College news, May 8, 1946

‘Tuesday afternoon, May 21.

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VOL. XLII, NO. 23

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA.., WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1946

Copyright Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,

PRICE 10 CENTS

1945



Arnold Toynbee
To Deliver Next
Flexner Series

Famed British Scholar

To Give Lectures
On History

The Mary Flexner Lecturer for
1946-1947 will be Professor Arnold
Toynbee, author of The Study of
History and Director of Studies in
the Royal Institute of Internation-
.al Affairs. The lectures will be de-
voted to the comparative study of
contemporary civilizations, which
will be the subject, in part//of the
Jast volumes of the Study of His-
tory, still unpublished.

Professor Toynbee began his ac-
ademic career as Fellow and Tutor
in Balliol College, Oxford, in 1912,
but since 1915, when he joined the
Political Intelligence Division of
the Foreign Office, he has devoted
the greater part of his time to
government service and his wri-
ting. At present he holds a research
professorship in International His-
tory—at-the—University~ of London,
but he is best known for the many
volumes published under his own
name or under his direction.

Professor Toynbee is one of the
greatest living historical scholars.
His Study of History, of which
six volumes have already appeared,
not only presents a new theory on
the working of cause and effect in
the development of civilizations,
but in its scope and command of
the intricate details: of many ‘ob-
scure phases. of human affairs it is
probably the most complete survey
of this field to be written by one
man. The annual Surveys of Inter-
national Affairs which usually
come off the press in the months
immediately following the events
described, are a unique combination
of accurate historical documenta-
tion and the breadth of vision which
Professor Toynbee has achieved at
long range in his Study of History.

¢

Club Announces
Cinderella Cast

“Cinderella”, a dance play writ-
ten by Hans Schumann and direc-
‘ted by Miss Petts will be given by
the Dance Club and the Dancing
classes one afternoon and one eve-
ning in front of the gymnasium.
The first performance will be on
Thursday evening, May 16 at 9
o’clock, the second on Friday af-
ternoon, May 17 at 4:30.

Elizabeth Corkran ’47 will play
Cinderella. The rest of the prin-
cipal cast is as follows: Prince:
Ann Kingsbury ’48, stepsisters:
Katherine Colvin ’46 and Louise
Brownlow ’46. Pa: Louise Chamber-
lain ’46, Ma: Ann Storrow ’48, ov-
erseer: Susan Inches °48, Fairy
godmother: Lisa Mezger ’46,. sui-
tors: Nancy Turner ’49 and Bar-
bara Zeigler 48, guards: Rotraud
Mezger °48, and Leila Dragon-
ette ’47, and the master-of cere-

-monies: Lucretia Duncan ’46.

The rest of the cast includes

"peasants, the ¢ourt and guests,
. festival dancers, workmen, serv-

ants, - townsfolk and _ postilions
played by members of the Dance

Club and the dancing classes.

The price of general admission

“is 0c and-for childraii” aif@se.—-
__ dents. 25c. In case of rain. Thurs-

day, the performance will be held
‘Tuesday evening, May 21.-In case
of rain Friday, it. will be held





Meyer to Speak
On Third War
Or World Gov't.

Mr. Cord Meyer, Jr., will speak
on “World War III or World Gov-
ernment” at the tenth College As-
sembly on Current Affairs, to be
held in Goodhart, on May ven at
12:30 P. M.

After Mr. Meyer was graduated
from Yale University, in the class
of 1948, he became a member of
the 22nd Marine Regiment, and
served as the leader of a machine-
gun platoon during the Guam and
Eniwetok campaigns. He was se-
verely wounded, and was decorat-
ed with the, Bronze Star. After
convalescing, Mr. Meyer served as
an aide to (Commander Harold E.
Stassen at the San Francisco Con-
ference last spring. Among the
articles he has written for maga-
zines is “A Serviceman Looks at
the Peace” published in the Sep-
tember, 1945, issue of the Atlantic
Monthly.

Delegates Attend
Labor Meetings
At Hudson Shore

In commemoration of the twen-
ty-fifth anniversary of the Hudson
Shore Labor School, a conference
was held at the school on May 4
and 5. It was attended by delegates
from Bryn Mawr, Connecticut Col-
lege for Women, Haverford, Mount
Holyoke, the School of Industrial
Relations «of Cornell University,

Vassar, and Wellesey,—as--well—as
by industrial workers from New
York and Philadelphia.

