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XLIX 2311 WELLESLEY, MASS., DECEMBER 12, 1940 No. 12
Philosopher Will Choir Will Lecture on Orient And Philosophy ""Family Portrait" To Engage Sing Twice Under the joint sponsorship of the Departments of Philosophy and For Vespers Art, Dr. Freidrich Spiegelberg, Talents Of Barn Actresses authority in the fi eld of orient2.l Alumnae Dance to Follow Choir Will Sing Works Of philosophies and religions, will dis cuss "Philosophical and Religious Barn's Production Of Palestrina, Bach, And Ideas Exemplified in Hindu and " Family Portrait" Holst at Vespers Buddhistic Art" in P endleton Hall tonight at 8 :30 o'clock. Celebrating the story that is the In an attempt to eliminate the source of the whole spirit of Christ Dr. Spiegelberg is the author of crowded conditions of past years, mas, Barnswallows Association numerous publications of a philo will present Family Portrait at Christmas Vespers will depart sophic and religious nature. Hf. W inter Formals in Alumnae Hall, from tradition this year when the has written on Hatha,-Yoga and Friday, December 13 and Satur College Choir presents two identi Raja-Yoga, w2.s co-editor of Tlw day, December 14. The play em cal services, Sunday, December 15, Bible of the World and a contri phasizes the universal significance at Houghton Memorial Chapel. butor to the German Encyclo of the life of J es us, but is not &. The first is to be held at 11 a. m., pedia. sermon or a Sunday school lesson. and the second at 7 :30 p. m. Dr. Douglas Horton of the General Formerly associate professor at In the leading role of Mary is Council of Congregational and Dresden, Dr. Spiegelberg has Joan Guiterman '42. Other femi Christian Churches, New York, taught at Columbia and the Uni nine leads are Naomi, Ruth Na will conduct the service on both versity of Rochester. He has lec gel '42; Mary Magdalene, Mar occasions, and the Choir will re tured widely throughout the United garet Westheimer '41; Reba, Pris peat its morning program in the States, and has made a special cilla Blackett '42; and Mary Cleo evening. study of the relation of philosophi phas, Nancy McLaughlin, '42. As cal and religious ideas to Indian the posters announce, there is an From H eaven Above to Earth and Chinese literature and art. "able male cast," several of whom Come by 'Bach, and the Christmas have appeared in past Wellesley Motet of Palestrina, as well as productions. English, German, Dutch, and 'l'here have been some changes Polish carols will be included in Miss William8 To in the cast as announced in the the progr2. m. The Choir will also last issue of News. They are sing three selections by Holst. Jn Director and Members of "Family Portrait" Ca~t Daniel, Frank Soule; a child, Mar dir ist F reicde by Bach, and the Talk on Strategy Standi·ng: Priscilla Blackett '42, William Hughes, Ruth shall Murray; Mathias, Warren "Pastoral Symphony" from Han Na,gel '42. Sitting: Mr. Manulis, Director. Weldon; Amos, Robert Drepperd; del's Messiah will be played on the Miss Judith Williams, Professor Joshua, Jack Roberts and Nathan, organ by Miss Margaret Mac of History, will cent.er attention on the Mediterranean aspects of the Edgar Rices. Donald, Instructor in the Music 1 Department. war in her discussion of "British Verse Choir to Give Senio _s - ~It y l'ry After the play is over Satur Students are urged to cooperate Interests in the Mediterranean," Varied Program For day night, there will be a dance by telling their off-campus friends Monday, December 16, at 4 :40 p.m. For E~s y P ·h:e ' in Alumnae Hall, which may be of the double vesper service, and in Pendleton Hall. Christmas Offering supplemented by a dance in Sev erance. The orchestra will be that by attending only one of the ser Basing her discussion on cur The Departments of History and The Christmas r ecital by t he of Don Gahan, who has played at vices. rent British war strategy in the Political Science again offer two many Wellesley festivities. ·The backing of Greece and the block Verse-Speaking Choir tomorrow prizes which will be awarded at d::corations will h2.ve a Christmas ading of Italy, Mi ss Williams will will mark the continuation of an CommencEment and are open only Freshmen to Complete motif. point out the political and eco annual custom and the first appe a~ - to Seniors. The Erasmus Prize Tickets are 1.00 for the dance, Election of Officers nomic interests leading to Br it in H istory is for the best paper 2. nce on campus of this year's 50 cents for the Friday perform ain's present action, giving a brief on some historical subject using The final election of the minor group. They will be assisted in ance of the play, and 75 cent~ for review of the historical back mainly source material while the officers of the Freshman class will the program which will take pl2.ce t he Se.turc!..i.y presentation. ground. Woodrow T-v' ilson Prize in Modern take place i.n P w lletc' Hall at jn the Chapel at 4 :40 p. m. by a Poli tics is for the be t paper on 3 :40 p.m., Thursday, December 12. Miss Williams' lectur.e will be choir of children from the Alex some political phase of t he nine At this meeting Nancy Dobson, the third in a series of talks on ander Hamilton School in Brighton. teenth or twentieth centuries. Choir Singers Revive president of the Sophomore class, topics of cunent inter est spon While the r ecital will include Rules governing the contests Old Madrigal Customs will present t he o·avcl to H elen sored by the Departments of Hi- a number of old favorites, such are: By Joan Pinanski Torbert, the new F reshman presi- to1·y, Economics and Political Sci- as I S aw Three Ships, Sing in E x 1. Papers must be left in Room "Supper being ended, and music dent. ence, and Forum. celsis Gloria and the reading from 118, Founders Hall, not later than books being brought to the table, Chapter 11 of St. Luke, it will May 31, 1941. the mistress of the house present also feature a good many pieces 2. Competitors must submit two ed me with a part, earnestly re Behind-Scenes Work Contributes new to Wellesley, including some typewritten copies of their papers. questing me to sing. But when, in costume. The children, whose Each copy must be signed by a after many excuses, I protested ages r ange up to eight, will give pseudonym and must specify the that I could not, everyone began To Success of "Family Portrait" several poems alone and with the prize for which it is submitted. to wonder; yes, some whispered to choir. By Rosalie Goldstein 3. Papers must be properly docu others, demanding how was I The members of the college mented, must contain critical bio. . brought up." This is a fair warn While the stars of Family Por stead of the flowing robes usually choir are Louise Belcher '43, Jane graphies, and must be based, as ing which News r eprints from the trait get their pictures in the associated with Biblical characters, Dewey '43, Suzanne Easton '43, far as po sible, on source material. Plaine awd Easy Introduction to papers, and th~ director has his and could belong to any period or Patricia Ennis '43, Eleanor Flet 4. No paper may be submitted Practical Music, written by name on posters, the builders of to no period. "The women are cher '43, Anne Jacobs '43, Bever for two prizes. Thomas Morley in the days of sets, the p2.inters of scenery, a~d ly Logan '43, H elen McConnell Queen Elizabeth. Lest they should dressed in print percale skirts and 5. No honors paper or 350 the sewers of costumes remam '43, Alathena Smith '42, Marcia be caught in a similar predica blouses," said Anne, "and the men paper may be submitted. No semi anonymous. Without them, how Van Kirk '43, Dorothy Walbridge ment, eight Wellesley students in wear Lord Byron shirts - pink nar p2.per may be submitted fol" ever, the actors would have to '43, Dorothy Whitcomb '43 and 1935 formed a madrigal group and or pistachio color." t he Erasmu prize, while no semi tread bare boards, and the show Louise Wilde '42 for the dark learned how p1·operly to "hold Because of the exotic back nar paper covering the work of .could not go on. voices, while t he light voices are their part." At present Welles ground of the play, Mary Shaugh more than one semester may be Elizabeth Adams, '41, Gloria Bos ley's madrigal singers number Designing and building the sets nessy '41 and her helpers on the submitted for the Woodrow Wil- has been one of the most impor Prop Committee have had to go etti '42, Allene Crissey '43, Doro on Prize. twelve, all Choi1· members selected thy Dann '42, Elizabeth Deem by a special competition. They tant parts in the production of on a series of wild goose chases. 