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‘Contemporary Distortion
Sharply Contrast
Classic Reality

Goodhart, March 4. By intensity
in art I mean art in relation to the
basic human emotions such as fear,
pity, passion, and anger,” Mr. Barr
stated in the fourth in his series of
lectures on modern art,” Art
Should be Intense.”

In the artistic expression of emo-
tion there is the contrast of the
classical and European with the
modern schools. The former por-
tray emotion through the face and
gesture, while the latter turn in-
stead to their imagination, which
produces a distorted, surrealistic

Continued On Page 3

Mildred. Northrop
Will Clarify Issue
Of British Loan

“The British Loan” will be ex-
plained by Miss Mildred C. North-
rop, Associate Professor of Econ-
omics at Bryn Mawr, in the sev-
enth Assembly on Current Affairs
Monday, March 11 at 12:30 in
Goodhart.

(Miss Northrop is at present on
leave with the State Department
in the office of finance and develop-
ment policy, and has participated
in_the negotiations for the loan.
She has alSo been associated with
the War Production Board and the
Foreign Economic Association.

‘Miss Northrop has been a Fellow
of the Brookings Institution in
Washington, D. C., and has also
been in the Division of Research
and Statistics of the United States
Treasury Department. She taught
economics at Hood College and at
Hunter College before coming to
Bryn Mawr. She was executive
secretary of the Social Service
League. of Easton, Pennsylivainia



for three years.

er Discusses Creative Talent Running Wild

In Preparation for Arts Night

Fervent cries from the News
for more creative talent on campus
have been answered with a ven-
geance. Every hall on campus is
astir with modest contributors
warding off enthusiastic friends
who are urging immediate parti-
cipation in Arts Night. The Music
Room is in constant turmoil as the
double octet strives and restrives
for the perfect note, and is then re-
placed by the orchestra’s rendition-
ing of their original composition.
Over in the Gym the modern dance
club swirls to the strains of a
waltz in pink clouds and costumes,
and compliments on an intended
solo vibrate to the farthest cor-
ners. °*

Deepest interest at the moment
is centered: on the two short plays,
and Goodhart is in its usual con-
fusion. “Frances Likes Cream
Too” is as yet in the embryo state
of old backdrops and new ideas.
Stage setting consists of numerous
likker’ bottles and rose-bush bon-

nets, while the eternal paint: buck- |;

et hangs precariously over every
aspirant actor. Problems as to
whether a rolling entrance is. ef-
fected from thé right or left side,

and how to make a chair look as

Tryouts Scheduled
For Varsity Play

Aspirant actors are urged to try
out for parts in George Washing-
ton Slept Here, the spring produc-
tion of the Varsity Players. Pre-
liminary tryouts will be held in the
Common Room on Monday, March
11 from 4 to 6, on Tuesday, March
12 from 8 to 10.

Any undergraduate is eligible
for any of the eight roles in the
play, which is to be presented at
Haverford on April 26 and .27.
Final tryouts (by invitation) will
be held on Wednesday, March 13
at 7:30.

The play will be directed by Mr.
Frederick Thon, of the Bryn Mawr
English’ Department. It will be
produced jointly by the Bryn Mawr
Varsity Players Club and‘the Hav-
erford Cap and Bells Club.





Bryn Mawr Physicist Protests
Wanton Destruction of Cyclotron

By Helen Martin ’49 \

“Tf we allow the continuation of
research to be subject to the arbi-
trary decisions of political leaders,
‘we are inviting the stifling of re-

_search,” said Mr. Walter C. Mich-

els, chairman of the Bryn Mawr
Physics- Department, recently re-
leased from the Navy. Mr. Michels,
a member of one of the parties in-

- vestigating Japanese research cen-

ters, feels strongly that an apology
for the cyclotron destruction or-
dered by the War Department last
November; is “not enough.”

‘Upon orders from Washington,
general headquarters in Tokyo sent
an officer to each of the universi-
ties engaged in scientific research
Yelated to the atom bomb. Mrs
Michels was invited to accompany
the party about to seize the nuclear
physics apparatus in Kyoto; at
first hesitating to participate in
such an action, he then.decided to
go, hoping to prevent the party

not connected with nuclear physics
at all, since there were no other



physicists present.

' Since the order for destruction
applied only to cyclotrons, the
party was. able to return other
equipment to the laboratory of Dr.
Arakatsu, a brilliant Japanese
physicist researching in pure nuc-
lear physics, work with construct-
ive as well as explosive possibili-
ties. (Mr. Michels described the
ludicrous and yet sobering effect
of an armed guard thrown about
the institution for “protection,”
giving the expedition the appear-
ance, not altogether deceptive, of
an invasion party.

