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®lkmXLVIII Z311 WELLESLEY, MASS., NOVEMBER 2, 1939 No. 6

Mr. Nilsson

To DiscussGreek Life

Swedish Professor Plans

To Explain Urban AndCountryside Worship

The Greek Department will pre-

sent Professor Martin P. Nilsson

of Sweden in two lectures at Pen-

dleton Hall, Nov. 7 at 4:40 p. m.

and Nov. 8 at 7:30 p. m. The gen-eral topic of discussion will be

"Popular Greek Religion." Pro-

fessor Nilsson formerly presented

courses in Classical Archaeology

and Ancient History at the Univer-sity of Lund in Sweden. He iswell-known as a scholar and an au-thority on Greek mythology andreligion.

His first lecture, titled "TheCountryside," will deal with the

simple worship of rural districts.In the second talk, "The Cities andthe Panegyrics," he will consider

religious conditions among the ur-ban population. The "Panegyrics"were strictly formal public speech-es, delivered in praise of a person

or thing. In Athens such speecheswere presented at national festivalsor games, with the object of rous-ing the citizens to emulate the glo-rious deeds of their ancestors.

Professor Nilsson is the authorof numerous publications on classi-cal subjects. Among these areHomer and Mycenae, The My-cenaean Origin of Greek Mythol-ogy and A History of Greek Re-ligion.

M. Gilson to ObserveRacine's AnniversaryIn Alumnae Hall Talk

In honor of the three-hundredth

anniversary of the birth of Racine,

M. Etienne Gilson, distinguishedFrench philosopher, will give a lec-ture on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at8 p.m. at Alumnae Hall. Hissubject will be Racine, Tragedien

de la Fatal itc.

Monsieur Gilson is one of the

foremost authorities on Medieval

philosophy and a great Cartesianscholar. Among his works are thefollowing: Saint-Augitstiii, LaPhilosophic de Saint-Bonaventure,

Discourn de la Methode, The Unity

of Philosophical Experience, Chris-

tianity and Philosophy.

Library ChangesWeek-End Ruling

Increase in Sunday UsersRequires Library RuleFor Earlier Return

The Library announces a changein week-end circulation of reserv-ed books at the Main Library,beginning Saturday, November4, all reserved books borrowed onSaturday afternoon will Be dueback in the library on Sunday at2:40 p.m.With sincere regret the library

anounces the abandonment of anexperiment undertaken at the re-quest of the students who votedon the question. Their request wasthat all duplicate copies becharged for the week-end and thatone copy of every reserved bookbe kept in the library over Sun-day. The number of students usingthe library on Sunday has in-creased greatly. Much dissatis-faction is expressed by these stu-dents because the one remainingcopy of a reserved book is notenough for the demand upon it.Also, the clerical and administra-tive problem connected with dis-criminating between duplicate andnon-duplicate copies makes it im-possible to give either rapid oraccurate service while checkingout the reserved books on Saturdayafternoons.

For these reasons the rules gov-erning the loan of reserved booksover the week-end have beenchanged to read as follows:

1. Reserved books may becharged from Saturday at 4 p.m.until Sunday at 2:40 p.m.

2. Reserved books charged onSunday evening after 8 p.m. aredue on Monday at 8:40 a.m.

3. Reserved books may be en-gaged in advance.

Field Day CulminatesFall Sports Activity

The Department of Hygiene andPhysical Education will sponsorits annual Fall Field Day onThursday, November 9, at 3:45p.m. Finals in archery, basket-ball, hockey, and volley ball games;tennis and golf tournament play-offs; crew races; and a swimmingdemonstration are the featureevents in the stands of the swim-ming pool after the aquatic dem-onstration. If it rains on Thurs-day, Saturday, November 11, willbe the alternate day.

'43 AnnouncesHouseOfficersFreshmen Elect Secretary,

Treasurer, Librarians,

C. A., A. A. Members

The minor officers of the Fresh-man class were feted at dinnerOctober 30.

In Crofton they are: Secretary-

Treasurer, Helen Irving; C. A.Representative, Betty Wilson;A. A. Representative, BarbaraLundsted; Forum Representative,Mary Kistler; Librarian, EmmaKrakauer.

In Dower the Secretary-Treas-urer is Marian Perry; C. A. Rep-resentative, Eleanor Fletcher;A. A. Representative, Betty Barr,Forum Representative, Mary T.Hays; Librarian, Margaret Row-an.

The Eliot officers are: Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Kendall Hayes;C. A. Representative, Gay Crosby;A. A. Representative, Delight An-derson ; Forum Representative,Pauline Callahan; Librarian, Ma-ry Alice Bew.Other officers include: Jane Pick-

ard who is Secretary-Treasurer ofElms. C. A. Representative, ClaireRichter; A. A. Representative,

Ruth Thomas; Forum, Nancy Gre-gory; Librarian, Naomi Thompson.

In Homestead the officers are:Secretary-Treasurer, Ann Waters;C. A. Representative, Helen JoyFowle; A. A. Representative, Eliz-abeth Tubby; Forum Representa-tive, Lois Jund; Librarian, Mar-ianne Maples.

The Little officers are: Secre-tary-Treasurer, Shirley Redfield;

C. A. Representative, Mary JaneMacklem; A. A. Representative,Barbara Coburn; Forum Represen-tative, Ann Campbell; Librarian,Jean Gilmer.

The C. A. Representative of Nor-umbega is Grace Robson ; Jane Ar-mor is the Forum Representative.The Secretary-Treasurer of Noa-

nett is Lucile Ogden. Other offi-cers are: C. A. Representative,

Anne Mather; A. A. Representa-tive, Betty Hampson; Forum Rep-resentative, Barbara Shanley; Li-brarian, Sally Stover.

The Severance officers are:C. A. Representative, Clara EllenBettes; Forum Representative,Edith Greenbaum.The Tower Court officers are:

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1941 Will Oner New MusicalProduction, "Phoney Island"Vacation DatesThe Thanksgiving holiday at

Wellesley College will be onNovember 30 as decreed by theGovernor of Massachusetts.A change has been made in

the dates of the Christmas re-cess. The vacation will beginat 3:30 p. m. on Tuesday, De-cember 19, 1939, and extend to10:30 p. m. of Monday, January8, 1940.

Lucy Wilson,Chairman of the Adminis-

trative Board.

Dance Groups PlanDemonstrations OfPre-classic FormsMembers of the Wellesley Col-

lege Dance Group, the ApprenticeDance Group, and the techniqueand composition classes in theModern Dance will give a demon-stration program Friday after-noon, Nov. 10, at 4:40 in Alumnaeballroom. The public is cordiallyinvited to witness this demonstra-tion.

The dancers have been centeringtheir study this fall on the pre-classic dance forms of the 15th and16th centuries, notably, the Pavarn .the Sarabande, the Bourrec, andcounterpoint treatment. Examplesof typical pre-classic dances havebeen created by the Wellesley Col-lege Dance Group members, andtaught to the Apprentice dancegroup for presentation on the pro-gram.

Individual sketches created inclass will be danced by the com-position group. The techniqueclass will join the others in studiesto show rhythm, design, and dy-namics.

Dr. Jones Will SpeakAt C A. Vespers SundayChristian Association presents

Dr. Rufus Jones from HaverfordCollege, who will speak at Ves-pers this Sunday, November 5, at7:30 p.m. in T. Z. E. Anne White'42, Hazel Craig '42, and MaryHall '42 will act as hostesses.

Mine. Denya to PresentVaried Musical Recital

Mme. Marcelle Denya, who hasappeared in Paris on the stage of

the Grand Opera and the OperaComique, will sing in the Great

Hall of Tower Court Monday eve-ning, November 6, at 7:15 p. m.Included in her recital will be

compositions by Lully, Rameau,Massenet, Cesar Franck, Duparc,

Faure, Debussy, Ravel, and Pou-lenc.

Mme. Denya has held the leadingroles in Faust, Manon, Mme But-terfly, Lohengrin, La Flute En-phantee, and others. She has alsoparticipated in the Salzberg festi-vals where she sang with the or-chestra of Mozarteum under thedirection of Dr. Baumgarten.The concert will take the place

of the usual student group-singingof French songs held in Munger.

Juniors Hula Hula

Score o

to Hilarious Musical

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41 Presentation, "Phoney Island"By Anne Black mm-

College to Have DancesEvery Saturday Evening

Beginning this Saturday eve-

ning and continuing every Satur-

day evening the nickelodeon

will be moved into the Alumnae

ballroom for informal dancing

from 8:00-12:00 p.m. Free tick-

ets of admission may be procuredSaturdays from the Information

Bureau or Saturday evening atthe Well. Although the dancing

will continue until 12:00, the Well

will close at 11:30 p.m. as usual.

The justification for recent fren-zied tap-dancing and ukelelestrumming, involuntary previewsof 1941's Phoney Island, will berevealed to the public in AlumnaeHall on Friday evening, Novem-ber 3, at 8 o'clock.

