College news, April 24, 1940

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THE COLLEGE NEWS”

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VOL. XXVI, No. 20

BRYN MAWR-: and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1940

Copyright,

Bryn Mawr College, 1940

» Trustees of

PRICE .10 CENTS





College Students, Officials Hold

Meetings at Bryn Mawr, Vassar



Student Government Forms
Provide Main Debate
Of Meetings



The Six College Conference, com-
posed of Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke,
Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar and Wel-

lesley met here last weekend and
was joined for the first time in
several. years by Barnard. On
Saturday, the college representa-
tives discussed previously planned
- ics, Suchj as the administration

f student government, interest in
sini te organizations’ and collec-
tion of funds. That night the lo-
cal boys showed the visiting fire-
men a little of the Main:Line night
life. - SS

In comparing Bryn Mawr’s Stu-
dent Government with that of the
other colleges, the main difference
seems to be in: its administration.
At Bryn Mawr the system rests
entirely in the hands of the stu-
dents, while the other six colleges
have a faculty member or a col-
lege representative on their coun-
cils. Hall presidents in the larger
colleges are also given» more

.powers of discretion and jurisdic-

tion, being held responsible to stu-
dent government to a lesser degree
than here.

Most of the discu$sion concerned
the problem of creating more in-
terest in student organizations.
The conclusion drawn was that a
certain percentage of the students
is always interested, but that a

large number fail to overcome
Continued on Page Two

F. deLaguna to Give
Archaeology Course





If sufficient funds can be’ col-
lected, Miss deLaguna hopes next
year to give a course in American
Archaeology. Such a course has
been requested by several under-
graduates and has the ardent ap-,
proval of both the administration
and the department of classical
archaeology. Starting with a sur-
vey of Indian cultures at the dis-
covery of America, Miss deLaguna
expects to trace these cultures
back into pre-historic times.

Recent discoveries in Mexico and
the Southwest indicate that sav-

ages from Asia discovered an
Continued on Page Five



Elections

Self-Gov. ‘ Association: M. Ca-
tron, ’42, secretary and first jun-
ior member; B. Walton, ’42, second
junior member; M. Boal, ’42, third
junior member; F. Matthai, 743,
treasurer and first sophomore mem-
ber; A. Adams, 748, second sopho-
more member.

Undergrad. Association: S. Mat-
tesson, ’43, treasurer; C. Waples,

~42,-secretary; V. French, 42, first

M. Dethier, ’42,
C. —

junior member;
second junior member;
’43, sophomore member.

Hall Presidents: Pem West, E.

Alexander, ’41; Pem East, N. Tay-|.

lor, ’41; Rhoads, C. Stanton, 741;
Merion, K. McClellan, ’42; German
House, H. Hunt, 741.

Art Club: A. Mills, '41, -presi-
dent; M. Brooks, 42, vice-presi-
dent; F. Fox, ’43, secretary.

Entertainment Committee: Pem
West, V. Sherwood, ’41; Pem East,
J. Follansbee, ’41; Rhoads North,
L. French, ’41; Rhoads South, A.

| Mason, ’42; Merion, M. Dethier,

42; Denbigh, S. Gamble, ’42.

Peace Council: Pem. West;—T-
Sparre, ’43;-Penf East, B. Sachs,

’443-Rhoads, R. Fiesel, ’42; Merion,

E. Durning, °41; Denbigh, M.

Brown, ’42.







College Conference
Discusses Difficulties



Last week-end the annual Five-

College Conference convened at
Vassar. Each of the participant
colleges, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley,

Holyoke, Vassar and Smith, was
represented by. its President, Dean,
and a faculty member. President
Park, Miss Ward, Director of Ad-
missions and Assistant to the Dean
(substituting for Dean Manning),
and Miss Lehr, Associate Profes-
sor of Mathematics, were the dele-
gates from Bryn Mawr.

The college representatives first
conferred with delegates from the
30 progressive schools which have
special arrangements for admis-
sion, and then analysed the prob-
lems of the admission system in
general. Following this, questions

in connection with faculty tenure
Continued on Page Five

I. R. C. Decide Rights
Of Neutrals Violated



In the Altmark Case)



Common Room, April 2
solemn judicial procedure, the In-
ternational Relations Club _pre-
sented an arbitration of the Alt-
mark case, complete with black-
robed tribunal, and counsels for
Norway, Germany and Great -Brit-
ain. The five to two decision, which
was handed down by Betty Hurst,
’41, held that Norway’s neutrality
had been violated when Great Brit-

jain had boarded the German ves-

sel, Altmark, in nae ean terri-
torial waters.

The facts of the aie as—pre-
sented at the opening of the arbi-
tration by Sarah Mosser, ’41, re-
vealed that the Altmark had been
attacked by the British vessel,.Cos-
sack on February 17, 1940, and
that the 299 British prisoners
aboard it had been rescued.

Norway’s counsel, Henrietta But-
ler, '42, asserted | that although
Great Britain claimed the right to
visit and search the Altmark, the
exercise of this power by a bel-
ligerent in neutral waters is for-
bidden by international law. A
state has exclusive right of sur-
veillance over its own waters.

Anne Howard, ’41, outlining
GYeat Britain’s case, claimed that
Britain was acting to protect her
299 citizens held forcibly by Ger-

many. These seamen, she said,
Continued on Page Eight

Role of Arthurian
Legend in Art Cited

Goodhart, April 17.—“It is gen-
erally agreed today that King
Arthur was originally an obscure
battle leader of the Britons at
sometime. around, 500. A.D.,” said
Roger Sherman Loomis, delivering
the annual Ann Elizabeth Sheble
lecture which is sponsored by the
department:-of English. Mr. Loo-
mis traced the Arthurian legend
to its origins and showed how it
came to occupy an important place
in the artistic as well as in the
literary world.

Arthur was not mentioned by his
contemporaries and not until 1136
did his fame begin to spread. In
this year. Geoffrey of Monmouth
launched a great ho hoax_on-the-world,|





jland—eitingan imaginary ancient

book as his authority, he gave the
chronicle of the British Isles under
the-reign of such leaders as Lear,
Cymbeline and Caesar. The high

Continued on Page Six

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38. — In!

the plot.

Jessup Urges
U.S. ToRemain
Neutral in’ War



Only Two Possible Reasons
For Participating Are
Cited by Authority

Goodhart, April 18.—Dr. Philip
C. Jessup, speaker at the Peace
that
America’s contribution to the pres-



Day Assembly, maintained

ent world conflict should be “in-
telligence, impartiality - and a
demonstration of the democratic
way_of_life,”’

America, continued Dr.
cannot help the cause of world
peace by entering the war. ‘ He
cited-as-the-only-two- possible rea=
for American participation,
moral principles and self-interest.
Although an individual may act
upon what he believes to be right,
no country can be sufficiently pow-
erful or -unselfish to plunge its
country into, war on moral grounds
alone.

If we entered the war in self-in-
terest,
by actual danger, but by the possi-
bility of danger. ‘Nothing could
; stop us from defending the Mon-
Doctrine,” said Dr. Jessup,
“but is it necessary to fight now
Continued on Page Two

Acting in ‘Outward
Bound’ by Haverford,
Bryn Mawr, Lauded

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By Alice Crowder, ’42, and
Isabel Martin, ’42

With the advantage of a well-
chosen cast, the Cap and Bells
Club of Haverford, cooperating
with the Bryn Mawr Players’ Club,
produced last Friday and Satur-
day night, ‘Sutton Vané’s famous
play, Outward Bound. Although
in the setting an opportunity to
bring out the supernatural ele-
ment was -lost, the acting was of
sufficient merit to carry the tone
of the play without the aid of
more suggestive scenery.

Outward Bound, based upon the
chance confinement on a ship of
a group of people, widely con-
trasted in personality and walks
of life, depends for effect to a
great extent upon depth of char-
acter analysis and _ presentation.
These passengers, who only gradu-
ally realize that they are not alive,
are, upon arriving at the end of
the journey, required to live out
successfully the lives they began
on earth. The delay in exposing
the nature of this. sentence anda
of the condition of the characters
constitutes the suspense element in
The cast of the recent
production has in almost all cases
met successfully the challenge pre-
sented by this play.

