College News, 1922-03-22, Vol. 08, No. 18

              Copyright, 1922, by The College Niwi
College
VOLUtiE VIII.    No.  18.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22,  1922
Price 10 Cents
FACULTY    PLAYERS   PRESENT
CLEVER KITCHEN COMEDIES
The Dansant Follows Performance.
Russian Relief Nets Over $120.
The latent dramatic talent and versatility
of tht faculty appeared last Saturday after-
noon in the two one-act plays put on by
Miss Amphillis Middlemore, instructor in
. English composition, and other members
of the faculty for the benefit of Russian
Famine Relief. Supporting Miss Middle-
more, who took leading parts in both plays,
were Mrs. Alys Russell, he'ad warden,
Mile. Marthe Trotain, instructor in French,
and Dr. William Roy Smith, professor of
history.
. Both plays, as stated in the advance
notice published last week, were culinary.
In the first, "Between the Soup and the
Savoury," ^nss Middlemore appeared as
"Emily," a kitchen maid of unbeautiful
aspect and romantic leanings, much ridi-
culed for wanting a "young man." Her
acting, from the cockney accent to the
turn-in of her toes, was so excellent as to
keep the audience perpetually chuckling.
Especially did she show" her cleverness in
tricks of facial expression and small ges-
ture, culminating in the inimitable half-
wistful, half-fervid rendering of the stolen
love-letter.
Mrs. Russell, as the cook, also showed
herself an accomplished actress. Although
she did not master the cockney quite "as
well as Miss Middlemore, the assurance
and spirit with which she played her part
were admirable. Mile. Trotain, the super-
cilious French housemaid Julie, naturally
had no difficulty with accent. Her viva*
ciousness and haughty good looks con-
trasted sharply with Emily's sulky drab-
ness, and her best piece of acting was
when she laughed long and merrily over
the idea of "Emily with a young man."
"Lima Beans," the second piece, was
played by Mile. Trotain and Miss Middle-
more, assisted by Dr. Smith, whose part,
though excellently played, was largely con-
fined to off-stage. The play is a fantastic
piece, very difficult to render, since it is
on the order of a marionnette skit, but
both actresses, Mile. Trotain as "Sweet
Wife," and Miss Middlemore as "Sweet
Husband," did their parts charmingly.
This play, more than the other, lacked the
advantages of lighting and stage.
After the performances were*over tea
was served, and dancing went on until six-
thirty. The music was provided by the
Freshman orchestra, consisting of Y. Sabin,
V. Carpenter, E. Stuart, A. Woodworth,
R. Heller, D. Lee, and H. Cornish.
The proceeds for Russian Relief made
by this performance amount to approxi-
mately $120.
By special request, the first play, "Be-
tween the Soup and the Savoury," was
repeated in the evening to a large and
enthusiastic audience.
8ELF   GOVERNMENT   ASSOCIATION
'     �>                    ELECTS NEW BOARD
Julia Ward and K. Strauss were elected
as president and vice-president of the Self-
Government Association last week. Miss
Ward has been on the board since her
Freshman year and is at present Junior
class president
Other "elections were: first Junior mem-
ber, P. Coyne; second Junior membeY, B.
Price; Sophomore member, N. Hough.
Miss Coyne is 1924's stage manager, and
has worked on C. A. Committees; Miss
Price was on Freshman Committee and is
Vice-President of her class this year; Miss
Hough was a member oi 1925's Freshman
Committee.
BRYN   MAWR   DEFEATS   PENN
BASKET BALL TEAM 55-15
*      ______
Quick Passing on Both Sides Charac-
terizes Saturday's �ame
Varsity's splendid teamwork and the
good Sportsmanship of its opponents made
the basket ball game on Saturday between
Bryn Mawr and Penn the best of the
season.
The teams were more. eveply matched
than the score would seem to show and
the . fighting was keen throughout. Bryn
Mawr invariably got the ball mi a jump,
there were few fouls called and the pass-
ing was extremely pretty o*- both sides.
In the second half Penn's teamwork was
better, and it was in this half she- made
all but  one of her goals.           .
-C. Remark, '25, starred for Bryn Mawr,
getting the ball easily and invariably tip-
ping it in; she was aided, especially in the
first half, by very generous passing of H.
