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VOL. XXV, No. 12









BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., bite matte coin FEBRUARY 15, 1939









College Hears
Piano Recital

By Myra Hess



Subtlety of Interpretation
_Distinguishes Pianist’s
Performance



SCARLATTI, BACH

Goodhart, February 7.—Myra
Hess’s piano. recital - proved to
be another highlight in the Cdllege
Entertainment Committee’s Series. In
a well-chosen program her exquisite
taste appeared to better advantage

than ever and sustained the standards
of excellence already set by the Trapp
Choir and Ruth Draper.

The Bach D minor Toccata which
she played first was unfamiliar to
most listeners. It was not the thun-
dering Bach of the Organ Toccata and
Fugue in the same key; it contained
rather the elements of straightfor-
ward simplicity and clarity which
Its
generous length encompassed four dis-
tinct sections, the first and third pre-
ludising, each followed by a fugue.
The third seemed especially lovely in
its use of a quiet, deeply felt theme,
while the fourth emphasized a light,
quick touch."

Schubert’s Sonata in B flat major
was almost as novel to the audience
and was well received. Miss Hess ob-
viously took extreme pleasure in its
delightful . arpeggio figures, quick
turns from major to minor, and put a
‘great ¢deal into her performance.
Althowgh oné would hesitate to rank
it with Schubert’s greatest composi-
tions, its beauty is undeniable.

The rest of the program was de-
voted to convert-hall favorites. _Bee-
thoven’s Opus 18; the “grande sonate



was the most ambitious. undertaking
as far as interpretation was concerned.
Miss Hess’s wonderful ability to make
every note real music, every phrase
clear, made it memorable. She did
not force any of it, even the ominous
opening phrase, and the slow move-
ment’s noble beauty came out with
real artistry. In both this and the
Schubert one was conscious of the dif-
ference between hers and the usual

Library Wing Will Be
Started This Spring

Council Discusses New Plans

For Undergraduate Forums,
Athletic Building



The President’s House, February 8.
—The first Council meeting of the sec-
ond semester. met at* Miss Park’s

house last Wednesday. The chief top-|

ics under discussion were: the new
Library Wing, the benefit to be given
for the Theater Workshop, under-
graduate chapels, the work of the Cur-
riculum Committee, the new athletic
building, and the German Scholarship.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and discussed in greater detail.
The final plans for the new Library
Wing: have been seen and approved,
and the portrait of Quita Woodward,
by Violet Oakley, is progressing.
Work on the building is to be started
about April first. The wing is ex-
pected to be completed next spring. ©

The question of the need for gen-
eral undergraduate discussion meet-
ings was again raised. It was felt
that an outside speaker or an under-
graduate leader should - summarize
these problems, and present them to

the meetings. Every undergraduate
Continued on Page Three



Progress is Subject

Of Dr. Hart’s Talk

Claims Individual Adyance Will
Eventually Solve “Social
Problems





Music Room, February 12.—‘Prog-
ress and Religion—Public and Per-
sonal,” was the subject chosen by the
Reverend John Robbins Hart, lecturer,
consulting psychologist and minister
at the Valley Forge C aapel, for his
talk in chapel.

Progress, in the modern sense, was
not understood or believed in by the
ancients. The world, as they saw. it;
moved in a cycle, rising under a great
leader or a great culture and falling
when such props were removed. Dr.
Hart likened world history to a
spiral which moves up and down but
always forward. As the world ad-
vances in this way,’ the huiwan race
becomes increasingly aware of the
ways in which to save itself. The
ancients regarded poverty as_per-
petual and incurable; today we make



masculine interpretation: while she in
_ Continued’on Page Four

definite attempts to. rid ourselves of
Continued on Page Three



Record Collection Opens in Rhoads Hall;

Inspiration Music

Popular During Exams.



The arrival of the Carnegie record
collection at Bryn Mawr just after
Christmas vacation was particularly
opportune. It seems that students
were in need of some external stimu-
lation to study, for the Brahms’ Aca-
demic Overture was: noticeably popu-
lar during mid-year examinations.
Equally in demand during this period
was Bach’s sacred music, particularly
the B-minor-Mass.—We-see in this-an}-
indication that the students take their
examinations a lot more seriously
than they are willing to admit.

The‘ collection is very representa-
tive, although-not over large; there
are about one thousand records. Com-
posers range from Wagner, Bach and
Beethoven on ofie extreme to Gersh-
win, Duke Ellington and Benny Good-
man on the other. The history of
music is covered from.the earliest folk

positions. The card catalogue>-which

Composer, Medium,-Form, Title, shows

. that every form of musical construc-,
—tion is included. There is even a list-

ing for Yodels, but the collection has
not as yet acquired any selections of
this somewhat frustrated form of mu-
sical expression.

Two important features of the col-

lection are the library and the hand-
some Capehart victrola. At present
the Capehart is not in working order,
having perversely entered into a per-

iod of great silence after only a few

days of utility. It is being repaired,
however, and should be ready soon.
The library includes some two hun-
dred books, a good part,-of which are
scores for the great symphonies and
operas. There are critical studies of
music in relation to art, science and
literature. Other books deal with the
lives of well known composers, and
the history of music development in

Africa and Russia.

The selections that Myra ess
played were popular before and after
her performance, especially Beethov-
en’s Sonata Pathétique. The concerts
at the Academy of Music also seem to
stimulate the students to use the li-
brary more frequently. There have
recently been quite a few requests for
The Gondoliers, which is unfortu-
nately absent from the collection..
However, there are other Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas in their entirety, as



‘forms came secondarily in the devel-

foreign—countries—-such__as-—_China,}

BRYN MAWR

Copyright TRUSTEES OF

PRICE 10 CENTS.

