College News, 1940-02-28, Vol. 26, No. 14

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VOL. XXVI, No. 14
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940
Copyright, Truiteet of
Bryn   Mawr Collagt, 1939
PRICE 10 CENTS
Active Part
Urged by Ely
In 1940 Politics
Argues Unbalanced Budget
Justified by Increased
Social   Security
Common Room, February 27.�
"The greatest difficulty in this
country is our removal from practi-
cal politics," said Miss Gertrude
Ely, at the first meeting of the
Young Democrats Cluh. She urged
that students take as active a part
as possible in the coming presiden-
tial campaign by affiliating them-
selves with local party govern-
ments and by attending state or
national conventions.
Miss Ely warned the Young
Democrats that in the coming cam-
paign Republican leaders would
make many promises of balancing
the budget and would accuse
Roosevelt of failing to keep the
promises he made in 1932. "Is it
always best to keep your prom-
ises?" Miss Ely asked,�"even if
the conditions under which they
were made have changed?" In 1932
the country was hoping that pros-
perity was just ahead and the
President's campaign promises
were made under that assumption;
but business got increasingly worse
and it was necessary to take emer-
gency measures. Miss Ely asserted
that the last seven years had done
much to bring about an awareness
of what the people lack. "When one
compares the security given to the
country as a whole by such things
as Old Age Pensions, Job Insur-
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'News' Tryouts
Spring tryouts for the News
editorial board will be held
over the next three weeks.
All freshmen and sophomores
interested in trying out are
asked to come to a meeting
in the News room, Goodhart,
next Monday, March 4, at
4.30 p. m. In addition to
regular reporters, a music
critic is also needed, and
more photographers and an-
other sports writer can al-
ways be used.
Carroll Glenn Plans
Violin Recital Here
WonTown Hall Debut Award,
Southern Atlantic States
Music Club Contest
FRESHMAN CAPERS CHARM
WITH SONGS AND SATIRES
On Wednesday, March 6, Carroll
Glenn, prominent young violinist,
will give a concert in Goodhart
Hall. Miss Glenn is fresh from a
triumphant recital at Town Hall
where she appeared as the winner
of the Town Hall Endowment
Series Award.
Miss Glenn studied at the In-
stitute of Musical Art and the
Juilliard Graduate School with
Edouard Dethier. In 1937 she ap-
peared as a successful artist with
the Chautauqua Symphony Or-
chestra. That same year she com-
peted for the Walter W. Naum-
burg Musical Foundation Prize and
was chosen to appear in a Town
Hall debut.
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FURTHER DEBATE
ON FINNISH  LOAN
PLANNED   BY PANEL
A second debate on the question
"Should the United States Loan to
Finland?" will be held in Rhoads'
showcase Friday evening. The ob-
ject of the meeting will be to pull
together the running survey of is-
sues and opinions given at the last
discussion, and resolve the ques-_
tion into the two strongest possible
arguments -for and against the
loan.
A brief factual report on the
government of Finland and the
course of the Soviet-Finnish war
in 1920 will open the meeting. One
group of students, who have not
yet chosen a chairman, will back
immediate aid for Finland. The
opposition will be led by Barbara
Auchincloss, '40.
The two groups will attempt to
outline the relevant facts behind
such assumptions as "Britain is
fighting an imperialist war,"
"America is being swept into war
by propaganda," and "a loan will
put/America on the side of democ-
racy against fascism and aggres-
sion." Where these assumptions
cannot be backed or broken down
factually, both groups will try to
eliminate them as far as possible
from their specific arguments.
By Virginia Sherwood, '41
Goodhart, February 24.�Trail-
ing clouds of glory and joi de
vivre, Third Termite in Taylor got
its audience into a properly hil-
arious mood and kept it there
pretty consistently. When it was
over, the frustrated sophomores
had ants in their pants and the
freshmen   had   pulled   off   a   spec-
tacular coup with the appearance
of an angry, red, "censored" sign
at a crucial moment. All of which
proved that 1943 can give as good,
if not better, than it gets.'*
The production was adorned
with an aura of exuberance and
spontaneity which all but made
up for a tendency, particularly in,
the second act, towards missing
the boat. The plot, which con-
cerned itself pleasantly with the
peregrinations of Papa and Mama
Roosevelt amongst a series of
womca's colleges, furnished a suit-
able background for some highly
efficient song and dance and some
not quite so effective dialogue.