Since the opening of the collegeyear the juniors, in deference toHitler and Stalin, have switchedthe theme of their productionfrom foreign affairs to the morestable subject of a South SeaIsland. Even so, they've "hadtheir tropical troubles," remarkedElizabeth Hartz, production man-ager. The combined talent ofmembers of 1941, however, hasfinally written, composed, and di-rected a musical comedy thattakes care of 70 girls on a Pho-

ney Island, a light task for noperson.

As was obvious from a recentrehearsal, the show will featurea variety of dances, by no meansthe least of which will be thegenuine Hula. To the delight ofthe chorus this native dance wastaught by a girl who receivedher information from a first-handsource; she has just lately re-

turned from a two-years' visit to

Hawaii. The audience will also

have a chance to see La Conga, the

step widely publicized this sum-

mer, danced by Norma Wilentzand Betty Shontz. Ukeleles andbanjos will accompany these andthe other routines, which will in-clude the tango, a tap routine,and a modem dance.The production manager ad-

mitted that it hadn't been easy atfirst to insert the native spiritinto her cast, but now that thetime of '41's brain child wasdrawing nigh, she found them al-most too willing to comply withnative chants and impromptu Hu-las. Rehearsals were still ratherconfusing, however, as is likely 10be the case when lamps and pil-lows are substitutes for real palmtrees. It was not seldom that amember of the cast was none toogently prodded and told dryly,"Hey, you, that's a palm treeyou're sitting on."

Scenery was the further causeof blackout thoughts because therickshaw, about which the futureCarioca of the college, the Rick-shaw Rag, was centered, bore anunfortunate resemblance to astretcher. The cast, however, withthe help of the more than 100girls who helped with production,ironed out all these problems andmore with the result that theyhave full confidence in the showas an enthusiastic and convincingpicture of life on Phoney Island.

The plot deals with the adven-tures of a group of vacationingWellesley girls on a cruise to Ber-muda. In the^midst of the cus-tomary ship-board whirl of dancesand shuffleboard, a hurricanearose and sunk the ship. Whathappened when the lifeboats res-cued the women and children firstand then chanced to land the Wel-lesley group plunk on PhoneyIsland with no men (well, almostno men) on hand is the secretthat will be revealed tomorrownight.

The team of Nancy Stearns andMarge McCulloch will furnish thelove interest in the play and willalso dance the tango and sing aduet. Another favorite characteris Jane Becton as Queenie, thenative actress who plans to stormHollywood. Her part is modeleddirectly after Carmen Mirangafrom the streets of Paris. In herown words, she considers her part"monstrous" and assures your re-porter that she has never beforehad such fun quoting Hamlet.Since Don Gahan's twelve piece

orchestra has recorded two of thetunes, records will be available as

souvenirs as well as the souvenir

booklet of songs which may bepurchased at the show for only

10 cents.

M. McCulloch, N. StearnsPlay Romantic LeadsIn Tropical Setting

Tomorrow night is Junior Show!The seniors have been anxiouslywaiting to see what their "minors"will produce in comparison to lastyear's The Taming of the Few.The Sophomores sit with poisedpencils and ears to "41 key holesto get inspirations for next year,while the Freshman are enthusias-tically set to see their first Jun-ior Show.

Meanwhile the busy Juniorshave written mysterious scripts,scoured for properties, and trainedformer bicyclists into a snappydancing chorus. Tomorrow nightthe audience will see Wellesleygirls as they appear in the en-chanting atmosphere of palm treesand a moonlit ocean. The surprisebeginning is startling, the cracksare clever and the songs will dis-rupt the hit parade from now 'tillgraduation. Norma Wilentz andBetty Shontz are doing a specialtynumber. "Ma Conga."

Frances Clausen is chairman ofJunior Show, Elizabeth Harts isProduction Manager and Anne Co-hen is Business Manager. Head ofMusic is Charlotte Lazarus andBetsy Deem, with Anne Wheelerhas been in charge of the script-writing. The cast is as follows:Suzanne, Marjorie McCulloch;Gloria Glub, Margaret Westheimer;Clarissa Devoe, Elinore Lincoln;Connie, Selma Gottlieb; Rahrah,Barbara Prentice; Mary Lou, Bet-sy Coe; Betty, Marion Jennings;Jane, Barbara Brown; Ann, BettyPen-in; Nancy, Jean Cocroft; Sis-sy, Nancy Bordon; Robert, NancyStearns; Captain Strong, PeggyWalbridge; Mr. Cartwright, EllenLuberger; Queenie, Jane Becton;Lulubelle, Norma Wilentz; Quachs,Lorraine Stanley; Native Atten-dants, Phyllis Johnson, MargaretWallace, Edwina Hirsch, and Dor-othy Proctor.

The Sin^ine; and Ukelele Chorusincludes: Mary Barrows, MargaretCoey, Katherine Cox, Janet Calla-han, Barbara Chandler, Adelaidede Beer, Norma Gould, Gloria Hine,Janice Murchie, Barbara Olsen,Patricia Paulsen, Jean Reedy, Vir-ginia Robinson, Ellen Simpson,Elizabeth Stephenson, VirginiaStiles, Katherine Snow, DorothyWilson, Helen Wolfe, ElizabethVan Horn.The Tap Dancing Chorus con-

sists of Betty Bamford, MarthaBieler, Margaret Blumer, CecileCote, Margaret Card, Anita Ed-wards, Mary Gilmore, Ruth Har-ris. Katherine Kennedy, HildaMills, Doris Mosher, Lois Stevens,Betty Shontz, Norma Wilentz,Anne Wunderle. The Mod-cm Dancers are HortenseThe Modern Dancers are HortenseAllen, Olive Coolidge, Betsy Deems,Carol Frank, Alice Guyton, MarieHaffenreffer, Helaine Kaplan,Margarel Lyness, Emily Pribble,Nancy Strelinger. The piano play-ers are Phyllis Kessel and AdeleMenand.

Miss Ball Will LectureOn European Situation

Considering Austria, Hungaryand the Balkan states, Miss Mar-garet Ball of the Department ofHistory and Political Science willdiscuss the main lines of develop-ment in Central Europe and of theinterplay of forces of the greatpowers in that area in a lectureentitled "Central Europe" on Nov.6 at 4:40 p. m. in Pendleton Hall.

Miss Ball's lecture will be thethird in a series of six on "TheBackground of the European Con-flict." The Department of Historyand the College Forum sponsorthis series jointly in order to givestudents a foundation for under-standing the present Europeansituation.

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Service Fund

To the Wellesley mind the word "air raid"

brings pictures of freshmen lying prostrate in

the halls, clutching waste paper baskets, and

trying to sing college songs. To students of

other lands the word brings visions of death, of

ruined buildings, of tragedy and suffering. Wemay have laughed at the word, but students of

warring nations hide in terror. It is the same

world in which we laugh and they suffer. It is

people of our age who are fighting in trenches

and trying to rebuild ruined homes. Our one

great bond with them is the fact that we can

help them.

Wellesley students are fortunate in having

Service Fund. Individually our money can do

little; collectively it can mean a great deal. Wemay help alleviate the suffering of those in-volved in the war. Our government is working

to keep us out from that world of suffering and

hardship. We, as American students, should

show that although we believe we can do moreby keeping out of the war, yet we are not alooffrom the tragedy of our fellow students in the

war. They are fighting for their ideals. Wecan prove ours by giving our money generouslyto Service Fund to send them medicine and themere essentials of life which we take for granted.

But while we look with sympathy on theEuropean and Far East scenes, we must notforget our own country. And again ServiceFund performs an invaluable service to Wel-lesley students by investigating and findingwhat people in what places need our help. Theunemployed workers in Millville, the students atBillings Polytechnic Institute, and many otherpeople may have an opportunity to live a moreprofitable life through the efforts of ServiceFund.

This is our world and it should always be ouraim to make it a better place to live in. Serv-ice Fund offers us a chance, as a college group,to do our part in improving the world and help-ing our neighbors. Each of us should contrib-ute as much as possible so that the Americanspirit of cooperation and friendship and help,now found at Wellesley, may some day be aworld wide spirit.

Women and Peace

As Wellesley considers the problems of war

and peace and the part which Service Fund may

play toward alleviating world troubles, Mine.

Chiang Kai-shek '17 sent a message to the world

from China through the Now York Herald Trib-

une Forum on Current Problems. Mine. Chiang

reminded women of the world of their responsi-

bilities as leaders in the restoration of peace. Her

message is significant to us, not only because of

..nr position as women training to meet the prob-

lems of the world, but because Mme. Chiang

has gone out from this same Wellesley back-

ground to help bring about peace. We quote

from her message to women:

"To restore peace that passeth all understand-

ing in personal and world affairs we women have

a mighty task imposed upon us. The opportun-

ity to do great good has been given us by the

near breakdown of civilization, by this abomin-

able prostration before the fetish of expediency,

by this sight of millions of men marching to

their doom, by this unparalleled story of selfish

and wicked use of force to destroy humanity in

a mad will-o'-the-wisp pursuit of personal

power.

