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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1939
PRICE 10 CENTS
VOL. XXVI, No. 3
Dr. Geiringer’
Soon to’ Sail
For*A merica
Declaration of War Delays
Visiting Math Lecturer
> In. Portugal
- The appointment of Dr. Hilda
distinguished scholar
and ex-professor of mathematics at
Istanbul University,
lecturer for the year 1940, has just
been announced.” Dr. Ueiringer
received her Ph.D. degree in Vi-
enna in 1918, was chosen Privant
ee and at Berlin in 1927, and in
1938 accepted the position of .Ex-
traordinary Professor there.
Dr. Geiringer is the author of
many books and articles on applied
mathematics,
chanik isotroper: Korper im _plas-
tischen Zustand, published in Ber-
lin in 1934, and an article Uber die
Wahrscheinlichkeit von “Hypothe-
Continued on Page Six
Smith Memorial Fund
Sets Up “Workshops
93
in Living History:
Geiringer,
as visiting
(Specially contributed by
‘Helen Cobb, °40)
/ The William Roy Smith Memo-
rial Fund, given last winter by
Mrs. Smith to “fulfil one of the
wishes that he had not had time
to realize,” set up experimental
“Workshops” in five communities
to serve the educational needs of
local workers’ groups—both white
‘collar and industrial—under a com-
mittee headed by Elizabeth D.
Lyle, Bryn Mawr European Fel-
low _of the class of 1937.
It is not attempting formal
classes, but projects like Living
Newspaper dramatics, or charts,
maps, and graphs to express such
subjects as unemployment figures
and the union’ budget in pictorial
form and thereby to induce more
concrete thinking about facts and
their relation to opinion. These
“Workshops in Living History”
should offer practical information
and therefore prove thought-pro-
voking to people unused to aca-
demic theorizing.
Continued on Page Three
among them Me~
FACULTY, ALUMNAE CONSIDER
PROBLEMS OF 4 DEPARTMENTS
Professors Explain
Place of Philosophy
In College Courses
-The placeof philosophy in the
curriculum was the subject of an
alumnae conference conducted by
Mr. Weiss of the Philosophy De-
partment, Miss Dorothy Walsh of
Wells College, and Miss Edna
Shearer of Smith College. ‘Two
opposing opinions were presented
by the speakers, one that philoso-
phy should embrace education as
a whole and integrate all depart-
ments’ of study, the other. that
members of the Philosophy Depart-
ment should stay in close contact
with one another and not attempt
to “patch things together.”
“The meaning of philosophy is
destroyed if it is merely placed
among other subjects,” declared
Mr. Weiss. “Such a process is
equivalent to placing the body on
equal terms with its organs. -Col-
|leges should have g unifying prin-
ciple, but this is lost when phi-
losophy is set off at one side.”
Ethics are properly related to
the social sciences, aesthetics to
history of art, and logic to sciénce.
Mr. Weiss advocated, however, a
Continued on Page Three
Assembly to Define
Background of Play
An assembly will be held in Good-
hart on Friday morning, October
27, at ten o’clock to discuss Educa-
tion In Democracy. Miss Park will
speak for the, college side of the
question, Miss McBride for the
school pay Miss Carter, Direc-’
udson Shore Labor
will discuss workers’ edu-
tor of the
School,
cation.
It is hoped that the assembly
will provide some background for
the better understanding of the].
Living Newspaper which the Play-
ers Club is presenting in conjunc-
‘ion with the Industrial Group and
the A. S. U. on Friday night, since
the production will represent some
of the theories brought up in the
discussion.
Extra! Extra! Extra! Read All About It; |
How What You Read by Us Gets Writ
By Elizabeth Crozier
Death and taxes we have always
with us, remarked a Frenchman
some time jago... To. these, we add
the News, which stretches from
week to week.
‘The News week for the editorial
board starts on Monday at 5.30. At
this time, the editor-in-chief makes
the assignments for the coming
“week. Her assignment is each re-
porter’s. job for the week, and it
must be handed in on the following
Monday.
The reporter has two functions—
not only that of writing up an us-
signment, but also that of actually
putting the News out in its finished
form. This werk is done on Mon-
“day and Tuesday’ nights, Part. of
the editorial board works the first
night and. part the second, while}
_ the _ three editors are there both]:
ni \ :
Maybe the best way’'to describe
this work is to say that it is all a
_ lesson in how to say the thing in
-€
the best possible way. It is grubby
. work indeed. Corrections are made,
articles are rewritten and retyped,
rules of punctuation are enforced,|
and manuals of good printing form
are constantly quoted (for instance,
numbers from one to ten are to be
spelled out and those thereafter to
be rendered as figures).
For many of us, writing head-
lines is the toughest job of all.
Read in a newspaper, they seem
easy and simple. But they are not.
There are several demands laid’
down in writing a headline, and all
of them must be fulfilled. A head
should. contain the essence of the
article; it should-be pure statement
of fact—there should be no edito-
rial or interpretive suggestion in:
its. nor should it be misleading; and
it should contain a certain number
of letters—a certain, number and no
more. ee
When all the copy has been head-
lined and corrected, it is picked up
on -Tuesday morning by Philip,
publisher and géneral-contact man
between the printers and the News,
who takes it to the plant in Wayne.
Here the compositor sets up the
type on a linotype machine. (Most
of the printing in America is lino-
~~~-Continued o Page Five ~~
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Methods of French
Teaching Debated
Graduates Offer Proposals for
Coordinating Major and:
Allied Work
Wyndham, October 21. — Miss
Margaret Gilman, presiding at the
French Conference and discussion
lield for the alumnae, gave a brief
account of the work of the French
Department. She described the re-
quirements of the major and the
aims of the department, outlining
the course work and explaining the
presént: reorganization of material.
Dr. Helen Patch, Bryn Mawr
Ph.D., and professor of French at
Mt. Halyoke College, spoke on the
work of the French Department
there, stressing the “cooperation of
departments.”
Mt. Holyoke students relate their
courses, taking, for instance,
Renaissance History and French
with a joint. bibliography. The
freshmen, taking both French and
English, write source themes on
work in both fields. Interrelation
of science and French has. been
suggested, but not yet carried out.
Miss Patch also explained the
two-unit system at Mt. Holyoke.
About 15. students, who lived to-
gether in one house under a di-
rector of studies, take two subjects
a year instead of five, and “go
deeply” into them. The students
are under close guidance of the de-
partments and are sent to attend
‘different classes for any length of
a Continued on Page Six
DIEZ SUMMARIZES
GERMAN COURSES
Need for Conversation
Especially Emphasized
In a symposium on ‘the place of
German in the Bryn Mawr curricu-
lum, Mr. Max Diez presented three
topics for discussion. These were:
the German “oral” examination,
the revision of the major course,
and the opportunities for German
conversation. The last topic proved
most interesting, especially in its
connection with the necessity for
concentration on reading German,
provided by the examination re-
quirement.
The ability to read German has
been considered essential for the A.
B. degree, especially as a “tool” in
graduate work. Spoken German,
‘though not so important in this re-
spect was thought extremely desir-
able by many of the group, Mr.
