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BRYN rVfAWR   (AND WAYNE). PA.,   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12,1927
PRICE,   10 GENTS
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FRESHMAN CLASS
HAS 120 MEMBERS
Larger Than Juniors or Sen-
iors, But Smaller
Than 1930.
PENNSYLVANIA    >L�ADS
The Freshman Class this year num-
bers 120. This is larger than 1928 and
1929 were upon entering, but not so
large as  1930.
Pennsylvania has the largest repre-
sentation, with thirty-five coming from
this State. New York ranks second with
twenty-one. There are eleven from
Maryland, nine from Washington, D. C,
and eight fyom Massachusetts. New
Jersey ha^ seven, Ohio five, Missouri
four and Illinois three. Two came from
each of Connecticut, Delaware, West
Virginia, Nebraska^Florida and Virginia.
Utah, North Cartljina, Georgia, Cali-
fornia, Cuba and Montana each have one.
The members of the class of 1931 are:
Helen Redington Adams, Dorothy
Asher, Marybel Avo Bachofer, Elizabeth
Baer, Elizabeth Blee Bailey, Ellen Edith
Bateman, Carolyn Bullock Beecher, Helen
Graham Bell, Isabel Hamilton Banham,
Janet Watson Bissell, Elizabeth Arden
Blanchard, Mary Jameson Bunn.
Virginia Burdick, Angelyn^ouise Bur-
rows. Alice Eleanor Butler, Rhys Caparn,
Eleanor Forster Clark, Anne Morris
Cole, Kathleen Cone, Elizabeth Lawson
Cook, Enid Appo Cook, Marie Antoinette
Cowing, Helen Curdy, Celia Gause Darl-
ington, Myrtle de Vaux, Marie Coffman
Dixon, Elizabeth Doak, Jean Ditmars
Donald, Elizabeth Coit Downing.
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Essay Prize Renewed
Miss M. Carey Thomas is re-
newing the George W. Childs Es-
say prize which President Park
announced last spring would be
dfscontinued. In'future the prize-
to be known as the "M. Carey
Thomas Essay ^rize" will be one
hundred dolars, the conditions of
award to be announced later.
Heretofore the prize has been
awarded to the best writer in the
senior class. Last year it was
won by Jean Leonard.
C. A. RECEPTION
SHORT AND GAY
Pleas for Efficiency, Liberalism
and   Sense   of   Humor
Made in Speeches.
FRESHMEN WERE STAGS
Self-Gov. Tries New Plan
of Exam, in Rules for '31
In an effort to eliminate the too
often recurring "I didn't know" or "I
didn't understand" of the transgressor,
the Executive Board of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association this year gave an
examination to the incoming class on
the rule book. The state of bliss aris-
ing from ignorance is far too liable to
be dangerous to the individual and
the college to allow it to exist in any
freshman mind. Hence, on a sultry
evening in Freshman Week some hun-
dred-odd members of the Class of
1931 spent three-quarters of an hour
in Room F, filling examination books
with the rules in regard to smoking,
quiet hours, motoring and other use-
ful  things  to  know.
The paper was made with an eye
to emphasizing the rules which are
most important or with which we most
often come in contact. The Execu-
tive Board discovered that the exami-
nation served a double purpose: it not
only guaranteed that the freshmen
knew their rules, but it acted as a
severe test to the rule book, showing
whether our resolutions are well
worded, definite and to the point.
When more than a hundred bright
young minds are turned upon one
small green book, something is sure
to happen. One result was that weak-
nesses never suspected before were
discovered, which we must remedy as
soon  as  possible.
The results of the examination were
very satisfactory; the majority of the
papers were good, some very good
indeed. The percentage of failure and
even of poor papers was small. Hence
the Executive Board can be sure that
at least the freshmen know and un-
derstand, the rules. And as well, the
Boajrd/Tound much encouragement in
many answers to the last two qudfc'
tions, which show that the spirit er-
sential to the system is understood
and appreciated by many of the new
members. If only the Executive
Board could be sure that 1930, 1929
and 1928 knew their rules as well as
1931! Now the best policy is, when
in doubt ask a freshman.
