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Entertainment
Series Planned
By Committee



Series Will Include Myra
Hess, Ruth Draper,
Carl Sandburg

TRAPP CHOIR HAS.
FIRST ENGAGEMENT





The Entertainment Committee of
Bryn Mawr College is presenting-a"
series of six performances between
November and April. The artists who
will appear are: the Salzburg» Trapp
Choir, on. Monday, November 28; Ruth
Draper in the first or second: week in
December; Myra Hess on Tuesday,
February 7; Martha Graham and her
Dance Group on Thursday, February
23; Margery Edwards in March and
Carl Sandburg on April 20. Any
profits from the sekies will go to the
Theatre Workshop.

The Salzburg Trapp Choir is com-
posed. of eight members of the von
Trapp family, who are hailed every-
where for the charm and originality
of their entertainment. Their pro-
gram will be divided into three parts:
a capella octet, a serenade of sixteenth
century “block-flutes,” and Austrian
folk-songs in native costume.
~ Ruth Draper is one of America’s
best-known diseuses. After a Lon-
don performance, the Times said that
ther creations were fresh and full of
vitality; ‘When calls were taken at
the end, it seemed as though the :cur-
tain should rise on a company strung
across the stage.”

Bryn Mawr .is well acquainted with
Myra Hess through her performance
in 19387. She is an English pianist
with a large and faithful American
public, and has received many honors
both in England and America.

John. Martin writes of Martha
Graham in the New York Times,
““When the definite thistory of the
dance “comes to be written it will be-
come evident that no other dancer has
yet touched the borders to which Mar-

tha Graham has extended the com-|

pass of movement. Not only in a tech-
nical sense . . . but especially in the
field__of-- creative expressional _move-
ment she has made an incomparable
contribution,”

Marjory Edwards is a 15-year-old

violinist from California. She was
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Faculty Publications

Professor Broughton’s Roman
Asia Minor appeared in June
as part of Volume IX of An
Economic - Survey aa Ancient +
Rome... :.

An... article ee Miss...Schenck
and Miss Gilman, entitled “Le
Voyage” and “L’ Albatros”: The
First Text, appeared in the Oc-
tober issue of the Romanic Re-
view.









Dr. Salmony Speaks

On Archaic Bronzes



| Rise and Fall of Religious Faith

Of Feng and Anyang States
Traced in Art



The Deanery, November 2.—Dr. Al-
fred Salmony, professor,of Fine Arts
at New York University, gave an
illustrated discussion of the archaic
bronzes of the Feng and Anyang
states. It was the first of two lectures
on. Chinese art.

The study of ancient bronzes, ac-
cording to Dr. Salmony, has been

greatly retarded by’ the lack of accu-

rate data. .Until 1927, there was
practically ..no
The «period; ‘meaning and symbolism
of many pieces: Were uncertain. Chin-
ese. tradition and. mythology | were
vague and generally unreliable. Cop-
ies, forgeries and. imitations have been
continually produced. evér since the
sixth century A. D., when the first

collections. were .started.

Very recently, however, archeologi-
cal discoveries in China have enabled

‘modern scholars to reconstruct the

history of the bronzes by collecting
and comparing inscriptions. Prior
to the excavation of the city of
Anyang, no Chinese history earlier
than the fifth and sixth centuries
B. C. was known. Anyang, however,
proved to be—the capital of a state
dominant in eastern China from about
1400 to 1100 B. C.. Now we know
bronze vessels that probably belong
to the period of its supremacy.

These vessels were sacred, used for
nothing but sacrifices to enlist the
good will of ancestors or to propi-
tiate the deites. They are of many
shapes, but usually fall into three
catagories: tripods with hollow feet,
a shape carried over from Neolithic
pottery; tall pots, swelling at the
base, with handles and a cover, prob-
ably for carrying food; and lastly,
fantastic pitcher-shaped containers,
covered with animals and used only
for the highest acts of religtgn.

The decoration_of_these_vessels.-was
chiefly fine flat engraving, made from
molds and inspired by bone and wood

carving, rounded forms raised from
Continued on Page Two

CAMERA SCAVENGERS
END PHOTO HUNT





The .Camera Club Scavenger Hunt
came to’a close Sunday night, No-
vember 6, with a party at Doris Turn-
er’s house. Each member had been
given a list of subjects for pictures,
which were to be taken and printed
before that time.

In three cases the judges could not

agree on which of two pictures was

the better, and had to call a tie. Bet-.

ty Tyson Hooker won first prize, with
four pictures accepted, two of which
were-tied..with.-others.... Doris .Turner,
Fairchild Bowler, Margaret Kroehle
and Ethel Clift also received awards,
and an ehonorable mention... went, ,to
Christine Waples. The pictures as~A
whole showed a surprising amount of
interest and humor.



