College News, 1943-03-03, Vol. 29, No. 17

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VOL. XXIX, No. 17
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943
Copyright, Trustees of
Bryn   Mawr College,   1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Wright Outlines
Motives of War,
Urges Federalism
Professor of International
Relations Opens War
Assemblies
Goodhart, March 1.�"We can
only have a practicably brganized
world politically through continu-
ants of the idea of federalism,"
stated Dr. Quincy Wright. Stress-
ing "the inadequacy of man's poli-
tical organization of the world" as
a cause of war, Dr. Wright advo-
cated a system of federalism with
"the maximum of independence and
autonomy among separate units to
maintain peace and moderate free-
dom of trade."
Dr. Wright, professor of Inter-
national Relations at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, opened the series
of war assemblies at Bryn Mawr
with his discussion of some aspects
of the causes of war, with specific
reference to the present war. War,
Dr. Wright asserted, arises not
from a "single germ, but from a
i iiiimiiictl on   raje   Foil.
Calendar
Thursday, March 4
Dr. Wolfgang Kohler, The
Naturalistic       Interpreta-
tion    of   Man.     Common
Room, 7:30.
Interclass Swimming Meet.
Friday,  March  5
�    Science Club Movies.  Dal-
ton, 8:00.
Saturday,  March (j
Basketball Game with Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania.
Gymnasium.
Dance for Meteorologists.
Gymnasium, 9:30-12:30.
Sunday, March 7
Chapel. The Reverend
Harry P. Meserve. Music
Room, 7:30.
Monday, March 8
Flexner lecture. Dr. Erich
Frank. Religion and Im-
agination. Goodhart, 8:30.
Tuesday, March 9
Current Events. Common
Room, 8:30.
Wednesday, March 10
College Assembly. Miss
Taylor. Goodhart, 12:30.
Spanish Club Supper and
Discussion. Common Room,
7:30.
Herbert, Tchekov Make 'StandingRoom Only9 New War Major
A Spirited, Humorous Satire of Campus Life pt        a                  i
Juniors Nominate Scribner, Brunn, Hedge,
And Davis as Head of Athletic Association
Fortune,    Maypole    Dance,
USO,    Air   Corps    and
Madge Daly Featured
By Apr:i Oursler, '45
Standing  Room Only, presented
by  "the  faculty and  other  hired
help," in spite of its length, kept
up a good sense of humor and an
even better sense of satire during
the whole evening.' The general
theme of the show was best ex-
pressed by Dr. Herben's statement
that "College is the metamorpho-
sis from cuckoo to butterfly." Cur-
rent campus life provided the fac-
ulty with everything from For-
tune's article and the Maypole
dance, to the USO, the Air Corps,
and Madge Daly. The Three Sis-
ters and Dr. Herben's Baccalaure-
ate address were the main features.
There was a tendency for the
show to drag as a result of an in-
termission followed by the auction
and a slow-moving act. This was
increased by a large part of the
dialogue being inaudible. It was
the clever songs and dances, skill-
fully accompanied by Mr. Lafford,
of Haverford, that maintained the
spontaneous spirit throughout.
It was a stroke of genius to turn
Tchekov's play about the dullness
in the life of three intellectual sis-
ters into a satire of Bryn Mawr.
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Miss Taylor to Give
Address on Fascism
In Coming Assembly
Fascism:   Three   Ideologies   will
be  the subject  of  an  address by
Plan Announced
By Miss McBride
Preparation   for  Post-War
Reconstruction Work
Arranged
Goodhart, February 26.�A new
plan for Interdepartmental Majors,
enabling students to prepare for
work in war and post-war recon-
struction, was outlined by Presi-
dent Katherine McBride last Fri-
day. Under the new system, based
on the best advice from heads of
agencies and governmental com-
mittees, three planned majors are
open to Freshmsn and Sophomores.
They are International Administra-
te and Reconstruction, Commun-
ity Organization and Reconstruc-
tion, and Languages for Recon-
struction.
Each fi?'d includes work in so-
1 cial sciences and languages. The
requirements ate the same for all,
so that the major can be changed
with ease. One unit each of Eng-
lish Composition, Science, and Phi-
losophy, two units of a primary
Founder of Gestalt School language, one of a secondary lan-
rr,     .     .       KI  ,        m^i           guage are required, as well as two
To Judge Naturalistic      units of History on3 of Geogl.apny
Theories                      and   one   of   International   Relief
---------                          Administration. Three new courses,
Dr. Wolfgang Kohler, an emi- Modern Greek, Economic History
jnent psychologist and one of the ar.d Geography, have been added
outstanding founders of the Gestalt to the curriculum.
School of Psychology, has been re-
quested to lecture here by the Phi-
losophy Club. He will speak on
"The Naturalistic Interpretation of
Man," in the Common Room,
Thursday, March 4, at 7:30. Dr.
