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College news, May 7, 1941
Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.
Bryn Mawr College (creator)
1941-05-07
serial
Weekly
6 pages
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North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Montgomery--Bryn Mawr
Vol. 27, No. 23
College news (Bryn Mawr College : 1914)--
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BMC-News-vol27-no23
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
(Founded in 1914)
Published weekly during the College Year (excepting during Thanks-
a , Christmas and Easter Holidays, and during examination weeks)
n the caress of Bryn Mawr College at the Maguire Building, Wayne,
Pa., and Bryn Mawr College.
The College News is full rotected by copyright. Nothing that
appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without written
permission of the -Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board
JOAN Gross, ’42, Editor-in-Chief
ALICE CROWDER, ’42, Copy | Sauty Jacos, '43, News
ANN ELLICOTT, ’42 ‘ \ BARBARA COOLEY, ’42
AGNES MASON, ’42 LENORE O’BOYLE, *43
Editorial Staff
.ISABEL MARTIN, ’42
REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42
SALLY MATTESON, ’43
BARBARA HERMAN, ’43
"43
BARBARA BECHTOLD, ’42
NANCY Evarts, ’43
ANNE DENNY, 43
MILDRED MCLESKEY, ’43
FRANCES LYND,
Music
Sports
PoRTIA MILLER,
CHRISTINE WAPLES, °42 "43
Photo
Litur SCHWENK, ’42
Business Board
ELIZABETH GREGG, ’42, Manager
CELIA MoskovitTz, ’43, Advertising
BETTY MARIE JONES, 742, Promotion
MARTHA GANS, ’42
ELIZABETH NIcRosI, "43
Subscription Board
GRACE WEIGLE, ’43, Manager FLORENCE KELTON, ’43
CONSTANCE BRISTOL, .’43 WATSON PRINCE, ’43
CAROLINE WACHENHEIMER, 743
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.50 MAILING PRICE, $3.00
SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BEGIN AT ANY TIME
Entered as second-class matter at the Wayne, Pa., Post Office
Aymay Ayday
May Day—the same script, the same costumes, the same ideas
of a time long gone and a time out of mind. We are concerned
now not with the old England, its customs and peace, but with a
burning England; and the threat of a domineering and brutal
civilization.
Is it not our duty at such a time to emphasize the vital ideas
on which a free country is based and to consider the best and most
adequate means of applying them to our present situation? Does
_ May Day, a portrait of Elizabethean England, help us to do this?
Now is the time for Bryn Mawr.to help, not to spend money
and energy on artificial and ephemeral folderol. The importance of
the development of ideas in activities such as the forum group, the
international relations club, the industrial group, and the new war-
time groups is far more important to us now.
The News Board cannot visualize a May Day in 1942.
But if a production such as May Day is so essential to the
the present college group, would it not be more valuable today to
feature something like the legend and history of Philadelphia where
. On the Other Hand. som
‘Tf.all the energy expended this spring, to crowd the calendar
with events and satiate audiences, were collected into one under-
taking, the result might be Big May Day. The difference lies only
in the equalization of activity. Today the stage crew rushes from
rocky mountains to Titania’s bower, andthe flat, this day-a ruined
castle, the next, becomes the wall of Quince’s house. Sunlight be-
comes moonlight by a hasty flash of gelatins. The sleeping beauty
sleeps very little and her feet are unnaturally calloused for those of
a fairy in a dream. Hammers, lights, flats, and days for produc-
tion are fought over hy conflicting groups. A limited number of
people and amount of equipment must serve all performances.
_ For many of the people, joy in what they do has been replaced by
a deadening consciousness that without their thankless work the
show could not go on.
In the midst of this overlapped activity the majority remain
unmoved. The vitalizing atmosphere created has little penetrating
power. Groups remain small and limited in outlook, hall battles
hall, and class, class. The average student on graduation has not
greatly widened her viewpoint. Intensive education has taught her
techniques which she is- unable to apply in her relations with. other
people, for her association has been with those whose interests and
view points are as specialized and limited as her own. On the other
hand, the person upon whom has fallen the task of maintaining a:
normal amount of ‘extra curricular activity, leaves college equally
unprepared for life outside. She has never known concentration ;
she is master of nothing.