"Throughout the ages the progress of civiliza-

tion and the stability of society have been meas-

urable by the amount of influence for good that

women have exercised in their communities. Itis a heritage that we women cannot ignore. Itis one we must uphold, one of which we must be

worthy.

"There is no standing still, no going backward.

We can only go forward and we should do thatin the spirit of the crusaders with their invincible

cross ever before them."

A Working Democracy

Las! week the Senate passed the revised neu-trality bill. The congressional struggle over theinternational situation nears its close. The anti-New Deal faction, and the question of the thirdterm for Roosevelt are again coming to the fore,and the party politics which were "adjourned"

at the president's "request" during the discus-

sion of neutrality legislation will soon be heard

again. In Italy, Germany, and Russia, partypolitics have long since been suspended, not by"request", but by command. It has been thoughtnecessary in totalitarian governments to "liq-

uidate" factional discussions altogether.

In the almost insignificant headlines withwhich The New York Times announces the re-turn to the political battle we can discern thewhole difference between our way of life andthe supposedly more efficient way in which dic-tator countries conduct their affairs. It hasbeen the contention in these states that a demo-cracy is unfitted for great decisions, precisely

because it permits free discussions to interferewith the course of its government affairs. If weexamine the conduct of both administration andopposition during the past bitter weeks, we mayform a different opinion of the "case for demo-cracy." President Roosevelt, unwilling to al-low prejudice against his New Deal policies, andagitation for or against a third term to influencethe Congressional vote on neutrality, "request-ed" that political issues be "adjourned" duringthe discussion. These words show clearly boththe extent and the limitation of presidential pow-er in this democracy. It is permissable and attimes advisable for the political and executivehead of this government to "request" that con-troversial issues be tabled. The president ofthe United States, however, can at no time com-mand that these issues be dropped. Thus theneutrality laws were passed not because of

the wishes of the president alone, but in accord-

ance with the desires of the majority of our

people, after free discussion.

"Die hard" democratic conservatives, and

Republicans are again opposing the administra-

tion's New Deal. No request by the presidentwill serve to stem their opposition. A presi-dent's wish for "adjournment" of these factionsin a crisis may be heard again. If deemed rea-sonable, it may be followed again.

Air WavesBy J. R- P. ''

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, NOVEMBER 2, 1939

THE PEREGRINATING PRESS

^£%ERRY has a "glamour girl">Ikf friend who was thrilled, theother night, to hear the maid an-nounce that her dream man wascalling. Oblivious of her curlers

she rushed into the hall, calling,"Which phone is it?" "It's not thephone," she heard in reply, "it'shim!" And, turning around, shefound herself face to face with"him," curlers and all.

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One of Wellesley's date-lovingSophomores left Perry's Bible Classquite bewildered, recently. Out ofthe maze of discussion on thehigher things of life, only onething had impressed her. "Man,"the professor had said, "is noth-ing but an illusion."

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eVIDENTLY taking nochances on being locked out,

a friend of Perry, who was plan-ning to take an overnight, sent

a little note home to her father,saying, "Dear Daddy, please leavethe key under the mat tonight sothat I can get in. Your lovingand wandering daughter." Thatnight she found a note under the

hall lamp: "Dear Daughter, pleaseturn off the light and go to bed."The note was signed "Your won-dering father."

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Dropping In on a gym class,Perry heard the following: "Don'tyou think hazing day was unusu-al?" "Unusual! I calls it air-raidical."

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Registration for late per-A* missions seems to be a verycomplicated matter for the Fresh-men. While house elections werein progress, Perry saw one flus-tered girl deposit her registrationslip in the ballot box. Well, it

takes all kinds!

\fc IGHT in the midst of hazing>t\ day Perry overheard onefreshman lamenting to her room-mate, "Now I'm only averagingten steps between air raids."

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Perry heard one girl astound ashop clerk by demanding a "pig-pit-" to wear to town the nextday. The clerk was relieved tofind, after much cross examina-tion, that the article wanted wasa "pork-pie" hat.

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Perry is still chuckling overgray book test conversations, thathe managed to overhear.

"If you have a change of planscall before ten," he heard one ofthe vil juniors say, "If you havea flat tire also call up," she con-tinued.

The hand of a conscientiousfreshman darted up, "If you planto have a flat tire after ten,should you call before?" she asked.

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A girl came dashing down toPerry last week with a bewilderedlook. It seems she walked into adormitory room, looked at Itsbeautiful furnishings, and thencommented to a woman who wasstanding there (a mother— shethought), "My, your daughter cer-tainly does rate to get this bedand the high class furniture." Shegasped as the woman said, "Don'tyou think I deserve a good bed?I've been a teacher here for twen-ty years."

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>T|OU can always depend onJlC your friend's little sister con-

fusing names decided Perry, after

being questioned by her room-

mate's little sister as to when they

would arrive at "Dead End" sta-

tion. She meant Back Bay.

W. R. Benet Talks On20th Century Poetry

William Rose Benet, noted poetand contributing editor of the Sat-urday Review of Literature, spokeon "Twentieth Century Poetry" inthe first of a series of three liter-ary evenings sponsored by theBoston Smith Club, at John Han-cock Hall.

Mr. Benet believes that the key-note of modern poetry is its en-deavor to represent the world welive in exact and yet poetic terms.The inclusion in many modernpoems of the vocabulary of theradio, of the movies, and even ofpsychological tests exemplifies thisendeavor. Sketching a brief his-tory of poetic development in thiscentury, Mr. Benet first described

some of the earliest work of thecentury, but stated that the real

renaissance of American poetry

did not come until 1912 with thework of Amy Lowell and theimagist school. The chief contribu-tion of the imagists was a precisionand exactness of impression whichbrought poetry down "out of theclouds." Several poets, such as

Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost,perhaps the greatest living Amer-ican poet, in the path of WaltWhitman, initiated the writing offree verse which has transferredthe emphasis in poetry from struc-

ture to substance. In the period of

the World War, in which were lostmany of the most promising youngpoets, arose such major poeticfigures as Edna St. Vincent Millay,Robinson Jeffers, and Eleanor Wy-lie. Miss Millay, Mr Benet consid-ers possibly the best modern poet-ess and attributes to her an indivi-dual use of the "Elizabethan man-ner." Miss Wylie, who is the latewife of Mr. Benet, had also reach-ed a high ' literary level.

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College Survey ShowsStudent Body Neutral

What is the American collegestudent thinking about neutrality,cash and cany, and the possibilityof the United States becoming in-volved in the war ? The latest Stu-dent Opinion Survey gives en-couraging indication that if cam-pus dwellers had their way, wewould have nothing to do withthe European situation, as com-batants.

Asked whether the neutralitylaw should be changed so that anycountry at war could buy warsupplies in the United States, 68%asnwered "No," while 42% an-swered "Yes." To the question,"If England and France were indanger of defeat, should the U.S. send troops to help them?" only36% replied "Yes."Men students voted, 58% to

42%, against volunteering if thiscountry declared war on the ene-mies of England and France inthe imminence of defeat for thelatter. Only 2 out of every 10would volunteer if this countrywent to war for other reasonsthan the defense of the country.

In the light of these presentstatistics it can be supposed that,unless an attack of war fevercauses serious shift in sentiment,the collegians of the country willbe fairly unsympathetic with anymove which means war for theUnited States.

Newest Members LearnHistory of Societies

Wellesley's six societies heldtheir annual formal initiations atthe society houses Sunday evening,October 29, for the new membersfrom the classes of 1940 and 1941.Dressed wholly in white, the newmembers were introduced to thehistories, aims, and secrets of theirrespective societies.

Forum Joins C. A.For Supper Talk

In an informal discussion, RabbiCharles Schulman and Dr. Ev-eretl Clinchy, representatives fromthe National Conference of Chris-tians and Jews, set forth the"Crises in Human Relations To-day," at the C. A.-Forum supper-discussion Sunday, October 29, inPomeroy at 5 p.m.Although the Constitution guar-

antees natural rights and religiousliberties, Dr. Clinchy recalled thepersecutive movements beginningin 1830 with the nativist riotsagainst Catholic immigrants. The"Know Nothing" movement againstCatholics reached its height in the1850's. During the 1920's the Ku-Klux Klan claimed 4,500,000 mem-bers who persecuted Catholics,Jews, and Negroes.

Both speakers emphasized theneed for better inter-group rela-tions and cooperation in under-taking common tasks, such as un-employment and juvenile delin-quency. "Democracy cannot en-dure the existence of an unwantedsocial class," declared Dr. Clinchy.Rather than allow the politicalfield to be taken by irreligiousrevolutionaries, churches and syn-agogues should stand together toproduce a just society. Dr. Schul-man insisted that the realizationand appreciation of distinctions asamong different faith groups wasnecessary for mutual understand-ing.

