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COLLEGE NEWS





VOL. XLII, NO. 3

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

Pa + fini Wecalaes of
Bryn Mawr College, 1945

PRICE 10 CENTS







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





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Community, Relief Work Included
In Volunteer Activities Program

Each Student Requested
To Give 3 Hours — °
Per Week

——-_

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,

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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.