College news, March 21, 1945

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VOL. XLI, NO. 20



ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH: 21, 1945

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awr College, 1945

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Bruchholz Tells
Role of Alliance
In Student Life

Organization Sponsors
All War Activities



Specially contributed by
Dorothy Bruchholz "46

The War Alliance feels the need
at this time to clarify its position
on campus, and to sum up, thé
year’s activities. Progress-has been.
made involving-changes which’ we
need now to evaluate.

Eleven days before Pearl Harbor,
the Alliance was set up as a com-
mittee to promote undergraduate
defense activity. Since that time,
with the need of mobilizing the
campus to help win the war, its
aims and functions have broaden-
ed considerably. During 1942-43, it
emerged an independent organiza-
zation with a new name, “The War
Alliance”’,—and* with a’ constitu-
tion stating its ‘purpose of initiat-
ing and coordinating all war activ-
ity on campus. In carrying out its
aim to direct the efforts of the un-
dergraduate body (each _ student
is ipso facto a member) it cooper-
‘ates with the faculty, the College
Council, and the Undergraduate
Council. The members, of the War
Alliance Board are the chairmen
of: The Red Cross Unit, Current
Events, War Bonds and Stamps,
Volunteer Drives and Publicity. A
graduate representative has _re-
cently been added to the Board in
order=to integrate campus effort
more completely.

-. Way Work
Recent reports by the chairmen
have shown’ very _ substantial

achievement during the year. In
the first semester more than 100
students worked in. activities spon-
sored by the Red Cross Unit,
through which Bryn Mawr has be-
come a Vital branch of a large na-
Continued on Page 3



Faculty Presents
Graduate Award
To J. Burroughs

Josephine Lewis Burroughs, As-
sistant in Philosophy and Graduate
Student, has been chosen by the
faculty to receive she (Panny Bal
lock, Workman Traveling Fellow-
ship for the coming year.

Miss Burroughs is writing her
dissertation on Substance and Sys-
tem in the Philosophy of Leibnitz,
derived from a paper she wrote
previously on “Some Consequences
of Leibnitz’s Initial Rationalistic
Assumptions.” The dissertation is

.primarjly a study of the relations

holding between Leibnitz’s concepts
of metaphysics and his eoncepts
of physics. She plans “to use the
award, ordinarily a foreign fellow-
ship, for further study at the Uni-
versity of California.

Miss. Burroughs received _ her
A.B. degree at Smith College in
1942,.and did graduate work . at
Columbia the following year. She
is the Senior Resident of Radnor
sind this year.

B. M. Girls Lead

Nurses’ Chorus



At the suggestion of Miss Ro-
wan, head.nurse at the Bryn
Mawr Hospital, four students
have organized a singing group
among the student. nurses at the
hospital. The group, which meets
each Monday evening, is doing
part singing of many well- known

pieces including “Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot,” “Mighty Like a
Rose,” and the “Prayer” from

Hansel and Gretel.

The program ‘was initiated with
the help of Elizabeth Borum, '46,
and Mrs. De Varon assisted by..di-

recting the first meeting. The,

students have now taken over,
with Alison Barbour, ’47, Ann
Matlack, ’47, and Maggie Hilgart-
ner, 46, directing, and Mary Ellin
Berlin,, ’48 accompanying.



Preview of ‘Arms and the Man’
Promises Excellent Performance



by Emily Eval "AT
Rosina Bateson, ‘47

The process of finding an un-
known building on the Haverford
campus can lead to some rather
difficult moments. Some students
who attend Haverford have not: yet
learned that purely rhetorical ques-
tions have a recognized usage on
other campuses. For instance,
when one downy-faced Freshman
was asked where Arms and the
Man could be found, his reply was
a pointed gesture at his own manly
chest.

* The misunderstanding was clari-
fied by the explanation that Arms
and the Man was a play in process
of being rehearsed by the Varsity
Players and the Cap and Bells Club.

Roberts Hall, when. discovered,
was echoing with gunshots pro-
duced by heavy stamping of feet
‘. offstage. A thick Russian accent
boomed above: the din, conveying
the information that the lovely
heroine had hidden an enemy pro-
fessional soldier on her balcony.
“This was not strictly a Romeo and]
Juliet setting, for the aforemen-
tioned baleony was merely a table.

The unfinished scenery. seemed
to cause some “difficulty to the
. actors. The butler proceéded to

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dump an armful of fire-wood on

the imaginary window seat instead
of in the fireplace that wasn’t
there.. When the hero collapsed
heavily onto the sofa, present in
the form of three straight backed
chairs, he found that he had mis-
calculated and his head dangled
over the end, producing an effect
simular to yogi.

The timing of the chocolate
cream soldier’s prize remark was
receiving careful attention. Briefly,
instead of bullets he seemed to be-
lieve in the milder protection of

andy. The heroine rather nastily

offered him a.stale box of choco-
lates, presumably the gift of her
ideal lover. “Creams?” gloated the
hero; pause. The director, seated
in, the
ten in stentorian tones. The result
of this split second timing was an
appreciative “mm! Delicious!”
from the air-munching hero.

In its more serious moments of
rehearsal, the play seemed to be
handled with able acting talent.

