[tet gee ‘A f e THE COLLEGE NEW J VOL. XLI, NO. 10 Collective Security Essential to Peace End of War Means Start Of More Important Struggle Goodhart, November 23. Mrs. Vera Micheles Dean, in, her speech, On the Threshold of World Order, stressed that the end of the war “means only the beginning of the more important struggle to solve the problems which caused this “war. There are two ways of obtaining security, pointed out Mrs. Dean. "The first is an unaided effort by ‘tthe large nations which results only in an extension of territory. Each nation will declare that it needs such and such a colony or is- land to safeguard its interests, ‘which procedure will only result in further war. The alternative method is one of collective -security, which, Mrs. Dean emphasized, was not realized in the League of Nations. There must be some international organ- ization that enables continuous con- sultation about day-to-day affairs, and this organization must have at its disposal immediate force. ‘However, it cannot be expected to abolish all differences, as perfect order “exists only in prisons and «wemeteries,” but it must seek to solve these conflicts by peaceful means. Mrs. Dean declared that ‘we are now in the feudal period of international affairs, but as there are civilized solutions in families ‘and nations, there must also be Continued on Page 4 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1944 rs Mrs. Dean Declares: B. M.-Princeton, Choir Will Sing in Service Of Christmas Carols The Princeton Choir~of._50 voices, directed by Carl Weinrictr will join the Bryn Mawr Choir supplemented by part of the Glee Club in a (Christmas Service on December 10 in Goodhart. The Reverend Andrew Mutch will preach. ‘ . Bach Cantata The musie will include To Us A Child Is Born, a Bach cantata sung by the combined choirs.. The men alone will sing Eccard’s Presenta- tion of Christ in Temple, Buxte- hude’s Zion Hort die Wachter Sin- gen, and an old French carol, An- gels O’er the Fields were Flying, arranged by A. J. Davison, Solo For its solo part Bryn Mawr will do four carols from different countries. The English one will be Dreams of Christmas by Holst: The French, Spanish and Hungar- ian, all arranged by K. K. Davis, will ‘be respectively Now Leave Your Flocks, Rouse Good Folks, and Wake, Gentle Shepherd. Coventry Carol To end the program the men and women will give Coventry Carol arranged by K. K. Davis and Handel’s Then Round About Thy Starry Throne. There will be an orchestra jprelude and postlude. The men will arriye here early Sunday to rehearse and will be en- tertained by the |Choir at dinner in Rhoads preceding the service. On Sunday, December 5, the same program will be given at Prince- ton Chapel Services. “Title” Successfully Carries Out Initial Aims, Presenting Works of Maturity and Merit Specially Contributed by Lucy Hall 45 As fall passes into winter we have before us another publication of the Title. Still in its early in- fancy this relatively new magazine presents an exceedingly refreshing and interesting appearance. The makeup itself is simple and at- tractive and the line drawings add a touch of distinction. The content is small, but in re- fusing to pad with pages of second rate material the editorial board has kept with its resolution to pre- sent only work of some merit. The variety both of the sources-of the material and the different fields of writing presented give it a broader outlook than most such magazines can boast, and certainly add to the pleasure of reading~it-as a whole. To be more specific there are two sonnets by Sylvia Stallings that were conceived with a deal of balance and maturity. They are indeed a part of the essence of the ‘Title, for the whole work seems to show an_ unself-consciousness of purpose and an honesty of crafts- manship that are really amazing in a college magazine. To take another example, Patsy Von Kienbusch’s English compo- sition, Everyman’s a Madman, which won the Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarship last year, is a work of criticism which is in ' some ways quite extraordinary. It is a study of Andre Malraux’s works which combines great ob- jectivity with equal _ sensitivity. Man’s failure or success to adjust his inner world to the world around him, and his discovery of complete fraternity in death are the themes with which Malraux is preoccypied. Even to a person who had read little or nothing of his work there would perhaps be a rather striking feeling that here was a critic who had gone to the core of the subject and who had really absorbed and assimilated the very essence of the books. The opening poem, His Shield, by Marianne Moore represents a contribution from a mature and ex- cellent artist. It shows cool work- manship and_ skilled‘ choice of words. The theme, to be armored with insensibility, and free by giv- ing wp what one most wishes to preserve, is admirably brought home through the long series of images of toothed and_ spiny beasts. “The sketch which follows it, The Glory and the Dream by Rosamund Kent, although smoothly written lacks somewhat the three dimen- sional quality and the true which would have given it vividness. For the rest’ there is a_ short story, The Last Harvest by Ellen Robbin, which manages to be very real and rather moving, achieving ‘the maximum result with the min-| imum of means. The excerpt from Dr. Oppenheimer’s book has some very interesting material but suf- fers from being out of its proper context.. As for the two remain- ing poems, they are perhaps not up to the standard of the others. On the whole the Title seems to be carrying out its aims of last year with a great deal of success. Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1944 PRICE 10 CENTS —— — “Ladies in Retirement” to Feature Corpses, Murders, Lunatics, in Mid-Victorian Setting _ by Patricia Platt ’45 Any night now, on the stage of Goodhart, one may plunge into an Latmosphere of dire doings. Ladies in Retitement, forging along in- to its last week of rehearsal, gives all actors plenty of chance to air any morbid feelings with unbrid- led relish. Dealing largely with spinsters, murder, and lunacy, the cast has to practice hardest on hysterics voluble enough to suit the occasion. Even minus the Victorian bric- a-brac, the madonna shrine, and other objects which will adorn the finished product, an evil aura already exudes. Sadly warbling “willow, tit willow’, Leonora Fiske (Kate Rand ’45) meet” doom in the form of a bathrobe belt wield- ed by Ellen Creed (Jessica Levy ’48), who in turn runs amuck of her blackmailing nephew (John Stone). Embellishing and prompt- ing all this are Ellen’s two nit- wit sisters (Martha Gross ’47 and Carol McGovern ’48). It seems that Ellen regards them as her children (cosy thought!). At pres- ent on of development they wander around with ectoplasmic telescopes, or fondle equally ether- eal dead birds. Friday and Saturday night au- diences had best prepare to feel their spines tingle. They will en- counter corpses in'the oven, table- polishing mania, crooks both pro- fessional and amateur each work- ing out their own warped destiny. If horror can abound when Leon- Irench Club to Give Annual Nativity Play The Frefich Mystere de la Na- tivite, presented annually in Wynd- ham by the French House and the French Club, is scheduled for Sat- urday, December 9 at 8 p. m. This Nativity is the most ancient known to exist in the French ver- nacular. ‘Attributed to the four- teenth century, before the general dominance of cyclic thought, it is composed of a short prologue. fol- lowed by a series of unconnected scenes. In contrast to other plays of the period, no comic elements are introduced, and the very hum- an and almost popular adoration of the eternal’ Mother and _ divine Child is presented free of pedantry and theology. The whole is essentially charac- Cantinne’ on page 4 Calendar Friday, December 1 Varsity Hockey Game _ with Drexel. Hockey Field, 4:00. Varsity Players. Ladies Retirement. Goodhart, 8:30. Saturday, December 2 Varsity’ Hockey Game _ with Swarthmore. Swarthmore, 9:30 a. m. Rhoads Tea Dance, 4 to 6:30. Varsity Players, Ladies in Re- tirement. _Goodhart, 8:30. College Dance, Gym, 11 to 2. Monday, December 4 Science Club Lecture: Dr. Max M. Strumia. Blood Derivatives and their Substitutes. Dalton, 4:00. Tuesday, December 5 Spanish Club Play. La Zapa- tera Prodigiosa. Gym, 8:30. Wednesday, December 6 Summer Camp Christmas Par- ty, Common Room, 8 to 5. Bible Discussion Group, Alan McCrae. Common Room, 8:00. Main Line Forum. Paul G. Hoffman. Maximum Employ- ment in a Free Economy. Rob- erts Hall. Haverford, 8:15. in ora stages an entrance clutching a bottle of furniture polish (which will metamorphosize into a vase of flowers by the week- end), greater things to come can safely be predicted. Props, the eternal bugbear of anxious amateurs, rear their ugly heads in the form of Victorian headgear and mountains of drift- wood, not to mention tombs adapt- ed to the front parlor. All this makes excitement for Mrs. Wein- berg, the director, and her co- horts. Not that it is probable that. anyone would doze off while connected with Ladies in Retire- ment. een: | Common Arguments For God’s Existence Considered by Weiss “Common Room, November 22. “Religion is the art of seeking God; theology is a rational inquiry into the nature and_ existence of God,” declared Mr. ‘Weiss in a talk on Philosophy and Theology _ be- fore the Philosephy Club. Pointing out the two are not necessarily connected, Mr. Weiss said that the aim of theology is to prove the existence of God by reason. Three main arguments are traditionally used. The first and most popular is the teleological argument which holds that the universe has such a character that it cannot be ex- plained except by assumption of a God. Even if this argument were valid Mr. Weiss declared, it would Continued on page 3 Dollar Contribution Sought for Louvain The Drive for the Louvain Li- brary Book Fund ‘is in progress this week from Monday, November 27 to Friday, December 1. Under the direction of a committee head- ed by Harji Malik ’45 and Miss Marguerite Lehr, the Drive asks one dollar or any other contribu- tion from each member of the fac- ulty and the undergraduate body. Any books which are purchased for the Louvain Library with the money contributed here will bear a book plate stating that the book was contributed by Bryn Mawr College. It is hoped that through such contributions the Library may be rebuilt, as it was after the Germans destroyed it during World War I. The committee, appointed by the Undergraduate Board, consists of Judith Bailey ’48, Radnor Fresh- men; Chloe Walker °45, Spanish House; Nicole Herrmann, Gradu- ate Students; Jane Manthorne ’46, Merion; Nina Montgomery 745 and Amorette Bissell ’48, Denbigh; Betsy Schweppe ’46, German House; Jennifer Wedgwood ’48 and Jean Potter ’45, Pem East; Emily Ev- | arts ’47 and Carol Ballard ’45, Pem West; Ada Klein ’48, Amy Camp- bell 48 and Nan Peiker ’48, Rock; ‘M. L. Blakely ’47, Betty Coleman "48 and Betsy Day ’47, Rhoads North; Nancy Niles ’47, Mary Bar- ton ’46 and Lindsay Harper ’48, Rhoads South; Joanne Mott ’47, Wyndham; Emily Evarts ’47, Ada Klein ’48, Elizabeth Boudreau ’45, and Mary Virginia More ’45, Fac- ulty. , Test Week .Shows 120 Hours Lacking From UVAP Pledge Two Halls Exceed Pledges; Others Fulfill Portion Of Work During a test week in Novem- ber, a survey conducted by the War Alliance on the response to the UVAP program revealed 781 hours of actual work completed as com- pared with 891 hours pledged. The survey reached 401 students, with no report having been received as yet from the Non-Residents, the Spanish and French Houses, and one corridor each in Pembroke West and Rockefeller. A hall breakdown shows that only’ two halls exceeded their pledge, the Radnor Freshnien with 25 hours worked to 20 pledged, and Pembroke East, with 106 hours pledged and 160 worked. German House pledged 27, worked 34, Pem- broke West pledged 98, worked 77, Rhoads South pledged 107, worked 91, Rhoads North pledged 135, worked 100, Rockefeller pledged 161, worked 87, Denbigh pledged 180, worked 87, and Merion work- ed 50 out of 112 pledged. 