College news, January 12, 1944

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THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XL, NO. 12

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1944

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Bryn Mawr College, 1944

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| Agnes Smedley Traces Development
Of Political Trend in Wartime China



Chinese Communists Advocate
Formation of Democratic
Government



Goodhart, January 12. “The Chi-
nese fight not merely for bread
alone, but for a position of equal-
ity in the community of nations.
And ideas are to them, and have
been since the war began, weapons
more powerful than guns,” said
Miss Agnes Smedley, war corres-
pendent and author, speaking on
Recent Chinese Political Develop-
ments.

Relating Chinese internal trou-
ble with the Kuomintang-Commun-
ist conflict to Chinese relations
with the Allies, Miss Smedley
pointed to the growing develop-
ment of real democracy in China
and the results of recent Allied
conferences as pointing to a peace-
ful post-war world.

In the past few years, there has
been an intensification of the con-
flict between the Kuomintang and
the so-called Chinese Communists,
a conflict which has been growing
since 1927. The Chinese Red Army,
representing the peasants of
China, “fought under two ban-
ners: anti-imperialism, and _ the
agrarian revolution.” Describing
the union of the army with the
gevernment in the fight against
Japan, Miss Smedley emphasized
the-political training of the troops.
_ The old Chinese Red Army, now

the Eighth Route Army, control-
ling a large territory of northern
China, has introduced democracy
as the mode of government there.

Continued on Page 4

Undergrad Presents
‘Prelude to War’ Film



Goodhart, January 8. The prop-
aganda film, Prelude to War, was
produced by the War Department
Research Council for the army in
order to show how and why war
came. Comparing our “free”
world to the “slave” world of the
axis countries, it depicted the es-
sential differences in government,
religion and attitude. It is one
of a series of seven movies deal-
ing with the present war, five of
which will be shown at Bryn
Mawr.

The growth. of the “new order”
in Germany, Italy, and Japan in
the 1920’s was. traced. Begin-
ning first in Italy, the movement
seemed the easiest way out to a
country torn apart by the first
War World and faced with two

alternatives: reconstruction or
fascism. Germany, which had
never acknowledged its defeat

and whose people had an. inbred
love of fighting, was in a “post-
war chaos.” Under such condi-
tions, it was not hard for Hitler
to introduce and popularize “Na-
tional Socialism.” In Japan, “The
New Order in Asia” was _insti-

gated by a nebulous group of war.

lords through the emperor, who
as a god commands the blind
obedience of the people.

By means of propaganda and
education of the children, the
countries were prepared for war.
With freedom of the press, law
eourts, the right to unionize and
othet rights of the democracies
abolished, only the church remain-

Continued on Page 3

4

Miicernadiae ose





AGNES SMEDLEY



Use of Propaganda
On Italian Fascists

Discussed by English

Radnor, January 7: Describing
the Italian attitude toward Fas-
cism as “completely unfanatical’’
Mr. Maurice English, chief of the
Italian section of the OWI in
New York, -discussed American
propaganda to Italy and the ef-
fect it has produced on the Ital-
ians. “Mr. English, formerly a

‘foreign correspondent of The
Chicago Tribune in France, Spain
and Portugal during the _ early
years of this war, and also direc-
tor of foreign broadcasts for the
National Broadcasting Company
for three years, feels that the lack
of enthusiasm for Fascism has
helped American and British pro-
paganda a great deal.

When it was first organized, the
Italian division of the OWI was
faced with ~ several unforeseen

Continued on Page 4

Dr. Hazard Describes
Army Naturalization

Philadelphia, January 10: Natur-
alizing 3,678 men in the armed
services by the “Soldier Proced-
ure,” Dr. Henry Hazard of.the Im-
migration and Naturalization Ser-
vice, travelled 42,000 miles in ten
months. . Speaking at the Phila-
delphia International Institute, Dr.
Hazard told of his experiences
granting American citizenship to
soldiers and sailors in Iceland,
Great Britain, Sicily, Italy, and
North Africa. ee

The requirements for citizenship
are at a minimum in, this: Soldier
Procedure, explained Dr. Hazard.
Applicants must be lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States, al-
though there is no necessity for
permanent residence. They must
be in sympathy with this country.
There are no racial, age, or resi-
dential qualifications; no first pa-
‘pers, fees,,or educational stand-
ards_are necessary. “Each appli-
cant must be vouched for by two
officers,” stated the Overseas Nat-
uralization Administrator, “and
there is a careful examination of
his service record.” Aliens and
persons from Axis-dominated coun-
tries coming to the United States
after 1988 must first be cleared by
U. S. headquarters.

Continued on Page 3

/under the Gedymin dynasty,

0. Halecki Evaluates —
Polish Achievements
In Gedymin Dynasty



Goodhart, January 10. The val-
ue of Polish history for a study
of federalism was noted by Pro-
fessor Oskar Halecki, Director of
the Polish Institute of Arts and
Sciences in America, in his talk
“The Polish Federal System 1385-
1569”, as the Mallory Whiting
Webster history lecturer. In dis-
cussing the Polish federal system
he
‘emphasized its achievement in un-
ifying peoples of many different
creeds and languages.

