College news, April 12, 1944

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VOL. XL, NO. 21

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1944

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr Colleve, 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





Model Assembly
Notes Problems
Of Post-War Era

Small Nations Reprimand
Great Powers’ Desire
To Dictate

The Intercollegiate United Na-
ions Conference, held here during



_ vacation, was strikingly important

in so far as it indicated a complete
lack of post-war vindictiveness on
the part of the delegates, as well
as a predominantly international
point of view, which obscured
purely national points of view.

Delegates from twenty-eight
Middle Atlantic colleges and uni-
versities attended the conference,
a delegate from each serving on
each of the four commissions: Po-
litical, Relief and Reconstruction.
and Educational Recofstruction:
These commissions met and pre-
pared reports to be presented to a
final plenary session of the whole
conference.

Realism

A feeling of realism characteriz-
ed the whole assembly, from the
very beginning when, _ within
twenty minutes of arrival, the
four great powers had already met
secretly, and a secret session of
the British Commonwealth of Na-
tions was in progress in Rhoads
North smoker. The first motion
from the floor at the opening
plenary session was an indication
of protest on the part of the small-
er nations at “what they had been

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Problem of Worship
Discussed by Greene

Common Room, April 7. Ex-
plaining that “worship is quite es-
sential to religious knowledge just
as laboratory work is quite es-
sential to scientific knowledge”,
Dr. Theodore M. Greene, McCosh
Professor of Philosophy at Prince-
ton, spoke on “The Nature of Re-
ligious Worship” at the second of
a series of discussions on philos-
ophy and religion. :

Religion “involves, essentially,
establishing a relation between
man and that deity who forms the
basis of any religion”, and worship
is the means by which that rela-
tion may be secured. The diffi-
culty lies in the nature of this re-
ligious worship, for generations
of men have made that request so
ably propounded by the apostles:
“Teach us to pray.” The supreme
difficulty lies in the paradoxical
nature of religion—one cannot
know how to go about praying
unless one has a clear conception
of the deity, and yet this realiza-
tion of God’s nature can only be
achieved through participation in
the worship of that deity.



Private Worship

Dr. Greene emphasized the
private aspect of worship, which,
he explained, must be supplement-
ed by participation in corporate
worship. “Private worship and
public worship are not only mu-
tually compatible but mutually
necessary,” he said. Dr. Greene
cited the analogy to a college
which is not complete unless it
has a certain amount of college
spirit. A worshiper may go
through the forms of worship but

\ jt'is not real worship unless there

is an element of participation in,
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Dr. Wilcox Describes
Steps Taken by OPA
To Prevent Inflation

Goodhart, April 5. -Dr. Clair
Wilcox, professor of economics at
Swarthmore, stated in the eighth
War Assembly that’ itis possible
to prevent inflation economically,
but that the question is now polit-
ical. Speaking on Can We Pre-
vent Inflation?, Dr. Wilcox criti-
cized the present administration
for doing “too little and too late”
to carry out effective anti-inflation
measures,

Danger

The “dangers are even greater
this time” than in 1917, said Dr.
Wilcox, stressing that ours would
be no “cheap victory.” The last
inflation résulted from the sudden
release of all wartime control
after the armistice. During the
last war only a quarter of the na-
tional income went into the war
effort, while now a half (150 bil-
lion dollars) is employed. This
“outpouring of money creates
pressure for inflation,” he stated.
You cannot prevent prices from
rising during war, but the crucial
point is “how far and how fast”
they go.

Dr. Wilcox felt that the OPA
has provided effective restriction,
the rise in the cost of living at
present being only 26 percent
above pre-war level. This state is
due to price control, an inflation-
conscious people, and their policy
of saving rather than spending.

Inflation Control

Dr. Wilcox outlined the tech-
nique whereby inflation is con-
trolled. It consists simply of re-
moving the excess money, either
through bonds or taxes, and of
putting ceilings on wages and
prices. Unfortunately, ‘Congress
has blocked measures of restric-
tion. It has done this largely for

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Mrs. Manning Warns
Against Over-Cutting



Mrs. Manning made two an-
nouncements in the assembly on
Friday morning: first, that the
Thanksgiving holiday will not. be
observed this year, and that an ex-
tra day will be added to the Christ-
mas vacation for compensation. It
is hoped that on Thanksgiving a
college assembly will’ be held in
which a national subject will be
discussed. The second announce-
ment ,concerned the responsibility
of each:individual student to her-
self and to her instructor in the
present system of “unlimited cuts.”

The mechanical rule of giving a
limited number of cuts to each
student. seems unnecessary, Mrs.
Manning said, as total attendance
always varies according to each
student and her specific courses.
But the general current impres-
sion that the faculty gave the
students the freedom to cut as
much as they see fit is equally
wrong., The faculty reserves the
right tg monitor in any class and
to consifler a student not a mem-
ber of Aa course if she persists in
ng.

Albsence in case of illness is of
course excusable, Mrs. Manning
said, but it is the responsibility
of each person who has been ill to
discuss the work missed in her
absence with her instructor, im-
mediately on her return.

Mrs. Manning “fut —special em-
phasis on not cutting before quizzes

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EMILY KIMBROUGH



Emily Kimbrough
Authoress, Publicist
Returns to Lecture



“An Amateur Goes to Holly-
wood” is the title of the lecture to
be given by Emily Kimbrough on
Friday, April. 14th at 8:30 in
Goodhart. She has just written
We Followed Our Hearts to Holly-
wood ,a sequel to Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay.

A member of the class of ’21,
Emily Kimbrough, distinguished
herself in music and art. In the
Big May Day of 1920 she played
a leading part. Leader of Choir
and Glee Club, she directed the
operetta Pinafore in her Junior
year. She conducted the perform-
ance with such violent enthusiasm
that in a moment of stress the
baton flew out of her hand and in-
to the lap of M. Carey Thomas.
This performance, however, ended
in tragedy. The music director
had said that-Emily was sucha
dynamic conductor anything might
happen. That night he dropped
dead from a heart attack.

