College News, 1922-02-15, Vol. 08, No. 13

              Copyright, 1922,-by Thi College New�
College
Volume VIII.   No. 13.
BRYN MAWR, PA?, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY   15, 1922
Price 10 Qents    �
STUDENT DISARMAMENT
LEAGUE TAKES EASTERN
CHAIRMAN FROM COLLEGE
Bryn Mawr Represented on National
Committee
CHAIRMAN TO SEE PRESIDENT
Elizabeth Vincent, '23, was appointed
two weeks ago to the position of regional
chairman for the East on the Student
Committee for the Limitation of Arma-
ments. Her appointment was made as a
result fti the resignation of Gurries Denby,
of Princeton. In her capacity of regional
� chairman, Miss Vincent is likewise a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee.
The National Student Committee, ac-
cording to a recently published account of
. its work, grew out of three student con-
ferences held at Vassar, Princeton and
Chicago just before the opening of the
Washington conference. The purpose of
the organization was to marshal student
opinion behind the American delegates at
Washington, and "to give the students of
the country the advantage of close contact
with the momentous events there."
During its brief life the Student Com-
mittee has been seeking to carry out these
aims by stimulating discussion and voting
in the colleges, by furnishing speakers and
preparing syllabi for debates. It has like-
wise offered to the college press articles
by authoritative writers at Washington in-
terpreting the international situation. A
further plan of the Committee is the pub-
lishing of a series of posters on "The
Causes of War," shortly to be released to
the colleges.
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HOCKEY ASSOCIATION FORMED
TO FURTHER GAME HERE
Hope to Bring Over English Coaches
for Schools and Colleges Next Year
To make hockey an American game, not
one imported from England for the time
being, was the purpose in forming the
United States Field Hockey Association,
which adopted a constitution, and elected
officers according to plans previously drawn
up, at a meeting January 21, at the Y. W.
C. A. in Philadelphia.
Goucher, Bryn Mawr, Wheaton and
Sweet Briar Colleges were represented at
the meeting, and many schools, including the
Baldwin School, Springside, the German-
town Friends, The Horace Mann School
and Miss Chapin's in New York. The
committee of women responsible for the
formation of the Association, of which Miss
A|)pkbee was chairman, received* telegrams
from as far west as Seattle, from others
unable to b� present, and also a cablegram
from the All-England Hockey Association.
The National Association under the con-
stitution provides for an executive com-
mittee composed of members from each
local association, the requirements neces-
sary for such an organization being three
dabs with active teas. Each local club
must furnish $3 annual dues to the national
association and may levy such local dues
as it sees fit, which go toward'mailing ex-
penses and the salaries of prospective
coaches from England. Colleges, schools,
and leagues may take out allied member-
. ship which enables them to send delegates
to annual meetings but does not enable
them to vote. Honorary membership Is
also possible for individuals.
Mrs.  Krumbhaar,  of  Philadelphia,   was
elected president of the U.  S.  E. H. A.
Other officers are first vice-p"resideht, Miss
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BEETHOVEN IN LECTURE-  '
RECITAL CHARACTERIZED
Mr. Alwyn and the Messrs. Schmidt
Render Piano Trio in B Flat
"The music of Beethoven is as simple
as a* Greek tragedy," asserted Mr.
Surette, director of the Department of
Music, in�characterizing that composer
and his work at the fourth lecture re-
cital, given'in Taylor Hall last Monday
night. Owing to a complication of dates
the program had to be changed and the
lecture was illustrated by'the piano trio
in B flat, Opus 97, played by Mr. Horace
Alwyn, associate professor of music, and
by Messrs. Emile and William Schmidt,
of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
Before analyzing the trio Mr. Surette
gave a brief sketch of Beethoven's life
and character, stressing his astounding
individuality and assertivendss. "His
militant attitude toward life," he said,
"expresses itself in the grandeur and
simplicity of his compositions that have
no element of sentimentality or despair.
