College News, 1936-10-14, Vol. 23, No. 02

              The College News
VOL. XXIII, No. 2
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1936
Copyright   BRYN   MAWR
COLLEGE NEWS. 1936
PRICE 10 CENTS
Foreign Countries
Represented by 8
Radnor  Residents
Miss Sylvain of Haiti Founded
Organizations for Welfare
Of Native Poor
GRADUATES ACCLAIM
PLAN FOR EXCHANGE
With the cultural and social life in
Radnor Hall this year enriched by
eight representatives of six foreign
countries, the other residents of the
graduate student dormitory acclaim
with enthusiasm the experiment that
the college is carrying out with the as-
sistance of the Institute of Interna-
tional Education. The plan provides
for resident teaching fellows to come
to Bryn Mawr from Europe every
year and for Bryn Mawr graduates
to go to European institutions. In
addition to the three exchange teach-
ing fellows: Paquerette Nasse of
Fiance, Erika Simon of Germany and
Paola Franchetti of Italy, there are
the Mary Paul Collins Scholar in
archaeology, Edith Eccles of Eng-
land; the Chinese scholar, Agnes Chen
from Yenching University; the holder
of the American Association of Uni-
versity Women Latin-American fel-
lowship, Madeleine Sylvain of Haiti;
' one of the two Carola Woerishoffer
Fellows, Isabel Blain of Scotland and
MJfry Soutar of Scotland, who holds
the Cairnes scholarship from Girton
^V College.
Miss Eccles, who received the B. A.
degree from Royal Halloway College,
University of London, in 1931, has
also studied at the Institute of
Archaeology, University of Liverpool,
and the British School of Archaeology
at Athens. She has already published
several articles in the Annual of the
British School at Athens and is now
preparing a publication on "The
Palace of Minos at Knossos," which
Macmillan "hopes to publish early in
1937. At Bryn Mawr Miss Eccles is
concentrating her interests on Early
Greek civilization in its relation to
Late Minoan and Mycenaean civili-
zations with special reference to the
gems and seal-stones.
Ch'en, Fang-Chih has the distinc-
tion of being .the first graduate stu-
dent to come directly to Bryn Mawr
College from a Chinese institution.
Miss Chen graduated in 1935 from
Yenching College for Women with a
major in Political Science. A list of
courses taken by her as an under-
graduate sounds quite like work of-
fered at an American college. Her
freshman year included classes in
Principles of Economics, Freshman
Chinese, Mental Hygiene and Phy-
sical Education. Assisted by her
ability to speak five of the six prin-
cipal Chinese dialects, Miss Chen's
ambition to enter government service
when she has completed her training
should be fulfilled.
Continued on Page Four
International Club
To Meet Bi-Monthly
Joins A. S. U. and Industrial Group
In Selecting Speakers
Common Room, October 7.�Within
the near future many projects will
be undertaken by the International
Relations Club. At the first meeting
of the year, Miss Sayre, '38, president,
suggested that, except for examina-
tion periods, two meetings a month
be regularly held. A committee, to
be appointed by Miss Sayre, is to at-
tend to the selection of a speaker for
at least every alternate gathering.
Inter-club, debates were also sug-
gested, but as they would demand
much preparation, an attempt will be
made to consolidate these with college
work.
So avid is the Bryn Mawrter for
a balanced dose of political informa-
on, that the American Students' Un-
ion, the Industrial Group and the
nternat onal Relations Club dis-
covered each other in the process
of individually plapning for speakers,
representing the various political
parties. They have accordingly banded
together. If possible, faculty will be
invited to speak, but if our political
convictions are not diverse enough,
Haverford or Swarthmore professors
will be asked to lecture.
As was the case last year, the
American Students' Union and the
International Relations Club will
unite in the observation of Armistice
Day, on November 11. As the one
-ut a year, granted to the college at
'arge, is to be taken during the spring
Peace Day demonstration, this meet-
ng will be held before classes at 8.15.
A,speaker who will justify the early
sing, will be obtained.
