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VOL. XL, NO. 15

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1944 fpbaays

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awr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS







Assembly Shows
Theory, Practice
Of Student Gov't

St. Lawrence, Cassidy, Kistler
And Merrill Discuss Two
Sample Cases



Goodhart, Wednesday,. February
16—The general principles and
aims of Self-Government and a
reassertion of the necessity for
its function on the college campus
were presented by Patricia St.
Lawrence, in the Self-Government
assembly. The theories as_ prac-
tically interpretated in two actual
cases were discussed by Barbara
Kistler, speaking as the permis-
sion giver, Deborah Cassidy, as
a hall president, and by Alison
Merrill, representing the Execu-
tive Board of Self-Government.

Self-Government has too often
been reduced to mere __identifica-
tion with the Executive Board,
which is generally considered as
a rule-enforcing body, Patricia
stated. Discussing and _ reaffirm-
ing justification for its existence,
she pointed out that nearly all the
alterations in campus rules have
been effected by the Executive
Board, which wishes the students
would express their opinion in pe-
titions more frequently, or agitate
for mass meetings to debate es-
tablished principles or new pro-
pesals. She suggested a perma-
nent revision committee as a more
facile channel for student expres-
sions

Continued on Page 3

IRC Reports Analyze
Education, Economics



Common Room, February 9—
The fourth joint meeting of the
Haverford, Rosemont, and Bryn
Mawr International Relation Clubs
dealt with education and domestic
economy now and in the post-war
period. .Short papers by Betty
Byfield of Bryn Mawr, Delores
MeFeely and Patricia Kleveshal
of Rosemont, and John Libby of
Haverford were followed by a
lively discussion period.

“The educational system”, said
Betty Byfield, “is of utmost im-
portance in a democracy where
its purpose is to be of maximum
value to the community.” Trac-
ing the development of education
in the United States, she showed
how the emphasis has gradually

centered on the development of
the individual personality, with
more and more attention being

given at the high school level to
vocational training. Desirable as
this may have been, army and
navy statistics now show that
many high school graduates are
not able to read and to express
themselves well orally’ and in
writing. Thus a return to more
thorough grounding in funda-
‘mMentals is to be advocated.. After
the war new and greater strains
will be put on our educational sys-
tem as millions of service men will
want to return to college. We must
begin thinking now of some of the
various issues which. will arise;

namely, what role the government

will play in education, what will
be the character of the institu-
students, and
more broadly, what possibilities
present \themselves for.the devel-
opment of international education.
Continued on Page 3



Merrill, the Epicurean, Elected New Editor,

Begins to Learn Ropes on Merton Green



By Elizabeth Watkins, ’44

“The best thing about the News
is that it is near the soda foun-
tain,” declared the new editor-in-
chief, Alison Merrill. Alison is a
member of the “food is the cheap-
est substitute for sleep” school of
thought and an advocate of editor-
ial meetings at the Inn. Armed
with this philosophy she is pre-
pared to direct her-new board and
staff with the aid of Mary Virginia
More as copy editor and Patricia
Platt and Susan Oulahan as news
editors.

A master of the art of exple-
tives, Alison, former copy editor,
has had the staff well under con-
trol for the past year. Action in
this capacity brought the realiza-
tion of her ignorance of grammar,
especially the use of commas. “The
position of copy editor had a pro-
found effect on my long papers,”
she commented—a statement which
the English department will be
glad to hear.

Editing the news will not be her
only concern in the coming weeks,
for Alison is also air raid warden
“extraordinaire”, Junior member of
the Self-Government Association,
and chief fire captain. She is now
wondering what she will do if a
fire breaks out during an air raid
while Self-Gov. is having a meet-
ing on Monday night.

Undergrad Officers’
Elections Postponed
By Council’s Decision



The elections of officers for the
chief undergraduate positions for
1944-1945 will begin one week lat-
er than formerly announced. The
postponement of the election of
the Common Treasurer was the
reason for the change.

The system of common treasury
is only being tried this year and
has not been adopted into the
constitutions of the undergradu-
ate organizations. The Under-
graduate Council decided that the
college can not elect the Common
Treasurer until - the system has
been adopted. :

Voting on the plan of common
treasury will be held, followed
by the election of the Common
Treasurer. The Freshman Class
will present nominees for the pos-
ition of treasurer of the under-

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Calendar

Saturday, February 19
Freshman Show, Alas, Poor
Yorick, 8:30, Goodhart.
Pembroke, Rockefeller,
Denbigh Hall Dances.

Sunday, February 20

Reverend Howard Thurman,
Music Room, 7:30.

Monday, Februay 21
Swimming meet, Non-varsity
interclass, 4:00.
Henri Peyre, “Tradition and
Experiment,” Goodhart, 8:30.

Tuesday, February 22
Faculty Vocational
Deanery, 4:30.
Current Events, Henri Peyre,
Common Room, 7:15.

Wednesday, February 23
Robert. Valeur,» “France «and |
the Democratic Idea,” Com-

mon Room, 12:30.
Science Club, Dr. Crenshaw,
Park Hall, 8:00.

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Talks,











ALISON MERRILL



Alison rose to this situation,
multi-sided if not slow. She first
became conspicuous in the Fresh-
man show as a member of the
stage crew and the male chorus.
Press notices said she resembled
Tyrone Power in spite of her shirt
front’s opening tendencies. Al-
though Alison joined the News
staff that same spring, her efforts
at first were not noticeable. She
too life-saving and air raid
courses on Monday and Tuesday
nights.

