College News, 1920-04-28, Vol. 06, No. 25

              The College News
Volume VI.   No. 25
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1920
Price 5 Cent*.
SLIDES REVEAL CUSTOMS AND
LIFE IN FEUDAL PERSIA
Harold Weston Tells of Caravan Trip
in Illustrated Lecture
"The fields of opium poppies stand for
the degeneracy of Persia and the snow
mountains signify its possibilities," said
Harold Weston, art student and for-
mer V. M. C. A. worker with the British,
last Saturday night in a lecture illustrat-
ed by slides taken from his own pictures
and paintings. Mr. Weston divided his
talk into four main heads: Persian brig-
ands, women, marriage customs, and
characteristics. The lecture was given in
Taylor Hall under the auspices of the
History Club.
The robbers of Persia come under
three categories," said Mr. Weston,
"those who take only your nice things,
those who take everything and those
who kill you." In Southern Persia be-
low Tieran, the brigands were so power-
ful that the government gave them a
subsidy to let the mail and high officials
pass through unharmed.
Mr. Weston showed how uncertain
marriages are in Persia since the groom
never sees his bride until after the wed-
ding ceremony. This difficulty is offset
by the simplicity of the divorce," he said,
"which is obtained by saying 'I divorce
thee' three times in the presence of the
priest." A woman may be divorced at the
slightest provocation and has no influence
on her husband at all. "Do the opposite
from what your wife says and you will be
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M.   FOOT   WINS   UNDERGRAD
ELECTION ON SEVENTH BALLOT
J. Ward '23 Assistant Treasurer
At a tumultuous meeting last Thursda'
night, at which first one candidate and then
the other forged ahead, M. Foot, '21
was elected president of the Undergradu-
ate Association. Owing to the close
competition between Miss Foot and Hel-
en Hill, '21, the defeated candidate, sev-
en ballots in all were cast, before the
necessary plurality was secured.
J. Ward, '2.1, was elected Assistant
Treasurer of the  Association.
MASQUE WRITTEN  BY  DR. SAVAGE
TO  DEDICATE  NOTED  ART  GIFT
Hindu   Temple   Presented   to    Museum   In
Memory of Adeline  Popper Gibson
The Building of the Temple." a masque
written by Dr. Savage for the dedication
of the Hindu temple Riven by her family
to the Pennsylvania Museum in memory of
Adeline Pepper Gibson, ex-'l8. was pre-
sented in Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park.
April 17, 19, 21 and 2:t. Dr. Savage and
Dr. Crenshaw took part. Mrs. Otis Skinner
Ml among the patronesses.
Speaking of the importance of the tem-
ple. Dr. Savage says that "Authorities on
Indian art and architecture, like Dr. Anan-
da Coomaraswamy. connected with the
BoStDSI Museum of Fine Arts and one of
the foremost writers in the interest of In-
dian art in English-speaking countries, de-
clare that the structure is unique outside
of India. It has already attracted numer-
ous visitors from all parts of the Fast.
When completely installed, it will num-
l>er some 64 units of finely carved stone,
representative of the end of the great me-
diaeval period in Indian art. One of the
future numbers of the Pennsylvania Mu-
�rum Bulletin will contain an historical
and descriptive sketch of the colonnade
Mrs. Gibson secured the temple in Madu
ra in 1912
PRESIDENT THOMAS CABLES MAY-DAY GREETINGS
Special cable to the News :
Greetings from Athens to Athene's daughter! at Bryn Mawr.   May May-Da]
be the most perfect of all Mav-Davs. worthy of the students' In-st traditions and
its splendid cause. Profoundly disappointed, unable to be present to applaud your
success and lie proud of you as always. Thanks and best wishes Mrs. Skiuni r
and  Mr   King                                                                    PRESIDENT  THOMAS
SENIOR   "SUNNY   JIM"   AND   WINNER
OF   ESSAY   PRIZE   ANNOUNCED   FRI-
DAY
WORLD   PEACE   AMERICA'S   JOB SAYS
DR. JASTROW
Two New Scholarships Included In Under-
graduate Awards
1920s "Sunny Jim," the Winner of the
George W. Childs Essay Prize, and the
winner of the Brook Hall Memorial Schol-
arship, anuuallv awarded on the iiifuim.il
college    May-Day,    will    be   announced   on
Friday with other undergraduate scholar-
ships  and graduate  scholars and   fellows
"Sunny Jim." the winner of the Mary
Helen Ritchie Memorial Prize, must be
a Senior, preferably in the upper half
of the class in grade, spirited, efficient,
faithful, and all around student" She
is chosen by a committee of the Presi-
dent, the Deans, the Secretary and Regis-
trar, the Professor of English, the Sen-
ior Warden and the Senior President! of
the Self-Govertunent Undergraduate and
Athletic Associations guided by a secret
ballot from the Senior Class. This prize
went last year lo A. Stiles, sistar of K.
