College News, 1939-10-18, Vol. 26, No. 02

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VOL. XXVI, No. 2
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1939
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Council Meets
To Consider
Recfent Plans
Freshman Week Discussed
With Group Insurance
And   May   Day
The first meeting: of the college
council this year was held at Miss
Park's house on October 12. Mem-
bers of the council include: heads
of the four big college organiza-
tions and the Netos, class presi-
dents, representatives of the alum-
nae arid faculty, and Miss Park,
Mrs. Manning, Miss Ward, Mrs.
Collins, and Miss Petts. The coun-
cil is purely a discussion committee
and has no actual powers..
The bearing of the European war
on big May Day was discussed by
Miss Park. Other topics considered
were: the success of freshman
week, the group insurance plan,
funds for the new athletic building,
and plans of the alumnae associa-
tion.
Miss Park explained that further
student discussion of May Day
would have to wait until after the
meeting, on October 19, of the
board of directors, who underwrite
the expenses. The action of the
board is always linked up� with
their interpretation of student
opinion, and they also consider the
probable effect of outside factors on
May Day's financial success.
All discussion, Miss Park contin-
ued, should be purely on a college-
basis, for exaggerated war-con-
sciousness must be avoided at all
costs. Whether the college can
spare the time and whether the en-
terprise will succeed financially are
the  relevant  considerations.
In the discussion of freshman
week, the council agreed that the
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Junior Elections
The Junior Class announces
the election of the following
officers for 1939-40: Helen
Macintosh, president; Char-
lotte Hutchins, vice-president,
and Nancy Howard, secre-
tary.
College Plans Gala
Visit for Alumnae
Program Includes Conferences
With Faculty and Review
Of College Life
The alumnae arriving for the
fourth Alumnae Week-end on Oc-
tober 20, will find a program
prepared, not only for their enter-
tainment, but also to revive their
interest in the academic side of
college. As a special innovation
this year the conferences with the
faculty have been arranged so that
special panels composed of holders
of higher degrees, "and other special-
ists in the subject, will lead and
rlaiify the discussions.
More frivolous entertainments
provide opportunities for alumnae
to foregather with old friends; to
meet the members of the faculty in
general, the senior class, and the
graduate students.
Besides special entertainments in
their honorvthe alumnae have a
chance to review as large a section
of ordinary college life as can be
included in one short week-end.
They are invited to visit classes
and laboratories on Friday and
Monday, Sunday night chapel is a
regular feature, and Lantern
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ANDERSON, FENfVICK CITE
TWO SIDES OF NEUTRALITY
r
Mr. Anderson
Common Room, Oct. 17.�"It is
impossible, by any legislation, to
insulate a c untry against the dam-
igiig ejects of a war abroad," said
Mr. Anderson, speaking on the eco-
�wmic aspects of neutrality.    War
lisrupts domestic industry, caus-
ing abnormal   expansion, inflation
vnd   cre:'it   lazards;   its   eventual
csult is one of wdste and depres-
ion which no  legal measures can
ivoid.
Concerning the neutrality debate,
Mr. Anderson said that the eco-
nomic phases of the various amend-
in mts now before the senate were
not of as great importance as the
political effects of the proposed
neutrality laws. Economically, the
di Terence between these suggested
Formi  of legislation  is  practically
eligible.
Should we retain the present em-
bargo, expansion of our munitions
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Mr. Fenwick
Common Room, Oct. 17.�Dr.
Fenwick, speaking at the meeting
of the International Relations
Club, gave a summary of points in
the debate on neutrality legisla-
Lion. He stressed the necessity for
legislation providing both for the
repeal of the present arms em-
bargo and for adoption of the cash-
and-carry  clause.
International law prescribes cer-
tain rights and duties which define
the position of neutral powers in
wartime. These rights and duties
are unchangeable, but any gov-
e.nment may, in its own interest,
place further restrictions upon its
citizens. Tin the United States
proposes to do, the better to in-
sure neutrality.
Amendment of the present law
will include provisions preventing
the    participation    of    American
<hips in belligerent trade, and the
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A. S.U. Plans Recast
of Neutrality Aims
Common Room, Oct. 12.�At an
open meeting to discuss American
neutrality, the Bryn Mawr chapter
of the A. S. U. voted to support
the general provisions of the Ad-
ministrative Committee's national
peace policy, but to recast them in
i more specific form.
