College News, 1944-05-10, Vol. 30, No. 25

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VOL. XL, NO. 25
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1944
Copyright, 1 ruatcet of
Bryn  M.wr Collrv-. 1844
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Simons Discusses
Germany's Future
As World Problem
Allied Compromise Needed
For Successful Peace
Settlement
Goodhart, May 3. Pointing out
the difficulty of agreeing with
Russia and Great Britain on the
kind of society or economy that
should be imposed on Germany
after the war, Dr. Hans Simons,
Dean of the New School for Social
Research, emphasized that we can
agree on letting the people "decide
for themselves within the limits
of our own security and standards
of decency." The future of Ger-
many, he said, depends primarily
on forces outside of Germany, but
it cannot be built without the Ger-
mans.
Contact
Speaking at the ninth War As-
sembly, Dr. Simons stated that the
greatest problem that will con-
front the United Nations after the
war will be "to establish contact
with the people through individ-
uals of our own choice." We must
not make the mistake, he contin-
ued, of insisting on a democracy
for a people that has been unused
to taking an active part in politics
for many years. "We must main-
tain a 'political vacuum' in Ger-
many," he said, "by insisting that
the forces which surrender should
cease to be politically responsible."
The problem of the peace will
be of world -concern ami will rest
upon a successful compromise of
American, British and Russian de-
vices. The settlement, Dr. Simons
said, must be made by two groups
with different philosophies which
are almost equally strong. Russia's
insistence on a second front shows
her willingness to cooperate and
puts the United States in a posi-
tion to have a word in the peace.
The crimes of the German at-
Zontinued on Ptgt J
141 Students Choose
Del Vayo as Favorite
War Alliance Speaker
The campus response to the
war assembly poll sponsored by
the News, showed a surprising
lack of interest in that only 141
students answered the questions
presented. Of these 141, some ten
students acknowledged that they
had been to none of the assemblies,
and a good third of those who ans-
wered had only been to three or
four. Only eight students had
been to all the assemblies.
The poll is as*Jfollows:
1.    Did you go to all the war
assemblies? Most of them? A
few ?      None ?    .
2.     Which speaker did you pre-
fer? (Number first, second and
third choices):
Alexander Frey
Kate Mitchell
Claire Wilcox
Mr. McKinnon
Hans Simons
Gaetano Salvemini
Robert Valeur
Agnes Smedley
Alvarez Del Vayo
Why?
3.    Next year would you prefer
to have the emphasis placed on
national subjects (inflation, taxes,
etc.) or on international subjects?
4.    Would you prefer assemblies
which give general background
material or more detailed and ad-
vanced discussion of a subject?
5.     Do you think Wednesday is
the best day for these assemblies?
Could you suggest a better one?
Better hour?
6.   -Can you suggest particular
speakers whom you would like to
hear?     Particular subjects?
7.    Would you want more speak-
ers next year?    Fewer?
Of the speakers, the most pop-
ular^was Alvarez Del Vayo, who
spoke on Spain and the W*r, fol-
lowed closely by Hans Simons and
Gaetano Salvemini, discussing The
Future of Germany and The Po-
litical Future of Italy, respective-
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Watson Tells Value
Of Mineral Deposits
In World War Crisis
Merionites Guzzle Beer at Saunder's Barn;
Kraffert's Saloon Opens in Pembroke East
By Patricia Platt, '45
A spirit of revelry last Stfnday
exuded in unorthodox ways from
Merion, Pern East, and Rhoads
(although the latter managed to
keep its outward dignity). It re-
sulted in spontaneous upheavals
both internal and external and
some interesting products of im-
agination.
On opening the front door of
Pern East, the eye was confront-
ed by a sign on the mailbox read-
ing "Ever had an Arsenic Julep?
Try one: stop at Kraffert's sa-
loon (Marines in free)". Enticed
by this message the curious also
found notices of other imaginary
establishments spreading down the
first floor corridor. Like mirages
in a desert, saloon signs appeared
on every door along the route to-
wards Dalton. They misled ad-
venturers to expect: "Down the
road a piece�Foster's Faucet (al-
ways running)", or urged that they
"Follow the broken beer bottles to
Matilda's messy mansion."
Kraffert's seemed to have the
best publicity agent of all the im-
aginary enterprises. The lavatory
door sported the message "Not
yet! Stop at Kraffert's first". In-
side were two little messages of
cheer "How are Your circles this
morning?" and "Have you a head?
They're missing one at Kraffert's
saloon".    Having     escaped      this
scylla, the voyager met charybdi3
in the form of two neatly painted
signs saying "Sheriff" and "W. C.
