Z-615 THE COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XXIX, No. 1 ~ BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1942 aout? maven Bryn Mawr PRICE 10 CENTS Trustees of College, 1942 Pearl Harbor, Air Raid Drills Alter Old, Happier Days Wave of Correspondents And Redecorating Hits Campus The 57th, or Pearl Harbor year at Bryn Mawr was noted for its changes and innovations, not only in regard to the war,-but also con- cerning the physical appearance of the campus, and the college admin- istration. At the opening chapel Miss Park pointed out that it was time for the individual to take a definite stand on the war. A poll revealed, however, that a majority opposed immediate declaration of war. Par- ticipation in defense courses was encouraged. In the end, any one not~-taking~ first’ aid was all’ but giving aid and comfort to the en- emy, although some were irrever- ent enough to imply that perhaps the reverse was true. For the fifth time in history, the Sophomores failed to get the Fresh- man Parade Night Song. They ‘departed from custom, however, by composing a polite acknowledgment of their failure. Appearances were improved by the installation of the final equip- ment in the Theatre Workshop, and, later, by the redecoration of the Inn to look like a toned down version of the Manna Bar. “Walter Duranty came down to mutter sensibly about Russia. Vir- ginia Cowles followed with _inti- mate stories of life behind the lines. Almost coincident with Pearl Harbor came Vincent Sheean, re- Continued om Page four J Hobson and Owen -Furmfure ~s ‘Renee Marcal - Heecdeener Florenbne Sheop- 6.4 Orange Cleaner Chatter Box Tea Room Oinah Franks keielbin Cleaner 1 Phileck (ph To Rte | New, 3 ag Subscribe The News is_ published weekly. The subscription price is two dollars and fifty cents. Single copies are ten cents, so subscribe now. Give your name to Grace Weigle, Merion, or sign on the bulle- tin board in your hall. ‘you'll go to the College Inn. ‘in’ walking distance, ‘munity Kitchen, the Chatterbox, Freshmen Diversion Seekers Told Where To Find It by ‘News’ The morale-building division of the College,News has dug up the following information as a guide tv extracurricular frivolity. These eating-places are all tried and true, and the list deserves as much care- ful perusing as the handbook. We don’t guarantee a cure for all types of nervous breakdowns, but the night life in the vicinity of Philadelphia is not go be under- estimated. Local: breakfast, if you sleep through if you’re starved at ‘four, or if Aunt Jenny shows up unexpectedly for lunch or dinner, For more elaborate teas there are, with- the Com- and the Bit of a Shop all on Lan- caster Pike, and the Cottage on Montgomery (also for. lunch or Continued on Page Three Uninformed Freshmen Wander Over Campus As Government Refuses Railroad Intelligence By Barbara Kauffman, 43 Since the fact that railroads are crowded during weekends is a gov- ernment secret, some of the cards sent to Freshmen imparting this information and using it as an ex- cuse for beginning the Academic year one day late seem to have been caught on their way by well- meaning government authorities and radically censored. While these earnest individuals, the cen- sors, pondered over how much to cut out, time passed. Two of the ecards have not, even yet, reached their destination. And the result was a little more confusion in the already over-confused Taylor Hall on Thursday afternoon. A bright seventeen-year-old from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, who has spent two winters in the United States, arrived at the station, then walked to Pem West, entered and put down her bags. There was no impressive and gracious hall president to welcome her. “But I wasn’t a bit worried by that,” she said,- “because, you see, I didn’t know that there was supposed to be one.” “There I found some girls. I don’t know who they were, but they were seniors and they found out what hall I was supposed to from. ou -belong. - live in and then they took me over to another building and finally showed. me the way to Denbigh and. left.” Undaunted, she entered Taylor as the logical place to. go to and there found another girl who was obediently following Mary Rambo. “She didn’t seem to know what it. was .all about either, so I fol- lowed her,” the Puerto Rican con- fided. The other girl turned out to be a Baltimorean of nineteen. She also had come, but more fortunate than her fellow traveler, she knew where her‘room was. She went there, unpacked her bag, saw some friends who told her to go to Tay- lor. There, Mary Rambo came to the rescue and said vague and un- intelligible things about moving dates around. “The. first I knew about this ar- riving a day early was when you said so,” she told us. ‘Mary Rambo insisted that we didn’t be- ||} long here. All those people in the offices also insisted that we didn’t | belong..