Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College 1925-1926 Student Newspapers 2-27-1926 Connecticut College News Vol. 11 No. 16 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1925_1926 Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "Connecticut College News Vol. 11 No. 16" (1926). 1925-1926. 11. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/ccnews_1925_1926/11 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1925-1926 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. Connecticut College News VOL 11, :\0. 16. NEW LONDON,-CONNECTICUT, FEBRUARY 27, 1926. ASTRONOMER TELLS OF JACQUES THIBAUD LANDSCAPE ARCHI- COSMIC EVOLUTION. PROVES HIS ART. TECTURE DISCUSSED, Universe Is Vast Creation. Master Violinist Plays. Mrs. Cyrus 'V. Merr-el, president of Answers Show Keen Interest. the Lowtnorpe School for Landscape Harlow S'hapley, proressor of Ash-on- Again New London has been visited Architecture in Groton, Massachusetts, Further results of the questions ad- om y at Harvar-d University, was the by an artist of the first rank, and again gave a very interesting lecture on speaker at Convocation On Tuesday. the ConnecUcut College Concert Course Landscape Architecture, Wednesday, dressed to racuttv members are printed has scored. Vi'ith favorable weather February 231'd. His subject, N('('kill(J tke February 17th. Several members of below. Interesting comment and tnt- T,;mil/j of the l"1I;I'('rl$(', proved very in- conditions, a good house. greeted Thi- the Garden Club of New London were valuable aid in regard to Student Gov- teresting to his audience. His key- baud and was more than repaid for ernment Reorganization Plan has been note seemed to be the vastness of coming. One mishap, however, marred there to heal' the lecture and to see the this universe and the exceedingly small what would otherwise have been an colored lanter-n slides which Mrs. Mer- r-eceived by means of the questionnaire. part that we have in it. His lecture id-eal evening. Through some unavoid- t-el had taken of various euccesstut 1. (a) Faculty who favor college gov- able circumstance, the concert-piano was Iuustrated by photographs, some garden miracles wrought by the hands ernment, 13. (b) Faculty who favor which had been sent for the recital of which he had taken himself. He student government, JO. made the interesting statement that failed to arrive, and it was necessary of landscape architects. the men' existence of stars, which, al- at the last minute to press into serv- Mrs. Met-r-ei spoke of her great inter- 2. (a) Those Who feel that there is a though grad uall y, are always changing, ice the Bulkeley School piano, which est in the work carried on at Low- decided needl for re-organtaatton, 23, was hastily tuned, andl regulated as proves the evolution theory. thorpe and of' the rapid studies that (b) 'rhose who [eel that there is no well as might he under the circum- Pr-ofessor Sha pley first showed how the such work has taken during a com- need, 1. (c) Those who are doubtful, 2, 11111J<yway is made up of many, many stances, but which imposed, a severe paratively short period. She men- 3. Should the faculty 01' students stars, nebuli, g rou pe of stars called ctus- handicap upon both soloist and accom- tel's, and pin nets. Not only is there 01'- panist. In spite of this, however, the tioned the fact that not until 1889 was have final veto-power? (a) Those in ga nlza.ticn among animals, for the recital was Jn every respect a master- there any school where one might ta.ka ravcr of faculty flnn l veto, 11. (b) performance, and proved 'I'htbaud to stars also have that tendency, caused up the study of landscape gardening. Those in favor of' student final veto, 11. be all that had been claimed for him. by the law of gravitation. Several ),1I·s. Merrei told the interesting story ntctures of the moon were shown in Essentially the most ai-ttsuc people General Suggestions for Improvement. on earth, the French excel in finesse, of the foundation and establishment of. which could be distinguished crater-s J. "The President of the classes and and deep valleys. Astronomers COIl- in restrained emotion, in logical pres- Lowthorpe for a school for gardening. entation. 