Page Two S THE COLLEGE NEWS THE COLLEGE NEW (Founded in 1914) } 2 Published weekly during the College Year (excepting ‘during Thanks- ving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) n the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. s sail The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing thak apgeare in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written . permission of the Editor-in-Chief. ' Editorial Board _ Susip INGALLS, ’41, Editor-in-Chief VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, ’41, Copy ALICE CROWDER, 42, News ELIZABKTH CROZIER, .’41 AGNES MASON, ’42 JOAN GRoss, 742 LENORE O BOYLE, ’43 Editorial Staff BARBARA BECHTOLD, ’42 - MARGUERITE’ BOGATKO, ’41 BARBARA COOLEY, ’42 ANN ELLICOTT, ’42 FRANCES LYND, ’43 ANNE DENNY, 743 BARBARA HERMAN, a AGNES MARTIN, ’43 ISABEL MARTIN, 42 . JANET MEYER, 742 “VIRGINIA NICHOLS, ’41 - REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42 SALLY MATTESON, 743 SALLY JACOBS, 743 "43 Sports Music J CHRISTINE WAPLES, 742 PorTIA MILLER, ’43 Photo LILLI SCHWENK, ’42 ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, 741 Business Board MARGUERITE Howarp, '41, Manager RutTH McGovern, ’41, Advertising JUDITH BREGMAN, 742 MARTHA GANS, 42 Theatre OLIVIA KAHN, ’41 ELIZABETH GREGG, ’42 BETTY MARIE JONES, ’42 CELIA MOSKOVITZ, 743 MARILYN O’BOYLE, 743 ELIZABETH NICcCROSI, 743 Subscription Board GRACE WEIGLE, ’43, Manager FLORENCE KELTON, 743 CONSTANCE BRISTOL, 43 WATSON: PRINCE, 743 CAROLINE WACHENHEIMER, ’43 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 : MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office Elections The Advertising and Busi- ness Board of the COLLEGE Opinion Heilperin Discusses Effect Of German Victory or Defeat on America To the Editor of the COLLEGE NEWS: I was greatly interested by your Editorial on “Middle Ways” with- out finding myself in agreement with certain of the statements made therein. Since the matter is of great importance, may’ I offer you my comments. You consider as a dubious as- sumption the opinion sommetimes ex- pressed that a German victory would spell disaster on the Ameri- can way of. life. You doubt the “value of a British victory when weighed against the cost of war and the. questionable results of English peace terms.” Regarding the first point, the an- swer is not merely a matter of opinion. Consider the implications of a German victory: this country would continue to arm on an in- creasing scale because in a world largely dominated by militaristic ‘powers this country could not af- i\ford to stay unarmed. The arma- | ment program would become a per- History of Science The series of lectures on the history of science was concluded on Monday night. These weekly meetings have been exceptionally stimulating andthe success of the idea cannot be doubted. We be- lieve this experiment which has proven such a success should now be incorporated in the college curriculum as a course to be given at regular intervals.” Translating a series of lectures into courses involves many difficylties. It can only be solved by pushing further the coopera- tive efforts which the various departments have already made. The idea has, however, the undoubted support of the campus as a whole and has proven its potential worth. We feel that this course could be alternated with a course organized along the lines of the 18th century given last year. The science course would probably be more of a lecture course than was the 18th century and would also be more of a survey study. The 18th century or some such period study would fll a different need, in that it would be pri- marily a discussion class based on student reports. Both courses would ‘be non-specialized and should draw students and faculty from all fields. We hope_it is possible to include every year one such course offering a broad viewpoint and not limited to particular interests. 7 Union Now | Our Town was a successful cooperative effort of two small colleges. As such it provided a concrete example of a sentiment and faith vigorously propounded this year by college officials of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore. The fall play produced jointly by Bryn Mawr and Haverford climaxes the unofficial par- ticipation by the two colleges in small plays and in other extra- curricular activities. Cooperation in extracurricular events has begun to spread to academic lines. President Morley of Haverford has said that, “by pooling facilities, while preserving autonomy, small colleges can give their students university advantages without in any way sac- rificing the inestimable assets of the small colleges.” The limitations of a small college as to the size of its faculty and the number of specialized courses it can provide could be greatly minimized by sharing the particular advantages offered by the individual colleges. 3 The development of joint participation in academic work will undoubtedly have to proceed slowly, as has been the case in extra- curricular events. Already, however, outside lectures are shared and advanced publicity arranged. Some few students interchange for particular courses and one or two faculty members give lectures at other colleges.~ If the cooperative efforts continue along these lines, much of the present financial strain will be relieved without necessitating the sacrifice of local autonomy or individual policies.