College news, March 8, 1944

THE COLLEGE NEWS”





VOL. XL, NO. 18

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1944

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





McBride Discusses
Self-Gov’t Relation
To College Groups

Responsibility of Association
To Promote Highest Good
Stressed

‘Goodhart, March 3: The respon-
sibility of Self-Government “to
use its power with earnest-
ness and care to promote the
highest welfare of the college”,
is the keynote of the agreement
between Self-Government and the
college, stated Miss McBride in
a short assembly on Friday. Dis-
cussing. the relation of the Associ-
ation to the Trustees, she also ex-
plained the authority of Self-Gov-
ernment and its relation to groups
outside the college.

Welfare of Students

The Trustees, Miss McBride
said, authorized the President and
Dean of the college to entrust the
conduct of the students to Self-
Government, withholdmg only the
control of re vil public
entertainments and the ‘ manage-
ment of the halls. The power of
the Association is complete as
long as it promotes the welfare of
the students. The Trustees, re-
viewing the actions of all groups
in the college with a view to the
general welfare, must approve all
changes in the regulations and
reserve the right to request the
President to take over the govern-





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Peyre Praises Giono
For Artistic Ability
In Return to Reality



Goodhart, March 6: Describing
Jean Giono as “a great French
novelist and a great prophet,” M.
Henri Peyre, in the fifth lecture of
the Mary Flexner lectureship ser-
ies, connected 'Giono with the re-
action against the novel “demeu-
ble” of the preceding decade. M.
Peyre included Malraux and Saint-
Exupery as well as Giono in the
reconstruction movement which ad-
vocdted a return to reality.

Poetic Qualities

The genius of Giono consisted
partly in his artistic ability and
partly in the prophetic quality of
his” work, said M. Peyre. By in-
corporating many poetic qualities
in his novels, he achieved an ar-
tistic height not reached by many
other writers. Giono has a power-
ful grasp of the real which affects
him as “sensations,” an ability to
translate these “sensations” into
images, the power to create indi-
vidual and human characters with-
out the self-analysis of earlier
novels, and simple, straight-for-
ward language.

Giono’s prophetic power comes
not so much from the consistency
and originality of his philosophy
as from the artistic power, with
which he sets forth his ideas. He
sought a renunciation of our me-
chanical civilization and a return
to.nature. He was a “high priest
of nature, a prophet of the new
paganism” and his work reflects
his belief in man’s fraternity with

Continued on Page 3



A.A. Board Names Walker, Townsend, Turner

And Gunderson for Association Presidency




JULIA TURNER

Duties of Office to. Include
Arranging A.A. Activities,
Meetings





The Athletic Association Board
has nominated Chloe Tyler Walker,
(yvonne Townsend, Julia Turner,
and Elizabeth Gunderson for Pres-
dent of the Athletic Association.

The President of the Athletic
Association arranges inter-class
“and hall games,’ plans _ week-end
activities, and takes charge of

awards. She works with Miss _



ELIZABETH GUNDERSON



YVONNE TOWNSEND



Petts to coordinate the activities
of the Physical Education Depart-
ement with those of the undergrad-
uates.. She also presides over all
meetings of the Athletic Associa-
tion.

The college activities of the can-.
didates -are as follows:

Chloe ‘Tyler Walker

‘Ty has been on the varsity ten-
nis and swimming teams for three
years and is now swimming cap-



tain. Hockey manager last year,
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Junior Class Chooses
Vice-Pres. Candidates
For Self-Government



. The Junior Class has nominated
Mary Jean Hayes, Barbara Kistler,
Mary Virginia More, and Britta
Ericson as candidates for the Vice-
Presidency of the Self-Government
Association.

The function ‘of the Vice-Presi-
dent of the Self-Government As-
sociation is to work with the Pres-
ident and to take her place when
she is absent. There are no other
specific duties.

The college activities of the
nominees are as follows:

Mary Jean Hayes

Mary Jean was Freshman repre-
sentative to the Self-Government
Association, and a. member of the
committee directing the Sophomore
carnival. She was a counselor at
the League Camp last summer, and
has been chosen director of the
camp for this summer. She is a
Junior representative to the Self-
Government Association and vice-
president of her class. She is also
a member of the Dance Club and
the French Club.

Barbara Kistler -

(Barbara is Junior Class repre-
sentative in her hall and a permis-
sion giver. She is also air-raid
warden for Merion. Her Freshman
and Sophomore years she was on
the varsity swimming team.

