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VOL. XXVIII, No. 10

BRYN MAWR and-WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941

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“Bryn-Mawr College, 1941 PRICE 10 CENTS

Copyright, Trustees of





KATHARINE McBRIDE NAMED NEW PRESIDENT

MacKinnon Lauds

McBride’s Work
and Scholarship



Her Work in Psychology |

Is a Standard in the
Special Field



Miss McBride, who is a native
Philadelphian, was born in Ger-
mantown, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas ‘C. McBride. She was
educated at the Stevens School in
Germantown, and at the German-
town Friends’ School,

As an undergraduate, Miss Mc-
Bride lived in Pem West. Her col-
lege friends report that she was
very quiet, friendly, with a strong
sense of humor. She was always
“good with people.” According to
one of her friends—“in the twenty
years I have known her, she has
never gone off half-cocked. She
wasn’t prudish, but she had a lot
of common sense.”

After graduating cum laude from
Bryn Mawr in 1925, Miss McBride
engaged in research and clinical
psychology at Bryn Mawr, Colum-
bia and Philadelphia hospitals un-
der the grant of the Commonwealth
Fund. In 1935 she became a lec-
turer in. the Department of Psy-
chology at Bryn Mawr and sub-

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Big May Day Decision
Will be Made Dee. 4
After Hall Meetings

College Tradition Awaits
Decisive Freshman Vote , .
On Thursday





The undergraduate vote on the
question of whether or not there
shall be a 1942 Big May Day will
be taken Thursday, December 4.
Voting will be preceded by hall
meetings in which the problem will
be presented and discussed.

Big May Day, a college tradition
with its origin in an Elizabethan
pageant presented in 1902 to raise
funds for college equipment, has
gradually grown into a. gigantic
production of pageantry and plays
involving roughly a turnover of
from $9,000.00 to $25,000.00. Har-
monizing with the Tudor Gothic
architecture of the college it has
become associated with Bryn
Mawr. Since 1902 it has been
given every four years—with some
exceptions.

One such exception was 1940
when Big May Day came up for
the four yearly ratification and
was rejected because uncertainty
in foreign conditions made it im-
possible for the Board of Directors
to underwrite the undertaking.
Last winter the question was again

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decided in the negative, partly bé-

cause it was considered. so late in
the year’that it would have in-
volved violent adjustment of a
spring program already arranged.
At that time, however, it was

voted that the whole problem
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Tickets
Tickets for Vincent Shee-
an’s lecture, The Answer
From the Far East, will be
on sale at the Publicity Office
all this week.















Rhoads, Head of Board of Directors, Announces
The Trustees’ Choice for Presidential Position





And Miss McBride Says

By Sally Matteson, °43

“Perhaps you have the wrong
person,” said Miss McBride when I
saw. her in her office at Radcliffe
last Saturday morning. She was
confused, she said, as to who was
really to be Bryn Mawr’s future
president, for in the Boston Herald,
accompanying the front-page an-
nouncement of her appointment,
had been a picture of another
woman entirely.

But, in spite of these doubts, she
did seem to be pleased at the pros-
pect of coming to Bryn Mawr. The
faculty and students are what she
says she -has always liked best
about the college and what she is
looking forward most to seeing
again. Much as she has learned to
like New England, two years in a
city, “where ‘everyone builds his
house in everyone else’s back yard,”
has made her welcome a return to
Bryn Mawr’s spaciousness. Al-
though she is not coming here
officially until July, she hopes to be
able to visit once or twice in the
spring.

Until she can come here to talk
with Miss Park and learn in de-
tail about the problems which

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(face Bryn Mawr today, Miss Mc-|
Bride said she could not specifically
define her hopes and aims for the
college. Bryn Mawr, she feels, has
always been right in maintaining
and emphasizing its academic
standards—“right in expecting high
scholarship as the norm.”

The greatest hope Miss McBride
feels she can have as president is
to take some part in perpetuating
these standards.

The three-college co-operation be-
tween Haverford, Swarthmore and
Bryn Mawr, she said, sounds like
an excellent opportunity for “an
increase in resources and in scope
of study.” She also approved of
the college’s. present program on
defense, which, she; thinks, has
struck a good balance): no reduction
in time given to study, but empha-
sis on defense courses and discus-
sion groups in extra-curricular ac-
tivity. On account of this program
Miss McBride does not advocate
Big May Day. “May Day is the
grandest thing Bryn Mawr does,”
but now is not the time for it,
“even as an expression of our as-
surance that the _ of work we
like will continue.’





In spite of the excitement of the
new announcement, Miss McBride
seemed to be carrying on .all--her
routine activities as Dean of Rad-
cliffe. The outer office was hum-
ming, and the usual row of students
waited outside. But sitting in her
sunny — office, the — president-elect
seemed delighted to welcome some-
one from Bryn Mawr, and to hear
about the tense mass meeting and
the banners flying.

Miss McBride has found -Rad-
cliffe like Bryn Mawr, especially. in
the students’ attitude.

At both colleges. there is striking
independence. “Students, -either
individually or in organizations, ex-
pect to make their own decisions
and do.” Miss McBride said she
believes in personal contact between
students and faculty, and is inter-
ested in the possibility of a reading
period at Bryn Mawr.

It was rumored that Miss Mc-
Bride likes to fish. -When asked
where, she replied, “In the sea.”
It is her one significant “human in-
terest,” she Jad

Interviews! with undergraduates;

in the waiting line showed that
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chant 2a

Large Assembly

| Applauds Choice



Appointee Praised as
Scholarly, Executive



| At the year’s’ most dramatic
|chapel, Mr. Rhoads, President of
ithe Board of Directors, announced
| the appointment of Miss Kathar-
jine McBride as new president of
ithe College, Faculty, graduates,
istudents. gathered quickly, filling
|Goodhart, to hear the announce-

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;ment, and the atmosphere was
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|tense, expectant.

i There was sudden silence as

‘Miss Park, Mr. Rhoads, Mr. Cren-
ishaw and representatives: of the
|students and alumnae mounted the
iplatform. And there was con-
| trolled impatience, an undercur-
irent of whispering as Miss Park
‘began to speak.

| “A useful president of a modern
'college,” she said, “is one of the
iforces which steer the course and
iframe the plans of the college, to-
igether with its trustees, its fac-
julty, its alumnae and, increasingly,
its students. She must be far more
ithan just an_ executive officer.
‘Therefore, the choice of a new
ipresident is important, even mo-
;mentous.”

The rising excitement culmin-
1ated in applause when Mr. Rhoads
jmade the official announcement of
'Miss McBride’s appointment. Re-

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Forum’s Discussion

Of Press Censorship



Backed by Research

; Comparison Cited in France’s
And England’s Censorship
In Wartime



The second Forum of this year,
the first,to be sponsored by the
newly-formed Alliance,-met~in- the
Common Room last Thursday. El-
len Stone, Nancy’Chase, Polly Gra-
ham and Mira Eitingon spoke on
the U. S. Press in Wartime, and
their speeches were backed by the
added research of Barbara Hull,
Alice Crowder, Becky Robbins and
Gregor Armstrong.