Diez advocated training in conver-
sation in the preparatory schools,
but if this proves impossible there
is still opportunity here through
the German Club, German House,
and the junior year abroad. (Even
a summer in Germany was helpful
to this year’s group.) In college
there is not enough time for ele-
mentary convérsation courses, but
the Wagner course, which has been
added this year, provides some oral
training and bridges the gap be-
tween the elementary reading
course and more advanced work.
«Janet Sloane _
~The News wishes to con-
gratulate Mr. and Mrs. Jos-
eph Sloane on the birth of a
daughter. Janet Sloane was
born Monday, October 23, and
weighs six pounds, 11 ounces.
Value. of Politics
Reviewed; Problems
Of Teaching Cited
Taylor’ Hall, October 21.—Mr.
Wells and Miss Staerk, Politics
veader. during 1938-39, sketched the
history and problems of the Poli-
tics departmerit. Miss
More and Miss Eleanor Fabyan
discussed the Politics major and
its value in post-college life.
Mr. Wells stated the three major
problems confronting the depart-
ment today:. coordinating Politics
with Economics and other subjects;
giving enough graduate courses,
and evaluating. the final examina-
tion in the major subject. Coor-
dination is attained through allied
subjects, through discussion clubs,
and through joint courses given by
Harriet
nomics. The examination system,
however, is still faulty because it
handicaps the better students, puts
pressure on the weaker students,
and makes honors work suffer. The
Swarthmore system of first, second,
third, and pass degrees works bet-
ter for all students.
Miss Staerk outlined and dis-
cussed the first yéar Politics course.
“In such a survey course,” she
said, “the chief problem is to avoid
superficiality and bias.”
Continued on Page Two
CALENDAR
October 26.—
Goodhart
Thursday,
Angna Enters,
Hall, 8.30 p. m.
Friday, October 27.—As-
sembly: on Education in—De-
mocracy, Goodhart Hall, 10
a. m. Living Newspaper play
on same subject, Gymnasium,
8 p. m.
Saturday, October 28.—
Square Dance, Gymnasium, 9
p.m.
Tuesday, October 31.—Mr.
Alwyne will speak on The
Music and Dancing of the
Island of Bali, Music. Room,
5.15 p. m. Current Events
by Mr. Fenwick, Common
Room, 7.30 p. m.
professors of Politics and Eco-
Miss Enters
Will Present .
Pantomines
Tragic and Comic Roles
Included in Range
Of Characters
On Thursday evening, October
26, the College Entertainment Com-
mittee will present Angna Enters,
the first performer :on the Enter-
tainment Series. Miss. Enters ’is
known as “America’s greatest
dance: mime” a title -which only
feebly expresses the variety and.
scope of her dramatic talents.
All over Europe: and America:
audiences have flocked to see Miss
Enters’ performances because she
offers a unique type of entertain-
ment. he has the power to see
beneath the surface of human na-
ture, and the ability to represent
characters and situations in panto-
mine in such a way that others are
electrified by their truth. She can
create the cruel sadism of an Ital-
ian cardinal of -the Inquisition as
' Continued on Page Six
Cube Root of Boys
From Syracuse Will
Be 1939 Latin Play
The Latin Play season has rolled
around again and the Bryn Mawr
Ludiones announce, with consider-
able pride, the presentation of The
Cube Root of the Boys From Syra-
cuse, on November 4. The transla-
tion and lyrics are by Louise Allen
and Betty Frazier, both ’42.. The
music, according to tradition, is by
Arthur Sullivan.
The authors, when interviewed,
confessed-to-a—certain. freedom—of
translation. Beyond that they
would give no information except:
to promise that the play will speak
for itself. A furtive visit to a re-
hearsal revealed a generous amount
of ribaldry, allusions to the Duke
of Windsor and the Lone Ranger,
and aceompanying motifs playéd on
a recorder offstage.
The Ludiones regret that, con-
trary to the tradition of the Latin
Play, they are forced to charge ad-
mission to the performance. The
college fund which has formerly
Continued on Page Five
Aspersions Cast on Rhoads Fire Chief;
Accused Writes Apologia Pro Vita Sua
(In explanation of unsettled con-
ditions in Rhoads Hall during the
past week, the News has secured
the following eye-witness report
from Emily Cheney, ’40, Rhoads
fire captain.)
Some three weeks: ago college
‘opened and Rhoads! was supposed
to have a fire drill. I, being fire
captain, went around and drafted
the requisite number of. lieuten-
ants and heelers, and the gong
was scheduled to sound early on
a Thursday morning. The only
trouble with that was that the
key to the bell was lost.
Time passed, and on the after-
noon of Wednesday; October 17,
I found the new key, which Miss
Hait had had made, in my mail box.
Betty Crozier, -second lieutenant,
will support me:in this. She was
there. Without a moment‘s hesita-
tion, I realized:that it was my duty
to call a fire drill next morning.
But, simply as a matter of rou-
tine, the bell had to be tested first.
I inserted the key in the firebox,
but nothing happened and, as I am
naturally timid about electrical ap-
~~
| pliances, I told my. lieutenant to
do it. Miss Crozier threw home”
the switch, the glass fell on the
floor (this fact was not noticed
until later) and the bell rang. Self-
satisfied, Miss Crozier returned the
key to. me, evidently under the
impression that she ‘was only re-
sponsible for turning the bell on.
The bell kept ringing, and dur-
ing the first minute of this bedlam
I felt--strongly that something
should be done. At the end of the .
second minute I knew that I was
not the girl to do it. And since
no one else had any suggestions
to make, we all went on being
alarmed until finally Miss —Hait
stuffed cardboard into. the mechan-
ism, which did the.trick. ©
' This is absolutely all I know
about the Rhoads fire bell. I admit
that since the first crisis, at least ~
four similar eruptions have taken
place, .but_ Iwas not present. at
any of them. Furthermore,—and
I put this in just to keep the
record straight—when I and my
two lieutenants, Betty Crozier and
Kristi Putnam, tried to have a real
fire drill a few days later, none
of the bells worked at all.
smnnnethiponte
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
THE COLLEGE NEWS
(Founded in 1914)
‘Published weekly during ne College Year (excepting as Thanks-
giving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks)
n the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne,
Pa., -and. Bryn Mawr College.
The College News is full ¥ protected by copyright. Nothing that
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written
permission of the Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board "
Editor-in-Chief
EmiLty CHeNney, ‘40
News Editor
Susiz INGALLS, ‘41 .
Copy Editor
ELIZABETH Pope, ‘40
Editors
IsABEL MartTIN, -*42
AGNES’ MASON, °42
RutH McGovern, "41
JANE NicHots, °40
Betty Lee Bett; °41
ELizABETH Crozier, *41
ExizaBETH Dopocez, °*41
ANN ELLIicotTt, ‘42
Joan Gross, '42 . B HELEN Resor, ‘42
Outvia KAHN, *41 y, VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, °41
MARGARET MAGRATH, *42 ae Dora THOMPSON, °41
Photographer x
Litt! SCHWENK, °*42 >)
Sports enidiaedin
CHRISTINE WAPLES, °42
Music Correspondent
TERRY FERRER, ‘40
Advertising Manager
Business Manager
RutH McGovern, °41
Betty WILSON, °42
Assistants
Betty Mariz Jones, °42
BARBARA STEELE, °40
Subscription Board
Manager
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~Prccy Squiss, *41 VirGINIA NICHOLS, ’41
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The Three Estates
The advantage of alumnae participation in discussions of
IsABELLA HANNAN, °41
RutuH Ler, “41
college affairs lies in the fact that they-have had experience in
the procéss of being educated but are ‘not now, for the most part,
involved in, formal-learning or teaching. This combination of
factual knowledge and freedom of perspective can hardly be
achieved by any active member of the present college community.
