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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1943



Flexner Lectures
To Be Presented
By M. Henri Peyre



Yale Professor to Discuss
Modern French Novels
__Next Year



Henri Péyre, Docteur es lettres,
and at present Sterling Professor
at Yale, will be the visiting lec-
turer on the Mary Flexner Lec-
tureship. next. year. He plans to
deliver six speeches on the Con-

‘temporary French Novel.

M. Péyre’s tentative outline of

subjects for the lectures begins
with the legacy of Proust and Gide
in contemporary novels, and ranges
through the various trends of tra-
dition and experiment to Malraux
and Saint Exupéry. The visionary
novel. will be
treated as well as the epic novel as

and _ surrealistic

exemplified in the works of Jean
Giono.

French Seminary
In addition to the series, during
the six weeks in February and
March M. Péyre will conduct the
Seminary in Modern’ French
Poetry and -will be available for
consultation with students.

Born in Paris in 1901, M. Péyre

studied and received his degrees ,

there. His American career started
at Bryn Mawr. He was a member
of the French Department here
from 1925 to 1928. He then went
to Yale, where he has remained
except for an interval at the Uni-
versity of Cairo in Egypt. In 1938
he became Sterling Professor at
Yale and received his degree of
A.M. from that university in 1939.
M. Peyre has written many
books on French classicism. His
most recent works are L’influence
des Literature antique sur la liter-
ature Francaise moderne, pub-
lished in 1941, and Le classicisme
Francaise, published in 1942. His
book, Shelley et La France, was
printed in Cairo in 1935. A num-
ber of volumes of classical plays
have been edited by M. Péyre.





_. Calendar

Thurs. and Fri., May 20, 21
Goldspinners, Wyndham
Garden,-9 P. M.

Friday, May 21
Last day of classes.

Tuesday, May 25
Final examinations. begin.

Saturday, June 5
Final.examinations end:

Sunday, June 6
Baccalaureate
Goodhart, 8 P. M.

Monday, June 7

services,

Senior Garden Party,
Wyndham Garden, 4:30 to
7 PM.

Tuesday, June 8
Commencement. Exercises.
Closing of 58th Academic
Year, 11 A. M.







Solos, Choruses, Skit
Mark First Program

Of Thesipolian Group



The Thesipolian Chorus, recent-
ly organized by the Maids and
Porters, gave its first public con-
With cho-
rus arrangements, bass solos by
Mr. Carlos Noyles, the chorus’ di-
rector, and an amusing skit, the

cert on Monday night.

program showed a wide range of
selection and a careful prepara-
tion.

Among Mr. Noyles’ songs, the
Verdi aria, Infelice E Tuo Cre-

devi and the humorous Captain
Mac were particularly well done,
and the Bedouin Love Song had a
lusty swing. Mr. Joseph Lockett
accompanied the soloist and the
chorus on the piano.

The spiritual, My Lord, What a
Morning, sung by the chorus with
the contrast of solo intervals, was
very well suited to the warm
voices. In the final group of cho-
rus numbers, the Sibelius Dear
Land of Home (from Finlandia)
was sympathetically treated.

Following the intermission,
Pearl Edmunds and Lewis White
presented a diverting skit on the
trials of in-laws and married life
in general.



Well Dug by Cast, Ice-House Hut, Cellophane
Help Goldspinners Form Wyndham Fairyland






By April Oursler, ’45

The witch comes dancing out of
the hut, and the hut disappears;
the prince puts his arm around the
princess, and the castle winks its
eyes—the Goldspinners is under
way. Wyndham garden is trans-
formed into a fairyland of lights
and scenery, where automatic fire-
flies glow in the bushes, and an
evil spirit rises from the garden
well.

The well was the result of long
and bailful labor—for the cast not



Unlimited Cuts

The Faculty Curriculum
Committee has _considered
the report on “Unlimited
Cuts” submitted by the Stu-
dent Curriculum Committee
and has made a recommenda-
tion to the Faculty. There
is agreement on the principle -
‘that the responsibility for
class attendance should rest
entirely with the students.
The actual mechanics of
such a system have not yet
been decided. The Faculty
expects to pass a final. vote
on the question at the next





meeting. |





only had to dig it, but they had to
keep it dry in the face of our
tropical May floods. The well
spirit lives there; the princess is
dragged down into it, the prince
goes after her, and the witch falls
in at the end—in full costume, a
feat worthy of a Broadway pro-
duction.

