College News, 1921-05-11, Vol. 07, No. 26

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BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY .11, 1921
Price 10 Centi
Pkolo by J. Parker Rolje
GLEE   CLUB     PINAFORE'
VOTER'S NONPARTISAN LEAGUE
ADVOCATED BY DR. HAMILTON
For
Declare  Women   Must   Unite
Govermental Reform
"Women must come together as non-par-
tisan voters," said Dr. Alice Hamilton,
assistant profeSsor of the Harvard Medical
School, in Chapel, on Friday morning.
"We count for very little now," she as-
serted, "and they are trying to make us
strong party members so that we never can
count in any peculiar way. But women
have a very different contribution to bring
to civfc problems, and it is their contribu-
tion which must change the old standards
so that the world may really forge ahead.
Women are primarily interested in human
life; they have a different sense of values
from men. They can "discuss measures of
government disinterestedly, with no ulterior
motives."
Dr. Hamilton, who is the first woman to
be appointed for research in industrial dis-
eases, told of a recent meeting of the
League of Women Voters she had at-
tended in Cleveland, and of the broad-
minded and constructive way in which
questions of government had been discussed
there. She compared this with a legisla-
tive session in Springfield, where several
bills were passed directly against the wishes
of all the women present, who were unor-
ganized and so able to do nothing.
"We have within us," she ended, "the
faculties which can change the present de-
plorable conditions. If we vote in a party,
we can accomplish nothing. The way to
make our wishes count is to come together
in a Non-Partisan League."
MENDELSSOHN  CLUB TO  GIVE
CONCERTJu^N    CLOISTERS
An unaccompanied mixed chorus of sev-
enty-five voices will be the outstanding
feature of the concert to be given at 8.15
o'clock on Saturday night, in the Cloisters,
by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia.
The Mendelssohn Club,, founded by Dr.
W. W. Gilchrist and completing its forty-
sixth season, is conducted by Mr. N. Lind-
say Norden. The soloist is Mr. Charles
W. Stahl, tenor, tti the Second Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia. The concert on
Saturday night is for the benefit of the
Music Committee of the Undergraduate
Association, and it will include the prize
composition of Miss Frances McCollin, sis-
ter of K. McCollin, Bryn Mawr A. B., '16.
Tickets*) may be obtained from Dean
Maddison. . Reserved seats are $1.50 for
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GLEE CLUB PRESENTS.GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S "PINAFORE" FRESHMEN CARRY OFF FIItyL
HONORS IN LAST TRACK MEET
Emily Kimbrough, '21 Conducts Finished Performance
Specially  Contributed  by  Miss   Eunice   M.
Schcnck.  Professor  of   French.
The Glee Club, on Friday and Saturday
nights, under Miss Kimbrough's able lead-
ership, gave "Pinafore" before an audience
that not only showed its approval by great
applause, but rose, again and again, with
a   roar  to  the wit  and  nonsense  that  the
bis gaze off the great man and was quite
evidently seeing a future for himself that
included white satin breeches and an em-
broidered coat. The capital hornpipe of
the little midshipman won him a round of
applause and an encore.
'Hie audience, however, seemed to touch
its' highest spots with Little Buttercup and
_.                          ....        .     i                   r-     i Dick Deadeye.    The rosy* good humor of
actors got over With such cleverness.    For |, .   .     _      '            �         J ?      .   .,,      ,
Little   Buttercup   was   so   irresistible   that
not only was the good old fun of "Pina-
fore" there, intact�the fun that had de-'
lighted the mothers and grandmothers of
these players, but there was distinctly a
1921 point of view added to .much of it.
I am sure there was never so fantas-
tically conventioilal a father and daugh-
ter as this Captain Corcoran ' aiVd this
I Josephine, and that no actors ever put
more solemn irony into those noble lines
than did Miss Garrison and Miss Minott.
In the same glorious tradition of propriety,
poise and pulchritude was Miss Teft as
Hebe. She did not allow the- audience to
forget for an instant the gulf fixed between
her and the ladies of the chorus, nor did
these latter refrain from availing them-
selves of the advantages of their more
strategic, if humbler, position. The con-
stant flirting going on between sailors and
girls, always maintained, be it said, within
the limits of the best Victorian tradition,
furnished a vividness of setting that is
unusual in opera or musical comedy,
whether done by professionals or ama-
teurs.
The central figure of all this young
romance was Ralph Rackstraw, straight
and handsome, whose sweet, high tenor,
although slight, carried at times a good
deal of emotion. He was admirably sup-
ported by those two stalwart, deep-voiced
seamen, Bill Bobstay and Bob Begket, and
all the jolly tars, who (whatever the
psychologists say against this theory) were
certainly transferring the team play
learned on the athletic field to team play
in the chorus.