Wilfred Simmons, ’41, in the
dominating role of Tom Prior, a
_¢ , Continued on Page Two



CALENDAR -
Thursday, April 25.—
Vanishing Bridge~ Party,
Deanery, 8.00."
Friday, April 26-28.—
Geology Field Trip.
Saturday, April 27.—
French Oral at 9.00.
Tuesday, April 30.—
Current Events, Miss Reid,
___ Common.,,Room,.. 7,30.

ba

Green, 4.15.
Wednesday, May 1.—

Little May Day, 7.45.

May : Day. Chapel,

Good-
hart, 8.30.









'

ap aes
“Bartholomew Fair, Meviaa \

we would be prompted not| .



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up cosily

Mass Meeting Debates Possible

Alterations I



PLAY RESURRECTED

After a breathtaking num-
. ber of deaths and resurrec-
tions, Bartholomew _ Fair,
very much alive, is stalking
about Goodhart. This time
the cast of twenty-three is
assuming entire | responsi-
bility. The whole thing is
strictly cooperative, with sug-
gestions for direction being
given by any one who has
them to offer. April 30 is
the date of its.presentation.
It has been drastically cut
and will last from 4.15 to
6.00. A quite -modern pro-
logue has been added, and-
the. indefinite plans—inelude
everything- from jugglers ‘to
recorders in the two short
intermissions. The® weather-
man, joining the cooperative

system, has _ prophesied
warmer weather’ beginning
Saturday.







Mr. Alwyne- Shows
Brilliance and Ease
Of Interpretations



By Pam Miller, °43
Monday April 22,
Herace Alwyne,

On
Mr.
Musie Department, gave a very en-

evening,

joyable pianoforte recital in Good-|
hart Hall. The artist demonstrated |
his outstanding ability as interpre-
ter of the romantic and impres- |
sionétie type of music.

At the outset of the concert, Mr. |
Alwyne appeared restrained in his)

interpretation of Bach’s Fantasia |
in C Minor, but the Andante in F'|

Minor of Haydn was executed with |

a light, clear touch, and the varia-
tions were well contrasted.

In the Six Chants Polonais of
Chopin, arranged by Liszt, the ar-

tist showed his extraordinary abil-|

ity of interpretation, expression,
and technique. The various moods
were set forth in flowing melodies
and forceful chords and runs.

In playing Dubussy, Mr. Alwyne
brought out the fragile and elusive
character so’ typical of the com-
poser. These qualities were exem-
plified in Des Pas,.sur la Neige,
and Poissons d’Or.. Feux d’artifice

was effective. with its bursting
. Continued on Page Four

head of the.

n Self-Gov’t Rules

|
Enlargement of Permission
To be Discussed in Halls

Before Revision





Goodhart, April

discuss

23, — A mass



;meeting to Self-Govern-

|

{ment problems was conducted by
| Virginia Nichols;
| Self-Government. Association.

president of the
Miss
| Nichols emphasized the fact that
| Students are responsible for farmu-
‘lating the regulations as well as
|for obeying them. She pointed out
| that the Self-Government rules ap-
| Ply to all four classes without ‘the

|discrimination that exists_in-many.

The rules are made
ito benefit the entire student body,

j other colleges.

}but they should be liberal enough

\tor fit individual cases.
|
Abolition of permissions was sug-



/gested as a means towards increas-
ing individual responsibility, other
students felt that the permission
givers are an aid in correct. sign-
/ing out. There were further sug-

| gestions for rearrangement and ex-

|tension of late permissions and
for a place on campus to entertain
visitors after 10.30.

The meeting was adjourned
upon a motion that the suggestions

‘made be discussed in the halls and
!brought later before the legisla-
ture,



tetas Symbolism
| Clarified by Wind



| Haverford ea April 18.—
The system of mystical interpre-
tation of the Bible which the
|Renaissance inherited from the
| Middle Ages explains the whole
Sistine Ceiling, said Dr. Edgar
Wind, Editor of the Journal of
| the Warburg Institute, in his lec-
iture on The Sistine. Ceiling by
Michelangelo—A New Interpreta-
tion.

Through symbolic interpretation,
Old Testament passages assume a
prophetic meaning: Michelangelo’s
change from the Apostles, asked
for by Pope Julius II, to Prophets
and Sibyls affords a key to under-
standing that the whole Ceiling

has a prophetic significance, and
Continued on Page Six





Bored Peers Lounge as Bouncing Pixies °

~~ Shake Floor Und

er Prancing Principals :



By Marguerite Bogatko, ’41
The News Room was full of
peers stretched out full’ length
upon the table or trying to curl
in the straight-backed
chairs. There was supposed to be
a rehearsal of Jolanthe going on in
the Music Room, but there wasn’t.
Nothing was going on_at all.
“Where “is the fairy queen?
Aren’t you having a_ rehearsal?”
we asked in business-like tones.
“There are fairies at the bottom
of our garden,” murmured a pros-
trate form.
We tried the Music Room again
where at long last a fairy ring was
beginning to form. : Fairies in
skirts and sweaters weré doing a
sort of heel and toe hither* and
thither. In the actual production

their ethereal singing will be borne

out by floating garments in pastel
shades. They will also be wearing
magnificent star-studded wings.
When it came Iolanthe’s turn to
perform, a new and ‘interesting
problem arose.
“Here’s the trap,” said Mr. Rip-

Lple firmly, pointing to what looked
like a perfectly uncomplicated piece
of floor. But practice makes per-
fect and it seems that the stage of
Goodhart has been undermined by
huge subterranean sewers through
which Iolanthe must make her way.

Finally came the peers. These
splendid creatures who are to make
their appearance’ in black ‘velvet
complete with knee breeches. and

Jerowns have taken to’ heart the

threat of beards which has been
held over them. They marched and
sang with masculine grace, vigor
and abandon.

Another feature of the costum-
ing, as yet not in evidence, will be
the red wig of the fairy queen,
which should provide a_ brilliant
note of color to the whole produc-
tion. Phyllis and Strephon will be
elegantly attired in matching. bro-
ecades or a reasonable approxima-
tion thereto.

“You ought to see them all when
they’re on the stage,” said some-
one fondly. And there you have
it nestling in a nut shell.




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‘THE COLLEGE NEWS

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Powers and lk
Of Pacifists’ Stand
Shown by Blanshard

Common Room, April 18.—"It is
wish, not fact, that a cause, can
non-violence,” said Dr.
of Swarthmore





prevail by
Br and Blanshard,

College, speaking to the Philosophy
Club on. Pacifism and Ethics.
After defining pacifism as ‘‘a fear-
less serenity, an attitude of deeply
sincere good-will in conflict situa-
tions,’ Dr. Blanshard briefly in-
dicated three approaches to pacif-
ism: the intuitive, the historical,
and the authoritarian. —

The intuitive pacifists hold that
it is “self-evident that rational
beings should be treated ration-
ally.” They believe, with Kant,
that.men should be treated as ends,
not only as means. But forceful
methods are necessary with beings
“inaccessible to reason,” Dr. Blan-
shard maintained.

The second attitude has its basis
in experience, personal and histori-
cal. The peaceable have survived,
its adherents point out. The sheep
is with us yet, but where is the
dinosaur? The Greek civilizatign
conquered the Roman militarists—
and the non-violent’ resistance of
Gandhi has overcome tremendous
odds. But, Dr. Blanshard empha-
sized, this method is effective only
when the_other side is rational
and willing to meet you on your
own basis. It must fail with those
inaccessible to reason.

“Truth can be put down by

force, ideas extirpated, literature
destroyed,” he continued. Loving
the perpetrators of such actions is
obviously ineffectual. Violence is
the only language they under-
stand, and “means are evil only
if their intent and consequences
partake of that same quality.”
The only means to a good end are
necessarily good.
Objections were raised by his
listeners: that violence was not
the only means to the desired end,
nor was it at all certain of good
consequences. Said. one student,
“the pacifist is the realist, rather
than the militarist so visionary as
to trust war: for the accomplish-
ment of any good end.” And-an-
other remarked, “Of what avail
are liberties and the absence of
compulsion to people
morally disorganized from using
violence to achieve them?” .