The ice-house, magically trans-
formed into the hut, where the
witch lives, is rivaled only by the
magnificence of the huge grey
castle—a very sympathetic castle,
raising its eyebrows at the love-
making of the prince, and warning
everyone of the witch’s evil inten-
tions. It even snores.

But the greatest achievement of
all is the costuming. The witch
rides off on her broomstick in typi-
cal witch fashion, and the spirit of
the well rises resplendent in shin-
ing cellophane fins. Under the

| spirit’s spell, the princess ascends’
|from the well in a soft, yellow,

water-lily costume, surrounded by
silver-winged fairies. The spider
enchains her with a web dipped in

water glass and the wizard has a

long blue cloak with shimmering
stars, and a great tall transparent
cap that lights up when he. thinks
. . « What will the modern dance
do next? Rohe es



F, Nkrumah Examines
Customs and Beliefs
of Native Fetishisms



Common Room, May. 14.—‘The
idea of one God and His worship is
the candle of Fetishism,” said Mr.
Francis N. Nkrumah in his lec-
ture on the philosophy of the pre-
dominating West African religion.
Formerly a tribesman on the
African Gold Coast and now study-
ing for his Ph. D. at the University
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nkrumah
related the origin and background

of Fetishism and its practices
among the native tribes.

Fetishism, Mr.. Nkrumah _sas-
serted, is not an original form of
religion but one which descended
from an old, higher religion. ‘The
word, coming from the Latin
“facere,” was first used by the
Portuguese when they came to
Africa in 1481. As a term it
means the. medicinal. material of
the native doctors, but now, he
said, it embraces all phases of
West African natural religion.
The fetish itself becomes a god
when the native priest believes it
to contain a spirit.

Refuting the belief that the na-
tives have no conception of one
God, Mr. Nkrumah said that the |
idea of making small objects to |
worship was derived as an agency
between the clan and the spirit of
God. A Supreme Being is held in
great esteem by the natives, he
said, but He is too distant for them
to know, so they reach Him
through the worship of lesser gods.

Mr. Nkrumah pointed to the
geography and sociology of West
Africa as of the greatest import-
ance for a background for Fetish-
ism.



Varied Dances Given

By Littlefield Ballet

Goodhart, May 15.—The Little-
field Junior Ballet, under the di-
rection of Dorothie Littlefield,
presented a_ well-choreographed
and varied program for the benefit
of Main Line branch of the Junior
Red Cross last Saturday night.
Youthful spirit and technical skill
distinguished it from the usual
performance of an amateur group.

Ranging in subject matter from
a Tschaikowsky serenade to a pa-
triotic tribute to our allies, the
program was, on the whole, skill-
fully executed and planned. In
the first number, Ballet Miniature,
the dancers, although individually
good, were not well synchronized,
except in a scarf dance starring
Gloria Stone and the ensemble.
Excellent arm work characterized
the interpretation of the Tschai-
kowsky music which represented
the most serious dancing of the
evening.

In The Divertissement, or Trib-
ute to Our Allies, the ballet corps
changed to a more flirtatious mood,
with harem dancers from Tunisia,
South American rhythms, and “the
original French Can-Can, taken
from the Bal Tabarin in Paris,” as
well as the Flirtation Trio, with
Billy Inglis as the young sailor,
and Patsy Kerrigan and Antoin-
ette’ Malina as the girls in every
port. on

The Lower Merion Senior High
School Orchestra, accompanying
the ballet, began*the evening with
a colorful and sympathetic rendi-
tion of Johnson’s “The Piper of.
Hamiliy” went on to Gilbert and
Sullivan music from “H. M. S.
Pinafore,” and finally. set the mood
of some.of the later Tunisian
dances with - Ippolitow-Ivanoff’s
“Procession of the Sardar.”





90% of Students Polled Read Papers

Daily; Like Manning, Harris Lectures



Tabulation of News Polls

Shows Favorite Paper,



Periodical
(Total number of opinions—310)
I
1. Do you read newspapers daily?
282 yes.

