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VOL. XXVII,; No. 13
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1941
eer
Bryn
ht, Trustees of
awr College, 1940
PRICE 10 CENTS
Community Work
Sponsored
Congressman Jerry Voorhis
Of California to be
Main Speaker
A conference on Community
Work, sponsored by the Bryn
Mawr League, the Haverford Ser-
vice Project, and the Swarthmore
Service Committee, will -be held
in Goodhart. on Saturday, Feb-
ruary ‘15. The discussion will cen-
ter.on the importance of commun-
ity work at the present time, with
emphasis onthe value of work
done in college:
Miss Fairchild will give the key-
note address at the luncheon
which opens the coneference in
Rhoads at 12:45. From 2:00 to
3:30 there will be commission
meetings in Goodhart. The com-
mission on adult education will be
led by Miss Fairchild, and that on
group work in the community by
Miss Kraus. Miss Ambler, head
of the Social Workers of the Main
Line Federation. of Churches, will
lead the discussion on case work
in the community, and Miss Jones,
Secretary of the Eastern County
Public Charities Association, will
lead that on social legislation.
Tea will be from 3:45 to 4:15,
followed by the main speaker at
4:30. Congressman. Jerry Voorhis
of California, was elected to Con-
gress in 1936, and has been elected
twice since then. He is a graduate
of Yale, and is known for his
work as headmaster of the Voor-
his School for underprivileged
boys. At present a member of, the
American Federation of Teachers,
he has had experience in many
kinds of’ work.
National Defense Forum
As. the first talk in the
Forum on National Defense, _
the Peace Council is spon-
soring an informal talk by
Miss Helen Arbuthnot of the
British Library of Informa-
tion on How English Women
Are Helping In National De-
fense, in: the Common Room
on Friday, February 14, at
4.30.
Calendar
Wednesday, Feb. 12.—
Vocational Committee, Isa-
bella Van Meter, Time Inc.,
Common Room, 7.30 P. M.
Peace Council, Helen Ar-
buthnot, Common Room,
4.30 P. M.
Saturday, Feb. 15.—
Basketbal Game, Swarth-
more, Gym, 10 A. M.
Bryn Mawr League Con-
ference, Genes 12.45- 5
P.M.
Square Dance,
P. M.
Sunday, Feb. 16.— ;
Memorial services, Good-
hart, 4 P. M.
Rev. Donald Aldrich, Mu-
sie Room, 7,80,.P, M.
Monday, Feb. 17.—
Anne Howard Shaw Series,
Dr. Ruth Benedict, Good-
bess 8 P. M.
Gym, 8
Conference
by Three Colleges
Miss Park Concludes
College Assembly Held
To Discuss Miss Bee
Goodhart, February 11.—At the
third college assembly, The Case of
Miss Bee was presented by five
members of the Self-Government
Association. The hypothetical mis-
deeds of a hypothetical student
were outlined and discussed from
various angles to explain the con-
crete workings of the Self-Govern-
ment Board. At the conclusion,
Miss Park discussed the relation-
ship. of the college to the Self-
Government Association.
Virginia Nichols, ’41, President
of the Association, presented the
stark facts of the case. Miss Bee
signed out to the Covered Wagon,
using the initials of a permission-
giver whose permission she _had
not asked. It was Sunday night
and she found the Covered Wagon
closed. Nothing daunted, Miss Bee
went to the movies.in Philadelphia
without telephoning her change
of address. To cap her record of
crime, Miss Bee returned to college
45 minutes late.
Helen McIntosh, ’41, raised the
questions of the man in the street,
to express the division which may
be felt to exist between the Asso-
the remarks of the other speakers
towards answering those questions.
The function of the permission-
giver was explained by Edith Vor-
Continued on Page Five
Combined Faculties
Will Offer Courses
Beginning next fall, a series of
seminars for upperclassmen will
be offered by the combined facul-
ties of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and
Swarthmore colleges. The arrange-
ments. will utilize more efficiently
the combined resources of the col-
leges’ Political Science and related
departments.
During 1941-42, two undergradu-
ate seminars will be offered, which
will be limited to six upperclass-
men from Bryn Mawr and Haver-
ford, In’the -first semester a
| Swarthmore professor, taking the
‘place of the late Robert C. Rrooks,
will hold at Haverford a seminar
in ‘Democracies and Dictator-
ships.” Inthe second semester Dr.
Frances Reinhold Fussel, of
Swarthmore, will lead a seminar
in “Latin American Relations,” at
Bryn Mawr.
Besides undergraduate seminars,
throughout the college year of 1941-
Continued on Page Five
First Shaw Lecture
| Given by R. Benedict
Goodhart, February 10. — Dr.
Ruth Benedict, Anna Howard Shaw
lecturer for 1941 and associate pro-
fessor of Anthropology at Colum-
first of a series to be given for six
ture and Social Institutions.. Dr.
‘Benedict will also conduct seminars
in_the social sciences during this
ciation and the Board, and to focts
bia, spoke on the Problems of An-
thropology. This lecture was the|]-
successive Mondays on Human Na- |.
' FIREMEN ATTACK DALTON BLAZE
—
Courtesy of 1941 Year Book
Keep U.S. Out of War
Debated at Congress
Of American Youths
Specially contributed
by Evelyn Hodes, ’42
Six Bryn Mawr students at-
tended the American Youth Con-
gress in Washington, D. C., on Feb-
ruary 8 and 9. The convention
called by the American Youth Con-
gress, and attended by youth or-
ganizations from the whole na-
tion, discussed primarily keeping
America out of war, and the pres-
ervation of our civil liberties.
Chief among the spokesmen for
peace, was Congressman Vito
Marcantorio, who addressed six
thousand young people; and urged
strong, unified resistence to the
pending Lend-Lease Bill. Passage
of this bill, he stated, would inevit-
ably result in war for America,
The Congress also emphasized
the necessity for guarding civil lib-
erties. Speakers for organizations
like National Intercollegiate Chris-'
Cc. I. O., Southern|
tian council;
Continued on. Page Six
i}
Dr. Tennent
Services will be held at
four o’clock on Sunday, Feb-
ruary 16, in Goodhart Hall,
in memory of David Hilt
Tennent, Research Professor
of biology. Brief addresses
in appreciation of the work
of Professor Tennant as
a scholar, teacher and
member of the community
will be made by Miss
Park; Robert Ervin Coker,
President of the American
Society, of Zoologists and ©
Kenan professor of zoology
at the University of North
Carolina; Miss Gardiner, as-
sociate professor of biology;
Abbie Ingalls, ’38, student
Canteen Sa Miss Reid,
Common Room, 7.30 P. M..
Wednesday, Feb. 19.—
The New Peace, Michael
Heilperin, Haverford, 8.15
P. M.
period.
- The study of anthropology began
in the nineteenth century when
men, impatient with theological
concepts of a static creation, fol-
lowed Darwin’s- evolutionary the-
ory and arranged human cultures
Continued on Page Six ~
t
‘
at-theCollege.of.Physicians...
and Surgeons of Columbia
University and former stu-
dent of Mr. Tennent; and
William G. Hower, former,
owner ‘and publisher: of the
. Bryn Mawr Home News.
‘glance first at the table of cofiterits.
|| torial boards in the past. It may
“rade an eyé on exchange only ; or
College Conference
Draws Up Proposals
For Defense Program
Last. Thursday Miss Park and
Mr. MacKinnon attended a confer-
ence in Washington of the defense
committees of American. colleges
and universities. The meeting was
sponsord by the National Com-
mittee on Education and Defense,
and attended, Mr. MacKinnon esti-
mated, by about five hundred col-
lege and university representatives.
