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S^KLEGE LIBRARY ^^.'-.'-fSLEY COLLEGE WELLESLEY, MASS. toellede 0llejd[c Vol. XLIIl WELLESLEY. MASS.. APRIL 18, 1935 No. 23 SPEAKER REPORTS Wellesley Disappears Into The WELLESLEY ASSEMBLES Darkness As Lights Fail WELLESLEY PRESENTS PRINCESS IDA IN MEETING FOR PEACE PLAN MTICK CLUB Where was Wellesley when the WITH COOPERATION OF HARVARD, M. L T. lights went out? She must have Students and Faculty Speak on returned from the week-end, for Students Interpret Community Will Foster Modern Movement for Peace, Drama Project the ten o'clock bell had already Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta Importance of Youth rung when darkness descended last Excerpts In Speech Course Interest Along All Lines; Sunday night. She probably re- by Combined Organizations mained on her elm-shaded campus, Enthusiasm, undampened by the Students to Vote Miss Smaill will present students Plays Two Performances although not a single window rain, swept over Wellesley last Fri- from the 201 class in the Oral Inter- twinkled to prove the existence of day, when students and faculty packed Before meetings pretation of Modern Drama, and from the house which the college. Meanwhile pande- Billings hall to hear Mr. Mussey. will held take vote the 301 class in the Acting of Shakes- SATIRE ON FEMINISM be to a formal on monium reigned witliin the dark- Miss Heidbreder, Mr. Haroutunian project, Treudley, peare in a dramatic program In room the Natick Miss ened dormitories, until a few brave and MJargaret Connors bandy words of economics sociolo- for 444 Green hall on Tuesday, April 23, department and souls brought little red candles the cause of peace. The Wellesley girl with an eye to the at 4:30 o'clock. Visitors are welcome. gy, speaking In chapel, April 15, ex- ilown the halls, and everyone caught Mr. Mussey. looking at the problem future will soon have an opportunity plained it to the student body. The the spirit of adventure. One pro- from the point of view of economics, Mary Rose . Sir James Barrle to see the results of a purely feminine idea arose, she said, from a discus- Marlon C. '36 fessor, reclining in her bath, merely declared that the making of peace is Chapman academic life. This opportunity vrtll sion with both students and faculty present pulled up the shade and continued a positive task, and includes much The Cradle Song . C. Martinez Sierra itself at8:00. Friday and Satur- who felt as she did, that tlie girls her ablutions by moonlight. But more than merely avoiding war. It Doris Mead '37 day nights, April 26 and 27, in Alumnae needed to be connected with some Just as she was stepping out of Is essential that we create the hall, when Bamswallows association, condi- The Intruder . Maurice Maeterlinck local community project to get the the tub the lights went on again, tions of peace by establishing fairness Virginia Veeder '35 the Wellesley Choir, and the Wellesley real meaning of life. and she had to hide behind a and justice here at and Harvard orchestras, assisted home before we Come Out oj the Kitchen by club A community for young people towel, drawing the curtain in haste. try to regulate International affairs. members of the Harvard and M. I. T. A. E. Thomas between the ages of 15 and 25 Will Wellesley had found herself once Glee Clubs, will present the GUbert Miss Heidbreder discussed the topic, Dorothy Lull "37 best meet the need ifelt by citizens more. and Sullivan operetta. Prijicess Ida. "Can Human Natui'e Be Changed?" Alice Sit-By-The~Fire of Natick, and best put the resources Peculiariy appropriate, She assured audience that the operetta her modem Sir James Barrle of Wellesley at the disposal of the is a satire on the academic life of psychology has not found anything in Doris Gilbert "36 locality. An ideal place has been Symbolists Bring Satire, women, and depicts, with the swinging human nature which makes war In- found, a big house with grounds Twelfth Night. Act I, Scene 5 Sullivan music and the inimitable j Gil- Imagists, Rhythm To Poetry evitable. Human nature is very com- enough for tennis courts, and a barn Viola Ruth Lorish '35 bert libretto, what happens to women plex, and even if there is a fundamen- Olivia Frances Mitchell '35 {Continued on Page 8. Col. 1) devoted to the pursuit of intellectual tal element of pugnacity in it. It Isn't The differences and similarities be- Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1 activities, when men arrive on the certain that this impulse will find ex- tween the Fi-ench Symbolists and the Patricia Busey "35 scene. pression, or if it does, war is not neces- American Imagists was the subject