College news, March 27, 1946

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VOL. XLII, NO. 19

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1946

Copyright Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1945

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Neumann Urges
Social Reforms
As Allied Policy

German Political Life
Depends On Basic
Reorganization

Goodhart, March 20. The contin-
ued cooperation of the four Euro-
pean powers in Germany and the
cessation of any “laissez-faire at-
titude towards the economic ~and
social demands of the German
working” class’ were named by
Franz Neumann, in the eighth Al-
liance Assembly of the year, as the
two prerequisites for the revival
of. political, life and the establish-
mént of democracy in Germany,

External signs of pdlitical life,
such as political parties and the
holding of local elections in the
American zone, are by no means
indicative of a general political re-
vival. The average German, said
Mr. Neuman, has neither political
nor democratic desires. This con-
dition is due to certain psychologi-
cal factors, principal of which are:
the Nazi heritage, with its destruc-
tion of individual: ideas especially

of German youth, and the non-|

politicalness' of present day. Ger-
many, where the national govern-
ment is divided into zones and is
in the hands of foreigners who
have no immediate responsibility
to the subjects.

The picture becomes still less
optimistic by the fact that since

1919 the intensity of class groups,

had prevented the emergence of
middle parties, which would form
the basis of .a-democracy, between
the Left and Right. Of the two
wings, however, the working class
is better suited to the establishment
of a new political, democratic life.
A program of social and economic
reform is long overdue in Germany,
and should be encouraged by the
Allied Powers.

Opposition to such a democratic
program would. be considerable.
The business groups feel that dem-
ocratic interests, with the corres-
ponding increase in the voice of
labor; would be against their vest-
ed interests. The Civil Service,
more powerful than ever because
of the inahility of the military gov-
ernments to control it sufficiently,
have always sided with reactionary
movements. In addition there are
the students, who for the past
years in the Universities have es-
poused Nazism and Nationalism.



Sizorist to Talk
On Soviet Health

Dr. Henry E. Sigerist will speak
on “The Protection of Health in
the Soviet Union,” at the ninth Al-
liance Assembly, April 17, at 12:30
in Goodhart.

An authority on the historical
and Social aspects of medicine, Dr.
Sigerist is at present Director of
the Institute of the History of
Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univers-
ity. He has lectured for universi-
ties and organizations all over the
world.

Dr. Sigerist is the author of Man

and Medicine, and Socialized Med-
icine in the Soviet Union. He is
-also editor of | e Bull
History of M and
cations of the Institute of the His-
tory of Medicine.

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Yale Glee Club
And B.M. Chorus
To Give Concert

The Yale University Glee Club
and the Bryn Mawr College Chorus
will combine on Saturday, April
13, to give a concert including se-
lections by Bach, ‘Schubert, and
Hindemith, as well as continental
and American folksongs.

The program is as follows:

Mixed Chorus: 2 Psalms, Schuetz.

Yale: The Omnipotence, Schu-
bert; 3 GermaneMinnelieder; By
Moonlight; Alas, to Whom Do I
Dare Complain; At Parting.

Bryn Mawr: And Now ’Tis Time
To Go, (from the Peasant’s Can-
tata, Bach; O Vos Omnes, Vittoria;
We Hasten to Thee, Bach.

Mixed Chorus: 2 Choruses from
King David, Honegger; The Dance
Before the Are; _ The Death of Da-
vid.

Intermission
Semi-Chorus: 2 English Madri-
gals; The Silver Swan; Orlando
Gibbons; Now Is the Month of
Maying, Thomas Morely; 2 French

Continued on Page 3

Nancy Bierwirth

Plans Competition
In Hall Athletics

by Helen Anderton ’49

Nancy Bierwirth, newly-elected
President of A: A), is. very en-
thusiastic over the plans for the
Athletic Association next year.

“We want to have lots of inter-
hall compétition,” she said, “and a
plaque is going to be awarded to
the hall with the most number of
points.” These points will be ac-
cumulated by the halls as they
compete in hockey, basketball,
badminton, swimming: and tennis.
The plaque will then be given to
the winning hall.

Nancy went on to tell about
plans for installing furniture in
the Athletic Room. in ithe gym, so
that people would have something
to sit on when they attended the
Ath. teas.

“There will also be a . Junior
Varsity. Basketball Squad,’ she
added, “ito prepare people for the
regular Varsity Squad.” Of the
three Varsity practice days, one
day will be open to members of
the Junior Squad.

‘Nancy, a [History and Economics
major, is interested in stimulating
lots of interést in sports on cam-
pus. If things go as she is plan
ning them — BIG LEAGUES,
HERE WE COME!



