College news, November 28, 1945

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VOL. XLI, NO. 8



ARDMORE and BRYN sina PA.,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1945

' Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1945

PRICE 10 CENTS







$3116 Donated
For War Chest

By B. M. College

Needs”.



Bryn Mawr College donated

$3,116.40 to the United War Chest’s

“Victory Campaign for Human
The goal for the 1946
Campaign is $9,700,000 which will
be divided among such organiza-
tions as the USO, both local and
international, United Seamen’s Ser-
vice, National War Fund, Ameri-
‘can Relief for India, and other es-
sential health, relief, youth, .and
‘community services.

Two years ago, a great effort
was made to have the War Chest
supported 100%. by the students,
faculty, and staff of the College.
Last year the same policy was fol-
lowed with extremely successful
results. This year it was decided
that little pressure would be made,

Continued On Page 3

12 Hockey Teams

To Compete Here
In National Meet

Twelve city hockey teams plan|¢
to be ghests of Bryn Mawr next
weekend when the National Invi-
tation Tournaments will be held
on the playing fields of the college.
‘The hoc s of Philadelphia,
Boston, ° Baltimore, Washington,
and other cities will meet on Sat-
urday and Sunday, and games will
be played both in the morning and
afternoon of each day.

Philadelphia was chosen, accord-
ing to a system of rotation, for
this first National Invitation Tour-
nament since the outbreak of war,
and the use of the college playing
fields was granted upon request.

_ Continued On Page 4
Choruses Combine
For Xmas Concert

The Hallelujah Chorus will be
featured in the largest concert
ever to be given at Bryn Mawr at
the Christmas service in Goodhart,
December 16. With the combina-
tion of the Princeton Choir and the
Bryn Mawr chorus 150 voices will
take part in the program of widely
varied music:

Featured in the program will be
an interesting group of continen-
tal carols by the chorus, including
French, Dutch and Czechoslovak-
ian works, and continental Christ-
mas music by Princeton. Together
the chorus will sing several Bach
chorales, ‘and will close the program
with the Hallelujah Chorus from
the Messiah by Handel.

There will be solos by Kate Mar-
shall, ’46 and Hope Kaufman, °48,



‘and by Eugene Conley, bass, from

“orchestra from Bryn Mawr and
Haverford and friends from the;
Main Line, -conducted by Abe

the preceding Sunday.
afternoon rehearsal, the Princeton

tthe Academy of Vocal A:
They will be accompanied by an

Pepinsky. Dr. Mutch of the Bryn
Mawr Presbyterian church will
lead the service.

This is to be the second concert
by the combined choirs, since Bryn
Mavr is going to sing at Princeton
After an

choir will be entertained at supper
in the halls.





Rudd, Stoddard, Wesson Receive
Recognition in Poetry Anthology



By Lanier Dunn "AT

The poems of three Bryn Mawr instills in precision ‘passion bred of

students have been accepted this |

year by the National Poetry As-
sociation for publication in their
Annual Anthology of College Po-
atry. (Last year Sylvia Stallings
48, was the only Bryn Mawr stud-
nt to have a poem published in the
Anthology, but Sandol Stoddard’s
poem received honorable mention.
This year the poems of Margaret
Rudd ’47, Sandol Stoddard ’48, and
Nancy Bell Wesson ’49, have. been
accepted.

Margaret Rudd’s Poet’s Primer
is a fragile, delicate poem in which
the haunting echoes of the first
few lines form its charm. The idea
that fairy lore furnishes the poet’s
insipration is carried out .in light,
airy villanelle form. The poem has
also been submitted to the Poetry
Society of America, of which she
is a member.

The beauty both of sinaehe and

execution in Sandol- Stoddard’s
Poem can be seen in these two
verses:

“Stars blaze brightest in a moth’s
desire;

his striving wings -

light imuthe dim confusion of the
night

celestial fire.

He who perceives the statue in the
stone
and dares to carve

Library Of Caen~
Asks For Books

An appeal to American univer-
sities for aid in reconstructing the
library of Caen has been sent from

ofessor Horatio Smith of Col-
umbia. The library of the Univer-
sity of Caen was completely de-
stroyed during the war. It had be-
come a cultural center of Norman-
dy -and was the only place where
Norman law was still taught.

At Bryn Mawr the efforts of
those who wish to contribute books,
money or time to the project will
be on a purely voluntary basis.
There will be no door to door so-
liciting. and the fact is stressed







that there must be discrimination

in the choice of books.
Continued On Page 4 ‘

Language Houses
Plan Xmas Fetes

The German, French and Span-
ish language clubs gre planning
their Christmas programs, accord-
ing to tradition, but with new
ideas, added to the past customs.

