College News, 1930-11-19, Vol. 17, No. 07

              The College News
VOL. XVII, No. 7
WAYNE AND BRYN MAWR PA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1930
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Russia Under Soviet
Effects Many Changes
New Social and Industrial Order
Inaugurated Since the
Revolution.
USES  WESTERN   DEVICES
Last Thursday evening, November
13, Dr. Mildred Fairchild, Associate in
Social Economy and Social Research,
spoke" in Goodhart Hall on "A New
Industrial Order in Russia." Her lec-
ture was the second of the two lec-
tures on Russia given under the aus-
pices of the Graduate Club. Dr. Fair-
child discussed the grpwth and organi-
zation oPstate capitalism in Russia as
well as what the problems of the
Soviet are and how these problems are
being met.
Although Agriculture is in much the
same position that it was before the
Revolution, in Industry there has been
enormous change, change in purpose,
organization and results to consumer
and producer. The private industry
that has persisted in Russia for the last
ten years is now being forced to sell
out to the Soviet; the Hammer Pencil
Company's  sale  is a recent example.
The organization of industry under
the Soviet may well be called state cap-
italism. Syndicates, trusts and cor-
porations are government owned and
it is the government that receives and
dispenses their profit. Although wages
are steadily increasing, most of this
profit is going into the expansion of
industry. TfW Soviet has made tre-
mendous progress in expansion. In
1925 and 1926 production was broug'ht
up to its pre-war level; during the war
there had only been 15 per cent, of
pre-war production. Since 1927 pro-
duction has been increased until it is
almost twice what it was in 1913. Un-
der the Five Year Plan now in opera-
tion production is being increased 2
per cent, each year, an enormous
amount.
We read in the newspapers of coun-
ter-revolutionary plots to overthrow
the Soviet; a far greater task than
protecting herself from these rebels is
the. building up of industry. We must
Temember that the industrial popula-
tion of Russia is a small proportion of
the total population. only\ one fifth.
Industrialism is rapidly spreading,
however, and many new factories have
beeu built. There is a great contrast
between these new factories and the
old ones deficient in light, air and
space. Many old factories are being
remodeled as well.
Factory a Social Unit
The new factory is a social as well
as an industrial center. Often in order
that the factory mty be near its raw
materials, it is placed in the middle1 of
a wilderness. Before its building is
complete,, however, about it have been
grouped clubs, theater, school, creche,
day nursery, perhaps a stadium, every
social public utility except a church.
.These new settlements have been
forced to fight against the peasant's
aversion to change; he is especially
conservative in  matters of sanitation.
Government control of industry is
highly centralized. In the last ten
years many syndicates and large con-
solidations have been made, notably in
textiles, steel and paper. All industrial
budgeting is done by a government
planning bureau.
We must not overstress centraliza-
tion, however. The director of each
factory is responsible for his factory's
making its profits.- Head directors are
appointed by the trusts and represent
the workmen. They are assisted in
each factory by a technical director and
his staff. In addition, each factory has
four directing committees, industrial,
labor protection, cultural work and
mass organization. The first of these
especially assists in getting out produc-
tion. In a large factory, each commit-
tee   has  its   subcommittees.     All   four
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Dr. Smith Analyses
Results of Election
Professor William Roy Smith spoke
on the Results of the Election in
chapel Thursday,  November 13.
The outstanding result of the 1930
election is the gains of the Democratic
Party as compared with two years ago.
These gains include eight seats in the
Senate and fifty-one in the House of
Representatives, but the party will not
apparently be arble to control either
house. The Republicans, however, will
not have the balance of power in con-
gress, and the Farmer-Labor members
will probably decide the vote.
The trend was more noticeable in
the Gubernatorial elections: Eighteen
Democratic Governers, thirteen Re-
publican, one Farmer-I-abor and one
Independent. Democratic Governors
will replace Republicans in seven
cases, and both the Farmer-Labor and
Independent will replace Republicans.