6. The departments reserve the '41, Sally Eaton '42, Grace Gos have performed frequently on and the play, since there are four They almost gave up in despair right to withhold the award in changes of scene. Under the nell '43, Dorothy Kerr '43, Nellie off the campus, on the radio, at when they heard that they had to case no paper is sufficiently ex leadership of Marjorie Burns '41, Jane Mellow '43, Ruth Monroe rtarvard, and for Alumnae Clubs. g t a fig tree for oriental atmos cellent to merit the prize. a committee has designed a set '43, June Nesbitt '43, Priscilla Last Sunday Tower Court heard phere, but after several expedi Last year the Erasmus prize for the Last Supper, one for the Rowley '43, Katherine Tanch '43, them, and next Sunday they will tions, they came back in triumph was awarded to Natalie Grow for interior of J esus' home, and one and Margaret Winslow '43. Or entertain Munger. with part of a tree that was blown her essay entitled John Lilburne, that c£nters about a well. There's Madrigals are songs with a, down in a hurricane. At first, gan selections will be played by Pr opagandist for the People's Lib also a "flying" wine-shop, which Charma Davies '41. Miss Cecile poetic text and three, four, or in their zeal for authenticity, they erties. The Woodrow Wilson prize isn't half so supernatural as it de B2.nke, Assistant Professor o:t' more vocal parts. They became were going to place figs on the was won by Shirley Heidenerg for sounds. Mary Atlee 141, who Speech, is Director of the Welles very popular during the sixteenth branches, but finally decided to use her study of The Campwign oj heads the building committee, ex cut-out paper leaves instead. ley choir and M1·s. George F. Macy and seventeenth centuries and the plained that "flying" just means 1896: A S tudy c,f the Nominating Under the unassuming title of directs t he children's group. best poetry of England and Italy that the set is lower ed from the and Electoral Processes. Stage Manager Barbara Beury was chosen as texts. Popular son ceiling. With the technical advice '42 does so many things that she nets and other lyrics often had of Mrs. Elwell Cobb, Wellesley C. A. to Entertain All feels like a cross between a three Dr. Bainton Will Speak several musical settings. They girls, in the traditional blue over ring circus and a switchboard. She Wellesley Employees On Freedom of Thought were published in "part-books," alls, have h2.mmered so many nails has to see that everyone comes to The annual Christmas party, one for each voice, and sung by and sloshed so many gallons of Dr . Roland H. Bainton of the groups of amateur soloists seated rehearsals, a duty which involves given .each year by the Christian paint that their muscles bulge Yale Divinity School will sp.eak on around a table. Wellesley madri endless telephone calls. She do es Associ2. tion for the employees of from the exercise. "The Fight for Freedom of galists follow the Elizabethan tra the prompting. She makes notes the college will be held again this Thought," Monday, January 13, at dition by rehearsing about a table More dainty and feminine is the of all the "business," so that when year in the ballroom of Alumnae 8 :00 p.,m., in Pendleton Hall. although the custom is not always work done by the Costume Com director and actor disagree, she Hall, this evening, from 8:00 to Dr. Bainton is Professor of Ec practical for performances. mittee, headed by Anne Living often finds herself playing as 12:00 p.m. An orchestra wiil pro clesiastical History and a well Katherine Cox '41 directs the stone '41. Even their task has Her r ef ree. Finally, she corrects mis vide music for both folk and ball known authority on the subject of campus madrigal group. "Madri culean proportions, however, for takes made by the cast, as in the room dancing, and the guests will religious freedom in the sixteenth gals are lots of fun," she explained. over 40 costumes had to be made, case of the girl who was so ab b.e further entertained by a floor century. His book on th.e attitude "They are charming and simpl~ so whole troops of experts in hem sorbed in the date that she was show and community singing. Re of the Church towards war is to music." Her favorites include the ming and backstitching have going to have at ten o'clock that freshments will be served. be published shortly. I been toiling away. To emphasize she insisted upon calling the mal ~ All employees of the college and lovely Silver Swan by Orlando The lecture is sponsored by the Gibbons and Love Learns !Jy the universality of the theme, the actors "Bob", instead of "Morde their children al'e invited to at Department of History and the costumes are "nondescript", in: cai" or "Joshua." tend. College Lecture Committee. (Continued on Page 10, Col.1) 2 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 12, 1940
open only to juniors and senior who have had no previou work in the department. In this Lament By B. A . '42 Member way the work can be approached from a more mature point of view, and more extensive of the college student who is in 14ssociated CDUe6iate Press reading can be accomplished. W e feel that an unfortunate academic predica D istributor of such a course would be an extremely profitable ment during the general rush one, and would be welco med enthusiastically which precedes the Christmas va Colle5iafe Di5est by the many students who would otherwi e cation. .-l!PftllBllNT E D IWO lt N A TIONAL A DV ERT ISING BY complete a co ll ege education without any study On t op of everything else National Advertising Service, Jnc. there is, College Publishers Repr1sentat1ve of literature. I've j ust been assigned another 4 2 0 M A DISON AVE. Nlli:W Y ORK, I'll . Y. quiz. ClllCA•O • Bo no• • LOI All&ILH • SMI FRANCISCO Later Than We Think That woman Caps and Frowns WELLESLEY, MASS. DECEMBER 12, 1940 Ain't human! To tho e already familiar with M ein Kampf Sincerely, W. Willkie Edltor·in·Cliief ...... Elizabeth Cox Green '-11 Managing Editor ...... Josephine Bonomo '. 41 and the fanta tic grandeur of • azi schemes in W ell esley does Maine and Ver News Editor . . .. Margaret Wright 41 Feature Editor .Anne Blackmar '41 general, the recently published speech said to Free Press mont one bet ter. An ardent Repub .l\'Iaku·up Editor ...... Hel.aine . Kapla n :41 All contributions for this column lican in Severance is the proud Literary Editor . . Virg m1a H o rn 41 have been delivered last May to a group of high Exchange Edit-Or . . . l!Jllen B ooth '41 must be signed with the full name possessor of a letter from Wendell Associate Editors ...... B e verly Andrews '42 Nazi officials by Edward Darre, German min of the author. Initials or numerals Willkie. She received the letter Joa n Pinanski 42, D a wn Ludington ·42 Assistant Editors ...... a omi As chel' '42 i ter of Agriculture, came as no gr at surprise. will be used if the writer so after writing Mr. Willkie, enclos J ean Pinanski '42, Patricia L a mbert '42 desires. ing a clipping from the News tell Reporters .... . Beth Kula k ofsky '43, R enee Trilling '43 Nonetheles , the vehemence or Darre's speech Mary Wolfen den '43, Ch a rlotte Dean '1.:l The Editors do not hold them,.. ing the r esults of the college el ec Rosalie Gtildstein '42 Rosa mund Wilfey '42 and the validity of it prediction to date, were selves responsible for statements tion and a poll which she took in Elizabeth White '42, Sa ll y .Al orn ' 4J Henrietta Freed '43 a little nerve- battering to many Americans who in this column. her own room, which resulted in Assistant Reporters Bernice Brand '42, 1£lizabe th Louis '42 Contributions should be in the twenty-four votes for Mr. Willkie, Gra ce Smith '42, Mary McAleer '43 have worried vaguely about "The \Var," yet Letty R eigner '43, Ann Riegelrna. n ' 43 hands of the Editors by 11 a. m. one for Mr. Roosevelt, and one for Hele n Webster '43, Joan Dawkins ' 44 stalwartly clung to the idea that the old order on Monday. Owing to space limi Mr. Thoma s. She sent h er letter Mary Eliza beth Edes '44, L en a Kiekbusch '44 Jean W erner ' 44 cannot change. According to H rr Darre, the tations, letters should be limited to special delivery air mail to Mr . Art Critics . . . .Ca roline Cross '41, Judith Rothschild '13 $00 word&. Willkie's home address and re A. A. R epresentath'e K ath e rine Sprunt old ord r i due for a very swift change into C. A. Represcntath' e . . . . R ose \Vest 'a. !'roll a blend of the Middle Ages and Buck Rogers's ceived an answer typed on his pri Forum Representative ...... Jean Pinanski '42 vate stationer y without any secre Drama Critics .. . . Janet Callaha n ' 41, . -ancy Chis ler '41 25 th century. Foreca ting with accuracy the l\1 u sic Critic ...... B a rba. ra Pre ntice '41 Clarify the Issue tary's initials. Although very brief, Pllotogra.pher ...... Grace Horne r ·42 fall of France within a few weeks, Darre goes it expressed his appreciation and Cartoonists . . . Doris F orsbrey '43, Cathe rine Marx ' 44 To the Wellesley College News: Lois Riegelman '44 on in a darkly oracular tyle to predict the gratitude for her letter. According to a recent Gallup Business Manager ...... Adelaide de Beer '11 xis conque t of Europe and Africa and the Advertising Manager Janet Nifenecker '41 poll, 83 % of the American p eople Crime Doesn't Pay Assistant Advertising l\Ianagers . . . Marguerite Herman '41 establishment of a brave, new world of Nazi want the United States to stay M. Cicely Church '4 2 Byrn Mawr College r ecently out of war. Many of these people Circulation· l\Ianager Janice Overfield '41 lords and non-Nazi slavei:: . added to the overwhelming evi Credit Manager ...... Elizabeth Titus '41 have been supporting the William Recorder ...... B etty Semple '42 Once this 20th century tyle of feudalism is dence that "Crime Doesn't Pay." Allen White Committee, sincerely Business Editors ...... Adeline Hall '42, Virginia Kineke '42 The College N ews of that school Virgini'l. Reid '42, Carol Steiner '43 installed, G rmany will have economic control believing that they could thereby Assistant Business Editors Anne Mather '43 "Keep America Out of War by commissioned a certain student t o Helen McCulloch '42, J C' an Potte r '43 of the world and will be able to force the U. S., subscribe to the services of E li za beth D a ile y '42, B etty Brown '42 Aiding t he Allies." These people u urper of the gold that "rightfully belongs" to "Student Services, Ltd." for "an were greatly shocked, two weeks Published weekly, September t0 .Tune, except during ex important philosophy paper which Germany, to her plutocratic knee , increasing ago, when the "new policy" of the amniations and school vacation periods, by a boa rd of stu would have direct influence on the dents of Wellesley College. Subscriptions, two dollars per l William Allen White Committee annum in adva nce. Single copies, six cents ea ch. All con our re ent 7,000,000 unemployed to 30 or 40 t erm grade." Not only did t h e was expla ined on a coast-to-coast tributions should be in the News office by 11 :00 A.M. Monda y million. term paper come back with scorch at the latest, and should be addressed t o Elisabeth Cox Green. hookup by Dr. James Bryant Co All advertis ing m a tter should be in the business office by Whether or not thi plan will ever materialize n ant , President of Harvard Uni ing comments and a grade that was 2 :00 P.M. Monda y . All a lumnae news should be sent to lower than the paper the student The Alumnae Office, Wellesley, Mass. All b usiness com in fu ll, no one can tell. But anyone can ee that ver sity. Said Dr. Conant: " The munications and subscriptions should be sent to t h e '117elles word 'all possible aid to the Allies' had written her elf, but t he paper ley College News, Wellesley, Mass. it is a lot more liable to turn into an actualitv if was below the class average. Enter ed as escond-class matter, October 10, 1919, at the mean exactly what they say. Then Post office a t Wellesley Branch, Boston, Mass.. under the Great Britain is defeated. Last week we advo 11.ct of March 8, 1879. Acceptance for mailing a t special there are no reservations on our rates of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October cated economic sanctions as one weapon again t p.