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rule, the Ideal of democratic nations.

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Centre College Invades
unopened to Kentucky nthlctes. Her football team, as
a reward for last year'a brilliant season, Is accorded the opportunity of
putting Kentucky on the foothnll map
of tho country. She goes forth to
battle as the best team of the South,
wtith the honor of Kentucky in her
hands nml with the best wishes of nil
true Kcntuckinns. Every little henrt
tug is a pull for Centre.
But November 13 will be another
brown horse of a different color. On
that day, Kentucky meets Centre on
Stoll Field. We can let bygones be bygones and be good enemies ngaln. Wo
hope to accord them the compliment
they paid us last year.
But now, just for. this week-end- ,
we're Cor you, Centre, and want you
to win.
Tomorrow

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Hnlere.l nt l.oxInRton
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Managing Editor
Martha Buckman,
Associate Editors

Kmmett Swliwliclm, '23 DonnM Dlnnlnc, 'SI
Mary Archer Ilcll. '21 A.lcle Shule. '21
Lucille Moore, '21
Mary E. James, '22
Thompson Van Dercn, '21

Reporters
Katherlne "Weakley, '21
Anna Louise Connor, '23
Irene McNamara, '23
Kathorlno Conroy, '23
Dorothea Murpl'y, '22

By Troy Lawson Perkins

"My truth Is the truth"

territory hitherto

milmrrlpllon. One Dollar nml Fifty Cent
n Year. II o Centu the Copy.
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VS. CENTRE.

Blilc Itache. '23
Clarahel Kaye. '21
Ailallne Mann. 22
Rather Harrls.'22
luiyinontl Kirk, '23

To those who live east of the University and who take pleasure in walkBusiness Manager
ing, it will be an agreeable surprise to
H. B. Lloyd, '21
know that the watercourse which bars
the pleasant path from the campus to
Advertising Staff
the corner of Rose street and Rose
Uurton Prewllt, '22
Lane 'the one where you have to
13. Claunch. '21
J.
Harold F. Walts, '23
climb a sty In front of Doctor Patterson's residence and another one down
Circulation Manager
by the toolhouse has been bridged
Glenn Tinsley, '22
with a bridge which even a Freshman
may cross with dignity if he so desires.
STROLLER TRYOUTS.
The Kernel is pleased to note among It makes accessible the most pleasant
campus.
those who are to try out for the Strol- walk on the
year a tendency to select a
lers this
r
struggle with "kats
After a
higher class of entertainment to
present as evidence of their ability In pajamas" we are forced to admit that
dramatics. The idea that a clog dance Squirrel Food riddles are too much
or a blackface monologue Is an ex- for us. We don't care what ahe sleeps
pression of art Is fast going Into the in, anyway.
limbo of misconceptions.
The choice of the candidates this Photoplay Technique in
year seems ito run more to the classics
A College Course.
mnd to well known plays. The Strollers have had much to do with this by Announcement is made that a course
Expressing in general terms what Is in the technique of the moving picture
It is hoped that will be included in the currlculm of
desirable 'in a
'they will continue to Improve the Columbia University In New York
Quality of the standard of ability.
City. The course is a part of the Department of English and was tried out
, THE SOPHOMORE ELECTION
this summer with signal success
so
t While results of the Sophomore go the reports received.
jplan of election of class officers were
"The course is still in an experimennot altogether iwhat might have been tal state," said Dr. Hunt, who is in
hoped, the plan is not to be condemned charge of this department. "What
after a single trial. Even had the we are attempting is to determine for
scheme proved a complete failure, the ourselves the value of the motion picvery fact that an experiment had been ture as an aid to Instruction in bio
hiade is a mark of progress. This graphy, history and whatever other
particular method may not produce studies lend themselves to plcturlza-tion- .
satisfactory results, but if the search
is continued one will be found which
The course in the writing and conwill make a nearer approach to the struction of the photoplay, given under
rule" plan.
Ideal than the old "mob
Mr. Patterson, takes up the motion
We cannot see that the Sophomore picture from an entirely different
plan is more "demorcatlc," as the en- angle.
thusiastic reporter has it, than the
"We are going to try to teach those
method previously in vogue. The students iwho show talent the actual
a technical points connected with
choosing of candidates for office
the
week before election cannot do away writing of photoplays," said Mr. Patwith college prejudices or fraternity terson. ,vWe have our laboratories for
and sorority politics. It has been point- this right in the motion picture theaed out that the feature of the plan Is tres of the city and in our own classthat a candidate unfitted for office rooms, where from time to .time wo
cannot be elected because he belongs show current films and attempt to
to a college which can give him a ma- analyze them from all points that
jority. Surely It is not thought that could be of interest to writers for tho
Teflectlon of a week is sufficient to screen.
This will include all the
cause an Engineer to vote for an A. B., camera tricks and devices. The stuversa. There are those in dent must have a pretty fair knowor vice
the body politic who claim to be In- ledge of the limits and possibilities of
dependent of party, but when the time the camera, the use of the close-up- ,
comes they fall in lino as promptly the fade-Iin the develand fade-ouas do those who vote "straight."
opment of the story, adaption of the
of tho story and dramatization of setting."
The main accomplishment
Sophomore plan, as we see It, Is that
Photoplay Magazine.
the officers are chosen without tho
usual confusion and argument and in
American Chemical Society
a minimum of time. This, we suspect,
rather than "democracy," was Dean Meets Wednesday Afternoon
Melchor's purpose In offering the plan.
The local branch of the American
Certainly those of the Sophomore who
Society will hold its next
recall (their class election of last year Chemical
meeting Wednesday, October 25, In
can sympathize (with this purpose.
p. m.
rrhe Freshman class will do well to Kastle Hall at 3:30
Dr. W. D. Vallau will speak upon
follow the precedent set by the class
of '23. In addition to selecting can- Seed Treatment as a Means of Control
didates at the first meeting, or con- of Corn Itot and Professor
and Dr. D. J. Healy will speak
vention, it might bo well at tho same
time to eliminate all but two aspirants upon Hydrogen Ion Contraction and
This can bo done Biological Reactions.
for each office.
Studonts are welcomed to attend
easily and will give tho democracy
attributed to the other plan. A rising this meeting ut the Experiment
vote is all that Is necessary to de- -

