Z-616 VOL. XXVII,; No. 13 BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1941 eer Bryn ht, Trustees of awr College, 1940 PRICE 10 CENTS Community Work Sponsored Congressman Jerry Voorhis Of California to be Main Speaker A conference on Community Work, sponsored by the Bryn Mawr League, the Haverford Ser- vice Project, and the Swarthmore Service Committee, will -be held in Goodhart. on Saturday, Feb- ruary ‘15. The discussion will cen- ter.on the importance of commun- ity work at the present time, with emphasis onthe value of work done in college: Miss Fairchild will give the key- note address at the luncheon which opens the coneference in Rhoads at 12:45. From 2:00 to 3:30 there will be commission meetings in Goodhart. The com- mission on adult education will be led by Miss Fairchild, and that on group work in the community by Miss Kraus. Miss Ambler, head of the Social Workers of the Main Line Federation. of Churches, will lead the discussion on case work in the community, and Miss Jones, Secretary of the Eastern County Public Charities Association, will lead that on social legislation. Tea will be from 3:45 to 4:15, followed by the main speaker at 4:30. Congressman. Jerry Voorhis of California, was elected to Con- gress in 1936, and has been elected twice since then. He is a graduate of Yale, and is known for his work as headmaster of the Voor- his School for underprivileged boys. At present a member of, the American Federation of Teachers, he has had experience in many kinds of’ work. National Defense Forum As. the first talk in the Forum on National Defense, _ the Peace Council is spon- soring an informal talk by Miss Helen Arbuthnot of the British Library of Informa- tion on How English Women Are Helping In National De- fense, in: the Common Room on Friday, February 14, at 4.30. Calendar Wednesday, Feb. 12.— Vocational Committee, Isa- bella Van Meter, Time Inc., Common Room, 7.30 P. M. Peace Council, Helen Ar- buthnot, Common Room, 4.30 P. M. Saturday, Feb. 15.— Basketbal Game, Swarth- more, Gym, 10 A. M. Bryn Mawr League Con- ference, Genes 12.45- 5 P.M. Square Dance, P. M. Sunday, Feb. 16.— ; Memorial services, Good- hart, 4 P. M. Rev. Donald Aldrich, Mu- sie Room, 7,80,.P, M. Monday, Feb. 17.— Anne Howard Shaw Series, Dr. Ruth Benedict, Good- bess 8 P. M. Gym, 8 Conference by Three Colleges Miss Park Concludes College Assembly Held To Discuss Miss Bee Goodhart, February 11.—At the third college assembly, The Case of Miss Bee was presented by five members of the Self-Government Association. The hypothetical mis- deeds of a hypothetical student were outlined and discussed from various angles to explain the con- crete workings of the Self-Govern- ment Board. At the conclusion, Miss Park discussed the relation- ship. of the college to the Self- Government Association. Virginia Nichols, ’41, President of the Association, presented the stark facts of the case. Miss Bee signed out to the Covered Wagon, using the initials of a permission- giver whose permission she _had not asked. It was Sunday night and she found the Covered Wagon closed. Nothing daunted, Miss Bee went to the movies.in Philadelphia without telephoning her change of address. To cap her record of crime, Miss Bee returned to college 45 minutes late. Helen McIntosh, ’41, raised the questions of the man in the street, to express the division which may be felt to exist between the Asso- the remarks of the other speakers towards answering those questions. The function of the permission- giver was explained by Edith Vor- Continued on Page Five Combined Faculties Will Offer Courses Beginning next fall, a series of seminars for upperclassmen will be offered by the combined facul- ties of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore colleges. The arrange- ments. will utilize more efficiently the combined resources of the col- leges’ Political Science and related departments. During 1941-42, two undergradu- ate seminars will be offered, which will be limited to six upperclass- men from Bryn Mawr and Haver- ford, In’the -first semester a | Swarthmore professor, taking the ‘place of the late Robert C. Rrooks, will hold at Haverford a seminar in ‘Democracies and Dictator- ships.” Inthe second semester Dr. Frances Reinhold Fussel, of Swarthmore, will lead a seminar in “Latin American Relations,” at Bryn Mawr. Besides undergraduate seminars, throughout the college year of 1941- Continued on Page Five First Shaw Lecture | Given by R. Benedict Goodhart, February 10. — Dr. Ruth Benedict, Anna Howard Shaw lecturer for 1941 and associate pro- fessor of Anthropology at Colum- first of a series to be given for six ture and Social Institutions.. Dr. ‘Benedict will also conduct seminars in_the social sciences during this ciation and the Board, and to focts bia, spoke on the Problems of An- thropology. This lecture was the|]- successive Mondays on Human Na- |. ' FIREMEN ATTACK DALTON BLAZE — Courtesy of 1941 Year Book Keep U.S. Out of War Debated at Congress Of American Youths Specially contributed by Evelyn Hodes, ’42 Six Bryn Mawr students at- tended the American Youth Con- gress in Washington, D. C., on Feb- ruary 8 and 9. The convention called by the American Youth Con- gress, and attended by youth or- ganizations from the whole na- tion, discussed primarily keeping America out of war, and the pres- ervation of our civil liberties. Chief among the spokesmen for peace, was Congressman Vito Marcantorio, who addressed six thousand young people; and urged strong, unified resistence to the pending Lend-Lease Bill. Passage of this bill, he stated, would inevit- ably result in war for America, The Congress also emphasized the necessity for guarding civil lib- erties. Speakers for organizations like National Intercollegiate Chris-' Cc. I. O., Southern| tian council; Continued on. Page Six i} Dr. Tennent Services will be held at four o’clock on Sunday, Feb- ruary 16, in Goodhart Hall, in memory of David Hilt Tennent, Research Professor of biology. Brief addresses in appreciation of the work of Professor Tennant as a scholar, teacher and member of the community will be made by Miss Park; Robert Ervin Coker, President of the American Society, of Zoologists and © Kenan professor of zoology at the University of North Carolina; Miss Gardiner, as- sociate professor of biology; Abbie Ingalls, ’38, student Canteen Sa Miss Reid, Common Room, 7.30 P. M.. Wednesday, Feb. 19.