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HE COLLEGE NEWS
VOL. XXVII, No. 12
BRYN MAWR and ‘WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941
Pid AN hb Trustees of .
‘Bryn Mawr Col lege, 1940
PRICE 10 CENTS
Alee Templeton Illustrated Skill,
Humor, Ingenuity i in Piano Recital
Original Composition Built
On Five Notes Chosen
By Audience
By Portia Miller, ’43
Goodhart,
pacity audience heard the recital
given by Alec Templeton, blind
English pianist. The first part of
the program consisted of various
selections from classical composers,
played with outstanding vitality
and skill, During the second part,
which was less formal, the artist
gave ingenigus improvisations and
impressions which caused much
laughter among the audience.
The slow and ponderous begin-
ning of the Prelude to Alceste by
January 13.—A ca-
Lully, arranged by Templeton, was!
played with force and firmness and
was well contrasted by the second,
lighter theme.
In the -Chorale-Prelude and
Sheep May Safely Graze, by Bach
and arranged by Templeton, the
artist displayed a singularly warm
tone and light touch.
Mr. Templeton showed a true
understanding of Mozart wher he:
played the Sonata in B Flat Major,
and his fingers appeared particu-
larly accurate and agile in the ex-
ecution of the light, running
passages.
The low and forceful chords of
the Rachmaninoff Prelude in B
Minor were well emphasized and
the entire composition was played
with vigor, as was also the Prelude
in C Major by Prokofieff.
Air from Charterhouse Suite by
Vaughn -Williams with warmth,
and both Poissons d’or and Jardins
sous la pluie by Debussy showed a’
feeling for tone-coloring. As en-!
cores after the fifst half of the;
program, Mr. Templeton played '
the Prelude in C Major and the.
Prelude in A Major both by Chopin.
After the intermission, the artist
began with one of his own compo-
sitions, Ghost Rhdpsody. This se-
lection, as well as the Concert
Waltz in D flat and his Portrait of ,
the Redwood Trees showed an ar-'
Continued on Page Five
Examinatien Schedule
An announcement has been
made by the Dean’s office
that any changes in the ex-
amination schedule will be
entered only on the Bulletin
Board in Taylor. Despite a
rumor that the French lan-
guage examination may be
changed, it is to be held as
scheduled on Saturday, Janu-
ary 25th, from 9 to 10.30,
Six New Courses
Offered. Students
In Second Semester
Six new half-unit courses are
being offered second semester this
year.
idea of inter-college co-operation is
a second year History course on
the French Revolution (first year
history pre-requisite) given by Dr.
Anderson, of Swarthmore.
Two other new History courses
are being given: a second year
course in Medieval Civilization by
Mr. David and an advanced one by
Dean Manning, English History. of
the Nineteenth Century.
There are three new Advanced
courses for next semester: one in
Politics, Public Administration, by
i Wells; one in History of Art,
|Post-Renaissance and Modern
| Architecture in Europe and: Amer-
‘ica, by Mr. Soper; and Aesthetics
by Mr. Nahm which requires Sec-
ond Year Philosophy as a pre-
|requisite for every one except ad-
'vanced students of History of Art.
Cooperation Program
To Include Lectures
As part of the movement towards
closer cooperation among the three
colleges, Haverford, Bryn Mawr
jand Swarthmore are offering a.
Mr. Fempleton rendered the Slow |
joint series of public lectures,
|given by professors from each col-
>| lege, dealifig with the general topic,
| Economic, Legal, and Institutional
| Foundations of the Next Peace.
Each lecture will be given first at
| Haverford and then repeated later
the same week at Swarthmore.
The schedule follows:
On Wednesday, February 19, at
Haverford and on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 20, or Sunday, February 23,
at Swarthmore; Economic Factors,
Dr. Michael A. Heilperin, depart-
ment of economics and _ politics,
Bryn Mawr College.-
| On Wednesday, February 26, at
Haverford; Legal Principles, Dr.
Frances Reinhold Russell, depart-
ment of political science, Swarth-
more College; on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 27, or Sunday, March 2, at
+ Swarthmore College; Legal Prin-
ciples, Dr. Helen Dwight Reid, de-
partment of oe a and politics,
Bryn Mawr College.
On Wednesday, March 5, at Hav-.
‘erford and Thursday, March 6, or
Sunday, March 9, at Swarthmore;
The Institutional Framework, Dr.
Continued on Page Four :
a
Institution of Pound Sneaks Up On Poor,
Distraughtyand Lethargic Exam-Sufferers
By Marguerite Bogatko, 41
Now that the time’ ‘of mid-year
exams and reading periods is bear-
ing down.upon us, the problem of
‘study becomes a timely one. How
to study, where to study, what to
study, and when to study, are all
.questions of the greatest impor-
tance.
In one of our halls a terrible
new: thing has come about which
salts the whole horrid business
with a minimum of fuss and trouble
—a little institution commonly
known as “the pound” has sprung
“Any article left
a certain girl’s bed). Articles may
be redeemed only by eash. Type-
writers may be rescued for a dollar
and articles of intimate apparel go
pencil, or the paper you’re writing
and five minutes later it’s disap-
peared forever into the depths.
The system, is stronger than the
individual. There’s no use trying
to fight it. Only the rich girls in
our hall or the ones who carry all
expected to pass their examina-
‘tions. Some of us are afraid even
to go into the smoking room any-
more. Malicious or spiteful per-
One which carries out the |
even higher. Put a book down or 4| j,
their notes in their heads- ean be}}
Calendar
Thursday, January 16.—
Leslie Hotson, Shakes-
peare: “Not. of an Age,”
Roberts . Hall, Haverford,
8.15 P. M..
Ardmore Y. M. C, A. For-
um, Marital Problems,
8 P. M.
Friday, January 17.— .
College Assembly, Dean
Manning, 8.30 A. M.
Sunday, January 19.—
Art Club, illustrations. of
Canterbury Tales and
Chaucer’s England, Mr.
Stephen S. Herben, Com- ©
mon Room, 4 P. M.
Monday, January 20.—
Saturday, February 1.—
Mid-Year Examinations.
Saturday, February 1.—
Tuesday, February 4.—
Mid-Year weekend.
+ Monday, February 10.—
Dr. Ruth Bennedict, Indi-
vidual and Society, Good-
hart Hall.
Bryn Mawr to Send
Delegates to Lehigh
For *41 Model League
Common Room, January 14.—At
the meeting of the International
Relations Club, plans were dis-
cussed for the conference to be
held by the Model League of Na-
tions Assembly at Lehigh on
March 28 and 29. Bryn Mawr,
which is representing the United
States this year, will send six rep-
recentatives who will take part in
three of the four commissions.
These commissions will discuss the
problems of the Far East and the
Americas.
The general question of discus-
sion, will be what each nation
thinks should be their policy in
regard to the Far East, the Amer-
icas, and Europe, viewed from the
social, political, and economic
standpoint. The crux of the dis-
cussion is how best to contribute to
world peace.
