ciate, el, 7 of the American Friends’ THE COLLEGE NEWS VOL. XLI, NO. 11 Sayre Will Examine Diplomatic Problems And Plans for UNRRA The Honorable Francis B. Sayre, diplomatic adviser to the United Relief and Rehabilitation Admin- istration, will speak on Plans and Problems of the UNRRA in, Good- hart at 7:30, December 8th: The speech was presented earlier this year before the Foreign Policy Association. Mr. Sayre was graduated from Williams College, and later taught there and, at the Harvard Law School. He served for several years as an adviser in foreign af- fairs to the Siamese government, playing an important part in the negotiation of several Siamese treaties with European nations. He was appointed Assistant Sec- retary of State by President Roosevelt in 1938, a position he held until 1939, when he was ap- pointed U. S. High Commissioner jin the Philippines. He escaped from Corregidor with MacArthur. _ Jessup and Blaisdell Discuss Peace Plans, Relief, Rehabilitation Goodhart; November 29. Lois Kellog Jessup (Bryn Mawr 1920) Service Committee and Dorothea Cham- bers Blaisdell (Bryn Mawr 1919) of the Foreign Economic Adminis- tration were the speakers at the first Vocational Conference. (Mrs: Jessup gave a general res- ume of the founding and works of the A. F. S.C. The committee was formed in 1917 by a large body of English and American Quakers who wished to alleviate the suffering of both allies and en- emies in Europe. The committee is not primarily a social service Continued on page 3 Mr. Soltau Considers Politics in Near East Common Room, December 4. The problem of Arab nationalism was discussed by Mr. Soltau in a lec- ture entitled “Politics in the Near East” in a meeting of the Journal Club. Dr. Soltau discussed primarily Syria and Lebanon, since Egypt and Iran have achieved legal inde- ' pendence, and Palestine is compli- cated by the Zionist problem. Syria and Lebanon are relatively free cial minorities, although Lebanon has a minority Christian population, the Maronites. The mandate system of the Ver- sailles peace settlement was a compromise necessitated by the conflicting interests of England and France, and achieved very lit- tle success, as it was an impractical idea in a world of self-interested nations with many national con- flicts. The central idea was that a nation given a mandate would expend its efforts to make the mandate self-sufficient economical- ly and to build up a political tradi- tion which would carry over into national independence making the mandate unnecessary, and no com-| pensation necessary for the man- datory power. This being obvious- ly impossible, the French made little effort to improve the econ- omic circumstances or the political institutions of their mandates. “When the French took over the is | Cantinuet on page 4 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1944. ue “ Ladies in Retirement Non-plussed Conductors, Musical Gobs, Add Note of Hilarity | to Chosr’s Princeton Trip { By April Oursler °46 When fifty females make a trip, it’s either for vacation or a hockey vania Railroad, The Bryn Mawr Choir, en rgute to Princeton for last Sunday’s concert, was defin- itely nonplussed when: the Paoli local conductor roared disapprov- ingly, “No hockey team was ever that big, even with two cheering sections,” then added belligerent- ‘ly, “And what’s more :you can’t tell me it’s vacation already!” Undaunted, the choir with card- board lunch boxes, academic gowns and white collars gathered indis- criminately in their arms, settled themselves into the Local to find their “reserved car” already occu- pied by five men. Three of them, sailors, welcomed the group with more than metaphorically open arms, spending) half the time vari- ously trying to convince’ the con- ductor that their bass voices were merely altos with colds, and that their sailor suits perfectly combin- ed the demure darkness of our gowns with a collar at least striped in white. The other two were Hav- erford men. \Princeton,. finally reached, was cold. The vibrato in tone which the audience later remarked on as being “angelically expressive of emotion,” was unfortunately due to thoroughly earthly and prosaic seizures of shivering. The more energetic of the choir members, however, braved the cold, remem- bering the tales of the time when Princeton was the proverbial hea- ven of weekends. A group, taking themselves on a tour of the cam- pus, returned to report that they had found a most interesting road. A sign at its entrance read “Pri- vate. Proceed at your own risk.” They added that a whole detach- Calendar Friday, December 8 The Honorable Francis B. Sayre, Plans and Problems of the UNRRA, Goodhart, 7:30. German Christmas Play, Com- mon Room, 8:00. Saturday, December 9 French Christmas Play, Wynd- ham, 8:30. Sunday, December 10 Christmas Vesper Service, com- bined Choirs of Bryn Mawr College and Princeton Univer- sity, speaker, Reverend An- drew Mutch, Goodhart, 7:45. Wednesday, December 13 Christmas Vacation Begins, 12:45 P. M. Thursday, December 14 (Main Line Forum.’ Burton K. Wheeler, Our | T Heritage. Thursday, Ja : i _ Christmas tion Ends at 2 P.M. \ { game, according to the Pennsyl-|. Metropolitan ment of Military Governors had lined the path, waiting silently for them to proceed. The Princeton Music Depart- ment, however, outdid themselves in the preparation of a magnificent setting for the program. In addi- tion to the freezing and inspiring chapel, a contingent of bona fide Orchestra\ players had been imported to accompany the Bach Cantata. The music was truly grand, but the players had a strange habit of appearing in, the girls’ dressing room (where, inci- dentally, at least five Bryn Mawr- ites were asleep just before the concert, recovering from Satur- day’s dance) and offering to tell any female in sight the full work- ings of an oboe or a flute, and any- thing else they were given time to work up to. The concert over, the Choir, seg- Continued on Page 4 Weiss’ Proof of God Lays Stress on Value Common Room, December 6. Con- tinuing his talk on Philosophy and Theology before the Philosophy Club, Mr. Weiss offered a proof of God differing from the three classical proofs in its recognition of religious experience. The mis- takes in the traditional arguments were, he said, the use of wrong evidence and the fact that the proofs were dealt with separately. Considering the theological ar- gument, Mr. Weiss explained that the consciousness of the suffering and tragedy rather than the order in’ the universe formed the basis of religion. The recognition of the negative significance of Man im- plied a certain recognition of a higher being. Reversing the position of the cosmological argument, Mr. Weiss continued his proof with the con- tingency of non-existent things, i. e. the past, asking: What kind of a being the past can have. He declared that tragedy in life re- sults from a sense of the, loss.of values, such as love for those who have died, in, which part of one’s being is contained. In a sense then, part of one’s self is lost although personal existence persists. This leads one to believe that the val- ues lost are yet retained. Combining this part of the proof with the ontological argument, Mr. Weiss suggested that God is the great preserver of values, in whom the past remains. Through belief in God and through religious ex- perience, Man retains his self iden- oe i GR ieee ney ye ues. Christmas Vacation (Christmas vacation begins at 12:45 P. M. Wednesday, De- cember 13. The last meal served in the halls will be lunch on Wednesday. - Christmas vacation ends on Thursday, January 4 at 2 P. M. Students may return to their halls the preceding Wednesday evening. The first meal served will be breakfast on Thursday morning. - Students who are spending Christmas vacation or part of | it in Bryn Mawr or its vicinity and are not staying in their homes are expected to obtain approval for their arrange- ments iti the Dean’s Office. If students have difficulty get- ting reservations to correspond with the opening and closing of the halls of residence, they are asked to notify the Dean’s Of- fice and an arrangement will be made to provide accommoda- tions while the halls of resi- dence are closed. Lt. Charles G. Bolte To Talk on Veterans At Alliance Assembly Lt. Charles G. Bolte, Chairman of the American Veterans Com- mittee, will talk at the next War Alliance Assembly to be held on January 10 at 12:30 in Goodhart. His speech will be on “Servicemen in War and Peace.” a series in the Nation entitled The War Fronts, as well as several ar- ticles concerning post-war plans. Earlier in the war, after graduat- ing from Dartmouth in ’41, he was with the King’s Royal Rifles, Sev- enth Armored Division, Eighth Army. He is at present the edit- or of the monthly Bulletin, the publication of the American Vet- erans Committee. The organiza- tion was conceived in '48 when Bolte and several other servicemen started exchanging letters on the subject of the attitude of veterans after the war. The form of the A.V. C. has pur- posely been kept tentative. It has no definite plans as to whether it will function independently or de- cide to join forces with the Amer- ican Legion or the Veterans of * Continued on Page 4 ag comzriaht, Trustees of Bryn Mawr Sails e, 1944 Varsity Play, Hampered by Direction, Shows Individual Skill in Main Parts Recently, Lt. Bolte has written| PRICE 10 CENTS Kate Rand, Jessica Levy, Give Outstanding Performance In Melodrama by April Oursler, '46 The Varsity Players produc- tion of Ladies in. Retirement was unusually well equipped for suc- cess, being endowed with. a‘‘consi- derable amount of good individual action, and an exceptional back- ground of setting and lights. From the point of view of the students involved, the evening represented a notable achievement. But its di- ’ rection was poor, and no college play saddled with such a lack of understanding of the necessary dramatic technique can succeed. Pace The problem of pace was entirely up to the actors them- selves, and as a consequence the first act seemed to die with the death of what had appeared to be the star, Kate Rand, ’45, in’ the role of Leonora Fiske. Her vivac- ity, combined with her “knowledge