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Newspaper Reading
Closes Press Course
(Continued from Page 1)

“Amerasia” and “Far Eastern
Survey.” More scholarly are the
“Far Eastern Quarterly” and “Pa-
cific Affairs.” The best publica-
tion on Russia is “Soviet Russia
Today.”

News of the small occupied na-
tions of Europe is most easily
found in “New Europe,” a month-
ly edited by exiles. “Free World”
also publishes as much as_poss-
ible of the available ‘“under-
ground” news. The quality. of
the publications of the govern-
ments in exile varies greatly,
Mrs. Cameron stated. The Bel-
gian journal she considers excel-
lent, and the French contains val-
uable information on conditions
“inside” France. But the Norweg-
ian paper is mainly sentiment and
the Czech ranks low.

Discussing the best approach
to a newspaper, Miss Robbins de-
clared that “headlines and front
pages influence us» more than we
like to admit.” She advised the
reading of a table of contents or
a news summary as a corrective
to the warped perspective of
front page emphasis.

Careful reading of the complete
texts of communiques, speeches,
bills, statistics, Miss Robbins
said, is more important than the
welter of comment about them.
After these initial steps, the read-
er. may move through the paper
as he pleases. The leading arti-
cles, however, seem the logical
thing to turn to, as they are least
apt to be affected by policy. The
columnists, despite their verbos-
ity, often ‘give useful facts and
thoughtful news analyses. Ideal-
ly, Miss Robbins said, the reader
will give much daily consideration
to maps of all fronts, which often
make positions clearer than a doz-
‘en: articles.

Reading newspapers of opposite
convictions for a broader view-
point is also important, Miss Rob-
bins noted. She illustrated points
in her talk from a wide variety
of newspapers—PM, the New
York Times and Herald Tribune,
the Philadelphia Bulletin and, Rec-
ord.

Rev. Earp to Conduct

Christmas Services

Continued from Page |
Sleep”; and a carol of the folk
song type, “On Christmas Night,”
by Vaughan Williams.

Two compositions by Serge
Rachmaninoff, “Ave Maria” and
“Glory be to God on High,” in

memoriam of the composer will
be sung by the combined choirs.
Both are part of the Russian
church services, and the latter,
usually sung in the morning serv-
ice, is based on one of the later
Church chants, known as the Kiev
canticles. The “Ave Maria” is
usually sung as part of the Sat-
urday evening Vesper Service, so
arranged that it will be followed
_ immediately by the Sunday morn-
ing service, permitting the people
to attend both services in one.
The third composition of the
Russian group is the “Prayer”
from Moussorgsky’s five-act na-
tional opera, Khovantchina.

French Club to Give
Annual Nativity Play

(Continued from Page’1)
includes M. V. More as Joseph,
E. Tuck as Marie, F, Pleven as
Herod. E. Boudreau, J. M, Lee,
and M. H. Barrett are the shep-
herds; L. Hall, I. Doll, D. Hurwitz,
the Kings, and M. Krenz, S. Beck-
with, and E. Shepherd the Angels.
M. Wellemeyer plays the Clerk,
H. Dunn and B. Schweppe, the
Chevaliers, M. Alexander, the Peo-
ple, and M. Cross, the Messenger.

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Tradjtional Pageantry and Faculty Guests
Will Distinguish Festive Christmas Dinners



By Susan Oulahan, °46

(Pouring oneself into a pre-war
dinner dress constitutes the least
of the problems that precede that
most festive of all festive occa-
sions, Christmas dinner. Exhaust-
ed by the elaborate preparations
for the parties, hectic females push
everything academic aside for the
final. fling, with one last spurt of
energy.

The only thing Christmas din-
ners in the halls seem to have in
common is food. Traditions vary
all the way from Denbigh’s atmos-
phere of royalty to Merion’s “just
plain atmosphere.” Just what that
atmosphere is, we haven’t been
able to discern, but to Merionites
it is a tangible thing.

