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BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1938

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COLLEGE, 1938





Laski Stigmatizes
English Government

As Anti-Democratic |



Popular Control is Threatened
By Reactionary Legislation
Against Labor

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SOCIALISTS HOPE FOR
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION





Goodhart, April 14.—Speaking on
The British Labor farty and De-
mocracy, Mr. Harold -Laski, of the
University of London, declared that
Labor will utilize the machinery of
democratic government as long as
True de-

are willing to abide by the declared
will of ‘the people.

If the constitutional machinery is
deliberately altered so as to restrict
Labor, or if “attempts are made to
sabotage the declared will of the peo-
ple, it will be-the duty of a labor
government to maintain its authority,
even to the,extent of suspending nor-
mal constitutional processes.”

Looking at England today, said Mr.
Laski, there is reason to doubt that
the Conservative party would respect
the fundamental rules of democracy
if* a Labor government came into
He believes that the present
government is more allied in sym-
pathy and purposes with Germany
and Italy than with the democracies
which are struggling all over Europe.

Mr.~ Laski cited some of the evi-
dence for his belief that the Con-
servative and Liberal parties are seek-
ing to restrict democracy. The Trades
Disputes Act of 1927 is a serious
blow to the organizing power of
unions, particularly in the political
field. Also, since 1919 many convic-
tions for “incitement to riot” have
been obtained on the weakest evi-
dence. It is-notable that sentences
inflicted on leftists have been far
more severe than those on British
fascists. ;

‘Continued on Page Three

Brand Blanshard Speaks
For Collective Security





Helps Formulate College Peace Day,
Resolutions



Common Room, April 19.—Collective
security is the only means of pre-
venting another general war within
the next few months or years, stated
Dr. Brand Blanshard, head of the De-
partment of Philosophy at Swarth-
more. He spoke at a joint meeting
sponsored by the Peace Council, the
International Club-and the A. S. U. |

No other method, Dr. Blanshard be-
lieves, will be effective in “slowing

a_general,..conflagation.” Besides col-

Council Hears Petition
For Senior Automobiles
sincaiaabiis

Plans to Lengthen | College Year
Suggested at Meeting



In the general discussion of the
College Council, the two major prob-

lems were: the question of -a longer]

college year, and a senior petition for
permission to have automobiles. After
the discussion, Miss Park showed the
members of the Council the archi-
tect’s’ sketches for the new Library

Wing. Ps.
Miss Howe said that the bedroom
furniture for: Rhoads North and

South has been generally approved,
since she has not yet heard any ad-

verse criticism. A sample bureau,
desk and chair can be seen in the
downstairs stage dressing-room in
Goodhart. One of: the windows of the
Science Building bas been painted
greyish-white to blend with the color
of the stone, and to give an idea of
the possible total effect. The archi-
tect’y~plan was to have all the win-
dows this color, but mafiy people like
the effect of brightness given by the
red frames.

In connection with the question of
a longer college year, it was suggested
that Commencement Week be short-
ened to give students the few extra
days before Commencement. Miss
Schenck thought that what they need-
ed was a longer period in ‘which to
organize material. Miss Ward’s plan
was to shorten the examination period
to one week; the first week of the
ordinary two week period would then
be used to study for examinations,
and in the case of the seniors, as a
reading period.

Mary Sands brought up the senior
petition for cars, as a means of re-
laxation in times of stress.
gave her reasons against this: that
such a privilege should extend to all
the undergraduates and not a hier-
archical few, and that parking prob-
lems would therefore become difficult;
that the country surrounding Bryn
Mawr is dangerous for driving be-
cause it has much of the traffic and
none of the police protection of a city;
finally, that the free use of cars ‘by
students in. colleges seemed every-
where to create a kind of restlessness
which is a poor background for the
semi-professional work'they do. Bryn
Mawr in its short year asks its stu-
dents to work fairly hard and would

‘like to begin there a kind of life

which makes that work possible. Miss
Petts suggested that the Bryn Mawr
barn is_an_excellent place to relax
and that it is an ideal distance for a
healthy walk or bicycle ride. She-also
promised that the holes in the roof
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ANNUAL GERMAN DAY





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“lective security, two other courses are

.the cleansing of the Temple and the

generally advocated: Pacifism and
neutrality.

Pacifism is advocated by a large
ahd increasing gro both in Eng-
land and the renite® iS)
lieves first, that “peaceful persuasion”
is the only course compatible with
Christianity; secondly, that the only
way to appeal to a reasonable human
being is by reason; thirdly, that
pacifism has worked when it has
been employed, as it was by Gandhi in
India and by the Jews in the Roman
Empire.

In nine cases out of ten, Dr. Blan-
shard admits, this point-of-view is
the sound one. Inthe tenth case,
however, pacifism is a complete
failure, and so cannot be generally
accepted. He pointed out’ that reason
can succeed only when the appeal can
be made to a rational being, not to
“homicidal maniacs or sadists,” while

denunciation of the Pharisees seem to
refute the idea that Jesus was a
pacifist. As for the “success” of pa-
cifism, there are hundreds of in4|t
stances in history of non-resisting
movements or individuals crushed by
force, as were the Protestants in

Spain.
The second method generally urged

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Continued on Page Five

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COLLEGE CALENDAR

Saturday, April 23.—Camera
Club Exhibit. Common Room.
Intercollegiate German evening.
Goodhart, 8 p. m.

Sunday, April 24. —Nadia.
Boulanger Concert. Deanery, 5
p. m. Leslie Glenn will. speak
in chapel.. Music Room, 7.30.

Monday, April 25.—Fourth
Flexner, Lecture by Dr. Edwin
Gay. _ Goodhart, 8.20.

‘Tuesday, April 26—Current
Events, Mr. Fenwick. Common

Room, 7.30. Peace Council
Meeting. © Common Room, -8
p. m.

Wednesday, April. 27,—Peace
Day. Vera Dean will speak.
Goodhart, 11 a. m.

Friday, April 29.—Glee Club
performance of Patience. Good-
‘hart, 8.30.

Saturday, April 30.—Patience.
Goodhart, 8.30.

Sunday, May. 1.—Lecture on
Russian Folk Music by Prof.
Alfred J. Swan. Deanery, 5 p.
m. Leslie Glenn will speak in
chapel. .Music Room, 7.30.

Monday, May 2.—May Day.
Fifth. Flexner Lecture by Dr.
Edwin Gay. Goodhart, 8.20.

Tuesday, May 3—Current
Events, Mr. Fenwick. Common
Room, 7.30. Two-piano Recital
by Edward Steuermann and
Michael Zadora. Goodhart, 8.30.

Wednesday, May 4.—Indus-
trial Group Supper. Common
Room, 6.80.







Social Change Caused

Agrarian Revolution



|Enclosures Only Minor Cause
Of Breakdown of Mediaeval
Economy, Says Dr. Gay



Goodhart, April 18.—In his third
lecture on the Economic History of
England during the Renaissance, Dr.
Gay discussed how the changes in the

agrarian. structure were affected by
the. enclosure movement and by the
new position of the social classes. The
breaking down of the old manorial
system, he explained, caused a much
more fundamental and widespread
charige than did the enclosure system,
notable only in a relatively small part
of England.

Since this revolution in the posi-
tions of social classes began early

in the fifteenth century, the great|

price rise of the next century should
only be considered an accelerating
force to the movement’s growth.

The chief characteristic of the Eng-
lish movement was the development of
a new. attitude. Out of the medieval,
self-sufficient, economic communities,
based on the principle that every man
should have equal | opporrunities, grew



WILL BE HELD HERE



Representatives from seyen colleges
will gather at Bryn. Mawr on April
23 for the annual Intercollegiat Ger-
man Day. The collége is “ivi éd “to
a program including plays, dialogues,
folk dances, songs and skits, to. be

given in Goodhart Hall at 8 p.e m

Admission is free.

The program was arranged by
Mary Howe DeWolf, ’38, president,
and Ruth Mary Penfield,-’40, secretary
of the Bryn Mawr German Club. Be-
tween the performances on the stage,
Dr. Ernst Feise, of. Johns Hopkins,
will ledd general singing of German
songs for which Gordon Grosvenor,
39, will play the piano. Although
they are not presenting a part of the
entertainment, members of the Dela-
ware College for Women will attend.

