College news, February 9, 1944

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VOL. XL, NO. 14

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1944

Copyright,

Bryn Mawr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CE

Trustees of

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McBride Announces Faculty Changes;
Mrs. Manning Appointed Acting Dean



College Education Essential
For Successful Victory
States McBride



Goodhart, February 3--Announc-
ing the appointment of Mrs. Man-
ning to act as Dean of the College
during Mrs. Grant’s leave of ab-
sence, Miss McBride made known
other faculty appointments and
changes for the second semester.
In her concluding remarks Miss
McBride noted that college edu-
cation is no longer a luxury and
is “necessary both to the success-
ful continuation of the war and
the life of the years after the
war.”

As a result of Mrs. Grant’s ab-
sence for work in the State De-
partment, major changes are tak-
ing place in the administration.
Mrs. Manning, who has resigned
as acting Dean of the Graduate
School, will become acting Dean.
Miss Schenck will assume the pos-
ition vacated by Mrs. Manning as

acting Dean of the Graduate
School. Miss Gardiner will assist
the Dean, while Mrs. Parkman

Dexter Howe, Jr. has been ap-

pointed assistant in the office of
the Dean.

In the Music Department, two
new appointments follow Mr.
Willoughby’s resignation. Miss

Lorna. Cooke, formerly of Rad-
cliffe, will work with the Choir
and Glee Club, as well as teach,
and Mr. Pepinsky of Haverford,
will direct the orchestra. In Chem-
istry, Mr. Ernst Berliner will re-
place Miss Wright who has _ re-
signed because of illness. Miss
Zulueta although resigning her
position as instructor in Spanish,
has been appointed to a teaching
fellowship and will continue to
teach advanced: Spanish composi-
tion. Mrs. Beatrice ‘Patt has
been appointed instructor in Span-
ish,

Several other changes have
come as a direct result of the war.

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Noted Anthropologist
To Present Lectures



Dr. Ruth Benedict, world re-
nowned anthropologist, is pre-
senting a series of four lectures
on Culture Patterns and Recon-
struction under the auspices of
the Sociology Department. Called
“one of those who has contributed
most. to--stronger~alliances among
anthropology and _ the _ social
seiences of psychology and sociol-
ogy”, she applies her findings of
science to the problems of the
world today.

In 1940 she wrote the book
Race: Science. and Politics which
refutes the claims of facial su-
periority. She has also’ written
Coming of Age in Samoa and Pat-
terns of Culture which aroused
considerable controversy when it
was published in 1934.

Dr. Benedict is known for her
work with the Indians of the
Southwest, in connection with
which she wrote Tales of the Co-
chiti Indians in 1931. She has
made special studies of primitive

_ religion, mythology, and folklore

as well as straight ethnology.
Receiving her B. A. in 1909
from Vassar, she taught English
in a girl’s school. Later she
wrote poetry, going under the pen
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Dean’s Office

An announcement of the fol-
lowing arrangements for the
Dean’s Office in the second se-
mester has been made,

Miss. Gardiner will advise
Seniors, and Juniors may con-
sult with Mrs. Manning. The
courses of Juniors for next year
will net be registered until
April. Sophomores will be di-
vided into three groups and will
be advised by Miss McBride,
Mrs. Manning and Miss Gar-
diner. These groups will be
listed and posted on the bulle-
tin board outside the Dean’s
Office. All Sophomores should
make appointments as soon a3
possible for interviews in order
that their advisors may have
information concerning their
probable choice of major sub-
jects. They will not be expect-
ed to register their courses im-
mediately, ut to consult with
members of the faculty after

these preliminary interviews
with their advisors in the
Dean’s ORcey

Fae

‘ Office Hours

Miss McBride
Wednesday 2:30-4:30

Thursday 2:30 - 4:30
Friday 2:30 - 4:30
Mrs. Manning
Monday 10 :00-12:30
2:30- 4:00
Wednesday 10:00-12:30
Friday 10:00-12:30
Miss Gardiner
Tuesday 9:30-12:30
2:30- 4:30
Thursday 9:30=12::00
Mrs. Howe
Daily 9:30-12:30







B. M. Reporters Named
' To New York Papers



Official campus representatives
have been appointed to report
campus affairs for the New York
Herald Tribune and the New
York Times through the educa-
tional editors of these two papers.
April Oursler will represent the
Tribune and Patricia Behrens the
Times.

The appointment of these two
representatives may lead, if the
experiment proves successful, to
the establishment of a regular
press bureau-on-campus. At pres-
ent, the representatives are to be
paid by the college instead of by
the newspapers,.as in the case of
an established press bureau. The
tentative pay is ten dollars a
month.

This arrangement with the two
newspapers has been made by
Mrs. Chadwick-Collins with the
approval of Miss McBride. Inter-
est-in the establishment of camp-
us representatives for large news-
papers was aroused by April
Oursler, who previously worked
with the college press bureau at
Swarthmore Oollege.