A meeting will be held in Feb-
ruary to decide who will represent
the Club at the conference, and
what. policies the “United States”
should advocate. All persons in-
terested should see Georgia
Trainer, Rockefeller.
Bundles for Britain
Obtains New Agents
The locale of. the campus agents
for “Bundles ‘for Britain” has
been changed from Denbigh to
Rhoads North. The new agents
are Barbara Herman, 157, assisted
by Jacqueline Osborne, 165, and
Jean Round, 164. The branch was
formerly managed by Virginia
Sherwood, Peggy Shortlidge, and
Virginia Nichols.
The branch will carry principally
wool and instructions for knitting
garments for the British army.
There are also compacts, cigarette
eases, jewelry, and a new kirid of
apel pin.
needed, and it is urged that the
campus continue to put forth an
effort to help, as the ie half-of
a cold winter is. still ah
College Assembly
Mrs. Manning will speak-
| roneous
Warm old clothes are
'|(Mass Meeting Held to Consider
Student Organizations, May Day
Five Delegates Sent
To Joint Conference
Of ISS, NSFA Groups
Last spring the college voted to
join the National Student Federa-
tion of America and this year sent
delegates to the 16th annual .con-
gress, held December 27-31 at the
New Jersey College for Women in
New Brunswick. The convention
for the first time met conjointly
with the International Student Ser-
vice, and, although each organiza-
tion had its own commissions, there
were plenary sessions which both
attended. Louise Morley, Bryn
Mawr, ’40, was ohairingn of the
conference.
The N.S.F.A., primarily an or-
ganization for the discussion and
pooling of ideas about student gov-
ernment, has no political axe to
grind; while.I.S.8., although form-
ed originally for the relief of for-
eign students during the Great
War, and although, according to
policy, not intended to pass resolu-
tions, (a great cause of agitation
among the A. S. U. members pres-
ent)’ is a hot-bed of political ha-
rangue. The purpose of the joint
conference was to discuss the pos-
sibility of merging the N.S.F.A.
and the I.S.S. to form a large stu-
dent organization separate from the
Youth Congress.
There were about 450 delegates,
representing at least 35 states and
150 colleges. The delegates from
Bryn Mawr were Frances Matthai,
43 (student-government associa-
tion), Sally Matteson, ’43 (under-
graduate association), Elizabeth
Kerr, ’42 (League), Georgia Train-
er, ’41 (International Relations
Continued on Page four
May Day Voted Out for
’41; Student Conferences
Discussed
Goodhart, Thursday, January 9.
At the mass meeting in Goodhart
at 1.30 it was voted not to have
Big May Day this year, but to seri-
ously consider it’ for next year.
Chief objections to holding it this
year were that students were un-
willing to give up extra-curricular
activities such as relief work and
that courses had not been planned
with. Big May Day in mind.
At the meeting reports were
given by the representatives to the
I.S.S. and N.S.F.A. conference dur-
ing Christmas vacation. Frances
Matthai, ’43, described both organi-
zations, Betsey Kerr, ’42, told
about the conference and Sally
Matteson, ’43, discussed the bene-
fits of the conference for Bryn
Mawr.
Hockey Season Ends
At Huge Steak Spree
Goodhart Common Room, Tues-
day, January 14.—The 1940 hockey
season wound up with a successful
dinner. After the members of the
squad finished their steak and ice
cream the following elections were
made for the 1941 season: Captain,
Christine Waples, ’42; Manager,
‘Anne Denny, ’43; Assistant Mana-
ger, Gertrude Caesar, ’44. Cheers
and votes of thanks ushered out
this year’s illustrious Captain,
Shirley Weadock, ’41; Manager,
Margaret Perkins, ’42, and, of
course,’ Miss Grant.
Geological Association Meets on Campus;
, Longwell, Knopf, Flint Attend; a Sing Held
By Barbara Cooley, ’42
Conceited undergraduates have
long believed that the moment they
turn their backs on the halls of
residence and academic_ buildings
for the Christmas vacation, college
ceases to exist. This is a popular
misconception based entirely on er-
information circulated
most probably by someone who was
not brought up on the useful old
adage “While the cat’s away,”—
Now that the cats are back I
think they should be made to realize
that even the mice that inhabit the
crumbling gray walls of Bryn
Mawr know when to eat their cake.
A convention of the American As-
sociation for the Advancement of
Science was held in Philadelphia
after Christmas, and on December
28, Section \E -(Geology) had a
smoker in the New Science Build-
ing presided
I would like to give you full de-
tails of such things as what. kind
of refreshments mice have at their:
parties, but this cat has been belled
with threats of flunking required
science, if she breathes a word.
The details they would rather
have you know are that Kirk
Bryan, professor of physiography
at Harvard, gave an address on
the Geologic ,.Evidence of the An-
tiquity_of Man-in-North_America.|
on a new resolution of the
faculty with regard to the
His theory i is that man existed here
about 60,000 years ago, that is, in
~ eonduct of the examinations
on Friday 17th, at 8.30 A. M.
longer than 36 hours in the smoking
room is whisked away to the pound
(which we happen to know is under :
sons could easily relegate us to the
and disorderly conduct.
pound on the grounds of untidiness |
in Goodhart. All - students
are required to attend.
| last ice age.
the inter-glacial period before the
I am sure -my fellow
strugglers in first year geology will
be delighted to learn that the il-
lustrious Longwell, Knopf and Flint
er-by Mr. Watson. |,
of textbook fame attended the rev-
elries that evening, and that Long-
well and an eminent colleague were
so absorbed by the charms of two
Bryn Mawr demonstrators (geol-
ogic term meaning brunette) that
they missed the bus which was to
take them back to Philadelphia.
All turned out well, however, for
they succeeded at a late hour in
hiring a car and persuading the
two young ladies to come along.
The Geology Building was lav-
ishly admired by everyone, not only
because it is a fine building but be-
cause, except for Princeton and
Rochester, it is the only one in the
country expressly built for geology.
and buses arrived to transport the
geologists back to Philadelphia.
One new fluid drive bus had broken
down on the way out and just as it
was passing the infirmary it broke
down again. Joe, the lanterm man,
discovered their sorry plight and
marked resemblance to Santa Claus
began to lead_a sing which lasted
until almost one, when the bus was
in shape to continue again. (It is
rumored that the Lower Merion
Police hearing the racket made by
the singing, came to investigate,
but remained to join in).
nical sessions in Philadelphia,
which were very well-received.
Miss Armstrong’s paper on HMy-
Gneisses near Philadelphia was
called the best one presented.
