‘jn 1930, and Mrs. HE COLLEGE NEWS ’ VOL. XLIII, NO. 4 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1946 * Copyright ,Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS Burch of Tufts To Give Lecture On “Universals” George Bosworth Burch, pro- fessor of philosophy at Tufts Col- lege, will give the third of the de Laguna lectures in Philosophy on “The Problems of Universals” in Goodhart on Wednesday, Oc- tober 30, at 8:15. Mr. Burch’s choice of subject arises from his primary interest, the philosophy of the middle ages. The de Laguna lectures are sponsored by a fund which was raised by the former students of Theodore A. de Laguna, who taught ‘philosophy at Bryn Mawr College from 1907 until his death Grace A. de Laguna, professor emeritus, who retired from teaching several years ago. Mrs. de Laguna has been connected with the college since 1907. The two previous de Laguna philosophy lectures were given by Professor Dorothy Walsh, of Smith College, and Professor Bertram Morris, of Northwestern University. Mr. Burch holds a_ doctorate from Harvard University and has studied at the Universite de Geneve and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. He has written on the epistemology of Bernard of Clairevaux and has translated and edited “The Steps of Humility, by St. Bernard, abbot of Clairevaux (1940). He came to Tufts College this. year after teaching at the College of Idaho. Foreign Delegates Will Meet at B. M. A group of fifty foreign. ‘women delegates from the International Assembly of Women will be at Bryn. Mawr Sunday. evening, to meet: and discuss with members of the faculty and students connected with- the United Nations . Council. Intercultural Committee. | -.. _The. delegates will be. meeting, during that week-end, in, the Phila- delphia. Conference on World Is- sues, sponsored by the United Nations Council of Philadelphia. Meetings of the International As- sembly, which has been held at South Kortright, New York, have dealt primarily with world prob- lems of special interest to women.. The delegates. coming to Bryn Mawr for the Sunday evening dis- cussion, which will be held’ at the Deanery, represent countries - of western Europe, Africa, the Paci- fic area, and South America. Miss Petts’ Corps Dances in Opera ' The performance Thursday night, October 24th, at the Academy of ‘Music, will be of more than ordin- ary interest to Bryn Mawr. Not only is Mozart’s Abduction from the Harem a comic opera very seldom seen, but this production includes an all-Bryn-Mawr corps _ de ballet. Miss Petts, until this year phys- ical education director at the col- lege, is now producing dance se- quenees for the new American Opera Company’ ~overtoire.~ Bonnie Allen, ’38. ceniey rlee Hutzler, "45, “2 ihiaeeiana 46. ~ Catherine Colvin, ’46. ’ Ellen Harriman, ’48. . ‘ Madeline Brown, assistant to “Miss Petts: The cocked eyebrow, prominent hip, and (in some cases) modestly lowered eyelash with carefully cultivated blush have appeared like magic on the Bryn Mawr campus. Formerly ° these features were brought out of storage only over week-ends, and were laid away again on Monday. mornings, to be replaced by genezal dissatisfaction, stringy hair, and glowering looks at the breakfast table. But with the advent of “mixed society” on campus all this has changed. Even though the men are outnumbered at the ratio of 150 to 1, every Bryn “Mama” feels that at last “life” has become a seven-day af- fair. os And now for a word about our young swains, our Don Juans, and their reactions to all of this. The heroes are four in number; Tom Mangravite, James Lawless, Rich- ard Logan, and Eugene Galanter. Tom explained that he had orig- inally registered for Haverford, but had gone away ona long trip, and on his return had found that there was no place for him there. So—Bryn Mawr was the answer. When asked how he enjoyed his feminine surroundings he replied: “Y’m. working so hard, I haven’t even noticed. the women!” His schedule consists of English comp, Shakespeare, Philosophy, and Ge- ology. Richard ‘Logan sadly annnounced that he had “tried the -men’s col- leges, even the co-educational ones,” but they were overcrowd- ‘|ed.. Then (mirabile dictu!) he read in the paper that Bryn Mawr was accepting veterans. So here he is! The women don’t bother him at all, and he didn’t look too un- happy over the whole thing. ‘Span- Alliance Requests CARE Volunteers The Alliance feels convinced that the most economical, convenient, and reliable way that remains for sending. vitally-needed foad to Europe is through the non-profit organization, CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Eur- ope). As