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ARDMORE a1 vand BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, "1945
VOL. XLI, NO. 16
Undergrad, League
Self-Gov't Propose
Changes in Voting
Minor Alterations Will Permit
Students to Qualify
For Offices
The Self-Government and Under-
graduate. Associations,. and the
Bryn Mawr League, will hold hall
meetings on Tuesday, February 7;
, to consider amendments to those
parts oftheir several constitutions
which/deal with. various phases of
the lection machinery.
/The three boards have found
these amendments to be advisable
‘after consideration of the results
of past elections. Representatives
of the boards will’ present the
amendments to the students during
the hall meetings at which
voting will also take place.
The changes in the Self-Govern-
ment and Undergraduate constitu-
tions arise chiefly from the desire
to increase the number of students
actually working in those asso-
ciations, and so tq increase the
number in some measure prepared
for higher
on being” faised by the
ent Association is:
“Whether ‘to amend the*constitu-
tion de the Self Government As-
. sociation to include the statement
that at the end of every six weeks
a new Freshman member shall be
elected.”
Continued on Page 3
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‘Tart Art Presented
With Capable: Acting
And Unusual Dancing
ne ee
By Rosina Bateson ’47
« Freshmen can take a bow for the
performance of their show, Tart
1 Art. Throughout, the show main-
tained a high standard of produc-
tion, particularly evident in the
singing, and dancing
reminiscent of the style of. Lady in
the Dark. A consiftrable amount
talent and an unusual sense of
unity and. cooperation, combined
with the musical qualities to make
a remarkably excellent show.
Perhaps the reason for its suc-
detail. The scenery was unusual-
ly effective, showing true Fresh-
man ingenuity. A splashing foun-
transformed Goodhart stage into
another Museum of Modern Art.
Patricia Hochschild, who man-
aged the dancing, deserves credit
for some of the best scenes in the
show. The interpretation of the
arrival of the*Freshmen at college
was an amusing and revealing sa-
tire, if a trifle long. Although out-
siders naturally found it hard to
interpret, the dancing as a whole
was not only appropriate but also
played a vital role in the success
of the show.
The interpretive dance in the
second act, while obviously sug-
gestive of the ballet in Oklahoma
with its representation of the main
characters dancing in a dream, was
| highly effective. Particularly ex-
Continued on Page 4
Junior Class Chooses Undergrad Nominees;
Behrens, Brendlinger, R. Brooks, Rutland
PATRICIA BEHRENS
Duty of Offices Includes
Coordinating Student
Activities .
- The Junior class has nominated
Pat Behrens, Lovina Brendlinger,
Robin Brooks, and Joy Rutland as
candidates for the presidency of
the Undergraduate Association.
The president of the Undergrad-|.
uate Association is the co-ordin- |
ator of all undergraduate extra-
curricular activities. This includes
__the following-up of the activities
of the clubs, responsibility for the
work of the Sub-Freshmen, the
Entertainment, the Vocational, the
-. Employment, the. Record.Library,
New Book Room, and Curricular
_ Committees, and the planning of
social affairs.
The president is the represen-
tative of the undergraduates in
their relation with the faculty, the
administration, hall, visitors and
speakers On campus.
\
She is head
ROBIN BROOKS
JOY RUTLAND
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of the ‘Collage Council on which
are also representatives. of Self-
Government, the: League, the Ath-
letic Association, the College
News, all classes, graduates, alum-
nae’and faculty.
Continued on Page 4
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Juniors Nominate Self-Gov’t Candidates
Brendlinger, Barton, Oulahan, Leyendecker
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LOVINA BRENDLINGER
SUSAN OULAHAN
President is Responsible
For. Discipline, Conduct
Of Students
The Junior
ed Lovina Brendlinger,
ton, Susan Oulahan, and Ruth Ley-
candidates for the
presidency of the Self- Derernmeny
Association. :
The president. of this association
is resporsible’ for the discipline
and conduct of the student body.
In sortie infractions of the rules
she is expected to deal personally
with the miscreants, while in the
lesser cases the problem can be
settled through the Executive
Board and the hall presidents in
the weekly meetings at which the
president of Self-Government pre-
sides.
Class has nominat-
Lovina Brendlinger
Lovie was the Merion Hall rep-
resentative for the Freshman
Class, and was also a member of
the Radio Club in her Freshman
year. As a Sophomore she was the
advertising manager of the Radio
Club, and was on the Undergradu-
ate Board and the News Subscrip-
tion Board. Now, as the Junior
Class President, she is the. sec-
ond Junior member of the Self-
Government Board, and is also on
the News Subscription Board.
Mary Barton
(Mary is the first Junior member
lof the Self-Government Associa-
tion. She has been a permission
giver since the middle of her*Soph-
omore year. She is hall represen-
tative for chapel services. She
was on the hockey squad her
Freshman Year and belongs to the
Science Club.
Susan Oulahan
Susan was the Sophomore repre-
sentative to. the Self-Government
Continued on Page 3
Mary Bar-.