At 11 o’clock, the party broke up
}-_Seven—_members—_of-thegeology ——-
department read papers at the tech- _
[seurried off for help;.meanwhile an +<- >
80-year-old geologist bearing a
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Dr. Tennent
The death of Dr. David H#lt Tennent on Tuesday morning
was a shock to his many friends and admirers at Bryn Mawr: Few
men have done as much for the college and few professors have
given as much to their students. Although, as. research professor
for the last three years, Dr. Tennent had little opportunity to meet
the present undergraduate body, we, believe ‘that his gentleness and
understanding were known by almost the entire campus, and will
always be remembered.
His services to Bryn Mawr College and to the world at large
‘We would like to record them so that those who
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are unusual.”
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could only know hin‘during the last three years might recognize the
value and extent of his work. He joined the Bryn Mawr faculty
as a lecturer in biology in 1904, and served as full professor from
1912 to 1938. H e was a member of the National Acailemy of |
Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Society
of Naturalists of which he was -a past president, the American
Society of Zoologists, whose president he was in 1916, the American
“Association tor the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, and
Sigma Xiv
. : ~ .
He had been chairman of the committee on Fellowships of the
National. Research Council, Director of Instruction in the -Depart-
“ment of Embryology of the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods
Hole, Mass., a member of the corporation and a trustee of the
Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, and an executive officer of the
Tortugas Marine Biological Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution
of Washington. He had conducted investigations in marine biology
at Woods Hole; at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island; at. the
United States Bureau of Fisheries Laboratory, Beaufort, North
_Carolina; at the Hopkins Marine Stations in California; at the
Carnegie Institution’s Laboratory at~Dry Tortugas, Florida; in
Jamaica; in the Totres Strait, Australia ; and in Japan. During
1930-31, he served as visiting professor of biology at Keio Uni-
versity, in Tokyo. At one time he was associate editor of the
Journal of Morpholgy.
At Bryn Mawr College he served as chairman of the committee
on the Coordination of the Sciences, and also as chairman of the
committee of the Made Miller Research Fund.
Dr, Tennent was appointed Research Professor in 1938, the only
professor to hold such a position at Bryn Mawr College. For the
past five years his research has been concerned with the photo-
dynamic effects of vital dyes. Just before his death: he completed a
paper on the, results of his investigations, which is now in the press.
It is called The Photo-Dynamic Action of Dyes on the Egg of the
Sea Urchin, Lytechinus variegatus. Until the day before his death
he was still engaged in active research in his private laboratory in
1 ie seabed
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“Audiences” :
"Alec Templetori played in Goodhart Hall on Monday night to
a “capacity audience.” Alec Templeton undoubtedly has’ an amaz-
ing talent, particularly in his amusing improvisation. Yet what
does it bespeak of the cultural interest of Bryn Mawr collegians that.
_ they. would. pack the house to be amused, and yet leave so many
empty seats at the recital of such a great artist as Helen Traubel?
; : ; ; ;
‘much to fill the hall for Templeton, and were probably discouraged
by bad weather on the night Helen Traubel sang. We do not mean
to deprecate Templeton-in-any way, for -he is a-gifted and energetic
pianist, and it is good for all to appreciate his talent. But doesn’t
greatness of Menuhin and Traubel—
| : or would we rather be amused than culturally entertained 2
-
a | lowing issues.
OPEN FORUM
The News hopes.to continue ar-
‘ticles on foreign universities in fol-
Of German University |
‘Before Hitler |
®
Individualism in English,
American Eduéation
~ Compared
‘By Max Diez,
Professor of German literature |
Strictly speaking, the German stu-
dent does not go to college, because |
ithe German system has nothing
| comparable to this: most delightful |
In the space allotted it is impos-|part of our American line-up. Our
‘sible.evén to outline the differences | pleasant arfd gradual emancipation
| between English and American ed- lof the student from faculty control, |
ication. much as’ I would like tojas he progresses from the high
oblige the News. Lacking the tem- | school through college to the grad-
‘erity to attempt any evaluation of|uate ‘school, is unknown in Ger-
| merit, I shall here confine myself to | many. Instead, the student is
'a few personal observations on the; thrown very abruptly-from the rig- |
student-teacher relationships here | orous nine-year grind of the Gym-|
‘and in the college at London I at-|nasium into the total freedom.. of
‘tended, Even in this limited field | the university, ‘not without disas-
'I eannot commit myself to any/|trous results in many cases; most
| judgment as to the degree of inde-|students waste from one to four
| péndence, individual enterprise and |semesters, before they settle down
ithe like, enjoyed in these institu-!and some never do get down to
| tions but may perhaps point out its {workin the university. |
\differing #mphasis and quality, | The backbone of the German sys- |
|For ¢ ple I myself never even | tem, which is extremely complicat-.
thought of altering the college reg-' ed and comprises some fifty differ- |
ulations about the curriculum 1 fol-! ent types of schools, is the “human- |
lowed: I knew just about what I istic’ Gymnasium, together with|
‘must do when I arrived at Hollo-|its more “realistic,” i.e., practical |
ag By Caroline Robbins,
' associate professor of ‘history
Diez Describes Freedom |
Opinion
‘'Free Fun and Lunch Offered
To a Talented Bryn
Mawr Studént
“ Mitch has been made this year of
cooperation among small. colleges
for the benefit of higher education.
selieving in the worthiness of the
‘cause, we publish the following let-
ter. The writer asks to be put in
our personal colurnn but we are
afraid we have to lay bare his
little private deal under Public
Opinion:
“Dear Potential Carnital Queen:
It will soon be Carnival time at
Dartmouth again. This year it is
being held on February 7, 8, and 9.
This letter may sound rather
strange to you but actually it is
ithe smartest thing I’ve ever’ done.
| My situation is this: I want a date
for Carnival from a new field. In
Continued on Page Three
| period between the first World War
and the accession of Hitler, have
alleviated these conditions.
The German university is pri-
way college, and, having arrived
/and made the trifling choice be-,
‘tween a field in a medieval as-
| signed subject and a British im-
perial subject, which was the only
possible alternative, and which af-
fected only about a tenth of all my
work; settled into the serious busi-
ness of preparing for the bachelor’s
degree. During my first year—
terminated by an examination, fail-
ure to:pass which would have
meant withdrawal from college—I
attended a good many classes in
fairly varied fields, but thereafter
‘had some five hours of lecture or
seminar a week and a fortnightly
conference which was more often
than not omitted and spent the rest
of my time working, slacking, run-
ning political societies and _ so
forth. I had most kind and able
|teachers, but neither they nor I
really expected that my degree de-
pended on their efforts: I didnot
expect reading lists, nor any, but
the most infrequent of tests, nor
even questioning about my activi-
ties.. Had I been a border-line case
at entrance or in the Intermediate
(first year) examination, some fur-
ther inquiries might have been
made, but generally a well-behaved
and supposedly well-prepared stu-
dent was pretty much mistress of
her time. Quite possibly I should
have profited by the careful teach-
ing -and experimental courses of-
fered in many American colleges,
but I gained a degree of self-
assurance and independence in
planning my time and my work
which has stood me in very good
stead and has forever released me
from what might be called “lecture.
slavery.” On-the other hand I
never at-ahy time had a chance to
discuss educational principles or
methods as the Bryn Mawr under-
graduate curriculum committde
has; I missed a great many aids~
|
MOVIES
In Town:
ALDINE: “The Son of Monte
Cristo,” Louis Hayward and Joan
Bennett, .
