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VOL. XXV, No, 22

BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, ‘1939

Copyright TRUSTEES OF
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 1939

- PRICE 10 CENTS

 

 

Bragg Shows
~ Soap Crystal
In Color Film

Latest Sack on Mcliciles
_ Structure Illustrated
In New Movie  .

_ EMINENT SCIENTIST
TALKS IN OWN FIELD

Goodhart Hall,

 

 

 

May 4.—Sir Wil-
Jiam Bragg, president of the Royal

ture on the Structure of Organic
Crystals with a motion picture dis-
play of the brilliant interference col-
ors on soap film. With the aid of
‘this picture, slides, blackboard dia-
grams, and ‘a second. motion picture
of ice crystals, Sr. William discussed

, -the structure of organic “molecules.
. He dealt chiefly with the long-chain
soap molecules, which are in many
‘ways ‘similar to those that compose
nerve and muséle tissue and plant
- fiber.

The picture was made in the Davy-
‘Faraday laboratories only six weeks
ago, in connection With the intensive
research work now in progress on the
properties of thin films. The audi-
ence, largely composed of outside phys-
‘icists from as far away as New York
‘and Washington, was privileged in
seeing this recent development. The| B
color camera, said Sir William, had
made a “remarkably faithful” repro-
duction of the actual colors, and made
it possible to study and keep perma-
nent record of the behaviour of the
‘soap molecules.

The most important constituent of
‘organic substance is, Sir William said,
the carbon atom.
which carbon combines itself with
other atoms are firm. The forces be-
tween molecules so formed are slight
compared with these interior forces.

In the pliability of organic matter
- ‘Continued on Page Five

 

O’Daniel- Discusses
Position of Women

In Field of Politics

 

Common Room, May 1.—In the last)

of the series of vocational léctures,
Eileen O’Daniel, speaking on The
Great Game of Politics, declared that
political work for women is not only
a possible, but a highly important
field. As secretary to John D. Ham-
ilton, chairman of the Republican Na-
‘tional Committee, Miss O’Daniel has
been working in Washington in the
past few years and has also-had ex-
perience in local politics.
Those who wish to enter the field
of politics may start with part-time
- volunteer| work in their local precincts,
the speaker said. Good humor and
patience are major requisites for such
work. Applicants should first write
to the head of the local woman’s divi-
“sion of their party for the name of
‘their local precinct leader. It is es-
sential to. have experience in one’s
own precinct as local issues are most}
important. to the majority of people
and usually determine national elec-
tions, :
From her local district the volun-

teer cak advance through state poli-
_tics to the National Committee in
Washington. The 1940 elections pre-

sent-srso0rtunities to women to engage
in national politics. All. such work
“affords “associations” with ‘many kinds}
of people, a new perspective on one ’s
own town, and a career adaptable, to
_all surroundings. |

‘Many educated people believe poli-

tics is “dirty, magical or glamorous.”

‘To them politics implies graft, an op-|

‘portunity for meeting fascinating
‘people, or for. uncontested campaigns.
-“‘But,’t said| Miss O’Daniel, “we have

a.

as representative a Congress as we}

\ deserve.” “The balancing of the two
‘main parties is indispensable to de-
,moecracy. Therefore these parties
‘have been part of the legal
structure of ——

The bonds with] ”

Musicians Contribute ‘|

To Scholarship Fund

Curtis String Quartet Presents
Program of Little Known
Compositions

 

 

Goodhart, May 8. — The Curtis
String Quartet, four excellent mu-

instruments

Refugee Students. Two of the three!
compositions offered were written by
contemporary composers, leading one
to expect less pleasure from them
than from better-known works. They
proved, however, extremely easy for
the ear to follow and a happy de-
parture from the classics.

_ Beautiful ensemble work, mastery
of technique, and restrained, well-
bred interpretation marked their play-
ing as a group. In solos, each instru-
ment seemed lovelier than the preced-
ing one, an effect due not only to the
player’s ability, but also to the instru-
ment itself. Mr. Brodsky and Mr,
Jaffe both played Stradivarius violins,
Mr. Aronoff an Amati viola, and Mr,
Cole a Montagnana cello.

