College news, February 23, 1944

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VOL. XL, NO. 16

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1944

Copyright, Trustees is
Bryn Mawr College, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





Henri Peyre Traces
Recent Experiments
Of French Novelists

Goodhart, February 21. The in-
fluence of “tradition” and “exper-
iment” in the modern French nov-
el was discussed by M. Henri
Peyre in the third of a series of
lectures on the contemporary novel
in France. Commenting particu-
larly upon the novelists Romains,
Celine and Martin du Gard, M.
Peyre noted also the influence of
English and Russian literature,

The (French novel has borrowed a
great deal from the novél tradi-
tions of both England and Russia,
said M. Peyre. French novels had
tended to become allegorical and
semi-philosophical, “short stories,”
expanded and stretched to novel
length.. French writers recognized
their failure to produce true nov-
els, and turned to the tradition,
first of England, then of Russia.
The study of Russian literature
especially enriched the French nov-
el by introducing a complexity of
plot and of psychology which had
previously been lacking, and by
adding what M.\Peyre called. a
“third. dimension,” | necessitating
an: analysis not only of the rela-
tions between human beings, but
the relations betwen man and him-
self and between, man and God.
‘The foreign influences did not
extinguish in any way, M. Peyre
felt, the exclusively French form
of the novel, called -by Gide “the
pure: novel” «The efforts: of the
modern French novelists have been
turned toward the integration of
the English and Russian influences
with the good elements of French
novel tradition to produce a new
and distinct novel form.

Jules Romains. is important
chiefly for his development of the
long novel, “le roman fleuve,” and
for his philosophy of unanimism.
The influence of this long, contin-
ued novel was not altogether bene-
ficial, for it laid too much stress
on length alone, M. Peyre said.





Mass Meeting

A mass meeting of the Self-
Government Association will
be held in Goodhart auditorium,
Thursday, February 24 at 7:30
to consider the _ following
points;

I. A shiegestion that the pres-
ent constitution should be
renounced and that a com-
pletely new one should be
framed.

A petition “to hold a vote

of the membership of the

Association in order to de-

termine whether they agree

to the following extensions
of the smoking privilege
either in whole or in pari”

by amending resolution IX:

. Bryn Mawr students to be
permitted to smoke any-
where on campus outside
of buildings.

. Bryn Mawr students to be
permitted to smoke on the
Paoli Local at any point on
the line.

. Bryn Mawr students to be
permitted to smoke in the
Bryn Mawr or other Main
Line railroad stations.

II.

III. A petition to hold a mass
meeting of the Association
to consider “the existing
and possible resolutions

concerning smoking.”





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Model League Plans
To Assemble at BMC

(Delegations from approximately
twenty-five eastern ‘colleges will
be present at the Eighteenth Mod-
el Assembly, Middle Atlantic Divi-
sion, which will meet at Bryn
Mawr from March 30 to April 1.
The Assembly will take the form
of a conference of the United Na-
tions, with Bryn Mawr represent-
ing Iraq. Dorothy Bruchholz, ’46,
will be the Bryn Mawr delegate to
the Political Commission, Virginia

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Junior Class Chooses Malik, Thomas, Cox,



And Clarke as Undergraduate Candidates



MARY COX



| Duty of Officer Includes
Coordinating Student
Activities



The Junior class has nominated
Harji Malik, Virginia Thomas,
Mary Cox, and Ann R. Clarke as
eandidates for the presidency of
the: Undergrduate Association.

The president of the Undergrad-
uate Association is the co-ordinat-
or of all undergraduate extra-cur-
ricular activities. This includes the
foliowing-up of the activities of
the clubs, responsibility for the
work of the Sub-Freshmen, \ the
Entertainment, the Vocational, the
Employment, the Record Library,

New Book Room, and Curricular!



HARJI MALIK



Committees, and the planning of
social affairs.

The president is the representa-
tive of the undergraduates in their
relations with the faculty, the ad-
ministration, halls, visitors and
speakers on campus. . She is head
of the College Council on which
are also representatives of Self-
Government, the League, the Ath-
letic Association, the College
News, all classes, graduates, alum-
nae and faculty.



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Junior Class Nominates Candidates
For President of Self-Government





VIRGINIA THOMAS



MARY JEAN HAYES

Four Candidates Include
Thomas, Hayes, Clarke
And Kistler



The Junior class has nominated
Virginia Thomas, Mary Jean
Hayes, Barbara Kistler and Ann
Clarke as candidates for the pres-
idency of the Self-Government As-
sociation. ss

The president. of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association is responsible
for the discipline and conduct of
the student body. In serious ‘in-
fractions of the rules she is expect-
ed to.deal personally with the-mis-
creants, while in the lesser cases
the problem can be settled through
the Executive Board and the hall
presidents in the weekly meetings
at which she presides,

Virginia Thomas

Ginny Thomas was treasurer of
her class Freshman year. As a
Sophomore she was class president
and Sophomore representative to
the Undergraduate Association.
This year she is secretary of the
Self-Government Association. She
is a member of the Dance Club,
and president of the Spanish Club
this year.

Mary Jean Hayes

Mary Jean Hayes was Freshman
representative to the Self-Govern-
ment Association, and a member
of the committee directing the
Sophomore carnival given last
year. She was a councilor 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 a
member of the Dance Club and the
French Club.



