STEAD AD TIVO DAYD SYED TIT EYE PIANO TD SLA EN ENN NE NNT NTE EE EN IAIIED SAMUI PADI DTA VOL. XLIII, NO. 5 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 4946 Bryn Copyright Trustees of Mawr College, "PRICE 10 CENTS 1945 HarrisonSpeaks Qn Nazi Trials PoliciesInvolved Goodhart, October 24. The re- cent -war crimes trials at Nurem- berg have “advanced the whole cause of international justice,” stated Mr. Earl Harrison, dean of the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, in a talk on “The Implications of the Nuremberg Trials” at the first Alliance assem- bly of the year. “I am wholeheart- edly for the trials, the principles established in regard to them, and the results %f the trials,” he con- tinued. In discussing the question of . whether or not the trials should have been held at all, Mr. Harrison began by establishing a precedent for the principles involved. Before the 18th and 19th centuries, he stated, a distinction was always made between just and unjust wars, but during the centuries that followed, the idea developed that all wars by sovereign states must be accepted as legal. “The invader intent on pillage was given the same status as people defending their homes.” The trials at Nur- emberg marks a return to the older idea of just and unjust wars. When Justice Jackson was faced with the question at the end of the war of what to do with cap- tured Nazi leaders, three courses were open to him, He could free them without hearings, which would certainly have been unfair to the soldiers and civilians who fell during the war begun by these men; he could have executed them without hearings, which would have violated the American con- cept of right and wrong; or he could pass judgment on them after a hearing, which was the alterna- tive he chose. The trials at Nu- remberg were the result of this decision. Once it had been decided to hold .the trials, certain. other matters of policy had to be agreed on. The British ‘suggested. that the Nazis be tried only for specific violations of treaties and agreements. The Russians and French favored trials of more of a political nature, in which the letter of the law need not be adhered to.. It was» the United States that finally effect- ed a compromise—that the trials Continued on Page 4 Activities Drive Collects $3,227.23 The quota for the 1946 Activi- ties Drive had been established at $3,000. The main projects sup- ported by this League drive are The Hudson Shore Labor School, The Bryn Mawr Summer Camp, and The Varsity Players. The total collection by halls is as follows: Low Buildings (838%) $34.00 Radnor $32.00 Spanish House (73%) $49.50 Denbigh (63%) $181.70 Non-Resident (65%) $133.50 Wyndham (94%) $44.50 st eds. North (95%) $387.6 “Rhoads South (95%) $867.00 Merion» ° mR J Rockefeller (98%) $492. 00 East House (100%) $117.00 Pembroke East (100%) $391.95 Pembroke West (94%) $556.47 Committee Deals With Complaints, Curricular Needs Undergraduates with problems concerning the curriculum are urg- ed to take them to any member of the Student Curriculum Com- mittee if they are of a general nature or, if closely related to the work of a particular department, to the representative of that de- partment. The committee meets once every two weeks, and its cen- tral executive committee meets with the Faculty Executive Com- mittee whenever necessary. The following are the members of the Student Curriculum Com- mittee: Continued on Page 6 Cont. Discusses Humanities’ Place In Next Century Miss Taylor, Dean of the Grad- uate School, and Miss Gilman, of the French Department, were two of the three women who attended the Conference on “The Humanis- tic Tradition in the Century Ahead” held at Princeton Univer- sity last week from October 16 to 18. Other delegates to the Con- ference were presidents and pro- fessors, in the fields of Literature, Philosophy, History, and the Arts, from several outstanding colleges and universities, creative artists such as W. H. Auden and Artur Schnabel, and prominent foreign- ers: Lord Lindsay, Salvador de Madriaga, Jacques Maritain, and Edmundo O0’Gorman, The three days were divided in- to four hour and a half sessions at which speakers discussed special aspects of the central theme, fol- lowed by comments from the floor. The purpose of the Conference Continued on Page 5 Players to Give T. Wilder Drama The Varsity Players of Bryn Mawr and Cap and Bells of Haver- ford will combine. to present Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” at Goodhart at 8:30 on Friday and Saturday nights, November 15 and 16, for the bene- fit of the Alumnae Drive for Fac- ulty Salaries. The comedy, deal- ing with man’s near escape. from tragedy through the ages begin- ning with the Ice Age, is being directed by Mr. Thon. Ann Seide- man is. stage manager, aided by Jackie Gawan and Betty Bright Page as heads of the construction crew. Elizabeth Dowling, ’47, is handling publicity for the produc- tion. The cast is headed by the following students: Mr. Antrobus — Brooks Cooper, 47; Mrs. Antrobus — Ellen Har- riman, ’48; Henry Antrobus — E. B. Coale, ’48; Gladys Antrobus — “| Sheila Tatnall, 49; Sabina — Ann Eberstadt, ’49; Fortune Teller — Geraldine Warburg, ’49; Announ- cer — Henry Levinson, ’48; Dino- saur — Helen Hale, ’49; Mammoth, Miraed Peake, ’49. The following Bryn Mawr stu- nts. are. additional member the cast: Elizabeth Lilly, ; “Oates, Meuller; *49, Clare Fahnestock, "49, Eva Krafft, ’47, Christel Kappes, ’48, and Nancy Strickler, ’47. Mrs. S. W. Hare, °48, is acting as Total Rhaies Basch cee Pee prompter. ihe s% a il |BOM. to Support Combloux Chalet By Relief Drive The Committee for Relief for Europe is directing its efforts this year to the support of the World Student Service Fund and, more specifically to the maintenance of. the Chalet des Etudantes at Com- bloux, France. They have chosen this International Student Rehab- ilitation Center because of the similarities of interests involved in working :for an International Stu- dent Group... Combloux was opened for fifty students whose health and endur- ance had been strained by deten- tion in concentration camps, de- portation, and the resistance move- ment. The French Student Relief Committee reports that from Feb- Continued on Page 2 « Delegates Show Role of Women In Modern Life Delegates fromthe Internation- al Assembly of Women, meeting with a group of students and fac- ulty for an informal discussion at the Deanery, spoke of the econtri- bution which women can make through education, the family and community life, and through direct political action, to national and international development. Miss Anna Lea Lelli, delegate from Italy, opened the discussion by stressing the need for a Socrat- ic education, “to make a better man in the spiritual values, in the mental values, and in the moral values.” She pointed out that good education had been included among the five basic rights defined by the International Assembly of Women. Dr, Stene, of Norway, and Mrs. Rydh, of Sweden, emphasized the Freshman Plays Uncover Talent, Rockefeller Wins 1946 Placque Friday’s Plays Exhibit Acting, Directing Talent By Helen Hale °49, and Barbara Bettman 49 Friday night’s hall plays pro- duced an unusual quality of acting and quantity of actors, among whom were Theresa Lobo in Cap- tains and Kings; Shirley Winter and Ethel Stolzenberg in Becky Sharp; Mimi Lukens, Jo Raskind and Jean Pieri in Riders to the Sea; and Ann Newbold in The Happy Journéy.”