Headlines 276
Front page 263
Society page 156
Comics 127
Sports 71
Columns 121
Editorial page 118

Continued on Page Four

Russian Civil Liberty
Described by Harris
For Graduate Group





Radnor, May 18.—Comparing
the meaning of personal freedom
in the Soviet Union with that in
the United States was the keynote
of the talk by Thomas Harris pre-
sented to the Graduate Club on
Tuesday night. When Russians
think of freedom, they think pri-
marily of freedom from want,

while we are apt to think of free- |
Mr. Harris, the |

dom of speech.
national secretary of the American
Council for Soviet Relations, de-
voted most of his time to answer-
ing questions and general discus-
sion.

The relation of the Soviet Union
to communist groups in other
countries is not one of close con-
trol by the Russian government.
It is rather that all communists
start from the same basic beliefs
intellectually and emotionally, and
therefore their thinking on —a_cer-
tain issue usually leads to similar
conclusions.

Although criticism of foreign
policy
Soviet government, there is much
less restriction imposed within
Russia itself than is generally sup-
posed.

Religion
In the intellectual field, religion

is the most important and most |

ticklish question. Since 1928 there
has been a remarkable reversal of
policy toward the church, leading |
to much greater toleration. There |
is now a large group opposed to |
the traditional Marxist idea which
is completely godless and against
any religion whatsoever. The new
group distinguishes between the
Christian and other religions with
the result that there are now more
practicing Christians within the
Soviet’ Union than in all of the
British Empire.

The question was raised as to
whether the removal of war pres-
sure and fear of war would stop
the trend toward greater personal

freedom. Mr. Harris replied that |

he thought not, because history
sho hat a period of peace and
internal improvements has almost
invariably led to the relaxation
rather than further extension of
liberty-restricting measures.



Radio Club

Due to a misunderstand-
ing, an announcement was
made. concerning the Radio
Club’s plans for expansion
next year. These plans have
not yet been submitted to
Miss McBride or to the -
Undergraduate Association.
They represent a tentative
idea rather than a decision
on the part of the Radio
Club. ees







is frowned upon by the,

‘them analytical and critical.

Comments on Assemblies,
Current Events Talks
Are Stated

In answer to the recent News
poll of the campus attitude toward
current affairs, two hundred and
eighty-two students out of the
three hundred and ten questioned,
or. over ninety per cent, said they
read newspapers daily. Two. hun-
dred and eleven people include the
New York Times in their choice of
papers. Seventy-nine include the
N. Y. Herald Tribune and fifty-
four the Philadelphia Inquirer.

In another section of the same
poll, Mr. Frederick Manning’s lec-
ture on The Military Aspects of
the War was chosen as the best
war assembly by eighty-six stu-
dents. Mr. Thomas Harris of the
American Institute for Soviet Re-
; lations ran a close second with his
lecture on America and the Soviet
Union in the Post-War World.
These two assemblies were decid-
edly the favorites, fifty-seven per
cent of those polled choosing either
one or the other or making a dou-
ble choice of the pair.



Criticize Assemblies

In explanation of their strong
preference for the Manning and
Harris lectures, students said that
these two avoided the main weak
points of the average war assem-
bly; oversimplification or general-
ization and overspecialization. The
overly general lectures, they said,
were not challenging enough to
provoke thought. They contained
only general background material
already familiar to most students.
The Hansen lecture, while highly
praised by some, was disclaimed
by others as being too technical for
listeners with no knowledge of. eco-
nomics.

The praise of war assemblies in
‘general was summed up by the
statement, “I thought the assem-
| blies were excellent and should be
continued next year. They dealt
| with extremely pertinent questions
‘and clarified some of the events
‘and problems of the world to a
The advice offered
“Keep
We



'great degree.”
'to coming speakers was,

don’t want just facts.”
Continued on Page Four



“Goldspinner” Score

Played by Schumann
|

| Specially Contributed by

| Sue Coleman, ’45

| Gymnasium, Sunday, May 16.—
/An informal piano recital by Mr.
‘Hans Schumann featured the
'“Goldspinners” music, composed
‘for the Dance Club performance.
'Before playing Mr. Schumann,
commented on his conception and
‘composition of the work.

| Mr. Schumann’s playing was
| skillfully expressive and spontane-
/ous, and the music displayed his
colorful imagination and musical
spirit.

| A scene in Wyndham garden in-
| spired the composer to create
| something which is neither panto-
‘mimic, nor dramatic in the time-.
‘worn operatic sense, yet has a defi-
,nite form and continuous dramatic
| development.



