College News, 1941-01-15, Vol. 27, No. 12

              College News
VOL. XXVII, No. 12
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 15, 1941
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn  Mawr  College.  1940
PRICE 10 CENTS
Alec Templeton Illustrated Skill,
Humor, Ingenuity in Piano Recital
Original Composition Built
On Five Notes Chosen
By Audience
By Portia Miller, '43
Goodhart, January IS.�A ca-
pacity audience heard the recital
given by Alec Templeton, blind
English pianist. The first part of
the program consisted of various
selections from classical composers,
played with outstanding vitality
and skill. During the second part,
which was less formal, the artist
gave ingeniqus improvisations and
impressions which caused much
laughter among the audience.
The slow and ponderous begin-
ning of the Prelude to Alceste by
Lully, arranged by Templeton, was
played with force and firmness and
was well contrasted by the second,
lighter theme.
In the Chorale-Prelude and
Sheep May Safely Graze, by Bach
and arranged by Templeton, the
artist displayed a singularly warm
tone and light touch.
Mr. Templeton showed a true
understanding of Mozart when he
played the Sonata in B Flat Major,
1 and his fingers ^appeared particu-
larly accurate and agile in the ex-
ecution of the light, running
passages.
The low and forceful chords of
the Rachmaninoff Prelude in B
Minor were well emphasized and
the entire composition was played
with vigor, as was also the Prelude
in C Major by Prokofieff.
Mr. Templeton rendered the Slow
Air from Charterhouse Suite by
Vaughn Williams with warmth,
and both Poissons d'or and Jardins
sous la pluie by Debussy showed a
feeling for tone-coloring. As en-
cores after the first half of the
program, Mr. Templeton played
the Prelude in C Major and the
Prelude in A Major both by Chopin.
After the intermission, the artist
began with one of his own compo-
sitions, Ghost Rhdpsody. This se-
lection, as well as the Concert
Waltz in D flat and his Portrait of
the Redwood Trees showed an ar-
Contlnuea on Page Five
Six New Courses
Offered Students
In Second Semester
Six new half-unit courses are
! being offered second semester this
year. One which carries out the
idea of inter-college co-operation is
a second year History course on
the French Revolution (first year
history pre-requisite) given by Dr.
Anderson, of Swarthmore.
Two other new History courses
are being given: a second year
course in Medieval Civilization by
Mr. David and an advanced one by
Dean Manning, English History of
the Nineteenth Century.
There are  three new Advanced
courses for next semester: one in
Politics, Public Administration, by
Mr. Wells; one in History of Art,
| Post-Renaissance    and    Modern
j Architecture in Europe and Amer-
ica, by Mr. Soper; and Aesthetics
by Mr. Nahm which requires Sec-
ond   Year   Philosophy   as   a   pre-
| requisite for every one except ad-
i vanced students of History of Art.
Cooperation Program
To Include  Lectures
Examination Schedule
An announcement has been
made by the Dean's office
that any changes in the ex-
amination schedule will be'
entered only on the Bulletin
Board in Taylor. Despite a
rumor that the French lan-
guage examination may be
changed, it is to be held as
scheduled on Saturday, Janu-
ary 25th, from 9 to 10.30.
As part of the movement towards
closer cooperation among the three
colleges,   Haverford,   Bryn   Mawr
! and   Swarthmore   are   offering   a
I joint   series    of    public    lectures,
1 given by professors from each col-
i lege, dealing with the general topic,
Economic, Legal, and Institutional
Foundations   of   the   Next  Peace.
, Each lecture will be given first at
! Haverford and then repeated later
the same week at Swarthmore.
,    The schedule follows:
On Wednesday, February 19, at
Haverford and on Thursday, Feb-
J ruary 20, or Sunday, February 23,
! at Swarthmore; Economic Factors,
Dr. Michael A. Heilperin, depart-
ment   of   economics   and   politics,
J Bryn Mawr College.
On Wednesday, February 26, at
Haverford; Legal Principles, Dr.
Frances Reinhold Russell, depart-
ment of political science, Swarth-
more College; on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 27, or Sunday, March 2, at
Swarthmore College; Legal Prin-
ciples, Dr. Helen Dwight Reid, de-
partment of economics and politics,
Bryn Mawr College.
On Wednesday, March 5, at Hav-.
erford and Thursday, March 6, or
Sunday, March 9, at Swarthmore;
The Institutional Framework, Dr.