Pem West

In Pembroke West Emily was
noted for her twenty-one beaux
and her devotion to the Inn. She
also formed a member of the
“family”, a group in her hall con-
sisting of Eleanor Donnelly, Ellen
Jay, Cat Walker, and Jimmy
James, all of whom are now well-
known in various fields, Cornelia
Otis Skinner, who was in the class

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of ’22, lived in Merion, but from
the very beginning of her Fresh-
man year, she and Emily were
very good friends,

After her graduation, Miss
Kimbrough opehed-a book shop in
her home, Buffalo, New York. Lat-
er she worked in the advertising
department of Marshall Fields
and the Curtis Publishing Com-

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The M. Carey Thomas
Essay Prize

Prize is to be awarded this year
to a member of the Senior class
for distinction in writing. Given
for a number of years in the
past, the award has been re-
vived and is to be presented
each year in the future. Sen-
jors competing for the prize
must submit manuscripts of
either critical or creative writ-
ing to the President’s Office by
May 1. Not only essays, but
papers written for any course,
an article, a novel, or verse are
acceptable. The award will be
made by the English depart-
ment on the basis of actual ma-
terial.





|preliminary invitation





Main Currents in Indian Philosophy
_ Traced by Yahkub in First Lecture



Moore, Modern Poet,
Will Talk in Deanery
On Poetry of Today



Marianne Moore, one of the most
outstanding of modern poets and
a Bryn Mawr graduate, class of
1909, will lead a discussion of’ po-
4:30 on
Thursday, April 20. After com-
menting upon modern poetry, Miss
Moore will read some of her own
poems.

From 1926 to 1929 Miss Moore
edited The Diel, former well-known
literary magazine. In 1924 _ her
book of poems entitled Observa-
tions won the Diel award for good
poetry. In 1932. and 19385 her
poems again won prizes. In 1935
her Selected Poems were publish-
ed with an introduction by T. S.
Eliot. The February edition of
Horizon, British literary maga-
zine, contains a recent war poem
by Miss Moore entitled “In Dis-

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Del Vayo Will Speak
Qn Spanish Problem
In Future Assembly



Julio Alvarez del Vayo, Spanish
journalist, underground political
worker, ambassador and minister,
will speak on “Spain and the War”
at the ninth War Alliance assem-
bly on April 19.

Mr. del Vayo is author of
Spain’s great white book, ‘“Free-
dom’s Battle”. ci 94 to the pres-
ent way he spoke *before. -the
League of Nations warning
against the coming crisis. As
Foreign Minister he was active in
his support of the Spanish Repub-
lic, and as journalist he has con-
tributed to El Liberal, El Sol, La
Nacien of Buenos Aires, and _ the
Manchester Guardian. At present

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& Influence of ‘Vedas’ Seen:
In Primitive Religious



Concepts
Goodhart, April 10.. Opening
the second series of lectures in

Oriental Civilization, Dr. Thomas
Yahkub, head of India House in
Boston, summarized the “Main
Currents in Indian Philosophy.”

There is intimate contact be-
tween .Europe and India, said Dr.
Yahkub:..India~ influenced Greece
as, she turned from Homer’s tales
to the philosophies of Xenophenes
and Zeno, Protagoras and Herod-
itus and finally to Plato. The So-
cratic doctrines of the “soul im-
prisoned in matter” and the “soul
wandering in penance” are new
forms of the original Indian no-
tion of transmigration; salvation
is essentially the deliverance of
this soul after it has migrated for
centuries.

Indian Influence

Indian influence can also be
found in German transcendental-
ism, in Schopenhauer and in Kant.
It can be followed up in the first
English Romantics: Coleridge and
Carlyle, and even in_ Shelley
(Adonais) and Wordsworth (Inti-
mations of Immortality). Thus,
said Dr. Yahkub, the West is al-
ready acquainted with the East.

Indian philosophy rests primar-
ily on the four ‘Vedas’. The Ved-
as are collections of hymns, both
in prose and poetry; they contain
the precepts of the religion, and a
discussion of the philosophies.
They represent the poet, the priest
and the philosopher.

Philosophies

By the first century nine sys-
tems, orthodox and atheistic, had
been based on these Vedas. There
is no strict rule of Orthodoxy in
India. Dr. Yahkub emphasized
that there could never have been
an Inquisition: it is recognized



that the philosophy of one may
not be suited to another. There

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Delegates for Model League Conference
Disappointed by Lack of Beer and Cigars



By Patricia Platt, ’45

Preparing to entertain the dele-
gates to the Model League consist-
ed mainly of anticipating emerg-
encies. Who would attend was the
first. One of the answers to the
ran: “I
would. like to come but I am _ in
North Africa.”

But ‘delegates arrived, some-
times in unexpected ways; . and
moving the men into Rhoads al-
most provoked some interesting
situations. Boys were assigned

The M. Carey Thomas Essay Ffto Rhoads South, but predicting

which delegates would be mascu-
line, when only initials were given
in the first names, drew forth all

of the committee’s psychic powers,’

which, with a little thumb-holding,
proved adequate.

Delegates arrived early. At
6:30 A. M. on Thursday, March
23, the porter roused Lydge Gif-
ford from slumber with the query:
“Are you expecting two gentle-
men?” Naturally she was not, but
deciding that promptness, after
all, was the courtesy of kings, she
fumbled into some clothes, and
groped to the showcase. When
she discovered’ that the two boys
were among the group that had
been unable to come, suspicion re-

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sulted. They succeeded in identi-
fying themselves, undaunted ~by
the lack of purple carpet, and
were shipped off to the Library in
the. cold, grey dawn. That was
not the end of them. They liked
Bryn Mawr. At five o’clock on
Saturday, .Jeng after the others
had departed, the same two way-
ward delegates were playing
bridge in tthe smoker with no
avowed intention of leaving.

In each room was posted a list
of rules, the last of which read:
“In case of emergency (or con-
fusion), get in touch with Lydia
Gifford or Anne Heyniger.” This
brought to light many domestic
crises, the most baffling of which
was the case of the boy with the
a-c razor. Another near emerg-
ency was the fact that heated po-
litical debates in Rhoads North
smoker had a tendency to keep on
going into the wee small hours.

Bryn Mawr facilities had a few
Mmitations. In the first recess one
delegate dashed down to the Book-
shop and called for a cigar and the
New York Times. Later in the
day someone confidently ordered
beer at the soda fountain. The
Friday night dance in the Music
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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







Fhe Lantern ?

In a college of this size and standard, it seems obvious
that there should be an active literary magazine represent-
ing not only the creative efforts of the students, but also the
current interests and points of view. Since the question of
the very existence of the Lantern has been brought up with-
in the last week, it seems advisable to consider its actual and
possible value as a campus organ.

There is an unfortunate lack of interest and respect, for
the Lantern among. the students, resulting not only in lack of
financial support and subscriptions, but of literary contribu-
tion, throwing its maintenance entirely on the hands of the
editorial board.

Such a situation, though deplorable, is to a large extent
not inexplicable. Although we cannot say exactly when this
attitude of disinterest, and even contempt, first began, it can
be traced to several different factors.
tive publicity; second, a lowering of the format standard
within the last year, due chiefly to a lack of funds and third,
but most significant, a tendency toward the stereotyped,
over-modernized, over-psychological literary material which
is perhaps best exemplified by the type of short story ap-
pearing in Harper’s Bazaar, or Mademoiselle.

