College News, 1935-12-04, Vol. 22, No. 07

              The College News
VOL. XXII, No. 7
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1935
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COLLEGE     NEWS.     1935
PRICE 10 CfcN'rs
Armaments Must Be
Abandoned Or Used
, Collectively By Law
Norman Angell Says Peace Can
Come By Faith in a Security
Legally Achieved
EVEN FLOW OF WEALTH
REQUIRES REGULATION
Goodhart, November 25.�In answer
to the question What Price Must We
Pay for Peace? Sir Norman Angell
declared that the nations of the world
must surrender armed forces alto-
gether, or failing this, they must hold
them collectively and use them accord-
ing to rules to ensure equality for all.
The result of men's efforts to obtain
the latter solution (as the more im-
mediately possible of the two) is diffi-
cult to foresee, but faith in the possi-
bility of its achievement is essential to
any successful work in this direction.
The human will is the factor in all
situations which makes any endeavors
possible. One of the economic prob-
lems which must be solved if peace is
to be established is the even flow of
wealth along the highways of the
world.    The problem  of nurchase  is
acute at present, and this can only
be solved by "sitting around a table"
and making "traffic rules." Most wars
seem to be fought for self-preserva-
tion; a nation wishes to put or keep
itself in a position where it can make
its verdicts acceptable in case of a
quarrel. If men clearly saw that the
issue was one of punishment of a re-
calcitrant nation by the other nations
by all means but war, the communal
policing of nations would be as
natural as the collective defense by
one country of its individual citizens
is today.      '                                      ,
Clear Judgment Vital
Sir Norman began with a treatment
of the general problem of peace and
ilr; relations to the existing crisis be-
tween the League and Italy. ".Every-
one wants peace, but drifts to war"
because political measures to secure
peace miscarry. Sound judgment in
the choice of policy is, therefore, es-
sential. In Great Britain,^ for in-
stance, the conservatives are divided
into two groups. One is imperialistic,
owns newspapers, and wants to obtain
peace by keeping clear of Europe and
the League. The other group, includ-
ing Sir Anthony Eden and Sir Sam-
uel   Hoare,   believes   that   to   obtain
Continued on Pajte Six
PRESIDENT-EMERITUS M. CAREY THOMAS
Brilliant Personality Made Her
Empress of Russia, Political
Power In Europe
Miss Kirk Decorated by France     |Qr# Gerhard PlCttireS
The Deanery, November 25.�Miss          --,     -        .         m.       ^
Sophie  Kirk   was   decorated   by  the                                                  ^
French Government in a short, Im-
pressive ceremony for her work in
spreading a knowledge and apprecia-
tion of the French language in Amer-
ica. She received the "palme d'offi-
cier de 1'Academie" from the hands EXTENDED BOUNDARIES
of M. Leon Strauss, the French vice- j ^^ ^^ Goodhart> DeCember
consul at Philadelphia, now acting! 2._Catherine the Great, her personal
consul. Miss Kirk has always been j and political achievements, was the
closely connected with Bryn Mawr,' subject of a lecture given by Dr.
and has been a friend to all genera- Dietrich Gerhard, of the University of
tions of the college. She was one of Berlin. Catherine's personality, and
the first wardens of Merion Hall. the way in which she became and re-
With her sister, Miss Abbie Kirk, she j mained Empress of Russia are one in-
was the head of the Kirk School, � teresting aspect of her reign, while
which has sent many girls to Bryn her political achievements in extend-
Mawr, girls who always gave evidence �* Russian influence, and the relative
of an extraordinarily good training in importance of her reign in Russian
French. Miss Kirk has written a political and social changes are an-
Frcnch grammar and has worked de- �ther.
votedly for France in and near Phila-'    Catherine's brilliant and masterful
delphia.                                                   | personality is illustrated by the Cri-
Miss Schenck and M. Strauss each f moan journey she made in 1887, near
spoke briefly. Miss Gilman was as- the end of her reign. Many historians
sisted by the graduate students in' call this the summit of her power.
French in serving tea to Miss Kirk's | Crowds of ambassadors, adventurers
friends.                                                   ' and globe-trotters from England,
__________________________________I Fiance, Austria and other countries
_                         r>      �              t t            e        ��                              ��/�companied her down the Dnieper to
Brawn Conquers Brain as Havertordians             ' /sit the newiy conquered regions of
rw*          n             k m                                o    -a          I   C             ! tne   south.     Even   the   Holy   Roman
1 Op   Bryn   MaWrtyrS   in   Battle   Ot   bexeS  Emperor, Joseph II, though he regret-
Bryn Mawr, November 25.�Brawn scorer, Bryn Mawr kept the ball con-
triumphed over brain as the Haver- sistently around the opposing goal,
ford soccer team, armed with old The jinx that has haunted the strik-
hockey sticks, invaded the campus and ing circle all season was present again
defeated the varsity with a score of and the forwards could not Ret the
2-0. This thrilling battle of the sexes ball past the goalie. During the first
was witnessed by a crowd of our: half, Bryn Mawr lost chance after
Haverford brothers, who cheered their  chance to score, although it showed
team to victory in their usual quiet
way. The team was less imaginative
in attire than it has been in other
years.
