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THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XL, NO. 17

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1944



Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





Green and Malraux,
‘Younger Generation’
Treated by M. Peyre

» Goodhart, February 28: Entering
what he described as “a notorious-
ly dangerous field,’ M. Henri
Peyre discussed the modern novel
and especially those modern nov-
elists whom he classes as “the
younger generation,” represented
by Julian Green and Malraux.

M. Peyre attributes. three im-
portant,characteristics to the mod-
ern novel—decadence, confusion,
and a bewildering incomprehensi-
bility. Literature has been so oc-
cupied with a search for novelty
that it has lost many of the char-
aeteristics which qualified the nov-
el as a form of art, and it is now
deeadent. Furthermore, there has
been a large output of works of
the novel genre, without any “pre-
dominant current” uniting them.
The bewildering incomprehensibil-
ity of these works is commonly at-
tributed to the fact that we are
watching the “emergency of a new
period,” we are “living in a revolu-
tion.”

However, M. Peyre saw no rea-
son why the “revolution” should
prevent the contemporary age
from becoming a great period in
the development of the novel. The
ehief deterrents to greatness in
the contemporary novel are two:
the great variety and inflexibility
of the novel as a literary genre,
and the impossibility of achieving
perfection in the novel.

M. Peyre believes that it is the

Continued on Page 4



IRC Meeting Surveys
Near East Problems



Haverford, February 23: “The
Near East” was the subject under
discussion at the fifth joint meet-
ing of the Haverford, Rosemont,
and Bryn Mawr International Re-
lations Clubs. A question period
followed the short speeches pre-
sented by Walter Selagsohn of
Haverford, James Merriman of the
German ASPT, and Joy Fowle of
the Haverford Relief and Recon-
struction Unit.

Palestine is a crucial area, Wal-
ter Seligsohn said, not only be-
cause it lies close to Suez, but be-
cause settlement of its racial prob-
lems may well indicate how the
United Nations will deal with min-
ority questions the world over.
Tracing Palestine’s history under
Syrian, Greek, and Roman domin-
ation, Walter Seligsohn dwelt par-
ticularly on the period since 1918,
during which the question of a
home in Palestine for the Jewish
people has become increasingly
important.

Rivalry between the Latin and

Greek Catholic Churches, as well
as power of the Arab sword, fos-
tered a spread: of the Mohammedan
religion, Mohammedan ethics, ac-
cording to James Merriman, are in-
ferior to those of other peoples.
The Arab order was “despotic at
home, and aggressive abroad;
what’s good is imported, and
what’s typical is imperfect.”
_ Modern Turkey was the subject
of a few extemporaneous remarks
by Joy Fowle of the Relief and Re-
construction Unit. After the war
with Greece in the early twenties,
Turkish diplomats were extreme-
ly clever and won from the League
great concessions. Though minor-
ities were at first ruthlessly sup-
pressed, the Turkish Parliament
‘hag recently become more active,
and the democratic, liberal ele-
ments have come to the fore.

Juniors Offer Wasserman, Gifford,
Fitzgibbons, Malik for Alliance Head





LYDIA GIFFORD

~~

HARJI MALIK

Political Awareness Declared
Important Duty of Office
Of President



The Junior Class has nominated
Marie Wasserman, Lydia Gifford,
Harji Malik, and Ann Fitzgibbons
as candidates for president of the
War Alliance.

The president of the Alliance
must coordinate « sub-committees,
preside at the Alliance Executive
Board meetings, and is automati-
cally a member of the Undergrad-
uate Council and the College
Council. As the purpose of the
Alliance is to initiate and coordin-
ate War Activity on the campus,
its president should be alive to
current political problems.

MARIE WASSERMAN

Marie is the Alliance represen-
tative for Pembroke and_ in
charge of Current Events for the

Alliance. She is on the National
Executive Committee of the
U. S. Student Assembly. A former

member of the International Re-
lations Club, Marie served as a
delegate to the Princeton Confer-
ence in 1942 and to the Johns-
Hopkins Conference in 1943. Last
spring she was also a delegate to
the International Student Serv-
ice. She is a member of the
Spanish Club, and during her
Freshman year she was on the
Editorial Staff of the News.

LYDIA GIFFORD

Lydia is Chairman of War Al-
liance Volunteer Drives, and last
year she was Secretary-Treasurer
of the Alliance. She is Secretary-
General of the Intercollegiate
Model League Assembly. In her
Freshman year she was President
of her class, and the ~ following
year she was Chairman of the
Sophomore Carnival, Sophomore
representative to the Athletic As-
sociation, and on the Activities
Drive for the Bryn Mawr League.

A member of the Choir and



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ANN FITZGIBBONS



MARIE WASSERMAN



Valeur Cites Evidence
To Exonerate French
From Military Failure



Goodhart, Feb. 23: “Frenchmen
realize that the most sacred gift
of a human being is freedom. They
are now fighting for their freedom
and for the great principles of
democracy ... Tomorrow .. . they
will lead the way in translating
those principles into actual condi-
tions”, declared M. Robert Valeur,
chairman of the United Nations’
Information Office in New York,
in a War Assembly talk on French
Resistance and the Democratic
Idea.