Led by Ellen Stone the Forum
discussed presidential press confer-
ences, the work of the Committee
of Public Information in the last
war, censorship in France and Bri-
tain today, and the general atti-
tude toward censorship with speci-
al reference to Fortune’s article on
the subject. The consensus of
opinion was that democracy thrives
on free speech, the disadvantages
of which are outweighed by its
general good effect.

They realized, of course, that in
time of war certain technical in-
formation should be withheld. But
the enemy would have geographic
and population statistics as well as
really valuable information from
the Army and Navy manuals, and
news of troop movements is only
important when fresh. Moreover,
what the enemy does not know, it

is not going to rely on the press to
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. JOAN Gross, ’42, Editor-in-Chief
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ISABEL MARTIN, ’42
REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42
JESSIE STONE, 744 |
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Music
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Miss McBride
With sincere enthusiasm and with the highest hopes we. wel-
come the appointment of Katharine McBride as President-elect of











Bryn Mawr.

As a scholar, as an educator, as a leader and as a person, she
She is both wise and young. She can carry the
college ahead and she understands the tradition which has made it
great.

Her experience has been in the field of science, a science dealing
closely with human problems. Miss McBride’s success in her own
field is a tribute to the strength of the humanistic scholarship toward
which Bryn Mawr aspires. ‘

In the clinical work she inaugurated here, she made real the
connection between technical research and its practical application
outside academic walls. In giving her work direct value in the
community, she has shown a recognition of the responsibility of the
scholar to society. Her experience can aid the college as it moves

toward an ever growing contribution to, and a greater ability to deal]

with, the problems which the modern world presents to us.

Her dignity, her humor, and her sympathetic interest in people
are confirmed by those who know and work with her. To the record
of her background and her training we add Miss Park’s phrase,
“She has the seeds of growth in her.” The combination is powerful.

There is a future for Bryn Mawr. Reason and social useful-
ness are objectives of our learning and they are needed now. With
convictioriwe turn to Miss McBride. The coming years are loaded
with the force of change. She is strong; she will meet this pressure
and she will use it to lead us forward, ~

Nuts and Bolts

By Isabel Martin, ’42





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Think Before You Cry Wolf | “In Step

The Yale News recently pub- Harvard Law School is one~of

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'To Miss .Park: |

Our gratitude for a service of twenty years, service generously
and honestly rendered, cannot be measured. But as we realize that,
Miss. Park-is soon to surrender her leadership of Bryn Mawr, we |
cannot remain silent. Our recognition of her immense contribution |
to all undergraduates, those in the past, ourselves, and those who,
will know a Bryn Mawr different from our Own, must be expressed. !

When Miss Park was inaugurated in the fall of 1922 she found |
the college ripe for change. She broke the splendid isolation which |
had enabled Bryn Mawr to rise, dispensing with the special entrance ,
examinations and integrating the college with the College Board |
Examination system, Within the college, the double major system
was discarded and the many, cursory required courses reduced in
number and expanded in scope. Comprehensives, the Senior_read-
ing period, and the Honors system were introduced. The needs and
value of the Graduate School: were recognized, and Miss Park ap-
pointed'a Dean of the school and provided for graduate students a
residence hall of their own.

These innovations are only the material results of the liberal |
and constructive years Of Miss Park’s administration, They are'
not so significant nor so much to be treasured as is her particular |
gift—the opportunity offered to each student by the college to par-
ticipate in the administration and growth of Bryn Mawr. Formed
at her request, the College Council and the Curriculum Committee
have reached their full stature. All who have listened to her or
have experienced her integrity and openmindedness,, to which almost
every college activity bears witness, know that her desire to hear,
understand, and carry out the proposals of students is based on her
confidence that reason has dignity and validity, that sympathy is not
weakness,

To us, Miss Park has given a great and challenging responsi-
bility. If the training and insight which we have gained at Bryn
Mawr are to be fully utilized and developed, we must measure up
to the high example of understanding, basic integrity, and force of
reason which Miss Park has been, and will be, to iis.











MUSIC

The W.P.A. was a fine thing and
all that, but last year some Phila-









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Friday delphia musicians had an_ idea.
was McBride-day. They formed a New Center of Mu-!
Flags flew : A :
eine sic. Their objective was to solve
wind blew, too. at once the, double problem of ,
Rhoads’ rose’ pronounced an-|starving musicians and starving
nounced with pride McBride. public. The fact that the public’s
All was only a “hidden hunger” did
aed — not bother them. They decided,
and vecked and with justification, that the
the hall— Philadelphia Orchestra, although |
praise superlative, was not enough.
raised, Joseph Levine, conductor of the
MacKinnon one-year-old chamber orchestra of
was in on
it. _|the New Center of Music, will tell
Wit’ you that example and inspiration
s were taken from the New Friends |
End. | of Music in New York. The pro-
gram of the Philadelphia group
Calen d ar covers four main points.

1. To do something about fine}
and young musicians in a stagnant |
market. Many members of the
present orchestra are or were
working at the Curtis Institute, in
Philadelphia.

2. To play classical music that is
rarely heard, varied occasionally |
with new things that have rarely
been heard and seem exceptionally

Thursday, December 4
Meeting of The Interna-
tional Relations Clubs of
Bryn Mawr and Haver-
ford. The British Com-
monwealth in the Present
Crisis. Haverford, Duncan
Hall, 8:15.

Friday, December 5



ished an editorial upholding Mr. the first graduate schools to fall in !
chill’s of drafting! with the undergraduate emergency |

women into service. “If any ‘one
doubts the potency of Mr. Church-
ill’s new weapon, he has only to
visit Macy’s -bargain basement.
There he will see the female of the
species stripped of the artificial
constraints which society inposes
upon human conduct.”

The editor of the paper decided
that women were equipped to be
the best tank drivers after inspect-
ing the destruction of one car
(weight; 2 tons) on the Merrit
Parkway one Sunday afternoon.
They see the “possibilities in com-
bining a woman and a 30 ton tank.”
They also maintain that women by

action
plans. The Law School now can
put their students through in nine
months less than three years, pro-
vided the students are willing to
attend summer sessions. Dean
Landis believes that 50 percent of
next year’s entering class will pro- |
ceed under this plan.



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whatever Miss McBride has felt
about Radcliffe, it has reciprocated
in full, Louise Sullivan, president
of the Student-Government Asso-
ciation, outlined Miss McBride’s

Stage Door, Goodhart,
8:30. ‘

Saturday, December 6

Stage Door, Goodhart,
8:30.
College Dance, Gym, 11:00.
Dr. Cole. The Nerve Im-
pulse. Tennent Memorial
Lecture, Dalton, Room 203,
8:15.

