Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, October 29, 1952 OLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 THE C Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of the Editor-in-Chief. j \ EDITORIAL BOARD Sheila Atkinson, ‘53, Editor-in-Chief Frances Shirley, ‘53, Makeup Margaret McCabe, ‘54, Managing Editor Barbara Drysdale, ‘55 Elizabeth Davis, ‘54 - Judy Thompson, ‘54 Mary Alice Drinkle, ‘53 EDITORIAL STAFF Mary Jane Chubbuck, ‘55 Sue Habashy, ‘54 Claire Robinson, ‘54, Copy A.A. reporter Marcia Joseph, ‘55 Joyce Annan, ’53 Anne Mazick, ‘55 Eller Bell, ‘53 Pat Preston, ‘55 Ann McGregor, ‘54 Kay Sherman, ‘54 Barbara Fischer, ‘55 Lynn Badler, ‘56 Ellie Fry, ‘54 Joan Havens, ‘56 Jackie Braun, ‘54, Science Reporter STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Judy Leopold, ‘53 BUSINESS MANAGER M. G. Warren, ‘54 Julia Heimowitz, ‘55, Associate Business Manager BUSINESS STAFF Vicky Kraver, ‘54 Claire Weigand, ‘55 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER Elizabeth Simpson, ‘54 SUBSCRIPTION BOARD Karbara Olsen, ‘54 Adrienne Treene, ‘54 Saren Merritt, ‘55 Mary Jones, ‘54 Diane Druding, ’55 Diana Fackenthal, ‘55 Mimi Sapir, ‘54 Dorothy Fox, ‘55 Sally Milner, ‘54 Gail Gilbert, ‘55 Cathy Rodgers, ‘55 Caroline Warram. 55 Jan Warren, ‘55 Subscription, $3.50 Mailing price, $4.00 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under the Act of March 3, 1879 Letter |Seniors Away Recently Feel Foundations Shattered To the NEWS: We, the four pillars of the Frencn House nave aimost been removed from our foundation. We have been unearthed by. the lack of confidence shown us. It seems that an absence of nine months from this college has made us pregnant with ignorance. We have to come back to a freshman status and must take an examination on Wed. Nov. 19 on. self-goverment rules. As anyone may guess we could not have stayed two years at Bryn Mawr without having taken this exam, passed it, and abided by its rules. Furthermore, it appears to us, that there is no provision in the Constitution of Bryn Mawr for obliging seniors who have been abroad their Junior Year to take the exam again. Unless an amend- ment is made to the Constitution we will refuse to take this exam. We demand judicial review. Legally yours, Beatrice Camille Freeman, ’53 ‘Maxine Anne Skwersky, ’53 Millie Filiniora Thompson, ’63 Nora Anna Valabregue, ’53 Wedgwood Indicts Irish For Monarch’s Downfall Continued from Page 1 Charles’ sister, the Queen of Bo- hemia, because of her beauty and wisdom, had become a Protestant heroine, so when Charles would not send armies to aid her hus- band, Frederick, elector of Pala- tine, he became even less popular with the Protestants of England. _ During the ten years Charles reigned without Parliament, his Self-Gov The Self-Government Association wishes to clarify its position on the drinking rule for the sake of those who have been wondering about borderline cases. The rule stands that “cases of intoxication will be severely dealt with”. If the behavior of a girl is such as to unnecessarily draw attention to herself, or is unnaturally loud, or in any other way obnoxious to anyone, then she will probably be consid- ered intoxicated and as such bring disgrace on the college. Too Many Cuts ‘One of the greatest privileges given to members of all four classes at Bryn Mawr is our present system of unlimit- ed cuts. This system was established by students here sev- eral years ago. Since over a period of the last ten years the amount of cutting has increased, the administration feels that the privilege is being abused, for it considers it the duty, not the free choice of every student to attend every class. On the basis of this administration policy, all courses at Bryn Mawr are planned to necessitate both their class hours as well as their outside study hours, all arranged in the min- imum five-day class schedule. Thus, it is not possible to ob- tain a complete working knowledge of any subject without regular preparation and class attendance. We have the opportunity, under our present cut system, to arrange our time freely and, when the necessity arises, to take class time off to attend other events. If we continue to abuse this system, however, the administration may see fit to change it. Because of this, we must plan our activities around a regular attendance to classes to retain our privi- lege. Elizabeth Cadbury Jones Bryn Mawr notes