College News, 1930-03-26, Vol. 16, No. 18

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The College Neivs
VOL. XV-I, NO. 18
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1930
PRICE,   10  CENTS
Curriculum Changes
Explained in Detail
Unit System and  New Lecture
Schedules Substituted
For Old Plan.
DOUBLE   3-HOUR   BLOCKS
Since Thanksgiving, both the Fac-
ulty and Undei-graduate Curriculum
Committee have been considering th"e
curriculum of the college. Dissatisfac-
tion with its present organization has
heen felt on all sides. President Park,
before she left for Europe, expressed
her opinion very strongly on the sub-
ject, and urged the Faculty Committee
to do everything they could to make a
change. Dean Manning has for sev-
eral years thought that dividing the
students' time among a large number
of courses makes for dissipation of
energy and for over-work on the part
of the conscientious student. The
Faculty, especially those who teach ad-
vanced courses or who give Honors
work, have felt that the quality of their
best students' work has been affectexrf
by the fact that their schedules are
over-crowded. The students them-
selves have complained more and more
about their numerous reports and
quizzes.
Because of these facts, the Faculty
Committee set itself thoroughly to in-
vestigate the .whole situation. It con-
ferred formally with the Undergrad-
uate Curriculum Committee and talked
informally with various individuals onj
the committee. It found practically a
unanimity of opinion as to the draw-
hacks of the present curriculum, and
ample evidence to support the general
dissatisfaction.
The fact that the majority of stu-
dents have a large number of subjects
is proved by the following table, which
shows the percentage of each class
taking last year the number of courses
indicated:
All figures based on percentage:
Xo. of courses:
9-8      7     6     5      4     3   2
Class �                                          *�
1929�1.6 -1.6   9.7 37.1 37.1  11.3 1/,
1930�               14.9 34.0 32.9 15:9 2.1
1931�                 3.1  48.5 39.2   8.2 1.0
1932�                 1.6 48.8 44.9    3.1  1.6
A second difficulty was brought to
light in connection with our evaluation
of   courses,  not   by   tlie   proportion   of
Thurston Heads Self-Gor.
The executive board of the self-
government   association   for . next',
year has been elected as follows:     '
President�I.ois Thurston, '31.
Yice-President�Elizabeth � Baer,
'31.
Third Senior Member�E. Mor-
gan.
First     Junior      Menfber�Alice
Hardenbergh.
Second Junior Member�Joseph-
ine Graton.
Third Junior Member�J. Bruere.
First     Sophomore    Member�S.
Bowditch.                                  �
Second Sophomore Member�E.
Collins.
of     Associa'tion-^C.
Secretary
Gill.
Treasurer     of     Association�E.
Jackson.
Miss Thurston, in her Sopho-
more year at Bryn Mawr, 1928-29,
was the Treasurer of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association, and the Sec-
retary of her Class. In this past
year, she has held the offices of
Class President, Second Junior
_ Member of the Self-Government
Board, and Business Manager of
the Varsity Dramatics.
Greek Myth Interpreted"
In Dance Club Recital
Student Economic
Conference
Addresses and Discussions Cen-
tre on Unemployment
Problems.
A fulfillment, and even an expansion
of what the name Natural Dancing im-
plies, was to be found in the program of
Xatural Dancing presented by the Dance
Club, and the Dancing classes on Tues-
day evening, March 18. Simplicity char-
acterized not only the setting, and the
costumes but the dances themselves. The
natural technique in ignoring completely
the sophisticated pretensions of modern
interpretive dancing, was so graceful and
unrestrained in form, .as suggest an
idealized expression of the ordinary im-
pulse to leap and run. Natural Dancing
indeed harks back to Greek ideals, as we
think of them today, and the development
TO EMANCIPATE WORKER
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M
iss Carey Discusses
'Journey's End'
"It seems late to speak * about
'Journey's End' since it has now left
Philadelphia, but some very interesting
facts have just been published about it
iri the theater section ot\the New York
Times which have brought it before
the public again.'- In this way Miss
Carey explained her choice of "Jour-
ney's End" for a short talk in chapel
on Tuesday, March 18. This is the
third year since its writing by R. C.
Sheriff, a veteran of the World War.
Mr. Sherriff took his play which was
based on his .letters from the front and
his diary of eight intensive days of
action, to many well-known producers
and was turned down.
Incorporated Stage Society of London
gave a private performance and the
play was an immediate success. Since
its production it has made $1,220,000
in its engagements in London, and on
its British, Australian, Continental, and
Far-Eastern tours, while performances
in ninety-four North American cities
have   brought   in   $1,727,158.   counting
(Specially contributed by H. Selig-
man, President of the Bryn Mawr
Liberal Club.).
A much larger turnout appeared
for the Economic Conference in
Goodhart on March 22. than had been
expected. Swarthmore as usual sent
the largest number of delegates, and
kept the discussion going. About a
hundred people were served at lunch
and Tea. including a plentiful sprhik-
ling of Bryn Mawr faculty.
