College News, 1932-02-24, Vol. 18, No. 13

              The College News
VOL. XVIII, No. 13
WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932
Price, 10 Cent*
Hampton Quartet
Sings Spirituals
Religious, and   Secular   Negro
Music Shows Deep Feeling
and Rich Harmony
SPEAK ABOUT HAMPTON
On Tuesday, February 16, the
Hampton Quartet gave Bryn Mawr
another delightful evening of Negro
songs. Their harmony is so remov
ed from anything in European music
that one gets from hearing them a
pleasure completely new and fresh,
and not to be got from going into
Philadelphia any night to the opera or
the symphony..
The greater part of the program
consisted of spirituals. Some of them,
like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and
"All God's Chillun Got Shoes," were
as welcome because of their familiar-
ity as for their beauty; others which
were new to most of the audience
made one fairly sit up with delight
at the discovery of one harmony after
another as rich as any one of the old
favorites. The quartet sang several
secular melodies, including the unfor-
gettable "Water Boy," "Mighty Lak*
A Rose," "Juba," which is not a
song, buka recitation spoken rhythm-
ically to the accompaniment of their
hands beating against their sides.
"Juba" shows the rhythm inherent in
the Negro that makes even his speech
lyrical. "Mighty Lak' A Rose," which
has almost been done to death, took
on a new life when it was sung by
its native people, and its exquisite
hartnony shed a sense of peace and
silence over the audience that was noj
broken for several seconds nftcr the
song was finishd. The Hampton Quar-
tet has harmonized these songs to
bring out their essential qualities; th<'
participation of many voices in Ne-
gro singing, and the uncontrolled feel-
ing"*that drives the songs along like
the flow, of life-blood.
Between the groups on the pro-
gram, members of the Hampton In-
stitute told something of its progress.
Hampton has grown in proportion to
/�the general education of the Negro,
beginning as an elementary school,
then as schools were started, adding
two or three preparatory years, and
finally starting college work. This
is divided into 10 vocational courses
and all the graduates of Hampton
have been placed in jobs after gradu-
ation. Students may spend one pre-
liminary year at some sort of work
to pay for their college course. Dur-
ing this year they go to night school
and they have a chance to choose
work connected with their major
subject.
The program: "Roll, Jordan, Roll,"
"Who'll Join That Union," "I Can't
Turn Back," "I Heard From Heaven-
Today," "Water Boy," "All God's
Chillun Got Shoes," "Juba," "Mighty
Lak' A Rose," "Keep Hitchin' Along,"
"Until I Reach My Home," "Were
You There When They Crucified My
Lord," "Swing Low Sweet Chariot,"
"Joshua Fought the Battle of Jeri-
cho."
C. F. G.
Calendar
Thurs., Feb. 25, 4.30 P. M.�Mr.
Hans Schumann, professor of
music at the University of
Pennsylvania, will speak on
"Oriental Music From Tunis
to Japan" in the Music Room.
Sun., Feb. 28, 7.30 P. M.�Rev.
Malcolm E. Peabody, D. D.,
rector of St. Paul's Church,
Chestnut Hill, will speak in
chapel.
Mon., Feb. 29, 8.15 P. M.�Rev.
Kirsopp Lake will speak in
Goodhart Hall on "The Text
of the New Testament." His
subject will be "The Materials
for Publishing the Texts."
Wed., March 2, 8.20 P. M.�Dr.
F. S. C. Northrop, associate
professor of philosophy at
Yale University, will speak in
the Music Room on "Science
and the Contemporary Intel-
lectual Outlook."
Sun., March 6, 7.30 P. M.�Rev.
Richard Gurley will speak in
chapel.
Mon., March 7, 3.45 to 4 P. M.�
The Bryn Mawr College Choir -
will   broadcast  from   Station
WCAU, Philadelphia.
Sat., March 12, 8.20 P. M.�The
Bryn Mawr College Glee Club
will give a program of sacred
and secular songs in Goodhart
Hall. The concert will be fol-
lowed by a dance in the Com-
mon Room.
