College News, 1924-10-15, Vol. 11, No. 03

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BRYN  MAWR,  PA.,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER   15,   1924
Price 10 Cents
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STUDENTS AT SUMMER
SCHOOL ENTHUSIASTIC
Girls   from   Industry   Eager
Opportunities   of  Winter
Students at College
for
FOREIGNERS CONiRIBUTE POEMS
(Specially Contributed by the Under-
graduate Workers of the School.)
"Well, girls, we'll never see each other
again." Thus one of the Summer School
students cheerfully expressed the-thought
that was uppermost in all of their minds
as the end of the term approached. I
came into a room on the second floor of
Merion one night and found three of them
looking very disconsolate; one I knew
had been weeping, the others were ready
to do so. Frances Franklangia finally
burst o�t:    �
''Welt, I want to get home, believe me,
I won't feel badly at .getting home at all.
What I'm worrying about is what I'll
say when they ask me what I learned
here!"
Tfiat was very amusing, but too true.
Many of them upon arriving home were
expected to give up'thcir old jobs, if they
were still in demand, and take much bet-
ter ones, even salaried positions, for they
had gone to "college." Many.of them are
going to night school and doing their best
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LIBERAL CLUB ACTIVITY TO
BE WIDER IN SCOPE THIS YEAR
Plans  aid  Speakers   Announced  at
First Meeting in Taylor Hall
VESPERS LED BY PRESIDENT
OF CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
M. Stewardson, '25, Describes  How
Religions Ideas Change
SOPHOMORE PLAY TO BE
BARBIE'S QUALITY STREET
Pattens   anil    Ruffles   To   Replace
Pinnies and Knickers
"Although there are at present no ar-
rangements in regard to amateur productions
of my plays in America," says Sir James
Barrie, "per C. Greene" to E- Nelson, chair-
man of the Sophomore Play Committee,
under the circumstances I have no objec-
tions to your giving one performance of
Quality Street." Accordingly, one perform-
ance of Quality Street is to be given in the
gymnasium on Saturday evening, November
22.
Those who are stepping out of hockey
into hoop skirts, to play the spinsters and
beaux of "Quality Street" are as follows:
Miss Susan  ..................E. Nelson
Miss Phoebe .................J. Sullivan
Valentine Brown   ..........A.  Matthews
Ensign Blades.................C. Swift
The Sergeant.................H. Stokes
Patty.........................E. Morris
Miss Willoughby   ..........F.  Dclaguna
Mips Harriet................. M. ViHard
Miss Fanny .................A. Whiting
Charlotte  ....................S. Walker
Harriet ........................C. Jones
Arthur   ..,....................J. Denham
Wm. Sm.ith.................K. Simonds
Spicer..........................V. Hill
Isabella .....................E. Parsons
Old  Soldier  ..................G. Schoff
Unknown Gallant .............S.  Posey
Little    Boys�N.    Benoist,   D.    Irwin,   F.
tfhayer, W. Winchester
Little   Girls�E.  Gibson,  G.  Jenkins,  M.
Pilton, C. Robinson
Ladies�E. Brodie, G. Dufour, M. Hand,
M.  Kennedy, M. Smith
Gentlemen�C.   Chambers,   V.   Newbold,
S. Pinkerton
Casting and coaching chairmen are E-
Nelson, C. Swift and S. Walker. E. Norton
is designing the sets, with M Jones as stage
manager and J. Leonard, since the resig-
nation of G. Hayes, is head of the cos-
tume committee.
Explaining the activities and new aims
of the Liberal Club in an open meeting in
Taylor Hall last M^iday night, K. Tom-
kins '26, presidents the club, emphasized
the need of open-mindedness in discussing
modern questions.        _____________
"We are not Bolsheviks nor com-
munists," said Miss Tomkins. "We are
pledged to no specific party or beliefs.
Our policy is to bring forward , leading
problems and examine them without prej-
udice.
