College News, 1944-04-12, Vol. 30, No. 21

              The college Mws
VOL. XL, NO. 21
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY,   APRIL   12, 1944
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Model Assembly
Notes Problems
Of Post-War Era
Small Nations Reprimand
Great Powers' Desire
To Dictate
The Intercollegiate United Na-
ions Conference, held here during
vacation, was strikingly important
in so far as it indicated a complete
lack of post-war vindictiveness on
the part of the delegates, as well
as a predominantly international
point of view, which obscured
purely national points of view.
Delegates from twenty-eight
Middle Atlantic colleges and uni-
versities attended the conference,
a delegate from each serving on
each of the four commissions: Po-
litical, Relief and Reconstruction,
and Educational Reconstruction.
These commissions met and pre-
pared reports to be presented to a
final plenary session of the whole
conference.
Realism
A feeling of realism characteriz-
ed the whole assembly, from the
very beginning wihen, within
twenty minutes of arrival, the
four great powers had already met
secretly, and a secret session of
the British Commonwealth of Na-
tions was in progress in Rhoads
North smoker. The first motion
from the floor at the opening
plenary session was an indication
of protest on the part of the small-
er nations at "what they'had been
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Problem of Worship
Discussed by Greene
Common Room, April 7. Ex-
plaining that "worship is quite es-
sential to religious knowledge just
as laboratory work is quite es-
sential to scientific knowledge",
Dr. Theodore M. Greene, McCosh
Professor of Philosophy at Prince-
ton, spoke on "The Nature of Re-
ligious Worship" at the second of
a series of discussions on philos-
ophy and religion.
Religion "involves, essentially,
establishing a relation between
man and that deity who forms the
basis of any religion", and worship
is the means by which that rela-
tion may be secured. The diffi-
culty lies in the nature of this re-
ligious worship, for generations
of men have made that request so
ably propounded by the apostles:
"Teach us to pray." The supreme
difficulty lies in the paradoxical
nature of religion�one cannot
know how to go about praying
unless one has a clear conception
of the deity, and yet this realiza-
tion of God's nature can only be
achieved through participation im
the worship of that deity.
Private Worship
Dr. Greene emphasized the
private aspect of worship, which,
he explained, must be supplement-
ed by participation in corporate
worship. "Private worship and
public worship are not only mu-
tually compatible but mutually
necessary," he said. Dr. Greene
cited the analogy to a college
which is not complete unless it
has a certain amount of college
spirit. A worshiper may go
through the forms of worship but
it is not real worship unless there
is an element of participation in,
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Dr. Wilcox Describes
Steps Taken by OPA
To Prevent Inflation
Goodhart, April 5. Dr. ('lair
Wilcox, professor of economics at
Swarthmore, stated in the eighth
War Assembly that it is possible
to prevent inflation economically,
but that the question is now polit-
ical. Speaking on Can We Pre-
vent Inflation?, Dr. Wilcox criti-
cized the present administration
for doing "too little and too late"
to carry out effective anti-inflation.
measures.
Danger
The "dangers are even greater
this time" than in 1917, said Dr.
Wilcox, stressing that ours would
be no "cheap victory." The last
inflation requited from the sudden
release of all wartime control
after the armistice. During the
last war only a quarter of the na-
tional income went into the war
effort, while now a half (150 bil-
lion dollars) is employed. This
"outpouring of money creates
pressure for inflation," he stated.
You cannot prevent prices from
rising during war, but the.crucial
point is "how far and how fast"
they go.
Dr. Wilcox felt that the OPA
has provided effective restriction,
the rise in the cost of living at
present toeing only 26 percent
above pre-war level. This state is
due to price control, an inflation-
conscious people, and their policy
of saving rather than spending.