The main cause for this change is
the industrial depression. The Repub-
lican Party is not responsible for the
depression, yet the vote against the
party is justified because Republicans
have so long claimed the assets of good
times. In addition the Republican
Party has brought disfavor upon itself
by not doing enough to check the de-
pression. The raising of the tariff to
a higher level than ever before has only
aggravated the situation.
A second and exaggerated cause for
Republican unpopularity is the revolt
against Prohibition. Revolt actually
took place in Massachusetts, .Rhode
Island and Illinois where referenda
were held, and in Ohio where a wet
candidate defeated a dry candidate for
the Senate. In most of the other
States the defeated candidates for Gov-
ernor or Senator were usually as wet
as the victors. The wets gained four
or five Senators and about forty mem-
bers in the House of Representatives,
but, nevertheless, still have less than
a one-third vote in either house, and a
two-thirds vote is necessary to initiate
an amendment.
The third cause for Republican un-
cosTiNcrn on the fwuth paok
"Devil's Disciple"
The Varsity Players and the Cap
and Bells Club of Haverford have de-
cided to give the "Devil's Disciple." by
G. B. Shaw, on Friday and Saturday,
December 12 and 13. The play will
be directed by Jasper Deeter, direc-
tor of the Hedgerow Theatre, Moylan-
Rose Valley.   �
Tryouts for the women's parts will
be held in Goodhart this Thursday
evening promptly at 7 o'clock. All
but freshmen are eligible, and there are
copies of the playfon the Varsity Dra-
matic's reserve shelf in the library.
There is, we think, more action and
less moralizing in this play than in
most of Shaw's. The setting, is colo-
nial New England. The women's
parts are: Mrs. Dudgeon, an elderly
Puritan matron, who "being exceed-
ingly disagreeable is considered ex-
ceedingly good"; Essie, the bar-sinister
of the family, a "wild, timid-looking
creature," about sixteen years old;
Judith Anderson, who "has been ad-
mired and petted into an opinion of
herself sufficiently favorable to give
her the self-assurance whicTi serves her
instead of strength." There are two
minor characters, Mrs. Dudgeon's sis-
ters-in-law. who appear at the family
council in the first scene, and a crowd
of townsfolk in the execution scene at
the end.
The author's preface "On Diabolo-
nian Ethics" explains that the hero's
championship of the devil is a direct
outcome of his need for a religion that
is not to be found in the decadent Puri-
tanism of his home. This identity of
Good and Evil is far from being an
idea original with Shaw, for, as he
points out, "from Prometheus to Wag-
ner's Siegfried, some enemy of the
gods, unterrified champion of those op-
pressed by them, has always towered
among the heroes of the loftiest
poetry."
Calendar
Wednesday, November 19�The
Industrial Group Supper will
be held in the Common Room
-at 6:30.
Saturday, November 22�Varsity
Hockey with All-Philadelphia
in the morning.
Sunday, November 23 � The
service of the Bryn Mawr
League will be led by Samuel
M. Shoemaker in the Music
Room at 7:30.
Monday.      November      24�The
' Graduate Club invites you to
an informal discussion on Rus-
sia at 8 in Goodhart Hall.
The Parents' Association of the
Thome School will hold the
second of their Round Table
discussions on "Creative Ac-
tivity" at 8:15 in Wyndham.
The last of these discussions
will take place on Tuesday,
December 2.
Wednesday, November 26�
Thanksgiving vacation begins
at 12:45 P. M.
Monday, December 1�Thanks-
giving vacation ends at 9 A. M.
Varsity to Play Match
with All-Philadelphia
On Saturday Teams Contest in
23rd Meet Since  1908,
Varsity Winning Four. .
PROSPECT     INTERESTING
On Saturday, November 22, the day
when many of the men's colleges will
be playing their objective game of the
seasoi^, Varsity will meet the All-
Philadelphia hockey team for the
twenty-third time. This series, which
was started in 1908, although fre-
quently not successful for Bryn Mawr,
has produced many exciting frays and
the game this year should rival the best
previous ones.
