| Voice of Bryn- Mawr.

‘on the “Mystery of

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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October 27, 1934.

To the Editor of-the News:

After reading your recent editorial
the ~° Reserve
Room,” it seems evident that the writ-

»f is ignorant of the rules governing

the reserved books. ' Exceptions to the
posted rules are always made when
good reasons are presented.

In the first place, the student, who
is leaving for the week-end and who
wants to take a book, is, allowed to
take it at 9.30 on Friday evening, pro-
vided there are other copies of the
book available, that the class is small,
and that she can assure the librarian
that such an act does not interfere
with the work of the other students.
~ Secondly, as for the “studious spir-
it” who reads “unwanted supplement-
ary books,” it has been the practice
for the librarian to take said book
from the reserve and to allow the

_ “studious spirit” to take the book in

her own name and thus to remove the
danger of “mould” gathering on the
“incomprehensible” volume.

The third point is well taken. It
has semed to the librarian entirely
unnecessary to have a reserve at all
for the small class. It would seem far
better to allow the “scholar” who “in-
volves herself in a small class of a
higher and deeper nature” to be per-

'+ mitted to take the needed books from

the Stacks in her own name and thus
not be hampered by the two hour time
limit,
for books in more popular demand.
This, however, is a matter for the in-
dividual professor to decide.

As far as the fourth point is con-
cerned, the librarian will not attempt
to judge of the relative “conducive”
merits of the “interior decoration” of
the smoking-room and of the library
reading room as places _for serious
work. Experience has proven that it

. is not wise to allow reserve books gen-

erally to be taken from the building
during the day. However, students
have always been allowed to take. re-
serve books to any part-of the library
building, including the Cloisters, pro-
vided they indicate their location on
the reserve slip. Also, books may be
taken toa student’s room_or to the
Infirmary in case of illness.

Your writer probably does not_real-
ize that each hall is provided with
a library which contains duplicates of
many of the books which are always
put on the reserve. The books may be
used in private rooms or smoking-
rooms when a proper charge has been
left for them.

We agree with the writer that we
shall always have the lawless and the
careless with us. Their actions work
a hardship; not on the librarians, but
on their own classmates. It is. be-
cause of them that rules are neces-
sary.

Finally, it has_been the policy of
this college library to have as few
rules as possible and to permit only
such rules as have for their objective
the greatest good for the greatest
number.

Sincerely yours, 2
~Lots A, REED,
Librarian.

 

Dr. Wells Discusses
Situation in Germany

 

Continued from Page One
advances in humanity, but for the

_ Germans they represent degradation.

The outside world made the conditions
that made the Third Reich possible,
and we may not, therefore, talk too

~-glibly of German guilt, for we are ac-

complices before the fact.

Hitlerism has brought internal

/ peace and outward unity to Germany.

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The Communist street disorders are
a thing of the past, and the Republic,
which, under the old Weimahr, was di-

vided into states whose relation to the| W
central government was unsatisfac-
_ tory, is now divided into administ

ive departments. No more pe poli-

_ ties and states’ rights may impéde the
_ development of the country:

- The referendum vote of August 19th
owed that 85'per cert. of the people

which is absolutely necessary |

 

a planned agricultural program is be-
|ing introduced

|| decline in foreign trade, a larger per-

centage of the people were opposed to
the government, but there is no doubt

that internal péace and outward unity”

are an estaMlished fact. Whether
this peace and unity have been bought
at too high a price remains to be-seen.

National Socialism is imbued with
idealism and a spirit of self-sacrifice.
“Common good comes before individ-
ual good,” or “Genera] welfare before
private gain” is a common maxim, The
people, especially the young people,
have enthusiasm, devotion, faith in the
future and in a new and better state
of German blood on German soil. Nazi-
ism is essentially a Youth Movement,
and the young people have responded
to Hitler’s call. The spirit of self-
sacrifice may be found in all classes,
as was demonstrated in the relief
movement last winter, when seven mil-
lion needy Germans were given assist-
ance. "Too much stress has been laid
in the papers on the barbarous side of
Naziism, for the National Socialist
People’s Welfare Organization can-
not be disregarded. Hitler is now
launching a campaign for the coming
winter against hunger and cold in the
face of even greater difficulties than
existed last year.

