College News, 1924-12-10, Vol. 11, No. 10

              The College News
Vol. XI.   No. 10
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924
Price 10 Cenfs
SOPHOMORE PLAY "QUALITY STREET"
MISS THOMAS OPENS
SUMMER SCHOOL DRIVE
Director  of   School  and Former
Student Also Speak at Meeting
in Deanery
MUST EDUCATE FUTURE LEADERS
President Emeritus Thomas last Sunday
evening opened the doors of the Deanery to
college students in order that they might
hear about the work of the Summer School.
The drive for scholarships for the Summer
School is going on this week.
"It gives me great pleasure," said Miss
Thomas, "to welcome graduate and under-
graduates again to the Deanery. Since I
handed over to President Park the reins of
empire, my only regret has been not to see
the students.
"The Summer School has been a great
and exciting adventure for Bryn Mawr.
There are two ways of helping on the world,
by alleviating misery and by the much more
exciting and constructive way of welcoming
and helping on the future. For your gen-
eration, there are three great pieces of work
in the future: To encoWage the spirit of
internationalism which culminates in the
League, to work for peace through the
protocol and to welcome the coming of labor
into world power. Bryn Mawr has had the
vision that the right thing to do is to provide
education for those who will guide labor in
the future, and this is the work of the Sum-
mer School.       i
"I have had the joy of seeing two great
changes in my lifetime, the birth of reason
as a means of gauging experience, and^he
coming of women into opportunities of edu-
cation and duties of administration.
"You are not a romantic generation, but
if you work with the great movement of
labor and help it on, you will feel that you
are working with the stars."
Head of School Speaks.
Miss Clara Taylor, the acting head of the
Summer School, was the next speaker.
"There are growing up in many cities,"
.said- Miss Taylor, "alumnae groups of suav
mer students.   And there is a true spirit of
co-operation  between   college and   summer
alumnae.
"The summer students come from all over
the United States, with amazing differences
of industrial experience.   Then there were
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UNEVENTFUL FIRST MEET GIVES
VICTORY TO FRESHMEN
E. Klein, '28, Leads With Two.Firtt
Places in Speed Swims
The Freshmen won the first swimming
meet, held Friday, December 5, with a
score of 30 points. 1926 came second
with 18 points, the Sophomores third with
11 and 1925 fourth with  10.
First place in relay, 120-foot front and
68-foot front race, went to the Freshmen,
E. Klein winning both of the fast two
events. Her times were 13.4 seconds and
28.2 seconds, respectively. B. Stewart, '28,
won the 68-foot back swim in 17.3 sec-
onds.
In diving, V. Cooke, '26, placed first
with a total of 56.8, while F. Jay, '26,
was a close second with 56.3. The plunge
was woh by E. Tweddell, '26, with a dis-
tance of 54 feet 7 inches.
On the second teams, 1927 had 11
points; 1925, 10; 1926, 10, and 1928, 2.
S. Anderson, '25, and M. Tatnall, '26, took
first and second places, respectively, both
in the 68-foot front swim and 120-foot
swim, while Frances Chrystie, '27, won
the  diving.
CHAMBER MUSIC PLAYED BY
MR. ALWYNE AND QUARTET
Classical   and   Modern Compositions
Played at Second Concert
MR. ALWYNE AS PIANO SOLOIST
WINS PRAISE OF MUSIC CRITICS
Splendid   Performance    with   Phila.
Orchestra Thrills Large Audience
On Friday and Saturday, December 5
and 6, Horace Alwyne, Director of the
Music Department, was soloist�with the
Philadelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia.
He played Strauss' "Burleske" for Piano
and Orchestra, and the "Variations Sym-
phoniques" of Franck.