- Monday, December 8
Meeting of the College
Council, President’s House,
6:00. -
Vincent Sheean. The An-
swer from the Far East.
Goodhart, 8:30.

Tuesday, December 9
Camera Club Lecture, Li-

good.

8. To establish a center for writ-
ing and teaching as well as for
playing.

4. To feed the hungry public, on
condition that the public feed the
hungry musicians.

Last year, for the initial three-
concert series, Town Hall was al-
most sold out. The first concert
this year will be held, also at Town
Hall, on Sunday evening. Two
more concerts will follow at inter-
vals of four weeks.

The program for the first con-
cert includes the Hercules Over-
ture of Handel; Beethoven’s Sec-
ond Piano Concerto, with William
Cappell as soloist; Quiet City, by
Aaron Copeland; Sergei Hovey’s

nature are fitted for sabotage and
fifth column activities—eg. a
bridge party.

But the point of this editérial is |
not frivolous satire. Youth, faced
with the possibility of hacking his
enemy to bits and having his own
head blown off with a bomb, writes,
“The women of America, who from
the first have been the outspoken
advocates of war, should not be
kept out of the trenches. It is

_ their well-earned privilege.”



great contributions: bringing stu-
dents and their departments closer
ogether through the tutorial din-
ners; making the office of the Dean
to student life—social as
academic, and lastly, laying
a long-range plan for increasing
unity in campus activity. Louise
said Miss McBride had helped her
immeasurably this year, “because
she really believes in Student-Gov-
ernment.”

Jane, Newmyer, editor-in-chief of



brary, West Wing, 5:00.

Self - government supper,
Deanery, 6:30.
Current Events, Common

Room, 7:30.







the Radcliffe News, pointed out
Miss McBride’s excellence as a pub-
lic speaker, and another under-
graduate, seeming to represent a
bloe of opinion, remarked, “I guess
I’m prejudiced.” Pause. “I think
she’s wonderful.” ca





Intermezzo for Strings; Concerto
Grosso, by Ernest Bloch.

For the spring, the New Center
of Music plans a series of concerts
featuring North and South Ameri-
can music. These concerts, to be

in The Academy of Music
, will cover the entire range
from folks music to formal music. ,

Student tickets for the present
series, at $1.10 per series tickets,
are available in the Library non-
residents room.







CitY LIGHTS

The good folk of Philadelphia
this week are wearing the haunted
but martyr-like air of a people at
war. For this, by special procla-
mation, is Defense Week.

Under the slogan, “Be Alert!
Take Part!” Philadelphia’s citizen-
ry is expected to surge forth each
day to Independence Square; Con-
vention Hall, or Town Hall filled -
with the burning desire to take
part.

, Student Cooperation

Each day this week has been set
aside for a special activity. “Be
Alert! Take Part!” shouts from
every bill-board and subway car.
The high school students have
spontaneously taken on _ responsi-
bilities for the success of the proj-
ect and in addition declared Thurs-
day “Army Welfare Day” in. the
schools, Due to their magnani-
mous efforts thousands of service
ren will receive kits containing
stationery, soap, tobacco, razor
blades and letters from school girls.

And yet Director of Public Safe-
ty James H. Malone, at a meeting
of 2,000 civic employes on Monday
called the response of city-county
employes to the call for volunteer
defense workers. “disappointing.”
Mr. Malone said that one city fines
civil service employes three days’
pay for failure to volunteer and
that although Philadelphia
wouldn’t resort to such tactics

' something would have to be done.

Mass Calisthenics

Defense Week was robustly
launched on Monday night at Con-
vention Hall where the first city-
wide “Hail America” demonstra-
tion in the United States came off.
Approximately 2,500 young ath-
letes put on a mass calisthenics
demonstration and reeled off color=
ful folk dances before a packed
house. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, as
Assistant Director of Civilian De-
fense sounded the keynote of the
rythmical occasion in a brief talk.
“We in a democracy cannot use
force to regiment our young peo-
ple,”’ she said, “but there is no rea-

'son why you cannot enjoy every-

thing you are called upon to do in
this program and know that you
are contributing to the future
strength of this nation as well.”.

Spectacular performances are
planned for the remainder of the
week. The U. S. Chemical War-~
fare Service will present, displays
designed to show how the air-raid
warning system receives and relays
information. Aeroplanes will drop
magnesium flares and ear-splitting
explosions will simulate the falling
of high explosives bombs. All the
various types of warning signals
willbe sounded as_ incendiary
bombs of thermit, magnesium and
oil descend on the throng.

Air-Raid Shelter

In Reyburn Plaza across from
City Hall a corrugated-iron air-
raid shelter has been erected. The
shelter is covered with sandbags,
equipped with benches, a pick and
shovel (for digging out if debris
from a bomb blast covers the en-
trance), a sandbox for extinguish-
ing incendiary bombs, a stove, a
water-cooler, a clock, and similar
modern conveniences.

On Saturday, Unity: Day, the
week will wind up with an enor-
mous parade and a huge rally at
Convention Hall, where LaGuardia,
Governor James, and Mayor Sam-
uel will make the appropriate -
remarks.

“Be Alert! Take Part!”

# JESSIE STONE, 44.



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Princeton Establishes
Masculine Supremacy

On B. M. Hockey Field,

Uncontrolled Fury of Tigers
Leashed in Second Quarter:

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By Chris Waples, ’42

Bryn Mawr, November 29.—Mas- |
culine superiority on the -hockey;
field was firmly established when |



members of the Princeton lacrosse!
and 150 lb. football teams rail
trampled, and struck their way to!
a double victory over Bryn Mawr|
1-0 and 2-0.
Haverford’s triumph is dll the more |

This repetition of |
noteworthy, since all except one
Tiger had never seen a field hockey |
game!

No spectator doubted ‘this fact!
for a moment as they watched the!
As. a precau-



boys warming up.

tionary measure, the Bryn Mawr, .
teams played a ten minute This-Is-| pondent and author of Not Peace
bd | But a Sword and Personal History,

What-You-Should-Be-Doing game.!

Later when the boys were asked
whether they had been enlightened,
they confessed, “We were really
only watching to see how many peo-
ple were_being knocked down.”
The doubleheader placed the Var-
sity opposite the lacrosse-cradlers
and the Reserves against the
“50’s.”’- The lacrosse Tigers were
bewildered by the goals they made
which didn’t count, the fouls they
made which seemed to multiply,
and the speed with which the Owls
took free hits while their backs
were turned. :
Substitution followed substitu-
tion, and the minutes ticked by into
the second half. Finally the real
Tiger fury was released. With
two minutes left to play, Oliver
picked up a pass at the 50-yard
line, streaked for the goal, out-
distancing all the defense, and hit
cleanly into a corner of the goal.
The “50’s” were likewise bewil-

dered, but they had mastered the

passing technique at Princeton, and

so were able to score on power)

drives that-were better—left-alone.

