole wing to themselves which will
contain their own dining room, lounge
* Coritinued “on Page Five “
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Wednesday, November 38—
Lecture on Masaryk by H. A.
Miller. Goodhart.. 8.20.
Monday, November 8—Fifth
Flexner Lecture. _Goodhart.
8.30.
Tuesday, November 9—Hamp-
ton Dancers. Goodhart. 8.30.
Rosalind Cross,, ’29, of the
*’ Baldwin School will speak on
teaching. Common Room. 4.45.
Thursday, November 11—
Armistice Day Chapel. Good-
hart. 8.40 a.m. English De-
partment Movies. Goodhart.
8.15. A. S. U. meeting. Com-
mon Room. 8 p. m.
Friday, November 12—Play-
ers’: Club Hamlet. Goodhart.
\ 8:9.
Monday,; November 15—Sixth |
Flexner Lecture. Goodhart.
8.20.
Tuesday, November 16—Eng- |
lish Department: “Movies. —
hart. eis.
i. | Work of Summer School:
Centers on Economics
Students Correlate Courses and:
Practical Experience
Music Room, October 28.—The pro-
gram of the Bryn Mawr Summer
School for Women Workers, during its
seventeenth session, was designed to
give the women an understanding of
their. “relation“to the whole complex
mosaic of American civilization,” Miss
Park stated in chapel. Once more
studies centered about economics, the
heart of the situation into which the
industrial ‘workers are born, . Spe-
cial projects in English literature,
creative writing and discussions on
Marxism and problems of household
employees enriched the curriculum.
Under the direction of a board com-
posed of Bryn Mawr and labor groups
and several alumnae of the Summer
School, the session got uiider way
with 72 students chosen from all parts
of the country and from union as well
as non-union sympathizers.
was included one Czechoslovakian, one
Swedish and two English women, 7
-|second year students who returned as
graduates on working scholarships.
Denbigh and Merion were used, and
for the first time experiments in dis-
section were conducted in Dalton.
The faculty, Miss Park -stated,
represented a group with command of
their subject -matter and ability to
teach industrial workers. Today most
of the students are high school gradu-
ates or have some high school train-
nig. The difficulty in teaching these
people, however, arises because they
have a practical knowledge rather
than familiarity with books and ab-
stract discussion.
Nevertheless, Miss Park feels that
the contribution that these students
make is more professional than the
contribution of the “winter school,”
because. they feel a more immediate
connection between their studies and
the present economic situation. They
try to derive all they can from their
courses and go away with a sense-of
responsibility, and a feeling that they
should use their knowledge and try to
pass it on to others.
CURRICULUM MEMBERS
ANNOUNCED FOR YEAR
(Especially contributed by Gertrude
Leighton, ’38.) a
The Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee publishes below the list of
its members for this year. It is hoped
that. stude will take the opportu-
nity to discuss with the hall members
of the committee, any problems which
they think should be brought to the
attention of the committee as a whole.
The meetings of the committee and
the subjects to be discussed, will be
announced: well before hand in order
to give those interested time to ex-
press their opinions.
Executive Committee:
G. Leighton, 38,.P. &. (Archaeology)
Chairman’
G. Trish, 39, P. E. (Mathematics and
PUGRION) 5 cas cok ees Geiss Secretary
G.. Grosvenor, ’39, P. E. (Sociology
and Education) Assistant
PEMBROKE WEST
M. Bakewell, ’38............ Biology
J. Grant, ’38, ex-officio...... English
PEMBROKE EAST
I... WO0d, Bove ei cece cree Politics
B, Auchimneloas, 40. cocccevss History
_ DENBIGH
IS ae, ee Geology
MM MEAVOE BOs ick ccs e cee Economics
NN, CODNM, "S655 oss v0 os \\, Philosophy
Dy, PAMTANOl, BOs cei cece Economics
Ni Coots, TS. Philosophy
DD, -meeranall, "OO... 655. 5. Psychology
MERION
L. Thompson, ’39..... History of Art
Th. POU Oe cere cue scene Chemistry
ROCKEFELLER
a Raymond, :’88......+..+0+ English
A, Thibault, '30......6c0000. .- Latin
B. Staples; ’38.......... ‘9s .French
(French House)
Non-residents: =
F. ‘Geett: 80.60.0086 35 .«sssGreek
GERMAN HOUSE
There or
Panofsky Lecture
Covers an Example
» Of Pseudo-Morphis
Cupid’s Blindness is a‘ Result
Of Dual Conception of Love
In Middle Ages
veins
BOW, TORCH, ARROWS
ARE CLASSICAL RELICS.
'
The Renaissance version of Blind
Cupid presents a much simpler exam-
ple of pseudo-morphis than the figure
of Father Time, stated Professor Pa+
nofsky, in the fourth Flexner lecture,
The idea of representing Cupid as a
naked’ child was clearly formulated
early in classical antiquity, and most
of his specific attributes—the bow, the
torch, and the arrows—appear in
classical art or may be found in the
work of such classical writers as Sen-
eca and Propertius.
But neither in Roman art nor Ro-
man literature was Cupid blind.
Ancient writers spoke of “blind love”
“blind lust,’? but as an emotion,
never as an image .The Byzantine
artists and the early mediaeval
scribes never represented Cupid as
sightless; and he does not become blind
until the thirteenth century.
This may be explained, Professor
Panofsky believes, by the fact that
mediaeval literature had a double con-
ception of love. One group of writers
had formed “an image of idealized
love,” glorified, spiritualized, meta-
physical and based on the ancient
ideals of Plato. Plato’s conception
found no place in the Roman treat- -
ment of. love, but had been widely ac-
cepted in the East, where it was dis-
covered and adopted by the Christians,
who named it caritas, the spiritual
love for God. Later, the idea of cari-
tas was temporarily fused with that
of sexual love, and came to be.re-
garded ‘as the highest and most spir-
itual devotion to a lady.
This love was usually considered too
pure and wonderful to be defined, but
was sometimes symbolized as a prince-
ly young man, in royal garments,
winged, with a crown or a laurel
wreath on his head. He was en-
throned, or, more rarely, put in a tree,
and, like the Roman Cupid, carried a
bow or a torch. He was never’ blind,
both. because the mediaeval idealist
believed that love entered the body
kind of love was supposed to be abso-
lutely beautiful and perfect.
The other conception of love was
very different. It is found chiefly in
the moralized mythologies of the time,
and was derived, not from the Pla-
tonic ideal, but from the old Roman
Cupid, the little naked boy whom the
Romans themselves had stigmatized as
childish and irresponsible. The me-
diaeval Christians, in spite of the pro-
tests of the idealistic poets, not only
took over this conception but empha-
sized still further Cupid’s turpitude,
irresponsibility, and» utter lack of
judgment. The strictures became in-
creasingly severe as time went on, un-
Continued on Page Five
MRS. GILBRETH TO RETURN
Mrs. Frank B. Gilbreth is returning
for further votational conferences
this year the first week in December.
She will stay at college two or three
days and, after meeting each.of the
classes as a body, she will interview
students by appointment alone or in
small groups. Mrs. Gilbreth is Pro- .
fessor of Management at Purdue Uni-
versity and has an office of her own
‘as a consultant on seientific manage-
ment. mt
The object of her conferences is to
help the students decide what type of
employment they want, if they are
fitted for it and -how to-go about get”
ting jobs or training for them. She
plans to be at college again in the
spring.
Other vocational discussions have
‘been planned for the coming winter -..
and are to be given by outstanding”
speakers about their particular fields.
The first is to be Rosalind Cross, °29,
who “@jll lecture on Teaching in the-
-__|Gommon- Room next ~ Tiésday, the
H. Cobb, "40. .......-¢+-+.+ German ;
ninth of November, at 4.45.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
"THE COLLEGE NEWS
pa (Founded in 1914)
de” Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Fehr sarap abn
Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
a wr Col Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn
wr College.
’ The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in
5 ey a aur either wholly or in part without written permission of the
or-in-Chief
ihe.
sles
Editor-in-Chief .
