College News, 1937-10-27, Vol. 24, No. 04

              The college News
VOL. XXIV, No. 4
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1937
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BRYN    MAWR   COLLEGE,   1937
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Concept   of   Time
Unites Pagan Past,
Christian   Present
Visual and Emotional Synthesis
Aim of Renaissance, Says
Mr.    Panofsky
TIME IN THREE GUISES
DURING   THIS  PERIOD
The President� �
Attended a meeting yesterday of
the executive committee and the com-
mittee of review of the College En-
trance Examination Board in New
York.
Is attending meetings today of the
Cbllege Entrance Examination Board
and
Will go with Miss "Ward arid Miss
Lehr to the Five College Conference
at Smith College on Saturday.
Will attend a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the/Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Summer School on Sunday.
Impartial Information
Presented by F. P. A.
Luncheon   Meetings  Held   Monthly
In Philadelphia
Goodhart, October- 25. � Renais-
sance and Baroque representations of
Time fused classical and mediaeval
elements into the figure we know to-
day as Father Time, said Professor
Panofsky in the third Flexner lec-
ture. Father Time as we see him
is a combination of the "brief decisive
moment" of the classicists, and the
image of Time, the Destroyer created
in the late Middle Ages.
The revivalist spirit of the Renais-
sance' did not confine itself to rein-
stating classical types within the
limits of the classical sphere, but
aimed at a visual and emotional syn-
thesis between the pagan past and
the Christian present. This syn-
thesis was achieved either by the re-
interpretati<}ic of classical images
(which were invested with new sym-
bolic content of a secular but defi-
nitely non-classical character) or by
the natural merging of classical and
mediaeval traditions in the Renais-
sance. The seperability of the differ-
ent elements in these unions resulted
in a transmutation and fusion, which
in turn brought about a pseudo-
morpki8, by which Renaissance- fig-
ures received a meaning not present
in their classical prototypes. Father
Time is one of .these reputedly clai- .sue?''   its  more' complete  fortnightly
sical characters who managed to
withstand the wholesale elimination
of humanistic elements in the last
century.
In ancient art there are two main
types of images of Time: Time is
frequently represented as the moment
of opportunity on which fates of men
and worlds turn; or .Time may sym-
bolize inexhaustible creativeness. In
both   representations  the   figure  has
, none of the attributes of the modern
"Father Time, but is young and vigor-
ous. In other words, the ancients
thought of Time as possessing infinite
fertility and universal power, or
fleeting speed and precarious balance,
but never as the relentless, pursuer of
all men.
Early  philosophers used  the  simi-
v larity between the Greek words for
Time and Saturn as a proof of the
identity between the two conceptions.
In order to strengthen the associa-
tion, they reinterpreted the god's at-
tributes as symbols of Time. How-
Continued on Page Four
Little Entente Born
In Independence Hall
Czechoslovakian  President  Was
Advised bVMr^H. A. Miller
In War Crisis
TO  SPEAK   ON   MASARYK
(Especially contributed by the
Publication1 Office.)
Herbert Adolphtfs Miller, Ameri-
can, and lecturer in sociology at Bryn
Mawr College, .is a man indelibly as-
sociated with the establishment of the
Czechoslovak Republic. The charac-
ter of Masaryk, its President, the
story of its founding and the un-
written drama of its national recog-
nition are the themes of the public
lecture which Mr. Miller will give on
Wednesday evening, November 3, in
Goodhart Hall, under the auspices of
the Graduate Club.
Mr. Miller will give this lecture as
a tribute to the late President
Masaryk who Emil Ludwig in his
biography of Masaryk, Defender of
Democracy, asserts was the greatest
statesman in Europe. Mr. Miller calls
his lecture, Masaryk, Practical Ideal-
ist, Teacher of Men and of Nations.
The association of Mr. Miller with
President Masaryk is itself a roman-
tic story. In 1912 Mr. Miller was
working on the subject of Americani-
zation as a branch of his general field
of sociology. He discovered that
throughout the country, Czech com-
munities, although they were com-
posed of American citizens, were giv-
ing their money and their thought to
the preservation of Czech ideals and
ultimate  freedom  of  the  state.    He
Practical Approach Preferred by Most
For Speakers in Sunday Night Chapel
(Especially contributed by Louise
Morley, '1,0.)