‘While he*was in Japan, Mr.
Michels was aiding in a project
under the command of Admiral A.
W. Struble to clear the Japanese
waters of mines laid during the

war by both the Japanese and the:

American navies. The project, in-
tended to prevent mishap in the
American invasion, to allow com-
‘mercial ships te enter, and fishing |}
ships to leave the harbors so that
the population might be supported,



by Mary Lee Blakely, ’47

if a ghost has (or is) reclining in
it, have been solved with apparent
ease while mediums and exorcisors
meet on equal terms. “Trail of
The’ Serpent” revealed shifting
sofas and flashing knives, as well
as make-up applied in ebony
patches.

Last but by no means the least
important phase of the entertain-
ment, artists are timidly trotting
over to Pem basement to present
“just a little something I dashed
off between classes” and their mod-
els leer at the thought of seeing
themselves immortalized in the
Goodhart foyer. Predictions as to
the possible merits of Arts Night
aspirants are as yet impossible but
it promises an evening of enter-
tainment as well as a proud sense
of participation by an amazingly
large number of excited artists
throughout campus.

$328.27 Collected



By Europe Reliet
To Buy Supplies

The recent drive of Relief for
Europe collected $328.27 from the
students and faculty of the college.

This money is being used to buy

| medicine, bandages, thermometers

and other medical supplies to be
packed and sent abroad. These
supplies are going, not only to the
Maison Fraternelle in France, but
also to Santonoceto and San An-
tonio Schifano, two orphanages in
Italy and in Sicily.

Relief for Europe has also been
sending food and clothing to in-
dividual families in Holland which
were recommended by the ongani-
zation, American Relief for Hol-
Jand.

The committee has finally ob-
tained a suitable institution in Hol-
land through which the food and
supplies can be distributed. The
Children’s Home Society in Rotter-
dam has written, asking, among
other things, for such items as but-
tons, needles, safety pins, rubber
bands, thread, combs, soap, tooth-
brushes and toothipaste, nail brush-
es, shoe polish and shoe brushes.



CALENDAR

Thursday, March 7:

(Basketball with Rosemont;
(Rosemont, 4:00.

Friday, March 8:

Swimming with Swarthmore,
Valley Forge General Hospital,
4:00.

M. Henri Gregoire, “History
and Epic’, Common Room,
4:30.

iMovie, “The Fall of the House
of Usher”, Music Room, 7:30.

Saturday, March 9

Basketball with Pennsylvania,
Gym, 10:00.
Fencing with Swarthmore,

Gym, 3:00. -

[Arts Night, Goodhart, 8:00.
Non-Res Dance, Gym.

Sunday, March 10

P| Inter-hall Basketball,
2:30.

‘Chapel, Rev. Robert N. Gam-

ble, Music Room, 7:30.

Monday, March 11:

(Miss Northrop, “The British
Loan”, Seventh Alliance As-

sembly, Goodhart, 12:30.

(Current Events, Common

Room, 7:15.

Dr. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., “Art

a Be National”, Goodhart,
15.

Gym,

‘Rev. Michael Coleman, “Allied
elations”, Deanery, 4:30. _
ednesday, M March 13

> Players Club “Tryouts, ¢ « Good-

hart, 7:30.



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Bryn Mawr College, 1945.

Roosevelt Chosen
As Most Popular
Alliance Speaker

The recent Alliance Assembly
Poll conducted by the News was
received with a considerably great-
er response than was that of two
years ago, although the total num-
ber of questionnaires: that were
filled out and returned totalled on-
ly 191. According to those question-
naires tabulated, the assemblies
are decidedly contributing to the
Alliance program. Among the fac-
ulty and undergraduates about
75% had attended most or a few
of ‘the assemblies. The graduate
students, however, showed less in-
terest in the program.

Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
was chosen the best-liked speaker
both by the faculty and the stu-
dent body. Undergraduate opinion
placed Manning, Soper, and Page
next in popularity, all three re-
ceiving very close votes. Landis
and Visson, however, were the fac-
ulty’s second choices,

Both faculty and students agreed
that..the. ideal assembly program
would not deal exclusively with
either international or domestic
issues, but would include both.
However, the undergraduates
seemed to show more interest in
international affairs, while the
faculty tended towards greater
consideration of domestic affairs.

Labor-Management relations
seemed to be of great interest to
a large number of students, since
they were most often mentioned
as a subject for future assemblies.
Russia, the U. N. O., European re-
habilitation, the race problem,
Great Britain’s colonial problems,
French politics, and recent trends
in education were also frequently
mentioned.

Suggestions for speakers. inclu-
ded Stassen, Reuther, Ickes, Stet-
tinius, Wallace, Max Lerner, Ken-
neth Leslie, and Philip Murray.
Members of the faculty were also
proposed, especially Mlle. Bree.
One questionnaire mentioned Sen-
ator Bilbo as a possible lecturer,

Continued On Page 4

B .M. to Sponsor

Concert Program

Bryn Mawr. College is present-
ing the first of a series of two mu-
sical programs by outstanding art-
ists with the concert by the Curtis
String Quartet, assisted by Mr.
Alwyne, in Goodhart, March 22 at
8:30.

