College News, 1944-10-04, Vol. 31, No. 02

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VOL. XLI, NO. 2
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY .OCTOBER 4, 1944
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Register Now for 3 Hours of War Work
McBride Stresses
Individual Effort
Decisive in Peace
History, Science, Languages
Declared Important
In Peace
Goodhart, Tuesday, September
26. What we, as students of Bryn
Mawr, will do with our education
in the new peace, was the question
which President McBride put be-
fore the college in the opening as-
sembly of the 60th academic year.
"It is the individual effort which I
ask you to examine in relation to
the peace for which our expecta-
tions are so high," emphasized
Miss McBride.
�We are closer to the peace this
year than ever before, and our de-
cisions in this matter will contrib-
ute a large part of what we bring
to this peace. The possibility of
the coming victory, Miss McBride
noted, is evident in the Freshman
plans for a full college course, dic-
tated by their own interests rather
than the war. These are the best
conditions imaginable when the in-
dividual has freedom to work and
study according to his own inter-
ests, and to place his own contribu-
tion.
The marked interest in history
and languages, among upperclass-
men as well as Freshmen, contin-
ued Miss McBride, expresses an
attempt to understand different
nationalities and their inter-rela-
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J.M.RichmilSpeak
On Problem of Food
For Post-war Europe
Feeding Europe will be the sub-
ject of the first War Alliance As-
sembly to be given by Mr. John
M. Rich. Associate Secretary of
the American Friends Service
Committee, on Thursday, Octo-
ber 5, at 12:30.
Taking an active part in the
administration of overseas relief,
in 1943, Mr. Rich travelled through
China and India to learn the ac-
tual problems of relief in the Or-
ient and more recently was in
England where he consulted with
government officials and Quaker
committees.
Previously, Mr. Rich served as
secretary of the activities the
Friends Service Committee were
conducting in Spain during the
civil war and visited Spanish
refugees who had fled to North
Africa and France and even the
Latin American countries. In 1938
and 1939, he was in .France and
Spain and the next year went to
Mexico and Cuba in connection
with refugee  and relief problems.
Born in London, England, in
1902, John Rich was educated in
America at the Westtown school
and Haverford College. On grad-
uating from Haverford in 1924,
he began journalistic work on the
Evening Public Ledger in Phila-
delphia. After five years as a re-
porter, Mr. Rich joined the public
relations staff of the Bell Tele-
phone Company and in 1936 join-
ed the staff of the American
Friends   Service   Committee.
Truck Driving, Modelling, Frontier Nursing
Featured in Bryn Mawr's Summer Jobs
Time and space are not sufficient
to list all Bryn Mawr tastes in
summer jobs, but they range from
truck-driving at an army post by
Biffy Horrax '46, to modelling, with
all shades of refinement in be-
tween. As a case of contrast,
Louise Walker '45, returned brown
and peeling from a summer spent
as a life guard, while Susan Oula-
han '46, now rests her feet after
five weeks of street-walking for
the Washington  Star.
The most spectacular job we
have run across was held by Trudy
Lanman '47. She served as a
courier in the Frontier Nursing
Service in the mountains of Ken-
tucky. Since there are no roads,
the nurses ride horseback, and it
is a job of the couriers to take
care of the horses. Trudy also
took care of mules, cows, and
chickens, besides riding as a mes-
senger between the six outposts,
which lay from ten to fifteen miles
apart. Her experiences include at-
tending a Holiness Faith Meeting
and assisting at a birth, in the pro-
cess of which her role was to hold
the baby.
Others went in for more peace-
ful pursuits. Nina Montgomery
'45, spent the summer cataloging
incoming bones for the Metropoli-
tan Museum. Nancy Morehouse
'47,, was with the Gallup Poll, while
Toby Locke '47, found herself try-
ing to sell books as well as pass
on their calibre for her customers.
Clerically inclined, Sara Berman
'47, sorted checks in a bank, and
Kitty Rand '45, worked in the sub-
scription department of Newsweek.
Beverly Shy '46, was an advertis-
ing manager in Providence.
Factories and laboratories were
popular. Working on the night
shift in the Test Laboratory at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Nancy
Kraffert '47, and Nancy Strickler
'47, tested fluxes and aluminum
and magnesium alloys. Since they
had their own car they were un-
affected by the busmen's strike,
but toted carloads of stranded fel-
low-workers. Julia Murray '46, and
Toni Boel '47, also did laboratory
work. The factory jobs show much
originality. Mary Pinch '47, work-
ed at a macaroni factory, while
Betsy Day '47, chose rubber boots
as her field.