Unemployment has decreased from

six million in January, 1933, to two}

million, four hundred thousand in Au-
gust, 1934. Part of the decrease was
due to a natural revival of internal
trade, but mainly to the public works
program. Old roads and houses are
being repaired, new roads and houses
are being built. There is a Voluntary
Labor Service, corresponding to our
Civilian Conservation Corps, whicli
does reforestation and road-building.
The Labor Service is voluntary for the
rank. and file between the ages of 17
and 25, but is compulsory for Uni-
versity students. It does not train for
war, as is commonly believed, but does
train the young people in the prin-
ciples of Naziism, and it attempts
to raise the standard of physique. All
the unmarried young people have been
discharged from their ‘positions. in
business and industry, and put to
work in the Labor Service. Their po-
sitions are filled by married older peo-
ple, and pressure has been put on the
employers to hire more workers and
to discharge no one, ‘In the case of
a husband and wife both being em-
ployed, the woman is discharged, and
in order to encourage marriages, State
loans are made to newly-married cou-
ples. Twenty-five per cent. of the
loan is cancelled for each child born.
The tax on automobiles has been abol-
ished, and other taxes have been re-
duced. Part of the net profits of any
business are exempted from taxation
if it is used to replace the plants and
machinery.

Two criticisms may be made of the
employment statistics, First, they are
not computed on a pre-Hitler basis,
because the 930,000 people in the Re-
lief works are listed as employed, al-
though they receive only 25 pfennigs
a day. The Jews and Pacifists who
lost their jobs in the Revolution are
not listed as unemployed if they have
pensions or incomes. Furthermore,
the total volume of wages has not in-
creased, and the wage level has in-
creased only slightly, while prices have

risen through inflation, so that real

wages are generally lower than before
the Revolution.

A more important criticisni may be
raised that the unemployment decrease
may not be permanent. The recovery
program has been largely financed on
credit, dependent on an industrial ré-
vival, but an‘industrial revival is‘im-
possible in a country whose domestic
prices are rising, whose raw mate-
rials are imported, and which is fac-
ed with the problem of tariffs and
Jewish boycotts. The’floating debt is
becoming unmanageable, and a col-
lapse has been predicted in the next
three months, but a collapse is impos-
sible unless Hitler is assassinated.
Germany an live as a self-contained
economic unit, but it must be on a
lower standard of living. The public
ks program’ must be maintained

ermanently, but not at its present
extent,

It is true that the peasant is more
secure in his land holdings than for-
merly and is being protected against
eviction for debt. Stress is being laid
on the independent small farmer, and

to make German agri-
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red the power fraudulently ‘and elect-'tyaditional sparkling press agent, she

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gained more equality and respect, but | days in the history of National Social-
the trade unions have been destroyed, | ism.
and the labor organizations which): Although Germany._is _rearming,
have been set up are no more-6 solu-| German militarism is no worse than
tion of the labor problem than are other militarisms. The Germans say
the United States company unions.!that they do not want war, but that
There is a good deal of latent radical- they expect it. The worst part of the
ism, and employers complain that em~' situation is that the will to peace is
ployees are more difficult to deal with failing in°Europe. But just as Ger-
in the labor organizations than they many and her allies were not solely
were in the old trade unions. responsible for the World War, so
The more unfavorable aspects of | Germany will not be solely responsible
National Socialism may now be con-| for any new war that may arise.
sidered. The injustice of the Anti-| py Wells concluded by saying that
Semitic policy cannot be explained yp. giq not ask for blind approval of
away, although there is no doubt that | tne Nazis, but for sympathetic and in-
there was a troublesome Jewish prob- |telligent understanding of the strug-

lem in Germany. The Jews in Ger-| gle of a great nation to find itself.
nany are not physically tortured, but | | /

they suffer real mental anguish.) /
Young men and women of names that, ‘News of the New York Theatres
‘were great in the 19th century are; We rejoice to read that in the eyes
now all outcasts. Jewish bankers, in-| of better critics than we Sean
dustrialists, and business’ men are!Q’Casey’s Within the Gates is the
better off than doctors, lawyers, and) masterpiece of the New Theatre. For
teachers, and’ thé Jews are better tol-! once, the blasé. and @isilusioned re-
erated in cities like Berlin than in| viewers are united in their joy over
the country districts. The fact that! finding a play that is “brave and beau-
some Jews are coming back to Berlin |tiful and stirring,” that satisfies their
does not mean that the official policy | dreams of a “many-voiced drama that
is changing, but that many Germans: “would plunge deeper and soar higher
who are loyal.to the new regime are’ than nervous realism and employ
unsympathetic with this racial policy.) singing and dancing as handmaids of
The Christian Church has been at- the stage.” Within the Gates lectures
tacked because. it has been strongly, the audience in no uncertain terms;
opposed to the Jewish oppression, and jt fights fear and hypocrisy in sneer-
because many Germans feel that the ing sarcasms; but it is not the play