In. stating the . pacifist stand
based on appeal to authority, Dr.
Blanshard spoke of “righteous an-
ger” as the desirable reaction
against any who harmed those one
loved: In the discussion ‘follow-
ing, the phrase “anger against”
‘was objected to and an alternative
interpretation was offered: “right-
eous indignation’ so-called is
rather an emotion giving impetus
to and shaping forcefully one’s
constructive reaction to the con-
flict situation—or it should: be.

A distinction was made between
force and violence: the latter is
destructive, whereas force is
merely directed energy, needed to
construct,..as..well as to destroy.
It was also pointed out that pacif-
ism is not passivity, but a posi-
tive attitude involving understand-

‘ing, friendliness, and constructive

cooperation. “In repudiating the
machinery and methods of war and}
éxploitation, the pacifist is merely
clearing the way for the larger
task of laying, stone by stone, the
foundations of a friendly coordi-
nating society in which men will
be united by the common projects,

instead of being separated ™ com-

peting fears.”
Si



Spring Dance

The Spring Dance of the
Undergraduate Association
will be held on Saturday,
~May-4, from 11- to 2-in- the
Gym, following the Glee Club
production of Jolanthe.
Everyone attending the
dance is grequested to pass
through the, receiving line.

















Student Governments
Debated and Compared

Continued from Page One



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inertia, Student assembligs

—— in order’ that}
statements of policy, changes of |
rules, and new projects may be pre-!
sented freshly to the students’
minds. Minor changes in rules are
effective to stimulate interest.
Publicity of Self Government cases |
was suggested as a remedy for the
feeling: of the college that student
organizations act without the stu-
dent“knowledge. All the’ colleges
except Bryn Mawr placed much
emphasis on the use of the honor
system in examinations, ‘to aid’ in
making the responsibility of the
student an active working, factor. |

In the matter of raising funds,
Bryn Mawr seems to be the most
successful... Wellesley. has raised
the tuition to cover all charity and
organization expenses; Mt. Holy-
oke and Smith have tried a sheshan
tax ynsuccessfully. “Phe—e
tendency seems to
single drive for all expey
as Bryn Mawr adopted
Vassar and, Wellesley were the
only two members of the National
Students’ Federation of America
present. This is an organization
to help Student Governments,
which is universally conceded to be
helpful. It prepares weekly re-
ports on activities, solves problems
through a student clearing house,
holds one national and eight re-
gional conferences each year, and
conducts research in the field of
Student Government. Some _ ob-
jection was raised, on the grounds
that membership in the Federation
would involve the college in the
N. S. F. A.’s political stands, and
that the organization is more con-
cerned with state universities
Miss Mary Jean McKay on Satur-
day, explained thé purpose of the
organization and told a little of
its history.

Also discussed were means of
finding an _ efficient system for
scheduling events, of compiling a
good handbook for freshmen, and
of establishing a college maga-
zine that can interest the students
and successfully invite contribu-
tions. College newspapers were
discussed, and it was decided that
it is better for their subscription
not to be covered by the blanket
tax or the single drive. Sugges-
tions for improving the relations
between students and alumnae con-
sisted mainly in interesting the
seniors in alumnae activities. The
Curriculum Committee is generally
run completely by students, and
has been as successful as could have
been expected.

théir
should be








Short Story Award
Sought by ‘Lantern’|



The Lantern calls our attention
to the following contest of $750
for a story written “by an .under-
graduate. Redbook.magazine has
announced an award for a short
story, not over five thousand words,
by an undergraduate and published
in a recognized college magazine
during the college year 1939-40.
They will publish the story which
they consider the -best of those
submitted to them as .an ‘Encore
of the Month” and will pay $500 to
ithe author and $250 to the board
of the magazine in which the story
first appeared.

The Lantern is submitting its
four issues to the: Red Book Con-
test, and urges everybody to sub-

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Reformatory and

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‘Budding Sociologists ‘tase. With Interest

Cheyney: Negro College



By Agnes Mason, °42
Last Wednesday the first year
Sociology class and a few
Sub-
jects of. the survey were Sleigh-

aways went on a field trip.

ton. Farm, a. girls’ reformatory,
and Cheyney, a state teacher’s. col-
lege for negroes.

Sleighton Farm~is managed as
if under private ownership. There
is complete freedom in personnel
and policy, although the funds are
contributed at a per capita rate
by the state and county which
sends the girl. All the girls have
been committed by the, courts to
be kept as long as_ Sleighton
I’arm’s authorities think advisable.
The girls range in age from 12
to 18. By no means all of them
have committed crimes,
come from underprivileged homes
and bad neighborhoods where their
families or -district social workers
fear they might get into trouble.

Sleighton Farm, surrounded by

stow). ;
? which seayes. as gymnasium, the-

but some! their homes.

which gives occasional concerts at
nearby towns, two dramatic clubs
and a nature club. One building,

atre, and chapel, is ‘transformed
every Friday night into a mole
theatre.

Parents are encouraged to visit
the school, and the girls are per-
mitted week-end vacations. and
visits home. About 400 girls can
be taken care of and, , although
they are under custody until they
are 21, the average girl stays
about two and a half years. When
it is decided that a girl is ready to

leave, she is either sent back to
her family or a ,job is found for
her. Her own wishes are con-

sidered and it is usually found
that the girls prefer to return to
A society. of “big
sister's” attempts to help the girls
after they have left the school.
Cheyney is a co-educational col-
lege for . negroes which offers
courses in the teaching of Home
Economiecs,, the Industrial Arts,
and: Primary Education. There



try, resembles-a-well- planned vil-
lage of ten white stone houses.
Each -house is a séparate home|
unit, complete with kitehen and

are two new buildings, one an ad-
ministration and class room build-
ing which is not as yet completely



laundry. Every girl has a small
room of her own, and a sleeping}
porch, accommodating about ten,
is part of each hougé. There are)
three reception Kelleen and seven
honor houses. The latter are run
on self-government rules by elected
leaders. All housework is done
by the girls as part of their home
economics training, and they are
given certificates for their prac-
tical as well as for their scholastic
accomplishments.

There are sewing classes, a
weaving shop, a home nursing
course and an agriculture course.
From. June to September no study-
ing is‘done and the girls Work in
the fields: During the other months
each girl has academic work for
half the day.

Extra-curricular activities in-
clude basketball, played against
the faculty and against other
schools. There is a. glee club



W ell-Chosen Cast Give
Effective Portrayals



Continued from Page One

highly strung drunkard, gave a
dynamic performance which was
duly restrained at points where it
might easily have run into violent
emotionalism incongruous with the
character. Achieving an admir-
able charatter portrayal in the
part of a clergyman who is en-
tirely lost. without his work, David
Winder, ’48, reached the height of.
his perforniance in the business-/
meeting scene.

Doris’ Benn, °’48, in what has
commonly been considered the most
difficult part in the play, that of
the charwoman, Mrs. Midget, gave
an excellent performance. Al
though she did not perhaps make



The Last Straw
Editor’s note:
ing room the morning after Fresh-
man English Papers were finished.
Dear Ralph:

I really will have to use the type-
writer to write you on as my writ-
ing has: become practically nothing
from having been used so fre-
quently. This is a terribly late
time to ask you. I have just been
putting it off all the time until



mit entries to the next issue.



now and I really meant. . .







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furnished. The other is called the
Home Apartment, where the Home
Economics majors acquire. special
training. |
Dr. Hill, the president of the
college, told us that Cheyney was
started about 100 years ago by a
group of Quakers. Originally they
took a few negro boys and put
them to work on a farm, giving
them a, small amount of schooling.
The attempt was unsuccessful, ‘but
they tried again in a few years
with a school in Philadelphia
which became one of the best sec-
ondary schools in the city. This
school was the original Cheyney
and was moved out to the country
several years ago. “Cheyney, as
well as being confronted with all
the problems of the ordinary col-
lege,” said Dr. Hill “also has to try
to give its students self-confidence
and courage to overcome the bar-
riers of racial prejudice.”



the most of the subtle dominance
of her role, her presentation of
the character was well integrated
with the rest of the production.
In a hardly less difficult though
less complex characterization, Ma-

deleine Daly, ’42, as Mrs. Clive-
don-Banks, did a highly finished

job which ihe into the small-
est mannerisms/ and coloring of
the voice without overdoing the
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someday we may be forced to?”



because ‘possibility that

If America .goes to war it will
be supposedly to prevent the de-
institu-

struction of democratic

tions.. Yet control of speech, press

and economic resources is a war-

time necessity.. With the modern
trend toward centralization and
with. the need for a. totalitarian
war government, America may
sacrifice the very institutions she

wishes to safeguard.