Georgie Wiebenson as Luca ‘and 3

Nancy Schwartz as Raina were es-
pecially good. Haverford’s Cap and
Bells showed ability in their varied
roles. Given time to materialize,
the potentialities of Arms and the
Man will undoubtedly be realized.

énty- third row ‘tdunted ‘to |’

Simmons: To Talk

About Civilization
Of Soviet Russia

Final Series of Lectures



The third.and last of the series

and Russian Civilization given by
the class of 1897 will be presented
by Dr. Ernest J. Simmons.

. ‘The lecture series are given in
order to acquaint the students and
community with the basic phases
of the great non-Western civiliza-
tions. It is hoped that these series
will be just a beginning, and that
in the future, further series: may
be given on the Japanese and Per-
sian civilizations. The library has
put books on Russian literature,
philosophy, history, politics, and
humor in the Quita Woodward
Room.

. The subject of this last series is
The Spirit of Russian Civilization

jand Thought; the lectures, to be
given in Goodhart at 8:00, are open ||

to the public. The titles of the lec-
tures are:

April 9: Biokveoonds Church and
State.

April 11: Russian
and the West.

April 16: Towards Revolution.

April 19: Soviet Russian Litera-
ture.

April 23: Russia Today:
Changing Civilization.

Dr. Ernest J. Simmons is -Asso-

Civilization

A

guage and Literature at Cornell
University since 1941. Assistant
professor of English at Harvard
University from 1937 to 1941, he
was also Director of Ccrnell’s 1944
Study in Contemporary Russian
Civilization. Dr. Simmons is the
author of English Literature and
Culture in Russia, Dostoevski: The
Making of a Novelist, Pushkin, and
Outline of Modern Russian Litera-
ture.

Duncan Submits -
Yearly Budgets

Use of Thies Outlined
By Common. Treasurer



In en effort to clarify the use
of the money collected in college
dues and handled by the Common
Treasury, Lucretia Duncan ’46, has
submitted a full account of the
budgets for all the associations
utilizing the Treasury. These in-
clude the Undergraduate Associa-
tion,,the Alliance, the League and
the ‘Self-Government Association.
Primary among these is the Un-

dergraduate Association, whose
budget is as follows:

Pay Day, Mistresses ..........:. $590.00
Hall Announcers ......:é0..::.. 120.00
Monitors (reserves) ............ 50.00
Cut Committee ............:......... 30.00

Seniors’ caps and gowns .... °
Lost and Found
Candles for lanterns
Freshman Week Committee
May Day Band
Parade Night Band
College Conference



Service Charges ....2.......0. 50.00
Miscellaneous ...........::000% 100.00
Entertainment Committee 50.00
ie IB srpRe rE: ores ~ 20.00
ME ijl shecaieeee 50.00

Total_. $1,390.00

Dues were made $3.00 a person to
allow a surplus for emergencies.
The Alliance

The Alliance budget is based on
the expenditures from October,



Continued on Page 4 ©

On Eastern Civilization -

of lectures entitled Chinese, Indian |

ciate Professor of the Russian Lan-



Calendar

Thursday, March 22
12:45 Spring Vacation begins.
Tuesday, April 3 ,

9:00 Spring Vacation ends.
Deferred examinations
begin.

Wednesnay, April 4
12:30 Inauguration of College
Officers, Goodhart.

7:30 Vocational ~Conference,
Architecture and Design,
Common Room.

Thursday, April 5

5:00 Roger H. Soltau: “Free-
dom and Authority in
Modern French Poli-
tics”, Music Room.

8:30 Sigma Xi meeting, Dean-
ery.

Friday, April 6

6:30 Joint meeting of “new

and retiring offiiers of

Sad Coyne, Dean-
Saeuies: wee 7 ae
' Deferred. . examinations\

end.
Sunday, April 8

7:30 Chapel, Rev. John Wal-

thour of West Point.
Monday, April 9

7:15 Current Events,
mon Room.

8:00 Dr. Ernest J. Simmons,
“The Spirit of Russian
Civilization & Thought:
Background, Church and

Com-

State”. Goodhart.

4:30 First meeting of the
Marriage Council lec-
tures.

Wednesday, April 11
.8:00 Dr. Ernest J. Simmons,
, “Russian Civilization &
the West”.







Students Teach
At Valley Forge



Five undergraduates are now
engaged in volunteer work in the
Arts and Skills Corps of the Red
Cross at Valley Forge, teaching
the men leather work and plastics.
The Arts and Skills group was or-
ganized by Mrs. Chadwick-Collins,
who secured Mrs. William Dalzell,
’98, to teach the fundamentals to
these students. .

Work at Valley Forge began
with the second semester, with
each girl working in the wards,
since the Army has had to take
over the room originally designat-
ed for this work to provide space
for 600 new beds. The girls are
given small carts. and _ travel
through the wards to bring the
work to men who would be inter-
ested.



Campus Gives Total of $3,247.31
(To Red Cross War Fund Drive

Rockefeller Leads Halls;
Faculty Gives $734.00
To Drive

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A grand total of $3,247.31 was
announced as the sum of the
amounts collected for the Red

Cross War Fund.during the recent.

five-day campus drive. This total
contribution, which will go to, the
Red Cross in the name of Bryn
Mawr College, includes the dona-
tions. of all individual students,
facutly, administration and staff.

