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THE COLLEGE NEWS



VOL. XLII, NO. 4 \S

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR. PA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1947

Copyright Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College, 1945

PRICE 10 CENTS



Ex.-Labor Sec’y

Outlines Labor’s

Future Position

Goodhart, February 18. Miss
Franees Perkins, Secretary of La-
bor in the Roosevelt Cabinet, spoke
on the future problems of labor in
the United States in the fourth
Bryn Mawr assembly on Current
Affairs. iy

Miss Perkins pointed out that
all the progress.made so far to-
ward the social betterment of lat
bor has been achieved by law and
responsible legislation supported
by the middle classes. The mini-
mum requirements for life have

thus been assured by law, and|;

workers can depend upon collect-
ive bargaining and increased pro-
ductivity to raise the standard of
living.

The Ex-Secretary outlined the
present requirements in the labor
field to solve the problems of the
future. The first and most im-
portant requirement is better la-
bor unions which will serve their
members so well that the coercion
of the closed shop will be no long-
er necessary. The second require-
ment is a code of ethics growing
out of the people of the union and
not laid down for them by eminent
Such a code would ab-
olish the abuses often identified
with strikes and would determine
fairly both the time and the right
to strike.

Miss Perkins called on the union
for a more stable organization to
build peace between the union and
She further advo-
cated the stabilization of employ-
ment and the control of unemploy-
ment which would lead to increased
production and community wealth.
This, she insisted, must be accom-
plished by the whole community
as. it will benefit everyone.

Finally, she suggested that: dis-
putes should be settled téss by the
use of strikes. Miss Perkins ex-
plained that this can be gradually
achieved by “a still further elab-
oration of the laws of contract” and
a more rigid adherence to them.
Progress will be made through the.
replacement of political techniques
by social techniques.

The total problem of the future
of labor is a challenge to the peo-
ple and not merely to inspired plan-
ners, added Miss Perkins. The
achievement of these reforms will
require the full support of the na-
tion, for the problem affects us all.

Chorus te Sing
On Station WIBG

On February 26th the College
Chorus, directed by Mrs. Lorna
Cooke de Varon, will broadcast
over Philadelphia’s station WIBG,
from 4:30 until 5:00. Jean Switen-

dick, °48, will act as announcer,
and Ann Chase, ’48, will talk
briefly.

The program will “include two
songs by Kodaly, Woe is Me and
Blooming on a Hilltop, with solo
parts sung by the Double Octet.
Other selections will be Concao, by
Villa Lobos, two Negro spirituals
arranged by Bryn Mawr girls, and
sey Fa anthems. The ac-
companist will be Ruth Crane, 749, |

body listen to the program, not
only because this is the first time
the Chorus has broadcast, but be-
cause the program is “modern and
fabulous.” ee \



nm urges thatierc.) ~

E. Evarts, Former News Editor,
Explores Intricacies of the Onion

by Harriet Ward 48

“I’m at loose ends,” announced
Emily Evarts, retired Editor of the
News, after a week away from the
world of headlines and deadlines.
In. typical Evarts fashion Emily
unfortunately celebrated her first
two days of freedam in the Infir-
mary. But she also has managed
to indulge in P. G. Wodehouse and
a weird excursion up Taylor tow-
er.

“My chief accomplishmertt,” con-
tinued Emily, slightly exhausted
after her first full Monday stint in
lab, “has been learning to find my
way around Dalton.” She has de-
cided that. it is perhaps more pro-
pitious for a Biology major to



UCLA Students

Discuss Religious,
Racial Viewpoints

Deanery, February 16. The Pan-
el of Americans, a group of six
young women representing various
racialand_religious..groups.in_ this
country visited Bryn Mawr through
the auspices of the Intercultural
Committee of the United Nations
Council of Philadelphia. The group
is composed of students and gradu-
ates of U.C.L.A, and is visiting
schools, colleges, and civic groups
shroughout the country to help
promote a better feeling of broth-
erhood among people of different
backgrounds.

Each girl represented a different
religious or racial group—Catho-
lic, Jew, Negro, Mexican, Chinese,
and-the majority group, the Anglo-
Saxon Protestant.

Because they celebrate different
holidays, many people believe the
Jews to be a peculiar race of peo-
ple, put the girl representing that
group pointed out that they are
not a race but a religious group
and—that-they—have—made—import=
ant contributions in all branches
of our society.

