ae < ates o THE COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XLII, NO. 14 ARDMORE: and BRYN MAWR, PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1947 Copyright Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS Modern Pieces Perform Well By Mr. Alwyne Projficiency S ho wn In de Severac Etudes by Helen Anderton °49 Goodhart, February 6. Mr. Hor- ace Alwyne; head of the music department, gave a recital here to- night for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr College Fund. The program was divided into two parts, the first consisting of a Bach Chorale- Prelude, the Chopin Bb minor Son- ata, and selections by Brahms. The -second .part featured more mod- ern music by Rachmoninoff, de Severac, and Dohnonyi. One did not get much reaction from Mr. ,Alwyne’s rendition of the Bach -Chorale-Prelude; the spiritual nature of the music seem- ed lacking, and the notes did not receive the individual interpreta- tion which they needed. The Chopin’ Sonata was filled with technical discrepancies, and the fourth__movement— contained many blurred passages. Mr. Al- wyne seemd much more at home in the Brahms pieces which con- eluded the first half of the pro- gram. The second half of the program was most enjoyable, for the per- former displayed a well-rounded tone which had not been previous- ly evident, and more assurance as far as technical proficiency went. The de Severac music was partic- ularly well played. It pri of two tonal pictures under fig “head- ing Etudes Pittoresques “de Cer- dagne. The first of these was the Mule-Drivers before the Christ of Llivia, and the second was Fid- dlers and Gleaners, a Catalonian folk dance. The Dohnanyi selec- tions comprised two Rhapsodies which were placed with feeling and dexterity. A large audience at- tended, and Mr. Alwyne obliged by giving several ,encores. Vassar to Hold Scientific Meeting All colleges are invited to send representatives to the Eastern Colleges Science Conference to be held at Vassar February 28 to March 2. This first post-war sci- entifie conference conducted spec- ifically for and by undergraduates, will present a program on Science, Philosophy, and Society. Problems relating to the conduct and welfare of science in modern society will be discussed, through consideration of the philosophical, technological, and _ sociological foundations and implications of science, This will be accomplished - by eans of a series of addresses by well-known scientists and the pres- entation of papers by delegates to the conference, based upon inves- tigations undertaken by under- graduates in the various fields of natural science. Students are also invited to submit papers dealing with the philosophy of science, — Among the ‘speakers at this will be ” Philipp rank, Professor of Phys- wat Professor -of Philosophy at Queens College; and Hugh S. ‘Taylor, Dean of the Graduate ‘School at Princeton Universtiy. rd Univ@tsity;. <0 Sparkling Health of New Editor Breaks Age-Old Tradition of Ne by Emily Evarts °47 When asked to comment on her election, Denny Ward, Editor-in- Chief of the News, announced in a frightened voice that she felt ex- tremely green. We take this as an assertion of her modest feeling of inexperience. Denny couldn’t feel ill—she is breaking a News tradition by becoming Editor with- Goldrick Speaks On Job Openings In United Nations Common Room, January 11: Speaking as local recruitment di- rector of the General Secretariat of the UN, Miss Goldrick indicat- ed that only highly qualified ex- perts are being*accepted for work, since personnel must be recruited on as wide a geagraphic area as possible, including all 54 member nations. If posts were equally distributed, ideally there would be about 60 for each country. Now, however, out of 1500 employees, over one-half are Americans, who will later be replaced by other nationalities. Only 76 positions are now per- manént; all other posts in the General Assembly, the Security Council, etc. are made up of dele- gates appointed by the various in- dividual countries. The Secretariat General is made up of personnel not appointed by any government. This office di- rects translaters and - research workers and expedites all admin- istrative work. Other offices in- clude 68 people in the Department of International Affairs, 137 in the Departments of Economic and So- cial Affairs, and 286 in the Depart- ment of Public Information (Press and Radio). Of the 32 members of the Department of Legal Affairs, no American lawyer has been con- sidered. The largest department, General Services, includes 2000 workers acting as laborers, escorts, infor- mation clerks, and translators. “The fascination in working in an internatioal organization is the people,” Miss Goldrick. remarked. “Many who come from the armed forces, the underground, and con- centration camps bring a peculiar intensity to the work realizing the importance that it must not fail.” Bridge Champions To go to Chicago The preliminary rounds of the Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament are being played this week in preparation for the April finals in Chicago. The tournament is being directed by Carol Vejvoda °47; the first rounds were held Monday in the Rhoads smoker while the cam- pus semi-finals will take place later in the week. One hundred and forty colleges from thirty-nine States are com- peting in the 1947 tournament, which are divided into eight zones. The two highest pairs from each zone will go to Chicago as guests of