g Burns Discusses - Post-War Problem In Social Security © post-war social security and the possibilities of carrying it into effect. Mrs. Burns described the func- THE COLL F i: meres nl ° \ 7% EGE N VOL. XLI, NO. 6° “~~ ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1944 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1944 PRICE 10 CENTS Must Assure Basic Income, Freedom and Economic Advantages Goodhart, October 30. In the third of the Anna Howard Shaw lecture series on Social. Security in an Expanding Economy, Mrs. Eveline Burns dwelt on the prob- lem of an acceptable plan for First, it Sec- tions of social security. must assure a basic income. ondly, important social values should be preserved by insuring" freedom to individuals in the way in which they spend incomes as well as by insuring growth of in- dividual initiative. Lastly, social security should achieve as many incidental’ economic advantages as possible. The social economist must face the problem of determining the level of security and provisions under which security should be available. The question of deter- mining how the costs should be spread between individuals in a community and the determination of the spread of costs over time are the problems of finance which must be dealt with. Selection of appropriate administration agen- cies to fulfill a social security pro- gram is also necessary, said Mrs. Burns. There is a choice of conditions under which social security bene- fits should be available. There may be statutory conditions which establish fixed rates and bases for aid, or there may be a discretionary system whereby the .the fourth Alliance assembly Granger Will Speak On Racial Problems | In Alliance Assembly Lester -B. Granger, executive secretary of, the National Urban League, will be. the speaker at on Thursday, November. 2 at 12:30 in Goodhart. ‘His subject is to be Racial Dangers to Domestic Peace. In addition to his post in na- tional and local Urban League service, Mr. Granger has been a City’s Welfare Council, and has also directed legislative investiga- tions for. the states of New York and New Jersey. 5 Mr. Granger, a negro, is a na- tive of Virginia and was educat- ed in the public schools of New- ark, New Jersey, and Dartmouth College, doing graduate work at the New York University and the New York School of Social Work. The author of several pamph- lets on economy and. social as- pects of race relations, Mr. Granger will deal with the study of such problems in his discussion on Thursday. ce. Sa Committee Schedules Concerts of Records ~ On Wednesday Nights The Chairman of the Record Library Committee, Newart Sham- lian ’45, has announced that the classical music concerts are to continue this year. Each week, a program of classical music, based on the requests of students, will be presented. With the addition of new Fresh- men members, the committee has arranged a new plan for the con- certs, having each of the commit- Continued on Page 3 Continued on page 3 Shibe Park Shenanigans Fail to Warm Toes Of B. Ms Politicos Peering at the President by Susan Oulahan ’46 Chilblains and cheering mingled with the general confusion at Shibe Park on Friday night as ap- proximately 40,000 fresh air fiends froze their toes in a three- hour wait for President Roose- velt’s speech.. A Bryn Mawr con- tingent in bear-like raiment bun- dled itself out to the stadium and heckled and cheered among the peanut shells and coke bottles in the bleachers. Less imaginative Bryn Mawr- tyrs contented themselves with the drafty seats in the stratosphere * of the grand-stands, but one con- fident wench tried to convince re- porters that her being on the staff of the College News entitled her to a seat in the White House Press box right under the plat- form. The roar of button sellers and donation solicitors made the stadium a madhouse, but the per- iodic gettings - wp and gettings - down of the crowd every time anyone cheered, provided a wel- come diversion and exercise for frozen feet. —_ The field was a confused mass of humanity seething over the folding chairs but kept in some ‘semblance of order by the mount- ed police. Six or eight octogenar- ians doing a square dance, how- ever, were absolutely uncontrol.. lable. Entertainment of a differ- ent sort was provided by the Amalgamated Chorus, which tried to sing the Ballad for Americans above the din of the Italo-Ameri- ean fife and drum corps that was always about to make an _ en- trance but never quite got beyond the gates. Those of us who. had acute think longingly back on the days of fire-side chats that were liter- ally fire-side. But we stuck to the end and the spectacle of the tre- mendous ovation given the Presi- dent was well worth the wait. Aside from the fact that the heck- lers were so well organized that we couldn’t hear and the platform was so far away that it was im- possible to tell which of the ten “million people clustered around the microphone was the President, it was a very fine speech. Organizing our collective ice- bergs for the homeward trek was quite difficult and we longed for the 90 degree heat of the Paoli Local. Two autograph-seekers, however, prolonged’ their agony for another half hour and tracked the President down to the sanctity of his pullman car, only to be in- formed in no uncertain terms that he was already “tucked in bed.” member of the staff of New York’ frostbite by this time, began to} B.M. League Reports > $4037.50 Contributed — The Activities Drive of the Bryn Mawr League has so far collected a total of $4037.50. This amount will not nearly meet the quota, but there are many pledges which have not yet come in. Rockefeller Hall has given the highest sum, although only 179 out of the 89 undergraduates contributed. Pembroke West runs a close second, with a 100% rec- ord, and a total of $586.00. Rhoads North and South have also given 100%, with totals of $507.00 and $507.50 ‘respectively. Wyndham is the only other hall from which all ‘the students have contributed, and the pledge is for $148.75. 58 out of 64 have donated to the drive from Merion Hall, and, their total is $470.25. 