If America stays out of the war
she will incur the hhtred of the
Allies, but in the process of recon-
struction she will be able to serve
them to a far greater extent. A
post-war Eufope will realize the
extent of the material aid America

can offer in restoring economic
stability.
Dr. Jessup believes that the

trend toward regionalism will be
greatly intensified after the war.
England and France should aim
at a Western European Federation
which would inelude Belgium, Lux-
embourg and possibly the Scandi-
navian countries. There shoyld
also be formed similar federations
of the Danube, Balkan and Baltic
countries, each tied together. by
some sort of economic centraliza-
tion. The important thing in
building a durable peace is for
each region to undertake, as a be-
ginning, political commitments. for
itself.and not for the world.

Victor Hugo once said, “I repre-
sent a party which does not yet
exist, the party of the twentieth
century, ~representing first the
United States of Europe, then of
the world.” “This party does not,
as yet, exist,’ concluded Dr. Jes-
sup. “If we enter the war, it
never will.”



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~static point is reached. The individual begins to lose sight of his posi-

Four Score and Seven Years ...

A letter to the News last week stated that “during the past four
years the Self-Government Association thas ceased to be an. effective
organ.” The Self-Government Association is not an organ. It is the
entire student body; it is an agreement entered upon by every under-
graduate, dependent upon the support of every undergraduate. Its
officers are elected to provide the firm leadership-necessary in any
democratic system. They are not elected as a Gestapo, to operate at
the head of a secret spy system.

In the letter it was further suggested that punishments are not
sufficiently severe; that permission givers are unnecessary; and, finally,
that undergraduates are not allowed to exercise their own judgment
‘as to_where-to go-after 10:30:”~-The inconsistency of these criticisms
obscures the very principle which the letter then seeks to uphold:
that “every student, as a.member of the Self-Government Association,
has the responsibility for the enforcement of its’ rules.” «Criticism of
the system and too-frequent infringement of the rules prove conclu-
sivel? that this principle needs reemphasis. But. the foundation cannot
be strengthened by tearing apart the super-structure. It is the cause
and not the effect which must be reexamined.

College self-government rests, as does any democratic system,
upon individual responsibility. When freedom has been fought for,
and won, the need for that responsibility becomes less apparent, and a

tion in the system. Only when he violates its rules and suffers its
punishments is he actively conscious of its existence. He forgets that
‘those rules and punishments have been created by common consent,
out of a common need. He begins to feel that they are being imposed
upon him from above, by some occult and hidden power.

If the Self-Government Association does not have the active and
articulate cooperation. of all of its members, it must, of necessity, fail.
Its initial importance will be forgotten and it will be relegated to the
position of a small, remote student police force. The association should
exist, not as a separate organ, but as the touchstone of our community
existence. It is for us to reafirm rather than discount those principles
of democracy which our self-government is designed to represent.

The Show Must Go On.

Although reported dead, Bartholomew Fair has been resurrected.
We are glad because the hysteria of overwork has been temporarily
overcome. The seniors are always exempted and we watch the com-
prehensive sufferers withdraw to the cloisters with nothing but pity
in our faces. . For the three lower classes, though, some break is only
healthy in the ordinary three-paper-four a. m.-night schedule. It can
be, has been, and will be endured. _

We are glad because the cast of Bartholomew Fair is happy. To



have suffered the agony of rehearsals and then be denied the fun of |”

the final day would, we feel, discourage many a potential performer
from reappearing.

Above all, we are glad because something that was started will
be finished despite the odds against it. We feel, too, that the pro-
duction of this play justifies one major reason advanced for the post-
ponement of May, Day: the encouragement provided by small clubs
to individual initiative and:to cooperative action:

We admit that Bartholomew Fair's resurrection is not wholly
joyous, for the Player's Club's withdrawal from official responsibility
can be justified. Unless miracles happen, the play will be an unfinished
production. It will also be put on by the enthusiasm and. will power
of the saviours and without the restraint of an impartial critic.

Despite these inevitable fallacies we praise the cast for finishing
what they had already begun.

The above editorial does not represent the opinion of the entire
“News” Boatd

FORUM







Changes in Self-Government
Regulations Are Proposed
By Merionites



The attendance. at the mass

meeting Tuesday, night showed a,
live interest inStudent Govern-
ment, which is distinctly a hopeful
sign.
_ This interest should lead us to a
further consideration of the basic
principles of such government.
The first and foremost principle is
that it is self government for which
we have made the rules, for the
observance of which each of us is
responsible.

The purpose of signing out is
that the administration may know
where we are. To promote greater
honesty and greater personal re-
sponsibility we suggest that it be
allowed each student to sign out
where she is going and until what
hour, without having to consult an-
other person about. a rule which
she should herself know.

At present the rules limit us to
11.30 permission, escorted, on the
Main Line, which covers places
witheut an orchestra. After 11.30

orchestra. Since these. places are

{usually too far and too expensive

for the ordinary date, the restric-
tion leads to dishonest signing out,
and thus defeats the avowed pur-
pose of the rules. We feel that
we should be allowed to go any-
where on the Main Line escorted
until 12.15. This would include
intermediate places such as the
Wynnewood House and MclIntyre’s,
and would then make it possible to
go to the: movies and still have
time to go somewhere afterwards,
which the present limitation does
not give us. This would also offer
a solution to the problem of where
one can go, and how long one can
stay, when escorted, and not wish-
Ling to. go to the movies.

Making it ‘possible for us to eat
in the village until 11.30 would
allow us to work in the library un-
til it closes at ten, and still have
the time ordinarily allowed for
eating after a movie. The halls
would be no slower in quieting
down than they now are with
people coming in from the movies
and from dates.

Since it is desirable to insure
conformity to the rules by making
the rules serviceable, we propose
the above changes.

Once the rules are accepted by
the Self-Government Association it







In Philadelphia



MOVIES

ALDINE: My Son, My Son!
with Brian Aherne and Madeleine
Carroll.

ARCADIA: Charles Laughton
and Vivien Leigh in Sidewalks of
London.

BOYD: Rebecca, with Joan Fon-
taine and Laurence Olivier.

CAPITOL: ._ The. Farmer’s
Daughter, with Martha Raye and
Charlie Ruggles.

EARLE:. Gone’ With the Wind.

KEITH’S: /t’s a Date, with De-
anna Durbin, Walter Pidgeon and
Kay Francis.

NEWS: George Raft and Alice
Faye in Every Night at Eight.
STANLEY: Disney’s Pinocchio.
STUDIO: Dracula’s Daughter,
with Gloria Holden and Otto Kru-
ger, and Bride of Frankenstein,
with Boris Karloff and Elsa Lan-
chester.

SUBURBAN

SEVILLE: Thursday: Of Mice
and Men, with Burgess Meredith
and Betty Field. Friday and Sat-
urday: Fred Astaire and Eleanor
Powell in Broadway Melody of
1940. pie

SUBURBAN: Thursday through
Saturday: The Grapes of Wrath,
with Henry Fonda and Jane Dar-
well.

WAYNE: Thursday, Friday and
Saturday: Grapes of Wrath.





we are restricted to places with an}.

| Self-Government
sonal. If each student recognizes





“WAIT! THEYVE

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is every student’s responsibility to
see that they are enforced. To
avoid the personal angle in report-
ing we suggest a system whereby
the Board may be notified of in-
fringements anonymously. Since
there will of necessity be punish-
ments under any system, we feel
that these punishments will be
much more beneficial to the college
as a whole, if they are made pub-
lic by means of monthly announce-
ments on Hall Meetings or some
other method that will force them
upon everyone’s attention.
Sincerely yours,

BARBARA GROBEN,.’40,

BETTY WILSON, ’40,

DorotTHy VoicT, ’40.

