College News, 1933-06-13, Vol. 19, No. 23

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The College News
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VOL. XIX, No. 23
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1933
I'nuvrlffhl   1IRYN  MAWR
COLUBXUi  NliWS. -1933
PRICE 10 CENTS
BRYN MAWR AWARDS NINETY A. B. DEGREES
JOSEPHINE   WILLIAMS   IS   NAMED   EUROPEAN FELLOW
Aesthetes and Dragoons in Patience
1933 European Fellow
Reading from left to right: //. Riplnj, J. Parsons, 8. Morse, E. Cheiieu,
J. Culbertson, R. Wood, B. Davis, ('. Lloyd-Jones
Cast and Chorus Show
Talent in Patience
Performance    of    Gilbert    and
Sullivan Operetta Wins
Praise
SCENERY    IS    EFFECTIVE
(Especially   Contributed   by
Janet   Marshall)
If there  is one  event  in  the  col-1
lego year to which every one on the |
campus,  to  say  nothing  of  a  great I
number of the alumnae and outside i
friends   of   the   college   look   forward
with  great  interest,  it  is   the   Glee |
Club's performance of a Gilbert and
Sullivan operetta.    There is a stand-
ard of past performances which sets
no  mean mark  for every succeeding
year to shoot at, and it is amazing
to watch that standard slowly push-;
cd   up   year   by   year,   with   hardly
ever   a   set-back.     This   year's   per-'
formance of Patience more than ful-
filled   the   great   demands   made   on
it.     From  the  scenery  and  costum-
ing   to  the   work   of  the   individual
leads,  it was a  really fine perform-
ance,   with   frequent  high-spots   and
amazingly few low-spots.    It is diffi-
cult   to  describe   it  in   detail   with-
out   singing   an   uninterrupted   and
monotonous paean of praise.
The work of the members of the
cast collectively was excellent, al-
though at times there was a notice-
able lack of direction, which was
only partially compensated by the in-
genuity of the actresses. Miss
Righter as Grosvenor could not have
been more charming. Her voice^
while not an exceptionally well-
trained one, has a peculiarly charm-
ing quality. She has one of the
most unusual stage presences we
have ever seen: for she is entirely
at ease and yet compelling at the
same moment; her work is appar-
ently without effort antl yet comes
across the foot-lights with more
sureness and force than that of any
other member of the cast. Miss Cul-
bertson as Patience, on the other
hand, displayed what seemed to us
a really fine, trained soprano, and
acting that, while it was certainly
not without charm, had a more stud-
ied and calculated appearance than
Mirs Righter's. Miss Wood,_ as
Bunthorne, was cast in a part which
was very difficult for a person of
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Eastern Railroads Announce
Plan for Reducing Fares
The rail carriers in what is com-
monly known as Eastern territory
have established a plan which they
feel assured will bring, about a more
convenient and extensive use of re-
duced fares. The basis of the reduc-
tion is,one and one-third fare for the
round-trip, and this offer is extended
not only to the students of universi-
ties and colleges, but also to the mem-
bers of the staff, professors and teach-
ers. Previously, the reduced fares
for students have been directed more
particularly to travel from the col-
lege point tb the students' home and
return during the Christmas or
Spring vacations, and there have
been no reductions available for the
going trip at the opening of the col-
lege, nor the returning trip at the
close of the college. The new plan
covers reduced fare periods under
which tickets may be purchased be-
ginning at the home station to the
college, usable for return during the
Christmas vacation, the Spring vaca-
tion, or at the close of the college,�
an arrangement which covers the en-
tire year. Below are the conditions
under which these tickets may be pur-
chased for the college year J933-34.
The railroads operating in the ter-
ritories outlined "telow have author-
ized these reduced fares: (1) which
includes the States of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia. (2) which
includes the States of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. (3)
which includes localities west of Buf-
falo, Niagara Falls, Salamanca.
Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Parkersburg
and Kenova, to and including Chi-
cago and St. Louis, and north of the
Ohio River, including Cincinnati,
Louisville and  Cairo.
