College News, 1944-10-12, Vol. 31, No. 03

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VOL. XLI, NO. 3
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1944
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European Peace
Depends on Food,
Explains Mr. Rich
Rich Warns Against Rumors
And Statistics of Ample
Food Abroad
Goodhart, October 5: "There can
be no peace in Europe while na-
tions starve," stressed Mr. John
Rich,  Associate   Secretary  of  the
American Friends Service Com-
mittee, in the first War Alliance
Assembly of this year. Food Will
win the war and will win xhe
peace, and the future is largely
dependent on the feeding of Eur-
ope now, and in the next four or
five year*.
It is difficult to conceive the
vastness of this problem of feed-
ing, said Mr. Rich, and to envisage
at the same time its peculiarity
and poignancy. He cited an exam-
ple of a village in Spain that had
lived for a year without bread,
and maintained a meager exist-
ence on oranges alone�this when
bread is a basic commodity in
Europe, and comprises two-thirds
of the food supply.
Practical   Question
The great practical question to
be faced is that of engineering, how
we are to get the food supplies to
Europe and how we are to get
them (here in time. It is not gen-
erally realized that the average
individual food requirement per
year is one half-ton. No foreign
relief could ever meet that figure,
and a great deal of our supplies
will get there too late.
But we have come to a period in
the war when we can seriously
consider this problem, added Mr.
Rich. We must be extremely care-
ful not to be carried away by
"glittering statistics" and reports
such as that of ample food in Nor-
mandy or in Paris.
One of the main interests of
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Mr. Daniel Will Speak
At Alliance Assembly
OnPACin'44Election
Mr. Franz Daniel, Chairman of
the Philadelphia Political Action
Committee, will speak at the first
of two co-ordinated War Alliance
Assemblies on Tuesday, October
17 at 12:30. He will discuss the
PAC and the  1944 Election.
After graduation from the Un-
iversity of Wisconsin in 1927,
Mr. Daniel did three years of
graduate work at the Union The-
ological Seminary. He then be-
came an active participant in the
labor movement, organizing the
x*allow Cab Workers. As general
organizer for the Textile Workers
Union and the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America, he
toured the country, especially
concentrating his efforts in the
South.
In Philadelphia, Mr. Daniel be-
came co-director of the short-lived
United Labor Committee. This
year, he took up his present posi-
tion with the PAC, still maintain-
ing his status as organizer for the
ACWA.
Lieutenant-Governor John C.
Bell, Jr., will speak at the second
assembly the following week, Oc-
tober 24, for Dewey. At both of
the meetings, questions from the
floor will  be  welcomed.
Miss Speer Will Talk
On Students in China
Miss Margaret Bailey Speer,
principal of the Shipley School,
Bryn Mawr, will speak on "Inter-
nees and Students in Wartime
China," in the Deanery on Mon-
day, October 16 at 5:00 P. M. Her
speech is sponsored by the Bryn
Mawr Chinese Scholarship Com-
mittee.
Internment Camp
A resident of China for eighteen
years,  as   Dean of Women's   Col-
lege,   Yenching   University,   Miss
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Typhus, Social Ostracism Threaten Rhoads
As "Something in the Main" Clogs Plumbing
By Patricia Platt, '45
On Sunday, October 8, the
plumbing in Rhoads rebelled. It
remained incommunicado, refusing
to divulge its grievance. It even
re-erupted that night. But plushy
Rhoadsites, used to swaggering
around campus, took it quite per-
sonally. It is humiliating to run
to Rock to brush your teeth.
The first symptoms of discon-
tent in subterranean regions oc-
curred at one A. M. Sunday morn-
ing. Miss Lord made the unhappy
discovery, and for the rest of the
day Rhoads, to a woman, dashed to
turn on the taps every half hour,
only to be greeted by a reasonable
facsimile of the death rattle. When
we said "How long, O Lord!" to
ourselves a little too loudly, we
found that it might be days before
we could take a bath.
Wild rumors began to make the
circuit, hinting that Rhoads would
not be fed until the plumbing was
fixed. This proved idle, as grounds-
men rallied to the situation by run-
ning a hose from the Deanery gar-
den into the kitchen window. An
interesting aquatic spectacle re-
sulted when the hose burst in three
different places, turning the Dean-
ery garden into a second Versailles.
