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BRYN MAWR  (AND WAYNE). PA..   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19,'ld27
PRICE,   10 CENTS
G00DHART HALL
NEARS COMPLETION
Simplicity of Line Is the Chief
Architectural
Feature.
MUSIC   WING   IS  READY
Goodhart Hall, now nearly completed,
was the subject of Miss Park's talks in
Chapel on Wednesday and Friday. The
music and student wings of the building
are practically finished, although the
* Main Hall is not so far along, as its
cement arches took longer to settle than
was expected. The ground on the Cam-
pus side of the building has yet to be cut
away, and the dirt will be banked against
the road on the other side to make the
building stand out. Finally a road must
be built between Goodhart and Rocke-
feller with a wall to hide Rockefeller's
kitchen entrance.
The music wing, which will be ready
for use this week, has five practice
rooms on the lowest floor and above them
is the "Music Room," which contains an
organ and will seat about 200. Recitals,
classes, small lectures and perhaps morn-
ing chapel will be held here. The sound-
proofing of the practice rooms has not
even been attempted yet, and will be a
difficult job.
� In the Student's Wing is a Common
Room, as yet unfinished. It has rows of
large windows and a charming outlook
over the lower campus. A nonresident
club room, two committee rooms and a
tea pantry are also on tHe first floor.
Snow Flakes Are Scientific.
Because the most prominent character-
istic of the architecture of Goodhart
Hall is "simplicity of lines," the small
amount of ornate detail anywhere in the
building has been' wholly concentrated
within, or near, the auditorium. The
snow crystals, an intended digression
from the "traditional Gothic architecture,"
are, according to Miss Bascomb, "sci-
entifically correct."
As you ent'er the building there in a
small room to be used for exhibitions;
from there you proceed through the
"foyer," ticket room and telephone booth,
and find yourself in the main hall. The
auditorium presents. an appearance of
enormous space, accentuated by the huge
arches and the towers.
Directly opposite is the stage, 30 feet
wide between the 30-foot arches, and 30
feet deep. On the right of the stage,
facing out, are the various rooms for use
in connection with the stage, the property
room and the manager's office. Going up
the circular stairs brings you to four
dressing rooms on the right and rooms
for storage on the left.
Color to Be Used in Auditorium.
In the auditorium  itself the idea has
CONTINUED  ON  PAGH  2
STAR OF 1928'S FRESpAN SHOW
IS NOW SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
Deadlock    and     Re-elections
Create Stir in ll92o's �
Class Meeting.
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PICK   POPULAR   PEOPLE
Catherine Field
ORIGIN OF SPECIES
OF '31 ANNOUNCED
Babes   and   Sucklings   Show
Records of A's�Many
Credit Averages.
MAJORITY  EASTERNERS
Exclusive Policy Is
Pitfall in College
The first evening service of the Chris-
tian Association under the new system
was held in the chapel on Sunday, Oc-
tober 16. Barbara Loines, '28, conducted
the service and made a short, interest-
ing talk on the importance of choosing
the right policy in connection owith your
college associates.
"One of the fundamental principles in
the art of living is that an exclusive
policy is suicidal. Refusing to be inter-
ested in a person simply because she does
not pronounce her "a's" the way you
like to hear them pronounced, is ex-
cluding from your experience all the
richness that would come from knowing
her. But worse than that, your in-
difference makes her self-conscious and
afraid, and prevents all the most inter-
esting sides of her character from coming
to the surface. This is a very real pit-
fall in college life.
"It is the inclusive attitude that one
should endeavor to acquire. But that
does not mean being interested in every-
thing about people indiscriminately. It
is rather that happy faculty of approach-
ing people's ideas with an attitude of
reverence for the beauty in them. This
is one of the characteristics of 'true great-
The Freshman statistics have been an-
nounced and as usual, provide food for
thought. Only seven and four-tenths per
cent, come from west of the Mississippi.