The Beethoven -Quactet, Op. 18 No.
2, a delightful, comparatively early
work of the master, opened the pro-
gram. Its hap mood ae

through four movements: a briNiant,
Continued on Page Six

perimental Drama
"Skillfully Produced

Garbat’s Direction Nets Honors
Of ‘Hiawatha Pullman’;
Lewis, Crosby ‘Praised

 

 

 

Reaching a new high in dramatic
enterprise, the Varsity- Players col-
laborated with the Haverford Cap and
Bells -Club to- present -Thoernton Wil-
der’s Pullman Car Hiawatha. Chief
honors for the success of the play
should go to the director, Fifi Gar-
bat, ’41, who was able to synchronize
the action and speaking 6f some 30
completely independent characters to
produce the required impression of a
random group of Pullman passengers
caught in a particular space and time,

Pullman Car Hiawatha purports to
give the “geographical, cosmological,
and theological” position of a train
traveling between New York and Chi-
cago. One of the chief weaknesses
inherent in the play itself was its
attempt to give this broad cosmic pic-
ture in the space of 20 minutes. No
clear idea of the underlying forces or
ideas which may have been in Mr.
Wilder’s mind emerged from the rath-
er incidental philosophies which he put
into the mouths of the hours and, plan-
ets. The production as a whole was
remarkably. successful. in overcoming
the diversity of the characters, which
Would, under less able handling, have
destroyed the realization of a unified
picture. ;

The many actors realized that co-
ordination was more important a
the creation of any single dominating
personality. The individuality of
Jeaech: passenger, place; and time, was
quickly and definitely established, but
was never allowed to distract atten-
tion from the ‘presence of the other
forces.

The otherworldly atmosphere so
necessary to the play was supplied
by. this coordination,.and also height-
ened by the lack of scenery. . Use of
the spotlight on each character. in
{turn served to emphasize their com-
plete independence of one another, and
also. to indicate that, after establish-
ing an individuality, the character be-
came again merely a contributor. to
the whole scene.

In the difficult part of the. stage
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“’ Jonathan Weiss —
The College Néws wishes to
congratulate Mr. and _Mrs.
\Weiss on the birth of. a son,
Jonathan, on ee May 1; ",
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sicians playing on four ofthe finest |
in the world, gave a}
highly enjoyable program of chamber |
music to the benefit of the fund for}

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COLLEGE CALENDAR
Priday;/ May 12.—Industrial
Group Picnic outside Goodhart,
_ 6.30. A. S. U. business meeting
for the election of officers, Com-
mon Room, 7.30. Jpint Meeting
of the Industrial Group and the
A. S. U. on the National Labor
Relations Act. Miss Fairchild
will speak, Common Room, 8.30.
Tuesday, May 16.—Current
Events, Mr...Fenwick, Common
Room, 7. 30.

 

 

 

Auden ilosie
Nature of Man
And Poet’s Aim

Deanery, May 2.—The English poet
and playwright, W. H. Auden, speak-
ing on the poet’s position in modern
society, began. by examining the na-
ture of man. The purpose of the
artist is the elucidation of this nature,
which,. although it may be distorted,
can never be changed. He cannot,
therefore, escape into a_ personal
ivory Tower, or bétorie the. spokes-|
man for any single social class. Poetry|
is one means’ of making us aware of
ourselves and our relationships, and
this understanding is necessary, if
we are to become free.

 

Salvation lies, the speaker said, in
Monism, the only true philosophy,
which holds good to be activity, and
evil, that which limits activity. Blake,
Jgsus, Goethe, Voltaire, . Montesquieu
and ‘Marx are monistic in their doc-
trines. The dualist, on the other hand,
separates the body from the mind,
making action evil, reason alone good.
According to Mr. Auden any. belief
which supports social classes as pre-
ordained, or believes in the rule of
the few over the many, it dualistic
philosophy, and therefore false.

