College news, March 20, 1946

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VOL. XLII, NO. 18

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1946

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1945



Barr Discusses
Social Purpose
In Modern Art

National Policies Offer
Contrast of Freedom,
Propaganda

Goodhart, March 18. The prob-
‘em of artistic presentation of so-
«ial problems with particular ref-
erence to national policies was‘dis-
cussed by Dr. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.,
in “Art Should be Social,” the last
of the Mary Flexner lecture series
on modern art.

The role of art in the social pro-
gram of the state was especially
significant in Russia, where the
tendency for State control of ar-
tistic subjects and techpiques em-
erged with the development of the
socialist plans. “Art,” said Stalin,
“the object of which is to serve
the masses, cannot be other than
realistic,” indicating the photo-
graphic technique and optimistic
interpretation of subject matter
which became Soviet artistic pol-
icy. a
Russian artists of the early
years of the revolution used new
techniques with utilitarian empha-
sis, such as biomechanics in the
theatre and constructivism in the
plastic arts. With the emergence
of a state cultural policy, artistic
forms became officially stereotyped,
designed to express the benefits of
social democracy through pictorial
presentation of the new Russia. As
‘a consequence the intellectually in-
dependent artists gradually left
Russia.

German“Contributions

German art of the interwar per-
‘iod developed two. phases, satiric
criticism of the evils of modern
ssociety and the more constructive
ideas epitomized in the Bauhaus
architectural achievements. Grosz
and Dix represented the satiric
phase, and were suppressed by Hit-
ler, who wished to substitute real
istic optimism for artistic presen-
tation of social ills.

In western Europe, there was
considerably less emphasis on so-
cial aspects in art, with Rouault
the notable exception to this gen-
eralization. Rouault, explained Mr.
Barr, presents not social ideology
‘but rather a philosophy of Chris-
tian morality.

The inter-bellum era produced
_ Blum, Picasso, Beckman and Oroz-
not present ideological interpreta-
tions of the social problems they
-depict-~Allegory is the principal
element in Blum’s “Eternal City”
and Picasso’s “Guernica.”

Annapolis Debates
With B.M. on Draft

The Bryn Mawr Debate Club will
make its first official appearance
Saturday, March 23, in the Com-
mon Room at 4:00 in a debate with
Annapolis on “Military Conscrip-
tion.”

Taking the affirmative side, Bryn
Mawr will be represented by Jes-

sica Levy, ’48 and Carol Baker,

748. Refreshments will be served
afterwards.
Frances Parsons, ’48, and Bar-
bara Nugent, "48, axe chairmenaof
the Club, which was recently or-
_,Zanized under the Alliance.



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Justice Roberts
To Discuss U. S.
And Food Crisis

“America’s Responsibility in the
World Food Crisis’ will be discuss-
ed by Supreme Court Justice Ow-
en J. Roberts at an Alliance As-
sembly Tuesday, March 26, at 12:30
in Goodhart, Miss Margaret Speer,
Headmistress of Shipley School,
and Miss Hertha Kraus, Associate
Professor of Social Hconomy and
Social Research at Bryn Mawr,
will also speak. *' F

Appointed to the United States
Supreme Court in 1930, Justice
Roberts is at present Chairman of
the United Nations Council of
Philadelphia. A noted American
lawyer, he represented the United
States in the prosecution of cases
under the: Espionage Act in the
first World War, and in 1924 Pres-
ident Coolidge selected him as one
of the two federal attorneys to
prosecute the “oil cases”.

Wider Activities,
New Suggestions

Urged by Urban

by Mary Lee Blakely, ’47

Slightly flustered at the prospect
of her first interview, Meggie Ur-
ban, newly elected President of
Undergrad, nevertheless rallied
gallantly and divulged some of her
dreams for the coming year.

When questiqned about her “pol-
icy”, Meggie expressed her heart-
felt admiration for the job’ Pat
Behrens has done, “it’s been ter-
rific, and I only hope I can be a
fourth as good,” she declared. Her
own plans include furthering the
new demand for creative work on
campus, preferably through the
old organizations which must be-
come stronger and offer greater
range in order to satisfy .the camp-
us’ requirements, or if the new
ideas can’t be incorporated, through
new organizations. She hopes to
originate an Undergrad Bulletin
Board in Taylor and have “the
whole college knowing what Under-
grad’s functions are so that they
may offer new suggestions to the
board.”

Meggie is a Philosophy major
(“strange as it may seem,”) and
lives in New Haven. (She assures
us determinedly that ‘she knows
no Yale men.) Friends chuckled
réminiscently over her purple sport
shirts and her passion for whipped
cream, while she blushes at Miss
Petts’: dismay over her metatarsal
arch in Body Mechanics.



CALENDAR

Thursday, March 21
Maids’. and Porters’ Bazaar,
Taylor, 8:30 to 12.
Friday, March 22
Curtis Quartet, Goodhant, 8:30.
Saturday, March 23
Junior League Marionette
Show, Goodhart, 11:00.
Debate with Annapolis, ‘“Mili-
tary Conscription,” . Common
- Room, 4:30.
French Club Movie, ‘‘La Mar-
seillaise,’” Music Room, 7:30.
Monday, March 25
Movie, “Food: Secret of the
Peace,” Music Room, 7:45.
‘Tuesday, March 26
Food Assembly, Justice Owen
D. Roberts, ‘America’s Re-
sponsibility in the World Food
Crisis,” Goodhart, 12:00.
Spanish House Tea, 4:00.







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Students Desire
Creative Talents,
Outside Interests

Rhoads, March 17: In response
to a demand for further opportun-
ities for creative expression on
campus an open meeting was call-
ed under the sponsorship of the
Undergraduate Association and the
Alliance. The meeting was intend-
ed to elicit suggestions as to new
means which can be developed for
those interested. 5

The enthusiasm for creative arts
was felt to be particularly evident
in Arts Night; however, the de-
mand was presented for further
opportunities which do not impose
the requirements of work toward
specific objectives such as produc-
tion. The problem of integration
with or separation from the aca-
demic program was also discussed.

Among the specific’ suggestions
proposed are the revival of facili-
ties /nithérto used chiefly by the
Art Club, to make opportunities for
painting and sculpture available on
an unplanned basis. There was a
demand for the revival of the rec-
ord musical programs in the Com-
mon Room, and also for an Exper-
imental Drama group for inform-
al study of the various phases of
play production. In music, more
concerts, particularly student con-
certs, were requested.

Existing organizations are also
planning to broaden their activi-
ties in line with the new interests
expressed, The Curriculum Com-
mittee is planning a forum on ed-
ucation, and is hoping to obtain
outside speakers to present ap-
proaches such as those at Chicago
and Columbia. A round-table dis-
cussion of education at Bryn Mawr

with members of the faculty was |:

suggested. :
A suggestion box is now posted in
Taylor.

LR.C. Cites Need
For British Loan

Common Room, March 13. In
discussing the British loan the In-
ternational Relations clubs of
Roseniont, Haverford and Bryn
Mawr generally agreed with Miss
Northrop’s statement, made in last
week’s Assembly, that such a loan
is essential to both the political
side and the economic side of a
peace framework.