JANET THOM, ’38
]
News Editor
Copy Editor 4
- ABB{E INGALLS, ’38
Marcery C. HARTMAN, '38
. Editors
ANNE LouISsE Axon, '40 Mary R. MEIGs, 39
ELEANOR BAILENSON, ’39 MARGARET OTIS, ’39
. EMILY CHENEY, ’40 ELISABETH 'PoPE, ’40 4
Mary DIMOck, ’39 LUCILLE SAUDER, ’39
CATHERINE HEMPHILL, 39 BARBARA STEEL, ’40 ~
MARGARET Howson, '38 IsoTa TUCKER, ’40
Business Manager
ETHEL HENKLEMAN, '38
Assistants
ROZANNE PETERS, '40 CAROLINE SHINE, "39
BARBARA STEEL, '40
Advertising Manager Subscription Manager
ALICE Low, ’38 . Mary T. RITCHIE, ’39
Graduate Correspondent: VESTA SONNE
Music Correspondent: Patricia R. ROBINSON, ’39 ,
SUBSCRIPTION, $250 ILING PRICE, $3.00 ©
SUBSCRIPTIO S MAY BEGIN AT ANY. TIME
Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office
TF
~much before a quarter to eight in the evening.
The New Breakfast
The State of Pennsylvania’s new twelve hour wage law has had a}:
rather subtle but. nevertheless profound effect on the habits and dis-
positions of Bryn Mawr undergraduates; breakfast, which we remem-
ber from days of old as being a leisurely and peaceful meal, has been}:
reduced to an abrupt and noisy experiment in the quick feeding of a
large body of people. We arrive at the table to find all the maids
busy in’ the kitchen. We wait impatiently up to ten minutes, when a
series of harrassed waitresses accost us ‘one after the other. After a
suitable interval allowing the maid to collect and recollect three
assorted orders, she returns with part, at least, of our breakfast. When
we get around to eating, our nerves are constantly shattered*by chairs
slamming in and out, students arriving, and departing, demanding
things passed, reaching up and down, and anxious maids bustling fran-
tically around and around the table.
he management has considered the problem industriously from |
every possible angle, agreeing with the students thatthe hurried tone
of the diningrooms is not pleasant nor soothing. So far, no satisfactory
solution has appeared. The maids, as we understand it, are allowed to
be on duty only from 7.45 a. m. to 7.45 p. m. and even a change of ten
minutes in the dinner hour weuld not give them time to finish all work
Because the law also
requires an extra half day off duty every week, fewer maids are able
to be present at the new late breakfast, and the few remaining are
faced with the problem of serving a total of forty or more people in a
little more than twenty minutes. There does not seem to be any way
in which breakfast can be begun earlier, except for a limited number of
students who now eat regularly every morning before the doors are
generally opened. The best way to make the later meal more pleasant
seems to be to extend the late breakfast to three quarters of an hour
again, that is from 8 to 8.45—or at the very least to have the doors
open until 8.30. We have been informed that the maids have enough
time between 8 and 9 to make this possible, and not only should it make
serving less of an ordeal for them, but this plan would also allow late
risers an extra fifteen’minutes sleep every morning.
with George Sanders.
In Philadelphia
| nS
Movies
Aldine: Stand-In, a ' comedy-~ro-
‘mance about Hollywood, with Leslie
Howard and Joan: Blondell. -
Arcadia: Something to Sing About,
a musical, with James Cagney. me
Boyd: The. Awful Truth, a comedy,
with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.
Earle: Make a Wish, a sactharine
musical, with Bobby viet and . Basil
Rathbone.
Europa: |Mayerling, ‘an - historical
romance, with Charles” Boyer..
Fox: Angel, a triangle drama with
Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall,
and Melvyn Douglas.
Karlton: The Prisoner of Zenda,
with Ronald Colman. ne
Keith’s: Double Wedding, a comedy,
with William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Stanley: Stage Door, a romance
about the theater, with Katharine
Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
Stanton: Lancer Spy, a spy nee
: Theater
Forrest: Victoria Bevins, with Hel-
en Hayes.
Chestnut: Modems Deonry; from
Flaubert’s novel, with Constance Cum-
Walnut: Jericho, with. the Federal |
Theatre Players.
Orchestra *
~ Philadelphia’ Orchestra: Leopold
Stokowski, conducting, Borodin: Polo-
-vetsky from Prince Igor;
| Boris
School Boy, with Mickey ——_
Thursday and Fr‘day, Call It a Day,
with Ian’ Hunter and Olivia de Havi-
land; Saturday, Polo Joe, with Joe E.
Brown; Sunday and Monday, Three
Men On a-Horse, wtih Frank Mc-
Hugh; Tuesday and Wednesday, One-
| Way Passage, with William Powell
and Kay Francis.
Suburban: Wednesday, Thin Ice,
with Sonja Henie; Thursday and Fri
‘day, Escapade, with William, Powell
and Luise Rainer; Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Wife, Doc-
tor and Nurse, with Warner Baxter
and Virginia Bruce.
‘Wayne: Wednesday and Thursday,
The Singing Marine, with Dick Pow-
ell; Friday, Midsummer Nights’
Dream, with Olivia de Haviland and
Dick Powell; Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, Wife, Doctor and Nurse, with
Warner Baxter and Virginia Bruce;
Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr. Dodd
Takes the Air, with Kenny. Baker.
Ardmore: Wednesday, Wild Money,
with Edward Everett Horton; Thurs-
day, Counsel for Orime, with. Otto}!
Kruger; Friday, Saturday .and Sun-,
day,(100 Men and a Girl, with Deanna
Durbin and Leopold Stokowski; Mon-
day and Tuesday, The Life of the
Party, with Gene Raymond and Har
riet Hilliard.
‘ haps
Engagements
The following engagements
have been announced: Mary
Anna Barnitz, ’32, Assistant Di-
rector of Publications, to John
WIT’S END
' For a little preliminary practice
in scenario study, here is a tentative
script for a campus news film, with hints for’Camera and music:
SEQUENCE I Camera
Music Fade-in—Taylor Tower Long shot and angle
Pomp™ and Cireum- Taylor Clock, nine a. m. Close-up
stance
Clock striking
Wagner, Ride of Val-
kyries
Rachmaninoff: Prelude,
opening bars modulat-
ing to train whistle
Big bust of
lor
Paoli Local
Tales From the Vienna
Woods
Song—I Met a__Lady
Passing By
Legs descending train steps;
suitcase bumping legs
Bare legs and_snéakers
Full length figure of studént
Venus‘ in Tay- Medium shot
PAN
To show windows
with wide-eyed faces
and wide-awake hats
Medium close—DIS-
SOLVE to next shot
Tilting camera
Medium close
with gown and notebook
Walking round a pile of
books, hoops,
ey sticks, etc., down hall
-
Taylor clock striking
Tschaikowsky’s Nut-
cracker Suite
A few bars of anthem
Juno
Legs running
Student ‘standing under big
bust of Juno
TRACK
lanterns, hock-
Long shot.
Medium long
Not vague close-up
Bust of President Thomas '
asleep
Gluck aria:
Che faro senza Euri-
dice? *
Spiritual: Sometimes I
Feel Like a Motherless
Child
acorn
Miss Terrian helping ¢ three
people at once ,
Student crawling on stom-
ach-in bottom stacks of li-
brary, bibliography in hand’ «+
Piece of paper in the dewy
library—number fq 050PT
‘ . Campus squirrel digging for
Who’s Afraid of the .Professor entering class- TRACK
Big Bad. Wolf? room and going to desk on
: platform
Drum roll - .. Sea of bright faces in class- PAN
room .
Bassoon and muted pic- Fadeout
‘colo nae
SEQUENCE II
Debussy Milk bottles with straws Fade in
Contes de Mere L’Oie Water cooler with owl :
perched on top
Owl flies away TRACK
Owl in reading room of li- DISSOLVE
brary ;
Brahms. Cradle Song Reading room, fly on ceiling Long shot
“7 PAN Close-up
Medium long
Track
Big close-up
Wipe to next shot
Close-up
Taylor clock face—4 p.m.
