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College news, December 11, 1940
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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1940-12-11
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 27, No. 10
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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BMC-News-vol27-no10
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
THE COLLEGE NEW
(Founded in 1914) }
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Published weekly during the College Year (excepting ‘during Thanks-
ving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks)
n the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne,
Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. s
sail
The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing thak
apgeare in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written
. permission of the Editor-in-Chief. '
Editorial Board
_ Susip INGALLS, ’41, Editor-in-Chief
VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, ’41, Copy ALICE CROWDER, 42, News
ELIZABKTH CROZIER, .’41 AGNES MASON, ’42
JOAN GRoss, 742 LENORE O BOYLE, ’43
Editorial Staff
BARBARA BECHTOLD, ’42
- MARGUERITE’ BOGATKO, ’41
BARBARA COOLEY, ’42
ANN ELLICOTT, ’42
FRANCES LYND, ’43
ANNE DENNY, 743
BARBARA HERMAN,
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AGNES MARTIN, ’43
ISABEL MARTIN, 42
. JANET MEYER, 742
“VIRGINIA NICHOLS, ’41 -
REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42
SALLY MATTESON, 743
SALLY JACOBS, 743
"43
Sports Music J
CHRISTINE WAPLES, 742 PorTIA MILLER, ’43
Photo
LILLI SCHWENK, ’42
ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, 741
Business Board
MARGUERITE Howarp, '41, Manager
RutTH McGovern, ’41, Advertising
JUDITH BREGMAN, 742
MARTHA GANS, 42
Theatre
OLIVIA KAHN, ’41
ELIZABETH GREGG, ’42
BETTY MARIE JONES, ’42
CELIA MOSKOVITZ, 743
MARILYN O’BOYLE, 743
ELIZABETH NICcCROSI, 743
Subscription Board
GRACE WEIGLE, ’43, Manager FLORENCE KELTON, 743
CONSTANCE BRISTOL, 43 WATSON: PRINCE, 743
CAROLINE WACHENHEIMER, ’43
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 : MAILING PRICE, $3.00
SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME
Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office
Elections
The Advertising and Busi-
ness Board of the COLLEGE
Opinion
Heilperin Discusses Effect
Of German Victory or
Defeat on America
To the Editor of the COLLEGE
NEWS:
I was greatly interested by your
Editorial on “Middle Ways” with-
out finding myself in agreement
with certain of the statements
made therein. Since the matter is
of great importance, may’ I offer
you my comments.
You consider as a dubious as-
sumption the opinion sommetimes ex-
pressed that a German victory
would spell disaster on the Ameri-
can way of. life. You doubt the
“value of a British victory when
weighed against the cost of war
and the. questionable results of
English peace terms.”
Regarding the first point, the an-
swer is not merely a matter of
opinion. Consider the implications
of a German victory: this country
would continue to arm on an in-
creasing scale because in a world
largely dominated by militaristic
‘powers this country could not af-
i\ford to stay unarmed. The arma-
| ment program would become a per-
History of Science
The series of lectures on the history of science was concluded
on Monday night. These weekly meetings have been exceptionally
stimulating andthe success of the idea cannot be doubted. We be-
lieve this experiment which has proven such a success should now be
incorporated in the college curriculum as a course to be given at
regular intervals.”
Translating a series of lectures into courses involves many
difficylties. It can only be solved by pushing further the coopera-
tive efforts which the various departments have already made.
The idea has, however, the undoubted support of the campus as a
whole and has proven its potential worth. We feel that this course
could be alternated with a course organized along the lines of the
18th century given last year. The science course would probably
be more of a lecture course than was the 18th century and would
also be more of a survey study. The 18th century or some such
period study would fll a different need, in that it would be pri-
marily a discussion class based on student reports. Both courses
would ‘be non-specialized and should draw students and faculty
from all fields.
We hope_it is possible to include every year one such course
offering a broad viewpoint and not limited to particular interests.
7 Union Now |
Our Town was a successful cooperative effort of two small
colleges. As such it provided a concrete example of a sentiment
and faith vigorously propounded this year by college officials of
Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore. The fall play produced
jointly by Bryn Mawr and Haverford climaxes the unofficial par-
ticipation by the two colleges in small plays and in other extra-
curricular activities.
Cooperation in extracurricular events has begun to spread to
academic lines. President Morley of Haverford has said that, “by
pooling facilities, while preserving autonomy, small colleges can
give their students university advantages without in any way sac-
rificing the inestimable assets of the small colleges.”