Several discussions took place
during the week-end. Mr. Carl
Pretzgold, of the newspaper “P.

M.”, spoke on “The Current Labor
Situation”. He examined the effect
of the war and of New Deal re-
forms on the Labor situation, and
he stressed the importance of or-
ganizing workers in the Southern
states.

Mrs. Marie Algar, of the Ameri-
can Labor Association, summarized
the history of Labor Education,
and she discussed the opportuni-
ties open today in this field for

|In Opera



youth.

Petts to Leave;
To Head Dance

roup

Miss Josephine Pett, the Direc-
tor. of Physical Educakjon, will
leave Bryn Mawr next year to be
the dance director of the New Am-
erican Opera Company. This Com-
pany will start its season at the
Academy of Music .in Philadel-
phia with the presentation of the
“Bartered Bride” in October. Miss
Petts will have her own studio to
which she invites any Bryn Mawr
student who wishes to continue
dancing under her instruction. She
plans to continue at the Academy
of Vocal ‘Arts, where she has
taught the art of stage movement
for the past six years. In the sum-
mer she will again direct her own
Berkshire School in Lenox.

Miss Petts took her training at
Wellesley College. Before she
came to Bryn ‘Mawr, eighteen
years ago, Miss Petts taught sports
at the Madeira School. She then

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Bontante Defines
Dante’s Position

In Italy’s Heritage

Deanery, May 7. “The history of
Italy and the Italian language is
a proof of the triumph of spirit
over matter” sunimarized Profes-
sor Giuliano Bonfante, professor
of Romance languages at Prince-
ton University, in his lecture-on
“Dante and the Italian language”.
Professor Bonfante emphasized
the inter-relation of language, cul-
ture, and civilization in the forma-
tion of a nation. He pointed out
that while France and Spain de-
rive their unity from a centralized
monarchy, in which the common
spirit arose out of a unity forced
upon peoples wishing to live apart,
there_is_a_contrast_in.the case_of
Italy in which the common force
arose out of the common spirit, a
“spontaneous unification of peoples
heretofore forced apart.”

The unification of Italy, Profes-
sor Bonfante stated, was not eco-
nomical, but cultural, and linguis-
tic; and the ehief influence in de-
veloping an Italian language was
Dante, who first assumed the right
to use the vulgar tongue for major

Continued on Page 3



Call of Circus Van Irresistible

To Fisherwomen

in Pem West

By Helen Martin *49

What do you know about put-
ting up Big Tops? From the pro-
fessional pride that “circus people”
take in their jobs, outsiders gath-
er that this is no work for neo-
phytes; Pem West houses no neo-
phytes but experienced Big-Top-
pers who could gaze with a sense
of personal pride at the towering
tents of the Hunt Brothers Circus
in Ardmore last Saturday night,

whose stakes they had helped to 1"

set, whose seams they had laced,
whose—well, after all, they were
part of the troupe!

Only lack of space and the fact
that the “running away with the
circus” has been storied from Dove
Lake to the Blue Comet prevents
running a serial to last until exam

jtime> The s@#ig.—.. Juid begin--with}

Friday night... The croaking of
frogs (or is that in July ?) aceom-
panied four fishermen to Saunders
Barn after an unsuceéssful evening..



| That is, the fish had been aloof.

Installment two would find eight
eyes gazing spellbound over coffee
cups, and out the window \of the
Blue Comet at a gaily painted cir-
cus van heading toward Ardmore.
An hour later, Hunt Brothers had
acquired four new hands, after as-
certaining that the applicants were
of age (sixteen years). There were
animals to water, and children to
shoo away, with studied surliness,
ahd “Will you have crackerjacks
oto with your ice cold coca
cola?”

The adventure does not end here,

but the serial is short-lived. Fur-,

ther details will be gladly contri-
buted by the four Pem.West Big-
Toppers, who will wistfully add
that they were offered twenty-one
fifty a wei’ >, onld “hit the
road” with the circus. One member
of the troupe considerately drew
them aside to inform them: “That’s
an old circus joke, twenty-one
meals and fifty cents.” ¢



ONE TRE PEPE SLE FETAL PN: ION CE CR oe

Signing Out Plan
Found Ineffective

For Saving Food

The signing-out system _insti-

tuted for week-end meals to con-.

serve on the amount of food pre-
pared and served, has proved help-
ful in only three halls on campus,
(Miss Howe reports. On the week-
end of May 3, 4, and 5, failures to
sign out ranged from 19 in Rocke-
feller to 336 in Pembroke.