the committee at the Palmer House. All finalists will be award- ed key charms to commemorate their ... pargigine#te>, Awhile” each player of ‘the winning pair will re- $Aie-a: cup for hiseer* ent possession. The college rep- resented by the winners will have custody of the large Intercollegi- ate trophy for one year. out having spent a night in the Infirmary. Despite her remark, Denny is no greenhorn. Joining the News in the fall of her. freshman year, she became a make-up editor her soph- omore year. At the same time she achieved distinction in the extra- curricular field by swimming. -A member of the team for two years, she explained that “this year they had no form and I had no speed so I was eased off.” We can only say that maybe it’s better that way. No constitution could survive run- ning the News with a wet head. Denny’s liberal academic career has ranged from plans to become a Chemistry major (hastily changed upon discovery that hot test-tubes break when: washed with cold wa- ter) through a History phase (re- jected after a memorable experi- ence with methods of weaving wool cloth) to her present position in the English Department: “I decid- ed that if I had to read, I might as well read something pleasant.” This decision wrought havoc upon her bookcase which disintegrated upon introduction to Shakespeare N. B. Kittredge. In the coming year, Denny. hopes to “keep the News interesting and give it as much variety as poss- ible.” Two other noble ambitions are to send the staff to bed early and to attempt to give a semblance of legibility to her handwriting. B. M. Federalists Elect Pam Wahl As Conf. Delegate On Thursday, February 4, the Student Federalist Chapter of Bryn Mawr elected Pamela Wahl as delegate to the nation-wide con- ference at Asheville, North Caro- lina, on the week-end of February 21. The _conference—is—to—be—at- tended by representatives of all world-government groups in the United States. Because the divi- sions in _the world-government groups in this country have less- ened their effectiveness, -it has been decided to attempt a merg- er, of both interests and. assets. The delegates are meeting to con- sider whether such a plan for unity is valuable and practical in the near future, and what methods can be used in bringing it about. The Bryn Mawr Chapter of Stud- ent Federalists was appointed by the central eommittee to arrange for the election of Pennsylvania’s four delegates. Bryn Mawr, Hav- erford, and New Castle are each Continued on eee 2 CALENDAR Tvesday, February 11 Skinner Workshop, Casting tryouts for Arts Night plays. Thursday, February 13 4:30, Common Room. trial Group. 7:30, Roberts Hall, Haverford. Casting for Arts Night plays. Sunday, February 16 7:30, Music Room. Chapel, Rev. Nathaniel Groton of St. Thomas’ Church, Whitemarsh, Penna. Monday, February 17, 7:15, Common Room. Current Indus- wih _._Events.- : oe 8:00, Goodhart. Flexner “Lee- ture, Arnold." 2> Survey of the Material.” ” Tuesday, February 18 12:30, Goodhart. Alliance As- - sembly, Frances Perkins. — . a " sy at af. Rae mae | SR ane 4liyered in full: ams Summer Sessions In English Univs. Offered to B. A.’s Three post-graduate summer sessions for American students are being offered this summer in Eng- land at the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham, and Aberdeen. The Oxford program is a study of “European Civilization in the Twentieth Century,” considered from the literary, philosophic, and economic and political standpoints. The School will be conducted in the traditional Oxford manner, with lectures on special subjects and background topics, and at least two lectures per week by distinguished guest lecturers. Emphasis will however, be laid on work done in small groups under the guidance of tutors drawn from the univer- sity staff. The University of Birmirigham summer school will be concerned with “English Literatuge, 1500- 1640.” ‘The course of study will include lectures on literature, and on the social, economic, religious and cultural background of the age, an appropriate number of tu- torials, and visits to the memorial theatre at Stratford-on-Avon. The Summer School at Aberdeen will be concerned with Scottish and British History, Economics, and the history and practice of educa- tion in Scotland. Study will in- clude both lectures and tutorials. All three programs are designed for graduates with the equivalent of a B. A. degree, although spec- ially qualified undergraduates may be admitted. The Oxford session ‘| will be held between July 2 .and August 13, the Birmingham be- tween July 5 and August 16, and the Aberdeen between July 7 and August 19. An inclusive charge for each session will be about $250; this does not include transporta- tion. Application forms and further in- formation may be obtained from the Institute _of_International- Ed- ucation, 2 West 45th Street, New York 19; applications. are required to be submitted by March 15. McBride States Special Benefits Of Bryn Mawr New Semester Opened, Interests Cited, At Assembly Goodhart, February 4: “This is the most interesting time in the academic year, when the ground- work in most courses has been covered during the first semester, and the second is off to a new and exciting start,” Miss McBride pointed out at the College Assem- bly opening the new semester. Semester Changes This year Profesosr Arnold Toyn- bee will give the six Flexner lec- tures’. on “Encounters between Civilizations,” from his Study of History. The only