Lancaster Pike
Hairdresser’s—Student un- .
Gilbert and Sullivan
der soap
Pan
Medium long
Cut to next _
suds, Colliers
Magazine in one hand
Bust of. Juno, hair being
dusted by janitor
“Tts’ a Long Way to
Tipperary” broke Arch.
mering
Science Building under con-
struction
Wheels of pulleys on build-
ing
_ Wheels of bicycles leaving
Pem Arch
A Cup of Coffee, a
Sandwich, and You- -and faces
Who
Polytonal The Greeks
Fadeout
SEQUENCE III 2
Voice: “Once there was. Fade-in of
a rat named Arthur” tion office.”
Title in italics:
Dr. Leary at work
Gardeners at work
Deanery terrace in spring.
Chadwick- Collins
Folk songs
“Mrs.
Geology bus leaving Pem-
In tearoom — Frankfurters
Medium long -
Wipe, cut to next
Hammers ham-
» Long shot tilting
Close-up
Medium long
Tracks,
Close- -up
victrola in dic-
“Say Ah!” ‘
Close-up
Long: shot
Medium
Dissolve to next shot
drinking tea
Handel: Water Music
Fountains in Deanery gar-
~ den .and cloisters
é Moon over Goodhart
Close-up and fade-
>> out
Feet, all sizes, going up_ Medium :
steps st
Horns, crescendo Hands passing diplomas Medium
: Fade-out
] PUBLIC OPINION .
To the Editor of the College News:
So it has to be an old grad who
informs the young intellectuals ‘what
pitching | woo means.
I will | explain. In its. ae form
it is mere ogling. In its spiritual
form it is. absolute love modified by
concentration on_one person. The
greatest woo-pitchers of the first form
are those who think that all the
world’s a stage and. that it’s looking
at them for what Vassar calls sax,
| SOX. 2 H.
though he lacked the quiet time when
|the Almighty should inform him of
his next object of concentration.
Lawrence, as you know, was a bundle
of nerves and seemed to know intui-
tively. ;
To explain Ainiher—Life ii ite
University issue of last June went
to a party on the University News
front. Perhaps you recall that their
courageous and _ detached photo-
graphers took shots. of candid woo-
pitching, American style., The cap-
tions might havebeen, in Life’s suc-
cinct little phrasing, “Busy. young
America pitches woo for recrea
The pictures show a notable lack of
-*Medium ‘
-| woo-pitching, continental style. The}
Courses Renamed.
Miss Josephine Petts an-
nounees* that the names of the
‘body’ mechanics. and Duncan —
dancing classes have been
changed to “An Introduction to
Good Movement,” and “Good
Movement Through Dancing and .
Proper Coordination,” .respec-
tively. Lecture demonstrations,
with victrola records, will be
given to the members of these
classes on ‘the relation of
rhythm, melody, and harmony to
good movement, while lantern |
slides will enable them to study
good movement as found in the
great masters of painting and
sculpture.
Latin Translated as
Punning Modern Slang
Continued from Page One
right to be found “ext door in the —
arms of Pleusicles.
In perfect satire on true love, Pleu-
‘|sicles never gets the point’ from be-
ginning to end: With a dead expres-
‘sion he only stands and waits. Pal-
aestrio occasionally gives him neces-
sary directions in an off-hand way,
but he shows signs of life only when
Philicomasium swoons in his arms in
one of the final scenes.
_ The translation from the Latin in-
to miodern slang and puns is a real
achievement on the part of Alice John,
especially since the expressions like
“Gone with the wind,” “Life begins
at 40,” “the good neighbor policy”
and the general slang, are not merely
witty quips injected at random, but
are translations of the ideas in the
original.
The pine tribute to. the actors is
that they were able to perform the
characterizations as a whole. They
did not merely state their lines as
miscellaneous vaudeville jokes.
The only thing we can find to cri-
ticize is the last line. Pyrgopolynices
wrapped around Grandma Venus was
a perfect finish, to which the audience
responded immediately... It seenied
superfluous at the least for Palaes-
trio to say, “Well, the play’s over,
come on, give us a hand.”
BE. C.
the term equivocal and suggestive—
C’est Vv Amérique pure? Lifé might
have added “Not a co-educational in-
stitution, Bryn Mawr is not here
represented among woo-pitchers.”
Thank God! But I guess Life will be
hanging around when you, with an
intellectual leer, toss the gauntlet at
Haverford. May I put a sizable bet
on your side?
The moral of woo pitching: The
fact that love has deteriorated to such
delightful depths that.it can in_ all
frankness be termed pitching woo
justifies Messrs. Mineo and Prussin’s
radio ditty. Said ditty is a veritable
panacea for this age of nullified emo-:
tions.
Bas 8:,
P. S.—Someone told me that a tour-
ist in Canada originated. the term.
There are five explanations about this,
but they are too tedious to go into.
To the Editor of the College News:
I think the News would be a much
more interesting paper to read if’ it
occasionally.expressed in its editorials
the political opinions of its editors.
I realize that the News board is not
agreed on their political affiliations,
‘| but I think that all of the readers will
be able to recognize that each of the
editorials expresses a personal opin-
ion rather than the opinion of the
entire board.
If the editorial board refuses to ©
publish their political opinions it
seems to be because they are afraid_
to commit themselves because they
don’t think they know enough. Po-
undergraduate body, and an expres-
sion of them in the News would help
to direct and clarify them. Bryn
‘Mawr College students seem to be. re-
luctant -to' have opinions on political
issues because, like Socrates, they
know that they do not know, and they
realize how little influence their voice
has, either as individuals, or as a
college. Nevertheless, some of them
now, and all of them later will ave -
the ‘duty of voting, and imperfect ase
their knowledge is, the mere fact that —
”| they are students indicates that it
must be greater ‘than that ¢ €: a oe
‘would, undoubtedly consider)
litical issues are of interest to the _
THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Page Three
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' Theater Review .
We are not so much concerned with
a_review of the play Many Mansiéns,
‘vby Jules Eckert Goodman and Eckert
Goodman, as with a comparison be-
tween the dress rehearsal we saw
and the finished performance as seen
by the critics.
An invitation performance and the
dress rehearsal of a play with a theme
“the commercial: appeal of which was
yet to be measured was naturally a
great strain on the authors and actors.
It was the first time they had played
it with the sets, the leading lady had
ip se and the audience was mainly
omposed of Bryn Mawr girls. But
age spite of the lassitude with which
the performance went off, the Good-
mans’ theme stood forth at all mo-|
ments, implying, though not suffi-
ciently emphasizing, in the lines or
the acting, great emotional connota-
tions.
Although the performance was the
insignificant prelude to the opening
night, it was ‘evident that there. are
imperfections inherent in the struc-
ture and lines of the play. Line has
been sacrificed to quick chronological
pictures of the struggles of Peter
Brent (Alexander Kirkland) to make
the church a working force instead of
an isolated activity of rigid orthodoxy
and: polities. The scenes are short
and the entire play is implicitly con-
‘ected and actually disjointed.
The characters do not sufficiently
explain themselves... Richard * Lock-
ridge said in The Sun, “Brent is
driven by an inner necessity which
the authors postulate, but do not
explain.” This is not a fault in itself;
Brent himself says he himself does
not understand the “inner necessity,”
The fault is that neither the Good-
mans nor Kirkland have developed the
character of Brent sufficiently to
show how an “inner necessity” is con-
sistent. - However, according to the
New York reviews of the opening
night, Alexander Kirkland did this
difficult part excellently; Flora Camp-
MRS. JOHN W.
ROCKEFELLER, JR.,
society aviatrix: “I
prefer Camels. I
smoke as many as I
please — they’ don’t
get on my nerves.”
H
RAY WINTERS, radio
announcer: “Camels
suit me! And that goes
for my throat espe-
cially. Can’t remem-
ber when Camels ever
scratched my throat.”
