College News, 1930-11-05, Vol. 17, No. 05

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The College News
VOL. XVII. No. 5
WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 5,  1930
PRICE.   10  CENT.-
Scott Nearing Attacks
System of Capitalism
Sociologist Attributes War  and
Unemployment to This
Growing Evil.
ADVOCATES COMMUNISM
A goodly audience gathered in the
Common Room last Friday evening to
hear Scott Nearing, sociologist and au-
thor, speak on the subject of Communism
in America, under the auspices of the
Bryn Mawr Liberal Club. Mr. Nearing's
extreme opinions and forceful presenta-
tion made his talk very interesting and
called forth a broadside of questioning at
its close. He first attacked the Capitalist
system, which necessitates war and un-
employments, and then went on to relate
the history of American labor and to
prophesy its future.
The speaker began by telling of the
_-� new relation of the worker to his job
since the Civil War. With the growth
of the factory system has come a greater
and greater increase in the number of
wage workers and a more and more
definite separation of production and con-
sumption. It has developed a mass pro-
letariat utterly dependent on capitalists
for their jobs and utterly dependent on
jobs for their living.
Of the thirty-four million workers of
this proletariat, five or six million are
now unemployed. They 'must go to the
bread lines for food for we have no dole
or unemployment insurance in this coun-
try. They are dependent, it seems, on a
system incompetent to care for them.
Capitalism can only produce unemploy-
ment; and the more Capitalism the
greater will be the unemployment. Cap-
italization has been increasing enormously.
In 1914 the year's Dividends on stocks
were $1,200,000,1)00, in 1930, a bad year,
the dividends for January alone were $1,-
000,000,000. Some of these dividends go
for luxuries but the great part are rein-
"vested to swell further the amount of
American capital. In 1856 there was
$560 capital per worker; today there is
$6000. As capital per worker increases
the. worker must produce more and more
to bring the manufacturer a profit. This
means more rationalization of industry,
more machinery, more exploitation of the
individual worker, more technological un-
employment. A time must come when a
r tithe of the workers can produce all that
can be profitably distributed. The fault
is not that of the individual capitalist but
of a system in which production is for
profit.
To prove lu's statement that "the more
capitalism there is, the more unemploy-
ment there will be," Mr. Nearing called
attention to conditions in the United
States and in Great Britain. America's
new industries, rayon and rubber tires,
for example, are running well, but in the
old industries, such as coal and textiles,
where Capitalism has had its best chance,
there is unemployment and economic
stagnation. Similarly Great Britain, the
oldest capitalistic country, is economically
the sickest. Her new industries have
grown but the old ones are even less pro-
ductive than in 1913.
Not only is the worker in constant
tear of unemployment under the capital-
istic system but he must also expect to
be called out to die and kill in periodic
wars stirred up in the interests of the
ruling classes. It will probably be a war
and not unemployment that will be the
crucial test of the development of com-
munistic sentiment. Since the French
Revolution the turning point in govern-
ment has been war.
At*She third International Communal
at Moscow it was said that three things
were needed for the spread of commun-
ism : weakening of the. power of the rul-
ing class, worsening of the conditions of
the masses (they are now worse than
ever before in this country), and trained,
revolutionary leadership. This leadership
is needed because the worker is almost
inarticulate.                                                *>
The American worker has not always
been so docile, however. After the Civil
War the communistic groups were mostly
All Saints' Day Spirit
Interpreted by Dr. Mutch
"What shall they do which are bap-
tized for the dead?" quoted Dr. Mutch
from the Resurrection argument of
Saiyt Paul, at Sunday night chapel in
Goodhart. The message of All Saints'
Day, a day full of significance and
spiritual value, contains the answer.
Although All Saints' Day was last
Saturday, the atmosphere remains, per-
vading all November with its spirit
and message. First, there is the^sig-
nificance of the "great cloud of heav-
enly witnesses." I'rior to the seventh
century, there was a special day in the
calendar for each great saint. By then,
because there was hardly a day left,
or perhaps because they were tired of
distinguished persons, it was decided
to have one day for all, not only the
great and famous, but also for the un-
known good, "the shining host of those
who have passed on."
