College news, November 3, 1943

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VOL. XL, NO. 6

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 194: ,

Copyright, Trustees of
ryn Mawr College, 1943

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Majority Polled Favor Cooperation
In Clubs and Advanced Courses Only



Students Comment on Topics
Recently Debated in News
| Editorials



A majority of the 278 students
recently polled by the NEWS fav-
or present cooperation with Haver-
ford in the Debate, Radio, Players’
and Glee Clubs. Interchange of
students, however, is preferably
limited to advanced and special
courses not provided by both col-
leges. Only one undergraduate is
now taking a course at Haverford,
although 17 definitely state that
they would like to attend classes
on- the Haverford campus.

116 students read the Readers’
Digest occasionally; 93, habitual-
ly; and 9, never. The Digest is
completely unbiased in its choice
of articles, say 77, while 81 ans-
wer that it presents a prejudiced
point of view. Articles contribut-
ed by “roving editors” are approv-
ed by 127 undergraduates, and 55
think the Digest should devote it-
self entirely to reprinting articles
from other sources.

Comments

Comments favoring cooperation
stress the advantages to be gained
from a different point of view:
“Bryn Mawr’s attitude is too nar-
row. Haverford’s life and atti-
tudes, while similar, are not so
self-centered—have more vitality.”
Another suggests that Haverford
has much to offer in the way of
seminars.

There was much reiteration of
the point that this was chosen as
a women’s college. One put the
disadvantages more strongly than
most: “The boys will take all the
cream and the girls will get all the
dirty work.” The farcical attitude

Continued on Page 3



News Poll Tabulations Show
B.M. Views of Cooperation
Reader’s Digest

The following poll was taken on
campus to determine opinion con-
cerning Haverford-Bryn Mawr co-

Noel Coward, Dunsany, A. A. Milne will Test
Freshmen Prowess in Plays this Weekend



The 1947 Katherine Cornells in
the making will appear on the
Goodhart stage next Friday and
Saturday nights at 8:00 P.M. The
“making” is at present no small
worry for the directors of the an-
nual Freshman plays given by
each hall. With the dates set as
November 5 for Rockefeller, Rad-
nor, Rhoads, and Denbigh plays
and November 6 for Pem West

operation, and the Readers’ Di-+,,4 East, and Merion plays, the
gest: : Freshman class has taken up new
1, What is your opinion conz| }urdens, barely catching its

cerning Haverford-Bryn Mawr co-
operation with Haverford?

a) 'Do you believe that present
cooperation in the following ac-
tivities is an improvement over the
independent effort of Bryn Mawr?

Yes No

1) Glee Club 1838 ~° 22

' 2) Debate Club 187 10
8) Radio Club 189 6
4) Players Club 184 7

b) Do you favor cooperation in
other activities ?

Yes No
‘Generally 46 84
(Language Clubs 19
Social activities 10
‘College News 10
Orchestra 3
Choir 2
Science Clubs 2
Philosophy Club 3
Lantern 2
Art Club 1
Political Clubs 1
Athletics 3
Current Events 1
Speakers 1

c) After the war do you favor
the admission of any Haverford
students to classes at Bryn Mawr,
and of Bryn Mawr students at
Haverford?

Yes No
60 86
d) Or should the privilege be

limited to advanced courses and|-:

special courses which one college
does not provide?
Continued on Page 3



Blue Jeans Verboten’ to Rock Waitresses;

Swinging Doors Cause Navigation Trouble



Heaven will protect the work-
ing girl, but who will protect the
person she is waiting on—that’s
the problem now facing inmates
_ of Rockefeller. All they ask is a
chance to eat more than two bites
of chicken before it is whisked
away with the remark “You’ve had
enough by now.”

It was intended to make for-
mality the keynote of student
waiting. After seeing a creature,
robed in blue jeans and an apron
with a halter neck, breathe hoarse-
ly, “I’ve Been Working on the
Railroad” down a diner’s neck, we
doubted the success of such a
movement, May we add that blue
.jeans as a uniform have been made
“verboten”.

But the life of a waitress is not
as carefree as her actions may



E ntertainment

The Undergraduate Council
has formed a servicemen’s en-
tertainment, committee. VYerry
Beal has been appointed chair-
man, Mary Cox is in charge of

the entertainment of French
charge of U. S. O. in Philadel-
phia. No one has yet been ap-
pointed to direct the entertain-
4°ment of wounded men at the





rn tk ele ra

seem. Not only must one wait on
fellow students but on fellow wait-
resses, or rather, every one seizes
according to her ability at the
waitress table a short time before
each meal. This is always hectic,
but particularly so at breakfast,
when the hardy souls must be on
hand at seven.