Gertrude Ely Outlines

: Of Democratic

1938 Platform
Party in Pennsylvania



Claims Present Graft Trivial
Compared With Republican
Record in Past



In_an interview on the present, po-
“litical situation in Pennsylvania, Miss
Ely gave-the highlights of the Demo-

,eratic platform and accomplishments
as well as-a brief review of the whole
situation. That the elections will be
over by the time this issue of the
News appears we believe will _make|——.
little difference to the importance of
the-facts gleaned from Miss Ely, who
has had ‘to keep well informed on all
political developments in the state in
order to answer the many questions
asked by the audiences at her cam-|;
paign speeches.

Until 1934, the Democrats in Penn-
sylvania had been a minority’in both



the Senate and the House for over 50

years. As the state is predominantly
industrial, with its rich coal lands and
other natural resources, it-has pros-
pered for many years ori the protective
principles laid out by the Republicans.

As*a result-the State has beén slow ||

to respond to the.reeds of its workers
and the bad conditions in the indus-
trial districts. The Democrats’ ‘and
other leaders in. social legislation
formed a minority and were not influ-

ential enough to promote the _neces-||_

sary legislation. In 1937 the Demo-
crats finally gained a majority in both
the House and the Senate.

The Democratic program for 1938,
Miss Ely-said, presents definite plans
rather than very wide, general: prom-
ime It endeavors to obtain a more

generous attitude toward the worker

| who has, after all, had a large part in|

producing the wealth which. many en-
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wit.

- Scientific excavation. |:













Terry Ferrer, ’40



»|Summer School Work

Analyzed by Members

Students Arrange Curriculum to
Answer Their Present Social
Problems ~~





»
CURRICULUM DESCRIBED



Goodhart, November 1.—The Indus-
trial Group meeting held a discussion
of the Bryn Mawr Summer School,
its purpose and its value. from the

point of view of the workers who have

gone to it.. The girls at the a
representing various ““6rganizations
and schools, told what the summer
school meant. to them and how it had
first made them aware of the prob-

lems of their community.

The

those of the Commonwealth and the
Continued on Page Four



Paul Green to Speak
On Theatre in America



(Especially contributed by the Eng-
lish department.)

Next week the college will have a
chance not only to hear a public lec-
tute-on-the..American theatre by a
distinguished playwright, Paul Green,
but to have conferences with him on
play-writing, new developments in the
theatre, and practical __problems— of
marketing plays.

On Wednesday evening, November
16, Mr. Green will give the Ann Eliza-
beth Sheble: Lecture on. The Iittigina-
tive Theatre in America. On Thurs-
day and Friday he will stay at Bryn
Mawr to discuss the problems that
students may bring in. This arrange-
ment gives much more opportunity for
information and advice than the usual
public lecture -followed only by a scat-
tered’ discussion in the Common Room,
at which a tired speaker and students
with little time to formulate questions
can hardly be thorough shout the sim-
plest problem raised.

“Students in the Modern Drama
course, the Players’ Club, and others
are working with the English De-

‘| pastment -to arrange«the» time»-and

place of conferences, and some tenta-
tive subjects. These will not include
acting as a profession. They will in-
clude ;the small local theatre. Any

student who is interested in working’ Vided

with Mr. Green should speak to the
English Department. Copiés of the

books by Mr. Green that are in‘the
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~ Plans for Chapel
phere will be a Sunday Eve-
‘ning Service on November 13,
conducted by Dr. Rex Clements,
minister of the ‘Presbyterian
Church of Bryn Mawr. The
“choir will sing Hallelujah Amen.
-from Handel’s Judas: Macca-.
baeus. A discussion will follow
in the Common Room. This will
be the only service in Novem-
ber because of the practice for
the Christmas Musical Service,
to be given with the Church of ©
the Redeemer Choir on Decem-
ber 11.







first to .be organized were

Camilla Riggs, ’40, and Aliee John, ’39

Leading Toxicologist

Gives Lurid Lecture



Chemistry and Crime Detection

Discussed by A. O. Gettler
- In Graphic Detail



Goodhart, November 3.—Mr. Alex-
ander O. Gettler, professor of toxicol-
dgy at Washifhgton Square College,
New York University, speaking under
the auspices of the Science Club, illus-
‘trated his explanation of the analytic
use of Chemistry in- the Detection of
Crime with recent murder cases. Mr,
Gettler is*empowered by law, in his
position: as chief of the Medical Ex-

15,000 annual “violent, sudden and
suspicious deaths” in New York City.

Whenever a crime has been com-
mitted, ‘said Mr. Gettler, it is the duty
of the community to investigate the
true cause, yet New York is the only
city in-the United States where this
is done to any extent. With the meth-
ods now available, many of the new-
est devised by Mr. Gettler himself,
his laboratory is baffled by only five
per cent of the cases-brought to them.

He described the processes used to. de-
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Mrs. Manning Discusses
Mid - Semester



Warns Students—Not—to “Watch
ming of Dawn” on Eve
\ Of First Quiz

Music Room, November 3.—In prep-
aration for the approaching mid-se-
mesters, Dean Manning spoke to a
preponderately freshman audience last
Thursday. She outlined briefly’ the
purposes of the quizzes: to indicate
to the faculty whether they have suc-
ceeded in making certain points in
their courses, to show the student how
much she is learning and to fix the
pattern’ of-her-courses~in her mind.”

