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THE COLLEGE NEWS

Wednesday, October 29, 1952





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Letter

|Seniors Away Recently

Feel Foundations
Shattered

To the NEWS:

We, the four pillars of the
Frencn House nave aimost been
removed from our foundation. We
have been unearthed by. the lack
of confidence shown us. It seems
that an absence of nine months
from this college has made us
pregnant with ignorance. We have
to come back to a freshman status
and must take an examination on
Wed. Nov. 19 on. self-goverment
rules. As anyone may guess we
could not have stayed two years at
Bryn Mawr without having taken
this exam, passed it, and abided by
its rules. Furthermore, it appears
to us, that there is no provision in
the Constitution of Bryn Mawr for
obliging seniors who have been
abroad their Junior Year to take
the exam again. Unless an amend-
ment is made to the Constitution
we will refuse to take this exam.
We demand judicial review.

Legally yours,
Beatrice Camille Freeman, ’53
‘Maxine Anne Skwersky, ’53
Millie Filiniora Thompson, ’63
Nora Anna Valabregue, ’53

Wedgwood Indicts Irish
For Monarch’s Downfall
Continued from Page 1

Charles’ sister, the Queen of Bo-
hemia, because of her beauty and
wisdom, had become a Protestant
heroine, so when Charles would
not send armies to aid her hus-
band, Frederick, elector of Pala-
tine, he became even less popular
with the Protestants of England.
_ During the ten years Charles
reigned without Parliament, his







Self-Gov

The Self-Government Association wishes to clarify its
position on the drinking rule for the sake of those who have
been wondering about borderline cases. The rule stands that
“cases of intoxication will be severely dealt with”.

If the behavior of a girl is such as to unnecessarily draw
attention to herself, or is unnaturally loud, or in any other
way obnoxious to anyone, then she will probably be consid-
ered intoxicated and as such bring disgrace on the college.

Too Many Cuts

‘One of the greatest privileges given to members of all
four classes at Bryn Mawr is our present system of unlimit-
ed cuts. This system was established by students here sev-
eral years ago. Since over a period of the last ten years the
amount of cutting has increased, the administration feels
that the privilege is being abused, for it considers it the duty,
not the free choice of every student to attend every class.

On the basis of this administration policy, all courses at
Bryn Mawr are planned to necessitate both their class hours
as well as their outside study hours, all arranged in the min-
imum five-day class schedule. Thus, it is not possible to ob-
tain a complete working knowledge of any subject without
regular preparation and class attendance.

We have the opportunity, under our present cut system,
to arrange our time freely and, when the necessity arises, to
take class time off to attend other events. If we continue to
abuse this system, however, the administration may see fit
to change it. Because of this, we must plan our activities
around a regular attendance to classes to retain our privi-
lege.

Elizabeth Cadbury Jones

Bryn Mawr notes with regret the death of Elizabeth
Cadbury Jones, member of the class of 1896, and wife of the
famous Quaker leader, Rufus M. Jones. —

Mr. Rufus Jones, who is considered one of the most dis-
tinguished members of the Society of Friends, was elected
to the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr in 1898. He remain-
ed a member of the Board for fifty years and was president
for twenty. Mr. Jones was a close associate of M. Carey
Thomas, and his intimate connection with the college is part
of our heritage.

His wife was a great inspiration to him and a much re-



chief anxiety was the shortage of
money which caused his policy of
neutrality on the Continent, and
which was again very unpopular
with the Puritans.

As was previously mentioned,
the position of France was ex-
tremely equivocal because of the
differences between its political
and religious policy. Also, Charles
was married to Henrietta Maria,
sister to the King of France, who,
though charming in the court, was
unpopular with the English people
because she was too ostentatious-
ly Catholic. There were many
fashionable conversions among the
nobility, and the penal laws against
the Catholics were lifted. For the
first time in years, the priests
wandered about the streets in com-
parative freedom.

The biggest objection to Charles
was the Ship Money tax he im-
posed to better the Navy. Al-
though the people under ordinary
circumstances would have been
glad to see the Navy improved,
again they feared Charles would
use England’s strength on the
wrong side. The Spanish had been
chased into English waters by the
Dutch, and Charles had more or
less promised to aid them. But in-
stead of participating in the battle
between the Spanish and Dutch,
lazy Charles, Miss Wedgwood re-
marked, preserved his precious
fleet and “went down to Windsor
and started hunting.” The Dutch
destroyed the Spanish fleet. If he
had aided the Spanish, it probably
would have produced revolution,
and even as it was it made a poor
impression on the English people.

The Irish Revolt in 1641 was an
important cause of Charles’ down-
fall. The beheading of Stratford
precipitated the revolt. Though
severe, Stratford had the trust of
the Irish people.
rest spread throughout Ireland and
in 1641 there was news that the

At his death un-

Genius Does Not Always
Support Law of Society
Continued from Page 1

ly worried» Emerson: how could
the genius, who must live by the
law of genius to produce his best,
‘be reconciled to American Democ-
racy? “To genius is everything
permitted, and not only that but
it enters into other men’s labors,”
he stated in his journal. But does
everything have to be permitted?
And, what is éverything? In other
words, genius is a challenge to so-
cial serenity.