Fifty-three students have parents in the
professions, 53 parents who are in busi-
ness or commerce, while 14 are unclassi-
fied. As usual, the predominant stock is
British and the majority of the class are
Episcopalians.
The complete statistics are as follows:
Fourteen of this year's Freshman class
are the daughters of lawyers, of physi-
cians and nine of engineers. The profes-
sors are not so prolific this year, provid-
ing   only   four   members   of  the  class.
whereas in the past they have had the
greatest number. There are 13 manufac-
turers represented, nine corporation
executives, seven merchants, six real es-
tate operators, five bankers and four
brokers, with the rest scattered.
Thirty-seven per cent. (45) of the
class have both parents who are without
college training, 36 per cent. (44) whose
fathers are college graduates and whose
mothers had no college training, while 20
have both parents college graduates.
Only 75 (62 per cent.) of this-year's
�class of 120 have both parents and grand-
parents native born. Last year 90 per
cent, of the class, or 114 out of 126 were
thus favored.
English is the sole stock of the paternal
grandparents of 50 freshmen and of the
maternal grandparents of 39. It forms
part of the stock .of 24 others on, their
parental side and of 33 others on their
maternal side. German is the second
greatest racial strain." The Southern Eu-
ropeans are just barely represented.
Fifty-five of the class are Episco-
palians, 20 Presbyterians and nine Jewish.
There are six Methodists, four Catholics
and a scattering of other denominations.
There are only five without affiliation.
They are 17 students with an average
of credit, 10 of whom are 17 and two of
whom are 16.
Four students have entered on honor-
able dismissal from other colleges�Mt.
Holyoke, Ohio State, Wellesley and the
University of California.
Eleven schools which have never be-
fore sent a girl here, prepared Freshmen.
Seven of those were public school
Eighty per cent, of the class was pre-
L pa red by private schools, 11 by public
and eight by both.
The average of the class is 18 years
and three months, the median 18 years
and three months, the least age 15 years
and 10 months and the greatest 20 years
<and ium,,,,"�'*
Catherine Field was elected 1928's
Class President at a meeting held
Wednesday, October 14. in the Denbigh
sitting room. Miss Field entered college
as the second New England Regional
Scholar, and starred duriAg her Fresh-
man year as the White Rabbit in the
Freshman Show. As a Sophomore she
was Class Secretary, besides being on the
C. A. Membership Committee and the C.
A. Welcoming Committee, of which she
has been a member for the last three
years. In her Junior year she was on
several more committees�the Student's
Building, the Junior-Senior Supper, and
the Glee Club Scenery. She was also
Hockey Manager, an office which she
continues to hold. She has been in Choir
and Glee Club every year and her athletic
record has been such that she was
awarded aVellow blazer last spring.
Old Officers Re-elected.
After a deadlock, which forced the
meeting to adjourn until the following
day. Marguerite Barrett was re-elected
Vice-President, and Elinor Amram was
re-elected Secretary.
Miss Barrett was on the Banquet Com-
mittee and Captain of the second basket-
ball team during her Freshman year. She
retained these offices in her Sophomore
year, and was also Treasurer of the Un-
dergraduate Association and on the Com-
mittee for investigating Big May Day.
In her Junior year she. was again on the
May Day Committee, and was Chairman
of the Senior-Junior Supper Dance. For
the last two years she has been Hall
President of Radnor.
In her Freshman year Miss Amram
was on the Scenery Committee for the
Freshman Show, and on the Property
Committee of Glee Club. As a Sopho-
more she continued to work for the Glee
Club, and was Chairman of the Sopho-
more-Senior Picnic. Last year she was
First Junior Member of the Undergradu-
ate Association, from which she rose to
be its Vice-President. In 1928's Banner
Show she was the unforgettable hero,
Horatio Wynal.
Tired of Altruism?
Try Scientific Study
"We have responsibilities toward the
community in which we live," said Dr.
Kingsbury, speaking at the Social Service
tea in Denbigh, October 11th.
