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VOL. XLII, NO. 3

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1945

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Bryn Mawr College, 1945

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UVAP Drive Seeks 100% Registration



Mlle. Bree Urges
Food Contribution

From Americans



Stressing’ the difficulty France
has had recovering from war de-
vastation, in the UVAP assembly
Mademoiselle Bree urged food con-
tributions from Americans to help

_tide France over-the-period—of—re-

construction.

Mlle Brée described from her
own observations the stagnation of
France’s economic life, the com-
binéd product of German looting,
ruin following ‘the passage: of
armies, and wartime malnutrition.
Even were any degree of produc-
tion possible, the. transportation
breakdown, would prohibit distri-
bution.

The ‘severity of the food shart:
age is revealed by figures on the
health situation. Mlle. Bree report-
ed that there has been a 45% in-
crease in tuberculosis, while the
children suffer from malnutrition
and underdevelopment. “A large
part of the population is just above
starvation level,” she said.

Aid to France at this time, Mlle
Bree declared, may well be the
basis of a longstanding friendship
between the two nations, and will
tell France of our concern, “To
tide over the ordinary man in the
street,” she said, “is to give a
strong helping hand to the forces
of order against those of disorder.”



95% Contribute
To League Drive



The annual drive of the Bryn
Mawr League has so far collected
$3465.75, 90% of the goal for
which it aimed. More important

than this figure, however, is thej

fact that 95% of the resident un-
dergraduate body contributed to
the drive thereby proving that they
not only recognized but actively
upheld through their donations the
community welfare work of the
League.

Significant statistics reveal that
donations,
with Merion coming in third, both
these halls having a high percent-
age of freshmen and each ¢on-
tributing 100%. Betsy Kalten-
thaler, chairman of the drive, de-
clared that much credit for the
high percentage goes to bey hall
solicitors.

Merion, Rhoads South, Pembroke
East,, Wyndham and Radnor and
the Spanish House all contributed
100%, the amounts collected from
these halls ranging from Merion’s
$422 from 63 students to the
$118.50 collected from the 16 stu-
dents. of Radnor and the Spanish
House. Among the other halls, 89%
of the Rockefeller students con-
and
Pembroke West followed with the
second highest total of $465, 97%
contributing. 97% of the Rhoads
North students donated $375, 92%
of Denbigh $362.50, 90% of the
German House $57.50, 70% of Low
Buildings. $62.50, and.17 of the non-
Reses contributed $102.



Page Calls Gov’
On World Scale
Answer to Bomb



“There is one way and only. one
way to control destructive atomic
energy and that is international
government. The potency of the
weapon must dictate the potency of
the control,” said Mr. Ralph W.
Page~in-a discussion of the politi-
cal aspects of the atomic bomb, in
the first Alliance Assembly on Cur-
cent Affairs.

The atomic bomb has been in-
strumental in arousing people to a
realization that the world lacks
adequate means of guaranteeing
peace. “The problem is not how
to be rid of the bomb but how to

be rid of war,” he said. The pop-

ular clamor for an iron-clad guar-
antee -was not satisfied at San
Francisco, and people are increas-
ingly coming to recognize the need
for international goverment.

The root of the problem, ex-
plained by’) Mr. Page, lies in the
conflicting interests of states whose
sovereignty is unlimted by overall
controls. “We have always’ been
able to solve the problem of peace
within sovereign groups of people.
We have never been able to solve
the problem of peace between sov-
ereign groups of people.”

Mr. Page emphasized that Con-
gress is hampered by its conviction
that the publie will not brook any
abridgement of our sovereignty.
For this reason all the plans put
forward in Congress wéuld prove
ineffective in practice.

Action Promised
On Orals’ Status



Campus discussion of the futuré
status of orals has resulted in
much interesting comment from in-
terviewed faculty and administra-
tion, plus a promise of definite ac-
tion from the Curriculum Commit-
tee.

The Curriculum Committee stat-
ed that it plans to conduct a poll of
student opinion within the week,
but “Junior” Leyendecker, Chair-
man, emphasized that this poll is
designed to ascertain points of
view and elicit suggestions for re-
form or constructive criticisms.

The principal questions raised,
the Committee feels, are three—
first, the value and place of lan-
guage study in the curriculum, the
method of teaching languages so
as best to contribute to the gen-
eral ‘knowledge and specific needs,
and the establishfhent of standards
to measure the student’s grasp of
foreign languages.

Opinion within the language de-
partments ‘varied widely from es-
sential agreement with the asser-
tions of the News editorial to a
completely contradictory view. Mr.
Diez pointed out that the- super-
ficiality of a student’s knowledge
was in great part her own fault.

“All we can hope to attain,” he/|"

said, “is to bring the student to the
point where she can use the Ger-

man in her advanced work if she].

