THE 2 OLLEGE_News VOL. XXIV, No. 13 ‘BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1938 Copyright TRUSTEES OF BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, 1938 | PRICE 10 CENTS Freshmen Devise ” Original and Almost Wild Plot for Show ‘Characters From All Epochs Emote Against Background _ of the Crusade STRANGE POSTERS ADD ~ AN AIR OF MYSTERY The Freshman Show,” “Asleep aa Better to Be That Way, has been born of a class struggle. The Class of 1971" was split into two almost equal parts mainly on the question of whether or not the’ play should be about college. The majority opinion was against any reference. to .college whatsoever, in spite of 17 sophomores who appeared at class meeting in time to vote for college material. The factions are now partially resolved and at work on the writing and prdduction of a, highly original and, from all accounts, almost wild plot. No one seems to know definitely who the author is, Ann Harrington, Chair- man of the general committee, says about 200 people have worked on the lines. It is based on the argument be- tween Richard the Lion-hearted and Philip Augustus, on King Arthur and Frederick Barbarossa, Mrs. Roosevelt, Berengaria and Eleanor of Aquitaine; but all the characters are fictitious. ‘The play consists of two acts and aaa scenes during two days in Paléstine on a ‘Crusade. Berengaria and Eleanor become blasé about the Crusade, the erisis hinges on a ping pong ball, and someone at some. pointin the play is heard to roar: “Holy Grail!” The cast has evidently been deter- mined with one eye to appropriateness and the other to incongruity; as Rose- mary Sprague, who is actually de- scended from Eleanore of Aquitaine, plays that part and Ernestine Gallucci is playing Berengaria because’ she played Uriah Heep in school. The News considers the best recom- mendation of the show to be the pos- ters, done by Jane Harper and her committee. Jane herself did the cow, the lion, and the voleano posters. The music committee, headed by Helen McIntosh, has been at-work on two original songs, and composing new words to songs recruited from football seasons, camp life, the Follies, and Gilbert and Sullivan. The dance com- mittee, headed by Alice Lee, has so far done its work in deepest secrecy. Frances Levison and Eileen Durning who are, respectively, Business Man- ager and Stage Manager are quoted as saying, independently, “It’s a hell of a job.” a Speaks ‘ At Peace Conference Talks on Pacifistic Organizations On Bryn Mawr Campus On January 21, Louise Morley, ’40, _|president of the International Rela- tions Club and of the Peace Council, made a speech at the National Con- ference on the Cause and Cure of War which was held in Washington. Her speech was entitled A College Woman Mawr: the International ‘Relations Club, the Peace Council, and the Bryn Mawr delegation which is going to represent Russia in the Model League of Nations Assembly at Rutgers on April seventh, eighth, and ninth. Ex- cerpts from the speech follow: “The International: Relations Club at Bryn Mawr is only one of those in many colleges that owe a great debt of gratitude to the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace. Not only does. this organization supply books and bibliographies and a fort- nightly summary of important world eyents, but it also holds annual re- gional conferences for the various clubs in a district. “The annual Model League of Na- tions Assembly, held under the aus- pices of the League of Nations Asso- ciation, brings students of various colleges together, but in a somewhat different atmosphere. In these model assemblies, the different colleges in a region represent the various nations in the League of Nations. Weeks of preparation bring delegates together, each well up to date on his nation’s foreign policy and also prepared to attempt to reach some agreement with other national delegates on three major issues before the real League of Nations. , There are ‘generally six members to a delegation, two to work on each of the three commissions that discuss the problems before the As- sembly. Plenary sessions which open and close the Assembly follow closely the procedure of the League of Na- tions Assembly, but just as at the League itself, it is in Commissions that the real work is done. Here, after discussions and debates from the various national points of view, concrete proposals for presentation to the whole model assembly are drawn up. ; “International Clubs and the vari- ous branches of the American. Student Union, provide a means of activity ‘for those whose interests are actively aroused, The problem of arousing the latent interests of other students is more complicated, and we have found that the best means of doing ‘Continued on Page Three Joys for Scientific Hearts Concealed Under Austerity of Dalton’s Successor Secrecy Shrouds Developments On the New Residence Hall, Workmen Silent Two centers of mechanical construe- tion, in different. stages of develop- ment, under different -management, ‘and for different purposes are now in progress on campus. They are the almost completed science building and the new dormitory. Both will be ready fox, occupancy next year but mean- while drills and hammers make the days hideous for the Deanery and Low Buildings. ‘ The scienge building, to the untu- tored eye, rises a “mound of yellow brick as impersonal and blank as any ‘rural high school. But only to the untutored eye, the amiable boss ex- plained. Before giving any details, however, he insisted that we mention the architects, Thomas & Martin Co., and the contractors; Baivie, vxce He, him refers to remain anony- mous. | } The building, which ‘is of themost _ modern construction available, has three fire-proofed floors. The geology tion, the west, The central second floor and above is aoe - given:-over to an enormous library, end and windows viaching for two stories from floor to.ceiling. A gallery where maps will be. kept, extends around three sides of the room. The chemistry section is walled with hollow glazed tile as additional fire big Vay It. is supplied , with eight pipe lines carrying anything from gas and compressed air to hot lemonade. There are dark rooms, special vaults for acid storage, research rooms, offices and even a drinking fountain in the front, like the one at the Central Park Zoo. : Most unique are the windows of a design never before used this side of the Mississippi, or almost never, any- way: They are made up of small oblong panes set in steel frames. By turning one crank the top sections open to give no-draft ventilation. If anyone feels faint, another erank swings them all open. . ‘Adilitional — waters: are display rooms for rocks (the geology depart- ment can come into the open at last), novices, a vacuum line; a hand oper- ‘ated elevator and an office for Mw Watson that rivals Il-Duce’s in Rome. The front door at the building is pressed steel set in snowy Indiana with lage marble Srevinces, ot. sseh Brn Content on ss i Two Looks at the Peace Problem, and con-| cerned peace organizations at Bryn]. a system of pipes to carry away dis-|’ agreeable fumes created by chemical] Miss Lake Criticizes -Midwinter Lantern Thinks Summer School Work Out of Place Where Style Is Emphasized EDITORIAL AND POETRY - OF H. CORNER LAUDED (Especially contributed by Miss Agnes K. Lake.) The mid-winter issue of the Lantern is opened by an editorial on Education in Philadelphia which seems admirable in its common .sense. How adequately the measures proposed would meet the situation I am in no position to judge; ‘but that there is serious need of action is obvious. It is pleasant to see the Editors taking an interest. in- local problems as well as in the more dra- matic . catastrophes of the world- at- large. ;: Elsewhere the Editors have not been quite so’ successful. The Theatre’ Re- view, Susan and Jupiter’s Miracle, seems like the result of an illspent week-end, topped off by an indigestible dinner. , It is an attempt to blend Susan and God, Father