College News, 1936-10-07, Vol. 23, No. 01

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BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7,  19$6
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COLLKC.K NEWS   1936
PRICE, 10 CENTS
Growth and Change
Of Summer School
Exciting  and  Bold;
Students    Learn   by   Analyzing
Own Industrial Experience
For Basic Laws

Student Officers for 1936-37
SIXTY GIRLS ATTEND
SUCCESSFUL '36 TERM
Although founded in 1921, the Bryn
Mawr Summer School is still a now
development in the field of education,
a bold experiment still growing and
changing, as interesting to watch as
the building of a rocket ship, and far
more practical. It departs to a great
extent from academic methods of
study and instruction; it uses differ
ent material for different ends. Yet
its final aim is a striving for Clear
thinking and acting, for truth in Its
ideas and democracy in its society.
In the .session of 1936, sixty girls
for eight weeks lived in Denbigh,
studied in Radnor and Taylor, played
in the Gym, and looked on the cam
pus as their own. They were girls
of edueat'on, attitude and position in
life entirely different from the girls
of the winter college. Few of them
had gone beyond high school, and not
all of them had completed that much
training. They earned their own liv-
ings, when they could find jobs; and
the problems of politics, economics,
and sociology were not theory for
them but facts which determined how
much food they could buy, how much
rent they could pay, how safely they
could work in their factories. To
these girls, their eight weeks of study
were not merely for the attainment of
a proper culture, nor for the gaining
of better wages and position after-
wards. They studied because they
wanted to know how to deal with the
insecurities of their lives, because they
wanted to show the way to others,
and because they wanted to help in-
telligently in establishing a higher,
more certain standard of working and
living for the future.
They studied, consequently, the
problems of labor. Four days a week
for an hour and a half they attended
economics classes where they analyzed
their own experience to see the forces
active there. They investigated the
growth of the labor movement all over
the world; they argued over the rela-
tive merits of craft and industrial
unionism; they discussed labor legis-
lation and sought for the reasons why
it has met with such great opposition
and such small success.
In their English classes, that filled
the other half of the morning, they re-
hearsed   these   same   subjects   again,
Continued on Pace Four
Lit it i<i BrtJivn, President of the Bryn Mawr League; Sylvia
Evans, /'resident of the Athletic Association; Esther Harden-
bergh, /'resident of the Vndergraduati Association; Barbara
Volbron, /'resident of tht  Self'Government Association.
Changes in Schedule              (Undergraduates!!   Who
Announced in Chapel           Will be Your President
Amount of Work Available in N. Y.  Your   Political    Views   Solicited   in
A. is Discussed by Dean Manning                    News Questionnaire
President Park States Fifty-Secorid Year
i^-^   Should be Progressive, Not. Stationary
"Nest   Egg"   of   �1000   Will   be   Donated   Annually   for   Use
On Projects Proposed by Faculty or Graduate Students
Which Committee Will Appropriate
COMPREHENSIVES   RESULT   OF   GRADUAL   CHANGE
A. S. U. Meeting Plans
Symposium on Politics
Industrial   and   international   Clubs
Will Work With A. S. U.
Common Room, October 5.�The
American Students' Union held its
first meeting of the year this evening
to discuss its plans for the future.
As Sylvia Wright, '38, the president
of the Union, explained, it was not
strictly a formal opening meeting,
since the reports of committees which
had been working over the summer
were neither ready nor called for. It
was rather a gathering to clarify the
action of the Union.
The American Students' Union is
very young, said Miss Wright, both
\ii this campus and all over the coun-
try. Last year, its members were
more   enthusiastic   over   its   existence
Goodhart, September 30.�In her
first chapel speech of the year, Dean
Manning announced various course
changes and division schedules, and
discussed the amount of N. Y. A. work
available.
Money has been provided by the
f( deral government through the Na-
tional Youth Administration to be
used at the discretion of the college.
With freshman or sophomore courses
Dean Manning advised against taking
over four or five hours' work a week.
There have been many requests from
the faculty and.. staff already for
workers, and particularly for trained
stenographers.
Mrs. Manning announced that it
would be impossible for a student to
attend philosophy lectures in a divi-
sion in which she was unable to attend
the conferences.
Students were asked to report con-
flicts in division lists to the Dean's
Office immediately. Those considering
aking the History of Religion course,
now scheduled for eleven o'clock, were
asked to report their decision to the
Daan's Office also, and to state their
preferences as to the class time, in
which case a more satisfactory hour
might be arranged.
Deceptive Sophomores Retrieve Old Tune
From Unwary Freshmen on Parade Night
With desperate pleadings of "rain,
rain, go away" and sly glances fur-
tively signifying "eight o'clock and
all's well," the class of 1940, bursting
with eagerness and short-lived pride,
took its stand under Pembroke arch
last Tuesday night to extol the se-
cretive success of its sedate scholars.