The fault is partly that of the individual and partly that of the
system, Some amount of extra curricular ‘activity is necessary in
“any college in order to introduce balance. The number of people
-hecessary to carry on this activity is not much less for the small
college than it is for the large college—the size of the production
staff of a play and of its cast are the same whether tryouts number
in the tens or hundreds, the size-of a hockey team is standard, the
board of a weekly newspaper is fairly fixed—but the number of
‘maintenance of a student body at Bryn Mawr, and to the unity of |.
~
War - - - Pro
Spring has come now. This is the seasonal start of a new
What that year holds for us none of us know now, but now,
we can begin our part of the molding of the next twelve months—
America, having
hesitated, rationalized, and procrastinated disastrously long already,
She must do it effectively, mobilizing all her
resources with utmost speed. England stands alone now—the long
list of the fourteen countries already victimized reverberates to our
It is not an imperialist war be-
It is a war between all free-
Most particularly it is against
the Nazism of Hitler, a system of government politically. and eco-
That is not idealistic bom-
“Today we own Germany, to-
morrow all the world.” So the Hitler Jugend sings in Mein Kampf.
Each step has been completed thus
And Hitler plainly states his goal to be world domination for
year.
and those succeeding, too. And we must. begin.
must enter the war.
shame. For this is our war, too.
tween Great Britain and Germany.
dom-loving people and fascism.
nomically incompatible with democracy.
bast. “The Germans have told us.
Hitler has outlined his scheme.
far,
the German people.
If England falls, America remains Hitler’s sole threat.
in this war,
pect to maintain a respectable position in the world.
The English people—the English people who are fighting tooth
and nail, and who may be obliterated but will never be defeated—
So we send them scattered ship-
ments, some forty per cent of which lie on the bottom of the Atlan-
these people are counting on us.
And|
there it is: we are a part of the world and the world is involved
We cannot sit with our faces to the corner if we ex-
Opinion
Adams Credits News Music
Critic With Putting Forth
Best Efforts
To the editor of the College News:
I am writing to offer a word in
defense of the Music Critic. To
publish two such letters as the
News did last week seems to me
unfortunate for everyone con-
cerned, not only for the Music
Critic, but also for the authors of
the létters, since I believe that
neither of them would have meant
their letters to speak. as harshly
as they did when put side by side.
If I understand the function of
the News board correctly, every-
thing that is written is approved
by it before being published. There-
fore, if there is something about
the music criticisms in general that
we do not~like, it would seem ‘to
reflect something. on the policy of
the News as well as on the efforts
of one reporter. The second let-
ter acknowledged this fact.
It was unfortunate, too,
that
tic Ocean, and now we decide to patrol 2,000 miles of the ACIaHEE long article, written by some one
Ocean,
Army and Navy planes and fliers. England is counting on us.
has fought long-and well, little aided, but she may not stand alone
indefinitely,
If England falls, we stand alone. How long and how well
can we fight unaided against a foe growing daily stronger and more
self-assured? A foe who can attack from either ocean and from
scattered points of land. A foe already invading us from within
with subtle and open propaganda.
And it would come to war. No peace of any durance can exist
between the outspoken, free-minded Americans and the domineer-
ing, hard-minded Nazis.
peace with a false smile and a chip on the shoulder,
For this the United States would have to devise an entirely new
economic system, an independent or a subservient system. We
would have to devise it quickly. And perhaps we wouldn’t like it.
Perhaps it is more in our nature to be “good neighbors.” Even so,
we would soon be obviously catering to the fascist governments or
we would jump up sharply against the realization that democracy
and fascism cannot-work hand in hand.
