College news, October 18, 1944

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VOL. XLI, NO. 4

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Functions of PAC in 1944 Campaign
Explained by Daniel in War Assembly

Peace and Economic Security

Cardinal Concern of PAC
For Future



Goodhart, October 17. “The par-
amount issue of this campaign is
neither domestic nor foreign af-
fairs, but the philosophy of gov-
ernment,” declared Franz Daniel,
Chairman of the Philadelphia Po-
litical Action Committee, who dis-
cussed The PAC and the 1944 Elec-
tions at the first of two political
assemblies.

In 1920, Harding pleaded for a
return to ‘normaley’—that is, put-
ting an end to organized labor and
removing restrictions on business
profits, Mr. Daniel said. Through-
out. the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover
era this philosophy of government
predominated. It collapsed in 1929.

With the 1982 election, a differ-
ent attitude developed in Washing-
ton, Unions were respected, pro-
visions were made for saving of
homes through the FHA, and job
losses of the depression were as-
suaged.

When a reactionary Congress.

began, in 1942, to fight progress-
ive measures, labor decided to take
a part in politics as well as in ec-
onomics. The PAC which was
formed, represents a new purpose
in labor organization. “No long-
er do we, to the exclusion of other
groups, want representation. We
don’t. want special privileges—our
good is society’s good,” Mr. Daniel
stated.

The PAC cannot nominate or
jefeat a man, he continued, but
‘an only express the majority
»pinion and backing. The people
themselves do the electing.

The labor movement agrees with
the law prohibiting the use of
union funds in a national election.
But this makes it necessary for
the PAC to depend on individual
contributions, not solicited by coer-
cion, Mr. Daniel said. The organi-
zation creates no “slush fund;”

Continued on Page 3

Latin Play Promises
Spontaneous Comedy



An undergraduate English ver-
sion of the Menaechmi by Plautus
will be presented in Goodhart
by the Latin department on Octo-
ber 28. The theme of this play is
familiar to almost everyone—
whether as such, as_ transcribed
in Shakespeare’s Comedy of Er-
rors or as rendered in Broadway’s
comedy, The Boys from Syracuse.

Bryn Mawr’s production, direct-
ed by Mrs. Michels, Assistant
Professor of Latin, has been giv-
en the name Double Trouble, and
will be characterized by its im-
promptu spirit. The Latin play
tradition was revived last spring
after a three-year lapse, with The
Rope, also by Plautus. Costumes
are hereditary.

The present version was trans-
lated by Elizabeth Dowling, ’47.
The cast is as follows: Menaech-
mus I: Mary Lou Miles, 45;
Mentaechmus II; Alison Merrill
45; Erotium, Betty Myers ’47;
Messinio, Blizabeth: Dowling 47;
Prologue, Charlotte Rider 47;
Doctor, Constance Chester ’46;
Father, Patricia Turner ’46; Cook,
Elizabeth Steinert ’47; Wife, Kate
Rand °45; Peniculus, Marietta
Seylor—A7,

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Campus Comment

The P A C_ issue _ brought
forth the season’s record assem-
bly. The audience’ reacted
more than usual. Numerous
questions from the floor, rang-
ed. from how much money the
P AC spent in the Alabama
election to whether Mr. Daniel
thought ‘Congress would be
Democratic this year. The dis-
cussion which followed was at-
tended by about twenty people,
many more than were present
the previous week. Mr. Daniels
answered questions with notable
calm and care and no heated ar-
guments arose.

Favorable opinion. was ex-
pressed by many students. They
felt that Mr. Daniels had
achieved a: great deal by stick-
ing to “calm, rational ground,”
and had definitely helped to
clarify an otherwise foggy is-
sue. His impartiality on a very
controversial subject received
-praise, as well as his willing-
ness to answer questions fully.

A considerable number of
students, however, felt that Mr.
Daniel’s approach was logically
unsound. Some of his: facts
were challenged, especially on
the matter of the funds spent
by the P.A.C. in this campaign
and the strictly voluntary do-
nation of one dollar by every
CIO member. Mr. Daniel was
also criticized for lack of speci-
fic political information.

Nearly everybody objected to
the disp of posters on Good-
hart stage, and many resented
being handed pamphlets at the
door.









350 Give Reactions
To New Cut Systems

In an effort to gauge student
opinion on the new plan for at-
tendance at classes, the Curriculum
Committee conducted a poll ina
startlingly efficient manner on
Tuesday evening. 350 students
registered varying reactions to
the four questions. :

The poll was as follows:

1. How do you expect the pres-
ent plan would effect you?

A. Not at all—80%.

B. By restricting slightly the
number of cuts you would
would want ‘to take—20%.

C. By restricting greatly the
number of cuts you would
want to take—0%.

2. How would you like records

kept?

A. Posting in Taylor—17%.

B. Posting in individual halls—

43%.
(C. By consulting with the hall
representative who would

have complete records—1%.

D. Individual cut cards in cam-

pus mail as before—40%.

3. What do you think a satisfac-
tory trial period?

A. One year—75%.

B. One semester—25%. .

4. Do you feel you know where
you stand with “excessive cut-
ting?”

A. Yes—95%.

B. No—5%.,

If not, why not?