of News Looks For Art Critic sarily the means of such expression. As You Like It. Act III. Scene 4 Students of Biblical history and of the talk delivered by Mr. Wallace Loosely organized instincts can be Rosalind , . Ruth Lorish '35 English literature will be especially in- To Judge Museum Exhibits Powlie, Instructor In French at Har- modified by intelligence, experience, Celia Prances Mitchell '35 terested to know that Mr. Haroutunian vard university, on April 15 at BlUings learning, habits, and customs. But be- is cast as one of the three sons of King Try-outs for the position of art hall. cause the instinct Gama, and that Mr. Motter is a mem- critic on the News board are taking of pugnacity is cap- Mr. Powlie outlined theories of ber of the able of being modified, it does Speech Department the male chorus. place from Thursday, April 18. to not Offers the Symbolism school, illustrated and follow that is inevitable, Tickets will be on sale all Tuesday, April 23. All sophomores peace day at the them profusely from a wide selection Annual Prize To Sophomore and juniors who have completed two Mr. Haroutunian said that we must ticket btxjth in Green hall. Monday. of French poetry, concentrating how- Wednesday, and courses with the art department, or cease talking about nations, and con- Thursday, April 22. 24, ever on Baudelaire and Mailarm6. He and 25; and from 8:30 12:30 have completed one course and are cern ourselves with the persons of The annual competition for the to Fi-lday then set forth the theories of the nations is and Saturday mornings, April 26 and now taking a second, are eligible. which are composed. There Isabelle Eastman Flske prize, awarded American school of Imagism. as pro- a certain element of hypocrisy in to the sophomore makes 27; and at Alumnae hall, Wednesday Candidates asked who the best are to wi-ite a gramized by Ezra Pound and shown In peace manifestos, strikes, and all extemporaneous speech, is announced and Thursday evenings, April 24 and short criticism of the exhibition of the works of its three gi-eatest ex- peace machinery, and to avoid this by the Speech Department. The con- 25, from 7:15 to 9:15. The prices are, paintings by Robert Morse which is ponents, Amy Lowell, "H.D.," and John sense of futility, we must seek the test is open to any sophomore regard- for Friday evening: Orchestra, 75 now on view in the Farnsworth mu- Gould Fletcher. roots of war in personal relations. less of whether she has taken a course cents. Balcony, 50 cents; and for Sat- ceum. This criticism should attempt The second phase of symbolism Every little bit of Indifference to the in speech. Mr. Otis H. Piske estab- urday evening: Orchestra, $1, Balcony. to sununarize the nature of the ex- brings in a new note of irony and sorrows of others, every shrinking lished the prize in honor of his 75 cents, hibit and to comment on two or bitter satire, with the earlier mood of from some one not of our kind, every daughter, Isabelle Eastman Flske of The principal roles are filled fol- three individual paintings. It should as sadness sharpened into frustration. In suspicion of the working people, and the class of 1923. not exceed 350 words. lows: Prance, Corbi^re and La Forge, in every instance of self-preference Princess Ida Carolyn Parker '37 The articles are due in room 136 Each contesting student will be W. America T. S. Eliot are the outstanding brings us nearer war. We need basic Blanche . - L. "37 Green hall before 8:40 a.m. on Tues- asked at the preliminary contest, on Lady Ann Edwards poets of this time. Two of the greatest peace, peace in which men can be '35 day. Professor Sirarpie Der Nerses- April 19, to speak on a sub-topic chos- Lady Psyche Carolyn Cook ones, however, are two who stand out- guided by the basic virtue, love. Re- Melissa Betty Chapin '37 sian, cf the art department, has con- en by the department of speech from side the literary group, but borrowed ligion is the one thing that insists on Sacharissa Elise Bristol '36 sented to judge them on the basis of the more general one which she has this medium of expression for their self-criticism, and self-criticism Is the Choloe Barbara J. Lleberman '37 knowledge an.d appreciation of art submitted. Prom those who take part personal experiences. These are one thing that encourages repentance, B. '38 displayed by each candidate, while In the first contest several students Ada Mary Gunn Rambaud and Hart Crane, one who the first principle of peace. Understudies members of the News editorial staff will be chosen to speak on April 26. renounced literature at the age of 19, (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) Princess Ida .