College News, 1933-03-22, Vol. 19, No. 16

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The College News
VOL. XIX, No. 16
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1933
'KJopyrlRht -HUYN  MAWK
COLLbOE  NEWS,   1933
PRICE 10 CENTS
Art Comment Aroused
by Frank Lloyd Wright
Noted Arcra|cct Advocates Fol-
lowing Dictates of Mod-
ern   Times
USES    NEW    MATERIALS
(Especially  Contributed  by
Edward M. M. Warburg)
Hoping for the day when bath-
rooms and kitchens would no longer
be the only modern units in contem-
porary building, and when we would
give up the safe and sound practice
of retiring into the forms and fash-
ions of "the good old days," Frank
Lloyd Wright struck the keynote of
his address on "The Future of Archi-
tecture," delivered under the auspices
of the Undergraduate Association,
Tuesday night, March 14, in Good-
hart Hall.
Seldom has there been a lecture
given at Bryn Mawr which has caus-
ed so much comment. Not that this
lecture added much new material to
our knowledge on architecture, or
even supplemented Frank Lloyd
Wright's own writings, but it was an
event in which one of America's few
pioneers in art explained his philoso-
phy, a philosophy which, as he him-
self stated, was very close to that of
Spinoza, and in terms of that philos-
ophy, explained how architecture
played its part.
As Mr. Wright came into the Good-
hart auditorium he murmured,
"Heavens, a Church!" and perhaps
that remark, coupled with his sense
of fitness, caused him to give a self-
admitted sermon. He chose for his
text a passage from "The Prophet,"
by Kahlil Gibran, referring to the
true meaning of a home in modern
civilization, to mankind as a "child
of space,�restless in space." With
that as a starting point, Frank Lloyd
Wright went on into a discussion of
the meaning of organic architecture.
In order to define it more clearly,
he divided architectural tradition
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CALENDAR
Thurs.,   March ' 23  �<� Miss
Tousley  will   speak  on  Junior   L'
Mr>ntVi        A 3ft     nilllllllliii �.'.r%rvm
Month.    4.30, Common Voom.
Fri., March 24�Fellowship
Chapel.    8.40 A. M., Goodhart.
Swarthmore swimming meet.
Gym, 4.00.
Sun., March 26 � Chapel.
Rev. Malcolm E. Peabody, Rec-
tor of St. Paul's Church, Chest-
nut Hill. 7:30 P. M., Music
�Room.                   ,
Tues., March 28�Dance Fes-
tival in gym at 5.00.
Dr. Salo Finkelstein will
demonstrate and lecture on
Rapid Calculations. 8.20 �, M.,
in Goodhart.
Wed., March 29�Mr. Horace
Alwynne, R.F.M.C.M., will give
a piano recital. Goodhart at
8.20 P. M.
Miss Park Announces
Changes in Faculty
Anna Howard Shaw Lectures in
Social Sciences to Start
Next    Fall
BUDGET REDUCED AGAIN
Full Schedule Arranged
for Bryn Mawr Fencers
(Especially   Contributed   by
M. Gateson, '34.)
Though the list of Bryn Mawr
fencers is not long this year, the
schedule ahead of them is a full one.
Already a good start has been made:
Bryn Mawr won second and third
places in the Novice Individual Tour-
nament of the Philadelphia division
of the A. F. L. A., and second place
in the Junior Individual Meet. The
Varsity team has been invited to
fence for the Junior Team champion-
ship on April 11, and while the other
meets have not yet been definitely
arranged, it is hoped that the Fenc-
ers' Club of New York, the Sword
Club of Philadelphia, and our own
alumnae will send teams to meet us.
The Junior team will have a match
against Shipley School in April; and
in May, as usual, ladders will be
fenced to determine the Senior and
Junior  Champions of the  College.
But, above all, this year is to be
regarded as one of training. Most
of the meets will be on the round-
robin plan so that more fencers may
take part and add to their practice
and experience. At present all of
the fencers are in the three lower
classes and are therefore to be look-
ed on as material for the future. M.
M. Coxe is designing a new insignia,
which will be awarded for the first
time this season to the Varsity
fencers.
