College News, 1941-04-16, Vol. 27, No. 20

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The College News
VOL. XXVII, No. 20
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1941
Copyright,  Trustees of
Bryn   M�wr  College,   1940
PRICE 10 CENTS
Women's Education
And Inter � College
RelationsDiscussed
Miss Park and Dr. Nason
Present Two Aspects
Of   Education
Politics Department
Gains P. Mantoux As
Next Shaw Lecturer
Goodhart, April 15. � Tuesday
morning; Miss Park and President
Nason, of Swarthmore, spoke at a
college assembly on two aspects of
education. Miss Park discussed
the special problems encountered
by women's colleges, while Dr.
Nason spoke on Free Trade in
Education.
The curriculum used in women's
colleges today, said Miss Park, is
based on that of men's colleges,
yet our society assumes that men
and women are fundamentally dif-
ferent. If we accept this doctrine,
we should think of education for
women in entirely different terms
from those in which we think of
men's.
One of the modern anthropo-
logical hypotheses is, however, that
there is little fundamental differ-
ence between the intellectual equip-
ments of the two sexes. For
women, this is a refreshing theory
and suggests that there should be
further experimentation with the
use of men's curricula in our col-
Oontlnued on Page Two
Taylor Fire Drill
There will be a fire drill in
Taylor within the next two
weeks. Exit directions will
be posted in the classrooms.
"South stairs" is to be inter-
preted as the staircase de-
scending from Miss Park's
office; "North stairs" as
the staircase descending to
the water cooler. Taylor bell
will serve as alarm gong.
Students once outside, should
remain as far from the build-
ing as the driveway.
With a view to enabling foreign
scholars to carry on productive
research and to familiarize them-
selves with American life and edu-
cation, the Emergency Committee
in Aid of Displaced Foreign
Scholars has offered support to col-
leges in establishing "Centers" of
eminent foreign scholars. In ac-
cordance with this arrangement,
Mr. Paul Joseph Mantoux has re-
ceived a two-year appointment in
the department of political science
at Bryn Mawr. Mr. Mantoux will
also give the Anna Howard Shaw
lectures during 1941-1942.
Under this project of the Com-
mittee, scholars will be transferred
to a college or university from the
faculty of the New School for So-
cial Research or from other
"threshold" institutions. These
scholars will be available for aca-
demic services to the colleges and
schools of the surrounding region
as well as to the "Center." Follow-
ing this plan, Mr. Mantoux will
give part of his time to Swarth-
more and Haverford.
Mr. Mantoux has been Director
of the Graduate Institute of Inter-
national Studies, Geneva, since
1927 and Professor at the Con-
servatoire National des Arts et
Metiers, Paris, since 1934. In 1919
he was Interpreter of the Supreme
War Council and of the Peace Con-
ference; from 1920-1927 he held
the position of Director of the Po-
litical Section, League of Nations
Secretariat.
Mr. Mantoux has published La
Criae du Trade-Unionisme, Revo-
lution industrielle au XVIll siecle,
Notes sur les comptess rendus des
seances du Parlement anglais au
siecle, A travers VAngleterre con-
temporaine, and, in 1938, Contribu-
tion to the History of the Lost
Opportunities of the League of
Nations. He has also contributed
articles to French historical revues
and to the English Bulletin of the
Royal Institute of International
Affairs.
Franck's Aim to Make Shakespeare Modern;
College Presentations Can be Experimental
'/     * *
By Lenore O'Boyle, '43
We found Mr. Franck down at
the Theatre Workshop directing a
scene from A Midsummer Night's
Dream, the spring production of the
Players' Club. To the accompani-
ment of some extremely lively act-
ing of Puck's, Mr. Franck told us
a very little about himself, and a
great deal about his ideas on
Shakespeare and the American
theatre.
Mr. Franck was born in Mann-
heim, Germany. He was gradu-
ated from the University of Mar-
burg, where he majored in theatri-
cal science, specializing in classical
drama. As a student he played
more than fifteen Shakespearian
roles; Shakespeare is so popular in
Germany that it was years before
Dr. Franck realized that he was
an English poet. In fact, the Ger-
man translation of Shakespeare is
much nearer the German of today
than Shakespeare's English is to
ours, and Mr. Franck thinks that,
in consequence, Shakespeare is
really much less remote to Germans
than to us.
At twenty-one, Mr. Franck be-
came stage director at the Staat-
Theatre in Weisbaden, where his
first production was a Shakespear-
ian one. Since then he has been
stage director at the Staat-Theatre
of Mainz, Darmstadt, and Ham-
burg, where he has directed, the
plays    of    Shakespeare,    Moliere,
Lessing, Geothe, Shaw, and various
modern dramas and comedies.
