College news, November 4, 1942

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~ VOL. XXIX, No. 6 BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942 __,Copyright, Trustees of PRICE 10 CENTS





Cornelia Skinner

Gives Workshop

-Father’s Costumes



Beautiful Costumes With
Historical Interest
Donated



Theatre Workshop, Octover 31.
—The presentation of many of
Otis Skinner’s costumes to the Mrs.
Otis Skinner Memorial Workshop
was made by Cornelia Otis Skinner

“on Saturday afternoon: Among the

costumes is a Crimson velvet suit
trimmed with black which Mr.
Skinner wore as Earl of Leicester
when he played with Mme. Mod-
jeska in Mary Stuart in 1893.

An orange velvet jacket and
trousers worn by Mrs. Skinner in
the part of a young boy are among
the interesting items included in
the collection. Displayed with a
group of fabrics are authentic lin-
ens which Mr. Skinner wore, made
for Spanish matadors by a Madrid
concern. The whole collection, in-
cluding’ some of Miss Skinner’s
costumes, is beautiful as well as of
historical interest to theatre en-
thusiasts.

President McBride introduced
Roland Young and Miss Skinner.
After Mr. Young’s tribute to the
great actor, Miss Skinner remin-
isced about her father’s stage ca-
reer. She told how Mme. Helen
Modjeska, the famous Polish ac-
tress, had introduced her protegee
Maud Durbin to the handsome
matinee idol who later became her
husband. A cloak given to Mrs.
Skinner by Modjeska is included in
the collection.

“T can’t think of a place where
I’d rather have these costumes,”
Her mother,
walking past the old barn which
has been transformed into the
Theatre Workshop, had often ex-
pressed the wish that_a little the-
atre could be built there.

Commenting on a dagger which
Otis Skinner used in Richard the
Third, Miss Skinner related the
story of her only appearance in a
Shakespearean play with her

Continued on fage Four

Busy Week-End Spent
By B.M. and Princeton
Harvesting Fall Crops

On the weekend of October 31st,
Bryn Mawr and Princeton collabo-
rated in a farming expedition to
the College Farm Settlement in
Willow Gréve, Pennsylvania. There
they debated, with a group of
Princeton students on the problems
of post-war organization. Satur-
day and Sunday the group worked
harvesting the crops.

Ten Bryn Mawr girls took the
local to the Broad Street Station.
There they met Ted Pollen, who
had been asked. by the Princeton
students to conduct a discussion on
Friday night.. The Bryn Ma
contingent arrived at Willow Grove
slightly after seven o’clock. Eight
Princeton boys were awaiting their
arrival with a highly appreciated
station wagon. Half of the group
promptly went on to the Farm
three miles away and helped fix
supper, while the car returned for
the rest.

There was supper with Mr. and
Mrs. Peters, and then clean-up

squads took care of various jobs.

After this, Mr. Pollen led the de-
Continueé on Page Four

Speakers Planned by

Vocational Committee







In order to determine what voca-
tional speakers students would be
interested in hearing, the Voca-
tional Committee, in cooperation
with the Bureau of Recommenda-
tions, is sending out cards to dis-
cover the immediate intentions of
Seniors and graduate students as
to jobs and where the major voca-
tional interests of the campus lie.

The Committee plans to send out
two _cards.- Besides-a general_vo-
cational interest blank, there will
be a War Course card sent to
Seniors and graduate students, ask-
ing them whether they intend to
go into war work or war training
courses immediately, rather than
begin a specific career. From these
blanks the Committee expects to
formulate plans for the year’s vo-



cational speakers.



B. M. Students Work for Country’s Cause
As Our Armed Forces Jitterbug at USO



By Elizabeth Watkins, ’44

Last Sunday night saw Bryn
Mawvr’s first direct attempt at bol-
stering morale when a troup of
girls invaded the U.S.O. Center on
Locut Street in Philadelphia. The
vanguard consisted of ten brave
maidens who were invited for sup-
per. Hallowe’en seemed to be the
theme of the decorations so chow-
mein was served. The girls were
greeted with indifference and a
mere show of newspapers, but their
tactics must have been successful,
for the forty girls who arrived
later were greeted with whistles
and cheers. :

The men immediately swept the
girls off their feet, but it was soon
discovered that hot jitterbugging is
not B.-M.’s “forte.” An attempt
at rhumbas and the like was pre-
vented because the victrola seemed
capable of playing only I’m Dream-
ing of a White Christmas and
Praise the Lord and Pass. the Am-
munition. The yells and stamping
of feet that greeted the latter made
it a very disrupting element.

A. magician, who is a chemist in
“Ardmore on the side, entertained
with such thrilling acts as fire eat-
ing. Dancing was also varied with
bridge in which, of course, the girls
excelled. We are proud to say,
however, that the men ‘held their

own in poker and pool. There was
also a choice between comfortable
leather chairs and ping-pong equip-
Lment. After all this exertion, re-
freshments were served. This time
the Hallowe’en theme was adhered
to in the form of the traditional
cake with favors inside, and ice
cream. and cider.

Three British Marines and Miss
Raymond caused the most excite-
ment. The reason for the marines
is fairly obvious, yet we are sorry
to say that thevold line of teaching
slang was tried again. -Miss Ray-
mond’s position as an ensign in the
WAVES. was disturbing. The
presence of an officer was not al-
lowed according to the rules, but it
was undecided whether this ap-
plied to a woman or not, All cries
of “Throw her out!” were promptly
quieted.