Even though he became blind later in
life, his-work of that period .is brimful
of humor and courage�he seems to
thunder out the freedom of humanity.
The quality of his imagination defies
description and no other composer has
.such a gamut of moods: humor, tragedy,
the magnificent, the heroic."
"The Trio," Mr. Surette continuqd, "is
as vivid as a Balzac short story. The
whole movement made up of five differ-
ent themes, has a narrative sense." He
then illustrated from the themes at the
piano, which was followed by the render-
ing of the whole composition by the
musicians.
Cesar Franck and his work will be the
subject of the next lecture on Monday
eyening, March 6.
DR. O'CONOR DISCUSSES
. ANGLO-IRISH POETRY
Gaelic Revival Responsible for Irish
Nationalism
BRYNMAWRPROFESSORS SPEAK
BEFORE EUROPEAN AUDIENCES
Dr. Leuba Gives Courses at  Cam-
bridge and the Sorbonne
Both the Philosophical and Psychological
Departments of Bryn Maw'r College are
being actively represented in European
universities and learned circles, according
to letters received by members of the
faculty here.
At a "session extraordinaire" of the
Societe Francaise de Philosophic lasting
five days, Dr. T. de Laguna, Professor of
Philosophy,' who is taking his sabbatical
year, read a paper in French on "A
Nominalistic Interpretation of Truth."
This session was also attended by Pro-
fessor Grace de Laguna.
Dr. James Leuba, Professor of Psychol-
ogy, gave a series of four lectures at Cam-
bridge University, at the invitation of the
Psychological and Anthropological Depart-
ments, and also at King's College, London.
In Paris he gave the same lectures in
French at the Sorbonne under the auspices
of the Institut de Psychologic These lec-
tures were delivered at the Amphitheatre
Descartes before large audiences. Imme-
diately after his arrival in Paris, Dr. Leuba
was invjted to* meet at dinner Mm. Levy-
Tlriihl, Leon Xavier, Lalande, Bongle, and
other professors at the Sorbonne. A paper
on "Intuition," read before the Aristotelian
Society in England occasioned several in-
teresting discussions with Henri Bergson
on the subject.
"Modern Anglo-Irish poetry is the
spiritual background of recent public
events, and �men, such as W. B. Yates in
the Gaelic revival, sowed the seed of the
Irish Free S.tate," began Dr. Norreys
O'Conor, professor of English at Harvard,
who spoke oh "Irish Poetry" last Satur-
day evening in Taylor Hall under the
auspices of the English Club. Dr. O'Conor
characterized in detail the contemporary
poets and read illustrative extracts from
their works.
Speaking of the development of Irish
poetry, Dr. O'Conor described the Irish
literary movement as having swung in a
great circle. The poets of the nineties,
he said, were entirely ignorant of Gaelic
and only knew poor translations, "the
scholars were not poets, the poets not
scholars." In 1893 the Gaelic League was
organized which stimulated the study of
Gaelic, emphasized the old Irish tradi-
tions, and was directly responsible for the
Gaelic revival. Typical of the spirit of this
revival are Nora' Harper, who "seerns
artificial now, but in her wistful beauty
breathes the real breath of Ireland," and
John Millington Sing who. wrote of the
Ireland about him, but who adopts Gaelic
constructions in English. After Sing, Irish
poets could not ignore the Gaelic trend
which came to be more and more evident J
in the spirit and character of their work,
as is shown by James Stevens, Seumas
O'Sullivan, Robert Graves, Patrick Mc-
Gill,  Winifred Letts, and others.            ,
Landscape for its own sake had at first
l>een aeglected, and only figured in poems
of exiles dreaming of home. With the
Gaelic revival, however, came knowledge
of the early Irish mopastic scribes who had
written with the greatest feeling for
nature, and these have tamed back the
trend of the modern poetry. Furthermore,
in the return to the Gaelic tradition, Irish
tales are being retold and the ancient feel-
ing for landscape and country is being
translated, so that finally, said Dr. O'Conor,
"it is probable that in the successful inter-
pretation of the ancient literature of Ire-
land lies the expression of ancient and
modern  Irish nationality."