Mr. Franck's aim is to make
Shakespeare very modern, but to
do this he relies, not on costume,
but on universality of character
and excitement of plot. He does
not want to make the characters
historical and traditional, but to
convey Shakespeare's enthusiasm
for the relations between people.
In America he finds that Shakes-
peare is not acted often enough.
His plays are "great vehicles for
great actors," and it is by working
in these plays that actors learn to
express magnitude and depth of
emotion. For that reason, Mr.
Franck is glad to be able to direct
Shakespeare in this country, and
particularly glad to be working
with a college group. The private
theatre in America is often too de-
pendant on financial considerations,
but a college production can be
experimental and individual with-
out risk at the box office.
It is in these college groups, and
those similar, to them, that Mr.
Franck sees the hope of forming a
genuine American theatrical ex-
pression. That expression will
come about through "a synthesis of
the traditions of Europe and the
talent and enthusiasm of Amer-
ica," through the cooperation of
such men as himself and the "nice
and unspoiled talents" he is direct-
ing now.
Calendar
Wednesday, April 16.�
Mr. Fenwick, Inter-Amer-
ican Relations, Common
Room.    8.30 P. M.
Mass    meeting,    Common
Room, 7.30 P. M.
Thursday, April 17.�
Raoul Aglion, former at-
tache of the French Lega-
tion at Cairo, will speak on
Free French Forces in the
Desert Wars, Haverford, in
the Common Room of Found-
ers Hall, 7.30 P. M.
Greek Thought, New Book
Room.   7.30 P. M.
Non-resident tea.   Common
Room.   4 to 6 P. M.
Friday, April 18.�
Paul Robeson, assisted by
the Simfonietta String Quar-
tet. Sponsored by The Bryn
Mawr Chinese Scholarships
Committee, Goodhart. 8.30
P. M.
Saturday, April 19.�
German Club meeting w,ith
Princeton.     Common   Room,
7 P. M.   Square Dance, Gym.
8.30 P. M.
Sunday, April 20.�
Philosophy Club, Mr. Velt-
man and Dr. T. M. Greene of
Princeton, The Metaphysics
of Religion. Common Room.
4 P. M.
Mr.    Blake,   Chapel,   7.30
P.  M.
Monday, April 21.�
Open   meeting   of   Arche-
ological  Journal  Club.    Mr.
- Carpenter.  Room G, Taylor,
4 P. M.
Tuesday, April 22.�
Current Events. Miss Reid.
Common  Room.    7.30  P. M.
Deanery, 8.15.    Strikes in
Defense    Industries � Miss
Fairchild.
Wednesday, April 23.�
Industrial Group Supper,
Common Room; Miss Algor.
Robeson To Sing For
Chinese Scholarships
In Goodhart Concert
Paul Robeson will give a con-
cert at Goodhart Hall, Friday,
April 18, at 8.30 P. M., for the
benefit of the Bryn Mawr Chinese
Scholarships Committee. He will
be accompanied on the piano by
Mr. Brown and will be assisted by
the Sinfonietta String Quartet.
After the concert Mr. and Mrs.
Robeson and Mr. Brown will be
present at a reception in the
Deanery to which members of the
college are invited. Formal invi-
tations to the concert and the
reception have also been sent to the
maids and porters.
Mr. Robeson is a sponsor of the
National China Aid Council. He
has toured extensively in Europe
and recently gave several concerts
in London for the same cause. The
tickets are $1.50 and $1.00. Un-
reserved tickets for students and
college employees are 50 cents.
C. Waples Will Speak
On WOR to Promote
Hoover Feeding Plan
Sunday evening, April 20, from
10 to 10.30 P. M. over WOR prom-
inent students from eight-different
colleges will take part in a round
table discussion of Hoover's plan
for feeding the Belgians.
Chris Waples, one of the three
girls taking part, was chosen be-
cause she has lived in Belgium and
in Germany, and knows the youth
of both countries very well. Among
Continued on Face Fire
V. French, McClellan Inaugurated;
Organizations  Present  Reports
Functions of College Clubs
And Committees Described
In the reports given at the in-
augurations last week there was
time for only a brief mention of the
many clubs and committees on cam-
pus whose activities, although per-
haps unrealized by some, are of
general interest and importance.
Several organizations are new this
year, and the foremost of these is
the Undergraduate Entertainment
Committee formed last spring to
supply the need for a centralized,
working group which would coord-
inate all college entertainment.