Continued on Page 3

\Ginny Thomas Named

New Self-Gov’t: Head

“Hope for the best, expect the
worst, and take what comes”, is



the “philosophy of life” of Ginny]

Thomas, new president of Self-
Government.

Questioned on her policy for

the coming year, Ginny declared

her firm belief in the present
fundamental concepts and princi-
ples of Self-Government. Her
main ambition, she said, is “that
of every member of Self-Govern-
ment: work for changes that will
be satisfactory to all.”

Ginny’s opinion about life in
general is expressed in the words
“everybody should keep a sense of
proportion.” Her personal ambi-
tion is to marry and have ten
children—nine boys and a_ girl.
Kittens, exclamation points, waltz-
es, and Laurence Olivier figure
among her “secret passions”.

In three years Ginny has lived
in Rhoads, Pembroke West and
Radnor. Now a Spanish major,
she spends much of her time in
the carrells, lost in the Golden

Age.»

—

Self-Gov’t Proposes
Practical Revising
For Present System

Specially Contributed by the
Executive and Advisory Boards

Revision of the rules and reso-
lutions of the Self-Government
Association and of some parts of
the Constitution have been. dis-
cussed during the past year by the
Executive and Advisory Boards.
The following proposals are pre-
sented to the whole Association as
the result of these discussions. The

Continued on Page 3

Dr. Alexander H. Frey

To Explain Functions
Of War Labor Board

Dr. Alexander H. Frey, Vice-
Chairman of the Regional War
Labor Board of Philadelphia, will
speak about the National War La-
por Board, its general philosophy,
and how it works at the War Al-
liance assembly on Wednesday,
March 8, at 12:30. Dr. Frey was
to have spoken at an earlier War
Alliance assembly in December.

In recent years Dr. Frey. has
served on several Minimum Wage
Boards. He was chairman of the
board for hotel industry, and of
the committee on jewelry, as well
as a member of the committees
for the rubber industry and for
the .passenger and property motor
carrier industries. He has fre-
quently acted as arbitrator of la-
bor disputes.





Campus Upholds
Old Constitution
At Mass Meeting

Kreiselinan, Here. Franklin

Lay Stress on Principle
In New Plan



Goodhart, February 23: At a
mass meeting of the Self-Govern-
ment Association on Thursday
night, opinion showed itself in fa-
vor of keeping the present consti-
tution rather than adopting a new
one. Voting, which took place in
the halls after the meeting, retain-
ed the old constitution by a mar-
gin of 346 to 98.

The meeting was called to con-
sider three proposals: a suggestion
for a new constitution, a petition
for a vote on extending the smok-
ing privileges, and a petition for a
mass meeting concerning smoking
privileges. The vote on smoking
privileges was postponed to a later
date, although there was some dis-
cussion of the subject.

New Constitution

Mariam Kreiselman, speaking
for the new constitution, pointed
out that the present one has no
causal relation to the student as
an individual, “no underlying prin-
ciple.” It upholds government by
the students, but does not say how
this should be done. Furthermore,
it deals with the moral issue of
compulsion and restricts freedom
of choice. What is needed is a

Continued on Page 3



League Board Nominates Hayes, Lee, Wood
And Binger as Candidates for Presidency





REBECCA WOOD

League President Responsible
For Problems of Various
Committees —



The League Board has nomin-
ated Mary Jean Hayes, Rebecca
Wood, Charlotte Binger, and
Jeanne-Marie Lee for the presi-
dency of the League.



The President of the League is

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JEANNE-MARIE LEE



responsible for integrating the
committees of which the League
is composed. She must see that
the problems which arise in the
various committees are discussed
at the Board meetings over which
she presides, and that they are
solved as far as possible. She
must see that the Activities Drive
which supports the League - is
started in the fall.

Mary Jean Hayes

Mary Jean Hayes was Fresh-
man representative to the Self-
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Political Discussion

A group for political discussion has been formed on the
campus, independently and surprisingly quietly, in the past

week.

Arising originally in response to an opinion letter in the
News of February 16 condemning “the total lack of interest
which the Bryn Mawr students . .. show toward anything re-

motely connected with the war,” the group proposes to meet:
weekly to discuss current political issues.

Such discussion,

the group’s initiators hope, may lead, if the occasion de-
mands it, to action in the form of letters to Congressmen.

In its present embryonic form, the discussion group aims
ideally at flexibility and informality, with no attempt at for-

mal debate or prepared speeches.

and formed no committees.

It has chosen no officers

The success of its discussions,

then, will-depend upon the information which those who at-

tend the meetings possess.

It can become simply a free-for-

all airing of opinion, biased and unfounded; it can, on the
other hand, become an exchange and a clarification of ideas.

In view of the fact that the impetus for the formation of
such a discussion group was an endeavor to remedy the much
maligned campus apathy and to create an awareness and an
interest in world affairs, it is to be hoped that the group wili
attract and include more than those interested and already

aware persons who founded it.

It will not be an extension

of a Current Events talk; it will not, it is hoped, be a limited
organization of interested individuals. The spirit in which it

has been formed is admirable;

may it be successful.





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New Constitution’s Principle
Too Basic to be Defeated,
Butler Says .