Among the speakers at the general
session were Paul McNutt, of the
Federal Security Agency, who dis-
cussed the relation of civilian mor-
als to colleges, and Brigadier Gen-
-{the call,
Fire in Dalton
Attracts Crowd
And Fire Brigades
Magnificent Work Done by
Janitors and Firemen
In Building
by Elizabeth Crozier, ’41
On Thursday, January 23, a pro-
fessor and his wife went to Atlan-
tic City for a little excitement.
When they got back, Dalton was
in flames.
The clocks in Dalton stopped at
6.05. Helen Jupnik, Huff Fel-
low in Physics, and Anne Louise
Axon were working in labs at op-
posite ends of the basement—be-
hind closed doors. The wires were
shorted, which made the doorbell
ring. Helen Jupnik listened for
awhile, opened the lab door, saw
the fire, broke the fire box, got
Rosalie Hoyt ftom the first floor,
and then went to Denbigh to put in
“which was answered
promptly and efficiently,” said Miss
Gardiner, “by the Bryn Mawr Fire
Company and the Merion Fire
Company of Ardmore.”
In the meantime, Anne Louise
kept hearing the bell, finally opened
the door, saw the smoke was so
thick that it was impossible to get
through, and went out the window
on the Pembroke side.
The fire started in the basement
in the physics department, and got
little beyond the first floor. Jean
Continued on Page Five
Guiton Gives Picture
Of War in France
Goodhart Common Room, Tues-
day, February 11.—M. Jean Gui-
ton, professor of French, who re-
cently returned from France, spoke
on his experience with the French
army and as 4 liaison officer with
a British division at the front, in
Belgium, and at Dunkerque.
After a few months of “com-
fortable war” and training at a
liaison school in Abbeville, M.
Guiton was assigned to a British
division at Lille. Defenses were
erected as best they could be in the
face of bitter cold and a dearth of
eral Hershey, Executive Officer of |
Cortinued on Page Two |
supplies.
Continued on Page Six
Henderson Finds Winter Issue of ‘Lantern’
Provocative, Rewarding, and Full of Variety
Specially contributed
by Miss Henderson
Perhaps the first impulse of
other readers of The Lantern is 10°
It is a sound impulse, and in refer-
ence to the Winter Number, a re-
warding one. This issue is not
made by staff production. With
, the exception of Hester Corner and
|Frances Lewis, the editorial board
is at rest. This is a good sign. It
means the editor herself is on the
job.
To assume that there is not
enough material to fill four’ num-
bers of The Lantern in a college
of some 500 undergraduates, is edi-
torial defeatism. This has seem-
ingly-been-the assumption of edi-
'be that the standard was too rigid,
in developing new writdis. What-
ever the reason, this year The
_Eantern is alive and varied in its
| contents.
This variety of material in the
Winter Number is one of its more
winning qualities.
Its contribu-
tors range from the class of 1907
to 1944. Dean Schenck showed
that she could resist the cult of
‘Shaw™~in~1907 and turn a neat
triolet on’ the subject. And Dean
Manning’s extra-curricular read-
ing must have been doughty stuff
if, as Olivia Kahn says-in her fair-
enough editorial, the young writers’
style is the influence of “the liter-
ary genre they are following.”
ate
Already in 1907 and 1926, Cor-
nelia Meigs and Bettina Linn were
top-notchers in fiction. Take an-
other look at Miss Meig’s incisive
writing in Pugnacious Pride, and
note .as well. Miss Lirm/s ‘Owl-like
observation of Alumnae Week-End
in Three on the Campus. Was it
really 1907 and 19267 It might be
1941.
And this year of grace gives us
a story, Drawn from Life by Syl-
~t
via Maynard, 1944, which for at-~ ~~
mosphere and motivation seems as
good a freshman tale as I have
read for sometime. There is a
particular pleasure in_ the
emergence of Miss Maynard be-
cause she is a freshman. There
Pi Continued on Page Six
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OPEN FORU™
French University Education
Dependent on State; Free
Of * Politics
Specially contributed by Mlle. Breé
education in three fundamental
ways.
‘in the hands of the State.
versities have given up both the
residentia} and tutorial system, and
are absolutely co-educational.
lected students and train them for
on the Ministry of Education and
they may be connected with. Thus
the Ecole Polytechnique depends
partly on the Ministry of war;
Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office
the Institut Agronomigue on the
Democracy in Action
The League Conference to be held this Saturday has taken
advantage of the three-college plan in a field ideally suited for this
type of cooperation. The commission meetings should be of im-
mense value to the participants, for the work done by each college
is different and the experience acquired varies. Because of this
wide background of practical knowledge, these special sessions
should appeal to a wider group than those in the League itself.
The general meeting is significant in that it challenges the in-
dividual to recognize the responsibilities of citizenship. We feel
that the organizations of the three colleges. which make this con-
ference possible deserve great credit, and we hope the undergradu-
ates give it their full support.
od
Seminar System
Very little educational material can long be confined within the
scope of one field. At Bryn Mawr, we pattern our course of study
along the line of that subject which we choose as a major, but un-
less our subject is one whose boundaries are sharply defined, we
lose much through concentration within its prescribed limits. The
boundaries of our subjects are admittedly arbitrary. In many, we
pursue course after course which, if repetition is to be avoided,
covers an artificially defined scope. _
The ultimate result of departmental and interdepartmental
divisions of subject matter is that courses become pigeon-holed, and
are pursued as separate entities with vague attempts on the part of
the student to correlate her work. But such correlation becomes an
extra-curriculum activity and is necessarily patchwork. In the
social sciences, for instance, this problem is especially evident. The
study of The City, now offered as the advanced course in sociology,
is certainly not fully useful until the techniques of economics, poli-
tics, and anthropology are brought to bear upon the problem.
Our first two years are spent taking required courses, survey
courses, and acquiring a general knowledge within our major fields.
Required language and science courses should be completed in these
years if they are to serve as effective tools for further study.
- Our Junior and Senior years should be devoted to more special-
ized learning. But unless we are able to use this learning in con-
junction with its neighbor subjects, and to apply it to those prob-
lems which in practice do not confine themselves to a single field,
we are being merely academic.
The seminar system offers a means of studying problems of
centralized interest through the coopération of several departments
as well as within separate departments. Bryn Mawr has tried
this method with apparent success in an eighteenth century course.
Seminars demand work, and such work is not passive. Reports
and papers like those delivered in Swarthmore seminars become
useful to the entire group, and discussions based on such reports
__ will not be-undisciplined, Seminars can emphasize approach as well
vas fact, and this knowledge of how to attack a problem is of grow-
ing importance. They are valuable as a means of bringing informa-
tion and facts to focus on the fundamental problems raised in
any. field, and in encouraging not only independent, but creative
* learning on the part of the student. iitee
?
Ation to college personnel.
College Defense Plans oe
—Work for-defense can_be-carried
Ministry of Agriculture,
etc. They have only lately
admitted women. The most fa-
mous of these schools are: L’Ecole
Normale Superieure which has
graduated such men as Jean
Jaures, Charles Péguy, Jean Gir-
andaux, Jules Romains, Léon
Blum, André Tardieu, Edouard
Herriot, André Siegfried, ete .. .
a long list of well-known names...
L’Ecole Polytechnique for engineers
and future army officers, L’Ecole
Centrale, L’Ecole des Mines, Les
Beaux Arts, Saint Cyr, L’Ecole
Navale, L’Ecole des Chartes. The
students in these schools, with the
exception of the Beaux Arts, are
exclusively French, recruited by
competitive examinations among
the High Schaol students who have
passed the baccalaureat. They live
in, unlike the University students.
