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BRYN MAWR  (AND WAYNE). PA..   WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2. 1927
PRICE.   10 CENTS
PHILOSOPHY IS A
DANGER TO YOUTH
Dr. Sturgis Strongly Opposed
to Study of Philosophy
for" Young.
JAPAN    90%    AGNOSTIC
"Wisdom is the ability to make right
iJioices iri moral issues," was the text
on which Dr. William T. Sturgis, speak-
ing in Chapel on Sunday. February 27.
based his address. Education alone is
not wisdom; it does nor make people
more principled or moral. In Japan. 98
per cent, of the adult population is
literate�as compared to 00 per cent, in
this country�and over 90 per cent,
agnostic or atheists; for jhe Japanese
all this education is dangerous, not use-
ful.
It is very unwise for the young and
lsettlcd person to study the history of
philosophy. Dr. Sturgis thinks. Only a
very strong person xan touch so fluid a
subject as modern psychology or philoso-
phy without risking the moral founda-
tions of his life. The results are only
disturbing and break down instead of
building character.
"In every department education teaches
us to make right choices; the doctor, the
banker, the lawyer, who is not trained
and experienced will make many mis-
takes simply because he does not know
which of the alternatives facing him is
right. But in the case of the physician
or professional man, a mistake does not
make so much difference; it does not
matter whether we die now or a few
years later.
Choice   of   Heaven   or  the   Devil.
"The building of character, however,
is a matter pf life and death; it is a
question of. going to Heaven or going to
the devil. We need wisdom to help us
make the right choices in moral issues,
and the results are important because it
is Eternity   that  is   involved."
Dr. Sturgis compared the life of a
man to the problem of a bridge builder.
We have before us various questions:
what kind of material are we going to
use? What tools? What place? What
plan of construction? The best way to
learn is not by studying it up out of a
book, but by watching a man who is an
expert in the trade.
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EGYPTIAN LETTERS AN
OLD TESTAMENT SOURCE
Advice   of   Amen-en-ope  to   His,. Son
Discovered.            �"1
"The Scriptures are not purely Hebrew
in origin," declared Dr. Cadbury, speak-
ing in Chapel on Friday morning, Feb-
ruary 23. "In 1872 George Smith dis-
covered a Babylonian tablet containing
the story of mankind�including the his-
tory of the Flood. In that day men
took it as a proof that the story of the
Flood was authentic; but modern sc
lars think it only evidence that
Hebrews knew the old Chaldean story
and made use of it.
"In 1902 a book of Egyptian hiero-
glyphs was discovered. This is a testi-
mony of the second great source of
Biblica) literature of which there was
no certain evidence before, though much
was conjectured. This book, the Wis-
dom or sayings of Amen-en-ope, was
deciphered in 1922 and a reliable trans-
lation into English, has just been pub-
lished. Its exact age is not known,
though copies of it, apparently made by-
school boys as an exercise, have been
dated second century, showing that the
book must have been in great repute by
that time.
"The book contains advice from a
father to his son, telling him how to act.
how to. meet people in the street, and
how to behave in general. The most
interesting thing in it for us is its
marked connection with the Book of
Proverbs; not only the literary style as
a whole, but one passage in particular is
taken over in Proverbs 22, 17. This
shows that while all the Old Testament
did not come from�gypt. parts of it
obviously   did."       ^      ^,        V-
Freshman Try-outs
Try-outs for 1930 for the Edito-
rial Board of the College. News
will be held next week. Freshmen
interested in making the board will
please come and see K. Simonds,
42 Pembroke East, from 5.30 to
� f>. or from 7 to 7.:t0 next Monday.
SABBATH TENNIS,    I TOILING AND SPINNING,
but no bridge               JUNIORS OUTDO SOLOMON
President,   Holds    Unlimited
Power to Make Rules '
Known .
CAN    TEST     FRESHMEN
MODERN VESUVIUS
BURIES AN ARMY
Volcanic Splits Show Crust of
Earth to Be Only 30
Miles Thick.
TAKE   STRANGE   FORMS
The chief interest in the study of
volcanoes, we were told by Dr. Henry-
Wash ington. who addressed the college
on that subject on Wednesday, February
23, is that they afford an illustration of
what the earth is made of. Although they
do not go very far down�they are
mere bubbles on the surface of the earth
�they show several things; the earth
is surrounded hy a solid crust only about
thirty miles thick, then a mixture of
rock and iron and a central core of
liquid iron. Volcanoes are the only
places where the surface is not solid.
