Page. Two THE COLLEGE NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- giving, Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The College News is fully protected by copyright. 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With newspaper headlines at an all time anti-Russian high, we cannot help but become aware of the power of the press and the tragedy of its misuse. In view of the world situation, the press faces a challenge of responsibility, a responsibility that must be assumed if we intend to keep a free press and remain a pub- lic of free minds. The press is conscious of its power as an influential wea- pon in moulding public sentiment and national character, yet, regardless of consequences, it continues to revel reck- lessly in the democratic principle that we call “liberty of the press”. However, it cannot distinguish between liberty and license; for liberty in the sense of freedom from all author- ity—liberty that boasts complete irresponsibility and obedi- ence to no principles—is not liberty but the worst of tryan- nies. The actions of the press today are as discouraging as the news it prints. Rather than informing the public at a time when understanding, unbiased information is the keynote to emotion. Unfortunately, excitement is not the same as think- ing, and when the mind stops thinking, falsehood takes the place of thought. Likewise in the write-ups of political cam- paigning, the press seeks to create converts rather than thinkers. os Our newspapers are not alone in producing this mass panic, hysteria'and antagonism. The screen, radio, even ed- ucation and religion are tainted with anti-Russian digs. But the real problem is whether the press will realize its respon- sibility and use its powers for the common good. Or will the public be forced to sacrifice its freedom of mind in exchange for a panic or pseudo-security based on emotional froth? Let - the American people beware and save their intelligence from Current Events April 5.—“The overthrow of De Valera in the recent Irish elections was the result of a desire for change and something new,” stat- ed Mrs. Neel.in a talk on Ireland. There were six opposing parties which united against De Valera to elect John A. Costello, an advocate of internal improvements, as Pré- mier. In explaining the outcome of the elections, Mrs. Neel said that even before this De Valera’s party, the Fiannafail, had been los- ing strength probably because of economic discontent. Mrs. Neel pointed out that when Irish political parties were being formed at the beginning of the century, the great motivation tor the Irish Nationalist group was the desire for Home Rule. The sit- uation was complicated, however, by the attitude of Ulster and espe- cially Belfast which is predomi- nantly Protestant and would have nothing to do with Southern Ire- land if Home Rule were instituted. Feins Replace Nationalists “The Sinn Fein, a strongly na- tionalist party advocating among other things the return to the Old Gaelic language,” Mrs. Neel con- tinued, “appeared to take the place of the Nationalist Party during the last war.” Having won a sweep- ing victory in the 1918 elections, the Sinn Feins refused to go to Westminster and set up the Dail, the first independent Irish parlia- ment in this _period._In-thelatter part of 1920 a new Home Bill was proposed which was accepted by Ulster, while the rest of Ireland signed a truce in 1921 giving Ire- land the same status as Canada. This truce was repudiated by De Valera, who left Parliament and set up his own party. Several years later De Valera left this group to set up another party which has existed down to the present time. The treaty made with England in 1938 providing economic agreements similar to those of the Ottawa Agreement was important because of the use made of it by De Valera in later election campaigns,-as-support for his having kept Ireland out of war. French Inflation April 12.—“The devaluation of the franc (approximately 44 per cent) at the end of January is the latest of recent measures taken to check inflation,” explained Dr. Hubbard, speaking on the Deprecia- tion of the French Franc and French Inflation. Because France, unlike most other European na- tions, did not take steps to prevent inflation as soon as:the war ended, her economic situation is extreme- ly serious. A good wheat crop, a reasonably priced coal supply and economic aid via the Marshall plan will be important factors in im- proving it. Many of the anti-inflation meas- ures taken by other countries in 1945 were recently put into effect in France, as were heavy taxes and forced investment in government securities. Inflation was inevitable during the war, Dr. Hubbard con- tinued,-since new. money_had to be created to meet German demands while at the same time the quan- tity of goods decreased. Post-war. shortages and the cost of recon- struction made matters worse and the government ran a large deficit. This was further aggravated by the fact that French import. prices have risen since the war even more than export prices and also that large wage increases. % Attention Faculty and Staff Come to the Litle Gym Thurs- day evenings at 8 p. m. for an hour’s exercise. For further in- the unfortunate depths to which their powerful press seek to take it. 0947 ‘W. ‘and Eberstadt—and the labor unions have received’ formation call Bryn Mawr || by Irina Nelidow, ’50 “Emily Greene Balch, Nobels Fredspris for 1946 .. .,” so runs the engraving on the Nobel Peace Diploma, emblazoned at the top with a red lion standing on a crag- gy blue hill and holding an ax, which forms part of the Library’s Thirty-First Rare Book Room Ex- hibit. On December 10, 1946, Em- ily Greene Balch, Bryn Mawr, ’89, and first holder