Rice, '23. H. RiCe herself played her usual
quiet, steady game, tossing in some spec-
tacular goals in the second half. F. Mar-
tin, '23, and M. Palache, '24, played a sure,
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WOMEN HAVE CHARTER RIGHTS
IN CZECH REPUBLIC
Have Always Participated in National
Movement
(Specially con&ibuleU)
No privileges of sex, birth or profession
are admitted by the Constitutional Charter
of the Czecho-Slovak .Republic. Although
there has never been any special campaign
for woman suffrage in Czecho-Slovakia,
the women of that country have the same
rights as men Slnd have already proved
themselves able to help in the building up
of the new state. This important position
of women, an example to other nations, is
said to be the natural result of the histori-
cal development of their educational life.
As far back as the fourteenth century,
many women numbered among the pupils
of John Huss, who were striving for a
fuller spiritual life. Under the Austrian
yoke of later years, the women fought
steadily against the efforts to Germanize
their nation. In the last part of the nine-
teenth century these Czech women fought
with the men for the general right of
suffrage, although they knew that Austria
would never grant this to*women alone
Since then the Czech men have elected a
woman deputy to the County Diet, who
was the first of her sex in all Europe tc
hold the position.
Women were prominent more recently
on the National Committee, which was re-
sponsible for the formation of the National
Assembly in October, 1918, the day when
the independence of Czecho-Slovakia was
agreed upon, and now they have open to
them all fields of political life. They have
obtained the right to work af any occupa-
tion and at any school and have even the
power to lead and tp organize. No sep-
arate political organization has been
formed, but in all political parties there
is a women's committee, and they are rep-
resented "in all political and government
organizations.
PRESIDENT THOMAS ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN FELLOW;
THREE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS ALSO AWARDED;
SEVEN SENIORS TO GRADUATE MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Three Freshmen* remain in the News
competition for the fourth week of the
contest. They are: M. Constant, M.
Stewardson, and K. Starr.
SLYVA   THURLOW   1922   FELLOW
Sylva Thurlow, of Philadelphia, was
announced European , Fellow of the
Class of 1922 by President Thomas in
chapel last Friday morning. Her grade
is the highest in her class, 262, accord-
ing to the new honor point system,
and her group is chemistry and phys-
ics. This is the first time that the fel-
lowship has l>een given in this group.
Miss Thurlow was prepared by the
Girls' High School, West Philadelphia,
and came to the College in 1948 as the
Philadelphia City Scholar, which
scholarship she also held during her
Sophomore and Junior -years. Last
year she was also the James E. Rhoads
Junior Scholar and Special Scholar,
and this year she held the Charles S.
Hinchman Memorial Scholarship for
special  ability in group  subjects.    �*�
ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION   BARS
TRACK IN TENSEJSESSION
Decide to Remove Track Points From
Athletic Championship
Carrying the motion by. 71 to 54, the
Athletic Association voted to abolish track
as a minor sport, counting points towards
the athletic championship, at a meeting
called by petition last Friday in Taylor.
The question of giving up gymnasium
meets to count class points was laid on the
table.
The individual nature of track as a
sport was brought up as an argument u
do away with it, as well as current feel-
ing against over organization of athletics.
The abuse of class "spirit in regard to get-
ting people to try out for track was also
discussed.
What shall be substituted for the gym-
nasium meets in case they are abolished is
not within the power of the Association to
decide, according to Miss Applebee, from
whom a letter was read during a vehement
discussion of this point. The motion to
have the question was defeated and the
matter of meets laid on the table.
MISS AMY  LOWELL  TO   SPEAK
FOR CHINESE  SCHOLARSHIP
Miss Amy Lowell will give the second of
a series of lectures on Chinese Civiliza-
tion and Culture in aid of the Bryn Mawr
Chinese Philosophic and Religious Thought,
noon, at the Bellevue-Stratford. Her sub-
ject is Chinese poetry.
Professor John Dewey will speak on
Chinese Philosophic and Religious Thought,
on Friday, March 31. Mr. Langdon War-
ner will �give a lecture illustrated by
lantern slides, on the following Thursdav.