Secondly, the heritage which we en-
joy today has come down to us at
great cost. Reaping where we have
not sown, things most precious to us
are the result of the toil, struggles, and
sacrifices of past years. The Pilgrim
Fathers paid for the blessings and
privileges of religious freedom, truth,
and faith in God. The patriots of the
Revolution and the Civil War paid the
price of our political heritage. Effort.
labour, and painful thought, mixed fail-
ure and success in experiment, sweat of
mind, body, and soul, are all the cost
of the common conveniences of totfv.
Our debt to the past calls for some
payment in the present. The dead
must not have died in vain. We must
grasp the tools, seize the flag, and
carry on their tasks to completion.
"Whatever our patrimony, whatever
good, we are stewards, and it is re-
quired of stewards that they be faith-
ful." "Be true to the past, to your-
self, to your home, and to God," con-
cluded Dr. Mutch, "unless we give
back to the world something costing
us blood and agony, we shall have
failed  miserably to pay our debt."
CONTINUED ON t*"AOE 4
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Merion Cricket Club
Defeated by Varsity
Before a handful of the ever faith-
ful, Varsity, on Saturday, defeated
Merion. 3-2. A steady improvement
in the playing of the team has been
noticed from week to week and grad-
ually co-ordination is linking the play-
ers together.
The forward line played a scrappy
game, fighting back for the ball when-
ever necessary. The wings were very
fast and passed in nicely. Sanborn on
several occasions carried the ball down
to the goal and then made beautiful
back passes which were iiq� put in
because the rest of the line were not
quick enough on their shooting. Allen,
having picked up her speed again, was
very much better on her passing but
it is still a little bit late. She was
continually attacking the goal and
rushing in on others' shots and her
efforts were rewarded when she put in
a rebound from a nice shot by Long-
acre. Longacre with fast running and
clear dodging and passing several times
got the ball down within the striking
circle but her shots were too soft to
go in and were frequently stopped by
the goalkeeper: however, she made the
only goal of the first half. Moore,
although a little slower than the rest
of the line, was always in place when
a pass was made to her. Her shoot-
ing was undoubtedly the best of the
forwards, hard and fast. After a nice
carry in from the twenty-yard line, she
made a hard shot for goal and then
rushed the rebound; in the ensuing
scrimmage with the goaler and a full-
back, she managed to push the ball in.
Harriman, subbing for Woodward,
played her best game so far and greatly
hindered the attempts of the opposing
wing. Although Collier was missed at
centre half. Collins did a good job
in her place; Rothennel at full was f�st
and sure.
For  Merion  the outstanding pjayer
CONTINUED   ON*  PACK  S
104 Students Enrolled
in Graduate School
Dean  Schenck  Compares "Hon-
ors Work of Undergradu-
ates to Graduate Study.
PH.D. HOLDS NO TERRORS
(Dean Eunice Morgan Schenck was
the speaker in Chapel on Thiirsilay, Oc-
tober 30.)
The graduate school this year has 104
members, as against 102 of last year, thus
maintaining its place among the various
student groups, second in numbers only
to the Freshmen.
The number of resident graduate stu-
dents is limited by the capacity of Rad-
nor Hall, fifty-nine all told. Of the re-
maining forty-five students, sixteen have
some official connection witlr'the college�
instructors, readers, demonstrators, ward-
ens.
Sixty-five- of the 104 students are giv-
ing all their time to graduate work.
Among the others who are giving part of
their time to other occupations, the teach-
ing group is naturally the largest, seven
being instructors, two demonstrators, one
a reader, here at Bryn Mawr; two teach-
ing at other cplleges and thirteen at
schools in the neighborhood.________.
The graduate students come from
twenty-three- States, the District of
Columbia, Hawaii, Canada and five Eu-
ropean countries: France, two; England,
two; Germany, Holland and Hungary,
one.
The States represented are: Pennsyl-
vania, thirty-six; New York, thirteen;
Massachusetts, seven; New Jersey, six;
California, four; Indiana, four; Kansas,
three; Vermont, two; Ohio, two; Iowa,
two; Illinois, two; Mail*, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Maryland, Irouth Carolina,
Alabama, Florida, Washington, Idaho,
Nebraska, Missouri and Arkansas, one;
District of Columbia, one; Hawaii, one;
Canada, two.