The only clue to Swarthmore’s-per-
formance is that they have asked to

have a piano on the stage for}

Wedekind’s Der Kammersdnger. With
‘the co-operation of two’ men .from
Johns Hopkins,’ Goucher will give
three short dialogues by Mérike, Flex
and Goethe, and also a_ part of
Schneewittchen, which, from their re-
quest for seven chairs, cups, knives,
forks and spoons, promises: to be
Snow White.
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‘ciety.

Besides this, break from per-
sonal relationships, “the périod is also
marked by the technological change
from the open field. to the enclosure
syatem. AAP /

But, Dr. Gay ssleshidathets the move-
ment toward agrarian change was
general and tendencies similar to the
English struggle can be found in the
history of the continent. By the late
fourteenth or early fifteenth century,
landowners everywhere demanded a
freer hand with their tenants and
wished to turn services and payments
in kind to cash.

This was particularly true in the
great. grain section of northwestern
Germany. The serfs there were freed
against their will and their strips of
land, consolidated, although net en-
closed as in England. Freeholders
then obtained these strips through
hereditary leases.

By the sixteenth century, prices
rose, and the rents, previously con-
sidered as economically fair, decreased
in actual value. Any attempt to in-
crease the rents, however, met with
the strong opposition of the tenants
who were usually backed by the courts.

The reason for this court backing
lies in the refusal of the landlords to
pay taxes. Under the old manorial
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Completed Plans for New Library Wing
Are Announced by Miss Park in Chapel



Addition is to Contain Quita

Woodward Memorial Reading

Room, Space for 20,000 Books, Offices, Seminaries,
Classrooms for Art and Archaeology

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HOPE SOON TO BUILD
OPPOSITE ROCKEFELLER
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(The following artiéle is an extract
from Miss “Park’s communication to
the May Alumnae Bulletin in the new
Library Wing.)

Taylor: and Goodhart Halls and
the M. Carey Thomas Library are
composite buildings, each
under one roof several ends.

serving
The li-
brary in particular not only looks
after Bryn Mawr’s books, but supplies
the large working room for under-

| graduates, the seminaries for gradu-

ates, and the offices for the faculty;
that is, it fulfills these three functions
as far as its space allows. For lack
of space; fifteen thousand volumes are
housed. on the third floor of Taylor;
and the scenic libraries in Dalton. At
least one seminary must be shared
inconveniently by two departments;
the number of offices is far short of
the number of the faculty who need
them, and if the one hundred addi-
tional undergraduates are to ask even
occasionally for space in the reading
room they will, to be plain spoken, not
find it. But, as all Bryn Mawr gradu-
ates know, across the-back cloister
wall toward Rockefeller the uncut
stones have always silently bespoken
additions to all these resources.
However, our ambitions have soared
higher than the fulfilling of these
needs, and in 1935 the board asked the
architect, Mr Sydney E. Martin, to
draw plans for a building completing
the present resources of the library
and, besides, housing adequately and
acceptably the two departments of
Art and Archaeology which have done
their work in crowding and discom-
fort. These plans were drawn. Stacks
in the basement, more stacks with a
few’ seminaries and offices on the first
floor, more offices and special stacks
for the raries of the Art and
Archaedtogy Departments on the sec-
ond, the two departments’ seminaries,
offices, lecture rooms and library on
the third floor, and on the fourth three
exhibition rooms for permanent or
temporary use.
“ The cost of this building was esti-
mated to be about $350,000. Toward
this sum out of our Million Dollar
Gift we counted $180,000, approxi-
mately $100,000 from the gift of Dr.
and Mrs. Woodward in memory of
Quita Woodward,. 1932, $50,000 given
in honor*of President Thomas by Ella
Riegel, 1889, $10,000 from Mr. and
Mrs. Bigelow in memory. of Elizabeth
ano 5 * r__of
smaller: but ~ especially — designated
gifts. Miss Riegel’s later bequest to
Bryn Mawr, though by its terms it
could not supply funds for the con-
stituction .ef the -building,.eould pro~
vide for its maintenance. So by the
difference between the cost ‘of ‘the
building and the money in our.treas-
ury we hung: between desire and ac-
complishment. We devised unsatis-
factory plans to meet the dilemma—
‘the completion, for instance, of the
Phasement and the first floor, or the
erection of the shell of the whole
building with, we feared, an all too
gradual progress toward the finishing
of the interior.
Continued on Page Three



Mlle. Boulanger in Recital
The Deanery Entertainment Com-
mittee will present a program of
choral music by Mlle. Nadia Boulan-
ger on Sunday, April 24, at 5 p. m. in
the Deanery. Mlle. Boulanger is head
of the Department of Music at the
Ecole Normale de Paris and Professor
of Harmony at the American Acad-.
emy of Fontainbleau. She is in the
United States as visiting professor at
Radcliffe College. She will be ‘as-
sisted by Mme. Gisele Peyron, so-
prano; M. Hugues Cuenod, tenor, and
M. Doda Conrad, bass.





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USERS AND CREATORS
BATTLE OVER DETAILS



Goodhart Hall, April 14.—In chapel
Miss Park outlined the somewhat
changed plans for the new Library
Wing which is to be: started this
spring. The addition will be smaller
than formerly reckoned and the Art
and Archaeology Departments will
have temporary quarters on the sec-
ond floor until a separate building can

be. erected for them on the green

across the street from Rockefeller.
Means for raising funds for this new
building are already under discussion.

The former plan for the Library
was to add a large wing which would
provide more room for books, more

departments: of Art and Archaeology.

However, an addition which would

fulfil all these requirements could not
be covered by the 180,000 dollars
allotted to this purpose by the mil-
lion dollar drive. With this in mind,
Miss Park devised the present plan
which has been adopted.

The new wing is to be added to the
south end of the cloister. The base-
ment and first floor include stacks,
cloak rooms, which will be installed
later, and-a large reading room. Re-
movable partitions are being put into
the second flobr which wilb provide
Art and Archaeology lecture rooms,
offices and studios. When these de-
partments move out, the partitions
may be removed and the space used
for other purposes. The third floor
has a long gallery, receiving only
north light, for picture exhibitions.

Underground passages connect the
basement of the wing to the rest of
the Library. At the southwest cor-
ner the now unused door will be
opengd up to provide a main entrance.
Just inside this entrance the large
reading room will be placed. This

Woodward whose parents contributed
largely to the fund for the building.

Residents of the new hall will have
access to the Library through two
doors on the south end of the wing,
which will save them many a step.
Miss Reed is overjoyed at the increase
in reading matter this addition will
allow. She estimates a jump in our
book capacity from 56,000 to 70,000
volumes.

Meanwhile, the battle between the
Plan Committee appointed by Miss
Park and Thomas. Martin, the archi-

SS. + At is the in-
user and creator. However, ground
will be broken before we leave col-
lege and the noisy construction com-



DARROW SPEAKS ON
ATOMIC MAGNETISM

Music Room, April »8.—Dr. Karl
K. Darrow,/of the Bell Telephone
Laboratorieg, Inc., and author of The
Renaissance of Physics, spoke to the
Science Club on Magnetism in the
Atom. “He explained two experi-
ments on the magnetism of small par-
ticles which have had an influence so
important upon modern physics, par-
ticularly in the realms of light and
quantum mechanics, that their impli-
cations have not yet been fully de-
veloped.

Dr. ‘Darrow gave the evidence for
the modern theory to explain magnet~
ism
atomic behavior. In 1829 Ampére
had linked electricity and magnetism
by showing that the fields of force
produced by a magnet and by a cir-
cular current in a coil of wire were
identical. The coil hada field cor-





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The Subtle Common Room Game

There is a continual plea for more undergraduate questioning at
Common Room discussions. This, it seems to us, is 4 sidé’issue; the,
real need is for more intelligent and provocative’ questions, regardless
of who asks them. The meeting following Mr. Laski’s talk perhaps
reached a new low, but: nevertheless one closely approached by many
former discussions. Speakers with definitive and radical opinions gen-
erally seem to provoke irritatingly complacent and futile questions ;
mild, inoffensive lecturers are only made the butt of a few sympathetic

inquiries over which no argument could possibly arise.

