College News, 1943-11-03, Vol. 30, No. 06

              The college News
VOL. XL, NO. 6
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1MJ     �flft*�
"rfttTttii    PRICE 10 CENTS
Majority Polled F^vor Cooperation
In Clubs and Advanced Courses Only
Students Comment on Topics
Recently Debated in News
Editorials
News Poll Tabulations Show
B.M. Views of Cooperation
Reader's Digest
A majority of the 278 students
recently polled by the NEWS fav-
or present cooperation with Haver-
ford in the Debate, Radio, Players'
and Glee Clubs. Interchange of
students, however, is preferably
limited to advanced and special
courses not provided by both col-
leges. Only one undergraduate is
now taking a course at Haverford,
although 17 definitely state that
they would like to attend classes
on  the Haverford campus.
116 students read the Readers'
Digest occasionally; 93, habitual-
ly; and 9, never. The Digest is
completely unbiased in its choice
of articles, say 77, while 81 ans-
wer that it presents a prejudiced)
point of view. Articles contribut-
ed by "roving editors" are approv-
ed by 127 undergraduates, and 55
think the Digest should devote it-
self entirely to reprinting articles
from other sources.
Comments
Comments favoring cooperation
stress the advantages to be gained
from a different point of view:
"Bryn Mawr's attitude is too nar-
row. Haverford's life and atti-
tudes, while similar, are not so
self-centered�have more vitality."
Another suggests that Haverford
has much to offer in the way of
seminars.
There was much reiteration of
the point ttlat this was chosen as
a women's college. One put the
disadvantages more strongly than
most: "The boys will take all the
cream and the girls will get all the
dirty work." The farcical attitude
Continued on Page 3
The following poll was taken on
campus to determine opinion con-
cerning Haverford-Bryn Mawr co-
operation, and the Readers' Di-
gest:
1. What is your opinion con^
cerning Haverford-Bryn Mawr co-
operation  with Haverford?
a)    Do you believe that present
cooperation in the following ac-
tivities is an improvement over the
independent effort of Bryn Mawr?
Yes     No
1)   Glee Club
2)  Debate Club
3)   Radio  Club
4)  Players Club
b)     Do you favor cooperation in
other activities?
183
187
189
184
22
10
6
7
Yes
46
19
10
10
3
No
84
Generally
Language Clubs
Social activities
College  News
Orchestra
Choir                               2
Science Clubs                 2
Philosophy Club             3
Lantern                           2
Art Club                        1
Political Clubs                1
Athletics                         3
Current Events               1
Speakers                          1
c)     After the war do you favor
the admission of any Haverford
students to classes at Bryn Mawr,
and of Bryn Mawr students at
Haverford ?
Yes    No
60     86
d)     Or should the privilege be
limited to advanced courses and
special courses which one college
does not provide?
Continued on Ptge  3
Noel Coward, Dunsany, A. A. Milne will Test
Freshmen Prowess in Plays this Weekend
The 1947 Katherine Cornells in
the making will appear on the
Goodhart stage next Friday and
Saturday nights at 8:00 P.M. The
"making" is at present no small
worry for the directors of the an-
nual Freshman plays given by
each hall. With the dates set as
November 5 for Rockefeller, Rad-
nor, Rhoads, and Denbigh plays
and November 6 for Pem West
and East, and Merion plays, the
Freshman class has taken up new
burdens, barely catching its
breath after the Self-Government
exam.
The first appearance of this
year's Freshman cjass will not be
the usual debut in the reassuring
informality of the Theatre Work-
shop, but the real thing on the
stage of Goodhart. The perform-
ances call for large-scale produc-
tion with a minimum of time and
effort for preparation. Problems,
such as the provision of only one
backdrop, promise to tax the in-
genuity of designers and direc-
tors, and the prize-winning effects
will come from interpretation,
originality, and good props. Said
one Freshman: "They ought to
congratulate us just for getting
up there where no one can hear
us."
Merion Hall, which boasts last
year's award, is represented by a
six-member cast under the direc-
tion of Priscilla Rich, with Janet
Potters as Freshman assistant.
The play is Lady Gregory's "Hya-
Russell Recommends
Process of Induction
In Scientific Thinking
Blue Jeans 'Verboten' to Rock Waitresses;
Swinging Doors Cause Narigation Trouble
Heaven will protect the work-
ing girl, but who will protect the
person she is waiting on�that's
the problem now facing inmates
of Rockefeller. All they ask is a
chance to eat more than two bites
of chicken before it is whisked
away with the remark "You've had
enough by now."