Two halls, Rockefeller and Mer-
ion, maintained a commendable
record, with 8, 3, 0, 8 failures for
Friday dinner, Saturday dinner,
‘Sunday dinner, and Sunday supper
in Rock, and 12,-1, 1, 6 failures -in
Merion for the same meals. Worst
offender was Pembroke with 89,
79, 104, and 64 students neglecting
to sign out in the four meals for
which signing-out sheets are pro-
vided.

Denbigh, Radnor and Rhoads fell
between these two extremes, with
records of 24, 16, 6,-16 failures in
in Denbigh, 31, 25, 31, and 30 in
Radnor, and 29, 32, 20, and 48 in
Rhoads. Hall presidents have
agreed to act—as—laison—between
students and hall managers in try-
ing to make the plan more effect-:
ive.

Miss Bateheller reports that con-
siderable savings were effected in
fats and oils over March 1945 with-
in the past two months. In March,
1946, deep-frying was reduced by
2 servings, double-crust pies by 38,
French dressing by 8, and mayon-
naise by 14; in April, 1946, sav-
ings resulted in reductions of 5,
4, 12, 12 in the same items. Fig-
ures cover the number of times the
items appeared on the menus.

Wheat conservation has been ef-

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Prom to Feature

Merry-Go-Round

Gaiety and festivity seem.to be
the order of the day,as far as the
Junior Prom is concerned. The
prom will be held on June. 8th vin
the gymnasium, and is being looked
forward to with much anticipation.
The following girls are in charge
of the Prom Committees: Betsy
Day is head of the Dance. Marietta
Taylor heads the Floor Committee,
Ellen Shepherd is in charge of the
Music, Joanne Mott—refreshments,
Rose Johnson—publicity, Betsy
Kaltenthaler—Business manager,
Louise Gorham—decorations, and

| Marge Stephens—posters.

Bob Sheble’s orchestra will pro-
vide the evening’s music. Sheble,
former drummer in Benny Good-
man’s band, specializes in “sweet
music”, and\is considered one of
the up and coming leaders in the
jazz world.

The gym is to be festively dec-
orated on a circus theme. Couples
will dance under a “big top,” to
the tunes of the orchestra ingen-
iously arranged in the manner of
a merry-go-round! Even refresh-
ments, served on the gym roof dur-
ing intermission, will follow the
gay circus theme.

Now that the war is over, and
men seem to be more plentiful, it
is earnestly hoped that there will
be a great many stags at the
prom! Any student knowing of ex-
tra men who would like to come to
the prom should submit their
pantebapans”” TLairman. ¢PSeAbRer
will be admitted free—of charge!) |
Any suggestions about the prom
will be gratefully’ received, and
should be addressed to Betsy Day,
Rhoads.



Increased Cost
Forces College

To Raise Fees

Additional ve of $90
Divided Between
Board, Tuition

Goodhart, May 6th. “In order to
meet rising prices it has been ne-
cessary to increase the fees for
graduate and undergraduate stu-
dents”, stated President McBride
at a special assembly this morn-
ing on “Fees and College Finan-
ces”. The graduate. tuition. fee will
be raised by $50, the residence fee
by $75; the undergraduate tuition
fee by $50, the residence fee by
$40. The infirmary fee of $25 will
remain unchanged.

This measure was taken only af-
ter a detailed analysis of the col-
lege budget and predicted costs,
explained President McBride. Ec-
onomies have been made and. the
increase is the minimum possible
to meet the rising costs of “food,
coal, supplies, and-wages.” The-sit-
uation is the same in all the col-
leges, she added.

This rise in prices is not new, but
during the war: increased costs
were balanced in the college budget
by the reduction in the number of
faculty salaries, owing to many
absences, Miss McBride stated. To-
day prices grow steadily, but the
budget for salaries has returned
to normal. The proposed increase
in fees is just enough to meet in-
creasing costs, and makes no pro-
vision for increased faculty salar-
ies. :

Additional scholarship money is
available for those who are un-
able to meet the increase. “We
want to keep fees down to a point
at which Bryn Mawr is possible
to people of a wide range of finan-
cial bacgkround and the quality of
the student and the person is the —
deciding factor of admission”, she
emphasized. The President cited
the Alumnae and Swoth Loan
Funds, which are available to stu-
dents.