| But we had the letters we knew and insisted that we did that has really explained it. Any- how, this way, we'll be a couple of _— of our roommates.” me | who have come totally unprepared ‘student advisors and so} You’re the first person | Village Still Offers Almost Anything You Might Need or Want For the benefit of those of you for anything, here is a_ pocket guide to nearby shopping facilities. Almost everything you want is in| the Vill,° and, unless you’re a} spendthrift you won’t need to go| further than Ardmore the first week. | In the Vill, Jeanne Betts sells | sweaters and skirts from Aber- | crombie and Fitch of New York. | Less expensive sportswear can be | had at Philip Harrison’s and _ at Kitty McLean’s. Yarn for that sweater you'll be knitting in off hours comes from Dinah Frosts’s. If you want a radio or some rec- ords, try Cuff’s or Foster Ham- mond’s. Chairs for your room you can get at Hobson and Owen’s, and for beauty, Rene Marcel or Maison Adolphe will buck up your morale with excellent permanents. Flowers come from Jeannette’s or from Connelly’s, and gifts from Richard Stockton’s, If you’re feeling gdvediurous, the bus will take you to Ardmore, where you'll find clothes at Best’s, Lewis’, Jane Engel’s and Dorothy Bullett’s (Lanz of Salzburg). Strawbridge and Clothier will pro- vide anything (for a price) from evening gowns to chintz for cur- tains. Puerta de Mexico is excel- lent for interesting and amusing gifts. If you really are a spendthrift, there’s always Philadelphia. The Paoli Local will take you to Broad Street Station, whence it is but a short walk to Chestnut Street and Wanamaker’s (at Broad) or Bon- wit Teller (at 17th). Calendar | Tuesday, September 29 Registration of Upperciass men,. Taylor. : Deferred and conditioned examinations begin. Wednesday, September 30 ’ Work of the 58th Academic year begins, 8.45 A. M. Parad? Night, 7.30. Saturday, October 3 German Language Exami- -nations for Undergradu- ates, M. A. and Ph.D. can- didates. Taylor, 9 A. M. Sunday, October 4 The Reverend Donald B. Aldrich. Music Room. 7.30. °°} Schedule Planned for Services in Goodhart By Chapel Committee Specially Contributed by Dody Benedict, ’44 Chapel services are held at 7. 30 | every Sunday evening of the col- lege year, except during exam. per- iods. They are non-denominational, and everybody is welcome. The service this week was held in Gocdhart Auditorium, but for the rest of the year they will be-in the Music Room iin Goodhart. The ministers usuaily come to dinner at Rockefeller before the service. If you would like to have dinner with any of them, give your name to Dody Benedict (Wynd- ham) or Pat Brown (Merion) early that week. We would also like to have the names of anyone who would like to usher at the services, Starting .on.Monday,..October5, morning services will be held in the Little Chapel” in Goodhart. These are short, very informal af- fairs, from 8.45 to 9.00, Monday through Friday. They are run en- tirely by the students and they _consist simply of informal readings by one of the girls. Their purpose is to provide an opportunity for quiet meditation and prayer at the beginning of the day. -The Little Chapel is at the top of the stairs in the wing of Goodhart which sticks out towards the campus. It is always open and everyone is welcome to go there at any time. There is a small collection of de- votional books for anyone to use. Lanterns to Signify 46 Welcome in Usual | Traditional Ceremony At Bryn Mawr the third Friday in October is designated as a night of ‘solemn ceremony. On Lantern Night. the Sophomores imal welcome the incoming class jin what is perhaps the oldest of all college traditions. Freshmen and Sophomores as- semble in two separate groups out- side the library. Silent and almost invisible in their black caps and gowns, the Freshmen file into the Cloisters. They form a semi-circle standing on the grass with their backs to the library. ' While the Freshmen stand there, the Sophomores enter. The only light is the long, muted flare from the lanterns that swing, one from the hand of each Sophomore. Coutinued on Page Four Parade Night to Feature Bonfire Songs, Struggles Torchlights Will Flicker To Mark Traditional Procession Parade Night, with its boister- ous bouts between Freshmen and -ophomores, is in the. offing. As the first tradition involving rivalry between the two classes, it is the antithesis of Lantern Night. The rivalry is expressed in the Sopho- more attempt to discover and par- ody the Freshman song. Equally cpposed to the ‘ceremonious ritual of Lantern Night is the wild snake dance arourid a roaring bonfire on the hockey field, the Freshman pa- i rad2 down Senior row.in the glow of sputtering torches, and = the basting of the Bryn Mawr Fire- men’s Band in the background. Parade Night celebrates the first day of classes. Tuesday night will witness the repetition of a tradi- tion which has a long history of violent song-snatchings and rough- house, ~ In the primeval days it was cele- brated with artificial materials and showed a violence unknown today. In 1914 the three upper classes dressed as weird devils, witches or strange b-asts. Everyon2 danced around a huge bonfire on the lawer hockey field while “Freshie” was burned in effigy. With the aid of that old Sopho- more stand-by: “I wasn’t at the meeting yesterday. What is the tune?” the Sophomores taunted the Freshmen vigorously: Look at them straggling into view, Bawling for home with loud boo hoo; See how they shrink before the red, Falling away in reverent dread. Why’ all those tears? Poor little dears! Oh, they should be in bed. Your song is weak, Your voices squeak; Oh, 1918, oh, 1918. Roman candies gave way to torches in 1915, when the band led Freshmen with “valiant Juniors at their side” to the bonfire. On the way back to Pembroke arch the Sophomores blocked the stairways, forcing the Freshmen to go around by Rockefeller. The next year a dictaphone, de- tective work, and bluff discovered 1920’s song. Benjamin, the porter in Pembroke, who had done some Continued on Tage Iwo Feverish and Vital Activity of Freshman News Interrupted by Persistent Whistles ‘By Barbara Kauffman, ’43 The monotonous sounds of type- writers and feverish word counting which combine to form the News Room refrain\two nights out of every week, (was interrupted last Thursday evening by unidentified sounds from the outside. Someone looked up and>vaguely suggested a blackout. Then work continued. A few minutes later the stern voice of some air raid warden yelled threateningly “Put your, lights out.” A scurry. A flutter of, pa; pers. Typewriters stopped." »,Chaits fell. A lamp collapsed, Duvknéss came and the raiaplaint outside ceased. on the ground. We had visions of bodies strewn over the lawns, not looking up. We sought a bathtub to fill with water. We went outside to keep away from the windows. Finally, we saw a light in the dis- tance and treid yelling in an au- thoritative voice. To our delight the light went out. We had never realized the power of the press be- fore. Ten minutes after the lights were again proclaimed uncensored, .two, reporters who had gone on an ingportant assignment to test the food*,of*” “one of ‘the village’s drug stores ‘teptirned to tell the tale: they had Born, caught in the drug Suddenly a. “voice rose: “They | stare, where tthe lights went out can’t do this to us. We are Sringing) out the News. This is a’ hewspapet office. We havea deadline to meet. It’s an outrage.” But the dark- ness remained unbroken. Someone suggested going out and lying flat ‘pteimptly and a‘Bloude at the coun- ter “went out equally promptly to the back of the store accompanied by the soda jerker. In the mean- time, the owner of the store swore Continuee on Page Four ee THE COLLEGE NEWS ei bs $ yb Page Tne (Founded THE COLLEGE NEWS in 1914) Pa.. and Bryn Mawr College. 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We know that you, 1946, realize the value of college in war- time, as in any time, or you wouldn’t be here. We know that your attitude, your purposes in coming to college, are more realistic, more mature than those of the college student of three years ago. Comprehension of the enduring value of the training you receive here is commendable, but have the advantage of this compre welter of Freshman English and will be subjected. it is hard to keep. Most of you hension now. Don’t lose it in the First Year courses to which you % In a liberal arts college the training in method is perhaps the most useful tool,that is mastered. You come to college with consideration of the lasting utility. Research téchnique will be of future, with an attempt to relate your education to the rest of your life. Most of you have confiden demically, prepare you for a wor in its preparation is well founded ce that college will, at least aca- ld confused by war. Your faith . Non-Resident Freshmen Instructed on Whys And Wherefores of Campus Life by Veteran By Jessie Stone, ’44 This is primarily for the con- sumption, information, elation or consolation of the temporary resi- dents of Pembroke. To be more precise, it is directed to. those Freshmen invariably subjected to the following treatment: Interrogator: “What hall do you live in?” Our heroine: “I’m a