College News, 1944-02-23, Vol. 30, No. 16

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VOL. XL, NO. 16
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23,1944
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Henri Peyre Traces
Recent Experiments
Of French Novelists
Goodhart, February 21. The in-
fluence of "tradition" and "exper-
iment" in the modern French nov-
el was discussed by M. Henri
Peyre in the third of a series of
lectures on the contemporary novel
in France. Commenting particu-
larly upon the novelists Romains,
Celine and Martin du Gard, M.
Peyre noted also the influence of
English and Russian literature.
The 'French novel has borrowed a
great deal from the novel tradi-
tions of both England and Russia,
said M. Peyre. French novels had
tended to become allegorical and
semi-philosophical, "short stories,"
expanded and stretched to novel
length. French writers recognised
their failure to produce true nov-
els, and turned to the tradition,
first of England, then of Russia.
The study of Russian literature
especially enriched the French nov-
el by introducing a complexity of
plot and of psychology which had
previously been lacking, and by
adding what M. Peyre called a
"third dimension," necessitating
an analysis net only of the rela-
tions between human beings, but
the relations betwen man and him-
self and between, man and Cod.
The foreign influences did not
extinguish in any way, M. Peyre
felt, the exclusively French form
of the novel, called by Gide "the
pure novel." The efforts of tho
modern French novelists have been
turned toward the integration of
the English and Russian influences
with the good elements of French
novel tradition to produce a new
and distinct novel form.
Jules Romains is important
chiefly for his development of the
long novel, "le roman fleuve," and
for his philosophy of unanimism.
The influence of this long, contin-
ued novel was not altogether bene-
ficial, for it laid too much stress
on length alone, M. Peyre said.
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Mass Meeting
A mass meeting of the Self-
Government    Association     will
be held in Goodhart auditorium,
Thursday, February 24 at 7:30
t o    consider    the     following
points:.
I. A suggestion that the pres-
ent constitution  should be
renounced and that a com-
pletely new one should be
framed.
II. A petition "to hold a vote
of the membership of the
Association in order to de-
termine whether they agree
to the following extensions
of   the   smoking   privilege
either in whole or in part"
by amending resolution IX:
1.  Bryn Mawr students to be
permitted to smoke any-
where on campus outside
of buildings.
2.  Bryn Mawr students to be
permitted to smoke on the
Paoli Local at any point on
the line.
3.  Bryn Mawr students to be
permitted to smoke in the
Bryn Mawr or other Main
Line railroad stations.
III. A petition to hold a mass
meeting of the Association
to consider "the existing
and possible resolutions
concerning smoking."
Model League Plans
To Assemble at BMC
Delegations from approximately
twenty-five eastern colleges will
be present st the Eighteenth Mod-
el Assembly, Middle Atlantic Divi-
sion, which will meet at Bryn
Mawr from March 30 to April 1.
The Assembly will take the form
of a conference of the United Na-
tions, with Bryn Mawr represent-
ing Iraq. Dorothy Bruchholz, '46,
will be the Bryn Mawr delegate to
the Political Commission, Virginia
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Junior Class Chooses Malik, Thomas, Cox,
And Clarke as Undergraduate Candidates
Duty of Officer Includes
Coordinating Student
Activities
The Junior class has nominated
Harji Malik, Virginia Thomas,
Mary Cox, and Ann R. Clarke as
candidates for the presidency of
the  Undergrduate Association.
The president of the Undergrad-
uate Association is the co-ordinat-
or of all undergraduate extra-cur-
ricular activities. This includes the
foHowing-up of the activities of
the clubs, responsibility for the
work of the Sub-Freshmen, the
Entertainment, the Vocational, the
Employment, the Record Library,
New  Book  Room,  and   Curricular
HARJI MALIK
Committees,  and  the  planning of
social affairs.
The president is the representa-
tive of the undergraduates in their
relations with the faculty, the ad-
ministration, halls, visitors and
speakers on campus. She is head
of the College Council on which
are also representatives of Self-
Government, the League, the Ath-
letic Association, the College
News, all classes, graduates, alum-
nae and faculty.
Continued on  Page 4
Junior Class Nominates Candidates
For President of Self-Governnient
VIRGINIA THOMAS
MARY JEAN HAYES
Four Candidates Include
Thomas, Hayes, Clarke
And Kistler
The Junior class has nominated
Virginia Thomas, Mary Jean
Hayes, Barbara Kistler and Ann
Clarke as candidates for the pres-
idency of the Self-XSovernment As
sociation.
The president of the Self-Gov-
ernment Association is responsible
for the discipline and conduct of
the student body. In serious in-
fractions of the rules she is expect-
ed to deal personally with the mis-
creants, while in the lesser cases
the problem can be settled through
the Executive Board and the hall
presidents in the weekly meetings
at which she presides.
Virginia Thomas
Ginny Thomas was treasurer of
her class Freshman year. As a
Sophomore she was class president
and Sophomore representative to
the Undergraduate Association.
This year she is secretary of the
Self-Government Association. She
is a member of the Dance Club,
and president of the Spanish Club
this year.