During the question period ledby President McAfee, the speak-ers suggested methods of bringingreligious groups into closer con-tact on the college campus.

Claflin Hall to HoldFirst Fall Dance

Claflin Hall is planning a for-mal dance Saturday evening, No-vember 4, from 8:30 to i2:00.Printed invitations will assure

stags admission to Chappy Ar-nold's music. Punch will be serv-ed in the dining room, the decora-tions of which will represent dif-ferent colleges.

Davis Hall PlansHallowe'en Dance

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Wisconsin launched the idea ofOrchesis, a college dance groupwhich offered opportunities foradvanced study and composition.The University of Wisconsin wasalso a pioneer in accepting danceas a major field of study towardthe B. A. degree. Wellesley isoutstanding because of the success-ful integration of dance withspeech, drama, and music in colla-borate projects with Theatre Work-shop and other college depart-ments.

At Mills College concert artistshave been put in charge of thedance department. In addition tothe regularly scheduled danceclasses, a concert group composedlargely of students has been de-veloped. Last year the Mills Col-lege Dance Department gave overthirty demonstrations and recitals.The value of such a program inpromoting an understanding ofdance cannot be overestimated.The Bennington Summer School ofthe Dance is commended for devel-oping dance on a national scale inrelation to both education and thetheatre.

In summarizing his discussionthe author of this article says "thepattern for dance in the AmericanCollege has begun to take definiteform. Its unit will continue to bethe individual dance group, stilllargely sponsored by the physicaleducation department but operat-ing essentially as a division of thefine arts."

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IndexEconomics Department

Speaking at a dinner for the

Department of Economics, Profes-

sor Henry R. Mussey of the De-

partment will discuss the work of

the Temporary National Economic

Committee. The dinner will take,

place in Tower Court, at 6:30 p.m.,

Monday, November 6.

Faculty Shop Club

Members of the Faculty Shop

Club will have dinner in Horton

House tonight, at 6:30 p.m.

Chemistry Department

Professor Helen French of the

Department of Chemistry discus-

sed the work she did while onher

recent Sabbatical leave, at adin-

ner for the Chemistry Department

in Tower Court, November 1.

Lost and Found

A sale of everything which ac-cumulated in the uost and Found

Department between February and

June of last year, was held in

Room 140, Green Hall, November

1 and 2, from one until four-thirty

p.m.

Societies

T. Z. E. will hold a tea and bus-

iness meeting Thursday afternoon

in the society house. The group

plans to study the Italian School

of painting this year, and will dis-

cuss their first program meeting

to be held November 15, in spe-

cial honor of their alumnae.

A. K. X. will hold a tea and

business meeting Thursday after-

noon at 4:30 p.m. in the society

house.

C. G. Luncheon

Many of the college officers at-tended the luncheon held in Sev-

erance Hall Tuesday, October 31,

in honor of the officers of College

Government.

Circolo Italiano

The Circolo Italiano at its firstmeeting of the year, October 23,

in A. K. X., heard Miss Gabriella

Bosano, Professor and Chairman ofthe Italian Department, pay trib-ute to the memory of Miss Mar-garet Jackson, founder of the

Department of Italian and formerHead of the Department, whosedeath occurred recently.

The fact that Miss Jackson wasborn in Florence in 1861, the

year of the proclamation of the

Italian Kingdom, made her, asMiss Bosano related, identify herlife with Italy itself. For fortyyears, from 1890 to 1930, Mar-garet Jackson taught Italian atWellesley College. Few peoplehave ever done as much as she tomake Italian civilization knownand understood in America.Throughout her life she proved tobe a true humanist.

Mathematics Club

Officers of the Mathematics Clubdiscussed the topic, "Women inMathematics," in the meeting,Monday night, October 30, in themain lounge of the RecreationBuilding.

Newman Club

The Reverend James M. Gillis,Editor of the Catholic World, spokeon the question, "Can You Savethe World?" at a meeting of theNewman Club, November 1, in A.K. X.

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Swimming Club; WillHold Membership Test

A Wellesley College Swimming

Club is being organized by a com-

mittee of students including Patri-

cia Paulsen '41, Christine Corey

'41, Mary Johnson '42, Luella La-

Mer '41 and Martha Bieler '41, with

the advice of Miss Ann Smith andMiss Hilda Johnson of the Hygiene

Department. The club will have

weekly swimming-supper meetings

at the Recreation Building.

Tryouts will be held Monday,

November 6, and Tuesday, Novem-

ber 7 in the swimming pool. The

tryout test includes crawl, back

crawl, breast stroke and side

stroke for form; racing dive, front

dive, front jack-knife and optional

dives; surface dive and back por-

poise; and a quarter mile free

style endurance swim. The mem-bership is limited only by the

number of good swimmers.

A. S U. AnnouncesPolicies to Members

The Wellesley chapter of the

A. S. U. opened for membership

on a committee basis, and definite

national policies at a Tea in

Agora, Monday, October 30, at

4:45 p. m.Avram Goldstein, President of

the Harvard A. S. U., and mem-ber of the National Executive

Committee, defined the union's na-

tional policies and told about Har-

vard's specific application of them

in this year's development of a

program for keeping America out

of war, by strengthening Amer-ican democracy. Nathaniel Mills,

Chairman of the MassachusettsYouth Council, gave the history

of the Youth Movement, of whichthe A. S. U. is a part.Margaret de Almeida '40, Presi-

dent of the Wellesley Chapter,

asked new members to join theUnion as members of one or moreof the four committees: Labor,

Housing, Peace, and Politics, andto join in defining the commit-tee's policies for the year. Fresh-men were invited to attend an ac-quaintance dance of A. S. U. mem-bers at Harvard on Friday, No-vember 3.Those unable to come to the

tea, or who wish further informa-tion are asked to see MildredSacarny '41, Membership Secre-tary, at Munger, on Friday, No-vember 3, after 1:30.

Outing Club Will JoinTech in Mountain Trip

A limited group of Outing Club-bers will join M. I. T. in amountain trip Saturday and Sun-day, November 4 and 5. They willgo to the base of Chocoma Satur-day, climbing the mountain onSunday. The Wellesley OutingClub goes on one or more mountaintrips with another college everyyear.

Last Sunday, Outing Club wenton a bicycle trip to Dover. After

about an hour on the road, they

cooked and ate lunch in rusticstyle.

C. G. CommentNow that The Well is an actual-

ity and a working thing, the

problems that come with it are

in evidence. At the meeting of

Senate last week a new system

of registration was devised. By

this system a new sheet will be

added to the cancellation book

which will be pink and will be for

11:30 p.m. registrations for The

Well only. Each girl who is go-

ing to The Well after 10:00 p.m.

will put her own name in the book,

the time of departure and her

escort. She will then sign her

name and the time when she re-turns. The purpose of this is to

eliminate the necessity of over-

working the girls who do slips andhave so far had an enormous reg-istration for The Well to cope with.Another change is that the rule

which has in the past read that a

student wishing to go out after

10 p.m. would have to leave the

campus before ten, has beenchanged so that a girl will leave

her college house before 10:00 p.m.

if she is going out for the eve-

ning.

A third problem is that of noisefrom The Well during perform-ances in Alumnae. Since it is mostconfusing for the performers to

have the noise coming from be-low it was decided it would be ad-visable to close The Well on nights

of performances. It will be re-

opened after a performance that

is followed by a dance or anyother performance that the Stu-

dent Entertainment Committee of

C. G. sees fit to put in the samecategory.

House Teams to CompeteFor Basketball Title

The finals which will be held on

Fall Field Day, Thursday, Novem-

ber 9, will mark the climax of the

inter-dormitory basketball tourna-

ment. The Quad team is ahead

at present, as it defeated the B

Village team 40-11 on October 25,

and the A team 31-11 on October27. The Hill girls won from TowerOctober 26 with a score of 36-8and the A Village team lost tothe B on October 30.

Several of the teams are plan-ning games this week. Scheduledfor Monday, November 6 the Vil-lage A team will play Tower andthe B team, The Hill. The Quadwill play the Hill on November 7in the last game before the finals.

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Peace Council Brings

Mr. Van Kirk to SpeakIn Observance of Peace

The College will observe Armis-

tice Day, Friday night, November

10, when Peace Council will bring

Walter Van Kirk, Chairman of

the National Peace Conference, to

speak in Pendleton Hall at 8 p.m.

President McAfee will dedicate

the Saturday morning chapel ser-

vice, November 11, to Peace Day.

Dr. Pennington Will

Speak on Mysticism

Dr. Leslie Pennington of the

First Parish in Cambridge of the

First Church Unitarian, will speak

at the C. A. tea this afternoon.