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The fault seems to lie chiefly in the “hidden-ball’” strategy
employed by most contestants. This strategy is calculated to. produce
a battle of Titan wits, which successfully eliminates the possibility of
either player degrading himself so far as to employ facts or state his
opinions plainly. The prospective. baiter, having found a point on
which he absolutely disagrees (or decidedly agrees) with the speaker,
and being firm in the conviction that he could prove his point if he
wished, asks a question. This question is subtly worded so that, pre-
sumably; the erring speaker will fall into some glaring blunder or illogi-

eality when he attempts to answer.

gleefully upon his prey. Mr. Laski

The questioner can then leap
deprived most of his questioners of

the fruits of victory by employing exactly the same tactics of concealing
his facts and avoiding open battle. We, for one, certainly do not blame

. hin. .

The fault is common to students, faculty, and outsiders, and per-
haps results from the fact that the only people who ask questions at all
are those who are sufficiently well-informed to have fairly definite
opinions. We can make three suggestions. First, that the uninformed

do not fear to ask for information,

Second, that those who have infor-

‘mation will state what is relevant clearly and simply and call on the
speaker to refute their conclusion. In all probability, he will answer in

kind ; or, if he still chooses to cavil,

this in itself should be a fair indi

eation of who is right. There are, to be sure, times when the logic bf
the speaker’s argument or his deceptive use of words with two meanings

then wethink that a more straight-

forward method could usually be employed. Third, the chairman might

ftwand nto challenged, but even

to advantage restate questions when this seems necessary.

At least, he

might attempt to summarize the discussion and clarify the point at
issue, at those frequent times when questions all seem to center around

one point but never reach it.

“It is true that too few undergraduates take part.

in discussions.

But these passive members might eventually be drawn in, and might
at least acquire some information, if the braver and better informed



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\that Haverford is a fine college or

To the Editor of The College News:
It is perhaps with the utmost tim-
idity that I write this letter; for after
all the article in last week’s News,
which I criticize, was far too con-
scientious as far as reporting on my
own activities was concerned. The
truth is that in the report on the
Model League of Nations Assembly
at Rutgers, April:7, 8, and 9, I feel
the College News unduly lauded Bryn
Mawr to the detriment of its friendly
neighbor, Haverford, which was far
more worthy of congratulations than
was the Bryn Mawr delegation. . Out
of thirty-one colleges, although it rep-
resented only a small nation, Haver-
ford won the silver cup. for having
the délegation which throughout the
sessions did the finest piece of work.
We, as Bryn Mawrters, are prone to
joke about and make fun of the Hav-
erfordians, while finding them much
needed support when we hold ‘com-
petitions with Swarthmore, or give
German: plays, or hold other social
functions. Moreover, let it» never be
said that we don’t appreciate the fact

that we are unwilling to give it credit

for its achievements, when that cred-

it is indubitably deserved.
LouIseE MORLEY.



FOR NIMBLE-WITS

Six students, Anne, Barbara, Cath-
erine, Delia, Edna and Frances, go to
Bryn Mawr. They are majoring in
Psychology, Physics, English, History,
Biology and Chemistry, not respec-
tively. Further information shows
that:

(1) The psychology major is a Jun-
ior and lives in Denbigh.

(2) Anne is married.

(3) Barbara, Catherine and Edna
are classmates and wear blue ath-
letic costumes, but Barbara has little
time for exercise because of labora-
tory work.

(4) Edna’s cousin, the Biology ma-
jor, is hall president in Pembroke
East. :

(5) Frances was sent to Merion -to|.

exchange for Edna’s roommate, the
history major,-on Tuesday.

(6) The physics major is a .class
behind her sister (one of the other
five). She is also the chemistry ma-
jor’s student advisor.

What is each student’s major?

\ Solution on page 6.



King of Newsboys, Horatio Alger
stuff, Lew Ayres as the newsboy mil-
lionaire, and Helen Mack.

Trans-Lux: Nazi Conquest No. 1, a
March of Time about the conquest of
Austria and also United States prison
conditions. Also Tuna Fishing and
Mickey’s Amateurs.

Theater

Chestnut: Pins and. Needles, with
the original New York cast from the
International Ladies Garment Work-
ers Union.

Erlanger: Private Enterprise, an
Amory Hare play about the Salzburg
Music Festival, with Mariana Fiory
and Richard Barrows.

Forrest: Cornelia Otis Skinner in
Edna His Wife, a monologue from
Margaret Ayer Barnes’ novel. Be-
ginning Monday, May 2: I Married
an Angel, a Rodgers and Hart -mu-
sical comedy starring Dennis King,
Véra"Zorina, and--Charles Walters.



In Philadelphia



Oe A> Movies. 2 eo irs
Aldine: The Adventures of Marco
Polo, in which Gary Cooper teaches
the Italians to eat spaghetti and the
Chinese to kiss. Coming: Beloved
Brat, with Bonita Granville as another
spoiled brat; also Dolores Costello
and Donald Crisp.
Arcadia: Girl of the Golden West, a
musical with too little of Nelson Ed-

dy, younger arid slimmer, and too].

much of his handsome rival, Walter
Pigeon. Jeanette MacD. too, of
course. Coming Tuesday: Bluebeard’s
Eighth Wife.

Boyd: Mad About Music, anotlier
Deanna Durban musical with excel-
lent acting by Herbert Marshall and
Arthur Treacher. | Coming: Joy of
Living, a comedy with Irene Dunne
.and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. '

Earle: Island in the Sky, murder on
the seventeenth floor with Policeman

@ Michael: Whalen and Gloria Stuart.

Beginning Friday: Battle of Broad-
‘way, musical comedy with Victor Mc-
Laglen, Louise Hovick, Brian Don-





Europa: Le Bonheur, an implausi-
ble, mediocre French film, with
Charles Boyer and Gaby Morlay.
‘Also A *révival’ of Phe *Bhie ’ Light;
drama of the Italian Dolomites with
Leni Reifenstahl.

Fox: In Old Chicago, revival of
Chicago fire with Mrs. O’Leary’s
cow, Tyrone Power, Alice Brady, Alice
Faye, and Don Ameche. Coming: Her
Jungle Love, adventures in the South
Seas (or maybe it’s Africa), with
Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland.

Karlton: Jezebel, billed “half siren,
half a OF all woman!”, with Bette
Davis, Henry Fonda, and George
Brent.

Keith’s: Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, produced by Walt Disney.

Palace: Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm goes on the air with Shirley
Temple, Randolph Scott, Gloria Stu-
art, and Jack Haley.

Stanley: Fools for Scandal, a farce
with the French comedian Fernand
Gravet as baron and cook, and Carole
Lombard, movie star. Beginning Fri-
day: Test Pilot.

Stanton: Prison Nurse, a_ routine
jail break, with Henry Wilcoxon and





-|Marian Marsh. Coming Saturday: ietoaring Del Rio and

Locust: —1937—Pulitzer—Prize—Win-|
ning Comedy, You Can’t Take It With
You, by Hart and Kaufman.
~ Malnut; Beginniyg, Monday: Broth-
ers Ashkenazi, with Maurice Schwartz
and the Yiddish Art Theatre Com-
pany. “

Music

Academy of Music, Thursday Eve-
ning: Il Trovatore, presented by the
Civic Grand Opera Company of Phila-
delphia.

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Or-
mandy conducting: Bach’s Branden-
burg Concerto No. 5 in D major, for
Harpsichord, Violin, Flute and
Strings; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1
in C major; and Brahms’ Symphony
No. 8 in F major.

» Suburban Movies

Seville: Of Human Hearts, succes-
sor to Make Way for Tomorrow, with
Walter Huston, James Stewart, Beu-
lah Bondi, and John Carradine, Be-
ginning Friday: Gold Is Where You
Find It, a technicolor outdoor epic.
Gerge Brent and-Olivia de Haviland
are the lovers, Claude Rains the vil-
lain, of course. Sunday and Monday:
International Settlement, ma
of Shanghai’s fall with the glamorous
George Sanders.

. Wayne:



4

CAST OF TRIFLES

A tragedy, Trifles, by Susan Gla-
spell, has been chosen as the second
one-act play to be presented by the
Players’ Club on May 6 or 7. The
cast of the other, a ‘farce by George
Bernard Shaw, Poison, Pdssion and
Petrifaction, was announced last week.
Both plays are to be given in order ,to
raise money for the Cornelia Otis
Skinner Theater Workshop. Scenery
will be omitted: for economy’s sake.