It was intended to make for-
mality the keynote of student
waiting. After seeing a creature,
robed in blue jeans- and an apron
with a halter neck, breathe hoarse-
ly, "I've Been Working on the
Railroad" down a diner's neck, we
doubted the success of such a
movement. May we add that blue
jeans as a uniform have been made
"verboten".
But the life of a waitress is not
as carefree as   her   actions   may
Entertainment
The Undergraduate Council
has formed a servicemen's en-
tertainment committee. ^Jerry
Beal has been appointed chair-
man, Mary Cox is in charge of
the entertainment of French
-maa^'\. -i".^^f iitd-Sileen Erwin is in
charge of U. S. O. in Philadel-
phia. No one has yet been ap-
pointed to direct the entertain-
ment of wounded men at the
Valley Forge Hospital.
seem. Not only must one wait on
fellow students but on fellow wait-
resses, or rather, every one seizes
according to her ability at the
waitress table a short time before
each meal. This is always hectic,
but particularly so at breakfast,
when the hardy souls must be on
hand at seven.
Another difficulty for the worthy
bearers of heavy burdens lies in
the door situation. There are two
sets of swinging door3 which
must be navigated in order to get
to or from the kitchen. All four
of these instruments of the devil
are swinging madly, all too often
in opposite directions. 'Tis murder
to the unwary dreamer who gets
caught in the wrong current.
It is Elijah the chief who is the
moving force behind those strug-
gling figures crashing through the
doors...This undisputed lord of the
kitchen lends inestimable value,
rhythm and power to the whole
process with his muttering of
"Hey . . hey . . hey . . pickup . .
hey . . hey . .".
May we say in conclusion that
the advantages of this new sys-
tem are too numerous to enumer-
ate, but, in general)- if yoo can-
beat the waitress to the draw, it
provides for its patrons extreme-
ly well. Since the waitress is al-
ways your best friend, you can
easily convince her to give you ice
cream of the right color.
Goodhart, October 29. The lim-
its on the truth of empiricism as a
theory of knowledge, and the prob-
ability on which the inductive pro-
cess hinges were discussed by Ber-
trand Russell last Friday, in the
lecture on "Induction and Anal-
ogy." This was the" last of his lec-
ture series on the "Postulates of
Scientific Method."
Empiricism has assumed meta-
physically that Physics is true and
that all knowledge is based on ex-
perience. Mr. Russell defined ex-
perience by stating that "an or-
ganism experiences an event when
it causes in it a habit." He main-
tained that knowledge consists of
habits, and that some of these
habits, derived from testimony
from experience or from exper-
ience itself, are percepts.
Verification
Every proposition accepted by
the empiricist must be verifiable.
This verification, so Reichenbach
says, may be made from the occa-
sions of perception after the cor-
responding perceptive judgment
has been made; but Mr. Russell
wanted this to be broadened to in-
clude verification by the memory
of past occurrences. A proposition
should be accepted as true if it is
true in all known instances, and
this verification assumes induc-
tion and perhaps, analogy also.
Mr. Russell explained seven ar-
guments for the assumption of the
Continued on Ptge 3
cinth Halvey," an Irish period
play with opportunity for good
comedy. There seems to be a
rather pointed attempt to shun
the tragic on the part of all the
halls. Titles and authors indicate
that we will go to laugh, not to
weep. Rhoads .has chosen Noel
Coward's sophisticated "Ways and
Means", with Kitty Rand, '45 and
Ellen Cary directing; while Ruth
Leyendecker, '46 aided by Doreen
Hurwitz, has taken over in Pem
East with A. A. Milne's "Man in
the Bowler Hat." Less is known
about Rock's "New School for
Wives", but we have Barbara
Rebmann's '46 and Ann Dudley's
assurances that it is a "satirical
comedy."
Continued on Page 4
Attempt of Chinese
To Humanize Science
Interpreted by Chan
The development of science in
China has been hindered from the
first by the very spirit of man
that played such an important
part in China's cultural develop-
ment, but China's future in science
will undoubtedly rest on this same
spirit, said Mr. Wing-Tsit Chan
in his lecture entitled "The Chin-
ese Attitude toward Science."