79% of Den- bigh have participated, with a net result of $411.50.: Radnor and the Spanish House together include 15 out of 16 undergradu- ates, and have given $107.75, which is 76% of their quota. The German House includes 2 gradu- ate students, and has a total of $87.75 in pledges. The Non-Residents are the fur- est from. the 100% League goal, but the figures have not yet been completed. As it stands now, 32% of the Non-Reses have contributed $122.50 and 98% of Pembroke East have given a total of $545. Dean Taylor Treats Intolerance Problems Miss Lily Ross Taylor, Dean of the Graduate School, spoke on Racial Intolerance at a conference of collegiate women, organized under the auspices of Cleveland College to discuss Dangerous In- tolerance Among Us. The conference consisted of delegates from eight eastern wo- men’s colleges—Bryn Mawr, Vas- sar, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Welles- ley, Radcliffe, Barnard, and Con- necticut College for Women. The lecturers represented six of these colleges, and discussed various types of intolerance, such as re- ligious and political, intolerant at- titudes developing between man- agement and labor, and between intellectuals and non-intellectuals. Miss Taylor discussed primar- ily the Negro problem. She drew some of her material from a re- cent publication, An American Dilemma, by Gunnar Myrdal, which she considers to be one of the best of recent books on the subject. The problem was of spe- cial interest in Cleveland, Miss Taylor felt, since 2/3 of this city’s population. consists of small min- orities. The conference was Miss Taylor was told by one the administration members of Cleveland College, by Miss Mc- Bride in her visit to Cleveland last year, although Miss McBride disclaims having intended this result. prompted, of Rake Leaves” The Herbens would like some students to rake. leaves at their house this week-end. The pre- vailing rate will be paid. For Activities Drive} ‘consideration of required Latin Play Features Liberal Slang, Confusion, and Calendar Tuesday, Nov. 2 « War Alliance Assembly: , Lester Granger. Goodhart, 1380. Main Line Forum: The Rev. Robert I. Gannon’ and Rufus Jones. Our Christian Heri- tage, Roberts Hall, Haverford, 8:15. Rehearsals for Freshmen plays. Friday, Nov. 3 Freshmen Plays: Pem West, Rhoads, Denbigh, and Merion, Goodhart, 8:00. Saturday, Nov. 4 Freshmen Plays: .Pem_ East, Rock, Radnor, Goodhart, 8:00. Rock Dance, 10:00 - 1:00. Sunday, Nov. 5 Hockey finals, Rhoads vs. Mer- ion, Hockey Field, 2:30. : Chapel: Dr. Frederick Griffin, Music Room, 7:30. Monday, Nov. 6 Current Events, Common Room 7:30, Shaw Lecture: Dr. Eveline M. Burns, Goodhart, 8:30. Wednesday, Nov. 8 Catholic Club Discussion. Dr, Flynn, of Rosemont College. Common Room, 8:00. College Council, Miss McBride’s House, 6:30. Committee Will Study *Curriculum Problems With Help of Faculty Commencing work early in the year, the Curriculum Committee the topics which it has under discus- at They include sub- student has announced sion present. jects as a whole and the final ex- amination system for Seniors. Under the chairmanship of B. A. Mercer ’45, the student com- mittee, comprised of a represen- tative from each of the depart- ments, meets together bi-month- ly. The discussion is based not on particular courses, but on the principles behind the general curriculum. For better worka- bility, a central committee meets each week and is made up of B. A. Mercer, Ruth Leyendecker ’46, assistant echairman, Jean Potter 45, in charge of required subjects, Barbara Maynard ’45, in charge of English Composition discus- sion, and Margaret Hilgartner ’46, in charge of rescheduling prob- Continued on Page 4 Minimum of Attire Mrs. Michels Gives Players Sympathetic and Able Direction Specially contributed by Marian Thomas, °45 Goodhart, October 28. As_ the Prologue said in the Latin play, Double Trouble, it was “the story of two men with the same _han- dles.” Evidently, the plan was not only to bring Latin to the modern playgoer’s level but also to lower it to the point which might make one jump up and down and wipe one’s feet on the ancients’ culture. And quoting from Menaechmus II, “we smile when we say this”. Twins It was a revelation to see Men- aechmus I (Mary Lou Miles ’45) and Menaechmus II (Alison Mer- rill ’45) in action. Attired in sandals laced with indelible lip- stick, togas based with red bloom- ers, and a money pouch which dangled. in the manner of a spor- ran (as Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis Skinner so aptly described), the twins had a_ pot and kettle resemblance. Alison . Merrill gave a most spontaneous performance as Men- aechmus II. Her amusing take- off of the air-plane with its wing half-off made the play go “faster and faster.” Mary Lou Miles (Menaechmus I) scorned “Is you is or Is you Aint” for the “an- tique, cultured” “Mairzy Doats”, aged and tempered by a_ Latin rendition. She was: hampered by the lack of punch lines; but drew forth numerous guffaws in her scene with the negligee. With copious use of modern slang, expressions, Kitty Rand ’45 gave a Bugs Bunny portrayal as Peniculus (the Brush). Saun- tering on the stage with carrots in hand, Kitty munched smack- ingly. Continually looking for a table piled with “stuff so high you have to stand upon your chair to see over it,’ the brush profes- sionally aroused the wife of Men- aechmus I (played by Mary Vir- ginia More ’45) to wails and in- criminations. Mary Virginia roamed the stage while suffering the agonies of the deserted home- maker and capably aroused _ the Continued on Page 3 Doorbell Ringing Reaches Vocational Level As Students Take Up Torch for O’Rourke Hallowe’en may have found a few of the more daring undergrad- uates ringing doorbells, but to a number of politically-minded stud- ents doorbell-ringing is no one- night prank—it has become a voca- tion. In the interests of Lieut. (j.g.) Vernon O’Rourke, running for Congress ftom the seventh dis- trict, they are ringing doorbell after doorbell and pounding innum- erable pavements in Haverford and Radnor townships. Young, and if his campaign pic- tures speak truly, handsome, Mr. O’Rourke was formerly a professor of political science at Swarthmore College .and is at present “at sea.” Against. him stands Republican James Wolfendon, and against Wolfendon, as the well-informed |campaigners explain to those who answer the doorbells, stands a 16- year record in Congress during which he did not put up one bill, and indeed established the all-time record for absenteeism. As com- pared to Ham Fish’s record of 12 times of wrong-voting, Wolfendon has been wrong 18 times, voting against the Soldier Vote Bill, Lend- Lease, and all regular Army and Navy appropriations. Spreading this gospel in the neighboring vicinity, the cam- paigners have been met wth such questions as, “Are you doing this because he looks like Robert Tay- lor?” This, and even bitter refer- ence to the “glamor boy” do not deter the group, however. Daily, in morning and afternoon shifts, they approach housewives, asking them if they have registered, telling them how to split a ticket. Often, their talking seems to make: little impression, as when one woman Continued on Page} 2 Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) ooo Published weekly dun. the College Year (except during Thanksgiving, . 