“Quizzes should be regarded as trial



plained that quiz results are not final,
and that, generally speaking, “diaas-
ters in first quizzes can.be, overcome.”
Many students taking reading
courses feel that their first concern
should be to review the reading. Mrs.
Manning declared the college isqdi-
into two groups, those who
haven’t finished their reading and
those who haven’t begun it. Everyone
should review -her notes as a whole,
and above all, should learn to select

centrated .study. : A- student’s. ‘finial
| pre-quiz studying should be made on
a basis of brief reading notes cover-

ay

course. so ag Pew a ad

Thiwot. he ar coming “ol the |
dawn,” Mrs. Manning warned. “‘Show-
manship, the ability to present one’s
material effectively arid clearly, is ex-
tremely valuable.”

The three faculty advisors this year
will be Dean Manning, Miss Hawks,
Warden of Denbigh, and Miss Mc-
Bride, Assistant to the Dean. _ Lists
will be posted indicating the students



snipe be soiniainiainbaintint ~



aminer’s ‘laboratory, to investigate the |-

flights”, said Mrs. Manning.» She ex-)

the.most important ‘material for~con-}}"

ing. the most essential parts of Peas, :

under the supervision of each advisor.

Ludiones Gives
Fourth Comedy

From Plautus



Rudens, Translated by Riggs
And Ferrer, Makes Fast

Moving Farce

MISS LAKE MOVING
SPIRIT OF PLAYERS

Goodhart Hall, November 5.—
Rudens, paraphrased as Flotsam
and’ Jetsam, was the fourth Latin
Play to be gifen here, and has done
its bit towards perpetuating what will
soon be labeled our nicest tradition.
The translaters of this year’s play,
Terry Ferrer and Camilla Riggs, both





1’40, and the Ludiones gave us comedy
as good as any we are likely to get:

again until the next Latin play. —

’ Everything about the play was sat-
isfying and Plautus seems to appeal
as much to the Bryn Mawr student of
today as he did to the rabble of ancient
Rome. The directing was excellent,

.|and informal good acting prevailed.

The pace—a_ breathless ‘rush—never
altered. The plot was singularly
happy. The hero got his -girl, the old
man found his long lost daughter, two
slaves got their freedom and the vil-
lain recovered his property. In fact,
as the play ends, the villain, a white
slaver, goes with all his gold and sil-
ver safely in his hands to dine with
the- father of the girl he kidnaped.
Fifi Garbat, ’41, had a hard job in
the part of Trachalio, the hero’s slave,
because the pace @{ the play depended
on her. With unflagging, aggressive
energy, Trachalio must stick his nose
into everything and ferret out facts
essential to the next step in the plot.
He must forever reveal something te
some one, go for Kelp or come for it.
He is the stock Plautus slave, an op-
portunist, a lover of mischief and, a
coward. Tyachalio, however, has, to

Jetsam to Labrax, “that scum of the
earth, a white slaver,” as the prologue
describes him. Labrax was admirably
done by Pennell Crosby, ’41, who made

ie ‘lof him-a singularly repellant creature
Quizzes|

with a villainous Brooklyn whine re-
lieved occasionally by a snarl. Julia
Follansbee, *41, played Daemones, ‘the
poor old man who-recovers his daugh-
ter, with delicious comedy and with re-
serve. She especially shared with
Alice John, ’89, cast as Ampelisea,
slave to Labrax, a keen, never dormant
sense of the comic. Ampelisca was
consistently” funny. As she’ gave
them, good lines and poor ones were
equally good comedy. If. we pick any
one place in the play as a highlight,
we must pick the scene in which she
and the heroine Paelestra, hunt for
each other on the beach. Ampelisca’s

girlish~cries”and léaps were really a
Continued on Page Two

_ COLLEGE CALENDAR ©

' Thursday, November 10.—
Miss Frances Perkins and the
Rt. “Hon, Margaret‘ Béndfiéla” *
will: speak on The Relation of
Government to Organized Labor.
Goodhart, 8.20.

Friday, November 11.—Ar-
mistice Day. , Rose Terlin will
‘speak. Goodhart, 8330 a. m.
Discussion, 9-10 a. m.

Sunday, November 13.—Rex
Clements_ will speak in. Chapel...
Music Room,. 7.30. :

Tuesday, November 14.—Con-
cours Oratoire.”

Wednesday, -November 15.—
Current Events, Mr. Fenwick..
Common Room, 7.30.. Paul Eliot





bal

native Theatre .in America.
Goodhart, - 8.20.

Monday, November 21.—Sec- ~
ond Shaw lecture by Judge Flor-
ence Allen. Goodhart, 8.20. _

Tyesday, November 22.—Cur-
rent Events, Mr.’ Fenwick. Com-
“mon Room, 7.30.

Wednesday, November 23.—
Thanksgiving vacation begins.











