College News, 1941-05-01, Vol. 27, No. 22

              The College News
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VOL. XXVII, No. 22
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941                Copyright, TnufttM of      PRICE 10 CENTS
Bryn  Mawr College,   1940
Harz and Stone Win llimlimaii;
Brooke Hall Award Goes to Harz
'News' Business Board
The Business Board of the
College News takes pleasure
in announcing the election of ,
the following members:
Louise Horwood, '44.
Marie Leyendecker, '44.
Diana Lucas, '44.
Lucile Wilson, '44.
College Conference
Held at Mt. Holvoke
Defense Activities, Political
Clubs, Reading Periods
Discussed
Coordination, Effective Singing
Mark Performance of Pirates
By Nancy Evarts, '43
Goodliart, April 26.�The Glee
Ciub this year presented as its an-
nual production The Pirates of
Penzance. The performance, al-
though slow and somewhat lifeless
in places, exhibited for the most
part melodious singing and co-or-
dination on  the part of the cast.
The choruses sang and acted with
a vitality which contributed ma-
terially to the integration of the
production. The girls' chorus sus-
tained throughout a quality of na-
turalness and lightness which was
especially effective. One of the
high points of the second act was
the entrance of the policemen who
were at the same time impressive
and amusing with their uniforms,
deep voices and expressively roll-
ing eyes.
Most of the principals were more
successful in their singing than in
their acting. This was particularly
true of Virginia Sherwood in the
role of the Major General. While
she sang with proficiency, and while
her diction, especially in the pat-
ter song, surpassed that of anyone
else in the cast, she seemed stiff
and perfunctory in saying her
lines.
Exceptions to the general in-
adequacy of the acting were Louise
Allen, who played the part of Mabel
with a delicacy and poise which
matched the seeming effortlessness
of her singing, and Margot Dethier,
who added a convincing portrayal
Dozens of Dragons
Donated for British
Ten dozen snapdragons, donated
weekly by Dr. Leary and her hus-
band, Mr. Wells, for the benefit of
British War Relief, will be avail-
able every Friday morning. Dora
Benedict, '44, will sell five dozen
between 12 and one o'clock under
the tree with the bench just in
front of the Library. The other
five dozen are being sold by Mary
Meigs. They may be ordered in
advance and will be delivered on
Friday. The. flowers are extremely
handsome, long-stemmed, pink and
white; they cost $1.25 a dozen and
12 cents apiece. Mr. Wells has
offered to donate the flowers, which
come from his farm, to the cause
of British relief.
of Ruth to her excellent singing.
Kay Tappen, the small, agitated
.ergcant of police, displayed a re-
markably deep voice and a talent
for comody.
The second act, with the virile
policemen's chorus, the lively trio
of A Mont Ingenious Paradox, and
the contrast of the quiet duet by
Louise Allen and Carla Adelt,
moved more quickly than the first.
The first act, however, was par-
ticulraly striking from the point of
view of color, and the large amount
of time and energy spent on the
scenery produced eminently suc-
cessful results.
More attention might have been
paid to intelligent emphasis of
lines, accurate diction and varied
pace, and less to stylized tech-
niques such as traditional business
used by the D'Oyly Carte Company,
for the production was least suc-
cessful in mastering .the mechanics
of acting. Lines were spoken mo-
notonously; sometimes they could
not be heard; the actors made few
gestures and were slow in picking
up their cues. There was some-
times a feeling that they were dis-
passionately performing stunts.
It seems more important that an
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Mr.  Hurst  Divulges
B. M. Income Sources
Mathematics of the Millions
Explained and Analyzed
Specially contributed by         r
Sandy Hurst, Comptroller
The Bryn Mawr College Plant,
including land, improvements,
power house, all buildings and
equipment, books, and scientific ap-
paratus, represents an expenditure
of over $5,250,000.00.
The income producing endow-
ment is $6,700,000.00, making a
total of almost $12,000,000.00,
which has been donated for the
establishment and maintenance of
the college.
In addition to the income from
endowment, gifts for current ex-
penditures and operating, including
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Carpenter, Broughton
To Discuss Near East
"The Military Geography of the
Near East" will be discussed by
Dr. Carpenter, Professor of Ar-
chaeology, and Dr. Broughton, Pro-
fessor of Latin, next Sunday, May
4, in the Deanery, at 8.15 P. M.
This will be the third of the series
of talks sponsored by the Amer~
ican Defense, Bryn Mawr College
Group.
Dr. Carpenter has extensive
knowledge of Mediterranean coun-
tries and peoples. He knows not
only their history, but their topog-
raphy and contemporary condi-
tions, as he has traveled and lived
in these countries and is acquainted
with their ancient and modern lan-
guages.
Turkey, one of the crucial areas
in the near-Eastern situation, has
been studied by Dr. Broughton at
first hand. He knows its geog-
raphy and resources and has him-
self traveled its roads and coastal
region.
Calendar
Thursday, May 1
Philosophy Club, 4.30.
The   Pirates  of   Penzance,
Haverford, 8.15.
, Professor Henri Peyre, La
Litterature Francaise et
L'Antiquite, Music Room,
8.30.
Friday, May 2
Geology Field Trip.
Saturday, May 3
German Oral, Taylor, 9.00.
The Pirates of Penzance,
Haverford, 8.15.
Sunday, May 4
Philosophy Club, 3.00.
Recital by Constance Sulli-
van, Deanery, 5.00.
Mr. Carpenter, Mr.
Broughton, The Military
Geography of the Near
East, Deanery, 8.15.
Monday, May 5
Vocational Tea, Mrs.
Charles Little, Opportv.ni-
ties for Women in Person-
nel Work, Common Room,
4.45.