The Spanish Club will stage a
real fiesta, held in Spanish House
on December 10th, There will be a
short play, “Las Aceitunas” (The
Olive Trees), of Lope de Reuda.
Following, Spanish songs and
dance music are to be afforded,
and refreshments will be — served.
As part of the fiesta spirit, two
fortune tellers and a palmistry ex-
pert will perform their mystic
arts.

“Le Miracle ‘de Theophile” by
Rutebeuf, the French Club play, is
to be performed on December 14th
in Wyndham. The play tells the
story of a well-known medieval
miracle. Refreshments are to be
offered, and calendars and Christ-
mas cards are to be sold for French
relief.







bone
in truth: his own desire.”

Nancy Wesson’s poem, Scene ‘5
about children at play on a May
morning. The poem, the first ‘which
she has ever submitted, is written
.n free verse, beginning: —
“A May morning busy with the
zoorm of bees gossiping with snap-
dragons.” The simple description
of -“small hands. incongruously
adept” and playing marbles, is an
appealing subject.

Continued On. Page 3

Job Poll i
Varied Positions
Held In Summer

In the recent poll conducted by



ithe Voeational_Committee to deter-

mine the type and extent of jobs
held by undergraduates last sum-
mer, it was revealed that 405 out
of 538 polled held some job, either
volunteer or paid.

Of the 244 students who did paid
work 79 were clerks, 54 took care
of children, including those who
were counselors at camp, 18 taught
or tutored, 9 went farming, 5 wait-
ed*on tables, 4 did social welfare
work, 3 worked ‘on newspapers, 8
did editing ang research, and 53
worked in laboratories, stores, hos-
pitals, factories, and libraries. The
other 17 jobs included handpainting
of glassware, string trio in a sum-
mer hotel, lifeguards, work with
the CIO, and work in the Marine
Corps Women’s Reserve.

161 students held various volun-
teer jobs. 126, of whom 57 also did
paid or volunteer work, attended
summer schools and took courses
in business, Red Cross, arts, and
science.

Most interesting among the sum-
mer workers were Helen Boyajian
and Margaret Quinn, who were lab
assistants in the Manhattan Engi-
neering Project, and Barrie Zim-
melman, who worked with the Com-
mittee for Mexican Railroad Work-
ers. Dorothy Bruchholz and Eve-
lyn Hitz interned in the UNRRA,
Barbara Stix was chief copy girl
for the United Press, and Andi
‘Bryne worked in a flower nursery
in Norway.

Mary Austin took a veterinary
course, and Elizabeth Smith learn-
ed how to. fly. :



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Calendar
Thursday, November 29

8:30 Philosophy Club, Mr.
Nahm speaking, Common.|
‘iRoom.

Friday, November 30

7:30 Movie, Music Room.
Saturday, December 1

9 p. m. Denbigh Hall Dance,
Common Room.

Sunday, December 2

7:30 Chapel. Rt. Rev. Stephen
Keeler, Music Room.

Monday, December 3

7:15 Current Events, Miss Mc-
Kown, “China,” Common Room.
Tuesday, December '4

4:00 Philosophy _ Club, __ Dr.
Burke, Common _—,
Wednesday, December 5

12:30 Dean Landis, “The Pal-
estine Problem,” Assembly,
_ Goodhart.

8:15 Benjamin Wright, “Gen-
eral Education in a Free So-
ciety,” Common Room.







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éastern Situation.
To Be Analyzed °
By Dean Landis

Dean Landis of the Harvard Law
Schoo! will analyse the political and
economic situation in the Middle
East next Wednesday, December
5, at a 12:30 assembly in Goodhart.

The speaker has ‘just come back
to this country from the Middle
East, where he held the post of
American Director of Economic
Operations since 1943. He has also
served on the Federal Trade Com-
mission, as chairman of the Secur-
ities Exchange ‘Commission, on
President Roosevelt’s Fact-Finding
Board, and in 1940 was a special
consultant in the war department.

Among Landis’s publications are
The Business of the Supreme









Court, written with Felix Frank-
furter in 1928, Cases of Labor Law,
and The Administrative Process.



