College News, 1920-10-06, Vol. 07, No. 02

              The College News
Volume VII.    No. 2.
BRYX MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, ('(TOBER 6.  1<>20
Price 10 Cents
REELING   AND   WRITHING   CLUB
WILL  WORK   WITH   ROBERT   FR08T
Public Reading Will Open Court*
Robert Lee Frost, Professor at Atnherst
and one of America's leading poels, has
been secured by the Reeling and Writhing
Gub to hold a series of informal meetings
with members of the club. A reading by
Mr. Frost, open to the public, will con-
stitute the first meeting of the series, which
will be held some time before the middle
of November.
"We shall have to get a little more
American literature directly out of the col-
leges or know the reason why," says Mr.
Frost in a letter to one of the officers ot
the Reeling and Writhing Club. "I see no
better way to do it than by laying on our
younger students the obligation to produce
something besides exercises to be blue-
penciled for details by teachers. The col-
leges haven't dared to expect absolute lit-
erature of mere students. Yet when you
stop to consider, you find that before they
wcre past the age of being students, nearly
all the real writers that ever wrote had
done something definite of the kind they
were to be known for all the rest of their
lives. Probably the colleges haven't ex-
pected enough of young writers. But per-
haps it is the country's fault. A young
country is too easily satisfied with a
mechanical proficiency in the arts that can
at best never be better than amateurish
The country may not expect enough. Ami
then again 1 am not sure the country is to
blame. 1 don't know that either the coun-
try or the colleges could expect enough ol
young artists. The young artists have to
expect it of themselves, by some miracle,
for it to be enough"
To Mr. Frost has been attributed a
psychological insight, spiritual veracity, an
artistic simplicity, power and originality
such as no other contributor to American
literature has displayed since Emerson and
Whitman. He is the author of "North of
Boston," "Mountain Interval" and "A Boy's
Will." The latter is to be found in the
New Book Room.
PRESIDENTTHOMASDECORATED
BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
Given High Honor of Gold Palms of
Officier de ('Instruction Publique
The gold academic palms of Officer de
l'lnstruction I'ublique. the highest educa-
tional decoration in France, was awarded
to President Thomas this summer by the
French government. "The decoration was
bestowed," said President Thomas in
chapel last Wednesday, "not, 1 am sure, as
an individual award, but because of Bryn
Xlawr's sympathy and love for things
French, and localise of the wish which is
�Ito ours that at Bryn Mawr College
French Culture and French literature and
learning may continue to be reverenced and
cultivated."
Bryn Mawr was among the first colleges
in the United States to invite famous
French literary men who visited this coun
try lecture in French. Among them were
Monsieur Brunctierc, for many years editor
of the Revue du Deux Mondes; M. Henri
de Rcgnicr, the poet, and XI. Hugucs Le
Roox "Also," said President Thomas to a
newi reporter, "Bryn Mawr from its open
inv in 1885 conducted ils classes in French
and we believe that WC are still the only
college or university in the United States
lo conduct all our graduate and under-
graduate  vvrk ill  I'Vemh."
"JINGLE   BELLS"  UNPARODIED   BY
1923 ON PARADE NIGHT
MI8S KING TOUR8 8PAIN TO  8TU0V
ART FOR  HISPANIC 80CIETY
After a tour of eighteen months in
Spain, Miss King, professor of History of
Art, has returned from making an ex-
haustive study of Spanish art for the His-
panic Society of America. Xliss King was
accompanied by Miss H. L. Lowber, who
took photographs which will illustrate the
series of essays which Miss King will
write.
The course of the travel lay for the
most part through out of the way rural
districts, reached by public motor dili-
gences or on mules. In Spain many of the
art specimens arc scattered throughout the
country, those of each region being kept
at best in collections belonging to the local
churches and monasteries. Xliss King vis-
ited many of these, though to do so in the
case of more than one convent she had to
obtain the permission of the Pope. Every
opportunity was given her to pursue the
course of her investigations.
