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VOL. XLI, NO. 15

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, $046

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Brvn Mawr College, 1944

Trustees of

. PRICE 10 CENTS







Students Feel
Present Schedule
Not Satisfactory
Poll Shows 83% Majority

Wants Reading Period;
46%, ‘Quizzes



The Rescheduling Questionnaire,
conducted ;hy, the Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee, was filled
out by 363 students. Particularly
significant is the fact that a defin-
ite majority feel the present sys-
tem of scheduling papers to be un-
satisfactory and favor a reading
period without classes, more fre-
quent quizzes in place of mid-sem-
esters, and completion: of the first
term before Christmas.

Although the decisive nanny
of 83% shows itself in favor of a
reading period without classes
there are numerous suggestions
concerning the scheduling of such
a period.- 55% would place the

~ Yeading period at the end of first’

semester classes; 27% immediate-
ly after Christmas; and 18% be-
fore Christmas.

There are, however, a wealth of
other suggestions, such as placing
the period in the middle of either
the first or the second’ semester.
‘One Senior warns that students

would procrastinate with the pros-1.

pect of such a reading period be-
fore them, another suggested post-
ing an optional reading list, while
a third thinks that only Seniors
would need such a period.

Some feel that there would be
little’ point for science majors to
spend a week without classes un-
less they had extra work, and oth-
ers believe that this would be an
excellent opportunity for labs and
research. Several Juniors suggest
that a paper be due at the end of
the period; while another states
that “the maximum number of pa-

_ pers should be two, agreed on by

major department, one due at end

of period, other before Christmas.”

In response to the fourth ques-
tion, 46% of the campus feel that
the present system of scheduling

Gontinued on Page 3

William Penn’s Books

_ of London, and Penn’s polyglot

Exhibited in Library

Various books from Haverford’s
collection of volumes by or about
William Penn have been borrowed
for the current Bryn Mawr Rare
Book Room exhibit. This exhibit
will continue until after spring va-
eation when it will be replaced by
one of the students’ favorite illus-
trated books. a

The exhibit includes the first
map of the Pennsylvania Colony
(1691), as William Penn imagined
and publicized it, before either he
or his deputies had come to Amer-
ica; a deed and a commission, both
signed ‘by Penn; a memorandum
written and ‘signed by him on the
sale of liberty lands in Pennsyl-
vania; and his “Some accounts of
the, Province of Pennsylvania”
(1681). Also shown are a first
edition of “No Cross, No. Crown”
(1689), which was written while
Penn was a prisoner in the Tower



Bible containing his Proprietary
bookplate..
tribution is its copy of the colored
reproductions. of Violet’ Oakley’s

murals, “The Holy Experiment,” in

the State Capitol.

Bryn Mawr’s only con-





Dr. Robert L. Calhoun
Talks on Role of God.
In Christian Doctrine

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Goodhart, February 12. In the

first of a series of three lectures on

Basic (Christian Doctrine, Dr. Rob-

ert L. Calhoun, Professor of His-
torical Theology at Yale, discussed
God as’ transcendental_and imman-

ent in respect to nature and his-
tory. ‘ In theoretical concept, Dr.

Calhoun said-that God, as one sov-

ereign power and yet-as three in
functional roles, transcends beyond
the individual or any aggregate.

Dr. Calhoun approached the
problem of how God is related to

nature and history through a defin-| |

ition of terms. At one extreme,
nature is that part of man’s envir-

onment which he has not made nor]

is any. part'of; on the other, he said,
nature includes all reality, all that
is and all that is not. Dr. Calhoun,
himself, placed nature somewhat
between the two, by defining it as
including beings and all that they
are capable of experiencing. In

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Literature Discloses,
Potential Not Actual
Truth, Explains Walsh



‘Music Room, February 8. “Art
as art is the disclosure of possi-
bility, not the revelation of actual-
ity, and it has therefore, no essen-
tial. reference to the truth,” de-
clared Miss Dorothy Walsh, assist-
ant professor of philosophy at
Smith College, in a talk on Litera-
ture and Truth, the first in the De-
‘Laguna lectureship.

Explaining that this statement

had been challenged by contem-

porary writers, Miss Walsh re-
attacked the main problem, “In
what sense may a work of litera-

ture be said to be true?”.The term.