Watchman Sees Ghost
in Taylor Corridor
Tells   He   Learned   in   Ireland
That Spirits Materialize for
Some People
SEVERAL HAUNT CAMPUS
Personal
Mrs. Helen Tal't Manning attended
the annual conference of the National
Association of Deans of Women in
Washington, from February 17 to 20.
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Clara Frances Grant, '34, an editor
of The College News, has had four
poems published in the February issue
of "College Verse," the monthly mag-
azine of the College Poetry Society
of America. The poems are "Castle,"
"Fire Island," "Mood" and a sonnet,
"One."
�    �    �
Margaret Ann Scruggs, Bryn Mawr
alumna, whose etchings went on ex-
hibition at a tea in her honor last
Sunday at the Highland Park Town
Hall, has illustrated "The Rainbow-
Hued Trail," by Cosette Faust-New-
ton, published by the Texas Publica-
tion House, Inc., Dallas, Tex
One of the most conspicuous and
well-liked figures in the college cam-
pus is Joe Graham, the night watch-
man. We personally have always
wondered what a night watchman
thinks about as he makes his rounds
in the wee small hours. A few nights
ago Joe stepped � into the smoking
room to warm up a bit, and we real-
ized that our chance had come. Joe
I was extremely nice about our curios-
ity, so we asked (,uestions to our
heart's content. By far, the most ex-
citing thing Joe had to tell us was
that he had only a few nights ago
seen a ghost in the dim corridors of
Taylor. We were fascinated! It
seems that Joe has studied the prob-
lems of spiritualism pretty thorough-
ly (he recommends to any who are
interested a book of Sir William
Lodge's, in the library), and, although
he was brought lip a staunch Presby-
terian, he has gone over to the spir-
itualist church. He was generous
with examples of actual experiences.
There was, for instance, this ghost in
Taylor. Joe doesn't quite understand
why she should have appeared to him,
as she was no. one he knew at all, but
he thinks it was perhaps because she
happened to have the power of "ma-
terializing" just then. She was young
and wore a red silk bandana on her
head. We asked at once how Joe
knew she was a ghost, and he replied
that they look almost like humans,
only they appear and disappear right
before you. At materializing seances
Joe has seen and talked to spirits,
and he reports that you can stretch
out your hand and touch them, and
they feel "very nearly like real peo-
ple." Oftentimes at night he has
seen men and even women on the cam-
pus that he took at first for real peo-
ple; they walk right into bushes and
trees, but when you look behind the
bush there is no one there.
Joe has seen spirits ever since he
was a boy in Ireland, and his father
did before him. He tells that once
when he first came to America he met
his old erandmother that he knew
was still in the old country. Realiz-
ing tt'Pt �*t> was a ghost, he was
..�h   ,,,   Pace  Three)
Change Proposed in Policy
of Room Rents Next Year
Speaking in chapel Thursday morn-
ing, President Park outlined the pol-
icy which the College intends to fol-
low in the matter of room rents for
next year. This policy is of neces-
sity closely linked with that of the
finances of the Colleges as a whole.
Bryn Mawr derives its income from
two sources: interest on its invest-
ments and endowments, and tuition,
which is used solely to support the
academic side of the College; and
board and room rent. The board
rent goes directly into food and serv-
ice, while the room rent is devoted
to the maintenance of the halls, an
item which increases yearly, for, as
the buildings age, more repairs are
needed. In order for the College to
maintain financial stability, the in-
come from the room rents must bal-
ance the expenditures. This year the
problem is made more difficult, for
while the outgo has remainea stable,
the college income has necessarily de-
creased due to the financial depres-
sion. On the other hand, the college
wishes to keep the cost of rooms down
for as many students as possible.
The aim of the college is to steer a
middle course.
Bryn Mawi, in accordance with the
policy of all endowed colleges, has
never asked the students to pay the
full co.st of tuition. Over half of this
cyst is met by the endowment fund.