63 of the students approached did not sign up, and 152 students failed to do any work. However, a fair number of hours were con- tributed in campaign work in the O’Rourke election, and the remov- al of this item from. the total hours worked would decrease that figure considerably. Excuses ranged from “personal reasons” to unwillingness owing to summer defense work, but the em- phasis was on lack of time. Com- menting on. the program, many students complained about the lack of cooperation in such activ- ities as farming, while others ask- ed for different arrangements to relieve the glare and eye-strain in bandage rolling. One student pro- tested against the pressure used on those who really did not have time. Campus Contributes $1084.55 in Nov. Drive $1084.45 was the total amount contributed by the campus for the November War Bond Drive. Pem West gave $209, Pem East, $146, . Rockefeller, $111.85, Rhoads North, $141.85, Rhoads South, $103.50, Spanish House, $17.10, Radnor Freshmen, $1.00, Merion, $106.35, Denbigh, $163.35, Non Resident, $43.50, Wyndham, $25.50 and the German House gave $16. Special Campaign All the colleges in the country are now running a_ special cam- paign in their bond drives in which they buy specific units of war equipment. At Bryn Mawr, the October and November drives are purchasing a % ton field am- bulance which wil go _ overseas with a Bryn Mawr sticker. Every. month except December there will be bond drives on the campus. The actual amounts of money given so far are adequate but the percentage of students contributing is not high. Helen Reed, ’46, Chairman of War Bonds and Stamps, says “There are more people who could and should give.” + Pege Twe ae = —_—— THE COLLEGE NEWS © ., nen cone ger co rnn n THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Bryn Mawr College. Published weekly dur, the College Year (except during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing’ Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Editor-in-Chief. The College News is fully protécted by copyright. in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part Nothing that appears without permission of the APRIL OURSLER, "46 Naney Morenouse, 47 MarGARET Rupp, 47 THELMA BALDASSARR2, '47 Marcia DEemMBow, °47 Cecit1a ROSENBLUM, °47 EizaABETH Day, °47 Mary LEE BLAKELY, °47 Harriet Warp, *48 BETTINA KLUEPFEL, °48 | Sports - Barpara WILLIAMS, SarAH G. BECKWITH, '46 \ ANN W CHARLOTTE BINGER, ’45 Lovina BRENDLINGER, '46 BaRBARA COTINS, °47 HELEN GILBERT, °46 Editorial Board ALISON MERRILL, °45, Editor-in-Chief Mary Vircinia More, 45, Copy Patricia Piatt, *45, News Editorial Staff Carou BALLARD, 45 CYNTHIA Haynes, ’48 Photographer HANNAH KAUFMANN, *46 Business Board Mita AsHODIAN, ’46, Business Manager 6, Advertising Manager Subscription Board MarGareT Loup, *46, Manager SUSAN OULAHAN, 746, News PATRICIA BEHRENS, °46 LANIER DuNN, °47 Darst Hyatt, 47 MONNIE BELLOw, 747 Rostna BATESON, °47 Emity EvartTs, ’47 Laura Dimonp, °47 Joan ZIMMERMAN, 748 ANNE Nystrom, ’48 Cartoons ANNE KrincsBury, *47 *47 EuisE Krart, °46 ELIZABETH MANNING, 46 NANcy STRICKLER, *47 BARBARA YOUNG, °47 Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., 5 Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 Post Office Education and Peace Among the many questions brought to the fore by the Dumbarton Oaks conference is that of the role of education in world peacé. The Universities Committee on. Post-War International Problems, an endowed private organization, has been making a special study of t a report based on the opinions of which Bryn Mawr is included. is matter and has prepared university groups, among In this report it is stated that all the groups concerned favor unanimously the use of educational means to achieve and support a world security organization. All the groups but one approve the-establishment of an international com- mission to plan 1) for international cooperation in the reha- bilitation of educational institutions in. devastated countries, 2) for the organization of some form of permanent interna- , tional cooperation for education after the war. It is felt that this commission should be advisory and informative but should not have power of control over national education pol- icies. However, the report further states, raising these educa- tional questions now involves danger; the acceptance of an international organization for peace and security might be imperiled (Senate approval withheld) by proposing at this time that it be given educational functions to perform. With this exception, all the groups agree that such a commission should be established as soon as possible to take over from the military authorities at the earliest practicable moment the tasks involved in educational rehabilitation in each of the conquered and liberated countries, and to under- take immediately a study of property and personnel losses in schools, libraries, and museums, and plan for the necessary replacements. Among the duties of the new commission would be to prepare in advance a store of study materials from which the'native educational authorities who are estab- lished after the war can select as best suits their needs. In considering questions such as these and in outlining tentative details of organization, the Universites Committee is taking the first step towards the practical acceptance ‘of the post-war world. —_ <7 WITS Men may come and men may go, but they always come when I wish they were going and vice versa, which is the vice that caused four flat flunks on quizzes, and why I ‘shake brass knuckles at the driz- zling sky, while what was an ele- gant coiffeur descends like lava down Vesuvius. This above all but is not all so terrifying gs the prospect of light chatter and hashed browned toes. When the stampede of predatory END. beasts descends to prey I pray that I may be caught in a grapevine clad in G. I. shoes. When I affirm the already confirmed and infirm statute that the Absolute is the in- effable