College News, 1917-05-23, Vol. 03, No. 28

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Volume III.   No. 28
BRYN MAWR, PA., MAY 23, 1917
Price 5 Cents
AMY LOWELL'S
HUMOR SAVES HER
Imagist Poet Long Applauded Says
New Poetry is Not a Mat-
ter of Form
"If you don't like It, hiss. If you do ap-
plaud, but for God's sake do something",
was the remark by which Miss Lowell
put her audience in a keen humor to ap-
preciate the imagist verse which she read
last Friday night at an open meeting of
the English Club in Taylor Hall. Vers
llbre is neither metrical nor syllabic, said
Miss Lowell, but is based on cadence.
The four points in which the so-called
"new poetry" differs from the old are viv-
idness, suggestion, concentration and ex-
ternality.
Um of "Mot Juste" Essential
To avoid getting a "woolly" effect In
poetry, and thus obliterating the above
qualities, Miss Lowell stressed the need
of finding the "mot Juste", and in this, she
said, one should not be hindered by the
exigencies of rhyme. Since the time of
Tennyson's mellifluous verse, continued
Miss Lowell in a very slight historical
survey, poetry has become visual rather
than auditory. Everything is sacrificed
to vitality and movement in free verse (a
term, she added, which is meaningless
and not to be used, since vers libre has
now been taken over into the language).
"Hoops" and "Battledore and Shuttle-
cock" were read as illustrating this point.
Miss Lowell prefaced the reading of her
poems with the comment that she was
choosing not the things we liked but the
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B. B. CHAMPIONSHIP GOES
TO 1917 FOR THIRD TIME
THE SENIOR PLAYS AND THE SENIOR PLAYWRIGHTS
Whirlwind Victory Over 1919 Brings
Triple Honor to the Red
Champions now in basket-ball, hockey,
and water-polo, and the first class to hold
the basket-ball title for three consecutive
years, 1917 hung its banner on the gym-
nasium last Monday for the third succes-
sive first team victory this year. 21 to 9.
the reds trampled down the plucky green
in a hard-fought contest which looked at
first as though it were going to the soph-
omores.
Two minutes after the first whittle M.
Peacock '19 threw a spectacular goal, fol-
lowing it by a second one before the
senior team recovered. C. Stevens '17
next scored on a free throw and the score
stood 4-1 in the sophomores' favor. Both
sides were fighting hard when L. Brown
'17 eluded her guard long enough to tip
the ball over the edge, and bring the score
up to 4-3. An exchange of free throws
netted nothing for either side; but 1917
fouled again and M. Peacock '19 nailed
one more point.
Victory seemed to be slipping from the
hands of the champions when L. Brown
'17, with a nice shot from the side, de-
stroyed the sophomores' lead. Her third
goal went In a moment later and the half
ended:   1917, 7; 1919, 5.
In a fine drizzle irritating to the gal-
lery but not interfering with the players,
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C. A. Policies Framed as By-Laws
Decisive Meeting This Week
Four policies of the Christian Associa-
tion, first, that no money be pledged or
raised by any committee except as au-
thorized by the Association; second, that
the accounts of the treasurer and com-
mittees be audited once a year; third,
that no speakers be invited to speak at
the college without the consent of the
Board, and, fourth, that no delegate at-
tend any conference without the consent
of the Board, were accepted as by-laws
at a meeting of the Association last
Thursday. To become valid they must
be passed again, and a second meeting
will  be held this week.
FACULTY CONTRIBUTES LARGELY
TO THI8 YEAR'8 LANTERN
Contains First Published Work  on
John  Payne, English Poet
Among the contributors to this year's
"Lantern", which will be out some time
during Commencement Week, are Miss
Georgiana Goddard King, Professor of
History of Art. and Dr. Rhys Carpenter,
Associate Professor of Archeology, both
writing poems. Dr. S. C. Chew, Associate
Professor of English Literature, is con-
tributing an article on John Payne, poet
and translator of the 19th and early 20th
century. Dr. Chew's article derives spe-
cial Interest from the fact that it is the
first detailed account of Payne's work to
appear in print.