T. U." on the last door. Finally,
around the corner, the largest and
most emphatic signs announced
that the goal was reached and the
play was over.
What caused this mushroom
growth of mirage oases? We
cluck our tongues, but there was
something in the air on Sunday
conducive to epidemics.
Merion expressed itself by em-
barking on a beer picnic at Saun-
der's barn (the first in history).
Unfortunately the population at
large, not knowing that B. M. had
made a brief detour back to the
age of fable, misinterpreted this
consumption of booze on the Sab-
bath. Merionites found a recep-
tion committee consisting of a
pious individual who hung around,
shocked to the core, outlining the
evils of imbibing.
In Rhoads, amidst a scene of
dignified couples swaying to the
strains of the vie, peace reigned.
This is only an instance of the
irony of fate. When thirsty danc-
ers retired to the punch the sad
truth Was discovered. Someone or
something had managed to inter-
cept and consume the orange juice
on its way to the punch bowl, and
the result was quite adequately out
of this world.
Park Hall, May 9. "In order to
win the war, we are destroying
our national heritage," said Mr.
Watson, speaking on "Mineral De-
posits and World Affairs." Pro-
duction of silver and gold has been
greatly decreased since the war,
but production of coal and petrol-
eum has of necessitj been great-
ly increased.
It should be noted, Mr. Watson
pointed out, that the greatest
abundance of coal and petroleum
deposits are in North America
and the United States, Europe and
the Near East, and in the Soviet
Union. There is no great abund-
ance of deposits in South America,
Africa, or Asia. Thus, although
the Japanese are developing some
petroleum deposits on Mindanao,
the so-called "Yellow Peril" could
be easily controlled commercially
if the Japanese were prevented
from obtaining further mineral
deposits.
Looking to the future of the
United States, Mr. Watson said
that there is a supply of bitumin-
ous coal large enough to last for
two thousand years at the present
rate of consumption, though the
supply of American anthracite
will last only one hundred and
sixty years more.
"Probably the peak petroleum
production in the United States,"
he said, "will come in the last year
of the war, even though we hurt
our own fields." Wartime depletion
of our petroleum supply will cause
a rise in price and a decrease in
the use  of petroleum.
lappen Takes Singing, Acting Honors
In Brilliant Production of Operetta
James Will Discuss___
Spanish as Vocation
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Concha Romero James, chief of
the division of intellectual coopera-
tion of the Pan-American Union,
will speak on "Vocations Using
Spanish" from four to five o'clock
on Friday, May 12 in the Common
Room. Mrs. James will stress the
use of Spanish as an auxiliary to
other professions, and all those in-
terested in using Spanish, partic-
ularly history, politics, economics,
and language majors, are invited
to attend. The lecture will be giv-
en in English.
Born in Mexico, Concha Romero
was one of the first Latin Amer-
ican girls to be educated in thi3
country. Discouraged by the
University of California, she wrote
to the president of Scripps Col-
lege, who answered that he was
! interested in her but there were
I many reasons why a Mexican girl
would find work in an American
college extremely difficult.
In her ignorance of English,
Sra. Romero read the letter's first
line only; she packed up immedi-
ately, arrived at Scripps College,
and announced that the president
was interested in her. Since no-
body knew what should be done,
she was allowed to stay. She
learned English and finally secured
her degree, thus breaking the way
ifor other Latin American girls
wanting a higher education.
Sra. Romero then married an
American and became interested in
the Pan-American Union, long be-
fore many people realized its im-<
portance.
Calendar
Thursday, May  11
Dance Club:   Rodrigo,  Wynd-
hani Garden, 9:00.
Friday, May  12
Tennis match with Swarth-
more, Varsity Courts, 3:00.
Spanish Club: Concha Rom-
ero James, Vocations Using
Spanish, Common Room,
4:00.
Dance Club, Rodrigo, Wynd-
ham Garden, 9:00.
Sunday, May  14
Catholic Club, Common Room,
4:00.
Outdoor Chapel: The Rev.
John B. Walthons, Chaplain
of the U. S. Military Acad-
emy, West Point, Deanery
Garden, 7:30.
Monday, May  15
Tennis match with Cynwyd
(at Cynwyd) 2:30.
Tuesday, May 16
Current     Events,      Common
Room, 7:15.
William    Henry   Chamberlin,
The   Sweep   Toward   Empire,
Roberts     Hall,     Haverford,
8:00.
Modern Dance Club
Joins Tail's Troupe
With Recital in Gym
Conference
Miss Ella Harris will discuss
"Summer Jobs in Community
Organizations" on Tuesday,
May  16, in  the  Deanery.
