College news, March 13, 1946

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VOL. XLII, NO. 17

ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1946

Copyright Trustees of
Bryn Mawr College,

1945





Creative

Falent



Poetry, Stories
In Title Issue
Portray Moods

Poems Show Artistry,
Stories Reveal
Directness

by Joan Gould, ’47

The current issue of The Title is
so well-balanced that this review
will risk condemning itself to the
Freshman English black lists by
jumping from small particulars to
large conclusions and using the
contributions as examples of Bryn
Mavr writing in general. Of course
the individual styles differ greatly,
but a few trends can be seen in the
magazine as a whole.

One tendency that is fairly clear
is the stress on mood rather than
plot, in the short stories. Examples
such as “The Spell” or “The Silver
Tree” describe the emotion or sit-
uation,-rather than revealing or de-
veloping it. (Coincidentally, both
these works deal with the conflict
between romantic dreams and real
surroundings, one author placing
the fantasy inside a_ character’s
mind, the other externalizing it in-
to a partially fairy-tale world).
Even when plot is more important,
in stories such as “The Obsession
of Henry Middel”, “Gold, Frank-
incense, Myrrh”, or “The New Man
of Pecos”, it is used chiefly to dis-
play characters and relationships,
not for its own sake. Perhaps be-
cause of limited experience at our
age, or perhaps in reaction to the
catastrophes in the daily newspa-
pers, incidents are preferred to
great events, and pathetic or
charming scenes are chosen’ instead
of those that are tragic or comic.

The poems, in general, reflect
very recent influences, and seem
quick responses to stimulating
ideas, rather than outgrowths of
thoughts acquired, forgotten, and

Continued On Page 4

Hourishes In Arts Night
| Arts Night Reveals DramaticSkill
In Production of One-Act Plays

“Trail of the Serpent” | Character Development



Scene from “Francis Likes CreEaM, Too”



Arts Nigh® Music, Dancing Show

Dance Groups Reveal
Divergent Aims

In Arts Night

by Margaret Urban, ’47

Two distinct styles of creative
dancing were represented in Arts
Night: the dance club was under
the direction of Miss Petts with
music by Mr. Schumann and the
modern dance group was super-
vised by Malvena Taiz. Both of
these ably portrayed the spirit of
the schools to which they belong.

The aim of the dance club was
to portray: individual feelings and
interpretations of the music
through movement of the body.
The emphasis was laid on delicacy
and characterized by an ethereal
quality. The dancing itself was
very graceful but appeared to be
rather limited in variety of form.

In contrast to this, the modern
dance group personified a_ spirit
of dynamic realism and showed
great technical proficiency and well
planned choreography. Each dance
seemed to express a different mood



Continued On Page 4



Art Exhibit Has

Technical Skill;

Emotional Penetration Lacking

by Priscilla Boughton °49 y,

Viewed as a whole, the work at
the Arts Night exhibit is well and
often very skillfully executed; the
drawings and paintings show much
technical skill on the part of the

‘ artists. Yet with few exceptions,

the exhibit does not escape flat-
ness, which is due to a lack of
emotional penetration into the sub-
ject matter on the part of the art-
ist.

Diane Huszagh’s watercolor of
the library is éne of the most no-
table exceptions to the statement
above. The picture is executed in
thick heavy slashes of vivid
greens, greys and purples, the
composition is crowded; and to-
gether these devices have produced
a very dramatic and intense effect.
Less startling in mood, but with
an equal amount of power is Sally
MaclIntyre’s pen and ink drawing
of a negro jam-session; the ner-
vous and accurate lines of the mu-
sicians and the detail of a single
light-bulb hafiging bare from the
ceiling -have somehow created an

’ impression. of the concentration

and tenseness of such a scene.



‘’

Not aimed at expressing mood
in themselves, but at producing
humor, Alice Bronfenbrenner’s sa-
tirical sketches of fat women are
very successful, whether the sub-
jects are portrayed as ‘they sit in
heavy pyramids on the beach ‘or
merely waddling along—simply
and precisely. Her drawings of
students are less successful, for
although well done, they arouse
nothing on the part of the specta-
tor—they are girls, accurate rep-
resentations, but nothing more.

In addition to many more pic-
tures than are reviewed in this
space, the exhibit also includes
photographs and a head modeled
in clay by Tally Argyropoulo. April
Oursler’s Winter Afternoon and
Peggy Rudd’s Hi There are both
very good and, have much detail
and precision. Tally’s head of a
young girl is excellent, the nose
is perhaps too thin but the con-
tours and proportions of the face,
as well as the subtle expression of
thought and concentration over her
features makes it a careful and



forceful piece of work.

Variations in Forms, Expression

Original. Compositions,
Songs Featured —
In Arts Night

by’ Elizabeth Day, ’47

The musical program of Arts

Night included an original compo-
sition: played by the Bryn Mawr
and Haverford instrumental ensem-
ble as well as a collection of folk
songs which had been arranged ‘by
Bryn Mawr students, and were
sung by the Bryn Mawr Double
Octet. It was a varied and promis-
ing performance, but showed a lack
of coordination and finish.
_ The orchestra began the program
with three musical selections of
Gretry, Mozart and Bizet. Although
the playing was technically pro-
ficient, it appeared to lack emo-
tional interpretation.

The original musical composition,
also played by the instrumental

Continued On Page 3

Golden and Ehle
Discuss Problem

Of Labor Conflict

Goodhart, March 6. Mr. Clinton
Golden, speaker for labor at the
conference sponsored by the Alli-
ance, and Mr. Harry Ehle, repre-
senting,management on “The Na-
ture of Collective Bargaining”
both stressed the wide implications
of collective bargaining: from poli-
tical, social and economic view-
points. ,

Mr. Golden said that this nation
was formed around the idea of
achieving liberty and it would be
inconsistent to limit our democ-
racy to the field of government
and politics. .“It_is only through
the organization of labor that a
troduced into industry,” he de-
clared.

Gradually industry in America
is \accommodating itself to the
rights~of workers, and since the
passage in 1935 of the National
Labor Relations Act, which legal-
ized collective bargaining, the la-
bor movement has grown to three
times its former size. :

Mr. Golden emphasized that the
present conflict between labor and
management is a temporary situa-
tion. During the war the govern-
ment assumed much of manage-

Continued On Page 3 ,_



PASTA Seeootonie Oh vena Sane een



measure of democracy can be in-|:



Has Slum Reality;
Weakens at End

by Elizabeth Dowling, ’47

Praiseworthy for its abstinence
from the all pervading subject of
race prejudice, Joy Rutland’s The
Trail. of The Serpent offered an
uneven yet highly interesting half
hour of entertainment. For those
who anticipated an harangue on
the unfortunate position of the re-
turning Negro soldier, it was a
pleasant surprise to have present-
ed what seemed to be only a pic-
ture of life in the slums. As such
the play was moderately success-
ful in that the first part was com-
pletely convincing whereas it fell
badly in the end. To this early re-

Continued On Page 3

Barr Discusses
Nationalist Aims"

In Modern Art

Goodhart, March 11. The uSe of
art as a medium to express na-
tional aims and ideals’ was the
theme of Mr. Barr’s’ fifth lecture
on Modern Art, entitled “Art
Should be, National.”