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Declaration of

We are reminded by the imminence of mid-semesters that under-
graduates are likely to overwork themselves on such occasions ; in fact,
that our attitude to quizzes is indicative of our attitude to college work
When one‘is on the verge of taking a quiz, it is hard to

as a whole.
believe that marks are unimportant ;

Mawr, but unless we do, we will start rating ourselves according to
our standing in relation to other people, and nothing could be more

artificial or more dangerous.

To prevent this, we would suggest a philosophy of work based on

the fact that in our four years at
than we will ever be again.

instead of either duty or rivalry.

school-days when studying was unpleasant and was done to please our

parents by getting good marks, and
everybody else.

It takes a little while to realize that at college we are studying to
please ourselves and that the criterion’ we set up js unchanged by
Moreover, here more than elsewhere because of our inde-
pendence, hard work should be accompanied by a pleasant sense of
fulfillment instead of by a disagreeable sense of duty.
any duty here, we would cease to be independent; if we do anything
beeause we think it is our- duty, it no longer has any positive value.
When we have set our criterion, we can refuse to be bound by any-
Instead of working for marks we can work to derive the
—ualtimate-benefit-or—pleasure-for_ ourselves,

marks.

thing else.

_ If we try to set up some kind of individual
criterion, we find ourselves adhering to a Pateresque fullness of life

Independence

it is hard ever to believe it at Bryn

college we are more independent

Both the latter are relics of our

above all to get better marks than

If there were



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In Philadelphia

Aldine: A Man To Remember, the
story of a country doctor.

Arcadia: Marie Antoinette, a his-
torical drama with Norma Shearer
and Tyrone Power.

Boyd: The Citadel, with Rosalind
Russell and Robert Donat. The screen
version of A. J. Cronin’s Bee of al.
physician, .

Earle: , Broadway Musketeers, a
melodrama with. Margaret Lindsay
“and Ann Sheridan. --

Europa:. Grand Illusion, with Eric
von Stroheim, Jean Gabin and Pierre
Fresnay.

< Fox: Brothe? Rat, a romantic com-
edy with Wayne Morris and Priscilla
Lane. ~

Kariton: You Can’t Take It With
You, comedy with Jean Arthur, Lio-
nel Barrymore and.Mischa Auer.

_ Keith’s: There Goes My Heart, with

Frederic March and Patsy Kelly.
~-----News; No Man Of Her Own, com-
og ‘edy with Clark Gable and_Cafole. Lome"
bard.



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» Suburban Movies
Ardmore: Wednesday, Thursday,

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Friday, Saturday, Too Hot To Han-/

with Myrna’ Loy and Clark Gable.

+1928-29. He has also written” weveraly

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, The
Ritz Brothers, in Straight, Place and
Show.

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Paul Green to Speak
On Theatre in America



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Continued from Page One

Library have been placed on reserve
on. the table in the New. Book.Room.

Mr. Green’s plays are specially inter-
esting in their use of native American
subjects of. social importance, ang in
their imaginative. treatment. A native
of North Carolina and a graduate of
its university, where he is now Pro-
fessor of Philosophy, he has written
about Southern farmers, share crop-
ers, and negroes. A former soldier
himself, he has written about Ameri-
can soldiers and peace in, the play
Johnny Johnson, recently produced by
the Group Theatre in New York.
Other well-known plays of his are In
Abraham's Bosom, Which in 1926 re-
ceived the: Pulitzer Prize for. Drama,
and Ther House of Connelly, prodticed!
by the New York Theatre: Guild jn

novels.



Barn- Frail Marked |

Interclass Hockey
There will be interclass hockey
games next Thursday, Novem-
ber 10, at 4 p. m, On the fol- -
lowing Thursday the winners
will meet in the final competi-
tion.







Dr. Salmony Speaks
On Archaic Bronzes



. Continued from Page One

a called “thread patterns.”
Many b

from animal formations/there was
abstract ornament with the spiral mo-
tif predominating, but vegetative
ornament never appears.

All this ornament was symbolic, re-
ligious in character, and, as is to be
expected with an agricultural race,
principally concerned with natural
phenomena, ° fertility and reproduc-
tion. The upper part of handles were

commonly in the shape of an animal
mask - spitting out its tongue, while
the lower part was made up of a
bird whose head fitted in the ani-
mal’s mouth. Only two patterns were
possible on the tongue: one signify-
ing water and the other the cicada,
the symbol of reincarnation. The
design stands for darkness, spitting
out fertility. The body of the vessel
was usually covered with composite
animals and abstract symbolic designs,
such as the cowrie shell, which was
the sign of the female. sex. This ab-
straction was made necessary by the
complication and ritualization of the
art, and the quantities of ornaments
forced into so small a space.

In 1100 B. C. the art of Anyang

dynasty, which came from Shensi
Prowince and destroyed Anyang. The
center of art was moved to their capi-
tal, Feng, and remained there until
771 B. Cy The first five kings tried
to imitate the Anyang art, and their
bronzes are hardly distinguishable
from the earlier ones, except that
they are heavier and bolder.

