College News, 1943-06-08, Vol. 29, No. 26

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VOL. XXIX, No. 25
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1943
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D. Browne Wins European Fellowship
Rev. Oliver Hart
Speaks On Faith
At Baccalaureate
Colleges Must Aid Decision
On Christian Theories
Of Peace
Goodhart, Sunday, June 6.�The
world is faced with the decision of
building civilization on the Chris-
tian or on some other conception
of man, stated the Right Reverend
Oliver James Hart, Bishop Co-ad-
jutor of Pennsylvania, in his bac-
calaureate address to the graduat-
ing class. The Reverend Mr. Hart
asserted that a permanent peace
must be based on the Christian
concept which must be developed
on the battleground of the college.
It will make a great difference
in the establishment of the peace
whether the problems are dis-
cussed on the consideration of iman
from the Christian ideal of man as
a child of God, or the
one of him as a high class animal.
Preference must be given to the
Christian one, for World War I
taught us that there can be no
order in the world until God is
given His true place at the center
of man's personal life, said the
Reverend Mr.  Hart.
College is a very important bat-
tleground for the decision of the
true nature of man, he continued.
The sterility of college education
will increase in proportion to its
ignorance of Christ's estimate of
man as the child of God and His
fellow worker in His purpose for
the world.
The most valuable educational
technique is that of centrality.
Although the modern trend is to-
ward individualization, it is not as
desirable because it does not give
the control that centrality does.
With such technique the college
should provide something which is
noble, generous, and faith provok-
ing, Bishop Hart concluded. With
faith in the Christian evaluation
of man no one need fear the
future.
War Work, Research
Will Occupy Summer
Of Faculty Members
A survey of the faculty's sum-
mer plans reveals that a number
will be engaged in war work either
here or in Washington, or will be
doing research work in various
parts of the country. Many plan
to finish books on which they are
working; several will relax at
their farms.
,Mr. Crenshaw intends to work
for three months in the Harvard
chemical lab, and Mr. Gates is
leaving college for the duration to
be the technical aid to the National
Defense Research Committee. Mr.
Berry is going to Birmingham,
Alabama, to work in the nutrition
laboratory under an outstanding
nutrition expert, Tom. D. Spies.
Important war work will also be
continued on campus this summer.
Mr. Watson will be giving the fifth
consecutive map-making course
since the first one last summer.
This seven-weeks course has been
�lying the largest number of
nTaT>-makers for the agencies in
Washington, and for the main
map-making project of the United
States Army. Mr. Watson is the
institutional representative for the
United States Office of Education
and is organizing and directing the
course in Analytic Chemistry
Continued on  Patte Four
1893 Dedicates Vase
As Alumnae Memorial
Archaeology Seminar, June 6.�
IA   cabinet   containing   a   Grecian
' vase was dedicated in" the archae-
ological seminar to Ruth Emerson
I Fletcher  by class of  1893.      The
j speakers for the occasion were two
of   her   classmates,    Miss    Nellie
Xeilson and Miss Bertha Putnam,
both professors emeritus of Mount
Holyoke    College;     Mr.    William
Emerson, of Boston, Mrs.  Fletch-
er's  brother,  and  Mr.  Rhys  Car-
i penter, of the Bryn Mawr faculty.
i The memorial is a gift of the class
of    1893    and     Mrs.    Fletcher's
Continued on  Ease  Four
Senior Poll Reveals 1870 Hardest Course;
See Large Majority Going to Washington
The Class of 1943 presented a
myriad image to our prying poll.
It was nonetheless gratifying to
the collective ego of the Neu-8, for
this worthy organ of speech is con-
� sidered the extra-curricular activ-
ity with the most prestige on cam-
pus. Self-Gov runs a close second.
* Ftfty polls were answered by
the Seniors (post-Comprehensive
slump?), of whom thirty-eight
"would return to Bryn Mawr if they
could do it all over again. Four
4 would not do it for four years, and
three positively would not. As to
whether they would send a daugh-
ter to Bryn'Mawr, they were more
cautious: twenty would, eight
would not, and twenty-one would
wait and. see what the daughter
was like or would let her decide for
herself. One would "if the food
were better."
