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~ THE COLLEGE NEWS





VOL. XL, NO. 23

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26,1944

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





Spain a Menace
To Allied Invasion
Del Vayo Declares

South American Fascism
Openly Encouraged by
Franco Spain



Goodhart, April 19. Julio Al-
verez Del Vayo, addressing the
eighth War Assembly on Spain
and the War, expressed his opin-
ion that Franco Spain constitutes
a hazard to an Allied invasion and
is the root of the United States’
South American difficulties. The
Spanish war of 1936-1939 was, in
his opinion, the first battle of
World War II. Pointing out that
“it is very difficult to be neutral in
this war’, he traced .the history
and hopes of Spain in this conflict
from the angle of her _ present
predicament.

The Spanish Republicans have
never admitted France’s neutral-
ity, a fact “surprising only be-
cause it took so long to recognize”,
Mr. Del Vayo said. When Mr.
Stettinius and the British govern-
ment proposed sending aid to
Spain, Mr. Del Vayo opposed it on
the ground that all material relief
goes to Germany. This, however,
has not influenced Argentina and
other South American countries
that send supplies.

“Next month will prove whether
or not it was too dangerous to al-

.low the Franco regime to contin-

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Maids’, Porters’ Show
Reveals Comic Talent



The success of the Maids’ and
Porters’ production of “Gems
Gowns and Gals” by Charles
George was an immediate result
of the spirit of the actors and the
enthusiastic response of the audi-
ence. Rather than being hindered
by the unfinished acting and lack
of stage presence, the perform-
ance was heightened by the hilar-
ity of the easy informality.

The plot of the one act play
centers in the discovery of a no-
torious. jewel thief by a disguised
detective and an ingenious model.
Nokomis White of Wyndham
showed great initiative in her in-
terpretation of the leading role,
while Merion’s Al Mackey was
outstanding in his interpretation of
the jealous and affectionate lover.
These two sang the expressive
duet, “Say Yes”.

Playing the part of a detective
disguised as a woman, Louis
White of Denbigh displayed real
comic talent. Clad in a_ white
turban and silk print dress, Louis
stole the show in his rendering of
an embarrassed old maid on a
shopping tour.

Louise Jones of Pembroke was
charming as Gaston de Vere’s as-
sistant and showed exceptional
poise and stage presence. The dif-
ficult role of Gastcn, complete
with French accent and fluttering
gestures, was admirably portrayed
by Pearl Edmonds of Taylor.
Swaggering on the stage in an
enormous fedora, Minnie Newton
of Pembroke had difficulty in con-
trolling her laughter which added
to the general spirit of fun that
pervaded the comedy.

Denbigh’s Hilda Bryan and Mer-
ion’s Vivian Drew were very con-
vincing as the New York snobs

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Comparison of Art
Of West and Orient
Discussed by Yahkub

Goodhart, April 19. {n the last
in his series of lectures on Indian
Culture, Mr. Yahkub discussed
Indian Art, its aesthetic values as
formulated by the oriental mind
and the general forms in which it
appears.

‘Declaring that western medie-
val and oriental concepts of. art
are united in the belief that the
artist and the object meet, he
quoted Dante’s statement: “Who
paints a figure, if he cannot be it,
he cannot draw.it.” No art can be
judged, he said, until we put our-
selves in the place of the artist,
and thus the self-identification of
artist with object, and- spectator
with artist repeats the process of
creation.

Taking the icon as an exam-
ple, he declared Indian art to be
ideal, not in appearance, but in
operation. The formal element of
art represents intellectual activity,
as the icon is not natural in ap-
pearance, but rather an ideal rep-
resentation of ‘the parts of God.
Thus a mental rather than visual
ability to relate these parts is re-
quired. Defects in the work of
the artist are remedied by the
spectators’ fixed views of the con-
cept which the artist is trying to
express. Worship is thereby paid
to an image mentally conceived
and the knower and known, the
seer and seen meet in the act.

A major difference between ori-
ental and western art is. that the
former represents a continuous
state of things, not as they are at
the moment, “but as they are in
their source.” This disinterest. in
transient effects is reflected in the
lack of historical interest in In-
dian art, Mr. Yahkub said. Occi-
dentals might consider Indian art
monotonous as the subjects are
modeled on formal lines.

Indian art is further character-

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H. Simons Will Speak §
Qn Germany’s Future

“The Future of Germany” will







be discussed by Dr. Hans Simons,
noted lecturer and professor at
the New School for Social Re-
search, at the ninth War Assembly
on Wednesday, May 3rd.

At present Dean of the graduate
school of politics and professor of
international relations in the grad-
uate school of the New School for
social research, Or. Simons came
from Germany when the Nazis.
rose to power. Dr. Simons receiv-
ed his degree of Doctor of Laws at
the University of Koenigsberg.



LUCRETIA DUNCAN



1946 Nominates Duncan, Brendlinger,
, Taylor, Brown

for Common Treasurer



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BARBARA TAYLOR

LOUISE BROWN



Dr. Thomas Will Give
Third Religious Talk
On Christian Ethics



The third and last in a_ series
of Friday evening religious talks
will be given this week by Dg,
George F. Thomas, professor of
religious thought on the Paine
foundation at Princeton Univers-
ity. He will speak on “Christian
Ethics.”

Before going to Princeton, Dr.
Thomas had wide teaching ex-
perience in the philosophy of re-
ligion and in biblical literature at
the ‘Southern Methodist Univers-
ity (1923-25), Swarthmore Col-
lege (1927-31), Dartmouth Col-

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Calendar

Thursday, April 27
Vocational Conf.
(Marion Pedraza

mce. Mrs.