Continued on rave Four
Calendar
Thursday, January 16.�
Leslie Hotsbn, Sliakes-
peare: "Not of an Age,"
Roberts Hall, Haverford,
8.15 P. M.
Ardmore Y. M. C. A. For-
um, Marital Problems,
8 P. M.
Friday, January  17.�
College    Assembly,    Dean
Manning, 8.30 A. M.
Sunday, January 19.�
Art Club, illustrations of
Canterbury Tales and
Chaucer's England, Mr.
Stephen S. Herben, Com-
mon Room, 4 P. M.
Monday, January 20.�
Saturday, February 1.�
Mid-Year  Examinations.
Saturday, February 1.�
Tuesday, February 4.�
Mid-Year weekend.
Monday, February 10.�
Dr.  Ruth  Bennedict, Indi-
vidual and Society,  Good-
hart Hall.
Mass Meeting Held to Consider
Student Organizations, May Day
Bryn Mawr to Send
Delegates to Lehigh
For '41 Model League
Common Room, January H.�At
the meeting of the International
Relations Club, plans were dis-
cussed for the conference to be
held by the Model League of Na-
tions Assembly at Lehigh on
March 28 and 29. Bryn Mawr,
which is representing the United
States this year, will send six rep-
resentatives who will take part in
three of the four commissions.
These commissions will discuss the
problems of the Far East and the
Americas.
The general question of discus-
sion will be what each nation
thinks should be their policy in
regard to the Far East, the Amer-
icas, and Europe, viewed from the
social, political, and economic
standpoint. The crux of the dis-
cussion is how best to contribute to
world  peace.
A meeting will be held in Feb-
ruary to decide who will represent
the Club at the conference, and
what policies the "United States"
should advocate. All persons in-
terested should see Georgia
Trainer, Rockefeller.
Five Delegates Sent
To Joint Conference
Of ISS, NSFA Groups
Last spring the college voted to
join the National Student Federa-
tion of America and this year sent
delegates to the 16th annual con-
gress, held December 27-31 at the
New Jersey College for Women in
New Brunswick. The convention
for the first time met conjointly
with the International Student Ser-
vice, and, although each organiza-
tion had its own commissions, there
were plenary sessions which both
attended. Louise Morley, Bryn
Mawr, '40, was chairman of the
conference.
The N.S.F.A., primarily an or-
ganization for the discussion and
pooling of ideas about student gov-
ernment, has no political axe to
grind; while I.S.S., although form-
ed originally for the relief of for-
eign students during the Great
War, and although, according to
policy, not intended to pass resolu-
tions, (a great cause of agitation
among the A. S. U. members pres-
ent) is a hot-bed of political ha-
rangue. The purpose of the joint
conference was to discuss the pos-
sibility of merging the N.S.F.A.
and the I.S.S. to form a large stu-
dent organization separate from the
Youth Congress.
There were about 450 delegates,
representing at least 35 states and
150 colleges. The delegates from
Bryn Mawr were Frances Matthai,
'43 (student-government associa-
tion), Sally Matteson, '43 (under-
graduate association), Elizabeth
Kerr, '42 (League), Georgia Train-
er, '41 (International Relations
Continued  on  Page  Four
May Day Voted Out  for
'41; Student Conferences
Discussed
Goodhart, Thursday, January 9.
At the mass meeting in Goodhart
at 1.30 it was voted not to have
Big May Day this year, but to seri-
ously consider it for next year.
Chief objections to holding it this
year were that students were un-
willing to give up extra-curricular
activities such as relief work and
that courses had not been planned
with Big May Day in mind.
At the meeting reports were
given by the representatives to the
I.S.S. and N.S.F.A. conference dur-
ing Christmas vacation. Frances
Matthai, '43, described both organi-
zations, Betsey Kerr, '42, told
about the conference and Sally
Matteson, '43, discussed the bene-
fits of th'e conference for Bryn
Mawr.
Hockey Season Ends
At Huge Steak Spree
Goodhart Common Room, Tues-
day, January H.�The 1940 hockey
season wound up with a successful
dinner. After the members of the
squad finished their steak and ice
cream the following elections were
made for the 1941 season: Captain,
Christine Waples, '42; Manager,
Anne Denny, '43; Assistant Mana-
ger, Gertrude Caesar, '44.. Cheers
and votes of thanks ushered out
this year's illustrious Captain,
Shirley Weadock, '41; Manager,
Margaret Perkins, '42, and, of
course, Miss Grant.
Institution of Pound Sneaks Up On Poor,
Distraught*and Lethargic Exam-Sufferers
By Marguerite Bogatko, '41
Now that the time' of mid-year
exams and reading periods is bear-
ing down upon us, the problem of
study becomes a timely one. How
to study, where to study, what to
study, and when to study, are all
.questions of the greatest impor-
tance.