CALENDAR /

Thursday, March 28

Spring Vacation begins, 12:45.
Tuesday, April 9

Spring Vacation ends, 9:00

a. m.
Wednesday, April 10 ee
Mr. Michels, Science Club,

Sigma Xi, Goodhart, 7:30.
Thursday, April 11
Inauguration of college officers,
1:00.

German Club, Common Bohn,
4:30.

Saturday, April 13

(Concert, Bryn Mawr College
Chorus and Yale University
Glee Club, Goodhart, 8:30...“
Undergraduate Dance, Gym,
10:00-2:00.

Sunday, April 14

pea ae — L. Calhoun,

etna

Sahel Room,





Campus (ives
$1,813 in Drive
For Red Cross

A total of.$1,813.35 was collect-
ed in the campus Red Cross drive
which has just ended. The student
drive of which Ruth-Lee Perlman,
47, was chairman, collected
‘$1,269.85, and the faculty and staff,

headed by Dr. Herben, gave
$543.50.

Topping the list of halls was
Rhoads with a_ contribution of

$301.75. Rockefeller and Pem West
and East followed, «Rock giving
$204.60, Pem West $213.50;+ and
Pem East $170.50.

Of the smaller halls, Denbigh
donated $140.00, Merion $126.50,
Radnor $90.00 and Wyndham $23.

New Head Says
e e e e
Alliance Activities

< - e rs e

Can Aid Studies
by Katrina Thomas, ’49

Alison Barbour, caught in a del-
uge of responsibilities as newly-
elected head of the Alliance,
squeezed a minute out of her busy
day of planning for the Food Con-
ference to tell her aims for the
Alliance.

She plans first, an even greater
cooperation between the work of
the League and the Alliance, which
will include joint meetings of the
Boards, now being introduced. “One
of my personal hopes,’ she_ says,
“is that people will consider the
activities that are provided by the
Alliance as quasi-curricular instead
of extra-curricular; that is to say,
helpful to one’s academic work,
particularly in the social sciences,
instead of detracting from it.’’ One
of her specific plans for the near
future is campaigning in the con-
gressional elections.

As chairman of Publicity for the,
Alliance and the Committee for
Feeding Europe Alison is familiar
with all aspects of the organiza-
tion.



Students Back Food Program
As Roberts Urges Relief Plan

Hoover Plan Adopted;
Less Fats, Wheat,
Reduce Waste

Registering their unanimous sup-
port by a standing vote at the re-
cent Alliance Assembly on food,
the faculty, students and-adminis-
tration of the college, as well as
members of the community of Bryn
Mawr passed the following resolu-
tion: “Resolved: it is the moral ob-
ligation of all Americans to do
everything in their power to pre-
vent.starvation in Europe and Asia.
We therefore, wish to.express our
full support of the present volun-
tary program set forth by the Fa-
mine Emergency Committee. But
at the same,time we believe more
effective measures should be taken,
including rationing, and an immed-
iate increase in the allocation of
wheat, fat and oils to UNRRA. We
further recommend continuance and
strengthening of _ price-control”.

Copies of this resolution are to be|

mailed to President Trumann, Sec-
retary of State Brynes, Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson and to va-
rious members of Congress,

Here at college, by a vote of
420 to 16, a thirty-nine point pro-
gram for the conservation of fats
and wheat products has been pass-
ed and will soon be put into effect:

I. WHEAT

a) Limit bread to one piece
per person per meal, no » bread
at dinner.
b) No seconds on crackers, no
sandwiches.
c) Omit toast as garnish
d) Save bread ends for dress-
ing, ete.
c) use one-crust pies, use
fruits instead of pies whenev-
er practicable, omit cobblers.
d) Alternate wheat flour with
oat and rye.

II. FAT
a) Use boiled dressings almost
exclusively,-omit-hollandaise
and other extra sauces.
b) Boiled instead of fried
foods whenever possible.

Continued on Page 3



Choristers Busily

For Welcoming
: by Judy

An element of co-education, of a
musical nature at least, will come
to Bryn Mawr on Saturday, April
13, with the arrival of 66 members
of the Yale Glee Club. The men,
pe of them veterans (a fact
which has brought unrestrained
joy to the hearts of B. M. Chorus
members) will take part in the
joint Glee Club-Chorus concert
scheduled for that evening.