At some future date a press bu-
reau may be established at Bryn
Mawr to report college affairs for
a large number of _ professional
newspapers. If so, the number of
reporters will be increased. Also,
in a regular press bureau, the re-
porters would be paid space rates
by the newspapers aecepting their
articles.



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Henri Peyre Shows
Value of Psychology

In Proust’s Technique



Goodhart, February 7: “Our pic-
ture of man, the unconscious, love
and jealousy are different today be-
cause of Marcel Proust”, said M.
Henri Peyre in his lectrue The
Legacy of Proust in the Contem-
porary Novel, first of the Mary
Flexner Lecture series.

Naming Proust “The Galileo of
the psychological revelation of the
present century”, M. Peyre pointed
out that the complexity in Proust’s
writing is not moral, as in Dostoy-
evsky, but psychological.

Proust’s great gifts are his hold
on the concrete, his sense of the
fleeting transience of time, and
his power of psychological revela-
tion. He does not, M, Peyre said,
deal with intellectual concepts as
did France, Bourget, Romain Rol-
land and Barres, but with material
objects | sensuously perceived,
did Renoir and Cezanne.

Through his consciousness of|*

man’s inner life Proust brings to
light nuances which heretofore
have been unobserved. By desert-
ing the spatial world for the world
of time he makes us see into things
as no other writer except Balzac,
M: Peyre said.

His technique is one of retro-
spection and “slow motion picture”
development and, as Proust de-
scribed it himself, has the quali-

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Undergrad Elections
For 1944-45 Officers

Commence this Week



The election of officers for the
chief undergraduate positions for
the year 1944-45 will start next
week to continue until spring va-
cation. The following procedure
for the voting has been planned:

After nominations a description
of the duties of the offices will ap-
pear in the News, along with pic-
tures of the candidates and brief
write-ups of their college activi-
ties. Students should attempt to
know the candidates before vot-
ing takes place. The following
week elections will take place in
the halls directly after lunch. Vot-
ing will be by ballot, and all un-
dergraduates will be required to
sign their names as...they cast
their votes. Non-resident stud-
ents are urged to be at college
for- lunch on days when elections
occur.

If any candidate receives 15
more votes than the sum of all the
other votes cast, she is elected. If
no candidate gets this plurality,
re-voting will be held the next day
between the two or three highest
candidates. In this case, the win-
ner must have 20 more votes than
the runner-up.

Schedule of Nominations

Feb. 10—Nomination for Presi-
dent of Self-Gov. (by Junior Class)

Feb. 14—Nomination for Presi-
dent of Undergrad. (by Junior
Class) a

Feb. 17—Nomination for Presi-
dent of Alliance. (by Junior Class)

Feb. 21—Nomination for Presi-
dent of League. (by League Board)

Feb. 24—Nomination for Presi-
dent of Athletic Association. (by

A. A. Board).

Feb. 29—Nomination for Vice-
Pres. of Self-Gov. (by Junior
Class).

Nomination for Secy. of Self-
Gov. (by Sophomore Class)
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HENRI PEYRE



Self-Gov Principles.
To be Demonstrated
~~ In Coming Assembly



The Self-Government Associa-
tion is planning an assembly to be
held. on February 16 at 11:00
A. M. Two typical cases will be
presented to show the mechanics
of Self-Government and the fac-
tors considered in deciding cases.
The purpose of the assembly will
be to show the principles behind

the rules and the necessity of
maintaining them. An _ attempt
will be made to evaluate Self-

Government not only as a whole
but also in specific details.

The two cases to be presented
are basically factual and have
only been modified to a slight ex-
tent. They were chosen because
they were. fairly typical and not
too dramatic; as well as illustra-
tive of the way in which Self-Gov-
ernment works, indicating its val-
ue as well as its failings. The dif-
ferent decisions rendered will
show how carefully the individual
as well as the circumstances are
considered.

Speakers will be. presented to
review the part they play in de-
termining the solution of prob-
lems. Pat St. Lawrence, 44, will
speak as the head of the Self-
Government Association and Ali-

lactions, and did not resign,

Salvemini Urges
Freely Developed
Republic in Italy

Victor Emmanuel’s Abdication
First Step in Correcting
Mistaken Policy

Goodhart, February 8—‘“The
Italian people do not want an im-
ported republic”, declared Dr.
Gaetano Salvemini in a talk on the
political future of Italy, though
“the idea of a republic is not
strange to Italy but a long stand-
Pointing out that
Emmanuel

nor the Allied command represent
the will of the people, the speaker
outlined a plan for independent
political development.

ing tradition.”
neither King Victor

Such development, he felt, would
probably take the form of provis-
ionally elected local governments
during the war, and election of a
National Assembly to determine
the permanent form of govern-
ment after it. This policy on the
part of Britain and America in-
volving immediate abdication . of
the King, would make amends for
our blunders in Italy to date. The
greatest blunder was “playing
ball” with the King and Badoglio,
as Dr. Salvemini showed by citing
the records of these men.

