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The College News
VOL. XIV.   No. 8.
BRYN MAWR, (AND WAYNE), PA..   WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1927
PRICE,   10 CENTS
NOT ONE, BUT, MANY
LABOR PROBLEMS
Adjustment  of Purposes Re-
places Elimination as
Solution.
BOTH.   SIDES     WIN
Arbitration through co-operation was
the subject on which Dr. William Leiser-
son, of Antioch, spoke in Taylor on
Wednesday evening, November 30. Dr.
Leiserson began by sketching the history
of labor economics.
"Toward the end  of the last century,
when � students first began to study this
question, they spoke of the labor problem.
They had the conception of two forces,
capital   and   labor,   between   which   fric-
tion developed.    Following out "his me-
chanical  analogy  they  thought  that   if
only   you   could   find   a   single   remedy
everything would go on   well.    But  the
more  they  studied  the  more  they  saw-
how complex the situation was and that
there are not one, but many labor prob-
lems.    There  must   be   a   solution   for
each.   The conception* was now of social
evils or abuses.   The fallacy of this is
that for instance, a strike may be a posi-
tive benefit from the point of view of the
workman, but from that of the employer
it is an abuse.   It was soon discovered,
too, that each new remedy brings its evils
as when Taylor found that working men
struck    against    scientific    management,
which was to be the perfect panacea.
Clash  Between  Manager  and  Work-
man
"Now we speak of Industrial Rela-
tions�of adjusting difficulties between
human beings, not of eliminating friction
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McElwain Resigns
Thi/College News announces
with deep regret the resignation of
Pauline McElwain, '28, as busi-
ness manager. Mary Gaillard, '28,
has been elected to take her place.
\ Miss McElwain, who has been on
� the board since her freshman year,
has been forced to resign from the
pressure of work. Last year she
was subscription manager. Miss
Gaillard has been on the News for
two years. She is business man-
ager of the Senior Class Book.
THIRTY-FOUR IN
RACE FOR CROWN
Exhibition Series
Modern Painters Featured in
Wyndham by Generosity of
Mrs. Hinchman.
Buck, Beth and Jan
Three Brynmawrtyrs made the
All-American Hockey team chosen
at St. Louis this past^week. Janet
Seeley "87, Mildred Buchanan '24,
and Beth Tuttie Wilbur '24, arc
the triumphant three.,
Jan has been a member of All-
Philadelphia two years and of All-
American Reserve, Buck and Beth
for several. Buck has been assist-
ant to Miss Applebee for three
years and Jan is helping with May
Day as well as being a reader in
the   Psychology   Department.
Potential May Queens Parade
Before Critical Crowd in
Gymnasium.
MRS.    COLLINS    SPEAKS
NOT MARRIAGE OR
CAREER, BUT BOTH
DO NOT BE A DOORMAT
News from Russia
Miss Park Tells of Break Be-
tween Two Wings of
Soviet.
The recent melodramatic news from
Russia was the subject of Miss Park's
speech in chapel, Monday, December 5.
The celebration of the tenth anniversary
of the Soviet Government has coincided
curiously with the definite break in the
relationship of the two wings of the
Soviet party. The anniversary was
marked by the summing up of the Soviet
experiment throughout Europe, and
great celebration, including both military
and civic displays. Besides these two
events, the startling statements made by
the Russian delegates to the Geneva
Conference have made everyone else un-
comfortable, as no one had considered
going as far as these delegates have.
Radicals Gained Power
On the seventh of November, 1917,
the first notice was given to the world
of the taking over of the government by
the Left Wing of the Kerensky party.
This party had been in control for some
months and the usurping of the power
by one part of it was considered tem-
porary and worthy of little notice. How-
ever, with some trepidation, this party
continued to rule for four years. In
1921, seeming to have some solidarity
for the first time, it ventured to make a
great change. This change was consid-
ered in some quarter* as a sign of weak-
ness; in others, a sign of strength.