Although they had previously
been hostile to each other, Poland
and Lithuania, including White
Russia, united for purposes of
common defense in 1385. Poland
and Lithuania at the time were
surrounded by the Teutonic Or-
der of the Baltic Sea, the Tartars
in the southeast, and Muscovy in

Continued on Page 4

Metals in Wartime
Subject of Lecture
By Arthur Patterson





“The Physics of Metals” will
be the subject of the talk to be
given by Mr. Arthur L. Patter-
son, Associate Professor of Phy-
sics, in Dalton Hall, Wednesday,
‘January 19 at 8:00 o’clock. Spon-
sored by the Science Club, this is
the second in a series of lectures
being given this year on the pos-
ition of the sciences in the war.

In line with the Science Club’s
policy of presenting this series
for the benefit of the layman, Mr.
Patterson will show that the prob-
lem of the use of metals in arm-
ing for war is one not limited to
engineers. It is important ‘to all,
and in relation to the war effort
it is comparable to that of map-
making, discussed in the first lec-
ture by Miss Lehr. It is also one

Continued on Page 3



‘Gertrude Lawrence Will Show Films

To Promote Anglo-U.S. Understanding





Calendar

Friday, January 14
War-Films, Music Room, 8:00.
Saturday, January 15
German and Spanish Senior
Condition Exams.
German Exams for M. A. and
Ph. D. Candidates.
Monday, January 17
Gertrude Lawrence, “Britain
at War,” Goodhart Hall, 8:15.
Tuesday, January 18
Current Events.
Wednesday, January 19
Mr. Patterson, “The Physics
of Metals,” Dalton, 8:00.

Chamberlin Presents
Series at Haverford
On Russian Situation









William Henry Chamberlin, for
twelve years a foreign corres-
pondent in Moscow and author of
several books on Russia, is_ the
speaker at a series of lectures on
Russia being presented by Hav-
erford College: The next lecture
entitled The Soviets in Power: will
be given in Roberts Hall on Jan-
uary 18 at 8:00 P. M.

The lectures will treat various
aspects of Russia’s position. and
potentialities. Among the sub-
jects to be reviewed are the trans-
ition from Leninism to Stalinism,
Russian foreign policy, Russian
relations with America, post-war
plans, and the economic system.
They will be delivered on Tues-
days, and will continue through
April.

A distinguished journalist, Mr.
Chamberlin began his career as
Assistant Magazine Editor of the
Philadelphia Press. In 1919 he
became the assistant to Heywood
Broun on the book section of the
New York Herald Tribune, and
three. years later went to Mos-

Continued on Page 3



Humorous Ghost Haunts Rhoads Basement
With Mysterous Slivers of Borrowed Soap



By Patricia Platt, °45

Rhoads has acquired a phantom
burglar with a sense of humor.
Ever since a month before Christ-
mas vacation there has been a
touch of madness.tinged with
whimsy in the air. The inmates
of Rhoads North basement have
been forced into a state of philo-
sophic fatalism because which in-
animate objects will start moving
around next defies prediction.

It all started with soap. The
stuff, ordinarily slippery, became
positively elusive, and refused to
stay where it was put, in soap
dishes. The hall bookshop began
to run out of stock, as day after
day basement inmates purchased
more and more soap. Then it be-
gan to reappear in small slivers
when least expected. It had been
thoroughly used in the interim.
The result was frustrated out-
bursts on the part of would-be
washers that reached a fever pitch.
A casual observer, walking into the
basement bathroom, is confronted
with an array of soap dishes, each
bearing a warning, the most poetic
of which reads: “Who lays a hand
on yon green soap, dies like a dog



—March on, you dope!”



Soap is not the only article now
performing antics in Rhoads.
Candy bars and other trivia have
a way of vanishing and reappear-
ing in odd places. One sophomore,
after leaving a full candy jar on
her bureau when embarking’ on a
week-end, returned to find it had
vanished. Next morning the jar
reappeared, empty. Things mater-
ialize as well as evaporate. It is
a common occurrence to find var-
ious unclaimed items of underwear
strewn about the quiet smoker
after a seemingly peaceful night.

Rhoads is as baffled about its
pixies as anybody else. A meeting
of the corridor, in an effort to make
head or tail of what was going on,
ended in near-hysteria. People,
stating their losses, found that
these had a tendency to correspond
to other peoples’ gains, and the
web became infinitely tangled.
Adjournment left everybody feel-
ing the mysterious unseen pres-
ence more than ever.

Eager would-be detectives have
seen and heard nothing. It looks
as though Rhoads basement were
haunted, or a second Dorothy Say-
ers were out.trying to get experi-
ence. Even the fundamental issue
is unsolved—is it or are we?

British Actress Operates
Her Own War Service
In America



Miss Gertrude Lawrence, stage
and radio actress, will speak and
present films on Britain at War
on Monday, January 17, at 8:15
in Goodhart Hall. As an unoffi-
cial speaker for the British In-
formation Service, she appears
as a volunteer in a campaign for
better understanding between
America and England.

The films, supplied by the
British Information Service, come
from a variety of sources. The
first, These are the Men, is a cap-
tured German film edited in Eng-
land which deals with the Nazi
leaders. ABCA is a short film
describing the newly-established
department of the British Army
which gives information about the:
issues at stake to the fighting:
men. A Hundred Million Women
is . another’ British film, made
from actual shots taken in Rus-
sia of Russian women, and _in-
cludes parachute nurses. Know
Your Ally Britain, an American
short made by Frank Capra,
gives a comprehensive view of
England and this war. The final
film, The Last Hazard, shows the
role minesweepers play in pro-
tecting convoys, and is also taken
in action.

