College News, 1942-01-14, Vol. 28, No. 13

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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1942         copyright. Trustees of
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Pembroke Fire
Damages Kitchen,
Servants' Rooms
B. M. Fire Company, Faculty
And   Porters Struggle
With  Flames
Professors Honored
At Various Meetings
of Learned Societies
Faculty Receive Distinctions,
Read Papers, Participate
In  Discussions
Pembroke Hall, January 3rd�
At six forty-five on Saturday eve-
ning Louis, a porter, discovered the
fire which damaged a large part of
the kitchen, East side servants'
rooms, and part of the roof of
Pembroke Hall. Burning chiefly
inside the walls of the rooms and
between the floors and ceilings, the
fire caused widespread water dam-
age, but none of the fourteen ser-
vants in the building was injured.
Louis went to his room before
dinner and was greeted by billows
of smoke. He called to Arthur,
and the two men, helped by three
other porters, fought the fire until
the Bryn Mawr Fire Company ar-
rived, eight minutes later. The fire
spread rapidly through three rooms
on the top floor, three on the third,
and one half of the kitchen. Using
its new equipment for the first
time, the fire company had the
flames under control in half an
hour.
Part of the damage came from
holes which the firemen had to
make in the partitions and in the
roof, to play their hoses on the
flame itself. The \iroblem of ma-
nipulating hoses through the small
hallways made the fighting diffi-
cult. The men tore back the metal
ceiling of the kitchen and pre-
vented the flames from spreading
to the other side of the room. The
quick action of the college workers,
under Mr. Daugherty, and the sys-
tematic fighting by the department
saved the building from much
greater damage.
Mr. Anderson and Mr. Sprague
arrived in time to pull hoses and
clear tables out of the dining room,
below the kitchen. Torrents of wat-
er poured down through the kitchen
into the dining room, and some ran
down into the show case. Notes
and other valuables were removed
from one student's room but no
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The Bryn Mawr faculty was well
represented at the national meet-
ings of learned" societies held dur-
ing the Christmas holidays. Many
members of the faculty read pa-
pers before the societies and re-
ceived high honors and distinc-
tions.
Mr. Wells attended the meetings
of the American Political Science
Association in New York City,
serving on the Nominating Com-
mittee of the Association. Mr.
Wells was also elected a member
of the Board of Editors of the
American Political Science Review.
In the Latin Department, Mr.
Broughton, Miss Taylor, Miss
Marti, and Mrs. Michels attended
the annual meeting of the Philo-
logical Association in Hartford.
Miss Taylor was elected President
of the Association for the1 coming
year and Mr. Broughton was elect-
ed editor of the transactions of the
society. During the course of the
meeting, Miss Marti presented a
paper on Literary Criticism in Me-
dieval Commentaries on Lucan.
Mr.   Anderson   was   present   at
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Nota Bene
Students should watch the
copy of the examination
schedule posted in Taylor
Hall. Any changes of dates
or rooms will be made only
on that copy.
'Mountains and Men'
Will  be  Subject  of
Dr. Nicholson Lecture
Six
First Aid
An advanced course in
First Aid will be offered next
semester on Thursday eve-
nings to anyone who has suc-
cessfully completed a stand-
ard Red Cross course. A
standard co:irre with no re-
quirements wi'l be given on
Wednesiay eveirngs. Candi-
dates should sign on the
paper posted en the athletic
bulletin loard in Taylor.
Substitution of April
Test for Admittance
Commencing in 1942
Bryn Mawr has decided to make
use of the April Scholastic Apti-
tude and Achievement Tests of the
College Entrance Examination
Board, as admission tests for 1942
applicants. This marks a depart-
ure from the four June subject
matter examinations which have
been used in the past.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test
consists of a verbal and a mathe-
matical section. The Achievement
Test will be made up of nine sec-
tions: Social Studies, Biology,
Latin, German, French, Spanish,
Chemistry, Physics and Spatial Re-
lations. Of these, each candidate
will be expected to take three.
This action involves a change in
admission requirements, and rep-
resents a shift from the subject
matter examinations formerly held.
to tests which are designed to
measure ability in given fields.
They are designed to be taken
without special preparation.