Mra, Hale... se Julia Harned, ’39
Mrs. Peters ..... Eleanor Emery, ’40
Se rrr Martha Dewitt, ’41
County Attorney ....Babs Black, ’41
SHON 66 vs Virginia Sherwood, ’41
TTPOOUOE ons ce cee ence Fifi Garbaty ’41
Properties ....... Betty Lee Belt, ’41
WIT?S END
| : +
DON JUAN

(Canto XVII Continued)

I left Don Juan in a parlous plight,
Divested of his woman’s prudery,
But Munch’s bark was louder than his

bite. :
After a look of some severity,
He softened at the sentimeptal sight—
His hero of romantic poetry,
Bowing his curly head and slate-grey
eye
Over a plate of cheese and apple-pie.

“Let_me explain,” said Juan with a
blush,
Surprising for this gay Lothario,
“The reason I came here in such a
rush,
Clothed in this strange apparel,
don’t you know,
Was, without any beating round the
bush,
Meant to be neither serio, comico,
Grotesquo, tragico, or just for fun,
But to be in the class of forty-one.”

“You never will outgrow your boyish
ways,”
Said Lemuel fondly. “Have.a cigar-
ette.

I needn’t tell you that it hardly pays
To try to fool us. No one’s done it
Web

He beamed benignly through the blu-

ish haze.
“Besides, your traveling costume,
don’t forget,

Even to my -way of thought, was

pretty frowzy,

In fact, to use my colleague’s lingo,—

lousy.”

Well, to be brief and to the point, Don

Juan
Decided to become: a Bryn Mawr
don, ‘
And since he feared his very name
would ruin
The student virtue, called himself
Don John,
Which is an ancient name and not a
new one,
Though little used. since Shadwell
put it on.

Shadwell, you know, was victim of
the abidin’
Rancorous hatred of the poet Dryden.

Don John, or Doctor John, they called
him now, :
Couldn’t decide what to be teacher
of.
He wasn’t bad at history, anyhow,
.And even better in the Art of Love.

| But-there-was—no-one-rich who-could

Theatre Review

w



In his production of Thornton
Wilder’s Our Town Jed Harris has
“proved conclusively that a play with-
out scenery can be effective. The at-
mosphere is not framed in an elabo-
rate backdrop, but grows out of three
or four chairs, a couple of ladders,
and a few well-chosen words.. The

script and acting have‘ been simpli-

fied to match. :

Mr. Wilder’s play lovingly tells the
tale of two ordinary families in an
ordinary New Hampshire town,
Grovers Corners. The plot is un-
folded ‘for the audience. by Frank
Craven, who assumes various roles in
the course of the play and is also re-
sponsible for shifting ‘the scenery.
Leaning comfortably against the pro-
seenium, Cravén draws the audience
into a small town setting and intro-
duces the actors as they go briskly
by, intent on their businesses. Imag-
inary chickens squawk in-the yard.
The milkman’s horse clatters in, a big
grey brute with shaggy hair. He and
the reins he is continually shaking
are, of course, invisible.

think, uninteresting atmosphere a boy
and girl grow up together, fall in
love, and marry, to. be separated by
death in the last act. In its bare out-
line the play seems dull, not worthy
of as much acclaim as it has received.
The author h&s nozeal,message; even
his observations about death in the
close of the play, seem relatively un-
important. There is no statement to
be proved. However, Our Town is
one of the most exciting plays on
Broadway. By the beauty of his
words Wilder has accomplished what
he set out to do; he has written a
marvelously moving play.

Happily Jed Harris has done an ex-
cellent job of casting. Frank Craven
plays his part with sincerity, and
though overacting in his part would
have been easy, he never ap-
proaches it. He is admirably sup-
ported by his son, John Craven, and
Martha Scott, who make their first
real début in New York this season.
Miss Scott should be particularly
cited for her performance in the’ last
act. She speaks as a voice from the
dead while her living, and therefore
ignorant husband, grovels at her
feet. Possibly a little puzzled by the
author’s meaning, she does her best
to clarify it for the audience.

On Borrowed Time, a play also deal-
ing with death, centers about.an old
man, a charming little boy, and a Mr.
Brink (Death) who watches most of
the play from the top branch of an
apple tree. Our Town is conventional
in: plot, unconventional in production
while, in contrast, On Borrowed Time

unusual story.

The play may sound a little too
fantastic when~its~avtion-is~ re . Jewed.
This impression is erroneous. Its
humor is the best: that has found its
way into the theater this winter,

ous. More important, the acting is
superb. Dudley Digges gives one of
his most likeable performances in re-
cent years as Gramps, the oldish gen-
tleman with a devil-may-care tongue.
His characterization smacks of a vigor
and zest which only the best grand-
fathers can acquire. He never re-

In this comfortable and, one might :

uses regular-props and is built on an

guaranteed to please the most fastidi- _



endow

,An academic unit of the above,

So Juan, clothed in,.gown, and. horn,

rimmed glasses
Started from scratch, inspecting vari-
ous classes.
(To be continued)



Tuesday and- Wednesday: The Girl
Was Young, child actress, Nova Pil-
beam, in her first ingenue role. Ex-
cellent mystery story.

- Suburban: Captains Courageous,
the 19837 Academy Award Winner
Spencer Tracy in a sea picture with
Lionel Barrymore and Freddie Bar-
tholomew, Friday to Monday: Ar-
sone Lamas Returns, the retired super-
thief romps again. Melvyn Douglas
and Virginia Bruce as the uninhibited
pair. Also the much talked about
government film, The River. Begin-
ning Tuesday: Sally,sIrene and Mary,
Alice Faye, Fred Allen, and Tony
Martin in an unfortunate comedy.
The Kid Comes “Back,
Morris’ first fighting picture. Dull.
Friday and Saturday: Of Human
Hearts, sad film, with Walter Huston,

James Stewart, and Beulah Bondi.

Sunday and through Monday: Gold Is

fae researe, s te
i :

oe it
soe Aion tien Peete ab



RI, OPTRA Bee ie yt

sorts to-tricks, as does Ethel Barry-
more in Whiteoaks, to show he is old
and should by all rights be dead.

seven, does an amazingly expert job
as the impudent but adorable Pud, the
apple of his grandfather’s eye: With
a tremendous amount of charm Master
Holden assumes a professional and
well-poised nonchalance which capti-
vates his audience.

Frank Conroy and Dorothy Stick-
ney are excellent in the supporting
roles. Mr. Conroy (Mr. Brink) sub-
tly underplays’ his part at times,
thus preventing any morbidity that
might darken the tone of-the play.

melodramatic, which must be a great

his stay in the tree.
Jean Adair and the remaining mem-

to make On Borrowed Time one of the
most finished and enjoyable plays
which has graced the stage of the
Longacre Theater. ;

O. K.



Where You Find It, rip-roaring pros-
pecting with George Brent, Olivia de



Havilland, and Claude Rains.

He never allows himself to become |

temptation in the tenser moments of |

bers of the cast assist in every way

. @éfassured” Peter “Holden,” aged -






THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



Laski- Brands English

Rule as Reactionary



Continued from Page One™

In 1934 the government was allowed
special powers to suppress disorder
in crises. This may be invoked in
any So-called emergency and permits
_the widest interpretation of “disor-
ders.” The Prohibition of Uniforms
Act of 1936 practically prohibits mass
meetings of Communists or uném-
ployed.

Additional evidence that the pres-
ent government’s sympathies tend
away from democracy -and toward
fascism is found, Mr. Laski believes,
‘in its foreign policy. After consist-
ent championship. of. struggling de-
mocracies during the Victorian per-
iod, England in 1917 spent billions of
dollars in an attempt to down the

emerging Socialist regime in Russia.
More recently, Anthony Eden, refus-
ing help to the hard-pressed demo-
cratic party in Spain, remarked that
the war was “a matter,of faction,”
and no affair of England’s. Through-
out the post-war period England has
made no attempt to check the Fascist
powers.

