College News, 1928-04-25, Vol. 14, No. 22

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College News
VOL. XIV.   No. 22
BRYN MAWR   (AND WAYNE). PA..   WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25.1928
PRICE.   10 CENTS   ,
FACULTY SUNK BY
ENGLISH PLAYERS
Game     Saturday     Afternoon
Full of Foggy British
Atmosphere.
REPORTER    AT    LARGE
A gray, oozy, dismal day, made for
shivering and cursing; Saturday too�
even the best dispositions were becom-
ing curdled. The interior of the college
was a squalid welter of cigarette butts,
rusty, cheerless grates, week-old Satur-
day Evening Posts without covers, and
scattered playing cards. The exterior
was wet, cold, and dreary, with a wind
insistent-^ipon impressing all these un-
pleasant facts. Then a rumor" trickled
through the-sodden college masses, and
assorted atoms, overcoming inertia,
trickled down to ihe lower hockey field
to investigate the rumor.
�What in the name of, and why? No
answer. But there was a hockey game
going on. English players against the
faculty had been the whisper. No
doubt: the rumor was true, fragments
of the faculty could be seen hurtling
about the field. Dr. Ernst Diez in grey
flannel trousers and a sweater was
stealthily prowling about in the back-
ground hoping inadvertently to come
upon the elusive ball. Dr. flart. pre-
cariously preserving a tinge of "la vie
scolaire" by wearing a black tie, dashed
madly up and down the side-alley, an
expression of concentrated martyrdom
on his face. Miss Cary, Miss Bartle
and Miss Sloan in the center of the field
were being coolly and calmly efficient.
Dr. Evans, playing the first hockey of
his career, was a star or rather a comet
in embryo, flashing after the ball with
glittering speed. Dr. Fieser rose (or
should we say fell) to the occasion in
his usual  spectacular   style; he and  Mr.
May Day Calendar \
Friday, April 27th, Little May Day
Dress Rehearsals (open to students, of the College only) :
Mghday    Afternoon.    April    :30th�"Midsummer    Nigfit's
Dream."       '
Tuesday Afternoon, May 1st�"The Woman in.the Moon."
Wednesday Afternoon, Mav 2d�"The Old Wife's Tale."
Thursday Afternoon, May ;id�Pageant; "The Green, with
St. George and the. Dragon:" "Robin Hood."
MAY DAY�Friday and Saturday, May 4th and 5th.
forms, led by the  Seniors, with a hop,
Evans in their white flannels adding the*jkjPi ana a jump.   They dance out onto
sartorial touch to the Faculty line-up.
The real sartorial effects however
were achieved by the opposing team.
No' doubt about its being an English
team. A Magic Carpet non-stop flight
from the mother country seemed the only
very plausible explanation. Here was
an unalloyed cross-section of the playing
fields of wherever it was. Brightly
striped blazers lay about on the bank
with an air of limp and aloof haughti-
ness. On the field long, lean personages
in silk shirts, shorts, and socks with
tasseled garters, played the game with
a calm and somewhat detached efficiency
which contrasted with the. hectic concen-
tration of the faculty. "Well played!"
Cicely Hamilton urged on her team.
And the setting was as perfect as the
actors. A gray, chilly drizzle, with Jhe
vivid green turf and vague foliage
gleaming through, the English mus^ have
felt themselves in pleasantly familiar
surroundings, but for the spectators it
was a bit damp and cold. "Let a Smile
Be Your Umbrella" was the motto of
this  sodden  but  enthusiastic group.
And so the game progressed. Five
men and four women on each side, heavy
hitting, and continual advances and re-
treats. There was a decent, level of
politeness preserved, but the ideal of
chivalry was wisely not pursued too far.
The faculty team slowly sank to defeat.
Goal by goal the British   team piled up
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Little May Day Rivals'
Big Sister on Friday
Little May Day, dwarfed by the pro-
portions of its big,sister the week after,
is almost overlooked, in years like ..this.
But it is a tradition hot!) simple and
lovely, all the lovelier for its compara-
tive effortlessness. On Little May Day
scholarships for the following year arc
read in chapel to the usual aceompani-.
ment of cheering and applause; but this
is merely the hard kernel of the cere-'
monies. They' begin_ at dawn, and the
effect of them has not quite passed away
at ten o'clock when classes are officially
resumed.    .