To the Editors:

The fact that the plan for the

new constitution was voted down
“does not mean the defeat of that
plan. The principle of liberty and
respect, of individuals cannot be
overthrown in any college meet-
ing. It is too basic an idea. Nev-
ertheless, it is striking that in a
college which upholds democracy,
its fundamental principle should
be disowned. But that rejection
can be only temporary in a’ demo-
cratic society.

The vote of the mass meeting
cannot be considered as conclusive.
Not only was the presentation ir-
regular but also the discussion
was inadequate, as has been prov-
ed by the smoking room argu-
ments and the fact that many
people have changed their minds.
We firmly believe that this idea
will continue and ultimately be
accepted by all colleges.

_ Deifdre Butler, '46



3 Students Deplore Neglect
Of Chapel Services
By News

Dear Editor:

It has occurred to us that the
splendid opportunity offered the
College by the Sunday night Chap-
el Services has been overlooked by
the News. Space in the paper is
given to the words of every other
eminent speaker. Surely these
men have messages of equal im-
portance and interest to the sub-
scribers of the News. Most school
and college papers allot space to
their Chapel Services, and all the
large newspapers have accounts
of the services in their cities. We
think-this would be particularly
wise here at Bryn Mawr, where
we ‘are fortunate enough to have
such noted ministers to conduct
the services. An article in the
News might also serve to direct
more attention to this part of Col-
lege life, which is, unfortunately,
overlooked by many.

E. H. D., E. W. S., A. S. W.





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Armstrong Feels Issues
Before Mass Meeting
Not Clear

___

| To the Editor:

It is to be hoped that this will
not be considered a “poor loser’s
letter—usually I don’t believe in
further argument once a view has
been considered and discarded by
a majority, but in this case I feel
there are quite a few who, like
myself, only belatedly realize that
the issues before our recent mass
meeting were not completely clear.
Moreover, I feel we still can and
should do something about facing
the ‘‘radical” views open-mindedly
and realizing they do have their
good points. :

Radicals Justified

What seems to me most open to
criticism is ¢he attitude taken by
mény of those who have lately
been discussing these questions.
There is definitely the feeling
that all those speaking for a new
constitution are utter anarchists,
dest¥uctive and are not construc-
tive elements, rule breakers seek-
ing justification for their acts. I
fail to see why the “new” is the
“bad” or why all those associated
with it are by reason of their as-
sociation devoid of sincere feeling
and incapable of a wish to work
for the intersts of the college. I
fail to see why the “radical” must
automatically be considered as
working only for her own _inter-
ests. It seems strange to me that
many of those whom one _ would
think most concerned withthe ad-
ministration of Self-Gov’t have
kept their minds closed to any
suggestions which might simplify
or improve that administration at
the expense of a _ constitution
which many sincerely feel capable
of improvement.

New. Constitution

Rewriting a constitution does
not mean abolishing a_ constitu-
tion. First of all, I think it was
not. made clear that there would
be no overthrow of Self-Govern-
ment and surrender to the Admin-
istration in the event of a new
constitution. The system of a
Self-Gov’t board would certainly
have been retained and the pres-
ent constitution would have _ re-
mained in effect until the approv-
al and acceptance of a new one.

Secondly, there would have been
rules under a new constitution.
The goal was a simplification of
the existing system, attainable by
keeping only those rules neces-
sary for safety and to protect
such individual rights as are not
taken care of by state or nationai
laws, but there was no desire to
abolish all — law.

Proposed Revision

The new constitution has, of
course, been voted down, and I sup-
pose there is also felt to be : no
need for an amendment stating
the principle behind its laws—
certainly this would be unneces-
sary as long as the majority is
able to read a principle into the
words of the Blue Section. But I
feel that the object of all this
“anarchism”—simplification « for
the governed and the governing
board—has not been sufficiently
emphasized and now should be
made the object of our revision of
the constitution. This simplifica-
tion could be accomplished by do-
ing away-with a large-part of the
Blue Section and rewriting / our
legislative constitution passing
only those laws the majority
agrees are necessary for the pres-
ent time and situation. “

Vv. Armstrong, 44.



History of Proposed Changes
In Self-Gov’t Constitution
Examined

To the Editor of the College News:

From the point of view of self-
government the past three weeks
have been vital and important.
They have been full of murmurings
and mutterings, discussions and ar-
guments. Last week produced de-
cisive action. I think we have now
reached a point when we can look
back upon the three weeks just
past and evaluate.them. We are
a bit beyond their turmoil, and we
can achieve a more objective view.
Further steps are still to be tak-
en. If we can assimilate our past
experience, it will help us in deal-
ing completely with the future.



Controversy Reviewed
The most important events of the
past weeks were the following:
first, the publication in the Lantern

on February 7 of the extreme ed-

itorial advocating greater free-
dom, especially along the lines of
smoking and drinking. Secondly,
the Assembly presented by the
executive board of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association, a clarification
of the workings and principles
(oh! overworked word) of our
present self-government system.
Thirdly, the News published three
letters. The first of these came
out the same day as the Assembly
and was written by the editor of
the Lantern. It was more specific
in tone than her editorial had been,
and dealt further with smoking
and permission-giving.