“creative literature” was restrict-
ed for purposes of the discussion to
the drama, the novel, and poetry.
The use of “truth” in the sense of
correspondence to something exist-
ing independently. outside the
work was also implied in this con-
nection.

With this Shethntniey, the speak-
er stated the case for philosophy

Continued on Page 3



Calendar

Thursday, Feb. 15

Assembly by Philip .J. Jaffe,
The Facts on China, Goodhart,
4 12:30.

Spanish Club Tea,
Room, 4:00-6:00.
Friday, Feb...16
Swimming Meet with Peni,
Bryn Mawr Gym, 4:15.
Freshman Show dress rehears-
al, Goodhart.

Common

Saturday, Feb. 17 N
Freshman Show, dooghash
8:00. é meg

ese haga and Rhoads dance,
ads.
re dance, Rockefeller.
Sunday, Feb. 18
Chapel, The Reverend Alexan-
, der €. Zabriskie; Music .Room,
7:30...
Monday, Feb. 19
Current Events,
Room, 7:15.
Lecture by Robert L. Calhoun,
(Music Room, 8:00.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Vocational’ Conference,
-mon Room, 4:30.
Sigma Xi lecture by Professor
G. W..Beadle, Dalton, 8:00. 7 ,
Wednesday, Feb. 21 em
Badminton match with Rose-
mont, at Rosemont, 4:00.. *

Common

epee

‘idea*-of the freshman show, “Tart

‘tations were rudely shattered by

\kets for that last Lucky Strike,

|er.



Mass Sing, Music Room, 7:30.









Lanter. DUNN °47 helps the patient, HELEN REED *46 to
drink her water, in the Nurses’ Aide course being given to Bryn
Mawr students.



Freshman Show With Intellectuals, Marines
‘Promises’ ‘an Intriguing Plot for ‘Tart Art’



° By Rosina Bateson, ’47
Emily Evarts, °47
“Art for heart’s sake,” as far as

can be gathered in this early stage
ofits development, is. the basic

Art.” Amidst a setting of several

busts (Dante? Caesar?) and exotic}:

depictions of the background, the
freshmen are weaving what prom-
ises to be an intriguing plot con-
cerning the intellectual soul and—
a marine.

Dim figures puttered around in
the rehearsal background while a
good-looking chorus sang a ditty
about “baby blue moustaches.” In
the farthest corner of Goodhart an-
other group seemed to be practic-
ing a tip-toe stretch. Seeing this
from a distance one could but mur-
mur, “Ah, but a man’s reach should
exceed a grasp,” etc. These medi-

a-booming voice: “QUIET! mum-
ble, mumble, mumble!”

In the hush that followed, strains
of “gaudeamus igitur” introduced
a bevy of undulating arms, legs,
etc. In the midst of this, a large
iron rail was solemnly swung by’
invisible pulleys up and down be-
hind the dancers, Whether, it was
an intended accompaniment, or
merely an industrious stage hand
exploring the occult regions of the
stage, must be left until the 17th
to discover. Could the class animal
have something to do with a tra-
peze? (In a museum? oh well - ).

In the foyer of Goodhart a re-
hearsal of “The Cigarette, Song”
was in progress, with lyrics that

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made everyone grope in their poc-

while some of the dances were be-
ing rehearsed in the Rhoads smok-
Never has the ilicsoaz muscle
had such a workout. The freshmen





seemed capable of assuming al-

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most any kind of pose, or repose.
Great havoc was caused by the
weird rumblings of the tired vic-
trola, which just couldn’t go on
without being wound.

It is, an undisputed fact that
Picasso cannot be fathomed com-
pletely at a first view, and analo-
gously we. have concluded that

“Tart Art” too, interesting and

promising as it already seems, will
have to be seen as a whole to be
really appreciated.

Forsdyke Discusses
Museum in Wartime



Music Room, February 10. Meas-

ures taken for the protection of
the treasures of.the British Mus-
eum in wartime were explained by
Sir John Forsdyke in a lecture il-
lustrated by slides. Comparative-
ly speaking, said Sir John, the
bomb damage,~ aside from that
caused by incendiaries, was not \too
great.
» Hoses had béen installed and
many well-trained guards were on
hand to detect and ‘extinguish fires
caused by bombs. (Many packing
cases~ had been purchased before
the war in which numerous books,
statuary, manuscripts and textiles
were boxed, and stored in under-
ground railways, tunnels and stone
quarries.

