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One Democrat

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A clear division will face the voters at the next presidential
election only if, as Democratic nominee, a man is selected who
will consolidate and further innovations along the New Deal line.
He may be expected to run against a Republican nominee stand-
ing on the planks of repeal of reciprocal trade agreements, sharp
fall of government control of business, lower taxes on business
profits, and reduced funds for employment projects—and funds
spent according to state, not Federal authorities.

Republicans are in a fair

way to recapture the political

aggressive which they lost in 1932. Theirs is the definitive pro-
gram. They have reasonably obscure, reasonably popular possible

candidates in Dewey and Taft.
And, so far, the Democrats are in default.

Garner and

MeNutt—the case with Wendell Wilkiebeing- too obvious for
mention—represent nothing so much as two citizens who would
be happier if they simply relaxed and voted for. Dewey or Taft.
Neither wish to carry forward the projects by which the present

Democratic party has made itself a political force.

Only one man

who has yet been mentioned can. and will do that: P¥esident

Roosevelt.

For those of .us who wish to vote a Demoeratie ticket

(1932 to 1940 style)—and in addition those of us who want tu
see a victory by the Democratic party—President Roosevelt is

the only candidate. :





In Philadelphia





- | Plum, a well-known Danish



‘ THEATRES
FORREST: DuBarry Was A
Lady, musical comedy, with Cole
Porter songs.

LOCUST: Hot Mikado, with Bill
Robinson. December 4, Ruth. Chat-
terton in Tonight We Dance.

WALNUT: Coming December 4,
the once-banned Mulatto.



MOVIES
ALDINE: The Housekeeper's

Daughter, a comedy.with Joan Ben- |

nett and Adolphe Menjou.

BOYD: : Ninotchka, with Greta
Garbo, Melvyn Douglas and Ina
Claire.

CAPITOL: Laurel and Hardy in
The Flying Deuces.

EARLE: The Secret of Dr. Kil-
dare, with Lew Ayres and Lionel
Barrymore. - t

ERLANGER: Hitler—Beast of

Berlin, anti-Nazi propaganda.

FOX: Tyrone Power and Linda
Darnell in Day-time Wife.
-KARLTON: The Private Lives

af ‘Elizabeth.and Esse, with’ Bette



ie Miss Plum to Sing
+ Miss Henriette Bagger

--mezzo-soprano will sing a

Davis’ and Errol Flynn.

KEITH’S: Deanna Durbin in
First Love.

PALACE: The Real Glory, ad-
venture in the Philippines, with
Gary Cooper and David Niven.
STANLEY: James Stewart and
Jean Arthur in Mr. Smith Goes
Té Washington.

STANTON: Allegheny Uprising,
with Claire Trevor and John
Wayne.

STUDIO: Rasputin, with Harry
Baur, Pierre Willm and Jany Holt.



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“MAIN LINE

ARDMORE: Wednesday and
Thursday: Wallace Beery in Thun-
der Afloat. Friday, Saturday, Sun-
day and Monday: Loretta Young
and David Niven in Eternally
Yours. Tuesday and Wednesday:
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
in Babes in Arms.

SEVILLE: Wednesday: The
Rains Came, featuring Myrna Loy,
Tyrone Power and George Brent.

in Our Leading Citizen. Saturday:
The. Ritz Brothers in Pack Up
Your Troubles, EA eae
SUBURBAN: Starting Wednel-
day for a week’s showing, Don

|| Ameche and Alice Faye in the tech-

nicolor vehure Hollywood -Caval-;
cade.
“WAYNE:



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omen, starring Norma Shearer,
Joan Crawford and Rosalind Rus-
sell. Thursday: The Ritz Brothers
in Pack Up Your "Troubles, Fri-
day and Saturday: Artie ‘Shaw and

Thursday and Friday: Bob Burns|

Wednesday: The|cent.

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‘ling of the tumbrils,

only to sink back, bruised, beaten.
But again it rises. With its tradi-
tional and somehow rather beauti-
ful feeling for self-expression, the
mind is now grappling with a new
form of exhibitionism. The indi-
vidual is recrudescing and it is im-
portant to see that the thing doesn’t
get out of hand.