Barbara Kistler .

Barbara Kistler is Junior class
representative and a permission
giver. She is also air-raid warden
for Merion. She was on the swim-
ming team her Freshman and
Sophomore years.

Ann Clarke

Ann Clarke was in the aquacade
her first year and on the lighting
committee for Freshman Show.
Her Sophomore year, she was the
League representative from Rock-
efeller Hall, This year, she is a
permission giver, an assistant fire
warden, co-owner of the soda foun-
tain, and head of the last Rocke-





BARBARA KISTLER



ANN CLARKE



Yale Press Volumes
Donated to Library

- The Library has received as a
gift in memory of Professor
Charles McLean Andrews three
hundred and forty-six volumes
published by the Yale University
Press. The gift, which comes
from an anonymous donor, is val-
ued at over one thousand dollars,
and has been presented in honor
of Professor Agdrews as a former
member of the Bryn Mawr Col-
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Charles McLean Andrews was
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History in Yale University from

‘Alas, Poor Yorick’
Combines Variety,
(Originality, Satire
Thin Continuity Overcome

By Expert Direction
And Talent



By April Oursler, °46

Alas, Poor Yorick combined ad-
mirable ingenuity in theme with
brilliant individual performance to
present a thoroughly original
Freshman Show. Getting away
from the usual campus take-offs,
this year’s show was a satire on
human preoccupation with such
petty matters as which of two sky-
scrapers is the tallest and its ef-
fect on monkey and man.

On the whole, the show was char-
acterized by expert direction and
attention to detail both in the
writing and performance. The
theme allowed for a large number
of vaudeville skits which were
carefully tied in with the’ sky-
scraper problem. However, the con-
tinuity was weakened by the nec-
essary pauses as the stage was
cleared of one scene in preparation
for another, and through the indi-
viduality of each different act.

Among the most outstanding of
the skits was the Sailor and his
Love singing the “Maudlin Min-
uet.” Mary Helen Barrett ‘com-
bined a natural imitative talent
with a bass voice and gestures
characteristic of a. sailor on leave.

Also exceptional was ~Marion
Moise as the Congressman with
stage whisper delivery. Her dou-
ble-talk speech about the “height
of the buildings was rivalled only
by her animated but still throaty
bidding from the balcony during
the auction.

Marietta Taylor’s delivery of
“One of Two, or Who?” was a
striking example of poise and ef-
fective gesturing, while Elizabeth
Dowling’s “Blues of the Biuve
Books,” also characterized by
stage presence, showed an innate
sense of the satiric, and a mastery
of caricature and movement,

In general, however, it was the
music that carried the show. Bas-
ically catchy tunes combined with
unstrained lyrics, as in the case of
“The Group That’s Got a. Mania’



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Sophomore Sleuths Search les Buildings
For Hubbard Poodle While Yorick Escapes



By Patricia Behrens, °46

A larking professor and _ his
wife, luck, and_ the . obliviousness
of train passengers turned Satur-
day night into a victory for the
Freshmen and a chattering little
monkey named Yorick. Yorick’s
charmed life as a Freshman ani-
mal began on his trip down from
New York. The entire’ trip was
made on the same train with a
Sophomore, who saw _ “Yorick’s
box, but did not realize the signi-
ficance of the travelling animal.

When Yorick and his keeper
quietly left the train in Haverford,
the Sophomore paid no attention.
Yorick then boarded a taxi and
made the trip to Bryn Mawr, com-
pletely unnoticed. Once here, he
took up residence with Mrs. Wheel-
er in Low Buildings. By a quar-
ter of seven Saturday night, three
quarters of an hour before their
seven-thirty deadline for finding
it, the Sophomores were convinced

He had no need to fear, however,
for the Sophomores believed that
the animal was _Mr.--Hubbard’s
French poodle named Nicole, also
a resident of Low Buildings. The
fact that the dog’s name was the
same as that of the Freshman di-
rector, Nicole Pleven, plus_ the
evasiveness and gay trickery of
the Hubbards convinced the Soph-
omores that they were right.

Like the Gestapo, four Sopho-
mores moved in on the Hubbards,
next door to Yorick. Also like
the Gestapo, they met with mad-
dening passive resistance. The
Hubbards led them on, watched the
clock, and admitted nothing. Even-
tually they even locked the Ges-
tapo out on Mrs. Wheeler’s side
porch. In panic, the Sophomores
dashed to the supposed scene of
action, the front door of Low
Buildings. Yorick and Mrs.
Wheeler walked peacefully out
the back-door.. ce

Led even farther astray by the



the Freshman animal was quarter-



feller dance committee.

ed in Low Buildings.

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Beyond The Controversy

The problem of various changes. in Self-Government,
ranging from its complete abolition to minor constitutional
amendments, has been forcibly brought before the student

body in the last few weeks.

‘This controversy has accom-
plished one thing of supreme, importance.

It has made the

student body, the ipso facto members of Self-Government,
stop to consider ‘the organization as a whole, and the validity

of the rules as they stand.

. The fundamental principles of our self-government are
based on the development of a sense of responsibility within
individual toward both the community and herself.. The
present system ideally lays stress on the. individual’s relation
the rest of society, in so far as she is obliged to abide by
rules formulated for the good of the majority. It lays stress
on her relations to. herself. in: 80 far as she is obligéd to take
an active part in the formulation of such rules, as’ well as
taking the responsibility of maintaining them.

