College News, 1942-04-22, Vol. 28, No. 22

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BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942
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Stirring Tribute   \L- Pitoeff Performs
Given Miss Park j DJZf?� fe
About Jeanne U Arc
J                                  By Elizabeth Boudreau, '45
Theatre   Workshop,   April  20.�
Maids and Porters Present   Before a well-filled hall,  Madame
Review as Expression      j Ladmilla Pitoeff, well-known
Of   Devotion                 French actress, read excerpts from
______                          Charles Peguy's Le Mygtere de la
Goodhart,  April  16.� In   their Charite   de   Jeanne   D'Arc,   and
i�jt. �          ���      n   �    ii     n*   j    from   the   actual   records   of   the
tribute  to  Miss  Park,  the   Maids       ,,,    ., .    ,   ,   . , ,            . .  .
I maid s  historical   trial,  translated
and   Porters   expressed   in   words ;into   modem    French    by    pierre
and music their sincere apprecia- Champion.
tion for her years of leadership, as
Charles Peguy, Madame Pitoeff
well   as  their   gratitude  to   Bryn explained is the poet of the arti-
��,.,.                    .     .  .'sans:    although   of   middle   class
Mawr for the advantages extended,,    , '
to them.
by    variety    andjooo books on Jeanne D'Arc, his is
background he interprets the lives
Their entertaining showjof workmen and peasants.   Of 30,-
enlivened
marked by sincerity and effort.      I the only one that analyzes her feel-
Feature    attractions    were    the \ �ngs in the first stages of her corn-
was
prehension of her divine mission.
Madame Pitoeff movingly read pas-
sages dealing with the horrors of
war; her interpretation of Jean-
ne's friend Auviette was amusing.
The readings from the actual
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Main Line Singers, a group of men
with a special talent for singing
Negro spirituals. Their versions
of the old favorites, Golden Slip-
pers and Keep in the Middle of the
Road brought bursts of applause
and  numerous  encores.    It  Ain't
Necessarily   So   demonstrated   the) w-�   ���             e ...  -�            �
lively ability of Carl, a popular; failings Ol FhllOSOpIiy
favorite, who, on demand, exhib-
ited his versatility at the piano,
singing popular songs in a manner
reminiscent of Bing Crosby. There
were several amusing readings.
One, a parody on The Lost Chord,
featured Lewis White, another ofision on Philosophy and Science
the Main Line singers. From West i last Friday evening. The present
Philadelphia came the Aeolian need of our race is for a direction
Chorus, a group of trained women [that may coordinate its achieve-
singers. In a solo written to Missiments. It is the duty of philoso-
Park, Henrietta Largesse expressed phy to find and formulate this di-
Discussed by M. Kent
Common Room, April .�"Phil-
osophy should be more practical,"
asserted Martha Kent in a discus-
the feelings of the Maids and Por-
ters.    Singing Only a Rose, Mar-
rection.
Overpopulation, she said, is the
garet Greer walked to Miss Park greatest problem today. War is
and presented her with a bouquet but a symptom of it. A race must
of roses. Miss Park took this op-[continue to improve its quality if
portunity to thank the Maids and it is to survive, and to do this, she
Porters for their entertainment.! added, its quantity must be limited.
She remarked on the cooperation | Hence a direction and an ideal
between them and the college, and [must be found which will make the
expressed the hope that it would race want Jo improve. It is up to
continue.     She   closed   by   saying,. philosophy to find the medium.
"If I never see you again, I'll see
you on the Judgment Day."
Religion  as  it   stands  today  is
not sufficient.    Although it might
Commenting  on  the  history  of. prove a powerful medium, it would
the   Maids'   and    Porters'    Show,'have to be stated in a completely
Anna Kearney, the mistress of cer-
emonies, and Pearl Edmonds both
stressed the privileges which they
have welcomed, the evening classes
and the recent Maids' Bureau, for
which they gave credit and praise
to Mrs.
Thomas.
new fashion and include the facts
which have been established by sci-
ence.
The   fault   of   philosophy,   she
said, is that it ignores these facts
instead of developing in accordance
Fales and to Maude j with them. It builds its cosmolog-
A roll of honor of those ical system without giving heed to
who attended the various classes scientific theories or even generally
and took part in the activities was accepted facts. Philosophy must,
read by Maude Thomas, chairman if it is to have any weight, adopt
of the Maids' classes.                       | itself to progress in other fields.