The quartet is associated with
the Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia; Mr. Alwyne is pro-
fessor of music at Bryn Mawr, and
has previously given piano recit-
als here. In April, the Alliance
will present Sylvia Zaremba, tal-
ented child pianist, for the benefit
of the Committee for Feeding Eur-
ope.

Prior to the war + the college pre-
sented a number of noted musici-
ans such as Fritz Kreisler, Yehudi
Menuhin, and Helen Traubel, but
these concerts were discontinued
owing to lack of interest among
the students. It is emphasized that
the presentation of concerts in the
future will be conditioned by col-
legé response to the two given this
year.

Tickets, priced at $1.20, tax in-,
|eluded, for -reserved seats, and:

$.60, tax included for -unreserved
seats, are available at the public-
ity office,



CollectionStarts
(nB.M. Campus
For Red Cross

College Urged to Equal
Contributions Made
Last Year

The annual Red Cross drive will
begin on campus on March 12, and
will continue for one week. Can-
vassing has already begun among
the faculty. Marge Richardson '46
is chairman of the drive.

.$100,000,000 is the national quota
set this year—the largest peace-
time quota of the American chap-
ter. Of this amount $39,900,000 is
to go to Home Service which pro-
vides help and guidance for at least
800,000 servicemen, veterans, and
their families each month. Otther
important functions for which the
money will be used are entertain-
ment,.and canteen facilities, hospi-

tals and other health agencies, and
domestic disaster relief.

Although no goal has been set
for the college eyeryone is asked
to give at least as much as last
year. Hall representatives who
will collect for the drive are:
Rock—Eleanor Colwell
Rhoads—Peggy English
Pem West—Celia Rosenblum
Pem East—Laura Dimond
Radnor—Louise Sheldon
Wyndham—Avis Reynick
Merion—Norma Jean Bernstein |
Denbigh—Ruth Lee Perlman

$458.80 Donated
For W.S.S. Fund

During a two day campaign for
the World Student Service Fund,
whose motto is “The most we zive
is the least they need,” Bryn Mawr
students contributed, $458.80.

After a brief summary of. re-
ceipts so far, the Fund’s bulletin
states, “These are hard financial
facts. They are an alarming rev-
elation of our shortcomings and
lack of conviction for these times.
Money is the material means of
translating sympathy, understand-
ing, faith and solidarity into con-
crete fraternal help to our suffer-
ing fellow students.”

$89,741.42 is the amount collect-
ed to date towards the suostantial
proportion of $1,000,000 which must
come from the United States. The
suffering which this money will be
used to alleviate varies to some ex-
tent in the different countries.
France and Germany need | medi-
cal attention especially, while
Greek, Czechoslovakian and Bur-
mese students want help in re-
building their schools. The lack
of food and shelter is prevalent in
ail areas, but is particularly acute
in China and Italy.

According to the latest report the
largest donation has come from
the University of Illinois which
gave $5000. Here at Bryn Mawr
Rock leads the other halls with
$105.25 to their credit, while Pert
West and Wyndham are second
with a combined sum of $100.85.
Rhoads South gave $67.40; Pem
East, $49.50; and Rhoads North
$44.75. $34.05 has been received
from Radnor and $33.50 from
Denbigh. Merion collected $19.50
for the fund. ‘

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ed tes Gel ted tal Cod ad ety

The campus has heard much discussion this year of what

are called “creative interests” ;

in her opening assembly,

President McBride noted that more freshmen were concern-
ed with the fine-arts and humanities than have been since

the war started. The work of the Title has been a subject of"

sincere interest; a large percentage of the students regular-
ly attend the current Flexner lectures; and the Art’s Night
project has aroused enthusiasm.

-On March 22nd the College will sponsor a performance

of the Curtis String Quartet,

later’ sometime in April, the

Alliance is to present Sylvia Ziaremba, a young pianist. Con-
certs have been given here in the past, with such musicians
as Fritz Kreisler, Helen Traubel and Yehudi Menuhin; at-
tendance, however, was slight and they had to be discontin-

Music is a “creative interest” too; and so far, it appears

to be a genuine one here. Students flock to the Philharmon-
ic’s Monday night concerts in Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr’s
chorus and orchestra are supported with enthusiasm. If the
coming concerts are, more will be likely to follow.

How sustained is our interest in the arts?

Assembly Interest

A comparison of this year’s Alliance Assembly poll with
that of two years ago reveals an improvement in student in-
terest; however, the fact remains that less than half of the
student body were sufficiently concerned in the future of the

program to fill out the questionnaire.

