College news, March 15, 1944

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THE COLLEGE NEWS





VOL. XL, NO. 19

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1944

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ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY M,ARCH 15, 1944



St. Exupery Treats
Universal Problems,
States Henri Peyre



Goodhart, March 13. Henri
Peyre devoted his closing lecture
in the Flexner series on the mod-
ern French novel to discussion of
Antoine de Saint Exupery, repre-
sentative member of the new class
of novelists who are leaving psy-
chologica] analysis in order to. ex-
amine the world’s insoluble dilem-
mas.

Discussing the aims of this
class, M. Peyre expressed faith in
the power ‘of: literature to deal
with universal problems with aes-
thetic clarity. He praised the new
authors for the lucidity of their
critical vision and the courage with
which they have challenged the
tragedy of man’s fate. He gave
particular attention to their at-
tempt. to conciliate action and
thought, the past and the present,
the individual and the group, and
finally the soul and the machine.

Saint Exupery, said M. Peyre,
reached his fame by illustrating
these problems with “showering
images.” Furthermore he was the
first to introduce flying into lit-
erature without falling under the
spell of its physical appeal. Fly-
ing, Saint Exupery proved, is only
a new setting for the eternal mor-
al and aesthetic problems.

In 1929, Saint Exupery publish-
ed his first book, Courrier au Sud.
It was in line with the traditional
novel and met with limited success
because it suffered from lack of
action and “smallness of tech-

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Belgian Commissioner
Talks on Flemish Art

Specially contributed by Marjorie
Alexander, °44 -

Music Room, March 8: J. A.
Goris, Commissioner of Informa-
tion at the Belgian Center of In-
formation and editor of “News
from Belgium”, spoke to the
French Club on Flemish art of
the 15th century in a talk which
was followed by sound movies.

M. Goris emphasized the im-
portance of understanding the
life and philosophy of the period
_ being studied in order to under-
stand and appreciate its art. Re-
ligion, he noted, was the center of
life in 15th century Flandérs.: The
great influence of Christianity
on the people was illustrated by
the fact that there were churches
on almost every block of a city of
as few as 20,000 inhabitants. Re-
ligious processions could be seen
almost every day, even on the days
of the week, and the number of
months of the year had a _ religi-
ous significance.

M. Goris explained that the aus-
terity and the earnestness of the
faces of the people reflected the
hardships of their lives. Paint-
ings were all religious, for only
the life to come had _ any signifi-
cance; life in this world was only
a preparation.

After the lecture three movies
were shown, the first concerned
“The Mystic Lamb” of Van Eyck,
one of the panels of which was
stolen and is now part of Goer-
ing’s collection in Berlin; the sec-
ond dealt with paintings by Mem-
ling done for the hospital of St.
John in Bruges, and last was a
film on life and art in Belgium.
The leading people of the time
could easily be recognized in the
art of Van Eyck and Memling due

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Classes Nominate Candidates for Vice-Pres.,
Sec’y and Treas. of Undergrad Association



The Junior Class has nominated
Ann Clarke, Mary Cox, Amanda
Eggert and Margaret Browder as
candidates for the~-vice-presidency
of the sai ct Associa-
tion. :

The vice-president of the Un-
dergraduate Association works
with the president and takes her
place when she is absent. The vice-
president also heads the Enter-
tainment Committee and_ super-
vises the club activities.

The college activities of the
nominees are as follows:

Ann Clarke

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

Mary Cox

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

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Amanda Eggert

Bobbie was in Freshman Show
and has been in the Spanish Club
for three years. She was in the
Spanish Christmas Play and on
the Sophomore Carnival Com-
mittee. This year she was a mem-
ber of the Nominating Committee
of the Junior Class.

Margaret Browder

Margaret has been a charter
member of the Radio Club for
three years. Last year she was

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Greene Will Debate
Honesty of Religion



Dr. Theodore M. Greene, chair-
man of the Divisional Program in
the Humanities at Princeton Uni-
versity, will speak on Friday,
March 17th on the subject, Can
Religious Belief be. Intellectually
Honest? Dr. Greene intends to
discuss the relation of philosophy
to religious services.

Dr. Greene received his A. B. at
Amherst College, his Ph.D. at the
University of Edinburgh, and his
L.L.D. from Davison College. An
instructor at the Forman Chris-
tian College, University of Pun-
jab, India from 1919 to 1921, he
then went to Princeton University
-where he has held the McKosh
Chair of Philosophy since 1938.
Mr. Greeen has been chairman of

the Division Program in Human-

ittes since 1941 and a member of
the American Philosophy Associa-
tion,. ,
His, book, The Arts and the Art
of Criticism was published in
1940. He edited Kant Selections,
The Meaning of the Humanities,
has translated Immanual Kant’s
Religion Within the Limits of
Reason Alone, and has contributed

to religious and philosophical

journals. ©

The Sophomore Class has nom-
inated Patricia -Behrens, Lovina
Brendlinger,, Dorothy Bruchholz,
and Patricia Castles Acheson for
Secretary of the Undergraduate
Association.

