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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940
Copyright,
Bryn Mawr College, 1939
Trustees of
PRICE 10 CENTS
Active Part
Urged by Ely
Argues Unbalanced Budget
Justified by Increased
Social Security ©
Common Room, February 27.—
“The greatest difficulty in this
country is our removal from practi-
al politics,” said Miss Gertrude
Ely, at the first meeting of the
Young Democrats Club. She urged
that students take as active a part.
as possible in the coming presidéen-
tial campaign by affiliating them-
selves with local party govern-
ments and by attending state or
national conventions.
Miss Ely warned the Young
Democrats that in the coming cam-
paign Republican leaders would
make many promises of balancing
the - budget and would accuse
‘Roosevelt of failing to keep the
promises he made in 1932. “Is ‘it
always best to keep your prom-
ises?” Miss Ely asked,—-“even if
the conditions under which they
were made have changed?” In 1932
the country was hoping that pros-
perity was just ahead and the
President’s campaign promises
were made under that assumption;
but business got increasingly worse
and it was necessary to take emer-
gency measures. Miss Ely asserted
that the last seven years had done
much to bring about an awareness
of what the people lack. “When one
compares the security given to the
country as a whole by such things
as Old Age Pensions, Job Insur-
Continued on Page Five
‘News’ Tryouts
Spring tryouts for the News
editorial board will be held
over the next three weeks.
All freshmen and sophomores
interested in trying out are
asked to come to a meeting
in the News room, Goodhart,
next Monday, March 4, at
4.30 p. m. In addition to
regular reporters, a music
critic is also needed, and
more photographers and an-
other sports writer can al-
ways be used.
Carroll Glenn Plans
Violin Recital Here
W onTown Hall Debut Award,
Southern Atlantic States
Music Club Contest
On Wednesday, March 6, Carroll
Glenn, prominent young violinist,
will give a concert in: Goodhart
Hall. Miss Glenn is fresh from a
triumphant recital at Town Hall
where she appeared as the winner
of the Town Hall Endowment
Series Award.
Miss Glenn studied at the In-
stitute of Musical Art and the
Juilliard. Graduate School with
Edouard Dethier. In 1937 she ap-
peared-as a successful artist with
the Chautauqua Symphony Or-
chestra. That same year she com-
peted for the Walter W. Naum-
burg Musical Foundation Prize and
was chosen to appear in a Town
Hall debut.
Continued on Page Four
FURTHER DEBATE
ON FINNISH LOAN
PLANNED BY PANEL
A second debate on the question
“Should the United States Loan to
Finland?” will be held in Rhoads’
showcase Friday evening. The ob-
ject of the meeting will be to pull
together the running survey of is-
sues and opinions given at the last
discussion, and resolve the ques-|
tion into the two strongest possible
arguments .for and against the
loan,
A brief factual report on the
government of Finland and the
course of the Soviet-Finnish war
in 1920 will open the meeting. One
group of students, who have not
yet chosen a chairman, will back
immediate aid for Finland. The
opposition will be led by Barbara
Auchincloss, 740.
The two groups will attempt to
outline the relevant facts behind
such assumptions as “Britain is
fighting an imperialist war,”
“America is being swept into war
by propaganda,” and “a loan will
put/ America on the side of democ-
racy against fascism and’ aggres-
sion.” Where these assumptions
cannot be backed or broken down
factually, both groups will try to
eliminate them as far as possible
from their specific arguments.
Snooping Sophomores Smelling Fishes
Completely Baffled by Freshman Tactics
By Rebecca Robbins, ’42
Class lines arouse .strong in-
group out-group feeling, especially
in a crisis (Axiom 33, Sociology
1). And on Friday afternoon
there was decided ill-feeling if not
distrust against ’48 by 742.
Sophomores, greeting freshmen
“for weeks before the Freshman
Show, would ask -bluntly—“What
is the‘ animal?” Oh, we let them
know we were out to get them; we
were direct.
Somehow ’42 didn’t make any
- «progress. The title of the Show sg spictoulasc= aa
was confusing; talking about ani-|
uals in the title isn’t cricket. It’s
alien to the whole idea of the show,
which is to keep the animal secret.
We didn’t think a freshman was
quite subtle enough to lead us off
the track. But if they weren’t
being subtle, they were being ob-
vious, and even freshmen couldn’t
be_ that _dumb—coming right out)
with Forbidden Concepts. |
We sat in a fuddle in Goodhart,
intent on the problem. Our se-
clusion was penetrated by the smell
Somebody was
scrubbing something. That should
be significant.
Suddenly, there was the tramp
of heavy feet. It went on, in and
out of Goodhart. The strains of
some tinny music, .and we knew:
freshmen! . Then, the connection—
freshmen and soap and water.
We leaped up and started snoop-
ing! Something was definitely
afoot. We walked up the second
floor corridor. Pent look for any
animals that “might be lurking in
the washbasin: On our way we
met a freshman. She was sidling
down the hall, and od Nery.
After supper feinia “Shae Bs
the Goodhart basement, exploring
the insides’ of victrolas in the
music rooms. Down filed three
more sophomores. That made five
of us, and no. freshman animal.
So we all went. up the stairs like
silent Indians, thoughtful, pensive.
In the’ midst of watching the}
dress rehearsal, one sophomore
roused herself suddenly. It seemed
to her that someone was singing
a tune in her head. It was the
Farmer in the Dell, and its sinister
FRESHMAN CAPERS CHARM
WITH SONGS AND SATIRES
By Virginia Sherwood, ’41
Goodhart, February 24.—Trail-
ing clouds of glory and joi de
vivre, Third Termite in Taylor got
its audience into a properly hil-
arious mood and kept it there
pretty consistently. When it was
over, the frustrated sophomores
had ants in their pants and the
|of an angry, red,
freshmen ‘had, pulled off a spec-|°
tacular coup with the appearance
“censored’* sign
at a crucial moment. All of which
proved that 1943 can give as good,
if not better, than it- gets.»
The production was adorned
with an aura of exuberance and
spontaneity which all but made
the second act, towards missing
the boat. The plot, which con-
cerned itself pleasantly with - the
peregrinations of Papa and Mama
Roosevelt’ amongst a» series of
womcy’s colleges, furnished a suit-
able background for some highly
efficient song and dance and some
not quite so effective dialogue.
The dancing, which consisted
for the most part in rather strag-
gling groups of girls in stitches of
laughter, was for some reason
utterly engaging, and the rug-
cutting antics of Ginger Frank,
were little short of magnificent.
The songs constituted another
bright spot, particularly the Dele-
gates’ Song and Charlemagne was
the King of Swing. The choruses
exhibited a marked and_ highly
unusual flair for putting them
Continued on Page Six
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MISS E. O’DANIEL
TO ADDRESS G. O. P.
‘Aims of College Club
Topic for Discussion
On Thursday, February 29, at
7.30, Miss Eileen O’Daniel, will
speak in the Common Room to the
Young Republican Club. Her top-
ic will be The Republican Record
and the Purpose of a College Re-
publican Club. Miss O’Daniel is a
secretary to John Hamilton, Chair-
man of the Republican National
Committee, and was here last year
in connection with the vocational
committee. Miss O’Daniel will be
introduced by Mr. Anderson who
has been appointed advisor of the
Club.
Mr. Frank Shows
Relationship of Music
To Greek Philosophy
Music Room, February 21.—
Mr. Frank opened his series of
lectures with a talk on Greek
music and its relation to Greek
philosophy. All the Greeks were
very much aware of the power of
music and its influence on Greek
life. This can be seen in the
many myths of Orpheus and other
gods who were able to charm ani-
mals and humans with melody.
. According to the Pythagoreans,
the spheres, in moving, made a
harmony of sound. All the mo-
tions of the universe combined to
form a symphony, music which
men failed to, hear only because
they were so accustomed to it.
Believing that the state of man-
kind depended on the choice-of har-
mony, the Greeks made the study
‘of ‘musi¢c:.a.pre-eminent. part of
education. Plato considered music
the “fortress of the state” and
philosophy itself a kind of music,
a harmonizing of all things.
' Greek music was an empirical
science depending on observation.