Denbigh’s king and queen, rich-
ly crowned in cardboard and sport-
ing some variety of fur disguised
as ermine, lead the festivities. A
page, chosen for size, squeezes
herself into the minute tights, and
staggers forth with a mammoth
punch bowl.

Rock eagerly awaits Christmas
dinner this year, not only because
of the annual pageant but because

Acting Distinguishes
‘*‘Letters to Lucerne”
Continued from Page 1
German girl whose nationality
provokes the unjust but logically
induced hostility of her former
friends. Jeannette Lepska deserves
credit for her admirable interpre-
tation of Felice, whose intense and
excitable French temperament is
reinforced by “an intellectual in-
sistence on the necessity of gen-
eral ‘awareness,’ Barbara Stix as
Olga, the Polish girl who reflects
the afflictions of her nation, ade-
quately conveys the shocked stup-
or of the latter scenes, but unfor-
tunately exhibits the same apathy
in the earlier. Eleanor Borden and
Edith Rhoads do complete justice
to the ready humor of their roles,
creating several of the most en-
joyable scenes of the play.

The supporting cas is excellent,
and one feels that any weakness
in “Letters to Lucerne” is due not
to the acting but to the play itself
—to a certain failure of the lines
to call up the desired overtones, to
a lack of subtlety in dialogue, and
the inability to keep constantly
present the aura of deeper impli-
cations which the situation itself
should, with the proper manage-
ment of action, have evolved. The
sequence of events is too easily
anticipated; _ter
repetitive. The emphasis falls too
heavily on the girls’ boarding
school atmosphere, thereby de-
tracting from what might have
been the more profound aspects of
the drama.

As a drama of the complexity
of human relations and their en-
tanglement in the forces of nation-
alism, “Letters to Lucerne” deals
with a timely problem. The plea
of ‘Madame’ (Mariam Kreiselman)
that her girls should distinguish
between an aggressive nation and
its guiltless human components is
the crux of the argument. Her
insistence on the consideration of
the German national as a human}
being (in a fine moment marking
the first defeat of the forces of
persecution) not. only justifies it-
self in.the speechless last moment
before the curtain but should hover
about wherever the problem of in-
ternational enmity is felt and de-
plored.

the maids have kindly consented
to serve dinner, Carols will be
sung and they may even have a
harpist. The toastmistress, we
understand, is always a “logician
of the first water,” a statement
that will undoubtedly refer our
readers" to Webster’s new collegi-
ate dictionary. A boar’s head, un-
earthed in the basement, may be
utilized for that old English at-
mosphere.

Rhoads, we feel is hiding some-
thing. They claim that they never
know what’s going to happen till
it’s happened. However, the fac-
ulty should be delighted with their
presents—usually in the form of
toy trains.

A spokesman for Pem West
luctantly sighed, “I suppose / we
ought to have something exciting
but we don’t.” However, the Pems
seem to be among the most active
participants in the Christmas
spirit. The Freshmen will give a
skit, the Sophomores will decorate
the dining room and the faculty
guests and toastmistress should



lines tend to become} _

provide a great deal in the way of
humorous speeches,

From behind a Christmas tree,
the Merion Freshmen traditionally
“take off their betters,”—all in the
spirit of fun, we trust. The fac-
ulty, Merion boasts, do not have
to make speeches, a kindness any
lecture- weary professor. should
readily appreciate.

Famous ‘‘Celebrities’’

Welcome New Citizen

Continued from Page 4
Plevan as the Duke and Duchess

of Windsor, added a touch of the
British to the atmosphere. Cath-
erine Fowler as Falla enjoyed the
gay crowd immensely but seemed
to suffer from the inconvenience
of having to crawl on hands and
knees, a position with which we
readily sympathized.

Hilde Richard, representing the
troop 52, Bryn Mawr, Penna. Girl

Scouts presented Mrs. Roosevelt
with a bundle of hoop sticks,
“faggots of sisterhood and

strength,” as a sign that thous-
ands of Girl Scouts are behind the
first lady on slum clearance. Caro
Schugg as the Grand Regent of
the D. A. R., gave us a feeling of
the historical significance of the
evening. She got along amazing-
ly well with Miss America of
19438, Virginia Grace, whose cos-
tume, though brief, was particu-
larly appropriate for the occa-
sion.