The college activities of the nom-
inees are as follows:



Patricia Behrens

Pat is president of the Sopho- |
more Class, Last yeac she was,
Freshman representative to Un-|
dergrad and class secretary the)
second semester. Assistant direc-
tor of the Rockefeller Play her
Freshman year, Pat also acted in
the Freshman Show and _ was on}
the Stage Crew. She is a member
of the Stage Crew and Varsity |



Players Club, and also of the Rad- |

io Club. A member of the News
Staff since last year, Pat is the
college representative to the New
York Times.

Lovina Brendlinger

Lovina is Sophomore represen-
attive to Undergrad. Her Fresh-
man year she was a member of
he Radio Club for two years, she

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Socialized Medicine,
Soldier Vote Upheld
By Discussion Group

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Common Room, March 10: The
Soldier’s Vote Bill and socialized
medicine were the subjects under
debate at the last meeting of the
Political Discussion group.

Those in. favor of the Socializ-
ed Medicine Bill argued that the
benefit to the public far outweigh-
ed the disadvantages which might
be incurred. Not only would good
general medical care be made
available to those at present un-
able to procure it, but, also, the
services of specialists would be
rendered to all. Overcharging for
services would be prevented also,
it was said.

Opposing these views was cited
the possible loss of skilled re-
searchers who would be hampered
by over-supervision and bureau-
cratic management. It was believ-
ed that more and better clinics
might be a possible solution.

A heated discussion of the Sol-
dier Vote Bill followed. In favor
of leaving all jurisdiction in the
hands of the states was named the
danger of too much ‘federaliza-
tion’ and the loss of one of the
basic rights of the state. In refu-
tation of these* statements, the
basic purpose of the bill, it was
declared, is to facilitate the great-
est number of soldiers voting. The
difficulty of distributing forty-
eight separate state ballots was
illustrated, along with an inevit-
able large decimation of service-
man votes.

The possibility of Roosevelt’s re-
election in the light of the soldier
votes was a question much in the
foreground.



_ Marriages

Eleanor Harz ’42 to Pfc. Wm.
Jordan.

Mary Armstrong °44 to Wm.
Ellery Channing Eustis.

Engagements

N. B. Scribner ’44 to Lt. Wm.
T. Kirk, IV, U. S. A.’ A. C.

Sylvia Goldstein ’46 to Wal-
ter S. Clavan.









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Calendar

Wednesday, March 15
Badminton Game at Rose-
mont, 4:00.

Thursday, March 16
Mr. Henry Bamford Parkes,
Irrational Elements in His-
tory, Radnor, 7:30.

Otis Green, on South Ameri-
can Literature, Spanish
House, 7:30.

Friday, March 17

Swimming meet with Swarth-

more, 4:30.
Theodore M. Greene, Can Re-
ligious Belief Be Intellectu-
ally Honest, Common Room,
8:00.

Saturday, March 18
Dr. Ruth E. Benedict, 11:00.

Tuesday, March 21
College Assembly, Edgar A.
Fisher,’Our Part in Interna-
tional Educational Recon-
struction, Goodhart, 12:00.
Badminton Game at Swarth-
more, 4:00.
Current Events,
Room, 7:15.

Wednesday, March 22
Badminton Game with Penn,
4:00.

Common











Mass Meeting Votes
For the Continuance
Of Hall Smoking Rule



Music Room, March 13: A peti-
tion that smoking be allowed in
the halls of residence was defeated
by a vote of 146 to 67, in the pres-
ence of a quorum, at a mass meet-
ing of the Self-Government Asso-
ciation on Monday evening. The
petition was presented by Florence
Senger, who stated that the issue
could be reduced to two major
points, namely: the danger of fire
that would be incurred by allowing
smoking in-the bedrooms, and the
question of being able to acquire
the proper insurance.

The main arguments upheld by
the opposition seemed to be based
on the fact that hotels, apartment
houses, and other colleges allow
smoking in the rooms with no ap-
parent danger. On the other hand,
those opposed to the petition main-
tained that the danger to personal
property and lives, combined with
the extreme annoyance and dis-
comfort of non-smokers should
overrule the wilful self-indulgence.



Light Spirit Offsets
Uneven Construction
In Farcial Latin Play



By Alison Merrill, °45

Goodhart, March 11. Perhaps the
best thing one can say for “Ship-
wreck at Cyrene,” the Latin play
“brutally torn” from Plautus’
Rudens, was that all too much was
brutally torn from an essentially
poorly-constructed play. Uproari-
ously funny in its first ten min-
utes, the play settled down to a
confused monotony of lengthy
plot-unravelling, redeemed by what
were on the whole well-handled
characters and a finish to the per-
formance testifying to the able di-
rection of Mrs. Michels.

It was the spirit in which the
Latin play. was given which was
its: most appealing characteristic.
Not presented as a polished or pro-
fessional piece of work, the com-
edy had a certain charm in the

very ingenuousness of its presen- ~

tation; the characters conveyed a
distinct impression of thoroughly
enjoying their parts.