Plato, however, said that music,
like geometry and astronomy
should. seek_true™ ratios throu
hypothesis. Philosophy is the
true science, and mathematics and
music lead the way to’ it.
Ancient Greek music was homo-
phonous, mainly vocal, in con-
Continued on Page Five :
A. S. U. SECRETARY
SPEAKS ON PEACE
Relates Task of U. S.
To War, Gov’t Abroad
Common Room, February 28.—
Herbert Witt, National Executive
Secretary of the A. S. U., address-
ing a membership meeting of the
A. S. U., emphasized the potentiali-
ties of the student movement as a
force for peace and commented on
the European situation. Hitler, he
said, has no monopoly on anti-
democratic policies. Chamberlain’s
questionable loyalty to democratic
ideals’ and Daladier’s reactionary
domestic practices arouse distrust
as to the purpose behind the an-
nounced motives of England and
France, \
“Chamberlain and Daladier are
not fighting a democratic war,” Mr.
Witt said. Chamberlain could have
proved his interest in Democracy
by saving India, whose standard of
living and illiteracy rate have suf-
Continued on Page Six
Jobs of Undergrad
Board Redistributed
At a meeting Monday evening
the Executive Board of the Un-
dergraduate Association decided
upon a redistribution of duties for
greater general efficiency. Al-
though a great many of the activi-
ties which come under the juris-
diction of the Undergraduate As-
sociation are unpredictable, some
are recurrent and.can be allotted
specifically to different board mem-
bers. The duties of the president
were considerably lightened, and
were distributed among, the vice-
president, and first junior, sopho-
more, and. . freshman. .; members,
Those of the secretary, treasurer
and second junior member remained
approximately as they had been
previously.
The duties assigned to each
member under the new system are
as follows:
The president shall call and pre-
| side~at meetings, levy dues, and
represent the undergraduate body
whenever necessary ;
The vice-president shall assume
the president’s duties when neces-
up for a tendency, particularly in}
|Revolution
Alters Spirit
In Colonial Art
Liberal Ideas, Active Revolt
Fire New Literature
In Latin America
; Dri Arturé Torres-Rioseco in the
third*lecture of the Flexner series
“The Revoluntionary
Spirit and Romanticism of Latin
America.” The revolution against
Spain took place in the early
nineteenth __century —-and-~— there
simultaneously developed a new
spirit in. the colonial literature.
In considering the early litera-
ture, Dr. Torres-Rioseco pointed
out as fundamental the strong in-
fluences of Spain due to the exer-
tions of the home country and
the colonial authorities. The
luxuriant courts of the viceroys,
the ideas of Cortez, Pizarro and
aes “Se among the natives
the extPavagant oriental taste of
Montezuma, all contributed to the
development of Latin-American
literature. A romantic spirit was
created with Spanish resemblances
discussed
. which, when: evolved in America,
was permeated with a different at-
mosphere. However, the colonies
had not yet developed any distinct
Americanism in their attitude.
Foreign influences were prevalent.
France and North America had
revolted from tyranny and_ the
new idea of freedom had slipped
into Spain’s fettered colonies. The
liberal ideas of Montesquieu and
Voltaire, as well as revolutionary
violence, were irresistible tempta-
tions.
Between 1800 and 1825 Spanish
America gained her independence.
For the despotism—of Spain--was
substituted the dictatorship of her
own .sons, the Caudillos. . The
French interest continued and the
great liberators such as Miranda
and Bolivar, the latter a genuine
representative df the Romantic
School, beeame enthusiastic dis-
ciples of ‘Rousseau and other
French thinkers. The emphasis
on primitive nature and ecstatic
love, particularly appealed to the
Latin-American temperament.
From France they had also learned
Continued on Page Five
CALENDAR
Thursday, February 29.—
Basketball, B. M. vs. William
and Mary, Gymnasium,
4 p.m.. Miss O’Daniel speak-
ing at Republican Club, Com-
mon Room, 7.30.
Friday, March 1, — Religi-
ous group meeting, Common
Room, 7 p..m. Meeting on
Finland, Rhoads Showcase,
8.30.
Saturday, March 2.— Bas-
ketball, B. M. vs. Mount St.
Joseph, Gymnasium, 10 a. m.
Merion and Wyndham hall
dances, 9-1.
Sunday, March 3.—Hamp-
ton Quartet, Deanery, 4.30.
‘Rev. Vivian .T. Pomeroy,
Chapel, Music Room, 7.30.
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Lt... Monday, March 4. Third: f--. *-
Flexner lecture, The Revolu-
tionary Spirit and Romantic |
[iterature by jr. Torres-
Rioseco, Music Room, 8.30.
Tuesday, Mareh 5.— Cur-
rent. Events, Common Room,
7.30.. Bryn Mawr Entertain-
ment. series, Carroll Glenn,
violinist, Goodhart Hall, 8.30.
Wednesday, March 6.—Dr.
Erich Frank speaking on
Plato’s Conception of Philos-
ophy, Musie Room, 7.30.
sary, and in addition shall super-
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Publish kly during the College Y: ting Thanks- Common Room, February .27.— ‘ po '
ving, Cpristaas and ‘Baster Holidays, ian dori, aoe cen tion pay oh : . : . Mr. Alwyne directed “a concert Surview the Survey?
i the | interest of | Brya-Mawt College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Last week, the Republican Party cha ak Sli ak or,
: ryn_Mewr ios platform was published. Drawn hae ed RR Mae February is the Cruellest Month
The College News is ruby. rotected by copyright. No g that 5 é faculty of the department of music
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written up by Glenn Frank, the National Once there was a girl who took
permission of the Editor-in-Chief. : : last Monday evening He con-
” Editorial d Chairman, and 200 other mem- ; ee ‘ak én th ‘ i ah Sophomore Literature because, well
Editor-in-Chief bers, it is described by Mr. Frank . , é o sf aa =e te because she wanted to and don’t
EmiLy CHeney, “40 yk as “neither hide-bound nor hair- i ee ee a 85 ican . ©! ask so many questions. On the long,
, ‘ gk Editor ‘a 5 Copy — brained.” Like all party. plat- anaes paid isiecai gloria yee pean rainy afternoons she used to do the
— Bikers ssonpiciat than forms of recent year, the Repub- D 3 sn 7 a rer agus reading except for the reading that
Barer Lee Bett, ‘41 IsABEL MartTIN, *42 lican platform aims at a balanced ce a ee ae — rth Bers Re a Kage od ~~
. BocaTtKo, ‘41 Acnes Mason, ‘42 rermann, accompanist. ought was in bad taste. “Yclept,
B. Cooter, *42 : RUTH McGovern, “41 budget, ae. wuggents — aired Among the selections played|she’d. mutter, “Yclept him on the
EvizaBeTH Crozier, ‘41 J. Meyer, °42 be imposed ‘on all public securities] were the piano and violin Sonata|head.” And then she would laugh
‘. ye ‘41 Heven Resor, ‘42 | —federal, state and municipal. It} in C minor, opus 45, by Grieg, sev-|sourly for that was the way she
toa Cant. "44 . R. Rossins, *42 f revokes the newly acquired presi- eral short piano pieces by Chopin, felt.
Oxvia Kaun, “41 VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, 41 || dential, powers and repeals many Liszt and Debussy, and the vio-| On the long, rainy mornings she
MarcareT MacraTu, '42 Dora THOMPSON, ‘41 - ak lin and piano Sonatina in E, opus] would go to the classes because she
Photographer | Music Correspondent * — spe te ee, 80, by Sibelius. : didn’t have any other courses at
Littt SCHWENK, -- aoe P THESE Ferrer, ‘40 : alphabet soup. As regards as that hour. When is was 11 o'clock
Rn ath Beg Warcne "42 labor legislation, emphasis —, Gi L - h and another 150 years were over,
Business Manager "Advertising Manager laid on impartiality in the judg- ity ig ts she would have a long, rainy milk
- Betty Witson, ‘40 RutH McGovern, °41 ments of-the National Labor Rela- By Rebecca Robbins, ’42 lunch. “Eftsoons,” she would mur-
: 2 a Assistants 2 re r oe tions Board. The real conflict a — her long, slow
SABELLA HANNAN, Betty Marige_Jonzs, ; : ; : : : ength along.