MARY BARTON
RUTH LEYENDECKER
Calhoun Emphasizes
Free} Nature of Man
Music Room, February 19. Inter-
preting the Christian theological
do¢trine that Man is both a natura!
being, subject to the laws of na-
ture, and a free being, Dr. Robert
Calhoun declared in his second lec-
ture on Basic Christian Doctrines
that Man’s very uneasiness -is
proof of his freedom.
Standard_.of Right
The consciousness that he is not
what he ought to be, and,that he
is capable of judging the world on
the basis of certain standards
apart from the desire for the sat-
isfaction of physical needs are
further manifestations of his free-
dom. To understand Man, one
must look beyond him, said Dr.|4
Calhoun, for he is doubly oriented,
toward his environment which he
has the ‘power to mold, andtoward
a standard of right. He shapes
society in terms of. this standard,
ROARS for long range objectives.
Defines Man
‘Enlarging upon the doctrine that
Man is created in the image of
God, Dr. Calhoun ‘described “Man
as dependent, finite, restricted, and
not self-creating, because he, un-
like other natural beirigs is able to
respond to stimuli other than those
of - physical and mechanical com-.
pulsion—he is capable of respond-
ing to.God, the being-in-whom-are
founded the values of truth, justice
and mercy. Man is however cap-
able of complete response which
constitutes a grave danger, he
pointed out. He is capable of de-
struction and so his freedom gives
Man both perilous responsibility
and, limitless promise.
Continued on Page 3
McBride Explains
Role of Individual
In Limiting Travel .
Students Asked to Spend
Vacations in College
If Possible
Goodhart, February 21. Because |
of the ODT request that spring
vacations in. schools and colleges
be cancelled as far as_ possible,
Miss McBride, at a College Assem-
bly, requested that all students re-
examine their week-end and vaca-
tion travel plans. It is the duty of
each student to consider whether
any travelling which she may wish
to undertake is in any. way essen-
tial or necessary.
Although the College feels that
from the standpoint of health some
vacation is necessary, Miss Mc-°
Bride recommends that as many
students as possible should remain
here, while admitting that those
who feel a great need for going
should be permitted to do so. “In
general, the greater the distance
by train the more important it is
that plans be changed,” she said.
It has been considered’ inadvis-
able, said Miss McBride, to elim-
inate the vacation altogether and
move, up the calendar 10. days,
{since many seniors -plan under or-
dinary circumstances to remain in
college and use the vacation as a
reading period. This year enough
halls will be kept open so that
those, students who are willing to
remain here can, and. the college
will bear the extra expense of such
action. » Students are expected to
compensate for thise freedom of
choice in reduced week-end travel.
G. W. Beadle Explains
Chemistry of Genes
Dalton, February 20. “Plants
and animals that are hereditarily
unable to carry on certain neces-
sary life functions, and that would
otherwise. die .unléss artificially
sustained, aré contributing valu-
able data to the study of genetics,”
stated Mr. G. W. Beadle, professor
of biology at Stanford University
in a lecture on Genes and the
Chemistry of. the ‘Organism at a
Sigma Xi meeting.
Mr. Beadle. explained that these
congenital biochemical defects are
often controlled by genes, and
when they are, the subtraction of
iven gene will produce a pre-
dictable change, which will also be
evidenced in the organism’s descen-
dents according to a statistically
predictable pattern.
Experiments ‘with the red bread
mold, Neurospora, said Mr. Beadle,
substantiated the. My pothesis that
genes owe their properties to
unique chemical - configurations,
probably involving proteins, ‘and
that they act through a model-and-
copy mechanism in imy sing these
characteristic configurations on
enzymes and other proteins.
“Since genes and’ enzymes are
themselves made up of component
parts, each of which is synthesized
under-gene control,” explained Mr.
Beadle, “there must, “therefore,
exist a completely integrated hier-
archy of primary, secondary, and
higher order gene controls.”
At*the end of the lecture, Mr.
Beadle illustrated by means of
slides the effect which the lack of
-}ecertain chemicals produces on var-
-lious organisms.
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Up to Us
The problem of spring vacation, on which rumor has
‘been elaborating for the last three weeks, has at last been
Officially clarified by Miss McBride’s statement in chapel this
morning. For three weeks students have been leaping to
conclusions, declaring that spring vacation would be com-
pletely abolished, or that the. whole undergraduate body
would in effect be campussed for that ten-day period.
In contrast to these rumors, the college’s decision, as ex-
pressed in Miss McBride’s statement, appears deceptively
lenient. Actually, it is, as she pointed out this morning, a
far more difficult one. The final decision is in the hands of
the individual student, and for the thinking, conscientious
member of the community is a serious one.
This is no dictatorial “campussing;” this is no decision
made without reference to, or consideration of the students’
wishes. It is, rather, an expression both of faith in the judg-
ment of the individual, and an acknowledgement of certain
physical and psychological needs on the part of all involved.
As a result, the responsibility which falls on the indi- |
vidual student is almost uncomfortably great. For over a
year, posters and advertisements have proclaimed. the fact
that the railroads are vital to thé war effort. That fact has
been. so publicized that it almost reached the role of a joke
in the minds of many people. The question of vacation has
however brought the problem closer to home. No thinking
‘student can now fail to realize that the railroads mean what
- they ee
The fact that both the college and the O. D. T. are leav-
ing the decision to our own discretion should mean .a moYe4
careful consideration of. weekend: as well as vacation trips.