Stiles. '.�-�
The Brook Hall Memorial Scholarship
foes to the student with the highest
average in the Junior class. Last year
it was given to M I.it/inner. European
Fellow.
The George W. ChiMs Essay Prise,
,i gold watch, awarded to a member of
the Senior Class for excellency in writing,
was won last year by G. Woodbury.
The two Sheelah Kilroy Memorial
Scholarships, endowed by Dr. and Mrs.
Paul Kilroy, parents of Banbah Kilroy,
'S3, arc awarded this year for the first
time. These scholarships, given for excel-
lence in English, go to the student mak-
ing the highest record in Second Near
English .and to the student with the best
record in Major English, respectively.
They are of the value of US dollars.
The Charles S. Hiuchman Memorial
Scholarship, value .MH) dollars, is awarded
to a member of the Freshman. Sopho-
more, or Junior class on the basis of
written work in her group subjects.
Eleven other undergraduate scholarships
and   prizes will be awarded.
The Struggle Between East and West
Key   to   Past  Wars
"Tile eastern question is one of the old-
est that has bothered mankind." announced
Dr. Morris lastrow, of the 1'iiiversity of
Pennsylvania, at the liegiuuing of his lec-
ture on the Near East last Wednesday eve
ning.    "It began the moment  the West   felt
itself strong enough to dominate the East,
and   there  has  been   no  tune   since   without
a clash," he continued.     The  lecture,  which
u;is   m   Taylor,   was   given   under  tin-   .uis
pices of the World Citizenship Committee
Dr. lastrow traced the history of the
Near Easl from the time of the successful
Assyrian invasions, through Alexander's
conquests, the unfruitful attempts of the
crusades to regain control, and tinalK Rus-
lia'i   suppressions of  the  RaHsani in the
middle of the l*tli century,    "The East acts
i-   a   magnet   to  the   West   which   does  not
seem to  he able to keep  from  meddling"
In   the   ease   of   the    Balkans   alone,   the
Crimean   War   ami   the   Balkan-European
Wars were the direct results ,,f European
interference when the Balkan states were
struggling to assert their nationalism. Con
Irol not (inly by martial means but by com-
mercial extension and spiritual master)
through the missionaries has been tried l>>
European   nations.
However, the brow-beaten Eastern na-
tions have kept their spirit through all their
trials, as  the  Arabs  under  Colond  Thomai
Lawrence demonstrated.   "What the   Easl
needs is protection until it can stand on its
own feet, and it looks to this country in ;i
pathetic attitude of hope, tor we are moved
by    no   materialistic   ambition   to   promoti
the political exploitation of the East." Dr
lastrow concluded by wishing thai  Vmerici
might see her w av to an active, helpful pol-
icy in the East, for "there is sure to In- an
other international conflict as long as th.
Eastern situation remains as it is. am
peaee will not he brought about until the
complete resuscitation and restitution of
the   East   is   accomplished."
ANATOLE LE BRAZ ANNOUNCES
FRENCH CHAIR FOUNDED
TO SHOW BUSINESS APPLICATION OF
PSYCHOLOGY AT LUNCHEON
ETCHINGS   BY   MARY   CASSATT
ON  VIEW  IN  LIBRARY
Work   et    Noted    Impressionist    Artist
Leases by   Mr.   McVltty
Prints  in  color and black and white by
Mary  Cassatt. loaned by   Mr.  Albert   Mo
Vitty. of Bryn Mawr, are now on view   in
.he upper north corridor of the Library.
Although an American, Miss Cassatt has
lived in France for over fifty years and is
usually classed among the French impres
sionists. the influence of Degas and Manet
appearing in her early work. "Her best
work in black and white." says Mr. Mc-
Vitty. "will stand against anything done in
the art since Rembrandt. The etchings have
the essential qualities of spontaneity and
freedom, with great simplicity, rare beauty
of lines, and a fine emotional appeal. She
has expressed the Mother and Child with
great insight and with poetic feeling, and
without a trace of sentimentality "
\   Freshman   translates   "Cave   ranuin."
look out or I'll ling"
Managed   for    Endowment    by   Or.    Leuba.
