College News, 1929-03-20, Vol. 15, No. 17

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The College
VOL. XV, NO. 17
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,1929
PRICE.   10 CENTS
COLONIAL HISTORY
OFFERS WIDE FIELD
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English   Background   of   Our
Early History too Often
Neglected.
MATERIAL   IS    MASSIVE
On Saturday evening, March 16, Dr.
Charles Mac Lean Andrews returned to
Bryn Mawr and lectured in Goodhart
auditorium on "Our Colonial History.""
Dr. Andrews was introduced as .a pro-
fessor who has taught "under three aca-
demic Hags," Bryn Mawr, Johns Hop-
kins, and Yale, but he is also a � scholar
and has' specialized in the topic on which
he spoke. The aspect of our Colonial
evolution laid-�|kmi by Mr. Andrews was.
fresh and untrammeled.'of course, by the
rabid current theories and provincialism;
the subject was thrown effectively upon
the screen of the wide research and rich
discoveries in motion today.
The cause of history in general and
our Colonial history in particular has
many'followers and few devotees�the
popular treatises so much in vogue skim
the cream and whip it into froth, and
works of "longuejialeine" are being re-
placed by syncopated history. At a time
when the M.t. Wilson Observatory is
constantly working to approach the hem
of the'unknown in science, history, cer-
tainly a field of equal importance has
need of a laboratory and should be stud-
ied as the physicist studies 'the atom.
The historian's humility increases when
he realizes the amount of the raw mate-
rial�the unknown and the, half-known ;
and it is this charm that lures him on.
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The News Elects
The COLLEGE News is delighted
to announce that it has made the
following additions to its staff, as
a result of the competition which
,has lie'en in progress for the last
three  weeks.
Elected to. the Editorial Board:
Rose Hatfie'.d '31. Dorothea Pcr-
kjns '31. Lucy Sanborn,- '31.
Elected to the Business Board:
Yvonne Cameron '31. Molly At-
more '31..
Varsity Defeated
Bennett and Totten Star; Game
.   Lost in the First
Quarter.
BARBARA CHANNING EUROPEAN
FELLOW WITH 292 HONOR POINTS
Father Baisnee Speaks
Christianity     and     Humanism
Found in St. Francis
de Sales.
On Sunday evening, March 17, Father
Baisnee. professor, of philosophy at the
Sulpician Seminary in Washington,
spoke in the Music Room on St. Francis
� de Sales, Christian Humanist. He began
' by asking a question: Must we choose
between Christianity and Humanism, or
can Christianity be a blessing, and foster
love of human nature ?" In St. Francis
de Sales is the answer to this question.
A short sketch of the changes in Chris-
tian conceptions must be made before the
story of St. Francis can, be fully appre-
ciated. ~ Frorn the austerity of � Chris-
tianity after the triumph of Paganism
was but a step to the gentle, nature-lov-
ing Christianity which inspired St. Fran-
cis of Assisi. With the Renaissance.
Christianity developed into a pagan
naturalism, and this" was followed by a
religious revival, and the establishment
of severe Protestantism. Jesuitism was
the orthodox interpretation of thjs pessi-
mistic conception. Pessimism in turn
gave rise to the optimism of the eight-
eenth century in which Rousseau rejected
the doctrine of original sin. The loss
�of man's right to happiness he attributed
to the institution of society, and desired
a social revolution to bring back man's
divine right. Contemporary thinkers say-
that man's misery is the result of social
injustitce, and that every man is capable
of directing his own destiny. This has
led to the dream of mastery of the mate-
rial universe. Nor do these thinkers
recognize a God-created soul as the dis-
tinction between man and animal. There
is also a modern conception that man is
a phase in the absolute evolution o"f God.
and this denies freedom of the will. We
must reject the illusion of the divine
essence of man. as well as the natural-,
istic theology, and return to the old con-
ceptions which spurred men to victory.
St. Francis de Sales is the embodiment
of this ideal of Christian Humanism. He
was an itinerant student and obtained a
doctorate in law in 1591. He was a^great
classicist and believed in literature and
the beauty of knowledge. As a preacher
lie earned tire name of restorer of sacred
Saturday morning, March 16. Swarth-
more defeated Varsity :!1 -.':.'. The game
was intensely exciting. Both teams
played admirably, but the visitors with
their superb teamwork co-operation had
a slight advantage over Varsity.
I>uring the first -quarter Varsity
showed visible sighs of nervousness.
Our centers and forwards were wild.
The visitors saw their opportunity and
the game was virtually lost in those first
few minutes. Our forwards did, how-
ever, .play with luck against them. Often
what looked like a sure shot would turn
out to be futile. Freeman's accident.was
enough_.to_ take the wind out of Varsity's
sails. To have the captain out in the
first few minutes of, the game is dis-
heartening and Freeman is always good.
Moore, who went in for her, played ex-
ceptionally well. At the end of the first
quarter the outlook was dismal. The
score stood 14-3; our. forwards were
shaky; our center passes were not work-
ing.
