College News, 1928-01-25, Vol. 14, No. 12

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BRYN MAWR   (AND WAYNEX. PA_ WEDNESDAY,'JANUARY 25,1928
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The Pillar
of Salt
"A News in exam week?" The Edi-
torial board held up their hands in horror.
"But we really have to have it," said
.  the Business Board.
"There is always 'Ift Philadelphia,'"
said the City Editor.
"And water polo," offered the Sports
Editor.
"Well, I suppose I can write up any
lectures there may be," conceded the Lec-
ture Editor.                ,
"But no Sunday Chapel," wailed the
Religious Editor.
"An ideal" we shouted, and wouldn't
keep quiet until they were ready to listen.
v"Qet everything together, and give it to
Cissy Centipede. She has often helped us
out when we were at a loss. She'd get
�out same sort of a NEws."  ,
And that, gentle readers, is why the
News looks like this.
MADARIAGA AS A
MAN OF LETTERS
Leading Arms Specialist Also
Connoisseur of Spanish
Literature.
IS   TYPICAL   EUROPEAN
(Specially contributed by Dr. Gilktt.)
It will be a pleasure for me to say a
few words about Professor de Madariaga.
I must confess, however, that of one-
half (or perhaps not quite so much) of
the man,' I know very little; I refer to
that half described in your invitation
card as "Chief of the .Disarmament Sec-
tion of the Secretariat of the League of
Nations." Of. Madariaga as a man of
letters, a poet in his own right and a
most distinguished critic, I. can speak with
more. asJttPattce. r�rhapa he is not very
well known in this country, nor even very
well outside England. England, how-
ever, has taken him to her heart and will
know him as the first incumbent of the
newly founded chair of Spanish Studies at
Oxford. In Spain he will be better
known in the near future, as well. His
absence from Madrid, far from the
literary cenacles that divide the literary
empire of the capital, accounts for that.
But there is little doubt that we are
dealing with a major figure in the world
of letters.
Mr. de Madariaga is a European. He
comes as close as any I have eyer known
to being a representative European. Let
us define our terms and not to make
them too stringent�this simple one may
do for the time being: "A European is
someone who can understand and inter-
pret at least one of the great continental
.-^cultures of Europe, France, Germany.
Hilary,"Sftaln, and the culture of England."
Even measured by that standard there
are not many "Europeans." But among
a long line of distinguished mediators
between the English-speaking world and
Spain, he holds a foremost place.
Spain Realistic, Yet Romantici.
� Spain, as you know, is the home of
realism. Yet the same country is steeped,
not in the meretricious "romantic" gla-
mour of populaf imagination, but In an
atmosphere of delicate, sensitive poetic
fancy. No country has more beautiful
popular poetry than Spain, and few have
been able to feel it, interpret it, translate
it even, more felicitously than Mr. de
Madariaga. But be is able to see and
face facts. Last night I picked up his
volume of essays entitled "Shelley and
Calderon," and his dual personality was
clearly apparent.   The short, almost bald
In Philadelphia
* . �               The Theatre.
Lyric:   The Spider.
Walnut:   The Mikado.
Broad:   Tenth Avenue.
Adelphi:    Saturday's Children.
Shubert:   Yours Truly.
Garrick:   The Silent House.             .
Chestnut:   The Love Call.
Erlanger:   Honeymoon Lane..
The Movies.
Mary   Pickford  in My Best
Paul    Whiteman    and    The
Stanton:
Girl.
Stanley:
Gorilla.
Fox-Locust:   Sunrise.
Fox:   The Gateway of the Moon.
Aldine:   Wings.   *
Victoria:   Man, Woman and Sin.
Karlton:    Tea for Three.
Arcadia:   Harvester.
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preface, declares that, "For the second
time in history, the riches of South
America fascinate the European,.only this
time the Conquistador stays at home and
it rl the enterprising Briton who stirs
and dreams of Eldorado. The words of
the Spanish language are thus the cara-
Cissy  Centipede,  on  being told  what
was before her, replied by letter:^,
"My dear Mrs. Lot:                     �
"For two years you have abused me
whenever you saw fit, and yet have I
ever complained? No. I have submit-
ted with all the grace possible to my in-
sect nature. And now, this . latest im-
position�shall I rebel? No. Again, no.
T shall comply, but, Mrs. Lot, you have
given me unrivalled opportunity to get
my Rrrrevenge.       . - '
"Aha, Mrs. Lot, I shall smash your
stately Pillar with all my force. You
shall see it in pieces; in a most unarchi-
tectural  attitude,  thus:"
vans which will take British trade across
the seas and bring back�like the galleons
of old�a less bulky though no less sub-
stantial cargo in the form of dividends."
This explanation of the rising favor of
Spanish studies in England is "materialis-
tic interpretation of KUtnrV' "wjee^ But
it is sound, just as certainly as the grow-
ing success of Spanish Studies in this
country is based on a nascent, yet uncon-
scious, ambition ai empire, economic at
least, over the countries of Central and
South America.
