College news, November 18, 1942

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VOL.. XXIX, No. 8

BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1942.

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1942

PRICE 10 CENTS





History of Near
Eastern Problem

Is Given By Dean



Trend of Islamism in East
To Reinforce Growing
Nationalism



Common Room, November 17.—

Mrs. Grant, speaking for the first

time before the college, discussed
in Current Events the history and
problems of the Near and Middle
East.

Since 1918 the countries form-
erly composing the Ottoman Em-
pire have been distinguished by
two conflicting aspirations. All de-
sire to adapt and use Western poli-

, tical and economic techniques, yet

each is determined to shake off the
dominant influence of the Western
nations. This situation is compli-
cated by the revolutions in com-
munications, industry, and agri-
culture that have come about in
this region. As each nation be-
comes more Westernized, the
stronger becomes its desire for in-
dependence from the West.

Mrs. Grant stressed the fact that
this phase of Near Eastern his-
tory is merely the latest in a series
of epochs of interaction between
East and West. With the begin-
ning of the breakdown of the Otto-
man Empire in the early nine-
teenth century, the modern period

began, characterized by two great
Continued on Page Three

Six Freshman Plays
Are to be Presented





The Freshman Plays this year
will be given on the 20th and 27th
of November at the Theater Work-
shop, The Merion Play, The Prin-
cess Marries the Page, by Edna
St. Vincent Millay is being per-
formed on the 20th. The director
is Betty Dallam, ’45, its stage
manager is Estelle Morrison, 745,
and the freshman actors are: Pa-
tricia—.Turner,..Georgiana -Wieben-
son, Hannah Kauffman, Dorothy
Craig, Ellen Harriman, April
Oursler and Barbara Williams. As
the title suggests, the play is a
fairy tale of a page who is a spy in
the castle of the lovely princess’
father, and who falls in love with
the princess.

Also on the 20th is Shall We
Join the Ladies?, of J. M. Barrie,
to be given by Rhoads. It is a
light melodrama whose plot is not
to be revealed since it depends
mainly on suspense. Carol Wilder-
muth, 745, is directing, and Mar-
garet Hilgartner, ’45, is stage
manager. The actresses “are:
Nancy Crawford, who has the lead,
Roxa Lee, Eleanor Stein, Carolyn
Manning, Eveline Hitz, Barbara
Johnstone, Leila Jackson, Edith
Fincke, Lucia King, Dorothy

Bruchholz, Margaret McCewer,
Continued on Page Three



Engaged

Nona Piwowski, ’45, to En-
sign Harvey Levin, USNR.

Keo England, ’45, to Stew-
art Mittnacht, USNR.

Irma Pines, ’44, to Arthur
Briskin.

Anita McCarter, ’43, to Lt.
(j. g.) Carl Wilbur, USNR.

Ann Deming, ’46, to Lewis
Walton, Marine Reserve
Corps.

Barbara Sage, ’43, to En-
sign Carl Barns, USNR.

Married

Mimi Wurtzburger,. ’46, to
Richard Siedman, U.S. Army.







“Hotel Universe” Stage Crew is Impressed



By Alison Merrill, ’45

Out of the cold onto the cold
stillness of the stage comes a colder
Haverford man. “Where are the
lights?” says he. Someone points
off-stage and he exits slowly, say-
ing, “I don’t know anything about.
lights, you know.” We wait for
the explosion. It doesn’t come.
Haverford is efficient. “Haverford
is wonderful,” says stage manager
and designer Marnie Kirk, ’44,
wiping her hands on her plaid
shirt.

The scene is Goodhart’s stage;
the time might be somewhere
around midnight or any afternoon;
the setting is a vague conglomer-
ation of blue sky, cardboard boxes
and unpainted wooden structures;
the actors are few but efficient.
Julie Turner and Norman. Peterkin
are construction managers, Pris-
cilla Stern and Sam Fox are in
charge of lighting. Mary Sax,
Adelaide Burnett, and Estelle Mor-
rison of the weaker sex, and Ernie
Heimleich, Art Belle, and Ed
Thomas of Haverford have for two

By Unprecedented Efficiency of Haverford

weeks been doing the dirty work
for the joint production of Philip
Barry’s Hotel Universe, to be given
in Goodhart on December 5 and 6.