The only startling event in her
life that Alison can recall is the
perilous change in residence from
Rhoads to Spanish House this year.
Her bi-weekly jaunts across Mer-
ion Green at two o’clock in the
morning (returning from the
News) are spent mostly in dodging
the ropes, which she insists are
moved every day for her benefit.

Alison’s editorial plans are very
radical, a result of her summer in
a steel mill. Labor will be organ-

] ized and the night shift abolished,

a thing which all editors have at-
tempted but never achieved. “The
maximum of efficiency in the mini-
mum of time, is my slogan,” she
stated.

Eclogues of Encina
Analyzed by Castro

Common Room, February 15:
Discussing the dramatic literature
of Spain in the time when the
theatre commenced to flourish,
Professor Americo Castro, of
Princeton University commented
upon three plays by Juan del En-
cina in a talk to the Spanish Club.
Professor -Castro—pointedout the
Renaissance characteristics in En-
cina’s eclogues in contrast to the
ideas of the Middle Ages.

Juan del Encina, Professor Cas-
tro said, is the first important fig-
ure in the Spanish drama and is
known as “the father of the Span-
ish drama.” With him, in the late
fifteenth century, a new literary
genre began. Spanish drama in
the Middle Ages had consisted of
comic farces and religious plays.
The drama of Encina, Professor
Castro said, has strong renaissance
characteristics, although it is a
transition between the primitive
religious theatre and the Renais-
sance theatre as it later existed.
Encina’s plays were written in the
language of the lower classes and
concerned country people but were
presented before the nobility. They
depicted for the first time secular
and human people.

Love, Professor Castro said, was
a motivating force in the Renais-

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Outstanding Traits

Of Gide and Mauriac
Examined by H. Peyre

Classifying Mauriac as “a less

interesting person than Gide, but|

| Former Professor at Columbia

a greater novelist”, Mr. Henri
Peyre, Flexner lecturer, discussed
these two authors in his second
lecture on the contemporary
French novel.

Andre Gid., the “finest and
subtlest prose writer” living to-
day, said Mr. Peyre, seldom

reaches that intensity of imagina-
tive experience and style which,
rather than sincerity, can be called
the criterion of art.

Partaking of the intellectual
boldness of Goethe, Gide’s work
has been mostly experimental in
character, and in this sense, par-
ticularly * worthwhile. His most
substantial contribution has been
“to drive sincerity as far as ‘it
can go.” The two important in-
fluences in Gide’s life and work are
homosexuality and a_ protestant
background. The first of these is
responsible for the broadening of
the French novel, and the second
shows itself in Gide’s relentless
passion for self-a ate

Gide’s Novel

In 1925 Gide wrote The Coun-
terfeiters, which he called “my
first novel.” It is, said Mr. Peyre,
very far from faultless. It shows
an excessive self-awareness on
the part of the author, and also
that he is more interested in his
theory of the novel than in the
novel itself. The interest of the
reader is strained, as Gide leaves
almost all description of scenery
and of persons to the imagination.

In very direct contrast to Gide
is Francois Mauriac, whose work
is characterized by fierce pessi-
mism, Catholicism, and lack of
interest in social problems. Prais-
ing Mauriae’s magnificent grasp
of the concrete, Mr. Peyre called
his novels “masterpieces of tech-

nique and of style’. Using the
means of retrospection, he has
solved the problems of time
through a going backwards and

forwards between present and
past—like Proust, but more con-
densed.

Mauriac, with his continuous
progression of plot and characters,
has preserved the novel in its tra-
ditional or Racinian form. His
main theme is adolescence. If his
novels which are always situated
in the same provincial part of
south-western France, are lacking
in a certain type of universality,
they at times reveal great depths.



Valeur to Review
French Struggle,
Democratic Idea

Heads Information Office
In New York



M. Robert Valeur, chairman of
the United Nations Information
Office in New York, will speak on
“French Resistance and the Demo-
cratic Idea” in Goodhart at 12:30
on February 23 in the sixth War
Alliance assembly of the year.

The United Nations Information
Office, of which M. Valeur is the
chairman, is a central information
agency for all the United Nations.
M. Valeur originally joined the or-
ganization in 1939, when he was
appointed representative for the
Fighting French, following the ar-
mistice. The agency issues the
United Nations Revue, which M.
Valeur formerly edited. The Revue
contains various types of informa-
tion pertaining to members of the
United Nations. Besides the Revue,
the Information Office presents
lectures, films, and exhibits of gen-.
eral interest.

Career

M. Valeur was born in france
in 1903, and took his doctorate in
laws at the University of Lyons.
eH was a lecturer at the Univer-
sity of Lyons until 1926, when he
came to the United States on a
Rockefeller Scholarship. In 1930
he began his career of teaching at
Columbia University, becoming a
professor of economics and social
sciences, a post that he held until
1940. He is at present associated
with International Administration
at Columbia, while teaching at the
Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes.
This latter school is a Franco,Bel-
gian organization in New York. M.
Valeur has been active in the af-
fairs of the French in this coun-
try since 1935, when he organized
the New York French Information
Center.

One of M. Valeur’s most import-
ant early publications in France
was on the subject of the teaching
of law in the United States and in
France. .Among more recent pub-
lications are his article on “La re-
gression economique aux Etats
Unis”, printed in “L’Europe Nou-
velle” in 1938, and his essays en-
titled “French Government and
Politics” in the book on Demo-
cratic Governments written by
Chase, Veleur, and Buell in New
York in 1935.