Tuesday, May 6
Current Events, Miss Reid,
Common Room, 7.30.
Wednesday, May 7
College Assembly, Max
Lerner, 12.00.
Tea for Mrs. Algor, of the
Hudson   Shore   Labor
School,     Common     Room,
4.30.
Industrial   Group   Supper,
Mrs, Algor, Common Room,
6.30.
Specially contributed by
Vivi French and Kitty McClellan
Four Bryn Mawr delegates, Vir-
ginia Nichols, Charlotte Hutchins,
Kitty McClellan and Vivi  French,;
attended the Seven College Confer-'
ence on April 25, 26, held this year,
at   Mt.   Holyoke  college.     Vassar,
Smith,    Wellesley,    Radcliffe    and
Barnard    were   also    represented.
Sweet  Briar  College  was  present
by invitation.    Discussion was di-'
vided   between   questions  concern- (
lag outside affiliations and respon-j
sibility   and   those   pertaining   to,
campus activities.
Defense activities on the various
campuses include special courses in |
First  Aid,  Diatetics, and   Recrea-'
tional Leadership.   Barnard has an
active motor unit.   Red Cross Work
Rooms figure largely in student de-i
fense work.   Means of raising funds
vary from the "cause" dinners at
Mt.   Holyoke  to  the  British   War
Relief Players and War Relief Ball
rponsored at Barnard.   The recent
Emergency Drive at Vassar netted,1
$13,000.     Though   the   importance
of  defense  work   was   recognized,
the point was made that it should
not be carried on at the expense of
academic work.
Interest in the Forum as a
central body embracing political
clubs and organizations such as the
A. S. U. and Peace Council was
generally expressed.    Vassar's Po-
Contitiuetl   on   T"ane   Five
Miss    Park   Announces
Awards at Assembly
On May Day
Good hart Hall, May 1. � Miss
Park announced the awarding of
the annual scholarships at the May
Day Assembly. The Charles S.
Hinchman Memorial Scholarship,
given each year to the student who
shows the greatest ability in her
major subject, was divided between
Eleanor Harz, of New. York, a
Latin major, and Ellen Stone, of
San Francisco, who is majoring in
philosophy.
Eleanor Harz won the Maria L.
Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial
Scholarship, which is given to a
member of the junior class with the
highest average; and also the Anna
M. Powers Memorial Scholarship.
Miss Harz was prepared by the
Packer Collegiate Institute, Brook-
lyn.
The Shcelah Kilroy Memorial
Scholarship in English, awarded
for Second Year and Advanced
English, went to Anne Ellicott, of
Baltimore. Miss Ellicott was pre-
pared by the Bryn Mawr School,
Baltimore, and was the Bryn Mawr
School Scholar, 1938-39. The
award for the Required English
Composition Course was divided
between Therese Exton and Beth
Garrison.
Margaret Copcland, of Philadel-
phia, was given the Elizabeth S.
Shippen Scholarship in Science,
awarded for excellence in a sci-
ence; and Edna Sculley, of Clifton,
N. J., won the Elizabeth S. Ship-
pen Scholarship in Foreign Lan-
guages, awarded for excellence of
work in a foreign language.
The Elizabeth Duane Gillespie
Scholarship in American History
went to Nancy Paine Norton, of
Naugatuck, Conn. Miss Norton
was prepared by the Naugatuck
High School and the Walnut Hill
School, Natick, Mass. She was
one of the Sheelah Kilroy Memor-
ial Scholars for 1939-40.
Other students considered for
the Charles S. Hinchman Memorial
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Last Straw Aims at Puns That Don't Pall;
Couple Win Success With Amateur Coking
By Anne Denny, '43
"The Last Straw" is that eating
place where Bryn Mawr girls are
found only at ten minutes to two,
breaking the management's neck
with a two o'clock deadline. This
straw is of the variety to which a
drowning man clings, and the suc-
cess story of the place bears on the
literal meaning of the name.
Hammering nails into an old
building which nearly fell apart
at every stroke, the McKinneys be-
gan their venture into "amateur
coking." Finishing the inside
themselves, curtains and all, the
man and his poetic wife then set
to sprinkling their menu with fresh
hamburger and peppering it with1]
a quick wit. The menu promises
anything from "A Plebian-hot dog
to you," through "A Whopper-you
guess," to "Jokes You've All Heard
�But We Never Have Before."
As the Press sat down for three
cokes, the management let us in on
the inside-of-the-kitchen story: No
meat over 24 hours old, all guar-
anteed pure cow, salubrious
amounts of rich butter, and (we
ourselves peeked in) cleanest of
surroundings. Begun last year,
the little establishment had to ex-
pand after a few months, in spite
of the closing of the Lancaster
Pike. So the couple's last hope was
rewarded by its mainstays, Hav-
erford and Rosemont, by its loyal
supporters the main line younger
crowd, and by a scattering of Bryn
Mawr.
Haverford provides the waiters
and the printing of the menu (de-
signed entirely by the McKinneys),
as well as a large appetite.
"Everything's on the honor system
for Haverford," says the manage-
ment. "Our cash register's open
toythem, and never a loss yet."
Tile lack of beer is an intentional
$lbsed door to Villanova. The milk- .
shake and jitterbug atmosphere is
discouraged by the owners, but a
juke box tickles your ears and the
younger crowd is not to be stopped.
"Everything is aimed to please":
the small fry are provided with
balloons (the large fry take more)
and patrons are requested not to
beef about the steak because "you
will be old and tough yourself some
day." Chiefly blessed with that
quiet atmosphere that comes from
eating with "appetiteful" purpose
in quiet corner booths, the "Straw"
tries to provide that last straw to
you* evening and puns which don't
pall even at ten  minutes to two.
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