Choosing between the culture of
their parents and of their adopted
country is a problem for many

Continued on Page 3

Emotional Effects |
Of Art Explained

On Tuesday, February 11, Mr.
Morris Blackburn gave a short lec-
ture about modern art in general,
adding to it a few pointers con-
cerning his own paintings, eight
of which were shown in the Com-
mon Room. Mr. Blackburn open-
ed his discussion with a comment
on the popular mental blocks which
prevent people from understanding
and enjoying art. Too often the
spectator asks himself, “What do
I see? What is it that the painter
has seen which I can’t see? Some-
one is at fault.” This attitude is
directly opposite from one which
might present painting in a more
favorable light. Painting is “non-
verbal;” it is an emotional process.
and should have the same effect as
a symphony has.

Strangely enough, considering
the advances in psychiatry which
have permeated modern thought.
too often the public says “If we«
can’t see it; that isn’t it.” And too
cece “paintings, in which the sub-

we quite clear,.are +".
en 1 at face value, and their emo-
tional beauty is lost. It is just as
easy to lose the beauty of art in a
picture which is representational





as in one which is abstract.



meet Miss Oppenheimer there than
on the steps of the Bookshop or the
Inn.

In fact, the t months will find
Emily expocing the fine intricacies
of the oniori foot, whose fascinat-
ing dimensions she is now en-
grossed in measuring in a slightly
weepy manner under thousand-
watt lamps. She also plans to delve
into the deeper mysteries of the
obstinate basin on the third floor
of Pembroke. And perhaps there
will be time for some “jolly” fish-
ing in the spring. /

“But nobody speaks to me any
more,” Emily pointed out plaint-
ively. “Or News, and I have to explain quiet-
ly that I have nothing to do with
it now.”

Despite this last remark and the
novel emptiness of life, we discern
a rosier glow in Emily’s cheek and
the gradual fading of that haggard
Editor look. We prophesy com-
plete ‘recovery; and one consola-
tion—no nasty person can ever
bounce up and complain about mis-
prints any more!

Rules in Contest
For Creative MS.
Set by Alumnae

The Katherine Fullerton Ger-
ould Memorial Prize is being offer-
ed for the first time this year to
an undergraduate who shows dis-
tinction in creative writing. It will
be given annually at the May Day
assembly, provided that the ma-
terial submitted justifies such an
award. The decision will be made
by a special committee, appointed
by the Alumnae Association, and
consisting of two alumnae and one
member of the Department of Eng-
lish. The following directives are
to be followed in submitting man-
uscripts—forthis—prize:—

1) The competition is open to

College, whether or not she be en-
rolled in any writing course.

2) All MSS. are to be typed on
regular-sized: typewriter paper, us-
ing one side only; typing is .to be
double-spaced.

8) Entries are to be in the cate-



-| gory of: 1) narrative, long or short;

2) informal essay, excluding criti-
cal papers and formal essays; 3)
verse, or 4) drama. The entry is
to be original in treatment, and
should be some writing which the
student considers her best effort.
Class assignments are not to be
excluded, particularly when they
are in the field of drama or verse.
Continued on Page 2

CALENDAR

Thursday, February 20

4:00, Common Room. Mr. Wil-
liam Elkuss, “Highlander Folk
School.”

Saturday, February 22

8:30, Goodhart. Freshman
Show.

11:00-2:00, Gymnasium. Un-
dergraduate Dance.

Sunday, February 23

7:30, Music Room. Chapel, Rev.
Howard Moody Morgan of Ta-
bernacle Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia.

Monday, February 24

7:15, Common Room. Current
Events. .

8:00, Goodhart. Flexner Lec-



festagp Arnold J. Toynb-- “ged jdarentoaan
a rama of ‘Encounter (Struc-’

| ture, Characters and Plot).”
Wednesday, February 26



4:30. Chorus Broadcast on
Station WIBG.







any undergraduate at Bryn Mawr’

Opening Talk Stresses
Spiritual Outcome

Of Encounters

Goodhart, February 12. Open-
ing a series of six lectures on “En-
counters between Civilizations” for
the Mary Flexner Lectureship,
Professor Arnold J. Toynbee stat-
ed that he will deal with the his-
tory of civilizations rather than
states, asa civilization is “the
smallest workable unit of histor-
ical study at which one arrives
when one tries to study the his-
tory of one’s own country.”

Viewing the present century
from the probable historical per-
spective of the future, Professor
Toynbee feels that the enduring
interest of present events will be
found in the ‘impact of western
civilization on other cultures of
our time. Historical concern will,
he feels, progress from a study of
the reactions of “victims” of west-
ern civilizations’s aggressive’ ten-
dencies to intérest in the process
of attack and counter-attack, and
finally to a universal viewpoint
contrasting with the localization of
the present time.