Lenm, although, purely communistic
in belief, realized that his government
could not succeed in a non-communistic
world without some sort of compromise.
He felt that a change of policy was
necessary and that he had enough
strength for it. The change was made.
It entailed a going-backward from the
original communistic plan; private trade
was permitted within the state, and was
both permitted and protected with other
nations; and many government monopo-
lies were given up. This change was
never approved by Trotsky, and other
men of the old party.
Trotsky a Prisoner
When,  in 1924,  Lenin died,  his  place
wasflfcen by his secretary, a man of his
own^fcey, who has been able to carry
on   mWwork.    Now   Trotsky   has   been
The great college beauty parade took
place in the gym on Tuesday', December
6, when the candidates fo/ May queen
were exhibited in all their/glory. Thirty-
four of them, there wete, all vision of
loveliness clad in gowns *long, loose and
light." Statistics compiled at the event
may be of interest. Blondes, of course,
predominate�not only "gentlemen" pre-
fer them, it seems � there were 23
blonde, 10 brunette, and one red, heads.
As to classes, 14 of these beauties were
Freshmen, 10 were Sophomores, 6 Jun-
iors and only 4 Seniors; which goes to
�show that wisdom and beauty do not go
hand in hand.
Names for Mailing List.
After some preliminary 'singing they
enter, in a dazzling mass, to the strains
of "God bless them, they need it," and
were grouped on the platform facing the
curious crowd. With all this beauty as-
sembled at her feet, Mrs. Collins wa*
forced to speak, on the less artistic side
of May Day�the financial situation. She
urged the co-operation of the student
body, in arranging the mailing and pa-
troness lists. She then said that at the
last May Day, the undergraduates show-
ed a remarkable spirit, in spite of the
dismal fact of rain. "I hope," she added,
"that you will show the same spirit, but
I hope to heaven it won't be from the
same cause." In choosing the queen, she
emphasized the publicity value of that
character.    "It is by means of her photo-
\Bryn Mawr is to have exhibits in
Wyndham of the work of the modern
.painters for periods of three weeks. This
wonderful good fortune is being made
possible by the interest of Mrs. Russell
Hinchman, who is giving a great deal of
time to arranging with dealers and paint-
ers for material for the exhibits.
It will be possible to have almost any-
one for whom the college expresses a
prediliction, since the dealers are anxious
to co-operate. At present the exhibition
is of Degas and Mary Cassatt. In the
succession throughout the year, one
group will stay until the next conies.
Plans  are being  made  whereby  the Woman  Faces   Responsibility
painters of the group on exhibit are to            R      Famij      to Society,
be  giv�n  teas,   where they  can   talk  m-                                  �"   .
formally  about their work.                                                            "�
Art Club Welcomes Exhibition
The Art Club is naturally very much
interested in this project. One of its
officers made this statement about how
much it means to them:
"Our drawing and painting is enor-
mously valuable to us as a means of
creative expression, but it is almost as
necessary for us to have the stimulus of
seeing great works of art as it is for the
music students to hear good music. Very
few of us arc able to get to New York
and even if we could, we would not be
able to make the careful study of the
technique and style of different painters
which an fjchibition on the campus af-
fords us.
"Not only is the student who actually
draws to be considered, the value to
her is obvious, but there is also the stu-
dent who has no ability^in working with
her hands and yet who has a keen ap-
preciation of art. In still another group
belongs the third class of undergradu-
ates, the large body of people who
say, "I know what I like when I see
it." Part' of the ambftion of the Art
Club is to interest this type of student
in art, and it seems to us that the series
of exhibitions of all kinds of painting
will do this more effectively than any-
thing else could."
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ZEBRA ADDED TO
COLLEGIATE ZOO
Deserts and Dining Cars Used
in Well-Planned Fresh-
/         man Show.
GOOD   COLOR   EFFECTS
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Exhibits in New Museum
Placed Chronologically
A new museum is being built in Phila-
delphia, or rather the Pennsylvania Mu-
seum is moving into a new building and
assembling its exhibits which, through
lack of space, have been scattered. The
same building will house others of the
city's   famous   collections.