Another examination will- be held
for. these->bO 5Mle*: - ' could npt
take the first one, and members of
other classes  are cordially  invited to
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Joy reigned and pretty dresses blossom-
ed at the snappiest and pleasantest C. A.
Reception of College history, last Satur-
day night. The whole affair was shorter
and dragged less than the fatiguing
efforts of the past. There were fewer
speeches and less formality in the danc-
ing that followed. As the couples entered
they joined the dancing throng; at about
8.15 the receiving line was complete, and
the Freshmen were introduced to  Mta|"!L!$!!T?!11, for the.ir sinKinK was ad-
Park,  Mrs. .Manning, Mrs. Collins, Miss
'30 the Invincible Finds
Out Parade Song of '31
An atmosphere of suppressed excite-
ment permeated the halls on Parade
Night. Freshmen and Sophomores
passed each other in corridors with an
air of indifferent suspicion. It was evi-
dent that a storm was about to break,
but which one of the concerned phal-
anxes would survive with still hoisted
banners was not quite definitely known.
However, the Sophomore ranks were
skeptically hilarious as they gathered
around the bonfire on the lower hockey
field.'
Finally, the band relieved the tension
with an enthusiastic rendering of "Pop
Goes the Weasel" and down tne hill
marched the gallant Freshmen with
torches, shouting their battle cry as they
came. They sang it cheerfully but doubt-
fully and well they migh( have, for no
sooner had they formed aj circle around
their pert rivals than the Sophomores
shouted back a disrlfusioningly correct
answer to their challenge. There was a
noticeable fall in the faces of the encircl-
ing Freshmen, but nevertheless, they took
their defeat with sportsmanlike! good
humor. 1930 has a right to feel proud
since their song went undiscovered last
year.               '
There followed a general migration to
Pern Arch where everyone prepared "to
lift her voice in songful praise." Here
the Freshmen may have had occasion to
feel a bit of their fallen prestige sudden-
H8W CAN COLLEGE BE MADE
AN INTEGRAL COMMUNITY?
Paint and Beds!
Merion, that lucky hall, has come
into a legacy, or rather has been
presented wjth a large sum 01
money. The source of the gift is
unknown, but the purpose for
which it is intended has been an-
nounced for all to hear. Soon we
will see Merion spick and span,
shining from top to bottom under
new paint, inside and out. And
what's more (as if cosmetics�
pardon. Paint�, were not enough)
new beds are to be put in every
� room. Merionites will no longer
have any excuse if they lack in
"shining morning faces," when
fresh from their unbroken springs,
they rise to trip through bright
clean halls. Congratulations, Mer-
ion, when you are all dressed up,
do have a public house warming.
Faulkner, Miss Applebee and the five
presidents of the student associations.
The speeches followed.
Barby Loines in her opening words as
President of the Christian Association,
welcomed the Freshmen to college say-
ing that the older undergraduates were
looking to them to help make Bryn Mawr
a more progressive and liberal organiza-
tion.
Miss Park began by saying that she
was coming to believe more in the effect
of discussion and conference than in
that of a monologue; but she spoke of
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New Faces Among Faculty
Wardens Also Changed
Several changes have been made in
the Faculty over the summer, in addi-
tion to those which were announced in
the spring.
In the Department of Education, Dr.
Use Forest has been appointed asso-
ciate and Miss Cecelia Irene Baechlc in-
structor in place of Dr. Agnes Rogers
and Miss Harriet O'Shea.
In the Department of English, Barrett
H. Clark is to be a lecturer. Dr. Louise
Littig Sloan has been appointed lecturer
in the Department of Experimental
Psychology.
Dr. Alice Squires Cheney is to be
lecturer in the Department of Social
Economy and Dr. Dorothea Egleston
Smith in the Department of Physiology
and   Biochemistry.
Miss Edith Fishtine has been appointed
instructor in Spanish.
New  Wardens  Enter  Halls.
Every hall but Radnor and Denbigh
lost an old Warden and gained a new
one this year. Miss Kathcrine Peek,
for the past two years a reader in the
English Department, was announced as
Warden of  Merion last spring.
