College News, 1936-01-08, Vol. 22, No. 09

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The College News
VOL. XXII, No. 9
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936
Copyright  BRYN  MAWR
COLL.KOB N'KWS, 1936
PRICE 10 CENTS
Decision Is Reached
About Summer School
Original Plan, Abandoned � 927,
Revived; Return To Campus
Is Announced
POLICY  LEFT TO BOARD
January 6.�The Summer School'
for Women Workers in Industry will
again return to the Bryn Mawr
campus this coming summer. In an-
nouncing an agreement which is
satisfactory to all concerned, Miss
Park revealed that a decision had
been made to return to the original
plan of managing the school which
was in force from its founding until
1927.
The Summer School was founded
in 1921 by President Thomas and
the project was a source of great in-
terest both to her and to Miss Park.
The aim of the school was that stu-
dents, alumnae and trained women in
general might help women who had
had fewer advantages in intellectual
training and who desired to use such
training as an aid to the advance-
ment of women in industry. The
college buildings were used by the
Summer School, and in the winter
its main office was on the campus.
At first more than half of the mem-
bers of the board of directors were
connected with Bryn Mawr, but af-
ter the first session the composition
of the board was changed in order to
give women in industry representa-
tion on a fifty-fifty basis with Bryn
Mawr.
Miss Hilda J. Smith was director
of the school for fourteen years and
left only in order to occupy an im-
portant position in the Education
Office in Washington. The faculty
was never from Bryn Mawr, with
two or three exceptions. Undergrad-
uates of Bryn Mawr assisted in the
work of the school, and it was nol
until 1927 that students of other col-
leges also came to help. The funds
to maintain the school came largely
from Bryn Mawr sources. The col-
lege itself had no financial obliga-
tion to the school other than allow-
ing it to use the buildings, but
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F. W. Fetter Believes
�   Silver Act Ridiculous
Common Room, DeceiC^jr 18.-*The
Silver Purchase Act of June, 1934, is
ridiculous, but not .particularly dan-
gerous, according to Mr. Frank W.
Fetter, assistant professor of econom-
ics at Haverford College, who spoke
under the auspices of the Internat-
ional Relations Club on the interna-
tional silver situation. The act was
passed with the help of three contrib-
uting forces; its supporters were those
who believed that it would increase
trade with the Orient, those who con-
sidered it an inflationary measure and
those who were influenced by the ro-
mantic appeal of the old silver stand-
ard.
Until 1873 America had a bimetallic
system, but in that year silver was
demonetized, completely destroying
the tradition of the silver dollar,
which was partially revived in the in-
terest in the recent act. The popular
slogan of the nineteenth century bi-
metallists was "Give us back the dol-
lar of our daddies!" For more than
twenty years there was great contro-
versy on the question, while the value
of silver declined in comparison with
gold. There was much agitation for
remonetization of silver, which would
have resulted in a cheaper dollar; and
this led to the unfortunate and false
idea that the question of silver was
closely associated with political rad-
icalism and monetary inflation. The
issue was laid to rest after Bryan's
defeat in 1896.
At the time of the war the United
States Treasury contained some 14,-
000 tons of silver, although there
seemed to be no opportunity to use
it. In 1918 England found herself in
need of silver to deal with the mone-
tary situation in India, where paper
rupees were redeemable in silver.
Congress passed the Pitman Act pro-
viding for the sale of the silver, which
was the only large amount free at that
time; but an amendment stipulated
that whenever the price of silver from
American mines fell below a dollar an
ounce, the United States must go into
the market until there was an equal
amount of silver in the Treasury.
After a rise in price until 1920, there
followed a fall until the Treasury was
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College Calendar
Thursday, January 9.�Mrs.
Harrison Eustis will talk about
the work of The Seeing Eye.
Deanery at 5 P. M.
Friday, January 10.�Voca-
tional tea. Dr. Margaret Jane-
way, '20, will speak. Tea will
be served in the Common Room
at 4.45 P. M.
Saturday, January* 11.�John
Mason Brown, dramatic critic,
will speak in the Deanery at 8
P. M.
Sunday, January 12.�Yale
Puppeteers will give Mr. Punch
at Home in the Deanery at 5
P. M.
Jean Holzworth, '36,
Receives #1000 Prize
Victory   in   National    Contest
on Horace Brings Honor
to Bryn Mawr
WILL  TRAVEL  IN   ITALY
Skits, Traditional Costumes at Christmas
Banquets Move Guests To Witty Replies
December 19 is ever festive because
of its proximity to Christmas vaca-
tion. This year it was especially gay,
for it was the very eve of vacation,
and was marked by celebrations in
all the halls. Members of the faculty
were guests at the various banquets
which preceded or followed the en-
tertainment, according to the cus-
toms of the individual  halls.