Seven Per Cent of '36
Are   Already   Married
Greece, Germany and England Claim
Six Wandering Members
Freshmen may think that every-
thing at college is new and strange;
but the upperclassmen, as they return
in the autumn, find each year an air
?bout the campus that is exceedingly
strange. It is caused by the�;vcry
conspicuous absence of the seniors
who have got safely out into the
"wide, wide world," and the college
is always eagerly fearful to know
what has become of them.
We hasten to relieve our readers by
announcing that slightly over seven
per cent of the seventy-one graduates
are married, and as many again are
ongaged. But almost thirty per cent,
twenty girls, to be exact, are engaged
in graduate work. The class of 193G
is scattered from Greece to North
Carolina. Doreen Canaday is study-
ing archaeology at the American
School in Athens; Sarah Todd, Bar-
bara Cary and Caroline C. Brown are
in Germany; Elizabeth Wyckoff, the
Continued on race Four
Freshmen Adhere to Marine and Canine
Motifs in Decoration of College Rooms
Waves, Yachts and Steamboats
Swirl on Curtains; Scotties
Rest on Pillows
The freshmen are adhering to two
traditional themes in the decoration
of their rooms. The marine motif
and the cult of the canine are strug-
gling for supremacy. In room A the
curtains are figured with yachts,
steamships, swooping waves and coils
of rope; a row of chromium sail-boats
tack across the mantel-piece under
an authentic-looking etching of a
schooner; and as it is usual to verge
on the antique when it comes to
scrap-baskets, pictures of stately old
clippers with intricate rigging are
pasted on them. In room B Scotties
present their profiles from pillows,
lamp-shades, book-ends and green and
red dotted scrap-baskets. Other varie-
ties of dogs are mpresen
ited in china
and wood on the mantel-piece and in
etchings and drawings on the wall.
The favorite fabrics are formal,
flowered chintzes and monk's cloth.
As the dark woodwork tends to pro-
duce gloom, yellow is the most popu-
lar color, rust and green coming next
in order and then blue. An abund-
ance of Indian rugs, pottery and
sundry objects d'art give a Western
appearance to some rooms, while post-
ers advertising France, Germany and
especially the Tyrol give a continental
atmosphere to others.
There is a slight upward movement
in the use of banners, Bryn Mawr
pillows and the like for decorative
purposes, but it can hardly be said
that the average freshman goes in for
excessive rah-rahism. She is, how-
ever, firmly resolved to stamp out all
traces of the boudoir in her room by
covering her bed with monk's cloth or
��ta during the daytime.
Vital Statistics of Straw Vote .
Undergraduates   Graduates      Faculty      Clerical Staff     Total
Roosevelt   ........    94                  19
Landon  ..........  132                  10
Thomas   .........    11                    2
Browder .........      3                    3
Lelftke.............                    2
Straight party tickets:
Undergraduates  Graduates
Democratic   ......    27                    6
Republican   .....,12                    7
Party preferences of parents:
Student's Party                             Democratic
Democratic   ........................ 67
Republican.........................    5
Socialist...........................    1
Communist...........................
26
10
2
Faculty
13
8
10
23
1
1
Clerical Staff
6
16
Republican
21
112
7
2
149
175
16
7
2
Total
52
83
Socialist
6
5
3
1
A. A. Hopes to Rent
Camp for Week-Ends
College Council Suggests Ways
To Provide  Entertainment
Until  Christmas
SWIM   SUITS   IN   COLOR
Miss Park's House, October 7.--
Prospects for a place in the country,
where students could go for a week-
end in the outdoors, loomed large
after Miss Petts reported to the first
meeting of the College Council thai
she and Sylvia Evans had already
investigated several locations. The
Council felt that for this year, at
least,  it  would  be  better  to  rent
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place for a few picked week-endsJoTnyr^X^ad"ates'n J"011^' �*�-
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where a large and enthusiastic group
ii skiiers could try their skill, instead
of renting for the entire year a place
where walking and fresh air were
the chief attractions. Buck Hill
Falls in the Poconos, although dis-
ant, seemed the most popular of the
suggestions, for the skiing is better
and rented skiis and instruction are
wailable. There is also the- possibil-
ity of renting a new youth hostel on
the trail over Mt. Misery not far from
Valley Forge, but the skiing pros-
pects are not great there. These and
other suggestions will be presented to
a meeting of the A. A. as soon as de-
tails of prices and transportation arc
worked out.