Mary Virginia More

Since her Freshman year Mary
Virginia has been on the News,
last year as News Editor and this
year as Copy Editor. She was
Freshman representative to the
League and on the committee for
the Sophomore Carnival. She act-
ed in the French play last year and
is now treasurer of the French

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Full Chorus Chosen
For Spring Operetta



The cast of the coming produc-
tion of The Mikado, to be given
Saturday, May 6 in Goodhart, has
been announced, and the chorus of
fifty-eight had its first rehearsal

‘llast Thursday night.

It is hoped that, as in the past,
the music for The Mikado will be
provided by the college orchestra
playing in combination with some
members of the Philadelphia Sym-
phony Orchestra. Mr. Pepinsky
will be in charge of this group,
and Mr. Alwyne will direct the
dramatic action.

The principals of the cast are:

Ko-Ko, K. Tappen; The Mikado,
M. Hilgartner; Nanki-poo, L. Dun-
can; Pooh-Bah, M. Neustadt; Pish-
Tush, B. Rebmann; Go-to, M. Beh-
ner; Katisha, M. H. Sherman;
Yum-Yum, B. Beckwith; Pitti-Sing,
M. Richardson; Peep-Bo, E. Potter.

The chorus is as follows:

First soprano—M: Urban,, R.
Johnson, R. Brooks, E. Shepherd,
A. Kingsbury, C. Jenkins, B. Lilly,
J. Rutland, A. Greene, B. Bennett,
R. Leyndecker, A. Reynick, J.
Fernstrom, P. Taggart, R. Gilmar-
tin, M. Stephens,.C. Binger, E.
Dowling.

_ First Alto—S. Barss, E. Calwell,
1D. Braman, E. Willard, M. Pinch,

"PD. Craig, A. Werner, J. Auerbach,

M. Taylor, G. Lanman, O. Van
Dyke, T. Walker, S. Coleman.

Second Soprano—J. Murray, E.
Day, N. Bierwith, E. Peters, P.
Cowles, E. Sheldon, V. Doug erty,

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In Mass Meeting

Amendments to Resolutions Passed

of Self-Gov’t Ass’n





Calendar

Thursday, March 9
Basketball Game with Penn,
4:00.
Faculty Vocational Confer-
ence, Biology, Geology, and
Chemistry, Deanery, 4:30.
Friday, March 10
Swimming Meet at Penn, 4:30-
Saturday, March 11
Latin Play, Goodhart, 8:00.
Monday, March 12
Henri Peyre, Saint-Exupery,
‘Goodhart, 8:30.
Tuesday, March 13
Varsity Interclass Swimming
Meet, 4:30,
Wednesday, March 14
(Badminton Game with Rose-
mont.

Yahkub Will Lecture
On Indian Philosophy,
Religion and Thought

Mr. Thomas Yahkub, well-known
authority on India, will give a
series of four lectures on India on
the evenings of April 10th, 12th,
17th and 19th. The subject of the
first will be the main currents of
Indian philosophy. “Landmarks
of Indian Religion and Thought”
is the topic of the second, and
“The Web of Life’Sof the third.
The last lecture will be devoted to
Indian art.

Mr. Yahkub was born in Trav-
ancore, in southern India. He re-
ceived his M. A. at Middlebury
College in this country, and is also
a graduate of the Divinity School
at Harvard. For the last six years
he _has_been-a—research fellow —of
the Rockefeller Foundation, and is
the founder and the head of India
House in Boston.

At present Mr. Yahkub is a
member of the Indian Famine Re-
lief in Boston. During his stay in
the United States he has made
extensive investigations of prison
conditions, and has been commis-
sioned by the United States gov-
ernment to investigate prisons for
possible reforms.









Rules for Permission -Giving,
Smoking, Late Permissions
Simplified

Goodhart, March 7. The ma-
jovily of amendments to the reso-
lutions of the Self-Government
Association, as outlined in. last
week’s News, were’ passed by a
Mass Meeting of the Association,
with three additional changes.



the meeting, the two-thirds, quor-
um necessary for anterdments to
the Constitution proper was not
present, and the one-third quorum
empowered-the- meeting. -to---pass
amendments only to the resolu-
tions.

The amendments
as follows:

1. Special permission is ~ re-
quired only for three o’clock form-
al parties, and for all Freshmen
and transfers during their first

passed were

the present rulings.

