Z-615 THe COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XXIX, No. 14 BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1943 Ps ag 3 bbe ryn Mowr PRICE 10 CENTS Trustees of College, 1943 Niebuhr Outlines | Preparation for — Post-War Peace _ Need for Christian Realism Stressed in Assembly On Peace Goodhart Hall, February 8. In an Undergraduate assembly .on Unity in War and Peace Aims, Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr outlined the ne- ‘100 Per Cent Pledging 100 per cent, the maids and porters were the first on campus to respond wholeheartedly to the War Chest Drive. The following captains were elected to con- duct the drive in each hall: Rhoads—Rebecca Henry. .., Rockefeller — Eddie Lee Curry. Pembroke—Minnie Newton and Elizabeth Jones. Merion—Mildred White. Denbigh—Hilda Green. Radnor—Grace Turner. cessity for “Christian Realism” in ' Miss Taylor Elected the post-war world in order to steer | ; ; ; | a course between extreme idealism | and cynical realism. He enumer- ated the drawbacks of the “world | To American Council of Learned Societies Miss-duily Ross Taylor, Dean of ; mands, but also with the individu- Miss McBride States Full Use of Facilities First Aim of College Goodhart, Febriary 4.—In the speech «which opened the second semester of the 1942-3 year, Miss McBride said the “best use of re- sources” is the main problem to be considered by both College and Students. For..the- former this centers around its teaching pow- ers, while for the student she stressed the careful selection of a Major subject. A Major must be chosen in accordance with war de- al’s own interest and ability. Miss McBride quoted from a letter from Miss Cornelia Meigs in Washing- ton in which she stated that: ‘no mind reaches its fullest develop- ment unless it has been trained in some of the fields that really be- Science, Religion Discussed by Calendar Thursday, February 11 Spanish Club Tea. °Com- mon Room, 4:30. Viadimir Kazek4vich. What Makes Russia Fight. Music Room, 8:00. Saturday, February 13 Non-Resident Dance. Com- mon Room, 8:80. Sunday, February 14 Chapel Service; Dr. Rufus Jones. Music Room, 7:30. Monday, February 15 Dr. Erich Frank. Flexner Lecture, The Existence of God. Goodhart, 8:30. Tuesday, February 16 Dr. Leonard A. Maynard. federation” plans._formed by the | the.Graduate School, has been ap- idealists and the inadequacies of | pointed by the American Philo- the “balance of power” proposi- | logical Society to the American ‘Council of Learned Societies. She |is the first woman ever to receive Sriaiaad ois is hana tele utsanc dai eran |such an honor, breaking a 23-year tions made by the cynical realists. long to it.” There is stiH—a—great need for | women in natural sciencés;~said Miss McBride, but there are higher | priorities in the social sciences Nutrition: -Lecture, IJm- provement of Nutritional . Qualityof-Our Food Sup- ply. Swarthmore, 8:00. part of the United Nations and) the integration of these countries, | such as advocated by Wendell | Willkie, are, Dr. Niebuhr believes, | the most hopeful points of — ure for peace plans. Dr. Niebuhr placed the leading | schools of post-war theory into two main categories; idealism and The idealists who propose an international fed- historical realism. eration assume that a social con- tract can be established by an act of human will and that such a contract can mean peaceful inter- national government. This con- tinuation of the old social contract theory is historically incorrect be- cause of its dependence onthe human will, according to Dr. Nie- buhr. An act of will can create an administration, but government depends on political prestige, which Continued on Page Four precedent. The Council includes delegates from. most of the learned societies in the country, except those con- |cerned with the natural sciences. Its function is the coordination of research work and publication in the humanities, especially in the fine arts. Miss Taylor has often dealt . with the organization in connection with publications for the Philological Society, of which she was president last year. At present the most important work of the Council is its intensive language program, Miss Taylor says. It has imported native ex- perts in unusual languages and has introduced courses at various universities for the purpose of studying language in relation to the people and geography of a country. This program has been particular- ly successful at Yale. While the in- structors were established before the government took control of part of the University, much train- Cuntinued on Page Three Poll Shows Views on Post-War Reconstruction And Approval of Continued Liberal Education The continuation of liberal arts education met the almost unani- mous approval of the 258 Bryn Mawr students recently polled by the News. There was a wide dif- ference of opinion, however, con- cerning post-war relations with both Allied and Axis nations. Opinion is widely split on the question of our future relations with the Axis. nations—some peo- ple are in favor of “allowing the Poles and Czechs, etc., to handle the situation,” while one student stated that “Hitler should have a life of dull, obscure imprisonment.” One suggestion for Japan was that she be blown to Hell but not back again, or that the country be left ‘in the hands of the Chinese, from Faculty Show On Saturday, February 27;""" the faculty and staff will preserit their show, Standing Room Only, in Goodhart at 8:30, for the benefit of War Relief. : Tickets at $1.10 and $1.65° will be on sale at the Pub- licity Office on Wednesday. The following things are needed for the show — one deep sea diving outfit, one medium size moose head, and one piano player. If anyone has any of these, please com- 4 municate immediately with Miss King. whom the Japanese should take an example. Views on Italy were less heated, just “let the Abyssinians, Albanians and the British handle it” The largest numbers of opinions on these subjects are as follows: Germany Eliminate Nazi leaders....... 