It cannot be said exactly whether the decline of the
Lantern is a result of lack of interest on the part of the un-
dergraduates, or vice versa, but regardless of its origin, the
problem has now become a vicious circle, threatening to leave
the campus without a literary magazine.

™ Tt has been suggested first that the Lantern widen its
scope, including not only short stories and poetry, but also
the prize-winning Freshman essay, or excerpts from out-
standing year papers for various courses, as well as unaca-
demic essays, whether serious or humorous. Greater inter-
est,could be achieved by a greater variety in the tone of the
stories.

However, to attract such material, it is necessary that
the Lantern re-establish: itself as a vital and worthwhile ac-
tivity. It. has been suggested first, that a subsidy from the
undergraduate Association would enable it to return to its
former format. '

But more than this is necessary. The Lantern must be
presented to the students in a construtive light, to counter-
act the attitude which has grown up within the last few
years. If, for instance, more emphasis could be placed on
the Lantern in Freshman English, and the better of the
weekly short stories or essays turned in for possible publica-
tion, it is likely that the Lantern could achieve the necessary
vitality and interest.

However, no literary magazine can depend entirely on
the Freshmen for support. The upperclassmen must be re-
interested, and encouraged to write for the Lantern. It is
not as though there were no creative writers now on cam-
pus. In point of actual fact, no member of the Experimental
Writing class has contributed to this year’s Lantern.

The campus does write, and the campus does have opin-
ions and ideas. They should find reflection in the one \arteed
literary publication on campus, the Lantern. 3



First, a lack of posi-|

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erty

* Common -Room, April 11. In a
discussion of the forthcoming
presidential election, Miss Staple-
ton set forth as the three main el-
ements for consideration, the is-
sues, the choice, and the possible
candidates.

The dominant issue of American
foreign policy must be weighed as
a controversy between interna-
tional cooperation versus _isola-
tionism. The latter faction may
seek to mask its true color by ad-
vocating international cooperation,
provided there is no sacrifice. of
’national sovereignty’.

The maintenance of New Deal
social legislaion, such as _ Social
Security and the Wagner Labor
Act, figures also in the consider-
ations. Post-war economic policy
is involved in this issue, in the at-
titude toward use of public funds
for industrial conversion and un-

veuls







employment prevention.



A catchword campaign for the
dissolution of “bureaucracy” must
be investigated as to its actual
meaning, since the purpose may
be that of dismantling existing
beneficial controls.

A. fourth term cannot be consid-
ered as an independent factor, the

Common Treasurer
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Self-Government Association
May 1, 1943 -/March 23, 1944 ;





speaker stated.-Selection of a can- et . predecessors 9610.48
didate must be made on the basis ” y Aptos 47.60
of his attitude toward the major de ” — fines 89.05
issues. Miscellaneous 3.41
Thomas Dewey, known only as

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; d bal : xpenditures:

expressed no opinion on HApontert Bntenaining $9.47
questions, although, before the Stationery 147.39
Mackinac Conference he did ad-| Expenses 23.50

vocate a post-war military alli-| Loan to Undergrad for



ance with Britain. Haverford Radio Club 100.00
: Expenses for Seven
One of the best Republican can-
College Confer 27.75
didates, Stassen, of Minnesota, fa- de each
vors American participation in Total $308.11
an organization of United Na- Balance $392.43

Undergraduate Association
May 20, 1943—March 23, 1944
Receipts:

Recd from predecessor
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tions now and after the war
Bricker, of Ohio, a known isola-
tionist, may also be considered as
a potential Republican candidate.
Eric Johnston is a possible dark-
horse candidate,
That Roosevelt may not

$1,009.27
B.M. College .190.00
(Miscellaneous 59.00
Ree’d from Inn—1% of

Acc’t through May Pay Day 19.51

run| Ree’d from Self-Gov’t for

again as Democratic nominee} Haverford Radio Club 100.00
must be taken into account. A| CP and Gown Sale spared
worthy alternative to, Roosevelt Ree’d from Class of 1046." 100.00
is William Dougias of the Su- a. ‘..

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Chinese Control of Students

The Chinese government recently announced a decision
to watch and control the actions of all young Chinese stud-
ents here. In the future, students must obtain government
permission to attend American colleges, and they must at-
tend Official Kuomintang schools before departure for the
United States. Once arrived. they will remain under the
supervision of a Chinese government official who will pass
judgment on their “tPught and conduct” as well as their
scholastic. records. All their courses of study must be ap-
proved by the government, and all changes made on its ad.
vice, not that of American professors.

Whatever the political significance of this move—and
fascistic implications may be attached to it—it is of un-
doubted importance to the academic world. Restriction of
thought is the aspect of totalitarianism which most vitally
concerns the student, of whatever nationality. The very
definition of a student is contradictory to the concept of any
involuntary limitation of knowledge.

There are a large number of Chinese students in this
country now who are presumably studying with the intent of
eventually playing key roles in the rehabilitation of China.
They will not of necessity choose to follow the line of the
present Chinese government, and the Kuomintang is defeat-
ing its own purpose in forbidding them to explore alternative
forms completely. It is also overlooking the fact that Chin-
ese students, faced with such barriers to individual liberty,
may carry away an imperfect picture of American life, while
the American students in contact with them will find the re-
strictions a bar to friendly intercouse.

A resolution of protest against the act has already been
passed by a group of faculty members at Harvard Univer-
sity. Further action along these lines may expedite the re-
scinding or emendation of the alarming measures. Demon-
strations from a number of prominent colleges, bringing the
matter to public attention, might produce such a recommen-
dation. Bryn Mawr must be among the first to lodgeits ob-

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WIT *S END

On the funeral steps of Taylor,
which knells the doom of many
on the hour every hour from nine
to four, have at last been placed
receptacles for the corpses of
those who perish in class, and
therefore need immediate inter-
ment to prevent putrefication. (No
one can diagnose death in Taylor
for at. least two weeks). To meet
this sanitary crisis; marvelous
gadgets are now placed (invented
especially for the purpose by the
Greeks, so wholly suited to their
surroundings). They provide au-
tomatic cremation from smoulder-
ing butts, and thus are highly ec-
onomical. Of course, everything
economical can’t be lovely, and
while the Greeks also invented
Beauty, they did not think of cig-
arettes, nor realize that academic
corpses resemble sand. This hap-
pens to be because of the vitamin
deficiency engendered from living
only at night, which necessitates
lange spinach intake. Pallas Ath-
ena thea shows us that immor-
tality is uncomfortably close to
doom, and that while urns on Tay-
lor may be practical, the Greeks
didn’t forsee that our age would
be so concrete that even -urns
would have to be made of the stuff
if dust is going to return to dust.
For us, the living, they help to
guide wandering footsteps up
Taylor steps, by making it highly
unpleasant right or left, and if we
try escaping by looking at the
sky, we will probably fall into
one of the things.



