College News, 1928-03-14, Vol. 14, No. 17

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BRYN MAWR. (AND WAYNE).  PA..   WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1928
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MEDIAEVAL MINDS
FLOUT FEMINISM
Imbecile Woman Held No Of-
ficial Position But That
of Laundress.
TOtJf    LIFTS    THE   LID
'� "Feminists, hold yourselves in!" For
I am about to relate things that will
make your flesh to creep." So we were
warned, and very rightly, by Dr. Thomas
Frederick Tout, as he was about to
launch into a discussion of "The Place
of Mediaeval Women in the Civilization
of the Later Middle Ages," which was
the corrected title of- the speech which
. he delivered in Taylor Hall, last Satur-
day evening.                    , -
Professor Tout, who has spent years,
j��. as he said, wandering thi^_aJ(#the �fti-
ministrative history of the 13th and 14th
centuries in England, was struck by the
absence of lie appearance of women in
the households of mediaeval kings and
potentates, where domestic and adminis-
trative duties were carried out by the
same hand. To a mind interested in
� woman-kind, and possessed with quite
unmediaeval ideas as to their possibilities,
it Seemed surprising that the only women
employed in the household of Edward
were his washerwomen. The same was
true in the establishments of queens and
great heiresses, although these in their
youth sometimes had a magistra, who
taught them etiquette and accomplish-
ments, and acted as.guide, philosopher
and friend. Some of these magistrae
were very distinguished women,' like
Catherine of Swift ford, who became the
second wife of John of Gaunt.
St. Thomas Scoldsv
r,-�:,',i'^**-Vhe secret of the insignificance of
women in the later middle ages is to be
found in the theoretical attitude towards
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Weary Workers
The Competition for the Edi-
torial Boajrd of the College Board
has entered-upon its third week.
The competitors have been nar-
rowed down to the following
four: V. Shyrock, '31; E. Zalesky,
^O; V. rtobart, '31, and E. Lewis,
'31.
MAN IS MORE THAN
AN ORGANIC SCUM
Scientific   Description  Cannot
Eliminate Reality of
Religion.
BLACK   LEADS   CHAPEL
Music in Air Draws Stu-
dents from ChimneyCorner
They were three musicians. They
came and went as suddenly and unbe-
lievably as a dream. It was the Bryn
Mawr campus, Thursday afternoon,
March the 8th, at about three o'clock.
The sun shone in a cold March way;
the students were at their books. Then
all at once time and place were as noth-
ing. The campus became the glens of
Cithaeron or the streets of Hamlin town,
and the time was eternal spring. All
because Mr. Tony P., of No. 622 Annin
street, Philadelphia, with his two assist-
ants, paid a visit to the college, at the
.request of the Misses Merrill, Houck,
and Gutierman, who met them in the
village and brought them home.
A row of heads hung heavily over
' books in the farthest corner of the Lib.
Suddenly the first head lifted; then-th
next; then the next, till all were strain-
ing to catch the distant squeaky melo-
dious notes that came dancing in the
window with the sunbeams. Was it an
organ-grinder? Was it a monkey? Was
it the god Pan? The first brave adven-
turer slunk shamefacedly to the door;
another followed. . Then books were
slammed down, chairs overturned, ink-
wells upset in a wild stampede for the
outside, whence came those entrancing
sounds. Crowds were on the- library
steps to receive the strange procession
which now advanced along the walk.
First came the musicians, three in num-
ber: a redfaced boy with black hair and
an accordion; an older man with a
moustache, and an accordion; and then
the man with -the horn, the wonderful,
glorious horn, from whose soaring mel-
. ody the whine of the accordions dangled
like the tail of a kite. In their wake
came three maidens, dancing and leaping
in bacchanal ecstacy. The devotees of
the   library,   tossing   away   their   papers,
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'Scientists have given us a satisfactory
explanation of the natural history of
man," said Dr. Hugh Black in chapel
Sunday evening, "but they never proffer
any definite explanation of man's value
id   the   world."
