College News, 1929-02-20, Vol. 15, No. 13

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The College News
VOL. XV, NO. 13
15RYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PiL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1929
PRICE.   10 CENTS
DEMOCRACY AND
ITS ENEMIES
Norman   Thomas    Sees    Ne-
cessity    of    Political
.Philosophy
STRESSES COLLECTIVISM
On Wednesday afternoon, February 13,
Norman Thomas spoke in the music
room under the auspices of the Under-
graduate Association. His subject was
"Democracy and Its Enemies;" "after we
made the world safe for democracy, we
. wondered � what it was, anyway." Ideal-
istically we are better off as a nation
simply because we have had an idea; ourv
criticism of the idea as it exists in fact
does not detract from the glory of it as
as immaterial thing. We know that .it is
- worth thinking about the masses and
their rights�this conception had never
dawned upon men during the other,
great periods of civilization; the idea is
still young today, and we have our
doubts, but sometimes it is very wise to
"doubt one's doubts."
Bertrand Russell says that men fear
thought more, than anything else in the
world, and "this did not necessarily mean
that he did not intend to implicate women
in the remark," added Mr. Thomas.
People will not listen to serious discus-
sion in these days unless the subject has
been "jazzed up." (Mr. Thomas, inci-
dentally, managed to do just that in a
most amusing way.) The elite in our
democracy are bored by its ideals; we
think in terms of a crowd, and crowds
are fearsome things; it is just this sort
of psychology which makes the world
an interesting place for dictators, poli-
ticians, advertisers (the poets of the pres-
ent generation) and others.. They have
caught uS out in the spirit of mob
thinking; arifl they are able to keep us
within a rather close limit of control. We
have come to believe in a set of slogans
which have long ago outworn their use-
fulness, or which were never intended in
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Chapel Programs
Mr. Cadbury will speak in Chapel on
Friday                     �
On Monday morning Miss Schenk will
speak about opportunities for- study in
France.
Mr. Willoughby will give a musical
program in Chapel on Wednesday.
President Park has announced that
beginning on Wednesday, February 20,
Chapel will begin at 10.50 instead of
10.55.
VARSITY VICTOR
IN FIRST GAME
Game  With Baltimore Rapid
and Well Played on
Both Sides
SECOND TEAM IS SLOW
Three to Be Represented at
Model Assembly of League
Three delegates from Bryn Mawr will
attend the Model Assembly of the League
of Nations which is to be held at Vas-
sar this week-end. February 22 and 23.
The- Bryn Mawr contingent, who are
Virginia Fain, head of the delegation,
Constance Hand and Elizabeth Linn, are
to 'be the Italian Representatives of the
League. Tliey *a*� . �?aged in pre-
paring themselves for the political at-
mosphere by extensive reading.
The program at Vassar will begin with
an address of welcome by President Mac-
Cracken at 2.30 P. M.^on Friday, and
the Jast session will be held on Saturday
afternoon. Reports will be heard from
the Committee on the Personnel and
Work of the Secretariat, from the
Permanent Mandate Commission and
from a special Committee on the applica-
tion of the Monroe Doctrine. Each mem-
ber of the Bryn Mawr delegation is ex-
pected to be informed on one of these
topics, Miss Fain on the work of the
Secretariat, Miss Linn on Mandates, and
Miss Hand on the Monroe Doctrine.
They are expected to take the Italian at-
titude throughout.
On Saturday ^morning Mr. James G.
McDonald, Chairman of the Foreign
Policy Association, will lecture on the
"A-tteged Weaknesses or Defects in the
League Machinery."
The Model Assemble of the League of
Nations is one of the means by which
the National Student Federation of
America attempts to stimulate thought on
international problems among undergrad-
uates, and to bring them together to
express their ideas.
Freshmen Commended
Varsity made a promising beginning
to the basketball season Saturday morn-
ing, February 16, when Bryn Mawr de-
feated Baltimore, 25-15. The game was
fast and exciting. The Baltimore team
passed neatly and well. Their players
hardly had to look where they^hrcw the
ball because the receiver was always in
the correct place. This was Bryn Mawr'^
only perceptible weakness, a slight slow-
ing of the -game while the player with
the ball looked around for some one to
pass the ball to. There arci however,
exceptions to all rules and the pass from
Baer or Blanchard to' Totten, forward
was almost always successful.