™ Special credit goes to Elizabeth Dowling, director of the Pem West play, for biting off more than she could chew in J. M. Synge’s tragic Irish saga—and masticating it thoroughly. The three principal actresses showed feeling and re- straint as the mother and _ two daughters who: lost their men to the sea, moving gracefully and subtly-across-a well-designed stage. The men, however, made no effort either to speak or act in keeping with the mood of the play, and the entire performance was not heard at the rear of the auditorium. One of the chief difficulties of Riders to the Sea is the keening, which was handled effectively, and cli- maxed by A. J. Rock’s keen. The combination of the play’s essen- tial violence and Pem’s ‘ subdued treatment of this violence produc- = Continued on Page 5 Alumnae to Meet Weekend Nov. 2-4 “Education at the Crossroads” will. be the theme of discussions importance of action in building }between alumnae, students, and up community responsibility and in expressing the woman’s point of view in the political field. Dr. Stene noted that during the war children, hitherto liberated. from any responsibility, had -been re- incorporated into society through resistance to the Nazis, both men- tally and actively. The need for combining demo- cratic living with the improvement of living conditiqgns was cited by two representatives of the Far East, Mrs. Feng yu-hsiang, of China, and Mrs. Indok Pahk, Ko- rean delegate. Baroness Ann-Marie~ Ehren- krona, of Sweden, asked for “a new fashion in decency” to count- eract the negative spirit pervading speculation about a third war, while Miss Lelli, of Italy, demand- ed “faith in men and in the per- fectability of men.” CALENDAR Thursday, October 31 ‘Carol Brice ~ Concert, Goodhart. Friday, November 1 Alumnae Weekend. Saturday, November 2 @10:30, Hockey » game Swarthmore (away). Sunday, November 3 7:30, H. Lewis Cutler, Chapel, Music Room, Monday, November 4. 72 5,-Ourrent Events;~Common Room.. .... Tuesday; Novemtuc. er Alliance: Mass Meeting, Good- _ hart, 8:30. Wednesday, November 6 4:00, Hockey game with Bea- 8:30, with faculty at the Seventh Alumnae weekend to be held at Bryn Mawr on November 2, 3, and 4. These discussions are highlighted by the Alumnae Drive for Faculty Sal- aries, Scholarships and Academic Projects, and plans for the Drive will be discussed during the week- end. In order to familiarize the alum- nae with new projects being de- veloped by various members of the Faculty, a Conference is scheduled for Saturday morning. Mr. Donald W. MacKinnon, of the Psychology Department, Mrs. Helen Taft Manning, History, Dr. Walter Michels, Physics, Miss Mary S. Gardiner, of the Biology Department, and Miss M. Bettina Linn representing the Language Department, will discuss their projects. A Symposium on “Education at the Crossroads” is planned for Saturday evening, giving the alumnae an opportunity to discuss admissions and scholarships, re- ligion and personal. guidance, and curriculum with reference to the past and present and’ to future plans.- A discussion on these same subjects will be held with mem- bers of the Senior class at a buf- fet breakfast Sunday morning. Teas and other meetings fill the rest of the weekend schedule, con- cluding with the Bryn Mawr Col- lege Fund Dinn pnday evening at the Philade hia "Art Museum.. The Honorable J... William. Fat- bright, Senator from Arkansas, will be the speaker. The alumnae will also have an opportunity to visit classes, and will eat. Sunday supper in one of the halls. ver ‘College (here). ly as the Major and Mr. ‘Comudy Performances, Sentimental Drama Given Saturday By Emily Evarts ’47, and Nancy Morehouse ’47 Concentrating on the comedy side, Saturday night’s freshman actresses produced Thornton Wil- der’s Pullman Car.Hiawatha, Noel Coward’s Ways and Means, and Booth Tarkington’s The Trysting Place. The victorious Rockefeller freshmen, however, concluded the evening on a sentimental note with J. M. Barrie’s A Well Remembered Voice. A Well Remembered Voice, di- rected by 'Carol McGovern, ’48, was carried by the acting of two indi- viduals, and the work of coordina- tion. seemed to have been:a negli- gible factor in the production. Katherine Harper as the father, and Emily Townsend as Dick, em- phasized the sentimental elements of their roles effectively, but to the virtual exclusion of all other elements. The supporting cast, consistin of the mother, portrayed by O. Harris, Laura, the fiancee, Pamela’ Wahl, and K. Cassard and J. Nice- Rogers, gave adequate but rather colorless performances, setting up the back- ground for the central scene be- tween the father and son. A smooth production from _ the - technical standpoint, the play did not seem to shqw a group contribution. It was apparently a poor choice for production by a group and failed in its few opportunities to make the play an integrated whole. In contrast, an example of a well-coordinated - production was Rhoads’ Pullman Car Hiawatha, directed by Jessica Levy, ’48, and Nancy Schwartz, ’48, The act- resses recognized the importance of coordination, so that a feeling for the whole was obtained. An Continued on Page 5 Brice Will Offer Varied Program The first in the series of three concerts for the benefit of the Alumnae Drive will be presented by Carol Brice, contralto, Thurs- day, October 81, in Goodhart. Miss Brice’s program follows: pee Cantata Schlage doch, gewenschte Stunde — Bach. Furibondo Spiro il Vento—Handel. II Auflosung — Schubert. Liebe schwarmt auf allen Wegen— Schubert. Erster Verlgst — Schubert. Der Musensohn—Schubert. III L’Infidelite—Reynaldo Hahn. Les Cigales—Chabrier. L’Intruse—Fevrier. Sequidilla—Manel de Falla. Intermission IV The Wounded Birch — font inoff. By the Window-~-Techaikowsky. Had I Only Known, Had I Only _Guesseé—Tschaikowsky. Parasha’s eae ee Fe ’ peas eel gm Ay Way Up In abeisiiccaes by Hall Johnson. Dry Bones—arr. by H. T. Burleigh. - Lil’ Boy—arr. by Roland Hayes. Follow Me—arr. by Nathaniel Dett. - D> py > _. ,....¢arding ean, views. Frege Iwo eile’ as a oy es Bh BE HN POO NED PDI ADH NDA BH DS HII QA DL A DMA DED DL YE RG Ae a THE COLLEGE NEWS | THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) 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 the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Fa.,.and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nething that appears in it may be reprinted either nr or in part without permission of the ae Editor-in-Chief. Editorial Board Emiry Evarts, ’47, Editor-in-Chief Nancy Morenousz, ’47, CopyHarrieT Warp, °48, Makeup HELEN ANDERTON, °49 BarBaRA BETTMAN, 749, Makeup Louise GorHamM, *47 HELEN Martin, °49, Sports Editorial Staff HELEN HAte, *49 Katrina THomaS, ’49 Gioria WHITE °48 Jean Exns, °49 Louise Ervin °49 Photographer — ROSAMOND KANE, °48 Business Board ConsuELO KUHN °48, Business Manager Caro. Baker °48, Advertising Manager Nancy Buscn °49 Jean Rossins *49 Mary BEETLESTONE, °49 Subscription Board ANNA-STINA ERICSON, Nancy KuNHARDT °48 EpytHE La GRANDE’ *49 Autce Louise Hackney, °49 BARBARA YOUNG, °47 DorotHy Jones, °47 Heten Goinssre, *49 JuprrH Da Stiva, *49 Autce WapsworTtH °49 BARBARA ZIEGLER °48 =< °48 Manager SALLY BEAMAN, 49 SuE KELLEY, °49 Epie Ham, ’50 Betty Lypine, grad. Subscription, $2.75 Mailing Price, $3.00 Subscriptions. may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Past Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 , The Spectator Specially Contributed When we have left this place, what tokens, whether words or sights or smells or sounds, will be the talismans of our remem- brance? I think I shall remember all things* lafghing and incon- gruous, all things quiet and |strange, all moments when the clocks stop, and the work falls from your hands, and you catch sight, for one delicious moment} of Eternity’s tail just as it slips around the corner. Now, on Sunday at five. o’¢clock, there is such a moment. The week has gone off down its tunnel with a long, receding, self-important roar, leaving these gray towers to stand up in their ponderous seren- ity, unmoved by all the dust and uproar. Unmoved, indeed, by the insistent rains, by the wind, the sun, the night, or the minor. scurryings of humanity. ‘Now the cobalt dusk settles upon it all. There is no wind; the impertinent birds and dogs and squirrels have all gone. The people walk in twos, slowly, so slowly that the echo of their voices, the rustle of their feet is lost in the air, as if they moved in some other place, in a dream or a mir- age. Even the buildings have no fixed walls, ‘the trees drift up out of illusion, rooted only in mists. The waves of smells tower and break: ground - smell, leaf - smell, and the smell of the advancing night. And all this will now be folded up and put