'I'h'lba.ud is absolutely French. the Organization presidents would be srder the moon a great nuisance as its In speaking of landscape architecture, too bUS:;' to serve on cabinets," light is apt to spoil utctures of star-a There is no tearing passion to tatters, she said that it is one of the fine arts 2, "Dr-, Benedict, as Dean of the which they are trying to obtain. As no playing to the galleries, no exntott- and requires a good education. Mrs. College, should meet with the Honor there is thought to be no life on it, ing of technique tor its own sake. Yet Court as an advisor." the moon is conatd ered a dead world. his performance is beautifully human, Met-t-el also discussed some of the re- We have always thought OUI' solar lacking neither insight not' warmth and quirements for entrance to Lowthorpe, 3. "T'hei-e should be a f'aculty mem- sympathy, Hts tone is bright and l yr- system to be a ver-y important part of' such as a college prepar-ation and the bel' 011 the House Board, one on the to, his technique adequate to every de- Senate. and another on the Honor the untverae. but recent discoveries knowledge of such subjects as history, have proved that it is but the tiniest mand,-and the programme, while not Court, in advisory capacttv only. 'I'hfa Latin and mathematics. part of it. The universe is governed a stunt prcgrnmrne, was unsparing, type of organization would obviate the He pays his audience the highest by laws causing each body to move In r-egar-d to the equipment of the necessity for so much exchange of compttmenr of ai;-suming that it ap- accol'ding to I'ule.· Mercury, one of the school, 1\[r8. 1\[('ITel spoke of many notes nnd minule:-; between the two preciates and wants the best. Re· planets of thii'; syAtem, does not rotate greenhouses thel'e, and the g'l'eat plant groups, and would l'educe considerably whlle it revolves around the sun. sembling KJ'eislel' in many re>;pects, he is naturally ddffE'l'ent racially and in nUI'sery in which thel'e is an unusual the numlJel' of C'ommitlee Rnd board Therefore, as it is quite near the sun, varietyof' plant species. She said that meetings." one side of it is too hot for lif'e and some important l'espects, temperamen~ 4. "Honor C'Olll·t :->hould take in at the othel' side that gets no light at all, ta,lly. His fine dignity and ear· the :o;tudents leaI'll how to manage nestness won hjm the respect and ad- least the 1;hl'ee uppel' class(':-,l, and, 1 is too cold. 1Hars is not a favorite greenhouses by themselves, how to miration of tile audience from the first. think, a non-yotinJ; Freshman num- among nsb'onomers because it is apt take care of nUl'series, and how to pack to have too much publicity, In spite His masterly interm'etation a,nd pel'- bel'." f'ormance fiXed his place in their eJ".ti~ and ship plants, 'rile students are o[ its cold and its! low atmosphere, it 5. "1 think that the final clescisions is probable that there is life there. mation among the greatest masters taught considerable architecture in the o[ thE' Honor Court should be referred which any haye heen privileged to 'l'hp- sun, which is, by far, the largest school in ordel' to enable them to do to Dr, Benedict and the HOUSe Fellow hear, body in this system, is the main "heat- landscape architecture more success- concerned in the case, as well as to the Of the pTogramme the outstanding ing plant!' ProCessor Shapley remarked President of the College, or the Faculty feature was its melodiousness. Rang- fully. The training enables each gil'! that as plants are entirely dellendent committee." ing chronologically from before Bach to begin work independently. Mrs. on light for life, and animals are de- 6. "The absurdity of point 3 (that to 1924, when Gabriel Faun~ died, it pendent on plants, we might call our- MetTel described some of the different was essentially music of yesterday the Assembly may pass a measure ve- selves "human parasites on the sun." problems which the students have rather than of today. Next to hearing toed by the faculty) is beyond the lim- The sun, ho,Yever, is extremely small given them to work out, and how sue· music that is familial' we enjoy most it. It is equal to a provision by which in comparison with the main part of music which is at least comprehensi- cessf'ully Lowthorpe girls compete with the students dictate to the faculty. the universe-the stars. Recently it ble, And the programme was thor- individuals of similar training, At the There is a decided diffel'ellC'e between has been discovered that there are oughly compl'ehensibte. many more stars than people e,·en present time, Mrs.