It is notable that to the first
question 97% of the 60 .Seniors

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+who answered expected the present

plan not to affect them at all. The
large majority of the students,
Continued on Page 3

Dean Grant Explains
Viewpoint of Faculty
_On New Cut System

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Goodhart, October-16. “Regular
attendance at classes is still con-
sidered the rule for the usual
student,” declared Dean Grant at
an assembly arranged to permit
the faculty to present its opinion
concerning the cut system to the
student body. ;

Dean Grant. outlined the new
plan as it will be put into effect
Monday, October 23, and explain-
ed the purpose behind each of the
points. The reason for taking at-
tendance this year is to permit
the Dean’s Office to detect those
who are cutting excessively before
their case has become so serious
that. they are in danger of being
suspended from college.

Records

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In accordance with the plan,
the cut records will be compiled
by the first Sophomere member

of the Undergraduate Association,
and these records will be sent to
‘the Dean’s Office, the instructor
of the class, and will be posted so
that students may receive an im-
mediate warning in the event of
overcutting and so that any errors
may be reported immediately.
Those who overcut will be warn-
ed by the Dean’s Office, and Dean
Grant recommended that anyone
receiving one of these notices
come to see her immediately. The
faculty do not want to define ex-
cessive cutting conclusively, but
those who had no..trouble under
the old system of limited cuts
should not be faced with " any
problem now. It is recommended
that students limit overnight ab-
sence from the halls to weekends,
unless they can furnish the Dean’s
Office with urgent reasons ~ for
this absence. Also the total num-
ber of cuts taken Will be consid-
ered before warning is given for
excessive cutting in one particular
‘course. However, any student
who persists in cutting after she
has been warned by the Dean’s
Office will be dropped from the
course, and when a_ student has

been dropped from two such
Continued on page 4

J. C. Bell Plans Reply
To Daniels Argument



Lieutenant Governor John C.
Bell, Jr., will speak at the second
of two coordinated War Assemblies
on Tuesday, October 24. His talk
will be presented as a view on the
coming election opposed to that of
Mr. Franz Daniel, who spoke this
week.

A graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania (1914) and of the
University of Pennsylvania Law
School (1917), Mr. Bell entered
Philadelphia politics as Assistant
City Solicitor. In 1922, he became
Assistant District Attorney of
Philadelphia. Chairman of the Re-
publican State Committee Speak-
ers’ Bureau as well as Vice Chair-
man of the Republican State Fin-
ance Committee in 1938, he was
Finance Chairman of the “James
for Governor” Primary Campaign.
In 1939, Governor James appoint-
ed him Secretary of Banking of
the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania,

Mr. Bell is the author of three
political booklets: Cah We Think
and Dare We Speak?, What Do
You Know About the New Deal?,



and New Deal Fairy Tales.

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Dr. Evelins Burns Outlines Methods
Of Obtaining Post- War Employment



Calendar

Wednesday, October 18.

Alumnae Council Meeting.
Deanery.

Thursday, October 19

Spanish Club. Jorge Guillen,
La Palabra Expresiva.

Talks to Freshmen. Mrs.
Grant. Common Room, 7:30.
Main Line Forum. Robert J.

Watt, Labor in a Free Demo-
cracy. Roberts Hall, Haver-
ford, 8:15.

Friday, October 20
Dance Club Tea,
Room, 4:00.
Lantern Night,
8:00.

Common
‘Cloisters,

Non-Residents Party, Com-
mon Room, following Lan-
tern Night ceremony.

Saturday, October 21

Hygiene Examination,
lor, 9:00.
Varsity Hockey Game: Ursi-
nus. Hockey Field, 10:00.
Denbigh Dance, Common
Room.

Sunday, October 22

Inter-hall Hockey Game:
Merion vs. Rockefeller. Hoc-
key Field, 3:30.

Chapel. Dr. Thomas H. John-
son. Common Room, 7:30. -

Monday, October 23
Current Events.
Room, 7.15.
Shaw Lecture. Dr. Eveline
M. Burns. Social Security and
Full Employment. —

Tuesday, October 24

War Alliance Assembly. John
C. Bell, Jr., Lieutenant Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania. Good-
hart, 12:30.

Tay-

Common







League Drive Solicits
$8.75 MinimumPledge



Aiming at a minimum contribu-
tion of $8.75 per student, the an-
nual Activities Drive will
its campaign for pledges on Wed-
nesday night or Thursday. $1.25
of each contribution will be given
to the War Chest, thus avoiding
two drives on campus.

Interest sheets which describe
the League activities will be dis-

‘tributed with the pledge cards.

The Bryn Mawr Summer Camp,
the Hudson Shore Labor School,
the Players Club, the Refugee

Scholarship Fund, and the main-
tenance of the League are pro-
vided for by the League’s funds.
Students may designate on the
back of the interest sheets how
they want their War Chest money
distributed. ‘

Marian Moise, ’47, chairman of
the drive, is the hall representa-
tive for the drive in Pembroke
West, ana Joan Mott ’47 for
Pembroke East, Marge Stevens
’47 for Denbigh, Marcia Taff ’47
for Merion, Avis Reynick ’47 for
Radnor, Ellen Shepherd ’47 for
Rhoads, and Joan Mott ’47 for
Wyndham. The Rockefeller and
German House _ representatives
have not yet been chosen.



U. V. A. P.

The final registration evening
for U.V.A.P., provided for late-
comers, infirmary victims and
laboratory recluses last Thurs-
/day, proved worthwhile. The
fifty-five students who signed
up swell U.V.A.P.’s number to
a little over 400.