The following week the News
printed two letters, a second from
the editor of the Lantern and the
other from “An Individual.” The
former suggested the adoption of
a new constitution. The latter de-
fended our present constitution.
We owe thanks to “An Individual”
for setting forth so clearly the
merits of our system and the ad-
vantages of maintaining it. The
editor of the Lantern expressed
her desire to present her plan in a
more detailed way at a Mass Meet-
ing. This meeting was held last
Thursday evening. The business
was presented systematically and
the debatable points were fully
discussed. The voting held in the
halls that night showed that an
overwhelming majority of the un-
dergraduates were in favor of
keeping the present constitution.

These are the events which
strike one, as one glances back
over the period between the begin-
ning of the semester and the pres-
ent. However, other elements lurk
underneath. We have seen some
amazing things at Bryn Mawr re-
cently. We have seen the college
menaced by subversive and pernic-
ious methods of persuasion. We
have seen girls swept off their feet
by the pleasing phrase, “individ-
ual freedom.”’ We have seen girls
take the course of least resistance.
On the other hand, we have had
the pleasant experience of seeing
girls make a decision and uphold
that decision staunchly.

Amendments

It is undeniable that the under-
graduates want some changes in
their constitution, changes in
smoking and changes in permis-
sion-giving. These will involve
petitions, mass - meetings and
amendments. Last week showed
that we know what we don’t want.
We must now decide what we do
want. Any amendment must be
thought over carefully and delib-
erately. I would appeal to the
student body as a whole to formu-
late constructive ideas, .to offer
measures which will help to per-
fect our present system of self-
government. I would appeal also

to those who voted in favor of a

new constitution to redirect their
energies,. insofar as this is poss-



tent a vents

Common Room, - February 29.
“Labor, more than any other
group, has been Anti-Fascist al-
most #rom the time of Ethiopa
and the Spanish Civil War’, de-
clared Mr. Donald Henderson’ in
his discussion of Labor and the
1944 Elections at Current Events.
Since it is the labor movement
which is first involved whenever





there is progress, its interests
are now most at stake.
- Mr. Henderson set forth. La-

bor’s aim to support the Teheran
agreements, unconditional sur-
render, the complete smashing of
Fascism, and cooperation among
the United States, Britain, and
the U. S. S. R. The upholding of
the Roosevelt (or the go-called
‘administration’) policy of sup-
porting the Teheran program is
iLabor’s first stake in the coming
elections. Expressing - his doubt
that a Republican administration
would, on the whole, carry out
such a policy, the speaker recog-
nized the great need for support-
ing the Teherin agreements,
without which revolutions, civil
war, and upheavals will inevitably

occur throughout the world, ex-
cept in the U. S. and Russia.
Total employment, a_ second

aim of Labor, demands a national
income of 150 to 200 billion dol-
lars, Mr. Henderson stated. Ex-
panded activity on a world scale
is required, Since without interna-
tional trade and a peaceful, coop-
erating world during reconstruc-
tion, the manufacture and sale of
products will be greatly impeded.
Since, he felt, labor sees what
the issues are, it will support the
party which upholds them. Thus,
the C. I. O. Political Action Com-
mittee, although it has endorsed
no candidate, will work with any
who support win-the-war and
postwar cooperation policies. The
bulk of Labor is behind Roosevelt,
Henderson stated, and will sup-
port him for a fourth term. »

| WHAT TO DO |

Students interested in teaching
next year. Miss Watson, from the
Cooperative Bureau for Teachers,
will be at the college next Monday,
March 6, for interviews with you.
Please sign on the schedule out-
side Room H for appointments.

Students with Scientific Train-
ing. The Carborundum Company,
Niagara Falls, New York. Appli-
cation blanks may be secured in
the Bureau of Recommendations.

Scholarships offered by the Soc-
ial Service Bureau of Newark, New
Jersey, to graduates interested in
studying at the New York School
of Social Work or Smith College
School of Social Work.

Camp Fire Girls, Inc. Openings
for personnel ‘positions on the staff.
Interviews may be _ arranged
through the Bureau of Recom-
mendations.

International Business Machines.
A representative will visit the col-
lege next Thursday, March 9 at
4.30 p. m. in the Deanery. Anyone
interested is invited to the meet-
ing.

Stuyvesant Neighborhood House.
A representative will be at the
college Wednesday, March 8. Please
notify the Bureau of Recommend-
ations if you would like an inter-
view.

Langley Field, Hampton, Vir-
ginia. Wéimen needed for aeronau-
tical research. Scientific Aides,
artist illustrators, mathematicians,
and computers. Salary ranges
from $1750-$2433.

ible, along lines of greater cooper-
ation. Above all, I would express





thanks on the part of a great many

to those who worked very hard to

preserve our present system of

self-government, most especially

to the President and Vice-Presi-

dent of the Association. boo Niger
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- on freedom of choice in the laws

Constitutional precedents, the dif-

owas 264 in favor of the old, 89 for

Mass Meeting Votes
To Keep Constitution
Continued from Page 1

“unified concept,” a “small scale
bill of rights,’ and a correction
of former ambiguities.

Helena Hersey stressed the need
for a democratic principle, based

of society. She stated the import-
ance of flexibility. Any infringe-
ment of individual rights should
exist in the form of national law,
not custom. The old constitution
would need a series of amend-
ments which would involve many
meetings.