(1) One and one-thrrd fare for
tickets from any home station to
any college station and return locat-
ed within the territories named go-
ing and returning via same route.
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Lost
A gold Maltese cross with a
black enamel center, engraved
with letters Delta Phi. Lost at
Senior Tea in Wyndham on
Saturday. Finder please return
to Publications Office.
Rabbi Wise Preaches
Baccalaureate Sermon
We Must Stand  on Our Feet,
Heed Divine Command,
and be True
IDEALS   ARE   LIFE - LONG
The Baccalaureate service in honor
of the class of 1933 was led by Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise, of New York City.
In his sermon Rabbi Wise gave this
threefold advice for the conduct of
life; we must stand on our own feet,
we must listen for the divine com-
mand, we must "trust and be not
afraid."
It is difficult to review and to sum
up'the many intellectual privileges of
four college years, but there are cer-
tain obvious things which life within
college walls must bring us or our
education has been futile, The spirit
of education lies in the words of the
prophet Ezekiel, "Child of man, stand
upon thy feet and I will speak
through thee." A college education
does not give us complete knowledge;
its purpose is* to make us understand
that we must stand on our own feet,
see with our own eyes and hear with
our own ears, not with the "ears of
past ages, and the eyes of long ago."
We want not the finished mind, but
the hospitable mind, open not to some
truth, not to partial truth, not to
nrejudiced truth, but to the truth, tit
is a tragedy when a nation yields to
t^e domination of old prejudices. We
should not let ourselves be deceived
bv voices of yesterday or by the fleet-
ing counsels of the hour, but should
test the truth by ourselves. Courage
to reject old prophets and a mind
open to the voices of divine authority
is the never-ending education.
Beyond being merely "seekers after
truth" we must reveal it in "manual
service, human passion, and the glory
of divine compassion." Many people
think it is admirable to care for noth-
ing. They are cynics, and their cyni-
cism is only weariness of spirit mak-
ing excuses for itself, and not having
the courage of its feeble convictions.
The great men in history have all
been beset by' difficulties, but they
have never doubted the divine voices.
�They have never heeded those who
say, "Put away your dreams." If our
ideal is real we can .never abandon
it, and it will never desert us, but
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JOSEPHINE WILLIAMS
Winner of Fellowship
Has Average of 87.9
Josephine  Williams Majored in
Mathematics, Won Flinch-
man Scholarship
IS   PRESIDENT   OF   CLASS
The winner of the Bryn Mawr Eu-
ropean Fellowship for 1933 is Jose-
phine Justice Williams, of Jenkin-
town, Pennsylvania. Miss Williams'
average for all the work done in col-
lege is 87.9. Although her major
subject was mathematics, she is also
interested in economics, and intends
to do graduate work next year at
Radcliffe ColLge in both these fields.
The award of the Fellowship is a
fitting climax to the honors Miss Wil-
liams has received in school and col-
lege, for not only did she win the
prize for the highest average in the
lower school once, and in the upper
school three times at the Agnes Ir-
win. School in Philadelphia, but in
1932 she was awarded the Charles S.
Hinchman Memorial Scholarship, giv-
en to the student doing the best work
in her major subject. Miss Williams'
interests have not been confined to
academic achievements: she was
president of the Irwin Dramatic and
Debating Clubs, and business mana-
ger of The Irwinian; at Bryn Mawr
she has been manager of the 1933
Freshman Show, vice-president of the
Sophomore Class, treasurer of the
Undergraduate' Association, president
of the Senior Class, 1932-33 hall
president of Merion. She also helped
to organize the International Rela-
tions Club.
When pressed for her opinions and
criticisms of college life, Miss Wil-
liams said that she strongly object-
ed to the public posting of marks
and felt that each student should be
sent her own marks privately, and
that they should be given her in let-
ters, not numbers. She believes that
midyear examinations should be elim-
inated in all possible courses, but
thinks that the reviewing and the
grasp of the entire field necessitated
by a final examination over the whole
year's work are valuable to the stu-
dent. She approves of the present
system and nature of required sub-
jects, but suggests that in return a
Faculty Show once every four years
should be required by the students.
