College News, 1940-10-16, Vol. 27, No. 03

              The
News
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VOL. XXVII, No. 3
. BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1940
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn   Mawr  College,   1940
PRICE 10 CENTS
Council Holds
Its First Meeting
Of College-Year
Freshman Week, Assembly
Speakers, League Plan
Discussed
y
At the first meeting of the year,
the College Council discussed the
League report made last year con-
cerning the maids and porters.
They also considered new plans
for Freshman Week, possible
speakers for undergraduate assem-
blies, and the schedule for alum-
nae week-end.                     v
In accordance with a suggestion
made by the Bryn Mawr League,
the use of the Merion tennis court
on Wednesdays by the maids and
porters has been arranged. If this
one court proves inadequate the
varsity courts will also be made
available.
The League report was encour-
aging about summer jobs" for the
maids and porters. The college
has taken up the suggestion of a
sick fund and a room in the in-
firmary for them. The Merion art
room is now being equipped for
recreation   purposes.
There was a general feeling that
Freshman Week" had been very
successful. Certain additions for
next year were suggested, such as
small teas given by the college for
faculty and freshmen on the first
Saturday. The buffet supper for
non-resident freshmen, being given
this year before Lantern Night,
might be held Sunday night of
Freshman  Week.
It is hoped that there will be a
college assembly devoted to some
phase pf democracy towards the
end of October. Various speaker-,
were^mentioned as possibilities.
. The Council also discussed the
schedule for Alumnae week-end,
the opening of the new library
wing by Mr. Taylor, the exhibition
of paintings lent to the college for
this occasion, and Mr. Carpenter's
talk on his own work in Rome last
year.
Gala Torchlight Parade Opens Willkie Rally
Oren Root Speaks to Enthusiastic Audience
Band and Torchlight Parade Rock Campus
As Bryn Mawrters.Howl "We Want Willkie"
Bundles for Britain
In their hour of crisis, the Bri-
tish people are desperately in need
of warm clothes. The campus
agents for "Bundles for Britain"
are Virginia Sherwood and Peggy
Shortlidge, Denbigh 34-35. They
will be available every afternoon
between 4.30 and 6.30 to receive
orders for wool and to furnish di-
rections for the knitting of sweat-
ers, Balaclava helmets, Airforce
helmets, mittens, seaboot stockings,
scarves/etc. Also on sale are com-
pacts, cigarette cases, lipsticks,
earrings, knitting bags, emblem
pins and lapel buttons. Old clothes
in good condition will be grate-
fully received. All contributions
and profits from the sale of articles
are used to buy medical and relief
supplies for which there is urgent
and immediate need.
Notice
Students are reminded that
according to the Self-Gov-
ernment Association Rules,
bicycles may not be ridden
after dark, while police regu-
lations require bicycle lights,
front and rear, after nun-
dourn. (Red discs and re-
flectors are not considered
lights.)
Self-Government
Executive  Board.
The Willkie enthusiasts did well
Jay themselves and by Mr. Oren
Root, Jr., on Monday evening. A
lonjr but well-organized torchlight
parade was the mainspring of their
fun and excitement. It formed at
about 7.30 on the hockey field and
was made up of Haverford,
Swarthmore and Villanova students
as well as those from Bryn Mawr.
Led by the Bryn Mawr Fire-
men's Band and by torchbearers,
it marched up the steps from the
hockey field, its banners held high.
As it pounded across the campus
towards   Goodhart   Hall,   it   sang
tunes which are touchstones of
Americana, its history, its legends
and its political campaigns.
Then with banners lowered to
enter the door, the parade filed
into Goodhart and, with its ban-
ners up once more, it stood facing
the stage shouting, "We Want
Willkie! We Want Willkie!" Then
the band struck up once again:
"We're for Willkie and McNary.
Every   State   they're   going   to
carry."
After  that,  the   National   Anthem
was played and then the speeches
began.
Miss Mildred Burrage
Finishes Geology Mural
For Science  Building
By Marguerite Bogatko, '41
Over on the library wall of the
new science building, beneath a
lowering scaffold the new geology
mural stands near completion. The
artist. Miss Mildred Burrage,
comes from Kennebunkport, Maine,
and has done a great deal of work
not only in New England, but also
in the southwest. Her present
work is carried out in pale blues,
yellows, and greens, with brown
figures, and it is framed in silver
and pink. No knowledge of
geology is necessary to appreciate
the highly pleasant effect of the
colors.