-e dge. (Emphasis not from Dr. Sleep King 3, 1!117, authorized October 30, 1919. Con ant) It then becomes a matter the Axi ~ . Thi w ek, with Britain's plight Perhaps as a challenge to Har of strategy, and strategy only, vard's fish-eaters, Duke University growing more severe and no peed-up in U. S. when, if ever, material aid must boasts of its "Sleep King .'' It Broaden the Scope aid to England apparent, de pite much di cu - be supplemented by naval and seems that a young Freshman has sion on the subject, we advocate increased military assistance." taken to sleeping anywhere that For many year Art 215 and 216 and Music A significant statement - and Morpheu overtakes him, from materi al aid. F ear of its involving us actually 206 hav been among the most popular courses indicat ive of the deliberately di bureau drawers to closets to his in t he college curriculum. E ach spring above m ar eem negligible. The Nazis will not rected trend under way in this study table. The crowning event quota number of students throng to sign up fight us until they are ready, as the destroyer country to draw us into the war. of hi ca-r;eer wa the night that No longer is the total participa t he Freshman spent in a l aundr y fo r t hese courses, student who have never be deal has proven. It must not be forgotten that tion of America in the war - bag under a sh ower. fore studied art or music. No matter what their while we are aiding Britain, she, in a sense, is "naval and military assistance" major, girls are eager to learn thumbnail fighting our battle. If Britain wins, we will not a matter of public policy upon Family Relations sketches of the lives of uch widely known and which the American people have admired artists as Beethoven, Brahms, Michel have to fight-if she loses, we stand alone. a r ight to decide; it is only "a At Judson College, Marion, Ala angelo, and Raphael. More than that, they Anti-war sentiment is rife and we applaud it. matter of strategy.n bama, t he members of the Fresh man and Junior Classes have wish to be able to recognize and to pot the par We do not feel , however, that we should let it Are we to permit this life-and carried the family relations idea death question to become a matter ticularly famous compo itions and paintings of place us in a position where war demands be further than the "Big Sister" at of strategy alone? If the William W ellesley. Representatives of each these men, also to appraise intelligently those come more inevitable in the future. Aid for Allen White Committee favor::; works formerly unseen or unheard. The e of the classes, a junior bridegroom Britain must have national support. William American entry into the war, ·it and a freshman bride, are joined cour s are well-known in the co ll ege as serious should come out into the open. Allen White' Committee to D ef end America by in a mock wedding, symbolizing t he surveys, designed to meet the needs of students The American people have a right love and loyalty that will bind thE: Aiding the Allies is one of the forces working to know whether they are being who are interested in the subject, but who are two classes together. unable to take more than une course. Inevit toward t his end, trying to put across an issue steer ed into a wa1·. Moreover, the ably the que tion arise , "Why not a similar t he succes of which depends on t he peed wit h decision of going to war belongs, through Congress, to them. This From 'Bad to Verse course in literature?' ' which it goes through. Only public opinion can is a plea for sanity in student From Sarah Laurence, Bronx That there is no uch course at present is give the plan the final impetus. If you believe opinion; we must not be led blind ville, New York, comes this timely a ·ource of disappointment and regret to large in the United States and aid to Britain, won't folded into t his war! g em: number of undergraduates who would welcome you expre your opinion on the News ballot Ann Lincoln '41 Though I knit 2. nd I purl the opportunity thus given to broaden their Mil:dred Socarny '41 Like a good little girl which will be left in your room today? general cu l~ur e. Curriculum Committee re B everly Andrews '24 All my spirit's gone in for sub port and tudent conversations have shown This i your country; your world is at stake. mersion; that there are many who would like to study College Issue Not Trivial For my nights are exceedingly Dull and I pleadingly literature but who cannot find a course, open To the W ellesley College N ews: Ask for a form of di ver sion. to them without prerequi sites, which is not Speak Up! Although we appreciate the im Oh, I'm sor ely chagrined- highly specialized. A student who can spend The Senate meeting Monday night wa a con portance of studying world affair3, For h e's gone with the wind only one year on literature does not want to And it gets m e decidedly daft vincing demon tration of the fact t hat democ we do not agree with Mr. Curtis pend that time on one writer, or even on one in his belief that problems of the (not to m ention distraught) century. The need for a general survey, which racy till work , a far a W elle ley is con college community should seem When I think of the thought perhap dwell upon contemporary writers as cerned. Although Senate meetings have always insignificant to u s at this moment. That the wind in this case ;_s a dr aft ! well a upon the ancients i clearly indicated, been open to the student body, few have availed The need of maintaining a n ormal inter est in college work and prob and is at present being considered by the litera themselves of the privilege. The re ponse Mon lems as an investment in the fu Tech Men Rise Early ture department. The eries of extra-curricu day night, however, was extremely gratifying, ture of the country seems evident. Evidence of the success of the lar lectures that are in the offing is welcome, and should clear up permanently t he popular We do not believe that college stu C. A. Barn dance for Tech men but not adequate to the needs of those students dents should become overly-Bn and W ellesley Freshmen is r e who e knowledge of literature is well nigh misconception t hat spectators at Senate are not grossed in the fascinations of war vealed in an article in The T ech nil. allowed to speak. and so sacrifice the ordinary, which r eported that at 9 :00 in the Speak they did Monday night, with intelli work-a-day process of completing morning, when the invitations to We hould like to make our suggestion as their educations and building char to t he nature of the proposed course. It is the affair w ere to be g iven out, gence and enthusiasm. The discussion waxed acter. The News is fulfilling its "thirty-two men were patiently true that English Literature is a vast field, vehement particularly over the question of function in the discussion of col waiting." and one which is hard to reduce to thirty week 's giving up desserts for war relief, with some hold lege problems; we prefer the work. From Beowulf to Huxley in even two opinions of the N ew York Times Fair Play ~ emesters of easy le sons would be quite a ing out staunchly for the dinner cakes and pud upon world affairs. Specifically, The tables were t urned at Los leap, but we feel t hat an approximation of dings, and others swinging far to the other side, the practice of taking attendanc-3 and penalizing those absent shows Angeles City College when the th! could be attained. There has been criti even advocating one-dish stew meals in the in professors told what they disliked ci m that . uch a course would have to be too distrust of t he student's sense of terest of helping the hungry war victims. Al values, in that it deems him in a bout the students. On their list general, and would become merely a repetition they had obvious apple polishing, though no final decision was reached in this capable of choice. A consideration of t he literature work done in preparatory wise guys who sit in the back row matter, other points on the agenda were com of this question does not seem school. We think that this need not be so. trifling. and make cracks at the instructor's pleted, and each student who attended had t he 4 Members of 1941 r emarks, and girls who try to use W e suggest that the course not be made a their beauty to help them attain . begin.ning cour e in literature, but that it be satisfaction of publicly upholding her views . (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) higher grades. WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 12, 1940 3