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€ 49ers Welcomed

With Ceremonies
Of Lantern Night



Lantern Night at Bryn Mawr is
a ceremony af dignity and tradi-
tion. It is then-that the Sopho-
mores formally welcome the in-
coming class in what is perhaps
the oldest and most characteristic
of the College’s festivals.

The Freshmen, silent and invisi-
ble in their black caps and gowns
file into the blackness of the clois-
ter. They form a circle facing the

west wing of the library with their

backs to the reading room.

The Sophomores enter bearing
lighted lanterns. As they walk they
sing a Greek hymn, invoking Pallas
Athena, goddess of wisdom, to
make holy the lanterns and. to
change darkness. into light. They
form a second semi-circle, woven
into the lines of the first. The song
is done and each Sophomere hands
her lantern to the closest Fresh-
man and runs. The Freshmen an-
swer: “We come 0 Goddess; we
are lovers of beauty in just mea-
sure and lovers of wisdom also.”
They file out singing their song.

The solemn ceremony is finished
but following, a:gayer gathering
assembles under Pembroke Arch.
The four classes forif* a square
and each sings its athletic song,
class song and lyric song in the
traditional manner; the _ Seniors
calling on oon? class to perform.
the classes break up and parties
are held for the Freshmen by their
sister class in the different halls.

Tradition offers many supersti-
tions about the lanterns, Inside
each lantern is an invitation to tea
from Sophomore to Freshman.
The girl whose candle burns the
longest and who stays awake to
prove her claim, is fated to be-
come hall president in one theory
while others have it she will be
the first member of her class to
marry. Another’ tradition which
has grown around Lantern Night
is that the girl who finds wax
dripping on her gown will earn her
Ph.D., or according to Bryn Mawr
custom, will graduate Magna Cum
Laude. |

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





Calendar .

Thursday, October 18
8:15. Freshman Talk, Common

Room. S
Friday, October 19

Lantern Night, unless it rAins.
Saturday, October 20 __
Advanced Standing Bxamina-
tions end.

9:00. Spanish and Italian Or-
als.

Lantern Night, in case of rain
Friday.

Sundae, October 21 .

7:30. Chapel, Rev. i. E. Ham-
mond. Music Room.
Monday, October 22

7:15. Current Events, Dorothy
Nepper speaking on “Spain
and the Argentinian Situation.”
Common Room.
Wednesday, October 24

,8:00. Memorial’ lecture for
Howard Gray, given oy G. H.
MclIlvain.







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UVAP To Send Food
To French Relief

Agency

Packing food and clothing for
direct mailing to a relief organi-
zation in Europe constitutes the
major project of the 1945-1945 U.
V. A. P. program.

There is sateen need for vol-
unteers from among the under-
graduates, graduate students, fac-
ulty and staff, to assemble the par-
cels, which will be sent for distri-
bution to the “Maison Fraternelle”
a foundation for the poor in Paris.
Since both this agency and Bryn
Mawr are small organizations, con-
rnections can be directed and the
plan carried out with maximum
efficiency.

$3.00—-will- pay forthe food and
mailing expenses of one relief par-
cel. A campus-wide drive for money
to support this college project
starts tonight. Collections of sec-
ond-hand clothing to be sent in
the parcels will also be made. Fac-
ulty are asked to place clothing
donations in the boxes in Taylor
and Goodhart. Registration for
volunteers to pack the relief, par-
cels takes place tomorrow and Fri-
day in Goodhart.

Madame Combemale of the
American Relief for France rec-
ommends this project, the “Maison
Fraternelle’ choose the recipients
from the most needy families.
Soeur Dora of the foundation will
receive the Bryn Mawr parcels,
reply promptly as to the condition
of their arrival, and personally su-
pervise their distribution.

Soybeans, fortified cocoa pow-
der,. lentils and powdered eggs
are among the items to be included
in the relief-boxes. All food will be





Continued on Page 2

Community, Relief Work Included
In Volunteer Activities Program

Each Student Requested
To Give 3 Hours — °
Per Week

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Goodhart, October 17. 100%
registration for three hours of vol-
unteer work is the aim of the
UVAP drivé as explained in the
mass meeting. The registration
will take place on Thursday and
Friday, October 17 and 18, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 6
p.m. The following are a list of
the activities offered by UVAP:

Community Activities

The Overbrook Blind School,
which is under the League, involves
reading to the blind at Overbrook.
The usual hours are from 8 to 9:30
p.m., allowing the students time
to return to college before 10:30
p.m.

Another League activity is the
Haverford Community ‘Center
which is now primarily a nursery
school. ‘Children from three to six
are there five days a week from
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Volunteers
are needed from 9:30 to 12 a.m.
to help supervise play and lunch.
The job presents an excellent op-
portunity to work with qualified
teachers and would be of particu-
lar benefit to those interested in
Sociology and Psychology. Addi-
tional volunteers are needed to
teach basketball to the older child-
ren, play popular music for the
weekly dances and to. plan the
meals.

