College News, 1919-11-19, Vol. 06, No. 08

              The College News
Volume VI.   No. 8
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1919
Price 5 Cents
HUGH WALPOLE, C. B. F., WILL
SPEAK HERE TOMORROW
English  Novelist   will   lecture on
"Creating a Novel"
How novelists work and gather their
material will be the theme of Hugh
Walpole's lecture in Taylor Hall tomor-
row at five o'clock. The address is un-
der the auspices of the English Club,
whose members will entertain Mr. Wal-
pole at tea and dinner in Pembroke.
Mr. Walpole will describe his own
methods in novel-writing, the sources of
his plots, and his adventures while in
search of material,�such as the time
when he was forced to exchange coat--
with a Bolshevist on the streets of Petro-
grad. He will also relate some of his
experiences in war-time Russia, where
he gathered data for "The Secret City."
Novel-writing is regarded by Mr
Walpole as a serious occupation, not
as an amusement. The power to pro-
duce he regards reverently. His char-
acters are creatures of his own imagina-
tion, although the old nurse in "Forti-
tude" is drawn from Mrs. Lance, Hilaire
Belloc's sister. Mr. Walpole admits
that he is the hero of "The Green Mir-
ror," and in "The Golden Scarecrow" he
is Hugh Seymour, the unhappy little
boy brought up in unpleasant surround-
ings. "The Duchess of Wrexe," The
Dark Forest" and "Jeremy" are some o'
Mr. Walpole's other novels.
Decorated for Service*  In  the  War
Mr. Walpole is the son of the Bishop
of Edinburgh. He was brought up in a
seaside village in Cornwall, went to
Kings School, Canterbury, later took
an honor's degree in History at Cam-
bridge, and started life as a master in
a boy's school. Then he went to Lon-
don, did journalism for a living, and b :�
gan to write novels. "The Wooden
Horse' in 1909, was his first book. Since
then he has produced one a year.
Mr. Walpole went to Russia first as
a soldier and later as special govern-
ment agent to promote British sentiment
in Russia. These years of service in
Russia, for which he received the Geor
gian medal, made upon him the indelible
impression which he transferred to the
pages of his novels on Russian life,
which have been called "Russian nove's
jn  English."
Afterwards he worked in the Ministry
of Information and was created C. B
E., "Companion of the British  Empire.'
Mr. Walpole was a friend of Henry
James', who left him a legacy.
Tickets for the lecture may be bought
from A. Harrison, Denbigh�$.75 for
outsiders and $.50 for members of the
college.
Norwegian Undergraduate Arrives
Anna Gade, the first Norwegian stu-
dent to enter Bryn Mawr. was enrolled
last week as a member of the class cf
1923 and assigned a room in Rockefeller
Hall. Before her arrival in America oii
October 28, Miss Gade had never heard
of Bryn Mawr, but at the suggestion of
her aunt, who lives in Germantown, she
sent in her credentials and was admitted.
"Bryn Mawr is wonderful." Miss Gade
said to a New* reporter, "and I have
just written to some friends that Amer-
ican girls are much nicer than the ones
in Norway. It is very common for the
Norwegian girls to come to America to
school. Before the war they went to
Germany, but I do not know of one girl
who has gone there this year."
Miss Gade lived near Bergvn and went
to the Katedrmlskole. where she took tl.e
student examinations that would admit
her t� the Uni\cr�itv of Christiana.
Scene of Sophomore Play Laid in
Nineteenth Century England
Cornelia  Skinner Has  Character  Part
The England of Dickens' time will be
reproduced in Sophomore play, to be
given in honor of the Freshmen Friday
night. The play, whose name is unre-
vealed as yet, is neither a comedy or a
tragedy, pathos and humor succeeding
each  other  throughout.
In the play a young girl, impersonated
by J. Burgess, runs away with a young
man, E. Anderson. By accident a mid-
dle-aged gentleman, C. Skinner, meets
them and falls in love with the girl She
is unconscious of his attachment and
eventually marries the younger man. The
last acts deals with the old man and his
reminiscences after the others are dead.
Otis Skinner played with Maude
Adams at one time in this production
John Drew and Alexandra Carlyle have-
also appeared in it.
