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VOL. XXVII, No. 20

_BRYN MAWR and’ WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1941

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Women’s Education

And Inter - College

RelationsDiscussed

Miss Park and Dr. Nason
Present Two Aspects
Of Education

Goodhart, April 15,— Tuesday
morning Miss Park and President
Nason, of Swarthmore, spoke at a
college assembly on two aspects of
education. Miss Park discussed
the special problems encountered
by women’s colleges, while Dr.
Nason spoke on Free Trade in
Education.

The curriculum used in women’s
colleges today, said Miss Park, is
based on that of men’s colleges,
yet our society assumes that men
and’ women are fundamentally dif-
ferent. If we accept this doctrine,
we should think of education for
women in entirely different terms
from those in which we think of
men’s.

One of the modern anthropo-
logical hypotheses is, however, that
there is little fundamental differ-
ence between the intellectual equip-
ments of the two sexes. -For
women, this is a refreshing theory
and suggests that there should be
further experimentation with the

use of men’s curricula in our col-
Continued on Page Two







Taylor Fire Drill

There will be a fire drill in
Taylor within the next two
weeks. Exit directions will
be posted in the classrooms.
“South stairs” is to be inter-
preted as the staircase de-
scending from Miss Park’s
office; “North stairs” as
the staircase descending to
the water cooler. Taylor bell
will serve as alarm gong.
Students once outside, should
remain as far from the build-
ing as the driveway.







Politics Department
Gains P. Mantoux As
Next Shaw Lecturer

~ With a view to enabling foreign
scholars to carry on _ productive



selves with American life and edu-
cation, the Emergency Committee
in-_Aid of Displaced Foreign
Scholars ‘has offered support to col-
leges in establishing “Centers” of
eminent foreign scholars. In ac-
cordance with this arrangement,
Mr. Paul. Joseph Mantoux has re-
ceived a two-year appointment in
the department of political science
at Bryn Mawr. Mr. Mantoux will
also give the Anna Howard Shaw
lectures during 1941-1942.

Under this project of the Com-
mittee, scholars will be transferred
to a college or university from the
faculty of the New School for So-
cial Research or from other
“threshold” institutions. | These
scholars will be available for aca-
demic services to the colleges and
schools of the surrounding region
as well as to the “Center.” Follow-
ing this plan, Mr. Mantoux will
give part of his time to Swarth-
more and Haverford.

Mr. Mantoux has been Director

of the Graduate Institute of Inter-
national Studies, Geneva, since
1927 and Professor at the Con-
servatoire National des Arts et
Métiers, Paris, since 1934. In 1919
he was Interpreter of the Supreme
War Council and of the Peace Con-
ference; from 1920-1927 he held
‘the position of Director of the Po-
litical Section, League of Nations
i Secretariat.
Mr. Mantoux has published La
Crise du Trade-Unionisme, Revo-
‘tution industrielle au XVIII siecle,
Notes sur les comptess rendus des
seances du Parlement anglais au
siecle, A travers l’Angleterre con-
temporaine, and, in 1938, Contribu-
‘tion to the History of the Lost
| Opportunities of the League of
Nations. He has also contributed
articles to French historical revues
and to the English Bulletin of the
Royal Institute of International
Affairs.





Franck’s Aim to Make Shakespeare Modern;
College Presentations Can be Experimental



By Lenore O’Boyle, °43
We found Mr. Franck down at
the Theatre Workshop directing a
scene from A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, the spring production of the
Players’ Club. To the accompani-
ment of some extremely lively act-
ing of Puck’s, Mr. Franck told us
a very little about himself, and a
great deal about his ideas on
Shakespeare and the American
theatre.
Mr. Franck was born in Mann-
heim, Germany. He was gradu-
ated from the University of Mar-
burg, where he majored in theatri-
cal science, specializing in classical
drama. As a student he played
more than fifteen Shakespearian
roles; Shakespeare is so popular in
Germany that it was years before
Dr. Franck realized that he was
an English poet. In fact, the Ger-
man translation of Shakespeare is
much nearer the German of today
than Shakespeare’s English is to
ours, and Mr. Franck thinks that,
in__consequence, Shakespeare _ is
really much less remote to Germans
than to us, -” mae
At twenty-one, Mr. Franck be-
came. stage director at the Staat-
Theatre in Weisbaden, where his
first production was a Shakespear-
ian one. Since then he has been
director at the Staat-Theatre
, and Ham-
burg, where. he has directed, the
plays of Shakespeare, Moliere,

Lessing, Geothe, Shaw, and various
modern dramas and comedies.

Mr. Franck’s aim is to make
Shakespeare very modern, but to
do this he relies, not on costume,
but on universality of character
and excitement of plot. He does
not want to make the characters
historical and traditional, but to
convey Shakespeare’s enthusiasm
for the relations between people.
In America he finds that Shakes-
peare is not acted often enough.
His plays are “great vehicles for
great actors,” and it is by working
in these plays that actors learn to
express magnitude and depth of
emotion. For that reason, Mr.
Franck is glad to be able to direct
Shakespeare in this country, and
particularly glad to be working
with a college group. The private
theatre in America is often too de-
pendant on financial considerations,
but a college production can be
experimental and individual with-
out risk at the box office.

It is in these college groups, and
those similat.to them, that Mr.
Franck sees the hope of forming a
genuine American theatrical -ex-
pression. That expression will
come about through “‘a synthesis of
the traditions of Europe and the
talent and enthusiasm of Amer-
ica,” through the cooperation of
such men as himself and the “nice
and unspoiled talents” he is direct-
ing now.





research and to familiarize them-:

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Calendar
Wednesday, April 16.—

Mr. Fenwick, Inter-Amer-

ican Relations, Common
Room. 8.30 P. M.
Mass meeting, Common

Room, 7.30 P. M. .
Thursday, April 17.—

Raoul Aglion, former at-
taché—of the French Lega-
tion at Cairo, will speak on
Free French Forces in the
Desert Wars, Haverford, in
the Common Room of Found-
ers Hall, 7.30 P.M:

Greek Thought, New Book
Room. 17.30 P. M.

Non-resident tea. Common
Room. 4 to 6 P. M.

Friday, April 18.—

Paul Robeson, assisted by
the Simfonietta String Quar-
tet. Sponsored by The Bryn
Mawr Chinese Scholarships
Committee, Goodhart. 8.30
P. M.

Saturday, April 19.—

German Club meeting with
Princeton. Common Room,
-7 P.M. Square Dance, Gym.
8.30 P. M.

Sunday, April 20.—

Philosophy Club, Mr. Velt-
man and Dr. T, M. Greene of
Princeton, The Metaphysics
of Religion. Common Room,
4 P.M.

Mr.
PP. a
Monday, April 21.—

Open meeting of Arche-
ological Journal Club. Mr.

- Carpenter. Room G, Taylor,
4 P. M.
Tuesday, April 22.—

Current Events. Miss Reid.
Common Room. 7.30 P. M.

Blake, Chapel, 7.30

Deanery, 8.15. .Strikes in
Defense Industries — Miss
Fairchild.