They pay no fees; scholarships are
available for those whose families
could not afford pocket money, or
who might need their salary to live
on. They have to complete their
studies in a given time. When they
graduate they are generally placed
by the State in positions where
their special training is needed.
The universities proper are di-
vided into Facultés: Letters, Pure
Sciences and Mathematics, Law and
Medicine. The examination sys-
tem, degrees and requirements are
extremely varied, far too compli-
cated to explain briefly, but they
are uniform all over France. This
makes it possible for a student to
transfer without loss of time, from
one university’ to another, and all
degrees, whether from the Sor-
bonne or a provincial university
ments are accepted without ques-
gree of government service comes
panded for defense purposes, stu-
dents should be urged to take civil
service exarhinations.
Mr. MacKinnon attended a con-
ference section concerned with the
role of private colleges in defense.
The professors of men’s colleges, he
act upon college life. The morale on
the campuses of men’s colleges, it
of the students.
French university education is
different from American university
First, it is almost entirely
With the
exception of the Catholic Univers-
ity of Paris and a few Protestant
“schools of theology; alt French uni-|republie—brought- an- unusual -seri-
versities are financed by the .Min-
istry of Education and are, under
its direction. Secondly, French uni-
Thirdly, there are besides the uni-
versities in France a number of
highly specialized and often famous
schools which recruit carefully se-
definite careers such as engineer-
ing, agriculture, army and navy,
etc. These schools depend directly
whichever other State department
have the same rating. Require-:
tion by the students. If a student
under civil service even when ex-'
said, were generally concerned with
|the effect. of .the ‘selective service
-was brought out in discussion,
| varied from extreme “jitteriness,”
to an apathetic attitude on the part
Emphasized Abstraction
4 --Saniefaiet :
Specially contributed By ‘Jose
It is difficult to imagine what has
become now of the carefree and
picturesque life of the Spanish uni-
versity-student of twenty years
ago. Even under the dictatorship
of Primo de Rivera a shadow had
fallen on it, and when King Al-
fonso left Spain in 1931, the new
>
ousness into the noisily irresponsi-
ble student-circles. Then came the
Universidad Central in Madrid
might be firing a machine-gun
from behind a rampart of text-
books in the Ciudad Universitaria,
that last grand gesture of King
Alfonso (two hundred and fifty
million pesetas) while Franco’s
shells were pounding the splendid
new classrooms and libraries, the
shining laboratories and hospitals
into rubble and dust. Now our
student, if he is not in jail or in
a concentration camp in Southern
‘France, may be shouting “Arriba
Espana!” in the ranks of the to-
talitarian Falange, while his pro-
fessors, duly enrolled in the S. E.
V.. (Sindicato espaol universi-
tario) are collectively serving the
Corporative State.
There was a time, however, when
the State, even though meddlesome
and bureaucratic, was only a dis-
tant and fatherly presence. A stu-
dent entered the Instituto (one in
every province) at ten, for a six-
year course. He might drop out
in the middle, taking his Bachil-
lerato elemental and bécome a mod-
est civil servant, or he might con-
tinue to the bachillerato wniversi-
tario, officially- supervised. for all
wants a degree requiring Latin, as
almost all French degrees do, and
does not know Latin, he or she gets
to work and learns Latin.
_ Except for laboratory courses
and hospital work in the scientific
and medical training, there is no
required attendance at courses. A
student fulfills certain require-
¢ P ;
ments to register in a course; he
pays his fees; he is free to disap-
pear until examination time; if he
does not show up at the examina-
tion, or fails, he is free to start
again another year. There are
minimum time limits for taking de-
grees. A student cannot take a
License in less than two years;
the average’ student takes three
years; but nothing will ‘prevent
anyone from trying for ten years
if he feels so inclined. A student
is free not to do a single paper dur-
ing the whole year. He has the
program of the course; a minimum
reading list is suggested. He can
work or not as-he pleases—health,
organization of work, success or
| failure, etc. are his own responsibil-
ity. Examinations therefore are
serious and very important. For
each course there are three or four
written examinations each lasting
from four to seven hours accord-|
ing to the degree taken, and as
many oral examinations for those
who have passed the written ex-
aminations. I am leaving aside the
special organization of work for the
doctorate, etc. pee
The fees in a French university
are very low, almost nominal.
‘quantities; thé lack of attendance
requirements means that a large
number of students can earn their
living and work meanwhile for
their degrees. Both the univers-
ities andthe schools of which’ I
{have spoken are open to all classes
and used by all classes. Educa-
’ Cut Committee
tion is a national enterprise. So
far politics have never interfered
Former Spanish Universities
|
Gilkey *
Civil War, and a student of the
Scholarships are available in large;
Any. student, if late fora | with-the-teaching;it-has—been-ex-
Discussed at Conference) |. 5 cde. ee he
Park, by extracurricular courses
Bryn Mawr, by discussion groups,
|such as that in first aid given at |
campuses. Because the lower de- |’
class, must report her late-
ness to the Dean‘s office im-
mediately after the class.
Otherwise, her cut will be
counted.
tremely free of government-con-
|| trolled thought; in fact, it has
prided itself on the complete inde-
pendence left to both students and
professors, and on offering equal
| opportunities to all. .
United Campaign.
Anyone interested in con-
| tributing to the-United Char-
| ities Campaign, please see
- Ann Adams or Mary Rambo,
Pembroke East. Most of t#®
|. schools and colleges in this
CAS “wre having . drives.
| for the money and have con-
|| tributed large sums. Since
the College has no drive, any
'| voluntary donations wil]/be
'| greatly appreciated. a
schools including the many private
ones, and opening the gates to one
2
last two years, according to his
j bent, ‘he might have chosen: either
the section letras or that of cien-
| cias, and in both he would have
studied certain subjects which in
this country are taught in the Jun-
ior College: the sciences, or psy-
chology, ethics, logic and even ele-
mentary law. He might have had
three years of Latin, no Greek, two
modern foreign languages, French
first, and in the last two years
English or Italian or German,. at
choice and in the order of general
preference.
And so, at sixteen or so, but often
almost an adult in looks, he would
have been suddenly “on his own.”
Picking his studies in one of the
five faculties (philosophy and let-
ters, law, medicine, pharmacy, no
theology any more) he could now
tackle four years (five for law or
pharmacy, seven for medicine) of
a traditional mixture of café-life,
irresponsible politics, dissipation .
perhaps and frantic annual-exami-
nation periods which would make
him licenciado, and perhaps, if he
felt the call for a few more years
of study, provide him with a doc-
tor’s degree.
The evils which beset the teach-
ing at. the tstituto would have
been with him in. the university:
centralized and bureaucratic con-
trol, a very short year (seven
months) and a heavy and some-
times. ill-arranged curriculum,
large classes, often stale official
text-books and nearly always teach-
ing-methods. emphasizing abstrac-
tion and memory. No sports or
group-contacts to speak of. A dis-
couraging picture, you may say;
and the answer would be: yes, any-
where but in Spain. There, some-
how, equipment, methods, statisties
do seem to mean less than any-
where else. In a country showing
an illiteracy of over 45% (1980),
native intelligence, essential prac-
tical knowledge, sobriety, dignity,
good manners can be excellent;
professors in the institutos may
often be distinguished men; uni-
versity professors may ignore poor
libraries and even in the sciences
achieve the training of brilliant
disciples. In the last thirty years
or so, moreover, both the Right and
the Left were endeavoring to coax
the official system to a higher, more
nearly European level: on the one
hand the Jesuits, whose better
buildings, modern equipment,
smaller classes, football fields were
favored by the well-to-do; on the
other hand, such highly modern
organisms as the Junta para am-
pliacion de estudios (1907), origi-
nally a private foundation, show-
ing the way to the highest scien-
tific achievements and rich already
in accomplishments when the Civil
War began. The young Republic
had already begun to multiply
elementary schools for free and
sompulsory education«and a New.