Actually, a girl simply doesn’t
know what to think these days.
When. it gets so that she sits in the
library thinking that the scaffold-
ing over the new wing looks like
a guillotine, it is time for a reckon-
ing. After all, Charlotte Corday
wasn’t built in a bathtub. Two
alternatives are open to her.. She
can take up her knitting, blacken
her front teeth and await the rumb-
Or she can
rise, seagreen and incorruptible,
ready to express herself or die,
crushed, in the attempt. Once ex-
pressed, of course, the idea must be
erushed.-so that she may be mis-
tress of her soul and captain of
whatever she has always wanted to
be captain of.

All right then. The girl is out of
the library and the idea is crushed,
awaiting development. The first
thing for her to do is find a first
year lecture course and then find its
professor. She must engage him
in discussion, by no means allow-
ing him to engage her, if you know
what we mean. The discussion en-
tered upon and the ‘engagenient
avoided, she may find that she has
to hedge and the hell with it. Un-
less, of course, facts come easily to
her, in which case the hell with
her. -By now her compatriots,
jealous of her brilliance, -have de-
cided to rise to power. She, sensing
the situation, will return to the
library which she should never have
left in the first place, the old silly
billy.

But it is too late and as she ais
into the tumbril, which is almost
unable to bear the weight of her
plus her unrealized ideas, unwrit-
ten papers and unborn children, let
her try and remember who it was
that said: “It is a far, far better
thing I do now than I have ever
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C. G. Fenwick Appointed
To Neutrality Committee





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in the face of the European war.

Enforcement of this declaration
will give rise to many_ technical
problems upon which it is desirable
that the American Republics take
a united stand. -The committee will
discuss these problems and en-
deavor to find a common basis of
agreement. Discussions, will in-
¢Glude such questions as whether
armed merchant ships are to be ad-
mitted to neutral ports on the same
footing as unarmed ships or
whether they are to be regarded as
in. a class with warships.

The January meeting at Rio de
Janeiro is solely for the purpose
of organizing the committee and
adopting methods of procedure. It
i¢ not expected to sit permanently
in Rio but will conduct its business
chiefly by cable corfespondence.

Ideal Girl Formula
Made by Princetan





cael to a summary "com-
piled by the Nassau Sovereign the
ideal girl at Princeton comes pretty
close to resembling — a formula.

Thirty per cent of the girl should
be intelligence, said the Princeton
baljotors, and only 17 per cent: vi-
tality. Friendliness rated 14, per





Originality and atin were
equally important at 11 per cent
apiece. The girl’s make-up should
contain seven per cent glamour.
bierd Sodetnabie essence of “home-



To Pan Out Despite
Merman Talent



By Olivia Kahn, ’41

The. audience at the Forrest
Theatre last Monday night was
quictly unenthusiastic when B..G.
De Sylva’s Du Barry Was A Lady
opened with a fase, instead of a
bang and dragged its way labori-
ously through two over-elaborate,
over-costumed acts.. The construc-
tion of the show never quite jelled.
The title suggested the producers
had at last found the ideal role for
Ethel Merman, so it was doubly
disappointing that the whole show
fell Cole. Porter,

who in the past has turned out
come of Miss’ Merman’s best shows,
was content to scribble a few un-
inspired numbers and let it go at
that. Friendship and But In The
Morning, No! will be the delight of
Merman enthusiasts but they can
be sung effectively by few other
singers,

The show is based on the old
theme of the Mickey Finn magic
carpet. There is nothing especially
new in the use of this device, and
Du Barry and Louis are mentioned
repeatedly before the journey to
the 18th century France is taken.
The first and last portions of the
show add ‘very little to it and are
far too long for the interest they
command. It might well improve
the presentation as a whole if the
ceene in the washroom at the Club
Petite were omitted.

There are too many big dance
routines whose only purpose seems
to be to allow Raoul Pene. DuBois
ample opportunity for designing
flamboyant costumes. His taste for
magenta satin has swept aside
customary bounds of good taste.
Ordinarily, costwmes serve to en-
hance the rest of a musical show
but in this extravaganza they over-
power everything else. The super-
lush colors and materials of the
central scenes contrast with the al-
most burlesque costumes worn in
the first part, which is set in un-
pleasant oranges, greens and reds.

