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BRYN  MAWR   (AND  WAYNE).  PA..   WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1927
PRICE.   10 CENTS
CAST OF 1930 FRESHMAN SHOW, "THE TRIUMPH OF THE BEAI$"
RUSSIA AT ITS REDDEST
IN "TRIUMPH OF THE BEAN'
Individual      Specialties     and
Stars    Are    Best    of
Freshman Show.
AUDIENCE  IS CHARMED
(Specially contributed by B. Ling, '25.)
On a night wild enough to content the
bleakest heart that ever beat in Siberia,
1930 presented The Triumph of the
Bean, a tale of red and Jazzless Russia.
Starting off with one of the most original
and interesting opening scenes that ever
graced a Freshman Show, it went on
to prove itself, a triumph of individuals
and of moments rather than of the con-
certed whole. This is in spite of some
work on the part of the mob made up
of amusing and surely very Russian
people.
Constance Hand in the part of Luke-
rova Ivanova, was as exquisite a little
aristocrat as ever charmed the susceptible
heart of a Soviet officer. He was not
alone; the entire audience felt for and
with him. She looked like the changeling
princess in a fairy tale, the one perhaps
who felt the pea through a hundred
feather beds, and she acted with the
vivacity of a harlequinade. She was on
the stage all the time, and when others
held the center of it showed that she
had one of the rarest of all gifts in act-
ing, the ability to listen. She danced
enchantingly, and when she danced she
was grave  faced, decorously unsmiling.
Elizabeth Bigelow gave us a study in
stark realism as Ivan Offalitch. Luke-
rova's shaky and aristocratic father. Her
tenderness for the empty Vodka bottle
and her ancient topper was calculated, to
awake the classic emotions of pity and
terror, and the sight of her, caged with
the plush parrot, munching beans was
one. we shall" not easily   forget.
M. Barker Shows Promise.
l.iilniT, the village idiot and villain of
the play, was played in a thoroughly satis-
factory manner by Margaret Barker. She
leapt and gesticulated fantastically, and
made one terrifying headlong plunge
from a window; but her wits were more
ready than she would have us think, for
the minor accidents to which properties
are prone seemed powerless to disturb
her. If the rest of her acting is up to
her pantomime I commend her to the
consideration of future casting commit-
tees.
�The second scene at a country fair
gave many opportunities fo rspecialtieg
such as the charming dancing dolls, and
the thrilling roller skating of Helen Tay-
lor. The most exciting moment, how-
ever, was when Agnes Howell came for-
ward as an American Opera Singer and
quietly -stopped the show with the ap-
plause accorded her. The audience could
not get enough of her, and no wonder.
She added to poise and a true sense of
parody a really lovely voice. She shrug-
ged her shoulders and looked out from
under  her  eyebrows   in  a  manner   de-
VARSITY   DRAMATICS
Tryouts will be held next week
for The Truth About Rlaydes, by
A. A. Milne, the play which has
been chosen by the Varsity Drama-
tics Committee for its spring pro-
duction. This comedy, by the
author of IVhen We Were Very
Young, and of Winnic-Thc-Pooh
is very amusing and refreshing
free from sentimentality. Several
yfca/s ago in New York it had a
successful season with O. P. Heg-
gie in the"* title role. The eight
roles, four for men and four for
women, are all character parts,
and offer a splendid field for ama-
teur actors. Other plays by Mr.
Milne are The Dover Road and
The Great Broxopp.
The play will lie given on the
eighth.and ninth of April, with one
other performance elsewhere a pos-
sibility. Copies of the play may
be found on the Drama shelf of
the New Book Room. A contest
for the design of the program
cover is now open. The winner will
receive a prize of $5.
AUTHENTICITY OF INGRES
DRAWINGS IS QUESTIONED
1820's   Scant   Knowledge   of  Antique
Impresses  Miss  King.
Giving her opinion on the Ingres draw-
ings, though not as an expert, Miss
King said in Chapel on Friday, Feb-
ruary 18, that she was impressed by two
things. First, how little of the Antique
must have been known in 1820, since all
these drawings are from second-rate an-
tiques. And secondly, what a young
[.man's work they were, considering that
he was supposedly forty years old when
they were executed.
Knowing what a forty-year-old man,
and a genius is like. Miss King said she
could not believe that these sketches
were the work of Ingres at that age.
