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VOL. XXVI, No. 13

‘BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1940

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College; 1939

PRICE 10 CENTS





Literature
of Colonial

Era Outlined

Spanish, Native Influences
Meet in. 17th Century
American Writings





Music Room, February 19.—The
second of the Flexner lectures, Dr.
Arturus Torres-Rioseco devoted to
the subject, “Colonial Culture and

Literature in the 17th Century.”
He described the development of
culture -in Spanish-American C
onies and discussed the works of
early colonial writers, which re-
flected the influence of old Spain,
but soon developed ’a_ distinct
American culture.

The era in which America was
conquered was a golden era for
Spain, marked by a flourishing
litekature, individualism and an
ambitious spirit of adventure. ‘The
conqueror,’\gaid Dr. Torres-Rio-
seco, “was representative’ of the
jdefinite culture he brought with
him to America.”

Early American conquests were
recorded by contemporary _his-
torians. Among these works Ber-

_ nal Diaz’ “True History of the Con-

quest of New Spain” has been un-
covered and made famous by Archi-
bald MacLeish. Spanish Ameri-
cans were influenced by the crea-
tive spirit of Spain and also turned
to literary and historical works
Garcilaso de la Vega, half Indian
son of a Spanish captain, was the

first American-born writer to com-
Continued on Page Two

Miss Ely to Speak
To Democrats Club

With high ambitions a Young
Democrats Club has -been formed
not only for the duration of the
presidential campaign, but as a
permanent organization. Miss Ger-
trude Ely as advisor to the club
will speak in the Common Room
on Februray 27. Mabel Faesch,
"41, is the leader of the Young
Demotrats and, with the aid of a
steering committee; plans to formu-.
late the aims and: policies- of the





~ club. By a straw vote they will de-

cide what Democratic candidate
they will support in -the coming
primary. Mabel, : however, was
close-mouthed on the*subject of a
third term for Roosevelt.



|1943 Gulps Down Rehearsals, JE

Soph. Challenges in Silence



The Freshman Class is calmly
and politely collecting portions of
their show together, in spite of the
usual heckling by the sophomores.
The last days of rehearsal are
passing so quietly that the veterans
of past shows are amazed and rev-
erent.

In the halls freshmen are losing.
clothes, lipsticks, alarm clocks, and
matresses. One freshman lost all
her slacks, and in order.to get them
back she had to promise to get up
at four-thirty in the morning and
serve all the sophomores coca-colas.
asRock a few freshmen were as-
ounded to find bicycles standing in
the middle of ‘their rooms. The
sophomores there have become so
excited that they are even doing
things to each other. One _ sopho-
more’s room and clothes are posi-
tively saturated with ten-cent store

perfume.

The freshmen are very secretive
about their rehearsals. It is al-
most impossible to drag times and
places out of them. We sloshed
through the» wet over_to the Thea-
tre Workshop, and found a meagre
group strutting across the stage
with picks over their shoulders, A
quiet voice announced, “Bennington
and Princeton kick routine now.
On stage please.”. We surmised
that the show was filled with that
good old chorus girl technique, and
were surprised to see that there
was also a very good exhibition of
the shag. Mr. Roosevelt sings in a
soprano voice to his dear friends,
and Mrs. Roosevelt pulls herself in
and pokes herself out in the right
places. Worried sophomores are
whispering, “How awful! It’s go-
ing to, be as- good as ours.”’

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B. M. TO REPRESENT
BRAZIL IN LEAGUE



‘Union ‘Now” is Argued
By International Club



Common Room, February 15.—
At the meeting of the International
Relations Club, as preparation for
Bryn Mawr’s position representing
Brazil at the Model League of Na-
tions this year, arguments for and
against Clarence Streit’s For Un-
ion Now were discussed. As a
means to prevent future war,
Union Now calls for a federation

of all existing democracies, espe-

cially thosé of the North Atlantic.
Having both state and federal gov-
ernments -somewhat: similar to the
system in the United States, the
union would not b alliance of
democracies. against





ample of prosperity,
countries to establish
for themselves and j
mon league. ;
Democratic Union Urged

Presenting Mr. Streit’s argu-
ment, Louise Morley, ’40, said that
the plan was based on the funda-
mental failures of the League of
Nations, which were commonly
‘thought’to be caused by the fact
that the League admitted all coun-
tries to membership, regardless of
the form of their internal govern-
ment. The way out of ‘the menace

of war, says Mr. Streit, is the
- Continued on Page Five



Girl Purstied by Wolves on Way to Lib
Is Rescued in Storm by St. Bertiards



By Virginia Sherwood, ’41
Last Wednesday was a day which
should have been devoted to the

rapt contemplation of red paper
hearts with Princeton postmarks.
When the air should have held
a promise of pleasant things like
spring—and ice cream cones, our
romance - starved, long - suffering
undergraduate was forced to put on
all the gafments she * possessed,
blow on thin, blue fingers, and try

_ to keep from-being blown down: by.

a perfectly epic blizzard.

She struggled through monster
snow@rifts which made a simple
trip “to the Library seem like a
glorified Retreat from Moscow.

She caught dim, swirling glimpses’

of her fellow-students, frosted to
—the. eyebrows and aged beyond all

60-mile gale, only prevented from
sinking, exhausted, into the snow
by the wolves which snapped at
her heels.. She’ got lost once be-

tween Merion and Taylor and|

She battled against a}



stayed that way until a kindly pro-
fessor sent some St. Bernards to
fetch her, and just in time, too.
Next day, heads could be seen)
blowing along the walk to the Li-
brary. Some professors took two
hours to get to their classes while
others remained, stuck and swear-
ing; in their ditches.

drifts to get the proper angle on
some particularly’ juicy branch.
The Library took on a strangely}
venerable aspect. as. the snow stuck
firmly to its cracks and crevasses.
And there were skis everywhere.
Literally. People skiied solemnly to
classes in the Science Building
and in their spare moments ~dis-
cussed Conditions with professional
ease. One pair of addicts found
themselves having to. guard

sacred precincts of the Rhoads hill

against devastation by. a philistine
squad of snow shovellers.
the weekend, there were sleigh

rides and snow fights and male vis-
Continued on Page Three

‘isouth. The coastal

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Camera
fiends upset themselves in snow-|:

BENNETT EXPLAINS
PRE-INCA REMAINS



Pre-Inca Textiles Are
Found Intact in Sand



Goodhart, February 16.— The
development of pre-Inca art forms
in the regions of Peru and Boli-
via qwas the subject of an illus-
trated lecture given by Dr. Wen-
dell C. Bennett as a supplement to
the Flexner lecture series. Dr.
Bennett made it clear that this art,
although the earliest to be found in
these regions, is not primitive and
can not be considered as original
art. Much of it is artistically fine.
_ The pre-Inca art periods are di-
vided geographically into coast and
highlands, and temporally into
early, middle and la There is
also-marked— differegce between
the work of the nafth and the
ea is mostly
of burial in





desert and the custo
the hot sand has in \many cases
preserved the materia in which
the mummies were wfapped and
trinkets which had bee# left beside
bodies. Adobe buildings still stand
in these regions to teggify to the
lack of moisture in the ati&psphere.
In the mountains, however, where
the rainfall is concentrated, one
finds buildings and sculpture of
stone. Also the materials of the
north differ from those of the
south, and the trained observer can
easily place .a pre-Incan work of
art in its proper surroundings and
period.