Bill of Divorcement Cast Chosen
The cast of the’ Players’ Club Play,
Bill
Dane which will be given in conjunc-
tion with the Princeton Intime Play-
ers,
of Divorcement, by Clemence
is as follows: Frances’ Reitler,
’40, Sydney; Susan Miller, ’40, Aunt
Hester; Mary Sands, ’38, Margaret;
Mary Riesman, ’39, Bassett. The play
will be presented December 3 and 4
belly as Joan, seemed at: our perform-
ance, to suffer from this same lack. of |.
consistent personality, but the reviews
were unanimously admiring. Brooks
Atkinson said in the Times, “Flora
Campbell gives an attractive perform-
ance that, shows a good deal of sen-
sitivity to the development of char-
acter.”
John Mason Brown’s criticism is
less a comment on Many’ Mansions
than it. is a comment on John Mason
Brown. Never failing to draw a
crack, only mildly appropriate, but a
crack, from his wit-bag, he says the
play could have been called “The
Rover Boys At Divinity School.” And
from his. wide knowledge of people,
he is able to say the play “demands
the attention one gives to an uninven-
tive person whose integrity is self-
evident” Hmmmmm.
Mark -Barron, on the other hand
said Many Mansions “should have a
worthy chance of~ overcoming — that
long-standing Broadway jinx.that a
religious -play is foredoomed to fail-
ure.”
One of the best aspects of the play
‘is Hans Haube playing organ arrange-
ments by Milton Lusk. Onward
Christian Soldiers is varied and dis-
torted to accompany the distortions
of true applicable religion shown on
the stage. The John Koenig sets are
solemnly impressed.
We hear a few interesting items
from the Goodmans. First, the clergy
are taking to and endorsing the play.
Second, the Divinity School js-worse
than John Mason Brown imagines.
Third, they are exhausted.
: M. D.
|
Hockey Scores
Bryn Mawr Varsity, 3; Phila- ‘
delphia Cricket Club, 1. (Crick-
et Qlub team minus two play-
ers.)
Bryn Mawr Varsity, 3; U. of
Pennsylvania, 3.
Bryn Mawr II, 2; U. of Penn-
« sylvania Tl, 3.
PROF. HERNDON TALKS
ON. FOREIGN — POLICY
Common Room, November 2.—At
the International Club meeting Pro-
fessor John Herndon, of Haverford,
pointed out in his lecture, Who Makes
Our Foreign Poliey, the wide powers
of the President in foreign affairs.
They are much greater than many of
our citizens. realize, but Dr. Herndon
considers them necessary in order to
maintain a consistent policy in our
relations with other countries. He has
unlimited authority to. negotiate treat-
ies, which, if. approved’ by the Sen-
ate, become the basis for subsequent
legislation. In this way Congress may
pass acts not valid before the treaty
was made because they were not pro-
vided for by the constitution.
A famous case illustrating this
point is Missouri vs. Holland, which
concerned certain migratory birds. In
the decision the Supreme Court de-
clared that Congress may not legis-
late about certain things. Later the
President. negotiated a treaty with
Canada. Congress was then able to
pass the. same acts formerly consid-
ered unconstitutional, to enforce the
treaty.
In regard to the Neutrality Bill,
the President must evoke the act. only
when he finds a state of war existent.
Japan has not formally declared war].
on China and he is under’ no obliga-
tion to find a state of war between
them. In closing his eyes to the situ-
ation he is violating no treaty and can-
not be forced to act except by public
opinion.
Patronize our advertisers.
JOE VOLLMER, gradu-
ate student: “After long
hours of concentrating
—or at any other time
when I feel tired—I geta
mighty welcome'‘lift’ in -
energy with a Camel.”
+TICKETS TO .BE SOLD
FOR ENGLISH MOVIES
(Especially contributed the
Freshman English Staff.)
Beginning Monday, November 8,
memberships for the movie programs
to be shown at.Goodhart Hall in con-
nection with the Freshman Composi-
tion course may be bought in the
} Publication Office in ‘Taylor, between
1.30 and 2 o’clock: All students,
faculty and staff are cordially invited
to take memberships for the series of
three evenings, 75 cents, for one part
(one evening’s showing) 25 cents.
The programs are:
- November 11, 8.15,.The Birth of ‘a
Nation.
November 16, 8.15, The Fall of St.
Petersburg.
November 18, 8.15, The Plough
That Broke thee Piadinks Night Mail.
Memberships should be taken in ad-
vance of the performances, at the
Publication Office. Dramatic narra-
tive in the films, the use of historical
material, and ‘some older technical
methods, will ‘be illustrated by the
first. two. films. The Birth of a Na-
tion directed by G. D. M. Griffith in
1915, deals with the first Civil War
period in the South. The second film;
the work of V. I. Pudovkin, shows
Russian cinema techni\ye and method
of narrative.
On November 18 two new docu-
mentary films will be presented, both
made under government auspices,
The Plough That, Broke the Plains,
about American farming, and Night
Mail produced by the British Film
Institute associated with the General
Post Officer The English Staff wishes
to express its appreciation of the help
given by the Museum of Modern Art
Film Library in planning the pro-
grams and securing the films.
_ by
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Freshman Swimming Tests
All freshman swimming tests
must be passed by the end of
this week. Any excuse ‘must be
got from Miss Brady person-
allv.
—————————————
EVELYN CHANDLER,
figure skater; “What an
asset g00d digestion is! —
I smoke Camels during
meals and after. They
do help to keep my di-
gestion in order.”
CAN PEOPLE REALLY TELL THE DIFFERENCE IN
CAMELS COSTLIER TOBACCOS ?
‘The Best Answer is This...
Year in and year out, Camel pays millions more
for finer tobaccos. And smokers do appre-
ciate the added pleasure this means to them!
AMEL’S use of choicer, costlier. tobaccos has
been the subject of much discussion. The ques-
tion has often been raised as. to whether or not
people could tell the difference.
The way smokers feel gives the answer! Camels are
the largest-selling cigarette in America,and the world..
If you are not a Camel smoker, perhaps you, too,
would enjoy a cigarette with a richer, cooler taste.
Turn, then, to Camels. Put them to the severest test
—smoke them steadily. You'll realize how true it
is that there is no substitute for costlier _tobaccos,
THE. CAMEL CARAVAN
now on the air with a full-hour show!
Includes ‘Jack Oakie College” and Benny Goodman’ 8 “Swing
School’’! Sixty fast minutes of grand fun and music. Every
Tuesday night at 9:30 pm E.S.T., 8:30 pm C.S.T., 7:30 pm
M.S.T., 6:30 pm P.S.T., over WABC- Columbia ‘Network.
COSTLIER TOBACCOS IN A MATCHLESS BLEND
: Gamels are a matchless blend of finer, MORE EXPEN-
SIVE TOBACCOS—Turkish and Domestic. Skillful blend-
ing brings out the full flavor of these choice tobaccos.
MRS. VINCENT MUR-
RAY, home-maker:
“Believe me, I appre-
ciate how mild Camels
are! I smoke steadily.
Camelsdon’tleave any
Copyright, 1987, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N.C.
IRENE SHERWOOD,
shopper: “Noon-time »
is one of my busiest
times. That’s why ‘for
digestion’s sake—
smoke Camels’ means «
so much to me.”
Deutscher Tag
German Club Singers won
first place in the Deutgcher Tag
held at Wilmington on Friday,
October 29.
CIO Official Outlines .
Organizing of Unions
Continued from Page One
would undoubtedly bring about a’wide-
spread wave of unionism throughout
the country.
The questions asked, although of a
variant ‘and disjointed nature, man-
aged to present a fairly complete, su-
perficial’ picture of C. I. O. activities,
since the answers covered many sides
of the problem.
Most of the unionizing starts with-
in the factories themselvés. Some em-
ployees then appear at regional head-
quarters. asking for organized. aid.
