College News, 1921-02-23, Vol. 07, No. 16

              �
College
VpLUMB VII.     NO.   16.
BRYN MAWR, PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23; 1921        .
Price 10 Cents
^lographed by Rolfl
FRESHMAN SHOW-STYX AND FIDLESTICKS"
MR. ROBERT FROST SPEAKS ON
WORDS FOR POETICAL USE
Meets Reeling  and Writhing Club
for Second Conference
"There arc three or four of you here
who are in earnest about this matter of
writing poetry," said Mr. RoWrt FrosV
opening his talk to members of the Reeling
and Writhing Club, last Thursday evening.
"You" are determined to see the thing
through I want, in these meetings, to
talk over some of the things that have*
always bothered me, and that consequently
I have thought a lot about." This is Mr.
Frost's third meeting with the Reeling and
Writhing Club this winter.
"Words can be divided into three classes,"
according to Mr. Frost. ".Loose words are
those that don't mean anything because
they have been used everywhere."  "Pretty,"
. "glorious" and "little" were cited in the open
discussion as examples of these "cheap"
words. "The second class of words are
those that are nailed down to a particular
meaning; trade words are in this category,"
according to Mr. Frost. "I don't believe
you've got any chance in poetsy unless you
like these 'hard' words." The third group
comprises words that have been pulled
from their original places to-serve in some
' figure "Lemon" and "pill," when first em-
ployed in the figurative sense, are exam-
ples of this use. "I'd like," said Mr. Frost,
"to see only the last two kinds of word
in your poetry; those that are nailed down
to a specific meaning, and those which you
have pulled out. of their unusual places
yourselves.
Criticize*  Bryn   Mawr  Poet�
"In looking over your work I felt that
.you  must say no to yourself more than
�  you do," said Mr. Frost "You must re-
fuse to use certain cheap "poeticisms-P
Declaring the first test of good poetry
to be "Is it taking�is there something
instant, vibrant, alive in it?" Mr. Frost
asked each person to cite passages which
she thought showed true poetical achieve-
ment "Kubla Khan," "Hamlet," "The
Forsaken Merman," and "Dr. Faustus"
were among the sources named. The line
from the "Flight ot thr .Duchess"-^"'"
the whole is our Duke's country," has been
called "one of the biggest thrills in all
literature," said Mr. Frost   "No man ever
* wrote with his imagination more on reality
than did Browning. Your subject matter
should carry with it the words and tones
(Continued �a Pact 5)
GOOD   STAGING  AND COSTUMING  MARK FRESHMAN SHOW
1924 Relies on Individual Talent in Styx and Fiddlesticks.
A. Shiras and B. Constant Give Clever Performance
Good Staging and costuming, and refresh-
ingly few local hits characterized 1924*s
Freshman Show, "Styx and Fiddlesticks,"
a musical comedy in four acts, given last
Saturday night in the gymnasium. The
plot, which showed the efforts of Sally
Catt�1924�aided by the Prince�1923� to
find the Grotto of Good Luck, was con-
ventionally slight and depended entirely on
individual talent for its success.
The first act, the interior of an antique
shop, gave promise of a high standard of
production. The scenery and lighting
effects were good, and the handsome and
fascinating costumed old-fashioned chorus,
the most effective in the show, lent an
atmosphere of by-gone days which formed
a romantic background for the meeting of
Sally Catt and the* Prince. E. Neville, as
Sally Catt, played the part of a sophisti-
cated young girl with grace and ease, while
K. Elston put personality and charm into
the slight part of the Prince.
In the second act the scene shifted to
the banks of the Styx and showed Cicero
arid Sir Walter Raleigh waiting, among
other corpmuters, for the ferry. The
introduction   of  a   Shimmying   Debutante
chorus, in rather motley costumes, lead by
L. Parsons, gave.B. Taylor, as Sir Walter,
opportunity -for a take-off of a modern
'"pick-up." The part of Cicero, taken by
B. Constant, "proved one of the high
lights of the show, and saved the act from
dragging.
Free Verse Well Played  by K. Connor
A Hades of leaping flames and lurid red
light was the scene for the third act, which
closely rivaled the first in artistic effect.
A band of mischievous red devils kept up
a stream of., amusing by-play which held
the act together. A. Shiras, as Diogenes,
gave the cleverest performance of the show
in her altercation with the captain of the
Hades fifth ifeckey team and her comments
on the Horrors, most effective of which'
was K. Connor as Free Verse. FolloVing
this the appearance of Proserpine�1922�
who was returning frpm a week-end, gave
an opportunity for a charming song, "The
Nest," which contrasted favorably with the
singing in the show. D- Gardner, accom-
panied by her originally costumed attend-
ants, made an alluring Queen, and sang
the part with real ability.