the CARE service is only a year old, and, being a non- profit organization, has only limit- ed means for publicity. purposes, many people who .would welcome this method of sending food abroad do not know about it. Therefore the Alliance is asking for volun- teers to help with the pubiicity program. On December 31 of this year, UNRRA will stop sending food to thousands of Europeans who, since the liberation, have been depend- ing upon those gifts for bare sur- vival. Europe still needs _ more food than it can produce. There is no international organization ready to take on the work of the UNRRA. the United States must play a ma- jor part in bridging the gap dur- ing the hard winter to come. CARE has’ obtained as War Sur- plus the standard rations prepar- ed for the army, and can offer, therefore, for $10, more food than can possibly. be purchased now for Chenspips” * ie_.Each CARE pack- age contains nearly thirty-one ,| pounds of food, of an average val- ue of over forty tHousand calor- ies, A RA, Me Anyone interested in doing this work should see Betts McClure "48 in Rhoads. See ook Individual gifts from} ‘Our Boys’ Resigned toB. M. Ratio; Desire Female Football Team By Helen Anderton “49 ‘ish, History, French, and Pavohad: ogy comprise his courses. The next Bryn Marsman ques- tioned was James Lawless, an ex- sailor. Dressed nattily in a rust- colored jacket and checked trous- ers, he debonairely explained on Taylor steps that a Bryn Mawr football team was definitely need- ed. “How could the four of you make up a team?” he was asked. “Oh no, not US, the girls. Both their builds and tactics would match the Penn football team ‘per- fectly!” James eventually hopes to transfer to foreign service school, but said he might just want to stay here! The women were a def- inite attraction, but he announced that though they “are very studi- ous, they don’t have enough imag- ination to ever be anything but students!” Continued on Page 3 F —— Plays To Be Presented During Week-end This year’s freshman competition for the Player’s Club plaque will offer a wide variety of tone and subject, varying from the mourn- ful Irish ,atmosphere of J. M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea to the spirited and exuberant “Happy Journey”. (from Trenton to Cam- den, New Jersey). Friday night will include the Rhoads freshmen, with Thornton Wilder’s Pullman Car Hiawatha, directed by Jessica Levy, ’48, Nancy. Schwartz, ’48, Robin Rau, 60, and, Pat Nichol, ’50; Denbigh’s The.-Captains and the Kings, di- rected by Eva Krafft, 47, and: C. Lovejoy, ’50;..Merion’s Becky Sharp,,, adapted from Vanity Fair | by Olive ‘Conway; and directed by Jane Coddington,. 48, and C. Mc- Cabe, 750; and A Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, offered by the Non- Residents, and directed by Geraldine Warburg, ’49. Saturday Night Pembroke West will’ offer Riders to the Sea,. di- rected by Elizabeth Dowling, ’47, and A. J. Rock, ’50. Pembroke East will stage Booth Tarkington’s The Trysting Place, directed by Clarissa. Platt, ’°49, and P. Appel, 50. Noel Coward’s Ways and Means will be presented by East House, directed by Penny Wesson, 49, and G. Williams, ’50. Rocke- feller plans to give J. M. Barrie’s A Well Remembered Voice, di- rected by Carol McGovern, °48, and Sue Bachner, ’50. CALENDAR Thursday, October 24 - ‘Dean Earl Harrison, ‘Impli- cations of the Nuremberg Trials,” Goodhart, 12:80. Friday, October 25 Freshman Hall Plays, Good- hart, 8:00. ‘Saturday, October 26 Freshman Hall Plays, hart, 8:00. Sunday, October 27 Chapel, Rev. Philip S. Jensen, Music Room, 7:30. Monday, October 28 Current Events, Room, 7:15. Wednesday tober 30 . f. Georges Cohaiea." yndham, 4:30. De’ Laguna Memorial Lecture, Dr.’ George Burch, “The prob- lem of Universals,”’ Music a Good- Common eter a Europeans Lack Long-Range View Delegate Reports. By Nancy Morehouse °47 The problem of Germany is probably the most heatedly dis- cussed issue among thinking Eur- opeans today. Its: importance is not circumscribed by the territor- ial frontiers of. Germany but it is at the crux of the future of Eur- ope. There is considerable criticism of American and British occupa- tion policy, both for too much.en- couragement of Germany and for too little. ‘Chief objectors on the second count are the Dutch, whose economic future is bound up with the prosperity of Germany, partic- ularly of the Ruhr and Rhineland areas. They are naturally pro- ponents of German economic un- ity, a scheme which would lend support to any movement for po- litical unity. Nations other than the Dut have far less economic interest int the German future, and