' Asserting that the new consti-
tution would not be “anarchistic,”
Jean Franklin applied the princi-
ple to the contested issues. She
suggested that the three important
restrictions of freedom were the
laws of the state, the conventions
of society, and the needs of the
student body. Answering’ the
charge that a new constitution
would endanger the college’s repu-
tation, she pointed out that there
was “nothing in the old one to pro-
tect it.”

She attacked the signing out
rules as impractical, and not ful-
filling their avowed purpose. Sign-
ing out should be optional, and
only absences of over 24 hours
need be recorded...She proposed a
system of proportional represent-
ation for a committee to draw up
a new constitution.

Debate

Most of the debate centered on
the issue of whether or not amend-
ment of the old constitution was
preferable to a new constitution.

ficulties involved’ in drawing up
new constitutions, and clarification
of the “fundamental principles”
were the main topics. Supporters
of the old constitution maintained
that the supposition that a new
constitution would be simpler than
amendment was unfounded. They
emphasized the value of precedent,
and cited needs for specific re-
strictions. The principles need not
be stated if they are determined
by the specific rules, and are im-
plicit in democratic life anyway.

A test vote was taken, which

the new constitution. As a quorum
was not present in Goodhart, a re-
vote was taken in the halls.

Jessie Stone, speaking for the
smoking petition, suggested that
the present rules were outmoded,
particularly not smoking on the
Paoli Local. She felt that the
privilege could be exterided cau-
tiously and that freer smoking
need not mar the beauty of the
campus.



Calendar
Thursday, March 2
Interclass Swimming Meet,
4:00.
Political Discussion Group,

Common Room, 8:30.
Saturday, March 4
Basketball Game with Ur-
sinus, 10:00.
Dr. Paul Nettl, Goethe and
Music, Music Room, 8:00.
Sunday, March 5
The Reverend Rex Clements,
Music Room, 7:30.
Monday, March 6
Henri Peyre, The Epic Novel:
Giono, Goodhart, 8:30.
Tuesday, March 7
Faculty Vocational
Deanery, 4:30.
Wednesday, March 8
Alexander Frey, The Region-
al War Labor Board. Good-
hart, 12:30.
French Club Movies, Common
Room, 8:00.

Talks,





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Self-Gov't Proposes
Practicil Revising
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suggested changes represent the
opinion of the majority of both
Boards and will, we believe, provide
a simpler and more workable sys-
tem. In making these proposals
we have tried to reconcile the de-
mands of the student body with
those of the College as a unit and
those of society in general. :
We cannot see any need for re-
vision of the body of the constitu-
tion except in the following points:
Article VI should be amended:

Section I. “The legislative power of
the Association shall be exercised by the
whole Association, three-fifths of whose
members shall constitute a quorum,” etc.
(At present a quorum is one-third).

Section II. The president of the Al-
liance and the Editor of the College News
should be added to the list of those who

comprise the Legislature.

Continued from Pagel

Section IV. To be replaced by para-
graph 2 of the resolution concerning the
Executive and Advisory Boards, in an at-
tempt to remove the contradictory phrases
about giving notice of ‘meetings.

Section VI. “A vote is not valid un-
less held in the presence of a quorum. A
simple majority of this quorum of the As-
sociation or its Legislature shall have all
executive and legislative powers not pro-
hibited in this Constitution, and may con-
fer authority upon the Executive Board,
or upon any committee or committees
which it may hereafter constitute,”

Article VIII should be amended as fol-
lows:

Sections 1 and 2 “two-thirds” to be
changed to “three-fifths.”

Article XI should be amended:

“Two-thirds to be changed to “three-

fifths.”
In addition, some provision might
be included specifying a general
revision of the rules every. three
years either by the Legislature or
other committee. _

We have revised the resolutions
one by one and we have discussed
the signing-out and special per-
mission systems in more general
terms. We believe that a system
of signing-out should. be required
of all students for two reasons: so
that students may be reached in
case of an emergency and so that
the College’s responsibility for each
individual is upheld. Practice,
however, has made clear that stud-
ents should be able to put down a
list of places they intend to go.
Such a list would obviously be con-
fusing if too large and we think
that students should realize this
and limit themselves so far as
possible to three places.

The times assigned to the vari-
ous activities have always been de-
termined .by what. seemed fair,
reasonable, ‘and proper for the ac-
tivity involved. For those reasons
we believe that 11:30 should be
kept for campus aetivities and for
the Main Line unescorted and 12:15
for Philadelphia unescorted. The
old criterion of 2:00 o’clock per-
mission for dancing only at places
with an orchestra seems outmoded
and we would suggest a blanket
2:00 o’clock permission both for
Philadelphia and the Main Line if
escorted.

We believe that the present sys-
tem_ of obtaining Special. Permis-
sion has largely outlived its use-
fulness. However, we think the
system should be retained for
Freshmen who should get Special
Permission for 2:00 o’clock activ-
ities at least during the first se-
mester. ‘Permission - givers are
necessary to sign-out those who
call after 10:30; many mistakes
are made now by those who rely
on their friends to attend to the
late books. Some of us believe
that Special Permission should be
required for private parties in or-



der to make sure that students are

escorted back to the halls. We be-

lieve that it should be retained for
formal 3::00 o’clock permissions.

