College News, 1922-11-01, Vol. 09, No. 05

              Copyright, 1922, by Tiif. Collece News
Volume IX.   No. 5.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1922
Price 10 Cents
RIVERTON TIES VARSITY AFTER
EVENLY CONTESTED MATCH
Anne Townsend, Centre-forward Stars
for Riverton-
Streaks of brilliant play characterized the
game of both teams in the match last
Saturday between Kiverton and; Bryn
Mawr, which ended with six goals apiece.
.Depending chiefly on short quick passes
to elude the defense, Varsity forwards
often threatened Kiverton goal, but lost
several points by inaccurate shooting. The
defense, especially strong on the right,
were forced by the speed of RJvcrton's
offensive to develop slightly different tac-
tics. Backing each other down the length
of the field the whole line would slide
over to the point where Kiverton was con-
centrating its attack. This, together with
brilliant stops by E. Page at goal, kept
Kiverton from piling up a bigger score.
Throughout the first half the ball swung
evenly l>etween the two" goals, while A.
Smith breaking away sever** times car-
ried the ball down to the' right corner,
finishing by a short pass "back to M. Adams
at inside. A. Townsend, Kiverton centre-
forward, started out with a rush in the
second half and lead an attack against
the Bryn Mawr goal which resulted in
three quick spectacular goals for Kiverton
�Varsity was unable to retaliate until the
last few minutes of the game, when A.
Smith,   recovering  the  ball   from   a   bully
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PLAN CHANGE IN CUT SYSTEM
TO COME BEFORE SENATE
Estelle Neville Elected to Conference
Committee           ��
A radical change in the cut system was
discussed and voted on at the meeting of
the Undergraduate Association held in
Taylor Hall Oct. 26th. Estelle Neville, '24,
was elected to the Conference Committee
and letters from President Park and Miss
Terrien,  Circulation Librarian,  were read.
The proposal that the old system of eight
unexcused and six hall illness cuts in-each
semester be changed to fifteen unexcused,
undifferentiated cuts was passed by the
meeting. F. Martin, "23, President of the
Association, said that this change must be
approved by the Senate before it can go
into effect, and if it is approved, individual
cut cards will be done away with and stu-
dents will be notified every month of the
totaf number of cuts they have taken.
Estelle Neville, who was elected Second
Junior member of the Conference Commit-
tee, is already on the Advisory Board of
the Undergraduate Association and is an
editor of the Lantern. In her letter Miss
Terrien emphasized the importance of
keeping the rules of the books of the Re-
serve Room in the Library. Finally Presi-
dent Park's letter of thanks to the Under-
graduate Association was read.
M% dear Miss Martin:
May I, .through you, thank the Under-
graduate Association for the glorious
chrysanthemums that were sent me Satur-
day. In the same breath with saying how
much I am enjoying them I ought to say
too that I feel that the Undergraduates
did quite enough in their kindness to the
rather over powering Alumnae and in the
work they did for us all on Saturday. The
flowers were a delightful extra and they
have made the house look in gala trim up
to now. It was the greatest possible pleas-
ure to me to see your solid battalions on
Saturday from the platform and to know
that after all the President wasn't starting
off alone on her rather precarious way**
Sincerely youn,
""jjtMUv              Marion Park.
PAMELA COYNE IS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR CLASS
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Marian Angell is Vice-Presfdent and Jean Palmer Secretary
Junior class elections^ held by 1924 in Merion last Wednesday, resulted in Pamela
Coyne becoming cla^ss president, Marian. Angell vice-president, and Jean Palmer
secretary.                       .                                �                              "�                           '.%
Miss Coyne, who succeeds Marian Russell,^vas a member of the first class whi
graduated from the Thome School. She- is 1924's representative on the Self-
government Board, and she will play the leading role in the production of "If" next
Saturday. Last year she was Stage Manager of Sophomore Play, and she has
been elected to every play committee which the class has had.
Miss Angell, who succeeds Elizabeth Price, has also been a member of num-
erous committees. Miss Palmer, who^ucceeds Mary Lpuise White, was class Tennis
Captain Freshman year.                        �
M. Le GOUIS OPENS  WAY TO
BEST OF FRENCH LITERATURE
Good Approach  of  English  Reader
Lies in Work of Anatole France
"The English Reader's Approach to
French Literature" was the subject of M.