It is chiefly in the last respect that our system of Self-

Government has fallen down.

Students have found it easier

either to accept the rules disinterestedly or ignore them flag-

rantly rather than to present

amendments to the Constitu-

tion. ‘Our student: government is similar in construction to
that. of any democratic community, with all the incipient
evils of such a democracy. The laws must be obeyed regard-
less of individual desires, until amended by the vote of the

majority.

The campus has been forced to consider Self-Govern-
ment; it has. been awakened from inertia fatal to any democ-
racy. If students will consider the issues as presented cool-
ly, objectively, and impartially, if they will realize the im-
portance of maintaining a student government, our Consti-
tution can be amended to fit the needs of a changing society
which still maintains a belief in democracy. .. .

The current controversy, regardless of the particular
aims and issues involved, should accomplish this: that the
undergraduate body should take their present responsibility
toward their government seriously, actively considering the
existing rules and regulations, making Self-Government
again that type of vital organization for which in name it

stands.













In order to get a perspective of
common sense on the current is-
sue of whether or not Self-Gov’t.
should be changed, and, if so, how,
opinions were asked of the war-
dens on the specific problems and
underlying principles of the con-
troversy.

One warden felt that the ques-
tion grew out ‘of ignorance of our
own constitution. The initial im-
pression given by the protestors,
that of wanting “complete anar-



ministration.



chy”, must, she pointed out, be the
result of confusion; such a pro-
posal would be equivalent to re-
turning the authority to the ad-
They seemed to
“start on the premise that Self-
Gov’t judged on moral grounds.”
Their method implies a desire to
change opinion before finding out
what opinion already existed. The
students “have the perfect right
to make changes”, within the lim-
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| Advocating New Constitution,

Hersey Says Present '
One .Outmoded



To the Editors:

We wrote the Lantern Editorial
as a criticism of the existing sys-
tem of Self-Government as defined
by the way it functions on the
campus; now we feel that every-
one thinks that it is time to ap-
proach the problem from the oth-
er point of view and decide what
can be done to remedy the situa-
tion. It seems to us that there
are two possible solutions; a num-
ber of minor changes in the exist-
ing constitution or a new consti-
tution. The former possibility
looks, at first consideration, to be
the more practicable and the wis-
er of the two, but we believe that
further consideration of the prin-
ciples and details involved lead to
the choice of the second method.

New Principles

The old constitution was con-
ceived on the democratic principle
of Self-Government but framed
on the principle that the moral
responsibility, which we _ feel
should be assumed by the individ-
ual, be controlled by the whole.
In other constitutions regulations
are formed only to promote the
general welfare and_ individual
liberty is not restricted arbitrar-
ily for moralistic reasons. The
original constitution, though ad-

vanced for its time, was dictated’

by the social conventions of forty
years ago. Whereas it is obvious-
ly true that other constitutions

have existed for a longer — period:
invalid, these.
constitutions were more careful-'

without becoming

ly framed and were subjected to

a constant re-examination of the

principles involved. As far as we
know, the only consideration . of

the Self-Government constitution’

has been from a strictly specific
stand-point and the . only — recent
changes have been minor and un-
important concessions to conven-
ience. If we had not’ been so
concerned with the details of ‘en-
forcement of the rules.and return-
ed more often to the question of
their objective, worth, such a thor-
ough revaluation would not be
needed at this time.

Secondly, although we believe
that the existing set of rules will
be made more liberal, regardless
of the method chosen, we feel
that we have reached the time when
a college needs no restrictions be-
yond those of the larger commun-
ity in which the college is situated,
the social conventions which sur-
round us all, and minor . college
regulations to insure _ individual
rights. If we merely break down
the old constitution to make it
conform to the new principles, we
will effect a number of changes
designed only to grant more free-
dom. If we grant this freedom
without defining the principles on
which this freedom is being grant-
ed, the results’ of this greater
freedom may be harmful.

‘New Constitution

.Theoretically, it might seem
that we could have a series of pe-
titions on minor points and still
manage to keep the underlying
ideas in view. Actually we do not
see how this could possibly hap-
pen. Each petition would have to
be subjected to a separate mass
meeting and a student vote; a pe-
tition could cover only one clear-
cut point and it would often take
more than two petitions to deal
with one rule. There is little rea-
son to hope that the mass meet-
ings would be more effectual than
those of the past. Discussion has
reached a point where everyone

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Proposed Self-Gov’t. Changes
Accused of Radicalism
By Student

To the Editor:

There has been, in recent weeks,
much campus controversy on the
general subject of our self-gov-
ernment. This -controversy has
been expressed in print by sources
whose views are often far to the
right or left of the average stud-
ent’s. As one of these average
students, who make up the major-
ity of the undergraduate body, and
about whom this controversy has
presumably been centering, 1
would like to submit some views
on the situation.

Two specific proposals have been
recently formulated by two differ-
ent sources, for presentation to
the undergraduate administration
and the student body. Both attack
the present machinery of the Self-
Government Association as out-
moded and inadequate. Both were
composed of small groups on cam-
pus. The question now is, or short-
ly may be, in the hands of the
undergraduate body—in the hands
of the majority of average stud-
ents, we who have probably in-
dulged only in smoking room dis-
cussion-of the problem. Any final
decision will be in our hands, and
perhaps most of us fail to realize
the gravity of the situation and its
eventual outcome.