 

 

 

Church is objectionable because of of a disappointed cynic. Basically,|
its Jewish origin. Some people want Mr, O’Casey enjoys all the fun and}
a German religion, and some want to| glory. of living, and to such an extent
retain Christianity with a conception | |that he has no time and very bitter
of Christ as a Nordic type and not as. words for people who do not enjoy it
a humble Nazarene. Some people be-}to9, He looks upon life with an ar-
lieve that Christ was not a Jew, but dent love that has not been equalled
an Aryan, and want to exclude from since the time of the Elizabethans,
any religious positions anyone who is and when he has gotten through ex-
of non-Aryan descent or is married to hibiting life to the audience, no trivial

 

a non-Aryan. ‘realism will ever satisfy them again.

On the Protestant side, the unity of Not since the days of the dearly be-|
the new church has been wrecked by joyved Once in a Lifetime has Holly-
rebellion and schism. The Catholics! y6oq been held up for its full share of
feel that non-political Catholic socie-' »idicule. But this year we have with us
ties are being persecuted and that/, gatirical opus by Lawrence Riley,
loyal Catholics are being arrested entitled Personal Appearance, which
and imprisoned. The Nazi officials do |; is not far from following in the foot-
not want a fight with Rome until af-) steps of its immortal predecessor. At
ter the Sahr plebiscite next January, first glance, the plot appears’ to be
for the Sahr is a Catholic region.\ rather thin. The wife of the president
For years the German Protestants ‘of Super Pictures, Inc., is an egotisti-
have wanted to unite the Lutheran | ea] lady in the best Hollywod tradi-
and Calvinist faiths into one German tion, who looks upon life and finds it
church. Outward unity was wacom eihetl pas be composed of obedient satellites.
last year, but no agreement could be! ghe comes a cropper in her expecta-
reached on questions of method, policy, | ‘tions, however, when, in the midst of
or belief. When the Christians seiz-', personal appearance tour with the

ed Ludwig Miiller~as~Bishop, the| pecomes stranded on an Eastern Penn-
Protestant congregation rebelled, and | svivania farm. It could not be other-
now an open schism exists. Hitler | wise but’ that she should fall violent-

has said that the state would not in-! jy in love with the unsophisticated, in-
terfere in Church matters, but the | expefienced, and gangling farmer’s

state has intervened in behalf of the son, but albeit the idea is a trifle over-
Christians and the Reichsbishop. The done, the ensuing complications are
Protestants are driven to holding’ amusing in the extreme.

church services in which detailed ac- |

f th k that is
counts of the church struggle are giv-'! vee Seng oh the: Wee ova

f 2 the st 1 guaranteed to make the whole college
en, for no news of the struggle maY | wish ty ceud Git Ww eoadvins: ienicht

one pial Menges sil ta bs ‘was Noel Coward’s Conversation
Freedom of thought and “kultur’’| We are getting rather tired of

    

| Piece.
are regulated. “Kultur’’ is under a'
bureau, which organizes radio speech- |
es, lectures, and propaganda, The |
National Ministry Office for Popular |
Enlightenment and Propaganda pub-
lishes each month a list of suggested |
books, whose:. titles. includes Mein'
Kampf, Our Sahr.Land Without Fu-|
ture, and Land Without Children.
Some questions may still be debated if,
they are related to ways and means or}
if’the debate is held within the party.
Academic freedom in ‘the Social Sci-'
ences is restricted, and the scope
education, is narrowed. The individual
is being taught and developed for the
good of the state. The press is so
strictly censored that the public re-
lies for its news on rumors and on
the foreign press. Many educated
Germans declare that they know only
what they read in the London papers.
The fact that Germany is still gov-
erned by personal caprice rather than
by law was demonstrated in the sup-
pression of the Roehn revolt on June
30, 1934. June 30 was nothing less
than a modern Saint Bartholomew’ s
Day, and there is no knowing how
many people were slain. Some of them
were shot because they knew too much
about the burning of the Reichstadt,
but it is generally agreed that there
were serious differences in the parties.
In September there was growing talk
of the need for a second revolution,’
and it was rumored that at the burial
of Mrs. Ernst, a ‘Storm Trooper had