GERMANY CAN PAY AND
MUST, SAYS M. CESTRE
FRENCH CLUB SPEAKER
Professor of Sorbonne Describes Re-
constructed France        ��- .
HOPES U. S. WILL JOIN LEAGUE
URGE    AUDIENCE   APPLAUDS
ENGLISH HOCKEY GAME FILM
"Charm  School"  Also   Featured
Before a large and loudly applauding
audience the film of the Bryn-Mawr-All
England hockey game followed by the
"Charm School" starring Wallace Reid,
was shown in the gymnasium, January 21.
The film has now been turned over to the
Alumnae Association and will be used to
aid, publicity.
Enthusiastic clapping and cheering
greeted the appearance of the hockey teams.
The two captain^ were shown together as
Miss Anderson, Captain of Varsity made
the acquaintance of the English team mas-
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New Member Announced
The News takes great pleasure in
announcing that Olivia Fountain ha?
been elected to" the Editorial Board.*
Miss Fountain is a Sophomore. M.
G. Anderson, J: Wise, arid S. Wood
are still in the competition for the
second new member, the. results of
which will be announced next week.


"We must have Germany pay" reiterated
M. Charles Cestre, professor of American
civilization at the Sorbonne in a vivid lec-
ture on "France Since the War," in Taylor
Hall, last Friday night, under the auspices
of the French Club.
At Spa, Boulogne and (Cannes, France
has made concessions, but she will make
no mbre, M. Cestre pointed out, nor does
she want Germany at Genoa unless she
evinces more willingness toward making
reparation. Though the German govern-
ment may be. poor the people are rich and
even preparing for the next war, as reports
of secret stores of arms go to prove. Ger-
man industry untouched by war1 is not suf-
fering the depression prevalent elsewhere,
M. Cestre explained and its exports at
present exceed those of any other country.
But the money from her trade Germany is
clever enough to keep in foreign banks.
France sees this and at the same time
what a great program of public works con-
struction Germany is able to undertake.
France's return to a seemingly normal
life, M. Cestre continued, has been fwssible
only at enormous self-sacrifice and has"
been seriously handicapped by the lack of
trained and educated leaders. Seventy out
of every one hundred in the technical
schools have been killed, and the students
that are left have been crowding into one
year of intensive courses training which
usually occupies two or three, working iten
hours instead of six, and taking no vaca-
tions. The French women, too, after their
war experience are able largely to take
men's places, said M. Cestre.
America has helped greatly in the re-
construction of France by sending over
trained social workers who have formed
"foyers" and introduced the "settlement
house" and other organized charities, ac-
cording to the speaker. The development
of the boy and girl scouts is in large part
due to them. "I think America will join
the League of Nations," declared M. Cestre,
in commenting on the fact that in Europe
where there are so many countries in close
proximity a grasp of the meaning of war
comes more quickly.
WAR LAST DAGON OF MODERN
TIMES SAYS DR. GILKIE
Minister Declares Kneeling to Habit
Equivalent to Idolatry
"When the priests rose early on theVnor-
row, behold, Dagon was fallen on his
face," was the text by Dr. James Gilkie,
of Springfield, Mass., speaking in chapel
on Sunday evening.
� "This passage suggests the process which
has been repeated time and time again in
the history of the race," Dr. Gilkie said.
"For centuries grim powers have held sway
over mankind, until some morning the sun-
light finds the old idol toppled from his
throne, and freedom in the place of slavery.
Disease, superstition, famine, are all
hideous idols before which mankind*
cdtfere'd" for generations.
"Why is it," Dr. Gilkie continued, "that
.young people today believe in progress?
It is because they see so many Dagons
about them  dismembered and destroyed."
War is the last great idol before which
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