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Editorial Board

| Emiy Evarts, 47, Editor-in-Chief

l Nancy Morenouse, °47, CopyHarkieT Warp, ’48, Makeup
Rosina BaTEson, 47 MARIANNE GRAETZER, 48, Makeup

Louise GORHAM, °47
PriscILLA BOUGHTON, °49,

: d Editorial Staff
i DorotTHy Jones, *47 HELEN HALE, 49
Heten GOLDBERG, ’49 Katrina THomas, *49
Jupy Marcus, ’49 BARBARA BETTMAN, °49
ALicE WapsworTH °49 HELEN ANDERTON °49
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LoulsE ERvIN °49

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Under Act of Congress August 2%) 1912













. Food Conservation Reviewed

This seems an appropriate time to survey all that has
been done both at Bryn Mawr, in Washington, and in the
country as a whole to alleviate, in the words of Secretary
Anderson, “the worst critical period of the famine in lands
overseas.’

The petition circulated i in the halls yesterday supporting
rationing and any other compulsory measures: which the sit-
uation requires will, we hope, be seconded by individuals and
groups throughout the country. The reported rise in public
support of rationing is a good sign that Americans do feel a
sense of responsibility in a world situation demanding, above
all, the leadership of the United States.

The present tendency among officials in Washington to
speak of “averting” famine ,the “possibility” of mass-star-
vation in Europe, seems to us typical American wishful
thinking; the famine and mass-starvation are already there.
It is also unfortunate that those officials who do recognize
that the crisis is a matter of immediate concern frequently
refuse to take a long view of the situation, preferring to let
future incumbents cope with next year’s problem. It should

-be perfectly evident that refusal to take more than mere

temporary measures now will mean far more drastic action

later.
In the meantime it is encouraging to note the spread
of voluntary measures. The Philadelphia Food Drive, be-

ginning, this week, is a hopeful indication of what can be
done through the individual community. The willingness of
Bryn Mawr students to join in that effort by selling food
coupons for the drive is indeed very commendable. Let us
hope that Bryn Mawr will carry, its interest over into the
signing out program, the reports of which have so far been
very discouraging; action is as necessary as words to make
conservation effective.

Other colleges have also begun developing their own
adaptations of the Bryn Mawr program, aided by the infor-
mation of the Committee for Relief for Europe. Harvard’s
plan for sending food directly to the students of European
universities suffering from the famine is an excellent .pro-
posal both in its first purpose of alleviating shortages and
in the coincident value of building up inter-relations between
all student groups in the world.

Though the opportunities for concerted action at Bryn
Mawr end in a few weeks, it is certainly to be hoped that in-

dividual efforts. walkge-c?: ing-the summer, -boththre ="
‘logical organizations and letters to Congressmen. Publiciz-

ing the need for definite action is still a big job in the food
conservation program. “

many of Russia’s

Current Events



The Russian policy of hampering
peace settlements to gain bargain-
ing advantages is slowing up the
whole process of negotiation in
both major and minor points, de-
clared Mrs. Manning in a discus-
sion of the Paris Council of For-
eign Ministers.

Russian policy, she pointed out,
is clearly expansionist, and would

||be antagonistic to any more solid

world organization than the U.N.
as tending to: preserve the status
quo. Britain, on the other hand, is
anxious to retain her present po-
sition until she has re-established
her economy. °

Mrs. Manning emphasized that
exaggerated
claims have been put in to gain

¥{an advantageous bargaining posi-

tion as proved by their claim to
trusteeshipgpver the Italian colon-
ies. Russia’s interest in delaying
peace settlements is partly explain-
ed, Mrs. Manning feels, by her re-
luctance to withdraw occupation
troops from Europe, thereby dim-
inishing her control there and’ in-
creasing demobilization problems
at home.

The two proposals of Mr. Byrnes
are signs of increasing American
willingness to take leadership in
the Conference, said Mrs. Manning.
The Quadrilateral Treaty to dis-
arm Germany and Japan was, how-
ever, regarded as an expression of
American eagerness to withdraw
rapidly from European settlements.
The proposal of a Peace Confer-
ence attended by all thé U.N. coun-
tries to settle points not agreed on
at the present meeting was re-
jected by Russia.

The central problem at the con-
ference has been the disposition of
Trieste, complicated by its strate-
gic significance as “the southern
anchor of Winston Churchill’s iron
curtain” and the natural outlet
for Hungary and Austria.

Students Give Talks
At Scout Meetings

Continued From. Page 1

(For sevéral months now, various
foreign students have been asked
to give talks before the ‘Wynne-
wood Girl Scouts about their na-
tive countries. The series was be-
gun by Aida Gindy, a graduate
student at Bryn Mawr and a native
of Egypt.

Being very much interested in
all forms of social work, and hav-
ing had charge of three groups of
Girl Reserves in her native coun-
try, Miss Gindy contacted local
Scout leaders and was invited by
them to give a talk to the girls
about Egyptian life. Miss Gindy’s
discussion and those that follow-
ed it, were part of a course in in-
ternational friendship sponsored
by the Scout leaders.



Continuance of Chapel
Urged by Werner
As Essential

To the Editor:

In. view of the editorial in last
week’s News, I feel it would be
valuable to clarify the position of
the Chapel Committee in regards
to the Sunday Evening Services.