COLLEGE, 1939



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COLLEGE CALENDAR

Thursday, February 16.—

Folk dancing by Douglas Ken-
, hedy. - Gymnasium, 8.30.

Friday, February 17.—Inter-
national Club meeting. ~Com-
mon Room, 7.30...

Saturday, February 18.—Pre-
mature Lilies. Wyndham, 8.15.

Sunday, February 19.— Re-
cital by ‘Miss Helen Rice’s string
quartet. Deanery, 4.30. . Don-
ald B. Aldrich will speak in
chapel. Music Room, 7.30.

Monday, February 20.—Flor-
ence Allen will ‘give the third
Shaw Lecture. Goodhart, 8.20.

Tuesday, February 21.—Cur-
rent Events, Mr. Fenwick. Com-

~ mon Room, 7.30.

‘Wednesday, February 22. —
Philosophy Club meeting. Coma,
mon Room, 7.30. .

Thursday, February 28.
Dance Recital by Martha Gra-
ham. Goodhart, 8.30.

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Indian Poetry Deals
With Supernatural



The Deanery, February 9.—Ruth
Murray Underhill, Ph. D., limited her
lecture on Indian Poetry to that of
the Southwest, where she has »been
working for a number of years. She
began by explaining that among the
Indians the poet, in our sense of the
word, does not exist. A person deal-
ing with the supernatural uses poetry
as a vehicle for spells, charms and
prayers. The embellishment and con-
ventionalization’ of these utilitarian

opment of Indian poetry, as it has in
all other forms of Indian art. Dr.
Underhill grouped the poetry of the
Indians of the Southwest in three
main forms, pure -lyrics,.saga, and
ritual.

The first, or lyrical.type, is written
to be sung, and is inseparable from
music. It appears in spells to cure
illness or to guard against supernat-
ural powers, and is composed during
a trance or a vision. It has rhythm,
in a very long and complicated form,
but never rhyme in our sense of the
word. In Papago the actual words
are changed by the addition of sylla-
bles to produce the desired effect of
emotion. By this alternation of. the
words the sense is often completely
lost, and a magic language results.

Another trait peculiar to Papago
lyrics is the brevity of description.
A single image is used with other
parts of -the subject matter, under-
stood., Navajo lyrics, on the other
hand, ‘rely on repetition for their ef-
fect.”

The saga, said Dr.. Underhill, re-

Nicolette in form: prose, with songs
to mark the emotional parts. Stand-
ardization of prose or verse varies a
great deal with the tribe. The dia-;

logue is like that of our modern
{ ‘Continued on Page Three

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FRESHMAN DEVIL TO
—GRIN_ IN GOODHART

The coming freshman show to be
given on Saturday, February 25, re-
turns in theme from the wanderings
‘of long-lost kings to the usual chaos
of the smoking room. The familiar
scent of freshman intrigue is pre-
valent, but the class of 1942 ‘seems
bent on keeping their politics behind
closed doors. .

“The Devil Did Grin” was written
by Madelaine Daly, Jocelyn Flem-
ing, Joan Gross and Deborah Martin.





Hit will be possible to meet Miss Hep-

sembles the romance of. Aucassin and}.

4 cussenatek:

K. Hepburn to Star



Theresa Helburn and Katherine
Hepburn, Bryn Mawr alumnae, will
devote the afternoon of February 28
to the cause of the Bryn Mawr Thea-
ter Workshop with a benefit matinee
performance of Philip Barry’s The
Philadelphia Story, a new Theatre
Guild production staged by Miss Hel-
burn and co-featuring Miss Hepburn.

The Barry play opens at the Chest-
nut StreetOpera House on February
27. For students attending the bene-
fit performance there will be a special
bus leaving from Pembroke Arch.
Students are invited to. a cocktail
party at the Warwick Hotel, in Phila-
delphia after the performance. Re-
'freshments are not free of charge but

burn, other members of the cast, Miss
Helburn and Mr. Barry.

may be obtained either through the
Publieation Office or from the follow-
ing representatives: Denbigh, Marga-
ret McGrath; Merion, Juliana Day;
Pembroke East, Ethel Clift; Pembroke
West, Sarah Meigs; Rockefeller, Pen-
nell Crosby; Rhoads, Adele Clement;
and non-resident, Lucille Sauder.

Also as part of the program for
raising money for. the Theater Work-
shop, an Amateur Night will be held
some time in April, and two one-act
plays are to be presented by the Play-
ers Club in March, Riders te the Sea
and The New School for Wives. Fur-
ther details about these projects will
be announced later.

. Chodoff Speaks
On Spanish Struggle





kauds Integrity of Loyalists and
_ Traces Development of

) Rebellion



Common Room, February 8.—At a
meeting sponsored by the A. S. U.,
Dr. Richard Chodoff_ spoke on the
critical military —and~ politicalsitua-}
tion in Spain. A.veteran of the Abra-
ham Lincoln Brigade, he served five
months in government hospitals dur-
ing the year of 1937.

Dr. Chodoff began his discussion by
describing the conditions in Spain
that led to the establishment of the
first republic in 1931. Up to that
time, he stated, the country was vir-
tually a feudal monarchy, divided into
great estates worked by the peasantry
and completely under the control of
absentee landlords, who were either
hereditary. nobles or church @fficials.
The first republic attempted to reform
the agrarian system, but its laws were
not drastic, enough....As a result, the
Conservatives. gained an election in
1934 and, once in power, abolished the
first republic’s reforms altogether. In
1936, however, a Popular Front Gov-
ernment was elected, and again at-
tempted: the reforms for six months,
or until the rebellion broke out.