ARCADIA: “Christmas in July,”
Dick Powell and Ellen Drew.
BOYD: “Philadelphia Story,”
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant,
-and James Stewart.
KEITH’S: “The Thief of Bag-
dad,” Sabu.
~ STANLEY: “Comrade X,” Clark
Gable and Hedy Lamarr.-_— -
Planetarium
: ‘ 'maril ‘k-
sisters, the Realgymnasium and | PUY © EMENONG BORON; -& NETE
‘gee shop for research. Lecture courses,
Oberrealschule. Beginning at S| «seh Beane is oe d d
we would call the fifth grade, these. k . kage sf : oi spent 2
pchosie ‘peepee thele wuewe th tS hacia or juniors and seniors, are
: : ’ of course to: be had in abundance,
very. intensive course (nine years | but the serious and important. work
of Latin, eight of Greek in the ‘i, done in the “seminars,’” where
Gymnasium; equal amounts of, :
: ( og students
French and English in the Real-| cutstan a bag “
schule; German, history, mathe- | & Thee TOO asec
alee : ‘in the methods and technique of
matics, sciences, etc.) for the state | : :
ie, age ~~ -advancing human knowledge, and
examination of maturity,” which | 7
: nite the degree of doctor of philosophy
entitles them to admission to the) :
- : | (the A.B. and M.A., common in the
university or to some other Hoch-| _ . ; j
nn harden ete: ta taageds ar middle ages, have long since been
ees ‘abandoned) is the official recogni-
university rank (engineering, com- tion of ‘the candidate’s ability, as
mercial, normal, military). The demonstrated ‘by a thesis at 3
work of th reparator h one ;
. ese preparatory & sols aminations, to do independent re-
was formerly extremely heavy-and searek
exacting, too much ‘so in fact, as| 4, i yepublic oF pikeliee: ta.
was seen in the numerous cases of | . bees ee
: S cases Of | ished and incipient, this institution,
mental depression and ~ suicide |
: : ~ | until the advent of Hitler, enjoyed
among the pupils facing the. matur-| , easure of academic freedom
ity examinations} anamapiaieloteg experi- | which was probably unique in the
ments at-reform, especially in thea. lindas a. Geacieion of
“freedom of instruction” (Lehr-
knowledge which teachers here freiheit), as deyeloped in the nine-
may be depended on to advertise; teenth century, the German profes-
I-never had the opportunity to de- ' sor was bound by no regular rou-
mand and receive instruction in tine or definite assignments under
widely scattered if not haphazard-. any fixed or controlled curriculum;
ly chosen subjects with the knowl-|he was free to lecture and to con-
edge it could count towards my | duct investigations in his seminars
degree; I at no time felt I was ac-| on any subject which he considered
quiring credit which might offset a himself fit to handle; he alone de-
poor showing in the final examina- 'termined the number, content and
tion, capacity to pass which de-|scope of such courses and even
pended on personal enterprise and | scheduled the hours to suit his own —
toughness. Generally speaking we! convenience; above all, he was
looked on instruction as: a neces-| wholly free from any sort of re-
sary evil, as a short cut, as a striction or censorship on the pub-
means of observing in the flesh the ‘lication of the truth as he found it.
scholars whose works we were | The. students, on the other hand,
reading, as a pleasant introduction | enjoyed a Lernfreiheit, that has al-
to older and stimulating people who; ways seemed incredibly attractive
had chosen the same career as | to our,undergraduates, when they
ourselves: we seldom considered | Were told about it. They registered
the classes, lectures, seminars, or | for as many courses as they saw
even the rarely offered tutorials as | fit and attended those which seemed
anything but an extremely small to them interesting or profitable as
part of reading for the degree.| often or as seldom as they pleased;
Here I suppose that actual pera ie esa were they confined to the
tion outclasses even the much-be-j| courses for which they were regis-
loved and over-emphasized paper|tered. No one controlled their at-
in importance and this difference in tendarice in any course, there were
emphasis affects the quality of; neither assignments of work nor
teaching in each country most fun-| any quizzes and examinations, and
damentally and must always be long papers only in the seminars.
considered when student freedom When, usually after from six to
of action is being discussed. -Law-) ten semesters, taken at several dif-
rence of Arabia, late in his life ferent universities, a student con-
joined the army, not to curtail his sidered that he had learned enough,
own freedom, as I understand him,
but to provide hig mind with com-
plete ‘independence of thought, un-
fettered-by.the-necessity of choice
of action. Possibly by demanding
so much liberty of action, the
American undergraduate leaves
he got to work on his thesis and
then presented himself for his ex-
aminations for the doctor’s degree,
-which-was the goal of his aspira-
tions. _ te : a
Academic freedom, for profes-
sors and students, is now a thing of
|
+The January demonstration at
the Fels Planetarium will be on
“The Evolution of the Calendar”
and will be supplimented by a _dis-
play of calendars showing their
history. During February, the
and His Family.”
demonstration will be on “The Sun]
less time for constructive and im-
aginative thought. Her English
contemporary by a supine accept-
ance of. _a—restricted curriculum
may equally be missing many very
desirable educational opportunities,
but these you may easily list for
yourselves, — eg
af
- bintnechonta
-
the past. The National Socialists
are reforming the whole system,
from the elementary Grundschule
the one totalitarian aim of training
men and...women who will be
vient to the Party and the State. —
i
Shee
up to the university, to conform to
‘thoroughly and absolutely subser-.
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: other words, I’m searching for new
Student Suggests Long
rStudent Union urges all students
‘ December 9, just after one of the
—----wreng-in-supposing-that-the-spirit
the people of Bristol,
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talent.
I’m of average height and have
‘dark hair. I’m a fraternity man
gnd enjoy a good weekend, espe-
cially one like Carnival. A friend
of mine is trying the same experi-
ment. He’s six feet, a good ath-
ylete, and quite the smoothy.. So,
if any of you want to bring :
friend,. (because of skepticism),
the way is clear.
Please write as soon as possible
so we can make plans. Carnival is
only three weeks off, so the sooner
I hear from you the better. My ad-
dress is—210 Russell Sage—Han-
over, New Hampshire.
Hopefully,
AL STEVENS.
Papers be Read to
_ Those Interested
January 138, 1941
To the Editor of the Nrews:
As the various subjects of the
recent long papers (now happily
handed in!) were for the most part
very interesting and worthwhile, it
seems to me that it would be very
profitable in the future to have for
each of the lecture courses one or
two voluntary afternoon classes,
during some week after the papers
have been written and corrected,
at which the best of these “works”
would be read for the benefit of all
those interested.
