| f ; | 2-615 THE CO vs LEGE NEWS ’ Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1940 VOL. XXVI, No. 18 BRYN MAWR ard WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1940 Frost names Self-Expression As Goal of Life Goodhart, March 25.—‘“I would like to make everyone I meet real- ize that the height of life comes in moments of expression,-either writ- ten or oral,’ said Robert Frost in the last lecture of the College Entertainment Series. There are three times, he continued,. when self expression heightens life: in binding a bargain, in reconciling |, a difficulty, and -in justifying a .-course of action. An interest in self expression, said Mr. Frost,;-should-be-aroused through education. In bringing up children, emphasis should be placed on.good poetry as well as on good prose, although it is difficult to teach a child set standards by which to prove that a poem is good or bad. Mr. Frost then presented several tests to which ‘he subjects all poetry. The first test determines whether or not the rhywe and metre fall naturally and spontane- ously upon the ear. In real poetry the rhyme word is as inevitable as the last syllable of a ten syllable word. For Mr. Frost the form is important because it adds a certain zest and challenge to the writing. “Free verse,” he said, “is like | playing tennis with the net down.” Continued on Page Two College Legislature Offers Election Plan March 25.—At the meeting of the college Legislature, resolutions were passed concerning the elec- tions of the presidents and vice- presidents of the Self-Government and Undergraduate Associations and the positions of the Self-Gov- ernment secretary and treasurer. Before going into effect these reso- lutions must be passed by a two- thirds majority of the college and approved by the Board of Trustees. It was felt that with the growth of the college, the present system of elaptions is inadequate as well as confused. Under the proposed plan, the Junior Class would elect, at one meeting, four nominees for each of the offices of Self-Govern- Continued on Page Three ELIZABEHH POPE SPENCER TO GIVE DEANERY LECTURES ON MODERN POETRY Theodore Spencer, professor of English at King’s College, Cam- bridge, and visiting lecturer this year at Harvard University, will give a_series of three lectures at the Deanery starting April 9. The subject will be The Present State of Poetry. ZL Mr. Spencer is a recognizéd au- thority on modern. literature, par- ticularly poetry, and as a critic has had many of his essays included in contemporary anthologies. Besides this he is interested in Elizabethan and early seventeenth century po- etry, and wrote Death and the Eli- zabethan Tragedy on this subject. He has also written poetry of his own, some of which has appeared in the New Yorker. The series of lectures will be given on April 9, 16 and 23 in the Deaneryat_4.30_P. M..Subscrip- tion tickets are five dollars, but Bryn Mawr undergraduates will be admitted free of charge. Elections Undergraduate Association: Vice-President, A Stokes. Peace Council: President, H. Resor, ’42. Secretary, M. Gumbart, ’42. Lack of Funds Caused Sale of B. M. Community Center By Elizabeth Crozier, ’41 One of the volunteers coming into the Bryn Mawr Community Center on a busy Saturday morn- ing in 1917 remarked, “Why, the Community is so thick that you can’t see the Center!]’ A total of 4367 children, or an average of 100 a day, enjoyed the benefits of the Community Center. The Community Center started in the spring of 1915. It was definitely a community undertak- ing with no one group predomi- nating to the exclusion of any other, All parts of the town sup- ported it: Dr. David Wilbur Horn, a Bryn Mawr citizen, was its first president, and Miss Hilda Smith, now Director of the Hudson Shore Labor School, was its first execu- tive secretary. The first site of the’ Commutity Center was back of the public school on the Pike down by the Diner. “Its work for children cov- ered every conceivable field of ac- tivity. There were sewing and cooking classes, a children’s dra- matic class, a Saturday morning story hour, games ahd informal gymnastics, individual violin and mandolin lessons, and a penny sav- ings fund. The Community Center provided a playground before the township did, and its activities were afforded wider scope by the use of the Baldwin School grounds kindly given by Miss Johnson, head of the school. The Community’s work for chil- dren can be paralleled only by its work for young people and adults. Cooking, dressmaking, knitting and handicraft classes were held. In 1917, the girls’ dramatic class presented A Pot of Broth by Yeats, and The Minuet, by Louis N.’Park- er. A debating. club for boys met occasionally, and language classes in the elements of French, Spanish and German—a somewhat amaz- ing thing for the year 1917 in America—werg conducted for boys and girls in the seventh and eighth grades. The four things of which the Center might well be proudest are its Italian Night School, its kin- dergarten, its school lunches and its. librarv. The Italian Night Continued on Page Three | somed into fame. “icharge of the -Finland’ Common ‘of the captain. News Gnashes Teeth, Bewails Loss of \Bosses Cheney As Edibor 5 Bay, with George Raft and Joan Bennett. : Arcadia: Raymond Massey and MOVIES Ruth Gordon in Abe Lincoln in Il- Opinion Director of Labor School Expresses Gratitude For Contribution The. following letter was re- ceived by the Treasurer of the Ac- tivities Drive, from the Director of the Hudson Shore Labor School: My dear Miss French: Thank you very much for the check for 475.00 dollars, complet- ing the undegraduate. pledge for the Summer School. We have also added Miss Park’s contribution of 200.00 dollars to the undergradu- ate contribution, at her request. This makes a total of 1400.00 dol- lars from your drive this year. We are most appreciative of .the interest that the undergraduates have shown, and I wish there were some way to thank personally all the girls who have contributed. I am enclosing a copy of our folder for next summer’s school. If you think some of the girls who contributed would like to receive copies, I should be happy to send them. : Sincerely, JEAN CARTER. Frost Reads Poetry At Series Lecture Continuea from Page One The second..rule for judging poetry is to-ascertain whether it is as good in verse as its equival- ent.in prose. The aim of the poem must be considered and whether or not that aim was ultimately achieved. Finally, said Mr. Frost, the poem as a whole must con- stitute a phrase since phrase is the beginning and end of form. Mr. Frost concluded by reading a group of’ his own poems, includ- ing: The Birches, Mending a Wall, An Old Man’s Winter Night and Crossroads. In-addition was a group of more recently published poems: A Drumlin Woodcock, De- partmental, Dives. Dive, The Bearer of Evil Tidings and Triple Plate. © Boyd: Mickey Rooney in Young Tom Edison. Earle: Gone With The Wind. Fox: Road to Singapore with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Karlton: Strange Cargo with Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter and Peter