of the elements of acting, kept the play moving, in spite of the fact that the other characters seemed completely effaced by’ her _ bril- liance, so as to give the false im- pression that she was over-acting. The main fault in her interpreta- tion lay in her failure to convey the feeling of age in either her movement or voice. It was again unfortunate that the director did not take the available opportuni- ites to’ emphasize Jessica Levy’s role as Ellen during the first act in order to give the rest of the production more of a feeling of credibility and continuity. _ Timing As the first act was carried al- most entirely by Kate Rand, so the rest of the play rested on Jessica Levy’s shoulders. She managed an overwhelming feeling of tense- ness in her every movement and speech, strangely compelling at- tention without resorting to dra- matic tricks. A truly extraordin- ary ability to express emotion characterized her whole perform-: ance, and this, combined with an innate sense of timing was _ res- ponsible for what intenseness of mood the play possessed. Carol McGovern, ’48, played the role of Louisa with competence of stage technique, but with too ster- eotyped an_ interpretation, even for a melodrama. She did, how- ever, inject the proper comic relief Continued on Page 4 left First Burst of Holiday Mood Invades B. M. With Dance in-Snow-flaked Decorated Gym by Patricia Platt, 45 oo Decked in snow flakes, theeGym witnessed the first outburst of hol- iday mood on campus witp. the college dance on Saturday night. Lasting longer than any on. record, the orchestra kept playing until two A.M. when the. party finally broke up. Althougs ‘a trimmed Christmas tree opposite the Gym door provided a hazard for jitter- bugs, everything went off remark- ably smoothly. The most distinguishing seater of this year’s dance was the com- parative scarcity female stags. However, an appreciative gallery made up for the 1 “rushing” of presentable males. The dignity pongaed =! lent by this unusual state of af- fairs was balanced by the orches- tra’s pace. Almost everyone had a work-out. Instead of occasion- al slow numbers, the band warm- ed up to a series of athletic cre- scendos with a conga chain and the polka. The decoration was simple, but effective. Large paper’ snow flakes, of the geometric variety seen on ‘Goodhart, dotted the rad s sky-blue walls, while the e fir tree was hung with red ve silver balls. Convenient sigts, bearing the names of the halls, loomed from below the bal- cony railing to guide any strays back to their dates. hments consisted of punch and cookies. PORE eg L.A taebedetoahte! od Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS | “THE COLLEGE NEWS (Founded in 1914) ae 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. 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BALLARD, *45 CYNTHIA Haynes, *48 Photographer ‘HaNNAH KAUFMANN, 8 - Business Boar : Y Mita ASHOopIAN, °46, ss Manager BaRBARA WiLLiaMs, °46, Advertising Manager ConsuELO Kunn, *48 ANNE KincsBury, *47 ANN WERNER, 47 Subscription Board MarcareT Loup, '46, Manager CHARLOTTE BINGER, '45 EuisE Krart, *46 Lovina BRENDLINGER, "46 ELIZABETH MANNING, °46 IRBARA COTINS, °47 Nancy STRICKLER, °47 HgeLeNn GILBERT, *46 BARBARA YOUNG, 747 > Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Post Office Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912 ai as Re-scheduling It-is-regrettable, in looking back over the’ semester, to note the failure of the majority of undergraduates to fulfill their pledges to the U. Vv. A. P. It is also regrettable that there was little or no response to the Player’s Club plea for stage hands and that there have been complaints about the failure to attend nurse’s aid classes. Such a situation would ordinarily be attributed to an apathetic student body. But there has been increasing discussion on campus that the fail- ure to participate in extra-curricular activities, has not been due to unwillingness or inertia, but to an overwhelming amount of work that is aggravated by its unequal distribu- tion. e Christmas Vacation Most of us are looking forward to Christmas vacation as a period in which to write from one to four papers. More- over, it will provide a reading period to make up assignments left behind during mid-semesters and the inevitable rush/be- fore Christmas. In short, it promises to be anything but a holiday for a great many students who are desperately in need of a rest. The increasing migrations to the infirmary and the failure of many to take the week-end of the dance in their stride, will attest to this need. -It-may be argued with some justification that the aver- age, Bryn Mawr undergraduate spends too much time in the smoking room or that she does not plan her time. However, under the existing system, even the most conscientious time- saver finds herself swamped at mid-semesters, and unable to regain her prospective as she struggles with daily assign- ments and papers in the short time that is left. Various pro- posals for re-scheduling were offered last year that would provide for a more equitable distribution of work and