2. Students may sign out for:

a) one hour anda half after
all informal college entertain-
ments, whether escorted or not.

b) one hour anda half after
formal college entertainments, off
campus if escorted, on campus if
not.

8. Students may sign out for
2:00 for any place of entertain-
ment, such as’ restaurants and
hotels, if escorted, whether there
is an orchestra or not.

4. Changes in_ registration
and absence overnight as outlined
in last ‘week’s News.

5. Changes in smoking rules
as outlined in last week’s News,
withthe .additional_change per-
mitting smoking—anywhere— off
campus, including main __ streets
and roads.

The remainder of the proposed
amendments, concerning dress,
radios, Saunder’s Barn, and bicy-
cling will be discussed and voted
on in hall meetings within the
next week. None of these passed
amendments, concerning dress,
until recommended for approval
to the Board of Trustees.





Plautus Comedy to Feature Burly Slaves,
~ Chanting Priestess and Fisherman Chorus



By Susan Oulahan, *46

“Shipwreck at Cyrene” is alleg-
edly one of Plautus’s “purer”
comedies. Nevertheless, the Latin
play to be given March 11, re-
volves around an illicit slave-trad-
er, Labrax, (Anne Kingsbury ’47)
and his forbidden cargo.

Palaestra (Mary Virginia More
45) and Ampelisca (Hildreth Dunn
’44), known to the Freshman Latin
class as courtesans, but generally
referred to by the world at large
as prostitutes, have a hard time
of it ~when they find themselves
shipwrecked on the beach at Cy-
rene. Tearing madly over the
sands in search of each other, they
are finally reunited-on a shaky
rock pile in the middle of the
stage.

A trunk tossed up in the storm,
and claimed to be a trunkfish, an
extinct species, by Gripus (Rosa-
mund Kent ’45) complicates the
plot and provides the means for
the reunion of Daemones (Pat Tur-
ner ’46) and Palaestra, his way-
fward daughter.

A chorus of weary fishermen,



burly slaves, (Jean Franklin ’45,





and Francoise Pleven ’44) and a
chanting Priestess of Venus (Mar-
garet Spencer °44) promise to
highlight the comedy. The play, we
understand, will reproduce. the
spirit if not the word of Plautus.

The tradition of Latin plays was
started in 1935 when two students
translated a Plautus comedy. Act-
ed by an unskilled cast, without
much hope of success, the play was
an immediate hit. —Simee then the
Latin department has presented
four plays, two of which have been
repeated. The casts are usually
made up of students with only one
year of Latin or those who are
not connected with the department
at all.

Frances Watts, ’46, translated
“Shipwreck at Cyrene” and com-
posed the music. Mary Virginia
More, ’45, is in charge of costumes
and Francoise Pleven, ’44, is doing
the lighting.

Other members of the cast are:
Arcturus, Barbara Williams, ’46;
Sceparnio, Charlotte Rider, °47;
Plesidippus, Ellen Harriman, 46;
Cantor, Frances Watts, ’46; Char-
mides, Barbara Maynard, ’45; Tra-
chalio, Elizabeth Dowling, '47.

Since only 265 people attended

semester at Bryn Mawr as under

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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







Racial Equality

The War Department has recently halted the distribu-
tion to the Army of a pamphlet concerning racial equality
which, its authors assert, contends that “economic and edu-
cational advantages make a difference in measurements of
mentality by intelligence tests” and that such tests show no
differences between the races.

Objected to by Representative Andrew J. May of Ken-
tucky on the grounds that it describes northern Negroes as
the equals in intelligence of southern white men and as such
“it has no place in the Army program,” and by the War De-
partment on the grounds that some of its material was inad-
equate and subject to misinterpretation, the pamphlet deals
with what in truth is nothing more than biological and psy-
chological fact and as such has a definite place in the Army
program.

Prepared by two anthropologists of Columbia University,
Dr. Ruth F. Benedict and Dr. Gene Weltfish, The Races of
Mankind does not concern itself with a scientific explanation
of racial differences such as skin pigments nor does it say
fiatly, as Representative May would have it, that economic
differences are responsible for racial differences. Representa-
tive May objected violently to a survey which he said show-
ed that the average Negro in New York, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut ranked on an intellectual level with the average
white man in Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

Representative May, Chairman of the House Military
Committee, asserts that it was his committee’s threat “to ex-
pose the motive behind the book” which blocked further cir-
culaion of the 55,000 copies of the pamphlet which the Army
had obtained. A prime example of southern bigotry concern-
ing the racial question, Representative May expressed his
determination to see that “this book does not go to our sol-
diers through War Department channels and to bring the
matter to the floor of the House if necessary.” A spokesman
for the War Department insisted that the pamphlet was not
intended for soldiers in the orientation courses but for the
use of officer-instructors as background material to counter-
-act the Nazi theory of a super-race. Notable too is the fact
that the pamphlet was not forced on the soldiers but was in-
cluded among other material of which they had a choice, and
was obtained by the War Department after the soldiers had
asked for it.

