College News, 1938-03-16, Vol. 24, No. 18

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The College News
VOL. XXIV, No.  18
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1938
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BRYN   MAWR  COLLEGE,  1938
PRICE 10 CENTS
Further  Discussion
Of New Hall Plans
By College Council
Mathematics,   Biology,   Physics
To be Housed in Renovated
-f.               Dalton Hall
SMOKING ON BALCONIES
TO    BE    INVESTIGATED
(Especially contributed by Janet
Thorn, '98.)
The President's House, Wednesday,
March !).�The decorator's sketches
for the combined smoking and game
room in the new dormitory were shown
to the members of the College Coun-
cil by Miss Charlotte B. Howe and
Julia Grant, members of the decorat-
ing committee. President Park told
the Council about the plans for re-
modeling the inside of Dalton to house
the physics and mathematics depart-
ments next year.
After dinner and general discussion
were over, Miss Howe brought four or
five large colored sketches showing the
furnishings which are planned for the
social smoking room on the ground
floor of the new hall. This room is
very large, square, and built on two
levels because of the slope of the hill.
The decorator has planned to break it
up into as many small units-as pos-
sible, still leaving space to clear a
large area of the floor for dancing.
There will be a low, white fence which
will be wide enough to sit on, and
steps dividing the smoking room from
the game room. Two large piers m
the center of one room will also be
connected with the walls by low fence-
like divisions. These will serve to
break up the floor space. The furni-
ture will also be grouped in separate
units-for the same purpose.
The floor will probably be made of
asphalt tiles, without rugs. These
tiles come in all colors, and one room
will probably have a rust-colored floor
and the other a dark blue one. The
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Mr. Dryden Shows Fossil
Specimens    at    Lecture
United   States   Once   Populated  by
Dinosaurs, Elephants
Common Room, March 9.�Mr. Lin-
coln Dryden, of the Geology Depart-
ment, spoke on Fossil Graveyards at a
meeting of the Science Club. The
lectureAvas illustrated by specimens of
various fossils. Mr. Dryden defined a
fossil 'as ^he remains or trace of
something that once lived. He used
the term "graveyard" to describe a
place where many animals or plants
were buried at some past time.
philosophy department in the Common
The    first    fossil, 'remains, shown  Room, March 19, at 8 p.m.   All stu-
formed a piece of the ornamental
stonework on Goodhart Hall. This
fragment broke off, and when taken
to the Geology Department was found
to be Indiana limestone. It consists of
the calcarious remains of countless
small animals living in the shallow
sea which at one time covered the
middle part of the continent. These
fragments and bits of broken shell
can be seen under a hand lens.
� Later in geologic time came the
dinosaurs, which varied widely in size.
Their remains are found chiefly in
the western Great Plains region, in
arid land where their bones can be
plainly   seen   on   the   surface.     The
SHAN-KAR PRESENTS
LAST  PERFORMANCE
Goodhart Hall, March 10.,�Uday
Shan-Kar and his Hindu Ballet, on
their farewell appearance in this
country, presented a varied program
to a large and enthusiastic audience.
Following this performance, the
troupe sailed for India to establish ;u
All-India Center for the Dance in Be-
nares.
The program consisted of simple
folk dances, traditional religious
myths characteristic of the Hindu
race, and an impressive dance-drama
concerning incidents in the life of the
god, Shiva. The accompaniment, writ-
ten for them by Vishnudas Shirali,
was furnished by musicians .on the
stage. The use of drums and gongs
as a prelude to several numbers set
the scene for the <iailces that followed.
In all the dances there was a re-
strained but, at the same time, a
continuous flowing quality of move-
ment. Jerky transitions of tempo and
style could rarely be discerned. The
head and arms were used to convey
inflections of meaning and subtleties
of feeling, while the hands, employing
the Madras or symbolic gestures, tok
the basic theme of the stories.
Shan-Kar's dancing is said to be
the greatest refinement of that art to-
day. In his first solo number Kama-
Deva, he moved with an effortless
grace that was excellent in its con-
trolled expression. Even in the war
dance, Kartikeyya, he was restrained,
although the impression of strength
and power was clearly perceptible.
Dancing of a more dynamic nature
was supplied by the young Madhavan,
whose solo dance was a marvel of dif-
ferentiated movement. Continuing a
steady motion of his hands, he varied
his steps, technique and rhythm, never
losing control of the hand motion,
nor of the opposing body movements.
Simkie, a French member of the
group, was small, lithe and graceful.
Her dancing formed an excellent com-
plc nent to Shan-Kar's virile exposi-
tion.