34 PUIG 4 eh ee de cena 56 MBO TIIGINOND: 65 5 oka res haces 20 MG DUNCMPION§ 6.5 Moos oi eae 59 to a democratic government. 22 to encourage economic and cultural possibilities ..... 16 Treated as an equal— after Nazis exterminated... 13 after re-education ......... 4 1 © JGHOUE cise eres . 3 Given fair treatment......... 52 fare BOb OEMs 56s iis 6s 22 WOU BO ns ceo bcc eewen oes 7 TG: AQGIONOY: 6-5 -+ 00:65 viace 40:8 5 OPO soo ic ene e ste 6 A supervised government..... 8 Broken into federated states.. \7 Maintain liberal government.. 4%) Gradually given complete free- dom Voice in government but pre- vented from harming others 14 Japan WOME So cc cee sense csies 32 Disarmament ~...'....56-0260 25 Maen... iia es i ae toward more rational way of AR cece site bi etanracbieieicmamnlee as Christians; abolish ~Shin- Continued or Page Three also. Their contribution is not a | remote one, and graduates are in| great demand in War Agencies. | More responsibility is thrown on! the new graduate than would have been in peace time. Miss McBride stated two reasons for maintaining work in the hu- manities. “This war is not solely technological, it is philosophical.” The judgments of value given by the humanities, she said, ‘‘under- mine or support the progress ofa civilized world.” In addition to this, a respect for individual dif- ferences must be observed, and the Continued on Page Three College War Activity Discussed at Council | Deanery, February 9.—The, Col- | Survival of Ancient Gods in Middle Ages Discussed by Seznec History of Art Lecture Room, February 6.—How and under what form the gods of antiquity sur- vived was the subject of M. Jean | Seznec’s lecture entitled “La Sur- vivance des Dieux Antiques.” The ancients did not really under- stand their gods. Only the poets and writers tried to grasp their nature. Three theories arose: one which conceived gods as human beings, historical persons whose lives had been great; another, the cosmic and Philosophy Flexner Lecturer Dr. Erich Frank Describes Conflict Between Two Developments _ “In faith the true nature of man is revealed,” stated Dr. Erich Frank in his lecture on The Nature | of Man. This introductory lecture iof the series in the Flexner lec-. | tureship entitled Philosophy and | Religion, paralleled the struggle | between science and religion with | the struggle between philosophy ) and religion in man’s search to | know his true nature. | As a result of the development | of science, the attitude of the mod- ern person is one of detached skep- ticism. Psychology has proved that man‘is not master in his own ego, but is ruled by primitive in- stincts and natural laws. Yet the modern man feels if he develops 'his faculties he may overcome na- ture. He seeks his happiness in this world rather than the next, and his concepts are accordingly irreconcilable with those of re- | ligion. Man considers himself superior to the forces of the universe which crush him because he is aware that the universe is crushing him and ‘the universe is not aware. But man cannot learn his true nature Continued on Page Five Kazekevich Will Talk | About Russia at War On Thursday evening, February 11, in the Music Room, the War Alliance will present a talk by Mr. | Vladimir D. Kazekévich on What theory, saw them as forces of Na- | Makes Russia Fight. ture such as the ocean or the sun; | | Mr. Kazekévich, a white Russian lege Council discussed the prob-|@nd the third saw them as moral. lem of required assemblies as a | allegories, representatives of vir- war measure. The Alliance feels, tue and vice. that there is not enough under- The Christian Church pres>re | graduate interest in current prob- | the gods of antiquity becaus2 it lems, and that therefore there | couldn t do otherwise, said M. Sez- should be fortnightly or weekly | °°: pir it pire —_ assemblies with compulsory attend- bb ae be in set eee veg ance to arouse the students’ atten- | Church thought to humble the gods tion. Since it is always the same . : group of girls that attend caged sige their descent from mor- assemblies, the faculty feels that tals. But such a synoptic table all students should be made to: Served only to entrench them firm- think about the problems of the , ly world through some such scheme. | M. Seznec then spoke of them The Alliance, in conjunction | #8 ¢osmic symbols. He showed a with the -Faculty. Defense Group, | Carolingian miniature which pic- is trying to obtain a 100 per cent ' tured the earth to be encircled first response to the United War Chest by planets, then by an outer circle Drive from the students. 954 dol-;Of gods. It was enclosed pa ts lars have already been pledged by sphere of astrologic influence. Man the Faculty, the maids and porters, Coutnwes: on Fame SNe by dating them chronologically and |by birth, is at present lecturing on |the Soviet Union, which he visited ‘in 1935. He is on the editorial -taffs of Soviet Russia Today and Selevce and Society. Mr. Kaze- | k ‘vich is an economist by profes- sion. He has lectured in Eco- nomics at Columbia University and | has taught Money and Banking at ithe Wall Street Institute of Fi- nance. He was a member of the | staff of a public works investiga- 'tion conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Mr. Kazekévich also served on the staff jof the corporation survey of the Twentieth Century Fund. Mr. Kazekévich is a collaborat- ing author of The Banking Situa- tion and The Economies of Infla- tion. and the groundsmen. It was noted that the five weeks’ course in Home } Due to Investigations of Economics hé@s started and that | Fortune Hunters, - Self-Consciousness Rampant at Bryn Mawr the other defense courses are con- tinuing. By Mary Virginia More, ’45 Open House Would some. power the gift Rhoads will hold its first would give us . .