Gymnasium, May 3. "The mod-
ern dance has proved by its vitality
in the past twenty years that it is
here to stay," declared Malvena
Taiz in an introductory talk to a
recital of her students here and
her Philadelphia troupe.
The Bryn Mawr Modem Dance
Club consists of Virginia Grace
'44, Georgianna Wiebenson '45,
Alice Minot '45, Joy Levin '47,
Beatrice Patt, Spanish instructor,
and Elizabeth Emerson, graduate
student. The club opened the pro-
gram with a series of leaps, after
which two members of Miss Taiz'
group expertly illustrated exer-
cises in three positions. The club
then interpreted a Ravel waltz
very smoothly.
Miss Taiz danced a solo, "Go
Continued on Pagt 3
Ability and Spirit Shown
In Supporting Parts
And Chorus
Specially Contributed by-
Mary Hemphill, '44
Goodhart, May 6. The spring
production of the Mikado marked
a brilliant renewal of the Gilbert
and Sullivan tradition at Bryn
Mawr. The Glee Club put on a
show which, though hardly fault-
less, was given with a spirit cal-
culated to warm the hearts of the
most hardened of G & S fans.
Top honors for all-around acting
and singing ability go to Katherine
i Tappen '44 for her Ko-Ko. In stage
presence and in consistency of
performance she rivalled the leg-
endary Terry Ferrer (class of '40),
All the "men" are to be congratu-
lated on their singing of roles, in
many cases considerably out of
their voice range. This was es-
pecially true of Nanki-Poo- (Lu-
cretia Duncan '46), who neverthe-
less carried the part very well. The
Mikado (Margaret Hilgartner '46),
not suffering from this difficulty,
played the vicious Emperor of
Japan with obvious gusto and a
spine-chilling laugh.
Chorus
Credit goes to Miss Cook for
the excellence of the two choruses,
and to Mr. Alwyne, whose direct-
or's hand was visible in many de-
lightful bits of stage business, such
as Ko-Ko's chugging automobile
pantomime in the second encore
of "Here's a how-de-do", and in the
skillfully-executed love scene be-
tween Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum
(Sarah Beckwith '46).
The Three Little Maids were a
most engaging trio of Japanese
ingenues. Pitti - Sing (Margery
Richardson '46) almost stole the
show from Yum-Yum, but the lat-
ter held her place by her poised
coquettry and silvery voice; Peep-
Bo (Elizabeth Potter '46) made
the most of her small part. A
ridiculous contrast to the Little
Maids was provided by Pooh-Bah
(Marion Neustadt '44), who was
entertainingly pompous, especially
in "his" down-sittings and up-ris-
ings.
The Stage Guild deserves cont-
Con tinned  on   Ptge   i
Sprites and Gnomes, Wizard With Famulus
Jealous Idiot Lead Rodrigo to Tragic End
By Mary Virginia More '45
The nucleus of the matter is that
Wyndham has a garden; so,
through Wyndham they wax and
wane ... in the front door, out
the back . . . the cast of Rodrigo!
A piano under a tree, a ramp of
multi-colored lights, a bare clear-
ing�the piano's first chord ... a
sudden thronging to life, and
Rodrigo has begun. From over the
hill come dancers, bearing a mam-
moth flower-chain, and among
these, recognizable as "villagers",
we quickly spot the hero, all white
and satin, wearing a crystal chain,
and the heroine, we would suppose,
because he puts his chain around
her neck. Next come a black and
red "tempting devil", an idiot, and
an "Aunt Sourpuss". Not until
later do we meet a greedy Wizard,
his "famulus", and gnomes and
sprites.
Slightly abashed, In the second
scene we see our resplendent hero
appear drably dressed, accompan-
ied by two "sinister pals", sneak-
ing off into the night and obvious-
ly up to no good.    To be rich in
the daytime, he robs at night, we
gather. Our next most vivid im-
pression is that of the heroine,
heartbroken, in a filmy nightdress;
she has found out her lover's
double nature. Through nine
scenes, the theme of the story de-
velops�Rodrigo's sin which only
the pureness of Louise can redeem,
and the resurgence of the Idiot's
fatal jealousy when all seems
well.
We light upon a scene where
Rodrigo .whose .cheeks are pain-
fully swollen, (moral: crime does
not pay), is advised by the long,
lanky Wizard to seek a cure from
the Gnomes. A gong accompanied
by sounds as of hammering indi-
dicate the hour's solemnity, when
from the hill approach slowly-
moving green, red and yellow lan-
terns. The lanterns reveal a mass
of heel-toeing white legs, vague-
ly reminiscent of frogs' legs.
The story of Rodrigo was adapt-
ed from an old Chinese fairy tale
by Mr. Schumann, whose composi-
tion is based on a leif-motif sys-
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