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ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1945

Copyright,

Bryn Mawr College, 1944

Trustees of





Bryn Mawr Choir,
Harvard Glee Club

Will Give Concert:

Harvard Singers Won Fame
For Artistic Rendition
Of Classics

The Harvard-Bryn Mawr concert
to be held in Goodhart on Febru-
ary 3, will *eomtinue the tradition

-instituted, with last year’s . joint

concert in June. The Harvard
Glee Club, represented by some 35

voices, will combine with the Brynq

Mawr Choir for the main concert
of the year. ij

The Harvard Glee Club has hee
been recognized in the music world
for its beautiful singing of good
ehoral music.’ Founded/in 1911, a
time when college musical. organ-
izations concerned themselves with
‘banjos, mandolins, and sentimental
music, the club has always main-
tamed high standards by singing
only music of artistic value. Un-
der the direction of Dr. Archibald
‘T. Davison, -it established its rep-
utation through the rendition. of
‘major. works, such as Bach’s “B
Minor Mass” and Brahms’. “Re-
‘quiem”, and minor works, such-as
Mozart / canons and _ Palestrina’s
“Adéramus Te”’.

Fame

The fame of the club spread to
Europe where seven members made
a/ tour in the summer of - 1921.
Singing ancient and modern music
in cathedrals and concert halls,
they were everywhere acclaimed.
PKeir moving performance before
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
is Paris is renowned.

Today, despite the war, the Har-
vard Glee Club under the direction
of Professor A. Wallace Wood-
worth, has continued to grow in

Importance and influence. Known
Continued on page 3

Committee Presents
Some Minor Chan ges
For Period of Exams

tia

The stint Curriculum ° Corts
mittee has announced. the follow-
ing regulations in order to relieve
the end-of-term. congestion. ‘There
are merely two details on the me-

chanics side of the Curriculum

Committee’s schedule.

The regulations have required].
that all term papers be sitbmitted
by the time of the last scheduled
class; only in special cases and
with official autHorization is a later
date permitted. This is an effort
to protect the mid-year period for
exaniination purposes,; as well as
to guard against undue postpone-
ment of term work. This year,
wherever possible, a final date for
papers has been set as Monday,
January 15. This still allows the
normal two weekends after return
to college, but frees the last week
of classes for course material, pre-

iod.

In the mid-year period, no ex-
aminations have been set for the
first Saturday, allowing a free
weekend between last classes and
the first day of examinations. In-
stead, a schedule’ of small class
examinations is set on Wednes-
day, January 31.

“Experiment” Contest
Offers Poetry Prize



To any undergraduate with
leanings toward. poetry, the an-
nouncement of a prize contest by
the ‘magazine Experiment should
be of interest. Experiment offers
a prize of $25.00 for the best un-
published poem submitted by Feb-
ruary 1, 1945. The winning poem



Continued on Page 3



Thirtieth Year of College. News Publication

~ Shows Kditors that No News is

s \Good News



In the otherwise utilitarian hab-
journalists
who comprise the staff of the Col-
lege News, the only concession to
decoration is a bronze plaque in-
scribed as follows: “This tablet is
of 1915 in
memory of Isabel Foster, A. B.
1915, First Editor ‘of the College

News”. To the alert editorial
mind, sit occurred -that .we, un-
“aware, have been ighoring our

-ors in the field of misprints

.comers in something known

thirtieth anniversary, so, belated-
ly, we turn to the maiden endeav-
and
misspellings.

Organized in the summer of
1914, published first on September
30, on the opening day of the thir-
tieth academic .year, the News
was sent to press by three: Sen-
iors, two Juniors, a business. man-
ager, and a faculty advisor and

we wonder how they ever did it.

Evidently they had their troubles,
for they advertised weekly for re-
porters and music or theatre critics,
holding office hours daily for ,all
as
the Christian Association Room.
Business troubles were numerous,
since undergraduates began by
buying one copy of the News for

ve sw Sorridor,.. and. since..the. price.wgs4-'

one dollar-less. This state-of af-
fairs did not pérsist long, how-
ever, for a few months later the



News took over Merion for a ban-
quet of roast. beef and yellow and
white ice cream for its forty “heel-
ers”. Ah, for the good old days!

Though different in size and in

print, the College News of 1914-
15 was little different from _ the
College News of 1944-45 in. con-

tent. It recorded a furious battle
over cuts; it editorialized over
the lethargic attitude of the stu-
dents, the poor attendance” at
chapel; it received complaints for
careless proofr::.1g; it encour-

the Red Cross on campus.

However, it gave a notably larg-
er amount ofspace to sports, of
‘which football was a favorite in-
terclass game and to the amaz-
ingly active Christian Association,
to debating. societies, and to alum-
nae and faculty notes. It publish-
ed lost and found notices for two
cents a word, and it waxed hys-
terical over “pink tea quizzes”, its
name for examinations all held
then in the Reading Room of the
Library, where you were given a
‘pink slip and you searched for a
pink desk on which was your par-
ticular exam.

