College News, 1944-10-25, Vol. 31, No. 05

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The college News
VOL. XLI, NO. 5
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1944
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Dewey Defeats Roosevelt in Student Poll
Faculty and Staff Favor Roosevelt
With 48 Votes Against Dewey's 18
J. C. Bell Discusses
Dewey's Proposals
For Lasting Peace
Free Enterprise Will Rule
Administration
Says Bell
Dewey
Social Security Aid
In Full Employment
Discussed by Burns
Film of 'Our Hearts*
Scheduled to Appear
In CollegeAuditorium
Goodhart, October 24. Present-
ing the second of two coordinated
war assemblies, the Honorable
John C. Bell, Lt. Governor of
Pennsylvania, emphasized Dewey's
belief in the American system.
Stating that winning the war, ob-
taining a fair and durable peace,
and an effective domestic policy
are the problems that the next
President must solve, he attempted
to show how Dewey could be
more  efficient   than  Roosevelt.
As for winning the war, Bell
asserted that the President is of
minor importance because that is
a problem which is and will con-
tinue to be left to the military and
navy personnel. He said that the
war can be prosecuted more effec-
tively, however, under a Dewey
administration where bureaucratic
hampering will   be  eliminated.
Negotiation of the peace does
not depend on one man, said Bell,
but it is dependent on the Presi-
dent and a two-thirds majority
of the Senate. Bell fears that
Roosevelt will "sell America's
shirt" and betray the small na-
tions, whereas Dewey desires a
just peace to preserve small na-
tions and an expression of the
ideals of the American people.
The domestic issue is primarily
a conflict between a Roosevelt-
centralized-planned-economy and
a Dewey-free-enterprise-economy.
A future Roosevelt administration
was cited by Bell as a system un-
der which millions of war workers
and soldiers will be jobless. Dew-
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Goodhart, October 23. "For
many years to come, modern so-
ciety will need social security as
a safeguard to insure full employ-
ment," said Dr. Eveline Burns in
the second of the Anna Howard
Shaw lectures on Social Security
in  an Expanding Economy.
In the first place, said Mrs.
Burns, this program is needed as
a continuing safeguard against
times when full employment may
not be completely realized. She
warned against the optimism
which prevails in many circles to-
day concerning the possibilities of
expanded production in the post-
war world. This current spirit of
optimism arises from the presence
of a dammed-up consumer demand
backed by a considerable amount
of war saving, and the confidence
of the optimists in a large foreign
demand following the conclusion
of hostilities.
Optimism
Dr. Burns attributes her guard-
ed and long range optimism to
several considerations. The total
amount of savings available is
much less than people generally
suppose, and a good deal of the
existing savings are in the pos-
session of large financial organ-
izations which are often very re-
luctant to invest those savings.
In addition, the volume of for-
eign trade is likely to decrease a
good deal when the foreign coun-
tries which are accepting our
goods are in a position to repay
their debts.
Mrs. Burns also feels that "a
social security program is an in-
dispensable mechanism to insure
a certain amount of purchasing
power in the event of temporary
dislocations." The ''vicious cir-
cle" of economic depression, re-
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The movie production of the
book, Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay, by Cornelia Otis Skin-
ner and Emily Kimbrough, will be
shown at a special performance
in Goodhart Hall on Friday, No-
vember 10 following its Philadel-
phia premiere on Thursday, the
ninth.
Philadelphia Opening
Opening in Philadelphia at the
|*Aldine Theatre, 19th and Chestnut
streets, the presentation of "Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay"
will be accompanied by personal
appearances of as yet unnamed
persons. The seats are all re-
served, selling for $2.00 and $3.00,
and tickets can be purchased at
the Publicity Office here, at Haly's
on Chestnut street, or at the Al-
dine Box Office. The' profits from
this performance will go to the
Special Scholarship Fund of the
College.
Tickets for the special perform-
ance in Goodhart, to be sold in
the Publicity Office, will sell for
$.85 (first four rows), and $1.00.
Paramount and Warner Bros,
have restricted the sale of tickets
to Bryn Mawr College, Harcum,
Baldwin, and Shipley Schools.
Students are, however, permitted
to bring guests.