The newest UVAP activity isthe
Joint Committee for Community
Activity which is under beth the
League and the Alliance. Its pur-
pose is to provide volunteer work
for students along social and poli-
tical lines. Various organizations ©
offering opportunities for students
are: the United’ Nations Council,

Continued on Page 4



Wells Describes Ruin of Berlin,
Urging U. S. to Feed Germans.



By Laura Dimond °47

In a fascinating role as.a spec-
ial consultant for the State Depart-
ment, Mr. Roger Wells is now
in Berlin. Officially; he is known
as the Chief of Local Government
in the Civil Administration Divi-
sion of the United States Group
Control Council.

‘As the name implies, his princi-
pal work is concerned with setting
up local government codes hy
which the German people are ex-
pected to govern themselves even-
tually, Also a part of his work is
to draw up rules for elections to
be held in German towns and vil-
lages, a mechanism which will
probably become effective in 1946.
Involved in his job is the selection
of proper German’ personnel to
carry out the: plans of the Allied
Governments.

In a recent letter to Mrs. Wells,
Mr. Wells described his plans for
a field trip in-which he intended to
study the political situation “in
Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and
Karlsruhe. The majority of his
work to date, however; has center-
ed in Berlin itself. :

An excerpt from a letter to Miss
McBride from Mr. Wells tells that
“the Berlin Germans are hungry,



badly elothed, without adequate



shelter, and with little or no fuel.”
‘He goes on to say that “as for em-
ployment, it is as if the whole city
of Philadelphia were on WPA.”
Although it might seem an un--
worthy cause to many Americans,
Mr. Wells feels that it is our duty
to feed this starving people; for if
it is worthwhile saving the coun-
try as a whole, it is vital that the
people be fed.

Cigarettes, too, are exffemely
scarce and, accordingly, have be-
come a medium of. oe In
return for four cartons of cigar-
etes the finest German cameras can
be: had. Mr. Wells has written that
he uses cigarettes as tips for
waiters and cleaning. women as
well as for calling cards.

Mr. Wells has had a great deal
of background for the type of work
he is doing. He has done a great
deal of research in the field of
German politics, publishing Ger-
man Cities in 1934, a study of mu- -
nicipal administration and Sstruc-
ture after the first World War.
This book has been in great de-
mand for its informative value to
American military government of-
ficers.° Mr. Wells also ‘studied in
Germany in 1927-28 and lived there
‘in 1934, affording an opportunity to
study Hitlerite Germany.




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Volunteer Work in Peace

Last fall the Undergraduate council sponsored a pro-
gram of volunteer activity which enabled every student to
participate in constructive work, not only for the community,

but, on an even larger scale, for the country at war. The ter-
mination. of the war has in no way lessened the opportunity

for undergraduates to play an important role in the commun-
ity. It has, moreover, increased the necessity and opportun-
ity for work which will facilitate world reconstruction. The
Undergraduate Volunteer Activities Program this year offers
an organized means through which every student may take
part in work/of this kind. It is to be hoped that the under-
graduates will not fail to take full advantage of this oppor-
tunity.

Community Activities

We feel that there is no one activity which is of greater
importance than any other. Such organizations as the Blind
-School and the Haverford Community Center rely on Bryn
Mawr students for their indispensable help. The continued
acute shortage of nurses hardly warrants a nurse’s aide not
devoting as much time as possible to working in Philadelphia
hospitals, The new Joint Committee for Community Actiy-
ity offers an exceptional chance to obtain experience in social

and political work which will at the same time be of benefit to
the community. Moreover, it gives access to the United Na-

tions Council enabling students to do something constructive
in international peace work.

Food for Europe

The pressing need for food i in Europe is of great import-
ance. Its urgency demands and should give rise to an im-
mediate activity under the campus program for sending food
to France. This program, sponsored by the UVAP is partic-
ularly valuable because it enables everyone in the undergrad-
uate body to contribute not only money but also, and as vi-.
tally necessary, our time and effort for a cause whose appeal
is felt strongly by every American. Moreover, as Mlle. Bree
pointed out this evening, food bought, packed and sent by
students themselves will create a feeling of good-will which
even arising from such a small effort is invaluable to interna-
tional relations.

All Activities Important os

The sending of food must be done immediately. For it
to be done on a large enough scale to do any appreciable good
2 concentrated effort is required of all students. Yet the
other volunteer activities should i in no way be eclipsed by the
food program. We can and will send the needed food'to Eur-
cpe, but at the same time we must participate in the continu-
ing regular volunteer work so necessary in our community.