His subject will be "Mysticism,"

the second subject in the series of

teas on modern trends in faith.Tea will be served at 4:00 p.m. in

the C. A. Lounge, and the speaker

will talk at 4:40 p.m.

Out From DreamsAnd Theories

Work in a Foreign EmbassyMiss Emily Bax, for many years

a member of the staff of the Amer-

ican Embassy in London, will tellabout working in an Embassy,

Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 4:40 in Agora.

She was in the Embassy in thetime of Whitelaw Reid, Colonel

House, and other well-known men,

and came into very close touch with

local and international questions.

Miss Bax has just published aninformative and interesting book,

"Miss Bax of the Embassy." Teawill be served at 4:15.

Dr. Calkins Warns ofComplacency's Dangers

Dr. Raymond Calkins from the

First Church in Cambridge spoke

of the dangers of a self-righteous,

complacent attitude which too of-

ten is mere superficiality with no

real religious feeling behind it, inhis chapel address, Sunday, Octo-ber 29.

Prayer, he said, is "the onebond which binds humanity to-gether," but we must be sure thisprayer has an undertone of truecharity and sympathy. To insurea proper humbleness and sincerityin our prayer, we should count ourmaterial possessions as debts

against which our actions duringlife will be weighed to liquidatethe debt on the Judgment Day.

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How To Get a Job"Jobs for College Graduates and

How to Get Them," is a topic thatany alert Wellesley girl is inter-

ested in. Miss Florence Jackson, alecturer who visits Wellesley an-nually, spoke on this subject on

Wednesday, November 1st, at T.Z. E. House. Tea was served be-fore the discussion, which was ar-ranged by the Vocational Inform-

ation Committee and the PersonnelBureau.

Harvard Will ExamineIts Freshmen's Notes

In an effort to prevent difficulties

caused by faulty study methods,Harvard University officials will

this year examine freshman lec-ture and reading notes. The noteswill be called for unexpectedly a't

section meetings, but the professor

in charge of the course in whichthis new procedure will be useddid not state what effect the noteswould have on grades.

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Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Grenfell Work BringsProgress to Labrador

Service Fund to Help Grenfell Mission InAid to Labrador Fisherfolk by Food,

Clothing, and Home NursingWhen Sir Wilfred Grenfell first visited the coast of

Labrador in 1892, there was no resident doctor alongthe thousand miles of shore-line. The fishermen ofthe great northland

were living muchthe same primitive

type of life as whenthe first settlers

came to the land.Badly they needed

hospitals, schools,

industrial training,

and the other aidswhich civilizationmight bring them.Under Sir Wil-

fred's leadership,

the past 38 years

have seen the estab-

lishment of a chain

of hospitals andnursing stationsalong the fifteen-

hundred mile stretch

of coast, little cen-

ters of inestimable

value to the hardy

fisherfolk. Dur-ing the long winter

months the doctors make their rounds, sometimes for

hundreds of miles, by dog team, frequently operating

in the tiny cottages when it is impossible to bring the

patients to a hospital.

Since the workers know that the future of Labrador

depends upon its children, the Grenfell Association

has established a large clay school at St. Anthony,

their headquarters. Each year the Association sends

a few promising boys and girls to the United States.

England and Canada for supplementary education.

Idealistically, most of them return to their native ice-

bound land, despite the lure of "warmer" civilization.

The industrial teachers of the Grenfell Association

have helped Labrador women in reviving the art of

weaving and spinning, brought north by their ances-

tors from England, and since forgotten in the struggle

for existence. These people still speak an Elizabethan

English; long ago they were caught beyond the sea,

away from what we call lingual "progress."

For many years the Grenfell Mission has received acontribution from the Wellesley Service Fund. The

Mission needs continued support for, in the words of

Sir Wilfred, "Labrador, a sleeping, chilly giant, is

stirring and her forests already ring with the tools of

engineers." With a new vision of provision for her

daily needs, aid from her friends is essential for the

life of her stalwart, uncomplaining people.

Students Find Self-HelpOpportunity at Billings

The Billings Polytechnic Institute of Montana is a

unique landmark in the history of the educational

system of the United States. Founded at Billings,

Mont., in 1908 by Lewis and Ernest Eaton, its pur-

pose was much broader in scope than that of the or-dinary college. For these two brothers were trying to

cope with the problem of the many young people ofthe northwest who live in isolated homes, separatedfrom social, religious, industrial and educational op-

portunities. It is this situation which the Billings

Polytechnic Institute is trying to solve and for this

work it needs the help of Service Fund.

Since few of the young men and women of tin-region could achieve an advanced education wit In mi

financial aid, the founders created a system of self-

help. Their methods include a modern dairy, farm,ranch of 1,000 acres with 250 head of Hereford cattle,

metal workings and machine shop, seed house and

nursery, and many others, all possible under the selfhelp plan. They allow ample opportunities for manypositions, and offset to a great degree the lack of or-

dinary channels of revenue.

Over five hundred students use the various courses

of education, of which there are five: Liberal Arts

College, Business College, School of Technology, Con-

servatory of Music and Academy. By mean- of the

educational system of Billings Polytechnic Institute

they have unusual opportunities winch they otherwise

w t > 1 1 1 < 1 ne\ it have had.

The students come largely from the thin -inns ofMontana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Entrancerequirement for the Liberal Arts Division is a high

school education. In the vocational courses there are

no educational requirements.

Service FundAppropriations for 1939-40

Education Committee

American Institutions:

Calhoun School, Lowndes Co., Ala. $ 60Laurinburg Normal and Industrial Institute,

Laurinburg, N. C. 90

Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural

School, St. Helena Island, S. C. 100

Hindman Settlement School, Knott Co., Ky. 145Pine Mt. Settlement School, Harlan Co., Ky. 125

Piedmont College, Demarest, Ga. 100

Bryn Mawr Summer School 200Summer School for Office Workers 25American International College, Springfield.

Mass. HOBillings Polytechnic Institute, Billings, Mont. 150

Northland College, Ashland, Wis. 100

Goodwill Home Association, Hinckley, Me 75Wellesley Summer Institute for Social Progress 100

Foreign Institutions:

American Collegiate, Smyrna 75Ewha College, Seoul, Korea 100International Institute for Girls, Madrid 100

[stanbul Woman's College 50Sherman High School, Chitoor, India, or new

settlement venture in rural India, to be

voted after talking with Miss Wycoff 100Yenching College for Women, China 3700

Total $5505

World Service Committee

American Friends Service Committee $250American Indian Institute 25Ann rican Women's Hospitals 75Convalescent Home for Children, Wellesley

Hills 125

International Grenfell Association 50

International Student Committee 225Maine Seacoast Missionary Society 50Migrant Community Work 200Near East Foundation 50World's Student Christian Federation 75National Conference of Jews and Christians 25

Total SI 150

Unemployment Relief Committee

Community Federation of BostonWellesley Community ChestWomen's Educational and Industrial UnionNatick Unemployment CommitteeLawrence City MissionMillville

Total ...

Grand Total

200

100

150

350300

.. 900

S2000$8655

Emergency Relief Appropriations

It will be necessary to allocate these later. Service

Fund hopes to be able to send between $3000 ami$4000 to Europe and the far East for relief work. The$10,000 Sen-ice Fund hopes to receive from individualpledges will be increased from such sources as the ex-tra chapel collection, the Charity Ball, and the gener-ous gift from the Tree Day Committee last spring.

If yon wish your own contribution to go wholly orin part to one or more of these causes, please note thison your pledge card.

Good Will Home AssistsPoor Children of Maine

The purpose of the Good Will Home Association ofHinckley, Me., is to help girls and boys who, because

of some misfortune, have been deprived of normalfamily and home-life and of educational opportunities.

This community, incorporated in 1889 and situated on

the hank of the Kennehec River, has enabled a- manyas 175 children at a time to enjoy the advantages "i

grammai and high school teaching, piano playing,

choir singing, woodwork and mechanical drawing,sewing.

The Association has provided a home for vonng

people in I he line sense of I lie word. The matron, whotakes charge of the cottages, look- after the boys and

girls at meal time, during the study period, and at

night is, in fact, their "mother." This home ele-ment I- ihe thing thai i- remembered and appreciated

by members of the community long after they haveleft.

The Good Will Home Association gratefully ac-

knowledged i he $75 contributed to their cause last

year, explaining that they had used it in the 3ewing

i in in the »irl-' department. The letter added thai

the money expected next spring would he spent either

on the same purpose or for re-finishing in the chapel.

Service Fund AssistsMillville's Children

Wellesley Donations Give UnderprivilegedChance for Medical, Dental Attention;

Better Sanitation in Schools

Giving underprivileged children a fair start in life;that's the job that's being done in the ghost-town ofMillville, Mass. Once a thriving factory town, Mill-ville with the changing times has become almost en-tirelv dependenl on the state, unable even to providefor the functions of it- own government. It- inhabi-tants remain, living in enforced idleness, many of themvirtually destitute. Their futures on the whole muslhe blank, but what about their children'.-'.'