It is up to us, now. :
Spring Housecleaning
.Amendments have been proposed by the Self-Govern-
ment, Undergraduate and League Boards to their constitu-
tions in regard to the mechanics of the elections in all three
associations. None of these amendments are startling, and
consequently undergraduates may entirely lose sight of their
importance..
Last year’s amendments to the Self-Government consti-
>.
_— we ¢ : re
( wecens ceeds
Mrs. ‘Manning, speaking about
the Yalta Charter, pointed out
‘that- it differs from the Atlantic
Charter in that it is a practical
document instead of a collection
of principles. Mrs. Manning went
on to say that the realization of
the United Nations of-the import-
ance of working together in the
settlement of the previously occu-
rlipied countries, is most encourag-
ing.
In dealing with Germany, the
charter definitely plans for the
control of Germany by a military
government for a certain period.
Germany will be divided into four
military zones each under the con-
trol of one of ‘the big powers:
Russia, the United States, France,
and Great Britain. However, there
is provision for a High Military
Commission composed of repre-
sentatives..of-.these: nations to co-
ordinate the different military gov-
ernments, and establish a common
policy for all. This post-war gov-
ernment plans to destroy all traces
of Nazism.
Polish Situation
The settlement of Poland is quite
specifically developed in the char-
ter. Although it appears that
Poland is a victory for Russia,
Russia has made some important
concessions:- A+ new provisional
| government is to*be chosen by
Harriman, Kerr, and Molotov,
| which will be composed of repre-
sentatives from the liberated sec-
tions of Poland, the Polish Gov-
erment in exilé in England; and
the now ruling Lublin provisional
government in Russia. These con-
cessions, says Mrs. Manning,«are
more important than the boundary
which Russia has demanded.
This Crimean Conference has
also decided that in the more im-
portant matters of war and peace,
| the vote of the members of the
Security Council, outlined in the
Dumbarton Oaks Conference, must
be unanimous, although in. minor
matters there need*only be a ma-
jority vote,
San Francisco Conference
Another result of this Crimean
Conference is the plan for another
United Nations conference to “be
held at San Francisco in. April.
Although the announced United
States representatives have not yet
been confirmed, they are Hull and
Stettinius, from the: present ad-
“ministration; Miss Gildersleeve,
representing the point of view of
women; and the Republicans, Van-
denberg and Stassen.
Situation in France
The situation: in France, explain-
ed Mrs. Manning, is not so hope-
ful. De Gaulle refused a meeting
with Roosevelt at, Algiers, presum-
ably because he was not invited to
the Crimean Conference. Ail-
though Mrs. Manning feels that
‘De Gaulle is acting foolishly, she
admitted that France has not been
allowed enough shipping to bring
in the much needed food ‘supplies,
and at the moment the French are
feeling resentful at the attitude of
the other powers. Italy is also
is badly lacking food.
(Mrs. Manning also discussed ‘the
tution were the cumulative result of too ‘many years of a dis-|1 planding of Marines on Iwo Jima.
interested attitude on the part of the ipso facto members of
the organization, These amendments, coming as they do,
__ from the officers themselves,-are-indicative’of the fact that
~~ they at least are aware of the need for constant, if minor,
revisions as time goes on. |
The ‘proposed changes, while they may be at first sight
discounted as minor technicalities, should be seriously con-
sidered by each utidergraduate. They represent a progress-
ive spirit on the part of the present’ student administration,
a spirit which has been shown to be vital to the effective
The Title: announces a short
story contest for its coming is-
sue. The deadline is March 1,
and all contributions should be
sent by Campus Mail to the
editors in Pembroke East, The
two best entries will be pub-
lished in the coming issue.
working of all campus: organizations.’
professor
without any real organization and
Opinion
Frequent Quizzes Will Make
Work Grammar-Schoolish
Says Student
\ —_—
To the Editor:
The question—‘Would you favor
replacing mid-semester examina-
tions with more frequent quizzes ?”
—on the recent Rescheduling
Questionnaire seemed indeed shock-
ing to me. This goes too far in the
way of “Organizing;” this part of
the issue is much more disturbing
than the other questions, for the
latter are at least more’ applicable
to the necessary organization of
the College schedule. But if we
begin to standardize this side of
the academic program, it is not
hard to anticipate an “educational
machine,” and that seems frighten-
ing. I feel that College students
should be ‘beyond such mechanical
-grammar school habits as a con-
stant control of the work. The
material of many courses does not
lend itself well to frequent quiz-
zes; this is especially true of lit-
erature courses in which the poss-
ible over-emphasis of supplement-
ary details should be eliminated in
any case. (This does: not\mean
that we should care merely about
general trends and general meant
ings, but that we ought to be able
to presuppose and take for grant-
ed our familarization with definite
subject matter before examining
the material in a larger sense).
But we have to consider all the
courses. Many of us will then
think of those science courses
which. include ‘an appreciable
amount ‘of memory work, and
therefore present a more justified
need for frequent quizzes. But
this cannot allow us to make a
general rule for all courses.