Rehearsals for the concert are
going well,.on the whole, aided
over.the rough spots by Cookie De-
Varon’s coaxing “Come on girls
give it a little shmaltz,” and, “O-
kay, now—dig it!” To demonstrate
its versatility, the Chorus is plan-
ning to do everything from a Bach
cantata to Kentucky mountain folk
songs. One of the high spots of
the evening will be the singing by
the combined choruses of selections
from Honegger’s “King David.”
The four-handed piano introduction
to this latter work is extremely

1 Same and at one rehearsal
Tthe girls became so engrossed in

listening to it that when-they re-









ceived. their signal to begin sing-

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Make Plans
Yale~ Glee Club

Marcus, ’49

ing, all that came forth, was an
extremely feeble squeak. This dis-
organized effort, flattering {as it
was to the pianists, was viewed
with less favor by Cookie. But now
the squeak has been worked up to
a full and harmonious roar that
promises to fill, Goodhart to the
rafters with melody, come April
13.

On the Yale side of the picture,
the Glee Club will be directed by
Marshall Bartholomew, and_ will
sing both alone and with the Bryn
Mawr Chorus, The boys will spend
the night in Pem West, and be es-
corted to the dance after the con-
cert by the Chorus. This situation
gives rise to many difficulties, ir
cluding that of matching the mem-
bers of the two groups as to height,
age, and temperament. It may eas-
ily be seen that these problems are
not all of a musical nature, . but
thus far the Bryn Mawr songsters
seem to be bearing up under the
strain quite cheerfully. For, as one
Chorus member was heard to chor-
tle, “Working with.men is su-u-uch
fun!”





Roberts Stresses Need
To Conserve Food
By Rationing

Goodhart Auditorium, March 26.
Europe’s great need for food was
described today by the Honorable
Owen J. Roberts, former Supreme
Court justice. Theme of the current
food situation, Justice Roberts said,
could well be ‘too little and. too.
late’. No matter what we do at
this late date, millions are going
to starve because we have given
too little.

“There can be no hope in a vol-
untary effort at this stage, said
Justice Roberts, emphasizing the
great difference between Italy’s
per capita daily consumption of
760 calories and our own civilian
consumption of over 3000. The Uni-
ted States has been most deficient
in supplying to UNRRA what has
been allocated to it by the Combin-
ed Food. Board.

Strongly urging Americans to |

write their representatives in Con-
gress to reinstate rationing, Jus-
tice Roberts offered a five-point
plan, stating that the entire mat-
ter should be taken out of the
hands of the Department of Agri-
culture:

1. All the wheat producing coun-

Continued On Page 2

Dinner In Honor

Of Hudson Shore

|Held In New York

The great service performed by
the Hudson Shore Labor School
was the dominant theme of a din-
ner held in honor of the School’s
twenty-fifth anniversary, at the
Murray Hill Hotel in New York,
March 28.

Miss Hilda Smith, chairman of
the Committee for the Extension
of Labor Education and first dir-
ector of the Bryn Mawr Summer
School for Women Workers in In-
dustry, announced that plans are
being tentatively formulated to
run the school on a year-round ba-
sis. She also pointed out the fun-
damental values that are derived
from the school.. seule

Aid to workers in preparing to
face their problems intelligently

was the aspect of the school stress- .

ed by Mr. Frank P. Fenton, Direct-
oriof Organization of the American

Federation of Labor, and co-Chair-~° —

man of the Honorary Sponsoring.
Committee. Congressman Jerry
Voorhis, of Cafifornia, also a mem-
ber. of the Hoforary Sponsoring
Committee, discussed the impor-
tant role played by Labor in the
conduct of foreign affairs. ?

The primary requisite for a la-
bor leader, said’ Mr. Harry Reed,
of the CIO, is no longer’ merely
force, but rather training and in-
telligence. He felt that the Hudson
Shore Labor School is playing an
important part in preparing such
leaders.

Miss Dollie Lowther, Education
Director of the Laundry Workers’
Joint Board, and an alumna of the
Labor School, represented all of
her fellow-students when she ex-

pressed her gratitude for the ex- |

periences she had gained while

studying at the school. Miss Helen -

D. Lockwood, Chairman of the
School’s Board of Directors, -
sided over the dinner.




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A Very Commendable Achievement

The food program adopted by Bryn Mawr is a tribute
to the serious concern of American students in the econ-

omic, social and political problems of the post-war world. It

is also incontrovertible evidence that Bryn Mawr is both will-
ing and able to contribute forcefully and effectively to the
solution of these problems;:that we have not lost the “pio-
neer” spirit of an earlier Bryn Mawr.

The program excels in its well-rounded approach. On
the one hand, we show our appreciation of the theory in-
volved in our endorsement of the resolution and in our re-
sponse to the speeches of Justice Roberts, Miss Speer and
Miss Kraus. At the same time we are looking the practical
difficulties squarely in the face with the program of food
conservation and the direct shipment of food to Europe by
the Committee for Relief for Europe. The Committee de-
serves the appreciation of the college for the excellent or-
ganizational work it has done in this very commendable

cause.