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Students Should Recognize
Personal Responsibility
To Self-Gov’t

The purpose of the Self-Govern-
ment Association is to safe-guard
the prestige of the college as a
whole and the wellbeing of the in-
dividual student. To preclude 400-
odd interpretations of what is con-
sistent with the purpose of the As-
sociation, rules are necessary. De-
ceitful infringements of the rules
of Self-Gov such as those men-
tioned in the College News last
week render Self-Gov inefficient.

The cause of such infringements
is twofold: a lack of flexibility in
the regulations and more funda-
mental, a lack of personal respon-
sibility for the maintenance of the
Association. The spirit of the rules
is thoroughly liberal. To provide
the flexibility that is lacking, per-
mission givers should have the au-
thority to go beyond the letter of
the rules in cases where the spirit
of the rules could be best main-
tained by such an action. An ob-
vious case in point is that of per-
mission given to go out with rela-
tives and family friends. We ad-
vocate a.few possible changes in
the rples to allow 11.30 permission
on the Main Line unescorted, and



‘12.15. escorted.

In our opinion, there is nothing
to be gained by instituting a spy
system under which each member
of the Association is responsjple,
not only for her own activities, but

for reporting the malfaisance of}.

her colleagues. Besides nullifying
the spirit of Self-Gov, such a sys-
tem would_be ineffective, due on
the.oné ‘afd to personal preju-
dices, and on the other to the igno-

miny attached t stool-pigeonme:* |

The relation of the student to
is highly _ per-

the contract that exists between

herself and the Association, and if,

the terms of that contract—in this
case the rules of Self-Gov—are
tenable, as-far as is reasonably









WIT’S END





Let’s Beguine at the Beginning

Of course we’re not actually on
the Decoration Committee for the
Junior Prom and nobody has actu-
ally asked us to be on the Decora-
tion Committee—but we do think,
not, of course, that there is any
reason for us to be on it, but we do
have a few, well, you might call
them ideas, at least, we do like to
think that we know what we like.

Well, first, how about, well, can
you imagine the gym all fixed up
like a submarine with things like
periscopes and conning tewers and
crows’ nests—It could bé the Alt-
mark, and all the girls could come
as British prisoners and the boys
British sailors come to rescue
them. And that would make the
dance like an Incident. Ha, ha, ha.
Well, no. We really didn’t think
that would be so good.

How about having the girls
dressed as Little Red Riding Hoods,“
waiting for the Wolves to come?
Oh, no, we didn’t mean it that way
at all.

Maybe it would be nice to have
it fixed up like an opium den, high
in the Caucasus, with snow.

Of course we realize that none
of these ideas are really awfully
good. We guess most of them are
actually pretty silly, but what we
really want is to have something
that will be easy for the Committee
because, after all, what we want
to do is help them.

‘How about having the gym fixed
up more like, well, more like a
gym, which, after all, is what it
is, when you come right down to it.
You could have screamers hanging
from the running track and punch
served in basketbowls, or some-
thing. And maybe some of the kids
could come dressed in tunics so
that some of us other kids could
have a good time.



Mr. Alwyne Gives
Brilliant Inter pretation



Continued from Page One

bombs, and its humorous snatch of
the Marseillaise.

The second half of the program
consisted of Ravel’s Sonatine and
the descriptive Pictures at an Ea-
hibition by Moussorgsky. Under
Mr. Alwyne’s touch, the images be-
came vivid. /

“KS encores;"Mr. Alwyne played
the Gavotte from Gluck’s Iphi-
genia, arranged by Brahms, and
The Island Spell by John Ireland.



possible, Self-Gov can be a work-
ing and vital organization.
MADGE DALY, ’42,
EILEEN DuRNING, ’41.
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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Page Five







Opinion







Notes From Exile

From my study. window I can
look across the bay and watch the
changing lights upon the granite
peaks and rolling green hills that
protect it from the open sea. But
beautiful as it is I admit that now
and then when a steamer goes out
between the two islands that guard.
the bay and turns north I have a
little sinking of the heart and say
to myself: “‘O, to be in Bryn Mawr
when spring is there.” For there
is nothing lovelier than the first
buds that come on the maples and
the bright fresh green of the
leaves before they have spread
into full bloom. ’

Well, our Neutrality Committee
is hard at wok and we are trying
to find a solution for the knotty
problems that have been presented
to.us by the different governments.
Thus far all of our recommenda-
tions, in the form of advisory opin-
ions, have been favorably received.
Now we are erigaged in the most
difficult of.all our problems—how
to secure observance of the “se-
curity zone” which the Declaration
of Panama declared must be kept

free from hostilities. ¥

We had two Pan-American Day
celebrations today to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary of the es-
tablishment of the Pan-American
Union. I spoke at the first; and
guess before what group? None
other than the Rio Rotary Club. I
felt quite at home, having a special
fondness for Rotary Clubs in the
U. S. A., possibly because they
limit addresses strictly to half an
My subject was: “A New
Symbol of Pan-American Unity,”
meaning the Inter-American Neu-
trality Committee. No, I didn’t
risk speaking in Portuguese, but
stuck to Spanish” instead; which
everyone ‘here understands, al-
though Spanish-speaking people
can not always follow Portuguese.

In the afternoon there was a re-
ception of the Foreign Office, where
a young official came up and said
that he had long wanted to meet
me, as he had studied the “Red
Book” (Second Year Politics stu-
dents know what that means). at
the University of California. How
smali the world is! And night be-
fore last, at a dinner given by the
military attaché here, who should
open her eyes in astonishment
when I came into the room but a
good Bryn Mawrtyr, wife of a
member vf the Naval Mission, who
had sat on the floor of the Com-
mon Room and listened to Current
Events. So there!

_Yes, Bryn Mawr is définitely.on
Rio’s map of the U. S. A.; so look
for some Brazilians on the campus
in the near future.

Greetings to all my friends, and
thank Miss Robbins for her
friendly comments on the “bird of
passage.”

Sincerely yours,
CHARLES G. FENWICK.



Ignore Spring Panic

May there be many more Bar-
tholomew. Fairs in the spring!
Without a burning desire to prove
anything except that they’re’ hav-
ing a good time, the cast is putting
on a good play in its proper set-
ting and (we hope) ideal weather.

They have the sense to ignore the

~ "general spring panic.

enjoyment of the actors is a sure
way to transmit enjoyment to the
dience. ANN HARRINGTON, ’41.



The flowers that bloom in
the Spring, Tra-La,

Have nothing to do with
THIS PLACE!

“So why not try

_ Jeannett’s
Bryn Mawr









The obvious,



F. deLaguna to Give,
Archaeology Course

x



‘Continued from Page One
empty continent 25,000 years ago,
and, with little more than . the
equipment and skill of the Pale-
otholic cavemen, built cities and
temples, and an irrigation system

greater than any developed prior
to the 20th century. In ‘South

America they founded “the most.

thorough-going socialistic state the
world has ever known” and in New
York a democratic league of na-
tions.

The new course will be.open only
to those who have had some back-
ground in archaeology or anthro-
pology. As an added feature of
the course, Miss deLaguna hopes
to take a group of “selected stu-
dents” out to Arizona the following
summer for field work. Miss- de-
Laguna says that after her arch-
aeological work in Alaska she “is
itching to dig in Northern Ari-
zona.” She hopes to investigate
a site called Grapevine, which is
believed to have been inhabited in
the 14th century.

*



Causes of - Rickets,
Ways of Curing It,
Described by Park

Dalton, April 23.—In his lecture
on rickets, Dr. Park, Pediatrician
in General at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, discussed the prevalency
of this disease, its historical back-
ground, and the known cures.
Rickets, a bone disease which is
caused by a lack of limesalt, de-
posits when the cartilege is form-
ing, can be curéd by administering
vitamin D either through certain
foods or by ultra-violet ray.

Rickets has been known since
1650, when its symptoms were re-
corded by -an--English— physician,
Glissen. It was then discovered
that rickets could be cured by ad-
ministering cod-liver oil and but-
ter fats. Shortly after this a Ger-
man proved the efficacy of ultra-
violet ray.