} everyone is open house Saturday after- |/entitled to his pet yearning, but noon at 3 o’clock. All stu- | this is one (it must be admitted) i and thele Srionds cats | celal has never especially oc- bytes oar beavis wal De Op- ‘eurred to us until quite recently— portunity for informal danc- ing, ping-pong, and bridge. For an experimental few weeks, Rhoads will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 2 until 12. Students may sign out for “Rhoads and Soda Fountain” until 12:15. No permission is needed. From 10:30 P. M. until 12, a student will be at the front door to let people in. Rhoads residents are re- quested not to wear house- | coats inthe smoking room | tune, and Miss Mia Fritsch, re- isearch assistant. 'on the whole surprised when sud- during these hdtrs. The Fortune hunters lurked in ‘the Bookshop, asking “What are you buying?” They explored the inner reaches of the Library, in- cluding the Dewey Decimal System of Classification. They lunched in the halls. They sat in the smok- ing rooms, eyeing the students until a certain refrain began to: sadly, wanting to know where and haunt our somewhat uneasy mind . to see ourselves as Fortune sees us as Fortune sees a 3.8 Not everyone realized the pres- ence on campus of Miss Katherine Hamill, associate editor of For- Students were denly accosted with questions such as: What are your friends doing; Why? How is the male situation? ment? What books do you read? when the long shirt tails origi- nated. They quizzed professors from every department concerning the special and pertinent courses which have been added to the cur- riculum. They took an extensive poll gf student opinion on. yarious subjects. They investigated the extra-curricular war activities of the faculty members and students. Fortune’s article on Bryn Mawr will appear in the April issue, with colored plates by Bernard La Motte, illustrator of St. Exupery’s Flight to Arras. or THE COLLEGE NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanks- ty. g Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks) n the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. 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The News supports the statement that has been circulated on campus by the War Alliance against the continuation of the Dies Committee. We, together with the Alliance, oppose the Dies Com- mittee on the grounds of economy, of its failure to carry out its official purpose, and because of its disgraceful methods of pro- cedure. The Dies Committee has long been condemned for these reasons by many sections of the American people, who have frequently differed in their positions on other political issues. For this reason, we feel that it is unnecessary to elaborate on these points. We will devote this editorial to the relationship of the Dies Committee to the Axis and its official and unofficial agents in this country. Last March Vice-President Wallace said that the “statements of Mr. Dies . . . might as well come from Goebbels himself as far as their practical effect is @gncerned. As a matter of fact, the effect on our morale would be less damaging if Mr, Dies were on the ‘Hitler payroll.’”? The Federal Communications Commission, which records and analyzes all broadcasts emanating from Axis countries, throws further light on this matter. According to reports of the FCC, Dies “is the most popular American as far as the Rome- Berlin radios are concerned. In all their quotations from Mr. Dies, no one has heard a single criticism of him by the Axis radio.” It is even more illuminating to hear the opinions on the Dies Committee held by American citizens, who have recently been indicted by the United States Government for conspiracy to under- mine the morale of the armed forces, or for being agents of Nazi Germany. In December, 1939, Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German- American Bund, said of the Dies Committee: “I am in favor of it to be appointed again and I wish them to get more money.” In February, 1940, William Dudley Pelley, convicted of sedition last August, stated:~“I fotinded the Silver Legion in 1933, contiguous | with the appearance of the so-called New Deal of the Democratic administration . . . to propagandize exactly the same principles that Mr, Dies and this committee are engaged in prosecuting right now. I subscribe . . . so completely . . . (to) the work which has been done by the Dies Committee . . . that if its work continues and goes on, the Silver Shirt Legion stops. We have no more use for it.” The Axis radio, Fritz Kuhn and William Dudley Pelley are enthusiastically joined by the Ku Klux Klan, Father Coughlin, George Sylvester Viereck, Gerald B. Winrod, Gerald L. K. Smith and similar “Americans” in praising the Dies Committee. In addi- tion, there is on record the curious blind spot that afflicted the Dies Committee when it came to investigating Viereck, the convicted Nazi agent, and a long list of more obscure fascists who were indicted by the government last summer. After perusing a documented statement issued by the National. Lawyers’ Guild last week in opposition to the Cox Resolution, we cannot escape the conclusion that the Dies Committee is, if not in fact, certainly in effect one of Hitler’s most powerful “secret. weap- ons.” It is on this