College News, 1923-04-24, Vol. 09, No. 22

              Copyright. 1922. by The College News
College
Volume IX. No. 22
BRYN MAWR, PA...TUESDAY, APRIL 24.  1923
Price 10 Cents
PRELIMINARY TRACK MEET
WON BY JUNIOR CLASS
M.   Buchanan   '24   Places   First
Winning Three  Events and
Breaking Record.
SOPHOMORES   COME  SECOND
AMUSING ANSWERS GIVEN TO
INFORMATION EXAMINATION
Eleven paints ahead of 1925, the Juniors
won first place in the preliminary track
meet held last Saturday morning. Their
total score was 395, as opposed to 1'925's
285 points, while the Freshmen placed third
With 16 points. No senior team competed,
as the number of '23 who signed up tot
track was not great enough to form a
team.
M. Buchanan, '24, with 23 points, re-
ceived the highest individual score. She
brijkc the college high jump record, which
she made last year, liy one and a half
inches, setting the new record at four feet
seven inches. She also wun first place in
the standing high and the running broad
- jump, and received second place in the
standing broad jump. K. Steinmetz, '25,
came second with an individual score of
fifteen points. She won both dashes (the
75- and 100-y'ard), placed second in the
running broad jump, and fourth in both
the standing high and the standing broad
jump. Third place was won by E. Voor-
hees, '25, with eight points. She placed
second in the running high jump and tied
with M. M< Dunn, '2$, for second in the
standing high jump, and again with M. Tal-J,
cott, '26, in the 75-yard dash. The scores
are as follows:
Running High Jump�1, M. Buchanan,
'24, height, 4 feet 7 inches; 2, E. Voorhces,
'25, height 4 feet 4 inches; 3, M. Palache,
'24, height'4 feet 3 inches; 4, M. McCrady,
!26, height, 4 feet 2 inches.
Standing High Jump�1, M. Buchanan,
24, height 3 feet 6.5 inches; 2, E. Voorhees,
'25, and M, M. Dunn, '25, height, 3 f At 6
inches; 4, K. Steinmetz, '25, height, 3 feet
4.5 inches.
Running Broad Jump�1, M. Buchanan,
'24, distance, 14 feet 10.5 inches; 2, K. Stein-
metz, '25, distance, 14 feet 9 inches; 3, E.
Cushman, '26, distance, 13 feet, 10.5 inches;
4, If. Angell, '24, distance, 13 feet 9 inches.
Standing   Broad   Jump�1,   F.   Jay,   '26,
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SEPTEMBER HOCKEY CAMP TO OPEN
AGAIN  THIS AUTUMN
Camp Tegawitha, Mount Pocono, will
be used again this year for Hockey train-
ing. It will open on September 2, and be
under the direction of Miss C. M. K.
Applebee.
Miss H. G. Armfield, English Interna-
tional player, will coach, assisted by two
other English players. A regular cqurse
is being planned, which starts on Monday
and lasts through the week. For this rea-
son players are asked to come orf Sunday
so that they may start in at the beginning
on Monday morning.
The coaching will include practice,
match games, and instruction in strokes,
tactics and umpiring. Lectures and discus-
sion groups will be held on the technique
and rules of the game and on the coaching
and organization of hockey from both
club and physical education standpoint.    .
Many applications have already been re-
ceived from Clubs and a number from both
Vassar and Wellesley College. Rates for
board and tuition, if registrations are made
before June 1st, $30.00 per week; for all
registrations made after June 1st, $35.00
p\r week. Registrations cannot be made
for less than one week; extra days will
be charged at the rate of $5.00 per day.
Three Best Papers To Receive Prizes
On May Day
Sixty-four books were returned answer
ing the questions of the general examina-
tion which" was held in Taylor on April 17!
Prizes of $75, $50, and $25 for the three
best papers vviHbc announced on May Day.
According to Dr. Smith, Professor of
History, who was chairman of the commit-
tee which prepared the examination, two
of the most amusing answers we're that
the weight of a ton of coal depended on
the dealer, and that Dc Yalera was the
President of Mexico. One student listed
White Rock as a chicken, one Called the
Golden Hind the Catholic Church, and
some thought that "K of K" was Knights
of Kolumbus. According to popular rumor
the three canals required were given by
some one as the-Suez, the Panama and the
alimentary.