Surrealistic Freshman Show Will Involve
Skyscrapers, Pink Clouds and Rockettes



By Susan Oulahan, ’46

The freshmen are waxing ‘sur-
realistic this year, at least that’s
our impression. Having dreamed
up a plot that revolves around the
heights of two skyscrapers, they
have transformed the —Goodhart
stage into an angel’s-eye view of
New York. Through a maze of
paint buckets and a_ blue-jeaned
stage crew, we could discern the
peppermint-striped dome of the
Chrysler building. The Empire
State, plunked in the middle of two
pink clouds surprised us for a min-
ute—we thought it was a Franklin
stove,

The usual bedlam held sway at
the first real rehearsal, but notice-
ably absent this year were the
sophomores: Maybe that’s why we
could actually hear Director Nicole
Pleven’s “louder, louder’ screamed
at the choruses.



We’re still in the dark about who
poor Yorick is and why he’s being
mourned. That remains 47’s sec-
ret as well as the significance of
the gremlinish figure poking his
head out of the pearly gates in the
upper right hand® corner of the
back-drop. But what we do know
is that the freshman show features
Rockettes, an amazing number of
good solos, and Frank Sinatra.

Communistic rallies and peanut
venders tend to keep the show
away from the campus. But the
sad tale of a studious wench lock-
ed in the stacks, with no more
nourishment than a shelf of Latin
classics, reminds us that we’re still

at Bryn Mawr. A love - sick couple
pitching woo, and a lively duel
promise to be the high spots of an
as yet unpredictable Freshman
show.

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Congress Before the Bar

Wendell Willkie and other Republican spokesmen seem
resolved not to let the country forget for a moment that this
is election year. Thus far the campaign seems to have been
conducted as if the Presidency were the only contested office.
Indeed, the current behavior of both wings of Congress would
seem to indicate that our legislators are not themselves aware
of the fact that the entire House of Representatives and one-
third of ‘the Senate will have to submit their voting records
to the public for conclusive approval or disapproval.

Now in view of the fact that Congressional behaviof this
year will be more apt to linger in the voters’ memory than
action taken in the past, the question arises as to why Con-
gress went on record as it did on the issues of soldiers’ vote,
taxation, and subsidies. Two possible explanations present
themselves. Some may choose to believe that the gentlemen
of Congress, contrary to well-established practice, have failed
to notice the approach of election day. This view of the sit-
uation would, I think, be rather hard to substantiate. Far
more plausible though far less complimentary to the work-
ing of our democracy, is the view that Congress has decided
that the people aren’t watching, or that if they are, they
don’t understand what it’s all about, anyhow.

These three issues, the soldiers’ vote, taxation, and sub-
sidies, it should be clear, cannot be construed as controversial
issues in the sense that one may, with honesty, espouse either
side with the belief that it will lead effectively to the goal de-
sired by all. Patent though the statement is, it seems nec-
essary to repeat that today, as for the past two years, the
goal of all Americans is to win the war as cheaply and quick-.

ly as possible. For many still fail to understand the course of

action that this goal indicates.

The disgracefully inadequate tax bill passed by Congress
and now on the President’s desk is clearly inconsistent with
the effective pursuit of this goal. The drastic inflation that
must follow from the banning subsidy payments will likewise
neither cheapen the cost of the war nor help to lay the basis
for healthy economic conditions after the war. As for the
soldiers’ vote, the fight against the federal ballot is simply a
fight against the right of soldiers to vote at all. No other
method is feasible. Surely sniping at the morale of a demo-
cratic fighting force by depriving it unnecessarily of one of
the rights for which it fights is incompatible with the most
effective prosecution of the war.

Two conclusions are inescapable. First, certain legislat-
ors’ support of the war is nothing more than lip-service, and
indeed a study of the Congressional Record will show that in
certain cases even their mouths betray them. Secondly, the
rest of our representatives and a goodly section of the people
for whom they supposedly speak have failed to think through
to the steps prerequisite to the attainment of their goal. —

All alert citizens have three responsibilities. First, in-
form Congress and the President of their wishes as regards
the issues now pending. Secondly, they should examine the
voting records of their Congressmen and acquaint other vot-
ers with the information they have gathered. Thirdly, they
should vote accordingly in November.

—Jessie Stone, ’44

Campus Apathy, Ignorance
Of War Cited in Many
Instances



To the Editor of the News:

We have been amazed at the to-
tal lack of interest which the Bryn
Mawr students, supposedly well-
informed people, show toward any-
thing remotely connected with the
war. “This may sound like a bald
statement unsupported by facts.
Among other things, we have
heard many of the freshmen com-
plain of the reading assigned in
their English courses because
LLippmann’s Foreign Policy and
Carr’s Conditions of the Peace deal
with matters “which are of no in-
terest to us.” One girl who made
this statement has lost a brother
in the war. That she can say that

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Lantern Editorial Accused
Of Narrow Viewpoint
By Senior

‘Dear Editor,

The basis of the attitude test
expressed in the recent Lantern ed-
itorial is decidedly shaky from a
thoughtful point of view. The ten-
dency and the subject matter of
the essay are so at variance that
it was hard at first glance not to
think that it was a parody. Such
a pleasantly vigorous plan for ar-
gument, and obvious belief in the
necessity of freedom for mature
individuals show that their pos-
sessors could, if they would accept
a larger view of life, turn their
polemic interest to a more imper-
sonal purpose. But the editorial
under discussion is shot through
with logical fallacies that must
spring in some way from too great
a preoccupation with the subject,
if not simply from an unwilling-
ness to face difficulty.

