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VOL. XLII, NO. 33_

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ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER & 1946

Copyright Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1945

PRICE 10 CENTS



Dean Clarifies
System of Cuts
At Bryn Mawr

Miss Nepper addressed a ‘col-
lege assembly in Goodhart, Octo-
ber 14, in order to clear up the
confusion surrounding the cut sys-
tem.

Every student is expected to at-
tend all classes, cutting only when
necessary for medical or other ur-
gent reasons, and each is held re-
sponsible for her own attendance.
These are the fundamental points
of the system, said Miss Nepper,
of which everyone should be aware.

The attendance is taken by stud-
ent monitors who report to the

relation between attendance and
the academic record. If a student
is not making her merits, this en-
ables the Dean to see whether over- |
cutting is the cause of the trouble.
There is no mathematical point,
however, where one automatically
receives a warning, since the sys-

Relief Committee
Reports Shipping
Of 1262 Packages

Relief for Europe reports a to-
tal of 1262 packages sent to Eur-
ope during the past college year.
730 went to the Maison Fraternelle
in Paris, 336 to Italy, 150 to Hol-
land, and 46 to Greece. In addi-
tion to food, the packages con-
tained about $840 worth of vita-
mins and medicines, and about
2500 pounds of clothing.

Many letters of thanks have been
received during the summer. From
Holland, the chairman of the
Children’s Aid Society in Rotter-
dam writes: “Our society sends
your committee the heartiest
thanks for your splendid gift of
the bottles with vitamin capsules.

order and already the children
have begun to take a capsule daily,
and I don’t doubt it will do them
a lot of good.” A snapshot of
some of the children to whom food

League, Alliance
Find UVAP Drive -

General Success

Results garnered from the U. V,
A. P. drive promise an active year
for the volunteer organizations of
the League and the Alliance. The
fact that, although there was pub-
licity, official pressure was not ap-
plied to the students to’sign for
U. V. A. P., indicates that the stu-
dents who have signed have a real
interest in the work. More than
three hundred names were turned
in, although some of these were
duplicated, since several students
signed for more than one activity.
Five graduates signed, although
there was no appeal made to the
eraduate school for workers.

The Alliance stresses ‘the fact
that these organizations, except in
the Industrial Group, are not com-
mitted to weekly work. This flex-
ibility entails a°new responsibility
for the members of these volun-
teer groups to follow through with
the resolutions and plans of the
beginning of the year
slacking. Added impetus will be
given to the work this year: in-
stead of the jobs being done sepa-
rately without integration there
will be this year an effort through | ,
informal meetings of all workers
to show the relationship between
the different jobs, and to expose
the political and social implications
as well as to explain the direct

| results.of the work.

There will be lists posted later
for the benefit of students who
wished to do work for the Alliance
groups but were unable to sign
last ‘Thursday because of uncer-
tain schedules.

The League found between 120
and 150 names on its lists. Stu-
dents still desiring to join one of
the various groups are invited to
attend the announced meetings of
that group and join then. Al-
though the general turn-out was
encouraging, volunteers —are—still
needed for the Home for Incur-
ables. The. work consists largely
of feeding patients; no specific
training is required and there is
a great need for workers. It is
felt that transportation can be pro-
vided if the list of volunteers is
filled out.



was distributed is enclosed.
Deidre Butler ’46, describes the
enthusiastic reception of packages
by the Maison Fraternelle. “I
went there in June and Soeur Dora
(the head) was as kind as anyone
would be, very happy to show the
Maison Fraternelle to scmeone
from Bryn Mawr College.” Dee
found the Maison Fraternelle most
interested in the people who had
helped them, and anxious to find
out all about Bryn Mawr. The
few medical supplies sent were a
great. help to Soeur Dora in the

performance of minor operations. |

The expenditure by Relief for

Europe totaled slightly over $3,500. |

A little over $2000 was collected
from students, faculty, and staff
during the initial drive last Octo-
ber. Almost $200 was received
from alumnae contributions, an

‘Undergrad drive for the W.8.S.F.

added another $458.80, and the
srt by Sylvia Za¥érmba ‘
raised about $300. Canned goods

and other non-perishable foods

‘were also contributed by people
attending this concert. Anonymous
gifts, donations from members of
the community, and repeated con-
tributions from students, as well

_-as from the various faculty com-

Record Concerts

To Be Renewed

. This year Under-Grad will again
sponsor a series of record concerts
to be held in the Common Room.
It is hoped that. all music lovers
will attend these concerts and help
to make them an important part
of the campus activities.