The questions were as follows:
1.     Explain the derivation of the follow
ing    words:     sincerely,    umbrella,    hectic,
parasol,     hermetically,     camera,     bedlam,
calico,  cambric,  limousine, -brougham, ma-
cadamize.
2.    Name a work of fiction dea'lirig with
(a) the Crusades; (b) Paris at the close
of the fifteenth century; (c) the Gordon
Riots; (d) the American Revolution; (e)
reconstruction in the South after the Civil
War.
.i. What chemical clement was discov-
ered on the sun before it was discovered
on earth?    How?
4.    What is the largest planet in the
solar system? The smallest major planet?
The Tarthest from the sun?
5.    WheVe are the following institutions
of learning: McGill University, Robert
College, University of Illinois, Leland Stan-
ford, Jr. University, Wheaton College.
Centre College, Vanderbilt University, Anti-
och College, Bedford College, Reed College?
6.    Who are the Prime Ministers of
Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and
CanadaJ The Chancellor of Germany?
The President of Mexico? The King of
Iraq?
7.    If a stick eight cubits long is thrust
vertically into two fathoms of water, how-
far will the upper end l�e from the surface?
8.    Name the highest mountain peak in
Asia, in Europe, in Africa, in North
America, in South America.
9.     What is a smokejack?
10.     How many and what meanings do
you know of divot, calory, polonaise, reef,
plane ?
11. "What is a mortgage? A cumulative
dividend? A debenture bond? A callable
bond?   A preferred stock?   Book-value?
12.    Who  wrote   Orlando   Furioso,  Don
JUNIOR - SENIOR      SUPPER      FOL-
LOWS  PLAY   BY   SENIORS
Following the first performance of
"Lady Frederick," given' by 1923 to the
Juniors on Friday night, came the tra-
ditional farewell supper given for the
Seniors.
Daffodils and spring flowers deco-
rated the long tables laid in the back of
the (iymnasium, where a supper was
served. The "Loving Cup" filled with
daisies, was passed from Senior to
Senior, while the Juniors sang to each
separately ' as she took a daisy. The
ceremony was closed by '*Auld Lang
Syne," and the farewell songs of both
classes,
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LADY FREDERICK" CALLED
FINISHED PRODUCTION
H.  Humphreys   in   Leading �Role
Gives Brilliant Characteriza-
tion^�Cast is All-Star.'
LETZ QUARTET PLAYS DEBUSSY
AND RAVEL AT LAST CONCERT
Rhythm   and   Harmony  in   French
Music Traced by Mr. Surette
"Modern French music comes in a
straight line from the old ninth century
primitive   harmony  and   rhythm," declared
f
Quixote, The Praise of Folly, The Age
of Reason, Annals of the Parish, Minna
von Barnheim, Lavepgro, La Pucelle, Casa
Guidi Windoivs, De Civilale Dei, "Ein
fesie Burg ist Unser Gott," the Barber
of Seville?
13.    Draw the outline of a G*reek cross,
a Latin cross, a Maltese cross, a cross of
St. Andrews.
14.    Explain Golden Age, Golden Calf,
Golden Bough, Golden Bowl, Golden Hind,
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Kathleen Gallway, '24, was elected
president of the Christian Association at
a meeting on April 18. The Vice-presi-
dent elected at the same meeting, is M.
Faries, '24. M. L. ^Vhite and R. Mur-
ray were chosen as two Senior members
last Monday.
Mr. Thomas Whitney Surette, Directos
Music, .it tin' last concert of the year hold
on Monday night in Tayld/ Hall. His ad-
dress was followed by the Letz Quartet,
of New York, who played string quartets
by Debussy and Ravel.
The "organum" of the composers of the
ninth century, Mr. Surette explained, used
fourths and fifths "as we now use thirds
and sixths of Mendelssohn and Brahms.
These fourths andf fifths sound bare to us
now, but they have a certain beauty and
force. The organum was the beginning of
modern music, which has developed, in
place of this primitive harmony, a "poly-
harmony," not the polyphonic music of
Brahms and Beethoven, hut the setting
against each other of fourths that arc
hardly oh speaking terms, although they
are related.                  -    -   .