In order to take care of the var-
ious sides of such a problem, flex-
ibility has to be left for the indi-
vidual members of the faculty. The
question of quizzes should be no
longer subject to mechanical and
possibly arbitrary rulings. Each
with his particular class) is the
only person to judge the need of
quizzes. -
If the above question was shock-
ing, the answer as presented by
the last News is perhaps more
shocking. We are now confronted
with the revelation by too large a
number of students who, by their
reaction, imply that they are un-
able to leave behind a certain kind
of “automatic” studying, and who
thus really admit that College
work has to be done by them in
the same way as the most elemen-
tary and compulsory work. It is
(if necessary together | t
Students Ask Recognition
For Modern Dancing
On Campus
to the Editor: Hd
Considering the favorable re-
sponse to the dance numbers jin the
i'reshman Show, we teel that mod-
ern dancing should be encouraged
on the campus. “Lhe Physical kdu-
cation Department at Bryn Mawe
has’ frowned upon the modern
dance while Smith, Vassar, and-
Cornell have carried on supervised
programs which have been en-
thusiastically received by the stud-
ents. We would like to see mod-
ern dance emphasized as much as
the other sports in this college.
During only two weeks of re-
hearsals, the dancers in the show
developed great coordination, grace
and imagination in their move-
ments; ~ Most of them had no pre-
vious training, but thanks to their
enthusiasm and hard work, they
gave a polished performance. If
such great strides could be made
in a handful of rehearsals, think
what could be accomplished in ‘a
well organized dance program held
three hours a week throughout the
year. :
At the present time there is only
one two-hour class a week. in
Wyndam. This is an advanced
class. There is no class for be-
ginners who have not had the basic
training necessary for modern
dancing. We think there should
be at least two classes for begin-
ners as well as the one advanced
class. They should be fitted into
the regular physical education
schedule and given the full cooper-
ation of the gym department. .
Marge Richardson” ’46
Mary Ellin Berlin ’48
Jane Ellis ’48
especially sad.to hear that so many
Seniors had to come to such an un-
fortunate conclusion. If it is true
that that many students feel this
inadequate preparation, the “bit-
er” truth to face is an individual
improvement of studying habits—
(I do not exclude myself). And if
general “action” is still. desired
along with the usual urge for op-
position, it should be realized that
such a move has to be applied to
individual cases, that, in this re-
spect, there should be no general-
ized rule, a rule which is somewhat
degrading in form as well as in
character—to the students as well
as the faculty—(and one which, by
the way, would doubtless ‘result in
‘an anti-quiz-movement in the near
future).
Be
INCIDENTALLY...
Butchered
“She went to the butcher’s
For spareribs and suet,
But found that some others
(Had beaten her tuet.
She said-she would settle
For sausage or liver,
The ‘butcher insisted
‘He had none to giver,
She pleaded for pork chops...
For meat balls . ... for mutton
' The butcher said: dady,
I just ain’t got nutton’.”
Oh, what a sin
This ¢ame from the Inn.
“The Non-Reses have always
| complained that-they are regarded
either as non-entities or as singular
anomalies by the narrow-minded
who live on campus, but their cup
of bitterness is now grimly brim-
ming over.’ One Freshman Non-
Rew» engac~*:-* Eig eo" Rersan
tion with a resident student: be-
jcame more and more bewildered as
the latter kept telling her, with a
bright smile, how much she ad-
mired scholarship students. After
€oncurring for a while, the Non-
|Res began to feel that there was
some personal connection implied,
and hastily began to explain that
she just wasn’t “the scholarship
type.” Her companion’ looked at
her in a bewildered way, and ex-
claimed sweetly, “But E thought all
you-Non-Reses were the result of
some sort of social work on the -
part of the college!” The Non-Res
has been trying to convince herself
ever since of the truth of the say-
ing that to be great. i is to_be-mis--
‘understood.
Congratulations! ae
It may be a known fact around |
Bryn Mawr that Nurses’ Aides cov-
er a multitude of sins, but one
poor parent discovered it in a rath-
er. upsetting, manner. one night |
last week. Calling her daughter, -
“pe parent” @ horrified..to: hear
that her offspring was si igned out
to the Lying-In — in Phila-
delphia.;
ae
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Religious Faith Proclaimed
_ As Imaginative Need —
In Frank’s Book
Specially contributed by
Rosamond Kent 745
The publication of Dr. Erich
Frank’s new book, Philosophical
Understanding and Religious Truth
is an important literary event. The
Flexner Lectures of 1943 were the
eccasion of the first presentation
of the material which now appears
in print. The lectures have, how-
ever, been’ greatly -enriched —and
elabdrated by notes of an unusual-
ly illuminating character. Although
Plato, Augustine, Kant, and Hegel
are perhaps the sources to whom
Dr. Frank is most indebted, the
documentary evidence given in the
notes shows that not only is he
possessed of a comprehensive com-
mand of philosophical’ tendencies
from Thales to the present, but he
is also well versed in the problems
peculiar to theology, history, and
psychology. Far from being bur-
dened by the weight of his schol-
arship, Dr. Frank manages to treat
an essentially philosophical subject
in a manner extraordinarily free
from technical jargon.