The early north coast périod is
distinguished by its great single
pyramids cut out of rough stone.

The pottery which has survived)

from this era is not primitive and
has definite characteristics. Real-
istic designs were painted on the
bowls, and in some instances the



Practise Teaching —
Stressed by Smsth:



“ Deanery, February 14.—At an
evening meeting in the Deanery
Wednesday _ Mr. Perry Dunlap
Smith, principal of the North
Shore Country- Day School, and|
member of the board of the Win-
netka Teachers’ College, spoke in-
formally on the teaching profes-
sion, » Mr:» Smith \is actively inter-
ested in progressive education, and
believes that there is.a need for
good teachers in this field.

Mr. Smith discussed the ques-
tions of preparation for a teaching

Over}career and of personal fitness for

teaching in progressive schools. He
believes that although graduate
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nglish Lit. Courses
“Backed by 54 of 84



Majority Criticize Lectures
As Failing to Integrate
> Whole Survey



following up the attack on the
Sophomore Literature Course in
last week’s Public Opinion,
News checked the views of other
students who had taken or are tak-
ing the course, Out of 84 asked,
54 claimed they liked the survey
and two consider it one of the best
courses. given .at Bryn - Mawr.
Those’ most violent in their. criti-
cism had had & survey of English
literature at school, These stu-
dents said that they had_ gained
nothing new from this required
course and that they had spent a
generally dull year.

The most widespread criticism
of the present system is that most
lectures are used. merely to fill in
specific gaps in the reading. The
majority of thé students said that
a greater need exists for a general
background, and. that general
trends which integrate the course
as a whole should be developed by
the professor.

The most disputed question was
whether or not the reading should

be concentrated on the great writ-
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National Secretary

To Address A.S.U.

Herbert Witt’new national. sec-
retary of the American Students
Union, will speak at an A. S. U.
meeting in the “Common Room,
Tuesday, February 27. Mr. Witt
has recently returned from France
where he was on a tour when the
war broke out. He also addressed
the World Student Association
meeting in Paris last summer.

At an éxecutive meeting of the
Byrn Mawr A. S. U. held on Feb-
ruary 20, Jack Kamaicko, national
financial secretary, and William H.
D. Hood, eastern Pennsylvania dis-
trict secretary, were present. Mr.
Kamaicko*discussed the drive to
be inaugurated throughout the
country in an effort to put the na-
tional office of the A. S. U. on its
feet financially, and to make possi-
ble broadening of it’s activities.
The drive will also aim at the es-
tablishment of a peace chest. At
the meeting Tuesday a vote will be
taken on the question of the Bryn
Mawr A. S. U. cooperation in the
drive.





Young Republicans
Study Party Stand

Since “government is run by
parties,” the organizers of the
Young Republican Club on the
campus desire primarily to instill
a knowledge of the party system,
and to stimulate discussion-and in-
terest in practical government. ‘In
this way’ the club will strive to
“prepare people for the leadership
they must take later on.’ _The sec-
“pnd year politics group is now act-
ing as a temporary steering com-
mittee to organize the group.

-The club may be connected with
‘the: National “Club of College Re-
publicans.
ganizers are now in the act of for-
mulating their constitution, which
will be similar to those at other

cific needs of Bryn Mawr. Norma
Landwehr, ’42, is chairman of the

is getting ready to choose a faculty
advisor. Miss O’Daniel, who is a
secretary to John Hamilton and
was here last year is expected

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Pan-American
Leaders Aim
At Neutrality

Committee Advocates 300

Mile Limit to Exclude
« Belligerent Ships





“The 300-mile’
around the American ‘continents,
created, by the Declafation of Pan-
ama, while going “beyond the ex-
isting rules of: international law,
is fully justified as a means of

preventing belligerent operations
with American continental water,’

security zone

stated Mr.. Charles °G, Fenwick at
a’ meeting tonight in Goodhart
Hall.

Recently. returned from Rio de
Janeiro where he*was the repre-
sentative of the United States on
the Inter-American Neutrality
Committee, Mr. Fenwick. explained
further that “the belligerents, on
their part, have extended the inter-
national law of war to meet the
changing conditions of modern
wars; and it would seem that neu-
trals on their part are justified in
asking that the belligerents con-
fine their operations to. the waters
adjacent to their own territories.”

The Neutrality Committee con-
sists of seven members from dif-
ferent countries, but not acting as
national representatives after the
meeting last fall of the Foreign

‘Ministers of the American Re-

publics at Panama, when the se-
curity zone was originally declared.
Dr. Fenwick said that “the object
of the committee is to study and
formulate recommendations with
respect to the problems of neu-

trality arising during the dura-
Continued on Page Six



Better Homes
And Gardens

Green showeth
Grass groweth
Shoes trampeth
Feet stampeth
Green flyeth
Grass dyeth.







colleges, but altered to fit fhe spe~|}

temporary committee and the club/|”

And you did it! Keep off
the grass!
-CALENDAR

« Wednesday, February 21.
—Mr. Erich Frank on Greek
Music and Pythagorean Phil-
osophy, Music Room, 7.30.

Thursday, February 22.
—Philosophy Club, paper by
Louisa Allen, ’42, Common
Room, 4.30.

Saturday, February 24.—
Freshman Show, Third Ter-
mite in Taylor, Goodhart
Hall, 8.30.

Sunday, February 25. —
Dr. Hornell Hart, Chapel,
Music Room, 7.30.

-Monday, February 26. —
Varsity vs. Ursinus Basket-
ball Game, Gym, 4 p. m.
A. S. U. meeting, Herbert
Witt to speak, Common
Room, 4.30.

Second Flexner , lecture, Dre

tionary Spirit and Romantic
Literature, Music Room, 8.30.

Tuesday, February 27. —
Current Eyents, Mr. Fen-
witk,. Common Room, 7.30.
Miss Ely, Young Democrats’
Club. meeting, Common Room,
8-p. m.

Wednesday, February 28.
—Mr. Erich Frank on Pla-
to’s Conception of Philosophy,
Music Room, 7.30.













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Poems Every Child Should Know

The second year course in English Literature is designed to
furnish the general survey omitted in many preparatory schools, ‘and
to provide the training in criticism needed by students who are-not
majoring in English. It has been suggested that a more specialized
course would provide the necessary critical training and would, at the
same time, eliminate the pitfalls facing both student and professor
in a vast and unwieldy survey.

The substitution of a specialized course, such as one in. the
Elizabethan peridd, would immediately strike a snag: if a course is to
be required it must be general enough to interest some of the people
all of the time. Furthermore, it would’ certainly not provide the
background upon which the non-English major is to base her future
enjoyment and understanding of English Literature.

A better solution of the problem may be found in improying
the actual presentation of the course. A student told to read, on her
own, the works of minor authors not covered in the lectures cannot
be expected to evaluate them correctly. It would seem more logical
to limit the reading to a closer study of the more important works
with the lectures used as a unifying, supplementing force. This
immediately places an added burden upon the professor, for he must

- ISaBeLLtaA Hannan, °41
RutH Lenr, ‘41











_ deal more in broad trends and background than in detailed treatment

of a few great authors. But mention of the minor figures in relation
to their period and their greater contemporaries would give an
introduction from which the student could go on to further reading

- as she wished. At the same time the method would not detract from

the student’s understanding and knowledge of the important figures.