'Ninety-eight American 'or Canadian
degrees. B.A. or B.S., are held by mem-
bers or the Graduate School, six Euro-
pean degrees. The foreign universities
represented are:
Amsterdam, Budapest, Cologne, Lau-
sanne, Nancy and London School of Eco-
nomics^ Forty-nine different colleges or
universities in America are represented
by graduate . students. Of these, thirty-
nine are co-educational, fourteen are
women's colleges, and three are women's
colleges Sfliliated with universities. Al-
though there are more than twice as
many co-educational universities repre-
sented as ^omen's colleges, whether indi-
vidual or affiliated with universities',
slightly more than half of the students
come from women's colleges. The largest
block, twenty-three in all, received the
A.B. degree from Bryn Mawr. The num-
ber of students who received their first
degree from other institutions is as fol-
lows :
Mounty Holyoke, seven; Smith, six;
Wellesley. four; Barnard, Hunter, Mills,
Vassar, Pennsylvania (University of),
three; Boston University, Brown Uni-
versity, California (University of), Pa-
cific (College of), Randolph Macon
Women's, Northwestern, two.
Thirty-one other colleges and universi-
ties are each responsible for the Bache-
lor's degree of one student.
In addition to the Bachelor's degree,
forty hold Master's degrees, eighteen of
these given by Bryn Mawr, and Welles-'
ley, Pennsylvania (University of), Cor-
nell. 2; Brown University, California
(University of), Columbia University.
Florida State College for tWomen,
George Washington University, Illinois
(University of). Maine (University of).
Middlebury College, Michigan (Univers-
ity of), Nebraska (University of). Ober-
lin. Ohio State, Radcliffe. Rochester
(University of), Vanderbilt University,
one.
Thirty-one..of the students registered
in the school this year have announced
their intention of becoming candidates
for the Master's degree, twenty-four for
the Doctor's degree.   This is a conserva-
'My Flight into Egypt'
Described by Miss Park
"'My Flight into Egypt' really only
resembled the original in its extreme
quickness," explained President Park
in her chapel speech on Tuesday, No-
vember 4. She reached Alexandria in
less than two weeks after leaving bleak
New York. Here was the first glimpse
of the melodramatic green cultivated
lands against their desert background,
an anomaly which is found throughout
Kgypt. The low-lying meadows are
separated by dykes, over which pass
the village roads. From the train a
perpetual procession C�f-^men and
animals in silhouette can be sSeiv on
these roads.
Cairo is a ntodern, crowded, con-
fused city in the heart of an ancient
city. But Miss I'ark's party found
Egypt again in a trip up the Nik" past
the second cataract. In this country
the color effects arc peculiarly inter-
esting�the rushing yellow river with
it- curious colors under sunrise or sun-
set light, the bright green on the edge
of the river with the brighter yellotw
of the desert behind it. The country
leaves an impression of being com-
pletely alien, its landscapes are strange
to the Northern mind. There is no
place where one gains a sense of per-
petual tradition, for the only remaining
buildings are temples concerning them-
selves with worship ~aml dtSWi;
daily life. These temples are really
the chapel of the tomb of some r,
or noble, and intimately connected &ith
death. The buildings of course vary
in the extent of their preservation, in
their location on a bluff or near the
river, and in actual age some of them
being as late as the Emperor Augus-
tus.
The beauty of the country is largely
associated with the sky. which is not
detracted from by tall growths. There
Is little color at midday; otherwise
from the early hours of morning until
Minset there is a feeling of moving in
strange lights, although there are no
brilliant cloud effects. Everything
takes on a red, yellow, or green hue
from the sunset. Even under the
moonlight the color of the red cliffs
and green trees is apparent. The stars
are large, low-hanging and amazingly
bright, and the Southern Cross, shaped
like a huge diamond, is visible every
night. Miss Park's party visited the
temple of Abu Simbel which is entirely
built inside a cliff, with only the facade,
decorated by huge seated statues of
Ramescs, on the outside. She and a
friend spent the night outside the tem-
ple, watching the river and the moon-
light. The first -light of dawn passed
from the mountain tops to the facade
of the temple, which faced due East,
and the faces of the statues seemed to
change their expressions and move, as
CONTINUED ON   PAOI! !>
English Singers Give
Brilliant Performance
Unique Music and Good Vocal
Technique Make Series
Concert Success.