Freshmen Compete
For Hall Play Prize
Student Volunteers Scatter to All Points
To Fulfill Promises to New U.V.A.P. Program
by Marcia Dembow '47
The U. V. A. P. has gotten off
to a relatively roaring start on
the campus since its inauguration.
Students are tearing off in all di-
rections to perform their various
duties.
Some are striding to the Bryn
Mawr Hospital moving noiseless-
ly in their white, rubber heeled
shoes, their skirts swishing "mid-
way between the calf and the an-
kle." The brawnier � crew is head-
ed for the farm lands, clad in blue
jeans and shirts. Many other
large groups are headed for Phil-
adelphia to work with the F. E.
P. G, while their friends run over
to Goodhart to roll surgical dress-
ings.
Most of the activities under the
new program have officially begun
and are being supported by all of
those who previously signed up.
Twenty-three Nurses Aides go
tramping off to the Hospital two
evenings a week, while sixteen
girls have already finished the
course and are working in near-
by hospitals. Also, a canteen class
is being taught by Miss Gardiner
for those  who   are interested    in
such work. Another group is do-
ing cafeteria work at the Bryn
Mawr Hospital.
Newly organized, the Industrial
Group is going into Philadelphia
to work with the F. E. P. C.
These students are beginning with
clerical and statistical work and
then are going to visit unions
where they will study labor votes
and labor views.
The farm group has already
been out to Newtown* Stjuare corn
husking and received remunera-
tion for its work. After spend-
ing three hours in the cornfield a
few Fridays ago, stripping the
corn from its stalk, it returned to
the halls to find corn-on-the-cob
for -supper. As they hauled the
golden ears up to their hungry
mouths the farmerettes did not
appreciate the dietitian's sense of
humor.                         �
Many of these volunteers are
serving dual roles in the U. V. A.
P., combining several activities.
Many people are expected to give
blood when the Blood Donor Unit
comes to Ardmore, November the
sixth through the tenth.
Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 26
Main Line Forum: Robert J.
Watt: Labor in a Free Dem-
ocracy, Roberts Hall, Haver-
ford, 8:15.
Friday, Oct. 27
Varsity Hockey, Beaver, Hoc-
key Field, 4:00.
Undergrad Movie.
Music Room, 7:30.
Tri-County   Concert   Associa-
tion:  Julius    Schulman,   vio-
linist,   Radnor   High   School,
Wayne, 8:30.
Saturday, Oct. 28
Latin   Play,   Double  Trouble,
Goodhart, 7:30.
Latin      Department      Party,
Common Room.
Sunday, Oct. 29
Interhall Hockey, Pembroke
vs. Rhoads, Hockey" Field,
3:30.
Monday, Oct. 30
Current Events, Common
Room, 7:15. Shaw Lecture:
Dr. Eveline M.' Burns, Assur-
ance of Income: The First
Step Towards Security, Good-
hart, 8:30.
Republicans Lose Heavily
In Graduate Landslide
For Roosevelt
German Club Ceases
Activity Due to Lack
Of Student Interest
The Freshmen of Rhoads, Rock,
Pern East and West, Denbigh,
Radnor and Merion will again
compete for the plaque annually
awarded for the best one act play.
The performance will be given on
November third and fourth in
Goodhart, and will be judged by
a group of faculty.
Both Denbigh and Pern East
have chosen plays by Barrie;
Denbigh, Half an Hour, and Pern
East, The Lady Shows Her Metal.
Denbigh's play will be directed by
Caroline Seamens '47, helped by
the Freshman director, Jane El-
lis. Doreen Huritz '47 is direct-
ing Pern East's play with Eliza-
beth Cameron as Freshman direc-
tor.
Under the lead of Estelle Mor-
rison, who produced the winning
Freshman play last year, Merion
is putting on The Birthday of the
Infanta by Oscar Wilde. The
Freshman director is Jane Cod-
dington, and the head of costumes
is Vera Tozzer.
Rhoads is giving Trifles with
Pat Acheson '46 directing, and
Janine Landau and Louise Shel-
don assisting. Shaw is the au-
thor of Rock's play, Man of Des-
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Elections
The Sophomore Class takes
pleasure in announcing the
election of the following offi-
cers for the year 1944-45:
Emily   Evarts,   President.
Mary Lee Blakeley, V. Pres-
ident.
