College News, 1943-02-17, Vol. 29, No. 15

              The College News
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VOL. XXIX, No. 15
BRYN MAWR and WAYNE, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1943
Copyright, Trusteei of
Bryn   Mawr   College,   1943
PRICE 10 CENTS
Kazakevich Says
Russia's Weapon
Is National Unity
Absence of Fifth Column,
Cultural Independence
Stressed
Goodhart, February 11.�Vladi-
mir D. Kazakevich, speaking un-
der the auspices of the War Alli-
ance on What Makes Russia
Fight, cautioned against the over-
optimism which has arisen from
the recent series of great Soviet
victories. "The Germans are not
wasting these months while they
are retreating," he said. "There
will be a third German drive."
In order to explain the basis of
the Soviet Union's fighting power,
Mr. Kazakevich compared the sal-
ient features of Soviet life with j
the prevailing system in Czarist j
Russia. The two most important
superficial differences between the
two regimes, he said, are the high
degree of literacy achieved since
the Revolution and the compara-
tive youthfulness of the new Rus-
sian executives.
Turning to the more fundamen-
tal aspects of modern Russia, Mr.
Kazakevich   pointed   out   that   in j
1914   Russian   industry   was   con-
centrated   almost  entirely   in  the!
East,  while  now great industrial
centers exist in the Urals.    This,
coupled with the practice of evac-;
uating   industries   from   territory j
threatened by the Nazis, has great-
ly enhanced  the  defensive  power i
of   Russia.     The   productivity  of!
Russian labor has increased also. | The election of officers for the
In 1928 Russian efficiency was'chief undergraduate positions for
about 14% of American efficiency; the vear' 1943-44, will start next
in 1937 it was 40% as great.          ; week to continue until spring va-
in the field of agriculture, an in-1 cation,
dication of Soviet progress is the I     After nominations a description
fact   that   peak   harvests   before  of the duties of the offices will ap-
Calendar
Thursday, February 18
Miss McBride, Mrs. Mac-
intosh. Vocational Con-
ference.   Deanery, 4:30.
Friday, February 19
Swimming Meet. Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Gym,
4:00.
Saturday,  February 20
Freshman Show. For
Whom the Sirens Scream.
Goodhart Auditorium, 8:30.
Hall Dances. Denbigh,
Pembroke, Rock.
Sunday, February 21
Hampton Quartet. Dean-
ery, 4:30.
Rev. Robert Wiks. Chapel.
Music Room, 7:30.
Monday, February 22
Dr. Erich Frank. Flexner
Lecture, The Problem of
Creation.    Goodhart, 8:30.
Tuesday, February 23
Current Events. Common
Room, 7:30.
Wednesday, February 24
Industrial Group Meeting.
Common Room, 7:30.
Dr. Karl Evang. Nutri-
tion Lecture. Public Health
and Nutrition. Dalton,
8:00.
Undergrad  Officers'
Election to be Held
In Halls Next Week
1933 became average harvests af-
ter that time. The collective farm
organization has proved to be an
excellent unit for civilian defense
measures,   said   Mr.   Kazakevich.
Perhaps the greatest weapon of
the Soviet Union against the Fas-
cists is its national unity, said Mr.
Continued or  Pape Three
Freshman Show Features Haver ford, Legs,
Biology; Measles and Sophomores Interfere
By Alison Merrill, '43
The Freshmen aren't saying
anything this year. Particularly,
they aren't saying anything to a
Sophomore. But we go to the re-
hearsals and we hear the typical
screaming around, with fifty peo-
ple doing nothing but getting in
the way and two people working
awfully hard nailing something
that has already been nailed.
The Freshmen remain unper-
turbed, however. Says Director
Pat Castles, "Mother and child are
doing nicely." In spite of the
Mer.sles coming in every now and
then, things are working out
ahead of schedule. They've enough
nails, enough paint, enough scen-
ery . . . that is, they did until
the director walked on the scenery
in her bare feet. The scenes are
rather vague and shall we say im-
pressionistic, with any resem-
blance to the Bryn Mawr campus
purely intentional. Says Barbara
Rebmann, in charge of the stage
crew, "The whole thing is queer."
We think so too, but then we're
Sophomores.
Biology, Haverford, and legs
are to be featured, as they have
been in Freshman Shows since
time immemorial.
Undergraduates
Subscribe 100% to
War Chest Drive
Faculty, Maids and Porters
Also Subscribe 100%
To Drive
The   results  of  the   War  Chest
drive total $3655.    100 per cent of
the  undergraduates,  organized by
The war lends|Jane Smith, subscribed.  The maids
a new note, particularly in the
case of the shortage of manpower.
The Fifth Column invades the
Bryn Mawr campus. Unsupersti-
tious Freshmen boast of 13 songs.