Another difficulty for the worthy
bearers of heavy burdens lies in
the door situation. There are two
sets of swinging doors which
must be navigated in order to get
to or from the kitchen. All four
of these instruments of the devil
are swinging madly, all too often
in- opposite directions.’Tis murder
to the unwary dreamer who gets
caught in the wrong current.

It is Elijah the chief who is the
moving force behind those strug-
gling figures crashing through the

| doors...This undisputed lord of the

kitchen lends inestimable value,
rhythm and power to the whole
process with his muttering of
“Hey .. hey .. hey .. pickup. .
nee, « bey...”

May we say in conclusion that
the advantages of this* new sys-
tem are too numerous to enumer-
rate, but, -in--general,--if —you~ '
beat the waitress to the draw, it
provides for its patrons extreme-
ly well. Since the waitress is al-
ways your best friend, you can
easily convince her to give you ice





Jicream of the right color. ~~




breath after the Self-Government
exam.

The first appearance of this
year’s Freshman class will not be
the usual debut in the reassuring
informality of the Theatre Work-
shop, but the real thing on the
stage of Goodhart. The perform-
ances call for large-scale produc-
tion with a minimum of time and
effort for preparation. Problems,
such as the provision of only one
backdrop, promise to tax the in-
genuity of designers and _ direc-
tors, and the prize-winning effects
will come from _ interpretation,
originality, and good props. Said
one Freshman: “They ought to
congratulate us just for getting
up there where no one can hear
sve ig

Merion Hall, which boasts last
year’s award, is represented by a
six-member cast under the direc-
tion. of Priscilla Rich, with Janet
Potters as Freshman assistant.
The play is Lady Gregory’s “Hya-

Russell Recommends

Process of Induction
_In Scientific Thinking

Goodhart, October 29. The lim-
its on the truth of empiricism as a
theory of knowledge, and the prob-
ability on which the inductive pro-
cess hinges were discussed by Ber-
trand Russell last Friday, in the
lecture on “Induction and Anal-
ogy.” This was thé last of his lec-
ture series on the “Postulates of
Scientific Method.”

Empiricism has assumed meta-
physically that Physics is true and
that all knowledge is based on ex-
perience. Mr. Russell defined ex-
perience by stating that “an or-
ganism experiences an event when
it causes in it a habit.” He main-
tained that knowledge consists of
habits, and that some of these
habits, derived from testimony
from experience or from exper-
ience itself, are percepts.

Verification

Every proposition accepted by
the empiricist must be verifiable.
This. verification, so Reichenbach
says, may be made from the occa-
sions of perception after the cor-
responding perceptive judgment
has been made; but’ Mr. Russell
wanted.this to be broadened to in-
clude verification by the memory
of. past occurrences. A proposition
should be accepted as true if it is
true in all known instances, and
this verification assumes induc-
tion and perhaps, analogy also.

Mr. Russell explained seven ar-
guments for the assumption of the
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cinth Halvey,” an Irish period
play with opportunity for good
comedy. There seems to be a
rather pointed attempt to shun
the tragic on the part of all the
halls. Titles and authors indicate
that we will go to laugh, not to
weep. Rhoads .has_ chosen Noel
Coward's sophisticated ‘Ways and
Means”, with Kitty Rand, ’45 and
Ellen Cary directing; while Ruth
Leyendecker, ’46 aided by Doreen
Hurwitz, has taken over in Pem
East with A. A. Milne’s “Man in
the Bowler Hat.” Less is. known
about Rock’s “New School for
Wives”, but we have Barbara
Rebmann’s ’46 and Ann Dudley’s
assurances that it is a “satirical
comedy.”
Continued on Page 4

Attempt of Chinese
To Humanize Science
Interpreted by Chan

The development of science in
China has been hindered from the
first by the very spirit of man
that played such an important
part in China’s cultural develop-
ment, but China’s future in science
will undoubtedly rest on this same
spirit, said Mr. Wing-Tsit Chan
in his lecture entitled “The Chin-
ese Attitude toward Science.”

Chinese philosophers from the
time of Confucius on have always
acknowledged the importance of
nature, but this interest has al-



ways been subordinate ‘to their

primary interest in man, Even
when the Confucianist philosopher
Hsun Tzu first formulated the
theory that man should _ control
rather than obey nature, he, like
all Confucianists, was interested
only in the control of human na-
ture.
Continued on Page 4

“Letters to Lucerne”
Cast by Players Club

“Letters to Lucerne,” by Fritz
Rotter and Allen Vincent has been
chosen by the Players Club as its
fall play. This year the. produc-
tion will again be given with the
assistance of Haverford’s Cap and
Bells Club. The performances are
to be held on December 3 and 4.