Translated into very modern
slang with the addition of several
songs by Frances Watts 46, “Ship-
wreck at Cyrene” was concerned
with various slaves, masters and
sundry other personages alternate-
ly finding and losing each other on
a “towering precipice.” Of these,
the two erstwhile prostitutes, play-
ed to the full by Hildreth Dunn
’44, and Mary Virginia More ’45,
were outstanding as_ strikingly
natural comediennes. Shrieking
at each other from separate ends
of the stage and flinging their
arms about each other on the top
of an imposing structure clearly
labelled “Huge Rock,” they made
a first appearance which was de-
lightful in itself and was_ high-
lighted by superb facial expression
and movements which were sur-
prisingly graceful. Hildreth Dunn,
in a scene in which she carried a
water vase-on her shoulder, dis-
played unequaled poise and finesse,
with a voice notably attuned to
her portrayal. :

Of the other leading characters,
Patricia Turner ’46 put in an able
perfdrmance as Daemones, the
long-lost father, but was perhaps
most:remarkable for her costume
complete with grey wig and foot-
long beard of rope which she

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Enthusiastic Listeners Oblivious to Trials
And Errors of Early Radio Club Programs



By Susan Oulahan, °46

“This is stations WBMC of the
WHAV-WBMC Network” seems
like a simple enough statement to
us laymep. Little do’ we know,
that the three choruses of “Oh,
Johnny, Oh, Johnny” that follow
the awkward silence are the engi-
neer’s frantic attempt to stall for
time. The broadcaster scheduled
for the 8:30 music hour hasn’t ap-
peared, the only station break
sheet (?) has vanished. Blissfully
unaware, we delve into our phil-
osophy reading, only moderately
distracted by the odd combination

of “Mairzy Doats” and Beethgyen’s
fifth that we hear aw
Unknown to us, the Station

Manager flees.over campus, wing-
ing her way from the third floor
of Radnor to the basement carrells
in the (ivext Wing, in search of the
criminal who has been quietly tim-
ing her records on the Common
Room vic all the time. Whisked
back to the studio in super-man
time, she finally get the program



underway in its schedued form,

only four and a half minutes late,
the delay unnoticed by the inert
souls in the audience.

Such are the nightly trials and
tribulations of the Radio Club
members, who by Herculean ef-
forts have managed to overcome
all obstacles to present the cam-
pus with many hours of good en-
tertainment. Unperturbed by en-
gineering troubles, blackouts and
professors who develop colds or
dinner parties at the last minute,
Station WBMC has left its em-
bryonic state of a few months ago
and has developed into a flourish-
ing concern.

Sound effects, we understand,
have considerably developed the
dormant imagination of the dra-
matic director. A scene in the
water of the East River nearly
stumped her a few weeks ago but
a leaking waste paper basket fill-
ed to the brim and sloshed over the
actors was very. convincing over
the air.

In. the past, the Radio Club has

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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







ay

Model Assembly

This year the Model Conference of the United Nations
will meet at Bryn Mawr. Few students appreciate its struc-
ture, aims or function, nor its difference from other discus-
sion groups. —

The Model League is composed of delegates from col-
leges all over the country, each representing the interests of
one of the United Nations. They meet according to diplo-
matic procedure, foym commissions for settling specific prob-
lems, and draft their resolutions. All the delegates meet in
an assembly to vote or amend the entire constitution in its
final form.

Giving students the opportunity to gain some insight
into the functions and problems of an international organiza-
tion through active experience, the Model Assembly aims to
bring to each generation of potential leaders an understand-
ing of why international conferences are held, and how they
operate. A realistic and effective method supplements this
purpose, giving a graphic explanation of international pro-
cedures as related to the issues behind them.

The principles underlying any artificial institution like
the Model United Nations Conference are as significant as
its function. Originally sponsored by the American League
of Nations Association, the Model Assembly became an inde-
pendent and self-perpetuating organization. The problems
that it discusses are the real problems of the age. Last year
it anticipated the United Nations Conference, and this year
it meets as would that official body on which it is modeled.

The Model Assembly is a great opportunity and of vital
concern to all students. Founded on the faith that by
thoughtful expression of their points of differences they can
arrive at solutions of value to the whole, it can set an example
for impartial action, and be a “model” not only because~of
its size. :

In an internationalized world, the problems of national
rights, political organizations, educational and economic re-
construction will prove crucial. These are the problems that
the Model Assembly attempts to face. By honestly trying
to represetit each special interest through detailed research,
it demonstrates, in miniature form, not only what sacrifices
and efforts must be made in the coming world order, but what
. type of institutions may be required to keep their original
spirit intact.

ee may seem presumptuous for a group of colleges to as-
semble and try to draft a constitution for the world. But it
is not presumptuous for every individual in every nation to
prepare himself for the possibilities of such an order by con-
tributing as constructively as he is able.













In an attempt to gauge. under-
graduate opinion concerning the
unlimited cut system‘of this year
as opposed to the limited cut sys-
tem of previous years, the News

conducted an informal poll of
campus opinion on the subject of
cuts.