Smaller groups are often refused be-
cause the time and labor of organiz-
ing marginal industries is unduly
great and they often have to be heav-
ily subsidized when they are estab-
lished. Also, whenever and wherever
possible, the C. I. O. refrains from
organizing within the sphere of the
A. F. of L.’s activities.
In the work of unionization, | amaz-
ing and amusing industries have come
'to light, also‘ shocking conditions. In
a factory making sample books, em-
ployees made three to seven dollars for
a. 54-hour week. Eleven dollars was
the maximum. One of the biggest
hazards to unionization is the fear of
dismissal. If a’ worker must support
a family, no matter how meager his
earnings, he naturally will prefer.
them to inadequate relief or starva-
tion. “Compulsion, furthermore, is
not a sound way to build a union,”
~| added Mr. Edelman.
| -Two members of the Industrial
Group were appointed to check up on
the formation of the knit goods union
and one will cover the Apex hosiery
, affair. The next meeting of the group
will be on the first Wesmaneny in De-
cember.
ee sg,
GENE SARAZEN, golf
champion: “I’ve walked,
I guess, thousands of
miles around golf
. courses with Camels.
They never throw my
nerves out of tune.”
JOANNA DE TUSCAN
—fencing champion:
“I enjoy smoking —
I find that with Cam-
els Icansmoke often.
Camels don’t give
me ragged nerves.”
FRED McDANIEL,
Texas rancher: “Me
and Camels have
been getting along .
mighty fine for 15 ea.
years. I never saw (i \
the beat of Camels.” :
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
v
CURRENT EVENTS
(Gleaned from Mr. Fenwick.) -
New York is electing its City Coun-
cil this year by Proportional Repre-
sentation, a technical and elaborate
method of voting, new in the New
York City. If a voter’s borough sends
five delegates to the City Council, he
marks his first, second, third, fourth
and fifth choices. If his vote is not
needed to elect his candidate, it is
transfered to his second choice, or to
his third if necessary, thus making
minority representation possible and.
ensuring a council that represents
the real sentiment of all the voters.
The prices of stocks are still high
enough considering the returns, but
the market is low and unstable. This
is only natural when it attracts specu-
lators instead of investors. The gov-
ernment tried to control this. by re-
quiring 55 per cent margin. This has
recently been reduced to 40 per cent
‘in answer to criticism, and 50 per cent
margin is required for selling short.
Lower taxes and lower interest rates
‘might also be of assistance in reviv-
ing business and izi
market.
Abroad, the Arabs are rioting in
French Morocco and_ threatening to
riot in Palestine if Britain\insists on
allowing the Jews to continue to settle
there. A general Arab revolt: in the
East could be disastrous to France
and England, but may be averted by
the inability of the Arabs to agree on
a settled policy.
Mexico. is also encountering difficul-
ties in her attempts to return the land
to the Indians who form the greatest
part of her population. So many
Mexicati oil wells and mineral deposits
belong to American or other non-Mex-
ican concerns that President’ Car-
denas feels that they should be con-
fiscated, but hesitates to risk foreign
hostility and resistance.
Meanwhile, Anthony Eden _ has
warned the United States that nothing
can be done at the Brussels Nine-
Powér Conference without our coop-
eration, as Britain cannot risk under-
taking ineffective measures against
Japan. Unfortunately, American pub-
lic opinion on the Sino-Japanese War
is still very much confused and may
not be clarified for months to come.
At home, the A. F. of L. still re-
mains unreconciled to the C. I. O.,
with the question of unionization of
mass-industries unsettled. A judge
in Covington, Va., is experimenting
with revivals of the mediaeval and
barbarous custom of public whipping
for wife-beating. The American Col-
lege of Surgeons is testing a “‘cyclo-
tron” or X-ray machine of 20 million
volts with which it hopes to kill can-
cerous growths. The Nation “views
with alarm” the arrival of the Duke
of Windsor, fearing ‘that after his
visit to Germany he may be planning
to set himself up as a “super-king.”
LOCAL ART CENTER OPENED
A Bryn Mawr Art Center, designed
for the dilettante as well as for the
more serious student, was opened on
October 14.._Membership includes a
series of six-or more lectures, demon-
strations and recitals: « Yearly fees
scale from two to one hundred dollars.
Courses are offered in painting,
sculpture, piano, ‘cello: and dancing.
Exhibitions and“fgrums will be held
at various stages during the year.
Inquiries should be addressed to
Bryn Mawr Art Center, Polo Avenue
and Haverford Road, Bryn Mawr.
The telephone is Bryn Mawr 406.
University Owns Tons of Tunes
_ The band at the University of Il-
linois owns nine tons of tunes ar-
ranged by Sousa. At least 2,889 band]
arrangements, formerly belonging to
John Philip Sousa, are in the posses-
“sion of the band. They weigh more
«.-than 18,000 pounds.
~
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Location of Bryn Mawr.
Hospital Aids , College
In Emergency
(Especially contributed by Olga
Cushing Leary, M. D.)
The location of the Bryn. Mawr
hospital, one-half mile from the col-
lege campus, makes it possible for
special hospital service to be furnished
to students without delay. The serv-
ices most frequently used are those
of the clinical laboratory, the X-ray
department, and the operating room.
Aout eight students a year are
sent “to the hospital for X-ray for
possible fractures. In the academic
year 1936-37, one graduate student
and seven undergraduates had their
appendices removed at the hospital. In
all thes@ cases, the nearness of. ‘the
hospital to the college made it easy
for patients to keep in touch with
the college students, and during con-
valescence friends of the students
could readily visit them. In two in-
stances, it would have been difficult
and dangerous to mové students with
very acutely inflamed appendices to a
hospital at a greater distance.
Besides the use of the hospital for
major operations, several patients
have been sent over to have abscésses
incised under gas anaesthesia, as the
infirmary has no facilities for anaes-
thesia other than local. The hospital
authorities have always been most
courteous and generous in caring for
employees as well as for students, and
in reducing charges to students un-
able to pay the full rates.
Also in case of emergency, the hos-
pital has always responded with great
promptitude and several students and
an employee, too ill to be moved oth-
erwise have been taken to the hospital
rapidly and safely by ambulance.
It would not be possible for the
infirmary to duplicate the services
offered by the hospital without an
enormous expenditure for equipment
and personnel, which would be imprac-
tical, as occasion for its use would be
relatively infrequent. Thus the col-
lege may consider itself fortunate be-
cause of the presence of an excellent,
modern hospital in this community.
APPARITION DANGLES
AS DENBIGH DANCES
October 29.—About 25 couples and
a dozen female stags turned out for
Denbigh’s first dance of the season.
A buffet supper in the showcase and
smoking room, which harbored black
eats and jack-o-landgans, preceeded
the dance.
In spite of the Hallowe’en atmos-
phere, dancers gliding about the din-
ing room to the strains of Madam Io
Keene’s orchestra were ill prepared
for the sudden appearance of a very
genuine-looking ghost dangling at the
window. On _ closer inspection it
proved to be a pair of baby-blue Dr.
Dentons (complete with feet and in
actual use in Denbigh) surmounted
by a lampshade,:the creation of the
sec'uded souls who had taken refuge
above.
Miss Katherine Koller, Mr. and
Mrs. Lincoln Dryden, and Mr. and
Mrs. William Woodrow were faculty
guests.
_JEANNETTE’S
~ Bryn Mawr Flower Shop, Inc.
Flowers for All. Occasions
823 Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr 570
Nearness Facilitates Speedy Service}
BRYN MAWR OUTPLAYED
BY BEAVER ATHLETES
October 26.—Beaver outplayed Bryn
Mawr varsity hockey team at every
turn to win a decisive 5-1 victory.
Alison Stokes, :
counted for the single Bryn Mawr
tally.
From the opening whistle it was evi-
dent that Bryn Mawr had no. chance
to win. Beaver had a better coor-
dinated team, more skillful stickwork,
and especially an excéllent team’spirit.
Their players backed up each other
effortlessly. as though from long prac-
tice.
The best playing on the Bryn Mawr
team was shown by the left side of
the forward line, where Wyld, Bake-
well, and Stokes managed to baffle
their opposing backs with diagonal
passes among themselves.
Line-up:
Bryn Mawr. ‘Beaver.