The withdrawal of candidates
for Harvard, Yale, and Princeton,
and the increasing use of Plan D
by women's college applicants left
too small a group to form a valid
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Redecorated College Inn Gladdens Hearts
Of Tea-Minded Students on Return to B. M.
The College Inn presents a reju-
venated tea room. Inn veterans
were quite surprised upon return-
ing from vacation to find welcome
yellow-cream walls free from pic-
tures of lantern night and other
campus scenes. Green, maroon and
cream drapes, topped by matching
green wooden valances, hang at
every window. The walls and
floor have been refinished and
there are shiny birch chairs and
smoothly" finished tables with tops
of formica. Leather pads comfort-
able corners.
Workmen started the job Mon-
day after college closed and had
almost completed  it the  Saturday
following New Years.
Our only trouble in getting the
thing done, Miss Davis said, was
that a different type table top had
to be substituted for the original
kind decided upon. The order was
placed during September, which
accounts for the lack of usual red
tape and priority difficulties.
Although Miss Howe hasn't the
final bills, Mis Davis reports that
the cost for redecoration was
great. Each girl should feel that
she has a share in the project, she
says. We wonder what ten cent
coffee has ta^do with it? Despite
the suggestive surroundings, no
martinis will be served.
Author and Scholar Will Give
Talk in Goodhart Friday,
January   16
"Mountains and Men" will be
the subject of Dr. Marjorie Nicol-
son's lecture in Goodhart Hall on
Friday, January 16. She will give
"A  Study of Changing Tastes in
Stuart and Hanoverian England."
Dr. Nicolson is a professor of Eng-
lish at Columbia University, and
the first woman ever to be given
full professorship there. Known
as one of the most brilliant women
scholars ^n the field of English lit-
erature, she is also famous as a
clever speaker.
She is the first woman to be
president of the United Chapters
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society,
and the.first to be vice-pres'dent oi
the Modern Language Association,
an organization of distinguished
scholars  in   English   and   Modern
anguages.       Her    field
hiefly   seventeenth   century   Eng-
lish, but at Columbia she has been
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New Coordinated- Defense Work
To be Outlined at Mass Meeting
Courses in Health, Social i Training Aims at Services
And Nutrition Services
Will be Given
�The following extra - curricular
courses will be offered on the cam-
pus during the second semester,
provided there is sufficient regis-
tration for them:
I.  Health Services � Training:
(1) First Aid, standard and ad-
vanced, 34 hours; (2) nurses' aides,
80 hours; family consent needed
for students, 150 hours hospital;
(3) home nursing, 24-30 hours.
(These are standard Red Cross
courses.)
II.  Nutrition Services � Train-
ing: (1) nutrition: theory, 20
hours; (2) canteen: practice, 20
hours. (Standard Red Cross
courses.)
III.   Social Service � Training:
(1) Planning and management of
children's centers, 20 hours; (2)
community survey techniques, 10-
12 hours.
The nurses' aide course is de-
signed to help in the emergency
caused by the increasing demand
for nurses in  military areas with
Now Offering Outlets
For Work
Comprehensive plans for new,
co-ordinated defense courses, drawn
up to meet the country's needs, will
be laid before the college at a mass
meeting in Goodhart on Monday,
January 19, at 12 o'clock. These
plans were presented and discussed
at a meeting on Sunday of the Al-
liance Executive Committee and
Miss Kraus, Miss Gardiner, Miss
Northrop and Mr. Wells.
The Alliance will also schedule
educational activities, such as.
forums run by students and faculty,
and a series of lectures and discus-
sions on post-war reconstruction.
This series, at the request of the
Alliance, will probably be scheduled
for one evening a week and will be
given by members of the depart-
ments of history, politics and eco-
nomics, and the department of so-
cial economy and social research.
The possibility of placement in vol-
unteer defense jobs this summer
was considered.
At the mass meeting on Monday
a  corresponding  shortage   in  hos-1 the courses will be outlined in de-
pitals.     Nurses'  aides  are  trained tail.    Volunteers will be interviewed
Dr. Chambers Tells
Of Influenza's Virus
In Tennent Lecture
Dalton, January 10. � Influetua
As a Problem in Physics was the
strikingly inter-departmental title
of the third Tennent Memorial lec-
ture presented by Dr. Leslie A.
