College News, 1938-11-16, Vol. 25, No. 07

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BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1938
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BRYN   MAWR  COLLEGE,   1938
PRICE 10 CENTS
Minority of Students
Votes on Resolutions
Paul Green Says
, True Drama Is
Representative
Claims    Supreme    Dramatic
Genius in Chaplin and
Walt   Disney
DRAMATIC FUTURE
SHOWN IN MOVIES
First   Recommendation    Passed
Easily; More Even Division
On Last Two
Goadhart, November 16.�"No one
has yet spoken what our country is,"
said Paul Green, author of the Pul-
itzer prize-winning play, In Abra-
ham's Bosom. No national art, with
the exception of literature, has really
expressed the American spirit. The
new theatre, the theatre of the future,
will be the home of the imaginative
world.
In amplifying this statement, Mr.
Green said that the theatre of the
future must be "a "manifestation of
nature, mind and music founded in
the heart of the people." It should
be representative of the country as a
"whole, not confined to any one region,
as, for example, New York City.
It is unlikely that radio and mo-
tion pictures will ever take the place
of tlie legitimate stage in shouldering
this responsibility. Radio is limited
because it lacks the power of visual
effect necessary to all drama. The
eventual use of television will not, Mr.
Green believes, supply this ingredient.
He has complete faith in the people
of this country, not those who have
taken up the arts professionally and
are dependent upon financial success,
but those who create because they are
prompted by strong and innate emo-
tions. .It is this incentive which Mr.
Green believes will finally give birth
to our national theatre.
As evidence he described the little
theatre at CJiapel Hill, North Caro-
lina, which he and others similarly
interested built with their own hands
to house amateur dramatic produc-
tions. Country people living' in the
vicinity soon developed an interest in
the theatre. Their co-operation helped
to give it a natural, almost naive
quality, similar to that found in folk-
lore. Here, Mr. Green explained, the
legends of the nation are combined
with other native products such as
music and dancing. The plays are
almost certain to be interesting be-
cause they must be sincere and "what
you make for yourself means more
than anything else."
Now that our country is "grown
up," its frontiers pushed back as far
as they can go, and the people set-
tled, the time has come to "consider
the spirit that has built all of this,"
declared Mr. Green. "America can
boast no great musicians except the
negro and no really brilliant painters
and sculptors. Poetry and the thea-
tre must be the home of American
Continued on Page Three
Two-fifths of the "college voted on
the three peace resolutions drawn up
and proposed by the Peace Committee
of the A. S.. U. to sound out college
opinion, with an overwhelming ma-
jority on the first resolution and good
majorities on the other two. The vot-
ing was as follows;
On the first resolution that we urge
our government to declare an em-
bargo on war materials to Japan in
the conviction that this will help to
shorten the war, and thus relieve the
suffering of both the Japanese and
the Chinese people, 168 voted yes, 32
voted no.
On the second resolution that we
urge our government to repeal the
Neutrality Act and allow the Span-
ish government to purchase freely
whatever supplies it may need, 100
voted yes, 89 voted no.
On the third resolution that we pe-
tition our Secretary of Agriculture
:o extend credit to the Spanish gov-
ernment to enable it to purchase.as
much of our surplus wheat and cotton
as necessary, 112 voted yes, 80 voted
Continued on Page Three
Constitution   Embodies   Double
Separation, Insures Free
Democracy
STRONG GOVERNMENT
HAS HELPED INDUSTRY
Judge Allen  Speaks
On Division of Power
Refugee Scholarship
Fund Raised Swiftly
Genefous   Response  to   Appeal
Will Bring Two Students
To   Bryn   Mawr
All-Color Movie to be
^x   Filmed of Bryn Mawr
Colon   Technique    Has    Improved
Since  1936 Big May  Day
Music Room, November 28.�Sam-
ple movies, both in color and black
and white, were shown to illustrate
possibilities for a movie of Bryn
Mawr. It has been decided to have
an all-color film about 700 feet long,
taking 30 to 40 minutes.
The sample movies were of a girls'
boarding school and for the most part
alternated between black and white
for interiors and-color for exteriors.
A few colored interiors proved that
color as a whole is important and
that color and black and white cannot
be used together without detracting
from the interest of the uncolored
films.
Colored -film has been greatly im-
proved since 1936, when movies were
taken of Big May Day. At that time
it was still impossible to reproduce
the color green correctly and as a re-
sult, the grass in the May Day movie
appears to be a brownish yellow. The
green in the sample movies was not
quite natural, but it has been perfect-
ed in the two years since they wen-
taken.
Captions were of two kinds: either
they were in white block letters
against a plain dark background, or
in dark letters against a colored land-
scape. It has not yet been decided
which method is to be used for the
Brvn Mawr movie.
Fall TanterotShows Vitality and Wide
Scojte, But Poetry La^ks Intelligibility
The fall issue of the Lantern has
acquired an outward appearance of
modernity which it never had before,
a renewed inward vitality, symbolized
by the picture of Rhoads workmen
on the cover, and a remarkable in-
crease in scope. The editorial states
the Lantern's future policy which em-
phasizes content gather than form
according to three basic requirements:
a clearly defined idea, interest in the
idea and simple, direct language to
effect its communication.
