-M. Slonim Sees accept an appointment of Profes- . History. He comes from the Uni- WOL. XLVI, NO. 18 Optimism, Faith In Soviet Work USSR Literature Today Describes Pioneer As Hero In the fourth in the series of tri- college lecture series on Russia at Haverford, March 15, Mare Slo- nim, professor at Sarah Lawrence College, surveyed Soviet life as re- flected in its literature. Concentrating on the positive side of the situation, Mr. Slonim felt the main currents in the liter- ature of the U. S. S. R. today are realistic and optimistic. Although this optimism appears by imposi- tion as well as by nature, “You feel that here are people who have decided to say yes to life, a people with great faith in themselves and in the future.” Literature is taken seriously. ‘The author takes part in the life of the community and through his own medium tries to shape life. Responsibility for every published word is keenly felt, which may ex- | plain the fact that there is no so- called entertainment literature in Russias as there is in the West. ‘Comic strips, ‘hammock’ novels are non-existent. Authors are among the candidates for membership in the Supreme Soviet. The Central ‘Committee of the Communist Par- ty decides on literary policy, and the goverment attaches great im- portance to what is being printed, for there is an avid reading public. The U.S. S. R. leads the world in book production and most books are read all over Russia. Since it is part of the Commun- ist doctrine to change the tradi- tional human attitude toward work from that of pain to pleas- ure, Soviet writing today empha- sizes the sanctification of human -~work—human effort in the face of Continued on Page 2 Leighton, Dudden Named To Posts Professor John Chester Miller thas resigned his appointment as Associate Professor of History to ssor of American History at Stan- ford University. Mr. Arthur P. Dudden has been appointed Assistant Professor of versity of Michigan where he will receive the Ph.D. this June. Mr. Dudden took his A.B. at Wayne University in 1942 and his M.A. ‘from the University of Michigan ‘in 1947. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Flight Officer in the United States Navy. From 1945- 46 he was. Veterans Counsellor in the Ford Motor Company and then he returned to the University to complete his work in American History. ‘In Political Science, ‘Miss Ger- “trude C. K. Leighton, A.B., Bryn ‘Mawr 1938, has been appointed Assistant Professor. She will car- ‘ry part of the first-year work and the course in International Law. After taking her LL.B. at Yale University,. she practiced law in ‘New York and. then returned to Yale where she has been special- ‘rights~-unless~-you--are~-willing to ‘izing in international law. LeBlane Defines Logical Theories As Ethical Code Common Room, March 15.—Dr. Hugues Leblanc read a paper on “Rigorous Ethics’ to the Phil- osophy Club. It dealt with the validity of moral, or logical rules; and set up a code of conduct with the theme: “Regard thyself in all thy actions as shaping man’s doom or man’s hope, as shaping man’s destiny.” I am bound to do some- thing only if someone has a right to it. Acquired rights are based on a contract. Natural rights are not guaranteed by agreement. Disearding absolute natural rights as unprovable subjunctive principles, Dr. Leblane considered natural rights as relative. This proposes: let us grant to z any- thing claimed by someone like x. It follows from this that we should concede to humanity that which an individual claims. The in- equality among men insists that we alter this to read: x has a relative right to y if some other being morally like x has a right to claim y. We then postulate three rules of morality. Under the rule of social justice, you cannot interfere with anyone’s | renounce your own. If you kill a man, you are disclaiming your own right to existence. Society agrees.. to. protect your natural Continued on Page 6 Seibert Discusses Tubercle Bacillus Dr. Florence B. Seibert, Associ- ate Professor of Biochemistry at the Henry Phipps Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, dis- cussed Taking Apart the Tubercle Bacillus in last Tuesday’s’ Science Club lecture in Dalton. Dr. Seibert ‘prefaced her talk by explaining that the tubercle bacil- lus, within three weeks after it has entered the body, causes a reac- tion to a part of the bacillus ap- plied to the skin. Later, the ba- cillus produces wherever it lodges aggregations of abnormal cells, called tubercles. :All tubercle ba- cilli, whether or not pathogenic, can