Emphasizing that fees have nev-
er provided more than half the
tuition bill, Miss McBride stated
that the new graduate fee will be .
a total of $900, while the total
undergraduate fee will be $1225,
$1825, or $1425, varying accord-
ing to room accommodation.

Chorus, Princeton
To Give Concert

The Bryn Mawr College Chorus
will combine with the Princeton
University Chapel. Choir in the
singing of Beethoven’s Mass in C,
Opus 86, for the annual Elizabeth
Milbank Anderson Memorial Con-
cert at Princeton next Sunday af-
ternoon.

The combined choruses will be
conducted by Carl Weinrich,
Princeton’s organist and conductor.
Accompaniment will be by an or-
chestra of New York players spe-
cially selected by John Mundy of
the Metropolitan Opera Company.

The chorus will go to Princeton
by bus for a rehearsal on Saturday
morning, with the students taking
the orals leaving on a later bus.
The chorus will return Saturday
ccraning and-go_ bagietoeRi 77 *-2..
for dinner on Sunday.

Besides the mass, the program
also includes Bach’s Cantata 85 for
solo voices, to be presented & wee

fessional singers.






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Chapel Reform

As the end of the year approaches, it seems appropriate
to consider again the problem of chapel attendance. Bryn
Mawr has always prided itself on its freedom of individual
choice in the matter of religious observance, part of the
Quaker tradition in which it was founded. As a consequence,
chapel is voluntary and non-sectarian in that the form of

service is of no particular sect, but rather comprises elements

of all.

As it is at present, the number of students who come

voluntarily to chapel is usyally infinitesimal.

Such a condi-

tion naturally brings into question the need of continuing the

service, or, in some way, of stimulating attendance.

Reme-

dies suggested vary from compulsory chapel to complete ab-
olition. We do not hold with either of these views.
Compulsory attendance at chapel would break with Bryn
Mawyr’s tradition of Quaker individuality, a tradition which
has in the past given distinction to the college. It seems to us
that the atmosphere of this heritage is worth retaining, both
in theory and in practice; we therefore do not’ recommend

this measure.

Alternatively, one may abolish chapel altogether.

We

feel that religion is an integral part of American culture, an
element which should not be ignored in any well-rounded,
truly liberal education. Abolition‘Seems to us as Anadvisable

as compulsory attendance.

We should like to propose a middle-of-the-road approach

to the problem.

It seems to us that some recognition of re-

ligious influences is unquestionably desirable; what is need-

ed is a chatige in the manner of presentation.

Last year

Bryn Mawr presented several lectures on the relation of phil-

osophy to religion.

Large numbers of students indicated

their interest by attending not only the lectures but the dis-

cussions afterwards.

It seems to us that monthly or bi-

monthly talks on religion and its relation to philosophy, liter-
ature, politics and current social problems would solve the

chapel dilemma.

The present service, a composite of many rituals, is
neither fish nor fowl: it lacks the beauty of traditional forms



ways

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NIGHTERS

Gay Merman Musical
Glitters With Song
And Humor

by Barbara Bettman ’49

“Annie Get Your Gun” is pro-
duced by Rodgers and Hammer-
stein. It has music and lyrics by
Irving Berlin, book by Herbert and
Dorothy Fields, direction by Josh-
ua Logan, sets by Jo Mielziner,
and Ethel Merman as star. It ought
to be good. It is.

The musical concerns the adven-
tures of Annie Oakley, -greatest
sharpshooter in the world, and
Frank Butler, of Buffalo Bill Cody’s
Wild West show, also greatest
sharpshooter in the world. Annie
outshoots Frank in the first scene
but simultaneously falls in love
with him, singing sadly, “You Can’t
Get a Man With a Gun”, typical
and very funny Merman. The rest
of the show entails Annie’s efforts
to make Frank fall in love with
her; she succeeds in a stupendous
final tableau.