"Not only political and industrial topics,
but also discussions of art, drama, music
and literature will be included in this
year's program."
To cover this field, she explained, prom-
inent outside speakers have been obtained
and discussion groups led by members of
the college faculty will be arranged.
"What we all need is not to reach arbi-
trary conclusions, but to examine every
phase of our modern life clearly and criti-
cally. To stick to the established order,
is too easy. What the Liberal Club can
do is to bring us in contact with men and
women who have gone ahead and chal-
lenged different phases of twentieth cen-
tury life on political, ethical or aesthetic
grounds."                                                >
H. Chisoltn '25, treasurer of the club,
then read the list of speakers and subjects.
Deems Taylor,- composer of the Alice in
Wonderland symphony, will lecture on
modern music; Roger Baldwin, on labor
problems; Mrs. Sanger, on birth control;
George Middleton, author of "Polly with
a Past," on American drama; Yusuka
Tsurumi, graduate of the University of
Tokio, on present day Japan; Ifor Evans,
on contemporary British personalities;
and Norman Thomas, candidate for Gov-
ernor of New York on the La Follette
ticket on pacifism.
Manayunk,   where   Bryn     Mawr    girls
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1926 CHOOSES "THE AMAZONS"
FOR ITS JUNIOR PLAY
Discussing her own religious problems
and adjustments, M." Stewardson, '23,
president of the Christian Association,
spoke at vespers last Sunday night.
''I suppose I have changed my mind
over what I believe about as many times
as the average person does in college,"
she said. "When I came I didn't know
what I believed, and wished that I did.
|"After that, I suddenly settled everything,
and knew just what I believed. Of
course I discovered after about a month
that I had worked myself into ah emo-
tional state of excitement, and that it was
obviously impossible to fit all of life into
a neat little plan. I then varied from ag-
nostic to luke-warm Christian, depending
on what idea struck me last. I muddled
myself continually, but with an ever de-
creasing anguish of mind. The more one
inows, the more evident it becomes that
�ne cannot make cut^and dried schemes
about life. The more independent one
becomes, the less one tries to settle every-
thing. And one worries less about the
Whys and whats of the universe as one
learns to live in it a little better.
"I happen to be made in such a way
(hat things appeal to me far more if I
see than if I hear or read about them.
That is why something 1 saw this sum-
mer impressed me far more than all
things people said, or I have read, about
the life of Christ. That which impressed
ljie so much was a crucifix in the Dijon
iluseum�quite a small one�an ivory
igure on a wooden cross. I liked it so
much because he seemed to be a man.
Not just the very beautiful head, "but the
? hole body expressed life�very triumph-
ant life. The figure represented death,
but even in death he seemed to live.
i "The second thing that impressed me
particularly about the crucifix was the
realization of the love and sympathy the
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VARSITY BEATEN IN
FIRST GAME OF YEAR
Germantown Hockey Club Crushes
Brown Team by Score
Of  9-0
SUPERIOR SPEED WINS VICTORY
Varsity was overwhelmingly beaten by
Germantown in the first game of the
season last Saturday morning with the
score of 9 to 0.
The playing was swift and widespread,
the ball traveling rapidly from one end
of the field to the other. There was
much clean passing and clever stick work
especially on the part of Gepmautown.
The Germantown team played a fai
quicker game than Varsity and outwitted
Bryn Mawr often by the speed and
cleverness of their dodging. The defense
stiffened but was unable to hold back
the victorious team.
In the second half the Varsity backs
(ought desperately but the opposing foe-
wards rushed the ball with such speed
and determination that a goal almost in-
variably resulted. S. Walker, '2�, was
most effective in checking the forwards
and made some brilliant shots, while the
goal keeper, G. Macy, '26, cleared wed.
The line-up was:
Germantown�Morgan, Brinton, Wie-
oer. Parkc, E. Weiner, Berger, Buchanan,
Brown.    McLean,    Thomas,    Ferguson.
