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VOL. XL, NO. 25

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1944

Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College. 1944

PRICE 10 CENTS





Simons Discusses

Germany's Future
As World Problem

Allied Compromise Needed
For Successful Peace
Settlement

Goodhart, May 3. ‘Pointing out
the difficulty of agreeing with
Russia and Great Britain on the
kind of: society. or economy that
should be imposed on Germany
after the war, Dr. Hans Simons,
Dean of the New School for Social
Research, emphasized that we can
agree on letting the people “decide
for themselves within the limits
of our own security and standards
of decency.” The future of Ger-
many, he said, depends primarily
‘on forces outside of Germany, but
it cannot be built without the Ger-
mans.



Contact

Speaking at the ninth War As-
sembly, Dr. Simons stated that the
greatest problem that will con-
front the United Nations after the
war. will be “to establish contact
with the people through individ-
uals of our own choice.” We must
not make the mistake, he contin-
ued, of insisting on a democracy
for a people that has been unused
to taking an active part in politics
for many years. “We must main-
tain a ‘political vacuum’ in Ger-
many,” he said, “by insisting that
the forces which surrender should
cease to be politically responsible.”

The ‘problem of the peace will

be of--world:-eoncern--and--will-rest}

upon a successful compromise of
American, British and Russian de-
vices. The settlement, Dr. Simons
said, must be made by two groups
with different philosophies which
are almost equally strong. Russia’s
insistence on a second front shows
her willingness to cooperate and
puts the United States in a posi-
tion to have a word in the peace.
The crimes of the German at-

141 Students Choose
Del Vayo as Favorite
War Alliance Speaker



The campus response to the
war assembly poll sponsored by
the News, showed a_ surprising
lack of interest: in that only 141
students answered the questions
presented. Of these 141, sonie ten
students acknowledged that they



had been to none of the assemblies, |

and a good third of those who ans-
wered had only been to three or
four. Only eight students had
been to all the assemblies.

The poll is asfollows:

1. Did you go to all the war
assemblies? Most of them? A
few? None?

2. Which speaker did you pre-
fer? (Number first, second and
third choices):

Alexander Frey
Kate Mitchell
Claire Wilcox

Mr. McKinnon
Hans Simons
Gaetano Salvemini
Robert Valeur
Agnes ‘Smedley
Alvarez Del Vayo

‘Why?

3. Next year would you prefer
to have the emphasis placed on
national subjects (inflation, taxes,
etc.) or on international subjects ?

4. Would you prefer assemblies
which give general background
material or more detailed and ad-
vanced discussion of a subject?

‘5. (Do you think Wednesday is
the best day for these assemblies 2?
Could you suggest a better one?
Better hour?

Sen Gan you suggest particular
speakers whom you would like to
hear? Particular subjects?

7. Would you want more speak-
ers next year? Fewer?

Of the speakers, the: most :pop-
ular ywas Alvarez Del Vayo, who
spoke on Spain and the War, fol-
lowed closely by Hans Simons and
Gaetano Salvemini, discussing The
Future of Germany and The Po-
litical Future of Italy, respective-

ry



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Merionites Guzzle Bee

r at Saunder’s Barn;

Kraffert’s Saloon Opens in Pembroke East



By Patricia Platt, °45

A spirit of revelry last Stinday
exuded in unorthodox ways from
Merion, Pem East, and_ Rhoads
(although the latter managed to
keep its outward dignity). It re-
sulted in spontaneous upheavals
both internal and external and
some interesting products of im-
agination.

On opening the front door of
Pem East, the eye was confront-
ed by a sign on the mailbox read-
ing “Ever had an Arsenic Julep?
Try one: stop at Kraffert’s sa-
loon (Marines in free)”. Enticed
by this message the curious also
found notices of other imaginary
establishments spreading down the
first floor corridor. Like mirages
in a desert, saloon signs appeared
on every door along the route to-
wards Dalton. They misled ad-
venturers to expect: “Down the
road a piece—Foster’s Faucet (al-
ways running)”, or urged that they
“Follow the broken beer bottles to
Matilda’s messy mansion.”

Kraffert’s seemed to have the
best publicity agent of all the im-
aginary enterprises. The lavatory
door sported the message “Not
yet! Stop at Kraffert’s first”. In-
side were two little messages of
cheer “How are Your circles this
morning?” and “Have you a head?
They’re missing one at Kraffert’s

scylla, the voyager met charybdis
in the form of two neatly painted
signs saying “Sheriff” and “W. C.