— The New Peace, Michael Heilperin, Haverford, 8.15 P. M. period. - The study of anthropology began in the nineteenth century when men, impatient with theological concepts of a static creation, fol- lowed Darwin’s- evolutionary the- ory and arranged human cultures Continued on Page Six ~ t ‘ at-theCollege.of.Physicians... and Surgeons of Columbia University and former stu- dent of Mr. Tennent; and William G. Hower, former, owner ‘and publisher: of the . Bryn Mawr Home News. ‘glance first at the table of cofiterits. || torial boards in the past. It may “rade an eyé on exchange only ; or College Conference Draws Up Proposals For Defense Program Last. Thursday Miss Park and Mr. MacKinnon attended a confer- ence in Washington of the defense committees of American. colleges and universities. The meeting was sponsord by the National Com- mittee on Education and Defense, and attended, Mr. MacKinnon esti- mated, by about five hundred col- lege and university representatives. Among the speakers at the general session were Paul McNutt, of the Federal Security Agency, who dis- cussed the relation of civilian mor- als to colleges, and Brigadier Gen- -{the call, Fire in Dalton Attracts Crowd And Fire Brigades Magnificent Work Done by Janitors and Firemen In Building by Elizabeth Crozier, ’41 On Thursday, January 23, a pro- fessor and his wife went to Atlan- tic City for a little excitement. When they got back, Dalton was in flames. The clocks in Dalton stopped at 6.05. Helen Jupnik, Huff Fel- low in Physics, and Anne Louise Axon were working in labs at op- posite ends of the basement—be- hind closed doors. The wires were shorted, which made the doorbell ring. Helen Jupnik listened for awhile, opened the lab door, saw the fire, broke the fire box, got Rosalie Hoyt ftom the first floor, and then went to Denbigh to put in “which was answered promptly and efficiently,” said Miss Gardiner, “by the Bryn Mawr Fire Company and the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore.” In the meantime, Anne Louise kept hearing the bell, finally opened the door, saw the smoke was so thick that it was impossible to get through, and went out the window on the Pembroke side. The fire started in the basement in the physics department, and got little beyond the first floor. Jean Continued on Page Five Guiton Gives Picture Of War in France Goodhart Common Room, Tues- day, February 11.—M. Jean Gui- ton, professor of French, who re- cently returned from France, spoke on his experience with the French army and as 4 liaison officer with a British division at the front, in Belgium, and at Dunkerque. After a few months of “com- fortable war” and training at a liaison school in Abbeville, M. Guiton was assigned to a British division at Lille. Defenses were erected as best they could be in the face of bitter cold and a dearth of eral Hershey, Executive Officer of | Cortinued on Page Two | supplies. Continued on Page Six Henderson Finds Winter Issue of ‘Lantern’ Provocative, Rewarding, and Full of Variety Specially contributed by Miss Henderson Perhaps the first impulse of other readers of The Lantern is 10° It is a sound impulse, and in refer- ence to the Winter Number, a re- warding one. This issue is not made by staff production. With , the exception of Hester Corner and |Frances Lewis, the editorial board is at rest. This is a good sign. It means the editor herself is on the job. To assume that there is not enough material to fill four’ num- bers of The Lantern in a college of some 500 undergraduates, is edi- torial defeatism. This has seem- ingly-been-the assumption of edi- 'be that the standard was too rigid, in developing new writdis. What- ever the reason, this year The _Eantern is alive and varied in its | contents. This variety of material in the Winter Number is one of its more winning qualities. Its contribu- tors range from the class of 1907 to 1944. Dean Schenck showed that she could resist the cult of ‘Shaw™~in~1907 and turn a neat triolet on’ the subject. And Dean Manning’s extra-curricular read- ing must have been doughty stuff if, as Olivia Kahn says-in her fair- enough editorial, the young writers’ style is the influence of “the liter- ary genre they are following.” ate Already in 1907 and 1926, Cor- nelia Meigs and Bettina Linn were top-notchers in fiction. Take an- other look at Miss Meig’s incisive writing in Pugnacious Pride, and note .as well. Miss Lirm/s ‘Owl-like observation of Alumnae Week-End in Three on the Campus. Was it really 1907 and 19267 It might be 1941. And this year of grace gives us a story, Drawn from Life by Syl- ~t via Maynard, 1944, which for at-~ ~~ mosphere and motivation seems as good a freshman tale as I have read for sometime. There is a particular pleasure in_ the emergence of Miss Maynard be- cause she is a freshman. There Pi Continued on Page Six ns s ry THE COLLEGE NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanks- giving, Christmas:and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) n the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Bryn,.Mawr College. : The College News is fully protected by copyri i Mounngitt appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written permission of the Editor-in-Chief. ‘ Neo Editorial Board Susie INGALLS, ’41, Editor-in-Chief VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, ’41, Copy ALICE CROWDER, ’42, News. ELIZABETH CROZIER, ’41 AGNES MASON, ’42 JOAN Gross, ’42 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, ’43 AGNES MARTIN, 43 ISABEL MARTIN, ’42 ~- JANET MEYER; ~42-—————---—-—- VIRGINIA NICHOLS, ’41 REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42 SALLY MATTESON, ’48 SALLY Jacoss, ’43 Sports, Music CHRISTINE WAPLES, °42 PorTIA MILLER, '43 Photo Theatre LILLI SCHWENK, 742 ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, *41 Business Board - pats MARGUERITE Howarp, ’41, Manager ELIZABETH GREGG, ’42 RutH McGovern, ’41, Advertising . Betty MARIE JONES, ’42 JuDITH BREGMAN, °42 CELIA MoskovitTz, ’43 MARTHA GANS, 742 MARILYN O’BOYLE, ’43 ELIZABETH NICROSI, ’43 Subscription Board GRACE WEIGLE, '43, Manager FLORENCE KELTON, ’43 CONSTANCE BRISTOL, 43 WATSON: PRINCE, ’43 CAROLINE WACHENHEIMER, ’43 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME OLIVIA~- KAHN, 741 Wi ; 1) OPEN FORU™ French University Education