But Varsity improved rapidly during
the second quarter and by the third were
in splendid form. Engel went � in for
Rasch and brought a new impetus with
her. She and Totten worked well to-
gether. They made some rather wild
attempts for goals, but were quite justi-
fied in doing so for there was no point
in just passing the ball. Totten's pivot
was especially successful. Blanchard
was disappointing. Her passing was un-
excusable. Walton, side-center for,
Swarthmore. outplayed her. Our center
was our weakest point in spite of the
strenuous efforts of Baer, who as usual
played well.
Bennett, forward, Swarthmore. had
"that magic something." She rarely
missed a shot and Rickards was almost
as good, but they were held in checTTby
-McCully 4"d-AIdore^          . .     '    _
Engel was taken out in the last quar-
ter and Rasch put back in. There must
have been some psychological effect in
the change because Varsity dropped back
to the first quarter standard and did not
score again.
The stars of the game, if they can be
so termed, were Bennett and Totten.
Bennett, because as has already been
noted, she had the knack of rolling up the
score, and Totten, because she" played
hard every second of the game, made
some beautiful shots, kept up the spirits
of the team and the Varsity supporters
McCully and Walton deserve honorable
mention.
The line-up was:
Varsity: Totten, '31, 22222221: Rasch,
'32: Baer. '31; Blanchard. '31; McCully.
'32; Freeman. '32.
Substitutes: Moore for Freeman.
Engel. 2221. for Rasch.
Swarthmore: Bennett, 2222222211;
Rickards, 2222221: Sterling, Walton.
Xewcomb.  Harvey.
Substitutes: Tyly for Xewcomb,   Mis-1
ner for Harvey.
Another Defeat!
Swarthmore     Swimmers     Win
With Filer as Star,
37-13.
Calendar
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Saturday. March 23, Basketball.
Sunday, March 24, Reverend H. S.
Coffin will speak in the Music Room at
7.30 under the auspices of the League.
Tuesday. March 26. Dr. John Her-
mann Randall will speak under the aus-
pices of the Bon Mawr League.
Wednesday. March 27. M. Pierre de
Lanux will speak in the evening in the
Music  Room.
Varsity niet an overwhelming defeat
in the swimming meet with Swarthmore,
�March 14. 1029, in the Gym. The visit-
ing team was stronger, swifter, and more
effective throughout, taking all but one
lirst place, which was won by Lee Bcm-
heimcr in the fonay-yard breast stroke.
Otherwise Varsity succeeded in winning
a monotony of seconds and thirds. Tay-
lor's plucky hack stroke gave us one
short moment of excitement, the first
place being lost by a fraction of a second.
The diving furnished an tfilercsting
break* in the dullness of the meet. Filer
and Wills ran neck and neck throughout,
the optional dives giving Filer the vic-
tory. Filer at one time held the Middle
Atlantic nard-lmard diving champion-
ship. .
The whole Swarthmore team was far
superior to Varsity in every respect.
Captain File*r was the star of the meet,
winning firsts in the ninety-yard free
style and the forty-yard hack stroke as
well as in the diving, Geare. of Swarth-
more, also distinguished herself. The
weakness of Varsity may he due in part
to the length of the races which in sev-
eral instance* was double that' in the
practice meets. Even taking this into
consideration, the score 37-13 indicates
clearly Swarthmore's superiority.
The events were as follows:
Ninety-yard free style�Filer, Swarth-
more, 112.0. first; Dawees, Swarthmore,
second; Zalesky, Bryn Mawr, third.
Forty-yard free style�Geare, Swarth-
more. 26.2; Warden, Swarthmore;
Thomas, Bryn Mawr,
Forty-yard breast stroke�Bernheimer,
35.3, Bryn Mawr: Biddle, Swarthmore;
Jackson.  Swarthmore.
Forty-yard back stroke�Filer, 34.2,
Swarthmore; Taylor. Bryn Mawr:
Tyler.  Swarthmore
Diving�Filer. Swarthmore. 69.3
points; Wills. Bon Mawr, 60.8 points;
Geare, Swarthmore. 59.9 points.
Relay�Swarthmore,   2.125.
Swarthmore. 37; Bryn Mawr, 13.
FELLOWSHIPS
WERE AWARDED
Fairman, Jeffers,  Rhodes and
Hofrichter Are  the
Recipients.
GET    "WILD     APPLAUSE
Misj Ruth Elizabeth Fairman. A. B.,
Mount Holyoke. and M. A., Bryn Mawr.
was the first to mount the Goodhart
platform on Friday morning as the re-
cipient of one of the four "Graduate
European Fellowships. The Hclcne and
Cecil Ruhcl Fellowship of the value of
one thousand five hundred dollars was
founded in 1920 by. Miss Helen Ruhcl.