Ethel Merman does her best to
pull up the show. If Du Barry
Was A Lady is a success on Broad-
way, which seems doubtful unless
it is revised, its producers should
present Miss Merman with a gold
medal, for it is undeniable that her
special brand of charm is the only
truly bright spot in the show. She
sings and acts with her usual ex-
hiliration and almost makes us be-
lieve that we’re seeing a_ really
first-class show. Bert Lahr is fair
but a trifle tiresome.

His earthiness may be enter-
taining in small doses but it be-
comes rather boring when spread
out thickly over two acts.

so flat. Even



Main Line Organizes
British Relief W ork

Auxiliary No. 1 of the South-
eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of
the American Red Cross for British
Relief Work has been organized on
the Main Line with Mrs. Robert
Strawbridge as Chairman. She has
asked for the co-operation ‘of the
students.

Mrs. Charles J. Rhoads, the wife
of the Chairman of the Board>of
Directors of the College, has made



wool. which, together with instruc-
tions, will be distributed by Mrs.
Rhoads at Mrs. Chadwick-Collins’

Twill be. served

Mrs. Strawbridge hopes that, be-
ginning Saturday, December 9, 20
people, students or wives of the
faculty, will be willing to come to
ithe Red—Cross Headquarters in
Ardmore on Satarday morning

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neutral vessels of Holland and
Scandinavia, ‘and even of Japan
and Italy. International law
frowns’ on the use of unanchored
mines that may float into the paths
of neutral merchant vessels. But
Mr. Fenwick stated that it cannot
be expected that rules for the con-
duct of war will be upheld under
pressure of military necessity, by
a country with its back to the wall.

When Germany finally admitted
the laying of the mines, Britain
retaliated by decreeing that no

neutral may carry goods exported,

from Germany. Up to this time
imports only had been excluded.
Britain’s object is to prevent Ger-
many from selling abroad. Then,
because Germany has no gold, and
no medium of exchange except
gogds, she will be prevented, if the
besa is effective, from buying
broad. A

This retaliation hits Holland as
well; Dutch vessels have been
carrying German trade. _ Result:
protest by Holland to Britain. It
is possible, Mr.. Fenwick suggested,
that thi¥ protest is dictated by Hit-
ler, who holds over Holland the
weapon of threatened invasion.

Turning to domestic news, an up-
set is observed in industry. At
Chrysler motors 57,000 workers
are striking. Distribution of the
1940 model-of Chrysler Motors’
cars is being delayed: » The strike
began.in a new way; it was first a
slow-down strike. This summer,
Chrysler workers complained that
the tempo of the assembly was too
high for endurance. They agreed
to slow’ produetion.

Slow-down was effected; negli-
gent workers were discharged; the
C.1.0.. called a general Chrysler
strike. The strike of the 57,000 has
continued through the fall, causing
hardships to workers and their
families. Chrysler is willing to
compromise, but the C.I.0. is de-
manding organization under C.I.O.
of the foremen.

The foremen have always been
the personal representatives of the
owners in the factory. Should they
become representatives of labor,
the workers would have control of
the factory. The matter is a in
joint conference of Chrysler and
labor representatives.

What seems to be a: present ex-
treme liberalization of the Supreme
Court, in contrast to the court as
it was in 1934, is/Seen in a decision
handed down this week. With an
eye to the clean-up of litter, Mil-
waukee, Los Angeles, St. Louis,
and Worcester had passed laws for-
bidding distribution of leaflets in
the streets. Four citizens of Mil-

waukee, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and °

Worcester, respectively, were ar-
rested and came at length before
the Supreme Court. :
The Court declared the city laws
unconstitutional, inasmuch as they

were a first step in the restriction ,

of freedom of speech and press.
Mr. Fenwick raised the question:
Must a nuisance be .tolerated be-
cause its elimination will restrict
freedom of speech in certain places
where perhaps it is inexpedient for
the general welfare?

A new remedy is being tied for
one aspect of the farm problem
that has been occupying ‘legislators
since 1917. This remedy attempts
to effect some distribution of sur-
plus commodities by giving people
on relief 50 cents extra purchasing

power on the dollar, provided. that...

they use ‘the $1.50 to buy” surplus
commodities, The plan is being put
on trial. in. several cities. .



articles. as surgeons’ coats and
surgical towels. which are very
much in demand.. Mrs. Chadwick-
Collins is to be in charge and
transportation will be arranged. -
“Anyone willing to help please
send her name to the Resident Di-
rector’s Office in Taylor Hall.