College News, 1938-10-19, Vol. 25, No. 02

              The college News
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VOL. XXV, No. 2
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938
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BRYN  MAWR  COLLEGE,  1938
PRICE 10 CENTS
College Council
Discusses Old,
New Problems
Freshman Week, the Record
Library, College Movies,
Are Main Topics
GLEE CLUB PLANS
STILL UNDECIDED
The President's House, October IS.�
The first council meeting of the year
was - held at Miss Park's house last
Thursday.     During   dinner   members
of the council discussed the minutes
of the meeting on May 10, and later
progressed" to problems which have
arisen this year. The main subjects
under discussjon were the Record
Library, Freshman Week, a new
schedule of meetings for the A. S. U.,
the International Relations Club and
the Industrial Group, plans for the
Glee Club, and a movie of the college
to be directed by Miss Barbara Cary.
Rules'lor the Record Library have
been drawn up by an Undergraduate
Committee. The collection is to be set
up in Rhoads in two rooms, one for
the victrola and the other for records.
A membership fee of one dollar a
year will be charged and a subsidiary
rental fee of five cents for two records
and ten cents for an album for three
days. Fines will be five cents a day
for overdue records "and two dollars
for breakage. Students must use non-
metallic needles, and jazz will not be
^permitted at any time.
The record room will be open Mon-
day and Friday and the victrola room
every day except Sunday when the
library will be closed. It was sug-
gested that it be closed on Saturday
instead of Sunday because students
usually work all Saturday and have
leisure time on Sunday. Eleanor
Taft replied that records can be taken
out for three days and played any
time over the week-end, including
Sunday.
A larger committee of upperclass-
men and prearranged appointments
for freshmen coming with their par-
ents made Freshman Week run much
more smoothly this year. The fresh-
man chairman said that she would
have liked to see even more upper-
classmen because it was easier to get
to know them before the rest of the
undergraduates returned. Martha
Van Hoesen, '39, thought that Stu-
dent Advisors should be more aware
of their responsibilities. She sug-
gested that they sign up earlier and
have a meeting before the end of the
year to explain what they must do.
Continued on Page Three
Four Organizations
Hold Joint Meeting
Social and Political Heads Give
Outline of Their Platforms
For the Year
Common Room, October IS.�Bryn
Mawr's four organizations designed to
promote interest in national and in-
ternational affairs came together for
an evening to introduce the freshmen
to their activities. The speakers at
the meeting included Elizabeth Di-
mock, '41, of the Bryn Mawr Chapter
of the American Students' Union,
Laura Estabrook, '39, of the Inter-
national Relations' Club, Helen Cobb,
'40, of the Peace Council, and Lucille
Sauder, '39, of the Industrial Group.
Each organization explained its
function and platform. Laura Esta-
brook introduced the speakers and
conducted the first half of the meet-
ing. She stressed the point that none
of the groups represented conflicted
in any way, and that it is possible to
work for all four of them. Later
Elizabeth Dimock presided in a gen-
eral A. S. U. discussion.
Miss Dimock was the first speaker
of the evening. She emphasized the
fact that the A. S. U. is based on four
main points, Peace, Freedom, Equal-
ity, Security, and that it is possible
to join the group and work for one
point only. The A. S. U. is divided
into small groups which work on top-
ics such as Labor, Students' Problems,
Continued on Page Three
JOURNALIST TO DISCUSS
LATE   EUROPEAN   CRISIS
Raymond Gram Swing, author of
Forerunners of American Fascism,
will speak in Goodhart Hall, next
Wednesday evening at 8.30, under the
auspices of the' Entertainment Comit-
tee. The subject of his speech will
be Intrigue for World Pouter.
Having just returned from Europe,
Mr. Swing will be in the position to
give those interested first hand in-
formation about the European crisis.
In past years he has gained a large
following in England as well as in
the United States for his interpreta-
tion of American and European af-
fairs. He has received recognition
primarily as a radio news commenta-
tor, but he has also given lectures for
sucli groups as The Herald Tribune
Forum and The Town Meeting, of the
Air.