Asked which system they fav-
ored for next year, many students,
including a number of Freshmen,
said that they advocate unlimited
cuts for members of all classes.
“If the Freshmen don’t learn from
experience when to stop cutting,”
said one of this group, “it’s their
own ‘hard luck.”

Other advocates of unlimited
cuts feel, however, that some
method should be developed for
warning Freshmen when they be-
gin cutting unwisely. They also
feel that the seriousness of over-
cutting should be explained thor-
oughly to incoming Freshmen.
“Most of us didn’t realize,” said
one member of the class of ’47,
“how much you miss when you cut
until we started taking mid-years.”

Perhaps the largest group on
campus wants unlimited cuts for
the three upper classes and re-
striction for Freshmen, at least in
the first semester. They feel that
Freshmen need to be restricted
largely because, as shown by this
year’s class, they tend to cut un-
wisely, and because they are tak-
ing mainly required courses. At-
tendance is important in these re-
quired courses, but is not as high
as in advanced work, where stud-
ents are doing work in their ma-
jor field.

From this consideration arose a
discussion of the nature of requir-

crepancy in opinion as to whether
cutting is high in these courses
because the work is poorly pre-
sented or because students are not
interested in the required work to
be. covered. “The classes in most,
Freshman Comp. sections and oth-
er such courses need revitalizing,”
say a large number of students.
“If you feel you’re missing some-
thing vital, you seldom cut class.”

Opinion

Scribner Emphasizes Need
Of Universal Interest
In Voting











To the Editor of the News:

Every member of the _ student
body is given the privilege of vot-
ing for the principal college offi-
cers. It is only through this sys-
tem that representative college of-
ficers can be selected. To obtain
the correct person for each office
it is thereby imperative that every
student exercise that right. Com-
plaints have arisen that some pos-
itions are at times held by people
who do not represent the major-
ity view. I insist that this is en-
tirely the fault of the voters—or
non-voters. As was stated on a
Senate Bill last year, “Democ-
racy demands nothing but partic-
ipation”; a statement to be re-
membered. The percentage of the
college which “bothers” to vote is
scandalously low, and is the best



ed courses. There is a wide dis- Continued on Page 3



Ireland’s Neutrality

The United States Government, with the support of
Great Britain, has asked Ireland to dismiss its Axis envoys
on the ground that they are in a position to spy on the Unit-
ed Nations’ military preparations for invasion. With Prime
Minister de Valera’s refusal, an issue has arisen placing in
jeopardy not only the success of the invasion but the lives of
United Nations soldiers.

The United Nations are not to be satisfied by a flat re-
fusal from Ireland in a matter which would appear to be a
part of a general campaign against possible centers of Axis
espionage. Primary steps have already been taken in the
form of a ban on travel between Britain and all of Ireland.
Just how far the United Nations intend to go in exerting
pressure on a government that has maintained a careful
neutrality for more than four and a half years can only be
conjectured.

Ireland is in a valuable strategic position; from it at
ieast a part of the Allied movement of troops and materials
can be observed, while Northern Ireland is now the site of
important naval and military installations. It is a fertile
field for Axis espionage, yet Prime Minister de Valera insists
that all steps to prevent espionage are being taken. He cites
evidence of countermoves on the part of his government,
pointing to the arrest of five Nazi parachutists. However, a
recent article in PM by an Irish writer states that a spy ring
of considerable dimensions operates in Ireland. In any case,
it is doubtless true that despite the vigilance which the Prime
Minister insists that he maintains, Axis agents do succeed in

| getting information out of Eire.

The issue is complicated, however, by political motives.
De Valera, it is felt, will not back down since he is using the
refusal of the United Nations as a means to further his own
ends. His policy of neutrality has been supported by an
overwhelming-majority of the Irish people, while his prestige
‘is ostensibly waning and his party has lost ten seats in the
Irish Parliament in the recent elections. It would appear
that he is reminding his electorate of his popular stand on a
foreign question.
- In his note of refusal, de Valera asserts that he and his
government cannot do what we ask “without a complete be-
trayal of their democratic trust.” The word “democratic”

here is rather ironic, for what hope can de Valera have for
democracy while he harbors elements of Nazi espionage in
Ireland? The freedom of Ireland may well depend on the
success of he United Nations in the war. Let us hope Prime



-| Minister de Valera and his government come to realize this.

rterest soon



: Joint IRC Discussion

Centers on Far East



Rosemont, March 8: At the sixth
joint meeting of the Haverford,
Rosemont, and Bryn Mawr §Inter-
national Relations Clubs, —discus-
‘sion centered around Far Eastern
problems. Short speeches were
given by Helen McClure of Rose-
mont and David Hsia of Haver-
ford. Julia Ling, Bryn Mawr, ’47,
spoke extemporaneously during
the open question period.

During the last few years, Helen
McClure pointed out, the questions
uppermost. in the minds of Fili-
pinos have been whether they
would actually achieve independ-
ence in 1946, what wl, AN
the Far Eastern community of na-
tions will be in the post-war era,
and lastly, what attitude the
United States will take toward
them. Prior to Pearl Harbor, we
were gradually building up tariff
barriers against the Philippines
in order to cushion their economy
from the shock certain to result
from complete independence. How-
ever, when hostilities with Japan
broke. out, United States defense
necessitated re-opening free trade
with the Philippines. This move,
stated Miss McClure, though it
precipitated a boom in the islands,
undid all the careful preparation
for independence, and means that
even if Japan is conquered by
1946, the unbalanced Philippine
economy will force the United
States to maintain its protector-
ate.

