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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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of Bryn
Mawr College.

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Editor-in-Chief
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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"
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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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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



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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

Pp. .m.

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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.”

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“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)

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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



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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-
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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





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_|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
- to the nearest .French cpanel

ary.