Varsity on the whole out-played Bal-
timore during the first part of the game,
but after the few minutes time out in
the last quarter (Shoemaker had to re-
cover from the disastrous effects of a
collision with Baer) the visitors let loose.
Varsity by that time felt almost sure of
a victory and awoke with a start to find
that Baltimore was playing better and
faster basketball. Both teams fought
hard but Varsity held the lead.     �
The center, proved to be the hole in
the visitor's armor. Cassard was slow
and ineffectual and their guards often
had to throw long passes to the forwards.
But Cassard was at, a disadvantage, she
was playing opposite Blanchard, who is
fast and exceptionally good at interfer-
ence, although inclined to be a little wild
in passing.
The honors of the game go to Totten,
forward for Varsity, and to Clarkson,
forward for Baltimore. Totjen was fast
and dependable; she made up for Hum-
phrey's tardiness at certain critical mo-
ments. Totten was good but Clarkson
was spectacular. Although" playing out
of her usual position and at a disadvan-
tage on account of her size and poor eye
sight, she was the real star of the game,
quick, alert and always moving. She
made the most of every opportunity
The lifre-up was:
' Varsity�B.  Humphreys,  '31,  212212;
E. Totten, '31, 222221311; E. Baer, '31;
E. Blanchard, '31; E. Freeman, '20; H.
Moore, '32.
Baltimore�Clarkson. 221112; Tyson.
1122; Shoemaker. Cassard, Gardner.
Erickson.
Referee�Perkins.
Lantern Tea
Tug Lan�rn cordially invites
all freshmen who are interested in
writing or drawing to a tea to be
given Monday, February 25,-from
4.30 to 6 in H. Wright's room, 21
Pembroke West.
.   Second Varsity-
Second Varsity followed  in  Varsity's
footsteps   Saturday   morning,   February
16, and defeated The Saturday Morning
Club. 26-23.
It is a pity that Second Varsity has to
play after Varsity because it is such a let-
down. Saving the best for the last might
work in athletics, too. The passing in
Saturday's game was slow and often
wild. The playing generally looked like
a slow motion picture in comparison with
the first game. McCully played a con-
sistent game and successfully kept the
visitors' score down. Rash in side center
played well but hardly had an opportun-
ity to show her ability. Johnsojr, who took,
Hirshberg's place the second half, added
materially to the score but had a ten-
dency to hog the ball which was unneces-
sary with Engle there to help her.
Engle was the tone consoling feature
about the game. She handles a'basket-
ball  in a very competent  manner.    In
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All-College Revue Is Suggested
by Miss Park.
Miss Park highly commended the
l-'reslunan Show in chapel, on Monday
morning, February 18. She declared that
aside from the excitement of the scenes,
there was an atmosphere of calmness and
serenity,' that the pleasure of the per-
formers was evident, that the whole thing
moved very easify (perhaps due to the
fact that this is the first class to use
Goodh,grt for its Freshman Show), that
the opening was good, that the scenery
was charming and effective, and the
dancing excellent.                         ,
.Miss Park then pointed out that there
was an application of her remarks to
dramatics in general at Bryn Mawr.
There are more dramatics at Radcliffe,
for instance; more emphasis is placed on
it there, and the drama courses at Har-
vard are an added advantage. On . the
whole, it is not a theory, but an actual
tact, that amateurs cannot do finished
acting. We must realize the problems
presented to someone acting a difficult
and subtle woman's part, or a man's part,
and not expect excellent and expert act-
ing, in any  thing but exceptional cases.
It is therefore a pity, continued Miss
Park, to lay emphasis on finished and
expert acting, and to choose plays in
which everything stands and falls by jhe
acting alone. It would be far better to
take something fresh and original that
can't be seen elsewhere. It may be either
very old, or the original work of a col-
lege student, but its freshness is all-
important. It would remove the dis-
advantage of almost certain disappoint-
ment and discouragement. The college
should be able to do something very
interesting with costumes and back-
grounds, and really ought to do the
actual preparation of the latter them-
selves, instead of having it done by the
college men.