away on some ‘shelf, until you will clumsily knock it off. + 4 Apathy vs. Action S The undergraduate body at. Bryn Mawr is in a way a community, with organizations run for and by the students. The privileges and accompanying responsibilities of such*a community should not be ignored.._The undergraduates and their representatives on the organizations do not seem wholly aware of these facts. There seems to us to be a tendency on the part of Bryn Mawr students to exhibit either timidity or apathy in assuming the full responsibilities of their own or- ganizations. We cannot elect representatives and then forget that they are ours, nor can these representatives accept their positions and then forget that they stand for us. ~ ~e almost every undergraduate organization. tences as students at Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr is a liberal arts college. A student presum- ably chooses to come to Bryn Mawr because it seems best On the other hand, each student should stop to think about what it is she wants and expects and to consider whether or not she suited to give her the education which she desires. is receiving it. We are here for a purpose. It is up to each student to know why she is here and to see if the College is fulfilling that purpose. tions. How else can progress occur in education? The Curriculum Committee is the means supplied by which such student opinions and suggestions can be brought In _ times such as these when universities and colleges are seri- ously studying education in general and as applied to them- selves, our Curriculum Committee can and should be an ac- tive and effective group working for the reconsideration of to the attention of the faculty and the administration. and necessary changes in our curriculum. : The faculty and administration obviously have knowl- edge and experience of education which in many ways goes beyond that of the student. This does not mean that those receiving education can sit back and ignore serious thought on what should be and is being received. Suggestions and opinions must come from the students. Moreover, the fact that the Curriculum Committee feels that the faculty would not consider an opinion is not an adequate reason for dis- 6 tg hd a on ts theo! "~~ peldggfunetion “Ties in bringm® opinions to the faculty for discussion and : consideration. It is up to the undergraduates to make prop- _er use of this opportunity, and it is up to the committee it- self to act as a group, representative of the students. This unwillingness to accept privileges and accompany-Frurope as the Bryn Mawr delegate ing responsibilities is apparent to us to varying degrees in We have, -hhow- ever, chosen a specific illustration which seefns to us to be of especial importance as it is closely connected to our exis- If she finds that it is not, in a way which she considers could he constructively rectified, it is her responsibility to express her opinions and offer her sugges- And then, spreading out the dusty thing, (perhaps unwillingly, since memory has a persimmon taste, yet with a sense of miracle) you will remember all this. Continued on Page 6 Current Events “To what extent is—Czechoslo- vakia under Russian influence?” was the question discussed on October 28, by Nangy Morehouse, ’47, who spent the summer in to the Service. Miss Morehouse emphasized the fact that expediency forces Czech- oslovakia to be on friendly terms with her powerful neighbor, and that, while that nation would also like to maintain amicable relations with the United States and Great Britain, she usually votes with the Slav block in the United Nations, and has made trade treaties with Russia. Miss Morehouse also discussed Czechoslovakia’s domestic policies, and its coalition government which at present comprises five political parties. She explained the two chief policies which have the com- plete support: of all the: parties: the expulsion of German and Hungarian minorities, and _ the nationalization of industry. Czecho slovakians feel very strongly that the presence of national minorities seriously hinders national unity. Industrial nationalization, so far, has been effected only in the realm of large industries of great public importance. _ Wages have been raised, and an increase in produc- tion is being planned. Czechoslovakia is at present very International Student occiipiéd wae re-construt- tion, feels Miss Morehouse; both its foreign and domestic policies center around the ideal of a unified nation. nationalistic, ang essentially pre- i Students Desire, Action For Better Ventilation In Library -To the -Editor: Since an average of 5/8 of the conscientious Bryn Mawr student’s time is spent in the library, we would like to suggest that some- thing be done about the breathing facilities. The ventilation, as you no doubt know, is almost non- existent, to the point where the library atmosphere becomes not merely conducive to sleep, but literally untenable. : We therefore suggest, even though realizing the difficulties this might present, that imme- diate action be taken, for the bene- fit of the whole student body. How about fans? Cut out some heating? Have jammed windows fixed? Cross-ventilation ? Sincerely yours, Sandol Stoddard, Sarah Smucker, Sarah Darling, Helen Burch, E. McClure, Sylvia Stallings, Leila Jackson, Betty Coleman, Judith Brodsky, Nancy Schwartz, Mary Barton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Phil- lis Ripley, Jackie Miller, Kay Gregory, Lucille Lewis, Ruth Metzger, W. Barrows, J. Carrman, H. Cheyette, A. Barbour, T. Man- gravite, Darst Hyatt, G. Warburg, Anne Kenny, Sylvia Taylor, Jean Ford, Janine Landau, Barbara LeMay, Carol McGovern, Jill Un- derhill, Claude Valabreque, Joan Hitchcock, Nancy Kunhardt, Grace Dillingham, Betty Mutch, Helen Abell, Sylvia Hayes, Theo Holland, Frances Binger, Lucia Rogers, Carol Vejvoda; Margaret McLean, Betty Smith, Amoret Bissell, Lucy Hoffman, Page Hart, Peggy English. W.S.S.F. Drive Opening Seeks Money, Clothes Continued from Page 1 ruary ’45 through March ’46, three hundred and twenty-three stud- ents attended Combloux for a per- iod of from one to three months, for rest and recuperation. Ruth Heinsheimer, Chairman of the Committee for Relief for Europe, has pointed out that this period of recuperation is of the utmost. im- portance to students if they are to continue their studies and work in Europe. If this combination rest home, cultural center and International Student Center is to continue its vital work it must receive further support from American colleges and universities. The, drive at Bryn Mawr this year will open with a general drive for fuhds which will be sent to the World Student Service Fund and directed by that organization to the Rehabilitation Center. This is an all-out effort which will include. the sending of clothing, books, and badly needed essentials such as tooth-brushes and soap. The French Club has planned to write letters to the students, and in this way bring the effort closer to a per- sonal basis. As this is one of the College’s main authorized drives for the year, it is hoped that ev- eryone will contiibute to it in some way. ‘Clothing such as sweaters, skirts, scarves and shoes should be placed in the boxes provided in each hall; and those who signed up for packing will be notified when the collections begin. Any others interested are needed and will be welcome. “IN MEMORIAM. Nan oe Beach, ex-’48 _ October 24, 1946 } Urban Clarifies Issue Of Thanksgiving Vacation To the Editor: - I would like to try to clarify some misunderstandings which resulted from the hall meetings held: by the Curriculum Committee . last week. . The Curriculum Committee, rep- resenting the student body, brought to the attention of the Faculty Scheduling Committee that a majority of students wish- ed to have the Thanksgiving week- end as a vacation. The faculty pointed out that the schedule was drawn up and printed last Febru- ary as usual, upon full considera- tion of the previous petition, and the students should have present- ed their views at that time or at a regular faculty meeting after the schedule