Hotel Universe, the Stage Crew
says, “is really a challenge,” not
just another Stage Door or Gilbert
and Sullivan. It.is a new play and
the stage crew is trying to support
it by giving it the set and lighting
i‘t deserves, an impressionistic set
which will carry out ‘in concrete
form what the play says. Says
Designer Kirk, “It’s an experiment
in stylized setting.”

“We're doing fine,” is the gen-
eral consensus, The stalwart stage
crew expects to meet the deadline
easily, barring great mishaps or
priorities on paint.

“We’re very patriotic,”
boast, pounding old, bent nails into
shape before our eyes, ‘‘We’ve only
bought one little pound bag of
nails.” Patriotic they are, saving
every piece of scrap metal for the
Serap Metal Drive and _ building
everything in their one set them-
selves,



Summer Camp Gave
Slum Children Holiday
In Two W eek Periods

This summer the Bryn Mawr
Camp again provided a vacation
at the seashore for sixty boys and
girls from Philadelphia slums. Lo-
cated in a rented house at Stone
Harbor, New Jersey, the camp was
held for a session lasting through
June and July. It was headed by
an undergraduate chairman, Helen
Eichelberger, 48, and an assistant
chairman. A kindergarten worker
and trained nurse were also pres-
ent. They were assisted by stu-
dent volunteers who attended, as
did the children, for two-week
periods.



The children ranged from three
to nine years of age. Their back-
grounds were varied and nation-
alities ranged from Irish to Fili-
| pino. .Swimming--and playing in
the sand were the main diversions
of the day. After supper, group
games such as_ red-light were

played. Crafts were also taught—
Continueé on Page Four

Pembroke Defeated
In Hockey Conflict





By Mary Virginia More, ’45

Sunday dawned fair, bright, and
bursting with elation. It was to
witness a mighty conflict, for it
was decreed that Pembroke and
Rhoads should this day match col-
ors on the hockey field.

At two-thirty (or thereabouts),
the appointed hour, down trooped
the Pembroke cohorts, decked in
brave red, and down trooped that
of Rhoads, singing the following
words to the tune of “The Road To
Mandalay:”

Oh, the Rhoads will conquer Pem

Sad, there is no hope for them,

Although they strive to keep alive,

Their honor to defend.

For although our number’s great

We can all cooperate

To triumph with all our umph,

And send poor Pembroke to its
fate!

(These words should be marked.
They carry great significance in
the light of future events.)

The lineups formed and faced
each other. What surprises did
not ensue! For facing a hardened
Varsity player would be that girl
who never before had laid hand to
stick, having turned up for the



Continued on Page Two

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Reality of imagery
Asserted by Salinas
At Spanish Club Tea

Common Room, November 12.—
Speaking at the Spanish Club Tea,
Mr. Pedro Salinas asserted that
there is more reality in imagery
than in fact. In order to prove
this, he analyzed an Eclogue of
Garcilaso de la Vega, a sixteenth
century poet, and showed how the
poet formed two different charac-
ters from his two states of mind.



He was an hombre universal,
noted for the grace and humane
quality of his poetry, said Mr. Sa-
linas. The greatest influence on
his life and works was an unfor-
tunate love affair with a certain
lady of the Portuguese Court, Isa-
bella. She disdained him and mar-
ried another, embittering the repu-
diated Garcilaso. Later, he _receiv-
ed the news of her death while he
was away at war.

In the Eclogue analyzed by Mr.
Salinas, Garcilaso presents two
shepherds soliloquizing on their un-
fulfilled love. The first shepherd is
bitter and resentful towards the
shepherdess who has spurned him.
The second, who has just learned
of the death of his lady, forgets
her faults and glorifies the quali-
ties he loved in her.

The shepherd imagery makes the
contrast of the two states of mind
of the poet more real and vivid
than if he had merely described
them, maintained Mr. Salinas.



Calendar

_ Friday, November 20
Freshman Plays, Theatre
Workshop, 7.30.

Sunday, November 22
The Reverend Howard
Thurman, Music Room,
7.30.

Monday, November 23
Mr. Anderson, Informal
discussion on Washington’s.
Wartime, effort, tea, Com-
mon’ Room, 4.00.