new course not announced in the catalogue is “Na- turalism and the Human Spirit” given by Mr. Martin. The only faculty changes are the resigna- tion of Miss McKown for the State Department, Miss Schenck. who leaves on sabbatical, and Dean Taylor, who also leaves on sabba- tical for the University of Califor- nia, while Miss Oppenheimer will become acting dean of the Gradu- ate School. Justification of Drive The most important event of the semester is the Drive, which is progressing well, for the alumnae all over the country have shown immediate appreciation of the need. At a time when many other col- leges are also having drives, the question of the justification of asking for so much money arises, said Miss McBride. . What are Bryn Mawr’s, special lines, needs and accomplishments? This is a privately endowed institution, while many are now the objects of gov- _ ernment projects. During the war, these were necessary and success- ful, but should they be continued Continued on Page 3 by Helen Martin °49 Some of us wake to the alarm, the most fortunate of us have friends who knock at our*door in the morning, or gently tug the sheets and whisper “breakfast!” in an enticing tone. I have heard that there are others who just awake. but on the first morning of the new semester the entire col- lege was awakened to the bright new college term (The Second Chance), by three benevolent wel-1 wishers whose only care in the world was that no student should oversleep the critical First Class. Any misunderstandings on the part of the recipients of this good for- tune can be attributed to the media employed by the overanxious Ones. Peggy Shiney. 48 headed the co- terie with a cornet (not a trumpet), Clare Partridge 47 played the drum, which was carried by Jean Switendick ’48 (The News wishes to point out the fact that it is spelling Miss Switendick’s name correctly for the first time in this ‘Colonel Switendick’s com- munique on the campaign is veal ee - “We rose at 07:00, an synchro- nized our watches, leaving Denbigh at 07:00, we launched our first of- fensive at Rhoads stop Arriving se), Dissonant Reveille Awakens B.M.; Trio Launches Attack at 0700 at 07:07, we proceeded to second floor North where Reveille was ren- dered stop There was a definite reaction stop Beating off the coun- terattack, we next established our- selves on first floor South at the far end of the corridor near a door convenient for escape stop Un- daunted, we rendered Reveille again stop At 07:16 (H Hour S Second) we launched an attack on Rock stop When attempting to en- ter the door on the other side of the Arch, we found the door barri- caded by sixteen pajomaed dissent- ers stop We proceeded to Pem playing loudly, stop Several people closed their windows stop On sec- ond floor Pem East, the response was negligible, but when we set ‘1p our position in Tem West, one girl came out of her rocm and asked gently ‘Why?’ stop Then we left that place stop The front door of Merion was locked, so we were forced to crawl through the laby- sinth of boilers in the basement stop After traversing this obstacle zourse we infiltrated our forces, meeting on the fourth floor stop We began. to Pra 3 ‘work-- © ing our way down, floor by floor stop We encountered severe op- position en route and had reached Continued on Page. 4 ee em ea ae k a ; L ‘ f : b; wf, 4 a as DEMERS BAW ai oe aa Page Two Se THE COL LEGE NEWS | ‘THE COLEEGE NEWS | (Founded in 1914) Bryn Mawr College. Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanksgiving. | Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn M:wr College at ~ soos Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and | Bditor-in-Chieé. i The College News is fully protected by copyright. in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the Nething that appease HELEN ANDERTON, °49 Preccy Rupp ’47 Marcia DEMBOW 747 EvizABETH-HILBERT Day ’47 ROSAMOND Nancy Buscu 749 ’ Mary BEETLESTONE, *49 Rosin Rav ’50 * Nancy KuNHaARDT °48 EpyTHE La GRANDE’ 749 Auice Louise Hackney, *49 BARBARA YOUNG, ‘47 Editorial Board Emary Evarts, *47, Editor-in-Chief H Nancy Morenouss, *47, CopyHarrieT Warp, °48, Makeup BarBARA BETTMAN, °49, Makeup Louise GoRHAM, °47 HELEN Martin, *49, Sports Editorial Staff LANIER DUNN 747 MonnleE BELLOw 47 Photographer Business Board ConsvELO KuHN 48, Business Manager Caro. Baker 48, Advertising Manager Subscription Board ANNA-STINA ERICSON, °48 Manager SALLY BEAMAN, 49 Su—E KELLEY, °49 Epre Ham, ’50 : Betry Lypine, grad. Laura DIMOND 747 Mary LEE BLAKELY 4a KANE, °48 Joan Rossins °49 HELEN COLEMAN ’5‘0 Betty MutcuH ’50 Subscription, $2.75 Subscriptions may begin at any time Mailing Price, $3.00 | Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Past Office Under Act of Congress August 24,1912 ra Upward and Onward In the darkness of the past few months we have seen a great light—the beginning of the second semester, when our weak fingers would be removed from the beat of that time-worn “pulse of the campus.” The time has come to de- part from the familiar pattern of life on the News. Our Wed- nesdays’ will no longer be highlighted by mad dashes to the 1:09 to Ardmore (the printing plant). Our Thursdays will no longer be spent cowering before the blast of those ines- capable souls who have spotted the misplaced commas (or worse). As we bid farewell to this life of missing copy and. un- solvable dummies, we find ourselves glancing back at all that is past: the time we rose up in wrath at the present Oral