The Denbigh Christmas party is
always a very traditional affair, with
holly and mistletoe and all the at-
mosphere of "Merrie England!" The
Grand March, led by the King and
Queen, nobly impersonated by Janet
Horsburgh and Betsy Harrington,
'36, who were equipped in truly regal
splendor, inaugurated the festivities
of the evening. The punch bowl was
brought in, brimming over with a
beverage wholly in keeping with the
Bryn Mawr tradition rather than the
Old English one. Toasts were drunk
to all the celebrities present.
Before the first course had been dis-
posed of the toastmaster Barbara
Cary, garbed in a court jester's cos-
tume in which she felt more than
foolish, announced Dr. Wells as
the first speaker. He explained
that we were witnessing in his
performance an example of the ad-
vantages of division of labor, since
he was giving the speech which his
wife had written�or at least super-
vised. Regardless-of-the accuracy of
this statement, the joint enterprise
was a howling success.
The Class of '39 gave a sample of
its dramatic talents in an amusing skit
whose title, The Advertisers' Christ-
inas Carol, speaks for itself. After a
brief pause in which everyone had a
chance to partake of the turkey dinner
and its complementary parts, Dr. W.
R. Smith held forth on the general
topic of his experiences with the
Bryn Mawr woman as student, cook
and friend. Needless to say, we were
enchanted and were soon weak with
laughter.
The changed plans of Pembroke
Hall for the Christmas celebration
Thursday evening, December 19, re-
sulted in a very successful Christmas
banquet. During the course of the
dinner Eleanor Fabyan introduced
several well-known speakers. Dean
Manning, who "had not had time to
prepare her home work," read a short
but to-the-point poem. Agnes Halsey
told a true but incredible story of
her trip around the world. Dr. Weiss
told "something about nothing, noth-
ing aboutjflsomething and nothing
about nothing," or words to that ef-
fect. Mrs. Diez read a clever set of
rhymes written in collaboration with
Dr. Diez. The gist of it was that all
should sing "Hallelujah!" and were
wished "a happy New Yah!" Dr.
Miiller related some very amusing
anecdotes which enchanted his audi-
ence. Coffee was served downstairs
in both halls, after which the fresh-
men presented a merry farce.
Merion overflowed with Christmas
cheer at the traditional hall banquet
the night before vacation. Students
put aside papers and quizzes for eve-
ning clothes to feast in the gayly
decorated dinTng room. Dr. and Mrs.
Dryden, Dr. and Mrs. Nahm, Dr. and
Mrs. Crenshaw, Miss Glen and Mile.
Soubeiran were^ guests. They were
introduced at dinner by Pauline Man-
ship, the "Poet Laureate of Merion,"
who acted as toastmistress. She be-
gan with:
Alas,   we   Bryn   Mawrtyrs   are   law-
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While the college was away enjoy-
ing the Christmas holidays, Jean Holz-
worth, '36, gained honor for herself
and Bryn Mawr by winning the $1000
prize offered in the University of Cin-
cinnati Prize Contest held to celebrate
the Bimillenium Horatianum.
The contest was open to all under-
graduate students, men and women, in
four-year colleges and universities of
the United States, its possessions and
Canada. The subjects for the prize
were: (1) An English verse trans-
lation of some of Horace's lyric poetry
(odes and epodes), the selections to
be between fifty and seventy-five lines
long; (2) an essay of approximately
5000 words on the subject of Horace
and Augustus, and (3) an original
Latin ode or satire (between twenty
and thirty lines in length) written in
the style and metre of Horace.
All entries were made anonymously
and were accompanied by a sealed
envelope bearing on the outside the
assumed name and containing within
the real name of the writer, his ad-
dress, college and class, and a state-
ment from the head of his Latin (or
Classics) Department saying that he
was the sole candidate recommended
by his institution. Not until the win-
ning contributions were chosen did the
judges know who had written them.
Since Miss Holzworth had given her
Christian name as Michael, the judges
supposed that they had awarded the
prize to a man.
