College news, December 17, 1941

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“VOL. XXVIII, No. 12

BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1941

Bryn. Mawr. College,. 1941
opyright, Trustees of

PRICE 10 CENTS





War Emergency
Causes Hospital
Reorganizations



Fire Fighting Mechanisms, |
Staff and Equipment~ |
Are Prepared



The Bryn Mawr Hospital Board
in cooperation with thé Sdutheast-
ern Branch of the American Red
Cross has organized equipment and
staff for emergencies.

The hospital has organized
equipment, staff and fire-fighting
mechanism for warsemergency. An
emergency lighting system, to be
used in case of blackout, has been
installed. The medical staff of the
hospital has formed a committee to
organize its work in case of an
emergency. Operating teams have
The Nursing Staff
consists of 23 supervisors, 12 gen-
eral duty nurses, and 88 student
nurses—a total of 123. In addi-
tion, 39 probationers are available. |

been formed.

About 40 girls from Bryn Mawr
College, who are thoroughly famil-
iar with the layout of the Hos-
pital, are equipped to run errands,

make dressings, and so forth. Some
20 to 30 Haverford students are
willing to serve in carrying pa-
tients. :



Aronson To Lecture

On U.S. Civil Sereice

Mr. Albert H..Aronson will speak
in the Deanery on Thursday eve-
ning, January 8, at 7:30 P. M., on,
opportunities in Federal Civil Ser-
vice and in the State merit sys-
tems recently established under the
Social Sectirity Act.

Mr. Aronson is chief of the State
Technical Advisory Service of the
Social Security Board. Since op-
portunities in Civil Service are
increasingly great, his speech
should be of particular importance





at this time.



Calendar
Thursday, December 18,

Christmas parties in the
halls. 6:00 P. M. Choir
Carolling.

Friday, December 19, 12.45

to Monday January’ 5

9 A. M.

Christmas Vacation,

Tuesday, January 6
Current neds Common
Room, 7:30 P. M.

Thursday, January 8
Vocational Committee lec-
ture, Mr. Albert H. Aron-
on. Civil Service. Dean-
Ley, 7:30 P. M.

Saturday, January 10
Dr. Leslie A. Chambers.
Influenza as a Problem of

_ Physics. ..Tennent,. Meme-
rial lecture. Dalton, 8:15
P. M.

Sunday, January 11
Mr. Andrew John Kauff-
man, Harvard, ’42.' Lec-
ture on Harvard Moun-
taineering Club Expedition
to Peru. Deanery, 5 P. M.

B. M. and Haverford
Choirs Render Carols
With Spirit and Power









Goodhart, December 14.—In the
Christmas service this year the
combined choirs of Bryn Mawr and
Haverford showed the results of
thorough training. The tone of the
sopranos has never been purer,
more effortless. The tenor section
was strong with. unusual control.

The first two selections, Shep-
herds, shake off your drowsy sleep,
and Hush my dear, lie still and
slumber,—with a solo by Mary
Rambo, ’43, were particularly suc-
cessful.

In Vaughan William’s dynamic
Fantasia on Christmas Carols, the
choirs showed excellent training.

The service was conducted by the
Reverend Andrew Mutch, Minister
Emeritus of the Bryn Mawr Pres-
byterian Church. Using for his
text a quotation from a speech by
Queen Elizabeth, “Human dignity
and kindness shall not perish from
the earth,”





‘Mrs. Flower Analyzes Fall ‘Lantern’ Issue;
Finds ‘Theft’ and ‘Rock Arch’ Especially Good



Specially contributed by
Margaret Flower

Two good things in the Novem-
ber Lantern are Hester..Corner’s
poem, “Rock Arch” and Margaret
Hunter’s story, “Theft.”

“Rock Arch,” in blank verse
which calls to mind the cadences
of “The Dry Salvages,” is a com-
plex and serious piece of work.
Here a ten-cent piece is the symbol
of education, which can buy any-
thing in a Woolworth world—that
is to say, a world where the values
are those of téchnology; and later
it is the symbol of speech, the
means of exchange between sepa-
rate individuals. Miss Corner makes
ingenious use of the devices on both
sides of the dime. Mercury is first
introduced, as the god of commerce,
of messages and of healing, to
represent some of the uses of edu-
cation; later he appears, as the
god who guides the dead, to sym-
bolize our connection with the past
and our need to respect the values
of the past. The fasces on the ob-
verse of the coin are introduced
first with some dismay at their
present-day significance, which is

dissipated by the reflection that}.