Who  Will  be  One  of  Speakers.
"Psychology Applied to Business and
Industry" will be the subjects of speeches
by Dr. Leuba and other expert psycholo-
gists at a long table luncheon at the
Philadelphia City Club, tomorrow at
IJ..10
Professor James Burt Miner, of the
Carnegie Institute of Technology, will
speak, as will Dr. Heardsley kuml of the
Scott Company. Philadelphia. The Scott
Company supplies business firms with
specialists in applied psychology: it has
done a large amount of personnel work
for the Straw-bridge and Clothier Com-
pany
The luncheon is being managed by Dr.
Leuba in the interests of the Enilowment
Fund, and will he presided over by Mr.
Samuel S Fels. one of the directors of
the City Club \rrangements for tickets
may be made through the Endowment
office, on payment of $1
French Poet and Novelist Taiks  on
Breton Legends
Announcing the completion of the $100,-
000 fund raised to found a Victory French
Chair, Monsieur Anatolc Lc Bra/. Bard of
Brittany,   Exchange   Professor at  Columbia
from the University of Raines, won in-
stant applause from his audience hen last
Saturday night. M. Lc BtM told of the
French  (hair  before  beginning his  lecture,
'Legends of Brittany."
"For   a   countrv    of   mi-t    and    log   like
Brittany," said M. Lc Bras, "myths and
legends are shadowy, peopled with indistinct
figures."     Acs,   the   "Siren"   of   the   Breton
peasants,    i-    seen    onlj    in    momentary
glimpses, �when tin sun catches her hair
as she floats far out al sea."
The supernatural world is ever-present
for     till'     people     of     BrittSSty.       "Walking
abroad bj night disturbs the spirits," de-
clared M   Le Bra/.   "The Breton prefers
his  fireside  after  dark."
Standing oil the steps at the French
Club reception in Rockefeller Hall after
the lecture. If, Le Bra/ recited some of his
own poetry and told Bn original tale, "IV
I' Isle Adam." M. Le Bra/ was entertained
at dinner in Rockefeller b> Miss Schenck.
Mrs. Francis, Dr. ami Mrs. Leuba, and
Mrs. Paul Kilroy, mother of B. Kilrov 2.v.
were guests.
ROCK GATE ONLY ENTRANCE TO
COLLEGE GROUNDS ON MAY DAY
No General Dress Rehearsal
(tales will be opened lo the spectators
for the Fifth Bryn Mawr Mav Day at
IIJO a. m.. Fridaj and Saturday, May 7th
and Kill. The only enlranee and exit to the
college grounds will be through the Owl
Gate of Rockefeller, The rest of the cam-
pus will he roped in. hut performers in cos-
tume mav enter at the entrance near Mr.
('handler's   boUSC
General admission tickets, good <>n any
dav ilie pageant is given, hut only for one
day, tie $.1.00: children under 12. and pub-
lic and art school students, $2.00. Tickets
will Ik' on sale at the Owl Gate of Rocke-
feller Hall on the days of the Revels, and
mav   be obtained  i"  advance  from  the  Mav
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TRADITIONAL   CELEBRATION   OF
MAY  DAY COMES  FRIDAY
M.   M.   Carey   1920s    May   Queen
The traditional May Day Celebration at
Bryn Mawr will be held on Friday. Fol-
lowing custom, the seniors after singing to
Acting President Taft in front of Pen-y-
groes. march to Rockefeller singing "The
Hunt Is Up." There from the tower they
welcome the day, singing the Magdalen
Hymn
M. M. Carey, president of the Senior
Class, on her way from the tower to the
Senior breakfast in Rockefeller dining
room, will be crowned Queen of the May
by K. Gardner. Sophomore president.
Dancing on the green and winding Mav
poles to the tune of the village band will
last   until  Chapel  time,   when  the  winners
of prizes and scholarships will be announc
ed.
MEMORIAL   TO   ANNE   SHEBLE
In memory of Anne Elizabeth Shehle.
wli" died March ft, following an operation
for mastoiditis. the class of 1923 haa voted
the sum of $:�> to be spent on books for
the   New  lt,�ok  ssOOSB,
A dedicatory plate will be placed on each
book