In the recent conferences on curriculum, the alumnae put
their position,to use and focussed the discussion on past and prob-
able future development of curriculum and teaching methods.
For instance, in the government meeting, the problem of relating
polities to economics and allied fields was considered, while the
Mt. Holyoke two-unit honors system was brought up for discus-
sion in the French conference. The faculty by no means simply
described the present work of the four departments for the benefit
of the alumnae. __
Next year, we believe that the conferences would benefit from
In the first place, the
undergraduates would certainly derive as much benefit as the
more active participation by students.
faculty from an interchange of opinions with the alumnae. The
alumnae have in common with us experience in being taught, but
in their criticism of the process they are tree of the minor. dis-
couragements—such as a dull lecture or assignment last week—
which lead us -to \propose reforms that, in the long run, will
accomplish little one way or another.
Our second reason for proposing active student participation
is that, by including ‘all three of the groups interested, the aim of
the conferences will be more deliberately pointed toward dis-
cussion and solution of problems facing particular departments.
This year’s experience shows that description of the work is no
longer the primary interest. - Therefore, it would be an advantage
to have students, as well as alumnae and faculty, present so that
whatever points are brought out will continue to. be considered
by all thrée.
_ Food for Thought
The College Inn is a necessity in a life as scheduled-and as
lacking in creature comforts as every student considers her’s to
be. But at risk of being considered merely petulant about our
comforts we would like to suggest some improvements in the
present administration of the Inn. : :
The food itself is uniformly good—and it is hot when it
should be and cold when coldness is required. It is fairly mod-
erate in price. But what goes with the food is uniformly bad.
To be blunt, table tops are generally grimy and menus spotted;
the service is sluggish at best and often-the-maids are ,inattentive
and uncooperative.
The Inn is administered by the College in the same way as
the Halls and is run by a business manager and a dietician. The
inefficiency of the system is, probably encouraged by the lack of
criticism—other than questionable, under-the-breath remarks—by
. eee “The evils are irritatingly petty, which is, in fact;
ae
the only reason we see fit-to~insist-that they be-corrected, — It’
should not be necessary to revolutionize the system entirely, to
dispense with the present arrangement and to let out a contract
to some more enterprising organization. Reform of the faults as
they now stand would preener Re MEE and Leger pie satis-
| faction. — — cman aes ae
i hie .
||1, Ghosts.
i'm. frcm 30th, Street.
In Philadelphia :
Hedgerow Repertory
Thursday, October 26, Man and
Superman; Friday, In ‘Abraham’s
Bosom; Saturday, ‘The Romantic
Age (matinee), and The Emperor
Jones (evening) ; Monday, The Nu-
remberg Egg; Tuesday, Man and
Superman; Wednesday, November
The Hedgerow Theater offers its
regular. $1.65 and $1.10 seats to
students at the special rate of $.75.
Evening performances start at
8.30 p. m. (except Man and Super-
man which starts at 7.30), and
matinees at 2.30 p.m. The Hedge-
row bus meets the following trains
and trolleys in Moylan and Media:
By train: Leave Bryn Mawr on
the Paoli local at 7.20 p. m., and
catch the Media and West Chester
train which leaves from 30th Street,
Philadelphia, at 7.48 and arrives
in Moylan at 8.14. For Man and
Superman leave 30th Street at
6.18. For matinees, take the 12.39
from Bryn Mawr, and the 1.26 p.
By troHey: Leave Bryn Mawr
by bus, or on the P. and W. lines,
and take the trolley which leaves
the 69th Street Terminal in Phila-
delphia at 7.44 and arrives in
Media at 8.06. For Man and Su-
perman take the 6.44 trolley from
69th .Street. For matiriees, leave
69th Street at 1.44 p. m.
Any students wishing to be put
on the regular mailing list should
write to Hedgerow Theater, Moy-
lan-Rose Valley, Pa.
a
. Movies
eAldine: Eternally Yours, with
Loretta Young and David Niven.
Boyd: Babes In Arms, with
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
Earle: Glenn Miller and his or-
chestra. The Ritz Brothers in|
Pack Up Your Troubles.
Fox: Zorina in On Your Toes.
Karlton: Gary Cooper in Beau
Geste. —
Keith’s: .Hollywood Cavalcade.
Palace: Myrna Loy, Tyrone
Power and George Brent in The
Rains Came.
Stanley: The Marx Brothers, At
The Circus.
Stanton: Thunder Afloat,.-with
Wallace: Beery.
Suburban Movies
Seville: Thursday: Ginger Rog-
ers and James Stewart in Vivaci-
ous Lady. Friday and Saturday:
When omorrow Comes, with
Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne.
Sunday and Monday: Unexpected
Father. Tuesday and Wednesday:
Carole Lombard and Cary Grant
in I Live Forever.
Suburban: Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday: Mischa Auer and
“Sandy” in Unexpected Father.
Ardmore: Golden Boy, with Bar-
bara. Stanwyck and Adolphe Men-
jou.
Wayne: Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday: The Wizard of Oz.
Conference Reviews .
Value of Politics
Continued from Page One
Miss More, speaking on ‘The
Adequacy of the Politics Major for
Post-college Use,” divided her sub-
ject into four categories: 1) gradu-
ate study and teaching, 2) govern-
ment service, where it is of little
use except in political service or
in the state department itself, 3)
actual political life, where a knowl-,
edge of American politics is espe-
cially valuable, and 4) political ob-
seryation. Miss More stressed the
inecessity of thorough knowledge of
at least one foreign language and
a broad and coordinated back-
ground, gained by wide reading.
Miss Fabyan’s subject was “The
Political Science Curriculum in
Wartime.” She emphasized the im-
portance of propaganda analysis
and all international relations
courses for constructive peace work.
Award to Rufus Jones
Rufus Jones, on behalf of
the American Friends Service
Committee, has’ received an,
award of 2000 dollars for ref-
ugee work from the Philadel-
phia Humanitarian Awards
‘Association,. An award of |
1000 dollars was also made to
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mr. Jones is Professor Emeri+“
tus of Philosophy at Harvard
and is now a member of the
Board .of Directors of Bryn
Mawr.
QO inton
Pp
To the Editor of the Cofege News:
October .28 is the twenty-first an-
niversary of the Czechoslovak
Declaration of Independence. The
selebration this year is called “Re-
membrance Day.” It may seem
like an empty gesture, but the
Declaration formulated an ideal,
not of freedom alone, but of de-
moeracy.. The world has recog-
nized the permament elements of
democracy in the Republic and it
seems proper that this date should
not pass unrecognized by those
who share its ideals.