In tracing the rise of the Labor
movement, Mr. Laski noted that until
1919 no one doubted the permanence
of-democracy in Great Britain. Labor
unions developed as the defense .of
the workers against bad conditions;
gradually they extended activities into
the theatre of politics, but as long as
capitalism granted periodic conces-
sions, Labor did not probe the theo-
retical justification of capitalist de-
mocracy, but remained a wing of the
Liberal party. Actually, said Mr.
Laski, even from. 1906-1914 it was
evident that “the marriage between
the Liberal party and the Labor party
was continually on the threshold of
legal separation—if not in pursuit of
divorce.”

Divorce was delayed by the Fabian
society which backed Mr. Sidney
Webb’s philosophy of the “inevitabil-
ity of gradualness,” and so put Labor
idealogically on the wrong ground.

After proving, to their own satis-|

faction, the moral and logical weak-
nesses of capitalism, the Fabians out
lined a program of nationalizing and
liberalizing step by step. By this
capitalism would be undermined, un-
til it finally abdicated. A Labor
majority would then legislate in So-
cialism. ;

Most Socialists see that capitalistic
democracy is now in a phase of eco-
nomic contraction, in which the con-
tradictions of the two systems are
becoming increasingly evident. “Either
capitalism must suppress democracy,
‘ or’ democracy transform capitalism,”
said Mr. Laski—In.this period of con-

traction, Liberals..and..Conservatives:~

have banded together in opposing any
concessions -to the unions. ' Conse-
quently, Labor has become more and
more certain that socialization of the
means of production is the only ac-
tion that will give workers a share
in the very real advances in tech-
nology and science.

However, Mr. Laski pointed out,
Laborites realize that a successful
revolution cannot take place except





Swimming Team Dinner
The annual dinner for the members
of the Swimming Team was held on
Thursday,.April 14, in Goodhart Hall.
Mary Howe de Wolf won both the
individual championship and the indi-
vidual diving championship cups. The
interclass cup’ was awarded to the

class of 1941.

Elections for next year’s officers
were as follows:

Captain, Helen Link.

Manager, Anne Wight.

Assistant Manager, Eleanor Emery.

A committee was then choten to
investigate the possibility of having
more outside swimming meets on the
schedule next year.

New Building Plans
Reported to Alumnae





Coutinued from Page One

Now suddenly a new and generally
acceptable plan takes the place of
these. The Building Committee has
proposed it to the architect, to the
board, to Dr. and Mrs. Woodward, to
the faculty, and in particular to the
two departments for which the. first
plan made special provision, and they
have all accepted the idea with: eager-
ness and some excitement. By com-
mencement time, then, we expect to
show you a new plan complete for our
new venture. Across the west wall
of the library will be built the wing,
rising higher than the North and
South Wings by its roof, and with
approximately the same width as
theirs; that is, providing a corridor
and rooms opening from it on one
side. Through the present door on
the south side of the library, unfin-
ished and so far never. used, above
which Quita Woodward’s name will be
cut, students and faculty will enter
the wing named for her and find a
beautiful reading room, her special
memorial, with her portrait, we hope,
looking down from over the fire place
on other students who love books as
she did. In the basement will be the
stacks, and more of them on the first
floor, so that there will be space for
over 70,000 books. Many additional
offices and seminaries, and two lecture
rooms will be on the first and second
floors.* The cost of this building will
be completely covered by the sum we
have in hand.

Then as-soom as possible the college
will set out to persuade some friend,
who perhaps may not even. know us
now, to build us on the corner of the
Wyndham, land opposite Rockefeller
Hall a building for the departments
of Art and Archaeology, simple, com-
pact and beautiful, where there will
be space to add, when it is given us,
the studio laboratory which Miss King
hoped for, where every student of Art
.~ wef Archaeology can try. a brush
and pencil, or a chisel, for himself;
for the
Archaeology which so appropriately
we could add to our present fields; and
for a small fireproof museum.

In the interval, and may it be a
short one, before this building is
given us, the departments of Art and
Archaeology will occupy the sécond
story of the new wing, thus spreading
out a little in comparison with. their

Department of American

Darrow Speaks on —«

Atomic Magnetis m

Continued from Page One



its axis.
in 1912 showed that the charged par-
ticles in a magnetized substance act
so that they may be considered as
miniature cireular currents, all orient-
ed ini the same direction.

In 1923 Gerlach and Stern pub-
lished an experiment which gave
mathematical. proof that these par-
ticles were the individual atoms, each
possessing its own north and south
poles. In an unmagnetized substance
these small magnets counteract one
another to give a neutral effect. When
the substance is magnetized in an
electric field the individual atoms are
lined up all in the same direction so
that they produce a cumulative north
pole at one end and a south at the
other. A permanent magnet is a bar
of iron which has had its atoms fixed
in this position.

In thé mathematical proof, the
phenomena of electric or magnetic at-
traction were further reduced to a
relationship between the motions of
parts of the atom. Variously de-
rived values have been found to check
with one another. These show the
analogy so often drawn between the
solar system and the atom to be still
more applicable, for the electrons, be-
sides spinning. around the nucleus of
the atom also spin on their own axis.

Einstein’s experiment is said to be
the only one the great theorist ever
performed. A bar of iron, set up so
that it could be magnetized or de-
magnetized at will, was suspended
from a-fine thread in which could be
measured any twisting motion that
might take place in the bar. ~When-
ever the bar was magnetized, it twist-
ed. He found this motion to be the
equal and opposite reaction to com-
pensate for internal twist in the
atoms. The final results showed that
the spin of the electrons on their own
axis was chiefly responsible for. this
motion. The production of an angu-
lar momentum by this spin showed
that the electron . possessed mass.
Theoretically, on looking down at the
atoms from the top, the miniature cur-
rents would all be seen running clock-
wise whenever there was produced a
south pole above the bar.

Gerlach and Stern sent a ,stream
of uncharged atoms between the poles
of a magnet so that they landed‘on a
photographic plate: The final print
showed that all the atoms, on passing
through the magnetic ffeld, were lined
up to have their axis of polarity par-
allel to the direction of the field,- with
their pole either up or down. Those
whose north poles had been nearer
the north -pole of the magnet were re-
pelled-so that they landed near the
sauth pole side of theplate, and vice
versa.

This last experiment gave an im-
portant clue to the behavior of ele-
ments in chemical combinations. In



plumbing in the basement though the
complete transformation .may not be
possible at once.



_ under certain. special _condj hich | present-quarters, Wherever it is pos-
-are not likely to exist in Great} sible movable partitions on this floor
Britain. As long as the’ machinery} willbe built..so..that..when..the..two

of constitutional government is avail-
able, Labor. will not, resort to force.

Mr. Laski méntioned one measufe
which, if enacted, might force Labor
to abandon ‘democratic methods. The
national government could reform the
House of Lords so that a future Labor
ministry would be unable to force the
upper house to yield by. threatening
to appoint new peers. Such a meas-
ure would remove the valuable safety
valve which now effectively prohibits
tyranny by the Lords.

If, in the crisis of 1936, the King
had refused to accept his ministry’s
advice, the government would have
resigned, thus setting the precedent
that a king can virtually dismiss his
cabinet. Realizing this danger, Labor
consistently supported Prime Minister
Baldwin and helped force the .final
abdication of the King ‘in obedience
to his advisers. -



Engagements
Virginia F. Hessing, °38, to
_ Frank Proctor, of St. Louis, Mo.
~ Katherine B. Bingham, ’38, to -
Dr. Allen Ledyard de Camp,
¢ meer: N.C.











departments move. into new quarters

the most convenient, possible arrange-|.
ments can be made for the use of the}’

floor by the other departments.

*The original plan called for the
elimination of the present cloakrooms
across the front of the library and
the extension of the present stack
floors Provision

ase their places. isi
in the new plan will be made for



NOTICE.

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together and give them. a..big

start in their new place.. They
have everything to offer, in-
cluding cab service to. and from

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An experiment by Einstein} }-

—

New Baseball Hour

The Department of Physical
Education wishes to announce
that an extra hour of baseball
has been arranged for Tuesday

afternoons at four.









SOLUTION
(Problem is given on page 2)

Since Anne is married, she cannot
live in residence and therefore is not
the psych, the bi or the history major.

Since Frances’ was made to ex-
change to Merion she is a freshman
and therefore not hall president. And
she is not the bi major or. the his-
tory major for whom she exchanged.