Never has the U.S.O. been so
well stocked with women. We will
not commit ourselves on the ques-
tion of whether the girls concen-
trated or circulated. There was a
conflict between the instruction to
circulate and the instruction to
“give one’s all.” It was up to the
girls to'make their choice. Need-
less to say, their efforts were ap-
preciated — only a few heartless
men remarked on the “cold intel-
lectuals.”





Calendar

Saturday, November 7
Rockefeller Hall Dance.
Non-Resident Dance, Com-
mon Room,

Sunday, November 8

. Chapel, The Reverend
John W. Suter, Jr., Music
Room, 7:30.

Monday, November 9
Air-Raid Wardens’ Meet-
ing, Music Room, 8:00.

Tuesday, November 10
College Council, Presi-
dent’s House, 6:30.
Current Events, Common
Room, 7:30.

Wednesday, November 11
Spanish Club Tea, Com-
mon Room, 4:00.

German Club Tea, German
House, 4:00.







Co-ops Play Big Part
In Coffee Rationing



Controversy Between Co-ops,
Broadcasting Companies
Now Rages



By Barbara Hull, ’44
The growth of the Bryn Mawr
Cooperative from an original mem-
bership of 89 in March, 1939, to
430, is indicative of the spread of
the Co-op movement in this coun-

try.

Cooperatives are largely respon-
sible for the coffee rationing order
which goes into effect November
30. The Eastern Cooperative
Wholesale was the first large con-
sumer organization to urge indi-
vidual rationing. The present
method of coffee distribution on
the quota basis of 65 per cent of
the amount distributed a year ago
penalizes Cooperatives and other
fast-growing distributors. Letters
and petitions from individuals and
Cooperative Societies flooded Leon
Henderson’s office in the OPA. In-
dividual coffee rationing is the re-
sult.

The Co-ops are now engaged in
a serious controversy with the Na-
tional Broadcasting Company and
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tem, which refused to sell available
time for a coast-to-coast Coopera-

|tive radio program. The program,

“Let’s Get Together, Neighbors,”
“to awaken America to the value
of Consumer Cooperativés,”’ was
scheduled to go on the air October
11 for thirteen successive Sundays.
Thousands of consumers had con-
tributed funds, an _ advertising
agency had been selected, producer
and author chosen, and the first
broadeast recorded.

KDKA, in Pittsburgh, owned and
operated by Westinghouse and rep-
resented by NBC, first objected to
these programs. CBS’s _ station
WJSV, in Washington, also ob-
jected, and Columbia said that time
could not be given because the
program was “controversial.” On
technical grounds, NBC declined to
accept ‘a contract.

Deciding that effort and money
would be wasted without the im-
portant coverage controlled by
NBC and CBS, the board of the

Cooperative League postponed the
‘program.



Freshman Elections

The Class of 1946 takes
pleasure in ,announcing the
following elections:

President, Elizabeth Hor-
rax.

Vice - president, Elizabeth
Potter.

Secretary, Ellen Brooke.

Song Mistress, Margaret
Hilgartner.











New Plan Established
For Payment of Bills
At Inn and Bookshop

The Book Shop and Inn accounts
for 1942-43 will no longer be in-
cluded in Pay. Day collections.
Patrons are requested to pay cash
at time of purchase, and a mini-
mum of 25 cents may be charged
at the Book Shop. Purchases of
less value than this amount are too
expensive to record and collect.

Accounts will be closed at the
end of the third week of each
month, and the amounts owed by
each student will be posted on Hall
and: Non-resident bulletin boards.
They should be paid on or before
the tenth day of the month. The
charge privilege will be withdrawn
for any student whose account is
not paid by the 15th, and will not
be resumed until\the overdue bill is
paid.

Checks should be sent through
campus mail, and the cancelled
check will be the receipt. For both
Inn and Bookshop cash settlements,
a cashier will accept payments in
the Office of the Assistant to the
Treasurer (the door to the left of
the water cooler on the north side
of Taylor Hall) from 2 until 4 P.
M. Monday through Friday.

Inn accounts may be settled with
the cashier at the Inn from 2.30 to
4 P. M. every day. Students are
requested to wait for receipts at
the time payment is made.





Watson to Lecture

To B. M. Farm Group

James Watson will speak to the
Bryn Mawr Farm Unit in the
Common Room on Thursday, No-
vember 5 at 7.30. Mr. Watson
is the County Agent for the Agri-
cultural_Board of _the_United
States Employment Service, and
has organized Boy Scouts, College
and Community Groups. Every-
one interested in farming is in-
vited. He will emphasize the La-
bor Shortage in farming now, and
will discuss how we can help. Mr.
Watson will speak about the Trac-
tor School Bryn Mawr will have
this winter.

There is a strong interest in the
Farming Problem on campus this
year, and the Bryn Mawr Farm
Unit has organized corn husking
and apple picking groups through-
out the fall. The Tractor School
will last through the winter
months and crop planting will be





Continued on Page four

Sophomores Give
Lighted Lanterns
In Old Ceremony



Graduates and Students-
Crowd the Cloisters
To Watch



The Cloisters were again the
scene of Lantern Night ceremonies
on Friday, October 30. Friends,
parents, upperclassmen and alum-
nae crowded the parapets to watch
the traditional exchange of lan-
terns between Sophomores and
Freshmen.