Twenty-minute quizzes, preferably not factual, and scheduled
every two weeks, would provide experience in criticism as well as
the anchorage necessary in a course of such wide scope and rapid
coverage. More papers, or, at least one a semester, on a definitely
literary subject, would give opportunity for closer contact with some
particular period!

English Undefyl'd

If the archaelogy major is not required to take ancient history
or the Classics—either Latin or Greek—it is difficult to see why an
English major must take first year Latin. The line of argument
backing the “the classical training” stretches back almost indefinitely,
but taking the facts here as they appear to the English majors, the
introductory Latin course simply. does not, and probably cannot, give
the kind of analysis of Latin Literature which would be valuable to
them:: .In the majority of cases, the course fails in establishing the
connection between the two literatures.

The argument for removing the requirement is made more force-



ful-by the fact that English majors are already hopelessly boxed around
_ by -requirements, so that units and their time space are matters of

more real concern to them than to most other students. In summary
form: the Chaucer course and a unit of comprehensives are required;
four specialized fields must be mastered for comprehensives—if the
‘student. does not wish to take-Chaucer as one of these fields, this
means at least four-more. full units; two courses in allied fields. must}

be taken. Including the three college requisements plus Latin, this

totals up to a probable 12 units allotted out of the 15 and a half

necessary for graduation (even excluding the baby German. factor).

The student's problem in scheduling her work to include outside

aa cared ion nites tied Sy aha faeth





that most of the major English courses are given only in: alternate

“years. - This is particularly difficult for the students who decide to} un
major in English only at the end of their sophomore year. As a
- final point, all courses in modern literature are anomolously regarded



\pressed by the tribal chieftans,

Colonial Literature |
Influenced by Spain



Continued from Page One

pile a history. of his people.

Many poets and writers were
attracted by the adventure and
beauty of |New Spain. One of
these, Don Alonso de Ercilla, went
to Chili, where he joined in the
conquest of; an Indian tribe, the
Araucanians.. He was so im-

that he wrote a poem in tribute to
them. A Chilean, Ona, retaliated





WIT’S END





| Geode Porgie, or, The Little

ather 6f All The Russias

Let us take a moment out of our
busy, busy lives to consider just
what the 22nd of February means
to us, as Americans. Perhaps this
can best be done by considering
what we would have lost by not
having what we have, as Ameri-
cans, been privileged to have had.

with an epic poem lauding the What if, farfetched as it may

Spanish Viceroy, which created a
wave of enthusiasm for epic verse.
The high level. of culture which
existed in the Spanish Colonies dur-
ing the sixteenth century was also
discussed by Dr.’ Torres-Riosecs
The. universities of Mexico and
Peru were the seats of culture,
while the palaces of the viceroys
were the centers of artistic and
poetic activity. Spanish was
spoken to perfection in Mexico and
Latin was universally. studied.

“Americanism,” said Dr. Torres-
Rioseco, “began to express itself in
a certain baroque air of art and
life.” With a mixing of bloods, a
new element penetrated the old-
world culture. Florid color and
exaggeration were reflected in
Colonial art, dress, manners, con-
versation and ideas. The most ad-
mired mental trait was wit.

Representative of this period was
Gongora, “the dictator of taste in
America,” a poet whose style was
ornate, obscure and metaphorical.

Goéngora was widely and unsuc-
cessfully emulated by poets who
adapted his complicated style, but
achieved none of his subtlety. He
was attacked by critics and the
best essay in his defense was writ-
ten by an Indian, “El Lunarejo.”

“El Lunarejo” became the first
literary critic of Spanish America.
He understood Géngora and was
the first to draw a parallel between
Gongora and such Latin authors
as Seneca.

Caviedes, Lima’s most popular
poet and caricaturist, began his ca-
reer by writing verse which satir-
ized medical doctors. Dr. Torres-
Rioseco compared him to Moliére,
saying, “his: sense of humor is
stronger than his malevolence.”

1615 in Colonial Spain marked a
period of “refinement, religions in-
tensity and pomposity.”
had attained a high cultural level.
Its society consisted of defined
strata, classed, according to blood|-
strain and occupation. Spectacles
and fiestas enjoyed tremendous
popularity#as did pompous pro-
cessions,® luxurious masquerades
and cock and bull fights.

Sor Juana de la~Cruz was the
most outstanding poétess of New
Spain. She was a prodigy, learned
to read at three, and at seven had
so intense a desire for knowledge
that she begged to enter the uni-
versity. Her genius was recognized
by the Viceroy and his wife, who
invited her to their court. Here she
became a leading intellectual influ-
ence, but she soon retired to the
convent San Jeronimo.

San Jeronimo became a literary
and social center and Sor Juana’s.
influence was felt outside its walls.
Her literary works include prose,
poetry and drama. Her poetry is
intuitive, and sometimes branded
as. gongoristic. She wrote re-
ligious treatises and a profound
essay on music. She was an em-

pirical thinker, influenced: by the).

Neo-platonists and by Aristotle.
Sor Juana’s death in 1695 was
followed by the decadence of. the

century, which was not]

French . revolution-
; ‘Spanish-



America.



Mexico} :

seem to us now, sgcure in the
strong ramparts of our hard-won
democracy,—what if George Wash-
ington, had been a Russian? The
most obvious and terrible result of
this would have been that we who
are now Americans would - then
have. been but: Russians, he being,
as he was, the Father of Our Coun-
try.

Dwell for a moment upon the far-
reaching implications of this train
of ideas. A veritable phantasma-
gorla «3s.

A storm is spending itself upon

the bulky battlements of the Krem-’

lin. . . . In one of the great rooms
of Tsarkoe-Seloe serfs burn bright-
ly in the grate and the rich red
hangings absorb the heat and stifle
their cries, The young Czarevitch
Gregorin lounges indolently on a

low, luxurious balalaika, fondling |

the long, silky ears of an antima-

reassar which lies at his feet.

Crushing a rebellion behind him,
the Czar enters the room. “Sam-
over,” he says harshly, speaking
in Russian and issuing a ukase.
“Why, what cherry tree do you
mean?” asks the Czarevitch suave-
ly. He reaches for a beautiful
Georgian girl and goes out to see
a mujik about a droshka. Presently
taking his knout in hand, he arro-

gantly crosses the Dnieper.

So Vladivostok, little people, all
is not yet lost. He might have been
a Rooshian.



In Philadelphia |

THEATRES
FORREST: The Streets of
Paris, musical revue.
LOCUST ST.: The Little Foxes,
with-Tallulah Bankhead.

MOVIES
ALDINE: Carole Lombard, Bri-
an Aherne. and Anne Shirley in
Vigil in the Night.

ARCADIA: The Great Victor
Herbert, with Allan Jones, Mary
Martin and Walter Connolly.

BOYD: Gone With The Wind,



‘with Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable,

Olivia de Havilland® and. Leslie
Howard.

