College News, 1940-11-13, Vol. 27, No. 07

              The College News
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VOL. XXVII, No. 7
Mr. Hans Kohn
To Speak Friday
At Mass Assembly
Topic   Selected
For Discussion To Be
Understanding  Our Time
The Undergraduate Association
invites the College to hear Mr.
Hans Kohn speak Friday morning,
November 15, at 11 a. m., in Good-
hart Hall. Mr. Kohn will discuss
"Understanding Our Time," a topic
which he has discussed previously
in New York and Boston. His
books include Force and Reason,
Revolution and Dictatorships, and
Not Arms Alone, which was re-
leased November 9. Mr. Kohn is
now lecturing at the New School
for Social Research on the "World
Crisis  in  1940."
There will be a discussion after-
wards in the Common Room. Elev-
en o'clock classes will be excused.
Bryn Mawr Engages
Haverford in Hockey;
Tea Dance to Follow
Saturday, November 16, will be
a day of fun and frolic for Bryn
Mawr and Havenford. The day
starts with a hocjtey game here in
the afternoon between the Bryn
Mawr Varsity and the Haverford
soccer team. Following this there
will be a tea dance in the Deanery
to which all are invited, escorted
or unescorted.
In the evening, buses will leave
Pern Arch at 7.30 to take Bryn
Mawrtyrs Over to Haverford which
is sponsoring a British Hospital
Benefit entitled "Nickelodeon
Nights of Horse and Buggy Days."
It will be a revival of the movie
show of the "gay nineties," and
will be followed by a square dance
in the Haverford Gym.
Bryn Mawr girls are requested
to wear rubber-soled shoes for
dancing. Tickets, at 50 cents
piece, are on sale at the Publicity
ce.
Chinese Mass Singing
Explained by Mr. Liu
Common Room, Tuesday, Novem-
ber 12.� Liu Liang-Mo, graduate
of the University of Shanghai and
Secretary of the Chinese Y. M. C.
A., spoke under the auspices of the
A. S. U. In China he was a leader
of the Mass Singing Movement,
which has been a means of unify-
ing and inspiring the whole Chi-
nese nation. Mr. Liu spoke of its
organization, and of the great rise
in democratic purpose which the
war has brought in China.
When Japan seized Manchuria
in 1931, China believed that the
League of Nations would restore
it. To express anti-Japanese feel-
ing was criminal; and to vent the
people's emotions a young vagrant
wrote a song, the "March, of the
Volunteers." It discarded the old
plaintive melodies and embodied
the martial determination of his
people. The musician went to Ja-
pan' to study; a month later his
death, by drowning, was reported.
To continue the musician's work,
Mr. Liu organized a small group
of working-men in his Y. M. C. A.
Within a week the group doubled,
within four months outdoor con-
certs by a chorus of two thousand,
self-conducted, were being given
for audiences.
Mr. Liu's next task was with the
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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940
Copyright, Trueteei of
Bryn   Mawr  College,
1940
PRICE 10 CENTS
Miller Makes Plea
For Isolation in Talk
On War and Peace
On Armistice Day Mr. Miller
spoke on the issues of war and
peace that confront the American
people today. The decision that
lies before us is not an easy -one
for it is a question of choosing be-
tVeen two evils both of which are
difficult to face. He asks us to ex-
amine the issue realistically to
discard part of the promises made
in the political campaign.
In Mr. Miller's opinion, aid short
of war to Britain is destined to
fail; it can conceivably save Eng-
land and lead to a stalemate, but it
cannot win the war. The only way
to win is to strike Germany in a'
vital spot by land, and this ob-
jective cannot be achieved by Eng-
land alone. English statesmen
realize that the entrance of the
United States into the war is the
only way to save England, but
they present the prospect in con-
servative terms. The use of
American soldiers in Europe is
not mentioned. Mr. Miller believes
the war which they would have us
enter will have to begone of uni-
versal liability; we will be engaged
in every hemisphere and our men
will fight in every corner of the
world.                     v
The results of the World War,
continued Mr. Miller, prove that
wars do not make the world safe
for democracy. War destroys the
conditions that make democracy
possible. Not only would it be im-
possible to make democrats out of
the starving, decimated peoples of
Europe, but we would imperil our
own democracy.