Sincerely yours,
MARJORIE F'LooD, 742.
Opposition to Lend Lease
Bill Urged by Student
Union
January 138, 1941
To the Editor of the NEws:
Last Friday the text of the Lend-
Lease Bill now before Congress
was printed in the morning papers.
This bill transfers from Congress
to the Executive the power to pro-
vide all types of material aid to
Great Britain. Specifically the bill
allows for the loan of any war ma-
terials and also industrial machin-
ery at the President’s discretion.
Since we feel that the provisions
of this bill would make inevitable
our entrance as a belligerent into
the war and since we fear any act
which would entrust to one man
practically complete control over
our foreign policy, the American
to write their Congressmen and
Senators at once insisting on the
defeat of this bill.
Sincerely,
Bess LOMAX, ’41.
English Students Remain
Calm Durinf Pre-Exam
Bombings
- January 12, 1941
To the Editor of the COLLEGE
NEWS:
“It has been suggested to me that
the following instance of the kind
of difficult conditions which must
aow be met in English schools and
colleges as part of. the days’ work,}
may be of interest to Bryn Mawr.
+ It comes in a letter written on
severe bombings of Bristol, by Miss
M. R. Toynbee, sister of the well-
known Arnold Toynbee, and: her-
self, Faculty Lecturer of St. Hilda’s
College, Oxford. — “Commenting- OTF}
that disaster she says, “They are
Goodhart Opened
Friday and Saturday
nights until 12.00, escorted’
undergraduates may cook,
dance and listen to records or
radio programs in Goodhart
Hall. 12.15 permission will
be granted.
heatre
New | Play ‘athe Lehaesais
Plot and Characters
Found. Trite
By Olivia Kahn, 41
Despite reports to the contrary,
Elmer Rice’s Flight to the West is
best classified as a major disaster
in a dramatically (among other
things) disastrous year. The Play-
wrights’ Company is backing Mr.
Rice’s call to democracy and it is
somewhat surprising that such able
dramatists as Robert Sherwood,
Maxwell Anderson and S. N. Behr-
man would have allowed Flight to
the West to be produced under
their banner.
Whatever else it may be, Flight
to the West is not a play. It lacks
dramatic force and unity, its exits
and entrances are extremely awk-
ward, and its characters are flat
and far too familiar. Somehow it
seems to take weeks before the
clipper has crossed the ocean and
the audience is free to stretch its
weary legs and stagger home.
Naturally the minute Mr. Rice’s
characters, who are fleeing from
Europe to American peace and se-
curity, step on board they identify
themselves as central figures in the
tragedy they have just left. Refu-
gees and desponderit .intellectuals
carouse with the scum of the Nazi
government, pausing only for an
occasional drink or to recite the
names of butterflies which here
are, of course, tools for* German
penetration, / No one, happily, gets
airsick, but the hero, an American
Jew, manages to stop a few bullets
in the next to the last scene, thus
lending some variety to the action.
‘Tf Mr. Rice had anything new to
say about world affairs or if he had
managed to throw some new light
on the relation between the Nazis
and their opponents, his play would
undoubtedly be worth something,
although not as a piece of’ stage
craftsmanship. But Mr. Rice’s
propaganda, for no matter how
one feels about the condition of the
world, it is impossible to call Flight
to the West anything else, is mere-
ly an unwieldly mass of clichés, a
cross section of the conversation
which has gone on in almost every
(Bristol) High School.
Their headmistress appended a
note to the papers to say: ‘Please
bear in mind that the night before
the examination began we ‘were
subjected to a very heavy air at-
tack and were considerably shaken
by it.’ I expected to find signs of
this in the candidates papers. But
instead of that their papers were
among the best, the most thought-
ful and the most finished, with not
a trace of “‘nerves” to be seen. That
is only a small thing in itself, -I
know, but it is creditable and it is
typical of the way | our boys and
girls are behaving.” .
So Miss ‘Toynbee.
of mine is needed...
Sincerely: yours,
CHRISTINA GARRET, 1903.
Clifton
No comment
Gn Print
Science Works in
Woodward Room Are °
Reviewed
Specially ‘contributed by
By A. Geraldine Whiting,
science-historian
During the series of lectures on
|the—history—of—s¢ience~it- was an-
nounced that the Library had gath-
ered-together on special shelves in
the Quita Woodward Memorial
Room a group of books on this sub-
ject. Among these books there are
several of particular interest be-
cause, as early editions of some
important contributions to science,
they have been actual participants
in that history.
Of these books the earliest title is
that of De Re Metallica (1556) by
George Agricola (1490-1555), al-
though the copy in hand is a recent
translation, This was an. early
and important guide in the fields
of mining and metallurgy. It is
significant now because Agricola
was one of the first to sound the
keynote of the new science: “I have
omitted all those things which I
have not myself seen, or have not
read or heard of from persons upon
whom I can rely.”. (Preface p.
xxx). The woodcut illustrations,
quaint to us, were actually drawn
from life, a distinct change from
the older. method of simply copy-
ing from other sources. This basis
of direct observation rather than
speculation was an important in-
novation in scientific procedure of
the sixteenth century.
The next books are truly old ones,
being the 1656 collection of some
of the works of Galileo (1564-
1642). Two of his famous papers,
“The Sidereal Messenger” and
“Discourses on Two New Branches
of Science pertaining to Mechanics
and Local Motions” are found in
the second volume.. The first of
these papers records the earliest
important scientific discoveries
made with the aid of the telescope,
and the second. gives Galileo the
role of founder of the science of
mechanics. In addition. to scien-
tific value these volumes have in-
trinsic interest as books, the old
parchment binding with the heavy
cords across..the. back, the laid
paper, identified, when held to the
light, by the translucent wire and
chain marks of the screen on which
the paper was handmade iin 1656,
home and institution in this coun-
try since last September. - The
playwright is here neither instruc-
tive nor amusing.
The cast does moderately well.
Paul Hernried (currently appear-
ing in Night Train which gives
gives him a far better opportunity
to show what he can do), is excel-
lent as the chief Nazi agent, sinis-
ter and conspiring. Lydia St. Clair
is a convincingly hysterical refugee
from Belgium, and Eleanora Men-
delssohn is fine as the pathetic
Gernian lady with little hope for
the future. One of the more origi-
nal performances is that of James
Seely, American Legion leader, who
shot bears with Goering and con-
siders him a charming fellow.
Others in the cast.are Hugh Mar-
lowe, Howard Ingraham, and Betty.