less strain on the student. We regret that they seem to have been disregarded when there seems, to be such an apparent necessity for some sort of a change. Proposals The first proposal offered by the News last year, was for a long fall term that would end examinations before Christ- mas. It was criticized because of the added strain that would be imposed on students. The nd plan was for the semes- ter to begin two weeks cudiae ake usual. After vacation there should be a ten-day reading period without classes, in which all studentsecould write their papers and prepare for ® ‘examinations. The seniors’ traditional reading period would take place as usual. Since papers are not usually due as close to examinations inthe spring, and. since the examination period is longer, no corresponding reading period would be necessary then. A third plan has now been proposed which ‘could be put into effect within the existing system. It is sug- gested that heavier reading lists be assigned earlier in the year with a decided lessening at the. end of pag semester _ when papers are due. With these suggestions, we hope that the isdhesions on “scheduling will be reontand and that campus — bina si mati Rr INCIDENTALLY The Christmas;dance may have ‘given Bryn Mawr a_ temporarily frivolous aspect as gay young things with hearts fluttered around with things called men,’ but even in such a scene Bryn Mawr could not forget its intel- lectual standard. One couple moon, momentarily covered ‘with what the man called a_ rainbow. The girl, a.science major, was ov- erheard to say, . “Nonsense, it’s just an ordinary spectrum”... Other Science majors, however, showed efinitely non-scholastic approgech to their studies of Chemistry last Monday when a hall tea threatened to conflict: with a four hour lab, In true scientific fashion they went directly to the heart of the problem, and invited the whole of the Chem department to the tea. But the professors fooled them. They came in shifts —gleefully exclaiming: that. this was so nice because they could ‘have their cake and eat it too, and wasn’t it too bad that the poor people in lab couldn’t have been there ... Required courses have long pre- sented a problem to the. student body at large, but an entirely new viewpoint was expressed by one Sophomore on the News. A wing- ed object soared around the Com- mon Room recently vacated by Mr. Herben and his Current’ Events. “A bird!” we screamed, beginning the usual Superman formula. Slowly, the Sophomore walked up to us, completely unfazed by the proximity of the beast to her hair. “It’s a bat,” she informed us. “You took Biology as your re- ‘quired science and you don’t even ane a mammal when you_ see one. I’m going to take Geology!” WITS \EINC O chp ie but: once a year and sometimes even that is too.much! ‘Would that I could tie my Philosophy paper in gay red ribbon and send it to Inferno to play with Dante. But the ultimate reality of Xmas is thus indisput- ably disputed by those who resent having to stampede in the dark moaning “Go Rest You Merry Gen- tlemen” when any dope knows that there is no rest forythe weary, and that trying to find a hiding place down here in which to get Yule spirit without getting acute per- itonitis of the conscience is like eating popcorn through a strain- er. : Let us sing “Silent Night’ as we whirl around the maypole, and pack all our bad ideas but leave our clothes to feed the moths dur- ing the lean season. Let us walk, not run, to the nearest train when the glad hour knells, lest cumula- tive exhaustion leave us as an ad- dition to the asphalt as time pass- es us by. But this under all, which is the bottom; when I yell “Noel” it will be in the tonsilless tone of a toiler whose mental and physical condition is processed ham. In vain do I plead that I shall never see a paper lovely as a tree, but would joyfully sacrifice both, and even devour them if it could indispose me sufficiently to produce a_ Six- day coma. braved the cold to look at the: We've been going over our Fresh- man notes, but we still haven’t found any index for the identifica- |: tion of the animals Mr. Herben leaves behind him... Fresiman parents are endemi- cally in a state of anxiety over their offspring, but the height of maternal confusion was’ reported to us today, by a Freshman whose mother, though properly pleased] js by the fact that her daughter is writing letters home, does not quite understand how one | letter was written sitting on bells, and another baby-sitting. She also warned her daughter that it was not healthy to sit all day, and re- minded her to get some exercise. The problem of headlines in col- lege newspapers is always a com- plicated one, but Barnard has pro- vided us with one which will con- sole us over ours for ages to come. A lead story, on the front pagé, is, headed by -the.. words “Cha to Hear Coffin. Speak’. The opening sentence, “‘Not unto us, O Lord, Not unto us.”’”