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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Bryn Mawr College

“+ April 18, 1936
To the Editors of the News: ‘a

Dear Editors: — ge
I was glad to see the News’ last

editorial expressing our deep concern
that the-quality of teaching at Bryn
Mawr may continue “of the same
sharp tenor,” and that our faculty
may not lose the fine scholars and the
“inspiring guidance into the most en-
grossing and difficult aspects of every
subject” which Bryn Maw7 Students
demand. -I -felt, however,. that the
writer dealt too ambiguously with the
departure of . “exceptional teachers,”
and hid the real point of her article
in an unobtrusive mention of those
who “have. left before retirement
although not wishing it'so.” Am I
right in supposing her true complaint
to be that of the refrain. of the cur-
rent Bryn Mawr student song (tune,
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean),
loyal in only too thoughtful a sense,
though of course unprintable, which
says, “All the best teachers - get
fired—”? If so, I wish to second her
opinion most heartily. I feel that the
real anxiety. which members of both
faculty and student body have ex-
pressed on this question merits being
made more clear,
Yours sincerely,
A FELLOW STUDENT.

Editor’s Note: No, Fellow Student,
the editorial which appeared two
weeks ago in the News was not in-
spired by the specific aspect of the
teaching situation which you imply
nor by any particular example of this
situation recently experienced. Neither
have personal feelings of exuberance
or animosity however general among
the readers of News found expres-
sion in its editorial columns. That
editorial was a reflection of the opin-
ion of a large body of the undergradu-
ates who have remarked in their own
and their immediate _predecessors*:.ex-
perience at college a trend away from
the quality of teaching which made
this year’s celebration a genuine cause
for pride.

There was no attack intended, ex-
cept against our own past failure to
make clear what we want in college.
If the students remain stonily silent,
no one in the world can hope to give
them what they want, although when
once their desires are expressed; no
one would oppose them if they
are for their own and the college’s
genuine welfare. The News exists
just for this very purpose—to give
genuine student opinion an oppor-
tunity to be heard accurately and
without the fallacies of rumors.

When undergraduates do have an
opinion or an expression of what they
hope Bryn Mawr to be they should
express it clearly. That editorial was
merely a too-seldom-seen statement
from many students of their view of
what they realize but one aspect of
one of the many problems which Bryn
Mawr must face if she is to continue
to be an outstanding college.



A. L. L. to Sponsor Lectures

Pembroke West Show Case, April
16.—At a meeting of the American
Liberty League it was decided that
during the next two weeks several
speakers will be invited to Bryn
Mawr under its auspices. The head
of the Pennsylvania division of the
organization, Mr. Wilbur Morris of
Philadelphia, has consented to offer
suggestions for speakers. At the
same time the twenty-five girls who
already belong: to the chapter will
open a drive for new members.

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The. President—

_ Attended a meeting of the
- Committee in Charge of Experi- |;
ment of celleges and progressive
schools with the. heads of







schools in the East. :

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Campus Notes

Dr. and Mrs. Smith have booked
their passages for England for. the
seventeenth of June. -They plan to
work at the British Museum in London
during the summer and Dr. Smith ex-
pects to finish his book on the na-
tional movement in India. Mrs.
Smith has published an article in the
Saturday Review which combines a
review’ of the Garden Encyclopedia
with a discussion of the gation in
English literature.

Dr. Fenwick has written an edi-
torial on the Franco-Sdyiet pact in
the treaty of Locarno which appeared
in the American Journal of Interna-
tional Law. Coincident with the edi-
torial he received an invitation from
the Syracuse School of Citizenship
and International Affairs to be pre-
siding judge at a “model world court”
which was to consider the question of
the relation of the Franco-Soviet pact
to the treaty of Locarno: Dr. Fen-
wick said:

“While I was unable to accept the
invitation owing to a prior engage-
ment, I think the student body might
be interested in the plan of holding
a model world court which parallels
in a very interesting way the model
assembly of the League of Nations
recently held at Vassar and attended
by Miss Saire.”

The students will take part in the
model court, one group arguing the
case of France and another the case
of Germany.

Dr. Fenwick was one of the two
speakers at the annual meeting of the
Baltimore branch of the League of

Nations Association that was held on;

the evening of April 17. The subject
of his address was The League of
Nations and the Present Crisis.