Miss Ward's report on the Plan-
ning Committee revealed that there
are no entertainments definitely sched-
uled between October 24, when the
Latin play will be given, and Christ-
mas vacation. The League square
dance in the Gym on October 30 and
the Denbigh dance on October 31 are
still tentative.
Players Club will fill another week-
end probably early in December with
its big production of the year with
Haverford.\JCvenings of one-act plays
by tryouts and members of Players
Club may fill other gaps in the amuse-
ment schedule between now and
Christmas, and hall teas on Sundays
may brighten the ends of weekends.
Suggestions were made that groups
of students be allowed to reserve the
Common Room for certain broadcasts,
and that a music committee make out
a list of the musical broadcasts and
post them on the music bulletin board
Continued  on  Fa*� Four
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thursday, October 15.�Chapel.
Dean Manning will speak.
Goodhart.    8.45 a. m.
Philosophy Club meeting.
Mr. F. S. C, Northrop will
speak. Common Room. 8.30
p. m.
Friday, October 16.�Lantern
Night Cloisters. 8 p. m.
(Postponed until Saturday if
rain on Friday.)
Saturday, October 17.�Hockey
game. Varsity vs. German-
town Cricket Club. Lower
Hockey Field.    11 a. m.
Sunday, October 18. �Chapel
Service conducted by the Rev-
erend Alexander C. Zabriskie.
Music Room.    7.30 p. m.
Monday, October 19. �Hockey
game. Second team vs. Mer-
ion Reserves. Lower Hockey
Field.    4 p. m.
Latin lecture by Miss Lake.
Room G, Taylor.   8 p. m.
Faculty Back Roosevelt;
Radnor   Votes   Varied
Staff Members Show  Preference of
2-1  for Republicans
In its attempt to afford an outlet
for all the varying opinions on
campus, the straw vote was extended
to cover Radnor students, staff mem-
bers and faculty. Radnor's response
offered an interesting bit of variety.
There were ten votes for Landon,
nineteen votes for Roosevelt, two for
Thomas, three for Browder and two
for Lemke. Actually thirteen stu-
dents from Radnor will vote this
year.
The  graduate   students   showed   a
little   more
independence   than   the
fered considerably from the political
preferences of their parents. A small
number registered expenditures above
$100 and these people also voted Re-
publican.
Staff members, including Library
staff, Business Office, secretaries and
clerks showed a two to one prefer-
ence for Landon. The majority of
Republicans chose to vote straight
tickets while the Democrats split
their votes. In most cases there was
a trend to adhere to the votes as east
in the last election. People in the
rural districts showed themselves over-
whelmingly  Republican.
The faculty registered two to one
in favor of Roosevelt, but also re-
vealed that it was prone to change it*
mind. Several members had shifted
their preferences from Socialist to
Democrat and many split their votes
whereas they had previously voted
straight tickets. Several chose to
remain   Socialist.
The poll was not quite complete be-
cause there was difficulty in obtain-
ing votes from the domestic staff
Those who handed in ballots showed
an even distribution between Repub-
lican and Democratic parties.
The graduate total is taken from
Radnor and Low Buildings because of
the difficulty in contacting non-resi-
dent graduates.
FENCING EXHIBITION
GIVEN   BY   M.   FIEMS
(Especially contributed by Julia
Cerant, '38.)