Rutn Lenr, “41 ee _Marcusrite Howarp, ‘41 sicipop 86 parties will be in’ the Philadelphia has been stumbling} When it came time for her to
Mary Moon, 40 foreign policy, for the Republican] along under an inefficient mayor-|write a long, rainy paper she
Subscription Board platform requires that all trade|council form of government since| didn’t know what to write eaisk.
PEN gs, AB “40 agreements be submitted to Con- mae ang the prying real- Everyone tried to help her, but she
: , ; ‘Foati : _|ized that their money was flowing| would just smile dreamily at her-
Peccy Squiss, °41 Vircinia NicHoLs, *41 “or for... rasinention. Since, bY) over the dam. Soon they began to| self in the mirror, and el “Stone
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00 si aan eA genet yee oniee nasties He Tp 0° walls donot 8 prinen mace”. After
SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME not be passed, it is a rejection of|Some of them tried to do it. et teak linen wilikie ti ,
. : : Ast Be g this quotation
Z Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office Hull’s tariff reduction program. Progressive citizens called them-) for three weeks, it was brought to
‘ In Europe the principal event selves the Philadelphia Charter] the attention of the college author-
R) pring Fervor , was the Finnish retreat from the nee gr peor @ NeW/ities who looked sharply into: the
3 ; ; city charter. e charter was 4] situati
Come Spring, come Love: the sun isn’t warming yet, and the Mannerheim Line. Sweden and od f ty. f f situation and spoke ha her —
Fig" : ; Norway are in a precarious posi- plan for a city-manager form of gently. “Oh, Gawaine with you,”
nights aren't in shape for looking at the moon, but Man is slowly cat don sities aid to Wisilead chee government. she said crossly, and reached for a
percolating out of the frost. A sprightly hiss blew Mrs. Roosevelt's! sny movement on their part might Unfortunate note: a Republican| Camel instead of a fief.
teeth out of the freshmen show, and quick-off a nice red sign saying] give Russia the desired opportu- fe iol = that ge ee But Spring came and she was
CENSORED filled the gap. Anyway, Ginger Frank took the old) nity for attack. King Gustav, oe cr ei acer ocean dae much, much happier. So she took
Bryn Mawr we uséd to know off its flat feet and jitter-bugged it into supported by Parliament, has come], og p Republi : : a 7 er ee
ay out against the Activist party rolled by a Republican city ma-|she was packing to leave, someone
a lather all over Goodhart stage. By midnight Saturday the scene which favora help to the Finns chine. asked her which course she had en-
changed, and the lounge lizards of Rhoads rose to kick and congo in| oy the assumption that “gweden’s| , Under the old—and still opera-| joyed most during her two years at
the settled ashes of the smoking room. Earlier in the evening, Rock! life is threatened if Finland’s re- oe Ria P cyprey gore a leg-|college. And what do you think_
did its bit, surreptitiously worming 50 odd males in through the cracks| sistance is crushed.” - poo percept “a shan sg ae yo ong ee elt
' 8 cal -. 21 The case of the Altmartk is still : ; of ‘which goes to show tia
to see the show. ‘Pretty soon now this whole thing will wind up in a ae cea is. tie ferent wards. There is a ward| you can lead a horse to water but
rousing good. Spring hysteric for Merion. main questions of discussion: are, residence requirement for election.| you can’t make a sow’s ear out of
Life of the Mind is also twitching. You were supposed to be| (1) “Did the Altmark violate the Once elected, they get 5,000 dollars | him.
both a Democrat and an A. S. U.-er Tuesday (Dorothy Thompson, | neutrality of Norway?” Mr. Fen-|# ig for four years, and for the
, still croaking that it ain’t possible, reckons without, spring fervor). wick thinks so, since transporting cath tris ditle See Coals to Newcastle
Tomorrow the Republicans want reviving, next day Religion’s in the prisoners in neutral waters is lit- : gre Falling in line with those who
ceed himself, gets 18,000 dollars a tas
, ; . \tle different from seizing them want Bundles for Britain and
d then—Lo, th F lso Frid L i ra ane
Common Room and then—Lo, the poor Finn (also Friday). Louise} jaye, (2). “Did Norway ac-|¥e8™ for four years. He appoints alps onting Funds for Finland, we
‘Morley had found dozens of brand new stars that want to model for! quiesce in her own violation?” Mr. “Cabinet” of department heads for ied Paty os ee
the League-of Nations... the A. S.-U-is going to throw-parties-and} Fenwick-thinks not, since- Norway wo ye oe pri ye air Check Cheese to Czechoslovakia
* parties and movies on top. . - | could not know that the Altmark a ick oan ae taaeios: Rush Rubies to Russia
Oh, hell, spring—get under Pem arch and thumb a ride.
carried prisoners. (3) “Were the
British justified in violating Nor-
In Philadelphia
FORREST: The Streets of Paris,
revue.
LOCUST ST.: Key Largo, a
drama by Maxwell Anderson with
Paul
ALDINE: Swiss Family Robin-
son,
Edna
ARCADIA: Of Mice and Men,
) . with Burgess Meredith and Lon| River.
Chaney. WAYNE: Thursday: Frank
BOYD: Vivien Leigh and Clark| Craven and Fay Bainter in Our
field
in
with
Jean
Seas
Cary
Y
T
Gable in Gone With The Wind..
EARLE: Gone With The Wind,
FOX: Castle On
‘prison melodrama with John Gar-
KARLTON:
Alice Faye and Fred MacMurray
KEITH'S: Vigi
_ ley and Brian
STANLEY} Northwest Passage,
THEATRES
Dame.
Corner.
Muni and Helen Beverly.
MOVIES
and Saturday:
with Thomas Mitchell and
Best.
he Hudson, a
and Ann Sheridan. \ A
Richard Greene, RT
ork.
In~Lhe Night,
ne Shir-
e Old New
Carole Lombard,
A herne.
NEWS: Platinum Blonde, with
Harlow, Robert W and}
ACE: Rosa “\. ane
Grant in Hie Girl Friday. |
hardwe
Neighbors The Carters.
and ‘Saturday: The Lane Sisters
and Gale Page in Four Wives.
and Saturday: Charles Laughton,
Maureen O’Hara and Sir Cedric
Hardwicke in Hunchback of Notre
Sunday through Wednes-
day: James Stewart and Margaret
Sullavan in The Shop Around the
SEVILLE: Thursday: Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., and Margaret Lock-
wood in Rulers of the Sea. Friday
The technicolor
cartoon Gulliver’s Travels.
SUBURBAN: Thursday through
Saturday: Don Ameche, Andrea
Leeds and Al Joleen in Swanee
Friday
A large exhibit of handicrafts
from all over the United States is
to stay at the Art Alliance until
March 3. Craftsmen will demon-
strate their techniques on Wednes-
day, February 28, from 8 to 5 p. m.,
and on Thursday, February 29,
from 8 te 10 p.m. The show in-
modelling, enamel painting, leather
work, embroidery, wrought iron,
carving, stained glass,
wegian neutrality because the
Germans had done so?” This is
an unanswered question. Britain’s
-only justification—would be that
she was protecting the neutrality
of Norway, who could not protect
it herself. England is about to
put “the screws” on Norway for,
although according to National
Law a neutral country need not
forbid the passage of a belligerent
ship, the Germans seem to be us-
ing Norwegian waters as a base
for operations.
Sophs Hopes Sink
In Fruitless Quest
Continued from Page One
refrain was—‘“the animal is a
font.
Saturday, and corps of busy
sophomores explored basements,
and opened doors to dark closets.
They pulled back curtains and
peered into every freshman sink
in Rock. Water coolers were ex-
posed. All levels of Rhoads roof
were examined. No fish.
_ And then the freshmen pulled
animal turned out to be an ant.
could anyone ever find it?
the dirtiest trick of the year: their
Sophomores, wild-eyed by now,
weeused” the freshmen of © unfair
tactics.. A poor excuse for a ter-
mite, they said. .And anyway; how
the council can refuse appropria-
tions; the mayor can blame the
council, and the council can blame
the mayor, for governmental sins.
tion results. Separation of powers,
checks and balances, work badly in
so small a unit as city government.
