College News, 1941-02-19, Vol. 27, No. 14

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VOL. XXVII| No. 14
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1941        Copyright. Truetee. of      PRICE 10 CENTS
Plan of Year,
Relief, Debated
In Council Group
3-Term Plan, With Quizzes,
May Eliminate Midyear
Depression
Tuesday, February 18. � The
work of the college year, possible
defense courses for the summer,
co-ordination of relief activities,
and informal college meetings were
discussed at the College Council.
It is felt that the present sched-
ule of the college year is unsatis-
factory: the mid-year examination
period coincides with the flu and
the two-week lecture period before
exams is generally ineffective. In
place of mid-years there might be
two-hour quizzes before Christmas
and before Easter. A reading
period and time for writing papers
might follow Christmas vacation.
One-semester courses and changes
Continued on Pace Six
Mystery Shrouds Future Freshman Show;
Musical Fantasy Includes Fish and Fauna
Singing Group
The singing group, com-
bining Haverford and Bryn
Mawr, is at last under way,
and the first meeting, on
Thursday, February 6, was a
huge success. Over 75 mis-
cellaneous' boys and girls,
faculty and outsiders were
there to bellow Sir Eglamore,
Twanky Dillo, and Jerusalem.
The enthusiasm was unprece-
dented and seemed to please
Mr. Alwyne, Mr. Willoughby,
and Mr. Lafford, co-leaders of
the group.
The next meeting will be on
Thursday," February 27, in
the Music Room at 8.30 P. M.
There are hopes that it will
attract even more prima don�
nas, mutes, monotones, and
tenors.
By Sally Jacob, '43
Some four weeks ago, a person
of great influence in the Freshman
class breathed a sigh of relief and
said, "All we have to do now is
write it." She referred, of course,
to the Freshman Show. A Senior,
of great influence in the college,
retaliated philosophically, "For
that matter, all any of us have to
do is write our exams�the subject
is chosen already." So now we
have written our exams, and the
Freshmen have written their show.
The usual air of nonchalant mys-
tery envelops the cbass of '44. Ann
Heyniger, Kay Tappan, Louise
Horwood, and Ruddy Hale are
spoken of with extreme deference
by their colleagues and supporters.
Various members of the class regu-
larly trot down to secluded rooms
in Goodhart. The Theatre Work-
shop is also visited daily.
The Freshman enterprise of 1941
was chosen" after the customary
dissention among the rival factions
of the class. It is entitled Fantasia
'44. It is not modernistic, it is not
old-fashioned, it is not a fairy tale.
We outsiders, that is, the rest of
the college and particularly the
Sophomores, can only wonder what
this means. Perhaps we shall be
seeing a flock of Mickey Mouses,
rainbow-colored fish, and innocent-
jeyed   little   fauns   performing   on
� Goodhart stage while the rest  of
the class  sings original words  to
jthe  Nutcracker Suite.    The  only
positive information available to a
I member of the class of '43 is that it
: is a musical fantasy.   We do know
| that Boots Szold appears as an al-
j luring torch singer, and that Mary
I Ellis,  Prissy Rich, and Georgiana
! McClay   should   be   convincing
I drunkards.    The scenery for this
drama is quite impressive.    When
first   installed   it   took   an   entire
morning to put up, so the Fresh-
men  were  greatly  disturbed  that
same afternoon to find it had all
disappeared. The Sophomores were
I roundly cursed as old meanies un-
til the discovery was made that a
Self-Gov assembly had necessitated
its  removal.    Undaunted  by  this
the Freshmen set it up again, even
though in the process one of the
heroic stage crew was left hanging
on a mainstay.    In time she was
I rescued, and rehearsals (which all
:seem to be of the drunk scene�
I these young moderns!)  have been
Imore and more numerous and in-
tense.
So there is going to be a Fresh-
man Show!    A spontaneous quote
|from one Freshman expresses it:
|"It's hot; it's wonderful; it's mar-
|velous; but we can't give you any
facts."
Miss  Park  Shows
Relation to College
Of Self-Government
The following is the Text of President
Park s Speech at  the  College Assembly
held on  Tuesday, February 11
The Self Government Board has
asked me to speak of the relation
of the college to the Self-Govern-
ment Association. It is a funda-
mental relation. However brief I
must be, I trust I can make clear
its importance � importance to
Bryn Mawr and to you.
______Continued on Pairo Four______
Wonderful Wagon Wins Wide-Eyed Welcome
As Notables Attend  Christening  Exercises
By Sdly Jacob, '43
At five minutes to five last Wed-
nesday afternoon nine admiring
Sophomores helped the President
of our Self-Government Associa-
tion out of a prepossessing vehicle.