Lorre. - Keith’s: The. Grapes of Wrath with Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell. News: Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton in White “Wo- man. Palace: Northwest Passage with Spencer Tracy and Robert Young. Stanley: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins and Randolph Scott in Virginia City. Stanton: My Little Chickadee with W. C. Fields and Mae West. Studio: Louise, Charpentier’s opera with Grace Moore. THEATRES Forrest: A Night at the Folies Bergere, revue. - Locust St: Clare Boothe’s come- dy Margin For Error with Doris Dudley and Sheldon Leonard. “Suburban Ardmore: Thursday and Fri- day: Carole Lombard and Brian Aherne in Vigil in the Night. Sat- ‘urday: Charlie McCarthy Detec- tive. Narberth: Thursday: Hunch- back of Notre Dame. Friday and Saturday: That's Right, You're Wrong. = *. Seville: Thursday: Allan Jones and Mary Martin in The Great Victor Herbert. Friday and Sat- urday: James Stewart and Mar- garet Sullavan in Shop Around the - Suburban: Thursday, Friday Aldine: The House Across “ linois. Calendar ~* Tuesday, April 9:— 4 Theodore Spencer to lec- ture on the Present State of Modern Poetry, Deanery at 4.30. Current Events, Miss . Reid, Common Room, 7.80. Philosophy Club, Mr. Weiss to speak, Common Room, 8.15. Wednesday, April 1 International Relations Club Meeting. Common Room, 7.30. Thursday, April 11.— Earl Schenck to lecture on Polynesia, Tale of Tahiti, Goodhart, 8.30. Friday, April 12.— Square Dance, A. S. U., Gym. April 12 - 14.— Alumnae Council Week- end. Saturday, April 13.— Informal French Eve- ning, Wyndham. Sunday, April 14.— Art Club Tea, Common Room, 4.30. Rev. Donald Aldrich, Chapel, Music Room, 7.30. Monday, April 15.— Owen Lattimore to speak on America’s Stake in a Free China, Goodhart, 8.30. Tuesday, April 16.— Theodore Spencer, Dean- ery, 4.30. Current Events, Miss Réid, Common Room, 7.30. Jacques Maritain to speak on The Philosophy of St. Thomas Acquinas, Deanery, 8:15. Wednesday, April 17.— Roger Sherman Loomis, the 1940 Ann Elizabeth Sheble Lecturer, to Speak on Arthurian Ro- mce in Medieval Art, Goothart, 8.30. WIT’S END Copywhoa, or, Spring Cometh Not, She Said etaoin shrdlu emfwyp vbgkqj, pB. The old order changeth, yielding place to Sue. From Pop to Nuts. Sure and it is a cold time of year with the old ones going out and the new ones coming in with the ink scarce dry on their fingers. And what did the Easter Bunny bring you? If we’re not being too sudden. For us the Easter Bunny and Trouble came in like a lion. Fun’s fun but responsibility’s hell what with sabotage in the Power- house, mid-semesters yawning and stretching in the darkness, and on our necks the hot breath of baby chickies and baby duckies. Qh, to be in April, now that Eng- land’s here. Sunspots and electric storms. ,Alarms and excursions. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and To- morrow. If your name were To- morrow Brown would it mean you were going to Florida? Hark! Hark! the lark at Heaven’s gate sings, And Phoebus ’gins to rise. I tried to get up at 7.30 this morn- ing too And found, to my surprise, That Spring, God bless its sudden- ness, Hadn’t come. Now let’s play Postoffice and I’ll be Queen of the May. Except that they’re not having—yes they are, too—At - least. they always. have Little May Day. And if you’re waking, wake me early, wake me early, Mother dear. But don’t wait to see if I’m getting up. Ha, ha! See what we mean about, the old order changing ?. Saturday: Cary Grant-and—Rosa- lind Russell in His Girl Friday. 1 will. provide the informal en- » oe Rice Dramatizes New York In Two on an Island; Play Proves Unreal By Olivia Kahn, ’41 Although Elmer Rice is a native: New Yorker he seems to have a strange conception of his home. town. At any rate in Two On an. Island, produced by the Play- wrights’ Company, he pictures. New York as it might:be visualized by a middle-western farmer who. had never travelled east of the Mississippi. Thertheory that Amer- ica’s biggest city is a hard-boiled metropolis ridden with loose wo- men and immoral Bohemians is. now outmoded and most commenta- tors agree that it fails to take into. account the _ perfectly. normal 6,995,000 people living in the city. This fault would not be important if it were not for the fact that Mr. Rice obviously intends his play to capture the essence of the city. One might suppose that a young man and a young woman from out. of town who have taken rooms at the -¥--M.-G.-A.-and_Y,._W._C_A,, respectively, would meet plenty of nice people of their own age. Even if, as in Mr.. Rice’s saga, they were driven to soda-jerking and modeling as their only means of livelihood they might run across a few respectable, and native New Yorkers. Almost none of the char- acters in Two On an Island are natural so that conceivably there jis some justification for the conclu- sions drawn by the playwright. The two most refreshing and in- spired characters are the visitors to an art gallery who appear for a few seconds at the end of the sev- enth scene, snicker over a risqué painting, and disappear before Mr. Rice can damage them. There is a vague unity to the play but as a rule the scenes bear little relation ‘to one another. In fact, before the play is half over, one is apt to become rather bored with the whole idea. Who cares what happens to Mary and John anyway? hey are a_ mighty smug pair by the end of the last act and it is with condescension that they decide to stay and battle it out with New Xork. It is hard to believe that -York would have any desire to return the com- pliment. The play is well cast and the actors do the best they can under the circumstances. Luther Adler gives the role of the producer its proper share of world-weariness and even manages .to bring some ‘dramatic climaxes into one or two scenes. Betty Field and John Cra- ven play the young couple nicely and the other members of the cast contribute some striking charac- terizations. PHILOSOPHY CLUB TO HEAR MR. WEISS On Wednesday, April 10, in the Common Room, Mr. Weiss will ad- dress the Philosophy Club on The Nature of God and the World. For the two weeks< following Spring Vacation, the logic classes will be held by Dr. Geiringer, who is regarded as one of the world’s most eminent statisticians. Her subject will be Probability and all those ane sh are invited to at- tend:—-—— oi eeteraeaieninsana i paeaeinantttensans tana French House Soiree On April 13-in the French . House at 8.30 there will be a Soirée Francaise. Skits, songs and. recitations .by French House inhabitants tertainment. The admission will be sent to French organ- izations in need of assist- Wayne: Thursday, F Saturday: His Girl Friday. cance. Page Three Bartholomew Fair The Players Club. an- nounces the” following cast for the spring «production of Bartholomew Fair: l.ittlewit.Anne Ruth Goldberg, ’41 zeal of the hand Busy Vivi French, ’42 Winwif6iiccc,. Louisa Horton, ’42 Cumtlaiid 400004 Madge Lazo, ’41 COMCE Viiiicik Natalie. Bell, ’43 Waspe .Mary Alice. Sturdevant, ’40 Mm OVERAO iis oe Lucy Claggett, ’43 Edgeworth ....Pennell Crosby, ’41 Mooncalf ....Elizabeth Frazier, ’42 Troubeall ....Peggy Copeland, ’42 Mistress Littlewit. Marion Kirk, °40, Bristle ...Barbara Auchincloss, 40 Haggise ....Hermione | Frank, ’43 Dame Purecraft Eleanor -Fribley, ’41 Mistress Overdo.Nancy Evarts, ’42 Grace Wellborn .Patty McKnew, °43 UlMBla iiss Julie Follanshee, ’41 Joan Trash ..Carolyn Garnett, ’40 Knockheim : Mary Kate Wheeler, *40 AOR ee. -Phyllis White, ’43 * Leatherhead ....Nancy Chase, °43 Dumb Show Rehrig, Young, Greeley NUTS and BOLTS The Williams Theatre By Isabel Martin, ’42 Sometime this spring Williams College will open its new Theatre Workshop, which is reported to be one of the best equipped and most modern theatres of its size. The building, together with a mainten- ance fund, were given by an anony- mous donor in honor of John Quincy Adams, a gift which is ap- preciated particularly by the Dra- matic Department. In the‘old “op- era house,” now being used, they have to struggle to put on decent production. The stage is small, there is no offstage space. The new theatre, built of brick and marble, houses an auditorium which seats approximately 480 people. The stage itself is the epi- tome of convenience. On it have been riveted wagon tracks for mov- ing heavy scenery from the scenic workshop which is off to the right. In the floor there are scenery drop slots to facillitate painting, and traps down to the storage room. The most novel feature of the whole theatre is a central control booth, ‘sunk directly behind the or- chestra pit. From it every light in the building can be controlled by an organ keyboard panel. This type of control booth is now in use in the Radio City Music Hall. The stage manager will also have a control panel off stage right from which he will have telephonic con- nection with the lighting booth and bell connection all over the theatre. Besides these and other regular stage properties, beam lights are being placed in the middle of the auditorium ceiling, hidden * from the audience and accessible by cat- walks from backstage. In the base- ment of the theatre there are sev- eral private dressing rooms, cos- tume studio and storage rooms, property rooms and an electrical studio. The plans also include a small experimental stage and audi- torium where playwriting classes will be held. The musie depart- ment will be housed there in four soundproof studios. To top it all, a projection room is being installed in the rear of the main auditorium. Williams has~a small dramatic department under the direction of Max Flowers, a Yale Drama grad- uate.- He now teaches. courses ‘which cover the general ground of production combined with details on make-up, lighting, costumery ; one on playwriting, and another on the history of the theatre. He also is in complete charge of play selec- tion, direction and production. The staff of this department will un- doubtedly be expanded when the new. theatre-is opened. i The establishment of the Memo- rial Theatre heralds a widening dramatic interest around Williams- town, since it is to be run as a playhouse in the summer and an —o base in the winter. The plan for the theatre and its management should be a model for future college workshops, as it has been arranged with a thought for the practical as well as the artistic. Community Center’s Activities Now Limited Continued from Page One School was formed for'a group of Italians interested in learning Eng- lish and acquiring the information necessary for naturalization. It was started and taught by Haver- ford College students until Easter of 1917, when the call for national service came. It was then taken ‘}over by Bryn Mawr College stu- dents. The Community Center’s kinder- being before there was a kinder- garten in the Bryn Mawr public school system.. The same is true of the Center’s school lunches, served at minimum cost prices for the benefit of those children who iv iy far from the school to go h at noon. : Bryn Mawr’s first library grew from the Community § Center’s reading room. Books and maga- zines were collected to form a nucleus library, supplemented by a traveling library of 50 chil- dren’s books from the State Edu- cation Department. The library was open every afternoon for the children, and two nights a week for adults. The Community Center from its earliest days afforded a central meeting place for organizations of all kinds. The Lyceum of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Lower Merion Town- ship Suffrage Society and _ the “Sons of Italy” all met at the Center in 1917, and church recep- tions and entertainments, and the Bryn Mawr Hospital Fair were held ‘there in the same year. In 1918, because its . original space could no longer accommo- date its greatly extended ‘activities, the Center expanded to “The Mile- stone,” a house at 845 Lancaster avenue. In 1920, the Community Center moved once more, this tim® to the building behind the Ludington Library on the Pike. In 1920, the Bryn Mawr War Memorial Asso- ciataion was formed, in order to honor the Bryn Mawr men killed in the war. Mainly through the influence of the Community Center, they planned a living memorial. in- stead of a stone monument for the dead, and the present site of the War Memorial Association -was bought. Immediately after the building had been acquired, the Community Center moved the library into the big room on the ground floor, but this, too, was rapidly outgrown. So, shortly after, in memory of his wife Mr. Charles H. Ludington gave the town its present library, as he had already done for Ard- Eating Clubs In reply to comments that the fi- nancial plan, suggested by the Princetonian for cutting down the costs of the Princeton eating clubs, was impractical and would not work, we have discovered that just such a method is used by the Am- herst fraternities. The cooperative buying plan has worked admirably there. Each house appoints an un- dergraduate steward whose duty it department made up of students from all the houses. - Credit for the economy of Am- herst fraternity life, however, bé- longs chiefly to the Fraternity Business Management, which is a centralized organization headed by a college alumnus. At their own request, the council supervises all the financial dealings of the frater- nities. At the beginning of each semester the house treasurers pre- Monthly reports are made to the board which keeps constant check on the fraternity income and ex- tpenditures. This plan, inaugurated in 1987, has cut expenses down 25 dollars for each man. A working plan such as this is what the edito- rial board of the Princetonian had in mind when’ they launched their garten begun in 1917 came into} is to buy food through a stewards| . sent their operating ° budgets. |- campaign against the eating clubs. THE, COLLEGE.NEWS | = | Maritain To Explain Philosophical Views, Of Thomas Aquinas Jacques Maritain will lecture in the Deanery on Tuesday, April 16, at 8.15 p. m. M. Maritain is a) noted French philosopher, lecturer, He recognized throughout the world as the fore- most exponent and continuer of the and author. is philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. M. Maritain has lectured* on Thomist philosophy at the Univer- sities