Malachy’s Miracle, and Amphitryon in a tech- nique perhaps inspired by the Bryn Mawr production of Hamlet. The re- sult fails becausé if lacks the wit which, on the basis of past experience, we are justified in expecting from the authors. There is little point in reviewing book reviews, but does not a new book by a scholar like Mr. Chew deserve something better in the way of criti- cism than a glorified table of contents * No attempt has been made to evaluate the contribution of The Crescent and The Rose. J. G. has done a more useful piece of work in trying to estimate the significance of Robert Browning and Julia ‘Wedgwood. In Aldous Huxley’s Ends and Means, 0. Sheep seems, not unnaturally, a little out of her depth. Miss Nichols’ sketch, Cross’ Town, is a clever piece of writing. She has suc- ceeded in giving us a full length por- trait of Mr. Kingsbye, although she has‘limited herself to his 20 minutes at a news reel. Practice will eliminate the technical faults in her style, which come from a tendency to be over- explicit, too great a dependence on: the use of adverbs to point the meaning which should be implicit in)the verb and a habit of stating wha has al- ready been implied. Miss Calkins. (who usually spells her name without the “u’) in We Hated Her, tells us an anecdote of childhood in Italy which is going to stay in my mind “for a long time. The helplessness of children in the face of their peculiar terrors is described with complete understanding and no over- statement: Only the very end. seems somehow not to ring true. Ginny’s words have a stilted sound which is not.characteristieof Miss Calkins’ style. I imagine that the half dozen mistakes in the Italian phrases can be blamed on the proof-reading rather than on the author, - Miss Kirk’s amiable little picture of domestic poisoning suffers by contrast with the other contributions. Sad re- flection as it’ may bé’ on “the human race, the subject is hackneyed and thv treatment is not original. Some of the phrases are vivid, but the style is marred by the inaccurate use of words. “Socketed,”: for example, is not a synonym for, “embedded,” and, to be Continued on Page Four GLEE CLUB CAST ‘The cast of the Glee Club’s produc-, tion of Patience has been chosen as follows: Colonel Calverley. ‘Ruth Stoddard, Major Murgatroyd Mary Elizabeth Wickham, Lieut. the Duke of Dunstable . Matilda Jaynea” Fyla, "39 40 \ Reginald Bunthorne.Terry Ferrer, Archibald’ Grosvenor © Cornelia Rogers Kellogg, The Lady Jane "39 3 Camilla Kidder Riggs, "40 Palletion—cpee sass Kidder, "41 The Lady Angela : The Lady Saphir. The Lady Ella ~ a ee be chosen »|}studying while away. -|tain issues. SAU "40. COLLEGE CALENDAR » Friday, February 11.—Square dance, Gymnasium, 8.30 p.m. Monday, February 14.—Philos- ophy Club meeting, Common Room, 8 p. m. Isabelle Stearnes will speak. Tuesday, February 15. i ahi Fenwick will speak on current events, Common Room, 7.30 p. m._ International Club meeting, Common Room, 8 p. m. Thursday, February 17.— A. S. U. meeting,.Commédn Room, 8 p. m. Saturday, February 19. Freshman Show of the Class of 1941, Goodhart, 8.20. , Sunday, February 20.— The Making of a Picture, lecture by Mr. Maulsby Kimball, Deanery, Pps Monday, February a1 .—Mal- lory Whiting Webster Lecture in History by-Dr. Bertha Haven Putnam, Goodhart, 8.20 p. m. Tuesday, February 22.— Mr. Fenwick will speak on Current Everts. Common Room, 7.30 p. m. Wednesday, February ‘23. — Recital by Paul Hindemuth, @Goodhart, 8.20 p. m. Big Majority Approves Senior Reading Period Much-¥ime Used For Other Work, Not for Comprehensives The News questionnaire on. the sen- ior reading period shows that an over- whelming majority favor the period the class could not use the time for Comprehensive reading. Catching up on regular reading, papers and quizzes and examinations occupied a large part of the time for most. The questions asked were: “Did you spend most of the reading period studying at home or elsewhere? Did you-spend most or all of the time on quizzes, On €xaminations, or on papers? Did you waste the entire reading pe- riod? Do you feel that it was valuable for whatever reason?” About a quarter of the 77 seniors questioned were away from college most of the time, but 19 of them were Two seniors stated that they wasted most of the period. One of these, and two others, thought the time was not valuable for any reason; a brave four said not enough was assigned, and many recommended that the period be later. The consensus of opitien.. was that the time was valuable for catching up, coordinating, and at least getting some idea of what should be done for the remainder of the year. Twenty- seven of the seniors spent at least part of the time preparing ..for current quizzes and examinations, while 22 were writing papers or honors reports at least half thé period. More exactly, this means that only 17 of the class spent most of the time doing assigned Comprehensive reading and review. MISS FAIRCHILD, TALKS, » ON NEW LABOR LAWS Common Room, January 26.—At a meeting of the Industrial Group, ‘Miss Fairchild spoke on Labor legislation, its history and the implications of cer- Greatest emphasis was put on the Wages and Hours Bill, un- employment compensation, and the attitudes. of the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. to Labor legislation. The Wages and Hours Bill, “at- tempting to put-a ceiling above hours|a and a floor beneath Wages” is under- stood to have various possible results. An editor in the Philadelphia Pub- that labor legislation serves to raise costs, an action which employers. combat by raising prices and installing new machinery. How- ever the advantage of Federal legis- lation over trade union regulation is that it eliminates the- Bracsiting from on the whole, but that almost half of ||E. Fabyan Speaks On Experiences In Peiping Siege After Capture of City, Press Stifled, Chinese Welfare Work : Stopped JAPANESE ATTITUDE TO FOREIGNERS CHANGED Common Room, February 1.—“I don’t think I ever dare go to China again,” said Miss Eleanor Fabyan, ’°36, speaking on her experiences of last summer during the taking _of Peiping. Miss Fabyan, who was in China as secretary to Owen Lattimore, editor of Pacific Affairs, suggested that her, presence in China always seemed to bear a distinct relationship to an immediate outbreak of whence wherever she happens to be. She ar- rived in Mukden on September’ 18, 1931, and the same night Manchuria was taken by.the Japanese. On her second visit to China, she was’in Peip- ing during the siege and capture of the city. Explaining that American’ news- papers carried more exact reports of the war than could be obtained in China last summer, Miss Fabyan de- clared that she would confine her talk chiefly to. personal reminiscences. She said that her first knowledge of the fighting came in the early morning of July 8, when her amah heard the distant sound>of guns. This noise continued and grew louder and louder until some 20 days later, when the fighting was right outside the gates of Peiping, and there were planes flying over the city every few minutes. All foreign citizens were ordered into the foreign quarter. Miss Fabyan received the notice one morn- ing to move into the international con- cession by noon thé same day, bring- ing as little luggage as possible. In spite of the fact that the embassies were crowded and people were living in tents inside the foreign quarter, and also in spite of confusion and ex- citement, there was not much fear that the Japanese would bomb Peip- ing. The reason for this is that everyone knew the city was easy to take, and would ‘not be able to resist long. It is not in a very strategic position, and is a very ancient and beautiful city which the Japanese would probably hope to exploit as a tourist center. The only danger was —e that the Japanese troops might run - Continued on Page Four City School Children Investigated by A. S. U. Small Delegation Sent to Talk With Governor Earle Present conditions in _ Philadelphia schools were investigated by the A. S. U. A delegation of four members —Eleanor Bailenson ’39, Agnes Spen- cer ’39, Emily Doak ’39-and- Eleanor Sayre ’88—consulted with Governor Earle along with similar patton from Swarthmore, University of Pe If conditions’ sylvania, and Temple. remain as ‘thef are now theré will be’ a reaction oh the rating of the high- schools which will disqualify their pupils from eligibility for scholarships to first-rate colleges. As a result of depreciation in real estate values the schools are facing a deficit of from six to seven million dollars. This will undoubtedly in- crease because, of a recent State Su- preme Court ruling that the Board of Education cannot raise the taxes on property, since it is an appointed, not an elective, body. Unless higher taxes can be levied, however, there is no chance to make up.the deficit. Governor Earle’s answer to a re- quest for a special session-of 1 ETS: legislature to pass effective measures was that a sfecial session would not only involve great expense but ‘also would probably be fruitless since leg- islators are now concerned with their 2 be UD re Sa own local problems. He implied, how- ever, that if they felt that the people ti would support new taxes the measure oN Se eS a fey aon ‘age Two gale '. THE COLLEGE NEWS as i n- THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly durin, the College, Year commenting, bine Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest c= Bryn we College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn aan’ College News is fully protected by copyright, Nothing that appears in Baite itor-tn Chet. either wholly or in part without written permission of the r-in-Chie fe knanane Editor-in-Chief a i : JANET THOM, ’38, ‘ News Editor Copy Editor ABBIE INGALLS, ’38 MARGERY C. HARTMAN, ’38 Editors a ELLEN MATTESON, ’40 Mary R, MEtGs, ’39- ~ MARGARET OTIS, ’39 ELIZABETH Pops, ’40 - CATHERINE HEMPHILL, ’39 DucILie SAUDER, .’39 . MARGARET Howson, ’38 BARBARA STEEL, ’40 IsoTta TUCKER, '40 Business Manager ETHEL HENKLEMAN, ’38 2 é ‘a Assistants OZANN®E PETERS, '4 ANNE LOovuISsE AXON, '40 DEBORAH CALKINS, ’40 EMILY. CHENEY, ’40 Mary DImock, ’39' > CAROLINE SHINE,:’39 Y caddis STEEL, "40 Advertising Manager Subscription Manager ALICE Low, ’38 Mary T. RITCHIB, ’39 ‘ Graduate Correspondent: VESTA SONNE Music Correspondent: Pa-ni1cta R. ROBINSON, ’39 SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 ; MAILING PRICE, $3.00 SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office The Peace Council Constitution The Peace Council is in the process of discussing and voting upon a constitution drawr.up by Sylvia: Wright, Peggy La Foy, and Marion Greenbaum. is makes clear the aims*of the Council, and the pro- cedure by which its business is to:be carried on, When. it is adopted, it will no longer be necessary for every activity of the Council to be approved by the College at large, and-the Council will be authorized to undertake: definite action whenever majority opinion in the College supports its convictions. §§ <—~--~~ | Article I reads The aim of the Peace Cowneil shall be to sponsor an educational campaign on world affairs, with special reference to pre-|- serving peace. The Peace Council shall take action on these matters, but must be supported by a majority opinion of the College in taking action on controversial matters. The Council has approved this article, with the suggestion that the aim of coordinating the peace programs of other college-organizations be-added. Action in these matters is not defined or limited. We understand that it shall be taken to mean not only the sponsoring of educational programs and peace day rallies, but also shall cover participation by the members of the Peace Council in _ general peace niovements and other off-campus events. Because of the importance that action in off-campus or public events~may assume, especially if it is taken in the name of the College, the Peace Council has. provided in this constitution that Controversial matters of policy, which involve taking action, or which involve a commitment of opinion by thé Peace Council shall be decided by a vote of the College. * The Peace Council shall first vote whether the matter should be brought before the. College, then a general college vote shall be taken, and the Peace Council shall act in accordance with the vote. Thus, the College as a whole shall be able to have a voice in any action or opinion which the Peace Council defines as controversial while in minor matters of business the Peace Council authorizes itself to make decisions. The ich various organi- zations shall elect members, provides fos open meetlags which may be} attended by all students interested in its business, declares that all decisions’shall be posted on the Peace Council bulletin board in Taylor, and provides for a special committee to be in charge of off-campus business. The advantage of this constitution is that it insures that all organi- zations shall be aflequately represented on the Peace Council, and that it lays down definite rules of procedure in minor matters of business. But it does not seem to us to have eliminated the’major stumbling block in the way of all action by the Peace Council, which is that agtion “cannot even be planned until the whole College has answere ques- tionnaire on the subject. This was the m LOL ce Council in its pre-constitution days whenever a controversial matter of action or policy came up, such as the sponsoring of a Japanese boycott. This must still be its method on every question of importance, unless it should fall into the even more unfortunate habit of deciding on these questions independently, seizing on the technicality in the proposed Article XI number one which allows the Council, to vote .as.to whether the matter should be brought before the College. stands is not a democratie-décument, while proporting to be representa- ‘tive of the whole College, because, it ‘can be adopted by the Peace Council alone, and it can, by virtue of a rather obvious loop-hole, determine and carry out action in which the College shall have no voice. To be sure, it is modelled on the lines of all representative gov- ernments, but representative governments are not democratic in the “primary sense of the word, and.in this small community it would be possible to deyise a system which more — Spproacnes the ideal, such athe referendum system. ,. _ We propose that the Peace Council \constitution be iaiaiad 4 to exclude Article XI, providing for a general college vote on contro- versial matters, and shall authorize the Couneil alone to decide on these ; saciel We'suggest te ge ee Council shall. post. ision immediately onthe bulletin board. in Taylor, and dis- s tribute a copy of the minutes of the meeting to a representative in each hall. There should then be an interval of three or more days’ before _. the opinion is published or the action carried out, and during this : time students who ate opposed to the decision shall have the opportunity ora ng up a petition to the Council which would invalidate the p. Final! se ages Ss ir seine petition, basting the ieee. gaara ome ve icijean ter aaeah i The President— Attended the inauguration cer- emonies of Dr. Rufus C. Harris, the new: president of Tulane University, and. received an LL.D. degree. She spoke at the exercises themselves, and ad- ressed a symposium on ‘educa- tion for women at Sophie New- comb College of Tulane Univer-- sity. Her speech was on The Demands of the Progressive and The. Conservative on the College. On January 17 and 18 served on a board five set up by ’ igre Pennsylvania Department of ublic Assistance to conduct the _ oral examination of candidates for the position of Director of . Relief in Philadelphia County. In’Philadelphia Movies Erlanger: Beginning Thursday eve- ning: In Old Chicago, a drama based on the fire of 1871, with Tyrone Power and Alice Faye. Shown twice daily; reserved seats. Stanley: The Buccaneer, the