An experience of July 27. 1914. recount-
ing an Interview on a train in Germany,
is the contribution of an alumna and for-
mer English Reader. Ida Langdon 03.
The senior one-art pla>s. On a Mantel-
piece", by C Wllcox 17. and "The Rush
Light", by M. B O'Shea 17. will be found
among the undergraduate work.
MISS GARRETTS PORTRAIT
PRESENTED BY
PRESIDENT THOMAS
Original at Johns Hopkins
Miss Garrett's portrait, which has re-
cently been hung in the library reading
room, is a copy of a portrait painted of
Miss Garrett by John S. Sargent in Lon-
don in July. 1904. when she was fifty
years old. The original portrait hangs in
the reading room of the library in the new
administration building of the Johns Hop-
kins I'niversity at Homewood. It was
painted by request of the Trustees of the
University In recognition of Miss Gar-
rett's large gifts which made it possible
to open the medical school of the uni-
versity.
This copy was presented to the college
by President Thomas and was painted by
the artist. Miss Gabrlelle de Vaux clem
ents, who was a personal friend of Miss
Garrett. Miss Clements Is not only well
known as an original artist but has a pe-
culiar gift of copying old masters. Three
of her copies of old masters hang in the
stair hall of the Deanery and her copy of
one of Titian's madonnas hangs over the
mantelpiece in the study of the Deanery.
It was that which the art critic. Mr. Bern-
hard Berenson. called the best old master
In the T'nited States. The Sargent por-
trait is the first copy Miss Clements has
made of a modern picture, but she has
been so successful that it Is hard to tell
it from the original.
Obscure Plot and Charming Costumes in "On a Mantel Piece"
M. O'Shea's "The Rush Light" Well Constructed But Unconvincing
Odds Meet in Tennis Doubles
By taking three courts from the Juniors
in last Tuesday's preliminary rounds, 1917
won its way to meet 1919 In the finals of
second team doubles.
Stores I Crane.t 17. | Hussell "17
vs. V. Anderton '18. A. Shaffer '18. 6 2. I 7:
A Himn 17. L Brown '17 vs. T liowell
18. M O'Connor '18. 6-1. 6-4; M. Will.t
'17. E Holtombe 17 vs. P Turle '18. A.
OmI   IS. 6 4. S-l.
Four  Chinese  rinte <;irla
Two playlets by members of the senior
class.    Staged by Helen Harris '17:
"On a Mantel Piece", a phantasy by
Constance Grenelle Wllcox '17.
The Clock Spirit ...........Natalie McFaden
First nindle  Man   ...............Doris  Bird
Second  rsndle  Man   .......Bertha  Greenoufh
Florence  Millng*
Charlotte Wealllng
Snriih  lllnde
I Lovlra itt'own
IV  Golden  Ood   .............Monica O'Shea
The  l'ot poiirrl   ................Thalia Smith
The  Flint  Dresden  Marquis. .Constance Wllcox
The  Second   l>readen  Marquis.. .Ann  Wlldman
The  MiikIc-Rox   Doll   ...........Lucia   Chase
The  Poet   ....................Kmlly   Russell
The  Moth    ....................Helen   Hsrrla
Time�The hour before midnight.
"The Rush Light", a drama in one act,
by Monica Barry O'Shea '17.
The  Mother  .................Monica O'Shea
The   Wife.   Kathlen   ..........Constance  Hall
A   Soldier   ....................Helen   Han-la
Scene�The main room of a cottage in Ireland.
Time�The present, late one Spring night.
The branch from Harvard that has been
grafted on the curriculum at Bryn Mawr
has come quickly to bloom; Dr. Savage's
class in dramatic technique, though only
In Its first year, has accomplished two
plays thought worthy of performance. It
is a pity that the Instructor and coach
was unable to be present to see the result
of his work.
The idea In "On a Mantel Piece" is as
gossamer-like as the wings of the moon-
moth and was blown hither and thither
almost as lightly as was the Pot-pourri.