Man of all animals is the most in-
telligent, because he is the most af-
feétionate. Yet our so-called civiliza-
tion is based upon dualistic standards
of hatred—and:- fear. _Inan ingras
ingly complicated world, faced) with
problems too difficult for him to solve,
the human being began to act dualis-
tically, or negatively. All co-opera-
tion is monistic action, free from
hatred.

At preserit the poet is regarded as
peculiar and isolated by the world,
which is consciofis of its distorted na-
ture. If poetry is to be popular and
successful, it must accept the dual-
istic standards of modern society. If

not, it Becomes segregated’ from popu-
Continued on Page Two

H. GOLDMAN DENIES
TFARSUS WAS ONCE
MYCENEAN CAPITOL

Music Room, May 24—The second
lecture in the series on Early Aspects
of Anatolian. Civilization by Miss
Hetty Goldman dealt with the exca-
vation at Tarsus of which she is the
The dig was originally un-
dertaken to determine the validity. of
a rumor suggesting it as a possible
center for the so-called Achaean Em-
pire mentioned in Hittite records.

This. empire is commonly called
Mycenean' and is connected with
Tirynes and Mycenae, but whether or
not. its center was actually on the

 

 

terested archaeologists for some years.
Rhodes, Cyprus and other islands, and
also Pamphilia and the region of
Silicia about Tarsus (in Asia Minor),
have ‘been suggested at various times
as. alternative centers. Miss Gold-
nian devoted a considerable part of
her’ lecture to proving that the
Achaean Empire could not ‘possibly
have been centered at Tarsus because
an investigation of the Mycenean
level of the city shows the period to
have been a weak one. The Mycenean
pottery found was probably imported
via Egypt by the remnants of the
civilization fleeing from northern in-
vaders.

{n- addition Miss Goldman described
earlier levels ‘reached by the excava-

 

Continued on Page Three

 

main land is a question that has in-,

S.C. Chew Analyses
_ Elizabethan Imagery

 

Concept of Time gnd Fortune
Recombined Many Earlier

Abstractions
es

is, generally concerned

 

Goodhart Hall, May 1.—
an tragedy

of Fortune’s: wheel,” said Samuel C.
Chew, professor of English, in his
leeture, Time and Fortune in _ the
Elizabethan Imagination. The .con-
ception of Fortune in the literature
of this period was interwoven with
abstractions and attributes popular in
preceding generations, such as_ the
fates, justice, and occasion. ‘

Time hineelf sometimes is pictured
turfiing the wheel of Fortune. In
bringing together the iconography of
many centuries, Mr. Chew said, the
spinning wheel of the fates and hence
of Fortune comes to be associated
with the web of Destiny, and Time
is conceived as-spinning the web.

Fortune was usually senate det: to
be a malignant and untrustworthy
spirit. A slightly different variant of
‘this theme may be found in the Mir-
ror of Magistrates, the precursor of
Elizabethan tragedy, which »shows
Fortune with no real existence of her
own. Man, according to this interpre-

tation, is the author of his own woe.
Continued on Page Three |

 

Rufus Jones Defines
Mystical Experience

 

Reality of Intuitive “Perception
Of Higher Truth Defended
By Noted Quaker

 

‘ Common Room, May 3,—At an open
meeting of the Philosophy Club Mr.
Rufus Jones spoke on the Nature of
the Mystical Experience. Mr. Jones
defined “religious mysticism” as mean-
ing, roughly, immediate intuitive con-
sciousness of transcendent reality, al-
though he admitted that abstract
words were inadequate to express such
human revelation. 5

As. evidence for the existence of the
mystjcal experience, Mr. Jones cited
a number of cases where persons of
character and veracity had | indubft-
ably undergone a deep emotional ex-
perience, coupled with intimations of
-he super-natural. The event seems
as real to the mystic as physical ex-
»e ience, and enables him to triumph
ver the universe. “Such mystics
ave charted the course of history and
e'ped to build the world. In this,
he intimations of the transcendent

ve b.come a major faecor in the

urse ‘of human events.”