The play, which is described as
dificult and interpretive, deals
with a girl’s boarding school lo-
cated in Switzerland at the open-
ing of this war. It-presents not
only the individual’s reaction but
also national attitudes to Europe’s
crisis of 1939.

Mariam Kreiselman, who will
play Mrs. Hunter, appeared as
‘Lily Malone in the Players Club
production of “Hotel Universe”
last fall. Kiate Rand is cast as
Erna Schmidt. Previously she has
acted the role of Alice in “Hotel
Universe”. Eleanor Borden, who
will appear as Sally Jackson,



played the part of St. Agnes in).

Saroyan’s “The Beautiful People”
last spring. The part of Bingo
Hill is to be acted by Edith Rhoads,
who was Sorel in “Hay Fever” in
1941. The rest of the cast is as
follows:. Olga Kirinsky, Barbara



Ruth Ann Hendrikson ’45 to
Pvt. Tristram P. Coffin, U. S.
Army.









Stix; Felice Renoir, Jeanette Lep-
ska; Miss Grechen Linder, Mary
Ellis; Margerethe, Kathrine Col-
vin; Gustav, Don Walters; Hans
Schmidt, Stanley Burns; Koppler,
Jim Buckley; Francois, Roger Ba-



Continued on Page 4

Events in India
To be Examined
By Kate Mitchell

——oooe

Author of Books on Far East
To Give 2nd War Assembly
On Wednesday



Miss Kate Mitchell, a Bryn
Mawr graduate and the author of
the currently-popular “India With-
out Fable’, will speak on “Recent
Developments in India” in an as-
sembly on Wednesday, November
10. This is the second of the War
Alliance’s series of lectures on
current events.

After graduating summa cum
laude as a history major, Miss
Mitchell travelled abroad, partic-
ularly in the Far East and in In-
dia. On her return she obtained
a position on the secretariat of the
Institute of Pacific Relations, and
became one of the most important
editors of “Amerasia.”

Publication

Miss Mitchell has written sev-
eral books on the Far East, among
them “Japan’s Industrial Strength”
and “India Without Fable,’ pub-
lished in 1942. The latter has
been favorably criticized as an im-
partial statement of the Indian
situation, factual and at the same
time concise and interesting. ‘Miss
Mitchell” according to the Satur-
day Review of Literature, “has
written just what was needed—a
most intelligent and able survey of
the Indian situation giving every
aspect of the present crisis ... .
With its background. of knowledge
any redder will be competent to
pass judgment on events as they
happen.” “India Without Fable” ,

-is neither pro-British nor pro-In-

dian. Miss. Mitchell supports,
Nehru, but attacks Gandhi as a po-
litical opportunist; She has no
quarrel with the British people but
maintains that the British rule
which has lasted 150 years _has;,
been singularly hypocritical. and.
stupid. It is true that the British
have given India the basis for ins
dustrialization, but the economic
structure as now constituted is no
longer constructive,
Continued on Page 3



Calendar

Friday, November 5

Freshman Plays, Goodhart
Hall, 8:15.

Saturday, November 6
Freshman Plays, Goodhart

Hall, 8:15. ‘
Hall Dance, Rockefeller Hall,
10:00.
Sunday, November 7:
Chapel, Rev. James H, Rob-
inson, Music Room, 7:30.
Monday, November 8
Vogue Prix de Paris,
Moon, Deanery, 7:30.
Tuesday, November 9 3
Current Events, Jessie Ston
Common Room, 7:15. :
Totalitarian Economic, Politi-
cal, and Social Ideas of Ger-
many and Italy. William
Henry Chamberlin, Roberts
Hall, Haverford, 8:00.
Trapp Choir, Gooodhart, 8:30.
Wednesday, November 10
Kate Mitchell, War Alliance }

As aed Recent Develop-
‘me ;~ TiS | Geodhart, }

12:80.
Talk by Ensign Waltmeyer,
of the WAVES, Deanery,

Mary










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Treachery in Education

" Those who followed closely the “killing” of the Federal
Aid to Education Bill in the Senate several days ago were
given a tragic but enlightening illustration of the wily ways
of reaction in a tight spot. Through a combination of naivete
and stupidity on the part of supporters of the bill and treach-
erous double-talk by the opposition, the bill was smashed
when it was nearest success.

Few people will demand statistical substantiation of the
charge that in certain sections ‘of the country, notably the
South, the opportunities for, basic public education are far
below a desirable minimum standard. In recognition of these
regional inequalities of educational opportunity, a ten-year

ign has been fought to provide more adequate facili-
ti d to eliminate the more pronounced disparities in pub-
lic education between regions. The climax of this campaign
was reached in the Senate vote on the proposed Educational
Finance Act of 1948.

