‘THe COLLEGE NEWS Z-615 VOL. XXIX, No. 13° Watkins, Merrill Deseribe Efforts by ‘College News’ Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1943 BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1943 PRICE 10 CENTS Book-of-the-Month Club Makes Selection of [Exposition Given Miller’s “Origins of American Revolution” By Kenneth Burke | on Dramatie.Lyric Choice Announced Friday; | Miller Admits Feeling Lyric as Scene and Agent, | Dazed ‘Dramatic as Action | ci * Calendar Friday, January 22 Last day of lectures for the first semester. Saturday, January 23 Mid-year examinations be- gin. French Senior condi- tion examinations, Taylor Hall, 9.00. Tuesday, February 2 Evarts, Iseman Speak on Different Aspects Of Problem Goodhart, 1 '=—Tho College News gave an Undergrad- 2 ae | Discussed Among its selections for the next | ‘few months, the Book-of-the-Month | “The dramatic is the relation of Club has chosen The Ovigins of |scene and action, while the lyrie be Mr is the relation of scene and agent,” : , said Mr. Kenneth Burke in his lec- {ture on “The Dramatic and the January uate Assembly last Friday morn- |the American Revolution, 15 pala eee | | ing. The three divisions of ee) | John Chester Miller, assistant pro- | | action were also given. “To convey a complete idea of the News,” said Miss Evarts, “we should have to produce an issue here for you.” These speeches described the actual production. Jessie Stone read a freshman’s unbiased description of the News office, and Alison Merrill pictured the Editorial Board at work. Edith Dent did the same for the Subscription Board. Referring to the Editorial policy, Nancy Evarts emphasized the fact that the News is primarily the en- tire College’s medium of expres- sion. She also stressed the impor- | tance of such expression in stimu- Continued on Page Four Undergraduate Ass’n Sponsors War Chest Drive at Bryn Mawr Specially contributed by the Undergraduate Association Board This Sunday, January 24th, Philadelphia, opens a drive for the United War Chest. Every person in college will be asked to con- tribute—the faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, the maids and porters, and members of the staff. Give all that you can and realize the enormous difference this work makes to people whom the war has affected directly. We ex- pect one hundred percent support and look on this drive as one de- manding giving which is also giv- ing up. This is the only drive to be conducted on the campus this college year for war relief. It is unquestionably the most direct way to support organiza- tions you want active as never be- fore. Your money will go. to: 1. Chinese, British, Greek, Rus- sian, Polish and Dutch War Re- lief, in the form of mobile kitch- ens, food, clothing, medical sup- plies, ambulances and aid to war prisoners. 2. United .Charities Agencies which help one out of five persons dn ‘the Philadélphia Area with hospital, clinical, nursing, and many other services. 3. The National U. S. O. Cam- paign, which will finance YM and YWCA’s Traveler’s Aid, and USO Service Clubs. There are 800 Tuesday, February 9 College Council, dent’s House, 6.30. Presi- Dr. Frank to Return As Flexner Lecturer The first of six Flexner lectures on Philosophy and Religion will be Erich Frank, dis- tinguished German _ scholar, on Monday, February 8, at 8:30 in Goodhart- Auditorium. Dr. Frank has lectured at Bryn given by Dr. Mawr before, during the second semester of 1939-1940. His lectures were so popular that they increased in attendance to the extent that they had to be moved from the Mu&Sic Room to Goodhart Auditor- ium. During his residence on cam- at Swarthmore the and from there went.to Harvard, where he was given a professorship in the Philosophy Department. Dr. Frank has written a book on the relation of Plato to Pytho- gorean philosophy, which is con- sidered the fotemost work in the field, and which is referred to in histories of philosophy as the out- standing authority. In addition to the Flexner lec- tures he will conduct informal dis- | cussions on contemporary German philosophy, particularly in rela- tion to Jaspers, one of the expo- | nents of the so-called “Existence Philosophy.” Seznec Will Discuss Gods in Middle Ages Mr. Jean Seznec, a member. of Saturday, February 6 at 8:15 o’clock in the Common Room. His subject will concern the gods of antiquity as they survived in the Middle Ages in Europe. came to Harvard last year, having taught previously at the Institute Francaise in Florence. He is also Etudes in New York City. The units’ in this country. ie en » pus Dr. Frank also conducted a>“ d : Seminary on Aristotle. He lectured ; Which contains the whole history of same _ year, | A reeognized scholar;Mr:-Seznec* 1 | | \ | | | the Department of French at Har- | the play included: Florence Senger, vard, is scheduled to speak on! Emily Tuck, Therese Exton, Lor- Haverford College, on January 15th. Mr. Wilson, who was com- mended by Joyce for his review of the final version of the book, ex- plained the pattern of the book with its themes and motives and | its significance in literature as the fullest expression of Joyce’s lyrical genius. “Joyce believed that the con- sciousness of one man includes the potentialities of everything man has ever been or done,” explained Mr. Wilson. Joyce presented this theory in the form of man’s dream which carries the three themes-—of sleeping and waking, sinning and redemption, and dying and resur- rection. The dreain consists of two lines of thought. One tells the story of the dreamer, H. L. Earwicker’s family, which, like all of Joyce’s other stories, is the study of family relations through internal dynam- ics. The other is the mythology Continued or Page Three French Club to Give 18th Century Comedy The play, le Jeu de l’Amour et du Hasard, by Marivaux, will be presented by the French Club on March 19 in Goodhart Hall. This will be the first major production by the French Club for many years. The play is an eighteenth century | comedy. The plot centers on a mar- | riage arranged by parents who are friends but whose children are un- acquainted. The couple, in order |}: to find out if the marriage will ce one of love or convenience, ex- | change identities with their ser-!