The majority of the group felt
that the advantages derived from
our making the $3,750,000,00 loan
greatly outweigh the disadvan-
tages which would arise if we did
not. Primarily law and order would
be restored in the economic world.

Great Britain, who formerly
earried on one-fifth of the world
trade, would be in a’ position to
discontinue the rationing of im-
ports, trade control, and bilateral
trade agreements which she had
been obliged to create; whereas,
upon the United States refusing
to lend to Great Britain, economic
warfare between the two countries
would be inevitable.

The question of a Russian loan
was raised. ‘In the general opinion
of the I. R. C. there existed no ec-
onomic reasons to lend to Russia,
who is not a center of trade like
Great Britain and who would. use
the- money for internal improve-
ments. However, the political re-
percussions of the attitude Russia
would adapt toward such an _ap-
parent uniting of the ‘English
speaking people was feared “by
some. :





Poland Discusses
Plans For League
With Enthusiasm

by Helen Goldberg, °49

“IT guess there’s nothing much
you can write about me,” said Hel-
en Poland, modestly, Helen, newly-
elected president of the League,
considers herself “just one of those
people who have been described as
‘normal’ ”’. However, she did con-
fess to one peculiarity—she does
not believe in studying after 10
o'clock; from ten until eleven-thir-
ty she just “eats”. But Pat Beh-
rens, from behind her typewriter
in the corner of the room, added
that Helen has still another claim
to distinction—“she actually likes
to do figures!”

Helen, who is an Economics ma-
jor with plans for an M.A. and a
position with the Labor Depart-
ment, was enthusiastic in her de-
sire to “carry on the good work of
the League. It is all-of itso worth
while that I don’t want to miss
anything—the Hudson Shore La-
bor School, the Summer Camp, the
Maids’ and Porters’ program, the
Blind School, Chfpel . . .”

“And don’t forget the Home for
Incurables” reminded Pat.

Carnival Planned

By Maids’ Bureau

A bazaar atmosphere will pre-
vail on Thursday night in Taylor
basement from 8:30 till 12:00 when
the’ maids and porters stage their
indoor carnival to raise funds to
buy spring materials for the
Maids’ Bureau. There will be var-
ious games to play, ranging from
pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey to a

.| fishing pond where prizes instead

of fish ‘will be caught.

In one corner will be a gypsy
tent where fortune tellers will read
the future as reflected in tea
leaves and palms. In the refresh-
ments line.there will be hot-dogs,
hamburgers, punch, and cake.

The highlight of the evening
will come at ten o’clock when a
cotton dress and a jumper, made
by Irene Ash of Rockefeller, will
be auctioned off.



Alliance Cites 39-Pomt Program
To Conserve Food on Campus

Waste, Not Elimination,
Given Emphasis in Plan \

In response to President Tru-
man’s plea for conservation, of
food, the Alliance has worked out
a plan which will be presented to
the students in Hall meetings Mon-
day evening March 25. In conjunc-
tion with this program Justice Ow-
en D. Roberts of the United States
Supreme Court will discuss “Am-
erica’s Responsibility in the World
Food Crisis” in an Alliance As-
sembly on Tuesday, March 26.

The plan is an adaptation of -
that proposed by the Famine Em-
ergency Committee for use in res-
taurants. The emphasis is on cut-
ting down, particularly on wastage,
not on elimination. Miss Howe and
Miss Bacheller have promised full
cooperation with any feasible pro-
gram which the students adopt,

The program recommends ¢ut-
ting down on bread to the extent
of one piece per meal with none
at dinner, no sandwiches,’or sec-
onds on crackers, and saving bread
ends for dressing. The use of flour
could be reduced by making only
one crust per pie, omitting cob-
blers, and substituting fruit when-
ever possible. Oat products might
be alternated with wheat, for
while there is a stock of flour in
the college which should be used
up, probably no more need be
bought. It is also necessary to cut
down on the consumption of fats
so that the use of boiled dressings
is recommended in place of oils and
hollandaise; and food could be boil-
ed rather than fried, whenever pos-
sible. —

Included in the program is a film
on the food crisis which will be
shown on Monday night instead of
Current: Events. After the Hall
meetings and the Assembly, a vote
will be taken by signed ballot as
to whether the students will agree
to apply the 39-point program to
the college, in so far as is prac-
ticable.

In conjunction with the food pro-
gram the Alliance will present a
movie on the food situation, “Food:
Secret of the Peace,” in lieu of the
regular Current Events, in the
Common Room, March 25, at 7:45.



“Self-Government should be an
organization based on and suppor-
ted by majority opinion—an organ-
ization in which every member of
the college plays an essential part;
and ‘that’s the sort of organization
I hope to head during the coming
year,” stated’ Mary Lee Blakely,
newly elected President of Self-
Government.

An “army brat’, Mary Lee is
noted by her friends for being a
Southerner without an accent. She
still swoons over every West Point
uniform, (although we don’t quite
understand about those weekends
at Annapolis), and is apt to inter-
rifpt the general conversation with

“Now-when I-was-in the army...’
Mary Lee divides her friends in-



to two groups—“those-who haven’t



Blakely Advocates Organization
Supported by Majority Opinion

by Harriet Ward, ’48

laid eyes on me for two months,
and the ones who greet me with:
‘Yes, I have heard about your sev-
en papers and what Mrs. Towie
gave you for breakfast!” However,
the morning this’ winter when
Mary Lee, attired in her perennial
breakfast costume of an Arts and
Skills uniform over pajamas, col-
lapsed neatly on the floor before
the dining-room door and acquired
a concussion and a fractured skull,
will, be long remembered.

An. English major, “the depart-
ment willing”, Mayy Lee sighs,
“Believe: me, reaching Canterbury
is harder for me than it ever was
for Chaucer!” Her plans for after
college are vague. “I just want ‘as
much experience’ as possible be-
cause I have.a horror of becoming
a one-sided person”.






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Criticism or Review?

There seems to be a general confusion on campus re-
garding the definitions of review and criticism which are
adopted by the News in its policy. If the College disagrees
with our interpretation of these terms further opinions will
be welcomed.

A letter to the editors this week has put the vague mur-
murings of discontent into a concrete statement. By the
clarification of our so-called policy, we hope not only to ans-
wer the letter, but also to set forth a comprehensive staté-
ment of the relationship of criticism and review to College

projects. “te

First, a distinction must be made. Theoretically, a re-
view is a description of an event and contains the writer’s
reaction to the subject under discussion: ’ On the othéer hand,
a criticism, according to Matthew Arnold, must maintain its
independence of the practical spirit and its aims and if these
seem “impoverishing and limiting’? according to the ideal,
dissatisfaction is expressed. In other words, a criticism is
an analysis, leaning neither one way nor the other, but being
essentially an honest evaluation, as far as the writer is con-
cerned, of the merits and the short-comings of any event,
with a constant emphasis on the ideal.

This does not mean we wish to take a perfectionist atti-
tude. We fully realize that at College any subject under crit-
icism must be regarded in the light of the fact that experi-
ence is limited. This consideration must not refute the fun-

damental truth that progress can be achieved only by the}.

striving towards a goal set higher than the actual attain-
ment. ' : :

The policy of the News tends towards criticism rather
than review. We believe that criticism takes a more con-
structive aspect than review; it is comparatively easy to
write an article which gives little else besides a synopsis and
then “good, bad or indifferent.” ‘The point has been made in
the letter mentioned before that it would be nice if the News
vouchsafed no opinion at all, that it should present a straight
news story. We believe this would result in little more than
an announcement.

