College News, 1921-02-16, Vol. 07, No. 15

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Volume VII.    No. 15.
BRYN &AWR/PA../VEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 'lo\ 1921
Pric* 10 Cents
BRYN    MAWR  BEATS   ADELPHI Junior Play Cast Announced Yesterday
IN BASKET BALL MATCH GAME      Phoebe  Norcross. will play the part of
fhe heroine, Rose, in "Trelawney of the
Wells," according/to air announcement
made yesterday by- the Junior Play Com-
mittee. The part of Tom Wrench; a dis-
appointed actor, will be taken by E. Hobdy,
while other important roles will be played
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Win First [Outside Game Played In
-   Six Years With Score of 35-27
Defeating Adelphi 35-27 in basket-ball
last  Saturday,  Bryn  Mawr won the first
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�since 1915. The game, which was played
under women's rules, is'only the third in
the history of the college, the first being
played in 1900 against Swarthmore College,
and the second'in 1915 against Swarthmore
College.                                       �.*    -
At the first whistle.F. Martin, '23, jump-
ing center, knocRed the ball to E. Taylor,
varsity captain, at side center, who passed
to the forwards for a tally by E. Cecil, '21.
A second tally by E. Cope brought the
score to 4-0 before Adelphi succeeded in
netting the ball: For the set of the half
which was marked by the quick passing of
the Bryn Mawr centers, the ball remained
almost entirely in Bryn. Mawr territory,
although only seven more baskets were
netted as opposed to five for Adelphi,
bringing the score to 18-12 at the end of
the first period.
Starting off with a rush in the second
half Adelphi netted three field goals and a
goal from a foul as opposed to .Bryn
Mawr's one goal, - bringing tnfc score to
20-19, forjhe most exciting moment of the
game. This proved the turning point, how-
ever, and for the rest of the match Bryn
Mawr forged steadily ahead, piling up a
total of 35 points to Adelphi's 27. During
this half the team work between F. Martin
and A. Nicoll in the center, and the general
team work of -varsity, was noteworthy,
�while Miss "Newman, right forward for
Adelphi, played a quick game, scoring sev-
eral long-distance tallies.
Line-up�Adelphi: C. Holstein, G. New-
man, H.'Ringe, E. Campbell, M. Snyder, E.
Murray.
Line-up�Bryn Mawr: E. Cope, '21; E.
Cecil, '21; F> Martin, '23; E. Taylor, '211
M. S. Goggin, '21; F. Bliss, '22.
Substitutes�E. Taylor for M. S. Goggin,
'21; A. Nicoll, '22, for E. Taylor, '21.
Burgess, E. Brush and F. Bliss.
land.
DR. HENRY SLOANE COFFIN OF NEW YORK LEADS MIDWEEK
CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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Silver Bay Leader Outlines Basis for Positive Belief
Laying emphasis on a positive faith, Dr. 1 ment called chlorophyl"' began Doctor Cof-
DWELLERS OF GREENWICH VILLAGE
THRONG GYMNASIUM ON SATURDAY
Bizarre Predominates  in Costumes
at Sophomore Dance to 1924
McDougal Alley and all its "mo�ley in-
habitants came to Bryn Mawr last Saturday
night when Sophomore dance transformed
the gymnasium into a second Greenwich
Village.
Lattice work overhead, brilliantly colored
paper figures on the walls, and tables and
cushioned recesses shaded by Japanese
parasols, created a setting for the bizarre
Bohemian costumes of the dancers. Artists
in smock and tam consorted with perfect
freedom with Sunbonnet Sue and with her
staider   grandmother.    P.   Smitfc,  '22,   as
Zorro.hero.of 'The Mark of Zorro," and, ^chaperoned was defeated.
C. Garrison, '21, as Zorro's second self, lent
an air of mystery to the occasion.
During a short intermission the lights
darkened and a band of strolling musicians,
accompanied by D. Stewart on the mando-
lin, sang a haunting melody, written 'by-1.
Beaudrias, inviting their audience,to
"Enter Greenwich Village, .please,
Where the night is soft and bright,
And the moon shines down.
And the moon shines down,
Little-crooked alleyways   �
Where the moon shines down.
Where the moon shines down."
and assuring them that
"When once upon McDougal way
You will cast all care aside
When the moon shines down,
When the moon shines' down."