Le Goats' address at the reception which
the French, Club held in his honor in
Rockefeller   Hall last  Wednesday.
M. Le Gouis is Professor of English
Literature at the Sorbonne. In his youth
he decided to teach- English, despite the
opinion current against such teachers at
that time. "It was Dickens" he said, "who
made me love English literature. He in-
troduced me to a multitude of people, most
of whom possessed a heartiness and sin-
cerity which made my heart glad."
"I was greatly impressed," he continued,
"by the zeal and appreciation of the stu-
dents studying English at the Sorbonne,
and I hope that the English may feel the
same interest in French. A capacity for
enjoyment of new and unusual manners
is an absolute necessity, to the translator,"
'he stated. "No stiff-necked person is fit
for reading foreign languages. Erench
Literature is often called immoral because
its words make little of, the customs of
other nations."
"There are two distinct types of French
IrLiterature," M. Le Gouis went on, "that
written for children and young girls and
that written for adults 'tough enough to
stand anything.' Books of the first class
tend to sentimentalize life; those of the
second class arc realistic. English books
are inspired by a love of virtue; French
books by a love of truth. English readers
stumbling upon one type or the other might
draw incorrect opinions, and consequently
their approach to French literature needs
careful guidance."
"Meaning and sound, sense and rhythm,
like the soul and body, can only l>e sepa-
rated by death," M. Le Gouis reiterated.
"Those who know French verse through
translations know only the dry bones, And
which of the books which bear translation
can be recommended as representative?
Many great books are largely human
rather than specially French. The flavor
of French tradition, the slight but sig-
nificant manner, escaping unobserved by
all those who do not come under the
Frenchman's viewpoint, are typically repre-
sented in Anatole France's Le Dent. Jt is
neither a comedy or a tragedy. It contains
no strong portraiture, no vivid coloring.
Yet its pages reveaLFrench life and French
style; characters are well portrayed.
There is no better approach to French
Literature," M. Le Gouis concluded, "than
the reading of such a book."
FACULTY PEATS GRADUATES
With Dr. Carpenter and Dr. Bissell star-
ring for the team, the Faculty hockey"team
overpowered the graduates in a tense
match last Saturday afternoon, making a
final score of 6-5.
BIBLICAL CRITICISM OUTLINED
IN DR. CHEW'S FIRST LECTURE
Belief  in Divine   Inspiration Aban-
doned During Last Century
Dr. Chew, speaking last Wednesday eve-
ning on the "Literature of the Old Testa-
ment," under the auspices of the Christian
Association, graphically described the prob-
lems and attainments" of biblical criticism.
Of the Bible as literature apart from its
moral and ethical side, said Dr. Chew,
there are two types of criticism; lower and
higher. The field of the former is textual,
to reestablish the exact words and meaning
of the original. The text of the Bible, as
that of Shakespeare and Dante, has been
corrupted by frequent copies and revisions,
and the Hebrew system of "pointing"
makes any translation exceedingly difficult
and arbitrary. In first copies only the con-
sonants were set down, and thus, out of
the same ingredients, could come - many
products: for' example, "pr" could be
"pyre, pure, peer, pore, pear, etc. In the
seventh century scholars began to add the
vowels. Towards these later texts two
views were held by later scholars. The
Protestants claimed that they were of di-
vine inspiration, not to be doubted; the
Catholics that they were nrnhiguous and
perhaps incorrect. This � * ion led to
persecution by the Protestants of any
advanced thinking.
Higher criticism asks and seeks to answer
various questions, historical and literary.
What is the value of the Scriptures con-
sidered as an actual record of the historical
jjpst ? What are the#origin and purpose of
the Bible? What were the conditions of
civilization, thought and culture in which
it was written, and who were its authors?
These are some of the problems which
confront higher criticism.
Despite persecution and violent unpopu-
larity, a great succession of brilliant
thinkers and brave men have sought to
throw light upon this unfathortlable book.