It is not our purpose here to indicate all the provisions
of this Senate Bill 637. Most of its supporters realized that
the proposed appropriation of $300,000,000 was very meager
in relation to the need... The bill clearly and specifically pro-
hibited any federal control or supervision over school per-
sonnel, administration, or academiexprograms. Of the States
it required only full financial acount order to guarantee
that the funds were used as stipulate

The provision of the bill most significant to this discus-
sion concerned those States where separate schools are main-
tained for minority races. First, it stipulated that each State
must allocate its Federal funds in such a way that the pro-
portion given to public schools for minority races must be
no “less than the proportion that such minority racial group
in such State bears to the total population of the State.” It
further provided that the “proportion of State and local mon-
eys expended for .. . public schools for minority races” must
not be reduced as a result of the federal grant.

The bill, therefore, promised only the beginning of the

solution of a long-standing injustice. In addition it was a
war measure. $200,000,000 of the total $300,000,000 appro-
priation was to be used to raise teachers’ salaries and to em-
ploy additional teachers. This was aimed to curb the alarm-
ing exodus of teachers to higher-paying occupations.
In the beginning it looked as though S637 was certain
to pass. Even the southern Senators, who in the past op-
posed those sections safeguarding Negro schools, now threw
their support to the bill. Most of the opposition stemmed
from the same old clique of stand-fast reactionaries. The
opposition, realizing its numerical weakness, resorted to dem-
agogic trickery.

In the early debate on the bill Senator Taft, representing |
the opposition, said the. followin

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Cooperation in Education
Begins at Home, Says
B. M. Student

Dear Editor,

As a matter of fact, I was quite
appalled by the controversy which
has been going on in the News
over the question of cooperation
between Bryn _ Mawr and Haver-
ford. as an interested on-

loekér, I should like to have my|



ing the advantage offered by this
poll.

Not attempting to take sides in
the matter of the relative sizes of
our editorial staffs and that of
Haverford, or of the relative qual-
ity of what is printed’ by our staff
and theirs, I want to go directly
to the point, which is ‘coopera-
tion.” I> cannot understand how
this objection to cooperation should
have arisen in the first place. I

should think Bryn Mawr would be;

glad of cooperation for its own
sake, without consideration of
whether one party gets the great-
er immediate advantage — that
seems to me enough, so long as the
other party loses nothing. Actu-
ally it seems to me that even if
there should be a loss for Bryn
Mawr, the very idea of cooperation
and the broadened scope it inevit-
ably implies would be sufficient
compensation. That is to say:
Cooperation ‘Ss its own excuse for
being!”

One University

As to the business of one great
university. Why not? Why not
have all the non-state universities
of the United States enter into a
plan of cooperation and exchange?
Of course, all sorts of problems
would arise—all sorts of reasons
against it; but could they not be
surmounted if the faith in good
fellowship and unity—the true,
American ideal — were strong
enough; if prejudices could be laid
aside and also this hocus-pocus of
comparative advantages? For my
part, I’m not willing to stop with
the United States. I’m for co-
operation of the whole world—in
the matter of education and all
things; and I’m not frightened by
the opposition that is bound to
arise or by the time—measured in
eenturies—that it is bound to take.

It seemed to me an ironical co-
incidence that on the same page of

Common Room, November 2. The
publication of the four documents
at the end of the Moscow Confer-

current military situation, stated
Mr. Herben in his Current Events
lecture on Tuesday. Giving a syn-
thesis of the news of the preced-
ing 30 hours, he discussed what he
considered to be “‘the most import-
ant events announced since the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.”

The four documents, a declara-



tion of principle couched in ex-
| plicit terms, seem to indicate a
| definite relinquishing of three
points of view. The first was the
American refusal to cooperate
with their allies, which goes back
as far as 1919. The Russians too
had an isolation policy which they
were reluctant to give up and
which was one of their great
strengths. .The British, finally,
had for centuries been following a
policy of power politics, playing
their enemies off against each
other. The four documents pub-



ence has completely changed the}



lished on Monday noon represent
unanimity and a _ willingness to
cooperate to the fullest extent.

Fourth Document

Mr. Herben pointed to the
fourth document as _ particularly
interesting because it is signed by
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin,
rather than the delegates to the
conference. In “orchestral Eng-
lish prose,” the document refers. to
the fate of those responsible for
the atrocities during the war. This
and the Austria document, Mr.
Herben said, are aimed to provoke
revolution and “it is entirely poss-
ible that this may take place.”
The document initialed by the
Chinese representative, definitely
indicates Chinese cooperation after
the war and makes it interesting
to note with what skill the Russ-
ians avoid declaring war on Japan.