| vants, each one’s plan unknown to the other. The result is a series of humorous and confusing situa- tions. The committee which selected een Pirrung, Nina Garsoian, Fran-, coise Pleven, and Mimi Boal. The cast of the play is yet to be selected. ig on the staff of the Ecole des Hautes | lecture is sponsored by the Depart- || | ment of French of Bryn Mawr. , . “Assembly President McBride will - speak at a College Assembly in Goodhart Auditorium ‘Thursday, February 4, f * 8.45 until 9.30 a. m. 'to find whether it was a dream.’ | When he does, he plans to cele- brate the occasion. “Maybe I'll go to the movies tonight.” | Because his appointment at | Bryn Mawr was his first teaching ione, he says, he spent the first year and a half of his career here |learning how to lecture. But he continued to work with the ideas |for his book and tried them out on |the students both’ here and at | Northwestern University. He worked with his material so much that he “practically wrote it down | with his unconscious mind.” Bryn Mawr, he dec!ares, is an \ideal place to write a book, as the faculty member here has amole | opportunity for his own work. Mr. Miller is planning a th-r] | book on the war years of the revo- jlution, 1776-1783, but he hastens .to add that he does not want to be rushed into another book, as so many authors are. He feels that six years is the minimum amount of time for writing a book of this type.. Then, only, he says, is the author really able to.try out his | ideas. His present Book-of-the-Month selection was completed in July, 1942, and he spent about six years writing it. Its choice as a dividend would entail less remuneration than its acceptance as an actual Book-of-the-Month, but a scholarly book is more likely to be a dividend to club members. Exhibiting com- mendable modesty, Mr. Miller re- marked that, in any case, the honor was more than he had any right to expect. News board were represented. Mid - year examinations | fessor of American History at, Lyrical,” in the Music Room on Nancy Evarts, Editor-in-Chief, end. | Bryn Mawr. The book, published | January 18. Mr, Burke based this spoke on the aims and functions of Wednesday, February 3 ‘by Little, Brown and Company, is | differentiation on observations of the News on campus. Alice Ise- 5 Vacation. JOHN C. MILLER | Mr. Miller’s second. His first on ae relations and on a. theory man, Copy Editor, described some — pce ad : : i was Sam Adams, published in 1936. | . a. of the problems confronting the | Laie i ssembly, Good- : | The judges announced the selection | kt esis en the — bet «, News and the possibilities of sur- | ae Wilson Lauds Joyce ‘last Friday, but they have not akc sa ard Ng ~ wre Second semester classes : Besson y 2 Aes y ilem and.definition-of-terms.- Using mounting them, while Elizabeth begin. As Poet, Dramatist | decided whether the book will be} the dramatic as a basic, Mr. Burke Watkins, of the Editorial Board, Saturday, February 6 I Fi 9 | presented to members as a Book-| worked out the five words—act, stated the importance of freedom Jean Seznec, n Finnegan s W Ake of-the-Month or as a dividend. Mr. | scene, agent, agency and purpose. of the Press in the results accom- Common Room, 8.15. | Miller believes that its choice as a| “These are the basis of human re- plished by college editorials. Nancy Monday, February 8 “James Joyce is the greatest dividend is more likely. j ations and whatever your philos- Seribner outlined the function of Rheinhold Niebuhr, Col- poet, the greatest imaginative | ene Peruaner mouped the, author | ophy ge bager ve ae : lege Assembly, Goodhart dramatist since the great iui the club’s recognition on Fri-jthese five things,” ‘he declared. the News off-campus, and. Louise 10.00 tas / ee a eerste eases , (day, and Mr. Miller admits that | Materialism stresses scene, ideal- Horwood presented a picture of the mee eae Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare,” | he hasn’t. felt quite rational since|ism stresses agent, pragmatism activity of the Business Board. Frank. Philosophy and stated Mr. Edmund ‘Wilson in his | then. In fact, he said, “I am in a) stresses. agency, and mysticism Three speeches on the News in Religion. Goodhart, 8.30. || lecture on Finnegan's Wake at daze and expect to wake up soon Stresses purpose. Two great pairs are formed from these five terms. One pair is the scene and action. The integration of these terms, when the quality of the scene contains the quality of the action, form the dramatic. When action exterminates motion, it is behaviouristic and the dra- matic is destroyed. The end of O’Neill’s play, Mourning Becomes Electra, was cited as an example. The other pair is scene and Continued on Page Fuur Wooleott and Laylin Discuss Journalism Opportunities for women on '~cwspapers and magazines were | iseussed atethe Vocational Confer- enc? held Saturday in the Deanery. Speakers were Miss Joan Woolcott of the Philadelphia Evening Bulle- tin, Mrs. John Laylin of Time Mag- azine, and Mr. Wells, Professor of Politics at Bryn Mawr. A history major at Swarthmore, Miss Woolcott now writes feature articles for the woman’s page of the Bulletin. A general college edu- cation including subjects such as history, economics, English and Government is the best prepara- tion for a newspaper job, Miss Woolcott said. Training at schools of journalism is not accredited by most big papers, with the excep- tion of training received at either the University of Missouri or the Columbia School of Journalism. Excellent practical experience comes from working on a college Continued on Page Three Failure of Evening Mail Causes Comment; New Motto is “All Pick-Up and No Delivery” By Anne Denny, ’43 “Neither rain nor hail nor sleet nor snow shall stay...” but the climate at Bryn Mawr College is beyond the pale,. even for these faithful couriers. Whether the icy