Non-Res.” Interrogator: (gently) “Oh.” Note to our heroine: This will go on for four years. * Non-Residency is the only dis- tinguishing feature of the whole group, and even the validity of this is open to question. The gang falls roughly ‘into two groups: Those who do it by choice. The others. Most will agree, in gentler frames of mind, that “it isn’t so bad.” And some will shout defiantly that they wouldn’t Res it for love or money. Which brings us to the problem of where you can find these creatures. The location of the Non-Resident cloak room in the Library defies all attempts at exposition. The New Wing basement is about the best we can do. Then just follow the smoke. The functions of the room vary with the hour. Dressing room, study hall, lunch room, play, fvonr, study room, dressing xoom*is -abbut the order, although, a-distinct sect presses it ‘into sefyite*’as a salon. When the Non’Rés’s finally,, at- tained a miniaum. of go on ve the f last year, they tried to room the homey touch. Of course; it all depends on from what sort of a home you come. | we} seldom fail to return the visit with interest. The mail boxes in the room have a wild magnetic effect on some people, who fly in and out with amazing regularity and grace. The bulletin board gradually as- sumes the character of a jig-saw puzzle, and the floor of an ash tray. : ; Indeed, the room may well be the subject for a best-seller, running as they are these days. In fact, the two. novelists in the Non-Res ranks have been very fond of com- paring it to a Greenwich Village! flat in their mind’s eye. Which reminds us that we have one final word. When they ask you, as elaborated on above, what hall you’re from, just tell them you live in the Lib. You do. Medical Insurance A medical, surgical « and hospital expense reimburse- ment plan for students of Bryn Mawr College has’ been in operation at the™ College since the second semester of 1939-40 and hag proved to be of great benefit to a number of students. The purpose of the plan is » to help meet the expenses of “along iiyess or an operation, in so Zax’as the expenses are not coverefiNby the college infirmary fee* of. 25 dollars nequired of all students in }- sn@Sidente, as described in the College Calendar. The plan is underwritten by the Con- necticut General Life Insur- ance Company. ald Residents drop in on occasion; Parade Night Lighted By Torches and Continued from Page One work for Burn’s Detective Agency, discovered a dictaphone concealed in the Freshman chairman’s room. All in the spirit of the thing, he jlater~helped search the gym for 'any,more machines. But force fol- | llowed craft when Sophomores and Seniors beseiged the Freshman meeting in the gym. Peacock, 719, | w flushed from a hot. air flue Fire eee ‘by an indignant janitress.. That “Sniff, Sniff, Sniff.” confusion as a moans of obtain'ng | their parody.. They turned off a‘l| | the lights in the gym during the | |Freshman song meeting and sniteched the words. from the re- sulting bedlam: the next year outdid themselves by getting the words three times. | | “Since the beginning of Parade | Night the Sophomores have the | better record of “wins.” Nineteen | twenty-four was the first even class | to keep the Parade Song, the third time it had been kept in history. Last year again the Sophomores were outwitted, and composed a spur-of-the-moment-answer, admit- ting their defeat. This Freshman victory puts the odds ahead in the traditional scrap. Seventh Rare Book Exhibition Promises Noteworthy Display Specially Contributed by Miss Terrien Many letters, autographs, first editions and other works of the nineteenth century poets comprise the seventh rare book exhibition. All items have come from the private libraries of Professor Sam- uel C. Chew and Dr. Mary K. Woodworth, who have generously cooperated toward making this a ncteworthy display. In the correspondence, the most valuable is a letter written by Lord Byron to William Baldwin, dated November 14, 1813, refusing Bald- win’s request that Byron should present a petition to Parliament for the relief of debtors. On view, also, are letters written by Samuel Rogers, Lord Tennyson, William | Morris and Algernon Charles Swin- 'burne. In addition, there are com- munications to Professor Chew from Sir William Watson,: Arthur Symons, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, William Michael Rossetti and Mrs. ; Thomas Hardy, as well as presen- tation copies of various volumes given to Professor and Mrs. Chew. The most valuable volume in this exhibition is “Lyrical Ballads,” printed in 1798. In this famous work the “Rime of the Ancyent Mariner” and “Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey” ; were first published. Other