Dependent on State; Free Of * Politics Specially contributed by Mlle. Breé education in three fundamental ways. ‘in the hands of the State. versities have given up both the residentia} and tutorial system, and are absolutely co-educational. lected students and train them for on the Ministry of Education and they may be connected with. Thus the Ecole Polytechnique depends partly on the Ministry of war; Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office the Institut Agronomigue on the Democracy in Action The League Conference to be held this Saturday has taken advantage of the three-college plan in a field ideally suited for this type of cooperation. The commission meetings should be of im- mense value to the participants, for the work done by each college is different and the experience acquired varies. Because of this wide background of practical knowledge, these special sessions should appeal to a wider group than those in the League itself. The general meeting is significant in that it challenges the in- dividual to recognize the responsibilities of citizenship. We feel that the organizations of the three colleges. which make this con- ference possible deserve great credit, and we hope the undergradu- ates give it their full support. od Seminar System Very little educational material can long be confined within the scope of one field. At Bryn Mawr, we pattern our course of study along the line of that subject which we choose as a major, but un- less our subject is one whose boundaries are sharply defined, we lose much through concentration within its prescribed limits. The boundaries of our subjects are admittedly arbitrary. In many, we pursue course after course which, if repetition is to be avoided, covers an artificially defined scope. _ The ultimate result of departmental and interdepartmental divisions of subject matter is that courses become pigeon-holed, and are pursued as separate entities with vague attempts on the part of the student to correlate her work. But such correlation becomes an extra-curriculum activity and is necessarily patchwork. In the social sciences, for instance, this problem is especially evident. The study of The City, now offered as the advanced course in sociology, is certainly not fully useful until the techniques of economics, poli- tics, and anthropology are brought to bear upon the problem. Our first two years are spent taking required courses, survey courses, and acquiring a general knowledge within our major fields. Required language and science courses should be completed in these years if they are to serve as effective tools for further study. - Our Junior and Senior years should be devoted to more special- ized learning. But unless we are able to use this learning in con- junction with its neighbor subjects, and to apply it to those prob- lems which in practice do not confine themselves to a single field, we are being merely academic. The seminar system offers a means of studying problems of centralized interest through the coopération of several departments as well as within separate departments. Bryn Mawr has tried this method with apparent success in an eighteenth century course. Seminars demand work, and such work is not passive. Reports and papers like those delivered in Swarthmore seminars become useful to the entire group, and discussions based on such reports __ will not be-undisciplined, Seminars can emphasize approach as well vas fact, and this knowledge of how to attack a problem is of grow- ing importance. They are valuable as a means of bringing informa- tion and facts to focus on the fundamental problems raised in any. field, and in encouraging not only independent, but creative * learning on the part of the student. iitee ? Ation to college personnel. College Defense Plans oe —Work for-defense can_be-carried Ministry of Agriculture, etc. They have only lately admitted women. The most fa- mous of these schools are: L’Ecole Normale Superieure which has graduated such men as Jean Jaures, Charles Péguy, Jean Gir- andaux, Jules Romains, Léon Blum, André Tardieu, Edouard Herriot, André Siegfried, ete .. . a long list of well-known names... L’Ecole Polytechnique for engineers and future army officers, L’Ecole Centrale, L’Ecole des Mines, Les Beaux Arts, Saint Cyr, L’Ecole Navale, L’Ecole des Chartes. The students in these schools, with the exception of the Beaux Arts, are exclusively French, recruited by competitive examinations among the High Schaol students who have passed the baccalaureat. They live in, unlike the University students. They pay no fees; scholarships are available for those whose families could not afford pocket money, or who might need their salary to live on. They have to complete their studies in a given time. When they graduate they are generally placed by the State in positions where their special training is needed. The universities proper are di- vided into Facultés: Letters, Pure Sciences and Mathematics, Law and Medicine. The examination sys- tem, degrees and requirements are extremely varied, far too compli- cated to explain briefly, but they are uniform all over France. This makes it possible for a student to transfer without loss of time, from one university’ to another, and all degrees, whether from the Sor- bonne or a provincial university ments are accepted without ques- gree of government service comes panded for defense purposes, stu- dents should be urged to take civil service exarhinations. Mr. MacKinnon attended a con- ference section concerned with the role of private colleges in defense. The professors of men’s colleges, he act upon college life. The morale on the campuses of men’s colleges, it of the students. French university education is different from American university First, it is almost entirely With the exception of the Catholic Univers- ity of Paris and a few Protestant “schools of theology; alt French uni-|republie—brought- an- unusual -seri- versities are financed by the .Min- istry of Education and are, under its direction. Secondly, French uni- Thirdly, there are besides the uni- versities in France a number of highly specialized and often famous schools which recruit carefully se- definite careers such as engineer- ing, agriculture, army and navy, etc. These schools depend directly whichever other State department have the same rating. Require-: tion by the