College News, 1921-12-07, Vol. 08, No. 09

              Volume yill.- No. 9.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1921
Price 10 Cents
WEEK-END MATTER SETTLED IN
SELF-GOVERNMENT MEETING
Faculty   Resolutions   Accepted   By
Unanimous Vote
^Discussion of the vote of the faculty on
the question of week-ends' took place at
a Self-Government meeting held in Taylor
Hall on November 22. A motion to accept
the resolutions of the faculty and to make
the Association for Self-Government "the
recognized agency for dealing with the
matter of week-ends" was passed unani-
mously   by the .meeting.
On the basis of a recommendation frbm
the'Committee on Curriculum, the faculty
voted that,
"It is the. sense of the faculty that the
whole problem of week-ends is so impor-
tant in its educational bearing, that it is
essentially a matter in which the faculty
has responsibilities. Trfe faculty is con-
cerned in the disposition which the students
make of their free time only in so far as
it affects their attitude toward their Col-
lege work. It is the judgment of the fac-
ulty that continuous residence is an impor-
tant factor, in the educational system of
Bryn Mawr College.
"The faculty, therefore, adopts the fol-
lowing resolution^:
"1. In so far as the use of week-ends
is important in its educational aspect it is
essentially a matter for which the faculty
is continuously responsible.
"2. The faculty approves of the recom-
mendation of the president and dean of
the College that in view of the vote of
the Undergraduate Association (May,
1921) the regulation of week-ends be re-
considered.
"3. The faculty, having noted the ten-
dency toward an abuse of week-ends, wel-
comes the above recognition by the stu-
dents of the value of continuous residence.
Inasmuch as effective control by the stu-
dents themselves would be of more ,real
advantage to the College than any regula-
tion by authority, the faculty is prepared
to leave the whole matter in the hands of
the students, either for direct regulation
through any of their recognized agencies
or for indirect control by building a suf-
ficiently strong and intelligent public' opin-'
ion on the question. The faculty, there-
fore, undertakes that for the present there
shall be no regulation, direct or indirect,
initiated by the faculty or any of its offi-
cers and that all regulations recently pro-
mulgated shall be at once withdrawn.
"4. The faculty stipulates, however,
that in order to provide data for a correct
understanding for the effect of over-night
absences* on academic work a special re-
port shall be kept of all over-night ab-
sences (not only at week-ends) by the
studqnts, otherwise in such a way as may
be arranged by the faculty. In either case
the record shall be accepted as official, not
subject to challenge on the score of cor-
rectness. Copies of each month's record
shall be furnished to the dean of the Col-
lege for the faculty, and to the secretary
of the Senate.
"5. This action of the faculty is with-
out prejudice to thie rights of the Senate."
The Self-Government voted unanimously
that, "In view of the resolutions of the
faculty adopted at their meeting on No-
vember 16, and inasmuch as they are pre-
pared to leave the matter of week-ends in
the hands of the students, the Students'
Association for Self-Government be the
recognized agency for dealing with the
matter and that a special record be kept
of all over-night absences for the faculty."
EDITOR OF LONDON "MERCURY"
ENGLISH CLUB SPEAKER
Finest Poetry is Found in Regular
Verse Forms, Mr. Squire Believes
Mr. J. C. Squire, editor of the London
Mercury *and a poet and writer of long
experience, spoke on "Poetry" last Fri-
day evening in Taylor Hall, under the
auspices c^i the English Club.
Poetry, Mr. Squire defined as the en-
tire body of work' inherited from all the
writers of all countries and all ages,
which has achieved immortality and
which people have agreed to call poetry.
"This is not a real definition," Mr. Squire
commented; "but a snake with its tail in
its mouth." <Of the qualities common to
this entire body of work, Mr. Squire
found regularity of rhythm the most im-
portant. "I don't think we need regard
this emphasis as a very marvelous thing.
There seems good reason to suppose
that there is a link between a kind of
regularity in speech and a state of more
than usually rntense emotion. If you
examine the work of a prose writer you
find that when in the course of a narra-
tive he comes to a point at which his
emotions are unusually intense, the
movement of prose tends to rise to the
movement of verse." The finest prose
passages, those always chosen for the
anthologies, are those most like poetry,
Mr. Squire said.