Varsity Players
Plan To Present
“Family Portrait”



The Varsity Players, together

| with Haverford’s Cap and Bells,

will present Family Portrait . by
William J. Cohen and _ Leonore
Coffee on December 7 and 8- at
8:30 o’clock in Goodhart Auditor-
ium. Family Portrait was one of
the most popular plays on Broad-
way in 1938, where it was directed
by Margaret Webster with Judith
Anderson in the leading role.
Family Portra‘t portrays the life
of the family of Jesus, but though
Jesus is the central figure He does
not_appear. It is a timeless story
of what could be any carpenter’s
family, and Jesus is considered only
in relation to His place in the fam-
ily and as a carpenter. ;
“Mrs. Courtleigh (Kitty Mine-
hart), a member of the German-
town Theatre Guild, is directing
the play. The cast is as follows:
Mary, Pat Frank ’46; Mary Clio-
phas, Katherine Colvin ’46; Naomi,
Nan Peiker ’48; Reba, Mary Ellin
Berlin '48; Mary Magdalene, Bar-
bara Nugent ’48; Selima, Georgie
Wiebenson ’46; Anna, Ann Greene
’46; Woman at the Well, Pat Hoch-
child °'48; Hepzibah, Betty Lilly
’47; Beulah, Janine Landeau ’48;
Judah, John Jackson; Joseph, Rob-
Continued On Page 3

Manning Urges
Strong Defense
To Keep Peace

Goodhart, November 20. “We
must have men with skills. which
have been so carefully taught over
1 long period of time that they
cannot forget them,” stated Fred-
erick Manning in his talk urging
military conscription, “Men versus
Bombs”.

Although complete destruction



is still a difficult business, such

instruments as the atomic bomb,
raday-and radio, and the proximity
fuse all increase the effectiveness
of familiar weapons to such a de-
gree as to make it imperative that
we devote a greater part of our
energy than ever before to mili-
tary preparedness.

There is for any weapon an area
of probable error, and persistent
reattacks with monotonous regular-
ity are necessary to counter-act
the unavoidable inaccuracy. Conse-
quently great numbers of highly
trained.men—are necessary —to—in-

Continued On Page 3

Liberal Education
Will Be Discussed
By Dr. B. Wright

Benjamin F. Wright, Associate
Professor of Government at Har-
vard University and a member of
the Harvard Report Committee,
will speak on “General Education
in a Free Society” in the Common
Room on Wednesday, December 5
at eight o’clock. .

The general contention of the
report is that a nation should sup-
ply a more liberal education in its
schools, secondary as well as pri-
mary. The committee believes that
the lack of training in the liberal
arts must be remedied in order to
provide a well rounded primary
education and the necessary basis
for a higher education.

The talk is sponsored by the
Curriculum Committee which is
not taking a stand either in favor



or disfavor of the Report. General —

discussion will follow the presen-
tation of the views of the Harvard
committee, but the meeting is
limited to the college community.





First Veteran Returns to Study
After Two Years With Marines



By Nancy Morehouse ’47

Maing back feels quite different,
but wonderful to Elizabeth Sumner
’46;,, Bryn Mawr’s first veteran re-
turning to the student body. Eliz-
abeth served two years in the Ma-
rines, and is now back finishing her
work as a History major with a
minor in German.

Elizabeth took her boot training
at Camp Lejeune and from there
went to a six weeks’ course
Control Tower School. in Atlanta.
She then was sent to Cherry Point,
N. C. where -she worked in “clear-
ance,” which she described as “the
control of air traffic.” This involv-
ed receiving and entering on a
flight schedule the flight plans of
every plane leaving the field—its
estimated times of depa and
return, the pilot, the Ie stination,
and other necessary information.

‘More elaborate plans were nec-

at’

essary in the case of cross-country
flights, she explained, the pilot be-
ing required to-file his flight plans
in person. This information was
sent. to Air Traffic Control in
Washington which relayed it’ to
the field to which the plane was
travelling. .On the return trip the
process worked in reverse. The
arrival’ and departure .of every
plane was checked by constant su-
pervision of the field from the con-
trol tower. '—

The whole experience, Elizabeth

good time” and a chance to meet
many very different kinds of peo-
ple. Though the mass-production
of Marine food did not endear it to
her, she was privileged in having
more civilian hours by being “a
“shift worker” which eliminated



the 6 ‘o’clock bugle for her.





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Jobs For Us

The average college girl of today fully expects to earn
her living for at least a few years after graduation. There-
fore, without altering educational standards, colleges should
help their graduates secure the jobs for which they have been
fitted.

Bryn Mawr assumes this role through the Bureau of
Recommendations, which in theory perfectly fills the need
felt by the students. In practice, however, it seems to us to
fall far short of this ideal. Without pretending a full under-
- standing of the problems involved, we should like to suggest

“a few improvements and to point out.what seem to be the
weak spots in the present system. \

In past years the fields of science and government work
have been most successfully handled by the Bureau. Even
with the peacetime decrease in demand, girls seeking work in
these fields should be easily: placed.. But work appropriate
for humanities majors, and even plain business work- remain
sketchily covered. Numerous positions are open to Bryn
Mawr graduates interested in journalism, to take only one
example, yet the Bureau seldom has. concrete offerings to
make to such a student.