That is where the Wellesley Service Fund hasstepped in. Each year Wellesley has contributed toMillville's shrunken funds. This has been usedlargely for a health program, -nice Millville's schoolsreaize that a good citizen musl he a healthy one.Lights have been installed in the schools, thus reliev-ing eye-strain. A clinic ha- been iq\ up to lake careof sick children, who pay 10 cent- their first visit, andfive cent- thereafter. Sanitary conditions have been

greatly improved, hut there i- -till much to be doneCleanliness may he next to godliness, DUl it's ratheidifficult to impress that fact on a child when there'sno place for him to wash his hand- before lunchDrinking water in Millville schools is so unsafe thatteacher- musl caution the children not to drink whilein school.

Further checking tin children's health, there is a

dental, medical ami niir-im: -ervice. giving tlii' chil-dren ihe ordinary protection thai mosi people takefor granted. The \\l'\ furnishes a hot lunch lorsome of the children, most of whom suffer from mal-nutrition. Health education is greatly stressed, andwith notable results.

Last Christmas was a banner our for Millville chil-dren owing to a Wellesley project under the auspicesof the Service Fund whereby various Wellesley girlstemporarily "adopted" a Millville youngster andplayed Santa Clans to him. That their, efforts weremore than appreciated was proved by ihe il I ofsometimes grubby but always enthusiastic letters thatcame from the polite recipients.

In spite of all these positive steps, there is .-nil

much left to he done in tin- projeel ol building 'hecitizens of tomorrow. \\'< lh-h-\ can do it

!

Service Fund Helps PlaceUnemployed Women in Jobs

"If I could only have help enough to gel startedin a new job!" has been the cry of many Boston wom-en who are in great need of immediate employment,Wellesley Service Fund has succeeded in giving thisvery help through the Women's Educational and In-dustrial Union of Boston.

One section of this Union is the Emergency Em-ployment Bureau to which Wellesley gives its yearlydonation of §150. This bureau, started in 1929 as

a temporary bureau for desperate women affected bythe economic crash, ha- found it necessary to become

a permanent employment agency because of its de-manding need.

Six thousand applicant- have come to register withMrs. Helen Fletcher for emergency employment. Their

backgrounds vary, and college graduates are doI rare-

ly among them. Who of the needy are eligible forsuch help? Those women who are responsible fordependents, those who receive no other charity, and

those who have no criminal record, facts the bureaucan check through the Social Service Index.

A tragic thing about unemployment i- the lack ofsupport between jobs. One must eat, be clothed and

have :< place to sleep, job or no job, and this is often

n. '.m io impossible. Wellesley's contribution might be

called a "carry over" contribution as u help- new em-ployees tO get back on their feet, a- well a- to help

others gel training thai will prepare them for future

employment. The kind- of jobs thai the agenej hasmost opportunity to offei are cleaning, laundry, sew-

ing, caring for children, and waiting on table. The"white collar" job-hunter who may be accustomed torefinement and a comfortable home i- harder to place.

The agency tries to find them all sorts of >«\'\ jobs,

such as answering phone-, addressing envelopes, or

acting as a temporary social secretary. U a per.-ou is

lucky, a job of this type may lead to another of more

permanent value.

Husbands have been known to run away with tax

money, and fathers' businesses to fail, and this is

when the Women'- Emergenc} Employment Bureau

may be a God-send. And what can you do? Con-tribute to the Service Fund that helps back just such

worthy causes.

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, NOVEMBER 2, 1939

School Improves Social

Conditions on St Helena

The Pcnn School of St. Helena Island, S.C.,

represents much more than the wordschool, in

0Ur restricted use of the word.For, by means of

its educational work, its committees,and its broad

interests, the Pcnn School has changed thewhole char-

acter of St. Helena Island in the course ofthe seventy-

seven years of its existence.

Because of its location in the Southagriculture has

always been the chief occupation of theresidents of

the district, This brought about theexistence of

slavery on the island. Then, with theabolition of

slavery arose the problem of the mass ofilliterate

Negroes ol thai section. It was to solve thissituation

that Misses Laura M. Towne and Ellen Murraycame

to the Island, and founded Penn School.

The Penn School has tried to think of eachchild

in relation with its whole environment. Inits efforts

for improvement the Community Council wasformed,

with committees on Health and Sanitation,Home Im-

provement, Farm Improvement, Recreation, Education

and Religious Life, and Leadership. The committees

hold monthly meetings to report on progress oftheir

five year programs. The seven point program of the

Home Improvement Committee is a particularly in-

teresting example of the type of work being done.

Their aims are to have every house whitewashed, have

vegetable and flower gardens, improve sanitary con-

ditions, get children in school, get adults in clubs and

improved poultry.

The education of its two hundred and seventy-eight

pupils through twelfth grade is probably the most im-

portant way in which the Penn School affects the

three to four thousand population of the Island. Here,

in addition to the practical subjects of a high-school

curriculum, the best methods of farming are studied,

experiments are made for finding the types of crops

which can be used as substitutes for cotton. Girls

are taught domestic science as well. Where there

were formerly only overcrowded small school houses

with terms of four to five months, now the PennSchool has twenty buildings of its own throughoutthe Island, which is eighteen miles long, and four to

seven miles wide.

In these ways it has worked to solve the problemsof disease and health, agriculture, education and eco-

nomic problems on St. Helena Island.

Lawrence Mission Assists

Families in ReadjustmentsNeedy families near Lawrence, Massachusetts, dis-

rupted by unemployment and problems of adjust-

ment, have found help in the Lawrence City Mission,

a family service society to which Wellesley's Service

Fund has sent annual contributions.Over a long period, the City Mission has been

working with families and individuals of insufficientincome. It has given particular attention to youngcouples whose homes are none too stable and whosehopes and dreams have been almost utterly shattered.

Although unemployment and sickness have beenthe two greatest drains on its resources, the CityMission has noticed lately a strong upward trend inemployment. Looking forward to devoting moretime to family stabilization, the Mission has chosensome ten special families to help toward a normalhappy life.

Two projects which the Mission hopes to have moretime to develop are Parent Guidance Classes andgreater service to the neighboring towns of Andover,North Andover, and Methuen. Although these townscontribute to the Community Chest, the Missionhas not been able to establish in them a weekly con-sultation service.

The Lawrence City Mission, giving material aidfirst when it is needed, aims toward readjusting andstabilizing the individual. Mission members listento his problem, discuss all its aspects with him, andfinally lead him to reach a decision of his own.

School Acquaints Workers

With Economic ConditionsThe Hudson Shore Labor School, formerly known

as the Bryn Mawr Summer School, aims to offer wom-en in industry educational opportunities they mightotherwise not receive. The School, located at WestPark, New York, is now under separate jurisdictionfrom Bryn Mawr, although the College still retainsa deep interest in its work.The School wants to help the working women of the

country to become better acquainted with their ownproblems, and those of others. They offer opportuni-ties for liberal study, and training in clear thinking.Interest in our economic problems today is stimulated,so that industrial women, as wage earners, may appre-ciate social and economic conditions.

Students are enrolled from among industrial work-ers all over the world. Women attend the Schoolfrom European countries as well as the United States.Money from the Service Fund helps to support thisSchool, and each year a Wellesley student Berves asone ol the -ix undergraduate assistants.

Pine Mountain School

Ed Vote To show the need for Servia Fund

contributions wt quott an extract from aletter

oj Glyn A. Morris, Director of the PineMoun-

tain Settlement School in Harlan County,Ky.:

\ woman with her three children came to the

Pine Mountain chapel on a Sunday morning to

attend the service, she had newly moved into

the neighborhood of the school.When the order

of the service was given her and the placeof

the hymn found she whispered that she could

,„,, read. Rather hesitatingly and yetwith

pride she said that Arleeny and Berrycould

read; would a hymn book a-piece be given

them? The woman explained to her seat-

neighbour at the chapel that she hoped Arleeny

and Berry could come to the PineMountain

School. She said that Berry was just wanting

some books to read bad and that he had had

books from the Turkey Fork School that he

could even bring home. Books was a mother's

ambition for her children, an ambition which

should bring them what she in her school-less

youth could not have."

War Emphasizes Value OfSister College Yenching

For twenty years Wellesley and Yenching have been

sister colleges'; twenty years in which both colleges

have been constantly developing toward a high goal

f academic life. Both colleges are todayexamples of

the highest type of liberal arts education.But today

Wellesley finds herself far more fortunate than her

sister in war-ravaged China whose needs are now more

acute and more deserving of generous support than at

any time during the past years of affiliation.

In the whole immense area of occupied Northern

China, Yenching is the one institution of higher learn-

ing, with the exception of a Roman Catholic Univer-

sity also in Peking, which has maintained its academic

freedom. The rest have been destroyed, driven out,

or brought under the domination of alien conquerors.