Meanwhile the   plumber   reported
"something in the main," and pro-
ceeded to excavate the Rhoads en-
virons.    '
The ingenuity of the grounds-
men was tried and was not found
wanting. Mr. Matthews, dashing
up on Sunday morning, ascertained
that the trouble was outside the
building, as the meter was regis-
tering almost nothing. Ergo�
somewhere between Rhoads and
the main road there is something
blocking a main, but it may take
days to find it. Rhoads, faced with
typhus and social ostracism had to
be saved. Inspiration struck, and
a pipe was connected to Goodhart,
so that by evening the taps no
longer gurgled.
The plumbing was not appeased.
On Sunday night train - weary
week-enders prepared to ablute.
They found to their dismay that
while there was water, it was not
hot Rhoads, philosophically, went
to bed, unaware of the great flood
that deluged the basement. A hot
water pipe had burst and Mr. Mat-
thews could only shake his head,
not feeling inclined to swim in
boiling water. By morning the
tides receded enough to allow re-
pair, and Rhoads splashes happily
again.
Burns Plans Series
Of Lectures Dealing
With Security Issues
The Anna Howard Shaw lecture
series is to be given this year by
Dr. Eveline M. Burns, who has
chosen for her subject Social Se-
curity in an Expanding Economy.
Alternating with the Flexner lec-
ture series, the Shaw Memorial
Lectureship takes the form of a
course of lectures given every
three years by persons eminent in
politics, social science or other
fields.
Born in London, and trained in
Economics at London University,
where she took her doctorate in
1926, Dr. Burns came to this coun-
try in 1926 as holder of the Laura
Spelman Rockefeller Travelling
Fellowship. At the expiration of
the fellowship, she was appointed
as Lecturer in Economics in the
Graduate Department of Econom-
ics, Columbia University, where
she served until 1942 when she be-
came Chief of the Economic Se-
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350 Bryn Mawrtyrs Pledge Service
In Volunteer Drive for War Effort
Political Clubs Plan
Meetings, Speakers,
Community Activity
One week closer to November
7th, rabid Republicans and Demo-
crats have turned on the heat in
an effort to rally greater numbers
behind their respective forces.
More concretely, both groups
have had initial meetiijgs, with
attendance well above the 50
mark, have elected officers and
have   arranged   specific   activities.
Coming into being officially last
Tuesday, the Bryn Mawr Young
Republicans' Club is headed by
Miriam Pottle '46, chairman. The
club looks beyond mere campus
rabble-rousing; its members will
work in booths, sell Dewey-Brick-
er dollar certificates, distribute
buttons and act as messengers
among the various headquarters
in Philadelphia.
Further, the Dewey-backers
will provide information and as-
sistance for tire voters in the vil-
lage and on the campus, both
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Calendar
Thursday, October 12
Talks to Freshmen, third in
a series of five. Miss Mc-
Bride,   Common   Room,   7:30.
Friday, October 13
War   Movie,   Desert   Victory,
Music Room, 7:30.
Saturday, October 14
Spanish and Italian Examin-
ations, Taylor, 9:00.
Sunday, October 15
Interhall     Hockey,    Denbigh
and Radnor vs. Rhoads, 3:30.
Chapel: The Rev. Michael R.
Barton, Music  Room, 7:30.
Monday, October 16
Miss Margaret B. Speer,
Internees and Students in
Wartime China, Deanery, 5.
Current Events, Common
Room, 7:15.
Shaw Lecture. Dr. Eveline
M. Burns: Full Employment
Policies and Problems, Good-
hart, 8:30.
Tuesday, October 17
Alliance Assembly. Franz
Daniel, Philadelphia Director
of Political Action Commit-
tee of the CIO, Goodhart,
12:30.                                    .'
Vocational Conference. Mary
Moon Hemingway: Vogue
Prix de Paris, Common Room,
7:30.
Elections
The Senior Class takes pleas-
ure in announcing the election
of the following officers for the
year  1944-45:
Jerry Beal, President.
Barbara Kistler, V. President
Britta Ericson,  Secretary.
Sue Coleman, Song Mistress.
