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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.

 

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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
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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

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Survey of the Material.” ”

Tuesday, February 18
12:30, Goodhart. Alliance As-

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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

 

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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
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“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

      

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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

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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

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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

 

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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-

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other S. F. members will follow
from the sidelines the’ progress
toward unity made by world-gov- |

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‘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-
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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.”

 

   
    

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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.

 

 

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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.

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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. Very
interesting descriptions of all the
steps necessary form the original
research to the final published
book.

 

 

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Student Chapel
Held Successful

February 9, Music: Room. An at-
tendance of well over 100 persons
marked Bryn Mawr’s first All
Student Chapel and Hymn Service.
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
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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

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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.

 

 

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the questionnaire to 10,000 stud- = WE’RE OPEN
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lege students in the Philadelphia z
area. After the questionnaires Card: Gifts Early
have been turned in and their re-
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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?

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