College News, 1941-11-26, Vol. 28, No. 09

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The College News
VOL. XXVIII, No. 9
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1941      *%?�?$& T?u.etee. of"1   PRICE  10 CENTS
Bryn Mawr Joins \Mass Meeting Inaugurates The Alliance;
� Elects Executive Board; Outlines Plans
National Civilian
Defense  Efforts
Air-Raid and Fire-Fighting
t Units Are Immediate
Problem
National Defense is organized,
by counties under the State De-
fense Councils. At the request of
the Montgomery County unit, Miss
Park has appointed a committee
for the College, which cooperates
with the Civilian Volunteer Office
of Philadelphia, as well as with
the National defense organization
and with the separate Lower
Merion Township Council. The
i ost immediate problem is the or-
ganization of air-raid and fire-
lighting units.
Not originally connected with
the other organizations, the Lower
Merion Township Defense Council
is now trying to coordinate itself
with the County Council. Ap-
pointed by the Township Commis-
sioners last summer, it has sent
out questionnaires and established
a file of people trained or inter-
ested in defense work. This coun-
cil, whose chairman is Mr. Walter
C. Neely, and whose Executive
Director is Dr. Howard Wayne
Smith, of Ardmore, states its
pose: "To maintain
civilian morale during the present
Students to Discuss
Unrestricted Press
Mira Eitington, Polly Graham
and Nancy Chase will speak at the i
second student Forum on Novem-
ber 27. Government press releases
and pamphlets and wartime press
restrictions in the U. S. A., Eng-
land and France are the chief top-
ics for consideration. The Forum
hopes to stimulate discussion as to
the advantages of an unrestricted
press.
Bryn  Mawr  Chapter
Of Sigma Xi Society
Will be Established
Alliance Elections
The following were elected to
serve on the Executive Board of
The Alliance:
Secretary, Catherine Clement,
'43.
Defense Courses, Betty Nicrosi, '4%
Forum, Rosalind Wright, '44.
Research and Writing, Nancy Elli-
cott, '42.
Ex Offi.cio members will be: Vivi
Kyench, '42, Joan Gross, '42.
Mary Gumbart, '42, was ap-
pointed Chairman Pro-Tern by the
President of the Undergraduate
Association.
rthi
uncertainties; to plan measures
for dealing with such sudden emer-
gencies or crises as may arise in
the Township; to cooperate with
t Federal, State and County Coun-
Oontlnued on Pace Five
Dance
The Undergraduate Asso-
ciation dance for all college
students will be held in the
gym from eleven to two fol-
lowing the performance of
Stage Door, December 6.
Tickets are $2.00 for couples,
$1 for stags.
The lecture by Professor Karl
Spencer Lashley, research profes-
sor of neuro psychology at Harv-
ard University on the Physiology
of Memory will culminate the cere-
monies connected with the instal-
lation of a Sigma Xi Chapter at
Bryn Mawr. Dr. Lashley is recog-
iu>wk as aiic of the most eminent
of^iaisca/ch\yorkcrs both in the
eld of bioloay and that of psy-
P"/111 chology, as fvell as a popular
speaker.
The SigW Xi Society is a na-
tional organization for graduates
with^Hle purpose of encouraging
scientific research. The effect of
the installation of a Bryn Mawr
Chapter will be to give more perma-
nent form to the informal meetings
of faculty and graduate students
already being held irregularly. The
intention of these meetings is to
provide the opportunity for detailed
discussion concerning the research
work being carried on at Bryn
Mawr. Such meetings will be a
feature of the new Sigma Xi chap-
ter.
The installation ceremonies Sat-
Oortlni'ed  on Page Four
One-Act Plays Show
Talent in East, West
And Rhoads Freshmen
E. Cheney, Ex-Ed, Assists "Mirror's" Editors,
And Denies Walter Winchell's Libelous Tale
By Jacquie II.ill.ml, '43
"Tex MacCrary's new Girl Fri-
day is Emily Cheney, ex-Neivs
copy girl and silk heiress." So
wrote Walter Winchell of Bryn
Mawr's 1940 graduate and former
editor of the College News. This
caused havoc with Cheney's office
life. She spent a week denying
any claims to future silk.
Previously a copy girl on the
Daily News, Cheney has graduated
to the editorial office of the Daily
Mirror, where she files and types
and makes up the page. "I am
officially classed as a secretary, al-
though I don't know the first thing
about shorthand." This shorthand
deficiency is a good thing. "Don't
let 'em catch you with it,", she
advises.
