College News, 1934-01-10, Vol. 20, No. 11

              The College News
VOL. XX, No. 11
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934
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COIXEOE  N'EAVS.  1933
PRICE 10 CENTS
Miss Sands Is Known
As Mimic of Actors
Program Includes Take-Offs of
Ethel  Barrymore and
Cinema Stars
ATKINSON GIVES PRAISE
Bryn Mawr College takes great
pleasure in welcoming Miss Dorothy
Sands, one of the most interesting of
present-day entertainers, to Goodhart
Hall, Wednesday night, January 10,
in her pageant of the American the-
atre, Our Stage and Stars.
Miss Sands is an actress of extra-
ordinary versatility. Brooks Atkin-
son, writing of her in the New York
Times, says, "She can play broad or
deep. She can mock and travesty,
or she can stride honestly to the
point." -Besides being accomplished
as an actress who is faithful to the
legitimate art of acting, she has
broadened her scope to the field of
the mimic. It is through her imper-
sonations that she puts across her
history of the American drama from
the  earliest  days to the present.
Her program opens with a play
first presented in New York in 1787,
which tells the story of the "first
flapper," a deceitful miss in furbe-
lows and farthingale, who was rep-
resentative of the post-revolutionary
American woman. Her second skit
shows a traveling company of arti-
san-actors in frontier parts and re-
veals the poverty of resource to
which such actors were condemned.
When Miss Sands appears as Lotta
Crabtree with her song and banjo
in the third skit, she begins to arouse
old memories in the minds of her au-
dience. Following this she gives im-
personations of Ethel Barrymore and
Lillian Russel, both of which give ad-
ditional proof of the perfection of
her mimicry and of her acting ability.
Coming down to the present day, she
invades the cinema field to the extent
of showing three heroines of the
vampire type�Theda Bara, Greta
Garbo, and Mae West. "These ladies
of the screen," to quote from a re-
view which appeared in the Decem-
ber 9 issue of the Literary Digest,
"perform their allurements on a
chaise lounge, endeavoring to wring
'the papers' from their discarded ad-
mirers. Her impersonation of Miss
West is already familiar to audiences,
and the two newcomers to her pro-
gram ably stand, or rather recline,
with their predecessors." Miss
Sands certainly promises her audi-
ence an evening of humorous enter-
tainment.
Bryn Mawr Club Gives
Vacation Tea in New York
Sixty-seven alumnae and under-
graduates attended the annual Under-
graduate Tea held in the New York
Bryn Mawr Club rooms on Wednes-
day, January 3, to present the classes
of 1932 and 1933, and to acquaint
the guests with the activities of the
club. Those receiving and pouring
tea were as follows: Mrs. Howard
T. Oliver, president of the club; Mrs.
Louis Ellinger, chairman of the
House Committee; Mrs. Louis J.
Darmstadt, chairman of the Member-
ship Committee; Mrs. Henry E.
Stehli, of the Membership Commit-
tee; Miss Katherine Hendrick, of the
Membership Committee, and Miss Sa-
rah Foster, Undergraduate Member
of the Membership Committee: They
were assisted by Yvonne Cameron,
1932; Charlotte Tyler, 1932; Wini-
fred McCully, 1932; Betty Young,
1932; and Kate Lefferts, 1933.
The club sponsors numerous activi-
ties for its members, provides a li-
brary to which new books are fre-
quently added, and offers the use of
the club rooms, which are located at
the Park Lane, 299 Park avenue, New
York, to graduates of the college.
During the month of November, for
example, there were 392 people who
used the club rooms; 9Q teas were
served, 118 luncheons and 17 din-
ners; and 24 members occupied guest
rooms.
CALENDAR
Wed., Jan. 10 � Dorothy
Sands in Our Stage and Stars,'
auspices Cosmopolitan Club of
Philadelphia. Goodhart, 8.20
P. M.
Thurs., Jan. 11 � Non-Res.
supper.    Commons Room.
Sun., Jan. 14�Frederica de
Laguna will speak on The Es-
kimos of Prince William
Sound.   Deanery, 4.00 P. M.
Chapel. Rev. Nathaniel Gro-
ton will give the address. Mu-
sic Room, 7.30 P. M.