Tuesday, November 24
Current Events, 7.30.

Wednesday, November 25
Spanish Club _ Tertulia,
Radnor, 7.15.

German Club Tea, German
House, 4.00.

Thursday, November 26
Vic Dance, Pembroke East,
9.00 - 12.00. ‘







they.



College Assembly Held in Honor
Of International Students’ Day



Student Conference Held;
Extension of Draft
Discussed



The International Student Serv-
ice held a conference in Washing-
ton last weekend to discuss College
The focus
of attention was on the War Man

Students in wartime.

Power Board and how ‘its regula-

tions will affect colleges. The I.
S. S. was chiefly interested in the
tremendous effect the draft of 18
and 19-year-old. boys. will have on
enrollment and to what extent this
will curtail the colleges. A number
of institutions will be forced to

close, but perhaps’ this-could —be
Continued on Page Three

Catholic Club Meets;
Church and Fascism
Subject of Lecture





The Catholic Club’s first meeting
of the year was held at a tea given
in Wyndham on Sunday, November
15. Miss Lograsso presented an
informal lecture on Catholicism
and the War. She stated the posi-
tion and attitude of the Roman
Catholic Church in relation to Fas-
cism.

Miss Lograsso explained the
great variance in attitude shown
by the direct statements against
Fascism by the American bishops
and the petition for the Spanish
people to follow Franco, issued by
the Spanish bishops. It must be
remembered that the Spanish bish-
ops were under the rule of a dicta-

torial government,.while the Amer-
Continued on _fage Four







Talks on Indian Freedom,

Student Cooperation
Are Given

Goodhart, November 17. — At
the International Students’ Day
Assembly Jessie Stone, ’44, told of
the need for cooperation among
students of all lands on the basis of
common.__anti-fasgist aims. Dr.
Chandra Sekhar, speaking for the
students of India, made a plea for
India’s liberation. He said that it
“should give a moral basis to our
war aims.” To demonstrate the
necessity of Indian freedom he
cited the lot of the colleges in In-
dia.

Dr. Chandra ~-Sekhar~ protested
against the present ignorance of
and discrimination against: India.
Indian students want the same
freedom and rights that we have.
At present sixteen colleges in In-
dia are closed because 8000 stu-
dents and teachers are in jail, and
they are there because they want
freedom. Those students are the
ones whe ‘‘must be the future
leaders.”

Churchill’s statement at Man-
chester that the Atlantic Charter
did not apply to India is the cause
of “a new wave of bitterness,” for
now the Indian sees no chance of
freedom under any ruler. Dr.
Chandra Sekhar illustrated this
feeling by quoting Ghandi’s state-
ment as to what he would do if
Bombay were bombed by the Nazis.
Ghandi would do nothing—for in
aiding the Germans he would only
be changing German Imperialism
for British Imperialism.

The attitude of the Indians to-

ward the British is one of confu-
Continued on Page Three





English Majors Frantically Search College

For Elusive Ghouls

and Virgins on Reserve



By Jessie Stone, ’44

Some weeks ago senior English
majors were searching the college
for a book, reportedly on reserve.
The book was called The Contrast
Between the Influence of the Cult
of the Virgin on Medieval Archi-
tecture and the Influence of the
Druids on the Barbarie Architec-
ture of Western Wales, author un-
known. It has not yet been found.
But it has neither the colorful his-
tory nor the importance of the lat-
est book alleged to be on the Eng-
lish. Comprehensive Reading Re-
serve. This last is a four volume
tome called The Influence of the
Gothic Ghouls on the Vestigial
Remnants of Romanticism in the

Late Nineteenth Century, by Ar-

thur E. Dunge, and hereafter to be
referred to as “The Vestigial Rem-
nants.”

The Vestigial Remnants was
originally supposed to have been
put on reserve by Mr. Herben. Ac-
cording to her garbled tale, Bill
Williams was the last to see it on
reserve. And Carla Adelt is rush-
ing around madly looking for the
third volume. When the English
majors became a little worried
about the continued absence of the
book they asked Mrs. Flower for
her opinion on the matter. She re-
marked that it was in Dr. Chew’s
field, the Gothic, and that he would
probably be able to enlighten them.