students. If a student under civil service even when ex-' said, were generally concerned with |the effect. of .the ‘selective service -was brought out in discussion, | varied from extreme “jitteriness,” to an apathetic attitude on the part Emphasized Abstraction 4 --Saniefaiet : Specially contributed By ‘Jose It is difficult to imagine what has become now of the carefree and picturesque life of the Spanish uni- versity-student of twenty years ago. Even under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera a shadow had fallen on it, and when King Al- fonso left Spain in 1931, the new > ousness into the noisily irresponsi- ble student-circles. Then came the Universidad Central in Madrid might be firing a machine-gun from behind a rampart of text- books in the Ciudad Universitaria, that last grand gesture of King Alfonso (two hundred and fifty million pesetas) while Franco’s shells were pounding the splendid new classrooms and libraries, the shining laboratories and hospitals into rubble and dust. Now our student, if he is not in jail or in a concentration camp in Southern ‘France, may be shouting “Arriba Espana!” in the ranks of the to- talitarian Falange, while his pro- fessors, duly enrolled in the S. E. V.. (Sindicato espaol universi- tario) are collectively serving the Corporative State. There was a time, however, when the State, even though meddlesome and bureaucratic, was only a dis- tant and fatherly presence. A stu- dent entered the Instituto (one in every province) at ten, for a six- year course. He might drop out in the middle, taking his Bachil- lerato elemental and bécome a mod- est civil servant, or he might con- tinue to the bachillerato wniversi- tario, officially- supervised. for all wants a degree requiring Latin, as almost all French degrees do, and does not know Latin, he or she gets to work and learns Latin. _ Except for laboratory courses and hospital work in the scientific and medical training, there is no required attendance at courses. A student fulfills certain require- ¢ P ; ments to register in a course; he pays his fees; he is free to disap- pear until examination time; if he does not show up at the examina- tion, or fails, he is free to start again another year. There are minimum time limits for taking de- grees. A student cannot take a License in less than two years; the average’ student takes three years; but nothing will ‘prevent anyone from trying for ten years if he feels so inclined. A student is free not to do a single paper dur- ing the whole year. He has the program of the course; a minimum reading list is suggested. He can work or not as-he pleases—health, organization of work, success or | failure, etc. are his own responsibil- ity. Examinations therefore are serious and very important. For each course there are three or four written examinations each lasting from four to seven hours accord-| ing to the degree taken, and as many oral examinations for those who have passed the written ex- aminations. I am leaving aside the special organization of work for the doctorate, etc. pee The fees in a French university are very low, almost nominal. ‘quantities; thé lack of attendance requirements means that a large number of students can earn their living and work meanwhile for their degrees. Both the univers- ities andthe schools of which’ I {have spoken are open to all classes and used by all classes. Educa- ’ Cut Committee tion is a national enterprise. So far politics have never interfered Former Spanish Universities | Gilkey * Civil War, and a student of the Scholarships are available in large; Any. student, if late fora | with-the-teaching;it-has—been-ex- Discussed at Conference) |. 5 cde. ee he Park, by extracurricular courses Bryn Mawr, by discussion groups, |such as that in first aid given at | campuses. Because the lower de- |’ class, must report her late- ness to the Dean‘s office im- mediately after the class. Otherwise, her cut will be counted. tremely free of government-con- || trolled thought; in fact, it has prided itself on the complete inde- pendence left to both students and professors, and on offering equal | opportunities to all. . United Campaign. Anyone interested in con- | tributing to the-United Char- | ities Campaign, please see - Ann Adams or Mary Rambo, Pembroke East. Most of t#® |. schools and colleges in this CAS “wre having . drives. | for the money and have con- || tributed large sums. Since the College has no drive, any '| voluntary donations wil]/be '| greatly appreciated. a schools including the many private ones, and opening the gates to one 2 last two years, according to his j bent, ‘he might have chosen: either the section letras or that of cien- | cias, and in both he would have studied certain subjects which in this country are taught in the Jun- ior College: the sciences, or psy- chology, ethics, logic and even ele- mentary law. He might have had three years of Latin, no Greek, two modern foreign languages, French first, and in the last two years English or Italian or German,. at choice and in the order of general preference. And so, at sixteen or so, but often almost an adult in looks, he would have been suddenly “on his own.” Picking his studies in one of the five faculties (philosophy and let- ters, law, medicine, pharmacy, no theology any more) he could now tackle four years (five for law or pharmacy, seven for medicine) of a traditional mixture of café-life, irresponsible politics, dissipation . perhaps and frantic annual-exami- nation periods which would make him licenciado, and perhaps, if he felt the call for a few more years of study, provide him with a doc- tor’s degree. The evils which beset the teach- ing at. the tstituto would have been with him in. the university: centralized and bureaucratic con- trol, a very short year (seven months) and a heavy and some- times. ill-arranged curriculum, large classes, often stale official text-books and nearly always teach- ing-methods. emphasizing abstrac- tion and memory. No sports or group-contacts to speak of. A dis- couraging picture, you may say; and the answer would be: yes, any- where but in Spain. There, some- how, equipment, methods, statisties do seem to mean less than any- where else. In a country showing an illiteracy of over 45% (1980), native intelligence, essential prac- tical knowledge, sobriety, dignity, good manners can be