College News, 1932-11-16, Vol. 19, No. 05

              The College News
VOL. XIX, No. 5
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1932
PRICE 10 CENTS
Russia Has Overcome
Mental Indifference
Education is Attempting to Ex-
pel Ignorance, Blunders,
and Frustration
TOURISTS   ENCOURAGED
(Specially Contributed By Edward
Warburg)
A boundary line between two coun-
tries is an extraordinary thing. The
vague differentiations between nation-
al types are here brought face to face
in sharp contrast. This is especially
true on the Russian-Polish border,
which not only separates two nations,
but also two opposing economic sys-
tems. The armed sentries on both sides
and the barbed-wire blockade on the
Polish side, stand as silent testimony
to the mutual mistrust involved. Po-
land, backed by France, represents the
attitude of the many nervous capital-
ists who view the possible success of
the Soviet experiment as a catastro-
phe to the whole Western World. They
feel it their not too secret duty to
impede this experiment in every pos-
sible way,�partly by frontier skir-
mishes, but much more, by derisive
propoganda, by complete misrepre-
sentation, and, above all, by political
intrigue in the border States. Russia
faces the Western World with no such
belligerent attitude. Her sentries at
this border represent the protective
shell necessary to the maturing of the
enclosed embryo. All attention must
now be centered on the growth of this
embryo and, while outside assistance
is invited and hoped for, the Russian
has, for the present, but little inter-
est in advocating their methods
abroad except in those cases where it
would lead to co-operation. Russians
are, of course, not without hope that,
should their methods prove success-
ful, others might folloWj^bufthat they
know is at present a case of counting
the  eggs before they are hatched.
The tourist is recognized in Russia
as one of the-sources for financial
and spiritual support. He not only
brings with him his money, but by
coming and seeing for himself, he has
the possibility of returning home
with a saner outlook on the whole sit-
uation, which he may use to help fight
the misrepresentations of the anti-
Soviet press. Therefore everything is
done to make his visit as easy and
. enlightening as possible. Against
this the tourist must guard lest he
accept all statements too readily; the
full truth is not always on the sur-
face. "Intourist" is a government or-
ganization formed to promote and aid
foreign tourists in Russia. The serv-
ices you receive at their hands vary
according to what category you finan-
(CoMlnued  on   Page   Four)
College Calendar
Wed., Nov. 16�Dr. Vaughan
Williams. Flexner Lecture on
"Nationalism  in Music."
Thurs., Nov. 17 � Varsity
Players present Saints' Day, a
one-act play by Tom Prideaux.
(ioodhart Hall, 8.20 P. M.
Fri., Nov. 18 � Songs of the
Cowboy. Lecture Recital by Mr.
John Lomax. Goodhart, 8.20
P. M.
Sat., Nov. 19 � Bryn Mawr
Varsity vs. Ursinus. Hockey
Field, 10.00 A. M.
Sun., Nov. 20�Chapel, con-
ducted by the Reverend W. Rus-
sell Bowie, D.D., Rector of
Grace Church, N. Y. C.
Mon., Nov. 21�Dr. Vaughan
Williams. Last Flexner Lec-
ture on "Nationalism in Music."
Folk Songs Are True
Base of Musical Art
Bryn Mawr Varsity
Ties With Swarthmore
Opponents'   Undefeated   Team
Again Fails to Overcome
Bryn Mawr Players
RALLY  IN SECOND HALF
National  Music Can Only  Re-
sult From Knowledge of
*        Country's Tradition
NO PERFECT ORIGINALITY
Varsity Dramatics Cast
Chosen for Royal Family
The cast for The Royal Family, the
three-act Varsity Dramatics play to
be given December 9 and 10 in the
auditorium of Goodhart, was selected
last Monday night, after the try-outs
for both Haverford and Bryn Mawr.
Members of the Cap and Bells Club
of Haverford College are taking the
men's parts and co-operating in the
production and business ends of the
performance. Mrs. William Flexner
(Magdalene Hupfel), is directing,
and she will be assisted by Molly
Nichols. The properties are under
the supervision of Betty Edwards
and Miriam Dodge. Construction and
stage-managing will be done-by Syl-
via Bowditch and Sallie Jones, while
the lighting will be done by Betsy
Jackson. The Haverford cast has
not yet been completed, but the Bryn
Mawr cast is as follows:
Fanny Cavendish
.Del McMasters,  '33
Julie Cavendish
Janet Marshall, '33
Gwen*jplfcr**'         .Betty Lord, '35.