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Elections

The Junior class takes pleas-
mre in announcing the election
of Lois Post as the Senior
member to the Self-Govern-
ment Board.

The Sophomore class takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of Susan Oulahan and
Lovina Brendlinger as the first
and second Junior members of
the Self-Government Board and
of Robin Brooks and Doris
Braman as the first and second
Junior members of the Under-
grad Board.

The Freshman class takes
pleasure in announcing the elec-
tion of Barbara Bunce as the
Sophomore member of the Self-
Government Board and of
Emily Evarts as the Sophomore
member of the Undergrad
Board.

The Bryn Mawr League takes
pleasure” in announcing the
election of Elizabeth Hoffman
’46 as Secretary-Treasurer, and
of Alice Hedge °46 as Chair-
man of the Chapel ‘Committee.

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_, 43-44 Officers Give —
. Report of of Activities

Goodhart, April 5. Next year’s

presidents of the Self-Government

Association, the Undergraduate
Association, the League, the Ath-
letic Association, and the Chair-

-man of the War Alliance were in-

augurated on Wednesday evening.
Each retiring president, before
turning the meeting® over to her
successor, gave a report of the
past year’s activities. The Com-
mon Treasurer, Jeanne-Marie Lee,
read her report.

Self-Govt.

Before introducing her success-
or, Virginia Thomas, Patricia St.
Lawrence gave the Executive
Board’s report of the cases which
have come up in the last year and
the revisions ‘of some of the rules.
Stressing the importance to the
new board of definition and clari-
fication of the system of Self-
Government, which must be sup-
ported by every member, she told
of the increased awareness and
consideration of the system which
has been evident on campus re-
cently. It started with an_editor-
ial in the Lantern, followed by an
assembly in which the Self-Gov-
ernment Association was’ evaluat-
ed, and by three mass meetings
and several hall meetings in which
suggested changes in the constitu-
tion and rules were discussed ,and
voted :

Undergrad

Kay Tappen attributed the in-
crease in activity of the Under-
graduate Association on campus
this year largely to the efficient
organization of committees, and
to the fact that the freshmen were
permitted to participate in the ac-
tivities last fall, bringing in a
fresh spfrit at the beginning of
the year. There have been more
than the usual opportunities for
cooperative. work on campus; the
committees have made many inno-
vations in their work; and the
clubs have been more active and
well attended than ever.

War Alliance

Jessie Stone pointed out that
the War Alliance is still a com-
paratively young organization on
campus. Its leaders are learning
and will learn by their predeces-
sors’ mistakes. One of the most
promising changes this year has
been the organization of a Red
Cross unit which will work in c-
operation with the unit in Ard-
more.

The Alliance has had a full
schedule of good speakers fo:-as-
semblies which have been well at-
tended. Current Events has not
been so successful. It is hoped
that this will have better support
from the students next year. and
that the undergraduates will en-
ter more into the discussions
which follow. The war drives have
on the whole been’ successful but
the volunteer war work has not
been well supported by the stud-
ents.
ease & League

Phoebe Stevens: stated that the
undergraduates as a whole have
not shown sufficiently serious con-
sideration of the volunteer work
sponsored by the League. Small
groups of students, however, have
regularly read at. the Blind School,
worked at the Haverford Commun-
ity Center and taught the maids’
classes.

Athletic Association

Nothing startling has occurred
in the Athletic Association this
year according to Jean Brunn.
There has, however, been no fur-
ther curtailment of sports but ad-
equate and ready gym facilities
for all.

Due to the close integration of
the’ Athletic Association’s funds
with those of the Administration,
there is a separate treasurer, not
included in the Common Treasur-
er. The report was read by Julie
‘Turner,

Seven Colleges Meet

To Discuss Problems|



9)
Specially contributed by K. Tap-
pen, 44 and P. St. Lawrence, °44

The main topic of discussion be-
fore the Seven-College Council
held March 24 and 25 at Wellesley
College was the,, conception of
representative government in a
college community. Student-Fac-
ulty-Administration relations and
the powers of decision in various
lines, participation by the student
body in community responsibility,
and. method -of election to insure
representative government were
described by representatives from
Barnard, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Rad-
cliffe, Wellesley, Vassar, Bryn
Mawr and Wheaton,

Mt. Holyoke

Mt. Holyoke’s system perhaps
deserves special comment. There
the highest body consists of a
council: made up of members of the
faculty, administration, and stud-
ents with equal powers. This su-
perior council deals with all ques-
tions pertaining to the college as
a whole and serves as a unifying
and correlating body. The advan-
tages here are derived from the
mutual consideration of mutual
problems and from the sense of
unity of all: members of the col-
lege community.

Faculty Cooperation

One aspect of student organiza-
tion in which all the colleges have
a certain amount of faculty co-
operation is the Curriculum Com-
mittee. Joint student-faculty com-
mittees have proved that coopera-
tion leads to greater student in-
terest in academic affairs, and a
clearer understanding of a. liberal
education. For example, Welles-
ley this year has set up a new
committee of faculty and students
to consider curriculum questions
in light of what is actually entail-
ed in a liberal education. This
topic has aroused considerable in-





terest and points the way to .con-
structive changes backed by a long
range policy.

Less Apathy

In discussing participation by
the student body in community re-
sponsibility it was found that gen-
eral apathy seems to have waned
during the past year, perhaps be-
cause each college has had a ma-
jor. student problem which has

Continued on Page 5

Miss McBride Visits
Ohio Alumnae Groups



During the Spring vacation,
Miss McBride visited three cities
in Ohio, Cincinnati, Columbus and
Cleveland. The President met and
addressed alumnae meetings, and
also spoke to several schools. In
Cleveland, she found an alumnae
tea particularly interesting in that
the alumnae present ranged from

the class of 1889 to the class of
1946,

Continuing her travels, Miss
McBride will meet alumnae in

New York on April 15th, and Bal-
timore alumnae on April 19th and
20th. She will speak also to the
Garrison Forest and St. Timothy’s
schools. On Apri} 21st, Miss Mc-
Bride will be ew Haven and
on May 6th she will travel to Bos-
ton to meet alumnae.

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Friday, April. 14
Emily Kimbrough.
teur Goes. to
Goodhart,. 8:30.
“A Vocational Talk on writing
will follow the lecture in the
Common Room.

Saturday, April 15
Russian movie. Music Room,
TL;

Dance for Villanova service-
men, Common Room, 8:30.

Sunday, April 16
Chapel. Rev.. Thomas. S.
Mutch, Music .Room, 7:30.

Monday, April 17
Thomas Yahkub. The Web of
Life, Goodhart, 8:30.

Tuesday, April 18
Current Events,
Room, 7:15.

Science Club Lecture, Dalton,
8:00.