The King was Mussolini’s: will-
ing accomplice for twenty years,
and just as guilty as he of helping

Franco, becoming Hitler’s ally
and attacking France, England,
and the United States. Marshal

Badoglio-was-—commander of “the
Italian forces through all these
the
speaker pointed out until he saw
that the war was hopelessly lost.

Both Badoglio and the King have
a long line of betrayals behind
them, and have earned the hatred
and contempt of their people, Sal-
vemini stated. No logical reason
can be given for harboring either.



son Merrill, ’45, as a member of
the Executive Board. Deborah
Cassidy, ’44, will show the part
played by a hall president and
Barbara’ Kistler, ’45 will speak as
a permission-giver. :

|The Marshal’s much talked of
| army is non-existent, and we are
labsurdly trying to reorganize it,
| while refusing the aid of eager,
| anti-Fascist, anti-royalist volun-
' teers.



New Radio Station in

Pem East Basement

Opened to Form Network with Haverford



By Joy Rutland, 46

Station WBMC joined the net-
work with a figurative champagne
bath given by Miss. McBride, an
honor appropriate to the initial
program on Bryn Mawr’s first ra-
dio station. The time was Wed-
nesday night, the scene was Pem:
East basement, where large scale
operations during the holidays
have opened new vistas in the_ra-
dio world of Bryn Mawr*arid Hav-
erford. After the official christen-
ing, the last three presidents of
the radio club, Louise Horwood,
’44, Alice Minot, ’45, and Margaret
Browder, ’45, added their welcom-
ing words, and WBMC joined
WHAYV to operate together as a
network.

For this transformation, Bryn
Mawr is indebted to the efforts of
a number of verford boys who
have been working on the new
studio between elasses ever since
this fall. The Undergraduate As-
sociation gave the Radio Club $100

Henderson’s office was selected as
the only sound-proof room on cam-
pus. In the daytime, this will con-
tinue to be the scene of diction con-
férences, and Miss Henderson’s
other’ operations, but every night,
Monday through Thursday, from’
8:30 to 10:30, Bryn Mawr will
broadcast from its own studio.

Programs on the new network
will be much the same as_ usual.
All programs requiring sound ef-
fects, such as the “Play Parade”,
will still be given at Haverford, as
the Bryn Mawr studio .does not
have these facilities. Dramatic
monologues and record programs
can be given here, though, without
the problem of transportatién to
flaverford. It is also hoped that
more of the faculty will be able to
appear, since the studio is now
within easy reach.

In spite of an independent scene
of operations, the Bryn Mawr Ra-
dio Club is depending on Haver-
ford technicians to keep ‘things



for expenses. The location in Miss

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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office

Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







Self-Government Defended

The editorial against Self-Government in the current
Lantern, though arising from certain valid points, is exag-
gerated, unrepresentative and illogical. The feeling of re-
sentment, and the breaking of rules, is present among cer-
tain minorities but it has not achieved the importance which
the Lantern assigns to it. Beyond this, their proposals indi-
cate a lack of understanding of the fundamentals of Self-
Government and of community living.

They are campaigning for a greater amount of personal
responsibility in the form of complete abolition of Self-Gov-
ernment and rules. This abolition however would seem to
lead to an administration government. Although theoreti-
cally the proposed policy would vaoid this, in practice there
are certain regulations on which the college as an institution
would insist.

What the writers of the editorial have neglected to real-
ize, however, is that under the present system there is al-
ready a large amount of individual responsibility. For the
very reason that we do not have a policing form of govern-

ment it is up to the individual to maintain the rules and to}

govern her own conduct in accordance with them.

“The problem of smoking in the rooms, as has been point-
ed out, is largely one of fire hazard. The possibility that the
college could raise the necessary insurance to surmount this
does not lessen the problem. Although there are few fires in
the smoking rooms, there is the fact that in general more
than one person is present, and incipient fire is not as un-
noticed and unmanageable there is in individual rooms.

Any moral analysis of the drinking in the rooms is sup-
posedly precluded by the flat editorial statement that ‘“‘we
drink’, and the implication that since this is true, the regula-
tions must be changed to fit the fact. The all-inclusiveness
and finality of this statement, however, is misleading; al-
though many girls drink it is more social and occasional than
customary and universal: The introduction of-drinking in the
rooms would haye an extremely harmful effect. As is already
evident in the case of smoking, many girls would drink out
of a feeling that “it is the thing to do”, and the drinking that
is present now would reach an unnecessary excess. The idea
that “most parents would feel that drinking in the halls is
healthier and safer than drinking in a public place” is entire-
ly unfounded.