Kitty Dean_____.....Leta Clews, '33
Delia............Susan  Daniels,  '34
Miss Peake... Elvira Trowbridge, '34
On Saturday morning, Bryn Mawr
and Swarthmore finished their tenth
annual game in a 2-all tie. Although
Swarthmore came as an undefeated
team, the "jinx" whith has followed
them in so many of the Bryn Mawr
games was still there. The Varsity,
with a record of total defeat behind
them, rallied in the second half to tie
the score.
During the first half, the players
felt the effects of the frigid weather,
and as a result the play of both
teams was slow and ragged. Stubbs,
Swarthmore right inner; opened the
scoring by'tallying from a rush on
the circle, and soon scored again
after the forwards had carried the
ball the length of the field. Bryn
Mawr's passwork was uncertain
throughout the half and, although
often within scoring distance, the
offensive was too weak to push the
ball.
In the second half, Varsity came
lo life. The passing of the forwards
was strong and accurate while the
backs and goal offered the best de-
fense of the season. In spite of the
fact that two of its regulars were
missing, Varsity had the ball in scor-
ing position most of the time. Rem-
ington tallied a clean shot in the
first ten minutes of scrimmage and
five minutes before the whistle blew,
Taggart at right wing tied the scoro�|
at 2-all.
Although Kent is a regular in the
back field, she adequately filled
Longacre's position at inner and her
defense tactics were an advantage in
keeping the ball near the Swarthmore
cage. Although Taggart is not as
fast as Stevenson, she played a
steady and effective game. She
did not carry the ball so far down
'field and as a result her passes were
quicker and more accurate. Daniel's
playing has been steadily improving
all season and she played an excel-
lent game at Kent's regular position
at half.
Collier, Rothermel and Bishop were
an impenetrable barrier and rarely
allowed the Swarthmore forward* to
pass the fifty yard line. Gill proved
to be an able substitute for Jack-
son. The final outcome of the game
was due, to a great extent, to her co-
operation with the backsT�rid""hef "ex-
cellent defense of the Bryn Mawr
goal. �
Swarthmore                       Bryn Mawr
Walton......    R. W.......Taggart
Stubbs.......    R. I.....Remington
Jacquette.....  C. F.........Smith
Tomlinson-----   L.  I..........Kent
Hirst........   L.   W........Brown
'Beginning the fourth lecture of his
series last Wednesday, Dr. Vaughan
Williams announced that, from a con-
sideration of folk-song itself, he
would now turn his attention toward
its influence on us�on the ordinary
musical people of today.
Folk song, said Dr. Williams, be-
ing spontaneous and unpremeditated,
is of necessity sincere, and so fV our
own emotions supplies a much-needed
lest; "artistic deception is arfi of the
subtlest of vices." Moreover, folk-
song has withstood the scrutiny of
time, and is worthy, surely, to be the
foundation of our musical art. Again,
an artist cannot always give Immedi-
ate form to his creative thootfnts; his
mind must unconsciously Vest on
something familiar to his nature. And
what more suitable than the music
natural to his race? Sir Hubert Par-
ry says that all things which mark
the folk-song of the race also betoken
its other qualities.
There has been considerable oppo-
sition to the "folk-song theory for
composers," but Dr. Williams believes
that the critics are fighting wind-mills.
Building up a national style on the
basis of folk-song involves far more
than the introduction of a few folk-
tunes, or a touch of local color, as
the failure of many composers has
proved. Moreover, Beethoven does not
become a Russian on the strength of
the Rasoumowsky quartets. A nation-
al schi-ol must be built upon raw ma-
terial, and must know its own tra-
ditional music. Nor are Tschaikow-
ski and Smetana exceptions. Al-
though they may not have studied
them expressly, the national tunes of
Russia were "in the air." Even Elgar,
Council Resolutions
At the College Council'-meet-
ing,, Tuesday, October 25, the
following suggestions and deci-
sions were made: A tea should
be given for the Non-resident
students. The idea was ap-
proved but no date set. The
slipperiness of the walk from
Itockcfeller to Goodhart should
be remedied. There should be
an Undergraduate recreation
room in Goodhart, and^a piano
rented for use in it.