It would seem, although the War Department spokes-
man has made feeble excuses to the contrary, that as a re-
sult of the pressure exerted by the representative who ap-
pears to be a southern advocate of racial inequality, the
Army has yielded what could be a valuable part of its pro-
gram. Orientation courses have been inaugurated by the
Army to tell the American soldier why he fights and what he
is fighting for. The British Army has set up such a program
on a much broader scale, encouraging the British soldier to
discuss important social issues which may affect his life in
peacetime.

then, could be the advantage in the Representa-
tive from Kentucky’s blockade of a pamphlet which will pre-
sent scientific facts on a question that is basic in any attempt
to combat Hitler’s super-race theory or indeed the Japanese
contention that they wish to free China of the “decadent”

white race? Racial equality is inherent in the Declaration of

one

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Opinion

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Wit’s ‘End Proper Destination
Of Confused News Letters,
Senior Says



To the Editor of the College News:

There is much discussion now as
to the efficacy of Freshman Eng-
lish. The opiriion of Freshmen is
not a valid criterion. Those really
qualified to speak are the Seniors
who, as in all things, can evaluate
with seasoned judgment its influ-
ence on their college career. In do-
ing so, I was forced to the conclu-
sion that the course is a deception
practiced by the same sort of mind
that teaches it is better to be in-
telligent than beautiful. I strug-
gled against this anarchism but
was not strong enough and in the
end it overcame me.

I suggest that Freshman comp
be completely abolished and in its
place there be instituted ascourse
called “English as is met with.” If
this were done I would not scan
many of the letters printed in the
News, muttering “my education
hasn’t prepared me for this.”

The English department is es-
If not, it
would have admitted defeat long
ago. It may have its reasons for
thinking that to introduce Fresh-
men to the better disciplined writ-
ers is more useful than to teach
them to understand bulky, mis-
worded accounts like some of those
of the “educated” people with
whom they must associate. I can
not understand this “bifurcation
of the student from the individual”
but since the administration prob-
ably can, I submit an alternative
—namely, that the Editor--of the
News publish such letters under
Wits-End. Thus, minds unprepar-
ed for reality by Freshman comp,
will at least know how they should
be taken.

If the editor wishes to initiate
this custom with my letter, it shall
not have been written in vain.

A Biology Major, ’44





WITS EN

In order to govern yourself you
must grasp principles firmly, and
no back-sliding. If you slip on a
banana peel you are _ obviously
losing your grip, and if you trip it
is a sure sign of equilibrium, whose
remedy is saying that the individ-
ual is an individual is an individual
and as such can slip or trip other
individuals in so far as he does
not infringe on their right of slip-
trip. That is why stars never
seem to collide, or if they do they
seldom bump, a further illustration
of which is obvious from the fact
that a door won’t open and shut at
the same time unless foully slip-
tripped. The moral question also
arises because there are immoral
beings which is why morals are
even if they weren’t. Get thee be-
hind me Greeks! Tread the straight
and narrow path under the station
at exactly eleven twenty-nine fifty-
nine, and never do anything with-
out telling anybody (preferably
everybody) about it. Somebody
may not understand but everybody
must or they will lock you up in a
bug house and let you count
crumbs for the rest of your days.
Obviously the situation is serious
when
fundamental principles slide like

eels
and leave you picking up banana
peels,





Anonymous Letters Criticized
_ By Pleven; Asks Students
For Signatures

To the Editor:

After the sometimes heated
statements recently published, on
subject ranging from Self-Govern-
ment to the schedule of exams, I
want to ask that we should be

spared letters signed with initial
or pseudonyms. Although I jer income brackets.

aware that it may be advisable,G
certain cases, for an _ individual
who is also an officer of some or-
ganization to withhold her name
so that her views may keep a
purely personal character, I do not
feel that this is the reason for the
sudden flood of anonymous: letters
to which we have been subjected
recently. To me these letters only
show that their authors had not
the moral courage to state their
opinions openly at the risk of dis-
agreeing with some of their
friends. If then the issues mean
so little to them, surely their ideas
must be too superficial to merit
the attention granted by most
students to the printed word as it
appears in the News.
Francoise Pleven, ’44





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Common Room, March 7. De-
scribing the present ~ diplomatic
situation as “extraordinarily dif-
ficult and complex,” Miss Robbins
summarized recent diplomatic de-
velopments in the third of the new
Current Events series.