The present policy urges "the
strengthening of American de-
mocracy ,at home" as the surest
means to avoid war. It favors the
Pre-ident's proposals to revise the
Neutrality Act, closer collabora-
ion with the Latin American de-
mocracies, a?d to the victims of
war, and the cessation of "Ameri-
can participation in Japanese ag-
gression."
The actual wording of the policy
was considered vague and unsatis-
factory and it was decided that
the Peace Committee should re-
write the provisions and present
them as resolutions to be voted on
it a future meeting.
Barbara  Bradfield,  'Athenia'  Survivor,
Sees  'Submarine  Patrol'  in  Ireland
�   _L^             .    By Elizabeth
"Seventy people in a lifeboat, and
seventy of them seasick." That
�"^ was the way Barbara Bradfield,
graduate student in Modern Eu-
ropean History, described her eight
hours in a lifeboat from the tor-
pedoed Athenia. She arrived at
Bryn Mawr after the opening of
college,
v She and two friends had spent
the summer bicycling in Belgium,
France, Germany, and Holland.
They reached London on the 22nd
^ of August and, after the Caledonia
had been commandeered, secured
passage on the Athenia, sailing
from Glasgow on September 1st.
War was declared on the 3rd at
11.15 a. m., London time, and at
7.40 that evening the Athenia was
struck. "Immediately there was a
terrific- list to port," said Brad-
field, who was on her way to her
cabin at the time of the impact
- At this historic moment, she
walked to a porthole, illegally open,
to see what wad going on. Then
she did nothing for a couple of
minutes.    A woman saw her and,
Crazier, '41
thrusting an infant into her arms,
cried, "Hold my baby!" and ran
off. Pretty soon she came back,
shr^ked at Bradfield, "There's my
baby!" and grabbed it.
Someone else rushing by to get
on deck shouted, "Watch the
stairs!" and tore on. So Bradfield
watched the stairs. The lights had
gone out, and there was danger of
people's falling. To everyone who
came along she said, "The boiler's
burst�get up on deck." She
thought she ought to get there her-
self pretty soon. Finally three
Canadian boys came along with
flashlights and told her to get her
lifebelt while they watched the
stairs. After meeting her two
companions en route, she went to
her boat station. Describing the
scene on deck, Bradfield said,
"Everybody behaved very decently
arid very gallantly. No member
of the crew had to be shot."
She got into her lifeboat  (built
for 35  and  filled  to  double  that
capacity) by way of a ropeladder.
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Student Committee
Plans   7   Programs
Menuhin and Iturbi Featured
In Entertainment Series;
Prices   Low
The Student Entertainment Com-
mittee under the chairmanship of
Anne Louise Axon, has announced
the seven events which have been
selected for this year's Entertain-
ment Series to be presented in
Goodhart Hall. By dint of much
labor on the part of the committee
and Mrs. Chadwick-Collins the
prices of -the series tickets have
been kept down as low as possible.
They range from $6?50 in the bal-
cony to $10.50 for the best seats
�>n the main floor.
The program is as follows:
Thurs., Oct. 26......Angna Enter*
Tues., Nov. 21
Humph rvy-Weidman Dance Group
Wed., Dec. 20___Yckudi Menuhin
Wed., Jan. 10.....Schuyler Ladd
Thins.,  Feb. 8   .......Jose Iturbi
Wed., March 6 ......Carroll Glenn
Mod., March 25.....Robert Frost
Angna Enters is appearing again
at Bryn Mawr after an absence of
several years during which time
she has become known as one of
America's most famous dance-
mimes. A fine actress, she uses
pantomime and dance to satirize
humanity's foibles in her humorous
and dramatic skits. The Hum-
phrey-Weidman Dance Group is al-
ready  popular on  the campus.
Yehudi "Menuhin's genius is
world-famous. He takes his place
as" an equal to the greatest violin-
ists of our time and, although
young enough to be only at the be-
ginning of his career, he has
achieved a perfection which is
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Transfers   Remark
On Lenient Rules
Eleven From Other Colleges
Come to Bryn Mawr; Few
Reasons Given
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Friday, October SO, to Sun-
day, October SS.�Alumnae
Week-end. (See article, page
1, top of column 2, for pro-
gram.)
Friday, October SO.�Lan-
tern Night, Library Cloisters,
8 p. m.
Sunday,    October    St. �.
Chapel,  Dr.   Howard   Thur-
man, Music Room, 7.30 p. m.
Monday, October SS. �
Vogue Prix de Paris Contest
meeting and tea, Deanery, 5
p. m.
Tuesday, October Si.�Cur-
rent Events, Common Room,
7.30 p. m.