Yenching is needed to keep alive the "liberal arts"

spirit and the high type of education it has been able

to offer to the young people of China.

These young people are now turning to it in great

numbers. Fifteen hundred well-prepared candidates

took entrance examinations this year but even with

close crowding only a small percentage of that num-

ber can be admitted. The ordinary capacity of

Yenching is 800 students, and this year 980 have been

received.

War conditions in China have increased the finan-cial needs of the university appreciably. Many ofthe students have lost parents, homes and fortunes

but they still fight on to gain an education. An edu-cation may indeed be the only weapon they will haveto maintain any kind of stability in the situation they

find themselves today. Some students have come onfoot distances equal to that of from Kansas to NewYork in order to attend Yenching.The students of Yenching, and others like them may

be expected to be the future leaders of the new China.After the war is over the country will have to turn

for reconstruction and guidance to those men andwomen who have been able to get a college educationtoday.

Wellesley has many present and past connectionswith Yenching. President Mildred H. McAfee is amember of the Yenching Board of Trustees, and twomembers of our faculty, Miss Seal Thompson of theBible Department, and Miss Helen Davis, Chairmanof the Botany department, have taught there. Amongpresent Wellesley students, Louise Pyke of the classof 1940, Chi Fang of the Hygiene department, andNien-tz'u Chou of the graduate department, havestudied there.

Wellesley Gives to EwhaCollege and Korean Girls

As there are only a few, carefully selected girls whoattend Ewha College in Korea, they are very sincereabout their studying and desire to learn. The girlsare especially interested in American customs andthe way Americans think. Twenty of the girls livein an English House where nothing but English isspoken. Their guests for dinner are often Americangirls and a unique relationship has developed betweenthe two nationalities.Korea is on a peninsula, one and one-half times as

large as Florida, northwest of Japan, the country towhich it belongs. The student body comes from thefar off Orient and is offered an education in LiberalArts, and Home Economics. This is unusual in theFar East. For many years Ewha was the only collegefor girls in Korea, but now there are others. It is stillthe only Christian college on the peninsula and re-ligous work is an important part of the institution.

This year the election of a new Ewha president, Dr.Helen K. Kim, starts a new history for the college. In1918 she graduated from the Bchool which she nowheads. While studying in America she received herM. A. at Boston Universitv. Misa Kim representedto our country the best in Korean Christian woman-hood.

Summer Institute Studies

Cross Section of Opinion

"The purpose of the WellesleySummer Institute for

Social Progress is to get across section of public opm-

lnll in this country," saidMr. Alfred D. Sheffield,

Professor of Group Leadership and EnglishComposi-

tion Mr. Sheffield is Dean of RoundTable Discus-

sions at the Institute which isheld for two weeks dur-

ing the summer at Wellesley. The Instituteis one of

the organizations to which ServiceFund contributes

each year.

A group of 120 men and women representing many

different backgrounds and vocationsincluding pro-

fessional people, laborers and students, gathered on

the campus here last summer from July 8 to July^A

to study and discus* the general theme' How Can We

Make Democracy Work?" The daily program in-

cluded a morning lecture followed by discussion,with

r„imd table meetings in the afternoon. Mr. Sheffield

described one round table which he organized on' The

Problem of a Sound Basis for Labor Relations" at

which representatives of labor unions, business men,

and professors came together to exchange their opin-

ions on the subject. Mr. Sheffield feels that this dis-

cussion was successful, because the "neutral territory"

of a college campus had disarmed the participants,

and they all approached the problem in a co-operative

rather than an aggresive spirit. Instead of arguing on

whether or not labor should be organized, a question

which is a sore spot in the United States today, the

subject of labor relations was considered from a differ-

ent angle, that of determining what constitutes a

sound basis for organization. "We put actual prob-lems up to the various people and asked them just

how they would solve them," Mr. Sheffield said. "The

result was that we had all those people who represented

antagonistic elements in business today working to-

gether trying to find the best solutions for their prob-

lems."

Mr. Sheffield believes that the Institute, which was

founded by Wellesley alumnae, is extremely valuable,

and has proved so far a success. He wishes, however,that more people could stay for the entire two weeks.

Natick Committee Supplies

Food, Clothing for NeedyThe purpose of the Natick Unemployment Commit-

tee is to help those people on the border line who neverask for relief but need it none the less. Several of

Natick's factories have been dismantled in recent

years, and the poorer people of the town have suffered

serious hardships.

The Unemployment Committee has supplied milkfor school children; fuel and clothing for needy fami-

lies; and glasses, medicine, and braces for children

who could not obtain them otherwise. About $60 amonth is spent on the milk for undernourished chil-

dren. This is distributed by the school nurse, the

public health nurse, and Miss Fitzgerald, who hasbeen head of the Unemployment Committee since1931. About $50 a year is spent on shoes. Last yearService Fund, realizing the committee's need for finan-

cial assistance, contributed $350.

Special Appropriations1938-39

Americans Friends Service CommitteeRelief Work in Spain $634Aid for German Refugees 500

Institute of International EducationAid for German Refugee Students 285

International Student ServiceRelief Work in China 654

Total $2073

This year the money will probably be sent in partthrough these same organizations as well as the RedCross and some such organization as the United Jew-ish Charities.

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS, NOVEMBER 2, 1939

Walpole Again DissectsThe Abnormal MentalityThe Sea Tower by Hugh Wal-

pole. Doubleday Doran & Co. 1939.307 pages. $2.50.

Hugh Walpole has won his lit-erary spurs by his sallies into the

workings of the abnormal mind.In his latest novel, The Sea Tower,he has ridden again to victory inthat peculiarly absorbing corner

of the realm of psychology.A country estate on the English

seacoast, with an old Normantower on it overlooking the ocean,is the setting for his story. Thesituation at first seems simpleenough; a young man meets andmarries a beautiful London girl,brings her home, and hopes thathis mother will like her. Themother does not. What at firstappears to be a case of mother-in-law troubles gradually turns tosomething far more complex as thecharacter of the mother is re-vealed. Far from being merelyjealous of her son's wife, she isone who has become, in the psy-chological sense, obsessed by herlove for him. Though aware ofher domination of all the membersof her household, the reader is atfirst struck by the strength of herpersonality rather than by her onegreat weakness. Then slowly,ruthlessly, the author dissects hermind for us, using his pen as ascalpel. As her obsession comesto light, her jealousy of the newbride turns to hatred. The work-ings of that hatred upon the youngwife, Christina, provide one of themost realistic and terrifying ex-amples of suspense through fearthat this reviewer has ever read.The Sea Tower is neither great

nor unique, for abnormal psychol-ogy has long been a subject forfiction writers. One gets the samesatisfaction, though of a higherand more intellectual nature, thatone derives from a cleverly writtendetective story. It might be de-scribed stylistically as a variationon a theme by V. Sackville-West,less profound, yet swift, modern,intense.

By C. S. O. '40.

Rabbi Wise Will SpeakAt Forum in Ford Hall

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, notedAmerican Jewish leader, will dis-cuss "The World Conflict and theJewish Problem" at Ford HallForum, Sunday evening, Novem-ber 5.

Rabbi Wise believes that theJewish H-oblem is closely boundup with the problem of maintain-ing democracy. In his address,he will consider the Jewish prob-lem in Poland, the conquest ofwhich country he regards as oneof Jewry's greatest tragedies. Hewill also speak on England's newattitude toward Palestine, andother effects of the world conflicton Jewry.

COMMUNITYPLAYHOUSEThurs., Fri., ond Sot.,

Nov. 2, 3, 4

"THE MIKADO"with the

D'Oyly Carte Chorus ondKenny Baker

The Dionne Quints

Alexander Woollcott in

"5 Times 5"

Mon., Tues. G Wed., Nov. 6-7-8

Robert TAYLOR - Hedy LAMARRin

"Lady of the Tropics"also

CaroleLOMBARD

CoryGRANT

KayFRANCIS

In Name Only'

Museum Exhibits RareChiaroscuro Woodcuts

An exhibition of chiaroscurowoodcuts at tho Boston Museum ofFine Arts, where it will remainuntil November 26, forms an un-usually representative collection of

this particular print technique.

The prime purpose of the chiaros-curo print is to render effectively

and economically light and shade.

The process was first developed

in Germany in the early sixteenthcentury, and at that time usually

consisted of an outline block, com-

bined with one or more tone blocks.

Burgkmair's Death of Lovers, Gal-

dung's powerful Witches' Sabbath

and the well-known St. Christo-

pher by Lucas Cranach illustrate

early applications of the technique.

These sixteenth century prints

number among the best in the show.

The vitality and fresh inspiration

of the artist experimenting with a

new medium contrasts sharply tomuch of the later dull or lifelessseventeenth, eighteenth, and nine-

teenth century work, of which the

purpose seems merely decorative

or reproductive.

