¢ THE COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XL, NO. 12 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1944 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1944 PRICE 10 CENTS | Agnes Smedley Traces Development Of Political Trend in Wartime China Chinese Communists Advocate Formation of Democratic Government Goodhart, January 12. “The Chi- nese fight not merely for bread alone, but for a position of equal- ity in the community of nations. And ideas are to them, and have been since the war began, weapons more powerful than guns,” said Miss Agnes Smedley, war corres- pendent and author, speaking on Recent Chinese Political Develop- ments. Relating Chinese internal trou- ble with the Kuomintang-Commun- ist conflict to Chinese relations with the Allies, Miss Smedley pointed to the growing develop- ment of real democracy in China and the results of recent Allied conferences as pointing to a peace- ful post-war world. In the past few years, there has been an intensification of the con- flict between the Kuomintang and the so-called Chinese Communists, a conflict which has been growing since 1927. The Chinese Red Army, representing the peasants of China, “fought under two ban- ners: anti-imperialism, and _ the agrarian revolution.” Describing the union of the army with the gevernment in the fight against Japan, Miss Smedley emphasized the-political training of the troops. _ The old Chinese Red Army, now the Eighth Route Army, control- ling a large territory of northern China, has introduced democracy as the mode of government there. Continued on Page 4 Undergrad Presents ‘Prelude to War’ Film Goodhart, January 8. The prop- aganda film, Prelude to War, was produced by the War Department Research Council for the army in order to show how and why war came. Comparing our “free” world to the “slave” world of the axis countries, it depicted the es- sential differences in government, religion and attitude. It is one of a series of seven movies deal- ing with the present war, five of which will be shown at Bryn Mawr. The growth. of the “new order” in Germany, Italy, and Japan in the 1920’s was. traced. Begin- ning first in Italy, the movement seemed the easiest way out to a country torn apart by the first War World and faced with two alternatives: reconstruction or fascism. Germany, which had never acknowledged its defeat and whose people had an. inbred love of fighting, was in a “post- war chaos.” Under such condi- tions, it was not hard for Hitler to introduce and popularize “Na- tional Socialism.” In Japan, “The New Order in Asia” was _insti- gated by a nebulous group of war. lords through the emperor, who as a god commands the blind obedience of the people. By means of propaganda and education of the children, the countries were prepared for war. With freedom of the press, law eourts, the right to unionize and othet rights of the democracies abolished, only the church remain- Continued on Page 3 4 Miicernadiae ose AGNES SMEDLEY Use of Propaganda On Italian Fascists Discussed by English Radnor, January 7: Describing the Italian attitude toward Fas- cism as “completely unfanatical’’ Mr. Maurice English, chief of the Italian section of the OWI in New York, -discussed American propaganda to Italy and the ef- fect it has produced on the Ital- ians. “Mr. English, formerly a ‘foreign correspondent of The Chicago Tribune in France, Spain and Portugal during the _ early years of this war, and also direc- tor of foreign broadcasts for the National Broadcasting Company for three years, feels that the lack of enthusiasm for Fascism has helped American and British pro- paganda a great deal. When it was first organized, the Italian division of the OWI was faced with ~ several unforeseen Continued on Page 4 Dr. Hazard Describes Army Naturalization Philadelphia, January 10: Natur- alizing 3,678 men in the armed services by the “Soldier Proced- ure,” Dr. Henry Hazard of.the Im- migration and Naturalization Ser- vice, travelled 42,000 miles in ten months. . Speaking at the Phila- delphia International Institute, Dr. Hazard told of his experiences granting American citizenship to soldiers and sailors in Iceland, Great Britain, Sicily, Italy, and North Africa. ee The requirements for citizenship are at a minimum in, this: Soldier Procedure, explained Dr. Hazard. Applicants must be lawfully ad- mitted to the United States, al- though there is no necessity for permanent residence. They must be in sympathy with this country. There are no racial, age, or resi- dential qualifications; no first pa- ‘pers, fees,,or educational stand- ards_are necessary. “Each appli- cant must be vouched for by two officers,” stated the Overseas Nat- uralization Administrator, “and there is a careful examination of his service record.” Aliens and persons from Axis-dominated coun- tries coming to the United States after 1988 must first be cleared by U. S. headquarters. Continued on Page 3 /under the Gedymin dynasty, 0. Halecki Evaluates — Polish Achievements In Gedymin Dynasty Goodhart, January 10. The val- ue of Polish history for a study of federalism was noted by Pro- fessor Oskar Halecki, Director of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, in his talk “The Polish Federal System 1385- 1569”, as the Mallory Whiting Webster history lecturer. In dis- cussing the Polish federal system he ‘emphasized its achievement in un- ifying peoples of many different creeds and languages. Although they had previously been hostile to each other, Poland and Lithuania, including White Russia, united for purposes of common defense in 1385. Poland and Lithuania at the time were surrounded by the Teutonic Or- der of the Baltic Sea, the Tartars in the southeast, and Muscovy in Continued on Page 4 Metals in Wartime Subject of Lecture By Arthur Patterson “The Physics of Metals” will be the subject of the talk to be given by Mr. Arthur L. Patter- son, Associate Professor of Phy- sics, in Dalton Hall, Wednesday, ‘January 19 at 8:00 o’clock. Spon- sored by the Science Club, this is the second in a series of lectures being given this year on the pos- ition of the sciences in the war. In line with the Science Club’s policy of presenting this series for the benefit of the layman, Mr. Patterson will show that the prob- lem of the use of metals in arm- ing for war is one not limited to engineers. It is important ‘to all, and in relation to the war effort it is comparable