In Print —

‘Plot Against The Peace’
Reveals Pro-Fascist
Revival Scheme |

SY gil rte te bed ohn dander tobe
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By Monnie Bellow ’°47 —«
Michael Sayers Albert Kaen

“The Plot against the Peace”

A kaleidoscopic presentation of
the backgrounds and methods of
fascism serves today as a remind-
er and warning to the world. In
this book, the authors have paral-
led past German activities with
present brewings, without attrib-
uting racial militarism to that na-
tion. They observe that through
three political regimes in Germany,
militarism was maintained be-
cause the same’ powerful units
were operating behind the scenes:
the industrialists, Junkers, and
German general staff.

Policies

The policies which haye emerged
from these controlling forces have
been nationalistic, anti-bolshevist,
racialist. With copious documen-
tation, which at times becomes un-
wieldy, the writers describe these
elements as they have reappeared
in America. The Bund, nurturing
its pan-Germanic fanaticism, the
pre-war isolationist organizations,
and the Peace Now ‘Committee
which sought a negotiated peace in
July 1943 are here exhibited.

Sayers and Kahn review Nazi
war history, and list atrocity stor-
ies. These may seem superfluous
in-the light of publicity already
given them, but they are intrinsic
to the historical approach of the
book. The Kharkov trials serve as
models for war criminal punish-
ment.

Aim of Book

The aim of the book, as suggest-
ed by its-title, is the revelation of
an organized plot for the revival
of fascism. The book describes
German industrial foundations lo-
cated in Sweden, industrial alliances
between American and Nazi indus-
trialists, huge funds banked in
foreign countries by Nazi officials
(e. g., in Switzerland alone, 60 mil-
lion dollars have been deposited).

Sayers and Kahn, although men-
tioning the faulty London War
Crimes Committee, do not empha-
size sufficiently the apathy which
can lead to a renaissance of Nazi-
fascism. They have attempted to
present a reference work, carefully
indexed, and have, in the process,
lost some force. Their courage in
attacking a broad field of action is,
however, far from fruitless.

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WI a, END
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr,

Penna., Oct. 18, 1945.

“The most illuminating event of

the week—the lights went out.”
*



Light of my life, light that fail-
ed, where were you this week-end,
out sparking with a plug? Son of
my Knight (or ani I getting my
descendents confused) sun of my
night, I really don’t mind if you
“go out”, but the warden was fran-
tic because you hadn’t signed out.

ment is a wonderful thing for a
bulbous creature like you because

|I do burn you, at both ends, allow
{you to share honors with my vic,

turn you off at my fancy and leave
you.to turn yourself out. However,
your sudden departure did de-light

you, so in the re, you’d better
watch your ys and (volts and
watts). ae

To the de-lighted sufferers, may

ing else is available) and more



power tg you!

I realize that a little enlighten- |

happiness light your‘shall (if noth-|



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13 Students Recoinniend
Refresher. Course
In German

To the Editors:

In view of the fact that so many
Seniors and Juniors have not pass-
ed the German Oral, and that there
is a dearth of tutors; we think it
should be possible to have a Ger-
man refresher course. This would
consist of an hour class a week
and suitable instruction to help
meet =e standards of passing the
Oral.

It is obvious that, in most cases,
one year of German is not suff1-
cient training, nor is it possible for
us to proceed with further train-
ing in light of our other require-
ments. Under our proposed plan,
there would be less strain im-
posed on both faculty and student.

Caryl Ross ’47_
Jean McAllister ’48
Jean Mcllvried ’47
¥ Jeff Fernstrom ’47
Dorothy Jones ’47
Elizabeth Willard ’47
Barbara Rubin ’47
Joan Hitchcock ’48
Ann Buffington ’46
Louise Ringwalt, ’47
Jean Boyer. ’47
Betty Rouck ’47
Helen Dyson ’47,

Hippocrene

A new quarterly of verse entitled
Hippocrene with headquarters at
125 East 72nd Street, N. Y:, 21, N.
Y., will appear.shortly. For the two
best poems published in the maga-
zine there will be awards of $100
and $25 respectively. Subscribers
are urged to contribute, and a
special prize of $20 will be award-
ed an author whose work has not
been previously published. The
Editors wish to make clear the
fact that prizes and publication
are strictly limited to subscribers.
The subscription rate is $1.50 per
year.

Freshman Dance

The traditional Freshman Dance’

with Haverford will be held the
evening of October 27 in the gym.
Because of the increased size of
Haverford’s enrollment, - all 167
men will be invited to entertain
our 147 Freshmen. Admission is
twenty-five cents,

New Warden

Miss Louise Winston has taken
Miss Elly’s place as Warden of
Pem. West and will do graduate
work here in history. A graduate
of Radcliffe, she has spent some-
time overseas working with a ra-
diation unit from M. I. T.

College Inn

The privilege of charging at the
Tea Rooly is extended to all regis-
tered students. Due to the fact that
Tea Room accounts are not in-
cluded in the student Pay Day, at
the end of each month a schedule
of names and total of amounts due
from each student will be posted
on the hall bulletin boards of each
hall of residence and in the non-
residents’ room. These accounts
are due when posted.