Glamor also became profession-
al. Mimi Foster '47, modelled for
Harper's Bazaar. Kate Tanner '47,
also modelled, as did Alison Mer-
rill '45, when not busy tending the
files or sweeping the floors of the
magazine office where she toiled.
The summer activities of one
Bryn Mawrtyr were adequately
reported in the June 30th issue of
the Herald Tribune. We quote:
"Miss April Oursler sought to im-
press a taxicab driver yesterday
by telling him she worked as a
copy girl for the New York Herald
Tribune. The driver, S. Leichter,
was not impressed, of course, but
fortunately for her ^ he remem-
bered her chatter, for, one hour
later, he appeared at the Herald
Tribune office with her wallet,
containing $11 and all her identi-
fication cards, which she had left
in his cab."
Activity Heads Urge
Campus Cooperation
In Volunteer Effort
Goodhart,   September    28.    The
need for a universal effort in vol-
unteer activities at Bryn Mawr
was stressed in an assembly given
by the Undergraduate Council to
present the new Undergraduate
Volunteer Activities Program.
Harji Malik '45 presented the pur-
pose of the plan and Chloe Walker
'45 outlined the program. Virginia
Thomas '45 explained the relation
of the individual to the program
and Lydia Gifford '45 made a final
plea for all-out cooperation.
Pointing out the Valley Forge
"fiasco" as an example of the
failure of the volunteer effort last
year, Harji Malik, President of the
Undergraduate Association, stated
that "the feeling of responsibility
of each individual to the whole
group, and to herself," was lack-
ing on the campus. The Under-
graduate Council, she said, real-
ized that there was a need to co-
ordinate for a united effort and
decided to amalgamate all volun-
teer activities under the U.V.A.P.."
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'44 Wastes No Time
In Using B.A. Degrees
For Jobs, Grad Work
Since the day when the class of
'44 graduated only four brief
months have passed�yet there is
hardly a member of '44 who is not
already occupied, whether in gov-
ernment service, graduate work,
or business.
In uniform are Kay Tappen,
Janet Hoopes, Caro Shugg, Jane
Lefler, and Ellen Ustick, all
Waves, as well as Francoise Ple-
ven who has trained at Smith to
be an Ensign in the French Navy.
In Washington, where a large
percentage of '44 has crowded in,
Hildreth Dunn is in Military In-
telligence, and wifti the Office of
Strategic Services are Joan Busch-
man, Anne Heyniger, Honora
Thompson, Emily Tuck and Eliz-
abeth Watkins. Marjorie Alexan-
der, and Florence Senger are re-
search analysts with the War De-
partment, and Lorna Morley is
with the Maritime Commission.
Perhaps the most interesting of
government jobs is held by Louise
Horwood, who is a government
interne in UNRRA, and president
of all other government internes.
Marion Neustadt is in training
with the State Department.
Enrolled in medical schools are
Virginia Armstrong, Mary Stuart
Blakely, Mary Sue Chadwick, Ruth
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Engagements
Elizabeth Calder '4T-to Dana
Fernald   U.   S.  N.
Barbara Rebmann '46 to Dr.
E.  Osbourne  Coates, Jr.
Elizabeth Potter '46 to Lt.
Elisha Atkins U. S. M. C. R.
Margaret Bloomfield '45 to
David Evans Grant U. S. N.
Marjorie Richardson '46 to
Sgt. John W. Claghorn, Jr., U.
S. Army Air  Corps.
Jane L. Mather '46 to Dr.
Mahon Myers.
War Work Registration Continues
In Red Cross Room in Goodhart Hall
Calendar
Thursday, October 5
War Alliance Assembly. John F.
Rich. IV.-dinu Kuropr, Goodhart,
12:30.
Spanish Club Tea, Common Room,
4:30.
Talks to Freshmen. Second In a
series of five. Mrs. Broughton.
Common Room, 7:30.
Saturday,  October  7
French examination for Undergrade
uates.    Taylor, 9:00.
Monday, October �
National Nursing Council for War
Service. Miss White. Deanery, 8:00.
