oa Page Two THE COLLEGE-NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) Published weekly during 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 Bryn “Mawr. College. : The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either, wholly or in part without permission of the Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board ‘ _.. ApRiL Ourster, *46, Editor-in-Chief Nancy Morenouse, ’47, Copy Darst Hyatt, *47, News Rosina BATESON, °47 EmILy Evarts, °47, News THELMA BALDASARRE, °47 Editorial Staff LANIER DuNN, *47 MonnIE BELLOW, °47 Laura Dimonp, °47 Marcia DEMBoW, '47 CrEcILIA ROSENBLUM, °47 Mary Lee BLakELy, °47 Harriet Warp, 48 Joan ZIMMERMAN, BETTINA KLUEPFEL, °48 ANNE NysTRoM, "48 RHETTA TAYLOR, °47 °48 Cartoons CyntHia Haynes, °48 Photographer =» * HANNAH KAUFMANN, '46 Business Board - MILA ASHODIAN, *46, Business Manager BaRBARA WILLIAMS, °46, Advertising Manager ANN’ WERNER; ‘47. ANNE KincsBury, °47 ConsuELO KUHN, ’48 Subscription Board MARGARET Loup, °46, Manager Lovina BRENDLINGER, '46 EuisE KraFT, °46 HELEN GILBERT, '46 ELIZABETH MANNING, '46 BARBARA COTINS, °47 Nancy STRiCKLER, ’47 ANN Fie.p, *48 BARBARA YOUNG, °47 Sports ’- ELizABETH Day, °47 2 Subscription, $2.50 Mailing Price, $3.00 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office ; Under Act of-Congress—August_24, 1912 _ Rescheduling Action? The rescheduling poll conducted by the curriculum com- mittee again brings into focus the problem of a reorganiza- tion of the schedule of the first semester. The almost over- whelming demand for some innovation designed to lighten the load of papers and examinations should prove the need for definite action in the near future. The present system of scheduling papers without sys- tem or organization is a definite burden on those students whose course involves writing more than two a semester. A! reading period just before the date when papers are due would obviate the necessity of writing while under pressure from regular assignments and would permit a student to de- vote her whole time to her paper. Knowing that she would _ have a reading period following her return, she would feel less compulsion toward devoting her badly needed vacation 6 the writing of papers. The present system is one of con- sidiilex assignments suffer and? the student is tired by the extra exertion”at atime when the approaching examination period requires all her energies. From this point of view, finishing the first semester be- fore Christmas vacation would be desirable, if practicable. However, the continuance of an‘accelerated program on the part of. any appreciable number of students would make such a plan impossible. In order to complete the semester in time, it would not be possible to include a reading period without opening the college at least as early as the first of September. The lack of a reading period in a semester which encom- ~ basses no large vacation would create a still greater pressure irom papers than that which now exists. The preference for frequent quizzes instead of mid- _semesters is another indication of the demand “for a more - even distribution of academic work than now exists. Such a dlan would prevent the postponement of assignments until -the student finds them all accumulated at the end of the sem- ester., It would mean, that she would have the opportunity ‘o coordinate and examine her knowledge at frequent inter- Vals instead of at two harassed periods, in preparation for mid-semesters and prior-to the mid-year examinations. The general effect of more frequent quizzes in courses in which ‘his system is now practiced is that the material becomes more firmly established in a clear fashion in the mind of the -tudents. Scheduled mid-semesters, furthermore, .tend to Dreak up the continuity of the semester, an effect ‘which shorter tests at more frequent intervals would not be likely ‘o produce. A's some courses: would not be well adapted to veekly quizzes, the frequengy of the tests would have to be 'determined'by the individual instructor; an interval of three \veeks seems a desirable time for reading courses. The review of the whole problem and the presentation cf-a' definite demand for action will do much to clarify egal igns, “A we | or a vents The nomination of Henry ‘Wal- lace as Secretary of Commerce,-de- clared Miss Robbins, in discussion of the political controversy which it has aroused; has been temporar- ily ‘blocked by a coalition move- ment. Miss Robbins explained that two parliamentary procedures were still uncompleted in regard to his nomination. These are the George Bill which proposes to take away certain -powers now held by the Secretary of Commerce, and the actual confirmation of his nomin- ation. Miss Robbins explained that Wallace’s_main supporters are men afraid of labor’s reaction to Wal- lace’s defeat, New Dealers, and personal friends. She added that all action concerning Wallace’s nomination would be delayed until March Miss Robbins expressed some doubt about Wallace’s capacity for this particular job. Her doubts are based mainly on the speech which Wallace delivered to the Sen- ate Committee which, despite its moving tone, did little to outline his platform or support him as an able candidate. The speech dealt with generalities and _ intimated that Wallace intende@ to use. his new powers to further the Econ- omic Bill of Rights and influence the administration’s policy in pen- sions and free enterprise, a stand which obviously is not compatible with the position’ to which he-as- pires. Despite Wallace’s favorable rec- ord in the Department of Agricul- turé the conservatives fear his so- cialistic approach to business, and his viewpoints expressed at the be- ginning of the New Deal. Perhaps, Miss Robbins said, it would be bet- ter, as Walter Lippman suggests, to take the executive power away from the head of the department and let Wallace set the policies. Opinion Addict Advocates Bridge; Declares Tournament Imperative {Dear Editor: Bridge flourishes. Is the ‘News aware of the part this. game plays in campus life? Bridge rules on the steps between floors in Den- bigh, on the rug of Rock -show- case. In Wyndham, tense silence marks the playing of a little slam, (Merion boasts a prize kibitzer, German House inmates play be- hind sofas, in Park snaps as chemists bid no- trumps. A waste of time, you cry. Yet has the editor ever considered the mental