basis, particularly, that we urge concerted active opposition to the bill now before Congress to prolong the existence of this committee. This is as much a war responsibility as partici- pation in the War Chest Drive. . Instead of succumbing to the defeatism which characterizes the editorials in some: on=thigeissue, we must realize the necessity of mobilizing even greater forces against the Dies Com- mittee. The present Congress, as well as others, sooner or later hear the will of the people...We can help bring that day sooner. |. COMPULSORY ASSEMBLIES? The Alliance has proposed a periodic, compulsory assembly for the student body. Speakers from outside and from the faculty | will discuss topics of current interest. Undergraduate Mass Meeting at. the beginning.of next week to Pro | Compulsory assemblies have been | proposed to combat the mental | lethargy that exists on campus | with respect’ to the war. In ordi- | nary times we would hesitate long | before advocating the creation of | any sort of compulsory behavior. | Various meetings on topics of |current interest have failed to evoke greater voluntary student response than did assemblies in pre-crisis days. Further, it is sub- stantially the same section of the student body that attends these events. This is an -unfortunate situation at any time, but it is es- pecially so now when the present and future condition of world hu- manity is dependent on the atti- ; tude and activity of every person. | Most of us are vaguely conscious of the fact that. we bear responsi- bilities toward ourselves, our coun- try, and the world, but we are not certain in which channels to direct our activities. Also, many of us have evidently not been sufficiently stimulated by our environment to mental or physical action related to the war. If it is granted that it is abso- lutely essential for much greater numbers of the population to think and consequently to act upon pres- ent issues, then we are faced with the necessity of finding the best means to this end. Moreover, we must find this means as soon as possible. The war began over three years ago; the situation which led up to the war existed many years | before that. Voluntary attendance at assemblies and other gatherings to discuss and learn about current affairs has evidently been an in- adequate means of stimulating suf- ficiently widespread interest. This is certainly an admission of the existence of a _ serious lack of thought in that section of the youth which has enjoyed the fullest-edu- cational opportunity. It is useless to bewail their failings. It is also not the most suitable step at this time to resolve to start again at the root of the situation in order to insure that the next student Continued on Page Six Con The proposal of ‘compulsory as- student body. The proposal based on the idea that we are un- able to realize and obtain by our own free will something that may be benefiting to our cultural and intellectual development. The advocates of the plan state that their problem is the students’ failure to show interest in assem- blies. We grant that the small audiences at college assemblies are sufficient evidence that this prob- lem exists, but compulsion is not the way to solve the problem. On the basis of our status as college students it is assumed that we. are intelligent individuals. The present system used with college assemblies, in which the student is allowed to decide for herself whether the lecture will be-of in- terest and value to her, is based on this assumption. Compulsory attendance of assemblies is a di- rect affront to our abilities as in- dividuals and implies that the students are not capable of mak- ing decisions for themselves. No person who is accustomed to think for herself will allow someone else to dictate her actions and thoughts for any length of time. The establishment of suchva plan would result in a defiance of the assem- blies, even by those who originally approved of it. * There is a solution to the problem which is no more ideal than that which has been advanced. It may be observed that college assemblies in which stimulating topics are discussed by well-known lecturers are well attended. If the students are assured that the assemblies are interesting and exciting, which they promise to be, they will at- tend without the use of force. More knowledge of the topic and the speaker than that given by the slight and hurried announce- ments in the halls will be neces- sary to.create the desire to attend the lecture. The crux of the problem is to make the students want to attend Continued on Page Six concerning an issue this large. . Mawr. It is incompatible with above all, in war-time. Inertia In the War Alliance poll on the Dies Committee ‘a student expressed herself as disapproving “‘of this sort of action from a group of college students who, I feel, are unable to judge wisely <~ Land others like me know too little about the subject and are unable to give an unprejudiced answer in black and white as to yes or no. We have enough to do— 'let others deal with matters above our heads.” We are grateful to this student for expressing an attitude which we believe to be prevalent, if generally unvoiced, at Bryn the democratic way of life, and, We may have enough to do, getting our There will be an Alliance | : i| ship in Room T (third floor semblies should be opposed by the | is | education, but what is the purpose of an education which does not fit us to live in a society and take part in its government? To acquiesce in “letting others deal with matters above our heads” is to resign our responsibility, the responsibility which lies with us. It lies with us, for we are not “unable to judge wisely.” Surely a