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start.



Shaw, Lecturer Elucidates
Policies and Problems
Of Employment



Goodhart, October 16. In the first
of the Anna Howard Shaw mem-
orial lectures on Social Security in
an Expanding Economy, Dr. Eve-
line Burns discussed policy and
problems of. full employment.

There is at present, Dr. Burns
explained, a” Widespread desire for
economic security. ‘What is new
in this demand,” she said, “is. the
demand that security take the
form of full employment.” Public
opinion today demands full em-
ployment and opposes strongly any
return to the dole.

Reem ployment

Dr. Burns stated that she be-
lieves the optimism which has
been rather general about how
easily full post-war reemploynient
will be obtained is not justified.
Although accumulated savings and
an expanded foreign market may
facilitate reemployment during the
next two years, the problemy will
become more acute in thrée or
four years.

“I doubt,” stated Dr. Burns, “if
the job of obtaining full employ-
ment will be done unless the na-
tion takes the job more seriously
than it has previously done and
realizes it presents ‘a challenge -
almost as grave as the challenge.
of war’.”

There are several developments
in economic science, however,
which give hope for success, Dr.
Burns had previously pointed out.
Since the last war there has been
a change of focus and a much
deeper understanding of the form
of our economy. Clarification of
the relationships of the component

part of our economy is another en-
Continued on page 3

Hemmingway Explains
Vogue Prix de Paris

Common Room, October 16. The
opportunity of entering the Vogue
Prix de Paris contest has once
again been offered to the Senior
class. Mary Moon Hemingway,
representative of the Conde Nast
publications, discussed the quali-
fications for entrance in this’ con-
test and the fields that are partic-
ularly promising this year.

Mrs. Hemingway explained that .
the opportunities offered in this
contest are innumerable since not
only the winners profit by it, but
also those receiving honorable
mention. The first prize is a year’s
job on the editorial staff of Vogue;
second prize is a six months’ job
on the staff. In addition, there are
ten awards of merit from which
top ranking contestants will be
considered for jobs on the ‘other
Conde Nast publications.

Those Seniors considering the
contest should be interested in
copwriting, photography, merchan-
dising, advertising, designing, and
interior decorating. There are four
short quizzes of two questions each
and a fiften hundred word article,
all of which will be timed so as not
to interfere with the college sched-
ule.

The contestants may enter at
any time up to June 20 and are
urged to do so since, as Mrs. Hem-
ingway pointed out, Vogue’s need
for talent is great, due to the great’
tap the war has made on the staff.
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_Under Act of Congress August 24, 1912





New Cut Plan

A new plan for attendance at classes has been presented
to the undergraduates as a compromise between the system
of unlimited cuts in effect last year and the limited system

exercised before.. Necessitated by the failure of the unlim-!

ited system, the plan is ambiguously professed to be a contin-
uance of the “new system of individual responsibility. in-
augurated last year.” Actually it allows room for less indi-
vidual responsibility than the old system of limited cuts.

Under the new plan, records of attendance in all classes
will be sent to the Dean’s office and to the instructor, and will
be posted in Taylor. A student who cuts “excessively” will be
warned by the Dean and dropped from the course if she con-

tinues to cut.
_ “excessive cutting”, lifts

The failure of the administration to define
he responsibility of deciding from
the student to the Dean’s office.

In former years when the

number of cuts permitted was definitely stated, the student
had a yardstick by which to measure her actions and room

in which to exercise discretion.

Under the present system,

the student does not know where she stands. She is neither
free to decide for herself nor is she limited by any specific

standard.

The abuse by the undergraduates last year of unlimited
cuts, clearly called for a revised plan. The faculty is justified
in its reluctance to continue a plan in which so many classes
and students suffered. If a limited system is called for, it
should be frankly defined as such. The requirements should
be more clearly stated so that the number of students who
succumb to that unknown quantity, excessive cutting, will

be substantially reduced.





| iad (a vents





Common Room, October 16.
Whether or not the United States
will agree to the set up of the
United Nations Sect¥ity Council is
the main problem apparent at the
closé of the Dumbarton Oaks meet-
ing, said Mrs. Manning in the dis-
cussion of this week’s events.

“ Temporary plans drawn up at
the conference provided that the
Security Council carry the main
work of maintaining peace. It is
to consist of the United States,
England, Russia,. and China as
permanent members, with six ad-
ditional members elected from
other nations by the assembly of
United Nations. It is assumed
that voting will be anonymous in
deciding disputes, but whether the
party ¢oncerned should withdraw
. is undecided. A United Nations
Army and Air Force would back
up decisions.

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Peace. |

The new organization, to be call-
ed United Nations, not League of
Nations, will be open to all peace-
loving countries, although that
term has not been defined. It will
act on the principle of sovereign
equality of all these nations, each
of whom has one vote, with non-
members being forced to act in ac-
cord. Its purpose will be to sup-
press all acts of aggression.