more than which is like the ‘squashing of a ripe tomato, I mean that I feel unequal to the strain of pretending that I am stupider than I am, the culminating richochet of which must be to exercise my wan- ing charms on my best friend’s man. > Theatre Billy Rose’s Musical Revue Features Showmanship, ’ Fine Talent by Marcia Dembow ’47 Billy Rose’s new musical revue, The Seven Lively Arts, will un- doubtedly class Rose as one of the greatest showmen since Flor- enz Ziegfeld. Combining the fin- est talent obtainable on Broadway and the most extravagant set- tings and costuming yet to appear on th@%stage, The Seven Lively Arts ftomises to keep its specta- tors awe-stricken for three hours. Although there is little contin- uity of plot, Doc Rockwell, acting as the average playgoer, manages to keep the individual acts intact by his caustic comments. Pre- sumably he reflects what the av- erage man likes to see when he goes to the theatre, and in the event that the average theatre- goer.doesn’t see what he likes, Rockwell maintains that “I’ll take two on the aisle’. The cast features Beatrice Lillie, the English actress who has consistently been able to put over risque humour better than any American to date; Bert Lahr who has just as much fun acting as his audience has watching, es- pecially when he almost succeeds in getting drunk while singing, even though he is inclined to mug to a certain extent, and Benny Goodman, the man with the horn. In true Broadway fashion, this show also has a ballet, but, steer- ing clear of the ordinary, Billy Rose had Stravinsky compose a special composition, Scene du Bal- let, with choreography done by Anton Dolin. Dolin and Markova dance in the scene, accompanied by the Corps de-~Ballet. Although this is more effectivé’than the re- cent ballet that has suddenly ap- peared in the musical comedy, it lacks the inspiration that Strav- Continued on Page 3 Philosophic Problem Reviewed by Singer Music Room, November 27. Un- der the auspices of the philosophy department Dr. Edgar A. Singer spoke on Mechanism, Vitalism, and Naturalism, reviewing the age old conflict between the mechanistic and vitalistic schools .of experi- mental science. Dealing with this methodogical problem by means of | jthe logical- historical method, Dr. Singer stat- ed that the basic proposition is the Democritean contention: every- thing in Nature is mechanical; and everything mechanical in Nature is structural. He said the basic ‘proposition of the Vitalists is the Aristotelian premise: some things in Nature are functional; and everything functional is non-struc- tural. Pioosdtine to explain the rela- tion of these propositions in a for- mal way, Dr. Singer pointed out a third alternative: some things in Nature are structural and non- structural, an alternative recog- nized by Kent. In 1847 was born a new idea without which the Naturalist po- sition never- could have advanced, said Dy. Singer, Augustus de Mor- gan in his book, A Formal Logic, introduced the idea of a universe of discourse in ‘which objects in Nature might be either referred-to on a functional, vitalistic plane, making the objects susceptible to analysis in terms of probability and consequently statistically, or on the other hand on a structural, mechanistic plane allowing the ob-| jec& to be analysed in terms. of causation, and consequently of cer- Continued on Page 4 ‘| bluff Russian landowner Revived by LeGallienne With Skill by Thelma _ Baldassarre ’47 Trying to discuss the’ script of the Cherry Orchard in a review is like considering Macbeth as a murder mystery. Perhaps the most to be said is that Chekhov on the stage is as superb as Chek- ov between covers. In the hand of clever actors, the artist’s terse completeness is viv- idly demonstrated; not a word or a gesture is without significance in the total pattern. Another ei- ement too often absent from the contemporary drama which wés conspicuous in the Chekhov’ re- vival is the presence of real char- acters, rather than neatly drawn types. In the main, The Cherry Or- chard is a social drama _ which symbolizes the reluctant yielding of a decadent and futile aristoc- racy to insurgent peasants batter- ing at the walls of the feudal afraid to allow his decadent aris- tocrats some endearing traits, or to reveal his prophet of the new dawn as an occasionally pompous young man. Such _ verisimilitude only, develops the theme convincingly. The level of the acting in the LeGallienne production is extreme- ly high. Miss LeGallienne _her- self is beautifully at ease in the role of Lyubov Andreyevna, the gracious lady who cannot realize that the world is not her oyster. Joseph Schildkraut interprets his role as her sentimental “gentle- man” brother - perfectly; while John Bleifer gives a sensitive per- formance as a confused peasant who finds himself the purchaser of an estate on which his fathers were serfs. Samuel Goldenberg portrays a who is shocked at the toppling of the old structure, though not much _ af- fected by it himself; and Horace Sinclair plays Firs, the ancient valet whose death at the curtain symbolizes the passing of an era. The “eternal student” played by Hugh Franklin, verbalizes democratic ideal latent in the en- ;tire work with skillful natural- ness. ‘ The minor parts are all _ well handled—the eccentric governess; the Varya whose love affair is the Continued on Page 3 Chekoy’s “Cherry Orchard” @ class system. But Chekhov is not|j mére |: the IN PRINT In “How Dear to My Heart” Kimbrough Recounts Childhood by Patricia Platt °45 How Dear to My Heart gives evidence that Emily Kimbrou$h began being “Emily” from the cradle. Still gay, but seldom silly,, her latest book tells with humor- and some/pathos the major crises. of her life in Muncie, Indiana, up to the arrival of her little brother —the greatest crisis of all. The account is warm and amusing, and should be loaded with nostal- gia for those who, like Emily, liv-. ed through the advent of the first. automobile in a small town, and had to stand on chairs to reach the wall telephone. The. book consists