A second quality noticeable in study-
ing poetry is the perpetual recurrence
of the same themes. "The vital force in
poetry is intense emotion and if you ex-
amine human life it is only to be ex-
pected that again and again "the same
things are treated, because again and
again men have been moved by the sajlic
simple things. Not only is the moral
landscape largely the same as it always
was but the physical landscape remains
for the .most part unchanged. However
much we may wish the sun the moon
and the stars to be replaced by other
objects less hackneyed, those objects,
nevertheless, remain the same.
Poet Mutt Write 8incerely
"Let the poet write sincerely; let him
find what garment best suits his thought.
If he produces the genuine article you
will find that he may have produced free
perse, but he will not over-step the border-
line and write free prose as many mod-
ern writers do." Out of the entire body
of-Walt Whitman's* work, Mr. Squire
finds the same few are always chosen
for anthologies, such ones as "Captain,
my Captain," and "When Lilacs First in
the Door-Yard Bloom." "Here is a
man," said Mr. Squire, "who set out to
be rather revolutionary. But everyone
agrees that he wrote best when he wrote
most like other people. I'm not to be
taken as suggesting that it is desirable
to confine yourself to the traditional sub-
jects or always advisable to do so. We
are all delighted when we find ourselves
moved by a theme not often treated in
poetry, or a word before considered un-
poetical or even unmusical. But that
must happen naturally." Some day the
Ford car will come into the sphere of
poetry, Mr. Squire believes, in the way
many other laughable things have come
�because some writer had to write
sincerely.
At the English Club reception Mr. A.
O. Hurlburt, a contributor to Punch,
spoke informally.                                 . ',
Freshmen   Pledge $100
The net results of'the Sophomore's
sacrifice of flowers in the interest of
the Students' Friendship Fund at the
time of theft play is over $100 from
the Freshman class alone, according'
to E. Vincent, '23, chairman of the
Christian Association Finance Com-
mittee. The results from othe,r classes
are -less, easy to tabulate, since in many
cases�pledges were simply added to the
Association pledge cards at the time
of the drive, or have not yet been
handed in. That they amount to $50
at least is, in Miss Vincent's opinion,
almost certain.
Bryn Mawr's total contribution to
the Student Friendship Fund is cal-
culated to be over $1200.
TYLTYL AND MYTYL, FRESHMEN,  HUNT FOR BLUE  BIRD IN
SHAPE OF MERIT OWL IN SENIOR RECEPTION SKIT    ,*
VARSITY SUBDUES MERION 5-3
AFTER EVENLY MATCHED GAME
MEMBER   FROM   1925   ELECTED  TO
SELF GOVERNMENT
Marianna Bonnel has been elected as
the member from 1925 on the Self-Gov-
ernment Executive Board. Miss Bonnel
went to the Walnut Hill School, where she
was president of her class Senior year.
Tenacity and Teamwork-Spell Victory'
for Brown Players
After a long, hard fight on a muddy
field Varsity, overcame Merion last Sat-
urday with a score of 5-3.' Both teams
lacked organization and owing to the
slipperiness were unable to make much of
long, hard shots. The fight put up by
Merion was spectacular from the start
and gave them the- lead during the first
part of the game.
Miss Forstall's active work on the left
wing personified Merion's stick-to-it-
iveness throughout the match. She was
responsible for the first goal of the game,
made after a long, speedy run down the
field. The strength of both teams lay on
that side and E. Anderson and M. Tyler
combined constantly on passes, usually
clearing the fullback if not blocked by
Miss Minor at left half, who fought
staunchly to feed her wing. They were
unable to effect anv goals in the first
half but F. Begg at left inside shot the
ball in for Bryn Mawr's first tally after
a scrimmage in the circle. Again Miss
Forstall got away with it and after a bit
of desperate scrapping with A. NicH
right halfback, and H. Rice, fullback,
pushed in Merion's second goal, leaving
the scoring 2-1 in the visitors' favor at
the end of the half.
