College news, October 23, 1940

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VOL. XXVII, No. 4

BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA.,

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1940

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Littell Talks
On New Deal’s

Defense Program



Division of Lands Official
Reports Successes of
Defense Program



Common Room, Monday, October
21.—In his address on Foreign
Policy and Defense, the Honorable
Norman M. Littell, Assistant At-
torney General in charge of the

Division of Lands, declared that
Mr. Willkie’s charges against the
Administration concerning defense
are erroneous in the extreme, his
“misrepresentations of ‘fact so
gross that on at least two occasions
he himself has been compelled to
retract them.” Mr. Littell stressed
President Roosevelt’s realistic un-
derstanding of America’s interna-
tional relationships. To discharge
the President now “would be like
discharging the captain of a great
ship _in_ mid-ocean. with a» storm
raging, because his contract of em-
ployment happened to expire at
that point.”

Mr. Willkie’s attacks on the Ad-
ministration fér its defense pro-
gram can be proven false, Mr. Lit-
tell said, by the record of rearma-
ment under President Roosevelt.
“In 1932, as the Republican plat-
form of that year said, our army
had been reduced to an irreducible
minimum, and by 1933 we had
dropped from the first to the fourth
ranking naval power in the world.”

By the time of the crisis of May,
1940, the New Deal program had
already resulted in the reconstruc-
tion of the navy up to 395 fighting
ships. These, together with 138
under construction, and 200 more
for which appropriations have been

de, add up to a total of 733
sin ships (as of September,
1940)—the largest navy in the
world.

It has also been charged against
the New Deal, Mr. Littell said,
that money has been spent need-
lessly. Few people realize that a
PWA fleet has been built since
19383—“a total naval force ‘which
is the second largest in the West-
ern Hemisphere, second only to the
U. S. Navy itself.” In addition,

’PWA and WPA money helped to
build army and navy planes, mili-

tary airports, aeronautical labora-
Continued on Page Six



Victory

The Activities Drive was a
success. and the total sum has
finally gone over. the 5000
dollar mark. The . margin
was very close andthe drive
is not one dollar over the
minimum requirement. budget will be printed later,
showing exactly how the
money will be allotted.

The success of the drive
was the result of individual
cooperation and the canvas-
sers’ enthusiasm. The vol-
untary spirit behind the
pledges was .exemplified by
the gifts from the faculty
and graduates who have
more outside pleas and less
responsibility to campus
needs than do the undergrad-
uates.







Swarthmore Offers
Series of 16 Concerts



The department of music of

Swarthmore College has recently

announced a series of 16 concerts
which will be given during the
1940-41 season. Among the musi-
cians to appear on these programs
are Clarjbel Gegenheimer, organ-
ist, Bela Bartok, Hungarian pian-
ist and composer, and Nicolai Med-
tner, Russian pianist and compos-
er. The first of these concerts will
be Sunday evening, October 27, and
will be given by the students of the
college, with the assistance of Mr.
Lafford and Mr. Swan. Fritz Krue-
ger, well known tenor of the Phila-
delphia Opera Company will be
present to sing a group of songs.

The program will include Le-
Clair’s sonata for two violins, a
flute and piano sonata by Loiellet,
Seribin’s Sonata No. 5—Opus 53,
a series of tenor and alto solos,
Cantilena by Rheinberger and a
chorale prelude by Sigrid Karg-
Elert.



Self-Government
Students are reminded that
it is necessary to obtain
Special Permission for eat-
ing in the village until 11.30
whether escorted or not.
11.30 permission to eat any-
where else than in Bryn
Mawr can only, be obtained

if one’ is éscorted. Au
SELF-GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE

BOARD.











‘BMC Freshmen Exhibit
In 3rd Question of

Lurid Imaginations
Self-Gov Examinations



By Virginia Nichols,-’41

The credit of the college, that
delicate and elusive flower, is safe
in the hands of ’44. Their violent
imaginations may conjure up mad-
ness and red death, but unless
thought is one with action, Sire, we
are saved. The thought may. be
father to the deed but it will be a
wise father that. will know its own.
child, if ’44 pver brings discredit
to the college.

The fact that the college had any
credit was first brought to the at-
tention of ’44 by the Self-Govern-
ment Association in the Examina-
tion of the same name.-. Probing
deep into the subconscious, the
third question asked for a specific
example of bringing discredit Gf
the college. And deep from the
subconscious, with the screams of
inhibitions in their ears, the class
of ’44 wrung their answers. There
were those that stated as discredit-
able what they had always wanted
to do, and then those-that-—stated.
_-what they hoped they would never
have to do. Among the wish

tend a Communist Rally at which
one would be arrested by the po-
lice.” And then the wish to “com-
rmit a murder which if connected

”

bring discredit. ... But on th
other.._hand..-we--have-
thought or trauma. In this cate-
gory we place the fear, of the water,
as expressed in the fear. of being
seen in a low dive.
high placés as connected with the
sliding down of bannisters in pub-
lic places. Or the fear of being
alone as illustrated by aversion to
dancing informally escorted or not.

Perhaps the whole thing should
never have been mentioned. Per-
‘haps the little pitchers have too-
big ears and this was just asking
them to go to the well and break, or
perhaps all the naughty ideas of
’44 are shut up between the blue
covers of a lot of bluebooks and
won’t ever come out except after

time when the sere come out if
they’r re coming.” —





8. 380 p. m.

thoughts we have the wish to “at- ||

with Bryn Mawr might ron th

the fea t

Or the fear of i

| dark,-which_as-we-all_know is “the}|

Benefit Performance

To Aid Great Britain

Program Will Include Hinde-
muth’s “Hin und Zuruck,”’
Piano and Vocal Solos





Bryn Mawr students will, have
the opportunity to purchase and
send to Great Britain an ambu-
lance bearing the name of the col-
lege by lending their support to.a
benefit performance in Goodhart
Hall, Wednesday, October 30th, at

The benefit program in Good-
hart includes Henriette “Bagger
Plum, the Danish mezzo-soprano,
Horace Alwyne, pianist,-Lea Lu-
boshutz, violinist, with Edith
Braun, pianist. A group from The
Academy of Vocal Arts will pre-
sent Hindemuth’s opera, “Hin und
Zuriisk,” which. was given last sum-
mer at the Berkshire Music Festi-
val.

Sales of tickets have been pro-
gressing off campus.



