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