Miss Josephine Fisher, '22. is the head
Warden of Pembroke, and Miss Ann
Elizabeth Neely is the assistant. Miss
Fisher has taught History at Ethel
Walker School and studied it at Cam-
bridge, John Hopkins and the London
School of Economics. Miss Neely re-
ceived her A. B. from Cornell and her
M. A. from the University of Chicago.
From 1923-1926 she was assistant to
the Dean at Cornell and last year she
went around the world.
Helen Lord Smith, '26, is the new
Warden of Rockefeller, and Miss Esther
Rhoades, '24, of Wyndham. Miss Rhoads
was Warded of ^feftc&Mtrt-Su... �,. m
year 1925-26, and last year was in France
studying for her degree which she hopes
to complete this year.
mirable   and    certainly    surpassed   the
Sophomores',    whose    side-by-side    song
seemed to dwindle into a series of gut-
tural murmurings at its final termination.
The   Freshmen   should   not   feel   too
desolate.   The words of their song ex-
pressed a certain amount of class pride:
"We are the class of '31
We're singing our Parade Song
We hope you haven't got it yet
Hooray for Bryn Mawr."
A very good song, even though it had
the misfortune to "go wrong."
MAY DAY PRACTICE
BEGINS AT ONCE
Different Halls�to Rehearse on
Tuesdays Besides Spe-
cial Classes.
Develop   Minds   Ready   and
Able to Balance and Sur-
vey Experts' Findings.
NEW    BUILDINGS     RISE
Morning Chapel�Its Whys
and Wherefores Revealed
"The service has always been com-
pletely voluntary," said President Park
in telling us something of the necessity
and background of the present morning
chapel in Monday morning, October 10.
In the beginning this daily service was
completely in the spirit and practice of
the Friends. Little by little it fell into
the present form: reading the Bible, a
prayer, and a short talk either religious
or connected with matters of the day. At
first there was no singing, but Miss Park
said that when she was a senior the stu-
dents became so excited�over the presi-
dential election that they could no longer
contain themselves in silence. One
memorable morning they burst out with
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" as President
Thomas came in the door: such was the
start of our daily hymn singing.
From this brief account of the begin-
nings of morning chapel Miss Park went
on to tell us� of the* important part it
plays in college life. There is great ad-
vantage in having one thing in which
everyone shares. Quite apart from the
pleasure of making "joyful noises unto
the Lord" there is a real necessity for
th daily meeting. The President and
Dean must have some channel of com-
munication with the student body. It is
not possible to make all announcements
through printed notices, if not chapel
then some other gathering is necessary.
The administration needs a chance to
give the reasons that lie behind decisions
and rules. There is another question be-
sides that of administration explanations:
there is no other time for asking special
people to come and speak. This year
more students are going to be asked to
speak.
Last of all chapel gives the students
a chance to know the President and Dean.
That, is why it is arranged that they
should speak oftenest of all. With May
Day there will be even^ more of im-
incrtance to say. Mis?'Park endtfMly
saying that she felt she could count on
reaching a large percentage of the stu-
dent body in this daily meeting.
NO      REQUIRED      GYM
Big May day year comes round again,
and even the first semester is to be used
as practice time, rather than, as has been
the previous custom, as a sort of marking
time interval before the hectic and strenu-
ous work of the second half of the year.
The rule of four athletic periods a week
has been  abolished  for the time being,
and   two   periods   of   May   Day practice
are now to In.' required of everyone; hoc-
key is to lie played as usual, however, and
the new  work is so arranged  as not to
interfere with the afternoon playing.   On
Tuesday of each week there will be gen-
eral    pageant   rehearsal,   by   halls:   the
schedule is as follows:
o P. M.�Rockefeller and Denbigh.
H P. M.� Pembroke West and Radnor.
9 P. M.�Pembroke East and Merion.
If   these   hours   should   prove   incon-
venient to the individual it will be possi-
ble   to   arrange,   through  the   hall   presi-
dents, to come  with   a different group;
however, the May Day Committee hopes
that   this   rearrangement   will   seldom be
necessary.
