College news, November 19, 1947

. trade and employment on an inter-





THE COLLERE. NEWs



VOL. XEfft, NO. 8

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1947



Copyright, Trust
Srya Mawr Colle



Northrop Joins
UN Conference
In Havana, Cuba

Gov’t-Named Delegate
To Advise on Trade,
World Employment

Miss Mildred Northrop, Associ-
ate Professor of Economics, has
been appointed by the President to
the position of advisory delegate to
the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Employment. Miss Nor-
throp left by plane on Sunday for
Havana, Cuba, to attend the con-
ference, which begins November
21 and which will last approxim-
ately six weeks.

The Trade and Employment Con-
ference is an international body
representing more than fifty coun-
tries. Its purpose is to discuss

national basis, in hope of establish-
ing .an international trade organi-
zation.

Since the United States delega-
tion is very small in number, Miss
Northrop’s-appointment is a great
honor. Moreover, she is the only
woman member of the delegation.

On partial leave of absence from
1942-1946, Miss Northrop worked
with the War Production Board in
Washington. Later she becanie
Economic Advisor for the Foreign
Economic Administration, which
operates under the State Depart-
ment.

According to plans, Miss North-
rop expects to be back at Bryn
Mawr immediately after Christmas |
to resume her teaching in the Ec- |
onomics Department.



Artist to Discuss
Creative Painting

On Monday, November 24, in the
Common Room, at 4:30, the Art
Club will give a tea at which Mr.
Morris Blackburn will lecture on
the “Creative Aspects of Painting.”

Mr. Blackburn is a teacher at
the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
His work is at present being shown
in the Abstract Surrealist Annual
Show in Chicago, aswell as in va-
rious other exhibitions in the Unit-
ed States, South America and Eu-
rope. He has just exhibited in a
private showing at the Art Alli-
ance of Philadelphia, from October
20 to November 16.

Mr. Blackburn, whose special in-
terest is Serigraph prints, is in the
Art Studio in the Skinner Work-
shop every week to criticize and to
encourage students” in their art
work.

Talents of All
Needed for Wall

The Undergrad Association an-
nounces a mural contest for the
purpose of decorating the walls of
the Rumpus Room. Murals may
be designed for any part or all of
the wall space. \An impressive
Board of Judges will select the
best designs submitted.

This contest is open to all; it
won’t necessarily follow that those
who make the designs will have to
execute them. Give your ideas
and sketches to any member of the
Undergrad Association Board. The
deadline is December 3, two weeks





rotates

(freshmen,



from today.

Bryn Mawr Plans to Entertain
All-English Hockey Team Here

Next Saturday Bryn Mawr Col-
lege will be hostess to the All-Eng-
land field hockey team which has
been touring the United States un-
der the auspices of the United
Field Hockey Association.
Since Bryn Mawr was one of the
first American colleges to play
hockey, it is in keeping with a long
tradition that the team will play
here.

In conjunction with the U. S. F.
H. A.’s twenty-fifth anniversary,
the English team will remain in
the Philadelphia area from. Novem-
ber 21-30. Before the game, which
will be held at 2:30, Saturday, the
English team will eat lunch in the
various halls and will rest and
dress in Rhoads. Following the
game, a tea will be held to which



Drive Committee
Asks Co-operation

In Topping Quota

This year the students started
with $10,292.92 toward their $12,-
000 quota for the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Fund, 1946—. Since the begin-
ning of the year there have been
additional contributions from var-
ious campus activities. $500 was
received from ‘the Junior Show,
approximately $100 from the Un-
dergrad Dance, and an unknown
amount from “Time of Your Life”.

Undoubtedly the difference be-
tween these three contributions
and the final quota will be made
up by the generous gifts of the
particularly, in this
year ’s soliciting. “Even though
-we have virtually reached our goal,
however,” states Nancy Martin,
Chairman of the Undergraduate
Committee for the drive, “there is
every indication that we will go
even further if the enthusiasm and
co-operation shown last year can
be revived.”

There will be other contributions
from campus affairs such as the
record concerts, and it is hoped
that each student can help directly
through various hall activities.

Community Chest
Nets $833,14 Here

Bryn Mawr undergraduates ‘con-

tributed $830.64 for the Philadel-
phia Community Chest, after a two
weeks’ run- on campus of the an-
nual drive. The need of the Com-
munity Chest organizations for
money is so pressing that it was
decided to solicit everyone on cam-
pus individually this year instead
of merely assessing each person a
small amount, as has_ been the
practice in past years.