“The most important, problem
facing China today,” David Hsia
said, “is the strategic one of win-
ning the war.” This, in his opinion,
will best be accomplished not
through Burma but by the open-
ing of a convoy route, with heavy
air protection, through the Central
Pacific to China proper. As for in-
ternal Chinese problems, inflation
probably takes precedence, though
its importance has been greatly

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Opinion

Hedge Proposes Restrictions
On Bringing Up Same Rule
For Amendment











To the Editor of the College News:

I would like to propose an ad-
dition to the Constitution of the
Bryn Mawr Self-Government As-
sociation which would read: No
45st pertaining to the rules and
regulations of Self-Government
may be brought up for amendment
more than once in any one year,
except at the discretion of the
Self-Government Board.

We have had three mass meet-
ings within the last few . weeks
and the question of the smoking
privilege has come up at each
one. It has been a long and wear-
isome business and although the
meeting Monday night would seem
to terminate the matter, there is
nothing in the present Constitu-
tion which can prevent it heing
brought up again this week, or
next week, or the week following:

Constant mass meetings are a
tax on the undergraduates, and in-
palls. Therefore I
think, without meaning to doubt
the integrity of the student body,
that it is conceivable that an. is-
sue might be passed on which had
previously been received unfavor-
ably, in order that the matter
‘might be closed finally. This
would undoubtedly prove a weak-
ness in our Self-Government sys-
tem, and I feel that something
should be done to prevent such a
thing from occuring. Such an ad-
dition to the Constitution as I
suggest, would, I believe, deal.
‘with the situation successfully.

Lucia R. Hedge, ’44




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Whi French, B. M. Alumna, Returns to Teach;
Notes Unity and Serious Spirit on Campus



by Nancy Morehouse, 47

“Being back on campus is per-
fectly ng yee said Miss Vivi
French, ’42,—“‘it’s .a dream come
true”. Miss Pola is _instructer
in psychology and is teaching the
-advanced course in Mr. MacKin-
non’s absence, while also conduct-
ing courses at Swarthmore.
til her recent appointments Miss
French was doing graduate work
at Radcliffe. The shift was so
sudden, Miss French explained,
that for a while shevheld the dou-
ble role of student and _ teacher,
carrying on her courses while “do-
ing calculus assignments.”

Miss French noted an interest-
ing contrast between Radcliffe,

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Poor Plot Redeemed
In Plautean Comedy

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braided in moments of thought. La-
brax, the malevolent slave trader,
played by Anne Kingsbury ’47,
was the least well-executed, scarce-
ly remaining in character and
smiling through tedious speeches.
Elizabeth Dowling, as the amor-
-ous young slave and the play’s
hero, displayed a notable stage
presence and a naturalness all
through. ;

The minor characters injected a
note of variety into the play. Ellen
Harriman ’46, taking the honors
among the group, quite simply
looked her part and strode about
the stage magnificently. Margaret
Spenser ’44, as the Keeper of the
Temple of Venus, with a cigarette
Hanging from her lips, made much
of her one song, rendered with
trills.

As part of the Plautus tradition,
Charlotte Rider ’47, addressed the
most of her remarks to the audi-
ence, while Barbara William ’46,
spoke a prologue with charm. The
chorus of fishermen carried off, de-
spite the hair in their faces, the
best of the play’s original songs.

Playing on what was almost a
bare stage except for large signs
and two minor touches of scenery,
the Ludiones were cleverly cos-
tumed, from the chorus in burlap
bags and the prostitutes in tradi-
tional yellow, to the prologue cov-
ered with silver stars.



Belgian Commissioner

Talks on Flemish Art

Continued from Page 1}

to the fact that artists painted for
richer patrons and usually includ-
ed their portraits in the guise of
shepherds or kings. In the film on
life and art in Belgium before the
war it was noticeable that the em-
phasis had changed from the re-
ligious to the secular so, that pre-
dominant in the paintings of the
time were pictures such as that of
a crowded beach or of clowns.

M. Goris, aside from being
Commissioner of Information for
the Belgian government in exile,
had has a distinguished and versa-
tile career. “News from Belgium”
is one of the most widely read of
the refugee periodicals. His col-
lected editorials were published
last month by Fischer under the
title Belgium in Bondage.

In the literary field M. Goris is
not only one of the foremost
Flemish poets, but is also an em-
inent critic, especisily o£ modern
poetry. Completely bi-lingual, M.
Goris has done most of his crea-
tive writing in Flemish.

As a scholar and historian, M.
Goris has made. the 15th and 16th

centuries his special fields. For-
mer professor of history at Lou-
vain, M. Goris is now teaching 4
course in the foundations of the
Bélgian Nation at the Ecole Lib-

York.