Even within the fields more fully covered, there does not
seem to us to be a sufficiently complete range of jobs to en-
able the average Senior to select the position most appropri-
ate to her qualifications. And the vast majority of jobs nam-

ed by the Bureau is limited to the eastern area, providing: graduate body again.

little for the sizeable western groups in the college.

It. would seem that the Bureau could possess itself of |

complete data on all types of occupation throughout the com-
pany, thus serving both the college and the employers more
effectively. Vocational conferences help students to decide
which field to enter, but with little or no working experience
they are unable to tell for what position they are best fitted.

In line with this we should like to suggest that the
Bureau also extend its activities to concrete vocational ad-
vice. Recommendations to students of available summer and
college jobs which will enable them to step more easily into
future jobs would-be helpful. We should glso like to suggest
the possibility of a very short course covering the technique
of choosing, securing, and holding a job.

Statistics printed in the last issues of the News show
that on the average the Bureau has arranged for only half of
the jobs held by each graduating. class. This may be attrib-
uted to the fact that comparatively few students apply to the
Bureau, yet this in itself seems a direct result of the present
system’s deficiencies.

With the facilities of a group of people working full time
on this problem, a better method should be devised. Our col-

a Tepe employment service should-have eran

ceivable openings which would provide the correct jobs for us.

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When Thanksgiving Comes, Christmas Can’t Be Far Behind





really there, or if there is, it is
too vague to convey any definite
impression.

(a) I gladly grant that the Com-
mittee collectively labored and
brought forth a mouse, hut what is
wrong with that? A mouse is one
of the most lively animals that
exist; and when it runs around at
night, I have known my _ family
(especially the female members)
to get terribly excited. Miss Nancy
Morehouse, ’47, I bet you act su-
perior to mice because you are
scared of them yourself! Perhaps
as your metaphor implies, the Har-
vard Committee has produced
something which woke up .those
who were slumbering in the dark-
ness_ of ignorance. But of course,
that is not what you mean. You
mean that there is nothing new in
the Report, and I agree. I further
agree that there is nothing new
under the sun. When _ William

Oninion







Demos Denies Charge
That Harvard Report
Is Insignificant

‘Letter to the Editor:

A kind but unknown friend has
sent me a clipping from the Bryn
Mawr College News which con-
tains a review of the Harvard Re-
port on Education, by Nancy
Morehouse. As a member of _ the
now defunct committee which pre-
pared the report, may I be permit-
ted to make some comments in re-
ply? The writer vigorously casti-
gates the Report, and her whip-
lashes are two: (a) the conclusions
of the Report are insignificant:
“the total effect remains that of a
mountain laboring to bring forth
a mouse,” (b) the Report is nebu-
lous and without logical structure.
In other words, there is nothirg|

tism, he spoke of the title as a new
name for old. ways of thinking.



Continued On Page 4



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Harvard Report _

The News gratefully acknowledges Professor Raphael
Demos’ answer to a review of the Harvard Report printed
in our last issue. Not only are we grateful for his interest
and kindliness, but for the opportunity to bring the whole



subject of the Harvard Report to the. minds of the under-

The importance of this Report must not be underestim-
ated whether or not its conclusions are accepted. With the
end of the war comes forth the opportunity to reconsider and
-expnad all educational programs. Not only have army exper-

-|iments brought certain methods of teaching into prominence,

but experiments carried on in universities in this country
have brought the whole problem of liberal arts education up
for reconsideration. Education is not a static thing. .New
courses, new methods, perhaps even new fundamental con-
cepts must continually be incorporated into a system designed
to accOmmodate a continually changing society. The under-
graduate’s concern in this problem is obviously a. vital one.
It is therefore essential that each and every undergraduate
consider the problem in all its aspects.

The Harvard Report itself has been placed on the Cur-
riculum Committee shelf in the Reserve Room. The Commit-
tee has also arranged to bring Dr. Benjamin Wright of Har-
vard to speak on “General Education in a Free Society.”
While no definite immediate action will be recommended by
the Committee on the basis.of the broader principles outlined
in the Harvard Report, such action may be forthcoming if the
students desire it. It is every undergraduate’s duty to ac-

aint herself thoroughly with the possibilities outlined in



e Report.

James wrote his. book on ‘Pragma-





Current Events|



“The outstanding event of this
week in labor relations is the strike
that has occurred in the General
Motors plants,” said Miss Fair-
child, discussing the labor situation
in Current. Events. This strike, pit-
ting the nation’s largest union
against . the largest employer,
“touches the question of what is
democracy itself.”

