College News, 1938-12-14, Vol. 25, No. 09

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VOL. XXV, No. 9
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER  14,  1938    wgflflfi�JflJS�S$U1m      PRICE 10 CENTS
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E. Emory Stars
As   Catharine
In  Shaw  Play
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Players Club and Haverford
Collaborate in "Arms
And the Man"
DRAMA PROVES TOO
SUBTLE FOR GROUP
Goodhart, December 10.�The Play-
ers' Chib in collaboration with Hav-
erford's Cap and Bells, presented
George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the
Man, Saturday night, as the major
attraction of the Bryn Mawr theatri-
cal season. Gertrude Leighton, '38,
assisted by Fifi Garbat, '41, handled
the directing of the play carefully
and conscientiously, and with the ex-
ception of a few unfortunate_Japses
of memory, the actors playecT their
roles creditably.
The finest piece of acting was con-
tributed by Eleanor Emery, '40, who,
as Catherine Petkoff, mother of the
heroine, captivated the audience with
her expressive eyes and voice. Miss
Emery, more than any other member
of the cast, caught the mood of the
play and gave her performance just
the right amount of burlesque. She
seemed completely at ease, possibly
"because she really understood and ap-
preciated Shaw's satire. Somehow
when Miss Emery came on stage even
the duller spots of the play were
brightened. She was especially good,
as was most of the cast, in the second
act.
Sarah Meigs, '39, played Raina
� gracefully. Her insight into the char-
acter she was portraying was less
keen than Miss Emery's, but in sev-
eral places she proved herself to be a
skillful comedienne, as in the scene
where Raina regales Bluntschli with
a description of her cultural back-
ground. Unfortunately there was
never any development of Raina's af-
fection for her chocolate cream sol-
dier. Miss Meigs diligently followed
the script and did succeed in estab-
lishing her own character, but at the
close of the play it was hard to be-
lieve that she and Bluntschli were des-
tined to a long and happy life to-
gether. Nevertheless, Miss Meigs
helped immeasurably to make the
play, as a whole, light and. charming.
Phyllis Wright, '41, added consid-
erable life and vitality to the produc-
tion in the role of Louka, Raina's
maid. She was at the peak of her
performance in her scene with Ser-
gius, Raina's fiance^ in the second
act, and slightly less good in the third
because she seeme^d to be trying too
hard.                                    ,
The   five   men's   roles   were   taken
with varying degrees of skill by mem-
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GERMAN   CLUB   GIVES
CHRISTMAS   TABLEAU
Common Room, December 13.�The
German Club Christmas tableau, en-
acted from the second chapter of Saint
Luke, combined effective pantomime
and. beautiful singing of traditional
carols. Ellen Matteson, '40, directad
the program, which was opened by
Louise Herron, '39, and Christine
Waples, '42, who played the adagio
movement of the Bach double con-
certo as a violin and flute duet.
After the townsfolk entered, sing-
ing Adeste Fidelia, Mary and Joseph
came to the stable, and were soon
followed, during the singing of Stille
Nocht, by the shepherds and then the
angels. Among the most familiar
carols sung were: Ea ist ein Reiz, 0
Jesulein zart, and In Dulce Jubilo,
and at the approach of the three
kings, the less well-known Wir kom-
men daher.
Our Village Rehearsal
Miss Linn and Mn Steele
Faculty and Students Produce Skit,
"Our Village," for Benefit of Peace Chest
Gymnasium, December 10.�Pre-
ceded by an appeal for someone to
play a Spanish dance, and some others
to pay their admission fees, the atmo-
sphere of Our Village was quickly set
by the entrance of Barbara Bigelow
as stage-manager ip. the true Wilder
tradition.
"This  play is called Our Village,"
she announced flatly, and then pro-
ceeded to describe the scene and intro-
duce her characters as they appeared.
Mrs. Woodrow, cast as Mrs. Chad-
wick-Collins, was the first. The part
had been written with more spirit than
accuracy as that of an ebullient pub-
licity agent.
The entrance of the "elite" "of our
village, consisting of Miss Henderson,
Miss Gardiner, Miss Terrien, Mr.
Weiss,  Mr. Cameron  and  a body of
students, was followed by the arrival
of Miss Frances Perkins, who, seated
on a ladder, was acted by Miss Lipn,
with violent agitation of the right foot
and both hands. The climax of the
first scene was reached when Paul
Green, Mr. Steele disguised in black
hair, took his seat on the second lad-
der. In the debate which ensued be-
tween the two, on the relative efficacy
of "minimum standards of housing"
versus dreams and the frontiersman's
axe, we were finally persuaded that,
even in the intellectual unity of our
village, the economist and the poet
live on different planes.      r
Disillusioned Youth appealed to the
godlike Mr. Green from the depths of
its  tired, collective soul.   'While  Ca-
milla Riggs  gave  throaty expression
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Art Club Opens Series
Of Illustrated Lectures
Louise    Thompson,    '39,    Discusses
Paintings of Breughel
Common Room, December 11.�In-
augurating a new series of four lec-
tures sponsored by the Art Club, Lou-
ise Thompson, '39, spoke on the work
of Pieter Breughel the elder. Repro-
ductions of the artist's work, lent to
the cojUege by Raymond and Raymond
of New York, were exhibited) and
with' these Miss Thompson illustrated
her lecture.