The first game that comes to our
attention is that of 1914 when Bryn
Mawr, playing with a forward line
which, as an old report has it, was
literally "geo-metri-cally straight," tied
'hiladelphia. The greatest day in the
history of Bryn Mawr hockey is No-
vember 25, 1916. On that morning the
team made a "record end to a record
season" by beating All-Philadelphia,
3-0. Not one game had been lost all
season and opponents had only scored
a total of four goals, while Varsity had
amassed thirty-three. For the first
time in" history the yellow and white
college banner hung on the gym, to
celebrate the first defeat of All-Phila-
delphia. In an old News editorial we
learn that "singing was coached this
year at regular song practices, and the
conquering temper of the 1916 Var-
sity has engendered in the College a
feeling comparable to the growth of
a national spirit among separate
states."    Bryn Mawr gained three suc-
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Dr. Swindler Honored
Dr. Mary .Hamilton Swindler has
been made a corresponding member of
the German Archaeological Institute
in Berlin. Although there are several
hundred scholars in Europe who are
members, only. twelve American
archaeologists have been elected to the
Institute, and only six women have been
chosen as members: Jane Harrison,
Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Van Buren in
England; Miss Bieber in Germany;
Miss Richter and Mrs. Caroline Ran-
son Williams in America. Dr. Swind-
ler is the seventh woman to be named.
Services Held in Memory of
Theodore de Leo de Laguna
On Sunday, November 16, a memo-
rial service for Theodore de Leo de
Laguna was held in the Auditorium
of Goodhart Hall. The speakers were
chosen from among Dr. de Laguna's
pupils and friends. They developed
Dr. dc Laguna's place in philosophy
and the traits of character and habits
of thought which won the admiration
and respect of all who were acquainted
with his writings or his life. President
Park gave a brief sketch of Dr. de
Laguna's life and work, and Dr. Mon-
tague, Professor of Philosophy at Bar-
nard College, described his place in
philosophy. Dr. Brand Blanshard, of
Swarthmore College, and Dr. Helen
Huss Parkhurst, of Barnard College,
also spoke in behalf of the Fullerton
Club and of the students of Dr. de
Laguna. respectively. The program
was:
In memory of. Theodore de Leo de
Laguna (July 22, 1876�September 22,
1930).
Sarabande in G minor................Liadow
Ave   Verum   ..................................Mozart
President Park
Theodore   de   Laguna's   place   in   phi-
losophy.     William     P.      Montague,
Ph.  D.,   Professor of Philosophy  at
Barnard College.
In behalf of the Fullerton Club, Brand
Blanshard, Ph. D., Professor of Phi-
losophy at Swarthmore College.
Andante from Piano (Juintct....Brahms
In behalf of the students of Theodore
de  Laguna,   Helen   Huss   Parkhurst.
Ph. D., Assistant  Professor of Phi-
losophy at Barnard College.
Resolutions from the Board of Direc-
tors, the Faculty, the Alumnae Asso-
ciation   and   the   students   of   Bryn
Mawr   College   and   the   Philosophy
Club of New York.
Sarabande from First French Suite.
Bach
Larghetto......................................Handel
The addresses of President Park^nd
Dr. Montague follow.
Miss Park Travels in
Desert for Eight Days
Lantern Electi >ns
Since Mary Harrin an and
Maxine Silver have hot -eturned
to college this year the Lantern
Board has asked Bertha Faust
to be the senior member, and
Eleanor Yeakel to be the mem-
ber from 1933.
Miss Park continued the story of,
her visit to Egypt in chapel on TuesV
day, November 18. With Miss Cath-
erine 'Lord, of the Windsor School,
in Boston, she went South, up the Nile
to Assuan, where Egypt - no longer
seems to be a part of the civ/lizcd
world but to identify itself with the
African continent in appearance and
spirit. Here they decided to get a
caravan of their own to go/into the
desert. After trial trips into the sur-
rounding deserts to get usefl to camel
riding, they planned their/journey to
Luxor by the road between the Nile
and the Red Sea with at/ Arab guide
who -had been with Roosevelt's party
and with the Princess Mary on her
visit to Egypt. The night before the
trip they spent in the desert near
Assuan. It was the first night of
Ramadan, and the sdunds of the drums
beating and the people crying out dur-
ing the night made their coming ex-
pedition seem vfry wild and fool-
hardy. They were pleasantly surprised
when the Sheik/of Caravans came the
next day to register their names, des-
tination, and expected date of arrival
at Luxor.