blasts of Pembroke Arch or the quicksands of Senior Row discour- —but the millennium arrived on Tuesday, January nineteenth. The mail did not come through. “Do you really mean that there is no mail for anybody in the whole college?” This awful thought descénded upon the _pre-exam gloom. Even the vicarious pleas- / y n ure of seeing who gets mail and aged the mailman, we do not. know) who gets free mail is denied us these cold days. We are totally unpopular. Then the cloud was considerably cleared by the rumor that the postmaster just forgot. After all he remembers the little girls on the other side of the rail- road tracks three times a day every other day in the year. nineteenth be a significant holi- day? What is there about this day, of all days? It seemed per- fectly normal when we gazed at the greying sky at nine o'clock in the morning. “Little~did™we real- ize that the. one purpose of living Continued on Page Four Why, we..ask, should January. r e ‘Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS sf; : Sidelines © e ® Faculty Show ~~--study of both languages has dimin-. THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanks- giving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, ' Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is full rotected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written , permission of the Editor-in-Chief. 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To contribute to one drive is to promote the activity of war relief organizations, U. S. O. and charity agencies which are essential to the war effort. The drive should receive the full support of every one on campus. Such support means more than giving what you can comfort- ably spare from your monthly allowance. It means some sacrifice on the part of every student. Often those who are least able to give are those who give most. and there should be a proportional one from those who are able to | To contribute is a sacrifice for them, give more, As the slogan says, “You too can fight—by giving.” in Philadelphia have established a pay-deduction plan. staff, maids and porters at Bryn Mawr will be asked to help. contribution from every student is not too much_to ask. Workers Faculty, A Examinations With the approach of mid-year examinations the college is about to enter into its usual state of exam hysteria. The cessa- tion of lectures is the signal for students to stop activities and concentrate all efforts, interests and thoughts upon the coming or- deal. This increases nervous tension which not only destroys the individual’s normal perspective, but prevents her from studying thoroughly and_expressing herself. clearly on the examination. -This year the problem will be more serious because of the shortened exam period. It means more intensive study for rapidly succeeding tests. There is also the press of papers due immedi- ately preceding the exam. ala ON conditions which we must take in our stride. The problem of unfinished reading assignments is the individual’s own concern, and she should not make others suffer for her own disorganization of time. Extra- curricular activities require some students to cram, and this again is the problem of the individual. This problem itself is caused by the lack of active participation in college organizations which puts all the work on the shoulders of the few instead of the many. It would be more easily solved by a change in campus attitude. It is extremely necessary that the strained atmosphere be elim- inated as it is injurious to work, health and stability. We should attempt to maintain normality by continuing as much as possible our ordinary activities and interests. In the world at large we are required to meet crises and carry on our everyday affairs simul- taneously. Why should we create an artificial situation at college? ¢ OPINION war effort. At Bryn Mawr as at other her colleges « enrollment in Italian has dropped almost to the vanish- Study of Italian and German|_ Urged as Need in Wartime **Equal Rights” Bill No. 1 on the docket, of wr 78th Congress iSgbatled the “Equal Rights Amendment.” — It proposes that “men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.” It is sponsored by the National Women’s Party, which has been pushing it since 1923. In all this there is nothing alarming. But a-partial list of the organizations and indi- viduals who oppose the bill provides the best evidence of how deceptive smooth-sounding proposals me be. The proposed amend- |ment is opposed by the American Association of University Women, the Women’s Trade. Union League, the National Councils of both Catholic and Jewish women, YWCA leaders, Mrs. Roosevelt, Sec- retary Frances Perkins, Mary Anderson (head of the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor), and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt (a veteran in the struggle for women’s suffrage). This rather imposing list is not in itself a valid argument for opposing the bill. The first matter to be investigated is the National Women’s Party, the sponsoring body. The suffrage movement, in which the Party played an important part, lifted it into a strategic position in Washington, which it has attempted to use ever since. While other suffrage organizations folded up when the jolwas done, the Women’s party cast around for a new war cry. Many. of the militant suffragists left its ranks at this point, and it began to acquire the character of a group of well-to-do, ultra-feminist ladies with a flair for publicity. When the amendment was first proposed, one of. the Women’s ‘Party’s most loyal supporters, Mrs>Gtenover Evans, wrote-in-the New Republic of September 26, 1923, as follows: “Accepted in per- fect innocence by most of its advocates, it is being seized by reac- tionaries to overthrow minimum wage laws, to imperil laws for protection of motherhood and similar bulwarks for the well-being of the race.” By this time the only “innocent” supporters of the bill are outside the ranks of the Women’s Party. This has been made clear by the lobbyist