Two Proposals

One of these proposals holds,
briefly, that the Constitution of
the Self-Government Association
should be completely discarded
and a new one drafted by a com-
mittee large enough to ‘represent
all campus opinion. The other
proposal also includes the idea
that changes: are imperative in the
present machinery of Self-Gov’t.
‘But: its thesis is that these changes
should be made through amend-
ment to the: present ‘constitution
so as'to allow the formation of a
large committee, similar to that

jsuggested by the first ‘group, which

would ‘represent campus opinion
and have as its duty the consider-
ation and presentation of altera-
tions in the present Constitution,
in order to bring our self-govern-
ment policies up to date.

New Constitution

The group which desires a new
constitution is the same group
which has sponsored the now well-
perused Lantern editorial and sev-
eral letters to the News. The ques-
tion has been considered, I think,
by practically all the students, but
in entirely too many cases it has
been laughed off. It is no longer
a humorous proposition. They now
propose that we discard a consti-
tution. Why is this group mak-
ing such a proposal? What is to
be its final purpose and what
would it mean to all of us who or-
dinarily wield only the power of
one vote in college elections? This
group maintains that the machin-
ery of amending the constitution
would be lengthy and tedious com-
pared to the simple expedient of
abolishing the entire Constitution
and formulating a new one. But
these words are deceptive and
need careful scrutiny. Amendments
require a petition signed by one-
tenth of the student body, a rati-
fication by two-thirds of the stud-
ent body, and approval by the
Trustees through the Board of
Directors. A new Constitution
would need approval article by ar-
ticle and clause by clause from the
student: body, and final approval
from the Trustees. It seems ob-
vious that the latter is far more
involved and lengthy a procedure.
And what else would this proposi-
tion entail? Before we succumb to
the enchanting idea of a “clean

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New Art Professors

The appointments of new
members of the History of Art
department.~_have been made.
David Robb, ‘who received his
degree from Princeton and is
now assistant professor at the
University of Pennsylvania, will
teach the course in Post- Ren-,
aissance Architecture for the
remainder of this semester.’
Julius Held, who obtained his
Ph.'D. from the University of
Berlin and is lecturing at Bar-
nard, will take over the first
year course in place of Dr,
Bernheimer.





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College Liquor Restrictions
“Accord With State Laws
Says’ Senior

EE

Dear Editor:

We wish, of course, to live with-
As in-
dividuals, and citizens, we expect
to abide by those rules. The laws
of the state of Pennsylvania. for-

in the rules of our state.

bid the sale of liquor to minors.
An overwhelming majority of the
Bryn Mawr student body are un-

der twenty-one. Should we. alter
the provisions of the present Cone
stitution, or make way for: a:new
Constitution, inorder that: drink-
ing be allowed the thirty or forty
undergraduates .who::would ‘légal-
ly. benefit onereby't r
Some may argue that. the liquor
laws are universally ignored,: but
that does not. nullify the law.
Though there is no legal restric-
tion on domestic consumption of
liquor, the main:fact that the Leg-
islature of this state condemns
drinking for minors remains: ‘We
feel that it would not look very
well.to have the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Constitution authorize an ‘act
outlawed by the state. If we-want
a change, we had best start on the
state.
A Senior



Nuts and Bolts

The Vassar Miscellany News
features an editorial, “That Lib-
eral Label” that many Bryn Mawr
students should find equally appli-
cable. It is a protest against the
branding as “red” of any students
who are sufficiently interested in
more than one side of an import-
ant question to try to find out the
views of others or set forth their
own by joining discussion groups
on campus such as The Student
Liberal Association or The Marx-
ist Study Group. The article an-
alyzed the ‘liberalism’ of students
who childishly ‘smear’ professors
and students on the most super-
ficial evidence as the passe indi-
vidualism of the last century. “The
idea of ‘left? naturally changes
with the times,” it declared.

This subject should be very in-
teresting to those of us who have
this same fault. It is also inter-
esting to those who wonder about
the type of political discussion
group of colleges in the same brac-
ket with an eye to possible found-
ing of such organizations here...

Another arresting topic, the ad-
visability of exchange scholarships
for South American countries after
the war was discussed in the Uni-
versity of Toronto’s Varsity.
Apropos of a suggestion of such
scholarships by the Uruguayan
consul to Canada, Varsity pointed
out that cultural exchanges of this
nature are “a recognized part of
the pattern of a lasting peace.”


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Common Room, February 22—

“Future French policy myst be
an expression of her internal con-
ditions”, declared M. Henri Peyre
at Current. Events discussing
“France and the _ International
Situation”.

Since there has been agreement
in that country on foreign policy
for the past fifteen years, up until
Munich in 1938, it may thus be
inferred that the future will not
be one of disagreement. Also, her
key position in Europe and her





possession of strategic colonies
strengthen her place in future
world affairs. She sfill retains

her intellectual prestige in many
countries, especially since. Hitler’s
failure to win over French thought.

It is probable, said M. Peyre,
that Germany will present the
primary post-war problem. She
will be the object of extreme dis-
trust. France will oppose strong-
ly. the integration into Germany
of Austria, and the Sudetenland,
and will demand the -Saar Basin
for herself, perhaps transplanting
the Germans occupying that terri-
tory.