... And _incidéntally, the News board, exploring hungrily in the Goodhart tea pantry for the re- mains of Monday’s tea, found a large hoard of left-over food. One small detail was however, upset- ting. In the sugar can was a large orange tin of Saraka, the perfect laxative. Tea in Goodhart always used to be so nice... Red Esau Requests Packin g Center Aides Volunteers for weekly work are needed by Philadelphia Red Cross Packing Center. For the past two years workers in four Cen- ters in the United States have been assembling boxes to send to allied prisoners of war held in German prison camps. The eleven- pound packages, containing food, cigarettes, and soap, arrive in Ger- many on the average of once a week. The first Packing Center was established in Philadelphia in January, 1948. Other centers are in New York, St. Louis, and Brooklyn. The U. S. government supplies the contents-of each pack- age comprising condensed milk, dried prunes, cheese, canned meat, sugar, salt, pepper, coffee extract, caned tuna fish, jam, oleomargar- ine, Army ration biscuit, candy, chocolate, soap, vitamins, and liver paste. The current American cigarette shortage is partly due to the fact that cigarettes have an important place in each package. The Red Cross pays the factory overhead and the transportation costs on ships such as the Grips- holm in which the boxes are sent. The Philadelphia Packing Cen- ter turns out over 14,000 packages a day at the rate of 45 per min- ute. About 75 women volunteers work on tike assembly lines while both volunteer and hired men sup- ply the bins from which the arti- cles are taken. The plant, situated at 2300 Chestnut street, welcomes visitors and is anxious to have more part or whole time workers. The hours are 9:45-12:45, 1:15-400 five days a- week, with a men" shift twice a week. - ——- Siscstnd -C venll Common Room, December 4. “Although our situation in France is favorable at present, things will be worse before they are better”, said Dr, Herben in his discussion of military strategy in the French campaign since D-Day., | 4 Dr. Herben described the nature of the war before noting actual events and their significance. “the final-argument of a king” where in order to impose the vic- tors’ will on the vanquished, ‘either armies must be destroyed in’ the field, or political leaders, must change their, views. ~ Before the actual landing” ‘was made in France, no~ authority would have predicted it. The ‘coun- try has almost insurmountable defenses, both-natural arid ‘mater- ial, all of which were in the hands. of the Nazis. The United Nations. had, however, built up unbeliev- able reserves of’ both men and supplies in England. Experi- ments in landing, although unsuc-— cessful, did not deter Eisenhower and Montgomery. Armed with several new gadgets, courage and determination, the Americans, English and Canadians made four landings, three of which. were suc- cessful. Our drive south in July to open up the peninsula was unsuccessful until our air force was finally able to smash a hole in enemy . lines. Then concern turned to the south where an immense German army in Italy threatened. An American force, however, landed in the south and. drove parallel to the River up to meet the driving forces The greatest problem now fac- ing us is that of transport. In our present position on the Rhine we are far from our source of sup- plies. The coming of winter, stif- fened resistance, lack of any over- land transport system, ‘fact that we. are six to months ahead of schedule, add to our disadvantage. But the situation is more than a deadlock. We have decreased the submarine and robot menace considerably and are on the road to a break through the Siegfried Line. _ : Rae eRe ore Nuts and Bolts At the University of Toronto an editorial debate rages over public versus private control of universi- ties. The advocates of public con- trol cited the numerous abuses of irresponsible private ownership. They felt state control would abol- eastward ish racial and religious discrimina- in admission requirements, ane would not interfere with intellec- — tion tual speculation and academic free- dom, and would make the individ- ual good also the common good by - keeping students in close contact with their government. Their op- ponents, while admitting the de- fects of private control, feared standardization of education, de- spite the avowal that the state would not “censor” académic con- tent or ‘individual initiative. s ¢ It is interesting to see that Bar- earnestly_believe, that if some changes were made in the col- urge the eurriculum committee to consider the problem. We lege calendar or. in the distribution of work within the pres- ent system, the strain now imposed on students would be greatly relieved. Perhaps then, much of the energy that is now being wasted on worry ‘and cramming, could be diverted into different channels and theré would be a new stimulus in. extra-curricular activities and amore venuine effort to fulfill the U. Vv. ‘AF. pledges. | eos nard recently held a celebration of ° the anniversary of the publication of Milton’s Areopagitica. That’s our idea of a Cultural Community. * * * Barnard also has formed an Inf® terfaith group where students of all creeds meet to hear lectures by ministers, priests, and rabbis, and