with regret the death of Elizabeth Cadbury Jones, member of the class of 1896, and wife of the famous Quaker leader, Rufus M. Jones. — Mr. Rufus Jones, who is considered one of the most dis- tinguished members of the Society of Friends, was elected to the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr in 1898. He remain- ed a member of the Board for fifty years and was president for twenty. Mr. Jones was a close associate of M. Carey Thomas, and his intimate connection with the college is part of our heritage. His wife was a great inspiration to him and a much re- chief anxiety was the shortage of money which caused his policy of neutrality on the Continent, and which was again very unpopular with the Puritans. As was previously mentioned, the position of France was ex- tremely equivocal because of the differences between its political and religious policy. Also, Charles was married to Henrietta Maria, sister to the King of France, who, though charming in the court, was unpopular with the English people because she was too ostentatious- ly Catholic. There were many fashionable conversions among the nobility, and the penal laws against the Catholics were lifted. For the first time in years, the priests wandered about the streets in com- parative freedom. The biggest objection to Charles was the Ship Money tax he im- posed to better the Navy. Al- though the people under ordinary circumstances would have been glad to see the Navy improved, again they feared Charles would use England’s strength on the wrong side. The Spanish had been chased into English waters by the Dutch, and Charles had more or less promised to aid them. But in- stead of participating in the battle between the Spanish and Dutch, lazy Charles, Miss Wedgwood re- marked, preserved his precious fleet and “went down to Windsor and started hunting.” The Dutch destroyed the Spanish fleet. If he had aided the Spanish, it probably would have produced revolution, and even as it was it made a poor impression on the English people. The Irish Revolt in 1641 was an important cause of Charles’ down- fall. The beheading of Stratford precipitated the revolt. Though severe, Stratford had the trust of the Irish people. rest spread throughout Ireland and in 1641 there was news that the At his death un- Genius Does Not Always Support Law of Society Continued from Page 1 ly worried» Emerson: how could the genius, who must live by the law of genius to produce his best, ‘be reconciled to American Democ- racy? “To genius is everything permitted, and not only that but it enters into other men’s labors,” he stated in his journal. But does everything have to be permitted? And, what is éverything? In other words, genius is a challenge to so- cial serenity. Napoleon and Goethe, two real- istic geniuses who represented to Emerson the reaction of Nature against convention, did not com- ply with the mores of society. Goethe was immoral; Napoleon “the very bully of the common.” Yet, these two men, according to Emerson’s criteria, in some ways incarnated the highest nature, and, therefore the genius should emu- late them. It was impossible for Emerson to separate the genius of the artist Goethe from that of the politician Napoleon. Genius could not emulate one and not the other. But besides believing in genius, Emerson had faith in Democracy, which to him was “the spirit of love for the general good.” His Bostonian snobbery would not al- low him to respect Jackson and his “democratic” followers, how- ever. He thought that the more sophisticated means which the Whigs used were preferable to those of the “democrats,” but that the ends which Jackson strove for were superior to the aims of the Whigs. Although the outlook seemed black to Emerson when he survey- ed the vulgarity evidenced in the practice of Jacksonian democracy, he said, “I do not for these effects despair of our republic.” Emer- son saw Democracy not as “an es- pecial prerogative of this country, but of all times.” Therefore, a gentleman could not repudiate it and remain a gentleman. So, the enigmatic element in man presented _theproblem.