Theory of Geology
Discussed in First
Lecture on Science



Dalton, October 21.—Miss Wy-
ckoff, speaking on the history of
geology and its theories, opened the
series of lectures on the History of
Science. Each of the eight lectures
forms a background on which the
next lecturer builds and elaborates.
Next week Mr. Dryden will con-
tinue the series with a history of
the theories about earth and their
relation to evolution in‘ general.

“None of the sciences are self-
evident in themselves,’ Miss Wy-
ckoff said. Modern research is in-
terested_in_ their evolution,_and_be-
fore any of the sciences are com-
plete a welding of all is needed.

Geology started with the devel-
opment of a scientific observation
of mineralogy and built up a study
of field relationships. Then came
the formulation of reasonable ex-
planations from these observations
and finally, the checking of these
hypotheses by chemical experi-
ments to form modern geology.

Early observations about the
form of the earth and its place in
the universe were confused with
philosophy and astronomy. Aris-
totle believed that the earth was
composed of four fundamental ele-
ments, earth, air, fire and water.
Pliny later supplied information
and misinformation about~ rocks,
such as the theory that quartz was

Continued on Sage Four



Calendar

Wednesday, Oct. 23.—

Industrial Group Supper,

Common Room, 6.30 p. m.

Roosevelt Rally, .Conven-
» tion Hall, 8.30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24.—
~~~Main Line Forum, Histor-
}\. ic Elections of the Past, by

John G.. Herndon, 8.00 p. m.
Friday, Oct. 25.—

French open ‘house, Wynd-

ham, 8.00 p. m.
Sunday, Oct. 27.—

Chapel Service; Dr. Rufus

» Jones, Music. Room, _ 7.30
p. m.
Monday, Oct. 28.—
- History. of Science, “De-

velopment of Historical
Geology,” Mr. L. Dryden,
Dalton, 7.30 p. m.
Republican Rally, Norris-
town, Pa.
Tuesday, Oct. 29.— _

Current Events, Miss Reid,
Common Room, 7.30 p. m.





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The New Library Wing Opened .

Formally on hlscemian Weekend

Alumnae Have Conferences

With Art, Archaeology
Departments



On Saturday morning of Alum-
nae Week-end, the art and archae-
ology departments welcomed the
alumnae to the new wing of the
Mr.

representing the ar-

library. Miss Swindler and
Carpenter,
chaeology department, outlined the
development of the department at
Mr. Sloane and Mr.
Soper, representing the. history of
art the
changes which the new wing and

Bryn Mawr.

department, explained
its equipment bring into the art
courses.

Miss Swindler discussed briefly
the history ofthe archaeology de-
partment. It was fortunate in the
encouragement it received from the
start, and in the well-known schol-
ars who were its professors. In
1896, Richard Norton became the
first professor. He was succeeded
by Joseph Clark Hoppen; who sent
the first scholar to.Athens and be-
gan the collection of antiquities.

At first there were only two
s, Greek and Italian Art. In

1926-27 honors work was introduc-
ed in the department. A course in
American archaeology was given in
1928, was dropped during the de-
pression, and is. being given again
this year by Miss de Laguna. Ori-
ental archaeology was introduced
in 1930. At present the depart-
ment offers the most comprehensive
work of any institute in the
country, and the results of this

work can be seen in the importance
Continued on Page Four

French Club Plans
Plays; Open House

course





The French Club announces a
new policy beginning this year.
The Club wishes to go beyond the
mere mechanics of speaking the
language and discuss France and
the’French heritage. Besides the
usual informal meetings during
the year, a French Open House is
planned for Friday, October 25th,
and two Christmas plays will be
presented. Outside speakers who
can give a view. of France today
and its problems will be invited to
speak to all undergraduates inter-
ested.

Director of N. Y. Museum
And Rhys Carpenter
Give Lectures

On Sdturday and Sunday after-
Mr.
Henry Taylor, director of the Met-
ropolitan Museum, and Mr. Rhys

—



noon’ respectively, Francis

Carpenter of the Bryn Mawr ar-
chaeology department spoke in
Goodhart to the alumnae and mem-
bers of the college. Mr. Taylor gave
the address for the official opening
of the Quita Woodward Wing of
the library. Mr.

cribed ‘fa scholar’s year in Rome”

Carpenter des-

and reported on his recent archae-

ological discoveries, with photo-
graphic illustrations and ptoofs of
his conclusions.

Mr.,Carpenter’s work led to the
identification of a statue as Polycle-
of the subject of the

Belvedere Torso, and the establish-

itus’ Medea,

ment of Virgil as the subject of a
series of portrait bysts. If Virgil,
and not the Greek poet Menander,
is the original inspiration for these
heads, Mr. Carpenter. believes that .
Horace and Propertius are the men
who accompany~ Virgil in a relief
on the facade of the Villa Medici.
The-central figure inthe _relief
group closely resembles the poet of.
the portrait heads. Mr. Carpenter
pointed out that the relief, part of
an altar commemorating Augustus,
must include Virgil. Consequently
Virgil, not Menander, must. be the
poet portrayed in the relief and in
the busts.

The famous Belvedere Torso,
usually thought to represent Herc-
ules, Mr. Carpenter demonstrated
by slides and by graphic posing, to
be actually a Marsyas playing the
flute in a contest with Apollo. The
figure of MarsYas was part of a
group by Appolonius. Apollo, the
other important figure, Mr. Car-
penter found only ten feet away

from Marsyas in the Vatican, in
Continued on Page Three



Attention, Willkieites!
A county-wide Republican:
demonstration will be held at |
Norristown, next Monday
night, October 28. Congress-
man Allen, a Democrat for
Willkie, will speak, and there
will _be five great. parades
converging at Norristown.
- Buses will. leave . Pembroke
arch for all who want to go.













Unsuspecting Bryn Mawr Senior Swipes
Four Hundred Bucks’ Worth of Sparklers



Blas

By Isabel Martin, ’42 yes
Did you know. that.an_unsuspec-

ting jewel thief resides’ on our

campus? She is as surprised as
you are.

Nivvy- Alston went to .Philadel-
phia Saturday to fetch her ailing
alarm clock. A small jade pin had

also been left for repair in the

|same jewelry shop. While her clock

and pin were being wrapped, she
admired the lovely diamond
watches in the cases. The pro-
enjoying her aeige -en-
thusiasm, trotted out some/of his
more expensive pieces. Among
them were several diamond brace-
lets. After a most delightful half
hour, she thanked the shop-keeper
and brought her belongings home.
She arrived back in Bryn Mawr
about mid-afternoon and did not
discover until after five o’clock that

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the envelope she had been carrying
eontained three’ diamond bracelets.
Police, arrests, trials flashed in her
mind. Horrified she ran to the
phone and calledthe store. Fortu-
nately it was still open, and the
understanding proprietor assured
her he would call for them that
night.

Nivvy entrusted"her loot to Miss