. "Faith is a great venture which the
minds of men make on God; but this
venture may likewise be made upon our-
selves. To begin the venture we must
not ask the old questions What is God?
or What is the world? but What is
man ? and why was- he made "a little
lower than the angels?"
Scientists have long sought to explain
the ocigin of the Bible.   In doing so they
invariably believe that the Bible and
religion have been explained completely
away. But this is not at all the case.
The Bible and religion, despite the critics
and scientists, still retain their original
power and vision. It is possible to ana-
lyze the plays of Shakespeare until all
evidence that Shakespeare actually wrote
them is shattered-, Tbe'w'prla*^nay^l�e-
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RELAY WINS MEET
FOR SWARTHMORE
Guiterman  Excels in Diving,
But Races Were Not
Up to Past Year.
NO    RECORDS    BROKEN
Once again Swarthmore has* shown her
superiority over Bryn Mawr in swim-
ming. But whereas last year she swam
circles around us, this year she had some
difficulty in keeping ahead of us at all.
The score, which ended at 26-24, was
fairly even throughout the meet, but
slightly in Bryn Mawr's favor until the
last event. The relay, counting five points
for  the   winner  arid  none  to  the loser,
won  the meet  for Swarthmore,  as -Mr.
Bishop announced.
11. Gii*erman, '2S. with a score of
55.2 points won the diving by her con-
sistent good form and poise. Second
place was taken by Geare of Swarth-
more, scoring 53.5, and third by R. Wills,
'20. Geare, placing first in two swim-
ming events, winning the last lap of the
relay by more than half the length of
the pool, and getting second place in
the diving, was undoubtedly the star of
the Swarthmore team�and indeed of the
whole meet R. Bryant, '29, disappointed
us by losing the 40-yard free style race;
somehow we always expect her to win
any swimming- race.
Xo records were broken on either side
and in many cases. the time made was
not as good as last year's. In fact most
of the excitement of the meet was due to
the closeness of the score. However, in
comparison with last year's record, the
Bryn Mawr team has made decided im-
provement.
Times were as  follows:
?�"4�-yTiTd-  free    style:      Geare    (Sw.).
Bryant; Wardelr \Z �� � > , /^itanjf.
For STCA passage see Silvme
Slingluff, 48 Pembroke West, or the
STCA, 24 State Street, New York
City�NOW!�Advt.
Goya Exhibition at the
Print Club of Interest
�An . unusually interesting exhibition of
etchings at the Print Club marks the
centennial of the death of Franciscode
Goya y Lucientes. Goya is perhaps best
knqwn by the two canvases of "The
Maya Clothed," and "The Maya Nude;"
his etchings, however, are of almost
equal impedance. These were issued in
four series, the earliest of which is Los
Caprichos�iwhims wherein the artist set
down his commentary on Spanish life.
His point of view was pre-eminently
satiric, and no one is spared; in these
fantacies he attacks equally the church,
the court, his mistress and mankind.
Los Povcrbos, another series, has the
same general theme, with the addition of
some hideous attacks on marriage. The
plates abound with grotesques of every
description�monks' with distorted faces,
winged and clawing creatures, old hags
fnd leering rakes�they are the inhabi-
tants of  some nightmare  world.
The series on the Disasters of the
drawn from his own experience
when Muret brought a French army into
Madrid and put Jqseph Bonapart on the
throne of Spain, shows all the horrors
that accompany an invasion. Among
them is "Les Soldats et Le Fantome,"
unrivalled for purity of design, and
fraught with symbolical meaning.
The most interesting, and the most
typically Spanish series, is La TaurQina-
quia, showing scenes of bull fights. For
a time in his youth Goya himself had
performed in the ring, and his etchings
show an intimate knowledge of the posi-
tions and movements of men. bulls and
horses. Like Ernest Hemingway, he
makes you feel that you are actually
present at the combat. The isolated -fig-
ures of bulls and man stand out in the
ring againsj the background of an infi-
nite audience. For movement, mass and
composition, this   series  is  unsurpassed.
The Print Club has performed a val-
uable service in gathering together this
most inclusive collection of etchings; its
exhibition offers an extraordinary oppor-
tunity to view comprehensively the work
of one of Spain's most gifted artists.