The contributions are as follows:



Pembroke East ......... $124.64
Pembroke West ........... 103.50
Rhoads North ............ 139.00
Rhoads South .............. 183.00
DENDIOH hei: 73.50
UOT oo ssssicshsisscecsccssserservers 65.25
Rockefeller ./:...;.:...:.:0. 95.00
Mast Mouse) .s.0.3:..:.... 20.50
WONAHOM fics 4.00
Non-Residents ............. 18.00
MagnOY © 2 sce. 6.75

Teta aGaceue « $833.14



NO NEWS NEXT WEEK

There will be no issue of the
News next week because of the
Thanksgiving holiday.









students from colleges, prepara:
tory schools, and high schools in
the Philadelphia area have been in-
vited to meet the. English team.
Foreign students are especially in-
vited, since the tea coincides with
the celebration of International
Students’ Week.

Saturday evening Miss McBride
will give a, dinner for the English

and Bryn Mawr field hockey teams,,

the Physical Education Depart-
ment and deans of Bryn Mawr, and
officers of the U. S. and. Philadel-
phia Field Hockey Associations.
Also present at the dinner will be
Miss Constance Applebee, who first
introduced field hockey to the
United States. Miss Applebee was
formerly hockey instructor at Bryn
Mawr and first president of the
Philadelphia Field Hockey Assoc-
iation.

The English team, which has
been undefeated so far in its tour

of the U. Si; offers the students | cial and physical welfare,

whom it plays the opportunity of |
seeing and meeting a superbly co-

ordinated team with superior abil- |

ity.

Mohrt Describes

Theatre in Paris:

“Victory of Spirit”

M. Michel Mohrt of Yale Univer- |

sity, painted a vivid picture of the te

Paris theatre during the occupa-

tion as.a “victory of spirit” at ne
informal lecture before Le Cercle | 4, helo astabiieh this constitu

Francais, last Wednesday, Novem-
ber 12.

The deserted appearance of the
city did not hinder the vital devel-
opment of the arts even then. In
fact the theatre served two impor-
tant purposes for the Parisians:
it was a means of escape and it
was a center of resistance.

The most popular plays during
this time were, according to M.
Mohrt, stylist Montherlant’s La
Reine Morte, existentialist Jean
Paul Sartre’s Les Mouches, and
Anouilh’s Antigone. All of these

plays had themes which were eas-
‘ily applied to the problems of the
|Parisians at that time.

And yet
they for the most part followed the
tradition of the French drama.



Calendar
Wednesday, November 19
8:15—De Laguna Philoso-
phy Lecture, Professor An-
drew P. Ushenko; “The Per-
spective Theory of Truth”,
Music Room.
Saturday, November 22
2:30—Match between Bryn
Mawr and the English Tour-
ing Team, here.
Sunday, November 23
7:30—Evening chapel con-
ducted by the Reverend J.
Clemens Kolb, Chaplain, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Mu- |
sic Room. |
Monday, November 24
4:00—Bryn Mawr vs. Rose- |
mont, here. |
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4:30—Art Studio Tea, Com-
mon Room.

7:15—Current Events, Dr. |
Wells: “Patterns of Change |
in Eastern Europe”, Common |
Room.

8:15—Record Concert, Com-
mon Room.
Wednesday, November 26

Thanksgiving Vacation be-
gins after last class.
Monday, December 1

9:00 A: M.—Thanksgiving’
vacation ends.







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| tution reads as follows:



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‘sex, race, religion, political belief,

| rights and responsibilities of stu-

|

Students’
M, Mohrt emphasized the oie :

doxical life within occupied Paris. |

|| whether to plant their feet firmly



ees of
pee, 1945

PRICE 10 CENTS



NSA Improves Campus Welfare,
Brings Students Closer to, UN



NSA Constitution _
Sets Forth Aims
Of Organization

The NSA constitution is auto-
matically ratified by any college
which votes to join the organiza-
tion. The preamble to this consti-

“We, the students of the United
States of America, desiring:

To maintain academic freedom
and student rights,

To stimulate and improve demo-
cratic student governments,

To develop better educational
standards, facilities and teaching
methods,

To improve student cultural, so-

To promote international under-
standing and fellowship,

To guarantee to all people, be-
cause of their inherent dignity as
individuals, equal rights and pos-
sibilities for primary, secondary
and higher education regardless of

or economic circumstance,
To foster the recognition of the

‘dents to the school, humanity and
| God, and
To preserve the interests and in-
grity of the government and con-
stitution of the United States of
Amerita,



| tion of the United States National
Organization.”
Bill of Rights

A student bill of rights has been
incorporated into the by-laws of
the constitution. It covers such
points as the right for students to
organize, to hear speakers and pro-
fessors of their choice and to es-
tablish publications free from cen-
sorship.