(Continued on Page 2)
MRS.  BERENSON  TO  SPEAK   HERE
ON UNKNOWN  ART COLLECTION   ,
'����'                                                                                   "
To Show  Slides of Pictures Chosen
by Her Husband for Mr. Hamilton
Mrs. Bernard Berenson, wife of the
famous art critic and "author, and herself
an art connoisseur of distinction, will speak
on "An Unknown American Collection of
Italian Masterpieces," in Taylor Hall, Fri-
day, February 25, at 8.30 o'clock.
The pictures in question, of which Mrs.
Berenson will show slides, belong to Mr.
Carl Hamilton of New York, for whom
Mr. Berenson made the collection in Italy.
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Berenson will bqth
come to Bryn Mawr on Friday.
Born in Germantown, Mrs. Berenson, the
daughter of Pearsall Smith, attended Smith
Jl Jiaelelrrre ,colleges, leaving the latter
before graduation to marry. With Mr.
Berenson, her second husband, she lived
for many years in an Italian villa near
Florence, where she interested herself
greatly in his work, becoming a student
of art and literature
SENIOR  BANNER  ON  GYMNASIUM
AFTER TWO VICTORIES IN POOL
Juniors Forced to Surrender
Second Came of  Finals
In a fast and furious encounter 1921
wrested a 6-3 victory from the Dark Blue
in the second game of the water polo finals
last Monday, thereby keeping the Red ban-
ner on the gymnasium, and for the second
tjme emerging champions of the pool.
Plunging immediately into a struggle
which lasted throughout the entire game,
the Junior team rushed through the first
goal, scored by E. Hobdy, center forward.
Then after a goal by K. Woodward, Senior
forward, the game settled down to per-
sistent and intelligent team work on both
sides. R Ned, at goal, was effective
against the battering Red forces, and some
wild shooting by both teams prevented fur-
ther scoring for a while. A swift, neat
goal by E. Anderson, starring at halfback
for the Juniors, broke the tension, but
again, taking careful aim, K. Woodward
brought the score to a tie.
(Continued on Page 2)
GASTON RIOU INTERPRETS ART
OF PAUL DARDE DRAMATICALLY
Describes     His    Masterpieces   As
Expressive of Artist's Life
Drawing with keen appreciation the art
of Paul Dardc^ shepherd-sculptor, M. Gas-
ton Riou, author and lecturer of the Alli-
ance Krancaisc, spoke under the auspices
of the French Club last Friday night in
Taylor Hall.
Claiming Darde's supreme simplicity as
the keynote of his success, M. Riou traced
briefly the sculptor's sudden advance to
popularity and fame since the first Salon
exhibition after the war, in May, 1919,
when his L'Eternelle Douleur was awarded
first prize. Since he was nine years old
this "gaillard formidable," simple peasant
of the Cevcnnes, has been sculpturing, carv-
ing on rocks what he saw about him while
tending his father's sheep.
Produces Masterpiece at Eighteen
At eighteen, disappointed in love, he pro-
duced his great masterpiece, which repre-
sents a woman's head, a head "qui vie d'un
vie mortel," directly inspired by his reading
of Dartte. Darde's education was small but
he was intimately acquainted with the Bible,
the Divine Comedy and Shakespeare.. Dur-
ing his military service at Montpelier he was
able to study at .the Ecole de Beaux Arts,
and, winning a prize of 400 francs, spent
two months wandering through Italy,
where he visited Rome, Venice and Flor-
ence. But whatever learning Darde
acquired he never had a master, said M.
Riou, for, a great lover of nature, he
attempts to translate his own feelings
about things into stone The diligence
passengers, for there are n6 railroads in
his native region of the Cevennes, may see
him today hewing his marble out of the
diff.   .
War Alters Darde's Point of View
After the war, which he fought with a
peasant's ferodty "avec la crosse de la
fusil," Dardsjsart takes a different^ turn','
according to M: Riou. Asked to make a
statue of Jeanne d'Arc, he put into it all
his knowledge of war and moddled a
woman valiant, unafraid, and real; different
from the usual pictures of a visionary
maid This stands m the public square of
Montpelier.
The outgrowth of the war and his later
philosophical mood is his second master-
piece, Faune. For Darde' life had become
(Continued on Page 5)
>*         *#6t'jf&
*        . _*���
.V>�-'
a
-