‘| Fields. Do not ‘éxpect anything
very inspiring from the latter. A
pseudo- Dorothy Thompson goes
along on the-trip: to make the ros-
ter complete. :
ADAM’S
sass
Quita |
‘ Ambulance Course
Anyone interested in’ at-
tending an Ambulance Course
which will be given every
Thursday evening’ from 8 to
10 o'clock in. the Power
House, may obtain details
from E. Crozier, 301 Rhoads
South.
the italic typeface which originated
in Italy about fifty years earlier,
and_finally..the lettering across.the
‘leaf edges at the bottom of the
book for identification of author
and title in an old library, where,
as was customary with manuscript
volumes, the books were’ shelved
flat on one side.
A third title is that of The An-
atomy of Plants (1682, second edi-
tion) by Nehemiah Grew (1641-
1712), a work entitling Grew to
rank as founder of plant anatomy
which was a new field opened to
investigation by the earlier inven-
tion of the microscope. It is in-
teresting to note the relatively ac-
curate cellular details of the illus-
trations, yet Grew, uncomprehend-
ing, believed he was dealing sim-
ply with a lace-like pattern of
fibers. ‘The cell theory, such a
commonplace today, was still half
a century away.
~The name of Isaac Newton
(1642-1727): scarcely needs intro-
duction except to note that he made
important contributions in the field
of mathematics and in the study
of light as well as in his famous
work on gravitation and motion.
The Library has a copy of the sec-
ond edition of his study..on light
‘Optiks, or a Treatise of the Re-
flections, Refractions, Inflections
and Colours of Light (1730). (This
book is on reserve in the philosophy
seminar. )
describes his experiments showing | gy
that light consists of differing rays
and this diversity explains: the col-
ors produced by white light pass- |!
ing through a prism. At the same]:
time he thought of light as cor-';
puscular in nature, a theory sug-
gestive of the modern quantum con-
ception. ,. In passing, it As interest-
In this work Newton ps
Faculty and Alumni
Win Election Honors
During the past Christmas vaca-
tion, four members of the Bryn
Mawr faculty and alumnae were
honored in the elections of various
societies.
At the elections of the American
Philosophical Association, Mrs. de
Laguna, head of the Bryn Mawr
philosophy department, was chosen
president*-of~the~-eastern—section:~
Miss. Lily Ross Taylor, acting dean
of our graduate school, was elected
first vice-president of the Amer-
ican Philological Association. This
promotion further means that she
will succeed as next. president of
the Association. Miss Logfasso,
also of the Bryn Mawr faculty, was
made head of the Italian Division
of the Modern Languages Associa-
tion.
Miss Nellie Neilson,-who received
her degrees as Bachelor of Arts,
Master of Arts, and Doctor of
Philosophy at Bryn Mawr, has been
elected vice-president of the Amer-
ican. Historical Association. She
is now professor of history and po-
litical science at Mt. Holyoke Col-
lege.
ing to note that the initiation of
much of Newton’s brilliant studies
took place..about the time he re-
ceived /his university degree, that
is, in his twenty-third and twenty-
fourth years
Thus far each book has been part
of a major contribution to the pro-
gress of science. The next is one
which was very popular in its day
but which remained within the
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; sinha adtalilinliimaaiie ani : = ning a cago. Since that time public opin-
: af Nostalgic Glimpse Snatched of Christmas all Convent Events ||ion bas deen. prepared: to acct
in prov Gaiety Before Facing the New Year of Toil urrent Cents =|! this definite stand by the- consis-
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limitations of its time.- This is Wil-
liam Whiston’s (1666-1753) A New
Theory of the Earth, from its
Original to the Consummation of
All Things, Wherein the ‘Creation
of the World in Six Days, The Uni-
versal Deluge and the General Con-
flagration as laid down in the Holy
Scriptures are Shown to be Per-
fectly Agreeable to Reason and
Philosophy (1696, sixth edition).
Whiston lived up to his title in its
entirety and his book is an amaz-
ing and amusing ‘combinaton of
fancy and ingenious reasoning.
A similar timely product is Dar-
win’s Botanic Garden, A Poem in
Two Parts. Part I. The Economy
of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves
of the Plants (1791, second edi-
tion). (This book is on reserve at
the main Loan _ Desk.) First
thought is of Charles Darwin, but
this is his grandfather Erasmus
Darwin (1731-1802), well-known in
his day as a naturalist and a poet.
As a naturalist he, too, was an
evolutionist although with the older
and erroneous point of view that
was later developed by Lamarck.
The Botanic Garden is his most fa-
mous poetic work and while it con-
tains much correct information on
various. biological subjects, the
stilted style and fanciful. personifi-
cations quickly take it from the
more austere realm of pure sci-
ence. With this volume it is inter-
which have come about in the for-
mat of the book. The leather bind-
ing (the back has been replaced),
the title-page, the engraved illus-
trations, the text page, and the ro-
man type, except for the discon-
certing long S, are more familiar,
more nearly modern.
More than a century after Whis-
ton another writer on the problem
of “the earth from its original”
established the modern view of the
geologic history of the earth. » This
was Charles Lyell (1797-1875) in
his famous volumes Principles of
Geology (1873, eleventh edition, in
Cooperation Program
To Include Lectures
' Continuea from Page One
Benjamin Gerig, department of
government, Haverford College.
This experiment is an illustra-
tion of the results which may be ob-
tained by a ccegrentey of small
colleges.
Haverford Lecture
In Robert’s Hall on Thurs-
day evening, January 16,
1941, at 8.15 o'clock, the
Thomas Shipley Foundation
of Haverford College will
present Leslie Hotson to
speak on Shakespeare: “Not
of an Age.” Mr. Hotson is
professor of English at Hav-
erford College, and a very
eminent scholar in the field of
Elizabethan literature. He
has. won international repu-
tation for his recent discov-
ery of the actual incident of
the death of Christopher
Marlowe.
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By Barbara Herman, *43
The Christmas
passed. As we set our eyes ahead
and our alarm clocks back, we look
sternly towards a dreary future
filled with toil; and face the pros-
pect of those two long papers which
have to be polished off before Fri-
day, of the accumulation of long
months of reading assignments,
and finally of-exams:
back for one nostalgic moment, and
let the memories of the gaiety of
Christmas Past seep into our
minds. And, while we do so, let
us drop a tear of sympathy for
some poor unfortunates.
vacation has
departure for college was presented
by a glowing and_ triumphant
father with a large and scholarly
book on Shelley, to help her with
Let-us-look*
The girl who on the eve of her.
her long English paper on Spenser.
The junior who arrived at a well-
known winter resort and looked so
young that all the prep school boys
were after her.
The girl who had to leave in the
middle of a movie in order to catch
the train back, and whose thoughts
are haunted day and night. because
she never found out if Errol Flynn
escaped from the burning barn.
-Fhe-girl-who-greeted_her friends
at the first dance of the season
while flat on her face on the dance
floor.
The girl who managed to spend a
week skiing at Lake Placid without
a spill, and then who fell down the
stairs and hurt her leg.
And finally, though not of our
Sisterhood, the chorus girl in the
+} Triangle Show who lost her figure
on the stage.