Our activities fall into four spheres�
that of pur own individual life, of our
family life, of our jobs or economic life,
and of our social or community life.
Thsi is just as. true at college as it is at
horse, except that at college there is the
question of whether "community" in-
cludes only extra-curricular activities on
the tampus itself, or whether we owe
something to the locality in which we find
ourselves. During the war there was an
overwhelming amount of volunteer social
work; but now a reaction has set in. and
individualism is emphasized. "People are
getting awfully tired of altruism." How-
ever there is always a demand for a
larger group life, and it is to fill this
need that the Social Service here is in-
tended.
The  Bryn  Mawr  Community Center,
which   was  established   through   the col-
lege,  and   has   always   had   its   aid  and
support; the Haverford Center, and the
Blind School are, all opportunities for us
to see community ttfp. and its  problems.
A study of the difficulties and the meth-
ods by which they are met is invaluable
�^or anyone who intends to do any social
work in a small town.   Through this type
of work we are also able to give some-
thing in return for all we get; but per-
haps the most unique benefit is that here,
we have an unusual chance to observe
the scientific approach of those who have
made social problems their chief study.
Undergraduates Describe Work.
After Miss Kingbury's talty the under-
graduate chairmen of the centers told in
more detail what each center has to offer.
M.   Grace,   "29,   spoke  about  the   Blind
Schobl. describing the needs of die blind
boys to whom you may read.    M. Saun-
ders, '28, divided the work of the Bryn
Mawr Community Center into two sorts,
the library work, which will now include
reference  work,  and the  classes.    The
Haverford Center has many activities, as
F. Lee, '30, pointed out, but this year its
leaders are making an effort to specialize
the work.
B. M. DEFEATS
MAIN LINE BY 9-1
Last   Year's   Players    Missed
xThough Team Does
Good Work.
TWO GRADUATES PLAY
Princeton Man Outshines
Our Current Event Entry
The New York Times Current Events
Contest was won last Jmje by Darragh
Delancey, Jr., of Princeton, from a field
,of twenty. Bryn Mawr's entry was
Fredrica de Laguna, '27. Miss de
Laguna won the contest here�trial by
examination�and the prize of $250. Mr.
Delancey. who is twenty years old and
belongs to the class of 1928, won, in addi-
tion to the local prize, $500. The winner
for 1926 was Charles Wyzanski, of Har-
vard, who again won the Harvard local
contest this year, but was disqualified
from, the final race.
The examination consists of four
parts: a series of true-false questions, of
names and places to be identified, a list
CONTINUED  ON  PAOB  8
Urges Co-operation
Itarbara Loines, - President of the
Christian Association, makes this state-
ment to the News in regard to the new
system of Sunday services:
"The Sunday evening services of the
Christian Association will be led by out-
side speakers twice a month, according to
the vote taken last spring. On the re-
maining Sundays the services will be
shorter ones, led by an undergraduate or
member of the Faculty. We hope to
make a specialty of music in these
shorter services this year and are looking
forward to the advantages of an organ
and a beautiful room in Goodhart Hall.
"In view of the fact that there will be
only half as many visiting preachers this
year, we are counting on the support d"f
the Association in order to g�rect them
with a courteously large audience. Do
not let your friends give up going to
Chapel because they do not like the first
few speakers! The Religious Meetings
Committee has spent an active summer
procuring the best possible men. Give
Chanel a fair trial and see if you don't
agree wtih us that it is well worth main-
taining."
The hockey season started with a rush
when Varsity triumphed over Main Line
in a 9-1 victory last Saturday, October
1"). Considering the punctured condition
of the Bryn Mawr hacktield, our opening
game promised well for the future, al-
though Main Line proved to be less
formidable than the opponents in later
games are reputed to be. The brilliant
play of Seeley and Walker was badly
missed, though the new backs worked to-
gether quite well and for the most part
were decidedly adequate. The fact that
two graduate students, Hamilton and
Shaw, were numbered among the defense,
enhanced the interest of the game.-
Hirschberg did not seem quite sure of
herself in the first half thereby missing
several tackles she could have made suc-
cessfully, but she improved later. Stetson
seemed speedier than last season, and
Freeman, too, played well. As usual
Bruere contributed some pretty stops.