The fact that there are two wars
in progress in two different parts of
the globe makes international rela-
tions a popular and, moreover, an ex-
tremely important topic of conversa-
tion and interest. The great numbers
of peace organizations show us the
activity of peace workers; the value
of their varied suggestions as to how
to maintain peace so as to keep the
United States out of war has yet to be
shown. However, there can be no
doubt that since peace and world poli-
tics have become such popular sub-
jects of discussion, an organization
that attempts to disseminate the re-
sults of impartial research to the pub-
lic is an extremely valuable one.
The Foreign Policy Association,
through its publication of weekly sur-
veys   of   important   international   U-|"madV a very extensive study of them
and later that year went to Bohemia
with a letter of introduction to Pro-
fessor  Masaryk.
Masaryk was at that time profes-
sor of sociology at the University of
Prague. He recognized at once that
this professor of sociology from
America knew about his people, per-
haps, more than any other, certainly
more than any other American, and
from that time on they were collabo-
rators. Mr. Miller entered into this
cooperation with the Czechs as a
sociologist, nor did he. ever deviate
from this approach.
On October 26, 1918, 12 nationali-
ties, they were not nations, because
they had no countries of their own,
met, fittingly, in Independence Hall in
Philadelphia, to draft their Declara-
tion of Independence, and their terms
of alliance. And this was the crea-
tion of The Little Entente. The
previous week Mr. Miller worked with
Professor Masaryk on the form of
the Czechoslovakian Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution of
the Republic of Czechoslovakia. When
the task was finished, they called
Paris, the official headquarters then
of "the Czeschoslovak national party,
allowed 24 hours to elapse, to make
.        Continued on race Four
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Wednesday, October 27.�Sci-
ence club meeting: Miss' Gar-
diner will, talk on genetics.
Common Room, 8 p. m.
Thursday, October 28.�In-
dustrial Group Supper. Com-
mon   Room,  6.30.
Friday, October 29.�Denbigh
Hall Dance.
Saturday, October 30.�Latin
Play.    Goodhart, 8.30.
Monday, November 1.�Fourth
Flexner Lecture. Goodhart, 8.20.
Tuesday, November 2.�Inter-
national Club Meeting. Dr.
Hcrndon, of Haverford, will
speak.    Common Room, 4 p. m.
Wednesday, November 3.�Mr.
Miller will speak on Masaryk.
Goodhart, 8.30.
Tuesday November 9.�
Hamilton  Dancers.
Bryn Mawr League Starts
Drive for Summer Camp
Sandwich    Sales,    Square    Dances
Help Balance Budget
reports on world problems, and its
educational headline books which at-
tempt to present in simple terms thg^
social, economic, and political prob-
lems confronting everyone today, has
become one of the "most important
sources of information of this sort in
the United States. In addition, if
conducts a series of luncheon discus-
sion meetings in New York and in
its branch cities, of which Philadel-
phia is one of the most important.
This year its. meetings will take place
at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on
November 20, December 11, January
8, February 5, February 26, and
March 19. The speakers at the first
meeting will be: Raymond Swing,
commentator for the American School
of the Air 1935-36, ourrently New
York commentatcir-^of the London
News ChronicJ^fand author of Fore-
runners of American Fascism;
Graham /Htitton, British economist,
and Dr. (Bethune, Madrid medical or-
ganizer. Student membership entitles
Continued on Page Two
Committee      Selects      Subjects
------Preferred    by�Students
In  Spring  Questionnaire
(Especially contributed l>fy Alison
Raymond, '38.)
The Chapel Committee wishes to
take this opportunity to thank all
those who answered the chapel ques-
tionnaire so willingly last spring.