rare books included are Lord Byron’s “English Bards and Scotch Re- | ' viewers,” of 1809, lacking the Continued on Page Three | Modern Dance Class To Begin in February Classes in modern dancing will not begin until the second semester | this year since Mrs. Hirsh (Miss | ! Schindler), who teaches the course, will be unable to conduct the classes until February. An exhibition of photographs of modern dance belonging to the Museum of Modern Art in New York will be held however, during the fall. The classes, starting the second semester, will take place as usual in the Wyndham Music Room and will be climaxed by a Spring Fes- tival in conjunction with Swarth- more University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Cheney State Teachers College. Sports Group Her | Value Value Score 105—COMPANION Considerate Be, aia cue | Fun BO cee rs Generous 10— sri Loyal DO ears Agreeable OILS REPT at Forgiving BS Aiea Tolerant Si Just MA eae 5 Compromise eee ra er Cheerful Dope Initiative Ay es Total 100 90—INTELLIGENCE Tact MO. oe ak Talent VO Ga Books Oi a Criticism WO eee ces Taste Siege We ar MO OE Logic CRT PeeFaE Education { rrr ree Perception [Coe Music O° bers eeis Art | eee Games Boerne Total D0 ua, 80—DISPOSITION | Kindness 20 ii Affection 11 Eee Domesticity LO os baie Equability Si Sympathy Bis ve Friendliness So Veer aes Humility { eee Demonstrativeness 4 ........ Total eT credit for the course will be given. ‘Esquire’ Contributes® | Companionship Advice For Undecided Males Editor’s Note: The following comprehensive and scientific scor- ing table is reprinted from the Oc- tober Esquire. The man-in a di- lemma is advised by Esquire, which | seems to take the test very seri- | ‘ously, to “forget gals under 350, | linger longer from 350 to 400, | anything over 400 rates a trip to | pipe dream.” For the benefit of those (we hope | they are many) who have not yet read this month’s Esquire, we are reprinting this. Many people be-| unmarriageable. have time, we should like to show you how to improve yourselves. SCORING TABLE FOR A PROSPECTIVE BRIDE ‘While. you still | 50—BREEDING Charm—manners 20 ........ Experience WO es Family 1 are ey Oe Sa Religion ee Total , wea er 45—BEAUTY Taste 10a Figure Sci ees Make-up Os '. Legs Reo a Face | Relay Gree Height Oo Pies cies Hair eee Striking-looking S si. : Total BO ever is 40—HEALTH Maternal aptitude 15 ........ General 1D Sis. F Heredity Maa ya Total Oat 40—J UKING Dancing VU Race ee Sex BO wives . Manners ~ Oise st Drink O Asieee Risque ie rerrg ie Total 7 U ERE a 30—CONVERSATION Subtlety 90 ise Reticence Heiner erarer er Silence es Wit Beeerers Total OP veee cut 20—AMUSEMENTS Quiet Fs wiisbers Bridge SE: Vance WIT?S END. Bryn Mawr at War or Body Mechanics in a-Blackout By way of advice, there are cer- tain things that you should not do in war,time that you might not do in peace time. And vice versa. There are also some things that you should never do. Which brings us directly to the significance of ‘the swimming test for the second night the Freshmen sang with “dis-|the church and if she’s over 475 | front. When you get that sinking tinct swing and spirit”; even after |tush her there by wire, plane Or | sensation, Remember the Maine. the Sophomores’ ‘derisive parody: | long-distance phone. But naturally | y¢ you have a bad memory, at least | if she tops 495, forget her: she’s | remove your rubber ear plugs, nose Ninetzen tw -nty-five used mass | ®ither married, Myrna Loy, or a) clamp and cap; toss them to Miss Yeager who will immediately bring them to the nearest gasoline sta- tion. War has its casualties. If there is an air raid Parade Night, it will be rather risky to ’ The Sophomores | lieve that-Bryn Mawr girls are! allow the Sophomores another day for their sabotage, so throw ,the song in the fire and dash to any shelter. Which brings up the ques- tion of behavior in the shelter. The regulations vary in indirect pro- portion to the number of people taking Baby German. Continually bear in mind the fact that enemy walls are listening. If this slips | you, just keep ’em covered. As far as the faculty is con- cerned, theré™ will be no problem of inviting them to tea, as they’re all in Washington. If you’re in favor of sending them the College Inn, send this to your favorite dic- tion instructor. If not, send it to the College Inn. If you’re im- partial send it to Horn and Hard- arts. If you suspect your roommate of being a spy, watch her carefully. | If she is a Senior, disregard every- thing she says. Don’t share her cookies. And if she asks you what you think the weather will be like tomorrow, yell for the nearest air raid warden. In the interest of National Unity, agree with everyone. This rule, when followed in peace time, will influence many people, but few Bryn Mawrters. If you still feel that you could have contributed more by joining the WAACS, take the responsibil- ity of putting out the bonfire on Parade Nights in case of an air raid. 46 Handbook Found Gay and Interesting By Alice-Iseman, °43 The Freshman Handbook, at- tuned to the tirhes, has come forth completely renovated and rewrit- ten. Gone are the stereotyped and forbidding rules which no bewild- ered Freshman could possibly plough through with any idea as Continued on rage Four Active BOT is Cards Dias Chess Pe Total BO es DEDUCTIONS Nagging. 