Inflation Control
Dr. Wilcox outlined the tech-
nique whereby inflation is con-
trolled. It consists simply of re-
moving the excess money, either
through bonds or taxes, and of
putting ceilings on wages and
prices. Unfortunately, Congress
has blocked measures of restric-
tion. It has done this largely for
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EMILY KIMBROUGH
Emily Kimbrough
Authoress, Publicist
Returns to Lecture
Mrs. Manning Warns
Against Over~Cutting
Mrs. Manning made two an-
nouncements in the assembly on
Friday morning: first, that the
Thanksgiving holiday will not be
observed this year, and that an ex-
tra day will be added to the Christ-
mas vacation for compensation. It
is hoped that on Thanksgiving a
college assembly will be held in
which a national subject will be
discussed. The second announce-
ment concerned the responsibility
of each individual student to her-
self and to her instructor in the
present system of "unlimited cuts."
The mechanical rule of giving a
limited number of cuts to each
student seems unnecessary, Mrs.
Manning said, as total attendance
always varies according to each
student and her specific courses.
But the general current impres-
sion that the faculty gave the
students the freedom to cut as
much as they see fit is equally
wrong. ' The faculty reserves the
right to, monitor in any class and
to consider a student not a mem-
ber of/a course if she persists in
cutttng.
Absence in case of illness is of
course excusable, Mrs. Manning
said, but it is the responsibility
of each person who has been ill to
discuss the work missed in her
absence with her instructor, im-
mediately on her return.
Mrs. Manning put special em-
phasis on not cutting before quizzes
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"An Amateur Goes to Holly-
wood" is the title of the lecture to
be given by Emily Kimbrough on
Friday, April 14th at 8:30 in
Goodhart. She has just written
We Followed Our Hearts to Holly-
wood ,a sequel to Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay.
A member of the class of '21.
Emily Kimbrough, distinguished
herself in music and art. In the
Big May Day of 1920 she played
a leading part. Leader of Choir
and Glee Club, she directed the
operetta Pinafore in her Junior
year. She conducted the perform-
ance with such violent enthusiasm
that in a moment of stress the
baton flew out of her hand and in-
to the lap of M. Carey Thomas.
This performance, however, ended
in tragedy. The music director
had said that Emily was such a
dynamic conductor anything might
happen. That night he dropped
dead from a heart attack.
Pem West
In Pembroke West Emily was
noted for her twenty-one beaux
and her devotion to the Inn. She
also formed a member of the
"family", a group in her hall con-
sisting of Eleanor Donnelly, Ellen
Jay, Cat Walker, and Jimmy
James, all of whom are now well-
known in various fields. Cornelia
Otis Skinner, who was in the class
of '22, lived in Merion, but from
the very beginning of her Fresh-
man year, she and Emily were
very good friends.
After her graduation, Miss
Kimbrough opened a book shop in
her home, Buffalo, New York. Lat-
er she worked in the advertising
department of Marshall Fields
and the Curtis Publishing Com-
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Main Currents in Indian Philosophy
Traced by Yahkub in First Lecture
Moore, Modern Poet,
Will Talk in Deanery
On Poetry of Today
Marianne Moore, one of the most
outstanding of modern poets and
a Bryn Mawr graduate, class of
1909, will lead a discussion of po-
etry in the Deanery at 4:30 on
Thursday, April 20. After com-
menting upon modern poetry, Miss
Moore will read some of her own
poems.
From 1926 to 1929 Miss Moore
edited The Diel, former well-known
literary magazine. In 1924 her
book of poems entitled Observa-
tions won the Diel award for good
poetry. In 1932 and 1935 her
poems again won prizes. In 1935
her Selected Poems were publish-
ed with an introduction by T. S.
Eliot. The February edition of
Horizon, British literary maga-
zine, contains a recent war poem
by Miss llobre entitled "In Dis-
Continucd on  Ptge 5
The M. Carey Thomas
Essay Prize
The M. Carey Thomas Essay
Prize is to be awarded this year
to a member of the Senior class
for distinction in writing. Given
for a number of years in the
past, the award has been re-
vived and is to be presented
each year in the future. Sen-
iors competing for the prize
must submit manuscripts of
either critical or creative writ-
ing to the President's Office by
May 1. Not only essays, but
papers written for any course,
an article, a novel, or verse are
acceptable. The award will be
made by the English depart-
ment on the basis of actual ma-
terial.
Del Vayo Will Speak
On Spanish Problem
In Future Assembly
Julio Alvarez del Vayo, Spanish
journalist, underground political
worker, ambassador and minister,
will speak on "Spain and the War"
at the ninth War Alliance assem-
bly on April 19.