The fundamental ideas behind these proposals can be
summed up as a rebellion against any form of college super-
vison and an impatience with the minor Changes now opint-
ing toward greater freedom. Although they have relegated
all responsibility to the individual, they have shown them-
selves incapable of assuming it in the small community of
college, and hence potentially incapable of responsibility in
the face of the many rules of modern society.

In accepting us as students here, the college has assumed
a certain responsibility for us. Registration in a signing-out
book at night not only implies availability in case of emerg-
ency, but represents one phase of the college’s acceptance of
a semi-parental position. Our rules are extremely liberal, and
have been based on average home privileges as well as com-
mon sense.

triangle, involving a

IN PRINT

Narration and Development
Poorly Treated in Novel
By Gellhorn

By April Oursler, °46

Martha Gellhorn’s Liana com-
bines great possibilities of situa-
tion and character with poor nar-
ration and development. The situ-
ation is a new angle of the old
native girl
and two white men on a French
island in the Carribean. Although
great emotional power is latent
in the whole book, it never
achieves its necessary dramatic
importance, and seems to exem-
plify an unfruitful attempt at
over-simplicity on the part of
Miss Gellhorn.

iLiano isa mulatto, the mistress
of Mare Royer, a middle-aged
millionaire, who outrages the so-
cial system of the island by de-
ciding to marry Liana. The white
ladies are shocked, the natives be-
wildered at this move, Liana is
excited at the opportunity of be-
coming Mme. Royer, and is eager
to make herself worthy of a pos-
ition in white society.

Mare, on the other hand, quick-
ly becomes conscious of her cul-
tural inferiority, and confines her
to the house, ignoring her. Ten-
sion grows until-in a fit of pro-
test Liana makes her husband
aware of her unhappiness. It is
then that he decides to hire Pierre
Vauclain, the schoolmaster, to ed-
ucate and amuse his wife.

Pierre has only recently arriv-
ed from France, bringing the is-
land its first idea of the war in
Europe. In Liana he finds a
freshness ahd an eager’ under-
standing of his problems and his
ideals. She in turn finds a feeling
of equal footing and gentle under-
standing in him, and both are
childishly pleased with their in-
nocent friendship. Marc, remote
in his frustration and unhappi-
ness, is glad to have Liana occu-
pied.

The rest of the island, however,





WHAV-WBMC ;

SCHEDULE
for week of February 14
(5%@8 Kilocycles)

MONDAY

8:30 Classical Music
9:30 Meet the Faculty
10:00 + Valentines

TUESDAY
8+30-—Classieal__Music
9:30 News Discussion

9:45 Haverford Sports
10:00 Popular Records

WEDNESDAY

8:30 Classical Hour
9:30 ‘Le Jazz Hot
10:00 Soap-Opera
10:15 Campus News

THURSDAY

8:30 Classical Music
9:00 ‘International Hour



10:00 Popular Records





is interested in Pierre and Liana,
and a drunken brawl raises a sus-
picion of scandal which terrifies
and startles the three, bringing
them an awareness of the true sit-
uation. The scandal dies quickly,
but not before Pierre and Liana
realize they are truly in love, and
Marc sees the futility of his life
and the aimlessness of his present
and future.

It is then that Migs Gellhorn
brings out a new point of view.
Marc identifies himself with Pierre,
finding in Pierre potentialities of
a great man and a wasted genius,
both of which he. himself had
possessed. Capitalizing on Pierre’s
love of France, Mare sacrifices his
happiness and Liana’s to the prop-
er direction of Pierre who alone
out of the three has the _ oppor-
tunity for a worthwhile life.
Pierre is persuaded to follow his
ideals and return to France, giv-
ing Mare a kind of justification
for his own life, and causing Li-
ana to commit suicide.

The mental turmoil of all the
characters, the war of nerves and
emotions as it is waged within
the triangle, and the characters
themselves are all material for an
excellent novel. The _ situation,
however, is too remote both in
place and background for credi-
bility or sympathy, and Miss
Gellhorn’s style seems striving
for a_ simplicity and _ depiction
which leaves the reader unmoved
and annoyed.



Opinion







Poll on Rescheduling

The results of a recent poll taken before the examina-
tion period show that a majority of the undergraduate body
want some change in the semester system. Of 352 opinions
polled, 163 backed the first proposal suggested in the News,
With students returning the first of September and the first
semester ending before Christmas vacation, and 169 desired
varying changes in the existent schedule. Twenty students
voted for no change. The poll, having been shown to Miss
McBride, is now in the hands of the Undergraduate Curricu-
lum Committee.

The poll sought opinion on four subjects. The first pro-
posal was the News’ suggestion for alteration in the semester
dates, the second was any unspecified change in the schedule,
the third, four days of vacation at the end of the mid-year
period beginning this year, and the fourth, no change at all.
The-votes-on-the third-issue were incorporated into those for
some unspecified change in the schedule and never presented
to Miss McBride.