The dancing, which consisted
for the most part in rather strag-
gling groups of girls in stitches of
laughter, was for some reason
utterly engaging, and the rug-
cutting antics of Ginger Frank
were little short of magnificent.
The songs constituted another
bright spot, particularly the Dele-
gates' Song and Charlemagne was
the King of Swing. The choruses
exhibited a marked and highly
unusual flair for putting them
Continued on Page Six
MISS   E.   O'DANIEL
TO ADDRESS G. O. P.
Snooping Sophomores Smelling Fishes
Completely Baffled by Freshman Tactics
By  Rebecca Robbina, '42
Class lines aroUse strong in-
group out-group feeling, especially
in a crisis (Axiom 33, Sociology
1). And on Friday afternoon
there was decided ill-feeling if not
distrust against '43 by '42.
Sophomores, greeting freshmen
"for weeks before the Freshman
Show, would ask bluntly�"What
is the animal?" Oh, we let them
know we were out to get them; we
were direct.
Somehow '42 didn't make any
progress. The title of the show-
was confusing; talking about ani-
uals in the title isn't cricket. It's
alien to the whole idea of the show,
which is to keep the animal secret.
We didn't think a freshman was
quite subtle enough to lead us off
the track. But if they weren't
being subtle, they were being ob-
vious, and even freshmen couldn't
be that dumb�coming right out
with Forbidden  Concepts.
We sat in a fuddle in Goodhart,
intent on the problem. Our se-
clusion was penetrated by the smell
of soap and water.   Somebody was
scrubbing something. That should
be significant.
Suddenly, there was the tramp
of heavy feet. It went on, in and
out of Goodhart. The strains of
some tinny music, -and we knew:
freshmen! Then, the connection�
freshmen and soap and water.
We leaped up and started snoop-
ing! Something was definitely
afoot. We walked up the second
floor corridor,.. to look for any
animals that might be lurking in
the washbasin. On our way we
met a freshman. She was sidling
down the hall, and looking very
suspicious.   -     *-
After supper found us back'in
the Goodhart basement, exploring
the insides of victrolas in the
music rooms. Down filed three
more sophomores. That made five
of us, and no freshman animal.
So we all went up the stairs like
silent Indians, thoughtful, pensive.
In the midst of watching the
dress rehearsal, one sophomore
roused herself suddenly. It seemed
to her that someone was singing
a tune in her head. It was the
Farmer in the Dell, and its sinister
Continued on Page Two
Aims of College Club
Topic for Discussion
On Thursday, February 29, at
7.30, Miss Eileen O'Daniel, will
speak in the Common Room to the
Young Republican Club. Her top-
ic will be The Republican Record
and the Purpose of a College Re-
publican Club. Miss O'Daniel is a
secretary to John Hamilton, Chair-
man of the Republican National
Committee, and was here last year
in connection with the vocational
committee. Miss O'Daniel will be
introduced by Mr. Anderson who
has been appointed advisor of the
Club.
Mr. Frank Shows
Relationship of Music
To Greek Philosophy
Music Room, February 21.�
Mr. Frank opened his series of
lectures with a talk on Greek
music and its relation to Greek
philosophy. All the Greeks were
very much aware of the power of
music and its influence on Greek
life. This can be seen in the
many myths of Orpheus and other
gods who were able to charm ani-
mals and humans with melody.
According to the Pythagoreans,
the spheres, in moving, made a
harmony of sound. All the mo-
tions of the universe combined to
form a symphony, music which
men failed to. hear only because
they were so accustomed to it.
Believing that the state of man-
kind depended on the choice of har-
mony, the Greeks made the study
:of ^nusic; a pre-eminent part of
education.' Plato considered music
the "fortress of the state" and
philosophy itself a kind of music,
a harmonizing of all things.
Greek music was an empirical
science depending on observation.
Plato, however, said that music,
like geometry and astronomy
should seek true ratios through
hypothesis. Philosophy is the
true science, and mathematics and
music lead the way to* it.
Ancient Greek music was homo-
phonous, mainly vocal, jn con-
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A. S. U. SECRETARY
SPEAKS ON PEACE
Relates  Task   of  U.   S.