Varsity Players' Club
Presents Saint's Day
Original Play by Tom Prideaux
Has Satire as
Theme
S.    JONES    PLAYS    LEAD
The performance 6n November 17
of Saint'8 Day, the Varsity Players'
new one-act play, will be practically
a first-night. This expose of a pecu-
liarly medieval racket done in good
Chicago style was written and first
produced at the Baker Workshop in
New Haven by Tom Prideaux, a
young dramatist of considerable, prom-
ise. Since the original presentation,
he has partially rewritten it for per-
formance at Bryn Mawr.
Although the scene is laid in the
Dark Ages when saints were accept-
ed as saints, the dialogue and spirit
of the play are incongrously modern.
The saint-hero, Sallie Jones, is a pi-
ous but engaging fraud, whose bones,
coveted as relics, serve as the crux
of the plot. His mistress is Qirrie
Schwab, who, during the saint's per-
formances serves as the poor woman
brought in from the streets and mi-
raculously "cured." The villains of
ihe piece are  Saint Carlo's business
manager, Haviland Nelson, and his
who admittedly knows and cares lit- j press agent, J. E. Hannan, who is a
tie about English folk-song, shows j very bad man. Maria Coxe and O.
clearly in the Enigma Variations and|Jarrett furnish local color as a ped-
in parts of Gerontiux the influence of j'Her and servant, respectively,
that direction pointed out by Cecil j Leta Clews is directing the pro-
Sharpe's revival of folk-music in Eng-j tlaction; Maria Coxe will serve as
land, through which a musical idiom stage manager, and Diana Tate-
was   found    in    its   simplest   form.  Smith will be in charge of lighting.
"That," said Dr. Williams, "was what
we were waiting for;" stores of Eng-
lish melody were opened, which gave
The Varsity Players are delighted
to have secured an unpublished play
for production.    The clever dialogue
should make it a great success.
one/the   same   sense   of   familiarity j and   orjgjnai   pi0t   of   Saint's    Day
that a   masterpiece  does.     In   those
works which lack this quality of fa-
miliarity, Elgar seems to belong less \
to the English.                                       : Harpsichord is Exhibited
The next question that confronts!              at Informal Song Meeting
nationalistic
us is that of a nationalistic com-
poser's originality. How, in The
Dark Lady of the Sonnets, does Shaw
impune the originality of Shakes-
peare by showing him,  note-book in
Three years ago, and for no ade-
quate reason as far as the music-
lovers were concerned, the evenings of
informal singing and piano at Wynd-
ham were given up.    But last Mon-
hand, culling some of his most fam-                                      __._______   ,
...             ,    .     �,.-.      day night not only saw the proverb-
ous lines from the speech of a White-
very
how-
.1. Harvey;.
N.Harvey.
Cresson....
Volkmar...
Longshore....
R. H.
C. H.
L. H.
R. F.
L.  F.
Michael:. .. :..*.�*��&
�
.....Ullom
.....Collier
-----Daniels
.. Rothermel
.....Bishop
....Gill
��, xi�m �. ���:,.. �. - "*��- W pillows scattered on the floor in
hall sentry.' Again, does the fact� ^ mugic ^ ^ Goodhart but also
that his poetry is founded on the pop- n .,old_new� instrument in a
ular ballads read h.m by his wife cast | handsome wa,fcut case rirst>
a shadow on the genius of Bums. � ^^ we had ^ ggt jnto the swjng
If, as Emerson Mffc, the most ong-; of ^ M eveninRSi s0 with Mr.
inal genius i� the most indebted man, j Alwyne at the piano ftnd Mr.
there is no reason why we should not I WilIoughby at the organi not only
I* indebted to the fountain-head from I ^ safe.guard  but  jnspire'our keep-
which all our art originally sprang.
This indebtedness is well recogniz-
ed by the French, Germans and Rus-
sians�by all but the English, who
though admitting it with regard to
(Continued   on   Pag*   FIv�)
j* -.-�._
Goals: Swarthmore�stubbs, 2;
Bryn Mawr�Remington, 1; Taggart,
I.
Philadelphia All-Star
In the selection of Philadel-
phia's all-star hockey teams,
several of the members of the
Bryn Mawr hockey squad were
given positions.   They are:
Second team�Margaret Col-
lier, center half.
Reserves�Evelyn Remington.