The rebellion’ was not spontaneous,
but was. engineered by. the regular
army~and the Moors, It was most.
in the’ Southern garrison
towns. The navy, which had been re-
organized, was loyal’ to the goyern-
ment; so was the great mass of the
common people. Rather than live
under Franco’s government, they
evacuated their villages as he ad-
vanced and retreated into Loyalist
territory. As a result, the govern-
‘ment now has to care for more than
half the population of “the country. a

The government, we argo

pointed out, has refrain



well as many of the more “popular
Strauss waltzés.

‘The collection is in Room 156,
Rhoads North. It is possible té get
records there from seven to eight
o’clock every evening except Sunday.
The. records may be taken out for
three days at a time at two cents a
record, but there is a heavy fine of
five cents a day per record for over-
time. The money collected is to be
used for repairing the equipment and
for replacing and enlarging the col-

The play is being produced under
the direction.of: M. Daly, director ;
C. Waples, general manager; J.
‘Fleming, stage manager; M. Gumbart,
business manager; M. Hollis, posters;
M. Gilman, costumes; M. Catron,
lights; M. McGrath, scenery; E.
Stone; properties; V. Williams, danc-
ing: ¢ ¢
. Jacqueline Wilson and Louise Lewis
have chargé of the music. The most:
important parts which have been cast.
aré—Gabriel, A. Loewe; The Devil,
L. Horton; St. Peter, V: ‘French.



lection. © R. C. M.



tirely from the. atrocities of the Fans
cists. There have been no outrages
against the Chureh “except in the
first few days of the rebellion when
there was no police force and anarchy
broke loose. As ‘soon as the govern-
ment collected an army, such_ out-
breaks were promptly suppressed.”
The people, he emphasized, are not
protesting against either religion or
Catholicism as such, but against the
tyrannous and beaut hierarchy

| 3f the Church.
Continued on Page Three -

In Workshob Benefit|

Current Events
Main Interest

Of Workers

Summer . School Director;
Hilda Smith, Discusses
: Its Problems

TRAINED TEACHERS ..
‘ARE’: BADLY NEEDED

Common Room, February 10.—
“What is happening, why it is hap-
pening, and what can be done about
it”: these are the problems which in-
terest labor education groups, accord-
ing to Miss Hilda Smith, former dean
of Bryn Mawr and director of the
Summer School. Practical teaching to
suit workers’ probléms and democratic





Tickets for the special performance horganization of teachers and students

were stressed by Miss Smith in. her
discussion of the whole movement.

The recent decision of the Bryn
Mawr Summer School to move and be-
come the “Hudson Shore Labor
School” was made with great reluc-
tance, said Miss Smith, as the move-
ment was founded in Bryn Mawr.
Greater experimental progress will be.
possible, however, when the school can
run all year and organize short, week-
long courses and frequent week-end
conferences and forums, for many
active labor leaders cannot get away
for a whole summer’s course.

The Bryn Mawr School for Indug-
trial Workers was the pioneer in this
field. Spreading from it, students and
faculty, inspired by new possibilities, ,
went out and organized study groups
in their own communities. These
groups, often faced with. wretched fa-
cilities and political opposition, were
carried on by the enthusiasm of the
students. A second step, due to the
impetus of the Bryn Mawr school, was
an appropriation by the Federal gov-
ernment in 1933 to provide work for
40,000 unemployed teachers. One
thousand of these have been teaching
workers’ classes-every year.

The demand for schools:is now fully |
aroused, but ‘trained instruetors are
lacking. Miss Smith emphasized the

need for college people who have a
Continued on Page four

Mrs, Miller Advises
_ Government Employ





Common Room, February 13.—
Eight hundred thousand people are
now employed by. the government, said
Mrs. Helen Hill Miller, Bryn Mawr,
’21, in introducing her informal talk
on Government Service. Authoress,
senior agricultural writer of the De-
partment of Agriculture, and admin-
istrative secretary of the National
Policy Committee, Mrs. Miller is em-
inently qualified to discuss civil
serviee, %

Leaving particular information to
be brought out in answer to ques-
tions, Mrs. Miller first emphasized the
need for potential candidates -to de-
cide whether they wartted an interim.
job for a few years, or a permanent
position with chances of advancement.
The general type of work wanted
must also be considered, no matter
what particular field interests the ap-
plicant.

Three general .groupings of jobs
were made by Mrs. Miller: technical
research, administrative work, -which

consists in' correlating research activi-
ties and relaying the results to policy
makers, and finally, political appoint-



ments. The best approach to the lat-
ter is by the long route of local activ-
ity and-step by step appointments | to
state and national offices. oa
Specialized examinations are offered
for research jobs, and after passing
these, one may work up in a particu-
lar department. _ Personnel work, or
employment as a junior civil service
examiner, is also available following
examination. This~gives general ex-
perience and contacts which may later _
lead to a desired job in a —

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_ Undergraduate Discussions
The plan which was discussed.
_ abolish morning’ chapel and substitute for it undergraduate discussion
will go into effect with a trial meeting some time this month. Like all
_ moves towards the stimulation of greater interest. in college affairs, it,
‘pre-supposes ‘that an interest vase od exists. In the ordinary democratic,
community, at least, people know~And care about what their represen-
tatives are doing. The new plan for “panel forums” means that. every
undergraduate will be her own representative and will be able to take

. part at first hand in the solution of college problems.

It is clear that the subjects to be brought up for mass discussion
must be important enough to interest the whole college, and that
unless the discussion is going ‘to degenerate to the bicker of the aver-
age class‘meeting, they must be carefully preparéd.
tried out first on undergraduate nuclei at hall meetings and, in this
way, individual opinions will be formed before the general discussion

__is held. At the same time, hall meetings, which are too apt to dwell on
rules for fire drills and have hitherto been few and far-between, will
become more popular and will widen_the scope of the smoking-room
parleys, assigned to us by a long-standing tradition.