In light of the superior powers
of the Security Council, this plan
has been condemned as undemo-
cratic, said Mrs. Manning. How-
ever, it is only a beginning of
post war organization showing, as
does the recent Moscow Confer-
ence, that the United Nations
are making an earnest attempt to

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(Reprinted by Popular Request)

1948 LANTERN HYMN
Alas, pale ass Athena,
My toes are ice, are youse? ;
Say, pard, see any men?
rHe’ll rue it if he came.
He’ll rue, so say I say any,
tHe’ll rue’so say I say any
(repeat ad naus)

Fooool
Fooooooool!
May God aid ye women
Especially Sophomores wit you
Hearing them singing Greek...
Macarthy, (eh?) ecoutez
Macarthy, (eh?) ecoutez

(repeat ad inf.)

She doesn’t mean to lynch you
Although she does annoy you;
Lamps the nuts are hold’n’

Hell’s way they point, point they,
Hell’s way they point, point they.

(repetez)
EE... cou, ou. vez!
E. .. C0u:. ou; bez!



Oninion







Braman Attacks Mugwumps
As Not Deserving to Live
In Democracy

To the Editor:

This political campaign seems
to me to be distinguished. on cam-
pus by the number of Fence Sit-
ters. They find serious fault with
parts of both party platforms and
with both candidates and, hence,
either decline to give an opinion or
refuse to take any interest in the
campaign.

I believe, first, that- anyone who
refuses to form some kind of defin-
ite opinion, published or not, has
no right to live in a democracy.
Nearly all of us will be voting in
the next national election, and we
have no right to be ignorant of
these vital issues.

But aside from that, I say that
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Politically Speaking



ROOSEVELT
Mr

are very prettily phrased, but they
‘reveal an appalling lack of infor-
mation and perspective. He telis
federal appropriations has risen
from $5,178,524,967.95 in 1932 to
$13,351,786,493.84 in 19389. He for-
gets to mention that not only our
national income doubled in_ that
period, but also what the money
was used for. As an illustration:
in 1939 the federal government

spent $790,000,000 on relief, $787,-



000,000 on agricultural adjustment,
$325,000,000 on Social Security,
$307,000,000 on P.W.A., $2,240,-
000,000 on W.P.A.,; and $557,000,-
000 on Veteran’s Administration.

Mr. Hoover certainly incurred
none of these expenses. He just
let bad enough alone. As a result,
the starving people were told to
sell *apples—presumably on the
steps of the closed banks.

It has come to be almost uni-
versally recognized that full em-
ployment is more important than a
balanced budget; that it is the duty
of government to provide jobs or
emergency relief when
fails to do so. The British gov-
ernment has long based its post-
war plans on this principle. Even
such a “business man’s” tax plan
as the Ruml-Sonne plan agrees
that the budget is not an end in
itself; that it can and must remain

reached its full production and em-
ployment peak in peacetime.

For this end, corporation taxes
must. be maintained and reformed,
not killed. Taxes on the low in-
come groups must be lightened to
raise consumer ability. Should
some government expenditure be



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INCIDENTALLY ...





“Oh Yeah” ‘

Up in the heights of room V
Taylor, in an archaic atmosphere
accentuated by a _ base relief
which looks like the Rape of the
Sabines, but probably is not, and
glass cases filled with relics of
the American Indians, are carved
vandalistic monuments to _ past
generations of Bryn Mawr.

There are carved the erudite
observations of our predecessors
on life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. An unknown lyricist
records:

“The darkness of November

Drench
Descends on Elementry
French”
while distilled in the dramatic
form is the cynicism of years of
Bryn Mawr:
Professor: “Amor vincit omnia”
Student: “Oh, yeah?”
Ghouls :

; Unsatisfied with the horrible
exigencies of a normal under-
graduate’s life, the Merion Fresh-
men have formed a club officially
known as the Ghouls. The titles
of its members include, the Blood-
sucker, the Graveyard Reconnoit-
erer, the Cadaver Provider, the
Pick Peregrinator, the Spade
Malingerer, and the Coffin Nailer.
The Organization, headed by the
Gory Ghoul, famed for a_ laugh
worse than Inner Sanctum’s, has
chosen as its insignia a fish hook
with a piece of flesh on it. Plans



for the future include the exhum-

ation of the nearest illegitimate
corpse, the signing of a constitu-
tion with the blood of the mem-
bers, and the burial of English
Comp on Merion Green on Hal-
loween. Freshman initiative is a
charming=thing ... but we’re a
little confused:

Cold Weather Paper .

Herbert Collins, owner of
Bettsw-Y-Coed, designed the pres-
ent metal plates at the Inn, intro-
ducing the use of paper doilies on
permanent plates to reduce dish-
washing. His newest invention
is the designing of an inexpensive
waistcoat to be used for refugees
and war victims in Europe. The
waistcoat, made of cotton and
lined with lambs’ wool fleece, has
a new and significant: feature bor-
rowed from the hoboes of Central
Park. Two large pockets inside
the coat, two behind and two’ in
front, are to be stuffed with news-
paper for added warmth. We’re
wondering whether the Times or
the Tribune will get the conces-
sion for filling the cold gaps in
Europe’s. inside pockets.

And incidentally . . .

there was the girl who after
learning about geotropes in Geol-
ogy and learning about hydro-
tropes in Biology, wanted to know
what a heliotrope was ...
and the apropos piece of paper
lying in the pile of leaves beside
the Bookstore—the ‘ paper read
“Collegiate Loose Leaf Binder”



r. Dewey’s vaguely ne he American Government
remarks about the national t most expensive luxury

us with horror that the sum of}



unbalanced until the country has’

As the War Alliance presents two sides of the political
picture with Democrat Franz Daniel and Republican John
Beil, so the News gives you two sides of the picture, the pic-
ture this week being the campaign issue of spending.