Miss Merman is the show. She
makes -even questionably funny
lines sound riotous, and her hand-



Continued on Page 4

On The Screen

‘‘Hymn to the Nations”
Directed with Feeling
~ By Toscanini
by Helen Anderton "49

Common Room, May 7. A short
film, entitled “Hymn to the Na-
tions,” released by the Office of
War Information, was presented
here tonight. It featured Arturo
Toscanini conducting the N.B.C.
Symphony Orchestra, Jan Peerce
soloist, and the Westminister
Choir. :

The movie is meant to be Tos-
canini’s reply to the 1944 declara-
tion of Italy’s withdrawal from the
war. The maestro was always bit-
terly opposed to Mussolini’s_ re-
gime, and had a fierce hatred for
fascism. As the film commentator
pointed out: “He has always been
a true champion of democracy.”

The movie opened with Toscan-
ini conducting the N.B.C. Orches-
tra in the Overutre to Verdi’s La
Forza del Destino. It was a fitting
selection to begin with, as this op-
era is concerned with another of
Italy’s struggles, the 19th century
war for freedom from Austria.
There are patriotic themes and
lyrical themes, and the Overture
brings them all out. Unfortunately,
the sound track accompanying the
film did not show off the orchestra

to its best advantage. In between |.

the Overture and the final selec-
tion, Hymn To The Nations, sever-
al informal shots of Toscanini were
shown, as were pictures of other
Italian patriots who had fled to the
United States from Mussolini-dom-
inated Italy.

A grand finale was then offered
in the form of Verdi’s Hymn To
The Nations. Toscanini himself ed-
ited the score, which was played by
the orchestra, and sung by Jan
Peerce and the Westminister Choir.

The music is patriotic and emo-
tional. It was played and sung with
great feeling. Brisk chords open
the work. The chorus sings, and

then the soloist; finally both com- |

* a hana —

Bryn Mawr Action

On “Bedlam 1946”
Advocated

To the Editor:

One could not read the article
“Bedlam 1946” in the May 6, 1946
issue of Life magazine without
shuddering to think that such con-
ditions of degradation, filth, and
inhumanity are in existence with-
in a few miles of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege. It%s almost incomprehens-
ible that through public neglect
and legislative penny-pinching the
State of Pennsylvania has allowed
its institutions for the care and
cure of the mentally sick to de-
generate into. little more than con-
centration camps of the Belsen
pattern. :

Surely it is up to the student
body to make some sort of united
protest (perhaps under the lead-
ership of the Bryn Mawr League)
to the State Legislature—either
through petitions or through let-
ters. If enough feeling could be
aroused perhaps the college auth-
orities themselves might be will-
ing to take some stand on the is-
sue,

In any case, let us not sit here
in dignified complacency.

Sincerely,
Betty Byfield ’47

NOTICES

League Elections

The League Board takes pleas-
ure in announcing the election of
the following chairmen: Sally Loo-
mis ’49, Blind School; Sally Smuc-
ker °48, Haverford Community
(Center; Mary Cross ’47, Maids’
Committee; Nancy Coward ’47,
Bryn Mawr Summer Camp; Elaine
France ’48, Red Cross; Betsy Kal-
tenthaler ’47, Publicity Director.

Undergrad Appointments

The Undergraduate Association
takes pleasure in announcing’ the |)
appointment of Peggy Rudd ’47, as
Head of the New Book Room Com-
mittee, and Barbara Young 747, as
Head of Furniture Sales.

Drama Group

Because there is not enough time
for concentrated effort this year,
the Experimental Drama Group
will resume activities next fall. All
those interested please send sug-
gestions for plays and methods of
study to Susan Feldman, Pembroke
West, by Campus Mail.

TITLE Elections

The Title takes pleasure in an-
nouncing the following elections:
Sylvia Stallings ’48, editor-in-

chief; Sandol Stoddard ’48, Patricia |

Hochschild ’48, Elizabeth McClure
48, and Nancy Knetile "47 to the
editorial board.
Science Club

The Science club takes pleasure
in announcing the election of
Rosemary Gilmartin ’47 as presi-
dent.



CALENDAR

Thursday, May 9

Alliance Assembly, Cord Mey-
er, Goodhart, 12:30.

Friday, May 10

\Archaeology Meeting, Common
iRoom, 8:80.

Geology .Field Trip.
‘Saturday, May 11

German Exams for Under-
graduates and Ph. D.’s, Tay-
lor, 9:00.

Geology Field Trip.

Concert at Princeton.
Wyndham Dance, 9-12:00.

