THE COLLEGE NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) omer é. i Li Pub’ x shed weekly during the College Year leita during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Fa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in’ it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the ‘Editor-in-Chief. Editorial Board EvizaABETH Watkins, ’44, Editor-in-Chief ALISON MERRILL, 45, Copy BarBara Hu tt, '44, News Jessie STONE, ’44 Mary Vircinia More, 45, News HiLprRETH DuNN, *44 VirGINIA BELLE REED, *44 Editorial Staff SUSAN OULAHAN, 746 Patricia BEHRENS, *46 RENEE SMALL, '46 RutH Auice Davis, Marie WaAssERMAN, Patricia PLatTT, ’45 MarcareEt McEwan, *46 Dorotny BrucHHoLz, ’46 ANNABEL WEHRWEIN, 45 APRIL OURSLER, *46 Sports Carot BALLARD, *45 yi Cartoons JEAN SMITH, Business Board ELIzABETH ANN MERCER, 45, Business Manager JEANNE-MarlE Lez, ’45, Advertising Manager Nina MontTcoMeEry, °45, Promotion Miia ASHODIAN, *46 ANN GILLILAN; ELIzABETH HOFFMAN, °46 °46 { Subscription Board EDITH DENT, ’45, Manager Loutna BRENDLINGER, °46 “Harji Ma.ik, ’45 MarGareET Loup, *46 ELIZABETH MANNING, 46 CHARLOFTE*BINGER, 745 Mary LouisE KaRCHER, *46 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 Treachery in Education " Those who followed closely the “killing” of the Federal Aid to Education Bill in the Senate several days ago were given a tragic but enlightening illustration of the wily ways of reaction in a tight spot. Through a combination of naivete and stupidity on the part of supporters of the bill and treach- erous double-talk by the opposition, the bill was smashed when it was nearest success. Few people will demand statistical substantiation of the charge that in certain sections ‘of the country, notably the South, the opportunities for, basic public education are far below a desirable minimum standard. In recognition of these regional inequalities of educational opportunity, a ten-year ign has been fought to provide more adequate facili- ti d to eliminate the more pronounced disparities in pub- lic education between regions. The climax of this campaign was reached in the Senate vote on the proposed Educational Finance Act of 1948. It is not our purpose here to indicate all the provisions of this Senate Bill 637. Most of its supporters realized that the proposed appropriation of $300,000,000 was very meager in relation to the need... The bill clearly and specifically pro- hibited any federal control or supervision over school per- sonnel, administration, or academiexprograms. Of the States it required only full financial acount order to guarantee that the funds were used as stipulate The provision of the bill most significant to this discus- sion concerned those States where separate schools are main- tained for minority races. First, it stipulated that each State must allocate its Federal funds in such a way that the pro- portion given to public schools for minority races must be no “less than the proportion that such minority racial group in such State bears to the total population of the State.” It further provided that the “proportion of State and local mon- eys expended for .. . public schools for minority races” must not be reduced as a result of the federal grant. The bill, therefore, promised only the beginning of the solution of a long-standing injustice. In addition it was a war measure. $200,000,000 of the total $300,000,000 appro- priation was to be used to raise teachers’ salaries and to em- ploy additional teachers. This was aimed to curb the alarm- ing exodus of teachers to higher-paying occupations. In the beginning it looked as though S637 was certain to pass. Even the southern Senators, who in the past op- posed those sections safeguarding Negro schools, now threw their support to the bill. Most of the opposition stemmed from the same old clique of stand-fast reactionaries. The opposition, realizing its numerical weakness, resorted to dem- agogic trickery. In the early debate on the bill Senator Taft, representing | the opposition, said the. followin -: i governifiént goes into |: ‘the question of whive and colored schools we shall neve stop 5 $1.5 ee ee ee re ee Cooperation in Education Begins at Home, Says B. M. Student Dear Editor, As a matter of fact, I was quite appalled by the controversy which has been going on in the News over the question of cooperation between Bryn _ Mawr and Haver- ford. as an interested on- loekér, I should like to have my| ing the advantage offered by this poll. Not attempting to take sides in the matter of the relative sizes of our editorial staffs and that of Haverford, or of the relative qual- ity of what is printed’ by our staff and theirs, I want to go directly to the point, which is ‘coopera- tion.” I> cannot understand how this objection to cooperation should have arisen in the first place. I should think Bryn Mawr would be; glad of cooperation for its own sake, without consideration of whether one party gets the great- er immediate advantage — that seems to me enough, so long as the other party loses nothing. Actu- ally it seems to me that even if there should be a loss for Bryn Mawr, the very idea of cooperation and the broadened scope it inevit- ably implies would be sufficient compensation. That is to say: Cooperation ‘Ss its own excuse for being!” One University As to the business of one great university. Why not? Why not have all the non-state universities of the United States enter into a plan of cooperation and exchange? Of course, all sorts of problems would arise—all sorts of reasons against it; but could they not be surmounted if the faith in good fellowship and unity—the true, American ideal — were strong enough; if prejudices could be laid aside and also this hocus-pocus of comparative advantages? For my part, I’m not willing to stop with the United States. I’m for co- operation of the whole world—in the matter of education and all things; and I’m not frightened by the opposition that is bound to arise or by the time—measured in eenturies—that it is bound to take. It seemed to me an ironical co- incidence that on the same page of Common Room, November 2. The publication of the four documents at the end of the Moscow Confer- current military situation, stated Mr. Herben in his Current Events lecture on Tuesday. Giving a syn- thesis of the news of the preced- ing 30 hours, he discussed what he considered to be “‘the most import- ant events announced since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.” The four documents, a declara- tion of principle couched