College News, 1940-03-06, Vol. 26, No. 15

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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1940         BCr0yPnyri^w'r Tcoiiw? mo    PRICE 10 CENTS
Zest, Vigor
Characterize
Glenn Concert
Varied   Recital
By Youthful Violinist
Promises   Brilliant   Future
By Terry Ferrer, '40
Goodhart, Tuesday, March 6.�
Carroll Glenn, the last musician to
appear on the College Entertain-
ment Series, played to an enthusi-
astic audience at her vioiin recital
last evening. A remarkably vigor-
ous attack and full tone charac-
terized her style, coupled with
warm if youthful interpretation.
Miss Glenn seemed more at ease
in the second half of her program,
where she showed great talent.
The first part was extremely tax-
ing, and although Miss Glenn
played well, the compositions were
too much for her. She is an excel-
lent musician, however, and has a
real feeling for her art which
stands out in her playing.
The Corelli Sonata in D Major
gave Miss Glenn an excellent op-
portunity to show her forceful
bowing and careful phrasing. The
second movement and its cadenza
were particularly well-played, but
the long and florid work was, as a
whole, not impressive. Miss Glenn
seemed preoccupied with technical
details, and unable to bring out
the ability she showed later in the
evening.
The second selection, Concerto in
D Major by Tschaikowsky, pre-
sented technical hazards which
Miss Glenn overcame well, but
there was none of the contrast and
shading of a more mature artist.
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Application Date
Set for March 15
All students who wish to
apply for admittance to the
French or German houses
next year must make ap-
pointments to see Miss Mar-
garet Gilman or Mrs. Max
Diez before March 15.
Language majors will re-
ceive preference, but all in-
terested are urged to trpply.
Students who are able to
speak either language at all,
but wish further training,
may apply even if they do
not intend to take any sched-
uled courses in French or
German.
"THEy&� CLARIFXIN& THEIR VIEW5   ON FINLAND."
FINNISH CAUSE CONTINUES
TO STIR CAMPUS OPINION
Faculty Collect Donations
Totaling 300 Dollars
For Finnish Fighters
�The faculty, committee for Fin-
nish defense is continuing its ac
tive interest in the cause. So far
it has collected something over 300
dollars from the faculty and staff
and turned this over to Miss Ger-
trude Ely who is the Pennsylvania
State Chairman of the national or-
ganization. Miss Ely reports that
this contribution is already in the
hands of the Finnish government.
Continued on rage Six
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Maid's Opera
Reaches Final
Practice Stage
By Betty Lee Belt, '41
Goodhart is humming with ex-
citement and activity as Porgy and
Be88, which has been brewing since
Christmas, swings into the final
weeks of rehearsal. Due to face
the world on March 15 and 16, the
production is receiving its final pol-
ishing from Fifi Garbat, '41, who
directs and Meg Wadsworth, '41,
who has coached the vocal part.
Dress rehearsals will go on all
next week instead of just the usual
"night before," and every effort is
being made to present a smooth
production, since the audience will
include, among othend, George
Gershwin's family.
The technical problems confront-
ing the various stage crews were
many. Brooksie Hollis, '42 had to
create the sounds of thunder, wind,
a siren, heavy rain, a steamboat
whistle and church bells.
In lighting, Jerry Catron, '42 had
to produce bright lightning and the
shadow of a buzzard.    The scenery
Continued on Page Two
Nationalism
of Argentine
Indians Noted
Pern Easters Discard Decorum, Scurry
Brazenly to Keep Leap Year Tradition
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By Janet Meyer, '42
February 29, 1940, has its own
unsubtle significance. It is women's
day, even more so than any other
day in leap year, and leap year
comes but once in four years. Fig-
uring this out all by its collective
self Pern East leapt to the fore
with an unpremeditated gala affair
�as unpremeditated, unrehearsed
and spontaneous as an "Informa-
tion Please" program. All illusions
�and they were only illusions
weren't they? � of college dignity
and reserve were thrown to the
winds as Pem East toolc action.