The records are obtained from
the large record collection in the
Library, which includes every kind
of music, symphonic and operatic,
from Beethoven and Wagner to
Gershwin. The programs will be
based on popular demand; all re-
quests should be sent to Edie Le-
Grand, chairman of the concerts.

Students may also belong to the
‘Record Library, for a fee of one
dollar for the year. Records can
be kept out for four days at a
time, but are not oie _ The
fir ary isu nas musical
supplement the mecnonelietg which
may be renewed when necessary
for academic’ assignments.



” ‘Engagement
Mary Barton, ’47, to Richard



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Rhys Williams.



without |:

Miss Carol Brice
To Give Concert
In Drive Series

Carol Brice, noted Negro con-
tralto, will present the first in a
series of three concerts to be given
for the benefit of the Alumnae
Drive. This series, beginning with
Miss Brice on October 31, will also
offer the Paganini Quartet.on No-
vember 19 and Mischa Elman on
February 28.

Miss Brice, the first Negro to
win the Naumberg Award, has in
the past year performed as soloist
with the Pittsburgh Symphony and
the New York Philharmonic Sym-
phony, in addition to recitals in
New York. She has been described
as “a contralto of wide range,”
with a voice “of sumptuous color.”

The Paganini Quartet, owners
of the four Stradivari once owned
by Paganini. himself, was formed
early in 1946. It. is composed of
former soloists, teachers, and a
member of the Pro Arte Quartet.

‘The “glorious Elman tone” of
Mischa Elman was recognized at
the time of his debut in 1908. More
recently he has been described as

“an inspired and magnificently[at hall meetings on October 9

equipped virtuoso.”

Begun last year in response to
requests of students for programs
by recognized musicians, concerts
will continue as long as the cam-
pus will support such undertak-
ings. . Sylvia. Zaremba, young pi-
anist, and the Curtis String Quar-
tet were presented last year.

Meeting Explains
League, Alliance

At a rally held in the Common
room, the Bryn Mawr League and
the Bryn Mawr Alliance announced
their plans for the coming year.
In addition to continuing old proj-
ects, such as the activities drive
for the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp
and the Hudson Shore Labor school,
the League offers knitting and
staff work for the American Red
Cross.

This year the Alliance will in-
clude in its activities work for the
League of Women Voters and the
United Nations Student Council.
There are opportunities to.work in
the Industrial Group too. The
I. R. C. and the Debating Club are
also sponsored by the Alliance.

After the purposes of the vari-
ous League ahd Alliance activities
had been explained, refreshments
were served.

Mile to Present
New Job Forum

An opportunity is being offered
to college. girls by. Mademoiselle
to participate in its first forum on
Jobs and Futures which will en-
able you to meet leaders in vari-
ous vocational fields and to discuss
your vocational aims and ambitions.
With the help of aptitude and m-
terest tests, personal appraisal by
Mile. editors, and interviews you

2: ea thanee to get valuable,
information for stepping into -a
suitable career after college., |

Winners will’ also have an op-
portunity to work during the month

of June-jn Mlle.’s New York offices
to put the August College Is-
sue. Railroad fares’ to and from

New York will be paid by Mlle.



and you earn while you learn.

Dean E. Harrison
To Diseuss Nazi
‘Trial Implications

Dean Earl Harrison, of the Penn-
sylvania Law School, will speak on
the “Implications of the Nurem-
berg Trials’ in the first Alliance
Assembly on current affairs, Good-
hart, October 24. Dean Harrison
was in Europe this summer survey-
ing Displaced Persons Camps.

Dean and Professor of Law since
1945, Mr. Harrison joined the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania faculty as
an instructor in 1982. He has long
been active in the study of Euro-
pean problems, and served as di-
rector of Alien Registration for
the Department of Justice in 1940
and: ’41, and is a member ‘of the
national comynittee on Post-war
Immigration Policy.