of the Bryn Mawr European Fellowship, was awarded (jointly with John R. Mott) the Nobel Peace Prize, thus becoming the third woman to win this dis- tinction. First given to Baroness von Suttner in 1905, the Prize was later awarded to Jane Addams. The exhibit currently on display also contains the large gold Nobel Peace Medallion bearing in relief the head of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Prize, and with the simple inscription “Alfr Nobel. nat. MDCCCXXXIII. ob. MDCCCXC- VI.” Miss Balch was awarded the No- bel Prize for her “extensive, efforts in behalf of world peace,” and her Prom, Soph. Carnival Climax Big Weekend Continued from Page 1 sale for $3.00 per couple and $1.50 for a reserved table which will seat ten couples. There will be pink lemonade and red and yellow sheet cakes to match the college and cfass colors and, incidentally, the decorations. The College Quar- tette—Loomis, ‘Geib, Henderson the Tiger Tones (Princeton of course) will sing and there will be slow sweet music by Harry Schwartz’s seven- piece orchestra. The decorations are the most original. ever to hit Bryn Mawr and are a real threat to the Mus- eum of Modern Art. In fact they are so impressive that the Art De- partment is coming down en masse and see Picasso, Matisse, and B. M. creations under Gale Minton’s lead- ership turn the gym into an art collection—conducted tours leaving every hour from the refreshment room. And don’t worry about faux pas; the paintings are label- led—freely. Mobiles and huge sculptured figures will complement the paintings and the whole effect will be colossal. History Department Sponsors Symposium Continued from Page 1 Many alumnae and out of town scholars will be visiting the cam- pus on Saturday for this event. Seating in the Deanery is limited, and preference will be given to Seniors in History, Art, English or Italian literature who are in-| terested. These students are ask- ed as fellow hosts with the His- tory Department to allow visitors to the campus first choice of seats. The Department will be very grate” ful if those students who intend to be present would let Miss Robbins know by Friday, since arrange- ments must be made. Feng Will Discuss Unification in China Continued from Page 1 United States late in 1946, as chief of the water conservation mission of the Chinese Republic, making a study of the TVA in order to draw up similar plans for the Yangtze. While he was on this mission, he officially broke with the Chiang government. This opportunity to hear General Feng is the initial step in a pro- gram designed to bring the pro- grams of the Foreign Policy Asso- oa! to college campuses. to see them. Don’t miss it! Come]: °: - 4 day. Rive Book Room Exhibits Nobel Diploma of Emily Balch many books -on social, economic and religious questions now on dis- play in the Rare Book Room bear witness to her unceasing activity in this direction. At present Hon- orary International President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Miss Balch has had a long career in the civic field. Delegate to the Internation- al Congress of Women at The Hague in 1915, she was later sent by this group to work in Russia and the Scandinavian countries. On her return to America, Miss Balch became Professor of Politic- al Science at Wellesley College; where she is now a Professor Emeritus. Formerly on the. edi- torial staff of “The Nation,” Miss Balch has written many magazine articles in addition to her numer- ous books. “Women at The Hague,” written with Jane Addams and Alice Ham- ilton, “Public Assistance to the Poor in France,” “Our Slavic Fel- low Citizens,” as well as a book of poems published in ‘1941, are among her works now on display. Also on exhibit is “Occupied Hai- ti, being the report of a commit- tee of six disinterested Americans. representing organizations exclu- sively American, who, having per- *hgonally..studied conditions in Haiti in 1926, favor the restoration of the Independence of the Negro Re- public,” edited by Emily Balch. “IT... could not and cannot ac- cept the use of physical force as in itself the criterion of right or wrong,” wrote Miss Balch in the 1933 Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulle- tin, and this earnest striving to- ward peace is echoed in the most recent item in the display, a letter to the New York Herald Tribune on March 28, 1948. Written by Emily Greene Balch and three oth- er women, this letter on America’s role in the search for world peace ends, ... “Not by competitive armaments, universal military training and war hysteria shall we preserve our country. The cry of the world is for bread and peace and justice, and the nation that answers that cry will save it- self and others.” Engagements Amoret Chapman Bissell ’48 to The Rev. Donald W. Mayberry Joann Cohen ’48 to Mark Melhado Margaret ‘Beirne Waters ’50 to Reginald Peter Rose Price to Lecture On Objective Ref. Mr. H. H. Price, Wickham Pro- fessor of Philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford University, will speak this Thursday evening in the Common Room at 8:30. Mr. Price is currently delivering a series of lectures at Princeton University which are very popular with the Graduate School and the Institute of Advanced Study. The title of Mr. Price’s lecture here will be “The Phenomenology of Objective Reference”, On Wednesday evening, April 21, Dr. Paul H. Shrecker, Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr, will speak on “The Philoso- phy of Civilization”, in the Com- mon Room at 8:30. Movie Stills Stills from the movie “Bryn Mawr” will be on display for the remainder of this week outside the Bookshop. They will cost thirty-five cents each, and can be ordered through Fri- .. Profits will-«go to the Drive.