Wednesday, April 19
Alvarez de yo, Spain and
the War, College Assembly.
Goodhart, 12:30.

/ Thomas Yahkub, Indian Art,
Goodhart, 8:30.

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Hollywood.

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Problem of Worship

Discussed by Greene
Continued from Page |

and belief in, the concepts which
direct that worship.

Dr. Greene also described the
role played by the arts in religious
worship. “The arts constitute
par excellence the vehicle of re-
ligion,” he said. Mr. Greene con-
tends that’ there is no service ex-
tant which does not use some form
of artistic movement, the dance in
its broad sense implying movement,
literature, as that of the Bible,
music, painting, and the other
arts. The arts, he said, are most
effective in providing religious ex-
pression.

Mr. Greene then.“gave an an-
alysis of the Episcopal Commun-
ion Service, which, he feels, is one
of the most expressive services in
any church. However, there are
two dangers inherent in the serv-
ice which must be scrupulously
avoided if one is to attain honest
religious belief. The first of these
is the tendency towards ritualism,
owing tothe lack—of-spontaneity
in the service. This emphasis on
ritual can be carried to the ex-
treme of idolatry of ritual, which

must be avoided at all costs. The
second danger inherent in the
Communion service is that the

loveliness affects the worshiper to
such an extent that he becomes an

aesthete, concentrating on _ the
beauty rather than the _ content.
However, Mr. Greene feels that

the quality of this service is such
that the true believer can over-
come its dangers.



International Crew of Merchant Sailors

Celebrate Booker T. W ashington’s Birthday



by Thelma Baldassarre, ’47

Philadelphia, April 5. Pedes-
trians walking by a Chestnut St.
apartment house last Wednesday
evening may have heard the
snatches of laughter and_ song
conventionally associated with a
birthday party issuing from «2
fourth floor flat. A hush... and
the cake was cut... But if the
passersby could have looked in at
the party in progress, they might
have found it rather distinctive.
The occasion was the eighty-sixth
anniversary of the birth of Booker
T. Washington. The guests of hon-
or were members of the crew of
the Booker T. Washington and
her sister ship, the Rawle. Both
ships are now in port for a“breath-
er” between Merchant Marine as-
signments.

Booker T. Washington was more
than a fine educator; he was a
prominent liberal and a_ great
American. It was fitting that the
first ship in. the service of the
United States ever to be manned by

W ellesley Announces
Reconstruction Plan



The Undergraduate Relief and
Reconstruction Program, modeled
after the course given at Haver-

ford, will be held at Wellesley
College this summer for’ two
months. Plans are not fully com-

pleted yet, but the program, which
is open to any college, will be un-
der way two weeks before Com-
mencement here; Bryn Mawr,
however, will be allowed to enter
late.

The girls will live at the college.
During the day they will do prac-
tical work, such as farming, so-
cial service work, and _ learning
various arts and crafts along their
own special line. The evening will
be reserved for seminars (the
speakers to be announced later),
in which the day’s work and fu-
ture plans will be discussed in the
light of reconstruction.

Anyone interested in this pro-
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an international crew should be
named for him. And the Booker
T. Washington has lived up to its
name. It is a daring and. success-
ful experiment. Negroes, Philip-
pines, Caucasions and Orientals
have proved on it that they can
cooperate for the benefit and sat-
isfaction of all in practice as well
as in theory.

There nothing theoretical
about the high seas. Unity is less
simple a ‘concept during a submar-
ine attack than around a confer-
ence table. Yet this group of or-
dinary sailors has attained it, and
they carry the mark of their
achievement into every port they
hit. That’s why the accents at
Wednesday’s gathering ranged
from cockney English to Brazilian

Spanish. That is also why no one
noticed.

The men of the Booker T. feel
a deep comradeship for one an-
other, and this compels the world
to look at them through their own
eyes—just another unit of. fight-
ers. Many of the men wore little
pins showing they’d been torpe-
doed. All had National Maritime
Union buttons. A union official
and a city magistrate spoke brief-
ly, and the chief petty officer ac-
cepted a plaque for the ship’s sal-
oon in the name of the captain.
a personalized gifts of “pin-

” girls were made to members
i the crew,

is

whose
acceptance convulsed
tors.

mock-solemn
the specta-
Hilarity reached its height
during the buffet supper, and ev-
erything from “Paper. Doll” to
“United Nations on the March”
was demanded of the obliging bar-
itone of the company. Soon after-
wards. the exodus was started by
members of the crew who had to
return to the ship early. A brief
farewell, a firm handclasp, and
the crew of the Booker T. Wash-
ington set out, shoulder to should-
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from the Front, and have suf-
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that many people volunteer,
especialy those who are able to
play the piano or sing. Trans-
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and at 10. All volunteers sign
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Nuts and Bolts

A great interest in. post-war
problems in the colleges is shown
not only through the Model As-
sembly. but ‘likewise through ar-
ticles in the various- college pa-
pers. Mills College reports only
sixty per cent of. its students be-
lieving--that future wars can be
prevented, while a poll of opinion
conducted by the Columbian, Col-
umbia University student year
book, and reported by the Associ-
ated Collegiate Press, shows 85
percent of. those polled convinced
that permanent peace is possible.

In contrast, fully 88 per cent of
the Mills students express their
disapproval of the plan to lower
the voting age to 18, whereas only
60 per cent oppose this in the Col-
umbicn poll. However, the _lat-
ter includes servicemen as well as
civilians, and this may account for
the lower percentage.

An intersting comparison can
be made between the fact that 81
per cent of the Mills girls polled
oppose the acquisition of new ter-
ritory by the United States in the
post-war settlement, while 64
per cent of the civilians. and 85
per cent of the Navy men polled
by the Columbian favor the Unit-
ed States acquiring military bases
outside our territorial limits after
the war. The presence of the Navy
men undoubtedly accounts for this
large percentage, as the break-
down. of statistics shows.

The Vassar Miscellany News
voices the opinion of American
liberals in an editorial criticizing
the conservative policy which char-
acterizes Governor Dewey’s recent
efforts in the state government.
The Miscellany News notes Dew-
ey’s skillful political maneuvering
in which he avoids committing
himself to a definite policy by
cleverly refusing to run in any of
the primary elections to date.
However, the Miscellany News
feels that indications can be found
suggesting the form his policy will
take in Dewey’s recent acts as
governor. These include legisla-
tion favoring the big business in-
terests of the state, and obvious
efforts to stall action on anti-dis-
crimination bills introduced into
the legislature, following an _in-
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Problems of Post-War Era Noted

At Intercollegiate Model Assembly ,

Continued

led to believe was a predisposition
on-the part of the Four Great
Powers to dictate and formulate

the opinions to be propounded’ at,

the conference.”