WwW atson Tells Value
Of Mineral Deposits
InWorld War Crisis

Park ‘Hall, May 9.
win the war, we are destroying
our national heritage,” said Mr.
Watson, speaking on “Mineral De-
posits and: World Affairs.” Pro-
duction of silver and gold. has been
greatly decreased since the war,
but production of coal and petrol-
eum has of riecessity been great-
ly inereased.

It should be noted, Mr. Watson
pointed out, that the greatest
abundance of coal and petroleum
deposits are in: North America
and the United States, Europe and
the Near, East, and in the Soviet
Union. There-is no great abund-
ance of deposits in South America,
Africa, or Asia. Thus, although
the Japanese are developing some
petroleum deposits on Mindanao,
the so-called “Yellow Peril’ could
be easily controlled commercially
if the Japanese were prevented
from obtaining further mineral
deposits.

Looking to the future of the
United States, Mr. Watson said
that there is a supply of bitumin-
ous coal large enough to last for
two thousand years at the present
rate of consumption, though the
supply of American anthracite
will last only one hundred and
sixty years more.

“Probably the peak petroleum
production in the United States,”
he said, “will come in the last year
of the war, even though we hurt
our own fields.” Wartime depletion
of our petroleum supply will cause
a rise in price and a decrease in
the use of petroleum.



James Will Discuss _
Spanish as Vocation

Concha Romero James, chief of
the division of intellectual coopera-
tion of the Pan-American Union,
will speak on “Vocations Using
Spanish” from four to five o’clock
on Friday, May 12 in the Common
Room, Mrs. James will stress the
use of Spanish as an auxiliary to
other professions, and all those in-
terested in using Spanish, partic-
ularly history, politics, economics,
and language majors, are invited
to attend. The lecture will be giv-
en in English.





Born in Mexico, Concha Romero

T. U.” on the last door. Finally, was one of the first Latin Amer-
around the corner, the largest and, ican girls to be educated in this

most emphatic signs
that the goal was reached and the
play was over.

What caused this
growth of mirage oases?
cluck our tongues, but there was
something in the air on Sunday
conducive to epidemics:

Merion expressed itself by em-
barking on a beer picnic at Saun-
der’s barn (the first in history).

mushtoom

Unfortunately the population at | ately, arrived at Scripps Collegé;

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announced , country.



‘Discouraged by the
University of California, she wrote
to the president of Scripps Col-
lege, who answered that he was
interested in her but there were
many reasons why a Mexican girl
would find work in an American
college extremely difficult.

In her ignorance of English,
Sra. Romero read the letter’s first
line only; she packed up immedi-

large, not knowing that B. M. had and announced that the president

made a brief detour back to the|

age of fable, misinterpreted this
consumption of booze on the Sab-
bath.



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was interested in her. Since no-
body knew what should be done,
she was allowed to stay. She

Merionites found a recep-| learned English and finally secured

tion committee consisting of a her degree, thus breaking the way
pious individual who hung around, | for other Latin American girls
shocked to the core, outlining the wanting a higher education.

evils of imbibing.

In Rhoads, amidst a scene of
dignified couples swaying to the
strains of the vic, peace reigned.
This is only an ‘instance of the
irony of fate. When thirsty danc-
ers retired to the punch the sad
truth was discovered. Someone or
something had managed to inter-
cept and consume the orange juice
on its way to the punch bowl, and
the result was quite adequately out



saloon”... Having escaped this

of this world.



Sra. Romero then married an
American and became interested in
the Pan-American Union, long be-
fore many people realized its im~
portance.



Conference

Miss Ella Harris will discuss
“Summer Jobs in Community
Organizations” on Tuesday,
May 16, in the Deanery.







“In order to!



Calendar

Thursday, May 11
Dance Club: Redrigo, Wynd-
ham Garden, 9:00.

Friday, May 12
Tennis match with Swarth-
more, Varsity Courts, .3:00.

Spanish Club: Concha Rom-
ero James, Vocations Using |
Spanish, Common . Room,
4:00.

‘Dance Club, Rodrigo, Wynd-
ham Garden, 9:00.

Sunday, May 14
Catholic Club, Common Room,
4:00. :
Outdoor Chapel: The Rev.
John B. Walthons, Chaplain
of the U. S. Military Acad-
emy, West Point, Deanery
Garden, 7:30.