Oil bombs and incendiaries caus-
ed the most damage, setting fire
to the books. One bomb alone
caused the loss of 150,000 volumes,

and in the last great raid on Lon-
don over one-fourth of the reading
stacks were burned out. It is doubt-
ful whether many of these volumes
can be replaced.

*4-| course, 30 meet on



51 Bryn Mawr Undergrads Start Training
Under New 10- Hour Plan For Nurse’s Aides

New Program Includes Total

Of 114Students Working
As Nurses’ Aides



The new college plan for the in-
crease in the training of Nurses’
Aides on campus went into effect
last week. The primary theoret-
ical. classes were begun on Febru-
ary 5, with an enrollment of 51
students.

The size of the enrollment has
necessitated the’ division of the
theoretical classes on campus into
two groups. Of the 51. taking the
Monday and
Tuesday afternoons from 1:30 to
5 P. M. and 21 on Wednesday and
Thursday: afternoons.

Both groups also meet at the
Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia
on Saturdays during the February
period. Practical training will be

‘| given during March at Presbyter-

ian, Temple University, and Phita>——

delphia General hospitals..

Meanwhile 22 Bryn Mawr stud-
ents are already working in Phila-
delphia area hospitals, and 14 stud-
ents will complete a less intensive
six-hour-a-week course in a few
weeks. No college credit is given
for this course.

In addition a new six-hour-a-
week course is being organized by
Mary K. Snyder ’45, chairman’ of
the college Red Cross Unit, and
‘Anne Borum ’46, head of the .col-
lege Nurses’ Aide group. To date 24
students.are enrolled in this course.
They will be trained at Bryn Mawr
Hospital.

As the first eastern college to
schedule such training for stu-
dents, Bryn Mawr has made a not-
able contribution to the conduct of
college work in these times as
well as to the war effort in gener-
al. This was emphasized in a re-
cent statement issued by the fac-
ulty committee on Nurses’ Aides,
which read in part:
~ “It is in order that academic
work which is done at Bryn. Mawr
shall contiriue to be done well
that the Faculty recognized the
absolute necessity of making a
time allowance for other work
necessary for the war. To faculty
and students alike this action is a
reaffirmation rather than a denial
of the need for holding firmly to
high intellectual standards in time
of war.”

Mr. Jaffe Will Speak

On China, U.S. in Peace



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Mr. Philip Jaffe,editor of Amer-
asia, will address the first College
assembly of this semester on
Thursday, February 15, at 12:30.
Mr. Jaffe will speak on. “The Facts
of China,” dealing with the im-=

portance of China in the peace and

particularly of China’s relations
with the United States in the post-
war. world.

Although he has not been in
China since 1937, Mr. Jaffe is one
of the few authorities on the com-
munistic situation there at this
time. He has written a book on
the. conditions which he” observed
while on his trips and on what he
has compiled from information
that has been ‘released. The ten-
tative title of the book is New
Frontiers in. Asia, and it will be
published'in the spring.

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Under Act of-Congress—August_24, 1912 _







Rescheduling Action?

The rescheduling poll conducted by the curriculum com-
mittee again brings into focus the problem of a reorganiza-
tion of the schedule of the first semester. The almost over-
whelming demand for some innovation designed to lighten
the load of papers and examinations should prove the need
for definite action in the near future.

The present system of scheduling papers without sys-
tem or organization is a definite burden on those students

whose course involves writing more than two a semester. A!

reading period just before the date when papers are due
would obviate the necessity of writing while under pressure
from regular assignments and would permit a student to de-
vote her whole time to her paper. Knowing that she would
_ have a reading period following her return, she would feel
less compulsion toward devoting her badly needed vacation
6 the writing of papers. The present system is one of con-
sidiilex assignments suffer and? the student is tired by the
extra exertion”at atime when the approaching examination
period requires all her energies.

From this point of view, finishing the first semester be-
fore Christmas vacation would be desirable, if practicable.
However, the continuance of an‘accelerated program on the
part of. any appreciable number of students would make such
a plan impossible. In order to complete the semester in time,
it would not be possible to include a reading period without
opening the college at least as early as the first of September.
The lack of a reading period in a semester which encom-

~ basses no large vacation would create a still greater pressure
irom papers than that which now exists.

