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College news, November 29, 1939
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
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BMC-News-vol26-no7
THE COLLEGE NEWS
2-615. 615
VOL. XXVI, No. 7
. BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 29, 1939
Png ht,
Bryn Mawr College, 1939
Trustees of
PRICE 10 CEN ITS
C. G. Fenwick
To Represent
United States
Is Member of Permanent
American Neutrality
Committeg
GROUP WILL MEET
IINRIO DE JANEIRO
November “28. —President Rosen
velt has designated Charles G. Fen-
wick, professor of politics, as the
United States representative on
the permanent Inter - American
Neutrality Comittee which will
meet at Rio de Janeiro early’ in
January. As a specialist in. inter-
national law and Latin American
relations, Mr. Fenwick will meet
with representatives of Mexico,
Costa . Rica, , Venezuela, Brazil
Argentine, and Chile.
The comm was—created in
accordance with the General Dec-
laration of the" Neutrality of the
“American Republics adopted at
Panama on October 3, 1939. This
document, signed by the foreign
ministers of the Republics, laid
down certain principles of neu-
trality and certain practical stand-
ards of neutral conduct which they
proposed to observe and maintain
Continued on Page Two
Peace Council Begins
Allotment of Funds
At a meeting held Tuesday, No-
vember 21, the Peace Council al-
“lotted the 800 dollars given it from
the Activities Drive to the various
organizations whose pleas were
published. in the last issue of the
News. The distribution was made
as follows: 250 dollars to the Inter-
national Student Service Fund,
200 dollars to the Friends’ Com-
mittee, 100 dollars to the Red Cross,
50. dollars to the Allied Jewish Ap-
peal and 25 dollars to the French
Club project for the evacuation of
French children.
This leaves the Peace Council
with 175 dollars in the. bank.
Rather than spend this money im-
Skinner Workshop _
Ready for Opening
Theatre and Art Studios Set
For Completion at End
Of Next Week
On December 7, the Mrs. Otis
Skinner Theatre Workshop will be
veady for use. President Park. re-
ported today. that the Board of
* Managers will meet soon to plan
an opening ceremony which it is
hoped Miss Skinner. will. attend.
The $25,000, necessary for the
construction of the Workshop, has,
been solicited over a period of sev-
eral years, half from Baldwin and
half from Bryn Mawr. * .
Late last summer, after a delay
by difficulties fire
regulations, renovation of the
building, an old stone barn, was
begun. Now the art studios at
caused with
*}each end of the building and also
the stage are almost complete,
but as yet there are no seats in
the’ auditorium. :
The agre between _ the
‘School and the llege provides
for a Board of Managers to be ap-
pointed in three units, each unit
with one vote. The Board of Di-
rectors of the” College have ap-
pointed President Park, Mrs. Chad-
wick Collins and Miss Charlotte
Howe; the Board. of Directors of
the School have appointed» Miss
Johnson, Miss Maud Ray and Mrs.
Yarnall Jacobs. These groups have
selected the third group which in-
cludes Mrs. Francis Biddle, Mr.
Charles C. Savage and Mr. Edgar
Continued on Page Four
Doyle Will Discuss
Enzyme Dimensions
Mr. Doyle, of the department of
Biology, will’discuss “Enzymes and
their Dimensions” on Thursday,
November 30, at 7.45 in the Com-
mon Room. His subject deals with
his research work here at college.
The lecture is the first of a series
which the Science Club will’ present
during the year, and Which will be
open to the college. The main pur-
pose of these discussions is to in-
form the college of various scien-
tific activities on campus. Many
professors will be invited to de-
scribé their progress in their own
mediately, the Cou as decided
to use it as a regerve fund for any
emergencies-which may arise dur-
ing the winter.
fields. 4
~ Musicians and Mutes
Climb Bandwagon
In Smoking Room Revival of Recorders
By Elizabeth Crozier, ’41
TheEncyclopxdia Britannica de-
seribes the recorder as an obsolete
form of flagelette dating from pre-
Elizabethan times. The existence,
therefore, of a coterie of recorder
virtuosi on the campus seems to
provide backing for the belief heid
in some quarters that Bryn Mawr
imitates the antediluvian epoch in
all of its manifestations. Rather,
may we state that the Encyclopxdia
Britannica is wrong, or. at least
“outdated.
A very recent issue of ‘the maga-
gine Coronet contained an - article
“about the prevalence’ of the’ re-
. corder, and someone else told us
about a boy who renders, swin
music on. his. And as, our, calm
nating proof we.add this fact,,in]
evidence—that G. E. Schirmer &
Son have no recorders left in Pell
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an re i, a; fewodavsothough,: Rristiviw
als thd firss(o, produce” complete
\piete—that, moving, .and trixamy
It was all Mary Moon’s idea, and
it is an all-Rhoads quintet: Kristi
sopra-
nos; Jo Lane, alto; Mary Moon,
tenor; and Bess Lomax plays the
guitar in imitation of the tradi-
tional harp. (Jo Lane does live in
Wyndham, but she used to eat
lunch in Rhoads.) Miss Marian
Kirk is their soloist. Right now,
she just gives them the downbeat
and whistles the tune, and you
have no idea-how-her-whistling im-
have heard them without her.
Schirmer’s advertises the re-
child can learn to play in bb, m
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Modern Dance
Gives Satire,
: Pantomines
Humphrey and Weidman
Dance Group Abandon
Abstract Forms .
By Joan Gross, ’40
Goodhart, November 21.— The
Humphrey-Weidman dance group
presented a full and varied dance
program marked by a distifiet sa-
tiric sense and a spirited humor.
In its departure from abstract
forms and its use of pantomine, the
performance illustrated ‘the possi-
bilities of the modern dance-as a
medium of communication as well
as an artistic expression.