Dean Taylor Describes
Plan for Exchanging
Foreign Students

To the Edixor: |

The conference on the interna-
tional exchange of, students, held
at Chicago from April 29 to May
1, was called by the Institute of
International Education at the re-
quest of the State Department’s
Office of International Information
and Cultural Affairs. It was attend-
ed by several members of that
office and of the Office of Educa-
tion, by representatives of France,
Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Egypt
and China, by members of the Fa-
culty and Administration of 103
colleges and universities from ev-
ery section of this country and by
delegates from some twenty-five
private agencies interested in the
exchange of students.

The conference had been well
planned. The: speeches were brief
and the. discussion, in which-many
delegates took part, was interest-
ing and in general to the point.
It was illuminating for those of
us who have been overwhelmed by
applications. of foreign students
for admission to smaller institu-
tions to realize how much greater
the problem is for the large uni-.
versities. There was a heartening
unanimity of view that the inter-
national exchange of. students is
an—important—contribution to mu-
tual understanding between na-
tions. <:

Wide opportunities for Ameri-

pean students to study abroad will,

it is hoped, be available in the
future. These opportunities would
be increased by the passage of the
Fulbright bill which would permit
the use for scholarships of funds
received for sale of surplus prop-
erty abroad: At present Switzer-
land, Sweden and various Latin-
American countries are ready to
receive students. France and Pol-
and have lately announced that
they will accept in 1946-47 re-
spectively twenty-five and_ fifteen
students on exchange scholarships.

The United States is, however,
at the present time the most fav-
orable place for the meeting of
students of various nationalities.
It was encouraging to learn that
even the most crowded institutions
are ready to open their doors to
as many foreign students as pos-
sible, though a large proportion of
the estimated 50,000 asking for
admission will have to be refused.
Some will be diverted from the
larger institutions, whose names
best known: abroad, to smaller
places, and many of the students
who come will have to put up with
crowded living conditions. That
they have shown themselves ready
to do.

* There was general interest in the
development of exchange of stu-
dents with Russia, but so far ef-
forts to work out a program have:
been unsuccessful. Numerous.



scholarships for Russian students.
would, it was reported, be avail-
able, and many of our students.
wish to go to Russia.

There was also discussion of ex-
change of students with “enemy”
countries. Some Italian students.
and possibly some Austrian may
be expected next year, but there
seemed to be no immediate pros-
pect of having either German or
Japanese students. One representa--
tive of a state institution reported

Sunday,
bine. Perhaps the ending of the psi atone Se Tea, Radnor,

Hymn is the most effective of all.|] 4-6:00.
The national anthems of Great Bri-|] Chapel, The Rev. Francis H. |
tain, France and Italy are played, (Craighill, Music Room, 8:00.

first separately, and then blended Monte au

informally that there would be vig-
orous protest from veterans if any
men were accepted from those-
countries. A number of delegates.
from women’s colleges agreed that
our institutions, which had no such

such as the Episcopal service, while it retains enough for-
mality to prohibit free discussion of basic problems. In the
present situation, those students who seek the formal service
find it in one of the many churches in the village. Those













seeking a serious consideration of réligious fundamentals and together almost beyond recogni- fee a Common problem, might properly initiate. »
4 " h4 a s e : ACF SRR ae tion. . so : or “ee al mm, bd sp > *e so cas sie
ieee athe cpplication togmere society, wouldr-have @iffluy Toscanini, well aware of the eal 9 Tuesday, May 14 a Since apie oc ie. i
_- finding such a presentation. Chapel answers neither of these |casion he was celebrating, produc- |] ae at: a Japan graduates of American col- ~
needs ; hence, a change to the religio-ethical discussion seems ed a heartfelt interpretation of|| \Alliance Meeting, Common |} leges for women have been taking
both selections. The film is undeni- | Room, 8:30. a leading part in the reform of

most in accord with i present fecilition and student demand. | ably a



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In Finals of Intercollege Tennis

Swarthmore, May 6. A day late,
and thirty miles from its scheduled
location, the Intercollegiate Tennis
Tournament ended this afternooa
as Jane Austen from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania beat Swarth-
more’s Gloria Evans by 6-1 and
7-5 in the final matches.