A. B;. Bryn Mawr. 192f, to lie awarded
by the Faculty of Bryn Mawr with the
approval of the donor'to any woman who
has at any time studied in the Graduate
School 'of Bryn Mawr College long
enough to have shown her ability re-
gardless of whether her work was
planned to lead to a degree or not. The
Fellowship may he held at any center of
education that may be selected by the
student and approved by the Faculty as
best suited to her individual needs, or
may in special cases he used as a travel-
ing Fellowship to give opportunity for
the study of conditions in which the
student may Ik- interested in different
parts of the world.
Miss Fairman. who'has been awarded
the Ruhel Fellowship this year in the
department of Latin, graduated with high
honors in Latin from Mt. Holyoke and
was a fellow in I.atin at RrynvMawr this
year. Her interests are in literature and
languages and she will probably work
at the University of Harburg or Munich
with a brief scamper to look at Rome.
Her work had a quality of surcness and
accuracy. "Neat brain work" was the
comment of one of her instructors. "But
she has brought ro it also the freshness
of view and imagination such as in our
distant day is badly needed by the robust
literature of one of the great nations of
the past.
To Katherinc Rosetta Jeffers, Fellow
in Biology at Bryn Mawr this year and
B. A. and M. A. of the University of
Missouri, was awarded the Fanny Bul-
lock Workman Fellowship, established
in 1926, of the value of one thousand

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Sureness and Distinction Have
MarkedHer Work in
College.
UPPER  JEN   NOT  READ
Barbara Channing, with a record of
honor points second in the history' of
the college only to that of Frederika
Delaguna, will be the Forty-second Euro-
pean Fellow of Bryn Mawr College. The
award was decided by the Faculty behind
closed shutters in Room D on Thursday
night, and announced by Miss Park in
Chapel on  Friday morning,   March 15.
The European Fellowship, whose his-
tory is only, five years shorter than that
of the college, provides for a year of
study abroad in any country and" in. any
university, according to the holder's dis-
cretion. It is awarded each year tojhe
member of the Senior Class who "by
her college record, by the quality of her
work, her promise of constructive ability,
intellectual interest and steadiness of
purpose shows the fairest promise as
well as the finest performance.
"Barbara Channing   was   prepared at
(he Winsor School. Boston, and entered
with an examination average of 87.13,
the highest in her class. She was Brooke
Hall Scholar at the end of her Junior
year. She was awarded the Hinchman
Prize for the best work done in a Major
subject last June and will present her-
self as a candidate for the degree with
distinction in English in June. Miss
Clianning's work has both surcness and
distinction. She has a wide command
of her field and other literatures, a seeing"
eye. a quick grasp, a flowipg pen." These
were Miss.Park's words in making the
award.
Miss Channing has two hundred and
ninety-two Honor points, only twelve less
than the recorded by Miss Delaguna in
1927. On one hundred and fourteen
hours. Miss Channing has three hundred
and seventeen points. She is the four-
teenth graduate of Bryn Mawr to receive
her" degree Summa Cum Laude.
Of the last three holders of the Euro-
pean Fellowship, one was bred in the
atmosphere of the college; one came
from Illinois, and the last is from Bos-
ton. Hererh'ty and environment seem to �
pale beside the brilliance of the indi-
vidual.        _.
For the fir^t time in many years the
upper ten, as such, was not read. In-
stead of this the whole list of those
members of the class of 1929 graduating
with honors was read in the order of
their honor points, as follows:
Summa Cum Laude: Barbara Chan-
ning. 292 or 317 on  114 hours.
,Magna Cum Laude: Elizabeth Hazard
L'fford. 858 or 253 on 106 hours.
Frances Elizabeth Fry, 223 or 224 on
106 hours.
Doris Blumcnthal, 221 or-229 on 113
hours.
Cum l^tudc:                                  Points
Elizabeth   Howlaud   Linr.   ...... 218
Susan   Fitzgerald   .............. 214 2-3
Caroline Virginia  Fain   ........ 214
Grace  Isabel De ,Roo  ..........213 2-3
Bcttie Charter Freeman  ........ 212
Ruth'Kitchen   .................207     **
Rosamund   Cross   .............. 199
Eleanor  Schottland   .   .......... 195
Hilda  Emily T. Wright  ........181
Beatrice   Shipley   .............. 178
Sara  Elizabeth   Bradley   ...,.....17�
Elizabeth C. G. Packard.......  174 ,
Virginia   Xewbold    .....�.......173
Mary   Randolph Grace  .........172
The remainder of those not graduating
with honors but in the upper half of the
class are: Mary Low Williams, Louise
Russel Wray, Martha Rosalie Humph-
rey. Ruth Biddle. Ella Campbell Horton.
Helen Juliet Garrett. Jean Crocket
Becket. Ecdeston Moran, Victoria T.
Buell. Katherine Noyes Batch. (Catherine
Mereer. Clara .Swan. Barbara Humph- i
revs. Frances Birke Haley, and Annabel
Frampton  learned.
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