Doris Humphrey and Charles
Weidman organized a,dance group
in an attempt to develop an Ameri-
Continued on Page Three
Lecturer for 1940
Arrives on Clipper
Dr. “Hilda Geiringer, who has
been appointed visiting lecturer for
the year 1940, arrived in this
country about three weeks ago. On
their way to England at the out-
break of the war, she and. her
daughter were detained for some
time in Portugal, and finally came
to the United States on the trans-
Atlatitic clipper. Dr. Geiringer
will teach an under - graduate] B
course in statistics beginning the
second semester.
According to reports, pe Geir-
inger’s daughter is a veky gifted
young «lady speaking . Gérman,
French, English and Turkish. She
is entering the Freshman class and
will start-college immediately.
Group Leadership
The Bryn Mawr League is spon-
soring a series of talks on Group
Leaderstip by Mr. Barnes, director
of Ardmore Y. M. C. A. The first
is on Thursday, November: 30, at
5.00, following tea at 4.30 in the
Common Room.
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Thursday, November 30.—
Science Club meeting, Mr.
Doyle to speak on Enzymes
and their Dimensions, Com-
mon Room, 7.30.
Friday, December 1.—
Player’s Club, Time. and the
Conways, Goodhart Hall 8.30.
Saturday, December » 2.—
Tea Dance, Rhoads Hall.
Rlayer’s Club, Time and_the
Conways, Goodhart Hall, 8.30.
Undergraduate Association
Dance following: the play. -
Sunday, . December . 3.— ,
Henriette Bagger Plum _ to
sing, Deanery, 5.00.
Monday, December 4. —
Tea for Miss Jean Carter, di-
rector of the Hudson Labor
School, to meet all those in-
terested in the school, Com-
mon Room, 4.30. “Miss Alice
Cook on Business Internship,
Deanery, 7. 30. :
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40 MAY DAY
CANCELLED
BY UNDERGRADUATE VOTE
Anne Eiisies Axon
Writes Statement
. On May Day Vote
By Anne Louise Axon, °40
*’ President, Undergraduate
Association . .—
The Undergraduate vote on big
May. Day was as follows:
1. Do you want big May bes
this year? :
Yes - 244
No - 174
2. If we have it, will you par-
ticipate?
Yes - 325
No - 94
Before the vote was taken, the
College Council had decided that
the expense and effort involved in
the pyoduction of big May Day
vou nt be justified unless at
least 375 people wanted it, that is,
75-80 percent of those voting.
(This represents approximately thel;
number of who took part in the
1936 May Day.)
This unusually large majority
was asked for several reasons. A
community undertaking like May
Day has its greatest value only
when a large proportion of the];
community is enthusiastic... An
over-large opposition would make
the whole. project difficult, and
Continued on Page Five
British War Masks
Exploiting of India
Rhoads Show Case, November 17.
Addressing an open meeting of the
A. S. U., Rajui Petel, of Bombay
Province, India, discussed the
European war as it affects his coun-
try. The people of India, he said,
have come to the conclusion that
this is a war, not to defend democ-
racy and public security, as its
leaders claim, but to protect mar-
kets.
The Indian attitude toward the
war was summed up in the mani-
festo issued by the people of India
to the British government. It had
three provisions. First, the Indian
people wanted a clear definition of
the aims of the Second, if
Britian was really fighting for de-
mocracy they wanted to know. why
democracy was not given to India,
Third, if it was not possible -to: in-
troduce complete autonomy, Britain
Continued on Page Three
war.
Numerical V Majority
Too Small to Carry
Large Production
No.May Day for this year is‘the
result of the undergraduate vote
held before’ Thanksgiving. The
numerical result showed 244 to 174
in favor of having May Day. The
decision, however, could not be) de-
termined on the simple majority
basis, for the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation felt a bare majority insuffi-
cient to justify disregarding the
director’s suggestion of postponing
May Day-for this year. It was also
believed impossible to carry off a
successful May Day in the face of
any substantial minority of oppo-
sition. —
The directors only suggested the
postponement of May Day because
of the difficulty of predicting out-
side conditions next. spring in mak-
ing their contracts this: fall. The
directors’ suggestion was not meant
to be-final. If the campus showed
great enthusiasm or-could point to
certain individuals or groups who
would be willing to. back the pro-
duction the directors would be will-
ing to reconsider their decision.
the May Day question had been dis-
cussed unofficially with Dean Man-
tor of May Day in ’32 and ’386. The
College Council, meeting with Miss
Park, decided that no general vote
should be taken until the directors
had made-their decision, At this
meeting May Day was voted on and
the result showed a fairly equal
division of opinion, .
After the directors’ meeting,
Miss Axon, president of the Under-
graduate Association, met with Mr.
Rhoads, chairman of the Board of
Directors, and the dependence of
the directors’ decision on campus
enthusiasm was fully discussed.
Later, at a second College Council
meeting, it was decided to bring up
the whole matter at hall meetings.
The directors’ decision was to be
only one factor, the main preblem
Continued on Page Three
The President—
Miss Park is now in New
York attending a meeting of
the executive committee of
the Hudson Shore Labor
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School:
Varsity Players Enjoy Realistic Detail
Of ‘Time and the Conways’ Rehearsals
By Barbara Bechtold, ’42
By Betty Lee Belt, ’41
Sounds of activity have been is- |
suing from Goodhart for the past
few weeks. Their meaning has
been a secret, but such things will
out. Your roving reporter farced
her-way-into this sacred sanctum
to unrave] the newest Bryn Mawr
mystery for yous The Warsit
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As all the entrances in the
play are from the right, this pre-
judice at first caused some con-
fusion, which was straightened out
by changing most of the entrances
to the left. 7
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