Monday, May 15
Tennis match with Cynwyd
(at (Cynwyd) 2:30.

Tuesday, May 16
Current Events,
Room, 7:15.
William Henry Chamberlin,
The Sweep Toward Empire,
Roberts Hall, Haverford,
8:00.

Common







Modern Dance Club
Joins Taiz’s Troupe
With Recital in Gym



Gymnasium, May 3. “The mod-
ern dance has proved by its vitality
in the past twenty years that it is
here. to stay,” declared Malvena
Taiz in an introductory talk to a
recital of her students here and
her Philadelphia troupe.

The Bryn Mawr Modern Dance
Club consists of Virginia Grace
44, Georgianna Wiebenson ’45,
Alice Minot ’45, Joy Levin ’47,
Beatrice Patt, Spanish instructor,
and Elizabeth Emerson, graduate
student. The club opened the pro-
gram with a series of leaps, after
which two members of Miss Taiz’
group expertly illustrated exer-
cises in three positions. The club
then interpreted a Ravel waltz
very smoothly. :

Miss Taiz danced a solo,

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Tappen Takes Singing, Acting Honors
In Brilliant Production of Operetta

Ability and Spirit Shown
In Supporting Parts
And Chorus

Specially Contributed by
Mary. Hemphill, ’44
Goodhart, May 6. The _ spring
production of the Mikado marked
a brilliant renewal of the Gilbert
and Sullivan tradition at Bryn
Mawr. The Glee Club put on a
show which, though hardly fault-
less, was given with a spirit cal-
culated to warm the hearts of the

most hardened of G & § fans.

Top honors for all-around acting
and singing ability go to Katherine
Tappen ’44 for her Ko-Ko, In stage
presence and in~-consistency of
performance she rivalled the leg-
endary Terry Ferrer (class of ’40),
All the “men” are to be congratu-
lated on their singing of roles, in
many cases considerably out of
their voice range. This was es-
pecially true of Nanki-Poo’ (Lu-
cretia Duncan ’46), who neverthe-
less carried the part very well. The
Mikado (Margaret Hilgartner ’46),
not suffering from this difficulty,
played the vicious Emperor of
Japan with obvious gusto and a
spine-chilling laugh.



Chorus

Credit goes to Miss Cook for
the excellence of the two choruses,
and to Mr. Alwyne, whose direct-
or’s hand was visible in many de-
lightful bits of stage business, such
as Ko-Ko’s chugging automobile
pantomime in the second encore
of “Here’s a how-de-do”, and in the
skillfully-executed love scene be-
tween Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum
(Sarah Beckwith ’46).

The Three Little Maids were a
most engaging trio of Japanese
ingenues. Pitti-Sing (Margery
Richardson ’46) almost stole the
show from Yum-Yum, but the lat-
ter held her place by her poised
coquettry and sNvery voice; Peep-
Bo (Elizabeth Potter ’46) ‘made
the most of her small part. A
ridiculous contrast—to— the Little
Maids was provided by Pooh-Bah
(Marion Neustadt ’44), who was
entertainingly pompous, especially
in “his” down-sittings and up-ris-
ings.

The Stage Guild deserves com-

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Sprites and Gnomes, Wizard With Famulus



By Mary Virginia More °45

The nucleus of the matter is that
Wyndham has a_ garden; s0,
through Wyndham they -wax and
wane... in the front door, out
the back ..'. the cast of Rodrigo!

A piano under a tree, a ramp of
multi-colored lights, a bare clear-
ing—the piano’s ‘first chord... a
sudden thronging to life, and
Rodrigo has begun. From over the
hill come dancers, bearing a mam-
moth flower-chain, and among
these, recognizable as “villagers”,
we quickly spot the hero, all white
and satin, wearing a crystal chain,
and the heroine, we would suppose,
because he puts his chain around
her neck. Next come a black and
red “tempting devil”, an idiot, and
an “Aunt Sourpuss”. Not until
‘later do we meet a greedy Wizard,
his “famulus”, and gnomes and
sprites.

Slightly abashed, tn the second
scene we see our resplendent hero
appear drably dressed, accompan-
ied by two “sinister pals’, sneak-
ing off into the night: and obvious-



ly up to no good. To be rich in



Jealous Idiot Lead Rodrigo to Tragic End

the daytime, he robs at night, we
gather. Our next most vivid im-
pression is that of the heroine,
heartbroken, in a filmy nightdress;
she. has found out her lover’s
double nature. Through nine
scenes, the theme of the story de-
velops—Rodrigo’s sin which only
the pureness of Louise can redeem,
and the resurgence of the Idiot’s
fatal jealousy when all seems
well.

