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THE COLLEGE \NEWS

(Founded in 1914)

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Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and |
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* ‘The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nething that appears
in it may be reprinted either? wholly or in part. without permission of the
Editor-in-Chief.

va Editorial Board
es ALISON MERRILL, '45, Editor-in-Chief
Mary Virncinia More, ’45, Copy Patricia Piatt, *45, News
Aprit OurSLER, '46 SUSAN OULAHAN, ’46, News
Editorial Staff
Naney MoreEnHouse, ’47 LANIER DUNN, 47
MarGareET Rupp, °47 Darst Hyatt, ’47
THELMA BALDASSARRE, °47 MonnNIE BELLow, °47
ROSAMOND Brooks, *46 Rostna BATESON, °47
Marcia DemMBow, °47 NIcoLe PLEVEN, °47
Crecit1a ROSENBLUM, °47 Emity Evarts, ’47
ExizaBetH Day, °47 Laura Dimonp, *47
PATRICIA BEHRENS, '46
Sports
Carou BALiarop, ’45

 

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Cartoons
JEAN SMITH, '46
Photographer

HANNAH KAUFMANN, °46

Business Board
Mita AsHopiANn, °46, Business Manager
BaRBARA WILLIAMS, °46, Advertising Manager
SARAH G. BECKWITH, 46 ANNE. KincsBury, 47

Subscription Board
MarGareT Loup, °46, Manager

Harjr MA.ix, °45 CHARLOTTE BINGER, 745
“ELIZABETH MANNING, '46 Lovina BRENDLINGER, *46
NANcY STRICKLER, °47

 

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~ Published” weekly during the College Year™ (excepr during” Thanksgiving; ;}

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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912

 

 

A New Magazine

The Lantern is dying on its feet. The feeling of its edit-
ors that it should be allowed to die its natural death is shared
by the campus as a whole. In view of this, we suggest that
a new literary magazine, with a new heritage, be set up, in
the belief that though the Lantern is dead, the creative writ-
ing of the campus is not.

In the last issue of the News, the editor of the Lantern
advocated the discontinuation of the magazine, at least for
the “duration.” This statement was made in answer to gen-
eral campus comment, and an editorial in the News, suggest-
ing a renovation of the Lantern, in the hope of giving it the
new life necessary to regain its original prestige in the col-
lege.

In advocating its abandonment, the editor stated that “a
lack of interest, a lack of material—based- on more than the
apathy which a good publicity campaign could overeome—
and also the salient fact of a lack of funds” had made it im-
practical to continue publication at this time.

With this we agree. Students have a feeling of disin-
terest and contempt for the Lantern, a feeling generated by
the very nature of the magazine. Within the last few years
it has become unrepresentative, typifying only what has
come to be called “the Lantern style.” The attitude of the
upperclassmen has been absorbed by the Freshmen, and ‘at
this time the Lantern appears to be hopelessly lost in a mo-
rass of unfavorable prejudice.

If the campus in general, and the present editorial board
of the Lantern in particular, feel as they do about the maga-
zine, then by all means it should be discontinued. This does
not, however, preclude the possibility of the institution of
another literary magazine, entirely new, free from the tra-
ditional stigmas of the Lantern.

We have heard again and again that there is a “dearth
of literary material on campus.” Such a statement is entirely
unfounded. In an unofficial survey made recently over fifty
undergraduates were found ready to contribute to a literary
magazine other than the Lantern. In addition to the work
of the Experimental Writing classes, material of real value is
turned in not only in English Composition, but in Mr. Au-
den’s course in Verse.

There is no dearth of material. There is merely a lack
‘of interest in the present magazine. We believe that a new
one, with a new name and board, and a fresh start, would
succeed in attracting these contributions,

The institution of a new campus organ is a thoroughly
practical idea. Subsidy could be obtained from the Under-
graduate Association, or from interested alumnae. With
enough capital to enable the magazine to return to a regu-
lar, printed format, an opportunity for advertising would be

provided, and the way made clear for the new organization

to rise to financial independence.