The Turkish problem, Miss Rob-
bins said, is delicate as a result of
the recent donation of one-third of
the Italian fleet to Russia. The
Turks feel that Russian naval ac-
tion will probably lead to an at-
tack on the Dardanelles. Bulgaria
and Rumania are both reputedly
ready for peace, although Russia
is expected to demand territory in
northern Rumania,

Discussing the Polish situation,
Miss Robbins stated that Stalin
has in all probability ended nego-
tiations for peace by his recent
note. The current Russian demands
are: 1) a change in government,
presumably from the Polish gov-
ernment-in-exile in London to one
established in Russia, and 2) the
Curzon line as a basis for the post-
war Russo-Polish frontier.

The Russian peace demands on
Finland are still further complica-
tions in the diplomatic situation,
involving three main territorial
concessions—some of the northern
area bordering on the White Sea,
part of the Lake Lagoda shore and
the Hango peninsula. However,
Miss Robbins feels that the chief
obstacle to .Russo-Finnish peace is
the Russian demand for the intern-
ment of the seven German divi-
sions now in Finland.

The question of the treatment of
Germany in’ the postwar world
has arisen in connection with re-
cent parliamentary criticism of
the British government. Criticism
centers mainly on the. government
foreign policy, claiming that Eng-
land has followed Russia blindly,
failing to carry out the principles
of the Atlantic Charter. Mr.
Churchill has declared that the
Atlantic Charter does not apply in
Germany’s case, and he seemed to
advocate, Miss Robbins said, the
division of Germany into the old
pre-unification sections.





Independence and in the Constitution; racial superiority is a
foundation on which Nazism rests. American soldiers should’
not be left ignorant of the actual scientific facts as to racial
differences, nor should they be denied the opportunity to dis-
cuss in the light of these facts a question which is a vital



part of that cause for which they are fighting.

New Political Group
Debates Tax Problem

At Inaugural Meeting

Common Room, March 2: An an-
imated debate of the Tax Bill
launehed the recently organized
Political Discussion Group on its
career. Students aired their views
on such questions as the best meth-
ods to halt. inflation, and the de-
sirability of compulsory saving
versus heavier taxes.

A much mooted point was that

heavy deductions from the low-
- One faction °
felt that inflation could best be
caught in the lower brackets where
the increase had been proportion-
‘ately greatest, while other stud-
ents protested that deduction
should be made in accordance with
amount of income, showing that in
many cases the lower income in-
creases had merely brought those
incomes up to a decent standard.

An opportunity was afforded
members of the group not satis-
fied with talk alone, who are inter-
ested in labor, to meet Alice Han-
son and Sara Fredgant, prominent
figures in the Philadelphia C, I. 0.
Miss Hanson and Miss Fredgant
suggested openings for. volunteer
work in the Philadelphia labor -
union offices doing clerical, statis-
tical, newspaper, or other work one
or two afternoons a week. Such
work would use the special abili-
ties of the student for the organi-
zation’s benefit, while permitting
her a glimpse of labor from ‘the
inside. Edith Rhoads is at present
trying to work out such a program
by contacting various union offic-
ials.



Oninion

Three Freshmen Advocate
Better Organization
At Meetings

Dear Editor,

Although we approve of the
principle of mass meetings, the one
held two weeks ago was not suc-
cessful, in our opinion, in accome-
plishing its purpose. We went to
the meeting with open minds, not
knowing whether to support a new
constitution, or an old one with
amendments, and hoping that the
discussion would enable us to form
an opinion. However, even after
hearing the pros and cons of the
issue we were very confused. We
believe this confusion can be elim-
inated in the future mass meetings
by adhering to the following sug-
gestions:

1, Organize the meeting more
on the idea of a formal debate,
with an equal number of represen-
tatives for each side to present the
arguments, and with questions
from the floor, if necessary. In
this way, there will not be a ma-
jority of speakers on either side.