There was one bad casualty on
the field. Mary Hackett was cut
above the eye by a ball off a Bryn
Mawrter’s stick. . Roughness was
checked on both fields by the ref-
erees, Miss Grant and Nancy Elli-
cott. But there was especial need
for keeping relaxed and on balance.
Bryn Mawr had to be ready for
Princeton’s interpretation of the
foul known as “obstruction.”

Not content to lay down their
sticks, the teams switched oppo-
nents and played another half. No
goals were scored but the fun was
evident, for in the words of one,
“We have picked our men with an
equal eye to athletic ability and
social acceptability.”

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K. Hepburn’s College
To Appear in Post

Hepburn made Stage Door fa-
mous. Now as our amateur per-
formance of the play approaches,
Katie reveals her life at Bryn
Mawr to the Saturday Evening
Post.

With Bryn Mawr training,





War Correspondent
Sheean Will Lecture

On ‘Far East Answer’



Vincent Sheean, foreign corres-

will speak at Bryn Mawr on Mon-
day, December 8th, on “The An-
swer from the Far East.”

This will be Mr. Sheean’s first
lecture in America after arriving
from Batavia, Dutch East Indies,
on December 1st. In the last few
months he has travelled extensive-
ly in the Orient, and is well ac-
quainted with many eastern states-

% ,
men and diplomats.

Mr. Sheean has had a long ca-
reer as a war correspondent. He
covered the outbreak of Arab-Jew-
ish hostilities in 1928, and was in
Spain during the Civil War. He
observed the conquests of Austria,
|Czechoslovakia, and France and
lafter the Munich Agreement, wit-



\Merion Gives Skillful Production of Hecht’s
Wonder Hit; Rhoads Wins Play Contest

| “Chapel
|



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Chapel this Sunday will be
conducted by the Reverend C.



By Barbara Kauffman, ’43
The Deanery, November 28.—The
Freshman Play Contest was cli-
maxed Friday night as Mr. Sprague
announced the unanimous decision

of the judges in naming Rhoads

Hall as the winner for its per-
formance of the Happy Journey.
The plaque was given to Alice Mac-
donald as Freshman director of the
(play. The judges were Mrs. Chad-
wick-Collins, Miss Ward,-: Mr.
Sprague and Miss Cornelia Meigs.
The last three plays of the series
| were performed earlier in the eve-
ining by Rockefeller, Denbigh and
|Merion Halls in the Theatre Work-
| shop.

The Night at the Inn, by Lord
Dunsany, given by Rockefeller was
handicapped by an unco-operative
audience. Usually, however, it is
the fault of the performance if the
audience cannot give in to the illu-
sion, and this play requires an ex-





Set of ‘Stage Door’
Sees Venus Shatter
And White Paint Fly

Sounds from Goodhart indicate
only one thing: Stage Door is in
the throes of its last week of re-
hearsal.
other from every side.

The setting of Mrs. Orcutt’s re-
fined boarding house for budding
actresses is loud and original. The
scene is laid in the sitting room.
Carmine walls back a marble bust
on a marble fireplace, while furni-
ture from Wyndham dominates the



Noises blend into one an=!”

pert presentation if female actors |
are to carry it along.

Although Katherine Morse ade-
quately portrayed the condescend- |
ing and self-satisfied Toff, she did.
not express his utter assurance and |

) Leslie Glenn, of St. John’s
Church,. Washington, D. C.
The choir will sing an an-{
them written by Anne Camp-_
bell, °42, and ‘a hynin* by
Janet Dowling, ’42. ’







self-confidence emphatically enough

to justify his last lines. Ana Appointment of ew
Eddie Littwin as the bragging Al- ; 7
die Littwin as the bragging All | President Unanimous

bert and Virginia. Nixon as Snig-
gers might have made more of| ‘3
their parts. But the priests were |
well done, both their short roles | Bride was the unanimous choice of
and excellent makeup, and the en-| the Committee of the Board of Di-
tire cast carried off the murders! rectors and the Facuity Committee
| convincingly. The Idol (as well) which have been working in co-
jas his Voice) was completely SUC-| operation since their élection two
cessful. As a whole the action was | years ago. These committees re-
quick and the performance good) ceived a wide and comprehensive
considering the difficult conditions. | range of nominations, conducted
Denbigh afforded a comic relief | thorough taveutirattorn of the can-
with ~its presentation of Gilbert’ didates,
Emery’s Thank You, Doctor. Betty! Nominations were obtained by
Mercer played the charming and | questionnaires sent to members of
sophisticated jewel thief, Mrs. Les-) the faculty, directors and alumnae
ter, with almost professional ease.; and by letters to college ntecidents
Jean Preston made an amusing j|and heads of academic societies
Denny Court as she tried in vain) The candidates were not limited to

The appointment of Miss Mc-



to prove her sanity, and Mimi|those with purely ‘academic inter-

Taleisnik successfully inkerpneres | cate,
her limited part as the nurse. Jane| The faculty committee, which is
Hall might have madé more of the) headed by Mr. Broughton and con-

pompous brain specialist, but as) sists of Mr. MacKinnon, Mr. Cren-
for Louise Field, her antics as the! shaw, Miss Gardiner, Miss Swind-

maniac were entirely delightful. ler and Miss Stapleton, cooperated

The performance could have been! with the Board of Directors in the
quicker and = at times the cues|investigation of the large number
lagged, especially toward the end, | of nanitidatan.

so that the ‘play lost the polish)



which marked it at the start, but | ;
(the slowness was partly due to the Dr. Cole to Discuss
play itself which went on a bit too) ¢ 9
long after the point was revealed | The Nerve Impulse
Merion climaxed the evening with |
The Wonder Hat. This was cer-!



The second of the David Hilt

room, Am endless chain of girls in!

|nessed the purge of Jews in Ger-
'many. During the intense air bat-
tles of last year, he was special re-
porter in England for the Satur-

day Evening Post.

Mr. Sheean will speak in Good-
hart Hall, at 8:30 P. M. He is the
final speaker in the series spon-
sored by the Bryn Mawr Hospital.
Tickets are $2.20, $1.75 and $1.50.



Forum’s Discussion

On Press Censorship



Continued from Page One
give; so that to keep information
from the press is not to keep it
from the enemy. Therefore with-
holding strictly military secrets
and delaying releases of troop or
ship movements seems the only cen-
sorship necessary and advisable.
Censorship at the source and vol-
untary self-administered censor-
ship of the press on these matters
should be sufficient. For, Mira
Eitingon stressed, the self-confi-
dence, unity and sureness_of suc-
cess of a nation are in direct pro-
portion to the amount of news re-
leases it receives from its elected
goverriment.

