College News, 1944-11-08, Vol. 31, No. 07

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ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 8, 1944
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Burns Examines
Health Services
Of Post-War Era
United States Neglects
To Pass Legislation
For Health
Goodhart, November 6.    In  the
fourth of the Anna Howard Shaw
series on Social Security in an
Expanding Economy, Dr. Eveline
M. Burns expanded her lecture of
last week on Social Security in the
Post-war World and began the top-
ic of Planning for Health Services.
Recapitulating the argument of
last week, Mrs. Burns used the
ideal situation of a rational and in-
telligent Congress asking_a social
economist to devise a social sys-
tem which has real security for all,
which does not interfere to the
least possible extent with other
individual freedoms and which
will include as many desirable ec-
onomic by-products as possible.
The social economist would have
the tax paid by "earmarked tax,"
and would have a progressive sys-
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Granger Illustrates
Fundamental Nature
Of Racial Obsessions
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Rhoads Hall Earns Freshman Plaque
With Finished Production of ^Trifles"
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Two Bryn Mawr girls�Hollywood version�Diana Lynn
(left) and Gail Russell as Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis
Skinner, respectively, in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.
Diana Lynn, Portrayer of Emily Kimbrough,
Comes East for Philadelphia Film Premiere
by Alison Merrill '45
The girl who spent many months
portraying a Bryn Mawr under-
graduate in front of Hollywood
cameras came to Bryn Mawr for
the first   time   last   night.    Miss
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Goodhart, November 2. "Democ-
racy is a matter of personality
and environment, not a matter of
birthplace," declared Mr. Lester
Granger, executive secretary of
the Urban League, in a talk on
Racial Hazards to Domestic Peace,
at this year's fourth war assem-
bly.
Democrats
Stressing the fact that not all
Americans are wholehearted Dem-
ocrats, Mr. Granger pointed out
that many of our institutions are
the very antithesis of democracy,
and many of our people favor only
a partial, controlled democracy. It
is this kind of thinking that sets
up a system of bitter competition
for personal security in which min-
ority groups are bound to suffer,
he said. Racial discrimination is
not an isolated phenomenon, but an
integral part of our present fabric
�f existence. "The idea of caste
comes to us along with our notions
of economic security, political
ideals, and so on," the speaker ob-
served. When the race angle is
removed from our society, many
other evils will fall with It.
Race Riots
Mr. Granger cited instances of
race riots because of competition
for jobs after the last war, and
discriminatory practices during
this one. He warned that even
more serious difficulties will de-
velop if nothing is done to check
the hatred of whites for negroes
and the suspicion of negroes to-
ward whites.
Negro Veterans
Our dealings with negro veter-
ans will be crucial. The question
is whether they shall be shunted
back into Jim Crow jobs and lives,
as they were in 1919, often barred
from veterans organizations like
the American Legion, and denied a
fair chance for employment, loans,
decent homes or farms. In that
case, "we will have a period of in-
tense racial animosity," which will
seriously hamper our internation-
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Mrs. Collins Appoints
Eight Teams to Help
In United War Chest
The United War Chest drive for
1944 officially opened on campus
last week and will continue until
November 17th. While all under-
graduates contributed to the War
Chest through the Activities
Drive, various teams have been
appointed to solicit contributions
from the faculty, the graduate
students, the maids and porters
and the staff.
Acting as general chairman of
the Drive is Mrs. Chadwick-Col-
lins, appointed by President Mc-
Bride, and assisted by Miss Julia
Frick. Heading the faculty team
is Mr. Nahm, appointed also by
Miss McBride, on the vote of the
faculty. His team consists of
Miss Marti, Miss Lehr, Mr. Her-
ben, and Mr. Wells.
Captains of other teams have
been appointed by Mrs. Chadwick-
Collins, and they in turn choose
their team members. The gradu-
ate students, who were the first
to register a 100% contribution
in last year's drive, are headed by
Josephine Burroughs, while Mar-
ion Moise '47 supervises the . un-
dergraduate contribution through
the Activities Drive.