Although the United States re-
plied that there was no intention
of dictatorship, the whole problem
of “Four” powers was. attacked,
with France demanding post-war
recognition as a great power.

U. S. Secession

In line with this realistic recog-
nition of the points of view of
their countries, the articularly
well-informed delegates from
NYU, representing the United
States, temporarily seceded from
the Political Commission on the
basis of National Sovereignty in
the question of a. World Police
Force. They maintained that the
United States Congress would
never ratify a treaty which called
for complete subjugation of.
American sovereign rights to a
world organization. They demand-
ed, rather, that any world force
should be based on national arm-
ies, navies, and air forces.

Rapprochement was _ effected,
however, and the final report of
the Political Commission inciuded
the organization of an_ interna-
tional union with the United Na-
tions as a nucleus, other states
being admitted by a two-thirds
vote. It was to be a bicameral leg-
islature, to set up a World Court,
an International Police Force, and
to recommend disarmament, ad-
minister colonial mandates, and
set up other functional organiza-
tions.

Regional Units

Regional units were discussed,
and the independence of India
within the British Commonwealth
was recommended.

The Economic Commission
agreed to set up an International
Economic Organization, with a
Trade Board, an_ International
Bank and a Monetary Commis-
sion.

The Commission on Relief and
Rehabilitation stressed the princi-
ple of assistance based solely on
need. It agreed to follow the
plans set forth by the UNNRA
with a few reservations.

The Education Commission urg-
ed cooperation and the interchange
of students and professors. They
suggested that an _ international
university and an _ International
Education Organization should be

set up in order that the doctrine |.

of “world-citizenship” could be
taught, and that the re-education
of the Axis nations might be bet-
ter administered.

Dr. Habicht

Friday night Dr. Habicht, prev-
iously of the League of Nations,
spoke on “Quest of Peace”. Speak-
ing as a European, Dr. Habicht ex-
plained that the underground
groups in Europe today seek not
only liberation, but consolidation.
He stressed that the average man
in an occupied country wants only
to be safe and well fed. The plan
which he proposed as being the
one that would best insure those
needs provided for: Compulsory
Adjudication (by a world court,
for legal disputes), Compulsory
Arbitration (bya legislature, for
extra-legal questions), and a
World Police Force. This latter
instrument was to work very
much like the police systems of
the individual nations today. Like
the F. B. L, it would have the
power of arresting individuals who
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would not wage wars on _ whole
peoples, because of the mistakes
or crimes of a few. The way to
get this system, according to Dr.
Habictht, is to use the proved
“soapbox” approach. Convince the

vote for a candidate to the World-
Government, explain how the sys-
tem works and leave it to them to
demand its institution. Give the
man-on-the-street a blue-print he
can understand, participate in, and
let him decide. The* speech was
generally approved by the dele-
gates assembled, and much dis-
cussion followed.

Reports

Saturday afternoon the reports
of the different commissions were
read, enclosing the resolutions
that had been discussed through-
out the two days. Mrs. Helen Taft
Manning bid the group welcome
for Bryn Mawr College, and ». ex-
pressed the sincere pleasure with
which she received the conference.
She was followed by Dr. Linberg
who, as critic of the conference,
said the Conference as a _ whole
had been a great success. This
success he attributed to the ex-
cellent factual preparation which
had been done before the confer-
ence by almost all of the delegates,
the mixture of a mature point of
view and ....youthful earnestness,
and the selection of the Presidents
of the Commissions. He said that
the Conference had laid bare a
good many problems which would
free the makers of the next peace.

The complete list of colleges
which attended the Conference and
the allied countries represented
are:

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President Emeritus M. Carey
Thomas succumbed to a _ sudden
heart attack at seven o’clock this
morning in her home at the Bel-
gravia in Philadelphia. . Miss
Tho equested the Bryn Mawr
calle ae to permit the bur-
bial of her ashes in the cloisters on
the campus, with a memorial brass
on the floor and a Jacobean or
Gothic Collegiate baroque of ap-
propriate design. (1935)

* * * 2

“Among the blessings which we
enjoy at Bryn Mawr is the ex-
tremely fair and lenient system of
regulation regarding our behav-
iour while under college jurisdic-
ion. (1984)

* © & &

Bryn Mawr is, slightly advanced
socially over the ordinary prep
school and it seems a shame that
disciplinary measures long endear-
ed to the hearts of prep
heads should have to be instituted
to keep the infants in hand so the
grey beards can live in peace.
(1934)

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One of the wardens was rudely
awakened by the emergency tele-
phone to hear a loud masculine
voice come over the wire. “Has
the college a seismograph?” It
seems that there were earthquakes
going on in the vicinity and the
press was anxious. to find-out all
about it. He reported that the
whole Main Line was being shak-
en. The warden began to envision
the campus buildings collapsing
and the ground opening and swal-
lowing up our citadel of learning.
(1935)

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To the collection in 53-57 Mer-
ion Hall of frog and fish embryos,
a skull, and what is believed to be
a young rat, is added another, but
more lively constitutent in the
person of Louis XI, the praying
(not preying) mantis. He owes
his present existence in the lap
of luxury to Miss Augusta Ar-
nold, ‘his sponsor, who is_ very
busy catching meals for -him—in
her spare time. (1934)

* *

* *

Editors of college newspapers
favor the re-election of President
Roosevelt, according to the re-
sults of a poll recently conducted
by Pulse of the Nation, a monthly
magazine of opinion. (1935)

school'|

Dr. Wilcox Describes.
Steps Taken by OPA

Continued from Page 1

political reasons, according to Dr.
Wilcox. Price control was not
sanctioned until after Pearl Har-
bor, and even when the program
was put into effect it started with
exceptions in favor of labor and
agriculture.

From its beginning, the OPA
has been regarded with misgiving.
Dr. Wilcox classified this as pop-
ular resentment, and protest at the
blocking of increased wartime in-
comes. Attacks are directed both
against its personnel and program,
and its appropriations are dimin-
ishing. The OPA’s use of subsi-
dies antagonized the farm bloc,
yet in Dr. Wilcox’s opinion, this
technique has succeeded in keeping
the index of the cost of living the
samt 4s it was last year. This
constitutes “an amazing achieve-
ment.”

Log-Rolling

There exists at present much
“congressional log-rolling” for the
“establishment of maximum pric-
es.” Dr. Wilcox feels that it will
lead to amendments in June which .
will cripple the efficacy of the OPA
and may lead to “substantial infla-
tion.” iCongress see determined
to “boost the cost of living as its
contribution to Uitopia.”