The preference for frequent quizzes instead of mid-

_semesters is another indication of the demand “for a more

- even distribution of academic work than now exists. Such a
dlan would prevent the postponement of assignments until

-the student finds them all accumulated at the end of the sem-
ester., It would mean, that she would have the opportunity
‘o coordinate and examine her knowledge at frequent inter-
Vals instead of at two harassed periods, in preparation for
mid-semesters and prior-to the mid-year examinations. The
general effect of more frequent quizzes in courses in which
‘his system is now practiced is that the material becomes
more firmly established in a clear fashion in the mind of the
-tudents. Scheduled mid-semesters, furthermore, .tend to
Dreak up the continuity of the semester, an effect ‘which
shorter tests at more frequent intervals would not be likely
‘o produce. A's some courses: would not be well adapted to
veekly quizzes, the frequengy of the tests would have to be
'determined'by the individual instructor; an interval of three
\veeks seems a desirable time for reading courses.

The review of the whole problem and the presentation
cf-a' definite demand for action will do much to clarify egal
igns, “A we

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or a vents

The nomination of Henry ‘Wal-



lace as Secretary of Commerce,-de-

clared Miss Robbins, in discussion
of the political controversy which
it has aroused; has been temporar-
ily ‘blocked by a coalition move-
ment.

Miss Robbins explained that two
parliamentary procedures were
still uncompleted in regard to his
nomination. These are the George
Bill which proposes to take away
certain -powers now held by the
Secretary of Commerce, and the
actual confirmation of his nomin-
ation. Miss Robbins explained that
Wallace’s_main supporters are men
afraid of labor’s reaction to Wal-
lace’s defeat, New Dealers, and
personal friends. She added that
all action concerning Wallace’s
nomination would be delayed until
March

Miss Robbins expressed some
doubt about Wallace’s capacity for
this particular job. Her doubts
are based mainly on the speech
which Wallace delivered to the Sen-
ate Committee which, despite its
moving tone, did little to outline
his platform or support him as an
able candidate. The speech dealt
with generalities and _ intimated
that Wallace intende@ to use. his
new powers to further the Econ-
omic Bill of Rights and influence
the administration’s policy in pen-
sions and free enterprise, a stand
which obviously is not compatible
with the position’ to which he-as-
pires.

Despite Wallace’s favorable rec-
ord in the Department of Agricul-
turé the conservatives fear his so-
cialistic approach to business, and
his viewpoints expressed at the be-
ginning of the New Deal. Perhaps,
Miss Robbins said, it would be bet-
ter, as Walter Lippman suggests,
to take the executive power away
from the head of the department
and let Wallace set the policies.







Opinion



Addict Advocates Bridge;
Declares Tournament
Imperative

{Dear Editor:

Bridge flourishes. Is the ‘News
aware of the part this. game plays
in campus life? Bridge rules on
the steps between floors in Den-
bigh, on the rug of Rock -show-
case. In Wyndham, tense silence
marks the playing of a little slam,
(Merion boasts a prize kibitzer,
German House inmates play be-
hind sofas,
in Park snaps as chemists bid no-
trumps. A waste of time, you cry.
Yet has the editor ever considered
the mental stimulus bridge af-
fords? Peace-time West: Point
taught bridge not only as a social
grace but also as an ally of mili-
tary strategy, for, as a professor
on campus misquoted, slyly study-
ing the faces of his opponents for
the smile which would give away
the queen of hearts; “All’s fair in
love and finesses.” A student, em-
boldened by a recent course in logic
argued herself and the smoking-
room out of existence. “If I dou-
ble a three bid on a void then void
must exist, since we set the hand.
But void is. non-being and non-
being is the opposite of being, so
we who are beings must not be.”
To such a pass have matters come
‘in the pursuit of bridge.

How better can this be remedied
than by a tournament sponsored

by the News, with war stamps as}

entry fees and a bond for a prize,
perhaps? Students versus faculty
unless the latter before
psychic bids and campus leads. In
any case, let there be a_ bridge

quail

tournament.
An Addict



and thoughtful consideration.

leaders in war time.

cans.