Through this committee, headed by
Virginia Sherwood, '41, the Enter-
tainment Series, based as closely
as possible on student choice, was-
made less expensive. Careful
scheduling alleviated close crowd-
ing of meetings and lectures. Next
year the Entertainment Committee,
Continued on Par* Six
Harvard Conference
Calls For Democracy
In College Activities
Delegates from all major cam-
puses met to discuss democracy
in education at the Harvard
Conference. Jack McMichael de-
livered the keynote speech in which
he stressed the necessity of main-
taining a high standard of educa-
tional and academic freedom. Four
panel discussions in the afternoon
and evening speeches by Harvard,
Howard, and Chicago professors
concluded the Sunday business.
Educational Liberty
Jack McMichael, speaking at the
opening session, contended that we
must increase our educational bud-
gets instead of cutting them down
as we are now doing; that we must
limit the number of defense
courses which distract the student
from academic pursuits, and we
must defer student conscription.
He emphasized the fact that aca-
demic freedom must be maintained
by fighting each specific issue which
would limit it, for example, the
banning of textbooks and the ex-
pulsion of students for religious
or political reasons. Educational
liberty must at all costs be retain-
ed "so that our talents will not be
wasted in the mass-suicide of anti-
democratic war."
Campus  Press
In  the  panel discussion on  the
freedom of the campus press dele-
Contlnued en  r��e Four
Old Officers Take Leave,
Summarizing Work
Of Past Year
Operetta  Promises
Brawls and Splinters
"Piracy a dreadul trade is" but
the Glee Club is enjoying this crime
imposed upon it by Messrs. Gilbert
and Sullivan. Bridge and poker are
played on the nail-strewn stage and
many a bold pirate is undone by a
splinter. The Pirates has its usual
share of the^chaos of feminity�in
fact Mr. Alwyne finally had to
request the pirates to wear blue
jeans.
General Stanley's daughters
vainly try to resemble the Rock-
ettes, but they have been more
nearly compared to a Princeton
Triangle chorus. Still, the tender
scenes with their pirate "friends"
show great promise.
Behind stages life is not so com-
fortable. The watchword of the
crew is "caution falling rock" as a
rocky seashore miraculously ap-
pears out of decaying beaver board.
Continued on Pace Fire
Goodhart, April .�The tradi-
tional caps and gowns were handed
over to the new campus officers at
the mass meeting last week. Vivi
French was inaugurated as the
Head of the Undergraduate Asso-
ciation, Catherine McClellan as the
President of Self-Govemment, Vir-
ginia Markham as the Head of the
Bryn Mawr League and Chris
Waples as the Head of the Athletic
Association.
1940-41 has been a year of prodi-
gious activity, judging from the
reports of the retiring presidents
of these four big campus organi-
zations. Virginia Nichols, ex-
Self-Government head, starting oft*
the year as "the braided dame," has
been kept busy ever since with fines
and campusing. Three new rules
have been put into effect this year:
one giving 11.30 permission for
unescorted eating in the "vill"; an-
other against night bicycling, and
last, the famous edict about respon-
sibility for week-ends. The case
of Miss Bee was arbitrated pub-
licly to show the functions of differ-
ent officers. It is hoped that here-
after the Hall Presidents and per-
mission-givers working in closer
association with the board, will
better acquaint the average stu-
dent with the principles of Self-
Government.
Charlotte Hutchins, retiring
president of the Undergraduate
Association, gave a cursory report
of many of the clubs and commit-
tees on campus which have been
active this year. To the routine
work of the Association has been
added relief work. Throughout the
year a general unrest has changed
to a purposefulness, and proper
balance between outside and
campus interests has been gained,
she reported.                                 /
Under Nancy Howard's leader-
ship, the committees of the Bryn
Continued   on   P�Ke   Five
Elections
Bryn Mawr League:
Ann Adams, Chairman of Chapel
Committee.
Dora Benedict, Assistant Chair-
man of  Chapel  Committee.
Betty    Wells,    Secretary-Treas-
urer.
Self-Government:
Selma Rossmassler, First Junior
Member.
Teresita  Sparre, Second Junior
Member.
Marjorie   Catron,   First   Senior
Member. *
Year Book:
Barbara Cooley, Editor.
Hall Presidents:
Josephine Perry, Rhoads.
Nancy Pyle, Vice-President.
Margaret    Weltzien,    Pembroke
East.
Eleanor llarz, Rockefeller.
Majorie Catron, Merion.
Shiela Gamble, Denbigh.
Marion Chester, Pembroke West.
Frances Lynd, Non-Residents.
Entertainment Committee:
Helen  Resor, Rhoads North.
Barbara Cooley,  Rhoads  South.
Lloyd Pierce, Merion.
Portia Miller, Denbigh.
Janet Meyer, Pembroke East.
Virginia Fulton, Pembroke West.
Margaret Hughes, Rockefeller.
Helen   Wichelberger,   Non-Resi-
'dent
Baseball Squad:                           �
Jocelyn Fleming, Captain.
Joan Motley, Manager.
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