_after all “power is what you use it
_ for” and by a reassuring slimpse

at the motto behind them—EZ Pluri-
bus Unum. Later the,fasces reap-
pear as the respect-compelling em-
blem-of control. The stamped silver
of the coin represents a kind of
value which is contrasted with the
value of “the rising geyser of liquid
gold.” This latter I take to mean
the value of the primitive, of that
which springs freely out of the
earth, as opposed to the value
which comes from conscious culti-
vation. The Arch itself, which
leads into the academic world, is a
short tunnel between difficult, sepa-
rate childhoods and a community
which will break up when its mem-
bers go on to “an incomparably
difficult maturity.”

The influence of T. S. Eliot is
present not only in the rise and
fall of the verses and in the short
lines at the ends of the stanzas, but
also in the attitude of the author.
These lines of Eliot’s:

“Here between the hither and the

further shore
While time is withdrawn, consider

the future | #
And the past with an equal mind,

say something very like what Miss

Corner is saying in the second half

of her poem.,

' Margaret Hunter’s “Theft”

shows real ability—not so much in
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Alliance, Faculty and Students Organized

In Campus and Community Defense Action



Fire Fighters, First Aiders
Organized to Function
In Emergency



Besides air wardens, fire-fighters
and first-aiders, are necessary in
case of air raids. The college is
organizing -units to assume this
responsibility. The central Fire-
fighting Committee recently formed
on campus includes: Mr. Doyle,
Miss Gardiner, Miss -Howe, Mr.
Gates, Judy Bregman, and Mr.
Dougherty. There will be a fire
brigade organization in each hall
and a mobile one will be in charge
of the campus. This organization
includes students, faculty, grounds-
men, and servants. The Campus
Committee plans to tie up with any
local groups which may be organ-
ized later.

First Aid

“Every fourth girl on campus
has had some sort of first aid train-
ing,” reports Miss Yeager. About

85 students, faculty, and staff mem-
Continued on Page Four



Campus Professors
Assist in Specialized
Emergency Defense



Among men needed in a special-
ized type of defense. work are sev-
eral of the Bryn Mawr faculty.
Two professors are leaving college
work to carry on jobs elsewhere,
while two others are adding addi-
tional scientific research to their
college schedules.

Mr. Soper will go to the West
Coast, where he will assist the
Marine Corps as an interpreter of
Japanese. Mr. Michels has already
left the college.

Last ‘spring, Mr. Helson and
other psychologists advised a na-
tional. committee on the allocation
of research. Present-day psychol-
ogy in the present emergency was
discussed at that time. At present
the committee waits further organ-
ization in which Mr. Helson will be
involved.

As the gas. officer of Lower Mer-
ion Township, Mr. Crenshaw col-
laborates with Dr. Earnshaw.
While Dr. Earnshaw will study the
medical aspects of gas-poisoning,
Mr. Crenshaw will do research in
its chemical treatment, organizing
a group of chemists to analyze
types of gas. The group will in-
vestigate methods of neutralizing
the effect of the various gases. Mr.
Crenshaw had experience in this
work in the last war.



Physics Department
Plans Rearrangement



Due to the absence of Mr.
Michels, the Physics Department
has made arrangements to take
care of his courses. Miss Cox and
Mr. Patterson will take on Mr.
Michels’ courses and to fill the va-
cancies, two instructors’ appoint-
ments have been made: Miss Hoyt,
who is a graduate fellow in the
department, and Mrs. Paul form-
erly physics demonstrator.

The three Physics Departments
of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and
Swarthmore have discussed the pos-
sibility of further vacancies in the
departments. They have made no
immediate plans, but in case of
necessity they intend to work out
some elimination of duplication in
the three colleges.