activities of the Party in State legislatures against social or labor legislation for women as “restrictive.” They lobby now with employer groups for the passage of this bill because they are aware of its anti-labor character. If this bill were specifically directed against laws that discrimi- nate against women, such as laws on divorce, ownership of wages, “+guardianship of estates, and custody of children, it would deserve the support of all progressive women. But because it is a blanket ‘amendment all the good it might bring would be cancelled out by the bad. Mothers’ aid, widows’ pensions, and laws to regulate wages, hours, safety and sanitation for women industrial workers will be automatically nullified by this amendment. This is why the i bill is opposed by the women leaders and organizations, cited above. This is why it should be actively opposed by all alert and advanced women and men. -The bill is before both houses now. It is now sponsored by 40 Representatives and 15 Senators. Time is short. By Jessie Stone, 44. 'OnRoman Civilization WIT*S END To sleep, perchance to dream: But if there were time to sleep the dreams could go chase them- selves among the flocks of sheep we never need to count. And doesn’t anybody Have some benze- drine? Cold weather; our boots stay dry outside and wet inside, and oh how dry I am. April is the cruellest month but November wasn’t so hot, December comes but once a year and Spring is still too damn far away. Heaven should wait! Years and years we mend’ our weary way but a chapter in time still leaves nine. Weary ways and weary we, this time we'll start a month ahead. Still we fix our- selves soup and coffee (did I say. coffee?) the night before the morn- ing after. After the bawl is over the angels begin to sing, but then it’s only one of those blasted ket- tles. Keep the home fires burning. If you can get the fuel. If not, try a few freshman papers. Fresh- | man papers till all wee hours of the morning, growing not so wee Music Room, January 14.—Dr. , E. A. Lowe presented an illustrated lecture on Roman culture as re- flected in Latin manuscripts. Us- ing slides of well-known manus- scripts, he traced the development of hand writing in the early years of Christianity and pointed out some of the ways in which a manu- script can be dated and placed by the abbreviations used, and by its peculiar characteristics. In the third, fourth, and fifth centuries fine books were occasion- ally copied from inscriptions chis- eled on stone monuments, and this is why some early Roman manu- scripts are written in square cap- itals. Rustic capitals, modified from square capitals, also develop- ed about this time. They are not so large and the corners tend to be rounded. One of the manuscripts shown was a philosophical treatise found at Herculaneum and: writ- ten in rustic capitals. The latter work may have been copied for a prince or for an aged gentleman, Dr. Lowe suggested. Rustic cap- itals were used only for special work by the end of the sixth cen- tury. In fact, capital writing of Dr. E. A. Lowe Speaks By Miss Taylor To the Editor of the College News: In the New York Times of Janu- _ary 7th the Civil Service Commis- sion reports urgent need for candi- dates with a good knowledge of Italian and German. Meantime the ished and Students are not only great lit- jeatures. but are failing to acquire tools that are very useful in the & ing point. Although the study of elementary German has been less seriously affected than was true ‘under the shortsighted policy that prevailed in the lastwar, there has been a-great decrease both in|’ beginning German and in the more advanced work which is needed for ‘command of a difficult language. Attention has been rightly directed to the new opportunity for Russian at Bryn Mawr. We should also be Continuea -on-Page Four ‘ Tu ee as hours go by. Mourning. becomes. Electra. Morning becomes mourn- ing. Morning does not become us. Why are fire engines red; fire engines are fire prevention, pre- -vention is taking care, take care or you'll flunk, is my face red! Wind whistling, smoke thicken- ing, just a guess in the dark, a flash in the pan against fire rules, ‘and shall I-put.up my -hajy to- night? Hair, hair? Ugh, I guess both kinds ceased to exist for whole texts about at the close of the fifth century. Fine books. were now written in uncials.. These are less formal and more rounded characters, distin- guished especially by the curved forms of the letters A, D, E, H, and M. Dr. Lowe showed on the screen a palimpsest of Cicero’s De Rerum Republica, written in un- cial script. Uncial changed for or- i Continueo on Page Four A faculty show will be given sometime in February. It is still i#\ embryo stage, but Miss Yéager and Miss | King, among others, are working:hard on it. At pres-. ent, they lack a faculty pi- ano-player. In Print “Only the Stars Are Neutral” Is Entertaining Account Of War Fronts “BY Patricia Platt, ’45 “ ‘lig in,-pal, here they come,’ the Colonel yelled.” When bombs fall on men trapped in trenches— “only the stars are neutral in. a fight like this.” Without doubt, the account reads more like a novel than a document. Although flip- pant compared with Berlin Diary, it has a quality of ingeniousness that sharpens every. situation. Food is a major problem to corre- spondents. The story is not only one.of war in Europe, but also a history of the correspondent’s stomach. It is amazing, genuine, . likeable; unless ‘the journalistic. style irritates the reader. Only the Stars Are Neutral is powerful both because of its con- tent and because of its manner of ‘expression. Collier’s correspond- ent goes from an interview with Churchill into the thick of the bat- tle for Moscow, thence to the height of Rommel’s African cam- paign. All this is told as auto- biography, and his comments are leavened with forceful opinion. At dinner with Stalin and all the high Russian officials, Reynolds is so engrossed by the food that the menu is printed in full, and thor- oughly described as well. He | passes the