-Miss Thompson emphasized the fact
that Breughel, himself of humble
birth, painted of and for the Flemish
middle classes of the sixteenth cen-
� �ury. He was interested in represent-
ing them in their daily work and at
their festivals, as in the series of four
paintings called The Seasons. More
than that, he used for his subject
matter the fairy tales and proverbs
of the people.
Breughel lived at a time when po-
litical and religious problems were
causing confusion and dissatisfaction
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Michels Spins Top
In Name of Science
Science Club Observes Unusual
Demonstrations Confirming
Physics   Theories
Dalton Hall, December 7.�Walter
C. Michels, of the physics department,
speaking to the Science Club on Spin-
ning Tops, regretted that he had no
cat to drop in order to demonstrate
the conservation of spin in an isolated
system. The behavior of spinning
bodies was otherwise amply shown in
demonstrations that included, besides
tops, a mono-rail car that walked the
tightrope, and a mysterious suitcase
that swerved sideways when lifted.
The subject had been chosen chiefly
for the variety of striking experi-
ments possible for demonstration.
Afterwards the faculty and students
in the audience w�re permitted to ex-
periment further with a spinning
chair and the gyroscopes. The infor-
mal atmosphere of the meeting was
promoted by dinner in Denbigh, held
beforehand, where two tables were
taken over by Mr. and Mrs. Michels,
Mr. and Mrs. Pattefson, and the Sci-
ence Club.                                 * %
* In any one system there is only a
given amount of this "spin," which
does not change.. When you start a
top spinning, you are giving the earth
an equal and opposite spm, although
because of the relative sizes of the
two bodies the-latter effect is not ap-
preciable. The behavior of a spinning
body depends upon the speed, the
mass, and the effective distance of the
mass from the axis of rotation.
The action of the mysterious suit-
case and of gyroscopes in general is
due to a property of spinning bodies.
When an object is spinning it can be
considered as exerting a force along
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Early Man is Traced
To Extinct Mammals
Graduate Day, Chapel,
Discussed by Council
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Provisions    for    Undergraduate
Discussion of  College
Problems Urged
President's Houae, December .7.�
The main topics under discussion at
the meeting of the third College Coun-
cil were: methods for obtaining un-
dergraduate opinion, the question of
Graduate Day, and the announcement
of scholarships on little May Day, the.
problem of a different arrangement
for morning chapel, and the Refugee
Scholarships.
At the last Council meeting it was
decided that undergraduates would
feel more closely connected with the
aims of the college if they could play
a.larger part in the discussion of its
problems. This could be done by hold-
ing a general meeting of the Under-
graduate Association where the dis-
cussion could "take place, and by elect
ing representatives who would meet
in a group and in their halls to tall;
over plans.
So far, nothing has been done about
this,   except   the  publication   in   the
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Draper Enacts
Varied Program
of Monologues
Renowned   Diseuse   Presents
Lengthy But Skillful
Performance
many contrasting
Figures depicted
Dean Foresees Danger
In   Emotional   Politics
Communism and Fascism Neutralize
Each   Qther
Arizona Evidence Indicates His
Appearance in America Was
In Pleistocene Age
Deanery, Dec. 8.�In his lecture on
Early Man in America, Dr. Strong
explained the present anthropologic
controversy as being due to the new-
ness of America's pedigree.' In spite
of conflicting theories, however, cer-
tain important conclusions about the
early American have been reached.
His association with extinct mammals
has been repeatedly verified and the
probability of the Pleistocene age
fully proven, thereby dating the
American man's appearance as 15,000
B.C. Moreover, recent discoveries
have substantiated the possibility of
a continuous civilization and of an
interglacial man.
Tw6 of the most important sites for
establishing the New Worlds' pedi-
gree are at Folsom, Arizona, and Clo-
vis, Mexico. In both of these were
found spear heads (called Folsom
points) that date back to the close
of the Pleistocene age and were con-
nected with such -extinct animals as
the bison and the ancient horse.
The high-plains near Long's Peak,
in Denver, offer a comparatively new
field for investigation. These areas,
now mostly dry waste lands, were once
well watered lake regions. The sites'
are in the few sections preserved from
erosion, and the artifacts found there
are of the post-Pleistocene age.