Ellen Sheperd, Secretary.
Ann Matlack, Song Mistress.
The German Club has, for the
present, been disbanded by the
joint decision of its members. It
will continue to function to the
extent that its bi-monthly teas
will be held, but the Club will
merge itself into the activities of
the German house.
Discouraged by the scant re-
sponse to an opening tea and a
lecture, the president and vice-
president of the club, Dorothy
Bruchholz '46 and Margaret Ur-
ban '47, have decided to discontin-
ue club activities until attend-
ance by interested students justi-
fies a renewal.
It is hoped that the state of
disinterestedness from which pos-
sible German Club members are
suffering can be remedied in time
for the Christmas Play.
Of 392 undergraduates voting
in the campus poll conducted on
Monday, 198 students voted for
Dewey, 177 for Roosevelt, and 18
for other candidates. Of these
only 38 are registered voters.
Among the faculty and staff,
Roosevelt received 48 votes, Dewey
18, and another, one, while two re-
mained still undecided. In the
Graduate School, Roosevelt won
with 20 votes and Dewey trailed
with five.
It is interesting to note that in
the 1940 election, 314 students sup-
ported Willkie, and 146 Roosevelt,
a much greater Republican major-
ity as well alS a larger response to
the ballot. The faculty in. 1940
voted almost as they do in 1944:
49 for Roosevelt, 18 for Willkie.
Willkie was more popular with the
graduates than is Dewey; they
gave Roosevelt 30 votes in 1940,
Willkie 28.
Party Affiliations
Broken ,down into party affilia-
tions, the poll indicates that 168
undergraduates are Republicans,
110 Democrats, 90 Independents,
f8 Socialists, four ^Communists,
and one belonging to no party. Of
the faculty and staff, 27 are. Re-
publicans, 27 Democrats and 15 In-
dependents. Of the graduate stu-
dents, nine are Democrats, eight
Republicans, seven Independents,
and two belong to other parties.
When analyzed according to
classes, the poll reveals that as
they go up, the classes prefer
Roosevelt. The Class of 1945 cast
35 votes for Roosevelt, 25 for
Dewey, and two for others. The
Class of 1946 gave Roosevelt 37
votes, Dewey 33, and others seven.
To Dewey the Class of '47 gave 62
votes, to Roosevelt 52, and to oth-
ers three, while the Freshmen reg-
istered 67 votes for Dewey, 45 for
Roosevelt, and six for others. Could
it be, we wonder, the influence of
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Roosevelt 'Acts With His Ear to Ground',
'Makes Progress While Running', Say Polls
By Patricia Platt '45
The News poll found the prodig-
ious Mr. Roosevelt catching up on
Paul Bunyon when "he acts with
his ear to the ground," makes
"daring, visionary moves," and
"carries weight internationally."
One student even wants to vote for
him because of the "progress made
in his years of running." With
such physical accomplishments, no
wonder that he has "gradually be-
come an ego-maniac." How cynic-
al in contrast is the wistful reason
for voting for Dewey; "There is no
fool like an old fool!"
Dewey cannot evoke such pic-
turesque prose. Instead, reasons
for voting for Roosevelt on his ac-
count were usually terse. A mem-
ber of the faculty finds "Dewey's
mustache" sufficient justification
for being a Democrat. A searcher
after truth complains that after
much trying she cannot find what
Dewey stands for, and another just
gives up and aays "Dewey is preT
tending."    Perhaps  the   most   in-
teresting reason for voting for him
is that he has "the prettier wife."
In addition he is a "damn sight
more honest, even if he is ruth-
less�ad nauseum."
The poll netted a fascinating col-
lection of little gems of charming
nonchalance. A Senior felt that
"Dewey is not capable of taking
over the reigns in this time of con-
fusion." Even nicer is the opinion
"I'm agin' age and self-perpetra-
tion in office." The perplexing case
^f a retarded prodigy came to light
when a student marked her class
as 1942, then proceeded to stat*
that she was not old enough to
vote.
Mingling with more strident
voices were some sad souls and a
number of downright pessimists.
Pathos appears in the reflection
"Don't like Roosevelt, Dewey, or
Fala." From the faculty came
"Cannot stomach Ananias and
Sapphira." Our hearts go out to
the unhappy dreamer with no par-
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