College News, 1925-11-04, Vol. 12, No. 06

              VOL. XII.   No. 6.
College News
� BRYN MA#R   (AND WAYNE),  PA.,   WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4,  1925
PRICE.   10  CENTS
DR. TYSON INTERPRETS
WRITINGS OF PROPHETS
Prophet's Message Substitution of
Conduct for Ritual as Test of
Religious Life
FINDING OF GOD AN ADVENTURE
"One who speaks in behalf of another";
this is the literal translation of the Greek
word for "prophet." A prophet in Palestine
spoke to the people in behalf �af God. The
second group of the Old Testament, the
writing prophets from the eighth century ro
450 B. C. was the subject of discussion by
Dr. Stewart Tyson, in the second of his
lectures on the Bible given October 29. t
The first Christians were told by tradi-
tion that Jehovah had given them a definite
canon of literature in 39 volumes. Reading
it in the light of the knowledge of Christ,
they interpreted the prophets as foretelling
his life and actions. SoVthey missed the
real significance of the prophet's message,
which was the substitution of conduct for
ritual as a test of religious life.
The entire emphasis, in the eighth century
B. C, was placed on conformity to a ritual
code; there was no attempt to bring into
relation with religious thought their moral
life. Jehovah was conceived of as a tribal
god ruling only the territory of Palestine,
ah oriental despot who must be kept good-
humored and indulgent with offerings. All
life�in Judea�belonged to God and must
be given to him; hence the idea of blood
sacrifice and burnt offerings. The blood of
the sacrifice floated on high, the incense of
the offering was sweet in his nostrils,
apd he was pleased. This idea of
a merely tribal god, of religion without
morality, of sacrifice instead of inner good-
ness and purity, was attacked by the suc-
cession of writing prophets. They pon-
dered, set up hypotheses, modified and re-
jected them, and wrote the fruit of their
meditation, the conception of what God
really is, in the first person, as if Jehovah
himself were speaking.
"Thou hast made us for thyself, O God,
and our heart is restless till it find rest in
thee." The more we consider life, the more
we feel the mechanistic hypothesis does not
account for everything. We then seek God
in an emotional mood, but it requires a
quiet, sustained effort to find him. The
prophets made the finding of God a great
adventure, brought that eminent spirit into
contact with theirs, and rearranged values
in the illumination coming from the divine.
Amos, the first of the line, was a country-
man reminding us of Adam Bede, a simple
soul, but one who in his quiet, earnest way
thought deeply. He saw that ceremonial
was being substituted for conduct, and that
no one can have a genuine religious life not
based on experience.
"To what purpose is your multitude of
sacrifices; offer no more oblations to me,"
said the God of Isaiah. This greatest of
the prophets tried to control his country
in the light of righteousness, not expediency.
After him came Mk-ah, replying to the
countryman who feared his offering of
sheep and of oil was insufficient, who even
suggested the sacrifice of his own first-born,
"What doth the Lord require of thee but
to do justly, to lore mercy, and to walk
humbly with ** G�d." What better defi-
nition of Christianity has ever been made?
Mercy is an inadequate translation of
the MauttfMl Greek word, of whkh
the nearest English equivalent is lovbuj-
kvtimrss.
Suffering extreme agony in his private
life, Hosea became one of the most heau-
CONTINTJBD ON  PAGE  5
SOPHOMORE CLASS ELECTS BARBAT& LOINES,
JOSEPHINE YOUNG AND CATHERINE FIELD
1928 has elected Barbara Loines as President. Josephine Young as
Vice-President, and Catherine Field as Secretary to succeed Mary Hop-
kinson,  Magdclen  Hupfel and CaroLnc  Crosby.
Miss  Loines  was  manager of  the  Freshman   hockey  team  last  year
and  Captain  this year.    She  was also  Freshman   member of the Under-
graduate Association  and is now on  the Advisory  Boagf of the Under
graduate Association, as well as being 1928's hockey captain.
Miss Young was Chairman of Freshman Class fo*r a week. October,
1924, and 1928 member on the Executive Board of Self-Government for 1921
85.    She is also Treasurer of the Christian Association this year.  _________
Miss Pfeld is on the Membership Committee of the Christian- Asso-
ciation.