Russia, Peyre inferred, will
prefer an alliance with a postwar
imperial Germany to one _ with
France, with whom she has little
common interest. Great Britain
and ‘her fleet, however, are neces-
sary to French colonial mainten-
ance, while ~ “England without
France, can do nothing on conti-
nental Europe”.

Dismissing as impractical the
possibilities of a postwar world
government or confederation of
states; M. Peyre advised a return
to the League of Nations. He
suggested that an _ educational
program be inaugurated, and that
fiational’ borders be ‘blurred’
through inter-state unions: of fi-
nance, trade, communications and
cultures; in addition that a~ser-
ies of local and possibly concen-
tric international confederations
be created, perhaps divided into
the regions of the Balkans, South
Central. Europe, and the North
Slavie states. One country might
belong to several federations.



Liberal Constitution
Proposed by Hersey

Continued from Page 2

has her private opinions on what
specific changes should be made;
the number of petitions would be
overwhelming and the discussion
unorganized. Even if the college
could remain interested until the
final mass meeting, we could not
possibly retain a clear view of the
whole through the complexity of
its many specific points. The
forming of a new constitution
would be less difficult than this,
and would lead to a more con-
structive consideration of the
problem.

We suggest that a representa-
tive council be formed to draw up
the new constitution on this dif-
ferent -principle and present it to
student vote. ‘The council could
be elected by halls, on the basis
of one representative for every
thirty people in the hall; this
would give the smallest halls some
representation and the larger halls
a proportional one. Each student
should vote for one nominee in
her hall whom she believes to rep-
resent her opinion in an active, in-
telligent way, so that this final
group of approximately sixteen
students would be at the same
time representative of campus
opinion, open to campus sugges-
tion, and small enough to discuss
the problem in an organized way.

In this letter, we have tried to

outline an argument which we} polis

would like ‘to present in detail in
a mass meeting next week.



Helena Hersey

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Changes in Self-Gov’t

| Attacked as Radical -

Continued from Page 2

slate,’ we had better consider the
risks involved. Were we to /abol-
ish the constitution we would be
throwing out the cornerstone of
our established rights, as a group,
to govern ourselves. We would be
not only implying distrust in our
own abilities for self-government,
but a disbelief in the efficacy of
self-government. And above all
else, the way would be legally open
for the complete abolition of all
self-government and the assump-
tion of governmental control by
the administration.

Radicalism

This is not so improbable — as
students, and as youth, we consid-
er changes easily. But would our
parents, or the administration, or
the trustees, be as light-hearted
and as ready as we to abolish a
well-established instrument of gov-
ernment? For us to approve such
a proposal would be to admit not
a liberal attitude but a radical, un-
stable, and immature attitude.
Whatever our opinions, the empir-
ical fact, to borrow a phrase, is
that ours is not the final word.

In the proposed abolition of the
old constitution there is no men-
tion of any specific alterations to
be effected in the new one, It
would seem, from the tone of the
opinions published by this group in
the Lantern and the News that
they want, in general, drastic al-
terations of certain of the resolu-
tions of the Constitfition, which are
not actually part of the Constitu-
tion proper which they wish to dis-
card. They are proposing uproot-
ing the entire plant to get rid of a
few diseased leaves.

Individual Rights

Their keynote has been, in jus-
tifying previous proposals of these
changes, the stirring words “indi-
vidual rights.” I say that our in-
dividual rights are not what they
have implied. We have our indi-
vidual rights now, written in the
Constitution of the Self Govern-
ment Association. We can amend
as-we- please this Constitution, we
have the means to create a com-
mittee like the one suggested,
through which any changes which
any minority might suggest could
be effected if we, as a majority, so
desired. We can take, now, an ac-
tivé’ interest in our Self Govern-
ment Association and make of it
the liberal and effective instrument
it should be.

The proposal to abolish the pres-
ent Constitution is the wresting
away of the individual rights
which are ours if we would but use
them. It could produce but one of
two things: loss of all self-govern-
ment, or transfer of control to a
minority group who seem to be
looking for license for their per-
sonal desires.

Our individual rights are cer-
tainly at stake, but due considera-
tion of who and what is placing
them in jeopardy might be not
only wise, but imperative.

An Individual

Satire, Talent Shown
In ‘Alas, Poor Yorick’

Continued from Page 1

and “Poor Plato’s Dead,” made up
in large for the continuity defici-
ency.

Although the show was perhaps
a little too ambitious to be coped
with adequately, the change of em-
phasis from campus life to a more
sophisticated theme was refresh-
ing and striking. There were evi-
dent high and low points both in
writing and performance, resulting
from the difficulty of giving a final
h to the whole of such a di-
versified show, but the high spots
featured definite talent obviously
enhanced by able direction.

Beaver Defeats Owls |
In Hard-Fought Game

Gymnasium, February 19. Stag-
ing a last minute rally, Beaver
hammered out a 26-24 victory over
Bryn Mawr’s basketball team. The
climax came in the closing minutes
of play. The Owls tied the score
twice only to have the Beaver for-
wards come*back.and drop in an-
other basket. Bryn Mawr was still
trying desperately to tie the score
when the final whistle blew.