Ginny was having some trouble
with the door. About five minutes
after five Ginny was back in the
vehicle with Miss Park, Miss Petts,
Mr. Watson, Mr. Hurst, the Presi-
dent of the undergraduate body,
and their peerless chauffeur, the
President of the Athletic Associa-
tion. Past the welcoming crowd
by Taylor steps�including Miss
Lord, Mr. Sprague, Miss Ward,
and various truants from five
ojclock German classes�they sped.
The Vice-Pre8ident of Self-Govern-
ment and the Editor of the College
News pursued them madly. Back
the Station Wagon roared and
screeched to a stop.
From the driver's seat stepped
Peggy Squibb, attired in represen-
tative costume. "Wfi are gathered
here today to commemorate the
coming of the Station Wagon," she
began. Then, remarking upon the
obvious progress that had come
with the years, she also reminded
us of the greatness of our Great
Athletic   Association�which   paid
for the Station Wagon.   -------��*�
Miss Park was introduced by
Peggy as "one who, as you all
know, is very interested in girls."
She reminisced that it had been a
dream of Bryn Mawr for 20 years
to own a Station Wagon, and now
the Athletic Association owned
It�and had paid for It.
Mr, Watson followed Miss Park,
and after a few preliminary re-
marks on the geologic uses of the
Station Wagon, told his eager au-
dience how he had not stooped to
graft in purchasing It.
After Mr. Hurst had suggested
that It might be named "Man of
War," Miss Petts spoke of a new
course instituted for "Juniors and
Seniors who have not completed
their required physical education."
They are to drive the Athletic De-
partment around on Sundays be-
tween one and two o'clock.
Steve H u t c h i n s and Ginny
Nichols spoke next, Steve to say
that she was in back of the Station
Wagon to encourage all under-
grad activities, and Ginny to say
that she was in front of It to see
that nobody should by any chance
drive It.                         �
Miss Hatch concluded the after-
noon program with her suggestion
that It be used to pick up all the
people whom Miss Ward and Mrs.
Manning wanted to see.
_ Xbcx.AU. managed to get; back in
the Station Wagon, and, with only
three attempts, the President of
our Great Athletic Association
started the Magnificent Machine
which thundered off through Pem
Arch. Mr. Watson remarked that
it reminded him of a South Ameri-
can republic with its first battle-
ship.

Social Structures
Are Subject of Talk
Given by R.  Benedict
Goodhart, February 17.�In the
second lecture of the Anna Howard
Shaw series, Human Nature and
Man Made Culture, Dr. Ruth
Benedict described four types of
ground plans on which societies
are structurally organized. She
illustrated how the prevalence of
such a condition as aggressiveness
depended on the success of each
society in apportioning its benefits.
The extent to which a society
provides a way by which the in-
dividual can serve his own ad-
vantage and that of the group
at the same time, Dr. Benedict
called synergy. A society with
high synergy, then, implies a close
unity of interest between the in-
dividual and the group.
The synergy of each society in-
fluences the behavior of the indi-
viduals in it. Dr. Benedict chose
a sociological condition common to
all groups�aggression, as illustra-
Contlnued on I'i� Six
Calendar
Saturday, February 22.�
Freshman   Show,   Goodhart,
8.30 P. M.   Rock Hall Dance,
Merion    Hall    Danae,    Pem-
broke   Hall   Dance,   Radnor
Hall Dance, 9.30 - 1 P. M.
Sunday, February 23.�
Reverend  Howard  L.  Thur-
man. Music Room, 7.30 P., M.
Monday, February 24.�
Anna Howard Shaw Lecture-
ship, Miss Ruth Benedict: In-
dividual Behavior and the So-
cial   Order,   Goodhart,   8.30
P.M.
Tuesday, February 25.�
Current Events, Miss Reid,
Common Room, 7.30 -P. M.
Wednesday, February 26.�
�Varsity Basketball versus
Penn., Gym, 4 P. M. Dr.
Frances Fussel: Legal Prin-
ciples, Roberts Hall, Haver-
ford, 8.15 P. M. Spanish
Club Party, Rhoads, 7.15
P. M.
Three-College  Conference
Analyzes Commuuity Work
Social    Service    Programs
At Colleges Discussed
Saturday, February 15. � The
three-college conference on com-
munity work held last Saturday
was completely successful. One
hundred and fourteen students of
Swarthmore, Haverford and Bryn
Mawr, faculty members and visit-
ing speakers swarmed in the
Rhoads show case before luncheon
at which Miss Fairchild made the
keynote address. The number was
augmented when the hosts ad-
journed to Goodhart for commis-
sion meetings. Tea was served in
the Common Room between the dis-
cussions and the speech at 4.30 by
Congressman Voorhis of Cali-
fornia. Individual conferences drew
a variety of well-known speakers
to engage in discussion with stu-
dents of the three colleges. Possi-
bilities of new techniques and addi-
tions to the work programs were
found, and discussion dealt with the
relationship of college activities to
the wider fields outside college, in-
cluding social work, economics and
politics.