The great blunder of France in
its negative censorship which pro-
duced at first a false optimism and
then a complete distrust of the ca-
pabilities of their leaders was con-
trasted with the present policy of
Britain in deferring as far as pos-
sible to the desire of the people for
news, whether good or bad. The
strong morale of the British peo-
ple was pointed out by Polly Gra-
‘ham as an effective comparison
| with that of the French.

| They agreed that though censor-
| shipis.a_defensive measure and
propaganda an offensive measure
\the two are intricately related.
‘Censorship itself can be one meth-
‘od of propaganda. The feeling
| that it is used to cover up the mis-
@

_takes of the government and pro-
|mote a false security is oné of its
| worst effects.

Nancy @hase described the Pres-



Katie’s blarney drew a high sum'ident’s method of disseminating |

from Hollywood for an anonymous’ news through his bi-weekly confer- |

script’ in this week’s Post. Today’s| ences with the press. This is a rel- |

issue has the Bryn Mawr tied ese ars new presidential procedure

down—it’s uncensored — and you' and is in some cases frowned upon

| as giving the chief executive—too |
|

evening dresses dramatically de-
scend the staircase at the rear of
the stage.

Behind the fake walls the stage
crew flips drops of white paint on
green flats, whispers in repression,
and tiptoes whirlwindishly around.

Miss Henderson wears a path
from balcony to stage, calling
changes and repetitions. ~ When
that is ineffective, as it often is,
she steps in and acts it herself,
frequently calling for Miss Mac-
Ausland. Miss
gested that a boy’s hands would be
better placed on his hips. “I feel
like a model,” he said.

Latest intelligence: Bust busted.
Venus is in smithereens on the
hard relentless floor of Goodhart
stage. Her death is causing the
stage crew more woe than Kay’s
self-inflicted poisoning.

After all, Kay dies often, of a
Goodhart evening. But Venus—!



Yearbook
The Yearbook Board takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of Judy Shenton, 742,
to the photographic staff.







great control over the press. On
the other hand it is approved as
the best way to keep the people in-
formed by the man whom they
elected to manage affairs for them.

The. United States is particu-
larly sensitive to news and its cen-
sorship. However, a precedent was
jcreated when Justice Holmes up-
held the Espionage Act of the last
war, saying that, “free speech is
not an absolute right in wartime.”
Still the truth and trueness of a
democracy are seen in the freedom
of its-press.

It was concluded that suppres-
sion of opinion is the least desir-
able measure, that suppression of
facts of military importance seems
justifiable, and that suppression of

‘for further debate.





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most successful performance. Hel-
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tainly the most difficult. and yet; Tennent Memorial Lectures will be

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sociate Professor of Physiology,

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Columbia University, on “The
Nerve Impulse,” Saturday, Decem-
ber 6, at 8:15 in Room 203, Dalton.

Dr. Cole, who is a biophysicist,
Oberlin A.B., and Cornell Ph.D.,

carried off their parts as the blazé
Harlequin and Pierrot with unus-
ual ease, and Shirley Helman’s
passionate outbursts and return to
scorn as the slipper was put on and
off afforded especially amusing mo-| Was a National Research Council
ments. Renate Sommernitz played | Fellow. Besides his present field,
the childish yet lovelorn Columbine | neurology, he has worked on the
with great skill and. Mary Lou! Electroscope Theory, the heat pro-
Reese made a competent counter-| duction of sea-urchin eggs, and the
part as the practical Margo. Out-| photographic action of low speed
standing, however, was Betty Dal- electrons.

lam’s Punchinello. She gave a fine| The lecture is being given under
portrayal of a difficult part, and, the auspices of the Committee on
though at times she came close to|the Coordination of the Teaching
overdoing it, in general her per- of the Natural Sciences.

formance was excellent. te emma, em
The smooth, swift presentation)
carried on the illusion all the more}
| For the -Cast and Crew

successfully by its clever scenery
of STAGE DOOR ..- .

and skillful lighting. It was un-
questionably the best play of the

evening. ?
The casts: Flowers from

The Night at the Inn





Director, Chadwick, ’44; assistant
director, Jocelyn Kingsbury, '45; scen-!
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Mary Hackett,.45; make-up, Mary El-

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' ia In Print

Christmas Shopping
By Mildred McLeskey, ’43

Wild Is the River,
Bromfield. Harper, $2.50. "For
the man who ‘likes melodrama and
isn’t too particular about plausibil-
ity. A story of New Orleans dur-
ing the Yankee occupation—at the
same time a discerning picture of
the New England temperament
transplanted to a southern atmos-
phere. Full of dashing heroes, dev-
ilish enchantresses and a saintly
heroine, all aching for a Holly-
wood set.

The Poem of Bunker Hill, by
Harry Brown. Scribner, $2.00. A
ringing narrative by a young
American poet which should inter-
est the layman as well as the liter-
ary. Blows the historic dust off
the battle in favor of a vital new
conception of its action. The Amer-
ican Revolution in terms of Homer
with only occasional lapses into the
prosaic,

The Devil In France, by Lion
Feuchtwanger. Viking Press, $2.75.
Latest and one of the anost biting
testimonials to come out of the hol-
ocaust of Europe.
elist’s account of internment in
France which is definitely not light
reading. Notable in comparison
with other “horror” stories for its
attempt to explain the cause of
present suffering in terms of an
ironic and dramatic theory.

The Problem Fox, by Alexander
Sturm. Scribner, $1.75. For any-
one from six to sixty. Deceptively
simple humor that brings a laugh
on every page. The story of Au-
gust, the fox, who fainted at his
first fox hunt and who finally be-
came an intellectual. Piquant il-
lustrations and an uproarious text.

Between The Acts, by V. Woolf.
Harcourt Brace $2.50. Definitely
not for the uninitiated. Virginia
Woolf’s last book, dazzling with
symbolism which the reader may
interpret as he will. The story of
an outdoor pageant in an old _Eng-
lish house which comes to represent
the fable of England herself. smoky, provocative attempt to an-
alyse the mind of England, guar-
anteed to puzzle and fascinate any
ardent Woolf reader.

My Friend Flicka, by Mary
O’Hara. Lippincott, $2.50. A
simple account of a boy and his
colt told in a moving style. Deli-
cate, psychological study of two
brothers, and a beautifully sympa-
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Laid in a truly authentic western
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New President’s Work
Reviewed by MacKinnon



Continued from Page One
sequently Assistant and Associate
Professor. She was also the Direc-
tor of the Educational Service, a
special educational clinic which
Bryn Mawr provides for the use of
public and private schools. In
1938-89 she served as Assistant
Dean.

