College News, 1926-04-14, Vol. 12, No. 21

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The College News
VOL. XII.   No. 21
BRYN MAWR   (.AND WAYNE). PA..   WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14.1926
PRICE.   10, CENTS
CHARLESTON FOLLIES
TIMELY AMUSEMENT
Maids' Club Presents Original Skits
With Jazz Interludes of
Music and Dancing
1928    ORCHESTRA    PERFORMS
The Charleston I'nllies were performed by
the Mai-Is' Club, Saturday night, in the
gymnasium before.a large and enthusiastic
audience. -The * IX'x orchestra furnished
musical accompaniments when these were not
supplied by mouth organs and ukelelcs.
The first episode, a movie of The Sheik,
by Pembroke Hall, had to be run off back-
wards (hie to a "mishap to the camera." The
whole drama, done on horseback, was very
vivid and well executed.
Radnor nave a lecture on the perfect
movie. The silhouetting of the figures was
very effective as the emotions of the audience
followed Romeo eagerly through his trials.
A horrid-looking rival seemed for a moment
to be snatching the prize from his "grasp,
aided by Juliet's father, but in manly fash-
ion, after ineffectually trying all forms of
duelling from fencing to boxing and a Wil-
helm Tell match, he dragged him off the
stage and presumably threw him in the
horse pond.
A graphic figure of Time passed, and then
.the audience was allowed to see the "get-
away", of the young people. 'Descending a
step-ladder into the arms of her lover. J*ilict
pri-Miaili-il him to hide behind an umbrella
while she packed her  hag.    So much time
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CHRISTIAN   ASSOCIATION   ELECTS  NEW   OFFICERS..
Beatrice   I'itney, '27. will  be president of the   Christian   Association ncx
year, succeeding Winifred llodd. '-��>.    Miss Pitney has been Class Tennis Cap-
tain for the past three years and a member of the Editorial Hoard of the Newt,
and  head   of the  Religious   Meetings  Committee of the Christian Association
this year.
Carol Platt. '27, was also elected as \ ice-President, to succeed Harriet
Hopkinson, ~'(i. Miss Pktt was on the Christian Association Board this year
and had been Glass Song Mistress and Basketball Captain for two years.
May We Call to Your Attention�
\ special edition of a certain Washington paper was brought out last Saturday
to proclaim the first bloom of the Japanese cherry trees. Deep in the mid-brain
of every Editor of the News lies an unformed query: Will the college ever show
enough concentrated interest   (in   the  News or in anytime else)   to  warrant   a  Spenai
Mote:    The reader  is advised to reread  the   editorial   in   the   irVtW   of   March   80,
which we   reprint herewith :
With   the   turn   of   the   >car.
With
finds? i
THE AVERAGE STUDENT: WHAT
THE COLLEGE CAN DO FOR HER
Three Lines Open For Training Large
Middle Group of Students
I he average student, as representative
of the large group in College, was dis-
cussed by Miss Park in chapel on Mon-
day morning, April  I'-'.
To be numerical, the average student
lies somewhere between the I'ppcr Ten
and the lower ten: not a single student,
but the whole group who fall between
these, extremes. The faculty derive most
pleasure from the upper ten. and the
lower ten occasions them most worry,
but the average group, that homogeneous
mass with a common problem, demand a
share of the administrative time and at-
tention. They belong there for many
seasons, Potentially some belong to the
upper group: lack of interest, immaturity
or faulty preparation alone keeps them
out But there arc others whose difficulty
is intellectual, one of memory or clear
thinking. And this is more apparent here
Uecause College tests that side almost to
the exclusion of others.
Responsibility for this group is as-
sumed by the College, which Miss Park
iclieves can do three very definite things
for them. It can teach them to dis-
tinguish between inaccuracy and ac-
curacy,   to   paraphrase   that   overworked
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the   News
itself confronted by the problem
which, sooner or later laces every college
newspaper: shall it continue?
The P.oard recognizes the general m-
lilTcrence of the college toward the News,
and sees that ex.ept -for an occasional
editorial, review or play writcirp, the college
�cgards it as dull and unprofitable. Further-
more, it fails, to "see- what can l>c done to
remedy the situation. The advertisements.
which pay for the printing, necessitate a
six-page paper: the average eol'ege week,
with its quota of games, elections and lec-
tures, falls far short of filling six pages
The iMiard is forced, as a result, to give
practically verbatim reports of all �lectures,
without regard to their importance, and to
tad out other empt> sheets with unrelated
material borrowed from various periodi-
cals. The result is a patently uninterest-
ing and second-hand production, ground
out  in the sweat of the editors' brows.
Perhaps because of this dullness, which
is only symptomatic of the growing in-
difference of undergraduates to things con-
nected with college, that self-perpetuating
body which is the Board, is meeting with
-real difficulty '�' finding people who are
0\ the same time willing ami able to go on
with its work. Most of the undergrad-
uates who are capable of doing really good
newspaper writing�that is. those who are
able to write interesting reviews and edi-
torials showing some thought, besides stereo-
typed write-ups�have refused to concern
�bemselves with the Newt.
The old Board is no longer under the
oVigalion to stimulate college interest-
its work has bc(?n done. The remainder
of the Board is unwilling to go on with a
tusk    involving    increasing^-work    for    a
slcadilv diminishing number of people, un-
less the college feels that there is really a
definite need for thc.AY.v.v. In the present
state of indifference, there seem to be onl>
two possible courses: either the entire
Board must resign, and the Newt stop until
i new group of people, impelled by a new
impetus, and backed by a new college sense
of need, create a new paper, or, if it is to
continue now. it must In- made far less for-
mal, to include no advertising at all. several
editorials, an occasional review or really in-
teresting write-ups, and calendar for the
next week�in this way. it could contain
all the features winch the college now finds
interesting, and the thankless drudgery of
a small and harried group would be
eliminated.