Italy soon followed Germany's

lead, dispensing, however, with the

outline block and throwing the sub-

ject into high relief by the use of

three or more tone blocks. A verylarge number of prints representthe Italian artists, perhaps the

most interesting of which are Par-

migiano, Andrea Andreani, Ugo daCarpi Gallus, and Coriolano. Their

tone processes often result in broad

and striking effects. Ugo Da Car-pi's Sibyl, after Raphael, of which

there are several exceptionally well

preserved prints, is a charming ex-ample of the best of the Italianwork.

We find in later works the etchedline often successfully taking the

place of the woodcut outline. Fur-thermore, the artist learns how tohandle a greater number of toneblocks. The exhibit is especiallyvaluable inasmuch as it permits

one to follow fche rise and develop-ment of the chiaroscuro cut fromthe first form of color printing, ex-emplified in Altdorfer's Beautiful

Virgin of Ratisbon, through con-

temporary examples. Moreover,an opportunity for complete under-standing of the process is pre-

sented by examples which revealthe effect or single tones and com-binations of tones.

One of the most interesting con-

clusions to be drawn from theexhibition is the superiority whichthe oldest and newest examples ofthe chiaroscuro technique hold overthe intermediary works of the var-ious schools. Truly representativeof the best decorative trend inmodern print-making and revela-tory of the modern interest in de-

Modernization Changes"Mood" of Ibsen Drama

Henrik Ibsen once said that hispurpose in writing Hedda Gablerwas not to deal with "so-calledproblems," but to present humanbeings and their emotions againsta background of his day. Eva LeGallienne has attempted to trans-plant the characters of nineteenth

century Norway to the present day,and in so doing, has had to changethe emphasis of the original.

From a play imbued with morose-ness and foreboding, Hedda Gablerhas been transformed in mood sothat lighting, sets, and acting allcontribute a new note of normalcy.Seen against the new backgroundthe characters take on a differentsignificance. Hedda is a beautifulbored woman who smokes too manycigarettes. Her husband is alovable boor. Her rival is impos-sibly unattractive. The maidenaunt is briskly modern to an extentthat makes her gleeful insinua-tions concerning an addition to theTesman family seem out of char-acter.

Miss Le Gallienne's technique isflawless and a pleasure to watch,but the inner passions of Heddaare so camouflaged that the fewmoments in which she loses herselfseem somehow unmotivated.Matthew Smith is surprisingly

sympathetic as Hedda's husband.Hedda's former lover, played byEarle Larimore, seemed to be act-ing in a play by himself, uncon-nected with the rest of the cast, andcompletely out of tune with therest of the production. Hedda Gab-ler in modern dress is an inter-esting experiment, but proved per-haps that Ibsen himself knew toowell where his own effectivenessas a dramatist lay.

By B. H. IF. '40

sign are works such as AllanLewis' The Emigrant, Louis Jo-seph Soulas' Paysage de Sologneand Thomas Nason's Landscapewith Sheep. An assemblage of sucha vast and significant number ofworks in a medium, comparativelyspeaking, but little used, is indeedone not to be overlooked.

S. 5. '40.

COLONIALTHEATRE — NATICK

Thurs., Fri., Sat.Myrnn Loy, Tyrone Power,

George Brent in

'The Rains Came"aho

"Charlie Chan at Treasure Island"Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed.

(Vornin Shearer, Joan Crawfordand Rosalind Russell in

'The Women"lean Rogers und Eddie Collins

"Stop, Look and Love"

COMING!!An Exhibit of Best's College Fashions

including

Our Famous Campus Classicsand

British Specialties

THE LATEST FASHIONS IN

WEEKEND CLOTHES

NEW IDEAS FOR WINTER SPORTS

November 8 & 9

WELLESLEY DISPLAY SHOP

lied & 6a.Fifth Ave., N. Y.

Beacon ond Washington St.

Brookline, Mass.

Barn Scores SuccessIn "The Royal Family"

Cust of Characters

Julie CavendlBh, Harri.-i Hulli mny Cavendish

. . Betty Blrdsall'"""

Linda HornerKlttj Dean.. Anne LangdonDel,il x "" v McLaughlinTony Cavendish William HughesOscar Wolfe WllUam Thayi ,

Barn made a happy choice inselecting the Ferber - Kaufmanplay for this year's first largepresentation. The Royal Family isa satirical, engaging comedy ofthe lives and loves of a prototypeBarrymore clan, earnestly involvedin dramatizing their private livesto the utmost.

It is a meaty play for charac-terization; and Barn was almostwholly successful in this field.Harriet Hull with her presenta-tion of Julie Cavendish, gave oneof the most professional appear-ances we have seen on the ama-teur stage. She is entirely capable,showing the temperament of thequick-silvered Julie with a poisedpresence and an easy charm thatentirely captivated the audience.Betty Birdsall, as Fanny Caven-dish, gave another outstandingperformance, with a presentationof an old woman living in the pastwith the strength and courage ofone still young. The rest of thecast was more than adequate, withNancy McLaughlin as Delia, thelong-suffering maid, Anne Lang-don as Kitty, the fretful, agingingenue, Linda Horner as Gwen,the pretty, loving product of thetheatrical family. The male mem-bers of the cast were well-chosen,and especial credit must be givento William Hughes, as Tony, theevanescent play-boy, and to Wil-liam Thayer as Oscar Wolfe, the

manager.

The set was extremely workable,the costuming careful, the make-upexcellent, and the effect of the

whole leads the spectator to re-gret that Barn has adopted thepolicy of only one presentation ofsuch a successful production.

By B. B. '40

Noted 'Cellist OpensAnnual Concert Series

Emanuel Feuermann, whomleading musical authorities haveacclaimed as one of the outstand-ing 'cellists of all time, opened theconcert series at Alumnae Hall,Tuesday night, October 31.Throughout the entire perform-ance our soloist exhibited faultlesstechnique: changing from pizzicatoto arco passages with skill, pro-ducing clear, bell-like harmonicswith ease, and always keeping theshort, rather awkward bow undercontrol.

In the first movement of the.1/. ndehaohn Sonata the maintheme was played in several keyswhich enabled us to hear thechange in tonal color from oneregister to another. The singingquality of the "cello was broughtbeautifully by Feuermann in theadagio movement, for this sectionwas like a recitative accompaniedby a chorale like theme on thepiano.

The Suite Populaire Espagnolwas in the characteristic style ofDeFalla and consisted of a seriesof sophisticated and well devel-oped folk tunes. Each section em-phasized a different aspect ofcello playing: long slow bows, fastshort ones, plucking the string like

a guitar and harmonics, each wasexecuted with the necessary Span-ish gusto and feeling.

If there can be an outstandingnumber on such a program as this,it was the Schubert Sonata in .1Minor. More thoroughly preparedthan the Mendelssohn this compo-sition gave ample proof of Feuer-mann 's virtuosity. Awkward skipswere followed by measures of ra-pid sixteenth notes in pizzicato or

arco or a combination of the two.In several places the difficultthumb positions had to be usedto produce the high notes, but no-\ hi re were we conscious of thedifficulties of the progressions. Itis said that truly great artistsmake even the hardest passagesseem simple. The last group ofcompositions was designed to leavethe audience in a good humor. The

beautiful Bach encore left us with

the knowledge that an auspicious

moment at Wellesley had been con-cluded.

By J. S. '40

m BRING YOUR DIMES WITH YOU NOV. 3

You'll Want a Souvenir Copyof the

1941 Junior Show Songs

Straight from "Phoney Islanda

THEY'VE GOT THAT NATJVE SWING

STAGEBOSTON OPERA HOUSE"Abe Lincoln in Illinois"

Last week

"Nice Gain'" SHUBERTLast week

"Outward Bound" PLYMOUTHLast week

"Kiss the Boys Goodbye" WILBURArgentinita and her Spanish dancers

and musicians JORDAN HALLIn prospect

"Hot Mikado" with Bill Robinson.Opening November 6 for ten days engagement.

"Very Warm for May." New Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammersteinmusical.Opening November 6 for one week only.

"Morning's at Seven." Third Theatre Guild play.Opening November G for two weeks.

"Key Largo" by Maxwell Anderson, starring Paul Muni, underdirection of Guthrie McClintic.Opening November 13 for two weeks.

"Dubatrry Was a Lady" with Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman.Opening November 13 for two weeks.

WELLESLEY THEATRE TICKET AGENCYWellesley Thrift Shop

31 Church Street. Wellesley

Tickets for all Boston theatres, Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall,and the Boston Opera House. Service charge of 25c. a ticket.

Hours: to 5:30.

8 WELLESLEY COLLEGE NEWS,NOVEMBER 2, 1939

CalendarThiirsiinv, Nov. 2: "S :15 a.m., Morn-

ing Chapel. Rebecca P. Jackson'40

will lead. •1:00-4:30 p.m., Ticket

1 (1,