However, many students need more
aid than is provided by this cut in
tuition. There are three ways in
which the college may render such
aid; scholarships, remission of tuition
for present Juniors, and inexpensive
rooms. In order to meet the increas-
ing demand for inexpensive rooms
and give aid to as many students as
possible, the college has adopted a
new system of room rents. Instead
of the present 75 scholarship rooms at
$75, the number will be raised to 100,
and the price increased correspond-
ingly to $100. These rooms are re-
stricted to students on scholarships
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Marriage Questionnaires Bring to Light
Surprising Conservatism in Student Body7
Seniors and Juniors Exactly Opposed in Ambition Attitudes��
Characterizes Both�Disagree on Compatibility
of Marriage and Career
MAJORITY      FAVOURS      MARRIAGE      HEAVILY
Basketball Team,V^ins
- 2 Games Froni Drexel
Easy Victory of First and Sec-
ond Teams Keeps Record
Still Unbeaten
ATTENDANCE VERY POOR
Approximately 62 per cent, of the
graduate and undergraduate bodies
responded to the questionnaire issued
by th�-New� February 10th, and on
this proportion the statistics printed
elsewhere in this issue have been esti-
mated.                                             '
If 62 per cent, may be considered
a representative majority, the most
striking conclusion to be drawn is the
extreme conservatism of the Bryn
Mawr student body. For example,
83 per cent, prefer marriage to a
career, and 94 per cent, would place
marriage first in case of conflict. Trial
marriage is overwhelmingly opposed
by 91 per cent., and companionaU
marriage,�defined as legal marriage
entered into with a view to perma-
nence, but with knowledge of birth
control, and with acceptance of di-
vorce by mutual consent where there
arc no children�-is- carried only by
a scant 5 per cent, majority.
These figures do not indicate so
much, a narrow illiberalism or an ex-
cessive domesticity, as they point to
the reasoned acceptance of responsi-
bility and the recognition of a mutual
Theology of 'Paul's
Successors' Discussed
Dr.    Lake    Reveals    Difficulties
to Be Met by Early Chris-
tian., Church
Miss Grant's well-trained sextet
still remains unbeaten. The big vic-
tory over Drexel on Friday afternoon
proves the quiet efficiency of the Bryn
Mawr team.    Longacre's  fear of the
OUR RELATION TO PAUL
On Monday night Dr. Kirsopp Lake
gave the third of the Flexner lectures,
which at the same time is'the last
address on the apostle Paul. The
title of the speech was "Paul's Suc-
cessors," and in it Dr. Lake showed
the relation of subsequent theologians
to the apostle.
Paul's converts are theologically his
successors, and with the Corinthians
as examples we can take up three of
the questions that bothered them in
their relation to the teaching of Paul.
The first question is the relation of
emotion to experience as a mystical
teacher. Many of the Corinthians be-
lieved that the emotion gives the
spirit which is akin to God. This is
directly opposed to the Pauline prin-
ciple that the emotion without the
experience is merely intoxication with
Drexel center, whom rumor had whis-
pered   was   a   famous   high-jumper,  tne same valuc a� an aicoholic stimu-
proved groundless�as Gertie's quick-
er timing gave her the jump every
time.                                          '    /
In the first few minutes of the
game Boyd missed an easy close-in
shot, only to place the ball through
the rim on a quick pass from Collier.
Two neatly placed shots by Brooks
gave Drexel a lead which was at once
lost when Boyd's back twists dropped
two more balls in the basket for a
score of 6-3 in our favor. Bryn
Mawr's quick, clever pass work was
the only thing which relieved the
monotony of an otherwise all too easy
game. The first basket of the second
quarter was the result of a pretty
pass from Longacre to Remington,
who, avoiding her guard" on a neat
pivot, threw the ball to Boyd directly
beneath the basket. On a fake pass
to Collier to avoid her guard, Boyd
banked the ball into the basket. The
half ended with a score of 17-7 in
favor of Bryn Mawr.