In these lectures, Dr. Frank
faces honestly the limitations
which fear of death, moral falla-
bility, and historical circumstance
impose upon man, but he also
shows us that in man’s realization
of these limitations lies his very
strength. Only when man becomes
truly cognizant of the fact that he
is dependent upon an _ absolute
principle outside himself will he
attain the true existence toward
which he is continually striving.
For this ereative freedom, as Dr.
Frank calls it, religious faith is
necessary. Creation itself is a
product of the religious imagina-
tion. The making of something
out of nothing is an event which
belongs to the realm of the spirit,
not to that of history. Dr. Frank
illustrates this point with force
and brilliance in his comparison of
Caesar and Christ in Chapter V.
To interpret the religious ideas of
Christianity by historical or psy-
chological means is to destroy their
essence. “The Christian Kingdom
is not of this world, it belongs to
the realm of the spirit. In this
world it is always Caesar who is
bound tp be victorious, ~while
Christ will be forever crucified.
‘Whoever will follow him... must
take up his cross.”
This is a hopeful book and a
courageous one. While confronted
with a-world in which “modern
man is neither willing. nor able to
believe,” Dr. Frank has taken the
leap advocated by Pascal and Kier-
kegaard and dared to give us a
reaffirmation of religious faith. The
philosopher must overlook the ac-
cidental connotations of religious
ideas and aim at an understanding
of their true essence. This he can
only accomplish by believing in
God’s belief in us and not in man’s
sovereignty alone.
‘Calendar
Thursday, February 22
Vocational Committee Confer-
ence, Common Room, 4:30.
Friday, F 23
Non-Varsity Interclass Swim-
|. ming Meet, 4:16.
Maids’ and Porters’ Dance,
Sunday, February 25: .
The Reverend Rex Clements,
_Music Room, 7:30.
Monday, February 26 :
Current Events, Common Room,
7:16.
Dr. Robert Calhoun, Music
Room, 8:00.
Tuesday, February 27 pie
Vocational Committee Confer-
ence, Common Room, 4:30.
Wednesday, February 28
Badminton Game, Bryn Mawr
vs. Drexel, Away.
’
Vocational Tests will be giv-
the Bureau of Recom-
cide what job to select after
graduation. or during summer
vacations. The first of these
tests was given today, and will
be «given again Friday, “Febru-
ary 23, at 4:00. It, will last no
later than: 5:00. :
WHAT TO DO
Now ’
Miss Wharton’s School: Students
wanted one or more afternoons a
week from 3 until 4 to proctor
study hour for one girl. 75 cents
an hour.
After Graduation J
Applied Physics Laboratory, Sil-
ver, Spring, Maryland. Seniors or
graduate students/with training in
| Mathematics, Physical. Chemistry
or Physics. The work is done un-
der the direction of the United
States Navy.
E. Bilhuber, Inc., Orange, New
Jersey. Chemistry majors to work
on the development of new syn-
thetic medicinal chemicals.
Quaker Memorial Products Cor-
poration, Conshohocken, Pennsyl-
vania. Chemists for work on met-
al and textile processing.
The Permutit Company, Birm-
ingham, New Jersey. ‘Chemists.
Water conditioning of all kinds, in-
cluding desalting process for flyers
foreed down at sea.
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation,
St. Louis, Missouri. Students in-
terested in engineering to work on
parts for B-29’s.
For Summer
Camp Vega, Readfield, Maine.
Counselors wanted .for -all camp
activities. Some heads of depart-
ments needed. Salary depends on
age, experience, qualifications.
Remember the Civil Service ex-
aminations, and please get the ap-
plication blanks immediately. Re-
turn them to the Bureau if you
have already taken them.
take some time to arrange for an
examination to be-+ given at the
college.
Candidates Selected
For Self-Government .
Continued from page 1.
Association, and then its first Jun-
ior member. She is now the Sec-
retary of the Association. A mem-
ber of the Editorial Staff of the
News her Sophomore year, she be-
came a News editor last spring.
She is a member of the Editorial
Staff of the Title, and is a student
member of the Rare Book Room
Committee. ‘Susan was co-chair-
man of publicity for the Model
en ,b
Bi =. ae to help students de-
It-may-
h
League Seeks Changes:
Continued from Page ;
V5
CONSTTIVIION NOW
ARTICLE Section I, THE PART: oF
THE READS AS FOL-
Lows:
“The executive power of. the Asso-
ciation: shall: be vested in a President,
a Vice. President; and an Executive
Board of
Vice President, - one
composed the President,
Senior member,
three Junior miembeérs, the first of
shall be the Secretary,
Sophomore members, the first . of
whom shall be Hected by ballot by.
whom two
the Association, and one Freshman
member.” a
ArtieLe. V, SECTION I . SHALL’ BI
CHANGED TO READ:
“The executive power othe *Asso-
ciation ‘shall be vested in-a President,
a Vice-President, and an Executive
Board composed of the President,
Vice-President, one Senior member,
three Junior members,..thé first of
whom shall be Secretary, two Sopho-
more members, the first of whom
shall be elected ‘by ballot by the
Association, and. one Freshman mem-
ber. New elections for. the last po-
sition shall. be held at the end of
every six weeks.” “3
The Undergraduate Association
would change its constitution as |
follows:
ArtIcLE III, SECTION 7 (TO BE ADDED)
“The detailed duties of the members
of the members of the Undergrad-
uate Association Board may be_ in-
terchanged at the discretion of the
Board and the President.”