be identified by a certain sim- ple test, and are therefore said to be acid-fast. The National Tuberculosis As- sociation divided the ‘study of the bacillus into two parts: a study of the bacillus itself and a study of tuberculin, the filtrate on which it is grown. A pure strain of the bacillus was grown on a synthetic medium of known components, which could therefore be separat- ed from the substance which the germ produces. The bacillus was studied to find out which parts produce the different symptoms of tuberculosis. By an _ extremely complex process, fractions have been isolated from the bacillus. One, phthiolic acid, will produce tubercules in rabbits. ‘Another, mucolic acid, has been found to be responsible for acid fastness. Skin testing with tuberculin it- self is inaccurate, because tuber- culin is hard to obtain in standard concentration. Study of tubercu- lin has aimed to produce a stand- ard product for diagnosis. The ac- tive material in tuberculin, a pro- tein called ppd, has been isolated; it is injected into the skin, and will ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1950 “Vee College Mews Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 Continued on Page 2 Sycamores and Entourage Maritain Asserts Natural Law Basis For Man’s Rights Specially Contributed by Betty Goldblatt, °51 Dr. Jacques Maritain, eminent vhilosopher and at present Pro- fessor of Philosophy at Princeton University, spoke at Villanova Sollege on Monday, March 20 on the subject “The Rights of Man and Natural Law.” Dr. Maritain asserted that the rational founda- tion of the rights of man is na- tural law. Nawural law is not written; it is ontological, and dwells as the ideal law in the being of every existing thing. In discussing the concept of natural law, Dr. Maritain said itis taken for granted that “there is human nature, which is the same in all men; and that man is a being gifted with intelligence and with the power to determine for himself the ends which he pur- sues.” Man knows natural law, not through rational knowledge or through deduction, but through “natural inclination.” Hence, na- tural law is known in different de- grees, and subject to error and corruptions of judgment. But Dr. Maritain denied Pascal’s conten- tion that if there were such a thing as universal natural law, it would be universally observed, by saying that “violations of moral law prove nothing more about er- ror in natural law than errors in arithmetic prove the error of mathematics.” The existence of the law and the observance of the law are two different matters. According to Dr. Maritain, na- Continued on Page 2 CALENDAR Tuesday, April 4 European Fellowship Assem- bly, Dr. Hajo Holborn, Ran- dolph W. Townsend, Jr., Pro- fessor of History, Yale Univer- sity, “The Challenge of Re- search”, Goodhart, 12:00 noon. Wednesday, April 5 “Morning Assembly, Mrs. Broughton, Goodhart, ‘8:45 a.m. Monday, April 10 Current Events, speaker to be announced, Common Room, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 Sigma Xi Lecture, Dalton, 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 French Club Lecture, Jacques Maritain, Wyndham, 4:30 p.m. German Club Lecture, Dr. Arno Shirokauer, Common Room, 8:00 p.m. 11926 to 1931 he was Assistant Pro- Dr. Hajo Holborn To Give Graduate Assembly Speech Hajo Holborn, Professor of His- tory at Yale University, will be the guest speaker at the Graduate As- sembly, April 4, at twelve o’clock in Goodhart Hall. Mr. Holborn, born in Berlin, Germany, came to the United States in 1984, and was made a na- turalizedcitizen_ in 1940. He _ re- ceived his Ph. D. at the University of Berlin in 1924, and an honorary M. A. from Yale in 1940. From fessor of History at the University of Heidelberg, and from 1931 to 1934 was the Carnegie Professor of History and International Rela- tions at the School of Politics in Berlin. Coming to the United States as Visiting Professor of History at Yale University in 1934, he retain- ed this position until 1938, and then, from. 1938 to 1940, was an associate professor there, until in 1940 he was made a full Professor of History. In 1948, Dr. Holborn took a two year leave of absence for service with the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D. C. Af- ter returning to his academic ca- Continued on Page 2 ——— PRICE 15 CENTS Comedy Shows Fine Direction And Production Richardson and Nevitt, McKinley’s Set Excel by Jane Augustine, ’52 Last weekend Bryn Mawr and Haverford collaborated dramatical- ly to produce Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You. Mar- jie