Racial Equality :
It is unfortunate that the editorial in the William and
Mary College paper demanding complete equality for whites

and negroes in the college should have been expressed in such
a “sensational” manner, for it is a problem meriting serious

While the complete text of the

college editorial has not been reprinted, it apparently was
couched in unnecessarily vehement terms. The issue of inter-
marriage, for instance, is wholly irrelevant to the problem
of admitting negroes to American colleges and universities.
Still more unfortunate, however, is the faet that the college
authorities have seén fit to threaten suppression of the paper
for sentiments expressed_in it.:

The problem of negro equality with whites has become|-
by force of circumstances a serious challenge to-the nation’s
The heavy demand for war workers
and the large percentage of negroes now employed in jobs
which involve working with whites have helped ‘to force the
issue. In addition to these temporary circumstances; a con-
crete advance in the democratization of American society has
-|been made through the repeal of the Georgia poll tax. The
problem is unquestionably one of nation-wide concern, and
its appearance in a particular academic situation should not
obscure its larger significance.
versities and colleges do admit negroes to their student body,
with varying degrees of success. The difficulty is not so much
one of. administrative regulations, though the abolition of any
prohibitory rules is necessarily a first step.
problem which concerns the whole social attitude of Ameri-

A number of American uni-

It is, rather, a

The most vensabbabis part of the controverss is the at-
tempt of the William and Mary administration to censor or
suppress the paper containing the editorial.
aggravated by a lack of judgment on the part of both the
student editor and the college authorities.
consideration of the issues involved would have toned down
the method of expression in the editorial, and a more reason-
able attitude on the part of the authorities would have eased
the problem without reaching its present extremes. Freedom
of a college press from administrative control is an import-|
ant part of the broader concept of a free press, for it is in
such publications that future leaders learn the principles
which. mnide. them in later public life.

The problem is

A more: sober

scientific detachment |

Volunteer Activities Record
Shows Marked Increase-~
Tn February

To the Editor:

We would like to report for the
College Red Cross Unit that,
through the first semester of this
year, approximately 100 students
(nearly 1/5 of the College) per
week were working’ in Red Cross
activities. In addition 12 students
were responsible ‘for the adminis-
trative work of the Unit.

When the total. is broken down
we find that regularly each week,
4 students were learning leather
work, to prepare for teaching
Arts and Skills at Valley Forge
Hospital in. Semester II; 9 took
the Nutrition Course and were
having mass. feeding practice. in
hall kitchens; 12 Bryn Mawr. vol-
unteers ‘aided nurses at the Phila-
delphia Home for Incurables; 15
worked in the Bryn Mawr Hospital
kitchen; 17 trained Nurses : Aides
worked in Philadelphia hospitals
or in Bryn Mawr; 19 Nurses Aides
were’ newly trained; an average
of 25 workers made surgical dress-
ings. The number -of surgical
dressings workers was generally
much higher than 25 early in the
term, and much lower than 25 af-
ter mid-semesters. Through Janu-
ary 13 approximately 676 Army
4”x4” dressings and 4,448 Valley
Forge Hospital 4x4” dressings
had been made.
|. In November, there . were 100
| volunteers
and 78 were actually able to make
a donation. Many volunteers were
willing to help supply knitted
goods to the Armed Services, but
previously knitted goods were

no yarn has been allotted to Red
Cross workers since September.
Since the beginning of the sec--

unteers in each Red Cross activity
has
has joined the Arts & Skills group
to teach jewelry-work at* Valley
Forge Hospital; the number of
volunteers at the Home for Incur-
ables has risen from 12 to 20; the
volunteers for Bryn Mawr Hos-
pital’s kitchen have increased from
15 to 20. Eleven wives of faculty
members are Surgical Dressings
workers, and in the week ending
February’ 10 the number of volun-
teers making dressings was. near-
er 50 than 25.

Increased effort has been most
obvious in the enlistment of Nurs-
es’ Aides. About 49 students have
joined the class that is supervised
by the special Faculty Committee;
and.24 are in that supervised by
the College Red Cross. Unit. Thus
many of Bryn Mawr’s graduate
students are doing weekly wolun-
teer service; two of them are in
the Faculty-plan Nurses’ Aide
Class. By the end of this College
year the total number of students
who are trained Nurses Aides will
be 109.

We feel that the College can be
proud of its Volunteer - Activities
record in the first Semester, since
the more-than-100 students who
did Red Cross work weekly repre-
sent but a portion of the whole
campus effort.