Black-gowned juniors lit their sput-
tery torches and waited patiently for
the Bryn Mawr band, somewhat en-
larged and more vivacious than in
previous years, to cease its necessary
but ear-splitting notes of preparation.
Then there was silence, a moment of
apprehension, until the voices of one
hundred and thirteen freshman,
mingled with the blaring trumpets of
the band in a triumphant chorus of
"There is a Tavern in the Town" with
original and appropriate words.
Passing through Senior Row and
down the steep hill to the hockey field,
the procession, which had gained the
momentum of a small avalanche, en-
countered the single circle of sopho-
mores who were bracing themselves
in a feverish attempt to stop the ap-
proaching herd. Freshman kicked
sophomore, sophomore pulled fresh-
man's hair, but in the end the sheer
force of numbers, active numbers at
that, overwhelmed the haughty sopho-
mores and yanked them from their
comfortable places in front of the
fire.
Much shouting and riotous laugh-
ter boomed from the freshman ranks,
while over in a dark corner of
the field a vanquished group sought
revenge for its defeat. It came a
few m'nutes later. For after the
freshmen had finished dancing around
the fire, repeating their song several
times, there was a period of compara-
tive quiet, short seconds of awaiting
the unhoped-for. Then from the ob-
scurity arose an answering chorus,
louder and more triumphant than its
challenging predecessor.
The sophomoreS",had outwitted the
freshmen and revenge was sweet.
There were gasps of disappointment,
but they changed quickly to gasps
of disgust and amazement as a
wicked tale of deception was un-
folded by caustic sophomores who
delighted in telling of the adven-
tures of Louise Herron, '39, dis-
guised as a belated freshman in Den-
bigh. Victory for the class of '39,
bitter disappointment, perhaps, for the
; newcomers,   but   it   all   adds   to   the
[magic of an old tradition.
A great deal of subterranean cam
�us rumbling has been going on for
some time about the November elec-
tion, and now we are having a chance
to give our presidential fixations a
public airing. A complete poll of col-
lege opinion on this hotly contested
matter will be taken by the News this
week.
The statistics obtained from the tcsl
vote will be used in newspapers and
political journals throughout the
country. It is therefore urged thai
any facetious inclinations germinat-
ing in the undergraduate cranium be
curbed as far as possible.
Copies of the ballot below will be
distributed tonight in the halls. Fac-
ulty and staff ballots may be obtained
n  Dayton, Taylor and the Library.
The ballots will be collected on Friday
night.
Which   candidate   do   you   favor   for
President?
(Check)  Roosevelt
Landon
Lemke
Thomas
Browder
Will you vote a straight party ticket?
Yes or no  (check)
Home city and state................
If you voted at the last election, did
you   vote?   (check)
Republican for President
Straight Republican ticket
Democrat for President
Straight   Democratic ticket
Socialist for President
Communist  for  President
For students only:
Will   you   actually  vote this autumn.
Yes or  no   (check)
Party   preferences   of   father   and   of
inothei :
Is your mother a Bryn Mawr alumna?
Yes or no (check)
Optional:        �
Is the average monthly amount which
you spend f(�" everything excepting
College beard and tuition fees (abovi
or below)' $100?   (check)
Goodhart, September 29.�President
Park, quoting the Harvard Tercenten-
ary program, defined last year's cele-
bration of Bryn Mawr's semi-centen-
nial as "a time'of rememberance and
thanksgiving." Reassuring as this af-
fectionate review of our past was, its
atmosphere will not suffice for this,
our fifty-second year. "We are not
counting our successes, but venturing
them again�The lines which we'
sketch in on our map may or may not
prove correct�But we shall move for-
ward, not backward on them." In
addition, the college is framing its
policies to train its individuals to be
effective and thoughtful workers
"toward a new American civilization,
servants of a democracy in danger.''
Accordingly this year demands "think-
ing, not feeling," and exciting changes
are to quicken campus activity.
In this spirit, President Park has
assigned $1000 annually to be used
than understanding; of its purpose. Ion projects suggested by faculty or
They indulged in a great deal of graduate students and to be appro-
action without knowing exactly why.
In this year, therefore, the Union
should justify its non-partisan tith
by making an effort to comprehend
all sides of the political crisis which It
is so imminent, and by living up 1901, will invite additions so thai
to    both    views    which    the    outside , similar aid will be accessible to under
graduate   honor   students.     The   new
priated by a committee consisting of
Professors Tennent, Gray and Taylor.