ArticLte VI, SEcTION I Now READS:
“Any candidate who receives fifteen
more than the sum of the votes of
-albythe other candidates in the nomi-
nating ballot
Otherwise for . eléction
shall be those who have received on
ballot
highest number of votes
is considered elected.
candidates
the nominating three
the
the case of a tie for the third high-
est nomination, in which case
nominees shall be the four highest.
A_ plurality “of 20 votes is necessary
to constitute an ,lection.
PROPOSER Articte VI, Section ~!
SHOUDD READ: —
“Any 15
votes more than the sum of the votes
of all the other candidates in the
nominating ballot is ‘considered elect-
ed, Otherwise candidates for election
candidate who receives
shall be those who have received the
two highest numbers of votes on the
of
close numbers the three’ highest shall
nominating ballot; or in case
be nominees. A plurality of 20 votes
is*necessary to constitute election.”
Articte .VI, SECTION II ‘Now READs:
shall be
nominated and elected by the Fresh-
man class after Thanksgiving.”
VI,
“The Freshman-- member
ProposeD ARTICLE
SHALL READ:
“The Freshman
Section _ Il
member shall be .a
jfined sin as the ¢
except in|
the
Free Nature of Man
Contiiucd. from Page 4
Sin
Explaining how :Man may be
corrupted by sin; Dr. Calhoun de-
rmative identi-
fication of the agent with an act
which violates the order of -reality
and the nature of the agent. Viola-
tion of the law that Man shall work
for the fullest development of the
human state, thereby bringing. his
powers in alignment. with a funda-
mental pattern is~sin. Man sins
when he ‘seeks to negate his hu-
man state, striving through pow-
er and pride. to make himself like
God, or through sensuality forget-
ting his responsibilities
ing animal like.
Christian theologians believe
that ‘Man becomes corrupt through
sinning, Dr. Calhour pointed out,
for sin has.a cumulative effect in
making Man less responsive to
fundamental values, so that his life
becomes misdirected. By failing
to keep the fundamentallaw, which
only a free man is able to do, Man
destroys his very faculty of free-
dom.
”
Executive.and Advisory boards of the
Association.”
The Leagtte Board feels that the
secretary of the League should be
elected by college ballot as are the
‘secretaries of all the other organi-
zations. It also feels that the
Board should have the power to
pass amendments to the constitu-
tion without having to present
them to the college, since there is
continually a need to appoint or
eliminate officers throughout the
year. The League, therefore, pro-
poses. the two following * amend-
mentsig . .
VI,
ARTICLE SECTION 2
NOW READS:
“Nominations for the Secretary and
the Chairman and_ the Assistant
Chairman of the Sunday Services
Committee ‘shall be made by the
Board and voted on at a mass meet-
ing of members of the Bryn Mawr
League.”
* ProposiD AMENDMENT:
“Nominations for the Secretary and
the Chairman of the Sunday Services
The
Secretary shall be elected by ballot
shall be made by the Board.
by the whole college. The’ chairman of
the Sunday Seryijces Committee shall
be -elected by the members .of the
Bryn Mawr League at a mass méet-
ing. A simple majority vote is neces-
sary for the election of these officers.”
ArticLte VII Now READs:
“Amendments: may be made by two-
thirds of those present at a meeting
of the Bryn Mawr League members.”
PROposED AMENDMENT:
“Amendments may be made by the
and becom-!
‘as a challenge to their power.
' : .
2. THE. COLLEGE NEWS’. : a _ . Page Three
IN PRIN¥F Vocations Undergrad, Self-Gov’t |Calhoun Emphasizes ‘Jaffe Explains Need
For Democratization
Of Economy in China
Goodhart, February. 14... ‘“Who-
ever understands China holds the
key to world peace in the next five
centuries,” declared _Mr. Philip
Jaffe, in a ‘War Alliance Assembly
discussion of The Facts on China.
‘Mr. Jaffe feels, however, that the
ability of China to assume her
proper position in” the post-war
world will depend upon a thorough
reorganization of her internal po-
litical and economic structure.
China, said Mr. Jaffe, is at the
point where the old forces of agrar-
ianism are struggling to maintain
their hold on the government in
the face of a modern challenge of
democratic industrialism. The
Chiang Kai-shek, government has
helped ‘the landlords maintain
their power and has in fact more
firmly established this oligarchic
control of the government, and the
economy. The loss of the coastal
cities in the Japanese invasion
was a serious blow to the demo-
cratic forces in China, for until the
war most’ of China’s industry had
been concentrated in this area.
-Capitalismr
The problem of China’s commun-
ists is an essential part of this
economic conflict, (Mr. Jaffe feels.