At 6.15, or thereabouts, the Sopho-
mores, who have risen in the cold, misty
morning and tillecj many, baskets .with
flowers gathered on the day before, make
a tour of their respective halts, singing
awakening songs and hanging the bas-
kets on the union' doors. Aroused in
this pleasant way everyone gets up and
dresses herself in white, and goes out.
At seven, tli^ Senior's gather on Rock
Tower and sing a hymn to the rising
sun, who bears- them no grudge though
he has probably been up for some hours.
Breakfast follows, hallowed by chipped
beef and strawberries, a time-honored
and inalienable menti. When justice has
been" done   to  this,  the   May   procession
Faculty Additions
New   Professors    for    English
�i� Economics and Latin �'-
Departments.
the green and each class gathers round
its may-pole, and winds as well as its
experience �and talent permit. When all
are wound, the entire college dances
around the Senior-may-pole on Denbigh
Green, and the May Queen, the Presi-
dent of the Senior Class, who this year
is Catherine Field, is crowned with flow-
ers. At eight-fifteen, as usual, chapel is
held, and the scholarships announced.
Then come the rolling and presentation
of hoops; and finally, singing on the
steps, elaborately prolonged till all
thought of nine o'clocks are out of the
question.
Peggy Passes
Peggy Manning, one of the
smallest, yet one of the most loved
of campus figures, has been taken
from us. Though by nature as
gentle as a lamb, she was. deranged
by grief. Soon after the college
students left for vacation she was
seen moping about the door of
Taylor, with the tears coursing
'down heY nose. A few days more,
and she entered on a career of
crime. When she was accused of
biting several people, her owners
felt they could no longer keep her.
So she was sent away to be dis-
posed of. May she rest in peace,
where the blue begins.
Positive Action Urged
in Sunday G. A. Meeting
The Sunday evening meeting of the
Christian Association, held in the Music
Room of Goodhart Hall, was led by Vir-
ginia Atmore, '28.
"Perhaps nowhere else as in college,"
began Miss Atmore, "can one find so
much intelligent discussion of the exist-
ing state of affairs. Everywhere lfttle
groups are formed criticizing individuals
and organizations, policies and actions;
and everyone has her own theory of
wherein the fault lies, and of how the
particular system should be improved."
This criticism, when undertaken con-
structively, is doubtless an excellent
thing, for it creates issues, rouses public
6pinion to" action, and makes for prog-
ress. But there is a type of criticism
which is destructive. This type is usually
due to indifference and results in stag-
nancy of ideas and little progress. Mel-
ancholy, and the'easy acceptance of the
existing evil in the pmaufsystem, is so
enjoyab'.e that we are prone to think
about our excellent methods of reform
rather than to put our theories into prac-
tice.                                        �
It is so simple to sit still and wait for
things to be presented to us on a silver
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English Honors Work to
Include Various Fields
"For ten or twelve years each depart-
ment in college has wanted to have j
Honor's work,' began Miss Lucy Don-
nelly in chapel last Friday morning.
"President Park has added to the num-
ber of instructors, with this in mind.
There has been a great deal of con-
structive conversation on this subject be-
tween the undergraduates, and the cur-
riculum committee has contributed many
helpful suggestions. We are now ready
to offer Honor's work in English next
year."
The object of Honor's work! Professor
DenneUy explained, is to give the student
more, opportunity for advanced and in-
dependent work under the guidance o{
instructors. This will be done through
the means of conferences and discus-
sion groups. The amount of discussion
which can be obtained will depend upon
the number of students, and the way in
which they C/in be grouped. "Discussion
is the-grcat modern idea of education.
Right now the lecture system is ill re-
garded, but lectures, after all, will al-
ways have at least a small place in teach-
ing."
Certain students will be suggested for
this work, others can apply, It will be
based \ipon the regular .English course.
Ten semester hours will be required each
year. There will be several fields in
which the student can work according to
her interest. These will include differ-
ent periods of English literature. The
work* in Honors will be shared by all
members-of the-department except Pro-
fessors Crandall, King and Clark. Pro-
fessors Chew, Herben, Donnelly and
Miss Clark will be in charge of the
work, working in different fields.