In one of our halls a terrible
new' thing has come about which
settles the whole horrid business
with a minimum of fuss and trouble
�a little institution commonly
known as "the pound" has sprung
up over night. Any article left
longer than 36 hours in the smoking
room is whisked away to the pound
(which we happen to know is under
a certain girl's bed). Articles may
be redeemed only by cash. Type-
writers may be rescued for a dollar
and articles of intimate apparel go
even higher. Put a book down or a
pencil, or the paper you're writing
and five minutes later it's disap-
peared forever into the depths.
The system is stronger than the
individual. There's no use trying
to fight it. Only the rich girls in
our hall or the ones who carry all
their notes in their heads can be
expected to pass their examina-
tions. Some of us are afraid even
to go into the smoking room any-
more. Malicious or spiteful per-
sons could easily relegate us to the
pound on the grounds of untidiness
and disorderly conduct.
Bundles for Britain
Obtains New Agents
The locale of the campus agents
for "Bundles for Britain" has
been changed from Denbigh to
Rhoads North. The new agents
are Barbara Herman, 157, assisted
by Jacqueline Osborne, 165, and
Jean Round, 164. The branch was
formerly managed by Virginia
Sherwood, Peggy Shortlidge, and
Virginia Nichols.
The branch will carry principally
wool and instructions for knitting
garments for the British army.
There are also compacts, cigarette
cases, jewelry, and a new kind of
lapel pin. Warm old clothes are
needed, and it is urged that the
campus continue to put forth an
effort to help, as the batter half of
a cold winter is still ah
Geological Association Meets on Campus;
Longwell, Knopf, Flint Attend; a Sing Held
College Assembly
Mrs. Manning will speak
on a new resolution of the
faculty with regard to the
conduct of the examinations
on Friday 17th, at 8.30 A. M.
in Goodhart. All students
are required to attend.
By Barbara Cooley, '42
Conceited undergraduates have
long believed that the moment they
turn their backs on the halls of
residence and academic buildings
for the Christmas vacation, college
ceases to exist. This is a popular
misconception based entirely on er-
roneous information circulated
most probably by someone who was
not brought up on the useful old
adage "While the cat's away,"�
Now that the cats are back I
thiYik they should be made to realize
that even the mice that inhabit the
crumbling gray walls of Bryn
Mawr know when to eat their cake.
A convention of the American As-
sociation for the Advancement of
Science was held in Philadelphia
after Christmas, and on December
28, Section 1e .(Geology) had a
smoker in tht New Science Build-
ing presided ojrej by Mr. Watson.
I would like to give you full de-
tails of such things as what kind
of refreshments mice have at their
parties, but this cat has been belled
with threats of flunking required
science, if she breathes a word.
The details they would rather
have you know are that Kirk
Bryan, professor of physiography
at Harvard, gave an address on
the Geologic Evidence of the An-
tiquity of Man in North America.
His theory is that man existed here
about 60,000 years ago, that is, in
the inter-glacial period before the
last ice age. I am sure my fellow
strugglers in first year geology will
be delighted to learn that the il-
lustrious Longwell, Knopf and Flint
of textbook fame attended the rev-
elries that evening, and that Long-
well and an eminent colleague were
so absorbed by the charms of two
Bryn Mawr demonstrators (geol-
ogic term meaning brunette) that
they missed the bus which was to
take them back to Philadelphia.
All turned out well, however, for
they succeeded at a late hour in
hiring a car and persuading the
two young ladies to come along.
The Geology Building was lav-
ishly admired by everyone, not only
because it is a fine building but be-
cause, except for Princeton and
Rochester, it is the only one in the
country expressly built for geology.
At 11 o'clock, the party broke up
and buses arrived to transport the
geologists back to Philadelphia.
One new fluid drive bus had broken
down on the way out and just as it
was passing the infirmary it broke
down again. Joe, the lantern- man,
discovered their sorry plight and
acurried o'F for help; meanwhile an
80-year-old geologist bearing a
marked resemblance to Santa Claus
began to lead a sing which lasted
until almost one, when the bus was
in shape to continue again. (It is
rumored that the Lower Merion
Police hearing the racket made by
the singing, came to investigate,
but remained to join in).
Seven members of the geology
department read papers at the tech-
nical sessions in Philadelphia,
which were very well received.
Miss Armstrong's paper on Hy-
bridization and Shewing in HmnU-il
Gneisses near Philadelphia was
called the best one presented.
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