appeared. Last minute petitioning is indic- ative of insufficient planning on our part. The responsibility lies with the whole undergraduate body which must request any ac- tion which the curriculum commit- tee may take. The holiday granted last year was a victory celebration and was not to be .considered as setting a - precedent. The arguments presented by the Curriculum ‘Committee to the hall meetings were not their own. They included those which the faculty had given in a combined meeting, for it was felt that they should be stated to the undergraduate body in order to insure understanding of both sides of the question. Sincerely yours, Margaret Urban, ’47 Historical Sketches By Katrina Thomas, ’49 Bryn Mawr was not affected by man-power shortages before 1929. In fact, men never attended dances before that year. In the “Good Old Days,” the undergraduate body got all rigged up in their newest finery, sent éach other. cor- sages and went off to danee with one another. A typical event was that of 1922. “Sophomores ,Give Most Brilliant Dance on Record”, read the head- lines in the News. This “brilliant” affair to receive the Freshmen was a combination of food, skits and dancing in the setting of “a pal- ace of ice” in the gym. It ended promptly at 10 o’clock, at which timé all good girls are supposed to be in bed, and so at that time the \Freshmen reluctantly tore themselves away from their dash- ing. Sophomore escorts. It is rumored that the Senior class of ’20, rueing the manless state of affairs, invited a few men to a dance following their ‘Garden Party. Allowing no time for a reply previous to the gala event, they cabled President Thomas who was on her trip around the world (at that moment motoring through — {the Peloponesus), asking permis- sion to have a mixed dance. They then proceeded to hold their jam- boree — with men — on Merion Green. However, there is no verification for the above tale and the inaug- urators of a tea dance in ’29 really believed that a dance with men had never before been held at Bryn Mawr. This event, held from 4 to 7 before the Varsity Play, was te be of “a mild and in- formal character” with a substan- tial-tea served so that RES ers couldsy—" 1 i The gala pear yg was ‘held in Rockefeller, an orchestra was pro- vided, and all the girls were in- |vited to attend, with or without Continued on” Page 4 C4 tata % Mis. ta wr a. er. - iP co” Bsmpreh we ‘THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Big May Day Question Raised; Pros, Cons of Issue Presented Big May Day, long a celebration for which Bryn Mawr was famous throughout the country and abroad, has not been held since the Spring of 1936. Imminence of war prevented its being held in 1940, and since then all talk of May Day’s rebirth has been postponed until after the emergency. A poll was held last year, in which the students voted against holding Big May Day. in 1946. The subject has been raised again this year and the Undergraduate Association is again sponsoring a poll to ascertain the atttude of the stud- ents toward the holding of Big future year. May Day next year or in some It is technically impossible to decide at this date to hold Big May Day this year. This poll will be the result question be brought up again of a request last year that the this year. It will be held fol- lowing a mass meeting on November 14, at which movies of Big May Day will be shown and Mrs. Manning and another member of the faculty will speak. Miss McBride, when asked for a statement by the News said, “Big May Day, which from 1920 to 1936 came once every four years, has now missed more than two college gen- erations. With the end of the war we can consider Big May Day again. The question is when we should consider it. The - Board of Directors would have to make the first decision on the question of Big May Day and the Faculty would have to consider May Day in the light of academic work of the Col- lege and particularly the plan of the Senior year.” Because none of the present undergraduates has ever seen a Big May Day, at least the News at the r has undertaken to during her Bryn Mawr years, uest of the Undergraduate Association, sent. the issues arising in considering the question of whether or not another one should be held next year. We ask tolerance from supporters of both sides of the question, for we must rely solely on the information avail- able to us from past issues of the News and on the opinions of those members of the faculty and administration who were present at past May Days. in either of these columns is None of the opinions expressed necessarily that of the News. We have merely tried to marshal the data for each side as completely and convincingly as possible. As “the specter of May Day rears its flower-laden head’’.it be- comes imperative that the problems of holding May Day be kept un- der consideration by all students. Big May Day is the product of a tremendous amount of effort both menial and on a _ high artistic plane, deriving almost entirely from the student body. Though .May Day has been conducted with the aid of a large amount of pro- fessional, paid work, it would seem | more appropriately a student, and | therefore a college, creation, if pro- duced largely through student ef- forts. Such an attempt would involve abandoning all extra-curricular ac- tivities in which the college now engages. League, Alliance, and Red Cross activities such as the Overbrook Blind School and the Haverford Community Center and -other similar projects, would of necessity have to be relinquished. The Blind School and Community Center depend in large measure on the voluntary contributions of time and effort which the Bryn Mawr students make. At this time the thinking people of all coun- tries are seriously engaged in the tremendous task of world recon- struction, it is felt by many that May Day would intrude a note of levity not warranted by the cur- rent state of world problems. Academically, the amount of time and effort necessary in the production of May Day would ser- iously curtail the time contributed to academic work, or, alternately, radically lower the academic stan- dards which Bryn Mawr sets for itself. Big May Day has not been presented since the comprehensive system was introduced at Bryn Mawr in 1937. It has been empha- sized that the decision to hold Big May Day would in no way alter gine requirements or +time~-which 2? préfatation. dex mands; no dispensation would be granted seniors who transferred their efforts to preparatior for May Day. | The chief argument in favor of holding Big May Day this year is both a sentimental and psycholog- ical one. The tradition of May Day has a glowing past. ‘The re- search, the-intricacy, the art, and the beauty of a Bryn Mawr Day is literally known the world over. A tradition zealously carried out, and as important to the concept of Bryn Mawy as it exists in the minds of the public as well as the alumnae, should not be discontin- | lued. Since the beginning of the war- time emergency May Day has been postponed, but postpuned with the promise of its resumption when peace came. Another May Day has symbolized for every one connect- ed with the college the return to a civilized and cultured world. celebrate not the yet-to-come _re- turn to normalcy, but the coming into existence of he _ post-war world, where a great undertaking devoted simply to beauty and art is conceivable.| Big May Day is furthermore an intrinsic part of life at Bryn Ber, The first one was held only 15 years after the college was found- ed, and the tradition remained un- linterrupted, except by the two wars. In the light of the Big May Day. traditions many jof the smaller ones acquire significance and meaning of “which they are other- wise devoid. Without it, even lit- tle May Day loses all importance. But far more important than this is the effect of Big May Day on | the Sig. caderaransate body. In the tion of activity even under the stress of war work, has been right- ly attributed te the absence of May Day. Extra-curricular activity is an »andeniably-important,,p , of € 1. Hegewtife,providin,- .