As far as the. subjects themselves are concerned, we “would. be
interested in something pleasantly controversial like Big May Day.
We think that it is vital to diseuss this before it is too late for the
present seniors to comment sagely on their life'as freshmen in Big

May Day year. There are other

whole college: the lengthening of the college year, in particular; the.
elimination of the Thanksgiving holiday so. as to lighten the Thanks-
in the curriculum or in the system]
The important thing to remember is that we are

individually involved in each of these questions, that they are part of
_ our responsibility as undergraduates, and that if we ever ignored them

giving to Christmas rush; changes
of examinations.

we cannot ‘do so any longer.

at the recent Council meeting. to

They can be

major quéstions that concern the

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\
Summer School Drive .

Sets Goal at $1200

(Bepecially contributed by the Sum-
mer School Committee.) —

_ The most eloquent plea for this
week’s Summer School drive is found
in the words spoken by Miss Park
last January:

“. .. a symbol of wider interests
than ourselves, a recognition of what
is going on outside our walls, soli-
darity with the needs of our world
and our time. The campus, super-
- ficial Bryn Mawr, loses these admir-
- able things. Bryn Mawr College, we,
* Bryn Mawr alumnae and undergradu-
ates need never lose them.

“It is time, that is, for Bryn Mawr
to show that our interest and concern
was real and objective, not sentimen-

















| as the Sunimer School is, believes it-
self: ready to take on new responsibil-
ity, to make its own way, our inter-





|sustained interest, but their help has
jbeen uncertain, and often in the indi-| —

tal, that when a child of Bryn Mawr,|.

rect,/form of paying personal ex-
penses for their members at the'school.
College students give approximately
10 per cent of the total budget.

Last year Bryn Mawr gave $844
as compared with $700 from Vassar
and‘ gifts of from $1 to $300 each
from Wheaton, Wellesley and Holyoke
Colleges. The Bryn Mawr goal this
year has been raised to $1200.

—The Summer School Committee
MARTHA VAN HOESEN,
Chairman
ELEANOR K. TAFT, ©
HELEN T. COBB.

In Philadelphia

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Movies
Aldine: Made for Each Other star-
ring James Stuart and” Carole Lom-|+
bard‘in a dramatic story.
Arcadia: Zaza, French music hall



est does “not flag or fail, but rises,
peromnes more respectful and more con-
a eae ‘school needs financial segiauth
more thgn ever, for although the price|—
of a scholarship has been reduced to
$100,” ‘there are new costs connected
with - ‘moving. Administrative costs
















‘Kentucky, in technicolor with Loretta]
; Young: and ‘Robert Greene. °

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||GERMAN JUNIOR YEAR

GOES TO SWITZERLAND}

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_ DON JUAN
(Canto XVII continued)

It. was a Tuesday evening; Juan
thought
It might be ‘nice the re-

cital..

|| He little recked that Goodhart woutdt

be f raught

With anything but people on that

night. All

\
The ushers.flocked around him and be-

sought

His ticket with an interest alfnost

vital.

“Really,” he murmured, in his dinner

jacket,

“T knew this usher business was’ a

racket.”

ve

ee was sitting quietly in ‘the lush} Water have created a serious feeling

Upholstery that beautified. his: seat,
Drawing a picture on the scarlet plush
“In front of him and waiting for the
beat
Of.the piano, when a reverend hush.
Spread like a blanket, or perhaps a

“sheet,
And from the darkness visible there
whirred
That tiny harbinger of a song, a
bird.

It couldm’t sing because: it was so wor-
ried
Someone might think it was a
chauve-souris;
Which would be awful, so it merely
flurried
From head to head, pretending not
to see
How certain vulnerable people hur-
. ried
_ Forth from such troublesome: prox-
imity.
Soaring in proud parabolas it queered
Proffers of hair ‘or disappearing beard.

No one saw Juan, tip-toe to, the por-
othe ll the others rushing to and
Or Pein his slightly diabolie chor-
Atter he’ said out loud, “I told you
In Pa ‘the normal, ordinary mortal
Wouldn’t be likely, Juan thought,

-

to know, :
That far from being innocent’ or
green, he
Had taken magic lessons with Hou-
dini.

I can’t imagine what he did outside;
He probably played an esoteric tune
On something, like the Piper known as
-*. Pied,
Who charmed thé rodents to the
—~mountain, Juan
Was quite familiar with this tale and
tried :
The same technique (I think).
turning soon,
He rushed upon us like a very rocket,
Bearing the Creature in his bulging
pocket.
(To be continued)

Re-

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India with Cary Grant, Victor Mce-
Laughlin and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Stanton: Persons in Hiding, crime
drama with Lynne Overman.

Suburban Movies

Wayne: Wednesday. Heart. of the
North, technicolor film with Dick
Foran, Gail Page. Thursday, Friday,
Saturday.’ Loretta Young, Richard
Green in Kentucky.. .

Seville: Wednesday. Thanks for
Everything with Adolphe -Menjou,.
Jack Oakie, Tony Martin. Thursday.
Dracula and Frankenstein. Friday
and Saturday..-Olivia de Havilland
and Dick Powell in Hard to Get.

Suburban: Wednesday to Monday.



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Student Play
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Diez.)

The German Junior Year for 1939-1
‘40 under: *he direction of Dr. and
Mrs. Edmund E. Miller: will be:.es-
tablished in Zurich, Switzerland, in-
stead of in Munich, a6 ‘in’ former
years.. It was not without some re-
gret, that the Executive ‘Council in its
December meeting saw itself forced
to. make, this transfer, because stu-
dents have always been enthusiastic
about Munich and, ‘indeed, few cities
can compete with its art galleries and
its ‘opportunities for opera and the
theater.