Students Amend
League By-Laws
In Hall Meetings

Four amendments to the consti-
tution of the Bryn Mawr League
were approved by the student body
which were attended by a total of
354 undergraduates.

The amendment which provided
that the Soda Fountain come un-
der the jurisdiction of the League
was passed by a vote of 321 to 10.
A, majovity of 259 to 73 approved
the amendment stating that eight
nominations for the office of
League President be chosen by a
Junior Nominating Committee, in-
stead of by the League Board, and
that the Junior Class eliminate
four of those nominees. East
House residents refrained. from
voting on this amendment, but sug-

gested instead that several mem-
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Qf Flapper Era
Presented by 48

Simple Plot and Gaiety

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Of Musical
By Katrina Thomas °49”

Goodhart, October 12. The Jun-
ior Class has presented a show for
the benefit of the Faculty Salary
Drive that more nearly resembles
a professional Broadway musical
comedy than any similar under-
taking on Goodhart Stage. The
particular success of this produc-
tion, raising it above the level of
the usual variety show, lay in Hope

|Kaufmann’s simple but well-knit

story, which unravelled during the
evening without a knot or a tan-
gle. The acting, the choruses, and
the dances were excellent, although
{ cannot go so far as to claim that
they have never~before—been—sur-
passed; but what the. Juniors
achieved so remarkably was the
1920 atmosphere and a spirit thap
made the production look | like
ohn’.

Much credit is due Page Hart
for the effective and colorful stage
set. Particular imagination was
shown in the gay revolving ferris
wheel.

The dances need special recog-
nition, particularly the calisthen-
ics number, which ¢oriibined pictur-
esque but exhausted bathing. beau-
ties with some amusing steps and
genuine ragtime. The choruses
were spirited, especially the finale
“Crest of the Wave”. The only
really outstanding original compo-
sition, however, was “We Hate
Women”.



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This year, three veterans have
returned to Bryn Mawy after ab-
sences of two to three years. They
are Leila Jackson, ’46, from the
WAVES; Henny Burch, 45, from
the WRENS, and Ellen Harriman,
44, from the WACS.

Leila began her career in the
Navy with six weeks of Boot Camp
at Hunter College, in New York;
and from there went to Storekeep-
er’s School in Millagevill, Georgia,
one of the deadest of Southern
towns. Her final destimation was
Corpus Christi, Texas, where she
was assigned to the department of
procurement of supplies for three
kinds of planes. Everything went
smoothly until her last three
months when, completely unpre-
pared, she became involved with
electrons and physics, alien corn to
a history major. Life was appar-
ently very unrestricted on the off
hours, “just like any job,” as they
could go anywhere they pleased,
which included two trips to Mon-
terey in Mexico. Incidentally, she
revealed the amazing fact that

PARR LEE only. four people
who had heard of Bryn Mawr!
Henny Burch returned to Eng-
land.in June of 1943, but was not
called up until the following Janu-
ary. In the interval she drove a
truck to the docks, feeding work-
ers there whq suffered badly from
the food shortage. After her



|WREN training im London, she

during her first six months in the

| Three Bryn Mawr Vets Reveal
Exciting-Experiences in Service

By Louise Gorham °47

was sent to Northern Ireland,
where she and a crew of three oth-
er girls operated a boat taking
mail and passengers out to the
larger vessels. From there she
went to Scotland, where she tested
and repaired landing craft and
equipment which had been used in
France. She was also attached to
an Admiral’s barge at Grennock,
where the “Queen Mary” and the
“Queen Elisabeth” docked. They
were paid only $3.25 a day, wore
bell-bottomed trousers, and lived in
hiessen huts, “quonset huts, only
worse.”

Ellen, the only Bryn Mawr
WAC, spent a year and a half with
the Signal Corps in the Pentagon,
after training at Oglethorpe, Geor-
gia, and Camp Crowder, Missouri.
She worked for one of the Corps’
most important departments,
which was run almost entirely by
WACS, doing highly confidential
but very dull and routine. work.
In fact she became a confirmed
Pentagon hater, but the lack of in-
terest in the material was made up
for by the numerous citations
ha ae out to those who managed

aintiel and “Purple Hearts” for
bravery 1
chairs and filing cabinets. They
led a typical Army life, as por-
trayed by the eomics and Private
Hargrove, including barracks, K.
P., and driving two and.a half ton



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The Oral vs. The A. B.