The explanation of volcanoes is not
very well known; they are reservoirs of
lava containing gases. Under high pres-
sure the masses of rock liquify and
burst forth, solidifying when the pres-
sure is released. Their temperature is
very high and kept up by the action of
the various gases on one another. The
smoke clouds that are continually blow-
ing off from some volcanoes are mostly
steam, and contain sulphuric and hydro-
chloric acid.
Volcano Forms Cliff in Spain.
Dr. Washington showed many inter-
esting slides of various volcanoes. There
is a strange rock formation in Spain,
caused by a volcano in which the gases
blew off with such force and expelled
so much molten rock that a large cliff
was formed. It is three hundred feet
high and the same thickness, all formed
of solidified lava. In some parts of
India the lava covers" the land with a
layer G000   feet  thick.
In another type of volcano the earth
is cracked and out of the fissure the
lava pours   in   immense   floes.
Stromboli, a ^small island near Sicily,
is of volcanic structure. It is a cone
with a plateau at the top and has holes
20-70 feet wide. The cone is made of
acids like exploded foam and was origi-
nally   very   hot.     From  the   holes   foam
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'30 CLINCHES BASKETBALL
BANNER IN FINAL WITH 77
Victory of 33 to 12 Due to 8uperior
Teamwork and Speed.
The Freshmen clinched the Basketball
Banner by getting a final victory of
33-12 over the Seniors on Thursday night.
1930 started off with a rush and had ten
poi#ts chalked up before '27 got its bear-
ings. From then on they managed to
cramp '30's scoring ability to some extent.
Superior teamwork, passing, and speed
on the part of the Freshmen gave them
their obvious advantage. The Fresh-
men guards were excellent and perhaps
made the biggest difference. Miller,
playing forward for the Seniors, made
the best of her few odd moments of free-
dom from their watchfulness. The half
ended at 16-4. Both teams were on their
toes at the beginning of the second half.
Several minutes of hard struggle en-
sued before either side could score, then
the superior teamwork of '30 inevitably
triumphed. Pitney and Capron made
some beautiful baskets for the Seniors,
while Johnston was really brilliant for
the Freshmen.    The line-up was:
1<J27�J. Seelcy, R. Miller, 22; V. Cap-
ron, 22; B. Pitney, 22211; A. Newhall,
S. Walker, E. Morris. C. Platt.
1930�E. Johnston, 2222222; J. Winter,
M322S2SM1;   M.   Dean, H. Seligman. E.
S. Slingluff. M. Martin.
The Sclf-Oovcrnnicnt Assoctation
held its next to last meeting on Mon-
day. February 28, to take up the few
resolutions that remained to be dis-
cussed. First a motion was passed giv-
ing the president the po\vwr to use any
means she sees fit to make the ruies
known to the association�such as giv-
ing the freshmen a test as is done at
Wcllesiey. Resolutions U. HI, IV
and VI are to be included h). the new
.rules: they refer to the posting of no-
tices regarding meetings and testimony
in the case of a denial of a charge.
Special permission, under the new
rulos, may be given by Hall Presidents
as well as by Senior and Junior mem-
bers of the  Executive  Board.
The questions of tennis and bridge
on Sundays, and victrola hours pro-
voked the most discussion. It was
objected that as none of the clubs in
the neighborhood permit tennis to be
played on their courts on Sunday, our
allowing it might arouse outside crit-
icism. C. Platt, '27. replied that the sum-
mer school is allowed to play all Sun-
day and outside people would not dif-
ferentiate, especially as most of the
houses from which the tennis courts
can be seen are on Faculty Row. A
motion was carried that no rule con-
cerning tennis on Sunday be included in
the new resolutions.                          ,
No Sunday Bridge in Public Rooms.
Bridge cannot be played in the pub-
lic rooms on Sunday, however, for a
motion to that effect was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. All the halls but Rad-
nor have smoking rooms on the ground
floor and very conspicuously placed,
and it is feared that allowing bridge to
be played on Sundays would give a
bad impression to visitors.