To deal with specific arguments,
the plea for smoking privileges in
individual rooms—though by no
means a “necessity”—is the most

reasonable and popular suggestion. |









WIT*S END

Write thee more stately edits, oh
my soul, as the swift presses roll.
Condemn not the idiot child, swig-
ging the” bottle and smoking the
weed: Burr, burr. Let her stand
there clutching her social fabric
while contemplating the environ-
mental neeis of her neighbor’s
backyard. Thus she is efficacious,
thus she drinks. Rather let us
climb into the regions more sub-
lime — comprehensive - conferences
at the dot of nine.

So we leave the petty pace of

every day. No more to reduce
“natural supernaturalism” to an
18-18 head. Gone the struggle of
deleting opinion from the news
articles and inserting opinion in
the editorials. What matters if
the searing words of Mrs. Lippin-
cott on the “Care and Feeding of
Elizabethan Emue’s” are not re-
corded for our chronicle. Thus~We
say farewell to the rows of gray
faces repeating, “No story, no
story,” in the grim hours of the
dawn. Take them, they’re yours.
’ We have crunched our chicken
and split our peas at council din-
ner. Now let someone else argue
through the potatoes. But oh, the
joy of press conference where the
gossip of an hour leads to only one
printable story. This year the
Undergrad Council will not need
our vote to have May Day on May
Day and to hell with German orals.

Now you may rise at the break
of dawn to see that the cuts get
from engravers to printers before
nine. You too may have the thrill
of writing up the European fellow
three hours after the deadline.
Picking up our dusty textbooks,
we say good night, newsprint. We
leave you to shudder at Russell’s
interference with logic and Herben
speaking in armor.



But fire insurance cannot make
good in a truly satisfactory way
the losses of a serious fire, and
there is unquestionably more dan-
ger in allowing smoking in every
room than in restricting it to a
few.

It is elsewhere stated that ‘“ma-
ture consideration” of the rules
has brought out an inconsistency
in the connection between signing

Continued on Page 4





Parting Words

The criticism of the American public’s apathetic attitude
toward the war is one most frequently made and one least
heeded. In view of the tremendous human and material sac-
rifices which the nation is making, it seems incongruous that
its people can remain indifferent to the progress and prob-
lems of the war. They follow the news from the battle fronts,
as if these events were distinct from the political and econ-
omic struggles at home. Their complaints against war-time
restrictions indicate in the final analysis, that they do not
really understand the war in its full implications. Intelligent
and unselfish effort on the home front is being made by a
few rather than by a,majority. It is this attitude more than
any other factor which tents to weaken the morale of our

‘fighting men:

This same aitiieds has been found on the Bryn Mawr
campus. Yet some people have commented upon the differ-
ence between the college of this war and the last world war,
notably the effect of War Alliance assemblies -and courses.
The War Alliance has made a great contribution in increas-
ing our knowledge of international affairs and affording stud-
ents opportunities in which to give their time and effort to
help win the war. But, unfortunately, those who participate
in war activities are still a relatively small number and even
among this group the activity is not.always accompanied by
comprehension of the war’s larger aspects.

One of the best methods of supplanting’a négative atti-
tude with a positive viewpoint is through a vital, intelligent
newspaper which~is considered an important source of infor-
mation and opinion. In the past year the News has tried to
increase student interest in college and world affairs. We

have presented problems of national as well as .campus-con-}|

cern in our editorials. Through our articles.we have inform-
ed students of opportunities by which they could play a more
effective role in their college and their nation. The value of
our attempts is not for us to decide—the challenge still exists.
May the new board meet it successfully.





Opinion

Lantern Editor Answers
, Criticism of Article
On Self-Gov









To the Editors:

We have compiled and destroyed
a list of one hundred and eighty-
eight names.of students whom we
know to have broken, consciously
and repeatedly, one or more of the
major rules of the college. One
hundred and eighty-eight out of
four hundred and eighty-four un-
dergraduate students of last year
is still a minority but a minority
too important to dismiss lightly;
no reasonably governed state has a
population of which more than
one-third are habitual criminals.

These students are not taking
advantage of an honor system; no
student feels a moral obligation to
confess her own misdemeanors.
They are taking advantage of a
lack of uniform policy on the part
of Self-Government, which ranges
from searching the rooms of stud-
ents for rumored evidence to
overlooking serious infractions of
the rules.

Because there is a policing sys-
tem, we suggested that the func-
tion of signing out be removed
from the jurisdiction of Self-Gov-
ernment and thus made optional.
If there were not certain places
which were forbidden or frowned
upon, more students would sign
out correctly. Even though it
would still be impossible to reach
a student at the average hotel,
restaurant or theatre, the chances
would be increased if signing out
were not part of a policing sys-
tem.

Fire Insurance

We have also obtained an estim-
ate from a private insurance agent
of Haverford who tells us that it
would cost approximately fifty dol-
lars more a year for each hall to
cover smoking in the rooms. This
money could be diverted from oth-
er pleasures, such as hall teas, or
raised by the students themselves
without putting an undue strain on
the budget of the college. Because
of the example of many homes and
colleges where smoking. is permit-
ted in the rooms, we feel that the
danger involved is negligible.

We are not returning the respon-
sibility of student government to
the administration. Any serious
offenses to the public morality that
do not fall under the jurisdiction
of the government of Lower Mer-
ion Township would probably be
dealt with by the college: president
but such extreme cases go before
her in any case. Minor disturb-
ances to the public comfort could
be dealt with in each hall.

Danger is a word that has been
used frequently as a weapon
against our proposal. The great-
est danger seems to us to lie in

_|the deliberate distinction between

the self-government rules of the
college and the rules of modern
society.