The problem of attendance has
naturally been uppermost in our
minds this year. It is obvious that
the service as it now stands does
not meet the needs of the majority
of the campus; the work of the
Committee has» been directed
toward the investigation of this
campus feeling. The Committee
agrees most heartily with the Edi-
torial Board of the News that the
service should be undenomination-
al; it also feels that there should
be more religio-ethical lectures and
increasing opportunity for discus-
sion in groups.

One of the main reasons for pla-
cing the Chapel Committee under
the Undergraduate Association was
to insure the widening of its scope
to include such lectures as those
given recently by Father Coleman,
Dr. Calhoun, etc. We feel these
lectures and discussions to be. very
important; the Sunday Evening
Services, however, are usually fol-
lowed by stimulating and all too
sparsely attended discussions.

It is the carefully studied opin-
ion of the Chapel Committee that
the lectures and discussions, while
valuable in the intellectual ‘sense,
have no spiritual significance and,
therefore, in no way take the place
of the Worship Service.

We would be very interested in
working with members of the Col-
lege Community in compiling a
form of worship which would have
more substance and yet would re-
main undenominational. The most
important function of the Commit-
tee is its representation . of the
Campus Concern.

Sincerely,
Anne Werner

Historical Sketches

by Katrina Thomas ’49

The origin of Undergrad is
shrouded~—in—mystery, although
some claim that it was the second
organization on campus. Absolute-
ly no one knows the date of its
beginning. A “Hand-Book” pub-
lished in 1900 shows that there was
the Undergraduate Association on
campus at that time and that its
aim was “to represent the students
to the President and Faculty.” This
idea is embodied in the present

slogan, “coordination and represen-
tation”, because now it also coor-
dinates all activities on campus
other than the political (Alliance),
the social (League) and the dis-

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Academic Freedom

The intervention of government administrators who



have taken over six Argentine universities is in direct oppo-
sition to the ideals of a democratic way of life. The privilege
of a professor to teach what he wishes in his own way is a
fundamental part of general education in a free society.
Government control of teaching in universities cannot be tol-
erated without leading to dictatorship and a form of nation-
alistic education against which the United Nations have
fought.

The resignation of professors and the active protests of
students in Argentina against “the subordinating of teach-
ing to a political ideology in the German or Italian manner”
is representative of a group which is willing to fight for what
it knows is right. As long as there are governments which
will attempt education control, peace aims cannot be secure.

| fhis-country has fought for and maintained the traditfOf"or)

freedom in education. If oui 2 do the same, a
fundamental ‘step will have been made towards true chacsinaed
tional cooperation.

Members Control Co-op,
Socialism Differs

: In Method
To the Editor:

I was interested in the account
in the College News for May -1st,.
1946, of a talk by Mr. Robert Bone.
who reportedly stated that the.
Socialist Party intends to obtain
its objectives through unions and
the cooperative movement. As a

it made clear, if this has not al-
ready been done, that Socialism
and ‘Cooperation, while they may
have the same objective of bene-
fit to the general public, neverthe-
less employ diametrically opposite:
methods.

Cooperation is, in effect, a cap-
italist system democratically op-

form of shares owned by individ-
ual members of a cooperative...
Savings left after payment of op-
erating expenses, including inter--
est on capital at a fixed moderate:
rate, taxes, business reserves, etc...
are returned to patrons. in propor-.
tion to their purchases. Member-.

race, creed, politics or sex (except—
ing individuals inimical to the
number of shares owned). Thus,.
responsibility and control are vest--
ed‘in the individual members, not

and success of a cooperative ven-
ture depends upon the initiative-
and intelligent insight of the mem-
bership.

‘Retail consumer cooperatives
band together to operate their:
wholesale regional
and the system can and does reach.
back further into the fields ‘of pro-
cessing or manufacture, and the
ownership and production of raw
materials. The same democratic
capitalist system prevails at each

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Petry, Berry Tell
(Of Health Work

Common Room, May 8. Job op~
portunities in the field of public:
health work, nursing as well as.
education, are plentiful, according:
to Captain Lucile Petry R. N.,.
Chief of the Division of Nursing,-
United States Public Health Ser-
vice, who spoke here at a confer--
ence on “Public Health and Nu-
trition” sponsored by the Voca--.
tional Committee of the Under-.
graduate Association. Mr. L. Joe.

workers in all phases of the field
of nutrition because the selective
service examinations during the.
war showed that one third of the.
men examined were malnourished..

The public healthsnurse assists
in the prevention of disease by pro-
moting health through education
and gives and supervises nursing-
care in homes, schools, and indus-.
try. She does ‘administrative and
supervisory work in federal set--
tlements such as the Children’s
Bureau. The trend now is toward
having consultants in broad, gen--
eralized fields, but there are some-
opportunities for specialists.

The educational requirements in--
clude graduation from a nursing-
school plus specialization in pub-
lic health work. A college degree.
is an asset in being considered for
promotion. :

Preparation for nutritional work
depends on the particular field of
work chosen, but a medical degree
with specialization in nutrition is
most helpful. Jobs are open for:
dieticians, “agricultural workers
such as plant breeders, food pro-
cessing research workers, educa-
ors," Organic chemists, bacteriolo-
gists, and persons interested in al-.
lergies and nutritional genetics.
Opportunities for research assis-
tants with only a. B.A. are good.



member of the latter I should like -

erated. Capital is furnished in the.

ship is open to all regardless of

in an overall socialist authority, _

distributors,

Berry emphasized the need for-