Hawks and went out to dinner.
When she returned at ten-thirty,
the diamonds. were. still on the
premises. Miss Hawks frantically
called the lax proprietor. He ex-
plained calmly that his car was

‘sick and he ome not srt. there ‘to-

a

night.

And to whom it may concern.—
safe-crackers or frantic detectives
—four hundred dollars worth of
diamonds still reside os the Pem-
broke safe: ”

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In this editorial, the News expresses an opinion to which the
majority of the board agreed earlier inthe year. Although equal
space will be given to both political parties throughout the rest of
the paper, the political editorials will not be impartial and do not
represent the unanimous opinion of the staff. :

Willkie |

New Deal supporters criticize Mr. Willkie for making issues

out of “mere methods.” We see no objection to the aims of the

Roosevelt administration as represented by social reform, govern-

ment supervision of -public utilities and relief for the unemployed.

We are glad Mr. Willkie does not adhere to the mid-Victorian

attitude which the Republican party has held in the past but instead
supports the principal aims of the New Deal.

We find fault with the Roosevelt Democrats in the means by
which they seek to achieve their ends and believe this is a funda-
mental difference, not just a superficial one. The present admin-
istration_desired_to help _labor_obtain_its_necessary_rights. The
idea was good but the New Deal in its support of labor propagated
to an extreme degree the attitude of the “big, bad, business man.”

_ The New Deal did not consider that the overly-defensive and un-

cooperative attitude of business would hit labor just as hard as the
lack of collective bargaining power. Right now we need desperately
a government that both business and labor will work with and
through. Changing laws and fumbling experiments are ruinous
to business confidence, a vague enough wisp at any time. The bit-
terness of class feeling, greatly aggravated in the struggle of the
last eight years, makes cooperation between business and labor al-
most impossible. &
“ with the American public is also fundamental, though he attacks
“mere methods.” Roosevelt has constantly avoided telling us un-
pleasant facts about the state of our preparedness or the dangers of
the future. He refused to disclose to the public pacts such as the
destroyer deal; in early June, although he knew of France’s de-
termination to surrender, he tried to commit America to the fullest
possible extent to France’s case without explaining the basis for the
sudden emergency. He claims that we have our armaments on
order and that we need not worry:- Mr. Churchill has shown that
a esi a can be honest in the most critical of situations. If
Americgfis are not able to take the facts, then self-government is a
hoax.

In the New Deal’s farm policy, as expressed by the A. A. A.

“and its amendments, the methods used to restore the farmer’s

powers are contradictory and self-destructive. He is asked to re-

_ strict his produce and yet is paid for producing more than he

Bee WD ISS

Can
sell, ated set’ price: ‘The term=“overproduction”. is-constantly. seed
when the sounder view would see the problem as one of mal-distri-
bution. In his Minneapolis speech, Willkie condemned the present
policy and advocated one which would consider the problem from

the angle of distribution rather than from that of over=production-|
In foreign policy the present administration is: considered-by-

‘many to be perfect. The aim is to preserve democratic ideals where

these exisf and to prevent ruthless invasion and conquest.

see he we hese tinny

To
succeed we must be able to do more than talk. The method of
bluff, or calling names and making rash commitments without the
power to fulfill them are not going to win us influence of any sort.
If instead we adopt Willkie’s suggestion of speaking less rapidly

_ and only with strength behind our word, we will be listened to and
“may be of more assistance to our friends. In this case too, it is in.
“methods that the New Deal differs from Willkie’s point of view. |

we

Mr. Ropsexelt has cofsist-
ently -refused.to appease. the ag-

gressor.' In the week just past, ; ;
fast determined action by the State | Poll, 86% of the country is against

‘Department forced Japan from q sending men to Europe, but 65%
stand she had declared only the favor other means of aid to Great
week before regarding the United 'Britain. Wendell Willkie believes
States. that the way in which we can best
A third integral part of Mr. | help our ally is to increase produc-
Roosevelt’s foreign policy concerns'tion and send her those materials
tariff. TheJlow tariffs and the fair| which she so urgently needs. Great
trade agreements of the New Deal) Britain herself is not sasking for
will be vital factors. facilitating |men but for supplies.
the reconstruction of world econ-| In December 1937, Winston
omy after the war. The Republi-' Churchill, now Prime Minister of
cans in the course of the campaign ; Great Britain said, “There is one

American people. According to the
most recent figures of the Gallup



-|have shown an increasing tendency W@y.above all others in which the

towards advocation of high pro-| United States can aid the Europe-
tective tariffs. an democracies. Let her ‘regain
These three elements are funda-!and maintain a normal prosperity.
mental parts and ideas of our for-|4 prosperous United States,” said
eign policy but there is another con- |Mr. Churchill, “exerts an immense
cept even more basic, the one which 4nd beneficial force on world af-
underlies any and every develop-|fairs..A United States. thrown. into
ment of foreign policy — the con- financial and economic collapse
cept of what America’s a nee evil far and wide, and
shall be in the “family of nations.”| weakens France and England just
It may be that peace will be sign-| When they have most need to be
ed within the next four years.|strong. The Washington adminis-
From-a-_long-range-view-of-history,|tration has waged so_ruthless_a
the peace, more than the war, is the| War on private enterprise that. the
main issue of these times. If the United States... is actually...
British win, the situation at the|leading the world back into the
end of this war may, as in 1918,\ trough of depression.” A year
present a project for a League of later Mr. Churchill made a similar
Nations in some form 6r_ other.|statement.
The United States’ failure to jain In his speech on October 17, in
the League after the Treaty of | St. Louis, Mr. Willkie said that be-
Versailles proved fatal. This fail-|tween us and the decline of our
ure. must not be repeated. commerce stands the British Em-
In 1920, Mr. Roosevelt ran as'pire. Looking east, west and north
Democratic vice-presidential candi-|“we find the British people living
date on the League of Nations plat-,on the rim of our freedom.” Under
form. As President, his Good'these circumstances “what is the
Neighbour policy and. his Chicago|role that we should ‘play?” asked