With the results of this fall’s German oral, the appar-
ently eternal problem of the Bryn Mawr College oral require-
ment for the A. B. degree is with us again. This fall, as ai-
ways, some seniors, who have been doing good work in their
departments, have failed their orals, which failure prevents

them from receiving their degrees with their own class. This |

seems unjust at best. We do not feel that a student should
fail to be graduated because of the tyranny of an outworn
system.

We feel that there are two basic purposes of ve oral.
The Bryn Mawr student should have a reading knowledge of
two modern languages ‘in order to (1) facilitate research
work in her-own-field-and-(2) possess a general cultural and
literary advantage. These purposes are good ones. But they
have miscarried fearfully in too many instances.

For example, a student entering Bryn Mawr with Span-
ish who goes into a department which will not accept that
language is compelled to use at least two of her fifteen cour-
ses in learning French and German.

We feel that this system should be changed. A Bryn
Mawr graduate should have a liberal education. Language
is an essential part of this education, but we feel that the nor-
mal Bryn Mawr girl does not have time in her college career
to acquire an adequate knowledge of two languages. Conse-
quently, if she wishes to take any courses offered here other
than those in her major field, she will know two languages
only fairly well and certainly never well enough to use either.
On the other hand, we believe that the emphasis should be
on knowing one language well: one oral should be required,
perhaps a three-hour examination, in any modern language.

The second language should be optional, either chosen as
an elective by the student or suggested or even required by
her department. Thus a student in the science department
offering French for her oral might study German, in addition
to continuing her work in French, if she were. interested in
so doing; an English major could choose any language; his-
tory or politics majors a language allied with the country of
their choice. Thus each student would know thoroughly,
from both a research and a literary point of view, one lan-
guage, and be at liberty either to pursue it, take another lan-
guage, or study other courses, without ts dread bugbear of
_ passing two orals.

.-..... There is, of course, the alternative of continuing the
ed GON oy stem and éXpitiaing the collegé sy#@er =. allow for
five courses yearly. Thus the English major would have room
for history, philosophy, psychology, politics, or whatever
other courses she might wish to take to complete her liberal

_ education. For a liberal education should not. be a series of

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Current Events

Explaining her work this sum-
mer for the Allied Nations to Ob-
serve the vision of the Greek
electorate, Miss McCown stated,
“We discovered that. the issue had
been greatly confused by the ques-
tion put to the public — ‘Do you
want the return of King George
Il.’ This resulted in a vote versus
Communism more than anything
else, because the people felt that
the government in exile and the
Communist party were the only
organized groups in Greece.”

“The other main task of the com-
mission, said Miss McCown, “was
to observe the conduct of the pleb-
acy.” In doing this the represen-
tatives of the United States and
Great Britain acted as ‘a psycho-
logical influence’ to assure fair
elections. “That is,” she continued,
“their function was to gather in-
formation for the use of their re-
spective governments rather than
to interfere in Greek politicai
machinery.”

In order to clarify the problem
which faces the Greek people, Miss
McCown also spoke on past Greek

| political events citing the War of
Independence in 1821 as the origin

of the present conflict. The effect
of the discussion about ,a better

;form of government at that time

has led to the attitude still main-
tained by the Greek people—that
the conflict is fundamentally con-
stitutional with a possible chvice
between the constitutions of 1936
and 1911 representing a republic
constitutional monarchy
respectively.

In closing Miss McCown ques-
tioned whether the return of King
George II to power, as a result of
the recent Greek plebiscite, wowld
lead to greater civil disturbance or
to peace and security.

B. M. Plans Drive
For More Books

A total of more than 400 vol-
umes, collected in the book drive
for European libraries,. held last
year, were sorted and packed dur-
ing the summer, and sent to vari-
ous organizations according to the
demand. A similar drive is being
planned this year.