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. Noething that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without permission of thé Editor-in-Chief. Editorial Board ALISON MERRILL, °45, Editor-in-Chief Mary Vireinia More, ’45, Copy Patricia’Piatt, ’45, News APRIL OursLeER, '46 SUSAN OULAHAN, '46, News Editorial Staff Naney Morenousez, 47 Patricia BEHRENS, *46 MarcareT Rupp, *47 LANIER DUNN, °47 THELMA BALDASSARR2, ’47 Darst Hyatt, °47 ROSAMOND Brooks, *46 MonnlieE BELLow, °47 Marcia Demsow, *47 Rosina BATESON, °47 Crcmia’ RosENBLUM, °47 EmiLy Evarts, °47 ELIzABETH Day, °47 Zaura Dimonp, °47 Sports Cartoons Caro. BALLarp, *45 JEAN SMITH, °46 Photographer ' HaNNAH KauFMANN, °46 Business Board Mira AsHopiAN, ’46, Business Manager BarBara WILiiaMs, *46, Advertising Manager SARAH G. BECKWITH, *46 ANNE KincsBury, "47 ANN WERNER, °47 Subscription Board Marcaret Loup, *46, Manager CHARLOTTE BINGER, '45 EuisE Krart, °46 Lovina BRENDLINGER, "46 ELIZABETH MANNING, °46 Barbara Coins, *47 NAaNcy STRICKLER, ’47 HELEN GILBERT, 746 BARBARA YOUNG, °47 Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 Stilwell’s: Recall’ The unfortunate schism that has arisen between General Stilwell and Generalissimo Chiarig' Kai-shek contains an om- inous threat that is aimed at a wider mark than the military conduct of this war. It suggests what may be expected from many nations, particularly those that are politically and cul- turally different from our own, in the post-war world. In this country it is difficult to see any excuse or logic for Chiang Kai-shek’s stand, but we must beware of judging wholly by our own standards. As reported by Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times of October 31, the charges made by both parties seem under- standable by their own lights. Chiang Kai-shek justifies his action in asking for Stilwell’s recall on the ground that he is being subjugated and coerced by the American military or- ganization. Stilwell, on the other hand, claims that Chiang Kai-shek has been hoarding military power in China for use in preserving the undemocratic Kuomintung regime in power. Furthermore, it is asserted that Chiang Kai-shek has deliber- ately refrained from making a truce with the communists, thereby preventing an efficient and unified prosecution of the war against Japan. Such behavior from the Chinese, who have a far greater reason than we for driving Japan out ‘of their country, speaks of a fundamental grievance, ‘of which we, in this country, have no inkling. If the Chinese nationalists are blocking Allied plans for fighting the Japanese on the Chinese mainland, if the United States is trying to interfere with the domestic affairs of an allied nation, we are faced with a crisis that may well disturb serene idealists. It is the kind of problem that may haunt us for years to come. There is little now that we can say or do. But in the future, when the military exigency has passed, we will be forced to deal with the core, not just the symptoms of such an issue. It is urgent that in the meantime we do our best to understand. Le yr WI aes END Politics, how many crimes are| Four full years worth of aggress- committed in thy (in)fame! Above) ive inhibitions, full fathom deep; the bloody field a mirage floats have turned to pearls before my eyes, which dangle as the politic- and wavers: “Do not shoot until you can feel the whites of their eyes—with your fingernails”. And, we fondly ask, why with the diur- nal year tour. times delayed must the Baccdhtes spout up from the py ose tech to drain the milk ‘of huma ness ? A deemed... ith a rubber hose in a vision once I Saw—she was a sweet, polite young maid, but on her neighbor’s head she preyed, singing of Frank ’n’ Eleanor. And suddenly I was on a seagirt isle, around which ripped a battering sea, and on each billow a brass knuckle sat, and was aimed at me. ians pull the strings. well that to be a fence-sitter was to be nowhere only a few feet up, to support the opposition was to invite physical assault, and to play along with the mob was to get treated like an egg in a hen’s sit with books propped on all sides of me eating peanuts and throw- ing a few to the animals, and cry- ing to an inclement heaven: “No- sting!” Alas, poor Yorik, I too knew nest. So now, in my dilemma, I' vertiber seventh, give me gid THE COLLEGE NEWS Manning Assails Editorial On Political Speakers’ Inadequacy To the Editor of the College News: Your editorial of last week, which you presented as representative of general student opinion, seems to point to a decided change in the preferences’ of the student body in the matter of assembly speakers or else to betray a naive lack of realism on the subject of campaign oratory. This ideal election speech as you have outlined it in your criticism of Mr. Daniel would last at least two hours and could be best prepared and delivered by a professor of politics or history. Now we have plenty of historians and political scientists in our com- munity, but the first thing that was conveyed to the faculty mem- bers of the committee on War As- semblies when they met with un- dergraduates was that the students did not wish to hear from mem- bers of the faculty on these occa- sions unless we had something very new and surprising to say. This sentiment aroused no bitter- ness in’the breasts of the faculty and there has been general agree- ment that the best and most ap- propriate outside speakers should be invited for each occasion. There is, and always has been, a very real difficulty about politi- cal speeches on the campus in the .year of a presidential campaign. The: supply of good campaign speakers is very limited and since only a handful of students are like- ly to vote, the inducements to come to Bryn Mawr at this time are few. In spite of this