We light upon a scene where
Rodrigo ,whose .cheeks are’ pain-
fully swollen, (moral: crime does
not pay), is advised by the long,
lanky Wizard to seek a cure from
the Gnomes. A gong accompanied
by sounds as of hammering indi-
dicate the hour’s solemnity, when
from the hill approach slowly-
moving green, red and yellow lan-
terns. The lanterns reveal a mass
of héél-toeing white legs, vague-
Iy reminiscent of frogs’ legs.

The story of Rodrigo was adapt-
ed from an old Chinese fatry tale
by Mr. Schumann, whose composi-
tion is based on a leif-motif sys-
tem. ‘


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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912







/ A Quiet Flop

Last February a group for political discussion was form-
ed independently on the campus. Its appearance was hailed
us a healthy sign on the usually dormant Bryn Mawr scene.
The News of March 1 editorialized in laudatory terms, hoping
for its continuance and growth. The question now is: What
has become of the political discussion group?

Arising originally in response to an opinion letter in the
News of February 16 condemning the “total lack of interest
which the Bryn Mawr students . . . show toward anything
remotely connected with the war”, the group proposed to
meet weekly to discuss current political issues. It did:meet
weekly—twice. It did discuss current issues, namely, the
soldier vote bill, the tax bill, and socialized medicine. Al-
though it did not attract more than fifteen students to its
initial meetings, the discussion was open and informative,
with the exception that it at times lacked the necessary facts.

Making its aim flexibility and informality, the discussion
group chose no officers, elected no committees, just as it had
no formal debates and no prepared speeches. Such a lack of
organization doubtless has its advantages, but-it leaves the
group to survive by means of something in the nature of
spontaneous combustion, which in this case was not suffic-
ient, for it would seem that the short-lived group has joined
the ranks of the defunct organizations on campus.
Adequate reasons may perhaps be put forth by the
group’s initiators for its sudden decay. The overcrowded
spring schedule, for example, could well be a contributory
factor, as could be the nearing comprehensives and the usual
long papers, but the fact remains that with sufficient interest
or with a modicum of organization such a group could and
should survive. Nothing has been more lamented on the
campus than the lack of interest in and knowledge of current
affairs. The political discussion group seemed a way out of
the much-maligned lethargy, but it too has sunk into obliv-
ion. In the year to come, the value of such a group, expand-
ed to the fullest potentialities, would be great. We hope that
it has not completely passed away.



Curriculum Committees



The following have been PUSHES a cosscssccssisc: Virginia Haws
elected representatives of the DOMME co siicsna Diana Marks
Curriculum" Committee for Psychology ............ Sue Coleman
1944-45: Social Economy and Sociology
Biology .......... Ruth Leyendecker Katherine Pike
Chemistry ...... Ann Fitzgibbons Spanish ........ Newart Shamlian

. Classical Archaeology Interdepartmental
Rebecca Wood ~ (To be elected next fall)
Economics .Elizabeth A. Mercer NewS. ......s000..0.-Alison Merrill
English .............. Rosamund Kent Undergraduate Association
Robin Brooks Harji Malik
I einen cog Mary Cox |
Geology ..........-..- Katherine Lutz | CENTRAL COMMITTEE:
German ......... Gwendolyn Leege Elizabeth Ann Mercer,
Classics .......... Barbara Maynard Chairman
History ................. Leila Jackson | Ruth Leyendecker,
History of Art Estelle Morrison Vice-Chairman.-
Mathematics ....... Dorothy Kitto | Jean Potter
Music ........Margaret Hilgartner | Barbara Maynard
Philosophy ............. Jean Potter |! Margaret Hilgartner

30 Years Ago

The editors of the College News
take great pleasure in presenting
their first issue to the college.
They have organized themselves
during the summer in order to
answer a general feeling expressed
last June in favor of a weekly
newspaper.

we &

Field Day, June 8, 1914: Miss

Applebee was given a new emerg-

ency case and an alarm éGlock,‘

which, it is hoped, would help her
to get people down to games
promptly.

* *

Freshmen may not enter the
deep end of the pool until_author-
ized, Authorization on Monday,
October 3 at 9:00 P. M.