Whether this-is the

result of a lack of interest among the majority of students
or an apathetic reaction to paper work, the half-hearted re-
sponse is a deplorable tendency indeed. Now, more than ever,
.. thopghtful and informed public opinion is essential to direct

- and restrain otherwise irresponsible leaders.

Both the prevailing demand for more discussion of-labor-
management problems and the suggested speakers, who were
largely in the domestic field, are hopeful indications of a will-
ingness to face the challenging social problems of the times.
The intercollegiate Labor Conference of this evening should
provide some response to this commendable social interest.
At the same time, however, let us hope that the stress on lo-
cal and national affairs does not point to a rebirth of isola-
tionism ; it is encouraging, perhaps significant, that the stud-
ents prefer speakers on international affairs.

‘One of the most provocative of the suggestions made for
improving the program lies in the request for more oppor-

* tunity for discussion and questions.

It is very possibly part

of a desire among students to participate themelves in the
problems and ideas of the modern world.—-If-this desire could
be expanded to include all ,or at least a majority, of Bryn
Mawr students, the future would look bright indeed. _,

Thon Urges Comments

On Arts Night

+ Reduction
To the Editor:
~ Let- me thank the many people
working toward an achievement
with this first Arts Night. And
may we urge students to send us







comments, particularly criticism on
the plays.
Sincerely yours,
Frederick, Thon

Narberth Fire Company
Grateful to Students

For Refreshments
To the Editor:

We wish to express our appreci-
ation for the kindness of your stu-
dents during’ the fire at the
Bettwys-y-'Coed ‘Cottage last
month,

The cigarettes and hot coffee,
passed-out by your girls, meant a
great deal to our men during the
fighting of this fire.

Again may I express our grati-
tude to your students for their
kindness.

Yours sincerely,
P. B. Lees
See’y of Active Members Ass’n
Narberth Fire Company
(Narberth, Penna.



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Current Events



“The danger of inflation is real
and with us,” said Dr. Hubbard,
speaking on the.0.P.A. and infla-
tion. The problem assumes impor-
tance, because it would mean a re-
duction of the purchasing power
of all fixed income groups and
‘would create” fiscal diffitulties.” ~~

“The proposed loans to Great
Britain and France would also lose
their purchasing power,
United States were in a period of
inflation,” Dr. Hubbard continued,
“thus creating repressions in both
economic and political spheres.”

In Dr. Hubbard’s opinion, infla-
tion can be prevented by taking off
some ‘wage ‘controls, especially
taxes, by monetary policy and by
price control. The need to keep
consumer income from growing
too much in proportion to goods
available was also stressed.

The most practical remedy, Dr.
Hubbard explained, is the propos-
al of the Committee of Economic
Development that~ the O.P.A. be
abolished in June 1947 and provi-
sions for other controls be insti-
tuted at that time.

‘Dr. Hubbard believes that the
present wave of strikes has cut
production but has also cut wages
and intensified inflation unbalance.

Functions of UNO
Outlined by IRC

Haverford, February 27: The or-
ganization of the UNO offered ma-
terial to a prepared discussion by
the International Relations Club in
the form of an outline of the func-
tions of the security organization.
The planned discussion was the re-
sult of general agreement among
the members that the lack of ma-
terial at hand for debate had made
previous meetings too vague,

‘Janine Landau outlined the sub-
committees of the UNO, touching
on the basic facts. “The Atomic
Control Committee, she reported, is
now under the World Court. Plans
are being made for an international
health meeting in Paris this spring,
and the organization of an Inter-
national Police Force is now being
‘worked on by the Military Staff
Committee, Comment by the group

if the]:

‘bre and pathetic.



indicated the hampering effects of
red mee on the sub-committees.



Proteins in Plasma

Park Hall, February 27. The
functions and the uses of the
proteins found in thg plasma of
the blood were explained by Dr.
Marshall: Gates in his discussion
of “The Newer Blood Chemistry.”

Pointing out the seven common
ways scientists employ for char-
acterizing proteins which consti-
tute about 25% of the blood plas-
ma, by making use of their rela-
tive densities, shapes, sizes, and
charges, Dr, Giates discussed in
some detail a program now being
undertaken by the Department of
Physical Chemistry of the Harvard
Medical School, for the fractiona-
tion of the plasma proteins,

One of the most important of
the plasma proteins is fibrinogen,
which is necessary for the forma-
tion of blood clots. From this
substance are made fibrin foam
and fibrin film, both of which are
very valuable in surgery. Another
plasma protein, albumin, was -used
extensively during the war for the
treatment of shock, and was es-
pecially good for this purpose be-
cause a relatively small amount of
albumin performs the same func-
tions as a much larger quantity of
whole plasma. Another of the pro-
teins, .gamma-globulin, contains
the anti-bodies of many common
diseases, including diphtheria, in-
fluenza, mumps, and typhoid fev-
er, and therefore promises to be
of great medical value in the fu-
ture.