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Faculty Reorganizes Group
To Meet New Demand
Of Emergency



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At meetings last week, the
Faculty Defense Group considered
reorganization to meet the in-
creased demands of war time. In
addition to the joint meeting with
the Alliance Executive Board at
which the creation of a faculty sub-
committee to co-operate with the
student organization was discussed,
a meeting on Sunday at the faculty
group was divided into two sec-
tions: one to include all civilian de-
fense activities and one to carry on
the educational program.

Miss Gardiner, in charge of the
former, will have. as committee
members Miss Linn and Miss
Fehrer working on civilian defense
organization in Philadelphia, Miss
Kraus working with local defense
organizations, and Catherine Clem-
ent as.student, representative.

Mr. Nahm will head the speak-
ers’ bureau in the educational di-
vision; Miss Stapleton will contact
other defense organizations, and
Miss Northrop will be in charge of
co-operation with the Alliance. Mr.
Wells, who is chairman of the offi-
cial Bryn Mawr College Council
of Defense, was made an associate
member of the Faculty Defense
Group. A directory of committees
and their functions will be posted
on the defense bulletin board.

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Severe War Damage
Hits British Museum,
Arundell Esdaile Says

Goodhart, Thursday, December
10.—In celebration of the Rare
Book Room, a lecture on the his-
tory of the British Museum was
given by Mr. Arundell Esdaile.

The present war has necessitated
an evacuation of all the irreplace-
able possessions of the Museum to
subways, remote country houses,
and also the National Library of
Wales. There has been some purely
structural damage to the Museum,
but the most @rious loss so far
was. about 1%,000 valuable volumes
on archaeolagy, law, medicine, and
other sciences,

The-history~ of the Musetm is
representative of the “complexity



and_continuity-of-the English cul-}

tural tradition.” It was founded
in 1798, by an act of Parliament,
following the government’s pur-
chase of Sir Henry Sloane’s collec-

tion of manuscripts.
Continued on Page Four





Organization of Student
Activities Progresses

Under Alliance



At a joint meeting of the Alli-
Board and_ the
Board of the Faculty Defense Com-

ance Executive

mittee, Thursday, it was agreed
that long range training in com-
munity work and education is as
important as the immediate service
individuals can give.

It was pointed out that one of
the greatest duties of women in all-

out war will be the maintenance of
community standards. Charities
must be kept alive, therefore. The
work of the Bryn Mawr League,
for instance, must continue and
cannot be separated from emer-
gency needs.

Sevéral committees of the Alli-
ance are already functioning. Oth-
ers are to be organized immediate-
ly. Volunteer student speakers
have been sent to Philadelphia.
The Writing Committee prepares,
each evening, a digest of confirmed
news reports which ‘is posted in the
halls. Plans have been made for
more Red Cross courses and a For-
um: to be held with the faculty in
January.



Medieval Manuscripts
Shown for Christmas



“This is an important and im-
pressive collection of mediaeval il-
luminated manuscripts,” said Miss
Terrien, who assisted by Marjorie
McLeod, ’42, arranged for the Rare
®ook Room’s third exhibition with
an eye to the Christmas season.

Flemish, French, and Austrian
manuscripts generously loaned by
Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, are repre-
sented. The most unsophisticated
is an Austrian one of Paul’s
Epistle to Titus with glosses, dated
in the twelfth century.

It is particularly interesting to
contrast contemporary Flemish and
French manuscripts, as exemplified
by the initial letter of Nicodemus
Tomb with its paganly decorated
border, and the exquisite French
illustration of Christ’s Entry into
Jerusalem.



Air Warden’s Office

The Air Warden’s Office is
located in the Typing Room
of Rhoads North. It is open
daily from 9-6 and can be
reached by telephoning B. M.
1000.









Christmas Tradition Blooms in Four Halls,

But Withers in the

Wilderness of Rhoads



By Barbara Cooley, ’42

Thursday, December 18, is a hec-
tic night. The envied few are on
the train for home. Others are
pressing a last blouse or rushing
to the village for one more Christ-
mas card. Think again, Thursday
night—oh, yes, Christmas dinner.