handicap the stu- dents have always indulged in po- litical rallies and have themselves supplied a part of the energy and enthusiasm which might otherwise have been lacking. The one poli- tical assembly which I was able to attend last month, seemed to me as good an occasion of the kind as I remember, although an evening meeting perhaps gives more op- portunity for active demonstration on the part of the audience. But as far as I remember no one be- fore has ever complained that the speaker of the occasion did not re- Continued on Page 4 Oninion Former B.M. Art Professor Tells of Experiences In Pacific To the Editor of the College News: In the past, wandering members of the faculty have written back of their travels, and for some rea- son I am impelled to do the same, possibly because I wish so heart- ily that I were done with travel, this sort at least, and back home where I belong. Indeed, I am, at the moment, so far“flung—to coin a phrase—that I am wondering what force will come along to fling me back, The Pacific, as you have heard, is a vast ocean, and I can assure you that no exaggeration of its size is possible. Our present anchorage, could I name it, would have stumped all but the more well-informed geographers prior (to the current unpleasantness, and ‘some of the places the Dempsey’ has been are hard to find even on our charts. I joined the ship at Pearl Har- bor on January 7th and soon after we left as a miniscule part of the Marshall Islands operation. These were my first Western Pacific is- lands and I found them unexciting, a deseription which fits many of Rata since. I went ashore on Continued on Page 3 om ae Lograsso Denies Assertion That Dewey Reduced N. Y. Budget To the Editor: In ‘the’ College News of October 18 the statement appeared in the Dewey column: that, “Mr. Dewey has shown himself in New York State to be capable of reducing: a seemingly rigidly high budget to a practical low.” Since it happens that my! home is in New ,York State, and because I am certain that Bryn Mawr students prefer facts to fairy tales with regard to the political campaign that is be- ing waged in one of the most crit- ical periods in the history of our country, I should like to present the following facts: When Governor Lehman retired in January 1948, he left the state with an 80 million dollar surplus to be credited on April 15 when the New York State taxes are paid. At that time the fiscal year ended on July 1, and the books were made up then. When. Gov- ernor Dewey took office in January and saw that this 80 million dol- lars was going to come in on\April 15th and be credited to Governor Lehman’s administration, he quick- ly and with youthful vigor had the legislature move the end of the fiscal year back to April first, at which time he wound up Governor Lehman’s administration. Then, on April 15th, when the taxes came in, he claimed credit for the 80 million dollars himself. It was as efficient as that. But Governor Dewey supporters claim that he has saved the State’ of New York double that sum; they lay claim to a total surplus of 160 million dollars. Where did the additional 80 millions come from? They came from taxes on view the whole party platform and Continued on Page 4 & werent ll vents Common Room, October 30. Mr. (Manning, Professor of History at Swarthmore, in his talk on The Strategy of the Philippines, said that the recent battle is the great- est naval engagement of all his- tory, because the Jap losses alone were more than the combined loss- es of Germany and England in the battle of Jutland. Further, the United States is now left in com- plete command of the Pacific. The strategy of this engagement allowed the United States to, know just where she stands in regard to Japan. Mr. Manning empha- sized that although the Japanese are diligent and assiduous, they are above all copy-cats. In the re- cent battle two Japanese fleets steamed up from the south, prob- ably from Kingapore, in order to concentrate their forces with an- other Japanese fleet coming down from Formosa. The plan of the Japanese was to have these three fleets converge and completely wipe out our forces at Leyte. For thirty minutes the three Japanese fleets were in sight of each other and our forces on Leyte, had many uneasy moments. How- ever, the seventh fleet under the command of Admiral Kinkaid sud- denly appeared and divided its forces in order to meet the two Japanese fleets. Wiping out one ‘of these forces, the two parts of our fleet proceeded to join Halsey’s, and attacked the rest of the Jap- anese Navy coming from Formosa. Then the combined forces returned to fight with the second Japanese force. Comparing the Japanese strat- egy with a plan submitted by Nelson for the battle of Copenha- gen, Mr. ‘Manning pointed out that: Nelson’s tactics were to use three: fleets, one to strike out the Russian port and the other two to close in on ‘Copenhagen, “Mr. Manning. pointed out that Continued on Page 4 ‘Politically Sveaking As a last gasp before November 7, the News presents a discussion of the campaign issue which the campus poll in- dicated as the one regarded as most important, than of for- eign policy. ROOSEVELT One of Mr. Dewey’s outstanding characteristics is his quick change of opinion to match the fluctua- tions of the Gallup Poll. He is a slavish follower, not a leader of public opinion. His about-face on foreign policy is a perfect exam- ple of this. In 1940 Mr. Dewey called recognition as the Soviet Union, “a New Deal mistake.” He repeatedly stated his opinion that the United States should avoid all foreign entanglements and _alli- ances. Now he feels our relations with Russia have, “not always been of the best;” now he is leaning over backward to demand instant conferences with every tiny nation of the globe. He cannot even wait to see who is on our side. What has brought about this radical change of heart? The Gal- lup poll shows that Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of the President’s internationalism. So Mr. Dewey has temporarily adopt- ed it as his very own—with few variations, such as complete vague- ness about our crucial relations with Britain and Russia. — Even if Mr. Dewey’s conversion were sincere, how could he ever get the isolationists who would domin- his Congress, the men who voted{ against Lend-Lease, Selective Service, appropriations for UNR- RA, to approve a working world organization? Republicans say Mr. Dewey