Class Books Coming
The 1928 Clffss Bcf>k has'gone to
press! Thanks to the co-operation
of many talented cartoonists and
humorists, the board can offer you
a d�lightful collection of satires on
'professors' and other phases of col-
lege life. An entire section is de-
voted to the coming May Day (the
greatest in history), and the pic-
tures of it will be well worth hav-
ing. Orders for-ltus matchless
book which will appear at the end
of  May  will be  taken  very   soon.
.The editor, confidentially promises
you at least one good laugh, but
does not say whether it will tie
with or at  the Class of 1928.

WHICH WAY WILL
THE WIND BLOW?
and
Dark    Horses    and    Favorite
Sons to Be- Ballotted
on Campus.
STRAW VOTE TO SHOW
IMPROVED TEAM
DOWNS B0ST0NIANS
Partnership of Lowes and Sap-
pington Works Well
in 2d Half.
THE SCORE IS 38 TO  16
BS.B
Breast Stroke: Field 34.2, Biddle
(Sw.); Guiterman. Garrigues  (Sw.).
100-yard: Bryant, 1-13.5, � Powell
(Sw.), Wardell (Sw.). Turtle.
40-yard back stroke: Geare (Sw.),
82.1,   Stewart.  Taylor,   Temple   (Sw.).
Relay: Swarthmore� Garrigues, Wal-
ton, Jackson. Geare; 213.4. Bryn Mawr
�Zalesky,  Guiterman,   Stewart,  Tuttle;
Lantern Lives!
Current   Issue   Has   Sincerity;
Mitchell's Story Wins
Highest Praise.
You'll find all your friends on  an
STCA sailing.�Advt.
(Specially   contributed   by   Dr.   M.   H.
Swindler).
. 77a- .March Lantern may be read for
pleasure without any feeling of apology
for local talent. This has not always
been the case with all issues of- the
Lantern^ At last the note of restless!
unsatisfied yearning and of incipient
decadence seems to have left us and in its
place wc have directness and sincerity.
Most of the contributions 'ring true" and
give us some feeling of the pleasure of
the writers in the creation of their work.
The palm goes to Miss Mitchell for her
story of the sporting parson who was
"acquired C. O .1>." She has achieved
quite a "horsey" atmosphere and al-
though we cannot conceive of any com-
munity in Fundamentalist America which
could have produced this sporting blood
in the domain of religion we are quite
willing to accept the situation because of
the line humor which it produces. Humor
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Another step up the ladder; game by
game Varsity improves. Saturdays, 36-
18, victory over the graduates of the
Boston School of Physical Education
most assuredly cannot be sneezed at. We
take it as a most happy omen of future
success. For the first time this year
Varsity was a team�in a somewhat
embryonic state, but still a team. The
various individual cogs showed at least
a bowing acquaintance with one another.
It was a fast, hard-fought game, al-
though not too dangerously exciting for
spectators of even moderately .robust
cardiac condition., The 36-18 score docs
"�vS*�iiistictifif our opponents. We only
succeeded in doubling their total because
of the superiority of our forwards; at
both center and guard the two teams
were very closely matched. The guard-
ing on both sides was so strenuous and
close in the first half that the forwards
did hot get much of a chance to display
their stuff. In the second half the guard-
ing was somewhat relaxed and our bas-
ket-shooting ability really showed up.
I.oines, as usual, was very good, and
Sappington made her an excellent part-
ner. Their styles of playing seemed to
dove-tail most harmonjously and their
easy, almost nonchalant teamwork was
the  high  light of the game.    Johnston,
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Hygiene
Owing to th? fact that Dr.
Wagoner has been granted a leave
of absence for this semester, the
Hygiene lectures for the Sopho-
more Class will not be given this
year. The requirement is not to
be changed, however, and the
Hygiene course will probably be
given twice next year, once in th�
first semester for Juniors and once
in the second semester for Sopho-
mores.