Nationalism as such began with
the futuristic Italian School of the
early twentieth century, although
this idea can be traced from the
time of Donan, Rembrandt, and
Poussin, and the internationalisw
of Picasso and Mondrian. The lead-
er of this school was Marinetti,
who intended to quicken the na-

tionalistic and militaristic temper.

of his country, and to end the dom-
ination of the French impression-
ists and cubists. With suchsmen as
Severini, he participated in the
World War, was an active partisan
of Mussolini, and became minister
Continued On Page 2

CALENDAR

Thursday, March 14__.. a
Mile. Barland, French’ Club,
History of Art Room, 4:30.
Players Club Tryouts, 7:30.
Dr. Doyle, Science Club, Dal-
ton, 8:30. '

Friday, March 15
Badminton with Penn at Penn,
4:00.

Experimental Film, “The Birth
of a Nation’; Music Room,

7:30.

Saturday, March 16:
Badminton ‘with Swarthmore’
at Swarthmore, 10:00.
Fencing with Baldwin, Gym,
3:00.

Sunday, March 17
Chapel, Rev. James T. Cleland,
Music Room, 7:30.

Monday, March 18:

Current Events, Common Room
7:15.
Dr. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., “Art
Should Be Social’, Goodhart,
8:15.

Tuesday, March 19
Badminton with Swarthmore,
Merion Cricket Club, 4:00.
Sigma Xi, Miss Wyckoff, “Mil-
itary Geology”, Park Hall,
7:30. :
Wednesday, March 20
Eighth War Alliance Assem-
bly, Mr. Franz Neumann, “The
Revival -of Political Life in
Germany”, Goodhart, 12:30.
Catholic Club, Father Keller,







Common Room, 4:00.





And Witty Dialogue
Excel in “*Francis”’

by Mary Lee Blakely, ’47

When one spends the afternoon
with a capricious ghost and his
friends the result must be either
wearying or amusing, and for-
tunately “Fred’s” tea party was
of the latter type. Because the
purpose of Arts Night was to re-
veal creative talent a criticism of
the play itself is the-most impor-
tant thing.

Nancy Crawford deserves high-
est praise for “Francis Likes Cream
Too”. The dialogue was witty, fast-
moving and carried consistent de-
Velopment of the characters to
their logical conclusions. Neither
the plot nor idea was too involved
or erudite for an amateur produc-
tion and I believe this is one of
the main reasons that the play was
an instant success from the mo-
ment the curtain rose on George’s
architectural difficulties until it
closed with Fred accepting a cookie.

Chief praise in acting ability
must go to Bernice Robinson who
played the vague but well mean-
ing Mrs. Moon with humor and
comprehension. Her actions and
presentation were faultiess from

Continued On Page 4

Northrop Asserts
Need for Financial

Aid to G. Britain

Goodhart, March 11. The need
for the British loan, as essential to
both the political side and the ec-
onomic side of a peace framework,
was -ungently stressed by Miss
Mildred Northrop, Professor of
Economies at Bryn.Mawr and at
present a member of the State De-
partment, in the seventh Alliance
Assembly of this year.

Before the war dollar and ster-
ling blocs were meshed together
by a ‘free exchange of currency
between them; but Great Britain,
once a “lung of trade”, breathing
in imports and breathing out ex-
ports, has found it impossible to
continue fulfilling her part and has
been obliged to create a sterling
bloc. The war has impaired her
earning power by forcing her to
convert export industries, so that
they are.capable of producing only:
35% of pre-war exports now, and
to sell a large part of her foreign

‘investments before lend-lease be-

gan@fi ‘order to buy in the dollar
market.

If Britain, whose debt to other
members of the sterling bloc is
equivalent to $14,000,000,000, does
not obtain this loan of United
States’ dollars, she must ration her
imports and continue trade control
and bilateral trade - agreements.
However, full employment and high
income levels partly depend in this
country on producing for export.
The alternative is to develop a
dollar bloc to wage an economic
war with the sterling bloc.

The loan of $38,750,000,000 is
only one part of the financial
agreement. After five years (1951)
Great Britain would begin repay-

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En Te

When the final curtain fell on Arts Night, the audience
had been forcibly convinced that creative talent exists on
campus. Now Bryn Mawr has the task of giving full ex-
pression to this talent in its many forms, for we believe that
creative work should occupy a place of equal importance with
regular academic studies.

In the past few years creative work by young — has
assumed a prominent place in the world of art through such
events as the first production of Sing Out, Sweet Land by
Catholic University in Washington, D. C., and the annual
Dodd-Mead novel writing contest for college students. Why
should Bryn Mawr lag behind other educational institutions
in emphasizing the creative arts?

The one course. in creative writing does not allow for
sufficient practice because students cannot devote enough



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an a

time to an extra half-course taken along with four regular |

subjects, if they are able at all to squeeze in a course not con-
tributing towards graduation credit requirements. The art
exhibit at Arts Night indicated that photography, sketching,
and sculpture could be developed into major activities if en-

couraged by professional instruction and a dark room for the:

students. Only the talent for musical composition and ex-
pression, which was displayed during Arts Night as well as
in the Freshman Show, seems to be fostered with enough in-
terest and instruction.

__ A large vote of thanks is due Mr. Thon for pulling Bryn
Mawr out of its usual state. of lethargy and organizing the
entire project of Arts Night so successfully.

Peace and War

No one reading the newspaper today can fail to note
with alarm the lack of fundamental agreement on a program
of international action. True, we aim distantly at the utopia
of permanent peace; but it is rather the fruit of constructive
and reasonable policies in the social, economic and political
spheres than an objective towards which we can direct spec-
ific plans. In spite of all. the recent declamation in favor of

‘international cooperation, the great powers have. signally

failed to develop a correspondingly broad viewpoint. Peace
becomes, by association with separate foreign. policies, the
realization of nationalistic aims:

_Ths charge has, in the past‘few months, been most fre-
quently levied against Russia. In the much quoted words of
Winston Churchill, “I do not believe that Soviet Russia de-
sires war. What they desire is the fruits of war and the in-
definite expansion of their powemand doctrines! The policy

inspiring this assertion may be laid to a lack of international

viewpoint within Russia; it may also result from Russia’s
evident distrust of the sincerity of others in agnerting pure
internationalism.

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Writers Offered
$1500 in Prizes

A writing contest open to all
college students has been announc-
ed by Tomorrow, a magazine which
sponsors the work of new and
young writers.

The manuscripts, which should
range from 2500 to 5000 words in
length, will be judged solely on the
basis of literary merit and clarity
of expression.. Choice of subject
matter is left to-the contestants.

The two best articles and two

best short stories will each receive

first and second prizes of $500 and
$250.

The contest closes May 1, 1946,
and those interested should. mail
entries to: College Contest, Tomor-
row, 11 East 44th Street, New
York 17, New York.’



Current Events



Explaining tlie present Spanish
situation, Miss* Nepper cited the
closing of the Pyrenees border and
the three power declaration by
France, Great Britain and _ the
United States as the outstanding
events of the last few weeks.

“The reaction to the declaration
is not yet completely clear,” Miss
Nepper said, “since only the Span-
ish Republicans have taken a stand
on the issue.’ The Republican
group ‘refuses to act as an interim
government, as called for, claim-
ing that they were legally elected
before the Civil War. Meanwhile
the group has also expressed the
hope that withdrawal of diplomatic
recognition of the present Spanish
government will be the next action
taken by the three powers.