DR. FENWICK OUTLINES
WORLD COURT MOVEMENT
DR. SCHENK TELLS OF BOND
BETWEEN US AND THE S0RB0NNE
Program of Sorbonne Lectures Here
Includes Public and Private Courses
"In the next two weeks we shall have the
Sorbonne in tabloid form at Bry'n Mawr,"
said Miss Schenk, speaking on the Cours
Publtques and Cours Fermes which M.
Charles Cestre, who holds the chair of
American Civilization and Letters at the
Sorbonne, will be offering here in the next
two weeks.
"When America entered the war in 1917,
M. Cestre was called from Bordeaux to
the newly-appointed chair at Paris. At the
same time Miss Ely was using the American
book section of the Sorbonne Library, and
she learnt that it was impossible for the
Sorbonne at this time to meet the expense
of equipping their new department. I went
over the nert year, met M. Cestre and to-
gether we planned a campaign to secure
books from America for this new depart-
ment at the Sorbonne. At"*first we planned
to canvass the Eastern colleges for con-
tributions of books, but the Bryn Mawr
Alumnae were so eager to return, in some
small way, the gifts which many of them
'iad had from the Sorbonne, that finally,
instead of the books, a fund was raised
o buy the books, which yields an annual
ncome of $200. There was also an initial
gift of standard American classics to fill
in the gaps�and they were mostly gaps�
in   the   Sorbonne   shelves.     This   bond   be-
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PENNSYLVANIA ECLIPSED
IN HOCKEY MATCH
Varsity
Victorious   to Tune
to 0
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Professor Emphasizes Necessity of
Lending it Our Support to Build
its Authority
TRACES   ARBITRATION   HISTORY
In the biting cold of last Tuesday after-
noon Bryn Mawr Varsity scored a smash-
ing victory against the University of Penn-
sylvania's .hockey team. From beginning to
end Pennsylvania was outplayed.
Most of the first half was spent in scrim-
maging in front of the Penn goal. D. Lee,
'25, started the scoring by one of her quick,
clean shots, which C. Parker, '29, and R.
Wills, '29, soon followed up with others.
Varsity forward lin& passed very cleverly
and showed good suck work S. Walker,
"27, was the main strenggt of the back line
and even tried a little forward work at
shooting goals with disastrous results for
a  Pennsylvania back.
The second half was merely a continua-
tion of Bryn Mawr's winning streak. Penn-
sylvania played hard but they lacked Var-
f shy's skill arfd experience. In spite of the
Bryn Mawr gallery's enthusiasm the sing-
inn was rather pathetic.
The Varsity players were as follows: B.
Loines.* '28; C. Parker.* "�; I). Lee.******
"�; K Wills***** '29: A. Dal/.iel. "�; B.
Sindall. '2G; V. Cooke. '2(1: .1. Seeley. at; S.
Walker. '27: E. Harris. '20: A. Bruerc
Subs : P. Jay.* "20. for C I'arker. '29: J.
Porter.  '�;  for  15.  Sindall.
Pennsylvania: Knabe, Widdoes, Mc-
Cardle. Rigby, Einbry, Schoell, Jones. Mosh-
er. McOwen, Rumpp, Brodsky.
OLD FOLK-SONGS AND SONATAS
GIVEN AT WYNDHAM EVENING
College Has Pleasure of Hearing Mrs.
HiMegarde Donaldson Play
Bach Chorales. English and Russian folk
songs and sonatas for violin and piano
started the evenings of informal music at
Wyndham for the year. Mrs. Hildegarde
Donaldson, who is to make her debut as a
violinist in Philadelphia, Boston and New
York, next week, played.
The program was as follows:
Bach    Chorales�"The    Spacious
ment." "I Got Me Flowers"
Knglish   Song�"Come.   Let's  Be
Dorset Folk Song (arranged by
Williams)�"Linda Lea."
Brahms�Sonata  in   A   Ma'or,   for   violin
and   piano.     Mrs.   Donaldson   and   Mr.
Alwyne.