Forty-one players from Bryn
“Mawr, William and Mary, Swarth-
more, Penn, Chestnut Hill, Vassar,
Drexel, Temple, Lake Erie, and Ur-
sinus participated in the, match.
Chased from the Bryn Mav courts
by the rain on Friday, they re-
paired to an indoor gymnasium in
Ardmore and from there to the



Bonfante Discusses
Dante’s Lingual Role

Continued From Page 1
literary works. There were at the

time -five literary languages in use
in Italy; Latin was still the official
language of the universities, the
church, and treaties and intellectu-
al writings, while French, the lang-
uage of epics, was used for freer
prose. Provencal was the language
of lyrics, which were imitated in
Sicilian, while the first real Italian
writers wrote in Tuscan. Out of
these several languages came one,
and a united nation, chiefly because
of Dante.

Professor Bonfante attributed
Dante’s influence to the fact that
he poet had the problem of lang-
uage in his mind, discussing it-in
his “Convivio”, as well as in “La
Divina Commedia,” and to the tre-
mendous prestige of the work
which he wrote. Dante himself was
seeking a common tongue for the
whole of Italy, an ideal which the
poet realized as non-existent, ac-
cording to most authorities, since
he identified it neither with his na-
tive Florentine, nor with any of the
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Swarthmore field . house where
they finished the tournament,

Representing Bryn Mawr were
Helen Poland ’47, Nancy Bierwirth
’47, Pat Turner ’46 and Agnese
Nelms 746. Helen Poland was de-
feated by Joan Kock of Vassar in
the preliminary round, as was Pat
Turner, matched against the for-
midable Gloria Evans who has won
the Intercollegiate Tournament for
two consecutive years.

In the round of 16, Nancy Bier-
wirth was beaten by Hunt Crom-
well of William and Mary, while
Agnese Nelms was findltyapver-
come in the first quarter as she
played Mary Krumbe of William
and Mary.

Maids and Porters

To Give Operetta

“The Belle of Bagdad’, by Mor-
gan and Johnsqn, a comic oper-
etta in two aets, is to be given by
the Maids and Porters on May 18.
Amoret Bissel ’48, Ada Klein ’49
will be accompanyists. The cos-
tumes are by the Maids’ Bureau.

The main characters in the oper-
etta are: Jewel, played by Portia
Unthank; Archjé, Carl Smith;
Dick, Aloysius Mackey; Ali Ben
Mustapha, Louis White; Mrs. Mc-
Cann, Pearl Edmunds;
Zelma Gaskins; Heririetta Whip-
stitch, Marguerite Martin; Elsa
McCann, Dorothy Backus; Anne
Blackwell, Evalin Johnson; Rose,
Vivian Lacey; Lily, Rachel Bell-
man; Salesgirl, ‘Aurelia Young; a
dancer, Betty Roberts.

‘Admission will be 60 cents per
person, and the performance will

begin at 8:30 P. M. in Goodhart
Auditorium.





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fectéd both in bread and cereal
servings. ‘Bread has been cut in
the amount served, and rye has
been used more often.. Corn, oats,
and rice predominate on the menu
in place of wheat cereals.

The Committee for Relief for
Europe reports that it has received
$200 as the profits of the Sylvia
Zaremba concert, given for its ben-
efit. Funds will be used for the
Committee packages to France,
Holland and Italy.

Harvard University, in an effort
to approach the problem of food
in European universities, is plan-
ning to set aside $1,000 each week
to buy food supplies to be sent di-
rectly to European students.

Miss Petts to Teach
Next Year in Opera

Contiyued From Page 1

became more interested in the fun-
damentals of movements, and took
a course in Kinesiology (the study
of the body in motion) at Colum-
bia.

Dunean style of dancing was the
best medium for teaching the tech-
nique of movement. This dancing
is primarily based on imagination,
rhythm, and balance. The imagina-
tive element in dancing or any kind
of movement is what turns dane-
ing into a personal characteristic
form of movement. Miss Petts is
now the foremost teacher of Dun-
can dancing in this country.





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The Bryn Mawr varsity lost
what was hardly a_ professional
but definitely homey baseball game
to the faculty on Sunday afternoon
with a score of 18 to 12. Mr. Berry,
the star of the faculty team, pit-
ched fast balls and made the only
home run of the game, sending the
ball into the row of pines between
Rhoads and the field. Mr. Brough-
ton proved himself most efficient
at catching fly balls in the out-field.
Twice the girls fought unsuccess-
fully to trap Mr. Gates between
second and third base.