"The best of this kind are but shadows"
and it takes a good deal of imagination to
mend those that are less excellent. To
make up for want of thought and action
there was effective scenery and there were
costumes that in several Instances were
charming. Others besides entomologists
could admire that "highest form of lunar
motlis" as portrayed by Miss Harris. Miss
Smith was as sweet and faded as the old-
fashioned concoction that she repre-
sented, though memories of Patience re-
sented the successful efforts of the make-
up man to wither her adequately. Miss
<'hase was of course the "most alluring
of all dolls". The Poet (Miss RusBell)
was not "modern", for he was handicapt
by the exigencies of rime In his efforts to
capture the mot Juste. Even alternate
applications of his pen to the ink-well and
to his lips failed to produce results that
were much better than free verse. The
audience caught Miss O'Shea red-handed
as the Golden God. How did she manage
to spill so much Roger-and-Gallet on her
palms and finger-tips? Miss Bird and
Miss Greenough as the worldly-wise Can-
dles apparently "symbolized" the end-
men in a minstrel show and got off a good
many aphorisms of no very high candle-
power. For example, the observation that
"Poetry makes the hair grow thinner" Is
quite pointless at Bryn Mawr, isn't it?
The remainder of the cast supported their
parts well, if airy nothings can be said to
need support. Not the least attention-
absorbing part of the performance were
the patient efforts of the clock to get its
hands around to midnight: one step for-
ward and two steps back, then a mad rush
over four or five minutes, followed by a
pause for rest before a new trial.
"The Rush Light" is a well-constructed
and melancholy little play In which Miss
O'Shea looked the part of the Mother ex-
'� cellently and Miss Hall used her beautl-
' ful voice quite delightfully.   Had the sol-
j dler presented himself to Major Kelly a
I few weeks since he would have been ac-
l epted for Fort Niagara at sight.    The
i general   setting�Ireland   with   a   back-
! ground of the  war�Is what readers of
i Miss O'Shea's Masefleld prize-story of last
year expected. But the theme of the piece
; Is disagreeable.   The motive�that Shaun,
because of the greatness of his love for
his wife, was willing to turn King's evi-
dence and betray the men whom he had
led�was not sufficiently stressed to "get
across" and even had  it been fully em-
phasized an audience that loves Ireland
j would have been reluctant to accept it.
Fortunately the present reviewer knows
what really happened.    Shaun had been
pardoned unconditionally (even the Eng-
lish government does not hang all Irish-
men  "at   sun   up").    The poor spalpeen
wanted some money to celebrate his re-
lease before returning home to his rather
exacting Mother.   So he sent for his wal-
let; he quite forgot that the incriminating
list of names was In It.    But the tiresome
old  lady misinterpreted  his motive and
acted the part of a modern Altbtea.    The
burning of the list   did no harm;   Shaun
was released and has since rejoined his
lovely wife. Kathien, who, It would seem,
told   him   what   happened   In   "the   main
room of a cottage in Ireland" "late one
Spring   night",   for   I   have   heard   that
Shaun's relations  with  his  Mother have
since then been somewhat strained.
S. C. Chew.
TEN POINTS AND THE TITLE
CAPTURED BY DARK BLUE
1918 Wins Again on Third
The third team basket-ball champion-
ship went to the dark blue last Monday
when 1918 disposed of 1919 in the second
game of the finals by a score of 20-4. The
third team title, secured by four straight
victories over the odds, means ten points
towards the all-round championship and
raises the Junior total to twenty-one.
Over half of the winning score In Mon
day's match was made by M. Stair '18.
M Janeway '19 played well for the sopho-
mores.
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BEERSEL QUESTION ANSWERED
Government Loan Causes No Change
of Plan Toward B. M.
Belgium Town
The $400 pledged by Bryn Mawr to the
support of Beersel. a Belgium town near
Malines. will be sent to the Belgian Re-
lief Commission as usual regardless of
the change In the situation caused by the
American Government loan.
A letter from Mr. Hoover to the asso-
ciates of the Commission states that $12.-
.100.000 a month, the amount of the Amer-
ican loan. Is much less than the total
need. -I'nless shipping conditions make
It impossible the remainder will be made
up as before by private contribution.
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