Day was undobutedly coming for
Middle Schools and Universities
alike. The models were there: the
spirit, now broken, must eventu-
ally revive and a great modern sys-
tem will come into being.
What it may become is to some
extent foreshadowed in Spanish
America, with over fifty universi-
ties, some of them older than Har-
heavily burdened
Spanish tradition,~-but showing, at
all levels, notably in Costa Rica,
Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, a
growing independence, earnestness
and promise.
CeNntrarzZzead” ana tiie
-of-the-eleven--universities;—In-his-—-—
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Three
O inion
False Interpretation of ISS
Conference Corrected;
*~ Help "Aske
Although I am now an almuna, I
am exercising my rights as a sub-
scriber and addressing this letter
to you because I feel the writer of
your last article on International
Student Service may have created
a false impression among readers
___.of the. News.
In the News ‘of Sanuavy- ‘15, it
was stated that although I. S. S.
was formed for the purpose of pro-
viding relief for European stu-
dents, it is today a “hot-bed” of
political harangue.” Such a state-
ment is far from accurate.
International Student Service to-
day is one of the foremost agencies
in the field of refugee placement.
Since the fall of 1938, upwards of
three hundred refugee students
have found scholarships in the
United States through the efforts
of this organization. In Europe
today I. S. S. and the World Stu-
dent Christian Federation are the
two prominent organizations work-
ing for the relief of student prison-
ers of war, internees, and political
refugees. The work of I. S. S. is
recognized by students in this coun-
try as a valid effort to preserve in-
tellectual leadership to the rising
generation despite the vicissitudes
of war and international anarchy.
Many colleges contribute annually
to its support. Bryn Mawr is one
of them.
Those who have worked for I. S.
S. over a period of years have felt,
however, that there is a crying
need in this country today for an
organization which is not a pres-
sure group, for a non-policy organ-
ization which ‘will bring students
together for an exchange of veiws
on current problems. That is why
we have sponsored unbiased, im-
partial, non-resolution conferences.
These conferences have gained in
popularity among students today.
At our most recent conference, the
one on “How Youth Can Serve De-
mocracy” at New Jersey College
for Women, there was a definite at-
tempt on the part of one well-
known student pressure group to
“pack” the meetings because the
conference seemed significant and
because it Was a good opportunity
to attempt to indoctrinate liberal
students with one point of view.
The I. S. S. committee was forced
to take drastic steps to prevent this
from happening, but unfortunately
a large group of people gained the
impression that I. S. S. was becom-
ing. a political center with various
groups trying to gain control.
Through it all the staff and
the committee have maintained a
reputation for impartiality and we
hope that we shall not become in-
volved. in a similar problem again.
We hope to dissipate the rumor that
we are now actively engaged in po-
litical manouevers since it has no
foundation in fact.
The article in the News had one
other inaccuracy to which I am
obliged. to call attention. The con-
ference was not called. to perpetrate
a merger between I. S. S. and the
National Student Federation of
America. This merger was pro-
posed by members of the Board of
N. S. F. A. after the joint meet-
ings had been planned. The reason
for the joint meetings was one of
mutual convenience, since the over-
head involved in opening a campus
during the holidays is high and
competition for prominent. speakers | 5
for- student gatherings is. great,|
The proposal for merger was made:
by N.S. F. A. Ft was approved |
by such prominent educators.as Dr. | 3
- Stephen Duggan of the Institute of |:3
ducation and Presi- |S
International &
dent’ Morley of: Haverford, among
others. I. S. S. agreed a
i
Hie
i
. Square Dance
On Saturday at 8 in the Gym,
All are invited, alone or with ,
him
To play and to prance
At a merry Square Dance;
Just to sing, run and stamp
For the Bryn Mawr Summer
Camp.
For ladies and gents
The admission is 35 cents.
merger failed by nine votes. The
issue was somewhat confused by the
fact that the N. S. F. A. voted to
disaffiliate.with _ the _ American
“Youth Congress at the same meet-
ing. It is interesting to note that
the most active opponents of the
merger with I. S. S. were the most
ardent advocates of continued affili-
ation with the American’ Youth
Congress.
“J. S. S. will continue to sponsor
student conferences in the belief
that only by an impartial presenta-
tion of various points of view and
by an unbiased discussion of all
problems will — arrive at in-
telligent opinions on’the issues of
the day and contribute to their so-
lution. We shall need the support
of sensitive and alert thinkers on
every campus to succeed. ' We
should not ‘like to feel that Bryn
Mawr had a false impression of
our work. The integrity of our
committee and the staff who carry
out its dictates cannot be doubted.
LovuISE MorR.eEy, ’40,
Conference Secretary,
International Student Service.
Are We Building Democracy?
What Steve Hutchins said at the
Undergraduate meeting about a
college focal point, and what our
representatives at the Student
Union Conference said about pre-
serving democracy gave me a good
start toward saying something I
have been wanting to express, in
continuation of this idea.
We think a lot about democracy,
of course. We believe in its value
and in doing everything possible to
preserve it. We want the United
States to have real democracy. Can
it have that if the democratic spirit
is not a very vital thing to every-
one who makes up this country?
Before a country can have this
strong democratic spirit, its indi-
viduals must have it.
Let’s think about ourselves, here,
at college. Are we really demo-
cratic in our attitudes? I believe
democracy is like the proverbial
charity—it begins at home. De-
mocracy emphasizes the dignity and
value of the individual, every indi-
vidual, and it seeks to bring within
his reach an abundant life. Are we
giving this idea the greatest sup-
port of which we are capable?
If we cannot be really democratic
in the relatively narrow. sphere of
college, how can we expect to be of
service in a far bigger world?
Democracy is not a passive thing;
it is not one of those things that is
the absence of its opposite. De-
mocracy is active and vital, and it
calls for real action in its preserva-
tion. Behind every action is a
fundamental motive, and behind the
motive, an attitude. To act right
we must have the right attitudes.
We talk a good deal about preserv-
ing our country’s democracy. But
don’t some of us overlook, perhaps,
the very places where we as indi-
viduals ‘can help to strengthen de-
mocracy?. I am not talking here
about the things. some. people are
doing with democratic organiza-
tions, war work, or other charity
yuan
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‘(a -Ph.—D.—at-Columbia-in—-the-same
‘with the same people, sometimes.
But if we concentrated more
Mrs. Algor Succeeds
As Labor School Head
The Board of Directors of the |
Hudson Shore Labor School has |
announced the appointment of
Mrs. Marie Elliott Algor as direc-
tor of the School. Mrs. Ale geiey (c.
succeed Hilda Smith who was
forced by illness last year to re-
sign from the position.
A graduate of the University of
Nebraska, Mrs. Algor took her M.
A.*in Economics at Columbia and
has completed her course work for
field.
In the professional field, she has
been a ¥Y. W. ©. A. industrial sec-
retary and for three years was in
charge of the cafeteria and _resi-
dence. of the Kensington, -Philadel-
phia branch. Her teaching .exper-
ience in workers’ educational direc-
torship for eight months of the
International Ladies’ Garment
Workers in Philadelphia, and the
position of supervisor of leader-
ship education in the Philadelphia
W. P. A. where for the last few
years she has headed a staff of
15 supervisors in various. fields,
including workers’ education.
work. That is fine; I am not criti-
cizing it at all. I am thinking
about our own attitudes, right in
college life itself, toward one an-
other.