. His performance aroused enthusiastic
applause, more prolonged than usual at
the Friday concerts, and high praise from
the music critics. Mr. Samuel C. Laciar,
brother of a Bryn Mawr alumna and The
North American's critic, spoke of his
"finely artistic ^style and impeccable
technic." The Public Ledger's interest-
ing note on the concert described his
playing as "wonderful" and analysed it as
follows:
"Mr. Alwyne showed himself to be a
splendid   pianist.     Everyone   has    long
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Horace Alwyne, pianist, and the Lenox
String Quartet were the artists at the
concert of Chamber music given in Tay-
lor Hall on Monday, December 8. The
members, of the quartet are Sandor Har-
mati, first tenor; Wolfe Wolfinsohn, sec-
ond violin; Nicholas Moldavan, viola, and
Emmeran Stoeber, violincello.
The program began with Haydn's
String Quartet in F. Op. 77, No.'2, which
was played with decisive skill and a de-
lightful   interpretation.
Modern tone color gave the second
group a character very different from the
clear beauty of the Haydn. It consisted
of four pieces for string quartet, "La
Fille aux Cheveux de Lin," of Debussy
(arranged by Sandor Harmati); Julius
Harrison's "Widdicombe Fair" (Humor-
esque); "The Tarn," by Eugene Goosens,
and "Cherry Ripe," by Frank Bridge.
"Widdicombe Fair," one felt, would hard-
ly have known its rural self in the elabo-
rate style given it by Mr. Harrison.
ALL-PHILADELPHIA WINS -
CLOSEST GAME OF SEASON
�They Shall Not Pass" is Keynote
of Varsity's Top Notch Playing
Despite Swamplike Field
INVADERS'    COOLNESS    COUNTS
"CHANGING IRELAND" TREATED
IN DELIGHFUL REVIEW
Gamaliel  Bradford   Approves  Open-
mindedness Shown by Mr. 0'Conor
In the Public Ledger Literary Review of
December 7 appeared a review by Gamaliel
Bradford of Changing Ireland, the latest
publication of Mr. O'Conor, Associate
Professor of English Composition.
Chapters of this book have been deliv-
ered in the form of lectures, both at the
recent meeting of the Bryn Mawr Alum-
nae Association, and over the radio, under
the auspices of Lit Brothers, Philadelphia.
To quote  Mr.  Bradford:
The significance and importance of this
book lie in its helping us to understand.
Surely nothing in connection with Irish
affairs can be more useful than this.
There has been so much ill-considered
abuse on all sides, Irish history and Irish
politics have been enveloped in such a
haze of prejudice and partisanship, that
it is a relief to deal with a writer whose
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Fighting incredibly over every square
inch of water-logged field, Varsity held
All-Philadelphia to a 1-0 victory on Satur-
day morning.
The Philadelphia players were surer
\*ith their sticks, with their passes, with
their balance and with their bodies. Al-
ways their weight was behind their shots
and behind their tackles, but Varsity,
playing better than it has at any time
this season, and encouraged by the
superb defense of M. Gardiner, '25, at
goal, never gave in.
Every change of direction meant a
struggle to keep from sprawling in the
mud. Often the ball disappeared in the
soggy field. Once D. Lee, '25, had to
pause in her dribble for a good three sec-
ond^ to dig it ouL Still the playing was
on the whole singularly clean, quick and
open.
Early in the game, a flying shot by
A. Townsend, the star Philadelphia cen-
tre-half, over the ducking heads of her
forwards scored the only goal.
Philadelphia, though short of one for-
ward all the first half, was always on the
offense. M. Tyler, filling both inside and
wing, required the combined attention of
J. Seelcy, '27, and S. Walker, '26, who
with her neat, punctual tackling and
prompt recovery played almost perfect
hockey. M. Wiener, the Philadelphia
centre, showed a faculty for making for
herself a clear field. More scoring by
Philadelphia was saved only by the des-
perate last minute fighting of our defense
inside the striking circle.
No amount of valiance on the part of
Bryn Mawr backs, however, seemed able
to clear the ball forward. Blue defense,
well in Una, formed an impenetrable wall.
M. Talcott, '20, breaking away for a sec-
ond in a racing dribble was stopped by
the beautiful lunging of H. Jacob. Only
twice did a hard pass to wing, well saved
by B. Loines, '28, give Varsity a chance
to attack.
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