The Freshman Show contribution .

has not yet been totalled.

The student committee, headed
by Barbara Taylor ’46, collected a
total of $2882.31 from individual
undergraduates, and wardens and
hall-managers. This indicates an

average of $4.00 per undergradu-,
| ate, a record which is unusually

high when compared with the con-
‘tributions to the Red Cross made
through the Activities Drive in

past years.
Continued on Page 3

Bree Will Return
To French Dept.

Mile. Germaine Bree of the
French department, will return to
resume teaching at Bryn Mawr
next fall. Mlle. Bree, now serving
with the French armed forces, was
an Associate Professor of French
here for seven years.

In a recent letter to Miss
Schenck, Mlle. Bree wrote the fol-
lowing: “Last week the 60th Re-
giment d’Infanterie (a regiment
formed in 1669) nominated me
‘soldat d’honneur de 1st classe’
with the privilege of wearing the
‘fourragere’ which is a great hon-
our. We are reforming it entire-
ly with volunteers from the. Ma-
quis.”

Since. Mlle. Bree had taught in
North Africa before she originally
came to Bryn Mawr, she was well
prepared for her first assignment
as a member of the First French
Women’s Ambulance Corps in
North Africa.

After transferring to De Gaulle’s
offices in Algiers, Mlle. Bree was
then sent as an aide to a general
in the field. She is now an inter-
preter at the Burgundy headquar-
ters.



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Barton, Hoffman, Cross, Binger
Nominated for Chapel Chairman



The Bryn Mawr League Board has

~!nominated Mary Barton, Elisabeth

Hoffman, Mary Cross, and Frances
Binger for the position of head of
the Chapel Committee;

' The Head of Chapel chooses the
ministers who are to come as
speakers, arranges dinners for
them before the Services, and in-

helps‘ plan the Chapel services and
is a member of the League: Execu-
tive Board. ;
Mary Barton
Mary is the first Junior member
of the Self-Government
tion. She has been a permission
giver since the middle of her Soph-
omore year. She is hall represen-
tative for chapel services. She was
on the hockey squad her Freshman



a . ‘ ay

formal discussions afterwards. She|

Associa-.



year and belongs to the Science
Club.
Elisabeth Hoffman
Betty is Secretary-Treasurer of
the League this year. She is the
Alliance representative in Denbigh.
She belongs to the Science and the

Dance Club, and is the Vice-Presi-
dent of Denbigh. ‘5
Mary Cross

Mary is a member of the Glee
Club and is. on the Sophomore
basketball team. She is an Usher
at Chapel, and is a Co-Director of
the Maids and Porters’ play. She
is a permission giver in Rhoads. ~

Frances Binger

‘Frannie is an Assistant Head of
Chapel ‘this year. She is a member
of the Glee Club and has just com-
pleted her_Nurses’ Aide course.




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Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Fost Office
Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912

mast

Italy and Food

The phrase “food will win the war” has been dinned into
the ears of the American nation for years. The shortages
we have felt of butter and steak are insignificant; we have
had more than enough, to put it mildly, and the problem: of
getting munitions overseas has until now seemed more vital.

As the Allies advance, and more and more territory is re-
gained, the question of food arises. The story of Greece is
well known to most of us, and although the horror of real
starvation has never been experienced by the great majority
of Americans we began to realize what food can mean as a
weapon. Hunger isa driving force; the nation which can feed
a conquered people has an indisputable advantage, aside from
the primary one of saving the lives:of children and older peo-
ple 1 played no part in the fighting,

: Need for Food ©

The liberated and conquered nations are looking to the
vast potential supply of the United States to relieve the des-
perate food situation in Europe. Over there, the idea of three
meals a day, supplemented by innumerable social teas or cas-
ual midnight feasts, is inconceivable. France, Belgium, Hol-
land, Greece, Italy—all these nations have been devastated by
the war, and are unable to sustain even partially their people
whose land and implements have been destroyed.

Italy, perhaps, presents the greatest problem the Amer-
ican people have to face. Once a member of the Axis, Italy

‘has been defeated; the responsibility of feeding and clothin
her people is ours. ;
Positive Action

A few days ago, the-President spoke to the nation, warn-
ing them that-the years of comparative plenty are coming to
an-end. It is not right that other nations should be enduring
famine if we are to hope fora lasting peace. _Resentment.is
nourished by hunger. If the United States is to participate
fully in the task of ending the war, it must send more than
weapons abroad; positive action, that of building a bond of

_ trust between nations must begin.

We who are at College know only indirectly the physic-
al discomforts of war. The part we can assume is to share
with, those who have ‘been touched by the fighting which has
taken place on their village streets and homeland.

The children of Italy have no hope for strength and
health unless the United States can provide. With the aid
of Miss Lograsso, plans have been made to have a drive at
Bryn Mawr in order to purchase badly needed milk and vita-
mins for Italian children. Representatives will be soliciting
in each hall, and arrangements. are being made with Miss

__ Howe about blue ration stamps for condensed milk. The food

will be ordered wholesale and sent directly abroad. Even if
the contribution is small, the situation is desperate enough to
have every effort counted. If.everyone will aid this fund, it
will be a step in the right iivaction, that of paving a long,
hard road to an ultimate goal of peace.