Mary Kay Snyder, Chairman;

Directors of Activities of the
College Red Cross Unit.



J unior Prom |

Junior Class ‘takes gas
\tion of Junior Leyendecker and
iane Waldman as co-chairmen

of the Junior Prom.









for Blood Donation,

increased. Another student.

stored and awaiting, transport; so .

ond Semester the number of vol-

Helen Gilbert, Secretary; and

pleasure in announcing the elec-_ 4 a


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Alison Merrill, Ex Editor-in- Chief of News ”
With Time on Her Hands, Drives for AWVS



By April Oursler 746

Alison Merrill, when asked how
it felt to be ‘the retired editor-in-
chief of the News, answered ,path-
etically, “There’s one main €rouble.
People never speak to me any
more. The only reason they ever
spoke to me before was to com-
plain about something. But now
they never speak.”

Yet such pathos is contradicted
by the broad grin, clean hair, and
light and springing step, which
Alison has acquired since
Wednesday.’ While she claims to
have taken a flying leap from the
Newsroom into the stacks as of

last Wednesday, the fact that her |

leap ended in an undignified “and
happy sprawl {between the bridge
table, her bed and the Philadelphia
Navy Yard leaves her unabashed,
She boasts happily of having
cancelled both her subscription to
the New York Times and _ her
charge account at the Inn the mo-
ment she was a free woman.

A. W. V. 8S.

Yet even while she claims that

ahe Sntende to. pene. a1). ber time | ments require evidence, whereas

in the more remote depths of the
stacks, Alison seems to feel that
there is a gaping void left in her
life with the end of her activities
on the News. Three years.of work,
first as a reporter, then as Copy
Editor, and finally as “boss-lady”
has left. her with an appetite for
punishment, for no sooner had her
retirement and pension.age finally
come than she signed up as‘a driv-
er for the ‘A.W.V.S. at the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard. She said she
felt “utterly lost with all the time
on her hands”.

Troubles

This ‘little activity involves act-
ing as chauffeur from eight to
five every Thursday, and getting
wp at 6.30 a. m. in order to reach
the Yard in time, a condition which
Alison finds “highly inferior’ to
staying up till 6:30 twice a week.
But the real difficulty with her new
job, she says, is “that we are not
allowed to initiate conversation
with our passengers or even accept
invitations to lunch.”

‘Inconsistent

Reminded of her vow to please
the English department by begin-
ning to. say something in her
courses now~ that her newspaper
career was temporarily ended, she
smiled the inane grin characteristic
of all rétired editors, and said: “In-
consistency is a virtue of great
minds. Besides, when you next
see me, I shall be dancing around
the maypole balancing a typewrit-
er with one hand and proof-reading
my honors papers with the other.
Editing the News,” she concluded,
“fits anyone for anything.”









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‘Literature Discloses

Only. Potential Truth

Continued from Page 1

and science as more suitable ve-
hicles of truth than literature. In
both philosophy and science, state-

literature issues statements not
based on argument or demonstra-
tions. The first two disciples seek
objective truth, while literature is
highly individualistic. Finally,
emotion sways ‘literature more

»|than science and philosophy.

The primary punpose of litera-
ture, Miss Walsh felt, was the
achievement of a linguistic ex-
pression of some phase of human
experience. Any “truth” in the
sense of psychological portrayal of
the author or social documenting
of a period is incidental to this
main purpose. Literary creation
is a complete fusion of conceptual,
emotional, intellectual, and lin-
guistic elements—each of which
exercises a selective and restrain-
ing influence on the others. The
artist has no single-minded intel-
lectual intention. He seeks, rath-
er, an enlanged comprehension, an
understanding through emotional
ties.

If this be the case, Miss Walsh
pointed out, individual elements in
truth and literature, such as artis-
tic coherence and probability, are

unimportant since each work must]

be considered as a whole.

There are, however, two import-
ant senses in which literature is
true, she felt. One lies in the re-
alistic concreteness which strikes
a balance with structural consist-
ency in great jiterature. Literary
excellence is more than arrange-
ment of the familiar in attractive
compositions; it is the creation of
a complete “world.” In virtue of
its invoked concreteness to a poss-
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Spanish House, February 8. Don-
ald Watt and four young Mexican
men spoke on living with one’s
neighbors, at a tea given by the
Spanish Club on February 8. Mr.
Watt is associated with the Exper-
iment in International Living and

‘is’ trying to find students interest-

ed in spending part of the summer
in the homes of Mexican families.