Dr. Jesse Holmes, Professor of
Philosophy at Swarthmore, was the
first speaker of the morning, after a
few words of welcome by the Chair-
man. H. Selignian. '30. He believes
that the best way to solve our present
difficulties is by the political action
of a new party, a third party. The
Republican party, he said, is con-
fessedly the party of business inter-
ests; we need to get rid of the prop-
erty ide"a as the aim of government.
The work of this generation is to
eliminate the acquistive motive and
to get back to the earlier ideals of
liberty.
After,  a   few   minutes'   recess,   Mr.
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of the pure technique into an interpreta-
tion of the myth, Pentheus and Bacchus,
was the most smooth of transitions.    �
The interest centered upon the har-
mony of the whole. The gymnasium was
transformed by no more than grcyV5ur-
tains hung from the balcony; the cos-
tumes were simple, soft-colored tunics;
the spotlight played almost no part at
all. In the dancing there was none of the
mechanical organization sometimes seen,
but the individualized movements of the
dancers were harmonized through the
common elements of the natural technique.
The first part of the program was an
illustration of the technique and showed
better than any words what constitutes
natural dancing. The examples could not
be mistaken in any way for gymnastics,
and their development into the actual
dances could be traced. The elastic laws
of the technique require no more than
the ordinary movements of the body made
free and co-ordinated, and relaxation of
the body. The spirit of the dancing is
the adaptation of yourself to a motif, not
a stilted effort to be what you are not.
The dancers really exhibited the every-
day actions of bending, moving arms and
legs, and springing on  feet, executed as
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Stanley Gordon European
Fellow With 303 Honour Points
SARAH   STANLEY   GORDON
Humanism Apparent
in New Scholarship
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News Elections
Those elected to membership on
the  Business  Board of the  News
for next year are E.   McCormick
and  E.   Yeakel,   both   members  of,
the class of 1933.
"Something new is in the wind of
American scholarship today." Thus
Miss Caroline Dunn prefaced her after-
dinner speech to the graduate students
at the annual Fellowship Dinner in Rad-
Finally thef�,,- Hall. March 21. Miss Dunn is full
professor in English at Smith College,
and was herself holder of the Helene
and Cecil  Rubel  Fellowship in 1921-22.
This new element. Miss Dunn went on
to say. has been given the very old name
of "humanism." Humanism, according
to Mr. Harry Hansen, of The New York
World, makes excellent "column" stuff.
The word is becoming popularized.
Newspapers and educators have taken it
up as signifying their protest against the
modern materialistic attitude which feels
that the "evidence of things not seen" is
no evidence, at all�The emphasis upon the
stability of facts as against the instabil-
ity of ideas.
Among the modern, humanists in the
field    of    graduate    study,    Miss    Dunn
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Of Economic Interest
On April,8 and 9. there will be a
very interesting conference held in
Philadelphia on "Unemployment�
What Can Be Done About It?" The
meetings pi this Eighth All-Philadel-
phia Conference on Social Work are to
be open to the public, and'will take
place at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel.
The subjects to be discussed are the
All-Philadefphia Community Council,
Unemployment Throughout the Coun-
try, The Human Cost of Unemploy-
ment, The Human Cost of Unemploy-
ment in Family Relationships, An In-
dustrialist- Looks �at Unemployment,
How Unemployment Affects Philadel-
phia. The Human Cost of Unemploy-
ment in Child Development, How Un-
employment is Being Met, in European
Countries and in Industrial Groups.
There will be discussion, led by people
who are well acquainted with the sub-
ject, as are all the speakers on the pro-
gram. Further information and reser-
vations may be made through Clara E
Farr. Room 507. 311 South. Juniper St.
Varsity Dramatics -
The cast of "The Constant
Nymph" has been chosen, and
is as follows:
(in order of appearance) '
Kate Sanger      Laurine Sears '30
Linda .       Angelyn  Burrows, '31
Teresa Sanger,
Catherine  Rieser, '31
Paulina Sanger.
Elizabeth Thomas, '32
Antonia Sanger,
Mary Hamman, '31
Susan                   Betty Fetter, '30
Florence Churchill,
Mary Drake, '31
Millicent Gregory,
Mary Burnam. '32
Erda Leyburn,
Doivjta Ferguson, '31
Mrs. Mainwaring,                 :-----'�-
Miriam Dodge, '33
Madame Marxe,
�    Florence Meyer, '32
The Princeton part of the cast
has not been announced yet.
Fellowship Awards
The Helene and Cecil Rubel Founda-
tion Fellowship 4has l>ecn awarded to
Edith Fishtinc. A. B. Boston University,
1925; student, University of Paris and
Madrid, 1925-26; graduate student, Rad-
cliffe College, 1927; part-time instructor
in Spaiush and graduate student Bryn
Mawr 1927-28, 1929-30; Fellow in Span-
ish, Bryn Mawr College, 1928-29. Miss
Fishtine has been nominated by the De-
partments   of   Spanish   and   French;   she
has already chosen the subject for her
thesis: Juan Yalera as a Critic. The
main part of Miss Fishtine's work will
be done in Spain, gathering material for
her thesis and attending courses by Men-
endez Pidal at the Centro de Estudios
Historicos. She will also spend some
time in Cordoba, in Vienna, in the Brit-
ish Museum, and in Paris gathering
further   material  (or her thesis.