With the score tied at half time,
the Owls stepped out in the’ third
quarter to take the lead and might
have won but for a very aggress-
ive Beaver six. Looking for their,
first win of the season, the Owls
had their hopes dashed when the
red team, scoring nine points in
the fourth period, surged ‘ahead
and took the game. This was a
fast, rough game with plenty of
exciting plays, with Nancy Niles
setting up a good many of them
for Bryn Mawr.

The Reserves slipped behind
Beaver’s second team after hold-
ing a lead up to the last minutes
ef play. In the last quarter, the
Beaver forwards poured in one
good shot after another to score
ten points and snatch away a 24-23
victory.

Seniors Win Honors
For ;Swimming Meet



Gymnasium, February 21.—The
Seniors took top honors in the
first interclass swimming meet. of
the year to become champions in
the pool. The light blue team,
showing both speed and form was
able to amass a_ score of 20 1-3
points. Although they won only
three of the seven events, they
scored in all but one. The Sopho-
mores were not far behind with a
total of 18 1-3 points. The Fresh-
men scored 17 5-6, the Juniors
11 1-2.

40 yard Freestyle—Hedge, ’44;
Gregory, ’47; Dudley, ’47, and Post
"45.

Sidestroke Form—Hoopes, Jan
et, ’°44; Auerbach, ’47, and Gross-
man, ’47,

Breaststroke, Form — Murray,
46; Speigelberg, ’45; Franck, P.,
’46, and Grossman, ’47 and Hoopes,
Janet, ’44,

Back Crawl-—Kistler, ’45; Wood-
ward, ’46; £ oldon, ’46.

Crawl Form— Hoopes, Janet,
’44; Kistler, ’45; Dudley, ’47.

Diving—Franck, P., ’46; Franck,
K., ’44; Arrowsmith, ’47.

Relay—’47, Dudley, Hyatt, Gerg-
ory.

46, Horn, Woodward, Sheldon.

"44, Hoopes, Janet, and Franck,
Hedge.







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You may scrap
cigarettes
But flowers are
a thing too dear
Especially from

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Broken by. Grueling Sti of Editorship, :
‘Watkins Wrestles with Mouse in Wee Hours



By Alison Merrill, ’45
Elizabeth Watkins, late editor of
the News, is going back to the

Library to renew the books that|*

she has had out all semester and
hasn’t read. Said Lisbie, “I am
going to try to find out what the

English.department has been talk-|

ing about for the past, three
years.”

Not unlike Lady Macbeth, Lisbie
has, we fear, broken under the
strain of the editorship, for she
reports ‘that nights. no longer
spent over editorials are taken up
with chasing a mouse around her

Yale Press Volumes
Donated to Library

Continued from Page 1
1910 to 1918. From 1912 to 1933
he worked as editor of the Yale
Historical Publications.

A special book plate has been
designed to be inserted in each of
the volumes which combines the
Bryn Mawr College Seal and that
of Yale University.

In subject matter the volumes
range from (Professor Andrews’
book on the Beginnings of Com
necticut in 1662 to Dr. Yerkes’
book on Chimpanzees. _ Biogra-
phy, history, sociology, science,
literary criticism, poetry, and art
are represented. Each work is
outstanding in its special field
and is a valuable acquisition. All
of Professor Andrews’ works
which the Library did not already
have on its shelves are included
as well as a copy of the third edi-
tion of the Lady of Quality which
was edited by Mrs. Andrews. Es-
pecially interesting is an auto-
graphed edition of Thornton Wild-
er’s The Long Christmas Dinner.

The volumes will be on display
as a special collection in the Quita
Woodward Memorial Room.









Washington had his
Cherry tree—

And that he could, for
All of me;

I’d rather appear with
Modern things

Like STOCKTON’S collection
Of new ear rings!





















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Starting today for one week
Carmen Miranda—Alice Faye
. “THE GANG’S ALL HERE”

SEVILLE
THEATRE BRYN MAWK
Wed.—Jean Arthur
THE LADY TAKES A CHAN

“THE LADY
TAKES A CHANCE”
Thurs.—Betty Hutton and
Eddie Bracken
“THE FLEET’S IN”
Fri. & Sat.
John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara
“THE -FALLEN SPARROW”
Sun.—Laurel & Hardy
“DANCING MASTERS”
and ‘THE SON OF DRACULA’
Mon.—Crosby ‘HOLIDAY INN
Tues. & Wed.—Durbin
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Poor Plato’s dead,
So rest your weary head.

When studying makes you

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ELIZABETH WATKINS



room. A cracked wrist supported
by a sling resulted, she says, from
the fact that the mouse, refusing
to follow what she considered her
clear reasoning at 4:30 a. m.,
leaped at her instead of away from
her and caused her to fall back-
wards.

The episode humiliates ex-editor
Watkins, whose aim is now to dis-
pel Miss Woodworth’s illusions as
to her vagueness, and to. impress
the English department, which, she
said, “Never knew who I was.”

A Wit’s End writer to end all
Wit’s End writers, she found that
same column a cause of friction
with her staff, for, she said, “No-
body ever had any faith in my ed-
itorials because they thought it
was just another Wit’s End.” Not-
able in the line of News editors
because she did not smoke or wear
blue jeans, Lisbie proudly an-
nounces that at the end of her ca-
reer she learned to curse without
blushing.