—. community activity and co-opera- tion. It has been proved by past’ celebrations that the complete joint activity required by May Day Therefore it would seem right to! Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 Pianist and Cellist Will Offer Recital The Tri-County Concerts Asso- ciation’s second offering of the season will be a sonata recital by Samuel Mayes, solo. cellist of -The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Vin- cent Persichetti, pianist and com- poser, Friday night, November 1, at Radnor High School, Wayne. It will bring together two of Philadelphia’s outstanding young musicians, both of whom also have attained considerable reputation outside of their own city. Mayes, who entered Curtis In- stitute at the age of 11 as a spec- ial student of the distinguished virtuoso and teacher, Felix Sal- mond, was made a@ member of The Philadelphia Orchestra when he was only 18 and still a° senior at Curtis. In 1942, at the age of 25, he was promotéd to the first desk, probably the youngest musician anywhere to hold such a respon- sible position. In recital and as_ soloist with some of our major orchestras, in- cluding The Philadelphia, the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, and+ the St. Louis Symphony, he has become recognized throughout the country as a “solo musician of fine capabilities” and has _ been chosen by Mitropoulos to appear this winter with the Minneapolis Symphony under his direction. Persichetti, who has been Or- ganist and Director of Music of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church since he was 16, graduat- ed from Curtis Institute in Con- ducting under Fritz Reiner. In 1942, at the age of-27, he was ap- pointed head of the Composition department and special instructor for post-graduate students at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Mu- sic, Besides winning first honors for his. piano and organ playing, he has achieved national rank as a composer. In the NYC Festivals of American Music of 1944 and 1945, two. programs were given over to his compositions exclus- ively. He announces that he has “just completed” his Third Sym- phony. The two young musicians have chosen for their Tri-County recit- al a program of three sonatas: von -Weber’s Sonata_in—A, the—Soenata Opus 6 of Samuel Barber, and Brahms’ Sonata No. 2 in F major; with Beethoven’s Seven Variations on a Theme from “The Magic Flute” serving as the opening number. ' Admission to this recital is free and it is open to the public. Bridge Tourney Seeks Contenders The Intercollege Bridge Tourna- ment Committee will sponsor an- other contract bridge contest this year of nation-wide scope. Bryn Mawr finished highest among. the women’s colleges in last year’s con- test, which was limited to eastern colleges. The 1947 event will be a dupli- cate tournament for undergradu- ate pairs with the title of National Intercollegiate Champions going to the winning team. Preliminary rounds will be conducted by mail; 16 teams representing all sections of the country will then be chosen through the mail competition and --will meet-for-faee-to-face-finals in} Chicago on April 18 andl9. The event is supported by the Tourna- ment Committee so that there is no..cost to the college or to the|¢ competing players, but the official approval of Aces ) ‘icipating a 1) > ane 4 before entries” will be ’ shel, The committee sponsoring the tournament is a group of alumni interested | in developing bridge as jan. inter ha ope, seen Ee Ae 36 Big May Day Pageant, Plays, Beauty Depicted The 19386 Big May Day repre- sented the culmination of the whole Bryn- Mawr tradition of pageant- ry... In that issue of the College News Christopher Morley contrib- uted an article which seems to us best to describe the spectacle as a whole. Quoting the program he says, “Among the pastimes on the Greene the tumblers perform cer- tain pretty feats of agility ... turnings and ‘castings, springs, gambauds, somersaults, capret- tings and flights.” Authentic Fun Continuing in his own. descrip- tion he says, “Bryn Mawr’s May Day is indeed what the» Oxford colleges call a gaudy (a rejoicing), and true to her Minerva instinct, learning has kept pace with fun. In these 36 years she has gathered a unique library of source-mater- ial on Elizabethan pageantry, mu- sic, folk dance, and the mystery plays. Costumes have been sedu- lously reproduced from old prints, and when unblemished milk-white oxen proved scarce (to draw the great Maypole to the Greene) they found some by broadcasting. If the Man from Stratford dropped in at Bryn. Mawr on the afternoons of May 8 and 9, 1936,-he-would-see the May Queen crowned; Elizabeth herself present in the person of some distinguished alumna; and then the players separating for their various doings. Artful “The Old Wives’ Tale, The Mask of Flowers, The History of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, and Gam- mer. Gurton’s’ Needle, they are among the proved favorites. .. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, of course; and this year there are to be two Wagon Plays, The Creation and The Deluge which haven’t been publicly acted before. “And besides those lamprey tum- blers there are sword and Morris dancers on the Green; bowling, juggling, bell ringers, madrigals, strolling motleys and mountebanks. I don’t know of any other project that brings together a whole col- lege body, past and present, in such unity of zeal. It is as intri-+ cate, as artfully put together, as an Elizabethan sonnet. or the ac- rostics they loved.” v Music Bands, trumpeters, heralds, ser- enaders, and itinerant singers and bell ringers provided the music. In addition to the scheduled plays, the campus was dotted with jug- glers, tumblers, a human. bear, Queen Elizabeth and her court, conjurers, fools, witches, fairies, and milkmaids. The animal cast of May Day included not only the white oxen who carried the Maypole in the procession to its place on the “Greene,” but also two falcons, two fighting cocks; horses, a goat, three lambs and’ three dogs. Maypoling Another article in the same is- sue of the.News describes the Tiling group of May Day” revel= lers, having’ paid homage to Maid Marian, their queen” who was car- ried in on a faculty-borne litter, eats off on the Dacia ne ing. At sha end of the song, order had suddenly imposed itself. “For a moment the lines and circles are completely still; then, with. appar- ent abandon, (which is never’ al- lowed to disrupt the perfect sym- be ed =the daric- ers swing into action, whirling, skipping, whirling again, the tra- ditional preface to May Day, in which the whole college takes | pn Complete History Of Big May Day impartially Given In the year 1900 a group of Bryn Mawr Seniors met in the home of Elizabeth Walkew Andrews (’93) to discuss ways and means of raising funds. for a students’ building. It was Mrs. Andrews who first rec- ognized the possibility of trans- forming the campus into an Eliza- bethan village and suggested that the college give an old English May Day. This suggestion was enthusias- tically accepted by the student body and in order not to interrupt the regular academic routine, all agreed not to take any cuts. The alumnae took charge of costumes, properties, rehearsals and finan- cial arrangements, so that the un- dergraduates could devote their time to rehearsals. Six weeks of intensive work fol- lowed, under Mrs. Andrews’ direc- tion. She revived the peasant sports and dances of sixteenth cen- tury England, after painstaking research into the period. Costumes and Elizabethan mu- sic were worked up and the pro- cession formed on the grounds of Wyndham, marshalled by two her- alds from each class. Then, march- ing through Pembroke Arch to be- gin the festivities, they opened Bryn Mawr’s first May Day. 1906-18 In 1906 six months of prepara- tion were devoted to the pageant, and Masques were first presented in the newly-completed Cloisters. The Elizabethan banners flying from the towers also date from that year. The pageants of 1910 and 1914 were directed by Elizabeth Daly, 701, who dramatized the life of Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest, making the adaptation from plays written by Anthony Munday in 1597 and Robert Green in 1587. Cornelia Otis Skinner made her debut in the 1910 May Day as Moth in Midsummer Night’s Dream and appeared again in 1920 as Sacrapant in The Old Wives’ Tale. With her began the tradition of using an alumna, successful in dramatics, in the role of Queen Elizabeth. War In 1918 the War interfered with the usual performance which was therefore given in 1920. This fete was the first occasion in which the faculty took”part; it was directed, as was also the next, by Mrs. Otis Skinner, mother of the actress, to whom in great part the present magnitude and beauty of the pag- eant is due. Mrs. Chadwick-Collins, Miss Ap- plebee and Mr. King, who had been directing plays at Bryn Mawr since 1906, managed the presenta- tion of 1928. This festival coin- cided with the completion of Good- hart and also introduced Katherine Hepburn as an actress in the role of Pandora in The Woman in the Moon. In 1932 Elizabethan tents were erected to serve as headquarters for refreshments, and’ genuine thatched roofs were provided by an old Irishman who lived near the campus. Five big nfovie compan- ies were on the scene to make sound recordings of the events. For the first time, selected parts of the festival were seen all over the country and helped to verify the statement that a Bryn Mawr Big May Day is “one of the few really beautiful spectacles in America.” The 1936 pageant, termed by Mrs. Chadwick-Collins “the best of all, and requiring the least_ L5. , Calaaae time;*was more unde athe m agement: of abe. Eee directors than any of the previous ones. The students, thus relieved of much of the executive work were required to spend less time on this production. Page Four oh THE’ COLLEGE NEWS May Day Tradition Unites B- M. Students Continued from Page 3 gives or makes every undergradu- ate take the opportunity to partici- pate in this important phase of non-academic life. The publicity value of May Day is also one that cannot be over- looked. Bryn Mawr is one of the few colleges that abstains com- pletely from ordinary publicity. Even with Big May Day publicity. is only an incidental by-product. But it is an important by-prod- uct. Through the influence of past May Days Bryn Mawr has been brought dramatically. to the minds of many people unacquainted with it academically. Many of our great drives for funds and endowments have gained their greatest impetus from May Day, which could con- tribute materially to the present Alumnae Drive. Many of the objections raised by those opposed to having Big May Day this year can be answered. Objection: We’ve no right to ex- pend so much time on such an ac- tivity in these times. Without denying the importance of reconstruction work at this time, it should be pointed out that the time devoted to May Day is tra- ditionally up to the individual stu- dent. Those who take on major parts in the plays naturally spend more time. The dancing on the Green rehearsals are fitted in by substituting them for all winter and spring term sports. The amount. of time expended depends entirely on the type of May Day the. undergraduates. should. decide to give. Objection: We have no right to expend so much money on so friv- olous an enterprise at this time. “Never has there been’ a deficit on May Day. Tickets, sold at $3.50 apiece, pay the cost of production. And the Board of Directors will never permit the holding of May Day if and when they consider it a financial risk. B. M. Third Team Tied by Ursinus The third teams of Ursinus and Bryn Mawr fought to a 2-2 tie last Wednesday on the Bryn Mawr hockey field. Bryn Mawr made the first score early in the game, after closing ‘in on the Ursinus goal several times. While Bryn Mawr was able to pring the ball up the field with greater ease than. their opponents, the Ursinus team showed more co- ordination in its attacks within the striking circle.- Ursinus matched the first Bryn Mawr goal, but the Owls tallied another score. In the last five minutes of play, Ursinus made a goal to effect a tie which neither team was able to break. With two alternate forward lines at her disposal, Miss Grant substituted freely, to determine the most ef- fective lineup for future match play. j The long cross-field drives of Polly Porter, halfback, and the de- fensive shots of Pat Edwards, full- back, showed particular power in the backfield, while the stickwork of Betsy Day, captain for the match,.-was—notable in the front line. The goals for Bryn Mawr were made by Rosamund Kane and Cathy Geib. |waging of aggressive war is an Petitioning Voted On Thanksgiving — Holiday in Future As a result of a vote in hall meetings on. Wednesday, October 23, the Curriculum Committee will submit a petition asking the Fac- ulty to consider scheduling the Friday ‘after Thanksgiving as a holiday next year and in future years. It was voted, 213 to 128, not to petition the Faculty to hold a special meeting to consider the question for this year. The vote in the halls was the result of a meeting between the Central Student Curriculum Com- mittee and the Faculty Committee on Schedules in which petitioning for this year and the idea of Thanksgiving vacation in general were discussed. At the hall meet- ings, members of the Curriculum Committee reported this discus- sion stating the Scheduling Com- mittee’s point of view. The vote by halls for petition- ing for this year or for future years was: Now Later LSTA: CUR era 31 43 Pembroke Hast ..........:... 25 27 Pembroke West, East TEOUNG cn 7 50 PION ION Sacvvdesin 25 7 MOCHOTGIOY sisi casciinscins 36 24 MOTION ccna 3 42 WONKA hia 1 15 Harrison Explains Nuremberg Trials Continued from Page 1 deal with general principles, not specific violations, but that they be based on established legal pro- cedure. It was also agreed, in a charter drawn up by the four powers in London, that the cap- tured war leaders would be tried on the three counts of crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. As the two chief long run achievements of the trials, Mr. Harrison cited the following: first, that “whatever doubt there was has been removed ... that the international crime.” And _ second, that “individuals are to be held re- sponsible for international crimes,” regardless of whether or not they are the heads of states or are act- ing under orders from superiors. There are several subsidiary achievements as well. Mr. Harri- son considers it a very good thing that a permanent. record has been made, as it was in the trials, of the aims, doctrines, and methods of the Nazi Party. And he also believes that the Nremberg trials establishes once and for all the fact that much . international law is based upon the sense of justice, or “growing: conscience,” of the peoples of the world. Treat? Eat Meat! HAMBURG HEARTH In the Vil. s ea be Z jaaegpebring eae r ic Blue 3); fh wering Currant - ghee earn Te dow Green Saumantnn Natural Yellow DINAH AYRTEX Kurs : Tweeds for your tailored skirts. © Matching yarns for cardigan or pullover . «seu lovely colors _,, 4] Red FROST’S Dances with Men Introduced in 1929 a Continued from Page 2 escorts, and urged to cut in. There is no account of the dance itself, but despite the flood of extra women, it was hail- ed in an editorial in the News as an “inauguration of a new era of normalcy.” “The: fact that Bryn Mawr has sanctioned and carried through a tea dance, on its very campus, is but another milestone in the good regime’ of the self- government of common sense... Yearly the life at college approach- es the norm of life that one would lead at home.” probable Dr. Cutler to Be Chapel Speaker The components of good will, mutual trust and the welfare of men will be covered by Dr. Lewis Cutler, Director of the Philadel- phia Regional Office of the Na- tional Conference of Christians and Jews in chapel, Sunday eve- ning, November 38,at. 7:30. Dr. Cutler was educated at. Ger- mantown Academy and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, graduat- ing from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was