: —Helena Hersey



Errata

It may have een pre-spring
fever or general haziness, but
some very erroneous statements
slipped into last week’s issue.
We apologize to the Sociology
department, and wish to correct
the authorship of Coming of
Age in Samoa. The book was
written by Margaret Mead, not
by Dr. Benedict. To the Latin
department and all those con-
cerned with geography we sub-
-mit humble apologies for the ar-{-
ticle on the Latin play. We
really should know that Cyrene
couldn’t be in Rome, and that
all Plautus’s comedies are laid
in Greece.





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Drexel Defeats B. M.
In Close Court Play



Gym., February 12. The Owls,
playing their first basketbalt game
' of the season, were handed a 26-27
defeat by Drexel’s navy team. Hit=
ting their stride in the fourth
quarter, Bryn Mawr staged a last
minute rally that nearly won the
game. Fighting desperately, the
Owl forwards bombarded the bas-
ket whenever they got the ball, not
waiting to get under the hoop to
toss up their shots; but time was
‘called with one basket still needed
to win.

In the opening minutes of play,
Bryn Mawr surged ahead scoring
two baskets in quick succession.
-But Drexel soon closed the gap and
held the advantage at the end of
the first quarter.

It was a nip and tuck affair with
the lead changing hands eight
times. If the Owl forwards had
cut in more they probably could
have dropped in more tries but

* they had a hard time getting past]:

the Drexel guards and most of
their shots were long ones.

.The Bryn Mawr reserves trounc-
ed Drexel’s second team 24-10,
rolling. up a safe score as they
went along. The Drexel guards
could not stop Sue Horn who made
12 of Bryn Mawr’s points, scoring
long shots from the side or com-
ing in to tally with one-handed
shots.

Undergrad Officers’
Elections Postponed
Continued from Page 1
graduate associations according
to the usual procedure. If the
Common Treasurer plan is finally
-adopted, the treasurers will be-
come first sophomore members of
the associations. If the plan is
defeated, they will retain their
positions as treasurers.

ELECTIONS

Feb. 17 Nomination of Self-
Gov. ‘Pres’,
Feb. 21. Nomination of Pres.

of ‘Undergrad’. .

’ Feb. 24. Nomination of Pres.
of ‘War Alliance’.

Feb. 28. League Board nomin-
ates Pres. ‘of League’.

Election of Pres. of ‘Self-Gov’.

Feb. 29. Revoting on Pres. of
‘Self-Gov’.

March. 1. Undergrad ‘Pres.
‘election’.

March 2. Revoting on Pres. of
‘Undergrad’.

Athletic Association nominates
Pres. of ‘A. A’.

March 4. War Alliance Pres.
‘election’.

March 7. Revoting on ‘War Al-
liance Pres’.

Nomination of Vice-Pres.
‘Self-Gov. (Junior Class)’.

Nomination of Sec. of Self-Gov.
‘(Sophomore Class)’

Nomination of Treasu. of Self-,
Gov. ‘(Freshman Class)’

of

____March 8. League Pres. ‘elec-
tion’. »
March 9., Revoting on League

“Pres’.. © ees
March 13. Nomination of Vice-
Pres. ‘of Undergrad. (Junior
Class)’
Nomination of Sec. of Under-
grad. ‘(Sophomore Class)’
Nomination of Treas. of Under-
grad. ‘(Freshman Class)’
March 14. A. A. Pres. ‘election’.
March 14. A. A. Pres. election
‘revoting’.
March 15 and 16. Vice-Pres.

Treas., and Sec.’ of Self-Gov.
‘election’.

March 20 and 21. Vice-Pres.,
Treas., and Sec. of Undergrad
‘election’. 2



Engagements
Jean Brunn, ’44, to Ensign Dan-
iel Mungall, Jr., U.S.N.R.

Ann R. Clarke, ’45, to Lt. Cal-
vin R. Batchelor, U.S.A.











Photography Exhibit

The French House and the
French Club invite everyone to
see a collection of photographs
of modern French and Belgian
writers and artists. These pho-
tographs, loaned through the
kindness of the Belgian Center
of Information, were taken by
Charles Leirens, former director
of La Maison d’Art in Brussels
and at present professor at the
New School for Social Research,
is Pap ga OF

The French House also in-
vites the French Club to listen
to a concert of French records
every Wednesday night from
7:00 to 7:30. These concerts
will be given in honor of Mr.
Henri Peyre and in connection
with his course in modern poet-
ry and his lectures on the mod-
ern novel. Coffee will be served.







Freshmen Condemn
Apathy of Students
Continued from Page 2

she has “no interest in foreign af-
fairs” is shocking.

We have also heard some stud-
ents, when asked whether ‘they
ever read anything except the fun-
nies, answer: “We’re winning the
war. Who cares how?” Someone
else suggested taking the special
course in politics next year in or-
der to become better informed
about the platforms of the differ-
ent political parties. Another girl
answered, “What difference does it
make? It doesn’t affect us. We

‘!ean’t vote.”

We know definitely that certain
people in this college not only deal
in black market goods, but boast
about it into the bargain. One girl
even offered to sell some of her
black market nylons to her friends.
“Of course, they are rather expen-
sive,” she added. This conversa-
tion took place the same week that
the Japanese atrocity stories were
published.

Attitude Disgraceful

One of the freshmen submitted
a_ letter from overseas asking the
people here at home to buy war
bonds to the College News. The

News replied that they had no|

space in which to publish it. In
spite of this answer, the editors
had to provide space-filler for that
edition.