The following paragraph from
-he Declaration furnished the key-
note for 20 years:
“The Czechoslovak State shall be
a republic. In constant endeavor
for progress it will guarantee com-
plete freedom of conscience, re-
ligion and science, literature and
art, speech, the press and the right
‘of assembly and petition. The
Church shall be separated from the
State. Our democracy shall rest
on universal suffrage; women shall
be placed on an equal footing with
men, politically, socially, and cul-
turally. The rights of the minor-
ity shall be safeguarded by pro-
portional representation; national
minorities shall enjoy equal rights.
The government shall be parlia-
mentary in form and shall recog-
nize the principles of initiative and
referendum.”
The Constitution and legislation
implemented these—principles—and
for 20 years they were practiced.
The very words of the Declaration
show that it was not a state based
on ideology but democratically se-
lected the practical wherever
found. The Republic solved prob-
lems of education, labor, health and
social reorganization in an atmos-
phere of freedom and initiative.
The lesson of thewshort history
of Czechoslovakia is rich for all
democracy. The\ motto of the Re<1
vublie taken from an age-old be-
lief was “Truth Conquers.” Inso-
far as there was validity in the
purposes of the state this. cele-
bration is an evidence of faith in
that doctrine. HERBERT A. MILLER.
To the Editor of. the College News:
» Your editorial last week on “An-
archy, Democracy and the Activi-
ties Drive” showed a little misun-
derstanding, I think, which I
should like to dispel if I can.
You said, “Campaigns by small
independent charities should not
be banned.” The Activities Drive
Committee has not banned such
drives, and could not if it wanted
to, without a general vote. The
right of any organization to ask
for money cannot be denied. It
is a purely voluntary matter, ex-
actly as the donation of money to
a cause is voluntary. (Moreover,
this right to solicit funds is an ad-
ditive privilege: if four groups
who are accustomed to having sepa-
rate drives decide to combine and
have only one drive; it -is ‘clearly
their decision—and their misfor-
tune if people respond less readily.)
However, the ‘Drive Committee
|has hoped to discourage ‘the ordi-
nary high-pressure, door-to-door
pledge-card type of drive, and to
suggest instead that the group in
question submit its requests either
to the committee administering the
Peace Council Relief Fund, or to}
Cc owent- es
Mr. Fenwick
Common Room, October 24.~—-Mr.
Fenwick opened his Current Events
discussion with a summary of the
recent progress in the neutfality
debate. There has been a com-
promise on the cash and carry
clause with “cash tighter” and
“carry looser.”
of the United States could travel in
any war zone. This clause has
been. changed and: the President
may designate certain areas, tech-
nically war zones, such as Aus-
tralia, Canada, where United States
ships may travel. A strict cash
basis has replaced the 90-day credit
clause. The effect of this amend-
ment will: be negligible: in Great
Britain for some time to come, as
she has several billion dollars re-
cerve in the United States.
Mr. Fenwick, turning to “the
great events ofthe week” in for-
‘ign affairs, stated that Hitler has
yet to “loose the full‘fury of the
war” as he promised he would if
his peace offer failed. Mr. Fen-
wick believes that he wants a more
definite Russian alliance. He is
watching her activities in the Bal-
tic with anxiety and perhaps there
is cause for worry at home. There
are no*immediate signs of revolt,
but in the future, when the stress
of war becomes greater, the ex-
treme right which put Hitler into
power may attempt. to overthrow
him. —
The one triumph of British di-
vlomacy since the war began is
the recent treaty with Turkey.
This treaty announces that Turkey
will support Great Britain and
France should the war enter the
Mediterranean zone. Accordingly,
the danger. of Italy joining Ger-
many is practically eliminated.
Should Greece or Roumania be at-
tacked and should France and
Great Britain stand by their
pledges to help these countries
Turkey will give her support. She
is not obliged, however, to go to
war against Russia under any
condition. :
The question of the moment is
how the British navy is going to
withstand attack,. The German
submarines have been dangerously
successful so far, sinking the
‘Royal Oak and the Courageous,
and German airplanes Have shown
great boldness. The naval defici-
encies of the last year must be
made good, but England is lucky
to have Winston Churchill, a very
able man, at the head of her fleet.
‘| that which controls the General Ac-
‘ivities Drive emergency fund.
-T'his--is..suggested, not with the
idea of restricting enterprise in
the least, but in the belief . that
worthy groups will be able to get
more money, with less work, in
this way than in the old.
you said: “ . by allowing these
organizations to continue solicit-
ing, a channel is reserved for the
minority who are directly inter-
ested to express their support, and
a check provided against the day
when the Peace Council might
override a project. for which the
majority wished to assert direct
support.”
The Peace. Counéil is a-repre-
sentative body, and theoretically its
members vote as their respective
groups want them to vote. Actu-
ally, of course, when minor ques-
tions are being considered, the
organizations represented are not
always consulted explicitly. How-
ever, if any argument arose, any
group could certainly \assert its
right to determine the wote of its
Council provides a further check
15 people on campus who are op-
posed to a Peace Council decision
question to the campus, and it will
be decided according to the results
of a general vote. This is cer-
tainly a sufficient guarantee that
ANNE LOUISE AXON, ’40.
Previously no vessel -
A little later in your editorial.
representative. Moreover,.the Peace .
on its members by saying that any
or course of action may appeal the...
majority wishes will not be ignored. -
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: Sets Up “Workshops”
Continued from Page One.
In order to relate the program
in each case to the needs and in-
terests of the particular group
using the workshop, a local advis-
ory. co ittee of leaders in that
group il the curriculum “
the spot” with a representative of
the fund.
For example, the committee of
on
land, Md. Workshop (where I
worked this summer) chose three
problems of their’ union around
which to build a program. They
wanted to explain the function of:
the union to the membership, they
the union by the lrest of the com-
munity, and they wanted to find
out more about. unemployment
through technological improve-
ments in the plant where they
worked.
In connection with the first prob-
lem, a short, snappy “Information
Please” program was inaugurated
in union meetings. Two plays were
given, one to demonstrate the proc-
ess of collective bargaining, and
one to Show the history of the
union. In them, as far as was
practical, people took parts they
own words. Those who remem-
bered .events in the early days of
the union told the’story and others
helped them act it out: The play
grew and changed and developed
as the union members looked at
their past as a whole and discussed
its significance.
In early August, «here was a
stoppage of work at the factory,
and, true to its principle. of taking
the activities of the group as its
starting point, the Workshop moved
to’ the picket line. In this case,
picketing” alone would have- been
a dull job, for no one attempted
to go back to work and there was
no trouble of any kind. So 50 or
more watchful but idle pickets,
spending eight hours at a time in
a vacant parking lot opposite the
plant, had ample time for rehears-
ing the play, for informal discus-
sion groups, for singing and mak-
ing up their own songs to popular
tunes, for baseball, for Chinese
ee oe and darts.
Secondly, to develop better un-
derstanding between union and
community, contacts were made
with such prominent people as the
chairman of the local Red Cross,
the local librarian, and people in-
terested in the Cumberland Hous-
ing Problem, with the idea of co-
operating with them on a project
of mutual interest.
It was arranged with the li-
brarian, for instance, that ,the
union truck would be lent certain
days a week for transporting books
to the small towns outside Cum-
berland, .and that thé library ‘in
return would set up a small branch
at union hendauartaP with a W.
P. A. worker to catalogie and ar-
range the books. A union mem-
ber skilled at carpentry was to
build the bookshelves.