(Miss Nepper also discussed the
publication by the United States
State Department of fifteen docu-
ments proving that “We were skat-
ing on very thin ice itr our foreign
policy towards Spain.” The docu-.
ments which included correspond-
ence between Franco and Hitler,
notes on conversations between
German and Spanish representa-
tives and a secret protocol between
the two governments, show that
economic difficulties and military
insufficiencies were the main rea-
sons why Spain did not actually
enter the war.

| on campus.

given rise more often to
sessions than to constructive dis-

Purpose of Education
World Participation
Students Assert

To the Editor:

The recent “UNRRA” affair”, or
perhaps we should call it “fiasco”,
seems to crystallize in a concrete
issue the growing feeling of dis-
‘content which has been prevalent
“What is wrong with
Bryn Mawr?” people are asking
themselves. This restlessness seems
to be the product of academic iso-
lation from the world of reality.
In the past, it has unfortunately
“gripe”

cussion.

An: appeal was sent out. by the
UNRRA Personnel Division for
student workers to act'as messeng-
ers at the UNRRA Council meet-

ing in Atlantic City. This appeal.

was never announced openly to the
student body. It was left to the
discretion only of the social science
and language departments to offer

the opportunity to students whom,

they considered sufficiently strong
academically. These students were
to be allowed to absent themselves
from their ‘‘all-important” classes
for two weeks.

With the exception of one or two
of the faculty (names obtainable
on seals general announce-
ments were not made even in the
authorized departments. Accord-
ingly, many students who were
best qualified through their intel-
lectual and extra-curricular inter-
ests to take advantage of this ex-
perience, heard of the UNRRA ap-
peal only incidentally.

The lack of positive encourage-
ment from the college authorities,
their attitude of “Well, you can,go,
BUT ...!” seems strangely incon-
sistent with the policy of encoura-
ging individual student responsi-
bility to which the college pays
such devoted lip-service. What was
the result?—in spite of the earn-
est efforts of the Bureau of Rec-
ommendations there was a series
of delays against which the stu-
dents were powerless; meanwhile,
UNRRA had been flooded with ap-
plications from other sources and



had filled its quota, with the result



The allegation applies, though in a different sense, to|
Great Britain. High hopes were expressed, shortly after the
election of the Labor Government, that a new and construct-
ive interpretation of Britain's role would be developed.
Events have not borne out these expectations; such revision
as has been made in foreign policy has been conditioned by
the state of British trade and finance. Britain is devoting
her, efforts, not to creating an international scheme which
will permit and promote the free exchange of goods, the ba-
sis of a trading economy such as the British, but to the re-
establishment of her Vested interests, political and economic,
abroad and in the Empire.

The United States, likewise, has adopted a negative po-
sition in which the obstruction of others’ strong measures
seems to be the keynote. It is notable that Secretary Byrnes
said, “The United States intends to defend the charter’ of
the U.N.O., when the need is obviously for specific implemen-
tation of the charter’s aims. The food program is the one
bright spot on the horizon. If the development of a foreign
policy acceptable to all requires a policy of inaction, it would
be better to create opponents and produce a constructive pro-
gram.

The United States stands for democracy in the world
policy ; yet we know that democracy depends on soufid econ-
omic and social bases—the balanced economy, a firm yet
dynamic society. The development of industry in backward
countries, with its concomitant of internal and external
commercial expansion, is a specific program for which we can
work. At the same time a realistic yet constructive view of
political needs and aspirations must be achieved: we must
work toward the establishment of an adjustable international
order in which the advantages as well as the disadvantages
of a change are considered objectively, as far as this is pos-
sible. Only in this way can we hope to lay the specter of





nationalism and the threat of a third world war.

“as

that Bryn Mawr undergraduates
will not be represented at Atlantic
City. This fact wilFhardly enhance
Bryn Mawr’s reputation for enthus-
iastic participation in community
affairs.

Early in its history, Bryn Mawr
was looked to as a pioneer, aS a
great liberal leader in the educa-
tional world. What has happened
to that old spirit which founded
the Hudson Shore Labor School,.
the first labor school in the country,
and which sent Bryn Mawr gradu-
ates into the ranks of the suffra-
gettes? Somehow we have lost the
spark. We have maintained our ac-
ademic standards; but perhaps.
these standards represent only a
hollow shell—at least when em-
phasized to the exclusion of new
experiences for students in the out-
side world. Perhaps the UNRRA
work would not have been “pro-
ductive” in itself. But the chance
to observe an international confer-
ence in action, when our very lives
depend on the success of just such
conferences, is one which few peo-
ple would allow to slip through
their fingers. But let us make it
clear that the “UNRRA affair” is

only an illustration of our dissat-
isfaction. Much more is at stake;
we ask students, faculty, and ad-
ministration to work with us in re-
examining the ideals for which
Bryn Mawr stands.

Nationalism in Art
Discussed by Barr

Continued From Page 1

of cultural subjects. They attemp-
ted to force their technique on all
fields of art in which the airplane
and aero- “painting finally predom-
inated.

In tracing this principle through



the art of several nations, Mr.
| Barr pointed out that Mexico takes
the second place after Italy. This
| is evidenced in the 20th century
paintings and murals of Orozco,
Rivera, and Siquieros, who glori-
fied the Aztec under the Spanish
yoke, the wars of independence
with Hidalgo and Juarez, and the
modern peon identified with social .
revolution, which represent the
three national stages of Mexican
development.

Here in the United States art

in the national sense is concerned ;

with portraying the American
scene of which Currier and Ives
are the most popular exponents.
Typical of this school are Grant
Wood, Benton’s regional paintings,
and Hopper’s commonplaces such
“Gas,” and “A New York
Movie.”

The art of Russia and Germany
has a definite political motif, ac-
cording to Mr. Barr, in contrast to
the American, which is sentimen-
tal in character, During the 1920’s
Russian art was represented main-
ly in modernistic architecture, but
during the last ten years it has
become conservative and idealistic, .
with the nation~ shown as they:
hope tg make it, After 1932, art in.
Germany came under the domina-
tion of Nazi ideology, from which
foreign, “Bolshevist,” influences.
have been purged to reveal a true.
German art.






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27s awe SS

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Juniors Select Blakely, Bateson,
Bunce, Stephens for Self-Gov’t



Barbara Bunce, Mary Lee Blakely, Margaret 'Stephens, Rosina
Bateson.



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Candidates for the office of Pres-
ident of the Self-Government As-
sociation, to be voted on in the
halls Thursday, March 14th, have
been nominated by the Junior Class
as follows:

Mary Lee Blakely

This year Mary Lee is the second
Junior.member on the Self-Gov-
sient biadd and. was also Vice-
President of the Junior class. She
is_also on the Editorial Board of
the College News and has been
active in organizing the Arts and

Crafts work done by students at|

the Valley Forge Hospital. Last
summer she was a counsellor at
the Bryn Mawr summer camp.

.

Rosina Bateson

Rosie is the Secretary of the
Self-Government Association this
year and was a Sophomore Rep-
resentative last year. She is on the
Editorial Board -of the News and

“| class.



also on the Board of the Title, of
which she was one of the founders.
Last summer. Rosie was a coun-
sellor of the Bryn Mawr Summer
Camp and edited the Freshman
Handbook, She was President of
her class her Freshman year.

Barbara Bunce

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

Margaret Stephens
Marge is president of the Junior
She of the
Octet. Last year she was Sopho-

is a member
more representative on the League
Chorus and sings in the Double-

Board.



Holland, Werner, Poland, Cross



Nominated for League President

Helen Poland, Marion Holland, Ann Werner, Mary Cross.



