College News, 1920-05-19, Vol. 06, No. 28

              The College News
Volume VI.    No. 28.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY,  MAY  19,   1920
Price 10 Cents
RUSSIANBALALA1KA0RCHESTRA
TO GIVE CONCERT IN LLOiS I �RS
Garden   Party   Again  Closes  With
Russian Music
The Russian Balalaika Orchestra* with
Sunia S. Samuels conducting, and assist-
ed by soloist-, among whom is Serge Bor-
ovsky will give an open air concert in
the cloister garden at eight o'clock on
Garden party night. Last year the or-
a assisted the Russian Cathedral
<Juartette at   the concert.
This orchestra consists of seven Rus-
sian performers each playing the Balalaika,
the Russian national musical instrument.
"The Balaika is the connecting link be-
tween primitive savagery and civilization.
With its (lulcei notes, it helped the splendor
of the feasts. Hid was the aiiciem prayer
drum \i-i I I..lore the aliars of the pagan
gods."
ENDOWMENT    NOW   $1,056,369.
District Quota Approached by St. Louis
The National Endowment Fund total
is $1,056,36H.82. $10,000 was received this
week from Miss Mary K. Gibson of
Philadelphia, bringing the Philadelphia
total to $156,117.27. The sum raised so
tar by district 3, Pennsylvania and Del-
aware,  is $244,275.14.
St. Louis leads the districts in nearing
their quotas; it has raised $37,671 of the
assigned $40,000.
Officers of the Rockefeller Foundation
will meet on May 27 to consider making a
contribution of $500,000 to the Endowment
Fund. Member- of ihc Executive Commit-
tee in charge of the drive hope to realize
$1,500,000 before that time in order that
the foundation's gift, if made, will bring
the lotal to $2,000,000.
TEST IN GENERAL INFORMATION
BAFFLES MANY STUDENTS
Marshals and Ushers Chosen
The following marshals and ushers have
been elected by the Senior Class to officiate
at   Baccalaureate  and  Commencement:
From the Class of 1921, for Baccalaure-
ate, Senior Marshals, E Taylor, E. Jay.
Marshals: K. Walker, C Garrison, J. Pey-
ton, I.. Bcckwith, M. (ioggiu, H. Hill, C.
Donnelly, E Cope, S. Marbury. E. Bli--. C
Barton, K. Cecil. Head Usher. K. Cowen.
Ushers: L. Ward, D. Wycoff, K. Ward, M.
Foot, E. Maiteson. E. Kimhrough. E. New-
ell, E. Sheppard, H. Baldwin, E. Harris.
\l Morrison, M. Kirkland, I".. Godwin, M.
\rchbald, H. Bennett,
From th- Oasi of 1"22. for Commence-
ment. Diploma Marshals, F. Anderson, M.
Trier. Senior Marshal-: M. Speer, J.
Fisher, H. Guthrie, N*. Jay, P. Norcross, F.
Hit-. II RawHM, J. Burgess, B. Clarke, A.
N'icoll, S. Hand, S. Aldrich, A. Dunn.
Head Usher. E. Hobdy. Ushers: L.
Grimm, F. Brush, C. Baird, O. Howard, M.
Hay, I. Coleman. M. Krech. C. Skinner, E.
Healca. E. Donohue, M. Crosby, M. Will-
cox, C. Rhett. 5. Kirkbride. C. La Boitcaux.
ELECTjGRADUATE CLUB OFFICERS
� ir.iduate Club officers for next year were
elected la-t week. A Martin 15 is presi-
dent ; N". Earle. vice-president; M. Price,
secretary, and M   Guthrie, treasurer.
The holder of a Fellowship in Economics
and Politic- this year. Miss Martin, was
SWardtd I I Allow-hip in Politics tor 1920-
21. Mi-s Earle is a graduate of Yandcrbilt
College \ rradnate of Girtoo College.
ridfja, Miss Price, is one of the three
h scholars at Bryn -Mawr. Miss
Guthrie.  Um\ersit>   of   Missouri, has been
Bmmgj   Demenetralor   for  the last  two
Varied  Field  Covered  by 35  Questions
Dismaying gaps in students lcnowledjge
were revealed by the General Informa-
tion examination, taken by about 74 stu-
dents last Thursday evening. Anyone could
try the lest of 35 questions, which was -et
b] a committee consisting of Dr. Chew, Dr.
Crenshaw, and Dr. de Laguna.