In pre-Nazi Germany Dr. Si-
mons held several tmportant gov-
ernmental positions. At the close
of the last war he participated in
the German delegation to Versail-
les. In addition he was advisor in
the Reich Home Office and in the
Prussian Office of the Interior.
Subsequently he became the di-
rector of the Institute of Political
Science in Berlin. In 1929 he was
elected district governor of Pom-
erania ,and in 1930 district gover-
nor of Lower Silesia.

Lecturing widely in Europe be-
fore the war, Dr. Simons has con-
tinued his activities in the United
States and Canada. He has been
visiting lecturer at the universi-
ties of Columbia and New York,
and is a member of a commission
to study the organization of the
peace. Although he has contrib-
uted to various periodicals, he has |.





written no books in English.

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Pd

Florence McAnaney on Per-
sonnel Work. Deanery, 7:30.
Saturday, April 29
German Oral Examination,
Taylor, 9:00.
Party for convalescent sol-
diers at Valley Fonge, 5:30.
Sunday, April 30
Chapel. The Reverend George
A. Trowbridge, Music Room,
7:30.
Monday, May 1
May Day, §:30 a. ne™
Tuesday, May 2
William Henry Chamberlin,

How Jipan Is Governed,
(Roberts Hall, Haverford,
8:00.

Wednesday, May 3
‘War Assembly, Hans Simons,
Future— of Germany, Good-
hart, 12:80.
Modern Dance Group, Gym,
8:80.

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Officer to Keep Accounts,
Distribute Association
Funds

The Sophomore class has nomin-
ated the following for the position
of Common Treasurer: Lucretia
Duncan, Lovina Brendlinger, Bar-
bara Taylor, and Louise Brown.



Lucretia Duncan

Lucky is the Non-resident pres-
ident and secretary-treaSurer, as
well as War Chest representative.
A member of the choir since her
Freshman year, she is now. choir
librarian. She is a member of the
Dance Club and is in the cast of
Rodrigo and the Mikado.

Lovina Brendlinger
Lovey was hall representative
last year and this year is the sec-
ond Sophomore representative to
Undergrad. She has been elected
next year’s second Junior member
to Self-Gov’t. A member of the
Radio Club for two years, she is
now its advertising manager. She
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Smoothness, Zeal
Mark Production
Of‘Charley’s Aunt’:

Charles Ryrie Deserves
Top Honors for Lead
Role in Play



by Thelma Baldesarre, ’47

Roberts Hall, April 21. “I’m
Charley’s Aunt from Brazil, where
the nuts come. from,” simpered
Lord Fancort Babberley (alias
Charles C. Ryrie, ’46), and the lid
was off on an uproarious per-
formance of Charley’s Aunt by
the Haverford Cap and Bells Club
and the Bryn Mawr Players’ Club.

A bit dull in the first few min-
utes, the play quickly gained mo-
mentum and kept on going in
high. The dialogue went with al-
most professional smoothness
and a good deal more zeal, while
timing, staging and various other
mechanical matters were expertly
handled.

Laurels

Top laurels for acting went to
Charles Ryrie. He did full justice
to a meaty part, even adding to
its comic possibilities by his res-
trained slapstick. Where he
learned the delicate craft of re-
fusing proposals (“I couldn’t be
happy. with a man like that’) is
unknown, but he is a master. He
also boasts a knack for matter of
fact phrasing of odd statements.
“Where’s my antimacassar?” he
asks in an offhand fashion or “Six
pence worth of hairpins, Brassett.”’
This subdued manner carried Lord
Fancourt nicely over his melodra-
matic moments, though he was
undoubtly more—convincingas-an
aunt than as a young lover.

Costumes

For the rest, Gerry Pattison,
’47 and Nanette Emery, °47 drift-
ed about in lovely “period” cos-
tumes accompanied by_John Ar-
nett, Jr., 47 and Roger Bacon, ’47
in rather modern plaid shirts. All
four were quite competent, but
they had no particularly brilliant
lines. There were several .awk-
ward moments, as in the clumsily
done love’ scenes, for instance,
which seemed as much the fault
of the script as of the actors.

Frank Martin, ’47 interpreted
with humorous understanding a
plump and somewhat hammy col-
onel, while Laurence Steefel, ’47
as little Spettigue, another mid-
dle-aged gallant, came close to
stealing the show in spots. The bit
players too were all that could be
desired.

Sets were effective and lighting,



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Poetry, “Emotion’s Precipitate”, Should. Have
Underlying Continuity, Says Marianne Moore



by Patricia Behren, ’46

Asked to define her idea of po-
etry, Miss Marianne Moore, one
of the most distinguished modern
poets, said that she feels poetry is
“fact plus imagination”, as has
been suggested by Wallace Stev-
ens.

“A poem”, she_ stated, “should
have a continuity, should have an
effect of underlying continuity. It
should be articulated throughout
as are the joints in a vertebrate.”
“Poetry,” she continued, “is emo-
tion’s precipitate”.

Asked what she believes to be
the place of poetry in the world



today, Miss Moore stated, “First
of all, I think it must be personal
and a thing inevitable for the
writer before it has a place in the
world at large.”

Miss Moore said that her ad-
vice to young poets was not to
undertake a subject unless irre-
sistably attracted to it. “Feel-
ing”, she said, “should be your
guide.” Writing, Miss Moore
continued, should be trying to set
down “an unbearable accuracy.”
Poetry, she explained, cannot
written to order. -

“I would refuse to-write”, said
Miss Méore, “if I didn’t feel im-
pelled to write.”