B. M. Delegates Attend
ISS, NSFA_ Congress
Continued from Page One
Club), and Agnes Martin, ’43
(NEws). Of the three joint as-
semblies the first was entitled,
Does Academic Freedom Apply to
the Student? - The speakers, ex-
pressing the teacher’s, the educa-
tor’s. and the undergraduate’s
erally speaking, “academic free-
dom,” applies to faculty only, some
the Geology Library). These vol-
umes were among the books taken
and well studied by Darwin on his
voyage in the Beagle, arid’ one ;can
say, literally, that they laid the
groundwork for his theory of evo-
ardent supporter.
interest to American readers is an-
other title by Lyell, Travels in
North America (1845, first edi-
tion). Written in a lively style
and not wholly geologic, this travel
book gives an interesting view of
science and society in our country
neaehy. | a century ago.
points of view, felt that even if, lit-.
lution of which Lyell became an:
Of particular |
sort of freedom, whether called by
that name or not, must at all costs
be maintained for students.
The subject of the second of these
sessions was the international situ-
ation with Quincy Howe, author,
and Reinhold Niebuhr of the Union
Theological Seminary as speakers.
National defense is our most essen-
tial need, Howe said, for “only a
strong U. S. A. can make Britain
strong.” America should strive
above all to stay out of this war—
a largely imperialistic struggle, as
he feels. Niebuhr, on the other
hand, advocates all aid to Britain,
but he takes this stand as a de-
featist, for he thinks that; although
the war is imperialistic, our stake
in Britain’s victory is too great to
let us endure passively her defeat.
Youth’s Philosophy for Democ-
racy was the closing session of the
1.8.8. The reports of the commis-
sions were read, and from them a
resumé of the purposes and accom-
plishments of youth in general was
presented by several speakers.
came when Mrs. Roosevelt, the
foremost. patroness of. the LS.S.,
| spoke, answering questions vary-
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The culmination of the congress’
Miss Reid
Common Room, January 7.—
The President’s speech on Sunday
night, said Miss Reid, committed
us irrevocably +o the support of one
side in this war. It marked the
climax of the President’s policy
which he first expressed in the
“quarantining the aggressor”
speech several years ago in Chi-
ing from anxious queries. on labor
camps to “what do you think of the
Yankees’ chances for ’41?” The
former she answered with a frank
advocation of compulsory camps,
and the answer to the latter was
lost in laughter.
Between these joint sessions each
organization had been having its
own commissions. In those of the
I.S.S. much was discussed but few
conclusions reached. But in the
N.S.F.A. conferences problems of
student government were brought
up, and undoubtedly, helpful sug-
gestions were taken home.
The N,S.F.A. congress continued
after the I.S.S. finished. It elected
officers; and feeling that the dis-
cussion of foreign and political is-
sues were in the way of their prac-
tical concern with campus prob-
lems, the members voted to become
independent of both the I.S.S. and
the Youth Congress.
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tant attitude of the President and
by events in Europe.
The President’s remarks in’ the
fireside speech abou gang»
in this country ma haaow
more effective [Prone Ara control
of sabotage. As it is, the govern-
ment can control sabotage -only in
plants producing munitions for the
United States. This is undoubted-
ly one of the main reasons for the
President’s plan for all war. sup-
plies to be produced nominally. for...
this country and then loaned to
England,
The fall. of Bardia is important
in its military aspects and possible
political effects. From the military
standpoint it demonstrated the suc-
cess of the new type of attack, in- ~
volving the coordinated use of na-
val, military and air forces. Po-
litically it may have a great effect
on the balance of power in the
Mediterrean, particularly in North
Africa where France still has large
holdings.
The appointment of Admiral
Leahy as ambassador to Vichy and
Harry Hopkins’ unofficial visit to
England places the United States
in closer contact with Europe than
she has been for some time. For
France,. Leahy’s appointment must
be welcome, since American di-
plomacy can be used as a support
against Germany.
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Future to Students, On February 8, the Non- For Student Essays. 1941 Shaw Lectures Peace of the Future
. Residents are holding their °
Jobs for Graduates anual dance in the Common = ep ee see pares : a aapuaag
ee Room, from nine o’clock until ie hae yb — —_ wl — on = ee of Miss Muriel Lester, a well-known
: es ummittee, heade y Elias anthropology at Columbia Univer-; pyolish cocja) workes will enn
Goodhart Conmon Room, Thurs- 1¢. Students in all the halls Lustig : of Adams H: aie i as so sity will be ha ‘hana Howard 7 aE DOES WOTRSS, Se ane
we Aa rn Pdr 4 é € ’ € an- ’ ’ i? hile 4 i« 2 .
day, January 9—Mrs. Gladys 0. a eli so ac oad ‘nounced an essay contest. Students Shaw. lecturers for ‘this year and in Philadelphia at 8 P. M. on Sat-
couple; $1.00 stag.
™ a ee ° A urday, J¢ arv Ger » antic
Beranger, of the Examining Board | who had not reached their 19th’ will speak on Pe rsonality and Cul- irday, January 18, at the Baptist
of the Civil Service Commission, | | birthday by January 1, 1941, are ture. Her lectures are scheduled; Temple Church on Broad and
ig nat a e528 : a her ~ . ° ‘ .
spoke under the auspices of the Vo- Alec Templeton Shows eligible for the senjor division and for the six egnsecutive Mondays be-. Berks Streets, The founder of
s s . | : . . « ar et", i. . . ‘a Ia YNW oe ;
cational Committee of the college, | Skill, Humor, Ingenuity a 1,000 dollar lactis Genes _ ‘ginning February 10. | Kingsley Hall in London, the Eng-
on Opportunities for Women in Essays on the topic Why Na-, Miss Benedict will live on camp- lish equivalent of Hull H Mi
! : pelo eee : ish equivalent of Hu ouse, Miss
Government. Service. She stressed Goniiated hein Puke Ons tional Unity is Important to My .us for six weeks and will take part Paskin | eS
’ Ky 3 . .ester ‘aveling forthe-Fe "
the fact that the defense program |¢:.a:. .:¢. ¢ Country, must not -exceed ..259 in the graduate seminar—on—the—‘“©S'? 1s traveling-for-the- Fellow
S¢ progran) | tistic gift: for composing pleasant, , r 7 HES N eit hi f Reconciliation i is
has created a need for women to! : words. March 15, 1941 is the dead- Individual and Society conducted ; Ship of Reconciliation and will dis-
: meee Beit. “+ though perhaps not’ unusual piano |, “Saseon'ah ras pond s bid a ‘ sas
filmanyprofesstonal positions in a ES Inre.~Essays should be sent to the by Mr. Donald W. MacKinnon, as- "cuss the world situation in terms
11e€CES ° .
ae : ls pi N ee > } | * . indeed , pera) i ea ye " ‘ Fass iy P “tT My «€ . ‘ mY
all departments." During the last | Crilow th He Conve 4 ee. office : i ah 657 Broad bist Lapel ie bess ade and oj lang range planning for peace.