When they finally saw Dr. Chew
in Romantics Comprehensive Con-
ference, he had to confess that he
hadn’t read it. He ventured the
thought that it must be a Doctoral
Thesis and said further that he
could see how it could very well be
worked up into an interesting pa-



per. Finally, Dr. Chew referred
his bewildered ¢lass to Miss Wood-
worth.

It is now a question of which
will be found first, Miss Wood-
worth or The Vestigial Remnants.
Every English major has to have
the entire Vestigial Remnants read
by Christmas.

It is currently rumored that
Miss Terrien suggested looking in
the Catalogue for The Vestigial
Remnants. Some seniors feel im-
pelled to order it through Miss
Reed.

An eminent senior English ma-
jor interviewed on the subject of
The Vestigial Remnants was mov-
ed to verbosity. She said: “This
treatment of library property is
scandalous. It should be punished
by a life expulsion from the stacks.
If they (the four volumes) don’t
turn up soon, we will personally
conduct a search of Radnor. The
only other copy is to be found in
the Huntingdon Library in Califor-
nia. It is rumored that Mr. Her-
ben is specifically including a ques-
tion on The Influence of the Gothic
Ghouls on the Vestigial Remnants
of Romanticism in the Late Nine-
teenth Century in comprehensives.
No English major will be gradu-
ated without summarizing the
whole four volumes.”



: Relief to Baby-Sitters

The Bureau of Recommen-
dations is sorry about the
dissatisfaction among the ba-
by-sitters and is having a
meeting this week to clea
up the matter.‘ U






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: Poll Tax

The present Senate filibuster by Southerners opposing the abo-

lition of the Poll Tax is inconsistent with democratic principles. The

idea of universal suffrage for which we claim to be fighting. is
violated by a poll tax, carried over from post-Civil War days in
eight southern states. In these states a large minority, including
many negroes, is, in effect, deprived of the right to vote by the poll
tax law. The bill to abolish. the tax was brought up in August and
was shelved until last week. Now the Southern Senators promise
to filibuster until the present session of Congress is over. Strong
public opinion against the filibuster is the only hope of rescue for
the proponents of the Bill. On Monday Senator Barkley, Majority
leader, called for expression of this opinion. |

Last Saturday the opponents of the Bill persuaded a majority
of the Senators not to answer to the quorum call. It was also made
clear by Senator Barkley that many of the Senators who had not
opposed the bill before election now. failed to answer the roll. The
resulting technical arrest of several senators has failed to daunt the
Southern gentlemen. Senator Bilbo of Mississippi plans to spend
the first two hours of each day, when any bill may be moved upon,
in “correcting misplaced commas,” to avoid the possible considera-
tion of the poll tax abolition. If necessary, he says, he can talk for
thirty days.

This type of bottleneck in democratic efficiency should be fought
with every expression of American public opinion. It is the re-
sponsibility..of every—citizen—-who- believes—in_universal suffrage
and in democracy itself to make this belief plain to their senators.
The poll tax is more than a nuisance. It is an undemocratic hang-
over from carpet-bagger days. Its abolition is especially necessary
at a time when we are fighting for principles to whick~its existence
is in direct opposition.



Weekend Activity

Bryn Mawr College is a plot of ground enclosed by six dormi-
tories and Faculty Row. It is a place where one studies for five
days and which one leaves as quickly as possible in order to enjoy
the other two. Thus speak the students4f 1942. The railroads of
1942 speak differently: no unnecessary travel for the duration. It |
is a tough war and we wonder if the students or the railroads will
win.

If students were asked why they do not remain on campus for |
weekends and thus lessen railroad congestion, they would answer—
why should we? A silent hall, a hard seat in the lib and perhaps
chapel services, are not: exactly happy prospects. Seven days of
concentrated study week after week is too much for even the rail-
roads to ask.

The college has shown that it is aware of the problem by the
Council’s suggestion of more activities on weekends, It is not sug-
gestions that are needed, it is action. The Entertainment Committee |
has planned only one college play and dance, two hall dances and_|
two groups of freshmen plays for ten weeks of classes. To give
the students enough interest in college life so they will want to
remain for the weekends, more activities should be planned. They
should be arranged to include the whole college and provide the
opportunity for students to invite outside guests. More inter-hall
sports, plays, teas and informal dances are only a few of the many
possible entertainments that could be given.