The facts concerning the finding of the
old note-book containing these drawings
give occasion for doubt, although the
French Government has recommended
and declared them authentic. There is
a possibility that these are earlier work
of Ingres: the quality of the line in
some is like his work of the year WOO-
It is known that after his first recog-
nition in Paris in 1800 he did trivial^
work for publication and drawings from
the antique. Some of these drawings
have a living contour which was to be
the great characteristic of his later au-
thentic work. They could hardly have
been done after 1815. Some certainly
are his: the Cupid and Psyche, the Niobe,
and a few others. Others definitely are
not.
Putting aside the question of their au-
thenticity there is much in these draw-
ings to be enjoyed. We may derive
pleasure  from contact  with  a  man of
taste, preoccupied with design; We are
light fully reminiscent of a great English .given a chance to know what is not a
commedienne. ,v-8e*�d/S*J^<4q�ic.-
irresistably contagious.                                 I lastly we  are  presented   with a  modest
CONTINUED ON  PAGE 2            .   loveliness.
TROUBLED NICARAGUANS TO
"TELL IT TO THE MARINES"
Dr.  Smith   Summarizes  Situations in
Mexico  and   Nicaragua.
A summary of recent developments in
the Mexican situation and a brief outline
of events and causes of the present state
of affairs in Nicaragua were given by
Dr. Smith in Chapel last Monday morn-
ing.
"There have been three mam develop-
ments recently in the Mexican situation."
raid Dr. Smith. "The American oil
companies having interests in Mexico
have applied for an injunction in the
Mexican courts. Secondly, the passage
by an unanimous vote of the Senate of
a request for arbitration. President
Coolidge is opposed to this resolution lie-
cause the question under arbitration in-
volves American lives and property.
Thirdly, Senator Frazer has submitted
a resolution that, in case the President
decided action is necessary during the
period the Senate is adjourned, the
President will not act before calling the
Senate  for a special session."
History  of  Nicaraguan   Situation.
Concerning the situation in Nicaragua,
Dr. Smith said there were three reasons
why the United States was interested in
preserving order there. The first rea-
son is that there are American residents
in Nicaragua and about �10.000.000 of
capital invested. Secondly, there are
European residents and capital, which
the United States under the provision
of the Monroe Doctrine must protect
Thirdly. Nicaragua is on the crossroad
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans,
a favorable site' for the next inter-
oceanic canal.
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WHAT IS MEANT BY
"SALT OF EARTH?"
Christ's     Words     Interpreted
Literally Show What Life
Should Be Like.
MAKE OTHERS THIRSTY
VARSITY DRAMATICS SELLS
SANDWICHES FOR TEN CENTS
Square      Dealers      Offer      Buttered
Corners to Students.
"One-third off on sandwiches!" The
Varsity Dramatics <� Committee has
brought the price of sandwiches within
the reach of any purse. They are on sale
in Taylor every day, and cost only ten
cents.    And   they   are   more   nourishing
When interviewed about these radical
changes. A. Learned, ^the head of the
committee, said. "The Square Dealing
Sandwiches Association feels that a
business of this sort should lie conducted
on the level." "They used to be sold on
the steps," our correspondent reminded
her; but she went right* on. "We feel
that when you make as much as five
hundred per cent, you might almost be
accused of profiteering. Of course, one
might argue, if you are doing it for
charity, any thing is right, providing
you can get away with it. 'All's fair.in
love and war' But our association has
decided that when the price is prohibitive
some impoverished students may ac-
tually go hungry.
"So it is partly through altruism that
we have adopted such an unusual policy.
And we intend to stick to it�we are
not like the fifteen and five-cent taxis,
who changed their system so often, that
no one knew whether prices were up or
line, lovely as h may be*'And -dcr.-.. Aftfor making them full com-
plete sandwiches, that again is partly
altruism.
When Jesus said "Ye are the salt of
the earth" to his followers he had very
definite characteristics in mind, is the
opinion of the Rev. Lynn Townsend
White, who spoke in Chapel on Sunday.
February 20. Obviously Jesus was try-
ing to produce a certain type of man;
and what that type is can be seen in his
own life.
A Christian's whole subject is not to
go to Heaven; that is merely a by-pro-
duct; going to Heaven is the last thing
we want to do. Neither is happiness the
criterion. Of course Jesus wants us to
"have a good time:" he brings us joy
that is unrelated to any etxemal things,
hut connected with the 'peace of God
in the midst of'raging battles;"' but there
is something more to life. Not even a
life spent in trying to make the world
better is enough. Of course we must
take our stand against wrong, but the
ardent reformer is- not always popular.