journalists’ judgment ‘on Molotov. Mr. Reynolds writes: “They think him cold, ruthless, and no doubt he is.” “Molotov al- ways looks as though he is watch- ing’ someone else suck a lemon.” Molotov, Reynolds says, looks like Groucho Marx, and he then re- veals the interesting fact that Sta- lin is bowlegged. —- Stalin has marked religious views: after din- ner he proposes a toast asking di- vine guidance for Roosevelt. Mr. Reynolds revels in episodes like this, and so may the responsive reader. A very detailed and psy: chologically forceful description is that of the desert bombing. Equally startling is the flight from Russia through the stratosphere with the Litvinovs. Despite the events covered, the whole winter of 1941-1942, it is a layman’s book, written with more than one éye on popular appeal. It is somehow reminiscent of an invigorated Hollywood. Mr. Reyn- olds is ‘quite frank. In what he thinks ‘will be his last hour he cannot refrain from noticing that the flares remind him of the New York World’s Fair. The book is excellent reading. Just step into wonderland with Mr. Reynolds, the man with courage, an eye for every detail, and a tremendous ap- petite for caviar. | Air Corps Students who wish to at- tend any Saturday evening dances given in the Common Room for the cadets of the Air Corps _ stationed in Wayne, should see the fol- lowing: Denbigh: Kay Tappen, Mary Patricia Murnaghan. Pembroke West: Diana _Lucas, Sally Matteson. ' Pembroke’ East: Kitty Rand, Hildreth Dunn. _.... Rockefeller: Jean Brunn, Anne Burnett. ; Merion: Pat Castles, Jack- ie Simon. staan Rhoads North: Smith, Lucretia King. - Rhoads South: Julia Fleet, Agnes Martin. __~ “Jane > THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three a Fenwick Discusses War-Time Relations With Latin America Goodhart, January: 13.— ~The American people should not believe that they can substitute a policy of “continental solidarity” for the larger task of cooperating to maintain law and order in the world at large, Mr. Charles Fen- wick pointed out in his address on war-time relations with Latin America. He emphasized the desire of the South American countries to cooperate fully with the United States in an effort to establish a world of law and order. He made | no promise of early victory, but stressed the need for faith in the long struggle ahead. Mr. Fenwick, professor of Polit- ical Science at Bryn Mawr, is a member of the Inter-American juridicial Committee. Returning , from Rio de Janiero on a business | trip, he made a short visit to the campus. His decision to work for peace dated as he described it, from his presence in a Berlin church the day after Germany’s declara- tion of war in 1914. Rapidly re- | viewing the attempts made by the | United States to avoid participa- tion in a second world catastrophe, he laid their failure to our inability to realize the importance of collec- tive responsibility and to our naive belief in a working neutrality. We can hope to’ develop real and effective cooperation among. the! American States only in the frame- work of a larger world union, a' universal system of law and order. There are problems confronting many of the Latin American states which cannot possibly be solved by mere regional federation. A neces- | sary world system, Mr. Fenwick | feels, can be established if we have the faith to believe it can be done. Speech to be Given By Reinhold Niebuhr Mr. Rheinhold Niebuhr, profes- sor at the Union Theological Sem- inary, will speak at a College As- sembly on Monday, February 8th, at 10.00. Mr. Niebuhr is con- cerned with all the problems fac- ing Americans today especially those confronting young people. The building of their ideas into, a constructive yet practical view is his main interest. He has been associatéd with the recent Youth and Religious Movements in N. Y., and lectured a few years ago in Scotland and England on Present Day Problems in the Church. It is the quality of being ‘contempor- ary’, said Mrs. Grant, that makes him such a dynamic man.and con- vineing preacher. At one time he was closely. as- sociated with the Labor and Paci- fist Movements, and the Interna- tionalists, but some two months be: } fore the war, Mr. Niebuhr changed his pacifist stand. He is still sym- | pathetic to its claims but found that it was impossible to hold when facing a war of Ideologies. He does not rely solely on the eimo- tional force of his arguments, but thinks that ‘what is worth believ- ing in, is worth examining. The subject of Mr. Niebhur’s lecture is not yet known. Buy War Savings Bonds — Wilson Lauds Joyce As Poet, Dramatist Continued from Page One . the world. It is this that really expressed Joyce’s theory of the consciousness. The two leading themes:are that dof the masculine and feminine, and ! the “two. boys.. The masculine : is Earwicker and the feminine is the river Liffy which is identified with all the women in Earwicker’s life, but mainly with his wife and daughter. The river starts as a cloud and represents his daugh- ter Isabel in its early stages. At a mature stage it is the wife Anna. The entity of the river as a theme is known as Anna Livia Plurabelle. The two boys are Earwicker’s vg |W oolcott and Laylin Erratum : : Discuss Journalism The News omitted to men- | tion in its report on the painting of the Gymnasium last week the work of Mr. Kraushimel and Mr. Domi- nick, who were responsible for much of the painting. Continued from Page One newspaper, or being a college corre- “spondent for a big newspaper. The ideal way to get experience, Miss | Woolcott said, used to be to get a ' job on a small paper. Although this | is still a good method, it is easier today to get placed on a métropoli- tan journal without this prelimin- ary work. — The tendency to day is toward increased specialization in news- paper work. Most fields that are open to men are closed to women. Only in the feature-writing field do women outnumber men. Women, said Miss Woolcott, can perform ~ Benedict Discusses Culture Assimilation In Post-War Period “The assimilation of cultural dif- ferences after the war presents as great a problem for America as for ; any other country,” said Dr. Ruth Fulton Benedict in an informal dis- a great contribution to the war }cussion held Sunday afternoon at; here. They write about day-nurs- twin sons, Jerry and Shaun, who | the home of Miss Mildred Fair- | eries, rationing, collecting salvage, are identified with various charac- | child and Miss Susan Kingsbury. 