Heading the committee for the
Maids and Porters is Miss Howe,
who has chosen for her committee
the same captains who all had
100% records last year. The
Maids and Porters also had a
100% contribution the preceding
year and in addition were the
first group to finish. The team con-
sists of Louis White�Denbigh,
Evelyn Johnson�Marion, Louise
Jones and Minnie Newton�Pem-
broke, Grace Turner and Ellen
Widgeon�Radnor, Molly Burgess
and Rebecca Henry�Rhoads, Rob-
ert Outen and Marguerite Wil-
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Diana Lynn, portrayer of Emily
Kimbrough in Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay, was presented to
some thirty students at a dinner
in the Deanery given by Mrs.
Chadwick-Collins.
Coming to Philadelphia for the
premiere of Our Hearts, where she
will make a personal appearance
with Emily Kimbrough at the Al-
dine Theatre, Miss Lynn was able
to get only a flying glance at the
campus, through the 6:30 dusk.
She claimed some familiarity with
the campus, however, since several
small and-carefully reproduced sets
of places on campus, such as the
Gym and thelnfirmary, were used
in filming theV opening sequences
of the movie, but were greatly cut
for the final form. Having lunch
today in Pembroke, Miss Lynn
was undoubtedly exposed to more
of the Bryn Mawr atmosphere as
well as getting a closer view of the
actual cloistering walls.
Exactly how Diana Lynn became
the Emily Kimbrough of Our
Hearts is a typical Hollywood
story. Having played practically
everyone's brat sister, in such pic-
tures as The Major and the Minor
and The Miracle of Morgan's
Creek, and having been in evidence
on the Paramount lot since the
age of thirteen, Miss Lynn regis-
tered intense interest when her
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Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 9
Spanish Club Movies, Common
Room, 4:00.
Faculty Tea, Rockefeller Hall,
4:30.
Philadelphia     Premiere,     Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay,
Aldine Theatre, 8:45.
Friday, Nov. 10
Our Hearts Were  Young and
Gay, Goodhart, 8:30.
Saturday,  Nov. 11
Freshman Dance, Gym, 9-12.
'Saturday, Nov. 12
Chapel:   Special  Thanksgiving
Service   with   Haverford,   The
Reverend  T.   Guthrie   Speers,
Goodhart, 8:00.
Monday, Nov. IS
Current Events, Common
Room, 7:15.
Shaw Lecture:.Dr. Eveline M.
Burns, The Wider Concept of
Security: Other Social Serv-
ices, Goodhart, 8:30.
Second Set of Plays Lacks
Spark of Friday Night
Performances
by Robin  Brooks '46
Goodhart,    November    4.     The
Freshmen Plays on Saturday did
not have the spark that character-
ized the Friday night perform-
ances. There were, however, in
the three presentations, moments
of very creditable acting.
Rockefeller's   The   Tenth   Word
by Florence Ryerson and Colin
Clement, very suitably adapted to
the time and place of performance,
was directed by Kitty Rand '45,
and Ada Klein '48. The first scene
contrasted perhaps more sharply
than was intended with scene two
due to the rather "corny" and rep-
etitious lines of the latter.
Outstanding in scene one was
Kathryn Landreth as Mistress
Seraphina Darcy, rendering the
prudish and antiquated headmis-
tress with a convincing conception
of her part. In scene two, Nan
Piker as Pam, the distraught girl
who could not decide whether to
follow her heart or her mind, dis-
played occasional moments of fair
sensitivity for her role.
The supporting cast as a whole
was a little too reserved in its ac-
tions, yet considering the fact that
Rock was forced to change its play
at the eleventh hour, it gave an
admirable performance. Particu-
lar credit should go to Anne Henry
for the delightful costumes in the
first scene.