To Merion, Christmas dinner
means a wreath on the door, toasts
to faculty, a horseshoe dinner table
and Freshmen muttering lines in a
corner. Denbigh is greeted at din-
ner by a king and queen, ermine-
clad in rabbit’s fur, is served punch
by a page, and toasts the king,
queen, page—and punch bowl.
_The Pembrokes get together in
a “hollow square” with all avail-



able exits closed by Christmas
trees; faculty guests are chosen for
their ability to be funny. Rock is
notorious for its carefully prepared
play, this year “The Other Wise-
man,” given before dinner in the
dining room. It is the only hall
where the work isn’t palmed off on
the Freshmen and Sophomores;
Seniors give the play, trim the tree,
decorate the dining room.

“The unique charm of Rhoads is
that it has no tradition,” says its
president. If they had a tree the
Sophomores would decorate it, if
they had a play the Freshmen
would give it, if they had punch the
Seniors would drink it. Rhoads is
also noted for its hors d’oeuvres.




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Decision
With the materialization of plans made last summer, we are

faced with the fallacy of our position. The future for which we
planned has gone. Conditions have changed, yet we refuse to de-
cide upon a new principle with which to guide our extra-curricular
activities.

Although relief from the first overwhelming need for action
was found in immediate preparation for emergency, the demand
for a more comprehensive, united activity, stands unfulfilled. Issues
hitherto clouded by theory were clarified by the war declaration.

- The choice of factors which will govern extracurricular existence

must be made.

In the urgency of war demands, the danger of overlooking the
importance of. productive recreation to the individual is great. But
it is this-ereative activity which can prepare us for the post-war
reconstruction vital to our generation, The search for a substitute
for May Day, cheaper, less time-consuming, more original and con-
temporary, is still justified.



Ring in the New
~ The rising sun—in glaring yellow upon a red poster—hung for
weeks in Taylor. But not until the fall issue actually appeared were
the potentialities of a new Lantern visualized.

Here was a new vitality, a new immediacy, rather aimed at
than fully achieved. Hitherto, excursions into new fields—the
political essay and the personal letter—-produced variety, nothing
more. Af say ‘

They were unable to break down the\barriers which separated
the Lantern from the world of actual experience.

The dawning vitality of the Lantern is based on greater uni-
versality. The subject matter of the new picture inserts and of
the poetry particularly reflect this new approach. These represent
interpretations of experience rather than an effort to grasp unknown
situations,

The Lantern has always been a passive instrument, more or

~Jess at the mercy of contributors. The progressive tendencies of

this issue are stifled by remnants of the older tradition as well as by
the flippant self consciousness of picture captions and the completely
non-literary character of several stories. The future of the new
Lantern depends on the extent to which the magazine can become an
active instrument, with ability to marshal material which will have
universality of approach rather than to wait for it.



have guts. It is our chance to
translate that decency and honesty
and freedom into an international
order with guts so strong that the

democratic way of life shall ensure
a world of peace forever

Nuts and Bolts

By Isabel Martin, ’42



It is Here .

By Isabel Martin, ’42
Since the youth of our country is

- primarily involved in the present

war and post-war hysteria, the re-
actions of student newspapers are
interesting. They show the attitude
of our generation toward-the war.

The Williams Record: “Two de-
eades ago it was another genera-
tion’s war. This is ours. It is

~ ours to do with what we will, an

what we can. . . It is our war

use as well. It is our chance
show the perpetrators of the great-

_ est crime against mankind that d



entiously at his task until the op-

The Yale News: “The situation
calls for more than enthusiastic
willingness to serve; it requires in
addition intelligent self-control . .
- In the turmoil of the hour it
should be remembered that if we
are to create a better world out of
this war we shall need trained
leaders for many years to come.
The student who remains consci-

portunity for ever greater service
is open to him is fighting this
larger war.”

The? Swarthmore Phoenix: “As

OPINION

Sheean’s Gross Statements
Blamed by Mr. Manning
As Irresponsible





To the Editor.of the

Bryn Mawr College News:

Your issue of December 10 says
that Mr. Vincent Sheean called
the attack on Hawaii ‘‘the greatest
reverse of its kind in the history
of the world.” That invites com-
parison with Syracuse, Santiago
Bay, Port Arthur, the Spanish Ar-
mada. Some of his audience claim
that Mr. Sheean meant to say—
“the greatest disaster in American
naval history.” That would not
be saying so much. There have
been few major disasters in Ameri-
can naval history, and even the
Maine was not a “capital” battle-
ship. But Mr. Sheean went on to
say other things.’ “In 386 hours,”
he said, “we have lost more ships
to the Japanese than England has
lost during the entire war”; he told
your reporter who liked him “very
much” that he believed that the
United States “has suffered the
greatest defeat it has known, that

are on the defensive, completely.”
These are strong words. He also
said that Guam, Wake, and Mid-
way Islands “have all been cap-
tured,” which we now know was
not true on that Monday night, and
which throws doubt on everything
else he said, as a statement of fact.