The proper geologic approach to
the mural is to start.from the
bottom and then work up. The
picture which shows the evolution
of life throughout time is divided
into three sections. The main
geologic periods are four but the
earliest period, the Pre-Cambrian
is represented in the mural only
by a legend indicating its consider-
able length of three hundred mil-
lion years. Working upwards the
observer may see new types evolv-
ng as he proceeds from the
Paleozoic time (inhabited by ani-
mals without backbones) to the
Mesozoic time (the age of such
familiar creatures as the dinasour).
At the very top of the mural stands
a family group, man, woman and
child, which balances composition-
ally with the elephant below them,
in the ladder of life. It is grati-
fying to note that not only man
but also woman has been given a
place at the top of the evolution-
ary scale. Each animal has his
own little label. "Asteroxylon,"
"Cinkos" and "Stegosaurus" will
soon become household words.
Activities Drive Still
Below Goal of $5,500
We are sorry to report that the
Activities Drive has reached less
than half its goal of $5,500. Den-
bigh leads this unpromising re-
sponse with a little over $400. We
believe in the Activities Drive and
in the,responsibility of every mem-
ber of the Bryn Mawr community
to it. Perhaps you prefer facing a
representative for each activity,
but we would rather say yes to
just one.    Please subscribe.
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Education's Function
In Democratic State
Cited bv Dr. Neilson
Swnrthmore, Sunday\. October
!�!.�In his speech at Swarthmore,
Dr. Neilson, former president of
Smith College, defined Democracy
as "that form of government which
leaves every man free to do his
best for the common welfare." Dr.
Neilson enumerated the subjects
that should be included in educa-
tion to prepare the individual for
the world of today.
He said that the social sciences,
the classics and science should be
taught. The classics and the so-
cial sciences teach us to scrutinize
rther forms of government and to
compare them to our own. Science
teaches us to develop accuracy,
imagination, and respect for facts.
Dr. Neilson also believes that geog-
raphy should be taught in college
io free the individual from the
confining influences of provincial-
ism.
At the end of the lecture, Dr.
Neilson was asked what he thought
of the educational system now in
operation at St. John's College,
in Maryland. He replied that he
does not approve of a system in
which freshmen are expected to
study, in an unfamiliar language,
some of the most profound philoso-
phic and political works of the
ancients.
Calendar
Wednesday, Oct. 16.�
Dean Manning will speak
to Freshmen, Wyndham,
7.30.
Thursday, Oct. 17.�
Camera Club, Common
Room, 7.30.
Friday, Oct.  18.�
Non-resident   Buffet   Sup-
per, Common Room, 7.30.
Lantern   Night,   Cloisters,
8.00.
Saturday, Oct.  19.�
Francis H. Taylor, opening
-of Quita Woodward Wing
of the Library, 2 p. m.
Sunday, Oct. 20.�
Mr. Rhys Carpenter, Good-
hart, 3 p. m.
Monday, Oct. 21.�
History of Science Series.
Miss Wyckoff, Beginnings
of Modern Geology, Dalton,
7.30 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct. 22.�
Current Events, Miss Reid,
7.30.
Roosevelt Regime Attacked;
Speakers Urge Willkie
Election
Goodhart Auditorium, October
H.�The Willkie rally on Monday
night dealt with the problems con-
fronting the United States today,
with the inadequacy of the present
administration's measures to solve
these problems, and urged the vital
need of restoring government effi-
ciency and honesty. The speakers
were Oren Root, Jr., chairman of
the Associated Willkie Clubs of
America and leader of the Willkie-
for-President movement, Herbert
F. Frazier, professor of economics
it Swarthmore College, Samuel
Swing, vice-president of the Young
Republicans of Pennsylvania, and
Virginia Sherwood of the class of
1941.
Mr. Root prefaced his spee?h
with these words: "Neither the Re-
publican nor the Democratic party
in our history has a monopoly of
virtue. We have progressed under
both, but we are not progressing
now." The Democratic doctrine
that the President is an indispen-
sable man is based on the belief
that his foreign policy is unassail-
able. Actually, the Democratic
foreign policy has failed in three
�ill-important essentials.