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Fire Drill Gk 3 AM







Opinion



Sloane, B. M. Professor
Writes From Pacific

About Navy Life

USS Dempsey, DE26
c/o F.P.O., San Francisco
To the Editor of the College News:
Since you were kind enough to
publish my first letter, I am em-
boldened to write again, though I
fear it will be, less grammatical
since some four months have pass-
ed and the Navy and the Pacific
are having a very adverse effect
on both my grammar and my vo-
cabulary. However, here is a sec-
ond report from Bryn Mawr’s rep-
resentative on the Dempsey. In
passing I might mention that there
are a number of attractive bach-
elor officers aboard. (Names fur-
nished on application).

Volcano

From our arrival in what we
laughingly call the “farther” Pa-
cific, until the end of the summer
we operated in the Solomon Is-
lands—Guadalcanal, Bougainville,
Treasury, Savo, Munda, New
Georgia—these names were the
signposts along our regular path.
No great excitement since what
Japs were left were suddenly sub-
dued by that time and didn’t give
anyone much _trouble._Mt. Bajana
towering gloomily over Empress
Augusta Bay on Bougainville was
the most interesting “scenic mar-
vel” inthe area. This volcano, al-

though not active in the sense of.
erupting, nevertheless gives out.

numerous jets of hot steam, giving
the dark summit a sinister and
macabre appearance. .

Ice Cream

While we were in this area we
picked up four aviators who- had
been adrift five days and ‘nights in
a tiny orange rubber’ raft. One
had had a broken arm and a bad
cut on his leg, suffered when the
plane crashed in a rain squall, but
otherwise they were in amazingly
good condition. ‘When bathed and
rested a little we gave them ice
cream in the wardroom, and sure-
ly no sight in my recollection quite
equals the expression on their faces
as a heaping dish of chocolate ice
‘cream was set before each one! The
Dempsey by the way now has res-
cued a total of seven aviators from
the bosom of the deep.

Bloody Nose Ridge ©

{._From’ the Solomons we_ pro-

ceeded north to the Admiralty Is-
lands and later turned up at Pele-
liu in the Palau group. “We had a
grandstand seat, as you, might say,

for the later stages of. the fight
Continued on Page 4 ~



Two Freshmen Advocate
English, Comp. Revision
At Midyears



-| To the Editors:

This: year, we understand, ‘the
English*Comp. course has been re-
vamped, or at least some attempt
was made to encourage Freshmen
to come to class. English Comp.
however, still leaves much to be
desired.

Its main fault lies in the fact
that the sheep are herded with the
goats, so that some really talented
writers and many who have been
thoroughly prepared in High
School are forced to put up with
much time-consuming drudgery.

We realize the difficulty of sep-
arating a new Freshman class into
sections according to their ability

in -the first semester. Consequently.

we suggest that this classification
take place in the second semester.

If this plan were adopted, the
second semester classes at least
could vary according to the needs
of each group. Some might study
modern poetry, others creative
writing, .and those students who
show particular ability might be
excused from the second semester
work altogether. .

The teacher of each group should
be carefully selected. We pity the
teacher who is left to cope with
the dregs of every section, but the
English Comp. department - could
take turns shepherding the goats.

Every student would benefit by
acquiring a new English Comp.
teacher after mid-years, and as a
further - improvement occasional
lectures by Dr.
ben, and Dr. Chew
cluded. , :

Every Freshman presents.an in-

ght be in-



Current Events|





ague,.Dr. Her-



_ “Whatever ‘government comes in
in England is going to have a hor-
rible job-before it,” declared Miss’
Robbins, discussing the prospects
of the Conservative, Liberal and
Labor parties in the approaching
general election. The Conservatives

and Labor parties will play the

dominant roles, though the Liber-
als may be able to gain a. balance
of power position.

Liberals

“The Liberal Party, said Miss
Robbins, is the party with the best
brains and reputation for political
honesty, Their program includes.
a Beveridge employment plan, an
econgmic program for Europe, per-
manent control of Europe’s . war
industries, proportional repreSen-
tation and recognition of the Span-
ish Republic. The Liberals have an
excellent record on foreign policy,
having consistently supported the
Spanish Republicans, and they
also stand: for free trade.. The
party is led by Sir Archibald Sin-
clair, and includes Sir William
Beveridge, its best vote-getter,
Lord Keynes, and several promi-
nent women. members of Parlia-
ment.

Labor

The Labor party has the numeri-
cal majority of voters and_ will
strongly contest the election. It
proposes -a complete social insur-
ance system, a state educational
system, .full_employment-—accom=
plished if necessary by nationali-
zation of land, coal mines, and the
large industries, and freedom for
India. The Labor Party, Miss Rob-
bins feels, is handicapped by a lack.
of good leaders and by its tie with
the Trade Unions, which have con-
sisténtly promoted thejr. special
interests through the _ political
agency of the Party, while the
present need is for greater atten-
tion to problems of the country as

a whole. There are, however, two.

vigorous Laborites of potential
leadership, Aneurin Bevan, and
Sir Stafford Cripps who may re-
turn to the Party.