The four young men discussed
different aspects of Mexico and ex-
plained that in actually living
among the Mexican people, a real
knowledge ‘of their culture can be
gained in an inexpensive manner.
The Experiment tries to pick a
family with a daughter of approx-
imately college age, so that the
visitor will have a chance to go
thoroughly native.
the regular activities, this year
there will be a chance to spend a
week in a Mexican Indian home.

Varigus opportunities for a close
study of, Mexico and her. people are
offered through livjfhg experience
and the Mexican urfiversities. Ob-
taining parental pekmission is not
too difficult, explained. one young
man, speaking proudly in English, |
as tyaveling is done in groups un-
der a leader.

The Mexicans are visiting the
United States with Mr.
has conducted somewhat
trips in many part of Europe. At
present, however, the war has cur-
tailed the Experiment to more
proximal countries.





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Student Poll Shows
Rescheduling Needed

Continued from page )

papers is unsatisfactory; 38% are

content with the existing system.

Most of the students believe that

-the present difficulty is caused by

lack of time due to daily work.
A large number of undgrgradu-
ates are eager for a Christmas
unhampered by papers and_ the
threat of exams. 45% wish to
conclude -th¢ first semester before
Christmas; but 389% do not like
the idea of starting a month early
in the fall, enduring thirteen un-

crowding in a ‘whole semestgy be-
.ore’ Christmas.

Question two reveals that 79%
of the undergraduates studied over
Christmas vacation, 48% on pa-
pers and 52% on other work. The
foimer averaged twenty-eight
hours while the latter devoted an
average of fifteen hours to aca-
demic subjects:

As for the last question, “Would
you favor replacing mid-semester
examinations with more frequent
quizes?” 46% \answered yes, and
28% no. . It is indicative that the
majority of Freshmen are satis-
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Bryn Mawr Campus Blossoms With Beards
As °48. Commences Its W eek of Tribulation



by Nancy Morehouse, 747
48’s week of tribulation opened |
with a patriotic salute to the Great
Emancipator, a campus-wide ‘soph-
omoric decree bringing a-burst of
cide whiskers, goatees and similar
facial herbage, though only a few
were in the manner of Honest Abe.
To keep ‘Linéoln from loneliness,
coiffures were in the style of Mary
Todd Lincoln, erroneously labeled
Anne bya group of enthusiastic
sophomores in Pem Bast. As a
highlight to the day, Rhoads Fresh-
men presented a telescopic view of

sionate embrace by Mary Todd foi-
lowed immediately by brutal as-
sassination administered by an un-
known pistol-shooter in the dis-
tance.

Individual halls opened the sea-
son with strict regulations on
Freshman life. Denbigh decreed
that tHe unfortunates may only use
certain plumbing necessities upon
Sophomore permission, and Merion
47’s limited similar activity to the
fourth floor conveniences. Military
saluting and reverent greeting ap-
pear almost universally, with re-

bellious Nazis detailed to memor-
ize the Gettysburg address—and in
extreme cases labeled “I am a, bad
girl.” 4

Dining rodém antics have given
the best opportuhity for ingenious
spirits to display their . talents.
Songs have been liberally sprink-
led throughout the proceedings,
from Lauren Bacall to “Don’t
Fence Me In” and everything in
between. Hope Kaufmann, appear-

ing as her suppressed desire, gave}

a Rooseveltean greeting to the
Bryn. Mawr campus, previewing
her appearance in the freshman
show in the same role. In Rock,
each Freshman asked a Sophomore
for a “date,” and escorted her in
to dinner, feminine fashion rang-
ing from bobby socks to evening
gowns. \ Denbigh dinners com-
menced to the awesome tone of
48 chanting, “Grant us, O most
illustrious class of ’4%, the blessed

privilege of serving you with true
humility in every capacity through-
out the week, .that we the more
may realize your glorious worth

and: goodness. Pax vobiscum.”



