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VOL. XXI, No. 21
BRYN MAWR AND WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1935
Copyright   BKYN   MAWR
COL.LKUK    NKVVS.    1935
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Dr. Williams Declares
Gold Standard Fails
Foreign Trade Not Balanced As
One-Way Gold Movements
Upset Prices
FLEXIBLE   BASIS   NEEDED
Common Room, April 18.�Before a
small but interested group of Econom-
ics students Dr. John Williams, Pro-
fessor of Economics atPHarvard, dis-
cussed The International Monetary
Situation. He dealt in particular with
the intricacies of the Gold Standard,
treating the question from the point
of view of its history, the situation
today, and the �problems connected
with it.
The Gold Standard has been in ex-
istence for about a hundred ye%rs. It
arose first in England in the years
immediately following the confusion
of the Napoleonic Wars. The use of
the Gold Standard spread gradually
through the rest of the world during
the last of the 19th Century, although
not without considerably discussion of
and experimentation with other types
of standards, such as bimetallism and
paper currency. By the end of the
century, however, the Gold Standard
had proved its usefulness and was ac-
cepted as an essential part of eco-
nomic machinery. This condition last-
ed until the World War, which pretty
thoroughly destroyed the Gold Stand-
ard. Technically the United States
remained on it, but the rest of the
world spent the next five years debat-
ing whether to return to it. By 1928,
nevertheless, the rest of the nations
were on the Gold Standard again,
with the French coming in last of all.
Then in 1929 came the world collapse
and depression and once more the na-
tions departed from the Standard in
a body. People have never been more
discouraged about the value of the
Gold Standard than they are at pres-
ent, for there have been two major
collapses within the memory of the
present generation. Paper standards
and bimetallism are being widely dis-
cussed, along with plans for exchange
control. Meanwhile, the United States
has returned to some kind of a Gold
Standard of an indefinable variety.
In the summer of 1933 the World
Conference was held in order to try
to decide how to end the confusion
which resulted from the use of such a
great variety of standards. In Janu-
ary the experts decided on a program,
but by July the situation in the United
States had changed completely, be-
Contlnued on  Page Four
College Calendar
Wednesday, April 24: French
Oratorical Contest. Music
Room, 8.20 P. M.
Friday, April 26: Menfnrial
Service for Dr. Emmy Noether.
Goodhart, 3.00 P. M-
Saturday, April 27: French
Oral.    Taylor, 9.00 A* M.
Saturday, April 27: Square
Dance.    Gym, 8.00 P. M.
Sunday, April 28: Mr. H. G.
Leach will speak on When V*r�t
llicomes Poetry. Deanery, 5.00
P. M.
Sunday, April 28: Dr. Gilkie
will conduct the Chapel Service.
Music Room, 7.30  P. M.
Tuesday, April 30: Estcllc
Dennis and her dancers will pre-
sent a series ofOTodern Dances.
Goodhart, 8.2TfP: M.
Psychical Cowardice
Is German Weakness
Industrial  Group   Supper  Held
to Discuss Labor Control
Under Hitler
CASTE  FEELING INTENSE
Common Room, April 17.�The
speaker at the second of the Indus-
trial Group suppers, sponsored by the
Kensington Y. W. C. A. and held at
Bryn Mawr College, was Miss Alice
Hanson, industrial secretary of the
Kensington Y. W. C. A., who discuss-
ed the state of unrest in Germany un-
der Hitler, with special emphasis on
the labor situation. The guest of the
evening was Miss Hannah Hellinger,
former Supervisor of Public Relief in
Frankfurt-am-Meine, Germany.
Miss Hellinger, explaining the dis-
appearance of the large minority
which formerly opposed the Hitler re-
gime, said that the Germans as a race
are physically, but not psychologically,
courageous. Therefore, some opposi-
tion has been silenced by fear, some
is still continuing actively under cover,
and some has disappeared because
many citizens are either indifferent, or
susceptible to nationalistic propa-
ganda.
Miss Hanson began with a brief his-
tory of Germany since the war. Never,
since 1914, has Germany been eco-
nomically stable. The only political
movement which has ever been popu-
lar since then is a nationalistic one.
Hence, Hitler's measures were popu-
lar before he came into power. He
Continued  on  Paee  Five
College "Octet" Attends New York Fete
For Broadcasts During Entertainments
Radio City, April 17.�A good sing-
ing voice has always had its rewards
on the campus, but eight of the
"Voices" of Bryn Mawr reaped the
supreme fruits of their vocal talents,
when they were asked to attend the
great celebration of the New York
alumnae at Radio City. This was the
most elaborate of the fetes planned by
the alumnae in cities throughout the
nation to inaugurate the Million Dol-
lar Drive, and included diversified en-
tertainment ranging from a bridge
tournament to monologues by Cornelia
Otis Skinner. The Fete began with
the formal opening of the Garden of
the Nations on the eleventh floor ter-
race, continued throughout the day
with a bridge luncheon and tournament
conducted by Ely Culbertson in the
cloisters, and ended with a Trous-
seau Fashion Show in the Rain-
bow Room, where Ray Swift played
piano selections and Cornelia Otis
Skinner performed, after which a
dress worn by Katherine Hepburn in
The Little Minister was auctioned.