‘DEWEY

is
that
the people of any nation have ever
attempted to afford. Twelve years
of President Franklin D. Roose-
velt have alone cost the nation
more than a. third of a_ trillion
dollars: To support the present
administration -every living per-
son in America today must pay
an average of $100 a year in Fed-
eral taxes, and everyone regard-
less of working age or voting age,
shoulders a burden of $1692, as
his share of the national debt.

In twelve years, Mr. Roosevelt

-has_ literally increased our prev-

ious accumulative public debt
eleven times—from 22 billion dol-
lars in 1932.to 258 billion dollars
in 1944-45.

Yet the government’s total re-
ceipts under Mr. Roosvelt were
increased by 69 billion dollars
during the same period.

In total peace alone, Mr. Roose-
velt’s administration receipts
amounted to twice those taken in
by any previous administration in
an equal amount of time. Yet still
in total peace, his expenditures
were more than twice as great as
those of any other peacetime ad-

; cj ministration.
industry

Mr. Roosevelt was admittedly

faced with the problem of pull-

ing the country out of depression,
yet the enormous’ expenditures
can not even be justified by a
comparable increase in prosper-
ity.

We cannot entrust the recon-
version and post-war period of
our country to hands so inept as
these. Nine years of peace could
not teach them to run our finances
with even a prayer of breaking
even. We must turn to the Re-
publicans, and-to Mr. Dewey, for
an undertaking of the problems.
invalved and a sane understand-
ng of the methods that are prac-
tical.

Mr. Dewey has pledged himself
to the rejection of Mr. Roosévelt’s
mistaken theory that prosperity
can be restored through increased
government spending. He has
pledged himself to rigid economy
and the elimination from the bud-
get of all unnecessary expendi-
tures, the maintenance of the val-
ue of the dollar and the restora-
tion to Congress the control of the
currency.

Mr. Dewey has shown himself
in New York State to be capable
of reducing a seemingly rigidly
high budget to a practical low. He
has shown himself cognizant
the problems involved in the //na-
tional economy. We cannot yeturn
to a Democratic administration
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Page Three





Maids and Porters
Enroll in 12 Classes



Twenty-five maids and _ portet's
have enrolled for student - taught
classes this year. Subjects offered
range from bandage-rolling to
poetry reading and appreciation,
with an hour’s time per week: de-
voted to each.

The largest enrollment is for
Negro history, with nineteen pros-
pective students. Pat Acheson ’46,
will start the class, and arie
Wasserman °’46, will take over
later in the year. :

French is the next favorite, elev-
en maids and porters having sign-
ed up for it. Christine, Cobb ’45,
will be the instructor of this class
as well as of poetry reading and
appreciation.

The English courses are super-
vised by Mary Virginia: More ’45.
Joan Woodside 748, will:teach Eng-
lish literature, and Tony~Boel. 47
will give a class in English com-
position.

Spanish, taught by Mickey Mal-
aret ’46, and mathematics, giv-
en by Alice Wolff ’48, have two
students in each class.

‘Current events, Bible, typing,
and piano each have six students.
Cathie Clark ’47, and Ann Greg-
ory ’47, will assist in these courses.
Sue Coleman ’45, and Elaine Fish-
er °46, will give individual : piano
lessons.

There will also. be a class in
Musical Appreciation, taught by

~

Jean Swisendick ’48, and the maids |
have been invited to join the Art:

Club on Tuesday afternoons.

350 Give Reactions
To New Cut System

Continued from Page. 1

80%, also felt the plan would not
effect them, which would seem to
indicate that they considered that
the program offered freedom up to
a point and applied actually only
to extreme cases.

To the question of how records
would be kept it is interesting to
note that the three upper classes
preferred th posting of records in
the halls, knowing from the former
limited cut system that individual
cut cards are not necessarily priv-
ate affairs. Finally, the 75% ma-
jority advocating a year trial per-
iod confirmed the faculty decision

already made.
Of the 5% who on the final
question did not feel that they

-knew where they stood with “ex-
cessive cutting,” 2% of the stud-
ents were bothered by the fact
that the “excessive cutting” is
judged according to the individual
professor’s discretion, while 2%
objected to the vagueness of the
term. Finally, 1% wondered wheth-
er marks would be taken into con-
sideration.

Thomas M. Royal Bag Com
pany: Due to the paper shortage
the factory cannot use any part-
time workers at the present time.
The college will be notified later
if workers are needed.

Deanery Office: Note change in
hours. Graduate or undergradu-
ate to be in the office any after-
noon Monday through Thursday
4:50 to 6:30, Saturday 1:00 to
5:00, Sunday 4:00 to 6:30. 40
cents an hour. Desperate need.

The Wharton School: Volun-
teer assistants in the nursery
school for the early morning. Val-
uable experience under trained
teachers. This can count as war
work.

The College Inn: Non-resident
wanted from 12:45 to 1:45 to
write orders. 60 cents. No lunch.

Mrs. Bernheimer: Baby-walker,
Monday through Friday 10:30 till
11:30 or 10:00 till 11:00. Must be
one person, Sophomore or older.