“is a particularly good and deep
‘background for an opera, for it

captures the wisdom of many gen- .

,erations in a parabolic mirror.”

| Having decided upon his stage,

“twice as large as the Metropoli-

tan’s,” and having arrived at a
Continued on Page Four












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HELEN CANNING, Recipes
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International Crisis

In view of the critical situation in Eurasia, we feel we should
make a statement. But we have been interrupted by the latest re-
port from the Pacific. The report has been censored by Congress,
therefore we must take action now against Congress. Congress is
being overrun by farm and labor.
an investigation of the private life of Congressmen is in order.
This editorial will be continued next week when our reporter re-
turns from Washington. Meanwhile, keep up your morale at the
soda fountain.



Moux and Gripes

We approve of whistles because it keeps the ears in tune with
‘he times, but we disapprove of those who don’t turn around when
they hear the whistles. It is only fair to give the gay young blades
a chance and they must not be squelched. The question is—should
one turn around when one is in the middle of the green or should
one keep on going? Now obviously there are only two ways out
of this problem. Either (1) one will wend one’s way forward or

(2) turn tail and retreat backwards. In either case the grass will
still be downtrodden. Many prefer to keep on walking and there-
_tore the grass is worn evenly fore and aft. This seems to be a very
sensible attitude. Whistle blowers, however, have been forcing
student to run to the nearest sidewalk and thus deviate from the
straight and beaten path. Not only is this against Bryn Mawr’s
policy, but it wears out a new patch of grass.

In speaking of grass, we must not forget our daily salads.
Just as Smith is endowed with ice cream, Bryn Mawr is endowed
with luncheon lettuce. We know there is a war and there are tiring
times, but must it affect the lettuce? The leaves look like retreat
on the Tunisian desert. Now obviously all is not well. Where is
the endowment fund going, too? Certainly not for lettuce leaves.
This corrupt system should be investigated immediately.

Showcases should also be investigated. While a man is being
tortured it is only fair that he be comfortable. In the seven show-
cases, there are only two handfuls of sofas and one cartload of
chairs. (These figures may be found in the National Index, March
1, under the F. H. A. report.) ‘Rhoads has one handful of the
sofas and one-half cartload of chairs which is a sign of dirty poli-
tics and favoritism. There is obviously a class distinction here—
why must the rest of the classes sit on back-breaking sticks so the
leisure class can play? Conditions like these lead to violent and
colorful reactions.

All this could be straightened out if more light could be thrown
on the subject. The generator will not permit more than 60 watts
so at the end of freshman year 55 per cent are wearing glasses.
In the present emergency, more and more people are demanding
girls with 20-20 vision. Will Bryn Mawr be able to answer the call
—NO! But we could send them the generator.

More energy could-also be generated elsewhere. The lethargy
on campus has become so thick, even the lettuce is saturated with it.
One student on her way to Dalton just gave up and fell asleep on
the grass. The annual egg rolling contest had to be called off
because the hens didn’t get around to laying the eggs. At a recent
meeting of the Pep Club, there were $50 fines and only two French
sailors turned up. Even the most alive organ on campus, The
_ News, had six errors last week—all due to inertia.

This state of affairs cannot continue. We must cooperate
with our allies and borrow the amount needed to start anew. Con-
gress has stopped action on the Batch Bill urging freer cooperation

2 Swarthmore. With the threat of invasion, only this can save

Pe ne

Such activity is abnormal and!

In Print

7
Rancid Boobrar Uses Rhubarb
To Achieve Earthy Effect
In His Book





Rancid Boobrar’s new book, My
Face is Too, is not, properly speak-
ing, a true book about rhubarb.
During the past period in modern
literature, far too many of our
/modern authors have become con-
| cerned with the frivolous fruits of
life—as, for example, Steinbeck’s
vicious, ‘degrading novel,
'Grapes of Wrath, or to go to an
;even more pernicious abstraction,
. Silone’s Bread and Wine. Such
| frivolity cannot be tolerated in our
‘modern world of potatoes, and it is
typical of Mr. Boobrar’s attitude
that his first novel should have
po Yes, We Have No Oatmeal.
It is well in such times as these, to
| reach to the basic truths of life, to
ignore the transcendentalism of
pancakes and return to the soil—
| dirty, earthy, red—and My Face
'Is Too.