And in January, the News edi-
-torialized- -“When»-will-the college
Jearn to take exams sensibly” ?
We can only reply that in thirty
years we haven't.



liminary. to the examination per-

4 southern . France.

aged students to do their bit for.

Papers | Monopolize Bryn Mawr Vacations
As a vey Hardy Souls’ Venture into Jobs



by Nancy Siciahansk: "47

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The academic life seéms to have
-consamed the existence of virtual-
ly all Bryn Mawrtyrs, who offer a
resigned but firm countenance’ to
visionary papers stacked up before
them.

Careful research revealed that
only three students awailable for
comment had done, anything dur-
ing the, vacation ‘productive of
“money income” as the economists
blithely say, though there are
probably a few others in this hap-
py group who ducked in their holes
as we passed. Marguerite Nose,
’45, who also spent her vacation in

tage, whiled away her happier mo-
ments ringing up the cash regis-
ter at Meth’s.

Freshmen
Among the Freshmen, who seem
to have made. the best record, Car-
ol Baker worked in a florist’s dur-
ing the rush week before Christ-
mas. Asked for her impressions,
she. said they consisted of pricked
fingers, a dislike of gardenias ow-
Continued on Page 4

Doda Conrad, Singer —
(f Wide Reputation
Gives Recital at B. M.



Music Room, January 9. Doua
Conrad, Polish Basso of European
and American repgtation, and now
lieutenant in the United States
Army, today gave the song recital
which he is scheduled..to give at
Times Hall, N. Y., on January 18.

Accompanied by Paul Nordoff,
Lt. Conrad, in his varied and in-
teresting program, sang songs by
Poulenc, Strawinsky, Schumann
Ravel, Nordoff, and Chopin.

Lt. Conrad, who volunteered for
army service three years ago, was
wounded this summer .while par-
‘ticipating in the’ liberation of
Evacuated, he
has been recuperating from his leg
itijury at Rhoads General Hospi-
tal ‘in Utica, N. Y. and is now en

Continued on Page 4

B. M. Library Exhibits
H. Peirce’s Collection



The Misses Margaret and Mary
Peirce have lent a cartoon collec-
tion which belonged to their father
for an exhibition now being held
in the Rare Book Room. Mr. Har-
old Peirce was a collector of note.
Some of his rare editions
seen in a 1943 exhibition here
when his Kelmscott Press Chaucer
and his Doves. Press Bible and the
output. of other famous presses
were shown.

The present exhibition consists
of English and American cartoons,
the work of some of the foremost
masters of caricature of the 18th
and 19th centuries—among others
that of George Cruikshank, James
Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson.

Some of the subjects treated are
the naval rivalry between France
and England, the life of Napoleon,
the decline of Napoleonic power,
the division of Kurope at the Con-
gress of Vienna, the “O.P.” riots

‘Lat. John
Garden—in 1809, religious car-
toons, and American cartoons on
incidents in the War of 1812.



Bryn Mawr at Bettws-y-Coed Cot-||

}-changes~of this nature will be |

were.



Registration

Students who wish to change
their courses must consult Mrs.
Grant or Mrs. Broughton. Up-
perclassmen should make an ap-
pointment with Mrs,’ Grant;
Freshmen with. Mrs. Brough-
ton. Even those students who
discussed changes in_ their
eourses last spring’ or during
the first semester must obtain a
slip covering the change.

All students who do not sign

uary 25 will be registered as
continuing _ the same courses for
the second semester.

Students taking second year
courses which change -at mid-
years, namely, History, Philos-
ophy and Psychology, should
“notify the Secretary to the Dean
which courses they are electing
for the second semester. Any
student dropping a course at
mid-years, because of having
already eompleted the second
semester of the course, should
likewise notify the Secretary to
the Dean. Any student failing
to notify the Dean’s office of

fined one dollar.

An appointment sheet for up-
perclassmen is posted outside
Mrs. Grant’s office; an appoint-
ment ‘sheet for freshmen, out-
side Mrs. Broughton’s | office.
Appointments for upperclass-
men begin on Thursday, Janu-
ary 11; for Freshmen on Mon-
day, a 15.

Christina Grant
Dean of the College







A. Borum Commends
B. M. Nurses Aides



The Nurses’ Aide group on cam-
pus has been working steadily this
fall with encouraging results.
Twenty: students are taking the
course at the Bryn Mawr Hospital,
and‘sgyenteen already - trained
Aides are working here and in
Philadelphia.

Ann Elizabeth Borin, head of
the Bryn Mawr College ‘ Nurses’
Aides, commended the concentrat-
ed effort and hard work which has
been showy My the students taking
the course at the Bryn Mawr Hos-
pital. . ‘‘We-have béen very pleas-
ed,” she said, “with these people
who -are carrying a full college
course and at the same time are
becoming much needed Nurses’
Aides. Many of them have devot-
ed as much-as eight to ten hours
a week to the work, and already
five have completed the course in
an extremely short time: Anne
Biddle, Mary Conroy, Elizabeth
Corkran, Gwendolyn Leege, and
Marilyn Raab.”