The procedure of the union
evolved in four stages: the 30%
wage increase and the 40 hour
week were demanded and negotia-
tions began shortly after V-J Day;
a strike vote petition was then
made and the vote taken; the union
demanded the company open its.
books to. prove or disprove the
union’s contention that the com-
pany could afford a 30% increase
without any rise in its prices; final-
ly the union proposed arbitration
on the basis of an irispection of the
company’s books.

The company countered with an
offer of a cost-of-living increase;
a 6% increase plus a 45 hour week;
and finally a 10% increase. The
union’s demand that the 30% in-
crease be accompanied by no in-
crease in prices was termed by the
management an, “abdication” of its

rights.
The question of managerial
rights vs. labor demands, Miss

Fairchild pointed out, is at the root
of-the entire situation. Labor feels
it has a right to demand increases
in order to maintain the American
living standard and extend consum-
er purchasing power, while man-
agement insists that the labor pro-
gram will rob it of all its preroga-
tives.

This strike has contributed, Miss
Fairchild said, to the virtual stall-
ing of the labor-management ‘ton-
ference, which has so far reached
agreement only on the recommen-
dation that collective bargaining
become the universal practice in
determining labor relations. The
strike wave has also resulted in a
bill being introduced in Congress
to restrict labor’s right to strike.

NOTICES

Hedgerow

The Hedgerow Theatre School
Production Group is presenting “A
gay, human comedy of Madrid” by
G. Martinez Sierra: Wife to a Fa-
mous Man, on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 6,
7, and 8 at Hedgerow Theatre,
Moylan, Pa. Admission 90 cents,
students, 65 cents.

Veteran Porter
The college takes pleasure in

| welcoming back Randolph Bryon,

porter for Low Buildings, after his.
return from four years in the
army. For the past year he was
attached to the 5th Army and serv-
ed in Italy.

Nurses’ Aides
The Presbyterian Hospital urg-
ently needs the. services of those:
Bryn Mawr Nurses’ Aides who reg-
istered for work. The same con-
ditions hold in other hospitals in

this area. Bryn Mawr Nurses”
Aides should report for duty.
College Dance

The winter Undergraduate Dance-
will be held after the Players’ Club.
production on December 8 in the
Gym from 11 p. m. to 2 a. m. The-
price of admission is $2.50 for cou-
ples, and $1.50 for singles.

I. R. C.

The International Relations Club.
of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and.
Rosemont will meet at Rosemont,.
Nov. 29 at 7: :30, to discuss India. '

"49 Officers
The Freshman Class takes plea-
sure in announcing the election of
Norma Jean Bernstein and Helen

Martin 2s_-representatives tothe...

Self-Government and Undergradu--
ate Associations respectively.








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Depression, Acceptance
Follow As Aftermath
Of “Strange Fruit”
by Marcia Dembow °’47
Traveling ‘under the illusion that

any story banned in Boston is a

smash hit, Lillian Srfitth’s stage

adaption of Strange Fruit met
somewhat of a disappointment at





pite the sensation that the book
caused, Philadelphia audiences
were not quite as receptive to this
aspect of racial conflict as they
were to its forerunner, Deep Are
The Roots, -

The plot, which is not the sig
nificant part of the play, is the
representation of the relationship |
of master and negro on the plan-
tation, and more specifically, the
clandestine relationship which re-
sulted in the defiance of conven-
tion. Tracy Dean, the ne’er do well
son of a family of landed aristo-
crats is unable to resist the attrac-
tions of Nonnie, a beautiful young
negress. The theme of the story
centers around the phases of the
ill starred lovers who are unable
to surmount the society in which
they were bred. Through a series
of flashbacks, the audience is ine
formed: of_Tracy’s first-endoctrina-
tion of the black and white ever-
fast dyes of the South. , He recalls
how Henry, his. companion in youth
and later his servant was __intro-
duced into the scheme of racial
subordination.

The tension of a revival that is
being held in Tracy’s home town
surges throughout the entire play.
Young Dean’s conflict is further
complicated by the intercession of
a God.that was previously non-
existefit in his pagan philosophy.
After he is reconverted, Tracy
vows to follow the pattern planned
by his parents and to abandon
Nonnie. At the minister’s sugges-
tion, Tracy agrees to pay Henry to
marry Nonnie and give a name to
Tracy's illegitimate child. In a
drunken stupor, Henry reveals the
scheme to Nonnie’s brother and
Tracy is killed. According to the
white man’s code that a negro must
pay for a master’s death, the guilt-
less Henry is lynched by a blood
thirsty mob.