__of reconciling genius with morality, of reconciling the political genius with democracy. Unless Napoleon were a devil, and therefore unable to be controlled, Napoleons must be domesticated in America so that young geniuses could develop their potentialities. In his later life, Mr. Miller con- cluded, Emerson decided that no Napoleon was ruled by a _ devil. Such men only accentuated a part of ourselves, for all men are one. Therefore, they could be domesti- cated by society, and, by the same token, genius was fragmentary, 1. e. deficient. The eternal law of man and the world which beat Napoleon, al- though that law entails desolation, will always win. Here, Emerson rather complacently assumed that Democracy will always prevail, for “eonversions do not make people completely over”, and the role that the genius should play which Em- erson had spent his life defining could never quite conquer his heri- tage and his ultimate faith in Democracy. The problem which confronted Emerson, that of the conflict be- tween genius and Democracy, was a part of a greater problem, “the ‘ordeal of what it is to be, or what it is to try to be, an American.” Irish were rising. Because the Irish carried the King’s banner and did not revolt against the crown, although they did drive against the rest of England, Parliament distrusted Charles even more. Miss Wedgwood concluded that the incidents she wished to em- Continued on Page 5, Col. 5 the Quaker movement which spected leader in her own right. She embodied the best in is the inspiration that founded and has guided the development of Bryn Mawr. Current Events Agriculture Vote Plays Important Role In Election 4 “The role of agriculture in the campaign” was Miss_ Mildred Northrup’s topic at the Current Events lecture held Monday, Oc- tober 27, in the Common Room. The agricultural states may. hold ‘the balance of power in the ,cur- rent election. The farm bloc is a powerful one—its vote will be even more decisive because it is difficult to predict just how it will vote. A main issue is the fact that the Republicans seem to have nothing better to offer than vir- tually the same program with which the Democrats have been successful for the ‘past twenty years. Where Stevenson has stood on the Democratic record with re- gard to farm aid and legislation, Eisenhower has no such bulwark. Eisenhower is hindered by the public memory of the agricultur- ally unprofitable twenties, when the Republicans were in power. Since the Republicans must ac- cept Democratic policy, they are being forced to run in. other is- sues, citing current high taxes and inflation as unbeneficial to the farmer. It is difficult to tell just what the farm vote is thinking. Agricul- ture doesn’t respond in the typ- ical pattern to supply and demand. Usually price and supply rise and fall together, but if agricul- tural prices fall, the farmer is forced to produce more to keep up his profit. Due to this increased supply, prices keep on falling. Miss Northrup stated that from the twenties and thirties the po- litical meat of the current cam- paign is being made. She sum- marized the role of the farmer from his prosperous World War I years, through the Depression, during which he suffered greatly, and the pre-World War II years when the “support for agriculture” cry grew stronger, to the present. The fact that in 1948 the parity price formula was given up and a sliding scale formula, which is not to the advantage of the farmer, was adopted, has caused much bickering. Other issues concern- ing the farmers are those of Soil Conservation, the Rural Electri- fication Program, Home Owner- ship Program, and others. Agri- culture’s response to these issues is a basic problem today. Majority of Professors Rally for A. Stevenson Continued from Page 1 tical basis. Change for its own sake is not an asset. I guess I am just a good Democrat, although I thought that I was an Independ- ent. Miss Northrup: “I am going to vote for Steven- son because of his record as a man and as an administrator, because his campaign has shown him to be -@ person with an honest mind and because on most of the issues dis- cussed I am in basic sympathy with the position taken by him.” Miss Robbins: I would not place any bets on who is to win, although I am a Democrat and I certainly hope it igs Stevenson. I’m very encouraged by the fact that a new person of such ability, someone who has not been a general or been in the lime- light before, has come to light in national politics. Mr. Sprague: I am still on the fence, but tend- ing toward Stevenson. The cam- paign speeches of the candidates have changed me from a definite Republican vote. Miss Stapleton: Stevenson is better qualified for President in regard to ‘civil gov- Continued on Page 5, Col. 3 »