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The College News
VOL. XIII.'
�No.^'7
BRVN MAWR   (AND WAYNE). PA..   WEDNESDAY,JUNE 1,1927
PRICE.   10 CENTS
The Class of Nineteen Twenty-seven
FACULTY DOWNS
VARSITY BASEBALL
Fieser    and     Kelldgg    Make
Home Runs in Exciting and
Well-Played Game.
FINAL SCORE, 31   TO 23
The Faculty beat the -Varsity baseball
team in a close and exciting game on
Monday afternoon, May 30. The final
score was 31-23, but until nearly the
end the teams were within a few points
of one another. The high spot in the
game was when Dr. Fieser made a home
run with the bases full. Another thrill-
ing home run was made by D. Kellogg,
*27.
The first inning began calmly enough
with Varsity up. When 'the Faculty
came up, Fieser displayed some pretty
diving talent. Kellogg and Bruere put
through a pretty double play which re-
sulted in two outs. The inning closed
at 2 all.
Two out at once in the second inning
and then Seeley hit a two-bagger.
Bruere hit a mighty one which was
neatly caught. Later, with two on bases,
Kellogg muffed a ball and then played it
wildly, letting two runs come in. The
score then stood at 7-2, Faculty leading
as they did throughout. The audience,
one of the largest that has turned out
for an athletic event this year, was
vociferous and encouraging. Pop bottles
were luckily missing.
The third inning started right off with
three runs�Woodward hitting a hefty
one with the bases full. Bruere followed
and so confitaed the first and second
basemen that she was able to steal in.
Kellogg, who was also one of the heavy
hitters, was put out at first base after
some trick work by Crenshaw. The
second half passed uneventfully and
ended 9-8.
The fourth inning was played without
incident to a 10-10 finish. At the fifth
inning Varsity seemed weak, going down
at once. The Faculty were given several
bases on balls. Fieser^provided *some
excitement by throwing himself afr-the
bases while Bruere and Palache collided
ever a- fly ball.   Thfs ended tfittp   �-*
It was fn the sixth inning that Kel-
logg made her home run. Palache. with
the bases full, made a sacrifice hit that
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Halls Close Saturday
All students, graduate and un-
dergraduate, with the exception of
the members of the senior class
and graduate students taking de-
grees, must leave the Halls of
Residence not later than Thurs-
day afternoon. June 2. Seniors
and graduate students taking de-
grees may stay until Saturday
morning. The last meal served
in the college will be breakfast
that  morning.
FAITH GREATEST
NEED OF WORLD
Complexity and Disillusion of
Life Make Youth Test
All Theories.
EDUCATION   TWO-FOLD
"By faith Abraham, when he was
called to go out into a place which he
should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he" went out, not knowing
whither he went." This was the text for
the Baccalaureate sermon preached by
Henry Pitney Van Dusen Sunday eve-
ning. May 29. in the Gymnasium.
True education as a preparation for
life involves a two-fold understanding
without which one cannot serve or even
live fully. That is. an understanding of
the facts, forces and problems that have
occurred in different forms all through
history and are the facts and problems of
the present day. Although the former
is probably the most important, it is the
latter   which interests   youth chiefly.
In considering modern life it is the
complexity of it that stands out. And
it is not only our practical lives that are
complex, but our thought lives and our
emotional lives, making our inner ex-
perience a tangle like a subway jam.
Thus it is that the philosophies of today
are pluralistic; instead of being the re-
flections of ultimate reality they are the
reflections of our actual lives.
Demand Realism
Due partly to the scientific spirit with
its passion for truth, and partly to the
post-war disillusionment in which we
fcVc, ihere fe an ever-increasing demand
for realism in all departments of modern
life. It is futile now to appeal to author-
ity,   tradition   or   sentiment;   to   every
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1910 WINS AWARD
IN ALUMNA PARADE
Mad Hatter and March Hare
Head People from "Alice
in   Wonderland."
VARSITY   DROPS   GAME
Excitement filled the air�and the
notes of a brass band. Seniors, Sopho-
mores, stray husbands, trampled the
grass in their ardent eagerness. Report-
ers peered from Taylor steps, pencils in
hand. Then out from the dark mystery
of Pembroke Arch wound the proces-
sion. President Park, smiling, led them;
next marched the band, faithful as ever
to the cause. And then, the cynosure of
all eyes, the Class of 1902, their voices
raised in chorus to celebrate their
twenty-fifth reunion. They made a
bright spot of color in their orange
gowns with blue numerals, flaunting blue
and orange parasols in giddy unison.
Following them were 1910: "Alice at
B. M. after twenty years;" there were
the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the
White Rabbit and the others,'all caper-
ing gayly. 1909 added a splash of bright-
ness with their red coats and white
skirts and hats. Farmerettes and peacock-
women, in these we recognized 1907 and
1908. Living up to their motto, "coolie
coats forever," 1926 closed the proces-
sion. Down Senior Row and. around the
hockey field streamed the parade.