If the United States is to be in-
fli'ential in the world, it must be
Continued on Page Six
Alumnae Plan
Various Events
For Gala Reunion
Mcllhenny Art Exhibition,
Lantern Night, Are
Features
History of Geology
Is  Lecture  Subject
On Monday, October 21, a series
of lectures on the History of Sci-
ence will open. Miss Wykoff will
give the first talk on The Begin-
ning* jtf Modern Geology. Her lec-
ture will begin at 7.30 in the Minor
Biology room on the second floor of
Dalton. The series will be com-
pleted with a lecture by Mr. Weiss
of the philosophy department on
the logic of science.
This series is being sponsored by
the Science Club and the Curricu-
lum Committee is also backing the
experiment in interdepartmental
cooperation in the hope that it will
lead to a science course next year
to which several departments will
contribute.
Alumnae   Weeks
starts on Friday, October 18, and
extends through Monday, October
21. By choosing a time for re-
union when the College is in full
swing, the returning Alumnae are
able to see normal college activities
as they are today.
One of the highlights of the
weekend will be the exhibition of.
an urfusual collection of nineteenth
century French paintings in the
gallery of the new library wing.
The paintings are owned by Mr.
Henry P. Mcllhenny, Germantown,
Pa., whose collection is one of the
OorMnuea on Pare Two
Sheean to Complete
Entertainment Series
The College Entertainment Com-
mittee wishes to announce that
Vincent Sheean will complete the
list of events of the 1940-1941 En-
tertainment Series. Mr. Sheean
has just returned from abroad and
has a lecture schedule which reads
like that of the Willkie campaign
tour. Only by flying halfway
across the continent and back can
lie sandwich in a visit to Bryn
Mawr, on November 6.
On November 26 Miss Helen
Traubel, of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, will give a recital. Miss
Traubel's recent recitals have re-
ceived the unstinted praise of all
the New York critics.
On January 18 Alec Templeton
is expected to fill Goodhart to its
raftera with his hosts of admirers.
On March 9, Cornelia Otis Skinner
will close the series with a group
of short dramatic sketches.
Class Elections
The junior class takes
great pleasure in announcing
the following elections: Joce-
lyn Fleming, president; Alice
Crowder, vice-president and
secretary*; Marion Chester,
treasurer; and M a r g o t
Dethier, songmistress.
French Oral-Unearths New Interpretation
Of Philosophy and Franklin's Health Policy
By Dora Thompson, '41
The French oral proved, like
-ertain early French poetry, to be
"of unholy inspiration" to various
Bryn Mawrtyrs who underwent
the examination last Saturday. A
good deal of fine alliterative phras-
jng was produced, particularly "al-
most bare beside his bureau," and
"the contemporaneous consti^u*
tion." Words full of sound and
fury ....
The relation of science and phil-
osophy was interpreted anew.
"Philosophers put up with anything
in this field," confided one student.
Another related that "the develop-
ment of modern physics has been
noised about as an undeniable
philosophy." But only an Indian
Summer mood could have inspired
the vision of the philosophers who
"took their ease" and "were able
t� peacefully build the picture of
the delicate manners of the human
soul."
Our time and space, "mia horn de
jen," were claimed to be made out
of sport, beyond gambling, or na-
turally taken up by hours of play.
As interpreters of Benjamin
Franklin's healthful practices, the
oral-takers were more sympathetic
than accurate. They pointed out
how very difficult it is "not to dp
joy too npch the small" things, or
"not to scold little ones a lot" when
e*�e is not in the best of health.
But in this sentence lay the great-
est pitfalls: � "/,</ crainte que cer-
UtitUt i> TXmnW ant <le I'uir lui
ne.ub'.uit bien riilicule." "The air
of fear that encircles certain per-
sons," "the belief that certain per
sons need air," or "the touchiness
that certain - persons had in air,"
all seemed ridiculous to Franklin.
But one student stated definitely
and frankly that "The restraint
that some people have is at their
face value very silly."
Twenty-eight seniors took the
oral, a number almost rivalling the
claims of the German oral last
week.