* *

The new management of Bate’s
‘House this summer by Miss Crane,
the superintendent, who was as-
sisted by an experienced house-

keeper and a cook, has been found] :
At |Spring | :
Street one hears from {évery side |

a complete success.
praises of the management, the
food, and of the health and happi-
ness which the guests
there. ‘Children were
mothers were happier, and work-
ers were happier and more useful
than last year.
* * &

President Thomas

between President Wilson
President Wilson for his counsels
of wisdom, neutrality, and moder-
ation. She found one gleam of
hope in the horror of European
war. It was that the colonies of
Great Britain are standing loyal
because of her fairness in govern-
ing them ... But wars will not
continue. This war today will not
only be called the most terrible
war of history but also the last
great war.
ee S

Miss Park, Miss Lord, and Miss
Langdon, in their flight to the sea-
coast, were driving through Bel-
gium about five miles from the
German frontier in a dilapidated
coupe, hitched to an old plow
horse with ropes, when an excited
peasant ran up to them to tell
them that the Germans were in-
vading. They came soon’ after-
wards to a poplar-lined road. Over
it they saw the German Army
marching, six abreast, in splendid
order ;.-. They--were-cooking as
they marched and walked fast. A
peasant woman took Miss Park,
Miss Lord, and Miss Langdon into
her cottage and! gave them cab-
bage soup, the first food they had
tasted for over twenty-four hours.
That night an aeroplane sailed
over the house and the Germans
fired at it. The aeroplane rose and
escaped . . . They escaped finally
by walking back four or five miles
over the frontier where a captain,
who hoped there was going to be
a German - American Alliance,
helped them to get to Aix-la-
‘Chapelle,

* * *

For some years there has been
a question as to whether a cut
rule was necessary at Bryn Mawr.
President Thomas in her an-
nouncement of this rule in chapel
said that when she first came to
Bryn Mawr, she believed in abso-
lute freedom, but she had been
forced from her position and now
stood with her back to the wall.
Required gym had been found
necessary for the health of the
students; then a rule was needed
to bring students back from vaca-
tions and to prevent them from
leaving early . . . She closed by
asking our loyal support of this
(new rule of limited cuts) which
she considered a very mild one.

* +*« *

(Unexcused cuts of undergradu-
ates up to the number of eight in
one semester shall be punished by
the deduction of one point per cut
from the grades for the course in



gained |
happier, |.

began her]:
formal address with a comparison| |
and| —
President Lincoln, and by praising|





which the cuts were taken.



WIT’s END_

The flowers that goon
spring, ha, ha! Did you ever write
a paper in a tea-kettle balancing
a fan on your lumbar vertebrae?
In order to go mad you must first
start out by being sane, we firmly
tell ourselves, clutching at the in-
side of a chewed lead pencil. Many
have tried, some got fried, and a
few even died, but because it was
decreed that There Shall Be Papers,
there were papers. You simply
have to be firm as the decree and
everything takes care of itself.
This is too obvious to need dis-
proof; —However, if—you -have left
your vitamin pills on Goodhart
stage, the soles of your feet in the
Gym and feel a hungry yearning,
for Carter’s Little Liver Pills you
may find yourself staggering
backwards into a messy abyss of
unswept floors and ice-cold show-
ers in a black and moahing dawn.
Be not dismayed! Just because
everything is what it shouldn’t be
and you can’t coordinate your ex-
pression of genius is no cause for
turning into a pile-up. Be rash!
Be reckless, do like the birdies do!
If you don’t you will have to do
what you had to do two months
ago, which is what you should have
been doing in the Dark Ages. This
is the great concept of the infinite
series, through which the living
truth of all ages decrees that if
you go slow enough nobody can
ever pass you.



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Semester Grades

Students are reminded that
only the members of the grad-
uating class receive their course
cards, with grades for the sec-
ond semester, through campus
mail before Commencement.