Modern Ant

_by Norma Ulian, °47

Modern Art can be as intense,

as dramatic, and as filled with
pathos as the art of Piero della
Francesca; Rembrandt or El Greco,
though it uses different means to
arouse these emotions in the spec-
tator.
Picasso’s: Horse’s Head, a sketch
for the Guernica mural, expresses
an emotion of frenzy and intense
excitement. Every line in the head
accentuates that intensity. The
angular sword-like tongue seems
to gag the animal. The dilated nos-
trils and the bared teeth express
great fear. Even the twisted neck
and sharp shadows under the jaw
add to the general impression of
mad frenzy.

-If we understand the story of
Guernica this head becomes more
meaningful. The mural was inspir-
ed by the bombing of the town of
Guernica during the Spanish Civil
War. Picasso, in his work, employs
original forms, more horrible in
their unnaturalness than mere rep-
resentations could have been, In
Guernica the faces are flat, two-
dimensional and distorted. Their
grimaces are of fear and horror,
and their movements are rapid and
despairing. Because it is done in
black and white instead of color
the work is especially effective.
The contrast of glaring white and
solid black is not beautiful, just
as death itself is not beautiful.

Though this particular Horse’s
Head is not used in the final paint-
ing, it is as fierce, perhaps more
so, than the faces in the finished
work.

The Funeral, by Rouault, is som-
Where Picasso
uses either no color or very dulled
color, Rouault: uses strong, deep
tones which have the luminosity of
a stained-glass window. Where
Picasso uses well-defined, clear-cut

forms, Rouault composes with swift’

brush strokes and his figures ibe-
come shapes of color bound by
dark li The composition is
simple ..:. a unity of planes hor-
izontal to the picture plane.

Yet with all its simplicity The Fu-
neral isa strong painting Its
strength lies particularly in its
color, rather than intricate design

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Dr. Gates Explains On (The Screen

‘Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’
Excels in Fantasy,
Surrealisti¢ Sets
a Barbara Bettman, 49

Mysic Room, Goodhart, March 1:
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, pro-
duced in Germany in 1919, is a
most interesting film, seen in the
United States in 1946. It is, cf
course, hampered by the iack of
sound and the necessity for English
subtitles, but it nevertheless held
the attention of the audience, in
spite of its obviously 1919 cos-
tumes and makeup.

The story I shall quote from the .

program, which tells it more clear-
ly and succinetly than I could at-
tempt. “The story, perhaps inten-
tionally, is neither clear nor logt-
cal. A young man is telling a com-
panion of strange and unhappy
events that have befallen him—
his friend murdered and his fiance
driven insane with fright by a som-
nambulist under the mesmeric con-
trol of an evil mountebank .After
we see him force his way into the:
local asylum only to find. the
mountebank there, not as an in-
mate, but as the head alienist, it
becomes clear that the narrator is
himself insane and his story a mere:
hallucination: and the distorted
landscapes and dwellings are there-
fore seen as appropriate to express

the unreality of his vision of the _

world.”

The surrealistic settings were
excellent and certainly the finest
part of the film. The set for the
travelling fair is particularly good,
with its angles and its oddly foc-
used perspective, and the stairs
leading up to the police office are
a fascinating study in black and
white. The artist’s room looks ex-
actly as one would imagine Dali’s
impression of his studio.

Of the four supplementary films,
“The Golem,” produced in 1920,
was outstandingly well-done. It is
the story of how the clay image
of the Golem, legendary figure of

the Middle Age later-instrumentak.

in delivering the Jews from the
oppression of their overlord, was.
brought to life by the old Rabbi.
The bravery of the old Rabbi, sur-
rounded by fire, is strikingly shown,
and the audience shared in the
terror of the young assistant when
the Golem opened its eyes.

The Skladanowsky Primitives,
made in 1896, were merely anima-
ted pictures. “Don Juan’s Wedding”
was the 1909 equivalent of Donald

Duck; while “Misunderstood” was. .

a highly moral short proving the
evil of a fallen woman.

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History and Epic
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To be Discussed

Henri Gregoire, one of Belgium’s
most prominent scholars, will speak
on “History and Epic,” Friday af-
ternoon at 4:30 in the Common.
Room under the auspices of the
Graduate School. He will include.
in his lecture a discussion of his
recent research on the Chansen de.
Roland.