Textbooks of science, history,
and literature, amounting to five
cartons of from 25 to 380 books
each, were sent to the students of
the Polish University of Poznan.
They were especially welcome —in
Poland, for English is being taught
in the Polish schools and universi-
ties, and English textbooks are
scarce.

Three cartons of language text-
books were sent to the American
Friends’ Service Committee for
distribution in Central Europe.
These books are being collected for
people preparing to work in Euro-
pean countries, as well as for more
general use im the American zone
of Germany.

Four cartons of books, valuable
for permanent interest rather than
for student use, were sent to the
American Book Center for War
Devastated Libraries. This organi-
zation, sponsored by the Library of
Congress, is working to restore the
libraries of Europe, and to it were
sent books on a wide range of sub-
jects, including history, biography,
and economics.

Requests from the Netherlands
Book Collection Center and from
the Institute of Chinese Culture re-
mind us of the continuing need for
books of varying types.. Most ap-
preciative letters have been re-
ceigad>.**-~ks for the contribu-

tions already sent.



Stage Guild Election
The Stage Guild takes pleasure

Ie the election of oi

e Lewis, ’48, as Vice-President.

| producing. .

ISS Conference
Discusses Issue

Of German Relief

By Nancy Morehouse °47

The Cambridge Conference of
the ISS, the first full-scale con-
ference held by this ~organization
since the war, brought out many of
the important issues agitating
European students today.

First and_foremost, it must be
emphasized that the European stu-
dent, in general, feels strongly the
importance of politics and political
decisions to him personally. One
receives the impression that cur-
rent affairs are rather a sacred
field which can be discussed only in
a serious vein.
“average” student is very apt to
feel that through his ‘stake in the
outcome of political decisions his
opinion should be respected. The
worst sin of all, to the politically
minded, is to have no decided
opinion on a subject of general
import.

This attitude is undoubtedly an

outcome of the war-time psychol-
Continued on Page 3

°4.8’s Show Captures
Atmosphere of ’20’s

Continued from Page 1

Hope Kaufmann showed an am-
azing versatility and a real gen-
ius for comedy in her performance
of Mac Sennett, the manager of
the contest.

Jane Ettelson fitted naturally
into the role of Ernest, the eager
beaver who proved that a college
education was worthwhile after
‘all, (if only to win a swimming
race). Her part was played with
genuine enthusiasm.

Carol McGovern as the concern-
ed, doting mother fell easily into
the 1920 atmosphere in her use of
gesture, but could not refrain from
using her British stage accent in
this peculiarly American part.

Although Frances Binger could
not lose herself sufficiently in the
part of the unattractive, pedantic
schoolgirl, her song, “They Don’t
Realize That .I Care” was well
sung, with the naivete and wist-
fulness befitting the character of
Ernestine.

Two of the thugs, Jess Levy as
Herman and Jane Ellis as Maxie,
mastered their nasal Brooklyn ac-
cents but found it difficult to throw
their voices out to the audience at
the same time. Jane Ellis handled
her comedy part extremely well,
uttering the prize remark of the
show: “Don’t mistake asthma .. .
a-uh-uh ... for passion!” Jean
Switendick convincingly portray-
ed the lethargic, dullard, Torso
heaving “brainless brawn”
about the st

The bathing‘Weauties were a sexy,
giddy crowd, who proved that one
does not need a college education
to become Miss America ’28. Joan
Zimmerman as Maude, later Miss
America, played her part with an
appalling amount of ease. Bar-
bara Thomson was particularly
goed as the lisping beauty, and
Mary Anne Brumbaugh could
throw herself into more flapper
poses (or contortions) than all the
rest put together.




Amateur productions have a com-
mon fault in their inability to
well-time and sufficiently point up
the jokes, so that many of them
are lost to the audience. But this
is a technique achieved only after
many years of comedy writing and
‘The success of the
Junior Show was more than veri-
fied by the enthusiastic participa-
tion of the audience, especially the
gentleman who howled “Oh Nelly,”
when Keffer®gpp— -.. w- stage as
Bubbles Breakwater. ’48, under
the able direction of Ann Chase, is
to be congratulated for the incred-
ible amount of time and energy it
put’ into a worthwhile cause and
for the excellent show it produc-



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Historical Sketches

By Katrina Thomas, ’49

Lantern Night, the oldest and
most characteristic of all Bryn
Mawr traditions; is a ceremony of
great beauty and dignity. . It was
inaugurated, in 1886 when the sec-
ond class in college received its
lanterns from the class of ’89. The
purpose of these four-inch high
lanterns of filigreed tin, lined with
red isinglass, was to light the quiv-
ering Freshman through the maze
of college life. Originally the cere-
mony consisted of impromptu en-
tertainnient on campus in broad
daylight following an outdoor play.
The Sophomores for many years
accompanied the lantern giving
with an oral quiz to the Freshmen.

