College News, 1921-01-12, Vol. 07, No. 12

              Volume VII.    No. 12.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1921
Price  10 Cents
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Freshmen Entertained by 1922 with
Masquerade Dance in the Gymnasium
Masked fairies and Chinamen, Splash-
me's and card packs hobnobbed together
last Saturday night at a dance given by
the Juniors to the Freshmen in the gym-
nasium.
In /addition to many weird and- exotic
costumes the party brought to light .two
new stars in tfre dancing firmament, when
L. Cothn, '24, and Mt i^nyell, 'M, won the
prize contest. After the unmasking a buffet
supper of lemonade and cakes was served,
> and the dancing continued until 10 o'clock.
E. Hall, '22,.was chairman of the commit-
tee in charge of the dance.
CHINESE FAMINE CONSIDERED
AT  RALLY BEFORE   VACATION
RACIAL CHARACTER IN MUSIC
EXPLAINED AT CONCERT TALK
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Illustrated By An Electrical Player
"Racial Characteristics in Music" was the
subject of afcconc^ert-talk. given by Dr.
Sigmund Spaefh, assisted by Mr. Henry
Souvaine, pianist, last Saturday evening,
in Taylor Hall, under the auspices of the
President Thomas and Members of
Faculty Expose Great Suffering
A rally to discuss the Chinese famine
conditions was held Saturday night, Decem-
ber 18, in Taylor Hall, under the auspices
of the History Club, in place of the lecture
by. Mr. Raymond Fosdick, who was unable
to. cormi President Thomas, Mrs. \Villiam
Roy Smith, Professor of Economics; Dr.
Fenwick, Professor of Political Science,
and Miss Dong, a Chinese graduate student,
spoke.
Outlining the problems in the present
political situation in China, Dr. Fenwick
said that the Chinese have solved the prob-
lem of local self-government fairly satis-
factorily, but that national self-government
phrased   the racial   character  in  the Hun-
service system. The family is the unit of
government, the village and town being
only an enlargement of it. "There is a
sound core of family life in China," ended
Dr. Fenwick, "and they cannot fail to
succeed."
Food, Not Money, Needed
"Between   thirty and   forty millions,
axe
affected, and crops, which have failed ut-
terly in a large area, are at best only 8
per cent, normal," read Mrs. Smith from
recent newspaper accounts of the famine.
The element of self-respect in the Chinese
character keeps the sufferers from begging
and plunder, so that *they are committing
suicide by poisoning the last portions of
their food with arsenic," according to one
newspaper.
Describing the relief measures being
taken by the Red Cross, she said that food,
not money, was being given for work, since
"the people are willing to die or work, but
wilf not beg." In addition to the failure
of the last crops there* is no seed supply
for next year, and the locusts are doing
great damage; business is being deeply
affected.
# China Looks to America for Aid
Miss Dong, who has been away from
China for two and a half years, described
modern educational conditions according to
information sent in letters. Two educa-
tional commissions in 1918 and 1919, sent
to the West, have resulted ^in Increased at-
tention to women's ediicati6n. Although
the missionaries are doing a great work,
introducing western methods, "there is stilljj
a huge task ahead- of us," said Jliss Dong.
"Relief must come from Manchuria
where there are great supplies of wheat,"
reported President Thomas, who had just
returned from a meeting of the Chinese
Relief Committee. Upon investigation it
is found that $12 will keep a Chinese adult
alive until the next harvest, and it is only
necessary to cable money across to release
the corresponding amount of wheat. Presi-
dent Thomas pointed out that a great deal
on the future depends upon how this great
nation develops. She said that China is
now appealing to America as to a friend
in time of need.
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tin lecture, Mr. Souvaine rendered a num-
ber of pieces himself, the rest being played
by the Ampico, an electrical player attached
to the piano.
"Greatness in music depends on univer-
salizing the subject/' said Dr. Spaeth, indi-
cating that music which is really significant
tends to lose all racial character or "local
color." Thus, in Grieg, Norwegian char-
acteristics are maintained at the expense
of greater qualities. In "The Mood of a
Mandarin," Mr. Souvaine played his own
composition, "a Chinese piece from the
American point of view.5 In the encore
to .this he regulated the Ampico, and the
piano  continued  to  play  while  he   looked
Debate Japanese Immigration Prob-
lem at Third Debate of Semester
Japanese immigration will be the question
debated Friday evening af 7.30," jn the
Nfcrion sitting room. The subject, which
is the third debated by the club and the
second under the World Citizenship Com-
mittee, is worded "Resolved: That the
Japanese should be admitted-into the United
States *nn   an   equal   footing 'with   ciUJipi-
aliens."