My Face Js Too represents Mr.
'Boobrar’s personal conflict over
his philosophy of life, and his at-
tempt to reconcile the various
ideologies current in the victory

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The flowers that bloom in
the Spring
Have a lot to do with your
case.
So, fly like a bird on the
wing
And fill up your room’s
empty space
with
Flowers from

JEANNETT’S

| CORAL 8 RHR NES BRA EEE TERED TED,

gardens and faculty teas of today.

Rhubarb is closely united with
the “basic essence of lace,” as Mr.
Boobrar so aptly puts it, and the
philosophical fibers of vegetation
are carefully interwoven with the
malleable qualities of humanity

Intellectuality is the predomi-
nating tone of the book. The Rus-
sian hero, Smith, is obsessed with
the problem celery or celery not,
arriving at a great psychological
climax during the violent scene
where he bounces a ball through
the cabbage patch, ending up hoe- |
ing his garden with the nose on his
face. He has a peculiar obsession
for his nose, especially when in
| close association with rhubarb.

The psychological implications,
of this are carefully worked out
by Boobrar: Smith is a strange
neurosis - paranoia - schizophrenic
chocolate bar at the beginning of
the book, full of almonds and cam-
era lenses. His moral conversion,
his revulsion against the caviar of
life, was brought about by a young
carrier pigeon, Sally Patika.

It is this element of redemption,
of arsenic spray on rotting apples,
that brings a rampant self-con-
sciousness on the scene. And it is
on this note that the book makes
its most important point. Polls
are always important in this world

of statistics, and the decimal
stands outyabove all.
The literfry future of this book

is ponderous. With the Darkest

hope for a néw definition of the
true essence of rhubarb in rela-

is a constant, redness is a constant.
Boobrar’s work, based on such per-
petuities, will live on forever.





The |,

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tion to the face as it really is. Dirt :

Power House, Rituals
Bring Heat to

and Vodka Will
New Russian Quarter



The extreme north wing of the
Power House~will become a Rus-
sian province next year, it was an-
nounced from the Gremlin last
night. The lo¢ation is considered

ideal because it will be possible , ito
maintain the “scorched earth” pol-
icy by means of the large supply
of natural heat.
find the spot admirably adapted to
the letting off of steam.

By special dispensation from
Self-Gov, students will be permit-
ted to celebrate the anniversary of
the Revolution in traditional fash-
ion, with vodka and _ fireworks.
Non-aggression pacts are being
negotiated ‘with “ other foreign
houses.

The Muscovite Maidens, directed
by Miss Pavlova Linn, will be spe-
cially trained in the Ballet Russe.
Admission will be charged to watch
each session, and after these caviar
will be served. When questioned
about her technique Miss Linn said
enthusiastically: “Novsemovyka
pop.”

The Power\ House whistle will
announce each hour to the tune of
the. “Volga Boatman.” Efforts to
reconstruct the Russian environ-
ment will include icons, portraits
of Lenin, sleighbells and: muhjeks:
The dining room will serve borsch
upon request, and offers the re-
maining members of the Romanov



Dr. Zootsuit to
Sens, Discuss



Dr. Zacharia Zootsuit, L.L.D.,
U.S.0O., (j.g), Ltd. (very) former

_|director of the Beehive Canning

Corporation, Inc., will give the
Miss Placed lecture series on Fri-
day, June 30, in the Business Of-
fice (refreshments will be served).

His lecture, Pets, Pansies, and
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family as waiters. Russian will,
of course, be shouted at all times.
And, in accordance with the mod-
ern Russian custom, “he who does
not work neither sha]l he eat!” A
three-hour examination on the con-
tents of “The Idiot” is the only
prerequisite for entrance.





CilY LIGHTS
By Jessie Stone, ’44

At first sight Philadelphia

doesn’t look like anything. But
don’t let Philly fool you. Phila-
delphians. have always _ prided

themselves on their futile imagi-
nations. Take Lincoln Steffens,
for example.