The course cards of all other
students will be mailed to their
home addresses, as given in the
finding list. Students wishing
their course cards sent to some
other address should leave word
with the Recorder’s Office. The
course cards should not be ex-
pected before the end of June.













| Nuts and Bolts

In the Commencement issue of
the Vassar Miscellany News we
find that Vassar students have
passed through the trials of final
examinations and comprehensives
and are now preparing to face
their “C term.” ‘We quote: “Two
hundred and seventy-odd—members
of the first April graduating class
in the history of Vassar have sold,
shipped, or stored their miscellan-
eous collections of books and fur-
niture, conducted their beaming
relatives through the _ dignified
confusion of commencement, re-
couped their glamour -from the
wear and tear of theses and com-
prehensives, and climbed daintily
down from the ivory tower.” :

The Miscellany conducted a sur-
vey which revealed that “contrary
0 popular opinion, the seniors
concur with the faculty on the
value of comprehensives. A poll
of over nine department heads and
over sixty students in all the res-
idence houses showed agreement
on the usefulness of comprehen-
sives as a means of synthesizing
four years’ work. Of the sixty
students interviewed, many felt
that too much stress was laid on
passing them as a prerequisite for
graduation, and urged that the re-
quirements of all departments be
made uniform.” One _ individual,
complaining of a two-weeks’ loss
of appetite, remarked “that her
comprehensive was ‘more worry
than it’s worth, but better than a
ten-day diet’.’’

The following is a “true story”
printed in the Miscellany: “A
friend of ours was walking down
Fifth Avenue in the rain the other
day, hair dripping and straight,
lipstick washed away by the tor-
rents ‘when she was accosted by
an unknown member of the United
States Air Corps, and addressed
thus: ‘You go to Vassar, don’t
you?’ Startled but right on the
job she answered that no, she
didn’t, but hoped to be admitted
there this coming year. The air-
man reassured her: ‘Oh, you'll get
in... you look like a Vassar girl.”

We are flattered that the flier
thought of Vassar first; the hero-
ine of the episode could also have
passed for a Bryn Mawr type.




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_ Stags Vie W ith Fair Sex for First Place
At Junior Prom; Mr. Nahm Crowns Royalty



By Robin Brooks, ’46

Behold the stag at bay! There
he was battling the fairer sex for
first place on the dance floor at
the Junior Prom. Imagine the
thrill of the gentle tap on the
shoulder, when there was a chance
of finding this man waiting with
that expectant look, instead of
your roommate!

More amazing) still was the alac-
rity with which| bald pates and
pompadours, wrinkles and cupid’s
bows were replaced by glamorous
locks :and Woodbury’s best. Even
the weather smiled upon us and
‘kept that inevitable rain in check
until three-thirty the following
morning. “Art and nature thus
allied” contrived to make this
dance the gayest, not to say the
liveliest, seen at* Bryn Mawr this
year.

But the highlight of the evening
was the crowning of. the King, and
Queen of the Prom. The honors,
conferred by Mr..Nahm, went to
Kay Tappen ’44 and her escort,
Jack Green of Johns Hopkins. It
is a very difficult thing, said Mr.
Nahm, to be asked to crown .a
king, when philosophers always

want to be kings, and kings, philk

osophers. Furthermore, he was
much concerned with the meaning
of the word “crown.” It could be
interpreted this way, he pointed
out, addressing the queen, in the
words of L. A. G. Strong:

“Have I a wife, bedamn I have,
But we was badly mated;

So I hit her a clout on the head

one night,
And now we’re separated.

And mornings on my way to work,

I greets her on the quay—

‘Good morning to you,

says I,

’To hell with you,’ says she.”
From the point of view of the

king, however, he might be tempt-

ed to say:

ma’am,’

Future of Germany

Discussed by Simons
Continued from Page 1

tack, Dr. Simons said, are too
great for justice to be done. Total
defeat in the war, he feels, would
be the greatest punishment that
history could inflict on the Ger-
mans. The Allies, however, must
oceupy Germany and reject any
proposals for surrender that would
not permit our troops to occupy
the country. It would be a great
mistake to allow Germany to be-
come a co-belligerent against Jap-
an.

The result of the actual break-
down of the National Socialist re-
gime will involve the distintegra-
tion of the whole structure of
Europe. Opposed to a European
Federation, Dr. Simons recom-
mended the gradual development
of political and economic spheres
which, although separate, must be
in cooperation. The two great
trends in Europe, towards political
democracy and planned’ social en-
terprise, are influences which Ger-
many will share after the war.
Beyond the enmity of war, Dr. Si-
mons said that there must be a
moral agreement against interna-
tional crimes and irresponsibility.

In 1919, Dr. Simons pointed_out,
_Germany was left intact and her
‘economic capacity was untouched.
“All the rest of Europe,” he con-
tinued, “was left like a ‘power
vacuum’ into which even the lim-
ited German power could pour.”
There will be no “power vacuum”
in eastern Europe after this war
because the Soviet Union will be
there. There will also be no weak
combination of France and Eng-
land in the west for Germany to
play one against the other. After
this war, France will be so weak
that she cannot possibly be equal
to md and it is fair to say
Dr. Simons stated, that Germany
will be incomparably weaker than
in 1919.