Samet

Un-

res des Hautes Etudes in New.



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Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr:
squads. of soldiers and_ sailors
drilling at Harvard, an occasional
service man on the Swarthmore
campus, while Bryn Mawr is com-
pletely lacking in the masculine
presence. But, she feels, Bryn
Mawr has a certain sense of sta-
bility. to. compensate.

As president of Undergrad in
1942, Miss French was deep in
preparations for Bryn Mawr war
contributions. She watched the
formation of the War Alliance
with great interest, and noted then
the beginning of the spirit of un-
ity which she feels now dominates
the campus. Increased acitvity
of all kinds and a growing inter-
est in such college problems as
the Self-Government controversy
have all contributed to this new
atmosphere of seriousness. The
tegration which was only in
its first stages in 1942 is now ev-
erywhere apparent and contrib-
utes to the feeling of stability
pervading the college.

4

Ty Walker Advocates

Intramural Activities



Ty Walker, newly-elected pres-
ident of the Athletic Association,
although fearing that she may
sound “rah-rah’”, expressed the
opinion that athletics have a
unique value which “can’t be ob-
tained from anything else around
here”. She would like to see a
healthier interest in inter-class
and inter-hall games. More _ in-
tramural sports are needed, since
the present emphasis on varsity
sports discourages people, she
feels. Second teams also have
been unduly eclipsed.

“T realize that Bryn Mawr is
not very athletic, but I feel it’s
too one-sided”, said Ty, of camp-
us athletic interest. She herself is
a living example of what she
preaches, excelling in swimmnig,
hockey and tennis. She goes in
for working in spurts, says her
friends think her moody. She
can’t decide whether she enjoys
wasting time more in the pool or
at the Greeks.

Ty is a Spanish major, living in
Radnor. Her avowed pet hate is
being in a first year course, “when
everybody is reading the same
book. I’m too used to being in se-
clusion with some 16th century
Spanish work which nobody wants
to read anyway.” She loves the
movies, hates people who talk
while watching them, and is amus-
ed by ordering the Freshmen
around in Radnor.

Pennsylvania Downs
Owl Swimming Team

ee

Penn, March 10. Bryn Mawr’s
Varsity Swimming. Team was
downed by the University of
Pennsylvania last Friday by a
44-36 score. In the speed events,
Judy Auritt of Penn broke the in-
tercollegiate 50-yard breast-stroke
record, while the’ 50-yard back-
stroke was won by Ty Walker,
*45.

The Medley Relay was won by
Penn, and the Free Style relay by
Bryn Mawr, while in the form
events Lucia Hedge held first place
in the side stroke, and Joan Wood-
ward and Roberta Arrowsmith,
respectively, held second place in
the breast stroke and crawl.



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WITS END,

Come down to the Infirmary, in
measle time, in measle time, it
isn’t far from mid-semesters!
There you may find, amid denizens
of spots, the woe of ages piled like
peanuts as wardens watch and
wait. Alas, the leopard cannot
change its spots, and measles are



spring. “Haec quoque meminisse
iuvebit.” We’ve weathered fire-
drills, blackouts, fires, and nights
churning up notebooks. But this
green-eyed monster worse than
jealousy has made us forget the
haleyon days when friend slapped
friend on back. If we slap a friend
on the back others cluck their
tongues, signifying that there is
something very contagious in all
backslapping because it backbites,
which isn’t any worse than measle
innoculations, in case they go back
on you and you can’t sit down.
Caged we watch from our barri-
eaded rooms victim after victim
led away, and gnaw the rag of
loneliness. We have sterilized our
glasses for trench-mouth, and
thought about not getting pink-
eye. Then we only had to worry
about crying in our own handker-
chiefs, but now it’s your own gas
mask or bust.

Come down to the Infirmary
Where all is gay as it can be;
There’s no one at the Inn for tea,
As elements are on a spree.
There alone you greet a friend
Without a cringing kind of leer.
All have spots and spots to lend,
And alternately moan and cheer.

Parkes Will Discuss
Elements in History

Henry Bamford Parkes _ will
speak on “Irrational Elements in
History” on Thursday, March 16,
at 7:30 in Radnor Hall. : The lec-
ture is primarily for the graduate
students, but undergraduates who
wish to contribute to the discus-
sion are welcome,

Born in England in 1904, Mr.
Parkes attended Oxford Univer-
sity. He has lived in the United
Staites since 1927, and is now an
American cititzen. He received
his Ph.D. at the University of
Michigan in 1929, and was an in-
structor in the American History
Department at New York Univer-
sity from 1930-1941, where he has
been assistant professor since
1941.

Mr. Parkes has published sev-
eral books on various topics in-
cluding Jonathan Edwards, A His-
tory of Mexico, Marxism: An Au-
topsy, Recent America, The Prag-
matic Test, and also a book on re-
construction. He is chiefly inter-
ested in the history and criticism
of ideas, and is planning to write
an intellectual history of the Unit-
ed States.