The seventeen previously train-
ed Aides have been giving satis-
factory and dependable work, three
in Philadelphia-and fourteen at the
Bryn Mawr Hospital. They av-
eraged three hours a week in Oc-
tober, although many gave more
‘time. Anne Orlov worked nine-
teen hours, Sibyl ‘Straub eighteen
and one-half, and Julia yj aaeray

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eighteen. _.

Due to the iveuneillivas need for
Nurses’ Aides and \the successful

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results of the work done this: -2ll,

another course, open to. Freshmen,
may be given‘if enough péople —_





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for an appointment before Jan~ }

Mrs. Vera M. Dean
To Discuss Russia
As Park Lecturer

Foreign Policy Bulletin Editor
And Recent Speaker Here
~ Born in Russia ~

The Undergraduate ‘ Association
will present Mrs. Vera Micheles
Dean as the special lecturer for
the Marion Edwards Park Lecture

und. Mrs. Dean will speak in
“Goodhart, Monday night, January

Park Fund

Th ee for The Marion Ed-
wards Park Lecture Fund was col-
lected by the undergraduates as a
farewell present to Miss Park. She
preferred to have this money used
to establish a special lecture’ fund
in her name. In 1943 Sir Gerald
Campbell was the first speaker un-
der this fund.

‘Mrs. Dean has already talked ‘at
Bryn MaWr once this year when

World Order at the special Thanks-

Petrograd, Russia, she came to this
country in 1919. Mrs. Dean re-
ceived her B. A. degree at Rad-
cliffe in 1925, her M. A. in 1925 at
Yale University, and her Ph. D.
two years later. She has also re-
ceived honorary degrees from Wil-
son, Smith, New Jersey College
for Women, and the University of
Rochester.

Author

As an author and lecturer, Mrs.
Dean is well known, for she has
talked, to many schools, colleges
and public groups. She has also
written. New Government in Eur-
ope, with J. Buell (1984),
Europe in Retreat, published in
1939.- She has contributed to many

for the Foreign Policy Bulletin.
A member of both The Foreign
Policy Association, and The Re-
search Association, Mrs. Dean is
now research director as well as
editor.

Mrs. Dean became an Americar
citizen in 1928, and is a trustee of
Radcliffe and Vassar. She served
as a special consultant to the Of-
fice of Foreign Relief and Rehabil-
itation Operations, and was on
Director General, Herbert Leh-
man’s personal staff at the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration conference in At-
lantie City a year ago.

Board of Directors



Miss McBride has announced
| two additions to the’ Board of Dir-
ectors of the College, Miss
and Mrs. Talbert
will join the Board at
meeting here in March.

Miss Park will attend the-meet-
ings in ‘her capacity. as President
Emeritus, not serving as one of
the directors.
tunate in that the Board meetings
will bring Miss Park to Bryn Mawr
four times. a year.

its next

Elected as a Director at
Mrs. Talbert Aldrich of Boston is
an alumng~of the class of 1905,
and has served’ as alumnae direc-

Continued on Page 4



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A Plea for Action e

Before vacation the News ran an éditorial on the subject
of re-scheduling the academic year. We did this because we
felt the. subject demanded prompt attention, and that the
opinions we expressed accorded with those held by the ma-
jority of undergraduates. Now, as then, we feel that the
present state of affairs has dragged on far too long, and that
immediate and drastic action should be taken.

This year the conditions of overwork before mid-years
are worse than usual because of the increased length of
Christmas vacation. Students, to their families’ dismay,
spent much of that vacation in-writing papers. Such a state
of affairs emphasizes the urgent need for revision. -

The arguments that this year is not the suitable time
to make radical changes, because of wartime conditions, ab-
sence of a large portion of the faculty, or slowness of official
channels, do not seem-to apply. The fact remains that the
present schedule, which is as it stood at the founding of the
college, puts a tremendous and unnecessary burden-on: the
student body. Although the faculty may be absent, students
are still here, in greater number than ever before, and they
are the ones affected most by the present, arrangement. We
cannot see that any delay in-re-scheduling is warranted, since
it is an uncontested fact that the schedule on which we now
operate. is unsatisfactory.

We feel that it.is important for all undergraduates who
agree with us on this question to assert their rights. If this
is not done, the scheme for relieving pressure at mid-years
Years
will be spent in achieving some minor changes.

“Now, while we are in the midst of the difficulty, appears

to be the most fitting time to-make constructive. changes for’

which we have felt the need in the past.: It seems imperative
to us that exams and papers should not both come right:at
the end of the longest vacation of the academic year.. The
problem of how we can afrange-the-sechedule so as to avoid
our present predicament is one to which we hope the student

: \ body, the faculty, and the Curriculum Committee will devote
much immediate attention.