The two teams are�Affirmative: P.
Ostroff, '21; S. Washburn '21; M. Dunn,
'23. Negative: F. Billstein, '21; S. Mar-
bury, '21, and P. Willcox, ]22.
writers,"   according   to   La   France,   will
on, to the astonishment of the audience^"1 speak on the Sourbes sculptor, Paul Darde,
Plays Prelude in G Minor
Next on the program was the Prelude in
G Minor, of Rachmaninoff, recorded on the
Ampico by the composer. This strikes a
triumphant note not found in the more
familiar C Minor prelude, said Dr. Spaeth.
"The Liebeslraum, which has the universal
note of sentimentality, shews Liszt in a
mood apart from the HurTgarian," he
pointed out, while the composer has para-
RIOU WILL SPEAK ON FRENCH
SCULPTOR PAUL DAI*DE
France's "Shepherd Sculptor" to be
Discussed on February 18
Gaston Ripu, official lecturer of the
Alliance Francaise, and "one of the most
distinguished    of     the     younger     French
FRENCH CRITIC-AUTHOR WILL
DISCUSS AMERICAN LITERATURE
Dr. Spaeth himself played and sang in
good tenor Neapolitan Folk Songs. A Pre-
lude Fugue and Variations, by Frank, played
by Mr. Souvame, was "quite in the classic
style," said Dr. Spaeth, while the following
piece by Debussy attained only local color.
"The Spanish have characteristic rhythms,"
he explained, "but depend for expression on
the French, as in Carmen." A darky com-
position, by Lane, illustrating "ragtime of
a higher order," was encored by a Morris
Dance by Percy Granger.
In the first movement of a Piano Con-
certo, by Tschaikowsky, Mr. Souvaine
began the piece, it was carried on by Ihe
Ampico, and towards the end he picked
it up again with no perceptible change ia
the execution. . Coming through the
music committee, both Dr. Spaeth, who is
greatly interested in offering music to the
public educationally, and Mr. Souvaine,
have given similar concert-talks at Vassar,
Smith, and other places.
Intercollegiate Magazine Discussed
at Conference
J. Flexner Represents Bryn Mawr
Plans for an intercollegiate magazine
were discussed at a conference at Barnard
College, New York City, on January 3,
at which Smith, Vassar, Wellesley, Mt.
Holyoke, and Bryn Mawr, were represented.^
The possibility of a monthly or quarterly
magazine was voted down because of the
difficulty of supporting an. extra publication
in the colleges. This year a spring number
of the regular college magazines will con-
tain the same material composed of seven
pages contributed by each college, and
edited by Wellesely. Bryn Mawr will not
contribute to this number on account of
not being able to secure sufficient material
by January 15, when the copy is due.
Next year a similar plan will be'taken up
on a more extensive scale.
Jean Flexner, '21, a member of the Lan-
tern board, attended me conference.
on February 18th, at 8 o'clock, in Taylor
Hall, under the auspices of the French
Club.
The greater part of Riou's writing has
been of a religious character. His newest
and most popular work published recently
in America, is; The Diary of a French
Private..' To quote La France: "In his
native land the success of the l>ook has
been extraordinary, and the sternest of the
French critics have, with one voice, de-
dwed-'rt 'tt�-*'nt-'s�ptTmanent atfuitron to
literature. Riou.lrent to the front among
the first, took part in the fighting in Lor-
raine, and was mentioned in dispatches.
.He was wounded in the battle of Dieuze,
was taken prisoner, and passed eleven
months  in  a   Bavarian   fortress."
Oarde a Native of Cevennes Region
Since Riou's "ardor,- his fire, his impetus,
the rush of his blood, are all instinct with
the passion, �of patriotism," according to
La France, he usually speaks on subjects
of French national interest. He has chosen
to lecture at Bryn Mawr on a man belong-
ing to the French soil, a "genius who once
herded sheep.