A small unauthorized group of students, who wished to
gauge campus opinion before submitting a definite plan to
the Curriculum Committee, conducted the poll. Owing to
inefficient organization there were inconsistencies in its
presentation. Some halls received it as a petition, in others
independent additions were made. In Rhoads and Merion it
was announced as the action of the Curriculum Committee,
which has, in fact, not considered the subject this year. These
inconsistencies and the failure of the originating group to
present the poll to the administration through official under-
graduate channels has lessened the value of the poll for the
administration and faculty.

The fact that a majority of students desire a change in
the semester schedule is significant in spite of the misman-
agement of the poll. Last year the Curriculum Committee
decided to postpone consideration of reading periods until
after the war when vacations were not scheduled according
to railroad requests. In view of the strong campus opinion,
the Curriculum Committee should reopen discussion of the



college calendar.





Four Students Horrified
At Recent Editorial .
In Lantern

Dear Editors:

We were very much _Surprised
and horrified at the editorial | of
the Lantern which implies’ immi-
nent rebellion on the part of many
students against the Student Gov-
ernment.

We think the content undigni-
fied and unworthy ef a college
publication. The Editors even
fail to make themselves clear by
the obscurity of their terms. What,
for example is’ the unsuspecting
reader to understand by “environ-
mental--needs”’?

We can think of many better
ways, especially in time of war,
for the college to spend money
than on fire insurance for the dif-
ferent halls. There is plenty of
space provided in each hall for
smoking, and a person is lament-
ably lacking in self-control if she
cannot exist without smoking in
her room.

Anyone will concede that drink-
ing to excess is detrimental to
character and to physical well-
being. If liquor were allowed in
the halls, it would encourage
many who do not ordinraily drink
to cultivate the habit, and those
who do to drink much more.

Finally, we believe that any re-
laxing of rules would lower the
standards which Bryn Mawr has
maintained since its founding.

B.G.B., A.F.C., M.H.U., M.F.S.,
& E.WS.

P.S. We have heard rumors to
the effect that the editorial is a
joke, and if so, it is utterly lack-
ing in humor. If not, the fact
that it should appear a joke to
anyone reveals the absence of the
need for such a proposal.

“The Rudens” Chosen
As Latin Production



A musical comedy version of
“The Rudens”, by Plautus, will be
presented by the Latin Depart-
ment on March 11. The cast will
be selected from all those on cam-
pus who are interested in acting,
whether connected with the Latin





Department or not. Mrs. Michels,
Assistant Professor of Latin, is in
charge of production, and members
of the Players Club will assist with
the staging.

Like “The Boys from Syracuse’’,
which was taken originally from a
Plautus plot, “The Rudens” or
“The Rope” is a farce with its”
background in ancient Rome. The
plot concerns two slave girls ship-
wrecked at Cyrene, one of whom
discovers a long lost father by the
identification of childhood trink-
ets. Love scenes among the “burly”
slaves provide the comic element.

This performance revives a tra-
dition which has been forgotten
for the past three years. The cos-
tumes are hand-downs from past
years, kept in Miss Marti’s win-
dow seat.since.the. last play. Three
original songs were composed by
Frances Watts, ’46.

Since the play is to be done en-
tirely in English, and offers good
comic parts, it is hoped that many.
will come to the tryouts, which
will be held in the next two weeks.
There are about fifteen parts in
all, varying from the priestess to
the “burly” slaves. All roles,

both male and female, are to be
played by Bryn Mawr girls.


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Page. Three





Crenshaw to Explain
Chemistry’s War Role

The chemistry of high explosives
and the importance of chemistry in
the war will be discussed by Mr.
Crenshaw in a lecture to be given
inthe chemistry lecture room of
Park Hall at 8:00 Tuesday night:
This lecture is one in a series on
the position of science in wartime.
Mr. Crenshaw will illustrate his
lecture’ with several small experi-
ments.

’ ‘During the last war Mr. Cren-
shaw worked with the army’s
Chemical Warfare Service in
France. He analyzed German duds
to determine their composition.
The laboratory in which he work-
¢d-was the first one in France de-
signed to analyze high explosives.

Mr. Crenshaw has held his ap-
pointment as professor of physical
chemistry ‘since 1925. Previous to
that appointment, he was associ-
ate professor from 1918 until 1925
-and associate in physical chemistry
from 1915 to 1918, except for a
leave of absence for his military
service during the last war.

He received his A. B. from Cen-
tre College in 1907 and his M. A.
in 1908. He obtained his Ph. D.
from Princeton in 1911. Before
coming to Bryn Mawr, Mr. €ren-
shaw served as assistant ehemist
in the Geophysical Laboratory of
the Carnegie Institution in Wash-
ington, D. C.