excellent; professors in the institutos may often be distinguished men; uni- versity professors may ignore poor libraries and even in the sciences achieve the training of brilliant disciples. In the last thirty years or so, moreover, both the Right and the Left were endeavoring to coax the official system to a higher, more nearly European level: on the one hand the Jesuits, whose better buildings, modern equipment, smaller classes, football fields were favored by the well-to-do; on the other hand, such highly modern organisms as the Junta para am- pliacion de estudios (1907), origi- nally a private foundation, show- ing the way to the highest scien- tific achievements and rich already in accomplishments when the Civil War began. The young Republic had already begun to multiply elementary schools for free and sompulsory education«and a New. Day was undobutedly coming for Middle Schools and Universities alike. The models were there: the spirit, now broken, must eventu- ally revive and a great modern sys- tem will come into being. What it may become is to some extent foreshadowed in Spanish America, with over fifty universi- ties, some of them older than Har- heavily burdened Spanish tradition,~-but showing, at all levels, notably in Costa Rica, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, a growing independence, earnestness and promise. CeNntrarzZzead” ana tiie -of-the-eleven--universities;—In-his-—-— > THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three O inion False Interpretation of ISS Conference Corrected; *~ Help "Aske Although I am now an almuna, I am exercising my rights as a sub- scriber and addressing this letter to you because I feel the writer of your last article on International Student Service may have created a false impression among readers ___.of the. News. In the News ‘of Sanuavy- ‘15, it was stated that although I. S. S. was formed for the purpose of pro- viding relief for European stu- dents, it is today a “hot-bed” of political harangue.” Such a state- ment is far from accurate. International Student Service to- day is one of the foremost agencies in the field of refugee placement. Since the fall of 1938, upwards of three hundred refugee students have found scholarships in the United States through the efforts of this organization. In Europe today I. S. S. and the World Stu- dent Christian Federation are the two prominent organizations work- ing for the relief of student prison- ers of war, internees, and political refugees. The work of I. S. S. is recognized by students in this coun- try as a valid effort to preserve in- tellectual leadership to the rising generation despite the vicissitudes of war and international anarchy. Many colleges contribute annually to its support. Bryn Mawr is one of them. Those who have worked for I. S. S. over a period of years have felt, however, that there is a crying need in this country today for an organization which is not a pres- sure group, for a non-policy organ- ization which ‘will bring students together for an exchange of veiws on current problems. That is why we have sponsored unbiased, im- partial, non-resolution conferences. These conferences have gained in popularity among students today. At our most recent conference, the one on “How Youth Can Serve De- mocracy” at New Jersey College for Women, there was a definite at- tempt on the part of one well- known student pressure group to “pack” the meetings because the conference seemed significant and because it Was a good opportunity to attempt to indoctrinate liberal students with one point of view. The I. S. S. committee was forced to take drastic steps to prevent this from happening, but unfortunately a large group of people gained the impression that I. S. S. was becom- ing. a political center with various groups trying to gain control. Through it all the staff and the committee have maintained a reputation for impartiality and we hope that we shall not become in- volved. in a similar problem again. We hope to dissipate the rumor that we are now actively engaged in po- litical manouevers since it has no foundation in fact. The article in the News had one other inaccuracy to which I am obliged. to call attention. The con- ference was not called. to perpetrate a merger between I. S. S. and the National Student Federation of America. This merger was pro- posed by members of the Board of N. S. F. A. after the joint meet- ings had been planned. The reason for the joint meetings was one of mutual convenience, since the over- head involved in opening a campus during the holidays is high and competition for prominent. speakers | 5 for- student gatherings is. great,| The proposal for merger was made: by N.S. F. A. Ft was approved | by such prominent educators.as Dr. | 3 - Stephen Duggan of the Institute of |:3 ducation and Presi- |S International & dent’ Morley of: Haverford, among others. I. S. S. agreed a i Hie i . Square Dance On Saturday at 8 in the Gym, All are invited, alone or with , him To play and to prance At a merry Square Dance; Just to sing, run and stamp For the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp. For ladies and gents The admission is 35 cents. merger failed by nine votes. The issue was somewhat confused by the fact that the N. S. F. A. voted to disaffiliate.with _ the _ American “Youth Congress at the same meet- ing. It is interesting to note that the most active opponents of the merger with I. S. S. were the most ardent advocates of continued affili- ation with the American’ Youth Congress. “J. S. S. will continue to sponsor student conferences in the belief that only by an impartial presenta- tion of various points of view and by an unbiased discussion of all problems will — arrive at in- telligent opinions on’the issues of the day and contribute to their so- lution. We shall need the support of sensitive and alert thinkers on every campus to succeed. ' We should not ‘like to feel that Bryn Mawr had a false impression of our work. The integrity of our committee and the staff who carry out its dictates cannot be doubted. LovuISE MorR.eEy, ’40, Conference Secretary, International Student Service. Are We Building Democracy? What Steve Hutchins said at the Undergraduate meeting about a college focal point, and what our representatives at the Student Union Conference said about pre- serving democracy gave me a good