We are not isolated from urban life,
here at Bryn Mawr. and so we have com-
petitors in the professionals in Phila-
delphia. We must see what our best
chance of offering something interesting
is. Miss Park suggested that an all-
college revue might be very good,. It
would be fresh and original, and lend it-
self to production, arid be better than a
cut and dried thing that could be seen
at any theater. We can get the point
of view from the Freshman Showf* and
everyone in Bryn Mawr who is at all
interested in Dramatics could do some-
thing on the preparation of a produc-
tion of this type.
FRESHMAN PLAY SHOWS TOUCH
IN PROPERTIES IS PROFESSIONAL
The Debating Club
Bryn Mawr's Varsity Debating
Team (as yet unchosen) will de-
bate against Swarthmore some-
time in. April. The question is,
"Resolved, That Advertising Is
Detrimental to theJWorld." _ We
have asked for the affirmative, but
that side of the situation hasn't
been decided either.
Liberal Club Announces
Extension of Membership
Hazel Seligman, '30, the President of
the Liberal Club which has been carry-
ing on a quiet existence for nearly two
years, has announced that the club plans
to extend its sphere of activity. Hitherto
the members have been Seniors and
Juniors who have been individually in-
vited to take part in the club discussions,
which take place every other Sunday
night. It has now been decided, how-
ever, to offer membership to any under-
graduates or graduate student who is
interested in domestic and international!
problems of current interest, and who is
willing to take an active part in the
club's activities. Miss Seligman there-
fore requests anyone who is interested
to come to see her between 1.30 and
2 P. M. any day this week, in Room
10-12 Pembroke East. The appeal ts
especially directed to Fresnmen, Sopho-
mores and Graduate students, as they
have hitherto had no part in the club,
but any member of any class will be
welcomed.
The discussions which have been held
so far this year have dealt with such
subjects as Italy under Mussolini, Soviet
Russia, Companionate Marriage, and so
forth. It is the custom of the club to
select a topic two weeks in advance and
give each member some particular aspect
of the problem to study. In this way the
members are led to take an active as well
as passive interest in the questions under
discussion. The club may also invite
outside speakers to talk at its meetings.
Emphasis of College Has
Changed in a Few Years
In Chapel on Wednesday morning
Miss Carey announced a consecutive
plan for the remaining of her weekly
chapel talks during the second semester.
For several weeks she will talk upon vari-
ous aspects in college life; she will next
consider certain phases of literature�
bpoks and authors of interest to her; and
lastly she will discuss some of the out-
standing social problems of the day.t^
Miss Carey started right off on the
series with a delightful comparison of
the college-as it was when she was
there�but a short decade ago�and the
college of today. Apparently there were
amazing differences, above all/in the
curriculum of academic work. The
amount of required work almost exceed-
ed the amount of elective work that it
was possible to take in the limited time.
Thus there was little opportunity to
specialize.' Much of the work was ar-
ranged on the five-hour basis which al-
lowed scarcely any chance for variation
in aschedule-of classes during the week.
This system appears to have been very
stiff and rigid but it was advantageous
in that students didn't rush from one
thing to another.
Athletics were carried on in the same
highly organized system. There were five
hours of required exercises�hours that
permitted no individual expression. In
Miss Carey's class itself, which consisted
of 64 girls�there were live hockey teams
and during her freshmaVycar 11 basket-
ball teams.
The boundaries between classes were
held to be inviolable and almost sacred.
The seniors were set apart somewhat as
minor dieties. Miss Carey confessed that
she is still a bit scared of anyone from
the class of 1917. This class spirit meant
necessarily much emphasis upon song-
writing and songj} were composed for
everything imaginable�something which
we miss nowadays. Every party must
needs have a song. Miss Carey recalls
the first two lines of the Senior Recep-
tion  Song that her  class sang:
"1920 thanks you for your party here
We think you're fine, because yon are
so kind-."