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M. Edgar Schofield furnished valiant
support to the star. We do not expect
any performer of stellar magnitude to
surround herself with extraordinary
tall timber, and while this gentleman
is mot that, his selections, particulars
ly the
were well given and
well liked.
The performance in one place gave
I was
me hefty food for thought.
pleased to see the satisfaction of the
audience at the rendition of "Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot." This is an appealing ballad, and is a part of the
only body of sound native music that
we can boast, viz, the negro
But there is something more. A Bohemian by the name of Dvorak (familiar as the composer of "Humores-que"- )
wrote a symphony out in Iowa
about 1900 and called it the "Symphony From tho New World." In this
work he used our friend above for his
chief theme. Now tho point is this:
most anyone will listen to "Swing LOw,
Sweet Chariot," willingly enough, but
if you take its most beautiful phrase,
add more beautiful music, state it,
develop it with pleasing variations,
restate it, broaden it with a free fantasia of Ingenious orchestration, recapitulate, and call it all a "Symphony,"
the very same person will shy at it
like a Kurd at a bath-tub- .
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Our Burlesque Series.

Walter Prltchard Eaton once asked
the uso of paying five dollars to boo
Geraldlne Farrar In "Carmen" nt tho
Metropolitan Opera House, without
the bull, when you could soo her in
the movies for a nickel with tho bull
thrown in. Despite the fact that she
was currently on view for less than
the war tax on her concert ticket, tho
crowdB went to see her at tho Woodland Auditorium In an eager rush. Her
appoa ranee was tho second of the
Artists Concert Series, under the auspices of Miss Anna Chandler Goff,
Schumann-Heinappears
Madame
later, the date to be announced.
In a rather eclectic program one saw
no traco of the usual stand-by- s
beloved
of the hinterland coloraturas: "Depuls
le Jour" from "Douise," or "Un Bel
Dl" from "Butterfly," or the "Carmen,"
"Habanera," or even "Sliver Threads
Among the Gold." However, I should
have enjoyed the "Mignon" "Oonnais-tle Pays?" Such rare fowl as Bach,
Mozart, Scarlatti, Richard Strauss,
Debussy, Dvorak and Tschaikowsky,
furnished the gayety on the evening's
program which was almost wholly lyrical. The best of the lot was the
Richard Strauss "Serenade."
Nearly everyone went quite as much
to see as to hear and they received
an eyeful. Following the ancient custom of plpular singers, Mile. Farrar
sat f.own and accompanied herself
through a piece or so, to the great
glee of her devotees. This stunt never
fails, and the great movie actress does
it right fetchingly.
For Instrumental diversion Miss Ada
Sassoli rendered a few selections on
the harp, chiefly French (the selections, not the harp). Her best piece
was tho Bach "Bouree."