Here is where I want to bring in
the focal point. When the discus-
sion about having Big May Day
came up, someone mentioned how
good it would be for us to have a
focal point, like May Day, where |
every single person would throw
herself into it, enthusiastically and
wholeheartedly. I think we need a
focal point, too, And the one I sug-
gest we try is working toward mak-
ing our college into a little democ-,
racy, a unified body of people who
are working together, as friends,
and not separated as strangers or
as antagonists. You say, “but we
are that way! Look at self-gov-
ernment, etc., etc.” Well, perhaps
you are the people who are really
democratic, because there are a lot
of people who are. I am, however,
speaking of something deeper down
than the plan of our government,
clubs, and other organizations.
T-think we ought to change our
attitudes toward people we consider
different from us because of race,
creed, social class, economic class,
etc. We say we do not believe in
such barriers; we oppose violently
Hitler’s expulsion of Non-Aryans
from Germany. Yet are we not
sometimes violating our own. real
principles and ideals in the way we
think of some people right close at
hand, among us here, whom we
consider inferior for no other rea-
son than that they differ externally
somehow?
I do not agree with those who
hold that people should not have
best friends and should not be
closer to some people than to others.
But don’t we go around disliking
people a good deal more than we
ought to? We don’t even get to
know them; we just say we don’t
like so-and-so, and let it go at that.
Is that helping the cause of democ-
racy? I do not advocate that we
suddenly start feeling terribly af-
fectionate towards everybody in col-
lege. I advocate facing facts and
breaking down prejudices. There
is no denying, that we do have
cliques; and go around too much
on
“MALADY: _— = |
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F peu:
Eunch
poe
Relaxation and Good Food
THE BRYN MAWR COLLEGE INN
Dinner
- Tea
Radnor Walky
(With apologies to Lewis Carrol
-and, Others)
"Twas brillig and the Swindler
Chew’d
A Sprague of Herben. in the Park;
All Therrien were the Broughton
brood—
Ro eard the Robbins bark.
Nahm were the Crenshaw and the
Carpenter,
And dumb the Soper’s moan:
Northrup from his Lehr the wily
Taylor came,
A-hunting for the Sloane.
The Miller crouched in the Reids
To watch the onslaught vile,
And Kraussly Shultz the Wheeler
Weiss
For trying-not to smile,
Gray were the Ash-y Stapletons,
The Manning fled like any Dietz,—
He would not stay to face the foe
And Keator for the eats!
The Taylor stirred the Forrest
Wells,
And gave,a little cough,—
Pouf!—in the Fenwick’s murky
depths
The Cameronian Schenk made off!
The Sloane swam round and round
and round,
Like a sick and Leary tuna;
The Taylor reared, and lunged,—
and then
Fell in the Delaguna,,
RADNOR.
-
looking for the good side in those
“outsiders” and concentrated less
on clever ways to get rid of “ob-
jectionable” people, we would be
spending our time to advantage and
doing something constructive and
not destructive.
Our whole American system is
built on the idea of working to-
gether... We cannot do that unless
we are unified. We cannot be uni-
fied unless we are willing to work
with people and not merely in spite
of them, I think we all would like
to feel that we, as a college, are
Mr. Michael Heilperin
Lectures in Series on
“The New Peace”
Mr. Michael Heilperin will open
the series of lectures on The New
Peace with: aietetas,
‘jointly by Bryn "Mawr, Haverford
and Swarthmore colleges. Mr.
Heilperin’s subject, Economic Fac-
tors of the New Peace, will be fol-
lowed by a lecture on the legal prin-
ciples involved to be given by Dr.
Frances R. Fussell of Swarthmore.
Later there will be a discussion of.
The Institutional Framework of the
peace presented by Dr. Benjamin
Gerig, of Haverford.
Mr. Heilperin will discuss the
question of international monetary
stability, the problem of counter-
acting economic nationalism, and
the possibility of attaining inter-
national stability within the frame-
work of a reorganized League of
Nations. His lecture will be given
at 8.15 in Roberts Hall, Haverford.
The series will be presented at
Haverford college, and bus trans-
portation will be arranged. The
program will be repeated at
Swarthmore, with Miss Helen Reid
presenting the lecture on Legal
principles.
more unified and more conscious of
working together. That is. why
that person brought up the much-
welcomed idea of a focal point.
‘But we do not.need Big May Day
in order to have a focal point.
There are plenty of focal points ly-
ing around just waiting to be taken
up, and the one I suggest is an ex-
ample of something I think we |
could do. And if we all wanted to
do it, and all worked together on it,
we would be sure to succeed!
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
2
Bryn Mawr Group
Formed by Faculty,
~ Staff for Defense
Specially contributed by Miss Linn
Members of; the Faculty and
teaching staff of the College have
organized for action on their com-
mon belief in democracy and their
desire to defend it here and to aid
Britain’s defense of it abroad.
At a meeting on January 20, to
which all Faculty members and
instructors; and~their-wives,;-were
invited, as well as the President
and the Deans, the need for this
_kind of organization was consider-
ed and the various activities that
it might profitably undertake.1
These included Research and In-
formation, Relief, Publicity and
Public Opinion, and others. An
organization was set up, to be
called American Defense, Bryn
Mawr College Group, and officers
elected. This type of organization
is in line with the movement in
which the Hirvard Defense Group
has taken a prominent part, with
somewhat similar groups at a
large number of colleges. It is
hoped that Bryn Mawr will de-
velop cooperation with . organiza-
tions in the neighboring colleges.
Informal conferences have already
been held with Faculty members
of Swarthmore, Haverford, and
the University of Pennsylvania.
The position of the Bryn Mawr
College Group should be clearly
understood. It is not the official
representative of the College. It
is a group of individuals in the
College community who have come
together in general agreement on
important issues. It will not, of
course, supplant any existing or-
ganizations for Relief or other
activities, but will try to aid’ some
of these by directing volunteers to
them or supplying needed infor-
mation. It is not, finally, an im-
partial group, to divide its re-
sources on presenting all points of
view equally, or to discuss without
taking action. In the democratic
community of the College repre-
sentatives of all points of view
have a chance to: be heard, and
individual organizations may con-
centrate upon their own. The mem-
bers of the Defense group are in
general agreement on a set of
Principles, as follows:
1. The threat of world-dominion
by the Axis powers under the
leadership of Germany constitutes
a grave danger to the United
States.
2. The continued military resis-
tance of Great Britain and her
allies is our first line of defense
against this danger.
3. Support of Great Britain,
China, Greece and of every other
' center of resistance to the Axis
powers is an essential part of
American defense policy.
4. The immediate need is for
complete mobilization of American
industry in orde to achieve the
maximum o tout of armaments
and other supplies necessary. to
Great Britain. for the successful
prosecution of the war, = __
5. In this effort it is the duty
of every American citizen to con-
tribute his skill and energy to the
success of the whole program, vol-
untarily taking. part in the activi-
ties where he can in his own judg-
ment be most useful, if he is not
¢ red in ‘military “6 F industrial
6. It is hoped that the policy of
|Mid-Year Problems
Considered by Council
The College Council at its De-
cember meeting discussed exam-
ination morale, the possibilities of
eliminating ‘ mid-years,.,.and the
criticisms .of’ dhutkes 2x the
last day of lectures.
Since the intensity of exam de-
pression varies from hall to hall,
the Council felt that the hysteria
could and should’be alleviated. The
suggestions made were for stricter
enforcement of quiet hours by hall
‘presidents and for more coopera-
tion from seniors who are taking
no exams at. this time.