Conservatives”

The chief asset of the Conserva-
tive Party is Churchill who. is’ im-
mensely popular on the strength
of his war record. The Conserva-
tives oppose the nationalization
policy of.the Labor Party, but have
succeeded in stealing much of La-
bor’s show by advocating an exten-
sive. social service system, educa-
tional reform, and-full employment.
within a private enterprise system.
Churchill will face possible opposi-
tion within his own party, particu-
larly if his foreign policy- encoun-
ters any further obstacles such as
the Greek situation.



dividual problem, and we feel that
her English class should fit her
needs and not the needs of the
average Freshman.
Sincerely yours,
Two Dissatisfied Freshmen



Incidentally...

American Beauties

Waves training at Smith Col-
lege received circulars from a ta-
tooing firm offering to “beautify
American womanhood with a var-
ied collection of anchors, flags, bat-

tleships, tracer shells or anti-
aircraft guns.”

> String. Attached

Three worshippers 6f — spring

eventually becoming bored with

sun-bathing on a Rhoads’-baleony,
were impishly revived when a sailor
came into view. .Fastening a shoe
to a piece of string (rationing, you
know), they dangled it temptingly
before the unsuspecting Navy man.
The girls waited full‘ of anticipa-

&



tion until the sailor at last noticed
the shoe. But then-he noticed the
string. Disgusted, he broke the
string and walked away. All coy

attempts to decoy the Navy were .

in vain. The shoe was returned by
a Bryn Mawr girl.
; Formal
Egypt has invaded Bryn Mawr.
Last week the French House had
Mr.. Ezban for dinner. In honor
of his. presence, and due to his re-
cent—lecture on “Modern Egypt,
beaming American faces were hid-
behind makeshift, but seduct-
ive veils. Mr. Ezban was delight-
ed by the atmosphere, but we want

to know how one eats through a,

curtain.






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In Print

Steinbeck’s New Novel

Combines Honesty
And Humor



by April Oursler °46

John Steinbeck’s newest book
Cannery Row, is by far the most
masterful of *his Works so far. It
combines the keenness of percep-
tion.and artisti¢ honesty which
works

soft
and loving humor that made Tor-

characterized his earlier
with the peculiar quality of

tilla Flat a success.

Characters
Like Tortilla Flat, his
book is laid“%n a poor setting peo-
pled by lovable vagabonds, but he

newest

has advanced in his character por-
trayal to’ the point where he is
able.to include “upright and nor-
mal people’ who are more than
mere types.

Cannery Row is the story of a
community in southern California
a community of honest seiners, and
Mack’s boys who only work when
there is no chance of mooching food
or whiskey, and the Chinaman who
runs the only store in town with
advice and character appraisal on
the side, and old Doc Sayers who
is the sanest man in the village,
the most loved and the most mis-
-treated,—and -a~ myriad of other
Americans. :

Plot

There is little plot to the book
If pressed to finding one, Steinbeck
himself would probably say that
. Mack and his boys wanted to do
something. nice for Doc, gave a
party which failed because. it was
over before Doc came, and then
spent the rest of the book trying
to get enough money to give the
final one: which was a real success.

But Steinbeck has expressed the
nature of the bopk much more
truly in his preface, for it is not a
story, but a poem—a poem written
in the modern American idiom of
prose and incidents and character.

Conflict

There is a conflict in the book
between the carefree, charming,
well-meaning spirit of vagabond-
age ‘which characterizes Mack’s
boys, and the careful, prudent,
staid and equaky well-meaning
_-attitude—a hybrid of Puritans and
business men—which characterizes
the Chinese storekeeper and Doc
Sayers.

- By the end of the book, Mack’s
boys have partially but

for they have got themselves a
house furnished with three beds
and two chairs, one with a seat in
it. This in turn has inspired them
to painting the house red and
planting stolen bushes by the door-
way.

Theme

Doc and the Chinaman on the
_ other hand have learned that there
is something strangely © beautiful
about the parties for Doc that be-
gin as tokens of love and esteem
and end as housewrecking brawls,
and about the spirit of men who
‘are not bogged down in the every-
day chores of» money-making. Se-

curity, for which Doc is striving, |}

is not found only in money—for
- money brings worry, and worry
+. destroys happiness.

Steinbeck’s book is thoroughly
unworried, thoroughly §under-

standing, and alive with love and|{
esteem for every character that|}

wanders through its ununified

structure. And from this love and |f

simplicity .Steinbeck. has -produced

~ the bést book he has written so fav. | fl

happily |
succumbed to the higher influence,





WHAT 'TO DO
After Graduation

Grenfell Association of America.
Workers wanted in the mission in
Labrador for a year’period. Paid
work as head of the clothing store
or assistant in the industrial de-
partment.

Industries Research, New York.
Young women interested in fash-
ions., Positions for junior execu-
tives; fashion advisor, styling, re-
port writing.

Bloomingdale’s, New: York. Num-
ber of staff positions open. Will
come to the college for interviews.