Strained diplomatic’ relations be-
tween the Hitler government and our
own and the growing irritation fe-
flected in an incessant press campaign
of vituperation on both sides of the

.

of uneasiness in those responsible
for the juniors in Munich this year
and most institutions which have
sent students ovér in the past. refuse
to take the risk again, or ifideed, to
collaborate further with the German
government in any way. Yes, there
are those of us who have come to
feel ‘that the real spirit of Germany,
with which we desire to acquaint our
students, can now be found only out-
side the boundaries of Greater Ger-
many or within its concentration
camps. ee

On the other hand, the educational
institutions of Switzerland boast. of a
reputation second to none in Europe,
and among them the University of
Zurich and the Polytechnic Institute
there easily take first place. Aca-
demically, therefore, the German Jun-
ior Yéar will not suffer in the least;
if. anything, the fine welcome ahd
spirit of co-operation with which our
plans have been received promise im-
provement. - A. fear, occasionally
heard in some quarters, that Swiss
German thay ‘be less attractive or cor-
rect thah Bavarian, has no founda-
tion in fact. Nor will our students
be any less well provided for in the
field of sports and recreation, since
Switzerland’ rightly boasts of being
“the playground of Europe.”
‘all, its free and democratic atmos-
phere and its tradition of. neutrality:
are expected to put the home—folks
at ease.

Incidentally, apportariities for see-
ing Germany will still be provided.
Dr. Miller has planned two extended
trips into the Reich (Munich, Regens-
burg, Nuremberg, Rothenburg; Inns-
bruck, Salzburg, and Vienna) between
semesters and during the Easter va-
cation, in addition. to the custom-
ary Italian journey in the Christ-
mas holidays. These trips, which are
optional, will -add_about $50.00 each
to the blanket fee of $1200 ($1264, if
tourist class), which covers all trans-
portation, hotel expenses, board and
room \in ‘a German fnily, tuition,
books, concert, opera -and theater
tickets, and one day excursions and
outings., % .
Eligibility: Sophomores who have
had first year German and whose gen-
eral record leaves nothing to be de-
sired will be recommended; students
Swho have had Elementary German
will also be accepted, provided they
take summer vacation courses in
Zurich or Munich.~ Further informa-
tion may be obtained from Mr. Diez.

SECOND ART CLUB
* EXHIBITION OPENED



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Common Room, February. 12.—At
a tea opening the second exhibition
held jointly by the Art’Club and the
History of Art Department, Miss Jen-
kins talked on Italian art to the in-
terested group who attended.

_ The exhibition. will be-in the Com-].
‘mon -Reom. for: two weeks... It con-;
sists of twenty-four Raymond & Ray-
mond colored reproductions of the

Above}.

_IN THE BOOKSHOP
LENDING LIBRARY





The Sword in the Stone
by T. H. White.

A month ago, if anyone had told you
that a conglomeration of fantasy, ju-
venalia, political, allegory,' nature-
studies, medieval history, and satires
on education was the finest writing of
the ‘year, and destined ‘to. be ‘classic,
you would probably have called him a
liay. Today, however, when -you have
finished reading The Sword in the
Stone, you will undoubtedly change
your mind,

The Sword in the Stone, as the ad- °
vertisements say, must be experienced
to be appreciated. No critical dissec-
tion can do it justice. It tells’ the
story of the Wart, and his. childhood
and education on the manor of. his
guardian, Sir Ector. His childhood is
a normal medieval one, described with
rare authenticity, familiarity and
charm; but his education is different,
being in the hands’ of a mysterious
tutor and magician called’: Merlyn.
Merlyn’s idea of education was to
transform his charge into various
birds and beasts, and send him out
to learn by experience. Since Merlyn
lived simultaneously in all time, gnd
since each type of animal was sup-
posed to represent some human type
or characteristic, there-ig a great deal
of adventure, allegory, fooling and
magnificerft satire on modern institu-
tions before the Wart becomes strong ,
and ‘wise enough to pull the sword
from the anvil in the churchyard and
discover that he is really King Arthur.

What this plot might become in in-
competent hands is a thing too dread-
ful to contemplate, but in those of T.
H. White it is safe, and carried out .
with a subtlety and wit almost: im-
possible to describe. One has only to
turn casually over the pages to find
such felicities as the National An-

them,

God save King Pendragon,

_ Long mayvhis reign drag on-—

or Sir Grummore Grummurson’s old
school song,

We'll tilt together,

Steady from crupper to poll,

And nothin’ in life shall sever
Our love for the dear old coll,
ox, the fish who recovered from an ill-
ness with the remark, “Oh doctor, dear
doctor, I feel I could eat a little lob-
worm how.”

One’s only reservation in reading
all this is that a century or two from
now the satire may not seem so ex-
quisitely pointed or so exactly fitted
to contemporary behaviour. But this
only gives an additional reason : for
reading it immediately, before the
time—wHich will inevitably come—
when your grandchildren will be read-
ing it with footnotes. :

(

E. M.-P.



MISS DRYSDALE DISCUSSES
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE



Bureau of Recommendations, Feb-
ruary ?.—Miss Molly Drysdale, of the
Lowthorpe School of Landscape Archi-
tecture, met with a group of students °
to discuss the training offered by the
school. During the three years of
study, winter classes meet in Boston
or with the architecture department
of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. In fall and spring the
students live ‘in Groton, outside the
city, where there is opportunity to
work with actual shrubs and flowers
in making landscape designs.