The arrangement of the new museum
is on an interesting plan. On the principal
exhibition floor will be shown a selec-
tion of the finest works of painting and
sculpture, which everyone wants to see.
They will be found in a series of gal-
leries ranged in historic order and ac-
companied by the furniture and objects
of   their   time.     By   following   only  the
Youth Not Joyous!
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main  street of the Museum, the visitor
will   retrace   the   pageant  of   European jegCi due to the great proximity, is an
Solution    to    Undergraduate
Unhappiness Seen in
Friendship.
Josephine Young, '28, spoke in the
chapel service, Sunday, December 4.
"There is more unhappiness on a col-
lege campus than anywhere else in the
world," said Miss Young, quoting a
previous speaker. "This may be some-
what exaggerated, but jn general it is
true. The sources of the difficulty- are
several. In the first place, all coflege
students, on entrance, make an abrupt
break with their previous environment.
They feel their independence for the
first time and are apt to carry it to an
extreme. In the second place, the aver-
age student enters college at a time
when, if she remained home, she would
be shouldering some of the responsibility
of the home. In college, although it is
expected of her, she is all too apt to
forget her responsibility.
Trials of College Life
"The   difficulty is that   life  in   a   col-
The problem of marriage and career,
a subject much discussed and argued
over at present, is nothing but the top
of the scale of which the combination of
job and home life represents the bottom.
Mrs. Gilbreth. speaking on this topic
in Rockefeller Hall, Friday, December
2, elaborated this topic, giving illustra-
tions from her own home life.
"Don't magnify your troubles," she
said. "Every woman today has a triple
responsibility to face�to her family, to
society, and to herself. Even the baby
of a large family is not exempt from
responsibility."
Reconcile Work with  Home Life
The difficulty of rectniciling your wjark
with your home life becomes more ap-
parent at the school and college age.
Some people make a success at this from
the beginning; others don't chiefly be-
cause they dislike work. A cheerful
philosophy of work is essential to hap-
piness in home or job; without it dis-
couragement or failure arc sure.
When various jobs arc analyzed they
are fouqd to depend on many points of
likeness: quick motion is as useful to a
housekeeper as to a typist; self-control
is important in any task. Physical health
is always an essential, and there is little
excuse today for the lack of it.
As to mental ability, tests have been
made on children and abnormals showing
that a mental age of eight is sufficient
to perform all the acts of housekeeping.
Therefore would it not be possible to
train children in cooking and sewing
before they are eight, and the urge for
teaching household skills after college
could be abandoned? A young girl just
engaged is in no mood to learn house-
keeping�it is much easier to acquire it
earlier.
Some women devote themselves to
housekeeping   because   they    have    the
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That there is considerable talent in the
Freshman Class was revealed by their
show in the gym Saturday night, De-
cember 3.
"Sahara Error" was a surprise to those
who thought that the short time alloted
for preparation might prove an obstacle
in the way of achievement. Although
the lack of rehearsals, evident through--
out, detracted somewhat from the finish
of the whole, it resulted in an air of
informality, and spontaneity, which is
the very essence of a "skit."
The first act, in the Palm Room of
S. S. Lunatica, was the least good. Not
quite bad enough to be a burlesque on
ship's concerts, neither was there variety
enough to carry it over as it was. The
scenery and costume committees, how-
ever, deserve congratulation for their
work here as elsewhere. The pots of
withering ivy, in place of palms, was a
delightful touch. The characters, some
of whom had appeared in the prologue,
were all there, but unfortunately had too
little to do. We regret that we saw so
little of Karl, the wonderfully wild
archaeologist.
Dining Car "Realistic"
The dining car on the African Express
defies description. With realistic un-
steadiness the passengers lurched in,
while the waiter tottered from table to
table. All it needed was the smell of
cabbage to complete the illusion. No, we
take that back�nothing was needed.
