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Collected Poems, by James Joyge, The
_ Viking. Press. /

James Joyce’s poems, which were
mostly written in his young manhood,
are now published in one volume for
the first time. It would even be easy
to believe that they were written in
his adolescence, for their whole tone
is as frail asthe inspiration of first
love. The beauty of -girlhood and
love are the principal subjects, with a
sprinkling of nature pieces all. of
which, with the possible exception of
the beauty of girlhood, seem to be the
sort of subjects on which a typical
young man might write poetry. In
some cases the book’s contents are so
reminiscent of such youthful poetry

te that they seem’ to be invested with a

- nostalgic quality which is itself poetic
in effect. This would not be the case,
of course, without their craftmanship,
and their occasional startling original-
ity of image.

The emotional or psychological
quality of the poetry is hard to con-
vey-—probably béeause although much
of it is written in the vocative, as if
addressed to a particular person, it
nevertheless seems far removed from
the scene of the original emotion. One
of the particular talents it reveals is
for an exactitude of phraseology,
which also’ contributes to the “emo-
tion recollected in tranquility” effect.

Despite Joyce’s peculiar use of words, |'

these verses are in the traditional
mode. There is no modern intrusion
of up to date devotion to reality and
documentation; and the vocabulary of
the lover is so sold that its terms seem
more symbolic than accurate. In the
same way, naturé imagery is used in
symbolie sense, as well as to evoke
mood. This removal from reality
without loss of intensity gives a some-
what mytserious emotional effect—like
that of hearing an almost inaudible
voice—such as is considered typically
Trish.

Pomes Penyeach, the second divi-
sion, are more varied, less traditional,
and more interesting than those of the
first section. In them Joyce perfects
his technique of emotional transition,
a sort of skipping from impression to
climax, with breaks in the thread of



Marriage
The marriage of Miss-Gladys
Leuba-to Mr. Richard Bernheim-
er has been announced.



Resignation
The editorial board of The —
College News regrets very much
to announce the resignation of





Jean Mor 39.



This.may be derived from his
experience in playwriting or in his
understanding of his contemporary
drama. The theory that the mental
energy required to understand a poem
as a factor in its emotional impact,
may account for the greater effective-
ness of the last part of the book.

The interest of the -poet through-
out is not, however, primarily in sense
but rather in rhythm, rhyme and asso-
nence. . His ear is extremely sensitive
and his rhymes and phrase lengths
are excellent for their clarity and
variability. The following lines are
from A Flower Given to My Daugh-
ter:

sense.

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“Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave

| Whole soul is sere and paler

Than time’s wan wave.”







Senior: Elections

The class of 1938 takes. pleas-
ure in announcing the following
elections: President, Mary
Sands; vice-president and treas-
urer, G. Alison Raymond; -sec-
‘ retary, Alice Chase; song mis-

tress, Helen Shepherd:











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German Orals Bring

Usual Crop of Boners



Imagination Takes Precedence Over
Exactitude in Exams :



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With each year’s Oral, examination

we become increasingly conscious of
the obtuseness of the German lan-
guage and particularly of the difficul-
ties it presents to Bryn Mawr stu-
dénts.’ Making up for a lack of wh-

‘derstanding by an excess of imagina-

tive interpretation, they have ‘again
produced ingenious boners.

Striving toward a better interna-
tional understanding, one optimist
writes: “As I have seen a skyscraper
and ence rode on a subway in New
York, I believe that the United States



has hit the nail on the head.”

The seemingly simple phrase, Das
Fleisch muss reifen, brought forth:
“The flesh must travel.” “The enjoy-
ment of meat in the festive position is
higher than in the fresh state.”
“Butchering requires a refrigeration
‘of 0 degrees in a dark cell.” “The
cold preservation of meat is, if it man-
ages to stay in sick bed not a longer
time than six weeks, relatively simple,
then already retard a cooling off of
0 degrees the process of decomposition
stiff in the cell.” “Otherwise it is on
the contrary with far over seas move-
ment.” “Chilled very. deeply.”
“Crowds of potassium or sodium ni-
trate.”

Das Amulett likewise inspired “Gre-
cian amylon signifies a particular spot

cian tended in olden time, an artist
rStarkemehl, with every kind of paste-

ware set forth, which found various
usefulness to the physician. The Latin
development ‘“amulmetum” means:
Nourishment of wheaten starch. This
substance was looked upon more like
our camolile-tea than (Allheilmittel).
—The starch was immediately devel-
oped into abstraction and finally sig-
nified Amulett—already .a foreign
word — ——a— — —....”
Bringing a new and _ surrealistic
trend. to.the time-honored field of
lexicography, this crop of _ papers
offered the following translations to-
ward a revised’ (and perhaps much
needed) dictionary: Wolkenkratzer—
airplane, vulcanic crater, crowd. of
people, crater of clouds, cloudburst,



folk mixture, cloud formation. What,







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