Her unusual career as copy girl
provoked write-ups in Time and
Newsweek, and a story in the Oc-
tober Ladies' Home Journal. She
says that she herself tried to write
an article about her unique posi-
tion, but it was rather an unsuc-
cessful attempt.
Although a genuine New Yorker,
Cheney is still very near to Bryn
Mawr life, since she is now living
with Cooey Emery and Sarah
Meigs, all of the class of 1940.
Cheney is cracking our journalistic
ice,  together  with  her  classmate,
'Barbara Auchincloss. In fact,
feminists may chalk one up on
tough City Eds from coast to coast.
The two most desperate moments
of Cheney's job occurred in the
same day. She dropped a wax
d'etaphone cylinder on a busy street
corner and a head which she had
supposedly corrected appeared in
incorrect form in the paper.
No doubt, Cheney was the source,
of    inspiration    for    the    Journal,
story, "Copy Girl."   She insists onj
this.    She knew the author, Jack!
lams, when she was on the News, j
and that ought to settle any juris-
dictional   disputes   with   Barbara
Cooley.    Cheney grants,  however,
j that Cooley is one up, because the
McCain of the story is the actual
name of a rewrite man with whom
Cooley worked on Albany's Knick-
erbocker News.    "The locale  and
detail    of   the    story   are   pretty j
I straight from the Daily News office, I
I but actually they could be the set-]
I ting   from   any   newspaper,"   she,
' said.
Cheney's present aspiration is to :
have a series of articles about ci-i
vilian   defense   published   in   The\
j Mirror.   She thinks she has a much
better  chance  of advancement  in
: her new job.   "About once a week
! I'm kicked out of the editorial of-
j fice so the men can tell dirty sto-
ries," says Cheney.
By Alice Iscman, '43
The Freshman Play contest got
under way Friday night with Pem-
broke West, East, and Rhoads pre
senting their offerings in the Thea-
tre Workshop.
The Man in the Bowler Hut,
offered by Pembroke West, gave no
opportunity for important charac-
terizations. The cast, however,
performed its limited function
rather successfully. Harriet Sha-
piro was amusing as John, al-
though in places she overplayed
the part. Francois* Pleven made
a dashing hero, and $Iary Virginia
More, a horrendous villain. Other
members of the cast were entirely
adequate. The performance as a
whole might have been more pol-
ished, the cues picked up faster,
and the action smoother. But con-
sidering the fact that rehearsals
were limited to weekends, and that
this was, for many, a first attempt
at acting, the result was good.
Pembroke East's undertaking,
Shaw's Inca of Perusalem was far
more ambitious. Judith Derby as
Ermentrude, the millionairess-la-
dy's maid, was excellent. Her
stage manner was finished and she
handled Shavian epigrams with
professional finesse. Ann Bird
Woods, as the doltish princess,
served as a very good foil, and
Wynn Glanker, the Inca, handled a
long and, at times, tedious part as
well as she could. Minor characters,
the archdeacon, the waiter, and the
hotel manager, were uniformly
good. Pembroke Kast, on the whole,
showed much talent. If the action
Continued on Page Six
Menken Pictures
Show Growth Of
Powers in Pacific
Program Emphasizes
p�  .   .    ..   a      t wwr     Japan    Ihreatens    Indies,
Social Aims of War    Singapore, With Navy
Goodhart Auditorium, Tuesday,
November ~'~>tlr.� The Alliance, a
new student organization formed
to coordinate Defense problems
and  works on contemporary  ques-
And Planes
GoOdhart   Auditorium,   Moiviaij,
IB
November ~'i:� Arthur Menken,
Paramount News and March of
Time  photographer,   presented   the
tions, was inaugurated at a college highlights of his eight-month, 35
Mass Meeting tonight by Vivi
French, '42, President of the Un-
dergraduate Association.        The
meeting was � then turned over to
Mary Gumbart, '42, appointed
Chairman pro-tem.
The Alliance is based on a belief
that the defeat of Hitler, though
vital, should not overshadow the
considerations of long term effects
of legislation and government ac-
tivity during the emergency. They
read  as  follows:
1)   To win the war is essential.
2)   We believe that the mobiliza-
tion of national effort should
be directed not only towartl
maintaining our democracy
but also toward broader and
enduring social benefits.
.'!)   We will support all measures
necessary to efficient prosecu-
tion   of   the   war,   providing
that they  do not conflict  in
spirit with principal No. 2.