The costuming was lavish and col-
orful with gay India prints cleverly
mingled to produce dramatic efforts.
The troupe brought their own curtain
which blended admirably with the
costumes. Lighting was used in sev-
eral dances to create atmosphere.
This was most effective in the last
number, where a bronze light gave the
impression of temple interiors or the
warm sunlight of .^r*.Hindu Olym-
pus.
L. J.  S.
PHILOSOPHY,   ENGLISH
ARE HUBENER'S TOPICS
Gustav Frederic Hubener, professor
of English at the University of Bonn,
will give two lectures on philosophy
and English. The first, Phenomenol-
ogy, will be under the auspices of the
dents are ihvitefl. On Monday the
second lecture, entitled Beowolf and
Heroic Exorcism, will take place in the
Music Room at 5 p. m. Mr. Herben
recommends it particularly to all stu-
dents interested in literature and folk-
lore.
Professor Hubener studied at the
Universities of Munich, Paris, Berlin,
Edinburgh and Gbttingen. For some
years he was professor of National
Economics at KonigsbUrg, and later
taught English at the Universities of
Basel and Bonn. He has published
varied critical works, among them
England and the Moral Foundations
of Early European Hintory, English
Philosophy, and Stylistic  Tension  in
rocks in  which  they  are buried  are
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sil plants that the dinosaurs lived in
a large flat swamp which extended
over the western region of the United
States.
In South Germany, near Sollenho-
fen, where fine-grained lithographic
stone is quarried, some unusual fossils
have been dug out. In 1875 the old-
est fossil bird, which has teeth and a
jointed tail almost like a reptile, was
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His investigations of heroic litera-
ture have taken him literally all over
the world, and his theories on the sig-
nificance of certain epic situations are
of the greatest importance. At the
present time Professor Hubener is on
a sabbatical year which he is spend-
ing in Canada. Bryn Mawr is for-
tunate in having him speak here as
he is making a few lectures in this
country.
SHAN-KAR and SIMKIE
Alumnae Council Holds Miss Ward Announces
Meeting in New Jersey
District Representatives Deplore
Lack of College Contacts,
Inactive Graduate Clubs      ",
(Specially* contributed by Mary
Whalen, '38.)
The Alumnae Council convened on
Thursday, March 10, for an informal
session at. Mrs. Parker's house in
Orange, N. J., where they were wel-
comed by Mrs. Ruth C. Streeter, '18,
their hostess for the weekend, and
Mrs. Ida L. Darrow, '21, president of
the association. At the Friday morn-
ing session the seven district coun-
cillors gave their reports.
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Mendell stated
that the New England States were
exceedingly active and that their
�hief complaint was lack of contact
with the campus. Two solutions were
suggested to solve this problem: that
the faculty and college officials be
sent a lhtfof those cities where there
is a Bryn Mawr Club functioning, in
order that they may be entertained
when they travel to any of these
cities; that a representative be sent
from every club to the alumnae week-
end; and that the class collectors also
attend annually.
Mrs. Streeter reported on the five
clubs in  the 'Middle Atlantic States.
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*COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thursday, March 17.�Maids'
Play, Mr. Faithfid. Goodhart,
8.30.
Friday, March 18.�Announce-
ment of Graduate European
Fellowships.   Goodhart�JL45,
Saturday, March 19.�Lecture
on Phenomenology, by Gustav
Hubener.      Common    Room,    8
p. m.
Sunday, March 20.�Lecture
by Fnjedrich Spiegelberg, on
What India Has to Offer Us To-
day.   Deanery, 5 p. m.
Monday, March 21.�Lecture
by Gustav Hubener on Beowulf
and Heroic Exorcism. Music
Room, 5 p. m. Piano Recital, by
Horace Alwyne.   Goodhart, 8.30.
Tuesday, March 22.�Current
Events, Mr. Fen wick. Common
Room, 7.30.
Wednesday, March 2S.�Ger-
man Movie, An Orphan Boy of
Vienna.   Goodhart, 8.00.
Monday, April <.�First Flex-
ner Lecture by Dr. Edwin F.
Gay.   Goodhart, 8.20.
Changes in Room Rents
New System Will Attach Rents
Of 100 Dollars to Student,
Not to Definite Rooms
Music Room, March 15.�The prin-
ciples on which room rents are as-
sinned were outlined in a morning
chapel by Miss Julia Ward, Acting
Dean of the College. She explained
that the aim has been to keep the
same range of rents, at present from
100 to 650 dollars, in each hall, and
also to keep an approximate uniform
distribution of rooms at each rate.
One-quarter to one-third of all col-
lege rooms are priced at 100 dollars.