to read material about every faith. i * * * Another type of cooperative movement is in evidence at. Tor- onto, where. a, campus cooperative residence for students of, every race ,creed and nation is entering its eighth year of successful _ it. Rhone , and ‘the ¢ eight: ~~ 'y ’ Ld —_— ’ , # ' ‘ } THE COLLEGE NEWS enceoael a Page Three ——! Christmas Cheer Will Relax Bryn Mawrtyrs As Traditional Hall Celebrations Take Place by Betsy Day,:’47 Christmas dinner with all traditions of hearty — repasts, Christmas trees, and decorated dining rooms, will come again on Tuesday night. For this’ occasion, the hard-working grind, the last its _minute packer, and the smoking- *“xoom “occupant, will have to desert “their haunts for’ a few minutes to don a long dress and catch a pre- view of the Xmas spirit. However the traditions . Christmas dinner vary from hall to hall. ‘ Denbigh. is greeted by a , King, queen and page clad in er- i mine-like rabbits’ ' tity of these-regents is kept a see- fur. The iden- ret until’ the very night. The Ger- man -Ho ‘makes merry with’ a pitcher. dihot cider, while ‘the French e gives. each other presents. 7 Rock all classes co- operate to-entertain with a Christ- K. Rovid, J.{Levy Carry **‘Ladies in Retirement” Continued fr page 1 into the second act. The role of Emily, done by Martha Gross, ’47, had a little more variety of ex- pression, but somehow . seemed thoroughly unreal, perhaps _be- cause at times it was so overplay- ed as to seem farcical. Both these roles, however, were more than adequately done, ending the play on the proper note. John Stone of Haverford, and Katherine Southerland, ’48, in the respective roles of Albert and Lucy, did not have the ability necessary to sus-} tain their frequent scénes alone together. The play as a. whole did not achieve the audience success au- gured for it by the individual act- ing, the setting, or indeed the in- trinsic worth of the play _ itself, largely because the mood of the evening was not one receptive to a horror play. It did not achieve its possible critical success because of the unimaginative directing which so often bogged it down, ‘leaving the stage empty for a to- tal of eight times during the even- ing, and completely omitting to set the pace and mood which it is not the actors’ entire job to pro- ‘ duced, *“worth while. But the evening was more’ than It showed the col- lege that there was some true, though untrained, dramatic tal- pent on-campus; as well as a real ‘degree of knowledge and | tech- “nique in the production of back- ground, both in lighting and set. With another director, the: play might have had the success it re- ally deserved. for. mas pageant containing: a caroling chorus and the usual Bible charac- ters. ' Perhaps the most, original Christmas«celebration is that held by the Non-Reses...They have a Christmas party and give each other suggestive knockers point- ing out one another’s characteris- tics. For example, one squeaky- ‘voiced student was last year pre- sented with a bottle of gargle. The Christmas dinner in Radnor is lield on Moriday night and the grads instead of the faculty make the speeches. The plans for this year seem. to follow the usual traditional lines with the Sophomores decorating, the Freshmen entertaining and the Faculty as speech-making guests. Of course difficulties are not lack- ing. Rhoads who had gala ideas for a window banked with red can- dles found that they could have no candles whatsoever, while other halls are wondering whether the trees and greens will be obtainable as early as December 12. Jessup and Blaisdell Discuss Relief Plans Continued from Page 1 organization; but rather, it is bas- ed on spiritual and religious aid. From their work during and after the last war, Friends’ Centers have grown up in Paris, Berlin, Geneva, Vienna, and other European cities. Since Nazi oppression began in 1930, the Friends have been active in relief work and have been help- ing refugees in Lisbon, Vienna, ‘Spain, North Africa, Greece (aid- ing U. N. R. R. A.), Italy, China, and India. _ ‘Mrs. Blaisdell had permission td speak only on the F. E. ‘A. This particular field during the war has to do with things rather than peo- ple. Their particular problem is what material to give men and where to find it.._There were three jobs handed over to the F. E. A.: (1) The most important and essen- tial was that of Lend-Leafe to the Allies; (2) The minimum supply of goods to neutral countries; and (3) Keeping the enemy from get- ting essential materials from the neutrals. Mrs. Blaisdell said“ that there would be need for a large staff, of trained personnel to carry out the participation of the U. S. (through F. E. A.) in the operations of the United Nations Relief and Reha- bilitation Administration, Arnold’s Shoe Shop Cancellations and Samples 45 W. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore, Pa. Specializing in Women’s Smart Footwear % SEVILLE THEATRE ARCAD Bracelets Earrings Pins THE TRES CHIC SHOPPE ee i b BRYN MAWR Term papers now Terminate them at the [ N N | will soon begin “ROGER & GALLET: 3-3 In Hockey Match Swarthmore, December 2. The final hockey match -of the season ended in a 3-3 tie between Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore, a repeti- tion of last year’s score. A tem- perature in the twenties, afield as hard as rock and white with frost, and a lack of practice due to two weeks of rain were not conducive to a brilliant game, particularly as far as the Owls were concerned. At the end of the first half the score stood 2-1 in favor of Bryn Mawr, after Lydge Gifford ’45, and Mimi Fostér 47, had tallied for the Owls.’ In the second half, however, ‘the maroon forward line. played a powerful offensive game, resulting in ‘some furious scrim- mages in front of the Bryn Mawr goal. After one such scrimmage, score. A penalty bully was, called when the Bryn Mawr goalie, Darst Hyatt 47, caught the ball between her knees and refused to let go. Forced to bully with the opposing center forward five yards in front of the goal, Darst cleared and the score remained a tie. In the last five minutes Swarth- more scored again, but the yellow team made a magnificent comeback when Lydge Gifford shot the ball into the Swarthmore goal in the last few seconds before the whistle blew. lg ) We have plenty of all kinds _ Knitting Wools on hand! The Scotch Wool Shop | | HAVERFORD PENNA.| r METH'S Fine Pastry Afternoon Tea BRYN MAWR Luncheons Served is sure Bad Company Winter weather brings: harsh treatment to sensitive lips. But with a tube of Roger & Gallet original Lip Pomade in your pocket, you can laugh at ‘ Sloppy Sleet’’. % Just smooth ‘on Lip Pomade’s invisible, soothing film and defy the. climate. There’s no safer, . surer protection against painful chapping and cracking. Stop at any drug store and ask for the handy pocket tube. 500 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK 18, N.Y. B. M. Ties Swarthaore'| ‘for waiting on the tables. ‘ent for the week before Christmas. ‘who.may want to teach next year Swarthmore tallied and tied the} oan WHAT TO DO The Deanery: people wanted for all or part of the vaca- Several tion. Room and board in return Greek Relief If you have any old clothes, please put them in the boxes which are provided in every hall for the Greek’ War Relief. Miss Dana of Fishers Road offers room, board and salary to a stud- To be there evenings only as com- heer to two girls 14 and 16 years. denlone ‘and Graduate Students please register with the Bureau of Recommendations before .Christ- mas, vacation. Some. schools and Stop. and ‘Shop " ere Richard Stockton ° BRYN MAWR colleges. are planning _ interviews now with-next: year’s teachers. . Secretarial training for college women. Catalog tells all. Address College Course R CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Green Years A. J. Cronin The Bolinvars Bayliss Immortal Wife Irving Stone Hard Facts Howard Spring Verdict on India Beverly Nichols and 26. WAR sil NEEDS THE WIRES THIS CHRISTMAS THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA \ BE MPLUEITTOMO TINT | | Ue Gentlemen c c ) : Talk of Peace NEW YORK 17. . . 230 PARK AVE. Ziff BOSTON 16 . 90 MARLBOROUGH ST. E. S. McCawley Books CHICAGO 11 . 720 N. MICHIGAN AVE. HAVERFORD oO . Phase help keep LONG DISTANCE circuits clear for necessary calls on December 24, 25 mee Page Four oo THE Pa —— Mr. Soltau Considers Politics jn Near East Continued from page 1 ) J mandate of Syria and Lebanon, - they established in each nation a high commissioner, supported by a large civil staff. This organiza- tion was expected to’ cooperate -with the native departmental au- thorities, but. friction frequently developed, ‘often interrupting the government. This situation was complicated further by the French government’s ‘custom of sending very inferior officials to Lebanon and Syria. The chief contribution of the French has been in education. They have carried their native tradition of an excellent educational system to the mandate, but in one respect this has tended to be a disadvan-| tage, as the emphasis on France has tended to denationalize the Lebanese and Syrian youth. — Thé Arab future of these prov- inces is complicated by British declarations of independence on their behalf and evident French unwillingness to give up the man- dates. Out of the confusion of the last twenty years have arisen two salient facts—that Arab na- tionalism is a force which cannot be ignored, and that the mandate system established in the French mandates has been unsueccessful. B. M. Camp Counselors Give Christmas Party —_—-— Common Room, Dec. 6. The an- nual Christmas party for the child- ren who attended the Bryn Mawr camp this summer was held this afternoon. All the children who at- tended camp were asked, and were met in Philadelphia by some of the counselors to be brought out to college. Dr. Tselos played the role of Santa Claus, and his young son was the “assistant.” There were presents for everyone, and a Christmas tree with all the trim- mings. ‘ After playing games, the child- ren ate cakes, cookies and ice cream. When they had had their fill, and the camp songs had been sung, they departed for home, the strains of “Good Night to