Wednesday, April 23.—
Industrial Group Supper,
Common Room; Miss Algor.



| he stressed the necessity of main-





Robeson To Sing For
Chinese Scholarships
In Goodhart Concert

Paul Robeson will give a con-
cert at Goodhart Hall, Friday,
April 18, at 8.30 P. M., for, the
benefit of the Bryn Mawr Chinese
Scholarships Committee. He will
be accompanied on the piano by
Mr. Brown and will be assisted by
the Sinfonietta String Quartet.
After the concert Mr. and Mrs.
Robeson and Mr. Brown will be
present at a reception in the
Deanery to which members of the
college are invited, Formal invi-
tations to the concert and the
reception have also been sent to the
maids and porters.

Mr. Robeson is a sponsor of the
National China Aid Council. He
has toured extensively in Europe
and recently gave several concerts
in London for the same cause. The
tickets are $1.50 and $1.00. Un-
reserved tickets for students and
college employees are 50 cents.

C. Waples Will Speak |
On WOR to Promote
Hoover Feeding Plan

Sunday evening, April 20, from
10 to 10.80 P. M. over WOR prom-
inent students from eight different
colleges will take part in a round
table discussion of Hoover’s plan
for feeding the Belgians...

Chris Waples, one of the three
girls taking part, was chosen be-
cause she has lived in Belgium and
in Germany, and knows the youth
of both countries very well. Among
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event





V. French, McClellan Inaugurated;

Organizations

Present Reports



Functions of College Clubs
And Committees Described



In the reports given at the in-
augurations last week there was
time for only a brief mention of the
many clubs and committees on cam-

pus whose activities, although per-
haps unrealized by some, are of
general interest and importance.
Several organizations are new this
year, and the foremost of these is
the Undergraduate Entertainment
Committee formed last spring to
supply the need for a centralized,
working group which-would coord-
inate all college entertainment.
Through this committee, headed by
Virginia Sherwood, ’41, the Enter-
tainment Series, based as closely
as possible on student choice, was-
made less expensive. Careful
scheduling alleviated close crowd-
ing of meetings and lectures. Next

year the Entertainment Committee,
Continued on Page Six



Harvard Conference
Calls For Democracy
In College Activities



Delegates from all major cam-
puses met to discuss democracy
in education at the Harvard
Conference. Jack McMichael de-
livered the keynote speech in which

taining a high standard of educa-
tional and academic freedom. Four
panel discussions in the afternoon
and evening speeches by Harvard,
Howard, and Chicago professors
concluded the Sunday. business,
Educational Liberty

Jack-MeMichael, speaking atthe
opening session, contended that we
must increase our educational bud-
gets instead of cutting them down
as we are now doing; that we must
limit the number of defense
courses which distract the student
from academic pursuits, and we
must defer :student conscription.
He emphasized the fact that aca-
demic freedom must be maintained
by fighting each specific issue which
would limit it, for example, the
banning of textbooks and the ex-
pulsion of students for religious
or, political reasons. Educational
liberty must at all costs be retain-
ed “so that our talents will not be
wasted in the mass-suicide of anti-
democratic war.”

Campus Press
In the panel discussion on the

freedom of the campus press dele-
Continued on Page Four



Operetta Promises
Brawls and Splinters



“Piracy a dreadul trade is” but
the Glee Club is enjoying this crime
imposed upon it by Messrs. Gilbert
and Sullivan. Bridge and poker are
played on the nail-strewn stage and
many a bold pirate is undone by a
splinter. The Pirates has its usual
share of the chaos of feminity—in
fact Mr. Alwyne finally had to
request the pirates to wear blue
jeans.

General Stanley’s daughters
vainly try to resemble the Rock-
ettes, but they have been more
nearly compared to a -Princeton|}
Triangle chorus. Still; the tender
scenes with their pirate “friends”
show great promise.

Behind stages life is not so com-
fortable. The watchword of the.
crew is “caution falling rock” as a
rocky seashore miraculously ap-

pears out of decaying beaver board.
Continued on Page Five

Old Officers Take Leave,
‘Summarizing Work
Of Past Year

Goodhart, April .—The tradi-
tional caps and gowns were handed
over to the new campus officers at
the mass meeting last week. Vivi
French was inaugurated as_ the
Head of the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation, Catherine McClellan as the
President of Self-Government, Vir-
ginia Markham as the Head of the
Bryn Mawr League and Chris
Waples as the Head of the Athletic
Association.

1940-41 has been a year of prodi-
gious activity, judging from the
reports of the retiring presidents
of these four big campus organi-
zations. Virginia Nichols, ex-
Self-Government head, starting off
the year as “the braided dame,” has
been kept busy ever since with fines
and campusing. Three new rules
have been put into effect this year:
one giving 11.30 permission for
unescorted eating in the “vill”; an-
other against night bicycling, and
last, the famous edict about respon-
sibility for week-ends. The case
of Miss Bee was arbitrated pub-
licly to show the functions of differ-
ent officers. It is hoped that here-
after the Hall Presidents and per-
mission-givers working in closer
association with the board, will
better acquaint the average stu-
dent with the principles of Self-
Government.

Charlotte Hutchins, retiring
president of the Undergraduate
Association, gave a cursory report
of many of the clubs and commit-
tees on campus which have been
active this year. To the routine
work of the Association has been
added relief work. Throughout the
year a general unrest has changed
to a purposefulness, and proper
balance between outside and
campus interests has been gained,
she reported. —

Under Nancy Howard’s leader-

ship, the committees of the Bryn
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Elections

Bryn Mawr League:

Ann Adams, Chairman of Chapel
Committee.

Dora Benedict, Assistant Chair-
man of Chapel Committee.

Betty Wells, Secretary-Treas-
urer.
Self-Government:

Selma Rossmassler, First Junior
Member.

Teresita Sparre, Second Junior
Member.

Marjorie Catron, First Senior
Member. *
Year Book:

Barbara Cooley, Editor.
Hall Presidents:

Josephine Perry, Rhoads.

Nancy Pyle, Vice-President.

Margaret Weltzien, Pembroke
East.

Eleanor Harz, Rockefeller.

Majorie Catron, Merion.

Shiela Gamble, Denbigh.

Marion Chester, Pembroke West.

Frances Lynd, Non-Residents.
Entertainment Committee:
Helen Resor, Rhoads North.
Barbara Cooley, Rhoads South.
Lloyd Pierce, Merion.
_Portia Miller, Denbigh.
Janet Meyer, Pembroke East.
Virginia Fulton, Pembroke West.
Margaret Hughes, Rockefeller.
Helen Wichelberger, Non-Resi-
‘dent. :
Baseball Squad: ‘
Jocelyn Fleming, Captain.
Joan Motley, Manager.



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Prelude

A student organization concerning the war situation 1s in the

delicate process of formation.

Its course of action will be deter-

mined.at a large open meeting. The organization, at this moment,
is only an idea—an idea that the campus is ready and willing to
undertake some action in regard to the crisis which is so obviously

pertinent to us.