The second half was a repetition
of the first. Great credit should go
to the guards for their splendid work
in intercepting long passes and break-
ing up dribbles. They did much to
keep the ball in Bryn Mawr territory,
and if our forwards had been more
careful to follow in their shots, more
baskets would have been made. The
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lus. Secondly, the converts were un-
decided as to the proper attitude
toward sex. For them sex was sinful,
but those who had obtained the spirit
could do what they liked. Paul
claimed that conduct should not be
free to anyone because the presence
of the spirit led to good conduct, not
bad. Thirdly, the Corinthians wanted
to know the truth about immortal-
ity. They believed that, having ob-
tained the spirit, they were to become
immortal and nothing else mattered.
For Paul all men were immortal, and
the point of issue was what would
be their position in the next world.
Paul's resurrection was not one of
flesh and blood, but it was a change
that each soul should undergo. As
the church thought that our bodies
were made of mud, it was a great
advantage to have a change of a
material kind. One reason that Paul's
successors gave for believing in the
Resurrection of the body was that in
the course of justice it was not fair
that the soul should be punished or
rewarded for the actions of the body
on this earth. The successors were
faced with the difficulty of what Dr.
Lake called "theological metabolism."
If a cannibal eats a missionary, whose
flesh is it when tht (fay of reckoning
comes? This belief in the resurrec-
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obligation. Although only 14 per cent,
would insist on being economically
self-supporting though married, and
69 per cent, declare they would ac-
cept alimony�almost all of this lat-
ter group limit their acceptance t�>
conditions where adequate support of
their children is lacking.
Desertion and insanity are consid-
ered grounds for divorce by 89 per
cent.; in other words, by almost all
those who believe in divorce at all.
There are a few exceptions, where
one or the other is admitted by non-
believers in divorce, and denied, espe-
cially insanity, by others who sup-
port divorce in general. Only 72 per:
cent, of the Junior class, for exam-
ple, would grant a divorce for insani-
ty, while HO per cent, find just cause
in alcoholism. On the whole, how-
ever, opinion  is fairly unanimous.
While such contingencies as deser-
tion and drinking may perhaps be in-
terpreted as acts of God, where th �
mutual physical and emotional ele
men!, that is, the personal quality,
enters, the figures, though they
change very little, become more sig-
nificant taken in conjunction with
those emphasizing companionship.
Seventy-nine per cent, find sufficient
grounds in incompatibility, while 30
per cent, condone infidelity, and 20
per cent, are willing to retain alco-
holic husbands.
The preponderance of the element
of companionship over the physical
as the basis of marriage, though t>>
a certain extent counterbalanced by
the 83 per cent, who would marry a
poor man they loved, is. supported by
the facf that 91 per cent., in voting
for occasional leaves of absence, real-
ize that each partner is entitled to a
distinct cultivation of his and her
own personality. These two percent-
ages, coupled with an almost unani-
mous demand for the single standard,
illustrate a conception of love and
marriage materially different from the
romantic idealism which once shroud--
ed the marital state.
Also, contrary to expectation, the
Bryn Mawr girl votes by only 17 per
cent, for a college educated husband.
The remaining 83 per cent, qualifies
the vote heavily by demanding equiv-
alent intellectual power�several in-
sist that the non-college man be an
artist, one that he be a  musician.
Hall Statistics
Approaching   the   particular   from
the general, certain facts with regard
to   the   various   halls   and   the   four
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Dr. Kirsopp Lake Speaks on
Changed Conception of God
IrNthe Common Room Sunday eve-
ning Dr. Kirsopp Lake took charge
of a general discussion group. The
two religious problems of greatest im-
terest to the present generation arc
the new conceptions of God and Im-
mortality. The modern conception of
God is philosophical rather than theo-
logical. He is thought of as a "total-
ity of value," rather than an omnipo-
tent, superhuman being, who created
the world from absolute chaos and has
held himself responsible for the or-
dering of it ever since. There is a
theory which holds that there are two
kinds of reality, values and phenom-
ena,�those material things which we
see and feel. Values are in a sense
"universal existences," those qualities
which give objects their own peculiar
characteristics. Truth and beauty are
examples of values. Secondly, there
is increasing lack of concern about
immortality, if it is defined as a pres-
ervation of reality.�an actual, ideal
existence in the future. The reason
for this is that people no longer have
a fear of death, since they have ceas-
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