Varsity�M. Talcott, '26; E. Nichols,
"26; D. Lee, '25; F. Lay, '26; W. Dodd,
'26; E. Glessner, '25; E. Harris, '86; S.
Walker, 27; J. Seely, '27; S. Walker, '�*;
G. Macy, '26.
Pkero's  Farce   First   Proceed
Bryn Mawr In 1896
The Amazbns, a brisk romantic farce by
Sir Arthur Pinero, has been chosen by 1926
as their Junior play.
Hoping for sons, a mother contracts
daughters instead. Brought up as boys, the
three masculine misses nevertheless show
alarming symptoms of becoming women,
and? of course, they meet men.
Originally'produced in London in 1893,
this lively comedy first appeared at Bryn
Mawr in 1896, when President Park* then
an undergraduate, took the part of Oorts.
The Amazons will be the first Junior play
given in two years, the last having been //,
by Lord Dunsany, a half-serious fantasy
produced by  1924.
g. Walker, in charge of the casting; M.
Parker, in charge of costumes and scenery,
and K. Morse, of business, are 1926's Junior
Play Committee.' Distribution of roles has
not yet been announced. Miss Ward, "21,
will be the coach.
The origin and development of political
parties in the United States was the sub-
ject of the first lecture on Current Events
given by Dr. Fehwick, professor of poli-
ties, last night. Dr. Fenwick will continue
his lectures every Tuesday night at 7.30
in Taylor Hall.
BOOKSHOP OFFERS CHANCE
FOR PROFITABLE INVESTMENT
�et
Profits Will Be Divided Among
Members and Scholarship Fund
Membership in the Bryn Mawr Co-
operative Society is open to undergradu-
ates until November 15 on payment of
�MM.
Originally the Bryn Mawr Bookshop
was conducted by undergraduates who
Vere able, by working there to pay part
of their college expenses. The amount
of time required, however, was so great
that in 1920 President Thomas decided
to  form   the   Co-operative   Society.
Under the direction of Mrs. George
Wharton Barrington, the present mana-
ger, the society was established in 1921-
1922. The gross sales rose from $RO00 to
over $18,000 in 1923-1924.
In 1923-1924 35 per cent, of the net
profit was retained by><lie society to cover
increased expenses and
balance $620 or 32 1-:
paid to the member
dividends, and
Alumnae Fund/ ' for
scholarships.
The membership fee will be returned
at the end of the year with the addition
of the dividend which is determined by
the amount of purchases during the year.
The dividend is increased by 2 per cent,
when the purchases are cash.
ad.    <# the
cent, will be
f   the  society   as
I amount to the
undergraduate
VASSAR TO HOLD CONFERENCE
ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
Discussion   To    Include   Issues    Of
Domestic and Foreign Affairs
The Political Association of Vassar
College has invited eastern colleges to
send delegates to an intercollegiate politi-
cal conference to be held at Vassar. The
purpose of the conference is to interest
students in the coming campaign and to
clarify the issues. Each delegate is re-
quested to be especially prepared to dis-
cuss issues from a definite point of view.
Saturday afternoon the program is as
follows:
i 1. A presentation of the three-party
platform by stndents chosen from the va-
rious colleges.
2. Discussion from the floor.
Saturday evening there will be a dis-
cussion of three issues.
1.  The attitude of the parties toward in-
ternational affairs.
a.  The League.
b.  Disarmament.
c.  Compulsory arbitration.
2.  Domestic affairs�'
a.  Farmer-Labor bloc.
b.  The Supreme Court.
c.  Nationalization of" railroads, etc
Note:     A   statement   concerning   the
delegates" attitude toward the Klan is re-
quested.
3.  A third party�is it needed?
a.  Factors involved.
b.  Its prospects.
The Bryn M%wr delegates are M. Rod-
ney. '24; R. Foster, '25. and S. Carey, "sft.
The Lantern takes great pleasure in
announcing the election of Barbara Ling,
"25, to the Editorial Board Miss Ling has
been a regular contributor to The Lmttrn.