Marion Holland

Marion has been a counselor at

the League Summer Camp for the
past two years. She has also been

pay-day mistress in Pem West for-
the past’two years, and was in

charge of war stamps collection in
Pew West last year. She is vice-
president of the Stage Guild and
a member of Chorus.

Ann Werner

Ann fs chairman of the Chapel
Committee, one the activities
sponsored by the League. She is
also Business Manager of the
News, pay-day mistress of Rhoads
Hall, and a member of the ,Chorus.

rte fen ne



Helen Poland

Helen is Common Treasurer this
year, and therefore a member of
the Undergrad Council; she is also
a hall representative and a mem-
ber of the Speakers Committee of
the Alliance. Last year she was
the Sophomore Alliance represen-
tative.

Mary Cross

Mary has been chairman of the
Blind Schoot during her Junior
year.
representative of the New Book
Room,-and-is~on the Junior Song
Book committee. Last year she
was a co-director of the Maids’ and

Porters’ Play and she was a coun-.
ummer

selor at the Bryn Mawr
Camp.

She is the undergraduate |’

Self-Gov't Stresses
Individual Effort

And Responsibility

The Self-Government Associa-
tion is made up of every -under-
graduate of the college, and the
rules. as they ‘exist now were
drawn up by the association as a
whole. =

This government operates
through the permission givers,
who accept ithe responsibility of
signing students out, the Advisory
Board which consists of all hall
presidents, and through the Exec-
utive Board which makes decisions
as to whether corrective action
should be taken in specific cases.

The Advisory Board turns over
the signing out sheets, and reports
any offenses which have occurred
during the week to the president of
Self-Government. Full investiga-
tion is given to each case in order
to make a fair judgment of the
situation, Any decision is made
only with the agreement of every
Board member and each case may
be reconsidered if an appeal is
made.

reason of the decisions, which are
posted weekly on the (bulletin board
in Taylor, students may seek ad-
ditional information from any
member of the Board because Self-
Government is an organization
based and supported on majority
opinion—an organization in: which
every member of the college plays
an essential part. ow...

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League's Activity
On Campus Told

Responsibility for religious ac-
tivities and social services on cam-
pus is in the hands of the Bryn
Mawr League. The League Board,
which integrates the various func-
tions_of the organization, is com-
posed of a president, a secretary,
representatives of the freshmen,
sophomores, non-residents and
graduate students, a publicity di-
rector, and the chairmen and as-
sistant chairmen of the various
committees.

One of the chief activities of the
League is planning the weekly
Sunday evening religious services.
It also arranges to have Bryn
Mawr students read to the blind

.|at Overbrook, and helps plan en-

tertainments for the local children.
The Industrial. Group sends stud-
ents interested in labor problems
to work at the Fair Employment
Practices in Philadelphia.

Also under the League is the
very .active Maids’ and Porters’
Committee, which arranges for
their classes, their annual play
and dance, and their Christmas ca-
roling. Another League commit-
tee runs a summer camp in New
Jersey for under-privileged Phila-
delphia children. The organization
algo sends several undergraduates
each summer to work at the Hud-
son Shore Labor School.

The League receives financial
support for its various activities
from its annual drive for funds
held each fall. In addition, the
profits of the soda fountain are
used to run the summer camp.



Elections

Elections for the presidents
of the undergarduate organiza-
tions and for the Common
Treasurer have been scheduled
_as follows:

Self-Gov’t, Thursday, March
14.
Undergrad, Monday, March
League, Tuesday, March 19.
Alliance, Wednesday, March
20.

1) ‘A. A. and Common Treasurer,
Thursday, March 21.





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Page Three



If there are doubts as to the}-



Undergrad Nominees Selected;
_ Urban, Tanner, Bunce, Bierwirth

Front Row: Barbara Bunce, Margaret Urban;\ Back Row:
Eleanor Colwell (alternate), Kathryn Tanner, Nancy Bier-
wirth,



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

Margaret Urban

Meggie is second Junior mem-
ber of the Undergraduate Associa-
tion. Freshman year she was sec-
retary of her class and hall repre-
sentative td the Alliance. - For
three years she has been in the
Choir, Freshman year as assistant
to the head of Chapel, Sophomore

year as Librarian, and this year

as secretary of the Chorus and
chairman of the Concert Commit-
tee. Meggie was a counselor at
the League Camp last summer,
and has been Fire (Captain of
Rhoads for the past two years.

Kathryn Tanner

Kate is first Junior member of
the Undergraduate Association.
She-is on the varsity swimming
team and is also president of the
Swimming Club.

a Barbara Bunce

ior member on_ Self - Govern-
ment, and was on the board both
her freshman and sophomore
years. She is secretary of the
Bryn Mawr chapter of the Red
Cross and has been on the swim-
ming team for the past two years.

Nancy Bierwirth

Nancy was vice-president, of the
Freshman Class and was co-head
of the Bryn Mawr Summer Camp
last summer. She was in the Choir
her. Freshman and Sophomore
years. In athletics, she was a
member of the tennis and basket-
ball squads ther Freshman and
Sophomore years, and was man-
ager of baskethall her Sophomore
year. This year she was on the
first hockey and basketball teams
and was captain of basketball. She
is’ captain of thdé¥ hockey team
next year.

Eleanor Colwell (alternate)

Eleanor is Song-mistress of the
Junior class this year. Freshman
year she was hall representative of
her class, and is now in charge of
the Rockefeller Hall bookshop. She
has been. a member of the chorus
since her freshman year, and work-
ed at the Haverford Community
Center her freshman year.









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Undergrad is Contact
Between Students,
Administration

One of the main purposes of
Undergrad is to serve as a channel
of contact between the student
body and the members of the Ad-
ministration, Faculty and Alumnae;
and in this capacity it informs both
parties of the opinions and reac-
tions of the other.

Every Undergraduate is auto-
matically a member of the Under-
graduate Association. The author-
ity of this organization is vested
in the President and in seven mem-
bers who constitute the Executive
Board.

Campus Coordinator

The Association also serves as a
co-ordinating element in campus
activities. Hereby, all activities ex-
cept those which fall in the specific
fields of the League, the Alliance

‘}and the A.A, are provided f d
This year Bounce is the first Jun-” se co

supervised by Undergrad, Lantern
Night and Mayday arrangements,
Dances, Movies, and assemblies on
all topics are thus taken care of
by the organization.

The finances of the Association
are administered by the Common
Treasurer, who supervises most of
the paid student jobs on campus,
such as the positions of Payday
Mistress, Hall Announcer and head
of Lost and Found. Student dues
provide-thé salaries.

In Charge of Clubs

All Clubs are charted and check-
ed up on by Undergrad. These in-
clude three language clubs, French,
Spanish, and German Clubs, the
Glee Club, the Varsity Players
Club, the Radio Club, the Science
Club and the Stage Guild, as well
as Art, Camera, Modern Dance and
Catholic Clubs.

In Charge of Committees

Helped by her~ vice-president,
Undergrad’s President appoints all
Committee heads, (with the excep-
tion of the Curiculum Committee,
whose head is chosen by the other
members of her organization).
These committees include the
Freshman Committee, the Cut Com-
mittee, theyMVocatidfial Committee
and the Point Committee, the Rec-
ord Library, the Furniture Sales
and finally the Ushering Commit-
tee. Undergrad sees that they are
active, ~progressive, and efficient.

The association alsé has charge
of special activities’ not falling

} Within the province of other.’ or-

ganizations ‘or sponsored by the
college. Special lectureships such
as the Park Lectureship establish-
ed in honor of Président Marion
E. Park, are the responsibility of
Undergrad.