Miss Holzworth was announced the
winner by Professor Dorothy Roba-
than, chairman of the committee, at
a dinner held in New York City on
December 26 in connection with the
meetings of the American Philological
Association. The subscribers to the
dinner called themselves "Friends of
Horace." Doctor Taylor and Doctor
Broughton were present, and they told
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John Mason Brown Will
Lecture On the Drama
Maids' Dance Huge Success
Gymnasium, December 18.�To the
fast rhythm of an excellent orchestra
and beneath balconies from which
undergraduate legs kept frantic time
to the music, the annual Maids' Dance
swung into its wonted gayety. At 10
: o'clock most of the couples had ap-
j peared on the floor and dancing of al-
most professional calibre was exhibit-
ed to the admiring eyes of the stu-
dents above.
Later in the evening a contest was
held; then John Whittaker performed
much-applauded tap dance. All
through the evening, however, stu-
a much-applauded tap dance. All
almost every dancer. The party was
a very definite success, from the
point of view of both audience and
spectators, most of whom are clamor-
ing to have the same orchestra at the
next college dante.
.iohp   Wapon   Brown,  known  as one
of the greatest  American critics  and
surely  the  greatest  lecturer  on  the!
drama,   will   speak   in   the   Deanery {
on   Saturday   evening,   January   the |
eleventh.    As  the  theatre critic  for,
the New York Evening Post, he is a:
sure judge of a box-office appeal. As I
staff   lecturer   for   the   Institute   of l
Arts and Sciences at Columbia  Uni- j
versity, he has a profound scholarly,
knowledge of the drama.    He-is. also I
familiar   with   the   actual   workings j
of the stage and the technicalities of
production.     In    a    word,   all   that
l here  is  to know  about  the  theatre |
he   knows.
Young,  gay   and   charming,   he  is|
yet    amazingly    wise;    although    he;
often   speaks   flippantly,   he   always!
speaks   soundly.     He   is   witty,   and
brilliant,   but   he   does   not   rely   on
wit  and   brilliance.     He  holds   to  a
firm standard of the artistic value of
the drama, and he praises or blames'
accordingly.    Four books, written in!
a  style  as entertaining as  his  talk,!
also  bear witness to his comprehen-1
sion   of   the   theatrical   field.     They j
are   entitled:     Letters  from   Green-j
room   Ghosts,   Upstage,   The   Ameri-\
can  Theatre  as  Seen  by  its  Critics-
(An   Anthology   of   Criticism   1752-!
1934), and  The  Modern  Theatre  in\
Revolt.
In  July,  1935,  Vanity  Fair nomi-l
nated   Mr.   Brown   to   the   Hall   of;
Fame   because   "for   two   years   he I
had     moved     highest     among     the
Broadway appraisers, on  a basis of
the number of hits and flops he pre-:
dieted correctly;" O.  O. Mclntre did
not hesitate to say  tha,t Mr.  Brown,
"has become a  sensation of the lee-1
ture     field,"     while    Joseph    Wood'
Krutch summed up his abilities thus:]
"One  of the characteristics  which!
distinguish John Mason Brown from
the   other   practicing   dramatic   cri-
tics of  New  York is the depth  and;
intensity of his interest in the thea-|
tre  as   theatre.     Most  of   us   found!
ourselves   following   our   rather   oddj
profession   partly,   at   least,   as   the'
result  of  accident,  and   most  of  usj
confine   ourselves   largely   to  one  on
another YsPect   �*   our   subject.     I
am   told, however,  that   Mr.   Brown
resolved   in^youth  to  be  a  reviewer i
of  plays, and  the fact  helps  to ex-;
plain  the  breadth  of  his  knowledge!
and enthusiasm.    He is interested in
the   theatre  as   such,   in   everything
which concerns it, and in its past as I
well  as  its present.    For these  rea-!
sons   his  comments  on  the  plays  of!
the    moment    are    frequently    made
from an original  point of view;  for
these  reasons   also  he  has  much   to,
say   beyond   the   limits  of  the   ord-i- j
nary review."
Memorial Service Held
For M. Carey Thomas
Dr. Rufus Jones, Dean Manning,
Mrs. Slade Recall Contacts
With Late Leader
RESUME   OF   LIFE   GIVEN
Goodhart, December 19, 1935. �
The memorial service for M. Carey
Thomas was held this afternoon at
three o'clock in accordance with her
own express wishes. President Park,
Dr. Rufus Jones, who is President
of the Bryn Mawr College Board ofc
Trustees, Dean Manning, and Mrs.