The carayan consisted of eight
camels and k baby camel who "made
the caravan/look nice" but was a nui-
sance to /every one, including the
camels. - Jlliss Park and Miss Lord
were mounted on the large white rid-
ing camels, whose pacing is so com-
fortable/that travelers can ride eight
to ten/hours a day without fatigue.
The men accompanying the camels
were /especially picturesque, not tall
but wonderfully made with fuzzy hair
standing straight up on their heads�
natives of the tribe Kipling calls
Fuzzy-Wuzzy. With the exception of
the scout of one caravan,  these men
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Theodore de Laguna was an American
born but his parents were European,
representatives of. what is perhaps the
most distinguished group of immigrants
in the country's history, "the pilgrims of
1848," as a recent book names them. His
father, Alexander de Laguna, was a
French citizen of Spanish descent who
came to this country about the time of
the revolution of 1848. His mother,
Ercderica Becgner, was born in Saxony
and her family were actually political
exiles soon after. Alexander de Laguna
married her in Philadelphia in 1850 and
they sailed for San Francisco that same
year, going around the Horn. Theodore,
the youngest of their nine children, was , /
born in Oakland, California, on July 22,/
1876.                                                        .  /
He was a delicate and precocious child
and was not sent to school until late;
studying at home with an older sister
instead. Later he went to| the public
schools of Oakland and to the University
of California and he received his Bachelor
degree in 1896 before he v^as 20. When
a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa ywas estab-
lished years later he was chosen as a
member from his class. His' interests as
an undergraduate and for sonic time
later were divided between literature and
mathematics. He wrote/for the Univer-
sity publications, and later for local papers
and magazines, verse stories and sketches.
He played chess, which exercised' a fas-
cination on him against which he had
always to be on Ms guard Jest it absorb
him completely.. The next few years
were spent i� graduate study of philoso-
phy, and English literature at the Univer-
sity of California and in high school
teaching in Escondido where he received
his Master'* degree in 1898.
In 1900-fJl he was Fellow in philosophy
at Cornell University, taking his doc-
torate at' the end of the year. During
the two following years he taught in the
Philippine Islands and though he traveled
for several months in the Orient most of
the /uft was spent in a remote district
in nicvtland of Mindanao. He was the
oijly White man in the village and came
t�i know the natives very intimately,
(largely because he learned to speak the
Visayan dialect- of the district. These
two years' experience among people of
an alien culture he always regarded as
of the utmost value to him. He often
spoke of them and the illustrations, apt
and accurate, which he drew from his
own retentive vi-tial memory, his students
will remember. The life in the tropics
where be bad a mild attack of cholera
had. however, a Serious effect upon his
health from which he never fully recov-
ered. On his return to the United States
in 1903 he spent two more years at Cor-
nell, one as honorary fellow' and one as
assistant ill the Sage School of Philoso-
phy.    .
In the fall of (90S he married his fel-
low-student, Grace Mead Andrus, and*
went at once to the University of Michi-
gan as assistant professor of education.
In 1907 he was called to Bryn Mawr
College as associate professor of phi-
losophy and was promoted to be full
professor  in  1910.
.Wrote Three  Books
In 1910 also his first book, Dogmatism
and .Involution, written in collaboration .
with his wife, was published. In 1915
In published An Introduction to the
Science of Bthici ami in 1926 The Fac~
tors of Social Evolution. In addition he
wrote many articles on a wide variety
of topics ranging from educational theory
and ethics, on the one hand, to mathe-
matical logic on the other. He con-
tributed to the recently .published vol-
umes Contemporary American Philoso-
phy, a (taper entitled "The Way of Opin-
ion." He left manuscripts of three
articles written this last summer embody-
ing some of the results of work done
during recent years on Plato. These will
be published later. There are also "a
number of other papers, some on histori-
cal subjects, some of a more popular sort
on  educational   and   political. problems,
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