The Smith Fund is already run-
ning short of money and must soon
be discontinued, but the Cumber-
land Workshop Committee knows
and understands the program and
will be able to carry on without
Miss Gilmore’s assistance. When
I left, they were planning to oad Se
a few -more-formal classes for the
VASSAR EXAMIN ES
ITS CURRICULUM
Students Are prune
Where Does Time Go?
The Student Curriculum Commit-
tee of Vassar College has launched
a survey to determine how students
spend their time and what opin-
ions they hold in regard to certain
proposed changes in the curricu-
lum and the leave system, now un-
der discussion by the faculty.
The present survey began on Oc-
tober 2, and will be completed on
December 5. Every student has
been given a pamphlet entitled
“Where Does Your Time Go?” in
which she is asked to fill out, daily,
a table recording the number of
hours spent on: each academic
course, including: classes, confer-
ences, and study; in exercise; sleep;
relaxation; extra curricular activi-
ties, specifying each; self-help ac-
tivities, again specifying; cultural
activities such as~reading and lec-
tures aside from course require-
ments, theaters, concerts: and art
exhibits, and finally in absence
from college.
The survey also seeks. under-
rraduate-opinion on the number of
courses to be carried by each stu-
dent per year. The present cur-
riculum, based upon a four-course
orogram, tries to securé for the
student a broad foundation of lib-
sxral study through distribution of
electives -in various groups of
studies, and to develop a degree of
‘ompetence in one particular field.
Some among both faculty and
students feel that a four-course
plan gives too little opportunity,
specially in the sophomore and
junior years, to explore subjects
which are not obviously related to
the major field, but are of value
in a liberal arts education. Sci-
ence majors in particular have
complained of this deprivation. °
The survey is planned to secure
a basis of fact for the study of
such questions. An analysis of all
‘he data by the Student Curricu-
lum Committee with the aid of
their faculty adviser, Professor
Mabel Newcomer, chairman of the
economics department, will be
turned over to the Faculty Curricu-
'um Committee.
os
the interest aroused by last year’s
program.
Other Workshops have been set
up in Baltimore, Md., for steel
workers; in Washington, D. C., for
government employees; in Ashe-
ville, N. C., for the Southern Sum-
mer School for Workers, and in
Chicago, for both the Office Work-
ers’ Summer School and_ the
Newspaper Guild (Hearst em-
ployees).
Among the members of the com-
mittee administering the fund are
Hilda W. Smith (treasurer), for-
merly Dean of Bryn Mawr College
and director of the Summer School,
now specialist in Workers’ Educa-
tion for the Federal Government;
Marquerite I. Gilmore, (organizer),
formerly associate director of the
Summer School and State Super-
visor of Workers’ Education in Il-
linois; and Hallie Flanagan, who
was head of the late Federal The-
atre Project. Ernestine L. Fried-
Workers’ Education and former
teacher at Bryn Mawr. Summer
chool, is, since Elizabeth Lyle’s
marriage,-the new chairman of the
coming winter on the impetus of
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Batisions Baphin
Place of Philosophy
Continued from PageyOhie
required course in thy“ meaning of
philosophy for fresttmen to take
first semester and to ‘complete the
second half of their
Ideally, ‘in place of a set philoso-
phy department, the college would
have a student body of individual
philosophers.
In ‘vpposition to this view Miss
Shearer pointed but that philoso-
phy does not: have directly prac-
tical results, e. g., aesthetics does
not present the student with canons
of criticism and rules’ of produc-
tion, and also that philosophy is
not in a’ position to summarize
other subjects and solve intellec-
tual and religious problems. “Phi-
losophy is not conclusive,’ Miss
Shearer stated, “and if it were it
would cease to have any meaning.
Moreover, other departments: would
probably not be willing to. work
in such close collaboration with it.
It is the duty of philosophy to
criticise its own assumptions as
well as those of other fields gf
study.”
Miss Walsh, agreeing with Miss
Shearer, said that although it is
impossible to avoid philosophy as
lorig- as reflective thought exists,
philosophy should not be distrib-
uted, and that, granted Mr. Weiss’
ideal, the path towards it must be
circuitous. “The first step is to-
wards self-impersonalization,”’ she
said. “Man will understand him-
self best if he can get away from
too humanistic concepts.”
Before answering various ques-
tions of the alumnae concerning the
courses offered by the Philosophy
Department this year, Mr. Weiss
concluded the three-way discussion
by saying, “Clarity has its place
in mathematics and logic but, like
all other virtues, it can be exag-
gerated. The purpose of philosophy
is not only clarity, but to say
what’s so.”
NEW TOUCH ADDED
TO LANTERN NIGHT
Library Cloisters, October 20,—
A balmy moonlit -night~made~the
traditional Lantern Night cere-
monies in the Library Cloisters
more than usually lovely. As the
long chain of green lanterns car-
ried by the sophomores progressed
aléng the cloisters, whispers | of
“they look like glowworms” were
heard among the audience looking
on from the roof. The noise of a
passing train during the singing of}
the Pallas Athena also provoked
comment, because of the startling
contrast to the medieval scholars’
procession.
senior year.
Scaffolding rising from the new!
AYDELOTTE RESIGNS
FROM SWARTHMORE
President Since 1911,
‘Will Go to Princeton
President Aydelotte of Swarth-
more College announced his resig-
nation last week. He will go to
Princeton to head the Institute for
Advanced Study.
«President Aydelotte came to
Swarthmore in 1911, accepting the
position largely because of the op-
portunities offered by the college
for the development of his favorite
theory of education: the raising
of education above the average, so
that exceptional students could do
themselves justice. In his inaugu-
ral address, he said: “We are edu-
cating’ more students up to a fair
level than any country in the
world, but we are wastefully al-
lowing the capacity of the average
to prevent us from bringing the
best up to the standards they could
reach.”
The first step in President Ayde-
lotte’s policy was taken when he
refused to enlarge the college en-
vollment in proportion to increased
applications, on the grounds that
its standards would thus be low-
ered. In 1922 the honors system
was. incorporated;. and in 1931
40 per cent of: the graduating class
received their degree with honor.
Under President Aydelotte’s ad-
ministration the awarding of ‘“ath-
letic scholarships” was abolished.
Since 1929 the Endowment Fund
has been increased from 4 to 8
million dollars.
The Institute for Advanced‘Study,
which .President Aydelotte will
head, offers scholars of good stand-
ing opportunity for large-scale
research and experiment. His work
at Princeton will be carried on in
close contact with the faculty of
the University.
Library Wing provided a unique
backdrop for thé 19389 Lantern
Night. This year’s ceremony also
broke a record: the class of ’42 pre-
sented the largést number of lan-
terns ever seen at a.Lantern Night
ceremony, 164. The huge freshman
class was very impressive march-
ing slowly out, four abreast, sing-
ing the Sophias.
The sophomores, gathered in the
corner of the cloisters watching
them, complained of pennies drop-
ping on their heads from the audi-
ence. No insult was intended, how-
aver; a lady’s purse had come open.
When all the classes gathered
for singing in Pembroke arch, the
freshmen sang their class song, to
the tune of a Russian national an-
them, for the first time. Their two
lyric songs were Funiculi-Funicula,
and Scotland’s Burning.