Junior Elections
The class of 1947 takes pleasure
in announcing the election of Marge
Stevens, President; Dotty Jones,
vice President; Rosemary Gilmar-

tin, Secretary-Treasurer; Meg
Urban, Song-mistress.



‘Engaged

Emily Webster 46, to Edwin
Sprankle.







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Students Request End
Of Superficiality
In Orals



To the Editors:

There is a case against orals, as.
we now know them. That case
rests on their nuyaber and their
method.

Two orals, which might seem
to increase one’s knowledge, actu-
ally handicap its development, for
they force a student to acquire su-
perficial learning—and to surren-
der time that might be spent more
profitably. There are numerous
seniors who have no real recollec-
tion of their hastily learned second
language. And there are numer-
ous freshmen who will be unable
to gain a true mastery of one ton-
gue, because their hours will be
divided between two. In those two
courses, they may often discover
that the general aim is a reading
knowledge that will earn a pass-
ing card, and they will surely dis-
cover that the passing card is a
signal to drop the subject from
next year’s crowded curriculum.

In addition, translations alone
are a test of the student’s ability
to equate idoms and to write fluent
English, not a test for her com-
prehension. ‘Why should girls who
can read the most difficult foreign
literature with ease and who have
spoken the language for years fail
their orals? Because they under-
stand the material completely, they
think in terms of the foreign
idom, and this deficiency in grace-
ful English condemns them.

We therefore suggest that there
should be one test, and recommend
that it.should consist of passages
followed ‘by questions. Then, the
nature of orals would not be that
of English examinations, and their
existence would not bar the. way-
to thorough mastery of a language

Sincerely,

Joan Eisenberg 748
Gisha Linchis ’48
Joan Gould ’47



UV AP Plans To Send
French F ood Parcels

Continued from Page 1

purchased with careful regard to.
nutritional value and the present.
needs in Europe. Small personal
items will also be sent.

A group of students headed by
Dierdre Butler ’46, organized a.
Committee for Relief of Europe at
the beginning of this semester..
Supported by the faculty and Un-
dergraduate Council, the Commit-
tee drew up plans for raising-
money, collecting clothing, pur-
chasing food and necessary sup-
plies, and packing.and mailing the
parcels.

Volunteers will assemble — the-
the packages in the Red Cross.
room in Goodhart. Experienced
workers will bein charge, and rec-
ords will be kept of all work done..
The parcels will be transported in
bulk to the Bryn Mawr Post Of-
fice, where they will receive special
attention as ‘to mailing. The food
and other supplies will be purchas---
ed from wholesale houses and will
be stored in Goodhart.

A combination of League and
Alliance personnel head the sub-
committees: —

Money raising—Margaret Mc-

-Phedran (students) ’46,. , “Mickey”

Manning (faculty) 46.
Food—Helin Reed ’46,
Clothing—Rosalind Oates, 48.

Registration for wrapping—
Margeé Richardson 46.

Equipment—Thelma_ Baldasarre,.
47, Monnie ne vat. :

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Thomas States
Religious Needs. ~. |

The place of religion in the mod-
ern world was the topic of a dis-
cussion October 18th presented by



Mr. George F. omas, Professor
of religious thought at Princeton
University.

Mr. Thomas traced the _ role

which religion has played in the
past and in modern times and cited
. the increasing need for it in the
future. Until the time of the Re-
formation religion was the princi-
pal centralization force of the
world, an integral part of every
phase of life. Gradually, however,
every field has declared its inde-
pendence, so that today religion
is essentially peripheral in char-
acter. It is impossible to foretell |
what form religion will take in the
future, but if it is to continue to
exist at all, it must lose some of
this peripheral nature.

The results of a religious revival
Mr. Thomas pointed out, would be
threefold. The intellectual stagna-
tion which is enveloping the world
would be brought to a halt’ by the
stimulating influences of a new
religious inspiration. Coinciding
with this would come a moral re-
generation of mankind. The mod-
ern world falsely believes that it
ean live by intellectual standards
alone, but the experiences of this
century have proved-that-these are
not sufficient. Finally this new
force would counteract the mass
and individual egotism which has
caused man to lose sight of fra-
ternity in his search for liberty and
equality.

Exhibit Illustrates
History Of Books

By Louise Gorham °47
The History of the Book is the
subject of the current Rare Book
Room exhibit. ‘Here the develop-



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PAT EDWARDS

2nd. Frosh Chairman



Current Events



The principal causes of the fail-
ure of the London Council of For-
eign. Ministers were traced by Miss
McKown jn'her discussion at Cur-

_ | rent Events to the Potsdam Dec-

laration, by which the Council was
instituted.

The first Potsdam factor influen-
cing the ‘London failure was the
pressure of wartime conditions
which molded the first conference
and not the second. Potsdam was
hurriedly and-badly drafted, and
the resultant confusion in London
contributed to the (virtual break-
down of negotiations.