Academic freedom for professors
as well as for students is also in-
corporated into the NSA constitu-
tion. This includes the right to
discuss their subjects freely in the
classroom and to publish the re-
sults of their independent research. |

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NSA
The preamble to the NSA con-
stitution, the program of the
association, and the way in
which it would affect the stud-
ents of this campus, if Bryn
Mawr joins, are outlined in ar-| |
ticles on this and the following
pages.







the

BMC Votes Thursday
Whether to Join
And Ratify

During the first week of Septem-
ber over 700 delegates represent-
ing 356 American colleges and uni-
versities, including Bryn Mawr,
met at the University of Wisconsin
to formulate the constitution and
program for the new United States
National Students’ Association.
This Thursday evening, Bryn Mawr
students will vote on whether or
not this college will join the NSA.
Its constitution is automatically
ratified by any college which
votes to join. Among the Eastern
women’s colleges, Smith and Rad-
cliffe have already done so.

“NSA is a non-political, non-
sectarian association with the stu-
dent government bodies in each col-
lege forming its broad base’’, ex-
plains Karen Knapland, Bryn
Mawr’s delegate to the Madison
convention. Its aims, as set forth
in the Constitution, are two-fold:

1) To foster and develop cam-

pus activities that improve the
welfare of the student.
2) To conduct activities which

will bring the American. student
into closer and friendlier contact
with the students and cultures of
the United Nations.

Mutual Understanding

The students at Madison be-
lieved that education must include
an understanding of the world be-
yond the nation’s boundaries, that
a—national_association_of students
would help give everyone an op-
portunity to learn at first hand
about foreign countries and stud-
ents. They felt that NSA should
help teach the rest’ of the world
about the United States, and should
help the student find a means of
working together with people who
do not necessarily share his ideol-
ogy or politieal philosophy.

To carry out its program, the
NSA has organized a Domestic Af-
fairs Commission and an Interna-
tional Activities Commission. The
University of Wisconsin has been
designated as the national head-
quarters for the group, but the bulk

|
of activities will be carried on at
ithe regional and local level.

Coordination is the purpose of
national commission which
will gather information from the
nation and abroad and act as a

clearing house on activities.



Students Discove

r the Town

In Door-to-Door Clothes Drive

: By Anne Greet, ’50

Last week was clothes-for-Eu-
rope week. Under the able super-
vision of Lois Maconi, ’50, and Ann
Bobis, 50, Bryn Mawr students
were sent out on a door-to-door
campaign collecting clothes for the
American Friends’ Service Com-.
mittee to send to Europe. The re-
sults were sb good that Lois and
Ann will either have to move out
of their rooms or sleep on cartons
of old clothes.

Each day, armed with accurate
hand-drawn maps, students set
forth singly or in pairs, wondering

in the doorway and say, “Is the
mistress of the house in?” or what
to do if confronted with a thick



oak door and no doorbell.

In the afternoon cars driven by
faculty’ members and _ students
picked up the clothes at each house.
Many people contributed | generous-
ly. Poorer families gave the most;
the more wealthy often were not
interested or had already given to
church and hospital.

Students met a different reac-
tion at every house. One small
girl who answered the door was
overcome, rushed in and brought
back a friend. As they came back
to the door the friend was heard
saying, “You,tell her. It’s your
mother that’s out.”

Nearly everyone solicited offer-
ed encouragement if not clothes—
especially. the lady who said she
had been a missionary.


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The NSA

If Bryn Mawr joins the NSA, we have something to gain,
a good deal to give, and nothing to lose. Through this clear-
ing house for information about our country’s colleges and
universities, we can better understand them, and help them
to understand us. Perhaps our greatest contribution would
be the form of our self-government association, while the
unique set-up of our campus organizations is also of interest.

What we stand to gain from NSA, besides friendship
with the different colleges, is better international understand-
ing. NSA, working in cooperation with the ISS and other
groups, is already compiling information on the provisions
of low-cost facilities for students interested in summer tours
abroad. A system of exchange scholarships is also being put
into effect.

Surely few of us feel really in touch with foreign stud-
ents, foreign affairs and—most important of all—the UN.

NSA will conduct activities to help us understand the rest’!

of the world and to teach us to work for real national and in-
ternational cooperation.