Napoleon and Goethe, two real-
istic geniuses who represented to
Emerson the reaction of Nature
against convention, did not com-
ply with the mores of society.
Goethe was immoral; Napoleon
“the very bully of the common.”
Yet, these two men, according to
Emerson’s criteria, in some ways
incarnated the highest nature, and,
therefore the genius should emu-
late them. It was impossible for
Emerson to separate the genius
of the artist Goethe from that of
the politician Napoleon. Genius
could not emulate one and not the
other.

But besides believing in genius,
Emerson had faith in Democracy,
which to him was “the spirit of
love for the general good.” His
Bostonian snobbery would not al-
low him to respect Jackson and
his “democratic” followers, how-
ever. He thought that the more
sophisticated means which the
Whigs used were preferable to
those of the “democrats,” but that
the ends which Jackson strove for
were superior to the aims of the
Whigs.

Although the outlook seemed
black to Emerson when he survey-
ed the vulgarity evidenced in the
practice of Jacksonian democracy,
he said, “I do not for these effects
despair of our republic.” Emer-
son saw Democracy not as “an es-
pecial prerogative of this country,
but of all times.” Therefore, a
gentleman could not repudiate it
and remain a gentleman.

So, the enigmatic element in
man presented _theproblem.__of
reconciling genius with morality,
of reconciling the political genius
with democracy. Unless Napoleon
were a devil, and therefore unable
to be controlled, Napoleons must
be domesticated in America so
that young geniuses could develop
their potentialities.

In his later life, Mr. Miller con-
cluded, Emerson decided that no
Napoleon was ruled by a _ devil.
Such men only accentuated a part
of ourselves, for all men are one.
Therefore, they could be domesti-
cated by society, and, by the same
token, genius was fragmentary,
1. e. deficient.

The eternal law of man and the
world which beat Napoleon, al-
though that law entails desolation,
will always win. Here, Emerson
rather complacently assumed that
Democracy will always prevail, for
“eonversions do not make people
completely over”, and the role that
the genius should play which Em-
erson had spent his life defining
could never quite conquer his heri-
tage and his ultimate faith in
Democracy.

The problem which confronted
Emerson, that of the conflict be-
tween genius and Democracy, was
a part of a greater problem, “the
‘ordeal of what it is to be, or what
it is to try to be, an American.”



Irish were rising. Because the
Irish carried the King’s banner and
did not revolt against the crown,
although they did drive against
the rest of England, Parliament
distrusted Charles even more.
Miss Wedgwood concluded that
the incidents she wished to em-
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the Quaker movement which



spected leader in her own right. She embodied the best in

is the inspiration that founded

and has guided the development of Bryn Mawr.

Current Events

Agriculture Vote Plays
Important Role
In Election

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“The role of agriculture in the
campaign” was Miss_ Mildred
Northrup’s topic at the Current
Events lecture held Monday, Oc-
tober 27, in the Common Room.
The agricultural states may. hold
‘the balance of power in the ,cur-
rent election. The farm bloc is a
powerful one—its vote will be even
more decisive because it is difficult
to predict just how it will vote.

A main issue is the fact that
the Republicans seem to have
nothing better to offer than vir-
tually the same program with
which the Democrats have been
successful for the ‘past twenty
years. Where Stevenson has stood
on the Democratic record with re-
gard to farm aid and legislation,
Eisenhower has no such bulwark.
Eisenhower is hindered by the
public memory of the agricultur-
ally unprofitable twenties, when
the Republicans were in power.
Since the Republicans must ac-
cept Democratic policy, they are
being forced to run in. other is-
sues, citing current high taxes and
inflation as unbeneficial to the
farmer.

It is difficult to tell just what
the farm vote is thinking. Agricul-
ture doesn’t respond in the typ-
ical pattern to supply and demand.
Usually price and supply rise
and fall together, but if agricul-
tural prices fall, the farmer is
forced to produce more to keep up
his profit. Due to this increased
supply, prices keep on falling.

Miss Northrup stated that from
the twenties and thirties the po-
litical meat of the current cam-
paign is being made. She sum-
marized the role of the farmer
from his prosperous World War I
years, through the Depression,
during which he suffered greatly,
and the pre-World War II years
when the “support for agriculture”
cry grew stronger, to the present.

The fact that in 1948 the parity
price formula was given up and a
sliding scale formula, which is not
to the advantage of the farmer,
was adopted, has caused much
bickering. Other issues concern-
ing the farmers are those of Soil
Conservation, the Rural Electri-
fication Program, Home Owner-
ship Program, and others. Agri-
culture’s response to these issues
is a basic problem today.

Majority of Professors
Rally for A. Stevenson

Continued from Page 1

tical basis. Change for its own
sake is not an asset. I guess I am
just a good Democrat, although I
thought that I was an Independ-
ent.

Miss Northrup:

“I am going to vote for Steven-
son because of his record as a man
and as an administrator, because
his campaign has shown him to be
-@ person with an honest mind and
because on most of the issues dis-
cussed I am in basic sympathy
with the position taken by him.”
Miss Robbins:

I would not place any bets on
who is to win, although I am a
Democrat and I certainly hope it
igs Stevenson. I’m very encouraged
by the fact that a new person of
such ability, someone who has not
been a general or been in the lime-
light before, has come to light in
national politics.

Mr. Sprague:

I am still on the fence, but tend-
ing toward Stevenson. The cam-
paign speeches of the candidates
have changed me from a definite
Republican vote.
Miss Stapleton:

Stevenson is better qualified for
President in regard to ‘civil gov-

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