Starting with the cave paintings of
paleolithic man at Altamira, Xliss King's
studies included frescoes, carved and col-
ored paneN. through the paintings of later
centuries down to the works of Morales,
termed the 'clumr" Xliss I.owUr made a
special study ol the archiu.un, ol Span-
ish towns and castles
MISS   IRENE   HARMON  AWARDED
RED  CROSS  SCHOLARSHIP
Honor  Department of Sociology
The Carols WocrishorTcr Department at
Itryn XIawr lias been chosen bj the Ameri-
can   Red   Cross    M   ODC    ol    its   Centers   cil"
training and has been awarded scholar-
ships which will enable several students
to attend the seminary in Sociology here.
Om has already been awarded to Xliss
Irene   Harmon.
Dr. Neva Deardorff, who gives the semi-
nary, is assistant to the general manager
of the Red Cross in Washington and comes
to Bryn Xlawr the first of every week for
this work.
Four of the students will live in the home
of Xliss Gertrude Fly, who has consented
to take them in, as the accommodations for
graduate students at college are insuffi-
cient
SOCIAL  SERVICE PARTY TO BE
GIVEN   SATURDAY   NIGHT
Xcxt Saturday night the Social Service
Committee ol the Christian Association
udl |ivc a party in the gymnasium at
quarter to eight. Opening speeches will be
made by Dean Smith and Helen Barrett,
13, head of the Bryn Xlawr Community
Center.
Margaret Ketmard, '22. will speak on
Junk," and F. Donnelly. 71, on behalf of
the Sewing Committee Children's dresses
made for the committee and posters on
Community Center subjects will be on ex-
hibition. Refreshment! end dancing irfll
be included in the program
Monsieur  GiMi.   French   Protestor
Claude Gilli, B.A., has been appointed
\--ociate ProfeatOf of Old French
Monsieur (jib, ol N'ic. France, rex mil
the degree of Bachelor m \rts from
London University, with lirst:class
Honours   in    1MB       Hi     w.i-    Rothl
prisemaa m koiii.uut Philology, i nreei
nd held the lectureship in
nee PMIotog]  at East London Col
1O10-1J, and ..t  W.stt.ld College.
ii.   1911-13      He    ���   bcturer   at
iln   Unhrersit) ol afontpelliei from 1�I7
Ml
1924 Throws Off Even Hoodoo
Breaking all even records and completely
baffling the Sophomores, 1924 sang their
parade long unparodied under Pembroke
Arch last Wednesday night.
The sleuthing was very quiet, and there
was practically no excitement until 6
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when fifteen
Freshmen collected in B. Pierson's room
and were taught the song which was
written by B. I'rice, while their classmates
outside naa popular airs to deceive the
Sophomores At the class meeting called
that night those who had learned the song
taught it to the,others. No written copies
were made. Iti the midst of the meeting
the Sophomores turned the lights out all
over the gymnasium. The Freshmen meet-
ing was immediately adjourned, and they
marched up to the Arch in dead silence.
The Sophomore sleuths under the leader-
ship of A Smith were tireless. They
shadowed the Freshmen Committee night
and day and several times got possession
of the words of the song hut were unable
to discover the tune.
This is the first time that an even class
has kept its Parade song and is only the
third lime that it has been done in the his-
tory of Parade night The other classes
wen  l�ll  and  1021.       ------------
OFFICERS  OF   DISCUSSION  CLUB
ATTEMPT TO REVIVE  DEBATING
Winning  Team Will  Debate Publicly
Debating will again  enter th<   ranks of
college activities this Fall, if enough would*
be dehatOra sign the papers to be passed
around Thursday noon.
The debating committee, the officers of
the Discussion Club, will explain the pro-
ject at the undergraduate meeting Wednes-
day night, emphasizing both the advantages
of interest in current topics and ability to
speak publicly and the necessity of serious
work in preparing debates. Only those
students willing to look up a subject and
speak once or twice during the debating
season will be asked to sign.
Meetings dosed to all except those who
have signed up to debate, will probably be-
held every three weeks. Fach time lour
people will debate, two on a side, and in-
formal discussions follow. Subjects will
be those of general current interest or Con-
ine wd with tome college course or some
policy   or activity of  the college.
A public debate before the college, with
ipeakeri chosen from those who have de-
bated  in the club,  will dote  the  season
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT8 TO
VOTE AT COMING ELECTIONS
Student! who have attained the age of
twenty-one and will not b< twenty-two u
November 2nd, will lie able to vote in Bryn
XIawr at the coining election without fur-
tin r registration, if they have lived in
Bryn Mawr College for a year.