Current Events, Common Room,
7:16.
Staff Changes Made
By Returning Faculty
And New War Leaves
The    war    has    again    worked
changes in that mobile body, tl
faculty.   Several members who ha
been doing war service have no'
returned   to   the   teaching   staff,"
while others have been lost to gov-
ernment or war work.
Mr. Helson, Professor of Psy-
chology, has returned after spend-
ing two years on an N.D.R.C. pro-
ject. Miss Taylor, Professor of
Latin and Dean of the Graduate
School, is back after a year of
government work, and Dean Grant
is again with the undergraduate
school after six months in the
State Department.
Since last spring, however, sev-
eral faculty members have left for
war service. Miss Henderson of
the English Department has joined
the WAC. Mr. Watson, Professor
of Geology, has left to do govern-
ment work,but expects to return
in six months. Mr. Cameron, Pro-
fessor of Greek, and Mrs. Cameron
of the History Department have
also left to do government work.
Mr. Patterson, Professor of Phys-
ics, is now working for the Navy
and Miss Kraus of the Sociology
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Alliance, llndergrad, League
And A. A. Offer Varied
Activities
Registration for participation
in the Undergraduate Activities
Program for war work will con-
tinue tomorrow between 2:30 and
6 P. M. in the Red Cross Room,
(formerly the May Day Room).
The activities offered are the fol-
lowing:
Surgical Dressings: at least two
hours a week in the Red Cross
Room.
Red Cross Unit's Knitters' Re-
serve: in addition to another ac-
tivity.
Blood Doning: for the Mobile
Unit in Ardmore, appointments
to be made in November.
Hos pi ta 1 Recreation Service
1/tGniy Ladies): in Philadelphia
and Main Line hospitals. If ap-
plicant is under 21 a second choice
should be indicated. Not open to
.Freshmen first semester.
v"Nurse's Aide: placing or train-
ing (four hours a week) in Phil-
adelphia or Main Line hospitals.
Training not open to Freshmen
first semester.
First Aid: if there is sufficient
interest.
Home Nursing Instruction: if
there is  sufficient interest.
Canteen Corps Volunteers: to
be placed in Blood Donor Units
and hospital kitchens on comple-
tion of a short course in Nutri-
tion on campus and some practical
work  in   mass feeding.
Blind School at Overbrook.
Haverford   Community  Center.
Ration Board.
Teaching   Maids'   Classes.
Farming.
Student Waiting at the Deanery
and in Rockefeller Hall.
Box Factory in Bryn Mawr;
pay 50c per hour.
Burlap Bag Factory in Devon.
International Resistance Co. in
Philadelphia.
Campus Overthrows Traditional Standards
As'Bedmaking Replaces Academic Pursuits
By April Oursler '46
Progress has reared its ugly
head at Bryn Mawr. In the short
space of one week our traditional
standards of life have been over-
thrown, and the modern institution
of bed-making has taken their
place. It was only thirty some
years ago that M. Carey Thomas
declaimed her sincere belief that it
is abysmally below the level of an
intellectual woman to fritter away
her time by indulging in domestic
work.
Only the Seniors can remember
the glorious days of the pre-1942
era, when the undergraduate's
mind was freed from the sordid-
ness of diurnal rearrangements of
the accoutrements of the beds
wherein we rest' our fatigued in-
tellectual selves. It was the cruel,
obscene reality of war that elim-
inated the maids that did such
work for us.
The undergraduates rose above
such a situation with the true
transcendentalism of mind over
matter.   We lived stoically among
our unmade beds, comforting our-
selves with the thought that while
the first scholastic monks had only
pallets, in a bare room, we had
bed clothes aplenty with which to
bestrew our abodes.
Even the shock of this week,
which has brought us a clean-up
campaign, complete with fines for
our unmade beds, cannot faze us,
however. After all, we can sleep
under our rugs or sling a hammock
from the bureau to the door and
pray that no one opens the door.
And there's always the thought
that even now an unmade bed can
contribute to the general welfare,
for the fines will fill the hall treas-
uries, and then the halls will have
plenty of money for new victrolas
Aside from this, however, there
is the deeper, more meaningful
connotation of it all. We sat up
late last night in our newly neat-
ened rooms, waiting for the ghost
of Miss Thomas, which informed
us that we must not forget that
we are deserting the true intellec-
tual life.