"The Curriculum Committee was right
in desiring to have the work correlated
with other subjects. I want to assure
you of our good will in that intention.
A comprehensive examination will be
held for every one taking major English
at the end of the year. It will cover
the entire field of English literature, and
will be given not only by our professors
but by outsiders so as to obtain a general
point of view."
Big Five Confer
Student Government Subject of
Discussion at Wrellesley.
Attention
i
On May 4 and 5 luncheon will be
served by the Art Club to students and
all their friends and relations. The
price will be $1.50, and it is suggested
that tickets be bought now from V. Fain,
Pembroke   West.
{Specially contributed by R. Cross, '29)
A conference of hve colleges, Wel-
lesley, Vassar, Smith, Mount Holyoke,
and Bryn Mawr was held at Wellesley
April 13 to 13 to discuss problems of
student government. There were three
round table discussions on the subjects
of "The Development of Responsibility
in the Individual" and on "Law En-
forcement," and one general discussion
at'which Miss F.mma Marshall Denk-
ingcr. the Dean of Wheaton College,
Spoke. The discussions took up the in-
dividual problems of the various col-
leges, such as social legislation, which
included smoking, motoring, registration
of absence, and chapel, and also the
more -general problem of creating public
opinion in favor of student government.
It was suggested that there are three
functions of  student government:
1.    The safety of the individual
2.    The convenience of the community
3.    The protection of the name of the
college;
and that the aim of student government
is the creation of an academic atmos-
phere by means of the individual and
community responsibility of the mem-
bers.
There will be more than one new face
in the ranks of the Faculty next year,
and several new courses in the curricu-
lum for y)28-20, it was learned this
week.                                                           '
In the English, Department there will
be two new additions. Dr. Stephen J.
Herben, who has- been Associate Pro-
fessor in the Department of English' at
Princeton, will come to fill the place of
lecturer on .Early and Middle English
Literature, left vacant by the departure
of Dr. Brown. Dr. Herben is extremely
popular at Princeton. The Daily Prince-
Ionian, bewailing his departure from
that institution, called him "not only a
brilliant scholar in the field of research,
but also an inspirational and sound
teacher/ - 'jnwing from the students
themselves, this is High praise. Dr. Her-
ben will give a three-hour course in
Farty English Literature, including Beo-
wulf, lit 12.00, and a course in Middle
English Literature, which will cover
Chaucer' and go more fully than usual
into his continental background, at
lo.oo. Miss Clark, who has been a
reader in English this year, will also be
a" member of the English Faculty, and
will give a course in the Victorian poets,
and another in Elizabethan Drama.
This will include *nore Shakespeare
than the Elizabethan Drama course has
done in the past, and there will be less
textual criticism.
Bryn Mawr Graduate Returns
A very interesting api>ointment is that
of Dr. Eleanor Dulles, Bryn Mawr, '17,
to the EconoViics Department. Dr.
Dulles is one of Bryn Mawr's mostdis-
tinguished graduates. She is the grand-
daughter of John W. Foster, who was
once United State^ Secretary of State,
and her brother, Foster Dulles, is an
authority on international relations, and
was advisor to the Peace Commission
on matters relating W> economics afk'r
the war. But her distinction is not con-
fined to her relationships. Dr. Dulles
has herself made a study of economics
and international . relations. . and . has
previously tajight various branches of
these subjects. At Bryn Mawr she will
divide her time lietween the Sociology
Department, in which she will give the
course on Ljfbor Movements, . and the
Economics Department, in which she
will give a special elective on Interna-
tional Finance. Such a course has never
before been given; and is highly recom-
mended.
The courses offered by the Latin De-
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G0LDSCHMIDT ON
MEDIAEVAL ART
Artists  of  Middle  Ages  Sac-
rificed Realism for
Effect.
SYMBOLISM   WAS   USED
Arrange Academic Work
. to Fit in with May Day
"I just want \o say a few words about
the academic work from now to the end
of May Day," began Dean Manning in
chapel, on Monday morning, April 23.
