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THE COLLEGE NEWS .

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Founded in 1914)



Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.

Published ma during the College Year (excepting during Thanks-
giving, Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks)
in the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne,



permineton of the Editor-in-Chief.

The College News is fully protected by copyright.
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in seat without written

Nothing that



News Editor

Business Manager
Betty WILSON, °42

IsABELLA HANNAN, ‘41
RutH Lenr, 41

Peccy Squiss, ‘41

Sports Correspondent
CHRISTINE WAPLES, '42

Assistants

Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Emity CHeENey, ‘40

Wa

Copy Editor

Susie INGALLS, °41 ELIZABETH Pope, °40
Editors ‘ +»
Betty Lee Beit, °41 IsABEL MarTIN, '42
. EvizasetH Crozier, °41 AGNES Mason, °42
EvizaBeTH Dopce, ‘41 RuTH McGovern, 41
ANN ELLicotT, ‘42 JANE NICHOLS, *40
Joan Gross, °42 HELEN Resor, *42
Oxivia KAHN, ‘41 VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, °41
MARGARET MAGRATH,. '42, Dora THompson, °41
Photographer Music Correspondent
Littt SCHWENK, *42 4.

Terry Ferrer, *40

Advertising Manager

RutH McGovern, ‘41
Betty Marigz JONES, "42
BARBARA STEELE, ‘40

Subscription Board

Manager
ROZANNE PETERS,

40

VirGINIA NICHOLS, °41



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: What Is the Question?

The publication, College Years, recently asked editors of col-
“What do you feel is the most vital

lege papers the question:

problem now facing the American undergraduate?” . We offer:
Are thé four years of college education, for each undergraduate,

sensibly related to individual activities outside of college, both

now and in the future?

We do not indicate any phase of the European situation as
the “most vital problem,” because consideration of foreign politics
will be the major continuing interest for only a few undergradu-
The fact of war requires the rest to give more thought than
usual to foreign affairs, but it does not overshadow their main
business of trying to find,.during these particular four years,
some type of experience which they can follow up in the future.

Necessarily every undergraduate gathers information on a
certain number of subjects; learns how to inquire about, perhaps
analyze, a particular topic; meets and lives with a large group of
These things cannot be escaped, but they may conclude
abruptly upon graduation, without the undergraduates having
decided that any one of them, in the long run, makes sense to her.
That is, no one has become a private interest, and education. stag-
nates as a separated interval, having no relation in kind to éut-
Because this means waste of four years, we state it as

ates.

people.

side life.
-the major problem. .



In Philadelphia

he

Art «
Esquire’s Art Director is exhibit-



ing his “brooding” water colors
and prints at the Art Alliance from
October 3 to October 22. At the
same time the visitor at the Art
Alliance can see, the water color
record of Walt Louderback’s, trav-
els in New Mexico. ‘Wade ‘Jolly,
the Philadelphian, is contributing
-to the exhibit water color studies
he did in Texas.”

The first of Hari Kidd’s Texan

paintings to be shown in Philadel-
phia will be at the Art Alliance
from October 10 to October 22. Be-
tween those dates also Vera White
will be showing water colors of
Paris and London.



Movies.
Aldine: Staneieane with Leslie
oe Howard.
Keith’s: The. Rains Came with

Myrna Loy and Tyrone Power.

Rejuvenation Seen

_ In Pem Show Cases



The wave of renovation which the
impressiveness of Rhoads started
on campus extended this year to the
Though not
entirely redecorated, both have new

Pembroke showcases.

furniture and- some fresh paint.

A soft sofa and chair has.been
added to each showcase, making the
Flowered

atmosphere less formal.

chintz cushions and chair covers
brighten the old furniture as fresh
ers brighten the old furniture ‘as
New hang-

ings and several new lamps give
the rooms a much lighter appear-
As io
attempt has been made to modern-
‘ze the rooms, the new furniture
fits in with the rest very harmoni-

paint does the walls.

ance, especially at night.

ously.