largely of in- cidents. Emily started - pulling: boners almost as soon as she could do anything. Furthermore, when she had,an idea, she had an idea,. and there was no gainsaying it. Such a situation was bound to be: productive of the following kind Continued on Page 4 (ceil a vents wi Common. Room, November 27. Speaking on Wartime China, Mrs. Manning pointed out that the sit- uation in China is grave, for not. only is it the one country in which: the United Nations are steadily losing ground, but disunity be- tween Generalissimo Chiang Kai~ shek’s regime and the Communists. in Northwestern China inhibits ef~ fective resistance to the Japanese armies. In fact, there are pros-. pects of years of internal turmoih ment can be instituted. The Japanese in controlling the have cut ‘China in two and soon will be able to “strangle Chung-. king.” Buta unified Chinese front. is missing because Chiang opposes. ‘the Communists, despite their suc- cessful’ guerrilla warfare against the invaders. The division is wid- ened because the propertied class- es, who do not want a reform pro- up of their lands, are opposed by the peasants, represented by the ‘Communists. There have been two_ recent. changes in the leaders of China. A month ago General Stillwell was. replaced by ‘General Wedemeyer, Continued on Page 3 INCIDENTALLY Sports registration being so near at hand, we would like to re- count a lovely legend, which has an unfortunate ring of truth, for the benefit of upperclassmen who have not managed to put them- selves through the minimum -con- tortional requirements for grady- ation. Miss Petts was telling us the other day about a \procrastin- ating Senior of five years ago who spent seven hours (time out for lunch) ‘ walking her prescribed Hike up ‘and down Senior Row— reading a French . dictionary for the coming ‘oral.! ‘Miss Petts grin- ned a little ominiously as she asked us if we would like her to look up our Sports Record Card. Mr. Veltman tells the story of the time he was branded a revolu- tionary at Princeton. | One of his students there filed a complaint with the Dean’s Office because Mr. Veltman referred to God as “It”, in a lecture on Aristotle. Mr. Velt- Tai en oe ‘nerve—”, man claims he is not really a rev- olutionary. Finding she had expressed , all her knowledge’ of first year Psy- chology in half a blue book and — twenty-three minutes, a Junior we know resorted’ to creativity to while away the rest of the hour. Reduced to the lowest of states she. poured her soul into a Wit’s End in the same blue book, beginning- the opus with the immortal words: “Jane, Jane, tall as a _ cranial The exam was returned with the heart-warming comment, ‘I wish I could give you éxtra credit for this.’ The Junior does. And incidentally, we heard des- ultory. talk in the Inn yesterday about a vague dream for another campus magazine, comic and satir- ical in nature. Searching for a source of material, they ‘could thing only of reprinting the mis- prints in the News. We don’t know- what they mean, wincidentally. pe : foe bid a before an effective central govern~ route from Shanghai to Singapore gram necessitating the breaking-. ' ie ary r Sr ay oi oe aR ln ie al lr ee Bahai ills lalla deel) a pie yh oss 2s THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Dr. Strumia Will Talk On Blood Derivates Dr. Max M. Strumia, of the Bryn Mawr Hospital, will speak on Blood Derivatives and Their Sub- ‘stitutes in the Biology Lecture room at 4 o’clock, Monday, Decem- ber 4, under the auspices of the Science Club. Dr. Strumia was the first man to realize the value of blood plas- _ma and to use it successfully on human beings, thereby furthering the work of French scientists who previously had experimented with animals only. His theory on the preservation of plasma was ac- cepted by the Army and the Navy and is the system employed today by the National Red Cross to ex- tract and preserve blood plasma. Dr. Strumia attended the Royal University of Purin and did grad-} uate work at the University of Pennsylvania. the National Research ‘Council and gives courses to Bryn Mawr grad- uate students at the Bryn Mawr Hospital. Rose’s Musical Revue Features Fine Talent Continued from Page 2 insky has shown in some of his other works. One of the most dynamic scenes comes at the finale of the first act, “Bill Rose buys the Metropol- itan Opera House,” and it tells of the revolution that Rose waged on Broadway with his production of Carmen Jones, the Aquacade, the Hippodrome and others. The entire cast is clad in silver and black sequins for this scene, with Benny ‘Goodman wearing a black sequin tuxedo with silver stripes, and that is quite a bit of sequins. Nuts and Bolts Villanova makes mention of Bryn Mawr’s dance for the Fresh- men on November 11 a8 an “annual Grab Yourself a Mah, Tea, and Cider. Dance,” and igoes—on to de- scribe the exploits of some of the more enterprising V-12’s. * * * The college laundry at Vassar} has been forced to cut down on the number of items that it may do, and the students are now confront- ed with doing their own laundry or sending it home to Mother ‘with the fear that the laundry may be returned in its soiled state, or with a note attached saying “Please sew on your own buttons.” * * * The Three Year Plan’ Forum at Vassar is still debating the prob- lem with the current qyestion be- ing, does the present three year plan* interfere. with extra-curric- ular activities. Almost all chair- men of extra-curricular commit- tees reported that the three year plan has increased their member- ship and participation. The school physician announced that less girls had been admitted to the infirmary in this year than in past years. * * * . Months of though and discussion have finally rewarded Haverford students with a trial period for a new honor system. The entire fac- ulty is supporting it and is now up to the students to make it work. Initial Aims of “‘Title’’ Carried out in Issue Continued from page 1 It could be wished that there was more evidence of humor or satire and it also might be wished that there could be a wider contribution from other than the Freshman class, but these may come later. In the meantime the Title without any fuss or pretension is doing an admirable job of providing a show- window for the display of creative talent on campus. ee He is a member of! | fa WHAY-WBMC SCHEDULE (750 on’ your dial) Wednesday, November 29 8:30 Opera 9:55 Campus News 10:00 American Humor . 