If the students are provided with sufficient social!life on campus,
there will be no need to continually seek it.elsewhere and weekend
traveling will be appreciably lessened. The rearrangement of

.the college schedule to accommodate the railroads will be ineffective,

if the present situation continues.

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THE BOYS IN" THE BACK nom a
Political bosses are not a thing ofthe text book past. Mr. Louis

J. Howell, head of the Republican machine_in Wayne County, Pa.,
is a living proof of the fact. A small rotund-man, with the inevit-
able cigar in his mouth, and ten gallon hat on his white head, he is the

like,

Mr. Howell is perfectly honest about his political activity.
“There is nothing to merit in politics unless it is supported by
money,” is his favorite statement. He maintains that patronage dis-
pensement is justified because the people are getting the best kind of ZA
government, if they keep the Republicans in power. °

If asked why he is a Republican he lets forth a torrent of olati-
tudes, punctuated by gesticulations with his cigar, “I am a Republi-
can because it is the party that stands for the principles of the Amer-
ican people. It is the party,” he maintains with more fervor than his-
torical accuracy, “of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Patrick
Henry. Those men were unselfish patriots and not politicians,”
(consistency is not Mr. Howell’s forte). “The Republican party
believes in the protective tariff, sound money, individual initiative,
and no foreign entanglements. If it hadn’t been for that Democrat
Wilson trying to settle the affairs of the universe, (dramatic pause)
we wouldn’t be in this war today (crescendo).”

Mr. Howell feels very strongly and bitterly about the New Deal.
“By God,” he cries, “by God, what right have they to take my money
away to save it ’til I’m old? What good will it be then? I want my
money to do with as I please, and so should every able bodied inde-
pendent man or woman in these United States. I’ll tell you this,” he
says in a foreboding tone, shaking his plump finger for emphasis, “M
you live off of the government, the government can tell you ‘what to
do, and then where is our woven d ?” Pontifically, he concludes
with this Lockean flourish; “the government that governs the best
governs the least.” Enough said.

Mr. Howell received his education the hard way. He was a
breaker boy in a colliery (“like our honorable governor’’) and
“learned Shakespeare in saloons.”” Membership on the school debat-
ing team proved to him that he had talent in oratory, and from there
it was but a short jump to the council chambers of Harrisburg.
Since politics won’t yield a living ‘“‘unless your willing to put up the



money to get on the ticket” which he is not, he is cashier of the |
Honesdale National Bank, a job which keeps him in touch with all |
the people he must know if he is to keep Wayne County “so Repub- |
lican that a Democrat couldn’t be elected in ten million years.”

His final comment on his career reveals the humor that has
helped raise this sharp little man to his position of power. “A politi-
cian is like the front shoulder of a horse—there isn’t a straight bone |
in him.”

ALIcE IsEMAN, 43.

French Fries, Steaks, Apple Pie and Coffee

Draw Varied Customers to the “Blue Comet”





By-Barbara Hull, ’44
The “Blue Comet,” a shiny diner
on Lancaster Pike, has enjoyed a
rushing business since its founda-
tion three years ago. Popular with
Bryn Mawr students, it caters also
to océasional truck drivers and
transients. Many local citizens
show their whole-hearted approval

by being steady customers.

Taking a personal pride in their
$30,000 investment, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Watkins do much of the work
themselves. Mrs. Watkins is on
the job three days a week, spend-
ing the rest of her time keeping
house and looking after her three
Scotty dogs.

Although Bryn Mawr under-
grads long thought the diner their
private discovery, further investi-
gation reveals regular Haverford
and Harcum patronage. ~-Penn,
sleuthing for Mask and Wig ma-
terial, also stops for local infor-
mation .and sustenance. Assem-
bling regularly after Glee Club re-
hearsals, Haverford has a reputa-
tion for ravenous appetites.

“Business couldn’t be better,”
says Mrs. Watkins, bustling from
‘booth: to counter and back again.

Excellent food, rapid service, and
friendly hospitality insure the di-
ner’s popularity. French fries,
steak, and apple pie aré specialties.
The coffee is excellent, and, con-
fidentially, one cup isn’t the limit
so far. Asked about sugar ration-
ing, Mrs. Watkins replied’ that they
had “enough.”