Dr, Wilcox enumerated among
the reasons for congressional oppo-
sition hate of regulation, and the
mistakes made by Henderson.
These mistakes were: trying to
create a non-political field organ-
ization, and failing to sell the OPA
through advertising. The OPA is
also vulnerable to congressional
hate of bureaucracy, and makes
an excellent target for enemies of
the administration. The pressure
groups continue to be active, even
though the industries that they
represent are now getting profits
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“interested in woman power of all
types” especially majors of Span-
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ics, chemistry, afid.»fAthematics.
Specialized on-the-job training
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Army Map Service has openings
in “map coverage, urement,
map editing, map compilation
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essential positions.” Scientific and

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Special Training Squad for po-
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Openings for students of any
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(Market research for post-war
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Moore, Modern Poet
Will Talk In Deanery

Continued from Page 1
trust of Merit”. In this magazine,
Oscar Williams makes the state-
ment that “Marianne Moore ...
is considered America’s most dis-
tinguished poet”,

Of Miss Moore, T. S. Eliot stat-
ed in the introduction to Selected
Poems:

“My conviction, for what it is
remained unchanged
for the lasi fourteen years: that
Miss Moore’s poems form part of
the small body of durable poetry
written in our time; of that small
body of writings, among what
passes for poetry, in which an
original sensibility and alert in-
telligence and deep feeling have
been engaged in maintaining the
life of the English language.”

Miss Moore is one of the follow-
ers of a tendency in some of the
best contemporary poetry, .Mr.
Eliot points out, to use rhyme to
make a pattern contrasting the
sense and rhythm pattern, to give
the poem greater intricacy.



Hall Presidents

The following have been
elected hall presidents for
1944-45:

Rockefeller—Enid Littwin
Denbigh—Elizabeth A. Mercer
Merion—Barbara Kistler
Pembroke West—Jeanne Lee
Pembroke East—Mary Snyder
Rhoads—Sue Coleman
Non-Resident—Lucretia Duncan







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Seven Colleges Meet

To Discuss Problems

Continued from Page 3
made the students “sit up and take

notice.” :

The methods of elections varied
in all the colleges,..the systems
generally being more complicated
than that at Bryn Mawr. Holyoke,
Wellesley, and Wheaton have nom-
inating committees consisting of
members of the Junior Class and
outgoing officers, which seemed to
us a good idea, the Junior mem-
bers furnishing a knowledge of the
class and the officers furnishing
a knowledge of the office and its
requirements.

Honor System

The second part of the confer-
ence held on Sunday was concern-
ed with the Honor System, the re-
lationship of the college press to
the college community, the method
of correlation of major student
organizations, and the United
States Student Assembly. At
Smith and Bryn Mawr the faculty
take complete charge ofall aca-
demic honor and deal with all in-
fractions, The other colleges have
varying degrees of faculty super-
vision, Holyoke and Barnard hav-
ing the most complete honor sys-
tem. This discussion led to a con-
sideration of what an honor sys-
tem should cover. It was general-
ly felt that it should include aca-
demic and social regulations and
that a student was bound to re-
port herself. The general im-
pression was that the reporting
system encouraged the upholding
of the honor system.

Some of the difficulties which
arise in the relationship of the
college press to the college gov-
ernment on other campuses were
presented to us. We were im-
pressed by the fact that Bryn
Mawr’s tradition of a financially
-independent press and policy of
definite objectivity in reporting ob-
viated most of these difficulties.

The method of the correlation
of the major student organizations
was much more formal on other
campuses than at Bryn Mawr.

because all their organizations are
united under one executive board.
Correlation in smaller organiza-
tions such as clubs is therefore the
main difficulty.

USSA

The final subject for the day
was the advantages to be gained
by joining the United States Stud-
ent Assembly. The Seven Col-
leges decided not to join last year
because the organization was then
nebulous. The political group at
Wellesley has since joined and
found the U.S.S.A. to be of help in
planning programs and in prob-
lems of campus organization.

We feel that the major contrib-
utions of the conference were
along the line of possible increased
efficiency in all student organiza-
tions through participation in a
community form of - government.
This includes clubs and minor com-
mittees, war activities and curric-
ulum as well as matters which
concern the college as a whole.
Interest and active participation
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Vote Will Determine

Future Common Fund



The continuance of the Common

Treasury will be voted oh ne
week. If the system is décided
on, amendments in the constitu-

tions of the organizations involv-
ed will be necessary.

This has been a trial year for
the Common Treasury, which has
kept the financial record, of Self-
Gov’t, Undergrad and the Alliance
with a joint bank account includ-
ing them all. It is probable that
the League may be included ‘next
year.

Jeanne-Marie Lee, the present
Common Treasurer, pointed out
that there are two great advan-
tages in the system: the necessity
for the various organizations in-
volved to borrow from each other
will be eliminated; and it is hoped
that by thus merging the financial
management the dues of the or-
ganizations may be lowered with
one set covering everything.

Dr. Yahkub Lectures
On Indian Philosophy

Continued from Page 1

are only two conditions for ortho-
doxy: some interpretation of the
Veda, and recognition of the Brah-
man caste system.

It was, however, outside the or-
thodox pattern that the “Siankic”
system was founded. Transmigra-
tion was defined and the idea of
‘release’ according to deeds in for-
mer life transformed Veda into a
law of morality. This doctrine gave
a sense of Justice to immortal life
and introduced the principle of
personal ethics: guilt and merit
regulate life. Nature is the result
of good and evil action. God can
only goverr according to the ‘Law
of retributiqn’ which decides when
salvation is to come.

ot;

There are four other important
philosophies:

First a dualistic philosophy in
which the laws of evolution rule
without God; the soul is negative
and transmigrates semi-conscious-
ly; nature is made of primeval
matter in three forms; joy, activ-
ity and apathy. Secondly, the
Buddhist notion that deeds only
pass from one life to another.
Thirdly, the Yogi idea that the soul
must be isolated from matter.
Concentration brings supernatural
power and salvation. Finally,
there is a materialistic Epicurean
school.



Mrs, Tabor Explains
Hudson Shore School

Common Room, April 6. “The
Hudson Shore Labor School tries

‘to show people how to analyze la-

bor problems, not as individual,
but as universal problems,” said
Mrs. Tabor in an informal talk on
the Hudson Shore School.

Started as the Bryn Mawr Sum-
mer School, for women interested
in Labor problems, the Hudson
Shore Labor School runs on. the
principle that women are needed
to become citizens of industry.

Women in Industry

“Women are becoming more
aware of industrial problems than
men, and now is the time to help
women even further to find a place
in the industrial world with men,”
Mrs. Tabor stated. Shipbuilding
and: steel. industries are open to
women, Mrs. Tabor pointed out,
but they still do not accept women
as leaders. This is a grave mis-
take, as women are new to the
work, enthusiastic and eager to
rise. Their energy and interest
in their job carries over to inter-
est in unions.