This declaration is faith in America. Not the faith that be-
lieves in America first and only—save America and you save the
world. It is a faith that America is an ‘important part of the world,
and can and will remain so. It is a faith that American life can be
put on a wartime basis—the sheep aroused and the strong properly
led—while in our hearts the principles of democracy are remem-
bered and revered. It is a faith that America, its people and its
government, can do their part in this war and establish freedom
as the rule for the lives of those here, and everywhere else, who
believe in it. ~~ Satty Jacos.
Conse Soa cet ae bv te |
those more reticent in asserting themselves to ‘participate.
system has the tendency to run downhill. Schisms create more
schisms and the last straw finally breaks someone’s back as extra
curricular activity draws on fewer people. -
One solution to the problem is Big May Day. This solution
has certain advantages over the others. Any undertaking which
would involve the whole campus would be tremendously expensive.
The project must: be able to pay for jtself.
strated this ability.
there been a deficit, and that was a small one. In order to pay for
‘any enterprise the size proposed, the audience must be drawn from
all parts of the country. A pageant on the histery of Pennsylvania
would not be likely to draw people from Chicago, There is an-
other objection to such a pageant. It is not unique.
Day belongs to Bryn Mawr alone.
Entrance of the United States in she: war would affect any
large undertaking. In’war time, however, people need a /release
from the pent up energy and anxiety generated by the conflict. T he
production, if given for war relief, would still have its
the realities of the present day.
reputation, because, as a tradition; it would serve to
and alumnae, because »“being-detached , from the
ments in their ‘Proper. perspective, because su
But America must adopt full measures—produce the badly
needed materials in the amazing quantities of which she is capable,
convoy them safely to English ports, double the English navy with
our fine ships and our sailors, complement the R. A. F. with our
She
For a few years, maybe, a distrusting
Such a
May Day has demon-|.
Only once in all the years it has been given has
Such things
have been done before all over the country. The Bryn aor May
other than the usual music critic
should bring down so much re-
proach on one person who has
given her best efforts to writing
up concerts which are not always
as good or as exciting as the one
by Paul Robeson.
I hope that this will not be mis-
understood as a criticism of the
opinions expressed in the two let-
ters. It is not meant that way.
It is meant.rather to express one
opinion that it would have been
better not to have come down so
hard on the music critic, who in-
cidently earned her position by try-
outs which were open to anyone
interested and willing enough to
take the time, thought, and care
which being music critic on the
News involves.
I’m afraid this letter accidentally
coincides with an attempt at music
criticism myself. It really is ac-
cidental, because, the music critic
was unavoidably away, but, if
more than ten undergraduates had
attended the concert-.on Sunday,
someone else would have been
asked: to “write it up.” Now I’d
better stop, having, no doubt, by
now come in for a goodly share of
criticism myself.
ANN ADAMS, ’43.
Save Heatedness and Hatred
For Your Best of Friends;
Let Us be Cool
To the editor of the College News:
The proposed columns for indi-
vidual editorial and student opin-
ions could be a great asset to the
News if they were handled prop-
erly. All of us have intellectual
and emotional interests. in the
British cause—either pro or con—
and love to express our views. But
Continued on Page Six
MOVIES
ARCADIA: Men of Boys’ Town,
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney.
BOYD: That Hamilton Woman,
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
Beginning Thursday, May 15:
Penny Serenade, Irene Dunne and
Cary Grant.
FOX: Beginning Friday: Pot ’o
Gold, James Stewart and Paulette
Goddard.
KARLTON: Road to Zanzibar,
Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Doro-
thy Lamour.
KEITH’S: The Great Dictator, .
{Charles Chaplin and Paulette God-.
|dard.
STANLEY: Meet John Doe,
Gary Cooper and Barbara Stan-
wyck.
STANTON: Man-Made Monster, -
Lon Chaney and Lionel Atwill. Be-
ginning Saturday: Wagons Roll at
Night, Humphrey Bogart and Sil-
via.
AL E: That Uncertain Feel-
ing, Merle Oberon and Melvyn
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