Juniors Nominate Four
For Undergrad Post

Continuea from Page 1

acting and announcing director of
WHAV-BMC and is its president
this year. She has been in the
Spanish Club since her Freshman
year and acted in the Freshman
Show. Margaret has also been a
member of the Dance Club since
her first year, and in its spring
productions.









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Henri Peyre Delivers

Last Flexner Lecture
Continued from Page 1

nique.” It has, M. Peyre noted,
an important and original theme:
the insignificance of love in the life
of modern man and the growing
rift between man and woman. M.
Peyre emphasized the failure of
women after the last war to un-
derstand the returning man’s de-
sire for poetry rather than flat-
tery.

Vol de Nuit is a more successful
novel in the form of early Greek
tragedies, M. Peyre pointed out.
Man is struggling between his
heroism and his tenderness. The
first is symbolized, the dangers
of flying, the second by the crush-
ed, loving wife.

Finally Saint Exupery produced
his masterpiece, Terre des Hom-
mes. It is both artistic and poetic
in its “inevitable phrasing.” Man
and the earth are seen with new
freshness from the airplane. The
author advocates human frater-
nity to maintain human dignity.

M. Peyre said of Pilote de
Guerre that it is an excellent war
book without semi-brutality and
heroism, but explaining the pity
in a flier’s heart. It depicts the
horror of France’s disorganization
and defeat.

r)

Use of Voting Right
Desired by Scribner

Continued from Page 2
example of the dangerous
inertia can take.

The excuses for not voting are
generally either “I don’t know the
people”, or “I don’t know what
the organization js.” These are
both inexcusable -alibis showing a
selfish disinterest in the campus.
The News runs pictures and ex-
planative summaries of the candi-
dates to alleviate the former doubt
and a few intelligent questions
would answer the latter. You
should not vote, ignorant of either
the office or the candidate, but it
is your job and your privilege to
vote intelligently. You can, and
should, know what is going on,
which -organizations handle your
common affairs, and which people
are best suited to manage those
organizations. Then you should
“participate”, and cast a vote.

Nancy B. Scribner, '44

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And Gov’t in Wartime



Goodhart, March 8:

“We must
not destroy unions,. but support
and- improve them”, declared Dr.

Alexander H. Frey, Professor of
Law at the University of Pennsyl-
vania and vice-chairman of the
Regional War Labor Board, in a
talk on The Government and La-
bor Relations in Wartime.

Dr. Frey felt that the govern-
ment’s policy toward labor is and
has been for some time definitely
encouraging. This, he noted, is
because “agencies of collective
bargaining are one of the greatest
protections of American democ-
racy”. In a democracy, bargain-

ing is ‘the process used for deter-

mining the contribution and _ re-
ward of the various members of
society. Management bargains
with credit and with capital . on
equal terms, but it bargains on

unequal terms with labor in the.

form of individuals unsupported
by an organization, a union of
some sort.

Labor Handicapped

Scarcity of labor, Dr. Frey
stated, is the first essential of
bargaining power, while the abil-
ity to give-and-take is the second
essential. -Labor is handicapped
by its shortage of possible re-
sources in a deadlock, and by its
lack of fluidity of motion.

Thus, Dr. Frey declared, with-
out the union’s protection the
workman is at the corporation’s
mercy. With such obvious bene-
fits in its power, it would seem
inevitable that the labor union
movement should sweep the coun-
try. That it has failed to do so
the speaker set down to two
causes: a) inertia among the
workers and b) active opposition
of the part of the employer.

Wagner Act

Dr. Frey treated the Wagner
Act as a specimen of labor legis-
lation in the United States, and
noted particularly the functions
of the NLRB.’ “Since this organiz-
ation had -no power to settle
strikes, wages, or conditions of
employment, it could not effec-
tively remove impediments to
production when war came.

The NWLB was created, Dr.
Frey said, to meet that need. It
is a tri-partite organization con-
sisting of one-third public repre-
sentation; one-third labor repre-
sentation, and one-third industrial

representation. Through expan-
sion and division of :- this basic
structure, it has in many cases

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THE COLLEGE NEWS

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E. Fisher Will Speak
On World Education

Mr. Edgar Fisher of ‘the Insti-
tute of International Education
will speak on Our Part in Interna-
tional Educational Reconstruction
in a college assembly to be held on
Tuesday, March 21. This comes in
place of the traditional special as-
sembly to announce the traveling
fellowships, which this year will



probably be announced on May

Day. Possible exchange scholar-
ships and fellowships with foreign
universities will be discussed by
Mr. Fisher.

Mr. Fisher has been Professor
of History and Dean of Robert
College in Constantinople. Assist-
ant director of the Institute of In-
ternational Education since 1935,
and the executive secretary for the
American Field Service Fellow-
ships for French universities, Mr.
Fisher is a member of the Advis-
ory Educational Committee of the
Russian Fund and of the Interna-
tional Student Service.

‘A member of the Carnegie En-
dowment Commission to study the
organization of peace, he is also a
member of the American Academy
for political and social science, and
belongs to the council on Foreign
Relations, the American History
Association, and the American Or-
iental Society.

In 1911, he published a _ book,
New Jersey as a Royal Province,

' and since then he has contributed

to magazines.