However, we do not think that a by-line is taken as a
license to run riot with irrelevant comments and quips. It
is only fair that if‘an opinion has been published it should
be signed; the writer’s criticism is, strictly speaking, her
own, but she is familiar with the principles involved and it
is the function of the. Board to see that these are conscien-
tiously adhered to. Thus, we agree that the individual who
writes up plays and other artistic attempts should be a per-

son of responsibility; that a student who lives at Lab could

not be expected to criticize a book by Gertrude Stein as_ well
as one more familiar with the field.

n the Arts Nigwd write-ups an attempt was made, and

a an an

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Maynard Makes Plea

For Better Criticism:
In News
To the editors:

This is a plea for the ‘encourage-

ment of an art we had thought to
flourish better than the more cre-
ative arts at Bryn Mawr: the Art
of Criticism! Since Arts Night, and
since the reviews of Arts Night in
the. NEWS, it is the art of criticism
which seems to be lagging behind
on campus. - fs,

This letter is not being. written
to complain of. adverse criticism
of any particular event, for the
reviews of ‘Arts Night were pre-
dominantly favorable. It is rather
to charge the general coverage of
Arts Night as. being..a. more fla-
grant example of an..editorial pol-
icy which seems without:.any co-

-| herent critical standards. The fault

lies I. think in NEWS -policy; as in-
dividua] comments, some of the re-

-views were commendable for wines

careful thought. Es
The NEWS, .by assigning non-

| staff specialties to cover each. por-

tion of Arts Night, and. printing
each review as a-.signed feature
article, tries to disclaim responsi-
bility for its general reporting of
the event. The NEWS, should, I
think, reorganize its responsibility
as the one organ on campus for
recording the current history of the
college. EH} the NEWS prints only
one summary of an event, that ver-
sion stands, in effect, as the official
record, whether-or not the article
is signed. If the NEWS will rec-
ognize its own importance, it
should strive for a fair and full
news coverage, accurate and with-
out personal bias.
Such coverage can be achieved
by one accurate piece of straight
news—writing for each event. If,
however, the editors feel it desir-
able that comments and evaluation
be added on any given story, they
must not lose sight of the primary
news function of their paper. They
must see that the news is written,
either in a separate news story, or
in the fabric of the signed feature
article. The feature writer must
not abuse the privilege of the by-
line, nor feel that once outside the
discipline of a straight news style,
she may run wild. In practice, one
story combining facts and com-
mentary requires responsible wri-
ting. The NEWS, has the oppor-
tunity to train and encourage such
qualified critics on campus, who

are aware of the responsibilities of Te:

their position, and who look upon
criticism as an art.

The sloppy amateur critic des-

cribes his native reactions to~what
has caught his attention, often mis-
leadingly expressing this opinion,
not in the humble form of “I think
.) Dub Or re ta

The kind of critic whom we hope
the NEWS will encourage respects
his art, and gives to the reader a
well-proportioned and well-consid-
ered diseussion of all parts of an
art work, before making the com-
ments upon it which are honestly
admitted to be his own.

B. Maynard

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More Musical Activity
On Campus Urged
aie By Student

To the Edi@or:

A number of Ban Mawr stu-
dents can reinemberthe time when
the college utilized Goodhart Hall
not only for Freshman shows and
distinguished speakers but also for

as Dorothy Maynard, Fritz Kreis-
ler, Yehudi Menuhin, Marian And-
erson, and others. It is in the in-

for the future that the college is
making a beginning with the con-
cert of the Curtis String Quartet
on Friday. Nor is it an insignifi-
cant beginning, for the Curtis
Quartet is well known for its ad-
mirable performances. The pro-

tet, a Quartet by Barber, and a
Piano Quintet by Dvorak, played
by Horace Alwyne. It is to be
hoped that this concert will be the
first of a long series, and that
there may be a great deal more
musical activity on campus,.if the
student body desires it.

Barbara Nugent ’48



Current Events



In discussing Winston Church-
ill’s recent speech, Mrs. ‘Manning
stated “Churchill was thinking of
the union of Great Britain and
United States under a single gov-
ernment, not of a military alli-
ance.” To prove this point Mrs.
what the
speech asked for specifically, i.e.

Manning explained

an international police force, the
advertisement of individual liber-
ties to the Eastern European na-
tions, and support of the U. N. 9.’s
principles by the western democra-
cies.

“The U. S. State Department’s

reaction was that the speech was
not likely to produce good feeling
for England,” Mrs. Manning said.
Although the speech was to help
the British loan, it was not ne-
cessary for: that purpose, since
feeling on the subject was already
strong.

Mrs. Manning. questioned wheth-
er or not the United States would
vor any unification with Britain.

WHAT TO DO

AFTER GRADUATION

Girl Scouts. A recruiting rep-
resentative will be in Philadelphia
on April 10 and 12. ‘Will all stud-
ents who would like to see her
about professional opportunities
leave their names with the Bureau
of Recommendations before spring
vacation.

Johns Hopkins School of Nurs-
ing will send a representative to
the college if students. are inter-
ested. Leave your name with the







| Buréau if you want to see her.



this we wish to make very clear, not to disclaim responsibil-
ity, but to have well-balanced opinion backed by the maxi-

mum amount of knowledge.

A criticism has the elements

distinguished musical. artists such}

terest of promoting such events| -

gram will include a Mozart Quar-



of “why” and “because” in it; thus it is more appropriate
for discussion of College affairs. In the treatment of out-
side events, we feel that a review is suitable. For college ac-
tivities in which students themselves are the main partici-
pants, a criticism can be of value in that it should be a crea-
tion in itself. We stress here the point that there is a basis
for a definite and constructive relation between the criticism
the News presents and the effort to achieve an aim, be it in
writing, acting, etc.
We do then, again in answer to thé letter, feel that ‘‘com-

ments and evaluation” are desirable, and that for this reason,
a criticism is of more value.









Self-Gov't Reps..
Nominated by ‘49

The nominations for the Ist
Sophomore representative to Self-
Government are as follows:

Ann Seideman
Ann “was Stage Manager for the
Freshman Show and was Stage
Manager of the Merion Hall play.
She is a member of the Stage
Guild. :

Patricia Edwards
Pat is-secretary of the Freshman
class and was the second class
chairman.

Nancy Martin
Nancy is the present representa-
tive of the Freshman class to the
Undergraduate Association.

Helen Anderton
Andy was Director of the Fresh-
man Show, She was the first chair-
man of the Freshman class and
was director of the Rhoads. hall
play. She is on the News staff.

"49 Names Reps.
For Undergrad

Sue. Kelley’
Sue was elected the third Fresh-
man chairman and is vice-presi-
dent of the Freshman Class.

‘Lillian’ Streeter
Lil was Business Manager for
the Freshman Show and is repre-
sentative of the Freshmen in Pem
West-to the Alliance.

Barbara Bentley
Barbara was elected the fourth
chairman of the Freshman class
and directed the Pem East hall
play.
Katherine Geib
Kathy is the present representa-
tive to the Self-Government Asso-
ciation from the Freshman class.