The communists, declared Mr.
Jaffe, are not communists at all,
but the leaders of a partially in-
dustrialized area in the north of
China, who have admitted that
China’s real need is for capitalism,
not communism, to build up-a mod-
ern industrial system. These so-
called communists are the leaders
of one of China’s most democratic
groups and are feared by the land-
lords of the Chungking government
An-
other opposition party has grown
up from the Separatist movement,
which seeks.a democratization of
the Chinese government and econ-
omy. Mr. Jaffe feels that this
‘T movement holds out the best-hope~—
for a democratic future for China.
~ China will hold a_ particularly
important position in the post-war
world, Mr. Jaffe feels. She will be
the best possible protection for the -
Allies against future Japanese ag-
In addition, China will
open: up an
gression.
immense field for
American and British investment
and will thereby provide an op-
portunity for industrial expansion
in both countries.
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Play. a year. Each girl shall have a term
Ruth Leyendecker of six weeks and may not be re-
Junior became a permisison giv- elected in the same office in that] q, co ee ~ Wh y)
er and hall representative for year. The first election shall be ~ in ‘
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year. She was hall dance manager| Arricie VIII (To BE ADDED): ; :
in her Sophomore year. Now she “Committees may be dissolved or Bettws Y Coed Cottage ' Hand-made
is Vice Chairman of the Curricu- created at the discretion of the Opposite
lum Committee, hall air raid war- : Silver Jewelr
den, and is an assistant in minor | .Goodhart Hall . ‘i y
Biology. She was a member of MEET AT THE GREEK
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She is now..a..co-chairman, of the Lunches - Dinner
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Greeting Cards
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THE COLLEGE NEWS
-Speculating Sanhoierss ‘Make W ild Guess |
As rae) “Widget” Wins for Forty-eight
By me Evaris’ 47
An all-night vigil under the
Freshman Show Manager’s_ bed,
elaborate sleuthihg, and a pains-
taking search of every building on
campus on the part of the Sopho-
mor:,s failed to bring ‘Widget,’
*48’s elusive burro, to. light. A
similar fate met some of the more
imaginative of -the Sophomores
who tried to think “What would we
have had walk out of a Ladies’
Room?-+ It would have to be some-
‘thing mariné and something” to do
with love. What about a turtle-
But, as the Sophomores
said, what Freshman could have
been that logical? ?
Class_of ’46 Selects
Undergrad Nominees
Continued from page 1
_ Patricia. Behrens
In her Freshman year, Pat Beh.
rens served as the Secretary of her
class and as the Director of the
Rockefeller Freshmen~ Play. She
was also the Freshman member of
the Undergraduate Association and
was’ a member of the Radio Club
and the Stage Crew. ‘While she
the Sophomore.
was president
Class, she was als:
of the League Board.
Pat is the Secretary of the.
graduate . Association. She
member of the Editorial Staff of
the News during her first two
years and up to the end of the first
semester of her Junior year. She
was also the college correspondent
for the New York Times.
Robin Brooks
As a transfer from Radcliffe’ in
her Sophomore year, Robin Brooks
was the Sophomore representative
of Pembroke West to the War Al-
liance. She was a member of the
News Editorial Staff, the Choir,
. and was on the badminton varsity.
This year, Robin was the Assistant
Chairman of the Maids and Por-
ters caroling. She is now the
Chairman of the Entertainment
Committee, which makes her the
first Junior member of the Under-
graduate Association.
Joy Rutland
Joy Rutland has been in the
Choir and the Glee Club since -her
Sophomore year. Also in her Soph-
omore year, she was the Merion
Hall class representative and was
on the Editorial Staff of the News.
As a Junior, Joy is now a member
of the Cut Committee, is Vice Pres-
ient of the Junior Class, and is in
charge of Red Cross canteen and
volunteer hospital work. =
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Non-Varsity Interclass
Swimming Meet
The first ‘of three inter-class
swimming meets will be held on
Thursday, February 22, in the
Gym. The meet is. especially
for non-varsity swimmers al-
though the varsity may compete
ordinarily swim.
in events in which they do not |
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The efforts of the persevering
Sophomore who. spent . Friday
night under Ada Klein’s bed al-
most bore fruit. On. Saturday
morning she reported that “it”
was cute but dirty and was prob-
ably being kept in. Park Hall.
Plenty of time was. being
to bring “it” to Goodhart where a.
ramp would be provided for access
to the stage. One clue was mis-
leading, for apparently the sen-
tence, “The person who carries it
in will have to wear old clothes,”
was an incorrect version of “The
person whom it carries will have
to wear old clothes.” (Were Fresh-
men ever that grammatical?).
Sophomores descended in hordes
to Park and vicinity.. In their
search of the basement: they even
braved a room designated as con-
taining Poison Gas, but the locked
door of. the burro’s sound-proof
sanctuary: remained undisturbed.
From.the amassed facts, how-
ever, the following conclusions
were drawn: a goat? a unicorn
(pony with a horn tied to his
head)? a Sicilian donkey? Then
the more imaginative of the Soph-
omores returned to the fore: ““What
about a pepguin?” It fitted every
known desaription of the animal.