Under the city charter proposed
in ’388 (“to be effective,” hoped the
hopeful commission, “in January,
1940.”) the loosely organized ad-
ministration is to be integrated.
The city business.is directed by
a professional city-manager, usual-
ly a former engineer-in-industry,
Guided by the merit system, he ap-
points all department neads, is him-
self elected by the council. Under
this system, councilmen can’t have
their nephews appointed as city
clerks. But (the catch) they can
fire the manager.
The council also elects the mayor
of the city from among its number.
The mayor leads the political par-
ty; mayor and council together
“shape policy.” The council legis-
lates—under various supervisions.
According to the proposed city
charter, coundilmen should be
elected at large. An at-large coun-
cil views the problems of a city as
a whole’ instead of quibbling over
petty log-rolling. Problems of re-
ricting. to: follow; population
shifts automatically disappear.
And with all the city to choose
each ref
_|far larger proportion of voters
ieutae 6 Ce eee cera
With responsibility divided, fric-].
Oust Oysters from Oystria
Fill Flasks for France
Gnaw Gnuts for Gnorway
Buldge Boats for Bulgaria
Donate the Danes to Denmark
Instigate Inthusiasm for Italy
Purvey Pop t Portugal
Edge Eprons for Egypt
Well, anyway-—don’t just sit like
a lump.
Department Buys
Spanish Literature
For College Library
Since the outbreak of the civil
war in Spain, the Bryn Mawr
Spanish Department has been con-
tinually buying the literary
works of Spain and South Amer-
ica. At present there is in the
library an excellent foundation for
the study of both literatures.
Of particular importance are
the bibliographies, Toribio Medina
and Beristain de Sousa, and the
reviews, Nosotros published in
Buenos. Aires, Repertorio Ameri-
cano from San José, Costa Rica,
and the Humanidados put out by
the faculty of The University of
Buenos Aires. bead
Mr. Gillet himself obtained the
complete collection of the issues
‘of the” Nosotros’ when he was: in
South America, but on numerous
occasions there have been compli-
Spencer Tracy from, there is no restriction onfind-| 7. :
cot bee aa nal sie t ttes and pottery. | That, said the freshmen smugly,|ing capable men. gecimaa Cn NE cea
‘STANTON: The Saint’s Double , an Italian] is the’point. And even so we don’t}. Also pro Proportional. aoa Hipatbed Anting ee
Tale fccce Handees andi ot or, who at one time did work/ like it: We think wistfully of the| Represen i Gane folee | Os eee
aah the oe , or the court of Albania, is show-| rumor, unverified, that the fresh-|nority representation. Under the|~—
DIO# Danielle Darrieux and\i"&-his work for the first time in| men grew apprehensive of the| present vote by districts, many dis- than does each Republican, and yet
der in Katia. America, at the Warwick Galleries, | last-moment ‘burst of sophomore tricts. with large Democratic minor- of course have no more power. .
car rat eae |2022 Walnut Street. His sculp-| activity. Thinking they'd surely ities had no Democratic representa-| Now, we can merely throw laven-
saa a {ture, in unusual material they were just|tion. The two the|der flowers over a dormant-if-not-
| modern charter for Philadel-
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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Opinion
Contributions to Library
For Maids’ Classes
Badly Needed ~ |]
To the Editor of the College News:
Toward the beginning of the col-
lege year, tlie News, in an article
on the Maids’ Classes, mentioned
our ‘ambition to create a nucleus
library for the classes. I have
also spoken to many people of this
plan, and they have been enthusi-
astic; but in spite of enthusiasm,
the News article and the occasional
posters I have put up (the best one
made by the Poster Class), very
few books have actually been con-
tributed. Miss Terrien gave us
three from her personal. library,
and: various teachers have done
their best. The largest single con-
tribution was made by Miss Layle
Lane, teacher at the Benjamin
Franklin School in New York, who
visited the League conference and
afterwards sent us a package of
about twelve books and many
pamphlets for our Negro Problems
and French classes. °
We need books of all kinds: the
standard classics; atlases, diction-
aries, good text books for refer-
ence in subjects like history, phy-
sics, economics and _ sociology,
simple French and German texts.
We would like duplicate copies of
French or German books. We want
light literature, too: detective and
adventure stories, _ biographies,
modern short stories; because to
be any good, our library must be
for. recreation as well as study.
Obviously we cannot’ be given all
the books we need. Some of them,
~The President— ~
President Park left Bryn
‘Mawr on Friday to carry out
-a plan made last Summer for
a spring vacation which she is
taking with Miss Ellen Faulk-
ner, head of the girl’s school
at” Milton Academy. Miss
Park and Miss Faulkner will
spend the first ten days on
the Gulf of Mexico near New
Orleans and then will prob-
ably go on to Guatemala for
“three weeks.
Miss Park will return at
the end of the college spring
pu
only to be used temporarily, vari-
ous undergraduates can take out
of the main library on their own
cards. Others we have to buy, and
we have already applied to the Ac-
tivities Drive Fund fora small al-
lotment.
Among books actually requested
by the classes are: more copies of
Shakespeare’s plays for the poetry-
reading class; one copy of Gregg
Shorthand, by John Robert Gregg,
the Gregg Publishing Company,
New York ($1.00 or $1.50), and
several copies of 5,000 Most-Used
Shorthand Forms, by Dr. Ernest:
Horn, Gregg Publishing Company
(50) for the shorthand class. The
poster class could use a book on
lettering, too, though it recom-
mends no particular one.
Please look through your home
libraries. You must have at least
one or two books that we can use.
(A book. in good condition is
doubly welcome.) Contributions
can be made through™Ann Spillers
at Rockefeller or through me, in
the French House.
DEBORAH CALKINS, ’40.
English Course Upheld
By Poetic Alumna .
To the Editor of the College News:
Vision of a Daughter of Albion
- The Argument
I loved the English .department
And I was not ashamed;
I trembled when D. H. S.
Attacked them on Valentine’s Day.
The Eternal Female groan’d! It
was heard all over the Earth.
Albion’s coast is sick, silent; the
American meadows faint!
Enslav’d, a daughter of Albion
weeps, a trembling lamenta-
tion,
For the English Department has
been condemned to dreadful
ignominy
By a Shadowy Female who has let
loose Satan, Og, Sihon ‘and
Anah
Upon the Body of Albion, Los and
Enitharmon
Are put to flight, she claims, by the
dulness of English Literature
he
A Memorable Fancy
Once I saw a Devil in a flame of
fire, ‘who arose before several An-
gels that sat on a cloud, and the
Devil utter’d these words: “And
yet it is,“ perhaps, the most boring
and the most futile course in the
college. And it seems that the
great mental powers of the Eng-
lish Department of Bryn Mawr,
etc.” The Angels hearing this said
nothing, which caused the Devil to
become almost blue; but mastering
herself she grew yellow, and at last
white, pink and unsmiling.
Auguries (
An undergraduate on a page
Puts all Heaven in a rage;
Elections
The Glee Club takes great
pleasure in announcing the
election of Shirley Weadock,
’41, president; Virginia Nich-
ols, ’41, costumes; Jerry Cat-
ron, ’42, lighting.
A Herben wounded in the wing,
A Cherubim does cease to sing;
A’ Stapleton clip’d and arm’d for
fight
Does the Rising Sun ‘affright.
She who unwisely deprecates
Shall never be President of the
United States;
She who shall hurt the little Wren
Shall never be belov’d by Men.
The Wanton Girl that writes the
“News”
Shall wish herself in other’s shoes.
ta
(Indignant Alumna).
Public Sg ish Helps
To Solve a Piney
February 28, 1940.
To the Editor of the College News:
It was pointed out in a letter
to the News last week that there is
on campus a curriculum committee
to which complaints as well.as con-
structive criticism concerning
courses of study should be brought.
The. publication of problems
which are felt to be real and which
affect as large a group of students
as does the first year English liter-
ature course is not, I think, in-
compatible with the functioning of
such machinery for adjustment. I
suggest, however, greater accuracy
in future letters from D. H. S.’s.