War Service

Miss Lawrence has done pion-
eer work in establishing Anglo-
American relations. She is the
only British woman who has op-
erated her own war service, The

Gertrude Lawrence Branch of the
American Theatre Wing War
Service, Inc., for four years.

Prior to Pearl Harbor her branch
of. the American Theatre Wing,
of which she is a vice-president,
was run for the benefit of the
British War Relief. When Amer-
ica entered the war she changed
her plans, and now devotes her
service wholly to “the American
armed forces. She _ personally
raises all the funds used by her
branch, which is operated entire-
ly by volunteers. It has the only
mobile library the Eastern
seaboard.
Continued on Page 3

on

Capt. Marquis Tells
Of WAC’s in Africa

Goodhart, January 11. The ex-
cellent work of the WAC’s in as-
suming the respohsibilities as well
as rights, of -eitizenship was de-
scribed by Captain Frances Mar-
quis on leave from the WAC in
North Africa.

Captain Marquis was with the
first WAC division to go overseas,
the one which landed in North
Africa last January. With the aid
of some excellent slides she sketeh- ~
ed vividly the life of the fighting
woman abroad. Starting secretly
from New York, the WAC’s spent
five days confined below the decks
of their transport, fifteen in a
cabin—because the skipper feared
their effect on the male soldiers
abroad. The contingent spent the
time playing bridge and guessing
their destination—incorrectly, as it
turned out. It is significant of the

‘spirit and ability of the girls that

they instantly made themselves.



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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







New Schedule

The present semester schedule leaves much to be desired
in efficiency and distribution of examinations throughout the
year. Although this condition has always existed, it has be-
come especially apparent since the war. has necessitated
shortened exam periods and longer Christmas vacations, to
assist the railroads in distributing the rush of transportation
overthe Christmas holidays. A larger burden of work is
now forced in to the brief two weeks after the vacation, fol-
lowed by a shorter and heavier exam period. The result of
this concentration of work at the semester’s end is an in-
crease in exam hysteria. We think the defects of this system
outweigh its advantages and that a change in the arrange-
ment of the semester is necessary.

Bryn Mawr opens several weeks later than nearly every
other college in the fall, and asa result makes an awkward
distribution of the two-term plan, with Christmas vacation
coming near the end of the first term. If college began sev-
eral weeks earlier in the fall it would be possible to have the
mid-year examinations before Christmas vacation. This sys-
tem works well in a number of other colleges, and would be
advantageous at Bryn Mawr for numerous reasons.

The second semester could thus begin after Christmas
vacation, which would eliminate the pressure of a large
amount of work in a short time after the holiday. The sem-
ester’s work therefore would be unbroken by jthe interrup-
tion and retardation caused by a long vacation. The result
would be better work in both semesters.

Under the present plan exam hysteria in the mid-year
examination period is far greater than at final exams in the
spring.. If the mid-year examinations were followed immed-
iately by a vacation at Christmas, as final exams are followed
by the summer vacation, there would be much less unreason-
able panic than that occasioned by examination periods in the
middle of the school year, as this constitutes a minor break
which is closely followed by more work.

Under such a plan, spring vacation would also be earlier,

and thus divide the period from Christmas until the end of

the year more evenly than does the usual spring vacation.
The standard of work would probably benefit from this re-
vision, as the equalized periods would create a better attitude
toward work as well as generally better health.

In view of the disadvantages of the present system, we
feel that our suggested revisions merit further considera-
tion.



International Cartels

The doctrine of free enterprise is said to be the basis of
American economy, and, although social policy is assumed
to maintain competition, it has in many ways veered from
this objective. Corporation and patent laws, and failure to
‘clearly define and enforce te regulations have, to a
large extent, contributed to the decline of competition.

Last week the Department of Justice charged Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd., of London, Imperial Chemical In-
dustries (New York), Ltd., E. I. du Pont de: ‘Nemours and
Co., Ines; and Reesington: f Arms Company, Inc., with seeking







THEATRE

‘Wallflower’, Juvenile Comedy
Praised for Fresh Spirit
In Acting



By April Oursler, ’46

With an originality and fresh
ness unusual in this period of ju-
venile comedies, Wallflower, a new
play by Mary Orr and Reginald
Denham, opened at. the Locust
Theatre Monday night.

The story of Joy, a high-spirited
young blonde with an overflowing
personality, and Jackie, her step-
sister, attractive in her own right,
but definitely overshadowed by
Joy’s line, the play combines hn-
mor and pathos
depth than the pre-adolescence of
Junior Miss.

It is this handling of humor and
pathos that provides the most
striking part of the evening. .The
quick shift of emotions combined
with the contrast in pace between
the deceptively slow opening
scenes and the whirlwind tempo of
the growing climax, heightens the
effect of the farce. Throughout
the whole play there are touches
of high comedy, unusual in the
work of Denham, noted for blood-
chiller melodramas. More than
this, however, it is the acting which
gives this play distinction over the
rest of its kind.

The audience is conscious from
the beginning of Jackie’s lesser
popularity, from the opening scene
where the family waits for the two
girls’ return after four years of
college. Paradoxically, however, it
is while Joy vamps Walter, Jack-
ie’s only beau, that the audience
becomes more and more conscious
of Jackie’s superior, if reticent
charm.