Military Situation

Explaining the military situa-
tion in brief, Mr. Herben said that
it conditioned everything that hap-
pened in the preceding 30 hours.





both the article signed by the
“Sympathetic Anti-Coeducational-
ist” dealing with this matter of
cooperation and also the article
discussing Dr. Chan’s argument in
favor of an “International Aim
for Education.” Don’t all ideals,
including “Internationalism,” be-
gin, like charity, at home?
Yours,
The ee Onlooker







same problem presented that we had in connection with the
poll tax bill and other measures.”
But the speeches didn’t make much headway against the

The stand-patters: therefore resorted to an old device

bill.

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of amending a bill to “perfection” so as to insure its defeat.
Senator Langer introduced an amendment barring discrim-
ination “on account of race, creed, or color,” not only as al-
ready provided for inthe federal funds authorized by the bill
itself, but also “in State funds supplemented thereby.” ~The
supporters of the amendment posed hypocritically as cham-
pions of racial equality. Senator Taft, who had opposed the
bill “in principle’ and expressed his views on the “Negro
question” sprang promptly to the support of Langer’s
amendment. It passed 40-37.

As was planned, the former Southern support was alien-
ated by this amendment, and when Senator Taft introduced
a motion to shelve the bill as a “post-war economic problem”
it passed 53-26 through a combination of southern Demo-
crats and reactionary Republicans. ,

Much can be learned from this event. First, a few pro-
gressive Senators who were absent during the vote could
have brought to millions of less fortunate American child-
ren a richer education. Secondly, the confusion of issues in
the minds of well-meaning Senators prompted them to vote
for the seemingly progressiye amendment without consider-
ing its consequences.. Thirdly, this illustrates ‘how our fail-
ure to solve the Negro question is manipulated by reaction-
aries to retard the progress of the entire nation. Lastly, it

~roxtt.- .cedfor alertness on the part of the
indirect as well as the direct participants in our legislative

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C.1. 0. Convention

' All those who wish to attend
the C.I.0. Convention at the
Bellevue - Stratford Hotel in
Philadelphia this week may be
admitted by identifying them-
selves at the door as Bryn
Mawr students. Among the
featured speakers of the week
will be James G. Patton, Philip
Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and
Henry A. Wallace.





WHAT TO DO

Prix de Paris

Vogue’s Prix de Paris contest is
now open to college Seniors. This
year’s awards include positions. on
all Conde Nast publications. This
is a good entree to the magazine
world for photographers and dec-
orators as well as for fashion de-
signers and reporters. Bryn Mawr
has had four winners in past years,
Commute to Compute

There is an opening for comput-
ers in a well-known Philadelphia
insurance company for’ several
afternoons a week. Good pay and
experience,
Bryn Mawr Post Office

The Bryn Mawr Post Office will
be able to use girls for “primary
sorting” of mail during the week
before Christmas. The hours are
between 6 A. M. and 8 P. M., and
the pay approximately 74 cents an
hour. Any who are _ interested

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The outstanding fact, he said, was
that, following the year in which
England stood alone, the war has
been fought statistically by the
(Russians. The American and Eng-
lish offensive has “bogged down
and bogged down badly”, against
adverse geographical and meteor-
ological conditions.









WIT*S END

It’s logic makes the world go
round; it’s logic makes the world
., 80 early in the morning. Thus
eggs, once scrambled, never come
unscrambled; and the table stays
a table while there’s someone
there to watch it. Our causal links
are fine, we’re told, what with a
heavenly body here and there. And
while you’re up, just pass the
china teapot that’s circling round
the moon. If you’d rather have
practical advice we can give it to
you straight. Never mention prob-
ability when it’s only probably
probable ... better let the subject
die. Also yelling “fox” when you
see the forest fire is not as good
as it might be. Bad habits; obvious-,
ly not common sense. It’s not like
our concept-precept of space-time,
clear and casual. The interference
never bothered us a bit. We toss-
ed our pennies and we took our
choice. Is that table still a table?

| Now you see it and when you don’t

—it’s a kangaroo. Nothing, noth-
ing at all. It’s just a habit. It’s
bad to forget the beginning of a
sentence when you’ve reached the
end, but it’s far, far worse to for-
get the end once you’ve begun. But
we're observers so it doesn’t mat-
ter, and we wait at the crossroads
till the ‘ossified animals come and
estimate our rationality. You'll
recognize them, because although
dogs aren’t really dogs when
they’re seen and not heard, nor
cats neither, dats and cogs just
aren’t done. Not in this universe.