The questions covered a wide field,
from cookery to knowledge of operas.
The  following are typical:
Who composed; Dixie, The Erl-Konig
the Masked Ball, Die Lotus Blume, The
Unfinished Symphony, The Heroic Sym-
phony.
Distinguish between (a) a liquid and a
fluid, (b)Dido, a dado and a dodo, (c) a
pterodactyl and a dactyl, (d) an ana-
pest and a pestle, (e) a cameo and an
intaglio, (f) the Gregorian and the Julian
calendar.
Who was the architect of St. Paul's
Cathedral?
How has the Austro-Hungarian Em-
pire been divided by the treaty?
Which of the following creatures are
insects: lice, spiders, caterpillars, typhoid
germs.
Students apparently knew less about
music than any other subject, according
to a report given the News by the com-
mittee. Only one student knew the names
of all the apostles. "Mark, Luke, Paul and
Pontius Pilate are not apostles" com-
ments the committee. "No student knew
the names of the five presidents of the
United States who died in office. The pre-
sent president is not technically dead."
The following1 remark,? on the test were
also compiled for the News by the
committee. "The committee considers
it remarkable that every student knew
something about Carpentier. A pterod-
actyl is not a petrified dactyl. The com-
mittee considers itself fortunate in not
having to eat bread made by some of the
students. Though connected with cir-
culation, the famous Harvey is not the
editor of the Weekly. Morphy was not
a misprint for Murphy. Neither was he
the inventor of morphine. Neither is he
a contraction for Morpheus. John Wilkes
Booth did not found the Salvation Army.
In conclusion the committee recommends
that no student take eau-forte as a sub-
stitute for Kummel."
PROPOSE    TUDOR    INN   AT    MORRIS
AND MONTGOMERY AVE. CORNER
SUFFRAGE   CLUB   MAY   DISBAND
Ellen Jay Elected Representative
Discussion of dissolving the Suffrage
Club because it is no longer useful, re-
sulted in a compromise at the meeting
last Friday: the club decided to cease
activity for the present. Ellen Jay, '21,
was elected representative and will take
up the matter of disbanding with Presi-
dent Thomas, honorary president of the
club.
Those who wanted to dissolve the club
urged that since Suffrage is almost won,
the original aims had been realized, that
citizenship talks by the club would du-
plicate politics courses and the work of
the History Club, and that interest in
the club is almost nil.
Tea for Dr. Kolman and Dr. Freeman
Dr. John Kelman and Dr. John Free-
man will be entertained by the Religious
Meetings Committee at tea on Friday
afternoon. Dr. Kelman who left Edin-
burgh this Autumn, takes Dr. Jowett's
place at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church in New York.
Model Shown In Library
An inn of Tudor design has been pro-
posed by Mr. John S. Clark of the Auto-
car Co., Ardmore, for the old Lancaster
Inn site at corner of Morris and Mont-
gomery Avenues. Bryn   Mawr.
The construction of the building will
be a decided advance in civic improve-
ment according to Mr. Clark. The inn,
managed on the Continental plan, will
accommodate two hundred and forty per-
sons and will include eighteen apartments
in the South wing. Public accommodation*
consist of a hall room with a Stage, -tnoking
room, public and private dining rooms,
lounge room, tea room, and library. The
cost is estimated at $1,000,000.
The model of the Inn designed by
Franklin Abbot, a New York architect
is in the main reading room of the
Library.
DISCUSSION   CLUB    MAY   DEBATE
Elect M. Price and B. Kellogg Officers
Betty Kellogg. '21. was elected presi-
dent of the Discussion Club and M.
Price, graduate student, vice president,
at a meeting Monday evening. Debat-
ing may be the chief activity of the club
next year; the plan was urged, but a
formal motion reserved for a later meet-
ing.
Members of the club who approved
the plan expressed the hope that Bryn
Mawr might eventually enter the inter-
collegiate debate held by Vassar, Smith
and other women's colleges.
BRYN MAWR SENDS DELEGATES TO
I. C. S. A. CONFERENCE
College and Community Problems Are Re-
ported   and   Discussed
Increase in membership, but no cor-
responding increase in dues, was one of
the facts brought out at the I. C. S. A.
conference held last Saturday and Sun-
day at'Mt. Ivy, New York. The sessions
of the conference were held out-of-doors.
Delegates from Bryn Majvr were H.