Cecil part in the battle of New Orleans, with Fredric March. Beginning Thursday: Everybody Sing,.a comedy abot’ a temperamental theater family, with Reginald Owen, Billie Burke, and Allan Jones. Stanton: Penitentiary, a prison melodrama, with Walter Connolly and John Howard. Beginning Saturday: Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo, a mys- tery, with Warner Oland. Karlton: There Goes the Groom, a comedy, with Burgess Meredith. Europa: Green Fields, a Jewish pastoral romance, now in its third week. Arcadia: Bulldog Drummond’s Re- venge, John Barrymore’s latest mys- tery drama. Beginning Friday: Every Day’s A Holiday, a Gay-Nine- ties farce, with Mae West. . Keith’s: Mannequin, with Joan Crawford acting her familiar part of a local girl making good, assisted by Spencer Tracy and Alan Curtis. Aldine: The Goldwyn Follies, an ex- travaganza in color, combining com- edy, romance, ballet and grand opera; with an all-star cast including Zorina and the American Ballet, Adolph Men- jou, Andrea Leeds, Charlie Mac Carthy, the Ritz ‘Brothers, and Kenny Baker. Earle: Swing Your Lady, a hillbilly comedy about wrestlers, and lady blacksmiths, with Humphrey Bogart and Louise Fazenda. Beginning Fri- day: No Time to Marry, a comedy- rromance with Mary Anton and Rich- ard Arlen. ad Boyd: A Yank at Gated, a hands- B. de Mille version of Jean La Fitte’s| " VALENTINE SQUARE DANCE Haverford, has been invited by the Bryn Mawr’ League to a Valentine Square Dance in the Gym at 8.30 on Friday the eleventh. As at the Square Dance in October, Christian Sander- son’s orchestra will play and Alan Stokes will call the figures. Admis- sion is 50 cents. The dance is spon- sored by the League-for the benefit of the Summer Camp. Students are ad- vised to sign out for 12.15. Aol tiabow es across-the-sea drama, with Robert Taylor~and Maureen O’Sullivan. | Fox: Happy Landing, a feeble com- edy interspersed. with some magnifi- cent skating by Sonja Henie, with Don Ameche and Cesar Romero. Tm . Theatre Locust: Brother Rat, the V. M. I. comedy, now in its seventh’ week. Chestnut: Beginning February 14: Save Me.the Waltz, a-comedy of a royal family -under -a dictatorship, with Mady Christians. Mi usic Academy: Lokangrin: by the Civic. Grand Opera Company, with Emma Redell and: Myron Taylor. 8.15 p.m. Philadelphia —— On tour to Boston. . Local Movies Suburban: Tuesday, February 8, to Tuesday, February 15: Love and Hisses, with Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie. “Wayne: Wednesday,. Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry, with Mickey Rooney; Thursday and Friday, I’ll Take Ro- mance, with Grace Moore and Melvyn Douglas; Saturday through Tuesday, Love and Hisses, with Walter Win- chell and Ben Bernie; Wednesday, Beg, Borrow, or Steal, with Frank Morgan. Seville: Wednesday, /’ll Take Ro- mance, with Grace Moore and Melvyn Douglas; Thursday, Jt Happened in Hollywood, with Richard Dix; Friday and Saturday, Beg, Borrow or Steal, with Frank Morgan; Sunday and Monday, Boy of the Streets, with Jackie Cooper; Tuesday and Wednes- day, First Lady, with Kay Francis. Ardmore: Wednesday, You’re Only Young Once, with Lewis Stone; Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Tovarich; with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer; Sunday and Monday, Thrill of a Lifetime, : with Eleanor Whitney; Tuesday, Night Club Scan- dal,-with John Barrymore; Wednes- day, True Confession, with Carole Lombard. In short, the constitution, as it fe aytem an action | sh which the students wish to oppose can be opposed; the students them- selves may decide what are controversial matters, and the Council may always expect their action, if any, to go into effect after a definite period of time. There also ought to be a provision in the constitution for the Peace ‘Council to raise funds, either through its own organization, or with the aid.of.the Undergraduate Association. A great deal of the success of the’ movement on this campus, we feel; will dépend on the kind. of speakers the Council is able to bring to the students. It should be able} to pay the fees of these speakers by itself. --Part of its funds should also be available for the use of the students who. represent the Council in off- campus activities. In order that the College in general should approve the aims 5 and methods of the Peace Council as set. forth in whichever constitution it adopts, and in order that they should also approve its fingncial policy, we suggest that all students be allowed to sit in on the Peace Council’s discussions of the constitution, and that the constitution, shall be rati- fied by a two-thirds majority of.the student body. ~ (Note: The constitution of the Peace Council will be published in its complete form whenever it is perio’, ~oeid. )* The Rockefeller Tea The College News wishes to express itself officially in appreciation of the unusually good food provided by Rockefeller. Hall at-the—all- eollege tea Sunday, February 6. For some reason, our reporters received the impression that more food was forthcoming from the WIT?S END THE PERSONAL PEREGRINA- TIONS OF ALGERNON SWIN- BURNE “STAPLETON-SMITH,~“ or Lost. in a London Fog. Algae returned to England a few days before the beginning of the so- cial season and made a point of call- ing on his old friend, Mary Anne jninaey- W eclaay during his second day in town. She was staying at the house pf her Aunt Agatha Exchequer in Queen Anne’s Gate. The servant who showed him in the lower hall recognized Algae and greeted him politely. 3 Algae followed the man up the blue plush stairs to the first floor and entered a large, bare, sunny room at the front of the house. He poised himself a moment at the door, struck Anne gliding up and down the room in’a long white garment. She-arrested herself before a large pier glass op- posite to Algae, and, eyes modestly ‘| downcast, performed. a deep courtesy. Suddenly she seemed to be conscious of ‘his preoccupied gaze, and looking up; she caught sight of Algae in the mirror. Blushing deeply, she ran across the room to greet him. to sée you!” “Mary Anne!” said Algae, both her small hands in one o She hastened to explain reason he happened to have caught her in such an undignified position was that she was practicing for an appointment with her posture instruc- tress who was coming within a half hour to give her lessons in the court courtesy. oe f “You see, I’m to be presented at Their Majesties’ First Court,” ” explained shyly. “How ripping,’ Algee exclaimed. “T should simply love to be there.” sure I should fancy you in knee- breeches.” Then they both laughed uproari- ously at this piece of impudence. Al- gae explained that he would write her a formal note of congratulation in- stead of coming. He was going on a motoring trip through Scotland in his new imported Pack-ard. He escorted Mary Anne to the window and pointed out to her its gleaming dark red bon- net. After admiring it ecstactically for a few minutes, Mary Anne sult into a wistful silence. Finally she said, turning her face shyly toward his, “Are they very ex- pensive?” “Expensive—What?” “Those machines. . ¢ .” ‘| Joys. for Scientific Hearts ‘Concealed Under Austerity Continued from Page One limestone. A terrace fronts it, inlaid with large blocks of Déer Island granite. _ The new hall is a different. story. The boss there refuses to hear any- thing, say anything, or know anything. Irwin & Leighton, the ,wish to work in secret,’so, wisely they hired | this gentleman. To. eomplete their plan they sent out a crew of non- English speaking workmen who ride round and round in Mack:...trucks shrieking vile Italiany Slovic, Polish, Serbian, Croatian oatlfs at each other. Moreover, they go home so late, it is too dark for the observer to find out anything on his own. “Do come,” urged Mary Anne, “I’m” with surprise as “he noticed Mary .: “Algernon,” she cried, “I am glad ‘ contractors, - On view from the Common Room. window is a subterranean floor which* promises. to be gothic, and above a | long flat.cement upland plateau shoot- ing off in 6dd directions. This will be the first floor (so-one gentle Ethiopian wheelbarrowist confided when no one was looking). From the second floor of Goodhart it looks like a very thin ‘building; more or less on -the-Pullman plan. More, only, God and Irwin & Leighton Co. can tell you. kitchen than on previous Sundays, and that it issued from thence in a more regular and ‘unflagging fashion. They are particularly enthusi- usher. to Speak in ne ond Rag: Span 6" astic about the variety of cakes, the variety of colors on the icing, and} the wonderful new kinds of sandwich fillings. No very specific descrip tion of these sandwich fillings could be elicited from our reporters, but thex recommen particularly~a minced-ham-like variety, and _— ige pet sandwiches which seemed to be cheese. that other halls will do well to follow the example rovide the same sort of sandwiches and cake i in the t hold this Sunday’s Chapel. Mr. Douglass Steer, ‘professor at _ Haverford, is an active member _ ‘of the community and known to many Bryn Mawr students.’ On — the questionnaire last Spring several Star asked to i him te Fo r as well as better. ; t : Only one suggestion of our i el 2] years, a ‘Quaker spea tr wil | THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three EXCERPTS From EXILE ‘\ (Note—This article is composed of excerpts from a personal letter written before Christmas to Miss Lograsso, who very kindly lent it to the News.— Ed.) | This year in Italy is proving to be better than I had imagined even in my wildest dreams. Perugia was wonder- ful and Florence is unbelievably beau- tiful and pleasant. Everyone here is so anxious that we have a good time and ‘get the fullest benefit out of our stay that we are sometimes over- whelmed by their kindriess. But’ we are getting used to that: What I shall never get used, to, no matter how long I remain here, is seeing, actually see- ing, all the artreasures I have heard of all my life. At first I ran about like a chicken without its head, first looking at one thing, then catching a glimpse of another, then another, and not being able to decide which to look at first, trying to look at them all and getting nowhere as a result. The first few -weeks here, we walked ourselves to death, morning and, afternoon, going through churche# and museums at a mad pace. However, we have now be- come more ‘composed and go about our , visiting in an organized, collected manner. Our only difficulty is choos- ing which place to see next. This morning we went to the Biblioteca Laurenziana, and though fhany of the rooms are closed to visitors, we never- theless did examine the manuscripts in the Museo della Miniatura. Those books are the most beautiful ones I have ever seen. We visited again the chureh of San Lorenzo, one of my favorite ones, architecturally if not pictorially. But you probably know all these places so well, that there is no point in my describing them to you, and as for expressing my sentiments about them—I become so excited every time I begin to think of me in Florence that I become even less coherent than usual. Our regular courses at the Univer- sity began about three weeks ago, and we certainly were glad to dive into some thinking matter again. wo months of grammar ‘and composition had told on us and our minds had be- come stagnant; but now that we have} a few inspiring professors to urge us on, we are waking up a bit. We have six professors, four of them wonder- ful, particularly Professor Casella, the literature teacher. He began his course in such an interesting way, working on one general idea and making us provide the details. Besides numerous estimable qualities, he has an excellent sense of humor; so that even though we don’t always understand what he is driving at, we can always tangh at it. . The philosophy saibaiii Lamanna, is a funny littf€ man with beautiful hands and a great mop of kinky black hair. He ties himself up in knots be- ‘fore speaking, his face contorts, his hands clutch the air, his eyes take on an agonized look and we all sit per- fectly still, holding+ our breaths, ex- pecting some deep, complicated phil- osophic thought to burst out in con- fused and obscure phrases. But no, he merely states some clear, logical fact, such as there is no liberty, that man- kind is enslaved by its own stupidity. Then he relaxes, his face smooths out, his eyes smile, and he begins all over again’ as we lean back, exhausted. He is an excellent teacher though, clear and logical as one could be.‘ The family we are living~with is ' delightful. The head of it, a retired general, is a gentle little man with a white imperiale, a -baby face, and ed twinkling kind eyes. He is very much amused by Martie and me, and when- ever his friends, other retired gen- erals, also bewhiskered, come “to visit him, we are exhibit A, a position to’ which we are now accustomed._Wher- ever we go, we are stared at and com- mentéd upon. I shall feel very much neglected-when I-return to college and} -ine typewritten documents; Miss Fairchild Talks On New Labor Laws Continued from Fage One C. I. O. wants all the legislation it can get, William Green has suggested that flat rates be set up and enforced by the Department of Justice. Miss Fairchild said, “The Department’ of Justice knows nothing, as compared with the Department of Labor.” “The situation in Pennsylvania’ is optimistic” as far as unemployment compensation is concerned. At pres- ent, eligibility for compensation is concerned. After a year during which the subject is employed 13 weeks, compensation consists of a minimum of seven and a half per cent and a maximum of fifteen per cent of the average wage in the industry. Hand in hand with this is a two and seven- tenths per cent payroll tax. If more benefits are wanted, the pay roll tax will have to be raised. .The next 30 years will be years of: political foot- ball between the Republicans and the Democrats as to the basis on which compensation bénefits will be obtained. Miss Fairchild spoke also of the terms of workman’s compensaton, of the law forbidding home work, and of the unemployment compensation paid for unemployment due to strikes. She said: “The difficulties in Pennsylvania are concerned with the problems of who is to enforce the laws, and of the recognition of the necessity of skill in enforcing them.” people have even forgotten who I am. CATHERINE J. RICHARDS. * Individual, unaccountable, aristo- crat among autobuses and.one of the last salons of the century, the Diz- neuf weaves daily back and forth across the Seine, tracing its devious route from the’ Bois de Boulougne to the Porte de Vincennes. It waits for no man; instead we are generally obliged to wait for it much longer than we would like. Frequently, title- number tilted, it lumbers over the horizon like‘a. huge drunken monster, as often as not, in a rush hour, and rolls deliberately past the bus-stop, flicking its rear-card complet in our faces. < But, as with a well-known and ven- erable citizen, in view of its distinc- tion, one can forgive its eccentricities; and the Dix-neuf presents a most va- ried and highly selective: section of Paris, Its route is laid out as follows: after rounding the Place du Trocadéro, it stretches out along the Avenue Président Wilson, characterized by rows of trees, private houses, and _pri- vate schools; it follows the Seine past the Tuileries, past the Orangerie, where large art collections are pre- sented, crosses the Seine at Solférino and goes up the Boulevard St. Ger- main, slicing directly, through the old, aristocratic Faubourg St. Germain, the artistic quarter centered around the Ecole deS Beaux-Arts, and the stu- dent quarter which surrounds the Sor- bonne; and it passes close by the Lux- embourg, reserved for senators, chil- dren and donkeys. So, if you catch the bus in the early morning, you will hear students tell each other stories in student dialect, incomprehensible to foreigners. School- children will sometimes recite the day’s lesson to their now nous, any- thing from Napoleon to the Saintes Ecritures. A little later in the day, a senator or two may settle in a quiet spot to whisper importantly or exam- and on Wednesday afternoons, plump, bird- like widows of the Faubourg St. Ger- main, bound for the Société de Géog- raphie, Rue des Saints-Péres, to hear M. André Maurois discuss some inter- _JEANNETTE’S | Bryn Mawr Flower Shop, Inc. Flowers for All Occasions ‘823 Lancaster Avenue _ Bryn Mawr 570 ’ MEET YOUR FRIENDS ege”Tea Room ~ The Bryn" Mawr for a SOCIAL CHAT AND RELAXATION Hours of Service: 7.30 A. M.