speech of 1937 reveal his under-;Mr. Willkie. “Is it that we should
standing that closer cohesion among |send an expeditionary force over
nations must be achieved. His, there? Is it that we should join in
policy regarding Canada and the a foreign war again? Is that the
development of a British-American reason for the provocative state-
(as of the two remaining democ-!ments, the gratuitous insults, the
racies) world outlook show that | whispers, the. rumors that keep
the participation of America in a' coming out of Washington?” Mr.
projected League of Nation¢’ may Willkie does not think this is our
be expected under his leadership. | role. To begin with the British
The Republican attitude a not asking for such a force and
the question is not clear. Mr. Will ondly we have-not got it any-
kie has not discussed war aims, and way. Our role is to supply Eng-
his speeches reveal that he seems land with those materials which
to consider diplomacy unimportant. she-so badly needs. _But thanks to
Furthermore, he is praising Hiram the policy of the Roosevelt admin-
Johnson, one of the five men who istration, our present capacity for
in-1923-kept-America from.enter-| production is. completely _inade-
ing the League of Nations set up | quate for our. own defense, let
by the Treaty of Versailles. alone aid to a foreign country. Mr.
As to the difficulties which Me., Willkie believes, however, that we
Willkie, if elected, will have with'should help Britain even at some
this party: Mr. Willkie says that sacrifice to our own defense pro-
he, like Roosevelt, favours all aid’ grams, but the very fact that it is
to England short of war. If aa sacrifice he blames on the New
Republican is elected to the Presi-| Deal. ae
dency, it is not unlikely that a} Mr. Witlkie’s views-on—the—for-





| Republican-majority-will-be elected eign situation seem to be in com-

to the House of Representatives.'plete harmony with those of the
In that case, Hamilton Fish, as' majority -of: the -American-.people,
ranking’ Seniority member, will and with the desires of the English
certainly become Chairman of the people. “. . . the key to war’as
House Foreign Affairs Committee. | wells the key to peace is Ameri-

It will be increasingly difficult cari production.” Under Roosevelt,
for Willkie, no matter how sincere the government has tried to bring
his aims, to deny a Republican|prosperity to the United States by
majority in House and Senate,|curtailing production and antagon-
whose record has been one of ap-jizing the American business man.
peasement.” a ~~ |This policy has failed disastrously





Poll in Full; Explains
Roosevelt Vote



I have been asked by a NEWS re-
porter to explain my vote. —

Starting from the position that
| there are several issues in the elec-
| tion, and things to be said for both
sides, I agree with the Republicans
‘on the need for increased produc-
tion, tax revision, economy in gov-
ernment, and probably improve-
ment in the administration of cer-
tain laws. I also agree that some
of the New Deal’s attacks on busi-
ness have been unsound.

With the Democrats I agree on
the principles of important New
Deal legislation, including Social
Security and the labor legislation.
The Republican Party is generally
less favorable to labor and Mr.
Willkie’s statements have been con-
tradictory.

On national defense and foreign
policy I am for the Democrats, and
I have serious misgiving's about the
Republicans and_ their candidate.
Mr.- Willkie’s- position against. Naz-
ism and in favor of aid to Britain
is weakened by his confusing criti-
cism of the President’s similar po-
sition and by his support of isola-
tionist candidates, like’ Mr. Mc-
Nary and Mr. Hiram Johnson, be-
sides Mr. Bruce Barton and Mr.
Hamilton Fish in New York who
voted against the repeal of the
arms embargo. (If these candi-
dates have recently changed their
minds, they have not made it plain
to the voters). This inconsistency
of Mr. Willkie’s is the more glar-
ing because he has urged us to vote
on issues, not party lines (surely
foreign policy is a major issue) ;
he has aggressively attacked politi-
cal machines among the Democrats
(but isn’t he here putting the Re-
publican organization first?), and
his supporters have assured us that
he is not a “politician.” He has
demonstrated that he can coura-
geously repudiate support when his
fundamental convictions are in-
volved: he repudiated the support
of the Coughlin group. But his»
foreign policy seems to be less im-
portant to him. The Democratic
Party also has its isolationists.
President Roosevelt, however, has
not one day urged their election
and the next day preached policies
that they oppose.

On one of the economic issues—
charges have been made that the



pression. Of course it has failed.
The main causes of our economic
difficulties, andthe world’s.even
before the outbreak of the present
war, are too profound and far-
reaching: to»be cured «by the pro-
gram of any political party that I
know of.. The Democratic Admin-

istration, I think, is not responsible
Continued on Page Five



and Mr. Willkie proposes to employ
the method of encouraging the
business man and increasing pro-
duction. : us





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NUTS; and: “BOLTS

News From China
Recently Lingnan University in







China sent out special English edi- |
tions of their paper all over the
world. . It tells of the courageous
work these Eastern scholars carry
on in spite of great difficulty.
“Several days before the fall of
Canton,” one article reads, “groups
of Lingnan University students
had trickled down to Hong: Kong.
By October 21, 1938, when the Ja-
panese army occupied Canton city,
practically the whole body of teach-
ers and taught were still in the
colony. We were and still are ref-
ugees under a foreign flag: But
we know we can’t be exiled from
our motherland forever. That ‘fi-
nal victory,’ of which we are so
positively certain, is bound to ma-
terialize soon. This will then be
the signal for all of us students to
return home to help in whatever
reconstruction is necessary to re-
store China and-help-her—-win_her
proper place in the family of great
nations. In order that they may
equip themselves for this task of
rebuilding and elevating the moth-
erland to the rank of a first class
power, the ‘children of China must
continue their ‘studies even under
such: adverse circumstances.” \.
After the University moved to
Hong Kong, they carried on their
classes in private homes and slept
wherever they could find beds in
the city. ‘Publications, regular
and special have never flagged—a
most essential means of holding the
Lingnan community together.
Campaigns for funds for causes

~jmportant to China in this time of

great strain have done us all good
and helped a little, we trust.”

Among the drives the Lingnan
University has made to help the
soldiers is the Student Comfort
Corps. These campaigns held par-
ties and meetings on their trips to
and from the front. They also vi-
sited various relief organizations.
and helped there as they were able.
On the way back they nursed