50 Ailing 50 Selfish 50 Adviser 40 Bossy 35 Lazy 30 Vain 25 Untidy 15 Too neat 10 Jealous 10 Catty 10 Smoke 5 Gum 5 And your own pet aversions pro- * portionately: . Perfect 500 net Tne in a Million 475-495 net Passing 400 net Possibility of Improving _ 350-400 net Forget under 350 net . Note: In omitting any item either reapportion tne rest to maintain the Balance and keep 500 as per- fect, or alter the passing mark to conform. canes ‘ Hints to Freshmen | 4 ~ wf \ 5 3 ” GY THE COLLEGE NEWS Bide Three Self-Gov Queried-:a meek Freshman . hovering on the brink of the Pem West smoking room: “Is it all right’ if I sit in nere without smoking?” In Search of Long Lost School Friend: The long lost first grade wat the girl who told you she was tak- | ing philosophy while passing the Seekers Told Where time of day beside the bulletin | : ¢ board, she ohn gurgled her name To Find It by News’ to you under the water of the avinniiig pool: all of these sis l anne, —_— ee News has traced to rooms amid; [f you must have food before you piles of appointment sheets and | 9 to bed, try Moore’s for ice curtains which’don’t fit. The result | ¢-eam and sandwiches or the is printed here in the hope that | Greek’s for beer and hamburgers. it will lead to reunion. After dark, you can dance at Management Changes ‘Tragedy Reaches to re Undefiled Depths. This Freshman Week Of Heretofore Impregnable Swimming Pool By. Barbara-Kauffman,.’43 The incoming Freshman class ‘of {Bryn Mawr College, or rather some Specially Contributed by Sally Matteson, °43 | Freshman Week this year marks | the beginning of a new regime. | Formerly it has been planned and|'ePresentatives of it, spent-Thurs- run by the Self-Government As- |day afternoon in blissfully relaxed sociation, but this year the Sub- ‘attitudes, floating on the surface Freshman Committee is in charge. of the swimming pool. This lei- This committee, starting as an {Surely life was suddenly inter- appointed group of undergraduates | ""Pted by an. exclamation from who guided prospective Freshmen | Miss Yeager: There, on the wall and other visitors around the of the pool was a leech—blood- campus, has gradually become or- ‘sucker, to the uninitiated. ganized, with increasing scope. |. Trained by her long experience East year it was decided that, in| in First Aid classes, Miss Yeager addition to its functions having to|knew just what to do. Fearlessly do with sub-freshmen, the commit-|She Picked it up. “It didn’t ence tee should take over from the Self-|2"Y blood, so I knew that it wasn’t Government Association the man-|® blood-sucker,” she said, uncon- agement of Freshman Week activi- cerned. ae tee. Leisurely life was resumed. But The Sub-Freshman Committee hot for long. The gym takes pride has also relieved Self-Government |,” the standard of modesty which of the editing of the Freshman, * keeps. up during the. physical Handbook which is sent to incom-|°*#™ nations. Thursday started ing Freshmen during the summer. | 7th this standard well in mind. The assignment of student ad-| !hen. the pool was filled. Steam visers also is now managed by the|"0S¢ into the build'ngs. Sub-Freshman: Committee. In the the rooms. fall of last year several teas were given for Freshmen and_ their stu- It flooded It swirled into crevices dent advisers. Although “S.A.’s” Compliments generally get together individually, from the these group teas are pleasant oc- casions, and it is hoped that. they “GREEK’S” will take place again this year. Lancaster Avenue and crannies. corner. phones ly went out of: order. It swept into hidden It settled on the two tele- And the telephones prompt- For one disastrous moment Miss Petts forgot the standard of mod- esty. She got hold of repair men who immediately appeared on the scene. continued tradition of the Bryn Mawr gymnasium. dess whose altar had hitherto pros- pered undefiled, fled in horror from Broken at last was the long The shy god- the no-longer-modest halls and towers of the neo-Gothic sanctu- ary.. Will she ever be appeased and return to visit her quiet grove? Or will she wreak vengeance on her time can answer