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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







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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