NOTICES

Yearbook :

If anyone has not yet ordered a
1946 Yearbook and wishes to do so,
please ‘send name, address, apd
check for $2.75 to the order of
1946 Yearbook to Peggy Loud,
Pembroke East.

French Film

As a continuation of the series. -

‘ the experimental films sponsor-

ed by the Undergraduate Associa-
tion, the French Club will present
a fourth film, “La Marsellaise” in

_,the Music Room, March 28 at 7:80..

The film deals with the French
Revolution. Proceeds are for the
benefit of the Library at Caen.

‘May Baskets

All the faculty are requested to-
please put .their May baskets in.
Miss Lang’s office.

Spanish Club Tea

Miiss Eleanor O’Kane“instructor
in Spanish, will give a short talk.
in English about the folk-«music of
Spain, on Twesday afternoon,.
March 26, at 4:15 in Radnor. After
explaining the types of music, she
will teach some of the better-
known sopgs. The Spanish Club.
cordially inivtes everyone who
would like to sing, whether mem-.

ber or not. Refreshments will be-

served after the singing.
Marionette Show

The Junior League of Philadel-
phia will present a marionette_
show in Goodhar?, on Saturday,

March 23 at 11:00. There will be

a charge of $1 for adults and 50c
for children.

A. A, Nominees

The Athletic Association an-:
nounces that the candidates for
president of the A. A. are Nancy
Bierwirth, Liz Willard, and Bobby
Young.

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>" Opinion :

Mrs. Manning Replies
To Student Wrath
~ On UNRRA

To the Editor:

As one of the heads of depart-
‘ments who did not issue any gen-
eral invitation to its students to go
to Atlantic City and work for, or
it may be,.fraternize with. U. N: R.
R. A. delegates I should like to
call your attention to the following
facts overlooked in the blast of stu-
dent wrath and scorn for the Bryn
Mawr of today which appeared in
your pages last week.

I. Attending the U.N.R.R.A.
meetings would have taken stu-
dents away from two weeks of
college work. While in some cases
this could have: been made up in
the Spring Vacation, in other cases
it could not. It seemed best to some
of us, therefore, to interview stu-
dents individually (a time-consum-
ing process) before expressing an
opinion as to whether they could
go without incurring permanent
damage academically speaking.

II. U.N.R.R.A. never at any
time made it clear what-the func-
tion of the student messengers
would be. Although the History
Department made no general an-
nouncement, I myself visited the
Bureau of Recommendations in or-
der to inquire as to the necessary
qualifications of candidates and

Continued On Page 4

League Selects

Sec’y Nominees

The candidates for Secretary of
the Bryn Mawr League are as fol-
lows:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Betty was second freshman chair-
man last year. This year she is a
member of the Chorus and does
packing with Fotd for Europe.
This summer she plans to be a
counsellor at the Bryn Mawr Sum-
mer Camp.

Rosamund Kane

Roz has been photographer for
the News for two years. She
is Alliance representative for Den-
bigh, and League representative for
her class. Roz also serves on the
Cut Committee.

Jane Kevin

This year, Jane is on the Chapel
Committee. She spent last summer
as a counselor at the Summer
Camp, and worked last year and
part of this year at the Haverford
Community Center.

Frances Binger

Franny is a member of the

Chorus, and is in the Dance Club.

‘Last year she was assistant in
leading Chapel, and she also has
collected for the War Fund, and
the Youth Hostel Fund.

| Mile. Bree Challenges
* Validity of Students’
: Criticisms

To the Editor:

I read with interest the unsigned
article concerning UNRRA which
appeared in the March thirteenth
issue of the College News.

If I may be frank, I think it
showed little thought and much
irrelevarit bad temper. As I take
it, the problem was the following:
UNRRA, in an emergency, needed
messengers; it has got them;
whether they are or are not Bryn
Mawr students seems to me beside
the point.

Moreover, I am surprised to find
that so many. college students
seein to consider themselves as oc-
cupied and available for any occu-
pation other than the one they are
engaged in. For to my mind a
college student has a full time job
for eight months of the year. ° It
is a privilege to be in college to-
day, a privilege which thousands

‘|of young men and women are will]-

ing to make great. sacrifices to
have. At is also a responsibility.
A wasted four years in college is
a big .waste. In any one year a
student has four months to herself
for her own activities; besides two
days every week during the other
eight. months. These give her am-
ple time to devote herself to
‘World issues”,

The “all important courses” are
what in part she is here to get.
What is the matter with Bryn
Mawr? Perhaps it is that too
many students are willing to re-
place their real responsibilities as
students to themselves and to “the
World” for pseudo-responsibilities
for. which “the World” is a good
excuse; perhaps it is also that they
are willing to substitute agitation
for real action of the kind they
undertake to put-through in four
years of college work. One of the
signs of breakdown in Germany
was the penpetual shifting of the
responsibility of students as stud-
ents in schools and universities, to
such activities as the winter drive
etc., the end result being a crop
of ignorant and intellectually ir-
responsible young men and women
with whom it is being found very
difficult to come to any construct-
ive understanding. I also do not
see what the opposition between
“Bryn Mawr” and the “outside
World” means. It seems to me,
to say the least, lacking in com-
mén sense and proportion. A uni-
versity is a part of the World in
which work is done which is a very
impontant part of human. activity.
In fact for four years, as never
again in their lives, students are
at the very center of what consti-
tutes experience and gives the ca-
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Self-Gov't. V-Pres.

The. candidatés for vice-presi-
déxt of the Self-Government. As-
sociation are as follows:

Barbara Bunce

This year Bounce..is.the First
Junior member on _ Self-Govern-
ment, and was on the Board both
her Freshman and Sophomore
years. She is also secretary of the
Bryn Mawr chapter of the Red
Cross:and has been on the swim-
ming team for the past two years.

Margaret Stevens
Marge is president of the Junior
class. She is a member of the Chor-
us and sings in the double octet.
Last year she was Sophomore rep-
resentative on the League Board.

Eller? Shepherd
Sheppie was secretary of her
class her Sophomore year. She has
been on the badminton team for
several years and is now team
manager. A former member of the
Chorus, she is now Fire Lieuten-
ant of Rhoads North, and this year
served as chairman of the commit-



conference, important. though the
conference may be.

And if the emergency had been
such ithat only Bryn. Mawr could
have alleviated it, why, that would
be another question. Bug UNRRA
has its runners, has it not?

If I may venture to suggest some
remedy to the supposedly menaced
position of Bryn Mawr, I should
say: Examine your own minds. Is
it; or is it not true that-in eight
cases out of ten a ‘student prefers
her pleasure and convenience to

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tress and Musie~Manage)*for® the
Freshman Show. She haS™been a
member of the Bryn Mawr Chorus
for the past two years and ‘is now

assistant Librarian for it.

Nelly’ Keffer

Nelly is now the first Sophomore
member of the Self-Government
Association. She is also class rep-
resentative of the non-resident
students. Last year she was Bus-
iness Manager for the Freshman
Show, She’is a member of the Sci-
ence Club and has been in the
Chorus for two years.



tee for the Rhoads dance that fol-
lowed the Freshman Show.