EARLE: Gone With The Wind.

FOX: Fred MacMurray and Bar-
bara Stanwyck in Remember The
Night.

KARLTON: His Girl Friday,
with Rosalind Russell and Cary
Grant.

KEITH’S: The Fighting Sixty-
ninth, with James Cagney, Pat
O’Brien, George Brent and Alan
Hale.

NEWS: Claudette Colbert and
Herbert Marshall in Secrets of a
Secretary.

PALACE: Balalaika, with Nel-
son Eddy, Ilona Massey and —
lie. Ruggles. i

STANLEY: Fred igi and
Eleanor Powell in Broadway Mel-
ody of 1940.

STANTON: The Man From Da-
kota, with Wallace Beery, John
Howard and Delores Del Rio.

STUDIO: est.

SUBURBAN
* ARDMORE: Thursday/and’Fri-
day: Priscilla Lane, Rosemary



people, are seldom able to work in more than one of these courses.

This rehearsal of confusion has
the Latin requirement, which now’

é beating on the question of
“on thé English major as

one more trouble. If it were lifted the student would have another
unit free for elective English courses or for some contemporary course
like politics. Unless something is done on the other side to give Eng:
lish majors-room to look around, the Latin requirement problem cannot



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Faculty Approached
On Finnish Question



Divergent Views on Finland
.Given by Stapleton, Gray,
«David and Weiss



To follow up the panel discussion
held February 9, to formulate vari-
ous students opinions on American
policy in the.Finish situation, the
News interviewed four members of
the faculty. on this problem, at-
tempting to secure as diversified
views as possible. Of the four
chosen only Miss Stapleton signed
the Faculty telegram which urged
the government to allow Finland a
loan for military goods. Mr. Gray
disagreed with the wording rather
than the principle of the message,

Mr. David considers that the
proposed loan would be a wide™ti?

tion and he believes that is not the
moment to reverse our established
policy. For different reasons Mr.
Weiss also refuses to sign the tele-
gram. His chief arguments were
the inadequate information on
which this decision must be based,
the danger of merely prolonging
the destructio® of Finland and dis-
trust of hysteria aroused by our
sympathies and propaganda.

Miss Stapleton stated that her
sympathy for.the Finns had been
aroused principally by Russia’s act
of aggression. Her sympathies
were similarly stirred for the Loy-
alists in ‘the Spanish war, the
Czechs, the Chinese, and the Poles.
The present situation she admitted
is unique in two respects: a demo-
cracy is threatened and a new pow-
er is emerging. :

The wrong done, said Miss Sta-
pleton, lies in the act of ag¢@ression
and not in the attack of a commu-
nist nation on a democracy. In
supporting Finland, therefore, Miss
Stapleton wishes to be completely
disassociated from any reactionary
movement against Russia. “If

j| there is a threat to Russia, she-has

brought it on herself.”

Mr. Gray expressed complete ac-
cord with allowing private loans to
be made to Finland for whatever
purpose she desires. A public loan,
he would also agree to, providing
there was not a large body of oppo-
sition to it in this country. He
“disapproves of the intimidating of
a small country by a greater,” and
he sees in the present situation a
possible threat to free institutions.
The telegram, Mr. Gray said, fo-

cused too much on the threat to ~

American institutions and not
enough on free institutions in gen-
eral.

Mr. David admitted that sym-
Continued on Page Five



Lane, Lola Lane and Gale Page in
Four Wives. Saturday, Sunday
and Monday: The Earl of Chicago,
with Robert Montgoméry. .Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday:

Hardwicke.

NARBERTH: Thursday: An-
other Thin Man. Friday and Sat-
urday: Everything Happens At
Night.

SEVILLE: Thursday: donin
Henie in Everything Happens At
Night.
William Powell and Myrna Loy in
Another Thin Man. Sunday: A
Call On The President, with Ann
Sothern and Lewis Stone, and Re-
turn of Dr. X, with Wayne Morris
and Rosemary Lane. “Monday and
Tuesday: Judge Hardy and Son,
with Mickey Rooney ay Lewis

| Stone,

SUBURBAN: Thutsday, Friday
‘and Saturday: Our Neighbors The
Carters, with Frank Craven and
Genevieve Tobin. Starts Sunday

t. —

Saturday: Gulliver’s Travels, full-
length cartoon. Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday: Swanee River. Wed-
nesday: Our Neighbors The Car-
ters. kee :



a

vergence from.our neutrality posi- -

Hunchback of Notre Dame, with
Maureen O’Hara and Sir Cedric .

Friday and Saturday: ©

for one week: Don Ameche, Andrea.
Leeds and Al Jolson in Swanee_

ae
WAYNE: Thursday, Friday “ey









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To Renew Trade Acts

TO THE EDITOR OF THE College
News: —

The peace council sent the fol-
lowing letter to Secretary of State
Cordell Hull; Key Pittman, chair-
man of the Senate Foreign. Rela-
tions Committee; Sam D: McRey-
nolds, chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee; Joseph F.
Guffey, Pennsylvania Senator of
the
James John Davis, Senator from
Pennsylvania; and J. William Dit-
ter, Pennsylvania Representative
for Montgomery County.

“The college has come to the con-
elusion that the Trade Agreements

Foreign Affairs Committee;

Act should be extended, after con-

sidering the question through the
Peace Council. For it seems to us
that the mutual concessions grant-
ed under the Act make for an in-
terdependence of the United States
and the countries concerned, by
which our peaceful foreign rela-
tions gain in security.

“Again, we profit economically
by granting the concessions. For
these are granted only to countries
not discriminating against our
trade, so we gain a wider export

field which is generally aang f

geous to American business.

though the actual volume of” our
export trade is relatively small, the
national experience has shown that
the state of national economy is

closely dependent upon the exis-
[tence of prosperous foreign mar-
kets. And the purchasing power of
American consumers is raised by

"| the availibility of larger supplies of
Peace Council Sends Plea

commodities produced more advan-
tageously abroad.

“We approve of the Actas it
provides opportunty for those af-
fected to take part in the framing
of the trade agreement. We ap-
prove of it also as it assigns to t
President the power to conclude
the treaty since it is essential that
regional interests shall not domi-
nate the agreement.

“We think that it is to our na-
tional interest that the Act be. ex-
tended. ,

“Very truly yours,

Mary Jordan McCampbell,
Secretary-of the Peace Council
Of Bryn Mawr College.”