Fencing at Bryn Mawf labors un-
der the disadvantage of costing fivt
dollars a month, which at once puts
it on a plane of its own. We want,
if possible, to break down the idea
that it is a luxury, and to increase
the number of people who take it, em-
phasizing, along with the enthusiasm
of its devotees for "all the cant of
the honorable fencing mystery," its
value as a thoroughly strenuous ex-
ercise and a regular college sport.
French Club Play Re-
sembles Court Masque
Splendid Acting Surpasses High
Standards Set in Past by
French    Club
MLLE.    M.    REY    DIRECTS
"It is about this time in the year
that we start to spring over the sum-
mer and think about next fall," said
Miss Park in Chapel Friday morning.
The administration must concern It-
self with faculty appointments for
next year, and must make out the
budget. The present financial situ-
ation of the college is very satisfac-
tory in view of the Depression. Last'
year the budget was cut greatly, no
appropriations having been made to
take care of the property of the col-
lege, namely, the buildings, the lawns,
etc., every spare dollar having been
put into the Scholarship Fund. Bryn
Mawr now finds itself with a very
surprising surplus, "false surplus,"
though it is, having resulted from a
.slash in expenses which the adminis-
tration did not like to make. The bud-
get which has just been made out
falls again well inside the expected
income, which consists in the tuition
of the students and the interest from
investments. This year the cut has
been made in academic salaries and
in the appropriations for the library
and the laboratories, with a hope that
this cut will not be noticeable to the
students.    The year after next Bryn
In their presentation of Le Bour-
geois Gentilhomme last Friday night
in Goodhart, the French Club sur-
passed even the high standards that
it has set in the past. In the first
place the choice of the play was espe-1 Mawr ought to be able to resume
cially good this year; Moliere is ^j the old standards, which is a trib-
ways popular and is well-suited both j ute to the conservatism of the in-
to the limitations and to the powers! vestors of the college's securities,
of a college group. In the second, A number of changes in the fac-
place the treatment of the play by j ulty have been necessitated, due to the
the director, Mile. Maud Rey, seemed! retirement of Dr. Leuba, Dr. Crandall
to us unusually fine. There was a I and Dr. Wright. As no one could be
fairy-tale atmosphere about the.per-: found to carry on Dr. Crandall's
formance that made it easier for the j work, the English Department has
audience to bridge over the gaps in! been slightly rearranged. Mrs. Clara
reality�such as women in men's j Marburg Kirk, a graduate of Vas-
parts and youth playing old age� sar, who received her Ph.D. from the
and to believe the more quickly in j University of Chicago, and has been
what it saw and heard before it. This '� Assistant Professor of English at
atmosphere was created in part by Vassar for five years, is coming to
the manner in which the individual Bryn Mawr next fall. Mrs. Kirk will
actors attacked their parts: a'sort! have charge of Freshman English,
of enthusiastic informality which in- and will teach a small section her-
stantly won the spectator to them;; self. She will probably give an ad-
and in part by the pageantry of the 1 vanced course in writing, possibly in
whole thing, the gorgeous costumes of! criticism. Bryn Mawr alumnae who
"more than Oriental splendor," (hei.teacb at Vassar recommend Mis.