start toward saying something I have been wanting to express, in continuation of this idea. We think a lot about democracy, of course. We believe in its value and in doing everything possible to preserve it. We want the United States to have real democracy. Can it have that if the democratic spirit is not a very vital thing to every- one who makes up this country? Before a country can have this strong democratic spirit, its indi- viduals must have it. Let’s think about ourselves, here, at college. Are we really demo- cratic in our attitudes? I believe democracy is like the proverbial charity—it begins at home. De- mocracy emphasizes the dignity and value of the individual, every indi- vidual, and it seeks to bring within his reach an abundant life. Are we giving this idea the greatest sup- port of which we are capable? If we cannot be really democratic in the relatively narrow. sphere of college, how can we expect to be of service in a far bigger world? Democracy is not a passive thing; it is not one of those things that is the absence of its opposite. De- mocracy is active and vital, and it calls for real action in its preserva- tion. Behind every action is a fundamental motive, and behind the motive, an attitude. To act right we must have the right attitudes. We talk a good deal about preserv- ing our country’s democracy. But don’t some of us overlook, perhaps, the very places where we as indi- viduals ‘can help to strengthen de- mocracy?. I am not talking here about the things. some. people are doing with democratic organiza- tions, war work, or other charity yuan (" ‘(a -Ph.—D.—at-Columbia-in—-the-same ‘with the same people, sometimes. But if we concentrated more Mrs. Algor Succeeds As Labor School Head The Board of Directors of the | Hudson Shore Labor School has | announced the appointment of Mrs. Marie Elliott Algor as direc- tor of the School. Mrs. Ale geiey (c. succeed Hilda Smith who was forced by illness last year to re- sign from the position. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Mrs. Algor took her M. A.*in Economics at Columbia and has completed her course work for field. In the professional field, she has been a ¥Y. W. ©. A. industrial sec- retary and for three years was in charge of the cafeteria and _resi- dence. of the Kensington, -Philadel- phia branch. Her teaching .exper- ience in workers’ educational direc- torship for eight months of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers in Philadelphia, and the position of supervisor of leader- ship education in the Philadelphia W. P. A. where for the last few years she has headed a staff of 15 supervisors in various. fields, including workers’ education. work. That is fine; I am not criti- cizing it at all. I am thinking about our own attitudes, right in college life itself, toward one an- other. Here is where I want to bring in the focal point. When the discus- sion about having Big May Day came up, someone mentioned how good it would be for us to have a focal point, like May Day, where | every single person would throw herself into it, enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. I think we need a focal point, too, And the one I sug- gest we try is working toward mak- ing our college into a little democ-, racy, a unified body of people who are working together, as friends, and not separated as strangers or as antagonists. You say, “but we are that way! Look at self-gov- ernment, etc., etc.” Well, perhaps you are the people who are really democratic, because there are a lot of people who are. I am, however, speaking of something deeper down than the plan of our government, clubs, and other organizations. T-think we ought to change our attitudes toward people we consider different from us because of race, creed, social class, economic class, etc. We say we do not believe in such barriers; we oppose violently Hitler’s expulsion of Non-Aryans from Germany. Yet are we not sometimes violating our own. real principles and ideals in the way we think of some people right close at hand, among us here, whom we consider inferior for no other rea- son than that they differ externally somehow? I do not agree with those who hold that people should not have best friends and should not be closer to some people than to others. But don’t we go around disliking people a good deal more than we ought to? We don’t even get to know them; we just say we don’t like so-and-so, and let it go at that. Is that helping the cause of democ- racy? I do not advocate that we suddenly start feeling terribly af- fectionate towards everybody in col- lege. I advocate facing facts and breaking down prejudices. There is no denying, that we do have cliques; and go around too much on “MALADY: _— = | 2 F peu: Eunch poe Relaxation and Good Food THE BRYN MAWR COLLEGE INN Dinner - Tea Radnor Walky (With apologies to Lewis Carrol -and, Others) "Twas brillig and the Swindler Chew’d A Sprague of Herben. in the Park; All Therrien were the Broughton brood— Ro eard the Robbins bark. Nahm were the Crenshaw and the Carpenter, And dumb the Soper’s moan: Northrup from his Lehr the wily Taylor came, A-hunting for the Sloane. The Miller crouched in the Reids To watch the onslaught vile, And Kraussly Shultz the Wheeler Weiss For trying-not to smile, Gray were the Ash-y Stapletons, The Manning fled like any Dietz,— He would not stay to face the foe And Keator for the eats! The Taylor stirred the Forrest Wells, And gave,a little cough,— Pouf!