this. is that the remainder of. the day negligent followers? Only All we know Continued on Page Four Dinah Frost’s Bryn Mawr, Pa. Imported and Domestic Yarns Personalized Stationery Personalized Xmas Cards Send cards to Oversea Service Men October 1st to November 1st Book Exhibit Promises % * Noteworthy Display|| VICTOR RECORDS Continued from Page Two poet’s name and the date on the * Radios ; Le aaa 0 0 P?. + title page, in the original boards * Radio Repairs and uncut; Tennyson’s “Poems|| * Music * Records Made Chiefly Lyrical,” of 1830, also un- E. FOSTER cut and in the original boards; Swinburne’s “Atalanta in Caly- don,” of 1865, with the binding 829 LANCASTER AVENUE designed by Rosetti; and the 1870|| Open Until 10 P. M. edition of Rosetti’s “Poems,” Bryn Mawr 1892 printed on hand-made paper with tne binding designed by the poet HAMMONDS @& CO. POO DO OOOO POOP OMY POLSO Freshmen! 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Guildcrafe Opticians re 827 LANCASTER AVENUE BRYN MAWR eee eee : oe es : Lavoe Sg erry +5 en ee a8 Ost \ anand icentsnasammaansseatmtina tm AND STAMPS 9 | ia enh ct ct co cd co ce do co oe ce do fo do do a \ NA “sent it scurrying for air raid shel- Page Four SOT THE COLLEGE NEWS Activity of Freshman . News is Interrupted Kaleidoscope Review Of Bryn Mawr ’41-42 { { | | Continued from Page One Continued from Frage One | | turned from the Orient, who fright- | at the Germans and the Japanese, | ened an already distrait college | who made blackouts necessary, and | ; : : é with his gloomy bewilderment, and therefore made air raid wardens | meres necessary, and therefore had con- Mr. Cameron, who is reputed to| have prepared himself by reading | warden and consequently had pre- | no less than 19 books on the sub- | vented her from coming to meet | ject, took over the.air raid shelters. | him atthe store and had so com-| Fe eee aan eee on what | Peled him to walk all the way to| measures should be taken’ when an haat railroad station to take the, incendiary bomb falls in bed with|train home, when he did go, you. At long last we learned that ,| home, whenever that/Awould be. The | : ; ; : et trived to make his wife an air raid ' | Athene, Divisions Divisions of Freshman English, Elementary Ger- man, Latin and Philosophy classes will be posted outside the Dean’s office Tuesday evening: Sophomores to Give Traditional Lanterns Continued from Page Une Walking slowly down the aisles of the Cloisters, the Sophomores sing their Greek hymn, invoking Pallas goddess of wisdom, to make holy the lanterns they bear. Hints to Freshmen In Search of Friends Continued from Page Three POVING ii fa iiss 113A-B MAGHONGIG, -P. i.e eie es 113A-B MR i 217 po ey ee ee 216 DECOUGIGCN:: ob sive Oe ds os 208 ODEO PERI eer a arpa era 203 Witinme, Mi O06. ces 215 Non-Residents (Pembroke East and West during Freshman Week) Ashodian, M. Blommers, E. A. Soda Fountain The Soda Fountain ir» Goodhart will be open even-. ings from nine to ten-thirty. Purchases must be paid for in cash, lanterns in the afternoon was lu- dicrous, and the time was set at night. Gradually the tone of the cere- mony changed from the farcical. The commonplace, oral wishes of good luck became written songs, varying from year to year. Pallas Athene Thea was the class of a married ;woman can live on. cam- | reporters sympathized and asked At first the hymn is faint, but the pus, |for cigarettes. When they were /voices increase, and the music The appointment of Miss Mc- | told that these could not be sold | echoes from arch to arch, from Bride as President was foreseen by | during a blackout, they ceased to! wall to wall. many and approved by all. In the spring came the announcement. of the new Dean, although all we could learn about her was that she | argued with the store owner about was red-headed and an expert in the Middle East. At Christmas the Pembroke din- | ing room burned, and for weeks, the Arch was decorated with re- mains. The Freshman show, in tune. with-the-times;-contained pa= triotic fervor, combined with gar- bled air raid instructions. In the spring, Bryn Mawr-Hav- the Glee Club’s production of Pa- tience, a new and successful ven- | ture. still whistling. We suggest black- Hot weather.came early. People| out curtains, or courses in writing | speculated weather it would be bet-| ang reading braille, or walling up | ter to smother in safety or to face the bombs without benefit of air raid shelters. Amid general ac- ito please want to see if their whistles are | sympathize. | True to their profession, the re- | | porters, after they had futilely ‘cigarettes, decided to-stand in the | doorway and see what was what. Fire engines swept past, nobody knew where or why. Blacked out trains rushed by. An army sentry | stood at the station, gun on shoul-| der and a fierce expression on_his iface that meant business of some | indeterminate nature. | It was all right that time, But ; : ....