sys- tem, only to be accused of basing all arguments on the case/ Locally, there has been a move- of “Susie Smith,” a personal friend of ours; the hectic saa of two extras (food and fund); our constant pleas for “the students” to be more active, more creative; and finally, the agonized cry of the copy editor, “how can we ever have peace if we don’t even have an editorial policy on the UN?” We shall miss it. And as we anticipate an increase. of our sleeping hours, and a loss of so meof that haggard look, we wish a good year and the best of luck to the new editor and her board. Home For Incurables Expresses A Need For Volunteer Workers “We desperately need and would appreciate vi help that students can give bySvolunteer work,” was the answer given Elaine France *48, Undergraduate Red Cross chairman, upon inquiring into the need for workers at the Philadel- phia Home for Incurables. At present, the Home is short of seventy-five nurses with approx- imately three nurses working on a twelve-hour shift for twenty-five “patients. The individual and time consuming care necessary for pa- _ tients, ‘some of whom are almost the help of additional workers essential. heh csigaicenlstn , students from : ithegl Seorics at the Home, with arthritic patients) a combin- ation. of that of a Nurse’s Aide and a Gray Lady. The special care they learned to give individual pa- tients eased the nurses’ work. They. were able, also, to write let- ters and do other jobs for patients which the nurses did not have time to do. The patients especially ap- preciated talking with the volun- teers and hearing about their out- side activities, and the students were especially impressed by the 5 o'clock. Current Events Summarizing the events which have occurred since the last Current Events meeting, Miss Robbins stressed the crucial coal shortage in England. Caused by the cold- perienced in years, the shortage has been aggravated by lower pro- | duction than in pre-war yeargand by the amount of coal which has gone into factories manufacturing articles for export. The situation is tremendously complicated, for unless coal can be put into the fac- tories the export drive on which the English economy depends is apt to come to a complete halt. In the international field, Miss Robbins mentioned the continued trouble in Palestine, which is part of the larger question of all dis- placed persons in Europe who re- fuse to remain there where they have undergone such terrible ex- periences. Three-quarters of them are not Jews and are uninterested in Palestine, but have no place to go. In this country, the immigra- tion quotas for each country which have riot been filled during the war would take care of many of these persons. The people who would enter would not cause dis-, turbances since they can come in. under the care of churches and other organizations which are able | to provide bed and board immed- | iately. One of the most. important oc- |currences is the recent decision -of Judge Pickard in the _ portal-to- portal pay dispute of Michigan | pottery workers. In answer to the of workers for the time spent in preparing for work and walking to their jobs, the judge pointed out that any meritorous suit ought not to. go back as of June 1946, and that the time spent: in such minor actions does not exceed the infin- itesimal amount of twenty to forty. minutes daily. After care- ful investigation of the time situa- tion at the request of the Supreme Court, Judge Pickard has only clarified ‘the issues in a long his- torical case. He left open the question of what a fair rate should be in such jobs as mining where conditions of getting to and from the job are more difficult than in a modern factory, which will have | Court or by legislation. | Miss Robbins also pointed out ‘that the Georgia courts have up- held Thompson as governor so that Talmadge is no longer in of- fice, although the case will un- | doubtedly be appealed. ment. among several counties to repeal the Philadelphia wage tax law. The theory behind it is that people who do not live within the city limits should not have to pay the tax of 1% levied on all wages and profits earned in Philadelphia. The suburban residents, however, benefit from living near the city for-which the tax provides one- quarter of the income and enables it to balance the budget, while “they forget what would happen if the city went broke.” Pamela Wahl Elected Conférence Delegate Continued From Page 1 sending one delegate, as they are the most active chapters. Swarth- more was told to elect a member to go, but post-examination vaca- tion has intervened; if elections are not concluded by Thursday, Bryn Mawr’s alternate delegate, Priscilla Johnson, will go instead. A preliminary meeting of Stud- ent Federalists was held at Bryn Mawr on Tuesday the fourth, but cheerfulness ang cordiality with| because of bad wea ~ather which their he ‘was ‘received. inconveniences, -_ the [averford y eae “fnterested’t boys. shov<” wer, on in woking at the Home will be} Thursday when: Pam’: Wahl was held in the Pembroke West show- | elected, almost t nty Bryn Mawr case on Thursday, February 13 at eralists at the meet- Jing. ‘The Fe atagh help finance est winter which England has ex- demand of the union for payment! to be decided by the Supreme] Illusions and ideals are funny things. Freshmen bring them when they arrive, along with A. C. ra- dios. Sophomores lose them the way pencils get lost—one here and a couple theré. They are picked up gingerly