—in the Fenwick’s murky depths The Cameronian Schenk made off! The Sloane swam round and round and round, Like a sick and Leary tuna; The Taylor reared, and lunged,— and then Fell in the Delaguna,, RADNOR. - looking for the good side in those “outsiders” and concentrated less on clever ways to get rid of “ob- jectionable” people, we would be spending our time to advantage and doing something constructive and not destructive. Our whole American system is built on the idea of working to- gether... We cannot do that unless we are unified. We cannot be uni- fied unless we are willing to work with people and not merely in spite of them, I think we all would like to feel that we, as a college, are Mr. Michael Heilperin Lectures in Series on “The New Peace” Mr. Michael Heilperin will open the series of lectures on The New Peace with: aietetas, ‘jointly by Bryn "Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore colleges. Mr. Heilperin’s subject, Economic Fac- tors of the New Peace, will be fol- lowed by a lecture on the legal prin- ciples involved to be given by Dr. Frances R. Fussell of Swarthmore. Later there will be a discussion of. The Institutional Framework of the peace presented by Dr. Benjamin Gerig, of Haverford. Mr. Heilperin will discuss the question of international monetary stability, the problem of counter- acting economic nationalism, and the possibility of attaining inter- national stability within the frame- work of a reorganized League of Nations. His lecture will be given at 8.15 in Roberts Hall, Haverford. The series will be presented at Haverford college, and bus trans- portation will be arranged. The program will be repeated at Swarthmore, with Miss Helen Reid presenting the lecture on Legal principles. more unified and more conscious of working together. That is. why that person brought up the much- welcomed idea of a focal point. ‘But we do not.need Big May Day in order to have a focal point. There are plenty of focal points ly- ing around just waiting to be taken up, and the one I suggest is an ex- ample of something I think we | could do. And if we all wanted to do it, and all worked together on it, we would be sure to succeed! ANONYMOUS. “THE MANNA - BAR” Where the Elite Meet to Wine and Dine 23 East Lancaster Ave. ARDMORE’ | BEST & CO. MONTGOMERY & ANDERSON AVES., ARDMORE °¢ ARDMORE 4840 TRINITY 4750 — aati ~~ Our FAMOUS NADA in pure silk UR exclusive young classic shirt is mote important than ever, now . that a big “suit Spring” is predicted for campus. Beautifully. tailored in pure-silk, it comes in a rainbow of soft, flattering colors. Note especially the very 1941 long --~ented * = —sleeves and smart French cuffs! White, yellow, light blue, pink, or navy. Sizes 12 to 20 Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS 2 Bryn Mawr Group Formed by Faculty, ~ Staff for Defense Specially contributed by Miss Linn Members of; the Faculty and teaching staff of the College have organized for action on their com- mon belief in democracy and their desire to defend it here and to aid Britain’s defense of it abroad. At a meeting on January 20, to which all Faculty members and instructors; and~their-wives,;-were invited, as well as the President and the Deans, the need for this _kind of organization was consider- ed and the various activities that it might profitably undertake.1 These included Research and In- formation, Relief, Publicity and Public Opinion, and others. An organization was set up, to be called American Defense, Bryn Mawr College Group, and officers elected. This type of organization is in line with the movement in which the Hirvard Defense Group has taken a prominent part, with somewhat similar groups at a large number of colleges. It is hoped that Bryn Mawr will de- velop cooperation with . organiza- tions in the neighboring colleges. Informal conferences have already been held with Faculty members of Swarthmore, Haverford, and the University of Pennsylvania. The position of the Bryn Mawr College Group should be clearly understood. It is not the official representative of the College. It is a group of individuals in the College community who have come together in general agreement on important issues. It will not, of course, supplant any existing or- ganizations for Relief or other activities, but will try to aid’ some of these by directing volunteers to them or supplying needed infor- mation. It is not, finally, an im- partial group, to divide its re- sources on presenting all points of view equally, or to discuss without taking action. In the democratic community of the College repre- sentatives of all points of view have a chance to: be heard, and individual organizations may con- centrate upon their own. The mem- bers of the Defense group are in general agreement on a set of Principles, as follows: 1. The threat of world-dominion by the Axis powers under the leadership of Germany constitutes a grave danger to the United States. 2. The continued military resis- tance of Great Britain and her allies is our first line of defense against this danger. 3. Support of Great Britain, China, Greece and of every other ' center of resistance to the Axis powers is an essential part of American defense policy. 4. The immediate need is for complete mobilization of American industry in orde to achieve the maximum o tout of armaments and other supplies necessary. to Great Britain. for the successful prosecution of the war, = __ 5. In this effort it is the duty of every American citizen to con- tribute his skill and energy to the success of the whole program, vol- untarily taking. part in the activi- ties where he can in his own judg- ment be most useful, if he is not ¢ red in ‘military “6 F industrial 6. It is hoped that the policy of |Mid-Year Problems Considered by Council The College Council at its De- cember meeting discussed exam- ination morale, the possibilities of eliminating ‘ mid-years,.,.and the criticisms .of’ dhutkes 2x the last day of lectures. Since the intensity of exam de- pression varies from hall to hall, the Council felt that the hysteria could and should’be alleviated. The suggestions made were for stricter enforcement of quiet hours by hall ‘presidents and for more coopera- tion from seniors who are taking no exams at. this time. Mrs. Manning recommended the question of mid-years as-a_prob- lem to be considered by the Cur- riculum Committee. A possible al- ternative to exams would be quizzes before Christmas and before Spring vacation with the final examina- tion covering a year’s work. A reading period at the present mid- year. period might also be included. One defect in such a plan, Mrs. Manning pointed out, would be that no one semester courses could be given and students would have no opportunity to change courses and instructors. The success of the sas of course discussions on the last day of classes: was considered. Jt was suggested that through an investi- gation of these discussions a rough survey of the attitude of the stu- dent body toward the discussion as opposed to the lecture system, and toward reading and papers, could be made. American defense here outlined will have the effect of preventing direct -American~ participation. in the war; but no one can guarantee that such direct participation will not become necessary for the de- fense of the United States. 