of Louvain, Geneva, Milan, Heidelberg and Oxford, the Angel- icum in Rome, the University of Chicago, the Institute of Medieval Studiés in Toronto and in many other centers of learning. He is also the author of Degrees of Knowledge, Art and Scholasticism, and Freedom in the Modern World. In 1914, M. Maritain became professor of Philosophy in the In- stitut Catholique of Paris. At this time, when Bergsonism was most in favor, he launched the first seri- ous criticism of the work of his former master, in his La Philo- sophie Bergsonienne. The lecture on April 16 will be in English. more—the Ethel Salters Ludington Memorial Library. In 1939; because of lack of funds, the Community Center was deeded to Lower Merion Township, but the town is still allowed its own committee for the library. Even before it was handed over to the township, the Center had _ out- worn some of -its functions. Its school lunches and _ kindergarten were taken over in time by the schools and the need for play- grounds was met by the township. But, in spite of these facts, the great importance and_achieve- ments of the Community Center remain. It was responsible for pointing out the needs of the com- munity. Today the Community Center serves as a central meeting place, but little more. Business Men’s Association meets there, the Gar- den Club, the Woman’s Club, the American Legion, the Child Health Center and the Camera Club. The rest of the Center’s activities, in- cluding its children’s work, has been greatly curtailed. There is now no night school in- Bryn’ Mawr. Radnor Township got the W. P, A.-night school ap- propriation for this district, be- cause'Merion Township refused to let. its schools be opened for the extra -nights. Lack of ‘funds was responsible for the sale of the Community Center. It is thought that the township is now planning to make it a more active organization. That will depend on the Commissioners. Now is the time to subscribe.” = , ' Tasty Sandwiches | Refreshments Lunches 35c + Dinners 50c- 60c We make you feel at home Bryn Mawr Confectionery Co. BRYN -MAWR incorporate College Legislature Offers Election Plan Continuea from Page One ment. and Undergraduate - pregi- dent. Each set of nominees would be chosen irrespective of the other and the same person might be in- cluded in both lists. . The nominees should then be an- nounced and their pictures and fu- ture duties published in-the News. The election for the president of Self-Government would then be held. If the person elected had also been nominated for the Under- graduate position, she would, of course, be dropped from -that list, still leaving three nominees, or the present number. The elections for the vice-president would follow the same genefal plan. To permit the necessary time for publication of the pictures it was resolved to advance the nomina- tions from the first week in March to the last week in February. The last resolution passed. was to the secretary and treasurer positions on Self-Govern- ment with the executive board. As the system is now, the holders of these positions have no share in Self-government’s work and yet are elected by the college at large. The executive board feéls that an increase of their present size would hinder their ability to function di- rectly and quickly and would de- stroy the proportion between classes. For this reason, the secre- tary’s and treasurer’s jobs would be handed over. to the first Junior member and tthe first Sophomore member respectively instead of electing the two present officers as additional members of the board. Graduate Assembly The winners of graduate fellowships will be announc- ° ed at a college assembly, Thursday, March 28. Dr. Frederick Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation will speak on American Phi- lanthropy and the Advance- ment of Learning. Twelve Model League To yy Held at Geneva, N.Y. Bryn Mawr Represents Brazil, | L. Morley to Preside As President | On Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday, at Hobart College, Geneva, New York, Bryn Mawr will repre-. sent Brazil in the Model League of Nations Assembly. Louise Morley, 40, is to be presideyit of the con- ference, which will discuss the ba- sis of a durable peace. The “Brazilian” delegates are: Faesch, ’41, Galucci, ’41, Magrath, ’42, Anne Spillers, 40, Trainer, ’41 and Rosenheim, ’40, chairman. An- nin, ’43, will act as an observer and liaison officer. Alternates are Reggio, 43, and Eitington, ’42.. Al- though no faculty adviser will ac- company the delegation, Miss Hel- en Reid, of the Politics. depart- ment, has been working with the group here. Louise Morley confessed that she had not actually been elected pres- ident yet. The League will sup- posedly be dissolved at the first ses- sion. Non-members, including Bra- zil and thé United States, will be invited to enter, and Louise will then be elected. She will give the opening address, from a Brazilian point of view, and will lead all the plenary sessions. For the rest of the time she will visit the political, constitutional, and economic and social commissions, and try to keep them working “along the same lines.” As‘ an old delegate to the assem- blies, and.as a student in Geneva last year, Louise is an expert in the procedure of international gatherings. Since the voting must be unanimous, compromise and co- operation are necessary. There is a great opportunity for diplomacy, especially at the dance on Friday night. After vacation, the delegates and other members of the Interna- tional Relations Club plan to con- tinue working on their entry for a contest sponsored by the Commis- The College Inn. will serve you Brunch Breakfast, Dinner, Tea and Lunch shen Cress WHE (D0: 4 sion to Study-the Organization of : Peace. - Staying at School Over Spring Vacation ® oe ite “AN *® TYPICAL NIGHT } D SUNDAY RATES. FROM BRYN MAWR For 3-Minute Station-to-Station Calls an NEW YORK SCRANTON NEW, HAVEN ALBANY CITY, N.Y. , CONN. N. Y. 35¢ | 35¢ | 45¢ | 55¢ ALTOONA BOSTON PITTSBURGH ROANOKE PA. MASS. PA. VA. 45¢ 60° 60¢ 70° BURLINGTON | HUNTINGTON DETROIT CHARLOTTE VT. W.VA. MICH. N.C. every night after 7 and These reduced long distance rates are in effect .- vantage of them to get in touch with the folks back home and with out-of-town friends. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA all day Sunday. Take ad- sound equipment. Mr. torial Government asked him to di- - English, was suggested as..a valu- to arrange further meetings be- ~ comprehensive work and — other Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Schenck, Former _ Actor, Will Lecture Here on Polynesia On April 11, in Goodhart, Earl Schenck will lecture on Polynesian customs and culture. The lecture will be illustrated by a full length motion picture in technicolor, with Schenck, originally an actor of -distinction, has turned explorer, and scientist and -has spent 14 yeers in the South Sea Islands. Threatened with blindness after several years on Broadway ana in Hollywood, Mr. Schenck was fore- ed to give up his theatrical career. His reputation followed him to Honolulu, where he had gone to re- cuperate, and the Hawaiian Terri- rect an historical pageant com- memorating the discovery 4of the islands by Captain Cook. Mr. Schenck did this so successfully that the Bishop Museum in Hono- lulu engaged him to gather data on Polynesian customs and culture. For 14 years he traveled in Samoa, among the Maoris, in New Zealand, the Marqueses, Gambiers, the Aus- trals, and Tuamotu, and he brings back a comprehensive and fasci- nating picture of the islands. English, Conferences And Comprehensive Problems Discussed A nucleus of the student curic- ulum committee, meeting with Mrs. Manning and Mr. Chew, raised problems concerning the English comprehensive conferences. Also discussed was the possibility of comprehensive fields in writing, modern literature and American literature. This year’s English majors have felt a lack of organization in their comprehensive conferences and it was suggested that the topics of the conference be designated _be- forehand so that they could be pre- pared more adequately The problem next raised was that of reading in fields in which the student has had no instruction. Mr..Chew felt that the list outlin- ing the general requirements for the comprehensives is the only reading list necessary. He thought that a student should be able to read on her own, using her judge- ment and the guidance of the fac- ulty, whom she is free to consult at any time. It was also emphasized that English majors are encouraged to take one of their comprehensives in an allied field, if they wish. Mr. Chew pointed out that a ma- jor field in writing would be im- practicable because of the difficulty of a final examination in this sub- ject. A student, may however, elect as many writing courses as she desires. A major field in modern litera- ture would mean the exclusion of one of the great fields of English literature. Furthermore, it is dif- ficult to treat modern literature with the same historical perspec- tive and to decide which phases of it are to be emphasized. Although Mr. Chew does not} 4 think that American literature is as substantial as other fields, he lists it as a possible candidate for a comprehensive examination. A course in it should, however, be broadened to include not only lit- erature but also a general study| “of the development of American culture. A» course on “Dante, given in able half-unit elective. Such a course has been offered in the past and can be repeated if there is suf- ficient demand for it. a The curriculum committee plans tween students and professors of different departments to discuss problems which might arise. 7 Collegians Urge Cut Govt. Expenditures, But Not In NYA Jobs By Student Opinion Surveys of America Austin, Texas, March 21.—Being debated in Congress and in commit- tees. is the President’s economy budget. American: colleges and universities, often far removed from the hustle of national life, this time have a keen interest in at least one item: the~ proposed reduction of the number of Na- tional Youth Administration jobs. Although other polls of the Stu- dent Opinion Surveys of America have shown: that collegians favor cuts in governmental expenditures, in this instance an overwhelming majority is opposed to the recom- mended 32 per cent reduction of NYA positions for college students. What is even more significant is that at least 12 per cent—ap- proximately one-eighth—of the stu- dents, favor a reduction. Some of these declared that if the jobs were given only to students who were in absolute need of them, expenses could be cut. As was perhaps to be expected, students who now hold these jobs were emphatically in favor of con- tinuing the program, a good many telling the Surveys interviewers that the number should even be in- creased. The poll points out, how- ever, that students who are not NYA employees are of the same opinion by almost identical per- centages. The national tabula- tions follow. A* B* Cc* Approve of reduction... 11% 9% 11% Disapprove of reduction 71 72 71 Reduce less than 32%.. 3 4 3 Increase number of jobs. 9 13 9 MeOt 6 NOW os ce ccs 6 2 6 (*A—AIll students; B—Those who hold NYA jobs; C—Those who do not have NYA jobs.) NYA workers, who perform hun- dreds of tasks from floor sweeping to book writing, earn about $15 a month. President Roosevelt’s recommendation calls for an ap- propriation of 85,000,000 dollars for the 1940-1941 fiscal year to go to the National Youth Administra- tion, 9,500,000 dollars to be spent on college and graduate aid, the rest on other projects away from the campus. This would mean a college employment of 89,000 per- sons, as compared with 130,000 this year. Student Opinion Surveys Reveal Views On the Reduction of NYA Jobs, and ASU 50% of Collegians Ignorant Of ASU; 35% Consider It Communistic Austin, Texas, March 29.—Only one-half of U. S. collegians report that they know about the Ameri- can Student. Union. Of those who have heard about it, 48 per cent have received an unfavorable impression of the or- ganization. At least three out of every ten in that same group believe that the A.S.U. is a front for commu- nism in colleges. Those are the results of a na- tion-wide study conducted by the Student Opinion Surveys of Amer- ica, scientific polling organization sponsored by the college press. Although a majority of those with opinions exonerates_ the American Student Union, long un- der fire for its uproarious conven- tions and allegéd Red leadership, this survey reveals that it has un- doubtedly succeeded in making a bad name for itself with a large sector of the student population. Slightly over 50—per cent_ ofthe men and women attending -college, however, declare that they never heard of the A.S.U. Those who were acquainted with it were asked these questions, and they gave the answers below: “Are your reactions to this organi- zation (the A.S.U.) favorable, or un- favorable?” PAV OMAD s5 estes vs 52 per cent UNPAVORABLE ss cccus 48 per cent “Do you believe that the American Student Union is a front for com- munists in colleges?’’ WE Sire e sb cesses cess 35 per cent WO cy cerita iss yee ecent 65 per cent POMONA WILL GIVE PRIZES FOR PLAYS Pomona College is sponsoring a one-act.-play contest open to all college students with fifteen prizes ranging from fifty dollars down to a package of stationery valued at two dollars. Plays must be type- written, double spaced, and post- marked no later than April 15. Any type of one-act play is ac- ceptable; playing time should range between twenty-five and forty-five minutes. ‘The prize-win- ning plays will be considered by Robert Taylor for possible adapta- tion as movie scenarios. All manuscripts should: be submitted HOW TO ternity dance over at X AND INFLUENCE STAG-LINES By Dalea Dorothy Clix Dear Miss Clix: Pity the girl—that’s me!