See Miss Bowman in Room H,
Taylor Hall. — )



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Freshman Dance

All Freghmen are cordially
invited to ‘attend an informal
record dance in the gymnasium
on Saturday night, November
11, from nine to twelve. This
dance will replace the tradition-

al Square Dance given each
year at this time. Freshmen
from Haverford and Marines

stationed at Villanova will sup-
ply the masculine element, and
refreshments will be- served.
There will be an admission fee
of fifteen cents for the girls.







25 Alumnae Gather
For Council Meeting

Meeting yesterday and today in
the Deanery are 25 representatives
to the Alumnae Council, a body
which aims to coordinate alumnae
activities and further the under-
standing between the alumnae and
the college. The Council meets
every third year at the college, and
in alternate years. in ‘cities
throughout the country,

The group is made up of the
Directors of the Association and
the Executive Secretary, the
Alumnae directors, the Chairmen
of the Standing Committees, the
Editor of the Alumnae Bulletin,
and the councillors from the sev-
eral. districts. The class of 1944
was represented by its permanent
president, Mary Sue Chadwick,
and the Senior class by Alison
Merrill. . Nicole Herrman repre-
sertted the Graduate School and
Mr. Chew, the faculty.

Officially opening last Tuesday
at 1:00, the Council was taken up
largely with reports from the
Standing Committees, such as the
Scholarships and Loan Committee,
and with reports from the council-
lors of the 8 districts throughout
the country.



PAC Functions in ’44
Explained by Daniel

Continued from page 1

the books of the PAC have twice
been opened to Congressional com-
mittees.

Most of labor supports Roose-
velt and a liberal Congress, Mr.
Daniel declared, because of his
record on international questions
which reveals his untiring fight
against fascism, and his foresight
in anticipating the present con-
flict. For the future, the president
has no blueprint for peace, but la-

bor knows his philosophy of co-

operation and his faith i
peoples, the speaker said.

Roosevelt represents the inter-
ests of the plain people. Their ec-
onomic security must be guaran-
teed for the increasing apd the
sharing of the wealth in this coun-
try. Dewey would support the be-
lief of giving all to the few power-
ful.

The PAC wants to get out the
vote, to use its power for peace

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Rhoads Blue Warriors Emerge Victorious |
In Colorful Contest With Denbigh “Wabbits” Displayed in Library



Bryn Mawr, October 15. Waving

their symbolic blue and black ceal-,
ors in the air and shouting a new,
and |
through, |
through,” the Rhoads team dashed |
to the hockey field for its match
with the Denbigh “Wabbits”. who |

slogan, “black is for magic
blue is for. through,

not to be outdone had spent every
waking moment composing paeans
for their team.

Maybe the final 5-2 victory was
due to some spell cast by: the
Rhoads’ mascot, a pair of bulging
blue bloomers from’ which hung
four very thin. and dangling black
stockings, or maybe the: Denbigh
“Wabbits” had spent too many
sleepless nights composing songs.
These claim, however, thet. what
sealed their fate were the four

varsity players who were in the

Rhoads contingent.
<4

Political Mugwumps
Attacked by Braman

Continued from Page 2

although I am a_ supporter of
Dewey, I am strongly in sympathy
with these Fence Sitters, and I be-
lieve that for this group the battle
will begin after Election Day.

Wihen our President, and our
Congress, and our state legislature
and our city or town legislative
bodies have been inaugurated,
they are not intended to proceed
independently of the wishes of the
people. With certain notable and
rather rare exceptions, ~ United
States Congressmen and their fel-
low counterparts in state and mun-
icipal governments follow the wish-
es of the voters in their home dis-
tricts. If we of the supposedly
best educated and trained group
in this country will not tell our
representatives what we believe
and why, who will tell them? If
we sit back and complain only to
each other, but never to those em-
powered to make legislative
changes, it is no wonder that we
have ill-formulated, inadequate and
bungling laws, and that politicians
are able to take the reins of gov-
ernment and do with it what they
please, good or bad.

Every. one of us is free to ex-
press her opinions to the Congress-
man from her home district. Un-
less you can say honestly that you

have never dis&greed with any
law passed by Congress, and ap-

Mey ge point in your party’s
platforyd, you, as a citizen, are

guilty of every mistake, injustice
and infamous act done in the name
of the lawmakers of the United
States, for they are your represen-
tatives and speak with your voice.
If you believe in democracy, then
use it!

Doris Ann Braman °46





Anyway, partisan feeling ran
high’ and even. the referee, Mimi
Foster, felt she was not complete-
ly impartial. Afraid that Rhoads
sentiment might bias her decisions,

| odious propaganda would bring
‘about a more neutral frame of
mind,

Denbigh’s cheering, though more

) professional than Rhoads’ fanatic

| outbursts, did not seem to produce
| the desired effect. Telling of hidden
beer barrels in the cellar of Den-
| bigh, the songs made the eleven
hot and thirsty “wabbits”’ want to
'go home and find this concealed
treasure rather than continue run-
‘ning up and down the field.

The blue-clad Rhoads, warriors
led by four old varsity players
rolled up a three-point lead, and
Marce Gross, playing goalie, and
completely convinced of Rhoads in-
vincibility, had not taken time to
put on both leg pads. Nancy Niles

for Rhoads. Marge Richardson
tallied for Denbigh as did Ty Wal-
ker who came over from Radnor
to play for the Wabbits.