This. Early Chou work was, how-
ever, more cruel and brutal than that
of Anyang or Cheng. It was more
robust in treatment and architectural
in shape. Instead of a regular se-
quence of meanders and spirals, they
are used decoratively, in a devitalized
manner, as if thetartist were begin-
ning to forget their symbolism. The
inscriptions are more complicated, and}:
the surface is broken by animals and
hooked phlanges, making Early Chou
almost baroque in character.

After 950, the central power broke
down almost completely. The result
was that bronzes tend to lose most of
their religious significance and _be-
come impoverished, ornamented with
vitalized animals, horizontal grooves
and broad figured bands with simple
patterns. This style is known as Mid-
dle Choy. It lasted until about 600
B. C.

Middle Chou was succeeded by Late
Eastern Chou, which was . almost
purely an art of jewelry rather than
ritualistic representation. It ‘used

interlaced ornaffiental forms, inlaid
with gold and silver and almost with-
‘out animal symbolism. At the same
time, highly. naturalistic. statues . of
animals and men begin to appear.
The final period of archaic ‘bronzes
was the ‘Han period, which -began
about 200 B. C. and lasted until 200
A. D. The vessels retain their fa-
miliar shapes but are much simplified
and almost unornamented. What
symbolism is left is of an easy fairy-
tale nature. The art of bronze cast-
ing has entirely ceased to be religious
and has become an applied and prac-
Vian) art.

EXPANSION OF POOL
_ACTIVITIES. PLANNED}

( Especially | contributed by Anne

‘Wight, ’39 ‘2
This year swimming - Bryn Mawr’

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, King of Alcatraz, with Gail

Patrick and Lloyd Nolan. Monday|

and Tuesday, Garden of ‘the Moon,
with Pat O’Brien and Margaret. Lind-

say.
Seville: Wednesday and Thaxeday,
Sonja Henie in My Lucky Star. Fri-



The trail. leading to the barn
is now marked. It -begins at
the corner of Gulf Road and
Roberts Road by the cemetery.
The markers are aluminum-col-
ored metal triangles which spe-
cifically indicate direction. In

the near future the marking of |
the best route to Valley Forge
Rae be completed, :









thas gone in for novelty; a new in-|
structor, a new type of meet and new
opponents for the varsity... Slow-mo-
tion movies of Olympic Diving have
already been shown on the campus.
_ This winter the varsity plans to
have telegraphic meets. with Vassar
and-one. or two. other colleges. Try-
outs, will’ be at the Gym on Tuesday,
November 15, at either 4.30 or 5.00

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the surface, or designs of slightly|;

onzes had lacquer inlay. Aside}

was succeeded by that of the Chou!

beautiful decorative shtipes, teeming, ;



WITS END|

DON JUAN
(Canto XVII continued)
Juan had caught a cold; he felt quite
sick, :
The fruits of Lantern Night~ and
victory.
He couldn’t even thi
Ulum he planned








have, so weak

was he.
He went to see Miss Gryphon. “Well,
poor chick
You have a terhp.,”’ she said in sym-
pathy.

Juan decided that a heart superior
Fluttered beneath Miss Gryphon’s
dark exterior.

It is not wise to struggle or—corinive
Against the inf.; you must be recon-
ciled.
Juan with Hitler instincts still alive,
Found himself treated like a back-
ward child.
(I’d like to see a~ dictator complex
thrive Ts
Down in that atmosphere of mercy
mild.)
“From now on,’ murmured
“when I’m weary, ©
I shall be leerier of Dr. Leary.”

Juan,

“Who’s going to be my professional
model? _
Lavender, Miss Lagoon,
* Munch?”
A nurse came in, armed with a du-
bious bottle.
“Here are some pills.” “Swallow,”
he asked; “or crunch?”
“Swallow,” she said severely.
fect twaddle,
Who ever heard of soda _ before
lunch?”
Alas, more here than siiiatinge: it
would seem,
Time is the fleeting shadow of a
dream.

or, Dr.

Per-

air;
(No one ‘was looking.) Miss La-
goon went by.
Suddenly feeling very debonair,
He .waved his arms and shouted
loudly, “Hi!”
“My dear Don Juan, where’s your
savoir faire?”
Said Miss Lagoon, and added with a
sigh,
“Whoever through an open window
hollers,
Is automatically fined five dollars.”

e

“Listen,” he said in utter desperation,
“Help me get out of here, tonight,
at ten.
I’m in the most unmanly situation;
. Taylor has need of me, she is a fen
Of stagnant students, needing stimu-
A lation.”
“Well,” Miss Lagoon said, “The con-
ceit of men.
Certainly not; you might as easily
wheedle
A camel through the eyelet of a nee-
dle.”
(To be continued)

*



Ludiones Give Fourth
Comedy From Houtus



Guatiiies from Page One

triumph. ,

Terry Ferrer had a most appealing
part which, because of a sprained
ankle, she was obliged to play with a
crutch. She was Gripus, Daemones’
fisherman slave, who turns up at the
right time with a large trunk in his
fishing net. He plans to buy his free-
dom with its contents, but since it
turns out to be the trunk which La-
brax has lost, poor Gripus gets none
of it. While he still cherished his illu-
sions, however, he sang to.the tune of
Am I alone and unobserved, -a wistful

"| little song. climaxed with these lines:

“I’ve been thinking out with pleasure.
|_ How I’m going to spend my leisure,
Buy a house upon a hill,

And ’round it build a city,

And make it very pretty, ° a

‘And call it Gripusville.”

moving spirit of the Ludiones.