It was 8.30 P. M. when a brazen
Pem Easter suddenly scuttled from
the smoking room and clamped on-
to one of i\�p local slot machines.
Two nickels resulted in the appear-
ance of A Penn Fraternity and a
contingent from Haverford. Scorn-
ing   female   decorum   the   blessed
damozels received and deceived un-
til closing hours with a coy effort
at masculinity. However, during
the brief interval in which they did
entertain, the showcase rocked to
the tune of "Someday My Prince
Will Come" (from Haverford or
Penn?), and other appropriate lyr-
ics.
Miss Matteson, when she put in a
hesitating but necessary appear-
ance at 10.30, had a difficult task
to face. Behind an impenetrable
cloud of smoke and under the in-
toxicating influence of the jazz
bands of Benny Goodman and
others, were concealed innumerable
figures�all clad in trousers or a
reasonable facsimile thereof. Dis-
crimination was hardly necessary
because, needless to say, the exodus
was rather all-inclusive. Faced
with brute self-government the
girls gave up their claims to man-
hood and signed out "escorted."
Music Room, March U.�Dr. Tor-
res-Rioseco, in the fourth of the
Flexner lectures, discussed the Na-
tionalist Movement in Spanish-
America as expressed in Gaucho
literature. The Gauchos, a race of
Argentine Indians, developed an
individualistic culture, formed by
their struggle against the restric-
tions of civilization. Their Amer:
icanism was most fully reflected
in the epic poem Martin Fierro,
the novel, Don Sequando Sombra,
and the plays of Florencio Sanchez.
The Gauchos were a nomadic
people entirely dependent on the
wild cattle and horses of the Ar-
gentine desert. Because of their
primitive life, and their disregard
for law and property rights, the
urban population held them in
contempt, but nevertheless ideal-
ized their strength and courage.
Every Gaucho, Dr. Torres-Rio-
seco said, was a singer. Although
he never memorized, he improvised
love songs and ballads for popular
dances. A class of traveling min-
strels arose. They wandered from
fiesta to fiesta, and their guitar
song was welcomed in every wine-
shop. Often Gauchos would hold
informal tournaments, or payadas,
in which one singer would chal-
lenge another to improvise on a
subject such as (he origin of time
and space.
The Gaucho's struggle to main-
tain his liberty against the laws of
Continued on Page Five
BEN JONSON PLAY
PLANNED IN APRIL
Out-of-Doors   Pageant
To Include Folk Dances
HELP DISPATCHED
TO WAR HOSPITAL
Pembroke Wfst, February 20.�
In answer to a very urgent appeal
received by the French Club and
the Bryn Mawr League, the Peace
Council has allotted 25 dollars to
the H6pital CompHrhentaire, in
France. This amount has been
sent to Elizabeth Ashwell Ray-
mond, '05, who will buy and for-
ward the muc^i needed hospital
supplies.
The Peace Council has 160 dol-
lars in its present fund. It would
welcome any suggestions people
may have as to what organizations
they prefer to assist.
Instead of presenting various
short offerings this spring, the
Players' Club has decided to con-
centrate its energies on one big
presentation to be given April 20,
on a considerably larger scale than
Time and the Contvays or other
three act plays of recent years. The
club plans to present an out-of-
doors version of Ben Jonson's
Bartholomew Fair which should to
some extent soothe the feelings of
those who wanted to have big May
Day.
The play was originally written
with about thirty speaking parts
plus many walk-ons. Players' Club
is further widening its scope with a
galaxy of tumblers, folk dancers,
and other figures who contributed
to the spirit of Smithfield, an old
Elizabethan fairground. The club
hopes and expects that all those on
campus who enjoy pageants of this
kind will offer their services. The
play is constructed so that it con-
tains many small character roles
and ample opportunities for those
interested in stage production.
Scores of costumes, for example,
will have to be made, and the prob-
lem of arranging a suitable set mi-
nus the benefit of wings and foot-
lights will have to be solved. Fifi
Garhat, '411 is in charge of direct-
ing the production and hopes, if the
sun comes out April 20, to put all
former Elizabethan pageants to
shame.