When the ranks were broken the
judges awarded the prize for the best
costumes to 1910's "Alice in Wonder-
land."
Basket-ball Game
The Alumnae" trimmed the Under-
graduates neatly in the basket-ball game
which took place immediately afterwards.
The use of boys' rules evidently fitted the
Alumnae abilities admirably, the drib-
bling of Buchanan and Remak being
especially good. Varsity "lacked the
skilled teamwork of its opponents, all'of
whom are the possessors of yellow ties.
The- Gtiirrfrng�? Truman and Hoddles-
ton was the outstanding feature. There
was more co-operation in the second half,
but   still  Varsity came out   in the little
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Judge Hand to Be
Commencement Speaker
1 The forty-second academic year of
Bryn Mawr College will close on Thurs-
day morning, June 2, with the conferring
of Degrees in the Gymnasium, at 11
o'clock. The Commencement Address
will be delivered by Judge Learned
Hand, on the subject, "Preservation of
Personality." Judge Hand, whose three
daughters are now in Bryn Mawr, re-
ceived his A. B. from Harvard in 1893,
his M. A. in 1894 and his LL. B. in 1896.
He was admitted to the bar in 1897 and
began his practice in Mew "York City the
same year. From 1909-24 he was a
United States District Judge in the
Southern District of New York, and
since then has been a United States Cir-
cuit Judge.                                ,
The Academic procession will form at
the Library and march down Senior Row
into the Gymnasium.    Dr.  Crenshaw is
the Head Faculty Marshal.
Hoods and Gowns
The following points of-interest may
be noted in connection with the hoods
and gowns seen in the academic proces-
sion. Hoods lined with yellow crossed
by a white chevron indicate a Bryn
Mawr degree. Degrees from other
American colleges and universities are
also indicated by the linings of the
hoods; in the case of Harvard, crimson;
of Princeton, orange and black; of Johns
Hopkins, old gold and black.    Degrees
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Memorial Services Recall
Alumnae of Three Classes
Memorial services were held in the
library cloisters at half-past five on Sun-
day afternoon for Patrina Ely Tiffany,
of the Class of 1897; for Alice Day
Jackson, of the Class of 1902, and for
Leila Houghteling. of the Class of 1911.
all members of the reuning classes
who died during the last year. Miss
Park opened the ceremonies with a brief
introducljpn, after which Miss' Mary
Moriarty Campbell, '97. a teacher at the
Brearley school in New York, spoke
about Mrs. Tiffany, recalling her charm
and character as well as her services to
the college and her work in New York.
Due to the absence of Mrs. Johnston,
another member of ^theMilast* of J&+
made the memorial speech for Hrs.
Jackson, telling how she came to college
oMer than the usual age. after working.
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FACULTY CHANGES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Dr.   Taylor,  Head  of  Vassar
Latin Department, Will
Teach Here.
DR. BROWN   TO   LEAVE
Dr. Carleton Brown, Professor of
English, is leaving Bryn Mawr next year
to be Professor of English in the Gradu-
ate School of New York University. Dr.
Malcolm H. Bissell is resigning as Asso-
ciate Professor of Geology to do research
work at Clark University. Dr. David
Hitchcock, who has been an Associate
Professor of Physiology and Biochemis-
try, will be in the Department of Physi-
ology at Yale Medical School next year.
Dr. Anna Pell Wheeler has resigned as
Professor of Mathematics. Dr. and Mrs.
Bullock will be at the University of Chi-
cago next year. Mrs. Louise B. Saun-
ders is resigning as Lecturer in English
Composition. Miss Marjorie Milne as In-
structor in Greek, and Mr. Bailey Brown
as Instructor in Mathematics. Miss
Grace Hawk, Instructor in English, will
complete the work for her degree next
year at Oxford.
Leaves of Absence Granted
Miss Georgiana Goddard King, Pro-
fessor of History of Art, has been
granted leave of absence for the year
1927-28. Dr. Clarence Ferree, Professor
of Experimental Psychology, and Dr.
Dorothy Sells. Associate in Social Econ-
omy and Social Research, have also been
granted leave of absence for next year.
Dr. Roger Wells, Associate in Economics
and Politics, will study next year in
Germany on -A_Guggettheim Fellowship.
Appointments to Faculty
Dr. Lily Ross Taylor has been ap-
pointed Professor of Latin for next year.
Miss Taylor received her A. B. at Wis-
consin in 1906. and her Ph. D. at Bryn
Mawr in 1912. She was a reader and
demonstrator in Archaeology here from
1910-12 and since then has been in the
Latin  Department  at  Vassar.
Charles S. Evans has been appointed
Associate in Geology. He received his
B. A. Sc. at the University of British
Columbia in 1924. and since then has
*�- T. "-^rrtcn as a Graduate student
and Fellow.
Miss Ruth George, who has been ap-
pointed   Associate   in   English,  received
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