College News, 1922-11-08, Vol. 09, No. 06

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Copyright,. 1922, by The CoLLECt News
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News
,  VfJLUME^X.     NO. 6.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1922
Price 10 Cents
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SCENE FROM JUNIOR PLAY "IF", BY LORD DUNSANY
BOOK OF JOB IS UNIQUE
AND VIVID PRODUCTION
Scenic Effects and Lighting Heighten
Emotional Quality
MR. SOMME AS JOB IS FEATURE
(Specially Contributed by
H. Humphrey's, '23)
The literary glory of trie "Book of Job"
is beyond praise, and therefore best left to
William Blake or H. G. Wells, to mention
two of the many it has inspired. But of
all the interpretations of this great uni-
versal poem, Mr. Walker's dramatic pres-
entation is perhaps the most overwhelm-
ing. Anything more vivid would be un-
bearable. For an hour and a half the
audience is held spellbound, and when the
final curtain falls no one moves but all
remain silent for a moment in their seats
too profoundly impressed for applause. To
clap one's hands would seem a mockery.
The Book of Job is as significant to us
today as it was three thousand years ago.
No allowance need be made for the pass-
ing of time. It is unchanging,, eternal and
- therefore in advance of any new idea be it
never So modern, a quality which gives the
keynote of Mr. Walker's production. For
directness and simplicity it is a glorious
example of what drama can be. There is
no prettifying, no belittling, no compromise.
The King James Version is robbed of none
of its magnificent starkness, rather it is
enhanced by living, moving presentation
before our eyes and ears, in contrast to
the pale realization of our slovenly imagi-
nations. The resulting performance is dra-
matically unique.
Technically Mr. Walker achieved this by
a just preservation of the proportions. A
black proscenium arch makes the scene as
small' as possible, without cramping, the
depth vaguely suggests a mountain, and the
action takes place in a fairly narrow plane
at the front of the stage, so that the scale
of the human factor is enlarged to the
utmost. The set is artistically satisfying
without eclipsing or blurring the play, as
so many modern scenic efforts tend to do.
Also the lighting (Mr. Walker's specialty)
is extraordinarily fine, not forcing itself
upon one's attention as a feat in stage me-
chanics, but fulfilling the sole function of
lighting which is subconsciously to heighten
the .emotional effect of the scene. The in-
ter-relation of setting and action made of
the performance a whole instead of a com-
bination of many parts, and proportion of
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Job Provides Alumnae Scholarship
Five thousand three hundred and
fifty dollars were finally taken in for
the Stuart Wafker production of Job.
Although the expenses were over
$4000, this means that the scholarship
for the alumnae of Eastern Pennsyl-
vania was cleared, and that, contrary
to expectations at the last moment, the
play fulfilled its purpose.
VARSITY   TIES   ONCE   AGAIN    IN
MATCH AGAINST PHILADELPHIA
Beth Tuttle Saves the Match With Two
Goals in  Last Minute
Another tie was the result of the game
�which Varsity played against Philadelphia
Crjcket Club last Saturday morning, when
each team made four goals. ,'
From the start Philadelphia was in the
lead, Bryn Mawr only being able to break
successfully through their defense twice,
once when A. Smith shot a quick goal from
right wing and again when B. Tuttle, re-
ceiving a short pass, shoved the ball past
the goal-keeper. During the second half,
though the game became rougher, Varsity
held its opponents down .to one more goal,
while it crept up and brought the final
score to a Urn a few moments before the
final whistle.
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ELEANORE   BOSWELL   TRANSLATES
ELIZABETHAN   MANUSCRIPT
1921's European Fellow, Eleanore Bos-
well, who is now.studying here for her
M. A. in Greek, spent last year at Bedford
College, the University of London. Miss
Boswell and Miss Dunn, who was formerly
in the English Department here, were the
only Americans in residence and, with
a Hindu and New Zealander, the only
resident graduates.
Miss Boswell did most of her work at
the University with Dr. Carolyn Spurgeon,
Professor of English Literature, who spoke
at Bryn Mawr. in 1920. But she also did
a great deal of research work in the
British Museum, where she translated the
.text of an old chronicle play of about
1600-1610,    called    "Edmond    Ironsides."