May I express my utter indigna-
tion at these irresponsible remarks,
made in public on one of the most
difficult days the American people
have ever known? Sheean may
have been right and may have been
wrong. I for one, however, do not
believe that the President. deliber-
ately lied on Tuesday night, and I
do not believe that Mr. Sheean had
on Monday authentic information
denied to the President on Tuesday
and to the rest of us six days after
the event. If.he had not been so
impressed by what Ambassador X
and Senator Y and Expert Z told
him that afternoon;—-had hepaused
for a moment to weigh all possible
reasons for the official silence—
which include the possibilities that
authorities in Hawaii and the Jap-
anese High Command as well as the
President really didn’t and perhaps
still do not know exactly what hap-
pened; in short, had ‘he used his
head instead of his emotions, he
might have hesitated before giving
as statements of fact personal opin-
ions which gave so many people in
this community what may have
been unnecessary horror. - It is
hard to think of Mr. Vincent
Sheean as an idiot, a coward, or a
liar. But unless the facts as finally
revealed confirm his statements,
some one of those epithets must
hold true. Anyone who divides
inaval sailing distances per day in-
to total distances on the map of
ithe Pacific should be able to see
excellent reasons why the final
facts may, and should not be :re-
vealed for a week or more to come.
Mr. Sheean should be ashamed of
himself. Must we really lose our
heads so completely and so treach-'
erously at so early a moment of
our ordeal?

I am, sincerely yours,

FREDERICK J. MANNING.
Saturday, Deccember 13, 1941.





blackouts and air raids, of rations
and terror by-night, and the bitter
death of those we love, we shall
have to be realistic as we never
have been realistic before in order
to understand and deal intelligent-
ly with the problems that face us.
Let us allow neither useless self-
recrimination nor hysterical over-
confidence to distract or mislead
us now. There’s no time left for:
looking backwards. The war’s on’
and we have work to do.”

Vassar Miscellany News: “We
must remember always, even in the
hectic pressure of war, that post-



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Civilian Defense

The Defense Council of
Lower Merion. Township,
which has been set up under
the Pennsylvania Act for Ci-
vilian- Defense, will hold a
civilian defense rally at the
Ardmore Junior High School,
Montgomery Avenue, Ard-
more, on Thursday, Decem-
ber 18, at 8 P. M. All vol-
,unteers for Police and Fire
Auxiliaries, Air Raid War-
dens, Medical Units and
others are urged to attend.







B. M. Maids, Porters Send
Congratulatory Letter to
Miss McBride



The following is a copy of the
letter of congratulation sent by the
maids and porters to Miss Mc-
Bride:
Bryn Mawr College,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
November 30, 1941.
Dear Miss McBride,
The maids and porters of Bryn
Mawr College wish to extend to you
their best wishes for happiness and
the greatest of achievements as the
coming president of Bryn Mawr
College.
Yours truly,
MAMIE W. TYRE, Rock,
AMY Harper, Pembroke,
JEANETTE HOLLAND, Radnor,
JOHN WHITAKER, Denbigh,
CELESTE TRAVIS, Merion,
DoroTHY WATERS, Rhoads,
Hall. Representatives.



Candy Canes Cause
’ Sensation at Party

With Summer Camp



Common.Room, Tuesday, Decem-
ber 16.—Swarms of energetic chil-
dren crowded the Common Room
as ‘the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp
rollicked through its annual Christ-
mas party. Candy canes and toy
automobiles caused a _ sensation.
Singing and games took up most of
the afternoon, and the repertoire
of Camp songs ranged from “Old
MacDonald” to “Silent Night’ to
“You are My. Sunshine.”

mouths, ice cream and cookies were
produced. Immediate silence fol-
lowed. Off in a corner one wor-
ried little boy was'so comforted to
hear that they didn’t have to spend
the night in the Common Room
that he subsequently made five
trips to the cookie box.