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Barbour, Jones, Poland, Byfield
- Chosen as Alliance Candidates



Front Row: Betty Byfield, Patricia Hochschild (alternate) ;
Back Row: Helen Poland, Dorothy Jones, Alison Barbour.



The candidates for president of
the War Alliance have been chos-
en by the Alliance Board and the
Junior class as follows:

Alison Barbour

This year Alison is chairman of
publicity or the Alliance and for
the Committee for Feeding Burope.
She is also the chairman of the
Community (Center Committee un-
der the League, and was on the
Editorial Board of the Title. She
was Song (Mistress fireshman year,
and last year she was head of the
U.V.A.P. drive and of volunteers
for the O.P.A. under the Alliance.

Dorothy Jones
This year Dotty is Chairman of
the War Stamps and Bonds Com-
mittee under the ‘Alliance, and is
Vice-President of the Junior class.
She is also on the editorial staff of
the News.

Helen Poland

year, and therefore a member of
the Undergrad Council; she is also
a hall representative and a mem-
ber of the Speakers Committee of
the Alliance. Last year she was
the Sophomore Alliance represen-
tative.

Betty Byfield

Betty this year is the Secretary
of the Alliance and is on the
Speakers Committee. Last year
she was Assistant Secretary, and
was Secretary of the I.R.C. her
Freshman year. (She worked at
the Haverford Community Center
for two years, and. last summer
went to the Hudson Shore Labor
School.

Patricia Hochschild (alternate)

Pat is president of the Interna-
tional Relations Club this year.
| She was a delegate to the Vassar
|\Conference on the Far East held

last month. (She is also a member



Helen is Common Treasurer this

of the Modern Dance Club.



Spears, Hart, Ericson, Tozzer
Named for Common Treasurer

The Sophomore Class has nom-
inated Catesby Spears, Page Hart,
Anna-Stina Ericson, and Vera Toz-
zer for the position of Common
Treasurer.

The Common Treasurer co-ordi-
nates and administers the finances
of the Self-Government Associa-
tion, the Undergraduate Associa-
tion, the League, and the Alliance.
She draws up the budgets, pays all
bills, and. prepares the financial
statements of these organizations.

Catesby Spears

Catesby Spears, a math major,
is class secretary and “Merion’s
hall representative to the Alliance.
She is also on the Cut Committee
and a fire lieutenant.

Page Hart

Stage Guild and of the fencing
team, She solicited for the League,
the War Chest, and Relief for
Europe in Rhoads.

Anna-Stina Ericson

Anna-Stina Ericson is . Pem
East’s pay day mistress this year.
She is the alliance representative
in her hall and also the Sophomore
Class representative. Anna-Stina is
on the News subscription board
and in the chorus.

Vera Tozzer

Vera Tozzer, a math major, is
Merion’s pay day mistress. She has
played varsity basketball and soft-
ball since her freshman year. Vera
was costume manager for Family
Portrait, As You Like It, and is a
member of the Stage Guild. She is



Page Hart is a member of the

secretary of the orchestra.



Barland to Talk
On Art in War

The effect of the war on great
French paintings will be discussed
by Mile. Helene Barland of the
Ministry of the Beaux Arts March
14 in the Library Art Lecture
Room at 4:30. The lecture, spon-
sored by the French and History
of Art Departments, will be given
in French and is entitled “Sauve-
tage et Vicissitudes des tresors
d’art nationaux pendant l’occupa-
tion.”

\B. M. Scores 5-4

In Fencing Match

Bryn Mawr, March 8. _ Friday’s
fencing meet against Swarthmore
turned out very successfully, as
the Bryn Mawr first team won by
5-4 bouts.

Alice Hart 47 and Page Hart
’48 were both victorious by two out
of the three bouts scheduled per
player, both employing a quick
one-two thrust; while Alice Bron-
fenbrenner ’47 defeated Betty Reb-
ents of Swarthmore 5-4 in her sec-
ond bout.

Mile. Barland comes to Bryn|. Bryn Mawr’s second team was

Mawr as a representative of the

“Ministry of Beaux Arts. She was

previously in this country in 1939
cataloguing the 19th century
French pictures here.

beaten 5-4 in their match, al-
though Amy Amory ’49, acting as a
substitute, managed to win three
bouts, thus making the day’s rec-
ord for the highest individual
score.





THE COLLEGE NEWS



Alliance Direets
Political Groups,

Relief Programs

The purpose of the Bryn Mawr
War Alliance is to initiate and co-
ordinate all activity on campus in
connection with ‘the war and re-
construction. In-carrying out its
aim it, cooperates with the faculty,
the College Council and the Under-
graduate Council, and is one of the
sponsors of the Undergraduate
Volunteer Activities Program.

Practical efforts to aid the war
and. reconstruction included in the
Alliance program are War Bonds
and Stamps,the various activities
of the Red Cross Unit, and special
volunteer drives. At present, Re-
lief for Europe is carrying on a
constructive program of assisting
European rehabilitation by send-
ing food, clothing and. medicine to
distributing groups. in France,
Holland, and Italy.

As a complement to its practical
projects the Alliance sponsors lec-
tures, discussions and special as-
semblies on Current Affairs to pro-
mote interest and knowledge of
contemporary national and inter-
national problems. A joint student-
faculty committee selects the
speakers for assemblies and a sim-
ilar committee sponsors the weekly
Current Events. The United Na-
tions Council and the Internation-
al Relations Club provide oppor-
tunities for student discussion and
debate in conjunction with nearby
colleges.

Eleven days before Pearl Harbor
the Alliance was set up as a com-
mittee to promote undergraduate
defense activity. The members of
the War Alliance Board are the
chairmen of the Red Cross Unit,
the Committee for Feeding. Europe,
the International -Relations Club,
the United Nations Council, Cur-

rent Events, War Bonds and
Stamps, Volunteer Drives and
Publicity.

Non-Reses Give
Juke-Box Dance

by Katrina Thomas, ’49

After Arts Night the non-reses
gave an informal dance for the
Bryn Mawr undergraduates and
their escorts. The decorations in
the gym carried out the theme of
Arts Night with a tragic-comedy
mask surrounded by stylized flow-
ers, violins and pallettes. The tire-
less orchestra, a juke-box, played
“Symphony”, “Shoe Fly Pie”,
r“Coax Me a Little Bit” and nine
other current tunes in rapid suc-
cession and’ then started \in again.

Surplus Stags

At first there was a’ prevalence
of men. About twenty-five extra
Haverford swains lured by posters
and publicity around that college,
were over in quest of entertain-
ment. Some, distressed on finding
a lack of partners, decided to dab-
ble their feet in the swimming
pool, only to be disappointed again.
The door was barred and bolted.
Even “George” (Alice Bronfen-
brenner). who. came direct from
“Francis Likes Cream, Too” in
costume and make-up in order to
eat a macaroon and have some
punch, was induced to dance and
caused much excitement and spec-
ulation as to whether she ought to
be “leading” or “following”.

Return to Balance

The efficient dance committee
called the halls and a bevy of fe-
males came to the rescue, But, the
problem was still unsolved; theré
were now too many girls. With the
return of the extra girls to their
halls, the balance of power was
restored and the dance went on
successfully until 1 a. m.



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Barbara Young.