Since the psych major is a junior,
she cannot be Frances, nor the three
whose class color i8 blue. Accord-
ingly, Delia is the psych major.

Sinée the bi major is a hall presi-
dent, she cannot be a sophomore and
thus Barbara, Catherine and Edna,
the only remaining possibilities, must
all be seniors. é

Since the physics major is a class
behind her sister, she cannot be a
senior. As she is also a student ad-
visor, she cannot be a freshman.
Thus all but Anne are eliminated.

Since Barbara exercises little be-
cause of lab, she cannot be: the‘ his-
tory or the English major.

Since the chemistry major is Anne’s
student advisee, she must be Fran-
ces, for the other students are all
juniors or. seniors. £

Since Edna’s cousin is the bi major,
Edna is not the bi major, nor is she
the history major, because her room-
mate takes that course.

By elimination:

DONA: co cccngeie Psychology
ARNG se iia OAS Physics
BAVOATA asi ciweiys Biology
PPANCOR 6c cces ye Chemistry
{i163 1) - a REP aPERP PerUP EE English
COCHEPING (Foie ce ks History



the atom of neon, an inert gas which
will -enter—into-no- chemical combina-
tions, there are ten. electrons and the
motions of those around the nucleus
and on their axis are found to coun-
teract one another exactly so that the
total effect is neutral. In the sodium
atom, which has eleven electrons, the
first ten are arranged as in neon and
there is nothing to neutralize the effect
of the motions of the extra electron.
Thus the ‘orbit of this eleventh elec-
tron—acts—like the —coil__of—eurrent
which produces a magnetic pole at
either end. This electron is said to
explain in part, the great ease with
which sodium enters chemical com-
pounds.

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Tennis Ladders Formed
To Select Best Players



Class of °41 Has ‘Contrib
Squad’ Membérs

Seven.



The members of the Tennis Squad
and the Advanced Class have been
chosen. Both groups have been
formed into ladder tournaments with
an arrangement whereby the two top
players of the Advanced Class may
challenge the two bottom players on
the Squad. Anyone who is not on
either ladder may challenge the two
bottom players in the Advanced Class
and, if. victorious, substitute her
name on the ladder. It is hoped that
this may prove the fairest way of
having the twenty-six best players in
the College receive the benefit of. Mr.
White’s coaching and also of choosing
the best players for the team. If
sufficient interest is shown (i. e. by
the amount of challenging) a second
team will be made up and several
games arranged.

The Class of 1941 has contributed
the most tennis players. Of the ten
members of the squad, seven are
Freshmen.

The two top members of the Ad-
vanced Class are C. Hutchins, ’41,
and C. Kellogg, ’89. .The members
of the squad are as follows:

M. Whitmer (captain), ’39; °L.
Laughlin, ’40; B. Auchincloss, °40;
E. Lee, ’41; M. Squibb, ’41; M. Lazo,
’41; N. Boyd, ’41; H. McIntosh, ’41;
H. Biddle, ’41; A. Chatfield-Taylor,
"41.



Annual German Day
Will be Held Here

Continued from Page One



Princeton has composed its own skit
under the lustig title Bier Her. A
group of folk dances will be presented
by Johns Hopkins. Bryn Mawr and
Haverford will close the program
with their performance of the 18th
century satiric comedy Die Stumme
Schénheit by J. E. Schlegel.

Before the ‘entertainment the per-
formers and faculty members from
the several colleges will meet at a
buffet supper. At 10.45 there will be

an informal dance in the gymnasium
to which all German Club members
are invited.























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Page Four

THE COLLEGE NEWS







_. PUBLIC OPINION



* with by the





To the Editor of the News:
The current A. S. U. membership
drive and the preparations for the

~. April 27th Peace Demonstration make

it appropriate at this time to bring
up the question of the relationship
of the A. S. U. to current student
opinion.

It is obvious that Bryn Mawr stu-
dents will never be in complete agree-.
ment on social and political problems.
Something would be radically wrong
if they were. On the other hand it
is axiomatic that students, whatever
their opinions, should take an active
interest- in local, national, and in-
ternational affairs. Therefore the
college offers courses in Economics,
History, Politics, Psychology and
Social Economy. Extra-curricular or-
ganizations also exist.. The League is
primarily interested in all-important
local and individual problems. The
International Relations Club and the
Peace Council cover the wide field of
‘world affairs. The A. S. U. is a na-

“tion-wide organization, with chapters

on two hundred campuses, which em-
phasizes the positions of the student
in relation to social problems and
vorks to defend academic freedom in
coNeges that are not as fortunate in
that respect as Bryn Mawr.

I jook on the clubs as an oppor-
tunity for students to put their
knowledge and ideas to the sear of
practical_ application-——U ‘
aculty, they leis
their successes and by their fail-
ures. Certainly student organizations
often think wrongly. They have aften
been criticized, but they justify them-
selves because they have educational
value. There are two reasons why
the A. S. U. has been criticized more
than the other clubs. One is that
it deals with controversial issues in a
way that is sometimes provocative.
The other is that although much un-
friendly criticism comes from outside,
not enough constructive help comes
from within. The present member-
ship drive is primarily directed to-
wards those liberal critics who agree
with only a part of the A. S. U.
program. We invite them to join and
“work from within”.

To belong to the American Student
Union, one must agree with a part
of its platform, but it is not neces-
sary to agree with the whole of it.
The program is changeable and is de-
termined by the membership. Con-
troversy is a valuable: stimulus to
thought. "Members who disagree with
the national program adopted at the
Vassar ‘Convention, are free to act in
opposition to that program and to try
to change it at the next convention.
The only restriction on them is that
they should not use the name of the
‘A. S. U..for causes that it officially
opposes.





P. Lash’s editorial in the current issue
of the Student Advocate stresses the

| variety of opinion that may’ be in-

cluded among the members:

“The A. $. Us was established not
merely with the purpose of uniting
left-wing students against fascism but
through that unity to fuse all liberal-
minded students on the campus into. a
powerful student organization that
would be steadfast and effective. in
defense of student interests as well as
of such general social objectives as
peace, democracy and security. Both
the student who believed in the cap-
italist organization of society and the
student who advocated socialism could
support these obje ."

The Bryn Mawr. chapter -has 55
members, of whom four are commun-
ists; none that I know of are ortho-
dox socialists. The communists are
willing to do more than their share
of the work. On their shoulders,
therefore, and on the shoulders of a
small group of over-worked liberals
rests too much responsibility. The
greater part of the membership does
not take enough initiative. This may
partly explain why the A. S. U. has
a reputation on this campus for being
“communistic.”

Most of the present controlling
group is either going to graduate this
spring or will be too busy next year
to be very active. So there is a great
need for members who will carry 0

help frame policies and see
| work _is_do |
haphazardly than i S$ been in the
past. This is a challenge to the un-
affiliated liberals, both non-members
and inactive .members.

Active members will be rewenied
by contacts and chances for. discus-
sion with students from other cam-
puses, and by opportunities to observe
student party politics at, for example,
district conventions. They will also
have chances, through investigation,
to learn “about local labor conditions,
public education problems in this city
and there will probably be another
chance to go to Washington, to urge
passage of Federal student aid bills.
Of course, the A. S. U. sponsors: lec-
tures and discussion groups at college.
It‘often cooperates with the Interna-
tional Relations Club and the Peace
Council for this purpose.

Those interested will find the A. S.
U. program printed in full at the
back of Joseph Lash’s pamphlet, The
Campus, a Fortress of Democracy, a
copy of which is on the A. S. U. mem-
bership table iff each hall, and on the
A. S. U. shelf in the New Book Room.
Briefly, the A. S.° U. stands for:






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EXCERPTS from EXILE

(Mr. Howard Gray kindly ‘submitted
the following . letter...from » Elizabeth
Bingham, ’36. . She is now in Jer-
usalem tutoring the daughter of Dr.
M. B; Hexter, who is connected with
the Jewish Agency in Palestine.)
Dear Dr. Gray:

My adventure, as I call it, began in
the excitement of a strike. The crew
of the American Export Liner,
Exeter, demanded a bonus of 250: dol-
lars and insurance of 25,000 dollars
for going through the troubled Medi-
terranean in September. This, the
company said, was impossible,-and un-
til a settlement was reached the
passengers were put up in the Me-
Alpin Hotel.