Enthusiasm is high; Goodhart is
cold; the Freshman Show is hot,
they tell us.
Mass Meeting Held
To Discuss Possible
Required Assemblies
Goodhart, February 15, Monday.
�The need for undergraduate as-
semblies, the possiblity of news
content, and means of assuring at-
tendance, were the main subjects
of a heated debate at the Under-
graduate mass meeting conducted
by the War Alliance under the
chairmanship of Betty Nicrosi.   A
plan  was  proposed  for  the  hour j of  the   Greek   and   Medieval   phi-
for these assemblies which are to j losophers on the existence and na-
and porters ancWhe faculty also
unanimously contributed to the
Chest. 99 per cent of graduate
students wore reached, but three
non-resident students could not.
The staff subscribed 95 per cent.
The missing 5 per cent had sub-
scribed, but not at the college.
Miss   McBride, appointed    Mrs.
Chadwick-Collins   as  chairman   of
the drive.   She appointed the lead-
ers   of  the   sub-divisions,   and   ob-
tained the cooperation of the Un-
dergraduate   Association   and   the
War    Alliance.      They    appointed
Jane Smith chairman  for the un-
dergraduates.    Volunteer solicitors
proof  of the  existence of  God  is [collected in each hall.    The chair-
found  by attempting to deny  his jman for the faculty was Mr. Nahm,
existence, explained Dr.  Frank  injfor   tne   graduate   students   Miss
his'lecture on The Nature of God, | Neper, for the maids and  porters
the second in the series of Flexner im-ss Howe, and Mr. Smedley for
lectures.    Dr.  Frank showed that [ the staff.
History of Theories /
On God's Existence
Traced by Dr. Frank
Goodhart,    February    15. � The
this proof is the result of modern
Jane Smith deserves great credit
be held every two weeks. The fact
that there is a need for measures
to increase the-students' informa-
tion of the war was accepted by a
scepticism, developed from theories.-        ....�     .  -...�                       ,
-t \\.     �L..i    __j   M-J--               ! *"r Retting a 100 per cent under-
graduate subscription.    This is an
almost unprecedented record,
ture of God.________________
The   Greek   philosophers   placed, if      n�  i         11'* II T   1L
more emphasis on determining the!"**' niSIlOp Will  liUK
State's   point  of  view,
pear in The News, along with pic-  will  inc\uae faculty,
tures of the candidates and brief
essence of God than on proving j
large majority. The emphasis in ' his existence. To the medievalists !
these    Assemblies,    stated    Jessie |the problem was one of existence,!
Stone, will be on the content, rath-|noj essenCe, for God's nature was'     Mr. Merlin Bishop, Educational
er than the fame of the speaker. | a  fact ]<nown  through  faith.    In j Director    of    the    Almagamated
They  will  present  pertinent  ma-! contrast,    modern    philosophy    is
terial of immediate interest, con- based on doubt with a belief only
cerned   largely   with   the   United | in the evidence of thought.
Speakers
write-ups of their college activi-
ties. The following week elections
will take place in the halls directly
after lunch. Voting will be by
ballot, and all undergraduates will
be required to sign their names as
Continued on  I'ace Three
Mr. Weiss Presents Plan for International
Understanding in New "Contracted" World
To Industrial Group
Clothing Workers, C. I. O. of Phil-
adelphia, and teacher of Econom-
ics   at   the   Hudson   Shore   Labor
Lydia     Gifford
The   Greeks   based   their   bol'ef  Sch�o1' Wl" lead the discussion at
in the existence of God on the c<� -  ,h�  Industrial  Group  Meeting on
presented    the' mdogical    proof.      The    med.eval   � ebruary 24.
By Jessie Stone, '44
For several days we had been
hearing sketchy references to a
new course or a series of lectures
from which we could learn about
our new neighbors, the Chinese,
the Indians and the Russians. Mr.
Weiss has been working on the
plan for some time, and he invited
us over to hear about the plan to
date. According to Mr. Weiss no
university or college in the coun-
try has anything quite like the
plan he would like to see instituted
at Bryn Mawr.
The plan is intended to fill a
pressing necessity. It has long
been a commonplace that the
world has contracted. "The
force of historical events," in Mr.
Weiss' words, has made this more
evident. "What is wanted today,"
said Mr. Weiss, "is a mind which
expands when and as the world
contracts. A civilized man ought
to know who his neighbors are.
Now our neighborhood is as wide
as the globe." In particular, Mr.
Weiss continued, "one of the great
tasks of the post-war world will be
for us to understand the rhythm,
temper, background, values, aspir-
ations, psychology, and religious
and social milieu of the peoples of
Russia, India and China."