Let’s not dictate to Opinion!
Sincerely,
PEGGY EPPLER,
"40.
Comite Conducts
Essay Competition
On Peace Solutions
The Youth-Education Committee,
a newly formed branch of the Com-
mission to Study the Organization
of Peace is offering three prizes of
800, 200, and 100 dollars to those
groups which at the conclusion of a
period of study, submit papers em-.
.| bodying the most‘original and prac-
tical recommendations on the or-
ganization of peace. The contest
is not open to individuals. Papers,
which must be submitted not later
than May 15, should be brief and
specific with not less than 3,000 nor
more than 5,000 words, and should
be mailed to 8 West 40th Street,
New York City. ;
The Award Committee includes
Dean Virginia -Gildersleeve, of
Barnard College, Professor Denna
F, Fleming, of Vanderbilt Univer-‘
sity and President Ernest H. Wil-
kins, of Oberlin College.
In addition to this contest the
Commission is sponsoring a series
of informal student “bull sessions”
under the direction of Pennington
Haile. These are broadcast every
Saturday afternoon at 4.00 P. M.
(E.S.T.) over CBS stations. At
6.30 P. M. (E.S.T.) CBS is also
presenting talks by Dr. James T.
Shotwell on the question “Which
Way to a Lasting Peace?”
Over a year ago, Esperanto as
an auxiliary language was regu-
larly included in Denmark’s school
programs. More than 2,000 are
now enrolled and the number is in-
creasing. (Nofrontier News Ser-
vice). if
yw
It takes your breath away even to.-watch him. Down
perfect telemark turn...
and there he goes...faster and faster. That’s Bob Bour-
don, former Vermont champion. On skis, he’s one of
New England’s fastest. But in smoking, he’s strictly
on the slow side. Read what he says (at right).
‘the side of the mountain...a
In recent laboratory tests,
CAMELS burned 25% slower
than the average of the 15
other of the largest-selling
brands tested—slower than any
of them. That means, on the
LASHING
but chooses slow-burning Camels for
IN SMOKING
‘HE faster the going, the more fun in skiing,”
says Bob Bourdon. But he has a different angle
~ on cigarettes. When Bob Bourdon says: “Slow burn-
ing is my guide to more mildness, more coolness;
and more flavor,” he’s putting the stamp of actual
smoking experience on the findings | of science.
Fast burning in a cigarette means heat. Nothing
- dulls the delicate elements of cigarette flavor and
aroma so surely as excess heat. There’s little pleasure
FINE IN SKIING
But THE ‘EXTRAS’
WITH SLOWER-BURNING
CAMELS
Go.
costlier tobaccos.:
ON SKIS
In the Cannon Mountain -Aerial Tramway, Franconia Notch, N. H., Bob Bourdon (above)
enjoys a slow-burning Camel. “No speed for me in my smoking,” says this ski.champion.
“Camels are slower-burning and sive me extra mildness, extra coolness, and extra flavor.”
or comfort in a hot, flat smoke in which the flavor
has been burned away. The extra mildness, refresh-
ing coolness, and that smooth, mellow flavor of
Cainels“aré” confirmed by recent widely reported
‘scientific tests, in which Camels...the cigarette of
. burned the stowest of the sixteen
of the largest-selling brands tested! (See panel at.
left.) So, change to slow-burning Camels and enjoy
extra — smoking.
a ree a PUFF... MORE —— PER PACK!
Page Four
THE COLLEGE: NEWS
U ndergraduate Board
Splits Responsibilities
Continued from Page One
vise the work of all. Undergraduate
Association committees. This was
formerly done by the president.
The committees of the Under-
graduate Association are the New
Book Room, Curriculum, Voca-
tional and° Employment, Planning,
Common Room, Refugee, Dance,
Entertainment, Cut, Ushering,
Quota, Record Library and Point
Committees, and a new committee
for entertainment of sub-fresh-
men.
The secretary. shall keep the
minutes and records of the Asso-
ciation, and take care of corre-
spondence. She is also head. of
the Undergraduate Point Com-
mittee, and is responsible for see-
ing that each officer and commit-
tee has a fairly detailed record of
the things which she is to do dur-
ing her term in office, as well as a
list of recommendations made by
her predecessor.
The treasurer shall handle the
money ‘of the Association, take
charge of auditing the accounts
of college organizations, and help
with the activities drive.
The first junior member is, as
previously, head of the Cut Com-
mittee, but in addition will now
do much of the work connected
with the activities drive.
The second junior member is
chairman of the Dance Committee,
and as such shall manage what-
ever all-college parties, square-
dances and teas are held.
The sophomore member shall be
in charge of scheduling meetings
in the Common Room, keeping the
announcement bulletin board up
to date, sending out. notices for
Current Events and writing what-
ever other general notices are
necessary.
The freshman member, when
elected after Thanksgiving, shall
take over the three last-named of
the sophomore member’s duties.
The present members of the Un-
dergraduate Board are:
President ........:. Anne Louise Axon, "40
Vice-president .......+.. Camilla Riggs, 140
Secretary svveeeses Charlotte Hutchins, '41
Treasurer, ysiixe sess Christine Waples, "42
First junior member....... Polly Coan, ’41
Second junit eee .Madge Lazo, ’41
Sophomore a ll : ‘Alice rowder, "42
Freshman member . | Kitty Harriman, °43
N. Y. A. ENLARGES
WORKING PROGRAM
A bulletin of ° the National
Youth Administration reports that
its College and Graduate Work
Program is reaching 18.8 per cent
more youths than last year. This
increase comes from the Relief
Appropriation Act of 1939.
At Bryn Mawr a quota of 50
students may now be employed in
N. Y, A. work. The monthly al-
lotment is 750 dollars.
Carroll Glenn Plans
Violin Recital Here
Continued from Page One
This appearance was so success-
ful that she won the Endowment
Series Award which is given for
the most outstanding debut recital
of the previous season, a_ tre-
mendous honor.
The artist is from South | \Caro-
lina, but she came to New York
at the age of eleven to study music,
having won the contest in the
South Atlantic States of the Fed-
eration of Music Clubs.
Ureinees Holds heed
To Win Close Game,
Down Seconds 14-16
Monday, February 26. — Phe
Bryn Mawr Second Team missed a
last minute victory over Ursinus’
Second 14-16 for the second close
one of the season. Continual sub-
stitution was made by Bryn Mawr
in an effort to find the right combi-
nation, for the difficulty has been
all season that with irregular prac-
tise and abundant material the
same six rarely play together. In
the game, aside from a few Bryn
Mawr baskets in the first quarter,
Ursinus had control of play. How-
ever, a turn for the better came in
the second half and Bryn Mawr al-
most eked out a win. To say that
Ursinus had control of play does
not mean that the Seconds were not
passing or intercepting; they put
up a good fight, but it was not
enough.
BRYN: MAWR URSINUS
OUTDO 4 bis 0 bees 5 bea he we Harrington
DOMtUNME 6 win Tes , Gaara rarer a Fe Ehmann
Hardenberg .,..... 1 Hoagland
MPORUIOE 65 4 o's.0. 49 5 ee erage gare Hallman
Fleming (c) ...... Ss Ciena atk Ross (c)
Auchincloss .;.... Be es bu tse Levegood
Substitutions—Second quarter: Bregman,
Bechtold, Finger, Ferrer, A. Martin (4
points). Second half: Jacob, Dethier, Fer-
rer, Auchincloss.
Points Scored
Bryn Mawr—Squibb ‘8, Matthai 2.
A ae aap ea 7, Ehmann 4, Hoag-
an
N.Y.A. URGES neni pe
WORKS «~ EXPANSION
4,000,000 Unemployed
Youth Require Jobs
Washington, D. C., February 6.—
A National Youth Administration
conference reported its conclusions
that publig work and training pro-
grams must be expanded “to meet
the urgent needs of unemployed
young people adequately.” Ses-
sions attended by women prominent
in education, labor and social work,
were presided over by Mrs. Roose-
velt and Harriet Elliott, Dean of} >;
the North Carolina State College
for Women. Miss Jean Carter of
the Hudson Shore Labor School
was named a member of the sum-
marizing committee,
The discussions. showed that
there are at least one and one-half
million ‘young ~vomen between the
ages of 16 and 24 out of school
and without work. The confer-
ence recommended that measures
be taken immediately to aid all un-
employed young people in this
Still -No Blot
On Bryn Mawr.