In the field, Haverford went after
the ball with a resolve that broke
through the Bryn Mawr technique.
The players had speed on their side
nice pass work on the field. After
the first fifteen minutes of play the
men swept down the field and made a
savage attack on the goal. E. Smith,
the goalie, kicked at a hard drive, but
the ball bounced off her foot and into
^he goal to score the first point for
Haverford.    At the end of the half
and amazing teamwork.    Rumor had  Bryn   Mawr's   hopes   began   to   rise.
it that their skill was all due to a
special hockey coach. At any rate,
they knew what they wanted to do
with the ball and saved the game from
being a mere free-for-all. As usual,
fouls came thick and fast, especially
that old bugbear, obstruction, which
Cary received the ball in the Haver-
ford striking circle and with a neat
flick made what appeared from the
sidelines to be a goal. Unfortunately
there was no point scored because
the ball had hit her foot before she
shot.   The half ended with Haverford
is totally beyond the  comprehension | capering and  Bryn  Mawr trembling
of the male mind.    One of the fun- j over a score of 1-0.
niest incidents of the game occurred
when the Haverford goalie stopped a
drive, picked up the ball and threw
it as hard as he could toward the
sidelines. There was so much whistle-
blowing that two healthy referees
were worn to a frazzle by the end of
the game.
Although  Haverford  was the only
The Yellow forwards opened the
second half with a rush to the op-
posing goal, but they could not break
through the crowd of Haverfordians
that clustered in front of it. With a
hard drive or two the men had the
ball out of the circle and well on i's
way down the field. As the Haver-
Contlnuad on  Page Thre-
ted Catherine's lack of respect for his
"imperial dignity," obeyed her invita-
tion to attend her at the end of her
journey.
Catherine's   achievements
Continued on  Vase Six
President-Emeritus M. Carey Thomas Dies
Bringing Noted Academic Career To Close
Swift  Heart  Attack  In  Sleep  After  Pleasant   Day  Ends  Life
of Great Leader in Women's Education Who Embodied
Advanced Ideals In Bryn Mawr
FUNERAL THURSDAY IN DEANERY TO BE PRIVATE
College Calendar
Week of December 4-11
Thursday, December 5: Fash-
i >n Show in the Common Room.
Tea   will   be   served   from   4-6
r. m.
Friday, December 6: Voca-
tional Tea. Mr. F. A. Arnold
will speak in the Common Room
at 4.45 P. M.
Friday, December 6: Varsity
Players and The Haverford
Cap and Bells present Molnar's
The Swan at 8.20 in Goodhart.
Saturday, December 7: Var-
sity Hockey vs. All-Philadelphia
at 10 A. M.
Saturday, December 7: Per-
formance of The Swan in Good-
hart at 8.20 P. M. The play
will be followed by a dance in
the Gymnasium.
Sunday, December 8: Mr.
Clifton Fadiman will speak on
Why Beat Seller* Sell Beat.
Deanery at 5 P. M.
Monday, December 9: Major
Bonamy Dobree will give the
Sheble Lecture in Goodhart at
8.20 P. M. The subject is. The
Restoration Drama.
Goodhart, December 2.�Miss Park
sumnoncd the entire college to a spe-
cial chapel meeting at noon to hear
the announcement of the death of
President-emeritus M. Carey Thomas.
She succumbed to a sudden heart at-
tack at 7 o'clock this morning in her
home at the Belgravia in Philadelphia.
With a few simple, deeply stirring
words Miss Park described Miss
Thomas' history and her service to
Bryn Mawr. The funeral services will
be held privately on Thursday at the
Deanery. The date of the general col-
lege memorial service will be made
known later.
"The Swan" Production
Reaches    Final    Stages
are
th.
Dance In Gym Saturday
The Danes Committee of the Under
graduate Association wishes to an-
nounce that there will be a dance on
Saturday, December 7, from 10 to 2
o'clock in the Bryn Mawr College
Gymnasium. It was proposed that
Bryn Mawr and Haverford give the
dance jointly in the Bryn Mawr
Gymnasium, but unfortunately this
olan had to be abandoned because of
'he limited capacity of the gym.
Tickets will be on sale in the publica-
tion office Monday, December 2,
through Friday, December 6, from
1.30 to 2 o'clock. Single tickets are
$1; couple, $2.i6.
D. Wilder, '37, is the chairman of
the Dance Committee, and she is as-
sisted by E. Smith and E. Harden-
bergh who are in charge of the
decorations, and M. H. Hutchings,
who will take care of the refresh-
ments. The music will be furnished
by  the   Haverfordians.