The new magazine can survive no better than the Lan-

tern without campus support. Interest in the Lantern has
_long since petered out, but interest in writing has not dis-
from the campus. A new magazine, formed by and

for popular interest would succeed.

 

WITS. END

For forty days I have been
adrift, trying to drown. my sor-

rows accumulated before mid-

semesters by dreaming of a sun
burn, crisp and clear as_ toast,
while raindrops are coursing down
the withered and sphynx-like nose
of time without a handkerchief.
bright, bilious cloud I

swear that not one of my shees is
not mildewed, and that unless the
fountains of knowledge dry up I
cannot be spared a_ strangling
death among primeval ooze. Strug-
gling towards Taylor I must battle
through the roots of daffodils who
have sensibly decided that it is
wetter bottom side up, and gnaw-
ing my pencil, I’: long to be hydro-
tropistic too if only it would keep
my head d Melancholy distilled

‘}in droplets by the cloister pool

(where I vainly choke myself on
cigarette smoke to fumigate my
mind) chants the glad refrain—
this too will pass away! Time is
out of joint, and soon the dolphins
will be sporting in my hair and I
shall be swallowed by an oyster
and slowly transformed into a
pearl of great price. O that the
world were but a hairdrier! It
would follow me around like a
ghost, and the next time I fell into
the mud I could rise as vapor to
a far, far better world.

~Thursday,.. April..20,.:366..out..of.

 

 

Common Treasurer

In the hall meetings on
a possible 371 students voted
to maintain the Common Treas-
urer and to amend the consti-
tutions of the Self-Government
Association, the Undergradu-
ate Association, the Alliance,

and the League.

 

 

 

Modern Dance Group
To Present Program

The Modern Dance Club of Bryn
Mawr will present Malvena. Taiz
in a program of solo and group
dances on Wednesday, May 38. The
Bryn Mawr Modern Dance Group
and the Malvena Taiz Dancers will
assist in the recital, which will be
held in the gymnasium at eight-
thirty.

The program is an opportunity
for those who have never seen
modern dancing to watch and dis-
cuss the subject. Samples of tech-
nique will be shown in the Bryn
Mawr Group studies of Leaps and
Falls, and~in a waltz by Ravel.
Mrs. Taiz and her/group will do
the interpretive dancing.

Mrs. Taiz, a well-known. Phila-
delphia dancer, who has appeared
both in New York and Philadel-
phia, will do several solos, one of
which is called “Et Cetera” by E.
E. Cummings. In this number the
poem will be read by a reader.

 

 

 

International Labor Organization

The present conference of the International Labor Or-
ganization at Philadelphia offers interesting suggestions as
to the attitudes and influences which will dominate post-war
attempts at international cooperation. All the participants
indicate a willingness to cooperate, but the larger nations
appear unwilling to surrender any of their sovereign rights,
a procedure essential to the effective operation of joint ac-
tion. Further, a disinclination to accept on an equal basis
those nations with fascist affiliations is apparent.

An organization of delegates from countries interested
in cooperation on international labor policy, the ILO meets
periodically to discuss such problems as may arise. It is com-
posed of four delegates from each member nation, two rep-
resenting government, one representing labor, and one man-
agement. s

The first indications that national sovereignty remains
the keynote of government policy in the United States and
Britain appeared in the Philadelphia conference when the
Australian delegate proposed that a committee be constitut-

ed as a means of stabilizing high rate of employment after,

the war, with a decision binding upon the member govern-
ments. The American labor delegate offered an alternative
proposal that national economic policy be coordinated by
those concerned: labor, management, and government. This
was accompanied by support of the principle of internation-
al cooperation, but it does not erase the stigma of American
cpposition to the Australian proposal as an effective means
of putting this principle into practice.