Mr. del Vayo is author of
Spain's great white book, "Free-
dom's Battle". Prior to the pres-
ent war he spoke 'before the
League of Nations warning
against the coming crisis. As
Foreign Minister he was active in
his support of the Spanish Repub-
lic, and as journalist he has con-
tributed to El Liberal, El Sol, La
Nacien of Buenos Aires, and the
Manchester Guardian. At present
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in Influence of 'Vedas' Seen^
In Primitive Religious
Concepts
Goodhart, April 10. Opening
the second series of lectures in
Oriental Civilization, Dr. Thomas
Yahkub, head of India House in
Boston, summarized the "Main
Currents in Indian   Philosophy."
There is intimate contact be-
tween-Europe and India, said Dr.
Yahkub: India influenced Greece
as she turned from Homer's tales
to the philosophies of Xenophenee
and Zeno, Protagoras and Herod-
itus and finally to Plato. The So-
cratic doctrines of the "soul im-
prisoned in matter" and the "soul
wandering in penance" are new
forms of the original Indian no-
tion of transmigration; salvation
is essentially the deliverance of
this soul after it has migrated for
centuries.
Indian   Influence
Indian influence can also be
found in German transcendental-
ism, in Schopenhauer and in Kant.
It can be followed up in the first
English Romantics: Coleridge and
Carlyle, and even in Shelley
( A (I i in a is) and Wordsworth (Inti-
mations of Immortality). Thus,
said Dr. Yahkub, the West is al-
ready acquainted with  the  East.
Indian philosophy rests primar-
ily on the four 'Vedas'. The Ved-
as are collections of hymns, both
in prose and poetry; they contain
the precepts of the religion, and a
discussion of the philosophies.
They represent the poet, the priest
and the philosopher.
Philosophies
By the first century nine sys-
tems, orthodox and atheistic, had
been based on these Vedas. There
is no strict rule of Orthodoxy in
India. Dr. Yahkub emphasized
that there could never have been
an Inquisition: it is recognized
that the philosophy of one may
not be suited to another. There
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Delegates for Model League Conference
Disappointed by Lack of Beer and Cigars
By Patricia Platt, '45
Preparing to entertain the dele-
gates to the Model League consist-
ed mainly of anticipating emerg-
encies. Who would attend was the
first. One of the answers to the
Ipreliminary invitation ran: "I
would like to come but I am in
North Africa."
But delegates arrived, some-
times in unexpected ways; and
moving the men into Rhoads al-
most provoked some interesting
situations. Boys were assigned
to Rhoads South, but predicting
which delegates would be mascu-
line, when only initials were given
in the first names, drew forth all
of the committee's psychic powers,
which, with a little thumb-holding,
proved adequate.
Delegates arrived early. At
6:30 A. M. on Thursday, March
23, the porter roused Lydge Gif-
ford from slumber with the query:
"Are you expecting two gentle-
men?" Naturally she was not, but
deciding that promptness, after
all, was the courtesy of kings, she
fumbled into some clothes, and
groped to the showcase. When
she discovered that the two boys
were among the group that had
been unable to come, suspicion re-
sulted. They succeeded in identi-
fying themselves, undaunted by
the lack of purple carpet, and
were shipped off to the Library in
the cold, grey dawn. That was
not the end of them. They liked
Bryn Mawr. At five o'clock on
Saturday, Jong after the others
had departed, the same two way-
ward delegates were playing
bridge in the smoker with no
avowed intention of leaving.
In each room was posted a list
of rules, the last of which read:
"In case of emergency (or con-
fusion), get in touch with Lydia
Gifford or Anne Heyniger." This
brought to light many domestic
crises, the most baffling of which
was the case of the boy with the
a-c razor. Another near emerg-
ency was the fact that heated po-
litical debates in Rhoads North
smoker had a tendency to keep on
going into the wee small hours.
Bryn Mawr facilities had a few
limitations. In the first recess one
delegate dashed down to the Book-
shop and called for a cigar and the
New York Times. Later in the
day someone confidently ordered
beer at the soda fountain. The
Friday night dance in the Music
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