The limitations of a small college as to the size of its faculty
and the number of specialized courses it can provide could be
greatly minimized by sharing the particular advantages offered by
the individual colleges. 3
The development of joint participation in academic work will
undoubtedly have to proceed slowly, as has been the case in extra-
curricular events. Already, however, outside lectures are shared
and advanced publicity arranged. Some few students interchange
for particular courses and one or two faculty members give lectures
at other colleges.~ If the cooperative efforts continue along these
lines, much of the present financial strain will be relieved without
necessitating the sacrifice of local autonomy or individual policies.
ales Thanksgiving
We don’t claim to be a disinterested party, but we have been
fair minded. We kept our mouths shut while this one-day-vacation
idea was being tried. Now it has been. tried and we have- not
- "Phe reason’ for making Friday, November 29, an obligatory
class day was that a four-day vacation just three weeks before
~ Christmas was demoralizing to undergraduates and made for pre-
Christmas hysterics.
Actually the effec .
‘academic thought. Some few lucky souls could take a
__ tating to aca | c
ame with those who went off Thursday, came back for an
ey se
manent feature of American life.
This implies a militarisation of the
people and a growing control by
the Government over economic ac-
tivity. . Under modern conditions
neither enterprise nor consumption
can yemain free in an economic
system based on preparedness for
a possible war. The longer this
would last the more certain the es-
tablishment of some form of State
socialism would become.
Consider next what it would
mean for the American way of liv-
ing to continue for year after year
with no end-in- sight.to fear and to
fighting “fifth columns.” Neces-
sary under emergency conditions,
this would, if indefinitely extended,
create a widespread distrust among
the people and establish in the
‘United States a form of “Police
State” which is “more reminiscent
of authoritarian than
~cratic political systems.
Finally, what of international
trade? _Confpetition with strong
totalitarian countries could not be
carried out. without the adoption by
this country of similar controls and
practices as those now used by
Germany. There is-no better way
of “going totalitarian” than this.
Or this country might renounce
foreign trade—but would have to
adopt a system of State socialism
in order to effect the transition to
that new economic mode of life.
All these are questions of fact,
not of opinion. A country’s domes-
tic “way of life?’ depends upon the
“climate” of the world.
Regarding the second point, any
peace after a British victory would
depend on the American will to
cooperate and on America’s vision
of the future and of the role it in-
tends to play in the world of the
future. To demand clear’ peace
aims from a people fighting for life
and bombed by day and night is
hardly reasonable. It is those who
still know the blessings of life in
peace that have the duty to think
of demos
News takes great pleasure in
announcing the following
elections: Judy Bregman,
42; Martha Gans, 42; Eliza-
beth Gregg, ’42; and Celia
Moskovitz, ’43.
of the future, clearly not sceptical-
ly, courageously not fearfully. The
future depends mainly on two
things: on who will win the war
and on what American policies will
be if victory should be Britain’s.
Yours very sincerely, _.
MICHAEL A, HEILPERIN.
Battle of Aristocrats
To the Editor of the COLLEGE
NEWS:
I should advise the “aristocratic”
lady (by the way, isn’t courage a
supposedly high born virtue) to
put a little thought on the relation
of responsibility and _ privilege.
High birth and high breeding have
always implied a sense of obliga-
tion to the less fortunate, including
an effort to elevate them. I be-
lieve many men in the forefront of
the battle for human liberties have
been aristocrats. The criterion of
“noblesse” is*“noblesse oblige.” No
true aristocrat ever spoke of the
man in’ the street with the con-
tempt shown in her letter. What-
ever your correspondent’s means of
judging her own = aristocracy—
sumption of the duties of her sup-
posed position. The only aristoc-
racy for a democracy is one of pub-
lic service, privilege is to be used
for the common good. I would
suggest the young lady meet an
aristocrat and see what he is like.
Sincerely,
DAUGHTER OF A REAL ARISTOCRAT.
MOVIES
In Town ag
STANTON: “South of Suez,”
George Brent and Brenda Mar-
shall.
EARLE: Beginning Friday,
“Christmas in July,” Dick Powell
and Ellen Drew.
ALDINE: “The Long Voyage
Home,” Thomas Mitchell, John
Wayne.
ARCADIA: “Bittersweet,” Jean-
ette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
BOYD: “The Letter,” Bette Da-
vis and Herbert Marshall.
FOX: “Seven Sinners,’ Marlene
Dietrich.
STANLEY: “Go ' West,” Marx
Brothers.
Local
EGYPTIAN: Thursday and Fri-
day, “Scatterbrain,” Judy Canova.
Saturday thru Monday, “Third
Finger, Left Hand,’ Myrna Loy
and Melvyn Douglas. y
ARDMORE: Thursday thru Sun-
day, “Third Finger, Left Hand.”