Mr. Swing will spend Wednesday
night on campus and will be on hand
for discussion Thursday morning. A
recording will be made of his voice.
The admission fees for the lecture,
while not as yet definitely set, will
he soon announced.
New French House in Wyndham Boasts'
Apple Trees, Piano and Reference Library
.'   *��
Last year, when undergraduates
were told of the projected French and
German houses, their approach was
characteristic, that is, suspicious. Al-
though the French House quota was
nine and the German House, seven,
theV were hard to fill. The Good Old
Halls'and Good Old Friends took on
-an aura that made them seem too
precious to leave, and pessimists
painted realistic pictures of treks
across snowy hockey fields to classes.
Nonetheless the respective depart-
ments and a strong sense of duty
among language majors brought pres-
sure to bear and enough people,
mostly majors and their martyred
roommates, signed up to make the pro-
ject possible.
Almost as soon as they hadjnoved
in, the inmates began to circulate
cheery reports about the pleasantness
of wardens, the excellence of food,
and the laxness of rules dealing with
breakfast and quiet hours. In spite
of these bulletins,'most of the people
signed up for second semester in the
French House dropped outsat the
crucial moment.
As the year wore on, however,
campus enthusiasm soared and French
House    inmates    desponded    because
they knew that the Dean would want
her house back. At length it was
announced that the French House for
the coming year would be Wyndham.
Wyndham holds seventeen peopre� and
not only were those seventeen easily
found, but also over seventeen more,
who are waiting eagerly for their
turn during the second  semester.
Though Wyndham lacks some of
the surprising elements of Mrs. Man-
ning's house, it is undisputably the
most attractive hall on campus and
has particular advantages: a large
garden with three apple trees that
b*ar, a piano and a good library do-
nated by the French government.
Mademoiselle Bree is still in charge,
with Katharine Bill, '35, as her as-
sistant-                >V
In many ways the Wyndham French
House is a modified version of the
original. But if one can no longer
wheedle Mary, who is cooking once
again for the Mannings, into produc-
ing an eleven o'clock breakfast, one
has on the other hand priceless refer-
ence books on the premises; and al-
though Wyndhamites cannot look
forward to Mrs. Manning's crocuses
in the spring, they have the Diezes
in their back yard.
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Friday, October 21,�La'ntern
Night.    The  Cloisters,  8 p.  m.
Saturday, October 22.�Var-
sity Hockey Game. Lower hock-
ey field, 10 a. m. Formal open-
ing of the New Science Building,
2.30. International Night in
the French House. Wyndham,
8.30.                  X
Sunday, October 23.�Infor-
mal Conferences on Mathemat-
ics, Psychology, Biology and
Physics and their place in the
Bryn Mawr Curriculum. Dal-
ton and the Library, 9-10.45.
Dalton, 11 a. in. to 12.45. Les-
lie Glenn to speak in chapel.
Goodhart, 7.30.
Monday,  October  24. � First
Anna Howard Shaw Lecture by*
Judge Florence Allen. Good-
hart, 8.30.
Tuesday, October 25. � Cur-
rent Events, Mr. Fen wick. Com-
mon Room, 7.30.
Wednesday, October 26.�Lec-
ture by Raymond Swing. Good-
hart, 8.30.
Friday, October 28.�Two one-
act play3 to be given by the
Players'  Club.    Goodhary^6.30.
Integration  Troubles
Will Cause Nazi Fall
Further Conquests Will Hasten
Death From 'Indigestion,'
Says H. A. Miller
PREDICTS     CZECH     RISE
In an interview on the European
situation, Mr. Herbert A. Miller,
lecturer in Social Economy, said he
was convinced that Hitler's desire for
territory would not be appeased until
he had extended his boundaries across
Europe to the oil fields of Rumania
and the Ukraine. However, like- Na-
poleon's empire, he feels the Nazi rule
will fall rapidly because of Hitler's
inability to integrate the lands and
the   peoples   once   he   possesses   them.