10:15 Popular Music Thursday, November 30 8:30 Classical Hour 9:40 Popular’ Music 9:55 Campus News 10:00 Play Parade Monday, December 4 8:30 Classical Hour . 9:30 Piano by Hanser 9:55 Haverford News 10:00 Popular Music Tuesday, December, 5 « 8:30 (Classical Hour 9:30 Bryn Mawr. Variety 9:55 Campus News 10:00 Popular Music Arguments for God Considered by Weiss Continued from page 1 establish God only as an artisan, not as a creator. But it fails to prove even that much, he felt, since it cites only the good in the world and ignores the evil; and since it gives no-reason for as- suming that the order of the uni- verse must have been created by some outside power rather than be inherent in the universe it- self. Cosmological The second or cosmological ar- gument Mr. Weiss ~~ the one most appealing to philoso- phers. It has\ greater breadth since it considerg the whole of ex- istence. If valid, it might estab- lish God as a creatar, though not necessarily a beneficent_one, en- dowed with any values or _ inter- ests in man. But all it really es- tablishes, Mr. Weiss felt, was a necessity of an ultimate ground for contingent existences. It can- not prove that the ground is something more than a_ totality, relation, and order of the contin- gencies—i.e., that it would not be natural rather than supernatural. Ontological { Mr. Weiss characterized the third argument, the ontological one, as perhaps the strongest of the three. According to this theory, God includes all reality and all power, so he must include the vital power to exist. If valid, this would only prove that God is perfect in himself, and would es- tablish no relations between God and the world. But Mr. Weiss re- futed its validity by showing that its basic assumption is that the perfect exists. The argument cannot be valid for anyone who recognizes any reality other than God, and if one does not, one has not an argume_t but a conclusion or affirmation. No Rational. Proof Because of the deficiencies in these arguments, considered sep- arately and together, Mr. Weiss concluded that no rational proof of God is tenable of those which have been advancéd so far, Attributes He also demonstrated that if God should exist, He could not have the attributes we commonly assign him. If God were omnis- cient, the future would be prede- tePmined, and there could be no free will; hence no personal re- sponsibility, sin, ete. Again, God cannot be omnipotent for he can- not annihilate himself, do evil, or perform acts characteristic of the finite. Annual German Play Scheduled for Dec 8 The German Club. will present its annual Deutsches Weihnachts spiel on December 8 at 8:00 in sthe Common Room. There ywill be refreshments’ served , at | the German House aftér the play! Written in the medieval period, ‘the play is the story of the Na- tivity. The familiar narrative has been adapted to the middle ages. Costumes and _ characters are all of that period, and ‘the Christ-child has already been born when Mary and Joseph come to the Inn. The innkeeper and his wife add a comic element, as he is the ‘hen- pecked husband. \The choir sings Christma carols between the scenes. Cast Directed by Betsy Schweppe, 46, the play has the following cast: Evangelist... Barbara Williams, ’46 Wirt... .. Audrey Wallner, ;’46 Ab aa bs Perepererrr Patricia Webster, ’45 Hirtin..............Meredith Moffitt, ’48 Georgie Wiebenson, ’46 Sylvia Taylor, ’48 Engel............Esterlee Hutzler, 45 1. Konig....Anna-Stina Ericson, ’48 Bc MONG. ....ccscg DECla Lal, 40 3. Konig.........J0an Huyssoon, ’48 WHAT TO DO WHO ARE YOU? A girl who likes to work with people? One who prefers a job with plenty of variety? A born leader, who can help oth- ers do their jobs well? Someone with plenty of resource- fulness—and what it takes to have and put over your own ideas? Patriotic, with a real concern for the future of your country and a yen to have a hand in making that future a good one? If this is you, there may be an important executive job for which you qualify. You may become one of the trained professional work- ers who help to ‘guide the Girl Scout organization nationally and locally. The Girl Scout organization, with a national membership of. more than a million, is the largest and fastest growing organization for girls in the world. Today’s oppor- tunity will be tomorrow’s, too. ‘Mrs. Donald D. Van Vliet, of the Girl Scout National Staff, will be glad to tell you more about Post- war opportunities for a real, dyed- in-the-wool career (not a mere job) in Girl Scouting. She will be at Girl Scouts of Philadelphia 811 South Juniper: Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennypacker 9427 November 27-28-29-30 from 9 to 5 Phone for an Appointment tT Ardmore 5833 JOSEPH’S HAIR DRESSING 25 COULTER AVE. ARDMORE + Dances An undergraduate Dance will be held in the Gym on December 2 from 11 to 2 o’clock.. The tic- kets, now on sale in the halls, are $2.50 per couple and $1.50 for stags. Music will be -pro- vided by the Debonnaires. The same afternoon a victy, { dance will be held in the syfok- ing room of Rhoads from/4:30 to 6:30. Students from all halls are invited to attend. Current Events Continued from page 2 and last week Chiang reorganized his cabinet. He put General Chen, a man of renowed military ability, in place of the-reactionary War Minister, Ho Ying-chin, who had been “ising large numbers of Chin- ese troops to blockade the Com- munists in the Northwest. Chiang’s brother-in-law, Kung, was relieved of his position as Finance Minister and the ‘Ministers of Education and Censorship were replaced. _— inions | (Diverse opinions have been ex- pressed as to how these changes will affect the relations