Mary  Jean  Hayes
Mary Jean Hayes was Freshman
representative to the Self-Govern-
ment Association, and a member
of the committee directing the
Sophomore carnival given last
year. She was a councilor at the
League Camp last summer, and
has been chosen director of the
camp for this summer. She is a
Junior representative to the Self-
Government Association and vice-
president of her class. She is a
member of the Dance Club and the
French Club.
Barbara Kistler            ,
Barbara Kistler is Junior class
representative and a permission
giver. She is also air-raid warden
for Merion. She was on the swim-
ming team her Freshman and
Sophomore years.
Ann Clarke
Ann Clarke was in the aquacade
her first year and on the lighting
committee for Freshman Show.
Her Sophomore year, she was the
League representative from Rock-
efeller Hall. This year, she is a
permission giver, an assistant fire
warden, co-owner of the soda foun-
tain, and head of the last Rocke-
feller dance committee.
BARBARA KISTLER
ANN CLARKE
Yale Press Volumes
Donated to Library
The Library has received as a
gift in memory of Professor
Charles McLean Andrews three
hundred and forty-six volumes
published by the Yale University
Press. The gift, which comes
from an anonymous donor, is val-
ued at over one thousand dollars,
and has been presented in honor
of Professor Andrews as a former
member of the Bryn Mawr Col-
lege Faculty and a loyal supporter
of the Yale University Press.
Charles McLean Andrews was
Farnam Professor of American
History in Yale University from
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'Alas, Poor Yorick'
Combines Variety,
Originality, Satire
Thin Continuity Overcome
By Expert Direction
And Talent
By April Oursler, '46
Alas, Poor Yorick combined ad-
mirable ingenuity in theme with
brilliant individual performance to
present a thoroughly original
Freshman Show. Getting away
from the usual campus take-offs,
this year's show was a satire on
human preoccupation with such
petty matters as which of two sky-
scrapers is the tallest and its ef-
fect on monkey and man.
On the whole, the show was char-
acterized by expert direction and
attention to detail both in the
writing and performance. The
theme allowed for a large number
of vaudeville skits which were
carefully tied in with the sky-
scraper problem. However, the con-
tinuity was weakened by the nec-
essary pauses as the stage was
cleared of one scene in preparation
for another, and through the indi-
viduality of each different act.
Among the most outstanding of
the skits was the Sailor and his
Love singing the "Maudlin Min-
uet." Mary Helen Barrett com-
bined a natural imitative talent
with a bass voice and gestures
characteristic of a sailor on leave.
Also exceptional was Marion
Moise as the Congressman with
stage whisper delivery. Her dou-
ble-talk speech about the height
of the buildings was rivalled only
by her animated but still throaty
bidding from the balcony during
the auction.
Marietta Taylor's delivery of
"One of Two, or Who?" was a
striking example of poise and ef-
fective gesturing, while Elizabeth
Dowling's "Blues of the Blue
Books," also characterized by
stage presence, showed an innate
sense of the satiric, and a mastery
of caricature and movement.
In general, however, it was the"
music that carried the show. Bas-
ically catchy tunes combined with
unstrained lyrics, as in the case of
"The Group That's Got a Mania"
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Sophomore Sleuths Search Low Buildings
For Hubbard Poodle While Yorick Escapes
By Patricia Behrens, '46
A larking professor and his
wife, luck, and the obliviousness
of train passengers turned Satur-
day night into a victory for the
Freshmen and a chattering little
monkey named Yorick. Yorick's
charmed life as a Freshman ani-
mal began on his trip down from
New York. The entire trip was
made on the same train with a
Sophomore, who saw Yorick's
box, but did not realize the signi-
ficance of the travelling animal.
When Yorick and his keeper
quietly left the train in Haverford,
the Sophomore paid no attention.
Yorick then boarded a taxi and
made the trip to Bryn Mawr, com-
pletely unnoticed. Once here, he
took up residence with Mrs. Wheel-
er in Low Buildings. By a quar-
ter of seven Saturday night, three
quarters of an hour before their
seven-thirty deadline for finding
it, the Sophomores were convinced
the Freshman animal was quarter-
ed in Low Buildings.
He had no need to fear, however,
for the Sophomores believed that
the animal was Mr. Hubbard's
French poodle named Nicole, also
a resident of Low Buildings. The
fact that the dog's name was the
same as that of the Freshman di-
rector, Nicole Pleven, plus the
evasiveness and gay trickery of
the Hubbards convinced the Soph-
omores that they were right.
Like the Gestapo, four Sopho-
mores moved in on the Hubbards,
next door to Yorick. Also like
the Gestapo, they met with mad-
dening passive resistance. The
Hubbards led them on, watched the
clock, and admitted nothing. Even-
tually they even locked the Ges-
tapo out on Mrs. Wheeler's side
porch. In panic, the Sophomores
dashed to the supposed scene of
action, the front door of Low
Buildings. Yorick and Mrs.
Wheeler walked peacefully out
the back door.
Led even farther astray by the
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