We tend to ignore the positive value of our possible contribu-
tion to the large field of war-time fact-finding. There is no reason
why the ability in research which we have achieved should be re-
stricted to the formation of purely academic decisions or the organi-

zation of only classroom material.

Understanding and evaluation

of the events, opinions and facts in today’s news cannot be post-

poned,

Student opinion, generally, seems to favor not a partisan or-

ganization, but an unprejudiced

group dedicated to fact-finding.

A campus group can probably function most widely if it is not
predicated upon a printed statement of belief such as the Seven
Points of faculty’s Defense Group. Nor must it demand impar-

tiality of its members.

The organization will be more flexible,

broader, and more inclusive if constituted’ on a fact-finding basis,
with an eye to active research work and a pooling of results in

forum and discussion groups.

The aims of the organization and how it is to be constituted
are to be determined at Hall meetings on Thursday. It is hoped that

_ all clubs will be represented, as rhuch of the work to be done might

be in line with their own, and that all students who feel a need for

such an organization will come.
Oro



MOVIES

ALDINE: Fantasia.

ARCADIA: Andy Hardy’s Pri-
vate Secretary, Mickey Rooney and
Kathryn Grayson.

BOYD: The Great Lie, Bette
Davis, George Brent and Mary
Astor.

FOX: The Road to Zanzibar,
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Doro-
thy Lamour.

KARLTON: The Sea Wolf, Ed-
ward G. Robinson and John Gar-
field.

KEITH’S: Nice Girl?, Deanna
Durbin and Robert Benchley.

STANLEY: That Night in Rio,
Don Ameche, Alice Faye and Car-
men Miranda.

STANTON: The Great Dictator,
Charles Chaplin.

EARLE: Beginning Friday—A
Girl a Guy and a Gob, George
Murphy and Lucille Ball.

Cameron Will Speak
To Philosophy Club



~The Philosophy Club will present

two lectures in the next thrée
weeks. On Thursday, April 17, Mr.
Alister Cameron will speak on
Tragedy in Greek Thought in the
Common Room at 7.30. The
_second lecture will be presented on
Sunday, April 27, in the Common
Room at 3.00. Mr. Martin Foss







WIT’S END

Well we hauled out that sickly
strawberry colored dress, stamped
on it to remove the wrinkles, and
went down to see Gone With the
Wind. Vivien Leigh grovelled in
the dirt munching a desiccated
radish, and screamed hysterically,
“T’ll never be hungry again! I'll
kill, I’ll steal, but I’ll never be
hungry again!” Clark Gable seized
her head between his hands and







| threatened to crack it like a walnut.

We are tiredvof these manifesta-
tions of the animal passions. Any
evening from now on we're staying
home with a good book, packed in
dry ice and munching our own
desiccated radish, We have thrown
the strawberry colored dress into
the ash can for the scavengers,
strangled the cat howling under
our window, and turned on the
radio to:the Singing Lady.. Now
is the time for all good First Year
Philosophy students to join our

little group and decide whether

they’re butterflies dreaming they’re
men or men dreaming they’re but-
terflies, The hoi polloi may gorge
themselves at the Inn but the five
Chinese pleasures are enough for
us.

Students look so different after
vacati up and completely





Opinion

Dorothy Clix Nail-Polish Ads
Inspire Sixteen Love-lorn
Jersey Lads









Dear Editors:

It has recently come to our at-
tention, here at Newman School,
Lakewood, New Jersey, that your
paper is sponsoring a lonely hearts
club. We are sixteen boys very

that the ‘answers to our problems
lie in your hands. Hoping that
your beneficial and excellent club
can do much—in—making~ matches
for us, we remain,

.Heartbrokenly yours, Stephen
Ward, Richard Loebs, J. Bede
Steigerwald, Thomas F. Curley,
Miles O’Brien, J. Robert Maguire,
Harold B._ Robeson, Jr., James
Donovan, Frank A. Brady, Jr.,
Joseph Edgar Morarty, Richard A.
Kelly, 3d, Frederick A. Putonius,
Thomas C. Huring, Edward Mur-
ray, Daniel Riger, Poche Wagues-
puck.



Swains of Haverford

Offer Oasis of Bliss
And Future Concord



To the Editor of the COLLEGE
NEWS:

Upon the consideration of the
recent article in the Haverfordian
concerning the relationship between
Bryn Mawr girls and Haverford
MEN, a select group of progressive
thinkers at that “insignificant insti-
tution of learning down the road
from Bryn Mawr” wish to promul-
gate a new realm of thought at that
school “across the tracks.”

We admit that many men of
Haverford have failed to live up to
the expectations of Bryn Mawr
“glamour girls.” Could it be that
Haverford men feel too acutely
their insignificant position when
compared with the “‘polish of Har-
vard and the sophistication of
Yale”; or could it be that the
“little men” of Haverford lack the
S. A. to live up to the requirements
of Bry Mawr which are appar-
ently so much higher than those of
Vassar, Smith, or Holyoke? Is it
that the proportion of Haverford
MEN who appreciate Bryn Mawr
at its best is too small to leave
a permanent impression of Bryn-
mawrites? In this case we believe
that the proportion of “grinds” at
other institutions such as Harvard,
Princeton, and Yale is just as great
as it is at Haverford. “Grass on
the other side of the fence seems
greener.” Similarly it seems to us
that the names of the aforemen-
tioned schools have taken on a cer-
tain enchantment due to their in-
accessibility and distance. Some
Bryn Mawr girls have condemned
Haverford as a whole because of
the evidence of a few grinds.
(Some Haverford MEN have con-
demned Bryn Mawr as a hole.)
On the other hand horn rimmed
glasses do not seem to us to én-
hance our dreams of the ideal date
to the counterpart of which Bryn
Mawr seems to be expecting from
Haverford. Moreover our experi-
ence has shown that Haverford
MEN have found it necessary to
discuss the foreign situation. under
the arches, because evidently many
Bryn Mawr girls wish to keep the
conversation on the high intellec-
tual level for which Haverford
MEN are known. We feel sure
‘that most Haverford MEN would
not object to temporarily descend-
ing from their intellectual pedestal
if Bryn Mawr girls will agree to
do likewise.

Have courage, Bryn Mawr, there
is an ever increasing group of us
who are wiping out this stigma on
our name, and who wish to estab-
lish a new tradition which will be
upheld by ourselves and our pos-
terity. We are reminded in clos-



Me

disappointed in love, and we feel}

What, No Orchestra?

The Self Government
Board announces that if a
student has been given late
permission for dancing at
places on the Main Line such
as the Covered Wagon, the
General Wayne, etc. and finds
that there is no orchestra,
she should return to her hall
before 11.30.

C inert Events











Miss Reid

The President said in his press
conference yesterday that Ameri-
can merchant ships must be pro-
tected wherever they go. The
question of convoying in the Red
Sea area was evaded by the Presi-
dent. British victories in Egypt
are not as important as they have
been heralded and Germany is

Suez. Egypt is still technically
neutral. This is the most danger-
ous situation we’ve yet come up
against, as it seems probable that
American ships will be sunk within
the next few weeks.

