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Pa., and Bryn, Mawr College.



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permission of the Editor-in-Chief.

Editorial Board
Susie INGALLS; 41, Editor-in-Chief
VIRGINIA SHERWOOD, ’41, Copy ALICE CROWDER, '42, News
ELIZABETH CROZIER, 41 AGNES MASON, ’42
JOAN’ GROSS, ’42 LENORE O’BOYLE, 43

Editorial Staff
BARBARA BECHTOLD, ’42
“"}WARGUERITE BOGATKO, *41~
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ANN ELLICOTT, '42
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ANNE*DENNY, 743



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JANET MEYER, ’42
VIRGINIA NICHOLS, ’41
REBECCA ROBBINS, ’42
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To Be or Not To Be

This year a representative committee nominated candidates for
president of the Self-Government and Undergraduate Associations.
These candidates were then put before the Junior class. Adding to
or changing the list as it saw fit, the class then put before the col-
lege the four candidates for each office in the customary form. Of
what value is the nominating committee ?

One likely result of such a committee is that all discussion of
candidates occurs in the committee meetings and the class remains
as ignorant as it Was before the committee began its work. The in-
dividuals of the class are also apt to feel that their responsibility in
voting has been transferred to the members of the committee and
that the latter only have to weigh pros and cons. If the hall repre-
sentatives on the committee report to their halls, then the voting will
probably be done from the point of view of the halls and not from
that of the class as a whole.

The value of a nominating committe is that it makes for delib-
erate consideration of candidates and lessens the chances_of over-
looking good people. Since the classes are so small at Bryn Mawr,
this-result-should_be possible without a committee.

A class meeting might be held a week before nominating to
explain the necessary qualifications, to’ report those already in the
particular organization and to stir the class as a whole into consid-
ering their votes. The meeting for the nomination of the four
candidates should be extended over two days. ‘The first would be
for nominations and discussion, the second for any additional nom-
inations thought necessary and for final election of the four
candidates.



, Higher Education

It would be a shame for undergraduates in this college to take
a Time current events test. They might get an-average of 20.

Reaction to the Lease-Lend Bill was most generally “What is

.it?” Qther remarks frequently returned to the pollers were: “O, I

don’t know anything, do I have to decide now?” “Those questions
pin you down too much,” “I am confused, 1 can’t say.” One
awakened individual added to her query, “But we can’t be confused
any more.” :

The poll questions were not made for specialists. Their chief
purpose was to rouse in undergraduates some sense of their own
ignorance. For all our professed intentions, the newspapers still

“dolph Seott. “~~

lie on our window seats unread.



MOVIES
ALDINE: Fantasia.
ARCADIA: Tuesday: Victory,
with Betty Field and Frederic
March,
BOYD: Cheers for Miss Bishop.
-EARLE: Friday: Jackie Cooper
and Eddie Bracken.in Life with
Henry.
FOX: This Thing Called Love.
Friday: .Western Union, with Ran-

KARLTON: The Philadelphia
Story. Friday: Land of Liberty.



STANLEY: Wednesday: Vir-
ginia, with Madeleine Carroll. and
Fred MacMurray.

STANTON: The Mad Doctor.
Saturday: Flight from Destiny,
with Geraldine Fitzgerald and
Thomas Mitchell.



THEATRE
Beginning February 24,” Paul
Draper and Ruth Draper will ap-
pear in a week’s engagement at the
Locust Street Theatre. Ruth Dra-
per will present her character
sketches and Paul Draper will

dance to selections by Scarlatti,

Handel, Bach, Debussy, Brahms
and Strauss. On Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 26, from 4.30 to 6.00, the

Drama® Committee of the Philadel-
phia Art Alliance will hold a re-
ception and tea in honor of the

i ill_be—by.



}, In Canada
oo
iG Editor of The News:

he Battle of Britain continues
tg have real reverberations in this
northern clime. Hourly over the
radio a voice, with a striking re-
semblance to “The Shadow” warns
Canada of her fate if she does not
“invest_in—-war-saving stamps— to
the limit. Likewise, the ‘women of
McGill have embarked on an am-
bitious new war service program.