In our opinion, such an attitude,
or rather lack of attitude, toward
the most important events of the
day is little short of disgraceful in
a college which is supposed to con-
sist of members of the “privileged
classes.” No one can deny that
being-able to attend a college of
Bryn Mawr’s standards is a privi-
lege. That women to whom such
a privilege is available should re-
main so ignorant of such import-
ant affairs is outrageous. No
amount of “liberal’’ education will
be of any use to these girls if
they have no knowledge of modern
affairs. To know what happened
to Napoleon -at Moscow is unim-
portant compared to knowing what
happened to the Germans at Stal-
ingrad, the Japanese at Attu, the
Americans at Salerno and Tarawa.
It is high time for the students at
Bryn Mawr to find out about this
war and to do something about it.

Two Freshmen

Editor’s Note: The letter in question
was refused not because of lack of
space in the paper but because the.
editor did not consider the letter
adaptable to the article on bonds
carried in that issue. The two fresh-
men are really criticizing the ab-
sence of any strong publicity in the
News on the purchasing of. war
stamps. and bonds through the ‘past
year—a very just criticism.



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By Barbara Hull, ’44

“I don’t believe that all women |
are born with -an instinct to care|
for children any more. than men|
are born with the ability to fix
blown fuses,” said Susan B. An-
thony III, great-niece of the lead-
er for woman suffrage in this
|country. Miss Anthony is on cam-
| pus making a study of women in
industry, and as can be seen from
the above statement, she closely
follows the famous woman suffra-
gist.

Miss Anthony’s first book, Out!
of the Kitchen into tie War re-!
cently drew from a _ reader the
question, “What about the ladies’
return trip to the kitchen?” To
this Miss Anthony firmly replies
that women will continue to work
in the post-war world because the
artificial barriers between men’s
and women’s jobs are breaking
down; the loss of manpower due
to the war will necessitate wom-
en’s taking over jobs formerly held
by men.

“If we insured a double-earner
income, not only would the newly
employed housewives’ earnings
vastly increase the purchasing
power of American families, but
in leaving the home, women would
be creating a demand for services
previously untapped.” These serv-
ices include child care, cheap laun-
dry, and prepared meals services.

Miss Anthony bitterly opposes
the proposed “Equal Rights
Amendment.” Having spoken and
written against it for over five
years she refers to it as “the
greatest single menace to hard-
won labor legislation for women
built up for almost a century.” It
would destroy wage and hour stan-
dards for both men and women.

Eclogues of Encina

Analyzed by Castro

Continued from Page |

sance, awakening all the funda-
mental instincts of man. Love as
a social force in the Renaissance
was a substitute for the divine love
of the Middle Ages. Through this
love, man recognized himself as an
individual facing society, as a force
against the divine hierarchy of the
mediaeval period. Without this
Renaissance individual, Professor
Castro said, there could have been
no drama.

Through love man _ recognized
himself as an individual and his
analysis and awareness, is another
Renaissance characteristic. Man’s
eyes are opened, he sees the beau-
ty of nature, and a whole new
world of realism and humanism is
opened to the drama.

In Juan del Encina’s third ec-
logue, Professor Castro pointed
out, we see the key to the modern
theatre—man’s inner conflict with
himself. Encina articulates the
human personality and presents
the_beginnings—of—characterization.
in the drama. He presents also the
beginnings of dramatic conflict in
a dialogue, with each person hav-
ing his own personal law. Encina
with these characteristics, is a
precursor of the Renaissance.



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Miss Anthony feels the bill “is
just a complete unadulterated pho-
ney” and opposes the beliefs — of
early suffrage leaders, ‘A hand-
f of women, comfortably es-
sched, are trying to take away
these rights. They claim that this
amendment would result in equal
rights, but. it is actually the road
back to economic chaos for wom-
en... :

“These sponsors of the
rights amendment didn’t
what Aunt Susan realized,” “Miss
Anthony stated., “She often said
‘Women want Bread, not the Bal-
lot.’ The vote was just a step for
us, a means to the end which is
economic equality.” They want to
be released from as many home
chores as possible so that they can
work. 2

“1944 is one of the most crucial
years of the centuries,” explained
Miss Anthony, ‘‘and women’s votes

Continued on Page 4

equal

Theory of Self-Gov.
Shown in Assembly

Continued from Page 1

In specifically presenting the
role of Self-Government, two cases
were examined from the various
levels of action. These cases, al-
though modified are typical and
illustrate the mechanics of Self-
Government, its weaknesses and
advantages. The cases in which
different penalties were imposed
for similar offenses, dealt with
signing-out rules, which Patricia
remarked were those most fre-
quently broken. The cases con-
cerned an unintended failure to
the designated destination through
the irresponsibility of the escort,
and a late return, and_ secondly,
the failure to receive permission
at all, mistakes in signing out and
a careless late return. Both cases
caused difficulty and general con-
cern.

Barbara Kistler, ’46, speaking
as the permission giver, stressed
the increased complications aris-
ing when permission is ommitted;
and the value of the college’s check

on the individual’s whereabouts,
made possible through signing
out.

Deborah Cassidy, ’44, took up
the cases from the point of view
of a hall president, beginning with
the anxiety of the warden and
Miss Howe at 3:00 A. M. She
discussed the relation of the hall
president to the student and her
estimation of the offender’s atti-
tude an dreport to the Self-Gov-
erning Board.

Alison Merrill, ’45, represnting
the Executive Board, described the
Board meeting for the two cases,
as well as its usual functions. She
explained the reasons for the vary-
ing decisions of penalties, stress-
ing that every effort is made _ to
consider the individual.