English Lit. Survey Must
Be Comprehensive
To Succeed

To HE EDITOR. OF THE College
News:

Apropos of last week’s letéer to
the News concerning t nglish
Literature requirement, may I
make a feeble plea for same. It
seems to ime that the author(s) of
the article are attacking from the

lieving that English literature
courses in college should carry on
the high school tradition of indulg-
ing in a bit of Chaucer thoroughly,
a bit of Milton thoroughly, and
quite a bit of Shakespeare very
thoroughly. They don’t seem to
have grasped the purpose of the



her itty, were reduced as suggested by

wrong viewpoint, evidently still be- |

course which is, as the catalogue

Sign in Full ©
All letters to the News must be
signed with thé full’ name of the
author. In publication, the edi-
Vers will substitute initials, etc.,

for the name if the author wishes.



puts it, to present a comprehensive
view of the whole of English litera-

ture. Obviously, the purpose would
be defeated if the amount of read-

our discontented friends, and any-
way, hasn’t D. H. S. ever heard of
the Student’s Outline Series?
Granted, each lecture may not
leave ‘you limp, tongue dangling
over lower lip or starry-eyed from
intellectual inspiration, yet I think, |
judging from my own experiences
in the course last year, each pro-
fessor does his best to convey to a!
Jgroup of scientists and sociologists |
the fact that bits of our literature
are interesting and important and |
often quite amazingly good. Just!
to be difficult, I’ll go even further |
and say that I heartily endorse the |
course for English majors as well, |
for in the presentation of such a
comprehensive survey of English
literature, the gaps left by the re-
strictions to four fields of study are
filled and the picture completed.
Now, if you’d like to argue about
Latin requirements . eae
a. MR, 41,





Students Urged to Use |
Curriculum Committee
For Complaints

To the Editor of the News:
February 19, 1940.
Last week’s letter in the News
about the English literature course





seemed to me to block its own pur;/

It- criticized a course with-
out showing an understanding of

pose.
its problems. Its comments were
such as to arouse antagonism from
the English ‘department. More-
over its author did not have
enough courage to sign her name.

We have the curriculum commit-
tee on campus to receive just such
complaints. One of its purposes
is to bring to the attention of the
departments. and faculty construc-

tive criticism of college courses.
More. effective results could be
achieved if students wishing re-
form would try the curriculum
committee first, befo® publicizing
their complaints through open let-
ters in the News.

Sincerely,

MARY KATE WHEELER, ’40.
Continued on Page Six



Bryn Mawr Struggles
With Epic Blizzard

Continued from Page One



itors had the time of their young
lives.

But now the magic is seen to be
wearing. off.: The campus has

;ceased to resemble newsreel shots

of New Orleans during the big cold

nap. Rain and the ravages of
Power House soot have left their
mark, and Bryn Mawr the Beauti-
ful looks awful.

So let us, if we can, turn our
thoughts to spring, and try to pre-
tend that crocuses are pushing
their way up through the obstinate
slush. Let us have less of this
snow-shovelling and more planting
of tulip bulbs. And the hell wit’.
the wolves.

1 each. In—a&



Practice Teaching... ....
Stressed by Smith

Continued from Page One



work may be desirable after four
or five years, a teacher should be-
gin with practical training im-
mediately after acquiring the A.B.
degree. In this way the appren-
tice may find out whether she has
“the makings of a teacher,” and
whether she can understand the
individual needs of her pupils. This
understanding, not the idea that
each child should be allowed to do
exactly as he pleases, is the basis
of progressive education.

The Winnetka Teachers’ College

stresses the idea of practice before *

theory. The students work under
experienced teachers at the Fran-
cis Parker. School, the Winnetka
Public Schools and at the North
Shore Country Day School, usually
spending one-third of the year in
required seminar
course on the philosophy of educa-
tion at each school, theoretical and
technical problems are discussed,
and the student may develop her
own theories of education. Other
seminars are open to the students,
as well as courses at Northwestern
University and the University of
Chicago.

By actually working with the
children, watching the master
teachers, and then applying what
has been observed, the art of teach-
ing is learned directly. The ap-
prentice must gain the confidence
of the teacher so that classes may
be turned over to her, and so that
she may demonstrate her actual
ability. This practice will also
show whether the apprentice is
better fitted for elementary or
high-school teaching.







HERE’S
ROY .CONACHER
(No. 9),
- HIGH-SCORING
FORWARD OF THE
BOSTON BRUINS,
WORLD
CHAMPIONS
of °39...





His hockey’s fast
and hot! ~

BUT HE SMOKES

BURNING CIGARETTE FOR
MORE MILDNESS, COOLNESS,
AND FLAVOR

**C PEED’S fine in hockey but not in cigarettes”—Roy,



how right you are!

Research men may use fancier language—but they
say exactly the same thing about cigarettes. Q
Scientists know that nothing destroys a cigarette’s
delicate elements of fragrance and flavor so merci-
lessly as—excess beat. And cigarettes that burn fast
also burn Sot. Your own taste tells you that.
Slow-burning cigaretées don’t burn away these
precious natural elements of flavor and fragrance.
They’re milder, mellower, and—naturally—cooler!
And the slowest-burning cigarette of the 16 larg-
est-selling brands tested was Camel! They burned

25%-slower than the average of

largest-selling brands tested. (See panel below, right.)
So...why not enjoy Camel’s extra mildness, cool-

ness, fragrance, and flavor?...And extra smoking

equal to 5 extra smokes per pack. : .

IN THIS ACTIO

he takes a pass, But the Opposition’s defense stops him—this time.



BUT
A SLOW:



the 15 other of the

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‘SPEED’S FINE IN HOCKEY

NOT IN CIGARETTES.

| LIKE SLOW-BURNING
CAMELS... THEY'RE
MILDER AND COOLER

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ass

AGAIN a furious flash of speed..



-a split-second of stick magic...

and the puck shoots home for the goal that wins the match.



When it’s easy-chair time after that rough-and- tumble mélée known as-a hockey match, you'll find Roy Conacher










| Of the Bruins-enjoying a milder, cooler, more fragrant, and flavorful cigarette. .- Camels, of course.



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- FOR MILDNESS,. COOLNESS, AND FLAVOR—_

WMELS

SLOW-BURNING
COSTLIER TOBACCOS





equal to

Copyright, 1940, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem. North Carolina

CAMELS burned 25% slower
+ than the average of the 15
# other of the largest-selling
1 = brands tested — slower than
any of them. That means, on
the average, a smoking plus

S5SEXTRA
SMOKES
PER
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THE COLLEGE NEWS





English Lit. Course
Backed by 54 of 84

Continued from #/age One



ers, with lectures covering the mi-
nor authors. Thirty-two wished to
do this, feeling that the quick and
limited reading now done can only
give a superficial knowledge of the
works covered. They believe that
the lectures can include the minor
authors providing these writers are
placed in their relative positions
in their period and are not pre-
sented as isolated individuals. If
this .were done, then more time
could be given to the great writers
and, thereby, a better understand-
ing of, their works obtained.

Forty of the students, however, |

feel that, in a survey course, the
reading-must cover a great deal of
ground and that continuity would
be lost if the reading list were cut.
Concentration on .any particular
writer or period should be done
later by the individual student.

When asked what they thought
of eliminating the survey course
altogether and substituting a _ re-
quired single period of English
literature, the majority answered
no—62 to 22. Many, however, ap-
proved of having a choice of tak-
ing either the survey course or a
course in a particular period. One
student suggested that there
should be a minimum required
reading list in the course, and an
additional list from which the stu-
dent could choose, so that more
reading could be done in the field
of particular interest.