in ex- | plicit terms, seem to indicate a | definite relinquishing of three points of view. The first was the American refusal to cooperate with their allies, which goes back as far as 1919. The Russians too had an isolation policy which they were reluctant to give up and which was one of their great strengths. .The British, finally, had for centuries been following a policy of power politics, playing their enemies off against each other. The four documents pub- ence has completely changed the} lished on Monday noon represent unanimity and a _ willingness to cooperate to the fullest extent. Fourth Document Mr. Herben pointed to the fourth document as _ particularly interesting because it is signed by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, rather than the delegates to the conference. In “orchestral Eng- lish prose,” the document refers. to the fate of those responsible for the atrocities during the war. This and the Austria document, Mr. Herben said, are aimed to provoke revolution and “it is entirely poss- ible that this may take place.” The document initialed by the Chinese representative, definitely indicates Chinese cooperation after the war and makes it interesting to note with what skill the Russ- ians avoid declaring war on Japan. Military Situation Explaining the military situa- tion in brief, Mr. Herben said that it conditioned everything that hap- pened in the preceding 30 hours. both the article signed by the “Sympathetic Anti-Coeducational- ist” dealing with this matter of cooperation and also the article discussing Dr. Chan’s argument in favor of an “International Aim for Education.” Don’t all ideals, including “Internationalism,” be- gin, like charity, at home? Yours, The ee Onlooker same problem presented that we had in connection with the poll tax bill and other measures.” But the speeches didn’t make much headway against the The stand-patters: therefore resorted to an old device bill. &, the College News are to be found |‘ ~* g rearing fh) Aol Mae Oma of amending a bill to “perfection” so as to insure its defeat. Senator Langer introduced an amendment barring discrim- ination “on account of race, creed, or color,” not only as al- ready provided for inthe federal funds authorized by the bill itself, but also “in State funds supplemented thereby.” ~The supporters of the amendment posed hypocritically as cham- pions of racial equality. Senator Taft, who had opposed the bill “in principle’ and expressed his views on the “Negro question” sprang promptly to the support of Langer’s amendment. It passed 40-37. As was planned, the former Southern support was alien- ated by this amendment, and when Senator Taft introduced a motion to shelve the bill as a “post-war economic problem” it passed 53-26 through a combination of southern Demo- crats and reactionary Republicans. , Much can be learned from this event. First, a few pro- gressive Senators who were absent during the vote could have brought to millions of less fortunate American child- ren a richer education. Secondly, the confusion of issues in the minds of well-meaning Senators prompted them to vote for the seemingly progressiye amendment without consider- ing its consequences.. Thirdly, this illustrates ‘how our fail- ure to solve the Negro question is manipulated by reaction- aries to retard the progress of the entire nation. Lastly, it ~roxtt.- .cedfor alertness on the part of the indirect as well as the direct participants in our legislative aa. C.1. 0. Convention ' All those who wish to attend the C.I.0. Convention at the Bellevue - Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia this week may be admitted by identifying them- selves at the door as Bryn Mawr students. Among the featured speakers of the week will be James G. Patton, Philip Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Henry A. Wallace. WHAT TO DO Prix de Paris Vogue’s Prix de Paris contest is now open to college Seniors. This year’s awards include positions. on all Conde Nast publications. This is a good entree to the magazine world for photographers and dec- orators as well as for fashion de- signers and reporters. Bryn Mawr has had four winners in past years, Commute to Compute There is an opening for comput- ers in a well-known Philadelphia insurance company for’ several afternoons a week. Good pay and experience, Bryn Mawr Post Office The Bryn Mawr Post Office will be able to use girls for “primary sorting” of mail during the week before Christmas. The hours are between 6 A. M. and 8 P. M., and the pay approximately 74 cents an hour. Any who are _ interested Continued on Page 3 The outstanding fact, he said, was that, following the year in which England stood alone, the war has been fought statistically by the (Russians. The American and Eng- lish offensive has “bogged down and bogged down badly”, against adverse geographical and meteor- ological conditions. WIT*S END It’s logic makes the world go round; it’s logic makes the world ., 80 early in the morning. Thus eggs, once scrambled, never come unscrambled; and the table stays a table while there’s someone there to watch it. Our causal links are fine, we’re told, what with a heavenly body here and there. And while you’re up, just pass the china teapot that’s circling round the moon. If you’d rather have practical advice we can give it to you straight. Never mention prob- ability when it’s only probably probable ... better let the subject die. Also yelling “fox” when you see the forest fire is not as good as it might be. Bad habits; obvious-, ly not common sense. It’s not like our concept-precept of space-time, clear and casual. The interference never bothered us a bit. We toss- ed our pennies and we took our choice. Is that table still a table? | Now you see it and when you don’t —it’s a kangaroo. Nothing, noth- ing at all. It’s just a habit. It’s bad to forget the beginning of a sentence when you’ve reached the end, but it’s far, far worse to for- get the end once you’ve begun. But we're observers so it doesn’t mat- ter, and we wait at the crossroads till the ‘ossified animals come and estimate our rationality. You'll recognize them, because although dogs aren’t really dogs when they’re seen and not heard, nor cats neither, dats and cogs just aren’t done. Not in this universe. Elections The Radio Club is pleased to announce the following new of- ficers:' Margaret Browder, °45, President; Mary Hemphill, ’44, Production; Katherine Colvin, "46, Acting’ arable 5 ie Lovina Brendlinger, ’46, Public- kg Nabe ¥eanhe, 46, Music. a