Creative Achievements

The past year has been characterized by much talk and
discussion concerning the creative ability at Bryn Mawr. It
has been maintained with steadfast determination that such
ability does exist, yet little proof has been offered, except
through individual effort, which, although praiseworthy, has
not led to widespread action on the campus.

As the spring term approaches, however, we can look

back and see a change—one which has been gradual, but no-| .
Recently, out of ideas and theories, concrete plans

ticeable.

have been formed, many of which are now in effect.

Arts Night was the crowning attainment and proved con-
clusively that there is much creative talent to be developed

here.

Leading up to this, the controversy over The Title in-

dicated the first step of advance. Suggestions for a maga-
zine with a wider scope have materialized, and it can hardly
be said any longer that The Title, is, so to speak, “in a rut.”

These are not the only progressive actions in the crea-
tive ‘line taken on campus this year. An exceptional Drama

group has been organized, and
ied and read aloud. The Art
and tthe problem of ad

Chekov’s Seagull is being stud-
Olub has scheduled a meeting,
equipment is in the process of

being solved. The Camera Club, which went out of exist-
ence during the war—shortage of film—is coming bak with |;

renewed enthusiasm.

has been for most of us
e world was not at war.

when

Fest year at College
are inevitable and

Serre srahhe alaatanonke to be made, and it would seem that
Bryn Mawr is.making-progress in.the directions -which the

students’ energies have taken:

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Foreign. Students.-Show
Gratitude For Relief

To Europe
To the Editor:

As European students at Bryn
Mawr College, we wish to express
to the Committee for Relief for
Europe, the Bryn Mawr Faculty,
Administration and Students our
deepest gratitude for the tremen-
dous effort that is being made at
the College for the European Re-
lief.

Being in touch with our families
and friends all over Europe, we
know how much your relief means
to them in their daily life.

We would like to express our
admiration for the efficient and
generous way in which you help

‘}}]in solving this crucial problem of

Europe.

Sincerely yours,
Nicole Hermann
Grace Werring
Denyse Carre
Fanita Revici
Irene Melup
Andi Bryne
Claude Valabregue
Anita Mol

Accomodations Needed
For 1946 Graduation

And Junior Prom

To the Editors,

In considering the first post-war
graduation.at Bryn Mawr the very
practical preblem_ of accommoda-
tions for families and guests of
the seniors is immediately evident.
Reduced restrictions on travel, a
less exacting demand flor the time
of parents who were previously
engaged in war jproduction, and
the return of brothers and friends
who were iin the service means a
demand for accommodations which
far exceeds what the village can
supply. .

In addition, the graduation
program includes a return of the
traditional Junior Prom on_ the
Saturday before graduation. Ac-
commodatticns must |be provided
for the men who will be our guests.

Some figures may be given in
support of the demand which we
say exists. 54 seniors were poll-
ed; 38 of this number had not been
abe to obtain reservations for their
families for graduation.. They es-
timated their needs at rooms for
105. people.

In addition, some 20 seniors
needed -rooms for men for the
Junior Prom. It must be noted
that this figure does not include
the prom guests of the Juniors and
that only a few seniors have been
polled on this question.

It is our sugestion that serious
consideration be given to the use
of a hall for families. We also
suggest that Wyndham or the gym
be used to provide acconfmodations
for men for Saturday night,- June
8.

Sincerely yours,
Diane Dame ’46
Helen Brooks ’46
Marjorie Amos °46 &
Dorothy Reifschneider ’46

Dr. Chew Speaks
At U. of Toronto

_A series of lectures entitled “The
Virtues Reconciled” was recently
delivered at the University of Tor-
onto by Dr: Samuel C. Chew, head
of Bryn Mawyr’s English Depart-
ment. These will soon be available
in printed form.

The four addresses, which were
subtitled “A Study of Visual and
Verbal Imagery,” were given on
March 11, 12, 13, and 14 under the
auspices of the Alexander Lecture-
ship, a foundatien similar to.Bryn

| Mawr’s' ‘Mary Flexner Lectureship.

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‘Student Seeks Reform}

Of Existing Campus

Organizations
To the Editor:

The campus “agitation” of last
week dealt with the “awakening”
of College life and the wider op-
portunity for the realization of ev-
ery kind of talent. This depends
upon ithe active and continuous
participation of each undergradu-
ate in-the activity in which she is
interested. Because these activities
are centered now in the 12 commit-
tees and 12 clubs of the 6 associa-
tions of the Undergraduate Coun-
cil, it seems difficult to do anything
constructive when working through
the many small groups that are
scattered along the gamut of un-
dergraduate organizations.