NSA is idealistic, yes, but it has put its idealistic aims |
into concrete practice. We feel that Bryn Mawr should join, |

and should try to grasp and carry out the principles of the
organization. We should be grateful if we can contribute
something to a group which includes representatives from
356 American colleges and universities—for we can certain-

NSA’s Program

Supports Reform
In Student Gov't

In the domestic sphere NSA will
deal with such specific problems as
those which have to do with stu-
dent governments, student unions,
student living facilities, curriculum
and faculty-student co-operation.
Exchange of ideas between mem-
ber student. bodies will be promot-
ed, with the’ Wisconsin headquar-
ters as a general clearing house for
‘suggestions. More advanced insti-
tutions can act as examples to oth-
ers,

Self-Govt. Clinics

NSA hopes to strengthen student
governments and to encourage
their formations on campuses
where they do not already exist.
Taking the initial step in its long
range program, it has announced
plans for holding regional, semi-
regional and local student govern-
ment clinics. In the Pennsylvania
area such a clinic has already been
set up at Haverford Collegé.

As announced by the NSA exec-
utive committee, these clinics will
serve a dual purpose. Although |
designed to encourage students and |
faculty to assemble and discuss the
various phases of self-government,
it will also provide the national of-
fice, through each regional organi-
zation, with information concern-
ing the purpose, structure and
function of student government
and various types of constitutions.

Curriculum Committees

Assistance will be given in the
formation of undergraduate Cur-
riculum Committees on campuses
which do not have them and fac-
ulty—student co-operation will be
fostered. News of current educa-
tional trends, such as types of gen-
eral courses, will be disseminated.
In the New England region Smith
is taking the lead in such a pro-
gram.

Studies will be made by NSA of
Various other problems concerning
the welfare of students. What
are the best methods of student
control of finance? How can stu-
dents, faculty and administration

‘get to know each other better?

|
NSA Encourages Student Travel,
Promotes Exchange Scholarship

Bryn Mawr would probably ben-
| efit most of all from the Interna-
| tional program of the NSA. To pro-
|mote student travel abroad and
exchange scholarships with other
nations, the NSA has established
an International Commission te
channel information on_ student
travel and study outside the U. S.,
including Canada, and to publicize
these opportunities on the campus-
es of all member colleges.- To ex-
pedite these activities, the Inter-
national Commission will work

NSA Will Aid —
In Student Relief

Although over two years have
elapsed since the end of World War
II, many students in Europe and
Asia are still out of school. Rela-
| tively few schools and universities
have rebuilt. Even the simplest
educational supplies, such as scien-
‘tific and cultural materials, are
lacking in many areas. Teachers
ee few in number and are them-
selves in dire need.

To assist in the work of relief
}and reconstruction, the NSA will
act along two lines: first, as a co-
isponsor of the World Students
Service Fund, the United States
branch of World Student Relief, to
'aid directly in filling relief needs
of foreign students. (Coordination
and expansion of relief drives on
all_campuses_is_ planned); second,
through cooperation with the ac-
tivities of the United Nations Ed-
ucational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) and the
Commission for International Edu-
cational Reconstruction, to lend
support to agencies now operating
in the rebuilding of educational fa-
cilities.

The most urgent needs of for-
eign students are met by assistance
in kind: supplying books, publica-
tions, maps, pencils, paper and the
like. At the Sorbonne in Paris, it
is estimated that there is obtain-
able but one pencil for three stud-
ents; in Poland the highest prior-
ity is being given to mimeograph







'How can the ‘college, community ;™achines, ink and paper to repro-

and state aid in the problems of |duce texts> and study material.
student health and housing? What | There is also a general critical de-
are the possible programs for ori- mand for food and clothing for
enting new students into college | teachers, students, and profession-

life and for establishing student
recreation centers?

NSA to Facilitate
iixchange of Ideas



ly take more than we give, if only in the field of understand-
ing. \:

Three Months in Jail

The aie of marked-up books in the Quita Woodward
Room is a disgrace to Bryn Mawr. It is shocking to think
that students who pride themselves in having been accepted
at one of the best American colleges, have as little regard

“for public property as grammar-school children who scribble

on statues and draw moustaches on the subway beauties
Yet, year after year the librarians erase underlinings and
marginal annotations in all kinds of books, only to find that
more persistent defacers come along to mark in ink or to
doodle in the margins.

The library has always shied away from the levying of
fines, but it finds itself forced to comply with the Pennsyl-
vania state law which decrees that any person who willfully
cuts, mutilates or injures any book shall be liable to “a fine
of not more than one hundred dollars” and/or “imprisonment |

for three months’, and moreover “to make good the said

damage or injury.”

‘The librarians and students who work in the Reserve
Room have been asked to note any such mutilation when the
books are returned, and everyone is urged to report any dam-
age already done so that she herself will not be fined.