Rosina Bateson

Rosie. is the secretary of the
Self-Government Association this
year and was a Sophomore repre-
sentative last year. She is on the
Editorial Board of the News and
also on the Board of the Title, of

which she was one of the founders.
Last summer she was a counsel-
lor of the Bryn Mawr Summer
Camp and edited the Freshman
Handbook. She .was president of

her class her Freshman year,

: Jessica. Levy.

Last year Jessie was the Fresh-
man member of the Self-Govern-
ment Association. She was a class
Chairman and Alliance representa-
tive from Rhoads. She has been a
member of the Varsity Players
Club and the -Bryn. Mawr Chorus
since, Freshman year. At present
she is in the Debate Club and on
the Committee for Feeding Eur-
ope. 7

Anne Wood

Anne is President of the Bryn
Mawr chapter of*the United Na-
tions Council. Earlier this year she
represented Bryn Mawr at a stu-
dent forum on “College Education
in-an Atomic World.” Freshman
year she worked at the Haverford
Community Center. She is also
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Nominated for Undergrad Sec’y

The candidates for the Secretary
of the Undergraduate Association
are as follows:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Betty was second Freshman
chairman last year. This year she
is a member of the Chorus and
does packing with Food for Eur-
ope. This summer she plans to be

Mlle. Bree Challenges
Students’ Criticism

Continued From Page 3



an all-out absorption. in the prob-
lems she. faces as a_ student. and
rates lightly both the privileges
and responsibilities she has as one
of a minority getting an educa-
tion? Is it, or is it not true that
the eagerness in playing down or
sneering at the value of the steady
hard work required often seems
more firm an aversion to self-dis-
cipline, a need for excitement
which the “restlessness” satisfies ?
Is it, or is it not true that issues
are made where there are no is-
sues with puerile disregard fér the
real, too real and tragic issue
which we should in the friendly
and most liberal atmosphere of
Bryn Mawr consider together?
I wish now to be even a little
brutal. I consider it puerile to at-

lL tach to such a question the big

words of “World issues” ‘partici-
pation in community affairs’. The
writer, I feel, can have no sense
of the meaning of the words she
is using. _It-takes—first-and-fore-
most great modesty, an unmwilling-
ness to make issues, moderation in
the limitation and statement of a
problem, self-effacemenit,;-with: only
one end in view, the solution of the
problem, to make even a small be-
ginning at being a citizen of any
value in a small community, let
alone a “world” community.

That Bryn Mawr students are or
are not messengers at the UNRRA
conference is of no consequence.
That any one of them should have
neither the humor, nor the sense
of proportion to see the question
in its simple form is of conse-
quence, though, I am sure, not im-
mensely important. As proof of
what is a self-respecting and re-
sponsible attitude I wish to recall
the action taken by. students on
the food situation in Europe. It
did not involve any recriminations
or banner waving. It did not in-
terfere with the requirements of
the student’s work. It got swpport
and admiration from outside. And
I wish to end by saying that no
one (will ever be of use to himself
or his community who does not
first meet with ease and equanim-
ity the obligations the job he is
engaged in puts upon him, accept
with equal ease and equanimity
the fact that he cannot engage in
all and every job that turns, and
realize that only one thing is im-

a counselor at the Bryn Mawr
Summer Camp.
Ann Chase

Last year Chase was Vice-
President of the Freshman class
and also third class chairman. This
year she is co-head of the Bryn
Mawr Nurses’ Aides and also a
co-director of the coming Maids’
and Porters’;\Show. She has been
a member of the Chorus for two
years. —

Elizabeth Coleman

This year Betty is the second
Sophomoré member on the Under-
grad Board. She has been a mem-
ber of -the Chorus for the past two
years. Last year she was on the
second hockey team and a substi-
tute on the first basketball team.

Elisabeth Young |

Babbie has participated in some
of tthe. activities of the Bryn Mawr
United Nations Council.

B. M. Will Attend
Bridge Tourneys

Bryn Mawr is sending represent-
atives to play in the Intercollege
Bridge Tournament for the first
time since the inception of these
events in 1940. The fourth annual
tournament, the first held since the
beginning of the war, will take
place on April 26 and 27, at the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York.

Undergraduates—in—-goed—stand=
ing of all accredited colleges and
universities in the Northeastern
and Middle Atlantic states are el-
igible to compete for the tourna-
ment, which was organized in or-
der to “increase interest in contract
bridge and to promote its play in
colleges as a sound social recrea-
tion in which men and women may
compete on an equal basis.”

The eight best bridge players on
campus, chosen competitively,- will
participate in the regional elimin-
ations, to be conducted by mail.
On the basis of this regional com-
petition, fifteen pairs will be cho-
sen to play in the final tournament
in New York.



portant; that a certain number of
jobs, get well done, his among
them.

Germaine Bree





Officers Named
For Undergrad

The nominations for the vice-
president of the Undergraduate
Association are as follows:

Jean Albert
Jean has been secretary-treasur-
er and the pay-day mistress of the
Non-Reses forthe past year. She
has been on the class basketball
team since her Freshman year,
and is on the Cut’ Committee. -
Marietta Taylor
Rhetta is vice-president of Pem
West. She was on the News her
Sophomore year, in the Chorus her
Freshman. She has been a member
of the Stage Guild since her Fresh-
man year and of the Varsity Play-
ers since her Sophomore year. The
summer of 1944 she helped at the
Bryn Mawr Summer Camp.
Eleanor Colwell
Eleanor is Song-mistress of the
Junior class this year. Freshman
year she was hall representative
of her class, and is now in charge
of the Rockefeller bookshop. She
has been a member of the chorus
since her freshman year, and work-
ed at the Haverford Coming
Center her freshman year.
Betty Byfield

of the Alfiance and
Speakers Committee. Last year she
was Assistant Secretary, and was
Secretary of the I.R.C. her- Fresh-
man year. She worked at the Hav-



Betty this year is the Secretary |’
is on the}'

Students Dacia
Education Today

. Foreign-and American studen
from colleges: and schools’ in the
Philadelphia area attended a con-
ference on education at the Bald-
win school March 7th.

A member of the American
Friends Service Committee ad-
dressed the group on “Education
in the World Today”. This was
followed by a panel discussion in
which Miss Cohn, Miss Nepper and
Grace Werring represented Bryn
Mawr.



erford Community Center for two
years, and last summer. went to the
Hudson Shore Labor School.
Alice Hart (alternate)
Alice is on the Cut Committee
and in the ‘Chorus. She has been on
the Fencing Team since her Fresh-

man year and works at the. Bryn
Mawr Hospital.

a

Mrs. Manning Notes
Facts About UNRRA

Continued From. Page 3 *

what advantage there would be for
them in the trip. I found that the
messages had come ayer the tele-
phone and were extremely vague
as to the nature of the duties to
be performed. Iam still in-the dark
as to whether student messengers
aie acting as informal interpreters,
typists, filing clerks, or merely as
errand boys. Although I myself
was entirely willing to give my
approval and blessing to those stu-
dents who’ were well ahead with
their college work on the assump-
tion that they would gather valu-
able information on the problems
of international organization and
on the task of feeding the world
from: listening in on some of the
sessions, I did not feel sufficiently
well informed to urge it on anyone.