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In Advocating Women’s Economic Sacurity'

Education, Economics
Continued from Page 1

The Rosemont speakers outlined
briefly the position of capital and
‘labor and of free enterprise in
hour-economy.
| Delores MecFeely, “in the essential
justice of the capitalistic system,



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realize |





| so long as the government acts as
regulatory force.’ Labor and
capilal are both indispensable, but

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| neither should become too power-
| ful.

Labor must be guaranteed
rights of collec-
tive bargaining, of striking and
picketing. But the government
must stop showing favoritism

and devote itself to a consistent

labor policy in order to further
the war effort. Free enterprise is
“that system under which any

person is legally able to engage in
any activity he wishes.” Its seeds
go back to the Declaration of In-
dependence and indeed have al-
ways been the classical American
way of doing things. But evils
have followed in the wake of free
competition, which gave a high
standard of living but meant also
exploitation. Therefore the state
has to intervene to work out a
compromise - between _individual-
ism and collectivism, and to act as
a policeman protecting the rights
of the small businessman.
Economic Control

John Libby deplored the tenden-
cies toward centralization which
have been so predominant during
the last 20 years. These tenden-
cies have brought us to the part-
ing of the ways; we must choose
between socialism and a_ better
democracy.’ The latter can be at-
tained only through the. reinstate-
ment of the powers of the state
and local governments.

The remaining discussion hing-
ed first on this question of federal
versus local control, and second
on the broader issues of the New
Deal’s perpetual-debt philosophy
and whether it is a sound one. The
next meeting of the International
Relation Clubs will take place
February 23 in the Government
House, Haverford, and its topic
will be “The Near East.”









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Mrs. Howe Revealed
_. As Helen MacIntosh .
1944 Class President

The last-few.days have heard
repeated questions on campus as
to the identity of “this new Mrs.
Howe”. The response is general-
ly: “Ask the seniors, they’ll
know”. Mrs. Howe has now been
finally and. definitely identified. by
some senior as the Helen MaclIn-
tosh who was president of the
class of ’41.. All the confusion
arose because she was married
two weeks after her graduation
and became Mrs. Parkman Dexter
Howe, Jr.

Mrs. Howe returned last Thurs-
day to become the Junior Assist-
ant to the Dean and will remain
until June 15. This impressive ti-
tle has already dissolved to “Jun-
ior” in the. .stress under which
the office is working. As yet she
makes no statement concerning
her function, declaring that she

“hadn’t known the office very well

before.”

The interval between her de-
parture from and return to Bryn
Mawr has been distrbuted be-
tween various coastal cities where
her husband has been stationed.
After a summer of “recovery”
from Bryn Mawr she worked with
the Pan American Council in Bos-
ton where she organized the
Speaker’s Bureau and __ studied
Spanish on the side.

Mrs. Howe was reticent about
her college career, but the News
annals have provided bits of infor-
mation about her. For _ instance,
she was head of the dance com-
mittee for the Junior Prom in
1940, and acted in ’41 as:a repre-
sentative at the Alumnae Confer-
ence where, among other things,
she spoke on three-college cooper-
ation. Her B. A. was taken in
German and she graduated cum
laude with distinction.

Susan B. Anthony Ill
Follows Famous Aunt

Continued from Page 3

will count more in the election than
ever before. It is up to women to
exercise their vote.’

_ Susan B. Anthony III is the wife
of Captain Henry H. Collins of
Bryn Mawr. She took her B. A.
magna cum laude in Political
Science at the University of Roch-
ester in 1938, and got her M. A. in
1941 at the American University
in Washington, D.C. After work-
ing for a time on the Washington
Star, she took a job as a grinder in
the Washington Navy Yard, where
she worked over a period of six
weeks. Miss Anthony’s next book
will be entitled Out of the Kitchen
into the World.



WBMC Opens With Magnificient Broadcast;

Undiscovered “Fluke”

Prevents Transmission



By Nancy Moorehouse, ’47

While everyone frantically twirl-
ed their dials” trying to get Bryn
Mawr’s--new---voice-on.the air,
WBMC, the debut program went
smoothly on, the speakers happily
oblivious of the fact that their
voices could not be heard anywhere
on campus. A great entourage had
been assembled in the broadcast-
ing studio in Pembroke East base-
ment, all to celebrate the grand
opening of the Radio Club’s new
venture, Gathered there were two
former presidents, Louise Horwood
and Alice Minot, and the present
incumbent, Margaret Browder, and
to give the proceedings an-official
blessing, Miss McBride had pre-
pared a fifteen minute speech on
the radio and the position and op-
portunities for women in broad-
casting.

Editorial in Lantern
Attacked as Narrow



Continued from Page 2

out and the forbidding of going to
certin places at certain times. I
do not see why there is any con-
nection at all. The forbidding
forms an independent category of
rules. Also, signing out is not
merely a “convenience”’—it is a
practical means of getting in touch
with us should anything make this
essential. This is far more likely
a thing to happen when we $are
living away from home than other-
wise. To dispose quickly of the
drinking rules, since it is not made
impossible for us to drink, I do not
see that we are unduly restricted
in this respect. To allow drinking
in the halls might assume more
flexibility and character than some
students possess; but I think there
is no question of trying to “con-
ceal” drinking. The rule merely
contributes to the simplification of
a life already sufficiently compli-
cated by its specialized nature, and
no one with a well-rounded view of
college life is apt to object to it.