The climax arrives when the
rest of the family returns home at
two in the morning after various
engagemnts, to find Jackie not at
home. Walter’s parents are just
leaving, when the phone call comes
from the District Attorney, inform-
ing Judge Linnet, that the police
just raided a roadhouse known as
the Wolves’ Den and found Jackie
and Walter upstairs in one of the
beds. This one outbreak, accom-
panied by large newspaper notor-
iety, floods Jackie with dates as

to attain more}:



WHAT TO DO

Attention Seniors and Graduate
Students—Please sign now on the
bulletin board of: Room ,H for ap-
pointments with Mrs. Crenshaw
regarding jobs for next year.

Radiation Laboratory, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Mass.— Openings for
computers, physicists,- drafting
trainees, radio technician trainees,
clerk for tool room crib, business
office, personnel office and stock
room. A representative will come
to the college if students want to
see her.

Goodyear Aircraft Corporation,
Akron, Ohio—Miss Bartington will
come to the ¢ollege for interviews
toward the end of the month. See
your bulletin board for details of
the jobs available.

Tripp Lake Camp, Poland, Maine
—Openings for counselors. This
camp is highly recommended by
past counselors from Bryn Mawr.
Excellent salaries.



soon as she-is bailed out. Walter
recovers from his hangover
offers to marry her. She refuses
the offer, justifying it first by the
assertion that she will not have a
shotgun marriage without love.
Walter proves his true love for her,
and their marriage the previous
night is finally revealed. The fact
that no one but the bride knew
about the marriage (Walter was
drowning Joy’s refusal and had no
memory of the ceremony) is dis-
counted.

The story as such, is too light
and incredible to be the sole re-
deeming feature of the play. For-
tunately, the acting is extremely
convincing and_ understanding.
Mary Rolfe, as Jackie, plays with
excellent understatement, making
the transition from wallflower to
poppy with ease and realism.
Sunny O’Dea as Joy is utterly
charming, and carries the slightly
exaggerated part well. Mr. and
Mrs. Linnett (Kathryn Givney and
Walter N. Greaza) were outstand-
ing in their humanness and per-
plexity, and Brigette, the Austrian
maid (Vilma Kurer), is the most
convincing example of a humorous
refugee, and an_ inexperienced
worker produced by the domestic
help shortage.



world domination of markets

through monopolistic and re-

strictive practices, in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act. Since 1933, the action alleges, these corporations have
been united on a division of world markets in the chemical

industries.

Chief of Attorney-General Biddle’s Anti-Trust division,
Wendell Barge, said: “The cartel system, which has plagued
us with shortages of critical materials, lack of know-how and
industrial skills during war and unemployment and idle plants
during peace, must not be tolerated’ in this country.”

The defendants state that their agreements, which in-
clude patents and joint stock-holding, exemplify a “policy of

cooperation .

. of public benefit,” and cite numerous bene-

ficial products resulting from their agreements.

Public benefits in the form of new products have result
ed from large concerns with their extensive research depart-
ments, but these benefits should not be coupled with the
maintenance of rigid price policies resulting in. excessive

profits and “restraint of trade.”

Arrangements between

these large corporations are nothing but private treaties

which. assume governmental powers.

They are far removed

from the original American concept of free enterprise.
Division of markets and the establishment of production
quotas to maintain rigid prices are not in keeping with so-

called democratic principles.

Unless these corporations are

brought to trial and indicted, international cartels may con-

tinue to thrive.

To avoid future world wars, it,is essential for each coun-
try to raise its living standards through internal enterprise

unhampered by restrictive trade practice.

Powerful corpor-

ations in the form of international cartels have done much

to discourage smaller business.
sumed by sugh corporations as Imperial Chemical Industries,

The sovereign powers as-

Ltd., must not be allowed to continue.

Unless the trade restrictions of such powerful groups as
the international cartels are stopped, they will play a large
part in causing another World War.

Se niatenteeee eis

and.



Freshman Show
Elections
The Freshman Class _ takes.
pleasure in announcing the
election of the following direc-
tors for the Freshman Show,
to be given on February 19th.
Nicole Pleven: ...........:.:.. Director
Mary Helen Barrett
Stage Manager
Alice Bronfenbrenner
Music Director

rt See eee eee eee

eee eeeerereeoreroeees

—— Stephens

i . Poster Director
Lois Reichhard
Costume Director
(Gertrude Lanman
Elizabeth Willard
Dance Director
_Christobel Locke
Business Manager









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WIT*S END

I am an enigma with anemia. I
also have large vitamin deficien-
ey. I started out with three little —
pills—two red and one tan—one
little two little three little vita-
mins standing on the shelf. Ev-
eryday I wended my way to the
haunts of watercoolers imbibing
deeply from the cool fountains of
chlorine adulterated with water
that lives in the haunts of water-
coolers. All. alone in redundant
solitude standing by ° myself, I
swallowed the three little vita-
mins standing on the shelf.