7. Protection of the political freedom and economic security of all our citizens is an essential part of the democracy we are defending. The whole College staff is also being invited to join in this or- ganization. Members of the Facul- ty and the Staff may act on these Principles as voters and as citizens in a democracy, speaking their minds and offering to others the arguments for their views on cru- cial issues of national policy. As experts in many fields they may contribute valuable information to technical problems and to training for ‘defense. They may also give their labor to organizations like the Red Cross Sewing Room, al- ready established on the campus. In short, the Defense Group will try. to gather and direct the skill and energy of many persons on the campus, “to bridge the gap between the willing volunteers and the jobs which need to be done.” Committees are being set up as persons volunteer for certain activ- ities. Chairmen of the principal committes will become members of the Executive Board. The elected officers of the organization are: Chairman ,..... Mrs. de Laguna es ee -, Miss Linn TRUBRIOR 6 oc ccc cee Mr. Doyle Other members of the Executive Board: Miss Gardiner, Miss Tay- lor, Mr. MacKinnon. Members ex-officio: Mrs. Brough- Relief; ‘Miss Northrop,. chairman of Committee on Research. 22 iain. Lf eee ceesigsasenee? iii arte cline eae eee oe “a “I wandered lonely as a cloud 3 7 PRD EERS (RTE oe | Hanging von Joma to buy some ‘daffodils ” aed ton, “chairman of “Committee on} Temple Broadcasts Temple University is sponsoring a series of round table broadcasts upon public affairs on Sundays from 2.00 to 2.30-over station WCAU. Among the subjeets already listed for discussion by na- tional and local experts in the coming broadcasts are: After the War Boom, What?; Housing a Defense Problem; Camp Dix, A Social Prob- lem; What is Nazi Philoso- phy; and The Iniportance of Sea Power. “Roman Unanimiste” History and Novels Discussed by Romains Goodhart, February 5.—In dis- cussing his series of novels, Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté, Mon- sieur Jules Romains took one as- pect of this subject, the relation- ship between the novel and his- tory. His type of novel is known as the “roman unanimiste” which deals with the life of the group. The adventure of humanity is the adventure of the group or of indi- viduals in relation to the group. In considering the group .one must deal with historical happenings. Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté is a representation of society at the beginning of the 20th century. Monsieur Romains believes that this type of novel, treating collec- tive life in its historical relation- ship is profitable both to the novel and to narrative history. People today are interested in the life of the group, and the novel in its original conception does not satisfy that interest. Furthermore, the “roman unanimiste” helps to give a more complete and intimate pic- ture of history. In discussing the group said M. Romains, one must discuss the im- | portant men of the period and show these men in the process of making history. Groups are of all types, such as the army, the church, large social gatherings, cities, etc. The problem confronting an au- thor who wishes to write this type of novel is that of combining his- tory and fiction. Historie person- ages must be introduced by their real names so as not to confuse the reader. Fictitious characters are necessary so as to give the author a chance to relate individual thoughts to exterior events. He cannot portray the private think- ing of an historical person for fear of being wrong, yet this personal connection with happenings is an “artistic necessity.” In the novel of the group, said M. Romain, there must be besides purely historical and fictitious characters, an inter- mediary group to connect the two. These people are a combination of the historically correct and the fic- titious, for example a_ fictitious character holding an office that ac- tually existed. In this way the reader should be convinced of the truth of the book. M. Romains plans to write 27 published within a few weeks. SUBURBAN o»wAROMORE. Starts Tues. Feb. 11—For 1 Week Hits a brand new note in musicals; Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard -“SECOND CHORUS” | SEVILLE BRYN MAWR volumes of Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté. He has already written]. eighteen and the nineteenth will be |. ‘ » British War Relief - From pow on the campus agent for the British War Relief will be Barbara Her- ‘man, Rhoads North 157, in- stead of Dorothy Counsel- man. Maver Defeats Bryn | Drexel; Sloppy Playing Bryn Mawr Gymnasium, Satur- day, February 8—In a game which marked the seasonal debut of both teams, the Bryn Mawr Varsity To Drexel Reserves Bryf-Mawr Gymnasium, Febru- ary 8&—The Bryn Mawr Second Basketball Team lost 'to a superior Drexel-Reserve-Team. by.a-score.of 25-15. Drexel showed an ability | to hold onto the ball which Bryn Mawr lacked. The Yellow and White were slower-to get free, to send passes, and to shoot. How- ever, there was noticeable improve- ment as the game progressed. Next week should see a steadier team on the floor against Swarthmore. BRYN Mawr, II Bregman, (Captain) Brunn, f Brunn, L. Mason, f Kirk, M., f Fleming, Lazo C., g Motley, Chester, g Summer, Tuckerman, g DREXEL, II Crap, Kelly, f Shaeffer, f Wolfe, f Bader, g , Clokey, g Michaels, Thomas, g » Points scored: Brunn, 2; Mason, 6; Kirk, 7; for B. M. C. Crap, 7; Shaeffer, 10; Wolfe, 8 for Drexel. Special Speech Class Miss Henderson will con- duct a special speech class designed to aid in teaching if enough people are inter- ested. No credit will be given: See Claire Gilles, Pem- broke East. ; ( fey Basketball Team defeated Drexel Second Team Loses ~~“ MS wce, 279. Handicapped’ by lack of practice, the two teams were far from accurate. The for- wards missed half again as many, baskets as ‘they made, and the guards’ passes too often went to the opposing guards. Although Bryn Mawr _ led throughout the. game, it was only by a margin of two or four points. 1 Stokes, ’41, and Murnaghan, ’44, playing on the Varsity for the first time, worked well with Hutchins, ’41. 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