Miss» Drysdale showed numerous
pictures of the country location where —
much of the planting has been de-
signed and executed by the students
themselves. She also showed photo-
graphs of the various types of prob-
lems in design which the landscape
architect must complete before gradu-

this field lie chiefly-in working in an
architect’s office as planting and land- |

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Herbert Marshall. ote

Boyd: Idiot’s Delight,-with Norina |.-be given in the Wyndam Music:

Shearer and-Clark Gable: |

~-Earle: Mr. Moto’s Last-Warning;||-

mystery melodrama with Peter Lorre.
Benny Goodman on stage.
Fox: Wings of the Navy, aviation

drama with George Brent and Olivis

de Havilland. .
News: The Citadel, A. J. Cieiidts

Rosalind Russell.

best seller with Robert Donat and

Premature Lilies written and —
directed by M. Alston, ’41, will

Room on Saturday, February 18;
at 8.15 o’clock, for the benefit —
of the Theater Workshop. The
minimum price of admission is
25 cents, but larger contribu-
tions would be greatly appreci-
, ated.

Come and support local talent;
plenty of laughs are guaran- ©

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‘ Stanley: Gunga Din, eenees Sh

|‘ Florentine—and—Venetian—paintings,

with Tiepolo, ‘ Caravaggio, Gagslaie
and Cimabue. “Two later exhibitions

scaping adviser, although several
women have - been notably successful
independently.



are planned in the series:
As most of the reproductions are of}

Miss Jenkins explained the importance
of these schools.~ She traced the Flor-
entines’ growing interest in man, and
‘in figure painting as a way of ex-
pressing human thought.

With the Florentine School, Miss
Jenkins contrasted the Venetians who
on the emotions with color,



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— painted for pleasure without too
-deep thought.



The Italian art which the exhibit

represents is important to all students
because, as Miss Jenkins said, Renais-

sance art is the heritage not only of

‘Italy, but of all Western culture.



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EXCERPTS from EXILE







Geneva, January 25.—Life in Ge-}

neva, after vacation, seemed a little
dull at first. Not only were there
“queezes,” as our tutors call them, an
piles of work, but everyone seemed t
have post-vacation blues, even the
Swiss students, who generally look
pretty cheerful. NevertheléSs things
brightened up a bit last week, when
the Council was meeting. People
started scouting around in the Bavaria
again for underground news, and lots
of catty remarks were being scattered

around about the tremendous size of

Lord Halifax’s' red handkerchief,
which looked .like a. rose in ‘the dis-
tance, until] he sneezed into it. “It
was quite a thrill after all to have a
few big shots around again, even if
they couldn’t say very much: Bon-
net looked bored to tears with the
whole meeting- which he attended, but
I am treasuring some of his oratory
as a footnote to my seminary report
on The Effects of ‘the Spanish Civil
War-on the Balance of Power in the
Mediterranean. Bonnet actually said,

i with great ‘feeling; “L’Espagne est

now

2

4

4) 2

}<
Feoatee

. . about the

‘ told us one or two most

essentiel pour le statu quo en Médi-
terranée.” When. one thinks it over,
one is a little worried: ea pt
Civil War seems to be drawing to a
hard-fought conclusion, and goodness
only knows what is going to happén
“statu quo.” Still those
were almost the strongest words
spoken at the whole meeting by either
of the great powers, so it is not hard
to see how a great “Collective Secur-
ity-ite” like myself can sometimes get
just a little discouraged. What was
really sad, however, was the night
that Sandler of Sweden, the President
of the Council, went to the Bavaria
all alone and nobody/ went up and
talked to him. As one American boy}
here said; it was like the night that
the most popular girl in town wasn’t
asked’ to a dance, because everyone
thought she’d probably been invited by
somebody else.

_ However, despite the dieiioeaged
outlook of most of the peopke we meet,
we manage to keep some semblance of
optimism. And at any rate, even the
most cynical of people still have: their
sense of humor. Rappard, the head
of the Graduate Institute of Interna-
tional Studies, and traditionally one
of the Swiss delegates to the League,
came here. for dinner last night and
amusing
stories, although he. seems much more
discouraged now than he was in Sep-
tember. The first story was that of
the Germans who left on the German
Swiss side of a bridge Christmas eve
a large package of garbage marked,
“For our brethren.” The Swiss left in
return, the next night, a large package
of butter and eggs marked, “One gives
what one has.” His other comment
was, that trying to work for peace in

«democratic countries today was like

placing a maternity ward in a. men’s
college. Of course that cheered us up
tremendously. It’s amazing what a
few jokes can do to brighten up the
glummest of conversations.

It gets exceedingly difficult to do
much more than joke when one’s illu-
sions become more and more shattered
with every study one makes of Euro-
pean politics. Amusing-stories and a
vague attitude toward reality give
one the impression that one is living
history that moves too rapidly to com-
prehend. One is tempted to save the
newspapers for several weeks and then
read them all at once as though study-
ing for a history quiz. But the rap-

_ idity with which things happen is- too

acing; one rushes to read the
— rning paper in hope that one can
calm oneself for one day more at
least. I have a feeling that thaé is
to be the perpetual” prospect of our
generation. At any rate the Gene-

> ~-voise contingent precipitates itself on

the mornirig newspaper and then lives

a calm and peaceful day, studying the}
complicated period that preceded the|].

Progress is Subject
Of Dr. Hart’s Talk

Continued from Page One



such evils.
goes on, and. there is no need, in Dr.
Hart’s beliéf, to be discouraged at the
slowness of peace movements. The
whole expanse of history shows defi-
nite advances. As nations we are,
in. contrast to the ancients, working
against the enemies’ of the human
race. . Therefore progress, in its pub-
lic aspeet, should be understood and
believed in by everyone.