—who goes on a blind date—and then falls in love! My roommate took me to a fra- College (near our school) and I met the captain of the basketball team. Once he started to hold my hand and then he suddenly said—“any man who had you for a sister would be lucky.” Oh, Miss Clix, what can I do ‘to make him think of me... not asa sister? WIN BOY-FRIENDS > HEARTSICK Dear Heartsick: Your plight is not hopeless. After all, supposing he wouldn’t even want you for a sister! However, you gave me one very significant clue. Why did he make that remark after holding your hand? How’do your hands look— like a day laborer’s? Be honest, now—were your nails beautifully groomed, impeccably manicured and tinted? That isa good, way to begin climbing out of the blind date class, isn’t it? AND NOW, DEAR, xo _ READ THE NEXT COLUMN CAREFULLY! AND HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT BEAUTIFUL NAIL Thousands of col- , * lege women have i : found how they can havethemost beautiful finger- nails in the world! They are switching to, DURA-GLOSS, the nail polish that’s different. Goes on smoothly, levels out to a beauti- ful lustre — and best of all, it lasts longer! Only ten : cents, at all cosmetic counters— you can have six shades (for different costumes) for what you often paid for one bottle. Start using DURA-GLOss, today! Sophomores Defeat - 43 in Badminton Monday, March 25,—In the first interclass badminton tournament at Bryn Mawr the sophomores won a 3-2 victory over the freshmen. The teams of 5 doubles partners each were chosen from among the students taking badminton as a re- quired winter sport. The teams and scores of their matches follow: Hardin and Sauerbrun, °42, v. Beatty and Annin, ’43‘(won by ’42)—15-7, 15-18, 17-15. ‘ Walton and Frazier, '42, v. Claggett, ’43 (won by ’43)—15-11, 8-15, . Hunt, Schweitzer and Reeve, 17-18, 15-7, 15-4. Cooley and Pyle, MacAusland, ’43 12-15, Landwehr and Hollis, and Adams, *43 (won by Peace Council Aids Chinese Students Foote and 17-18, Harriet add. Sith, C., 42, ¥v, ’43, (won by °42)— ’42,.v. Bethune and (won by ’743)—9-15, 42, v. Stimson 742)—15-7, 15-9. March 19.—100 dollars of the Peace Council’s reserve fund was voted to go to Liu Fung Kei, ’22, head of the Yuet Wah middle school in Southern China. This school has. urgent need of funds, owing to.the addition of a refugee school and the precarious position of the regional school itself. Be- cause of these needs, the Peace Council altered its original deci- sion to send the money to the In- ternational Student Service and the Far Eastern Student Service organizations. The remaining 75 dollars of the reserve fund will be allotted at the next meeting of the Peace Council. The organizations to be considefed are: Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union, United States Charities, Polish and Turk- ish Relief funds and the Bryn Mawr. Hospital. with an entry form and one dollar to: Criterion Editors Pomona College Student Union Building Claremont, California. Sophomore’s Capture Interclass Laurels in Swimming Meet Tuesday, March 19.—The Class of 1942 came through the field to win the Varsity Interclass Swim- ming Meet by a considerable mar- The _result was not easily foreseen, however, and the races gin. proved exciting. The ‘form events were closely contested: Link, ’40, together with Miller, ’40, repre- sented the Light Blues: so effec- tively that 1940 came a close sec- ond to 1943 with eighteen points to the freshmen’s nineteen. Those who turned out from the elegible non-varsity and from the varsity squad swam well and loyally for their respective colors. The non- varsity swimmers were especially noticeable for the strong competi- tion they afforded the varsity. Results: 1942—33.5. 1943—-19.0. 1940—18.0. 1941—.5, : ’ Forty-Yard Free-Style: 1. Morfoot, ’43; 2. Hardenbergh, ’43; 3. Gamble, ’42; Jones, 43, Time. 25.2, Forty-Yard Crawl: 1. Gamble, °42; 2, Morfoot,._.’43; 3. . Bregman, _’42. Time 30.7. Forty-Yard Breast-Stroke: 1. Boal, °42; 2:—MeGleHan,—42;—3.—Jones,__’43.__ Time 31.6, Free-Style Relay: 1. 1942; 2. disquali- fied. ‘ Diving: 1. Link. °40; 2. Butler, °42; 3, Reggio, °43. Side for Form: 1. Link, ’40; 2. Miller, ’40; 3. Coan, 743, Crawl for Form: 1.-Link, ’40; 2. Wil- liams, °42; 3, Reggio, ’43. Breast for. Form: 1; McClellan, °42; 2. Jonés, ’43; 3. Sayers, °43. The editor welcomes letters of constructive criticism. Non-Res Officers President — Rebecca Rob- bins, ’42. Vice-Pres.— Louise Alex- ander, 742, Representative to the Peace Council— Alice Wil- liams, ’41. Representative to Curricu- lum Committe e—Joanne Loewe, 742. [——_______ Millions of times a day, people the world over enjoy a happy minute with ice-cold Coca-Cola. They like its clean taste and the after-sense of re- freshment that follows. Thus the pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola is Amer- ica’s favorite moment. | Bottled under ~~ THE PAUSE THAT R of The Coca-Cola Co. by Do abel.: / ; . (C4 b- -& DY iva telticmebere ) °-) , Retre shing a. = xX FFRE? ~~ 2 a 2 é Fo NEEM AE ERE TABUMRIA ME SEE a La " Picoensaeiraeas | . THE PHILADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. ee 8 ~ Parador roe rs ; THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five ASU Plans to Honor Aunt Molly Jackson With Square Dance On April 12,.the American Stu- dent Union is holding a square dance in the. gym in honor of “Aunt” Molly Jackson, from the Kentucky coal-mining area. Plans have been made to invite Haverford and Swarthmore as well as the local Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. There will be a string band, with at least a fiddle and a guitar, and possibly entertainment by Whit- taker and his quartet. In addition the ASU hopes to round up local and _ semi-local entertainers to pre- vent a possible let-up between dances. Aunt Molly will sing and call the dances. She is a Kentucky ‘mountain woman, thirty ‘years a midwife, an organizer of the Har- lan Kentucky coal miners. For some years she has been a traveling speaker collected-funds to relieve the sufferings of the women and children of depressed coal areas. The Library of Congress Folk Song Archive contains on records hun- dreds of Aunt Molly’s songs and stories. She is to be here several days before the party, speaking to Socialogy classes ‘and meetings both at Bryn Mawr and at other col- leges. Art Club Tea The Art Club will present an exhibition of prints of the paintings of Rembrandt, on Sunday afternoon, April 14, at 4.30, in the Common Room. Katherine Hamilton will speak on the artist. Tea will be served. Reverend Aldrich The Reverend Donald Ald- rich, D.D., L.H.D., rector of one of the oldest churches in New York City, the Church of the Ascension, will speak at Chapel Sunday night, April 14. He has led serv- ices at Bryn Mawr many times in the past and was ex- tremely well liked. 