Caroline Seamans, Elizabeth Willard,



ancy Bierwirth,



The candidates for President of
the Athletic Association are as
follows:

Nancy Bierwirth

iNancy is captain of the basket-
ball squad this year, and will be
captain of the hockey squad next
year. (She was on ‘tthe first Var-
sity teams in both basketball and
hockey this year. In her Sopho-
more year she was manager of the
basketball squad. She was ia mem-
ber of the basketball and tennis
squads her Freshman and Sopho-
more years. (She «was vice-presi-
dent of the class during her Fresh-
man year, and was co-head of the
Bryn Mawr summer camp last
summer . Nancy is secretary of
the league this year.

Barbara Young

Bobbie is manager of the bas-
ketball squad this year, as well as
being on the first Varsity team.
She has been on the squad since her
Freshman year, and played on the
second Varsity team her Freshman
and Sophomore years. She is-man-
ager of the ibaseball squad this

;year, and has been in it for three
_years. Sihe has been a member
of the hockey squad for three
years, and was on the Second Var-
sity team this year. She was in
the Glee Club her Freshman and
Sophomore years.

Caroline Seamans (

Seamans thas been on the basket-
ball squad. for three years, and
played on the second Varsity team
her Sophomore year. She has been
on the Varsity baseball squad for
two years, and also the Varsity
tennis squad during the autumn
of her Freshman and Sophomore
years. She iwas director of the
Denbigh Hall play during her
Freshman year.

Elizabeth Willard

Liz is manager of the Varsity
swimming squad this year, and has
been a member of the squad since
her Freshman year. She is treas-
urer of the athletic association this
year, and serves as the Geology
member on the Curriculum Com-
miittee.



Strong 48 Team
Defeats Seniors

°4.7 Wins Championship
In Interclass
Basketball

Bryn Mawr, March 6. Without
much of a chance against three
strong Sophomore forwards, the
Senior basketball team was de-

feated by 29-12 in -Wednesday’s
first interclass basketball game.

Frances Cheston “48 and Joan
Beauregard were the high scorers
of the event, making 18 and 8
points respectively, due to their
excellent teamiwork and accurate
throwing. Helen Brooks, the Sen-
ior captain won her team’s 8
points, while. Barbara Sawyer ’46
made two successive baskets in the
last quarter of the game.

The second game that evening
was won by the Juniors as they
jdefeated the Freshmen 10-6, thus
winning the interclass basketball
championship for the third year.

Jean ‘Albert °47, without much
hindrance from Freshmen guards,
made three beautiful long shots
into the basket, ile Anne Kings-
bury, Rosemary Taylor and Mary
Pinch scored the green team 6, 6
and 2 points respectively. “Gosh,
}we ‘weren’t so bad, they were just
good,” was the accurate and final
comment of Sue Kelley, the..Fresh-
man captain. M. J. Hodges was
not so bad, scoring all of the team’s



6 points.

Juniors Win 30-11

Over Sophomores

Bryn Mawr, March 4th: Leading
by 12-1 at the end of the first quar-
ter, a strong Junior team went on
to defeat the Sophomores with a
final score of 30 to the latter’s 11,
in Monday’s inter-class basketball

game.
Sylvia Taylor, the Junior’s star
forward, was responsible for 12 of

the Green team’s points, while

Mary Pinch and Ann Kingsbury
came in next ‘with scores of 9 and

7 respectively.

Helen Poland and Betsy Kalten-
thaler, ’47’s guards were both very
fast and did an excellent job of
frustrating the hectic efforts of
Sophomore forwards.

Freshmen Score 24-28,

Over Seniors

The Freshman team forged
ahead to snatch an interclass bas-
ketball game from the Seniors, 29
to 28, last Wednesday night. There
were only eight Freshmen present
to face the Seniors, of whom, ac-
cording to one freshman, “there
were hordes”, but acting on the
theory that only six can play at
once, the underclassmen played
‘blithely on, and won by’ a single
point. The playing, in the second
half particularly, was fast, ahd
goals tumbled in one after another
as the teams battled for the lead.
High scorer of the game was Sue



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Page Five



Valiant Pembroke Rat. Hunters
Need Fechnique of Pied Piper|

“by Judy Marcus °49

Bryn Mawr College, which has
always been rather a peaceful and
easy-going placesexcept, of course,
on Parade Night and before the
Freshman Show;ttas suddenly gone
military in a big way. The resi-
dents of Pem West have hauled out
their assorted weapons and de-
clared war on an enemy who they
proudly assert is the most feroc-
ious since the collapse of Nippon.
The target for tonight in West—
and any night, for that matter—
is RATS!

It all began about a week and
a half ago with the first sensa-
tional appearance of the rat, or
rats. (No one seems quite certain
whether there are several or if it
is just one large athletic rodent
with an uncanny talent for appear-
ing in a number of different places
at practically the same moment).
Weaporis used in the battle thus
far include a twenty ‘gauge double-
barreled shotgun, a metal fire po-
ker, a mop (destructive powers
doubtful), and a number of rat
traps of various sizes and descrip-
tions.

Estimates of the rat’s size, which
may be slightly exaggerated,
range from eight inches to several
feet, including tail. The list of his
activities tto date is an extremely
impressive one. After knocking
a picture off the wall and smashing
it to bits, the adventurous rodent
chewed up several other .assorted
pictures, and, still feeling in need
of nourishment, polished off sev-
eral oranges he discovered in one
of the rooms. ‘Then, ito prove that
he was an orderly little rat be-
neath’ it all, he deposited the
orange peels neatly on top of a

baby sweater that one of the girls.

was knitting. “That,” confides the
owner of the unfortunate sweater,
in what seems a masterpiece of
understatement, “was very annoy-
ing.

One of the most amusing inci-
dents in the little war occurred
when a Pem lass arrived back at
the hall with her date at night, and
was met at the door by a grim-
faced* warrior clutching a double-
barreled shotgun. The date’s com-
mentis have not been recorded.



Original Compositions

Heard On Arts Night

Continued From Page 1

ensemble, was a theme and varia-
tion which was composed cooper-
atively by Mrs. DeVarron’s har-
mony class with separate. varia-
tions individually developed. Vari-
ation II was a gay flute solo, while
““iv-eomparison, Variation ‘III was
the theme in a minor key with
mournful overtones. The fourth
variation, interpreted the theme in
dance form, while the last two va-
riations were more sustained, fea-
turing a piano solo. The composi-
tion, although not orchestrated up
to its potentialities, showed inter-
esting creative ability in a variety
of musical forms.

The Double Octet, Perey -its
first public appearance, effectively
rendered a collection of Folk Tunes.
If I Had a Ribbon Bow, a plaintive
mountain love song, was. the most
finished selection with its accurate
voice blending and subdued emo-
tional interpretation. In compari-
son, Oh Susanna, arranged by Nan-
cy Knettle ’47, was an oriental
harmonization of the familiar Ne-
gro spiritual. In this composition,
the spirit of the singers compen-
sated for its/lack of continuity. A
lusty Ameriean sea chanty, Gal-
loping Randy Dandy O, arranged
by Alice Bronfenbrenner ’46, cap-
tured the spirit of. the salty sailors
‘in a well-harmonized song. The
rendition of I Know My Love, ar-
ranged by Joy Rutland ’46, lacked
the necessary tenderness to give it
depth of feeling. High Ho the
Preacher Man arranged by Hope
English ’49, Edythe La Grande ’49,
Nancy Nelson ’49, was the least
finished compgsition both in ar-
rangement and rendition.. The en-
core, Dark Town Strutters- Ball,
captured the enthusiasm of the au-
dience, with its jazz rhythm ‘and
blues ending. The technique of
the Double Octet in regards to dic-
tion and style showed excellent
training, but the voices had not
achieved the blending and ‘balance
required for a small group.