The chief outstanding result of the
Munich agreement is that Germany
has actually become the victor of/lhe
Great War and will iiBpuaii M luth-
less conditions today as if she had
won it in 1918. Almost overnight the
importance of England and France
in the balance of power has been re-
duced to a minimum and Germany
will probably have her way with
both countries. Germany has further
increased her strength and conversely
weakened that of France by moving
thirty divisions of troops from the
Czechoslovak up to the French border.
From Hitler's speeches it is obvtoua.
that he is under the illusion that the
Germans are a race of superjnen who
ought to rule the world. His present
goal, Mr. Miller believes, is Rumania;
it was a desire for a path to this
country and for the resources of
Czechoslovakia rather than any moral
struggle for the rights of Germans
that led him into the Sudeton. It is
perfectly possible that he will attain
his ends in Rumania quickly, but
this is not an event to be deplored:
Mr. Miller feels that it would even be
Continued on Page Two
Geologist to Study
"Piedmont Province'
Miss Anna Hietanen Will Help
Watson and Wyckoff Study
Rock   Crystals
The research activities of the ge-
ology department are devoted this
year, to the problem of the history
of the crystalline rocks of the local
Piedmont region. The college has
given cxtj^-aid, in the form of grants
and special scholarships, towards a
vigorous and systematic study of this
controversial -question.       v
Miss Wyckoff and Mr. Watson, of
the geology department, are directing
a symposium of graduates tn .this
field. Miss Bascom, professor emeri-
tus of geology, and Miss Hietanen,
from Helsinki, Finland, will join in
the work.
The "Piedmont province" extends
along the Atlantic seaboard east of
the Appalachians, from New England
to Georgia. The rock in this region
has gone through tremendous altera-
tions, having beenburied, compressed,
remelted and recrystallized in differ-
ent eras. The well-kept lawns of local
residential sections, and the humid
climate impede the study of processes
which must be observed at consider-
able depths and over a large area.
The technique of Petrofabrics, de-
vised by Bruno Sanders in Inns-
bruck, will be used by Miss Hietanen
to study the rocks. This method de-
termines the direction of the axes of
the individual crystals in a rock
sample. From this polarization is
theoretically deduced the history of
the crystal, the crushing, folding and
shearing to which the region has
Continued on Page Two
Florence Allen to Give
The Anna Shaw Series
Rise of Constitutional Powers Topic
Of Six Lectures
Numerous New .
Poems Are Read
By Miss Millay
Archaic Sonnet Requested by-
Enthusiastic Audience
As   Encore
DRAMATIC PROGRAM
DISPLAYS     VARIETY
ALUMNAE TO WITNESS
INTERNATIONAL Ni$HT
On Saturday night, October 22, at
8.30, the Alumnae will be entertained
at an "International Night" held in
WyndhanTHall. Only the French and
German Clubs were originally in-
tended to take part, and Wyndham
was chosen as a setting so that the
Alumnae would be able to die what
the French House was like.
> As the idea grew, it seemed a pity
not to include graduate students as
well; an informal skit which might
be named "Impromptu International"
resulted.
, Cider and eookies will be served
after the entertainment. Should it
rain Friday evening, Lantern Night
will be postponed until Saturday, and
International Night will take its
place.
;
Judge Florence Ellenwood Allen of
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals will be the speaker for the
Anna Shaw series of lectures entitled
the Historical Development of the
Constitutional Powers. Although this
is her first appearance as a speaker,
she will have a far larger audience
than the college alone. Students arc
coming from the University of Penn-
sylvania and from the Temple Uni-
versity Law School, while many Out-
siders have already asked for the
dates of her talks.
Judge Allen seemed eager to ac-
cept Bryn Mawr's invitation, although
her court routine will "prevent her
from giving her six lectures in con-
secutive weeks. She will, however,
live on campus for a two week period
sometime during the winter and thus
have a good opportunity to discuss
her particular field with the students.