Little Cho-Cho” echoing from the raft- ers of the Common Room. + New Athletic Association Clubroom in Gym To Provide-Hospitality for Visiting Teams by Bettina Kluepfel ’°48 An old store room in the base- ment of the gym will soon be .con- verted into an attractive A. A. room. The transformation will provide a long-lacking place of en- tertainment for various visiting teams. The chief difficulty in renovating the store room lay in covering as many of the numerous pipes as possible. Although the room is now merely painted space,: the Committee, Miss Petts, Ty Wal- ker °45, and Alice Hedge ’46, have made plans for curtaining new ¢lear glass windows, providing a rug, stuffed chairs, and even a radio-victrola. In time a kitchen- ette may be added, and Miss Petts says that the A. A. will have their own dishes. When the college took in a hun- dred extra students, a new infirm- ary was built, a new science build- ing put up, and an addition to the library completed, but the begin- ning of the war “curtailed any plans for the gym. This year, the swimming team cast aside their old terry-cloth bathrobes, only to Choir Meets Gobs On Princeton Jaunt Continued from page 1 regated from Princeton by a din- ing room shortage, gulped hot coffee and dinner, and ran for the train. Taking a busman’s holiday, they sang their throats hoarse to the amazement of those returning from New York at the end of an obviously essential week-end. But it remained for another conductor to put the finishing touches on the excursion. Staring in amazement at the fifty singing females he evi- ently felt called on to exhibit his talents. Whereupon he _ walked slowly up and down the aisle pro- jecting his false teeth, both uppers and lowers, out of his mouth and spinning them on the end of his tongue. Unfortunately, the Choir did not look sufficiently impressed. so he retired to the end of the car, and delivered the words of his inner soul. “Aw, go-on an’ sing! Sing ‘Hark the Herald Angels.’ It’s beautiful, and I can’t live without beauty.” The choir, avoiding the teeth, began to sing. 6, : ~, flee from college - yaar come and eat a college devil! the cottage tea house The Bryn Mawr Trust Co. Bryn Maur, Pa. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Co. Jewelry CARMAN GIFT SHOP Christmas Gifts Stationery Taylor has classes, ' But JEANNETT’S has the eciili ] choose! 48 W. LANCASTER AVENUE ARDMORE The Lib has its books, Rhoads has good looks, e Goodhart has stage, song, and “News” Quant lab has brasses, \ discover that there were no new ones to be had, so the money went to the A. A. room. “T feel that Bryn Mawr has not shown enough hospitality to other teams,” stated Miss Petts, but she hopes that with an attractive room to receive the visiting teams, the situation will be remedied. , Lt. Charles Bolte To Talk on Veterans Continued from page 1 Foreign Wars. Bolte is a member of the temporary executive com- mittee of six honorably discharged veterans, with ‘headquarters in New York. The preliminary statement of in- tentions drawn up by the commit- tee makes clear that though the veterans are looking forward to living a normal civilian life after the war, they realize that “military victoy does not automatically bring peace, jobs, or freedom. To guar- antee our interests, we must work for what we want.” "To accomplish this, the discharged mean to take action to insure aid for vet- erans, during demobilization, jobs, through gocial security, the free- doms, disarmament of the aggres- sor nations, and continued unified action of the United Nations. The A. V. C. functions as a clearing house of servicemen’s op-| inions, which are editorially tied in with the clearly stated, yet flexible, aims of the organization... eae Reweaving and | Hose Repairing 41 W. Lancaster Ave. ARDMORE, PA. | Formerly of Suburban Square DINAH FROST Bryn Mawr leenovted | Yarns Domestic Yarns Greeting Cards Invisible |) Mending Shop || OLLEGE NEWS ————— * Christmas Gifts This Friday th Maids and Porters are aitaie a in the basement of Taylor for.a sale of Christmas presents. heen range from stuffed animals to frivolous aprons and handker- chief cases. The sale will con- tinue through Saturday and on to Monday if the articles hold out. Maids and Porters Plan Annual Caroling A choir of maids and porters will serenade the campus with Christmas carols, negro spirituals and old favorites on request, Mon- day night, December llth. Al Mackey of Merion, Lewis White and Mabel Meade wf, Denbigh, and Dorothy Tee of Pembroke will ge yi " e group is directed by Sarah Beckwith ’46, and Robin Brooks "46. Peter Arno \They Call It The Purple Heart Valley’ Margaret Bourke-White Samuel Johnson rcaeane | (| > Man in the Shower een iggy Ae il A.M. to 9 P.M. Closed Wediesilay’ Orders taken for TEA SANDWICHES PIES and CAKES Parker House, Inc. — 849 Lancas A ter Avenue Country Bookshop BRYN MAWR BRYN MAWR (Next to Florentine Shop) te: saennnenee . J 10¢ plus tax. ‘DURA: GSS nal hy 1O HAVE AND TO HOLD You'll look and feel glamorous when you have Dura-Gloss on your fingers nails. 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