The net result of all this is that
we believe certain specific changes
should be made in Resolution VIII
which concerns registration and
absence from College. The first
part of this Resolution which deals
with walking off. campus after
dark should be kept unchanged as
it is’ based upon general princi-
ples of safety. The rest of this
Resolution should be amended to
read:

A. ABSENCE AFTER 10:30:

1. Registration: (the paragraph should
stand unchanged except that the last sen-
tence should be) ‘Therefore it is necessary
to register accurately but students may
list several places.”

2. UNESCORTED STUDENTS MAY SIGN
OUT UNTIL—

11:30 for: Parties in other halls and

other campus activities.
Calling on the Faculty.
Movies on the Main Line.
Eating on the Main Line.

12:15 for: Movies, theatres, and con-

certs in Philadelphia.

3. IF ESCORTED, STUDENTS MAY SIGN
OUT UNTIL—

2:00 for: Any place of entertainment

such as restaurants or hotels if they

are accompanied by an escort, family,
older friends, etc.

Informal private parties in Phil-
adelphia and Vicinity which includes

Princeton and Wilmington. Special per-

mission is required for all students.

Freshmen are required to obtain per-

mission for all 2:00 o’clock activities.

3:00 for: Formal dances. In ordinary

cases this does not include University

of Pennsylvania and Haverford dances.

‘Special permission is necessary.

4, STUDENTS MAY HAVE ONE
SPECIAL PERMISSION—

After-informal College entertainments.

After formal College entertainments

if escorted.

B. CHANGES IN REGISTRATION—

. Students must telephone the Warden
when unavoidably delayed beyond the

time of registration and then return

to the College as soon as» possible.

2. If a student after leaving the hall
wishes to be signed-out or to change
her signing-out, she must telephone a
permission-giver who will enter it in
the late book. If not signed-out, a
student must call before 10:30. In
order to change permission students
must telephone before the hour of their

* expected return.
3. If a student wishes to leave the hall
after 10:30 she may do so if she gets
permission and makes arrangements
with the Warden.
ABSENCE OVERNIGHT—
(These regulations should stand un-
changed except for paragraph 3. As
the guest books are seldom used ,and
some halls do not have them, we be-
lieve that the guest should sign in the
overnight book of the hall she is vis-
iting).

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The Boards do not think that
smoking should be allowed in the
rooms primarily because of the
danger of fire. It is hoped that
more smoking space can be ap-
propriated in those halls and other
buildings in which there is need of
such an extension of the smoking

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Crenshaw Gives Talk
On Chemistry in War



Park Hall, February 23: Speaking
to the Science Club on the chem-
istry_of high explosives_and_illus-
trating his lecture with slides and
experiments, Mr. James L. Cren-
shaw noted the contribution of
chemistry to the war effort.

Forced by the war to find sub-
stitutes for rubber and quinine,
chemists produced five different
kinds of synthetic rubber, and de-
veloped atabrine. Further develop-
ments of chemistry include sulfa
drugs, high octane gasoline, bet-
ter metals and lubricants, and also
plastics, which are now used as
noses for bombers, army bugles,
and even automobile tires.

Explosives

“The laws of chemistry apply
just as well to explosives as to
anything else,” stated Mr. Cren=
shaw.

Three different kinds of explos-
ives are used in a shell: the deton-
ator, which goes off when it is hit,
and lights the propellent or low
explosive, which shoots out the
high .explosive.

The oldest known explosive is
gunpowder, which only detonates
when placed in a container; other-
wise, it merely burns. Mr. Cren-
shaw demonstrated the burning of
gunpowder and compared it to lead
picrate, which exploded when _heat-.
ed. He also hit a combination of
phosphorus and potassium chlor-
ate with a hammer. This explos-
ive ig extremely unstable and will
go off when a fly walks over it.
One of the most used high explos-
ives is mercury fulminate which
can be made by dissolving mercury
in nitric acid and putting the re-
sult in alcohol. Mr. Crenshaw ex-
plained that we save fats because
they are needed in nitroglycerine.

TNT is one of the best high ex-
plosives, Mr. Crenshaw said. Two
new explosives are tetryl and
PETN;; the latter is probably being
used in the big block-busters.



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To Exonerate French
Continued from Page 1

Affirming that there is “nothing
fundamentally wrong with France”
M. Valeur showed what poor tea-
soning it is to blame internal pol-
itics for military defeat. —Ger-
many’s early victories, for in-
stance, do not prove the justice of
her policies. Yet such reasoning
is practised extensively in specu-
lationg.about France’s collapse.
There has been powerful propa-
ganda, the speaker felt, to the. ef-
fect that France was far more
united in 1914 than in 1940.

The evidence shows this: In
the elections six weeks before the
first World War the un-war-mind-
ed French voted strongly against
extension of the period of com-
pulsory military training. Dur-
ing the War itself the Parliament
and Cabinet were .engaged-in con-
stant bickering until the
of Clemenceau to power in 1917.
France was no more united in
1914 than in 1940. But, M. Va-
leur pointed out, in the earlier
war Germany had to fight on two
fronts from the beginning, nor
was Italy her ally.