The third scene was the main one. In
it there were four excellent choruses,
whose dances were the more effective
through their simplicity. Their appear-
ances were nicely interwoven with the
action of the scene. Before the temple
the great movie love scene was being
shot when it was interrupted by the entry
of a sheik and his lady, who were com-
petent to teach the actors much about
their trade. In a foreign but familiar
language these Arabs conversed, the
climax, and the clinch, coming after a
shout of "Elpis megale." Then with a
cry of "Elpis my golly," the sheik cap-
tured the movie queen, leaving his lady
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art from the time of Christ onward to
the most vitally modern of contempo-
rary work, or, in Asia, from the austere
beginnings in India and China down to
the last flowering of the delicate art of
Japan.
For the specialist there is to be ranged
on the floor below, the multitude of
minor objects in porcelain, glass, metal,
textiles, prints and other specimens of
which only the finest have been taken for
display in the period galferies. Here
there will be opportunity to examine,
compare and handle any material a stu-
dent wishes to consult
There are plans for classes to be held
in connection with the schools and for
traveling exhibits.
A great deal of all this has already
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intense one. A few people fit in well,
but the greater number find themselves
at first'wholly unqualified as far as gen-
eral fitness is concerned. The outside
-world laughs at this idea of unhappi-
ness. It looks upon youth as the joyous
element in life. The truth is, however,
that youth is very often bewildered and
miserable; not all of us, of course, but
a very definite  few.
"It would be impossible to rid our-
selves of this difficulty and unfortunate
if we could, for itfAtrs a ballast to our
lives. Some find satisfaction in the pur-
suits of a schola^; they have the power
and ability to do sdr-^Qthers are actually
connected with college as*1ittle as pos-
sible and attend e*tt�ei with utter indif-
'erence.- Thes* i*e hie '�'?-ernes, how-
en- ����   if                   r.  *
Foreign Students Plan
Party of Many Features
The foreign students have organized
their talents and will perform at an in-
formal evening entertainment on Friday-
evening at 8 o'clock in the Music Wing of
Goodhart Hall.
The committee in charge of affairs are
C. Hamilton, M. Hutchinson, M. Pat-
kaniowscka, assisted by Miss Sweeny and
Miss Gehring. Miss Gehring is a grad-
uate student in music, and will play ac-
companiments; Miss Sweeny will im-
personate America. We are told that
several undergraduates have also aided
in providing costumes, properties and
noise.
The  features  of  the evening  include
Democracy a Failure?
Bertrand Russell  Calls Fail-
ure a Comparative
Term.
Bcctrand Russell, who is speaking in
Taylor on Saturday evening, December
10, on a philosophical subject, has recently
given an interview which embodies his
ideas on democracy. Is democracy a
failure? is one of the subjects he has
been debating since he has been in this
country.
Mr.  Russell says:
"Failure is a comparative term and,
when people say that 'democracy is a
failure,' presumably they mean that it has
not realized all that its ardent adyocates
at one time hoped for�but, when one
compares it with any other form of Gov-
ernment which has actually been tried,
one observes that the two most successful
nations in the world�namely, America
and Great Britain�are firmly wedded to
it; certainly owe a portion of their suc-
many   folk   songs,   and   three  national
dances, for one of which a "vocal bag-, c�s to it.
pipes" will function* Besides European 1    "Those who argue for some land of
..i � nSZ :. Jk____,~t  *�A ?!�.�.  minority Government always assume that
the minority which will get power will
be their own crowd, but it is just as
likely to be some opposing faction which
will cut their heads off. Ha system other
than democracy must be. based upon mili-
tary force and is liable at any moment
to be upset by an insurrection it is, there-
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countries, China is represented, and there
are rumors that the representative will
give lessons in � making relightable
matches.
Although a great many countries are
represented, the performers say that they
are not to be mistaken for the League of
Nations! However, we hear that there
are four'ft* neople taking part.  .   .  .