charming musicians and their music,! Kirk very highly. Miss Meigs is to
the stately dancing, artd the furious retahChex Freshman section, and to
fun of the Turkish ceremony, all mix- give a course in the writing of fic-
cd together until the thing seemed { tion, both short stories and novels,
like a formal play and more a court: Hortense Flexner King will give
piasque, which was as much a social,            (Continued on  Page Six)
function as an artistic effort, and in'                 ________________
which  the  actors  entertained  them- L, ,      ,         - -, �
selves  even  before  they  entertained Schools and Colleges
others.                                                                        Phtn Conference Here
The casting this year_was excellent.                                                        ^V
Many of the actressethave appeared: A conference between the repre-
in French Club performances in the: sentatives of the preparatory schools
past, but seldom to better advantage. a"d the women's colleges will be held
Miss Jarrett, for instance, who play-! at Bryn Mawr on March 24th and
ed the title role, gave an excellent,25^ to discuss admission problems,
performance of Dr. Knock last year,; The members of the conference will
but as the Bourgeois she was much j include the admissions secretaries
more effective. Her talent for com-! from Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount
edy had a better opportunity to dis-: Holyoke, Smith, Vassar, Radcliffe,
play itself, and she managed to make Wheaton, Wellesley, and Wells col-
the part at once ridiculous, irritating, � l�*es a�* a committee of the National
and lovable. Especial mention must I Association of Principals of Girls'
be made of two other members of the i Schools. The president of the Na-
cast, Miss Anita Fouilhoux and Miss;tional Association of Principals of
Lena Mandell.    In a whole series of j Girls' Schools is Miss Mary Raymond,
excellent performances, among which
we must also mention especially Miss
Bill's, they stood out amazingly. Miss
Fouilhoux to some extent, because of
her person and voice (but to a great-
er extent because of her fine presence
and characterization) dominated the
scene whenever she chose. She was
extraordinarily sympathetic as a
character in as brittle a comedy as
this, ancj she was certainly striking
both in her carriage and her use of
her voice. Mils Mandell's talent is
for another type of comedy, but it is
no less outstanding a talent. As the
maid, Nicole, she made one of the
most remarkable entrances we have
ever seen, putting across with great
success the difficult task of starting
to laugh on a cold stage and continu-
of the Hathaway-Brown School in
Cleveland, and the chairman of the
conference committee is Miss Sarah
Converse, of the Summit School in
St. Paul.
The other representatives of the
schools are Miss L. Gertrude Angell,
Buffalo Seminary, Buffalo, New
York; Miss Eloise Tremain, Ferry
Hall, Lake Forest, Illinois; Miss
Edna F. Lake, Laurel School, Cleve-
land, Ohio; Miss Marjorie Hiscox,
Louisville Cbllegiate School, Louis-
ville, Kentucky; Miss Elizabeth Sin-
gleton, Girls' Latin School, of Chi-
cago, Chicago, Illinois; Miss Dorothy
M. Bement, Northampton School For
Girls, Northampton, Massachusetts;
Mrs. David L. Wing, The Madeira
School, Greenway, Virginia.
Reduced Fares
The following lines�Balti-
more & Ohio R. R., Central R.
R. of New Jersey, Chesapeake
& Ohio Ry., Delaware & Hud-
son R., R., Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western R. R., Erie
R. R., Lehigh Valley R. R.,
Long Island R. R., New York
Central R. R., Norfolk & West-
ern Ry., Pennsylvania R. R.,
Reading Co., Western Maryland
Ry., West Shore R. R.�a*e is-
suing reduced fare excursion
tickets for use over the spring
vacation at a price for return
trip of a single fare and one-
ninth. An identification cer-
tificate with the name of the
applicant and countersigned by
Mrs. Chadwick-Collins must be
presented at the railroad sta-
tion to obtain a ticket at this
reduction.
The offer is open to faculty,
students and personnel.
The certificates may be ob-
tained at the Publication Office.
College Council Dis-
cusses Noise at Meals
Questionnaire   Concerning   Nu-
merical Marks to be
Circulated
QUOTA DEBATED AGAIN
In the last meeting of the College
Council, held March 8, several mat-
ters brought up recently in the Nt wb
were discussed, and recommendations
handed down.
The question of the Quota as it
appeared to the Committee on the
Quota, was discussed in last week's
�SSU6. However, there seem to have
developed several misunderstandings
concerning the statement that "with-
in the year the Quota shall remain
set." The "year" referred to is not
the calendar year, but the college
year, so that students dropping out
during the summer would not create
a vacancy in their hall, although they
would create one if the y left at any
time after the college opened in Octo-
ber. There is one exception to even
this rule, however, for if a hall is
over quota for any class, students will
not be allowed to fill vacancies oc-
curring in that hall, until the num-
ber of her class in the hall has been
reduced to Quota requirements.
The ever-present question of nu-
merical marking, and the public post-
ing of marks was the next subject
discussed. Miss Park reported a plan
presented by Miss King, which calls
for a double list of marks; the first
column to contain block marks of
merit, credit, etc., and to be display-
ed; the inner column to contain the
exact numerical marks, not to be
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Recital to be Given
by Mr. Horace Alwyne
President Park and the directors of
the college are inviting the faculty,
staff and student body of the college
and special outside guests to be pres-
ent at a piano recital given by Mr.