Tickets at $1.50 may be obtained at the
alumnae office. ____
DEBATER8  DI8CU8S  COMPREHEN-
SIVE SY8TEM OF EXAMINATIONS
"That the comprehensive system of ex-
aminations should be adopted at Bryn
Mawr," was the subject chosen by the De-
bating Club for last Tuesday's debate. The
unanimous vote of the judges showed that
the arguments put forward by the team
stw-'-'vb: ^ i*~.;tfee� affirmative were the
stronger and more persuasive.
Wider, less superficial knowledge, harder
work with less dependence on professors,
and the impossibility of cramming were the
points stressed by the affirmative side.
Grace Lubin and Helen Wood Win
Graduate Fellowships
HONOR POINT SYSTEM USED
Threj graduate fellowships were an-
nounced by President Thomas in the chapel
last Friday: the President's Fellowship for
graduate students who have completed one
year of work at Bryn Mawr; the Mary E.
Garrett European Fellowship, for students
who have completed two years of graduate
work at Bryn Mawr, and the Helena and
Cecil   Reuhel  Foundation   Scholarship.
The President's Fellowship was* awarded
to Grace Lubin, '21, of Pittsburgh, who
graduated with the degree of Magna- Cum
Laudc last year, and who has been a grad-
uate student here in chemistry during the
past winter.
Helen Frances Wood, of Massachusetts,
who wins the Mary E Garrett Scholarship,
is a graduate and A. M. of ML Holyoke,
and has Ik-cm a graduate scholar and fel-
low in Latin at Bryn Mawr during the last
three years.
The Helena and Cecil Reubel Scholar-
ship was awarded to Edith Marian Smith.
Seven members of the class of 1922 will
yraduatc with the distinction of Magna
(urn Laude, nVrteen with Cum Laude, and
forty members, altogether form the Upper
Half of the class. The median grade- of
the class is -126. '
All grades this year are computed by
the new honor point system, according to
which each hour of merit counts one,
credit two, and high credit three. Grades
of 270 point n or more form the degree of
Stimma Cum Laude, 220 or more are
Magna Cum Laude, and 170 or more are
Cum Laude.
The Seniors who make up the Upper
Ten this year are: Sylva Thurlow 262,
Mabel Meng 238, Storey Kirkbride 232,
Margaret Speer 225, Olive Floyd 224, Ger-
trude Prokosh 2221/3, Orley Pell 221,
Eleanor Gabell 209J4, Clarinda Garrison
206, Margaret Crosby 205.
The other members of the class who will
graduate Cum Laude are: Virginia Grace
202J4 Grace *hoads 202, Katherine Peek
201, Emily Gltsncr 198, Dorothy Wycoff
184, Ethel Brown 183, Frances Label 178,
Katherine Gardner 174, Josephine Fisher
173, Constance Cameron 172
.The rest of the Upper Half -are: Agnes
Orbison 169, Emily Stevenson 163, Dorothy
Wells 163, Anne Gabel 162, Jane Burgess
159, Ursula Batchelder 152#, Margaret
Krech Cowles 151, Raymoade Neel 149,
Margaret Kennard 146, Serena Hand 145,
Jeanette Palache 144, Anna Dom 143,
Evalyn Rogers 143, Emily Anderson 136,
Dorothy Ferguson 136, Guliema Melton
135, Jean Gowing 132, Elizabeth Mattison
129, Loretta Grim 127, Marian Rawson 126.
The Helene and Cecil Rubel Foundation
Fellowship was awarded to Edith. Marion
Smith, A. B., '18, and M. A., '19, Bryn
Mawr. Miss Smith has been graduate
scholar and fellow in Greek and Latin at
Bryn Mawr ana was awarded the Euro-
pean Fellowship of the Woman's Associa-
tion of Boston in 1920-21. She is now
writing her dissertation for her Ph. D. de-
gree on "Naukratis," the earliest Greek
Colony in Egypt, of which she has already
made an extensive study through excava-
tions, p?>�"'    -'�iMijifttions
This fellowship, which may or may not
be used for traveling, is given for the first
time under this name by Helen Rubel, '21.
It was given anonymously in 1920-21, and
1921-22