Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS — Engagements Lois MacMurray, ’46, to Lt. George W. B. Starkey, Army Medical Corps Reserve. Grace Dole, ’44, to Lt. Paul Ed- ward Kohler, Jr., USNR. Marriages Dolores Oresman, ’44, to Ensign Irwin Silverstein, USNR. Joan Campbell, ’47, to Ensign Russell Blalack, USN. Propaganda Effect Discussed By English Continued from Page 1 technical difficulties. In the first place, the OWI officials had assum- ed that ‘with the large Italo-Amer- ican population there would ‘be no difficulty in getting announcers. They found, however, that most of the Italians in this country are Neapolitans or Sicilians, and speak a dialect very different from what is considered cultured Italian. When the OWI finally secured a group of recent immigrants from northern Italy, it soon found, Mr. English said, that its broadcasts had the character of an under- ground station, with a strong dog- matic view and I-told-you-so atti- tude towards Italian defeats and encroachments by the Germans. Moreover, its broadcasts, arranged and written for mass consumption, were reaching not more than 500,- 000 Italians. Of the four million short-wave sets in Italy at the be- ginning of the war only two mil- lion were capable of getting broad- casts from New York, and these had so deteriorated that not more than 500,000 were now able to get adequate reception of New York programs, Col. Stevens In addition, the OWI found it- self competing with the B. B. C., which maintains a very excellent Italian propaganda service. The success of this organization, Mr. English stated, is due in a large measure to a Colonel Stevens, who spoke “impeccable” Tuscan. Oddly enough, the American counterpart to__Colonel _ Stevens, despite his very faulty Italian, is Mayor La Guardia. The Italians were im- pressed by the Mayor’s connection with Roosevelt, by his experience in the Italian army in the last war, ‘and by the fact that he is the mayor of our largest city. Letters began to come to the OWI prais- ing La Guardia not only as a-dem- ocratic spokesman, but “because everybody thought he was funny.” In a study of Italian morale and Italian attitudes toward the war and post-war period made in an Italian prison camp in this coun- try, Mr. English found that “there is a great deal of defeatism amonz the Italians.” Fascism has never gone quite as deep as Nazism in matters of dogma and ideology, with the result that the Italian prisoners lack the fanatical belief -_in__their__system—that-—the—Nazis|, have. However, Mr. English found a great deal of loyalty to the king and the monarchial system in Italy, while loyalty to Mussolini is practically non-existent. In studying their attitude toward Joseph’s _ Hair Dressing 25 COULTER AVE. ARDMORE, PA. O. Halecki Evaluates Polish Achievements -Continued from Page | the northeast, explained Profess. or Halecki. In addition to their common need_for_defense,.the.subjects_of the new Gedymin dynasty ° were united by the development of a common culture, he said. The cul- tural trends of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Coun- ter-Reformation spread through Poland to the other territories under the Polish federal system, uniting them in common beliefs. The government established for these peoples, according to Pro- fessor Halecki, was one which recognized the absolute equality, both practically and legally, of the two main constituents of the federal system. The Gedymin dynasty was es- tablished in 1885 when the Treaty of Krewo was signed in Lithuan- ia agreeing upon the marriage of Jadwige of Poland and Jagillo, Grand Duke of Lithuania. A peri- od of strife followed the death of Jadwige, but delegates of the two countries met in 1418 at Horadlo to sign the Act of Union. These new articles of union stated that Lithuania was to have her own grand duke. They stated that the Crown of Poland could not be fill- ed in the future without the agreeent of Lithuania, and _ es- jtablished regular “convention and parliaments.” The Union of Lublin in 1569 set up the Republican Commonwealth which endured until the Parti- tions. In the Union of Lublin, Sigismund Augustus satisfied op- posing parties in Lithuania and Poland by placing Podlasia and Volhynia directly under the latter while Lithuania proper and the White Ruthenian provinces re- tained the prerogatives of a grand duchy. The Union of Lublin con- summated the federal system, Professor Halecki pointed out, by stipulating that the connection between Lithuania and Poland should be perpetual and that a single ruler should be the symbol of the unity. the post-war period, Mr. English found that a great many of the prisoners wished to remain in this country after the war. They feel that “Italy offers,fio future to young men,” and they have seen their -relatives in this country, wherever they may be in our econ- omic scale, much better off than their own families in Italy. A great many of the Italians believe a social revolution is at hand, and expect a government patterned on|.