Victrolas can no longer be played
on Friday afternoons, and they can-
not be moved into individual rooms,
with or without special permission.
One more meeting next Wednesday
will Ik' necessary so that the entire body
of rules may be read to the Association.
It is the last chance for discussion or
disapproval before the Resolutions go to
the Board of Directors and a quorum
will be necessary, so that it is important
for everyoi.e to go.
Aria da Capo.
The Players will present Aria da
("a/><> by Kdna St. Vincent Millay
and two plays hy members, on Sat-
urday, March �">. in Wyndham. Ad-
mission will be .">(� cents.
ALWYNE AND N. Y.
QUARTET TO PLAY
Centenary     of     Beethoven's
Death to Be Observed
in Concert.
IS     GREAT" " ENSEMBLE
Unofficial Play Has Virtues of
Spontaneity, Enthusiasm
and Comedy.
CASTERS   \JNDIVULGED
Jr Seeley Gives Blazers
to Thirty-seven Athletes
After the basketball game last Thurs-
day evening, blazers were awarded by
Janet Seeley, '27, President of the
Athletic Association, to all who had won
them. Yellow blazers were given, first
and most triumphantly, to Miss Applebee
and M. Buchanan (who chose a blue
one!) and also to J. Seeley. S. Walker,
M. Cruikshank. B. Loines. A. Bru-
cre. Green blazer with woozy: F. Thay-
cr; green blazer with insignia: E. Brodjc,
E. Haines, M. I.. Jones, K. Morris, A.
Newhall, B. Pitney, R. Winchester; green
blazer: H. Parker, M. Chamberlain; blue
with insignia: S. Stetson, M. Turtle;
blue plain: J. Young, E. Cohoe, F. Bethel,
E. R. Jones, C. Rose, M. Pettit. M. Fow-
ler; insignia: J^ Huddleston, H. Ouiter-
man; red blazers to A. Dalziel, B. Free-
man. E. Boyd, M. E. Bryant. R. S. Bry-
ant. J. Porter. M. I.. Williams. B.
Humphries, R. Wills. C. Swan.
BRIDGE   TOURNAMENT
A new financial and social venture has
been launched on the campus. An All-
college Bridge Tournament is being held
for the benefit of Varsity" Dramatics
which has to' make $200 before it can
give another play. Couples are asked
to sign for the tournament at a regis-
tration fee of fifty-cents for each player.
Matches will first be placed in the halls,
after which the winning couples from
each hall will play each other for the
championship. This is a chance to show
your prowess and at the same time assist
t.he cause o*f draniav , . y ,,
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The last concert of the series given by
the Music Department will be played* in
Taylor Half on Monday evening, March
7 at 8.1.">. The artists will be-the New
York String Quartet and Horace Al-
wyne, pianist.
The New York String Quartet was
founded in 1919 by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Pulitzer, of New York. Mr. Pulitzer,
who owns The \'ew York World, is
well-known as a patron of music and
Drama and in founding the quartet made
the stipulation that no public appear-
after the date of the foundation. In
these three years the members of the
quartet played together constantly, spend-
ing their summer vacations together that
their work might not be interrupted, in
this way laying the foundation for that
most important necessity of Chamber
Music playing, a fine ensemble.
' In 1922 the Quartet made its public
debut in Aeolian Hall, justifying in
every way the hopes of its founders and
taking an immediately place in the fii^t
rank of the great chamber music or-
ance were to be made until three years
ganizations  of the day.
The program will include Bethoven's
Quartet in F, Op. 18, No. 1, in memory
of the centenary of Beethoven's death
(March 26, 1827), two lighter pieces for
quartet, an Irish Melody arranged by
Frank Bridge and Percy Grainger's de-
licious Irish Reel "Molly on the
Shore." and the great Piano Quintet
by Cesar Franck with Mr. Horace Al-
wyne  as pianist.
Thanks and congratulations arc due
the group of Juniors who provided the
college with such excellent entertainment
in Wyndham last Saturday evening
with John Hastings Turner's amusing
comedy. "The Lilies of the field. They
overcame the inadequate facilities in a
truly magnificent manner, and no clearer
indication of the success of their pro-
duction can l>e found than the almost
continuous chuckles of the audience,
plentifully punctuated by outbursts of
laughter. In fact if instant respiratory
treatment had not been administered to
one member of the audience, a dire catas
trophe would have occurred.