, Individual progress, continued Dr.
Hart, can be guaranteed if’ we care
enough, If enough people work upon
themselves, social. questions will, in
part, take care of ‘themselves. Quot-
ing Dy. Seabury, Dr. Hart said that
“we should be able to take such good
care of ourselves that no one else}.
will ever have to.” b

In. public ‘and personal life, Dry
Hart believes religion to hold the cen-
tral place. The present system of re-
ligion is an open one: mobile, flexible
and suited to changing times. Dr.
Hart defined it as the “science and
art of personal relationships, both hu-
man and divine.” Under this defini-
tion, religion covers all fields; it can-
not- be split up into denominations.
It ‘isan .unshakable unity running
through all peoples, interlocking ‘all
personalities in the common interests
of the race,

Religion in its personal application,
continued Dr. Hart, is as inescapable
as it is indispensable.. It cannot be
evaded when it is represented in the
right way. First causes and ultimate
realities may be made cleabe#through
religion. Through religion we ,are
brought back to the normal voine of
view. ‘When our ambitions or aspira-
tions. are- temporarily » thwarted, re-
ligion, in some form or other, should
give us an incentive to seek new chan-
nels through which-to direct our ener-
gies.

Dr.. Hart concluded by saying that
religion is a “glorious and permanent
satisfai in that it leads us to fur-
ther undgrstanding. There is more
teason for faith today than ever be-

fore.” S
se A

World War, the problems of the Medi-
terranean, the French Revolution,
China’s relations with the Great Pow-



national chaos of the World Market.
and French literature!

We are. optimistic enough to real-
ize that the ideas which dominated
the minds of great men like Wilson
are right, but we are pessimistic
about whether they will be success-
fully fulfilled in our time or not. At
any rate, in reality we have little time
tothink too much about these prob-
lems; in trying to solve them, we rush
around to courses, work on papers,
and:study for exams like the average
student at home. To relax there are
always the movies, a dance or two, a
Fotdue party, birthday celebrations,
and skiing trips every Sunday. And
it doesn’t seem tobother anyone that
German refugees and Nazis, Chinese,
Japanese, Americans, French and
English all go on*the same trips to-
gether. And although the function-
naires who are leaving the League
due to the budget cuts or for other
reasons warn us to have our return
trip tickets handy, we are still making
plans for next summer, and enjoying
ourselves far more than we did last
September. They say the next crisis
is coming up next month. For now,
we needn’t worry.

LOUISE MORLEY, ’40.

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In Memoriam

Hilda Elizabeth Robins, col-
lege stewardess. since 1923,
ditd*at Low Buildings, Febru-
ary’2, 1939. Mrs. Robins came
to Bryn Mawr in 1922 as man-
ager of ‘Merion Hall andbe-
came manager of Yarow East
and West and College steward-
vess in 1923. When food was
discontinued at Yarrow in 1935,
she went to Low Buildings as
manager and held that position,
as well as that of College stew-
ardess, until her death.





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Library. Wing Will Be :
Started This. Spring



Continued from Page One

should be free to express her opin-
ions. Miss Park said that “panel
forums” had been held in the Bryn
Mawr summer school, and had been
very successful. It was suggested
that a-trial forum be held later this
month.if a suitable topic for discus-
sion could be found.

The faculty and undergraduate
curriculum committee have not yet
met. Miss Park said that Miss Doro-
thy’ Walsh, formerly of the Depart-
ment of Philosophy and now at
Wells: College, had told her that at
Wells there was .a. two weeks reading
period after mid-years, in which stu-
dents could write papers or do in-
dividual research. ~“ They are required
to stay~throughout the period, but the
freedom from scheduled classes and
from the pressure of required read-
ing makes their work~better in the
end. It is too soon, Miss Park feels,
to’ pass judgment on the comprehen-
sive system. At least a five-year test
period is necessary before its results
can be intelligently investigated. .

Miss Petts and A. J. Clark reported

the latest developments in plans for
the new athletic building. It is de-
signed by Sidney Martin, and will be
made of cinder-blocks, which were
used in the new Science Building and
can be painted to resemble any kind
Estimated costs for the
building were considerably higher
than had been expected, so the plans
will probably have to be modified.
_ The second undergraduate German
scholar has written to Miss Park to
say that she will be unable to be here
this academic year. It is impossible
for her to get into the United States
for the present; either in the regular
quota or on a student visa. She asked,
that her scholarship be held for her
until next year. The undergraduate
association has agreed to this, so that
withdrawal of the scholarship cannot
be used as grounds for refusing her
entrance to the country.



Swimming Meet

The Bryn Mawr varsity swim-
ming. team will meet. the
Swarthmore team on Monday,
February 20, at 4.30, in the
Swarthmore Pool. Transporta-
tion will be furnished io spec-
tators for a fee of 25 cents. A
bus will leave Pembroke Arch
promptly at 4 o’clock. All stu-
dents planning to go are re-
quested to sign on the athletic
_ bulletin board in-Taylor or see
Anne Wight, Pem East 11.

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VISITING BIOLOGISTS
TO PRESENT REPORTS



The Department of Biology has

dournal Club reports during this
semester. Dr. George W. Corner of
the University of Rochester spoke on
“The reproductive cycle of us
rhesus” on Tuesday, Febxyary 14. On
Wednesday, March 15, Dr. Baldwin
Lucké of the University of Pénnsyl-
vania will speak on “Tumor Growth”
and will show his moving pictures of
tumor cells growing in tisspe. culture.
Dr. F. Brink of the Johnson Founda-
tion will speak on “Chemical Excita-

day, April 12. These meetings. will
be held at 4.30 P. M. in Room 203 Dal-
ton, and all who are interested are in-
vited to attend.



Indian Poetry Deals .
With Supernatural



Continued from Page One
poetry where separate speéches are
differentiated by tempo and feeling.
The Papago story of the creation of
the world by the Earth Magician, and
the Mohavi version of the same sub-
ject are examples of sagas. In both
of these the lyrics, are standardized;
in the case of the Mohavi saga the
words of the songs are lost altogether
but the emotion is kept.