Elections

The Radio Club is pleased to
announce the following new of-
ficers:' Margaret Browder, °45,
President; Mary Hemphill, ’44,
Production; Katherine Colvin,
"46, Acting’ arable 5 ie

Lovina Brendlinger, ’46, Public-
kg Nabe ¥eanhe, 46, Music.

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Planned for Seniors



The Vocational Committee has,
carranged two lectures next week
in the Deanery. Mary Moon Hem-
ingway, Bryn Mawr ’40, will speak
to seniors on Monday, November
3 at 7.30 P.M. Ensign Miriam E.
Waltmeyer, Navy Women’s Reser-
vist of the Office of Naval Pro-
curement, Philadelphia, will talk
at 7.30 P.M. on November 10.

Mrs. Hemingway, representative
for Vogue’s Prix de Paris Contest,
won first prize in that contest in
1940. Her talk will be of interest
to seniors considering the publi-
cations field as well as to those
wishing to learn about the contest.
All members of the class of 1944
are invited to attend.

Ensign Waltmeyer willlead a
discussion for Bryn Mawr ‘seniors,
on. the Navy’s new policy of of-
fering college seniors a chance to
qualify for the WAVES’ officer’s
traini under the V-9 program.
Under this program, students may
start their officer’s training before
graduation. The Navy quota has
been raised to 91,000 so more offi-
cers are urgently needed. Ensign
Waltmeyer attended Gettysburg
College and the University of Vir-
ginia, She trained under the Navy
programs at Mt. Holyoke and
Smith Colleges,

Events in India

’ To Be Examined

Continued from Page 1

In dispelling some of our illu-
sions about India, she points out
that, actually, language difficulties
are not overwhelming as many
claim; the truth is that Indo-Ary-
an languages based on Sanskrit
are understood by three-fourths
of the _ people. Hindo-Moslem
friction is exaggerated; there has
really been much cooperation be-
tween the two groups in spite of
foreign interference. It must be
remembered, she says, that “the
great majority of the Indian Mos-
lems are descendants of converts
from Hinduism.”

Poll Shows B. M. Views
On Haverford Digest

Continued from Page 1

Yes No

132 40

e) Do you attend any classes
at Haverford now?

Yes No
1 270
“Do you want so
attend any? Li 698
Which? |

Post-war reconstruction 3
Embryology 2
Surveying 1
Educational Psychology 2
Astronomy 1
Botany i
Chemistry seminars §
Radio 1
S. American Politics 1
Economics Seminar 1

Any remarks on cooperation in
general?
II, The Readers Digest
a) Do you read the Readers

' Digest?
Habitually 93
Occasionally 116
‘Never 9

b) Do you think it is eémplete-
ly unbiased in its choice of articles
on national and international prob-
lems?

Yes Almost No

74 _ “81
- ¢€) Do you think it should de-
vote itself entirely to reprinting
articles from other sources? Or
do you approve of including arti-
cles from their own “roving ;
itors”?

Exelusively reprints 55
Roving. editors 128







Russell Recommends

Process of Induction
Continued from Page 1
inductive method, which included
among others: that a geneéraliza-
tion made from factors other than
enumerated instances is not even
probable, that the inductive prin-
ciple can not be inferred from de-
ductive principles, and that it can-
not be inferred from experience
except by the inductive process.

In discussing induction, which
hinges on the definition of proba-
bility, Mr. Russell asked, “What
does a probable judgment assert?”
‘Probable’ may either refer to
doubtfulness or uncertaintly, or to
mathematical probability. In re-
gard to the latter, the rational
man should estimate each set. of
discreet probabilities—and consider
them as equally probable if ex-
perience shows that they are al-
most so. This is a mixture of the
frequency theory and the _theory
of equiprobability. Thus, if throw-
ing each face of a di is an equal-
ly probable event, but experience
from 600 throws has made one
side come up only 99 times, one
may still rationally infer that the
probability of its turning up is 1-6.

Raw Materials

Induction, analogy, and causal
continuity are the “raw material
of physics”, asserted Mr. Russell.
One must accept induction un-
proved, The question of the prob-
ability inferable from data is not
a valid- argument for induction,
sine ‘the observations which the
inductionist makes are not at ran-
dom but derived from the past and
present only. Future events may
not be inferred definitely but only
probably, depending on the factors
involved. Analogy goes beyond
observation and draws inferences
in the present or future. The ar-
gument ‘that the sun exists, said
Mr. Russell, comes from the prin-
ciple of causal continuity, which
depends on others’ testimony, ac-
cepted because of the analogical
argument that others think as one
thinks.