Firma-
Merry"
Vaughn
DR. GRAY EXPLAINS IMPORTANCE
OF LOCARNO  CONFERENCE
History   of   Conference  Outlined
Three Days Chapel Speech
in
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Blake's Trophetkf'Books."
Salama�Russian Gypsy Song.
Rimsky-Korsakow�Carol.       from       the
open "Christmas Night."
Franck�Sonata for violin and piano, two
movements.     Mrs.   Donaldson  and   Mr.
Alwyne.
Bach Choral�"Now Let Every Tongue
Adore Thee."   General Singing.
The Locarno conference was discussed by
Dr. H. L. Gray, professor of History, in
morning cha|>e! last Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
"At the beginning of 1923," he said,
"Frame still felt that she hail no satisfactory
guarantee of hersfuture security, and Eng-
land was inclined to reject the Protocol.
Then from Germany there came � pro-
posal: she offered, as she had just before
the Ruhr occupation, to guarantee the ex-
�taut Western frontier by signing with
Bdfhmt Prance. England and Italy, a
Rrhtctand pact. Bchmd this there were
to be arbitration treaties for the settlement
of future disputes, anil the Eastern fron-
erence   to arbitration.
"The plan received hearty support from
England, but Prance hesitated to make
a bond With an old enemy not yet thor-
oughly trusted. After the French Gov-
ernment fell in April, the new ministry ex-
pressed its readiness to accept the pact if
COKTIKtJKD  ON  PAliK 0
"There have been thne distinct stages
in the histor\ of arbitration." said Dr.
Fenwiek. head of the department of Politi-
cal Science, speaking at Wyndham last
Thursday evening at a meeting held to edu-
cate the college on the World Court.
"The first sta^c was when nations en-
tered into treaties to guarantee arbitra-
tion of dsputcs that had already arisen.
It began with the treaty in ITM between
Great Britain and the United States. This
was a landmark in history, because, al-
though feeling ran- high, and many de-
manded war. the dispute was successfully
arbitrated. Similar treaties were the
Geneva Arbitration treaty after the Civil
War. and the settlement of the Bering
Sea fisher'ea quarrel, which you al! remem-
ber
"Then, a second Stage, governments
began to see that it is desirable to antici-
pate disputes, and made gwneral arbitra-
tion treaties. The only trouble with these
rcaties are that they are so worded as to
admit of loopholes whenever one of the
parties doesn't want to arbitrate. For
instance, the Rijot treaties of 190H agree
to arbitrate anything that docs not affect
'our honor, our independence or our vital
interests."
"This was | good he�innuig. and Taft
tried to improve it. The Taft-Knox
treaties of 1911, however, could not be
passed until a clause was inserted saying
that the only disputes that could be ar-
bitrate 1 were those 'justiciable in their
nature by reason of being susceptible to
law and equity.'
"Bryan saw that loophole treaties were
no good at all. and wanted unconditional
arbitration treaties, binding the parties to
a dispute to submit it to a committee, and
ilthough they were not compelled to I
cept the committee report, to wait a year
before going to war.
"The third stage came with the idea of
a really permanent court. A list of judges
was posted at The Hague, and called a
Permanent Court of Arbitration, but ii
was no real court. There were si\
judges from each nation, and you just
looked down the list and chose iinUl that
you knew would favor your cause, and
the other side did the same thing, and
then it was always up to the umpire really
to decide the thing. And only one of the
judges was ever chosen more than once.
'The League of Nations then provided for
a court.    A committee was appointed, on
which   Mr.   Elihu   Root   served,  and   which
drew up the statute of The Hague Court of
International    Justice.      The   judges   w.
chosen   by  the  assembly  of   the   League,
and the council, sitting separately.    It was
a    happy    expedient,    but    unfortunately
from  our  point  of. view   it  involved  reor-
ganizing the League     And the fact must b:
emphasized that there u  no legal  nccc sit\
to arbitrate if  you belong to  the court�tt
has jurisdiction only oxer the eases that a"
submitted to it.    So yOM StC there are s ill '
loopholes   for   escape
"We OOght to give our support to this
great organization. Entering it will give
it the moral support it needs, and lead us
in the end to arbitrate It lacks po*
as yet: we must give it a start and help
to build up its authority."
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