"Bedford College," Miss Boswell said, "is
surprisingly like an American College,
though there is, perhaps, more simplicity
in the general way of living." -
During the Easter vacation, Miss Bos-
well went on a three weeks' walking tour
through the south of England.
THREE NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY 1925 LAST WEDNESDAY
Caroline Remak is Elected as Sopho-
more President
Sophomore elections held in the Gym-
nasium last Wednesday resulted in the
choice of three new officers who have
already held positions both in their class
and on college committees.
Caroline Remak,%who succeeds Elizabeth
Austin and Elizabeth Smith as president of
her class, was the fifth temporary chairman
of the Freshman class last year, chairman
of Freshman Show, Captain of class tennis
team, and on all first teams of the class
except apparatus. She is on the Advisory
Board of the Undergraduate Association
this year.
The new vice-president succeeding Susan
Carey and Elizabeth Smith is Helen Hough,
who. was on the Freshman Committee,
Business Manager of Freshman Show, and
is at present the Sophomore member of
the Self-Government Board.
Miriam Brows, who succeeds Virginia
McCullough and Susan Carey in the office
of secretary, is Business Manager for
Sophomore Play, ojj the Membership Com-
mittee of the Christian Association, .and a
member of the Student Building Committee.
The class of 1925 has had a series of
officers since S. Carey was forced to resign
during the winter, while E. Austin, former
president and V. McCullough, former sec-
retary, did not return to college this
autumn. E. Smith, who was elected to fill
the vice-presidency in the winter, has been
acting President and S. Carey temporary
secretary.
"IF" JOHN CAUGHT TRAIN:
JUNIORS SHOW RESULTS
Pamela  Coyne in Difficult Leading
Role Supported by Large and
Varied Cast
MARY AND MIRANDA STAR
CHRISTIAN   ASSOCIATION   ENROLLS
A  HUNDRED  NEW  MEMBERS
Sunday evening 273 members will be en-
rolled in the membership of the Christian
Association at Membership Vespers, when
the hundred new members, in caps and
gowns, arc invited to come andltaswer the
roll call by rising.    '
With 83 per cent, of their class signing
tin- pledge, the Freshmen have the largest
membership. The other classes follow in
descending order, Sophomores with 75 per
cent., Juniors 72 per cent., and the Seniors,
with 59 per cent. There are also eleven
graduate members.
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Members of the Junior Class" gave a
performance of Lord Dunsany's delight-
ful comedy "If," on Saturday evening, No--
vember the fourth, and every one who saw
it owes them a vote of thanks. The play
presents certain difficulties, and the man-
ager, and cast are to be congratulated on
overcoming them. There is.very-little ac-
tion; nearly three hours of uninterrupted
conversation,�Dunsany conversation, its
elusive quality attained by the reiteration,
of trivial phrases; ("What's the matter;
Bill?" "Yes, John," "No, John," "I can't
tell you old fellow how much I appreciate
your coming," etc.)
The bufden of the play falls upon the
shoulders of one character, John Beal
(acted by Pamela Coyne), who in return
for a generous act is permitted to re-live
an episode in his life and to catch th'c train
he missed ten years before. John Beal is
a matter-of-fact British business man
whose life has failed to develop any ro-
mance. When lie grasps opportunity and
takes his second chance to catch the train
he becomes a picturesque adventurer, a
benevolent despot�ultimately a sort of re-
incarnated King of Babylon. Miss Coyne
held our interest and sympathy from the
first. But she spoke her lines in the First
and most of the Second Act in a romantic,
singing voice, hard to reconcile with pro-
saic common sense, or even with John
BcaPs special brand of imperial policy. She
showed her real dramatic powers in the
Third Act, especially in the banqueting
scene, where in gesture, poise, and expres-
sion she dominated the diverse elements
on the stage and created the illusion of
impending tragedy.
Louise Sanford played "Miralda Clem-
ent," the "Lady in the Train," wrecker of
homes, disturber of the peace, instigator
of all things evil with a degree of effec-
tiveness that must have aroused apprehen-
sion in the bosoms of her parents and
guardians. I did not find her earlier cos-
tume as funny as some; I wore such
clothes when I came to college (they were,
by the way, the vintage of "97, not of 1903).
She interpreted her part with a fine econ-
omy   of  gesture  and  emphasis,  and  she
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