The Comprehensive system was
considered poor by twelve of the
Jlfty, and the honors system bad by
three, but fourteen felt it should
be available to more people.     Ex-
aminations are resignedly consid-
ered to be necessary.
Europe Since 1870 appears to be
not only the best course in the col-
lege but the hardest as well.
Freshman Comp is delegated to
last place and Sociology maintains
its usual lead as the easiest course.
Most of the Seniors worked hard-
est in their Junior or Senior year,
and enjoyed their. Senior year by
far the most.
The Seniors wholeheartedly ap-
prove of the new interdepartmental
majors, a few regretting that they
were four years too early. Some
feel that they are "too diffuse,"
with "too little of everything."
One wrote wearily, "I'm too old to
understand." Poor old '43�they
are so wise.
1943 is letting loose a horde, of
workers upon the world, for all
are going to work next year, most
in . Washington, four in the
WAVES, but only a handful are
going to become more educated
than they already are. They have
learned their lessons well.
Unlimited Cuts Plan
Approved by Faculty
For Trial Next Year
Dulebohn, History Major, Named Alternate;
Miss McBride Confers Degrees and Honors
The plan for unlimited cuts has
been approved by the faculty. It
has been under consideration for
some time, having been submitted
to the Faculty Curriculum Com-
mittee in the fall by the Student
Curriculum Committee.
As proposed by the student com-
mittee, the plan provides that
class attendance shall be the re-
sponsibility of the student and de-
pends solely on the student's judg-
ment. Unlimited cuts are to be
combined with continued unlimited
overnight absences for the trial
period of the year 1943-44. Indi-
vidual professors will be free to
judge how much attendance is nec-
essary for their courses and may
keep records of attendance. Stu-
dents will continue to sign out at
the last class before vacation and
sign in at the first class after vaca-
tion.
Several checks will be made on
the quality of work maintained
and the number of overnight ab-
sences taken. The Cut Committee
has been requested to take occa-
sional records of class attendance.
No special restrictions will be
placed on the Freshmen. If, at
the end of the trial period, it is
found that the standard of work
suffers under-this plan, thenresent
system will be reinstated.
President   Makes   Address
To Graduating Class
Of  1943
Radio Club Installs
New Studio in Pern
Permission to construct the
radio station in Pembroke East
Basement has been granted by the
authorities. A sound-proof engi-
neering booth has already been
built in Miss Henderson's office,
which will be available for broad-
casting after seven o'clock at night.
An instrument board with com-
plete minimum facilities for broad-
casting is now owned by the Radio
Club, as well as a turntable and
pick-up apparatus. None of the
equipment has been installed as
yet. A pre-amplifier is being built
in Haverford this summer for the
Bryn Mawr branch of WHAV,
which was started this fall with
the cooperation of Bryn Mawr and
Haverford  students.
Engineering Career
Planned by Browne
Upon M.A. Completion
International education has been
Dorothy Browne's way to the win-
ning of the European Fellowship.
Prepared in Austria and England,
Dorothy emerged from Bryn Mawr
with the honors of the Brooke-Hall
and half of the Hinchman awards
in her junior year, and the highest
average of her class and the great-
est academic award in her senior
year.
As a mathematics and physics
major, Dorothy maintained an
average of 90.8. The double major
caused some difficulty in regard to
honor work. "I did a paper in
physics from the matchematician's
point of view," she said. "It was
sent back and forth between � the
departments as too mathematical
for the physics department and
too physical for the mathematics."
Dorothy has already accepted a
$600 fellowship in Advanced In-
struction and Research, one of the
special courses established by the
government, at Brown University.
After she gets her Master's degree
next June, Dorothy plans to do
work connected with engineering
in industry. She was also offered
a scholarship by M. I. T., a fellow-
ship by Radclift'e and a teaching
fellowship at the University of
Minnesota.