The social significance of the
play, the sociological problem of
the negro, is compiétely submerg- |
ed in a lewd love affair and the
spinelessness of- Tracy Dean. No
solution or constructive criticism
is presented by his complete avoid-
ance of the implications. of the
problem or by his death, which is

even more unnecessary than his
Continued On Page 4

Stanford Reopens
Contest For Plays

Dramatists’ Alliance of Stan-
ford University offers four awards
in dramatic writing in the eleventh
annual competitions ot the organi-
zation.

The Maxwell Anderson
of one hundred dollars is offered
for verse drama, in full length or
one-act form. DARK OF THE:
MOON, 1942 winner of this award,
has now passed its two hundredths
performance on Broadway. The
late Miles McKinnon. Anderson of !
the Peninsula Little Theatre is re- |
membered in a new prize for full,
length prose drama showing the
sturdy constructive qualities of
daily life in the North American
scene; the award is one hundred
dollars. Radio plays in prose or
verse may compete for the Stephen
Vincent Benet Award of fifty dol-
lars. The Henry David Gray Award
of fifty dollars is offered.for dra-
matic criticism in lucid, ~ vigorous
style. ‘ ”
No second-.prizes are given, but
leading honors plays and all prize-
winning material are recommended
to producing and publishing units
of established worth. Other. privi-
leges extended to contributors in-
clude opportunity to obtain brief
critiques of their work for a nomi-
nal fee of four dollars beyond the
registration fee introduction — of
promising dramatists to members
of the Alliance already placed in
the theatre and cinema, for advice
and assistance; and the appearance
of every item contributed in the
contests, in the lists of the Alli-
ance Bulletin issued annually and
sent to libraries and producing
groups and individuals throughout
the country.

Recent contributors whose work
is in the hands of professional pub-
lishers and producers are: Malvin
Wald, whose comedy FATHER
WAS PRESIDENT is under con-
sideration by Herman Shumlin;
Eugene Lerner, whose drama
LADY OF THE HOUSE is in the
hands of the Theatre Guild; James



Broughton, whose one-act play
SUMMER FURY was requested
for consideration by Margaret

Mayorga.

Writers should send for regis-
tration forms and information as
early as possible; final date of this

season’s competitions is March

20th, 1946. Address all communi-
cations to DRAMATISTS ALLI-
ANCE, Box 200 Z, STANFORD
UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA.



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Manning Advocates
. Defense for Peace



Continued from page 1
sure our protection against what-
ever means of destruction might
be used against America.

Mr. Manning suggested an “of-
fensive defensive” program as the
most practical means of setting
men against bombs. The U. S. needs
a super-efficient secret service
able to chart or map any weapon-
making plant in the world. Sec-
ondly the Army and Navy must
have air bases in as many places
|as possible in American controlled
territory, and in addition there
must be concealed and secret bases
to combat. anyone who tries to use
atomic bombs. Finally America
must have several millions of
highly trained men so that no mat-
ter how great the initial casualties
might be. we would have enough to
offset them.

‘Such a program, Mr... Manning
feels, is indispensable if we are
to preserve peace because it is too
dangerous to rely on a peace or-
ganization alone to protect us
from the modern weapons.



Bryn Mawr Donates
$3116 To War Chest

Continued from. page’ 1

-that-the-donation would be strictly
voluntary with no prodding. It is
gratifying that the totals of this
year are not very far behind those
of the other years. 1944 gave
$4066.29. 1945 gave $5160.07.
‘Since the war has been over, the
ever pressing needs of the home
front have been slowly gaining
their share of attention. It is to
these communal needs that the
War Chest is devoting 60% of its
funds in 1946. There are twenty-
four agencies for the care of or-
phaned, homeless, and mistreated
children. There are twenty-three

agencies providing free
and clinic attention. Forty groups
fight juvenile



delinquency, — ten
\fight community disease, eighteen
help the blind, crippled, and aged.
Hardly a more worthy cause could
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Bhnadasiats Win

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Goose-stepping onto the field
marched Pem’s “pearly players,”
holding high the Nazi banner, amid
cheers of “we’re red hot.” Arrayed
on the other side of the line was
Rhoads, flaunting a more scholar-
ly costume of blue and black. Again
the be-gowned Rhoads team pushed
through to.grab the Interhall Hoc-
key Championship, 1-0, from fiery
Pembroke in a blood and thunder
match.

A~slippery field and over-eager
fighting spirit downed many play-
ers in the battle for the ball. One
of the most spectacular tumbles
ensued during the second half when
two Rhoadesians collided and tum-
bled in a confusion of arms and
legs.

