College News, 1944-02-09, Vol. 30, No. 14

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VOL. XL, NO. 14
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1944
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McBride Announces Faculty Changes;
Mrs. Manning Appointed Acting Dean
College Education Essential
For Successful Victory
States McBride
Goodhart, February 3�Announc-
ing the appointment of Mrs. Man-
ning to act as Dean of the College
during Mrs. Grant's leave of ab-
sence, Miss McBride made known
other faculty appointments and
changes for the second semester.
In her concluding remarks Misa
McBride noted that college edu-
cation is no longer a luxury and
is "necessary both to the success-
ful continuation of the war and
the life of the years after the
war."
As a result of Mrs. Grant's ab-
sence for work in the State De-
partment, major changes are tak-
ing place in the administration.
Mrs. Manning, who has resigned
as acting Dean of the Graduate
School, will become acting Dean.
Miss Schenck will assume the pos-
ition vacated by Mrs. Manning as
acting Dean of the Graduate
School. Miss Gardiner will assist
the Dean, while Mrs. Parkman
Dexter Howe, Jr. has been ap-
pointed assistant in the office of
the Dean.
In the Music Department, two
new appointments follow Mr.
Willoughby's resignation. Miss
Lorna Cooke, formerly of Rad-
cliffe, will work with the Choir
and Glee Club, as well as teach,
and Mr. Pepinsky of Haverford,
will direct the orchestra. In Chem-
istry, Mr. Ernst Berliner will re-
place Miss Wright who has re-
signed because of illness. Miss
Zulueta although resigning her
position as instructor in Spanish,
has been appointed to a teaching
fellowship and will continue to
teach advanced Spanish composi-
tion. Mrs. Beatrice Patt has
been appointed instructor in Span-
ish.
Several other changes have
come as a direct result of the war.
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Noted Anthropologist
To Present Lectures
Dean's Office
An announcement of the fol-
lowing arrangements for the
Dean's Office in the second se-
mester has been made.
Mias Gardiner will advise
Seniors, and Juniors may con-
sult with Mrs. Manning. The
courses of Juniors for next year
will not be registered until
April. Sophomores will be di-
vided into three groups and will
be advised by Miss McBride,
Mrs. Manning and Miss Gar-
diner. These groups will be
listed and posted on the bulle-
tin board outside the Dean's
Office. All Sophomores should
make appointments as soon as
possible for interviews in order
that their advisors may have
information concerning their
probable choice of major sub-
jects. They will not be expect-
ed to register their courses im-
mediately, ^ut to consult with
members of the faculty after
these preliminary interviews
with their advisors in the
Dean's Gfige>
Office Hours
Miss McBride
Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Thursday 2:30-4:30
Friday           2:30-4:30
Mrs. Manning
Monday        10:00-12:30
2:30- 4:00
Wednesday 10:00-12:30
Friday         10:00-12:30
Miss Gardiner
Tuesday         9:30-12:30
2:30- 4:30
Thursday       9:30-12 ::00
Daily
Mrs. Howe
9:30-12:30
Dr. Ruth Benedict, world re-
nowned anthropologist, is pre-
senting a series of four lectures
on Culture Patterns and Recon-
struction under the auspices of
the Sociology Department. Called
"one of those who has contributed
most to stronger alliances among
anthropology and the social
sciences of psychology and sociol-
ogy", she applies her findings of
science to the problems of the
world  today.
In 1940 she wrote the book
Race: Science and Politics which
refutes the claims of racial su-
periority. She has also written
Coming of Age in Samoa and Pat-
terns of Culture which aroused
considerable controversy when it
was published in 1934.
Dr. Benedict is known for her
work with the Indiana of the
Southwest, in connection with
which she wrote Tales of the Co-
chiti Indians in 1931. She has
made special studies of primitive
religion, mythology, and folklore
as well as straight ethnology.
Receiving her   B. A.    in    1909
from  Vassar,  she taught English
in  a    girl's    school.    Later    she
wrote poetry, going under the pen
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B. M. Reporters Named
l To New York Papers
Official campus representatives
have been appointed to report
campus affairs for the New York
Herald Tribune and the New
York Times through the educa-
tional editors of these two papers.