between the Chungking regime and _ the Chinese Communists. In the Unit- ed ‘States there is a group to which the war correspondents belong favorable to the Communists. Op- posing them are those with the “Republican point of view’ who consider ‘that any connection with th unists is wrong. They beli®@ve that President Roosevelt favors the Communists and is try- ing to oust the Generalissimo. Other people say that the reorgan- ization means nothing and the blockade will not be lifted. The situation is one of prophecy rather than knowledge, said Mrs. Manning, but some valid informa- tion can be culled from an article in the November 11 issue of The Nation which she recommends to all. It states that the purpose of the recent mission of Nelson, Hur- ley, and Wallace to Chungking was to present Mr. Roosevelt’s message to the Generalissimo announcing that he was anxious to see China emerge as the leading Asiatic na- tion, but that (Chiang must modern- ize Chinese industry. Chiang was amazed by this message but made Nelson the Chief of the Chinese War Production Board. One can therefore take a hopeful view of the constructive work of Ameri- cans in China, but the Chinese’ fighting forces still must be saved. lla tse dap ese Delicious Teas | Community Kitchen LANCASTER AVENUE Open Every Week-day Invisible Mending Shop Pearl Restringing | Zippers Fixed 41 W. Lancaster Ave. ARDMORE, PA. erly of Suburban Square Form War Chest Pledges c Now Total $3160.07 As a result of further soliciting ie ne eerpregpen for the United iar Chest, the total amount pledg- ed by the College as a whole has arisen to $3160.07, with a total of $1919.25 collected. This means that 98% of the ‘College has con- tributed to the Drive. The undergraduates, have made a further contribution of $36.72, which: takes the total of their pledge to $733.57. Of 541 students, 532 have made a 98% contribution. Remaining Changes The remaining changes in the returns to the War Chest within — the past week include a rise in thé faeulty pledge to $1769.00, with a 97% contribution. Also making a 97% contribution is the Office Per- sonnel, with g $126.00 contribution. The Maids and Porters total pledge is now $100.30, while the Hall Managers and Infirmary Staff 92% pledge has risen to $90.00. All other group reports were complete as of last week. LeGallienne Revives Play, “‘Cherry Orchard’? : Continued from page 1 epitome of all frustration, the cleverly drawn servants, the love- ly young Anya—and there are many beautiful, passages incident- al to the main plot. But some- how despite the masterly insight into the failings of human nature, Chekhov declares throughout a belief in progress that is sorely lacking today. ‘Wi ry 8 he’s a Nasty Chap. These days, “Wintry Blast’’ is ec his worst, so take care! His chilly salute brings discomfort to sensi- tive lips . . . and makes them so unsightly. _ Be ready for him. Keep a handy tube of Roger & Gallet original Lip Pomade in your pocket. And whenever you step out-of-doors smooth its invisible, healing film over lip membranes. For both men and women, Roger & Gallet Lip Pomade has long. been the accepted relief for chap- ped, cracked lips. Pick up a tube- today at any drug store. “ROGER & GALLET 500 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 18, N.Y. FINE. FOODS Luncheon * Teas Di 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. Closed Wednesday Orders taken for TEA SANDWICHES PIES and CAKES Parker House, Inc. 849 Lancaster Avenue ‘BRYN MAWR (Next to Florentine Shop) Christmas and | STOCKTON’S are just around | 1 3 the corner! BRYN MAWR THE Pleasures ‘tome ny. two: and two Now, with Mid-Semester through Tea is twice as good at four When you come at five for more! = t - aove INN 7 7 be a ae eH ot _ ie rs Page Four THE cpnere® « NEWS ——— Pay Day Mistresses For Each Hall Listed In order to eradicate the confu- ‘sion which’ arises monthly over Pay Day, when bills. are often lost or late in reaching the proper pet- son, the Ne.s prints a list of the Pay Day mistresses_in each hall. These are the students to whom bills intended for Pay Day should be sent, well ahead of the appoint- ed date. Head Pay Day Mistress; Britta Ericson Pembroke East: Margaret Loud, Britta Ericsen Pembroke West: Celia Rosenblum, Marian Holland Rhoads North: Sage Titid Hoven, Shirley’ Goldberg Rhoads ‘South: Ann Werner, Margaret McLean Denbigh: ies Elizabeth Mercer, Eva. -Krafft Merion: Margaret Bloomfield, Hannah Kaufmann Rockefeller: (Doris Braman, Margaret Weaver Radnor: ae Chloe Walker, Clay Adams Non-Residents: Patricia Taggert, Monnie Bellow Spanish Club to Give Play by Lorca, Dec. 5 On December 5 in the gym, the Spanish Club will present La Zap- atera Prodigiosa, directed by Miss Nepper. This play, written by Frederico Garcia Lorca, relates the engaging tale of the hot-tempered wife of Zapatero, the shoemaker. The 17-year-old Zapatera (Mar- guerite Frost ’46) engages in vio- lent quarreling with her ‘58-year- old husband (‘Chloe Walker ’45), who leaves her, in anger, to her own devices. The charming and attractive girl, forced to support herself, opens a tavern, to which flock the town’s crop of gallants. Courted by innumerable admirers, among whom are included the ma- yor and the very aristocratic don Mirlo{ played by Amanda Eggert ’45 and Lois Post ’45, respectively), Zapatera refuses every passionate advance, remaining unutterably true to her deserting husband. In spite of her devotion to duty, jealous neighbors circulate vicious gossip and compose maligning verses about her, until the inno- cent Zapatera becomes the scandal of the village. Her only comfort is in the friendship of a bright young boy (‘Micky Malaret ’46), on whom she expends her sparse fits of good temper. One day, there appears in the village a wandering troubadour, who sings a history so like that of Zapatera that she becomes great- ly excited and dismayed. In a tete- _4-tete with the lovely senorita, the ‘troubadour becomes convinced of her good and faithful life, and he whisks off his beard to reveal him- self as the long-lost