Low, in her first Drama Guild directorship, combined a_ highly- developed knowledge of theater with long experience as an actress and skillfully overcame some of the play”s great difficulties. She was at times so skillful that the audience — rather unfortunately — did not realize she was handling a problem at all. The weaknesses of this production were at least not the usual weaknesses, nor al- ways the ones inherent in the play. They were well outside the prov- ince of the director and the stage manager; they must be ascribed to certain individual performances. Sadly enough, these are the weak- nesses most damaging to a play. A good actor can make a character live in spite of bad directing and producing, but highly intelligent direction and production can at best cover up bad acting only tem- porarily. It can’t make an actor out of somebody who isn’t. It was fairly obvious that some of the cast weren’t. The cast was, however, about the best Marjie could assemble under the circum- stances. Trish Richardson was outstanding. Although she pre- sented many facets of Penny Syca- more’s' personality, she never stretched them beyond the limits of probability nor varied them out of character. As mother of the menage Sycamore she was absurd- ly illogical, over-eager, yet a senti- mental, kindhearted soul with a love for everything and everybody. The feelings one has about Penny Continued on Page 6 Bryn Mawr, Haverford Choruses Give Joint Concert in New York by Judith Konowitz, ’51 The Bryn Mawr College Chorus and the Haverford College Glee Club gave a joint concert in the Hunter College Playhouse on Sat- urday night, March 18th. The main work on the program was Vaughan Williams’ “Mass in G Minor” for both choruses and soloists under the direction of Robert Goodale. Pamela Field, so- prano, Nancy Ludwig, alto, Tom MeNutt, tenor, and Joseph Dibble, bass, sang the solo parts. The work was executed effectively but fell short of the high stan- dard displayed by the choruses in their individual performances. The Bryn Mawr group next per- formed “Two Chorals” harmon- ized by Max Reger, and Vittoria’s “Ave Maria.” The Double Octet sang a Banchieri ‘Madrigaletto,” and Roussel’s “Madrigal aux Muses” with excellent tone and blending. The whole chorus then joined the small group in singing Kodaly’s “Angels and the Shep- herds,” ending the performance on a note of spirit and finesse. The Haverford Glee Club, di- rected by William H. Reese, gave a delightful and skillful perform- ance, beginning with two rounds. “Gently Johnny,” an English Folk Song by Seth Bingham, was ex- ecuted with subtle shading, excel- lent blending, and perfect enuncia- tion. “Lovely is May” by Schain and “Farewell My Love” by Clem- ens non papa were similar in style. The concluding “Maid in the Forest” by Dworak offered a wel- come change of mood. The emo- tional grandeur of the singing was enhanced by an accompaniment for four hands, played by John Dav ison and John Guttmacher. The Small Mixed Chorus next performed two Russian works, Rachmaninoff’s “Ave Maria,” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Thy Lovely Dwelling Place” under Mr. Reese’s direction. The two full choruses joined once again for a stirring finale, Parry’s “Jerusalem,” an ‘inspiring song set to Blake’s poem. After the intricate part-music of the evening, the rendition in unison was an exciting surprise and a fit- ting culmination. ee Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, March 22, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS FouNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- giving, 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 per- mission of the Editor-in-Chief. Editorial Board Joan McBruiwg, ’52, Editor-in-chief JANE AUGUSTINE, 52 JOANNA SEMEL, 752 PauLA STRAWHECKER, '52, Copy BARBARA JOELSON, ’52, Make-up Editorial Staff EmMMyY CADWALADER, ’52 HELEN Katz, ’53 Patricia Murray, 752 Marcie Conn, 752 JupirH Konowitz, ’51 SALLY Harrison, ’53 FRANCES SHIRLEY, ’53 MaryY-BERENICE Moris, "S23 JupirH Wavprop, ’53 Staff Photographers FRANCINE Du PLEssix, ’52 SUE BRAMANN, 752 Business Managers TaMa SCHENK, ’52 & Mary Kay LackritTz, ’51 Business Staff BARBARA GOLDMAN, ’53 Joan Ripps, *52 Betty ANN SCHOEN, ’51 Subscription Board E.ui Lew ATHERTON, ’52, Manager Nancy ALEXANDER, ’52 . Mary-BERENICE Morris, *52 GRETCHEN GABELEIN, ’50 Patricia MULLIGAN, ’52 PENELOPE GREENOUGH, ’°50 MARJORIE PETERSON, ’51 Mary Kay LacxriTz, ’51 TRUE WARREN, ’52 Lita Hann, ’52 JANET CALLENDER, 52 HELENE