History of Crystals
Traced by Miss Lehr



Dalton, February 7. In a com-
bined Science and Philosophy Club

tal Problem—an Episode in Math- |
ematical History, Miss Marguerite
Lehr developed historically various
early notions on the foundation
and _ structure of crystals, and
showed how a geometric theory ion
crystal structure culminated in the
use of crystals to determine wave
length in the X-ray problem, and
inaugurated methods of experi-
ment’ in both fields.

From the early seventeenth cen-
utry, said Miss Lehr, observations
on outer form and evidences of in-
ner regularity were collected, lead-
ing to the questions: What are the
“ultimate parts” of a crystal and
how are they arranged? These two!
aspects of the problem were inves-
tigated, often separately, although
they are closely related since the
pattern is dependent upon the unit.
- The geometric problem of how
the units are arranged in a crystal,
was fully studied in 1869 by a
mathematician, Camille Jordan.
This theory suggested further
crystallographic’ investigation and
led to the theory of space-lattices.
A dramatic interpretation of the
space-lattice hypothesis for crys-
tals led von Laue, in 1911, to sug-
gest the use of crystals to study
X-rays and, conversely, the use of’

.God is’ not’ neutral, Dr. Calhoun



X-rays to study crystals.

x

Dr. Robert L. Calhoun
Talks on Role of God

Continued from page 1

this respect God transcends all, but
is not identical with any part. He
is immanent in all, ™

To. accept the fact, declared Dr.
Calhoun, that-God_is_totally—unre-
lated, carries divine transcendence
to the height of the meaningless:
God,'as transcendental, is God as
a ground for or own personal
status. Transcerfdence, then, is not
identifiable with the whole, but
may be put on a personal experi-
ence basis.

God is the origin, the end, and
the goal, said Dr. Galhoun. He is
immanent in every portion of the
world by the conveyance of His
presence as a source of the not yet
revealed. God, is first of all, a
creator, stated the speaker. How-
ever, a God of order cannot act in
violation of his own natute- or in
violation of anything he produces.
Dr. Calhoun went on to explain
that a creation is limited and by
the very nature of its.being creat-
ed is: imperfect:

In assigning the ‘individual. the |.

capability of. initiative, God plays
his second role of the Redeemer.

Said, but prefers one type of be-
havior to another. In taking sides,
God envisages the .actualization of
the possibility for distortion and
destruction. Here, God becomes
an eternal ground of healing.

In the third role, as the Spirit, |

God is the ground: of individual
rsonal living and of religious
communities.





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Seniors and
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‘The Civil. Service Commission
has’ reopened the Junior -Pu1'-
fessional Assistant Examina-
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dents with a Civil Service Rat-
ing, and which leads to the best
government positions. The test,
for which no ‘preparation is
needed; is open to students of
all’ majors, and does not com-
mit the student to-taking a gov-
ernment job. Application blanks
are at the Bureau of Recom-
mendations. Examinations will
begiven frequently in Philadel-
phia and may be given at the
college TK enough people make
early applications.

After. Graduation

Equitable Life Assurance Soci-
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(Mr. Fleming will be at the col-
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interviews. Training positions are
open for correspondents, public
service operators, claims review-
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Please notify the Bureau of Rec-
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see Mr. Fleming.

For positions which came in dur-
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read the back green notices on the
hall bulletin boards.

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Biological Beds
With the innovation of Nurses’
Aides, came a bed—to the Biology
lecture room.. Fearing that the
tempting sight of mitre-cornered

her students, Miss Gardiner has-
tened to cover the inanimate- ob-
ject with a cheerful Bates bed-
spread. “My only regret,” said
Miss Gardirier, “is that the bed
does not crank up and I shall have
to lecture from the floor.”

Curtain

hysteria, the distracted Freshmen
Show manager broke all sprinting
records in a dash to “the stage.
Confronted by three amnesial ama-
teurs, she flung herself across the

sheets and an appealing pillow, |.
would overcome the majority “of

Amid varied levels of rehearsal;

footlights and despairimgly cried,
“Listen, you guys, you’ve got to
learn the dialogue. I’ve lost the
little script.”

Drawl Call

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night when over the telephone a

‘Alabaman. Having found the girl’s
name in the Finding List, the im-
‘postor, a Southern member of the
armed forces, yearning for a
Southern voice, claimed he had no
desire for a date, but only wanted
to hear her voice. Minus the pleas-
ing Southern drawl, the Alabaman
ave way to a completely obliging
Kentuckian who talked for twenty
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