But that was many and many
a night ago in a world of dreams
and scurvy. (This is poetic an-
tithesis leading to the realiza-
tion of contradiction) (Which
means, them nights is gone for-
ever.) I had a long talk with my
warden (which means I _ looked
sick) and I toddled down to the
infirmary (which means I _ was
worse than sick and fit for exper-
imental psych). To no avail did
I recall my plight last pay day
when my Haverford Pharmacy
bill was $19.00 (which means last
pay day was pre-3-pill-a-day days)
(which means I was taking one
little two little three little vita-
mins, four little five little six lit-
tle calcium pills as well as rub-
bing salve on my scurvy and buy-
ing tricky braces for my rickets)
(which means I hadn’t yet made
the one-a-day really three a day
discovery of my charming little
pills—$8.00 a dozen and redder
than cherries, or roses and _ ber-
ries).

A sadder and wiser anemic I
wove my way out of the labyrinth
of hemoglobins homeogenized and
gulping down thy ammonium
chloride and sank _ corpusceless
and corpselike into a wan coma,
as I forged my way through the
thickening crowds rolling my last
cigarette. With all my sang
froid deliberately destroyed by



the connivings of anemia and leu-_

kemia I turned my eyes heaven-
ward breathing a pious curse on
the dear watchful warden who
was responsible for my resurrec-
tion from the predestined dead
(which means I had _ another
patkage from the Haverford
Pharmacy in my.-hands.) Hope
springs eternal in the most blood-
less of circulatory streams. I
have a new song to sing now:
One little two little three little
vitamins, four little five little
six little calciums standing on the
shelf. I went to the infirmary
and paid attention to what my
warden said and behaved myself
and now there are twelf.



Election

The Undergraduate Council
takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing the election of Jeanne-
Marie Lee, ’45, as Common
Treasurer. C







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‘strument was a gift of Mr.

Rockefeller Receives
Piano as Memorial

Rockefeller Hall recently added
to its smoking room the distine-
tion of having a piano. The in-
and
Mrs. Arthur Morse, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, in memory of their daugh-
ter, Katherine, who was a former
student at Bryn Mawr, in the
class of ’45.

Kathy was known to her class-
mates and friends in Rock as a
gifted musician, which makes the
gift doubly appropriate. Before
coming to Bryn Mawr, she show-
ed great promise as a_ violinist,
and appeared with the Cincinnati
Symphony at a young people’s
concert at the age of ten. She
continued her studies in Phila-
delphia with the noted violinist,
Thaddeus P. Rich. During her
year at Bryn Mawr, she was
elected song mistress of her class,
and wrote the class song.

The piano was welcomed with
open arms in Rock and is running
strong competition with the rad-
io. Everything from _ boogie
woogie to Beethoven can be heard
issuing from’ the smoking room
at all hours. It became so pop-
ular, as a matter of fact, that
quiet hours had to be named for
the players, who seem to include
all who can claim any pretense of
proficiency. Its tone and action
are thoroughly approved, and
Rockefeller is greatly indebted to
Mr. and Mrs. Morse.

Patterson Discusses
Metals In Wartime

Continued from Page 1
of the few physical problems re-
lated to the war which is com-
prehensible to the layman, and at
the same time not secret informa-
tion.

Accomingly, Mr. Patterson will
approach the problem in a strict-
ly popular fashion, and will ex-
plain how the strength of metals
involves a real physical problem.

Strong, flawless metals play a
vital part in the production of
war goods—from the _ delicate

casting of a bullet which cannot
vary one-hundredth of an_ inch
from the prescribed shapes, to the

equally delicate balancing of a
giant Flying Fortress. The basis
of

of the strength or weakness
metals is the analysis of how the
atoms pile up together. With the
aid of demonstrations and models,
Mr.. Patterson will explain the
elemental principles.

Mr. Patterson attended McGill
University, where he received his
B. S. in 1923, his M. S. in 1924,
and his Ph.D in 1928; he was Lec-
turer in Physics there until 1929.
Associated at various times with
the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, the University
of Pennsylvania, and the Massa-
chusetts—Institute of Technology,
he came to Bryn Mawr in 1936 as
Assistant Professor of Physics,
becoming Associate Professor,, in

"1940.

Dr. Hazard Describes
Army Naturalization

Continued from Page 1

“More Germans and _ Italians
were naturalized than any group
except for Canadians,” Dr. Haz-
ard said. This was significant
since any of these naturalized
Americans captured in Italy or
Sicily by Nazis would be consid-
ered traitors and treated as such,
without even the considerations
granted to prisoners of war.

Working on the high seas, in
hospitals, and just behind the
front lines, Dr. Hazard naturalized
Greeks, Africans, Austrians, Atis-
tralians, and members of other
nationality groups who were “anx-

ious to be citizens of the country)

whose uniform they were wear-
ing.”







United War Chest

The United War Chest Drive |
on campus yielded a total of
$4,047.29. A 100% contribution
ywas received from the faculty,
the. maids and porters, the
groundsmen and the resident
graduate students, while 96%
of the undergraduates contrib-
uted. This year’s donation to
the War Chest was $60.00 un-
der last year’s. :







Nursing as Vocation
Explained by Williams

Deanery, January 7. Discuss-
ing the United States Nurses Ca-
det Corps in particular and nurs-
ing in general, Mrs. -Whitney
Williams emphasized that in the
nursing field, a woman is not re-
leasing a man-for combat duty,
but doing.a vital job ‘which only
a woman can do. Mrs. Williams,
a representative of the National
Nursing Council for War Service
and the Cadet Nurses, spoke at

one of the many vocational con-
ferences given throughout the
year,

The primary requisites for a
nurse, Mrs. Williams said, are
patience and understanding as

well as a strong sense of respon-
sibility, imtelligence and _ accur-
acy, and a real enjoyment in her
work and in meeting all kinds of
people with widely differing prob-
lems.