College Pledges M. Guislain Grows Lyric,al About THE PEREGRINATING PRESS $9,955 To Fund 1Vew England Charm of Wellesley Service Fund reports that 1483 By Naomi Ascher members of the college c_ommunity ------~~-~------~ Gallic gallantry is not the reason lesley's New England charm, .but have pledged a total of $9,955.86 than turnino- to a more senous ~ ERRY liked the song of the :It) ADIO announcers cause Perry to the Fund this year. This in for M. J can-Marie Guislain's smil ..fP freshman as she stepped from D much consternation; only yes ing statement that he prefers to subj~ct, disc~ss e d his wish to ~m cludes contributions from 186 fa press young people with the im the scale: "I'll never gain again." terday one of them announced the culty members and 1297 students. t :)ach girls, as they are more ma the next piece as the Burlesque in ture and more interesting than portance of the arts. "Now is the - 0- The pr oceeds of the Faculty Coun D Minor. col.egc men. The tall grey-haired timJ for you to acquire an in VEN the absent minded pro try Dance, $187, and of Wellesley 1.r: -<>- Frenchman assured us that he t :: rest" he declared earnestly, ex ~ fessor has nothing on Perry. Formals, $1600, bring.s Service's Perry has d.ecided that his Polit found girls as a group more in plaining that everyone has the The otl;er night he left his tub total to $11,742.86 for this year. ical Science teacher really has a terested in art and in poetry - his spark of interest which can either running for a half hour, then sort of youthful cynicism about The pledges mark an increase of own interests - and in cultural die or develop into something rushed in expecting a flood to his class ever since the day when $915.84 over last year's pledges. subj ects in general. which will enrich his life. He overwhelm him, only to find that he advised them to take a trip to Red Cross pledges were $627 for finds that he can retire to another he had forgotten to put the stop the Reformatory. the entire college. "The individual boy with abil w c.,rl;d through poetr:y-4 P~p lle per in the tub. ity," he explain"d, "p2rhaps one habitually live on different levels, - 0- Four individual houses reported A male friend of Perry's who was pledges from all their students: in twenty, may delve more deeply and the arts enable them to be :l!) EALLY, P erry couldn't help in the living room as the 10: 00 Cazenove, Homestead, Little, and into these subjects, may have more on higher ones. ~ shuddering the other day p.m. bell rang, r eceived a most dire ability, but girls in general are when he heard a Freshman telling Shafer. The pledges by houses Now he plans to settle down in threat from the head of hous.e. far more interested and interest Am:.rica, possibly near Boston, but a friend that she hadn't put any are as follows: "You'll have to leave immediate ing." These are encouraging words before the war M. Gui.slain, a na footnotes in her source theme, be ly,'' she said, "or I'll give you an Number Amount to a former "female seminary" cause sh.e felt they detr acted from t ive of Breucq, lived in Paris. Al irregular ity!'" House Pledging Pledged w11. ich has lately been deserted for though he painted and wrote, he the originality of her m agnum Beebe 85 $388.11 Chicago and Princeton by certain opus. )fl OUTH will find a way. Perry also did some t eaching and would Cazenove 88 $567.05 of its professors! like to do yet more. He finds the -0- ~ was much imvressed by the Claflin 95 $343.25 young; F r eshman who puffed her M. Guislain has been visiting most striking difference between Perry found it the enitome of Crofton 17 $67.50 firs t cigar ette, swallowing all t he W ell '.? sley for the last two weeks American and French colleges in something or other when he over Davis 81 $328.50 smoke in the process, so she could and regrets that he has not had the college life. There everyone heard a student ask her date what Dower 35 $111.00 write an Eng lish Comp. theme on his paints with him to record the commutes, while the American col their destination was to be. "Oh Eliot 46 $125.00 her experience. beauties of the snow on ou r lege is a community which offern just put down 'aimless'','' he re Elms 25 $115.00 campus. He reflected, however, much in college life besides classes. plied lackadaisically. Perry the Pressman Fiske 1 $3.00 that h e undoubtedly would not Although he prefers not to ta1k Homestead 36 $126.25 have had time to use them be politics, M . Guislain did voice his Little 27 $154.48 t ween lectures on painters and de: p belief that France will rise Students Report Their Senate Discusses Plan Munger 111 $428.20 poets. He enjoys lecturing here ag ain, as she has in the past. If Favorable Reaction to For Giving Up Desserts Noanett 56 $383.80 but is hamper ed by the shortness a number of peo}Jle think anything Norumbega 54 $152.80 of time, again, both for his own t hen their thoughts must be turned Full Help for Britain To Aid War Relief Fund Pomeroy 88 $289.50 prep aration and for delivering into action. But M. Guislain soon The college Senate, meeting Severance 125 $607.20 the speeches. turned the subject back to Welles- Luella LaMer '41, Jane Behnke Monday evening, December 9 in Shafer - 9·0 $445.00 The artist and poet grew quite ' ley, which is apparently something '43, Margaret Skillman '43, and the Coll eg e Government Office, dis Stone 83 $298.50 lyrical in his appreciation of Wel- h e enjoys talking about. Louise Guggenheim '41 reported on cussed the advisability of follow Tower Court 208 $810.22 ing up the suggestion that the the ninth annual conference of the Washington 31 $100.00 coibge give up one dessert a month, Commuters 61 $40.50 Printing Lecture Marks College Editors Voice New England International Rela contributing the money thus saved tions Club held at Brown Univer to the War Relief Fund. Anniversary of Origin Opinion on Greek Stand sity last week-end at the Forum T he Senate decided that owing M. Guislain Lectures On Dr. Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt Against German Attack tea in T. Z. E. Wednesday, Decem to the compar atively small per The Times and Art Of commemor ated for Wellesley "Five Can the battling Greeks keep centage of the student body ans ber 11. The Painter Delacroix Hundred Years of Printing" in an their standard aloft in the weeks wering the questionnaire recently to come? Undergraduate editor The political and social unrest The representatives from 36 published in the Wellesley College illustrated lecture at Pendleton iµ.li.sts are voicing quiet hope and present in France in the first half ' ''e:,ws, no defimte action could be Hall, Monday, December 9. The many words of caution in their colleges including Harvard, Boston of the nineteenth century found taken until the college had been quincentenary of the invention of diEcussions. University, Bowdoin, Smith, Col polled in an official ballot. Dur expression in the art of that periorJ, p1'inting with movable type is es by, Tufts, and Middlebury divided mg the discussion, it was sug according to M. Jean Marie Guis "The effect of the Greek resis into four discussion groups which gested that students go even fur lain, who lectured on "Delacroix pecially significant at this point in tance on the morale of both the considered "American Policy in ther than the proposed surrender and His Time," Tuesday, December world history, stated Dr. Lehmann democracies and the totalitarian ing OL desserts, takmg occasional 10, at 4:40 p.m. in the Art Lecture Haupt, since it signifies anew our countries will probably be inestim the Far East", "American Policy Hall. mexpensive stew dinners in the able," s ~ ys the Wisconsin Daily in Latin America", "American At "devotion to freedom of thought." pi ace of those r egularly served. M. Guislain sketched rapidly the Cardinal." It means a tremendous titude Toward War in Europe'', Aiso discussed was the problem political situation in France dur He traced the rise of printing loss of prestige to Italy and to and "Democracy." The general of posting notices of cases. tried ing the half century following the from scrolls of ancient Greece Mussolini, who apparently thought before the .Superior Court in places conclusion reached in all groups Revolution, emphasizing especially through Medieval manuscripts to he could march down to the Pele where people commg in from out the effect of Napoleon's defeat on modern publications, touching on was that United States should aid ponnese with no more more trouble s.ue Lue co11eg<:l could read them. France; but he said that France stimulating factors in its develop than he encountered in Albania. to the utmost all the democratic The Senate decided that in tne was stopped "in body but not in ment, such as the eighteenth cen To the German people it demon 1uture sucn notices would be posted countries, England, China, and mind." tury period of cmlightenm.~nt, the strates that the might of the bully Greece, and be ready to go to war m 1ess conspicuous places. The work of Delacroix he prais origin of novels for pleasure read nations isn't invincible. The Acha if necessary. Carolyn Jonnson '43 was chosen ing, the invention of daguerreo eans of 1940-the lineal descen to r'°pr.,;Sell'c W euesley at the an ed especially for its vibrant quality, the use of color to achieve type photography in 1839. dants of the defenders of Ther However, a large minority of nua1 rn c e~mg of tne N ationa1 Stu cohesion, and the manner in which · mopylae, of Marathon, of Salamis, students felt that an aggressive u c:n~s .l:' ·eaeJ.