Perhaps most objectionable in
the editorial is the criticism of the
self-government officials. Although
it is too true that there is seldom
enough “new blood” in self-govern-
ment offices, still the reference to
the “good girls” which constitute
the “group” and its “supporters”
is extremely ludicrous. The pic-
ture of all of us “bad girls” rush-
ing from our misdemeanors to seek
“moral advice” from the warden
is almost too good to be true.

In general, the problem attacked
is really a complicated one in the
application of principle to detail.
But it should be realized that it



becomes simpler as the students
adopt a fnore-mature and disciplin-
ed attitude. Sympathy and coopera-
tion certainly cannot injure our
fundamental integrity.

A Senior,



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‘The proceedings started grandly
with the Star Spangled Banner,
after which Miss McBride was in-
troduced. While she was speaking,
Miss Henderson made the rounds
among the various halls to test the
public reaction. The awful news
soon broke upon her, and she burst
into the broadcasting room with
the terrible announcement: “It
can’t be heard!? Frantic officials
scurried here and there, two Hav-
erford engineers raced over to
Merion’s basement to test the
transmitter housed there, while
someone called up the power house
to discover the existence of a
blown fuse. Only consolation for
the gloomy radio club was the fact
that the program could be heard
beautifully in Haverford.

In the cold light of retrospection
and a fruitless examination of the
transmitter in an effort to locate
the defect, the chief engineer,
Mary Camilla Williams, has come
to the conclusion that it- must have
been a “fluke.” She attributes
some of the difficulty to the fact
that everyone was not aware that
the station was operating on 640
K.C. But while chagrined radio
club members grieved over their
misfortune, programs continue to
be broadcast from Haverford, and
however unpropitious the begin-
ning, Bryn Mawr at last has its
own radio station.

Seniors are urged to take the
Junior Professional Assistant ex-
amination under Civil Service.
Blanks may be-obtained in the Bu-
reau of Recommendations or Room
H. This examination is open to
students of all majors in the last
semester of their college work. It
is like a Scholastic Aptitude test.
From the lists of those who qual-
ify, most beginning positions of all
kinds in the government are filled
—research analysts, administra-
tive assistants, junior psycholo-
gists, junior economists, editorial
assistants, museum assistants, lan-
guage assistants, ete. Apply now
and take the examination early as
it may not be given later in the
spring. A rating does not commit
a person to accepting a position.

Substitutes needed—Please notify
Miss Bennett, Room H, if you are
interested in showing lantern
slides.

Aides needed—Miss Wharton’s
School needs several] aides in the
lower school for an hour or more
in the morning. Good experience.
Very near the campus.





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SCHEDULE
(524 Kilocycles)
Week of February .14
MONDAY
8:30 Classical Music.
9:30. B.M. Campus News.

10:00 ‘Valentines’
(popular— records).

TUESDAY
8:30 Classical Music.
9:30 News.
9:45 Haverford Sports.

10:00 Meet the Faculty:
Dr. Pepinski.

WEDNESDAY

8:30 B.M.-Haverford Debate.

9/30 Le Jazz Hot.

10:00 Radio Comic Strip.

THURSDAY

8:30 Classical Music.

9:00 International Hour.
9:00 Spanish
9:15. French.
9:30 German.
9:45 Italian.

10:00 Popular Music.

Art Club Disbanded
As Interest Wanes









Lack of initiative and effort
shown by its members has caused
the dissolution of the Art Club. In
order to leave its facilities avail-
able to those who still may be in-
terested in creative art, the club
has formulated a new “open house”
poliey.

As soon as the weather permits,
the club will move from the League
to the Cornelia Otis Skinner Work-
shop on the grounds of the Bald-
win School. All materials except
oils will be supplied until the pres-
ent stock runs out, and a teacher
and models will be employed only
by request. The abolition of set
hours will leave students free to
work at their own convenience. It
is hoped that this will enable many
more people to use the studio and
materials. There will be frequent
outdoor sketching trips scheduled
for those interested.

In the past, interest in the club
activities has lagged. The several
exhibits of fine prints, original
paintings, and reproductions have
been poorly attended. Many more
people are needed to make posters
and illustrations for the Lantern,
as well as being welcome to work
on whatever they choose in the
mediums of charcoal, pencil, paint,
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Description of Work —
Given at League Tea

Common Room, February 14—

At the Bryn Mawr League tea,
Phebe Stevens, president of the
League, reminded freshmen of the
organization’s--activities, -and _of
its great need for workers. The
tea is held annually at the begin-
ning of the second semester.

Despite the fact that this year
for the first time freshmen were
allowed to take an active part in
the League before midyears, a
relatively small number worked.
The general lack of participation
in the League’s activities is due
to the demand for volunteer war
workers, Phebe said. Pointing
out, however, that the League is
the only organization on campus
which sponsors community and
social work, she emphasized the.
need for its continuation.

The principle League organiza-
tions, continuous throughout the.
college year are: the Haverford
Community Center, the Blind
School at Overbrook, the Maids’
Classes, and the Industrial Group,
the Bryn Mawr committees for
these being headed by Edith
Rhoads, Charlotte Binger, Mimi
Taleisnik, and Jane Leflar respec-
tively. During the summer Bryn
Mawr helps to support the Hudson
Shore Labor School and the Bryn.
Mawr camp. Mimi Taleisnik and
Mary Jean Hayes direct the com-
mittees for these two organiza-
tions.

More workers are needed to
read to the blind, to teach the
maids typing, piano, and English
literature, to work in the Haver-
ford Community Center, organiz-
ing play groups and crafts.





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Mon. “The Duke of Westpoint”
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