False Impressions

Three false impressions about
nursing’ have arisen; that a nurse
leads a cloistered life, that she
always has to give up pleasure
because of uncertain hours, and
that she has, on the whole, many
unpleasant experiences’ with life.
A nurse, Mrs. Williams stated,
does have a careful and thorough
training and long and often ir-
regular hours, and she sees many
sides of life, but her work does
not demand any more than do
most jobs well done. Predicting
an important future for nursing,
Mrs. Williams said that it will
offer opportunities to trained wo-
men in all phases of Public Health

work from instructing and_ re-
search to executive positions in
hospitals and psychological _ re-
construction work here and
abroad.
Home Front

In order to free more’ experi-

enced nurses for’ overseas. duty,

there is now a great need for
nurses on the home front. A stu-
dent Cadet need only pledge to
remain on active duty for the
duration—all else she chooses
herself—whether she enters a ci-
vilian or military hospital here
or abroad, the city in which she
wishes to work and the kind of
job she wants to do. She may
be already married or marry
during her training. She receives
summer and winter uniforms,
room and board, and monthly al-
lowances consisting of $15 a
month the first 9 months as a

Pre-Cadet, $20 a month for the (j

15-21 months as a Jr, Cadet and
at least $30 a month for the re-
maining months as a Senior Ca-
det (this time depends on wheth-
er or not the Nursing School for
which she has been accepted al-
lows credit to be given for any
previous science or other classes
she has completed). On graduat-
ing she is eligible to become a
registered nurse.



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Great treasures have recently
been discovered in the cabinets of
_the Library writing room by a
group of book-weary seniors. The
aaeeves are lined with curios, Ori-|
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| defy description.

The collection includes ceremon-
ial wine bowls, and oil urns com-



Undergrad Presents
Prelude To War Film

Continued from Page 1
ed in fascism’s way. The film
emphasized the destruetive meth-
ods by which the church was ban-
ished from the axis countries.

In contrast; the United States
was disarming in compliance Wwith
the Kelland-Briand act of /1929
organizing the C. C. C. and So-
cial Security and building; new
dams and roads. Indicating the
popular ‘sentiment about war in
this critical period, peigirvee from
a Pathe News poll of 1939 were
shown in which the majority of
those interviewed stated that they
wanted no foreign entanglements;
we had our own problems to solve.

The actual beginning’ of the
second World War was depicted.
On September 18, 1931, Japan in-
vaded Manchuria with the| excuse

plete lth: imperial crest. ae
teapots of every conceivable size,
shape, and color. Outstanding
among the tagged receptacles is
a Raku Bauku turtle teapot (18th
century) . Another is black and
shaped like a cock with a papoose-
like chick on the lid. A teapot de-
scribed as having a Kyota decora-
tion in English.style puzzled its
examiners by the striking resem-
blance it bore to the pottery of the
American Indian.

All pieces are graded, priced,
and dated... definitely ‘dated.
Translations of ornamenting Chin-
ese characters are inserted in the
teapots. One inscription to a
drinker begins, “Ideas are “ever-
lasting, calmness is a miracle...”

The collection which was given
to the art department two years
ago has been stored because of lack
of exhibition space.

Gertrude Lawrence
To Show British Film
Continued from Page 1

Recently Miss Lawrence
established the Gertrude

has
Lawr-

ence Unit of the Mrs. William
Boyce Thompson Foundation,
which knits for the American

Forces. Previously she establish-
ed, in cooperation with Mrs. An-



of a trumped-up railroa dis-
turbance. Capturing Shanghai
in 1932 and Jehol in 1938, the

Japanese met with no resistance
from any country. The ague
of Nations expressed their \disap-
proval, and Japan quit the League.
Meanwhile the Italian people| were
becoming restless, so Mussolini
started his conquests. Because of
a small disturbance in Wal\ Wal
the Italian army backed with the
latest guns and equipment march-
ed into Ethiopia. Against ‘this
force, the Ethiopians had an army
‘equipped with swords and an \air
force of one plane. Again no ae
ventured to help the oppressed
countries, \

Chamberlin Presents
Series At Haverford

Continued from Page 1
cow as correspondent for’ the
Christian Science Monitor, a pos-
ition which he held for twelve
years... While in Russia he was
also correspondent for the Man-
chester Guardian. In 1934 he

was made the chief Far Eastern
Correspondent for the Christian
Science Monitor. He went to

France in 1939 and returned to
this country after the Nazi occu-
pation.

Mr. Chamberlin is the author
of many books, the most recent of
which, The Russian Enigma—An
Interpretation, has just been pub-
lished. Some of his other more
recent books are Japan Over Asia,
Confessions of an. Individual, and
The World’s Iron Age. -

Born in Brooklyn, New York
in 1897, Mr. Chamberlin graduat-
ed from Penn Charter School
and Haverford College. He is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and
the Academy of Political Science.







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knitting unit which has helped to
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in Kent,

As well as raising money for
the services she operates, Miss
Lawrence has entertained exten-
sively at hospitals, Stage Door
Canteens, and Merchant Seaman’s
Clubs. She served as chairman
of the campaign, British Blood for
American Forces, which she in-
stigated as a reciprocal gesture
to show appreciation for what
Americans had done for the Brit-
ish during the blitz. It was suc-
cessful in meeting its quota of
15,000 pints.

