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_are often the subject.of discussion among undergraduates.

Often ideas are attached to different professors and asser-
‘tions made concerning them. Frequently these ideas are not
only falsely claimed for the professor in question, but also

_ misrepresented.

Any verification or rectification of faculty opinion would

to us that misrepresentation might be prevented if the fac-
ulty are in any way willing to respond to the students’ in-
terest. Certain members of the faculty have lent themselves
wholeheartedly to the demands of Current Events and Alli-
ance lectures, but students would like to come into closer,
Clearer, and less limited contact with the ideas of a larger

number of professors.

The News offers a column in which members. of the fac-

ulty may express their opinions.

We would like the profes-

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Common Room, November 9.

The repercussions of the Mos-
cow agreement, particularly in the
U. S. Senate, were the subject of
Mrs. Cameron’s current events lec-
ture.

Noting the unusual number of
historical annivérsaries celebrated
last week, in conjunction with the
effects of the Moscow Conference
on various nations, Mrs. Cameron
mentioned the resulting actions of
the Soviet Union, Germany,
France, and the United States.

Stalin, speaking on the twenty-
sixth anniversary of the Russian
Revolution, indicated that the
agreement has raised hopes of a
military victory in the near future.
His attitude toward the Western
powers, Mrs. Cameron said, show-
ed marked change, for in place of
the usual plea for the Second
Front there was a tribute to the
shattering effect of air power on
German industry. He. also recog-

supplies.



nized the steady stream of war
The Premier drew a
sharp division between these ‘fa-
miliar statements and compara-
tively new topics. The extent of

Russian pledges for European
freedom, for instance, he made
clear for the first time...Western

Europe, according to the agree-
ment will become an economic fed-
eration centering in Austria, with
Czechoslovakia sharing her power.

In Eastern Europe, however,
the Soviet Union draws the line
of states to be liberated through
Finland, the Baltic states, White
Russia, the Ukraine, Bessarabia,
and the Crimea, Mrs. Cameron
feels that the United Nations must
cede these territories rather than
risk a conflict with Russia.

The effect of the Moscow agree-
ment in clarifying positions was
equally apparent in Hitler’s speech
on the tenth anniversary of the

“wrenched elbows?



‘ publications, Vogue,





WI rs END

So you are suffering from in-
grown toenails, twisted id ects, and
In that case
we’d better spray your throat. If
your stomach begins to trouble you
come down immediately and we'll
weigh you. Since your tempera-
ture is only 106, you’d better go
back to your room and lie down,
but if your little finger continues
to tickle, it would be best to spend
a week here. Yes, that bone is
definitely broken, come back to-
morrow and the doctor will set it.
Meanwhile, we’ll spray your throat.
You’re much too sick to study but
the warden will give you the his-
tory test tomorrow, you'll be
strong enough by then.

We must go to sleep now, we
must wake up how, we must take
our nap now. “Let me spray your
throat. Chances of recovery are
all too few.

> —— !

Hemingway Explains
Vogue Prix de Paris



Deanery, November 8. Magy
Moon Hemingway, Bryn Mawr
1940, one time first prize winner
of Vogue’s.Prix de Paris explained
the annual contest to Bryn Mawr
Seniors in a talk sponsored by the
Bureau of Recommendations.

The Prix de Paris has been con-
ducted by Vogue Magazine nation-
ally for the past eight years. It
consists this year of submitting a
series of four quizzes and one 1000
word article. Each quiz will con-
sist of two questions, one based
on a fashion feature and one on a
non-fashion feature—music, liter-
ature, art or the theatre. The first
prize is a year’s job on Vogue’s
staff and the second prize is six
months on the magazine. Such a
job promises a 5-day week, begin-
ning at $30 a week. Ten awards
of merit will provide job oppor-
tunities on all four Conde Nast
House and
Garden, Vogue Pattern Book and
Glamour, or jobs with stores and
advertising agencies.

Mrs. Hemingway advised exper-
ience in writing for publication,
but stated that English and jour-
nalism were not necessary for an
entrant. While reading of Vogue
issues is helpful, imitation of
Vogue style is unnecessary. This
year the contest has been limited
to one half the time it has taken
in previous years. Mrs. Heming-
way estimates that entrance in the
contest would involve a minimum
of two week-end’s work on crea-
tive writing.

The entries will be graded on
clear and individual writing, gen-
eral and .current information,
awareness and fashion knowledge.
Quizzes can.be found in the var-
ious issues of Vogue and will be
based on specific preceding issues.



that he would not “lose his nerve.”
The Munich press on the next day
went so war as to admit that the
German military position was
relatively the same now as in No-
vember,1918, but asserted that
this time there will be no revolt
from within.

French politicians, Mrs. Cam-
eron pointed out, were angered at
their exclusion from the Confer-
ence, and refused to respect any
declaration in which the European
continent is not-represented. “This
exclusion,” -said- Mrs. Cameron, “is
the most depressing aspect of the
conference.”

The chief effect on American
politics was the apparent disap-
pearance of “isolationism.” Almost
unanimously the Senate passed
the Connally bill incorporating
point four of the agreement;
opposed sabotaging amendments
of the agreement itself. ‘Mrs.
Cameron hoped for the ‘permanent



banishment of such “dsolationism.”






War Conditions Alter
Fall Issue of Lantern



The first issue of the Lantern,
the college literary magazine, will
appear soon after Thanksgiving,
reports Helena Hersey, editor. Due
to war time conditions, and the
failure of the cigarette companies
to advertise, the Lantern will be
mimeographed this year. Three
issues will be published at a cost
of $1.00 or less.