Team Scutcheon|
Varsity Hoopsters Smash
Main Rival of Season,
Ursinus, 47 - 32
Monday, February 26.— The
Bryn Mawr Varsity remains unde-
feated after another hoop-throwing
contest in which Ursinus College
was downed 47-32. This score was
impressive since Ursinus has beat-
en Bryn Mawr consistently during
the last few years. So decisive a
victory was remarkable because
both Ursinus and Bryn Mawr de-
feated Swarthmore this year with
approximately the same score. With
Rosemont College the only remain-
ing threat, the chances are good for
a clean sweep this season.
The game centered around the
forwards of both teams, for Bryn
Mawr won on superior shooting.
Ursinus sank many more long shots
than the Varsity but the Bryn
Mawr guards were too much on the
job for the shorter ones to succeed.
The ball was often in the oppo-
nent’s half of the court because
they depended on many bounce-
passes and quick dodges to work
themselves into position. However,
they only wore themselves out and
lost the ball to the Varsity guards
at the crucial moments. Our for-
wards, on the other hand, relied on
quick passes, anticipation of each
other’s position, and on shorter but
more numerous shots. Although
Ursinus picked up in the second
half, the Varsity kept the same
standard of play.
BRYN MAWR URSINUS
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POLES cis a siken pes fare rr Von Kleeck
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Points, S ieee
Bryhn Mawr—Ligon 9, Norris 6, Waples
Ursinus—Harshaw 13, Von Kleeck 2,
Hogeland 17.
country, about 4,000,000 altogether.
The first suggestion of the con-
ference was “that the responsibility
of meeting this situation must be
shared by private enterprise, the
labor movement, the local com-
munity, and the government at all
levels.”
Alabama College has a tall girl
society called “Hi Cappa Cappa.”
i
BREAKFAST
RELAX and CHAT
at
The Bryn Mawr College Inn
ret
TEA. DINNER
Bryn Mawr
IMPORTED TWEEDS
Mrs. Ransom, Greenwich
Exhibition and Sale
College Inn |
Wednesday and Thursday, February 28th and 29th
Many. Interesting. N New .
. Blouses = Scents
COLONY HOUSE»
Inc. -
778 LANCASTER AVENUE
‘swam in four events.
Bryn Mawr Snims
To Gallant Victory
Vs. Syracuse, Ohio
fandid, February 13. — The
telegraphic meet with the Univer-
sities of Ohio and Syracuse re-
sulted in an altogether surprising
victory for Bryn Mawr to the tune
of Bryn Mawr’s 28 to Ohio’s 16
and Syracuse 3. With the Var-
sity’s stronger swimmers unable to
compete; Ligon took the brunt. of
the racing onto her shoulders, and
But. with
form-swimming ruled out for ob-
vious reasons more time could be
taken between events, Mention
should be made of the close-to-In-
tercollegiate Record time of the
medley relay, and, the very good
time of the free-style relay.
Summary:
Forty-yard free-style:
1, Ohio; 2. Ligon,
"40. ime 24.8,
Forty-yard breast-stroke: 1. Boal, °42;
2. Ohio; 3. P. Jones, °43. Time 32.0.
Forty-yard back-crawl: 1. Ligon, ’40; 2.
Ohio; 3. Gatid, 41. a
Free- style relay: 1, Bryn Mawr; 2. Syra-
cuse; 3. Ohio. _ Time 46.3.
Medley relay: 1. Bryn Mawr; 2. pan
3. Syracuse. ime 38.7. Record 38.4
Bridge at Deanery
On ‘Tuesday afternoon,
March 12, at the Deanery
‘there will be a Regional
Scholarship bridge party.
The price will be four dollars
a table including tea and
prizes. Everyone is invited
to come.
Swarthmore Beats
Fencing Team 5-4
Thursday, February 15.— The
Bryn Mawr Fencing Team fenced
Swarthmore College and ldst by the
narrow margin of 5 matches to 4.
Each member fenced three bouts
thus meeting every opponent. The
Misses Harper, °41, and Nichols,
41, each won two bouts losing in
both instances to Miss Macy, of
Swarthmore. Miss Magrath, ’42,
and Miss Dowling, ’42, dividing the
number three berth, fared less well.
_|Bryn Mawr fenced well and per-
haps with more preliminary warm-
ing up, might have won from Miss
Macy to win for Bryn Mawr.
Students Agree That Biggest Problem
Is to Keep United States Out of War
By Joe Belden, Editor
Student Opinion Surveys of America
Austin, Texas, February 19.—
Student thought on the college
campus, like public opinion else-
where over the nation, is now turn-
ing towards the November elec-
tions and the issues that are like-
ly to be involved. The collegians
of the country agree with the
American voter that the most im-
portant problem of the day is how
| to keep the United States out of
war. Unemployment comes next.
Interviewers for the Student
Opinion Surveys asked students
over the nation “What do you be-
lieve is the most important prob-
lem facing the United States to-
day?” From every section, New
England to the deep South, Mid-
dle Atlantic to the Far West, the
answer of the greatest umber was
the same: how to stay out of war.
Various other problems are:
1, Keeping the U. S. out of war.. 43%
2. Solving unemployment ........ 17
3) He ag the Duggeéet: 3.2...
4. Solving labor problems........ 3
5. Recovery of business.......... 3
6. Threats to democracy......... 2
7. Inequality of incomes......... 1
8. Solving youth problems........ 1
0. The 1940 elections. 0... 06. ces 1
20s RONOE kes 0s Oe CES ob kbces bok 1
11. Others and no opinion........ 21
In this instance, as has been the
case in many Surveys, college
people show practically the same
sentiments that:other ‘studies of
the general electorate have pointed
out. The question of war and find-
ing .employment for the jobless
are paramount in the minds of
most Americans, young and old.
Business recovery, however, seems
to be more important to the aver-
age voter, who placed that third
in the latest sampling of opinion.
nan}
————
Millions of times a day,
people the world over enjoy |
a happy minute with ice-cold
Coca-Cola. They like its clean ‘
taste and the after-sense of re-
-freshment that follows. Thus
‘the pause that refreshes with
ice-cold Coca-Cola is Amer- _
_iica’s favorite moment. GY
THE PAUSE THAT REFRE>
We NG
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___ Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Co. by
THE ‘BED-ADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
~ “Republicans tend to consider only
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Page Five
Latin-American Culture
Linked With Revolution
Continuea from Page One
of liberty, equality and fraternity,
and in their early ; poetry. there?
was an unfortunate confusion of
this spirit with pure poetic ideals.
Quintana and Olmedo made this
mistake, concentrating their poetic
efforts on elegies to their generals
and national hymns. These fore-
runners of the Romantic Period,
Dr. Torres-Rioseco said, suffered
from “an intense conflagration of
the mortal mind.”
The first real romanticist- was
Heredia, and the first romantic
poem was his “Temple Pyramid of
Cholula.” Like many other poets
of this period, he was persecuted
by the Spanish authorities and
lived a melancholy life. In his
poetry, classic and mythological
illusions are combined with realis-
tic discriptions of American land-
scapes. The latter is seen in the
poem, Niagara.
Bello, also nurtured under the
Spanish despotism in Cuba, was
yet a “symbol of the great intel-
lectual future of Latin America.”
He later became the spirit of the
‘educational movement in Chile, and
founded its national university. As
a poet he was famed for his beau-
tiful nature discriptions. With the
“bucolic mood of Vergil” he wrote
of the tropical fruits and plants,
one of his best poems being the
Ode to Agriculture in the Torrid
Zone.
to science, which he ‘considered in-
separable from literature.