Haste

Similar haste, as shown by the



Jobs, Marriage

Occupy Alumnae



Graduate study, teaching, mar-
riage, and wage-earning
the majority of the class of
after graduation last June.

Returning to Bryn Mawr this
fall as graduate students are Betty
and
Marguerite Hutchins. In Cambridge
Gina More, Ann Fitzgibbons, Han-
nah Kaufman and Jean Alice Pot-
ter are doing: graduate work at
Harvard. Edith Brunt and Helen
while
Katherine Pike is studying at the

Blommers, Coleen Grimm,

Einhorn are at Columbia,

University of Minnesota.

Julie Turner is studying art in
? is
continuing her work in dancing by
studying in New York. Yvonne
Townsend and Betty Updegraff are
medical students, and Mary Sax
is studying Hemotology at Wash-

Chicago, and Esterlee Hutzler

ington and Jefferson Medica

School in St. Louis.

Alison Merrill is continuing her
journalistic career as a copy girl

claimed
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brief time the Council was given
to start meeting, led to the lack
of adequate preparation by the
deputies in London, notably in the
case of the non-existent agenda.
Further, Miss McKown pointed out,
‘the Potsdam agreement included
‘for the principals a certain area
of verbal arrangement, while the
subsequent conference was com-
pelled to restrict itself to the let-
ter of the written agreement.

Groundwork

The chief point of disagreement
arose over the American draft of
the Roumanian peace treaty in

of a democratic regime signing the
peace was explicitly demanded.
The American contention that the
present government of Roumania
is undemocratic brought up the
whole question of the Russian, as
against the Anglo-American, con-
ception of democratic government.



This was the chief “substantive”
conflict, which, Miss McKown em-
phasized, should not be confused
with procedural points more readily
settled in preparatory negotiations.
Miss McKown pointed out, how-
ever, that a considerable amount
of groundwork was laid for future
discussions,

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which the Potsdam requirement |

Ingenuity and Poetic Grandeur

Revealed by Self-Gov. Exams



‘by Rosina Bateson, 747

’49 seems to be serious in its
conception of the responsibility’ of
members of the Self-Government
Association. With Tennysonian
grandeur one Freshman wrote “I
am a part of Self-Government with
an amount of responsibility equal
to that of all other members, If I
fail, Self Government fails. (meta-
phor).” On the other hand, there
is the cynic who stated that a
council will scold you if you don’t
watch out,

Some people look at life the
hard way. According to a budding
pessimist, “no beverages are al-
lowed at college’. Could that. ex-
plain the recent lack of milk at
lunch? She was rather confused
too about smoking: “allowed * on
the college grounds until the beau-
ty or usage of it was destroyed.”

Several Freshmen aren’t quite
sure whether Washington and New
York are in the vicinity of Phila-
delphia. Those who did_know, how-
ever, were firm about signing out
to a-eertain Miss Forbes’ house in
Washington to return by car, per-
mission 2:00. Horror bristling

from her pen, and obviously an-
noyed at such a foolish question,
one Freshman wrote “tsk tsk! Re-
turning by car after 10:30 from a
distance greater—than—Prineceton?

“Never! She should go by train. (or
helicopter).”

Last, but not least
deluge of opinion and - concern
about halters. “Neyer wear them,
so don’t haye~to bothéx.about the
rule,” meanghea one independent
soul.

Then there were the upper class-
men who to show off asked what
the exam was like. When they
were told in no uncertain terms
they found that they too got con-
fused. With a good deal of cha-
grin one senior who couldn’t figure
out the funny business of why she
wasn’t able to pop into the Greeks
on the way. home from a concert
in Philadelphia at 12:30, was heard
to remark, “It all depends on the
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ment of books is traced from their
earliest type to the modern form.
It is the first time that such a
resume has been attempted, and
_ the Library is proud of possessing
all the exhibits, with the exception
of the Babylonian tablets and pa-
pyrus examples ‘for which it is
' greatly indebted to the University
of Pennsylvana, and _ without
which the display would have been
impossible.

The oldest type of books known

today are: the cuneiform tablets
- from before 4000 B. C., two frag-
ments of which can be seen. The
samples of hierogliphics traced on
papyrus rolls with a pen or brush
represent a later development, or-
iginally along the Nile Valley. In
the western world, parchment was
used until the advent of paper
from China. There are several vol-
umes of these artistically done
manuscripts in book form, one
dating from the twelfth century.

The exhibit includes representa-
tive books from all these periods,
closing with a modern copy of T.
S. Eliot.



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on the New York Herald Tribune.
Margaret Browder, former presi-
dent of the radio club, has a posi-
tion in the advertising and promo-
tion division of NBC. The ability
to speak Spanish gave Bobby Eg-
gert an opportunity for promotion
at Young and Rubicam advertising
agency when an emergency arose.
She is now being trained to repre-
sent the company in Mexico.