KRAMER, ’53 - tems $3.00 Mailing price, $3.50 a may begin at any time Entered as pene class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Poss Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 New Nominating System This year a new system of nominating college officers has been put into effect. Though purely experimental, it has been considered more successful than the previous system; and the criticisms that have been made can be answered by suggested improvements. Among the amendments recom- mended by the student body, including members of the nom- inating committees, are: to organize the committees by the first week of exams; reports should be compiled by the whole committee with a view toward uniformity in presentation; and all the reports should be read to the class by one mem- ber of the committee. A designated number of people should be interviewed about each candidate; specific questions should be asked, with reference to the activities in which they have participated. The aims of the new nominating system have been to acquaint the freshmen more thoroughly with the candidates and to stimulate interest in the elections among the whole student body. It has been observed that the freshman and sophomore candidates could also be introduced to the juniors and seniors, and distinct, recognizable photographs be posted regularly on the bulletin board in Taylor. This year, the student body has exhibited a wider con- cern for the elections than ever before; and if the sugges- tions for improvement could be re a calmer level of interest may be maintained. LeBlanc Discusses “Rigorous Ethics’? As Code Of Moral Conduct, Shaper of Man’s Destiny Continued from Page 1 This naturally becomes an eth- rights if you respect theirs. ical problem. Dr. Leblanc qualifies The second rule is that of indi-|his system saying that only some- vidual justice. According to this}one who agrees to enter the game theory, if two children find ene|°f moral consistency can be ex- orange, and one takes it, he denies| pected to obey its rules. the other’s right to it, thereby dis- —_ claiming it for himself. This second rule can be replaced hoy: the tole ef inostal ahaxtiy, Heel Address Graduates you promote the rights of human- Continued from Page 1 ity at the expense of your own/reer, he was made the Randolph rights. The distinction between|W. Townsend Professor of History these last two rules is the distinc-|in 1946, and now holds this posi- tion between being just and feigies tion, charitable. To be just is as-| At present Dr. Holborn is a sume your moral respo Sen o.oo gine a Histor- humanity; to be charitable is tojical Association, the American So- relieve humanity of its moral re-|ciety of Church History, and Aca-|' pponsibility to yourself. No one|demy of Arts and Sciences. can deny or take away a right of} A contributor to both American enforceable: the rule of charity| books: Germany and Turkey 1878- ot be validated or enforced as| 1890, Hutten and the German Fef- ls on man tm violate logic. Continued Current Events Common Room, March 20. Dr. Felix Gilbert delivered this week’s Current ‘Events Lecture on Leo- pold and Belgium. Since the war, the small state of Belgium has been faced with a considerable problem of its government. There is friction between the pro-Cath- olic, .reactionary Waldroons and the liberal Flemings. The condi- tion of the government has been deteriorating rapidly. The Flem- ings have asked for Leopold’s re- turn from \Switzerland to take the place of the present ruler, Prince Leopold. Dr. Gilbert said that there were two possible solutions to this problem: abdication of the present king, or a general plebe- scite. He predicts that Leopold will probably come into power because the Liberal Fleming party backing him has more authority. He thinks that if Leopold does assume con- trol, he will probably not remain long, because no government will possibly be able to cope with the problems in Belgium today. The history of Leopold’s rule has been extremely long and com- plicated. Before the war, his wife Astrid enjoyed great popularity with the people. When she died, he assured the country that he his spare time to his children. When the war came, however, he was a collaborator. This act alien- ated the Waldroon faction. More- over, in the point of view of many, the wedding was neither legal nor traditional, and it was not ap- proved by the government. Finally he left the country under pressure for Switzerland with \his family and has been waiting there for a popular recall. A suitable