“Pallas Athena” was the class of
1893’s song and was adapted for
Lantern Night in 1901. “Sophias
Philai’”’ was transposed in 1921 and
the music selected from a part. of
the Russian service by A. F. Lyoff.

Today the ceremony has been- re-

‘duced to its simplest form. The

Freshmen, silent and invisible in
their black caps and gowns, file
into. the blackness of the cloister.
They form a semi-circle around the
pool, facing the west wing of the
library with their backs to the
reading room.

~The Sophomores enter bearing _
lighted lanterns and singing a
Greek hymn, invoking Pallas
Athena, goddess of wisdom, to
make:-holy the lanterns and change
darkness into light. They form a
second semi-circle, woven.into the
lines of the first. When the song
is done, each Sophomore hands her
lantern to the closest Freshman
and runs. The Freshmen. answer:
“We come, O Goddess; we are lov-
ers of beauty in just measure and
lovers of wisdom too,” and file out
singing this hymn.

Tratiition offers many supersti-
tions about the lanterns. Inside
each is an invitation for the Fresh-
man for tea. The girl whose can-
dle burns the longest, and who
stays awake to prove her claim, is
fated to become hall president ac-
cording to one theory. The other,
perhaps more preferable, is that
she will be the first member of her
class to marry. Another tradition
is that the girl who finds wax drip-
ping on her gown will earn her
Ph. D., or, according to Bryn Mawr
custom, will ‘graduate Magna Cuy
Laude.

When the solemn ceremony is
finished, the gathering assembles
under Pem Arch where each of the
four classes sings its athletic song,
class song, and lyric song in the
traditional manner, the Seniors
calling on each class to perform.
Later, parties are held for the
Freshmen by their sister class in
each hall.



European Shipments
For Relief Reported .

Continued from Page 1

mittees made up the rest of the
sum,

The college effort toward con-
servation of fats and oils started
with a 39-point program presented
by the Alliance and approved by
a student vote. On March 26, in
a college assembly, the Honorable
Owen J. Roberts described Eur-
ope’s need for food and offered a
five-point plan for effective aid.
Miss Margaret Speer spoke on
China’s food problem and Miss
Hertha Krays emphasized the need
for aid in rehabilitation in Europe.
Following these addresses, a sys-
tem of signing out for meals was
set up, making possible greater
conservation of food on campus.
Finally, in the middle of May, Re-
lief for Europe, qgppec—_- vy other
colleges, sent its petition urging
the adoption of food ratiéning to.
President Truman, Mr. Bowles,
and Mr. Anderson.

Ruth Heinsheimer, ’47, will head:



the Committee for Relief for Eur-






THE

COLLEGE NEWS

Page Three



The Spectator

Specially Contributed

Course-cards are handed,in, the
monitors begin to know their
charts and charges, and we are
firmly wedded to our courses. The
honeymoon is over and we must
recognize that the inarriage has
a weighty finality we did not sus-
pect it of. Already, inevitably, we
know which course is to be the
spoiled darling and which one we
must force ourselves to love. In
the one you will take quantities of
notes, stealthily turn your watch
to the front of your wrist, then
force yourself not to look at it un-

til at least a quarter of, and yet|:

discover, when you do look, that
it is, mysteriously enough, only
half-past. ‘But in that other class
you will always be too busy to take
notes, too occupied with shooting
up your hand and pulling it down
again as hastily, upon’ the reali-
zation that your remark would be
inspired but hardly relevant, and
your whole being too filled with
sounds and visions to concern itself
with time, until of a sudden the
bell snaps off the hour.