. rears the m yer > eollese ‘ ne way, New: York. MisS Fredricka deLaguna lecturer 4 :
ten i: oe ma ‘bes of college ernization of. gld artists’ was a at : thropol ee Among the grad After her present tour, she is plan-
sraduates employed has risen fro.a ; erin ————., In anthropology. Among the grad-| . .
Sradue pee = : light and proper theme played in nng to leeture throughout South
600 to 51,000.
uates working in this seminar is
: the manner of Greig, which soon|!a Liszt, and“te also manipulated Mine Judith. Stoshan of Cambrid America. The Peace Council, the
“he ‘ofess ‘ siti + ore . : : . AVLISS n step ( é ‘1age * ’ ‘
The professional positions are became interspersed with .many |the motive into pieces in the style es — ‘ty i the M Pau] Philosophy Club and the Chapel
better tharl“the purely clerical jobs, jazz tricks. —~ 1of- Stephen Foster“and~ George lin ao oo son i Committee had planned to have
because-there is more opportunity |* ; . Cershwi Collins Fellow, eas: : . :
: V re sad »pportunity | A rtey this, the audience -was | Gershwin. Miss Lester speak at Bryn Mawr,
or advancement. Praining Courses | ..11ed upon to name-five notes, and} Another, and one of the newest ~ _ but were not able to arrange a
are given employees. in many. de- | those given were D flat, G, B flat,|“Modernizations of old artists,” laughter. The Wagnerian Opera bine
ar ~ ‘ry ; re matic a | : ‘ haa . “ 720 AG nis a 'tQ1nN1 ry aoc > = as
partments, promotion examinations A sharp, and Fe Mr. Templeton! was Corelli in the Coral, an‘ amus- Was ¢ pecially entertaining, as on¢
sachs ico any One 5 Fpee 3 | Cleve rly wove this short theme into |ing tune developed in a cowboy alternate ly heard the high and -
transfer to another department. Lan onininal comp sition and then | manner ,dramatie shrieks of the soprano YALE UNIVERSITY
7 a L21née Os é ‘ ‘ | ; : i i
Examinations are offered to col-| 4 the, same five notes to impro-| Next Mr. Templeton called upon, 2nd the lower, masculine voices of School of Nursing
lege students at several.times dur- ese
Juniors are eligible |
2 tI a fugue in the style of Bach.
y > wear | F
ing the year. | Again
dé tha! SaaS Ata ete with the same theme, he
, 2xamination. | .
oF we biota aD. SARIMAO | played an Hungarian Rhapsody a
Their record on this examination, | Ninth Symphony, Rhapsody — in ‘called Thoughts on Friendship. perience in the various
. a oe ‘ branches of nursing is off-
and any outside experience which | Blue, and The Blue Danube. He ered during ha: A li
ELIZABETH would supplement the work they |improvised on these and the audi- | : £ months’ course which leads
K. BROWNBACK have done in college, may qualify |ence was so delighted that four Concentrate in Comfort to the degree of
.them for jobs in Washington dur-
‘ing the summer, which they ean re-
sume after they graduate. -For
Seniors, there is a Junior Profes-
sional Assistant examination,
which will rate. them for: positions
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SPORTS AFTERNOON
EVENING DRESSES
$3.95 to $10.95
Values to $22.95
lege.
dents should apply to Mrs. Cren- |
shaw, Vocational Director,
third. floor of Taylor.
| played a vocal impression of The
in the field of their major at col- |
For further information, stu-
|
on the |
| provoked
the audience to name four tunes of
any type, and those suggested were
more tunes were -called, which he
treated in the’ same manner.
As encores, Mr. Templeton
Three Little Fishes, as-it might be
‘presented by the Music Apprecia-
tion Hour, and his own rendition
of the Shortest Wagnerian Opera
ever written or Through the Ring
Five Minutes. Both of these
much loud and hearty
in
|The Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven’s , 9M @ More serious note,
the tenor and bass. l
Mr. Templeton left the audience |
which he |
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Survey Finds Stadia ey
THE COLLEGE NEWS
Optimistic
About Keeping U: S. Out of European War
Austin, Texas.—Although still
more optimistic about ‘the United
‘States staying out of war than the
general public is, American college
students_have lost some confidence
during the last twelve months that
we can avoid the conflict.
‘This is the tenor of National
campus opinion today (December)
expressai—through the cross-sec-
tional samplings of Student Opin-
ion Surveys of America.
The defense expansion program
that. this country is now witnessing
will be a factor in helping to keep
us out-of the European conflagra-
tion, two out of every three col-
legians believe. ° Asked by Surveys’
interviewers whether they “felt the
enlargement of our army and navy
will help to keep us out of war or
draw us closer to war,” these were
the answers given, in percentages:
Will help to keep us out... 67%
Will draw us closer...... 33%
Exactly one year ago, in Decem-
ber, 1939, Student Opinion Surveys
sampled the college world with this
question: “Do you believe that the
United States can stay out of the
present: war?” . That was shortly
after-the German invasion of
Poland and the beginning of gen-
eral hostilities. The question has
been repeated, and this is the com-
parison:
Believed we can‘ stay out,
December, 1939 ........ 68%
Believed we can stay out,
December, 1940 ........ 63%
Engagements
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Edward Ryerson.
Jessie Stewart,
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Nancy Taylor, ’41, to Wil-
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believe the U. S.- will not .be in-
volved, 7 per cent attached an “if”
to their answers. Most of. these
qualifications included the idea ex-
pressed by a University of Ver-
mcnt senior, “Yes, we can stay out
if Britain can hold out long
enough.” , But there were many
who feel this nation” has~atready
taken too many dangerous steps.
“We’re already in it, for we are
fighting economically for England,”
said a St. Edward’s (Texas) Uni-
versity sophomore.
College youth has better hopes
for the international future of the
country than does the average
American voter. The most recent
Gallup poll (November 30) on the
subject reveals that although op-
timism. is growing, a majority of
59 per cent still feels the U. S.
will eventually have to fight. Col-
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The Federal Government has an-
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as Junior Professional Assistants
and Student Aids: Requirements
for Junior Professional Assistants
are the promise of a B.A. by July,
1941, and an examination which
may be taken in one of the fields
of biology, chemistry, English or
journalism, history, public ad-
ministration, economics or politics.
The posts pay 2,000 dollars a year.
This year, for the first time, po-
sitions as Student Aids will be
open to juniors on the basis of ex-
aminations in the same fields. A
Student Aid will work during the
three summer months at a yearly
rate of 1,440 dolars.
Applications for either grade
must be filed with the Civil Service
Commission in Washington by
January 20, 1941. Application
blanks may be obtained from the
Bureau of Recommendations.
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College news, January 15, 1941
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