the rector of the Calvary Presbyterian Church at Wyncote, Pa., until 1943 May Day Iil-Advised For Spring of 1948 Continued from Page 3 ' Firfally, it has been asserted that May Day is an anachronism dating from less serious times, when the could with good conscience be devoted to such At this time, and, as it now seems, for a number of energies of students a production. years to come, the demands upon the students are, and will continue to be, of such an immediate and pressing nature, directly related to world problems, and cannot be postponed Qu neglected. | THE COLLEGE NEWS ee Page Five Successful Carnival Features Peck Victory, Food and Prizes by Gloria White, ’48 Plato;~Shakespeare, and Napol- eon steppedto the background Friday afternoon as Gregory Peck “was voted King of the Campus with Kilroy running a close second. This revealing poll took place at the Athletic Association Carnival on Merton Green for the benefit of “ the Faculty Salary Drive. _ The event was a big success, and amid the atmosphere of ring- tossing, penny-pitching and apple- bobbing everyone forgot the cloudy Rockefeller Victor In Saturday Plays Continued from Page 1 _ even balance was maintained be- tween Nancy Corkran, stage man- ager, who competently provided the strand linking the various epi- sodes together, and the other char- "acters. The latter, however, seem- ed better when portraying types than in interpreting more complex roles. Mary Lou Thomas as the earnest young doctor, and Beth Hebb as t’ 50-year-old lady, were pleasantly typical. Nellie Nelidow as Harriet, although she showed stage presence, did not seem fully aware of the implications of her ‘ more complicated role. Among the minor characters, Margie Low, as the Tramp and as 12 o’clock, was outstanding with her skill in the use of varied actions and expres- sions. The East House production of Noel Coward’s Ways and Means directed by Nancy Bell Wesson, "49, although a less polished pro- ‘duction, exhibited a similar spirit of equal contribution. June Moyer as Stella set the pattern of the whole play with her vivacity and rapid patter, although Toby, play- ed by Gwynne Williams, had some difficulty in keeping up with the pace. Although the burden of the dia- logue rested mainly on Toby and Stella, who carried it competent- ly, the supporting roles-showed- for the most part, good characteriza- tions. Eva Hauptmann as Nanny gave a good presentation of the humor in her part. Moreover, Mur- dock, Geston and Stevens, por- trayed by Amelie Haines, Lou Ri- ker, and Helen Abel, conducted themselves—well- without unbalanc- ing the whole. Although the possibilities of Booth Tarkington’s Trysting Place were limited, the Pembroke East freshmen under the direction of Clarissa Platt, 49, made the most of them. The humor of the situa- tion in this purely superficial com- edy was exploited fully by the per- formances of Betsy McLeod’s Mr. Briggs, the amorous adolescent, and Carolyn Cohen’s Mr. Ingolds- by, the embarrassed but persistent middle-aged suitor. The outstand- ing make-up and costuming of the evening appeared on Melanie Hewitt as Mrs. Briggs, but her lack of stage presence tended to detract from their effectiveness. The pseudo-sophistication of Mrs. Curtis was effectively sustained by .Pat Ripley. MEET AT THE GREEKS Tasty Sandwiches skies and text books. Mr. Berry was quite an expert at penny pitching and little Jim Berry, astride his faithful tricycle, carried home two prizes. - Mr. Sprague tried his hand at pitching baseballs and lpoked like good material for the faculty baseball team. A group of Girl Scouts, invited by Corky Pickens, ’47, enjoyed themselves immensely and walked off, with several prizes, quite ob- livious of the fact that they were nearly drenched from bobbing for apples.—Ah, Youth! For those who did not win prizes, there was plenty of food and drink so everyone was happy, and most important about $50 was raised for the Alumnae Drive. Great Variety Seen In ?50’s Friday Plays Continued from Page 1 ed the proper eerie effect which was not lost on the silent audience. The non-residents’ play, A Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden, proved that a _ simple play is a better choice for ama- teurs. Two of “our boys” were a great aid in such a presentation, Eugene Galanter, who had his part well in hand throughout the eve- ning, and James Lawless, who stepped back into civilian charac- ter once or twice. Ann Newbold as the mother was obviously the focal point of the play, around whom were successfully integrated the other members of the cast who, as her children, husband and gas- station attendant, made daa her well-handled satire. . Channing ‘Pollgck’s unfortunate political dissertation was handled as well as could be expected. As one character announced, “We must all be as little children;” the re- sponse, “We’re certainly doing our best” was too close to the theme of the play for comfort._The play was badly staged; the characters were unclear; the speeches were long and too difficult to attempt un- der such circumstances. Lou Earl as the dictator, Theresa Lobo as Revolution and S. Neubauer as the |. Little Child, given a good support- ing—cast,_fifteen_added—years,and several months of added rehear- sal, could quite possibly have turn- ed out an acceptable play. Merion Hall’s Becky Sharp was expertly cast; in Shirley Win- | ter, who displayed the proper stage consciousness and overacting pe- culiar to Becky herself; in Ethel Stolzenberg, who easily supplied the phlegmatic temperament of Amelia; and in Millina Lewis, who portrayed Joseph, perhaps not in the conventional cowardly Thack- eray manner, but as a convincing character. Richard Stockton Announces An Exciting New Shipment of Swedish Crystal Me et - 2 ne or TRES y Refreshments = ~ Lunches — Dinners LANCASTER AVE. Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr BRYN MAWR _Everyone Wants a Warm, Wool and Rayon Plaid Shirt In qnd See Ourslicn ‘a Saer LANGASTER AVENUE Black-and-W hite Alliance Angles During the current. campaign between Bill Batt, Jr. and Samuel McConnell who are the Democratic and Republican candidates, respec- tively, for the Congressional rep- resentative from the sixteenth dis- trict in Pennsylvania, a group: of students under the Alliance have been actively campaigning for Batt. They feel that he is the bet- ter candidate because he is in fa- vor of the Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill (to stimulate home building for middle and low-income fami- lies, price control, the Employment Production Bill, and Civilian-Gon- trol over atomic energy. McCon- nell, on the other hand, who has been in Congress since 1944, has either failed to vote on or has vot- ed against Veterans Housing, the continuance of strong price con- trols, and the expansion of recip- rocal tariff powers, The students campaigning for Batt have been canvassing voters in this area to remind them_ to vote and to inform them of what ‘Batt stands for and of McConnell’s record in Congress They feel that the work they have done has not only been valuable to the cause of better government, but has provid- ed an interesting and enlightening experience for them as_ individu- als. In conjunction with this work several students went to a town meeting on. Friday night, spon- sored by the League of Women Voters, at which each of the can- didates spoke. When the meeting was thrown open to discussion from the floor someone asked each. of the candidates to express his views on the FEPC, whereupon a large proportion of the audience got up and walked out. When the chairman asked them to remain someone suggested that he was overstepping his rights as chair- man and the whole meeting re- solved into somewhat: of a free- for-all over the controversial is- sue of the FEPC. The students present felt that this was a shock- ing demonstration of disregard for individual rights in a supposed democracy. (Editor’s Note: This is the first contribution to a column in which the Alliance wishes to express the impressions and opinions of the members of its sub-organizations). THE ARDMORE BOOKSHOP, INC. Ardmore, Pa. BOOKS