The prospects of peace are not
ideal, but Mr. Miller believes that
we have more chance of preserving
our democracy under peaceful con-
ditions than by entering a war of
universal liability. We have stood
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Students to Discuss
Pan-American Unity
The International Relations Club
will sponsor an informal discussion
in the Common Room, Tuesday,
November 19, at 7.30, in which
some members of the Inter-Ameri-
can Commission of Women will
speak. This will take the place
of the usual Tuesday evening Cur-
rent Events conducted by Miss
^eid. The discussion will center
around the work of the commission.
The president of the commission
which now is holding a three-day
conference at the Pan-American
Union, is Senora de Martinez
Guerero, of Argentina.
Athlete-Editor Rises
To Rank of Copy Boy
Emily Cheney was given public-
ity last week in Newsweek as the
first copy girl ever hired by the
New York Daily News. Copy boys
are described as "those run-ragged
youths who jump at shouted or-
ders, run endless errands, and
shuttle coffee, crullers, and cigar-
ettes up from the corner quick-and-
dirty." Great stress is laid on
Emily's endurance, gained by her
athletic achievements in college.
She is described as "the blue-eyed
blond who last year edited the
Bryn Mawr College weekly." A
forty hour week pays her sixteen
dollars, and after two weeks on the
job "the latest feminine phenome-
non of the Fourth Estate" thinks
she can hold her own with the best
of the copy boys.     "
Calendar
Thursday, Nov.  14.�
Catholic    Club,    Reverend
James M. Gillis, Deanery,
8.30.
Friday, Nov.  15.�
Undergraduate Assembly,
Hans Kohn, "Understand-
ing Our Time," Goodhart,
11 a. in.
Living Newspaper, Gym,
8.15 p. m.
Saturday, Nov.  16.�
Nickelodeon Spree, Bryn
Mawr Hockey Field, Dean-
ery, Haverford Gym.
Sunday, Nov. 17.�
Chapel Service, Reverend
Arthur Lee Kinsolving,
Music  Room, 7.30.
Monday, Nov. 18.�
History of Science, Mr.
Michels, Dalton Hall, 7.30
p. m.
Tiu'sd.iy, Nov.  19.�
International Relations
Club, Common Room, 7.30
p. m.
Wednesday, Nov. 20.�
Mass    Meeting,    Self-Gov-
ernment Association, Good-
hart, 7.15.
Crenshaw Traces
Atomic Conceptions
in Chemical History
In the fourth of the History of
Science lectures, Monday evening,
November 11, Mr. Crenshaw spoke
on the development of the concepts
of elements and atoms. A discus-
sion of atoms was chosen since'
they  are  the   bases   of  elements.
Early chemists developed simple
chemical processes like dyes and
speculated about the composition of
the universe. The Greeks believed
that fire, air, earth and water were
the bases of the universe, and other
ancients, that the fundamental was
a single element, indestructible and
unchanging. Aristotle, however,
distinguished the world according
to four properties which defined
the four elements. Matter could
be changed by changing its proper-
ties, a belief which later underlay
the alchemists' theories.
The  alchemists  were  interested
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Art Club to Present
Year's First Exhibit
On Sunday, November 17, at 4.30
o'clock, the Art Club will present
its first exhibition this year. Re-
productions of contemporary
American paintings will be shown.
These reproductions, known as Gel-
atone facsimiles, are made by a
special process which brings out
the original colorings with unusual
accuracy. They are put out by the
Associated American Artists of
New York City, and are offered for
sale at seven dollars and fifty cents
apiece. The artists represented in-
clude Grant Wood, Thomas Benton
and Robert Brackman. The exhi-
bition will be in the Common Room.
Tea will be served.
. Elections
The class of 1943 takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of Lloyd Pierce,
president; Barbara Sage,
vice-president-treasurer, and
Teresita Sparre, secretary.
The class of 1944 takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of Patricia St. Law-
rence, president; Dora Bene-
dict, vice-president-treasurer,
and Alice Laing, secretary.___
Racy News Technique
Applied with Gayety
To Living Newspaper
On Friday, November 15, the
"Living Newspaper" play will be
presented in the Gym, at 8.15. Ru-
mor hath it that this year's pro-
duction exemplifies racy newspaper
technique at its best. The scenes
range .from tennis matches, to ref-
ugees, to a confusing number call-
ed "smudge." Technically.the play
is concerned with civil liberties,
but one is given to understand that
it might be called "Are we using
what we've got? or, two nights in a
bar room."
In Greek fashion, the chorus,
whose cosmic sweep ranges from
the Deep South to the Windy City,
plays a large part and reputedly
creeps around the balcony and
whips down the fire-pole.