We are always reminded on this
particular occasion of the theme
song of the Immaculate Committee
for Unpolluted Water, Cauterized
Cans and Pasteurized Milk. On
their little banjos they blithely
strum the melody of “Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes” and warble
“Dark brown is the river with silt.
a-floating ...” Then, in unison,
they rise on their toes and shout
stalwartly: “Liquidate it!” with
a menacing tone. This left a per-
manent semi-circular impression
on His Honor, the Mayor, below
the eyes (green, myopic). This.
arrow-collar man (whom they say
the boys down in South Philly used
to call affectionately ‘“Two-Gun
Barney”). On one memorable wee
morning hour he is reported to
have pointed a shaky finger at the

Schuylkill (filthy thing) and
shouted: ‘Water, water, every-
where.”

If the report be creditable, he:
was clearly in a stupor or de-
lirium or ‘what have you? There:
is no gainsaying the fact that.
Philly hasn’t got no liquid assets.
In a word, she (or he) is insolvent..
Ask .the Committee for a City
Charter. Ask the patrons (or
whatever you care to call that in-
temperate great.unwashed) of the:
State stores. Of course the absurd
law that you can purchase the
stuff only in State stores is exas-
perating and annoying; but the
last straw is that you can’t get any
anyway. Irate citizens (and citi-
zenesses) of Chestnut Hill report.
that the hoi-polloi stream in and
take the tops off and drink it all
down on the spot anyway. What’s.
the use?

Chestnut Hill (mentioned above)
is in mortifying condition. The:
living conditions there are lower
than anywhere else. To top it all
off the elm trees are infected with
with Caprifoliaceae Cucurbitaceae*..
Unless the Department of Health
and Sanitation of the City of
Philadelphia (D. H. S. C. P.)
sprays them immediately they will
all have to be cut down. Then the
beastly brats of Chestnut Hill will
trip all over the foliage and get.
infected with Caprifoliaceae Cu-
curbitaceae Homo Sapiensis which.
manifests itself all over. And
| when the air raid warning comes.
how can they be cool and collected?”

Then they will take their noisy
families and take up residence in.
Bryn Mawr. And since that das-
tardly disease is contagious the.
Lord knows what will happen to

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BRYN MAWR DECIDES TO ADOPT CO-EDUCATION



Revolutionary Decision Lauded by Students
As Faculty Body Votes for Variety in Class



McBride, Grant Favor Move;
Forget May Day Quandry
In Enthusiasm



“Bryn Mawr has decided to
cast off its outworn and discred-
ited traditions,” declared Dean
Christina) Ward, as. she an-
nounced that Bryn Mawr will
admit men next year. At a spe-
cial college assembly Mrs. Grant
announced the revolutionary de-
cision of the administration.

“It is not only the exigencies
of the war which induced us to
make this momentous change of
policy,” she said. “With all due
respect to the founders of this
institution, we feel that it would
be far, far better for all con-
cerned if the opposite sex could
feel free to enter these walls,”
Miss McBride explained. Her
announcement was greeted by
hysterical applause from — the
ninth row in Goodhart.

Describing the long years of
research that preceded the ad-
ministration’s sudden flip-flop,
she (take your pick) said that
numerous observations of the

classroom behavior of students |}

in the classrooms of all kinds

of places have convinced them}

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Asked to elaborate on this mat-
ter in the discussion which fol-
lowed, Dean Grant discovered
that she had an important ap-
pointment.

The men will be drawn from
all over, she said. “Perhaps that
should be amended to wherever
they can be found,” she added.
Since we assume that most of
them will be 4-F’s or the equiva-
lent, gym will not be required.
The Undergraduate Association
is calling a meeting to discuss the
roll of men in May Day.

“Housing will. be a_ ticklish
problem,” said Miss Howe. “The
genders of all pronouns in the
rule book must be changed,” was
Self-Gov’s only comment,



Morons Are Choosy

Mumbles A. S. Beruzy,
As He Sheds a Coat
And Airs His Throat

Goodhart, Wednesday, May ?.—

Continued on Column Four



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Fishful Stinking will be sponsored
by the Baby Sitters Union, Local
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As can be seen from the title,
Dr. Zootsuit’s lecture will be rather
fishy. He, will show (we think)
thé interior-relation between the
pact between (among?) Russia
and Japan and the correct cultiva-
tion of the Victory Garden. He is
well qualified to speak on this...

