College News, 1944-03-15, Vol. 30, No. 19

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VOL. XL, NO. 19
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY M,ARCH 15, 1944
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St. Exupery Treats
Universal Problems,
States Henri Peyre
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Goodhart, March 13. Henri
Peyre devoted his closing lecture
in the Flexner series on the mod-
ern French novel to discussion of
Antoine de Saint Exupery, repre-
sentative member of the new class
of novelists who are leaving psy-
chological analysis in order to ex-
amine the world's insoluble dilem-
mas.
Discussing the aims of this
class, M. Peyre expressed faith in
the power "bf literature to deal
with universal problems with aes-
thetic clarity. He praised the new
authors for the lucidity of their
critical vision and the courage with
which they have challenged the
tragedy of man's fate. He gave
particular attention to their at-
tempt to conciliate action and
thought, the past and the present,
the individual and the group, and
finally the soul and the machine.
Saint Exupery, said M. Peyre,
reached his fame by illustrating
these problems with "showering
images." Furthermore he was the
first to introduce flying into lit-
erature without falling under the
spell of its physical appeal. Fly-
ing, Saint Exupery proved, is only
a new setting for the eternal mor-
al and aesthetic problems.
In 1929, Saint Exupery publish-
ed his first book, Courrier au Sud.
It was in line with the traditional
novel and met with limited success
because it suffered from lack of
action and "smallness of tech-
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Classes Nominate Candidates for Vice-Pres.,
Sec'y and Treas. of Undergrad Association
Belgian Commissioner
Talks on Flemish Art
Specially  contributed  by  Marjorie
Alexander, '44
Music Room, March 8: J. A.
Goris, Commissioner of Informa-
tion at the Belgian Center of In-
formation and editor of "News
from Belgium", spoke to the
French Club on Flemish art of
the 15th century in a talk which
was followed by sound movies.
M. Goris emphasized the im-
portance of understanding the
life and philosophy of the period
being studied in order to under-
stand and appreciate its art. Re-
ligion, he noted, was the center of
life in 15th century Flanders. The
great influence of Christianity
on the people was illustrated by
the fact that there were churches
on almost every block of a city of
as few as 20,000 inhabitants. Re-
ligious processions could be seen
almost every day, even on the days
of the week, and the number of
months of the year had a religi-
ous significance.
M. Goris explained that the aus-
terity and the earnestness of the
faces of the people reflected the
hardships of their lives. Paint-
ings were all religious, for only
the life to come had any signifi-
cance; life in this world was only
a preparation.
After the lecture three movies
were shown, the first concerned
"The Mystic Lamb" of Van Eyck,
one of the panels of which was
stolen and is now part of Goer-
ing's collection in Berlin; the sec-
ond dealt with paintings by Mem-
ling done for the hospital of St.
John in Bruges, and last was a
film on life and art in Belgium.
The leading people of the time
could easily be recognized in the
art of Van Eyck and Memling due
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The Junior Class has nominated
Ann Clarke, Mary Cox, Amanda
Eggert and Margaret Browder as
candidates for the vice-presidency
of the Undergraduate Associa-
tion.                   \_>
The vice-president of the Un-
dergraduate Association works
with the president and takes her
place when she is absent. The vice-
president also heads the Enter-
tainment Committee and super-
vises the club activities.
The college activities of the
nominees are as follows:
Ann Clarke
Ann was in the Aquacade her
first year and on the lighting
committee for Freshman Show.
Her Sophomore year, she was the
League representative from Rock-
efeller Hall. This year, she is a
permission giver, an assistant
fire-warden, co-owner of the soda
fountain, and head of the last
Rockefeller  dance  committee.
Mary  Cox
Mary is the first Junior member
of the Undergraduate Association.
She is also president of the Glee
Club and treasurer of the sub-
freshman committee. She is on
the Entertainment Committee in
charge of the French U. S. O. In
her Freshman year she was on
the second hockey squad and on
the squad her Sophomore year.
She is a member of the French
Club and has been in Choir for
three years.
Amanda Eggert
Bobbie was in Freshman Show
and has been in the Spanish Club
for three years. She was in the
Spanish Christmas Play and on
the Sophomore Carnival Com-
mittee. This year she was a mem-
ber of the Nominating Committee
of the Junior Class.
Margaret Browder
Margaret has    been    a   charter
member of the    Radio    Club    for
three years.    Last year she    was
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Greene Will Debate
Honesty of Religion
Dr. Theodore M. Greene, chair-
man of the Divisional Program in
the Humanities at Princeton Uni-
versity, will speak on Friday,
March 17th on the subject, Can
Religious Belief be Intellectually
Honest? Dr. Greene intends to
discuss the relation of philosophy
to religious services.