This time the emphasis is on fire,
air raid patrol, gas and contam-
ination, food and health, emergency
The lec-
contamination



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housing and evacuation.
ture on gas and
really made us feel that “this time
we are all on the front line.” First, |
a member of the St. John’s Ambu-
lance corps was rigged up in a de-
contamination suit and gas mask.
Then as a-climax the room was
filled with some sort of harmless

gas so that in the future we would
be able to differentiate between a
low-lying cloud and a poisonous
gas attack! Incidental informa-
tion: It took a lecture on sabotage
for one of those immortalized €an-
adian Mounties to materialize.
Uniformed and be-spurred he told
us in a few well-chosen words how
they get their fifth-columnists.
From the miscellaneous material
mentioned above everybody is sup-
posed to pick a subject and concen-
trate on it. Strangely, the food
angle appealed to me: The food di-
vision and the air raid patrollers



On Thursday evening, February
27, at Haverford, in Robert’s Hall,
the Haverford committee of the
Main Line branch of the British
War Relief Society will present
Joan and Betty Rayner, Trouba-
dours, in Green and Gold, a “gayly
costumed program of folk-lore, ro-
mance and fun from medieval
England.” The girls, not over
twenty years old, are New Zea-
landers, who are now touring the
country to raise money for a
mobilized canteen-for Britain. Af-
ter the scheduled program they
will conduct general folk-singing
and_dancing. Buses will leave
Pembroke Arch at 7.15 sharp. The
admission ‘is 50 cents for students
plus 10 cents for round-trip trans-
portation.

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Escape Literature
Ida, by Gertrude Stein, A
strange character who has a twin
and a life you can read about and
understand. - Whether you will like
or dislike it, is a matter of taste |



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alone. As different as all her|
books.
Claudia, by - Rose’ Franken.

You’ve heard about the play; read
about the characters. Light, amus-
ing, and airy. Read it along with
spring fever.

The Donkey Insige, by Ludvig
Bemelmans. Humorous and deft
like all his others. Portrait of a
country you know; if you’re tired
of worrying over it, laugh over it.



have planned a black-out in Royal
Victoria College with all the grue-|
some details. (The Merion scare’
next year will seem like a poor
imitation.)

My most trying experiences have
been with English evacuees placed
in my heretofore delicate hands!
every Tuesday afternoon. One’
day a little charmer (?) asked if |
he could do something._Answered
I, casually, “Yah.” Roared he in
bulldog fashion: “You’re a Ger-
man. I declare war on you.” Be-
fore I could establish my identity,
he had beaten me to a pulp.

Incidentally, I read inThe News
of January 15, the letter in which
‘the A. S. U. stated its opposition
to the Lend-Lease Bill. The situa-
tion as most people see it is that
England needs war materials from
the U. S. immediately and in large
quantities. The Lend-Lease Bill
provides fo in the quickest
and most effective ’way—particu-
larly as En has little cash on
hand. Further, it is not a wild
guess to figure that, should Eng-
land fall, we would be next in line.
So I “urge all students”—if they
must write their Congressmen—
to insist that the bill be rushed
through. However, I do not imag-
ine that the intentions of the ma-
jority in Congress will be affected
by the negative attitude of the
A, Sus

Sincerely,
JANET MEYER, ’42
P. S. Skiing conditions perfect.
However, I find a continually pros-
trate position hard on the anatomy.



March 6 to 10. On Thursday eve-
ning, at 8.30, Mass in A Flat, and
Miriam’s Song of Triumph will be
sung in a Choral Concert. The
prices are 50 cents for amphi-
theatre seats, a dollar for parquet
seats. On Friday, at 8.30, in the)
Academy of Music foyer, there will
be a Lieder Program with Eliza-
beth Schumann, Soprano, and Steu-

|poetry, witty, sensitive, and

As entertaining as My War With
the United States.

Born in Paradise, by Armine von
Tempski. If you’re sick of winter,
read of the life in Hawaii, of a
girl who grew up there. Sets the
stage for dreams.

The Glass Blower, and other
poems, by Jan Struthers. If you
liked Mrs. Miniver, dabble in this

slightly original. .



Relief Organizations

On Campus Described

Activities for Foreign Aid
Struggle to Win Help
Of Student Workers

On the Bryn Mawr campus there
are about five struggling: organiza-
tions for foreign aid. Knitting,
sewing, and contributions for re-





' Council.