Although Rhoads scored in the
first half, Pem kept the blue line
from the goal for the rest of the
game. Prominent among the Pem-
broke devils were Bierwirth ’47, in
red tights and earmuffs, and Bent-
ley ’49 in a red peaked hat, who
successfully intercepted many of
Rhoads’ passes and hits.

An eager Pem cheering squad en-
couraged the red line with “the
Pem lion roars, and the Rhoads
mouse squeaks,” and “Now you're
in our clutches, you’d best bring out
your crutches.” The latter senti-
ment pervaded universally at the
end of the match, when both teams
limped off the field.

Varsity Players Plan
To Give Religious Play

Continued From Page 1
ert Hoskins; Simon, Dave Tolan;
Mordecai,
Dave Thomas; Appius Hadrian and
Mathaias, Nate Cooper; the Disci-
ple and Leban, Dick Johnson; Na-
than and Eben, Allan Reynolds;
and the Rabbi, Virgil Baldi.

James, Elwin Davies;



Page Three



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WIT*S END

I’m floating on a sea of butter,
My craft is a loin of pork,

My sail is a nylon stocking
My oars, a-knife and a fork.

I’m bailing champagne. with my
slipper,

Cigarettes I toss overboard

My skirt has a talon zipper,

Gone is my complex to hoard.

The butcher
chummy, -

He’s- scrubbing the deck today,

Instead of cutlet. crummy

For chow we have mignon, filet.

and +t are quite

Oh why should I . about
sugar,

Or moan over tattered tires

When carnivorous satisfaction

Is all my soul requires ?

worry

Since rationing has become So
pointless,

Sail on o ship of steak,

Life is a bowl of lamb chops

Bowles, you gave us a break.

BMC Included
In Poetry Anthology

Continued From Page 1

The Anthology is a compilation
of the finest poetry written by the
College men and women of Amer-
ica, representing every state in the
country, and selections were made
from thousands of poems submit-

ted.



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Fieser Discusses
Antimalarial Drug

Park, November 15. “Our prob-
lem.is to synthesize an antimalar-
ial drug which is not entirely meta-
bolized: by the body into inactive
products, has complete curative
value, and produces no toxic reac-
tion,” explained Dr, Louis F.
Fieser, professor of organic chem-
istry at Harvard University, in a
lecture entitled “Naphthoquinine
Antimalarial Drugs.”

At Bryn Mawr several years
ago Dr. Fieser first synthesized
hydrolapochol, a naphthoquinine,
which has been found to produce a
95% decrease in? malarial para-
sitization when ‘used in hifh com
centrations. Many chemists, in-
cluding Mr. Berliner of Bryn Mawr,
have been testing lapochols of
different molecular structures and
~ have discovered that the naphtho-
quinone with nine carbon atoms in
the ‘side chain of the molecule is
the most potent.

‘Research is going on-at-~ Bryn
Mawr and in other laboratories to
synthesize antimalarial drugs of
the benzene type, since these are
comparatively inactive and, there-
fore; difficultly metabolized. The
-“paradoxyl” group has already
been: discovered and found to be
twenty-five times as potent as
quinine as well as non-toxic.



**Strange Fruit’? Lacks
Constructive Ideas

Continued: from Page 3

life. The very fact that a member
of the Church should condone his
weakness by offering the solution
that he forget Nonnie but make
provisions for his child, rather
sanctions this illicit relationship
than prohibits it. The aftermath of
the play is depression and accept-
ance rather instead of a stimula-
tion to action on a.vital problem.

Instrumentally the play is good
because it helps to keep the racial
question before the public eye, but
actually it does little more than
appear as Strange Fruit on a rot-
ten tree of racial prejudice.

Considering the difficulties that
were encountered in the staging
of a story of this type, Mr. Ferror
does an excellent job in, treating
the plot with delicacy.







_ ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW BOOK ROOM

The New Book Room Committee
announces the purchase of the fol-
lowing new books this fall::

. Christopher Isherwood—Prater
Violet.

Jaes Thurber—White Deer.

Arthur’ KoestlerTwilight Bar

James R. Ullman—White Tower.

E. B. White—Stuart Little. —

Ranier Maria Rilke—Rodin.

Freya Stark—Arab Island.

V. Von Hagen—South America
Called Them.

Dormer Creston—In Search of
Two Characters,

UNDERGRADUATE MOVIE

The Undergraduate Association
will present the motion picture The
Plainsman, starring Gary Cooper
and Jean Arthur, on Friday, Nov-
ember /80 at 7:30 in the Music
Room. .





WHAT TO DO

T. W. A. has a training program
or air hostesses and will send a
epresentative to see students who
te interested. Please notify the
ureau of Recommendations.