Thurs., Jan. 18 � Hampton
Quartette�Goodhart, 8 P. M.
Mon., Jan. 22�Examinations
begin.    9.00 P. M.
Members of Faculty
Attend Conferences
Many    Bryn    Mawr    Professors
Read Papers Before An-
nual Conventions
HONORS   ARE   AWARDED
Judging from the number of facul-
ty members who read papers at the
annual meetings of various academic
societies during Christmas vacation,
or attended their sessions, one might
almost say that the Bryn Mawr pro-
fessor prefers all work and no play.
At the Boston meeting of the Amer-
ican Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, Miss Gardiner read
a paper entitled "The Origin and
Nature of the Nucleolus," and Dr.
Blanchard read one on "The Relation
of Adrenal Cortical Function to Cer-
tain Aspects of Resistance." Dr.
Tennent also attended the biology
sessions.
Dr. Wheeler and Dr. Noether were
present at the meetings of the mathe-
matics division. Illness prevented Dr.
Flexner from reading his study of
"The Intersection of Chains on a
Topological Manifold." Dr. Richt-
myer attended the biannual Organic
Symposium at Cornell and Dr. Mac-
Kinnon was one of a group of gestalt
psychologists who conferred at North-
ampton.
The Geological Society of Ameri-
ca, meeting in Chicago, heard Dr.
Watson read a paper on "Differenti-
ation in Teschenite Sills at El Mu-
lato, Mexico." Dr. Dryden also read
an article on "Statistical Correlation
of Heavy Mineral Suites."
At the Amhcrst gathering of the
American Philosophic Association,
Mrs. de Laguna read a paper on "Ap-
pearance and Orientation." Dr.
Weiss and Dr. Nahm also attended.
Dr. Weiss has recently been appoint-
ed to the advisory board of the new
uiarterly magazine Philosophy of
Science, which is interested in the
"unification and clarification of the
program, methods, and results of the
disciplines of philosophy and of sci-
ence." The magazine is in the li-
brary periodical room.
The chief address at the joint din-
ner of the Archeological Association
of America and the American Philo-
logical Association, which both con-
vened in Washington during the holi-
lays, was delivered by Dr. Carpen-
ter. He discussed "Homer and the
Archeologists." Dr. Muller read a
paper before the former organization,
on "The Beginnings of Monumental
Greek Sculpture," and Miss Swindler
presided at one of the sessions. Mr.
Holland read a paper before the Phil-
ological Association, entitled "Vir-
gil's Three Maps of Italy."
Although unable to attend the ses-
sions of the Modern Language Asso-
ciation in St. Lpuis, Dr. Lograsso was
elected Councilor of the affiliated or-
ganization, the American Association
of Teachers of Italian for the year
1934. Two articles by Dr. Lograsso
have appeared recently in the A. A.
T. I. publication, Italica.
Dr. Max Diez read a paper before
the M. L. A. entitled "The Principle
of     the     Dominant-    Metaphor   in
Goethe's Werther." M. Canu read one
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Lantern Is Reviewed
by Undergraduate, '34
Writing   in   Literary   Magazine
Is Criticized for Lack of
Deep Emotion       -
EDITORIAL   COMMENDED
The most striking thing about the
December issue of the Lantern is that
it contains a good editorial. In Rav-
ens and Writing Desks, Miss Rhoads
has grasped and honestly set forth a
point of view common to many of the
young literary aspirants of our day
�the interest in the thought of a
writer, in the idea which lies behind
an artistic work. Now it is com-
mendable that we should want to
think; at the same time we must avoid
the danger of thinking so much that
we forget 'or never learn to feel. It
is in our emotional, rather than in
our intellectual, education that the
great works of literature should play
their part.
This criticism of the editorial opin-
ion would be our general critcisnj for
the Lantern as a whole. It thinks,
but it does not feel. It thinks, thinks
clearly, laboriously, clumsily as the
case may be, but at least it shows
signs of honest intellectual effort. In
matters of emotion, however, honesty
is sadly lacking, so that there it nev-
er rings true. It shams, it trifles, it
dilly-dallies with all sorts of odds and
ends of sentiment; its emotion is
vague, or so definitely piecemeal that
the reader can only wonder what has
happened to the missing links.
