Page Two <—'| THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, April 25, 1951 THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1p14 ee no nriot weekly, du ® Colliers year. ' cept. during Christmas a examination ) fr the the thearent of oo Mawr Joilege ut the the Asdntere Printing nation "weaka) Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. The Colle News fully protected by copyright. Nothing. that _appears in it ma oa be JE TR either wholly or in part without permission oF the Teditor-in- lef. 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But don’t completely empty your pockets. There is a problem on hand that is important to every student on the Bryn Mawr College Campus. The Col- lege has finally realized its long standing dream to buy the Scull property that has, to use Miss Lang’s words, “rounded out the college block” or “squared the college circle.” But we do not yet have the funds on hand to complete the transac- tion in cash. The faculty answer to this challenge was “Kind Hearts and Martinets,” a very successful response to say the least. The alumnae plan to wage a campaign during the sum- mer to raise funds. Now what can we, approximately six hundred students, do to show that we too are interested? You can show your approval and enthusiasm by a contribution, as large as possible in spite of rapidly thinning pocketbooks, to the Scull property fund. And more than this, you can write to your families and ask them to consider the college in cal- culating their charity contributions for the year. It is hoped that you too will make some small contribution. Curriculum Conscious?? | Do you want to alter, add, subtract, or reschedule a course? If you do, you sit in the smoker and outline your grievances to your friends. This solution is excellent for re- lieving inner tension, but it does nothing toward eliminating the problem. Have you ever thought of mentioning it to the Curriculum Committee? The members of this Committee can do a great deal to achieve a constructive solution to un- dergraduate problems; students often do not realize the pow- er and importance which the Committee has. ' Last year’s Committee completed a project which has been the goal of Curriculum Committees since the early 1940’s; Course Description Supplements. These Supplements were intended primarily for freshmen; they outlined the ma- terial covered by each course and how much work each en- tailed. The taille Committee tea for freshmen, designed Current Events Common Room, April 23, Miss | Bree outlined French internal pol- itics. She emphasized that the French situation is: involyed with the international scene in respect to relations with Russia and the Korean War. Although the 1951 elections come soon—the Chamber of Deputies disagree as to when and how they will occur—internal politics seem unimportant; the people are confused about the parties’ policies. Miss Bree remarked that the situation has greatly changed since France’s liberation in 1946 when the Communist Party polled about five million votes, mainly be- cause of demands for reform, and because the Communists had been active in the resistance movement during the war. At present, the movement is away from the Com- munists, as is shown especially by the decreased circulation of Com- munist propaganda. The Catholic- Socialist party, also, is losing sup- port both to the Right and to the Left because it cannot impose its policies in the government. The Radical Socialist party is gaining in strength mainly because it is now largely represented in the government. In general, the So- cialist parties are unwilling to assume responsibility of the inter- national situation. The problem is the people’s vote. Will their vote be influenced in view of present conditions? In France today, although the recon- struction and reorganization pro- gram has been promoted as far as possible, since 1946 France has had to drop social reform plans and devote 740 billion francs for rapid rearmament, leaving only 31 bil- iion for reconstruction. Where will this money be found? The average iaborer earns only about $428. The standard of living is lowered be- cause of low wages and rising in- flation. The working class is al- ready overburdened by taxes, and there is a large amount of appar- ently uncontrollable tax evasion. Last year witnessed powerful but orderly strikes- with which much of the population sympathized. Al- though many people realized Com- munist responsibility, Miss Bree stated that these strikes exempli- fied a labor revolt against the government. ‘Doubt and confusion reign in France as to the significance of the sacrifice of reconstruction for re- armament. ‘Where will this pro-|. gram lead Europe, and how is the financial question to be solved? Until the international problems are solved, French internal politics will also remain unsettled. Continued from Page 1 Dr. Samuel Chew will introduce him. 10:00 p. m. The AA Council will meet in the Common Room. The meeting is open to all stu- dents. Tuesday, May 1, 1951. MAYDAY! Goodhart. The scholarships and awards will be announced by Miss McBride for the year 1951- 1952. Wednesday, May 2, 1951. 