Rickets has been found to be
most prevalent in the temperate
zones. z





ART

The paintings which now adorn
the walls of the College Inn are
by Constance Cochrane, one of
Philadelphia’s ten leading women
artists. Recently they were shown
at the Art Alliance, and favorably
reviewed in the Philadelphia
papers. The subjects of the land-
scapes atid seascapes are pre-
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Curator Describes
Conquest of Mexico



Common Room, April 19. — Dr.
George C. Vaillant, associate cura-
tor of the Museum of Natural His-
tory in New York: City, spoke on
the Conquest of Mexico By The
Spaniards As Seen Through In-
dian Eyes. He described the

growth of the Aztec culture and
the Spanish invasion of Mexico
City, which dealt: the death blow
to the advanced civilization al-
ready existing there.

The Valley of Mexico became the
seat of the Aztec culture. Later
1100 groups of barbarians drifted
in, and politically separate princi-
palities developed. In 13800° the
Aztec civilization began to take
form in Mexico City. Its architec-
ture has now largely disappeared,
but records, utensils and art relics
enable scholars to form a concep-
tion of Aztec life. Slides of these
remains and of the architectural
ruins illustrated Dr. Vaillant’s de-
scriptions,

The Aztecs lived under a feudal
system within each principality,
and all had to pay fealty to their
chief.

The merchant class was very im-
portant, it’s members traveled
throughout Mexico, and were able
to report on towns which could be
easily captured. These towns were
left undisturbed after capture, ex-
cept that they were forced to pay
tribute. —

Boys .were trained in schools for
ecclesiastical, civil and military
purposes. A warrior youth started
in-as an equerry and was taught
not to kill but to take prisoners,
who were later sacrificed to the
gods. Sacrifice was common, as
the Indians, beliving human life
their most precious possession, felt
this offering was most acceptable
to the gods.

Montezuma, the Aztec chief at
the time of the conquest, believing
the Spaniards to be divine, permit-
ted them access to Mexico City in
1519. After the subsequent destruc-
tion of their political independence,
the Aztecs retained their culture,
protected by the Catholic Church,
for over half a century.



ranged for the exhibit at the Inn
is the same which manages Art
Week in Bryn Mawr in the fall.
Miss Davis expects to have more
exhibits from the same guild later.
The present one will last until
May 4.

The Bryn Mawr Art Center,
Haverford Road, is open every af-
ternoon from April 29 to May 7 for
inspection of a collection of sculp-
ture by Clare Dieman.

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Colle ge Conference
Discusses Difficulties



Continued from Page One

were debated. The rest of the con-
ference was mainly devoted to par-
ley on the crowding of college
schedules with outside lectures and
concerts. It was generally agreed
that some lectures are an integral
part ofa course and, are, there-
fore, valuable. But, it was decided,
such lectures or concerts should be
confined to a department and not
made ‘into public affairs for the
whole campus.

Barnard and Radcliffe are not
members.of. the conference, because
they have no problems connected
with admissions. In each case,
they use the same system as that
employed by Columbia and Har-
vard Universities respectively.



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Penn Fencing Team



Thursday, April 18—The Bryn
Mawr Fencing Team accomplished
a glorious victory over Penn with
the high score of 6-3 in the Bryn
Mawr gymnasium. M. Pache, a
former Olympic team-member, has
been training our team for this
event, and his ability partly ac-
counted for the easy victory. But
due acknowledgement goes to the
skill. and’ strength of our team-
members themselves under their in-
vineible captain, J. Harper, °41.

Wed
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Is Sermon Theme





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exander Zabriskie, in his Sunday
evening address, discussed the two
most important commandments as
Jesus stated them: “Thou — shall
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart,” and “Thou shalt love thy
thyself.” In more
modern terms, this seecnd com-
mandment means to learn “to love
we,.and not I.”

By loving thy neighbor, Dr. Za-
briskie said, Jesus meant three
things: first, to try to secure for
others the things which you your-
self desire; second, to try to es-
tablish mutual relations on a level
of. equality instead of looking
down with pity on less fortunate
people; and third, to try to be a
vehicle through which the redemp-
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|Zabriskie also said that to love
God, you must try to be aware con-
stantly of His presence by turning
your attention as often as possible
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Ballet Russe Offers Two
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By Olivia Kahn, ’41

The Ballet Russe which had time
for only two quick performances
in Philadelphia last fall is return-

| ing this spring and dancing three

evenings from April 25 to April 27
as well as the afternoon of April
27. There is considerably more
reason for interest in their, spring
appearance than there was in the
fall, first because Irina Baronova,
formerly one of the best dancers
with the group, is appearing with
them again in the role of guest
artist.

The second attraction is that of
the two ballets, which had their
premiere this’ spring, Clouds and
Baiser de La Fée. The first of
these, designed by Nini Theilade
to fit Debussy music, received bad
reviews from the New York critics,
but there is much to recommend
the second. Its choreography is by
Balanchine..and the music is. from
Tchaikowsky via Stravinsky. It
will probably not be considered as
a top-ranking ballet, but. it in-
cludes several charming moments
and an extremely dramatic finale,
all notably assisted by gay costum-
ing and excellent dancing. ©

The third, and perhaps strong-
est, attraction the ballet offers is
the performance of some of the
best numbers in their repertoire.
Those who missed it in New York
last fall should, if possible, see
Bacchanale, a surrealist ballet by
Rali and Massine, danced to Wag-
ner’s Venusberg music. It should
convince every one that the ballet
does not lack a sense of humor,
and it is interesting to note that
instead of palling on the observer
its artistic and dramatic qualities
become more and more apparent
each time one sees it.

Le Beau Danube, which is sched-
uled to be given Saturday after-
noon, is recommended without
reservation. Although no one has
adequately replaced Titania Ria-
bouchinska in this ballet, and al-
though one or two minor roles havé
changed hands since the split in
the ballet company a few years
ago, the beauty of Le Beau Danube
is as irresistible as ever, andthe.
walze danced by Massine and
Danilova tothe traditional Blue
Danube melody remains one of the
high spots in ballet. The spiritual
affinity between Danube and Mas-
sine’s later creation, Gaité Pari-

' gienne is strong and the good quali-

ties of one are shared by the other,
although naturally the contrast be-
tween the lilting merriment of Jo-
hann Strauss’ Vienna and the
jaunty Paris of Offenbach is strik-
ing.

_Other traditional ballets which

“will be presented are Lac des

Cygnes, Scheherazade, Prince Igor,
Coppelia, and L’Aprés-Midi D’un
‘Faun. Instead of presenting the
whole of Aurora’s Wedding, only
an exerpt of this ballet will be giv-
en, the Bluebird pas de deux,

which, incidentally, loses much _ of
its charm and appeal when lifted
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Role of Arthurian
Legend in Art Cited

Continuea from Page One



point of this chronicle was the
story of King Arthur, who was
represented “by Geoffrey as a great
historical potentate, the conqueror '
of France, Scandanavia, Rome, and!
portions of the western world. At
the beginning of the 18th century,
70 years later, the Arthurian ro-
mances began to spring up, and in
1310 Arthur was listed as one of
the nine great conquerors of the,

world by. a Flemish minstrel, |
Jacques de Longuyon.

The earliest evidence we have of
Arthur’s renown, declared Mr.

Sistine Symbolism
Clarified by Wind4..

Continued from Page One



symbolizes the’ salvation of. the
soul in Christ.

The nine large pictures from
the Creation of Light and Dark-
| ness to the Derision of ‘Noth fore-
shadow events in the life of Christ
and the Church. The arrangement
of the Ceiling represents salvation,
the coming of Christ, to the world
and into each individual soul. Ac-
cording to contemporary theology,
salvation led backwards, to crea-
tion, from man to God. If the
Ceiling is read in reverse order,
from altar to entrance, the nine
pictures. appear in their historic
sequence in the story.of creation,
but if read from entrance to altar



tga the sculptured frieze
over a mbardy doorway which
can be.dated between the years of |
1099 and 1106. At the center of |
this archevault is pictured a fore,
tress in which are placed two fig-|
ures labelled Wynloge and Mardoc.