Stewart  to   Lead
League Discussion
A Bryn Mawr League weekend
conference will be held for all in-
terested next Saturday and Sun-
day, March 9 and 10. The Rever-
end Donald Stewart, chaplain of
the University of North Carolina,
and rector of the First Presbyter-
ian Church at Chapel Hill, will be
the principal speaker.
On Saturday, at 4.30 in the Com-
mon Room, he will help correlate
the League's many activities in a
talk on the relation of the church
to the community and to welfare
work. The talk is intended as an
epilogue to the recent League Con-
ference.
Private interviews will be given
by the Reverend Stewart in the
Non-Resident Room on Sunday
morning. Picnic supper at the
barn is scheduled for Sunday after-
noon. A list will be posted for all
who wish to go.
The weekend conference will con-
clude with Sunday night chapel,
when the Reverend Stewart will
give an address, probably concern-
ing Christian ethics and the world
at war.
Second Student Discussion
Unifies Former Views,
Provides  Factual  Base
PRO AND CON
DISCUSS LOAN
Common Room, March 1.�A
second faculty-student meeting was
held Friday night on the question
of a United States loan to Fin-
land. The purpose of this meet-
ing was to tie up some of the di-
vergent opinions presented in the
first and to give factual background
to these opinions. The panel of
speakers included: in favor of the
loan, Mary Gumbart, '42, chair-
man; Madeleine Daly, '42, Jerdie
MeCambell, '40, and Beatrice Sachs,
'41; against, Barbara Auchincloss,
'40, chairman; Joan Gross, '42,
Louise Morley, '40, and Helen
Cobb, '40.
Emily Cheney, '40, as general
chairman, opened the meeting with
a summary of modern Finnish his-
tory up to 1937. The Pro side then
presented its principal argument,
that a loan should be made to Fin-
land as part of a moral obligation
to prevent agression. The Con side
argued that the issues are not
clearly enough defined for the
United States to take a stand on
the Finnish side. Arguments were
given by members of the two sides
on the relation of the problem to
a moral obligation, to the likely
effect on the Finnish war, and to
the American  neutrality  law.
In discussing the government
and politics of Finland, Emily
Cheney stated that the nearest
analogy to the political situation in
Finland is tnat in France. With
six parties regularly represented
Continued on Page FIv�
CALENDAR
Wednesday, March 6.�Dr.
Erich Frank on Augustine
and Greek Thought, Music
Rooim    7.30.
� Thursday, March 7.�Phil-
osophy Club meeting, paper
by Martha Kent on Metaphy-
sics of the Artist, Common
Room. 4.30. A. S. U. meet-
ing Common Room. 7.30.
Friday, March 8.�German
Club movie, Emil und die De-
tektive, Music Room. 8 p. m.,
followed by waltzing in the
Common Room.
Saturday, March 9.�Bryn
Mawr League Tea and talk
by Reverend Donald Stewart,
Common Room. 4.30. Non-
Resident Dance, Common
Room.    9 to 1 p. m.
Sunday, March 10.�Bryn
Mawr League Religious Con-
ference, all day. Chapel,
Reverend Stewart, Music
Room.    7.30.
Monday, March 11.�'(Bas-
ketball game with Beaver,
Gym, 4.00. " Vocational Tea,
Dr. Theodora Able on Clinical
Psychology, Common Room.
4.30. Flexner Lecture series.
Dr. Torres-Rioseco on The
Cosmopotitane-Rubeh Dario
and Modernism, Music Room.
8.00.
Tuesday, March 12.�Cur-
rent Events, Common Room.
7.30. Dr. Erich Frank on
Aristotle and Aquinas, Good"
hart.    8.10.
Wednesday, March 18. �
College Council, Inn. 6.00.
Dr. Conway Zirkle on Theory
of Natural Selection Before
Darwin, biology lecture
room, Dalton.   8.15.
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