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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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WN acne! Rye
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

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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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