Mr. Weiss said that we should
attempt to do in a broad way what
the government is doing hastily
and on a small scale in giving
handbooks to our soldiers sent to
foreign lands. The course is not
going to be in geography, history,
geopolitics, economics, philosophy,
psychology, etc. It will be a ma-
trix idea," said Mr. Weiss, "of
which these are facets."
Mr. Weiss feels that such a
study should "serve as a nucleus
for a curriculum."    It will help to
which seem to fill
practical needs. Its value will not
be limited by this particular per-
iod. Speaking of Russia, India and
China, Mr. Weiss said that "A
comparative study of their cul-
tures, customs and conceits, their
history, language and economy
will make it possible for an Amer-
ican to learn something of the cut
and flavor of what is and will for
a long time continue to be most
alien and yet most relevant."
~ Accordingly, /with the support
of Miss MoBride and the full co-
operation/of Miss Reid the library
is building up its collection of
books on Eastern and Russian
civilization. Professor George A.
Continued on Pair Four
view that attendance, at least 90%! philosophers used the ontological i "'r* BlshoD W1" SDeak on the
attendance, at such Assemblies is . arguinent. The Christians believed !*en3:al PrinclPles of trade union-
a private obligation, while Cathe-Ithlrt God exists as something be-|ism and the Particular problems
rine Clement stood for enforced i yond which nothing greater can that unions have had to meet as a
attendance and asked for a three-jbe thought. Anselm showed that �*�U of their voluntary surrend-
fourths vote of approval for a sys-;God exists by His very nature, for
tern of compulsion. Barbara Sage I jf He were a pro(juct of the imagi-
brought out the indisputable point |nation, something greater could be
that not enough people have at-|known This argument fails to
tended lectures and Current satisfy those wrthout faith, for it
Events, and that there have not (preSupposes a faith in a God of
been sufficient discussions or Cam- j sucn a nature.
pus evaluations of presented ma-
terials.
The plan proposed by the Exec-
utive Board of the Alliance for a
morning schedule running from
8.30 to 12.30 and 45 minutes of As-
sembly was presented by Jessie
Stone. The subjects of the As-
sembly lectures are to have rela-
tion to one another; they will be a
series dealing with background
material for war information
which will further a better under-
standing of daily issues. The crit-
icism of former lectures centered
As a result of this failure, mod-
ern philosophy, starting with Des-
cartes, is based on doubt of estab-
lished   beliefs.     Descartes   believed
Continued on  Page Three
er of the right to strike for the du-
ration. This month's meeting will
be held at Bryn Mawr, in accord-
ance with the plan to hold meet-
ings alternately at the German-
town Y. W. C. A. and at Bryn
Mawr.
All interested students are in-
vited to attend. Dinner will be
served in the Common Room at
6.30 and the discussion will begin
at 7.15.
Mysterious Faculty Show Reveals Need;
Know Any Stray Horses, Piano Players?
step the reckless rush to courses
pressing  and1?*�11�1  their lack  of a  !
Continued on Page Three
Marriages
Li|a Labowitz, '44, to Har-
vey Satenstein.
Mary Mitchell, '43, to Wil-
liam Kester.
Engagements
Niles Rumely, '43, to Mi-
chael  Newton.
Patricia Murnaghan, '44,
to Lt. John J. Jackson, U.S.A.
Eleanor Borden, '46, to
Robert  Dickson,  U:S.N.
Peggy Tuckerman, '44, to
Lt. Commander Draper Laur-
ence Kauffman, U.S.N.
By Ann Aymer, '45
"WANTED: a fairly tame
horse . . . some gold tassels from
a fancy curtain ... a piano
player ... a medium size diver's
outfit ... a moose head." These
disconnected requests are the only
pieces of information to seep out
from behind the impenetrable veil
of secrecy cloaking the faculty
show, Standing Room Only.
Miss Yeager, when questioned
on the subject, smiles mysterious-
ly, begins a highly interesting
sentence, then stops abruptly with
"I can't really tell you that." She
refuses to divulge information as
to which of the faculty is in the
show, doing what and why�the
nearest thing to a list of the actors
being   a   statement   that   "nearly
As far as your reporter could
surmise from the afore-mentioned
unfinished sentences, and from a
few hints here and there. Stand-
ing Room Only is an original
play, written by the faculty of
Bryn Mawr College. It is mainly
serious, covering all dramatic pos-
sibilities from, quote, great pathos
to humor ... we hope, unquote
Miss Yeager.
Although they are most reticent
about the subject matter, of the
show, one thing the faculty wish
publicized is that it is for Allied
War Relief, and is part of the
faculty's contribution to the war
effort. The lure of moose heads
and tame horses to intrigue al-
ready aroused curiousity, coupled
with the fact that the benefit is
for   an   excellent   cause,    should
100% of the faculty have parts in i bring crowds to Goodhart on Feb-
j the show.
I ruary 27 for Standing Room Only.