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The Deanery, October 23.—At
the tea held to discuss Vogue's
fifth Prix dé Paris contest, Mrs.
Rogers’ Dunn explained the details
of theagqyaitic. wt entéring
seniors. Four quizzes will be
printed in Vogue, starting with the
November: issue and _ continuing
through December, February, and
March. — If the contestant passes
these quizzes she is eligible to
write a thesis. The final judgment
will be made on her quizzes and
thesis combined.
Each quiz will consist of. at
least elght questions, four of which
will be devoted to fashion topics,
four to Vanity Fair features, “such
as music, art, literature, and the
theater.” (One of the fashion.
questions on” the first quiz con-
cerns the new laced corset.) Sub-
jects. will be announced April 1
and the thesis, not more than 1,500
words, is due May 20.
Vogue sponsors these contests
for two reasons: to help girls just
out of college to get positions and
to replenish its own staff which is
thinned out each year “by marriage
and similar casualties.” Six Bryn
Mawr seniors are competing so
far this year. The system of prizes
has already been discussed in last
week’s News.
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Total Eclipse
- < Of the Moon
The members of the Class
cf ’39 still attending under-
graduate classes, announce
the following elections: Mary
Moon, president and secre-
“~-ephine»-daane, vice-
treasurer, and
scng-mistress. The entire
class’ is personally repre-
sented among the officers.
ALUMNAE GIVES
INFORMAL SUPPER
‘FOR SENIOR CLASS
Instituting what may well be-
co one of Bryn Mawr’s most
returning for the week-end enter-
tained the senior class at an infor-
mal buffet supper in the Deanery,
and then accompanied them to
Goodhart to hear a concert given
by Miss Rice’s group and to see the
first showing of the new college
movies. :
At the Deanery, the seniors and
alumnae, all wearing small white
name-plates pinned to their dresses,
were athered in. sm all, fluid
groups about the three large sitting
rooms. To avoid:a threatening
thunder-storm, the party broke up
early and went down to the Music
Room 20 minutes ahead of time.
The picture was. received with
the great®St“fPossible enthusiasm.
The only adverse criticism made
‘was that the wording of many of
the captions seemed _ curiously
strained and over-pretentious, even)
Opinion ne
To the Editor of the College News:
- Why is it that whenever we are
moved deeply by events in the
world we ereate a slogan or a com-
mon threat to humanity , behind
which ‘we wish to see everyone
united and in which the much
sought after goddess Security
seems to be present?
Undoubtedly, the desire to find
some simple catchword with which
to snare the interest of others in
the cause’ one is propagating, is a
strong one. In times of relative
peace (say from 1931-1939) people
vitally interested in preserving thé
world from another great catastro-
phe used the famdus words “collett-
ive security” until their original
significance was lost. And the
people of this country, thought in
terms of “collective security” vs.
“isolation” as means of either hav-
ing the United States unite with
other great democracies to prevent
war, or of having our country re-
main an insulated pacific body. The
original meaning of the phrases
was lost in their use as slogans for
mass propoganda.
The danger of over-simplification
of issues is even greater now that
the. war in Europe has actually
come. We have beey warned of
the menace of the phrase, “Keep
the world safe for democracy.”
Yet beeause of our inherent desire
to find something secure upon which
our philosophy of life may base it-
self ina chaotic. world other forms
of over-simplification: arise. Con-
gressmen, each sincerely desirous
of finding the best means of keep-
ing us-out of war, fix upon one of
considering that. they are largely\the causes that seemingly brought
designed for school audiences with-
out special knowledge of Bryn
Mawr.
The editing of the film had been
done with extraordinary tact and
skill, to include all the most essen-
tial and interesting details-of col-
us into the last war, and say, “Pre-
vent this and we can stay out of
this one.” The “cash and carry”
school wishes to keep American
ships off the seas to prevent their
being sunk as was the Lusitania.
The “arms embargo” school see in
DRYDEN DESCRIBES |
WESTERN GEOLOGY
In a recent talk before the Geo-
logical Society of Philadelphia, Mr.
Dryden gave an outline of the geo-
logical structure of the Grand Can-
yon and nearby parts of Utah, Ari-
zona and New Mexico. The lecture
was the result of several summers
of study and research in the Amer-
ican Southwest by. Mr. and Mrs.
Dryden. This summer’s expedition
was partly financed by the Miller
Research Fund of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege, to enable Mr. Dryden to,make
a special study of Dakota sand-
stone.
Mr. Dryden illustrated his talk
before the society with a series of
colored photographs of the region’s
geological formation, taken by Mrs.
Dryden during the summer. These
will be used for regular lectures on
the subject in college. As it is im-
possible to describe the rock colors
of the Southwest, which are of
great. importance to the student of
Geology, the photographic | slides
should prove invaluable for classes
unfamiliar with the territory.
plicated issues.
No one can be blamed for wish-
ing to have a catchword. No stu-
dent can be blamed for his desire
to escape a necessary analysis of
the chaos of conflicting emotions
and ideas that exists in his mind.
But there should be a common
realization that peace of mind does
not come by virtue of having a slo-
gan for which one may carry the
standard. In fact it is more dan-
gerous than not having any slogan
at all; for it is false to-reduce mul-
tiplicity to unity merely with. the
hope of gaining popular support.
Perhaps our trouble lies in the
fact that we do not essentially have
faith in the intelligence of the
American people. In attempting
to teach them=we prefer to simplify
rather than present them with any-
thing complex for fear they will
not unite behind the particular
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By Olivia Kahn
has appeared in recent months is
an amazing novel by a hitherto un-
known author, Dalton Trumbo.
Johnny Got His Gun, published by’
J. B. Lippincott and Co., is notori-
ous because of the nauseating affect
cf some of its stronger passages.
It is impossible, however, to miss
the significance of its central
theme. Mr. Trumbo stresses re-
peatedly his conviction that life is
still the most important and
precious quality in the world. Man
powers of sight, hearing and com-
municating with other people are
invaluable and irreplacable.
The author puts his ideas into
the mind of a victim of war, a man
without arms, legs, or face. This
lump of flesh retains his reasan-at™
though he has lost almost every
“ther human capacitypand pent up
inside the boundaries of his hor-
ribly mutilated body he realizes
how overwhelming a sacrifice’ he
has made on the battlefield for the
sake of vague, shadowy principles.
He finds that existence is empty
when a being is completely cut off
from the outside world. Practic-
ally any other form of life is pre-
ferable. ee
Mr. Trumbo writes simply and
directly. He never adds extra
color to his theme, never demands
sympathy for his.character. It is
the situation that is emotionally ex-
hausting and the author fortunately
has the excellent taste to leave it
as unadorned as possible. One
portion of the book deserves special
commendation. Lying on his back
for days. and months the human
relic thinks of the Christmasses he
has known and remembers the
story of the birth of Jesus as told
‘
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today is likely to forget ‘that ‘his|
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fairly unproductive.
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Philadelphia stores, routine
methods have proved useless,
and some plan*for calculat-
ing the college’s needs and
presenting them in convincing
form to the advertisers is .
_ indicated. This may include
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merchandising and publicity
system on campus. Will all
those who are_ interested
please see Ruth McGovern,
Rhoads South?
to him in his childhood. This is
the highest point of the book, tre-
miendously moving and adding
weight and dignity to the work as
a whole.