Dr. Greene received his A. B. at
Amherst College, his Ph.D. at the
University of Edinburgh, and his
L.L.D. from Davison College. An
instructor at the Forman Chris-
tian College, University of Pun-
jab, India from 1919 to 1921, he
then went to Princeton University
where he has held the McKosh
Chair of Philosophy since 1938.
Mr. Greeen has been chairman of
the Division Program in Human-
ities since 1941 and a member of
the American Philosophy Associa-
tion,                                             y
His, book, The Art* and the Art
of Criticism was published in
1940. He edited Kant Selections,
The Meaning of the Humanities,
has translated Immanual Kant's
Religion Within the Limits of
Reason Alone, and has contributed
to religious and philosophical
journals.
The Sophomore Class has nom-
inated Patricia Behrens, Lovina
Brendlinger,, Dorothy Bruchholz,
and Patricia Castles Acheson for
Secretary of the Undergraduate
Association.
The college activities of the nom-
inees are as follows:
Patricia Behrens
Pat is president of the Sopho-
more Class. Last year she was
Freshman representative to Un-
dergrad and class secretary the
second semester. Assistant direc-
tor of the Rockefeller Play her
Freshman year, Pat also acted in I
the Freshman Show and was on
the Stage Crew. She is a member
of the Stage Crew and Varsity
Players Club, and also of the Rad-
io Club. A member of the News
Staff since last year, Pat is the
college representative to the New
York Times.
Lovina Brendlinger
Lovina   is   Sophomore  represen-
attive to Undergrad.    Her Fresh-
man  year she was a    member of
he Radio Club for two years,   she
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Socialized Medicine,
Soldier Vote Upheld
By Discussion Group
Common Room, March 10:   The
Soldier's Vote Bill and socialized
medicine were the subjects under
debate at the last meeting of the
Political  Discussion  group.
Those in favor of the Socializ-
ed Medicine Bill argued that the
benefit to the public far outweigh-
ed the disadvantages which might
be incurred. Not only would good
general medical care be made
available to those at present un-
able to procure it, but, also, the
services of specialists would be
rendered to all. Overcharging for
services would be prevented also,
it was said.
Opposing these views was cited
the possible loss of skilled re-
searchers who would be hampered
by over-supervision and bureau-
cratic management. It was believ-
ed that more and better clinics
might be a possible solution.
A heated discussion of the Sol-
dier Vote Bill followed. In favor
of leaving all jurisdiction in the
hands of the states was named the
danger of too much 'federaliza-
tion' and the loss of one of the
basic rights of the state. In refu-
tation of these* statements, the
basic purpose of the bill, it was
declared, is to facilitate the great-
est number of soldiers voting. The
difficulty of distributing forty-
eight separate state ballots was
illustrated, along with an inevit-
able large decimation of service-
man votes.
The possibility of Roosevelt's re-
election in the light of the soldier
votes was a question much in the
foreground.
Marriages
Eleanor Harz '42 to Pfc. Wm.
Jordan.
Mary Armstrong '44 to Wm.
FJlery Charming Eustis.
Engagement*
N. B. Scribner '44 to Lt. Wm.
T. Kirk, IV, U. S. A. A. C.
Sylvia Goldstein '46 to Wal-
ter S.  Clavan.
Calendar
Wednesday, March  15
Badminton   Game   at    Rose-
mont, 4:00.
Thursday, March  16
Mr. Henry Bamford Parkes,
Irrational Elements in His-
tory, Radnor, 7:30.
Otis Green, on South Ameri-
can Literature, Spanish
House, 7:30.
Friday, March  17
Swimming meet with Swarth-
more, 4:30.
Theodore M. Greene, Can Re-
ligious Belief Be Intellectu-
ally Honest, Common Room,
8:00.
Saturday, March 18
Dr.  Ruth E.  Benedict, 11:00.
Tuesday, March 21
College Assembly, Edgar A.
Fisher, Our Part in Interna-
tional Educational Recon-
struction, Goodhart, 12:00.
Badminton Game at Swarth-
more, 4:00.
Current Events, Common
Room, 7:15.
Wednesday, March 22
Badminton Game with Penn,
4:00.