Mr. MacKinnon, Miss McBride’s
colleague in the Psychology Depart-
ment, gave high praise to her schol-
arship and research in this field.
Miss McBride, studying under the
late Theodore Weisenburg, Profes-
sor of Neurology at. the School of

Medicine of the University of Penn-

sylvania, wrote her Doctors’ thesis

by Louis

A German nov-'!

THE COLLEGE NEWS



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‘Trend’ Gives Chance



For National Outlet: |

| .
| Of Student Writings



« Planned to circulate nationally,
Trend, a literary magazine to be
published-at the University of Chi-
cago, will make its appearance on
December 12:

The scope of Trend will include
‘short stories, articles on the thea-
tre, music: and art, literaty cri-
ticism, verse and satire by students
of the U. of C. and other. universi-
ties and colleges, as well as. fea-
tured contributions by nationally-
| known literary figures. Among the
[ eaeer to appear in the first issue
jare: William Saroyan, with ‘‘An
Essay At Theatre;” David Daiches,
presenting a new short story en-
titled “Dr. Rabbit,” and William
Carlos Williams, writing on litera-
ture and the universities.

The unique purpose of Trend will
be. to publish the works of up-and-~
coming university students from
all over the country. It has long
been recognized that university
writing has needed an outlet in a
national publication, and Trend
hopes to fulfill this need. It is the
editors’ wish that the younger
writers submit manuscripts, so that
this purpose may be carried out.

Among the students who will be
featured in the first issue are:
Marian Castleman, graduate of the
U. of C., with Helen, a short story;
Fay Horton, with a short story;
William Todd, with a satire, F'aus-
tus in Our Time. Featured verse
will include poems. by John
‘Crockett, a student at Harvard;
| Edward McD. Fritz, a graduate of
Dartmouth, with two poems from
his The Connecticut Valley; Don
Warner, of the U. of C., with “My
Father’s Hands,” and “Revolution.”
The cover and typography were
done by Joan Waddell, a student
at Chicago’s Art Institute. Others
from the Institute whose work will
be in Trend’s first. issue include
Fred Giesbert, with two illustra-
tions, one for Poe’s The Telltale
Heart, another for Bierce’s Chicka-
mauga, and Kenneth Prince, with
two woodcuts. Prince is now in
the U. S. Army.

Trend’s Editor is Jack Barnes, of
Belford, New Jersey, and Allan
Dreyfuss, of Boston, is Assistant
Editor. Jack Knuepfer, of River
Forest, Illinois, is Business Man-
ager. On the Advisory Board are:
George Dillon, Editor of Poetry: A
Magazine of Verse, and 1927 Pul-
itzer Prize Winner in Poetry; Nor-
man MacLean, Assistant Professor
of English at Chicago, and David
Daiches, well-known __ poet,. critic
and author, whose new novel, as yet
untitled; will appear both in Eng-
land and the United States.





on “A Psychological Study of
Aphasia.” In 1935 this was ex-
panded into a book on which she
collaborated with Weisenburg,
called Aphasia: A Clinical and
Psychological Study. She also wrote
in collaboration with Weisenburg
and Rowe, a booked entitled Adult
Intelligence. This was published in
1936. Both these books are now
‘standard texts in the field. Mr.
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Associates Stress Her Ability and Charm



“There just isn’t any end to
Bryn Mawr, now,” a senior sum-
med up the undergraduate reaction
to the choice of the new president.
As another put it, “And when we
come back it will still be Bryn
Mawr.” The entire college com-
munity greeted the announcement
with enthusiasm. Former students,
classmates, and teachers of , Miss
McBride corroborated the opinion
that she has all the qualities most
valuable in a college president,
“She was just born for the job,”
asserted Miss King, a -student of
Miss McBride’s, now warden of
Merion and graduate student in
psychology. “Not she herself but
rather the college is to bé congrat-
ulated.”

“And what was she like in-col-
lege?” Miss Ward, who was two
classes above her at Bryn Mawr,
was asked by.an eager undergrad-
uate. ““In college she was just
what she is now — friendly, quiet,
forceful, very intelligent,’ Miss
Ward reflected. “She was gener-
ally liked and respected.” “A very
strong character and a very quiet
charm,” Miss Linn, another college
contemporary, expressed it, “She
has the kind of a strong character
that makes itself felt without be-
ing aggressive or self-assertive.
In a room full of people you would
always feel that she was taking in
everything without feeling it nec-
essary to let people know she saw.”

“She likes people,’ Miss Linn
went on, ‘—partly because she has
a very good sense of humor. And
yet when she wants to, without be-
ing sarcastic or satiric she can sum



Miss McBride, in addition to her
other duties, is working and lectur-
ing at the Massachusetts General
Hospital on the subject of aphasia,
and lecturing at the Harvard Psy-
chological Clinic. Not only is Miss
McBride an excellent scholar, Mr.
MacKinnon said, but she is also
warm and sympathetic as a col-
league, with dignity and strength
that is felt by students and asso-
ciates alike.

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up a person or a situation in one
quiet, concise remark.”

As‘a teacher, those who have
studied under her declare, she
“makes you want to do your own
thinking. Her personality gets
dull and bookish material across to
you. She has the gift of reaching
you and though, goodness knows,
she’s a scholar, she comes down to
your level.” “Little children would
never be-afraid of her,” said an-
other student of the _ president-
elect.
borhood have an immense confi-
dence in her.” “She is wonderful in
connecting up theory and practice,”
another student asserted.

“As a student,” said Mr. Helson,
who was here when Miss McBride
was doing her graduate work, “she
had exceptional poise and dignity,
she had a certain balance and
saneness then and she was always
very considerate and, thoughtful.
Her character was outstanding
from the beginning.”

Forme r~colleagues--expressed
their pleasure. “I don’t see how
they could have done better,” de-
clared Mr. Diez. “In addition to
her scientific qualifications she has
an exceedingly warm personality,
unusual strength and the ability to
remain unruffled in any situation,”
said Mr. MacKinnon.