Proposed Reorganization

Therefore I propose a definite re-
organization of the Undergraduate
Association and a clarification of

the places of the clubs and com-

mittees as related to each other.
This plan involves 3 organizations
of the Undergraduate Council in-
stead of 6.

Service League

I. The first organization would

be a Service League—for service

“contact
Under
this League would function the

here and. abroad and for
with the outside world”.

Committee for Relief for Europe,
all the present Volunteer Social
United
War Stamps,

Nations
Debating
‘Club, International Relations Club
and the
Events

Organizations,
Council,

on Current
This

committee
and Assemblies.

League would then have to coord-.

inate and direct the work of 7 com-
mittees and 13 clubs now in the
Undergraduate Association.

Undergraduate Organization

II, The Undergraduate Organi-
zation would co-ordinate, but not
all the other
campus activities—Athletic Asso-
ciation, College News, Chapel,
Publicity, the five Academic Clubs,
Cut,
New Book Room, Entertainment,

necessarily direct,

the Curriculum, Vocational,
Subfreshman, Furniture Sales,
Maids Committee and the 9 clubs
which would function autonomous-
ly, and use each others members,
but might be regarded as under a
general Arts group—the Players
Radio, Chorus, Record Library,
Modern Dance, Dance, the Title,
Art and Camera Clubs.

Self-Government

III. Self-Government would stay
the same.

With the purpose and place of
every extra-curricular group clear-
ly defined, and allowing for indi-
vidual expression, then the stu-
dents ability to gain her ultimate
object in College life, and the best
development of her personality will
be directed through the clearest
channels and enable her to do more
and do it. better..

Rosalind Oates ’48

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In Memoriam

_ MARCH 25, 1946

Anne Wellinger, Class of 1949

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B. M. to Participate
In Poetry Contest’

A preliminary poetry competi-
Vtion has been announced by the
college to select the student who
will represent Bryn Mawr at an
intercollegiate poetry contest to be
held at ‘Mount Holyoke in May.
The winning poem will be read by
the author at the Mount Holyoke
contest, where it will be judged
by a group of authorities on poe-
try, with a $100 prize for the best
poem. ;

A faculty committee has been
appointed by Miss McBride com-
prising Mr. Cameron, Miss Staple-
ton, and Mrs. Foster to judge the
entries in the preliminary compe-
tition. Manuscripts should be left
in Miss Stapleton’s office not later
than April 16.

Group to Begin

Work on Drama

The aim of the Experimental
Drama Group is to work on plays
without the pressure of production.
It will concentrate on the develop-
ment of individual talent in the
fields of acting and _ direction.
There are no requirements for
membership, and the Group is op-
ened to anyone interested in join-
ing.

Any group of people may work
on a play of their own choosing,
either an original work or one that
is already familiar. In ‘this way
several, differente plays may be
worked on simultaneously.

Plans are being made to start
work on Chekov’s “Seagull” right
after vacation. There has already
been a preliminary reading of the
play, and tryouts will be held later.

As yet, the group has not become
fwlly organized, Any suggestions
will be greatly appreciated. A sug-
gestion box will be placed in Tay-
lor.



Rationing Needed,
Owen Roberts Says

Continued from Page 1
tries must combine with us and al-

locate adequate amounts of wheat.

2. One official must be appointed
as coordinator.

3. Price controls must be left on
the foods UNRRA has to buy.

4. Smal]l businesses must be sub-
sidized to compensate for the fats
and oils it is necessary to take
from them.

5. The Secretary of Agriculture
must set aside adequate grain.

Justice Roberts was followed by
Miss Margaret Speer, head of the
Shipley School, who spoke on the
famine in China and Miss Hertha
Kraus of the sociology department
who emphasized the need for aid
in rehabilitation.





WIT?S END

I saw a robin,

I heard it sing.

The dise is turning

“It might as well be spring.”

The thermometer is sixty
I felt likedfive,

The cotton dress is on,
It’s good to be alive.

I’m sng the seasons
My n is running, too,
Midsemesters approaching,
Happy spring to you.
aa a
The fields are thawing,
So is my soul,
The rabbits are mating
A million by fall. p

I long to smell spring,
Instead T inhale education;:
It might as well. . .