Aristotle, however, would turn
over in his grave, because the three
unities are grossly neglected and
all is sacrificed to atmosphere,
spontaneity and forceful presenta-
tion.
Committee  Active
In Relief of France
Asks American Aid
At the French Club meeting in
the Common Room, Tuesday, No-
vember 12, Miss Margaret Fraw-
ley, of the American Friends Serv-
ice Committee, spoke on the relief
work carried on by the committee
in France during the war period.
Before the German advance the
committee was situated in Paris
where it cared for and transported
Spanish refugees from the south.
When the drive began the bureaus
were increased to three, and sta-
tionecLat vantage points in France.
When Parisians left the city in
early June children had to be
evacuated to the south. The com-
mittee left money and files behind
and changed their base to Bor-
deaux.
Food was distributed through
centers, establishing packet service
and colony care where children
were fed and an attempt made to
keep the families together.
The committee needs American
aid now although possibilities of
getting supplies to France because
of the British blockade and the
American embargo are slim.
Vincent Sheean
Presents Views
On War Situation
French Collapse,
Spirit    of    English,
Germah   Army   Discussed
Goodhart Auditorium, Wednes-
day, November 7th. � Vincent
Sheean, personal historian and
foreign correspondent, who has
just returned from England and
France, spoke in the first event of
the College Entertainment Series.
Mr. Sheean declared that, since the
collapse of the French Republic,
the invasion of England by Ger-
many has become inevitable. Eng-
land, under Churchill, has experi-
enced a miraculous resurgence of
the will to resist, but she cannot
continue, unaided, indefinitely. ^"41
England falls, the United States
will be "the only remaining power
on earth which represents the gov-
ernment Hitler has planned to de-
stroy."
The reasons for France's col-
lapse are "not without their lessons
for this republic also." French
post-war politics were marked by
sharp party cleavages and disloy-
alties, as well as a cynical popular
distrust of all politicians. Foreign
policy was equally ill-advised. For
a time France scorned the Weimar
republic and all German attempts
at reconstruction; but after Hit-
ler's rise appeasement became the
goal. Petain's plans for a purely
defensive war were carried out;
the Maginot Line, that "sunken
city," was flung uselessly across
the border from Belgium to Switz-
erland.        .   :
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B. M. Athletes Tryout
For All-College Teams
At Swarthmore, Saturday, the
players on the Bryn Mawr hockey
team took part in tryouts for the
Middle Atlantic All-College teams.
Bryn Mawr's representation on
these teams are as follows: first
team, Chris Waples,- '42; second
team, Shirley Weadock, '41, Helen
Resor, '42, and Frances Matthai,
'43; substitute, Margie Perkins,
'42. They will oppose the All-
Philadelphia teams.
Infirmary's Transformation Made Exciting
By Modern Decor and Inquisitive Workmen
By Marguerite Bogatko, '41
An infirmary is an infirmary is
an infirmary but have you seen the
new 1940 Bryn Mawr version? A
transformation has taken place in
the old drab building we all knew
and feared. The lower part of the
building has been completely re-
modeled and the second floor has
been redone and enlarged by ten
rooms.
Everything is bigger, better,
lighter. Downstairs there are two
outside doors where once there was
one; the dispensary has become
large and airy; every office now
has its special examining room.
The new waiting room is remini-
scent of a Rhoads show case. The
isolation unit, also on the ground
floor, is completely new.
Upstairs all the new rooms have
easy chairs, moveable over-the-bed-
tables, and Venetian blinds. In the
new bathrooms a note of pure lux-
ury is struck, with not only a bath
tub in each, but a shower as well.
The sun room looks like"something
out of the movie? with its white,
built-in book shelves and its*- ex-
panse of window. Various walls
are painted pale but cheerful col-
ors and the whole atmosphere has
become one of sweetness and light.
Of course, there have been a few
small difficulties. The painters
and the carpenters were so enthusi-
astic during the process of remodel-
ing that they sometimes became
rather a problem. We remember
the case of a girl, who shall be
nameless, who had to have some
splinters removed from a very deli-
cate portion of her anatomy. After
a good deal of searching a nice
quiet secluded spot was found. The �
operation was barely under way
when the door opened to admit a
bewildered looking little man in
overalls. It was a very bad mo-
ment. Even now you can't be quite
sure, but the new infirmary seems
worth a few moments of anxiety.
N. B.�The Infirmary invites the
college to come and inspect its new
improvements Saturday afternoon
and Sunday of the weekend of No-
vember 16.