As this law is to be so rigidly enforced, we suggest that
the inconsiderate scribblers and underliners cease their handi-
work unless they have an extra 100 “smackers” in their jeans
or want to spend a semester in jail.

Developing one of the few di-
;rect lines of contact with students
|of Europe and Asia, the Interna-

‘tional Activities Commission will |
ex- |
change of publications and articles
Direct exchange of |

(encourage as extensive an
as possible.
campus newspapers, magazines
and journals and a clipping service
of student ‘Wews for international
“distributions~-are~planned.

Files have also been created to

*| facilitate the exchange of letters

between foreign and American stu-
dents. British students, for in-
stance, want information on Amer-
ican life. Austrian students re-
quest sports equipment.

Articles for world-wide publica-
tion through the “World Student
News” will be forwarded to the
American Editor at that organ’s
‘central office in Prague from the
leollection center at Harvard. By
international agreement, these ar-
ticlés are printed without censor-
ship of the opinions presented.



IN MEMORIAM

Dr. Desire T. Veltman
November 12, 1947, in Miami

Lecturer in aii at,
Bryn Mawr \
1936-1944





| al workers.

| SEAT ON UNESCO

The United States Commission
'|for the United Nations Educa-
tional, Scientific and Cultural
Organization elected the NSA | |
at its September session, to be-'
come the representative of col-|
lege and university opinion in|



|
|

| representative to the interna-'

U. S. Commission is composed,
of 100 leading educational and,
scientific organizations interest-,
ed.in this aspect of U. N. activ-|
ity. NSA is the first group)
which has been selected in this'
country to fill the three seats|
alloted.for--youth-education and,
scientific representatives.

Dr. Kolb, of Penn,
‘Will Lead Chapel

Dr. J. Clemens Kolb, Chaplain
of the University of Pennsylvania
and Boardman Lecturer on Christ-
ian Ethics, will speak at Chapel
next Sunday night, November 23.
Dr. Kolb served in two Massachu-
setts parishes before coming to the
University of Pennsylvania in 1941
where he now teaches Religious
Orientation and Canon Law.

Dr. Kolb is a contributing editor
of “The Witness” . He is also a
member of several veteran and
student committees, among them
the Veteran’s Advisory Council and
the Commission on Episcopal Stud-
‘ents Work.



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| |its duties of advising the U. S.|
4 || student tours will be encouraged

tional body of UNESCO. The! |

with the several agencies now ac-
tive in this field, utilizing its cam-
pus organizations to contact a
larger number of students.

Present plans of the Internation-
al Commission include the dissem-
ination of information on study and
travel opportunities, channeling
japplications through the proper
|authorities, and providing low-cost
| facilities for students interested in
summer tours abroad. Information
on such tours for next summer is
already being compiled.



ee | Cooperation with ISS

The NSA will work closely with
the International Student Service,
which has been in operation since
1926, promoting student partici-
pation in these projects, as well as
with the Institute of International
Education, the Student Exchange
and Travel Department of the
State Department, and the Inter-
national Union for Students, .-.In
voting to cooperate with the IUS,
delegate reservations. were stipu-
lated to preserve the purely, edu-
cational nature of the NSA and pre-
vent it from being bound by. poli-
tical actions which might be_un-
dertaken by the international
group. :

Students Abroad

To accommodate the 4,000 Amer-
ican students visiting Europe last
summer, the International Student
Service procured two ships for low-
cost passage and arranged tours
in the Scandinavian and Eastern
European countries. With ‘the in-
creased interest expressed through
the NSA, it is expected that a
larger number of ships and more
extensive facilities will be avail-
able next summer. NSA will also
attempt to make available the hos-
tel facilities of the IUS in Europe.

With central office at Harvard,
NSA’s_ International Commission
will act as a clearing-house on op-
enings and scholarships now avail-
able for study abroad. It will also
collect data on openings for for-
eign students in the United States
to be published overseas. In addi-
tion to a “World Students News,”
an “International Activities Bulle-
tin” will be distributed through lo-
cal NSA offices.

NSA to Assist
Foreign Students

To acquaint the foreign students
with life in the United States, the
NSA has established a program of
tours and study in this country for
| foreign students and is encourag-
ing a better integration of these
students into American colleges.
Ships procured for United States

to book return passage for stu-
dents from the areas visited and
co-ordinators will administer study
tours of foreign students in ‘the
U.S. Plans for such tours, includ-
ing housing and cost arrangements,
are already being outlined by re-
gional and local NSA units. NSA
is helping organize a summer ses-
sion for foreign students at MIT
in 1948.