Good Command of English.
Yet his argument, intelligible to the
counting-house, announces a collection of
essays as delicate, as aify, as far removed
from obvious facts as well may be. Let
me quote just a paragraph, which will
evidence at the same time Mr. de
Madariaga's unusual command of the
resources of the.English language:
"It is too readily assumed that the
True, the Good' and the Beautiful are
one and the same thing. They are. We
want them to be. We passionately want
them to be, and that is why we keep prov-
ing it through ages of philosophy. But
even if they are, even jhough_they are^.1
one and the same thing, it is only in the
Infinite, parallel ideas that meet in the
lap of God as verticals meet in the center
of the earth.* And, even as geometrically
parallel lines, they never meet for prac-
tical purposes."
He has published other books, poems
under the thle of "Canciones de ciego;" a
volume of literary portraits-, "Semblanzas
literarias," and quite recently a "Guide to
Don Quixote," and I suppose it is no mean
achievement to find a public for such a
book, in the face of the mountain of
literature that has overwhelmed Cer-
vantes.
I can say little more. But you may ask,
pertinently, what all this has to do with
the "Chief of the Disarmament Section
ot the Secretariat of the League of Na-
tions"? And my answer is that you can-
not dissociate the two aspects, of the
man.
Seniors Still Unbeaten
in Two Years' -Polo
� 1928 vs. 1930, January 13.
The Seniors again demonstrated their
superjprity last Thursday by topping the
Sophomores, 6-5, even when their team
lacked two members. Five Seniors held
the full-sized Sopohomore team at bay.
The poor Dark Blue seems to be tast-
ing the dreg^s this year. Taylor did her
best for them, but without proper sup-
port she could not stop the five fight-
ing Seniors. Bruerc was the outstanding
player for 1928, raging all over the pool
in her effort to help fill the places of the
missing two. The line-up was: 1928�
H. Guiterman***,. H Tuttle**, M. Gail-
lard, A. Bruere*,- M. Pettit. 1930-^-E.
Granj, H. L. Taylor, F. Pe'ttus*****, L.
Littlehale; K. Hirschberg, D. Cross, H.
Seligman.
1929 vs. 1931, January 19.
Another triumph for the Freshmen.
They ducked their sister class 6-3 pn
Thursday. Boyd and Wills were the
mainstays of the Junior team but they
could not prevail against the fast swim-
ming of Burrows, Ashcr's guarding,
and the sure shooting of Libby Baer.
The Freshmen fought hard every mo-
ment, and they seem to be developing a
champion team closely resembling the
Seniors in power. The line-up ''was:
1929�B. Freeman**, R. Wills, E. Moraii,
E. Boyd*, J. Garrett, V. Buel, S. Bradley.
1931�E. Baer*, A. Burrows*, E.
Blanchard***, M. Frothingham*, C.
Ashcr, E. Totten,  H. Thomas.
1928 vs. 1931, January 23.
' The   champion   Senior   team   claimed
another  scalp on  Monday when it beat
the Freshmen 7-2. It waVa very excit-
ing and very rough game. The Fresh,
men were ahead at first, bitf '28 couldn't
be left behind for long. One of the
most exciting moments was wlien Blanch-
ard pulled Huddleston, the '28 goal-
keeper, right over the line for a goal. Bur-
rows played a fast game for the Fresh-
men. For '28 Guiterman made a pretty
goal, and Field's playing was much better
than it has been lately. The line-up was:
1928-6. Field****, H. Turtle*** H.
Guiterman*, E. Morgan, A. Bruere, E.
Stewart, J. Huddleston. 1931�M. Nuch-
ols, A. Burrows*, E. ajBlanchard*, E.
Totten, M. Frothingham, E. Waples, H.
Thomas.
1929 vs. 1930, January 23.
Again the poor Sophomores have been
sunlc; this time a 3-1 beating was handed
them by the Juniors. It was a rather
unexciting' game, scrap, all the way
through and nothing else. The Sopho-
mores put up a better fight than usual
even without their regular goal, as is at-
tested by the small score. Boyd and
Freeman played well for '29, and Buel
made a very pretty goal. Paxson and
Taylor were best men for '30. The line-
up was: 1929�Freeman* J. Garrett, E.
Moran,* V. Buel*, R. Wills*, E.
Boyd, C. Swan. 1930�C. Page, H. Tay-
lor, I.. Littleliale*, E. Zalcsky, K. Hirsch-
-berg, J. Paxson. I,. Davis.
Variation  on  a   Familiar  Theme
We had not room enough to print this
last week, with the other "Bootlegger's
Child," but we thought its lyric, almost
Blakian quality contrasted well with the
epic tone of the other
The bootlegger's child at the breakfast
table
Said she'd do what she could, were she
only  able.
