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College news, May 16, 1928
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1928-05-16
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 14, No. 25
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THE COLLEGENEWS
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Yi You Believe It?
Revolutionalized Ratatioie, With
Men, Sociologists’
Say.
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“How have the relations between the
sexes changed between your mother’s
generation and your own! ?” That. was
the question asked in a recent session of
the course in Applied Sociology. “Me
and wemen are becoming “better cc
rades,” was thé consensus of opinion of
the students, according to a di
the answers for the College Nfws..by
4 one of the members. 4
___.______ Freeddin and __ independence, _ newly
won by woman, have gradually placed
her ona footing equal with meng Girls
have proved that both their minds and
their bodies can be devéloped and en-
-~ Joyed. Whilé the older generation took |
“for granted the idea that getting mar-
ried’ ‘and having a family was woman's |
only mission in life, the younger genera- |
tion’ sees active and brilliant careers )
beckoning instead of marriage, or’as the
completion and fulfillment of.marriage.
While all this..progress has been tak-
ing place there has been an. inevitable
change in relations between men and
women. The ‘old supercilious flirtations,
based on little but her beauty or ability
to please, have given way generally to
a real comradeship baséd on. mutual ex-
periences, It ‘is now” possible to discuss
the same subjects and carry on. the same
activities.
their. real. interests-. in the - presence of
women, now discuss them freely, finding
their listeners intelligent fellow-students,
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re whose own original thinking is most
stimulating. Such free interchange of
ideas leads to an enormously enriched
relationship. - «
Hdaving found this pleasure in jpint
mental functioning men and wome Y,
come-to-carry on wholesome physical ac-
» tivities together, such as golf, tefnis, and
swimming. While this liftin
: has shifted the focus of ,
tween men and women
attraction to a basis off sane ai
ship, it, has at the samé time brought to
the surface the whol¢ question of sex as
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‘| of facing facts together.
disinterested
* comparative
sideration has made possible
manly, Cases, especial
Most men instead of burfing |.
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an. object#e problem tor discussion.
‘stead. of brooding “secretly and ‘being
ashamed of normal itnpulses, men and
women, with their common knowledge,
are learning in this case, too, the value
Mutual Understanding Raises Level.
As they have thus come to understand
and. know each other better in every
way, their general attitude toward, each
‘er has’ come up to a higher level. No
longer ‘are men likely to regard women
merely as property to be enjoyed, and
enjoyed by their owners alone, but as
friends to ‘be shared trustfully with
friends, Women moreover, with their
broadened interests, are, becoming more
in’ their” attitude toward
men, Since they are no longer dependent
on them for their success in. life, they
‘can afford to seek comradeship -for its
own sake. No matter how .much a girl
may want to get married, she is no
free to choose a husband from
ignoring of finangdal con-
uch. more
wholesome friendships and
ings. . The. resulting ‘carrying on of
careers after marriage Mas led ‘to. much
individual experimentation. Though in
where children’ are
not involved, -satisfactory- solutions have
been found, no
to be laid do
eneral principles are yet
need for high individual
(Public opinion in general, and
parents in particular, are more or less
bewildered by the strides that have lately
een taken. This has, at: times, resulted
fatalistic letting go of all outward re-
straint. Often the effect of the latter,
on boys and girls at least, has been disas-
trous; for when suddenly turned loose
without. sufficient knowledgé or. ideal-
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CONTRACT, Professor White-
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TAXATION, Professor. Magill,
Columbia University.
SALES, Professor Goble, Uni-
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i the best man if given a fair chance
either in severe destructive criticism or a;
ism, they ‘almost invariably “let their re-
lationship oes into rrr
hand. promiscaiity. .
_But wherever the new freedo
been \used constructively and has _ been
backed sanely by: fineness:.of racter,
it has resulted in.an enrichment of in-
dividual lives and of socigfy. As men
and women continue to gome closer to-
gether in sympathy a interests, they
will gradyally develop’ a complete under-
stafiding of themsg{ves and each other,
thus making ible an, effective and
happy communi :
ace Problem?