The dramatic agreement made
last week between the official diplo-
matic representative of Denmark,
Dr. Kauffman, and the United
States Government resulted in the
Danish representative’s” being
called home. The treaty was pur-
ported to be an American military
protective agreement guaranteeing
Denmark sovereignty in Green-
land and giving considerable rights
to the United States for air and
naval bases. Greenland is _psy-
chologically important in the West-
ern Hemisphere as a bridge be-
tween Asia and Europe. Although
the United States is treating Mr.
Kauffman as superior to the Danish
government, from a legal point of
view, basis our rights in Green-
land are nil.

The signing of the Japanese-
Russian pact on Easter Sunday
was another important develop-
ment. The large Japanese
force which has been held on the
frontier bordering Russia can now
be withdrawn, and similarly, Rus-
sia’s flank can be left unprotected.
China stands to lose as a result of
this pact. This may not.be a pro-
Axis movement at all, although
both Russia and Japan have gained
from this pact temporarily, and
the two parts of the world are now
tied much more closely than before.

Park and Nason Cite
Views on Education





Continued from Page One

leges. Our society might be richer
if we acted, not as two homo-
geneous groups, but as individuals.

Women’s colleges should not at-
tempt to emulate men’s in every
respect, for the course of life after
college will be different in each
case. A professional woman needs
to be prepared for a more difficult
struggle than that which faces pro-
fessional men. A woman who mar-
ries needs to be prepared to en-
counter interferences with her
unified, individual life, and she
must be given intellectual tech-
niques which will allow her to ac-
quire interests readily after she
has solved the immediate problems
of bringing up a family.

Besides academic training, the
college should provide a girl with
responsibility and freedom so that
she will develop through her own
experience and the “arrested de-
velopment of the B.A.” will be less
possible.

Dr. Nason emphasized two points
in his speech: the advantages of



kiewicz, “The day of judgment is
already on its way across the wil-
derness; and when it is here, all
God’s world will be amazed.”

Suh
W. H. L.
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ee ab



ing of the words of Henryk Sien-|

getting uncomfortably close to the,

Expedition to West
| Led by F. de Laguna
| :

Walled Hill, Site of Habitation

| Of Ancient Sinagua Indians,
To be.Excavated





Miss de Laguna is organizing an
"expedition, sponsored by the Mu-
| seum of Northern Arizona and by
Bryn Mawr College, to excavate
Walled Hill, a Sinagua site near
Flagstaff, Arizona... Among’ the
‘party will be Miss de Laguna, Mr.
Sydney Connor, teacher of art at
Girard College in Philadelphia ,and
a Student associate for several sea-
sons at the Museum of Northern
Arizona, and six or eight Bryn
Mawr students. Catherine McClel-
lan, ’42, Alice Geier, -’41, Mary
Coan, ’41, Margaret Foote, ’43,



Catherine Coleman, ’42, and Mary
Reed, ’42 are tentative members of
the expedition. The excavation will
be begun in the middle or later part
of June and will continue for eight
weeks.

Walled Hill, a steep fortified hill
with two masonry pueblos near its
foot, is-the site of habitation of the
ancient Sinagua people, dating
from about 1050 to 1800 A. D. It
is hoped that by proper excavation
of this hill, houses and forts can be
uncovered, supplying some material
for the early Sinaguan history.
Earlier excavations, made near
Sunset Crater, belong to a period
prior to 700 A. D.

The expedition will pitch camp
at the foot of Walled Hill and look
for early Sinagua pit houses. But
if this exploration is disappoint-
ing, they will excavate the forts
and pueblos at Walled Hill. At the
same time, they will attempt to lo-
cate and map as many of the num-
erous sites as possible.

The members of the expedition
will also attend the Hopi Crafts-
man, a fair for Indians, and the
Hopi Snake Dance. They may
visit other Indian sites in the
Southwest.



co-operation between colleges and
the problem of accomplishing the
real end of a liberal education.

It is desirable, he said, that Hav-
erford, Swarthmore ‘and Bryn
Mawr co-operate further next year.
As evidence of the success of the
effort he cited the presentation of
Our Town at Swarthmore. He sug-
gested the establishment of a
periodical which would combine
contributions from the three col-
leges, and a more extensive ex-
change of instructors. This ex-
change would mean greater econ-
omy, variety for students and
professors, and intellectual stimu-
lation.

A liberal education should both
discipline the mind and produce a
comprehensive point of view. Dis-
ciplined minds are achieved at both
Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr, but
it is doubtful whether the gradu-
ates have a comprehensive attitude.
There is no common language be-
tween a Chemist and an Economist.
Comprehensiveness might be at-
tained, since the elective system
and survey courses both seem to
have failed, either by the require-
ment of certain courses or by the
devotion of the student’s time to
only one-subject; with which many
aspects might be correlated. -The
system of required courses applied
in general to all students has not
been effective, and the second idea
is still very new. It would in-
volve a change in the departmental
attitude of most professors.



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The German Club of Bryn
Mawr is inviting the Prince-
ton German Club to a waltz-
ing party on Saturday, April
19. The dance will begin at
seven in the Common Room
and will be open to all Ger-
man‘ Club members.









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Page. Three



Heilperin Describes

Of a German Victory



Goodhart, April 8—A German
victory would be disasterous to
America, said Mr. Michael Heil-
perin, discussing the economic con-
sequences of a German victory.
Invasion is the least likely threat
to this country, for Germany has
proved that bloodless conquest can
be--achieved by economic’ penetra-
tion and other influences.

Mr. Heilperin assumed a stale-
mate peace as the basis of the new

order in Europe. Such a peace

would be virtually a German vic-
tory, since it would open the way
for eventual complete German con-
trol. Judging from German plans,
and conditions in conquered terri-
tories, the new order would involve
the confiscation and redistribution
of land, the creation of a new Ger-
man aristocracy dominating non-
Germans who would actually be
slaves, and the complete capitula-
tion of America. This last would
be effected by economic pressure
such as Germany has already used
successfully.

By those methods * Germany
gained control of about half the
Balkan trade. The principle of
individual trade under the condi-
tions of international fair play
does not exist in the totalitarian
states. Free enterprise cannot
continue in a state where the gov-
ernment assumes full control of
everything, including business.
Such a state becomes a great cor-
poration, one unit that steps into
the world market as the buyer and
seller of tremendous quantities.
Germany used this bargaining
power over her smaller, weaker
neighbors, who were suffering from
economic depression. Conditions
for them at first seemed ~ad-
vantageous, but in 1936 the small
countries found they could be paid
only in German and German priced
commodities. By. the time Hitler
took Austria and Czechoslovakia,
these neighbors were helpless, since
Germany could precipitate a major
economic crisis at any time by
refusing their imports. This
power was used by Germany as a
most efficient political weapon.