In the cheering section there
were enough children and dogs to
compose. a third team, Mickey
the airedale, adding his’ voice to
the noise. The sports on the side-
lines included roller-skating, bicy-
cling and batting of the ball among
the young fry, who seemed more
interested in their own type of
athletics than in the victory of
their farents. Winkle, an engaging
but dishevelled cocker, chased
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base to base. Mr. Weiss and Mr.
Berliner were spotted brushing up
on their game by batting and
catching balls between innings.

The nine inning game was di-
vided into softball and hardball.
Earlier in the game Mary Austin
and Lyn Behner helped make up
for the shortage of faculty players,
but their places were taken later
by two veteran Main Liners, mak-
ing the faculty team entirely mas-
culine with the exception of Mrs.
Gates and Miss Yaeger.

The varsity played well. Hodges
and Seamens pitched. The rest of
the team included: Joanne Mott,
Bobby Young, Sherry Bordoff, Vera
Tozzer, Biffy Horax, Winnie Cad-
bury, Peggy Shiney, Betsy Curran
and Grace Dillingham.

Mr. Crenshaw umpired and any
partiality he may have had for the
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Foreign Students Fullerton Group | ‘Annie Get Your Gun’), Sis’ tice sis soa ti acai ihis thoes wie ecm
Discussed by Taylor T - * * Sparkles nith Humor Jean Raab, Camilla De Witt, Mar-| noteworthy, and they maintain an
0 Honor Leibniz

lene Cameron,’ and Bobby Hookey, | extremely high level throughout

Continued From Page 2 : Continued From Page 2 are certainly starting off on the|the show.
c Japanese education, and it was be-| A celebration of the tercenten- right foot. Winnie and Tommy,; The program carries credit for

lieved that we might make a gen-|®@ry of Leibniz will be held at the|ling of the songs—which were, of Betty Ann Nyman and Kenny Bow- | the “historical. material on Annie
uine contribution to the develop-| Deanery on Saturday, May 11, by course, written for her—is perfect. ers (of “Best Foot Forward”) are | Oakley and Buffalo Bill”. One has,
ment of democracy in Japan if we|the Fullerton Club, a group of|“Doin What Comes Naturally” is| ine ingenue couple; they dance and | however, Mr. Berlin and his cohorts
brought young Japanese women to| Philosophers from the colleges and| her first song; it has countless ver- joo generally appealingly at each|to thank for a very gay evening
this country. universities in this region. Mrs. ses on the same simple theme. She | jther and the audience, and their} built around this material.

It is the exchange of graduate|Grace iA. de Laguna, Professor| sings with Frank the show’s al- song, “Who Do You Love, I hope”
students that is provided for by|#meritus of Philosophy at Bryn| ready established hit ballad, “They | ig perfectly suited to them. Chief













































the program of our own State De-| Mawr, is chairman of the commit- Say it’s Wenger at and also “Any- Sitting Bull, Harry Bellaver, who f >)
partment for Latin America and| tee in charge of the celebration. thing You Can Do” which is extra-| finally shows Annie how to get a

that is projected for other coun-| The morning speakers will be|0Tdinarily funny. Frank Butler is | man, is an Indian strictly from the Compliments

tries in the Bloom bill now under| Professors W. H. Sheldon of Yale| Portrayed by Ray Middleton, an ex- Bronx, but is the cause for the

consideration in the House of Rep-| University and Leroy Loemaker of| tremely handsome one who even | show’s best scene when he adopts

resentatives. Graduate and profes-| Emory University, Georgia, who "4S @ very good voice. He has two} Annie into the Sioux tribe as his of the

sional students are also being sent, will discuss “Leibniz’s Message to| Very Pleasant songs by himself,

to the United States by the gov-|]Us” and “Leibniz’s Theory of|‘l’m a Bad, Bad mae and “My | {f 7) =
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be some reason for confining state | er of the New School for Social Re-| 5002 Li ‘the show is ‘Sun in the a H

aid to mature students, there was|search, New York Ciy, formerly| Morning” sung by Miss Merman College Tradition averford

strong feeling that private schol-|editor of the Berlin Academy edi-|#"4 the whole ensemble in the Ho-

arships should be available for un-| tion of Leibniz’s works, will speak| te! Brevoort ballroom scene. < y'S 5)
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