STATIONERY Humanistic Tradition Analyzed by Scholars Continued from Page 1 was to’ determine what features of the Humanities, as we know them today, would be useful to the gen- erations a century from now. It was, however, purely discussion- ary and no practical results were anticipated. On the question ‘“‘What are the Humanities?” no agree- ment. was reached, since opinion ranged from the limited view which saw them as the continuation of the Greek tradition of» “Humani- tas,” the highest things in life, to those who believed they should in- clude everything that touches Man, even certain aspects of science. Among the most_ interesting speakers, they felt, were Hajo Holborn of Yale on the _ historic approach, Wolfgang Kohler of Swarthmore on Science and the Humanities, Lord ‘Lindsay, and Lyman Bryson. Lord Lindsay em- phasized the tremendous import- ance of adult education in Eng- land, which the United States is apt to underestimate, pointing out that it demands the highest aca- demic standards and the most highly trained teachers, Mr. Bry- son discussed the position of the radio in regard to the Humanities, which can be an important med- ium, but not until a school of ser- ious criticism is developed for it is like that for the stage and cin- |' ema. The conference was ably summarized by Marjerie Nicolson of Columbia, who stressed the note of pessimism underlying the“meet- ing, which she said, is unfounded, since the world has survived prev- Match the Autumn Leaves FOR COLOR Wear Flowers FROM JEANNETT’S COZY ATMOSPHERE! MARVELOUS FOOD! The Mecca of the Hungry! LAST STRAW HAVERFORD He’s so fond of her Moray 0 anus one gerter rs bie “ng ach st 0 in tr 818 -gronss VERY ¢ Token Gift Voted- For Two Drives The Alumnae Drive, to, which contribute, will be the big drive On Wednes- day evenings the undergraduates decided, by a vote of 259 to 88 in hall meetings, that the customary individual solicitation for! the Red on campus this year. will be replaced by a token gift. The sum to be put on each stu- dent’s pay day will be divided be- tween these: two organizations. The only other organized drives are the League Activities drive and the Alliance W.S.S.F. drive. ious crises out of which the best is always perpetuated. ' Both Miss Taylor and Miss Gil- work of the Conference was the meeting of so many different ities for informal discussion , out- side of the scheduled activities. 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For these are signals and signposts to us, indicating the lovely miracle that nothing entirely begins nor entirely ends, that nothing is quite discovered, nothing quite lost. Committee Studies Curricular Problems Continued from Page 1 Ni caciaactiiinent, Rider, ’47. Biology—R. Kane, ’48. Chemistry—to be elected. Economics—B. Houck, ’47. English—E. Shepherd, ’47. French—D. Hurwitz, ’47. Géology—L. Killough, ’47. German—L. Behner, ’47. History—B. Byfield, ’47. History of Art—N. Cherner, ’47, Latin and Greek—E. Dowling, "AT. ’ Mathematics — R. Heinsheimer, 47. Philosophy—J. Brodsky, ’47. Politics—A. Ericson, ..’48. Psychology—N. Coward, ’47. Sociology—to be elected. Spanish—H. Kaufmann, ’48. Physics—J. Albert, ’47. News—E. Evarts, ’47. Undergrad—M. Urban, ’47. The following are the members of the central executive commit- tee: Nancy Coward, chairman. Betty Byfield, vice-chairman... R. Kane. ) L. Behner. D. Hurwitz. | tivities of the group. Two Delegates Represent B. M. At Hudson Shore Labor School Joan Hisenberg, ’48, and Pearl Edmonds, who represented the employees of the college, were the Bryn Mawr delegates to the Hud- son Shore Labor School this sum- mer. The school, formerly called The Bryn Mawr Summer School is held for six weeks every summer on the property which has been given. for its use by Miss Hilda Smith, former Dean of Bryn Mawr. Its purpose is to give workers practical courses which they would not ordinarily be able to receive, and which are a great help to them in their work. Courses are offered in English, government, social science, economics, and in union management. Miss Peggy Wood directs the school, and Miss Rhetta Arter is the educational director, Joan Eisenberg attended the session as an undergrad student. She studied government, econom- ics, and social science. She and the other undergrads also helped the teachers to prepare courses, worked in the library and partici- pated in all of the cooperative ac- Joan was most enthusiastic about the co- operative living plan by which the school is run. She felt that her six week stay was “a thrilling ex- perience and‘a privilege, for so very few can'live in such a demo- cratic atmosphere.” Pearl Edmonds represented the employees of Bryn Mawr during the entire six weeks-that the school was in session. She found the course in government the most interesting of those she took. Pearl felt that not only did it clear up many _of the questions about gov- ernment which the workers had, but it also stimulated interest in current affairs through actual practice of the theories which they | studied. The student body was composed of members of different racial, religious and union groups. There {were two girls who had been sent from English unions,.selected by a committee of Bryn\Mawr alumnae. Two weeks of discussions, of class- es, and’ of learning to live with each other and to recognize each other’s problems created a society which all ot the students regretted to leave. “Everyone was a part tic way,” Pearl commented. In addition to her courses, Pearl worked on the yearbook which the students printed themselves over the six .week period. She was elected to the board of directors of The Hudson Shore Labor School by a unanimous vote of the work- ers, and will hold this office for two years, feel that there should be more and larger schools of the same sort as Hudson Shore. They also think that although the school is eternal- ly grateful to Bryn Mawr, its largest contributor, there should be even more interest and coopera- tion on the part of the students and the employees. SOPHOMORE ELECTIONS Pat Edwards — President. Nancy Martin — Vice-President. Natalie Collins — Secretary. Sue Henderson—Song-Mistress. of the school and of the democra- |- Both of the Bryn Mawr delegates. NOTICES W. 8. S. F. DRIVE There will be a mass meeting to open the World Student Service Drive for Combloux on Tuesday night, November 5, at 8:30 P. M., in Goodhart Hall. The main speak- er will be Dr. A. Hottel, Dean of Women at the University of Penn- sylvania. ; & Undergrad Dance As a result of the vote taken in hall meetings last week, an Under- grad dance will be held after Freshman show. French Conversation Group There will be a meeting of a conversation group in Wyndham every Wednesday at 5:30 which will be open to everyone. Meetings Students who are scheduling meetings are reminded that they should enter all meetings on the schedule posted on Taylor bulle- ~ Compliments of the Haverford Pharmacy Haverferd including the room, involved. tin board, time, and organization Class meetings take precedence over all other meteings.. Fines cannot be exacted for non-attend- ance at meetings which are not posted at least 24 hours before. _ Athletics Those who wish to take Senior Red Cross Life Saving and have not already signed up are to see Miss Yeager before this Thursday. Students wishing to pass the Bryn Mawr Life Saving: test are urged to come to the pool on Mon- day, Tuesday, and Thursday after- noons at 5:00. , SUBURBAN TYPEWRITER COMPANY TYPEWRITERS Bought, Sold, Rented, Repaired Ardmdre 1378 Ardmore, Pa. Smart Fashions for the Young Sophisticate MAYO and PAYNE Cards Gifts RADIO Parts 821 LANCASTER AVE. BRYN MAWR Repairs” Break that Mid Morning Drag! Dunk a Doughnut at COLLEGE INN — MISS GILISSEN IS ONE OF THE FEW DIVERS ALLOWED ON THE 30-FOOT TOWER ANY DIVE IS DANGEROUS. FROM THAT HEIGHT _. for any sige" YOUR “T-ZONE” WILL TELL YOU... oe 6 Taste...T for Throat - / “~\eetthat’s your proving ground ~~~ fey’ THAN ONE TITLE DOING | \ IT— WATCH HER NOW! ‘SHE'S WON MORE LL ALWAYS SMOKE A CAMEL! 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