By 1833 the poet had become the
prophet and the leader of the
masses, who had so recently been
released from the brutality of the
Spaniards. The _ sentimentalism,
tropical passions, and exaltation of
liberty appealed to their simple
hearts. This was symbolized by
“Sarmiento’s poem Faciundo” (Civ-
ilization and Barbarism), the story
of the tyrant Rosas, a typical Cau-
dillo in South America.
Romanticism had reached its
peak by 1870 said Dr. Torres-Rio-
seco, and was therefore ready to
die. Imitation had_lost its charm,
and the countries were beginning to
develop their own artistic genius.
With a many-sided culture, South
America had become the most cos-
mopolitan country in the world,
and ended the century with a new
literary attitude. They called it
“modernism.”
Active Part Advocated
By Ely in ’40 Politics
Continued from Page One
ance, Savings Deposit Insurance,
and the S. E. C., it seems to be
worth an unbalanced budget.
According to Miss Ely, the differ-
ence between the two major parties
is. that the Democrats are always
thinking of the welfare of the
reatest number of people, while
minorities. The Republicans, like
all conservatives, object to having
their habits changed and refuse to
see any value in changes. They
are sure that what was “good for
the country once will be good for
it now; since the budget has been
balanced in the past, it should be
balanced again.
fear that balancing the budget
would be disastrous for the coun-
try, for, as Miss Ely said, “a bal-}.
anced budget depends on an in-
crease in the national income.”
JEANNETT’S
| Where the flowers you wish
are neither limited by price
nor choice. ros a
method of most: social organizations
His interests also extended):
The Democrats |
O
NUTS and BOLTS
Princeton Caste
System
By Isabel Martin, ’42
The present investigation of the
Princeton Eating Clubs should be
of great interest to colleges and
universities which still retain the
“Greek-letter” houses, and to stu-
dents of other colleges who are in-
terested in a more democratic so-
cial system now in the future.
The so-called “caste”. or clique
depends more on money and past-
environment than on ‘talent and
ability.
In 1917, Princeton sophomores
declared that their clubs “were op-
posed to the best interests of
Princeton because they opposed |
democracy, raised a barrier be-
tween upper and lower classes, nar-
rowed the circle of a man’s ac-
quaintance,; set up false standards
by which men were judged, and
cost the individual too much
money.”: Using this statement as
depends more on money and past
a warning, the Daily Princetonian
of 1940 began a hair-raising cam-
paign to expose and perhaps better
what they term “the Princeton
caste system.” A series of editori-
als was printed on the financial and
social aspects, and solutions were
set forth. “The fundamental pur-
pose of the clubs,” the editorial of
February 7 read, “is to provide fa-
cilities for upperclass friends to
eat together at reasonable rates.
Today that original purpose has
been smothered and overlooked by
the hush-hush ritual.”
The following day the Prince-
tonian pointed out that most club
dues ran into 600 dollars, and that
it was a rare club member who ob-
tained benefits commensurate with
his investment. They estimated
that the cost of meals per person
was two dollars a day. As a solu-
tion for this, co-operative buying
was suggested. A financial body
should be set up to deal with the
purchasing, up-keep, and manage-
ment of the clubs. To this com-)
mittee clubs would refer their
weekly menus, food could be or-
dered en masse, and thus food rates
would be less.
On February 9 the social clique
system was attacked as the “out-
standing evil.” There is more in-
terest, especially around club-call-
ing time, on social consciousness
than upon friendship and interest.
Friends are torn apart because
Sophomores fear to form iron-
bound groups for member$ghip in a
single club. Club-calling was de-
nounced because a mere ten-minute
conversation with a stranger de-
Representatives From Penn |
Commend Council Aid
Of Trade Policy
To the Editor°of the News:
Enclosed are two letters, from
Representatives Allen and Ditter|
of Pennsylvania, replying to “the
Peace Council’s letters supporting
the reciprocal. trade agreements
policy:
“Dear Miss McCampbell:
I have received your letter of
February 138 and wish to take this
opportunity to assure you -that I
concur absolutely with your views
concerning the reciprocal trade
agreements. I have done and
shall do everything I can to ex-
tend these agreements which I
firmly. believe aré beneficial to our
country.
With kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT G. ALLEN.”
“Dear Miss McCampbell:
Thank you for your. letter of
February 14. While the policy of
reciprocal trade agréemnts has
much merit, I am convinced that
the procedure followed by the
present Administration in negoti-
ating: these treaties has been a
deterrent rather than a help to
our own domestic economy.
Very truly yours,
J. W. DITTER.”’
A letter was also received from
the office of Secretary Hull thank-
ing the Peace Council for its sup-
port of the program.
Sincerely,
MARY JORDAN MCCAMPBELL,
Secretary, Peace Council.
cides the upperclass life of a sopho-
more. The editorial board set forth
a new system of election: club
calling should be abolished, more
sophomores should form “TIron-
bounds” and should list four clubs
lin order of preference; these lists
would be submitted to a general
committee of club presidents and
undergraduates who would distri-
bute the groups accordingly. They
further suggested that resident
masters should be installed, and
that upperclass preceptorials
should be held in clubs in order to
make them more intellectual and
cultural units. .
Letters of praise poured in from
undergraduates, alumni, and inter-
ested observers. William Dixon,
head of the interclub committee
wrote to the Princetonian, praising
a little wistfully their bold at-
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Infallible Taylor Fails
By Alice Crowder, °42 _
The campus. last week unwit-
tingly underwent a bloodless revo-
lution. The crux of the matter
may be stated briefly: Taylor clock
was five minutes slow while the
Library clock ticked five minutes
ahead of schedule.
The effects were instantly felt.
No tabulation of the damage done
has yet been made, but it is esti-
mated in* the thousands, to say
nothing of the unfortunate indi-
viduals who were. immediately
shipped to the State asylum. Class-
rooms continued vacant as the
clocks of Taylor’s interior ticked
on past the ten-minuté deadline.
Professors by the dozen fell weakly
over their desks, collapsed by heart
failure. At last the dreaded stu-
dent boycott had descended.
The gradual trickle of students
into the deserted rooms lasted un-
til -the bell again tolled an uncer-
tain hour. The rising chorus of
squeaking doors in Taylor awak-
ened those still asleep in the halls
in time to add them to the door
squeakers as the bell abruptly
punctuated their sound.
Certain peculiarities in the cri-
sis may be particularly mentioned.
First, the three sides of Taylor
clock showed, at times, a marked
dissimilarity; second, ‘the _ bell
clanged five minutes before the le-
gitimate time. These difficulties
were cleared up by an interview
with Richard, the Taylor porter.
It_ is the wind which causes the
conflict between the sides of the
clock. It is Richard himself, whose
watch never fails, who rings the
bell.
Mr. Daugherty, the college elec-
trician, sets the clocks of the Li-
brary and Taylor regularly. The
Library one is regulated by the
downstairs clock behind the loan
desk; Taylor from some mysteri-
ous place in the tower. The ques-
tion of how Mr: Daugherty can
guess what is on the outside of the
clock by what is inside remains
still unanswered.
Erich Frank Relates .
Philosophy to Music
Continued from Page One
trast to the modern instrumental
music, and ‘the melody was_ the
essential part, while rhythm and
time were indicated by the accom-
panying poetry. Similar to its
descendent, the Oriental ‘music of
today, the oldest Greek music was
in quarter tones, but toward the
end of the fifth century the semi-
tone, the diatonic scale, began to
take the place of the older har-
monies. The new music was less
austere, sweeter, softer and it had
a definite effect on Greek life.
The old religion lost its power,
the customary worship of the gods
being still observed, but no longer
believed in. Contemplation of the
gods shifted to human contempla-
tion as can be seen in sculpture
and philosophy (here it accounts
for the growth in the importance
tack.
The Class of ’42 drew up a peti-
tion asking for a committee to in-
vestigate eating clubs with a “view
towards reorganizing the financial
structure and perfecting the pro-
cedure of election.” Princeton now
stands on the threshold of action.
of ethics).