All stated amazement at Miss
McBride’s ability to do many thing's
at once without ever seeming hur-
ried. “She is a scholar, a human
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“T can give no opinion’based on
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Lashley Gives Lecture |
On Theories of Memory |

Goodhart Hall, November 29. J
The ceremonies connected with the |
establishment of a chapter of the|

THE COLLEGE NEWS



Miss Park Received - |
An Honorary Degree

At Colorado College

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To Play Complicated Hockey a la Football



By Jacquie Ballard, ’43 ;she was surrounded by, a sympa-
“What would your mother say !””| thetic crowd. But one _ heartless

the ‘periodic chant on the | iger stood by and watched in si-



Sigma Xi, a graduate society for| trip, an L.L.D., from Colorado Col-
the promotion of scientific research lege. The citation was as follows:

at Bryn Mawr, were climaxed by a '“Mr, President, I have the pleasure

lepture on 2Ne Fnysiology of Mem-'| o¢ presenting to you for the honor-

ory by Dr. Karl S. Lashley, re-{ : me
search professor of neurophysiology | ary. degree of Doctor mo Lows,
s stu-

at Harvard University. Dr. Lash- , Marion Edwards Park.
ley reviewed current theories con-|dent, teacher, and scholar in the
cerning the phenomena of memory | field of the classics both in Ameri-
and described his own experimental|ca and abroad, as college adminis-
work on the subject. Knowledge|trator, as an honored leader in
of the method of transmission of | higher education, and through her
memory and of the dynamic forces; interest in social, civic, and educa-
involved is the object of experimen-!tional organizations, she has influ-
tation in this field. enced the thought and action of the

Most theories on the physiology | people and especially the intellect-
of memory, said Dr. Lashley, are/ ual life of American women and
more descriptive than explanatory | their interests and activities in col-
and even his own theory is just a|lege and university education. She
beginning made in an attempt to'is distinguished for the work she
answer the question, “What is the | has done as an educator, esteemed
nature of the record left on’ the, for her devotion for high ideals in
‘personal affairs and public life,

Dr, Lashley’s theory draws an and = he
: ‘ ‘ seh a xponent of individual

tructive e
analogy between the spread of |COMS*TuCHY: :
radio waves from the _ point jand social integrity. Colorado Col-

ae h her tod former
; ; a ye honors her today as a former
which the sound is originally made. | '©°° ss y

member of its faculty, as a scholar,

Such a description of the process, | :
ihe 2 ae las the president of one of the fore-
however, said Dr. Lashley, is an} I davis Sollee Gin hannah
: ‘ i;most Ame e r e
over-simplification of the process! S :

as he interprets it. Actually a cer- and as a citizen whose character,
at : ; understanding and courage give
tain stimulus travels from the “gag aga sae vite tate
point of stimulation through a ser- So ee ee eee

ies of nefve circuits conditioned by in-our-nationst life,”
the interrelation of individual nerve
cells—not through an absolutely
defined- route as was earlier postu-
- lated. - Reaching certain nerve
centers, the stimulus excites them
in a characteristic manner, produc-
ing a certain response. The re-
sponse is easily reduplicated when
a similar stimulus is applied, pro-
ducing an exhibition of memory.

brain by experience?”



Big May Day Decision
Will be Made Dec. 4

Continued from Page One
should be very seriously considered
for 1942. A vote taken late last
spring showed 72 percent of the
student body in favor of giving
Big May. Day. Thus May Day is

| hockey field. The Bryn Mawr R

was ; ‘
| lence, finally remarking disgust-

© edly, “Oh, there’s no ‘blood, she’s

|serves were in a scoreless deadlock inot hurt. Let’s go.”

{ : :
| with the Princeton “50’s,” and the! No such fearlessness was exhi-

pro-Bryn Mawr audience was vent- | bited, however, at the start of the
ing its impatience upon Chuck’s;game. . After watching a Bryn
misplays. Chuck was a member | Mawr demonstration of how to
of the forward line who had never| play hockey, one boy meekly in-
| before looked a hockey ball in the | quired, “Will you give me some
face, and would never again, with shinguards?” He was patted on
equanimity. Chuck’s mother had: the back and comforted, though not
been a famous All-American hockey ; wholly convinced, by the fact that
star, and the number of fouls her ; the Varsity dispensed with such
{son was making would disgrace the sissy paraphernalia.
‘family escutcheon. But at last he|
Hieavely defied the spectator’s rat-' MeBride Was Leader
ing and proved his heredity by |
making the first of Princeton’s two
goals.
Flocks of boys, nestled in a|
spearhead attack, failed to score a}
goal until Chuck’s valiant spurt.
“Watch this sleeper play,” the boys | yy
would shout, as they effected some} Fducational
football strategy incomprehensible | ;},,

i . |
to the female mind. Another fav-' dergraduate students in psychol-}
orite was the’ triangle formation | opy, provides psychological and ed-|
when, like a bunch of migrating |

|

|ucational consultation and guidance ,
geese, they soared down the field. |
The football players resembled |



¢



While at Bryn Mawr

for school children. She worked

hej “ck t Ti in thet jon educational problems, on diffi-
. > ig wis | . .

sors rs pcan “i 8. — lr culties of reading and of speech

' sy oe he wee ene 'and on placement and school guid- |

goalie was struck in the nose by a!,

ance, |

|

ball, and swaying with faintness, In an article written for the}

| Alumnae Bulletin of April, 1938, )
of the tradition this spring argue; Miss McBride emphasized the im-
that such an all inclusive enter- | portance of the Service as a link
prise would unite the college, elim-| from the college to the community.
inate overlapping extracurricular ;|“The undergraduates chiefly ‘see’
activities, draw into a common en-| while the. graduates not only ‘see’
terprise those who now limit their} but ‘do, she said. “But even
awareness of college activities to| such slight contact with—the- field
hall, class, or to small group. They !apart from the library and _ the
point out, too, the value of May) lecture room seems to me to have



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assistance of graduate and un- |

}



Dr. Lashley was led to postulate
his theory after a series of experi-
ments in which he attempted to
trace learning to specific parts of
the brain. Through the results of
his experimentation he was enabled
to refute the traditional idea that a
response of memory was localized
in the part of the brain called the
cortex. He systematically destroyed
various. regions of an animal’s
brain and found that a simple ex-
hibition of memory could persist
after the destruction of all except
one-sixtieth of the region sensitive
to vision, and even after the cut-

| was that of 19382 May Day —



ting of the connection of the cortex
with the rest of the brain.

The area responsible for memory
is not specialized. Any portion of
it can take the whole responsibility
forthe reaction. Memory is not,
simply a repetition of a response |
traveling in a distinct route from |
eye to brain, to nervous cord, to
muscle because this channel can be
interrupted without complete loss
of the ability to remember.

Injury to almost any part of the
brain, particularly in the regions
responsible for sensitivity to posi-
tion, sound and so forth,-causes re-
tardation of memory, but not com-
plete loss of learning powers. After |
destroyal of parts of the brain the
animal no longer comprehends the
problem,

He further attacked the simple
conception of the localization of the

|response using his right paw, and |



reactions of memory by considera-

scheduled to be brought to a vote
again to allow freshmen a voice in
the final decision and to ascertain
whether the attitudes of other
classes have changed as a result of
world conditions.

If May Day were given this
spring, it would be given for war
relief of some kind. The amount

that might be raised for this pur-}

pose is uncertain. The 1936 May
Day with receipts totalling $25,-
021.00 had .a profit of $1,100.00
The smallest profit in recent years

$18.25; the largest that of the 1928
May Day — $4,652.00. At present
the college has an asset of $200.00
in costumes made for the last May
Day.