If this policy is used as a yard-
stick, the material in the Lantern falls
into various categories, with 'content
predominating over or equal to form,
unintelligible content and form pre-
dominating over content. Deborah
Calkins fulfills in Spirits all the re-
quirements of the editorial: her story
is simple and imaginative, and has
extraordinarily clear isolated pictures,
achieved by a sensitive choice of
words.    There is  something  vaguely
unsatisfactory about the taming of
La Fee, who is so much the embodi-
ment of the wild sea and the mist,
that it is hard to see her in Paris.
Even Jean, the servant of nature,
sheds his mysterious strength and
becomes quite ordinary and truculent.
When magic is dispelled in this way,
we are inevitably left with a less ex-
citing reality.
Bit* Scene by Ruth Lehr, is a word'
painting and, like an oil painting,
should depend for success as much on
form as on content. Miss Lehr paints
an interesting picture, but h*r faulty
technique overshadows the exact Tight-
ness of all her details. For instance,
this sentence, "the wetness made* him
rebel against the fact his job de-
pended on no complaints from pas-
sengers," besides being grammatically
clumsy, adds nothing to the intensity
of the picture; and the pictorial
strength of the carnations is spoiled
Continued from Page Two
Goodhart, November 21.�Judge
Florence E. Allen, in the second of
her six lectures on "The Historical
Development of the Constitutional
Powers," spoke on The Separation of
the Powers. She discussed the two
divisions of power established by the
Constitution, namely, the division of
power between the states and the
federal government, and the division
of power in the federal government
between the executive, the legislative,
and the judicial bodies. The freedom
established by this division of powers,
Judge Allen pointed out, is a great
and lasting monument to the framcrs
of the Constitution.
The division of powers between the
states and the national government
arose from the determination of the
framers to create a strong national
government without sacrificing the
identity and independence of the
states. The commerce clause in the
Constitution gave^ us the power to
speak to Europe as one rfation in-
stead of as thirteen divided states; it
gave us the benefits of free trade
within our own borders, which has
been the* cause of the tremendous de-
velopment of our industrial initiative.
The theory of the separation of the
powers within the federal government,
one of the distinctive features of the
American system, was derived from
Montesquieu, who maintained that lib-
erty cannot exist where the legisla-
tive and executive powers are united
in the same person.
The agreement on the part of the
states to a division of their powers
came after a long and bitter strug-
gle. The equal power originally held
by each of the thirteen states had
proved so unworkable that such men
as Madison and Hamilton strongly ad-
vocated that the new government act
directly upon the individual citizen
Continued on Page Three
Goodhart, November 17.�At :i
mass-meeting of students and faculty,
an appeal was made to raise scholar
ships for two or three German refu-
gee students to enter college �immedi
ately. This course should~eonstitut
an active move toward the allevia-
tion of the refugee situation. Mis'
Park, Eleanor Taft and Martha Van
Hoesen were the speakers.
Miss Park stressed the significanr
of an expression of opinion by the
students of the United States. A
such, even the slight good that would
result from the admission of two stu
dents into Bryn Mawr would be im
portant. For her own part, Miss Park
announced that she would pay the ex
penses of one student. The director.-
of the college will donate the tuition
of the students, but the scholarships
are necessary to cover their board ami
living expenses.
Martha Van Hoesen followed will
a more detailed account of the stu-
dents considered for admission into
Bryn Mawr. She pointed out that
owing to the difficulties which havt
been put in the way of non-Aryan
undergraduates in Germany durin;
the past few years, few who are not
sufficiently advanced to graduate" work
Continued on Page Pour
Law Cited as Growing
Profession for Women
L
Judge Allen  Discusses Freedom
American Women
of
Lectures On Women's
Vocations Planned
The Vocational Committee of the
Undergraduate Association plans %to
bring to the college this year four
speakers on jobs for women. Starting
after Christmas, the series will in-
clude talks on the opportunities in
government service, radio, teaching,
and newspaper work.
The committee hopes to find a
speaker who can talk particularly
about the teaching in public schools,
since private school teaching receives
attention annually. International af-
fairs, laboratory work and the thea-
tre, which were also subjects checked
by many on the vocational cards dis-
tributed last month, have been sub-
jects for talks in the last few years.
During the year speakers at colleg�
other than the four sponsored by the
Vocational Committee, will discuss op-
portunities for women in their par-
ticular fields.
The meetings this year will be at
tea on Monday afternoons in the Com-
mon Room. All those who checked
the subject to be discussed will be
formally invited, but any others in-
terested are urged to come.
Continued from Page Four
Errata
The College News regrets the
errors it made in the November
16 issue, and makes the follow-
ing corrections: the chairman of
the committee organized in 1Q29
to draw up a plan for the future
development of the college was
Mrs. Alfred B. Maclay.
The Tarsus "dig" needs 2500
dollars, not 25,000, to cover its
expenses for the year.