"But   alas,   cruel   fate,   where   will   my
cereal come from
If   my  daddy accepts not an evil  sum
from    '
Letters Wanted for
Immitfration Amendment
An amendment to the immigration law
has been proposed which is of interest
to colleges and universities. It will per-
mit teachers of foreign languages to
come to this country for eight months
on a non-quota visa. At present such
teachers must either wait for a quota
icisj*. ""JjCome on a visitors-permit, which
allows them to stay only six months.
The bill is still in committee where it
may stay because Congress is unwilling
to make any chatifjti in the immigration
law, however sligjjyrjf'- 'necessary, for
fear that other groups will demand
changes. The piopSsii-' Amendment
will eliminate a great deal of trouble
which was not foreseen when the bill was
originally passed.
Mrs. William R. Smith, in making this
announcement urged everyone to write to
Hiram Johnson, of California^ chairman
of the House Committee on Immigration,
and to Senator David Reed, of Pennsyl-
vania, telling them how important col-
leges feel this to be. The bill is known
in the House as "H. R. 9284" and in the
Senate as "S. 2450."
WORD "TOGETHER"
IS KEYNOTE
Orchestra Program
The Philadelphia Orchestra will give
the following concert on Friday after-
noon, January 27. and on Saturday and
Monday evenings, January 28 and 30:
Handel ..........'.. .Overture, "Tesco"
Handel .. .Musette from "II Pastor Fido"
Handel.........Bouree from "Rodrigo"
Delius.....................Intermezzo
"The  Walk  to  the  Paradise  Garden
(from the  opera, "A  Village  Romeo
and   Juliet.")
Berlioz___"La Chassc royale et l'Oragc"
Les Troyeni.)
Mozart ...Symphony No. 34, in C major
Strauss, . .Tone Poem, "Ein Hcldenleben"
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor of the
Philharmonic Society of London, will
lead  these concerts.
Annihilation  of  Conflict
sential, Says Leading
Peace Man.
Es-
WQRLD *  IS      WALNUT
Lectures on League
'   The   Educational   Committee   of
League  of   Nations   Non-Partisan
Those thirstily opposed to the laws of the
nation,
Whence, dear Lord, comcth Salvation?
Evil on one side, hunger the other;
Must I take the warm wool  from the
back of my mother?
Moral issues at stake here, too massiye
for  me                          *          /
Who am I but a child, who desires to/see
The true from the false, the bad ffom
the good,
Yet who passionately desires her jhatu-
tinal  food."
*� b
"The planet oh which we live has
shrunk from the size of a football to that
of an English walnut," said Dr. Herman
Randall, Editor of The World Unity
Magasine, who spoke in chapel on Friday,
January 20.
'This   amazing   shrinkage . has   been
brought   about  by  the   remarkable   ad-
vances which have been made in science.
The   comparatively   short  time   that   it"
takes to cross the Atlantic is significant;
space has been annihilated.   The frontier *
e
boundaries,   p/rssports,   visas,   etc.,   are
slowly giving place to a world with no
boundaries;  a world in  which common
economic relations are rapidly progressing..
Whose Ideas Are Best?
"Considering the situation of the world
in the last century, this progression is
remarkable. For years all kinds of people
with all kinds of ideas have been crowded
into one small sphere. With the rise of
nationalism, the right of power, and all
the other disunifying forces, how are
we to solve the problems which arise in
connection, with world situations, if we
have to deal with the variant ideas of
several nations who all think that their
plan is the better for all concerned?
"These very forces were the cause o.
the great war of 1914. Now, fourteen
years later, we are confronted with the
same problems in'a smaller world. Our
duty at present is to find some way to
unify classes, races, nations and creeds
in-order that there may be some kind of
sympathetic fellowship in Hjie world at
large. �                                          . �        >
Make One Community.
"John Dewey, in his book The Public
and Its Problems, says: 'The supreme
problem of the twentieth century is to
I transfor/h this great society into one
great common community.' The difficulty
i.-, hoy/ever, that we have thus far devel-
oped no common spirit. The great cities
have/acquired it; they have discovered the
secret of working together. This is the
situation which ought to prevail through-
out the world.
"A line in the play The World We Live
/>�. describes our present crisis perfectly:
'Here we all arc, all struggling for exis-
tence. Isn't it strange that we are all
struggling against each other? In God's,
name, why can't we stand and struggle
together?'
\
the
As-
sociation, Eastern Pennsylvania Branch,
cordially invites the Faculty'and stu-
dents of Bryn Mawr College to attend
the lectures for teachers to be held
Wednesday afternoons, February 8, Feb-
ruary 15 and February 29 at the College
Club, 1300 Spruce street, Philadelphia.
The subjects and speakers are: Feb-
ruary 9, Dr. Ernest M. Patterson, The
Economic Conference; February 15, Dr.
Charles G. Fenwick, Disarmament; Feb-
ruary 29, Dr. Charles H.,'Hodges, Eighth
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if we weren't.
*   *   *
Meditation of a Maniac.
If, as Wordsworth says, birth is sleep,
We think it decidedly cheap,
To upset all our dreams;
As they do, soit seems,
When exams knock us all in a heap.
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