College News, 1931-03-18, Vol. 17, No. 16

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The College News
Vol. XVII, No. 16
WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR, PA� WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1931
Price: 10 Cent*
E. L. COOK WINS
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{Sptciallj contributed by Dr. Fenwick)
The New York Times Current
Events Contest was held at Bryn
Mawr on March 4, from 2 till 5 in .the
1 afternoon. As in past years the exam-
ination consisted of two parts, the first
being a long .series of short questions
testing the knowledge of the student
upon' Outstanding persons or events of
the year. Many of these questions
might seem to the uninitiated some-
what removed from the familiar things
of daily life. Yet when the count
came in, questions that seemed unfa-
miliar to some of the contestants were
easy marks for others. If two fell at
Khyber Pass, two others fell before Sir
Isaac Isaacs. If Hamaguchi was a
stranger to one, he was a familiar face
to the others. Abraham Flexner was
unrecognized by one of the contestants
and none of the leaders knew the latest
"debunker" of Lincoln, or showed a
knowledge of the Anglican hierarchy
by naming the new Archbishop of
York. Few, however, failed to recog-
nize the famous French World War
general who died during the past year
and all answered to the horse who won
the Kentucky Derby. To the credit of
Bryn Mawr, none of the contestants
failed at the hurdle that called for the
name of the ancient poet, the anni-
versary of whose birth was celebrated
this past year. It is necessary to note
that some who made a poor showing
in answering the brief identifications
on current informatics* wrote well on
the second part, which consisted of
longer essays upon a selection of
topics.
The winner of the first prize proved
to be Miss Elizabeth Lawson Cook,
'31, who won by a neck from Miss
Dorothea Jenkins, '31. The third prize
fell to Miss Caroline Thompson, '31,
who led by a close margin over Miss
Harriet Moore, '32. The paper of the
winning student at Bryn Mawr will be
forwarded to the Intercollegiate Com-
mittee, where it will compete with the
winning papers from the fifteen or
more colleges which take part in the
competition. The Bryn Mawr prizes
are $150, $75 and $25 respectively. It
would seem that the New York Times,
in establishing this contest and donat-
ing the prizes, is performing a very val-
uable educational work, by simulating,
on the part of the students, an inter-
est in the important affairs of the day.
Toy Symphony Feature
of Benefit Concert
Adolph Vogel Conducts Unique
Group of Instruments in
Reinecke Work.
PLAYS BEETHOVEN WELL
A benefit concert for the unemploy-
ment fund of the Main Line Federation
of Churches was held last Wednesday
evening in Goodhart Hal), donated by
the college for the occasion. The per-
formers were members of the Main
Line School of Music, assisted by
Christine- Haskell and Ann Pcrley
I'richard. Adalph Vogel conducted the
Reinecke Toj/ Symphony which pre-
ceded the regular program. It must
be said that this symphony was a joy
to hear; for the jaded as well as the
naive it has freshness, spontaneity, and
Setter still, humor. The sight of
grownvip* seriously playing, or rather
playing with, such things as a tempera-
mental toy trumpet, a whistling bird
(it's all done with water�and breath)
and a French taxicab horn, has its
cijimic aspect, to say nothing of the
xiunds produced. , These above instru-
ments, plus the coo-coo, provided the
nfelody, with no assistance�except two
violins, a 'cello and a piano. The
rhythmic element was well represented
hi- a rattle, a saw . which" managed,
when struck, to sound like- a dinner
gfng, a toy drum oh so toy, a clinking
Coatlnaod  on  Pas*  Two
Swarthmore Defeated
in Swimming Meet
Daniels Stellar Performer in the
First Varsity Victory in
Five Years.
BRONSON  NEW CAPTAIN
Led by If, Frothingham the swim-
ming team beat Swarthmore for the
first time during the four years of com-
petition. Varsity showed well-bal-
anced strength, .having all its mem-
bers place. The only poor showing
was in the relay which we lost by a
couple of lengths.