Bell Telephone Laboratories, New,
York. Positions for technical as-
sistants and office positions in the
general service department. Train-
ing for administration work. Wil
come to-college for interviews.
Whelan Studios, Inc. Photograph-
ic studios throughout the country.
Training for colorists, photograph-
ers, studio. managers, reception-
ists, supervisory personnel.

For the Summer

Grenfell Association*of America.
Volunteer workers wanted for
four months at the mission in Lab-
rador. $300 needed for expenses.

Saks - 34th Street, New York.
College Shop. Telephone «Miss
Florence Epstein -when in New
York if interested.

Maids, Porters
To Present Play



The Maids and Porters, aided by
the Players ‘Club, will present Ar-
senic and Old Lace on April 14.
Pearl Edmund and Louisé Jones
will play ‘the deceptively gentle
old maid sisters, Abbie and Mar-
tha, and Minnie..Newtdn will por-
tray the homicidal brother, Jona-
than. The love interest is supplied
by Al Mackey and Portia Unthunk
which carries on the old tradition
of having the Denbigh bell maid
play the romantic lead.

Evaline Johnson, as Einstein, the
mad German surgeon who special-
izes in face lifting, promises a
performance to send chills up the
audience’s spine, but the-peak of
the evening will be Lewis White's
triumphant charge up the stairs
which are, at the moment, decid-
edly tottery.

The co-directors of Arsenic and
Old Lace are Elizabeth Dowling
147), , Mary Cross ’47. The stage
crew will be supervised by Betty
Lilly ’47, the lights will be by Mar-
ian Holland, and the costumes by
Mary Lee Blakely ’47,



Total Contributions
To Red Cross Listed

Continued from Page 1
Rockefeller Hall was the largest
‘contributor on campus, giving a
total of $393.01. The donations of

Bruchholz Describes
Activities in Alliance
Continued from Page |

tional body. The Red Cross _pro-
gram includes all the hospital and
canteen work, blood doning, knit-
ting, and bandage rolling, as well
as the Nutrition course. The most
striking example of Red Cross ac-
complishments hass been the en-
listment of Nurses’ Aides, bringing
the campus total to 109. Of these,
49 are in the class supervised by
the special. Faculty.Committee.. As
the first eastern college to schedule
such training for students, Bryn
Mawr has made a notable contri-
bution to the conduct. of college
work {in these times, as well as to
the war effort in general.

The total sale of War Bonds and
Stamps from October to February
was more than $4500, which is also
commendable. The Chairman of
Volunteer Drives reports an aver+
age of 400 pounds of paper collect-
ed weekly as well as a successful
drive for. Greek War Relief.

Speakers

However, the War Alliance not
only organizes practical war work
but is also’ responsible for bringing
the war to the campus .in a “men-
tal” sense. In order to act effect-
ively we must maintain a contact
with the world“beyond the college
walls and promote a knowledge of
current national and. international
problems. To this end, the Alliance
sponsors lectures, debates, and
special college War Assemblies. A
joint student-faculty committee
selects—.the_speakers—for_the.As-
semblies, and another such com-
mittee selects the speakers for the
Atsemblies and another such’ com-
mittee sponsors Current Events.

Discussions

A political discussion’ group has
also-been organized. The immediate

aim of the new, administration is!

enlarge the scope
of this groyp. The attempt in all
these “edudational” activities is
to make the program as wide and
varied as possible. For instance,
the subjects discussed in the As-
semblies have ranged from the
PAC to China, including too a dis-
cussion of European relief, of the
returning serviceman, and of racial
conditions in this country.

In such:a war program, the- de-
mands on the individual cannot be
minimized. It is not that the num-
ber of hours of required activity
are excessive, but whatever activity
is registered for, must be carried
through. For this purpose, the Al-
liance has cooperated wholeheart-

to revamp an

edly in the UVAP program. But

our aim goes beyond “helping in
the war effort”: initiative and per-
severance must be actually in-

creased in‘the transitional period
the
needs of reconstruction for a last-

and adapted to emergency



"Election Results aM

The Self-Government Board
takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing the recent election of
Susan Oulahan, ’46, as Vice- |.
President; Rosina Bateson ’47,
as Secretary; and Judith Bailey,
,as.Sophomore~ member: of the
Board.

The Undergraduate Associa-
tion takes great pleasure in an-
nouncing the recent election of
Robin Brooks ’46, as_ Vice-
President, and Cristobel Locke
’47 as Secretary.

The Undergraduate Council
‘takes great pleasure in. an-
nouncing the election of Helen
Poland ’47, as Common Treas-
urer.







Swimming Club

Gives Buacade



Gymnasium, March 16. A. new
and better Aquacade, presented by
the newly-organized Swimming
Club, 150

crowded around .the pool Friday

attracted spectators

night, ° ;

‘Chichi Arrowsmith ’47, and: Ann
Dudley ’47, swam in a spectacular
water ballet of their own compo-
sition. Their perfectly matched
strokes gnd grace and control in
the most complicated maneuvers,
made their ballet the high point of
the exhibition.

The first number, a mass drill,

who contrived to swim in and out
of all possible combinations with
smoothness and confidence. At. one
point they divided into three lines
and floated down the pool in a rec-
tangle on their backs.