285 Answers Tabulated In Entertainment Series ° Continued from Page One and an overcrowded schedule. The allied opinion .favored a small Series and there were many sug- gestions for a college vote or ques- tionnaire on proposed speakers in order to stimulate interest and in- crease student attendance. One answer read: “I am em- phatically in favor of continuation of the Entertainment Series. I de- pend on it in lieu of trips to Phil- adelphia or to New York.” An- other suggested that the Freshmen be informed of the Series more efficiently. Many of them, she maintained, spend their money on concert or other types of series tickets before they have been made aware of the college Series. An- other student proposed, as a remedy for repetition, that the | Series be more adapted ,to the ‘activities and interests of the clubs. “The trouble is now that the clubs are sponsoring too many mediocre speakers. because they -|cannot afford good ones—and then they have no time left to go to the Series. Why not give them, on the Series, good speakers of the B. M. League Easter Musicale. Features Piano,S inging Solos By Sarah Mosser, ’41 : Music Room, March 24. — The annual Bryn Mawr League Musi- cale was presented on Easter: Sun- day afternoon. ‘ The singers and the solo performers on piano and flute showed marked talent, and diligent practice on the part of the excellent ,coordination. The pre- vailing characteristic of the musi- cale was a professional ease and naturalness in both playing and singing. The opening number played by kind they already want?” On the question of whether or not the entertainment was suf- ficently varied, 206 voted in the affirmative and 70 in the negative. Only 90 felt’ that the college schedule was overcrowded. These figures would seem to indicate that a good part.of the students have not much fault to find with either the quality or quantity of college entertainment. There were, how- ever, countless suggestions as to less “bunching” at quiz time and more varied types of entertainers to be. brought to the College. Leading the field were Cornelia Otis Skinner, Marian Anderson, Dorothy Thompson and _ Alec Templeton. Topical lecturers like John Gunther, Victor Heiser, Clarence Streit, Vincent Sheean, Vera Dean. and Raymond Gram Swing were frequently mentioned as speakers who could fill the gaps in the present setup. = _—__= ensemble was evidenced by their} the strings and two flutes was the familiar suite in D Major by a hann Sebastian Bach, well-kno because of its Air for the G-string. It was marked by a full tone and a lively rendering of the rhythmic passages. Somewhat slower and simpler was the Sonatina from Cantata Number 106, also by Bach. A Haydn quartet closed the pro- gram. The ensemble’s playing showed by its artistic interpreta- tions the splendid guidance of Miss Helen Rice. Rosemary Sprague, ’41, in her two piano. selections, exhibited a remarkable free and easy tech- nique. Umaffected, but genuinely expressive, her playing marke high point of the afternoon. She played forceably and -without over- emphasis. Her pedalling in the Gavotte from Iphiginia in Aulis by Gluck, was heavy for the harpsi- chord quality intended by Brahms in his: transcription. Chopin’s Fan- tasie Impromptu was admirably rendered. A duet. from Handel’s Messiah, “And He shall feed His Flock,” was sung by Ann Updegraff, 742, and Louise Allen, ’42, whose voices are similar in quality and volume. The ‘selection was difficult, but there was no strain either in pitch or in phrasing. -They were ably accompanied by Anne Campbell, ’42, at the piano. The Third Flute Sonata of Han- del, played by Athleen Jacobs, *41, flutist, and Harriet Case, 43, pianist, was expertly rendered. The piece offered more opportunity for variation of tempo and mood than the flute made use of, but the tech- nical control was generally good. The piano accompaniment assumed the full importance of its part in the last movement. Nn Dr. Roger S. Loomis To Lecture _on .Art Dr. Roger Sherman Loomis, pro- fessor of English at Columbia Uni- versity and well-known mediae- valist and archeologist, will speak in Goodhart on Wednesday, April 17. His lecture, The Arthurian Legend in Mediaeval Art, will be amply illustrated with slides of illuminations, sculpture, architec- tural details, and tapestry. Sponsored by the Ann Elizabeth . Sheble Fund for lecturés on Eng- lish: Literature and Composition, Dr. Loomis’ talk should also be of interest to non-English majors and to history of art majors. Almost all. work in the history of mediae- val art deals with the ecclesiastical aspects of the subject; secular mediaeval art is a less familiar field in which Dr. Loomis is an authority. : The editor welcomes letters of constructive criticism. News Elections The \News takes pleasure in announcing the following elections to the _ Editorial Staff: Barbara Bechtold, ’42, Frances Lynd, ’43, Agnes Martin, °48, Patricia Mc- Knew, ’43, Virginia Nichols, ’41, Leonore O’Boyle, ’48, and Anne Denny, ’43, sports; to the Business Board: Eliza- beth Nicrosi, ’48, Marilyn tion Board: Margaret Short- lidge, ’41, Grace Weigle, ’43. SPEED'S THE THING IN A HORSE, BUT | LIKE MY CIGARETTES SLOW-BURNING. THAT MEANS CAMEL, THE*CIGARETTE THAT GIVES ME THE EXTRAS ! —_~ WEST COAST GIRLS PLAY A LOT OF POLO. Attractive Peggy McManus of Santa Barbara is shown above about to mount. She often’ breaks and trains her own horses. Above (at right), Peggy in ‘““Western style” costume sits on the corral fence as she enjoys a Camel cigarette. Camels are certainly the best cigarette buy! | ede SHE LIKES FAST HORSES but s/ow-burning cigarettes—‘‘that means Camels.” Peggy adds: “Camels are milder, cooler, and more fragrant. By burning more slowly, Camels give me extra smokes. Penny for penny, PEGGY SAYS SPEED’S SWELL IN-A HORSE ...but the cigarette for her is slower-burning Camels o. because that means ‘[ORTH— South —East— West— people like a cigarette that burns slowly, the same as Peggy McManus does. Fast burn- ing cuts down on your cigarette. pleasure. Slow burning promotes real smoking enjoy- ment: In recent tests, nocigarette shor Camels dre made from or even equalled Camels for slow burning. extra mild, extra-cool, with full, tich flavor. Penny for penny your best cigarette buy. Try a slow-burning cigarette matchlessly blended costlier to- - baccos... try a Camel cigarette, and get— MORE PLEASURE PER PUFF — MORE PUFFS PER PACK! Camels_« In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS burned. 25% slower than the average of the 15 — other of the largest-selling brands tested—slower than . any of them. That means, on the average, a smoking plus” equal to EXTRA SMOKES .. 5 PER PACK! Copyright, 1940, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. cegarelie of Long-Durning Costlier Lobacoos O’Boyle, ’43; to the Subscrip- |X 2 tS Cd : Page Six Miss Reid Discusses European Situation Believes. Future War Events _ Depend on Developments In Balkan Peninsula “In a world of dynamic change some mechanism will have to be set up to arbitrate the demands of nations,” declared Helen Dwight Reid in a recent interview on pub- lic affairs. Miss Reid, who has been taking Mr. Fenwick’s place this semester, believes that: such an ar- rangement may be attained. She bases her optimism on the fact that the Allies desire “a peace without victory.” The Balkans are the critical point in the present world war, she pointed out, and would be the probable location of a second fight- ing front. The Germans realize the danger of an eastern battle line and the achievement of the Hitler-Mussolini- meeting at the Brenner pass was probably a prom- ise from Italy of support in south- eastern Europe. Standing in the ' way of peace in the Balkans are Russia’s age-long designs on Bes- sarabia, the unity and obstinacy of Rumania in yielding to German pressure, and Turkey’s question- able attitude towards: the war. Turkey seems now to be leaning towards Russia by permitting the fortification of the Straits and manoeuvers sin the Black Sea. Germany, unable to achieve co- operation between her Fascist and Communist allies and unable to at- tain adequate supplies from Russia is fighting’ her war alone. Limited in resources, she~is unwilling to risk an offensive. Miss Reid be- lieves, however, that under present conditions she could carry on war for several years, provided that she-is able to maintain a high morale among her people. Miss Reid is a graduate of Vas- sar College. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in inter- national law under George Graf- ton Wilson at Harvard, was a Car- negie Fellow in International Law for two years, and is the only woman to hold the Penfield Travel- ing Fellowship and_Belles-Lettres from the University of Pennsyl- vania. This fellowship afforded her the advantage of working in the diplomatic archives in Wash- ington as well as in many European capitals. Miss Reid gave a series of lec- tures in French before the Acad- emy of International Law at the Hague in 1933 and was invited to return in 1938. Professor of Gov- ernment and History at the Uni- “versity of Buffalo until 1939, Miss Reid is also the author of a book of importance in her field, Interna- tional Servitudes in Law and Prac- tice. ' In addition to her other work she |. is now helping the International _ Relations Club prepare for their participation in the Model League assembly to be held this week at Hobart College. Spring! The Time for Flowers from Jeannett’s Bryn Mawr E, FOSTER HAMMONDS. for the latest in Radios, Phonographs and Records haus Pguaads: ba \ Miss Reid Common Room, March 26. “The past week,” said Miss Reid, “has been one of increased activity in the European War.” The Brit- ish have tightened their blockade against Germany, and several Ger- Re- ports of the attack and counter- attack on Scapa Flow and Sylt are conflicting, but the damage on both sides was probabiy. psychological rather than military. An unusual procedure was followed when the first wave of bombers over Sylt radioed home its position. Cham- berlain, addressing the House at the time, immediately conveyed the news and. probably: staved off a eabinet crisis. : Hitler took advantage of the last cabinet shift in Frattce by march- ing into AuStria. - The fall of the Daladier cabinet last. week saw no similar action on Germany’s part. The Reynaud government, contain- ing many members of the Daladier cabinet, was quickly formedand is gaining support throughout the country. Reynaud is his own for- eign minister and is, for the pres- ent,-pursuing a policy of caution, especially towards Italy. Germany is finding itself in an embarassing position in regard to Molotov’s proposed visit to Berlin. Von Ribbentrop hag made two trips to Moscow with hitherto no reciprocal action on the part of the Soviet government. Further- more, German pressure on Rou- mania is being intensified: the visit of Dr. Karl Clodius, armed with movies of the Polish invasion, seems to promise German aggres- sion in the near future. Germany is demanding improved exchange rates, a greater allotment of oil, and an increase in agricultural products. It is probable that in the recent meeting between Hitler and Mus- solini, Italy agreed to assist Ger-) many in forging a ring of neutrals on the southeastern border, but it is extremely unlikely that further aid was promised. The Italian policy continues to be anti-Rusgian, as indicated in the Easter message from the Vatican. Important events in the Far East include the Argentine-Japanese trade treaty, and announcement, by the new Wang Chin Wei govern- ment of China, of an “open door’ policy. The Argentine treaty was concluded by Japan after the fail- ure of the proposed treaty with the United States. man: ships have been sunk. Now is the time to subscribe. Bull’s-eye! 4 Aiming at a career-job? ~. Supplement your college ed- “,ucation with sound secre- tarial training and you'll find your arrow will reach its mark, swiftly and surely. 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Mr. Trice found a fallacy in the theory “that you learn from his- tory that you learn nothing from history.” Because of the develop- ments of ‘the last war, a cash and carry policy ended in an extended credit system. This, he believed, could ‘and would be- paralleled in the present ‘conflict. The economic distress resulting from a policy, of isolation has been overemphasized, Mr. Trice said, for only 2 per cent of our national income is from foreign trade. + Even this loss could be alleviated by turning our exports to other continents: Latin America, Asia and Africa. Asa final suggestion, he advocates that this time we should be: guided by past experi- ence and stay out of the war. “International morals demand that the United States aid the Al- lies, up to‘the point of going to war,” contended Mr. Joseph of the eee! eo Aurricas Ly L Cite : Chesterfield is today’s BETTE DAVIS Today’s outstanding star, soon to appear in Warner Bros. 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Mr. Joseph favors the present cash and carry policy, which involves no dangers of war for the United States sincé goods are not trans- ported by American ships. Mr. Monroe refuted this theory, maintaining that the cash and earry policy contains a conflict of purposes. As long as England controls the seas she alone is able to obtain our exports and the im- plication is that we favor her cause. It is not possible to main- tain a neutral attitude when by act and feeling we: so obviously support one side. Supporting this isolation policy, Mr. Monroe recognized the possi- bility of true neutrality. The United States is entirely different from Europe, with her own culture and political system, and will not be dragged down by European chaos, a peaceful nation, continue to con- tribute to humanity’ through eultural activity, while others’ are concentrating their’ efforts on bar- baric enterprises. Mr. Silvert, of the opposition, declared that because of our “in- visible government,” it would be impossible for the United States to maintain an isolation policy, “even if ‘we wanted to.” Our vital industries depend on foreign trade, and we have a large amount of capital.invested in Europeon mar- kets. The munitions industry would be limited by an isolation policy, and the workers in this as well as in other industries must be considered. Mr. Silvert cited figures to show the importance of our main im- ports, silk, rubber, and tin. Rub- ber, for example, comes from the ay Peninsula and Dutch East Africa, where 95 per cent of the world’s rubber supply is produced. These’ countries are under British, ' Dutch and French control. Students Opinion Survey reports 68 per cent of the country’s colle- gians believe the United States should not offer a haven to Jewish refugees from Central Europe, 56 per cent would pick communism if they had to make a choice between fascism and communism. 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