The undergraduate singers sang Bryn
Mawr songs in two broadcasts over
WEAF and the NBC system.
The singers, including Eleanor
Cheney, '35; Maryallis Morgan, '36;
Lois Marean, '37; Susan Morse, '35;
Jean Porter, '35; Helen Ripley, '35;
Doris Russell, '38, and Eleanor Shaw,
'38, under the direction of Mr. Wil-
loughby, left Bryn Mawr on their
grand excursion early Tuesday morn-
ing in the automobiles of Mrs. John
Converse and Miss Polly Barnitz, '34,
loaned for the occasion. At one o'clock
they broadcast over WEAF, singing
Now Is the Month of Maying and To
The Maypole as their contribution to
the formal opening of the Gardens by
Mr. Grover Whalen, on behalf of the
Mayor of New York. Miss Park, Mr.
Ralph Hancock, creator and designer
of the Gardens, and Mr. Jonas Lie,
president of the National Academy of
Design, also made short speeches.
The singers then had luncheon at
the Covent Garden with Mrs. Louis
Darmstadt, of the New York Bryn
Mawr Club. Mrs. Francis Louis Slade
entertained Mayor La Guardia at
luncheon at Radio City. At two o'clock
the bridge tournament began, preced-
ed by an explanation of the intricacies
of the nCtf rules and scoring by Mr.
Culbertson. Valuable prizes which had
been donated included an RCA victrola
and $50 worth of records, a registered
Schnauzer, Sealyham and Scottie pup-
pies, a case of champagne, boxes for
the circus and Flowers of the Forest,
and Prince Matchabelli perfume.
At three o'clock, crowds jammed the
Rainbow Room for the fashion show
in which many of New York's nicest
shops participated.   To the Jftrains of
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Enthusiasm Prevails in
Many Pacifist Groups
It is very encouraging in the midst
of so much "war talk" to find that
there are many organizations, both
national and international, that arc
actively interested in furthering peace.
Their influence is being felt among
large groups of people and is one of
the real forces against which militar-
ism must contend.
The object of the National Commit-
tee for the Cause and Cure of War is
to "clarify issues in International re-
lations and steps which must be taken
to achieve a world at peace." It is
composed of representatives from
eleven women's organizations. There
is an annual conference held in Wash-
ington, with addresses, discussion, and
dramatizations, and "Marathon Round
Tables." The members agree as to
what policies should be indorsed by
the society, what subjects should be
studied, and what action must be
taken in order to "concentrate upon
the same objectives at the same time."
That their work is not merely passive
is proved by the fact that the Commit-
tee took the leading part in the dis-
cussion of the Briand-Kellogg Peace
Pact which resulted in 12.000 resolu-
tions for ratification, which were sent
to the President at that time.
The National Council for the Pre-
vention of War was founded in 1924
to be a sort of clearing-house for other
organizations and to be active in its
own right as well. Its program is the
struggle for peace through the reduc-
tion of Armaments, and by intelligent
education and the progress of World
Organizations. Furthermore it main-
tains constant contact with Congress
and the International Disarmament
Conference.                                           '
The Women's International Lcagu>'
for Peace and Freedom has a special
interest in race relations, and aims t<�
promote peace through the building up
of pacifist public opinion. The W. I. L.
is working for a new social order,
with special emphasis on peace.
The American Peace Society is the
publisher of World Affairs, and ex-
erts a conservative influence for peace,
both here and abroad. It was found-
ed in 1828 and was responsible for the
founding of many of the first pcac<
societies in Europe, as well as many
in America. It has sponsored many
peace congresses since 1907, and its
work has tended toward influencing
state and national legislature in the
cause of peace.
An organization which stands for
action rather than words is the War
Resistors' International. Its very
name shows its purpose: to stir the
inhabitants of the 57 countries in
which it is operative in an effort to
abolish militarism. It is particularly
strong in countries where the young
men are conscripted for military serv-
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Apology
The College News wishes to
express its regret that the pic-
ture printed last week contained
no title. The picture was of the
retiring members of the News
Board. They are as follows:
Geraldine Rhoads, Barbara
Lewis, Sally Howe, Diana Tate-
Smith, and Frances Van Keuren.
Estelle Dennis Group
Will Present Dances
Combines Strength of Moderns
With Lyric Grace of Ballet
In New School
TO AID STUDENT QUOTA
Estelle Dennis, who is the founder
of the Dennis Theatre in Baltimore,
will present a program of modern
dances in Goodhart Hall at Bryn
Mawr College on Tuesday evening,
April 30th. Miss Dennis will be as-
sisted by twelve of her Concert Dance
Group, ten girls and two men.