April Oursler will represent the
Tribune and Patricia Behrens the
Times.
The appointment of these two
representatives may lead, if the
experiment proves successful, to
the establishment of a regular
press bureau on campus. At pres-
ent, the representatives are to be
paid by the college instead of by
the newspapers,-as in the case of
an established press bureau. The
tentative pay is ten dollars a
month.
This arrangement with the two
newspapers has been made by
Mrs. Chadwick-Collins with the
approval of Miss McBride. Inter-
est in the establishment of camp-
us representatives for large news-
papers was aroused by April
Oursler, who previously worked
with the college press bureau at
Swarthmore College.
At some future date a press bu-
reau may be established at Bryn
Mawr to report college affairs for
a large number of professional
newspapers. If so, the number of
reporters will be increased. Also,
in a regular press bureau, the re-
porters would be paid space rates
by the newspapers accepting their
articles.
Henri Peyre Shows
Value of Psychology
In Proust's Technique
Goodhart, February 7: "Our pic-
ture of man, the unconscious, love
and jealousy are different today be-
cause of Marcel Proust", said M.
Henri Peyre in his lectrue The
Legacy of Proust in the Contem-
porary Novel, first of the Mary
Flexner Lecture series.
Naming Proust "The Galileo of
the psychological revelation of the
present century", M. Peyre pointed
out that the complexity in Proust's
writing is not moral, as in Dostoy-
evsky, but psychological.
Proust's great gifts are his hold
on the concrete, his sense of the
fleeting transience of time, and
his power of psychological revela-
tion. He does not, M. Peyre said,
deal with intellectual concepts as
did France, Bourget, Romain Rol-
land and Barres, but with material
objects sensuously perceived, aft,
did Renoir and Cezanne.
Through his consciousness of
man's inner life Proust brings to
light nuances which heretofore
have been unobserved. By desert-
ing the spatial world for the world
of time he makes us see into things
as no other writer except Balzac,
M. Peyre said.
His technique is  one  of    retro-
spection and "slow motion picture"
development and, as    Proust    de-
scribed it himself, has the  quali-
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Vndergrad Elections
For 1944*45 Officers
Commence this Week
The election of officers for the
chief undergraduate positions for
the year 1944-45 will start next
week to continue until spring va-
cation. The following procedure
for the voting has  been planned:
After nominations a description
of the duties of the offices will ap-
pear in the News, along with pic-
tures of the candidates and brief
write-ups of their college activi-
ties. Students should attempt to
know the candidates before vot-
ing takes place. The following
week elections will take place in
the halls directly after lunch. Vot-
ing will be by ballot, and all un-
dergraduates will be required to
sign their names as they cast
their votes. Non-resident stud-
ents are urged to be at college
for lunch on days when elections
occur.
If any candidate receives 15
more votes than the sum of all the
other votes cast, she is elected. If
no candidate gets this plurality,
re-voting will be held the next day
between the two or three highest
candidates. In this case, the win-
ner must have 20 more votes than
the runner-up.
Schedule of  Nominations
Feb. 10�Nomination for Presi-
dent of Self-Gov. (by Junior Class)
Feb. 14�Nomination for Presi-
dent of Undergrad. (by Junior
Class)
Feb. 17�Nomination for Presi-
dent of Alliance, (by Junior Class)
Feb. 21�Nomination for Presi-
dent of League, (by League Board)
Feb. 24�Nomination for Presi-
dent of Athletic Association, (by
A. A. Board).
Feb. 29�Nomination for Vice-
Pres. of Self-Gov. (by Junior
Class).
Nomination  for Secy,   of   Self-
Gov.  (by Sophomore Class)
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HENRI PEYRE
Self-Gov Principles.
To be Demonstrated
In Coming Assembly
The Self-Government Associa-
tion is planning an assembly to be
held on February 16 at 11:00
A. M. Two typical cases will be
presented to show the mechanics
of Self-Government and the fac-
tors considered in deciding cases.
The purpose of the assembly will
be to show the principles behind
the rules and the necessity of
maintaining them. An attempt
will be made to evaluate Self-
Government not only as a whole
but also in specific details.