The difficulties caused by the dif-
ference in number of Freshmen
and Sophomores present, were
skillfully handled. There were 152
Freshmen and only 98 Sophomores.
It was noticeable only in that the
singing of the Freshmen was rich-
er and more integrated than that
of the Sophomores. It was man-
aged so that every Freshman re-
ceived a lantern without confusion
and complication.

Every year the traditional form
of the ceremony undergoes a few
changes. In a successful innova-
tion the last 40 Freshmen went
through the side arches instead of
following the others out the front
arch. It not only prevented pro-
longation of the ceremony, but also
made an interesting, variation in
the patterns of the lights. The
Freshmen were allowed to wear
socks and moccasins—a complete
reverse from the black stockings of
former years. :

Singing under Pembroke Arch
followed the ceremony. There for
the first time the Freshmen sang
their lyric song and class hymn.
Their rendition of “Sweet and
Low” firmly established their repu-
tation in regards to their singing
ability.



Bond Day
Thursday, November 5,
will be the first Bond Day.
Sponsored by the War Bond
Jommittee under the Alli-
ance, Bond Day. will be the
5th of every month. Agents
of the Committee in each hall
will collect the money al-
ready pledged in the Bond
and Stamp Drive. Receipts
will be given for the money
collected, and will be return-
ed when the stamps are de-

livered to the buyers.









Thirty-Five Years’ Mystery Shrouds Origin
Of B. M.’s Heraldic But Meaningful Banners



By. Anne Denny, °43

For thirty-five years the heraldic
banners have. flown from the tow-
ers of Bryn Mawr on May Day and
Commencement Day. For thirty-
five years they have been taken for
granted until some inquisitive vis-
itor at the Inauguration asked
about their origin. What did they
mean? Was there any particular
reason for dollar signs on Rocke-
feller and lions on the gym? A
wave of curiosity swept the camp-
us, bewildering administration,

students, and alumanae alike. NO- |}.

BODY knew the answer!

There are various rumors and
theories about the flags, and a few
facts. They were designed in 1906
by Elizabeth Daly, ’01, to be used
at May Day. When these originals
became ragged and forlorn and the
19836 May Day approached, Mr.
Frederick Strawbridge donated
new replicas. The only othet fact
connected with the flags that seems
to be accepted by all campus au-



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thorities is that they do mean
something. “Welsh counties, I
think,” is a frequent answer to the
mystery.

Miss Petts contributes the

‘thought that one of them was the

flag flown from Buckingham Pal-
ace when the King of England was
present. Other contributions to
their history include the proposi-
tions that one is St. George’s flag,
and one is the flag of old Scotland.
Another opinion is that King Rich-
ard’s banner is among them.

No one denies that the flags have
atmosphere, that, they have some-
thing to do with May Day, and
that they are completely inexplic-
able. But there are only two peo-
ple who really know: Miss Daly
herself, and on inaccessible old
gardener somewhere in Bryn
Mawr. We look forward to the
day when the mystery is solved and
we suggest a doctoral thsis in Me-
diaeval English History to diyulge
the facts.


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Monitors Necessary?

Last year the News advocated the abolition of a monitoring
system which is often inefficient, unnecessarily expensive to the
Undergraduate Association and paradoxical in a college with liberal
institutions such as those of Bryn Mawr. Since the issue is not one
which should be disregarded, we again propose the establishment of
a system of unlimited cuts for all classes in all courses.

Such a program is the only one consistent with, Bryn Mawr’s
policy of responsibility for the individual student.

A system of unlimited cuts would mean that the’ responsibility

for attending class rested entirely with the student. I¢’mphasis would)

he placed, more heavily than it now is, on comprehension of mate-
rial in the course. Any student prepared to do advanced academic
work should, we think, be equal to the responsibility for regular at-
tendance of courses in which she is studying. If definite rules and
penalties are omitted in a system which abolishes monitors, the
penalties would impose themselves in the results obtained in the
work. The primary interest, and the only interest of a student in
class should be her work. The aim of the present cut system is ob-
viously to maintain the quality of work, but it does not place the
emphasis upon the courses themselves. The same end can be
achieved, without the establishment of a definite quota of cuts, by
dealing individually with the student whose work is unsatisfactory.

The proposed program would establish a more personal and
natural basis for attending class:>—Foer-the-professor, as well as for
the student, the new system would be an improvement, since he
could feel that the student’s relation to her work represented more
than sitting through a certain number of hours of class.

The inadequacy of the present system is shown by numerous
examples of mistakes made by the monitors. When a definite num-
ber of cuts is stated as “allowed,” the impulse to take as many cuts
as possible is fostered.

The system of unlimited cuts is successfully used in other col-
leges: It should be obvious that there would be no unnecessary
cutting by students who were taking a course seriously or in-
tended to pass it. Especially in advanced courses, reasonably regu-
lar attendance is essential; and if the courses arouse interest, as
they should, cutting will be at a minimum,

At a time when individual responsibility seems of particular
importance, and when Bryn Mawr’s whole policy emphasizes this
responsibility, it seems to us that it should be directed, not toward
an artificial standard set up by the administration, but toward the
real standards which we ourselves wish to maintain.