IM. Gregoire is one of the found-
ers and the present president of
the Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes
of the Franco-Belgian University
at the New School for Social Re-
search in New York. His special
field is Greek and Byzantine his-
tory. Before the war M. Gregoire.
was professor of classical languag-

es and Greek and Byzantine history

at the University of Brussels,
where he also held an-Institute of
Oriental Philosophy,

M. Gregoire will be available for-
interviews with interested students.
from March 7 to 9.

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| LAST.
NICHTERS



Gordon’s New Comedy
Exhibits Tragic ©
Tendencies.

by Barbara Bettman ’49 af
“Miss Jones”, Garson Kanin’s
second offering within two months,
is not the smash hit his previous
production, “Born Yesterday” was.
It is a pleasant, unsensational and
definitely too long evening con-
cerning Ruth Gordon’s efforts to
become an actress in Wallaston,
Mass, in 19138.

The show suffers from compari-
son, not only with Mr, Kanin’s first
production, but with, unavoidably,
“Life with Father,’ “The Late
George Apley”, Sally Benson’s
stories about St. Louis, or ‘any
similar piece, relying too heavily
on jokes about Boston and the
newly installed telephone. There
are, however, several allaying bits
of real comedy, such as Mr. Jones’,
“There’s no situation so bad that
money doesn’t make it any worse.”

One feels that the minute Mr.
Kanin found “Born Yesterday” a
hit he rushed off to produce a new
show, and the show suffers ac-
cordingly. Donald Oenslager’s set
fully measures up to his first mas-
terpiece; he seems equally at home

planning rooms for~$235 a day as

for $87.50 per week.

Star of the show is Victor Kilian
as Clinton Jones, My Father-(Miss
Gordon was a trifle overwhelmed
by herself, as one of my colleagues
mentioned). He is convincing as an
ex-first mate with cruel parents
who wants his daughter to be hap-
py. Sawyer Smith, as My Mother,
is fluttery and well-meaning, while
Me, as done by Barbara Leeds, does
not make the most of a part not
too inspiring to begin with. The
obvious fault of the play is that
everyone knew what would happen
—Ruth Gordon could not write a
play about an unsuccessful Ruth
Gordon—and the inevitable happy
ending takes entirely too long to
arrive.

The show, obviously suffering
from first-night critic jitters and
the presence in the audience of
such notables as Frank Sinatra and
Gloria Swanson (either of whose
presence on stage would have pick-
ed up the show considerably) drag-
ged interminably at times. The
stage business. was awkward and
the actors slow on cues; however,
Mr, Kanin, a very shrewd director,
has doubtless already remedied
this. Betty Caulfield, as Katherine
Fallett, is adorable and worth
watching; while Palmer Williams
as Fred Whitemarsh (of Harvard)
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by Marcia Dembrow ’47

All good things come to he who
waits and so, to Philadelphia’s mu-
sical - comedy starved audience
comes the new George Abbot pro-
duction, “Three to Make Ready”.
Stemming from the traditional
family of “One for the Penny”’ and
“Two for the Show”, this new Bol-
ger vehicle has much more to offer
than the feeble entertainment that
has previously been presented to
theater goers of the season.

“Three to Make Ready” is a va-
riety show completely lacking in
a flimsy suggestive plot, but rath-
er bound together by a series of
clearly knit sketches. The ,main
theme of the show is entertain-
ment, and this is entertainment
par excellence. Each scene is spec-
tacular in itself and adds further
to the general effect of the show.
We can only cite here the impor-
tant highlights.

By far the cleverest satire on
the modern theater is presented in
an uproarious take-off: of the dual
hits “Oklahoma” and “Carousel”.
This parody offers as its theme “I
want to get out of Wisconsin
W-I-S-C-O-N-S-I-N and combines
the leading features of both shows,
including a De Millean Ballet.

Margaret Webster has turned her
pen to lighter side to provide two
delightful sketches perfectedly
adopted to the low throatiness of
Brenda Forbes. The outstanding
sketch is & running play by play
commentary of the Wagnerian op-
eras during which Miss Forbes,
an American edition of Beatrice
Lillie leaps majestically to a chair
and shrieks the closing aria of the
Valkyre. The interpretation is
whole-hearted and witty. A simi-
lar sketch on Russian patriotism
is equally satirical and amusing.

Mr. Bolger, who has the knack
of twisting an audience around his
little toe, provides more than his
share of the humor in several am-
using skits. His dancing and com-
edy display finesse and nonchalance

that are inimitable. As a befuddled
husband, a forlorn private, or a
scared scarecrow he is priceless.

As an elaborate extravaganza
“Three to Make Ready” falls short
in the musics and lyrics end.



Change Proposed
In Election Plan

As ‘a’ result of complications
which have developed in the sched-

|uling of elections for undergradu-

ate offices the Legislature will be
eonvened on Friday, March. 8, to
consider a rewording of the temp-
orary revision in elections proced-
ure passed by the students in hall
meetings March 6.