However, there is often a shortage of
.these rooms available to the incoming
class, because undergraduates who
could afford more expensive rooms
choose the 100 dollar ones for various
personal reasons. The college has been
forced arbitrarily to change the rent
of some rooms in order to supply the
desired number at each price in each
hall. Miss Ward pointed, out that
-this leads-to more and more discrep-
ancies between the rent and the de-
sirability of particular rooms.
The theory of the new system is
"to attach the rent to the student, not
to the room."v- A large number of
rooms in each hall have been priced
at 200 dollars. All students who can-
not afford to pay more than 100 dol-
lars, are strictly required to make
out a formal application, if possible
before Spring Vacation.
These applications will be checked
by Miss Ward and the Scholarship
Committee, and preliminary hall
draws for the 200 dollar rooms jjtill
be held between students whose ap-
plications have been approved. They
will occupy the rooms at a rent of
100 dollars, while any remaining
rooms in this group will be open to
other students at 200 dollars.
Subtle   Conflicts,
Amusing Dialogue,
Mark French Play
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"The Young Seducer Seduced"
As Romantic Moon Rises
�   On Closing Scene
DE MUSSET COMEDY
IS EXCELLENT CHOICE
Goodhart Hall. March K'.�Good
iJJJIiii!,', good costuming and .good stag-
ing made a success of this year's
French Crab play, II,ne Fuat fkrtr dt
/.'/ it, by Alfred de Musset. Its one
obvious fault was the actors', frequent
need <>i' prompting. The play itself
\\;is an excellent choice, beautifully
constructed and very funny. Musset's
theme, as M. Jean Guiton, the direc-
tnr, phrased it, was "the young-se-
ducer seduced."
Jane Nichols, who played Valentin,
made an extremely handsome and
winning hero. Her acting has im-
proved since she played the male lead
in Mel fore's I'Ecole <lex Maris last
year. She gestured confidently and
delivered her lines with spirit. The
part of Van Buck, Valentin's rich and
long suffering uncle, was taken by
Piiscilla Curtis, who did a good job
of- characterisation.   She was subtler
and more restrained than she has ever
been.
Boone Staples, as la Baronne de
Mantes, who successfully hides a
heart of gold from all but her daugh-
ter until the last act, dominated all
the scenes in which- she took part.
Whether haughtily regarding the
Abbe, or approving Valentin's love
letter to her daughter, she was con-
vincingly funny. She and Van Buck
were good comic contrasts, the auto-
cratically domineering versus the vul-
garly explosive. Typical Baronne re-
action was her immediate acclaim of
Valentin as "moii gendre" when she
discovered him with her daughter at
tluyr midnight reridex-vous.
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Morley and Cobb Are
Peace Council Officers
Statement ort International Coopera-
tion  Discussed
LABOR EDUCATOR TO SPFA&
Mark Starr, who will speak at a
meeting sponsored by the A. S. U.
next week, is the National Director of
Education of the Ladies' Garment
Workers* Union. He has taught- at
the Brookwood School and at the Bryn
Mawr Summer School.
He will speak on the points in conv
mon of the A. J=. L. and the C. 1715.,
especially in relation to Workers' Edu-
cation.
Pembroke West, March 11,.�Louise
Morley, '40, was re-elected president of
the Peace Council at their first meet-
ing under the new constitution. Helen
Cobb, '40, was elected secretary for
the coming year.
The main business of the meeting
was to discuss whether they would
sponsor the statement of the Philadel-
phia Committee for International Co-
operation for Peace. This statement
repudiates America's isolation-rear-
mament policy concerning foreign af-
fairs, and calls on the country to take
its place as an active member in in-
ternational cooperation. This proced-
ure, the statement continues, can be
the only means to "stop the forces of
Wat*, and vitalize the principles of in-
ternational morality."
Copies of the statement have
already been circulated in the city to
obtain individual signatures, and were
then sent to Washing^*. Every mem-
ber of the Council has been given a
copy and individual signatures will be
solicited on the campus. The deadline
for these copies of the statement is
the 21st of March.
The Council, as a body, is not taking
a stand of collective security imme-
diately, nor will the individual .signa-
tures necessarily indicate the opin-
ion of the College as a unit But as
an educative and administrative body,
the Peace Council will assume the duty
�; . "gqfrg" signatures.
Plans for the remainder of the
semester's activities were outlined by
the president, and will be discussed at
further meetings. Members of the
new Peace Council are the following:
International Relations Club, Louise
Morley.
- Bryn Mawr League, Eleanor Taft,
�39.
A. S. U., Marian Greenbaum.
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