“This new, and gorgeous Garment,
Majesty, :
Sits not so easie on me, as you

thinke.”

“But I really have no cause to
be envious,” admitted Mr. Nahm,
always the philosopher, “because,
after all, I’m not a Senior myself,
nordo I go with a Senior, right
now.” (So saying, he resorted to
the latter method of crowning, and
presented the Queen with a wreath
of red and white flowers, and the
King with a large red and silver
crown.

The dance was expertly run by
Barbara Buchanan, and her small
but efficient committee. The gym-
nasium, swept clear of gnomes,
sprites, and Rodrigos, carried out
the theme of the Mikado in color-
ful style, under the direction of
Kate Rand. Huge black trees,
hung with white crepe paper, re-
sembling weeping willows, stretch-
ed from balcony to floor. Giddy red
peacocks nestled in their branches
and Japanese lanterns were strung
sideways across the ‘room. The
music, provided by the Debonairs,
kept things humming with an even
variety of waltzes, rhumbas, and
jive, despite the rapid succession
swith which dances 9-12 followed
upon each other between 1:55 and
2:00. Delightful refreshments of
punch and a multitude of sand-
wiches were served outside.

Production of Mikado
Reveals Spirit, Ability
Continued from Page 1}

mendation for the professional-
looking set: for the stylized grape-
vine design of the flats, and the
bright pagoda; with sliding doors
through which dramatic entrances
were made. The first entrance of
Katisha (Mary Hoyt Sherman ’47),
however, lacked that electric qual-
ity that it should have had; her
performance suffered somewhat
from unsureness, and she did not
bring out to the full the express-
ive powers of her fine voice.

The roles of the two lesser noble-
men, Pish-Tush_(Barbara Rebmann
’46) and Go-To (Marilyn Behner
’47) were handled adequately, the
former showing herself to be a
competent actress, although both
failed to project their voices suffi-
ciently.

The production as a whole at
times lacked fluency, and some
parts seemed to have been over-
rehearsed, The total impression,
however, was one of gaiety and
pleasure, participated in by both
the actors and the audience.





Intercollegiate Finals -
Scheduled for May 13

The Middle Atlantic States
Women’s Intercollegiate Singles
Tennis Tournament, which opened
on the Bryn Mawr courts on May
6, will continue on Saturday, May
13, at eleven o’clock. The semi-
finals and finals will be played off
on Sunday.

Seven of the fifty-two entrants
are Bryn Mawrtyrs and five of
these, Ty Walker ’45, Julie. Tur-
ner 745, Pat Acheson ’46, Pat Tur-
ner ’46, and Nancy Bierwirth ’47,
won their matches last Saturday.
One of the first games on May 13
will be between Julie Turner and
Marion Bright, Ursinus’ number
one, who is ceded number two, in
the tournament. The winner “of
that match will play Ty Walker.

Everyone’s eye is on Swarth-
more’s Gloria Evans, ceded num-
ber one in the tournament and rat-
ed seventeenth in the Women’s
Junior Nationals.









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Continued from Page 1},
Down Moses” with restraint and

plasticity, though somewhat brit-
tle at moments. The club offered
a study in falls, which was amaz-
ingly free, almost too uncontrol-
led. Members of Miss Taiz’ group
then did a robust “Jeanne d’Arc”
monologue, which had little rele-
vance to the rest of the program,
and an interesting “Blues” to mu-
sic by W. C. Handy. Miss Taiz
danced an extremely fine bit of
social satire to the reading of E.
E. Cummings “Et cetera’, and her
troupe concluded the evening with
“Shadrach” a skillful study in the

display in the bookshop a sam-
ple Red-€ross box for Ameijcan
prisoners of war. The fifteen
items in the box include sugar,
coffee, corned beef, chocolate,
cigarettes, and soap, all vital
supplies: which can be provided
only by volunteer contributions.