| this-can’t go. on. erford cooperation flourished with |, : & stop for half an hour every evening local authorities who the window completely, or maybe someone could do something about turning out the light from the full claim a soda fountain opened 16 | inn that ruins everything any- Goodhart, and the staff was un- daunted When the milkshake mixer broke down the first night. With the end came the inevitable Comprehensives and accompanying atmosphere of near hysteria. usual crop of engagements. Girls began to take their weekends for | honeymoons and trousseaux were | tures of buildings. Replacing: them | piled on window seats. Tragedy Reaches to Impregnable_ Pool Continued from Page Thre consisted in a strenuous game of hide-and-seek between the Fresh- men blushing under their “angel robes” and the persistent phone men who were seeking wires in unexpected places. In the mean- time, Miss Petts, Miss Yeager, Miss Grant, Dr. Leary, Miss Slavin and Dr. Stuart acted as guardians: of | the angel host and shooed wildly. To return to swimming: Look- ing at the Freshmen from the point of view of the side of the pool, | we notice that tney are all good swimmers and they are all tanned. They also seem to be stoics. With- out excepton, each one, as she put her foot into the pool, exclaimed in disgust: “Ugh, it’s warm!” One girl was somewhat upset by the affair. Having duly dived in, sunk twice, floated for three min- utes on her back and swum with- out touching bottom or the side of the pool for the required twenty minutes, she came out of the water. Her hair was dripping down her back, her nose was running, . She exclaimed sadly: “I didn’t know this was going to happen. Nobody told me. I have no towel. My bathing cap is full of holes. And I am 25 minutes later for my ap- pointment with Miss Ward.” Sig- nificant of the times was the un- | | how. | Handbook Found Gay and Interesting Continued from Page Two | to what might be expected of her. Gone to are the postcard-like pic- | are action shots of the stage crew, auto mechanics, basketball team, and yes, even the Navy. | Few Days” is longer than it-used to be and written in the second person, This makes it cnattier and more interesting. . The section on the League has been amplified and the descriptions of the clubs have been improved. They are terser but | more informative. | The book is well organized. The makeup is excellent. For the first time the handbook is fulfilling its function. It is a genuine aid to Freshmen. | ! | Maids’ Bureau ‘|’ The Maids’ Bureau fur- |} nishes curtain material at wholesale prices, and. will make the curtains also. Slip- \| covers may also be ordered. | | Maison Adolphe French H. Agressers 876 Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr SS 22, To the Class of ’46 --- Welcome’ to the College and to the Village. ‘Richard Stockton Prints Carle Gifts SPORTSWEAR at KITTY McLEAN Lancaster Avenue’ Bryn Mawr The News can’t, The section entitled “The First | - Special Price for Students 1 | The Sophomores form a second | semi-circle inside the first. As she finishes the song, each girl hands her lantern to the closest Freshman and runs to a corner of the Clois- iters. There the Sophomores sing the song once again. The Freshmen then answer with their song: ‘We come, oh God- | dess; we are lovers of beauty in ‘just measure and lovers of wisdom also.” They file out singing. After the ceremony the four classes assemble in Pembroke Arch, ‘forming a hollow square. Each sings its athletic song, class song and lyric songs. The evening is ‘ended with Thou Gracious Inspira- | tion. Tradition offers many supersti- ‘tions about the lanterns. Inside each lantern is an invitation to tea |from the Sophomore. The. girl | whose candle burns the longest and | who stays awake to prove her ‘claim, is fated to become hall president. But the girl whp finds wax-drippings on her gown will earn a Ph.D. | Lantern Night |changes and developments before |all details were as they are now. |In 1886 Dr. E. Washburn wrote a | song to the tune of The Lone Fish a STATESMAN Léfedioe Feathertouch Ensemble, $14 far | | | SHEAFFER'S i -MUCILAGE with handy spreader top, 25¢ | | SHEAFFER PENS, ALL COLORS, $2.75 TO $20. underwent’ Camiolo, P. M. Deming, A. 1893’s song and was adopted for Duncan, C. L. Lantern Night in 1901. After dis- Evans, B. carding Over the Way to the Sac- ved Shrine (1908) as uninspiring, the college adopted Sophias Philat. It was transposed by K. 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