“The best articles in the News,”
Lisbie said, “are the ones that are
never written. Reminiscing on the
past year, she mourned, “No long-
er will I be considered the oracle
of the campus; no longer will I
have my finger on the pulse of the
campus.”

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Bil Carter to Play
At Dance for Maids

Th formal dance given annually
for the maids and porters of the
College will be held in the gym
on Friday, March 3.. This is one
of the occasions during the year
when the maids and porters have
an. entertainment planned for
them instead of their entertain-
ing the students as in the Christ-
mas singing or the Spring pro-
gram. The dance will take place
from 9 until 12 with intermission
for refreshments. Bill Carter
and his orchestra will provide the
music.

As in former years, the Bryn
Mawr League is sponsoring the
dance, and this year Ronnie Ra-
vitch, ’44, has taken charge of the
arrangements for refreshments,
publicity, and tickets, and has
contracted the well-known negro
orchestra which has played often
at the University of Pennsylvania.

Open only to the present maids
and porters of the college, their
guests, and any former employees,
the dance has become a college
tradition. Everyone is welcome
to watch from the balcony.

Dance Club Will Give
Production in Spring









The Dance Club has begun re-
hearsals for its spring production,
Rederigo, which will be given May
11 and 12 in Wyndham Garden.
The music for the play, which is
based on a Chinese fairy tale, has
been written by Mr. Schumann.
The cast is made up of 82 charac-
ters, with Esterlee Hutzler and
Ann Murkland in the leading roles
of Roderigo and- Louise. Other im-
portant characters are:

Ann Gillilan, Idiot.

Mary Dumm, Wizard.

Marilyn Wellemeyer, Famulus.

Nina Montgomery, Devil.

Estelle Morrison, Virginia Haws,
Two Pals.

Ellen Harriman, Aunt Sourpuss.

Elisabeth Hoffman, Mayor.

Lydia Lyman, Master.

Jane Leflar, Queen.

, Eleanor Borden, Edith Schmid,
Louise Kendall, Friends of Louise.

Model League Plans
To Assemble at BMC

Continued from Page 1

Dorr, ’44, the delegate to the Com-
mission on World Economic Col-
laboration, Louise Horwood, ’44,
the delegate. to the Commission on
Relief and Rehabilitation, and Mar-
ion Neustadt, the delegate to the
Commission on Education and Re-
construction.

»Established eighteen years ago
in order to give college students
an opportunity to express their
opinions and enter into discussions
on current world problems, the or-
ganization was modeled on the
League of Nations. Adapting it-
self to. present conditions, the
League now represents a confer-
ence of the United Nations. The
colleges,, each representing an al-
lied nation, will send four dele-
gates who will be responsible for
detailed information about several
aspects of their country.

‘An attempt will be made in dis-
cussions and debates at the con-
ference to resolve some of the fun-
damental problems faced by the
United Nations in establishing an
international organization, rather
than to set up actual means to
achieve that end.

Miss Helen Dwight Reid, pro-
fessor of Political Science, is chair-
man of the Continuation Commit-

tee. (Lydia Gifford, '45, and Ann

Heyniger, ’44, will fill the posts of
Secretary General and Deputy

Secretary General. Barry Zim-
melman, ’46, is Treasurer of the
Conference and Ann Werner, °47,

is Secretary.



THE “COLLEGE NEWS

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THE NEWS BOARD—19438-1944



Wot Not

Continued from Page 2
its of the possible and the rea-
sonable, but they “should have
done it cleanly”.

A different view stressed the
fact that there is always an op-
position to every measure, which
expresses itself rather than the
issue. From her experience, this
warden said that “rules are brok-
en for convenience, rather than
as a protest”, The stigma at-
tached to Self-Gov’t is the unfor-
tunate outcome of the fact that
only a minority assume responsi-
bility, and are. thereby victimized.

She referred to the fact that the
administration stands in locus par-
enti. Any radical change would
reduce enrollment, as well as. af-
fect the reputation of the college,
which has an importance for the
present students they cannot fully
appreciate. She felt that the col-
lege community is one of great
homogeneity in which small _ dif-
ferences tend to be magnified.
The responsibility resting on the
individual is. different from that
in the community at large. Most
of us have not as yet learned to
“take the consequences for our
own personal acts”. .

Another warden saw the prob-
lem as one in which the. students

‘must. decide what they want and

“face the facts”. They have rais-
ed an issue and, must: confront
their responsibilities. The more
frankly and openly this is done
the more “the dignity for every-
body involved”.

The situation appeared to an-
other as an instance of a “dissat-
isfied minority seizing on an ob-
vious weakness”. She said . that
the remedy is for the present
Self-Gov’t to eliminate those weak
spots. She felt. that the “hyster-
ical” tone of the Lantern editorial
was not warranted as reasonable
change is already provided for in
the Self-Gov’t constitution.



Tryouts
Tryouts for the Business
Board of the News will be held
Monday, February 28, at 4
o’clock“ii the News room. All
those interested, including for-
mer tryouts, are urged to come.



Calendar

Thursday, February 24
Faculty Vocational
Deanery, 4:30.

Mass Meeting of the Self-
Government Association ~in
Goodhart, 7:30.

Friday, February 25
Swimming Meet with Baldwin
at Baldwin. .4:380.
Maid’s Dance. Gym, 9:00.