When more quizzes or more pa-
pers were suggested as a possible
aid, the first reaction of all stu-
dents taking the course was vio-
lent opposition. After considera-
tion, however, 24 of the 70 who



Swarthmore Seconds
Fell B. M. Reserves

_ Saturday, February 17.— The
Bryn Mawr Reserves were not so
fortunate in” their game against
Swarthmore’s Second Team, losing
LB@B5. Swarthmore’s six were no-
ticeably superior in all depart-
ments. Their guarding prevented
our forwards from approaching the
basket and forced them to pass in-
effectively to one another in mid-
court where after a few moments
the Swarthmore guards would in-
tercept the ball and give their for-
wards chances to score. There were



times when our forwards broke

through on beautiful shots, and
times when they confused their
guards at every turn, but Swarth-
more’s lead was never threatened.

BRYN MAWR SWARTHMORE
a Ren Bie si vee aes Edwards '
Hardenbergh ..... | ae arenes Rittman
DEMUUNEE ces icnauces Des cveneters Laporte
RORIONs Asis base Serer Tee

Fleming -Cap’t. .. G. .. Evans - 5 Sg
TAQOOE ere cs ecrs ED vn gis hee ce Ka
Auchinceloss ...... SES OW ann

POINTS SCORED
BRYN MAWR — Squibb, 2; ae toe %
hergh, 4; Matthai, 6, and Martin, A., 2
SWARTHMORE — Edwards, 12; Ritt-
man, 9, and Laporte, 4.



answered admitted quizzes would
help. They suggested a schedule
similar to that of the present one
in Victorian English or Roman-
tics. One student suggested short,
bi-weekly quizzes similar to those
of Minor History. All were against
drop quizzes or spot passages and
thought that critical interpreta-
tion rather than-memory of names
should be demanded.

Only 18 students favored having
more papers. The chief reason
against them, excluding the per-
ennial too much work reaction, was
that the course is a survey, not a
writing course.





Guards Star.
As B.M. Beats
Swarthmore



Fastest Game of 2 Years
Sees Varsity Forge
To 32-26 Win

Saturday, February 17.— The
Bryn Mawr Varsity reached new
heights when it defeated Swarth-
more College 32-26, in by far the
best played game ofthe last two
basketball seasons. . Although last
year’s encounter with Swarthmore
proved a Varsity victory, it could
have been argued that the Swarth-
more forwards were not at. their
best.. However, Saturday, it was
entirely due to the trigger-like ac-
tion of the Varsity guards that the



siheapte were nipped in the bud,
despite their tricky pass forma-
‘tions. The triumph was achieved
because the six Varsity players co-

i ordinated perfectly, no matter what

pace was set during the game. Sex-
tets frequently can hit, their stride
for one quarter, but it is a rare
moment when women’s teams can
play excellent “ball” throughout.

The first quarter saw Bryn
Mawr take the lead at once and

hold it undisputably through the:

half. Starting the third quarter
with close to a ten-point handicap,
Swarthmore evading our guards by
shooting from mid-court before the
Varsity could step out to meet

them,. cut into Bryn Mawr’s lead. |

The Varsity’s shooting this quarter
moreover, was’ certainly not as
strong as in the first half.

|



Link, -MacNamara
Dive in Exhibition

Saturday, February 17. — The
Diving Exhibition given jointly
by Helen Link, ’40, and R, Mac-
Namara, Massachusetts State Div-
ing Champion, in the Baldwin poot
proved a complete success. Link
was in top form and executed some
ten dives with precision and assur-
ance. MacNamara performed
about ten dives also but, supple-
mented them with variations. His
separate included a full-twisting
forward somersault, a Bryn.Mawr
and a Baldwin School dive. There
is the possibility of a later exhibi-
tion in the spring, but until then
diving enthusiasts can try these
dives for themselves during a spe-
cial period scheduled for Fridays
at 4.00.





Mawr led 23-21 at the beginning of
»|the last quarter with tension run-
ning high. Yet at no time was
there a sign of roughness.
were infrequent and caused mainly
by loss of balance. At one -point
Swarthmore led on a beautiful shot
by. Tomlinson 25-24, but a series of
passes working towards the basket
by the Varsity, combined with
quick release of the ball by the
guards to them, resulted in the
much-needed baskets.

BRYN MAWR SWARTHMORE
BIO Soke ce et | Re Sere _Tomlinson
NUTTIN So ithe Ee rk eee Johnson
WN og cect | Wanner reer Edwards
Mire COD U, 6.00 Gis acees Boileau, M.
ELL CATE argrar pea ica earan G. Yearsley - ig
POGUIOR 5-6 oe v's oes Ge iia se Cees

POINTS SCORED
BRYN MAWR-— Ligon. 12;
and Waples 18.
SWARTHMORE — Tomlinson 18;
son 4, and Boileau, M., 9.

Norris 2,
John-



The editor welcomes letters of

Bryn | constructive criticism.

Fouls:



Young Republicans
Study Party” Stand

Continued from Page One

A Republican?, and the Objects of
a College Republican Club. It is
hoped that Mrs. John Y. Huber,
vice-chairman of the Pennsylvania
Republican Committee, who has
worked with Bryn Mawr students
before, will help again this year.

According to Miss Landwehr the
club expects and wants controversy
within and without. The discus-

sions. will be open ‘and there will
be occasional debates with the
Young Democrafie Club. °





Bryn Mawr Tanksters
Defeat Baldwin, 61-22

Friday, February 16. — Bryn
Mawr swam Baldwin School and
won easily 61-22. This overwhelm-
ing score was due in part to the
Varsity’s better - than - average
swimming, but more particularly
to the fact that Balwin’s strongest
swimmers were unable to compete.
Last year the scores were closer,
Baldwin annexing several firsts.
Bryn Mawr was first in every
event Friday, although meeting
with considerable competition from
such versatile “fish” as Patton and
Dawkins.,

RESULTS:

Forty-yard Free Style —1. Morfoot, °43;
2. Dawkins; 8 Paige, 42. Time: 26.4.
Forty-yard Back Crawl — 1. Gamble,
42; 2. Ligon, 40; 8. Patton. Time 380.0.
Forty- yard Breast- Stroke —1. Boal, °42;
2. McClellan, ’°42; 8. Dawkins. Time 33.8.
Free-Style Relay — Bryn Mawr:
Medley Relay — Bryn -Mawr:



Diving — 1. Link, °40; 2. Patton; 3.
Jacobs, A.

Crawl (Form) —1. Link, °40; 2. Paige,
42; Patton.

Side-Stroke oo Link, °40; 2.
Galt; Miller, °

Wcactdieche "neve — McClellan, "42 §

Crawford.





The Devil May Grin

and

4

A

Forty May Bust
But When You See

Third Termite in Taylor

you may be

- Asleep and Better To Be e That Way!

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Brazil’ Repreiented ae Poll Reveals Student Opinion
hoes About Finland and Roosevelt

Third Term for Roosevelt Despite Neutral Feeling :

Page Five





Faculty A pproached
On Finnish Question

Peruvian, Bolivian Art
_ Reviewed by Bennett

NS







Continued from Page One | Continued from Page Two-

Continued from Page One



pathy was overwhelmingly on the
side of the Finns, but he feels that
the presen! situation must be con-

bowls were carved into the shapes
of heads, carefully modelled. Red
and white were the basic colors

formation of a union of all democ-
racies, especially of the 15 North

Atlantic states—the United States,

the British Commonwealth of Na-
tions, France, Belgium, the Neth-
erlands, Switzerland, Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark and Finland.
That_these countries are yeadyf a i‘
for inion is indicated bythe fact | With political winds already blow-
that, owning between them half|ing in this election year of 1940,
the earth, and governing half the| Franklin D. Roosevelt finds him-
population of the world, these’ self with an ever increasing num-
countries have not been at war; y
with each other for over ‘100 years.
The 21 South American republics
are not included in the union, be-
cause they are not yet considered

Supported by Growing
Number in Poll





By Student Opinion Surveys
Austin, Texas, February 19.—

ber of followers .who would like
to see him run for a third term.