Mrs. Manning recommended the
question of mid-years as-a_prob-
lem to be considered by the Cur-
riculum Committee. A possible al-
ternative to exams would be quizzes
before Christmas and before Spring
vacation with the final examina-
tion covering a year’s work. A
reading period at the present mid-
year. period might also be included.
One defect in such a plan, Mrs.
Manning pointed out, would be that
no one semester courses could be
given and students would have no
opportunity to change courses and
instructors.
The success of the sas of course
discussions on the last day of
classes: was considered. Jt was
suggested that through an investi-
gation of these discussions a rough
survey of the attitude of the stu-
dent body toward the discussion as
opposed to the lecture system, and
toward reading and papers, could
be made.
American defense here outlined
will have the effect of preventing
direct -American~ participation. in
the war; but no one can guarantee
that such direct participation will
not become necessary for the de-
fense of the United States.
7. Protection of the political
freedom and economic security of
all our citizens is an essential part
of the democracy we are defending.
The whole College staff is also
being invited to join in this or-
ganization. Members of the Facul-
ty and the Staff may act on these
Principles as voters and as citizens
in a democracy, speaking their
minds and offering to others the
arguments for their views on cru-
cial issues of national policy. As
experts in many fields they may
contribute valuable information to
technical problems and to training
for ‘defense. They may also give
their labor to organizations like
the Red Cross Sewing Room, al-
ready established on the campus.
In short, the Defense Group will
try. to gather and direct the skill
and energy of many persons on
the campus, “to bridge the gap
between the willing volunteers and
the jobs which need to be done.”
Committees are being set up as
persons volunteer for certain activ-
ities. Chairmen of the principal
committes will become members of
the Executive Board. The elected
officers of the organization are:
Chairman ,..... Mrs. de Laguna
es ee -, Miss Linn
TRUBRIOR 6 oc ccc cee Mr. Doyle
Other members of the Executive
Board: Miss Gardiner, Miss Tay-
lor, Mr. MacKinnon.
Members ex-officio: Mrs. Brough-
Relief; ‘Miss Northrop,. chairman
of Committee on Research.
22 iain.
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“a
“I wandered lonely as a cloud 3 7
PRD EERS (RTE oe
| Hanging von Joma to buy some ‘daffodils
” aed
ton, “chairman of “Committee on}
Temple Broadcasts
Temple University is
sponsoring a series of round
table broadcasts upon public
affairs on Sundays from 2.00
to 2.30-over station WCAU.
Among the subjeets already
listed for discussion by na-
tional and local experts in
the coming broadcasts are:
After the War Boom, What?;
Housing a Defense Problem;
Camp Dix, A Social Prob-
lem; What is Nazi Philoso-
phy; and The Iniportance of
Sea Power.
“Roman Unanimiste”
History and Novels
Discussed by Romains
Goodhart, February 5.—In dis-
cussing his series of novels, Les
Hommes de Bonne Volonté, Mon-
sieur Jules Romains took one as-
pect of this subject, the relation-
ship between the novel and his-
tory. His type of novel is known
as the “roman unanimiste” which
deals with the life of the group.
The adventure of humanity is the
adventure of the group or of indi-
viduals in relation to the group. In
considering the group .one must
deal with historical happenings.
Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté is
a representation of society at the
beginning of the 20th century.
Monsieur Romains believes that
this type of novel, treating collec-
tive life in its historical relation-
ship is profitable both to the novel
and to narrative history. People
today are interested in the life of
the group, and the novel in its
original conception does not satisfy
that interest. Furthermore, the
“roman unanimiste” helps to give
a more complete and intimate pic-
ture of history.
In discussing the group said M.
Romains, one must discuss the im-
| portant men of the period and
show these men in the process of
making history. Groups are of all
types, such as the army, the church,
large social gatherings, cities, etc.
The problem confronting an au-
thor who wishes to write this type
of novel is that of combining his-
tory and fiction. Historie person-
ages must be introduced by their
real names so as not to confuse the
reader. Fictitious characters are
necessary so as to give the author
a chance to relate individual
thoughts to exterior events. He
cannot portray the private think-
ing of an historical person for fear
of being wrong, yet this personal
connection with happenings is an
“artistic necessity.” In the novel
of the group, said M. Romain, there
must be besides purely historical
and fictitious characters, an inter-
mediary group to connect the two.
These people are a combination of
the historically correct and the fic-
titious, for example a_ fictitious
character holding an office that ac-
tually existed. In this way the
reader should be convinced of the
truth of the book.
M. Romains plans to write 27
published within a few weeks.
SUBURBAN
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Starts Tues. Feb. 11—For 1 Week
Hits a brand new note in musicals;
Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard
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SEVILLE
BRYN MAWR
volumes of Les Hommes de Bonne
Volonté. He has already written].
eighteen and the nineteenth will be |.
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British War Relief -
From pow on the campus
agent for the British War
Relief will be Barbara Her-
‘man, Rhoads North 157, in-
stead of Dorothy Counsel-
man.
Maver Defeats
Bryn |
Drexel; Sloppy Playing
Bryn Mawr Gymnasium, Satur-
day, February 8—In a game which
marked the seasonal debut of both
teams, the Bryn Mawr Varsity
To Drexel Reserves
Bryf-Mawr Gymnasium, Febru-
ary 8&—The Bryn Mawr Second
Basketball Team lost 'to a superior
Drexel-Reserve-Team. by.a-score.of
25-15. Drexel showed an ability |
to hold onto the ball which Bryn
Mawr lacked. The Yellow and
White were slower-to get free, to
send passes, and to shoot. How-
ever, there was noticeable improve-
ment as the game progressed. Next
week should see a steadier team on
the floor against Swarthmore.
BRYN Mawr, II
Bregman, (Captain) Brunn, f
Brunn, L. Mason, f
Kirk, M., f
Fleming, Lazo C., g
Motley, Chester, g
Summer, Tuckerman, g
DREXEL, II
Crap, Kelly, f
Shaeffer, f
Wolfe, f
Bader, g ,
Clokey, g
Michaels, Thomas, g »
Points scored: Brunn, 2; Mason,
6; Kirk, 7; for B. M. C. Crap, 7;
Shaeffer, 10; Wolfe, 8 for Drexel.
Special Speech Class
Miss Henderson will con-
duct a special speech class
designed to aid in teaching
if enough people are inter-
ested. No credit will be
given: See Claire Gilles, Pem-
broke East.
; ( fey Basketball Team defeated Drexel
Second Team Loses ~~“
MS wce, 279. Handicapped’ by
lack of practice, the two teams
were far from accurate. The for-
wards missed half again as many,
baskets as ‘they made, and the
guards’ passes too often went to
the opposing guards.
Although Bryn Mawr _ led
throughout the. game, it was only
by a margin of two or four points.
1 Stokes, ’41, and Murnaghan, ’44,
playing on the Varsity for the first
time, worked well with Hutchins,
’41. Guarding closely, all three
were quick to intercept passes. The
Bryn Mawr forwards needed a
quarter to “warm-up”. But then
Hardenbergh, ’43, started the
scoring. Matthai, ’43, in the center
position, fed many good balls to
Hardenbergh and to Waples, ’42,
whose left-handedness gave her
an advantage over the Drexel
guards.
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“A LITTLE BIT OF
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Five
Combined Faculties
Will Offer. Courses )
e
Jontinued from Page One
42 a graduate seminar on the gen-
eral theme The i ta will be
*. hela _
on alternate weeks. During the
first semester, this fethinar will be
primarily under the direction of
Professor Benjamin Gerig of Hav-
erford and Professor Charles G.