‘Such great figures as Moses, St.
Paul, St. Thomas Aquinas, Juneid of
Baghdad and St. Theresa were mys-
ics. All found that the effect of mys-
tical experience was- primarily a
deepening fof Jife. They attained
serenity fof mind by. being able to

Continued on Page Two

College To Advinse
Funds for Workshop

To enable undergraduates to make
their pledges for the Theatre Work-
shop run over 1939-40 paydays, the
college has agreed to advance the total’
‘amount pledged, if the Undergradu-
ate Association will. underwrite, or

 

 

sary because pledge cards are not
considered “legally collectible” unless
they: are underwritten. by one person
or organization. Work cannot be
started on the Workshop until all the
money is actually. received or legally
collectible.

In underwriting the pledges, the
Undergraduate Association promises
to make good any defaults by assess-
ments on its members. This assess-
ment, if necessary at all, will be very
small for any one person, but the
consent of the undergraduates is nec-
essary before work can p A
vote will be taken after /lunch, on
Thursday,- May 11.

 

with the fall of kings front the top|!

guarantee, the sum, This is hneces-|

_| seabs.

{Dean Manning

Battles With
 C. G, Fenwick

Experts Repeat Testimony
Given Before Senate
On Neutrality

 

 

DEBATE-INSTIGATES
HEATED DISCUSSION

Common Room, May 9.—At an open
meeting of the International Relations
Club, Dean Manning and Mr. Fen-
wick supported their respective views
as presented at the Senate Investiga-
tion Committee on Neutrality. Dean
Manning spoke before the Senate as a
representative of the Woman’s Inter-
national League for -Peace and -Free-
dom, upholding the present Neutrality
Act, while Mr. Fenwick supported the
newly proposed Thomas Amendment,
now under diseussion in the Senate.

 

Dean Manning believes that there’

need be no further legislation; the
present Neutrality Act is an adequate
policy for the United States in deal-
ing with warring foreign powers. It
is because this act has not been prop-
erly enforced in the case of either
Japan or Spain that the supporters of
the Thofmas Amendment feel it to be
insufficient:

In presenting this view, Dean Man-
ning further stated that the Women’s
International League for Peace and
Freedom favors an amendment to the
act, providing for deliberation and
referendum on the part of the Amer-
ican people in the case of imminent
war. “I, cannot believe that the
American people would deliberately,
atthe present time, with so many of
our own political problems crying for
solution, embark upon a course which

will call fora complete reorganiza-
Continued on Page Six

Organizer Explains
Position of Union
In Maritime Strike

«The Labor Committee of the A. S.
U. interviewed Mr, J. J. Smith of the
National Maritime Union last Satur-
day, May 6, on the subject of the
union’s present strike against oil con-
cerns which refused to comply with
its demands for preferential hiring.
The unidn is picketing all Standard
Oil gas stations and is holding up oil
shipments by. delaying sailings. ©

Although the union is ‘also striking
for higher wages its primary objec-
tive is to strengthen its position and
to safeguard its members by establish-
ing a union employment agency which
would control the hiring of crews on
a rotary system of waiting lists.
system of preferential hiring amounts
to a closed shop since hiring would
be in union hands. In already estab-
lished. union agencies, records of the
applicants are kept on file, and the

 

 

‘| union is privileged to transfer an ap-
plicant’s card to the bottom of the

waiting list, if he should miss more
than two union meetings..

Mr. Smith continued that the Na-
tional Maritime Union has had. to

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This —

struggle against company unions, and ©

against concerns ‘who register under
foreign flags, employing foreign labor
which undercut the American wage
level. Also, such companies have used
a system of farcical medical examina-

union men whom they could not openly
refuse to employ,
The strike.affects companies operat-

ing over.a hundred oil carrying ves- -

sels and has been called at a strategic

time since this coal strike fuel short- ~

tions to eliminate perfectly able-bodied _

age will be heightened by a tie-up of .

oil.. So far it has been fairly success-
ful, according to Mr. Smith, though
the outcome is still uncertain. Several
concerns such as Gulf Oil have al-

ready the acquiesced to the union’s de- -

mands, and the Department of Com-—

merce ‘has prohibited companies from

distributing seaman’s. certificates. ieee

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