Ponto’ Delgada’ in the Azores was
our first stop. The landscape there is
gorgeous and in comparison the pov-
erty-stricken people appeared drab.
A pineapple plantation was the most
interesting thing there. The fruit,
grown entirely under glass, requires
two years to ripen and sells for 1 dol-
lar and 25 cents in the islands, but for
less in England. The islanders’ aim
is to export as many as possible.
There were far fewer warships in
Gibraltar than we anticip : y
The au-



were, no doubt, on pgéfol.
thorities there changéd our course in
order to avoid mifes. From the mo-




fed the Mediterranean,
however, an enormous American flag
was spread over our upper deck. It
served us well for we met no trouble
although we were twice challenged
and asked our destination.

There is little of historical interest
in Alexandria so the majority of
those on board took the first train for
Cairo. As I had planned to go to
Cairo for my Christmas holidays, I
decided to spend two days in Alexan-
dria. The museum of the _Graeco-Ro-



A collective security program for
Peace. 2. Academic freedom. 3. Ex-
tension of Federal student aid as em-
bodied in the American Youth Act. 4.
Educational opportunity for all class-
es and all races. 5. In cooperation
with labor and other progressive
groups, it is dedicated to the realiza-
tion of a society of peace and plenty.
6. It is independent of any political
party, but local chapters may sup-
port local candidates who stand for
the above principles.

Dues are 35 cents-and may be put
on pay day.
HELEN JACKSON Cops, Chairman,
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man era is worthy of a visit, and

Pompey’s pillar of Aswan granite is
lovely. However, the series of cata-
combs found in 1900 with its many
wall paintings and carvings was most
interesting. The city is more alert
and modern than I expected and its
theaters and shops seemed almost
western.

From the beginning I have been
most enthusiastic about Jerusalem.
There are some things about it which
I shall miss greatly when I return to
America. -The sunséts are glorious
and I never tire of watching the
changing haze on the Hills of Moab.
The hills are as bare as elephants’
hacks, but their coloring is exquisite,
My favorite occupation is observing
the people of all kinds, conditions,
races, nationalities and_ religions.
There are Arabs, Jews, Greeks, Ger-
mans, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Abys-
sinians, Turks, Hungarians, Armeni-
ans. These and many more walk the
streets together.
is far from the peacéful
Everyone hoped that





establishment of. military courts and
the/infliction of the death penalty for
th¢ carrying of unlicensed fire arms.
ch has not been the case. The
troyble is too deep-seated to be easily
eradicated. The Arabs want their
independence .and are determined to
rid the land not only of Jews, but of
Englishmen, ‘too. The Jews are just
as determined to win the land Eng-
land provided for them.

The present administration in Pal-
estine is blamed for much of the
recent unrest. Early Arab offenders
were dealt with too leniently and felt
that they could continue to commit
outrages without apprehension. Even
I have been initiated by a bomb ex-
plosion only a block and a half away.
At another time two Arabs were shot
right outside our house in the Jewish
quarter. The present government is
more firm, however; searches are
common and no one is spared incon-
veniences.

Realizing that there would be no
peace during my stay here, I decided
after six weeks not to delay my sight-
seeing. . Escorted by a Franciscan
friar, I have had a most profitable
and interesting time.

Of all the sights I have seen, to me

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Council Hears Petition
‘ For’ Senior Automobiles



Continued from Page One

would be mended.

After dinner, Miss Park described
the new Library Wing and passed
around the architect’s sketches. The
Art and Archaeology, Building, to be
situated on the large grassy plot op-
posite Rockefeller Hall, will be. built
as soon as the 200,000 dollars needed
for it are raised. Mrs. Chadwick-Col-
lins felt that it was easier to raise
200,000 dollars for a separate build-
ing than 100,000 to equip the shell of
a joint Library and Art and Archae-
ology Wing. Miss Park pointed out
that according to the new plan, the
Library Wing will architecturally
complete the Library which was orig-
inallydeft unfinished, and, at the same
tne th A and Archaeology Build-
ing, wheh built, will have room to ex-
pand indefinitely. ‘The old plan did
not provide for any expansion and
might have spoiled the looks of the
Library.



the Garden Tomb is Rost real. On
the hillside a skull can be seen and

place of the Crucifixion. The tomb
itself satisfies the description in the
nineteenth and twentieth chapters of
John’s Gospel, and the evidence is far
more conviricing than that given me
about the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre. Nevertheless this, too, is an in-
teresting place, especially on a Sun-
day morning when the Cafts, Syrians,
Armenians, Greek Orthodox and Ro-
man Catholics hold services simultane-
ously. St. Helena’s Chapel is one of
the many in the Church where that
lady is thought to have found the
True Cross. Hewn out of the rock,
the chapel is quite dark except for a
beam of light coming from a window
near the ceiling, and the walls of the
stairs leading down to the chapel are

covered with Crusader’s Crosses.
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Excerpts From Exile;
Letter to Mr. Gray



Continued ffom Page Four

The actual Via Dolorosa, which is
- three metres‘below the-present one, is
another interesting: place to visit.
There on the stones one can see reliefs
of the Roman Games, which were
carved on them.

Visiting Jericho and the Dead Sea
was an unforgetable trip. The moun-
tains and hills are unbelievably bare.
Even after rain they are only thinly
covered with grass. Jericho with its
green fields and trees is a relief when
it comes in sight. The ruins of ancient
Jericho are pointed dut to the visitor,
the foundations of houses and the walls
which collapsed when the proverbial
trumpets were blown.

A few days after Christmas I
started for Egypt. My ten days
there were delightful. As neither
Cook’s nor the American Express were
having groups going from Palestine
“I had no alternative but to join a
Jewish party. It was made up of
German, Austrian, Russian, Polish
and Lithuanian Jews, all-feeling down-
cast at present because of conditions
in Europe. They managed to speak
a little, English and as I could do the
ith German, we managed splen-

same
didly.

At Gaza and Arab Sheikh and sev-
eral followers bound for Mecca

boarded the train. The whole coun-
tryside turned out to see them off and
to kiss the Sheikh’s hand. The trip
itself, from the fertile orange grove
district of Palestine through the in-
creasingly barren land: until one is
actually in the Sinai desert, was fas-
cinating. For a while the train
skirted the ocean and here palms
flourished.

The Cairo Museum is one of the
richest in which I have been. Many
of the early works appealed especially
to me, in particular a wooden statue
entitled Sheikh-el-Balad, which dates
from the Fourth Dynasty. The head
is. exquisitely carved; -the -statue
would be a masterpiece in any age.
The Tut-Ank-Hamen collection is
amazing; there are three golden
mummy cases, quantities of golden
statues of-the King and various gods,
alabaster jars, weapons. and, most
astounding, a pair of linen gloves,
perfectly intact.

The tombs hidden away in the Val-
ley of the Kings are fascinating. It

is fortunate that it never rains in|,

Luxor or these tombs would have been
. washed away centuries ago. Tut-
Ank-Hamen’s tomb is less elaborate
than some of the earlier ones and the








i

Chapel Speaker—to. Return

Mr. C. Leslie Glenn, of Cam-
bridge, will be the speaker at
the next two chapel services.
Mr. Glenn spoke;here on three
Sundays last year, and won, by
a large margin, the vote for the
most popular speaker of the
year. Mr. Glenn is also an ex-
cellent .discussion leader, and
everyone is invited to the Com-
mon Room after his talk.







Brand Blanshard Speaks

For Collective Security



Continued. from Page One

is that of complete neutrality. « Its
advocates believe that in case of war,
the United States should: refuse to
send munitions, financial aid, or the
necessitie¥ of war to either side; that
it should prohibit Americans from
traveling in countries at war, and
from volunteering for their armies;
and that no belligerent ships should be
allowed to touch at American ports.

Dr.- Blanshard believes that during
a war, neutrality might ‘prove suc-
cessful, although, since nations go to
war chiefly for psychological reasons,
the possibility is. a very slight one.
His most serious objection is that such
a system would prove to be a “ridicu-
lous and immoral surrender to the
forces of fascism,” a refusal to dis-
criminate between the aggressor and



Seti I’s tomb, dating from the Nine-
teenth: Dynasty is the most remarkable
of those that I saw. ~ Rooms and
corridors are covered with the most
exquisite painted reliefs, which are
as fresh as the day they were put on.