Te Pern East's The Lady Shows
Her Medals by James Barrie, di-
rected by Doreen Hurwitz '47, and
Isabel Cameron '48, goes credit for
the best all-around acting of the
evening. Although* her role was
comparatively small, Shirley Wood
as Mrs. Haggerty, never stepped
out of the character of the sloven-
ly and defensive washerwoman for
a moment. Her rendering of the
line "the 'eart's warm though it
may not be gold-tipped," brought
forth the only spontaneous ap-
plause of the evening, and possibly
if she had raised her voice slight-
ly higher there would have been
more of the same, at other times.
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Uniformly High Acting Quality
Distinguishes First Group
Of Hall Plays
by April Oursler '46
Goodhart .November 3. A uni-
formly high quality of acting, un-
usual in Freshman plays, distin-
guished the first group of plays
given on Friday night!
Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, en-
acted by the Rhoads Freshmen,
was by far the best production of
the evening. Careful direction, by
Patricia Acheson '46, and a sense
of timing and feeling for the
parts, gave the performance a
nearly professional finish.
Sylvia Stallings, as Mrs. Hale,
gave what was perhaps the most
sensitive'' interpretation in the
play, with Jessica Levy running a
close second as Mr. Hale. Both
players seemed completely absorb-
ed by their parts, maintaining a
naturalness and ease of stage ac-
tion throughout, with an emotion
in their acting which alone could
have carried the play.
They were, however, given very
real support in the more subordin-
ate roles, particularly by Patricia
Hochschild's portrayal of Mrs.
Peters. Coordination of setting
and make-up and direction, com-
bined with a thorough sympathy
with the play on the part of all
concerned gave it the excellence
which merited the award of the
plaque.
Merion's The Birthday of the
Infanta, by Oscar Wilde, seemed
Rhoads' only serious challenger of
the evening. Ably directed by Es-
telle Morrison '45, the Merion pro-
duction relied too much, however,
on individual excellence than the
requisite fantasy atmosphere avail-
able only through a unified per-
formance.
Carol McGovern gave a start-
lingly skillful interpretation of
the extremely difficult role of the
Phantastic. The expressiveness of
her pantomime as well as her lines
showed an ability to cope with the
challenging part which far exceeds
average campus talent.
Indra Kirpalani  evidenced poise
and charm in the  role of the In-
fanta,  and  both  Bettina  Kleupfel
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Election Night Hardly Conclusive to Study
As ConsoIation-for-Dewey Parties Prevail
by Patricia Platt '45
Election night was not an aus-
picious one for study, what with
all-night vigils, parties, and a lit-
tle mad scrambling. The most vio-
lent case on record occurred short-
ly before midnight when barefoot
students were spied trying to at-
tach a picture of Dewey to Taylor.
This meant that the Democrats had
to try to get Roosevelt onto the
library, without success. The latest
returns have it that Taylor was
adorned with placards but no pic-
tures.
A few hardy souls in Pern East
were planning to stage a slumber
party with" mattresses on the floor
and radios blaring. Towards the
end of the evening, however, a
consolation-for-Dewey party took
over, while Pern West quietly went
to bed. In Merion, where the ra-
dio is out of order, rooters had to
retire to their rooms, but not be-
fore decorating the showcase with
266 Dewey buttons  (the requisite
number of electoral votes), care-
fully arrayed on chair arms,
around the edges of the rug, and
in their hero's initials, T. E. D.
Even choir practice fell victim to
the spirit of the moment, when
Miss Cook, valiantly enjoining the
members to count their beats,
found herself saying "count your
votes." There was nothing to do
but suggest that they adjohgn and
listen to the election returnsS
Rhoads indulged in a celebration
which showed that they have ab-
andoned the "above it all" attitude
- - namely a "suppressed desire"
party. Upper classmen cavorted
masquerading as their hidden
yearnings, while the Freshmen,
their hostesses, took advantage of
the occasion to slip into their eld-
ers' rooms, don their characteris-
tic clothes, and confront them with
their true selves. The^party reach-
ed its height with two new games;
"pin the cigarette on Roosevelt,"
and "pin the mustache on Dewey."