Although this argument is weak
to physicists who hold that the sun
exists only as long as they see it,
Mr. Russell affirmed that the as-
sumption of induction was neces-
sary for man’s “future happi-
ness.” One does not have to main-
tain that induction is certainly val-
id, but only probably valid; and
not in all cases but in each case,
Thus the probability in the induc-
tive postulate is not in'terms of
chance, but of doubtfulness, ~ and
can give a man rational grounds
for choosing one action rather
than another.

What todo...

Continued from Page 2
should apply early at the Post Of-
fice.
Openings for Next Year

The following companies are in-
terested in Graduates and Seniors;

Armstrong Cork Company, Lan-
caster, Pennsylvania — Majors in
chemistry, economics, physics and
mathematics.

Guarantee Trust Company of
New York—Students of any ma-
jor.

Joseph E. Seagram and Sons:
plants in many parts of country—
Students of any major, particular-
ly those with work in psychology
and business administration.

The Texas Company, Beacon,
New York; Port Arthur, Texas;
Lockport, Illinois—Chemists and
students with knowledge of lan-
guages and some chemistry. A
representative will come at the end
of the month for interviews,

Kellex Corporation, New York



City—Majors in physics and
chemistry.

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eemunity Kitchen
LANCASTER AVENUE

..Open Wednesdays



The Trapp Family Singers, in-
ternationally-famous a | capella
choir, will give a concert in Good-
hart Hall, November 9 at 8.30 p.m.
with a program of choral singing,
Tyrolean yodeling, and perform-
ances on ancient musical instru-
ments. Proceeds from the concert
will go to Bryn Mawr Summer
School of Nursing.

Baron Georg von Trapp and his
family left Salzburg, Austria, after
the Baron, then an Austrian naval
officer, refused Hitler’s offer of a
submarine command in the Med-
iterranean fleet. Upon. their ar-
rival in America, the family made





Undergrads Comment
On Editorial Debates

Continued from Page 1
prevails with several: “Coopera-

necessary—man is a_ gregarious
beast.” Others considered it, coy-
ly, a “leading question,” but joined
with the contingent which favors
the social aspects of cooperation,
especially in the language clubs
where one finds it beneficial “to
hear the other sex’s pronouncia-
tion.” A few disparaging remarks
such as “Cooperation, yes, but why
pick Haverford?” or “Why only
with Haverford? What about
Penn and Swarthmore?” indicate
an ancient antagonism still direct-
ing the opinions of many.

On the whole, there was much
criticism of the News’ editorial on
the subject, which was variously



called “indiscreet”, “petty” and
“in bad taste,” and tending to cre-
ate ill-will. Much fuss about little
was the verdict of a few.

Few statements were made by
students believing that the Read-
ers’ Digest presents a prejudiced

that it is unbiased usually quali-
fied their answer: “A completely
unbiased magazine cannot be
found, but*the Digest is one of the
least prejudiced.” Concerning the
pros and cons of “roving editors”,
students expressed the desirabil-
ity of added interest and individ-
uality contributed by special re-
porters. “Roving reporters are
doing an adequate job and their
articles do not overshadow the re-
print material.” One student feels
that “its editorial policy which
can be definitely stated is capital-
ism.” Several state that the Di-
gest should indicate clearly the
personal‘ opinions expressed. “As
long as it is interesting and fair,”
says one student, “I don’t care
where it gets its articles.”

Famous Family to Give Concert Tuesday



tion brings propagation” and “It’s,

point of view, but those stating,

Radio Club Sponsors
Two Training Groups





















































and Bill Wil-
lar, ’44 of Haverford, in coopera-
tion with the Radio Club, have of-
fered to teach two training cours-
es beginning next week. Miss Hen-

Miss Henderson

derson is planning a class in script
writing and Mr, Willar will teach
public speaking
for radio broadcasting.

Miss Henderson has had exper-

in preparation

ience working with the National
Broadcasting Company. She will
teach the technique of writing
original scripts and the adapting
of stage scripts to radio. The
station WHAV
will be discussed. There will also
broad-
casts—such as quiz programs, in-

scripts used on

i . ; t
the former hobby of group singing be instruction in. feature

their profession. Previously, they
had made concert tours in Europe,
first appearing in public under the
encouragement of Lotte Lehman,
the great opera singer.

The family, consisting of three
sons and seven daughters, is under
the musical direction of the Rev-
erend Doctor Franz Wasner. The
two eldest sons will not be present
at the concert as they are serving
their adopted country in the In-
fantry Ski Troops.

On their program, old church
music of Mozart, songs of Schu-
bert and Brahms, and madrigals
are combined with folk songs of
many countries. Many of the earl-
ier selections are accompanied by
recorders, violas de gamba and
spinets.

The price of admission is $1.10
and $1.65. Tickets may be obtained
at the Publicity Office. All seats
are reserved.

terviews, monologues and gag pro-
grams.