are in fact attempting ito dissociate them- selves from any such connections. The tendency toward national self-sufficiency ,is marked, partic- ularly in countries where socialist systems prevail. These countries are inclined to reject American policy as not sufficiently harsh. The bases for this attitude lie in the political implications of the nationalism which now seems par- ticularly rampant in Europe. There is a tendency to attach special characteristics and mental traits to each nationality, and by exten- sion to ‘brand each member of that nationality as inevitably pos- sessed, of those traits.. In the case of Germany this i is particularly , un- fortunate in view of the attempts to democratizé her; for the oecu- pied countries: are’ inclined to: say that the German. mentality is. in- herently aggressive. The inability (and unwilling- ness) of a good many people to see far into the future toward the type of Europe they would like to. have is probably a mark of the exhaust- ing strain of material reconstruc- tion. But it is also a dangerous symptom; for Europe is now the battlegroynd ‘of *two opposing ide- ologies, both fighting for power. Neither of these systems is well adapted to present day Europe, and unless Europeans can gain sufficient perspective to see the outlines of their own Future, they Continued on Page 4 Undergrad Sets Limit on Offices By Point System The point system presented be- low was designed by the Under- graduate Association to limit the number of offices of individual students. The highest number of points permitted each person is 40. Common treasurer ............ 20 pts. Undergrad EE 40 pts ViG@-DreRidONt oo. c.ccccs, 20 pts. ee 20 pts. Ist junior member .......... 15 pts 2nd junior member .......... 12 pts. 1st sophomore member .... 15 pts. 2nd sophomore member.... 12 pts Self-gov. WOMANS isk Koliccsnics 40 pts. Hall presidents ........ ‘ons 20 pts. Vice-president .......0..0...0.0... 15 pts. PUN ficiiivisesscrccccsceits 15 pts. . 1st junior member ............ 12 pts. 2nd junior member ........... 12 pts. 1st sophomore member .... 12: pts 2nd sophomore member.... 12 pts Freshman member ............ 8 pts. ch League PMMMOE iicscitrs sincere 40 pts NN iicsikniinccn 12 pts Activities Drive Head ...... 5 pts. DUNG BEHOO! . iis ccecsct., 12 pts Community Center .......... 10 pts. We ONE inh 15 pts. Home for Incurables ... 8 pts Home Service ................. 5 pts Valley Forge Heads ... 8 pts Summer Camp ..............0. 10 pts. Maids’ Committee ............ 12 pts. Maids’ & Porters’ Show.... 5 pts Maids’ Classes .................. 8 pts. Maids’ Singing .................. 5 pts. Business manager ........ 10 pts. Philosophy club president 8 pts. Art club president ............ 10 pts. Dance club president ........ 10 pts. Athletic. Association Pewstdent. cis ies: Seis niel 40 pts.* *May also be team captain. Vice- president 0.0.0.4... 15 pts: Managers er mee EE 12 pts. ; Treasurer ............. ee 12 pts. meet 2 8 pts. Sophomore member .......... 5 pts: Punlieity HOA: ici asiccuss 8 pts Captain (major) .............. 5 pts. Captain (minor) ............... 3 pts. Class Officers _ Class presidents ~................ 20 pts. Vice-president-treasurer .. 10 pts. Fuplicity Head ooo. iccsiii.. 10 pts. Fresh, Soph, Non- -res. rep. 5 pts. Alliance © . SIRROE EES ity 7! 40 pts. I Sistoencccisann: 10 pts Hall. representatives..........-8-pts Current Events ...............:). 12 pts. Publicity heads ................ 12 pts News Liaison .................... 8 pts Continued on Page 3 A. A. to*Present Festive Carnival With Games, Balloons and Food By Louise Merion Green will emerge on Friday as the scene of a gay car- nival, replete with the best in en- tertainment. ‘Undaunted by last week’s rain, the Athletic Associa- tion .is preparing a colorful fete. Beneath trees festive with stream- ers, the raucous voices of barkers and a cloud of balloons will direct you to your favorite games. from three until six. In preparation for May Day, @Mpey* —Sug-race of-- fers opportunity for practice to all classes, or, if you prefer, you 1s.) test your speed strip teage race. , Bobbing for apples and other in a_ potato: or Room, 8:15.. games designed. to test your bit- Ervin 49 ing power will give a touch of Hallowe’en, while skilled fortune tellers will probe your future. Place your bets now, for Gregory Peck, Boris Karloff, and Kilroy are among the candidates for the cov- eted “King of the Bryn campus”. While you await the out- come of this contest, you can play the slot machine ox Pin the Heart on the Civilian. The \prizes for rea@hovte, 1 should bean irresist- ible. attr