—7.30 P. M. ‘Lunch Soogitece ___ ‘For Special Parties, Call Bryn Mawr 386 Tea Dinner Louise Morley Speaks : At Peace Conference Continued from Page One ae this is through a Peace Council which represents all student organizations on campus, including publications. With limited funds the Council at- tempts to bring to the college speakers on the.problems perplexing the world. The day this year that is set aside for student ‘peace demonstrations all over the country is April 27. “The Peace Council, which we con- sider a really representative body on campus, is in general convinced, how- ever, of one thing about student opin- ion on peace, and student comprehen- sion of peace problems. _It is never fully or really: expressed either in organizations or in publie discussion meetings. The fullest and most com- plete discussions-of current problems |: take place at the so-called ‘bull ses- esting problem, will perch in cushioned luxury on first class seats. Meanwhile the bus-eonductor paces up and down the center aisle, witty, officious, affable and authoritative, like a “grande dame” of the past century, who, while proud: to occasion the union of such a diversity of intellects, remains dis- creetly outside of the conversation. ‘And yet there are those who regret the old, pre-Exposition era, when the Dix-neuf was still a trolley, and in contrast to all other Paris traffic, kept reselutely to the left side of the street; when M, André Chéron complained of draughts all the way to the Palais du Sénat; when the conducting-rod fell at every turning. One wonders, after all, is progress so desirable? M. O. (Note: The conducting-rod never fell, it jumped off. There is nothing eccentric about the T. C. R: P. (Trans- ports en commun de la région paris- ienne) — Quels ‘réveurs, ces Améri- FA ace cains!)—An ex-Parisian. —___—_—_—_—_— sions’ in recreation or ‘smoking rooms within the dormitories or in students’ rooms themselves. At Bryn’ Mawr, where the Peace Council is only a year old and therefore feels it necessary to get the support of the whole campus back of its activities, our major at- tempt:has béen to arouse everyone’s latent interest in peace by stimulating these discussions. Our first. attempt took place last spring. when we dis- tributed the World Youth Congress Committee’s peace ballots to everyone on campus. The fact that. there were many qualified replies to the questions on disarmament, collective security or isolation, and national policy in case of war or threat of war abroad, proved without doubt that students had, given these problems a lot of thought and had profited from. the discussions. ~ “Even more conclusive results were had this December, when a forum meeting which presented four phases and attitudes on the Japanese boycott was followed by a ballot which at- tempted to poll student and faculty opinion on this issue. The first year economics class had a special class on it. A discussion of the issues in- volved by two professors of opposing points of view replaced the current events lecture just preceding the ex- amination period. I believe it can be said with certainty that the majority of students now recognize, as inherent in a boycott of Japanese goods, prob- lems which affect all industry, par- ticularly the hosiery—industry, as well as international problems.. That a great many people recognized these problems came out in the ‘Further views or’ comments’ requested on the boycott ballot form. — “There are, I believe, really encour- aging factors in the attitudes of stu- dents on peace. The fact that a large majority of students are not organ- ized into groups of common opinion, and that their attitudes have not been mobilized dnd unified, is primarily the result. of the belief that we have come to college to learn and study, to haye an opportunity to think and dis- cuss, not merely in classes or organ- ized groups. On.a campus where the pressure of academic work is large and social activities frequent, organ- izations must exist primarily to create a stimulus for discussion and to pro- vide a means for those who have an interest in the field of peace activity to work. “After attending the World Youth: Congress in Geneva duging the sum- mer of 1936, where representatives of the youth of 36 countries discussed the political, social, phif6sophic and economic bases of peace, I feel that students with an active: desire to pre- vent war ought not to permit the aca- demic attitude of thought and discus- sion to be their only peace activity. There is am essential need for peace education. In facing the extremely vital and current fear of war and de- sire for peace, it is essential that the students already actively. interested participate and help where they can in peace education in the country. be- fore it is too late. Students all over the country are doing this, primarily on college campuses, where most of their time and energy must be spent. The Student Peace Service sends units of four students eack, out to help organize peace councils and commit- tees in outlying districts. It is dur- ing the summer months that the ac- tual student. has most free time for peace activities that are both an edu- cation to himself and to others. The fundamental and well-organized desire for peace is growing rapidly and en- couragingly in the nation. Virtually every student revolts at the thought of war and, if given the time and op- portunity, is, in my opinion, ready and . willing to cooperate in helping to eradicate the causes of war and ‘solve the problems of peace.” ———— 1000 Tobacco Farmers Bank on His Judgment John L. Pinnix— Independent Ware- houseman—is one experts who prefer Luckies... N THE warehouses Mr. Pinnix has managed in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, 46,000,000 pounds of tobacco have been sold. Farmers travel many miles to bring their crops to Mr. Pinnix’s warehouse for sale. Reason is that they respect his tobacco experience and business integrity. So surely Mr. Pinnix’s views are worth your respect, too. “At every | market I’ve ever attended,” says Mr. -Pinhix, “Lucky Strike has bought the ripest, mellowést tobacco offered. That’s why I’ve smoked Luckies ever since, I first became a warehouseman 20 years ago:” Mr. Pinnix’s statement is borne out by sworn records which show that, among independent tobacco experts —auctioneers, buyers, and ware- housemen—Luckies have over twice as many exclusive smok- ers as have all the other cigarettes combined. @*. HAVE YOU HEARD “THE CHANT OF THE TOBACCO AUCTIONEER” ON THE RADIO? ‘When you do, remember that Luckies use the finest tobacco, And also that the ‘Toasting “process removes certain harsh irritants found in : gill tobacco; So Luckies are kind to your throat. of many tobacco. “alo " BEST-IT'S LUCKIES 2101 Cuprright 1908, The Amartens Totnes Company we XS Page ‘Four ‘THE COLLEGE NEWS .; \ — Miss Lake Criticizes - Midwinter Lantern Continued from Page One pedantic, a “round lozenge” is a con- tradiction in terms. The secret of the modern writers on whom Miss Kirk has apparently modelled her work is not the substitution of an uncommon synonym for a common word, but the sharper definition of ‘perception by an4 increased accuracy of vocabulary. At the risk of being misunderstood, I must ‘say that I think it was a mis- take to include in the Lantern the items which were reprinted from the Summer School magazine. The