college student is as capable of judgment as are other members of our democracy, | In other polls this attitude has been frequently expressed not only in the flippancy of answers given, but also in specific remarks. The general opinion is that questions on current national or inter- national issues are none of our business, that our ideas on the con- duct of our government are not important. The opinions of every- one, and, not least, of college students, are important in democracy. If we feel that we have any right to criticize, we should also feel the responsibility of expressing constructive opinion. If we do not feel that there is any such right, as many people seem to, we are denying the validity of the four freedoms. This is a denial which, in its statement of “let others deal with the problem,” implies Fascism. | nae More generally, the-Bryn Mawr student expresses her attitude in refusal to attend lectures, to read the newspapers, to do anything which might indicate that she is capable of active thought on any current subject. Although our opinions may be in a formative stage, they. Jeast-equal to those of most.other free.citizens, _ a Finger prints — As it is becoming increas- ingly necessary for people to have identification cards, the College is arranging for the undergraduate and graduate students, maids and porters and general staff to have their cards fingerprinted. This will be done by the po- lice of Lower Merion Town- of Taylor Hall) on Thursday and Friday between 9:30 and 4 o’clock. Photographs will be taken in the Pub- licity Office on Tuesday and Wednesday between 10-1, and 2-4; Thursday and Fri- day—time to be announced. Students who have identifi- cation cards for use at the U. S. O. will not have to re- port, as these are sufficient. A request has been made for student volunteers to help in recording the fingerprinting. Anyone having free time from Thursday at ‘9:30 till Friday at 4:00 will please . notify Mrs. Collins. * | WAR ALLIANCE “This column will appear at in- tervals when the War Alliance Board has opinions to express con- cerning both its work and the stu- dent body. The War Alliance policy state- ment on the Dies Committee was a complete failure as a test of public opinion. The Alliance ad- mits that it was not well worded, and that the form in which it was presented was bad. The main trouble lay in the ambiguous way of stating the opinion. Because of this it was impossible to judge whether the students were voting lapproval or disapproval of the Dies Committee, the protest, or of the War Alliance itself. The poll was intended to regis- ter public opinion on the discon- tinuation of the Dies Committee. It assumed that the students al- ready. knew the facts about the issue. __If a majority of the stu- dents had voted their approval of the War Alliance stand the state- ment would have been sent: to con- gressmen, & The poll was a trial balloon. While not testing campus opinion, it did prove a lot. In the future, polls of this kind will be put in unambiguous form. In the future the War Alliance plans to hold debates before a similar poll is issued. The poll reveals that the student body is not awake to cur- rent problems. The most impor- tant point about this type of poll is its value to the college in making the students aware of important public issues. Speakers to Discuss Teaching as Vocation The subject of the vocational conference, which will be held next week, is Teaching. It will take place in the Deanery at 4:30 on Thursday, February 18. The speakers "are Miss McBride and Mrs, Rustin McIntosh, headmis- tress of the Brearley School. Invitations have been sent to all Seniors and graduate students and to those who indicated in their questionnaires that they were in- terested in teaching. Anyone who would like to come is invited. y Try-Outs! “7 Has printer’s ink gottén into your blood? Ar@ you an aspiring foreign “corre- spondent? Journalistically minded Freshmen and Soph- omores—come to a meeting for try-outs for the College News Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock in -the Common Room. —— nnn THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Miss Fry Discusses Social Security Plan In Beveridge Report Deanery, February 5. — “The great interest of the Beveridge Re- port is that it takes in all Social Security legislation, combining it into one coherent, logical whole,” said Miss Margery Fry, formerly ! 4 | principal of Somerville College, | Oxford, and one time chairman of | the London Juvenile Court and | Government Representative of the | International Penal and Peniten- | tiary Commission. “It is only a) scheme so far and is going to have | a tough passage until it becomes a law. This report is a sign to the} world that England is not on its | death bed. People are becoming | conscious of their democracy.” Thé main arguments against the Beveridge Report, said Miss Fry, | are that the English will become | a race of degenerates, since the! plan “will ‘sap their independ- ence”; and that thrift will be a thing of the past. Disproving these arguments, Miss Fry pointed out that unemployment itself and not Social Insurance produces de- generacy. “America is more clever- in its Social Security policies than England,” she continued. “You have gained national wealth from the activity of those who were formerly unemployed, through WPA and other such work pro- grams, while England has merely kept her unemployed alive.” Us-! ing statistics, Miss Fry showed that people save more when they have social security than when Continued on Page Four ~ Students Urge Move For Mixed Army Unit A group of interested students met on Monday night to form a committee for the creation of a mixed army