answer to this ques- tion must be found within the next few months. | This week, the NEWS re- ceived a letter, signed “Two Ad- mirers.” It is our policy to print all signed letters, and if the writers will identify them- selves, we will be happy to pub- lish their letter in the next issue. Talent Sought For Arts Night As plans stand now, Arts Night will be presented Friday evening, April 28th, thus making it a part of the big weekend of the Haver- ford Senior Prom. It is hoped that it will be presented in Goodhart Hall, which would give the oppor- tunity for a production on a larger scale than last year’s. So far the program includes two original one act plays writ- ten by Carter Bledsoe and Bob Brown, members of the playwrit- ing class, a number of original musical compositions by John Dav- ison for small ensembles composed of members of the Bryn Mawr- Haverford orchestra, original dances by the ‘Bryn Mawr dance club, as well as songs by the B.M. “Octangle.” There will also be an art and photography exhibit in the foyer of Goodhart. Although the program is neces- sarily limited by time, the com- mittee is still eager to discover any latent talent around campus or receive any new ideas. If you know anyone with talents or have any ideas, please contact any member of the Arts Committee listed below: Director—Anneliese Sitarz Business Manager—Jill McAnney Publicity Manager—Chris Mac- Veagh would rule peacefully and dedicate , ‘ himself.” married a Fleming, whose father, Maritain Says Natural Law Basis for Rights Continued from Page 1 tural law is moral law and man obeys it freely rather than by force; he arrives at it by “intel- lectual perception.” For example, the prohibition of murder is re- quired by the very nature of man, because, insofar as he is man, he has the right to live. Natural law is as eternal as man; “the movement of mankind and the history of human action is the becoming aware of the in- clination of natural law.” In fact, “Antigone is the eternal heroine of natural law.” The great achieve- ment of the 18th Century was the emergence of the idea that natural rights are derived from natural law. In this way, the rights of the human person were set free, but at the same time the emphasis shift- ed from man’s obligations to man’s rights. The 18th Century “made man a God and all the rights of man those of a God; God was only a guaranteer of these rights, for natural law was thought to exist without God, in man and in nature. The rights of man were considered subject to no law but those of his own will and his own freedom. Typical is the statement of Rous- seau that “man must obey only Such a philosophy, con- tended Dr. Maritain, leaves no foundations for the rights of the human person “yights in themselves divine, the absolute rights of the independ- ence of the human subject.” For every being has its own natural law as well as its own essence, “the normality of its own func- Continued on Page 6 Youth’s Role Important In USSR Lit Says Slonim Continued from Page 1 hardships, to reconstruct from the devastation caused by the war, to overcome obstacles, to build indus- try. Stress is laid on community effort. There is faith and a belief that life must fit into the pattern of the collective good, the common goal. It is only through realiza- tion of this common goal that the individual can expand. “In our own lack of understand- ing of the USSR we often under- estimate the tremendous idealistic drive which does exist, no matter how clumsily.” A new type of literary hero has been evolved, endowed with the same frontier spirit as that of the American pioneer. He is rational, righteous, hard-working, honest— a noble individual, the product of a new society. He is the pioneer in Siberia, the colonizer, the pro- gressive introducing new methods of farming into small rural com- munities in the vast country. Mr. Slonim maintained that to read Soviet novels is to be aware that Russia is still dominantly an agricultural country. Today the collective farm is the true hub of Russian life. War novels, with their over- emotional appeal (soldiers’ heroic deeds, civilian suffering) are now on the decline in popularity. More and more the main theme is re- construction. In this rebuilding, women play an important role in political and technical activity. They are plac- ed on an equal footing with men, and are held equally accountable. Moreover, the field and future of Soviet literature lies with the youth. The older generation is tired. Doctrinary pressure is evi- dent in the rigidity with which