Mass Meeting Votes
For the Continuance
Of Hall Smoking Rule
Music Room, March 13: A peti-
tion that smoking be allowed in
the halls of residence was defeated
by a vote of 146 to 67, in the pres-
ence of a quorum, at a mass meet-
ing of the Self-Government Asso-
ciation on Monday evening. The
petition was presented by Florence
Senger, who stated that the issue
could be reduced to two major
points, namely: the danger of fire
that would be incurred by allowing
smoking in the bedrooms, and the
question of being able to acquire
the proper insurance.
The main arguments upheld by
the opposition seemed to be based
on the fact that hotels, apartment
houses, and other colleges allow
smoking in the rooms with no ap-
parent danger. On the other hand,
those opposed to the petition main-
tained that the danger to personal
property and lives, combined with
the extreme annoyance and dis-
comfort of non-smokers should
overrule the wilful self-indulgence.
Light Spirit Offsets
Uneven Construction
In Farcial Latin Play
By Alison Merrill, "45
Goodhart, March 11. Perhaps the
best thing one can say for "Ship-
wreck at Cyrene," tjie Latin play
"brutally torn" from Plautus'
Rudens, was that all too much was
brutally torn from an essentially
poorly-constructed play. Uproari-
ously funny in its first ten min-
utes, the play settled down to a
confused monotony of lengthy
plot-unravelling, redeemed by what
were on the whole well-handled
characters and a finish to the per-
formance testifying to the able di-
rection of Mrs. Michels.
It was the spirit in which the
Latin play was given which was
its most appealing characteristic.
Not presented as a polished or pro-
fessional piece of work, the com-
edy had a certain charm in the
very ingenuousness of its presen-
tation; the characters conveyed a
distinct impression of thoroughly
enjoying their parts.
Translated into very modern
slang with the addition of several
songs by Frances Watts '46, "Ship-
wreck at Cyrene" was concerned
with various slaves, masters and
sundry other personages alternate-
ly finding and losing each other on
a "towering precipice." Of these,
the two erstwhile prostitutes, play-
ed to the full by Hildreth Dunn
'44, and Mary Virginia More '45,
were outstanding as strikingly
natural comediennes. Shrieking
at each other from separate ends
of the stage and flinging their
arms about each other on the top
of an imposing structure clearly
labelled "Huge Rock," they made
a first appearance which was de-
lightful in itself and was high-
lighted by superb facial expression
and movements which were sur-
prisingly graceful. Hildreth Dunn,
in a scene in which she carried a
water vase on her shoulder, dis-
played unequaled poise and finesse,
with a voice notably attuned to
her portrayal.
Of the other leading characters,
Patricia Turner '46 put in an able
performance as Daemones, the
long^-lost father, but was perhaps
most remarkable for her costume
complete with grey wig and foot-
long   beard   of   rope   which    she
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Enthusiastic Listeners Oblivious to Trials
And Errors of Early Radio Club Programs
By Susan Oulahan, '46
"This is station- WBMC of the
WHAV-WBMC Network" seems
like a simple enough statement to
us laymen. Little do we know
that the three choruses of "Oh,
Johnny, Oh, Johnny" that follow
the awkward silence are the engi-
neer's frantic attempt to stall for
time. The broadcaster scheduled
for the 8:30 music hour hasn't ap-
peared, the only station break
sheet (?) has vanished. Blissfully
unaware, we delve into our phil-
osophy reading, only moderately
distracted by the odd combination
of "Mairzy Doats" and Beethojren's
fifth that we hear next^**"^ ^V
Unknown to us, <ne" Station
Manager flees over campus, wing-
ing her way from the third floor
of Radnor to the basement carrells
in the West Wing, in search of the
criminal who has been quietly tim-
ing her records on the Common
Room vie all the time. Whisked
back to the studio in super-man
time, she finally get the program
underway   in   its schedued   form,
only four and a half minutes late,
the delay unnoticed by the inert
souls in the audience.
Such are the nightly trials and
tribulations of the Radio Club
members, who by Herculean ef-
forts have managed to overcome
all obstacles to present the cam-
pus with many hours of good en-
tertainment. Unperturbed by en-
gineering troubles, blackouts and
professors who develop colds or
dinner parties at the last minute,
Station WBMC has left its em-
bryonic state of a few months ago
and has developed into a flourish-
ing concern.
Sound effects, we understand,
have considerably developed the
dormant imagination of the dra-
matic director. A scene in the
water of the East River nearly
stumped her a few weeks ago but
a leaking waste paper basket fill-
ed to the brim and sloshed over the
actors was very convincing over
the air.
In the past, the Radio Club has
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