1922's cast is: J. Burgess, E. Ander-
son, C. Skinner, O. Howard, S. Hand,
P. Smith, K. Peek, E. Burns, C. Rhett
and E. Hall.
C. Skinner is producer, V. Liddell
stage manager, and M. Rawson business
manager. The heads of the committees
are: J. Palache, scenery; E. Williams,
music:  D. Cooke, lighting.
I.5C. S. A. HOLDS FIRST C0NFER-
ENCEfAT BRYN MAWR
Colleges Report Increase in Member-
ship and Enthusiasm
The need for community develope-
ment, its connection with college life,
and plans of organization, were among
the subjects brought up at the annual
meeting of the Intercollegiate Commun-
ity Service Association, held at Bryn
Mawr last weekend. In addition to 3*
representatives from nine colleges, the
delegates included Mrs. Harvey. Dean
of Adelphi College, and Miss Noble and
Mrs. E. W. White from the New York
city   college   settlement.
College   Reports   Show    New    Interest
Reports from the I. C. S. A. chap-
ters in the different colleges were read
at the Sunday morning conference led
by Miss Mary Gove Smith, organizing
secretary. According to most of the re-
ports, interest in social service work
had been undergoing a slump in the last
few years on account of the war, but
now, as a result of vigorous publicity
campaigns, the membership in the I. C
S. A. chapters is increasing rapidly.
Wells College leading with 92 per cent.,
and Vassar next with 50 per cent.
I. C. 8. A. Rivals C. A.
A  separate  I.  C.  S.  A. chapter  with
$1.00 dues, is organized in most of the
colleges, that seems to work in com-
petition with the Christian Association.
At Bryn Mawr the I. C. S. A. is incor-
porated into the Social Service Commit-
tee of the Christian Association, the
chairman of which automatically be-
comes the college elector to the confer-
ence. At Vassar, in accordance with
the wishes of the President, all social
work is carried on under the Christian
Association and the I. C. S. A. merely
has outside speakers and conducts ob-
servation trips to New York settlement
houses.
AMY LOWELL READS POEM NOT
YET PUBLISHED TO CROWDED
AUDIENCE
Says Vers-Libre Needs no Explaining
"I will attempt no explanation of ver>
libre, because its principles are now so
well-known," began Miss Amy Lowell
imagist poet, who read a programme of
her rJbems to a packed chapel last Fri-
day evening under the auspices of the
Reeling and Writhing Club. "If you
want to hear any special poems," shi
added, "just yell."
Miss Lowell read a long poem, bu '.:
around a Peruvian legend, which will ap-
pear in the December Bookman. The
poem concerned a fox who traveled to
a sacred city to worship the mpon
Another of her longer poems was "Tiie
House on Main Street" written in Yan
kee dialect.
Short vers-libre pieces from Miss Lov-
ell's last book, "Floating Islands," were
the first selections. They included a
poem, "Preparation," which had beer,
returned by Poetry and Sara Teasda'i
because they could not understand it
"I met a cat on campus a few minutes
ago," said Miss Lowell before she read
:. poem "To Winkey " her cat. "He had
a white background with a coat of many
colors, and he made me homesick."
"Winkey" was followed by a dramat'c
poem. "Crossroads," read at Miss Don
nelley's request. Miss Lowell read sev
eral poems on request, including tin
well-known "Patterns' and a war poem.
"The  Bombardment."
Denies Weeping at Contemporary Club
Miss Lowell laughingly denied, at din-
ner with the Reeling and Writhing Club,
that she had wept at the Contemporat�
Crab debate Wednesday evening. A de
hate on vers-libre had taken place after
Miss Lowell's dissertation on "Walt
Whitman and the New Poetry." Miss
Lowell had consented to speak to the
club on condition that there should l>�-
no debate, and the discussion, she said
to a Boston Herald reporter, "merely
made her plumb mad."
Miss Lowell's working hours, she also
said at dinner, are at night, because tele-
phones bother her in the day-time. She
keeps a loaded pistol on her desk in case
of burglars, and goes to bed at 5.00 a.
m..  to sleep six  hours.
Elmlra Teaches In Training School.