"Miss Palachc spoke to me again about
asking the faculty to make the work as
light as possible at this time. At the
beginning of the year, I asked the fac-
ulty to increase the work in the first
semester, and. at the first part of this
one, so it would be lighter now. I real-
ize that there is difficulty in some cases
these next two weeks, and I will again
call the matter to .the attention of the
faculty.
"There is a great danger in letting
things go until after May- Day. L ap-
peal to the student body to see to It
that when a reprieve is given in a report
or reading, the student does not let
everything slide for the next two weeks.
It is far better to. do a little reading
| every day now and to allot your time
more carefully, so that every subject re-
ceives the same attention. Do not con-
sider, an extension as a kindness at this
time, as the time from May Day to ex-
aminations will be all too short if it is
spent making up reports and reading.
"Miss Applebee and the committees are
to be congratulated on their intelligence
in arranging the work. Please co-oper-
ate if too much work is put on any one
person, so that difficulties with the col-
lege will not arise because of. too much
time expected by May Day."
"The artist of the Middle Ages re-
nounced strict adherence' to natural
forms," said Dr. Adolph Goldschmidt,
speaking^ on The Artistic Character of
ICarly Mediaeval Painting in Taylor Hall
on Friday evening, April $0. "Dr. Gold-
schmidt, who is Professor of History of
Art at the University of Berlin, then
proceeded to show lantern slides, which
illustrated to what extent classical de-
signs had been conventionalized under
medis, .�; rfrfluence,:
Grotesque line formation, perfect sym-
metry, and striking symbolism were the
characteristics emphasized by the pic-
tures of mosaics, -.metal work, and illus-
trated manuscripts that were flashed on
the screen. When color was used it
was al* ays harmonious but decidedly un-
natural and inappropriate. A pastoral
scene from a copy of Virgil's poems was
handled io such a strange fashion dur-
ing the Middle Ages that it best re-
sembled a carpet pattern. Thus realism
was every time sacrificed for the sake
of creating an arresting artistic effect.
Rather than portray the figure .of a
king, royalty was cleverly suggested by
a crown design. Two towers in the
left-hand corner of a representation of.
the Nativity were symbolical of Bethle-
henj town. This painting was particu-
larly interesting in that it showed how
natural connections of parts achieved by
tin- Byzantine artists was lost when the
West attempted copies of Eastern work.
Religious themes were exceedingly
popular. Careful employment of curved
lines produce an excellent impression of
a tossing sea in the Miracle of the
Storm; and Christ's peaceful nature was
depicted by his cloak which hung over
the edge �t the boat, undisturbed by the
wind or ocean. Full-length portraits of
the evangelists were appended to the
head of their Gospels in the illuminated
Bibles. Bach saint had his Old Testa-
ment prototype: Abraham for St. Mat-
thew and David for St. Luke. The
church had the palm tree for its symbol.
Paradise was conceived as a curiously-
jumbled place with only the tree of
knowledge and the title Paradysus to
identify it.
The Mediaeval artist adapted the sys-
tem of endeavoring to convey certain
ideas by means of symbolic forms. "In
the artist of the Middle Ages this feel-
ing is strong.'/dcclared Dr. Goldschmidt.
"And so we must take Mediaeval art as
the idea of Ix-avitiful things supported by
lines and interpreted by the artist accord-
ing to his own ornamental feeling."
Bach Festival at Lehigh
on May 11 This Year
Tte Bach Festival will take .place
Majfcl and 12 �his year in the Packer
Memorial Church, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa. It is attracting an
enormous and extremely interesting
group of people, and is a rare oppor-
tunity to hear Bach's church music
played under the most choice conditions.
Dr. J. Fred Wolle is the conductor,
and there will be a choir of three hun-
dred, an orchestra, pianos, organs and
the   Moravian  Trombone  Choir.    .
The program is a follows:       ,   �    �
May   II, 4.00  P. M.
CANTATA
"Shout  fo7 Joy   Ye Ransomed  Band"
Concerto
For two pianos.    No. 1  in C minor
CHORALES
8.00  P.  M.
CANTATA
"A Stronghold Sure Our God Remains-
Magnificat
May 12
The  Mas-
1.30 P. M.�Kyrie and  Gloria.
4.00 P, M.�Credo to the end.