Students and  faculty  will   coop-
erate   on   a    Peace    Aims   Forum
soon.     Hall  meetings   will  be  held
next week,  at which  all  students
who are in sympathy with the Al-
liance    principles   can    enroll    for
work   under   the   various   commit-
tees.    Plans arc being made to be-
gin work in the  Bryn  Mawr com-
munity, possibly through adult ed-
ucation groups in the village, and
for the formation of a writing com-
mittee   which    will    publicize   stu-
dents'  opinion,  through   letters  to
newspapers   and   to   Congressmen.
thousand-mile tour of the Pacific.
"The thing that is remarkable
about these pictures is that I got
them out at all," said Mr. Menken,
who was determined to survey the
situation in New Zealand, Aus-
tralia, the Netherlands Indies,
China, Japan, and the American
possessions, and to discover the
strength of our friends and of our
potential enemy.
The movie was presented chron-
ologically, by countries; but
throughout Mr. Menken placed his
emphasis upon the technical devel-
opment and the war preparations
of each power. New Zealand, he
saw as strong in national feeling�
"she is all in the war and she
knows it"�but weak in manpower.
The population is small; and al-
though both colonists and natives
are being diverted from agricul-
ture and trained in flying and air-
craft    mechanics,   the    reserve    is
limited.
Australia, however, is turning
out actual war material and "her
greatest export is men." Veterans
of Tobruk rub shoulders with men
who will soon be sent to Singapore,
"Austalia's  first line of defense."
The Netherlands Indies show
even more actual war preparation.
It is nearer to Japan, and valuable
to her for the oil, rice, and rubber.
Holland however plans a foot-by-
foot resistance�pillboxes and tank
traps line the roads, and the oil-
wells are mined in case they must
be abandoned. There is a skilled
air-fleet, a rising army in which
natives are trained beside colonists,
a navy apparently strong, and a
ship-repair shop which appears to
be excellently equipped.
Continued on I'ace Six
Calendar
Thursday, November 27
Forum,    Common     Room,
7:30.
Group    Leadership    Meet-
ing, 7:30.
Friday, November 28
Freshman   Plays,   Theatre
Workshop, 8:30.
Saturday, November 29
Dr.  Karl S. Lashley,  The
Physiology   of   M e mo r \j,
Goodhart, 8:30.
Hall Dance, Denbigh.
Sunday, November 30
Chapel.       The     Reverend
Donald  B.  Aldrich,  Music
Room, 7:30.
Monday, December 1
Vocational         Conference,
Mrs.    Percy   C.   Madeira,
Goodhart, 7:30.
Tuesday, December 2
Current   Events,   Common
Room, 7:30.
Cooley Takes the Bumps in Epic Tank Ride;
Experience  With   Defense  Shatters  Victim

By Barbara Cooley, '42
"How fast are we going?" I
yelled when I'd caught my breath.
This business of getting the inside
story on National Defense from the
machine-crowded interior of a tank
had already jounced me for fifteen
gasping minutes. I asked again af-
ter he'd shifted to a quieter gear�
"About twenty-five. Thirty miles
an hour is the fastest they go." I
settled back and hit the rubber-
padded ceiling a couple of times.
But maybe we'd crash through
buildings the way they do in the
movies, I thought. "Don't you ever
knock down things?" I asked.
"Nope. But one day I got
sleepy," Johnny pointed out a raw
gash in nearby woods where four
or five trees had been snapped off
at the base.
This was the testing field outside
Schenectady, N. Y., for M3 tanks
produced by the American Locomo-
tive Company. I craned my neck
and through the mud-slopped wind-
shield, saw we were passing the
shack office. He wasn't going to
ask me if I'd had enough.
"Still like it?" he asked fasten-
ing a strap over my lap, so I'd only
hit the ceiling on the big bumps.
"Is it fun to drive these things?"
I roared. He plowed through a
mire and yelled, "Monotonous as
hell."
There was the shack again. I
jabbed Johnny and we ground to a
stop�a few more minutes to get
the facts. "After it's assembled,
we drive each tank 65 miles before
it's sent off to the army," he ex-
plained.
"How many men ride in these
tanks?" I asked squeezing through
the narrow space between turret
and driver's seat. "Seven," he
said. "One as lookout in the re-
volving turret, a driver, radio man,
and men to operate the eanifon, the
75 millimeter guns and the anti-
aircraft  guns."     I   looked   around
.the tiny machine-filled interior and
I mentally stretched cramped legs.
Johnny climbed out through the
� trapdoor in the roof and reached
down an assisting hand. "Havo
you  ever taken   a  girl   before?"  I
' asked, hiking my overalls closer to
my shattered and grimy body.
"A dozen, I guess," he said, pull-
ing me onto the roof.
"Thanks a lot for the ride," I
murmured meekly.