On a larger scale this is exactly
what will reproduce itself in
America. Germany will control the
resources and the slave labor of all
Europe. To compete, America will

methods closely akin to Germany’s.
Government control of foreign
trade will inevitably effect domes-
tic economy, bringing about a
similar internal reorganization.
The possibility of joining South
America to form a trading bloc is
extre doubtful, for South
America,depends to a large extent
upon her exports to Germany.
Moreover, danger of invasion
from both Germany and a strength-
ened Japan will necessitate an
armed America, and the national
defense program will continue.
indefinitely. Such a military eco-
nomic development as a permanent
characteristic of an economic sys-
tem must entail the loss of some
personal liberty; everything is sub-
ordinated to military needs. Po-
litical repercussions are bound to

a state of mind does not favor the
growth of civil liberties, and under
the conditions of a German victory |
Mr. Heilperin can see little hope!
for the survival of democracy.

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Worker-Actors Battle With City Censorship



By tei Stone, 44

In Philadelphia, the theatre sea-
son is spoken of as either better or
worse. The criterion, only my
grandmother can remember. But
if critics ever mention the New
Theatre the comparative degree is
abandoned. Founded in 1934 by a
group of people who felt that Phil-
adelphia needed a social theatre, its
productions have always been “dif-
ferent” and often “good.”

Drama is Their Hobby

Truck drivers, salesgirls, stu-
dents, stenograhers, factory work-
ers and professional people become
actors, stage hands, makeup artists
and directors for several nights a
week. They come to the New Thea-
tre because drama happens to be
their hobby or because they are
trade-unionists and _ anti-fascists
and believe that the theatre is a
forceful medium of expression and
education.

The New Theatre is fraternally
affiliated with the CIO and John
Edelman, former regional director
of the CIO, called their hilarious
but punching , production of “A
Plant in the Sun” the best organ-
izer he knew. For their most
exciting adventure, the New Thea-
tre’s mobile group would vote
unanimously for the performance
they gave in a hosiery plant during
sit-down strike. They piled props
and actors into an open truck and
drove ten miles through a blizzard
to get to the plant. _The actors and
props, huddled in snow-covered
blankets in the open truck, heard a
roar of welcome as the strikers
surged forward to greet them.

Censorship

There is no slant nor is there a
baleony to grace their graceless
auditorium, and the seats are un-
certain. But the walls are deco-
rated with two powerful anti-
fascist murals and they’ve been
there since a time when it wasn’t
so fashionable to be anti-fascist.
In fact, as a result of its tendency
to be unfashionable the New Thea-
tre has had—many battles over
threats and downright censorship
action on the part of the city and
self-constituted censorship boards.
Sunday night, March 30, the New
Theatre had scheduled a lecture
by Professor Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow Dana. They charged
admission- and invited the public.
The Superintendent of Police got
wind of the affair and said that
they couldn’t hold_a_public meeting
and charge admission on Sunday
night.

The New Theatre gave evi-
not being directed against other
groups. They contacted the Com-
mittee for People’s Rights (their
lawyer was otherwise occupied)
and went to see the Mayor. They
saw Assistant City Solicitor Ryan,
who (off the record) admitted
indirectly that they were being
discriminated against. Time was
pressing and they had to capitu-
late this time—but, when their
lawyer isn’t busy they’re going to
schedule another Sunday lecture,
invite the public, charge admission,
and fight the battle through.

Repertoire Wide
The New Theatre has rallied

cane eae Wiis necessarily ines other clashes and come out with a

“tralized and"planned economy. Such

Yepertoire including “The. Cradle
Will Rock,” “Bury the Dead," Let
Freedom’ Ring” and “Medicine.”

One of its founders and directors,
Lem Ward, was graduated from
the New Theatre to direct the Fed-

‘eral Theatre’s “One Third of. a



Nation.” Ruth Deacon, its present
executive. secretary, was graduated

from Hedgerow to the New
Theatre.
Will Geer, of Tobacco Road,

gave a guest performance in “Let
Freedom Ring” and Rex Ingram of
“Green Pastures” took the lead in
“Marching Song” for several
nights. When Paul Robeson was

laying in “John Henry” here last
winter, the New Theatre gave a
special. midnight performance for
his entertainment and he, in turn,
gave a little complimentary speech
for their entertainment.

Civil Life and Liberties

‘The old building, once a church,
next a factory, now a drama work-
shop has housed socially significant
art. exhibitions, children’s drama
classes and union benefits. They
are now presenting “Zero Hour,”
a play about Civil Liberties, which
I shall see when I get 57 cents.
However, if. you liked “The
Genius,” you might like this be-
cause Theodore Drieser has said
nice things about “Zero Hour.” The
rehearsals are high spirited and
the actors very much in earnest. In
fact, one October the officer on the
beat at 16th and Vine figured there
was something wrong when he saw
a man and a girl gesturing fran-
tically as they sat in a parked car.
So he sneaked up behind and
listened.

“You’re not really a live man,”

the girl shrieked, “YOU’RE
DEAD!”

“Yes,”. gasped the man, “I’m
ae...

The officer tore open the door and
made a grab for the occupants.
The prisoners burst out laughing.
They were rehearsing their lines
in the car because the New Theatre
was too crowded.

“Anyway,” growled the cop, Phil-
adelphia fashion, “move on. You’re
too close to that fire plug.”



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Most of the techniques of mod-
ern warfare lie within the province

of the science of physics. As a re-
sult, a relatively large number of
physicists in the United States
have already been drawn into de-
fense research work, Dr. Henry A.
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its share in the expansion of
NYA employment. The NYA ex-
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needs of the defense program.

In February, 1941, Negro youth
made up thirteen per cent of. the
490,000 youth employed. During
December, 1939, only. ten per cent
of NYA youth employees were
Negroes. The increase in Negro
youth employment has been espe-
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work programs. The out-of-school
programs consist of part-time ap-
prentice work to prepare for jobs
in private industry. These pro-
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and machine-trade practice and
work in health and _ recreation
centers.

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National Youth Administration, a
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Success of Tobacco Road Laid
To Realism; a True Excerpt
Of U. S. Life









By Jesse Stone, ’44
Tobacco Road has been playing
to full houses at the Locust Street
Theatre in Philadelphia on _ its
“farewell tour.” - At, first I won-
dered what, besides the unrestrain-
ed sex play—what tremendous ap-
peal has kept this play alive and
kicking these eight years. When
the curtain comes down on the last
scene, where old Jeeter sprawls on
his shanty porch, soil clenched
tightly in his dirty fist, the specta-
tor is left with a negative feeling
—less to hold on to than Jeeter
himself and he wants to go some-
where that is quiet to recapitulate

and organize his thoughts.

Once you have pounded into your
head the unconditional realization
that this play is basically true, out
of this sordid scene, out of this
narrow circle of events, there
rises a picture, not only of a fam-
ily, but of a people, real true and
terrible and farther removed from
our American ideal of life than the
dwellers in our big city slums.
Once you understand that Jeeter
and the other Lesters are really
nearer to the beast than the human,
th t the true human notes which
were struck even in The Grapes of
Wrath are not to be expected here
because the situation is different,
a fairer analysis is possible.