They were of great assistance in ex-
pressing public opinion, and we will
do our utmost to make changes in
the chapels for the coming year which
will best accord with the popular de-
sires.                ,
The correlated answers to the leaf-
lets revealed much that was of inter-
est �ne huhdred and eight people
voted for a practical approach to
chapel topics, many of them citing
Mr. Glenn's. The-intellectual approach
followed, with a vote of 60, whereas
the emotional (not sentimental)
scarcely scored at all. Students were
more interested in hearing social
problems discussed than any others.
Personal problems followed closely
with 101 votes.
When asked what aspects of the
church interested them most, a very
high    proportion    of    the    students
answered, "Comparisons with the re-
ligions of other lands, and compara-
tive denominations in our own land."
There were repeated requests in
this connection to have the services
conducted in the manner of the va-
rious denominations. This does not
seem possible to arrange, but the com-
mittee has made a great effort to vary
the affiliations of the -speakers as
much as possible.
In answer to the question, "If you
went to chapel in former years and do
not now, what is the reason?", 37
answered "Too much work." Some
people did not like the speakers. We
are sorry, but are providing many
new ones this year, largely as answer
to specific requests which have been
made. Many suggested that there was
not enough enthusiasm or interest in
chapel to arouse them to interest. We
should be grateful to those who are
enthusiastic, if they would help us
by talking! about the services anx-_
their frienaV_)      �                '   ,
It may relieve some minds to hear
that we are not going to institute
compulsory chapel! We wei*e aston-
ished, in fact, by the fact that^^f
people thought it very desirable. A
freshman agreed that compulsory
Continued on Pm�� Three
BRr-^KFAST HOUR CHANGED
A change in breakfast hours in the
college has been announced because
of the new Pennsylvania wage law for
women. Although the maids of Bryn
Mawr do not exceed the 44-hour-a-
week maximum, a difficulty is pre-
sented by the clause in the law which
states that the eight hours they work
a day must come within a period of
12 hours. If breakfast opens at 7.30,
the maids must be in the halls by
7.15, tend they often have to stay un-
til nearly 8.00 in the evening to finish
washing dishes. The college is anx-
ious to comply with the spirit as well
as the letter of the law, and so has
taken on an extra helper for the cook
in each hall. However, its budget
does not permit the hiring of a whole
set of waitresses for dinner; there-
fore, to fit the mafuY day into the' 12-
hour program, either breakfast must
ho 'otgj.ar-'diBBflr earlier. The former
arcerhativefflr^ymost students better,
so the following is planned: .-Owe table
in each hall will be open at 7.40, which
an extra waitress will be hired to
serve. For others, breakfast will be
open from Sfoo to 8.20. Dinner, for
the present will be served at the same
hour as in the past.

The Bryn Mawr League is holding
its annual drive for funds for the
benefit of the Bryn Mawr Summer
Camp on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. The money
collected in this way, plus the amount
obtained from the sale of sandwiches
and the square dances or other func-
tions of the league is all that the
camp committee has to carry on its
work.     Last   year   it   enabled   three
groups of about 20 slum children to
enjoy a two weeks' vacation.
The following letter was written to
Miss Kraus, of the Department of So-
cial Economy, expressing the apprecia-
tion of the Executive Committee of
the Main Line Federation of Churches
for the benefits received by the chil-
dren of this region.
September 25, 1937.
My dear Dr. Kraus:                  �
At the Autumn' meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Main
Line Federation of Churches an
unanimous vote of appreciation
and gratitude was expressed for
the splendid work performed by
the college students with the boys
and girls who were privileged to
attend the camp at Stone Harbor
last summer.
We have had most enthusiastic
reports of the benefits received by
the children both from the chil-
dren themselves and from their
parents, and our staff. The good
times will long be remembered by
these children. In many instances
not only were the children bene-
fited, but the mothers also by be-
ing relieved of their care for two
weeks.
We thank you for including our
agency in your summer camp.
Very sincerely  yours,
Curtis L. Clay,
Secretary of the Board.
Svedberg Predicts
Coming Unification
Of Scientific Fields
Traces History of Post-Medieval
Differentiation, and Growth .