WHAT TO DO

PLEASE REGISTER NO/W







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J.-M. Lee Intends to
‘Keep League on Map’

\New president of the Bryn
Mawr League Jeanne-Marie Lee
laughingly insists that “the rea-
son I got the election was that
Lee was the shortest name on the
ballot and people were pretty sick
of voting after the third time.”

Retiring to her Freshman hand-

book at the news of her election,
Nanot reports that she found num-
erous unexpected things that be-
long to the League, such as_ the
Y.W.—Y.M.C.A.—which _ particu-
larly fascinates her at this point.
As to her aims, Nanot feels the
campus should be made more
League-conscious, “The League
has definitely got to be kept on
the map. Its activities should not
be forgotten in the face of the
more appealing war activities”.
More definitely, the new president
plans to do a little campusing for
League workers by way of a poll
during next year’s Activities
Drive.
- A woman of diverse activities
and a French major, Nanot has
many irons in the fire at present
as Common Treasurer, Advertis-
ing manager of the News and
Junior representative to the Sen-
ior yearbook, and as League pres-
ident. Her only fear as that she
may “get burned”. The curricular
she admits, gets put aside in fav-
or of the extra-curricular on oc-
casion,

Living in Pembroke surrounded
by a week’s New York Times wait-
ing to be clipped and avoiding
the Inn and the Lib as much as
possible, Nanot does cryptograms





ated Margaret Urban,
Locke, Barbara Bunce, and Bar-
bara Brady for treasurer of the
Undergraduate Association. .

Officers for Undergrad
Nominated by ’46 -’47
Continued from Page 1
now is advertising manager. She
has been on the Business board of
the News since her Freshman
year.
Dorothy Bruchholz

Dorothy is the secretary of the
Sophomore Class. She. was Bus-
iness Manager of Freshman Show
last-year-and-appeared in her hall.
play. Since her Freshman year
she has been a representative to
the Alliance from her class, a
member of the News Editorial
Staff, and of the German and Rad-
io Clubs. She is. an accompanist
to the choir and a member of the
Glee Club. She is a representative
to the IRC of which she is now the
secretary. Last year she repre-
sented Bryn Mawr at the IRC con-
ference held at Princeton and also
this year at the Johns Hopkins as-
sembly. She has’ been a Bryn
Mawr delegate to the Model
League Conference twice.

Acheson, Patricia Castles

Pat was one of the Freshman
chairmen and the Director of
Freshman Show. A member of
the Varsity Players Club, she is
a co-director of the Maid’s and
Porters’ play.

Freshman Nominations

The Freshman class has nomin-
Cristobel

The college activities of the

nominees are as follows:

Margaret Urban
Margaret is the assistant head



Vacation._ Registration

Spring vacation begins on
Thursday, March 23, at 12:45
p. m. Students must register
at their last regular class or
laboratory before spring vaca-
tion and their first regular class
or laboratory after spring va-
cation.

Classes will begin on Tues-
day, April 4th, at 9:00 a. m.

‘Supervised Reading classes
in languages and classes in
Physical Education do not count
as regular classes for purposes
of registration.

Every student is responsible
for seeing that the registration
slip is passed to her at her last
regular class or laboratory be-
fore the vacation and her first
regular class or laboatory
thereafter.

(wl Basketball Team
Defeats Swarthmore









Swarthmore, March 11: Hitherto
undefeated, Swarthmore’s basket-
ball team bowed to the Owls who
trounced them 30-24 in Bryn
Mawr’s next to last game of the
season. High scorer for Bryn
Mawr was Jean Brunn, ’44, with
twenty points to her credit.

Scoring after the first two
passes, the Oiwls lost all their for-
mer raggedness and coordinated
smoothly and easily as a _ unit.
Never getting rattled, they played
a clean steady game throughout
all four quarters.

After five victorious games
against teams, two of which had





B.M. Basketball Team
Triumphs Over Penn



Gymnasium, March 9._ Winning
for the first time this season, the
varsity basketball team triumphed
over Penn, 20-17. A close game
with the score often a tie, it was,
nevertheless, kept fast and clean

- by effective umpiring.

What the Penn forwards lacked
in height they made up in speed
and pass-work, but the yellow
guards held them away from the
basket, and their shooting was,
for the most part, inaccurate. The
Owls were not shooting as. well
as usual either, with the excep-
tion of Nancy Niles, ’47, who, af-
ter putting in the first basket,
settled down to pile up ten points,
two of which were consecutive
foul shots.

In spite of losing 36-28 to the
Penn J.V.’s, the second team, par-
ticularly the forwards, played ex-
tremely well.

Joint IRC Discussion
Centers on Far East

Continued from Page 2
exaggerated in papers in this
country.

China, David Hsia _ stated, is
planning a constitutional govern-
ment, which will be instituted as
soon as possible after fighting
ceases, though it is not to be ex- ~
pected that true democracy can be
achieved for a long time to come.
In her external relations, China
looks forward to the establishment
of a Pacific Council, a scheme al-
ready twice approved by the Insti-
tute of Pacific Relations.







































































































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