_ | quite skillful.

time.

Miss Ely Interviewed
On Democratic Party



+ Continued from Page One

joy today.” The Democrats will con-
tinue their efforts to make more and
more secure the lives of those who “for
so many: years have suffered insecurity .
through no fault of their own.”

“The efforts already made in this di-

‘rection have, Miss Ely said, accom-

plished remarkable results’ for the
length of time they have been in ef-
fect. The accusations of graft made
by the Republicans amusé Miss Ely,
for she recalls\the years under the
Republican controf of the State, For
instance, the Republicans fought the
use of the voting machine for many
years until finally the Democrats

-pushed through the necessary legisla-

tion in .the interest of honest elec-
tions.

The Democrats. came into power
when the relief need was 4€ its: high-
est and when the State, counties,
and towns realized the expense could
not be met without outside aid. “As

ja result of the depression following

Hoover’s administration,” Miss Ely.
explained, the State had had to spend
three billion dollars, an average of
over 450 million a year. The county
and poor relief taxes in one year, at
that time, amounted only to 119 mill-
ion and, if the additional money re-
quired for relief had had to be raised
within the State, taxes would have
been increased to four times the orig-
inal amount.

The Republicans in their denuncia-
Continued on Page Three



who appeared at the beginning of the
second act. After a song to the tune
of I am the captain of the Pinafore, _
they were hailed by Trachalio. His
flippancy did not impress them, but
when he ‘said: “How’s tricks? How’s
Davy_ Jones been treating. you?” the
first fisherman was moved to reply
stolidly: ‘“Nobody’s treating us.

Juan had raised his window for more\.We’re starving to death.” Having fur-
‘|ther vouchsafed that they had seen no

one, they went off to reappear no more.

Listed humbly at the bottom of the
program as “Faculty Adviser, Agnes
K. Lake, ’80,”’ Miss Lake was the
Her
job could not be described accurately
because of its unbounded. nature.
Among other things, she was director,
advisor, cogitator and harmonizer in
general.

Costuming was. nonchalant and
Daemones would prob-
ably have been in character in a bath-
ing suit, but his costume was in itself
a nice bit of character interpretation.

+The scenery, in the best Latin play

tradition, relied mostly for effect upon
labels. Somewhere between the audi-
ence_and the stage, we read, lay the
Mediterranean, and by a sign'a great
rock was designated in the middle of
the stage. Arcturus, played by Vir-
ginia Nichols, ’41, climbed to the sky
on a ladder, the top of ‘which« was
labeled Sky.

Other members of the cast who de-
serve special mention are: Doris
Dana, ’41, as Sceparnio, a crochety

|old slave of Daemones; Camilla Riggs,

’40, as the lovely Palaestra; Ptolemio-
cratia, the suitably abstracted. and
7} lofty. priestess of Venus, played by
Rosemary Sprague, ’41.

One of the main reasons for the
success of the Ludiones. seemed tg, be
that they were having as much fun
as the characters they were repre-
senting, and most of Plautus’ char-
acters do seem to be out for a geod
Another reason is the excel-
lence of the English version of the
play, which was flavorful and full of
amusing modern idiom without being
overloaded with slang for incongrui-
ty’s sake.

: D. H. C.



Slaves of the French Oral!
How many ‘faux pas’ did you
notice in the advertisements of ©

. last week’s News? Mauch to our

» confusion .we find. that we
maligned the Maison Adolphe

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=+—Through--Trachalio’s -doing, Gripus

soon loses his trunk and confides gloom- |

ily to the audience as he polishes’ a
rusty spit: “You people needn’t think
you’re going to see a living Gripus
this evening if I don’t get back that
trunk.” He doesn’t, but he does get ‘his
freedom, although ‘he is not _ in the
least placated ‘thereby.

A very engaging group was ‘the





|

_|chorus of the Fisherman of Cyrene,

et calling their Mr. John, Mn



Jabu. Rene Marcel, however,
i appalled at our boners: we

called him Rene Marce; and‘*| —
_ we spelled “ffancais,” ‘“frai-
cais”’ . “votre,” “votie”; and

“appelez,” “appelz”! With apolo-
gies all around, we shall retire
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CURRENT EVENTS

( Gisiuad a Mr. “Wiiasiak?

Just to see what might happen let
us imagine the Republican Party win-
ning an overwhelming victory in the
elections.