It will seem. unbelievable, per-
haps, that a play which turns about
the determination of an old man to
return a child to her husband,

which involves the almost continu=|

ous appearance of a grotesque fe-
male monstrosity with a harelip
and which ends with the death of
an old woman beneath the wheels
of an auto driven by her own son—
that such a play can be called a
work of art. Its realism is unified
and transformed into something
that is where there was nothing be-
fore _and_it is therefore basically
creative and artistic. To demand
that it reproduce exactly the ma-
terial selected is to lessen the pow-
er, the essence of it.

An important assisting element
in “Tobacco Road” is the diction—
the speed which relies essentially
on stale slang and expletives and
which helps to complete the raw
picture. 3

The supporting cast was fair
but, because it was outshone beyond
any fair proportion by John: Bar-
ton’s salty and. complete imper-
sonation of the inept head of that
decayed family of Georgia “crack-
ers,” a certain unity and smooth-
ness was destroyed. Mr. Barton’s
whole performance was remark-
able. In every ironically funny,

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Terrific Blond With Georgia Drawl Leads
Conference in Spite of Hague Henchman



By Nanrcy Ellicott, ’42

A dark and excited girl joined
us as we went into the opening
meeting of the National Confer-
ence for Democracy in Education
and whispered hoarsely: “Watch
out for Jack McMichael. He’s
terrific!” She disappeared, leav-
ing us even more bewildered than
before. But as order was estab-
lished in the hall and two young,
blond men came on to the platform,
we began to understand what she
meant.

Jack McMichael was terrific. He
and the chairman of the meeting
were both pale and looked rather
as if they had been living under-
ground. But evidently they had
not. Jack ,McMichael, now at
Union Theological Seminary, has
long been a youth leader and has
recently returned from China
where he worked with Chinese stu-
dents who are carrying on educa-
tion in spite of the war. With a
wide smile and a flashing eye, Mr.
McMichael began the _ keynote
address.

The theme of the Conference
was resistance to the war and na-
tional defense programs, which are
“threatening our cherished demo-
cratic education not only with re-
trenchment but with extinction.”
Education is being manipulated “to
meet the needs of war rather than
those of truth.” Federal educa-
tion budgets are being slashed,
textbooks are being revised “be-
cause they are not flag-waving.”
If this continues, schools will
become “nothing but factories for
goose-stepped minds.”

Mr. McMichael spoke swiftly,
with a weighted Georgia drawl.
Sometimes he would pause, drive a
point with a slow, pushing sen-
tence, grin dryly, and move on.
There was a perceptible response
to his speech: all over the hall

Betsy Wyckoff Wins
Research Fellowship





Miss Elizabeth Wyckoff, instruc-
tor in English and Warden. of
Pembroke West, has been awarded
the Mary Isabel Sibley Fellow-
ship of $1500 for research and
study in the field of Greek lan-
guage and literature by the Phi
Beta Kappa Society. Miss Wyck-
off was selected from an unusu-
ally large group of well-qualified
candidates, and is the first non-
member of Phi Beta Kappa to re-
ceive the award. She will do her
research next year at the Yale and
Harvard Libraties»eoncentrating

on religious and social questions,
to that of his predecéssors and con-
temporaries.”



filthy, loathsome detail, in his loose
but immovable passions—the love
of land and the love of woman’s
beauty, Jeeter comes to life and
slouches into your mind not your
heart, to loaf there and rest for a
while. It’s mainly Jeeter himself
who has made this play what it is
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heads were turning, and hurried
whispers ‘trailed after his’ most
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He concluded, and another gen-
tleman took the platform to ex-
plain the procedure for the Confer-
ence. Suddenly a loud voice was
heard, and, turning, we saw a
large young man standing in the
aisle, proposing a resolution. We
felt an undercurrent—all over the
hall the whispers and rustles were,
heard again. Evidently this in-
terruption was expected. The man
identified himself as F. Stephen
MacArthur, Jr., of John Marshall
College, Jersey City, and—before
anyone could stop him, had
launched into a denunciation of
Communism and an appeal “to
condemn ... without mental reser-
vation . ... the forces of nazism.”
The hall was in an uproar. Two
cameramen rushed joyfully up the
aisle, snapping their shutters as
they came. The chairman was
loudly ruling Mr. MacArthur. out
of order and a plainclothes man
was speaking to him softly.-but
firmly. Sit down, he said. Mr.
MacArthur sat down, got up, and
5

At lunch, in the Harvard Union,
we heard that Mr. MacArthur was
one of Boss Hague’s henchmen, and
apparently he makes a practice of
denouncing Communism whenever
possible. But his eruption had
cleared the air. Jack McMichael
looked healthier, and the chairman
was flushed with triumph. Feeling
that all the intangibles were dis-
posed of, we went on to the after-
noon panel groups for discussion.

Ambulance Shipped
To Britain From B. M.

Four ambulances donated to the
British American Ambulance
Corps from the Philadelphia area
were among a record shipment of
58 sent to Britain last week, the
Corps revealed.

The four ambulances, costing
$1350-each, were donated by the
students of Bryn Mawr College,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.; St. Martin’s
Church, Radnor, Pa.; The Rose
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Pa., and the Philadelphia branch of
the English Speaking Union.

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gates from the New Jersey College
for Women, New York University
and City College described in-
stances of suppression or control of
publications by the college admin-
istration. The group recognized
the close connection of freedom of
the college press with academic
freedom, and decided that, to keep
its important position on the cam-
pus, the college newspaper must
advance and maintain complete stu-
dent control, reaffirm to the col-
lege community its responsibility
to be honest and accurate, and de-
fend academic freedom; for, as-
serted the final report of the com-
mittee, “a free student press is the
cornerstone of democracy in educa-
tion.”

Student’s Rights

The panel. on the bill of rights
on campus’ discussed violations of
student’s rights. . It is a necessary
democratic principle, the group af-
firmed, that all students keep their
rights and win ‘back those which
they have lost. As democratic prin-
ciples have always been gained by
efforts of the people, the committee-
recommended work with the labor
movement, since out of the strength
of the labor movement will come
the strength of the students.

The treatment of conscripts was
considered in the panel called Stu-
dents in Uniform. It pointed out
the attempts in the army to “bru-
talize” the men, and asserted that
the defense program was in no
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limitation of defense courses and
deferment of students until July
1 of every year to avoid waste of

| money and effort. This panel cited,

as an example of useless defense
courses, the course given at one
college in “Emergency Recreation,”
or how to amuse people in air-raid
shelters.

‘The discussion on students’ eco-
nomic problems opposed the de-
crease in educational budgets, since
the group felt that all students, re-
gardless of economic status, should /
be given. opportunities.

Among the speakers on Saturday
evening were Thomas Perry of the
Harvard Medical School, who again
reviewed: the problem of student
conscription, and Dr. Anton J.
| Carlson, professor emeritus of
physiology at the University of
Chicago, who described the danger
of modern war to democracy.