8:45 a. m. Morning Assembly. Alice Mitchell will speak on the Opinion Past Arts Nights Aid Haring to Amend Editorial To the Editor ‘of the NEWS: It seems advisable to correct an error in last week’s NEWS, which said that ‘Arts Night had been a custom since 1949. Even within the memory of an undergraduate it is possible to probe more deeply than that. The first Arts Night was, of course, in 1947, but that does not fall within my memory. In 1948 the second Arts Night had as its theme “Encounter,” around which all the varying media cen- tered their expression. The mem- orable feature of that program was the extraordinary “Each Man is an Island,” a dance with music composed by Sperry Lea and chor- eographed by (Marjorie Low. I still remember it as the most suc- cessful undergraduate composition to come from Bryn Mawr in my years here. At the time of writing I have nu memory of Arts Night (1949, nor any access to records of it. ‘At that time, however, the idea of a central theme for Arts Night was beginning to break down and en- thusiasm was being lost. Last year an importation from Princeton, su- verbly executed, put everything lo- cal to shame, despite the efforts of Sperry ‘Lea and the Dance Club in “Rhapsody on a Windy Night.” This year enthusiasm is at its low- est, and Arts Night has been shunted off to the Skinner Work- shop. Perhaps in the future we may look for more contributions and greater time spent in the preparation of this fine annual custom. Sincerely yours, Lee Haring Prof. Chew Elected Am. Philas. Society Member Continued from Page 1 Perhaps the most familiar to]: Bryn Mawr students of all Mr. Chew’s wirtings is his contribution to Baugh’s Literary History of England which is called The Nine- teenth Century and After: 1789- 1939. ENGAGEMENTS iLenci Abell, ’50 to Thacher Lor- ing. Eleonore Otto, ex-’51, to Paul Veasey. Betsy Trippe, 53 to William Hincks (Duke. MARRIAGE Joan Jackson, ex-’53 to Frank Newlin. See samples of your new Spring and Summer clothes at a student-modeled style show in the Maids’ Bureau on Tues- day, May 1 at 4:15 p. m. Tea and cookies will be served, and admission is free—believe it or not. DP Scholarships. 8:30 p. m. The French Club Play, Qrphee, by Jean Cocteau, will be given in the Skinner Workshop. Tickets $1.20 on sale at the door. these activities are representative of what the Curriculum perc ar can do outside of dealing with the usual depart- Science Club ‘Speaker Corrects News Write-up The Wilhelm Reich Foundation Orgone Institute Research "Laboratories, Inc. April 19, 195% The Editor, : The College NEWS, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Dear Sir: I have just received a copy of The College ‘(NEWS for Wednes- day, March 7, 1951, in which there is a review of my talk before the Science Club of Bryn Mawr in Dalton Hall on Tuesday evening, March 6th, 1951. There are sev- eral errors in this report, which I im calling to your attention with the request that the corrections to these be published in the next is- sue of the College NEWS. The subject of my lecture was. “Dr. Wilhelm Reich’s Experiments in Biogenesis.” In the first sen- tence of the first paragraph Dr. Reich’s first name is incorrectly given as “‘William”. The second sentence refers to Dr. Reich’s theory as based on an “idea”. His theory is based on what he actually observed,—em- pirical evidence that the bion is the unit of structure of living things. In the second paragraph, on Page 5, Column 5, the orgone is referred to as the life-giving “sub- stance’. It should read “energy”. Further on in this same para- graph there is a confusion of the ljemonstration of bion formation from inorganic substances such as cdal,::iron, and sand,. which are first heated to incandescence and then plunged into broth plus KC1, —with Experiment XX. Since Ex- periment XX is the crucial and demonstrable experiment for bio- genesis, it is essential that this process be understood correctly. Directions for making Experiment XX are given on page 54 of The Cancer Biopathy, by Dr. Wilhelm Reich, Orgone Institute Press, New York, 1948. One part of earth (garden soil) is boiled for an hour in three parts of water, or auto- claved for half an hour at 15 Ibs. pressure . The fluid is then filter- ed from the boiled or autoclaved soil. This fluid is called bion wa- ter. The bion water is then placed in sterile containers and _ reauto- claved. After two days it is put into the freezing compartment of the refrigerator. After several days of freezing, it will be ob- served that the yellow color of the bion water has become concentrat- ed in the center of the ice in a dense, brownish yellow core. This core contains the primary plas- matic flakes, which can be seen macroscopically, and microscopi- cally, immediately upon thaw- ing. If, instead of freezing, the bion water is allowed to evaporate, the residue, termed “orgontin”, or dried flakes, are formed, which can be kept for years. When placed in water they swell, and show the manifestations of growth, multi- plication and orgonomia forma- tion. These two experimental pro- cesses, the freezing, and the dry- ing, must be kept separate. In the last paragraph the “Wil- liam Reich Laboratory in Maine” should read “The Orgone Institute Research Laboratories of the Wil- helm Reich Foundation,” at Orgo- non, Rangeley, Maine. * Very truly yours, Helen E. MacDonald, Ph.D. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE | | op S. 'Will you kindly send me a