It is probable that Wynloge repre-

sents Queen Guinevere and that the
tale here shown concerns one of |
the six times she was carried off!
by amorous knights. On- either
side of the fortress~horses—are
shown advancing upon it, carrying |
King Arthur and a company of his}
men who have come to rescue the
queen. A second early Arthurian
monument is a mosaic from Otran-
to Cathedral, executed in 1165 and)
depicting Arthur riding on a goat. |



Sicilians believed Arthur to be the!
king of the subterranean. realms, |
and therefore placed him on the!
goat which they associated with
subterranean rulers.

Arthurian tales also extend to
Germany, and in a mural painting
devoted to leaders betrayed by
women, Arthur and Guinevere are
included. This painting, Mr. Loo-
mis pointed out, anticipates Ten-
nyson’s Idylls of ‘the King. In
1400 the -great..Arthur..tapestry
was woven. It originally belonged
to a set commissioned by Charles
V of France and his three brothers.

many representations ‘of Arthur
as one of the Nine Worthies cata-
logued by Longuyon. Here, for the
first time, the artist has attempted
to depict Arthur as an historical
figure by giving him _ obsolete
armor. In earlier works he wears
contemporary dress.

The first Arthurian romance
dates from 1488. Ivory carvers
used the Arthurian tales as ma-
terial for the decoration of small
caskets and ladies’ boxes. ~Con-
trasting motifs are often shown on
these boxes, as, for example,
chastity and lust which are em-
bodied in legends from the exploits
of the Knights of the Round. Table.



Scholars have discovered that the| stood.

names

they represent episodes in Christ’s
Passion with a foreshadowing of
‘the Last Judgment.

The picture. nearest the. altar,
Creation of Light and Darkness,
|prophesies the Day of Judgment
when ‘the good. shall be separated
from the bad. The creation of
light is connected also with the
coming of Christ, which, in turn,
means the victory of virtue over
vice.

With the mystical interpretation
of the names of the Old Testament
as the key, the relation of the
figures representing the ancestors

of Christ to the pictures of crea-

tion and to the particular Prophets
‘and Sibyls near them is under-
Contemporary writings
show the method employed in in-
terpreting passages. An Old Tes-
tament name is looked up in the

| Commentaries of St. Jerome for its

Latin translation, which is then
connected with a similar phrase
in the Bible.

Michelangelo’ $s representations

of the ancestors of Christ illus-
trate the texts with which the
were connected and _ por-
tray the vices and virtues sug-
gested by each test.

The picture of Aminadab in the
genealogy illustrates the vice of
forgetfulness. The picture shows

The 15th century also produced jon the right a woman with a veil

on her lap combing her hair and,
on the left, a man with a vacuous
face. Aminadab was translated
by St. Jerome as populus meus,
and Michelangelo’s picture illus-
trates the text: “Can a maid for-
get her ornaments, or a bride her
attire? yet my people have forgot-
ten me days without number.”
When the ancestors of Christ
are understood as portrayals of
virtues and vices, their relation
to the Prophets and Sibyls near
them is made clear. Because Ami-
nadab illustrates forgetfulness, he
is placed under Jeremiah, the
prophet of gloom and lamenta-
tion. Because. Jeremiah is con-








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Bind Banding Enthralls

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~, Who Amuse Selves, Benefit Government



By ad Meyer, "42

ok has done things to the
nature lovers of Bryn Mawr. In
fact, it has lightly turned their
thoughts —to bird-banding.. ‘A
group of enthusiasts has been
working for about a week with
startlingly successful results.

The process is intriguing. The



bird-banders. have two traps on
the campus, towards which the,
birds are lured by. nutritious re-|
wards. The temptation has. been;
sufficient to attract juncos, song
sparrows, white-throated sparrows, '
cardinals, mocking birds,.and, says
an authority: “We await the war-
blers.” Once behind the bars, a
detailed investigation follows.
Then when the: birds are banded
the repression of their migratory
impulses ends—

It sounds simple,
deception in the air. The nature
lovers have met obstacles. For
example, the one means of. escape
for the imprisoned bird-is through
a hole in the bottom of his cage.
One anonymous worker expended
an embarrassing amount of energy

but: there is

bird - bander.

trying to release her victim. The
mystery was solved by an enter-
prising friend: she lifted up the
cage. A further problem was one
involving nourishment. Squirrels
like bird seed, too — particularly
sun-flower ‘seeds, and they have
been frequent unwelcome visitors
at the traps. The only remedy
for the situation has been for the
bird-banders.. themselves to con-
sume the sun-flower séeds.

stumped another
Her natural curi-
osity -was so uncontrollable that
she took her victim—cage and all
—right into a Biology conference.
“It” turned out to be a female
song sparrow.

To understand the full signifi-
cance of Bryn Mawr’s Bird-Band-
ing Association it must be realized
that besides the cooperation of the
Biology department they have the
support of the United States Gov-
ernment. The Government hopes
by such activities throughout the
country to discover the distribu-
tion and inclinations of our feath-
ered friends.

Identification



cerned with those who-walk in
darkness, he is placed on the dark
side. of the Separation of Light
and Darkness.

The Libyan Sibyl is~placed op-
posite Jeremiah. When she is rec-
ognized as the Sibyl of Light, her
gestures can be understood. Be-
cause she is blinded by the great-
light, she cannot look at the book
she is taking down and so grasps
it incorrectly. Beneath her are a
pair of figures which contrast with
Aminadab and the bride, placed |
below Jeremiah.

The Cumaean Sibyl, who is the
central Sibyl, appears below the
Creation of Eve. The sleeping
Adam is an antetype of the dying
Christ from whose side the sacra-
ment of the Church is born. Eve
then foreshadows the-Church. The
Cumaean Sibyl who alone bears





reference to Rome, signifies the
birth of the Church of Rome from
the sacred blood, and her breasts
prophesy the divine milk that
will nourish the Divine Light of
the world.

With the drunken Noah’s vat
of wine in the final scene signify-
ing the sacred blood, the Derision
of Noah prophesies the Derision
of Christ. The Delphic Sibyl be-
low who holds the crown of thorns
confirms this interpretation.

Following the same method, Dr.
Wind showed that the medallions
over the Prophets and Sibyls il-
lustrate the Ten Commandments.
That the holders of the medallions
represent angels is established by
an examination of -Mi¢chelangelo’s
early sketches of the Ceiling in
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Bryn Mawr’s Fire Department Exposes

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Romantic Life, Modern Fire - Fighting



By E. Crozier, ’41, and
Jos. B. Allen, Jr., Pres. of the
B. M. Fire Co.
It has always seemed to us that
an early fire company is reminis-

cent ‘of the Pony Express and
early trains. And for one who
has always sped to a scene of
conflagration, the likeness holds

even in the-machine age. The fire-
man who jumps on his truck as it
goes racing past is a man—not a
factotum. Like a border. fight for
a fight’s sake, liké a free-for-all
on the: baseball diamond, like the
conductor who cries when he leaves

his “train after his last trip, -a
volunteer fire company is one of

the few remaining outposts of ro-
manticism.

Into sach a picture we feel that
the history and esprit de
of the Bryn Mawr Fire Company
fit. It was founded in 1903 on
the ground now occupied by Ham-
mil’s Hardware on Lancaster Ave-
nue. The first engine house was
a long frame building. The first
alarm-—-wasa~ big iron tire With
a large’ hammer, and _ the first. ap-
paratus a hand-drawn hose reel.
This last was soon replaced, how-
ever, by a horse-drawn chemical
wagon and horse-drawn steamer.

The first horses to draw the
chemical apparatus were’ two
beautiful greys called Dick and
Izz, ready to hop into harness
when the alarm came in. The
horses for the steamer always had
to be borrowed, causing sometimes
a- short delay.

In 1906 the Fire Company
moved to its present two-story

corps



| firehouse, built by Bryn Mawr citi-

was the largest and

| zens. At the time of its building |

| it best- |

equipped firehouse in any ‘subur-|

ban territory.
chased in 1916. The equipment of
the Bryn Mawr Fire
throughout the years has
pace with the latest improvements

|in apparatus, and its most recent;

addition is a master traffic con-
trol, which halts all traffic near
the firehouse when an alarm goes
off.