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Resolution Made}

For Famine Aid
To be Revealed

Tomorrow morning at 12:00 o’-
clock there will be a college as-
sembly, to discuss measures for
averting world famine and to pass
resolutions. Miss McBride will be
chairman, and the main, speaker
will be Owen J. Roberts, retired
justice of the Supreme Court and
President of the Philadelphia Uni-
ted Nations Council. Mr. Roberts
is particularly qualified to discuss
America’s responsibility in this
world food crisis since he has re-
cently returried from an interview
with President Truman. Brief dis-
cussions of famine as it has affect-
ed Europe and Asia will be given
by Miss Hertha Kraus, Professor
of Social Economy, and Miss Mar-
garet Speer, Headmistress of Ship-

ley School. The meeting will then}.

be open for discussion and voting
on the resolution drawn up by the
Resolutions Committee. The fol-
lowing is the proposed text:

Resolved: it is the moral obliga-
tion of all Americans to do every-
thing in their power to prevent
starvation in Europe and Asia. We
therefore, wish to express our full
support of the present voluntary
program set forth by the Famine
Emergency Committee and to urge
that any measures found to be ne-

cessary, including rationing, should

be promptly taken.



Dutch Receiving
Packages; Food
Shortages Acute

About; sixty packages have been |:
sent to a group of people recom- |'
mended as particularly needy by |,

‘the American Relief for Holland,
Inc. This group of people had to
be provided primarily with food;
but the parcels were then supple-
mented by packages of warm
clothing.

Since the mails between this
country and Holland are compar-
atively fast, letters acknowledging
the arrival of some of these pack-
ages have come from almost all
of the recipients.

The following is.one of these te
ters which was written in English:

“Today I received. the second
package, announced in your letter
of December 22nd: the first got in
our possession about two weeks
ago, and was acknowledged im-
mediately.

Thank you ever so much for
your gift, which is being tremen-
dously appreciated! I must Say,
that a great deal of care and trou-
ble is shown to be taken in putting
these packages together, and you
and your student-friends can sure-
ly be proud of the good deeds you
are performing.

Thanking you once more,
with best wishes, I am

and

Yours very truly,
Herman Rozelaar
If I can be of any service to}
you in this country please let me;
know.”



Nation Must Support Measures

To Send Maximum Aid Abroad

Contributed by Mary Gardiner

“Too little and too late” was a
phrase with which we became very
familiar in the first years of the
ywar. It. seems, unfortunately to be

appropriate again, since Mr. Hoov-,
er has told us that even our best.
efforts will save only a part of the’

world’s population from famine
and death by starvation. That we
should offer and give our best ef-

forts seems to some of us so ob-, is all too evident in the reports

vious that it is perhaps unneces-.

sary to defend any plan for shar-
ing our plenty with nations less
fortunate than we. It seems equal-
ly obvious that some such plan is
imperative, indeed was imperative

months ago before our allies and

the occupied countries started on
-a long and bitter winter short of
- food, short of fuel, short of nearly.
everything which we Americans
regard as the minimal require-
ments of ordinary living, Any plan
that we embark upon now to help
the world food situation, although
it may be too late for some, should
certainly not be too little for the
others.
The rapid removal of the restric»
‘tions upon the consumption of all
foods except sugaryafter V J Day,
was something of a surprise and
a good deal of a mistake, It will

be difficult now, after six months

of more or less freedom in buying,”
for the American people to return
to a system of rationing. Yet such

ores

a return seems inevitable if we,

Letters Express
Thanks For Aid;
Plans Discussed

The Committee for Relief for
Europe-has received many letters
‘from the head of the Maison Fra-
ternelle who is extremely grateful

‘for the packages of food and cloth-

ing and especially for the first
consignment of vitamins which has
‘arrived. The foods found particu-
larly useful have been the meat
pastes, cocoa, and soy beans. Soeur

‘Dora also describes the distribu-
tion of clothing to the thirty-five |:
families to whom the_ students].

have sent packages. It was possi-
ble for them to find clothing for
all sizes and all necessities. Some

ters were enclosed which have been
placed on the hall bulletin boards
in all the halls. For it is not the
fact that the packages have been
received, but the gratitude, the
way it is expressed, and the hand-
writing which is important. The
way of writing, as Mademoiselle
Bree said, shows that the people
who’ have received the packages
are truly those most in need in
every respect. We quote the letter
of an eight year old who neared
a package when her mother was ill
at Christmas time.

“Pendant les jours de fetes
jetais malade. Maman aussi.
Mes petits frere et soeur jou-
aient pres de nous. Papa nous
soignait et fesait la cuisine.

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de tout notre coeur que vous
avez nous envoye ‘le coli dans
un moment que nous avons eu



as a nation, are to fulfill at least!
one part of our obligation in the!
building of world peace. It is not,
theory, but fact, that hungry peo-)
ple do not think, and do not act!
as they do when they are ade-'
quately, fed.

The humanitarian efforts of in-,
dividuals, or of organizéd groups.
of individuals,
abroad has not been enough. That

that have come from individuals,
from the press and from other in-:
formed sources. America as a
whole must make its contribution.
This can only be done by govern-
ment action and by government
control, either by limiting our con-
sumption by rationing of the foods
which other countries so desperate-
ly need, such as wheat and fats
and meat, or by diverting a pro-
portion, and ‘probably a large pro-
portion, of our reserve and -pro-
duction of these foods from the
American market directly to the
nations that need them most.

‘The mechanical difficulties of a
return to rationing have been
pointed out, particularly in the.
time necessary to print and issue
new ration books. However, every
citizen, except perhaps the recent-,

tains, besides the sugar stamps, a



in sending food}

ly returned service, aman or woman;
still has a No} 4°book which con- |

large number of unused coupons..|4.



Continued on Page 2



beaucoup besoin a cause de la
maladie de Maman.

Andree-Agnes Auspitz”

had
French as well as from the Italian.

‘| orphanages. This is a translation

of a letter written by a child:
Most Kind Young Ladies

It is with our hearts filled with
gratitude that we send you
this letter. We wish that you, |
who dre so good and kind, .
would understand through
“these lines what we fee] with-
in us. We don’t know you but
_ your goodness is\so great that
we know and love you: We are ; |
45 girls, six to fifteen years |
old. Misfortune has seized us, ,
depriving us of our dear par- |.
ents, but in our sorrow we had

Continued on Page 2



Calender.
Monday, March 25 -

Hall Meetings, 200-P. M.
Ahowiey “Food: Secret of the
, Music Room, shined sk P.M.
teams! March 26” ;
Food Assembly, Justice
_ Owen D. Roberts, “America’s
Responsibility in the World
Food Crisis”, . relock ff
_There will be. no 12:00 o'elor
classes.

‘Voting on the College. Food
Plan, lunchtime, in all. halls.







very interesting and touching let-|

‘}in sheetless beds.
| must take their blankets when they

plan. This thirty-nine point
into the following items:

Avitabile Shows
Desperate Need
In Italy Today

The Graduate Students have
sent almost 250 packages to Italy
‘where the situation as to food and
its distribution is particularly bad.
According to a chart printed in a
recent edition of Life magazine,
‘Italy stands beside Austria and
'Germany as one of the—eountries
receiving only 1,500 calories per
person. The following are excerpts
from letters of Florence Avitabile
in Rome to her sister, Grazia Avi-
tabile—the Warden of Rockefeller.