Golden, Ehle, Discuss
Céllective Bargaining

Continued From Page 1

ment’s responsibility toward labor
and the normal evolution of labor’s
freedoms was interrupted. Now
we are making the transition back
to normal conditions and once this
readjustment is accomplished there
will be greater stability. ~

(Mr. Harry Ehle, vice-president
of the International Resistance
Company and speaker for manage-
ment, agreed with Mr. Golden as
to the important character of the
labor-management conflict which
exists right now. He believes that
the-small issues which cause most
of the strikes are not of basic im-
portance. The real question is who
should sit at the bargaining table,
and “labor is inviting the govern-
ment and the public as guests to
collective bargaining by its ac-
tions.”

If labor had given management
a chance to straighten out its oth-
er problems after V-J Day Mr.
Ehle thinks’ the net gains would
have been greater. Union leader-
ship made unreasonable demands
on management by forcing the is-
sue while management was still
confronted with reconversion head-
aches.

“The result of any collective
bargaining should be the utmost
use of our resources at the lowest
possible prices to consumers”’ stat-
ed Mr. Ehle in raising the question
as to whether the whole economy
should stand still while any spec-
ial interest seeks its own better-
ment.

Neumann to Talk
On German Life -

“The Revival of Political Life
in Germany” will be the subject of
a talk by Franz Neumann, expert
on the internal affairs of Germany
today, at an assembly to be held
in Goodhart on Wednesday, March
20.

of the Berlin bar, left Germany in
1933 and has since been doing re-
search work: in this country and
in England, At one time he was
employed as counsel to the German
labor unions. A member of the In-
ternational Institute of Social Re-
search at Columbia University, he
has also served as a visiting lec-
turer at that institution.

Mr. Neumann, who is the author

practice of national socialism, was
in attendance at the recent Nur-
emburg trials of war criminals.

NOTICES

Deanery Serves: Tea
The executive committee of the
Deanery announces that tea will be
served at the Deanery Mondays
through Fridays from 4 to 5:15
o’clock. Seniors in their second se-
mester are permitted to come.

1947 Yearbook Editor
The Junior class takes pleasure
in announcing the election of Bet-
ty Lilly, ’47, as editor of the 1947
Yearbook.



Experimental Film

On Friday night, March 15th,
the Undergraduate Association
will present the third in a series
of experimental films, “Birth of
a Nation.” The film was produced
in 1915 by D. W. Griffith, and its
subject, still arousing controversy,
has remained a classic in the his-
tory of motion pictures, influencing
particularly Garce in France and
Eisenstein in Russia. Showing be-
gins at 7:30, admission 25c.

Language House
Students who are interested in
applying for rooms ‘n the French
House, German House, or Spanish

possible, and not later than Thurs-
day, March 28.







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' BE CASUAL

the Mexican Way

ESPADRILLES
SKIRTS

Mexican Shop

Suburban Square
ARDMORE





















A tea at the
COMMUNITY
KITCHEN
isa
College tradition
LANCASTER AVENUE









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If we can’t fix it,
throw it away.
YEARSLEY’S Service
Locksmithing
Bicycles Repaired
Trunks Repaired

Ice Skates. Sharpened
50 W. Lancaster Ave.
Ardmore, Pa. Ardmore 2262











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The Bryn Mawr
Trust Co.

Bryn Maur, Pa.

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Give your old clothes to the French

Get a new spring outfit at



‘Mr. Neumann, a former member |

of a book on the structure and

House next year should make ap-!
poigtments with Miss Gilman, Miss {»
Cohn or Miss Nepper as soon as’

Rutland’s Play Shows
Reality; Weak at End

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ality of atmosphere the opening
soliloquy of Pearl expressing joy,
anxiety, and amusement at her own
nervousness contributed greatly.
Again the frequent and° informal
entrances of the pickaninnies and
the casual dropping-in of neigh-
bors and friends added to the im-
pression of a community and a
communal life.

Most important in this respect,
however, was the dialogue which
was —ynusually natural and un-
strained throughout the perform-
ance. With a concentration on the
digestive capacities of the hero and
the “no ’ecount” character of Lily
May, it not only aided those two
characters by giving them a build-
up before entrance, but also im-
pressed the auditor as being the
probable conversation of the two
women waiting .for the soldier.
Veering from the undoubted reform
of Jerry from his old ways to the
laziness and greed of Lily May, it
was also helpful in making the
later and more confused portion
of the. play ‘understandable.

On the debit side of the account,
nonetheless, we must place the
last ten minutes of the production.
The first part of the play ran on
an even, if somewhat talky level
leaving the audience unprepared
for the abrupt whirl of action that
followed George’s entrance her-
alding the advent of the police, We
accept as the motive for Lily May’s
thievery her desire to leave the
pokiness of her home, but we found
nowhere an adequate excuse for
Jerry’s participation in a bank
robbery, Since he had discarded his

plans to run away as “foolish
talk,”
Furthermore, we question the

complete disregard on the part of
the police of Lily May’s accusa-
tion of murder particularly con-
sidering the fact that the accused
had been brandishing a knife at
the time of their arrival. It seems
even more improbable that .they
would wait until the last possible

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minute to recognize ‘and arrest
Jerry, on the ‘powerful evidence
of a bandaged face and a “recent
return from Savannah, when they
had been talking with him and
scrutinizing him prior to that time.
For these reasons we feel that the
climax of the play rather betrayed
the comparatively high” standard
set earlier.

Assisted by the excellence’ of
their lines, the majority of the ac-
tors turned in very fine perform-
ances. Exceptionally good was
Sandra Lane ’46 as Lily May, the
miscreant girl. Expressing her
personality through the use of her
body, the sullen mask on her face,

and the flaunting swing of her
hips added tremendously to the es-
tablishment of a definite character.
That she carried out this sulky
belligerence in the delivery of her
lines made her the most convinc-
ing of the cast.

Patricia Franck ’46 was restrain-
ed and quiet as Pearl, carrying off
the difficulties of a dialect, and ris-
ing to real tragedy with the de-
feated and broken tone of the cur-
tain line. Don Kindler ’47 was ap-
parently infatuated with his ability
to render a Negroid chuckle and
‘destroyed its worth by over-use,
but was for the rest unobtrusively
adequate. Evan Jones ’49 was par-
ticularly’ good in the use of. his
voice albeit the cloudy quality made
his words inaudible at times.

It is our suggestion that, for the
purposes of performance here the
characters of the play could have
been changed from Negro to “poah
white trash” without hurting the
idea. The make-up, although well
done, introduced a note of arti-

ayoided. As an experiment, how-
ever, The Trail of the Serpent
completely convinces us of the ex-
cellence of the basic idea of Arts
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Owl Siylaiitiers
Beat Swarthmore

Valley Forge, March 8. Thrash-
ing away before 250 Army veter-
ans, the Owls blithely handed the
powerful Swarthmore swimming
team their first defeat of the sea-
son,

Bryn Mawr morale was boosted
immediately as Connie Chester "46
won the 38-yard free-style race in

19 seconds, which later proved to
be the day’s speed record. Anne
Dudley ’47, coming in second on
the free-style, went on to win the
backstroke match as she raced in
in 24 seconds. Bryn Mawr was de-
feated in the breaststroke.