Daniels was again the individual
star. After placing second in the two-
length free style, she went on to win
the eighty-yard free style finishing well
ahead of Pennypacker, who just beat
P. Totten out for second. She also
took a second in diving, pushing
Frothingham closely. P. Totten also
did her share, winning two thirds and
swimming in the relay. Bernheimer
came out of retirement to win the
breast strokei closely followed by Tor-
rance.
First place in the forty-yard free
style went to Swarthmore, E. Jackson
winning for the second year. Walton,
of Swarthmore, captured the back
stroke after a close race with Mitchell,
and Jarrett picked up the odd point.
The     diving     was     close     between
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Special Privileges
The Senate of the College at
its February meeting voted that
the rules governing attendance
at classes should not apply to
senior Honours students either
in connection with courses taken
with the Major department or
their courses in other depart-
ments. This action of the Sen-
ate came as the result of a sug-
gestion on the part of the Under-
Kraduate Curriculum Committee.
It was generally felt, both' by the
Committee and by members of
the Faculty, that senior Honours
students would not abuse their
new privileges.
Student Tours to
the Soviet Union
For 1931 a number of interesting
itineraries are available for travel to
Soviet Russia, at greatly reduced rates.
Parties fit ten or more students travel-
ing in Category "T" -{student third)
may tour the U. S. S. R. for as little
as $5 per person per day.
These daily rates cover every ex-
pense�all transportation from the be-
ginning of the tour to its end. hotels,
meals, sightseeing, theatres, and the
constant services of English-speaking
guide-interpreters.
Intourist, the State Tourist Bureau
of the Soviet Union, is glad to assist
Student groups, or individual students,
to prepare special itineraries covering
any particular phase of Soviet life they
happen to be especially interested in,
such as art collections, collective farms,
socialized medicine, legislation, sport
societies, industries, social work, chil-
dren's villages, theatre, cinema, schools,
minor nationalities, hunting and fish-
ing, communal life, or scientific re-
search  institutes.
Improved hotel accommodations are
available all over the U. S. S. R. and
new hotels are constantly being built.
Prices have been sweepingly reduced.
The Soviet visa is easily secured.
Tours to Soviet Union combine con-
veniently with any general European
trip.
Any progressive travel agent can ar-
range tours to Soviet Russia for you,
or you may communicate direct writh
Intourist, U. S. A. representatives of
the State Tourist Bureau of the U. S.
S, R., 453 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Write for the new 1931 illustrated
booklet and itineraries.
Unaffectedriess Charac-
terizes March Lantern
(Specially contributed by Miss Goodcll)
This latest issue of the "Lantern"
leaves one with an impression of the
fragmentary. The fact that the greater
part of the space is given to a story
"to be continued" and to a play that
has already been produced, is not made
up for by sufficient solidify in the rest
of  the  material.
� The poets, in the first place, have
hardly done their share. Only two
serious poems is a poor showing, even
for the month of February. "Winter
in Connecticut" .gives- successfully the
muffled slowness of a snowfall, with
words and rhythm contributing to an
admirable unity of effect. A more
interesting subject is treated with
something less of finish in "If He Ask
for Bread." Its vividness seems to.be
secured at the expense of a little forc-
ing. The more frivolous Muse is rep-
resented by "Beauty and the Blue-
stocking." which serves to reinforce
the old warning that good light verse
is less easy to write than it looks. One
suspects that Bryn Mawr poets are
being lazy, or else merely conventional
and waiting for spring to bring its cus-
tomary impetus. We hope for an early
tprtng:�-*�*�-----
Leta Clews' comedy of the Runipel-
worth   family   is   very   attractive   non-
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Morley Plays at   .
Haverford Please
Janet Marshall's Performance in
"Good Theatre" Is
Spontaneous.