Dr. Crenshaw says that the fifth
draft. of the plans for the new sci-
ence building are now completed and
appear. to be perfectly satisfactory.
The building, a basement and two
floors, is divided into two halves, one
being for the Chemistry Department
and one for the Geology Department.
Apparently one of the drawbacks of
Dalton is the fact that acids are apt
to leak. from ‘one floor to the next?
In accordance with the present ar-
rangement, members of the Chemistry
Department will spill acids only upon

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problem. Space has been reserved for
a retiring room where students can

; take time out to recover from their

experiments.
Miss Koller is editing a new edition
of Spenser’s Variorum through the
Johns Hopkins Press. She is collect-
ing all prevfous glossaries in the light
of new facts and selecting the most’
reasonable interpretation in the case
ofgdoubtful meanings.
Broughton has written an
article on two passages of Cicero re-
ferring to local taxes in Asia, which
is to be published in the American
Journal of Philology.



Concours Oratoire

Candidates Chosen

The successful candidates, in the
trials for the Concours Oratoire,
which will be held on May 14, are the
Misses Berthe, ’39, Dolowitz, ’39,
Hutchings, ’37, Monaco, graduate stu-
dent, Rothschild, ’388, Stewart, ’36. On
May 14 each candidate will read two
passages at sight (prose and verse)
and two passages prepared in ad-
vance. The passages to be prepared
are:

Vigny—Servitude et Grandeur mil-
itaires, La Canne de Jone p. 149-50,
STs. nuit; du 27 juillet 1880 . 4... ils
attendaient.”

La Fontaine — Fables III, 16, La

Femme noyée.
Typewritten copies of these passages
may be procured from Mademoiselle
Soubeiran, who will preside over. the
final Concours Oratoire. The books
to be used are on the reserve:shelf.





CONQUEST OF LISBON
DR. DAVID’S THEME



The. Columbia University Press has
just published Dr. Charles Wendell
David’s new book, De Expugnatione
Lyxbonensi (The Conquest of Lisbon).
It is is an edition of the Unique Manu-
seript in Corpus Christi College, Cam-
bridge, with an English translation.
This manuscript is the longest and
most informative source for records
of the activities of the little-known
crusaders among the sea-faring popu-
lations of lower Germany, the low
countries and England. It is a
discription of the expedition of 1147
against the Moors in Lisbon, written
by one of the crusaders in simple, di-
rect ‘tanguage which preserves the
atmosphere of the crusade. The edi-
tion is the most satisfactory one ever
prepared from this manuscript. The



other members of the department,

translation retains the flavor of the

which seems a fair solution to the| original.







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College Calendar
' Sunday, April 26. — Senora
Carola, Spanish dancer, will
give a recital in the Deanery.



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5 p. m.

Nye-Kvale Act Will
Be Voted Upon Soon







Increased anti-war sentiment among
students, which produced the demon-
stration against war, participated in
by. approximately 500,000 American
students, is at the moment, aiming
particularly for the passage of the
Nye-Kvale bill.

This. bill, drawn up by Senator Nye,
of North Dakota, and Representative
Kvale, of Minnesota, would make
membership to the Reserve Officers
Training Corps, which operates on
200 campuses, optional. These work
rather ambiguously as at 118, learn-
ing drills are required, while on the
remainder of the campuses they are
simply offered. The fact that 100 ad-
ditional units are now in the act of
being established has led to this move
to eliminate conscription.

Specifically, the bill would amend
the National Defense Act of 1916 with
a stipulation that no R. O. T. C. unit
be approved at any school or colleee



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“until such institution shall have sa-

isfied the: Secretary of. War that en-

«..ment in such a unit (except in the
ease of essentially military schools)
is elective and not veluntary.”
Spokesmen for the present method
of R. O. -T. C.. administration claim

that the system promotes civic aware-

ness, physical well-being, and charac-
ter education. The opponents of. the
system, they feel, have over-shadowed
the practical aspects of the situation
by their zealousness for an_ ideal
world situation. ad

In return, the advocates of the Nye-
Kvale bill insist that such demands
made of our students is not only dis-
consonant with our national demo-
cratic ideals, but that it makes a

mockery of efforts for peace.
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