The legislature is composed of
the executive and Advisory Boards
of the. Self-Government Associa-
tion, the Undergraduate Associa-
tion Board, the presidents of the
League and the Athletic Associa-
tion, the class presidents and the
non-resident representative. Others
interested may attend but not vote.

The reworded revision is to read
as follows:

“In the spring of 1946, the elec-
tions of college officers shall be
conducted in the following manner:

“Nominations shall be conducted
as specified by the constitutions of
the college organizations; i.e., the
candidates for the offices of the
Self-Government and Undergrad-
uate Associations shall be chosen
by the appropriate classes. The
candidates for the offices of the
League, the Alliance, and the Ath-
letic Association shall be chosen
by the boards of the organizations.

“Voting shall be by preferential
ballot. Candidates shall be provid-
ed according to the constitution of
each organization. For each case
of duplication another candidate
shall be provided.”



j
Fourth Barr Lecture

Deals. with Intensity

Continued From Page 1

effect. 5c

The emotional content. of their
work may be divided into that
which has a social significance, es-
pecially related to the horrors of
war and injustice, and that of sen-
sations. connected with nature. In-
to the first category fall, Goya’s
sketches of the Peninsular War, in
which the symbolic character of
defeat and torture are expressed
by sharp, angular lines, and Diks’s
prints of the first World War. In
the former, the impression of hor-
ror is instant, while the second

-artist has achieved a feeling of

slow corruption and moral degre-
dation. Included in this category
are also the etchings of Gross,
Sigueiros’s “A Child Born to Die.”
The sordid side of life is strongly
emphasized by Van Gogh in his
“Night Cafe” in which the conflict

of passions are represented by,-the

clashes of red and green, a place
where man could ruin himself and
evil reigns, and Rouault in his
painting of the aged prostitutes in
all their stark ugliness.

The second category of emotion
expresses the greed of nature and
the hostility of the universe over
against the isolation of the indi-
vidual, Mr. Barr pointed out. This
is evident in the work of such ar-
tists as the Norwegian Monk,
Birchfield, and Van Gogh’s “Starry
Night” in which the whirling treat-
ment of sky, trees, and earth pre-
sent nature as a violent and mysti-

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Dr. Coleman was formerly acting
vicar of All-Hallows Church-by-
the-Tower which is in the down-
town district of London. This old
church was built on the site of a
pre-Roman druid temple, and was
bomibed in the blitz of 1940.

After his church was destroyed,
Dr. Coleman held informal meet-
ings in London cellars. Attend-
ance at these meetings was some-
what different from the business
men and Office workers who had
come to All\Hallows in their lunch
hours. A lakge part of the people
who came were-men and women of
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who often turyed sermons into
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F ‘a Drexel Team

Beats B .M. 19-16

A well co-ordinated Drexel team
defeated the Bryn Mawr basket-
ball varsity 19-16 last Saturday
morning in the gymnasium. The
second team event also fell to the
Drexel Reserves, 29-27,

The two teams were very even-
ly matched, neither being more
than four points ahead during the
entire game. The Owls led by a
slim margin at the end of the first
quarter, but were overtaken at the
half, when Drexel won the lead,

- 12-11.

Guarding was extremely good on
both sides, with the Bryn Mawr
guards playing a particularly fine
game in spite of a jinx that sent
Bobbie Young, ’47, tumbfing to the
floor several times. ‘The visitors’
passing, however, was noticeably
smoother and faster than our own.

Successful foul shots made up
half of Bryn Mawr’s score, but
when the Drexel team lessened the
number of their fouls, and increas-
ed the speed of their passing in
the second half, it gained a per-
manent lead, to win by three
points. Leading scorers were Ag-
nese Nelms and Marilyn Shultze,
of Bryn Mawr and Drexel respec-
tively, each of whom scored eight
points.

In the faster second team game,
Barbara Bentley of Bryn Mawr,
and Midge Schumann of Drexel led
the scoring, each with ten ‘points.

| WHAT TO-DO

AFTER GRADUATION

Mills College, near San Fran-
cisco, will help Bryn Mawr students
who want to work in that vicinity.
Make arrangements through Mrs.
Crenshaw,

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Laboratory,
“Opportunities

in research for college graduates.

Majors in chemistry and physics.
Also limited number of positions in
management, personnel, steno-
graphic and library.”

NOW

‘College Inn. Hostess needed 5
nights a week and Sunday 12:30-
2:30. Dinner plus 50 cents an
hour.

American Friends Service Com-
mittee, Philadelphia. Volunteer
workers to translate French let-
ters, file and answer correspond-
ence, sort and pack clothing. All
or part of any day between 9 and
5. !