2. Appoint a mediator to pre-
vent the discussion from getting
away from the point (possibly the
head of Self-Gov’t). Give her the
power to intervene when she feels
an argument is irrelevant.

3. Make sure in advance that
a quorum of the student body will
be present at the meeting, so that
the meeting will not be a waste of
time for the minority attending.
This could be accomplished by
posting lists in the. different halls
the noon of the day appointed for
the meeting will not be a waste of
to attend should sign. If the heads
of the Association find that a
-quorum has not signed, the meet-
ing should be postponed.

We believe that legislation will
be dealt with more efficiently if
these reforms are accepted.














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Sophomore and Freshman

Taras Select

Candidates for Self-Gov’t Sec’y and Treas.

The Sophomore Class has nom-
inated Elizabeth Potter, Susan
Oulahan, Gertrude MacIntosh, and
Leila Jackson for Secretary of
‘the Self-Government Association.

The duties of the Secretary are
to keep the minutes of the Asso-
ciation and of the Advisory Board.
,post the notices of the meetings,
and attend to the correspondence
of the Association.

The college activiites of the
nominees are as follows:

Elizabeth Potter

Elizabeth is treasurer of the
Self-Government Association. Last
year she was vice-president of her
class. She is a member of the
French Club and the Choir, as well
as Business Manager of the Glee
Club. She is also on the varsity
tennis and badminton teams.

Susan Oulahan

Susan is the Sophomore repre-
sentative to the Self-Government
Association. Last year a member
of the Editorial Staff of the News,
she is now News Editor.
also co-chairman of publicity of the
Model League and was _ assistant
stage manager of the Denbigh
Freshman play.

Gertrude MacIntosh

Gertrude was Freshman hall

representative from Denbigh. Last],

year she was assistant director of

the Denbigh Freshman play, and

was on the hockey and_ tennis
squads. This year she was on the
varsity hockey team.

Leila Jackson

Leila is secretary of the War
Alliance. A member of the Inter-
national Relations Club, she serv-
ed as a delegate to the Princeton
and Johns Hopkins Conferences
and the U. S. Student Assembly.
Last year she was in charge of
costumes for the Freshman Show
and a member of the Industrial
Group. She is now on the Enter-
tainment Committee for the Model
League and also a permission
giver.

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ministrative positions. Majors in
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,
Political Science; Economics, Psy-
chology, and Journalism. Begin-
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48 hour week. Increase in salary
after a year.

YWCA, York, Pennsylvania. Op-
ening for asssitant Director in
the Health Department. Swim-
ming and dancing instructions and
other activities. Salary approxi-
mately $1500.

. Social Service Bureau of New
Jersey offers scholarships to grad-
uates interested in training for
social service work. A represen-
tative will come to the college to
-interview any applicants. Please



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notify the Bureau of Recommen- |}

dations, if you are interested.

Summer Jobs. YWCA in Penn-
sylvania. July 5-August 14. Op-
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* ‘for water front. Salary $75-$100.
Hudson Shore Labor School,
West Park, New York. Undergrad-
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school. See Bulletin Board out-
side Room H for particulars.

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The Freshman Class has nomin-|

ated Cristobel Locke, Rose Bate-
son, Nancy Bierwith, and Nicole
Pleven for Treasurer of the Self-
Government Association.

The Treasurer of Self-Govern-
ment will become the first Sopho-
more member if the position of
Common Treasurer is made defin-
ite.

The college.activities of the nom-
inees are as follows:

Cristobel Locke

Toby is the Freshman member
of the Self-Government Associa-
tion. She was her second class
chairman and Business Manager of
the Freshman Show. She is now
in the choir and on the varsity
basketball squad. She is also the
Freshman representative to the
Vocational Committee.

Rose Bateson .-

Rose was the first class chairman
and is. now President of the Fresh-
man Class.

Nancy Bierwith

Nancy is Vice-President of the
Freshman Class. ‘She was the
fourth class chairman and assist-
ant director of her hall play. She
plays on the varsity basketball
team and sings in the choir.

Nicole Pleven
Nicole was Director of the
Freshman Show. :A member of

‘the International Relations Club,

she served as'a delegate to the
Johns Hopkins Conference. She is
also a member of the French and
German Clubs.

Peyre Praises Giono
For Artistic Ability

Continued from Page |
nature. Giono seems to believe,
M. Peyre said, that we have lost
a profound unity of soul, and
seems to seek out man’s commun-
ion with nature and with himself.