But this group, among the rank
and file of voters as well as among

to be democratic.

A union of the peoples—not a|
league of the governments—would |
provide union citizenship, a union

college . students,
minority,

is still in the

The Student Opinion Surveys. of
America sent its staff of inter-

62% of Youth Favor
Aid to Finland

By. Student Opinion Surveys



Austin, Texas, February. 19.—
Although college students have of-
ten shown an emphatic desire to
keep the United States neutral, a
nation-wide poll completed last
week reveals that sympathy for
Finland is great enough for a ma-
jority of them to approve of
American loans to the only nation
that has kept up its war debt pay-
ments.

Specifically, 62 per cent of the
collegians answered “yes” to the

used,
The architecture of the early
southern period consists of struc-

tures which are flatter than those

in the north and which appear to
have been residential. In the south
the pottery displays a wider vari-
ety of color and-the designs are
stylistic rather than realistic. Mod-
elling is rare on these vessels.

Almost no early textiles have
bgen found of, the north coast but
the south coast furnishes the arch-
aeologist with many examples, Dr.
Bennett declared. Mummy bundles
have been found wrapped in num-
erous layers of rich materials

sidered as an incident in a much
vaster struggle. Mr. David said
he had been a firm advocate of the
League of Nations and of Collect-
ive Security and had been greatly
disappointed in the policy America
adopted. By our decision then we
resolved to maintain a neutral posi-
tion. If this decision was to be re-
versed, it should have been done at
Munich. Now, Mr. David believes
it is too late.

Mr. Weiss said he could under-
stand the desire to loan Finland
funds with the intention of follow-
ing this action with troops, but he

viewers on campuses of all descrip-
tions everywhere in the United
States to ask a scientific cross sec-

defense force, union free trade,

ecénomy, money and union postal believes this view to be a blind one.

The Finnish civilization cannot be

which were undoubtedly made es-

question, “Should Congress allow ‘ : 4
pecially for the burial ceremonies.



and communications systems. It
would have state and federal gov-
ernments, establishing ~ effective
common government in those fields
where such ‘common government
would ‘serve man’s freedom better |,
than separate governments, while
maintaining independent national

tion of collegians, “Would you like
to see Roosevelt run for a third
term?”

The results, gathered and _tabu-
lated at the University of Texas
for all the cooperating newspaper
members of the organization, show
that the President has picked up

governments in all other fields.
Nucleus of World Union

By its constitution, the union
would create a nucleus world gov-
ernment capable of growing into a
universal world government.
Though not an alliance against
other countries nor an international
police foree, the union would force
other countries to establish . de-
mocracies by the power of its ex-
ample of prestige and well-being,
and by the trade barriers set up
between the union and the other
countries. With the necessary de-
mocratic form of government és-
tablished, these countries would
then be admitted to membership in
the union.

In the discussion of arguments
against Mr. Streit’s plan for fu-
ture peace, it was pointed: out that
the first problem to be considered
is the question of what is to be
done with four different types of
countries—countries like the South
American republics which are not
yet democratic, mandate states,
countries like India, and countries
like China.

Have, Have Not Problem

A related problem is how to con-
vince other countries by the ex-
ample of the democratic union, to
assume democracy for themselves.
The feeling persisted generally
that pressure in the form of eco-
nomic barriers, such as the union
provides, is neither a satisfactory
nor a democratic way to achieve
the result. With 15 out of 65
countries of the world ‘now pos-

- sessing half of the world’s re-
sources, the union, to become uni-
versal by the addition of other
countries after they have formed
the required democratic govern-

«ment, must offer a solution of the
have and have not problem.

Written before the war, Mr.
Streit’s book does not offer a plan
of how to end the present, but
rather how to prevent a future,
war. By implication, those who
consider Mr. Streit’s plan a work-
able solution of the problem, are









r Can’t Read.
Instead. —



BRYN MAWR STANDS FIRM

more than ten percentage points
on his third term {popularity dur-
ing the last year. Comparisons of
this type are possible for the first
time now that the Surveys has
been operating without interrup-
tion since December of 1938. Fol-
lowing is the complete record on
this subject that has been kept by
the Surveys:
A Third Term For F. D. R.?

Yes No
December, 1938 .. 27.2% 172.8%
January, 1939 ... 28.2 71.8
November, 1939 . 31.8 68.2
NOW Brae 39.5 60.5

This series of studies reveals a
remarkably close resemblance to
the index kept by the Gallup poll
on the same topic. Although gen-
eral opinion has always outstripped
student sentiment, 46 per cent of
the voters now wanting a third
term, the increases have been in
almost the same proportions. In
January, 1939, 30 per cent of the
U. S. voters approved, as com-
pared with 28.2 of the students.



proceeding on the assumption that
the Allies will win the present war.

Bryn Mawr this year represent-
ing Brazil at the Model League of
Nations at Hobart and William
Smith Colleges in Geneva, New
York, must decide whether Union
Now or an alternative plan for
South America on. the basis_of re-
giohalism, would be more advan-
tageous to Brazil.



Finland to draw on her _ latest
World War payment to the United
States?”

Favorable sentiment: was found
in all parts of the country on this
proposal that President Roosevelt
made recently, and controversy
over the type of aid this country
should give Finland has already
flared in Congress. New England
students are the most in favor,
more than seven out of every ten
approving, while those in the Far
West are the least in favor. An
interesting fact brought out by
the Surveys in this and many
other -polls on international ques-
tions has been that people in col-
leges on the eastern coast are
usually more interested in the part
the U. S. should play in the solu-
tion of Europe’s troubles. As one
goes west interest wanes, as these
results of the present poll show:
Should We Allow Finland to Use

Her War Debt Payment?

Yes No
New England ...... 712% 28%
Middle Atlantic .... 62 88
Bast Oéeltral ....... 60 40
West Central ...... 64 36
OUUN Vets bh Ceres 64 36
BOP WOR 5c 54 46
A UOURL ie sieas as 62 88

This-survey-stands out*in sharp
contrast to student opinion last
October, when a majority differed
with national public opinion: in op-
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Some of the garments are so elab-
orately woven that it is estimated
it took the weaver a year to com-
plete them. They show no signs
of having ever been worn by a liv-
ing person. ;

Fine stone and pottery work ha
been found in Bolivia. In this re-
gion the pottery is painted red,
white, and black, red being the
base color. The goblet shape is of-
ten used and some plain vessels
have also been found which were
probably used for incense. The
stone sculpture is rather crude.
Many of the figures are little more
than roughly hewn stone blocks.
Textiles from this region have not
been preserved,

The Inca empire, about which we
have more information, was less
artistic and more practical than
its predecessors. The people of the
empire were amazingly well organ-
ized, Dr. Bennett stated. The so-
cial structure was pased on units
of ten men, building up in pyra-
mid fashion to a single ruler.. Ar-
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lent metal work and tapestry weav-

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destroyed by conquest, but a loan
now will probably prolong the
struggle and increase Finland’s
suffering. Any policy of extending
a loan but not military aid, Mr.
Weiss considers merely a _ poor
compromise.