Abelard, in the Middle Ages, was the first
to voice the possibility of its multiple
writers, and he was struck by the fact that
Moses tells the story of his own death
Martin Luther, and later, in the eighteenth
century, Hobbes, Spinoza, Jean Astruc and
J. Eickhorn gave definite evidence showing
its mosaic authorship and myriad sources.
W. Robertson Smith, an Englishman, had
a theory that evolution had influenced be-
lief as put forth in the Bible; that the
Scriptures were not all on the same level
morally; that they revealed stages in
religious and cultural development.
People were, however, loth to relinquish
their belief that the Bible was produced by
a single divine inspiration, and therefore
perfectly, unquestionable and uninfluenced
by mortal irregularities. As late as 1880
it was pronounced heresy to question the
authorship of Isaiah.
The Kew Testament does not present to
critics the pitfall of Hebrew "pointing,"
but all original texts have been lost, and
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FAIR   WEATHER   AND   MOON
FAVORS LANTERN NIGHT
Ceremony Followed by Singing Under
Pembroke Arch"
Blue lantern lights (ftid a bright half
moon contributed much to the successful
effect of Lantern Night last' Friday night.
At eight the Freshmen in caps and gowns
filed quietly into the cloisters forming, a
large semicircle in back of. the fountain
facing the west, then from far away the.
"Pallas Athene Thea" was heard and the
Sophomores marched in each side door,
singing and carrying the lighted blue lan-
terns. The Sophomores formed in front
of the Freshmen and after giving them the
lanterns, went quietly to one side, where
they again sang "Pallas." The Freshmen
now carrying the lighted lanterns, marched
out singing their Greek song, "Sofyas Eilac
Paromcn."
The Sophomores' singing was Temarkablc
for its volume. As the line divided and
entered the cloisters, the time dragged
somewhat unevenly," and a few voices
Hatted. By the time the .lanterns were
given to the Freshmen, however, the strag-
glers had caught up, and the last repetition
of "Pallas Athene Thea" was excellent. The
Freshmen sang less strongly than the
Sophomores, but their voices were more
true, and their expression was better.
After the ceremony in the cloisters all
classes, capped and gowned, gathered under
Pembroke Arch and sang. .        ,
LIBERAL GLUB PICNICS   WITH
*             DR. FENWICK
Bonfire and Hot Batter Cakes Con-
tribute To Days Success
Twenty-five members of the Liberal C'luB
walked out to Dr. Fenwick's new farm on
Sunday, preceded by their lunches in Dr.
Fenwick's car, accompanied by Dr. and
Mrs. Smith, and* followed oy Dr. David
and Dr. Gray.
The farm, which is about three miles
out, is, according, to, one of the walkers
"a very charming place, consisting of a
huge, brown stucco farm house overhang
by two great maple trees, a large barn in
rather picturesque disrepair and innumer-
able meadows, gardens and lawns." In one
of these meadows the club built a fire and
ate its luncheon, which was enlarged by
hot cakes and syrup, brought out by Laura,
Dr. Fenwick's "invaluable" cook. After
luncheon, Mrs. Smith read part of a diary
written by Miss Rackstraw, who was a
British Jellow at Bryn Mawr before the
war and who was in Russia last year with
the Friend's Relief.
Dr. Fenwick suggests that Bryn Mawr
buy the eighteen acres across the road from
him and transform it into a vegetable
garden so that the college need no more
suffer with "salads from history." He him-
self is contemplating pulling down his barn
and rebuilding is to accommodate r pros-
pective cow, but its extreme antiquity has
so completely captivated Dr. Smith that he
is thinking of superceding that most oblig-
ing animal and living in the barn in its
present state of a feudal castle gone to
decay.
FOUR  OF  8CIENCE  FACULTY TO
8PEAK FOR CLUB
. The Science Club discussed plans for'the
year at a meeting last Thursday afternoon.
A succession of teas are to occur every
other Thursday at which there will be
speakers. The speakers decided upon are",
in order, Dr. Leuba, Dr. Crenshaw, Dr.
Smith, of-the Geology Department, and Dr.
Hough. There was also discussion whether
the quorum should be lowered so that more
business could be done.