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on Russia, Goodhart, 8:30.
Wednesday, January 17
Graduate Discussion Group,
Miss Oppenheimer, 7:30,
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Campus Dramatic Opportunities

Dramatic talent, as represented in the Freshman plays
and the Varsity productions, as well as in minor intra-hall
skits during the past year has béen. of a strikingly high qual-
ity, indicating a considerable degree of interest and encour-
agement.

Most of us firmly believe in the ideal conception. of col-
lege involving a‘combination of theory, in the form of aca-
demic education, and practice, in the form of ‘creative con-
structive activity correlated with the interest and aims of
the maturing individual. It is in the field of dramatic pro-
duction and creative writing that there are concrete evi-
dences of attempts to realize this ideal on campus. Yet even
these attempts are comparatively lifeless. They lack the pur-
pose and initiative sufficient.to accomplish the real aims of
the people sincerely interested.

The main explanation presénted is the eternal cry that
there is no time, that the academic work leaves no room in
the undergraduate’s life for more extra-curricular activities.
And that is the truism which is responsible for the feeling
of rebellion against the present-scheduling system, and which
cannot be denied...

Yet, as one, who is personally deeply interested in both
literary and dramatic activity, I should like to propose three
plans which I feel would provide more opportunity for. crea-
tive work along those lines, without involving any more time
than is now devoted to it by organized groups during the

‘academic year.

a Proposals

The simplest of these proposals is the mere alteration of |
the character of the Varsity Players’ productions, which have
been of a rather routine nature. The plays themselves have
been acknowledged ‘vehicles, leaving little room for the exper-
iment which should be more of an end in college dramatic
production than the mere entertainment of the student body.

_ Although: in'a college as-eomparatively small as this it
is impractical, at least at this stage of the game, to propose
a drama wrokshop similiar to that of the University of North
Carolina, it is possible to introduce a little more of the novel
into our biennial productions. There are many play-forms,
developed recently, whose possibilities have not begun to be
fully explored: Eliot’s verse plays, the Federal Theatre’s Liv-
ing Newspapers, or Saroyan’s less publicized plays, to name
the most obvious examples. Such forms are actually bene-
fited by the non-mercenary and experimental nature of col-
lege productions, and the value of the opportunity to grap-
ple with problems indigenous to the modern theatre is great
for all sincerely interested in it, whether as actor, stager, or
audience. And here, at Bryn Mawr, we have the three con-
ditions necessary for such productions: stage facilities, tal-
ent, and interest. All that is needed is the decision to go
ahead. 5

The second proposal -is equally concrete, and even less
radical than the first. Until three years ago.a course known
Officially as Playwriting was given as a regular part of our

curriculum in alternate years: This course, given by Mr. John)

Gassner, a Theatre Guild director, included “work on play
production and acting as well as on the literary technique.

Three of the plays written by students were produced by the?
“Varsity Players under Mr. Gassner’s direction.

The course was dropped from the curriculum because
of a lack of interest arising from several conditions, but it
represented an opportunity for supervised experimentation,
and the combination of theory and practice necessary for

-those interested in testing their ability inany of the theatri-

cal fields. Such a course should be revived and can be revived
if sufficient interest is shown. ‘

The third proposal, the most ambitious of all, Liulowa
closely on the creative angle of the second. Since the cam-
pus, through the Freshmen plays, is considerably familiar
with the one-act play form, and since there is a definite num-
ber of creative writers on campus, it would be a worthwhile
project to hold a competition for original one-act plays, to be
written over the summer (in order not to demand unreason-
able 'timé during the year), and preferably sponsored by the
Players.. If the winning plays wete produced, and like the
Freshmen plays were student-directed, and limited in prep-
aration, it would come close to fulfilling completely the exper-
imental needs of the theatrical field of campus interest.

Further Development

There is room and time for the further devélopment of
creative activity in this field at Bryn Mawr. These propos-
als, though tentative, are cineaaeaal They can be 7 if
the interest is strong enough.

The academic side of college amply ween: us with -a

‘theoretical background for our future work... The practical

side lies completely in the hands = the ne ntente. We must
create it for — °

April Oursler 46



year’s schedule.









Curriculum. Committee Holds
All Rescheduling Proposals
For Discussion

To the Editor of the College News=

In the editorial in the last issue
of the News, a lack of information.
about the activities of the under-
graduate Curriculum Committee:
was indicated. The editorial im-
not.

of
On
the contrary it has been carrying:

topic:

plied that the committee has
been considering the problem
rescheduling the college year.

on an inyegtigation of this
since the beginning of second sem-.
ester of last year. ,

Possibilities .

The committee met last spring:
with Miss Lehr, the head of the
Faculty Schedule Committee, and
discussed the possibility of 1) the
changed semester plan, and 2)
smaller changes which would help
to ease the strain on students un-
der the present college calendar.