unit of Negroes and white men on a voluntary basis. There were representatives from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Uni- versity, ‘Temple University, Lin- coln- University and Swarthmore. They formed the Committee for a Mixed Army Unit. Dr. Barrows Dunham, professor of philosophy at Temple, started the discussion by summing up the reasons for such a proposal. He said that it would be a step for- ward for the freedom for which we are fighting if the segregation of Negro and white soldiers was abolished. Such segregation causes disunity and hinders the war ef- fort. A mixed army unit, like the Liberty ship, the Booker T. Wash- ington, would stand as a symbol for all those who believe in the essential equality of man. An open discussion followed in which the work of the committee | was outlined. The committee elected James L. | Morgan, of Lincoln University, as temporary chairman, and Ruth Segal, of Bryn Mawr, as tempor- ary secretary. Four sub-commit- tees were formed and a petition to the President is being written. The representatives from Bryn Mawr were Elizabeth Nicrosi, Ruth Segal and Boots Szold. Haverford, Pa. Ardmore 2117 E.S. McCAWLEY & CO., Inc. BOOKS Current Books Rental Library. Poll chasis Views on Post-War Reconstruction | Continued from Page One | | | | | | | | | NOW sg i 6 Solve the population problem., 15 Given fair treatment ........ 25 | Peto et -nrnreerers 9 Win CATO sss. cio yi is es 5 WO UD ii vk cae cece ee 8 | SUDSUGRIEG ise iaseverses 10 | WING ON0 684 ikea ieee 13 | Given’ economic aid .......... 11 | Eliminate government ....... 19 | Supervise government ....... 8 | Gradual development toward | democratic government 5 | ; Democratic government ...... a No outside territory ea 9) | Italy | Eliminate Fascism .......... 31 | Largely left alone eer as 37 | POUNCE Gila’ even eck 24 | WISAPINGINOCNE ovis cee eee eas 16 | POOKOOUGOIION i ok bos ees 35 | TPORTON TAITIY liaise ces 43 with understanding ........ | Treated as an equal ......... 8 | less rigidly than others . iG Restore government as before INIMIBROIIE Save k ceria ices 4 | Democratic government,...... 14/| Constitutional monarchy ..... 6 | Supervised government ...... 11! | Continuea on Page Four Wartime Map Needs Stressed by Watson Geology Lecture Room, Friday, January 22, 1942.— Announcing another call from a government agency, Miss Dorothy Wyckoff and Mr. Edward Watson of the Ge- ology Department gave short talks on the importance of maps in war- time. Mr. Watson stressed the great need for maps as a result of the use of technology in war and enumerated the map-making agen- cies which are sending out con- stant calls for trained women. Miss Wyckoff explained a proposed Basketball The dates for Varsity Bas- ketball Games are: } Beaver—Wednesday, Feb- || ruary 24, at 4:00. Ursinus — Saturday, Feb- ruary 27, at 10:30. U. of Penn. — Saturday, March 6, at 10:30 (at. U. of Pa. Swarthmore — Saturday, March 13, at 10:30. Rosemont — Saturday, March 20, at 10:30. B. M. Owls Lose Close jel basketball team ended in a hair- ;lead long. The Drexel team rushed training course by the Army Map Service to be given here. | | | their match in great style with an} | extravagant 25 points to the Drex- The course, in preparation for work with the Army Map Service in June, will be given at Bryn Mawr only if fifteen Seniors regis- ter for it. course is planned to give a general idea of the types of problems. met | with in map work. It will prob- | ably require four or five hours a week of laboratory and lecture work. Artistic and critical ability, and foreign languages are more necessary than mathematics or surveying. Although no academic eredit—will_be given, the proposed course guarantees a well-paid job! in June. The work is a compilation from already existing maps. The Corps of Engineers of the Army initiated the course as an experiment, choosing fifteen or twenty colleges in the country as training places. The Engineering ‘Corps will send study material only if a quota of fifteen will reg- ister; otherwise the facilities will be handed-on to another college. A AANA RT OTSA SLOTS TE F IT DINAH FROST’S Bryn Mawr, Pa. AYR CASHMERE and AYR HAPSPUN IN LOVELY SHADES . Sandringham Delphinium Yellow White Salmon Natural Sabrina "aioe? ERATURE RONMENT ENTER, Beans sack. o Get your mid-morning a i ae at the INN wre y feos Sixty hours in all, the | played more deliberately than their ’ Game to Drexel, 13-12; Reserves Victorious Mawr, February 5.—The Bryn Mawr Varsity’s first encoun- Bryn ter, of the season against the Drex- breadth’s victory for the visitors, 4s 3-12. first half with a number of tallies for Bryn Mawr dominated the scored as_ penalties Drexel But the Owls did not keep that in at the second half with its flashy forwards, who kept their ‘opponents busy guarding their swift overhead passing. Drexel looked as though it had- six for- wards on the court, so neat and accurate was their handling of the ball. The navy team’s six baskets spurred Bryn Mawr to recoup its losses. - But the Yellows hit their stride too late, and their rally was stopped by the whistle blast. The last two minutes were filled with rare excitement for the root- ers of each team. The Drexel team practically sat on the ball to pre- vent an attempt for a basket, while the tenacious Owls almost stran- gled their opponents trying to get | it. Bryn Mawr’s Reserves finished el second team’s 18. The Reserves | Varsity sisters, with a basket made on the average of every two min- | utes. Bry MAWR VARSITY DREXEL Matthai ...... ee aes Paolone Williams Hardenberg ace Moran, J. POA oe diyis ca Gk By Castleman BOMoner 9... Gi; Balderston Giltord: =..sr G..... Waterbury | Townsend Murnaghan ...G...... Moran, P. ' BRYN MAwR RESERVES Ment; Lieiteh «4.2.6 Phillips morn, Nelaon 6. Bia. eis. se Hall EU oa oc F.. James, Custer Alexander Qe rs Reinhard | James Schmidt, Szold .G... 04.4". Barron MBIETOU 65.66% Gi Engle, Ross Reinhard Ee: New under-arm 3 Cream Deodorant safely Stops Perspiration ZL) 1. Does not rot dresses or men's shirts. Does not irritate skin. 2. Nowaiting to dry. C>~ be used right after shaving. 