The casting was little short of pure,
genius. A committee capable of work
of this calibre should certainly figure in
the program. But the fact that they
surround themselves with mystery gives
added interest. After a zealous search.
II. McKelvey was identified as the
chairman, but the others still remain
anonymous. Considering the lack of
facilities, the scenery and grouping were
excellent, while in the case of the cos-
tuming, these very inadequacies merely
heightened the comic element, at times
almost to the point of the grotesque. It
should be admitted, however, that the
costumes worn by M. Hup fel and M.
Coss  achieved  truly  delightful   effects.
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VARSITY WINS BY 40-17
OVER COLLEGIATE SIX
Art of Being in Proper Place and
Brainwork   Brings Success.
Varsity downed the dark horse "Col-
legiates," 40-17 on Saturday, by judicious
use of their heads in combination with
their feet. They showed* a big improve-
ment over the last game t\o weeks ago:
this time they seemed to mnction as a
team and not as more or /less disasso-
ciated individuals. Tlie�firj{ goal of the
game was made by Winter, a good omen.
The play see-sawed back and forth from
one end of the court to the other, neither,
team seeming to have any very huge ad-
vantage over the other. More practice
and better co-ordination told, however,
for the ball always landed in Bryn Mawr
territory eventually. Our team had the
art of being placed properly. Loines
made clever use of b^ck passes to
Walker." in the center. A^Toal by Towns-
end, the enemy's leading lady, ended the
half at 20-9 in our favor.
Johnson, subbing for Loines, began the
second half with two swift baskets. She
is gifted with a wonderful eye which was
in perfect working order during the
game; Winter's eye was also working
well. In this half the "Collegiates" took
a big brace and kept the ball down at
their end much of the time. However,
Vaisity was always well in the lead and
Loines, disregarding the backboard,
ended the game, 40-17, with a beautiful
clean  basket.    The  line-up  was:
Collegiates � Townsend, 212222222:
Morris, 2; Barkman, Jerkins, Murphy,
Cross.    Subs.�Strebigh,   Hawes.
Varsity�Loines, 22122222; Johnston,
222822 ; Winter, 22221222 ; Dean. Walker,
Huddleston, Freeman.
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ACADEMY IS COMMERCIAL AS
A TEN-CENT MAGAZINE
Pictures    by    Kroll    and     Birchfield
Among   Few  Bright Spots.
"A collection as commercial as the
illustrations of a ten-cent magazine," was
the verdict of Miss Georgiana Goddard
King on the present exhibition in the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
which she discussed in Chapel fin
Wednesday, February 23. The only pos-
sible method of approach to this chamber
of horrors is to ask:    why is it so bad?
The Academy, the first of its kind in
Hits country, was founded in 1805 for
the purpose of encouraging the talents of
local artists and of giving recognition
to artistic merit. But the Academy at
present looks like the result of systematic
suppression of talent, with the permanent
exhibition consisting of third rate copies
of second rate painting and the annual
exhibition on scarcely higher level;
though here and there such bits of color
as in the "Still Waters" of Hugh Breck-
inridge or a conception like Henry Mc-
Cartcr's dream church, make a ripple in
the dead calm of mediocrity.
Work   Out  of  Touch  With   Life.
But the work on the whole is Jx>th out
of date and out of touch with life. This
is due in part to the lack of self-respect
on the part of exhibitors; take Robert
Henri's "Poncita," for instance; a studio
piece, a 'bit of practice, with no more
place in an exhibition than have the
pianist's morning scales on the concert
platform.
Outworn themes like the "Love Call"
take one back to farthest antiquity, and
still they are not new ; and even when
Mr. Redfield promises "New Hope." we
find that the main street landscape belies
the name.
The few nudes, mostly in the act of
dressing or undressing, show the dullest
possible treatment of a potentially in-
teresting fWd; while, as always, one en-
counters disappointment in the work of
artists who showed promise in previous
years. Snch disappointments are Chapin's
"Old Farmhand." and Ross Braught's in-
significant landscapes.
A  Few Pleasure-Giving  Pictures.
There are. however, a few. a very few.
pleasure-giving pictures in the exhibition.
Strange to say, the most remarkable of
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