Sunday, February 27

‘The Reverend William Lan-
der, Music Room, 7:30.

Monday, February 28
Non-Resident Tea.
Room, 4 to 6.

“Henri Peyre The Younger
Generation: Julian Green and
Malraux, Goodhart, 8:30.

Tuesday, February 29
(Faculty Vocational
‘Deanery, 4:30.
Current ‘Events,
Room, 7:15.

Wednesday, March 1:
Interclass Swimming Meet,
4:00.

College Council.
House, 6:30.

Talks.

Common

Talks.

Common

President’s







Modern French Novel
Topic of Peyre’s Talk
Continued from Page 1

Romains’ other contribution to
French literature, the philosophy
of the group, comes as a contrast
to the then prevalent novel of “iso-
lation.” Instead of the individual
existing in and of himself, discon-
nected from other personalities, in
the philosophy of Romains the
person is chiefly part of a group,
and his individual personality is
of secondary importance.

The chief fault of Romains, a
failure to make his characters live.
was overcome to a certain degree
by Celine. . Celine was, according
to Mr. Peyre, a “typical French-
man,” a genius, the last of the
“*Waste Land’ age.” Celine’s nov-
els, he said, suffered from a pro-
fusion of material.

In discussing Roger Martin du
Gard, M. Peyre declared that tht
“chief sources of his inspiration
are the duel between science and
religion,” a great passion for jus-
tice and a hatred of war. In his
greatest novel, Jean Barois, Mar-

tin du Gard depicts the disintegra-

tion of a man and a conflict of
generations. In this novel he has
combined successfully novel and

achievement. Martin du Gard has
avoided the pitfall into which Cel-
ine stumbles, for he has carefully
scrutinized his materia] and has
selected only that which contrib-
utes to his purpose.

drama forms, a distinctly original | |

Victorious Pem Aided

by Male C Contingent

In Riotous Basketball Championship Game



By Darst Hyatt, ’47

..The Denbigh and Pembroke Hall
basketball teams, happily rein-
forced, by their men, competed
point for point in the hardest, fast-
est, closest match of the season on
Sunday afternoon, with Pem vic-
torious by two baskets.

The game began with a series
of goals for the Denbigh team, but
in the second quarter Pem came
forth with an invincible combina-
tion: a pair of dead-eye forwards
named Sam and Foxy, and guards,
Yvie Townsend and Nancy Bier-
with, who grimly held their own
against the boys.

Steadily the Pembroke score
climbed until it rested one point
ahead of Denbigh’s at half-time.
At this stage Denbigh en masse
hopped around the balcony chant-

Candidates Selected
For Self-Government

Continued from Page 1

Harji Malik
Harji is now secretary of the
Undergraduate Association. Last
year she was secretary-treasurer
of her class and manager of the
varsity tennis team. She was also
Business Manager of Freshman
Show. For three years a member
of the Science Club, she is now. its
vice-president. She is the Junior
business representative to the
Year Book and is on the Subscrip-

tion board of the News.

Virginia Thomas
Ginny Thomas’s | activities are

listed in the article on Self-Gov-
ernment,
Mary Cox

Mary Cox is the first Junivur
member of the Undergraduate As-
sociation. She is also president of
the Glee Club and treasurer of the
Sub-Freshman Committee. She is
on the Entertainment Committee
in charge of the French U.S.O. In
her Freshman year she was on the
second hockey squad and on the
squad her Sophomore year. She is
a member of the French Club and
has been in the Choir for three
years.

Ann Clarke

Ann Clarke’s activities are list-
ed in the article on Self-Govern-
ment,



MEET AT THE GREEK’S
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Refreshments



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ing “To the La icsis let us on” and
breaking ranks if not legs over the
basket supports.

Denbigh’s loyal sons and daugh-
ters put forth all their skill and
stamina in the form of Pat St,
Lawrence’s little brother, Billy,
versatile Nancy Scribner playing

both forward and guard, Caroline’

Seamans who scored again and
again from the middle court, an
amazing Dutchman named Brou-
wer who had never played the
game before, Kay Tappen and her
brother “David, and a host of oth-
ers in constantly shifting forma-
tion.

While hysterical supporters all
but fell off, the balcony, the teams
surged from one basket to the
other, the scores rising simultane-
ously. The final whistle blew with
Pembroke 47 and Denbigh 48, at
which spectators and teams alike
poured out of the gym and up to
Denbigh to do their famished best
about an imposing array of pain-
fully-procured cokes and an unlim-
ited supply of doughnuts, pretzels
and cookies.

Sophomore Sleuths
Confused by Poodle

Continued from Page 1
mention of a black poodle in. the
Freshmen show, the Sophomores,
quelling their last doubts about
the animal, interrupted the show.
Just as they started to sing their
song of triumph about finding the
poodle, however, the monkey ap-
peared on the stage, bowing and
chattering smugly. Deflated, the
Sophomores found comfort in the
statement made by one of their
members, “Well, after all, how
could we be expected to find Yor-
the
Freshmen we couldn’t tell them
apart.”



Grass
You may not think it’s}
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9:30 News Discussion.
9:45 Haverford Sports.
10:00 FM.

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9:30 Le Jazz Hot.
‘9:50 “The White Cliffs of Dover.”

Thursday:

8:30 Classical Music.
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