Caroline McCormick Slade, a mem-
ber of the College Board of Direc-
tors, spoke in her praise and mem-
ory. The College Choir sang two
selections which she herself had
chosen: Tallis' "Nunc Dimittis" and
Mozart's "Ave Verutn." In the audi-
ence were representatives of the
Board of Directors, the Executive
Board of the Alumnae Association,
the Graduate School, the Summer
School for Women Workers in In-
dustry, the National League of
Women Voters, the Committee on
the M. Carey Thomas Prize Award,
the American Association of Uni-
versity Women, the National Wom-
an's Party, college presidents from
institutions in the vicinity, and the
present senior class of the college.
The undergraduate body as a whole
was,also asked  to attend.
Miss  Park Reviews Life
President Park gave a brief
resume of Miss Thomas's life, telling
how she was born of Quaker stock
on one side of her family; and how,
armed with the quiet resolution
Quakers have, she pursued her edu-
cation in a day when difficulties
were the rule. After receiving her
Ph. D. at Leipzig, she was appointed
both Dean and Professor of English at
the new college of Bryn Mawr. She
was made President at the retire-
ment of President Rhoads, and at
her own retirement in 1922 she was
honored by the title of President-
emeritus. As a member of the
Board of Trustees, also, she contin-
ued to hold office at Bryn Mawr un-
til her death. She served for several
years at Cornell as the first woman
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Hockey Elections
Sylvia Evans, '37, and Mar-
garet Evans, '38, have been
elected captain and manager, re-
spectively, of the hockey team
for 1936.
Yale   Puppeteers  Come
To Deanery On Sunday
t
The Yale Puppeteers from the popu-
lar Club Guignol in  New York City|
will come to the Deanery aj 5 o'clock:
on Sunday afternoon, January  12, to;
present Mister Punch  at Horn)1.    The;
college  is  invited  by  the  Entertain-1
ment  Committee  of  the   Deanery  to
see this show, which has won the ap-j
proval  of the  city's  press  and  out-
standing  applause  at   a   recent   per-
formance   before   the    Cosmopolitan
Club in New York City.
Graduates of Professor Baker's  17
Workshop at Yale, the Puppeteers set
out  seven  years  ago  as  a  traveling
troupe.    A two years' spectacular run
in Los Angeles  was followed  by an
entire season in New York, a return
to Hollywood to make the film I Am
Suzanne, and last year the founding of
their own Club Guignol in New York, i
Their   avowed   artistic   mission   has|
been to "produce a puppet theatre of!
such traditional correctness, such dra-
matic    significance,    so   spellbinding,
that, measured by any theatrical yard-
stick, it is first and last a good show,,
and  for that  reason  can  defy  these
limitations    and    in    the    conquering
write a new page in the history of the j
theatre of this  country."    The  dra-;
matic   critics   have   praised   them   in I
terms that affirm their success.
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Dr. Fellowes to Talk on Madrigals
The Department of Music announces
an illustrated lecture to be given in
Goodhart Hall on January 16 at 8.30
P. M. by Canon Edmund Horace Fel-
lowes, M. A., Mus. Bac. Oxford, Mus.
Doc. Dublin, on Elizabethan Madri-
gals and Elizabethan Songs With Lute
Accompaniment.
Dr. Fellowes is a Canon of the
Royal Chapel of Windsor and is the
greatest living authority on the Eliza-
bethan period in English music. This
was the period in which a school of
composers flourished in England who
held the first place in European music
and, together with the Flemish and
Italian Madrigalists "represent the
most perfect expression in secular
polyphonic song that has yet been
achieved." Several composers of this
same school were also Lutenists who
have bequeathed to us a rich legacy
of beautiful songs in the forms of
"Ayres" with lute accompaniments.
The composers of the Madrigals and
Ayres drew on the glorious literature
of the Tudor period for their inspira-
tion and thus effected a union with
poetry and music that has never since
been equalled in England.
Dr. Fellowes' lecture will be il-
lustrated with gramophone records of
Madrigals and he himself will sing a
number of Ayres and accompany him-
self on the lute of the period. The
lecture is open to all members of the
college and their friends.
The Department of Music is hoping
to arrange for a performance very
soon after Dr. Fellowes' lecture of a
program of Madrigal! and Folk-Songs
by the "London Madrigal Group" of
eight singers, an organization similar
to the "English Singers." The latter
group won very flattering enconiums
from the New York press in recent
concerts there and is appearing next
week at the White House.