Miss Kraus, of Bryn Mawr's
department of social economy, led
the commission on group work in
the community. She stressed the
importance of group work in its
power to develop leaders as well
as in its value to the members of
the group. The effectiveness of
group meetings, she said, relies
upon the initiative of the leader
Continued on Page Six
Fascist   Gain   of   Security
At Expense of Liberty
Criticized
Memorial Meeting
Held for Dr. Tennent
Goodluirt, February 16. � Dr.
Tennent's unusual ability as a sci-
entific thinker, as a teacher and as
a friend was described at a meet-
ing held in his memory. The speak-
ers were President Park, Dr. Rob-
ert Ervin Coker (president of the
American Zoological Society and
professor at the University of
North Carolina), Miss Gardiner,
Abbie Ingalls, '38, and William G.
Hower, former publisher and owner
of the Bryn Mawr Home News.
The meeting was opened by Miss
Rice and her instrumental group
and was closed with Mozart's Ave
Verum sung by the Bryn Mawr
choir.
Dr. Tennent began his scientific
career by working as a clerk in a
drug store. He studied pharmacy
in the evenings and passed the
Wisconsin state exam with the best
record anyone ever made. In 1900
he graduated from Olivet College
in Michigan and, abandoning the
idea of a medical career, obtained
an assistantship in biology at
Johns Hopkin's University. In
1904 he received his Ph.D. and, "as
a shy young instructor in biology,"
came to Bryn Mawr. For 36 years
he served as lecturer, associate, as-
sociate professor and full pro-
fessor. Along with his heavy
teaching program he carried on
"constant and engrossing research
work of his own." To quote from
Miss Park's speech, "he spent many
summers beginning in 1909 at the
Tortugas Marine Biological Labo-
ratory of the Carnegfe Institution
of Washington. He worked in Ja-
maica at the Marine Biological
Laboratory of the same Institution
and in Italy at the famous Naples
Station. He spent a year of priva-
tion and danger in the South Pa-
cific on a Carnegie Expedition to
the Torres Strait and Thursday
Continued on Pace Three
Saturday, February 15. � The
aim of community work today as < >
expressed at the three-college con-
ference by Miss Fairchild, in the
keynote address and by Congress-
man Jerry Voorhis, of California,
in the main speech, is the defense
of American democracy. Seriously
challenged, our democracy* needs
the help which trained college men
and women can offer. We must
combat the appeal which the Fas-
cists base on a claim to security at
the expense of liberty. Miss Fair-
child pointed out that by doing com-
munity work we can promote se-
curity in four ways: through rais-
ing the standard of living, and
helping unemployment, public
health, and living conditions.
Mr. Voorhis repeated and empha-
sized these needs. Voluntary ad-
hesion of citizens to government
distinguishes a democracy from a
dictatorship, he said. To awaken
a receptive public opinion to public
welfare is one of the greatest serv-
ices which can be rendered by stu-
dents.
On public health, recreation, re-
lief facilities, and education de-
pends the security of the nation.
Mr. Voorhis outlined types of rec-
reation, especially in his own state
which is "a little different and in
some ways superior to other parts
of the country." Education shTSuTS
demonstrate to the individual his
own hidden resources of creative
ability. In its broadest sense, said
Mr. Voorhis, education's purpose
is to "help people to learn how to
find joy in life without spending
any money to do it." Military de-
fense must be balanced by home re-
lief. Relief means the distribu-
tion of the purchasing power. In
effecting this the cooperative move-
ment is important�"I think that if
there is one almost completely con-
structive movement in the world",
it is the cooperative movement."
Continued on Pare Five
Plans for Red Cross
Work Now Completed
Plans for the Red Cross sewing
have been completed and have been
designed to give anyone who has
even fifteen minutes a day a chance
to work for refugee children or for
war prisoners in German camps.
The League and May Day rooms
in Goodhart have been turned into
a workroom, and Connie Lee Stan-
ton, '41, who heads the committee,
has asked for volunteer workers
from all halls. Weekly quotas of
piece work for" each hall have been
arranged for the baby bootees,
sacques, and blankets which can be
taken from the hall chairmen and
worked on continually. Bathrobes
and shelter garments for prisoners
are being made in the workrooms,
under the direction of Mra. Fales,
and will be ready for anyone at any
time.
Tryouts
Sewn tryouts for Fresh-
men and Sophomores will be-
gin next Monday, February
24. Anyone interested should
come to a meeting in the Com-
mon Room at 4 P. M. If you
are unable to come at this
time, see Susie Ingalls, 9-13,
Pembroke West.