The unusually large number of
transfers this year come from Eng-
land and from a widely scattered
area in the United States. The
students are: Davidson, '42, Gouch-
sr; Davis, '42, Elmira; and
Eitingon, '42, Klmirn; Erickson,
'41, Stanford; Hinman, '42, Ben-
nett; Jones, '41, Radcliffe; Lerner,
'42, University of London; Stew-
art, '42, University of North Caro-
lina; Suaria.<r Murias, '42, Johns
Hopkins; Timmons, '42, Hollins;
Serales, '42, Sweetbriar.
When   questioned,   most   of   the
transfers stated  that the leniency
of,the  rules  was what  impressed
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1943 Proves
Normal Class
But for Size
Miss Ruth Schindler
Heads Modern Dance
For the coming year, the Modern
Dance Group has secured the serv-
ices of Miss Ruth Schindler, who
has studied and performed with
Mikhail Mordkhin, Humphrey and
Weidman, Louis Horst and Martha
Graham. While in New York at
the Neighborhood Playhouse, Miss
Schindler directed group dances
and taught the relationship of
movement to acting. She is now
secretary of the Philadelphia Danc-
ers' Association and chairman of
the  Dance Center of Philadelphia.
Reviews in the Philadelphia news-
papers have often commended Miss
Schindler's ability. The Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin writes,
"Possessed of an excellent tech-
nique and a fine sense of composi-
tion and style. . . . Breadth of her
background and understanding is
large. . . . Her dance to Raskin's
American Dream was fresh, point-
ed, and admirably dejfined. . . Her
versatility and range or form con-
tributed further to an excellent
performance."
The plans for the year will con-
sist of informal dance demonstra-
tions with visiting dancers, and
the group will work towards the
performance of a ballet written by
Schima Kaufman, well-known mu-
sician in the Philadelphia Or-
chestra. If any of the dancers are
interested enough there will be
extra work and a recital similar to
the one year before last under
Ethel Mann.
Average  Freshman is 17,
Of American Descent,
Local  Origin*
Miss Julia Ward, Director of Ad-
missions and Assistant to the Dean,
reports that this year's freshman
class seems just about the same as
any tother, except for its immensity
(it out-numbers the seniors two to
one). Of its 164 members, includ-
ing 12 transfer students, six are
from foreign countries: three from
Canada, one from Chma, one from
England, and one from France.
The average freshman is a month
older than her immediate predeces-
sor, and was very likely rated first
in her senior class at school.
The increase of population this
year is not wholly due to the size
of the f reshman class. The plan of
the Board of Directors to increase
the undergraduate body by 25 stu-
dents each year for four years has
been changed by various circum-
stances. The language houses made
it possible to increase the enroll-
ment by 16 in 1937. Last year's
large class helped to fill Rhoads
South. Now Rhoads North is en-
tirely occupied but for 16 spaces,
instead of being only half full.
Finally, Miss Ward explains," "the
upperclassmen who had expected to
study abroad have returned to
Bryn Mawr artd they as well as the
unusually large freshman class
have again swelled the numbers of
resident students."
The largest percentage of the
class of 1943 comes as usual from
"the long thin home, rectangle,"
bounded by New York City and its
suburbs on the north, Washington
on the south, and Paoli oh the west.
Last year 46 per cenLcame from
this area: 42 per cent represent it
this year. Outside this rectangle
the percentages are as follows, with
a noted increase in the numbers
from the west; Pennsylvania, 7 per""1
cent; New York, 7 per cent; New
England, 15 per cent; the Middle
West, 15 per cent; the Far West,
5 per cent;  the South, 5 per cent.
The   statistics   on   racial   stock
show that 56 j>er cent are of the
third   generation   to   be   born   in
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Publicity Policy
As a result of conferences
with President Park and
with the Director of the Bu-
reau of Recommendations,
f Mrs. Crenshaw, the Publicity
Secretary, wishes to make the
following amplification of the
current statement in the
student Handbook (p. 28),
regarding the use by the stu-
dents of the name of Bryn
Mawr College. The. policy
here stated is similar to that
already in force in other
women's colleges. The at-
tached regulation applies to
all students, whether gradu-
ate or undergraduate:
No student is privileged to
authorize the use of her own
name, picture or endorsement
linked with the name of the
college ,for the purpose of
advertising or promoting any
business venture, social or
sports event which is not con-
nected with the recognized'
activities of the college. Stu- .
dents should refer all ques-
tions pertaining to such use
of the college name to the
Publicity   Secretary,   Taylor
Hall.
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