The British Information Serv-
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of American documentary films

\special groups can be educated in
the ways of America. It is also
hoped that in so doing questions
may arise among the students of
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Student Waitresses
Seek Wage Revision

The question of student wage
level has been raised again on cam-
pus. Rockefeller waitresses are
now petitioning for an increase in
wages as a result of changes made
in the system. Instead of 40 cents
an hour, they are asking for the
flat rate of 60 cents a meal.

When the plan for student wait-
resses in the halls was first ingug-
urated, the girls were paid the reg-
ular campus rate. of 40 cents an
hour, although the average length
of time they worked per meal was
then an hour and a half, they were
automatically paid sixty cents a
meal regardless of the actual time
involved.

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The college found that this sys-
tem of waitresses was far more
costly than they expected. In mid-
November, therefore, they started
a new system whereby waitresses
were still paid 40 cents an hour
but were required to register the
time they worked. Recently the
number of waitresses has been re-
duced.

Since this reduction requires
more work by the remaining wait-
resses, they feel they are entitled
to a raise in pay. The increase is
not much; under the ‘time clock”
method the average pay was fifty
cents a meal so they are request-
ing only a ten cent raise.

The petition is also an expres-
sion of their opinion that the
“time clock” method is unsatisfac-
tory. They believe that the work
is often lengthened in order to
get more pay, the amount of pay
is always uncertain and it causes
unnecessary difficulties in book-
keeping. A flat wage would give
a more efficient and honest system.

The petition is now being con-
sidered by Miss Charlotte Howe,
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Engagements

Lois MacMurray, ’46, to Lt.
George W. B. Starkey, Army
Medical Corps Reserve.

Grace Dole, ’44, to Lt. Paul Ed-
ward Kohler, Jr., USNR.

Marriages

Dolores Oresman, ’44, to Ensign
Irwin Silverstein, USNR.
Joan Campbell, ’47, to Ensign

Russell Blalack, USN.







Propaganda Effect
Discussed By English

Continued from Page 1

technical difficulties. In the first
place, the OWI officials had assum-
ed that ‘with the large Italo-Amer-
ican population there would ‘be no
difficulty in getting announcers.
They found, however, that most of
the Italians in this country are
Neapolitans or Sicilians, and speak
a dialect very different from what
is considered cultured Italian.
When the OWI finally secured a
group of recent immigrants from
northern Italy, it soon found, Mr.
English said, that its broadcasts
had the character of an under-
ground station, with a strong dog-
matic view and I-told-you-so atti-
tude towards Italian defeats and
encroachments by the Germans.
Moreover, its broadcasts, arranged
and written for mass consumption,
were reaching not more than 500,-
000 Italians. Of the four million
short-wave sets in Italy at the be-
ginning of the war only two mil-
lion were capable of getting broad-
casts from New York, and these
had so deteriorated that not more
than 500,000 were now able to get
adequate reception of New York
programs,

Col. Stevens

In addition, the OWI found it-
self competing with the B. B. C.,
which maintains a very excellent
Italian propaganda service. The
success of this organization, Mr.
English stated, is due in a large
measure to a Colonel Stevens, who
spoke “impeccable” Tuscan. Oddly
enough, the American counterpart
to__Colonel _ Stevens, despite his
very faulty Italian, is Mayor La
Guardia. The Italians were im-
pressed by the Mayor’s connection
with Roosevelt, by his experience
in the Italian army in the last war,
‘and by the fact that he is the
mayor of our largest city. Letters
began to come to the OWI prais-
ing La Guardia not only as a-dem-
ocratic spokesman, but “because
everybody thought he was funny.”

In a study of Italian morale and
Italian attitudes toward the war
and post-war period made in an
Italian prison camp in this coun-
try, Mr. English found that “there
is a great deal of defeatism amonz
the Italians.” Fascism has never
gone quite as deep as Nazism in
matters of dogma and ideology,
with the result that the Italian
prisoners lack the fanatical belief

-_in__their__system—that-—the—Nazis|,

have. However, Mr. English found
a great deal of loyalty to the king
and the monarchial system in
Italy, while loyalty to Mussolini
is practically non-existent.

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-Continued from Page |

the northeast, explained Profess.
or Halecki.

In addition to their common
need_for_defense,.the.subjects_of
the new Gedymin dynasty ° were
united by the development of a
common culture, he said. The cul-
tural trends of the Renaissance,

the Reformation, and the Coun-
ter-Reformation spread through
Poland to the other territories

under the Polish federal system,
uniting them in common beliefs.

The government established for
these peoples, according to Pro-
fessor Halecki, was one which
recognized the absolute equality,
both practically and legally, of
the two main constituents of the
federal system.

The Gedymin dynasty was es-
tablished in 1885 when the Treaty
of Krewo was signed in Lithuan-
ia agreeing upon the marriage of
Jadwige of Poland and Jagillo,
Grand Duke of Lithuania. A peri-
od of strife followed the death of
Jadwige, but delegates of the two
countries met in 1418 at Horadlo
to sign the Act of Union. These
new articles of union stated that
Lithuania was to have her own
grand duke. They stated that the
Crown of Poland could not be fill-
ed in the future without the
agreeent of Lithuania, and _ es-
jtablished regular “convention
and parliaments.”