School for younger children in
New England may have position
for inexperienced teacher. Anyone
interested please see Mrs. Cren-
shaw.

Pittsburgh Council of Medical
Social Service Boards. Workers to
staff civilian hospitals, ,

Education Specialist for Euro-
pean Educational Relations. Salary
»(/175, Experience Required. Fed-
eral Security Agency.

Secretarial positions also” came
.n during the week.

The National Teachers Examina-
tions are announced. Courses’ in
aducation required. Notice is post-
sd on bulletin board outside Room
d.







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tases, etc.? Bring them for re-
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Amaral Explains
Symbolist Poetry
Of Pablo Neruda

Spanish. House, Nov. 27, Senor
Amaral, described Pablo Neruda,
the T. S. Eliot of South America,
‘as a symbolist with. spiritual .fore-
sight, in discussing’ two of his
books, Residencia en la Tierra and
Veinte Poemes de Amor ’y Una
Cancion Desesperada.



Neruda writes of his youthful
love turned inward, and. his poetry
is a formal objectivication of sen-
timent. Love is the most real thing
in life and poetry, said Amaral,
.or it gives a sense of human
solidarity.

There is a psychological quality
in Neruda, both as an actor and as
a spectator, which is spontaneous,
fatal, and indicative of maturity.

Senor Amaral compared Neruda
to James Joyce, pointing out that
both use the accidental, grotesque,
and absurd part of dream and fan-
vasy as the basis of artistic crea-
vion. They are seldom logical or
casual, but are unmotivated, irra-
vecause they are the product of the
ional, and spontaneous. This _ is
same.artistic age, that of the first
World War.

University Of Caen
Appeals For Books

Continued From Page 1

Elementary grammar or _lan-
lt books specifically designed
or American students are not ac-
ceptable. However, worthwhile
books in any.language, current
novels, poetry or biographies with
permanent value -are in great de-
mand. Good law books not dealing
with .local technicalities would be
especially valuable.

Those students interested in the
project should see any of the fol-
lowing: Miss Schenk, Faculty
Chairman; Elaine Hoisington, Stu-
dent Chairman; Kat Thomas,.Mer-
ion; Helen Goldberg, Denbigh.







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Criticism Of Report
Condemned By Demos

Continued From Page 2

And his book made quite a stir
just the same, Perhaps the Report,
took ideas
that were lying around in every-
body’s mind, unorganized and in-
articulate, and gave.them a tren-
chant, well-organized systematic
expression. Isn’t that an important
contribution? But that is just the
point, you will say; the Report is
not well-organized. Leaving that
aside for a moment, I want to add
that I am aggrieved by your ref-
erence to the members of the Com-
mittee as mountains; the average
weight was 147 3/5 pounds. (Be-
-ween . ourselves, however, our
chairman was somewhat heavier.)
(b) Lcome now to the accusation
that the Report lacks structural
anity. As I am a_ professional
philosopher who thinks he teaches
students how to*think clearly, the
accusation of nebulousness really
hurts. My answer is very dogmatic;
it isn’t so. Let me explain: the Re-
port, -on--the.philosophical _ side,
says that education should impart
the twin values of heritage and
change, tradition and innovation.
Then it goes on to implement these
ideas step by step, first in the
high schools and second in the col-
leges: heritage in the proposed
new generat courses, change as
revealed in the specialized studies.
I submit the structure is as well-

knit as that of French lace.

The war between students and
teachers, between youth and age,
is most healthy and natural; and
I hope when all other wars are
abolished by international and in-
terplanetary and intercosmic or-
ganizations, this war will be per-
mitted to go on unhampered. I am
glad that the class of 1947 attacks
so vigorously, and } hope that the
1907

fight back with equal vigor. .

Raphael Demos
Professor of Philosophy
Harvard University.

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Nat'l Hockey Meet
To Be Held at B. M.



, Continued from page 1

Before the war, the tournament de-
the official national

hockey*team, whose members were
picked from “sectional teams”,
from various regions of the United
States. (Chosen players of a cer-
tain region composed the “section-
al teams”, Thus the national team
was fairly representative of the
best hockey players in the country.
In the hiatus of the war years, it
was supposed that the Invitation
Tournaments would resume their
activity and their official standing
in the first peace season. Ht lack
of time for preparation,gand travel
difficulties prohibit the transpor-
tation of team. members from all
parts of the country this year. The
tournament held on campus next
weekend will therefore not, select
a national team, but will permit
city teams already organized to
compete in whole groups. After
the tourfiament, the United States
Field Hockey Association will hold
a meeting in the gym, following a
buffet supper.

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