—



For Sale’ with Robert Young.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday:



THEATRE REVIEW ~

By Olivia Kahn
The theatrical season of 1939-40
is opening in a leisurly manner,
but one of its most promising signs

of life is an unaffected musical
show, The Straw Hat Revue. Its







ence that their show springs from
an unsophisticated origin but, as
they themselves must realize, their

|principal appeal lies in the fresh-

ness and simplicity of their skits.
- The Straw Hat Revue is in many
respects worthy to be considered
the successor ofthe labor stage’s
still popular Pins and Needles.
However, Max Liebman, Sylvia
Fine, and James Shelton, who
wrote most of the book and score of
the newer show do_ not
themselves with politics or ‘social
conditions. Instead they burlesque
their own profession. The only
message they have to offer to the
public is that the average musical
somedy with its fluffy chorus and
s' arp-shooting hero is outmoded.
There are several dull gnoments
in the second act when the authors
fall back on such musty material as
the loquacious waiter who spoils a
big business deal and the young
girl who, indignant that ten drinks
have had no affect on her, leaves
the restaurant on her knees., How-
ever, the act opens brilliantly with
a scene called The Water Sprite.
Miss Imogene Coca, upon whom the

wnain responsibilities of the entire

revue rest, is magnificently ridicu-
lous as she rises from a pit in the

about gaily while stagehands
sprinkle water from the wings.

Meta Mata and Otto Hari per-
form superbly in two dance satires,
Dance of the Fakir and The Acro-
bats. In the former they give a
comic rendition of the dance in the
style of Shan-kar and his Hindu
ballet and in the latter they toe-
dance onto the stage and, having
erected an imaginary . tight-rope
they sway convincingly through a
typical circus act.

Danny Kays, although fairly new
in musical comedy circles, ably sup-
ports Miss. Coca in most of her
skits, taking time off to croon Three
Little Hicks, one of the best num-
bers of the show, with James Shel-
ton and Robert Burton. Mr. Kaye
also sings a solo number, Anatole of
Paris, with considerable finess.

Probably the two songs from the
show that will prove most popular
are Our Town and Four Young
People. Our Town is a platitudi-
nous ditty which is the central core
of a weak version of the Wilder
play. Four Young People is sweetly
sang by Alfred Drake and though
not sensational has considerable
charm.

The Straw Hat Revue is light
stuff but genuinely amusing. It
has few big names connected with
‘t but should get by on its intrinsic
merits.

DECORUM MARKS
SELF-GOV. BONERS

One Proposes to Get
Permission From Dean





Although most of the Self-Gov-
Lernment exams showed assiduous
study, several registered a marked
conservatism. One girl told the
examiners that she expected to ob-
tain permission for going out from
the Dean, the Board of Directors
or the Trustees of the college.
Another, evidently not a coca-cola

chorus is: prompt to tell the audi-

concern |

center of the stage and capers

| drive.

ae e > Adio a Aue
Haverford To’ Debate

Two Activities Charges



Plan Covers News and Record
But Omits Charities



Two proposals for an activities
charge to cover participation in
non-athletic extra-curricular activi-
ties:are now being debated at Hav-
erford. Unlike the Bryn Mawr
drive, both Haverford proposals
provide for.a flat charge to be
added to the bill of all students,
though under one program a reduc-
tion of $10 would be made on 53
scholarship rooms, so that the
minimum cost of attending Haver-
ford would not be increased. _

The activities charge would en-
title students to receive the News
and the Record, and attend Cap
and Bells plays and Glee Club con-
Though similar in its gen-
eral purpose of reducing the num-
ber of small bills, the Bryn. Mawr
plan is entirely different in that it
will cover all the usual drives for
charities and projects backed by
the college, and an allotment to

the Players’ Club. It does not,
however, include subscription to
the News and the Lantern.

LEAGUE -PROPOSES
NEW WINTER PLAN

certs.





Small Class to Follow
Up Summer Activities



This winter the Summer Camp
Committee of the Bryn Mawr
League is planning to follow up
the summer’s work in the form of
a weekly class for a group of Main
Line children. Susan Miller, ’40,
head of this year’s committee, is
organizing the work, with the help
of Babs Black, ’41, next year’s
chairman, who will take over the
work later on in the year, and
Nancy Howard, ’41, secretary and
treasurer of the League.

Further assistance is being giv-
en by Kay Hildebrand, graduate
student in the department of so-
cial economy, who is also working
with the Main Line Federation of
Churches. The Federation was so
impressed by the progress made by
the camp during the summer that
it has granted her spare time to
assist in driving the children to
and from their class, and to take
part in the actual work of the
committee.

The group, which consists of ap-
proximately 20 children, from the
ages of 4 to 8, will meet for an
hour every Saturday morning in
the newly reopened Y. M. C. A.
building in Ardmore. Half of the
hour will be taken up with model-
ing, and, later on, with decorations
for .the Christmas party in the
Common Room and with making
wresents for their parents. The
~emainder of the hour will be used
for crzanized group activities.

The necessary funds for the pro-
ject will be supplied from the sur-
plus left over from last year’s
The committee hopes to
start work a week from Saturday.