‘Invasion of France
And Britain’s Fight
Portrayed in Films

Divide and Conquer and the
Battle of Britain, two films pro-
duced by the War Department Re-
search Council for the armed forc-
es, were shown on January 22 and
February 5. The former pictured
the German invasion of the Low
Countries and France. The vali-
ant resistance of the German air
blitz by the British was portrayed
in the latter.

The film Divide and Conquer
opened with the lightning con-
quest of the Scandinavian coun-
tries. The film showed how the
Nazis. seized control of Denmark
and most of Norway by armed



merchantmen, paratroopers, and
fifth columnists.
France, weakened by internal

political struggles, and hence an
easy prey for the Goebbels propa-
ganda, was the next subject for
the German conquest. Having
made the error of placing complete
faith in the Maginot’ Line, the
French were not able to meet the
Nazis’ new method of warfare.

France capitulated under the
weight of the German juggernaut,
leaving the French and British
forces with their backs against the
sea at Dunkirk. The film portray-
ed the miraculous rescue by the
English people of their crumbled
army.

The second film, the Battle of
- Britain, showed the various des-
perate attempts of the Nazis to
realize Hitler’s boast that he would
land on the shores of Britain.
When they failed in their first of-
fensive to suften the British re-
sistance from the air, the Germans
began to bomb inland airdromes
and industrial areas and showered
London with high explosives. .

Showing spectacular shots of
night fighting and dogfights, the
films demonstrated the reasons for
the German’s failure to overcome
the British: first, that it was a bat-
tle between a regimented people
and a free people, and second, that
the English were capable of ad-
justing their tactics to meet the
Nazi blitzkreig. ;



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Marriages
Virginia Belle Reed, ’44 to Lt.
John Klopfer, U.S.A.
Grace,Dole, ’44 to Lt. Paul Ed-
ward Kohler, U.S.N.R.
Lois MacMurray, 46 to Lt.
* George” Starkey, Army Med-
ical Corps Reserve.

Engagements
Harriet Shapiro,. ’45, to Melvin
Morrel.









Castro Will Discuss
. Spanish Renaissance



Don’ Americo Castro of Prince-
ton University will give an _ in-
formal talk on an aspect of the
Renaissance period at a Spanish
Club meeting on Tuesday, Febru-
ary 15. The lecture, to be given
in Spanish, will be in the Com-
mon Room.

Formerly a_ professor at the
Centro de estudios historicos and
at the Universidad Central in Ma-
drid, Mr. Castro is the author of
many studies, linguistic and liter-
ary. The most outstanding of
these, El pensamiento de Cervan-
tes (1925) is a brilliant analysis
of Cervantes as a man of the Ren-
aissance.

Mr, Castro was ambassador to
Germany during the Spanish Re-
public. He also organized the
Instituto de Filogia in Buenos
Aires, and spent several years at
the Universities of Wisconsin and

Texas before being called to
Princeton.
Undergrad Elections

Commence This Week
Continued from Page 1
March 6—Nomination for Vice-
Pres. of Undergrad. (by Junior
Class).
Nomination for Secy. of Under-
grad. (by Sophomore Class).
Schedule of Elections
Feb. 21—Election of President
of Self-Government Association.
Feb. 22—Election of President
of Self-Gov. (if necessary).
Feb._23—Election-of —President
of Undergrad.
Feb. 24—Election of President
of Undergrad. (if necessary).

Feb. 28—Election of President} -

of Alliance.

Feb. 29—Election of President
of Alliance (if necessary).

March 1—Election of President
of League.

March 2—Election of President
of League (if necessary).

March 6—Election of President
of A. A.

March 7—Election of President
of A. A. (if necessary).

March 8—Election of Common
Treasurer.

March 9—Election of Common
Treasurer (if necessary).

March 138—Election of Vice-
President of Self-Gov.

Election of Secretary of Self-

, Gov.

March 14—Election of the Vice-
President of Undergrad..

Election of Secretary of Under-
grad.

March 16—Election of the above
(if necessary).











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Vocational Lectures
Offered by Faculty



The Modern Language depart-
ments presented the first in a ser-
des of vocational lectures on Wed-
nesday, February 9, in the Dean-

ery. Miss Schenck discussed
French; Mr. Gillette, Spanish; Mr,
Diez, German; Miss~ Lograsso,

Italian; and Mr. Senn, Russian.

The purpose of these lectures is
to describe the courses offered: in
the various departments and the
opportunities open to majors in
the different subjects. They also
enable those students who have
not yet: chosen their majors to
learn .more specifically about the
vocations to which various courses
of study will lead.

Next Wednesday, February 16,
at 4:30, Miss Robbins will discuss
history; Mr. Wells, politics; and
Mrs. Anderson, economics. Other
lectures being planned for the fol-
lowing weeks will include Latin,
Greek, and archaeology; and the
next week, history of art, English,
and music. There will probably
be two lectures on the sciences,
which will cover physics, mathe-
matics, psychology, chemistry, bi-
ology, and geology.