This scaling down would pmbahV mean
that the alumnae, who arc by far the
largest subscribers to the NetOS, would cease
to be interested. But after all. a college
newspaper must try to adapt ilsrll" primarily
to the undergraduates and not to the
aJumnac. If the alumnae arc interested in
tfie lectures and sports of college, (hey can
demand full accounts-in the Alumnae Pule
tin: but undergraduates are not interested
in the majority of write-ups of events which
they  cither  attended   themselves  or  did  not
think-  worth attending.
The question is one for the college to
consider, since it is ultimately as a result
of ctTllegc interest and backing that a col-
lege newspaper achieves any degree of
success. It is certainly significant that dur-
ing this entire year, the News has received
not more than two letters from undergrad-
uates who had something to put before the
college. It exists now as a means of ex-
pression for -the college. Docs the college
want  it?
The    Hoard   would   welcome   all   sugges
tions "and criticisms of these proposals.
TUITION RAISE NEEDED '
FOR RUNNING EXPENSES
Slight   Increase   in  Many   Items
Makes Yearly Deficit Alarming
Goodhart Hall New Demand
LIBRARY   TO   BENEFIT
The F.dhorial Board of the Col-
/,',/c News takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing that as the result of its
competition. H. McKelvey. '28, and
K. I.iim. '29. have been elected As-
sistant Editors.
BRYN MAWR TO SHARE IN
.ESTATE OF NEW YORK WOMAN
The Hartford Hospital of Hartford,
Conn., was bequeathed $:>.V000 in the will
of Mrs. Alice D. Jackson, filed recently
The will disposed of an estate of over
$g�0M ill real and about $150,000 in per-
sonal property. Mrs. Jackson .lied last
I-March 20.
The Manhattan Kye. Ear and Throat
Hospital was given $35,000. Two-thirds
of the balance of the res'dtiary estate
was given to Bryn Mawr College, and the
remaining third went to Tuskcgec In-
stitute   Tuskegec.  Ala.
The will directed that the Hartford
Hospital should employ cither the inter-
est' or the principal of the $25.00O in re-
search work, if possible, in the direction
of preventive medicine, and directed that
the legacy to.the Manhattan Hospkal be
used in research work.
No restrictions were placed upon the
bequests to Bryn Mawr and Tuskegee.
M. CESTRE COMPARES FRENCH
-AND AMERICAN COLLEGES
We reprint the following article from The
Inlereollefiiate Worhi since any statement of
M. Charles Cestre is of personal interest to
Bryn Mawr in view of the opportunity af-
forded us by his series of lectures last fall.
M. Cestre is now at the University of Michi-
gan. He is reported to have made this com-
oarisou of French and American colleges:
"In France a great deal of personal work
is necessary, especially in the department of
literature. So much time is required for
studying that there is little time for outside
activities As law is a more mechanical
study, it is only the law student who has
the time to no out for athletics.
"Dormitorks and fraternities have been
but recently introduced into French universi-
ties. Due to congested conditions, dormitories
have now been built from a gift fund at the
University of Paris. The dormitories all
have large athletic fields around them, thus
indicating a decided American influence."
Tuition lor next year will be increased
by $loo, according to President Park's
announcement in chapel Wednesday
morning, May.h 81. This ineafls that the
directors have decided on a required sum
of $100 instead of the present $300.
Unfortunately, this does not imply that
any unusually great work is to be put
Under way. With the exception of larger
book purchases for the library most of the
money is to ro to meet increased running
expenses, for although no one item has
risen tremendously about fifty smaller ex-
penses have increased slightly.
In 1930, in order to complete a two
million dollar endowment drive, it was
necessary to clear the college debt. This
was accomplished by borrowing $17,000
out of Mrs. Russell Sage's gift to the
college; but the directors did this only on
condition that the income of this $17,000
be devoted solely to replacing the bor-
rowed capital/" As soon as this obliga-
tion is met this interest will be free to
meet ordinary deficits in the college ex-
penses.
Added to the usual yearly items will
be the upkeep of Goodhart hall, which it
is  estimated   will  cosl   about  $",000 an-
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GATES OF PARADISE LEAD
TO MISS TSUDA'S SCHOOL
Often  Failed  Exams Are  Cause  of
Japanese Suicides
"Missionary Work today is not what it
used to be," safl Mrs. I. S. Kennard, a
Cry 11 Mawr graduale. while speaking at
Vespers Sunday. April It, OH Miss
Tsuda's school in Tokio.
Interesting movements have arisen in
every part of Japan recently, but nothing
of any greater importance than Miss
Tsuda's RCrlbol: Since it is an indepen-
dent Christian institution, not in any way
managed by foreigner*, its activity lies
Chiefly in the hands of local Japanese
teachers. Due to the devastation of the
earthquake the accommodations are un-
fortunately small and quite inadequate
for the increasing number of applicants.
The main building is nothing short of a
barracks, just barely providing sufficient
class room.
But this docs not dalnprn the unlimited
enthusiasm of the Japancscs girls who
arc seeking education. Those who pass y
the entrance examinations look upon their
admission' as if they were about to walk
through the gates of paradise. This un-
quenchable thirst for knowledge is
typical of modem young Japan as a
whole.
Unfortunately! the Japanese sutler from
COMTINUBP on PAOTir.
The Cou.kck Xi'ws announces with
pleasure the election of  V C Bow
man. "�?, as T.usiness Manager for
1M0-97, to succeed J Lee, IT, and
P, McKlwain. tft as subscription
manager to succeed R. Tyson, '26.