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THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XL, NO. 12

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

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





| 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.

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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-

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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

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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.

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/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

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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

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‘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-

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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.
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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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