At that time it was decided that.
any changed semester plan would
not be considered further as an im-
mediate change, - but would be
considered carefully by joint fac-
ulty and student committees be-.
fore-a definite recommendation be
made to the college. The exper-.
ience of other women’s colleges,
which had difficulty .with such
plans, cautioned an_ exhaustive
survey of the advantages and dis-
advantages of such rescheduling...

A number of smaller recom
mendations were made for this
These had to be
approved by the faculty’ before
they could be ‘presented to the
student body. The Faculty Sched-
ule Committee presented them to
the December faculty meeting,
and the decisions reached in that

Continued on Page 4.

At a desk by a paper

I. moan as I sit —

Singing Pillow, Sweet Pillow, My
Pillow!

Though they say 4% me, “idiot,

Why do you sit

Groaning Pillow, dear Pillow, My
Pillow?”

I know that I’ll never get
Closer to it

As I gnaw on my pencil and
Snore as I grit

My molars and damn every ,

‘| Author that writ

About. Pillow, O Pillow, his Pillow...

Is it weakness or intellect?

(Most of it mine)

Or a tough old professor who’s

Waiting at nine?

With a shake of my tottering

Head I decline ar

With “Pillow, O Pillow, my Pil-
low!” ‘

Now I'.don’t: seem to care

That I can but exclaim

“O Pillow, soft Pillow, near Pil-.
low!”

For if ever I rested, my

Sole claim to fame

Would be Pillow, my Pillow—just.
Pillow.

For if papers,. exams, :
Remain obdurate, I eee
Shall stay in this coma -
Until. I- shall die...» =
And shall probably merely
Repeat ‘as I fly. : =
“Damn Pillow, dear Pillow, ~my~
Pillow?”

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Students Obtain $115
For Soldiers’ Families



The money ‘collected before the|

Christmas vacation by the Camp
and Hospital Committee: to buy
presents for the families of the
soldiers at Valley Forge amounted
to approximately « $115.00. Pat
Acheson °46’and Nancy Niles ’47
were delegated to do the purchas-
ing and collected an array . of
eighty-seven gifts "ranging from
stuffed toys, games, and cigarette
cases to ‘necklaces, aprons, neck-
ties, and baseball mitts.

Red Cross

The drive on campus was con-|}

‘ducted under the auspices of the
Red Cross College Unit, and money
instead of presents was requested
of the students. since Valley Forge
asked for the gifts so close to the

“Christmas holidays.

The soldiers at Valley Forge
were unable tomleave the hospital
and shop for themselves but they
wanted to send presents home and
this -method provided them with
new gifts from which to make
their choice. Wrapping paper and
Christmas ribbon were included
with each gift.

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Webster Production, Apr lies
Modern Staging Concept
To “Tempest”









by April Oursler °46

The Margaret Webster produc-
tion of the Tempest in Philadel-
phia last’ week, though admirable
in its concept of the application of
modern staging to Shakespeare,
was greatly hampered by its lack

of competent actors.

The revolving stage, designed by
Eva LeGallienne, fitted the quick
changes in setting entailed in most
‘Shakespearean plays, while con-
veying the unity of the action by
the fact that the whole island,
symbolized by the one set, re-
volved, presenting different loca-
tions whenever desired.

This innovation successfully ov-
-ercame-the,vast-difficulties-involved
in the production of the Tempest,
but unfortunately the more im-
portant problems of interpretation
“were left unsolved. The -dyricism
and verbal imagery of what has so
often been called “a poet’s play for
poets”, is lost in the overworked
and uninspired performances of all
but the starred characters.

Canada Lee, as Caliban, gave
an extremely faithful interpreta-
tion of his monstrous role, intro-
ducing the truly fairy-tale atmos-
phere essential to the play. Zorina,
in the role of Ariel, seemed to this
reviewer to embody the poetic na-
ture of the sprite as closely as is
possible for an actual human be-
ing to do so. Her presentation was
also happily free from the error
of over-posturing.

Among the-other roles, only two
are deserving of praise. Trinculo
(George Voscovec) and Stephano
(Jan Werich) were remarkably in
the Shakespearean, spirit of com-

'. edy during their drunken scene

with Caliban. Full use was made

of all the old stage tricks to}

heighten the comic relief, but as a
result, their performance -danger-
ously borders on the slapstick.

The production as a whole suc-
eeded in so far as it solved the
main problem of staging which. has
deterred 80 many past profession-
al productions. It failed however,

“where matiy “amateur productions

do not—in the all-important real-
ization of the full potentialities of
this masterpiece. of poetic drama.



Engagements :

Joan Vitkin ’46 to Lieut. -(j.g.)
Raymond Frankel, U.S.N.R.

Doris Braman ’46 to Midship-
man Lloyd Stanford Smith,
Jr. USN,

. Marriages:

Shirley Heckheimer °47 to Eric
Heinemann.



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Common Room, January 8. In
discussing American foreign pol-
icy, Mrs: Manning minimized the
present strained relations between
Great Britain and the United
States in regard to the future of
the liberated European. countries,
emphasizing +the .fact that both
countries possess the same basic
attitude. They both realize that
it is in their own interests to have
strong national governments back-
ed by popular support and free
from Communist and Fascist in-
fluences established in these lands.