Be Spring Vacation. —












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Modern Ant

by Norma’ Ulian, ‘47

Of the two prominent American
artists whose work we have seen
in the Common Room, it is poss-
ible to say that they portray the
America we know. Benton, a na-
tive of Missouri, paints the farm-
ers, their homes and their sur-
roundings with clarity and sim-
plicity. Hopper was born in Néw
York, and paints scenes of Cape
Cod and of typical though not par-
ticular (American towns. |

(Homestead, by Thomas Benton,
is a clean and concise rendering of
a Missouri farmer sitting discon-
solately on the edge of a well while
he watches his three thin pigs for-
age for food. In the background
is his small farmhouse with its ad-
jacent silo, and next to the house
is one lone tree.

The picture it presents of an un-

. -flourishing farm and its sad own-

er could be one of. great pathos.
Yet the use of bright, flat unre-
lieved colors allays that pathos.
Such a clear blue sky, such a lush
green tree, gives a note of well-
being which is rather incongruous.
Strange indeed is the lifelessness
of the painting. True we see a
farmer and three pigs, but they
are static and expressionless. There
is no grain in the fields and the
tree is false-looking and stiff. The
whole work is flat, bare and quite
unmoving..

Hopper’s House by the Railroad
as opposed to Benton’s painting is
very moving. Here the artist ac-
centuates the loneliness and sad-
ness of the solitary home. By us-
ing dulled, bluish-grey colors in
the sky and the house and by
working in dark shadows, he has
created an atmosphere of mystery
as well as one of sorrow. It is al-
most a haunted house we seekg
fore us, with its drawn window
shades. and its emptiness. In
House (by the Railroad we have a
feeling that there is not a living
human being (within miles of the
location, that the house is a de-
serted shell which has withstood
the invasion of ‘“new-fangled
ideas.” It is, perhaps, the symbol
of the obsolete Victorian era, a
staunch edifice which cannot. be
conquered fby a railroad track.

A poll was conducted in the
Modern European Painting Class,
to ascertain which painting in the
exhibition brought here by Mr.
, Barr is most popular and which
least (popular. Cezanne, Chirico,
Hopper and Rouault are the most
favored artists, a fact which seems
to show that the class still leans
toward conservatism in this art.
However, one person chose Arp,
one chose Kandenskey, and two
cited Mondrion as their second
choice. “Mr. Barr’s lectures have
not been unfruitful.’ They have suc-
ceeded in broadening the apprecia-
tion.of quite a few of the students.
By a fair majority Miro’s Catalan
Landscape was judged least liked,
with Arp and Léger close behind.
The Masson was noticeably absent
in the voting, either as a liked or
disliked work, as was the Severini.



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Fishing At Maids’,

Porters’ Carnival

The fortune-tellers in Taylor
basement can predict success for
future Maids’ Bureau projects, if
each is to follow the precedent of
the Maids’ and Porters’ Carnival
last Thursday night. The walls of
the Maids’ Bureau were hung with
inviting posters and signs, for stu-

dents who came to try their- luck

at Bingo or “Pin the Tail on the
Donkey”.

The Fishpond was a center of
attraction, with a wide choice of
prizes, and rival mystics vied. in
fortune-telling and psychic reading
in another corner. Mail was circu-
lated from a novelty post-office, to
the delight of carnival goers, and
the extra mail delivery was regard-
ed as “definitely a fine idea”.

Singing and piano music added
to the festive atmosphere, and the
dress and jumper prizes were auc-
tioned off at the height of the eve-
ning. The speed with which punch,
hamburgers, hotdogs, and cake dis-
appeared testified to their popular-

‘ity, and students returned to their

halls with reports of “a very su-
perior brand of chocolate chip
cookies.”

B.M.-Penn Meet
Ends at 53-31

* Bryn Mawr defeated its arch-
rival, Penn, today by the thorough
score of 53-31 in the last outside
meet of the year. This game ended
a particularly successful season in
which two seniors, Alice Hedge,
vaptain of the team, and Connie
Chester, outstanding speed swim-
mer, were stars. Connie Chester
won the 40-yard free-style, while
Willard and Tanner took first and
second respectively in the breast-
stroke for form; Tanner also won
the side-stroke for form, with Den-
ny Ward taking second. In the div-
ing, Haines of Penn took first place
and Hedge and.Cary of Bryn Mawr
placed second and third. The most
spectacular’*moment of the meet
occurred in the Medley relay, when
Connie Chester overcame her op-
ponent’s lead of a third of a pool’s
length to win by a hand. The win-
ning combination of Ann Dudley,
Carol Baker, Kathy Geib, and Con-
nie Chester secured more points
for the Owls, to increase their sub-

stantial lead.