In New York, Betty Gunderson
is working for the Norwegian ship-
ping and trade mission, and Lucy
Hall is at the French Colonial
Trade Mission. Lydia Gifford ‘ is
working on McCall’s. At the
American Machine and Foundry

h-

Assistant Director of Public Re-

lations. Nina Montgomery is work-

‘ing in a Brooklyfh Museum. ©
Continued next Week

In conclusion Mrs. Manning drew.
attention to the extreme import-
ance of the Anglo-American loan
not only in settling the patterf for
Anglo-American relations with the
world but as absolutely fundamen-
tal to the revival of world trade.





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Erratic ii Nett, Dull Plot
Mark Hedgerow
Production

Specially Contributed by
Elizabeth Dowling ’47

“Girls in Uniform”, Hedgerow’s
latest_offering at the altar ~ of
drama is more of an insult than
a compliment to the presiding
Muse.

Christa Winslow’s play of
school life in the Prussia of the
30’s, anachromatically translated
by Barbara Burnham into colloquial
English of the 40’s advertises it-
self as “an authentic account of
the one-sided development of uni-
versal human interests which has
led so much of the world into what



“we now call fascism.” This is pos-

sibly what the author originally
had in mind but is most certainly
not what she has put into the
script. ;

The net result of her work
is complete confusion of idea and
nebulosity of theme. It is to be as-
sumed that Miss Winslow intended
to set forth evils of the Junker
might in its training of the chil-
dren in the principles of supre-
macy, self control and discipline.

In her - attempt - to do
this she ‘has focused the plot. on
Manuela, a fourteen year old or-
phan, and Fraulein Von Bernburg,
a teacher. Manuela being starved
for affection looks for love-from
the teacher and mentally imagines
her as being a foster mother. The
reaction of the sensitive girl to
the code of strictness and the in-
ability of the teacher to show fa-
voritism toward the student arc
the ‘two strands of continuity in
the play.

Given such a plot, one which was
apparently as boring to the cast
as the audience, it is unfair to
judge an actor’s worth by his per>
formance in it. However if the di-
rection and characterization had
been better defined the play would
have been clearer. Fraulein Von
Bernburg, Fraulein von Kester and
Mlle. Aralet carried the honors in
that they were the only persons
who created and maintained a
character throughout the perform-
ance,

Fraulein Von -Bernburg' used
expression and gesture with re-
straint and is showing a capacity
to sustain a role. Manuela _ dis-
played a keen. sense of timing and
an ability to make much of a sim-
ple line, but her acting rose and
fell with the curtain, reaching a
peak just before a scene ended and
then-recommencing stiltedly. The
general performance of the rest of
the cast leant toward over-char-
‘acterization and showed the hand
of a di r given to staginess.

The general confusion and poor
workmanship of “Girls in Uni-
form” sadly betrays the reputation
that the Hedgerow theatre has
maintained in the past. _



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Light Musical Comedy
“Girl From Nantucket”
Opens Season
——

By Dembow and Dimond
If you are pleasure bent
This show is heaven sent.
If your mood’s not funny...
Stay home and save money.

Girl from Nantucket opened at
he Forrest Theatre on October 10

rst musical of the Philadelphia
heatre season.

The book, written by the team
f Fred Thomson and Berne Giler,
1as a good deal of meat in which
vecast could put its teeth, but for

he most part this chorus and cast},
‘show evidence of being minus. an

ipper plate. Beginning on the
sidewalks of New York, the first
act gets off to a snappy start
which involves the adoration of a
spying house painter for a pretty
and young artist, the girl from
Nantucket. A clever scene transi-

we and the authors become en-
tangled with the local politicos. In
hope’ of. commissioning an
artist, Enrico ‘Nicoletti, they send
the notorious. sea-dog, James Bar-
ton, to New York in quest of him.
Barton, more than slightly inebri-
ated, mistakes Nickerson (Bob
Kennedy) for the famous artist and
Nantucket accepts him at his face
value. From then on the audience
s on its own to ply its way on a
cough sea of complications which
‘alms down before ‘the curtain
‘alls.

Redeeming Features
Although the first act will prob-

bly undergo a rewrite job before
treeting New York audiences, the

‘econd act is very redeeming. Not |’

mnly-do the actors feel more at
iome on the stage, but the musical
1umbers show unanticipated im-
drovement.

The choreography is well exe-
suted by Val Raset, and particular
eredit is due the two ballets, with-
dut which it would seem that no
modern musical is complete.. The
most outstanding scene in the sec-
ond act, in fact, is the ballet inter-
preting the excellent narrative
soem of the sea as embodied in a
woman.