wounded soldiers and distributed
presents. This trip gave the stu-
dents a real picture of the situa-
tion and aroused in their hearts ‘‘a
stronger determination to see the
struggle to the end.”

At home the University authori-
ties and students give whatever aid
and time they can to help their
country’s army. The Lingnan Stu-
dent’ Union last winter collected a
total contribution of 10,000 dollars
to be spent for warm clothes for

oore the acl. The Lingnan Chris-
“tian Aséociation-plans this winter

to collect clothing,~ medicine, and
books to be sent to wounded soldi-
ers in the interior of China.

The contribution which: the Uni-
versity is making has “stirred it to
greater resolution. Administra-
tion, faculty, and students are de-
termined in truer solidarity to
serve the country now to what de-
gree their talents enable them.
And always they are preparing for
the greater service when they can
return to their rightful heritage in
a freed China.”



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Elizabethan Music
Subject of Moon’s
Prix de Paris Article



Bryn Mawvr’s contribution to the
world of fashion, Mary Moon, 740,
first prize winner in Vogue’s Prix
de Paris, made her mark in the
outside world with an article in the!

August 15 issue of Vogue entitled

Ladyes Let Us Musik Make?’ In

the article Moon discussed the re-
vival of Elizabethan music and in-
struments.

The chief instruments of this

period are the virginal, the lute,
and that instrument, so familiar to
the inmates of Rhoads Hall, the ré-
corder. The latter’s principal ex-
ponent is the Trapp Family Choir,
a group consisting of the Baron
and Baroness Trapp and their nine
children, who have been touring
the world and Bryn Mawr.

The virginal, “the small, pert
progenitor of the piano,” needs the
setting of “damp Tudor” heating
conditions.to be most effective, and
the lute requires “hours to tune
and several years to master” so
that these two instruments are be-
yond the reach of most. The re-
corder, on the other hand, offers
less difficulties, and for the person
who plays it, “the strange tie he
feels on hearing the wood winds of
a great orchestra is reward in it-
self.”



11 French Paintings
of McIlhenny Shown

Especially contributed by
Francenia Fox, ’43

The opening of the Quita Wood-
ward Wing of the Library this last
week-end was made especially im-
pressive by the exhibit in the new
art gallery. At the top in the ex-
hibition room were eleven ex-
amples of nineteenth century
French painting, loaned from the
collection of Mr. Henry P. Mcll-
henny. Among them were three
paintings by—Renoir, two by Cé-
zanne, and examples of the work of
Degas, Delacroix, Ingres, David,
and others.

The art club had the ecpoebunits
of comparing the different styles of
painting, varying from the strong
and definite modelling in the David
portrait of Pope Pius VII and His
Cardinal, to the impressionism in
Seurat’s Les Poseuses, where the
figures were but a mass of tiny
colored dots. Especially enjoyable
was Renoir’s lovely child portrait
and his Grand Boulevards with its
atmosphere-of—bustling. street life
in the merely suggested details.
The Degas painting was an in-
terior with soft attractive lighting
instead of one of his famous ballet
dancers. Color was particularly
striking in the Delacroix with its
dramatic action and flaming or-
ange-red key-color, and the Toul-
ouse-Lautrec Moulin Rouge with
its color notes of pink and crimson
and its suggested figures. Cézan-
ne’s portrait of his wife with its
free strong treatment and inexplic-
able dreaming expression complet-
ed a well-chosen and unusual ex-
hibit. :

Because some of these French
canvasses had never before been
shown to the public, the art de-
partment is fortunate in having
had this ‘particularly excellent ex-
hibition as the first in their new.
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Continued from Page One

the form of a fragment listed as
part of a statute of Roma.

The motivation for the great
muscular strain shown in the torso
has always puzzled archaeologists.
Mr.* Carpenter has solved this

problem by his conception of

flute, an act requiring great ex-
ertion . The pose, the socket (for

the satyr’s tail), and the strange
holes for struts (to support the];
double flute) are also explained by
this identification of the theme

A statue in Florence, long’ ac-
cepted as a mourning Germania,
wife of ,Arminius, Mr. Carpentér
suspected and proved to be a Medea
by Polycleitus, the great Greek
sculptor of the fifth century B. C.
The slight discrepancies in the
classic costume he found to be Mac-
edonian. rather. than German, An
incorrect restoration had ignored
the socket under the left hand.
This socket was’ meant to, hold the
knife grasped by Media, meditat-
ing the murder of her children.
Both .internal and _ external evi-
dence pointed to Polycleitus as the
artist.

Mr. Taylor

In his opening address, Mr.
Taylor stressed the need of train-
ed college women in museum work.
The stimulation of interest in art
and the building of museums in
this country since 1870 has not pro-
duced a corresponding advance in
training men for .the conservation
of art, said Mr. Taylor. Many cur-
ators have had to take over~ad-
ministrative and financial duties,
while most of the intellectual re-

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By Frances Lynd, °43

In spite of the fact that the
weather turned:cold, and there was
no moon, Lantern Night, with its
traditional singing, was ‘as impres-
sive as ever. The procession of
sophomores carried light, blue lan-
terns and gave them to 125 fresh-
men, far less than the number who
received green ones last year.

In an effort to keep: reasonably
warm, the participants changed the
required whitg~ uiyeRses to. “fany
reasonable facsimile”’. White
sweaters, were put on top of two
and three layers of other clothing,
and even, white bath towels held up
by monstrous safety pins were
used to give the necessary _illu-
sion. Mittens of all colors, even
orange, were worn, but carefully

concealed.. The spectators may
have tried to warm themselves by
the heat of their cigarettes, for
little glows from matches. being
lit, went up from time to time on
the balcony.

Under’ Pembroke arch, the fresh-
men proved their ability, as good
vocalists. Their class song is Oh;
Tudor Walls, and their lyric song,
which amazed everyone with its
complicated and effective harmony,
was called Unspoken words __at
Parting.

Before the Lantern Night Cere-
mony, the Non-Residents held their
first so¢ial event of the year, a
buffet supper in the Common Room.
Its purpose was to give the upper
classmen a chance to meet the new

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with probletns of managenient and
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powers of intuition. Museum work
is the career least—disturbed - by
marriage and children,’Mr. Taylor
stated, for it involves skills which
are not lost through lack of con-
tinual practice.

Mr. Taylor criticized the under-
graduate history of art major as a
preparation for museum work. For