Those in favor of the repetition



tion of “spread” of memory and
transfer. of training. It was found
that if an ape learned a particular

if his right paw was subsequently |
paralyzed, he could readily perform
the action with his left, untrained
paw. Memory, then, depends on
more fundamental excitation than
simple muscle practice.

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Day ‘in making outsiders more
aware of the college. On the other
hand, others claim that energy can
be better expended on activities
which have a more direct bearing
on the present world situation.
A-compromise might be reached
in some other type of all inclusive
undertaking which, not having to
live up to such a high reputation,
would be less of a financial risk.

values. ... Whether the study is
short-term or long-term, whether
its goal is practical: or-theeretical,
it requires a close relationship be-
tween the department and the com-
munity.” This relationship, she
added, is of importance not only
to the community and to the _stu-
dent, but also to the instructor.
“Exciting in itself; it is even more
exciting as it gives body to the

Nally -exacting and less time con-

Such an alternative might be plan- | teaching.”

Breakfast | Clubbers

Return as Gourmets

A trembling and groaning of the
earth last Saturday morning may
have been taken for an earthquake
by some people. Actually, it was
the result of the Saturday Morn-
ing Breakfast Club’s outing. The
fried eggs, coffee and toast were so
good that some Freshmen had to
lay out the blankets and do reduc-
ing exercises before they could fin-
ish eating.

Everyone) agreed that breakfast
in the open air and. early morning
is the most enjoyable meal. And
there’s nothing like a-.walk to
Saunder’s Barn to stimulate the
appetite! The next outdoor trip,
for which the cost is thirty cents,
will be announced soon. Everyone
;is urged to come for the most de-
licious breakfast imaginable and to
sing the Breakfast Clubbers’ song .
Tune:On the Road to Mandalay
|On the road to Saunder’s Barn





| While teaching at Bryn Mawr,! Where we sit and spin our yarn,

iss McBride was in charge of the | Where the sun comes up so foggy,
. . e !

Service, which, with |

| And we yawn and yawn and yawn.
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Dr. Fenwick

The United States cannot defend
itself without the essential raw
materials which would be cut off
in the event of Germany’s winning
the war, stated Dr. Fenwick. It
would be impossible to ‘manufac-
ture planes, tanks, and other goods
of as fine a grade as those now be- |
ing produced.

Sunday Japan was on the verge
of war with us. The reasons she
refrained, said Dr. Fenwick, are
that the front before Moscow is
holding and the Russians on the
Southern front have turned and
are apparently making a success-
ful drive. The Japanese have ask-
ed for two weeks’ more arbitration
so that they can sit back and watch
developments. In spite of Russia’s |
sources of supply being cut off, the |
Russians are not demoralized. We
must continue sending our goods in
greater quantity to help Russia
hold out.

The battle fronts in this war
mean nothing, stated Dr. Fenwick. ;
Hitler’s new weapon, the speedy
tank, has completely changed the
nature of warfare. On the Afri-
can battlefield the destruction of
enemy tanks, not the number of
miles’ advance or retreat, is impor-
tant.

The United States has at last
broken relations: with Vichy. It
seems incredible that France will











Library

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The Eastman Kodak Com- |}
- pany will give a lecture on |
Photography With a Minia-
ture Camera on Tuesday, De-
cember 9, at 5 P. M.,.in the

west wing of the library.
The lecture is under the
auspices of the Camera Club.

Arundell Esdaile to
Discuss History of |

The British Museum

The English Department and the
Committee on the Rare Book Room
will present a lecture by Mr. Arun-
dell Esdaile on “The History of the
British Museum,” Thursday, De-
cember 11, at 8:30 in Goodhart
Hall. Mr. Esdaile is a noted libra-
rian and bibliographer; he has
served.as President .of the British
Association since 1939.
Editor of The Year’s Work in Li-
brarianship, Mr. Esdaile is the au-
thor of many books including Na-
tional Libraries of the World,
which appéared in 1934, and a
more recent publication, Famous
Libraries.

Mr. Esdaile has been connected
with the-British Museum for many
years. As supervisor of the Mu-
seum’s reading room, he became
known to many thousands of read-
ers, and all questions @f bibliogra-
phy were referred to him. He is
considered an eminent authority on













use its fleet to aid Hitler; however,
there are a million and a half
French prisoners in German con-|
centration camps. The return of |
these prisoners may lure Petain,
into accepting Hitler’s terms.
)
Elections
The Freshman—celass—has
elected Alice Minot as _ its
representative to the Under-
graduate Association.









the subject matter and identifica-
tion of 16th and 17th century pam-
phlets. In 1928 Mr. Esdaile be-
came Director of the Museum. The
history of the Museum, whose de-
velopment he will attempt to trace,

'is of especial interest and. signifi- |:

‘cance in the present crisis.

Mr. Esdaile has just completed
a series of lectures at the Univer-
sity of Michigan and will speak to
a number of other institutions be-
fore returning to England.











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McBride Announced ;
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Continued from Page One
ferring to the Board’s action in
unanimously electing Miss Mc-
Bride, he stated, “Miss McBride is
a recognized research scientist in
the field of neurology, but more,

of great human understanding, and
one who is especially aware of the
responsibilities of education in col-
leges today. I know the Alumnae,
Faculty, Students and friends of
the College will give Miss McBride
their loyalty and support, as the
worthy successor to Miss Park who
has so ably led the college since
1922.”.--Mr.. Rhoads. in reviewing
Miss McBride’s career pointed out
the parallel. with that of Miss
Park. Both have received three
degrees at Bryn Mawr; both have
been Deans of Radcliffe.

As Mr. Rhoads, in closing, ex-
pressed gratitude and affection to
Miss Park for her wise leadership,
the audience rose to its feet in a
burst of applause. |

al of Miss McBride’s scholarship
and qualities as a colleague Miss
Park added her congratulations on
the choice. She said that she had
known and liked Miss McBride
when she was a member of the
faculty and had been sorry to see
her go to Radcliffe. — She.added
that. “Dean Katharine McBride has
the official qualifications for which

After Mr. Mackinnon’s apprais- |



the Board has been searching: high

scholarship, listed not only aca-
demically but as an independent
scientist, a flair for teaching, exe-
cutive experience in the Dean’s of-
fice of one of the best colleges for
women with its opportunity for ob-
serving the operation of a great
university, and an already consid-
erable inside knowledge of Bryn
Mawr itself.” Miss McBride brings
to her new position the qualities of
“integrity, courage,” intélligence,
imagination. She ig young and
thinks with her generation. She
believes in the power of reason and
she believes in women. She has
persistence and the seeds of growth
are in her.”

Miss Park concluded by express-
ing her delight in the College’s
good fortune in being able to per-
suade Miss McBride to undertake
its chief offize. “I shall watch with
utmost satisfaction the changes
and new directions which she and
her wise advisors among directors,



faculty and students will bring
about.”
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