Fenwick. During the first six
weeks of the second semester, the
seminar will be under the guidance
pe the Anna Howard Shaw lecturer
to be appointed by Bryn Mawr Col-
lege. This course may be counted
toward advanced degrees at either
Haverford or Bryn Mawr.
At Swarthmore there will be two
courses offered by professors of the
other colleges during the first sem-
ester of next year. Dr. Gerig of
Haverford will lead an honors sem-
inar on International Law and Or-
ganization, and Professor Roger H.
Wells of Bryn Mawr..will conduct
a course on The History of ’Polit-
qeal Thought. Mr. Fenwick of
Bryn Mawr’s Political Science de-
partment will offer a course on Jn-
ternational Law during the second
semester at Swarthmore. There
"suwr and Haverford :
Fire in Dalton Draws
Crowd, Fire Brigades
Continued from Page One
Ferguson, Miss Hoskins, and La
Verne Lochmoeller left the upper
floors by the fire escdpex. sc’
Magnificent work was done both
by the janitors and by the fire
companies. The janitors Jimmie
Hutcheson and John McNamara,
went through every room on the sec-
jond, third and fourth floors, and
one of them closed the doors shut-
ting the fourth floor off from the
third,...consequently._ saving. the
fourth floor (math department)
from all but slight damage from
smoke,
‘Something very special should be
said about the work of the fire
companies, and they won’t say it
themselves. We asked Mr. Joseph
Allen, President of the Bryn Mawr
Fire Company, if it was a bad
fire. “Well,” he said, “it was what
you might call a tricky fire. There
were chemicals around, and the
fire could have gotten into the par-
titions.”” We asked him how long
it took to put it out. “‘We were
over there a couple of hours,” he
said, turning back to his work.
“They were awfully considerate
about what they did,”: said Miss
Gardiner. ‘When they came in
will be a course given at Haver-!the windows, they pushed appara-
ford during the first semester of !
1942-48, by Professor J. Roland
Pennock of Swarthmore in Public
Administration and Dr. Herndon,
of Haverford will lead an honors
seminar on Contemporary Legisla-
tion. If Mr. Fenwick is still in
the government service, Miss Helen
Dwight Reid of Bryn Mawr will
conduct his courses.
|
tus 4way from the ledges so that.
nothing would be broken.” There
was one good instance of -dichotom-
ous local talent. . Ralph, who is the
janitor in the New Science Build-
ing, came up with the Ardmore
Company and was the one who
heaved the axe that cut the hole in
the roof of the bio-chemical lab to
let the smoke out.
|The Case of Miss Bee
Analyzed in Assembly
_Continued from Page One
and interpretive.
of the Sunday night habits of the
Covered Wagon.
ing, she continued, does not detract |
from individual responsibility but |
guarantees the proper exercise of
the rules.
Connie Lee Stanton, ’41, pre-
sented the facts of the case from a
Hall President’s standpoint. Minor
offenses are dealt with directly: by
the Hall President ‘but the more
serious case of: Miss Bee is taken
directly to the President. and
brought before the regular meeting
of the Board.
The Board’s decision, explained
by Frances Matthai, ’43, is based
upon fact rather than precedent.
The most serious error was that
purpose of signing out by not re-
maining at her designated address,
but her attitude and past record
are also considered. The results
- Aside from the general ruin of
pipes and wiring, the department
most damaged was the physics de-
partment. The main damage, aside
from smoke, which the biology de-
partment sustained was that done
to the balances. The saddest loss
perhaps was the equipment of Miss
Cox and Miss Rolfe of the physics
department and Miss Lochmoeller’s
loss of the embryos on which she
was doing her. Master’s work. All
the other animals were saved. A
report of the actual financial loss is
now being estimated.
haus, ’42, as being both preventive |
She could for.
.cxample have prevented the trag-'
edy of Miss Bee by informing her |
Permission giv- ,
Miss Bee had defeated the entire’
War Relief Chairman
Virginia Markham, ‘42.
Pembroke West, has _ been
appointed chairman of all
undergraduate war _ relief
and anyone seeking informa-
tion or wishing to do work
should see her.
of the case dre then posted on the
bulletin board and Board members
are ready and willing to answer
any questions.
Miss~Park~stated—in~—conclusion
that the function of any residential
college is to allow a student to be a
working part of the college as well
as to equip her for her life after-
wards. The pattern of the college
should allow the greatest variation
of individuality as the most effec-
tive form of co-operation.
It is within the student’s power
to change,. weaken, or strengthen
that pattern and Self-Government
is therefore one of the active re-
sponsibilities of the democratic
system.
(The full text of Miss Park’s
speech will be printed in the next
issue of the News.)
COME and BUY!
Wool and Silk Dresses
Some_ Hats
Great Bargains
YOLANDE SHOP
In Miss Gertrude Ely’s Studio
Opposite Pembroke West
Inquire at Miss Ely’s House
‘Freshmen Victorious
_1n Non-Varsity Swim
|
Gymnasium, Tuesday, February
|4.—The freshmen ran away with
‘y*the-non-varsity swimming meet by
"a score of 33, but not without
desperate competition from the
‘ood three classes. °44’s enthusi-
asm carried them ahead of the
; Sophomore’s score of 27.: The team-
| work of the freshmen in the relay
| and their promising form proved
| their high points. , The weary jun-
iors and seniors trailed by far, but
they fought a good fight.
Forty-yard free-style: (1) Hickman,
"44, 27.4; (2) Judson, °43, 29.8; (8)
Matthai, ’43, 29.4,
Twenty-yard breast. stroke: (1) Me-
Intosh, '41, 18.4;'(2) Chester, ’42, 19.2;
(3) Strauss, '43, 20.1.
Twenty-yard back crawl: (1) Durn-
ing, °41, 18.2; (2) Lazo, '44, 20.2; (8)
St. Lawrence, '44, 20.4.
| Diving: (1) Baker, ‘44, 19.5; (2)
Sage, '43, 18; (3) Chester, '42, 17.5.
Breast. stroke, form: (1) Strauss,
a (2) Chester, '42, and McIntosh,
Side stroke, farm: (1) Lazo, ‘44; (2)
Fulton, ’43; (3) Frank, ’44.
Elementary back stroke, fo#m:
Frank, '44, and Fulton, 43;
man, '42,
,Crawl, form: (1) ‘Fulton, '43; (2)
Gamble, '42; (3) St. Lawrence, ’44.
Free-style relay: (1) 1944; (2) 1948.
Total scores: 1944, 33; 1943, 27; 1941,
12; 1942, 10.
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ARDMORE, PA.
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FIGURE-SKATING STAR
Breathtaking spins, spirals, jumps
—there’s a thrill in every click of
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—‘A Camel tastes so good—they
have so much more flavor,” says
Miss Doman. But more flavor is
only one of the “extras” you get in
slower-burning Camels.
of hard practice.
She takes her skating seriously --+—v_her
smoking, too. “I smoke a good deal, ” she ex-
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THE EXTRA MILONESS IN
‘plains. “The slower-burning cigarette—Camel
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Slower-burning . . . costlier tobaccos. Yes,
slower-burning Camels give you a fuller
measure of flavor without the harsh effects of
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MORKE’S
THE
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THING!
Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
’
Henderson Reviews
Winter Lantern Issue
Continued from Page One
must be first-chop material in the
minds and desks of first year stu-
dents which is discoumigpy” ~ -+er-
looked. ‘I-am also much taken witlf
the line drawings of Miss May-
nard, especially the contemplative
quality of the figures before the
Manhship bust. I guess’ their
thoughts from their attitudes.