Horace Alwyne, in Goodhart Auditor-
ium on Wednesday, March 29, at 8.20
o'clock. This recital is a gift of Mr.
Alwyne to the college and the direc-
tors are very "grateful to him for his
generosity. Little needs to be said
about the value of the opportunity
that is offered, for the whole college
knows Mr. Alwyne in one or another
of his capacities, and most of the
student body have heard him perform
already on one or more occasions. To
those who have not, it need only be
said that Mr. Alwyne is one of the
most gifted pianists in America, and
that we are fortunate to have him
here in the Music Department, and
even more fortunate to be able to
hear him play in public. The entire
right front section is to be reserved
for students of the college and they
can obtain reserved seats by calling
for them at the Publications office.
Bryn Mawr Defeated
Swarthmore, 32-15
Varsity     Played     Fast     Game
Marked by Accuracy and
Co-Operation
SECOND GAME WAS SLOW
On Saturday, March 18, Swarth-
more bowed once again to Bryn Mawr
by the scores of 32-15 and 31-19.
Faeth opened the scoring with a pret-
ty shot from directly beneath the bas-
ket on an overhead pass from Collier.
After Bryn Mawr had made six
points in rapid succession, Swarth-
more called time out to formulate a
plan of defense which, however,
proved to be practically futile. The
whistle blew for time in; Longacre
won the tip-off and passed to Rem-
ington, who got the ball to the for-
wards^ and a series of clock-work
passesfesulted in two more points for
Varsity.
A great deal of credit should go
to the guards who kept the Swarth-
more forwards to a total of seven
baskets. Kent, besides being an
excellent jumper, stuck closely to her.
forward, while Bridgman was unusu-
ally good at intercepting passes and
almost invariably successful in break-
ing up dribbles.
Swarthmore was extremely slow in
getting started and their low score
was due mainly to their inability to
find the range of the basket. On the
other hand, we were glad to notice
the parsing of the Bryn Mawr team
was very fast and yet on the whole
accurate, and the co-operation was
most encouraging.
The line-up was as follows:
Swarthmore                Bryn Mawr
Stubba   ........f............Faeth
Metcalfe    ..___f.   ..........Collier
Volkmar    ......c.........Longacre
O'Neill   .......s. c......Remington
Croll    . .,......g.............Kent
Longshore.....g.........Bridgman
Points�Swarthmore: Stubbs, 7;
Metcalfe, 8. Bryn Mawr: Collier,
19 f Faeth, 13.
The Second Varsity game was a
bit disappointing after the speed
and excitement of the first team*
game. The forwards especially
should note the excellent teamwork
and clever out-of-bounds plays which
the Varsity forwards used so effect-
ively. Baker takes far too many
chances on long shots and her tend-
ency to dribble in rather than to pass
often results in her being called for
charging. Meirs is often blocked be-
cause she hesitates at the end of a
dribble instead of shooting immedi-
ately. Raynor went in for Baker in .
the second half, but the combination
did not work out as well as the first
because of her slow passes.
Nichols was fairly steady on the
tip-off, but her passes to the forwards
were often too high and many times
entirely out-of-bounds. Also, in this
case, unfortunately, the centers' de-
fensive was not as good as their of-
fensive play.
Although they started off well, the
guards were not up to their usual
standard. In the second half, they
were often left far behind or else they
passed the ball directly into the hands
of the forwards. Only the bad luck
which the Swarthmore forwards had
with their shots prevented them from
getting a higher score.
The large number of people at
both games was much appreciated
and gave needed encouragement u
the players of both teams.
The line-up was as  follows:
Swarthmore                Bryn Mawr
Geddes   ........f............Meirs
Spurrier    ......f............Baker
Walton    .......c...........Nichols
Sonneborne .. .s. c...........Collins
Curtis   ........g.........Bowditch
Thomas   .......g..........Jackson
Substitutions�Swarthmore: Yard
for Sonneborne. Bryn Mawr: Ray-
nor for Baker. Points�Swarthmore:
Spurrier, 9; Geddes, 10. Bryn Mawr:
Baker,  11;   Meirs,  16;   Raynor,  4.