The home of the French sculptor is in
the region of the Cevennes, a locality made
famous by - Stevenson's Travels With a
Donkey. "Interest centers on the inhab:
itants of a very small cottage with three
ogival openings that give on to a chalk-
banked terrace," says the Living Age of
October 9th. "In front of the door, with
its primitive latch, are two young people.
Both are healthy and happy, content with
life and humble abode. The man is a
herculean 'devil,' a mighty figure clad in
wide blue pantaloons reaching to huge
boots that enclose naked feet. Pick in hand
he models an enormous block of stone with
astonishing force and surety.
Dimnet Will Return to Bryn Mawr
"French Characteristics of American
Literature" will lie the subject of Abbe
Ernest Dimnet's lecture next Saturday
night, at 8 o'clock in Taylor Hall, under
the auspices of the French Club.
i ossessed oi an mfensc personality--
which never fails to charm his audience,
either at home or abroad, speakingSiEnKlish
almost as fluently as he does French, not
to speak of his' great and active brain, -
Dimnet isoften considered one of the most
noteworthy of modern lecturers," according
to a   French graduate student.
The story of Dimnet's, life is one of con-
stant and well-directed action. His interest
in English literature was early expressed
in his teachings at the College Stanislaus in '
Paris. In 1898 he was induced to write a
criticism of an American book for the
PHot, and since that time he has written
constantly and with growing success for
the Xorth American Review, the London
Nineteenth Century and various other
leading periodicals.
In   1919,  speaking  at   Harvard,   in   New
York,   Boston,   Philadelphia   and   at   Bryn   .
Mawr, he appealed for funds for the -des-
titute   hospitals of  Lille.    Because  of  the
huge   success  of this tour and  the rever-
ence   with   which   Dimnet   is  generally  re-   �
garded ia France, the University of Lille,
where he has taught   for several years, in
October canonized the author-critic.
.  Dimnet's two greatest French works, are:
/-.a ?>oeurs Tironte, which appeared in 1910
and was declared by a French critic to be   �
the best biography in years, and, in  1914,
France Herself Again, a portrayal of the
spirit with which the author's native land
entered into the Great War.
BRILLIANT ENGLISH  WOMAN
WILL  LECTURE   HERE  FRIDAY
New York Bryn Mawr Club Entertains
. Undergraduates at Luncheon1 *J
Winifred Worcester, '21, Thanks Alumnae
With Mrs. Learned Hand, mother of S.
Hand, '22; W. Worcester, *21, and . a
teacher in the schools at Pudna, Italy, as
speakers, the Bryn Mawr Club entertained
the undergraduates at a luncheon on De-
cember 29, in New York. The event
marked the opening of the new club house
at 279 Lexington Avenue.
Mrs. Hand's praise of the college woman,
and particularly of the Bryn Mawr woman,
came fn contrast to the tale of the dearth
of education in the Far-East. W.^Wor-
cester thanked the alumnae, as "fairy
godmothers," for their good-will and active
support of the Endowment Fund. About
thirty-five undergraduates were present.
Honored by British Government
"Contemporary Poetry" is the subject of
a lecture which Miss Caroline F. E. Spur-
geon, Professor of English Literature at
the University of London, and Exchange
Professor at Columbia University and
Barnard College this winter, will give in
chapel next Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Miss Spurgeon had the unusual honor of
being one of two women on the Commis-
sion of Education sent to this country by
the British government in 1918. A year
later she returned to America at the request
of Lord Grey, to promote international
relations by lecturing through the country.
At this time she spoke at Bryn Mawr on
"British War Poetry." She also made an
address here at the annual Alumnae Meet-'
ing held for the opening of the Endowment
Fund Campaign last January.
"Methods of Teaching" will be the sub-
ject of a private conference'to be held with
Miss Spurgeon by the English Department
in the Deanery during her stay here. Be- '
side her lecture here, Miss Spurgeon ex-
pects to give a week's course at Vassar
and two addresses at Smith.
GLEE CLUB  REVERT8 TO
GILBERT  AND  8ULLIVAN
"H. M. S. Pinafore," by Gilbert and Sul-
livan, will be given by the Glee Club "this
year instead of "The Geisha Girl," which
was the first choice of the club. "Pina-
fore" was given at Bryn Mawr in 1915,
when Thalia Smith, European Fellow, in
1917, and secretary to the president, Bryn
Mawr College, in 1917-18, took the part of
Buttercup.
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