Oarpenter ..,.. Te Wee cies oe SORNG
PH LiQO?. 4. i's bees BA avila Rogers
BUORCR ici eerie Ci Malsberger
Bakewell ...:... edit rae C. Edwards
WAAC ices cs LoWiiaee Armstrong
BOlUZOP os. cvs Sis sf: BS aM Price
WIVANS feces hice c. h.. . Nicholls
Marshall ....... LS ca cee Cleaver
BAGONG sv iaccces r. f... Van Gaasback
WHHEMB 3X03. Rak os Snyder
MICO Ciel ae .. Wortman
Substitutions: Bevin’ Sewe Boud
for Lee, Lee for Carpenter, Norris for
Seltzer, Lazo for Stokes.
Referees: M. Morton, Mrs.~Kip.
Line-up for First and Second Team
hockey games with the University of
Pennsylvania, played Tuesday, No-
vember 2: a :
‘Penn I. Bryn Mawr I.
Helen Conlin ...1. w... . A. Wyld
Beatrice Doak ...]. i......-M. Bakewell
Beene Wille .-0-- £5 es E. Lee
Betty McGinnis .r.i.....« J. Carpenter
Ruth Hin ....:. Y, Wicis cs cae BM ORG
ee ere i . King
Helen Cleaver ..c. hi. eccecscie Ligon
Betty Collins... r.h.....s. Shortlidge
Peggy Fox ......1 f........ Hutchison
Edith Jennings ..r. f...... S. Williams
Virginia Romeyn .g.......... Leighton
Goals: Penn, McGinnis, 3; Bryn
Mawr, Bakewell, 2; Boyd, 1. Substi-
tutions: Seltzer for Shortlidge, Evans
for Ligon, Ligon for Hutchison.
Penn II. Bryn Mawr II.
Remington ..... lows i ris s ¢ Howard
ONG ciccccccle erp cine Cee
DAROE ries cen c. f. Chatfield-Taylor
Shoemaker ..... Phe Lazo
SONOS fies ack Y. Wiss scone aes
Berger’ 0. 4.) Te Die esc Mary Wood
Stanton ........c.h..... Mary Meigs
MUPPAY ovr. chs r. h. Muller-Freienf’s
MOU sees cs ca des ccc kee Taft
Beet 6s cies WI es Vaux
Whitman .... -2....+-. Alexander
Goals: Penn, Darker, 2; O’Neill, 1;
Bryn Mawr, Chatfield-Taylor, 1; Fer-
guson, l.
Substitutions:
son for Lazo.
Bryn Mawr, Fergu-
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Genetics is Subject of
Miss Gardiner’s Speech
X-Rays Effect Genic Changes She
Tells Science Club :
\
Common Room, October 27.—There
are four milestones in the study of
heredity, said Miss Mary Gardiner, at
the first meeting of the Science Club.
These are: The early- breeding experi-
ments of Mendel; the discovery of
chromosomes in dividing cells. and of
their relation to inherited character-
|istics; the mapping of these chromo-
somes; and the microscopic study of].
their structure,
In 1865 Mendel, an Austrian monk,
published the results of his experi-
ments in plant breeding. He crossed
different varieties of peas and found
succeeding generations. Mendel’s work
was coldly received, and the~impor-
tance of his experiments’ not. realized
until 1900, when three botanists sep-
arately referred to his paper.
When chromosomes were discovered
it seemed clear that they carried .the
hereditary characteristics, and since
the beginning of ‘this century, breed-
ing experiments and cytological study+
have gone ‘hand in hand. The latter
was aided by the discovery that the
salivary glands of the fruit. fly, Dry-
sophila, ‘contain comparatively enor-
mous chromosomes, which can: be stud-
ied microscopically. This fly breeds
rapidly and in large numbers, going
through a complete cycle in»12 days,
which also make it. well adapted for
study.
The chromosomes: of Drysophila
have been mapped, determining where
the genes, each carrying one or more
definite’ characteristics, actually lie.
The genes are carried on the discs of:
the ratios of these varieties in the|.
NEGRO TRADITION IS
EXPRESSED IN DANCE
The. Hampton Institute Creative
Dance Group will be presented in
Goodhart Hall on November 9. The
35 members have been training for
four years, creating, transposing and
planning their choreography. They
are trying to“express the wealth of
negro tradition in their work and
through the medium of the modern
dance. Their director is Miss Char-
lotte Moton, former student at the
Chellis School of Dancing in Boston,
who has composed several numbers
for them.
The program to be given at Bryn
Mawr includes three types of dances. .
There are those of purely modern ex-
pression; Choral, composed by Miss
Moton, is one of these. Second are
the dances of negro life in this coun-
try: Dance rhythms, labor rhythms
and spirituals. And last are African
tribal dances of war and religious
festivals. :
Tickets will be on sale all week,
prices ranging ‘from fifty cents to A
dollar and a half.
stainable material which can be seen
on the chromosomes under the micro-
scope. Variations in an _ individual
may result from an accident during
meiotic division; when pieces of a
chromosome: cross over, or are added -
to another, causing duplication or
omission of certain characteristics.
Occasional variations result from
changes in the genes themselves. Much
of the modern work on chromosomes
is an effort to alter the genes. Genic
changes have been induced in Dryso-
phila by means of X-rays, and these
changes have actually been inherited,
though just what has happened, Miss
Gardiner explained, is not yet known.
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‘THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Five
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BOOK REVIEW
To Have and Have Not by Ernest
Hemingway. Charles Scribner’s Sons,
publishers.
In Hemingway’s latest book we have
what Clifton Fadiman calls a very
superior description of Key West,
Florida, and -we have also an objec-
tive description, in the best Heming-
way style of one Harry Morgan. His
story is a simple one. He has a boat,
which is his favorite ‘possession, next
to his wife, whom he loves, and his
daughters, toward whom he feels a
definite protective instinct. The boat,
however, occupies most of his atten-
tion. At the beginning, Harry has
been in the habit of taking men fish-
ing for marlin and tuna, but a Mr.
Johnson gets away without paying
for the’boat’s hire, Harry’s crew or
equipment, or the tackle which he
loses overboard. This puts Harry in
a tight spot. He agrees to convey
some Chinese men out of Cuba, il-
legally, we gather, and after he gets
their money, he kills their agent and
puts them’ ashore” again down the
beach. This gives-him, a ‘certain
“amount of capital.
In the next section of the narrative,
however, he is: reduced to smuggling
liquor into the Keys. He gets found
out, his arm is shot, and his boat
confiscated by the’ Coast Guard. For
the rest of the book, Harry is a one-
armed man. He keeps on going from
bad to worse, trying to steal his boat
back from the Coast Guard and fail-
ing, and finally borrowing a boat to
carry some bank robbers back to Cuba,
from where they came. This episode
ends with Harry’ shooting four men
and getting mortally wounded by one
got them. Near-the end of the book
“our attention shifts.to Richard Gor-
don and his wife, Professor Mac-
Walsey, Wallace Johnston, a yacht-
owner, and Henry Carpenter, a para-
site, other yacht-owners, immoral peo-
ple and other parasites. Their por-
’ traits fill in the picture of Key West,
and offer. a very crude, high-lighted
contrast to the situation of Harry}
Morgan, ‘his family and friends.
The theme of the story is summed
up in the delirious words of Harry
which the men who find him wounded
on his boat do not understand: “A
man . ain’t got-no hasn’t got
any: can’t. really isn’t any way out.’
To be even briefer: A man lives under
tremendous odds. t
The above outline implies the lack
of plot subtlety or suspense in this
book; its very simplicity even gives an
idea of the ungarnished directness of
the writing. Hemingway’s style seems
to have changed only negligibly since
the days of The Sun Also Rises.