The standard printing of the Lan-
tern is not so high as sometimes.
Miss Wyckoff's The Stricter Mould:"
A Study of Jane Austen, from her
Letters, is undoubtedly the best piece
of writing in the magazine. The vir-
tue of Miss Wyckoff's Study is that
while she builds up her portrayal of
Jane Austen around a trait which
she feels to be dominant, she has at
the same time avoided distorting her
evidence to prove her theme. Her
quotations from the Letters are well-
chosen for variety and interest. Her
writing is quick, definite, and good
to read; her critical touch is pleas-
antly deft and sure. A finished lit-
erary essay of this type might well
become a permanent feature of the
Lantern; in this issue Miss Wyckoff
sets a tone of breeding, appreciation,
and good sense.
Miss Jones' dramatic skit, All For
One, is uproarious comedy from start
to finish. It is a spirited piece of
work, fast and good reading, prob-
ably faster and better acting; its
lines are worth many a laugh from
any audience. The setting of the play
in an historic background was in-
spired, in view both of the oppor-
tunities for scholarly burlesque and
of the occasion thus offered for point-
ing the satire an modern institutions.
It is a pity that Miss Morrison
could not have chosen a less colorless
title for her piece of fictional writ-
ing, The Day. Our objection to the
title, however, is as nothing compared
with our objection to the two charac-
ters presented. Nora and Hardie are
completely unreal, and what is worse,
if worse could be, they are unutter-
ably dull. Their conversation is eith-
er too abrupt or too deeply meditative
to pass muster for even a strained
emotional situation.
That  from  the  emotional  turmoil
presented  should   emerge a  proposal
is  no  satisfaction  to   the   harassed
reader who ploughs through this ef-
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Self-Gov
The Self-Government Asso-
ciation wishes to announce that
smoking on Goodhart stage or
in the auditorium is not allow-
ed at any |i;/w under any cir-
cumstances. This is not only
a Self-Gov. rule, but also a col-
lege and fire regulation. Of-
fenders will, therefore, be dealt
with by three separate organi-
zations.
Radical Tendencies
Seen in Early Paper
Philistine Attacked Lantern and
Pre-Raphaelite Decor at
Bryn Mawr
LITERATURE      VS.      LIFE
The News, wishing to make its
contribution to the mass of "Only
Yesterday" flotsam-jetsam that has
engulfed readers of late, has been
conning Bryn Mawr publications of
the nineties in hope of turning up odd
data. The Bryn Mawr of 1895, if one
may judge from these publications,
was as far removed from 1934 Bryn
Mawr as tea on Parnassus from an
evening at the "Greek's."
On March 1, 1895, a paper called
the Fortnightly Philistine was tound-
ed in opposition to the scholarly Lan-
tern by three rebel undergraduates,
Helen Hoyt, Mary Ritchie, and Edith
Pettit. The attack on the Lantern,
which was then an abnormally liter-
ary annual, was prompted by the
esoteric nature of its contents; but
the founders of the Philistine did not
cramp themselves by confining their
abuse to one subject. The Pre-Raph-
aelite movement and over-aesthetic
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NSFA Convention States
Goal of Organization
Tender Roots
"The longest way round is
the shortest way home."
Students are requested not to
walk on the grass during damp
weather. Even at this season
of the year it uproots and kills
the would-be green of next
spring and, to finish off as we
began, "An -ounce of preven-
tion is worth a pound of cure."
Thank you!
(Especially Contributed hy M. Nich-
ols, President of the Under-
graduate Association)
The National Student Federation
of America held its annual conven-
tion in Washington during the past
holidays. Bryn Mawr, as one of the
150 members of the federation, was
represented and although the prog-
ress made during the congress is
questionable the "raison d'etre" of
the organization seems to deserve at
least the sympathy of any under-
graduate body. The following is the
ultimate goal of the National Stu-
dent   Federation:
"We would achieve a spirit of co-
operation among the students of the
United States to give consideration
to questions affecting students' inter-
ests.
"We would develop an intelligent
student opinion on questions of Na-
tional and  International  importance.