Stressing the importance of
reaching other people, Mrs. Tabor
stated that the undergraduates
fit into the plan of the Hudson
Shore Labor School, as actual con-
tact with labor problems gives far
more experience than a _ college
course on a subject, The students
formerly came from all over the
country, but due to the number of
women who now work, the juris-
diction has been narrowed to the
Eastern states.

Curriculum

The emphasis of the curriculum
depends on the interest of the in-
dividual. English is extremely im-
portant, but economics, philosophy,
and science follow in close order.
The undergraduates hold a posi-
tion between that of student and
that of instructor. Among the
activities in which they can par-
ticipate are piano playing, props
for the stage, running the station
wagon, and working in the library.
The undergraduates are given
room and board and can partici-
pate in classes. The term lasts

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Club Elections

« The French Club takes pleas-
ure in announcing the election
of Mary Virginia More, ’45, as
President; Elizabeth Boudreau
’45 as Vice-President, and Toni
Boel ’47 as Treasurer. “

The Spanish Club takes pleas-
ure in announcing the election
of Lois Post ’45 as President,
Barry Zimmelman ’46 as Vice-
President, and Marguerite
Frost ’46 as Secretary-Treas-
urer.

The . International Relations
Club takes pleasure in announc-
ing the election of Leila Jack-
son ’46 as President, Helen
Reid ’46 as Vice-President and
Treasurer, and Elizabeth By-
field ’47 as Secretary.

The Modern Dance Club takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of its new president,
Georgiana Wiebenson ’46,

The German Club _ takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of its new president,
Dorothy Brucholz ’46, to vice-
president, Margaret Urban ’47,
and its treasurer, Alice Minot
’45.







Emily Kimbrough

Returns to Lecture

Continued from Page 1
pany. Moving to Philadelphia in

1926, she served as fashion editor
and later business manager of The
Ladies Home Journal.

At this point marriage and
twins. interrupted her career. Her
two daughters, now at Shipley, are
known as Wrench A and Wrench
B. -A stands. for Alice and B
stands for Margaret.

Mrs. Wrench was publicity sec-
retary here at Bryn Mawr in the
year 1937-38. At this time she
also did free-lance riting for
newspapers and @azines, such
as Harper’s Bazaar, Country Life,
House Beautiful, and Charm. Dur-
ing the past year, since the publi-
cation of Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay, she has been lecturing all
over the United States.







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THE COLLEGE NEWS





Common Treasurer
Makes First Report

Continued from Page 2



Rec’d from dues 1,598.00
Total $3213.14
Exipenditures:
Pay Day Mistresses $608.00
Cut Committee 12.50
Hall Announcers 140.00
Monitors 225.00
‘Lost and Found 20.00
Lanterns for ’47 229.50
Parade Night Band 50.00
Haverford Radio Club 100.00
Freshman Hand Book 196.00

Service Changes on Pay







Day Accounts 58.99
Caps and Gowns 90.50
Bryn Mawr College 51.27
Miscellaneous 84.84
Seven College Conference 27.75
Total $1,844.35
Balance $1,868.79
War Alliance
Sept. 26, 1943-March 28, 1944
Receipts:
Ree’d from predecessor $147.53
4d * ques 745.75
4 ” B.M. College 200.00
Total $1,093.28
Expenditures:
Speakers $225.00
Deanery 18.10
Bandage Rolling 13.30
Bryn Mawr College 21.54
Miscellaneous 17.62
Total $295.56
Balance $797.72
Common Treasury Receipts:
Self-Govt Assn. $ 700.54
Undergraduate Assn. 3,213.14
War Alliance 1,093.28
Total $5,006.96
Common Treasury Expenditures:
Self-Gov’t Assn. $308.11
Undergraduate Assn. 1,844.35
War Alliance 295.56



Miscellaneous 1.65
Total $2,449.67
Balance $2,557.29

Del Vayo Will Treat
Spanish War Problem

Continued from Page 1

he edits the Nation’s political war
section.

In 1981 he was ambassador to
Mexico, after which he was ap-
pointed ambassador to Russia.
While he was enroute to his new
post the Spanish government
changed and Mr. del Vayo felt he
could not represent the new gov-
ernment. He. became instead
chairman of the Commission of In-
quiry into the Chaco War for the
League of Nations.

Mrs. Manning Warns
Against Over-Cutting
Continued from Page 1
as work does not go on as_ well
“for you or your instructor or the
class if you are not there.” Those
who drop behind in the race can-
not gain by swimming faster, she
pointed out. And lastly, if we
wish to keep the present system,
we should make a “popular move-
ment not to cut when the pressure
is great.”



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H. L. Gray, Professor Emeritus of History,

Returns to Take Over Renaissance Course



“It is very pleasant to be.back,
and I am glad to be in touch with
the students again,” said Mr. How-
ard L. Gray, Professor Emeritus
of History, whose return pleased
students of medieval history here
just-as heartily:

Mr. Gray, who was head of the
History Department and Marjor-
ie Walter Goodhart professor of
history, has just returned to take
over Mrs. Cameron’s course in
Renaissance History for the rest
of the year. He expects to teach
the course in Europe Since 1870
later in the year.

Originator of Current Events and
of the course in 1870, Mr. Gray
is a recognized authority on Eng-
English _ fif-
teenth century finance, and on
English parliamentary history. In
World War I, Mr. Gray . become
an authority on Ameriéan _ ship-
ping. A portion of his retirement
was devoted to research on early
printed classics at Huntington
library, and to writing, although
he has nothing ready to print as
yet.

Mallery Will Lecture
On World Economics

“Economic Policy in the Post-
war World” will be the subject of
the Current Events lecture to be
given by Otto T. Mallery, Tuesday
April 18, at 7:15.

Mr. Mallery is a student of la-
bor and industrial relations, and
was appointed Economic Adviser
to the United States delegation to
the International Labour Office in
1937, and a member of the Presi-
dent’s Conference on Unemploy-
ment in 1921. He is one of the di-
rectors of the American Academy
of Political and Social Science.

Mr. Mallery has been a member
of the Pennsylvania State Plann-
ing Board since 1936, and was a
reporter of the Public Works
Committee in 1987. He —is the
joint author of “Business Cycles
and Employment” and the author
of “Economic Union and Durable
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Known by his colleagues as the
person who has sent more young
women to the English Public Rec-
ord Office for their theses than
any other man in fhe ceritury, Mr.
Gray has writtef innumerable ar-
ticles om everything from Greek
scholars to incunabuli. His grad-
uate seminars have a_ reputation
in themselves for their length,
severity, and interest.

It seems possible that Mr. Gray
will find the ppwer to go on with
this work, despite the distractions
of teaching at Bryn Mawr. He
knows them all too well.

get recruits.

What intrigued the boys most
about Rhoads were the Freshman
Show posters. One boy_admired—a
girl’s poster so much that he took

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