AUTHOR     ALSO     SPEAKS
(Contributed in competition for editorial
board)
Luckily the atmosphere at the Haver-
ford Union, last Friday night, was thor-
oughly informal and one was not led to
<pect anything approaching a finished
production. During the first play, how-
ever, the audience was a bit disconcerted
by the obvious groping for lines, and the
uncertainty with which the actors moved.
The Rising of the Moon gives a dis-
tinctly dramatic situation whose suspense
Mr. CIourIi failed to keep up, after a
good entrance, and whose intensity Mr.
Gray  lost  along with his lines.
The story is of a policeman who does
not recognize the criminal he is seeking,
but who will not allow a stranger to pass
his post. The ragged stranger gradually
melts the heart of this worthy officer
with boyhood reminiscences. Finally he
confesses his identity, just as ^vo under
policemen arrive on the scene, and he
is subsequently saved by the sympathetic
superior officer. Mr. Clough failed to
put across his uneasiness, as the crimi-
nal in conversation with the policeman,
and, personally, we would rather remem-
ber Mr. Gray without an Irish accent,
as the Devil's Disciple.^
Following the Rising of the Moon,
Mr. Morley was introduced and himself
gave a most amusing introduction to The
Good Theatre. This was, as he said, a
maiden performance of the play as far as
he was concerned. The name of the play
arose from the remark that comes glibly
from every New York manager: "The
piece is good writing but it ain't good
theatre." It is. Mr. Morley continued,
very difficult to play and requires the
co-operation of the audience.
In spite of Mr. Morley's professed mil-
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K'mdler Recital
Bryn Mawr College announces
a Recital by Hans Kindler, 'Cellist,
for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr
Summer School for Women
Workers in Industry. The con-
cert will take place on Wednesday
evening, Mart* 25, at 8 ;20, Tick-
ets are on sale at the Publication
Office.
French Club Gives Finished Performance
of Moliere Satire fLes Femmes Savantes'
Sympathetic Interpretations of Both Character and Straight Parts
Give Vitality to Clever Lines; Costumes
and Setting Effective.
FRENCH      ACCENTS     CONSISTENTLY      EXCELLENT
Having established a reputation for
dramatic ability last year with "Her-
nani" the French Club were in the
difficult position of trying to avoid an
anticlimax this year, � The choice of
Moliere's "Les Femmes Savantes"
with its satire, in such complete con-
trast to the, exuberant romanticism of
Hugo gave * the actors a chance to
prove their versatility. That the per-
formance was extremely diverting
sheerly by intelligent delivery of clever
lines in a play where there are no dra-
matic situations to speed up the action
shows that last year's success was not
a mere stroke of luck.
The plot of the play is absurdly
simple, l'iiilamiute. who loves only
philosophy and . science, wishes her
daughter Hcnriette to marry M. Tris-
sotin, an insufferable pedant. Her hus-
band favors the suit of Clitandre the
witty though unlearned young' man
whom Henriette loves. The flesh is
weak however and it takes Henriette's
uncle to bring the lovers together by
a ruse. Although the only action
comes at the end of the play to solve
the lovers' problem, the bright inter-
pretations  of   the actresses  under  the
less  gestures  also  detracted  from   the
direction   of   Mile.   Maud   Rev  gave  X spontaneous atmosphere of the play as
Voice of The Student
The College Council has
adopted the policy of having the
secretary bring up any matter
that is taken up seriously in the
News in letters from the students
and of turning it over to the
proper authorities.
At the Council meeting on
March 10 the question of haying
the library ojien on Sunday morn-
ing was considered and it will be
referred to the Board of Directors
at- their,next meeting. The agita-
tion about numerical marking was
referred to the Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee.
(Signed)
Secretary of the Council.
Second Varsity Defeats
Second Rosemont, 39-30
A patched up second team beat an
equally patched up Rosemont second
team; 39-30. With each quarter a new
forward was put in with Boyd. The
final combination with Hardenberg at
her regular position was the best for
scoring but #t the same time it weak-
ened the defense ly moving Bowditch
into the center.