If you want to-help, go to
the bookshop and fill out a cou-
pon, enclosing with it a cheque’
for $3.50 payable to the Amer-
ican War Fund. This small
amount will pay for one such
box, a box which may bring
hope and comfort to an Amer-
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Owls Lose Contest
To Germantown, 5-6

Bryn. Mawr, May 8. The Ger-
mantown (Cricket Club, which has
held the Philadelphia Interclub
League championship for three
years, defeated Bryn Mawr in five
out of six matches in the Owls’
second club tennis contest of the
season, ‘

Ty Walker, in beating Donalda
Gillingham, gain@d the only vic-
tory for Bryn Mawr. Miss Gilling-
ham, who was number three play-
er last year, is ceded first for the
Cricket Club this year. Despite
her amazingly hard and fast fore-
hand drive, Ty Walker won the
match 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Mrs. Walter Tillman, who also
plays wing on the all-American
hockey team, took her match from
Pat Acheson after dropping the
first set, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Julie Turner lost to Virginia
Redford, 7-5, 6-0, and Agnese
Nelms dropped a_ hard - fought
match to Mrs. Charles Connell,
7-5, 4-6, 6-2.

In the doubles the Germantown
players came back to win again,
this time in straight sets. Miss
Gillingham and Miss Redford beat
Ty Walker and. Pat Acheson 6-4,
6-3 and Mrs. Connell and Mrs.
Tillman triumphed over Lydia
Gifford and Nancy Bierwirth 6-1,
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Marriages
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‘Lieut, Phillip Eckert, U.S. N.

Engagements
Elizabeth Hatheway ’45 to
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141 Students Choose
Del Vayo as Favorite

Continued from Page 1

ly. The other votes were: distrib-
uted almost equally among the re-
maining speakers, Two students
showed their interest by recom-
mending that Del Vayo and Simons
be-asked to speak again next year.

In answer to the questions re-
garding subject matter, a large
majority preferred discussions of
international problems over na-
tional subjects such as taxes or
inflation. Those answering the
poll ovérwhelmingly favored more
detailed and advanced discussion
indicating that newspapers should
furnish the average student with
sufficient background for compre-

.| hension of detailed material.

Of suggested speakers, Walter
Lippman ranked highest, with
Clare Booth Luce second. Ernest
Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Er-
nie Pyle, Vera Dean, Max Lerner
ande Andre Morize all received
more than one vote. Some requests
verged on the impossible—such as
Julian Huxley, recommended twice,

,| or the ridiculous—Clark Gable and

Jimmy Stewart. Other suggested
speakers in the international field
include such authorities as Pearl
Buck, Louis Fischer, John Hersey,

Anne O’Hare McCormick, and
Sumner Welles. Proposed speak-
ers on national subjects include

Wendell Willkie, Philip Murray,
Norman Thomas, Samuel Grafton,

F. W. Taussig, Arthur Burns, and'

(Mrs. Roosevelt.

Among the subjects recommend-
ed for next years’ speakers, Russia
ranked highest. Other favored
material for discussion included
racial problems, economic policy,
the election, British policies, and
post-war* planning. Suggested sub-
jects were divided almost equally
between the national and interna-
tional field.

Most students favored Wednes-
day as the most convenient day
for assemblies although a few

One survey begins May | suggested Tuesday or Thursday.

Several recommended alternating
the hour so that cuts could be giv-
en, instead of . readjusting the
schedule for the day.





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Barnum and Bailey moved in on
the hockey field Saturday after-
noon in the form of the Sophomore
Carnival. The original Barnum
may have had Tom Thumb but the
Sophomores boasted Mr. Herben,
resplendent in white palm beach
suit and ’46 armband, displaying
his talents as class animal by
making a smal]. fortune selling
purple and orange leis and sou-
venir canes.

In frantic search for a solution
to their pecuniary problems, the
Sophomores seized and elaborated
upon the idea ofa carnival as the
only way out. Ingenious carpen-
ters and master minds went to
work, transforming the hockey
field into an amateur three-ring
circus almost overnight. Prom
dates and Mikado fans took over
the carnival early in the afternoon,
pinning the heart on Betty Gra-
ble, drinking warm cokes, throw-
ing darts, pennies, and rings while
emptying their pockets of approx-
imately $450.00 and netting the
class of ’46 about $225.00.
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game booth tried to entice femin-
ine victims to play while the mas-
culine element tended to flock
around Micky Malaret, who, clad
in. long black skirt, green shoes
and little else, gave rhumba les-
sons to Mr. Nahm on the dance pa-
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lucky ones winning prizes.

The gyp-joint, Sandy Lieber-
man’s pereaigy, Mary Barton’s
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the large stuffed dog and Nancy
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