Gymnasium, October 8.�The first
fencing meet of the year, given before
an unusually large audience, was the
last meet for M. Fiems, Bryn Mawr
fencing master for the past three
years, who has been summoned to the
Naval Academy this year. M. Fiems,
whose influence will be seen on
Broadway this fall in both Tovarich
and in McClintic's Hamlet, introduced
M. Marcel Pasche, who replaces him
in the fencing department.
M. Fiems showed the audience the
various weapons used: the foil, the
duelling sword or epee, and the broad
sword or sabre. After demonstrating
with M. Pasche the main parries and
counter parries which every new
fencer learns as a matter of routine,
M. Fiems gave several exhibition
bouts. He played first with the foil,
the only weapon that ladies are al-
lowed to use. and the one requiring
the most skillful handling.
The   second   bout   was   with    the
triple pointed duelling sword or epee;
here a  thick  canvas  glove   replaced i
the soft chamois used in foil fencing.'
The   exhibition    concluded    with'-*
demonstration of the broad sword.
Landon Wins Straw
Vote With 132 Over
94   for    Roosevelt
11 Students Vote for Thomas;
3 Hold Out for Browder;
Lemke Deserted
BRYN MAWR PARENTS
MAINLY   REPUBLICAN
Republicans, rejoice! Democrats,
Unionists, Socialists, Communists and
others, make moan! The undergradu-
ate body is still staunchly Repub-
lican: less staunchly, however, than
had been estimated previous to the
tabulation of this poll. In the final
count Roosevelt polled ninety-four
to Landon's 132. Norman Thomas
had eleven adherents, and Browder,
three. There were no votes for
Lemke.
Bryn Mawr parents, like their off-
spring, are predominantly Republican,
but differences according to profes-
sion are very strongly marked. Busi-
ness, banking and industrial men, sci-
entists, engineers and government of-
ficials (including Army and Navy)
are Republican. Lawyers, doctors
and ministers are about equally di-
vided between the two major parties,
while professors, writers and publish-
ers arc largely Democratic. Profes-
sors, ministers, artists and retired are
the only categories to show a Social-
ist vote.
The majority of Republican fami-
lies seem to raise staunch Republican
daughters, although several produced
Democrats, three Socialists and one a
straight-party Communist. Demo-
cratic family tenets seem, however, to
produce about equal harmony in the
home. Only one Democrat father has
to contend* with a Republican off-
spring.
Families where one or both of the
parents are Socialists, seem to give
rise to the most varied combinations
of political opinion. Mother is usu-
ally the family radical, and daughter
shows a marked tendency to agree
with father. Three cases appear
where a daughter of definitely liberal
parents is a conservative.
Continued on i-age Five
Philosophy Club Plans
Lecture   by   Northrop
His   Subject   to,, be   Metaphysics
In Relation to Science    �
Pembroke West, October 6.�Leigh
Steinhardt, '37, president of the Phil-
osophy Club, announced at a meeting
of the members this evening that Mr.
F. S. C. Northrop had definitely ac-
cepted the invitation of the Club to
speak for them on Thursday evening,
October 15, at 8.15, in the Common
Room. Mr. Northrop submitted four
subjects for his lecture: one dealing
with the problem of the one and the
many as exhibited in scientific and
cultural theory; another with the
stereometrical content of Plato's phil-
osophy, bringing in a paper by White-
head and geometrical material from
Euclid; a third with experimental
and theoretical considerations bear-
ing on the science and philosophy of
living organisms; and the fourth with
the philosophy of science, being an at-
tempt to define metaphysical knowl-
edge in its relation to scientific theory.
The last of these was chosen by the
Club, which also decided to admit
visitors to the discussion only on pay-
ment of $.25.
S'nce Mr. Northrop is able to re-
main in Bryn Mawr until Friday af-
ternoon, there will be an informal
meeting of the Club in the Deanery on
Friday morning to ask him further
questions.
French Club to Give Play
Common Room, October 13.�The
French Club held its first meeting
with a most gratifying attendance.
The energy of the Club this year will
be directed toward the play in March
to be directed again by Mademoiselle
Rey of the Baldwin School. -Meetings
will be held every two weeks.