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By Frances Lynd, *43
The Franklin Institute on the

Parkway in Philadelphia is ‘again.
presenting a series of Lecture-
Piano Recitals directed by Guy
They will be held in the
Lecture Hall of the Institute every
second and fourth Sunday at 4
o’clock.

The recital on October 27, will be
on music written about astronom-
ical objects. It will include
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata,, De-
bussy’s Claire de Lune, and Wag-
ner’s Hymn to an Evening. Star.
The first concert in November will
be-an all-Tchaikowsky program by
the Philadélphia Trio, and on De-
cember 8, there will be.an all-Bach
recital. An admission of twenty-
five cents is charged for these pro-
grams. ;

The Institute also sponsors dem-
onstration lectures on astronomy
at Fels Planetarium. Different as-
pects of the stars and planets are
discussed in interesting - terms
which the non-scientific mind can
understand. During October, the
Milky Way system will be analyzed.

The Wonderland of Science in
the Institute itself is a museum
devoted to engineering, transporta-
tion, and other scientific subjects.
It specializes in gadgets which ‘the
visitor himself can manipulate by
pushing buttons.- This winter a
new attraction will be the tele-
vision broadcast of all the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania football
games on an R. C. A.-Victor re-
ceiver.







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In Town

BOYD—They Knew What They
Wanted, Laughton and Lombard.

FOX—Deanna Durbin, Spring
Parade.

KEITH’S—Knute Rockne — All
American, Pat O’Brien:

VICTORIA — Brigham Young,
Frontiersman, Tyrone Power,
Linda» Darnell:

Local

ARDMORE—Tuesday to Friday,
Foreign Correspondent, Joel Mc-
Crea. Saturday to Monday, Kit
Carson. Tuesday to Friday, Lucky
Partners, Ronald Coleman and Gin-
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Thursday, Young People, Shirley
Temple. Friday and Saturday,
Flowing Gold, John Garfield.

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Stans Impressed by Graduated Chama
Returning Alumnae Recall Dear Dead Days



By Alice Crowder, *4

Observing alumnae eins
for Alumnae Week- end solemnly
declared this year’s crop of seniors
to be a “fine looking bunch of
girls.” The seniors on'their side
were deeply impressed. Looking
forward to their future status,
those in Denbigh have invented a
new game called the Alumnae Bul-
letin game. “Jane Smith (Mar-
garet Jones) is now living in New
York. She wants. you all to come
and.see her.” ‘Susie Jane Read
(Suzanne Maker) has just return-
ed from Egypt. She is not doing
anything now but she has two fine
boys who keep her busy.’’—only by
these quotations can we adequately
describe it. There is another game
even more amorphous called the



Miss Wyckoff Begins
Lectures on Science



Continued from Pazge*One

ice. Later the lLapidaries in-
creased the list of known stones,
endowing some with the mystical
power of driving off demons, others
of keeping house-robbers away.
Scholastic philosophers in the Mid-.
dle Ages believed the earth was
derived from stars, or again from
the action of a lapidyfying juice.
In the 16th century geology was
interpreted in terms of the Bible.
In his Neptunian thory Abra-
ham Werner tried to form univer-
sal hypotheses from observations
of one locality. He believed that a
receding world ocean had left firm
sediment on the tops of mountains
and, since it had reached the lower
regions more recently, had left
them gravelly. His teaching in-
fluenced most of the continental
geologists of the 17th century.
The Neptunian theory’s potency
died when controversial points con-
cerning basalt as a deposit of the
world ocean were raised.. James
Hutton and John Playfair led the
revolt..in- Seotland.. They proved
their theories from direct observa-
tions. According to their conclu-
sions, the evolution of the earth
moved in grand cycles. Weather
wasted the earth away and when
rivers ran to the oceans they de-
posited sediments which were con-
tinually pressed deeper by new de-
posits on top. ‘By earth move-
ments these rocks wete lifted
above the sea where the: weather-
ing processes began again. , “There
are no signs of a beginning, no
signs of an end.”
Recently chemical experiments

have been supplementing field ob-
servation This opened ‘the new
field of geo-chemistry.

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“He’s-your-third cousin ,—isn’t he?

No-he’s-my-first-cousin. — _ but-I-
thought —” game.
Last year’s seniors exhibited

their new acquisition of power and
prestige in various ways. Louise
Sharp, erstwhile president of the
Self-Government Association,
promptly forgot to sign out and
was much befuddled when, return-
ing late at night, she discovered
her illegal position. Several of
these new alumnae were rather
taken aback to be greeted with
“What are you doing here all the
time?” by undergraduate friends.

Two members of the class of 1911
when asked their. impression of the
college as it is now said they liked
the undergraduates yery much in-
deed, but were shocked to find them
working in the Library on Satur-
days and Sundays. Obligingly they
reminisced over the days when tak-
ing an oral was the biggest event
in one’s college career, to which
one wore her cap and gown and
best white dress to recite an oral
orally to three judges on throne-
like red velvet chairs and sang an
oral song like “O I wish that I were
dead in a cold hard bed, with a little
Bryn Mawr daisy nodding gently
o’er my head.”

“No matter what happens to the
student body” one alumna was
heard to remark at the breakfast
table, “the college itself will al-
ways improve.”

Rev. Donald B. Aldvich
Holds Chapel Services

Goodhart, October 20. — The
Reverend Donald B. Aldrich, rec-
tor of the Church of the Ascension
in New York City, conducted
chapel on Sunday, October 20. He
discussed the subject of “re-creat-
ing Jesus.”’ We should do this, he
said, by leading lives based on
Christian principles.

Doctor Aldrich also said that we
should not try to defend the church
in these critical times, but. simply
to present it to others, for the
church is capable of defending it-
self.

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ofthe Bryn Mawr expedition to
Tarsus in 1934,
since we are cut off from Europe,

For the future,

emphasis will have to be laid on
the work in Southwest America,
and in our museums,

Mr. ‘Carpenter gave an account
of the work done by Bryn Mawr
graduates. Forty students have
been trained, and they “have left
their mark upon our profession.”
Three great museums have them on
their staffs. Many have important
teaching positions, and in actual
excavation _they—have* worked at
fourteen different sites. Several
have become authorities and have
made important contributions to
the study of archaeology.

In describing the advantages of
the New Wing, Mr. Sloane pointed
out that one drawback of the form-
er method of teaching had been the
inadequacy of the black and white
photograph. The Eastern company
of Rochester has recently develop-