party members are represented as magnificent, in the anti-western propaganda (chiefly limited to the stage,) in the tendencies toward nationalism, even chauvinism. But the dominant mood in Soviet writ- ing today is pride and strength. The nationalism is “the feeling of a@ great nation which has the awareness of its physiological Opinion Senior Considers NEWS. Review of ‘Lear’ Unethical March 16, 1950: To the Editor The College News I wish to join the swelling ranks. of those who protest against the- policy of The College News with. regard to reviews of.dramatic pro- ductions. It has been explained that the review represents nothing- more nor less than the individual opinion of the interviewer, but I fee] that this explanation disre- gards the effect that the News has as Bryn Mawr’s efforts at self-ex- pression in the eyes of other col- leges. I think that the review in last week’s edition of the production of King Lear by Princeton’s Theatre- Intime represents a new low in criticism. To the best of my un- derstanding, the play was well re- ceived at Princeton, but aside from the question of the merits of the play, I feel that Bryn Mawr has. definitely overstepped itself in panning the production of another college. We are not, and have. never been, in any way affiliated. with any Princeton dramatic or- ganization and I do not feel that we have the right to criticize their efforts. In any such performance, it would, be well to bear in mind some of the courtesies which have been extended to Bryn Mawr by the various Princeton publications. in the past few years. In view of their special edition put out last. just before our Freshman Show giving it a good advance billing and generally speaking well of Bryn Mawr, it seems more than underhanded to reciprocate in this. manner. I personally feel that until the. College News learns to handle the reporting of affairs on the Bryn Mawr campus in a slightly more adult and less pseudo-New Yorker manner, it should refrain from: panning the efforts of another col- lege in such a purposeless manner. Sincerely yours, Cynthia Lovejoy Editor’s Note: As indicated in last week’s issue, the above-criti- cized review was specially contrib-. uted as an unsolicited favor to the News. We feel that it was intelli- gent, constructive, and that it in- dicated an interest in comparative college productions. Gerould Contest Closes April 5th The 1950 Katharine Fullerton Gerould Prize Contest, which: has already been announced in the NEWS, is open until April 5th. On that date all entries must be in the Alumnae Office in the Deanery. The members of the Committee this year are: Elinor M. Parker, 1927, Assist— ant Manager of Scribner’s Book Store in New York and author of “Cooking for One”; Laurence Stapleton, Professor of English and Political Theory at Brym Mawr and author of “The De- sign for Democracy”; and Jos- ephine Young Case, 1928, auth- or of “Midnight on the 31st of March”, Chairman. Dr. Seibert Discusses TB-detecting Protein Continued from Page 1 detect almost all clinically signifi- cant cases of tuberculosis. Wednesday, March 22, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Mrs. Manning Discloses Facts Concerning Roosevelt Archives. by Frances Shirley, ’53 ' Gazing for the last time at Mrs. Manning’s carefully dictated in- structions, I perched rather shak- ily on a borrowed bicycle and zig- zagged down Morris Avenue to Pennstone Road, bent on finding out just what had happened at Hyde Park last Friday afternoon. There, before a select audience _of “fifty or sixty,” the Archivist of the United States, Wayne C. Grover, had made public the papers _ of Franklin D. Roosevelt. There were speeches by Mrs. Roosevelt; by Jess Larson, Administrator of General Services, who “really only read a message from President Truman”; and by Waldo Gifford Leland, Director Emeritus of the American Council of Learned So- cieties. “The papers themselves,” said Mrs. Manning, “included many things not written by Mr. Roose- ' velt. In fact, there are many let- ters to him; even a congratula- tory message from the Pope when he won an election.” She expressed the opinion that “there ought to . be an act of Congress making presidential correspondence part of ‘ the National Archives. Most of it ‘ds now public, like the Lincoln Papers, but the things collected at ' the White House used to be treat- ed like private correspondence. - When Mr. Roosevelt made ar- _,rangements to keep his papers in ‘ong, building, administered by the ' National Archives, he set a pre- cedent for other