by Juniors, as. one picks those February Dean’s Office envelopes up o the mail table. And Seniors pull them on and off like mittens in cold weather. And who is to say which the wiser or ~~ pier? Yet this we know: nothing. can be more painful than a fractured illusion. And the extremes of il- lusion, especially illusion about knowledge, are perennial and high- ly uncomfortable. First we are convinced that we know. We walk the tight rope of conceit so deftly, we feel ourselves brave to dispute with Plato, we can easily write as symbolically and more obscurely than Auden or Eliot. And sudden- ly the tight rope wobbles, we ~ Oninion Needy French Students Sent Money’ Food | By B. M. Graduates and undergraduates _joined this past month in a com- 'mon purpose—the desire to help fellow students across the seas. A ‘letter from Camilla Hoy, a former Bryn Mawr student now studying at the Sorbonne, stirred girls from various corners of the campus into co-operative .action. Camilla’s de- / scription of the Foyer Internation- al, where 1,900 students eat, and which she terms “probably the best of all” student restaurants, will make many of us thoughtful when we sit down to one of our three meals or numerous between- meal snacks. “We get two meals a day, lunch and dinner. consists ‘of: thin soup, potatoes, one vegetable, a tiny amount of some poor imitation of Spam, or some such meat, 100 grams of bread, and a spoonful of jam. The potatoes and vegetables are usual- ly ground up and mixed with water to make them go further... I can assure you that this diet leaves you perpetually hungry ... And think that there are many students who cannot afford even the two meals a day at the student restau- rants—much less the very neces- sary supplements allowed by the ration card.” Perhaps there were some among us who felt that, by this time of the year, they had given enough to drives and collections. But any- one who tried, even in imagination, to taste a meal of the kind pic- tured by Camilla, must have been willing to contribute to her appeal for food stuff—especially fruits, sweets, and fats, which are so con- spicuously lacking in the list above. Incidentally, Camilla did not ask for food for immediate consumption, but for such rare things as might fetch a good price at a bazaar to be held at the Sor- bonne in March; the proceeds are to go to needy French students. “.,. the original investment,” Ca- milla wrote, “will be multiplied many times before it comes into the hands of the students.” Radnor Hall, to whose president, Aida- Gindy, the letter was ad- dressed, was the first to get busy. Between them, the fifty-three graduate students filled and sent five large boxes (the maximum weight of 11 pounds was reached in nearly all cases).) Then, thanks to an idea of Alison Barbour’s, the undergraduates were approached, and their response was very grati- Continued on Page 4 oi Pam's... >> ; and all other S. F. members will follow from the sidelines the’ progress toward unity made by world-gov- | ernment groups in this’ country. Ni Each | } a - ‘The Spectator ‘weave ‘and thrash and _ tumble. Then surveying with contrite eye the card catalogues, the footnoted secondary sources, the cautious hy- potheses of scholars, we throw up our hands in foolish despair, howl- ing that everything worth think- ing has been thought, everything worth saying has been said, and there is indeed nothing new under the sun. . But our place is neither on the tightrope nor in-the dust, if we are to understand at all the nature of higher learning. For we had learnt to knock at doors and be — given handouts of information; we had stuck out our hands and had them crammed with facts; we had passed our Mts and had shiny lit- tle ideas and phrases ‘tossed into them. In short, we had asked “How much is two and two?” and been answered, “Four.” Now, ask- ing the same question, we are told, “It has not been ascertained yet. But there has been a good deal of research done lately by eminent ... ete.” Which answer, reduced in length and euphemism, says only, “Count. Figure it out for yourself. And, having reached a conclusion, consider that your premises may “have been false to begin with.” No, the time for asking answer- able questions is past, irretrievably and, perhaps, fortunately. Let us now ask questions large and vari- ous as clouds, as_ perpetual, as many-shaped. Let us not require our professors to be ticker-tapes; let them be doormen, who open the doors and indicate the elevators. The only answers to the unanswer- ables are inside and upstairs. The doormen, if they have the mind and, above all, the heart to do so, can open doors, run elevators, and point out the heap of answers dim- ly shining within, but the treasure hunt is ours. Radcliffe Offers: Training Program Radcliffe College is offering sev- eral, scholarships to students en- rolling in the Management Train- ing Program, a ten months’ course of study conducted by Radcliffe, providing a basic training for young women intending to work in personnel departments, as well as for those who seek positions in other branches of administration. The program includes about -}seven months of class instruction given by members of the Faculty of the Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard Univer- sity, and others. Carefully select- ed full-time apprentice work in business, government and other organizations occupies about three months, Graduates of the program are now occupying administrative. po- sitions