'and other stories about the war ters. Earwicker himself is at times } identified with one and then the} other. Jerry is called Shem and represents the outlaw, the devil, in | other words the bullied one. Shaun | represents the less_ intellectual, | more successful man and appears the person of St. Michael and the | like forces. The whole book is not yet clearly | cated c understood by anyone, Mr. Wilson declared. The best way to ap- proach the° story is to read the great poets. Joyce is similar to these poets in that he presents sounds and character through language and images. In Finnegan’s Wake, Joyce| | wished to show the phases .of the sleeping consciousness and, since the ideas of such a consciousness are distorted, Joyce used a dis- torted language. He strove for the molten language of Shakespeare, using the technique of the great poets and the device of portman- | teau words, two words combined into one. It is through the use of onomatopoeia and rhythm that the effect of the dreamer’s heavy breathing and snoring is achieved and sustained through the whole book. Every line of the book has several meanings, for the rhythm, sound and sense of each word con- vey different connotations. A recording of Joyce reading the famous Anna Livia Plurabelle chapter was played. Then Mr. Wilson read the last pages of the book. He called them the greatest thing in the literature of our time. Second Term Offers New Elective Courses There are many new elective courses to be given second semes- ter. President McBride’s course, Child Psychology, has not yet been scheduled, but it is a free elective in the field of education.. Dean Grant will give her course in His- tory, The Near and Middle East, which covers from the founding of the Ottoman Empire to the West- ernization' of the Near East. A second year Philosophy course, Recent Philosophy, will be offered by Mrs. DeLaguna and Mr. Weiss. This will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a. m., and on Wednesday at 2 p. m. Mr. Velt- man will give an advanced course in Metaphysics, which will follow Mr. Weiss’s Man and Society, and will meet at the same hours. It will deal with the central meta- physical problems, and is open to students who have taken German Idealism, with the permission of the Dean’s office. the cottage tea house new management luncheon, tea, dinner _student charge accounts _ in Bryn Mawr Rene -- Marcel French Hairdresser A It’s a little early for Valen- tines, but remember the boys __over there _ Now— with cards from RICHARD STOCKTON’S ee | ! | | | America has. long thougnt its that touch the lives of housewives. standards the height of culture, | She said that men drafted into and although we have made great | the army are not being replaced by progress within the past ten years,’ women to any great degree. Copy an even more humble, cooperative girls are somewhat in demand, also | attitude must be developed. Amer- district and court reporters, al- jica’s Latin and South American® though not many women have yet policies have been..strained until filled these positions. | recently when, in spite of deep- | Newspaper work today is defi- ral differences, we have} nitely .. stabilized, Miss —Wooleott achieved 9 measure of success in| said, Reporters are inclined to ; -, ; ~ “ . our Pan-American relations. “We! stay with the same newspaper. have shqwn a willingness to con-! There are fewer “purges” and re- sider and put through. projects re- | quested by and. benefiting our | neighbors of the Southern Hemis- organization by publishers. The Newspapermen’s Union guarantees job stabilization in contracts. An eight hour day. is provided for, with time and one-half pay for overtime. Mrs... Laylin, who majored in history at Bryn Mawr and works in the research department of Time, spoke about the work that is open to women on magazines. There are six thousand magazines in the country, Mrs. Laylin said. Many of these, such as the Histori- cal Review, cover special fields and require more specialization than a college education offers. Young people who want to show their in- Continued on Page Four | phere.” | “Asia’s cultural differences will | | be much more difficult to assimilate | than Europe’s,” continued Miss | Benedict. “Are we going to be flex- \ible enough to understand the | broad meaning of democracy?” | China, although essentially demo- | cratic, has had no experience with | the techniques .we consider funda- mental, stated Miss Benedict. India will present an even more difficult problem than China. Representing a broader point of view, Europe | will create less difficulties than Asia in post-war cultural relations. Miss Benedict stressed the im- portance of patience in dealing with countries whose cultures differ from ours. Forcing sudden rises in standards will not work, she con- = Cultural differences are Mrs. Waterman’s At Haverford Station deep-seated and cannot be changed rapidly. An anthropologist at Columbia University, Miss Benedict has pub- lished several books. Her most re- cent works, Race: Science and Pol- itics, and Patterns of Culture, have been widely acclaimed. Daytime, Evening Dresses for all Occasions Smart, Distinctive, Inexpensive Hats - Bags - Gifts é = Dr. Davis Discusses Nutrition’ Problems In Relation to War Music Room, January 14th: In his lecture on Nutfition, Economics, and Policy, Dr. Joseph Davis dis- cussed the problems of nutrition in relation to war time _ supplies and ‘heeds. The consumer, said Dr. Davis, buys according to his wants and not his needs. In war time, government direction of atrition actually has raised the Tensaras of British