"In working toward these ends the
Federation acts independently of any
political or religious creed."
The convention itself, aside from
being a delightful way of meeting
representatives from such remote in-
stitutions as the University of Ore-
gon or Arizona, was of little value
except as a resume of the Federa-
tion's activities because of the wide
differences in the interests of the vari-
ous schools represented. It was easy
to appreciate their difference from
us on hearing that at Georgia State
College for Women- they require a
certain number of extra-curricular
points for a degree, at a certain West-
ern University they place a great
deal of faith in a student leadership
training course, and at the Univer-
sity of Southern California the men
are not yet reconciled to seeing the
co-eds smoke.
Discussions of problems of Student
Government, Athletics, Self Help and
honor systems all served to bring out
details that are either in our past or
far removed in our future history.
The central office of the Federation,
however, will answer any questions
by  mail   which  are  covered  by  the
Mrs. White Speaker.
On Magazine Work
Well-Known New Yorker Editor
Finds More Jobs Open Now
Than Formerly
LISTS    CHIEF    OPENINGS
On Monday afternoon, January 8,
Mrs. E.-"B. White, formerly Kath-
erine Sergeant, Bryn Mawr, 1914,
spoke on the opportunities in maga-
zine writing. Mrs. White, known to
her audience as an editor of the New
Yorker, while at Bryn Mawr was co-
editor with Winifred Goodall of the
Lantern, and of the fortnightly mag-
azine, Tipyn o'Bob^ precursor of the
present News.
Upon graduation from college, Mrs.
White did not immediately start her
writing career. She married and held
jobs of various sorts, doing research
in Ohio on women in industry, acting
as a -factory inspector, and conduct-
ing a cripple survey. After going
to New York, she took up interior
decorating for a while and wrote
criticisms for Nation and other lead-
ing magazines. In fact, when she.
was offered an editorial position on
the New Yorker she hesitated to ac-
cept it, especially since Mr. Henry
Seidel Canby advised her that an edi-
torial job inevitably prevented one's
writing much.
This diverse and long experience
made Mrs. White particularly compe-
tent to-talk to the undergraduates
about opportunities for jobs in writ-
ing. She was quite optimistic about
the prospects for young writers, pre-
facing her more specific lists of pos-
sible jobs by saying that, although
pull is of value, the best way of get-
ling editing jobs is "to write. News-
paper work gives a woman valuable
experience, but leaves her no further
prospect than that of becoming a
society or fashion editor or a sob sis-
ter, because of editors' reluctance to
give a woman difficult and varied as-
signments. Other possible places
providing openings include publishing
houses that employ manuscript read-
ers, trade papers offering excellent
technical experience, fashion maga-
zines, magazines such as Time and
Fortune, which employ researchers to
collect information rather than to
write. Mrs. White declared herself
not at all in sympathy with adver-
tising writing, which she considered
too much like propaganda. Secretar-
ial training, popularly conceived as
helpful for an opening wedge, she
felt was a handicap except in so far
as the writer used it solely for his
own convenience. Mrs. White her-
self started by asking for a book to
review; such publications as the At-
lantic, the Herald Tribune's "Books,"
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Eminent German to Speak
on Hitlerism and Peace
Regierungsrat Dr. Fritz Marstein
Marx, who is to speak here Monday
night on Hitter anil Peace, under the
auspices of the Undergraduate As-
sociation, comes to Bryn Mawr fresh
from German' and is known as an
expert on p<"            problems.
Before I.                  America he was
Division Chic:              Hamburg Dept.
of Public Welf*" and a professor
in the University. Although not lia-
ble to the pressur. brought to bear
on those of Jewish blood, h< volun-
tarily resigned his government posi-
tion in order to avoid the restric-
tions placed on all officials retained
under the new regime.;
Dr. Marx is well equipped to un-
derstand the predilections of an
American audience. He studied
American Government on a Rocke-
feller Research Fellowship in 1930-31,
speaks English with ease, and has
published in English and American
periodicals. His wife is the former
Barbara Spackman, "Bryn Mawr, '28,
and he lectured at the annual meet-
ing of the American Political Asso-
ciation in Philadelphia during Christ-
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V
m.
s vacation.