Sidelines



Fighting Finland

On Friday night I attended a meeting at the Academy of
Music, sponsored by the United Committee for.a Second Front of
the Philadelphia American Federation of Labor, Congress of’ In-
dustrial Organizations and Railroad Brotherhoods. The speeches,
of course, were concerned mainly with the question of a Second
Front and American Labor, and all implicitly had as their bases the
philosophy, of this war propounded by Vice President Wallace in his
“Century of the Common Man” speech. Many phases of the war
were discussed, but I would like to focus attention on one of them,
the role of Finland in the war now. 9

Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union, was
one of the main speakers. The N. M. U. is one of the most -impor-
tant unions in the United States today. Its members.are the men

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: Nuts'dind Bolts

| _ By Jessie Stone, °44



A new social and political con-
sciousness characterizes this year’s
college newspapers. A- forceful
editorial calling for the admission
of Negroes to its undergraduate
ibody places The Princetonian well
in the lead. The campaign prompt-
ly won the editorial applause and
encouragement of the Vassar Mis-
cellany News and The Daily Penn-
sylvanian.

Vassar’s paper in its editorials
and news items reflects intense war
activity on campus. Forums on
India, a_ service flag ceremony,
combined - war relief drives, : dis-
cussions on Negro morale, and vig-
orous editorials are some of the
high spots. Characteristic of the
prevailing spirit is this exhortation
for aid to Russia: “Anti-commu-
nists should be reminded that sup-
plies for suffering civilians are
not communist propaganda.”

The Wellesley College News re-
veals that “Shy Maidens Vent
Wrath on Axis by Salvaging Tin
Cans for Scrap” and vents its own
editorial wrath on the Saturday
Evening Post for its “surprising
dectrine that freedom from want
is a matter of benevolent charity
rather than human right.” Com-
ing from the Post this is perhaps
not so “surprising,” but the fact
remains that Wellesley has its pro-
tective eye on the Atlantic Charter.

The Radcliffe News notes that
“War Puts No Dim-Outs on Social
Whirl,” but its news stories re-
veal an equally true converse.

Temple University was slightly
discouraged as it entered the sec-
ond week of the campus scrap
drive. Its newspaper muttered |
.that undergraduates wouldn’t know
of the drive’s existence unless
they looked “at the eight paint
cans, two beer cans, the one-half
section of a gate, a fireplace grill,
two baking trays and several items,
including a trash can.” But the
Temple University News, in the
tradition of any collegiate press,
keeps plugging for higher scrap
piles and such.

Mount Holyoke merely laments:
“The smoking rooms look the same.
The Harry James records sound
the same. Girls still charge cokes
with Mrs. A. and conversation is
still about men, and date dresses
are still important. We noticed
outside our consciousness that
Vogue and Mademoiselle packaged
their ‘college crowd’ _ sensible
clothes in verbal admonitions about
‘the world conscious college girl.’
But where is she? Where is the
change? We’re back at the same



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CITY LIGHTS
By Jessie Stone, ’44

Philadelphia is very proud of its
ancient history. In fact, if you
want to find out interesting things |
about the city, about the only ma- |
terial available consists of pictures
of Independence and Carpenter’s
Halls, and _ stories about Ben,
Franklin and Betsy Ross. The
Chamber of Commerce might also |
tell you about Fairmount Park |
and the Philadelphia Orchestra
and how Broad Street is the long-
est straight street in the United
States. But the “Cradle of Lib-
erty” and the “City of Brotherly '
Love” are little more than histori- |
cal phrases. Things have really
reached a serious state when Phil-
adelphia becomes ashamed of its
great historical figures, too. This
happened last summer.

The Tom Paine Bi-Centennial ,
Committee wanted to donate a_
statue of Thomas Paine to Fair-
mount Park. The Park Commis-
sion thereupon held a meeting and
decided that it wasn’t a good idea’
because Tom Paine was alleged to!
be an atheist. Some people’s feel-
ings might be hurt. The news-
paper accounts of the story, if I
remember correctly, consisted
mainly of funny features. Then
everybody forgot about it, except
a few indignant people.

The week before last, thePhila-
delphia Record held its annual book
fair, at which writers of reputation
spoke about current topics. Howard
Fast, an historical novelist who is
now working on a book about Paine,
said that the Park Commission



who “deliver the goods” through

submarine-infested waters to our

Allies, losing more men proportionally than has any branch of our
armed forces, thus far. These men don’t hesitate to give their lives
for the victory of the United Nations because most of them under-
stand clearly the issues of this war. Their union is politically alive
and is mainly responsible for the strong antifascist spirit of its
membership.

But the men who ride the route to Murmansk and return have
described a hell of hourly bombings unequalled in their ferocity.
They are learning how to lick the submarine menace, but there’s
nothing they can do about the terrific punishment they have to take
from Finland-based bombers when they are a few days out of port.
Graphic descriptions of the horrors these men endure are not neces-
sary to enforce the truth that we are, in fact, at war with Finland.
Not only is Finland fighting against our strongest ally, but it is also
killing American seamen and sinking American bottoms.

Whatever one may have-thought of Finland in the past is en-
tirely irrelevant. We went to war with Japan within a few hours
because she did exactly what Finland is doing in a less spectacular
way, or so our press would have us believe. American men and
ships off Murmansk are every bit as precious as they are in Pearl
Harbor. Futhermore, by our indifference to this truth, we are
maintaining a Hitler listening post in Washington in the person of
‘Mr. Procope, the Finnish Ambassador.

Our seamen and millions of other Americans when they stop to
think about our attitude toward Finland must have very much the
same feeling that the Fighting French in London did when they
told Mr. Curran that they weren’t sure sometimes on whose side the
United States was fighting. |

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Jessie Stone, 744.

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Blood!