Chambers, associate in biophysics
in the Johnson Foundation at the
University of Pennsylvania. The
name, "influenza," Dr. Chambers
pointed out, derives from the un-
certainty which has always existed
concerning the cause of the disease:
the Italians finally attributed it to
"influence of the stars."
Recently, due in part to the panic
caused by the 20,000,000 deaths
during the last war, research in
influenza has been well supported.
In 1934 it was discovered that in-
fluenza was caused by a filtrable
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to take over the less skilled work
includes I ana" tnus relieve the burden on the
graduate nurses.
As more women go into defena
industries their children will have
to be cared for. The course in
plannirg and management of chil-
dren's centers should qualify peo-
ple to meet this need. The skills
would also be applicable in day
camps, community centers, or any
other group care for children. The
course will cover material on func-
tions and programs of such centers,
child psychology, physical care and
health education, the layout and
equipment of a. center, games and
crafts.
Volunteers can be trained to help
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Hudson to Lecture
On Aspects of Law
For the Shaw Series
Calendar
Thursday, January  15
Hockey banquet, Common
Room.    6.00.
Friday, January 16
Last day of lectures, first
semester.
Mallory Whiting Webster
Memorial Lecture in His-
tory. Dr. Marjorie Nicol-
son, Mountain* and Men.
Goodhart, 8.00.
Sunday, January 18
The Reverend Grant Noble.
Music Room, 7.30.
Monday,  January   19
Mass Meetin?, A'.Vance,
Goodhart, 12 00
Saturday, January 31
Midyear examination per-
iod.
Monday, February 2
Vacation.
Tuesday, February 3
First day of lectures, sec-
ond semester.
Dr. Manley O. Hudson, Bemls
'rofessor of International Law at
he Harvard Law School, will de-
liver a series of lectures on
"'Twenty Years' Development of
International Law 1919-1939." The
! series, which is to begin on Febru-
ary 6 and will be given in Good-
hart, is sponsored by the Anna
Howard   Shaw   Memorial  Founda-
i tion. Dr. Hudson is also at present
a judge of the Permanent Court of
Infrnational Justice and a member
of the Permanent Court of Arbi-
tration.
to determine particular skills and
will be delegated to special courses
with the object of usefulness and
filling the needs for direct defense
work. Interviewing, recruiting and
registration will be centered in the
defense room in the west wing of
the L:brary during the two weeks
of midyears. The regular form for
Civilian Defense Volunteer offices
in this area will probably be used,
and every volunteer will have a
chance to talk with an interviewer
who can advise him or her about
the best use of time and skill. A
small registration fee may be
charged for each course to pay for
incidental costs.
All courses and other activities
are open to members of the college
community, students, graduates
and undergraduates, the faculty,
and the entire staff of the college
and their families. Neighbors of
the  college  will  also  be   welcome.
Volunteers can be used now in
the following services: fire-fight:ng
in college buildings (family con-
sent needed for students), secre-
tarial work and teaching, inter-
viewing, knitting and sewing,
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John J. Foley Gave
Much to the College
On January 9th John J. Foley,
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds since 1920, died.
In the twenty-two years of his
superintendence the work and re-
The schedule of the lectures  is sponsibility of that office have in-
as follows:
February
Scope of International Law.
February 13�The Pacific Settle-
ment of International Dispute*.
February 20 � The Legislative
Extension of International Law.
February 27 �  The Attempted
! Proscription of War.
March 6�The Regional Develop-
ment of International Law.       ,
|     March 13�The Future of Inter-
| national   Organization   and   Inter-
national Law.
While he is at Bryn Mawr Dr.
Hudson will conduct a joint Hav-
erford and Bryn Mawr seminar
dealing with economic, political, and
legal problems of post-war recon-
struction.
creased enormously. Five new
6�The Nature and buildings were added, water and
electrical facilities expanded and
revamped, and the corps of work-
men under him consequently-' in-
creased. Mr. Foley himself plan-
ned new work and repairing, exer-
cising ingenuity and skill inside a
limited budget.
Mr. Foley "knew himself the
work which he gave his men to
carry out." "His men worked eas-
ily under him," said Miss Park.
"The college itself was his one
great interest, and he had an affec-
tion for it which few of its other
residents could match." The col-
lege has lost an established figure,
an excellent man in his profession,
and an old and tried friend.
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