Value of Psychology
Noted by Henri Peyre
Continued from Page 1

ties of a telescope rather than a
microscope. For Proust, Peyre
noted, art expressed the aesthetic
meaning of life, and through art
“we are to look life in the face and
rise above it.”

Although some critics object to
his lack of social purpose, Proust
was indeed trying to depict human
nature. His fierce pessimism is
only partial. It is applied to love,
human nature in general and hom-
osexuality. He echoes in our ears
and souls as a prophet of despair,
M. Peyre said, for the attainment
of desire brings only disappoint-
ment. However, his conclusion is
hopeful; he believes in the value
of suffering.

Proust takes his place among
the international analysists of in-
ner life — Browning, Meredith,
Henry James and James Joyce, and
can be numbered with Claudel, Pe-
guy, Valery and Gide as one of the
great French writers.

Formless Poetry, Variety of Prose Style
Contained in Winter Issue of the Lantern



Specially Contributed by
Margaret E. White

The material in the winter issue
of the Lantern follows. the usual
range in quality of this pwblica-
tion: there is some bad, some med-
iocre, and a very small amount of
good writing in it. The poetry
which is small in quantity may be
dispensed with briefly, Anne
Kingsbury has written two imag-
ist poems, “Moonlight”, and “De-
bussy. Nuages”. Neither has the
merit of being more thaii a series
of adjectives which often evoke a
picture, but completely defy oral
rendition. The rhythmic qualities
whith differentiate poetry from
prose are usually absent. When
they are present, they exist in such
an incongruous relation to each
other, that any effect created by
the visually apprehended word is
destroyed when it is heard. Con-
stance Rothschild’s “Sonnet on
Masks” is a poor attempt to im-
pose the sonnet-form on a piece
of poetry that might have been
more successful without the pre-
tense of a complicated verse-
form. ‘Renaissance’, written by
Joan Gauld is the best of the lot,
(the superlative form of the word
good is used here only for the sake
of differentiation). The poem ex-

presses, not unsuccessfully, the
irony gf man’s endless attempt to
apprehend the universe.

As for the short stories, at least
one does not deserve discussion.
Margaret Rudd’s “Green Rain” is
indeed a remarkable example of



bad writing. It could be judged
successful only if intended as a
parody of overwrought, highly-ad-
jectival style of which it is a splen-
did example. The story has noth-
ing to recommend to any reader
except, perhaps, its grotesque de-
scriptions: lavendar clouds emit-
ting green rain which falls into
purple puddles is, it must be ad-
admitted, a rare treat.

Charlotte Zimmerman’s “Infla-
tion”, a description of a _ store
during the rushed Christmas sea-
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to do. It depicts through the eyes
of a salesgirl the mob psychology
of buying at a time when money
is abundant and goods are scarce.
It is a simple episdde told ina
simple way, and in that it is con-
vincing.

Lucy Hall’s story, “The Sickness
Unto Death” has ag its theme the
despair of not being able to de-
spair. This idea is embodied. in,
the tale of a school-boy unable to
experience immediate emotion at
the death of a friend. The story
is well-written as regards both
style and construction, and has as
its basis a good deal of sound Au
man psychology.

Mariam Kreiselman’s’ ‘poetic
prose monologue, “When the Bomb
Fell”, is an interesting experiment
in the stream of consviousnéss
style. The writer makes use of a
variety of philosophical _ beliefs,
from the Pre-Socratics to Bergson,
to express the idea of the essén-
tial permanency of all things.
These beliefs pass as consoling
thoughts through the mind of a
soldier just before his death. The
bombs which are to snuff out his
life and the stars upon which he
has been contemplating, in the end,
merge into the Oneness of all
things.

I have left to the last a consid-
eration of Ellen Harriman’s story.
And even here I shall not pass
judgment on it. The Surrealistic
style, and the general grotesque-
ness of the whole manner of pres-
entation, make any interpretation
of it a mere matter of guesswork.



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WHAT TO DO |

The Calvert Distilling Company;
Bakimore, Maryland:

Openings for Psychologists,
Chemists, Bacteriologists; as. well
Op-
portunity for advanced study is
provided if desired. Starting sal-
aries $27—-$40 for a 40 hour week.
Permanent positions in Kentucky,
Maryland, Indiana and Ohio.

A representative will be at the
college February 15th. Please no-
tify the Bureau of Recommenda-
tions if you would like an inter-
view. The only way to get details
is to see the representative.

The First Boston Corporation,
New York City:

Opening for college graduates
interested in the business field. No
business training needed. The Cor-
poration is an investment banking
house with head offices in N. Y. C.
and Boston, and branches in 9 other
cities, including Philadelphia. The
starting salary is $1820 with fre-
quent raises.

A representative will come to the
college if students notify the Bu-
reau of Recommendations they are
interested.