By virtue of over-eager Swarth-
morites getting themselves disqual-
ified, Bryn Mawr was accredited
the Medley Relay Race, and also
won the Free-style Relay, thanks
to Carol Baker ’48, Connie Ches-
ter ’46, Kathy Geib ’49, and Anne
Dudley ’47. /

Sidestroke, crawl and diving,
competitions judged for form were
all taken by the Owls, as Alice
Hedge ’46 scored first in crawl and
diving (earning 127 points in the
latter), while Harriet Ward ’48
won the sidestroke exhibition.

Elated by her team’s success,
Miss Jaeger treated the squad to
ice cream and made a winning
score of 30,000 on the pin-ball
machine, at. the King of Prussia
Sandwich Shop.

B. M. Basketball ii
Beat Penn, 33-17

In a choppy, exciting game, Bryn
Mawr varsity basketballers de-
feated the University of Pennsy]l-
vania’s team last Saturday, 33-17,
but dropped the second team game
33-15 to the visitors. Bentley ’49,
was high scorer for Bryn Mawr in
the second team game.

In the first half, the varsity play-
ers concentrated on decreasing
Penn’s initial lead, and the period
ended with Penn leading, 11-10.
The beginning of the second half
marked a shift to the offensive on
the part of Bryn Mawr, and their
score steadily mounted, with Rose-
mary Gilmartin °47, playing an
excellent game and leading the
Bryn Mawr scoring with 10 points.
Guarding on the Bryn Mawr team
was again outstanding, although
again the opponents seemed to
have an edge in passing and par-
ticularly pass - interception.

Northrop Stresses
Importance of Loan

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danger, that British debts to the
rest of the world will be used to

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Title Isstie Displays
Artistry, Directness

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later remembered. ‘Metaphysical

Love Song” and “Pastoral Platon-
ic” both owe much of their content
to philosophic reading, though in
the first poem the metaphysical
speculations mingle with emotions
traditionally expressed in sonnets,
while in the second the philosophic
ideas are themselves the ‘source of
the feeling. The literary influences
on the. “Sophomore Dirge” and
“Paolo and Francesca” are obvi-
ous; the latter work shows the val-
ue of a quick reaction to a stimu-
lus, because it could have been
written only when the story was
very vivid in the author’s mind.

A good many experiments in
style appear in this issue, ranging
from the carefully - maintained
simplicity of “The Silver Pree” to
the intricacies of “Thé* Phoenix”.
On the whole, the stories seem
more direct and more natural,
while the poems have an attitude
of self-consciousness and—often
very successful—artistry. In “Met-
aphysical Love Song”, the scientific
terms contrast with the emotional
content; in “Pastoral Platonic”
there is a great deal of concern
with sound and with the precise
meaning of words. “The Phoenix”,
which describes the rise from
“childfaith” to “allaloneness” is,
stylistically, itself in the middle of
that process, Before a _ writer
strikes out independently, the con-

very violent rebellion against tra-
dition can become a tradition in its
turn. The style of “The Phoenix”
has deserted Wordsworth for Dos
Passos, Joyce and G. M. Hopkins,
but there is a directness behind
the elaborate contrivances that
may lead easily to another change.
In this work, as in “Pastoral Pla-
tonic”, there is great love for the
music of words, for pictures and
for vivid phrases. :

It is a tribute to The Title to
list so many different styles of
writing—as well as so many types
of content and contributions. ‘Stor-
ies, poems, essays and humor ap-
pear. There are works by under-
graduates, graduates and faculty.
In short, the editors accomplished
their aim of presenting a well-
balanced magazine .and proving
that there is more than one type
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On ‘The Screen

Technical Skill Shown
In “House of Usher’’,
Experimental Film

by Helen Anderton, °49
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' Goodhart Music Room, March 8,
An early French silent movie, based
on Poe’s “Fall of the House of
Usher”, was presented here to-
night. The acting was a bit on the
sensational side, heightened by
Roderick Usher prowling: about
the house with a mad look in his
eye. Occasionally he would stop his
prowling long enough to pick up
his palette (he seems to have been
an artist of sorts) and add a few
more dabs of paint to the unfinish-
ed portrait of his wife,

She, poor soul, hovered misera-
bly in a-corner throughout most
of the. picture. Her big moment
did not come until she collapsed
most delicately (slow motion used
here) into throes of a cataleptic
trance. Being pronounced dead by
the doctor she was placed in a
coffin and borne away to her tomb.
The coffin, however, was not nailed
down, and so when she came out
of. the trance she encountered lit-
tle difficulty in escaping from the
tomb back to the house. The pic-
ture ends with the ill-fated house
going up in flames,

Though the merits of the acting
are debatable, the sets and special
effects are noteworthy. The gloom
and weirdness of the story are re-
captured by means of a bleak look-
ing house surrounded by swamps
and barren fields. In our first
glimpse of the interior of the house
we see a huge reception room,
completely bare except for a few
stiff backed chairs and a grand-
father clock. At the far end is a
huge stone fireplace, beside which
human beirigs look like pygmies.
Dead leaves blow in the windows
of the upstairs corridor, and cur-
tains billow with the force of the
wind. In short, the house is not
a very cozy place .to be on a dark
night! Interesting effects were
achieved through double exposure
and trick camera shots. The era in
which the picture was made was
still an experimental one. But in
it we can see the core of future
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The War Alliance is circulating
a petition in the halls to be sent
to the chairmen of the House and
Senate Banking and Currency
Committees urging adoption of the
British Loan. The petition reads as
follows:

“We, the undersigned, urge you
to take every possible action to
secure the prompt and speedy pas-
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of the Anglo-American Trade and
Financial’ Agreements, negotiated
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Various Dance Styles

Shown On Arts Night

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and the definite figures were easily
distinguished giving an impression
of great variety throughout.. The
costumes and music gave addition-
al color and continuity which was
lacking in the dance club. This
was consistent throughout the sep-
arate figures in the dances. Al-
though every figure was a smooth
and integrated movement, the im-
pression of the whole dance was
confusing and not unified. This
feeling was enhanced by the fact
that the individuals in the group
often performed very . different
movements at the same time, and
thus there was no center of at-
tention at any. specific point.

It is very interesting to compare
the original dance composition of
the modern dance group with the
Seine by the dance club. Each was
an interpretation of a poem (in
the Seine it was set to music).
Mary Ellin Berlin is to be compli-
mented upon her stage presence,
but her interpretation was con-
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the layman’s point of view and her
voice carried to the back of the
auditorium. ‘George, portrayed by
Alice Bronfenbrenner and Vera
(Marilyn Talman). were comple-
mentary roles of a prodigy and
“the physical type” and neither
actress overplayed their respect-
ive positions or in any way. hamp-
ered the other’s mood.

Madeline Moon and Mrs. Thorpe
were difficult roles to give indi-
vidual interpretation because the
vague medium and the outraged
housewife have so many counter-
parts but Carol McGovern played
her part with restraint and studied
indifference and the only criticism
I can make of her performance is
the regretful fact that some of
her cleverest lines did NOT reach

‘the backrow. B, Lilly and Don

Kindler as the Thorpes entered
when the plot was well advanced
and their roles as outsiders may
have injured their popularity but
their poise deserves merit.

The settings and costumes were
excellent and I would like to com-
ment particularly on Vera’s make-
up which was a relief from the
conventional burnt cork of other
days. A criticism without criticism
misses its force and. so I will ad-
mit that the play dragged slightly
in the middle but if “Francis” is
an indication of creative talent on
the campus I vote that Arts Night
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