In the forward line Tuttlc and Guiter-
man shone because of their splendid tri-
angular passing and speed on the up-take.
Their teamwork was excellent. Strx, in
the center, had more push than usual,
while Longstreth,1 at .right inner, used
stick and head together. Loines was
swift as usual, but there was less inter-
play between her and her inner than took
place on the other side of the field.
The Main Line defense bunched con-
fusingly in front of the goal-.when the
ball entered the striking circle so that
clear shooting was more difficult, but
nqne the less the four forwards suc-
ceeded in pushing the ball through the
mass of legs time and time again. The
number of rooters was unprecedentedly
large and they proved a spirited group,
cheering and singing at every opportunity.
The lineup was:
Bryn Mawr: A. Bruere, A. Shaw, K.
Hirschberg, E Freeman, M. Hamilton,
J. Stetson, H. Tattle, H. Guiterman****,
E Stix***, S. Longstreth**, B. Loines.
Main Line:    LeFevre,  P.  Harris,  M.
Clark,  C. Clothier, A. Brill, Mrs. Wal-
lace, G. Walker,  I.  Lippincott, L.  Mor-
ris*, J. DeRuc (Capt.).
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Varsity Dramatic Production to
Be Artistic Although Amateur
The Varsity Dramatic Committee will
not be daunted by the fact that everyone
is thinking of May Day. They ho�e to
be able to produce a play in the fall
term, which will in a way lead up to the
important production of the year. The
play will not be so elaborate as those of
previous years, but for that reason will
perhaps be more fun. The aim of the
committee is to pick a simple enough
play, so that no outside help in coaching
will be needed. This will give a wider
scope for the actors to exercise their own
powers of interpretation; and some of the
committee members who have had the
oppprtuniry in the past to work under
the professional coaches can now apply
*rnat thefT**- \^,*a
The staging, too, will be simple, re-
quiring ingenuity rather than expense.
Curtains will be experimented with, as
lights and the blending of colors. In
fact the whole thing is to be experi-
mental, and the results should be judged
with this in mind.
Although Varsity Dramatics is still a
rather new thing* in the college, still the
last few plays^fave been polished and
perfected to such an extent that some-
thing, simpler may perhaps come as a
relief. It will at any rate be a change,
and therefore of interest. And if the
committee has learned anything from
its past successes, this new effort should
be arjivk.ind sat^jajjprv *~ - .,
high'degree.''        ^
Conditioned Oralists
Get Second Chance
In chapel on Monday morning Dean
Manning spoke of the new arrangement
of Orals for seniors. Ever since Bryn
Mawr opened there have been language
examinations in French and German; the
plan of these has been changed from
year to year. They are given so as to
insure a reading knowledge of the
languages for all graduates of the !b\-
lege. This is felt to be essential for any
student who expects to do advanced work,
to make her at all cosmopolitan in her
subject.
Originally the examinations were
taken singly and orally by seniors clad in
cap and gown. But the Faculty objected
to this on the grounds that it made the
whole burden fall upon the senior year,
when the major or advanced work was
being done. So the examinations were
given in the spring of the junioc year,
and conditions were made up in the fall.
They were also changed from oral to
written tests. Then the further objection
was made that a girl who failed in her
senior year had no further chance to take
the examination until after her class had
graduated although she might have, the
time and opportunity to study for it
Therefore this last change was made.
Seniors who fail now are divided into'
two groups. One, consisting of those
whp appear to the committee to have
fundamental knowledge of the language
is graded as conditioned. The girls in
this group are to take a course in the
language, counting as a one-hour elective,
and an examination in the spring. The
other group is to be graded as faded and .
to be treated as heretofore. S'rns'-ipUn-�� �""
is to go into effect this year.