Jan. 10, 1946: “I hear that the
promised ration of candy to chil-
dren up to 8 years, which would
have been a Christmas treat for
them, is still un-distributed in most
localities. Also the special ration
of riee and pasta, which was sol-
emnly promised to all Italians and
which was assured to be available
between Christmas and the New
Year, at the latest, has not been
given and probably will not be giv-
en, since the promised wheat from
the States has not arrived, During
this period it has become necessary
to stop the production of pasta, as
the wheat was barely sufficient to
cover the usual ration of bread.”

A letter of Nov. 15, 1945 indi-
cates that conditions are as des-
perate with regard to clothes and
hospital equipment: “ . Dr. Bi-



|occa told me a few days ago that

This is an example and we hav m his hospital had been extremely

similar answers from the

lucky: it began to be infested with
bedbugs only last month—but they
have plenty of them now. eg
hospitals have ‘no linen at all:

some maternity wards women tie
Most patients

go to a hospital: sheets are chang-
ed every one a month or so some-
times two or even three patients
have to share the same bed...’

tabile feels that “On the -whole,

‘| there seems to be a real spirit of

trying to get things done, of wish-
ing to:help ourselves in this we
country .
College Will Vote
Upon Food Plans

The voting on the College Food

'| Plan will be conducted in each hall

at lunchtime after the college as-

|} sembly on Tuesday.The vote will

be cast by ‘ballot, afd names will
be checked off a list. Those who

ve not voted at lunchtime will
be asked to do so in the afternoon,
because the program goes into ef-
fect if approved by a simple ma-
jority of a quorum. *



Hall Meetings to Discu
Drawn by Emergency Committee

Tonight there will be a meeting in each hall on the cam-
pus. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss the applica-
tion in the College of the Famine Emergency Committee’s



Plan

program has been condensed

I WHEAT
a) Limit bread to one
piece per person per meal,
no bread at dinner.
b) No seconds on crackers,
no sandwiches.
e) Omit toast as
ture.
d) Save bread ends for
dressing, ete.
e) Use one-crust pies, use

garni-

fruits instead of pies
whenever practicable, omit
eobblers.

f) Alternate wheat flour
with oat and rye.

II FAT
a) Use boiled dressings
almost exclusively, “ omit
hollandaise and

other
extra sauces.

b) Boiled instead of fried
food whenever possible.

The following questions are the
most relevant to the College plan.
Food saved by. such voluntary
measures will not be sent directly
abroad, but will make it possible
for the Famine Emergency Com-
mittee to buy the foods most need-
ed abroad: that is fats and flour.
The President has asked that every
citizen comply with this plan.

Not until the program has been
in effect for several weeks can fig-
ures be given on the amount of
food to be saved, and secondly
whether money will be saved. Since
some wof the foods to be cut down
are to be replaced by other foods
little or no change is expected in
the cost.

Miss Howe and Miss Bacheller
have gone over the F.E.C. program
Continued On Page 2

"Signing Out Plan
Diminishes Waste

The greatest waste of food could
be. avoided if there were an efficient

: "Tsystem to sign out for meals es-
| Despite these conditions, Miss Avi-

‘tablished in- each hall. Miss Mec-
Bride and Miss Howe are agreed
that by such\a system there could
be a saving of approximately 20%.
This percentage has been quoted
as desirable and possible in the
saving of fat by the Famine Emer-
gency Conimitteg.

Students should sign out for
meals and for weekends two:days

before they expect to be out. In an -

emergency, however, signing out
‘before lunch on the day one leaves

‘or even at the last minute, is bet-

all. Until
signed out

ter than not signing a
now students have onl
irregularly.

The dieticians will make out the
riew menus. The managers and the
cooks will make all arrangements
for a¢tual saving in the kitchens.
Cooperation in signing out, ‘and
thus saving in the dining room,
will complete the program.


















The Fight Against Famine

“The main political fact in the world today is hunger.”
(Member of Parliament, —— in New. York Times, March

3, 1946).
The Enemy has a head start:

“The period in front of us .. . is another war and we
must fight. on until we defeat the enemy, famine” (Ernest
Bevin to the United Nations Assembly).

“This famine is the worst since the Thirty Years War.
he American people are making every effort to save the
largest possible number. I fear we will not be able to save
all.” (Herbert Hoover, March 17, 1946).

Our obligations to those who fought with us to defeat
fascism:

We are so familiar with the general pattern of the BKu-

ropean picture that perhaps the distortion of Indian economy
will iNuminate the worldwide problem of indirect loss and
damage:
’ “India’s plight comes from what we had done for the
Allies during the war, using every effort to help the Alllies
and not thinking of our own foodstocks” (Sir Ramaswami
Mudaliar).

India’s problem of Agricultural Reconstruction is that
of eve world. During the war she converted “vast acreages
from cereals to jute, needed for burlap bags and cord prod-
ucts.” (New York Times, March 21)

Our obligations to our military government in occupied areas:
The army has asked for a minimum daily ration of 1,500
calories to prevent “disease and unrest.” (New York Times,

March 17).
No sound government can be formed by those whose

bodies and minds are twisted by Hunger.

Our weapons in the fight against famine:
a) A good crop has been predicted by the Department
ot Agriculture. (New York Times, March 21).
b) Citizen effort channeled by the Famine Emergency
Committee will make available our féod resources.
The fight against famine and disease will have to con-
tinue over a long period, but the decisive battle will be fought
during the next 120 days. :

Emergency Committee Statement

The statement of President Truman’s Famine Emer-
gency Committee recommending ways of conserving wheat.
and wheat products and food fats and oils follows:

_ “The world faces the gigantic emergency of famine
among 500,000,000 people due to war exhaustion of agricul-
ture and drought.

“A great human cry has come to us to save them over a
terrible four months until the next harvest. The Western
Hemisphere alone has the aid to give, and a heavy part of the
burden falls upon the United States.

“These people can survive if we provide a minimum of
bread, and wheat can best be transported and used in the
famine countries. Therefore, we are asking our citizens to

e a voluntary. sacrifice of 40 per cent of their consump-
tion of wheat products and 20 per cent of food fats and oils
during this next 120 days...

“We have adequate food beyond what we must ship to
meet the needs of these starving. Even if we send them
every possible pound of wheat and fats, the quantity of food
remaining in our country will still be greater than pre-war. . .
“In order that there may be continued plenty of all other
food-stuffs, we ask that there be no waste. America still
throws away the richest garbage in the world.



_ “To avert hunger, we cannot fail to meet this call. If)
- we fail we shall have a world of disorder which will paralyze

a

‘Here is: Something to do—some-

thing which seems small, measur-
ed .against~ world starvation but
which may serve to crystallize an
expressed opinion, powerful if it
comes to expression soon enough.
Leaving aside all humanitarian ar-
guments for feeding people known
to be starving, leaving aside the
complex and realistic evaluation of
political outcomes in groups in peo-
ple obsessed by hunger when there
is plenty elsewhere, leaving aside
the hollow ring of the phrase Uni-
ted Nations when simultaneous
headlines like the above are taken
for granted, we have an even sim-
pler and clearer question for our
pondering: People are starving;
those people were promised food
by us; we have the food. The need
is now, and we wish our promises
kept now.