In his work with the ‘‘epic” nov-
el, Giono succeeded in reintroduc-
ing heroes, characters of the novel
which, M. Peyre feels, have been
excluded from recent French liter-
ature. “The use of heroes helps the
novelist overcome the problem of
the epic novel in creating charac-
ters which are both individuals and
types. M. Peyre defined the re-
quirements of the epic novel as
length and continuity of effect, an
element of reality created by _a
unity of episodes, contact withha
simple but powerful nature, reality
heightened and magnified as in the
use of superhuman characters, and
finally a purpose which attempts
to give a meaning to life.















COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Miss Marion Edwards Park,
President Emeritus of the Col-
lege, will be the speaker at the
‘commencement services on June
6.







A, A. Board Nominates
Four for Presidency

Continued from Page 1

she is now on the varsity hockey
team. In her Freshman year she
was representative to the Athletic
Association as well as Treasurer
of Undergrad. For three years a
member of the Spanish Club, Ty
had the male lead in the Spanish
Christmas play this year. She is
in the Glee Club and in the chorus
of the Mikado.

Yvonne Townsend

Yvonne was secretary of the
Athletic Association last year and
is now its vice-president. She
has been on the varsity basketball
team for three years. She is a
member of the Science Club, a
permission giver, and Fire Captain
ie Pembroke East.
Julie Turner

Julie is Treasurer of the Athlet-
ic Association. She is on the var-
sity hockey and tennis teams as
well as the second basketball team.
She was on the stage crew of
Freshman Show, construction man-
ager for Hotel Universe, and in
the operetta, Patience. Julie is
now ‘secretary of the Stage Guild,
and a member of the Varsity Play-
ers Club.

' Elizabeth Gunderson

Betty is manager of both the
baseball and basketball teams.

She: has been on the varsity base-
ball and swimming teams for two
years, as well as the second hock-
ey and basketball teams. She was
‘her hall representative last year
and is now representative to the
Alliance.





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In Hard Fought Game



Gymnasium, March 4. Fighting
desperately for the winning bas-
ket, the Bryn Mawr and Ursinus
basketball teams tied with 4 score
of 20-20. The persistency with
which the yellow forwards shot
from all positions and the greater
height of the guards were met by
exceptional speed and teamwork
on the part of the Bears.

After the red team had broken
away with three successive bas-
kets in the opening minutes, the
Owls rallied to pile up an 8-6 lead
at halftime. In the third quarter,
however, Ursinus forged ahead
again, accumulating 18 points to
the Owls’ 13.

Unwilling to face a third defeat,
the yellow six, who . had played
every minute of the match, put
their utmost into the game and
succeeded in equalling the Bears’
score of 18. Promptly the red
team sank another basket, and in
the same minute Jean Brunn, ’44,
retaliated with her fifth amazing-
ly accurate long shot.” In the
tenseness of the remaining min-
utes both teams struggled for
possession of the ball and_ shot
frantically, but the whistle blew
before either was able to score an-
other point.

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Junior Class Chooses
Self-Gov’t Candidates

Continued from Page 1

Club. A permission giver and Al-
liance representative in both Pem-
broke and Wyndham, she is also
a member of the Spanish and Var-
sity Players Clubs. She has been
on the varsity basketball squad for
three years, teaches a maids’ class
in English, and is taking part in
the Latin play.

Britta Ericson

Last year Britta was on the food
committee for the Sophomore Car-
nival and a fire lieutenant. She is

now Pay Day Mistress and has
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Harji Malik Elected ||

Undergrad President



“My first move as _ President-
Elect of Undergrad”, confessed
Harji Malik, “was to dash wildly
for the last copy of the News to
find out just what Undergrad was,
and what I was supposed to be
doing.”

Stressing the fact that the cam-
pus as a whole was not really
aware of Undergrad, Harji pro-
poses more varied and interesting
activities under its sponsorship in
the year to come. In line with this,
she suggested that the language
clubs’ present their lectures on

‘ subjects still related to their for-
eign interests, but given in Eng-
lish, in order to include more of
the campus among their potential
listeners, as well as more campus

movies on subjets of current in-
terest.
Harji’s outside ambitions are

many and varied. She wants des-
perately to see Casablanca at least
six more times, get on a boat and
go home, and above all, to be able
to “act dignified”. In spite of her
present status as a Chemistry ma-
jor, Harji wants to get into the
“ diplomatic service after college;
but since this is still in the shad-
owy future, she is now concen-
trating all of her energies on a
world-shaking diplomatic project
—the inauguration of an afternoon.
soda fountain, preferably in the
Chemistry Building.