In December Mr. Stettinius, Sec-
retary of State, announced that the









_| United States wants the liberated

peoples of Europe to choose their
own governments. This was in
rebuke to Prime Minister Church-
ill’s statement that Count Sforza
must not have a place in the new
Italian coalition government, a re-
mark that has precipitated much
discussion and argument over Eng-
lish and American foreign policies.

The Churchill regime has been
accused of “kingly” notidns and
“power politics”, reported Mrs.
(Manning. ‘Count Sforza believes
he is not backed. by England be-
eause he refuses to support King
Victor Emmanuel, as he had once
promised Churchill he would.- In
Belgium the recognized regent is
‘the brother of the imprisoned King
Leopold, but the resistance forces
have been disarmed. Britain has
explained that this move was in
complgte accord with. the policy of
the Allied High Command. The
Churchill regime has also been ac-
cused of accepting Russia’s ar-
rangement of Polish frontiers in
exchange for a. free rein in the
‘Mediterranean area.

The greatest difficulties are in
Greece where native resistance
forces-are battling a British army,

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Bryn Mawr, Harvard,
To Join.in Concert

Continued from page 1

popular successor of Mr. Davison,
is this year celebrating his tenth
anniversary with the organization.
‘He introduced to the club’s reper-
toire many. originals for men’s
voices, including choruses from
Schubert, Verdi, and Dvorak.
Last year, the Harvard Glee
Club accompanied by thé Boston
Symphony made Victor records of
Gabrielli Processional and. Cere-
monial Music, as well as several
chorales. When Winston Churchill
received the degree of LL. D. at
‘Harvard in 1943, the Glee Club
took part in the honorary services.
It also: participates regularly with
the Radcliffe Choral Society in con-
certs at the Symphony Hall and
Sanders Theatre in Boston.





to all as “Woody”, the Professor,| |

Gym Dept. Announces |
~ Squad for Basketball



A varsity basketball squad of
twenty-five players, more. thah
half-‘of whom are Freshmen, -has
been chosen temporarily, but it is
certain to be added to and_ sub-
tracted from in the future. At the
moment it consists of the follow-
ing:

Acheson Landreth
Beauregard Locke
Bierwirth Martin
‘Coleman, B. ‘McClure
Dessez Nafe
Gifford Nelms |
Gray Niles
Gundersen Seamans
Hitchcock Townsend, Y.
Johnson, P. Tozzer
Kane Turner, J.
Klein Young, B.'

Zimmerman, Jr.
' The varsity games are scheduled
as follows:



Feb. 3 Penn
Feb. 17 Ursinus
(Mar. 3 Drexel

‘Mar. 10 Rosemont
Mar. 17 Swarthmore

be played on the Penn and Drexel
colirts; the other matches will be
played at Bryn Mawr. All- the
games are held at 10:30 A. M. The
inter-hall and inter-class ‘matches
will be schéduled later.

| Nuts and Bolts |

Two problems which Haverford
faced in the establishment of its
honor system were whether. the
Honor (Pledge should or should not
besigned after each separate ex-
amination and whether parental
permission should be obtained be-
fore any student be permitted to
keep or use liquor in his room.
After numerous meetings, often
suffering from .the lack of a quo-
rum, Haverford finally decided
‘that students could drink in their
rooms without parents’ permission
and that “the individual examinee
shall sign his pledge thereby re-
affirming his faith in the Honor
System.” Now the system has
been revised and voted for and is
ready for use.

The Mills College Weekly edit-
orialized on students’ table man-
ners, complaining, ““What-a-gay lot
settles down to lunch and dinner.
There is the briefest of all pauses
between the last sounds of grace
and when everyone dives for bread
and butter. ‘The good old boarding
house reach comes out on all el-
bows. When the students depreci-
ate the salad, it is ‘pass the leaves
.’” This sounds applicable
anywhere, particularly to the war-
den. at Bryn Mawr who looked dis-
dainfully at} the cauliflower and.
said, “Would you like some of this
growth?”

The Vassar Miscellany News
provided this.gem: “Exam week
costumes have been notably eccen-
tric ‘’s well as exam-week person-
alities. Miss Barber was a little

surprised on Wednesday when one’
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by Patricia Platt, °45

Papers, it seems, are not enough
to occupy the-energies of students
who have battled with them all
vacation. The elements now re-
gale them with snow as they set-
tle down to,.further~ labors. But
some of the hardier, not. satisfied
with being snow-bound as ~iell as
moribund, have taken up the tWfal-
lenge.

When, on Sunday morning, all
landmarks were found deep -: be-
neath white drifts, a- few donned
skiis.. One eager Merionite dashed
over to the Rhoads hill, made four
unsuccéssful attempts to get down
it upright only to discover that her
audience and sole companion was
Andrew Allen Grant. Later more
skiers appeared, in the form of
three French sailors accompanied
by girls from the French House,
who were seen.. gliding smoothly
across campus.