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People are perpetually afraid of
something. They are looking for an
apocalypse, and what they hear is a
simple melody gracefully twisted and
woven; they scratch their heads, and
shake them, and look like a Patagon-iawould look before the hieroglyphics on Belshazzar's wall. They are
continually screwing up their bolts and
corsets, and taking deep breaths, and
sotting their (teeth when told that
they are about to hear a work of art.
Forgot techniHuman,
que! Bah, for harmony; a has, to polyphony; tlsh, to counterpoint; tush, to
legato; pish, for tempo; posh, for
forte, and piu forte, and fortissimo,
and fortlsslsslmo, and all tho rest. Cut
loose and listen to the music.
Babies are not a laughing-matter- ;
they are an economic fact.

Typical criticism of a Concert
Before one of tho largest audiences
of this or any season, an audience that
filled every available inch of tho hall,
Mndamo
tho
coloraturs soprano, demonstrated once again her unchanging charm,
historic power, amazing versatility,
and the superior timbre of her matchless voice. A tremor of expectation
ran through the audionce as tho
upon tho
Madame came, queon-llkstage. The glitter of the great artist's
Jewels fairly dazzled one. When wo
attempted to look nt her, we had to
take our eyes away. Sitting where we
were the sparkle blinded us, and we
noticed the same effect on our neighbor who sat behind us. Madame was
dressed most simply and dazzlingly in
middle-blousa
a plaid
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a combi
and cheese
nation organdie-chiffocolored hose,
cloth skirt,
pumps.
and a pair of blue, fresh-wate-r
down
With her hair done in a
reher back, Madame
minded one sweetly of Mother Mach- ree.
It was an auspicious occasion. All
of the Four Hundred were present;
all four hundred of them. Mrs. P.
Percy Slowpup Gradually was entertaining a slumber-party- .
Mrs. Gaston
E.
the wife of the toothpick-king,
had isome royal visitors
from Vulgaria, one of the Balkan
States. Mrs. C. C. C. C. Cecil had a
they were lying all about
the box. All of the patronesses were
there: (Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Watkins,
Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Tompkins, Mrs.
Hopkins, Mrs. Jtoneese, Mrs. Smythe,
Mrs. Broune, Mrs. Phffelffer, Mrs.
Phuller and Mrs. Pshaw.
What was probably the most captivating portion of the program was
characterisMadame
tic and fascinating group of
In each of these Madame
displayed a simple and artless charm
that was wholly irresistible. Her rendering of "The Hosiery," demonstrated
once again the softness, dependability,
and fine fibre of that grand old song.
from
Her rendering of the death-scen"Carmen" was unusual: it was the1
only "Carmen" we ever saw that didn't
strike in a critical situation. Her por
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trayal of the agonies of death by
was remarkable. Some critics
have cavilled at her for singing for
five minutes after she was dead. The
criticism Is pointless and means nothing; frogs often kick for a half hour
after they are dead; can't a prima
donna be allowed five minutes?
limpid and
Madam
flute-likvoice lias taken on added
richness since last we heard it. After
innumerable recalls, and at the finish
of the concert, Madame seated herself
at the piano and ang: "There'll Be
a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight."
A word as to the assisting artists.
The piano was a Bickering all through
the concert. Punk was furnished by
Ting Ling, the Chinese dealer. Doodads and kickshaws were donated by
tho Oriental firm of Cohen, O'Brien,
and Pomotti. Costumes were
The
and
Madame's legal counsel during her
stay here was the downtown firm of
Jones, Jones and Jones.
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The program credited Luther Reed
nnd Halo Hamilton with tho authorship of the play. M. Reed has beert
'a scenario writer nt tho Metro Moving
Plcturo Studios in Hollywood, California, for some little time. M. .Hamilton was starred by Metro for awhile,
or as long ns ho could hold the pace.
It wns natural that unusual dramaturgic brains should meet, nnd It was