Chinese philosophers from the
time of Confucius on have always
acknowledged the importance of
nature, but this interest has al-
ways been subordinate to their
primary intereit in man. Even
when the Confucianist philosopher
Hsun Tzu first formulated the
theory that man should control
rather than obey nature, he, like
all Confucianists, was interested
only in the control of human na-
ture.
Continued on  Page  4
"Letters to Lucerne"
Cast by Players Club
-
Engagements
Ruth Ann Hendrikson '46 to
Pvt Tristram P. Coffin, U. S.
Army.
"Letters to Lucerne," by Fritz
Rotter and Allen Vincent has been
chosen by the Players Club as its
fall play. This year the produc-
tion will again be given with the
assistance of Haverford's Cap and
Bells Club. The performances are
to be held on December 3 and 4.
The play, which is described as
difficult and interpretive, deals
with a girl's boarding school lo-
cated in Switzerland at the open-
ing of this war. It presents not
only the individual's reaction but
also national attitudes to Europe's
crisis of 1939.
Mariam Kreiselman, who will
play Mrs. Hunter, appeared as
Lily Malone in the Players Club
production of" "Hotel Universe"
last fall. Kate Rand is cast as
Erna Schmidt. Previously she has
acted the role of Alice in "Hotel
Universe". Eleanor Borden, who
will appear as Sally Jackson,
played the part of St. Agnes in
Saroyan's "The Beautiful People"
last spring. The part of Bingo
Hill is to be acted by Edith Rhoads,
who was Sorel in "Hay Fever" in
1941. The rest of the cast is as
follows: Olga Kirinsky, Barbara
�tix; Felice Renoir, Jeanette Lep-
ska; Miss Grechen Linder, Mary
Ellis; Margerethe, Kathrine Col-
vin; Gustav, Don Walters; Hans
Schmidt, Stanley Burns; Koppler,
Jim Buckley; Francois, Roger Ba-
ContinueJ on Ptge 4
Events in India
To be Examined
By Kate Mitchell
Author of Books on Far East
To Give 2nd War Assembly
On Wednesday
Miss Kate Mitchell, a Bryn
Mawr graduate and the author of
the currently-popular "India With-
out Fable", will speak on "Recent
Developments in India" in an as-
sembly on Wednesday, November
10. This is the second of the War
Alliance's series of lectures on
current events.
After graduating summa cum
laude as a history major, Miss
Mitchell travelled abroad, partic-
ularly in the Far East and in In-
dia. On her return she obtained
a position on the secretariat of the
Institute of Pacific Relations, and
became one of the most important
editors of "Amerasia."
Publication
Miss Mitchell has written sev-
eral books on the Far East, among
them "Japan's Industrial Strength"
and "India Without Fable," pub-
lished in 1942. The latter has
been favorably criticized as an im-
partial statement of the Indian
situation, factual and at the same
time concise and interesting. "Miss
Mitchell" according to the Satur-
day Review of Literature, "has
written just what was needed�a
most intelligent and able survey of
the Indian situation giving every
aspect of the present crisis ....
With its background of knowledge
any reader will be competent to
pass judgment on events as they
happen." "India Without Fable",
is neither pro-British nor pro-In-
dian. Miss Mitchell supports-
Nehru, but attacks Gandhi as a po-
litical opportunist. She has no>
quarrel with the British people but
maintains that the British rule
which has lasted 150 years has;,
been singularly hypocritical and
stupid. It is true that the British
have given India the basis for in-
dustrialization, but the economic
structure as now constituted is no
longer constructive.
Continued on Page  i
Calendar
Friday, November 5
Freshman Plays, Goodhart
Hall, 8:15.
Saturday, November 6
Freshman    Plays,    Goodhart
Hall, 8:15.
Hall Dance, Rockefeller Hall,
10:00.
Sunday, November 7:
Chapel, Rev. James H. Rob-
inson, Music  Room,, 7:30.
Monday, November 8
Vogue Prix de Paris, Mary
Moon, Deanery, 7:30.
Tuesday,  November  9                 �
Current Events, Jessie StoneV
Common Room, 7:15.
Totalitarian Economic, Politi-
cal, and Social Ideas of Ger-
many and Italy. William
Henry Chamberlin, Roberts
Hall, Haverford, 8:00.
Trapp Choir, Gooodhart, 8:30.
Wednesday, November  10
Kate  Mitchell, War Alliance
Assembly,    Recent    Develop-
BeitfHl'-l-: .    Goodhart,
12:30.
Talk by Ensign Waltmeyer,
of the WAVES, Deanery,
7:30.