Improvement of Voices

A former president of the Rad-
io Club, Bill Willar has had coach-
ing and experience’ in public
speaking, as well as in the por-
trayal of character roles. His :
course aims particularly towards
the improvement of radio voices.



The classes are open to all those
interested, and the Radio Club
urges its members to attend since
the courses will be vital for radio
production. Miss Henderson’s
class will meet on Tuesdays from
nine to ten®P.M. and Mr. Willar
will teach on Wednesdays from
nine to ten P.M. The classrooms
will be announced later. Anyone
wishing to attend should contact
Mary Hemphill, Denbigh 55-59,











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as schools, Miss McBride will trav-
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In Chicago she will speak at the
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43-44 War Bond Drive , . Freshmen to Present ‘Letters to Lucerne’
Spanish ‘Tew Plays This Weekend|| HAV Schedule | Cass by Players Club

Opens Under Alliance

The War Bond\and Stamp Drive
for 1943-44 officially opened in the
halls last. Monday. Mary Kay
Snyder, ’46, chairman of the
Drive, hopes to get a minimum
of $2.00 per person, which will
bring the monthly total up to last
year’s standard of $1,000. The
Drive will last one week, during
which every one will be asked to
sign a card pledging a definite
amount each month.

The Alliance’s plan for the pay-
ment and collection of stamps and
bonds will be the same as last
year, the money being collected
the first Mondays and Tuesdays of
each month, except in November
when it will be collected on the 8th
and 9th. The bonds and stamps
will be delivered a week after the
collection of the morey. Money
must be paid id cash or check
since it will not be put on pay days.

The managers are as follows:
Helen Reed for Pembroke -East,
Constance Chester for Pembroke
West, Ellen Douglas Brooks for
Rockefeller, Ruth Hendrickson
for Rhoads North, and Nancy
Crawford for Rhoads South. The
Radnor freshmen have Barbara
Stix for their representative, the
Spanish House, Amanda Eggert;
the graduates, Frances Jean Bond-
hus; the French House, Alice Fish-
er; Merion, Jean Blum; Denbigh,
Betty Hoffman; the German House,
Caro Shugg; and the Non-Resi-
dents, Jean Albert.



A Spanish Club tea will be
held in the Spanish House,
Radnor, on Thursday, Novem-
ber 4th at 4:00 o’clock. Mr. Gil-
let will discuss the “Good
Neighbor Policy.” All members
are cordially invited.







Chan Discusses China’s
Scientific Development

Continued from Page 1

Instead of treating natural phe-
nomena as natural phenomena,
China regarded them as abstract,
and set apart from human affairs.
She lacked an interest in “knowl-
edge for knowledge’s sake”, and
it is this interest which Mr. Chan
claims to be the basis of Western
science. At one point in their
philosophy, the Mohists did devel-
op a scientific method of reasoning
involving hypothesis,

Today, however, China has real-
ized the importance of applied
science. Since 1800, her standard
of living has been on a steady de-
cline, as Western scientific meth-
ods rose in importance. Today,
the annual income of the average
Chinese is $132, and their average
life expectancy is forty-five years.

There is no longer any question
of China’s wanting science, but
rather, as Mr. Chan put it, “of her
having too much, and getting



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The title of the Pem West pro-
duction is in itself sufficiently in-
triguing. Director Eleanor Bor-
den, ’46 spelled it out, but the -re-
sult is still questionable. We'll
leave it with Eleanor and Nancy
Bierwith at “The Six Who Pass
While the Lentils Boil”. Lord Dun-
sany has fans in both Denbigh
and Radnor, who are playing his
“Night in an Inn” and “The Lost
Silk Hat”, with Edith Rhoads, ’44
and Caroline Seamans, and Estelle
Morrison, ’45, and Marilyn Roab as
their respective directors. Rad-
nor, by the way, enters the contest

for the first time this year.





sick.” . Although many Chinese
after World War I condemned
science as the cause of unheard of
destruction, the New Renaissance
in China brought with it a whole
movement of Westernization or
“scientification”,



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WEDNESDAY (3rd)

Invitation to the Waltz
Short Stories
Faculty Board of Ex-
perts—Professors Post
and Sargent

8:30
9:45
10:30

THURSDAY (4th)

8:30 Music Festival—Selec-
tions from “H. M. 8.
Pinafore”

Oral Spanish

Oral French

Oral German

Oral Italian

Le Jazz Hot

Weekly News Review

9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15

Continued from Page 1
con. :

N. Richard Nusbaum, who di-
rected “Hotel Universe” for the
Players Club last fall, will direct
“Letters to Lucerne.” The stage
manager is Estelle Morrison.















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