College News, 1928-06-06, Vol. 14, No. 27

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The College News
VOL. XIV.  No^e"5-
1928AYEAli0:
FLUX AND CHANGE
Honors Work, the Bryn Mawr
League, New Calendar
Burst Upon Us.
PEACEFUL  REv v^UTJON
"This has been a year of preparing the
ground and sowing new seeds. We have
rooted up the old, and put in new plants.
We leave it to the class of 1929 to keep
the college garden fr.ee from weeds and
well-watereoV'
These were the words with which K.
Field", President of the class of 1928,
handed over to R. Cross, Vice President
of '29, a new symbol, a farmer's hat, on
the last day of classes. Miss Field chose
these words to express her 'sense of the
many changes which have taken place
in the college this year. Miss Park said
in chapel on that same last day that be-
tween this year and next we were* turning
a corner. , Honors work, long desired,
will at last be begun in at least three
departments: English, Economics and
History. Goodhart Hall will beeome an
^integral part .of the college life, revo-
lutionizing even the character of morning
chapel, and the hours of classes, and
affording hitherto undreamed of oppor-
tunities for work in dramatics for mask,
glee club concerts, movies and every
aspect of the college social life. The
Art Club will begin a new life, and even
athletics wfll perhaps be changed.
Another new departure Which should
not be overlooked is the rearrangement
of the calendar. Beginning next fall,
vacations will start on Fridays instead of
Wednesdays, and will include three week-
ends at Chrsjjmas, and two at Easter.
It is indeed a kind of peaceful revolution,
a "revolt with a purpose," which has
taken place in Bryn Mawr this year.
The roots of all these innovations,
however, lie, as Mis$* Field pointed out,
iti 1928. The most Startling of this
year's changes, and the most sweeping,
was the substitution of the Bryri Mawr
League, with its wider" appeal, and it�
three departments of worship, discussion
and social service   for the old Christian
BRYN MAWR   (AND WAYNE). PA.   WEDNE9DAY. JUNE 6. 1928
PRICE.  10 CENTS-
CHURCH AND LAW
SCORNED BY YOUTH
Rabbi Wise Explains Present
Revolt, and Urges a
Sound Platform.'      .
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The Class of 1928
$5000 from May Day
The latest approximation of
May Day proceeds gives 50:.*0 dol-
lars as a safe, total. Bills are still
dribbling in and so are profits, but
the Tact that the approximate sum
has mounted from an early "guess ,]
of three or four thousand to a|
least five thousand augurs well for
the final reckoning. Even with
$5000 the movie camera projector
for Goodhart is a sure thing.
OWEN D. YOUNG TO
SPEAK ON THURSDAY
Hall Dedicated
Alumnae Brave Rain to
Hold Reunion Parade
A ssociaticmrr Though the new plan will     -The Alumnae of eleven classes'Vathcrcd
for their respective reunions last Satur-
day : ' 1891, 1892 in Merion, 1894 and
INS; 1903 in Pembroke East, 1913 in'
Pembroke West, 1914 in Denbigh, 1913 in
Rockefeller 1926 in Radnor, and 1927 in
Wyndham.
Class activities began at once with
1894's class luncheon at the College Inn.
The rest of the day was well-filled with
basketball practice. The dedication serv-
ices for Goodhart Hall. 1926's class picnic
and Class Suppers in the various halls for
the other reunionists at 8 P. M.
Really feverish activity, however, did
not begin until "Monday, famous as.
Alumnae day.
The Alumnae Parade took place with
great hilarity in spite of discouraging
rain. The -procession started abouTfen
in the .morning.-Jed by the class of 1903
in "modern dress" accentuated'by enor-
mous ear-rings- and a great quantity  of
be carried out by future classes, the
leading spirit of the movement- was a
member of '28. This year Goodhart Hall
was completed and dedicated, and the
profits of this year's May Day will go
largely to baying equipment for its stage.
This year, also, plays written by the
Freshmen were informally presented in
the Common room, and next year it is
planned to produce some of the plays
written in Mr. Barrett Clark's play writing
class. This year the campaign of the
seven Women's colleges, which burst
upon us so startlingly last wewf with its
moving pictures of college life, was in-
augurated: and finally, this year saw
the first stockingless legs on the campns.
In matters more nearly academic'there
has been a corresponding.upheaval. In
addition to honors work, made possible
by gifts received this winter, new
scholarships were announced. For the
first time picked members of the Junior
class will be given an opportunity to
devote a year to study in  France,  fosj
International Figure Will De-
liver Commencement
Address.