The Federal Deposit Insurance
would not be abolished because of the
great protection it affords against
runs on banks. The C. C. C. and the
A. A. A. would remain, although
Kansas and Idaho are divided in opin-
ion concerning the A. A. A. “The
Republicans won’t lessen the amount
of Farm Relief by one dollar, but
will probably change its form.” They
question a form of farm relief which
can find no better means of meeting
the problem of over-production than
by ploughing under the wasted crops.
They would probably increase the
amount of conservation relief rather
than change it. The policy is to pay
the farmers to change from soil erod-
ing crops to soil conserving crops.

Both the P. W. A. and the W. P. A..
will ‘have to go, as the Republican
Party regards them as “superfluous”
expenditures. With them old age in-
surance would disappear, although
unemployment insurance would prob-
ably be retained.

The National Labor Relations Board
would go, ‘since it is-.considered by
most Republicans to be unfair to the
employer. Immediate injunctions
against. sit-down strikes would be
put into effect. The government, in
its turn, would be restrained from
competing with the utilities, as it now
does under the T.. V. A.





Miss Ely Interviewed
On Democratic Party



Continued from Page Two

tion of the use of Federal funds seem
to forget this. Through Federal aid,
Miss Ely pointed out, Philadelphia has
at last gotten under way a 65-million
- dollar program to rebuild and increase
the public institutions which the Re-







publicans had allowed to become
“criminally outmoded and inadequate.”
Pennsylvania was the forty-fifth state
of the union to take over county and
municipal institutions caring for the
mentally ill, and this long overdue
legislation was finally. accomplished by
the Democratic législature.

‘Not only has this piece of legisla-
tion meant an increase in efficiency
and a cleaning up of graft, but it has
also greatly decreased the cost of gov-
ernment in the counties and municip-
alities. In this way local taxes will
be reduced and greater efficiency as-
sured. For Philadelphia, another ad-
vance in efficiency of government and
prevention of graft. is the legislation
providing for a city charter to be voted
on in the 1939 Legislature. Recently
New York has finally acquired a com-
parable charter.

A really startling achievement of
the Democrats is the measure which
places the Public Assistance Depart-
ment under the civil service with the
merit system. This department, with
approximately 5000 employees, might
have provided a rich source for pat-
ronage, and Democratic legislation
shows an enormous advance over that
of former administrations. No_ one,
Miss Ely said, who has not tried tg
secure for Philadelphia a better gof-
ernment can have any idea of the cour-
age, sincerity and hard work these
measures have demanded from the
Governor and his associates. —

The labor laws, and through them
the workers’ conditions, have also been
improved. Indeed in no State of the
Union have as many favorable and lib-
eral measures been passed by a leg-
islature in as short.a timé as: has been
done by the present Pennsylvania ad-
ministration. And the budget has

been balanced despite all these addi-
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On Saturday, November 5, the
Philadelphia Cricket Club hockey team
defeated the Bryn Mawr Varsity, 5-0.
In spite of the decisive score the Bryn
Mawr team played one of the best
games of its season. Not only has the
greater part of the Philadelphia team
played together for several years, but
it also includes top ranking players
of the United States. Two of its
members were on the U. S. team tour-
ing Australia in 1937, two more were
chosen for the Southeast team last
year, and Miss Strebeigh and Miss El-
liott have been All-Americans for a
number of years, Miss Elliott playing
goal.

Fifteen fouls were called on Bryn
Mawr in the first. half in contrast to
Philadelphia’s five. The Cricket Club
team took excellent advantage of the
free shots>thus gained and kept the
ball in the Bryn Mawr half.:of the
field most of the time, scoring four
points. In the second half Bryn
Mayr reduced her number of penal-
ties greatly, there was'a far evener
distribution of the ball on the field,
and Philadelphia scored once.

The Bryn Mawr team played well
together. Both the side halves, Mar-
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The Bryn Mawr wings, both fast,
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their inability to outrun the Philadel-
phia. halves.

Miss Elliott commented on the fine
flat passes by the Bryn Mawr for-
wards but felt these plays could be
more mixed. She said that the hard-
est play for a goalkeeper to break up
was an attack of the goal by a for-
ward ‘keeping ball very close to
her stick. The game gave her occa-
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can time her interference to catch a
ball dribovled too hard.

Although there was little doubt as
to the outcome, it was a fine game,
with much good hockey.

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Entertainment Series
Planned by Committee



Continued from Page One

brought to Pittsfield when her teacher,
Kathleen Parlow, was given the first
violin chair in the South Mountain
Quartet. During the first summer, she
had a chance to play at the Berk
shire Symphonic Festival. She was 1
sensation and as a result was allowed
to give a concert in the ‘Pittsfield Audi-

*torium. Two years ago she was greet-

ed enthusiastically by critics and audi-
ence alike when she made her debut
in the New York Town'Hall. ~
The last in the series will be Carl
Sandburg, “lecturer, poet, trouba-
dour.” Some of his best-known works

’ are: Potato Face, Chicago Poems and

the first part of his Abraham Lincoln
—The Prairie Years. J. Frank Dobie
says of him, “There never was a
Thinker or Poet easier to talk with
or to get to talk alone. That is part-
ly because of his eagerness to taste
life and understand it and partly be-
cquse-of his sympathy for other peo-
ple, coupled with a respect—a respect
profound, mysterious in itself, yet ele-
mentally simple—for the dignity of
human life”

The series is chosen sicaheabiiai for
the interest of the undergraduates.
The Entertainment Committee is made
up of two representatives from each
hall, the President of the Undergradu-
ate Association, and the Editor of the
News. It is appointed yearly by Mrs.
‘Chadwick-Collins with the help of the
President of the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation.