 

s, |tried to shoot Hitler. This offers a

| may have inferred by now, is not 80

a vides an evening’s light and highly

|saying that Noel Coward’s latest play
|is not so good as Private Lives: we
| Suspect that never again will the mood
;of the theatre and the genius of a
playwright be just right for another
such piece of perfect, sophisticated,
and mannered drawing room comedy.
We might just as well give up hope,
‘and accept what comes from the pen
of Mr. Coward with thanks and fond
;memories. Conversation Piece, as you

good as—need we go on? But it pro-

amusing entertainment, especially for
those who pride themselves on their
ability to understand dialogue, a good
half of which is in French. The su-
perbly vivacious and finished acting
of Yvonne Printemps, and the beauty
of the theme song, “I Follow My Se-
cret. Heart,” are worth seeing and
hearing for themselves alone, but, in
addition, the theme and plot of the
play are intrinsically funny. The set-
ting is Brighton in 1811, and the cos-
tuming is a revelation of the beauty
of the period’s clothes. Yvonne Prin-
temps plays the part of a young
French girl who is picked up in a
Paris cafe by an Englishman and
brought to Brighton, purely as a busi-
ness proposition, in order to marry
her off to a rich duke.. In Brighton,
however, she displays a disturbing
tendency to make friends with mis-
tresses instead of with the nobility,

: in which she invites

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Fencing
Pauline -Manship, ’36, has been
appointed fencing manager for .
1934-35. °

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recommend is The First Legion, a
drama of Jesuit life.
this play lies in the variety of its
characterizations, and the most widely
divérse and dubious audiences have
been completely captivated by it. It
has a serenity and repose which is
foreign, to put it mildly, to the Broad-
way stage, and anyone who is not bor-
ed -by the simple things of life, will
be deeply interested in the peaceful
and yet complicated lives of these sim-
ple priests. The main point of dis-
sension occurs over a miracle which
is discovered to have been false, .and
over the question of whether its false-
ness shall be concealed or announced
to the public. One of the priests loses
his faith in God when this discovery
is made, but recovers it finally when
a real miracle actually is performed.
This is not, as we have previously

‘hinted, a highly exciting play, but is

worth seeing for the sake of the -at-
mosphere and characterization,

 

Miss Ely’s Speech
Rouses Enthusiasm

 

Continued from Page One

“Look here, your trouble’s not in the
‘front; it’s in the rear!”

Miss Ely does not mind being talk-
ed about, but she doés object to being
misunderstood. Recently a gentleman
who is an outstanding citizen in his
town refused to be introduced to her
“because she’ was a politician.” Of
course, she is a politician, but all these
are not alike. This man, without in-

'quiring “about her at all, took it for

granted that anyone running for office
was/striving for private gain and
fame. Such unqualified disapproval
of politicians is worse than party in-
ertia. Outstanding citizens, and all
citizens, should make an effort to dis-
cover if candidates are self-seeking
as is commonly supposed, or if some

of them are moved by~an interest in

general welfare and in the re-vitaliz-
ing of politics.

Thus, understanding of each other’s
aims and needs is necessary for the
candidate and for the voter. Knowl-
edge of a wide range of people is nec-
essary for fullness of private life as
well. People living in a narrow group
miss the general tendencies and spirit
of their time and remain undeveloped.
Other men beyond one’s own small cir-
cle should be met with friendly tol-
erance and curiosity. “Friends” is
more than a politician’s way of ad-
dressing his audience. It symbolizes
a warm interest and arouses sym-
pathy in return. An old Italian la-

borer once asked Miss Ely if she had.

heard how President Roosevelt began
a speech on the radio. “He began,”
elucidated the old man, with a broad,
satisfied smile, “he began, ‘Friends.’ ”

“So, Friends,” concluded Miss Ely.
“Will you please remember what I
came here to ask and almost forgot
about? Please vote for me!”

 

THE PANTS PROBLEM
OR
WHERE CAN WE HIDE?

 

 

Taylor clock: excellent view of moon,
but accommodations crowded.

Taylor loft: large and barren, with
bookish atmosphere.

Taylor basement: if you don’t mind

Joe.

Library towers: if you don’t mind
bats. Oo

Stacks: complete solitude.

Carola ‘Woerishoeffer Room: - also
complete solitude.

The Catacombs under Rock: if you

won’t get wrapped around the
pipes.

May Day Room: »apiano for rau-
cous gatherings.

Self-Gov. Room: bearding the lion in
his den.

Dressing rooms and scenery loft in
Goodhart: dangerous (?), un-
less agile. ,

Dalton Zoo (5th. floor) :

mind guinea pigs and rabbits.

Rock Show Case: can be both heard
and seen.

Pem Show Cases: ean be seen but

not heard.

| Merion Show Case: can be heard but

Lae aoe

: can be neit!

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