The NSA will assist member
student bodies in the establishment
of information centers for foreign
visitors, the creation of advisory
committees and_ student-faculty
seminars and will prepare plans on
the regional level to assist in ac-
quainting the visitors with Amer-
icans and their ways.



FINANCE

National and regional dues
for Bryn Mawr College as a
member of NSA would amount
to approximately $53. The total
possible cost for annual partic-
ipation in the NSA, plus the ex-
pense of sending our full quota
of delegates to national and reg-
ional conventions, would not ex-
ceed 10¢ per student, to be in-
cluded in the Common Treasury
Dues.


















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THE COLLEGE NEWS



— Oninion

To the College News:

I have just read the November
5th issue of the News and wish to
write you:a few of my ideas con-

cerning artistic endeavors at Brynt

Mawr and the subsequent criticism
of such. I think I should take the
opportunity first, however, to say
something about last spring’s Arts’

Night, which I neglected to do}-

when the subject was “hot,” large-
ly because of my unenviable posi-
tion.

I have never resented the criti-
cism my work was given last
March for the quite simple reason
that I agreed with so much that
the News objected to. Yet the at-
tack made upon my play could
have been far more effective if the
reporter had made a more subtle
and mature analysis of its defects.
By her method of criticizing it she
softened any blow directed at me
and aimed a small boomerang to-
ward herself. Nevertheless, I
heartily agree that both my play
and my songs betrayed the awk-
ward sentimentality, the mediocri-
ties and uncertainties of a brazen
amateur stumbling around in the
dark. I use the word “brazen” be-
cause I was moved to exhibit my-
self by no pioneer courage but by
a cold, brazen nerve. I am fot
self-effacing enough to believe that
what I did was entirely without
merit, but it was not what it should
have been. They were my first at-
tempts, but not my last...

Conflict-in Criticism

I can understand the viewpoints
of both the News and the students
in this question of amateur produc-
tions. On one side there is the
“Let’s not take ourselves s0 seri-
ously now” attitude toward the
criticism and on the other side the
“Why ever if not now?” The con-
flict, as I see it, results from the
refusal of the News staff, infused
with the scholastic idealism of the
college, to compromise itself with
a student body which, though
equally imbued with ideals, simply
does not possess the resources to
meet the high standards. A com-

sirable solution, for unless a battle
is waged for a while there can be
no progress. Certainly Bryn Mawr
must retain its high scholastic
standing in the country, but does
this mean that there can be no in-
flux of .creative talent to reinforce
the ranks of the music and crea-
tive writing departments? I en-
joyed an unusual opportunity io
take an objective view of my crea-
tive work only because so many
others had no interest in taking
the same opportunity. Such an
event may prove a painful experi-
ence for an audience, but it‘ is an
infinitely valuable experience for
an amateur performer. Now it is
a moral responsibility of student
committees and faculty members,
with possibly the College News as
a leader, to encourage originality
and artistic. ability at Bryn Mawr
and to see that good art and intel-
ligent criticism (with a touch of |
humor and hwumanitarianism)-—to-
gether-characterize college sachin
tions in the future.
Nancy Ann Knettle, ‘47.



Editor’s Note: Space did not per-
mit publication of this entire let-
ter. Anyone who is interested may
see ¢he original by contacting the
Editor.





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Alliance Hall Convention Faculty Club
rep. reps. Delegates rep. Presidents

This is How the National Students’ Association Works.

The State of Pennsylvania is one
of the 25 geographical divisions of!
the USNSA; it is divided into
three sub-divisions, each with a
divisional chairman under the re-
gional officers. Karen Knaplund
’49 is regional ‘secretary. Bryn
Mawr belongs to the eastern divi-
sion, and has sent a delegate to
both the Chicago conference last
December, and the Madison con-
vention this summer.

The Eastern division has had
two meetings, in which a proposed
constitution for the region was
presented, a speakers’ bureau or-
ganized, and‘a_ self-government
clinic set up with headquarters at
Haverford. This clinic will fur-
ther the establishment and aid in
the improvement of self govern-
ment and will act as a clearing
house of information on the status
of student governments. A region-
al assembly will be held at Penn



State on December 19-21, at which
delegates from the 27 Pennsylvania
colleges represented at Madison
as well as from other interested

On the campus level, the approv-
al of NSA does not mean the elim-
ination of existing organizations
such as Student Federalists, IRC,
et cetera. Work of the NSA will
be carried on through these organ-
izations wherever possible, since
the NSA is joined by students as
a college, not as individuals.