Two British limeys were waiting
to pay for their afternoon tea. “So
long,” said Mrs. Watkins, ringing
up the cash register. “Lots of;
luck.” “Thanks,” they smiled.
“We'll be back again soon.”



Pembroke Defeated
In Hockey Conflict

Continued from Page One
sake of the cause only (of these
there were quite a few!).

The whistle blew, and the action
began. _Wild whacks alternated
with the deft, controlled hits of the
more athletically inclined. The ball
was chased now up the field, now
down, its progress checked only by
the calling of fouls. The first goal
was made by Rhoads. :

Back to the center. Ground,
Sticks. Ground, Sticks. Ground,
Sticks . . . . and off (once more!)
Rhoads scored again.

“Hit ’em again, harder, harder,”
sounded Lusty Rhoads voices on
the side-banks, as they held thimbs
down for Pembroke. Ding-a-ling-
a-ling went the bell wielded by
Pembroke fans.

The ball rolled here, the ball
rolled there. The first. half came,
the first half went. Still no score
for Pembroke. The second half
came, the second half . . went.
Still no score fér Pembroke. The





On the Air

The Radio Line from Hav-
erford to Bryn Mawr will
have materialized by this
Monday. Programs may be
heard in the May Day Room
from 7.30 to 9.380 P. M. every
Monday through Thursday.
Come, bring your books and
enjoy yourself. There is room
for everyone and the Soda
Fountain is within arm’s
reach,













: day was Rhoads for six points!





Erratum

The resumé of the African
campaigns in the Current
Events report of last week’s
NEWS was erroneously as-
_ eribed to Stalin. Miss Rob-
bins, in discussing Stalin’s
speech, spoke of the African
campaigns only in reference

to the speech.









WITS END

This is your Dawn Patrol!



Off
we go, into the wild realms of the

cosmos! That which exists is, be-
cause -being is not becoming.
Nothing is becoming. Everything
is gone—the moths are in every-
thing. Pass the coke bottle, the
trash is still smoking. Hello, Joe.
Just a small fire in the trash bask-
et, nothing to worry about. We
are the Vestal Virgins keeping the
flame of wisdom burning in our
vacuum lamps. Earth, fire, water
and air in an uncompounded har-
mony of Allied Forces attacking
the root of the problem Vive la
France eternelle! Six more hours
until we reach the firing line. 40
pages of class notes, 300 pages of
reading notes—if I cover one page
in two minutes, how many pages
can I cover in 3860 minutes? If I
take a five minute nap, can I cover
one page in one minute? Heracli-
tus, Democritus, appendicitis and
phlebitis. I must go down to a C
again, a C where I can breathe.
Here we go round the prickly pear
so early in the morning. Anaxi-
mander, Anaximines, Anaxagor-
as—reach for the axe, the axe, the
axe.



OPINION

Eminent Arbiters Suggested
For Baby-Sitter Problem
By Sympathizer





To the
NEWS:

The most interesting column in
last _week’s News. was’ the wordy
but moving protest of the baby-
sitters,

The fairest solution to this prob-
lem of such great importance to
campus morale would be to submit
the case to a mixed board of arbi-
tration. May we suggest that the
following be drafted to serve:

1. Mrs. Karl Anderson — an
economist for more years than a
mother, .

2. Dr, Paul Weiss—a father, but
a philosopher with other-worldly
ideals.

3. Mrs. Chadwick-Collins — a
grandmother who loves a fight and

Editor of the COLLEGE

‘is a friend and champion of youth

and the oppressed,

4, Andrew Allan Grant—a child,
but new to the neighborhood and
so without a narrowly local point
of view.

5. Miss Madge Daly — historian
and baby-sitter and woman of the
world.

(Our first thought was that
there should be two baby-sitters;
but on mature reflection it seemed
that Madge Daly could cope with
any combination of parents.)

In case of the delinquency of any
of the members, Mrs. Manning
may be asked to substitute. Her
wide experience in and out of the
home and the campus would enable
her to represent\any needed point
of view.