Continued on Page 2

Recital by Elman

To Benefit Drive

Mischa Elman, internationally-
known violinist, will give a recital
in Goodhart Hall Friday, Febru-
ary 28, for the benefit of the Bryn
Mawr Drive. Mr. Elman has been
soloist with many outstanding or-
chestras, and has given many of
his own recitals. His name and
artistry are familiar to concert-
goers all over the world. Mr. El-

at the piano, will present the fol-
lowing program:

PASSACA GIO scsissrisierisesse Sammartini
Sonata in B-flat ......cscsccsess «Mozart
Concerto in E-minor ..Mendelssohn
POOMG) sos cvcccsssissenisiearitaosctis’ Chausson
Nocturne: scsssiscsseess Chopin-Sarasate
From San Domingo ....A. Benjamin
Hebrew Melody ...Joseph Achron

Polonaise Brilliante ....Wieniawski



man, assisted by Wolfgang Rose}

Prof. Arnold Toynbee’s Lectures
Focus On History of Civilization

Specially contributed by Nancy Morehouse °47

Flexner Lecturer Cites

Impact of Cultures

On Each Other

Goodhart, February 17th. “En-
counters. between Civilizations,”
pointed out Professer Arnold Toyn-
bee, may occur either between two
living civilizations or between a
living and the “ghost” of a dead
civilization; examples of these con-
flicts provided the body of Profes-
sor Toynbee’s second lecture, “A

Survey of the Material.”

“I think you can explain modern
Russian history largely in terms
of Russia’s encountering the West,
feeling at a disadvantage to the
West, and perpetually trying to
catch up with the West,” said Pro-
fessor Toynbee, discussing the con-
flict of Russia and the West. The
various westernization movements
in Russia have been attempts to
equal the technieal achievements
of the west; Professor Toynbee
feels that the Communist revolu-
tion and-the subsequent forced in-
dustrialization can be largely ex-
plained in these terms.

The history of Turkey follows a
pattern similar to that of Russia,
beginning with unwilling adoption
of some western methods, partic-
ularly in warfare during the 19th
century, and ending with the re-
gime of Ataturk and unconditional
acceptance of western techniques.

The position of the Hindu civili-
zation is one of an element on the
one hand seeking to repudiate the
western influence and return to its
historic culture, and on the other
hand, forced to adopt western
methods to repel western influence.
The Jews, who, through their close
religious community have preserv-

-ed-elements of their ancient civ-

ilization, are a group which, be-
cause it has not become absorbed
in western civilization are now try-
ing to withdraw from it inte Pal-
estine. Nevertheless, their tech-
nical modernization of the Jewish
areas of Palestine has made them
a spearhead of western methods in



that region.
Continued on Page 3



by Julia Da Silva °49

“The end of all tradition,
Of all-female condition”

is being heralded loud and long
every night this week from the
‘stage of Goodhart by a group of
intellectuals, photographers, as-
sorted lovers, dancers, and faculty
members They exult in an atmos-
phere of Picasso. cubism, as sug-
gested by a group of oddly-shaped
stores bearing names like El
Greco’s, Tu Tu Chic, Meth’s, and
Ye Hearth In case there’s a doubt
left in anyone’s mind as to what
these fascinating conglomerations
represent, they are the rehearsals
of the Class of 50’s bid for drama-
tic fame, “Rose Among Thorns.”

‘The typical rehearsal begins with
a brief lecture by the director: on
the merits of keeping Goodhart
bau. “The singing chorus,” she
es, “will clean Sse
bottles and food wrappers afte
the rehearsal.” Undaunted by this
ominous / warning, howéver, an

eternaY procession of hungry Thes-



' pia y

troops across the stage in



“Rose Among Thorns’’ Proposes
End of ‘All-Female’ Tradition

search of the soda fountain and
ige’ cream cones (vanilla fudge),
disrupting a group of songsters
who are loudly extolling the mer-
its of “our Alma Mater’s only son.”
But contfary to all outward ap-
pearances, things are in a slightly
confused state. It seems that the
“vin” in divinity and the “tra” in
“tradition” aren’t coming across
properly. “The chorus is instruct-
ed to repeat the verse about mas-
culine appeal, which it does with ap-
parent relish. Then the director
demands, “Is the feculty on stage?
Faculty, what are you doing?” At
last a group of five or six harassed
“faculty members” in assorted
sweat shirts, blue jeans, and shorts
—, on the scene and confide to
audience their fervent hope of
finding “A student who will not
wiggle, a student who will not gig-
gle.” The first att-draws to a
ghighty climax with BO cares
rof the chorus sitting on the floo
of the stage and chanting the lyr-
ics of each song several hundred





times until each little “vin” and
“tra” is pure and bell-like.