Gingerly holding lighted candles,
two” relay teams ‘raced three
lengths of the pool in the most éx-
citing event of the Aquacade.
Lynne Rossman ’48, Celie Rosen-
blum ’47, and Pat Chandler ’48 de-
feated the other team by only a
fraction of a second.

The success of their first per-
formance and the interest: shown
by the audience in form swimming
indicates that the club will bécome
a permanent: organization on cam-
pus.





2.

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-Vacation Have Your ©
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the other halls were: ing peace. +
German House: ..cesisssa.. $ 47.50
FRAGT O i iieciccscheskedcsccsneaaes $ 21.00
Wyndham. .......:20..:... Ase, $. 68,60 . :
ae $193.00 ‘ This Spring”
Rhoads North ........s:.. $253.00 Put.the emphasis on Cottons
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Pembroke East ..........00 $281.80 from
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UNOTARUOB 6 i ieisecagisismsessc $ 79.75
Grad. Students \.....0.02 $125.50 Washable Cottons from $5.95
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Loses Match, 4-1

Undefeated. Swarthmore
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Playing | Beainst the superior
Swarthmore team, the Owl bad-
minton squad Suffered their first
defeat 4-1.
was the first team to win éven one

game from the undefeated Swarth=~

However, Bryn Mawr

more varsity.

In the first singles, Kitty Eger-
ton ’47 .was defeated by Gloria
the Middle Atlantic

tennis champion,
Grace Roberts ’48, and Mary Lou
Miles ’45 also lost their matches}
11-5, 11-8, and 11-8.*

Barbara Sawyer ’46 and Pat
Turner ’46, playing the first dou-
bles, fought hard to win. their
match. In both games they tied
their opponents but the final score
was in favor of Swarthmore,
18-16, 17-14. Nancy Duble ’48 and
Nancy Garton ’48, number two
doubles players, won the only
B. M. victory; 15-10, 12- 15, 15-9.
Ahead at the end of the first set,
Garton and Duble lost the second
game, but gained the third, taking
the match from Swarthmore, 2-1.

Although this was the first de-
feat of the badminton team this
season, the squad showed excep-
tional ability.

Evans, who is
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THE COLLEGE NEWS





Students Assist Harried Nurses
Working at Home for Incurables



By Emily Evarts °47

“We used to think that we were
shorthanded if we had only six
nurses on. the floor. Now we’re
lucky if we have as many as four.”
This statement by one of the nurs-
es at the Philadelphia Home fox
Incurables indicates their need for
such as:istance.as' some of the
Bryn Mawr students have been
giving. A dozen students, start-
ing in November, have been. going
to the Home one afternoon a
week. Their number has increased
slightly since then, and it is hoped
that even more will be going be-
fore long.

The work is something between
that of a Nurses’ Aide and a Gray
Lady. The Bryn Mawr Auxiliary,
as the group is called at the Home,
helps carry trays, feed supper, and
prepare the patients for bed. Since
each patient requires special in-
dividual care, once a Bryn Mawr
girl has become acquainted with
them she can be of great assist-
ance to the nurses. At the same
time, the patients, many of whom
have been bed-ridden for years,
like to meet new people and are

interested in hearing about the col-
lege, and what the students are do-
ing.

The children’s ward is one of
the most interesting places in
which—té6 work, provided one is
ready to meet a wheel-chair race
bearing down on one at any mo-
ment. Many of these children,
from 6 to 18 years of age, have
been in the Home for most of their
lives.

They have school in the morn-
ing and movies or some kind of en-
tertainment at least once a week.
In their spare time they have in-
vented all sorts of games which
they play together. Many of them
show admirable agility with their
wheel-chairs and play a_ spirite
kind of baseball in the summer on
the grounds of the home,

Far from seeming depressing to
work with patients, many of whom
are unable to lift their hands to
their mouths and will probably
never again be well, the pleasant
atmosphere and appreciation for
an yhelp that Bryn Mawr can give
leaves one with an impression of
unexpected cheerfulness.



J. C. Sloane Recounts
Pacific Experiences
Continued from Page 2

for Bloody Nose Ridge—one of the
hardest~Jap positions to reduce
that our forces have yet found. It
was particularly spectacular. at

star shells bringing out the ragged
outlines of that bare and fantastic
spine of rock.’ Flame-throwers,
bombs, tracer fire—everything was
tried, and still the Japs clung to
their deep sea caves. I was more
than glad to be on Shipboard and
well out of it. ~~

Typhoon :

It was in the Palaus that we ran
through the edge of a typical ty-
The Dempsey took it no-
bly but it was not an experience
which one would repeat by choice.
I discovered that in a storm of that
violence the sea makes a peculiar
hissing sound, most unpleasant to
the ears. As I stood on the flying
bridge in the midst of it with
Sheets of spray \coming flying
through the dark and the ship

through the waves, I would have
given a good deal for a chance to
sit quietly behind my desk in the
library and grade a few long-
papers. Jt was no place for a—per-
son of my habits and preferences,
however, no damage was done eith-
er to us or the ship aside from a
few broken dishes in the sculleries.

Since then we have made one
quite uneventful trip to Leyte in
the Philippines which was very
quiet by the time we arrived —a
situation much to my liking.