Merion witnessed the most ~ex-
citing kind of winter sport on rec-
ord for the campus. On Sunday

to sound slumber, the second floor
orridor was rent with screams of
“Stop Thief!” The hour was __ ene
A.M. Pandemonium ensued, but
no culprit could be discovered. The
warden (and everybody else) re-
luctantly decided that nothing was
amjss, and retired again after
locking up.

Something was amiss. It seems

nice.

The Penn and Drexe] games wy when the weary had retired



‘“Experiment”’ Contest
Offers Poetry Prize

Continued from page 1

will be published in the issue of
April, 1945.
Requirements

The requirements are few.
Poems up to 100 lines on any sub-
ject may be entered. Place your
name and the title of the poem in
an enclosed \ealed envelope, and
do not place your name on* ‘the
manuscript of the poem _ itself.
For return of the manuscript, en-

close a stamped self-addressed en-|

velope.

Experiment reserves the right
of publishing any poem submitted
in the contest. Send entries to
Experiment,_79Q—-Stréet; Salt
Lake City 3, Utah.









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that several pairs | of skiis were
propped up against ~ Menion’s. fa-
cade, ‘and a night owl had) spied .a
male form surreptitiously vanish-
ing with a pair of them. Not wast-
ing a moment, she hastened io
waken the owner. Still dazed by
the rude awakening, the latter

ed down ‘the fire escape into the
night—breaking six victrola rec-
ords on the way.

Peace reigned within Merion,
but without the irate owner found
a very confusing situation. A
fijend, returning from a date, was
standing with two men at the door.
One of them, fancying:a bit of ex-
ercise, proceeded to make off with
a pair of skiis. At that instant
the bombshell descended from the
fire escape and gave chase. What
might have happened if the pur-



suer hadn’t noticed that she was
outnumbered three to one is a
matter of conjecture. Anyway,

she stopped to think the thing
over, and truth slowly dawned.
There was nothing left to do but
exchange courtesies—and climb up
the fire escape.



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7 : Continued from Page 2 Wednesday, January 10
Test Tube aby do comntent on how pretty’. you a | meeting” Bppeer in this issue of the en eal New
k leenniee Wiackooe professing smell’, Mr. Helson . denied ever The Physical Education Depart-| News. ee . . i -
7 : . pe 8 Sah ~ H kins. and| hearing such a staterhent.-We al ment is willing that riding should|# The undergraduate Curriculum!{°¥' a ee ‘
a i gerane Oega : | become an accrédited sport if ea : 10:15 Sweet Swing
labelled “Perishable. If not deliv-| “@Y5 wondered about ‘that per-|]: Committee is primarily a coordin-,].

fume “Tabu” that’s been selling so enough people ar interested. At ating and investigating agency, a
abundantly lately. . Pancoast Stables in Broomall, nine] medjum of exchange of ideas: on
And Incidentally, Rock boasts miles away, it costs $1.50 an} curriculum matters between the
‘thour, and with fox hunting at the faculty and students. The effec-

psame ‘price on Saturday after-| tiveness of the committee ‘there-
noons.- It will be possible to ride] fone depend on its having a clear,
on Tuesday and Wednesday after- complete picture of. student opin-

ered in nine months, please - re-
turn”, upset the Merion smoking
room for a good half-hour as _ its ; absten
recipient opened it by wary de- the only really creative painting
grees. Fully unwrapped, it yield-|°" C#mPus. Robert, the Rock por-
eda 12-inch test. tube enclosing | te" Paints truly amazing scenes
on the walls. of his basement