A very subtle piece of acting was done
by Miss Kirkland in the role of the Ad-
miral. One could fairly see the thin*
nervous, shriveled little hands that were so
carefully hidden under shiny white gloves,
but betrayed by every gesture the charac-
teristics of the fussy, pompous old sea-
lord. There was a dominating quality
about the Admiral that held the attention
of the audience whenever he was about It
was no wonder that he enthralled abso-
lutely  the   midshipmite,   who   never   took
everyone rejoiced to have the vicious mix-
ing up of  "those children"  result   for her
Elizabeth Cecil '21, Wins First Place
in Individual Championship
Piling up a total of 36.33 points towards
the class championship. 1924 easily won its
way to first place in the final track meet
last Saturday morning. With 27.1 points,
,,1922 took 'second place, and 1921 came
third with a score of 23.2 points.
First place in the individual champion-
ship went to E. Cecil, '21, with a total of
20.2 points. R. %el, '22, who broke by
7   feet   10  inches  the   1917   college   record
,,                      .                              .     ,      . i/   reel   iu  inencs  uie   iy�/   conege   record
in the winning of so handsome a husband    .       ,     ,      ,   ,,   t               ,         "! .    ,
\i:.    ir ji a rw.i. twi                 riu         Ior the baseball throw, took second place.
Mis-;  Kellv s Dick Deadeye was,  I believe'      ,.       ,,�      .           ...    ,,   � ,    ,           '
c .._ .         ,             ...                          making  12.8 points, while  M. 1 alache,   24,
one ot the best characterizations eve* seen             J,  .     ,            . ,    ,, ,
on the _Bryn Mawr stage. She gave a
laugh to her audience with every line, and
many between lines, and made of Dick
Deadeye a more comical, hideous, black
villain- and scoundrel than ever trod the
boards of melodrama.
-Comparisons between amateur and pro-
fessional performances are, as a rule,
odious, no two things being equal; but, in
this case, there are distinctly things to be
said for the amateurs. The level of the
acting, both in principals and chorus,
seemed to me well above that of the aver-
age musical comedy, and the choruses were
really excellent and sang their foolish music
and their foolish words with delightful
humor. The audience showed beyond the
shadow of a doubt what it thought of
Miss Minott's lovely voice. The enuncia-
tion throughout was above reproach. Miss
Geyer, at the piano, performed little less
than a miracle in giving just the right
amount of support to principals and chorus
alike. Finally, from Miss Kimbrough's
compelling conducting came an energy and
will that again and again got the response
it .deserved.
Many points and many persons should
be noted in connection with this produc-
tion. Mr. Grant should have great credit
for the results of his coaching in the sing-
ing and acting; Miss Chil'ds for her stage-
managing. The disposition of the big
chorus on the little stag* was admirable.
To the chairmen of scenery and costumes
was due the delight of the color effects of
the maidens' dresses^ against a sky blue
that was lovely by day and lovelier still by
night, thanks to the clever Lights Commit-
tee. Nor should Miss Morrison's dashing
ship, at full sail, on the programme cover,
be forgotten.
Between the acts, Miss Foot, in an elo-
quent  appeal  for the  Students'  Building,
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won   third   place,   with   11.2  points   to  her
credit.
Winning both relays in the two meets,
1924 improved its original time in the new
event (the 75-yard relay, with 20 persons
to a team)--*f)y 22-5 seconds, establishing
the record at 2 minutes 50 seconds. In
this race 1921, again second, made better
time than the winners in the first meet;
1923 and 1921 took second place in the
first and second meets, respectively, but
1923 s total time was less.                       ,,
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LIBRARY HA8 EARLY EDITIONS AND
VALUABLE COLLECTIONS
Among the 85,000 bound volumes form-
ing the Bryn Mawr Library are a number
of early editions and several valuable spe-
cialized collections.
Of the very earliest are the "Philip-
picae" and "In Verrurri" of Cicero, bound
together in 1495, and a rare volume oi
Greek dissertations, dated 1497. Of the six-
teenth century are several volumes, among
which is a very beautiful edition of Hol-
lingsheads, printed in 1587, which is one
of the greatest treasures of the library.
Beside this is a volume of "Le Sei Gior-
nati," of Erizzo, 1568, dedicated on the title
page to Frederico Gonzaga, and five or six
Latin works of the* same period- Of a
later date are volumes of Spenser, Ben
Jonson and Goethe.
Three particularly noteworthy collections
have been presented to the college. Of
these the largest is the collection of Pro-
fessor Sauppe, of Gottingen, including-over
ten thousand volumes, given in 1893 by
Miss Garrett. There is also the Semitic
library of Professor Amiaud, of Paris, of
Hebrew, Syriac and Assyrian works par-
ticularly, and including several now out
of print, and the 500-volume collection of
Mr. Albert J. Edwards on religion.