Monday thru Thursday, “They
Knew What They. Wanted,” Carole
Lombard and Charles Laughton.
WAYNE: Thursday, “Knute
Rockne All-American,’ Pat. O’Bri-
en. Friday, “Dr. Kildare Goes
Home,” Lew Ayres and Lionel
Barrymore. Saturday, ‘“Destry
Rides Again,’ Marlene
and, James Stewart.
they seem not to.include the as-/:
Dietrich
effects of a one-day vacation are still more devas-|—
is preferable to the one-day idea, for at least that would avoid the
hour or so Friday and rushed off again to stay away until Monday.
They certainly did no more work than the long vacationers and
they spent more money and energy. Besides wearing themselves
out they wore out the few who stayed the whole time at college.
Indeed, the stay-at-homes were demoralized not by one exodus, but
by two and also by two general returns.
problem by moving Thanksgi back a week. Of course, this
Quizzes could be moved back or some could come after. vacation,
as seems to have been done this year for a few courses. The. vaca-
tion would split the fall term and give the professors and under-
graduates a brief respite without overcrowding the last weeks.
We even suggest that the drastic solution of no vacation at all
here-we-go, here-we-come, here-we-go traffic jam of Thursday and
| Friday.
te
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We feel that President Roosevelt offered a solution to our
would have meant the middle of the quiz period for this year.
ISS and NSFA Plan
‘Student Conference
The International Student Serv-
ice and the National Student Fed-
eration of America are holding a
joint conference, December, 27-29
at the New Jersey College for
Women at New Brunswick.
It is the belief of the conference
leaders that “Democracy must
cease to be an.abstraction to which
one pays lip-service ow national
holidays. It must become a con-
cept which informs our every ac-
tion:” With this end in mind, I.S.S.
commissions have been formed to
discuss Youth in Business, in Pub-
lie Administration, in Professions,
as Workers, as Students, etc.
Plenary Sessions with the N.S.
F.A. will discuss “Youth’s Phil-
osophy ‘for Democracy”, “The In-
ternational Situation”, and. “‘Does
Academic Freedom Apply to Stu-
dents”? Mrs. Roosevelt will speak
at an informal reception, on De-
cember 28.
The Undergraduate Association
is sending its treasurer, Sally Mat-
teson, and the Self-Government its
treasurer, Frances Matthai, as
representatives to the N.S.F.A.
The delegates to the I.8.S. are
Agnes Martin, News and Elizabeth
Kerr’ from the League. Anyone
else who is interested should speak
to Charlotte Hutchins; expenses
are 12 dollars.
Christmas Concert
To be Given Jointly
Continued trom Page One
Rose, by Praetorious, Come Tune
Your Heart by Lafford, Glory to
God In-the Highest and With All
Thy Hosts by Bach, The Magnificat
by Stanford, “Hush My Dear, Lie
Still_and Slumber by Shaw, Baby
Sleep by Vaughan Williams, and
Joseph Came Seeking by Wil-
loughby. The congregation will
join in singing carols.
Books for Christmas
pa
Children
Babar and Father Christmas, by
Jean de Brunhoff. Babar steps
‘again out of the pages and the big
colored pictures to tell the charm-
ing story of his adventures in San-
ta’s workshop. For the pre-school
child. t
Topsy-Turvy Cireus, by George
Duplaix.. Pictures by Tibor Gerge-
ly. An animal picture book with’
an exciting story for the animal-
minded 4 to 8-year-old.
South American Round - About,
by Agnes Rothery. [Illustrated by
Carl Burger. A book for the Amer-
i¢an-minded 10-year-old, telling the
mystery and the fact that surround
old and new South America. One
of the best travel bookg for chil- |
dren ever written.
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Adults
Sapphira and the Slave Girl, by
Willa Cather. A new tale of Vir-
ginia life that will interest the nov-
el reader. Not quite up to the stan-
dards of Miss Cather’s earlier nov-
els, but good light holiday reading.
A Winter In Arabia, by Freya
Stark. A travel book that takes
us away from the newspapers into
the interior of Arabia. Humorous
and serious impressions of a poor
but noble people.
"Make Bright the Arrows, by Ed-
na St. Vincent Millay.
guished poet lashes out against the -
war in verse that has life, emotion
and momentum.
Records for Britain
- Two records of English
Christmas songs sung by
Stewart Wilson, for only one
dollar to help buy a rolling
kitchen for England. Rec-
ords and order blanks can be
had from Mimi Boal, French __|
House, room 8.
We do feel, however, that time off in the fall is desirable. |
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