College for Special Work
Founded at Bennington
The plans for the new college at Bcn-
nfngtoti, Vermont, were described to us
by Miss Park in chapel on Monday
morning. In spite of the advisability of
a college president's saying nothing for
the first two years of office, it is inev-
itable that a new college, traveling hith-
erto untrodden ways, should make some
definite statement. This is specially true
when, as in this case, the endowment
must lie increased before the opening of
the college. The college is to be located
at Bennington because many of those
who have contributed to it live there or
nearby and it is in accordance with their
wishes. It seems unfortunate to have
put a college in such an isolated spot.
rive or six hours from cither Boston or
New York, in a climate that is extremely
severe during the winter, the business
time of a college. However the authori-
ties expect to overcome this last diffi-
culty to some extent by having a long
vacation in mid-winter, two months or
possibly ten weeks, and a short one of a
month or so in the summer.
Dr. Robert Devore Lee,, who now
holds a chair in Government�good ex-
perience for a college .president�at Wil-
liams, has been chosen as president. The
student body, limited to five hundred,
wifl live in small units of buildings, forty
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Are you interested in the country's
government? Who is your choice for
our next President? A straw vote
will be taken Thursday and Friday
of this week, and on Monday next� <�
both in the halls and under Juno, to
find out the prevailing opinion in the"^
college. This vote is being taken
under the auspices of The Independent,
and the results from all all the eastern
colleges that participate, will be tab-
ulated shortly.
Following is a list of the candidates
who will be on  the ballot with brief
resumes of their political career:
Republicans.
Herbert Hoover: Served during and
after the. war as United States Food
Administrator. In charge of Amer-
ica's share of the Reconstruction of
Europe. In 1921, made Secretary of
Commerce, a position which he still
holds. Advocates a further decentrali-
zation of. Government. Has stood for
enforcement of law, without referring
definitely to Prohibition.      %
Charles Hughes: Governor of New
York in 1��07, 1910. Justice of Supreme
Courl, resigned 1916 to run for Presi-
dent. 1921, Secretary of State, resigned"
1925. Opposed to League, believes in
helpful co-operation with, Europe. Sup-
ports Protective Tariff. Was opposed
to McN'ary-Haugen Bill.                             �  <�
Calvin Coolidge: Has �>�,,>�   Tim ''"vV
he does not choose to run,  but many
of his party believe this statement open
to modification.
Charles G. Dawes: 1887, Comptroller
of the Currency. Distinguished war
career. 1921, Director of the Bureau
of the Budget. 1923, Head of Repara-
tions Commission. 1925, Vice Presi-
dent of United States. Tried to amend
Senate rules to prevent filibustering.
Supported McNary-Haugen Bill and
McFadden Banking Act.    ^
Nicholas Longworth: Representative
from Ohio since 1903. Speaker of
the House. Conservative, believes in
party  regularity and responsibility.
Frank O. Lowden: 1916, Governor
of Illinois. Introduced the Budget
System. Displayed sound and efficient
financial policy. Interested in the
Farm   Problem.
William E. Borah: 1903: State Sen-
ator in Idaho. 1907, U. S. Senator.
Chairman of Foreign Relations Com-
mittee. . Is called "The One Man
Party." Believes in Enforcement of ma^r-
Prohibition.     Liberal.
George W. Norris: Senator from Ne-
braska. Opposed to Party Machine.
Supported LaFollettc.   Dry.
Frank B. Willis: Senator from Ohio.
An unequivocal dry. Opposed to
League.
Charles Curtis: Senator from Kan-
sas. Descendant of Indian Chieis.
Favors- Prohibition. Helped put
through Roman's Suffrage. "Horse
rider and square shooter."
Democrats.
Alfred E. Smith: 1906. State Assem-
bly. Governor of New York for four
terms. Against Hearst and Hylan. � ,
Stands for State aid of education and
Pul.lic Welfare. Wet. Splendid State
record.
Thomas J. Walsh: Senator from
Montana. In Charge of oil inquiry.
Devoted to high standards of respon-
sibility and public service. Dry. Op-
posed to protective tariff.
Albert C. Ritchie: Governor of
Maryand for three terms. '913, on
War Industries Board in Washington.
Reformed      State      organization      of
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