Johnny Got His Gun was written
for those who think at times that
war is the only way out, for those
who believe that under specific
circumstances it is justifiable to
take another man’s life. If they
do not read it they have missed
their chance to understand the po-
sition of the absolute pacifist.
Whether one agrees with the author
or not, anybody willing to face the
ghastly results of war as revealed
in Johnny Got His Gun should be
fascinated from the first page to
the last.
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windows of the chemistry and geol-
ogy building and the sudden part-
ing of the curtains at the Gondo-
lieri were both particularly: effec-
tive. .
The movie was shown again*for
the rest of the undergraduates at
ten o’clock. Before both perform-
ances, Miss Rice’s group gave a
short program of chamber music.
The program was as follows:
Mozart Flute Quartet, Allegro
and Minuet.. (A. Jacobs, flute; E.
men, almost every political organi-
zation in the country is endeavor-
ing to find some ‘policy which will
best express their Mterest. In
searching for some phrase that will
suit the public they wish to reach,
they over-simplify. One group,
for example, states: “Hitler and
Chamberlain have made the war;
the people will make the peace.”
And the American people are again
led by slogans rather than by a
faith in the power of education and
free speech in democracy, We
should allow the people to think for
themselves, and in so doing we may
reach better solutions than these
offered by slogans and catch
phrases. Security is not to be
found by hiding from reality but in
facing it and in trusting to Reason
rather than Emotional Appeal_ in
finding the best route to world
order.
LOUISE MORLEY, 1940.
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no plug-in. Plays outdoors, in-
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Battery Set. Every student can
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on long/evenings, alone or not.
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type—one slug or line of type being
set at one time, so that the line is
- the smallest unit of type. In Europe
more is done by monotype—the line
set letter by letter, so that the
single letter is the smallest unit of
type.) ,
“Galley proofs” — printed col-
umns 6f the material—are made
and sent back to the News office,
where they are read and corrected
on Tuesday night. The News. editor
then takes one set of proofs, cuts it,
and pastes the columns in position
on, the dummy. The dummy is a
plan, a layout, of the News as it
will appear in its finished form.
On Tuesday night, the new copy
which could not be brought in on
Monday, is corrected. Among the
Tuesday work, for instance, there
is always Mr. Fenwick’s~cufrent
events. These new articles are rep-
resented in the dummy by strips of
blank paper with the headlines of
the articles penciled on them.
On Wednesday morning Philip
takes the dummy and corrected
proofs to the plant along with the
Tuesday copy. After the type for
- the Tuesday copy has been set. and
the proof read by the representa-
tive of the News who goes: to
Wayne on Wednesday for that pur-
pose, all the lead type is handed
over to Johnny, the make-up man
at the plant, and he lays the paper
out according to the dummy.
For me it will always remain an
amazing fact that the newspaper
always appears right side up and
reading from top to bottom. For
in the form at which Johnny works
the type is laid down with the top
of the page at the bottom, and the
type must be read, line by. line,
upside down.
it all if it were not for the fact
that the type, though upside down,
still continues to be read from left
to right. It rather seems to mé
that this Through the Looking
Glass process should be completely
thoroughgoing and that the type
should be read from right to left.
If we are lucky, the dummy will
represent the finished and complete
News without necessity of any
change. But such is frequently not
the case. Last week the Junior
Class elections were telephoned to
Wayne after two o’clock on
Wednesday. The News representa-
tive there wrote them up, the type
was set and given to Johnny to put
into a box. To make room for this
box on page one “he had to carry
over some extra type to page four.
There were three lines too many to
fit the fourth page, and the ar-
ticle had to be cut just that much
and no more by the News repre-
sentative. But a more difficult
problem than the Junior elections
was nine inches of advertising that
could not be printed because the
accompanying cut had not been de-
livered. It looked as if nine inches
of new material would have to be
churned out. But Johnny solved
the problem’ by suggesting the use
of some overset (type which had
been set up the week before but
not used because of lack of space).
The make-up completed, the
News is put on the presses, each
individual copy is folded and the}
finished products are brought to
the college on Wednesday night,
where they are given to the repre-
‘Sentatives who deliver them in the
halls.
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author of the authoritative, new ‘‘A Book on Duck Shooting,’’ Heilner -knows the waterfowl flyways from
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Yi burns fast'or slowly. Camel cigarettes are
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ASKS VAN CAMPEN HEILNER
A committee of alumnae and
faculty, headed by Miss Agnes
Lake, ’30, are now considering
plans ‘for the use of the campus
during the-summer. No specific
proposal has been decided upon as
yet.
Members of the committee in-
clude: Hertha Kraus, Ph.D., Bet-
tina M. Linn, M.A., Katherine Mc-
Bride, Ph.D., Jane Marion Oppen-
heimer, Ph.D., Paul Weiss, Ph.D.,
Roger: Howes Wells, Ph.D., Doro-
thy Wyckoff, Ph.D., Margery Thom-
son, editor of the Alumnae Bulle-
tin, Anne Louise Axon, ’40, Helen
Cobb, -’40.
Harvard University has “a ~spe-
cial research project to analyze
“the forces. that produce normal
young men.”—(A.C.P.)
Continued from Page One
financed the production, has ,so
many calls upon it this year that
the Latin Play had to be passed}
over, If, however, the ‘audience is
as large as it has been before, it
should be possible to meet expenses
by charging only 25 cents.
The cast is as follows:
Prologue: i. ccs08 cs V. French, ’42
Peniculus, a parasite P. Crosby, ’41
The Boys
Menaechmus I ... T. Ferrer, 40
Menaechmus II’... C. Riggs,’40
Erotium, a light lady . L. Allen, ’42
Cylindrus, her cook .. D. Dana, ’41
Messenio, a slave .. F: Garbat, ’41
| Wife of Menaechmus I
te M. ‘Copeland, ’42
Her father ........ E. Emery, ’40
Doctor J. Follansbee, ’41
Assorted Burly Slaves
Anyone that wants to play
.. THE COLLEGE NEWS .,. a ‘ Page Five
USE “OF SUMMER ‘Boys From Syracuse’ ALWYNE TO SHOW
CAMPUS PLANNED Becomes Latin Play) FILMANDRECORD .
I could understand ON MUSIC OF BALI
On Tuesday afternoon, October
31, at 5.15 p. m., in the Music
Room Mr. Alwyne will give a short
illustrated talk on “The Music and.
Dancing of the Island of Bali.”
The lecture is intended to provide
background for the performances
which the Balinese dancers are giv-
ing in Philadelphia on November 3
and 4. :
Mr. Alwyne- will show motion
pictures of the dancing and the
scenery of Bali which he took last
year while traveling around the
world. The pictures are in color,
showing the beauty of the costumes
and of the island as a whole.. Bali-
nese music will be provided by
records. If there is _ sufficient
‘ime, Mr. Alwyne -hopes .also to
show some pictures of . Javanese
dancing.
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“Page Six
THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Miss Riders Will :
Present Pantomimes
Continued from Page One
vividly as the piquant humor of a
%.
Miss Enters generally uses little
scenery, creating the impressive-
ness of her pieces by simplified,
telling motions of her whole body,,
and inspiring the imagination of
her audience until it is able to sup-
ply the setting for the piece, and
unconsciously see it as real.