Without wishing to prejudice the
settlement of the case, we should

like to record our sympathy, with
Continued on Page Three



Air Raid Wardens

The lectures for the Air
Raid Wardens will be held in
future in the Art Lecture
room in the Library, instead
of the Music Room in Good-
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W. Kapell to Play at |
- Tri-County Concert



*| The Tri-County. Concerts Asso-
ciation, which is offering a series
of free concerts in the Radnor
High School Auditorium, Wayne,
has announced that for its second
concert on Wednesday, December
2, it has obtained the brilliant
young American pianist William
Kapell. a

Although Mr. Kapell is only 20
years old, he has already captured
three of the most coveted prizes in
the musical world. In one year,
1941, he won both: the Youth Con-
test of the Philadelphia Orchestra
and the Naumburg Foundation
Award, entitling him to a debut in
Town Hall, New York.

In 1942 he was selected for the
Town Hall Endowment Series
Award, the youngest artist ever to
be chasen for this honor.

This winter he is making his
first extensive piano tour.

OPINION









Continued from Page Two
the cause of the~baby-sitters... Let
parents (and the public) reflect
that failure to arrive at a solution
may loose upon the campus a flock
of latch-key babies.
SILEX.



‘Non-Residents Dislike Repeal
Of Weekend Privilege for
Library. Books



To the Editor of the COLLEGE
NEWS:

_ We are writing this letter to you
in order to bring to the attention
of the entire college the problems
that face non-residents. with re-
gard to assignments in books on re-
serve.

This problem is partly a result
of the recent removal of the gen-
eral weekend privilege and partly
a long-standing grievance,

First, we request that non-resi-
dent students be permitted to take
out over the weekend any books
that are not reserved for any hour
during the weekend by other stu-
dents.

Secondly, we ask that one copy
of those books in which there are
extensive assignments and which
have to be used by non-resident
students be placed on the non-resi-
dent reserve shelf.

We have noticed—that-the.books
on the non-resident reserve are
mainly books used in _ required
courses and that even in this clas-
sification there are deficiencies.
Furthermore, there are in many
cases three copies of books on regu-
lar reserves used by non-resident
students. In accordance with li-
brary rules one of these copies
should be placed on the non-resi-
dent reserve.

‘We realize that this will neces-
sitate some further book purchases,
but we think the expense is fully
justified because, not only will it
eliminate a great deal of unneces-
sary strain from the average non-
resident’s academic life, but it will
also. make available additional
copies to the general student body
until 4 P. M:

As things are, many non-resi-
dents find themselves forced to
come’ home to late and cold sup-
pers, to rush out to college on
weekends (after five days of trav-
eling), or else neglect assignments.

Sincerely,
THE NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS.





Students’ Day Honored;
Indian Student Speaks



Continued from Faze One
sion. The radio speaks of free-
dom, but people are put in jail.
Dr. Chandra Sekhar told of Hit-
ler’s being applauded in a Rangoon
movie house, and the naive ex-
planation the natives gave him:
“This guy is giving hell to that
guy who is giving hell to me.”

Dr. Chandra Sekhar said that
what Britain had done for India
was to spend six years taking polls
about why the Indians wanted to
be free. He described it'-as “all
the trammels of a democratic set-
up without the democracy,” in a
land racially and culturally united.

Jessie Stone explained the sig-
nificance of Students’ Day. It is
in commemoration of the massacre
at the University of Prague, No-
vember 17, 1939, the “self-sacrifice
of the student youth in their resis-
tance to fascism.”

Our course in the past has been



lethargic. She said that it was
now time for us to take “immedi-
ate action for victory,” and that)
“we cannot help by sneering.” As|
a concrete basis for what our part |
should be, she read the end of the |
Declaration. bythe -International
Youth Congress which met at}
Washington this summer.
stresses a peace of “interdepend- |
ence,” and the conviction that by |
our action now we can make this |
the “People’s Century.”

|



Student-Conference |
Discusses Drafting

Continued from Pare One
remedied by a plan for returning |
boys to college for further educa-|
tion after they have entered the,
armed forces. If such a system |
were worked out, it would un-
doubtedly be for training in tech-
nical fields. This brings up the
problem of how far the liberal arts
education can be maintained under
such conditions.