How inextricably this bell of
ours and all the sounds of our days
are knotted into memory! Sit, for
instance, in the library and read
economics amid the echoing crac-
kle of turning pages, the snipping
on and off of lights, the whispers
magnified as in a cathedral, the
endless padding back and forth,
the sighing of the big door, and all
these become hopelessly entangled
with “The fluctuating price level,”
and “The analysis of joint demand,
derived demand, and joint supply.”

And as for me, who am of a
visionary turn of mind, the sounds
and the specters merge. For I have
heard the scraping of pens and the
sniffing of noses in philosophy
elass and seen, in the same mom-
ent, clouds of Pythagoreans strid-
ing about as if upon the shores of
Asia Minor, venerable old men in
robes, with staffs in their hands,
placing their pebbles in squares
and oblongs upon the envisioned
sands. Or again, late on a Friday
evening, when the _ professorial
corridors. are oddly quiet, I should

not be much startled were I to en-.

counter Shelley, loping furtively
down the hall, or to come upon





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Athletic Association
Carnival

‘Whether you go in for food
or fortune-telling, be sure to
come to the Athletic Associa-
tion Carnival, on Friday, Oc-
tober 18, from three to five
o’clock, in the gym and on the
hockey field. Games, penny-
pitching, and balloons are on the
program, too, and all the-pro-
ceeds will be turned over to the
Faculty Salary Drive.

Hockey Schedule

includes 6 Games

The Bryn Mawr hockey team
will begin its scheduled games on
Thursday with a home game with
the University of Pennsylvania.









The rest of the schedule, terminat-
ing in a tournament here on No- |
vember 9, is as follows:

Oct. 17—Pennsylvania 4:00 P.M.
Oct. 22—Ursinus

(3rd team) 4:00 P.M.

Oct. 23—Ursinus 4:00 P. M.
Nov. 2—Swarthmore

(away) 10:30 A. M.

Nov. 6—Beaver 4:00 P.M.
Nov. 9—Tournament

(here) 9:00 A.M.

Nov. 14—Drexe] 4:00 P. M.



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Terben.

And why ere te this kind of
time we are so careful of, meas-
uring it out with schedules. and
course-cards, clocks and bells, is
really neither so accurate nor so



very important, is it? It is meas-
urable, but the other kind, Time
Itself, is too big and slippery to
be hobbled with time-pieces and
too generous to be hoarded. If a
star falls at this instant, we will
not see it go out for ten years; so
let us relax and speak liberally of
stars or kingfishes, ignoring any
schedule foolish enough to indicate
that so-and-so much knowledge
must be or can be ours by ten
o’clock tomorrow morning.

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Thrills Two Bryn Mawr Students

By Helen Hale ’49

Rosalie Scott, ’47, and Nanette
Emery, ’47, were spending a quiet
day in Puebla during their Christ-
mas vacation, when Akim Tamiroff
sauntered up and said, “What. are
you ‘chicas’ doing down here?”
Rosalie and Nanette met so many
movie stars, bull fighters’ and po-
litical executives of importance
that we wonder how they had time
to attend their lectures. However,
they. both stressed the point that
academic work was difficult and re-
quiyed a great deal of serious at-
tention.’

The politics course alone, a pri-
vate seminar consisting of the
girls from Smith, Sarah Lawrence,
Wheaton and our two redoubtable
emissaries, is an excellent example
of the fascinating work they did.
This seminar was visited by such
men as Ramon Beteta, Aleman’s
campaign manager, the Sub-Secre-
tary of the Treasury, Silva Her-
zog, and Senora Josefe, the Direc-
tor of the Mexico City Juvenile
Court.

Another point ‘they stressed was
that in their. social life (volumin-
ous) they found it best to follow
the rules which control the other
Mexican girls. These rules are
much” stricter than those which
govern colleges in the United
States, but are practical and sensi-
ble in Mexico City.

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There was the Duke of Regla, Mar-
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Reyes, the Archibald MacLeish of
Mexico, with his fabulous private
library, for whom Nanette and Ro-
salie gave a surprise birthday par-
ty. Enrique Gonzalez Martinez,
the poet, read to them over after
dinner coffee; New Year’s Eve was
spent with the movie set of Mex-
ico; they attended Fiestas de Char-
ros (rodéos), brilliant processions,
the “shooting” of “The Pearl’ and
“Fiesta,” the tea parties given for
the American students by Mrs.
Dwight Morrow and Mrs. Stafford,
the wife of the Consul-General.