New Rare Book Room Exhibition
Offers Valuable Early Play Bills

by Laura Dimond, °47

Well worth seeing is the exhibi-
tion of early play-%Mls with com-
mentaries by Dr. ague that is
now in the Rare Book Room, The
bills are a gift of the class of 1911
and were given to the college in
memory of Margaret Prussing Le

| Vino.

The oldest of the programs is
for a performance of Cyrus’ which,
was given on the ninth of March,
1769, at the Theatre-Royal in Cov-
ent Garden, one of the two legiti-
mate theatres existing in London
at that time. Although this is the
only remnant of the eighteenth
century on exhibit, there are sev-
eral bills representative of the
nineteenth century.

One of the most unusual of the
playbills, which advertises the
“great spectacular Irish drama,”
Arrah-na-Pogue, or The Wicklow
Wedding, has in its center a melo-
dramatic picture of a scene from
the play. Other programs on dis-
play name many famous players
among whom are Edmund Keen
as Othello in 1816, and the elder
Booth, Edwin Booth’s father, in
his famous role as Richard III in
1836. Both were presented at Drury
Lane, the other legitimate London
theatre,

The Boston theatres are most
widely represented by the play-
bills of the 19th century American

theatre. In a Boston Theatre pro-
gram featuring Edwin Booth in
Much Adg~About Nothing in 1867,
are toukd several advertisements
for pianos, cures for neuralgia,
paper collars and hoop skirts
(“made without the use of glue or
rivets’’):

An interesting phenomenon was
the Boston Museum Company
(1843-1893) for which there is a
bill displayed for School for Scan-
dal presented there in 1873. Cast
as Sir Peter Teazle in this produc-
tion was William Warren, known
for his extraordinary ability as a
character actor. This theatre was
unusual in that the play was sup-
posedly secondary and the displays
of a few mummies and other mu-
seum pieces were the attraction
for Boston’s seciety, for whom it
would have been a disgrace to be
seen at an ordinary production.

There is “a bul, too, from the
Boston Howard Athenaeum, which
presented Edwin Booth in Richard
III in 1860. Although the theatre
is still in existence its patrons no
longer attend as admirers of
Shakespeare. “The Howard Athen-
aeum in Boston,” explained Dr.
Sprague, Wstill a@ theatre, though
less dignified than it once was, is
approaching its hundredth birth-
day.”

B.M., Yale Choruses
To Sing at anseane

Cc Jontinued from: Page
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Biche; Verger.

Yale: Fantasy on American

Folk Ballads, R. Donovan.

Bryn Mawr: 3 Kentucky Moun-
tain Folk Songs (arranged by Ruth
E. Abbott for the B. M.-C. Chorus,
1946); The Water Cresses; Ef I
Had a Ribbon Bow; Hi, Ho, the
Preacher Man.

Mixed Chorus: 2 English Folk
Songs; The Lark in the Morn,
Randall Thompson; Just as the
Tide Was Flowing, Vaughn Wil-
liams.

The 66 members of the Yale Glee
Club, mostly veterans, will arrive
on campus on Saturday afternoon
for a joint rehearsal. Both chorus-
es will have dinner in Pembroke,
and Yale will spend the night in
Pem West.

The Bryn (Mawr chorus has in-
vited the Yale men to the under-
graduate dance which is to follow
the concert.

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| -On The Screen

Technical Skill Marks
‘Birth of a Nation’;
- Viewpoint Biased
«by Judy Marcus, *49

Goodhart Music Room, March
15. Although considerably marred
by a prejudiced attitude toward
its subject matter, “The Birth of
a Nation,” D. W. Griffith’s famous
motion picture about the Civil War
and* Reconstruction “periods, was,
for the time at which it was film-
ed, a remarkable achievement both
from the-standpoint of its techni-
cal innovations and the scope of
its conception.

Considering the fact that the
film was produced over thirty
years ago, it contains some very
impressive scenes and a number
of interesting —shots.._Notable
among the latter were the inser-
tion of short scenes or flashbacks
where they were not necessary to

the progress of the plot, for the]:

purpose of heightening the emo-
tional impact, and the use of such
effective photographic .devices as
the split sereen.

‘A conscious effort was also made
by the producers of the film to
portray accurately those scenes
which were of special historic im-
portance, among them Lee’s sur-
render to Grant at Appommatttox,
and Ford’s Theatre the night of
Lincoln’s assassination. The act-
ing itself was exaggerated, with
considerable—use—_ofextravagant
gestures and facial expressions,
but this fault may be laid to the
necessity to overcome the disad-
vantages imposed by lack of sound.