The ritual form consists of long
spells or prayers, always sjioken, and
resembling our blank verse. The
right to recite these prayers is heredi-
tary, and they are learned in their
entity by those who have the right.
Dr. Underhill cited several examples
of rain-bringing chants of the Mohavi,
Zuni, and Papago Indians, They all
contained a great deal of repetition
and conventional metaphors similar to
those that appear in Homer and Beo-
wulf,

In closing, Dr. Underhill recited
a part of the Papago rain chant in
Indian with the correct whispering
pronunciation used to bring rain, and
in reply to several requests she also
recited.a part of a war chant to illus-
trate the difference in its short, pant-
ing rhythm. i

In the few minutes after the lec-
ture Dr. Underhill provided addi-
tional information in reply to ques-
tions. She confirmed her earlier as-
sertion of the utilitarian nature of
Indian poetry, and added that the sub-
ject matter includes no love poems or
spring poems.

Dr. Chodoff_ Speaks
On Spanish Struggle





Continued from Page One
In conclusion, he stated that the
situation was precarious, but no more
precarious than it was a year ago. If
the Embargo is lifted, there is still a
chance that the government could win

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Varsity ‘Downs Moravian,
Scoring 52 Against 7.

Forwards, Led by M. Squibb, ”
Play Particularly Well



Gymnasium, February 11. — The
Bryn Mawr varsity won an easy vic-
tory over Moravian in the first basket-
ball game of the season. The final
score was 52-7. Ordinarily there are
two gdmes, but Moravian sent. only
its first team. Bryn Mawr met this
difficulty by substituting its whole
second team in. thé second half. The
first’ team worked together well in
the first half, and the forwards
seemed to.be at the top of their form.
Squibb played particularly well, spe-
cializing in under-the-basket goals,
Moravian made close shots easy by
guarding out toward the center line.

The score continued to mount in
the third quarter, with the substitu-
tion of the second tear, but the play-
ing was in general less clean-cut. The

.second team guards allowed Moravian

to make only one basket in the
quarter and none. in the last. The,
Moravian forwards were confused by”
the Bryn Mawr system of zone guard-
ing, which concentrates the guards
around the basket, a system which
they could have used to. advantage
against the Bryn Mawr forwards.

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arms. So far, both the Embargo and
the Non-Intervention Committee have
worked in only one way: to throttle
the legitimate government while help-
ing and protecting its Fascist enemies.

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Science Club is pleased
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und of economics, and
those who. have practi-
eal information on current industrial
problems, for the teacher must always
work out from the immediate inter-
ests of the workers. Curriculum is
developed in answer to the problems
of particular groups of students and
ranges from recreational guidance,
and literacy instruction, to practical
economics and political science.

One of the greatest obstacles con-
fronting workers’ education is public
recalcitrance to grant even labor’s
right to organize, a right already es-
tablished in law. Open discussion and
teaching. of controversial subjects
such as economics are also viewed with
great distrust. A forum in Rochester
was closed following a program on
“Racial Relations,” while. many work-
ers have been fired for joining labor
schools. The American must strive
for the broader popular support and
tolerance which has been reached in
England and Scandinavia.

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. LECTURES AT BRYN MAWR

CLUB
The Bryn Mawr: Club.of New York
is starting a series of fortnightly

’ supper lectures, to be held in the

new clubrooms at the Hotel Barclay.
Mr. Fenwick spoke on The Lima

| Conference at the. first of the series,

on Friday evening, January 27. A
talk on Reminiscences about Gilbert
‘and Sullivan at Bryn Mawr by Mr.
Willoughby, was given ‘Thursday eve-
ning, February ninth,

Buffet supper will be served at 6.30,
preceding the lectures. Reservations,
at one dollar per person, may -be
made by ‘addressing the Bryn Mawr
Club, Hotel Barclay, 111 East 48th
Street, New York City. -All Bryn
Mawr students and alumnae, and their

- friends, aé itivited to attend.



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Lantern Contest
~ The Lantern board announces
a contest to be held for its
next issue. There will be three
prizes of five dollars each for
the best. poem, article, and short
" story.” The choice’ of subjects
for the short stories is left free,
but. the poems are to deal with
“A Reaction Towards Educa-
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College Hears Piano
Recital by Myra Hess



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some places lacked strength she exhib-
ited throughout extraordinary musi-
cianship. She grasps a composition
asa whole, and plays it as one, in-
stead of*leaving the piecing together
to the listener.

Three Chopin selections showed
Miss Hess at her very best and she
seemed perfection in her rendition.
The first notes of the Valse Opus 18}
brought a joyful sigh from the audi-
ence. Its capricious charm delighted
everybody. The dreaiiy D flat Noc-
turne (Opus 27, No. 2) was nore the
less welcome, and the applause which
followed a Scherzo, Opus 39, notable
for the verve and technical display it
necessitated, brought Miss Hess back
to the platform again., “I’d like to
play ten encores,” she said, “but I have
to tatch a train.” She played three
nevertheless: a Scarlatti G major So-
nata, incredibly fast and delicate,
Bach’s C minor Fantasia, and a short,
whimsical composition of her teach-
er’s, Tobias Matthay, Elves.

She left us all with the hope that
her next reeital here would he free
from unforseen disturbances. Two
years ago a footlight vibrated annoy-
ingly and she was forced to stop for
that. This year, with all the foot-
lights carefully swaddled in paper and
rags, a bat’s appearance seemed
most inappropriate. Yet the incident
gave us a chance to sense Miss Hess’s
personal as well as musicianly charm
and poise, which could but increase our
estimation of her.

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team by the narrow margin of .42-
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50 Yard Freestyle—First, Withrow,
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Crawl for Form—First, Link, Bryn
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