That Russia, or any nation, could
continue indefinite conquest Mr.
Weiss feels is a preposterous as-
sumption. This view overlooks the
drain of imperial expansion on in-
ternal organization. Mr. Weiss
places his greatest hope for the
present situation in internal rectifi-
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~ should not be used either in praise

to believe that she got much from.

Continued from Page Three

Champion of English Lit.
Backs _ Coordination
Of Wide Reading

To the Editor of the College News:

I should like to raise a feeble’
voice in defense of the first year!
English literatyre course which

was so bitterly criticized in D. H.}
S.’s letter of last week.

I took the course in- my sopho- |
more year, in spite of the fact that’
I had previously read most of the)
selections on the reading list
(many in toto which were here as-|
signed only in part), because I,
thought a survey course served 2,
purpose which was not served by
courses covering more specialized
periods. And I found the reading
interesting, the lectures often
stimulating—sometimes very excit-
ing. There were, of course, sev-
eral reasons for this, but there is
one in particular to which I would
like to call attention. :

I believe quite firmly’ that one
of the most valuable experiences in
learning involves the active coor-
dination by the student of material
with which she has dealt in her
various courses. (Our comprehen-
sive system is specific evidence that
this belief is fairly generally
held.) But while it is easy for
the average student to see that
such coordination is to be desired,
it is harder for her to learn to do
it herself. Moreover, it is a very
difficult process for a teacher to
explain, since it is one of the
things which can only be learned
by doing. Because this is true,
any arrangement which can point
the way to a mastery of the pro-
cess is valuable. ves

I’ found such an arrangement in
the parallelism which runs in the
second semester, through first year
English literature and first year
philosophy. At almost the same
time, seventeenth and eighteénth
century thinkers were being
studied in both courses. The com-
parison was fairly obvious, and
the process of comparing fascinat-
ing. Both centuries concerned are
beautiful examples of the way in
which similarities of thought can
be traced in philosophy, science,
literature, and sometimes in eco-
nomic and political philosophy. I
was able to learn more from each
course because I was taking the
other, and the experience was in-
valuable.

This parallelism still exists, and
since it is quite the usual proced-
ure to be taking these two courses
at once, many people could use it
who seem not to. (Moreover, I am
told that there are other equally
exciting parallels: that with first
year music, at least as it was
previously given, has been some-
times cited as an example.)

I have, also, a few fairly ir-
relevant points of argument with
D..H. 8. In the first place, I think
the fact that a girl who writes and
thinks ‘well is able to pass an Eng-
lish course of thé basis of what
she has read in a HYmarx outline





or damnation of a-course.. The
young lady in question did get her
high mark, I am told, which is ap-
parently enough to satisfy her,
and is,certainly nobody else’s con-

cern. Nevertheless, I am_ unable} '



the outline which will interest her
—or anybody else—in years to
come(if’ she “can remember any ‘of
it, which seems unlikely). And

‘the fact remains. that it is still pos-

sible for otMer® people to. do the
work suggested, to enjoy it, and
to learn enough of -permanent
value from it that the course can-
not be regarded as a total failure.

Secondly, I do not believe that
the reading list should be cut -to

the extent suggested by D. H. S.
Nor do I believe’ that line by line
reading of Shakespeare, which
most. of us have done for at least
six consecutive years before com-
ing to college, is as appealing to
many students as the broader
study.

And lastly, I would quarrel. with
the recommendation “a little more
show of interest on the part of the
professors,” -which seems to me un-
fair. I have, it is true, seen the
professors in sophomore lit. bored.
I have even seen them deliver lec-
tures which were bad, I think,
simply because not enough time
had been spent in preparing them.
Slips .of both kinds are probably
to be expected from any normal
person, But much ofteney I have
séen the professor struggle to elicit
some response from a class. of
wooden-headed, blank-eyed, unpre-
pared, sleepy stidents—with no
suecess. And the lack of success
has almost always been because of
the laziness of a group of students
—otherwise perfectly intelligent
virls—who were so dull that no
amount of skffful questioning, and
no abundance of beautifully
planned, carefully organized, mas-
terfully worded lectures was suffi-
cient to stir them into life.

Sincerely,
ANNE LOUISE AXON.



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ing and scheduling meetings, two
steps have been taken by the Un-
dergraduate Association:

1) A bulletin board has been

put up near the announcement
boxes in Taylor, on which will be
kept typed schedules for the cur-
rent week and the coming one. All
people who are planning to hold
meetings are asked to write in,
in the appropriate space, the name
of the group which is concerned.
This should be done as soon as the
time is set—not just when the an-
nouncements are distributed. It is
hoped that this method will avoid
the conflicts which occur when two
groups unknowingly plan meetings
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Continued from Page One

tion of the European War as they
affect the American Republics. Its
primary function consists in de-

fining more specifically those
standards of neutral conduct which
were laid down at Panama.” ‘

“At Panama it was recognized
that it is desirable to make uni-
form so far as possible the en-
forcement of neutrality by the
various’ American républics. In
consequence of this feeling the
Declaration of Panama stated its
recommendations in general form.
The _ specific, issues calling for
recommendations have thus far
come from individual governments
in the form of requests for ad-
visory opinions.

“The committee has given thus
far .three general’ recommenda-
tions,” said Mr. Fenwick, “the first
dealt with the problem of intern-
ment as it confronted the govern-
ment of Uruguay when it interned
the steamship Tacoma which had
been guilty of giving assistance to
the “German pocket-battleship Graf
Spee at the time it -was scuttled in
the habor of Montevideo.

“The second recommendation

| dealt with submarines and was

based upon the request from the
government of Uruguay and sev-
eral other governments for a rul-
ing upon the desirability of exclud-
ing submarines from American



ports. While the majority of the’™

committee favored complete ex-
clusion, the committee -took -ac-

count of certain difficulties facing
a number of the American repub-
lies and made a recommendation in
favor of the ‘alternatives of com-
plete exclusion or admission after
consent had been obtained in each
particular case.

“The third recommendation was
concerned with auxiliary trans-
ports and represented another
phase of the problem faced by the
government of Uruguay in the
case of the Tacoma. In this mat-
ter the committee issued a lengthy
recommendation designed to pre-
vent as far as possible contacts
between merchant ships in port
and belligerent warships on the
high seas. The procedure recom-
mended by the committee should, if
observed, have the effect of ab-
colutely precluding any use- of
American ports as bases for bel-
ligerent operations.”

With regard to the security zone
Mr. Fenwick reported that the
committee has as yet undertaken

no recommendations for it is await- *

ing word from_the various govern-
ments of the American republics
before taking action: In_ par-
ticular the measures to be taken
in the event -that the belligerents
refuse to heed the request of the
American republics have yet to be
determined by the American na-:
tions in accordance with the pro-
visions for consultation set forth
in the Declaration of Panama.







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