3. Instantly 94 pecpustce for 1 to 3 days. Prevents odor. A. A pure, white, greaseless, stainless vanishing cream. 5. Awarded Approval Seal of American Institute of Launder- ing for being harmless to fabric. ra, a e Also in 10¢ and 59¢ jar” ‘ dubious. ‘initiation of such [ Alliterative: Taylor Tower Found Utilitarian; Architecture Placed in False - Gothic Period By Hildreth Dunn, ’44 From an architect’s point of view, the utilitarian value of Taf} lor Tower centers around its four- sided clock. Its aesthetic value is The name is alliterative. “Four gray walls and Taylor Tow- er overlook. . .”’ you rhyme it. Back to its beauties. quite as a cloud of smoke by day and a pillar of fire by night, but always distinctly. It is solid if not inspiring. Much can be said about its style, but the fact is that it is late 19th century Gothic, about 1870-1880; often known.as_ the false-Gothic or “What, no _ gar- goyle” period. Taylor Tower has been the sub- ject of much thinking since the crowning weather-vane was firmly established. In the~early ’30s it appears that there were plans to rebuild it. This bit of work would have been destructive, since it would have reduced the tower to the height of other towers and re- moved its large copper pyramid. It would have been redesigned to resemble Pembroke, . . . surely a brilliant idea. Of course Rhoads had not yet been built. There were even bigger plans for. re- Miss Taylor Elected To American Council Continued from Page One ing is given to the army men sta- tioned there. The program is also in force at Michigan and at Penn- sylvania, where the study concen- trates on African languages. The headquarters of the Council are in Washington. Prominent among its publications are those on mediaeval culture. Dr. E. A. Lowe’s publication of mediaeval Latin manuscripts is an example of projects which the Council has subsidized. Miss Taylor feels that its most important work is in the advanced study of languages. The a program at Bryn Mawr, however, is unlikely. It can be’ seen far away in the daytime, not building Taylor itself, but as the architectural prints have not yet been found we can’t elucidate them. The mere mention of a con- . necting link between Dalton and Taylor can convey the scale of this redesigning. But this appeared to be another case where the thought and not the action was exaNing, for Taylor Tower was never altered. Lack of funds was the prime cause; but as Miss Woodworth said, Some day it may be respected agi a wedi gt record of a bad period. Miss McBride States Full Use of Facilities Continued from Page One student’s mind is most fully de- veloped when working in its own particular field. The military services as well as war industries demand graduates, but Miss McBride stressed that a student should only | leave her training to get a job if-it-is an essential one which can be better filled’ by her than by anyone else. Otherwise she should aim to finish her training as rapidly as possible. Miss McBride said that outside time should be used as war time, either in volunteer or apprentice jobs. “The College must be flexible,” said Miss McBride. She mentioned the innovation of special courses as war measures, and the plans for more extensive programs for regional studies. Also she noted programs to combine work in lan- guages and social sciences. “On the other hand,” Miss McBride said, “the College must formulate its purposes and hold to them. de- spite temporary shifts.” n MEET AT THE GREEK’S Tasty Sandwiches Refreshments Lunches - Dinner “OUT THERE WE'D GIVE A BUCK FOR A COKE” “THEY'RE STILL A NICKEL HERE” “There must be something special about a 5¢ soft drink, when men overseas write home or bring back tales about it. That bottle and the familiar trade-mark Coca-Cola remind them of home. The delicious taste and refreshment of Coke \- bring a refreshing moment on the sunny side of things. Enjoy it yourself.” . ¢ BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 'y Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Niebuhr Tells of Need For Christian Realism Spanish Club Tea The Spanish Club will give |: a tea in. the Common Room, l | Thursday, February 11, at He end 4:30-0’clock: ~ There will be is a combination of force and moral | singing of Spanish and South authority. History is an interac- | American songs. ‘tion of “destiny and’ will.” Continued from Page One and cynical realism. U Miss Fry Discusses Social Security While an idealistic world federa- | tion is logically and morally right, | the historical factor of “destiny” | is omitted from this theory, Dr. Niebuhr believes. No such federa- tion is possible without a “core of there is no such plan-in existence. | power” built on political prestige. | Miss Fry mentioned the thea The extreme of historical real- | most important parts of the Bev- ism is represented by those writers | eridge Report. The first provides | who plan in terms of “balance of | for children’s allowances. Although | power.” While idealists under-' there will be no allowance for the stand the world crisis as a radical | first child, each succeeding one will situation, hut obscure the fact that | receive a sum equivalent to about perennial problems exist, realists | two dollars: weekly. Everyone, fail to perceive the uniqueness of | from