has only tolerated the isolationists for _ Continuer on page 4 DEWEY It has been said over and over. again in the last two months that, this is a unique election. Yet in all this acclamation of uniqueness, little stress has been laid on the extraordinary positions of the candidates on the various crucial issues involved. It is not that the issues are confused, but rather that for the first time in many: years the platforms of both par- ties are astonishingly in agreement, It is the issue of foreign policy that perhaps best exemplifies this. Both parties support the Dumbar- ton Oaks Conference’s plans. Both have stated in their platforms that they are internationally minded. Both have pledged themselves to an international union. They differ not in principle, but rather in the ways and means in-. volved. Governor Dewey is not an, isolationist, all opposition to the. contrary. His actions concerning. Dumbarton Oaks definitely prove. this. He has never acclaimed the. isolationists, and if in turn he has. never repudiated them such an at- titude is to be classified under the. heading 6f practical politics, as is Mr. Roosevelt’s lack of repudiation of the Communists. Mr. Dewey believes in interna-: tional cooperation as . does any clear thinking American of. today. But he does _not believe in the methods employed by the Roose- velt administration in effecting such cooperation. © - : Continued on Page 3 THE COLLEGE NEWS. Page Three — Ty Walker °45, in a fancy ma- neuver at hockey practice. INCIDENTALLY ... _Can anyone claim this? On the Pem West -mail table this week lay a letter addressed to, of all people, Miss Pembroke West. In affectionate terms, the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc., sa- luted Miss West, then, most mys- teriously, said: “Thank you for Miss West. - Will you please give us the details in © con- nection with this matter? We are of course eager to com- plete the transaction to your entire satisfaction. An en- velope (requiring no postage) is enclosed’ for your. reply.” In a dilemma, Pembroke West cannot decide whether to reply to Mr. Real Silk or Mr. Hosiery Mills. Alt Sitting vs. Setting An English professor, fond of exactitude, points out the follow- ing clarification of the meaning of sitting and setting as the last ‘word in definitions: “Webster defines a sitting hen as a setting one, and a writing us, setting hen as a_ brooding one. However, while a _ set- ting hen is necessarily a brooding hen, a sitting hen may be brooding or may sim- ply be at rest.” Who’s A Plumber? Rhoads, the proud and mighty, was having, plumbing trouble some weeks ago. It would seem that the plumbing difficulties have not come to an end, for the im- position of a five dollar fine for anyone who allows a bathtub to run over has been announced in loud terms. And, incidentally, this might be termed a fitting end to all po- litical discussion. Said one stu- dent to another, “Is she a Demo- crat?” The. reply, “Well, right now she’s oscillating between Roosevelt and Dewey.” Students Campaign By Doorbell Ringing Continued from page 1 { replied to the long pep talk with, “Oh, I’ll vote for your candidate, but what did you say his name was?” The group of Bryn Mawr cam- paigners is headed by Marie Was- - serman '46, assisted by Margaret McPhedran ’46, and Elizabeth Bor- um ’46, who together are plead- ing urgently for more volunteers to help them in the last few days. The experience, they say, is defin- . itely broadening and practically never is the door slammed in one’s face. They warn that if a person does quickly close his door, saying, “No, no, I won’t talk politics,” you can be sure he is a Democrat, wary of saying anything aloud in this Republican stronghold of Philadel- phia. Committee. Schedules Concerts of Records Continued from page 1 tee members alternating in charge of the weekly concerts. Secretary of the committee is Jean Switen- dick ’48, Publicity Chairman is Lacille Lewis ’48, while Jean Ford 748, and Virginia Penfield ’48, take charge of posting lists of rec- ords in the Record Library for suggested listening. | 4 ° i Watching and waiting—Lydia Gifford ’45, expecting thé ball to come her way. Latin Play Features Confusion and Slang Continued: from Page \ sympathies of an hysterical audi- ence. A battle royal was waged between her and the _ prostitute Erotium (Elizabéth Myers ’46) for the affections of Menaechmus I or II—which one neither th lady nor the woman knew. Ero- tium’s line, “Next time bring cash,” brought much laughter. Constance Chester, as the Doc- tor, and Patricia Turner, as_ the Father, were by fat the most modestly clad of the whole’ cast. They introduced «~an amusing scene. Other supporting cast, although not so modestly as arfaz- ingly costumed, were the Burly Slaves and the dice-shooting sail- ors. Amid blown hair and gun- ny sacks, it was difficult to recog- nize R. Bateson ’47, M. Holland "47, and C. Locke ’47. Cylindrus (A. Kingsbury ’47), the cook, lent atmosphere to Erotium’s house- hold. If the translator (Elizabeth Dowling ’47) had tried, perhaps, to give less of an Orson Welles’ performance and had put less of herself in the translation and more of herself in her part as Messenio, the net result would have been a more finished per- formance: But the obvious flaws were diminished to pleasure by the evident enoyment of the cast. The many delightful moments were appreciated by a thoroughly enthusiastic audience which rose to acclaim the cast, the stage- crew, and their sympathetic and capable director, Mrs. Michels. Mrs. Burns Describes Social Security Plans Continued from Page 1 officials determine how security shall be given in cases of need. In almost all countries there is a trend toward the first method. Mrs. Burns said the Sir William Beveridge’s plan is in strict ac- cordance with this statutory form. The Australian and New Zealand systems, however, are a compro- mise of the two methods whereby the people must ‘satisfy certain statutory conditions in all social security programs, provided that individual income is within certain limits. Choosing which method would be most beneficial to a _ given country depends on the _ general condition of that country, and a consideration of the level of wealth and the emotional stand- ards of a community. By consid- ering benefit levels, the social economist will inevitably make some approximation of { mainten- ance needs of a family,| said