Henry Sloane Coffin, pastor of the Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian Church, New
York, opened the fourteenth annual con-
ference of the Christian Association last
Wednesday evening., Talks on Thursday
afternoon and evening and a series of
personal interviews  followed.
Doctor Coffin, who lead chapel on Octo-
ber, 24, was obtained by the Christian Asso-
ciation at S.ilver Bay last summer, but
owing to the many demands made upon his
time,"ne was able to come only during the
week. This year, as a result of the change
from the usual week-end conference,
attendanc^was slightly less than in other
Years, thaw of the ' afternoon averaging
fifty-five, and the evenings 110. The con-
ference was considered none the less suc-
cessful, however, . by the Christian
Association. <
Students' personal interviews on Wed-
nesday evening and Thursday morning-
numbered about fourteen. Everyone was
invited to meet Doctor Coffin at tea on
Thursday after the afternoon address.
Why  Do We  Believe in God?
"What is Gpd and Why Do We Believe
in Him,?" was the subject of Doctor Coffin's
first address in Taylor Hall on Wednesday
evening, beginning a series of discussions
on faith.
"Probably the most important single sub-
stance in the world, according to recent
investigations by a scientist, Is a tiny pig-
fin. This is essential to plant life, as
haemoglobin is necessary to transform
oxygen for human life, and in the same
relation to human nature is faith, con-
necting us with the background, the air,
light, etc., of the world. Many people, he
maintained, consider faith in God the last
survival of the ancient belief in ghosts and
spirits, and such people of a purely mate-
rial creed have in other times turned as a
last resort to pagan gods. ,Jf faith were
not the essential in life, "the chlorophyl of
human nature," it would not have lasted
through all ages, pointed out Doctor*Coi-
fin. The trees in their different seasons'
he compared to the growth of faith, their
life hidden under barren exteriors during
the long winter as often, in human minds,
faith is dormant or "eclipsed by a new
idea" temporarily.
Despondent Attitude  Toward   Future
Eighty-three and one-third per cent, of
the world look toward the future with
despondency, Doctor Coffin asserted, while
the small complement of 16 2/3 per cent,
have faith, but this, in the words of Christ
J^'as a grain of mustard seed," was enough
to get the whole band of' Israelites into
Canaan. "Faith takes courage against a
mountain of difficulty," said Doctor Coffin,
"and that mountain is one that only men
of poise and faith, such as William of
Orange, who had a most firm treaty and
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GASTON RIOU WILL TRACE THE
EVOLUTION OF FRENCH ART
Will Discuss Paul Darde, Sculptor,
For Three Days a Pupil of Rodin
Victoria Evans to Play Part of Villon
Senior Play, "H I Were* King," by Justin
McCarthy, has, been cast in part. As it
now stands, the part of Villon will be taken
V. Evans,; the King by P. Ostroff, Tristan
by E. Cecil, Thibaut by E Kales, NoeT'hjJ    "
TT  �                ,-� *.    _  _           . __  .          l     Paul Darde and the Evolution of French
H Stone, Wenee by C. Garrison, Kathenne \r," is the title, of .the leeture to be given
Ward, and Huguette by M. P. Kirk-  p\ Gaston Riou, French author, next Frj-"
.1m> evening a* S Trdocfc Tn Taylor* Hall,
under the auspices of the French Club.
Tickets are fifty cents and may be obtained
from E. Harris.-TZl, Denbigh.
Dardc's work is, gaining great attention
among French sculptors, according to La
France, although as yet he is unrecognized
by the press. A peasant shepherd, Darde
has learned his art only from a brief course
at_ night school and three days under Kodin.'
He is unique in that he never models in
clay, and owes all his inspiration, so he -
says, to the Bible, Dante and Shakespeare.
Thanks to the help of M. Armand Dayot,
editor of TArt et les Artistes, Darde was
able to leave the country and, after a
picturesque trip on the continent, settle- in '
Paris. Faune and I'Eternelle Doitieur are
recognized as his two best pieces; the latter
received the prix national at the Salon.
Gaston Riou was born in 1883 in the
Cevennes region. He is a descendant of
the last Hufuenot martyr and Dy a family
tradition, according to a short biography in
La France, "a liberal, a nonconformist and
a republican." .He is the author of sev-
eral books and a constant contributor to
La France, which speaks of his- work as
embodying  "the  faith of   France."