The Anna Howard Shaw fund was
established in memory of Dr. Shaw
of Bryn Mawr (1928). It provides
for a series of six lectures to be given
every three years, the speaker to be,
preferably, a woman eminent in poli-
tics, social science or any other field
of scholarship.                              . . #.
The individual titles for this year's
series-are as follows:
The Constitution, an Instrument for
'Freedom (October 24).
Separation of the Governmental
Powers (November 21).
The Bill of Rights (February date
to be determined later).
Constitution arul Labor (March date
to be determined later).
� Democracy   and   the   Constitution
(March date to be determined later).
'Judge Allen1 did not begin her law
practice until 1914. Before this time
she had been correspondent to the New
York Musical Courier, 1904-'06, and
Musical Editor of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, 1906-'08. From 1910 to 1913
she served as a lecturer on music on
the New York Board.of Education.
- Judge Allen served five years
tl921-*26) as judge to the Court of
Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County
and two terms, 1922-'34, as judge to
the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Qtibdhart, October 17.�A little over
a third of the poems which Edna
Saint Vincent Millay read Monday
night were new; some had never been
published before, some had been pub-
lished only in magazines such as
Harper's. Miss Millay, apologizing
for the number of unknown poems on
her prog>am( said: "I hope you don't
mind. I'm so much more interested
in the new ones myself." The best
poem she read, the Archaic Sonnet,
was one of these.    It begins:-
"Dark famished grave I will not fill
thee yet," and in it she says that she
will die in her own time, only after
having lived so full a life that there
will be little of her left to give the
grave.
Miss Millay has a rich rather poig-
nant voice, and she read with rhyth-
mical and emotional emphasis. Un-
fortunately most people in the second'
section of seats could hear little more |
than the kind of song her voice mi-'
of the poems. She enunciated clearly
�her diction is beautiful�but there
lurks in Goodhart a faintly slurring
echo which makes speech intelligible,
to the back row well nigh impossible.
Whether people like Miss Millay's
delivery of her own poetry or not,
they must unanimously agree that she
is a good actress, and that as an ac-
tress she reads her poems. She uses
gestures, yery restrainedly, and can
make her voice do anything she
pleases. It would be impossible to
evaluate a poem one has merely heard
her read, for she can give depth and
poetry to verse that has little of
either. I think she did essentially
that once or twice last night. "Now
that the West is washed of clouds and
clear," is the poem I have in mind.
Her reading is undeniably creative�
as she read -In a Fine Country and
similar delicate little poems, she man-
aged to show the significance of slight
poems; that is, she showed them as
real things in their own right.
A great many of the poems Miss '
Millay read�she read 27 in . all�
were poems that dealt in some way
with childhood. Childhood is the
Kingdom Where Nobody Dies, from
Wine From These Grapes, was the
first of these; there followed the
Ballad of Charting Down, Come
Along in Then, Little Girl, I Know a
Continued on Pace Four
Sources of College
Information Listed
Goodhart, October IS.�Speaking on
Questions and Answers, Miss Park
devoted her second chapel of the year
to explaining how students "can ob-
tain accurate information about the
college in the quickest way." They
should not try to obtain it, in the first
place, either from members of the
faculty or from other students, both
of whom are sometimes new to the
college and uninformed. She then
went on to describe the four" official
sources of information. First and
most important are the hall wardens.
As a group, they are particularly
fitted to give advice or Jo refer thdl
student to the right person.
Secondly, the College News is the
general source of all college informa-
tion. It is inclusive, carefully checked,
and regulated by a committee which
meets every Monday morning to de-
termine what news shall be given out
that week. This committee includes
the Editor of the News, the Editor of
the Alumnae Bulletin, Miss Park,
Mrs. Chadwick-Collins, Miss Howe
and Miss Barbara Cary.
Continued on Page Thre