Radcliffe College—Fellowships for
Training in Personnel Administra-
tion: :

Two Fellowships of $500 each.
Training courses given at Gradu-
ate Schools of Radcliffe and Har-
vard. Also supervised field work.

Stuyvesant Neighborhood House
—New York City:

Openings beginning October,
1944. “Two Reereational Assist-
ants and one Director of Social
Music. A representative will come
to, the college in February.

‘Please, notify the Bureau of
Recommendations if you are in-
terested,

Changes, Appointments,
Announced by President

Continued from Page 1

Mr.MacKinnon “is to leave for a
semester and a redistribution of
the work in the Psychology de-
partment will be made. Miss Henle
will take over Mr. MacKinnon’s

Social Psychology course, his
seminar and his research stud-
ents. In addition, Miss Vivi

French, who has just been appoint-
ed instructor at Swarthmore, will
give Mr. MacKinnon’s advanced
course. Mr. Bernheimer, of the
art department, has been induct-
ed into the army.

Miss McBride also announced
that Miss Isabel Scribner Stearns,
assistant professor in Philosophy
at Smith College, has been ap-
pointed associate
Philosophy, after Miss de Laguna’s

retirement at the end of the year.



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44 Starting Tues.

Calendar

Thursday, February 10 °

Hockey tea, Common Room,
4:30.

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Saturday, February 12

War Movies, Common Room,
8:00.

Sunday, February 13

Chapel, Reverend Frederick
Griffin, Music Room, 7:30.

Monday, February 14

Flexner Lecture, Henri Peyre,
From Andre Gide to Francois
Mauriac, Goodhart, 8:00.

Tuesday, February 15
Prof. Castro, Spanish Club
Lecture, Common Room, 4:00-
6:00.
Mr. Chenshaw, Science Club
Lecture, Park Hall, 8:00.

Wednesday, February 16
Self.-Gov. Assembly,
hart, 11:00.

Faculty Vocational
Deanery, 4:30.

Good-

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Noted Anthropologist

To Present Lectures
Continued from Page 1

name of Anne Singleton. ' Her
verse has appeared in Poetry, The

Nation, and other periodicals
which print contemporary po-
etry.

In 1919, to keep herself busy,
she enrolled in Columbia Univer-
sity for courses under Franz
Boas, “the grand old man of an-

thropology”. She soon became
deeply interested in the subject
and eventually became the key

person in the department of An-
thropology at Columbia next’ to
Dr. Boas. In 1923 she received
her Ph.D from Columbia, and has
taught there ever since. For the
first eight years she was there in
the capacity of a lecturer, then
assistant professor, and in 1930
she became an assocate professor.
With the retirement of Dr. Boas
in 1936, she was appointed the
acting head of the department.

In her first lecture, on Febru-
ary 5, Dr. Benedict discussed
Methods and Postulates Underly-
ing Cultures and Culture Differ-
ences, stating that in all social
studies the, subject must be “bio-
sphere”, the organism and_ all
the environment considered to-
gether. :

This theme will be explaimed in
the following lectures which are
open only to students in social
sciences and psychology.









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Corwith, Kimball Talk
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Mrs. William Corwith, official
representative of the National
Broadcasting Company, and Mr.
Abbott Kimball of the Kimball
Advertising Agency in New York
City described briefly the different
kinds of work done in the fields
of radio and advertising, and the
branches in which women were
most likely to find openings. The
lectures were one of the series of
vocational conferences.

In both fields women are need-
ed. A college education is almost
essential for radio work and is a
great asset for those who wish to
go into advertising. Typing is a
prerequisite for both. Education,
the ability to get along with peo-
ple, intelligence, ingenuity, and a
real interest in the work are the
essential qualifications for radio
and advertising.

Mrs. Corwith advised prepara-
tory training in radio work given
at universities and in radio work-
shops all over the country. After
this, she said, it is best to gain
experience by working in a local
station before applying for a pos-
ition at a network station. Sal-
aries in the network stations
range from $28 a week for the
newcomer to $1000 a week for the
best script writers.

Describing the types of radio
work, she said that there are four
main fields: the technical and
commercial branches, program
production, and office administra-
tion. Only local stations employ
women technicians, and _ these
must have special training.

Women announcers are used at
local stations, although only men
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the administrative field, the exee-
utives are men, but college wo-
men may become executive secre-
taries. As secretaries they gain
experience in radio work.

“It is a woman’s world in ad-
vertising,”’ Mr. Kimball _ said.
Three-fourths of the personnel
are women. One should, however,
be salesminded, creative, and like
to work. The best way to learn
about advertising is to go into an
agency as a secretary, he said.
The advertising field is very broad,
touching all businesses, and many
other fields such as writing, art,
radio, and banking. The agency

conceives and executes ideas for
advertisements, using newspapers,
posters, magazines, and the radio
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in the preparation by investigating
various “blind spots”,
apparently successful. With such
a send-off, we who tune in ¢an
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