In a recent interview, Judge Allen
gave, briefly, her opinion of women';
future in  the law profession and  of
the challenge that  faces the  Ameri-
can  college  girl  of  today.     She  be-
lieves that women's ability in the widi
field of law is becoming much  more
widely recognized: all over the coun
try women now hold  important posi
tions as lawyers and judges, and fill
such jobs as county auditor where le-
gal training is required.
In Ohio, the most liberal of the
states in this respect, women havi
been "Elected and reelected as judges
for municipal, state and probate
courts. Judge Allen pointed out that
these reelections attest women's capa-
bility for handling such positions.
The law is, probably, the most ex-
acting of all professions and, as it
usually deals with situations of vital
importance to others, demands the
utmost integrity. Judge Allen be-
lieves that there is a definite future
for women in this field but pointed
out that headway can only be made
by hard and honest work and by re-
membering that women must meet the
same standards as men.
In choosing any profession, Judge
Allen believes that life has never be-
fore offered such a challenge to the col-
lege girl of America. We take liberties
for granted in the United States which
are not enjoyed to the same extent by
women elsewhere. The maintenance
of these rights depends on the main-
tenance of our democratic system, am!
if the, latter falls so will women's lib-
erty. Thus, Judge Allen said, the
American college girl should make full
use of her education and rights t<
defend the democratic system and.
thereby, her freedbm.
FRENCH LITERATURE
PROFESSOR TO SPEAK
The French Department is sponsor-
ing a lecture by MonsieurPPaul Haz-
ard on Jean de la Fontaine et Jean
Giraudour. Professeur au College de
France, M. Hazard was at Bryn Mawr
in 1930 as Flexner lecturer, and is
now visiting professor of French lit-
erature at Columbia University. He
will speak, in French, in Goodhart
Hall, Monday, December fifth, at 8.20
p. m.
First Program
Of Series Sung
By Trapp Choir
Folk Songs, Mountain Calls,
Classical Airs Included
In   Concert
BLOCK - FLUTES   FORM
AN UNUSUAL FEATURE
Goodhart, November 28.�The Salz-
burg Trapp Choir presented the first
program in the series sponsored by
the Entertainment Committee and set
a high standard for the other artists
who will perform here this winter.
The choir, composed of eight members
of one family, sang a variety of songs
including classical and folk music,
and, as a special attraction, several
numbers played on "block-flutes" or
recorders. The choir was directed by
Dr. Franz Wasner, who also ar-
ranged the folk songs.
The first part of the program was
devoted to a group of songs by early
masters including Bach, Purcell and
di Lasso. The quality of the singing
was uniformly good, and note's and
words alike were clear and distinct.
Di Lasso's Landsknechtstaendchen was
a charming finale to this group.
The Austrian masters were repre-
sented by Eberlin, Mozart, Schubert,
and Brahms. Mozart's Bruder reicht
die Hand zum Bunde and Schubert's
The Linden Tree were particularly
well received by the audience.
Without doubt the most unusual
feature of the program was the in-
terlude of music played on old in-
struments, block-flutes or recorders,
the gamba da viol, which is the fore-
runner of the modern cello, and a
spinet, the old form of our present-
day piano. The block-flute is a rare
instrument which was popular from
the beginning of the fifteenth to the
middle of eighteenth century. This
flute, as was explained in the pro-
gram notes, differs from the modern
flute in that "the wind is applied at
an opening at one end, so that the
action and sound is much like an or-
gan pipe.-? These instruments to-
gether with the spinet and cello pro-
duce a light tinkly effect on a foun-
dation  of  soft  tones.
Dressed in bright peasant costumes
the choir sang folk songs and Austrian
mountain calls for the second half of
the program. Muss i den'n zum Statle
hinaus was one of the most delightful
numbers sung all evening. The moun-
tain calls were fresh and gay and
sung with extraordinary rhythm- In
answer to the loud applause of the
audience the choir sang Brahms'
Lullaby as their final number.
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thursday, December 1.�Eliz-
abeth Wiskemann will give the
Mallory Whiting Webster Lec-
Tuxe on "National Socuilism in
Central Europe. Music Room,
4.30. Fritz Kreisler to give vio-
lin recital.    Goodhart, 8.30.
Friday, December 2.�German
Club Party."  Common Room, 7
p. m.
Monday, December 5.�Paul
Hazard will speak on Jean de la
Fontaine   and  Jean   Giraudour.
Goodhart, 8.20.
Tuesday, December 6.�Cur-
rent Events, Mr. Gillet. Com-
mon Room, 7.30.
Wednesday, December 7.�Sci-
ence Club Meeting. Dalton, 8
p. m.                 .   -
Thursday, December 0.�Dun-
can Strong will speak on Early
Man.    Music Room, 8.30.
Friilay, December 9.�Facul-
ty-student skit and Peace Coun-
cil  Party.    Gymnasium, 8.30.
Saturday, December 10.�Var-
sity Play, Arms, and/ the Man.
Goodhart, 8.30. Dance in the
Gymnasium, 10.30-2 a. m.
Mon/lay, December 12.�Ruth
Draper.    Goodhart, 8.30.
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