At severi-twenty on Saturday eve-
ning, a Sophomore pesing as a
Rosemont girl called the Philadel-
phia Zoo. She was raving about
the penguin in the Bryn Mawr
show and wanted to have one for
“Rosemont next week. The Zoo was
uncommunicative—it could not say
until morning. This, subsequently
proving-to~be~but-a routine, delay,
was seized upon by the Sophomores
as a sign that the Zoo was in lea-
gue with the Freshmen. The pen-
guin song.was written and sung.at
the end of the show, only to be cut
short by “Widget’s” appearance on
stage. ;
One Sophomore had idly :won-
dered whether the Freshmen had
shanghaied a Sophomore to be the
animal. “It would have amounted
to the same thing!” exclaimed a
disrespectful member of the class
of 748,
Arms and the Man
The Haverford Cap and Bells
production” of George Bernard
Shaw’s play, Arms and the
‘Man will be given the weekend
of April 13-14 at Haverford. .
‘Bryn Mawr students in .the
cast are:
Raina o...: Nancy Schwartz ’48
Catherine ......Rosalind Oates ’48
Louka, Georgiana Wiebenson ’46
Errata
The News omitted to mention
the fact that a debate was held
during last week’s ‘Current
Events. Marie-Wasserman ’45,
debated with Miss Robbins on
the value of Mr. Wallaceas a
Secretary of Commerce, and a
pressive were the
‘Tart Art’ Conibines
Good Acting, Dancing
Continued from Page |
omen in black
personifying the intellectual ideal.
The surprising grace and_-tech-
nique-of.the dancers, the balance of
the whole, and the’ingenuity of the
choregraphers made both dance se-
quences the high points of the
show.
Outstanding among the individ- bh
ual performances was Betty Smith’s
rendition of “Study in Blue.” - She
managed to combine the ability of
a Dinah Shore and the stage pres-
ence. of a true veteran. Sandol
Stoddard, Bernice Robinson, and
Jane Coddington succeeded in: giv-
ing finished performances in, the
three main roles. The contrast be-
tween Bernice Robinson as artis-
tic Sylvester and Sandol Stoddard,
the “rough and ready” Marine, was
heightened by the actors’ sympa-
thetic interpretation of the parts:
Although no one minor role was
particularly outstanding, taken as
a whole, they fulfilled the purpose
of covering up a rather flimsy
plot. Jessica Levy’s humorous in-
terpretation of Stromboli “from
Russia” was marred only by the
indistinctness of her diction, which
was, however, compensated for by
her stage’ personality.
In between the acts Hope Kauf-
man sold posters in the role of
Mrs. Roosevelt. Republicans hoot-
ed with fiendish delight at her
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clever mimicry, and even the Dem-.
ocrats were compelled 6 buy post-
ers Ber -super-salesmanship.
In- Ow as superlative as*’48’s
Tart Art, it is hard to select‘the
outstanding characteristics. The
talent revealed on Saturday night
indicated--the—broad~ field” of the
Freshmen's ability. The director, |
Ada Klein, succeeded in making
the most of excellent potentiali-
ties.
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Tennis
The Varsity Tennis> Squad
announces the election. of Chloe
Walker °45, as Captain, and
Pat Turner 46, as Manager.
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Pennsylvania Downs
Owl Swimming Team
Gymnasium, February 16. Swim-
ming’ against the notably fast
Penn team, the Owls were defeat-
ed 46-38 in their second meet of
the Season. Considering Swarth-
more’s 45-21 victory over Bryn
Mawr on February 10,
swam surprisingly well.
.Penn’s record-breaking swim-|
mer, Judy Auritt, won two speed
events, the 40-yard breast stroke
and the 40-yard ‘back crawl. ‘Chichi
Arrowsmith ’47 came in second in
the former event, and Ty Walker
’45 won second place in the latter.
In the form events, however, the
Owls came out ahead, with Betsy
Manning ’46 and Denny Ward ’48
winning first and second in the
side stroke for form. Eunice Shay
of Penn and Liz Willard ’47 tied
for first place in the breast stroke
for form, while Barbara Bunce ’47
secured third. Chichi Arrowsmith
and Kay Tanner ’47 were judged
second and third in the freestyle.
Eunice Shay also won top honors
for diving, while Ellen Cary ’47 and
say Owlsioe six points.
Owl Basketball Team
Defeats Ursinus 31-21
Bryn Mawr, February 15. e
first and second Owl basketball
teams were victorious, 31-21 and
23-17, over Ursinus.
The first team showed fast team-
work, with the scoring equally di-
vided among Niles, Nelms, and
Hitchcock, On the whole the Owls |
threw long shots and varied their
tactics with the situation. On the
other hand, Ursinus’ playing was
characterized by many short pass-
es, and set plays.
In a more even match, the sec-
ond team also won ‘with a margin
The high scoring
forward was Posy Johnson who
piled up fourteen points. The third
team game was a thorough defeat,
32-13, for the Owls, mostly because
the players had never played to-
gether as a team. There was a
great deal of substitution from
Ursinus in all three games.
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