ENCORE  THREE  FAIRIES'
CONTINITKD  ON
O*   1
Earn a Trip to Europe
The Intercollegiate Travel fftircau
wishes to find, a student organizer at
Bryn Mawr. Whoever is chosen for
the position will have an unequalled
opportunity to earn a trip to Europe.
a considerable amount of money, or
both.    The terms are as follows:
1.     Free trip for enrolling ten mem-
bers in an\ one conducted tour. A
proportionate part of the trip free for
less than ten, members.
2.     A cash commission of 7>/j per
cenj. for all members after the first
ten.
3.     When you enroll members in
various conducted tours, you receive
10 per cent, travel credit-                 *~.
4.     If you are not interested in any
travel crcdii whatever, the bureau will
mv you a commission of TYi per cent,
in cash for aJJ conducted tour business
obtained  by you.
5.    These terms apply irrespective of
number of members you enroll; that
is, there is no minimum number re-
quired.
For further particular ind for ap-
plication   blank,
Pembroke East.
ply, the better
i>eing chosen.
see   M.   Bradley,   35
The sooner you ap-
chance   you  have   of
The Bryn Mawr Series began its
year with the concert of the English
Singers on October 29. The perform-
ance was one of the most enjoyable
ever heard at Bryn Mawr. The Eng-
lish Singers are so well known, and
their fame is so widespread, that any
discussion of them seems redundant.
We only praise. The more we hear
them, however, the more signficant
becomes their success, for it seems
to us that it is due not only to the vocal
accomplishments of the singers them-
selves, however great, but also to the
quality of the music  which  they sing.
It is only truly great music which seems
ever new. There is a freshness artd spoilt
taneity about this English music of the
sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
which make its appeal everlasting. Then.
too. it offers great variety of mood, and
this the singers are careful to empha-
ize. Yet the, transition from one type
'of feeling to another is made with such
pparent ease, and the singing appears
to be so without effort, that we gasp
in amazement at a technique so per-
fect that it may be forgotten. And so
it is that none of the spontaneity of
which we spoke is lost, and we see in
the English Singers the theoretical, if
not actual descendants of those six-
teenth century folk with whom singing
was as natural as eating or sleeping,
and played almost as great a part in
daily life.                              4
The English Singers began their
concert with three motets, the "Ave
Verum" of William Byrd, with its sor-
rowful "Misereres" being one of the
most beautiful of his religious works.
In contrast to this group was the fol-
lowing of ballet and madrigals, ending
with the poly-rhythmed "Though
Amaryllis Dance," which shows that
a stunt need not necessarily sound ar-
tificial. As a matter of fact, all the
music of this time i- an example of
the beauty which can be obtained
through the use of polyphonic forms
and technical devices. "The Wassail
Song," which is very merry indeed.
brought the first half of the program
to a close. In the second part the sing-
ers plied various trades�sweeping
chimneys, exchanging rags or bones
for matches and selling chestnuts in
every form that cooking call give them,
all of which they did with not a little
humour. As for "The Three Fairies,"
their rather unkind pinching was so
much enjoyed that they were obliged
to repeat it. Purcell's "I Spy Cclia,"
with its mock seriousness, was no less
amusing, and also very beautiful musi-
cally. In the last group was the famous
"Silver S"wan" of Orlando Gibbons,
and the scarcely le�s well-known "Now
Is "the Month of Maying" was pre-
sented  U  one'of the cncore>.
The audience wa> an appreciative
one: it is inevitable that those for
whom   the   experience   of   hearing   the
English Singers was new. as well as
those who know them well should
realize their worthiness as interpreter^
of the works of the greatest period in
England's musical  history.
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1934 Elects; Chooses
Nichols, Rothermel, Gribbel
Miss Mary  Nichols has been elected -
PreskUnt of the Class of 1934 for the
coming year.     Miss Nichols  was  first
Chairman of her class this fall.
Miss Josephine Rothermel has been
elected Vice President, and Miss Kath-
arine Gribbel. Secretary. Miss Roth-
ermel is on the Varsity Hockey squad
and Miss Gribbel was fourth Chairman
of her class.