to that of map- making, discussed in the first lec- ture by Miss Lehr. It is also one Continued on Page 3 ‘Gertrude Lawrence Will Show Films To Promote Anglo-U.S. Understanding Calendar Friday, January 14 War-Films, Music Room, 8:00. Saturday, January 15 German and Spanish Senior Condition Exams. German Exams for M. A. and Ph. D. Candidates. Monday, January 17 Gertrude Lawrence, “Britain at War,” Goodhart Hall, 8:15. Tuesday, January 18 Current Events. Wednesday, January 19 Mr. Patterson, “The Physics of Metals,” Dalton, 8:00. Chamberlin Presents Series at Haverford On Russian Situation William Henry Chamberlin, for twelve years a foreign corres- pondent in Moscow and author of several books on Russia, is_ the speaker at a series of lectures on Russia being presented by Hav- erford College: The next lecture entitled The Soviets in Power: will be given in Roberts Hall on Jan- uary 18 at 8:00 P. M. The lectures will treat various aspects of Russia’s position. and potentialities. Among the sub- jects to be reviewed are the trans- ition from Leninism to Stalinism, Russian foreign policy, Russian relations with America, post-war plans, and the economic system. They will be delivered on Tues- days, and will continue through April. A distinguished journalist, Mr. Chamberlin began his career as Assistant Magazine Editor of the Philadelphia Press. In 1919 he became the assistant to Heywood Broun on the book section of the New York Herald Tribune, and three. years later went to Mos- Continued on Page 3 Humorous Ghost Haunts Rhoads Basement With Mysterous Slivers of Borrowed Soap By Patricia Platt, °45 Rhoads has acquired a phantom burglar with a sense of humor. Ever since a month before Christ- mas vacation there has been a touch of madness.tinged with whimsy in the air. The inmates of Rhoads North basement have been forced into a state of philo- sophic fatalism because which in- animate objects will start moving around next defies prediction. It all started with soap. The stuff, ordinarily slippery, became positively elusive, and refused to stay where it was put, in soap dishes. The hall bookshop began to run out of stock, as day after day basement inmates purchased more and more soap. Then it be- gan to reappear in small slivers when least expected. It had been thoroughly used in the interim. The result was frustrated out- bursts on the part of would-be washers that reached a fever pitch. A casual observer, walking into the basement bathroom, is confronted with an array of soap dishes, each bearing a warning, the most poetic of which reads: “Who lays a hand on yon green soap, dies like a dog —March on, you dope!” Soap is not the only article now performing antics in Rhoads. Candy bars and other trivia have a way of vanishing and reappear- ing in odd places. One sophomore, after leaving a full candy jar on her bureau when embarking’ on a week-end, returned to find it had vanished. Next morning the jar reappeared, empty. Things mater- ialize as well as evaporate. It is a common occurrence to find var- ious unclaimed items of underwear strewn about the quiet smoker after a seemingly peaceful night. Rhoads is as baffled about its pixies as anybody else. A meeting of the corridor, in an effort to make head or tail of what was going on, ended in near-hysteria. People, stating their losses, found that these had a tendency to correspond to other peoples’ gains, and the web became infinitely tangled. Adjournment left everybody feel- ing the mysterious unseen pres- ence more than ever. Eager would-be detectives have seen and heard nothing. It looks as though Rhoads basement were haunted, or a second Dorothy Say- ers were out.trying to get experi- ence. Even the fundamental issue is unsolved—is it or are we? British Actress Operates Her Own War Service In America Miss Gertrude Lawrence, stage and radio actress, will speak and present films on Britain at War on Monday, January 17, at 8:15 in Goodhart Hall. As an unoffi- cial speaker for the British In- formation Service, she appears as a volunteer in a campaign for better understanding between America and England. The films, supplied by the British Information Service, come from a variety of sources. The first, These are the Men, is a cap- tured German film edited in Eng- land which deals with the Nazi leaders. ABCA is a short film describing the newly-established department of the British Army which gives information about the: issues at stake to the fighting: men. A Hundred Million Women is . another’ British film, made from actual shots taken in Rus- sia of Russian women, and _in- cludes parachute nurses. Know Your Ally Britain, an American short made by Frank Capra, gives a comprehensive view of England and this war. The final film, The Last Hazard, shows the role minesweepers play in pro- tecting convoys, and is also taken in action. War Service Miss Lawrence has done pion- eer work in establishing Anglo- American relations. She is the only British woman who has op- erated her own war service, The Gertrude Lawrence Branch of the American Theatre Wing War Service, Inc., for four years. Prior to Pearl Harbor her branch of. the American Theatre Wing, of which she is a vice-president, was run for the benefit of the British War Relief. When Amer- ica entered the war she changed her plans, and now devotes her service wholly to “the American armed forces. She _ personally raises all the funds used by her branch, which is operated entire- ly by volunteers. It has the only mobile library the Eastern seaboard. Continued on Page 3 on Capt. Marquis Tells Of WAC’s in Africa Goodhart, January 11. The ex- cellent work of the WAC’s in as- suming the respohsibilities as well as rights, of -eitizenship was de- scribed by Captain Frances Mar- quis on leave from the WAC in North Africa. Captain Marquis was with the first WAC division to go overseas, the one which landed in North Africa last January. With the aid of some excellent slides she sketeh- ~ ed vividly the life of the fighting woman abroad. Starting secretly from New York, the WAC’s spent five days confined below the decks of their transport, fifteen in a cabin—because the skipper feared their effect on the male soldiers abroad. The contingent spent the time playing bridge and guessing their destination—incorrectly, as it turned out. It is significant of the ‘spirit and ability of the girls that they instantly made themselves. Continued on Page 4 , ——