E. Harris, president- of the French Club,
who has heard M. Riou, says that he has a
fascinating and magnetic personality that
although he lectures in French, it is clear
and easily intelligible. The lecture will be
followed by a reception in Denbigh Hall
to members of the French Club.            "
Smoking in Private Houses Permitted
Only When Spending the Night
Students May Not Go to the Theatre at
Night. with   Men   Unchaperohed
Although the motion passed in the Self-
Government meeting of January 11 per-
mitting students to smoke in private houses
was defeated, a motion allowing smoking
when staying over night passed trjp meet-
ing of the association held in Taylor Hall
on February 8.
Shades must be pulled down in rooms
facing the street after dark, and on the
campus side while undressing and .after
undressed, according to a rule made at rhis
meeting.
The question of students going to the
theatres   and   opera   at   night   with   men
That tea must begin not later than 5.30
or it must be considered dinner, was voted
as an interpretation to be appended to
Resolution XVIII.
An informal, spoken reprimand was
given to two students for going to the
Bryn Mawr moving pictures without a
third person when they knew it was against
the rules. Two others were given fbV
motoring out from town after dark with a
, man unchaperorrc�, and for tinting at -the
Ritz-Carlton with a man unchaperoned.
. .An elective course in Rembrandt and the
Dutch Little Masters is being given by Miss
Fernald on Thursdays and Fridays, at 2
o'clock, in Room G. The course includes
a special study of Rembrandt, Franz Halls,
ana! the Little Dutch Masters.
"H. M. S. Pinafore," Annual Glee
�   . Club Performance Cast
MU8ICAL  COMEDY   IN   FOUR  ACT8
TO  BE GIVEN  AS  FRE8HMAN  8HOW
Loretta Grim '22 to Sing Part of
Ralph  Rackstraw
Former stars reappear in the cast of
"H/ M. S. Pinafore," which will be given
as the annual performance of the Glee
Club on May 6 and 7.
L. Grimm, '22, who is singing the part
of Ralph Rackstraw, achieved success two
years ago as,the heroine of 'The Pirates
of Penzance." M. Foot, '2L who is cast
as Little Buttercup, took the part of Ruth,
the pirate nurse; and M. P. Kirkland, '21,
the Rt. Hon. Joseph Porter, KC.B., was
one of the three daughters of General
Stanley.                                          *
The complete cast, which is subject to
change, is:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.,
M. P.^Kirkland, 'X
Captain Corearan..........C. Garrison, '21
Ralph Rackstraw............L Grimm, "22
Dick Deadeye.............K.  Kelly, j?rad.
Bill Bebstey
Bob   Begket
E. Hall, '22; M. Holt, 23; E. Howe. '24
Midshiptnite..............E. Shepherd, '21
Sergeant of Marines......F. Matteson, '23
Josephine..................M.  Minott, '24
Hebe...................'. .P. Norcross, '22
Little Buttercup..............M. Foot^2l\
�The chairmen of Committees are: Scen-
ery P. Smith, '22; Costumes. H. Humphries,
'23; Properties, J. Burges, '22; Program
and Tickets, M. Nforrison, '21; Lighting, I.
Haupt, graduate student
Leading Parts Taken by Katharine
Elston and Estelle Neville
That Freshman show, which will be
given next Saturday night, will be "a musi-
cal comedy in four acts, is all that M.
Palache, Chairman of the Show Committee,
will reveal. K. Elston and E. Neville will
play the leading parts, while other impor-
tant roles will be. taken by D. Gardner, S.
Leewitz, A. Shiras, B. Constant and B.
Taylor.
Committees for the show are: Fresh-
man Show Committee, M. Palache, A.
Shiras, B. Ling and B. Taylor!
Scenery and Costumes Committee: B.
Borden, P. San ford, J. Wise, K. Connor
and B. McRae.
Music Committee: B. Howe, M. Minott
arid P. Fansler.
Stage Manager, P. Coyne.
Business Manager, H. Walker.
Sewing  Drive to Aid   Dr. Grenfell
Petticoats and sweaters for Doctor Gren-
fell's mission is "the aim of the drive
launched by the Sewing Committee this
week. Maieriaf may be obtained from the
commjttce, and the garments must be done
by the close of the Easter vacation.
Last year was the first year that the
committee sent clothes to Doctor Grenfell,
giving them through Mary Peirce, '12, who
has worked at the mission in Labrador.
Sixty-six petticoats were made.
The Junior-Senior first, team water
polo game has been postponed to
Monday night on account of dress
rehearsal for Freshman Show.