Kingsbury, '20, retiring chairman of So-
cial Service Committee; E. Bliss '21. chair-
man of Social   Service Committee, and E
Dulles   '17.
Mr. F. C. Croxton, who is a worker
with the national Red Cross, spoke dur-
ing the afternoon discussion of commu-
nity problems, on The Opportunities and
Needs in One's Home Community. Miss
Katharine Hardwick, of Boston, also
spoke. Conferences were held the same
afternoon by undergraduates on college
problems, and by alumnae on the policies
of the association.
Reports from colleges, schools, and
organizations were given Saturday eve-
ning and Sunday. Methods of raising
money, entertainment of settlement chil-
dren, adoption of orphans and grand-
mothers, and trips to institutions and in-
dustrial plants were considered. Fellows
reporting were; Barbara Johnson, a for-
mer graduate student at Bryn Mawr, and
E. Dulles, "17. H. Kingshury. '20. reported
for Bryn Mawr.
Dr. Susan Kingsbury. Professor of So-
cial Economy, is president of the associa-
tion.
RENDERING OF CHORUS PROVES
SKILL OF MENDELSSOHN CLUB
College Breakfast Speakers Chosen
Dean Smith, E. Bent, '95 (Mrs. Her-
bert L. Clark), and M. Guffey, '99 (Mrs.
Carroll Miller), will speak at college
breakfast. For 1930 the speakers are:
M. M. Carey. A. Harrison. M. Littell;
From 1923, S. Hand, toastmistress; E.
Anderson and C Skinner.
Mrs. May Ebrey Hotz Wins Applause
For Artistic Interpretation of Songs
{Specially Contributed by Dr. Roger
Brunei, Professor of Chemistry.)
Choral singing at its best was heard
in the concert given by the Mendelssohn
Club in the gymnasium Saturday night,
with Mr- May Ebrey Hotz as soloist
The singing of such a club, not too
large, with perfectly balanced parts, and
singing without instrumental accompani-
ment. I>e.ir.s somewhat the same relation
to that of the larger oratorio choruses
that chamber music does to the larger
instrumental works. There is the same
opportunity for clear annunciation of
the individual parts, particularly in the
contrapuntal passages, and for fine
ensemble, both of which were strikingly
evident under Mr. Norden's leadership.
In the more sustained passages, partic-
ularly in the religious compositions of
the second group, with the foundation
of resonant second basses, there was a
richness and volume like that of organ
tones
Mrs. Hotz won much applause by her
artistic interpretation of several groups
of songs, each of them followed by an
encore. The audience was particularly
pleased with the Rimsky-KorsakofT song
of India, with hummed accompaniment
by the chorus, and called for its repe-
tition.
The size of the audience was a poor
reward for the generosity of the per-
formers in giving the concert for the
benefit of the Endowment Fund. The
student body had apparently agreed that
with the passing of the May Day fes-
tivities the concert season was formally
closed and a very few committed the im-
propriety of appearing at the gymnasium.
Even with examinations imminent, such
complete lack of interest in a thoroughly
artistic program must have been some-
thing of a surprise to those who arranged
the concert.
English Club to Hear Mrs. Gerould
Katharine Fullerton Gerould, short-
story writer and essayist, will address
the English Club and their guests at tea
on Saturday. Mrs. Gerould was English
reader here from 1901 to 1910.
She was awarded in 1910 a prize far
the best story published in any maga-
zine. She contributes to the Atlantic
Monthly and wrote the much discussed
article. "The Remarkable Rightness of
Rudyard Kipling." Among her books
are "The Great Tradition," short stories,
and "Modes and Morals," a recent book
of  light  essays.
VARSITY   VICTORIOUS  ON   3  COURTS
Winning 3 out of 5 matches the Var-
sity Tennis Team defeated the Merion
Cricket Club last Saturday.
The best playing was seen in the match
betweeri Miss A. Townsend and H. Rice,
'33. Miss Rice walked away with the first
set 6-0 but in the second Miss Townsend
rallied and was defeated only after a
hotly contested set with a score of 10-8.
Z. Boynton defeated M. Willard. "17.
playing with Merion in a slow match 7-5.
r,-t, while Miss Grata of Merion won
from K Gardner. '32, 6-4, 8-6. The de-
ciding match of the day was won by M.
irey who defeated Miss D. Ober-
teuier in three hard sets 6-2. 4-6, 6-3.
Miss Dougherty of Merion won by de-
fault from M    Barker, graduate student