Methods of firefighting, as well
as equipment, have’ changed with
the passing years. In -the

The first piecé of,
motor-driven apparatus was pur-!

Company |
kept

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also figures as one of the big fires
tecently, the two most
disastrous fires were those at Vil-
lanova College, when failure to
sound the alarm promptly was a
principal factor in the loss.
Horace W. Parsons, who -has
been Chief for the past 17 years,
has encouraged the training of the
men through regular drills. He

of history.

‘has also instituted the study of

old|

days ponds, lakes and creeks fur-,|
nished the major supply of water,

but with the increased
tion of fire mdins and standpipes
throughout the territory thd.eoem-
pany was better able to cope with
the igneous enemy. In the early
days a company arriving first at
the scene of a fire took possession

rof the water -supply and chased,

the others away or else had a

hand scrap. The winner then went:

ahead with the matter of actual
firefighting. This situation was
corrected ‘gradually until today
every company works
others, and when on fire duty or
an emergency they all work as a
unit under the name of the Lower
Merion Fire Department.

The Bryn Mawr Fire Company
has done some heavy firefighting; it
was on the scene when the Mehl
and Latta Coal Yard was ¢om-
pletely wiped out in 1904. The de-

with the



the construction of different build-
ings in the district so. that the
men may have a full knowledge
of each in case a fire should break
out. Aided immeasurably by the

distribu-; splendid cooperation of Chief and

hosemen, this company has tried
to keep pace with the changes in
the methods of firefighting, until
today it enjoys a well-earned repu-
tation of having one of the gamest’
and most thorough volunteer fire-
fighting units in this part of the
country.

This. last. is our-main_point, but
as addendum and a sidelight on
the leisure-time activities of the
firemen, we include the following
story told us the other day by a
fellow-scribe. Smoke was rising
the TIast day of vacation from the
field opposite Faculty Row. Some
early returners. went over to see
the nearly extinguished fire. They
were talking to the fireman roll-
ing up the hose. “Did the fire
get away from a brush burner?”
they asked. “No,” he said, “we

struction of the old store granary|started it.”

deca v aie
Haverford Chooses

Journalist as Head

|}Felix Morley, Rhodes Scholar,

Follows President Comfort,
Who Retires in °42

The Board of Managers of Hav-
College
Felix Morley as the successor to
William Com-
fort, who retires next year. Mr.

Haver-

erford last: week * named

President Wistar
Morley was born .on the
ford campus, was graduated from
ithe college in 1915, Phi Beta Kap-
pa, was a Rhodes Scholar, and in
1936 was awarded the Pulitzer
Journalism Prize for distinguished
editorial writing on the Washing-

ton Post.

Mr. Morley originally . had
planed to teach, following his
Pathe, who was professor of
mathematics at Haverford, but

was diverted into journalism in-
stead. He had served in France
wand Flanders during the war with
the Friends’ Ambulance Service,
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Miss Reid

The war is still being waged in
Norway, but because of conflicting
and dubious reports it is. difficult
at the moment to predict the out-
come. The bitterest fighting cen-
ters around the railway lines, par-
ticularly those of Trondheim. and
Oslo. Still more important is the
struggle between sed and air
power.

Germany has recently instituted
a new occupational technique in
Norway. She is not only trans-
porting her troops by plane, but
to save gasoline she is dropping
them from parachutes. Each man
lands equipped with a folding bi-
cycle, portable radio set, a saw,
a hammer and a small amount of
food. The plan has not been as
effective. as expected because the
British: have been able to surround
and capture soldiers as soon as
they reach the ground.

During the Norwegian conflict,
said Miss Reid, the attitude of the
average person has been to neglect
the indir: ¢t effects of the war:
Few rea! ze that Scandinavia is
the main mporter of Brazilian cof-
fee and hat this country is suf-
fering seriously from the loss of
trade. | Denmark has. been her
greatest consumer of cotton seed
cake, cocoa and tobacco. Besides
this there has been the disastrous
effect on carrying trade for Nor-
wegian vessels, which are impor-
tant, particularly in the trade be-
tween the American continents.

Another important development
of the week has been our diplo-
matic recognition of Iceland. Re-
viewing this country’s history, Miss
Reid asserted that Iceland has been
trying to break loose her ties with
Denmark since the sixteenth cen-
tury. In 1918 the union was put
on a personal basis and it was
agreed that on December 31, 1940,
she would gain her independence.
The war hastened the arrangement.

One central European country
has already taken a strong stand
against Germany. Rumania by
treaty has stipulated that in ex-
change for her oil allotments she



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were not prisoners of war, but
were unarmed civilians.
The .Norwegian authorities fail-

ed to reveal that prigoners were
aboard, permitting inocent civil-
ians. to. be incarcerated by force
within their: territory. by a foreign
nation at war with Great Britain.
The Norwegian Government was,
therefore, guilty of breach of neu-
trality toward Britain.

The lone counsel for Germany,
Mabel Faesch, ’41, stated that she
considered the incident a clear case
of piracy and manslaughter of the
worst kind. The Altmark, she said,
although not a merchant ship, was
only lightly armed for defense.
There is no law forbidding the
transport of prisoners, and all
ships are permitted to pass
through neutral waters.

Another case for Norway was
cited by Jane Maier, ’42, who
stated that although Norway was
entitled to. search the vessel, she
was not,. under international law,
obliged to do so.” Miss Maier add-
ed that Norway was undey no obli-
gation to release any prisoners she
might have found aboard, since
such an:act would. have violated
the sovereignity of the German
ship. A

In rebuttal, Elizabeth Alexan-
der, ’41, pointed out that Norway
must have known of the prisoners
aboard and may have had good po-
litical reasons for refusing to re-
lease them. There was, she said,
a question as to whether or not
carrying prisoners across territor-
ial waters was an act of war.

In the second counter case for
Norway, summed up by Delia Plea-
sants, 41, it was brought out that
the Altmark, which carried ma-
chine guns, was more heavily. arm-
ed than the” Germans admitted.
The Altmark’s use of the radio in
neutral waters, was the only viola-
tion of international law which
could be ascribed to the Norwegian



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Rhythms in Poetry



Deanery; April 23.—In his third
lecture. on The Present State of
Poetry, Dr. Theodore Spencer
stressed the need for new rhythms
which will ‘‘express the poet’s in-
nermost characteristics and yet
articulate the age.” Modern poetry
should anticipate in sensitivity the
world it articulates.

Dr, Spencer feels that the un-
popularity of current poetry is ac-
counted .for by the neglect of
writers to make it intelligible. Of
the modern poets, Dr. Spencer dis-
cussed Hart Crane, E. E. Cum-
mings and Marian Moore. In the
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or parasite,” he analysed the three
distinct forms, academic, journalis-
tic, and most important today, ex-
ploratory.

“Hart Crane enjoyed consider-
able prestige a few years ago,” but
like many Americans, his gift was
one of spontaneity, not of staying
power. He lacked the self-discip-
line and the. architectural excel
lence which he himself believed-to
be primary requisites in poetry.



case.
Alleyn Wagandt, ’41, reviewed
Great Britain’s case, pointing out
that Norway had refused Britain’s
offer to take the Altmark to Ber-

E. E. Cummings, Dr. Spencer
pointed out, uses technical tricks
to attract attention and to hide
the obvious flaws in: his delicate
lyrical poems. His light irony is
an improvisation which is mixed
with too much surprise.

Marian Moore’s poetry is char-
acterized by wit, contrast and ac-
curacy. .Everything is directed by
“a mind just taken out of cold
| storage.” But she has no sense of
incantation, so important in
poetry. ©

The academic form of criticism,
continued Dr. Spencer, is repre-
sented by Irving Babbitt and Paul
Elmer Moore. Today, journalistic
criticism exercises a wider in-
fluence and is more widely read.
The third and most important form
of criticism Dr. Spencer called “ex
ploratory.”’

Exploratory criticism is found
especially in magazines like the
Runyon Review and -the Partisan
Review. Its chief exponents are
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