In the Benjamin Franklin Li-
brary in Mexico City, they gave a
radio broadeast of a Pan-American
Round Table Discussion, later de-
livering lectures at the University
Club:

After the month in Morelia liv-
ing with Mexican Families (the
first step in the experiment), and
the rest of the year living togeth-
er with the 16 other college girls
in the old French Embassy. house,
Nanette and Rosalie expressed
themselves enthusiastically. They
also feel strongly that by living in
Mexico City as other Mexican girls
do, they could return as much as
they received from their friends
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ISS Conf.- Delegate
Reports on Relief
Continued from Page 2

ogy, when the weight of German
occupation fell on all elements of
the population. The connecticn be-
tween political and international
affairs on the one hand, and the
personal life of the individual on
the other, became too _ vivid
throughout six long years to be
easily forgotten. This was notably
true in the case of students, a
great many of whom were in the
resistance movements.

This ability to see the political
import of almost any national and
international action revealed itself
at the Conference, notably in
discussion of ISS’ sending matérial
relief to German students. This
question was lifted out of the
sphere of inter-student charity
through the division of opinion be-
tween students of the occupied
countries and those in unoccupied
lands as to German psychology and
the appropriate occupation ‘policy
in Germany.

Those students who had lived
through German occupation felt
very strongly that occupation pol-

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ISS Conf. Delegate
Reports on Relief

Continued from Page 3

icy should be directed toward con-
vincing: all Germans of the respon-
sibility of both Germany and the
Any

blanket policy of sending food and
other items of material relief to
Germany would inevitably benefit
the non-democratic opportunists
looking for the next good chance
for a repeat performance. At the
same time, students of the occupied
countries were still in need, and
any pro-democratic organization
had a basie obligation to satisfy
those needs before embarking on
any scheme of German relief.
Opposed to these views were the
arguments of the unoccupied coun-
tries, principally the United States
and Great Britain. It was pointed
out that the need for democratic
reconstruction in Germany is the
focal point of any long-term oc-
cupation policy, and all encourage-
ment should be given to any ele-
ments, particularly students, who
are heading in this direction. Stress
was laid on the fact that future,
problematical democracy is far
more difficult to build on “empty
stomachs” than a dictatorship of
despair. The economic situation
in Europe will continue to create

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Thursday, October 17
Tryouts, Players Club.

Friday, October 18
Lantern Night.

Saturday, October 19
Lantern Night (in case of
rain).

Sunday, October 20
Rev. C, Leslie Glenn, Music
Room, 7:30.

Monday, October 21
Current Events,
Room, 7:15.

Wednesday, October 23
German Club Tea, Common
Room, 4:15.

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unsatisfactory living conditions for
students in occupied countries until
much long-term reconstruction has

yeen completed, and therefore aid
:0 Germany should be undertaken
aow on the basis of relative need.

A vote on the subject resulted
n an equal division: but the pat-
ern of voting revealed fundamen-
al differences of opinion on the
oasis of war experience, a gap
which must be closed in the future,
The problem itself leads up to one
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League Amendments

Passed by Students

Continued from Page 1

bers of the League Board be placed
on such a Junior Nominating Com-
mittee.

By a vote of 316 to 9, the stu-
dents agreed that amendments to
the constitution of the League be
voted on by the entire student body
rather than by the League Board.

The final amendment, stating that

amendments may be proposed by
a petition from 20 students, and
must be voted on by the’ student
body, was approved by a majority
of 280 to 47. ’

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Senior Elections

The senior class takes pleasure
in announcing the election of Alice
Hart as president; Elizabeth Day
as vice-president; Kay Tanner as
secretary; and Elizabeth Steinert

as song mistress.

East House Elections
East House announces the elec-
tion of Helen Abell, ’50, as pres-
ident, and Priscilla Hunt, ’50 as
vice-president.

Relief Pictures
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the Committee, has sent six pic-
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