The plot of the film deals with
the ties of romance and friendship
binding the members of a Northern
and a Southern family; but it is not
the story itself, but rather the fas-
cinating background of. war and
reconstruction against which it is
painted, that is of particular in-
terest. The second part of the
picture, dealing with the tragic
aftermath of the war in the South,
is by far the more compelling ‘and
absorbing. The happy ending of
the film seems entirely too pat to
be in keeping with the rest of it,
but this is a relatively small detail
when the picture is viewed as a
whole.

One of the strongest imipres-
‘sions that the viewer of the picture
receives is that-it is fraughd with
anti-negro sentiment. It ‘cannot
be denied that the film does place
the negro in a decidedly unfavor-
able light and plays up unduly the
role of the Ku Kilux Klan in the
moulding of our nation. But this
tendency is rather to be regarded
as one of the very serious faults
of the film, and should not be per-
mitted to obscure in the reviewer’s
mind the great technical achieve-
ments which have caused it to sur-

vive for over thirty years.

For its day the picture was a

Swim Meet Won
By Drexel Squad

University of* Pennsylvania,
March 16. Racing against a pow-
erful Drexel team, Bryn Mawr’s
swimming squad suffered their first
defeat of the season, losing Fri-
day’s match with 25 points to their
opponent’s score of 32.

Starting off to the signal of a
loud pistol shot, echoing down the
lengths of the enormous gym, the
owls came in victoriously on the
first race, as Connie Chester, °46
led in by several strokes. Darst
Hyatt and Anne Dudley, both. ‘47,
swam beautifully in the backcrawl
—earning first and second places
for Bryn Mawr.

The breaststroke race, the two
relays, medley and free-style, and
the diving match were all lost to
Drexel.

Photography, Art
Clubs Set, Plans

In response to the demand for
expanded club facilities, the Art
Club and the Photography Club are
developing plans for new equip-
ment and new activities. :

The Art Club is holding meet-
ings to which all those interested
in becoming members are invited.
J@ is also working on plans for
replacing present equipment and
purchasing new materials.

The Photography Club, inactive
during the war \as a result of the
shortage of photographic supplies,
is planning a_ revival officially
scheduled for next year, when it
is hoped that a dark room will be
available.



tremendous production; and al-
though in many places the facts
and characters have been distort-
é¢d in order to achieve the greatest
dramatic effect, I have little doubt
that Mr. Griffith was, as he stated,
merely attempting to present a
basically accurate record of those
tragic days. As such, “The Birth
of a Nation” is an important mile-
stone in the history of the motion
picture.

NOTICES

News Tryouts

~The News--will hold-tryouts for
the editorial staff Wednesday,
April 10, at 5:00 in the News room
in Goodhart. Juniors, Sophomores
and Freshmen interested in news-
paper work are strongly urged to
try out.

New Officers

The Self-Government Associa-
tion takes .great pleasure in an-
nouncing the election of Rosina
Bateson, ’47, as_ vice-president,
Katherine Landreth, ’48, as Secre-
tary, and Helen Anderton, ’49, as
First Sophomore member.

The Undergraduate Association
takes great pleasure in announcing
the election of Marietta Taylor,
’47, as Vice-President, Ann Chase,
’48, as Secretary, and Sue Kelly,
49, as First. Sophomore member.

Rosemont Defeats

B. M. in Basketball

Despite good playing on Bryn
Mawr’s part, Rosemont won the
basketball competition with a score
of 39 to 13. The Rosemont forwards
did an exceptional job in the last
quarter when they made 18 points.
In the first game with the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, the visi-
ting team was defeated 33 to 17
because of an amazing pick-up‘ by
the Bryn Mawr forwards in the
second—half;—Penn’s—-second team
was victorious, however, with a
total of 35 tog}4.







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Owls Place 4th

\In Fencing Meet

New York, March 23. One of the
five colleges to take part in the
Pentagonal Fencing meet, Bryn
Mawr took fourth place, as Vassar
eame in-first, Mt.. Holyoke second,
Alfred next, while Albertus Mag-
nus lost completely.

Vassar defeated Bryn Mawr by
a score of 4-1, as BM’s one victor-

Freshman first team defeated the
Baldwin fencers by, 7-2. Much
credit goes to the agility and ac-
curacy of Vera Blansfield, who won
all three of her bouts, as well as
to ‘Amy Amory and Louise Belk-
nap, each victorious in two of the
scheduled number.

Baldwin’s second team, judged
as superior to their first, managed
to beat the four freshmen who
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score of 8 points to four.



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their 8 made by Alice Bronfenbren-

ner and Alice Hart. Bryn Mawr’s}.

only victory, against Albertus
Magnus was a desice one, with a
score of 5 to 0.

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