There were political elements: in
1940 too, that made lack of unity
more serious than in 1914, First,
there was the strong anti-Rus-
sian sentiment that motivated
Munich and other toleration of
Hitler, then there was the hatred
of war stronger in France than
anywhere else. !

All these factors plus her prox-
imity to Germany made France
an easy prey for the Nazis. Yet
Britain and the United States
were no better prepared for war
than she. All threé followed sin-
gularly short-sighted policies af-
ter the last war in failing to cre-
ate the “New spirit in democracy
which must follow this one”, M.
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Pollack and Ellickson :
Discuss Opportunities
In Labor Organization



Deanery, February 24: Labor
was the subject treated in the lat-
est conference arranged by the
Vocational Committee. The speak-
ers were Mrs. Katherine Pollack
Ellickson, Assistant Director of
Research in the CIO, and Dr. Alice
Cheyney, former Assistant Direct-
or of. the Washington Office and
member of the Geneva Staff of the
Industrial Labor Office.

Mrs. Ellickson stressed the ad-
visability of developing relation-
ships with the labor movements in
Philadelphia’ for anyone interested
in entering this field. Many op-
portunities are open for women,
she said, but a prerequisite for al-
most any job is stenography.

In order to understand the
worker’s outlook, Mrs. Ellickson
stated, it is worthwhile to work in
a factory, to get a job in some
union office in research or admin-
istrative work, or to take part in
the educational program of the
unions,

Dr. Cheyney spoke about the
International Labor Organization,
which was founded after the last
war to provide for simultaneous
improvements in the labor condi-
tions of the member nations. The
ILO held an annual conference in
Geneva to which every country
sent delegates. As the war ap-
proached the ILO’s membership
dwindled and in 1940 it was forced
to move its center of operations
from Geneva to Canada.

“In the ILO women are on an
equal basis with men,’ stated Dr.
Cheyney. There are many oppor-
tunities in services of the organi-
zation such as the Maritime, Ag-
riculture, and Women and Children
Services. The work varies from
service to service, and one may
study statistics, labor legislation,
the conditions of labor, or pick out
new developments from a steady
stream of periodicals. A knowl-
edge of French is usually a re-
quirement; and the demand for
Spanish is rapidly increasing,
while that for German is decreas-
ing.



Alliance Candidates

Selected by Juniors
Continued from Page 1

Glee Club, Lydia is also Co-Song
Mistress of her class. In Rhoads
she is an air raid warden, a fire
lieutenant, and a permission giv-
er. On the varsity hockey, ten-
nis, and basketball teams for
three years, she is now captain of
tennis and hockey.

HARJI MALIK

Harji is secretary of the Un-
dergraduate Association and Jun-
ior business representative to the
Year Book. She is on the Sub-
scription Board of the News. Last
year she was. secretary-treasurer
of her class and manager of the
varsity tennis team. She was
also Business Manager of Fresh-
man Show. For three years a
member of the Science Club, she
is now its vice-president.

ANN FITZGIBBONS

Ann is on the Alliance as Chair-
man of War Courses. For. two
years she has managed the Soda
Fountain. She is ‘a member of
the Varsity Players Club, the Vo-
cational Committee, and the Nom-

inating Committee of the Junior||

Class. During her Freshman year
Ann was on the Business Board
of the News and in charge of
lighting for Freshman Show.



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Continued from Page 3
privilege. Several changes should
be made in the existing smoking
rules and we suggest that the res-
olution read as follows:
SMOKING IS ALLOWED:

1. On-all- College grounds with the res-
ervation that, if at any time the beau-
ty or neatness of the campus is de-
stroyed, the Administration or the Ex-
ecutive Board may limit the smoking
area.

2. In the hall smoking rooms, libraries,
showcases, and other places designated
for the purpose. 2

3. Off campus anywhere except on main
roads or streets.

The Board is unanimous in be-
lieving that the existing regula-
tions concerning drinking should
remain unchanged.

We suggest that part B of the
Resolution concerning Dress be
amended to read:

B. ATHLETIC COSTUME, TROUSERS, AND

SHORTS MAY NOT BE WORN:

1, Off campus except when walking or

bicycling in directions other than the
Village.

We believe that the Hall Regu-
lations should stand except that
the following paragraph should be
omitted:

“The Executive Advisory Boards
reserve the right to confiscate the
radio of any student who fails to
observe this rule.”

We believe that the regulations
concerning Saunder’s Barn should
remain unchanged except that it
seems unnecessary that two stud-
ents walk or cycle there in the day-
time and we suggest that the first
sentence of part A be removed.

We believe that the resolution
concerning bicycling after dark
should be maintained in the inter-
ests of common safety.

There are two possible methods
by which these changes can be
made; by a mass meeting of the
members of the Association, and
by the legislature (see Article VI).
In order to save studying time, it
would seem that those points on
which there could be little debate
(such as the omission of the par-
agraph about confiscating radios)
should be acted on by the legisla-
ture. The major revisions in sign-
ing-out, smoking, etc., should be
changed by the Association as a
whole.