Zapatero. NANCY BROWN LEWIS. HANDBAGS $6.95—$15.00 (20% tax) At Bryn Mawr Station /Kimbrough’s Book be interesting. .turned the garden hose on ae Elections The Senior class takes pleas- ure in announcing the election of Sue Coleman as President. The Freshman class takes pleasure in announcitig the ‘elec- tion as Freshmen members ‘of the following organizations:, JessicasLevy, Self-Government Ada Klein, Undergrad Bettina Kluepfel, League S Recounts Childhood Continued from Page 2 of incident. Emily, convinced that only grandparents - lived in big houses, that all little children lived in little ones and progressed to bigger ones as they grew up, spent much time-and energy. tell- ing her friends’ who lived in big houses that they must either be adopted or living with their grand- parents. In like’ manner, when told’ that going to ‘school .. would “make her different”, she decided that this implied’a’ change from her then “square” shape to slend- er. blond loveliness. just left an idea as an idéa, and the follow-through never’ failed to How Dear to My Heart depicts the Kimbrough family in glowing colors. The most skillful portrait is Emily’s Grandmother Wiles, a spirited and outspoken lady, who cele- brated neighbors, and fell down- stairs to meet the bishop: .Also prominent are. her Kimbrough grandparents, embodying ‘the sim- plicity and dignity .of Muncie’s leading citizens, Through such characters a_ vivid. picture of a small town in the ‘Middle-West comes into focus. Emily Kimbrough has accom- plished more than a colléction of | ¥ heart-warming anecdotes. Con- tinuity comes through @ central theme—how Emily figured things out and became wiser, but not sadder. This'is represented by her “score-board” (a neigthbor’s fence),on--which—she tallied the “good things” and “bad things” which happened to her. From it she could predict the future on the simple assumption that a “bad thing” was always followed by a “good thing”. The book is not a chronological account of daily events, but the history of these tallies. Al s delightful and occasion- ally A oy How Dear to My Heart achieves a difficult goal in bouyant style. Emily Kimbrough has succeeded in reconstructing an ordinary, happy childhood with- out any sentimentality. She has made both herself and her sur- roundings real and vastly enter- taining. m_m Puerta De Mexico Margaret Paul 69 St. James Place, Ardmore For Christmas Unusual handmade Mexican Jewelry He loves me not, he loves me A daisy’s never wrong — So try your luck with flowers _That have measured love so long. - JEANNETT’S BRYN MAWR, PA. Emily never ''« David Discusses Plan For Post-War Library} Mr. David, Marjorie Walter Goodhart professor of history here and director of libraries at the University of. Pennsylvania, was a speaker at the annual Thanks- giving conference of Eastern Col- lege Librarians at Columbia Uni- versity last Saturday. In speaking on Post-War Plans for a University Library,-Mr:° Da- vid referred to the concrete plans which are being made for a new library at the University of Penn- sylvania. Mr. David has been do- ing intensified work on this pro- ject for the past six or eight months, ‘Although no exact time has been set and funds have not yet been raised, the specifications have gone to the architects and the library will be built sometime after the war. It will ibe erected on the site of the present building in Phila- delphia' and will have a capacity of. two million volumes. Two Sessions The conference, which discussed the role which must be played by college libraries to meet the chang- ing requirements of: higher edu: cation after the war, was divided into two sessions, ‘presided over by: * Curriculum Staff The Curriculum Committee takes pleasure in announcing the following elections: Helen Reed ’46, History Lucretia Duncan ’46 Psychology Lois MacMurray Starkey ’46, 1 English French Club to Give Annual Nativity Play Continued from Page 1 terized by its Simplicity, sincerity, absence of rhythmic ornament and comic farce. The reasons for this moderation are the antiquity of the play, its nearness to the altar, and its connection with liturgical dra- ma, which is follows scrupulously. The cast is as follows: Moneur de Jeu ..Elizabeth Dowling PONE Siscilk Elizabeth Horrax (Marie Elizabeth Zychlinski Anges....Ann ‘Matlack, Nancy Bier- wirth, Doris Emerson Bergers...Janine Daudon, Joanne Mott, Nancy Strickler Rois....Lucy Hall, Lucy ‘Hoffman, _Barbara Coffey ‘Herode ot ee Doreen Hurwitz nes Jane Hadas Chevaliers... Eleanor Borden, Deb- orah Heyl ‘Directing the play is Mary Vir- ‘gitlia More. Marilyn Wellemeyer is in ‘charge of costumes. ¢ ! Vera Micheles Dean Speaks on Security Continued from page 1 civilized solutions among nations. Mrs. Dean sees great hope in the efforts made in the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. She emphasized that it is only a tentative program and that not everyone has agreed upon every point. It does provide; how- ever, for immediate action in cases of aggression lby nations, and pro- vides further an Economie and So- cial Council that will meet fre- quently. The effectiveness of this council will depend on, the degree of security attained by jthe organ- ization. Mrs. Dean stressed the danger of the domination by the great pow- ers which can only be checked by their own sense of responsibility. The smaller nations do not have the military power of the indus- trial. potential.to make that power, and therefore they will not have equal representation in the coun- cil, . Philosophic Problem Reviewed by Singer Continued from page 2 tainty. An object may have both structural and non-structural prop- erties which allow it to be classi- fied as both structural and ‘func- Stephen A. McCarthy, assistant |{{ }| tional at the ne time, a Dr. director of libraries at’ Columbia Singer. The idea of mechanism University, and Humphrey G. RENE MARCEL and of vitalism are not’ mutually Bousfield, Brooklyn College librar- French. Hairdressers exclusive, but compatible once it ian. 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