Besides contributions from the
students, linoleum blocks and cuts
will be used, and it is hoped that
the cover can be printed. Plans
are being made to permit Haver-
ford to. contribute, since they will
be unable to have their own mag-
azine. The cutting of the sten-
cils for mimeographing will be a
paid campus job.

Merion’s Freshmen

Retain Play Plaque

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sustained interest in the action. It
was the excellence of these char-
acters, and in particular of Sir
Little Boy, that overshadowed the
more minor ones sufficiently to
diminish the disjointed effect of
the whole.

The Rhoads Freshmen, present-
ing Ways and Means, by Noel
Coward, were handicapped by the
necessity of cutting such a long
play, and by a consequent lack of
central unity. In spite of this, the
play as a whole was an example
of good direction and staging.
Mary Schaeffer, as Stella, the
wife, rendered her lines with the
sophistication and poise necessary
to the role, carrying the length of
the part and the inadequacy of
the cutting quite successfully. The
gestures of Toby, the husband,
played by Martha Gross, were con-
stantly amusing, but in general
she interpreted her role more as a
caricature than a true portrayal.

Although the choice of the
Rockefeller play, New School for
Wives, by Kirkpatrick, was a good
one for the amount of time given
to Freshmen plays, it failed. to
achieve the necessary atmosphere.
Except in the case of Harriet, “the
studious type,” played by Julie
Chittenden and the athletic Rob-
erta, played by Joan Campbell, the
acting .was unconvincing. The
languid Cecile, played by Mary
Sherman, though effective, lost
interest in her part between
speeches; while John, the father,



Opinion







Biology Department Inquires
Into Vote for Embryology
At Haverford



Editor of the College News:

The embroyologically - minded
members of the Bryn Mawr Biol-
ogy Department would like to in-
quire into the motives of the two
polled students who have express-
ed an interest in enrolling in Hav-
erford’s course in embryology. To
the best of our knowledge, the
only course in embryology for
Haverford students is one given in
Dalton ‘Hall solely by the Bryn
Mawr Department of Biology
(which incidentally offers two
courses in embryology to interest-
ed Bryn Mawr students). It would
seem that the students who have
expressed a preference for the
on course have in mind
‘3 ther than purely in-
Mlectual Pa a

the Bryn Mawr Biology Depart-





Cross-section through the heart of |



WHAT TO DO

U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps—free
training with pay at accredited
nursing schools. All expenses are
provided, including supplies and
uniforms, plus a monthly allow-
ance.

Cadets promise to engage in es-
sential nursing throughout the war
and they are free to choose be-
tween civilian service and commis-
sions in the Army. and Navy. Civ-
ilian opportunities include work in
Civilian Hospitals, Veterans’ Hos-
pitals, Public Health, Industrial
Health, Health Relief and Rehabil-
itation at home or abroad, X-Ray
or laboratory departments, Anes-
thesia.

65,000 student nurses are need-
ed each year. For details see the
circular on the Bureau of Recom-
mendations Bulletin Board.

Good Year Aircraft Corp.—Ak-
ron, Ohio: Openings in production
control, drafting, industrial engin-
eering, time-keeping, cost account-
ing, payroll. work, bookkeeping,
secretarial work, physical testing
and chemical laboratory work. All
of these jobs are in Akron. A rep-
resentative will come to the col-
lege if there are students who are
interested.

The Neighborhood Centre in
Philadelphia—volunteer workers—
group leaders of children’s classes.



gave too young and too feminine
an impression both in gesture and
voice. Except in the scerte between
Ellen, Norma Ulian, and Warren
Price, played by Ann __ Dudley,
there was no rapport between
characters. Price was by far the
best part acted, done with liveli- -
ness and enthusiasm. The maid,
Catherine Clark, attracted atten-
tion for the excellent presentation
of her small role.

The staging of Denbigh’s A
Night at an Inn, by Lord Dunsany, |
was the chief factor in achieving
the effective atmosphere on which
the play rested. The acting, han-
dicapped by the problem of an all-
male cast, was not particularly
distinguished, and slowed down
the-pace_of the play.._The attack
scenes were especially realistie
and the atmosphere was well-es-
tablished by all the characters.

The difficulties of amateur pro-
duction in a play with as little ac-
tion as Radnor’s The Lost Silk
Hat, were apparent in its slow
movement, but the play was well-
finished, if not unified. Barbara
Stix, as the Laborer, played the
part to its utmost. value, making
good use of ejaculation and ~ges-
ture, but the other parts, though

,| adequately taken, were lacking in

inspiration and individuality. The
off-stage singing was effective,
but the performance as a whole
failed to hold pa audience’s at-
tention.

In Pembroke East's The Man in
the Bowler Hat, by A. A. Milne,
the characters were well - typed,
though again tending to be over-
caricatured. The play was amus-
ing but the scenes between the
Chief Villain, Alison Barbour, and
the Hero, Mimi Foster were not
particularly convincing. It was
hard to believe the actors were
living their parts. At times how-
ever, John, Doreen Hurwitz,
reached the absent-minded sense
of melodrama required of the part,
and the Hero showed a good feel-
ing for the necessary underacting
and humor of the role.



Bryn Mawr Club

'The Bryn Mawr Club of New
York, located in the Hotel Bar-
clay, extends a cordial welcome
to all alumnae and former stu-
dents of Bryn Mawr who are
members of the armed forces.
The club rooms may be used
for entertaining guests and all



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