Third team�Evelyn Reming-
ton, right wing.
Fifth team�Miss Grant, left
back.
-rfe^>Aear-,*"-�-aret Ullom,
Betty Jackson.

Cyrano de Bergerac
is Lecture Subject
Clayton     Hamilton     Considers
Cyrano Greatest Play
in Literature
ing on the tune, we started with a
Bach chorale, "Wake, Awake, for
Night Is Flying." The start was
rather feeble and Dr. Williarirs would
have none of it. By the time w had
finished the second chorale, "Lord
Christ, Reveal Thy Holy Face," he
had made sing in groups, first those
who knew it and then those who had
never heard it. By dint of begging
us not to "Hurry our. quavers" he
drew from us a rather dignified ren-
dition of this beautiful music. The
fun ended on a jolly note, the fa-
mous "Twankydillo" � Dr. Williams
getting just as excited at the last
"roaring pair of bagpipes" as the
singers.
Then Dr.  Hans  Schumann, of the
Columbia University,  showed  us his
Liastrument.     Though    many   of   us
knew  a'harpsicnora*-*, ��Z1'           is
CREATED FORCOQUELIN
Clayton Hamilton, who was Walter
Hampden's roommate at school, and
who persuaded him to revive Cyrano
de Bergerac, "chatted" about Ros-
tand's masterpiece, which he describ-
ed as "the most enchanting, exhila-
rating, thrilling and -enthralling play
in the world." Although in his ca-
pacity of dramatic critic Mr. Hamil-
ton has seen thousands of plays, Cy-
rano is his favorite. He has, in fact,
been present^ at three hundred per-
formances of it in thirty years.
Shakespeare's Hamlet is an extreme-
ly popular classic, but people go to
see it over and over again in order
to compare the performances of dif-
ferent actors. Walter Hampden
ulone, however, has played Cyrano
live hundred and sixty-five times in
New York, and each time after the
second dct someone in the audience
has come out and bought tickets for
u future performance. This is be-
cause Cyrano de Bergerac is the only
play which is the "Quintessence of all
the plays of all the world, and is what
all plays have wanted to be and fail-
ed to be since the dawning of Greek
tragedy."
Cyrano de Bergerac was first
launched on the stage in Paris by a
young poet of twenty-nine on the
28th of December, 1897. It was im-
mediately acclaimed "the thrill of the
theatre," and people rushed to Paris
from all over Europe to see it. The
generation which witnessed its open-
ing had considered that the age of
miracles was past and that no more
great works of art would be produc-
ed, but they united in proclaiming
Cyrano the greatest achievement of
their lifetime. Hamilton was just
seventeen at this time (which age,
incidently, he considers as the best
age for the first reading of Rostand's
play), and he had been asking him-
self why he happened to be living in
the United States in the administra-
tion of McKinley, instead of in Ath-
ens during the Golden Age of Peri-
cles, when it was possible to hear Soc-
rates "ask embarrassing questions."
He realized, however, in December of
1897, that he had waited for centuries
in a pre-natal form in order that he
might be alive when Cyrano was writ-
ten. Even now he goes so far as
to date certain events in his youth
as B. C�"Before Cyrano." The play
was so great that differences in race,
nationality, age, religion, or sex had
no effect on the universal admiration
which it received. It can today be cer-
tain for its immortality, for even mov-
ing pictures morons are overwhelm-
ing in their praise.
(Continued on  Page  Three)
Senior Class Entertains
Freshmen With Two Skits

(Continued  on Pare  Six)
On Saturday afternoon, November
12, the Senior class gave a reception
in the Common Room to the Fresh-
men. Tea was served by the Seniors,
many of whom wandered about in
strange costumes. Those thus fantas-
tically arrayed presented two skits
ns the entertainment for the after-
noon. The first production was a mel-
odrama entitled "The Frozen North,
Or Neither Animal, Vegetable, Nor
Mineral." The second skit was . a
problem play, "The Unemployment
Situation At Bryn Mawr, Or What
To Do About It?"�"Let's turn out
the lights and go to bed." It was
marked by a certain spontaneity, due
to several unforeseen mishaps and to
the fact that each girl composed her
own part, but delighted the audience.
The reception had the merits which
accrue from brevity, gpod food, and
no need for effort on Tr*�p�^i . - �e
Freshmen.