On the other hand, Puerile Pangs
““misfires. It seems to me that
Frances Lewis hasn’t cherished the
character of Marion enough, The
transition from the outraged, day-
dreaming adolescent to her brittle
counterpart was made too quickly.
This, however, is not a usual re-
mark to make of Miss Lewis’s
work.
Peggy Squibb’s writing in
Everything Works Out 0. K.
reminds me somewhat of her act-
ing: it is slow, disconnected, at
times’ riot rhythmical as to lines
and movement, and then she comes
to, quite suddenly, with excellent
clowning and a-snapper at the end.
Write, Damn You (a touching
professorial urge) by Virginia
Nichols gave me a slant I have
long wanted on the Hudson Shore
School. The political fence on
which these students choose to sit
and think is not of too great im-
portance; politics is so. variable.
What they think when it is not of
politics has a very real interest
also, as Miss Nichols shows. Miss
Nichols prefers the verse of Lena,
and I agree as to its outstanding
poetic quality; but I found “Let
me be to myself awhile” by Dolly,
the laundry worker, moving and
old and wise even beyond Dolly’s
years maybe. Mr. Beecher cer-
tainly got results!
Well, it might be worth trying—
that diamond-in-the-rough peda-
gogy. On the other hand, one might
get Fantasia by Anon. Anon. And
then, what would one do? After
all, . . one never knowns ., . it’s
all so very confusing at times, this
' teaching business . . . you never
ean-tell..._... As Shaw’s waiter
says, “No, sir, you never can tell.”
The poem by H. Corner and O.
‘Leary, in its humorous condensa-
tion and adroit thrusts, is the kind
of satire that leavens the loaf.
Birds East of the Rockies is fun-
nier than A. A. Milne’s prose
travesty on the same subject, The
Arrival of Blackman’s Warbler,
and the latter is very funny. With
encouragement, do you suppose
they would do another-on Flora
West of Paoli?
As for the “high seriousness” of
Martha Kent’s and Dorothy Coun- |’
selman’s. verse, I have~respect_and
sympathy. The tentative, nostalgic
quality of the mood in Rebel of
Autumn by Miss Kent holds the at-
tention there, and especially is
diction apt and harmonious.
I have a notion I should like to
sit by and kisten to Miss Counsel-
man talk about her verse. It isn’t
that her verse is too private to be
understood when printed in public,
but I seem to@find myself suddenly
in the dark afid searching for the
theme. The long, rhythmical sweep
of the lines carry the reader along
in Poem for an Artist at War and
something of the same applies to
For Those Unborn whose music is
inescapable. It can’t be Miss Coun-
selman; it must be me. Haniel
Jong thinks she has eamating. and
First Shaw Lecture
Given by R. Benedict
Continuea from Page One
on an ascending ladder which cul-
minated in our western civilization.
The savage lived in “the pit out
of which we have been dug.” A
theory opposed to this was devel-
oped, which claimed that the very
simplest savages with their mo-
notheism and monogamy foreshad-
owed our culture.
There were sceptical anthropol-
theories, examining not degrees
of culture but the geographical dis-
tribution of traits of culture. In
contrast with the “hermetically
sealed” evolution, their theory of
Diffusion stated that inventions and
customs - were transmitted from
tribe to tribe. In examining the
spread of these traits an intimate
study of cultures was necessary,
and here began the modern ap-
proach to anthropology. For mod-
ern an nthropologists base most of
their conclusions on the relation of
symptoms of adolescence, for in-
istance, are not universal but are
found to depend upon the position
of youth in the social order.
Many problems face the anthro-
pologist when he moves into a na-
tive village; language, marital re-
lationships, criteria of prestige are
only a few of the things to be learn-
ed. Above all, by listening to in-
dividual histories and by studying
the upbringing of children, he must
try to determine the interrelation
between men and their culture.
NON-RES DANCE, JITTER
TO BLARING ORCHESTRA
By Frances Lynd, ’43
On Saturday night, the Non-
residents held their annual dance
in the Cotnmon Room from nine
to one. Acting as-chaperones were
Miss Hawks, Mr. and Mrs. Dry-
den, and Mr. and Mrs. Patterson.
The music was excellent, and
even inspired one couple to burst
out in some spontaneous - jitter-
bugging, just to prove their rugged
individualism.
ogists who followed neither of these |’
the individual to his society. The}.
Guiton Gives Picture.
Of War in France
Continued from Page One
On January 12, with the German
invasion of Belgium, the divisions
Belgium, in complete disorganiza-
tion. They were recalled and the
necessity for- efficient offensive ac-
tion became apparent.’ Defense
work dangled and field training be-
gan.
On May 9, M. Guiton’s division
was behind the lines. Once they
had been ordered to Norway, and
once to the Maginot Line, only to
be returned. Then, after an omin-
ous night, the recall to the front.
brought joy and exultation. The
division entered Belgium on May
15, as the second eschelon support-
ing the front line. In Belgium, col-
umns of silent refugees blocked the
roads, like muted holiday proces-
sions of cars and bicycles, but “no
one would look at us. It was still
not war.”
The division took up a position
west of Brussels. German planes
came incessantly; but between May
15 and 31 only one British plane
was seen. The Germans thrust
through between the British and
French, and the ‘withdrawal’ of the
divisions began, the “merry-go-
round” in which the armies circled
endlessly, “like flies in a bottle.”
M. Guiton’s division came down to
Vimy Ridge from the north. The
Brtiish held Arras, but the gap
between could not be closed.
The armies moved north then, to
Ypres and Lille. The British had
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| Keep U.S. Out of War
French, and were under the direct b
command of Lord Gort. Both were Debated at Congress
now surrounded; guns encircled
them.
Continued from Page One
The beach stretching north from Negro Youth Congress; Labor’s
Dunkerque was “a maze of destruc-| Non-Partisan League; and Young
tion.” The French and BritighqwWdnac ~
moved to the water in files on Sep-| dealt with various aspects of this
seat sit Mone subject. They called for abolition
b st Th praes ue ef of “Jim-crowism,” discrimination
sete ni ay pel an | against Negroes, Jews, and all mi-
transport, and a hundred smaller a ,
vessels were. lying wailen Beyond norities; for the extension of Negro
the shore, but no Reval Navy ships suffrage; and protection of labor’s
’ rights.
vot on ga cay gpa Most of the debate and discus-
Pp v ’) sion was carried on from the floor,
under shellfire, while the British itis: gnteiome,) het exnrsinad ‘h
had the” better position up the P a ng ei, Ege
students, wor’ rs,
Sedeh. farmers, aca
even a six-ye...-old share cropper.
From England and peace, the| ‘The convention was greeted per-
French soldiers were sent back to sonally by representatives of youth
unoccupied France, but reorganiza- groups from Canada, Haiti, Porto
tion was impossible and there were Rico, India, and China, who ex-
no weapons. When the Armistice| pressed enthusiasm and interest in
came, the German army was only|the work of the American Youth
one hundred miles from Marseilles Congress, and hope for its contin-
and moving fast. ued success,
The aftermath is not an affair
of “surrender” and “death”. “We
were neatly beaten and took the na-
tural consequences.” But France
is more alive than she was a year
ago... In the recent past, there was
an insistence on the “rights” of
liberty and a complete neglect of
its duties. But a “spiritual recov-
ery” has begun and will attend the |:
resurgence of France. Petain is
the chief mover in the recovery.
For it to grow, France must be fed.
Refugees showed M. Guiton that
“you can make people do anything
if they are hungry.”
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