In _ his latest book we have the same
outline of. episode for the sake of
implying no feeling. We have the
same careful creation of atmosphere
for the purpose of showing how it
has no effect on anybody. The only
eloquence of the characters is in the
repetitions of their speech. Heming-
way writes in a pattern, and the main
motifs of it are repetition of ‘certain
vernacular words and phrases, and a
trick of reporting inconsequential
trivia of action. This is supposed to
create an atmosphere. of lism, and
some critics find it does: To us,
it evokes an afMosphere of unreal
and exaggerated manliness, that. is
the air of a world. peopled by stoic,|
blundering, repetitious, adjectival,
ugly men, and various women seen
through their éyes. These incoherent,
ineffectual, immoral, furtive, and bad-
smelling people, by the very monotohy
of their action, and their pitiful lack
of eloquence are probably supposed to
reveal’ the irresistable passions that
impell them, and to give meaning to
their halting speech, and painful en-|
deavor. Often, however, these people
have not the subtlety to give us faith
in their motivation. Sometimes the
motivation is not pointed at all.
J.T
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RICHARD STOCKTON
Bryn Mawr
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an
PEACE COUNCIL’ HEAD
DESCRIBES | ITS AIMS
Many "students setae ‘uate
to be in the-dark as to the meaning
and purposes of the Peace Council
which has met several times during
the last few weeks. Therefore, Louise
Morley, ’40, gave the News the fol-
lowing explanation: |
“The Peace Council is composed of
the presidents of all undergraduate
clubs and the heads of all under-,
graduate organizations such as the’
News and the Lantern. The Presi-
dent of the Council has been the Presi-
dent of the Undergraduate Associa-'
tion, Julia Grant, ’38, but at the sec-
ond meeting of this year, the Council
elected in her place, Louise Morley,
President of the International Rela-
tions Club. The purpose of the Coun-
cil is to coordinate and arouse inter-'
est in all phases of campus peace ac-'
tivity. For éxample, the Council met
to decide on the nature of the Armis-
tice Day chapel, and to arrange for,
the speaker. Although it hopes to get
political speakers to talk on peace on:
various occasions, the Council is ‘a,
a organization. It does not;
mpt to determine campus opinion.
“In cooperation with the News, the
Council intends to edit a column -tell-;
ing students about the various kinds
of work-being done for the cause of;
peace. Any sophomore or freshman,
interested in applying for the position!
of peace columnist see Louise Morley, |
in Room 11; Merion Hall.” |
Regard Service Wing
As Great Innovation
Continued from Page One
room and bedrooms. This is the first
time that any adequate allowance has
been made in their behalf.
The students will occupy: a north|
and south wing with a common din-|
ing room on the second floor as in!
Pembroke, although there will be small!
square and round tables instead of |
the long narrow ones. The square
tables will seat eight, the round ones
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ten. On the ground floor, the entrance;
is flanked on each side by two rela-
tively small reception rooms, while at
the end: of the hall, opposite the en-
trance, will be a large lounge room
on a slightly lower level which will
necessitate-.several-steps.
Of the students who occupy the new
dormitory, three-quarters will live in, |
single rooms and one-quarter will be
in double suites. The fourth floor will
consist of three single rooms grouped
in a picturesque ‘tower -in apprexi-
mately the middle of the building.
Fireplaces and running water in
individual rooms are evidently . out-
moded. Instead of the latter, each
floor will"have its own Share of bath-
tubs and. showers which will be lo-
cated in one place, with an allowance
of one tub to every three girls. The
prices of the rooms, according to Miss
Howe, will run exactly parallel to
those in the other halls, depending, of
course, ‘on the size and situation of the
room. In the basement of the hall
are found such novelties as a quiet
lounge, a typing room, a place for
E. Foster Hammonds, Inc.
829 Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr
Pltono Records — Radio
* Peggy Dickson
Old World Jewelry
Seville Theatre
. Blair
Hair Stylist
64 E. Lancaster Ave.
Ardmore, Pa. 1
Catering to Students—Car
or cab will be sent to school
| for students—Also arrang-
ed for returning.
as
Call for your appointment
_ Ardmore 3181
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always symbolized by a child.
‘man. art, Cupid became a young lady,
; still nude, and armed with bows and
| remains
Bow, Torch; Arrews
Are Classical Relics
AUG. Yas
Continued from Page One
ally represented with’ his bandaged
eyes—the mediaeval symbol of blind-
ness. : ~
Light, Professor Panofsky |. éx-
‘plained, conveyed a sense of God to
the mediaeval mind, and blindness—
or darkness—a sense of sin. In me-
diaeval art, allegorical figures of|
night, of infidelity, of death, and of
fortune were blindfolded: Of these,
_Cupid was especially associated with
‘death and fortune, who struck at ran-
dom regardless of their victims.
This ‘conception of love was. not
In Ger-
arrows. Early works show her with
her eyes either open or closed; later,
they are bandaged. In French and
Flemish art, Cupid became fused with
the old ideal love and was still shown
‘table tennis, a bicycle room eusinnad
“with innumerable stands, and even a
‘ small laundry.
In spite of all these plans, the hall
nameless. The college is un-
‘der no restrictions since it is b
“built with.college funds, but the/onl
'decision to date is that it will b
;something North and South.
while the question of who is to gecupy
the new hall is to be decided finally
by Miss Ward and a quota commit-
tee.of undergraduates.
| Tasty Sandwiches—Refreshments
Lunches 35c Dinners 50c-60c
We make you feel at home
Bryn Mawr Confectionery Co.
(next to Seville Theatre)
Bryn Mawr
til in the thirteenth century he is fin-| however, in early work of the 10th
eee LIBBY TO SPEAK
AT CHAPEL ON NOV. 11
as a young. man, crowned, royally
dressed, but with the new bandages}
over his eyes.
Mr. ‘Frederick J. Libby, executive
secretary of the National Council for
and 14th centuries, his feet have; the Prevention of War and a prom-
been changed to falcon’s talons, and| inent speaker on peace, has been in-
he is either crowned with roses andj Vited by the college Peace Council,
girded with hearts, as in Giotto’s which represents all organizations ‘on
Chastity, or riding on the back of a} | the campus, to speak in Chapel on No-
In Italian art, he remained a child;
rd
horse, as in Barlarino’s Treatise on
Divine Love. This little monster was
so like the popular new putti that the,
|two conceptions gradually fused, and
the falcon’s talons disappeared with|
the hearts and the horse, leaving Cu-
pid, except for the bandage, very much
as he had been in classical antiquity.
As time went on, the significance of
the bandage became gradually ob-
secured, and it was used or discarded
indiscriminately, excepts when the
artist was. deliberately contrasting
pure and sexual love. The mediaeval
ideal of pure love had mistakenly been
identified with the classical deity, An-
teros, the twin of Cupid and the
guardian of mutual love. Amor Pla-
tonis, although sometimes represented
as a young man, is. therefore usually
shown as a boy with the attributes
of love, fighting and overcoming
another Cupid with a bandage over
his eyes—the symbol of impure love.
‘to the
vember 11, at 8.45.
For one year after the World War
Mr. Libby was associated with the
Society of Friends and directed re-
construction work in France. Inter-
ested in peace, he has been attached
National Council since its
founding in 1921. The council chiefly
concentrates on education and at-
tempts to strengthen the demand for
peace through non-partisan political
action,
After receiving his A.B. at Bow-
doin, Mr. Libby studied at Berlin,
Heidelburg; Marburg,: Oxford, and
finally at Andover, where he became
a Bachelor of Sacred Theology. From
1905-11 he was pastor of the Union
Congregational Church-at Magnolia,
Massachusetts. The following year he
traveled in China and Australia and
returned to teach at Phillips , Exeter
Academy, where he remained until
1920.
MEET ~~ FRIENDS
~The Bryn—Mawr College -Tea Room
for a
SOCIAL CHAT AND RELAXATION
Hours of Service: 7.30 A. M.—7.30 P. M.
Breakfast Lunch’
Dinner
Tea
For ee es Call I Bryn Mawr 386
— LP!
to raise $1,000,000
for Your Hospital
Bryn Mawr
From Paoli to City Line; from West Chester Pike to
the Schuylkill, there’s only one hospital—Bryn Mawr.