ed a method of photographing
works of art in their original
colors. These slides are to be used
in the lectures from now on.

The direction of the department
Mr. Sloan referred to as a great
responsibility. His problem lies in
two directions, to the undergradu-
ate first and to the graduate. The
undergraduate’ curriculum is de-
signed to give a thorough, connect-
ed view of western art.

With such an_ undergraduate
course the student should be able
to go into the graduate study. The
graduate course divides its work
into two parts. The seminar offers
a@ means of research, of criticism,
of handling bibliography and evi-
dence. The greatest part of the
work falls on the graduate herself
outside of the seminar. The de-
partment is hoping to offer in-
struction in teaching and a labora-

‘Latin Class Happy,
No Lines Yet Spoken,
X-Rays Only Scenery



The Latin play, All This and
Plautus, Too, is progressing quite
well, considering. no one knows her
lines,’ and the X-ray machine is
very much in the way of the east’s
extensive gestures. No. scenery
has been seen as yet; perhaps the
idea is to imitate Our Town, But
in spite of everything, everybody
is happy and the play will be given
November 38;

The cast is as follows:

UP AMIO Dorcas Dunklee
Theopropides: .... <. Vivi French
INO seine. Anne Denny
GIUMIO 6655s ccs Pennell Crosby
Philematium'...... Louise Allen
Delphium °,.... Hermione Frank

PHIIOIAGHIS oo ks Carla. Adelt
‘Callidameter .,.... Viola Moore
MCADNA «1.55 . Rosemary Sprague ,
PINAlUM 5 osc es Margery Kirk/
Phaniscus .... Maisie Hardenburg



‘tory course. With Swarthmore and

Haverford it hopes to employ an
artist to teach creative art/and to
study the artists’ methods.

Mr. Sopér took the audience on a
Cook’s tour of the wing/ The main
lecture room offers three different
sets of adjustable lights, a huge
sereen, and a movie projector booth.
Other equipment jin the wing in-
cludes a smaller /lecture room and
a photograph gallery. In the North
wing is an undergraduate reading
room and a seminar for graduate
students. On the third floor are a
picture gallery and a room to dis-
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OPINION





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for/most of our depression today,—
just as the Republican Party was
not entirely responsible for the
American part of the world de-
pression beginning in 1929,. after
two Republican administrations.
What is important is to try to
work out adjustments and _ solu-
tions of the-economic problems in a
democratic way. And for this I
see more hope in the Democratic
Party.

Finally, about unity, featured by
the Republican candidate. The
dangers of dis-unity are obvious, I
wish the dangers of unity were as
obvious. Because for most of us
the idea of unity has a strong emo-
tional appeal, we need to remind
ourselves that unity, and its twin,
uniformity, are most quickly and
completely achieved under totali-
tarian governments. JI don’t be-
lieve that Mr..Willkie wants totali-
tarian uniformity, but neither do I
believe that he can deliver all the
unity he so lavishly promises. If
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Suggested by Waples

To the Editor of The College News:

Undergraduates have been dis-
cussing the prds and cons of Bryn
Mawr. “Orals’’ recently with more
than the usual interest . Of course

the last few hectic days beforé the!
4 examinations are full of somewhat}

emotional raving; I have done my
share. But, ignoring these rav-
ings, and in view of the definite
feeling that revision of the Lan-
guage Examination - System is
needed, I should like to see criticisms
and suggestions expressed. Per-
haps a College Assembly could be
given Over to a student panel dis-
cussion.

There are two basic assumptions
which underlie any intelligent dis-
cussion of the problem. Either we



but in the interests and advantages
of groupswithin the country.
Democracy requires that, we try to
understand the reasons for these
differences -and--to~ make adjust-
ments for them, instead of impos-
ing from above a false and un-
stable unity.

Compared to these issues, the
third term seems to me unimpor-
tant. The existence of a free, and
most articulate, opposition to the
present Administration is in itself
proof that we have no dictatorship.

I shall vote for Mr. Roosevelt.

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examinations, or we
Nat-

urally a different argument for and

language

against the present system will
develop from each assumption: . I
want (1) to state my reasons for
urging the continuance of the two
Oral requirements, (2) to attempt
to explain inadequacies of the
present system, and (3) to make a
suggestion.

Familiarity with modern lan-
guages cannot but prove valuable
after college whether in graduate
work, reading for pleasure or col-
loquial use of the language. It
seems shortsighted not to make the
most of the opportunity to learn a
new language and to gain greater
competency in another.

The system as it now stands is a
satisfactory one if the only object
is to test one’s knowledge of two
languages before graduation.
There are seven chances to pass
the German Oral, for example, by
the middle of Senior year if one
takes beginning German Freshman
year, and there are still three
chances |if it is taken Junior year.
Examinations will never encompass
everything but they—still seem the
fairest way to test our understand-
ing of the language; even though
some students feel that fluency is
enough.

However if the main reason for
taking language examinations is to
make it possible for students to use
French and German (or Spanish
and Italian) books as reference
material for advanced work in
their Junior and.Senior years, the
system is inadequate. .28%. of the
Senior-@lass had failed to pass one
of the “Orals’, and 5.5% to pass
both, by the end of their Junior} +

|



76%
have not attempted or have failed
Of this
failed to

year,

to pass one of the Orals.

number, 20% have ass

both. This must mean that] no
reading will be assigned Jynior
year which does not permit al-

ternative reading in English.
Senior year either less foreign
reading will be assigned, or ‘the

fuller amounts will not be as well
done.

But I do not medn to imply that
the Language Departments should
revise their grading standards in
order that more undergraduates
can pass the Orals by the beginning
of their Junior year. Both Orals
need to be taken seriously the first
time. Figures from the Recorder’s
Office show that this is largely the
case. On the first attempt, 50%
of both the Juniors and the Seniors
passed the German Oral; 66% of
the Seniors and 50% of the Juniors
passed the French.

But these figures do not indicate
how many students have made no
attempt up to, and including, -the
Fall examination of their Junior
year. 24% and 17% of the Junior
Class have not tried the French
and German Orals_ respectively.

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language this year? Was it
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entering on French took the ex-
amination and failed to pass. It
