College News, 1923-10-31, Vol. 10, No. 05

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Volume X.    No. 5
BRYN MAWR, FA.,'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1923
Price 10 Cents
LANTERN NIGHT�FRESHMEN HOLDING LANTERNS
MASS MEETING IN GYMNA-
SIUM DISCUSSES^Af  DAY
Miss   Applebee    Explains  Dancing
on Green and E. ReQua Complete
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Explanations of the May Day dances and
plays, illustrated by movies and-slides, were
given by E. ReQua, '.'24, president of the
Undergraduate Association, P. Coyne, '24,
and Miss Applebee at a mass meeting of
the whole College held in the gymnasium
last   Wednesday 'night.
Miss ReQua opened the meeting with I
list of the committees and their functions.
She explained that questionnaires would be
sent out by the committees in casting and
assigning work. Questions such as, "Can
you make paper flowers ?, can you sew ?,
can you tumble?' have you ever done any
dancing?" are among those on the list.
The next speech, made by P. Coyne, gave
her impressions of the two May Days she
had seen. The pageant which begins the
afternoon starts under Pembroke Arch and
proceeds through the campus, led by Queen
Elizabeth, Robin Hood, and Maid Marian.
After the general dancing on the Green
the actors-'scatter to their various plays.
In 1920 the plays given were Robin Hood,
near the sun dial at the end of Senior Row;
the Old Wives' Tale, in the hollow between
Low Buildings'and the hockey field; 5"/.
George and the Dragon, in the corner of
Pembroke-East; The Midsummer Night's
Dream, in the' hollow, and masques in the
cloisters.
Practice f�x the Green dancing and the
classic dancing of the masques will begin
early this year, said Miss Applebee, the
third speaker. Morris dances, the dance
of the sweeps, of the milkmaids, court
dances, and stunts, take place, so that many
dancers, as well as jugglers, mountebanks,
and tumblers will be needed.
Slides were thrown on the screen to illus-
trate the formation of the dances during the
croHfiing of the1 May Queen and the dances
in which everyone takes part immediately
afterwards. "Miss Applebee concluded by
urging everyqne to try out for the various
parts and dances.
Moving pictures of May Day in 1920
were shown and explained by Miss Coyne
at the end of the meeting.
SUSAN GAREY IS NEW PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR CLASS
1925 elected Susan Carey president at their class' elections last Wednesday in
Merion.'  Virginia Lomas is vice-president, and Elizabeth Lawrence secretary.
Miss Carey, succeeding Caroline Rcmak, is on the Hoard of the Christian Asso-
ciation and was a member of the Freshman Committee arid vice-president of her
class, Freshman year.                                                                               *                      .
The vice-president, Miss Lomas, succeeding Helen Hough, was 1925's track cap-
tain last year. Miss Lawrence, who lakes the place of Miriam Brown, is the treas-
urer of the Christian Association.
VARSITY WINS EASY VICTORY
OVER RIVERTON IN HOCKEY
Individual  Work  is  Noticeable   in
Generally Quick Scrappy Game
An easy victory in hockey was won b)
Varsity last Saturday against Rivcrton with
i.i score of seventeen to one.
The game was quick and very scrappy.
Rivcrton players were fast and gave Varsity
a good deal of work. From end to end of
the field th� ball was rushed, to be foifght
out, by the backs or forced over the line,
and both goals were kept busy. As the
score shows, Varsity was far superior to
their oppbnents and the improvement in
stick work and formation, gained partly at
hockey camp, was noticeable. The greal
virtue of the game, excepting individual
work, was its speed; its great fault, the
fact that it was messy. The play was kept
open, and, all four wings being very fast,
there was a ceaseless rush from goal to
goal. This may have made for a pretty
game, but it left little energy for fight in
the circle.   .
Our backs are to be commended on their
excellent defense and attack, especially S.