Further, the recent Russian demand that a new ILO,
based upon the United Nations, be formed, serves to indicate
Russian national aspirations of dominating internatioal labor
discussions. The present ILO is a part of the League of Na-
tions machinery and is financed by League funds. Since Rus-
sia was expelled from the League following her attack upon
Finland in 1939, she has consistently refused to send dele-
gates to any ILO conferences, despite the pleas of the Allies
that-she participate.

The attempt of the smaller nations to atnal the Argen-
tinian labor delegate indicates a refusal on the part of United
Nations members to deal with organizations influenced by
fascist propaganda, even in discussions dealing chiefly with
post-war problems. This attitude, if continued, does not bode

well for effective post-war cooperation, but it is quite poss-!

ible that the lesser of the United Nations will recede from
such a conclusive position when the fervor of war spirit has
ceased to be such a decisive factor.

 

Please!

Three copies of Birdsall’s
Versailles Twenty Years After,
urgently needed for the minor
history classes, have been taken
unsigned from the _ reserve,
Please, if you know of their
whereabouts, return them to
the Library tout de suite. Ex-
ams are a a8

Athletic Association

The Athletic Association
takes..pleasure in announcing
the election of Sue Horn '46
as vice-president, Alice Hedge
’46 -as treasurer, Roberta Ar-
rowsmith ’47 as secretary, and
(Nancy Niles ’47 as - Gophoesone
member,

 

 

 

 

 

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Opinion

 

Behrens Stresses Abilities
Of Common Treasurer
Nominees

Dear Editor.

I have been asked by the mem-
bers of the Sophomore Class Nom-
inating Committee, elected to
choose nominees for the office of
Common Treasurer, to set forth
the policy adopted by the Commit-
tee in making its choice.

We strongly and sincerely feel
that in a class as large as_ ours
there is much “unused talent”.
Many good and dependable peo-

ple were shoved into the _back-
ground of class affairs in the
chaos of Freshman year. There

they have remained, working hard
and well at important but seldom-
publicized jobs. We feel that,
when possible, they should be giv-
en a chance to show their ability
in larger and more’ impressive
college offices. Common Treasur-
er, being a new and relatively in-
dependent office, is one in which
the individual does not need to
have served an apprenticeship on
an organization board.

On the other hand, we believe
that only people who have been
consistently holding large campus
offices are truly eligible. for cer-
tain elections. We would hardly
think, for instance, of nominating
someone next spring for Self-Gov-
ernment president who is not al-
ready well acquainted with the du-
ties of the office.

We do feel, though, that in an
office such as Common Treasurer
general ability and dependability
are of more importance than the
holding of a large number of oth-
er offices. In fact, the treasurer’s
office requires so much time that
one cannot perform its. duties
thoroughly while continuing to
hold overly-many offices.

To conclude, we hope
voting the college will seriously
econsider—our-—- choices. We feel
that the nominees are good repre-
sentatives of those who form the
strength of our class. We hope
that the college will agree with
us.

that. in

Very sincerely,
Patricia Brehrens, ’46

Owl Swimming Team
Ends 1943-44 Season

With a score of two victories
and two losses on its 1943-44 rec-
ord, the Varsity swimming team
have folded their water wings for
the season and settled down to
add up their points, patting them-
selves on their well-muscled backs.
Losing to Swarthmore and _ to
Penn, the team took a deeper
breath and conquered Baldwin and
finally Penn in a return meet.

To Ty Walker °45,~ consistent
winner of the backstroke event
for speed and captain of this year’s
varsity, goes the varsity individ-
ual cup, awarded to the member
of the team who won the greatest
number of points in all the meets
and in the interclass varsity meet
as well. This will be Ty’s second
year in possession of the silver
cup.

In the various non-varsity inter-
class meets that punctuated the
swimming season, Janet Hoopes
’44 took the honors, gaining the
majority of points in the three
mests, while
’44 won out in the non-varsity
diving. The class cup, in spite of
the two high-point Seniors, goes
to the class of 1947, with the Sen-_
iors taking second place, Sopho-

 

mores third, and Juniors the ig-

 

nominious last. -

 

Katherine Franck ~