·a110n which will be Industrialization of printing in may once again save the West for foreign policy with definite com he1d m New. Jersey. forms of nature are employed, not the nineteenth century, as Dr. civilization." mitments to one side weakened slavishly, not photographically. Lehmann-Haupt pointed out, is of M. Guislain also admired Delacroix America's position, that it would primary significance, yet compli At Syracuse, the Daily Orange Wellesley Choir Gives in that he was intelligent, yet in be wiser for us to play Russia's cated modern machinery has not declares that "with Britain's re t:oncert With Combined painting he allowed his instinct to game of "watchful waiting", and succeeded in suppressing crafts cent material admission of extend play the stronger part. to exert diplomatic pressure in or College Choral Groups manship altogether. Hand print ed aid to struggling Greece, the der that the United States would The Wellesley College Choir pre ing, especially effective in color, world wonders no longer about the be strong enough to take part in sented a concert Samrday eve Dr. Cadbury Discusses photographs and drawings, book validity of John Bull's promise of peace settlement after the war. mng", December 7, at Worcester, Positive Approach To bindings still add artistic value assistance to the staunch Balkan The student n:~iction w:as joinmg with choral groups of to publications, country's resistance to the yet un generally fa\:orable to the speech Pembroke, M. I. T ., and the W or Doctrine of Pacifism proved legions of Mussolini. of Professor Max Lerner of Wil cester institute of ·1'echnology. "Pacifism grows out of the liams College who urged full fac Miss Margaret MacDonald, J!Il Christian philosophy of life, and s ~ructor in Music at W.e11es1ey, di Mrs. Gregorian to Show tory and psychological aid to must be expressed through deeds Miss Cook Will Serve Britain. "It is the fight within rected a porc10n of tne program. as well as words," stated Dr. Hen Exhibit at A. K. X. House the individual, the fight between The music includE-d works by Sibe ry J. Cadbury, Professor of the Mrs. Arthur T. Gregorian '34, a Term on Health Council the potential Fascist and the po lius, Hach, and .t<.andall Thompson. New Testament at Harvard Uni member of Alpha Kappa Chi, will Miss Marion Cook, As.sistant tential Democrat which worries 'l'radit10nai Christmas carols of v.ersity, who spoke on "Pacifism, hold a Persian Exhibit at the Professor of Hygiene and Physical me most," declared Professor Ler foreign countries were also pre A Positive Approach,'' in a meet Alpha Kappa Chi society house Education, has been appointed rep ner. "In the last war they ex sented by the Wellesley singers. ing sponsored by the Peace Fel Friday and Saturday, December resentative of the New England ploited man's hatred of war and lowship Service at Agora, Sunday, 13 and 14. This exhibit was pre Health Education Association on turned it into hatred of the enemy. Dr. Lahey Lectures On December 8. viously on display at the Christ the 'Massachusetts Central Health Today we are turning hatred of Plastic Surgery Work Dr. Cadbury declared that it was mas Bazaar. Council for the years 1941-1943. war into appea~ement." Professor the duty of every pacifist to fight Lerner, former editor of the Discussing recent developments against all war measur.es of the Nation charged that Joseph P. in medicine and particularly in State. The State is :iegative when Kennedy, former ambassador to the field of surgery, Dr. Frank it interrupts the Christian way of H. Lahey, Head of th.e Lahey life of an individual, Dr. Cadbury STUDENTS! Great Britain, was "doing an enor mous disservice to his country" by Clinic in Boston, spoke in Pendle believes. Pacifism, on the other When in town brush up on Dancing expressing his pessimistic views ton Hall, Friday evening, Decem hand, is not negative, when its .ex ber 6, under tne sponsorship of on England. ponents resist war actions of the the College Lecture Committe.e. State. at Special Holiday Rates Jii (f Illustrating his lecture with ~ Professor Lerner stated, "It is In conclusion, Dr. Cadbury stat • During the holidays, as soon as you not incompatible to have an ag slides, Dr. Lahey showed how re ed that at a time when his be searches into the science of plastii:: reach home, plan to visit the Arthur gressive foreign policy and democ liefs w~re so unpopular, the paci Murray Studios and arrange for a few surgery had made possible ex racy at the same time... Our fist must be prepared to make sac lessons. You'll enjoy learning the latest great fear is not fear of invasion, traordinary operations in the rifices to maintain his beliefs. Rumba and Fox Trot steps. In just a but invasion of ideas affecting the grafting of skin. He told also few hours you'll surprise your partners struggle within the individual." about recent operations in which with the thrilling new steps. Gain poise nerves have been transplanted Sophomores to Discuss and confidence. Special low rates are from one part of the body to an offered to all students! Enroll as soon other. Annual Tea Dance Plans Get Your Tickets For as possible and be a good dancer in Considering medicin.e and nutri The Sophomore Class will hold time for your next party. WINTER FORMALS tion, Dr. Lahey discussed briefly a meeting at 4:00 p.m. in Billings, the importance of the vitamins, Thursday, December 12, at which -NOW- revealing the recent discovery of plans for the tea dance will be ARTHUR MURRAY the new Vitamin K. discussed. '1 East 43rd St.. New York 4 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 12, 1940 Dr. Nelson Walke Will Out From C. G. f:omment German Club Entertains Index Speak Before Physical Dreams and Theories With Medieval Morality What ls the Single Cosmopolitan Club Education Association Visits to Department Stores Play and Carol Singing The Massachusetts Society of the There will be a Christmas pro Transferable Vote? On Deeember 11, American Association for Health, Invitations have come from the Deutscher gram meeting of the Cosmopolitan R. H . Macy Company in New York Physical Education and Recreation The single transferable vote is a V erein presented a medieval mor Club, Monday, December 16, from and L. Bamberger & Company in will hold a m eeting at Boston voting device now widely used in ality drama from Austria, Tot 7 :15 p. m. to 8 :30 p. m . at Tau Newark to all students, particu University in the School of Edu Zeta Epsilon. Refreshments will larly the seniors, to make tours of our co ~ ~ge elections which was entanz. The cast included Marie cation Building, Friday, December be served. the stores during t he Christmas designed to secUI'e election of of H aff enreffer '41, the Angel; Vir 13, at 8:00 p.m. At this meeting, Faculty Men's Club holidays. g inia Kracke '41, Death; Mar Dr . Nelson Walke, Director of fic ers and representatives by ma The Faculty Men 's C ub will Macy's offers tr ips "behind-the Physical Education for men at jor ity rather than plurality vote. jorie Curts '42, t he Young Man ; have a dinner at the W ellesley scenes" daily from Monday, De Boston University and Director of In a simple plurality vote, the Ma r ia H errera '41, the King; Ann Country Cl uh, Friday, Decembe1· cember 16, t hrough Saturday, J an Sarg ent College of Phys ical Edu candidate who receives more vote.s W hite "42, th e Old W oman; Char 13, at 6:15 p. m. uary 4. The tours ·will start at cation , will speak. m a Davies '41, the Young Girl; Horton Club 10 :30 each morning, a nd any stu than any other person is declared Miss Ruth Elliott, Profe sor of Hannah Schiller '42, the Farmer; The Horton Club will hold a dent who plans to join the groups elected, even though sh e has not H ygiene and Physical Education Ellrn Luberger '41, the Soldier; m eeting Sunday, December 15, at sh ould be in the T rnining Depart secured a majority of all the votes and Director of the Department and Ellen H olman '42, the Mother. 5 :30 p . m . a t Horton House. ment on the sixteenth fl oor at t hat cast. This obviously is not a de of H ygiene and Physical Education Alliance Francaise t ime. No advance not ice need be sirable r esult, and for that reason Mrs. Gertrude Lasch Wyatt, who at W ellesley College, is the state Members of the Alliance Fran g iven . Although no final selection College GoveTnment has adopted h s r ecently given three lectures representative on the legislative caise took part in a program of of candidates for the Training the sing le transferable vote for at Wellesley College on the s ub council of this organization. She Christmas customs and songs a nd Squad is made at this time of year, all its elections. j ect of German phonetics, directed a play at Tower Court , Monday, is also a member of the executive students who wish a personal in By employing this device, it is the play. For several years sh ~ commit t ee in Massachusetts. was m ~ mb e r of t he staff of Max Decc: mber 9, at 7 :30' p. m. Non terview with Mi s MiTiarn Conklin now necessar y for the voter to a member s were invited to attend. to discuss opportuni ·ie should ca t one ballot, leaving to the Rei nhardt's Drama School in Interfaith Group Air Show Demonstrates write t o her in care of the Train counters the necesrnry recasting of Vienna. Preceding the play, the G· rma n Department gave a dinner The Inter f ait h Group met in ing Department for an appoint ballots to secure a majority for Life Story of Aviation for Mrs. Wyatt and her husband. the Christian Association Loung e: m.ent. on e candidate. The voter, in our Refreshm n ts a nd the singing W ednesday, December 11, at 4 :40 From Bird to Airplane Bamberger 's in Newark, New example, list s her three choices in of old Germa n Christmas carols p. m. In a traveling air show, "From J er sey, offers h•; o tours through the order of her preference were also part of the evening's en Italian Club Magic Carpet to Rocket Ship," t he st ore: one Saturday, December marking thm one, two, and three. te:-t a inment. The Italian Club held a Ch rist presented at W ellesley Tuesday 28, and the second Monday, De The counte:rs separ ate the ballots mas meeting, Monday , D ecemb ~ r evening, December 10, in P endle cember 30. Each f these t ours into three different piles according 2 at 7 :30 p. m., at Shakespeare ton Hall, Mr. Richard Thayer , begins at 10:30 a .rn. While Mr. to fi r st choices. If, on the fi rst osto:n Experts to Rate House. Aeronautical Engineer of the H eider, the Management Council counting, one of the three candi Officials in Swimming Newman Club F ranklin Institute of Philadelphia, lor, is particularly interested in dates already has one more than The Newman Club m et Tuesday, told an action story of aviation member s of the senior class, he half of all the votes cast, sh e is The Depar tment of H ygien.e and December 3, from 6 :00 to 7 :30 from the bird to the