Scholarship Fund
The receipts from the Glee
Club Dance make it possible
for the Undergraduate Society
to turn over $175 to the Fund
for the Unemployed and $225
to the Scholarship Fund. $350
is also being handed over to
the Scholarship Fund from the
returns of the Glee Club per-
formance.
Third of Class Takes
Degree With Honors
8 Seniors Graduate Magna Cum
Laude�21   Receive
Cum Laude
AVERAGES     ARE     GIVEN
Twenty-nine seniors out of a class
of njnety are graduating with hon-
ors, and twenty-one are graduating
with distinction. Eight are receiv-
ing their degrees magna cum laude,
and twenty-one are receiving them
cum laude. The following is the list
of the undergraduates of the Class
of 1933 who are today receiving their
Bachelor of Arts degree from Bryn
Mawr College. After the list of
graduates is a tabulation of the av-
erages of those graduating with
honors.
Louise Congdon Balmer, of La Jol-
la, Calif.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
In the upper half of her class.
Charlotte Virginia Balough, of
Canton, Ohio. � A.B., Bryn Mawr,
1933.. Cum laude. With distinction
in Psychology.
Caroline Flora Berg, of Portland,
Ore.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
Ella Katherine Berkeley, of New
York City, N. Y.�A.B., Bryn Mawr,
1933. Cum laude. With distinction
in French.
Sara Louise Black, of Peoria, 111.
�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
Sylvia Church Bowditch, of Jamai-
ca Plains, Mass.�A.B., Bryn Mawr,
1933.                                                    >
Malaeska Jane Bradley, of Buffalo,
N. Y.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933. In
the upper half of her class.
Lelia Brodersen, of Cynwyd, Pa.�
A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
Jane Bronson, of Germantown, Pa.
�A.B. Bryn Mawr, 1933. With dis-
tinction in Economics.
Alice Brues, of Jamaica Plain,
Mass.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933. Cum
laude. With distinction in Philoso-
phy.
Anne Burnett, of St. Louis, Mo.�
A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933. Cum laude.
With distinction in English.
Beth Cameron Bussct, of York, Pa.
A.B., Mryn Mawr, 1933. Magna cum
laude.    With distinction in German.
Cecelia Douglass Candee, of Evans-
ton, 111.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 19:!.!.
Cum laude.
Emmeline Margaret Carson, of Ger-
mantown, Pa. � A.B., Bryn Mawr,
1933.
Eleanor Murdoch Chalfant, of
Pittsburgh, Pa.�A.B., Bryn Mawr,
1933.    Magna cum laude.
Elinor Stickney Chapman, of Lake
Forest, 111.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
In the upper half of her class.
Mary Harleman Chase, of Bethle-
hem, Pa.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
Tirzah Maxwell Clark, of N. Hat-
ley, Province of Quebec, Canada.�
A.P.., Bryn Mawr, 1933. Cum laude.
With ^distinction in German.
Maizie Louise Cohetj, of Pittsburgh,
Pa.�A.B., Bryn Mawr,  1933.
Margaret Frances Collier, of Chest-
nut Hill, Pa.�A.B.,' Bryr� Mawr.
1933.
Ellinor Hill Collins, of Bryn Mawr,
Pa.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933. In the
upper half of her class. With dis-
tinction in  Economics.
Sylvia Cornish, of Little Rock,
Ark.�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1983,
Jane Crumrine, of Ben Avon> Pa-
�A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1933.
Margaret Jeane ' Darlington, of
(Men Ridge. N. J.�A.B.. Bryn Mawr.
1933. Cum laude. With distinction
in Biology.
Felicitas Emily de Varon. of Ja-
maica Plain, Mass.�A.B., Bryn
Mawr, 1933. In the upper half of
her class.
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