A tentative plan of implementa-
tfon of this campus is as follows:
The delegate to the national con-
vention the preceding summer
would act as chairman of the Unity
committee and as such will be a
non-voting member of the Under-
grad council, to which she would
be responsible. The Unity com-
mittee? which will have direct con-
tact with regional headquarters,
would consist of an Alliance repre-
sentative, the club president, rep-





Flowers
for
all
Occasions ‘

JEANNETT’S

Bryn Mawr







| reuéritatives from each hall, a fac-

ulty representative, and the alter-
nate delegate or delegates to the
preceding national convention and
regional assembly.

The hall representatives would
take back to their halls news of
NSA projects and show. students
how they may aid the organiza-
tion. Where no established group
is equipped to carry out a plan, the
hall representatives may head a
committee and urge cooperation
through the halls. This body would
also be empowered to elect, with
the approval ‘of the Undergrad
council, the delegate to the |
al and National Assemblies.

Department Teas

Yavored in Poll

Last week’s Vocational Commit-
tee poll showed that the college
overwhelmingly favors the propos-
al which provides for a series of
teas to be sponsored by the vari-
ous departments, at which faculty
members and recent graduates will
speak and will discuss with the
students the possibilities of job op-
portunities in relation to their ma-
jors. These teas will not be held
under the auspices of single de-
partments, but will be grouped to
include general fields such as mod-
ern languages and social sciences.

Since many students wanted i
combination of this plan with the
one in force last year—that of hav-
ing a series of outside speakers—
the two proposals will be merged,
so that.there will be afitside spe-
cialists as well as faculty and grad-
uates at these affairs.

The Vocational Committee
wishes to state that it appreciates
the comments made on the polls
and that it will take note of them.





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The fifth hockey game of Bryn
Mawr’s season. was played here
against Ursinus on Friday. The
final score was 5-3 in favor of Ur-
sinus in a good game, but one that
was not outstanding on the part
of Bryn Mawr.

During the first half the Yeliow
team showed signs of becoming the
‘victors, with a half time score of
| 2-1, Betsy Parker and Sheila Eaton
|making the first and second B. M.
goals. Our backs defended the B.
iM. territory excellently, but the
| scattered forward line was not able
to do anything with the clearing
fatiots that they received. Again |





sin Geib played the position of’

‘slowed the game considerably.

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Bryn Mawr Eleven Succumbs
To Superior Ursinus Team, 5-3

goalie exceptionally well against
the strong line of Ursinus,

In the second half Bryn Mawr |
showed signs of exhaustion, many

Passes were missed and the for-
wards did not have the drive that
they exhibited in the first half. As
a result of the wearifress of both
teams, many fouls were called that
As
the usual darkness covered the
field, Ursinus pulled ahead by.tal-
lying four more goals, but in the
last few minutes of the game Shei-
la Eaton made the third B. M. goal
to bring the score to 5-3 for the
visitors’ victory.

The next varsity game will be on
this Saturday, at 2:30, against the
English hockey team on the Bryn
Mawr field.



Ski Club Meeting |
Takes Place Nov.20

The regular monthly meeting of
the Buck Ridge Ski Club will be
on Thursday, November 20th, at
8:15 P. M., at the Optimist Club,
7027 Garrett Road, Upper Darby.
A talk on “Proper Skiing Equip-
ment” will be followed by a three-
reel movie of skiing instruction in
slow and normal motion of “Han-
nes Schneider Skiing Technique,”
as ‘demonstrated by Benno Rybiz-
ka, one of the world’s finest skiiers
in the matter of good form and
technique. Refreshments will fol-
low the close of the business meet-



ing. Guests are always welcome.
|

Athletic Notices.

B. M. vs. Haverford
Haverford has developed aspira- |
tions in the field hockey line! Mon-
day, December 1, the
football team will play Bryn
Mawr’s 2nd\Varsity hockey team.
The Haverfo soccer team will
meet Bryn Mawr’s Ist team the
following day. These games should
provide an interesting conclusion
for a hockey season which has fea-
tured games with everyone from
Princeton’s Cap and Gown Club to
|the touring English team!



Haverford |



Swimming Tryouts
Swimming tryouts for varsity
and junior-varsity squads will be
held at 4:00, Monday, November
24. Those who have hockey at that
time may come at 4:00 on Tuesday.
Everyone is urged to try out.

3rd Team Loses
Bryn Mawr’s third hockey team
was defeated, 1-0, by Penn, on No-
vember 17.