Edi- tors should beware of the very common mistake of allowing their social con- science to influence their literary judg- ment. A Day at Libby-Owens-Ford and A Calart Day are interesting sociological documents; but from a purely technical point of view they are poorly written, and it seems to me un- fair to the Summer School writers to have invited odious comparison by put- ting them between two poems by Miss Corner. I appreciate the Editors’ in- tention but I fear that they have de- feated it by their lack of judgment. There are better ways than this of rousing people’s interest in the Sum- mer School. — Miss Corner has" again given the subscribers to the Lantern the rare pleasure of reading a new piece of genuine poetry. She has already a mastery of word and phrase which lifts her above the level of mere verse. Her poems, expressing thought as well as emotion, repay, indeed demand, sev- eral readings if we are to grasp their full meaning; buf she makes. things easier for us by the “intended crafts- manship” with which she chooses her words and the simplicity with which she constructs her poems. I suspect that the real reason for her excellence is that she knows exactly* what she is trying to say and is not struggling with a half-formed idea. Epistle is probably the best of the three in this issue, although personally I should have liked it even better if the last section had been kept. as a separate piece. It introduces a less abstract element which Is something of an anti- climax. The last poem, which the edi- tors have seen fit: to deny the dignity of ‘a title, shows her ability to handle rhythm. * My only criticism of her work is that she uses too much punctuation, betraying an unjustified lack of self- confidence. The better the writing, the less punctuation it needs. The Editors seem to me to be keep- ing the Lantern up-to the high stand- ards of their immediate predecessors. It is a pleasure to review work to which one can pay the compliment of real criticism. City:School Children Investigated by, A. S. U, Continued from Page One “ which will be in January, 1939. The situation is complicated by an- other law forcing. children to attend school until they are 18 years old. Yett State aid, which should be about 10 million dollars, amounts to.only two and a half million. In Los Angeles 45° per cent school funds are provided by the State, an example which tirges A. S. U. mem- bers to appeal for 57 million dollars for education, throughout the State, of which eight to ten million will be for Philadelphia. A loan of 250,000 dol- lars has kept open playgrounds and evening schools, but conditions within the schools are bad, involving unsani- tary roonis, forfeited teaching posts and the. closing of mary normal “schools.” “Although the State ‘insists that it carinot levy further taxes be- cause of the alarming exodus of bus- *” iness from Pennsylvania, the A. S. U. urges some taxes.and perhaps some Federal aid, justifying their request by the fact that other businesses, such as petroleum, are moving into .Penn- ~~sylvania. - Members of the A. S. U. are now _ — For the UTMOST in “SHIP and MATERIAL othe! *| anxious to begin educating the pupils themselves and their parents so that they can cooperate. A program has been recommended to individual mem- bers of the Board of Education, in- cluding Mr. Biddle, Mrs. Lewis, Mr. Walter Biddle’ Saul and Mr. Louis Nusbaum, to whom it was also sug- gested that they either borrow money themselves or suggest other possible sources for additional funds. The Thursday. afternoon meeting at the College will define the A. S. U.’s proposed program in more concrete terms, and an outside speaker has been asked to speak at that time. The A. S. U. is now trying to become affil- iated with the Citizens’ Emergency Committee on Education, and with the American Federation of Teachers” in the plan they have outlined. Eleanor Fabyan Gives Experiences in China Continued from Page One wild after capturing the city, or that retiring Chinese troops might cause looting or street fighting. The lack of tension in the atmos- phere, Miss Fabyan said, was best illustrated by the attitude of the United States Marines, when they ‘were-ordered to put up tents for thé American refugees. “We’ve been here since 1900, ” was the general response, “and this is the first thing we’ve been able to do.” Miss Fabyan was not compelled to live in a tent, because she received permission to stay.at the house of.a-friend living within the quarter. Little incidents in the set- tlement caused excitement almost every day. An example of this was when six Marines defended the Amer- ican Water Gate from a Japanese battalion which was probably only curious and not at all conscious of trespassing. The capture of the city was directed by Colonel Matsui, who lived in the house next to the one at which Miss Fabyan stayed. The pres- ence of Japanese. as well as other foreigners in the international settle- ments of large Chinese’ cities, espe- many complicated situations through- out the war, since the Japanese al- most always directed the attack from the settlements. Colonel Matsui’s house was always guarded by heavily armed troops on the grounds and on the roof. Across the street was the Japanese-owned ex-Austrian legation where camped Peiping’s 300 Korean citizens, many of whom had been maintained in the Chinese. city by the Japanese to do espionage work and drug trading. ’ At the beginning of the war, the attitude of the Japanese to the for- eigners was “we are protecting you from the. Boxer hordes.” They seized on any incident which could be interpreted to show that the Chinese were the real enemieg-of the coves. ans -and Americans, An example cited by Miss Fabyan was the incident of the accidental shooting of an American Marine by a Chinese, caus- ing only a minor wound. The Japan- ese soldiers killed the Chinese, and then sent a delegation to the American Embassy to explain that they were protecting the Americans. Later the Japanese attitude toward foreigners changed sharply, and pamphlets keep “Asia for the Asiatics” a promising that the Japanese would rid China of the “yellow-haired, green- eyed foreign devils.” of Peiping by the Japanes¢ occurred —j » RICHARD STOCKTON Bryn Mawr GIFTS Sporting Books and Prints oY ASignificant paper. cially Peiping and Shanghai, created’ started dropping out of the skies, ex-|. horting the conquered Chinese to nee 3 Fighting previous to the occupation | | Birth Mr. and Mrs. Karl Anderson have announced the birth of a daughter, Jane Louise, on Sun- day, February 6. mainly outside one of the southern gates. Most of the casualties were on the Chinese side, and could have been avoided if the army had not futilely ‘resisted the attack. General Sung Cheh-yuan was. responsible for the misunderstanding which led to this mistake, because he made up his mind to retreat so suddenly that he had left the city before most of his soldiers knew it. Peiping and North China in general was at first inclined to blame the Nanking government for lack of support. There is much the same feeling of distrust in China between the agrarian North and the industrial South as there is in this country, for example, between the agrarian West land the industrial East, Miss Fabyan feels, however, that facts have proved cooperation between the Nanking gov- ernment and Northern cities was im- practicable for two reasons: Nanking the Northern provinces completely, and Sung Cheh-yuan had previously not been backed up by Nanking in his 1933, and so did not believe in their promises of support. Thus, the gov- ernment had to ask the permission of Sung before it could send additional troops, and Sung declined its help. Newspapers were almost completely stifled as soon as the Japanese were in’ control of the city, and the foreigners came to depend on the British-owned Peiping Chronicle, previously an in- Even this was finally forced to stop printing non- partisan news, and taken over by a foreigner sympathies. Every hospital in Peip- ing was commandeered by the Chinese during the fighting for the wounded, and there was a serious lack of sup- plies. The Japanese army stopped welfare work by the Chinese, and for- eigners in the international settle- ment began to make bandages, pa- jamas, sheets, and blankets. After about six weeks the hospitals were well supplied. The argument of. the Japanese in forbidding the Chinese to help their own wounded was that they should be so grateful to the benevolent conquerers in freeing them from the dominance of the southern government that they should be will- ing to let the rebels die. With every city the Japanese took, they forced official rejoicing by the citizens of Peiping. First they sent up a balloon with streamers proclaiming the tri- umph of the great conquerers, then they~erected triumphal arches, and forced the Chinese to carry banners in long victory parades. ~The people would turn out at the point ofthe bayonet, and march down the city? streets, some with tears streaming down their faces. Although the fighting in Peiping was not serious, Miss Fabyan said, everyone knows that conditions in Shanghai were very bad.’ She was ture, but she said one of the,,most disheartening things she saw- in Cxine was the ruins, of the once beautifully equipped Nankai University there. Before giving her experiences dur- _ Yale University School of Nursing A Profession for the College Woman The thirty-two months’ course, pro- viding an intensive and basic ex- perience in the various branches of nursing, leads to the degree of Master of Nursing. 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Since the Tangku: Truce in May, 1988, a strip of territory in North China has been the basis for continued Japanese aggression in China.. The Tangku Truce provided for a “demilitarized zone” in eastern Hopei. . In December, 1935, Japan de- clared the Anti-Communistic? Au- tonomy Government of East Hopei under Yin Jukeng, a Japanese puppet. Anti-Japanese feeling grew increas- ingly strong in-Northern and Western China‘in animosity to the compromis- ing attitude of the Nanking govern- ment. Rebellion against this attitude was summarized in the Sian incident of 1936 when the Tung-pei army sent out against the Chinese red army re-|- volted, causing the “kidnapping” ‘or forcible detention of Chiang-Kai-shek. This episode prevented the continu- ance of the ruinous civil war which had been waged for 10 years and changed the Generalissmo’s attitude and policy toward Japan. At the present mo- ment, Miss Fabyan féels, China is quite unified against the aggressor. There is a possibility that the war, which threatens to be long and drawn out, will exhaust Japan. Japan is real wealth of China comes from the interior, and she sees that she will have to penetrate into the center of the country. Miss Fabyan feels strongly the moral responsibility of the democratic Western nations to op- pose the imperialistic policy of Japan. She is convinced that England and the United States could not easily Mrs. Kimbrough Wrench Speaks on ‘Publicity” Stresses Wide Opportunities for Women im This Field Common Room, February 7.—Mrs. Kimbrough Wrench, speaking on Publicity at a tea»given by the’ Vo-’ cational. Guidance Committee, empha- sized the wide opportunities for women in thts field. Almost all pro- ‘|ducts, even automobiles, are now ad- vertised primarily to attract women buyers. Therefore, women are par- ticularly valuable in “styling, ” and as a rule, Mrs. Wrench believess they are better at the publicity business than men. The field is as vet uncrowded. “Secretarial and journalistic train- ing is not necessary to enable one to get into advertising,” said Mrs. Wrench, though she admitted that many disagreed with her on this point. She: believes that a good college edu- cation should be’ quite adequate. “Also, those who take writing and sec- retarial courses are apt to be fixed permanently in these particular jobs and never get into publicity work at all. She advocated department-store work as the best starting point. From a beginning as a selling clerk, one may work into the advertising end. Department'sstore , publicity affords an excellent varied training, and may be a stepping stone to a higher paid advertising job in some special field. from~their naval bases,‘ but that they should exert other political and economic pressure against her. Note: Since 1927,-on the insistence of the Nanking Government, the-n: of Peking (“Northern Capital”) was changed ‘to Peiping (“Northern Peace”). The Japanese have recently carry on a war with Japan so far changed the name back to Peking. EE ws F ————— wedding, birthday more are reduced PS. 1 you plan to classified section of the telen BEST WISHES if. you pe called that sachoale town party, anniversary celebration or other festive occasion —a long distance telephone call, from you will be greatly appreciated. Rates on all calis of 42 miles or after 7 éach night, and all day Sunday. send a gift, too, let the po » ' THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Five Anderson and F enwick Battle Japan Boycott Issue In Common Room De Debate Peace Council Ballot Results In Even Vote Various Solutions Suggested for Far Eastern. Crisis “With comments ranging from: “a direct and effective plan” to “damned foolishness,” the results of the Peace Council poll on the Japanese boycott exactly tied. The final count revealed that 128 students voted for the boycott and 128 against it. Of the 36 faculty members voting, 24 favored boycotting Japanese goods; while 11 were op- posed. Although the majority of bal- lots were returned without comment, 46 students stated why they favored the boycott and 44 gave reasons for voting no. ~~ Students opposing the boycott were more explicit in their comments than those in favor of it. The most prom- inent.. views claimed a boycott of Japanese goods would be unfair to American business, arouse? personal -prejudice, hurt the Japanese people and not their government,. and _ in- crease Japanese aggressiveness. Fur- thermore, they felt it would not get to the root of the trouble. Several of the conditions on the yes ballots were similar to the arguments of the opposition. A number of stu- dents stated they would support. the boycott if American labor were pro- tected. Two voted yes, providing the manufacturers were not harmed, Many favored the boycott if it could be made effective. Among those voting mo, several feared becoming more intimately en-, tangled in the Far Eastern crisis, pos- sibly inviting war. It was felt that diplomatic relations could become so strained as to do us a great deal of harm. Some believed it was a nation- alistic action, a attempt that never works unless well organized, and one which “students don’t understand.” Others laconically stated the boycott was “economically unsound,” “infan- tile,” “impossible,” “useless,” and “in- effective.” Both sides had specific reeommenda- tions to make. Several of those voting no advocated anternational action. Two people “favored action by the United States Government. Other sug- gestions were:,a government embargo, a naval blockade with England, and one opponent demanded that the United States send the fleet. A government boycott was the most prevalent suggestion in the Yes group. However, a number of students desired an embargo in conjunction with it. One answer recommended a special peace conference following the end of the war which was anticipated as the result of the boycott. Two answers demanded proper and adequate pub- licity ‘to expand the boycott idea. ‘Many emphasized that the boycott should be a complete one; while sev- eral favored a personal rather than a government project. Other varying opinions among those condoning a boycott were that it should be.effected.cooperatively.among democ- racies; that a government attempt would be effective but Bryn Mawr should not adopt the cause lest it dam- age the reputation of the College; and that we should not boycott silk stock-