Council Established

The conference finally decided to
establish a national Council for De-
mocracy in Education which will be -
“a clearing house for information
and for the coordination of student
efforts” to extend academic free-
dom. It is composed of 30 students
from different colleges and will co-
operate with the American Youth
Congress. The delegates at the
conference affirmed the necessity of
preserving the rights of all stu-
dents and resolved that “in Amer-
ica there shall be no open or cov-
ert book-burning or denial of access
to any and every source of informa-
tion, and that we shall seek to pre-
serve in the classroom and labora-
tory the spirit of free inquiry and
scientific learning unhampered by
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Engagements

Agnes K. Lake, ‘80, to Mr. Wal-
ter C. Michels,

Margaret Mason, ex-’42, to Mr.
Edward Motley, Jr.

Christine Waples, 42, to Mr. Ian
Thierman.



Stephano Condemns
War-Time Violations

Of the Bill of Rights

Goodhart Common. Room, Tues-
day, April 15.—Mr. Orestes Steph-
ano, a member of the Philadelphia
Committee for Peoples’ Rights, dis-
cussed at an A. S. U. meeting the
attacks which are being made. on
the Bill of Rights today. These at-
tacks, said Mr.—Stephano,-are—the
result of the present drive toward
war in the United States. The



trend towards war, he believes, -is

a last attempt by the administra-
* tion to solve the depression, for our
foreign policy, unlike that of
smaller nations, is governed by our
internal condition.

Mr. Stephano used quotations
from a recent speech by “one of the
directors of the National Indus-
trial Relations Board to express his
Own opinion on the status of the
United States in the present crisis.
He believes that we are virtually
in the war today and that whether
England wins the war or not we
shall become an imperialistic na-
tion. If England wins she will be
so impoverished that it will-be-up
to us to take the lead in empire.
If she loses, we will inherit the
unconquered sections of the British
Empire.

“Our drift has been toward im-
perialism since the beginning of the
century,” and the policy of the ad-
ministration in power is imperial-
istic. Since many people in Amer-
ica do not agree with this policy,
infringements of civil liberties are
necessary to pursue it successfully.
These infringements have taken
the form. of attacks on the Com-
munist party, trade unions and
other groups, as well as a strong
legislative ‘campaign against the
development of a third party which
might be opposed to the policy vf,
the government.

In Philadelphia, said Mr. Steph-
ano, attacks have been made par-
ticularly on the Communist party,
and on minority groups. In the

mass arrest of Negroes, conducted |:

~ lately, an attempt was made to as-
sure order and acquiescence by this
method of general. terrorization.
There have also been several ar-
rests for the distribution of leaf-
lets, although the Supreme Court
has declared this to be an inviol-
able privilege.

Mr. Stephano believes that the at-
tacks on civil liberties will grow
worse before they grow better. He
believes that we will havé'to fight
extremely hard to regain every lib-
erty which we surrender.



Waples to Speak for
Hoover Food Project



Continued from Page One
the other speakers are C. Leslie
Rice, Jr., of Princeton, Leslie Mac-
Mitchell of N. Y. U. and Ross
Clinchy of Swarthmore.

The broadcast will come from all
parts of the country: New York,
Washington, Lexington, Kentucky;
Ames, of Iowa;’ and Los Angeles.
Somewhere in the middle from
Philadelphia, Chris
Clinchy will discuss the- political
and psychological import of. the
plan. “Just another example of
the cooperation between Bryn
Mawr and-Swarthmore” said Chris.

“But seriously,” she continued,
“the point on which I am speaking
is the one-about which I feel most
strongly. We may: blame the mess
the world is being left in on our
elders, but here is.a chance for us
to make it better. Here, by ex-
pressing our opinion is a chance
for us to make the youth of Europe
_ today more cooperative and friend-
ly for the future.”

and Ross}





Mrs, Algor to Speak |
To Industrial Gromp





Mrs. Elliott Algor, the new ai-|
rector of the Hudson Shore Labor
School, will be at college on Wed- |
nesday, April 23. She will be at|
a tea that afternoon to meet all:
girls interested in the School. If
anyone wishes to have an inter-
view with her about working at the
School this summer, appointments
can be made with Virginia Nichols,

Denbigh, for that afternoon. from!

three to five o’clock.

Mrs: Algor will also be at the
Industrial Group supper Wednes-
day evening and will speak after-
wards on Workers’ Education.



Maids and-Porters
Swing Into the Bard



Turning from the authentic
American scene, the college Maids
and Porters this year will present
an airy version of Midsummer
Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s
words will be retained, but net all
of them; and the songs, on which
Bess Lomax, ’41, has been working,
will be authentically Elizabethan,
with a slight reminiscence of Basin
Street. Madge Daly, ’42, is direct-
ing the production and Meg Wads-
worth, ’41, is rehearsing the music.

John Whittaker will be Bottom,
and, with Helen Brien as Titania,
will do one of his famous softshoe
dances, and. will playa lugubrious
lament for Thisbe on his bass viol.
The quartet has several special
songs, and the accompaniment for
the play will be provided by an
able negro orchestra from North
Philadelphia, consisting of a piano,
guitar, bass, drums, trumpet and
a very hot saxophone. Bryn
Mawr’s May Day music will be
faintly satirized, and, says one of
the directors, —“‘please-—-God,—the
English Department won’t turn



Undergraduate

Appointments

Chairman of the Sub-
Freshman Committee: Jerry
Catron.

' Manager of the Record Li-
brary: Margaret Gilman.

Manager of the Furniture
Sale: Brooksy Hollis.

Head Usher: Jane Smith.







Campus Organization
Leaders Inaugurated



Continued from Page One

Mawr League have run busily, with

few unusual problems. Sandwiches

are found to be financially success-
ful and square dances socially
successful ways of supporting the
Bryn Mawr Camp. There is a
deficiency, Nancy Howard indi-
cated, of both babies for the
maternal workers sof the Better
Baby Clinics and of congregation
at chapel.

The Living Newspaper on Civil
Liberties, given in the fall, wasn’t
enough to keep the Industrial
Group permanently away from
such efforts. A Three College Con-
ference was valuable in making
students see that, although League
work ‘is restricted to the com-
munity, it is essential to national
defense. -

The Athletic Association, accord- |

ing to Peggy Squibb, ex-president,
besides a white blazer with yellow
piping, a station wagon, curtains,
and a movie projector, has acquired

a set of yellow Jantzen bathing |

suits.



Extra

All organizations wishing
to schedule entertainments or
rehearsals in Goodhart, the
Common Room, or the Gym
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Gradtisie F ellowships
| Announced at Chapel



Goodhart, March 27:—Miss Park
|opened the college assembly for the
‘awarding of graduate fellowships
and announced the award of the
Mary E. Garrett Fellowship to
Mary E. Dumm, of the Fanny
Bullock Workman Fellowship to
Barbara H. Bradfield, and of the
Ella Riegal Fellowship to Cleta
Robbins. After the awards Miss
Taylor spoke on Research in War-
time.

Since Miss— ren cannot. use
her fellowship for study in Europe,
she will work next year in the
laboratory of Dr. Hastings at the
Harvard Medical School. She is
a graduate of Swarthmore and a
fellow in Biology at Bryn Mawr.
Miss Bradfield received her B.A.
and M.A. degrees at the University

of Michigan and has been a fellow
Continued on Page Six



Operetta Promises
Brawls and Splinters



Continued from Page One
The crew spends most of .its time
prying up the boards which it has
hammered into the floor as well as
into its collective thumbs. Artistic,
if a little unstable, the scenery lan-
guishes all over the stage.