meet that something unusual should
hnppen. "Dear Mo" wns what happened. I would suggest to M. Reed,
en passant, ithat ho (writes good movies
nnd that I understand pretty good
prices nro paid for them.
My optomistlc and highly moral confrere, tho Lexington Herald critic,
spins some vers llbro In favor of this
opus, but I fail to sco it. It is about
tho fifty thousandth edition of "Polly-annn,- "
with revisions, and the fifty
millionth of "Cinderella," with loss re
vision. And while the Cinderella-Pol- lyanna complex ils very good fare, it
palls on one after the first four or
five hundred years.
Tho startling
novelty of "Do Unto Others," "Bo
Glad." and the fairy prince In disguise, has seduced many a craftier
brain than (the present Sardous. Tho
spectacle derives more directly may
hap from its obvious hot bed and incubator, tho movies. It resounds audibly of the professional optimism of
many a Fairbanks
notably
"The Habit of Happiness," and "Mr.
Fixit" (in this case Miss Fixlt). Vivian
Martin has done the saccharine slavey
with the Minorvan intellect a round
dozen times; and most of Vivian's
"whimsicalities," being adapted from
books, are less labored than the "Dear
Me" and geranium conceptions. The
geranium "business" is but the shadow
g
of ten thousand
s
that the screen
has spewed forth In its short but energetic life: Vide Mae Marsh's rubber-plain "Intolerance." The "Dear Me"
stagger at "quaintness" is a trick that
every third-ratscenario hack is privy
to. It lis used continually by the
Griffiths and the Pickfords and the
d
Saccharine School: Vide 'Mary
and Lillian Glsh's courting and
talking with a coat; Vide Mae Marsh
playing with herself, Carol Dempster
having tea with herself, and Charles
Ray advising himself in front of a
mirror; et, cetera, et cetera, through a
half hundred cans of reel fodder. I
labor on this point because several excellent minds were befuddled into
thinking this stuff original.
The work resembles in more respects, than a few, an Oliver Morosco
production of a few years back: "Personality."
It descends in a general
way from New Thought, Higher
Dr. Frank Crane, Orison
Sweet Marden, and other plfflish faith
systems currently on display. It takes
color from the national cocksureness,
and deeply conbelief in cure-allviction that success is a matter of a
limousine, a French maid, and a mob
following.
Running true to form, we have in
g
the first act, the bedraggled hero
the fourth wall and confiding- to
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the fact that he Is
the
always chasing rainbows: we have the
heroine In the .second act saying, true
to form, "Oh, you don't understand,
can never understand: we have the
heroine in the scherzo, true to form,
vilifying Broadway and resolving to
return to the Bcene of her first labors
"when we were happy," and, finally,
we have in the coda, truer than ever
to form, Hour old, old friend tho banquet scone, with everybody happy,
drinking molasses-water- ,
and recapitulating the previous gags of the piece.
But that Us what a coda is.for, anyway.
There is nothing now in the play.
Its revamping of hoary venorablea is
done with a vaudeville technique, especially in the placing of songs and
gags. It follows tho "gag" method of
and any respectable artho
tisan of that medium, say Aaron Hoffman, could have done dt with his left
hand. Its appeal is to a movie intelphilosophy and
lect. Its crlppled-horsismall-timvaudeville construction are
tided Over by a few Qabored puns and
Bevo epigrams.
Grace LaRuo sings well. The last
time I saw the lady she had a
Boug cyclo In vaudeville. She has acquired several new lines since,, that
time. Hale Hamilton, in a sort of
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DEAR ME
I am nothing If not charitable. Upon
hearing from several disturbed and
highly wrought-ubreasts that "Dear
Me" was unusual diversion, I proceeded to tho emporium in question, discharged tho required fee, and lent a
civil year. Charity, I take it, consists
in being kind to those who deserve It.
With which I will proceed.
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