millionaires down, will con- our present situation. | tribute and benefit alike. The | Though the post-war problems! whole of the health services and | are vast, the way for peace can be | rehabilitation of unemployed are} prepared by a genuine United Na-| also included in the plan. Pre- | tions mutuality and international | ventive treatment is provided for. | responsibility on their part. But) Third, Sir William Beveridge | the immense difficulties of even| states that under his report, “There | this degree of international co-| shall not be a long time of very | operation were pointed out by the desperate unemployment.” Money | speaker. Unity will decrease after | well distributed will have a bene- the war; we have merely been} ficial effect in preventing and alle- | driven to it now, he said. viating depressions. | Unity between the dominant na- tions is difficult because of the dif- ferences in English and American Plan' | | Continued from Page Three | contained the recognition of the| married |essential posit of democracies and between these and| women; and th§provision of fu-| “Leave it to the Chinese” Russian Communism, although the |neral benefits for all except those | latter, he says, has achieved more | over 60 “who are supposed to have | historical realism under Stalin. ‘already made plang.” The importance of religio-moral | Finances for the plan, she con- | checks in a world peace plan was| tinued, will include payments by | stressed by Dr. Niebuhr. Com-| employer, employee, and the state. | munity prestige represents this | ‘Unemployment and disability are type of check in the intra-national ! already being paid for unconscious- society. Here the conscience of | ly,” quoted Miss Fry from the Re-’ those in power is an important! port, “why not make it conscious?” factor in prestige. Power is not|An immense national loss will be desired by those with many scru- diminished, she added, since a ples, whereas those in power are! “larger distribution of wealth _re- apt to ease their consciences. Dr. | sults in obliging everyone to buy Niebuhr would like to see “power! first things first; health, security, with an uneasy conscience.” and subsistence for all.” Poll Shows Views on Post-War Reconstruction Continued from Page Three Given economic aid problem of our our allies after the war. —.'; people are of .the opinion that “Russia is going to be a problem” and that “we may eventually have to fight Russia.” The majority of students are in favor of co-opera- tion with the Allies, however. A list follows of all the opinions re- garding this question. Russia UGOWSPATION iii se oe eas Friendly, but not too close. “ye 23 MUUIOUR Cosy os ee ‘a THOSG GOAN Catal ©... AS; 20 OMe BIOS co oc Gs 10 Economic coordination ..,.... 2% Have much to learn from Rus- SIO Serres Cl. ‘ Don’t let her spread Commu- PIGM Soa ee oe UTS (PRNe a a No anti-Communist feeling... 4 China Aid in rehabilitation .......,. 62 COOROPRCI 2 bain ee aes 85 Prema BS OGUB) . og civics 35 PN i is iw ks is pass 10 CHORE INIANOR 5 aks coer is 24 Economie coordination ....... 21 NO GxplOmwatIOn: :....74.066 6.5. 15 Can learn from China ....... 6 Cease 4 Bree Ueade fo ee: 4 England Cpe 73 Friendly, but not more than with other nations ......... 30 SUrOne Wilinhce oe re 16 Same as before war ..:;...... 19 Greater economic coordination 19 EVENING DRESSES For Your Weekend Parties REDUCED BEGINNING AT $8 ° Gladys Paine Cortright Opposite Haverford College 3 Min. From Station Ard. 6789 10 | iF ortunes, Fishing, Post-Office Distinguish | Gay Carnival Given by Maids and Porters clear, thé maids’ and porters’ car- nival given in Taylor basement on February 4 was a great success. We were especially attracted by | the fishing—it was so ingeniously | arranged! For a five’ cent ticket | one could catch a very small fish (minnow,* perhaps), for a ten cent | ticket a blue fish was assured, and |for a fifteen cent ticket shad roe | was to be had. And each fish as- ; sumed an entirely charming form |—that of a bowl, or a basket, for | | Make them free India ....... 5 | Release colonies”............. 38 L RAMEe BONES cis sbi cc eis 3 | Only constructive criticism.... 4 | Free trade Federal union Fourteen people were in favor of a League with policing, while | 10 favored merely a League of Na- | tions, and a League for World | Peace received two votes in the | Continued on Page Five Have tea before an | Open Fire | at the COMMUNITY KITCHEN Lancaster Avenue Maybe it was that chocolate cake Controversies also arose over the | —Maybe it was just that we are attitude towards | ever susceptible to having our for- Many | tunes told—Anyway, one thing is instance. Then there was the fa- tally fascinating Bryn Mawr Post Office. a letter to anyone in the room, an additional three cents being col- lected on delivery! The Bingo table also attracted a large crowd composed of maids, porters, and students. One of the most suc- cessful prizes was a tremendous plaster Mickey Mouse. Oh, yes, we mustn’t forget those fortunes we had told . . . Mme. Tellemask and Mme. Cordoba, aided by a deck‘ of cards, informed us of many extremely interesting things concerning our past, present and future. And issuing forth with that certain optimistic outlook on life, we ended with a hot dog an evening gloriously begun on choco- late cake. PIMDOLIOVOSIISLICLOIIO GIFTS Inexpensive and Practical END TABLES ‘RAG RUGS LAMPS Seven cents prepaid sent ee Hobson and Owens Lancaster Avenue j COOL COLL LL LLL | HOES & HOSIERY KIRTS SWEATERS MARTLY STYLED PHILIP HARRISON STORE BRYN MAWR, PA. Next Door to the Movies THE 1,500,000 RAILROAD WORKERS ° ys OF AMERICA all work together. 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