Attention, undergraduate
and faculty blood donors ! !
The Red Cross is sending a
mobile unit to Ardmore on
Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, the 11th, 12th and
13th of November, so that
those who are interested in
donating much needed blood
need not go into Philadel-
phia.. The college will ar-
range for a group to be taken
to Ardmore Thursday after-
noon. If you wish to go with
this group, please write
Thursday after your name
when you sign up on the lists
posted in the halls. If Thurs-
day is inconvenient, you may
go Wednesday or Friday af-
ternoon or Thursday morn-
ing without appointment.
Anyone over 18 is accepted;
anyone between 18-21 re-
quires the written consent of
her parents. The infirmary
will give you the necessary
medical exam and hemoglo-
bin test so that you won’t
take the trip for nothing.
All this information is posted
on the bulletin boards. For
further information about
blood donating see Jacquelin
Wilson, Rhoads South.







was all wrong. Said Mr, Fast:

“One of the handicaps that Paine

had to overcome was the fact that
he was a religious man, that he
believed in God and the hereafter
. . . Philadelphia at the time was
teeming with agnostics, and Paine
had to overcome his own ‘handicap’
to win their confidence.” This
quote and the fact that Mr. Fast
called the Park Commission’s ac-
tion “Unfortunate” is all I could
gather from the newspaper ac-
counts of the speech. Either the
Philadelphia Record did a very bad
job of reporting its own book fair
or Mr. Fast missed the whole point.

Tom Paine has been called to
date an atheist, a Deist and a
deeply religious man. And I sub-
mit that this is all irrelevant to
the correctness of the Park Com-
mission’s policy. Tom Paine’s role
in our War for Independence and
in the history of Pennsylvania had
nothing at all to do with his reli-
gious views. Tomr Paine, in fact,
could be called the “political. com-
missar” of Washington’s army. It
was Tom Paine, who, in large part,
made Valley Forge possible. Tom
Paine helped to draft Pennsylva-
nia’s first Constitution, one of the
most democratic in history.

Not only does the Fairmount
Park Commission by its action re-
veal its ignorance of our nation’s
history, but also its unawareness
of the meaning of Tom Paine to-
day. And the failure of the local
press to take up the issue is the
more shameful. At the risk of
sounding like a Fourth of July
orator, may I -say that we need
a few Tom Paines today and that
we could all learn much from read-

hing “The. Crisis” in the glare of

today’s rockets and bursting bombs.

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Students’ Day to be
International Event;
Broadcasts Planned

International Students’ Day will
be observed on November 17 in
colleges and universities through-
out the world, it was announced by
Trude W, Pratt, General Secretary |
of International Student Service.
The purpose of the Day is to com-
memorate the closing of the Czech
universities and the brutal murder
of over 160 Czech students by the
Nazis in Prague on November. 17, |
1989. At the same time observance |
of International Students’ Day will |
manifest the determination of the!
free students of the world to fight
through to victory. :

Plans for International Students’

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Day are already far advanced,
Mrs. Pratt said. The- Interna-
tional Student Assembly, which

met in Washington, D. C., from
September 2 to 5, unanimously |
adopted a resolution calling on its
53 national affiliates to plan for
suitable observances.

United States colleges are plan-
ning convocations, chapel services
and general meetings which will |
be addressed by educators, schol- |
ars-in-exile and students. A two
minute period of silence at 11 A.
M. will honor those who have lost
their lives in the struggle for de-
mocracy.

Radio broadcasts ‘are being
scheduled in England which will be
carried to the United States by one,
of the major broadcasting systems.
Many college and local stations
will have broadcasts prepared by
groups of students.





Students from every college in families, where the second front!and her superb sense of timing

the New York Metropolitan area
are planning to hold a huge meet- |
ing in the Great Hall at Hunter|
College on the evening of Novem-
ber 17.

Many organizations are cooper-
ating in planning the Day. The
Office of War Information has
promised that reports of American
observances will be broadcast by
short-wave to all occupied coun-
tries. The Inter-Allied Informa-
tion Service has prepared a pam-
phlet for distribution. American
Youth for a Free World, a group
recently organized by the Free
World Association, is planning a
series of meetings.

International Students’ Day was
first observed in England in 1940.
Last year colleges in China, Cuba,
Great Britain, India, the United
States and South America partici-
pated in elaborate ceremonies.





First Season Match |
Sees Ow] Ursinus Tie,

i}

October 28.—The Hockey Team
played its first game of the season
today, against Ursinus, resulting
in a tie, 2-2. In the first half of |
the game the team was slow. The:
backfield is composed mostly of
new members. All of Jast year’s |
backs, except one, graduated.

The Owl forward line, however,

is fast. Except for one new player, |’

Maisie Hardenbergh, the line-up
of the offensive players remains the
same. Owing to their experience
in playing together they know
when to pass and to whom. They
are light-footed and dribble with
apparent speed and ease. Pat
Murnaghan finally got away, at
the end of the first half, to force
a hare shot into the goal and make

the score 2-1 in favor of Ursinus.
Continued on Page Four

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WIT*S END

We feel strongly that, the time
has come for us to write a book
that will be a testament to the
grandeur and nobility of the hu-



man soul, not to mention those
people who cannot alienate that
which is most true within them.
It is perhaps just as well that we

have. never let out what is most
true within us, but that is beside
the point. We think it is time
for someone to write about the
girls who escaped from the car-
nage of Bryn Mawr, clad only in
a khaki uniform with the belt and
three hundred and eleven snipers.
Are you a Hamlet in uniform?