To make up songs and to have all par-
ties conducted with proper attention to
detail there were innumerable class meet-
ings apd committees, including a War
Council�formidable title�which worked
to   raise   monev   to   send   war-workers
Prehistoric  Life   Made  Vivid
by Realistic and Effec-
tive Costume
COHERENCE IS LACKING
The chief fault to be found with all
Freshman Shows is that the producers
forget their amateur standing in an un-
successful attempt to be professional. In
spite of the almost professional excellence
of the lighting, scenery and costumes
(Varsity Dramatics might well learn
something from the Freshman "men")
we must find this fault with the produc-
tion of 1932,'presented in Goodhart,
Saturday evening. We came away with
the feeling that the Freshmen had made
a gallant attempt to achieve something
just a' little too big for thera.
After the campus cat had made a
leisurely pilgrimage across the stage, the
curtain song�well sung�gave the signal
for the prologue. The familiar gestures
of Lucy Swift as the harassed poet seem-
ed" exaggerated and over-played through-
out the performance.   If it had not been
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Study in Germany
abroad. For this students pledged great
sums and then tried to redeem their in-
debtedness by shining shoes or by re-
sorting to various other devices for rais-
ing money.
Many more rules existed in the self-
government handbook. There was more
dignity in attending to these rules, less
individualism and no boasting whatso-
ever about breaking any regulation.
Week-ends were almost unthdught of�
Saturdays and Sundays were spent in
reading and playing together.    �
"Perhaps this sounds like a doleful
picture," Miss Carey concluded, "but I
can assure you that it wasn't doleful.
We were less blase, with less chance for
self-expression and with more inclination
to work together. A slightly different
emphasis existed, not so much upon
work as upon inside activities. Now there
is less general enthusiasm and much
more particular enthusiasm. The swing
is from' general things to the arts. And
even if the alumnae do say that things
are not the same, this swinging is signifi-
cant of progress, and an exceedingly in-
terestfng progress."
Dr.  Diez Recommends Summer
Courses at German
Universities.
Professor  Max   Diez of  the German
department    spoke    in    Chapel,    Friday
morning, on the opportunity of studying ,
in Germany in the summer.
"The opportunities for taking fjKday
courses in Germany increase so fast that
it is impossible to keep up with them,"
Mid Professor Diez. The best places to
go. according to Mr. Diez, are the fol-
lowing :
Hamburg, August .">-24; three weeks of-
work with excursions to Xubeck, Lune-
bergcr, Ifude.    After this there will be '
two weeks' tour to Frankfort, Heidelberg,
The Rhine, Cologne, etc.
Kassel, July 15-August 31; there are
airplane lines daily to London, Brussels,
Rotterdam, Prague, Hanover, Frankfort,
Berlin, etc. Kassel is a beautiful city,
having live museums. The university is
organizing full winter courses for Ameri-
can students.
Marburg, -three weeks of study in Au-
gust, the f�Mirth week is devoted to sight-
seeing.*                *
Jena, August 1-15; two weeks _of
study, twenty-four hours of total work.
There arc excursions to Vienna, poethe
was the President of the board of the
University. Luther translated hisl Bible
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Heidelberg, June 24-August 3; Ele-
mentary courses are given here, also trips
to the Rhine valley, to ruined castles and
also the Black Forest.
Munich, July 10-August 7; lectures are
also given in elementary courses. There
arc trips to the Bavarian Highlands and
the Lake Countries.
Berlin, July 11-August 21; five lan-
guage courses are given here�the largest
program offered in the country. The
"courses arc given both in German and
in English. After the session there will
be organized trips to all parts of Ger-
many.
"I would like to recommend Munich
or Berlin. The whole session is six
weeks in both places; but you can take
half session. The advantage of study-
ing in Heidelberg, which opens early In
June, is that you will be able to see
German universities in operation if you
make a tour after you finish your work
there.
"I have not said anything about ex-
penses," said Professor Diez in conclu-
sion, "because* they are ridiculously
cheap."
Self-fJovernment Announces
Students are reminded that the per*
mission to smoke in the village was given
for tea-houses only. This does not in-
clude such places as drug stores- candy
stores or stores with soda fountains.