NTINUED FROM PAGE 1
he Avhite man’ can evér, hope: to under-
stand the negro. Some of thevignorance
s‘ due also to the historians,.who have
allowed their emotions to get the better
of them.and-as a consequence have put
into their’ histories .nothing of the
achievements of the eolored race.
co
prised
Then there is that hate which has so
universally: filled the white man. with -an
undue prejudice toward the black.. Little
does the white man know how keenly
this hatred is reciprocated. Fear covers
the-situation-in- the South—the fear that
should the negro be: given an. unmolested
vote, Southern politics will suffer con-
siderably. The fact that the negro will
quite wholly. overlooked.
Kiially and perhaps. most . foolishly,
there---is') the+color- preyudice:-—On both
sides there is that instinctive dishke~ of-
anything which - is a trifle curious and
strange. But the colored people: who
have been mistaken for whites have re-
ceived the greatest amount of respéct
due them until‘their seeming ignominious
heritage is discovered. They are imme-
diately put on another basis. “On every
geople have and are exploiting the col-
ored: race as a whole. In the factories}
the negro is the last to get a. job, the f
post imposed upon as far as low wages
are concerned, and the first to be fired.
Christ’s Principles Neglected.
The whole situation is labelled with
the failure on both sides to practice thé
principles of Jesus Christ. If, in some
way, this failure could be remedied, the’
result® would be a knowledge that the
negro is abd¥e all a human being; there
would be tolerance” instead of: color
prejudice ; _and. affection..instead..of-hate.-
As long as America sits by and does,
nothing about-its failure along these lines ’
it_cannot_be honestly called_a_free—coun-
try. Several weeks ago in Philadelphia, |
Miss Bird said, she was speaking of this
subject before an audience in one. of the
churches. When. she finished” she felt
that she had at least-given her listeners.
a faint notion of the humaness of the
colored race. As she was leaving, one
of the pillars of the church stepped up
to her and in‘the course of the-conver- ;;
sation remarked: “Isn’t. it too bad we
can’t civilize the negro ?”
The negro group in the United States
has the same amount of goodness and
badness with which any group of’ human
beings is afflicted. There is both ignor-
ance and intelligence, responsibility and
irresponsibility, ambition and shiftlessness
—all'of the characteristics natal to the
human. race_as.a whole. -True, there are
still traces of the “log cabin negro” in
the old ramshackle backwoods. school-
houses. But there are also some of the
most intelligent men of the age among
the negroes.
Colored Race Sees Light. -
As a whole the colored race in Amer-
ica, with the education of both the young
white and colored people, is beginning
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hand there evidence that the white
ica ‘going to give to this new group of
ae) dull,
's|mostly because of a lack. of accuracy.
the . South ;...there—still- remain~some--of-+
to find itself. They are at last trying to
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realize that they -were brought into ex-
istence by a just Creator and not as a
jest,
What is the new white group m Amer-
colored youth? We as,Americans ‘have
given. the yegro his physical freedom;
when are we going to be willing that
he should have freedom of expression?
The presénce and the status of ‘the negro-
in America is every kind of a test of
democracy, intelligence, and religion, Is
there any. reason why we should not —
‘stand as a leader of. the world -on: the
inter-racial question, as well as any other
question of world interest? If we can
make a place in this country for the
negro to live as a human being among
other human beings, we shall havé com-
pletely freed him and our own souls,
Varsity Decamps
CONTINUED FROM PAGD 1
The number two match, Olivia Stokes,
30, against Charlotte Rabell, was rather’
Miss Stokes was’ ‘beaten 6-3, 7-5,
Her oppoiient played .a’ steady, choppy,
soft game, the hardest sort for a lesse
accurate, harder hitting player to com-*.
bat. It was a game of long, carefully-
placed, gentle rallies*with little net play.
Occasionally Stokes ,Whipped in a fast
drive, but. most. of the time she tried to
match” her~opponent’s catitious craftiness.
Our Only Match Dull. -
“Carla ‘Swan, ’29, won 6-2, 6-2 from:
Dordthy Dubois. Both played about the
same type of gatne, and the match would
have been very even but for Miss Swan’s
superior steadiness. Both players were
rather wild at the beginning, and
throughout. the game more points were
won by errors than by brilliant placing.
After the first few minutes it was ap-
parent that Du Bois was the more er-
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