health. While the British have re- ‘Tauced their diet, Dr. Davis asserted, they have directed the preference of people away from food with the least nutrients. “While their want for food is not ; satisfied, their negds for nutrients are,” states Dr. Davis. In this country we are also better nourished than formerly. The nu- trition expert has injected vitamin A into oleomargarine when we can’t have butter, and the social scientist has helped to begin a nutritional campaign to show that substitutes can keep us_ healthy. It is his job to bring harmony be- tween what the consumer demands and what, according to standards determined by the natural scientist, he must have. One job, Dr. Davis said, still faces us. This is one solution of the problem of “freedom from want,” one of the seven freedoms of the Atlantic Charter. It will, he said, take all the knowledge of the biologist and economist to do this, but much can be done to aid the starving countries of Europe and Asia. Have tea before an Open Fire at the COMMUNITY KITCHEN " Lancaster Avenue OOO DODO ONO QO CQO LOLOL GIFTS Inexpensive and Practical END TABLES RAG RUGS LAMPS Hobson and Owens Lancaster Avenue ee VOVLLLNHLQO LOLOL COME SOD TO Tar FOUNTAIN" A . ‘ - é Page F our THE COLLEGE NEWS OPINION Continued from Page Two aware of the fact that excellent opportunities for training in Ital- ian and German are not fully used. Sincerely yours, LILy Ross TAYLOR. Plea for Grass Preservation Advanced by Two Anxious Students — To the Editor of the College News: Does the thought of spring ap- peal to you these dark days? Pic- ture the smooth expanses of green that the lawns, now so pale, should, ideally, present when the days of | warm sun arrive. Let’s put thought into immediate action. Must we have muddy paths crisscrossing the lawns and mak- ing triangles out of every square corner? Should it be necessary to have ropes and poles as an eye- sore until the very week of gradua- tion? There seems to be an erron- eous impression that brown, worn grooves in January will be mirac- ulously transformed into smooth, green lawn when the calendar says May. It’s not true; every Spring two months are spent in coaxing new grass to fill the brown places in order that \they will look nice for the last week of college. Let’s use the ounce of prevention now. Even if the ground is frozen, each foot wears off the helpless and downtrodden blades. But far worse is it when rainy weather makes the earth soft and muddy and tramp- ing feet create a chain of caverns. When it grows cold, these are frozen in hard ruts, and what was once a lawn begins to resemble a ploughed field. This cannot be cured merely by walking on it again when the ground has thawed. This year there will not be the Dr. E. A. Lowe Speaks On Roman Civilization Continued from Page Three | dinary use into the half-uncial script, which was a mixture of) miniscular and majescular letters. | The sixth century, the beginning | of the Middle Ages, found classical | elements on the wane. All of! Europe suffered from Barbarian | invasions. There was a great | dearth of manuscripts everywhere | except in Ireland. There, the pre-, ‘we can reap the fruits of our labors Watkins, Merrill Describe One } r | “We) are not a} | closed corporation,” she said. “You | | Continue lating opinion. all contribute to the News through | your activities and ideas.” Alice Iseman explained the dif- | ficulties of the Editorial Board in | taking a stand either on political | She said that “uncertainty as to campus re- action” was an important problem | of the News. Another difficulty arises over the News’ function. Should it be to instruct or to en- | tertain? Elizabeth Watkins spoke on the importance of freedom of the Press in college. With this freedom, the | issues or on local ones. News can support campaigns and | promote various projects. Nancy Scribner emphasized the relation which the News establishes between | Bryn Mawr and the off - campus readers. In addition to being sent | to other colleges and to alumnae, | the News goes to the Office of ‘War | Information, the Executive Office | of the President and the Library | of Congress. Miss Scribner stressed | the fact that outside organizations are interested in the currents of | thought on campus. | | | numerous gardeners to work over | the exhausted ground and plant | new seed. The campus is not so large that | walking on the sidewalk will cause | one to lose precious minutes. Let’s | try to overcome the psychological barrier of a square corner. More- over, the slight increase in exercise will put new life into brains worn out with intellectual exertion. We realize that these arguments are used every year in April when spring is obviously on the way; they produce excellent results which are only..enjoyed by the classes entering the following fall. Let’s make the effort now so that as soon as the first signs of spring arrive. Then the grass can keep up with all the rest of the greenery on campus. It will be lovely not only during the one-week of Com- mencement, but during all Spring when we can enjoy it. M. HARDENBERGH, ’43, F. MATTHAI, ’43, Failure of Evening Mail Causes Comment Continued from Page One ‘the ability to ' mechanical WHAT TO DO The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced ‘oppor- tunities for graduate study in in- dustrial economics. The Nati®nal Advisory Commit- tee for Aeronautics, Langley Fteld, Hampton, Virginia,.*has openings in various positions that ‘require absorb -knowledge limited, training, such as work, laboratory ap- prentice work, operating duplicat- ing machines and telephones, as well as typing and stenography. with McCann-Erickson is planning t6 have a training program for col- 'lege’graduates who want a career in advertising. Students are em- ployed for twenty dollars a week. 