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In conelusion my suggestion is
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more year they would either pass,
assuring the use of the language
Junior year, or they would discover
their weaknesses. Then, as was
true of the Senior Class, the ma-
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| minal Island, in 48 hours. Con-
| struction work started on both im>
mediately. The land acquisition fs
jority would pass on their second|-“only one small corner of the

attempt. And this would be the | tional defense program.

| “Myr. Knudsen 1s producing
'acles in the conversion: of Améri-
can peace-time industry to national
concerned, one is apt to have stud- defense purposes with astonishing
ied the weaker language thor- | rapidity. The job cannot: be done
oughly and to have passed ‘it by overnight.”. The Chrysler Corpo-
Junior year. 70% of the Junior ration entered into a contract for
Class’ have. passed the German a 20 million dollar plant and a 33
Oral, and of the other 30% who and a half million dollar contract
entered on German the majority for tanks. At the present moment
(19:14) are those who have made in places prepared for their pro-
no attempt. They are the group duction tanks are being manufac-
for whom I think revision should tured at the rate of 100 a month.
be made if the largest number of | “In airplane production we are
students are to be able to read in now on the basis of 10,000 a year,
foreign languages: Junior and , which will be 15,000 a year by the
Senior years.

Waples Opposes Orals





Continued from Page Fivé

Fall, not thé Spring of Junior year.
As far as the second language is

CHRISTINE WAPLES, '42; |



N. Littell Talks on New |
Deal’s Defense Policy

|



Continued from Page Ona

tories, and landing.
fields.
The responsibility ‘for the fact’
that more was not done, Mr. Littell |
said, “must be placed exactly where.
it belongs—on Congress.” . In 1935,
Congress refused an expenditure
of 600 million dollars for national
defense. As recently as the winter
of 1939, President Roosevelt’s re-
quest for one billion 300 million
dollars for defense was cut one-
third by the Senate. :
“Let there be no mistake,’ said
Mr. Littell, “as to where leader-
“ship lay in facing the international
situation realistically.” In 1937
Republican opposition denounced
President Roosevelt’s Chicago
speech in which he said that peace
could only be. obtained by quaran-
tining the aggressor nation. Rough®
ly speaking, even after the Nether-
lands fell, “the majority of Re- |
publicans have voted against de-
fense measures and the majority of
Democrats voted for them.” The
Republican Representatives gave
54 of the 58 votes against the 1940
naval appropriations bill. When
the-1940 Army appropriations bill
was considered, four amendments
to decrease appropriations were
proposed by the Republicans, and
of the 150 votes in favor of these
reductions, 145 were Republican.
As an example of the way in
which the whole defense program
is being—earried out since the re-
cent large appropriations have
been approved, Mr. Littell dis-
cussed the work of his own depart-
ment, the. acquisition of land for
national defense purposes. The
largest section of the Puerto Rico
air base was acquired. in seven and
a half days and the largest naval

emergency



base on the Pacific Coast, on Ter-

|spring of 1941, and 36,000 a year

in 1942. Even with plant expan-
sion under way, this operation will
by spring be turning out one plane
in every 90 minutes.” Automatic
rifles are being produced now at
the rate of 2000 a week. Stand-
ard equipment, such as clothing, is
being delivered in great quantities.

It is unfortunate at a time like
this, Mr. Littell declared, that Mr.
Willkie, whether or not he wel-
comes them into his camp, joins
himself with Colonel Lindbergh and
others in shouting “dictator” at
President Roosevelt. “We ought to

‘remember that the same epithet

was hurled at every effective Amer-
ican President—Washington, Jef-
ferson, Monroe, Lincoln.”

Mr. Willkie and his supporters
have charged that the President
dictated his own nomination at the
convention in Chicago. “Never be-
fore did a political convention in

‘American history meet in a more

unanimous frame of mind, with
over 85 per cent of the delegates
definitely instructed by preferen-

tial primaries to vote for a third

term,”

There are three factors which
should be considered on the ques-
tion of a third term. First, that
the question was thoroughly dis-
cussed at the Constitutional Con-
vention in 1787, and “the door was
left open.” Second, that Washing-
ton and others of the founding
fathers were not opposed to a third
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.Mawr Varsity tied the score of

their second game of the, Tuesday
League, keeping the Philadelphia

The Yellows tricked and blocked
the Varsity with many successful
individual: attacks, but the team
work of our players held its own
against such strong competition.
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tifully. :

BRYN MAWR YELLOWS
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PONCE kine is Role 4 eis Kerr
face today (as they themselves

said)—that at some time a grave
crisis might arise in which it would
‘be a serious detriment to the coun-
try’s welfare to deprive ourselves
of the services of a trained and
|experienced executive.” Washing-
,ton made these two points “un-
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Lafayette, April 28, 1799. Third,
that over a period of 150 years
none of the many attempts to
adopt: legislation prohibiting a
third term has ever succeeded in
passing both houses of Congress.”



“Yellows” down to a score of 1-1.

Stokes . Humphreys] ed at Versailles.

er ce. fs e

WATENA! 1.4.3. ee . Strebeigh This week’s Laval-Ciano-Ribben-
Howard ..... Lier vee es Lee| trop’ conference seems to signal
Mitchell ..... ie Oe Laval’s closer’ cooperation with the
Waples ..... c.h. .. Kenworthy! Axis powers. If France returns to
TWELUZOP 4 0% Le eres Bonsall} war on the side of Germany, said
TRONOD. is. v's Jel ee A Wolff| Miss Reid, she will” probably lose
PUltonR 6 cia Le eas Rivinus | colonies; Indo-China would be seiz-
PORN poy es Oo ahaa Elliott |ed by the British. Until now, Brit-

ain has left French colonies almost





entirely alone. :
C f é bs | German attention is turning to-
urren ven | ward the Balkans. The enigma of

| the Balkans is Russia. The strength

Common Room, Tuesday Eve.—| of the Russian position lies. in
Miss Reid brought to attention the| Continuing a policy of silence. With
deep and far reach of events {in| SURROY ready to fight at further
France. The current trials in| eastern advances by Germany, the
Rouen of French . statesmen are Balkans are obviously the immedi-

forcing the Vichy government to ate danger area.

place on particular Frenchmen the
responsibility for the entrance of
France into the war. If the Ger-
mans have France put the entire
war-guilt on Frenchmen they can
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