Walker, '26, and Sylvia Walker, '27, whose
game was far better than last week. E
Pearson, in the goal, was possessed of an
unerring eye and dauntless courage, saving
several difficult shots for goal. M. Faries,
'24, and E. Tuttle, '24, played a spectacular
game, emerging from every scuffle triumph-
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Bishop Rhinelander will speak infor-
mally on Saturday evening, November .10,
in Taylor Hall, under the auspices of the
Christian Association. This is the only
opportunity of Bishop Rhinelander's com-
ing to Bryn Mawr this year.
SUMMER SCHOOL STORY
TOLD IN STUDENTS' WOJtDS
Miss   Hilda   Smith Tells  of
Reactions in Chapel
Their
The story of the .Summer School, told a?
far as possible in the words of the students
themselves, was the subject of the talk
given by Miss Hilda Smith, Director of the
Summer School, in chapel last Wednesday
Drawn in the same way as in other years
from the various States, the school num-
bered ninety-six students. Twenty-seven
different trades and thirteen nationalities
were represented. "As the school assem-
bled," said Miss Smith, "we wished we
had an artist to paint the different types�
Russian, Italian, Scandinavian, mountain
white, Irish, Lithuanian. The students had
to go through the usual process of adjust-
ment to their work. Many were com-
pletely surprised at the isolation of the
campus and the absence of all factory
chimneys.   ,                                            *
"After the first two weeks of work the
girls began to 'inhale it better,' to use'
their own expression. 'This week,' said
one of them, 'is better. Last week I could
not make up my mind whether this place
was a perfect paradise or a perfect
Hades.'"      .
The tutors were met with a variety of
questions, explained Miss Smith.    The dif-
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LANTERN NIGHT HELD IN
TRADITIONAL MANNER
Lighted  Lanterns And  Bright Moon
Make Impressive Ceremony
A brilliant moon and a still c\*cning
favored the ceremony of Lantern Night
held  in  the Cloisters  last   Friday.
At eight o'clock the Freshmen, wearing
caps and gowns for the first lime, walked
silently into the cloisters and formed a
semi-circle around the fountain. After an
unusually short wail the Sophomores could
be heard singing the Greek hymn, "Pallas
Athene Thea." They filed in carrying the
lighted green lanterns-and passed around
the circle giving each IVeshman a lantern.
When they had finished and gone to one
side, the Freshmen, with the swinging Ian-
terns of their two leaders, at the head,
marched out singing "Sofias Filac Paro-
mcn."
As a class, the Sophomores' singing had
little volume, but -was rh perfect harmony
and unison. The Frcshmci> after a weak
start, came out strongly in the difficult
chords of the "Sofias." At Senior singing
in Pembroke arch immediately after the
ceremony, 1927's class song was heard for
the first time. The music is that of the
Pilgrim's Chorus from Wagner's opera,
Tannhauser.
The lanterns presented by the Sopho-
mores to the Freshmen have a four-sided,
slender design. The iron work on* each
side depicts a ship under full sail with a
pennant flying from th mast-head. Two
spaces at the bottom and sevens above sig-
nify the class numeral, '27.
Th%\'f.ws takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing the election of H. Grayson,
'25, and J. Loeb, '26, to the Editorial
Board. Another member from 1925 will
be elected next week.. Those still in the
competition are V. Lomas, and C. Cutn-
mings.*                                .
CHAIRMEN OF FOUR MAY  DAY
COMMITTEE8 APPOINTED
The Undergraduate Board^tas appointed
the chairmen of the May Day Committees.
The committees are: Casting, B. Con-
stant, '24, chairman, Jean Gregory, '25,
Susan Walker, '26; Costumes, M. Palache,
chairman, E. Hincklcy, '25, M. Parker, '26;
Business, E. Glessner, '25, chairman, H.
Walker, '24, A. Johnston, '26; Dancing, E.
Neville, '24, chairman, E. Boross, '25, M.
Talcott, '26.                                                   ,