'They work as office girls, and in the performance of their various | duties and in the courses they take, ‘learn about the different depart- ments of the company. They will then work into a higher position in one of the departments. The William Becker Studios, In- corporated, in New York, are look- ing for models for fashion photo- graphs. Exposition Given By Kenneth Burke Continued trom Page One agent. Their relation is the prin- ciple of the lyric. There is only movement in the lyric in that there is transcendence of imagery. The lyric has attitude which is incipi- ent action. The example which was given was Wordsworth’s poem, Evening on Calais Beach, in here the octave builds up the scene of | the divine with imagery, then the sestet introduces the girl, the agent who becomes divine without moving. Mr. Burke then applied the theory to the world outside of lit- erature. In the world at large it is the relationship of act and state. It is an act if the properties of a role are used. A state exists when the properties are not used. If the king performs his duties asa ruler, it is an act of kingship. It is a state of kingship if the king is only a figurehead. In history, a new form always comes in when- ever an act becomes the state. GIFTS OLD AND NEW at the STUDIO SHOP 30 Bryn Mawr Avenue Woolcott and Laylin Discuss Nouynalism \ Continued from Page Thre porting on the house organs pub- lished by big industrial companies. azine work, the writing and the editing. The writers and _ the editors of Time collaborate, Mrs. Laylin said. Time is a _ source and interpreter of international news. All material from the out- side is carefully considered and rewritten standard and a un*form style may be maintained. Although experts are not necessary in the research jobs, Time demands general intelli- gence and alertness. Time is an example of group journalism. There is collaboration between. men’ and women. The women find “threads out of which the story is written, and the men do the actual writing.” These women research workers also check a story for mistakes after it is written. They must be painstak- ing, for any one of Time’s million readers may catch the smallest er- ror,._-Only._three_or four women are reporters on Time and these are usually specialists, such as the sports and medical writers. Mr. Wells discussed job oppor- tunities in the O. W. I. and in government publications. Oppor- tunities offered in journalism by the Federal Government include the positions of reader-coder (clip- ping pertinent newspaper clippings for the O. W. I.), editorial assist- ants, for which English majors with a junior professional rating can qualify, propaganda analysts, assistant translating editor, assist- ant news editor, for which experi- ence is necessary. The Federal Government also publishes over 150 periodicals, some of which are working on post-war problems. There is some chance for employ- ment on these, Mr. Wells stated. dividuality will find that there are | opportunities for independent re- | There are two element/}in mag: | in order that. a high | = -— | Try-Outs News try-outs for the edi- || torial staff will be held for | Freshmen and Sophomores the first week of second se- , mester. Remember that Miss | Woolecott stressed the impor- tance of having been on a college newspaper for a jour- | | | | } { | | nalistic career. | POR. Alliance Will Sponsor | Course in Personnel ' The Alliance is sponsoring an | extra-curricular lecture series on | Personnel Management, to be given |in the second semester especially |for juniors and seniors who have ‘taken psychology, labor movements | or industrial organization. All in- | terested upperclassmen are eligible | to attend. | Personnel experts from private | industry, and from the United | States Employment Service will co- operate with Miss Fairchild and | Mr. Wells in presenting the lec- /tures, which will probably take | place on Thursday evenings. The lectures will be on such topics as the nature of personnel work; the place of the personnel | worker in industry and in govern- |ment; job analysis; classification; time and motion studies. They will explain the United States Employ- ment Service, its functions and its testing and interviewing techni- ques; they will discuss women in the labor market, the actual proc- ess of collective bargaining, occu- pational disease, and_ industrial efficiency. Erratum The News last week erro- neously reported that the course on Art and Culture of the Far East would be given on Tuesday afternoons. It will be given from four to six on Thursdays. The halls are grim, The weather’s showery, So—give into your whim, Make you room all flowery. JEANNETT’S | VICTOR RECORDS 1} * Radios * Radio Repairs || * Music * Records Made E. FOSTER HAMMONDS @& CO. 829 LANCASTER AVENUE Open Until 10 P. M. Bryn Mawr 1892 — vious century had seen numerous for eight hours and forty-two and monasteries come into existence.|a half minutes of the day would These became high seats of learn-|be deprived us, and that as we ing. Manuscripts of the Bible, of stumbled into the hall at five-fifty theological and _ liturgical -works | we would be met with such deso- had been brought into the country | lation. during the fifth and sixth centuries; Information gleaned from a through Gaul. These were pre-| maid in Rhoads who got it first -served and copied in Ireland, and | hand from a mailman tells us that thence were made available to all) the post office hasn’t had time to of Europe by Irish ea ac [aart it yet. So cheer up girls. Certain almost temperamental | This is war. characteristics and curious abbre- | viations distinguish Irish manu-' scripts from those of other parts, of Europe. | | ESESCCSSPCPSSSSSISTESSTESTESSSSTSTSTISSS BUY che & The Mexican Shop Margaret Paul 69 St. James Place Ardmore, Pa. | re a WAR BONDS | | Dr. Lowe, reader in* Paleo-' graphy at the University of Ox-| ford, and since 19386 attached to the Institute of Advanced Study | “at Princeton has_ written many | books on the hi8tory and influences > ° of handwriting, and spent years Shoes ee Skirts collecting material in European libraries for his Codices Latinis UNUSUAL GIFTS Antiguores, three volumes of which have already appeared. , i | | Before you hear the Outcome To the Inn come mais 6