Chairman of the Camp, Ann
Adams, finally coralled the children
for a Santa Claus story, and then,
the climax of the afternoon, Santa
‘Claus himself made a dramatic en-
trance. Only one small red-headed
boy denied the reality of the Santa
Claus by exclaiming, “He’s got a
false beard!” But no questions
were asked when the presents



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we enter the military struggle we
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WIT *S

Air raid instructions for the
twenty-five per cent of the people
who have no little jobs to -do;- or,
The Irresponsibles’ Manifesto:

1, Sleep through the siren.

2. If this is“absolutely impossi-
ble, stay indoors, but put the
lights out.

And put the cat out too, while
you're at it, because

3. “All pets must be kept under
control.”

4, If you can’t get Mrs. Collins
on the telephone, get Mayor
LaGuardia. But first try the
furnace man. The manage-
ment welcomes complaints.

5. Strip, to keep cool, and run
three-quarters of a bathtub.
Draw your own conélusions.

6. You certainly need not feel
neglected. About sixty people
are looking after all different
angles of you.

7. In case of fire, run, do not
walk to the nearest smoking
room and start a backfire.

8. As soon as the siren is heard,
clip these instructions and
place them in a conspicuous
spot in your home, factory or
office until the all-clear signal
is given.





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‘Ellenor Morris, 1927,

Heads Civil Defense

The city of Philadelphia has ap-
pointed Ellenor Morris, Bryn
Mawr, ’27, as chairman of the Civil
Defense Volunteer Office. “It’s quite
a job,” Miss Morris says, “but ter-
ribly interesting.”

Miss Morris was at Bryn Mawr
in the days when athletics were in
their hey day. Although she was
on several class teams, the fact
that she never made the Varsity
hockey squad remains a supreme
disappointment in her life.

Since graduating from college,
Miss Morris has often returned to
Bryn Mawr: first as a reader in
the History of Art Department;
then as assistant to Mrs. Chadwick-
Collins in the last three Big May



Days.



Maids, Porters Sing

Traditional Program

The maids and porters, directed
by Susie Darling, ’42, presented
their annual program of Christ-
mas Carols and Spirituals Tuesday
evening in the halls and homes on’
campus.

Elizabeth Jones sang the solo:
parts of Steal” Away effectively.
Whittaker did a magnificent job on
O Holy Night and Little David.
Ain’t Gonna Study War No More
and Silent Night, always favorites,
were very well done.

The undergraduates extend
their sympathy to the family
of Daisy Day. She died Sat-
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Cap and Bells Gives
Vigorous Production

Of “Margin for Error’



Specially contributed by
Louise Classen, ’42
The Cap and Bells Club of Hav-

erford College presented Margin’
be informed later.

for Error by- Clare Booth, on Fri-
day and Saturday, December 12
and 13, in Roberts Hall.

The production showed attentive,
vigorous direction, with particular
emphasis on development of char-
acter. It was, moreover, excel-
lently paced throughout, although
the beginning of the first act was
rather precipitous due to the nerv-
ousness of the players.

Walter Hollander, as the Amer-
ican Fuhrer, Otto B. Horst, was
gratifyingly condescending, intract-
able and vociferous by turns. Ad-
ditional credit goes to him for
having stepped into the part after
the rehearsals were well under
way.

Edgar Emery played his part
with admirable repose, -especially
at the outset, when he was a com-
plete foil for the noisy clatter of
the “Fuhrer.”’.

The Jewish police officer, M.
Finkelstein, dominated. the stage
as soon as he made his first en-
trance. The characterization of
the part was uproarious to the
point of burlesque. His best mo-
ments were in the first act when he!
tried to coax the dainty little Ger-
man maid into going out with him.

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German Carols Sung _
At Colorful Pageant
Diretted by Gleisner



Goodhart, December 12. — The
German Club presented its tradi-
tional Christmas play in the Com-
mon Room last Friday night under
the direction of Mr. Martin Gleis-
ner of the Haverford Workshop.
The story of the Nativity was per-
formed in a colorful pageant punc-
tuated with @erman Christmas
carols.