Special Classes Will Be Held.
Too, there wHI be special classes for
those interested in trying out for drama-
tic parts. Miss Lcuba, who has had
training in this kind of work, will give
a kind of plastic dramatic exercise where-
by the individual will be taught correctly
to use her body, as well as her voice,
upon the stage. These classes will be
held on Mondays and Thursdays at 8 and
9 o'clock. There will also be special
classes in Morris, and Sword dancing, and
in tumj;
is hoped that this new arrangement
ill   lighten   the   work   of   the  second
lester. and  make it more possible to
concentrate on the detail of the produc-
ti/n as the time draws nearer.
On Thursday, October 13, there will be
trial damatic classes at 4, 5, 8, and 0
o'clock, and these, too, will be conducted
in hall groups. Mr. King, it is interest-
ing to note, has tested every member of
the present freshman class, and has found
a good deal of promise and talent.
A few people have worked on costumes
over the summer, and, after considerable
research and effort, have made some
excellent sketches. The Junk Committee
sent out post cards over the summer, ask-
ing for materials from which to make up
* ~jm~. and their special plea now
is for large pieces of material, such as
old curtains or couch covers. Please
remit!
The close of President Park's speech
in Chapel on October 5 summed up the
problem and danger confronting the pres-
ent day college. After describing the
material side of the college, she said:
"Faculty, students, buildings�a living
thing or not? carefuly laid walls, care-
fully trained minds, carefully organized
work�something disintegrate, something
integrate? who can say this morning?
Probably no one should venture, but like
Kipling's fairy tale hero whose only
excuse for attempting a hopeless task was
"A pot is a pot and I am the son of a
potter." I can't help noticing that "an
audience is an audience and I am the
son of a preacher."
"How can such a changing community
as this be also an integrated community?
Can it add one by one the strength of its
individual members to form a single
strength? Only if the individuals�presi-
dent, dean, faculty, students, agree with
and respect its purposes and measure its
performance by them. I have been think-
ing much of one of them this summer.
How to Meet Danger?
"The four years qf training for which
the machinery of a college is set are of
course only one section in a large field,
four miles on the road out of the whole
forty or sixty or eighty, preceded and
followed by other miles, other training,
equally important or unimportant But
because they occur where they do, in the
ycais between sixteen and twenty-three�
years following and growing out of
adolescence and just preceding a time,
the middle twenties, when a^demand on
the adult individual for a proof of
capacity is almost certain to be made, they
have a kind of character of their own.
If tfiey have a special place in the de-
velopment of the individual and some-
what the same place in the development
of all individuals they can be generalized
and made a basis for discussion like the
other facts with which the college deals,
for instance that its students are Ameri-
cans and women. And further, the mo-
ment has its own problems. Mr. White-
head in his 'Science and the Modern
World' has pointed out for many of us
non-scientists what the by-product of the
last decades has been.    Out of the de-
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C. A. Membership Drive on,
Loines Urges All to Join
Barbara Loines, President of the Chris-
tian Association, made the following
statement to the News in regard to the
membership drive of this next week:
"The Christian Association is enrolling
its members on Thursday of this week.
By adding your name to the list you are
supporting, actively we hope, at least one
of the many branches of work run by its
committees.
"Those who are interested in social
service will find a broad field on which to
display their talents: Reading to the
blind, Americanization work, Kinder-
garten classes, gym classes, girls' drama-
tic, sewing and cooking classes, librarian
work at the community center.
"The Publicity Committee needs artists
and scribes who can create alluring and
illuminating notices and posters.
"If you are interested in teaching,
golden opportunities lie before you in the
Maids' N'ight School where the tutorial
system is being used with marked success.
"The usefulness of the Religious Meet-
ing Committee depends on your support
and your suggestions for new and
stimulating speakers.
"An enthusiastic board is in office, but
it can do little effective or creative work
wrehoat.in^co�fc�-f� S members.
Membership cards will be distributed on
Wednesday night. We are looking for-
ward to your interest and support !*
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