Kohler  wrots  that  he   wished   to
Dr. Wolfgang Kohler
Famous Psychologist
To Present Lecture
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Simplicity Suggested
Aim of St. Lawrence
Patricia St.  Lawrence, in white
discuss a problem of general phi- iaD coat, was bending over a dog-
WSJ^JS2^t^Jl ^ llyh^lrigniflTafH;, ^ jag-Ll supervising first year Biology
ation of Man in so-ca l?d natural-1 laboratory when the news came
istic doctrines." He will fo'low a >that she was the new president of
critique of these doctrines w!th a Self-Gov. Her immediate reaction
reconsideration of the relation of was surprise at seeing Franny Mat-
Man to Society.                                  thai, an English major, in the first
Dr. KJhler was Professor of Psy- year Bi lab.
cho'.ogy and director of the  Psy-;    Pat   was   non-commital   on   the
chological Institute at the Univer-1 serious   aspects   of   her   position.
pl'ainlngThe eTsentTaT similarities ittf of Barlin, where he also held a \ She gave no hint as to the future
and  differences  in   these  philoso-! Chair of Philosophy.
phies depending on the individual
Latin Department and Dean of
the Graduate School, on March 10, |
at 12:30, in the second of the Alii- \
ance War Assemblies. Augment-
ing her material with her personal
experiences in Europe, Miss Tay-
lor will discuss the origin and de-
velopment of fascistic tendencies
in Germany, Italy and Japan, ex-
Arranging   Interclass   Games,
Weekends Among Duties
Of President
The Junior Class has nominated
Nancy Scribner, Jean Brunn, Lucia
Hedge and Ruth Alice Davis for
the presidency of the Athletic As-
sociation.
The President of the Athletic As-
sociation arranges for interclass
and hall games, plans- weekend
activities and arranges for awards.
She works with Miss Petts and co-
ordinates the activities of the
Physical Education Department
with those of the undergraduates.
She also presides over all meetings
of the Athletic Association.
Nancy Scribner
UAder League nominations.
Jean Brunn
Under League nominations.
HEDGE
Lucia Hedge
In her Sophomore year, Lucia
was her class representative for
the Athletic Association. This year
she is vice-president of the Asso-
ciation, having been acting presi-
dent during the spring of last year
in the absence of the President.
Lucia is also on the Alliance
Board as representative of the
Farm Unit, and is representative
of the Baby Center on the League.
She is Assistant Air Raid Warden
for Pembroke West. She is on the
hockey  squad  and  the   swimming
team.
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country.
Miss Taylor served with the Red
World   War  he   was   stranded   on that any change would be one to-
the  island of Teneriffe,  where he1 ward   simplification�with   signing
began experiments with his colony
Cross   in   Italy   and  the   Balkans'of chimpanzees.    Later his results
during  the   reconstruction   period,were published in the epic-making
after  the  World  War,  and  later t
studied in Germany, for some time.
Distinguished in many fields she is
'Mentality of Apes.'
out rules a case in point. She was
much more anxious to discuss choc-
olate ice cream. It is her "ruling
passion."
"Sorry, no sense of humor," said
Pat, with a very mischievous twin-
kle in her eye.    In fact, she said
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Lucas, Brunn and Scribner for President
Dr.  Kohler  is  interested  in  the
philosophical   significance   of   psy-
onlv woman ever"to be elected chological principles.    He was one
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ed   Societies,   breaking   a   23-year                           '                       __                       n   C
precedent, she is also vicepresi-jBryn Mawr League Nominates r. Stevens
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can Philological Association, and
formerly presided over the Archae-
ological Institute of America.
A group of pertinent books has
been placed on reserve in the li-
brary for those interested in in-
vestigating the subject more thor-
oughly. These include Hitler's
Mein Kampf, the Nazi Primer, a
pamphlet by Mussolini, and Tokyo
Record.
Elections
The Self-Government As-
sociation takes pleasure in
announcing the election of
Patricia St. Lawrence as its
new president..
Election of officers for
other chief undergraduate
positions for the year 1943-
44 will continue until Spring
vacation. President of the
Bryn Mawr League will be
elected Monday, and on Wed-
nesday students will elect the
Chairman  of the Alliance.
The Bryn Mawr League has nom-
inated Diana Lucas, Jean Brunn,
Phebe Stevens and Nancy Scribner
for president. The main function
of the president of the League is
to co-ordinate the committees
which are organized under its di-
rection. These are the Chapel
Committee, Summer Camp, Blind
School, Hudson Shore Labor School,
Industrial Group, Haverford Com-
munity Centre, Bryn Mawr Play
Centre, Maids' Classes and Maids'
Bureau. She should also integrate
the work of the League with other
college activities.
Diana Lucas
Diz Lucas is head of the Maids'
Committee this year, and ran the
League's activities 'drive. Sopho-
more year she was treasurer of
Self-Government and business man-
ager of the Handbook Committee.
in Choir and Glee Club for three
years, as well as in the Spanish
Club. She was advertising man-
ager of the News Junior year.
Jean Brunn
Jean is first Junior member of
the Self-Government Association.
Since Freshman year she has
played on the basketball squad,
and is manager of the basketball
team this season. During her
Sophomore year she was vice-pres-
ident of her class, and has belonged
to the Varsity Players' Club for
two years.
Phebe Stevens
Phebe Stevens is now president
of the Junior Class. Her first
year she was Freshman League
representative, and a member of
the Industrial Group. This year
she will be co-chairman of the
Bryn Mawr summer camp, having
been assistant head last year.   She
She was hall representative of Pero  .   g hem a member of Choir and
West Freshman year.'ma Has ~**r G,ee c,ub a� three years    0ne of
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