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This entire residential section is growing rapidly —
. - thousands of new residents make their homes here
‘ every year”
To serve them, Bryn Mawr Hospital,
, must grow;
must keep pace with the population. More people
for free clinics.
Some day YOU may need Bryn Mawr—we hope that
mean more sickness; more accidents; more demand
day will never come, but, if it does, wouldn’t you like
to know that Bryn Mawr’s equipment is second to.
none? Wouldn’t you like to feel that your bills will
not be exorbitant?
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‘Of course you would! And that’s exactly why we
know that you are so willing to help Bryn Mawr raise
~-ern, economical “Hospital! !
the million dollars it needs to be a a mod-
Even though it’s five dollars or just one dollar, please
remember that in a drive like this, every penny
counts.
HELP
A aphna?
SO. .
BRYN.
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Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
aM EET GONED
The Great Garrick—
Various. favorable criticisms here
and there of The Great Garrick only
made us glummer about the whole
situation. A pleasant interlude was
what the critics called it in effect,
but perhaps they had not experienced
, the shock of seeing one of their favor-
ite dream men dwindle into a frail
3 a being with ‘faults and foibles
' i
ike the -rest of us,. alas. Brian
Aherne, we mean; and since he was
the hero,t we might as well crush him
first. Perhaps this is superficial but
isn’t he getting a little toothy?
him at his typical best: White shirt
open at the neck a la Rupert Brooke,
white wig, and flashing white smile.
Besides, Garrick himself could not
have been more suavely sophisticated.
But Brian Aherne certainly made the
best of a bad job, and Garrick was
doubtless in many a way a most un-
prepossessing character, even if he did
have.England ‘at his feet. He appar-
ently combined the most appalling
self-satisfaction with studied charin.
Brjan Aherne out-Garricked Garrick,
except for one superb impersonation
of the drunken smithy, weakened one;
because we thought it was the drunk-
smithy, and two, by the appearance
of Brian’s bland face afterwards.
Olivia.de Havilland was the hero-
ine, and had the difficult task of acting
badly enough to make Garrick think
she was acting, and being a naive little
thing to boot, who would never think
of deceiving anybody.. Personally, we
felt that such- wheels within wheels
were far too subtle for her meagre!
capabilities and that she acted badly)
MOVIE REVIEW |
&
Photograph by Ida W.
Hampton Institute Dancers
Pritchett
low-countryman who played the second
grave-digger in Garrick’s Hamlet. If
Garrick had found out the plot by his
own ingenuity, we might have been
better able to béar with his insuffer-
able assurance.
The Comédie Francaise was played
by a group of people who had never
seen the shores of France, much less
learned how to pronounce “Oui, mon-
sieur” phonetically enough not to of-
fend our not too sensitive ear. Among:
them were three pert little chamber-
maids, one of whom we remember in-
anely strumming a bass viol in Mel-
ody for Two, the worst movie of the
year. All three giggled and curtsied
and over-acted with a good grace like
their pseudo-companions of the Com-
edie.
Edward Everett Horton was funny
because he always is.
We might explain that the thread! prevent us from laughing at his con-
of plot:concerns an unsuccessful hoax
perpetrated on Garrick by the Com-
édie Francaise. They took over an
inn, were unable to stop Olivia de
Havilland from wandering prettily in
as a bona fide lady in distress, and
made endless attempts on the reputa-
_tion of Garrick, who had been warned
beforehand bv a quavering little fel-' -~
ee)
stant acquiescences followed inevitably
by violent facial contortions, Even an
eighteenth century costume cannot dis-
guise a comedian who is always grati-
fyingly the same. But will this un-
questioning gratification last, we ask
ourselves sadly?
The Great Garrick certainly made
Affor+ to he lieht and airv; it put
Nothing will;
the best.
together a great screen lover, a pretty
beloved, and an approved funny man,
mixed them well with all kinds of
other gay. ingredients, and hoped for
~——
The only trouble was that the thing
refused to jell. M. R. M.
Photography Aids Composition
A new way to illustrate the struc-
tural principles of writing has been
put into use at the University of West
Virginia. Composition is mixed with
photography.
The ‘freshmen taking courses in
composition hunt for pictures - that
prove some of the fine points of com-
position. . The person who ean get
the proper perspective with a camera
turns out to be the one who finds it
easier to get the correct slant on his
stories.
For. .example, one student found
that a scene of a high mountain peak
in the distance: could be marred by
a disfiguring wire fence in the fore-
giound, indicating that non-essential
details can ruin any manuscript.
The students find that the grades
on their themes go up as they apply
the nice points of photography to
English composition. A. GP.
, manifestation
EXCERPTS From EXILE
There are few thinkers who ap-
proach the realm of ideas with ‘more
ciseretion or caution than the French.
This, to an American, is one of the
more upsetting features of their sys-
tem of education. We enjoy nothing
more than a_ literary -rough-house
good clean fun with nobody’s feelings
Luit.
by the tail, jump astride of them and
valiantly impose our will upon the
recalcitrant beasts. This procedure
amazes and horrifies the crystal logic
of a Gallic. He wiil creep up on his
clazsics stealtaily, cajoling them with
a few well-selected authorities, gain-
‘ng their confidence by his thorough
laucrary background, and only: then,
when he has them virtually eating
from his hand, will he harness them
to a substantial tleory of his own.
Yet behind this intellectual front
common to the French, it is possible
to discern a germ of discussion, a new
of the ever-popular
querclle des anciens et des modernes.
‘Tie old school is» content to. accept
long-established, opinion; ‘the new
wore red vests to the opening» of
Hernani, this party feeling is. so
strong that the respective members
take pains to show their affiliations.
A member of the old school gen-
erally tends to portliness and remains
seated while lecturing. It is impossi-
ble to say which of these tendencies
is the cause and which the result or
whether they both proceed from the
calm assurance which intellectual sup-
port of past centuries confers to him.
We l.ke to seize our classics
His clothes, tight and wrinkled, seem
to stress complacent linear curves and
his arms rise and fall in unceasing
rhythmical spheres of movement, ac-
companying an unhurried flow of
words. No apparent intellectual bat-
tle scars the surface of his lecture.
He-has chosen a well-worn theme and
plays it. with consummate artistry,
developing charming variations of his
Chesterfields give everybody
more pleasure
Take out a pack. and it draws
‘em like a magnet... right away
smokers crowd around for that
refreshing MILDNESS and BETTER TASTE
Faculty Hockey
From now vor there will be
faculty : hockey at A o’clock on
Fridays.
Pal
Pe
v
own as he- proceeds.
A member of the new sthool makes
a dramatic and flying entrance into
the classroom ten or
after the hour. He is tall and bony
and emphasizes the geometrical and
perpendicular lines of his structure
by long, . loose trousers, padded
suoulders and belted’ coats. | His
fingery hands describe right’ angles,
perpendiculars and planes as_ he
speaks, for he. regards the curved line
as too facile, too vulgar a symbol. He
lectures slowly and with conscious
austerity, pacing the: floor nervously.
Every word is spoken hesitantly, pain-
fully, and as he seeks to establish the
theory that de Vigny really liked na-
ture better than Rousseau did, his
expression is distorted by the agony
of creation. His eyes roll suspiciously
as he cites authorities and at inter-
vals his eye-brows sky-rocket upwards,
his head sinks down. between his
shoulders, and he lets out a superb,
French “pfffff?”—expressive of all
that is doubtful of heterodox. But
he old scool reinforces and popular-
izes established opinion, the new school
checks the danger of over-simplifica-
tion inherent in this acceptance, and
by trying to disprove a truism, gen-
eral'y succeeds in giving it more
weight and subtlety. Like opposing
political parties, each compliments the
other, but ultimately preaches the
same gospel. which is particularly
profitable to the traditionless Ameri-
can—appreciation of the past.
M. O.
fifteen minutes
A. S. U. Chairman Resigns
The A; S. U. regrets to announce
the resignation of Marion.Greenbaum,
graduate student, as chairman.
The chapter is instituting a new
plan by which the Executive Commit-
tee will take charge and there will be
a rotating chairman.
College news, November 3, 1937
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