in business and industry, government offices, educational es-_ tablishments and social service in- stitutions. The program will start on August 25, 1947, and end on about June 5, 1948. Tuition is $550; enrollment is open to a lim- ited number of college graduates. Further information can be obtain- ed from Mr. T. North Whitehead, Management Training Program, Radcliffe College, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. NOTICES ARTS NIGHT DATE The date for Arts Night has been set for Saturday, March 8 at 8:00 p. m. General admission will be $.75 with no reserved seats. Pro- a S eoumertee to the oat Be ME vmod : Res duties as Director of the Phys- ical Education Department. Ass Frances: Cette ts the new Rees: a Sains Mt ie THE COLLEGE NEWS Page T bY ee LAST NIGHTERS By Dembow and Dimond Last night there was a curious ex- pedition, Nine muses took us to see a ren- ‘dition . Of a perfect play with a perfect plot, And every good actor that Equity’s got.. The play was written by O’Neil and Shaw... Not even Nichols found a techni- cal flaw. John Barrymore had a _ leading part, And his mate for the evening was the Great Bernhardt. The direction was headed by Mr. Belasco, Eddie Dowling made sure it was not a fiasco. Sets by Bel Geddes, shoes by I. Miller— . Each Carnegie costume was an eye-filler. The theatre was built by Howard ' Roark, Intermission cuisine was served by the Stork. We reclined on couches of Russian sable To which we were ushered by Tay- | lor and Gable. Now the critic’s task -is to criticize And thus, cause the angels’ bitter | sighs. : It’s hard to begin when the end is | perfection, And not even Gibbs could raise an objection. But if every night at quarter of | nine The curtain should play divine, The critics’ circle would lose its fighters, And worst of all, there. would be no Last Nighters. McBride Illustrates Bryn Mawr’s Benefits Continued From Page 1 after the war, for government sup- port also means government par- ticipation? As Mr. Conant of Har- vard points out, however, there is a place for both-the state junior college and university as well as the private colleg Special Benefits of B. M. Miss McBride cited four contrib- utions that can be made particu- larly by the private institution. Bryn Mawr and its type can se- lect one main program, such as the Liberal Arts and Sciences on which to concentrate, it is free to select the students which can fill its requirements to the best advan- tage, it can have students who are varied in background and geog- raphy both national and interna- tional, and it is constantly making informal experiments in methods of teaching and study. The priv- ate colleges are being called on heavily for these four counts so that. they must be supported by individuals. “We feel that we can do it, but every one must help and believe in Bryn Mawr.” Connelly’s Flower Shop __.. 1226 Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr 1515 Pr a} SSD Dawa wae COME ONE a COME ALL Eat - - at the LAST STaA WO Haverford _— ‘Pa. ai a rise on the: Both B. M. Sixes Win Over Beaver A trek to Beaver College by train proved profitable to both Bryn Mawr basketball teams last Saturday, and the first and second teams chalked up a victory apiece to begin the 1947 basketball sea- son “in the black.” 26-17, keeping the lead through- out the game. A fast start made the victory almost assured at the half. Bobbie Young’s’ excellent guarding facilitated the scoring of th forwards; Rosemary Gilmartin was high scorer with 12 points, and Posy Johnson and Ning Hitch- cock followed with 11 and 3 points. The second team game offered more thrills. At the half, Beaver led, 11-8, but the second half saw ;a complete reversal as the Owls held their opponents: to 2 points, scoring 11 themselves in a brilliant recoup. The team played fast throughout, but with more assur- ance, accuracy and co-ordination lin the second half; the guards’ passes were tighter, and the for- ‘wards attempted’ more baskets. | The final score of the second team game was 14-18 for Bryn Mawr, in what will stand as one of the 'season’s most te antic games. ‘New A.D. A. Plans Student Branches Realizing the urgent need for student participation in democratic reconstruction, leaders of liberal, labor, farmer, veteran and student groups agreed in Washington to the creation of a new organization called Students for Democratic | Action. This body, a branch of the A.D. A., Americans for Demo- cratic Action, is under the leader- ship of the United States Student Assembly, but will maintain an in- dependent structure with its an- nual conventions and officers. No formal program was evolved at. its first conference in January, but agreement was reached on such principles as expansion of decent levels of health, nutrition, shelter, and education; racial equality; and American support of the U. N. as well as economic sup- port for democratic peoples all over the woyld. Members of this Conference rejected any connection with totalitarian forces as the ef- fectivenes§ of former national stud- ent organizations had been de- stroyed by communist infiltration. The first national convention of the §.D, A. will be held in Wash- ington March 28-30 to set up a dependent liberal college students throughout the nation. Student officers hope to establish chapters on every college campus. Compliments of the Haverford NEWS ELECTIONS The News takes pleasure in announcing the following elec- tions: Harriet Ward ’48, Editor. Barbara