Individual Effort

As _individuals-without-the-requi-
site details of information on pre-
cise stocks, transportation, alloca-
tions to which the country is al-
ready committed, we cannot make
detailed demands as to the precise
means to be employed. We can take
steps to make unmistakeable our
position as a people, to a govern-
ment intended to represent our
clearly taken positions. We can
make clear that not only do we not
fear rationing, we accept rationing
or any other means needed to deal
with the inevitable depletion of our
stocks» The crucial point—is that
from the people there shall come
a clear demand to the officials:
“You gave our word; make our
word good. Deal then with the con-
sequences for us to your best abil-
ity and we shall give you uncom-
plaining support.”

Action

In the meanwhile, every action
to put into practice suggestions of
the President’s Emergency Com-
mittee, every move to form groups
to strengthen Justice Roberts in
chis “Food for Freedom” organiza-
tion serves the double purpose of

piling up food and piling up evi-|

dence that we don’t intend to wait.
We have started and what is start-
ed must go on to the goal’ we have
set.

Marguerite Lehr

Donation of Food
Set For Tuesday —

Every. student is reminded to
bring a can of food to the assembly
on Tuesday. Those cans will be
put into the packages which are
being sent regularly to France,
Holland, and. Italy. The most im-
portant foods which should go in-







ages. This sentiment has certainly
increased not decreased as the dis-
tressing stories of famine and star-
vation reach us. It seems to me the
two things the College and the
county need most are accurate in-
formation covering conditions and
a practical program for relieving
them: No one lets the neighbor he
can see starve. If Mr. Lehman is
correct in stating that volyntary
measures will not be enough, I be-
lieve there should be a return to
rationing. It is a negligible price
to pay for saving lives.

Sincerely yours,

Charlotte B. Howe

Gardiner Advocates
Support of Program

Continued from Page 1

It would seem that values could
be assigned to these, and that they
might be used to insure a fair, but
limited, distribution to the Ameri-
can people of those foods which we
seem to have in plenty, but which
others are without.

The disadvantages of regimenta-
tion are as obvious as the need for
them. If a voluntary system could
be effective, it would be far better
than an imposed one. But~we have
had a year in which to-relieve the
situation in Europe, and our vol-
untary efforts, valiant as they have
been, have not been enough.

Restriction Needed
Of Fats And Wheat

Continued from Page 1

point by point. The specific daily
menus will be made out by the Die-
ticians’ . office, which encourages
our cooperation with the nation’s
plan. Menus now being made out
by the dieticians according to this
plan are not to be considered in-
flexible. Any suggestions should be
sent to the Dieticians’ office in
Rockefeller.

These hall meetings will be di-
rected by the Alliance representa-
tives and attended by the Wardens,
the Hall Managers, and the League
Maid Representatives. The meet-
ings are intended for suggestion
and criticism.



to these parcels at the present are:
Powdered milk, tinned meat and
fish, and chocolate and cocoa. The
students should thus contribute
cans containing these specified
foods.

Students are requested to.leave
their contributions in the foyer of
Goodhart or in boxes at the side
doors before entering the auditor-
ium. :



every effort at recovery and peace.

We shall see the death

of millions of fellow human beings. Guns speak the last word
of victory, but.only food can speak the last word.

“If every man, woman and school child in the United
States reduced the use of bread by three slices a day in the
home, almost three-fourths of a million tons of bread would
be freed for shipment overseas in the next ninety days.”—
(New York Times, March 12).

“The students who consider a Yolintary program inade-
quate can best express their opinions in letters to those gov-
ernment officials who have £ADe.DO further. sae

voluntary measures.



NEES EPA TART LMR OA EGLO ALT FDIS IP ERT NES LN SP MIE IT BPE OE ETN OMELET MND



& .
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Published by Committee for Relief for Europe , Gratitude Expressed;
aa, er : Futher Plans Made
: A. BARBOUR : ¥

gg ao J. Levy B. M. Food For Europe| Cooperation Is Urged Continued from Page 1

C. MANNING A. Conprr Cited As Incentive As Duty And Privilege | the good fortune of finding
. JENKINS ae
ee | To More Action In Food Program tome. good Fister, Whe take
b __ care of us like,mothers. The ©

geo To the Committee: To the Committee: “good Lord’ has-now allowed
4 Pio To-a reader aor ae the fi It seems to me both a duty and] that some kind persons should
: ing paper’s dis ening juxta-|a privilege for anyone to cooper-| gheer us ich Shae aitan-
N. MARTIN position of headlines on Food Riots | ate in ‘an effective food saving pros i I *s 6 ang ae
Rion in Germany, Famine in India, and| gram. From the questions asked aire bigetaes i days we have
Faculty: eiald Bumper Crops in the U. S. reliev-| Mrs. Roosevelt, at the time she| !ready received your four
H. T. MANNING N. MorEHOUSE ing official fear of rationing, the} spoke in Goodhart it was appar-| packages. You should have
K. L. STAPLETON E, Evarts two headlines of the News on the] ent the College, like many other} seen our happiness in discover-
L. R. TAY Lor R. BATESON Alliance Program and Justice Ro- communities,.-.was. eager to work ing each new surprise. We are

H. Warp berts’ address come as a relief.| effectiveley in relieving food short- :
young and the smallest things

cheer us up. We have had a
taste of the prunes and of the
raisins, the chocolate was de-
licious, The rest of the pack-
ages was set aside by our
Mother Superior who wants. us
to have one happy day in your
honor whenever there will be
enough to go around.

Thank you also for the love-
ly bars of soap which really
please us.

lf it is possible, we would
like very much to have a pho-
tograph of you so that in see-
ing you we might forget the
great distance which separates
us.

The Orphans of Santonoceto

The graduate packers have been
able to send more packages to lt-
aly than they expected. For that
reason, when a desperate request
came for aid to a Greek Village,
recommended by Greek Relief and
one of the Greek students here,
they felt that they could send pack-
ages there for a week and then
resume their relief to the Italian
groups.

The figures of the budget have
already been. published, and_fol-
lowing are the current figures on
fhe number of packages sent.

Food and Clothing



500 France
250 Italy

75 Holland
825

The clothing parcels have contain-
ed altogether more than 1000 lbs.
of clothes.

The remainder of the original
amount of money will be spent on
food and the amount from the re-
cent drive will be spent on vita-
mins and medical supplies. Money
from the benefitconeert to be held
on. April 29 will also be used to
send vitamins.

Not only have we had answers
to our requests for money and
clothing, but we have had enorm-
ous contributions of food: 22 cases
of meat and sauce and 45 cans of
fish flakes.

The huge contributions of food
and clothing put such a responsi-
bility on each girl who has signed

up to work, that each one must be
certain to come on the day as-
signed.

Through the Unitarian Service
Committee we have made coritact
with the Children’s Aid Society.
Rotterdam, which is an. excellent
organization though too large for
us to handle entirely because of
our previous commitments. How-
ever, we shall|send a minimum of
ten packages A week of food and
clothing and we hope to supple-
ment these with vitamins. A grate-
ful cable has been received from
the head of the organization and
a letter is following.







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