If the dancers find their sense of
| direction, if the rocks stand up, and
if Goodhart stands up, we will see/
a drinking scene, a brawl, and we
will hear a few things too, on April
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Next September, Dr. Louis
Finklestein, who is representative
to the Vatican for the President of

the Jewish Theological Seminary,
will sponsor the second in a series
of Conferences on Science, Phil-
osophy, and Religion. He’ is also
coming to address the faculties of
Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and
Swarthmore, on\the. nature and .
aims of this waives at the
Deanery at 8 o’clock on April 29.
For the first in this series of
conferences, which was held last
fall, Mr. Weiss wrote an article on
“God in the World,” which was
later published in Science, Phil-
osophy, and Religion, a Symposium.
His article on “Philosophy for De-'
mocracy” is at the present time
being distributed among _ philoso-
phers for criticism. After its re-
vision, it will be presented to the
Second ‘Conference where other
papers on similar subjects will be
discussed. . Last semester, Mr.
Weiss also gave a series of six lec-
tures at the Jewish Theological
Seminary on‘the Nature of Man.



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Discussion on Labor

Will be Held Tuesday

A diséussion “on “Labor ~ oo
Strikes in Defense Industries will |
be held next Tuesday evening,|
April 22, at 8.15 P. M., in the’
Deanery, under the auspices gf the
Bryn Mawr College Defonsé frroup.
Miss Mildred Fairefiild, Adsociate
Professor and Director of the Car-
ola Woerishoffer Graduate Depart-
ment of Social Economy and So-
cial Research, will present the im-
portant material and be in charge
of the discussion. All are cordially
invited.

The Defense Group hopes to ar-
range other discussions of impor-
tant current problems, with the
help of experts in various fields.





Graduate Fellowships
Announced at Chapel



Continued from Page Five

and scholar in History at Bryn
Mawr. She will do research for
her thesis on Republicanism Under
the Later Stuarts in the libraries
of Yale and Union Theological
Seminary.

Speaking at the assembly, Miss
Taylor discussed the difficulty in|
continuing research at the present
time, especially in . those fields
where the problems seem to have
no connection with the world at
present. Scholars in almost any
field can be useful to the govern-
ment, however, and they would be
wise to continue study and develop
their talents until they are called
into service.

In the last war the value of
scholars was not fully realized, but
now, both in England and Amer-
ica, trained and specialized workers
are being registered so that they
may be~ used if necessary. The
training which a research worker
receives in the weighing of evidence
is particularly valuable.

Until they are given work to do
for the government, Miss Taylor
believes that all scholars should
take advantage of the opportuni-
ties for learning in America, and
should continue in the search for
truth which has
abandoned in Eurdpe.






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continued from Page One
| expanded to include the chairman
|of the Dance Committee and the
‘head of the proposed Speakers’
Forum, hopes to cover a still larger
field.

Another organization set-up re-
cently is the Sub-Freshmen and
Student Guide Committee. This
group of about twenty students
chosen from all classes is in charge
of _—— the college to all visi-
tors andpossible applicants. Be-
sides sight-seeing tours, the com-
mittee will give several teas in the
spring for girls from neighboring
schools.

The New Book Room Committee
is another new organization of this
year. Consisting of Miss Park,
_Miss_ Terrien, Miss Stapleton, and
Hester Corner, ’42, the committee
is in charge of the buying and ar-
rangement of books in the Quita
Woodward Memorial Room.

Also in the New Wing of the li-
brary is the Carnegie Victrola Rec-
ord Set, which has achieved a fresh
impetus from its new location.
The fees of the more than seventy
subscribers have made additions to
the collection possible.

The Curriculum Committee un-
der Martha Kent, ’41, has been

extraordinarily active this year.
-Last fall, with the sponsorship of
the Science Club, it ‘arranged a
series of lectures on the history of

college.



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ject. The experiment was success-
ful, for the Faculty Curriculum
Committee has..granted such a
coursé for next year. At an open
forum of faculty and students
Thanksgiving vacation and a pro-
posed readjustment of work were
discussed. -In the new arrangement
of work a two week reading period
would replace mid-years, and there
would be quizzes before Christmas
and Spring vacations. A campus
poll following this meeting indi-
cated that a majority of students
approved the plan. The committee
also drew up a schedule similar to
the one to be put into effect next
year.

Besides these new or more spec-
tacular activities, the.other com-
mittees have beenjtarrying on their
routine functions;

The—Peace Council has distrib-
uted the money received from the
Activities Drive to relief organ-
izations, both here and abroad, and
has brought several speakers to the
Feeling, however, that the
distribution of the money could be
managed by the Activities Drive
and that actually such an organiza-
tion has no longer any function on
campus, the members of the Peace
Council voted it out of existence.

The Vocational Committee sent
out questionnaires as usual and,
in accordance with the results of
these, has sponsored talks on gov-
ernment service, magazine work, li-
brary work, women in business, and
teaching.

















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| troduced the use of programs. The



The Cut Committee reports that
more unexcused cuts were taken
in the second semester last year
than ever before in the history of
the cut: system.

Second-hand furniture to the ex-
tent of $213.00 was sold to Fresh-
men by the chairman of the Furni-
ture Sale,

At thé college dance last fall the
Dance Committee successfully in-

Ushering Committee ‘is organized
to make an art of conducting au-
diences to their seats in Goodhart.

Three clubs also are new this
year. Through the Stage Guild
all stage-workers are now members
of a labor union, which restricts
hours and~ supervises technique.
An organized unit for the first
time, the Catholic Club has pre-
sented one speaker and: hopes to
have another. The Spanish Club,
with increasing activity, has given
teas, soirees, and travel movies of
South America.

Outstanding among the clubs this
year is the Science Club, which
sponsored the history of Science
Series. These seven lectures, given
by members of the faculty, were
excellently attended. In close co-
operation with the Haverford Biol-
ogy Club, the Science Club has con-
ducted many field trips.

Every four years at the time of
presidential. - election, Democratic
and Republican clubs spring into
being. At the rallies, straw votes
and debates held this year feeling
ran so high that. each club may
continue its activities next year.

Officers ie Elected

At Swimmers’ Dinner



The Varsity swimming squad

held their annual swimming dinner .

in the Common Room, Tuesday
evening. Mimi Boal, captain of
the team last year, and Betty
Wells, last year’s manager, were
both re-elected.

The Varsity Swimming Cup was
won jointly by Shiela Gamble, and
Kitty McClellan. Lucia Hedge took
first place in the Varsity diving.
Caroline Strauss won the Non-
Varsity Swimming Cup, and Con-
nie Murphy and Barbara Sage tied
for first place in Non-Varsity
diving.

The Freshman class-won the cup

for class competition with a total
of 78 points. The other class
scores were: ’43, 74% points; '42,
46 points; ’41, 37% points,



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