Of Technique's
EXPLAINS EXPERIMEN*
IN   PHYSIO-CHEMISTRY
President Park, in answer to a re- I
quest from the Editor of the.College
News, has given the News the follow-*
n order to do tfie same t^nglo?^* statement  in  regard to  changes
affecting the former Director of Pub-
more children again next summer, the
league needs the support of every stu-
dent.    The budget includes:
Rent   ............400.00
Salaries   ......... 535.00
(For cooks, doctor,
and chief workers.)
Food   ...'.........  550.00
Clothes   ..........    75.00
Medical Care.....    40.00
Total ..........1600.00 dollars
The payment cards have already
been distributed and will be collected
on Thursday. Payments may be bud-
geted in any practical way. Since the
Bryn Mawr League is the sole sup-
port of the canuj, all students are
urged to give as'touch as they possibly
can.
Industrial Group Meeting
The Industrial Group will hold
its first meeting Thursday night,
October 28, in the Common
Room. John Edelman, director
of the C. I. O. for Eastern Penn-
sylvania, will speak.
"At present the relations between
physical chemistry and biology and
medicine are becoming more and more
friendly," said Dr. The Svedberg, in
his introduction to the discussion of
his new theory of the physio-chemis-
try of proteins.
In the. Middle Ages, he explained,
the scientist was philosopher, doctor,
and sometimes theologian. Research
in any one branch of science stimu-
lates interest in all the others. Para-
celsus, or Theophratus van Hohen-
heim, who lived from 1493 to 1541
was the first to apply purely chemical
principles to medical problems. He
recognizedpas his contemporaries did
not, that disease could be fought with
chemicals, and had "marvclously mod-
ern" views of disease-germs, heredity,
and infection. In- fighting all the
ancient laws of Aristotle, Galenus, and
Avicenna, the scientific leaders of the
Middle Ages, he brandished a sword
"illuminated by flames of the Middle
Ages and receiving the first rays from
the dawn of the Renaissance." Von
Helmhut (1578-1644) who was more
cautious in the proclamation of his
findings, discovered the physio-chem-
ical law of conservation of matter 150
years before Lavoisier.
Differentiation between the sciences
occurred during the 17th, 18th, and
especially during the first half of the
l!)th centuries, with the development
of new kinds of experimental tech-
nique, in biology, chemistry, and
physics, which were used sparingly, if
at all, in medicine. The founding of
physical chemistry as a separate sci-
ence towards the end of the 19th cen-
tury heralded the approach of an atti-
tude of more universal curiosity and
consciousness of the unity of all knowl-
edge. Biologists like de Vries and
Pfeffer were the first to be interested
in cooperation of the sciences. The
founders of classical physical chem-
istry, van Hoff, Arrhenius, and Ost-
wald, all were interested in biology
and medicine.
"At present," Dr. Svedberg said,
"there is no doubt a general tendency
of unification of science.. .The experi-
mental means of today are becoming
common property to all branches of
natural science." Biologists of the
future    should    be     physio-chemists
"�        Continued on Pace Three
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT
CHANGES   ANNOUNCED
lication:
The title of Director of Publication
has been given up. M-s. Chadwick-
Collins is now the Director b Resi-
dence of the Board of Dirertors an I
Editor of Publications. She wnl tro-ol
on behalf of the College and will con-
tinue to be in charge of the official
publications of the College, both for-
mal and informal, and of the engage-
ment of outside speakers and enter-
tainments in Goodhart Hall and of all
arrangements for the use of the hall.
Her present office is in the May Day
Room in Goodhart Hall. Mrs. Grace
Kitselman Farson is with her there.
After the publication of the Alumnae
Register, about the first of January,
they will return to an office (as yet
undecided) in Taylor Hall.
Mrs. Kimbrough Wrench is the Di-
rector of Press Relations and is in
charge of all matters pertaining to the
press and the taking of pictures and
movies. Her office is the former Pub-
lication Office in Taylor Hall. Miss
Barnitz is half-time with Mrs. Chad-
wick-Collins and half-time with Mrs.
Wrench.
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