The FaHHy Hullock Workman Ftllotth
ship has been awarded to Virginia Ran-
dolph Grace: A. M. Bryn Mawr College,
1922; M. A. Bryn Mawr College, 1929;
Assistant in Print Department, Metro-
politan Museum, N. Y., 1922-23: teacher,
W'adleigh High School and Brearley
School, 1923-26; student. American
School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1927-28; Fellow in Greek, Hryn Mawr
College, 1928-29; Fellow in Archaeology,
Bryn Mawr College, 1929-30. Mi-
Grace has been nominated by the De-
partments of Archaeology and Greek'.
She will spend most of her time in
Greece, taking courses under Dr. Car-
penter and olfcers at the American
|-School at Athens, devoting herself
mainly to the study of archaic sculpture.
She will also spend some time in Ger-
many, probably in Munich, � studying
under Professor Buschor.
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Fishtine, Grace Relyea, and Jef-
frey Win Graduate
Fellowships.
AWARDS          HISTORICAL
Varsity Victorious
Over Swarthmore
The Varsity basket ball game with
Swarthmore on Saturday, March 21,
was a great pleasure to those who have
watched Varsity in its vicissitudes of
fortune this year. The two teams were
closely matched and held each other to
their utmost, so that there was excel-
lent opportunity to see Varsity's cali-
bre. Outstanding for steady, clean, co-
operative playing were the guard-.
They passed accurately and quickly,
and intercepted many of the plays from
the Swarthmore centers. Their work
was characterized by dependability and
excellent joint playing.
The forwards also deserve credit for
effective teamwork and" reliable shoot-
ing. Their increased use of quick
passes to the center while they freed
themselves and moved back under the
basket proved a valuable asset to their
game.    The  center-.,  too.  played good
Chapel was held in Goodhart Hall,
Friday, March 21, to announce the
awards of the European Fellowships, and
the Roll of Honour for the class of 1930.
In preface to the announcement, Acting
President Manning gave an account of
the history of the European Fellowships,
particularly of the undergfaduate fellow-
ship.
Almost since the opening of Bryn
Mawr College the award of the Euro-
pean   Fellowships   have   marked   one   of
the great days in the college year. The
European Fellowship at Bryn Mawr
seems to have originated in the mind of
President Emeritus Thomas. When
Miss Thomas was worthing in Baltimore
as a gtrl. 'she was impressed with the
fact that for every ambitious young man
studying at Johns Hopkins the most im-
.portant part of his preparation was a
year in Europe, preferably in Germany in
ordekto work in tfWGerman seminaries.
That opportunity. Miss Thomas felt,
should come to Bryn Mawr; she her-
self had gone to the 'German universi-
ties; her account of her own education
is particularly fascinating. At that time
no German university would give an
American woman a degree, and she had
to go to Zurich to take her Ph.D. She
appeared in low neck evening dress and
long white gloves at the final exami-
nation at 10 A. M. It.is hard to realize,
now, since work in Europe has become
a part of the young American's study
that when Bryn Mawr opened.the idea
was first becoming prevalent in the
American mind; the continental,countries �
were ahead pf the Anglo-Saxons in
methods of research�this was especially
true of Germany and France. The rea-
sons for giving European Fellowships
were strengthened by the trend of the
times. Bryn Mawr was one of the first
colleges to offer European Fellowships;
it was also one of the' first institutions
to invite foreign women to study on the
campus.
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Statistics of 1930
The class of 1930 is the largest class
to graduate since the statistics began,
which was in. 1900. It has the largest
percentage graduating with honour with
the exception of the class of 1904, in
which .'5'; of the class graduated with
honour-. (The class of 1930 has 34.8%
graduating with honour.;
ROLL OF HONOUR
Class of 1930
SIM MA  CUM   LAUDE
Saral/Staitley Gordon           ��         303
i.! 15 on   110 In-, i
Constance Hand                              288
(298 on  112 hrs.)
MAGMA CUM  LAUDE
Marina Yung Kwai                        2A7'/�
Margaret Mary Cook                 t   239
(241 on 107 hrs.)
Anne   Elizabeth  Wood                   238
(240 on  107 hr- i
Helen Louise Taylor                       236
(243 on 110 hr-.>
Agnes Kirsopp Lake                       234
(239 on 110 hrs.)                    �
Myrtle de  Vaux                              233
(On  103 hr
Nina Sturgis Skidmore    '               233
(On 103 hrs.)
� lertrude   Bancroft                          232
Dorothea Cro--                                230^
Mary Augusta   I'eter-                     226
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asketball? although their- co-operation
was not as outstanding as that between
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Lantern Elects
The Lantern has the pleasure of
announcing   the   election   of Anne
Channihg. \$3, and Maxine Silver,
'33, to the Editorial  Board.