In  order  to  vote   such  students  must  be
accompanied   l\   ,,   qualified   voter of   the
district   to make affidavit   for them at the
polll,   for otherwise,  according to the  laws
of  Pennsylvania, every   citizen  of  twenty-
om must have lived in the Mate I year and
in the voting thstrictefor two months pre
eosdhrg    the    election      If   the   citizen   i*
twenty-two   or   over,   she   nui-'   have   paid
Lwitlnn   two   years   a   state   or  OHM
which shall have l>een assessed at least tw-
months   and   paid   one   month   before   the
n.    There is now  the possihilitv   that
those   students   who  are  over   twentv-tw.
and were unable to register by September
1st  may  still l-e permitted  bv  I  special  in
terpretation of the court
CHAPEL SPEECH BY PRESIDENT
THOMAS OPENS COLLEGE YEAR
Portrait of Susan B. Ar.tho y Given
to College: Unveiled by Her Niece
President Thomas addressed the college
in chapel last Wednesday, opening the
thirty-sixth academic year, and Xliss I.ucy
Vnthony, neice of Susan B. Anthony, un-
\eiled a portrait of Miss Anthony, which
has been presented to the college by Miss
Elisabeth I'pham Yates, president for
many yean of the Rhode Island Suffrage
Association. In her address, President
Thomas said in part :
Students, fellow members of the Fac-
ulty, alumnae, mothers and fathers of
Freshmen, and friends of the College�
again, and at last after so many months
�my dear old Bryn Mawr audience,
(�reeling!
How many times in the last fourteen
months have I not wondered what it
would be like lo face you again! How
many times when I have been speaking
to little yellow skinned Coin and Egypt-
ian girls, or to little olive brown, yellow
and black skinned Syrians, with their
oval coal black eyes and coal black hair,
have I wondered what a golden, red and
brown haired, blue, gray and brown eyed,
red and pink cheeked audience ol Bryn
Mawr girls would seem like. Now I
know, and you really are�even Men
against     the     background    of    Egyptian
pyramid* and Egyptian, Greek and
Roman temples and sphinxes and stat-
in s, cathedrals and castles which have
pass,,! before me in almost endless suc-
cession since I last saw yon�the very
most satisfying thing that 1 have
since  I left you fourteen months ago.
I have had such a glorious holiday,
the first long holiday that I have ever
had (for I have always worked hard;
indeed I was born with a book in my
hand�one of those prehistoric studious
creatures of which there were so many
in my generation, but which in your gen-
eration seem to be as extinct as the
dodo) that I could not believe that I
wished to come home, but when I drove
up from the Bryn Mawr station and saw
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GLEE CLUB  RE ELECTS LA8T
YEARS OFFICER8
Emily Kimbroogh, '21, was unanimously
re-elected leader of the Glee Club, and
Eleanor Boswcll, '21, secretary and treas
urer, at the first meeting held last Friday.
Frances Childs, '23, was elected stage man-
ager. Xliss ( hilds was on the costume
Committee for .May Day and in charge of
the costumes  for  1923*1 Freshman show.
"Naughty Marietta," The Spring Xlaid"
and several (�uilbert and Sullivan plays
are   among   the  operettas   which  are   being
considered by the dab for production m
the Spring. Miss Kimbrough suggested
that meetings of the club be held before
the   performances   of   the    Uetropolitan
Opera to go over the motives and KDN of
the opera and to discus, the structure \
course of lectures on how to appreciate
music and how to follow the different in-
struments in .i lymphon) orchestra mm
also suggi sit i|
No Wednesday Morning Office Hours
I lean Smith's n, u  oltice hours are    Mon
d.o, 11.00 to I 00; Tuesday, MB In 11 00;
Wednesday, 100 to 130; Thursday. 11.00
to L00; Friday, "im to II M
\ll ModcntS arc asked to |Jgn lor ap-
pointment* dui               i hours Students
who timl it impossible to arrange an inter-
view   within lb.                Sours may m.ik<   ..
! appointment ai an) Hum llwoagh the
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