Mrs. Burns, Financing a social sechrity pro- gram would depend on a_ contri- bution from all income receivers in the form of taxes, but other sources would have to be tapped too. Mrs. Burns made no posi- tive suggestion for further sources of funds, but she said that a greater supply of wealth could not be raised by a_ payroll tax on employers. MEET AT THE;:GREEK’S Tasty Sandiiches Refreshments Critch Rhoads Tim : Triumphs Over Pem| In the third Sunday afternoon inter-hall hockey match, the black and blue of Rhoads trounced the Indians of Pembroke, 17-0. Al- though the game was compara- tively uneventful for the first half, Rhoads’ priority on varsity play- ers began to show at the begin- ning of the second. Rhoads, too, seemed to have more backing from their hall than did Pembroke. However, it was Pem that kept the. on-lookers amused with yellow placards on the back of each player. Some of the more amusing epithets, were such slogans as “Neckwith Beck- with,” “Cheerwith - Bierwirth,” “Hairy Cary,” arc “Easy Efforts.’ With no goalie, %hoads managed to keep Pem from scoring, by the use of a roving back, Betsy Man- ning ’46, and the two fullbacks; Libby Bagley ’48, and Betsy. Kal- tenthaler ’47. Julie Turner ’45, was lhigh-scorer for Rhoads, with four goals to her credit; while Nancy Niles ’47, made two, and Lydge Gifford ’45, one. Although one disappointed spec- tator called it “a game of hack,” there were no casualties. Ty Wal- ker ’45, refereed. The final match to decide the hall championship will be played off between Rhoads and the Merion Ghouls this Sunday afternoon at 2:30. ’ & Dewey Continued from Page 2 He does not believe in~secret diplomacy. Secrecy in affairs of military strategy is understand- able, but there is no compelling reason why the negotiations over territory and administration can- not be revealed to the members of a democracy. There is no need for ee ‘ cents WHAT TO DO Library Rates Increased: 50 for reserve room. Other rates 35 cents and 40 cents depend- ing on work done. Wanted now: Student for Tuesday afternoon, Sunday morning, afternoon and evening. Baby Sitting Rates Increased: 50 cents an hour for working time. Evening rates remain the same when no work is involved — 25 cents an hour until 11:00, 35 cents from 11:00 until 12:00, 40 cents after midnight. See Miss Bowman in Room H, Taylor Hall. : Professor Recounts Experience in Pacific Continued from Page .2 one’ small island recently taken from the Japs and a more desolate + scene of destruction I have never seen. Huge holes gaping in enor- mous concrete block houses, every kind of equipment broken and scattered about among innumer- able shell fragments, torn and shattered palm trees, and every- where the sweet and_ sickening smell of death, I was more than glad to get back aboard our clean ship. After a short return trip to Hawaii, we headed out to the far- ther reaches of the Pacific and have been there ever since—New Caledonia, the New Hebrides, Pago Pago—where I saw Major Soper, as is doubtless already too well known (Dr. Livingstone, I pre- sume?)—and other islands which may not be mentioned. I shall surely have had my fill of the isles of the Pacific—in fact, I’ve already had my fill of them. As to more personal matters, I am the ist Lieutenant of a De- stroyer Escort—some two hundred th truth be concealed—even when its revealment may lead to a feeling of disunity among the Al- lies. But most urgent of all the arguments. against this secret dip- lomacy is the very confessed de- sire of the Americans“for interna- tional cooperation and peace which Mr. Roosevelt claims he is for- warding. We cannot form a prac- tical peace if we are unaware of the true feelings of the various big powers involved. We are only building up to another Wilsonian fiasco if our commitements are not consulted the people . before- hand. (Mr. Dewey also does not believe in the methods employed by Mr. Roosevelt in representing the coun- try at these conferences. When plans are being made, it is never Hull, or Stimson who is called in for conference. It is more likely to be Morgenthau — whose plans quite evidently do not coincide with the considered opinjons of our cab- inet statesmen, It is not a “question of principle that is involved here, but rather one of means and methods. Mr. Dewey is an American who agrees with other Americans that we can- not remain islanded if we are to Continued on Puge 4 NANCY BROWN Dresses 16.95 to 45.00 At Bryn Mawr Station — Puerta De Mexico Margaret Paul 69 St. James Place, Ardmore BLOUSES : _ and MATERIALS FOR SKIRTS “~~ promised by a President who has} and eighty feet of complicated machinery which rolls twenty de- grees on no provocation and up to forty-five when she gets excited. We feel; with some justification, that we are the hardest-working ships of the fleet and I couldn’t guess at how many thousands of miles have slipped under our keel. It has been eight months since we have seen even a town, and it has been almost ten months since I have slept ashore, and at the moment it has been over two weeks since any of us have set foot on dry land. So much for statistics. The natives on the islands I’ve seen are not the romantic type as- sociated with Melville, or to be more modern, Jon Hall and Dor- othy Lamour. They are black, un- Continued on Page 4 2. ' Beaver Triumphs 4-1. Over Weak Owl Team Bryn Mawr, October 27. , Unable ,to stem a powerful Beaver attack, the Bryn Mawr hockey team went down to-a 4-1 defeat in their sec- ond game of the season. The Owls failed to show the bril- liant teamwork that won them their victory over Ursinus on Tues- day. The backs, fighting to keep the ball out of the circle, played a good defense but the forwards passed up several good opportuni- ties to score. Lydia Gifford ‘made the only goal for the Owls. With the score 1-0 in Beaver’s favor, she pushed over the ball on a short pass from Richardson and _ Bryn Mawr’s hopes were suddenly re- vived. But after that the Owls’ scoring attempts were thwarted. Pepper, who played for the Col- lege All Star reserves last year, Brown, Gorman “and Scott did the scoring .for Beaver. Beside four All Star reserves, Beaver also boasted the holder of the Western Amateur golf crown, Dorothy Germain. , § Marge Reserves The Bryn Mawr Reserves in a very one-sided affair trounced Bea- ver’s second team 9-0. Julie Tur- ner scored four goals for the Re- serves, Ellen Cary three and Hope Kaufman