‘We feel that we cannot close
without a word of praise for Mrs.
Diez who provided Mr. and Mrs.
Roosevelt with their outfits. Par-
ticularly admirable, we felt were
her valiant efforts to provide An-
thony Eden with a pair of grey
spats.

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Miss Lehr Explains
Math in Map-Making

Continyed from Page 4

own uses,” said Miss Lehr. Differ-
ent maps are utilized for different
purposes, For instance, when cov-
ering great distances in the world,
mercator maps are used. On these
maps, rhumb lines are employed to
show the paths of a_ constant
course as a straight line rather
than a crooked one as it would be
on a regular map. Gnomic maps
are set up to show the _ shortest
paths. In actual practice, chart,
mercator and gnomic maps are all
used.

In large scale mapping, a small
region is considered which is used
as though it were a plane. Certain
measurements are made and re-
corded. The first problem to be
faced is that of indirect measure-
ment. Elementary geometry may
be used to solve these problems,
and trigonometry to get.a theory.

In aerial photography, which is
now being used extensively in
mapping, the picture is taken in a
vertical position. There are ma-
chines which correct variations in
the picture due to the tilt of the
plane. There is also “the use of
oblique photographs to make the
first plot of land.” In this as in

| other types of mapping, the math-

ematical theory has disappeared,
and only a formula of procedure
remains.

Miss Lehr also explained the
method of making a small scale
map, such as a world map, from
a globe. “To record a round globe
on to a plane or polar paper,” she
said, “needs only a patient plot-
ting of the old globe on to the pa-
per.” It is not possible to map
accurately the earth on to a plane
surface because of the earth’s par-
ticular curvature,

Current Events
Continued from Page 2

military, although it presents con-
structive policies as well. It seems
to imply an invitation to any coun-
try into the organization of dem-
ocratic nations, leaving the way
open to Germany for future-partic-
ipation.

The Moscow Conference, Mr.
Gray noted, brought forth the most
constructive plan in its outline of
an internal organization. Punitive
provisions were embodied in the
declaration for punishment of
Fascist leaders while the Cairo
document demands the stripping
of the Japanese Empire.



1.R.C. Talks Present
Problems of U.S.S.R.

Rosemont College, Dec. 1: The
Soviet Union wasothe subject of
the International Relations Club
meeting in which Rosemont, Hav-
erford, and Bryn Mawr students
participated. Short talks were
given by Helen McClure and Yola
Vankowicz of Rosemont, Corporal
Levin of the Haverford German
Unit, William Chartener and David
Hsia of Haverford and by Ann Or-
lov and Dorothy Bruchholz of Bryn
Mawr. Their subjects covered po-
litical, economic and social organ-
izations, foreign relations, espec-
ially eastern and western border
problems, the evolution of com-
munist ideology, and the history of
the Greek Orthodox Church in
Russia.

The high point of thé evening
came when a discussion ensued be-
tween Corporal Levin and Yola
Vankowicz, a native Pole, over
whether the Germans or the Rus-
sians killed the eight thousand
Polish officers supposedly dug up
by the Nazis last spring. The is-
sue was left undecided, with so-
called “facts” presented on one



side conflicting with the results of ~

the “impartial investigation car-
ried on by the Red Cross.”
-Communist ideology as developed
by Lenin from the teachings of
Marx was discussed by Corporal
Levin. Communism, as he defined
it, means the achieving by the pro-
letariat, in conjunction with other
classes, of an organized system of
government for the benefit of the
proletariat. There were two schools.
of thought as to how this should
be brought about—one_ upheld
gradual social change, and _ the
other, the Bolshevik, advocated
revolutionary overthrow, which,
led by Lenin, became triumphant
in 1917.

Political organization in Russia,

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