The changes we have presented
in the Articles and Resolutions
have not been suggested ‘in any at-
tempt to make the rules more lib-
eral but because it seems necessary
to simplify and clarify the pres-
ent legislation and to remove rules
which are now pointless. The
Boards will present the changes
outlined in Articles VI, VIII, IX,
and ‘in Resolutions VII, VIII, IX,
XII, XIII in a mass meeting next
week. There may be other points
which we have omitted in our con-
sideration of the rules. We hope
that anyone who has suggestions
regarding the subjects we have
treated here or other” matters
which should be brought to gen-
eral attention will consult a mem-
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Plans Smaller Group for Informal Singing



Taking time out from endless
Mikado tryouts, Miss Lorna
Cooke, newly-arrived director of
the Choir and the Glee Club, ex-
pressed some of her plans for the
coming year. Eager to have the
Mikado actually under way, she
predicted that “we will have to
work like mad on it.”



League Nominations
For President Made

Continued from Page 1
Government Association, and a
member of the committee direct-
ing the Sophomore carnival given
last year. She was a councilor at
the League Camp last summer,
and has been chosen director of
the camp for this summer. She is
a Junior representative to the
Self-Government Associatign and
vice-president of her class. She is
a member of the Dance Club and
the French Club.

Rebecca Wood

Rebecca Wood was the Fresh-
man Show Poster manager, and
her hall representative in her
well as the
Sophomore representative to the
League. She is the Junior Secre-
tary and Treasurer of the League.

Charlotte Binger

Charlotte Binger has been a
member of the Spanish Club her
Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior
years. She was also in the Fresh-
man Show and in the operetta
“Patience”. In both her Sopho-
more and Junior years she has
read to the blind, been a member
of the Radio Club, and been on
the News subscription board. This
year she is on the Chapel Com-
mittee and belongs to the Glee
Club.

Jeanne-Marie Lee

Jeanne-Marie Lee was the as-
sistant director of the Pembroke
West hall play her Freshman year.
She was hall representative her
Freshman and Junior years, and
taught Maid’s classes her Sopho-
more year. While vice-president
of her class last year she served
on the Sophomore Carnival Com-
mittee. She was the Junior rep-
resentative on the 1944 yearbook
and busiriess manager of the 1943
Freshman handbook. Having
been a member of the. Business
Board of the News her Freshman
and Sophomore years, she is at
present advertising manager of
the News. She now holds the
newly-created position of: Common
Treasurer.



The choir, Miss Cooke feels,
should be enlarged to sixty. or one
hundred voices, with perhaps half
if it singing at each chapel serv-
ice. After commending the pres-
ent choir,’ she said that there
were probably many good voices
outside the choir and enlargement
of it would mean a chance for
more girls to come into contact
with fine music.

Her favorite idea, with a bigger
choir, would be “to form a small
octet or twelvetet like the Whif-
fenpoofs” which would present
small informal programs and sing
in the halls. With an eye toward
a concert with Princeton or Har-
vard in late May, Miss Cooke has
introduced secular music in the
choir’s repertoire.

Settled now in Goodhart _base-
ment, Miss Cooke said she “just
can’t get away from music, “what
with the practise rooms in con-
stant use by pianists and harpists
and with even the porter loudly
practising hymns. Bryn Mawr,
she feels, possesses much “latent
talent” which she hopes to dig
out. :

A Wellesley graduate, Miss
Cooke has come recently from
Radcliffe where she was assistant
conductor of the choral society and
conductor of the choir, and also
assisted G. Wallace Woodworth
at the Harvard Chapel. While at
Wellesley, besides majoring in
music and minoring in French
and Italian, Miss Cooke was the
college song leader for two years
and sang in the choir and in the
Madrigal group.

Jazz, Miss Cooke asserts, defi-
nitely has its place in the world.
A staunch advocate of jazz if well
done, she last year worked up a
jazz quartet at Radcliffe in con-
nection with the U. S. O., as well
as heading a musical show in her
Junior year at Wellesley. Her in-
terest in music is rather in work-
ing through people than in music-
ology or in “reading in old stacks”.



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duty of the literary critic to bring
a study of the past to bear upon
the present in the interpretation of
contemporary life. Because of this
time element, M. Peyre has divided
the novelists into “generations”
for purposes of criticism.

M. Peyre’s “younger generation”
includes those whose development
took place largely in the war and
post-war years. With them an era
of escapism began, typified by the
works of Giono. Another reaction,
notably that of Celine, was to give
vent to the writer’s indignation at
the brutality of war.

M. Peyre chose, first, Julian
Green, as one of the greater rep-
resentatives of the “younger gen-
eration.” Green, he explained, was
obsessed by the mysteries of her-
edity and examined himself to see.
its effects. Green’s themes include
solitude, fear, and death. Green is
a surrealist in literature, repre-
senting a school of future possi-
bilities, in M. Peyre’s estimation.

Malraux attempted to answer a
problem that has been besetting
generations of novelists—whether
we know ourselves best in static
analysis or in action and commun-
ion with other beings—by an

amalgamation of the two methodsi””

In this respect he represents the
nearest equivalent to Dostoyevsky
in the French novel. Malraux shows
the “confusion of values and ideas
in the modern world” by his ad-
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