‘News’ Board Changes
The News regrets to an-

~ nounce the following resig-
nations: Dorothy Auerbach,
’40, as advertising manager; .
Nancy Bush and Lilian Seid?
ler, both ’40, from the ad-
vertising board; Ellen Matte-

/pact with Russia.



| CURRENT EVENTS >

Mr. Fenwick
Last spring there were still hopes
for peace: the Rome-Berlin axis
was weakening while England and







France were negotiating with
Russia for an alliance to present a
united-front against Hitler. This

would probably have led to a mili-
tary. alliance if Germany had
started a war.

The first signs of a storm ap-
peared on August 22. Germany
¢oncluded a trade agreement with
Russia. This seemed ominous to
England and France for it was ap-
parent that, unknown to them,
Russia had been negotiating simul-
taneously with their ministers and
Germany’s. On August 24 Ger-
many announced a non-aggression
As Hitler ‘in-
tended, this was a great shock to
England and France.

He planned to march into Poland
while England and France were too
stunned to oppose him, but his plan
was defeated by the determination
of the democracies to stand firm.
Hitler then hesitated a whole week,
unwilling to abandon his objective.
yet unwilling to have

On September 1-he invaded Po-
land and on September 3 England
and France declared war.

The next blow came with
Russja’s invasion of Poland to the
gates of Warsaw, tak more than
half of Poland and cuttihg off Ger-
many from supplies in’ Rumania.
Russia, remaining a neutral yet re-
taining half of Poland, holds the
balance of power as no one will de-
clare war on her.

Russia then secured from Es-
tonia and Latvia the advantage of
open ports on the Baltic.. She uséd
similar tactics on Lithuania but en-
countered opposition from Finland.

The latter. is willing to take orders ©

from Russia if they are not too
severe. She does not want Russia
to have the Aland Islands for then
Russian domination of the Baltic
will be complete. :

Mussolini has declared ‘neutral-
ity, but with partiality for Hitler
with whom he has a military alli-
ance. Hitler will not drive him into
the enemy’s camp by asking him to
fulfill it.
its original purpose was to protect
Germany from the communism with
which she is now allied.

Hitler is now offering peace on
his own terms but his word is
worthless. The only way to secure
peace is to have the economic power
of the U. S. guarantee it. This she
will not do.

The present embargo on the sale
of arms, ammunition and airplanes
to belligerent countries means that
England and France have no adé-
quate means of replacing airplanes
in an aerial war. The cash and
carry plan means that England and
France will have more difficulty in
securing goods because of the pro-
hibition on American shipping.
Lifting the embargo in part will
offset this advantage because they
will be able to secure some replace-
ments.



Sight of 164 Freshmen
Makes Welcomers Blanch

Continued from Page One

of conciliation. Through their
representative, Marian Gill, ’40,
they offered advice and materials
for furnishing rooms. Even though
the class had dwindled by Monday
to a measly 164, there was no let-
ting up, and a certain senior was



He dares not fulfill it as ~

Spencer Tracy in Stanley and Liv-
ingstone..
Suburban: Wednesday and

“gon, ’40, as feature editor;
--Doris Dana, ’41, and Isota
Tucker, ’40, from the edi-

addict; wrote “no beverages are
allowed on campus.” In answer
to the question of when ‘she may

|politely informed that her room

’ Palace: The Old Maid with Bette
@ was “definitely messy.” The senior

~Davis, Miriam: Hopkins and George}.



"Brent. Thursday: Maurice -Chevalier~-in|leave the campus~alo:.9 after 7,30,|| torial board. et
Stanley: Thunder Afloat with! With A Smile. Starting Friday and|one freshman answered “when es-|| _ Ruth McGovern, "41, ‘ae, er
Po -- Wallace. Beery... ‘|iasting nine days: Stanley and Liv-|corted.”. Another thought that|| been elected advertising man- Peace Council Head
Suburban Movies ingstone with Spencer Tracy. _|the reason for taking a flashlight|] ger, and Isabella Hannan, Virginia Nichols, ’41, presi-





Seville: Wednesday : Hotel For|-
Women with Ann Sothern. Thurs-
Be nan wt tans ae oe

se oe

’41, as a member of the
advertising board. Barbara
Steele, *40, returns to the
advertising board after
spending her junior year in

dent pro tem of the Peace
Council last spring, has been
elected permanent head of the
organization, since' Louise
- Morley, '40, cannot - accept
| Se position. :

Ardmore: Pda 8 a

on overnight excursions ‘to the.
hiatal

Bee won be otis te ace if hae