Thursday, January 11

8:30 Classical Hour

9730. Film Néws ‘
9:55 Haverford News
10:00 Popular Music

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a white entity supported by a curl- : . ; sane ;
a " vs ee dott | TOM uli evidine! palnit-ank' a noons and to get credit for two ion: : WHAV-WBMC will sign off this
ing string. ittle baby do hours at once. The, horses are] yy, order to get this ‘picture,|| Week until February 5, during
Kl » reposes on| 800d deal of talent. The murals : : g P ’!| the Haverford and Bryn Mawr
made of Kleenex now poses : apa : mostly hunters, good jumpers and student codperation - is needed e fave he y ’
Merion’s mantle, mute symbol. of|27¢ Temoved and replaced | with) 1:44. 3 P Pn ‘!] examination periods.
nye at new ones regularly, as the artist,| : : uggestions. concerning ‘any cur-
the courage of The acientinc a elaadh HT for his own ‘enjoyment, Tranaportation J ricular matter may be presented “
Tattle-tale White becomes dissatisfied -with them.} Transportation has always been. to B. A. Mercer, Denbigh, or Jun- +
Swenters have their uses, even| Maybe he should have done the one| the stumbling block. to the success |.!0F Leyendecker, Pembroke Kast. BLU COMET
re philosophy, that céld, ‘ unemo- in the Rhoads Smoking Room. of riding as a college sport. It Suggestions concerning reschegul-
tional realm of thought “Mr Veit a eupennat: Gr used to be popylar until the de-| ing should be addressed to Maggie Lancaster Ave. Bryn’ Mawr
. 4% : i : 5 ‘ Y ° Hil we ’ h S Uns .
man, illustrating Plato’s . doctrine Conrad, Polish Basso, pee aouner oe ee sauieg alias as Ws: ite bicossitisc os ce ricaeectn i
of “ideas”, pointed to a Junior with| 7+ : : who drove the station wagon. Now| Secretary, Curriculum Committee GEORGE MORRISON 5
sn eee oe a Gives Musical Recital Merion’s warden, Miss Elley, who
fYou think sourhs wanting a Lititbe i Continued from ‘Page 1 explored the possibilities of Pan- : 5 =
/ sweater, but in, reality it is only'| Toute to reassignment to active Gone and. became binad 4 enthusias- one ee . ol a
/ an inlintion of white, and a poor duty with his unit overseas. tic, has offered to drive the station Ty Invisible
ee eee kc cia Senta hastily His recital, jointly sponsored by | Wagon, which the gym will donate Roses are red, |
bea hdes : " for the purpose. Also Pancoast ’ . |
slipped on her coat, he went on,|the Music Department and the) *o : : 78 | engin ae |
“We find truth speaking to us French Club, had the following will provide. transportation for Violets are blue o p
oven iho cookies” "| program: Priez pour Paix (Charles| groups of eight or larger. : 1 . - |
_ |d@Orleans) by. Francis Poulenc;| If you are interested, please|}' Valentines Pearl Restringing
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Tabu : Oedipus Rex—Creon’s aria (Soph-|see Nancy Strickler in Wyndham . Zi ? Fi d
Mr. Helsen, lecturing on the hi-| 0cles-Jean Coctéau) ‘by Igor Straw and Pembroke, Carol ' Baker inj}; From me to you e uppers rixe
erarchy of the senses in aesthet- insky; Dichterliebe (Heinrich| Rock, Dorothy Bruchholz in Den-| | : 41 W. L a |
ies to his First Year Psych class, vend by Robert hear ak Cinq | bigh, Patricia Platt in Rhoads, and | - Richard Stockton ! ADMOaE PA. ve.
explained that the sense of smell istoires Nature les” (Jules Re-|Darst Hyatt in Merion. BRYN MAWR ne
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“but never do we _ tell _ someone .

they smell nice.” -When an_ in- Current Events As Few Go to Work \\ :

structor pointed out that “in the Continued from page 3 Continued from page 1

lower strata of our society people|for they believe that England is ing-to “an overdose of the same, and .

trying to foist King George II back| the knowledge of who was taking >

1 on the throne. Churchill denounc-| whom to each of the Christmas

Nuts and Bolts ed the resistance forces as “brig- dances, as she made the corsages. t | @
Continued from: Page 3 ands.” Mr. Anthony Eden explains:

} ; ithat Britain had tried to get a

of her students arrived slightly | representative government in

late to her Art 105 exam dressed | Greece

Rock Freshman, Amy Campbell, J I | oe
: : : told her Smoking Room, which re-
in pajamas and a quilted bathrobe.| ‘Definite blunders have been made ceived the information with un-
Her explanation was that she’d/by the Churchill. regime. But the| questioning equanimity, that she| {
slept through, Ed. Note: We have] United States ;has not taken|had spent the ‘dauathnen putting @

Sunday breakfast in. pajamas and) enough part in organizing the, new! wheels on miscarriages at the hos-
bathrobe, why not exams?” governments. Mrs. Manning point-| pital.
' The Mac Weekly ‘reports, “When | ed out that Americans must realize
Minneapolis’ Patrick Henry high|that England is in desperate
~ school presents Ladies in Retire-| straits.’ The country is being de-
ment at 8:00 P. M. today, the aud-| molished by V-2 bombs and the
ience of 1000 will view the final ex-| state is bankrupt. Her economic
amination for. members of Mac-| policies are therefore different
alester’s—advaneed theatre class,} from those of the United States.
Jane Barnhart and Douglas Hill. The United States must assume
“The co - directors, ‘involving her share of the responsibility in
themselves ‘in the intricacies of setting up stable governments in



Sally (Dessez worked as a clerk,in
Brentano’s in Washington, and one

But for these few hardy charac-
ters, most students we consulted
on the subject gave us a look of
stunned syrprise and explained
patiently, that they worked on pa-
pers. We don’t know whether it’s
a sign of the times or of the col-
lege in general, but two years ago
all of seven energetic ‘individuals |
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stage-craft and costuming as well liberated Europe. She must try to working. .
as directing, have deeided ujfon a cooperate with the British govern- 3 : :
two-level stage which, ‘they say, ment while at the same time stand-
sets off the dramatic action to ad-| "8 by her own convictions.
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