presidents.” She also said that the Taft family and the Library of Congress still had ' President Taft’s papers, but that ' they planned to turn them over to the Archives in the future. ‘ Mrs. Manning seemed to be an- .ticipating my questions, so I _ pocketed a list of queries and sip- _ ped tea while she related the. his- ‘tory of Mr. Roosevelt’s plan. As recently as twenty years ago there was no Archives building, and dif- ferent departments kept their own papers. However, since then all the papers have been housed under one roof. Mr. Roosevelt presented his plan at a party attended by a large number of historians, among whom were Charles Beard and Mr Dodd, then president of the Ameri- can Association. “I was one of two women present,” said Mrs. Manning. “The other was the presi- dent of the League of Women Voters! I was the only Republican on the committee, and was invited as a representative of the Taft family. (The President could also say he had a Republican on his committee!) I sat between the President and Senator Frank Gra- ham of North Carolina. Judge Ros- enman and Basil O’Connor were there, too,” she added as an after- thought, remarking that of all the original group, only the Judge, Mr. O’Connor, and she were at Hyde Park last week. “Professor Morri- son of Harvard would have been there, but he was in the South Pacific on his honeymoon or some- thing at the time.” “Mr. Roosevelt explained his plan to us, and asked for comment or criticism. There was some feel- ing that the papers should be kept Continued on Page 4 The Observer Funny, how we felt the other night. We walked to the library in the dark, under the dark trees— and the lions that crouch in the heavy branches stirred as we pass- ed under. The cold reached its fingers up the sleeves of our fall and winter coat and we stood on the black plain between Taylor and the li- brary. We saw the moon in the library windows and waited for Carey Thomas to brush past us in the moonlight. Cream cheese — no, it’s a bal- loon: and Carey Thomas holds the string. She bought the moon — spirited it away from the seller of dreams — so it would hover over the library cold, clear nights. She knew. The lions are restless on these nights. We would be easy prey, transfixed on the open plain. But the lions are enchanted too and we are only prey to dreams. If this is winter, spring may forget. ‘Child of the moon, lions at my gide, dream-bound. Library night .. Handsome Humphrey Hunts Halls Searching For Love, Adventure Specially Contributed by Hanna Holborn, ’50 Out of the night—came Hum- . phrey. Or rather, he loped. We were eating cashews at the time, dreamily, for it was a dark, foggy, romantic evening. ‘When we look- ed around, the cashews were gone. In their place was-a very large, very blaek creature. “Humphrey!” we cried, and ran... Since then,.we have seen him often. Entranced, ‘we heard him | deliver a lecture on Shelley, his paws placed soulfully on the podium in Room E. Slowly, but surely, his talents began to unfold. He could: epen doors—and has thus more than once -invaded the sanc- tity of private’ béudoirs.,.- He kibitzes at bridge, he can eat any- thing from chocolate cake to wool stockings. Besides all this,—he is very strong—or very playful, ‘ according to the way you look at it. Student after student has heard the rush of soulful paws and a moment later, has found herself flat. on the ground. Last Sunday, Humphrey was bored. He was tired of games and. yearned for intellectual stimula-' _ tion, At length he came to the Library. In no time at all, the corridors were littered with bodies and Humphrey headed for the stacks. Here we found him look- ing hungrily at the circulation desk. . “Humphrey,” ‘we said and laugh- ed. “All right,” said a bitter voice. “If you think it’s so funny, why don’t you take him home?” Filled with desperate courage, we agreed. Humphrey lives on Old Gulph Road, past the cemetery, past the lights—past civilization. Neither of us was anxious to leave the comfortable security of the dear eld M. Carey Thomas Me- morial, our friend least of all. But somehow, the lessons of Body Me- chanics drifeted into our thoughts and we fell out the door after an angry Humphrey. The burdens of humanity were heavy on our ‘shoulders as we plodded on through cold and tomb- stones. At last we saw a house. “This it, Humphrey?” we asked hopefully. There was no reply. We rang the bell, the front door open- ed, and Humphrey surged into the house., _ Bric-a-brac¢, lay shattered on the floor as {Humphrey lept dramatically: ‘into.