Lieutenant Miles, of the British
Navy, spoke of the way in which
England has been meeting these)
same problems. Under the British
educational system, in war indi- |
viduals are detailed to go to the |
universities......Most can get one|
year of education there, and in|
event of a student’s wish to go on
in higher fields, the university may
recommend him for further train-
ing. There is no voluntary enlist-
ment in England, where the draft
age—is- also 18, but.-boys— usually
can get some higher education
while they wait to be called.

A representative of the War Man
Power Board, Miss McKelvey, dis-
cussed what women can do in the
war in various fields. Harry T.
Gideonese, President of Brooklyn |





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Owl Team Lacks Dash
But Beats Rosemont
In Year’s Last Game

Bryn Mawr, November 16. —
With several chances to score, the
Bryn Mawr Varsity simply dawdled
to their 1-0 victory over Rosemont.
Perhaps it was the benign weather,
but the Owls in this last.game of
the season lacked the dash. they
have shown in previous contests.

The only goal came _ quickly
enough in the first half, Bry@Mawr
huddling up to the opponents’ strik-
ing circle, with Lydia Gifford’s shot



effective. But thereafter the yel-
low team seemed incapable of
smashing Rosemont’s staunch

backs, unable to make a concerted
drive for another goal.

An unprecedented occurrence on
Bryn Mawr’s field was the goal
which was not a goal. Inside the
striking circle Pat Murnaghan
drove a ball so hard that it split,
the inside of the ball going inside

the goalie’s cage, the outside roll-!

ing outside the playing field. When
the ball had been put together and
the umpires had put their heads
together, it was ruled no goal.
Several nice clearing shots were
made by the Owls, saving the goalie

It|from defensive work. Ann Offutt |

made two long spectacular ones.
Margie Perkins dismayed her op-
ponents by her tricky defensive
technique.

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college faced by the declining en-|
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arts colleges have given much ‘to
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be forgotten in the present emer-! -

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the Civil Service Commission,
the War Man Power
Board because it was set up with
insufficient executive powers and
has not adequately defined what is
most needed.

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Near East Problems
Discussed by Dean



Continued from Page One
movements of reaction against the

West.

Pan-Islamism is no longer a liv-
ing force, due to the fact that it is
both non-national and _ identified
with subjection to the Turk, who in
the past has used this movément
Today Pan-
Islamism has been taken over by
the new national states only to re-

for his own purposes.

|inforce their solidarity and securi-
ty against the West.

The problems of modern Islam,
said Mrs. Grant, are twofold. In
the first\ place, the Islamic and
Western-minds are completely dif-
ferent. There is an equally great
difference between the two groups
of the Near East, the settled farm-
ers and city dwellers, and the semi-
Nomadic peoples of the desert.

From the desert in the heart of
Arabia came the religious ren-
/naissance of the eighteenth cen-
‘tury. The Wahabi sect, once driv-

‘truth of the Koran by the persua-
sion of the sword. On the other

ers of Syria and Egypt who see

Islam’s_ salvation in education,

preferably along Western lines.
Mrs. Grant spoke of the con-



; Structive elements in the new na-
! tionalism.
Tatum | world has taken up its traditional |

Once again the Arab

ideal of universal education, now!
ideas. |
' Following upon this is the evolu-|

reinforced by democratic
tion of an effective, educated public
opinion, an evolution linked to the
tremendously important emergence
of. a middle class. Another con-
structive element is the growing
interest in social service.



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Six Freshman Plays
Are to be Presented



Continued from Page One
Barbara Zimmelman, Nancy Mit-

chell and Mary Barton.

Mary Ellis, ’44, is directing The
| Monkey’s Paw, by W. W. Jacobs,
for Rockefeller.
set in an English country house.

It is a mystery

The cast includes: Marilyn Welle-
meyer, Diane Dame, Gloria Wald-
man, Dory Ann Braman and Mary
Helen Engel. The stage manager
}is Ellen Douglas Brook, 45,



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Catholic Club Meets; \but a stable and regular one. The|{ noon from 2 to 4, or Tuesday

Lograsso S peaks | students who attended also said or Thursday evenings in your
that the experience gave them an

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icans were able to say what they | cial problems.
really thought. The true position |
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Pope’s Aims for Peace which are |
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