The question of the second front
remains. Bryn Mawr, with its
unfailing resourcefulness and sa-
voir faire, has, we know, opened a
front. If that sounds abrupt to
you, just brood about it. This
front inaugurates, for Hitler and
us, a period of watchful waiting.
During this time we (italicized),
each and every one of us, are go-
ing slowly to wear down the
United States’ Senate. This ac-
complished, we will nurse the sick
at the Bryn Mawr Hospital. , The
sick have not yet been consulted,
but we are gambling on the chance
that they’ll be too weak to resist.
With the streets of Stalingrad red
with blood, a few corpses here and
there—

|The left side of the forward line,



No communication has _ so say |
been received from Hitler. This is |
all right, as there has been no!
communication received from our

has been waging for years now.

The Spartans on the sea wet
rock sat down and combed their
hair.

Then there was that time Flynn
told me to go into the next room.
There he helped me disrobe. All of
which reminds me of a long story
about Henry of Navarre which I
am certainly not going to tell here.
What with the leaves falling from
the trees and time’s winged chariot
at my back. Why time has to bring
his damned chariot behind my back
at all. Sometimes I hear voices.
Other times the beat of the jungle
throbs in my veins, and I try to get
through to Dr. Leary. Pass me
the can, boys, said Sam the idiot
boy. At this all the other children
in the school yard fell cheerfully
into the chase and pursued Sam
through the village, laughing glee-
fully.

If I could only get in touch with
my mother to let her know what
has happened. In any event, I
think her tears will have to follow
me to hell. It should never have
happened this way. The words re-
main but the face in the Istrian
sun is forgotten. Nothing is left
but the handful of ashes under the
yew tree, the work on the farm,
those U. S. 0. dances. And always
the lingering hope’.

Intercollegiate ‘Tein
Selects Four of Owls
At Saturday Tryouts



Four of Bryn Mawr’s_ hockey
team were chosen to play on the
Intercollegiate eleven on Saturday
when eight teams of local colleges
competed on the Owls’ field. Mar-
gie Perkins, 48, and Frannie Mat-
thai, ’48, made the first team, while
Connie Lazo and Nancy Scribner,
both ’44, are second team members.

Each college _— played three |
matches. Bryn Mawr’s first against |
Misericordia offered no competi-
tion for Owl brilliance. The for-
wards swarmed Misericordia’s
striking circle, the defense seeking
unemployment compensation for
the entire twenty minutes.

Having gained confidence in scor-
ing against their first opponents,
the Owls went on to tackle Beaver.
Pat Murnaghan scored a fabulous
goal, dribbling the ball down a
third of the field, dodging all de-
fense. The entire match was swift,
each contender having good team-
work.

Temple and Bryn Mawr were
the most evenly matched. The play
was steady rather than showing
much brilliance, and the halfbacks
and fulls came in for more work
than in previous periods.

Bryn Mawr appeared with the
same forward line as last year.

especially, played together like



clockwork. Everyone commented |
on Margie Perkins’ performance, |
the best right half the Intercol-;
legiate team has had for years. |
The technical beauty of her shots

combine to make her play seem
almost effortless.

Frannie Matthai, playing out of
forward position, shows that she
is an equally capable halfback,
always fast and sure. The two
wings elected to the Intercollegi-
ate demonstrated their ability by
their consistently swift play.

Other teams trying in the
matches were Drexel, Rosemont,
Misericordia, Temple, Ursinus,
Beaver, Swarthmore, and the Uni-|
versity of Pennsylvania. The Bryn
Mawr lineup is as follows:

Be Wie a Cease Lazo, ’44 |
Way a ea Hardenbergh, ’43
Oat ie Gifford, °45
FS ee Murnaghan, ’44
MEOW acs Seribner, 744
eo, Perkins, ’43
OR Hae ae Se Matthai, ’43
| EF 8 Re eee ee Offutt, ’46
ey scien Smith, J. H., ’48
L. F.....Dent, ’45; Fulton, 43 ‘|
AMR EP a Hall, ’45
The complete Intercollegiate
Hockey Team follows:
First Team
Mi Wy occ. Eanch, Temple
Metre. ls aan Browne, Temple
OR ceca Brewster, Beaver
L. I. ..McConnaughie, Temple
We Wi cee Weaver, Beaver
R. H. ....Perkins, Bryn Mawr
OPE o Eppes sa: Wright, Temple





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Lantern Board Holds |Prize Essay Contest
Short Story Contest| For College Students
Offered by Magazine

World Affairs is sponsoring a



The Lantern Board has planned
a short story contest in order to
discover new talent, and to arouse
interest in the magazine. The
competition is unique in its plan
to run throughout the year. All
undergraduates except members of
the Board are permitted to com-
pete and winners will be decided
by a poll of readers’ opinions.

The Board itself will take care
of preliminary eliminations. Two
or possibly more competing stories
will be printed in the ‘first and
third editions. “The second issue
is exchanged with Swarthmore and
Haverford and will not be used for
the contest. The fourth edition
will contain any last-minute con-
tributions which are particularly
good.

Detachable ballots will be printed
in the fourth issue. As there will

be one ballot-in- each Lantern, only
Continued on Tage Four*





prize essay contest open to all reg-
| ularly registered undergraduates
lin properly accredited degree-
granting institutions in the United
States. The subject of the essay
is “Collaboration Between the
United States and the British Com-
monwealth of Nations for Postwar
World Order.”

contain not more than five thou-

The essay ‘should

sand words,'and must be submitted
to the editors of World Affairs not
later than January 1, 1943. The
winning essay will be published
by the American Peace Society,
j}and the author will be awarded
a prize of 500 dollars.