Despite the good guarding which
she encountered Boyd managed ,to
make 24 points. Nine more were added
by Hardcnbergh in her short term at
forward. , A little bit out of place in
centre Hardenbergh nevertheless suc-
ceeded in getting the ball to the for-
wards frequently although she spoiled
a number of other attempts by going
over the line. Engle. scoring two bas-
kets while forwanl in the secitnd quar-
ter, was not playing her usual good
game and it was not until the end that
she began to get started. Le Saulnier
was dependable at guard, being par-
ticularly good in the last quarter when
she   broke   up   numerous   deep   ptMCl
continuous impression of movement.
The realistic and formal were pleas-
antly mixed, a combination of the ac-
cepted presentation of the well-known
characters and the individual ability
brought by the French Club players.
The character parts were very ef-
fectively done. L. Mandell as Chry-
sale nladc the most of her blustering
and her paunch while M. Jenkins did
the "chimere" scene with such gusto
that her blurred enunciation was
almost a virtue. M. Mitchell and O.
Jarrett Were absurdly earnest as quar-
reling savants. The straight parts
were admirably taken. C Lloyd-Jones
as Clitandre carried a role which
might easily have been lifeless with
spirit and dignity while C. Compton
as Henriette added charm of voice and
movement to the scenes in which she
played. The costumes and setting also
helped 'in delighting the audience:
The major fault of the production
was the tendency of the actresses to
glue their eyes on some magnetic spot
at the back of the auditorium during
many of their speeches. An occasional
formalism   and repetition   of meaning-
a whole. The amazing thing is the
amount of vitality which the players,
even in the most minor parts, gave
their roles, and not that some formal-
ity remained. It is also unusual to
find a large group in which the
French accents are so consistently
good. The French Club is to be con-
gratulated on this new example of its
dramatic talent.                              R.   H.
The program was as follows:
Chrysale, bon bourgeois......L.  Mandell
l'iiilamiute.  femiuc de Chrysale,
K. Sixt
Fillet de Chrysale et de Philaminte�
Armande  ................................M. Little
Henriette ..........................C.  Compton
Ariste, frere de Chrysale....G. Macatce
Belise. soeur de Chry>ale....M. Jenkins
Clitandre, amant  d'Hcnriette,
C.  Lloyd-Jones
Trissotin.  hel  esprit............M.   Mitchell
Vadius,  savant..........................O.  Jarrett
Martine.  servante   de  cuisine.
V. E. Smith
L'Kpine.   laquais,    Julien,    valet   de
V'adius ................................G. Swenson
be   Ndtaire   ................'!.............P.   Simnis
La Scene est a Paris
II \ aura une entre acte de 10 minutes
apres Acte III
Dirigee par.  Mile.  Maud  Rey
Decor,   M.   Frothingham
Tapisserie peinte par.  B. Kirk
Costumes. If, Sherley, S. Markley
Accressoircs,  L.  Balmcr
Varsity Wins Exciting
Game From Rosemont
from the centers.
Bryn Mawr, 2d          Rosemont. 2d
Pqyd..............,........P........................   Gafy
Tatnall....................F.....................   Durkin
Hardenbergh)
(Engle. E. Smith,
Hardenbergh......J. C..........................   Dee
(Bowditch)
Engle....................S. C...........   Williamson
Le Saulnier...........G....................>,...   �
Bowditch.......
(Jacksoni
Lack of Baer Cripples Team in
First Half; Collier Scores
Thirty-four Points.
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IMPROVEMENT IN^ PLAYS
Coming back righting in the second
half Varsity beat Rosemont, 54-38.
Without Baer, who was mi->ing for the
first    time    in    four    vears.   the   team
started oft very disjointedly. Before'
they were even warmed up Rosemont
had dropped three goals in. With the
score 15-7 against them at the start of
the second quarter, the centers began
intercepting the attack. Although they
were not able to get the ball to the
forwards on many of their passes, they
did prevent their opponents from get-
ting it so that at the end of the half
Roiemonj was only leading 25-17.
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