In the spring I am planning to see
the rest of Palestine and Syria. I
should very much like to visit Petra
too, but I fear there will not be time
enough. On my way back I hope to
have a glimpse of Europe and then I
shall be willing to ‘settle down once
more to life in America. s

(Signed )

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The arguments usually advanced
against collective security are, first,
that it cannot be employed without
dragging theUnited States into war
and destroying the innocent as well as
the guilty. Socialists also argue that
since wars are simply conflicts be-
tween rival forces of. capitalism, it
is better to kéep out of them alto-
gether and to work for the good of
the workers at home instead.

In reply, the supporters of collec-
pave security declare that a people
as a whole must be helg»responsible
for the acts of thei ton The
only way to check ’aggression is to
confront the aggressor nations, such
as Germany, Italy and Japan, with
the threat of the power of the col-
lective action of the democratic coun-
tries.

Following his discussion, Dr. Blan-
shard also read and approved the
tentative resolutions that the Peace
Council will offer for passage at the
Peace Day demonstrations. These
are as follows:

I. We urge American leadership in
naming aggressors and applying em-
bargos to aggressors which shall in-
clude munitions, raw materials, loans
and credits. We urge .the United
States government to cooperate with
other nations to support the proposal
for a world anti-agression Conference
for this purpose.

II. As a means to this end we sup-
port the recent proposal of Repre-
sentative Scott of California that an
unofficial embargo be imposed on sup-
plies to aggressor nations.

III. We urge the repeal or modi-
fication of the Neutrality Act in order
to discriminate between aggressor and
attacked. Specifically, we urge upon
our Congress, the immediate passage
of the O’Connell Amendment to the

principle.

Neutrality Act, which embodies this





Organ Recital

Dir. Edward Rechlin, organist,
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IV. In order to encourage the free
flow of goods among nations against
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FUND ESTABLISHED FOR
CIRCULATING RECORDS



A Student Record Fund was start-
ed this winter to provide a music
lending library for the college. To
this fund the Music Department has
generously contributed 500 dollars dnd
the Class of 1897 has given 50 dol-
lars. To it also the Gleé Club is turn-
ing over the proceeds of Patience. If
the experiment is succéssful and is’
found to be of real benefit to the stu-
dents, #he Music Department expects
to make a further 500 dollar contri-
bution.

Eleanor Taft, ’39, will select a com-
mittee’ this spring to work with Mr.
Alwyne and Miss Howe to decide on
housing, selection and lending rules.
One committee member will be chosen
from each hall. The biggest, prob-
lem facing them is the need for new.
and good hall victrolas which can be
used for concerts and which will keep
the records in good ~condition.

The library ought to be in work-
ing order by next year.



There will be a meeting in the
Common Room at 4.30 on Monday,
April 23, to draw up the final form
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Dinner for Miss Park

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University Women of Philae=!-
phia will give a dinner in honor
of Miss Park at the Hotel War:
> wick, Wednesday, April 20, at

p. m. Dean Margaret Morrig,
. of Pembroke College, will spe

on Fellowships.












Vera M. Dean: to Speak

At Peace Demonstration



E. Taft, ’39, to Present Outline for
Student Activity



Vera Micheles Dean will speak at
the Peace Demonstration on April 27
at 11 a. m. in Goodhart Hall. Mrs.
Dean is one of the foremost speakers
on the. Foreign Policy Association
staff and is editor and research as-
sociate for that organization. Her
publications include Soviet Russia,
1917-1936 and Europe In Crisis, both
of which have been used: in the first
year politics course. At the Peace
Demonstration Mrs. Dean will speak
on Europe’s Hour of Decision.

Eleanor Taft, ’39, president of the
Undergraduate Association, will also
speak on An Active Student Program
for Peace, and wil! introduce the col-
lege peace resolutions. Two prepara-
tion meetings are to be held, on April
19 and 26, at which these resolutions
will be formulated.

»After living in Russia, where she
was born, for 16 years, Mrs. Dean
came to the United States and re-
ceived her B.A. from Radcliffe in
1925, her M.A. from Yale in 1926,
and Ph.D. from Radcliffe in 1928.
Since 1932 she has traveled widely in
Europe, studying economic and po-
litical conditions at first hand.



Social Change C aused
Agrarian Revolution



Continued from Page One

system, the landlords had given their |

military service to the government and

Jin return wére’ declared tax exempt.

This they still offered~to do. The
government, however, needed the
money collected -from the growing
class of peasants more than the mili-
tary service and were, therefore, in-
clined to back the tenants’ in any
move they made.

In this district of Germany, the
favored tenants soon began to buy up
the landowners’ rights and large
peasant properties resulted. A prim-
ary cause for this rise of the peas-
ants lies in the surrender by the land-
lords of their former governmental
power. In this, Dr. Gay pointed out,
the locality’s development differed
greatly from that in. England and
even from that of northeastern Ger-
many where the peasants were re-
duced to hereditary subjugation.

Although no _ legislation declared
serfdom illegal in England, even in
the sixteenth century cases appear
where the landlords could swear that
the ancestors of a-certain witness were
serfs. However, this class stuck so
close together and insisted so strongly
on their freedom, serfdom soon disap-
peared. The king’s courts-recognized
the right of a serf’s attachment to a
new manor while the manor courts
gave the serfs copies of the court
roll. These copies allowed them the
land, but left them subject to the will
of the lord and the custom of the
manor.

By the end of the sixteenth century,
the term yeomen included both free-
holders ‘and copyholders. All social
stigma was removed from the latter
group. The next step towards the





Errata
The College News regr,
that in its issue of April 13) it

attributed a statement made by
H. L. Menken to Miss Hender-
son. The’ statement, which ap-
peared in the article entitled
Miss Henderson Scorns “Bastard
British,” is as follows: “Great
Britain will become an Ameri-
can province, linguistically. The
Middle West will be the cradle
of American spéech.”

Mr. Laski was sponsored by
the Bryn Mawr Entertainment
Committee and his coming re-
quired no special intercession.
The News regrets its misstate-
ment, also of April 13.







lease system was checked, however,
due to the limitation placed on the
few potential leaseholders by the land-
owners’ femand for cash rent. Dr.
Gay also pointed out that there was
a fundamental aversion to any change
from the established economic society.

Despite the arbitrary rents, the po-
sition of the copyholders became con-
tinually stronger. As an important
cause of this, Dr. Gay emphasized the
susceptibility of the steward class to
bribery. By this means, a hereditary
copy could be obained regardless of
the custom

holders were. probably the most im-
portant agrarian group in England,
but the next century saw a marked
decrease in their number. Out of
180,000 yeomen only 60,000 were copy-
holders.

These yeomen gained the privilege
of fixed rents and were declared tax
exempt. As they grew in strength
they were led more and more into

land speculation, for all during this]
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the manor. At the close} ‘
of the sixteenth century the copy-| —

and plenty of capital for land invest-
ment is apparent. :

The landowners and the lease-hold-
ers became united by the former’s de-
mand for economic rent and the. lat-
ter’s willingness to pay. These two
fought the yeomen class, but were un-
successful until the eighteerith cen-
tury.

The English agrarian revolution is
characterized by growth of the gentry
who played an increasingly important
part in the government, of a large
group of capitalist farmers, and an
underpaid. class of agricultural labor.
The gentry developed into thé ruling
class and dominated the Constitutional
revolution in the seventeenth century.

The effect of the enclosure move-
ment on the agrarian structure in the
sixteenth century was of secondary
importance in comparison with that
of the changes in the social’ ladder. A
recent study of Nottinghamshire
County proved that the enclosures
were strictly limited to that land geo-
graphically suitable. This referred
to natural pasture land and disre-
g the arable and natural waste
land. Another characteristic of the
enclosures is that they took place only
in the smaller towns or where the
number of copyholders were few.

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was slow, but a great mass of land
had come under the system by the
late eighteenth centyry. The volume
of the unemployed and the vagrant in-
creased, and the shifting labor exerted
a great force on the growing towns.

The enclosure movement also gave
added impetus to the more fundamen-
tal change in the position of the social
classes and helped the gentry, more
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