All seats are reserved. Single seats
may be bought before each perform-
ance, but the prices will be much high-
er. Prices for the series are as fol-
lows: nine dollars for the front sec-
tion, eight dollars through the first
three rows of the back section, seven
dollars to row AA, and five dolla:
from AA to the back and the balcony.
The total charge can. be divided be.
tween four Pay Days, beginning in
December.



Sdiemes School Work
. Analyzed by Members



-Continued from Page One

ios Schools and that of Bryn
awr, which was started in 1921 by
Miss Thomas and Mrs. William
Smith. This was first built on a
basis of purely intellectual advance-
ment, but later the program was al-
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of the girls. The Summer § School

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per cent representative of the workers.
The work they do is the work they
have asked for.

It is one of the policies of the
school to have one half of the mem-
bers union girls and one ‘half. non-
union, At first it was difficult to get
union members, but now the situation
has. been reversed. In the beginning
the idea was that “the workers must
know of the imminent changing social
industrial order if they intend to par-
ticipate in shaping the new order.”
Miss Fairchild, brought out the fact
that in 1923 the phrasing of this was
altered in that the word “changing”
was omitted.

Sophie Friede, from Denmark, talked
on the contrast between her country
and America, and the marked differ-
ence there is in the interest given to
workers’ education. ..The. Americans
show little enthusiasm for education,
while in Denmark there is a marked
demand for intellectual development..
For about.a century, workers’ educa-
tional system has gradually material-
ized. The schools are not based on
propaganda as they are here and are
not political instruments. This rise
of interest among the Danish for edu-
cation and for better ways of living
has turned them into a less _self-
centered people.

The girls who have been to Summer
School have since taken a much more
active part in the different organiza-
tions which concern them. ‘Summer
Schools reach the real leaders of
communities, but further work thust
be done to reach the ‘‘choosers” of the
leaders. Education must be made
still more widespread, and even great-
er interest must be aroused if the
American workers are fully to realize
their share in the working out of de-
mocracy.



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found that the salt content of the

blood that' has just come. from the
water-filled lungs is different rom
that of the normal’ blood. The water
stops the heart-action before all the
blood van be diluted. An analysis of
the blood in the two sides of the heart
Shows whether there is more salt than
normal—drowning in salt water—or
less—drowning.in fresh. If there is
no difference the conclusion is either
that the victim drowned in a tidal
river or that he had stopped breath-
ing before entering the water. ‘In the
latter case further clues would be~in-
vestigated.

Mr. Gettler explained the delicate
method by which as little as three

tile substance, can be extracted from
the brain for analysis. He told ofstwo
men who were found dead in a. base-
ment with a number of open cans of

an inflammable rubber cement. Each
had a five and two tens in bills
wrapped neatly in his pocket. They

had been hired as arsonists but their
fuel had asphyxiated them before they
could light the fire. In citing cases of
death-from clegpsing fluids he warned
his audiengé o avoid them but to
use the a_ well-ventilated
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sault or diabetes.” “23135: found in
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York, until the establishment of the
post of Medical Examiner in 1918, the
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cluded eight undertakers, two plumb-
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18 physicians on this list, none were
in good standing in their profession.
The, definition of the coroner system,
said Mr. Gettler, is “active ignorance,”’

He read from a list
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Miss Ely Interviewed
On Democratic Party



Continued from Page Three

tional improvements and relief costs.
The feat becomes almost a miracle
when one recalls the debt of 65 million
inherited from.the Pinchot ‘adminis-
tration.

According to the Democratic plat-
form these efforts to establish fair
taxation, to economize in governmental
costs by thorough study and applica-
tion of modern methods, to improve
public institutions and to better the

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laborer’s conditions will be continued
in the future. The aid given now to
the farmers in the marketing of their

goods and the attempt to solve the’coal
probfem will also be carried further
by the Democrats.

Miss Ely believes we should: “try
to discover whether or not all the
people are receiving the benefits that
should be available under a democ-
racy.”. She considers ignorance and
indifference about the conditions under
which the great majority of our-people
live ‘to be the most dangerous\idis-
ease” of a democracy. :

Miss Ely concluded by saying that
she believes that this great majority
of the people are’ “aware of” and
“orateful for’ the attention their
problems have received from the Presi-
dent. and the Governor of Pennsylva-
nia. She then quoted the remark,
“Everyone seems to..be against» the
President except the electors!”







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