DAUGHTER,   GRADUATE
roug4   and   powder.     1912   followed   in
stunning costume (adjudged, the best of (Unemployment in 1981.   He was also an
the lot) consisting of bright blue smocks,
which they will be credited as for regu+r yellow trousers, and a number of large
lar academic work. A very recent gift
has provided for a yearly six weeks*
lectureship in the Humanities in memory
of Miss Mary Flexner.
Review of the News
First Editor Gives All the Dope
to Fourteenth; the "Apple"
a Pioneer.
Tonight is the fourteenth anniversary
of the College News. On the day of
Garden Party in June. 1914, the idea of
founding a Bryn Mawr newspaper in
the following fall first took definite shape.
The leading spirits of the project were
Miss Applebee, and Miss Isabelle Foster,
who was here for reunion this year with
the class of 1915. Since graduating she
has worked for three newspapers, an
almost unique example of an alumna who
persevered in the profession for which she
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lue balloons. 1913 wore white smocks
v ill their numerals on the back so placed
as to form a rooster, and red hats. Blue
skirls and bandannas adorned 1914, 1915
were' entirely attired iiV green, and 1927,
the vvV^gest member/ wore green shorts
and sX\'.
After !the processtcjn arrived at the
gym, Mis? Applebee /was presented with
a brown '/eather suitcase from the col-
lege, and a' enormoyjs basket of flowers
from the a'rminae. | The applause was
furious, with tampirkg. clapping, shout-
"ir.g and sobbing.      j
In response to tln� 'ovation Miss Apple-
bee confessed that mk was her birthday.
But, she added. I'm not so old as mos>
of you think! She then explained tha'
living with undergraduates makes on<
feel younger every year. In leaving
Bryn Mawr, Miss Applebee said that she
was leaving the place In America, and
perhaps in tne work!, that she loves best.
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Mr. Owen 1). Voting will deliver .the
Commencement. Address in Goodhart
Hall at 11 A. M. on Thursday morning,
after the presentation of degrees to the
graduating seniors, among whom will be
Mr. Young* daughter, Josephine Young.
ex-preSident of the Self-Government As-
sociation.
Mr. Young is a representative of a new
group in public life in this country, a
group which oniy appeared during the
Great War, when the exigencies of the
situation called to the service of the
nation men who could bring to bear the
knowledge of experts and the experience
derived from the direction of great indus-
tries, on the political and economic prob-
lems of the day. He was a member of
the First Committee of experts, popu-
larly known as the Dawes Committee, of
the Reparations Commission. The re-
port of this Committee, published in 1924,
is the basis of the system of "reparations
a- it is now being worked out ih Ger-
many. In 1919 Mr. Young was a mem-
ber of President Wilson's first and sec-
ond Industrial Conference, and he was
on   President   Hardhlg's   Conference   on
Miss Park, Dean Manning and
'   Mr. Meigs Open Musical
Ceremony.
The greatest, and presumably the last,
dedication service to be held in Good-
hart Jlall took place at 5.o'clock on the
afternoon of Saturday, June 2. when the
auditorium was used for the first time.
Various speakers were followed by songs
from Glee Club, the performance of a
violinist, Mr. Naoum Blinder, and Mr.
Alwyne's playing.
Mr. Arthur Meigs, the architect of
Goodhart spoke first. He noted a re-
cent newspaper article that gave an en-
tirely erroneous picture of the building,
and proceedeu to tell of its construction.
The chief aim in the building had been,
he said, an attempt for truth and punc-
tional simplicity, and the exclusion of all
unnecessary details. Everything must
have an honest purpose and make that
purpose clear. The great arches were
the keynote, of the construction, and
around them everything else had been
elected. Ornamentation has been as'far
a$4>ossible suppressed, and everything is
as simple as possible. Mr. Meigs added
a word of gratitude to those who have
made Goodhart Hall possible, saying that
the chief means of an artist's support is
not in money or prizes, but iir~6ppor-'
(unities.
"Twenty-eight years ago," said Miss
Park in her speech accepting the build-
ing from the hands of .the architects, "the
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unofficial advisor of the  Premier's Con-
ference in   1924.
Some of the most thrilling industries of
the country arc under Mr. Young's direc-
tion. He is chairman of the Board of
the General Electric Company and of the
Radio Corporation of  America, as well
"LIVE BY THE\ SHRINE"
Rabbi Stephen S. Wisfc,. of the-Free
Synagogue of New York, gave the Bac-
calaureate address to the class of 1928 pi.
Goodhart Hall, Sunday evening, June 3,
the first address in many years to escape ,
the familiar surroundings of the gymw
nasiuni and find an atmosphere really
suited to the dignity of such an occasion.