The two cases to be presented
arc basically factual and have
only been modified to a slight ex-
tent. They were chosen because
they were fairly typical and not
too dramatic, as well as illustra-
tive of the way in which Self-Gov-
ernment works, indicating its val-
ue as well as its failings. The dif-
ferent decisions rendered will
show how carefully the individual
as well as the circumstances are
considered.
Speakers will be presented to
review the part they play in de-
termining the solution of prob-
lems. Pat St. Lawrence, '44, will
speak as the head of the Self-
Government Association and Ali-
son Merrill, '45, as a member of j
the Executive Board. Deborah,
Cassidy, '44, will show the part
played by a hall president and
Barbara Kistler, '45 will speak as
a permission-giver.
Salvemini Urges     r
Freely Developed
Republic in Italy
Victor Emmanuel's Abdication
First Step in Correcting
Mistaken Policy
Goodhart, February 8�"The
Italian people do not want an im-
ported republic", declared Dr.
Gaetano Salvemini in a talk on the
political future of Italy, though
"the idea of a republic is not
strange to Italy but a long stand-
ing tradition." Pointing out that
neither King Victor Emmanuel
nor the Allied command represent
the will of the people, the speaker
outlined a plan for independent
political development.
Such development, he felt, would
probably take the form of provis-
ionally elected local governments
during the war, and election of a
National Assembly to determine
the permanent form of govern-
ment after it. This policy on the
part of Britain and America in-
volving immediate abdication of
the King, would make amends for
our blunders in Italy to date. The
greatest blunder was "playing
ball" with the King and Badoglio,
as Dr. Salvemini showed by citing
the records of these men.
The King was Mussolini's will-
ing accomplice for twenty years,
and just as guilty as he of helping
Franco, becoming Hitler's ally
and attacking France, England,
and the United States. Marshal
Badoglio was commander of the
Italian forces through all these
actions, and did not resign, the
speaker pointed out until he saw
that the war was hopelessly  lost.
Both Badoglio and the King have
a long line of betrayals behind
them, and have earned the hatred
and contempt of their people, Sal-
vemini stated. No logical reason
can be given for harboring either.
The Marshal's much talked of '�
army is non-existent, and we are
absurdly trying to reorganize it,
while refusing the aid of eager,
anti-Fascist, anti-royalist volun-
teers.
New Radio Station in Pern East Basement
Opened to Form Network with Haverford
By Joy Rutland, '46
Station WBMC joined the net-
work with a figurative champagne
bath given by Miss McBride, an
honor appropriate to the initial
program on Bryn Mawr's first ra-
dio station. The time was Wed-
nesday night, the scene was Pem
East basement, where large scale
operations during the holidays
have opened new vistas in the_ ra-
dio world of Bryn Mawr and Hav-
erford. After the official christen-
ing, the last three presidents of
the radio club, Louise Horwood,
'44, Alice Minot, '45, and Margaret
Browder, '45, added their welcom-
ing words, and WBMC joined
WHAV to operate together as a
network.
For this transformation, Bryn
Mawr is indebted to the efforts of
a number of Haverford boys who
have been working on the new
studio between classes ever since
this fall. The Undergraduate As-
sociation gave the Radio Club $100
for expenses. The location in Miss
Henderson's office was selected as
the only sound-proof room on cam-
pus. In the daytime, this will con-
tinue to be the scene of diction con-
ferences, and Miss Henderson's
other operations, but every night,
Monday through Thursday, from
8:30 to 10:30, Bryn Mawr will
broadcast from its own studio.
Programs on the new network
will be much the same as usual.
All programs requiring sound ef-
fects, such as the "Play Parade",
will still be given at Haverford, as
the Bryn Mawr studio .does not
have these facilities. Dramatic
monologues and record programs
can be given here, though, without
the problem of transportati6n to
haverford. It is also hoped that
more of the faculty will be able to
appear, since the studio is now
within easy reach.
In spite of an independent scene
of operations, the Bryn Mawr Ra-
dio Club is depending on Haver-
ford technicians to keep things
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