The aims of the contest are as
follows: “The reconstruction of in-



L. H. ...Matthai, Bryn Mawr _ | ternational order at the end of the
Rep Harris, Beaver | present war will be excessively
1 Pike, Swarthmore / difficult. It will require the co-
Ge Douglas, Temple | Operation of many nations. The

Second Team close collaboration of the English
RoW. Lazo, Bryn Mawr _ | Speaking nations. is essential. The
Rn, bc} . Cole, Swarthmore United States and Great Britain
Oo oa Mathieu, Ursinus have proclaimed their objectives in
Me isi ee Wilson, Penn. |the Atlantic Charter and in the
L. W. ...Scribner, Bryn Mawr | Lend-Lease Compact of February
2 eee Crothers, Penn. | 23, 1942. The American people
OW Landis, Ursinus should be made thoroughly aware
JU Ce eee Kaye, Swarthmore | of their world-wide responsibilities.
RP... Schuler, Temple | This essay contest should help to
OS Un Gilman, Penn. focus attention on so vital a sub-
Grr Kirlin, Ursinus | ject and be productive of valuable
Substitutes are, Forwards: Har- | ideas and proposals.”

Further information concerning
this contest can be obtained by
consulting the Editor of the Col-
lege News.

mer, Ursinus; Kiel, Beaver; Boyd,
Penn.; Backs: Pyle, Swarthmore;
Bradway, Ursinus; Goal: MecDon-
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THE COLLEGE NEWS



Student Campaigners Find it is Hlegal |
To Vote for O’Rourke in Delaware County



April Oursler, ’46, along with
about thirty other students from
Bryn and
Swarthmore, has been working two

afternoons a week for the O’Rourke
campaign in Delaware County.
Running on the Democratic ticket,
Vernon O’Rourke, Professor of
Political Science at Swarthmore,
has organized the “V for Vernon”
campaign in an attempt to smash
the Republican McGuire machine.

As April said, with astonishment,
there really is a machine. This
was forcibly brought home to her
when her campaign talk was re-
ceived by one man with the un-
answerable comment, “Thank you,
but I’m a machine man myself.”
This . incident apparently made
more impression than the regular
lectures on the Republican machine
given to the students before they
started campaigning.

The workers went over to Ches-
ter to see about registering. There
they discovered that no one could
tell them where Democratic head-
quarters were. When finally lo-
cated, Democratic headquarters

WHAT TO DO

A representative from the Ex-
perimental Towing Tank Division
of the Stevens Institute of Tech- |
nology in Hoboken will be here at
Bryn Mawr Saturday morning for
interviews. There is a great de-
mand for people to test models for
the Navy, for the National Defense
Research Council, for companies
building vessels; to study the ma-
neuvers and characteristics of,
cruisers and destroyers, and to in-
vestigate their performance.

Test assistants, apparatus build-
ers, computers and analyzers of
test data are needed. Training in
math, laboratory work and physics
is necessary.

Mawr, Haverford,







Seniors interested will be given |
personal interviews if they speak’
to Mrs. Crenshaw.

proved to be one dusty room in a
building in the factory district,
reached by an arduous journey up
an outside staircase. To April’s
relief, a change in location soon

followed.

Door-to-door visits disclosed the
fact that many. people had the*im-
pression that it was illegal to vote
the Democratic ticket. One poten-
tial Democrat, registered Republi-
can, told them it would be breaking
the law to vote for O’Rourke. As
a whole, registered Democrats have
not voted for years, April said.
All were extremely interested in
O’Rourke’s candidacy, and anxious
to hear more. :

A New York columnist gave the
student campaign an enthusiastic
write-up, but the crowning success
came when they persuaded Life
magazine to come down to take
pictures. As election day drew
near, the campaign closed with a
hectic attempt to get groups or-
ganized for registering, and, more
important, to get them to vote.



Watson to Lecture to
B. M. Farm Group



Continued from Page One
done in the spring. :

The Bryn Mawr Farm Unit,
headed by Boots Szold, ’44, and
Lucia Hedge, ’44, has representa-
tives in each hall. They are: Jean
Hoopes, ’45, Merion; Pat St. Lawr-

ience, 44, Denbigh; Posy Kent, ’45,

Pem East; Maisie Hardenbergh,
’438, Pem West; Jean Brunn, ’44,
Rock; Betty Gundersen, ’45,
Rhoads; Mary Stewart Blakely,
’44, Wyndham; and Janet Hoopes,
’44, German House: :



First Season Match
Sees Owl Ursinus Tie



Continued from Page Three
‘The Owls tightened up in the
second half. The defense held
back the Ursinus forwards. The





‘Lantern’ Board Holds
, ‘Short Story Contest

faioett Guants

Common Room, November .2.—
Mrs. Cameron, speaking on | Vichy
France, discussed the difficulty of
getting true information about the
present state of France. It is pos-
sible to gain some conception of
Frénch political life only by com- cept for the length of the sub-
paring two highly prejudiced | mitted story, which must not ex-
sources, .From the dispatches of | eoeq twelve typewritten pages or
the German and Vichy controlled | ¢oyy)teen pages in longhand. The
press, and from the reports of the | Editor, Doris . Benn, ’48, insists
underground leaders and journals, | there is no type of material pre-
we can get a fairly accurate, if in- | ferred, but added that “Plots would
complete record. ° ibe welcome.”