Three thousand years ago, he began, the
children of Israel .were commanded by
tl eir God to break the chains of their
lOmlage and go forward.
If we were asked today what is the
greatest phenomenon in the world de-
scriptive of the spirit of the tinju we
might say that Youth is in a state of
never ceasing movement. This, however,
i- not strictly true: Youth is, rather,
in a stale of revolt. There is a difference
between movement and revolt, which
must not be overlooked. Movement is
meaningless and without purpose; but re-
volt is deliberative and has a definite
purpose in mind.
Protest, Prophecy and Purpose.
The tokens of revolt arc threefold:
first there is present the spirit of pro-
test : second there is a touch of prophecy
of what may come in the future; and
third, there is the purpose in view. The
children of Israel revolted first against'
human bondage; against social servitude
and iniquity. They were bidden to move
forward to a wilderness of new adven-
ture and freedom. Their prophecy was
the law which God gave to Moses" on
Mount Sinai. Is, then, the protest of to-
day touched by these three tokens?
Is the revolt of today touched with a
high purpose, and have we a prophecy
that the result will make the world betU*-
lot all concerned? I-f asked what Youth
is revolting against, we might cite the
conventions of the whole social order, but
the citation of two cases" only affords a
sufficient illustration. . *  _�
First, Youth is revolting again the
Church. It looks upon the Church and
is repelled; and the reason for this is
that it looks not upon a united religious-
organzation, but upon religion divided
against itself by continual warring among
the various sects. The seer said:
"Blessed arc the peacemakers," but the
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Miss Petts Will Succeed
Miss Applebee in 1929
Miss Josephine Petts will be the direc-
tor of Physical Training at Bryn Mawr
next year. After twenty-two years Miss
Applebee is leaving us to return to Eng-
as a director of  numerous other enter-   land.    Since she came to this country in
prises.                                                              1901   she   has   made   Hockey   the
Mr. Young was a graduate of St. Law-
rence University, and is the chairman of
it-. Hoard of Trustees. He holds the de-
gree of LL. D. from ten colleges in this
country, among them Johns Hopkins.
Harvard. Yale, Columbia and Union Col-
lege. In return lie has not neglected the
cause of education. He is the President
of the Board of Trustees for the estab-
lishment of an endowment fund for the
proposed Walter Hines Page school of
International Relations, and on the oc-
casion of the opening of the new build-
ings of the Harvard Business School
two years ago he delivered an address
that will long be remembered by the
champions of  practical education.
sport of women's colleges, and has given
Bryn Mawr many a team- and many a
May Day of which to l>c proud. Al-
though her place will be a hard one to
fill, it is felt that the new appointee will
be the best substitute for Miss Apple-
bee that the college could have.
Miss Petts is a graduate of the l>c-
partmeut of Hygiene and Physical educa-
tion of Wellesley College, 1914. She has
been Instructor in Physical Education at
Miss Madeira's School in Washington.
1914-19, Instructor at the Central School
of Hygiene and Physical Education of
New York, 1919-22, and Instructor in
Physical Education at Teacher's College.
Cohimbfa. New York. 1922*9f
Use of Goodhart Means
Changes in Schedules
Due to the fact that chapel next year
will be held in the Music Room in Good-
hart Hall the schedule of morning classes
has had to be rearranged to allow time
to get to Goodhart from the far corners
ot the campus. Chapel will be probably
held only three times a week, tand the
extra time used on other days for the
holding of meetings hitherto scheduled
after lunch. Milk lunch will probably be
served in Goodhart at eleven. The sug-
gestions of the schedule committee are as
follows:
1.   That chapel instead of being held
betwen the first and second lecture hours
in the morning should be held between
the third and fourth lecture hours.
2.  That the interval between classes
should be reduced from ten minutes to
five minutes, and that the time thus saved
should be utilized to increase the length
of the chapel hour, thus giving the fol-
lowing general program for the morning.
Proposed  Schedule.
Bell for First Class ........ 7.53 A. M.
First Class Begins  ......... 8.00 A. at
Bell at close of first class.. 8.50 A. M.
Second Class Begins ....... 835 A. M.
Bell at close of second class 9.43 A. M.
Third Class Begins   ........9.50 A. M.
Bell at close of third class. .10.40 A. M.
CHAPEL  .................!<>�� A. M.
Bell for fourth class .....Ill" A. at
Fom4h Class Begins .......1LW A. M.
Bell  at   close   of   fourth
clasr:..................12.05 P. M.
Fifth Class Begins   ........12.10 P. M.
Bell at close of fifth class.. 1.00 P. M.
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