From a small beginning the Dennis
Theatre has now attained a unique po-
sition in Baltimore. The Dennis Dance
Group, which was organized five or
six years ago, was founded with the
idea that the dance group is to the art
of the Dance what the symphony is to
the art of Music; and like the orches-
tration of a symphony, group dancing
is much more complex and sophisti-
cated than solo numbers, as it weaves
its patterns, sometimes around two,
three, four or five dancers, or forms
an interesting accompaniment for the
solo dances. In 1934 the Dennis The-
atre was founded with the purpose of
giving young dancers an opportunity
to appear in concert programs before
the public in a proper setting and at-
mosphere, without incurring large
overhead expenses. It is a sure trib-
ute to the ability of the Dennis Dance
Group that, in these financially unset-
tled times, they have put on a success-
ful season of dance programs, and
even had to repeat performances sold
out a week to ten days in advance.
Miss Dennis, herself, is, of course,
an experienced artist. Like so many
outstanding modern dancers, notably
Doris Humphreys, Charles Weidman
and Martha Graham, Miss Dennis had
her earliest training under Ruth St.
Denis and Ted Shawn. With them she
toured all over the United States as
solo dancer, and has appeared three
times as a soloist with the Philhar-
monic Symphony Orchestra in New
York.
When Miss Dennis left the Deni-
shawn Company to return to Balti-
more and form her own dance group,
she began to develop her own individ-
ual expression of the modern dance.
Miss Dennis in her style and tech-
nique has aimed to achieve the deep
strength and vitality of the contem-
porary dance as it is exemplified in
the work of such artists as Mary Wig-
man in Germany, and Martha Graham
and Doris Humphreys in New York,
Continued  on  Page  Four
Model League Holds
New York Assembly
Bryn    Mawr    Sends    Delegates
Who Confer on Munitions,
World Trade
SANCTIONS      DISCUSSED
French Contest
The French Oratorical Con-
test will be held in the Music
Room on Wednesday at 8.20
P. M. The !�Mbject is L'Acatl-
emie Fruncaise. The judges in-
clude M. Marcel de Verneuil, M.
Albert Schinz, and M. Louis
Con. Madmoiselle Soubeiran
will preside. The speakers will
. include Miss Elizabeth Morrow,
Miss Pauline Jones, and Miss
Frances Quenon.
This seems to be the season for con-
ferences, and Bryn Mawr is doing its
full share in participating in them. A
very interesting group of delegates
from a number of colleges in Pennsyl-
vania and New York met last week-
end at the Washington Square divi-
sion of New York University, for the
Model Assembly of the League of Na-
tions. This is a well-established con-
ference, meeting every year at one
of the member colleges. Its success
testifies to the deep interest of students
in current affairs. This year twenty
colleges and universities came to ses-
sions representing twenty-five coun-
tries, including Japan.
The first business of the Assembly
was the consideration by the Creden-
tials Committee to permit Japanese
delegates to participate in the discus-
sion and voting in the Assembly. The
committee decided that Japan should
be admitted, since she must fulfill her
obligations to the League, before she
can withdraw.
On Friday morning the first Ple-
nary Session was held and included
addresses by the Chancellor of the
University and the President of the
Council, Mr. Eichelberger. The dele-
gations then voted for the election of
the President of the Assembly, who
this year was Mr. Francis Byrn, of
Syracuse University, representing
Czechoslovakia. A Credentials Com-
mittee was appointed, of which the
chairman was Eleanor Fabyan, rep-
resentative of Uraguay. There were
several speakers from the delegations
of Bolivia, China, Spain, and Switzer-
land. The session was interrupted at
eleven o'clock by a move for adjourn-
ment in order to observe the peace
demonstration sponsored by New York
University. The delegates from the
U. S. S. R. spoke from the floor
against this motion, and when it was
put to a vote, it was defeated by a
large majority. Several delegations
left to witness the demonstration,
however, and the session was regular-
ly adjourned a few minutes later. The
delegation from Uraguay arrived in
time to hear a number of speeches
delivered vociferously in a pouring
rain, which were effective as oratory,
but not necessarily convincing.
In the afternoon the three commft-
tees met separately to discuss infor-
mally their respective problems, and
Continued  on  Paee   Five
Committee  Rejects  Reading  Period
The Curriculum Committee has con-
sidered the suggestions for a reading
period and voted against recommend-
ing such a change at present. Either
of two kinds of reading periods could
be instituted. The first type, for
which time would be taken from the
present sixteen-week semester, would
involve extra reading, laboratory
work, and reports assigned especially
for that period. Such an arrangement
would not meet the demands of advo-
cates of the period, who ask for time
in order to catch up on previous work.
On the other hand, a free week before
each examination period would neces-
sitate the addition of two extra weeks
to the college year, a measure which,
there is reason to believe, would not
only be strongly opposed by the fac-
ulty, but would also be an appreciable
expense to the college.
Inasmuch as the academic year
1935-36 will be altered by special ar-
rangements for Big May Day, and in
view of the fact that the Comprehen-
sive system to be introduced in 1936-37
will change radically the examination
system as it affects juniors and sen-
iors, who now feel the need of a read-
ing period most keenly, any plan for
such a period must "be made to fit the
new, rather than the old system. It is
felt that any recommendation for a
reading period should be postponed
until the comprehensive system has
been given a trial.
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