The collegiate social service work i>
for the most part confined to community
centers, college settlements, and hospi-
tal visiting, but new fields have been
opened in some places. At F.lmira the
students started a Teachers' Training
school, running the classes themselves
for girl* whose parents were too poor to
take   care   of   them.
Necessity  for  Human   Contacts  U   Ploa  of
Mrs. White.
"Keeping alive in America, democratic
contacts" is the object of the I. C. S
A. as expressed by Mrs. Eva Whiting
White, Director of Training of the I. C
S. A. and non-resident lecturer in the
Carola Woerishoffer department at Bryn
Mawr. who led the discussion in Rocke-
feller Hall Saturday afternoon. Mrs
White pointed out that the methods of
community service and neighborhood or-
ganization made good in the war organi
zation for food conservation, and the
same ideas must be used to relax the
present tenseness in the industrial situa-
tion all over the country. Understand-
ing and sympathy between the different
classes and races must be gained by
establishing human contacts through re-
creational and house programs.
The work of the National Social Unit
was outlined by Mr. Wilbur C. Philips.
Secretary of the Unit, at the meetm�
held in Taylor Hall Saturday night. The
democratic theory of government ex-
plained by Mr. Philips was that the peo
pie. in order to meet their common need:
mast first understand them. The "total
intelligence of the community" is use*l
(Continued on page 2)
Final Vote on May Day Next Week
Alumnae  Describe   Fata at  Mass   Meet-
l*f
In preparation for the final vote 10
be taken early next week, May Day was
described by several Alumnae at a mass
meeting held in the chapel last night
Miss Lucy Donnelly, '�3, Mrs. Jacques
Vauclain (Myra Elliot, '08) and Miss
Mafion Reilly, '04, were the speakers.
Lantern slides of several May Days
were shown.
Mrs. Vauclain, who took the part of
Titania in the 1906 May Day, described
the organization and business side.
Touching on rehearsals, she declared
that May Day involves no more work f jr
the individual than a class play, though
the impression of more work is given be-
cause the whole college is working at
once.
Miss Lucy Donnelly, speaking of the
May Day plays from the point of view
of literature, described the charm of May
Day as lying in its connection with the
past and its revival of old customs
Among the plays given in the past w;th
most success she mentioned "Robin
Hood," "St. George and the Dragon,"
and the "Old Wives' Tale." One or two
longer plays given, such as "Campaspe."
have not met with as much success as
the shorter ones. "It seems rather Bryn
Mawr's part." she concluded, to do some-
thing for old drama. I hope that if May
Day is given this year one or two plays
will be presented, which have not been
tried before."
The first May Day fete, gotten up id
six weeks in the spring of 1900 for the
benefit of the Student Building Fund
was outlined by Miss Reilly, a member
of the first May Day committee. One
of the problems which worried the com-
mittee at that time, she declared, was
whether the Elizabethan fete could be
given with Jacobean Gothic buildings.
Three thousand people came to the first
fete, where only six hundred had been
expected.
Varsity Defeats Lansdowne,r6-3
E. Cecil Plays Conspicuously Good Gams
Varsity won a scrappy victory over
Lansdowne last Saturday with a score
of 6-3. The visiting team put up a hard
fight, in spite of the poor condition of
the field, which obviously worried the
"Varsity players.
E. Cecil, '21, at right wing did the
best work for 'Varsity, fooling her op-
posing fullback continually, and receiv-
ing good support from B. Weaver, '20.
righthalf
Bryn Mawr was on the offensive most
of the game. Lansdowne scoring first,
however, with a shot by Miss Morgan
from left wing. After a long fight in
front of the goal. C. Bickley, '21. tied
the score, and another goal was pushed
(Continuedfon'page 2),
James W. Gerard  Addresses Bryn
Mawr Chib in New York
Former Ambassador James W. Gerard
was the chief speaker at an Armistic
Day luncheon given at the Bryn Mawr
Club in New York City on November
11. Mr. Gerard praised the women for
the part they had played in the war and
urged them to enter just as seriously in'o
the struggle now before the country�
that of overthrowing bolshevism.
Dagmar Perkins, chairman of the Ne c
York committee for the class of 191V
told of the plans for raising money for
the Endowment Fund by the concert
and ball which will be given at Hotel
Plata  on   December   5.