mo t modern will be g lad t o talk with any stu automatically elected. H owever, Phy ical Education and the Boston p. m. at t he Alpha Kappa Chi plm1e. Pictures of fl ying birds, dents interest ed in mer chandising. if no one has received a m a jority, Boar d of Swimming Officials will House. taken at one tweive-hundredth of Students should call at the Train then the candidate with the least sponsor an Offi cials' Ratino· Ses a second, demonstrated flight in ing Department on t he ninth floor number of first choice votes (re sion a t t he George Howe Daven natu re. Methods of fli ght were following the tour of the sto1·e. ferred to as Candidate C) is elim port Swimming P ool Thursday , Dr. Tweedy Admonishes shown by complete miniature fly- · inated. The voter who indicat ed January 9, from 8 :00 to 9 :30 p.m. Men to Face Facts And ino· models. Also demonstrated Societies Plan Spr ing C a s her first choice is now given Miss B 1· e11 da Boynton of Boston Keep Faith With God were: visible air flow, different a chance to choose between the Univ.ersity, Chair man of the Bos types of fliers, how and why the Programs at Meetings two remaining candidates by st at ton Board of Swimming Officials, Dr. H enry Hallam T weedy, of airplane flies, and th e action of The various societies held their incr a second choice and this 1s will speak. Members of the Beard the Yale Divinity School, speaking the miniature gas engine. second p r ogram m 2etings of the exactly what she has done on her will r a t e prospective swimming at Houg hton Memorial Chapel, The air show, pr.esented at Wel fdl Satu rday, December 7; at ballot . H er vote is then transfer officials. Sunday evening, December 8, chal lesley under the auspice of both which t ime t he members m et in red to t he candidate whom she has lenged the people of t oday with the Physics Department and the t heir r espective houses, and dis marked a s second choice. W hen cussed plans for semi-open pro chance to have h er vote count in living only a fraction of their College Lecture Committee, was Candida te C's votes have been grams in the spring. the last analysis because she is lives. He compa:r.ed the waste of under the management of the Ju transferred to the r em aining ca n Agora held a discussion on given a chance to ch o ~se between human lives with the devastation nior Town Hall. didates, the one who has received a Am ::: rican democracy and govern the r emaining candidates if her from erosion and dust storms. ma jority of all votes ca st is elected. ment . Alpha Kappa Chi quizzed first choice is eliminated. Because Men are wasting, not only most Hygiene Depar tment Will its memb e r~ on t he classics. At T his example refer s to an elec this is a democratic process, it is of their inher ited abilit ies and Sponsor Christmas· Party Phi Sigma, Miss Elizabeth Man t ion where there are only three worthy of our attention and inter many tangible things, but, mor e The Hygiene Department an waring, Professor of English candidates; but it may be used in est . By under.standing these t ragically, t heir sense of right and nounce a dinner for the m embers Composition, spoke on Yeats, and the same manner when more can methods in a sm all college com the supr.eme values. of the department, including both Mi s Emma Denkinger, Assistam; didates are on the ballot. The munity, we may apply them to the The r emedy which Dr . Tweedy faculty and students, to be held in Professor of English Composition, great advantage of this voting de larger problems of elections out advised is, first, to face facts and the private dining room of Tower poke on John Synge. vice is that it gives each voter a ~ i de of college. accept only what is true, and sec Court, Tuesday, December 17, at Member s of Shakespeare pre ondly, to keEp faith with the God 6 :30 p.m. The gathering will be a sented two scenes from Much Ado of spir it, of lig ht, and of truth. Christmas party, and guests will About N~thing, the play which play table games during dinner. they plan to give in full in the Polish Women Plead For The two most recent doctorates in spring. Some of the members who Immediate Deliverance the Hygiene Depart ment, Miss formed the cast were Ruth Buck Elizabeth Beall, Assistant Profes ley '41, Barbara Remy '41, Mary From German Cruelties sor in Hygiene and Physical Edu Ha ll '42, and Alice Guyton '41. Ruth Nagel '42 read a critique on The Committee of P olish Amer cation, who holds a degree from th e play. ican Women, representing Polish Columbia University, and Miss R. Tau Zeta Epsilon listened to im women's organizatiens in Amer Eleanor Metheny, Lecturer in Hy pressionistic music of Ravel and ica, has r.eceived from the wom en giene, who received her degree last summer from the University of Debussy. Society members posed of Poland ar. appeal to the women in interpretations of works of im of the world, and especially to l'owa, will speak after dinner. Miss Beall will review her thesis, pressionistic painters. Models in those of the United States. The cluded Jane Becton '41, Willye committee has forwarded t his ap "Anthropometric Measurements and Succes.s in Physical Activities," White '41, Anne White '42, Jar. peal to W ellesley College in the ice Murchie '41, and Edith Mc hope that colJ. ege women may help and Miss Metheny will discuss · "Recent Research in Grip Strength Cracken '41. The painters repre "raise a powerful voice in America sented were Cezanne, Gaug in, and in t he name of ma rtyr ed Poland and Breathing Capacity in Pre School Children." Van Gogh. Zeta Alpha listened to which, f etter.ed and strangled by t he r eading of various plays by the militar y might of two enemies, Philip Barry. is unable to speak for hHself." Movie Portrays Drama In this appeal, the women of Of Mississippi River Outing Club Plans Two Poland state how they live in fear The Economics Department of t he day when, though the Al sponso1·ed a showing of the Pare New Outdoor Fireplaces With money given by the Ath lies may have won the w ar and Lorentz movie, The R iver, Friday, letic Association the Outing Club Poland may be free, there will be December 6, at 4 :40 p. m. in is planning to build outdoor fire no Pole living. "The objective P endleton Hall. This picture is a places which will be open to the a nd the endeavor of the G.ermans dramatic explanation of the im use of the student body. Th e is t o exterminate and to destroy portance of the Mississippi River plans include two fireplaces, one our entir e nation. Three million System , which flows through two of us have perished already. This large and one small, fairly close thirds of the United States. Th~ together and so arranged that, if figur e increas.es from day to day cutting down of trees in these r e used together, they can cook food because famine grows apace." gions after the Civil War loosened for at least two hundred or, if The appeal w a~~ ns the women of the top soil and removed one of the small one is u ~e d separately, America not to believe the assur the most important m eans of for a group of as f ew as desired. ances from Germany that ther.e is fl ood control, with the r esult that The little one was to hav.e been "cheerful cooperation of the Polish the river rose periodically, ravish built before the first snow, but people with the German adminis ing the land and carrying off valu the weather beat the workmen to tration.'' Thousands of human be able soil. the draw, so now work will com ·.'$.' There's always a moment ings all over Poland are perishing The government is seeking t o amidst tor tures; husbands , broth mence whenever the condition of for the pause that refreshes prevent the continuance of de the ground permits. Both fire ers, and fath ers hav.e perished in vastation by building dams under places are ultimately to be e rected with ice-cold Coca-Cola. The mass murders, or die slowly of such projects as the T ennessee in the old riding r ing, the oval hunger and cold in prison camps; Valley Authority. taste of ice-cold Coca-Cola their sons have per ished or have below Alumnae Hall, and will be equipped with running water and delights your taste. It brings been taken to labor camps in Ger "Sisters throughout the world, many and I.ave not been seen we appeal to you for assistance. all the latest improvements. The you a refreshed feeling that since; their daughters are "impris Add your voice whenever the ques Outing Club will have u tensils for those who wish to use them. oned in company with prostitutes tion of wag ing a slow or quick is always welcome. Millions and deported to Germany broth war should be in the balance. Let enjoy it daily. els"; and the babies are dying of your plea outweigh considerations FOR SALE-One pair ski·s, 6 starvation. EduC'ation, religion, of an economic or political natur.e. ft. 4 in. with bindings and ski '°AUSE THAT REFRESHES and gainful .employment have been ... Let your womanly voices fi ll poles, $10.00; one canvas ski Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Co. by abolished. "There is no P ole who t he world that it may acknowledge carrier for sedan tops, $2.00; one pair girl's black shoe would abide by this hell or who the deliverance of Poland as its skates, $2.00. Tel. Well. 0617-W. COCA -C OLA BOTTLING COMPANY would coopeTate with the Germans, most urgent concern; let it be BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS P. A. BISSELL, 15 Belair Rd., unless it be under threat of a gun moved by our misfo1·tune; let it Wellesley. aimed at his children's heads." understand our plight.'' WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, DECEMBER 12, 1940 5 ilrrry atQrtntman WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO BUY ~~~~~-#' · GIRLS! Come up now for ~ ~~~~~ your Christmas pictures. Come to the •••• I r--! Unicorn Book Shop i ~FI~:. ! :[~~:n~:~ W.elles. ley ~ l :::~;i~~ Subsciptionsl for your Xmas !SPECIAL XMAS RATES; Cards and Books for Gifts ~l~ See Rosamond Wilfley · I 28 Grove Street . 