In the fourth century the ex-
pression of passion in dithyramb
music was freed from all rules,
and it became an absolute music,
its object to express every emo-
tion, “to imitate the whole field of
nature.” Plato objected to this
concept of music and also opposed
the diatonic harmonies because he
felt that they debased human
character with their softness and
sweetness. At this time many con-
sidered music complete happiness
and the ultimate aim of life, a
view held also in the Romantic
Age, although after Mozart’s Don
Giovani emphasis reverted to har-
mony dependent on exact mathe-
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By Emily Cheney, ’40-
The Pigeon Book (née Folies de
Wyndham) is causing ructions in
the News editorial policy. First
we get a letter to the effect that
the birth pangs of the Kids. from
Wyndham read like a_ telephone
book. This‘is signed ‘“O. K. (this
is not Olivia Kahn).”
You ought to know. As a’ mat-
ter of fact; a trip to Merion proved
the author correct. She is not
Olivia Kahn. Of course we cannot
publish the document until the
author reaches a positive decision
as to who she is, and divulges her
secret into the editorial ear. This
case is still pending and we leave
it as Exhibit A.
But the second saboteuse 18
really insidious. Not limiting her-
self to saying she isn’t someone,
she says she is Anna Ingram, ’43,
which ‘is untrue. She isn’t. (A)
There is no such person. (B)
Gloria Helen Ingraham, ’43, im-
mediate suspect, was non-plussed.
Said she knew she wasn’t Anna,
and she doesn’t write letters. So.
Our Woman Livingston ¥eports
Gloria an honest, willing girl, not
the shifty type.
The only clue left is the fact
that Exhibit B was handed-to the
News by Anne Updegraff, ’42,
French House inmate, who claims
to have gotten it from a freshman
in Rhoads. Actually, no one in
Rhoads could have done it.-They’re
an uncomplicated bunch down there
and besides, look at the water
units.
French House—the Home of
Whimsy. Might not the hand that
laid a~ Pigeon turn, ~diabolically
whimsical, to satirize its first-
born? The game the Redskins
played in the old Alleghenies is
still the whimsiest thing on earth:
to prove that I know you know I
know.
Tracking our You Know What,
our own little Woman L. crunches
through the drifts..to Wyndham.
The Pigeon Perpetrators aré.seat;
ed in attentive. postures all over
the floor; and-—all_of.them deny the
letters. At a disadvantage in
pigeon English, the little Woman
admits temporary defeat.
(To be continued next week—
that is, if anyone lets us know
who they are.) Z
Freshman Capers Charm
With Songs and Satires
Continued from Page One
across. Less successful were the
solos, which were usually pitched
too high to permit either clear
enough enunciation or enough
noise.
Natalie Bell, as Eleanor, dis-
played a liberal amount of the
impersonator’s talent, but was at
times hampered by bad timing and
poor lines.
Agnes Martin, as the “fickle
Franklin, who succumbs tempo-
rarily to the charms of the Ben-
nington girls, came close to steal-
ing the show. Her performance
was a masterpiece of unselfcon-
ciousness and a Roosevelt imper-
sonation to end all Roosevelt dittos.
Particularly effective was the wild-
eyed announcement: “Quick! Pull
up the fireside—I feel a chat com-
ing on.”
A poignant characterization was
that of Phyllis White as the Crea-
ture. Her agonized contortions
formed a highly effective blot on
the flowerlike beauty of the Vassar
scene.
The second act proved a trifle
anticlimactic. This was caused in
part by the lengthy auctioning of
the posters, during the entre’acte,
a practice which enjoys our hear-
tiest disapproval.
' The best scene in the second
act was the History Class under
the able leadership of Patsy Mc-
Knew as the Dean. Least effec-
tive was the English basement
episode in which nine of the pro-
fessors were given adequate oppor-
. tunity to display what talents they
might have had. The exception
was Harriet Houston as Mickey
Finn, who needed no lines to put
across a practically perfect imper-
sonation.
The rather chaotic finale was
improved by the reappearance of
the wild-eyed Miss Martin. After
the usual breathless pause, an ant
in a test tube was’ neryced and
Goodhart rocked, to the’ assorted
classical cheers of the audience. -
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Fenwick Leaves B. M.,
Reid to Substitute
Mr. Charles G. Fenwick of the
Department of Political Science
is leaving March 8 for South
America where he is joining the
other members of the Inter-Ameri-
can Neutrality Committee. After
his work is finished in June, Mr.
Fenwick will return and will take
up his courses again in the fall.
During Mr. Fenwick’s absence,
his classes in second and third-
year politics will be taken over by
Dr. Helen Dwight Reid, formerly
a professor of government at the
University of Buffalo and lecturer
at the Academy of International
Law at the Hague. Dr. Reid
graduated from Vassar College
and took her M.A. and Ph.D. de-
grees at-—_Harvard —_ University.
Holder’ of . fellowships from the
Carnegie Institute and the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, she has
had the opportunity of doing re-
search in many foreign capitals.
Dr. Reid will also take over the
task of continuing the weekly talks
on current events usually given by
Mr. Fenwick.
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A.S.U. on War Policy
Continued from Page One
fered under British domination. In
France, war emergency measures
have resulted in the destruction of
Democracy and the surpression of
labor with increased war profits to
employers. :
There is no poular enthusiasm
for the war in France. Labor
Unions have been deprived of their
legal status. Working hours, once
on a 40 hour a week basis, now
average 72-hours-per-week,.._In.one
instance, an airplane plant was
forced to increase production from
500 to 1000 planes per week. The
employees resorted to a slow-down.
This protest against the govern-
ment war methods was dissolved by
the announcement of the purchase
of 2000 American planes.
The case of Loyalist Spain and
China are distinctly different, Mr.
Witt said. China, which is fighting
a war of -indépériderice, has raised
its standard of living, established
cooperatives, increased higher edu-
cation. She has set up a demo-'
cratic national parliament, and
maintained freedom of speech. Loy- |
alist Spain has expanded its educa-
tion.. Many Spanish refugees are
now held in French concentration
camps, which are as rigid as those
of Nazi Geramny.
As to the Finnish question, Mr.
Witt explained that a 20 million
Rev. Pomeroy to Speak
After many requests from
the campus, the Bryn Mawr
League has invited the Rey.
Vivian Pomeroy to speak on
Sunday evening in the Com-
mon Room. Mr. Pomeroy is
minister of the Unitarian
Church of the First Parish
of Milton, Mass.
Mr. Pomeroy has spoken
often in the Milton Academy
. Chapel, and at several other
schools. He has never before
spoken at Bryn Mawr.
dollar loan would not be of did to
the Finns. The outcome of the
crisis, he said, is already clear.
That the Finns don’t need loans is
indicated. by the fact that seven of
the first ten million dollar loan lies
undrawn in the Export - Import
bank. Regarding the possibility of
our involvement in the war through
Finnish loans, Mr. Witt pointed
out that any nation which gives of
its resources to foreign powers is
ultimately obliged to devote its for-
eign policy to the same powers.
America’s domestic policy toward
Finland has become a political is-
sue and the pressure of this issue
is hastening America’s commit-
ment to a Finnish victory. Even
the President’s speech to the Amer-
ican Youth Congress, according to
Mr. Witt, was colored by misstate-
ment. The President asserted that
he was sympathetic to the Soviet
Union. at- the time. of. its formation -
under Lenin. Yet at that time, as
Assistant Secretary of the Navy he
dispatched American destroyér and
4,500 American soldiers to Mur-
mansk.
“History,” Mr. Witt said, “is
moving more rapidly than in 1914,
and the situation is more crucial.”
It was one and a half years be-
fore Americans discovered a moral
issue in the last world conflict. It
has taken the American press only
three months to develop one for the
present crisis. It took American
diplomatic emissaries one and a
half years to get started on diplo-
matic visits to foreign capitals:
Sumner Welles has a year’s jump
on Colonel House. The American
people knew little about the ‘extent
of America’s commitments to bel-
|ligerents until 1927, In the present
situation, we cannot assume that
all the facts are on the table.
We mist take sides in the Euro-
pean situation, Mr. Witt said, but
with a view to creating the condi-
tions for a peace which will not be
drawn up according to any politi-
cal or financial influence. Such a
peace should be on both sides of the
trenches, and must begin with
peace at home. The present war
economy budget is designed to meet
the needs of the Allied war cabi-
nets and is heading the people of
Europe to disaster.,
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