The Junior Class takes pleas-
ure in announcing the election
of the following officers for the
year  1944-45:
Lovina  Brenlinger,  President
Joy  Rutland,  Vice   President
Louise Brown,  Secretary
Doris Braman, Song Mistress
Alumna Will Explain
Vogue Prix de Paris
Contest for Seniors
Undergraduate Council Plans
Attempt at 100 Per Cent
Cooperation .
Mary Moon Hemingway, Bryn
Mawr 1940, will explain the tenth
annual Vogue Prix de Paris con-
test to Seniors in the Common
Room on Tuesday, October 17 at
7:30. Winning first prize in the
contest her Senior year, Mrs.
Hemingway was awarded a posi-
tion on Vogue Magazine, and has
since written articles, run the
Vogue contest, and filled the posi-
tion of copy editor of House and
Garden.
Opportunities
The talk, sponsored by the Bur-
eau of Remomendations, will out-
line the opportunities for any Sen-
ior who wins a prize or one of the
ten awards of merit. Open to
Seniors interested in copywriting,
photography, merchandising, ad-
vertising, designing, or interior
decorating, the contest consists of
four short quizzes of two questions
each and a 1500 word article.
Prizes
First prize is a year's job on
the editorial staff of Vogue, and
second prize is a half year's job on
the staff. The ten other contest-
ants who win awards of merit will
be given an opportunity for job3
on House and Garden, Glamour,
and Vogue Pattern Book, or with
stores, advertising agencies, and
publishing houses.
The response to the two-day
registration for the Undergradu-
ate Volunteer' Activities Program,
as far as it can be ascertained at
this date, is an approximate 360
students out of a possible 548.
In relation to other years, this
response is an excellent one, al-
though it is not the 100 percent
turn-out for which tne Under-
graduate Council had hoped. Many
students, however, are already do-
ing unregistered war work, and a
number of Freshmen have not
yet felt ready to pledge three
hours of their time.
In a final effort to offer an op-
portunity to any undergraduates
who were unable to sign up last
week, the U. V. A. P. will have
an evening registration from 8-10
on Thursday, October 12. Any
interested graduate students,
maids and porters, or faculty arc
urged  to register at this time.
The registration for the vari-
ous volunteer activities is as   fol-
lows:      **
Bandage  Rolling  ..................      153
Waiting on Table ....................    82
Farming   ........   ____...........     58
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Undergraduate Clubs
Formulate Programs
With the third week of the ac-
ademic year in progress, the under-
graduate clubs have formulated
their programs for this semester.
Changes may occur as the year
progresses, but the skeleton plans
for the various activities are as
follows:
Glee Club
DSriating from the usual pro-
cedure, the Glee Club and Choir
combined will give a Vesper serv-
ice with Haverford on November
12, instead of the traditional
Christmas service. The Princeton
Glee Club will take over Haver-
ford's place in the December 10th
Christmas program, and last
year's success with the Harvard
Glee Club has prompted an encore
for February 3. In the Spring a
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Current Political Campaigns Recall Years
Of Torchlight Processions, Pear Throwing
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As another election year rolls
around, familiar signs begin to
reappear�Democratic clubs, Re-
publican clubs, buttons, et al�
but we wonder, looking back on
the annals of 60 years, if in 1944
we will or can ever reach the fev-
er pitch, the near-rioting of our
campaigning predecessors. They
who dispensed a prodigious
amount of effort on behalf of the
Socialists or even the Farmer-
Labor party, have us, who can't
even obtain the    torchlight or    a
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Way back in 1916, when fash-
ionable women wore high . lace
boots and suffragism was still a
rampant and disaffected force,
the students deserted their in-
tellectual pursuits for some six
weeks and were electrified with
unceasing rallies, debates and even
riots.    The  News editorialized  on
many aspects of the political
problem, urging those who could
make no choice between the two
regular parties to register their
protest by voting Farrner-Labor.
Election night saw a large torch-
light procession where Democrat-
ic hecklers succeeded in destroy-
ing a large picture of Hughes
provided for the occasion.
By 1920, the faculty had begun
active participation in the campus
political organizations. Mr. Cren-
shaw offered his public support
to Eugene. V. Debs (impersonate!
by a manacled student in an iron
c&ge) at the election rally, ami
Mr. Fenwick campaigned actively
for Cox and the League of Na-
tions. One student became carried
away by Harding enthusiasm when
the speech of Mr. Cox "was end-
ed by a rotten pear hurled by an
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