202 Severance ~~~~~ I i~ I~~....-»~~»~J 12 More l -Dressmaking Shop- ~ Days 'Till ~~ Christmas! i Wellesley. Mass. ~ 185 Central Street Wellesley I i Tea Luncheon Di.nner D ~ Phone Wei. 1392-M ~ 1f/__Hd4____::._,- ~~~~~~~~ ~ . Tel. 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It includes eight well-known classics from famous Broadway musicals of the past decade, and although Grace Notes you've h eard them interpreted fre quently, Kostelanetz' unique ar Choir's Christmas Concert, to Willa Cather Writes rangements · are in a completely Novel on Pre-Civil be held twice this year, Sunday different category and make the War Period in South morning and evening, will pre tunes sound like truly great com sent music of masters far re positions. T ea for T wo, A Pretty Sapphira and the Slave Girl by moved from each other in time, Girl 1s Like A Melody and I Got Willa Cather, 295 pages. Alfred Rhythm happen to be your critic's closely united by an affinity for A. Knopf. $2.50. pick of the lot, but Begin the Be the expressive and beautiful. Be guine and I See Y oiir Face Before Five years after the debut of sides well-known, magnificent Bach m e, which also have choice feature Lucy Gayhea;rt, Willa Cather again chorales and traditional Christ bits of the well-liked "Kostelaner.z deserves recognition for another mas songs, Miss MacDonald will Strings", probably have equally book, Sapvhira and the Slave Girl, conduct music by Giovanni da magnetic appeal. The entire or Palestrina, sixteenth century Ital which is equally remarkable for chestra has vivid tonal coloring in ian genius and Gustav Holst, Brit handling each selection, and vo its simplicity of style and subtle, ish composer who died in 1934. cals are certainly not missed. A sensitive portrayal of characters. A motet is a contrapuntal piece good Christmas present, by the This time th..o scene is Winchester, for sevual unaccompanied voices W2. y! . Virginia, where the author spent with an ecclesiastical text in Latin. Two interesting recent Good her childhood before moving to Palestrina wrote approximately man r eleases are B enny R ides Nebraska. The time is mainly the 350 of t hem, a supreme achieve Again, combined with The Man pre-Civil War period, through m '.:) nt in choral composition. The I Lo·ve, and a re-waxing of his which, even in the South, ran the Jane Cowl Choir is to sing his Christmas old rendition of Moonglow and undercurrent of the abolitionist Motet with text beginning Rodie Water Color by M. Guislain Why Couldn't I t B e Poor L ittle movement. Old Acquaintance Brings Christiis natus est. It is for four Me? The former is a twelve-inch Sapphira Dodde ridge Coibert, of voices in the mixolydian mode, one Art Museum Shows Water disc, and one of the best in the an aristocratic English ancestry, Most Satisfactory Play of the old Church modes from Colors of M. ]. Guislain fi eld of jazz for a long time. Notice and her husband, Henry, a trust which our minor and major tonal especially Cootie Williams and his worthy miller believed even by Fat 0 f the Year to Boston ities developed. In addition to his numerous lec fellow artists of the trumpet. Lizzie, the cook, to be below his Palestrina was one of the first tures on Art and French literature The Man I Love needs no praise wife's social status, have passed CAS'l' J a ne Cowl composers to employ harmony in M. Jean Marie Guislain has given herein, except that, of course, middle age and their children an~ K a the rine Ma rkha m R udel K e ndall ... . K ent Smit h the modern sense, using chords in W ellesley the privilege of enjoy Benny does it justice. gro•Nn and married. In all her Ade le Longmire D e ird re Drak e tentionally instead of fortuitous ing an exhibit of his water color::: , Will Bradley maintains his titlP r elations with her slaves, in Sabrina ...... Anna Fra nklin Mildred W a tson Dra ke P egg y Wood combinations resulting from sev which will remain on display at as a best-seller with a new groov herited from her father, Sapphir.'.'!. Edna W e st Susa n . . . .. eral melodies sung together. the Farnsworth Museum. It reallv ing coupling Blue S evtember and was respected for her firm toler P r e t on Drak e B arr y Jones Gustav Holst was an English is a privilege, for each of M. Gui~ Or Have I ? Both sides have a ance and under standing. "When The producers of Old Acquaint composer known for his ability to lain's paintings has a completeness predominant rhythm beat by the darkies were sick, she doctored ance, starring Jane Cowl and Peg make men, women, and children of mood, composition, and form drummer Ray McKinley which them, sent linen for the new gy Wood, have mastered that ap love music. He t a ught music at which proves him a master of a makes Bradley's music so dance babies and had them brought for parently difficult formula for a number of different subjects and able. Blue S evte11ib er contains one h er to see as soon as the mother the St. Paul's Girls' School and at first-rate comedy; a well-written atmospheres. Indeed, this artist of Jimmy Valentine's best vocals was up and about." Through an Morley College, an institution for play aC'ted by a good cast. Old Ac seems to have a unique genius to date, while its companion piece unreasonable suspicion, however, the working classes. During the is far and away the for meeting every scene on its own is particularly noteworthy for a she becomes jealous of a beautiful quaintance last war he organized music for most satisfactory of the new plays soldiers. The Wellesley Choir will ground, and for placing something fine opening trombone chorus by golden-brown slave girl, supposeu of the particular as well as of the Mr. Bradley. to be the child of the family por which have opened in Boston this present a lovely Christmas carol season. w hich he composed to a fifteenth universal elements of each scene Do You K now Why? and Isn't trait painter and Till, a distinc through the lucid vitality of his That Just Like Love? are Glenn tive, intelligent slave woman. The press Reader explains Mr. century text entitled Now L et Us Sing and another holiday song colors. Thus the· exhibit at thµ, Miller's latest offerings. Both are Around this core the story is built, John van Druten's latest play as Farnsworth Museum is one of tri:: good material for his sax choir and called A Dream <.,of Christmas. The The mounting action has a bolero "two prominent lady novelists who m endous variety and contrast, and eight-man brass section, and the music is simple, yet always inter type of motion, which steadi1v become embroiled over the delight yet each individual picture in the esting, and very well adapted to band makes the most of full or gains momentum under cover of fully piquant fact that one lady's exhibition has a remarkable unity chest-rati ons. Another disc that a woman's college choir. ironic~d courtesy and pride. daughter has fallen in love with and impact. has been hitting the jack-pot of When a College Orchestra can The end, in which the autho ~· the other's paramour." In the first prepare a full-length concert in- Perhaps in his use of varied 12.te is Artie Shaw's beloved emerges in the first person as five minutes of the play, any fears which should be m en eluding a concerto and two com lights M. Guislain proves most Frenesi, Sapphira's small grand-daughter that might be felt over such a tioned not only because of its merit positions by Paul Hindemith , a emphatically his gift for under and finishes ~he story in retrospect, prospectus are rearoused. But as representing the peak of Shaw'g great deal of credit must be paid standing his subject and his mas may seem mcongruous with the once through the easy exposition former style, but also as being to its conductor. With little more tery of the medium of watercolor. rest of the book. Many readers and preliminary characterization, responsible for the tune's recent than two months in which to train In t he scintillating lights of the who are familiar with the present the play settled down in the second sky-rocketing success. There are an amateur orchestra with many Grand Canal at Venice, the warm trend in plot conclusions, will be act to create real people in a numerous other recordings of it, new members, Mr. Malcolm Holmes gloomy lights of a Street in Al surprised to find that the main rather amusing situation, whose but please heed these last words, did a magnificent job, getting a giers, and in the calm pastoral character is not the absolute vic conversation is both clever and leave them to the nine-twenty club, group of 46 musicians to perform lights of an American Landscape tim of her personally designed con possible, and contains occasional there is perfect suitability as well and stick to this one for your vie. flict. Willa Cather, however, i!> with fair accuracy and much en truths about human nature. De as strong contrast. R. W. '42 able to surpass any melodramatic spite their doubtful relationships, thusiasm. The concert took place While M. Guislain uses differ possibilities of the story by her the characters prove to be quite Wednesday evening, December 4, ent techniques to achieve these ability to give a genuine, delicate ethical, even though not precisely with Mr. Hindemith as guest con COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE varying lights and moods, the im reproduction of human beings. moral. The whole tone of the play, ductor and viola soloist. pressionistic use of color obtains Wellesley Hills Mo~t readers will be pleasantly in fact, turns out to be very moral, The opening number, arranged his effects. Here again this French Mats. at 2: SO E-ves. at 7 i 46 satisfied by Miss Cather's excel without throwing off the 1·equired by Mr. Holmes, was Sir Henry T1rnrs.-Fri.