Keystone Team |
Takes. Laurels

On Sunday, November 16, the
Keystone Association Hockey team
defeated the Intercollegiate team
4-1, in a match on the Bryn Mawr
field. Tilghman made all four goals
for the Keystone team, and Sue

‘Miller, U. of P., made the Inter-

collegiate goal. Sheila Eaton ’50,
played center forward on the In-
tercollegiate team, and Nannette
Beck, a former Bryn Mawr goalie,
played goalie for the Keystone As-
sociation. Miss Kilby and Miss
Cross, athletic instructors at Bryn
Mawr, also played for the Keystone
| team.

Both teams were excellent pres-
entations of first rate hockey, and
Sheila Eaton moS8t. satisfactorily
represented Bryn Mawr in her ¢a-
pable execution of the center for-

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Page Four



Current Events

November 17th. ‘‘A hungry per-
son is dangerous whatever his pol- |
ities.’”’ warned Miss Robbins in her
explanation of recent theories of

She

business

American foreign policy.

claimed that American
should support the sending of aid
to Europe since it will benefit our
own economy. However, the Unit-
ed States should not condition its:
help according to, the politics of

the recipient. It is a mistake to



THE COLLEGE NEWS



New Book Shelf
Asks for._Ideas - |

Suggestions for new books to be
added to the Quita Woodward Me-
morial Room in the Library will |
be welcomed by the New Book
Committee. This room contains



recreational reading on all sub-
jects, including Fiction, Travel, |

Fine Arts, Biographies, Poetry and|
World Affairs.

The. Committee is made up of|
the following people: Renate Wolff, |



think that by passing the Marshall

Plan we are buying western Eur- Lovejoy, undergraduate; Miss Linn

ope.

If American .democracy _ were
more self-confident it would not be
so afraid of communism; if we are
not content with our own way of
life an opposing ideology is not a
threat. The United States should
make clear that its aim is not dom-
ination. but protection of its own
security and prosperity.

George Kennan, writing anony-
mously as X, gave the state de-
partment’s point of view in his ar-
ticle Sources of Soviet Conduct. He
supports the Truman doctrine of
“containing” Russia by sending aid
to critical points such as Greece
and Turkey. In a series of articles,
Walter Lippmann, criticized this
plan and offered instead a program
advocating immediate settlement
of the German and Austrian peace
treaties and removal of both the
American and Russian troops from
Germany. Miss Robbins considers
Lippmann’s plan _ over-simplified,
but valuable for its constructive ap-
proach. Former Secretary of State
Byrnes, in his book Speaking
Frankly, claimed that our foreign
policy should be conditioned by
Russian aims rather than Russian
ideology. A young American pro-
fessor at Oxford, W. W. Rostow,
listed in.a recent article the points
on which liberals today agree: the

necessity for continued attempt to
“work with Russia, the safeguard-

ing. of military security, the—en-
couragement of democracy abroad,
and the strengthening of it at
home.



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}eiation will present the young pian-

: el
graduate representative; Cynthia)

‘and Mr. Lattimore, faculty, and
|Miss Agnew, head librarian and
‘chairman of the Committee. Sug-

gestions may be given to any mem- |
ber of the Committee, or put in the}
box in the Quita Woodward Room,
or in the box on the Main Loan
Desk.

As new books come into the
room, they will be put on a sepa-
rate shelf which will be so desig-
nated and a list of them will ap-
pear from time to time in the
News.

Lateiner to Play
In Concert Series

The Tri-County Concerts Asso-

ist, Jacob Lateiner, in recital at
Radnor High School, Wayne, on
Friday, November 21, at 8:30 P. M.
His program will include Liszt’s
“Fantasy on Mozart’s Don Juan,”
Prokofieff’s “Toccata, Opus 11,”
and Chopin’s “Barcarolle.”

His recital in Wayne will be the
third and final event in the Tri-
County Concerts Association’s fall
series of admission-free concerts,
which has already included the
Guilet Quartet and Roland Hayes.

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stenography also helps, especially
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Rhoads Rooters and Drawbackers

To the shouts of “Don’t kill our
goalie!” and “We want a touch-
down!,”’ the Rhoads
eleven triumphed over the Denbigh
hockey team, 4 to 1, in Sunday’s
hall play-off, to win the hall hoc-
key championship. Spice was add-
ed to the game by a profusion of
drawbacks, dogs, children and one
lonely man, who appeared to be on
the Denbigh side.

In a spirit of general confusign,
Denbigh scored once in the firs

indomitable

half and Rhoads twice in each half,| | Secretary

while the insatiable cheering sec*
tions’: moaned for more. Desper-



ately, the chilled Denbighites even
began to chant Penn football songs,
but to no avail.

At the end of the game, the
Rhoads rooters (there were five of
them), rose en masse, picked up
one of their flamboyant drawbacks
and dropped her—the perfect end
to an otherwise glorious game.

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