As the farmer said to his son, "Always
tell the truth but don't be always telling
it." Still we must do our part as re-
formers�"the wicked always flee but
they make better time when someone is
after  them!"
Ordinary Men Chosen.
When Jesus chose the twelve men
who were to be his disciples, he did not
pick very great or capable people; the
men he took were not extraordinary;
but "they were the leaven with which he
leavened the earth."
There are several qualities that salt
contains that he expected to find in us.
I f we can appreciate others, we can be
the salt that flavors their whole lives.
So Jesus understood and appreciated
Peter, the most irrational, impulsive and
hot-headed of men. Washington said
that he "would rather be in his grave
than be president"�because of the things
people said of him. If he had been ap-
preciated instead of slandered, it would
have made all the difference to him.
Another quality is that of integrity or
sincerity. "The world has a right to ex-
pect us to be sincere." The man who
claimed to have discovered the North
Pole when he had not, stands out in
contrast to Captain Scott, who died after
losing the race with Amundsen to the
South Pole�and left evidence that he
had been there�but also that* some one
else had got there first! Sincerity can
make the life of all' we touch more
wholesome.
Finally, salt makes people thirsty; it is
our business to make them thirsty for a
better life. And the most -wonderful
promise Jesus ever made was "blessed
are they that hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filled."
If we are going to be admired at all it
should be for mos*� qSC^*. ~ -B&Mi
Christ admonished us.
SELF-G0V. VOTES
TO ENTERTAIN MEN
Changes   Made   in   Motoring
Rule and List of Places
to Be Visited.
SAME   (5AMPUS   STYLES
At the meeting of the Sclf-Govcrn-
nicnt Association on Monday, February
Mi a long list of resolutions prepared
by the committee elected at tlie last meet-
ing were voted on and carried The chief
changes were in the -tile allowing men to
be entertained in studies from 4 to 6 on
Sunday afternoon; and in the motoring
rule special permission will now be given
for motoring to and from a definite des-
tination. Otner minor changes such as
additions or detractions from the list of
places where students may dine un-
chaperoned were also made.    -
The subject of rules about dress was
also taken up. and it was decided to keep
the rules* etc., practically as they are at
present. Trousers may be coming in but
they cannot be worn on campus or in
public parts of the hall.
It was announced from the chair that
the meeting on" next .Monday will take
up everything under the heading "mis-
cellaneous," and then the subject of
penalties. Probably only one more meet-
ing will be necessary.
Miss Jones called the attention of the
meeting to the fact that these resolutions
have not yet gone into effect, but the old
ones must still be kept. Special per-
mission must still be obtained to stay out
late for anything but the theater, opera,
or dances in Philadelphia.
Halls Open Till 10.30.
Resolution X: Students may enter the
halls of residence after 10.30 P. M.
without special permission from the Ex-
ecutive Board only after the theater,
opera, concerts, lectures and dances in
Philadelphia.
In the above cases the students shall
each register her name, destination and
expected hour of return; when she re-
turns she must register the actual time
and her means of return.
Students may enter the halls of resi-
dence after 10.30 after plays, entertain-
ments, lectures or receptions given on
campus   which  close  after   10.30.
Students must have special permission
to leave the halls of residence before
6 A. M.
Resolution XII: The only persons wHb
may act as chaperons without special
permission from the Executive Board are
fathers and mothers of students at col-
lege and those on the official chaperon
list.    (Add to this list all married women
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LABOR PROBLEMS
TO BE DISCUSSED
Powers Hapgood, Harvard,'20
and European Miner, Will
Speak on Mining
SPOKE  AT  SILVER  BAY
Powers Hapgood, who will speak here
on "Problems of Labor in the Mines,"
March 2, has worked in coal mines all
over the United States and Europe. He
is the son of a mine owner, who is a
very advanced and liberal employer, but
he felt that this was not enough, so he
has been working out a different method
of reform. After he graduated from
Harvard in 1920. Mr. Hapgood started
his career as a miner, a career which has
carried him through England, Germany,
Prroca and Russia.
He is actively interested in unions, and
has worked in mines of both types. Sev-
eral times he has been arrested for par-
ticipation jn strikes; and recently has
gotten into trouble with the unions them-
selves, because he criticized their use of
funds. At present, while working in a
mine in Crecent, Pa., he is writing a
book. Around the World Underground.
Those who heard him at the Silver Bay
Conference, last year, will remember
what an interesting and -fflaysuig speaker
he is.                                        *   *