We are in hopes of a visit to the
mother country before too ‘long,
and with it we hope for a leave. If
this materializes, I shall look’ for-
ward eagerly to a return to my
old haunts.

My best to you all,
Joseph Sloane



Lt. J. C. Sloane, Jr.. USNR

Duncan Gives Figures
For Treasury Report
Continued from Page 1

19438, to September, 1944, which
are as follows:



NER HOMR) ic. Gisaiir cael $355.54
Pee oo aot 22.50
Pmtertainment—.. 47.50
MASCOIIEMCOUS Ned GLOSS (anccics: hieeouiiie 8.50

Total $534.51

The Alliance hopes to reduce the
miscellaneous and the
items, and therefore feels that
dues of $1.00 per undergraduate
will provide a safe margin of oper-
ation.

There are two other organiza-
tions served by the ‘Common
Treasury. One, the Self-Govern-
ment Association, is charging no
dues this year. The other, the
Bryn Mawr League, is financed by
the Activities Drive which took
place in the fall.

Soltau To Discuss
French Situation

_ Mr. Roger H. Soltau, Visiting
Professor of History at Bryn Mawr
and Swarthmore, will. speak on
“Freedom and Authority in Modern

French Politics” for the Malory|!

Whiting Webster Memorial Lec-
tureship on April 5, in the Music
Room, Goodhart.

Mr. Soltau: was Professor of
European History at the American
University of Beirut, Syria. He at-
tended Oxford University, and has
been a lecturer at. Bristol Univer-
sity, Leeds University, and the
London School of Economics. He
has written a number of books on
French - history.



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Spring Prints

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NOTICES

Art Club

The Art Club and Poster Bureau
takes pleasure in naming Alice
Bronfenbreriner as its new presi-
‘dent. Orders for posters should
be submitted to her from now on.

The News
Because the date of return from
spring vacation coincides with the
date of our. going to press, there
will not be another issue of the
News until April 11.

Baccalaureate

The Reverend Andrew Mutch,
Minister Emeritus of the Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian Church, will
be this year’s Baccalaureate speak-
er. Rev. Mutch led the Christmas
service last December, and has
conducted services at Bryn Mawr
since 1911.

Owls Win, 24-23.
In Basketball

Defeat Swarthmore In
Close Game



Gymnasium, March 17. Excite-
ment rose high amongst the spec-
tators when the Bryn Mawr var-
sity basketball team won a close
victory over a strong Swarthmore

‘| team by a score of 24-28. Although

the score at the end of the first
half was 16-11 in Bryn Mawr’s
favor, the outcome of the game

+was-uncertain until the final whis-

tle blew.

* The ball moved back and forth
between the two ends of the court
many times in the last few min-
utes of play and, as in last week’s
game against Rosemont it was
due largely..to the well-coordinated
defense that the Owls succeeded
in defeating their opponents.

had little trouble in conquering the
corresponding Swarthmore team,
25-17. The Owls gained the lead
early in the first. quarter and man-
aged to keep it through the en-
tire game. Posey Johnson ’47 and
Judy Bailey ’48 did most of the







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Mudd Will Give -
Lecture Series

On Marriage



The first of a series of four lec-
tures on marriage and family re-
lations will be given here on the
afternoon of ,April 10, by Mrs.
Stewart Mudd of the Philadelphia
Marriage Bureau Clinic.

The two main topics of the lec-
| tures ‘will be the question of gen-
eral dating, and the problems of
engagement and marriage. Mrs.
Mudd’s course will also include a
brief review of personality, mascu-
line and feminine physiology, birth
control, different behavior prob-
lems, and wartime dating and
standards.

Since the- lectures are designed
solely to fulfill the needs and

wants of the students interested,
suggestions for topics for discus-
sion should be made to either Mrs.
Mudd or B. A. Mercer in Denbigh.
A general outline and a reading
list will be given out at the first
lecture, and additional books will
be placed on the Hygiene Reserve
shelf,

The lectures will be given on
two consecutive’ Tuesdays and
Thursdays beginning April 10,
from 4:30 to 5:45, with time for
discussion after two of the lec-
tures. Anyone wishing to have an
individual conference with Mrs,
Mudd should see B. A. Mercer.





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Open Every Week-day



Inter-class Meet
Won by Seniors

Fancy Shots, Passes
\



The Freshman class team, after
beating both the Sophomores,
23-23, and the Juniors, 24-6, lost to
a superior Senior team; 22-19. ~

the game was 12-10 in favor of the
Freshmen, but in® the last two
quarters the Seniors fought back
to win the match. The playing was
characterized by fast shots and
abundant passing.

Lydge Gifford ’45, varsity bas-
ketball player for three years, used
tricky plays in baffling the Fresh-
men guards. Ty Walker ’45 a stran-
ger to the basketball court, tower-
ed over the Freshmen forwards
and intercepted many of their
shots, keeping their scoring down
in the last half.

Freshman Team Senior Team:





Forwards; Forwards;
Beauregard Gifford
Nystrom Turner
Cheston Kent

Guards; Guards; .
Landreth Walker ¢
Nafe Cox
Martin ’ Miles

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