Realistic interpretation of the
customary creche characters gave
a feeling of immediacy to the fa-
miliar Christmas story. Harriet
Case as Mary was especially effec-
tive when a true mediaeval Gabriel,
played by Penelope Smith, swept
terrifyingly across the _ stage.
Amazing to a traditionally-minded
audience was comic interlude be-
tween the innkeeper, played by
Carol Coan, and Magda Pollaczek,
the innkeeper’s wife. The shep-
herds’ scene was especially con-



Jeanette Lepska played the maid,
and in spite of rather doubtful
German she pleased the audience
and most certainly entranced officer
Finkelstein.

Diana Baker as the Czecho-Slo-
vakian wife of the German consul,
gave her best performance in the
first act. Unfortunately, when the
part demanded a strong dramatic
scene, she lacked the forge neces-
sary to put it over completely.

Of all the performances, Edward
Gaensler’s was the most sustained
and finished. As the German con-
sul, he filled every requirement of
the part. An exceptional perform-
ance,

There are only two major cri-
ticisms to be made. The players
sacrificed diction in the effort to
achieve the greatest amount of
naturalness. Most of them were
inaudible in several speeches. But
there is no doubt that Margin for
Error was successful. There was!
no constraint on the part of either
the players or the audience. And)
the audience most certainly en-!
joyed itself. The two feminine
parts were played by Bryn Mawr

students. ce

Otto B. Horst..Walter Hollander, ’44
Baron Max von Alvenstor ,
Edgar Emery, ’42
Officer Moe Finkelstein
John Marsh, ’43
PIGGD. .2i ys soe sek Jeanette Lepska, °44
Dr; JENNINGS . 0.1. Douglas H. Baker
Sophie Baumer ..... Diana Baker, ’44
Karl-Baumer-Edward A. Gaensler, ’43
Thomas S. Denny..John A. Clark, ’42
Radio Announcer
Albert E. Turner, ’°43
Captain Mulrooney
: BE. Clark Stiles, '43
Director—N. Richard ,Nusbaum

vincing.

The mediaeval quality was em-
phasized by the brilliant red and
gold of the costumes, and informal
singing and modern lighting con-
tributed to an unusual and effec-
tive Christmas pageant.



Medieval Atmosphere
‘Found in Traditional

French Nativity Play



Wyndham, December 12, — The
traditional French Club play
L’Annonce Faite & Marie was revi-
talized by enthusiastic actresses.

Janet Dowling’s direction pro-
duced smooth dialogue and_ sus-
tained a dramatic quality. Emily
Tuck, ’45, portrayed Mary tender-
ly. Herod’s majesty was force-
fully done by Therese Exton, ’44,
her make-up cleverly accentuating
the king’s cruelty and power.

The Costume Committees headed
by Nina Garcoian, ’44, introduced a
few new costumes among the old.
Particularly effective were the
regal robes of the three kings in
contrast to the shepherds’ rags.

Two innovations improved this
year’s play. One was having the
actor of “the people’ dressed in
modern clothes and_sittingin.the
audience. The second was using

| Ardrey’s Thunder Rock.

“Thunder Rock” Ably
Produced by Theatre
Club at Swarthmore



By Mildred McLeskey, °43

Friday and Saturday evenings
the Little Theatre Club of Swarth-
more College presented Richard
An inter-
esting experiment in dramatic
technique, the play was, neverthe-
less, an unfortunate choice which
even competent acting and excel-
lent staging could not redeem.

Thunder Rock is essentially a
presentation of two conflicting be-
liefs in the modern world—the be-
lief of the man who fights although
he knows he is doomed, and of the
man who flees to an ivory tower.
As such, the play is grim, morbid,
sometimes inspiring, but never
completely satisfying. It contains
too much analysis of motives to
make it good theatre, too little

it real significance.

The method by which Mr. Ardrey
solves the problem of the ivory
tower is startling and successful.
This dénoument could..have been
accomplished, however, in about
half the time required for the play,
without exerting such a strain on
the actors’ ability and the audi-
ence’s interest.