Thanksgiving Service
Unites BM, Haverford



The Bryn Mawr choir will unite
again this year with the Haverford
Glee Club in a _ Thanksgiving
Chapel Service to be held in Good-
hart auditorium on November 11,
at 8 p. m.

The speaker for the service will
be the Rev. T. Guthrie Speers. of
the Brown Memorial Church in
Baltimore, Mr. Speers is known to
many as a speaker at the North-
field Conferences.

The Haverford Glee Club has
been reorganized lately by Julius
Katchen, ‘who directed it this sum-
mer and, who is its student head.
Abraham Pepinski will direct.

The choir is very fortunate in
being able to sing again with Hav-
erford in this special Thanksgiving
service and it is hoped that furth-
er musical programs can be ar-
ranged with the combined chorus-
es.

An entertainment will follow the
service in the Common Room, for
members of the two choruses.

The program will be as follows:

(Let Us Now Praise Famous
MON house Vaughan Williams
Oh Gladsome Light ..Arkhangelsky

|
as the game progressed, she made |
repeated trips into the camp of|
the Denbigh fans hoping their mel- |

and Julie Turner did the scoring |

‘Rare Seience Books

|



oe
The Rare Book Room’s atttenth
exhibition, now on display, is con-
| cerned

teenth

With science from che six-

to the nineteenth centur-

ies. Many of the books, dealing

with mathematics, physics, al-

chemy, and astronomy, were
gifts of the alumnae association in
1924; and- were purchased irom
the estate of Dr. Charlotte Angus
Seott, one time head of the Math-
ematies’ Department at Bryn
Others were . donated

Mawr. to

the library by Mary Flexner, a
“member of the class of 1895.
The oldest book on display is

one on husbandry by Petrus An-
dreas Mattholus. It was. printed
in Venice in 1583; its 1000 excel-
lent wood cuts and brown leather

binding have withstood the rav-
ages of 3861 years remarkably
well. A first edition! of Isaac

Newton’s Optics, which was_print-
ed in 1704, as well s a first edi-
tion of Lectiones -Geometricae by
Newton’s master, Barrow,
are also included in the collection.

Isaac



Dr. Burns Discusses
Post-War Economies

Continued from Yajye 1

couraging factor discussed by Dr.
Burns. There is today a _ better
understanding of the reciprocal in-
fluences of these component parts.
The problem is still, however,
complex. “To insure a full em-
ployment after the war,’ Dr. Burns
| Stated, “this nation has got to be
jable to supply between nine and
ten million more jobs than in
1940.” Perhaps the number of jobs
needed will be even greater be-
cause of increased productivity.
“If after the war,’ she contin-
ued, “America does not succeed in
raising the national income above
the 1940 level, we will, have not
nine or ten million unemployed but
seventeen million unemployed.”
Suggested methods of obtaining
full employment and raising the
fall into three
‘those in which
spender is busi-
ness, the consumer, or government.

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General Cooperation,
Morale Gain in. China,
Emphasized by Speer



Deanery, October 16. Miss Mar-
garet Speer, principal of the Ship-
ley School and former Dean of the
Women’s College of Yenching Uni-
versit:, spoke on Internees and
Students in Wartime China. Hav-
ing herself been for two years in
.a Japanese concentration. camp,
Miss Speer spoke of her own ex-
periences, and brought out the
point that brutality and starvation
were not common in the camps,

Outlook

Miss Speer stressed that al-
though there were physical priva-

_ . tions the inmates gained in their
’ psychological outlook. They learn-

ed what material things were nec-
essary and what were luxuries.
Where food and utensils were
searce, egg shells were used to

supply calcium lacking in the diet
of the young children, and even
broken bottles were saved for
utensils. The members of the camp
began to tHink not only of them-
selves but of the group as a whole,
realizing that their chances of
self-preservation were better if
they worked closely together. This
general cooperation raised morale
and in turn raised living condi-
tions.

Methods for helping the Chinese
were outlined by Miss Speer. First
is the giving of material aid and
working towards a better under-
standing of their problems. How-
ever, she made the point that it
was not helping the Chinese to
stir up hatred against Japan. The
‘Chinese, although they hate the
Japanese for many infamous deeds,
realize that in the future world
they will have to work with them
as neighbors.

The suffering experiencéd out-
side the camps was illustrated by
the fact that even small children
were sold for their weight in
grain. Miss Speer went on to
speak of the terrible inflation in
western China and the great pri-
vations that students go through to
complete their education. How-
ever, she added, “depression of
spirit” does not go with the fright-
ful poverty of the Chinese,



Dean Grant Explains
New Cutting System

Continued from page 1

courses she will be suspended
from college for the remainder of
the semester.

Dean Grant. particularly em-
phasized that “group life on the
campus is dependent on student
cooperation in all phases of col-
lege life and work,” and that the
nature and amount of material
covered in any one course is close-
ly related to the degree of active
participation undertaken by the
students in the course.

Philosophical Ability Co

ncealed-by Stearns

During Period of Manual Labor in Factory



By April Oursler ’46

Miss Isabel Stearns, Bryn

of the philosopher without an ivory
tower. Not only does she carry
out in her teaching her belief that
philosophy .can be practical, but
she has concretely demonstrated it



Footnotes





The name “Bryn Mawr”, accord-
ing to assorted younger brothers
and Haverford students, means
“Brain More.” According to the
Railway Express Agency of Ar-
lington, Virginia, it is a misspell-
ing of “Brine Manor.” More reli-
able sources, however, claim that
Bryn Mawr is a Welsh name
meaning “Great Hill.” The name
came to the college third or
fourth hand, depending on how
you count.