stimulus bridge af- fords? Peace-time West: Point taught bridge not only as a social grace but also as an ally of mili- tary strategy, for, as a professor on campus misquoted, slyly study- ing the faces of his opponents for the smile which would give away the queen of hearts; “All’s fair in love and finesses.” A student, em- boldened by a recent course in logic argued herself and the smoking- room out of existence. “If I dou- ble a three bid on a void then void must exist, since we set the hand. But void is. non-being and non- being is the opposite of being, so we who are beings must not be.” To such a pass have matters come ‘in the pursuit of bridge. How better can this be remedied than by a tournament sponsored by the News, with war stamps as} entry fees and a bond for a prize, perhaps? Students versus faculty unless the latter before psychic bids and campus leads. In any case, let there be a_ bridge quail tournament. An Addict and thoughtful consideration. leaders in war time. cans. Racial Equality : It is unfortunate that the editorial in the William and Mary College paper demanding complete equality for whites and negroes in the college should have been expressed in such a “sensational” manner, for it is a problem meriting serious While the complete text of the college editorial has not been reprinted, it apparently was couched in unnecessarily vehement terms. The issue of inter- marriage, for instance, is wholly irrelevant to the problem of admitting negroes to American colleges and universities. Still more unfortunate, however, is the faet that the college authorities have seén fit to threaten suppression of the paper for sentiments expressed_in it.: The problem of negro equality with whites has become|- by force of circumstances a serious challenge to-the nation’s The heavy demand for war workers and the large percentage of negroes now employed in jobs which involve working with whites have helped ‘to force the issue. In addition to these temporary circumstances; a con- crete advance in the democratization of American society has -|been made through the repeal of the Georgia poll tax. The problem is unquestionably one of nation-wide concern, and its appearance in a particular academic situation should not obscure its larger significance. versities and colleges do admit negroes to their student body, with varying degrees of success. The difficulty is not so much one of. administrative regulations, though the abolition of any prohibitory rules is necessarily a first step. problem which concerns the whole social attitude of Ameri- A number of American uni- It is, rather, a The most vensabbabis part of the controverss is the at- tempt of the William and Mary administration to censor or suppress the paper containing the editorial. aggravated by a lack of judgment on the part of both the student editor and the college authorities. consideration of the issues involved would have toned down the method of expression in the editorial, and a more reason- able attitude on the part of the authorities would have eased the problem without reaching its present extremes. Freedom of a college press from administrative control is an import-| ant part of the broader concept of a free press, for it is in such publications that future leaders learn the principles which. mnide. them in later public life. The problem is A more: sober scientific detachment | Volunteer Activities Record Shows Marked Increase-~ Tn February To the Editor: We would like to report for the College Red Cross Unit that, through the first semester of this year, approximately 100 students (nearly 1/5 of the College) per week were working’ in Red Cross activities. In addition 12 students were responsible ‘for the adminis- trative work of the Unit. When the total. is broken down we find that regularly each week, 4 students were learning leather work, to prepare for teaching Arts and Skills at Valley Forge Hospital in. Semester II; 9 took the Nutrition Course and were having mass. feeding practice. in hall kitchens; 12 Bryn Mawr. vol- unteers ‘aided nurses at the Phila- delphia Home for Incurables; 15 worked in the Bryn Mawr Hospital kitchen; 17 trained Nurses : Aides worked in Philadelphia hospitals or in Bryn Mawr; 19 Nurses Aides were’ newly trained; an average of 25 workers made surgical dress- ings. The number -of surgical dressings workers was generally much higher than 25 early in the term, and much lower than 25 af- ter mid-semesters. Through Janu- ary 13 approximately 676 Army 4”x4” dressings and 4,448 Valley Forge Hospital 4x4” dressings had been made. |. In November, there . were 100 | volunteers and 78 were actually able to make a donation. Many volunteers were willing to help supply knitted goods to the Armed Services, but previously knitted goods were no yarn has been allotted to Red Cross workers since September. Since the beginning of the sec-- unteers in each Red Cross activity has has joined the Arts & Skills group to teach jewelry-work at* Valley Forge Hospital; the number of volunteers at the Home for Incur- ables has risen from 12 to 20; the volunteers for Bryn Mawr Hos- pital’s kitchen have increased from 15 to 20. Eleven wives of faculty members are Surgical Dressings workers, and in the week ending February’ 10 the number of volun- teers making dressings was. near- er 50 than 25. Increased effort has been most obvious in the enlistment of Nurs- es’ Aides. About 49 students have joined the class that is supervised by the special Faculty Committee; and.24 are in that supervised by the College Red Cross. Unit. Thus many of Bryn Mawr’s graduate students are doing weekly wolun- teer service; two of them are in the Faculty-plan Nurses’ Aide Class. By the end of this College year the total number of students who are trained Nurses Aides will be 109. We feel that the College can be proud of its Volunteer - Activities record in the first Semester, since the more-than-100 students who did Red Cross work weekly repre- sent but a portion of the whole campus effort. Mary Kay Snyder, Chairman; Directors of Activities of the College Red Cross Unit. J unior Prom | Junior Class ‘takes gas \tion of Junior Leyendecker and iane Waldman as co-chairmen of the Junior Prom. for Blood Donation, increased. Another student. stored and awaiting, transport; so . ond Semester the number of vol- Helen Gilbert, Secretary; and pleasure in announcing the elec-_ 4 a