It is hoped that this "nest egg," half
the income of the President's fund,
the bequest  of Madge Daniels Miller,
world holds of Bryn Mawr. Om
view, that of the scholastic and lei-
sure classes, looks at Bryn Mawr as
the upholder of a high intellectual in-
tegrity. The other, that Of people
interested in labor and workers them
selvi 9, who" have come in contact with
it through the Summer School, is that
it represents a great liberal tradition
of education.
The proposal was made to the
meeting that on October 20 a political
symposium be held, sponsored by tin
A. S. I'. in collaboration with the In-
dustrial Group ami the International
Relations    Club.       Speakers    will    set
forth the views of the four major
parties, attacking opposing opinions
and defending themselves. To this
the members present agreed, and
nominated Mary Sands, '.'!8, to act as
publicity agent for the occasion. Who
the speakers will be, and exactly whal
sort of a program they will pursue
will be decided at a later meeting.
science building, to be started this
spring, will also encourage new con-
tacts and experiments.
Ill key with Bryn Mawr's attempts
Continued on  Pnue  Three
Memories of Summer
Linger Upon Campus
War   in   Spain   at   First   Hand
and Cruising in Aegean
Are High Points
VACATIONS ARE  VARIED
Tradition is Destroyed
In Self-Gov. Reception
Freshmen   Sec   May   Day   Movies:
Partv in Common  Room
Non-Res. Tea Given for Freshmen
Common Room, October 1.�Lucille
Ritter, '37, served as hostess at the
first non-resident tea of the year,
given to introduce the non-resident
freshmen to the upper class members.
Basketball Captain is E. Washburn
Common Room, October 5.� Mem
hers of the Varsity basketball squad
were entertained at a tea at which the
captain and the manager for the com-
ing season were elected. Elizabeth
Washburn, '37, was chosen captain
and   Mildred   Bake.well,  '.#, ilfaYt.^  .
Goodhart, October 2. � May Day
movies, a gay reception, and excel-
lent refreshments provided the S"lf-
Govcrnment entertainment for fresh-
men and their student-advisors with
more amusement than usually attend
such functions.
Three out of the present foui
classes \wcre welcomed at a soirie in
the Gymnasium with informal talks
and dancing. This year the pro
gressive  ideas of the  Sclf-Governinenl
board, coupled with the providential
appearance of the movies of Big Ma\
Day, produced an enjoyable evening.
The movies were highly delightful.
especially the color films of the pro
cession   itself.     These   were   most   ef
Now that the smoke of the first
frantic days of college has cleared
away, summer vacations seem but
happy dreams in an otherwise un-
broken monotony of lectures, late
hours and eight o'clock rising bells.
We are saved from complete depres-
sion, however, by the fact that, unreal
as the suminer months have become,
they still call forth considerable en-
thusiasm from every girl on campus,
whether she enjoyed a few weeks in
Europe or only a quiet time at home.
While a great number of students
inhaled the sea air of Maine or panted
for breath in a stifling New York and
a still hotter West, a more fortunate
group turned their faces Kurope-
ward. England, one of the favorites,
suffered a wholesale invasion by Bryn
Mawrtcrs armed with bicycles and
lautOS. Two intrepid young ladies,
| Virginia Baker, '88, and Helen Shop-
ard, "38, bicycled six hundred miles
through Scotland and returned with
two beautiful, geared English bicy-
cles, the envy of the entire college.
Germany, always a drawing card
for both recreational and academic
reasons, had this year the added at-
traction of the Olympic games at
Berlin. Louise Herron. '.'{'.�. combined
business with pleasure by spending
her summer with a German family in
Continued on Pace six
fective   in   spite of the fact  that   tin
green simply could not be reproduced; Munich, ostensibly to brush up on her
the campus resembled a fall, rather <;,.,.,�.,� ,,�, ,]�,la|>t with Orals in
than a spring scene. The play scene min,|,. The fai.t that the family had
Shown were well-chosen on the whole, p],.(|,,(.(i ltS(.jf ,� S|H.ak only German.
although several lacked sufficient con- ,,, hl,,. forced her into the role of the
tinuity. The most spectacular parts Silent Woman for a time, but her
were, naturally, those of the general
dancing on the Greene and the whirl-
ing circles of Sellinirer's Round.
After the movies were over, the
greater part, of the audience was
pressed into the Common Room for a
reception. Miss Park, Mrs. Manning
and Miss Ward received quite infor-
mally with Barbara .(.'olhn>n,
.,�vi rnment head.
College Calendar
Saturday.   October   10.     Var-
sity hockey game with Beaver.
11 a. in.    Lower hockey field.
Monday, October 18, Second
team bo*ktrx,gajue with Merion
tv-j   -   ''..h .Reserves.   4  p. m.