Outing Club Venture Shows Hikers' Energy
Unquenchable in Combating Hostile Nature
By Anne Denny, '43
Ann JCoulson,  '44
The newly hatched Outing Club
made its first venture in the gen-
eral direction of Valley Forge last
weekend. Ten of the more robust
lovers of nature packed up their
knapsacks and piled in the station
wagon. Clad in blue jeans, the
hikers plowed tfirough the woods
keeping to the streams, and aban-
doning shoes. Undaunted by a
fierce "No Trespassing" sign, the
company, headed by Miss Yeager
and Miss Raymond, got permission
to camp by' a waterfall.
Lunch was a hectic meal. After
rescuing it from the stream, those
hikers that considered themselves
above such a mundane activity as
eating, devoted their time to catch-
ing caterpillars without a trace of
feminine squeamishness.
The night was spent in a Youth
Hostel. The Outing Club, spurn-
ing the bunks provided for less
hardy followers of nature, slept in
the hay. They were interrupted
only by the giggling of Miss Ray-
mond and Miss Yeager and the
noises of the surrounding wild-life.
The next day the group headed
for Valley Forge. Several mem-
bers were not able to resist the
temptation of indulging in the lux-
ury of brunch. This left only half
the food needed for lunch and only
by retracing their footsteps to buy
more was the Club able to stave off
starvation.
The only casualties were a
sprained ankle and a generous
sprinkling of poison-ivy. Inspired
by the enthusiasm of the members,
the Club is making plans for an-
other, probably equally exciting
venture on May 2.
Calendar
Friday, April 24
Varsity Players and Hav-
erford Cap and Bells Club:
Hay Fever, Roberts Hall,
&30 P. M.
Saturday, April 25
Varsity  Players and Hav-
erford Cap and Bells Club:
Hay Fever,  Roberts  Hall,
8:30 P. M.
Rhoads Dance, 10:30.
Sunday, April 26
Chapel, the Reverend Da-
vid Braun, Music Room,
7:30.
Tuesday, April 28
Current Events, Common
Room, 7:30.
Friday, May 1
Little May Day, College
Assembly, announcement
of undergraduate scholar-
ships.
Chamber Music Group,
Music Room, 8:00.
Announcement of New Courses
Made by Miss Ward to College
Courses  Offered  to  Math Students Hear Curriculum
Many Opportunities
Offered  to Student
*For Summer Holiday
Specially contributed by
Alison Raymond
The Alliance has been attempt-
ing to help people to find the kinds
of jobs for the summer which will
be a part of the defense effort, yet
which will also give students ex-
periences that will be valuable to
them after college.
The majority of the students
who have been interested in this
type of employment have been jun-
iors. Of them the largest group
are interested in social work.
Workers are needed in nearly all
communities, on nearly all fronts�
for child care, housing, nutrition
work, clinics, and recreational lead-
ership. Our welfare agencies are
working at full capacity to handle
the stresses and strains caused by
a population uprooted and moved
by defense industries and by the
draft. Settlements and welfare
agencies in every local district wel-
come applicants. Miss Kraus is
glad to give suggestions to stu-
dents as to where they are most
needed.
Probably the most direct means
of contributing concretely to the
offense effort is by working in fac-
tories. Work in a factory will
make plain to you as nothing else
can, aspects of problems in labor
and industry which will face us
after the War. Miss Fairchild
plans to speak in the near future to
students interested in factory work,
on what will be expected of them
in the factory.
The third big defense need is for
workers on farms. Men have been
taken from the farms leaving them
short-handed; prices are rising;
facilities for canning and for the
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'Hay Fever'
Noel Coward's Hay Fever
is the joint spring production
of the Varsity Players Club
and Cap and Bells of Haver-
ford. To avoid conflict with
Patience rehearsals the play
is to be given this year in
Roberts Hall, Friday and
Saturday, April 24th and
25th at 8:30.
Admission is included in
the Activities Drive for stu-
dents and $1.10 for guests.
Both students and guests
must obtain tickets in the
Publicity Office. Arrange-
ments are being made for
transportation.
And Science Majors
Accelerating
In response to the increasing de-
mand for women trained in mathe-
matics and physics, the Depart-
ments of Mathematics and of Phys-
ics of Bryn Mawr College have
decided to offer a limited number
of courses during a special sum-
mer session in 1942. These courses
are given for the benefit of stu-
dents, proposing to major in math-
ematics or science, who wish to
augment or to accelerate their
programs of study for the degree.
The courses will be open only to
those who have shown better than
average ability in the prerequisite
courses.