Bettman ’49, Copy Editor. Betty-Bright Page ’49, Emily Townsend ’50; Make-up Editors. Louise Ervin 749, Katrina The first team defeated haat , program and organization for in-| Haverford Pharmacy || Thomas ’49, Board Members. What To Do See Mrs. Crenshaw for details. Third Floor of Taylor. FOR NEXT YEAR: The Scarsdale Inquirer writes that it will always be glad to see residents of Scarsdale or West- chester County who are interested in a position on a newspaper. Connecticut General Life Insur- ance of Hartford has positions in Group Underwriting, Group Ad- ministration, Accounting, Audit- ing; in the Coverage Section, the Actuarial Section, and Sales Pro- motion. A_ representative will come if students want to see her. American Viscose Corporation in Wilmington, Marcus Hook, and other places, Shell Development Company in San Francisco, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health are offering po- sitions to science majors. The Girl Scouts and YWCA would like to see students inter- ested in group work and will send representatives to the college if ‘+students would like interviews. FOR THE SUMMER: See Miss Bates in Room H and bulletin board outside Room F in Taylor. The Institute of International Education has sent a preliminary announcement of summer courses in foreign universities. See Room F bulletin board. FELLOWSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS: The State College of Washing- ton announces Counseling Fellow- ships. Assignments will be in the , Student Counseling Center, in of- fices.of the Director of Student Affairs, the Dean of Women for Curriculum Counseling, and in the residence halls for counseling service. See the notice outside Room H. Columbia University announces teaching assistantships in Business Geography and Business Econom- ics, and laboratory assistantships in Accounting and Auditing. No- tice outside Room H. Ask Miss Bates for the books on how Fact Writing is done. 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Commenting on the service, Mary Schaefer, Chairman of the Chapel Committee, considered the service such a success that she. hopes to be able to hold another one in the near future if possible. ‘ The service included six familiar and the anthems “Ave “Lift Thine Eyes,” all sung by the choir and congre- The Lord’s Pray- er was read by Mary Schaefer. Barbara Ziegler ’48 read the Val- ley of Dry Bones passage from Ezekiel, Pat Edwards Psalm 46, and Gerry Warburg ’49 read a passage from the twenty- eighth chapter of the Book of Job and the final prayer, the Canticle to the ‘Sun by St. Francis of As- sisi. In the last two years there have been various proposals for an all student service. The purpose of this service was to experiment in all student participation to try to increase the unity of the service, and to give the congregation a greater opportunity to actually become a part of the service. hymns Verum” and gation together. 749 read Students to Run Model Conference From. April 18-20, the Interco!- legiate conference on government, which will be modeled on the State Legislature this year, will be held in Harrisburg. Delegates from all the colleges in Pennsylvania will attend. The conference is an actual model of the legislature with dele- gates from the colleges serving as members of the plenary sessions and presenting bills in committee meetings. In addition to these meetings, there are also many par- ties and delegates also can see -lobbying in action during the one day campaign for a chairman of the conference. Fifteen Bryn Mawr _§ students have begun planning for the con- ference, but there is no limit: to the number of delegates sent by each school. Anyone who is inter- ested in the conference and who has not already begun working, should see Helen Poland in Rocke- feller, for further details. Caucus Planned | Feb. 15 by N.S. 0. A caucus of colleges from east- ern Pennsylvania represented at the Chicago Conference of the NSO (National Student Organization) will be held at St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia, February 15. Called by the Pennsylvania regional chair- man, the caucus is an attempt to ascertain, through the Chicago del- egates; the reaction of their col- leges to the results of the Confer- ence. The program of the NSO, shown by the report of the Confer- as ence, stressed increased cultural in- the level and the elimination of terchange on international in- equities in the educational system at home. Proposals are included to set up clearing-houses of infor- mation with regard to internation- al travel and exchange for stud- ents, student employment, and oth- er matters in which a central ex- change would be helpful. The Conference reported “gen- eral agreement on the principle of participation in the IUS” (Inter- national Union of Students formed in Prague this summer), but “dis- agreement on the specific basis of such participation,” so that no ac- tion for affiliation was taken. The NSO stressed that need alone ‘| should form the basis of distribut- ing student relief. In the domestic field, the NSO favors “an extensive system of governmental and private aid in obtaining scholarships, family al- lowances, the provision of text- books and supplies.” It advocates increased pay for students holding university jobs, expansion of hous- ing facilities and employment op- portunities for students, and inves- tigation of the quota system. It proposes conferences on_ specific and general student problems, as well as curricular and cultural matters, oo = SS SS eee SS i ; TEA TIME ; BY "~~ CANDLE-LIGHT AT THE : Community Kitchen .Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr i a FORBES, EI | AT -¥Ee sor "8 ones. ae intense Free beokiet: “WARDROBE rms” Write Judy Bond, Inc., Dept. 6, 1375 B'way, W. Y. 18 PE a ae Eee eet Sets ie gba deal Page Four A% og THE COLLEGE NEWS Food and Money Sent To French Students Continued From Page 2 fying. Those of you who spent some time at the Inn last week (and that means practically every- body) have seen and, we trust, contributed to the collection of funds for food packages. You may be surprised to learn that these contributions ran up to $56. And you will be pleased to know that this money sufficed to send twenty-four boxes to the Comite d’entr’Aide aux Etudiants! The labor of buying the food and pack- ing and mailing the boxes—no small job, as you may imagine— was done by the girls in the French House. There are of course jobs still to be done—there will be for a long, long time to come. Those of you who feel that you could still do a . little more might join in sending a C.A.R.E. package (price $10.00; applications to be had at the Co- operative store, facing Bryn Mawr station, or by writing to C.A.R.E., 50 Broad Street, N. Y. C. 4) to the Comite d’entr’Aide aux Etu- diants, 93 Boulevard St. Michel, Paris 5e, France. It will be good to feel that we have not let down our representative at the Sorbonne, especially after reading these words towards the end of her let- ter. “My room mate grabs my \pack- ages and shoves them under my nose. ‘Smell it—air from Amer- ica.” I have not fallen into the error of thinking of the U. S..as a land of unlimited riches, but I do now understand how they feel.” Submitted by Renate C. Wolff, Relief Representative for Rad- nor Hall. MEET AT THE GREEK’S Tasty Sandwiches Refreshments Lunches - Dinner INCIDENTALLY Specially contributed by ‘Ellen Harriman °48 ' Did you know we had a tree on campus registered with the Amer- ican Tree Association? She wears a good-looking metal plaque around her neck, and-usually hangs around the path between Denbigh and Dal- ton to collect admiring glances and give her autograph. We look- ed her up in Who’s Who and learn- ed that she had won the ‘title of Miss Deciduous of 1923. It seems that from an early age Miss De- ciduous has been famous in ar- When she was a mere sapling, in fact, she was judged Best of Species in the Root and Branch Club’s annual show in Madison Square Garden. She pos- ed for Grant Wood until she lost her waistline, and her name was at that time romantically linked with Joyce Kilmer’s. (She was the inspiration for certain of his er- otic poetry, but although he delug- ed her with passionate verse she would have none of it. When they finally broke up Mr. Kilmer told reporters cynically, “Only God can make a tree).” Her autobiography, Bent Twig, ran into five foliage editions and is of exceptionally fine literary timber. During the war a squadron of air cadets from Northern India voted her “The tree we would most like to meditate under on a desert island.” Take boreal circles. Atom Bomb Poll Set For Thurs. A poll of student opinion and knowledge about the atomic bomb and the control of atomic energy will be conducted on Thursday by the Bryn Mawr United Nations Council, under the sponsorship of the Intercultural Committee of the United Nations Council of Phila- delphia. The poll will be conducted on a sample opinion and _fact-testing basis. The eleven colleges and In- ternational House, which make up the Student Council of the Inter- cultural Committee, will distribute Reveille Awakens B. M. For “Second Chance”’ Continued From Page 1 the front hall only to recollect that the door was locked stop We wuz trapped stop Marshalling our forc- es, we escaped,through the window stop By 07:45 we returned to Den- bigh stop Our purpose in approach- ing this stronghold last was tac- tical stop We live there stop We blew thoroughly stop No one ad- dressed us at breakfast stop. The principals in this movement express their apologies for the dis- “Due to the relaxed tension of Shiney’s lip we didn’t get on key till 07:22.” Readers are reminded (Plug—it’s a crude way to do it) that this is only one phase of the activities of the Denbigh Band which features 1 flute, 2 cornets, 1 cello, 1 snare drum, 2 recorders, 1 clarinet, and 1 violin. KEEP WARM IN A ; JANTZEN SWEATER poyce lewés sonance of their earlier attempts; —Paul M. Anole A Strange Alliance —Deane Red Sun and Harvest. Moon —Champneys Country Book Shop the questionnaire to 10,000 stud- = WE’RE OPEN ents, representing 10% of the col- MAYO and PAYNE lege students in the Philadelphia z area. After the questionnaires Card: Gifts Early have been turned in and their re- or sults assessed, a huge “Forum on RADI O ’ World Control of Atomic Energy P Late! will be held at the Franklin In- arts Repairs stitute, 821 LANCASTER AVE. BLU COMET The poll will ask such questions Y as, Do college students think BRYN MAWR _ BRYN MAWR America should keep the secret of atomic energy as long as possible? The Lincoln Reader Featuring: The Anne Wynn Blouse $3.95 and up ~~ TRES CHIC SHOPPE a bough, Miss Desiduous. Bryn Mawr Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr I 1 * GOING TO THE BIG DON’T FORGET What Could be Better DANCE AFTER Valentine’s Day Than— Freshman Show? Is A Cup of Hot, Steaming Tea This Frid On. 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