The land upon which the col-
lege is built was originally part
of a Welsh Tract granted by Wil-
liam Penn in 1680 to the Welsh
Quakers. The actual college lands
were part of Windon Farm, owned
by one Patience Morgan, a widow
whose initials with the date 1796
are on the chimney of Wyndham
Hall, which was once her farm-
house.

The name for the college, how-
ever, comes from a_ neighboring
farm, owned by Rowland Ellis, a
Welshman. When Ellis’ house was
built in 1706, he named it Bryn
Mawr in honor of his home Wales,
which, by the way, is still stand-
ing.

College

The name was given in turn, to
the village of Bryn Mawr and to
the college. It was only by chance
that the college was named Bryn
Mawr instead of Taylor College
since it was Dr. Joseph Wright
Taylor, an eminent Quaker bach-
elor, who gave over a million dol-
larstoward the founding of the
college.

Dr. Taylor’s name is_ retained
by Taylor Hall, and his likeness
is preserved in a portrait which
hangs over the fireplace in Miss
McBride’s office.

Taylor, Merion, and a red. brick
gymnasium were apparently the
first three buildings on campus.
Merion was the first dormitory,
complete with everything but
closets, for the lack of which it
was criticized even then. In Taylor
were ‘lass and seminary rooms,
the offices, chapel, library, bio and
chem labs and even a carpenter
shop in the basement.

The early athletic classes went
to the gym dressed in dark red ors
blue “full Turkish trousers,” and
busied themselves “pushing and
pulling weights, rowing and
jumping, flying through the air
on rings or trapezes or running
in a steady line around the upper
gallery, which served as a running
track.”



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Miss Stearns spent seven months
in the factory in an effort to prove
that the scholastic life need not be
irreparably separated from that of
the working class. Admitting that
she found the work of clipping
hanging and useless threads from
the finished shirts monotonous, she
pointed out that she had greatly
appreciated the opportunity of un-
derstanding ‘‘the sense of the pres-
sure of existence in a sphere so
different from your own.”

While heartily advocating some
period of manual work for all col-
lege graduates, Miss Stearns con-
fessed\that she was glad that her
co-workers never discovered that
she was a philosopher, and that
their realization that she was a
professor came only after she had
gotten to know them well enough
to counterbalance the stigma.

A highly defined creed of activ-
ity pervades all of Miss Stearns’

began at some unremembered pre-
college date when she first read
the volume of Spinoza she found in
the family bookcase, and never can
it be said that it has removed her
from the world of hiking, music
and, modern art, which she loves.

In a recent article, entitled Ed-
ucation Today, Miss Stearns out-
lined the theories she herself uses
in her classes, with great emphasis
on the student as a co-worker. “The
student should feel,” she said;
“that she is coming to grips with
real problems not that she is re-
ceiving information which she has
no right to dispute.”

Predominant in her theory of
education is the feeling of a need
for connection between different
fields of study. In line with this,
‘Miss Stearns spent the summer
teaching at the Smith College
Summer Session, assisting in the
conducting of a course in Science
and Imagination.

Roosevelt
Continued from Page ‘2

necessary to reach employment
and production goals there seems
no valid objection to it. At least
the Republicans have made none.
If Mr. Dewey really believes that
we can attain the goal of full em-
ployment without government aid,
why has he failed to submit any
definite plan for doing so? As yet,
we have not even heard any con-
structive suggestions from him.



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ae Try-outs

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Would you like to have your
finger on the alleged pulse of
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be held in the Newsroom in
Goodhart, Thursday from 4 to
6.

J. Guillen Will Discuss
‘La Palabra Expresiva’

Jorge Guillen, Professor of Span-
ish at Wellesley, will speak to the
Spanish Club on “La Palabra Ex-
presiva,”’ at a tea in the Common
Room on Thursday, October 19
from four to six. - ae

Well known as a literary critic
and professor, Mr. Guillen is most
prominent as a poet. He is a mem-
ber of the poetry movement in’
Spain known as the “Young Poets,”
a movement which still dominates
Spanish letters. Many collections
of verse have been published by
Mr. Guillen, the most famous of
which is Cantico,

In republican Spain, Mr. Guillen
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Madrid and the University of Se-
ville. He was also associated with
the summer International Univer-
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Undergrad Explains. .
Ruling on Lanterns

» With Lantern Night set for
October 20, the
Association wishes to restate the

Undergraduate
plan put into.effect last spring,
which provides. a pool of lanterns
for use until lanterris can again
be manufactured. ;

In order to continue the tradi-
tional Lantern Night, it was-nec-
essary to require all undergrad-
uates to give up their lanterns.
Each year the Sophomore class
borrows lanterns from the “pool”
to hand to the
men.

incoming Fresh-
The Freshmen will keep the
lanterns for the first. semester
thet’ Feturn them to the pool.

The plan, passed by a majority
of the undergraduates, further
provides that the name of «¢ each
person giving up a lantern be kept
on file with the Undergraduate
Association. When new lanterns
are obtained, anyone with her
name on the file may write in to
the Association and is guaranteed
a lantern of her class color.

It is because of this plan that
the lanterns handéd to this year’s
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