and Rosemary Gilmartin one apiece. Beaver Bryn Mawr Moffatt LW Horn Pepper LI Foster Brown CF Gifford Scott RI Walker Gold RW Richardson Blodgett LH Hedge Roberts CH Niles Crosson RH Bagley Germain LB Rebmann McFeeter RB Kaltenthaler Ellis G Hyatt RENE MARCEL French Hairdressers Permanent Waving Experts Lancaster Pike Phone Bryn Mawr 2060 ‘No Bull— — There are STEAKS at the BLU COMET Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr \ rr Man in the Shower Peter Arno Your Kids and Mine ; Joe E. Brown The World of Washington Irving Van Wyck Brooks Country Bookshop BRYNMAWR JR —— Elsie Spahr Draping and Designing M iliinery 54E. LANCASTER AVENUE ARDMORE Phone Ardmore 2512 i ¢ ~ oS ae A poll of Bryn Mawr students shows A turn in each direction Another week we'll have to wait To learn of the election. But while you’re waiting anxiously Come and treat yourself to tea At the Cottage Tea House | Page Four ae THE COLLEGE NEWS ——-—- IN PRINT Sparkling Humor Lightens Life on Home Front In Halsey Book By April Oursler °46 So much has been written about life in our present world in the re- gurgitatingly sentimental style of advertisements, that it is a real and appreciated pleasure to read Margaret Halsey’s newest book, Some of My Best Friends Are Sol- diers, where a sparkling sense of humor brings a badly needed sense -of proportion into the field. Miss Halsey has carefully de- fined the book as “a kind of novel”; it could also ‘be called fictionalized reporting, or an essay, but its classification is unimportant. It is an understanding, though caus- tic survey of the home front through an unmarried girl’s ey Told entirely through letters to her soldier-brother, the novel is the story of (Gretchen, a girl who runs the house for her-father and herself in the daytime, works at a canteen at night, and rents an apartment to an Air Corps lieuten- nat in her spafe timé\Her letters are thoughtful] in spite of their hu- mor—naturally more detailed than the scrawls of the normal corres- ‘pondent but living, and real. Satire The satize so predominant in Miss Halsey’s first book, With Mal- ice Toward Some, is more incident- al here, vitalizing the fundament- ally sericus material —an acces- sory rather than a basis for the book. Using the problem of race prejudice as an underlying theme, Miss Halsey has treated the ques- tion both in theory and practice, without dogmatism and _ without melodrama. Gretchen, enthusiastic over her canteen work writes her brother frequently about the complete lack of discrimination she found there when she first began. But a crisis arises when a Senior Hostess in- sults a young Jewess, and Gretchen begins to worry about open-mind- edness. Naturally a retiring crea- ture, Gretchen feeling that the less said the better, does not immedi- ately feel like taking up the cru- sade for tolerance, but between pressure from ‘her boarder, the lieutenant, and her own conscience and emotions she is roused to ac- tion, and a highly amusing and significant battle ensues. The theme is, however, for the most part carefully submerged un- der a welter of the complications of everyday life. The plaster in the: bedroom falls down, father gets sick and morbid and has tan- trums and then: brings home flow- ers, and above all there is trouble over the ‘boarder, Tom Garrett. Gretchen resented him highly from the beginning, largely because she esented_ being reduced to having aké in a boarder. She natural- ad refuses to admit that it was his understanding of her, and his amused harshness with her weak- nesses that made her uncomfort- able. Eventually, of course, ro- mance . triumphs. It is an exceptionally well-writ- ten book, It is one of the few ser- ious books that can make the read- er laugh out loud. And that is perhaps the greatgst of tributes, for it indicates that the book is truly life-like. ters arise which are of “WHAV-WBMC. SCHEDULE (750 on your dial) } ednesday, Nov. 1 8:30 Haverford Debate 9:30 Classical Hour Thursday, Nov. 2 8:15 Main Line Forum 9:15 ‘Classical Hour 10:00 Haverford Play Monday, Nov. 6 8:30 \Classical Hour 9:30 Bryn Mawr Activities 9:45 Spanish Club Program 10:00 Popular Music: Tuesday, Nov. 7 8:30 ‘Classical Hour 10:00 Popular Music Wednesday, Nov. 8 8:30 Opera 10:00 News Analysis Roosevelt Continued from Pageyt political reasons. President Roose- velt as just as able a politican, and he openly repudiated Communist support, in a recent speech. The plain truth is that Mr. Dewey is completely in the power of his re- actionary backers, and he cannot ‘break that hold even if he wished to. Warren G. Harding campaigned in 1920 under the slogan, “A vote for Harding is 4 vote for the Lea- gue.” On the day of his election he proclaimed, “The League is de- ceased.” We don’t want that to happen again! Yet, what better indication could there be of similar insincerity on Mr. Dewey’s part than his failure to advance’ any constructive ideas on world organ- ization? ae Even his criticisms of the pres- ent administration are poor.’ He cannot. see the real issues on which the State Department has erred; he can only speak in meaningless, racial generalities aimed at win- ning the Polish and Italian votes. He tries to convince the nation that its government negotiates “secret- ly.” A nation which more than ever before has been granted a free view of the cards on the in- ternational table, a realization of the goals for which it is fighting, is not likely to swallow that. If Mr. Dewey has not read in the news- papers the complete text of every presidential__agreement with for- eign powers, others have. Committee will Study Curriculum Problems Continued from page 1 lems. Any students having sug- gestions or criticisms concerning these matters should report them to members of this committee. The central Curriculum Com- mittee now meets with the faculty Curriculum Committee as mat- common interest :to both. Inaugurated in one meeting last year, this in- formal and cooperative meeting is a definite step ahead for the student committee. Members of the faculty committee include Miss McBride, the Deans: Mrs. Broughton, and Miss Taylor; Mrs. Manning, Miss Gardiner, Miss Lehr, Mr. Wells, and Mr. Diez. Current Events Continued from Page 2 at the end of the battle the Amer- ican Navy had completely destroy- ed two of the three Japanese fleets, while the third was last seen limp- ing away through the Mindanaon straits. Mrs. Grant, ‘Nuts and Bolts Unlike the Bryn Mawr under- graduates, Haverford College, supported by their R. and R., and I. and N. Units, reelected Presi- dent Roosevelt in ‘their recent straw vote. The most surprising feature of the Poll was the large minority claimed by Norman Thomas: Roosevelt 50%, Dewey 30%, Thomas. 