Student Political Action Semin-.
ar in Washington—March 14-16.
See notice on Room H_ bulletin
board.
SUMMER

American Youth Hostels are
sending students to France for 10
weeks this summer to work on
physical jobs of reconstruction. Ap-
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News Conducts Poll
On Alliance Speakers

Continued From Page 1
while others suggested DeGaulle,

Churchill, and Clark Gable.

The lack of opportunity during
an assembly to ask questions of
the speaker. was some out by
the students as a major-fault. The
time was also criticized as being
inconvenient for many, and sug-
gestions for improvement included
serving lunch before the assem-
blies, or scheduling them during
the evening. Many students asked
that less time be spent on intro-
ducing the speaker, and more on
the actual text, or on discussion
afterwards. It. was also suggested
that two speakers be invited to
discuss for and against some con-
troversial measure,

B. M. Wins, 48-28,

Defeating Beaver

Bryn Mawr, February 27: Bryn
Mawr’s swimming, team, in excel-
lent form, easily defeated the
Beaver swimming squad 48-28, at
Thursday’s meet in the gym.

The first, and most exciting race
was won by Ann Dudley ’47 as she
swam the 40 yard free-style match
in 26 seconds—making the day’s
speed record; later, she was to win
the backstroke nace in 31 seconds.

Bryn Mawr was victorious in all
contests judged for form, as Har-
riet Ward, 48 won first place’ for
side and breast strokes, Kate Tan-
ner, ’47, for her demonstration—of
the crawl, while Alice Hedge, ’46
and Barbara Bunce AT starred in
the. diving exhibition.

The score, unfortunately could
have been even higher in Bryn
Mawrs’ favor had she. not been de-
faulted, in both: relay races; the
only race in which the Owls were

rsimply defeated was the 40-yard

breast-stroke.

\Denbigh Defeats





Rockefeller 42-30

Bryn Mawr, March 3: Playing a
subdued and intense game to the
strains of Sibelius’s. 4th, Denbigh’s
basketball team beat Rockefeller
42-30 in Sunday’s interhall game.
There was no vulgar cheering,
slight clapping and always—the
Philharmonic,

At the end of the first half, Rock
led with a score of 16 to the Wab-
bits’ 10—thanks ‘to the agility of
Sally Worthington, ’49, who man-
aged to shoot six of their baskets.

During the first quarter of the

next half, four men were added],

to the Denbigh team, an asset
which quickly gained them 16
points, while Rock fumbled along
—without masculine aid, and could
only raise its score by 4. This in-
equality, however, was remedied as
two of the Denbeigh men were as-
signed to the Rockettes during the
last quarter, in which Rock was
able to score 12 points, while Den-
bigh made 14.



Delegates Attend
Holyoke Meeting

“From UNO to World Govern-
ment” was the subject-of an inter-
collegiate conference held at Mount
Holyoke College on March 1 and
Z,

Emery Reeves spoke Friday on
the theme of his book “Anatomy
of Peace” and discussion groups
went into session the following
day. One of these groups took up
the economic and the other, the
political problems of the peace.

Helen Reed ’46 Chairman of Cur-
rent Events and Franny Parsons
"48 attended the conference with
thirty other delegates from the



New England colleges.

NOTICES -

Movie
On Friday evening, March 8th,
The Undergraduate Association

will present the second in the ser-
ies of experimental films. The fea-
ture this time is the cinematic ver-
sion of Edgar Allen Poe’s celebra-
ted story, The Fall of the House
of Usher. This film, produced in
1928 and directed by Jean Epstein,
has been described as an “essay
in the macabre”. It is notable
particularly for the effective use
of camera angles, distortions, and
slow motion. The film will be
shown in the Music Room at 7:30.
Admission $.25.

Deanery Open to Seniors

The executive committee. of the
Deanery announces that seniors in
their second semester will be per-
mitted to have meals in the Dean-
ery from Monday through Satur-
day with the exception of break-
fasts and Monday lunch.

(At present tea can be served
only by special arrangement with
the office secretary.

Sociology Film

A film, Children in the City, will
be shown by the Department of
Social Economy Wednesday, March
13, from 4:15 to 5:00 p.m. in Room
G, Taylor Hall. The film deals with
the treatment of juvenile delin-
quency in Britain. 'All those inter-
ested are cordially invited to the
showing.

N. Ulian- Criticizes
Modern Art Exhibit

Continued From Page 2

or plastic form. A brilliant blue-
green sky blends into a deep pur-
plish black, which. hangs like a
threatening cloud over the funeral
procession. (Following the horse
and wagon mournets seem slow
moving and heavy, an_ illusion
heightened by the rich and solid
colors which make up their cloth-
ing. x

Even the white horse and church
do not relieve the heaviness of the
painting, for the purple and red of
the landscape is reflected on the
white and keeps it from shining
too boldly against the background.
Rouault’s smiall painting is no less
moving than the work of Picasso
which is hung in the Common
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