Dorothy was born in Vienna and
Continued on Page Four
Alumnae Invade Dull, Exam-Weary Campus
Amazed by French Sailors, Tile Bathrooms
By Alison Merrill, '45
Amidst sweltering heat and
post-exam collapse, the alumnae
arrived, far outdistancing weary
undergraduates in energy, activ-
ity, and appetite. The classes of
1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895, having
their joint fiftieth reunion as
guests of the college, invaded
Merion in a force nearing forty-
five and stole the show.
Reminiscing, smoking the cigar-
ettes they never dreamed of touch-
ing back in '92, comparing the
white tile bathrooms to the tin tubs
of their clay, �"'> -"*�-;� �fcjjfcftl
French sailors, the alumnae
strolled around the campus. They
remarked on the high-badced
chairs, the youthful wardens, the
"delicious" food, but mostly they
talked about their grandchildren
and who had married whom.
Back after fifty years, they felt
Bryn Mawr was "much the same," j
although one said "the girls are!
very    different."        Speaking    of I
Merion,    another   said,    "I    don't |
think    a    hall    like    this   changes
much."     In the midst of this en-j
lightening  conversation,  a wistful |
looking    creature   announced,    "I \
brought my own cap and gown.    I
spent one  whole evening darning
it."                                                    |
The classes of 1892, *93, '94, '95 |
are proud of themselves. They
number among them Nellie Neil-
son, '93, distinguished in English
Constitutional history and -. the
first woman president of the
American Historical Society; Em-
ma Speer, '94, former head of the
National Y. M. C. A.; Ethel
Walker Smith, '94, head of the
Ethel Walker School; and Lucy M.
Donnelly, '93, Professor Emeritus
Continued on Page Four
The announcement of the award
of the European fellowship to
Dorothy Browne was made by
President Katherine McBride at
the graduation ceremonies confer-
ing 117 undergraduate and 36
graduate degrees. Jean Dulebohn
and Florence Newman were named
first and second alternates. A gift
of $(50,000 given to the college by
over half of the alumnae was also
made known.
In her speech to the graduating
class, Miss McBride considered the
effects of war's demands upon
students. War is showing us in
many ways the kind of power and
level of energy that has not been
called forth in peace time, she said.
The maintaining of energy and
power attained in war time for
activities in a world of peace, a
time in which they are usually dis-
persed, is a great problem. Edu-
cation, which takes advantage of
potentialities and directs them to-
wards higher goals, is the way of
realizing new abilities and levels
such as those caused by the emer-
gency of war, Miss McBride as-
serted.
Another effect of war's demands
is the opening of new fields to
women. The increased opportuni-
ties, such as those in science, will
enable women to be elected to more
and higher positions in other fields
as well as education. On the
whole the graduating class has
realistically faced the inevitable
lessening of demand after the war,
she said. They have laid a firm
basis in planning for permanent
work.
Miss McBride conferred degrees
upon the following:
Candidates for Degrees
Bachelor of Arts
BIOLOGY
Miriam  Claire Gollub
iiKtgna cum htudc Pennsylvania
Sally Matteson
mm   luiide              Massachusetts
Barbara du Pont Sage
Massachusetts
L'eslotte Suskind             New York
CHEMISTRY
Mathilde  Boal
cum laude                          Bolivia
Mary Gwynn Carman       Maryland
Patricia Jane Jones        New   York
Marjorie Jane Kirk    Pennsylvania
CLASSICAL   ARCHAEOLOGY
Nina Gueorguievna Garsoian
cum laude                     New York
ECONOMICS
Florence  Hatton  Kelton
Washington, D. C.
Mary Blanche Kester California
Mary  Watson   Prince
North Carolina
Kate Wheat Thomas         Virginia
Carolene Edna  Wachenheimer
Rhode  Island
Grace B.  Weigle
cum laude                          Illinois
Continued on I'aue Three
Senior Elections
Permanent President �
Harriet" ^asW^Warf;
Class Editor � Florence
Kelton..,- .r
Class Collector�Teresita
Sparre.
Reunion Manager�Fran-
ces Matthai.