To War, Gov't Abroad
Common Room, February 28.�
Herbert Witt, National Executive
Secretary of the A. S. U., address-
ing a membership meeting of the
A. S. U., emphasized the potentiali-
ties of the student movement as a
force for peace and commented on
the European situation. Hitler, he
said, has no monopoly on anti-
democratic policies.. Chamberlain's
questionable loyalty to democratic
ideals and Daladier's reactionary
domestic practices arouse distrust
as to the purpose behind the an-
nounced motives of England and
France.
"Chamberlain and Daladier are
not fighting a democratic war," Mr.
Witt said. Chamberlain could have
proved his interest in Democracy
by saving India, whose standard of
living and illiteracy rate have suf-
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Jobs of Undergrad
Board Redistributed
At a meeting Monday evening
the Executive Board of the Un-
dergraduate Association decided
upon a redistribution of duties for
greater general efficiency. Al-
though a great many of the activi-
ties which come under the juris-
diction of the Undergraduate As-
sociation are unpredictable, some
are recurrent and can be allotted
specifically to different board mem-
bers. The duties of the president
were considerably lightened, and
were distributed among,the vice-
president, and* first junior, sopho-
more � and . freshman , - members.
Those of the secretary, treasurer
and second junior member remained
approximately as they had been
previously.
The duties assigned to each
member under the new system are
as follows:
The president shall call and pre-
side at meetings, levy dues, and
represent the undergraduate body
whenever necessary;
The vice-president shall assume
the president's duties when neces-
sary, and in addition shall super-
Oontlnued en Pare Four
Revolution
Alters Spirit
In Colonial Art
Liberal Ideas, Active Revolt
Fire   New   Literature
In Latin America
Dr\A
Arturo Torres-Rioseco in the
hiicT*lecture of the Flexner series
discussed     "The     Revoluntionary
Spirit and Romanticism of Latin
America." The revolution against
Spain took place in the early
nineteenth century and there
simultaneously developed a new
spirit in the colonial literature.
In considering the early litera-
ture, Dr. Torres-Rioseco pointed
out as fundamental the strong in-
fluences of Spain due to the exer-
tions of the home country and
the colonial authorities. The
luxuriant courts of the viceroys,
the ideas of Cortez, Pizarro and
Balboa^-and among tfie natives^
the extravagant oriental taste of
Montezuma, all contributed to the
development of Latin-American
literature. A romantic spirit was
created with Spanish resemblances
which, when evolved in America,
was permeated with a different at-
mosphere. However, the colonies
had not yet developed any distinct
Americanism in their attitude.
Foreign influences were prevalent.
France and North America had
revolted from tyranny and the
new idea of freedom had slipped
into Spain's fettered colonies. The
liberal ideas of Montesquieu and
Voltaire, as well as revolutionary
violence, were irresistible tempta-
tions.
Between 1800 and 1825 Spanish
America gained her independence.
For the despotism of Spain was
substituted the dictatorship of her
own sons, the Caudillos. The
French interest continued and the
great liberators such as Miranda
and Bolivar, the latter a genuine
representative df the Romantic
School, became enthusiastic dis-
ciples of Rousseau and other
French thinkers. The emphasis
on primitive nature and ecstatic
love, particularly appealed to the
Latin- American     temperament.
From France they had also learned
Continued on Page Five
CALENDAR
Thursday, February 29.�
Basketball, B. M. vs. William
and Mary, Gymnasium,
4 p. m.. Miss O'Daniel speak-
ing at Republican Club, Com-
mon Room, 7.30.
Friday, March 1. � Religi-
ous group meeting, Common
Room, 7 p. m. Meeting on
Finland, Rhoads Showcase,
8.30.
Saturday, March 2. � Bas-
ketball, B. M. vs. Mount St.
Joseph, Gymnasium, 10 a. m.
Merion and Wyndham hall
dances, 9-1.
Sunday, March S.�Hamp-
ton Quartet, Deanery, 4.30.
Rev. Vivian T. Pomeroy,
Chapel, Music Room, 7.30.
Monday, March 4. � Third'
Flexner lecture, The Revolu-
tionary Spirit and Romantic
Literature   by  fir.   Torres-
Rioseco, Music Room, 8.30.
Tuesday, March 5. � Cur-
rent Events, Common Room,
7.30. Bryn Mawr Entertain-
ment series, Carroll Glenn,
violinist, Goodhart Hall, 8.30.
Wednesday, March 8.�Dr.
Erich Frank speaking on
Plato'$ Conception of Philos-
ophy, Music Room, 7.30.