The essential feature in the life









Continued from Page Threa
subscribers or owners of a copy
of that issue will be able to vote.
The first prize will be $10, the
second prize $5, and there will be
an Honorable Mention.

There are no specific rules ex-





of France today is the growing
division between those who support
Vichy and those who do not wish a
German military victory in the
present war. This distinction was
not immediately clear in the days
following the fall of France.

In those days the masses of peo-
ple felt that they had been betrayed
and deserted by their leaders. In
the prevailing confusion, the Pe-
tain regime represented a natural
desire for order and_ security.
Many conservatives, who did not
wish German world victory, never-
theless turned to the new govern-
ment, hoping that France could re-
main neutral and gain time to set
her own house in order, With in-
ternal stability restored, they
could take adyantage of opportuni-
ties certain to develop in the course
of the war. Growing bitterness to-
ward England, strengthened by
events like the British ukjimatum
to the French fleet intensified this
feeling.

Now it is becoming increasingly
clear that the issues of this war
are world issues, cutting across
purely national lines. Since Laval
took over the government last
spring, and openly acknowledged
his German policy it has no longer
been possible to separate Vichy and
Germany,
world Fascism.

This change has added to the
growing resistance within France.
This resistance has been carried on
from the beginning by the working

French Fascism and|:

Cornelia Skinner Gives

Workshop Costumes



Continued from Page One
father. At the unrehearsed per-
formance in Philadelphia, with
makeshift props and actors, Mr.
'Skinner’s lines completely vanished
from his memory, but he came
forth with the most beautiful
Shakespearean excerpts from other
plays. Thundering applause greet-
ed the actors, and even Mr. Daniel
Froman congratulated Otis Skin-
ner on his magnificent perform-
ance.-“All--of- which-proves,” con-
cluded Miss Skinner, “(but per-
haps I shouldn’t say it in this
academic atmosphere) that nobody
listens to Shakespeare.”

BUY
WAR BONDS
STAMPS







Busy Weekend Spent
By B. M. and Princeton

Continued. from Page One

bate on Post-War Reconstruction,
starting with a comparison of the
Atlantic Charter and the Fourteen
Points. The problems which will
be facing us, the necessity of a
union to settle them, a union in
which Russia will undoubtedly have
an important part, were discussed.
Everyone agreed that economic
questions would-be the hardest and
yet most important to solve. No
hope was held for an early or easy
settlement of the difficulties.

The next morning the bell rang
at seven thirty, breakfast was made
by the apprentice farmers and the
house _ straightened. Everyone



morning, half digging potatoes, the
rest husking corn. With an inter-
mission for a _ pienic lunch, the
farming continued into the after-
noon. The evening was spent in
parlor games and dancing. ~Sun-

painting the porch and cleaning
house. At four o’clock everyone
returned to academic pursuits.





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MeCann-Erickson, Incorporated, | Ursinus Bears were unable to
Rockefeller Plaza, New York,/| break through and Bryn Mawr took

needs college graduates. The work 'the offensive, with Gifford pushing |

is advertising, and those taken will|a sly ball past the Ursinus goalie
be exposed to various departments. | to tie the score.

Assignments and tests will be | Franny Matthai, captain, and
given, but no training is necessary. | playing center half this year in-
$15 a week will be the initial sal- | stead of right inner, showed her-

ary, |
months, if the work is satisfactory,
it will be raised to $18. Jobs are |

and after the first three|self to be an able back as well as

a good forward.
The line-up was as follows:

open to students interested in ad-| Bryn Mawr Varsity Ursinus
vertising and willing to make a|Lazo ....... | Ludwick
humble beginning, as their job will|Hardenbergh .R. I..... McDaniel
be distributing mail, filling water|Gifford ...... C. Py... Mathieu
bottles, and running errands with-|Murnaghan ..L. L..... Harmar
in the organization. | Seribner | Oe See Bricker
The International Telephone and 'Perkins ..... By Meese day Bright
Telegraph Company, New York,|Matthai ..... Oy: Fis 6 ks Landis
needs people with technical and ad-| Offutt ....... L. H... Halbruegge
ministrative training for their Pat- | Smith ....... R. B Bradway
ent Department. Interviews will) Dent ........ L. B.... Shoemaker
be arranged at the College for any a | Goalie... ... Kirlin

student who is interested, and who |
speaks to Mrs. Crenshaw. |







many friends, may I do so through
you? I shall miss them and the
college deeply, but you may be sure
that at the first possible moment I
will come zooming back again!
With affection to ‘everyone.
Sincerely,
ALISON RAYMOND.

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The second team did itself proud
and trampled Ursinus by a score
of 7-1.

The line-up was as follgws:

OPINION Bryn Mawr Ursinus
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A. Raymond Leaves Campus Walker ...... a Se Seeot
To be an Ensign in W AVES; hed (se) hey Paes alse a
|Barton:...... "\, See arting
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To the Editor of the COoLLEGE ic aa ee es Galpin
‘cua ReRMAN 3.6.3 Dae es eas Klein
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olics. The failure—of—the—Laval
government to keep its promises to
the people about food and exchange
of prisoners, coupled with the
growing hope of German military
defeat, is today stiffening this op-
position.

The attempts to force skilled
French_labor-to.go.to.Germany.has
shown the genuine strength of this
underground movement. Resist-
ance grows daily more marked,
culminating last week in an un-
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