- communist ideals. However, a great many of the prisoners would like to see a democratic govern- ment patterned on our system arise in post-war Italy. Puerta De Mexico Margaret Paul 69 St. James Place, Ardmore FROM MEXICO HAND-BLOCKED CHALLIS MATERIAL FOR DRESSES _|Make this a Happy New Year eep yourself full of good cheer \If ever you feel the blues setting in : a |The best of all tonics is food from the | INN Kee SSeS EEE Pee ERT REET TESTE T Tee ErECCCeTeT STS Pistol-Packing Paper There paper shortage, but not on campus. Save all old newspapers, maga- zines, wrapping paper. By Sun- day deposit all such paper in neat, separate piles in the tea pantry designated in each hall. It will be collected every two weeks by the Salvation Army. Keep paper circulating. Help win the war sooner. is a severe Granger to Discuss Negro Race Conflict ' The Philadelphia chapter of the American Association of Social Workers will present Lester B. Granger in a lecture on the “So- cial Worker in Relation to, Race Conflict” at the Social Service building, 311 South Juniper St., on Thursday, January 12 at 8 p. m. Walter White, Secretary of the (National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People will also speak. Mr. Granger is the Executive Secretary of the Nation- al Urban League, one of the oldest Negro organizations in this coun- try. His discussion will deal with the functions of social service in alleviating race problems. At the Wellesley Summer Insti- tute for Social Progress this sum- mer, Mr. Granger stated that “ra- cial equality is a barometer of democracy, and present readings (recent race riots, such as those in Detroit, Mobile, and Beaumont) in- dicate a stormy time ahead.” NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which will be represented by Wal- ter White, publishes a monthly magazine, The Crisis, which has received wide circulation in recent years. The purpose of the NAACP is to combat the spirit of persecu- tion which confronts colored peo- ple and other minority groups in the United States. Granger’s organization, the Na- tional Urban League, has been es- tablished to make investigations among Negroes in cities, to pro- mote social work among Negroes until other agencies extend their programs to include them. Haverford, Pa. Ardmore 2117 E. S. McCawley & Co., Ine. BOOKS A. Smedley. Discusses Chinese War Politics Continued from Page 1 Completely reforming government, with an all-out.attack on the Jap- anese armies, they~institi dem- ocratic._elections,.. electi several Kuomintang officials. The remain- der of the Kuomintang, however, branded these elected bodies as Soviets, sending some troops to quell the “Communistic element.” “The nearest parallel to all this,” Miss Smedley remarked, “is the Jugoslav partisans led by Gen- eral Tito ... the regular armies must be considered much as the Jugoslav Chetniks, hating the en- emy in some cases, but hating the guerrillas more, because they rep- resent a people’s army and have turned the war into a _ people’s war.” . In relation to the effect of Al- lied policies from pre-war days to the Cairo Conference, Miss Smed- ley presented the unfavorable Chinese point of view, based on our dealings with Japan and and Enland’s attitude toward India. Quoting quesios asked her by a Chinese divisional commander, Miss Smedley described the Chin- ese fear, before the Cairo Confer- ence, of white-man imperialism, and the feeling that the British and Americans would never relin- quish any claims in the East for an objective, altruistic peace. Since then, however, we have taken steps toward retrieving our prestige in China. The abolish- ment of extra-territoriality, and our Chinese Exclusion Law, with new treaties China have deprived Japan of many propaganda instruments. In addtion, China’s participation in the Moscow and Cairo conferences has given China an important po- sition internationally, a position which has given China a new im- of equality with/| Permission Change Because the 12.09 local is late so often, the Executive Board of the Self-Government Assoc- jation extends all 12.15 permis- sion to 12.30 to allow adequate time for returning to the halls. This extension includes those activities which may not in- volve trains, to prevent: confu- sion. Capt. Marquis Tells Continued from Page 1 useful about the ships—running the post-exchange, the library, some concerts, a paper, and the switchboards. At Oran they disembarked and were sent to a convent outside the blacked-out city of Algiers. Here the lack of comfortable accommo- dations and subsequent air-raids gave the WAC’s their first taste of war. During their stay at the convent, and later in the city prop- er, their capable, willing service elicited the highest praise from all the agencies for which they work- ed—as switchboard operators, lin- guists, statisticians, map-makers, draftsmen, typists, and drivers— and from General Eisenhower him- self: Yet through the grim and grimy | work the girls kept their emotion- al control and a sense of humor. Perhaps that is one reason why so many more are needed. 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