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TH

E COLLEGE NEWS











THE COLLEGE NEWS

(Founded in 1914)



Published weekly during.the College Year (except during Thanksgiving,
. Christmas and Easter holidays, and during examination weeks) in the interest
of Bryn M: wr College.at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and
Bryn Mawr College. ;



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Editorial Board
Aprit OursLer, ’46, Editor-in-Chief
Nancy Morenouse, ’47, Copy Emicy Evarts, ’47, News
Rosina BATESON, °47 BETTINA KLUEPFEL, 48, News
THELMA _BALDASSARRE, '47 Mary Lez BLAKELy, ’47
' Lanier DuNN, 747

Editorial Staff

Monnie BELLow, *47
Laura Drmonp, °47
Joan Brack, *47
Heren HA tg, .’49
KaTRINA THOMAS, °49
BARBARA BETTMAN, 749
HELEN Martin, 49
JupirH Marcus ’49





Marcis Demsow, '47
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HELEN GOLDBERG, °49
PrisciLLa BOUGHTON, °49
Jean Exus, °49

Sports Photographer °
ELIzABETH Day, °47 _ RosamMonp Kang, °’48
Business Board

ANN WERNER, "47, Business Manager
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Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912

















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.