The program which Miss Enters
will give in Goodhart is a varied
one, and promises to be a very good
cross-section of her roles.
The opening number is American
Ballet—1914-16, then follow Time
On My. Haods—Two Modern City
Women, Artist’s Life, and Queen of
Heaven, a French Gothic portrait
of the Virgin, with music by Gau-
tier de Coinci. Oh, The Pain Of It!
(Very “Modern-Abstract” ) con-
cludes the first part of the program.
A sequence dedicated to the mem-
ory of Arthur Schnitzler entitled
Vienna Provincial — 1910 . follows
the intermission. This is presented
in three movements: Return from
Prayers, The Party, and Return
from Party. Three Spanish compo-
sitions follow: Auto Da Fe—Spain,
15th Century; [Pav and Boy
Cardinal, both pf the 16th century.
The Auto Da He (or Act of Faith)
was a form of torture practiced on
the victims of the Spanish Inquisi-
tion. The English Review says that
Pavana represents “the whole
subtlety of that 16th century Spain
which produced the Borgais.”
Boy Cardinal is another medieval
characterization: “He is already
slightly foul; cynical and callous
but he has not yet relinquished the
frivolous exuberance natural to his
callow years. In spite of the odor
of spice quite foreign to the incense
of his assumed holiness, this scarlet
boy is not altogether unlikable. The
composition contains one brilliant
surprise." (Mary Watkins in The
New York Herald Tribune.) The
final number is Field Day with mu-
sic by Sousa. Mr. Kenneth Yost
will accompany Miss Enters on the
piano.
Dr. Geiringer Soon
To Sail for America
Continued from Page One
sen, in “Erkenntnis,” in 1938. At
Bryn Mawr she will lecture chiefly
on statistics. ‘
In September, when war was de-
clared, .Dr. Geiringer”-and— her
-daughter were’en route to Eng-
land in a Norwegian ship, which
immediately made for a neutral
- port in Portugal. There it, with its
Varsity Ties~Penn
In Grueling Clash
Stokes, Prone, Aids in Critical
Goal; Beck Thwarts Penn
At Final Whistle
Bryn Mawr, October 24.—Bryn
Mawr College and the University
of Pennsylvania Hockey Varsities
played what may prove to be the
most exciting game of the Yellow
and White’s season, to a 3-all tie,
before a cheering. Lower Merion
Hockey Squad, numerous Penn
rooters, and a scattering of Bryn
Mawrters.
Early in the first half much
hard hitting and “push” on the part
of Penn resulted in a score. How-
ever, both Stokes, ’41, and Wea-
dock, ’40, tallied later on clean, flat
drives to the goal corners and sent
Bryn Mawr into the lead 2-1 at
the end of the half.
The second half was a mixture
of cogtly errors, split-second dodges
and hard, ofteri ineffective, hits.
However, the hits made for the
widely distributed play necessary
to good team play. Two goals by
Harper of Penn kept the Blue and
Red in the lead until the last few
minutes of ‘play. Then Stokes,
while lying on her back, gave the
ball a desperate push and Rambo
seized and flicked it into the goal.
The game then took the form of
a Gallico sports story; for, with 30
seconds left to play, Jeffords of
Penn carried the ball down the
field through Bryn Mawr’s defense.
She was temporarily stopped by
Beck, ’40, at goal, but recovered
the ball and followed in, only to
have Beck again clear the ball,
this time to the alley. The whis-
tle blew, leaving the score at 3-3.
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passengers aboard, ‘has remained
ever since. Having a German pass-
‘port,-for some time Dr. Geiringer
was not allowed to land in neutral
Portugal and so could not even
attempt to get passage to this
country. On October 23, however,
word was received that Dr. Gei-|:
vinger will soon .be allowed to sail
for America. —
Lantern Elections
The Lantern takes plea-
sure in announcing the elec-
tion of Eileen Durning, ’41
and Martha Kent, ’41 to the
Editorial Board.
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COLLEGE.INN.~
_...._ Thursday, October 26th.
‘10 A. M. te 6 P. M.
4
The President—
_...Miss. Park.is..in-New.York
this week: attending the’ fall
meeting of the educational
leaders of New England and
the Middle Atlantic States.
Presidents of . almost: every
eastern college will be pres-
ent and the heads of the Col-
‘lege Entrance Examination
Board. Miss Ward is also.in
New York. at the conferences.
‘ There will be a meeting of
the College Entrance Exami-
‘nation Board, of which Miss
Park has been the vice-presi-
dent for the past two years.
Miss Park is. also on the.ex-
ecutive board of the commit-
tee in charge of the progres-
sive plan for preparing stu-
dents for college. Thursday
the Educational Records Bu-
reau will be one of the spon-
sors of a luncheon at which
Miss Park is to be the prin-
cipal speaker. She will give
her reflections on the pro-
gressive education plan and
its ‘relation to college admis-
sion.
Miss Park will be ‘back at
Bryn Mawr late Thursday
night and will:speak at the
College Assembly Friday
morning.
BRYN MAWR TIES
PENN’S RESERVES
The Bryn Mawr Second Team
was unable to flefeat University of
Pennsylvania, playing them to a
1-1 tie. The game was fairly fast
and marked by interception on the
part of both backfields, Flemming,
"42, and Wells, ’43, giving good
While the
ball was more often on Penn’s
half of the field,. Alexander, ’41,
at goal, did .well in staving off
scoring threats. Lewis, ’42, scored
Bryn Mawr’s lone tally with a good
rushing shot.
Bryn Mawr
account of themselves.
2nd Team Pennsylvania
Methods of French _
Teaching Debated
Continued from Page One
time as the department. sees. fit.
The theory of this group is to con-
nect courses: and inspire the stu-
dent to educate herself.
Dr. Edith Melcher, Bryn Mawr
Ph.D., and present professor. of
French at Wellesley College, spoke
last, describing the different ap-
proach to French: in Wellesley
where 500 students a year must be .
accommodated. There, first year
courses are given in grammar and
the study of the language. Through-
out all the literature courses em-
' Feudal Rights
Union college professors used to
be entitled to pastures where their
ews could graze.—(A.C.P.)
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you can buy cigarettes in the United States, These re-
tailers, and the jobbers who serve them, have built up a
service of courtesy and convenience unmatched by any other
industry catering to the American public’s pleasure.
"THERE ARE ANOTHER MILLION people who
are engaged directly or indirectly in the transportation
of cigarettes to every town, hamlet and crossroads.
IT Is ESTIMATED that there are 1,602,000 ee
tobacco farmers raising tobacco in 20 out of the .
48 states. Good tobacco is one of the hardest crops
to raise and bring to market, requiring great skill
and patience from seed-bed planting to harvesting ©
and curing. The modern tobacco farmer has done
well the job of constantly improving the quality of
his product. ite
"THE AVERAGE LENGTH of service of the 13,230
‘ people working in the Chesterfield factories, storage
houses, leaf-handling and redrying plants is over 10
years. This means that every step in the making of
Chesterfields, regardless of how small, is handled by
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"TRULY TOBACCO OPENS DOORS to fields
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American public.
"To SMOKERS, Chesterfield Cigarettes have
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College news, October 25, 1939
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