The Union of Lublin in 1569 set
up the Republican Commonwealth
which endured until the Parti-
tions. In the Union of Lublin,
Sigismund Augustus satisfied op-
posing parties in Lithuania and
Poland by placing Podlasia and
Volhynia directly under the latter
while Lithuania proper and the
White Ruthenian provinces re-
tained the prerogatives of a grand
duchy. The Union of Lublin con-
summated the federal system,
Professor Halecki pointed out, by
stipulating that the connection
between Lithuania and Poland
should be perpetual and that a
single ruler should be the symbol
of the unity.



the post-war period, Mr. English
found that a great many of the
prisoners wished to remain in this
country after the war. They feel
that “Italy offers,fio future to
young men,” and they have seen
their -relatives in this country,
wherever they may be in our econ-
omic scale, much better off than
their own families in Italy. A
great many of the Italians believe
a social revolution is at hand, and

expect a government patterned on|.-

communist ideals. However, a
great many of the prisoners would
like to see a democratic govern-
ment patterned on our system arise
in post-war Italy.





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Pistol-Packing Paper

There paper
shortage, but not on campus.
Save all old newspapers, maga-
zines, wrapping paper. By Sun-
day deposit all such paper in
neat, separate piles in the tea
pantry designated in each hall.
It will be collected every two
weeks by the Salvation Army.
Keep paper circulating. Help
win the war sooner.

is a severe







Granger to Discuss
Negro Race Conflict

' The Philadelphia chapter of the
American Association of Social
Workers will present Lester B.
Granger in a lecture on the “So-
cial Worker in Relation to, Race
Conflict” at the Social Service
building, 311 South Juniper St., on
Thursday, January 12 at 8 p. m.
Walter White, Secretary of the
(National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People will
also speak. Mr. Granger is the
Executive Secretary of the Nation-
al Urban League, one of the oldest
Negro organizations in this coun-
try. His discussion will deal with
the functions of social service in
alleviating race problems.

At the Wellesley Summer Insti-
tute for Social Progress this sum-
mer, Mr. Granger stated that “ra-
cial equality is a barometer of
democracy, and present readings
(recent race riots, such as those in
Detroit, Mobile, and Beaumont) in-
dicate a stormy time ahead.”

NAACP

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
which will be represented by Wal-
ter White, publishes a monthly
magazine, The Crisis, which has
received wide circulation in recent
years. The purpose of the NAACP
is to combat the spirit of persecu-
tion which confronts colored peo-
ple and other minority groups in
the United States.

Granger’s organization, the Na-
tional Urban League, has been es-
tablished to make investigations
among Negroes in cities, to pro-
mote social work among Negroes
until other agencies extend their
programs to include them.













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A. Smedley. Discusses
Chinese War Politics

Continued from Page 1

Completely reforming government,

with an all-out.attack on the Jap-
anese armies, they~institi dem-
ocratic._elections,.. electi several

Kuomintang officials. The remain-
der of the Kuomintang, however,
branded these elected bodies as
Soviets, sending some troops to
quell the “Communistic element.”

“The nearest parallel to all
this,” Miss Smedley remarked, “is
the Jugoslav partisans led by Gen-
eral Tito ... the regular armies
must be considered much as the
Jugoslav Chetniks, hating the en-
emy in some cases, but hating the
guerrillas more, because they rep-
resent a people’s army and have
turned the war into a _ people’s
war.” .

In relation to the effect of Al-
lied policies from pre-war days to
the Cairo Conference, Miss Smed-
ley presented the unfavorable
Chinese point of view, based on
our dealings with Japan and and
Enland’s attitude toward India.

Quoting quesios asked her by a
Chinese divisional commander,
Miss Smedley described the Chin-
ese fear, before the Cairo Confer-
ence, of white-man imperialism,
and the feeling that the British
and Americans would never relin-
quish any claims in the East for
an objective, altruistic peace.

Since then, however, we have
taken steps toward retrieving our
prestige in China. The abolish-
ment of extra-territoriality, and
our Chinese Exclusion Law, with
new treaties
China have deprived Japan of
many propaganda instruments. In
addtion, China’s participation in
the Moscow and Cairo conferences
has given China an important po-
sition internationally, a position
which has given China a new im-



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Permission Change

Because the 12.09 local is late
so often, the Executive Board
of the Self-Government Assoc-
jation extends all 12.15 permis-
sion to 12.30 to allow adequate
time for returning to the halls.
This extension includes those
activities which may not in-
volve trains, to prevent: confu-
sion.







Capt. Marquis Tells

Continued from Page 1

useful about the ships—running
the post-exchange, the library,
some concerts, a paper, and the
switchboards.

At Oran they disembarked and
were sent to a convent outside the
blacked-out city of Algiers. Here
the lack of comfortable accommo-
dations and subsequent air-raids
gave the WAC’s their first taste
of war. During their stay at the
convent, and later in the city prop-
er, their capable, willing service
elicited the highest praise from all
the agencies for which they work-
ed—as switchboard operators, lin-
guists, statisticians, map-makers,
draftsmen, typists, and drivers—
and from General Eisenhower him-
self:

Yet through the grim and grimy

| work the girls kept their emotion-

al control and a sense of humor.
Perhaps that is one reason why so
many more are needed.

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