The lict of patrons has not been
completed, but Dr. and Mrs. Nahm
and Dr. and Mrs. Anderson have al-
ready   consented to  serve.
Friday evening at 8.20 in Goodhart
Hall the first performance of Fcrenc
Molnar's The Swan will be given by
the members of the Bryn Mawr Var-
sity Players and the Haverford Cap
and Bells. Last Tuesday evening the
tii st full rehearsal took place in
Wyndham, and every character in the
large cast was present, down to the
least of the royal hussars.
The comedy of The Swan depends
tor the most part on the Incongruous
social position and behavior of a royal
family wh'ch is no longer a reigning
house. Beatrice, the former queen,
lives only to restore them to their ex-
alted status. One can imagine her
consternation when she receives a visi-
tation from the heir to a real throne,
and discovers that her daughter h.-i.
chosen this crisis to descend to earth
metaphorically speaking, to conduct
herself like a normal, ordinary human
being. The tutor of Beatrice's two
young sons drinks his first glass of
wine, and, influenced by its unexpect-
ed effects, proceeds to tell the visiting
crown prince many unflattering
things.
In order to reproduce faithfully u
p'.Ctare of a well-regulated royal
menage, Miss Elinor Hopkinson, the
director, has drilled the servants, the
soldiers and even the guests who ap-
pear momentarily upon the scene, in
the rudiments of courtly behavior.
Caesar's minions practiced with real
dishes; the ladies at the ball rehearsed
one line with polite inflection, ami
Beatrice was never permitted to for-
get that she was wearing a train.
This thoroughness is typical of the
whole performance, which should draw
a large and enthusiastic audience.
All the characters seem to be at ease
in their parts and need a little more
time to put the final finesse on them.
Hinckley Hutchings shows herself a
born matchmaker as she smiles
benignly on Albert. William Reaves.
an excellent comedian, delightfully
portrays Albert as the epitome of
idiotic royalty. He makes himself the
center of attraction by inane conver-
sations for which he is never at a
loss. Symphorosa uses her hands like
Zasu Pitts and is an able companion,
though a bit flighty, to Beatrice's de-
signs. In fact, even a very short visit
to a rehearsal of The Swan gives
promise of an excellent performance
r.-ixt Saturday night.
The death of M. Carey Thomas is a
public loss, but Bryn Mawr College
feels it as a private grief. She was
one of those who contributed to the
very organization of the college; she
was instructor and dean in its earliest
days; and she was its president for
twenty-eight years. She shaped its
ideals according to her own valiant
standard, and brought those ideals
into realization. No higher honor can
be paid to Bryn Mawr than to say
that it hears the stamp of her per-
sonality.
In her activities connected with .'e
college, and in her whole life, she stood
unwaveringly for certain purposes.
The equality of men- and women she
more than proved in herself, and she
sought to prove it in all women.
When other colleges for girls hesitat-
ed to sponsor the cause of the suf-
fragettes, Miss Thomas preached the
right to vote to her students at Bryn
Mawr and worked in a larger field as
well, by co-operating with the national
leaders of the movement. Yet she
never forced anyone to believe as she
did. Freedom of thought was sacred
to her; it was that which she strove
to inspire in the college rather than
any fixed theories of her own. By
her example, she inevitably influenced
belief in the power and good of an
active intellectual life, but in no way
except by the rigid entrance require-
ments of the college did she compel
similar belief in anyone else. She re-
spected truth, not persuasion or
coercion.
Continued  on  Page  Four
Major Dobree To Talk
On  Restoration   Drama
Major Bonamy Dobree, noted Eng-
lish author and critic, will give the
annual Sheble Memorial Lecture ia
English Literature in Goodhart Hall
on Monday, December 9, at 8.20
P. M. Major Dobree is an authority
on seventeenth century literature and
has written a number of books re-
lating both to this period and to
later centuries. His topic on Mon-
day evening is The Restoration
Drama.
Mr. Dobree was educated as a sol-
i dier, fought through the World  War
J as a  member  of the  R.  F. A.,  and
j attained   the   rank   of  major   before
retiring to take up a literary career.
His first book, The Restoration Com-
1 (�</;/,   published   six   years   after   the
war,   was  so  well   received   that   he
i shortly  afterwards  brought  out  The
Restoration   Tragedy.    Another   book
relating  to   the  seventeenth  century
is Variety of Ways, which shows his
philosophic background.    He has also
written   a   book   on   modern   writers
which contains essays on Ibsen, Kip-
ling, Hardy, D- H. Lawrence and T.
S. Eliot.
Mr. Dobree is Fellow of the Royal
Society of Literature and Fellow of
the Royal Historical Society; he has
held the distinguished positions of
lecturer in the University of Lon-
don and Professor of English in the
Egyptian University at Cairo. His
excellent speaking voice and charm-
ing and cultured personality have
contributed to make him one of the
favorite  European   lecturers.