The "descant" also dates from the
ninth century, and is the primitive rhythm
from which the modern polyrhythm has
developed. In Debussy, for example, sev-
eral different rhythms are going at once,
a very difficult accomplishment which pro-
duces a force and fibre found in nothing
else. These two developments in harmony
and rhythm make modern music
The "romantic" music, or "sickening
sweet tenderness," as Roland calls it in
"Jean-Christophe," which swept over the
musical world in the early nineteenth cen-
tury and was paralleled by similar devel-
opments in poetry, left French music alone
untouched. This sentimentality, such as
we now get in an even worse form in
"The Rosary," debasing our tastes and
lowering our ideals, was felt in France
only in a few minor composers. There
were no purple patches in French music.
This music is not represented by Gounod
or by Saint-Saens, who is an enigma com-
poser in the style of Beethoven, Bach, of
anyone except Saint-Saens. It is repre-
sented especially in such men as Rameau.
It is marked by reticence, clearness, and
beauty, not by "spilling over" into senti-
ment. Debussy said that melody was
suited only for a song that confirmed a
fixed sentiment; he was tired of "parasitic
musical phrases," wishing his music to be
more expressive.
All the new things Tn _ this French, or
indeed in any music, were at first disliked.
"People have no intellectual curiosity
about music, they want to be comforted,
not confused, although going to a concert
is really synonymous with discomfort"
The reason why it has escaped the senti-
ment flooding other countries is that the
French are dominated by a sense of beauty
,and of artistry in music which also char-
acterizes  their literature and art.
BOTH    SITTINGS     EFFECTIVE
(Specially contributed by Clara Thompson
When I was asked to>give a critique of
Lady Frederick, I felt nonplused by the
sudden responsibility. But now, fifteen
minutes after the conclusion of the play,
seated ^t my. typewriter as I am, my fingers
fairly tumble over one another in an effort
to crowd into a few hundred words what
I think of Lady Frederick. I do not want
to be betrayed into a profusion of adjec-
tives and adverbs, but I am sorry for every
alumna that missed what proved a real
treat.
Had the play been a |>oor one, the excel-
lence of the acting woulfJThavc redeemed
it. But the play on the contrary was- -a
delightful farce, entertaining throughout,
the repartee was quick, sparkling, and
spontaneous. The appeal of the Moscow
players lies in their finished artistry.' A
similar appeal held the audience in Lady
Frederick. The production showed fine
workmanship, the cast was an all-star one.
The characterizations were so well handled
that all sight.of the identity of the indi-
vidual was lost in the role she played. The
sittings, both interior scenes, were unit-su1-
ally effective for a limited stage space.
Haroldine Humphrey^, as Lady Frederick,
showed real histrionic ability. � A slight
mishandling of the role could have made
of Lady Frederick a shrew or an ad- \_
venturcss, instead of a charmingly intrigu-
ing woman of the world whom oircuraf
stanco has treated badly. On the surface
she was calculating, cool, scheming, clever'
with all the dangerous weapons of a beauti-
ful woman at her command; but she was
a true sportswoman with all the qualities
of a thoroughbred beneath the artful 'ex-
terior. She could be "all things to all
men," subtle, frank, bitter, wheedling t>r
devil-may-care. Staunch allies she had irt
eyes that well knew their uses, in gowns
that simply�and expensively�emphasized
her queenly build, in hair that caught
bronze glints, and having caught them, held
them. She looked on the world, and if she'
did not find it good, at least, she found il
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SUNNY JIM TO BE ANNOUNCED
CHAPEL ON MAY DAY
IN
Announcements  Follow Magdalene  Hymn
and   Maypole   Dancing
"Sunny Jim," undergraduate and gradu1
ate scholarships, fhc junior upper five, and
the winners of the General Literature and
Information Tests will be announced* i�
chapel after the usual .May-Day celebration
on Tuesday, May 1st.
"Sunny Jim," the winner of the Mary
Helen Ritchie Memorial Prize, according
to last year's qualifications "must be a
good student who shows interest in her
work, but need not necessarily be in the
upper half; she must possess the qualities
of courage, cheerfulness, fair-mindedness;
and   good   sportsmanship.     Her   influence
must be widely felt, and she must have the
courage to live up to her own convictions
and be respected by all." It was won last
year by Margaret Tyler, President of the
Senior Class.
The winners of both Information and
Literature Tests last year were D. Burr,
'23. B. Constant, '24, and M. Constant. '2S
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