Self-Gov’t Relations
Clarified by McBride
Continued from Page 1

ment of the students if the Asso-
ciation misuses its power.

Self-Government, continued Miss
McBride, is an important way of
increasing the student’s ability to
manage her own affairs. The lim-
itations placed on the individual
also preserve the rights of the in-
dividual by preventing any in-
fringements on her liberty.

The welfare of the college re-
quires the respect of the parents

ofthe students, the communty—of,
Bryn Mawr and ithe alumnae and

friends of the college. The com-
munity, often forgotten, is par-
ticularly important, Miss McBride
said, because it is the group that
makes close observations and its
reports are trusted by those who
do not know the college.

The respect. of these three
groups aids the college in getting
the selection of students it wants.
If any one of them is alienated
the possible selection is cut. The
power invested in Self-Govern-
ment, Miss McBride concluded, is
based on the confidence the author-
ities have that the students will
assume the responsibility of pro-
moting the highest welfare of the
college.

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Spring Vacation
During Spring Vacation,
March 28rd through April 8rd,
all halls of residence will be
closed except Denbigh. The
charges for staying in Denbigh
will be $2.50 per day or $15.00
a week. Students who plan to
stay in Bryn Mawr during va-
eation must have their plaris
approved if they stay any place

other than Denbigh Hall.







Student Vote Makes
Gifford Alliance Head

Captured ffom a mass meeting
to be interviewed, Lydge Gifford
found some difficulty in remember-
ing any of her newly-formed aims
as Alliance president. AS the
shock apparently given her by the
reporter wore off, Lydge explained
her intentions. She said she sees
no need of a really new policy for
the Alliance but hopes for a re-
shaping of the old policy, includ-
ing a re-statement of the purpose
behind the Alliance.

“There should be no policy for
the Alliance board,” she said,
“other than~ that determined by
majority opinion.” —

In an attempt to get the major-
ity to voice that opinion and to de-
velop wider co-operation with the
Alliance all over campus, she in-
tends to inaugurate more frequent
meetings of the board and of Al-
liance hall representatives. She
hopes especially for stimulated in-
terest in Alliance activities among
the younger classes,

Turning to the subject of her
personal plans as one of the poli-
tical women of the future, Lydge
said that she hopes her mail will
begin to include personal corres-
pondence from Congressmen,
stead of ‘bills from Jeannette’s
Flower Shop. “Also,” she stated,
“I’m planning a trip-to Guadal-
canal in the near future.”



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Nettl Notes Relation
Of Goethe and Music

Music Room, March 5: “Goethe
and Music” was the subject of the
German Club’s lecture-recital, giv-
en by Dr. Paul Nettl, formerly
with the Westminster College
Choir, Mrs. Nettl, and Margaret
Spencer, ’44, soprano.

Mrs. Nettl opened the program
on the piano, with Bach’s Fantasy
and Fugue. Dr. Nettl’s lecture fol-
lowed and was illustrated at inter-
vals with the work of Goethe’s
various composers. Lyrics such as
“Das Veilchen,” “Mignon,” and
“Das Wanderers Nachtleid”’ were
sung by Margaret Spencer.

No poet has had so many of his
verses set to music as has Goethe
and one cannot say of any other
poet this his verses are more mu-
sical than Goethe’s, Dr. Nettl said.
Yet many people think that Goethe
was not musical; they maintain
that he understood neither Beeth-
oven nor Schubert, he pointed out,
this in spite of the fact that he
was in contact with almost all the
great composers of the time. He
worked with Berlioz in setting

bly the “Damnation .of Faust,”

Goethe, Dr. Nett] stated, prefer-
red Heichardt’s or Zelter’s “Erl-
konig” music to that of Schubert,
because Schubert made an-entirely
new work of art out of thé poem,
so that it became Schubert’s and
no longer Goethe’s. Goethe’s own
composers — Kiayser, Reichhardt,
Zelter and Eberwein—were hum-

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Gymnasium, March 1. The Fresh-
men, collecting a total of thirty-
two points, won the interclass
swimming meet by a wide margin.
They took the swimming crown
from the Seniors, the first swim-
ming champions of the year.

’47 took four of the eight events,
winning first and second place in
the 20-yard backstroke event. The
Seniors placed second with 14
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