The finds of the Gypsum cave near
Boulder Dam associates man with the
giant sloth, while at Salt Lake, U^h,
a site was discovered tracing the se-
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� Music Room, December 8.�Dean
Manning, in concluding her remarks
on the dangers,, of Fascism and Com-
munism in the United States, said that
the real danger lay in the interaction
of these two revolutionary theories oi
each other, working on the minds ol
Americans excited by watching the
course of events in other parts of the
world. It seems likely that the hatred
of Nazi doctrines and practices as
exemplified by the persecution of tht
Jews in Germany will lead to a great
increase in the enrollment of young
people in this country in Communist
and semi-Commufflst organizations.
On the other hand, any proof oi
even any rumor of the success of Com
munist activities, especially in the
ranks of labor 6rganizations, will lead
to a tremendous increase in the
activities of such reactionary and
semi-Fascist groups as already exist.
Although it has been shown again and
again that such organizations as the
Ku Klux Klan and the Vigilantes die
a natural"death because of their pure-
ly localized and temporary character,
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TWO CHOIRS SING
IN CAROL SERVICE
Goodhart, December 11.�On Sun-
day evening the choirs of Bryn Mawr
College and the Church of the Re-
deemer combined to bring us one of
the lovel&st Christmas Carol Services
ever given here. Under the able di-
rection of Mr. Willoughby they sang
familiar carols, selections from the
Mesaiah, and, of special interest, Mr.
Willoughby's-- Joaeph Came Seeking,
set to a text by Canon Earp.
The sermon, based on the Bible
story from Luke, was also given by
Canon Earp.
Particularly beautiful were the ren-
ditions with solos. Margaret Whit-
croft sang the contralto recitative
O Thou That Tellest, and Mary Earp,
There Wer* Shepherds, both from
Handel'j .Messjalj. A Czech Carol
was done* t>y the Bryn Mawr Choir
alone, with Margot Dethier, '42, sing-
ing a delicate soprano above the other
voices. Masterful precision and real
musicianship in shadings marked the
whole program. The Wassail Song,
too, produced a most enjoyable effect.:
starting with a thin "Wassail!" in
fifths by the men's voices, it worked
up to a full climax and died out as
it began. Mr. Willoughby deserves a
great deal of credit for turning out
such a finished performance by stu-
dents with but few additions from
outside.                       *
L. H.
Goodhart, December IS.�On Mon-
day night, Miss Ruth Draper, in her
first Goodhart appearance, presented
a series of five monologues. As usual,
Miss Draper gave an entertaining and
highly-finished performance, proving
once more that besides being a skil-
ful actress she is a magician, able to
create a roomful of scenery and per-
sonalities out of a chair, a table, and
a shawl.
If any criticism of her performance
might be advanced, it would be that
each monologue, with the exception of
Vive la France, was too long. The
task of a diseuse is to present a per-
sonality through its subtle rather than
through its obvious" idiosyncrasies.
Miss Draper solved that problem at
the outset of each monologue with
the utmost skill and perception, and
with that insight into character in
which she excels.
When this happens, it is necessary
for the substance of the lines to make
up for the resulting anticlimax. Miss
Draper's second monologue, Doctors,
showed the lack of this necessary re-
deeming feature. After the shallow,
gossip-loving, gullible nature of Mr�.
Grimmer had been set forth in Miss
Draper's best style, the lines were not
sufficiently good to save the monologue
from monotony.
In her first monologue, this fault
was by no means so apparent. Open-
ing a Bazaar succeeded where Doctors
had failed in partially sustaining its
humor throughout. Miss Draper gave
a richly humorous burlesque of an
English lady living through the hor-
rors of.a, country bazaar, gallant and
resigned, through long years of ex-
perience, and completely in command
of the situation at all times. Her
chief props were an austere pair of
lorgnettes and an eloquent feather
boa, both of which she manipulated
with infinite poise and dignity. A
memorable picture created in this
scene was that of the centrepiece of
the cake-table, a bust of the Princess
Elizabeth "done in butter, my dear."
The monologue which best conveyed
Miss Draper's power of strong dra-
matic emphasis was the brief; tragic
Vive la France. By reason of its
brevity it displayed an intensity of
feeling which was unrelieved, yet
never overdone, and which grew
rather than deteriorated as the scene
progressed.
In Three Women and Mr. Clifford,
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COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thursday, December 15.�
Christmas Parties in the halls,
6.30.
Friday, December 16.�Christ-
mas Vacation begins, 12.45.
Tuesday, January fS.�Christ-
mas Vacation ends, 9 a. m. Mr.
Miller will speak on the Signifi-
cance of the Mexican Revolution.
Common Room, 7.30.
Friday, January 6.�^Indus-
trial Group Supper. Common
Room, 6.30.
Sunday, January 8.�Axel
Koethius will speak. Deanery,
4.30. G. Buttrick will speak in
chapel.   Music Room, 7.30.
Monday,   January   9.�Fried-
rich    Spiegelberg    will    speak.'
Deanery, 8 p. m.
Tuesday. January 10.�Sher-
man Oberly will speak. Music
Room, 4.30. Currenty Events,
Mr. Fen wick. Common Room,
7.30. International Relations
Club Meeting. Common Room,
8 p. m.