The tempo of the play and‘of the
acting were excellent in the second
act but lagged somewhat in the
first and last. If the’ presentation
was not consistently effective, how-
ever, there were moments when the
entire cast was brilliant.

Paul Ousley, as David Charles-
ton, gave the best performance of
the evening. His stage presence
was forceful, and he made the es-
capist completely understandable
and sympathetic. Dalton MacAl-
ister’s Streeter improved as the
play progressed.

The girls were uniformly good.
Jane Felix drew full value from
her poignant lines and Kathleen
Kehoe provided a much _ needed
comedy relief. In general, the
voices of the actors revealed more
mobility and depth than is usual
in a college production and. gave
charm to many heavy and pedantic
lines.



Spanish Club
Dr. Martin Foss will speak
in the History of Art Lecture
Room at four-thirty on
Thursday, January 8, 1942,
‘to the Spanish Club on Span-
ish Art. Dr. Foss was form-
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By Nancy EvVarts, °43

“Brown — coat, shoes, blanket?
Jones—coat, shoes, blanket,” on and
on went the air raid roll call.
“What are they doing. Trying to
see how long we can stand it?”
came an agonized groan. The stu-
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Jitterbugging Spree



Bryn Mawr, December 12.
Bright with red and green stream-
ers and silver Christmas bells, the
gymnasium was a fitting ‘setting
for the festive Maids’ and Porters’
dance.

The six—piece—orchestra played
slow and hot music. equally well,
and after several fox trots the
waltz contest began. The judges
had a hard time deciding the win-
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Severe War Damage

Hits British Museum



Continued from Page One

two important exhibits were added
—the Alexandrian marbles, given
to the British Crown in 1802 after
the Battle of the Nile; and the
Elgin marbles. They also acquired
the 65,000 volume library © of
George III.

Antonio Panizzi, an Italian refu-
gee, instituted many new reforms
in the administration of the Mu-
seum. He not only achieved his
aim of making the Museum the
second best library for every for-
eign language, but in 1839 laid
down the basic principles of
cataloguing, which libraries still
use.



Fire-Fighters, First
Aiders Are Organized



Continued from Page One

bers are enrolled in the standard
and advanced courses offered by
the college. Twenty-seven under-
graduates have already obtained
first aid certificates. Other similar
courses will be open next semester
for those interested.

A list of students in each hall
qualified to take charge in case of
emergency is posted on the bulletin
boards. A first-aid kit containing
antiseptics and bandages will be
kept in each hall and building on
campus.



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Mrs. Flower Analyzes
Fall ‘“‘Lantern” Issue



Continued from Page One
The Museum was divided into
three — departments — Manuscripts,
Printed Books, and Natural and
Artificial Productions. , The first
guide book was published in 1770,
and called particular. attention to

a “portrait of Chaucer in an Egyp-
tian pebble,” formed by natural
construction, for the coincidence
which brings about the climax fails
to convince—why should the wicked

governess have been so careless asf

to leave her money in the bureau
drawer?—but in the communication
of states of mind. Henry Hall
pushes against the door and regis-
ters some surprise at the resistance
—“‘But I was always strong for my
size, She thought”—remembers “the
dry hard dirt of the ground as he’d
doubled over the saw horse, and
Ole Man Raymond Oh Lord forgive
and the blood rolling rich then thin-
markings.

Eary in the nineteenth century
ning down the back of Ole Man
Raymond’s hand,” is proud of his
son in spite of his occasional cheat-

ing and lying, because “the bad! while trying to decide on one of a
pair of beautiful sisters, is amus-

ing and light.
The proof-reading of the maga-
zine has been carelessly done.

little boy . .. later makes a place
for himself ee the world.” Henry
Hall and his mental states have
considerable reality.

Miss Hunter’s story has a vivid-
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In “Night Over England,” thesEarl
with a 300-year-old title, who has
a smile of “rare sweetness” and “a
gallantry about him which the
others lacked,” never comes alive in
spite of his heroic work as a digger-
out of unexploded bombs. At the
risk of seeming to carp, I must con-
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to find that the first words in a
story called “Night Over England”
were “Light from the open door lay
in one brilliant patch on the black-
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