·Sat. Dec. 12·13·H artist shows remarkable skill. For lent prose, and her keen analysis Bishop's Overture to Love in a. Car)" Grant - Martha Scott i n graceful disguise. while he employs color with bril of the characters. Miss Cowl is superb as the Tub, a sprightly prelude to a pa5- "The Howards of Virginia" liance and boldness, M. Guislain's - a lso- H. W. '43 writer of literature. She makes toral ballet first presented in Lon Mareh or 'rime's don in 1806. The style seemed colors always escape being bizarre Katherine Markham a warm and or jarring. In Mint Tea Party, "Arms and the Men-U. S·. A." living person, distinctly on the nice like Mozart; the orchestra per l\Iou.-Tues.-Wed. Dec.16-17·18 Santa Claus 0 fficiates formed the lively melodies with Fez, the artist's color gives a bright Carole Lombard . Chas. Laug hton side. Not once does Miss Cowl ease through light yellows and in At C. A.'s Annual Bazaar great style. "They Knew What They yield to temptation and emote; her oranges which make an interest By Henrietta Freed characterization remains flawless, (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) Wanted" ing composition as well as mood. - a lso- Everything · from lapel pins and even though it demands extreme Quite different, but equally ef- Le'w Ayres in "The Golden Fleecing" washable scuffs to China tea sets understatement of the most dra (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) and two-purpose coat hangers matic moments. COLONIAL decked the counters at the Welles Miss Peggy Wood, as the writer Natlek, llass. Tel. Nat. 1700 ley Christmas Bazaar, and gave l\Jon., Wed. ancl Fri. El'e nlngs of best sellers, receives and de The Feature Picture is Flrst early .shoppers a wonderful oppor serves equal billing with Miss Frl. • Sat. Dec. 13-14 STAGE tunity to cross many names from Cowl. Mildred Watson Drake is James St ewart • ltosR lind nussell • • their Christmas lists. 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Free Press deserve the present situation any Survey Shows That Most Wellesley Students Join Vincent Sheean to Tell (Continued frcm Page 2, Col. 3) more than we are worthy of our Men in School Will Not Pickets in Harvard Yard Of Latest Experiences advantages. Outlook for Today Volunteer If War Comes As a War Correspondent Editor's No te: Dr . Victor Zuck L et s do our bit to help, then, Four Wellesley students were but in more ways than a few des Retur ning from Europe con erkandl, Lecturer in the Depart If war were declared, how many among the 450 r epresentatives of s ::rts. And let's not become smug vinced that Hitler's wor!d plans ment of Music, sends this letter to men now in college would volun various organiza tions on a nd ')ff the Wellesley News because it ex bec2use we are giving up occasional cannot be executed without the ice cream or cigarettes. These teer, how many would wait u~til campus who picket ed a m eeting presses an intelligent and sane forceful subjuga tion of the United plans deserve all the h elp they can called? That was the quest10n point of view, "neither false op sponsored by the Commit tee for States, Vincent S!1 eean, famous get, but ther e are other, larger cores of interviewers for Student timism nor false pessimism." It Militant Aid t o Britain, in Em America n war corr espondent, will projects, such as the Workroom Opinion Surveys of America pre was originally printed in the New erson Hall, Cambridge, last Thurs sp.eak at Ford Hall For um Sun and Service Fund, which must sented to a cross section repre Y ork Tim es. day evening , December 15, 'on the not be neglected. senting the entire male enrollment day evening, December 5. The To The Editor of The New York subject, " As the Scen e Changes." s. s. '43 of U. S. colleges and universities. W ellesley J.elegation included : Mr. Sheean, author of "Persona l Ti1nes: N early one-fourth of the men are On June 17 I graduated from Mildred Sacarny '41, Beat rice Nor History" and " Not P eace But a ready now to join the army in case Swor d," was in London dur ing the Brown University. As we left the A Plea for Freshmen ton '42, Betty Fanck '42, and Bev of war. The rest, a majority of Septemb.er bomb r aids and in chapel after the commencement To the W ellesley College N ews: erly Andrews '42. 76.5 per cent, say they would wait F rance dur ing the last days of exer cises newsboys were selling Thinking over our gradu2tion until drafted. The procession star t ed near Har that country's ir.. dependence. He paper s with headlines scr eeching from high school last June, I f eel These national weekly polls of var d Yar d and paraded around the br ing s a message to Amer ica "France Gives Up." The fury that sure that every Freshman will r e college thought are sponsored by Yar d before the m eeting, carry based on what he saw a nd lear n ed is in me now started at that mo member her Comm: ncemen t sp eak 150 campus n ewspapers, the Wel ing fl ares ~ n d st andards saying behind the seen.es wher e Europe's ment , for a member of the faculty er's prognostic words of warning lesley College N ews among them. "Peace Is Our Best Defense," mista kes wer e made. The public approached me and said, "Well, about the evils and t emptations of Personal interviewing is the method "1941 Shall Not Be 1917," and is cordially invited to attend. Doors Bradfor d, it is a t errible world a cruel world and about the strong used in gathering opinions fro!11 "Defend America F r om the De will open at seven-thirty . that you ar e getting into." Since characters we must develop in a proportionate sample that con f ense Commission." About twenty then many people have expressed or der to meet defeat with a smile. tains correct ratios of men and .eastern colleges were repr e ented pity and sympathy for my genera On September 17th, one by one, women, lowerclassmen and upper in the line, and outside organiza Look Magazine Holds tion. t he Freshmen drew up to the gate cl2ssmen, and all types of colleges, tions including C.I.O., A.F. of L., Photography Contest This lett er, then, is an answer of this mighty world. As we put distrfouted over six geographical the Massachusetts Peace Council, The editor of L ook Magazine to all the people who are f eeling ouT first foot forward and were sect ions of the country. the N ational Negro Con gre~s , the a nnounce a p icture-story compe sorry for my gen eration. This let swept away in the t ide of dormi This was the question used: "If Student Christian Movement , and t it ion open to students in all col ter is for all t he mothers who tory living, im2gine our amaze the U. S. went t o war against G·er the Young P eople's Unitarian leges in t he United States and l ament that their boys were born m '.!n t to find life progr essing safely, many, Italy, or Japan, would you Group. possessions, and Canada. in such dreadful times. This letter in fact joyously. I grant that t o lea ve school and volunteer or wait Look will p ay $500.00 in cash is for all the synthetic cynics who look down the corridor s and see until vour turn came in the draft?" Before the procession left , it was foe the best picture-story on a tell us "to live for today and for smoke curlin()' casually in and out Th ~se were the r eturns, section attacked by members of a par ade college subject, m ade up of a series carrying banner s Sl:!ch as "Hitler get tomor row." of the rooms and t o see many males by section: of photographs t elling a cohe1·ent is the P resident of A. S. U ." and " Outlook" is the one word all f ur iously pacing a carefully chart Men only : story. Second pr ize is $250.00, these sympathizer s grasp. " What a ed co urse on the flowers of the re Volun teer W a it "Pacifists Are Yeliow." The pick third prize $100.00, and ther e are t errible outlook you have,'' they ception hall rug provided a little New England 36 % 64% eting procession did not resist , t hree $5 0.00 prizes. say. The way I feel about the out differ ent outlook on life for some Middle Atlantic . . . . . 20 80 and th ere was no g.eneral battle. L ook's edit 01·s will judge con look is as follows : Certainly it of us who are not t oo sophisticated East Central ...... 21 79 test mat erial on originality of looks black. I don't suppose the to admit it. However, no one, in West C c ~t ra l ...... 16 84 subject and competence of t reat outlook of th e wor ld ever looked cluding the most convention al South ...... 28 72 Student Group Plans m ent. All entr ies must be mailed blacker ; but that is no reason to could inter pret this intr oductory F ar West ...... 28 72 Trip Through Mexico on or before Apr il 15, 1941. P r ize feel sorr y for my generation, for glan ce int o college life as sym All Men Studen ts . . . 23 .5 76.5 winners will be announced in th e From the South and West , se t h ere is much t o be gained from bolizing the evils and temptations The P an American St udent issue of Look dat ed June 17, 1941. iective ser vice officials have state Chn; .... .~in!!er.~ R1mi·1'e A carton of Old Madrigal Customs Chesterfields with their fCn'Yl+1n1.1ed from Page 1, Col. 5) MILDER BETTER TASTE will f ,n.11Nh:n11. a SPntimental song by give your friends more 'T'li"l""'"l.'l Morl1w. E~ ch year the d;,.~,.+nr of the madrigal group pleasure than anything ~rlrk two n ew songs to the repe toi,.,,. else you can buy for 'Tl,e titles of madrigals in WP} the money. lec:J 0v p.,.ogoram~ suggest subject m~tt 0 r riot so different from con £VERY COURSE IS A SNAP t "mnor"' ,.v nopular son P's, Four A rm,<1 , Tw() N ecks, One Wreathing, IN Cnme A 11a?n, Sweet Love and Soml?. Men Dosire Spouses sound like titles for a new musical comedy. GOOD BASS BOOTS But tn modern ears, madrigals can be more "delicious, delicate, and Uphill or down, delightful" than songs of our own on open slope gPne ation. or trail, there's nothing too tough if you' re aggage Transfer wearing Bass Boots. From dub to pro, skiers every where agree that the fine leathers and special construction features Always of these smart looking boots put Open the fun in, take the ordeal out, of skiing. Let your dealer show you the many models for men and Save Express Charges! women. Whatever model you 150 lbs. 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