Opening the second period D. Lee,
center forward on Varsity, tied the score
after a fast dribble from the fifty yard
line ending in a clear goal. The ' play
again centered in the Bryn Mawr circle
and the concerted effort of the team in
a hot skirmish netted another tally. Miss
Bigelow, at right inside, then accom-
plished an answering goal for Merion.
But for the valiant work of the opposing
half and fullback the speedy left wing
would have broken the tie for Merion
at this point, but the ball passing to Bryn
Mawr territory stayed there for the re-
mainder of the game, D. Lee and E.
Anderson netting the last two goals.
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KINDLER   TO   PLAY   IN   MOZART
RECITAL HERE NEXT MONDAY
Hans Kindler, the well-known cellist,
Rotnain Verney, Thaddeus Rich and
Horace Alwyne, ^associate professor of
music, will play Mozart's piano quartet
in G minor at the lecture recital in the
gymnasium next Monday evening. This
is the second of a series of lecture re-
citals given by the Musical Department
this winter. Mr. Surette, before each
program, gives a sketch* of the life of
the composer whose work is being
played.
Clever Take-Off and Cot turning Win
Audience's   Praise
Freshmen Also Present PunfulDrama
With Great Effect
Specially Contributed
It was a transformed gymnasium into
which the Freshmen were ushered by the
Seniors last Saturday night. Soft lights,
blue streamers, swaying, lanterns, balloons
and birds, combined with the music of a
real orchestra to augur well for a festive
evening.
The. Freshmen began the festivities.
Their skit, entitled "And the Lamp Went
Out," followed the inevitable tradition of
Freshman skits in being the pantomime of
a read story. Though the acting was all
on the highest skit level, C. Remak, as
Herbet Vanderslyce, the villain, was per-
haps the most remarkable. H. Smith is
also highly to be commended for her ac-
tivities behind the scenes, as she alone
produced the thunderstorm, the moonrise
and the siren shriek, while D. Lee ?ex-
tinguished the lamp successfully by crawl-
ing out with the table on which it was
set into the wings. The skit abounded in
dramatized puns, as when Mrs. De Vere
"swept into the room" with a broom, or
when Evelyn literally "took her mother's
arm" and walked out. These were so well
done, and the whole skit moved so quickly
and easily, that from the laughter of the
audience one would not suspect the pun of
being a humble form of humor.
The characters were as follows: Mrs. De
Vere, M. Constant; Evelyn De Vere, M.
Hanson; Ralph Grayson, E. Lawrence;
Herbert Vanderslyce, C. Remak; Reader,
Edith Walton'; property man and noises,
H. Smith.
Senior Skit Parodies "Blue Bird"
"The Quest After the Merit Owl," an
ingenious parody of the "Blue Bird," by
1922, which followed the Freshman skit, -
wa$ the story of Tyltyl and Mytyl, ,the
Freshman class, assisted in their search
for the elusive merit by Sugar, Light, Dog
and the C. A. 'Fairy. As the children F.
Bliss and J. Burgess were a well-matched
pair, not only, reciting their lines in uni-
son, but dressed as nearly alike as possible.
A. Gabel, M. Kennard, V. Liddell and E
Gabell, as the Terrier, Sugar, Light and
Fire could hardly have been equaled in ap-
pearance, both as Blue Bird characters and
as the coUegiatc figures which they were
made to represent. The best acting in the
skit was undeniably K. Peek's, who, as
Cousin Alys, gave a lifelike and complete
interpretation of a difficult character. S.
Hand as Night had an even more difficult
part, and. depended on less subtle character-
ization for her effect For those who saw
her in Banner Show last year, her acting
was apt to be a little disappointing.
Of the choruses, the quartet of busts
was the most original, though it was more
amusing orfthe hop in and out, than dur-
ing its actual speeches. With the excep-
tion of the three roped laVies in Night's
Council the rest of the characters were
not out of the common run of college
skit  personages.
Tfie Costume and Scenery Committees
are to be particularly'congratulated on the
scene in which Light stood at the top of
Senior steps. Her blue costume, illuminated
with a deep fringe of silver strips, and her
flaming halo, showed a touch of genius in
their design. The entrance of Night in her
automobile, constructed from the infirmary
wheelchair, was also a coup deserving
mention.
The cast of characters was:
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