Courses to be Offered
Department of Mathematics
Second Year Course
Integral Calculus, Infinite Series,
Differential Equations: Mr. Oxto-
by. Six hours lectures per week.
Credit: One unit.
Prerequisite:  First year mathe-
matics.
Department of Physics
Second Year Courses
Elements of Mechanics: Mr. Pat-
terson. Three hours lectures and
four hours laboratory. Credit:
One-half unit.
Elements of Electricity: Mr. Pat-
terson. Three hours lectures and
four hours laboratory. Credit:
One-half unit.
Prerequisites: First year mathe-
matics and first year physics. The
second year course in mathematics
must be taken as a parallel course
if it has not already been taken.
Special Course
Laboratory and Shop Technique:
Mr. Patterson, Mr. Powell, Mr.
Law, and others.
Lectures and practical instruc-
tion will be given in the simpler
techniques of physical research: e.
g., woodworking, metal workings,
glass blowing, sketching, etc. This
course will meet one afternoon in
each week and will be required of
all students taking the physics
courses in the summer session.
Duration of Summer Session
Classes   will   begin  on  Monday,
June 8, and will end on Wednesday,
September 9.    No classes will  be
held  on   Saturdays, so  that  some
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Expansion in Several
Departments
Goodhart, April 20.�Several new
courses will be given next year,
announced Miss Ward at a mass
meeting Monday evening. Two of
these are planned directly in view
of the demand for trained workers
I in war time.
The Department of Biblical Lit-
! erature is offering an Introduction
j to Jewish and Christian Religion,
I given as a full year, half unit elec-
tive by Miss McElroy. Hebrew
thought will be traced from its
earliest origins, and Christianity
studied in relation to this back-
ground and to present day Chris-
tianity. In the Department of
Education, Miss McBride is to
teach Child Psychology, while in
the English Department, Mr. Chew
will give the course in Victorian
Literature formerly taught by Miss
Woodworth. She is giving an en-
tirely new course in English and
American Literature of the Last
Half Century, with emphasis on
contemporary work. A half-unit
full year course in the Near and
Middle East will be given in the
History Department by Mrs. Grant.
As special training for govern-
ment posts, the French Department
will offer a half-unit advanced
course in techniques of translating,
interpreting,  and   analyzing.    The
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Chamber Music
The Chamber Music Group
will present a short program
on Friday evening, May 1, in
the Music Room, Goodhart,
at eight o'clock. The pro-
gram will include the follow-
ing:
Mozart
Kleine Nacht Mutik
By the Group
Excerpts     of     Sonatas    by
Saint-Saens and Bach
Katharine  Morse
Francoise  Pleven
Flute Sonata by Loeillet
Rosamond Kent
Harriet Case
Songs will be sung by Mar-
got Dethier, accompanied by
Anne Campbell.
Stubborn Refrigerator Postpones Opening
Of Patriotically Decorated Soda Fountain
By Elizabeth Watkins, '44
As soon as the refrigerator,
which works on A. C. current, can
be made to work on D. C, the new
soda fountain will be opened.
There may be further delay if the
curtain material, which was lost
somewhere on its way to the Maids
Bureau, cannot be found. But al-
ready the room looks prepared for
business with its newly varnished
bar, ice cream cooler and shiny
sink.
The color scheme is patriotic, but
not the shades of red, white and
blue one would expect. If you
would like an idea of the true col-
ors, look at the samples on Helen
Eichelberger's broomstick skirt.
Helen and Flo Kelton have painted
the blue chairs and tables. The re-
moval of the old costume closets
has left a large discolored area on
the walls and they are eager to
splash it with cream colored paint.
Pipes overhead will be treated in
the  same  manner,  the  sprinkling
system permitting.
The managers have started to
stock the shelves and they seem to
have a very modest opinion about
the response to their project. While
investigating we could only find
twelve coffee mugs and twelve ice
cream dishes. An electric milk-
shaker, however, has been donated.
This is a mainstay of the equip-
ment and will have to do double
duty because carbonated water
cannot be obtained for sodas. To
prevent the room from acquiring a
deceitful nature a new name is
needed. We suggest a contest with
the privilege of a free hand behind
trie counter as a prize.
An ornament was discovered on
the sink�a genuine, silver-plated
single barreled cap gun. We had
visions of it hanging above the fire-
place in a redecorated May Day
room. After glancing at the tall,
red stools and the huge Coca-Cola
cooler, we decided it was just "bar
atmosphere."