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Published weekly during the College Year fexcenting during Thanks: Janet Meyer Describes War/| 10 aZZle avertor , is
iowa steven of, uae College at the Maguire Building, Wayne, Reverberations Heard ic Association, and is on the

swimming team. In her Sophomore
year she was elected
the. Photography Club

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Helen Resor

Helen Resor is a candidate for
the presidencies of the Under-
graduate and of the. Self-Govern-
ment Associations, She is now
president of the Peace Council and
is helping with the group of refu-

Freshman year she joined the In-
ternational Relations Club, and the
Industrial Group. She was a mem-
ber of the News board till the mid-
dle of her Sophomore year, and
worked at the Blind School in Hav-
erford. Her Sophomore year, as
assistant head of the Industrial
Group, she was a member of the
board of the Bryn Mawr League,
and became a member of the Peace

For all three years she
has played with the ‘hockey team.

Janet Dowling

Janet Dowling is a candidate
for the president of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association. She was
Sophomore representative of the
Association. Freshman and Sopho-
more years she was hall represen-
tative of Denbigh and is president
of the French Club this year. She
was Denbigh representative to the
Peace Council Sophomore - year.
Freshman year she was elected to
the Players’ Club, had a lead in
Riders to the Sea, and this year
was in the Living Newspaper play.
She has been in the French Club
Christmas plays, was co-director
of the Christmas play at the Hav-
erford Community Center, and has
taught maids’ classes. Last year
she won the Concours Oratoire
medal. She is on the fencing team.

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Jerry Catron

Jerry Catron is a candidate for
President of the Self-Government
Association. She is the first Jun-
ior member of the Assoriation, and
was the first Sophomore member.
She is now on the Freshman Guide
Committee. She was head of light-
ing for Freshman Show and The
Gondoliers her Freshman year;
for Time and the Conways, Iolan-
the, Porgy and Bess, and the Liv-
ing Newspaper her Sophomore
year. She was an original: mem-
ber of the Stage Guild, and is now
head of the lighting committee.

U issal Cosalh

Miss Reid









lief are the activities involved.
Probably the most popular drive is|
Bundles for Britain. An eager
helper may buy the wool from |
Bundles and knit the required arti- |
cle and the organization packs it|
off to. Britain. Last — fall the |
needles clacked energetically, but.
after Christmas came a marked|
slump.

Slightly different from Bundles
for Britain, but with the same
purpose, British War Relief also
appeals to knitters, but it entices
them by giving free wool. Both
the establishments have equally
attractive yarn, and both are ask-
ing for support. The Bundles’
headquarters is in Rhoads where
Barbara Herman, °48, works as
head of the Bryn Mawr branch.
Dora Benedict, ’44, has established
the root of the British War Relief
Society in Rockefeller, . — ,

The Red Cross has been trying
to assert itself and the hall meet-
ings made known the times and
types of work to be done. Feather-



membership cards, and guest tick-
ets will be fifty cents each. *



MUSIC |

A Schubert Festival is being held
in the Academy of Music from

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art ‘Wilson, Tenor. A program of
Chamber Music on Saturday, 2.30,
also in the foyer, will include the
C. Major Quintet and F Major
Fantasia. The admission for both
the Friday and Saturday programs
is one dollar.



odd moments in the halls, and Mrs.
Fales gives the-daily and nightly
visitors to the May Day room more
extensive work to do. The maids
come to the Red Cross more often

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stitched_blankets..can.be.made_ at.

than the students, but the number

The events of the past week,
Miss Reid said, show that the pres-
ent struggles are very quickly be-
coming a single war. Russia holds
the balance of power both in the
Far East and the / abrconeyag

Turkey which éontrols the Dar-
denelles is still very friendly to
Russia, but it is also bound to
Great Britain by commercial in-
terests. The Bulgo-Turkish non-
aggression Pact last week seemed
\to be a triumph for Germany even

though both countries involved de-
|nied the fact. Turkey is distinctly
not pro-German and there is no
assurance. that it would not inter-
fere if the Germans actually
marched into Bulgaria. Anthony
Eden, who had recently been in
Egypt has now gone into Turkey,
probably to try to strengthen
British interests there.

In the Far East. the Japanese
are moving towards Singapore both
by land and sea. They already
have the right. to move troops
through Thailand. In the struggle.
between Thailand and Indo-China, ~

in return for which service they
are“using naval bases there. So
far Japan has been careful not to
antagonize the U. S., perhaps be-
cause of the undetermined position
jof Russia.)

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‘gee professors at Haverford. Her ~~~"

‘they have been acting as mediators, ———