Clever Sets
Unusually glittering costumes of
post war vintage and fast and fur-
ious changes of cleverly done sets
idd to the glamour of the produc-

.| many offices



sion,

And now, we close in the tradi-
ional theatrical manner. (Did you
snow that the last line of a show
s never rehearsed until the open-
‘ng night?). Fasa,~fasa, fasa.

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Changes Desired
For Point System

There has been much discussion
in the past year about the present
point system for regulating the
number of offices a person can

“hold-on campus. The complaint has

been that one person can _ hold
in pees
activities, with the result that* a
very small minority of the college
fills all the positions. The Under-
graduate Board hopes to arrange
a better system this year so that
the various offices include a wider
range of people. The present point
system-is posted on Taylor Bulle-
tin Board and anyone who has sug-
gestions concerning a new point
system should see Betty Coleman,
second Sophomore member of the
Undergraduate Association and
Chairman of the Point Committee.

Editorial About Orals
Criticized By Faculty

Continued from Page |

continues to progress by habitual
reading.”

Mr. Diez declared that the rec-
ommended plan. of two years study
as a substitute for passing the oral
has. been proved unsatisfactory
through the experience of other
colleges. It places the entire. bur-
den on the language department
which cannot fail 30 to 40% of its
students and is therefore compell-
ed to lower its standards.

Miss Gilman condemned the
false distinction between compre-
hension and translation, pointing
out that the ability to write clear
and comprehensible English is re-
quired of every student in ‘all her
college work. She did emphasize,
however, that the memorizational
character of elementary language
work belongs properly to the
sphere of the preparatory school.
Characterizing many of the ed-
itorial’s assertions..as_ ‘fwrong’”,
Miss Nepper pointed out that the
method of correction of the orals
is_such as to eliminate those pos-
sessing superficial. knowledge. She
drew attention to the plan in sev-
eral colleges of major and minor
languages, a greater degree of
knowledge being required in the
major than in the minor.

Agreeing with the general con-
tentions of the editorial, Miss Lo-
grasso pointed’ out the artificiality
inherent in permitting students to
wait until the fall of their senior
year to pass the oral while knowl-
edge of the language is supposed
to be a tool

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: Registration Begins

For Volunteer Work

Continued from Page 1

the League of Women Voters, the
International Institute, the Citi-
zens Council for City Planning, the
American Friends Service Com-
mittee, the Foreign Policy Associ-

tices Committee, and the CIO and
A. F. of L. unions.

Red Cross

The need for Nurses’ Aides is
even greater this year for work in
hospitals in Philadelphia and vicin-
ity. >

The Home for Incurables is a
nursing home for bed-ridden child-
ren and adults. The work is sim-
ilar to that of Nurses’ Aiding, and
involves entertaining children as
well as giving them evening care.



Valley Forge

Work at Valley Forge, a hospi-
tal for wounded veterans, includes
the teaching of Arts and Crafts.
Those skilled in leathercraft ‘or
other handicraft may after approv-
al serve as part of the recreation-
al program, provided they are will-
ing to devote at least five hours a
week, For unskilled volunteers,
lessons from the Red Cross are
compulsory before work in the
hospital.

Dancing classes will be held at
the V. F. Hospital every Tuesday
afternoon. Transportation will be
provided. For those who can stay
up on skates, there will be roller-
skating. parties on Thursday after-
noons.

Red Cross Canteen

There are plenty of opportuni-
ties for anyone trained in Red
Cross canteen work. Also, for those
who are interested, the cafeteria
at the Bryn Mawr Hospital needs
volunteers,

Relief

The most immediate need for
volunteer effort is the Feeding of
Surope program. Students will be
reeded this fall for the wrapping
of the collections of food and
‘lothes in the Red Cross work-
‘ooms.



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Workshop Opens
For B. M. Plays

The Theatre Workshop, located
on the Baldwin School campus re-
opens this year, having been closed
during the war. Freshmen Hall
Plays. and minor. productions will
be held there, as they were before
the war, instead of in Goodhart.

The Theatre Workshop was open-
ed in 1989-as a memorial to Mrs.
Otis Skinner and to the, dramatic
work she did at Bryn Mawr and
Baldwin. Mrs. Skinner’s close as-
sociation with the two institutions
throughout her daughter’s stu-



dent days and her invaluable as- -

sistance in organizing dramatic ac-
tivities in both schools made such
a memorial peculiarly appropriate
Mrs. Skinner coached the Dramatic
Club plays at Baldwin for fivé
of the years her daughter was
there and in 1920 and 1924 she di-
rected Big May Day at Bryn Mawr,
from which all succeeding May
Days have been patterned.

the
building was converted into the
Theatre Workshop by the architect

Thomas Pym Cope, as a

Originally a stone barn,

joint
workshop for Bryn Mawr and
Baldwin. The workshop is divided
in half by a curtain, that part to
the north being reserved for the
College and to the South for Bald-
win. Each half seats 175 and the
entire room can be used by the re-
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