Dr. Zootsuit received the degree
of Fahrenheit and Centigrade
from Slippery Rock U. and con-
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‘kleheidle Institute.for the Under-

He also holds degrees
and fellowships and stuff from
Tanktown _ College, Maison
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Yugoslavian Institute for the Bet-
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Morons Are Choosy
Mumbles A..S. Beruzy

Continued from Column Two

Philosophy reached its climax with
the progress of the stunted brain
in history, summed up Mr. A. U. S.
Beruzy, Esq., in front of his sparse
audience last Thursday night.
“Philosophy has run a circuitous
course,” he coughed, “but has final-
ly come home to roost.” This theory
is lucid enough, he pointed; ‘no
really” beautiful conjunction is
ever enduring. Stupidity is un-
avoidable both here and in the
home.

“Philosophy has run a circuitous
course,” roared Mr. A. U. S. Beru-
zy, Esq., as the bridge players in
the front row reached grand slam.
There can be no harmony here, he
stressed, without the helping hands
of little morons. . Heterogeneous
absorption is conclusion. “But defi-
nitely,” he murmured .... “but defi-
nitely.” “Philosophy has run...
and run,” he concluded, “‘its wittle
wegs are tired.”

Philosophy is dynamic, he re-
sumed half an hour later, but it

‘leaves the moron cold. Taking off

his coat he continued to explain the
mucky role of history. “I shall get

this off my chest right now,” Mr.
A. U. S. Beruzy stated hotly.
Eighteen students who objected to
the metaphor marched out of the

hall in a body.
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are won—and workers have to be transported
to the war plants that are supplying our
growing armies. That’s a big part of Grey-
hound’s wartime duties — getting workers to
work, often many miles from their homes.

Then, there are soldiers to carry to and from
training camps or other military centers—on
duty and on leave. And there are many others
whose travel is essential to full war effort.

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THE COLLEGE NEWS





Favorite Periodicals

Listed by Students



Continued from Page One

Original texts of speeches, etc. |

i0¢ ;
2. What paper do you usually
read?
N. Y. Times 211
N. Y. Herald-Tribune 79
Phila. Inquirer 54
8. Are you in favor of having a
course on how to read a news-
paper? 198 yes.
4, What periodicals do you read?
The New Yorker 247
Life 2389
Readers’ Digest 218
Time 211
II
1. Did you go to all the War As-
semblies? 163 no. (150 went to
enough to express preference.)
2. Which one did you like best?
Manning The Military Aspects
of the War 86
Harris America and the Soviet
Union in the Post-War
_ World 81
Taylor Three Ideologies 32
- Hansen Economic Problems of
the Post-War World 20
Wright Background of War 18



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Engagements

Helen Eichelberger, ’43, to
Iredell Eachus.

Frances Lynd, ’43, to Wal-
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Katherine Faus, ’44, to
Captain Burt Andrus, U.S.A.

Jane Hailey, ’46, to Mon-
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2. Do you think they should be

more factual than they were?
No 123
Yes 98

III

1. Do you go to Current Events?

a. Habitually 19
b. Occasionally 140
c. No 138

2. Do you think Current Events

should be

a. A review of current events 82

b. Discussion of a particular
subject 119 :

c. Either a combination of both
“a” and “b” by having a re-
view stressing the signifi-
cance of the most important
events and an interpretation
of the facts; or an alterna-
tion of both as the occasion
demands 61

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Opinions on Lectures

Revealed by Poll

Continued from Page One
The New Yorker, Life, the
Readers’ Digest, and Time took the

lead in the student choice of maga-
zines. Of the 310 polled, 247 read
the New Yorker. Life is second
with 239 readers, while 218 voted
for the Readers’ Digest and 211 for
Time. The next choice below the
favorites was Newsweek with
forty-four readers. Other maga-
zines mentioned included every-
thing from the Knickerbocker
Weekly to the Kiplinger News
Letter and Esquire.





“Goldspinner” Score
Played by Schumann



Continued from Page One
general conception of the music,
he read many fairy tales until he
found one that just fitted the sur-
roundings. The music, based on a
leit-motif system, was written ex-
actly according to the scenic loca-
tion, with accurate timing of the
music in accordance with actual
distances.



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dents polled answered in the nega-

tive when asked if they attend cur-
rent events. One hundred and
forty of the three hundred and ten
questioned go to current events oc-
casionally. Nineteen students said
they go habitually.

Thirty-eight per cent of those
questioned believe current events
should be a discussion of a par-
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