138%, Undecided 7%, was the result for the entire campus, as opposed to 50%: for Dewey and 45% for Roosevelt at Bryn Mawr. Fifty-five per cent of the stu- dent body proper, however, sup- ported Dewey, while only 32% backed the incumbent. the kL and N. Unit, which repre- sents the government bureauracy, and the Relief and Reconstruction Units, Roosevelt scored a 2-1 vic- tory over Dewey; in fact, in the latter units Norman Thomas ran ahead of ‘the Republican candidate, while the I. & N. unit cast no vote for Dewey. The Haverford faculty agrees with that of Bryn Mawr in their whole-hearted support of the President. Sixty-seven per cent of the Haverford faculty will vote for Roosevelt; and the remaining 83%, for Dewey. Lograsso Corrects Statement in ‘News’ Centinued from page 2 ; increased business activities, stock exchange sales, race tracks, cigar- ette sales, and so on. And since there was practically nothing to spend money on because there was no need for relief and neither man- power nor material for public works, there was, of course, a sur- plus. Anyone who wishes may give the Governor credit for it. Governor Dewey, however, did make one valiant attempt to reduce the budget. He proposed to cut school appropriations by $7,800,- 000. But enraged parents and teachers made him restore all but $500,000 to the school fund one week before the adjournment of the Legislature. If anyone is interested in hav- ing the exact figures for New York State receipts in 1942-1943 . and 1948-1944, I have them. For ex- ample, the jump in personal income tax receipts was from $25,000,000 to $85,000,000; in the pari-mutuel tax (voted by referendum in Gov- ernor (Lehman’s administration) from $9,000,000 to $18,500,000, and so on. Exact Inches If anyone is interested in my opinion as to Governor Dewey’s despotic and dictatorial methods with the State Legislature, I have that, too. But perhaps they would prefer to interview two of the Re- publican Assemblymen who have already resigned rather than put up with it. Magna est veritas et praevalebit or, with every Bryn Mawr student, Veritatem dilexi. Very sincerely yours, Angeline H. Lograsso + Ardmore 583s JOSEPH’S HAIR DRESSING 25 COULTER AVE. ARDMORE Among, ‘Just Lil’ Adorned With Glasses, Blue-Jeans, |. Creates General Confusion in News-Room ing history on campus under the assumed name of Just Lil. Saturday night a Merion Junior found in her room this illustrious Professor Recounts Experience in Pacific Continued from page 3 lovely in the extreme, and the male head is surmounted by a mass of bushy -hair, -originally black ‘but somehow bleached to a_ deadly shade resembling that of a rusty boiler. They will sell anything for a can of corned beef and keep their women-folk entirely out of sight. So much for the Pacific War as we see it. A tiny glimpse is all we get, but the difficulties overcome and those ahead are staggering to anyone who has been here can tell you. We have sailed through “wa- ter that will be forever hallowed by what Americans did there, and surely no one has ever fought for what he. believed in farther from all he knew and loved than the lads who have pushed us this far to- ward Japan. Excuse me for end- ing on a serious note, but I cannot begin to tell you how utterly strange and different all this is from Bryn Mawr or from our lives at home. I think that no one who has been out here for any consider- able time can ever quite take the happiness of a peaceful ‘life at home for granted again, nor can he fail to realize ty what a slender thread—our~liberty hung in those dark days of the winter of ’42. ‘Don’t ever think it was easy, don’t ever believe anyone who tells you that your country was in no dan- ger, and don’t think it’s all over but the shouting—it isn’t. One last word. Most of you have friends, or brothers, or even fathers somewhere out here or in Europe. There are two things which are prized above all others —the first is letters, and the sec- I say you cannot imagine the plea- sure they bring, nor the cruel dis- appointment caused by the lack of them. As you can imagine, I should give a great deal to be back where I belong, and can only hope the time is not too far off. My’ best to ‘you all, Joseph Sloane Lt. J. C. Sloane, Jr., US.N.R. A pair of pink Dr. Denton’s fill-! personage, feeling no ed with dead leaves has been mak-}; ond, photographs. Believe me when | pain® and dressed in a blue negligee with a long-empty bottle of Haig and Haig in her hand. This , loose lady remained all night and in the morning disappeared as mys- teriously as she had come. Monday night Lil was found in the News Room in the LEditor’s cliair- with one hand on_ the type- writer and the other casually gripping a cigarette. This time Just Lil was the collegiate B.M.T., her nightie covered with a pair of blue jeans and a boy’s white shirt. “My God, What is it?” shrieked the Editor as she switch- ed on the lights. The face and hair of Lil looked remarkably like someone on campus. One spec- tator whizzed in and shook hands with the lady at the typewriter. “It does not look like me,” protested the Editor. On the way to the Current Events, more serious- minded students crowded into the room to see this monstrosity. Sol- emnly, all evening Just Lil sat in her seat while the Editor worked conscientiously beside her image. In what garb and with what face will Just Lil appear next? ‘ r Manning Denounces Assembly Editorial Continued from Page 2 give a succinct analysis of the party record on foreign and do- mestic policies. At the risk of being unpleasant- ly pedagogical and repetitious I should like «to suggest that the student body listen to the best campaign speeches, namely those of President Roosevelt and Mr. Dewey, over the radio (or read them in the morning papers) and be grateful that in our campus ral- “lies we can have as frank and fresh a presentation of some of the issues of the campaign as Mr. Daniel was able to give us. Helen Manning Dewey Continued from Page 3 maintain peace. And America agrees with Mr. Dewey that re- vamped, cleaner-cut methods are necessary. 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