VOL. XLIV, NO. 24 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1950 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1950 PRICE 15 CENTS Penn Physicist Proposes Basis Of Bird Flights Science Club Sponsors ‘Henry Yeagley’s Lecture “Now let’s just ease into this gradually.” Dr. Henry Yeagley, astro-physicist and Associate Pro- fessor of Physics at Pennsylvania State College, is a slender, genial man who likes to gesture broadly, particularly when he is discussing his avocation, A Proposed Physi- cal Basis of Bird Navigation. His talk, sponsored by the Science Club was given last Thursday eve- ning in the Biology Lecture Room. in Dalton. “You may think I’m going a long way ’round”, he said, “but you will see the relation of what I say to bird nagivation.” “I grew up'in York, Pennsylva- nia. My father was a horse and buggy doctor, and I used to take - it, the horse, to the blacksmith’s to be shod. I got my early educa- tion hanging around the black- smith shop, but’, here he paused and regarded his audience thought- fully for a moment, “I won’t go “A few. yards away from th “shop was a pigeon coop in which child I used to wonder how those a man. kept homing pigeons. As a fuzzy-wuzzy things, that work their way out of their shells with such difficulty, can in four weeks be on the wing, and in three months can compete in hundred mile races. On those evenings I used to sit and watch the bats wheeling around the street lamps. Flying at high speed they would approach some obstacle—a branch or a telephone wire, and then sud- Continued on Page 3 Dr. Martin Foss To Give Address At Bacealaureate Dr. Martin Foss of the Haver- ford College philosophy depart- ment has been chosen by the class of 1950 as speaker at the Bacca- laureate Service on Sunday eve- ning, June fourth. Dr. Foss grew up and began his work in Berlin when it was still the artistic and scientific center of Europe, but he left at the time of Hitler’s rise to power. He went to Paris where he lectured and carried on secret lia- son work with the German capital. Later he was persuaded by his wife to leave France and come to New York. Continued on Page 4 B.M. Innovates Contest in Skills Of Horsemanship The first Bryn Mawr College Horse Show was held on Tuesday, May 16 at Mr. Fox’s Stables in Valley Forge: The show consisted of three classes in straight horse- manship, and one jumping class. The results were as follows: Be- ginners, Louise Dengler, Beverly Singer, Norma Bachrach, Zita Levine; Intermediates, Diana, Poole,} | Sheila Atkinson, Bertie Dawes; Advanced, Bess Foulke, Gretchen Wemmer, Chris MacVeagh, Eula Harmon; Jumping, Gretchen Wem- mer, Chris MacVeagh, Eula Har- mon, Rosemary Spicer. This first of Bryn Mawr’s horse shows was a great success, and one which the Athletic Association hopes to re- peat in years to come. The News takes great pleas- ure in announcing the election of Frances Shirley as co-make- up editor. Bones on Roof Alert Wyndham For Hunt of Bristling Raccoon Specially contributed by Karen Cassard, ’50 As ‘my roommate and I were preparing, a couple of weeks ago, to go out and sun ourselves on the porch roof, which is just outside our room, we noticed, to our hor- ror, several very large and very smelly bones lying about. Being as how I am so frightfully civic minded (my wanting to sunbathe had nothing at all to do. with it, of course), I volunteered to remove them, with the invaluable aid of The Philadelphia Inquirer. That ‘helped a bit but not much, and we were forced to move several feet away. Stark tragedy had reared its ugly head. The great mystery was how the bones ever got on the roof in the first place. They were much too big to have been brought there by a cat or a squirrel, the only ani- mals anyone had ever seen around here, and although we fully realize that the percentage of eccentric people in this locality is unusually ‘ high, we really didn’t think there were any—even amung the profes- sors—who were eccentric enough to want to throw great, half- gnawed bones onto our roof. We were, for the first time since the hygiene exam, stumped, so we did what we had done then, and for- got about it, repeating, to our- selves the unofficial Bryn Mawr motto: “Ignorance is bliss.” But more and more bones kept, appearing, and at last we decided that we really must do something, so my roommate and I went to the: Business Office and told our gory’: tale. Everyone was most sym- pathetic,,and we were at last ad- vised to listen carefully that night; for any suspicious noises, and then, if we heard any, to rush boldly out witi a flashlight and see what it was. This was all very well, except that my roommate was going out and leaving me all alone. Never- theless, I resolved to be brave, and after opening the three windows with screens in them, I sat down and waited. But the minutes pass- ed away and became hours, and still no noises. I began to lose hope, when suddenly there reach- ed my ears the unmistakable sounds of light quick steps on the roof! I rushed for the flashlight, and approached the window in dread, fully expecting to see un- told horrors. If you have ever tried looking through a screen at night with a very feeble flashlight, you know how much you can see: the screen. Continued on vage 4 Resolutions,Rights Discussed by NSA At BM Conference The delegates to the NSA sub- regional conference held at Bryn Mawr on April 29 passed several resolutions during the course of the afternoon’s heated discussions on Student Rights and Responsi- bilities. Later the regional officers of NSA reconsidered the resolu- tions, and decided that they had been passed by a group not wholly representative ef NSA, even though these resolutions were of a committal nature. Recently, in a letter to the col- lege committee, Elmer Brock, Pres- ident of the Pennsylvania Regional United States National Students’ Association, said that the resolu- tions were “not to be considered as either NSA policy or NSA pro- nouncements.” That they had been passed at all was in violation. of the regional constitution, for fifty delegates represented not NSA exclusively, but YPA, the Academic Freedom Union, Young Republi- cans, and even non-existent organ- izations. The motions dealt with the civil rights case of students of Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsyl- vania, as well as with various cam- pus political organizations. The conference acted without a peti- _,Continued_on Page 2 Bryn Mawr Wins In Softball Game The softball game played be- tween Bryn Mawr and Chestnut Hill on Tuesday, May 16 closed with a score of 6-5 in Bryn Mawr’s favor. The game was stretched to nine innings, because Chestnut Hill tied Bryn Mawr in the seventh inning. Our players were: Catcher, Jackson; Pitcher, Cohen; First Base, Klin; Second Base, Jo Ras- kin; Third Base, Tilman; Short- stop, Hayes; Shortfield, Voorhis; Rightfield, Cross; Centerfield, Janet Leeds; Leftfield, Ellen Wells. The class of 1951 takes great pleasure in announcing the election of Annie-Lawrie Fab- ens as editor and Marilie Wal- lace as business manager of next year’s yearbook. CALENDAR ‘Friday, May 19 Last Day of Lectures. Class Day, Library, Taylor, Deanery, Dalton, 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 22-Friday, June 2 Examination Period. Sunday, June 4 Memorial Service for Serena Hand Savage, ’22, President of the Alumnae Association of Bryn Mawr College, 1948 to February 24, 1950, Library Cloisters, 4:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Service, Dr. Martin Foss, Lecturer in Philos- ophy, Haverford College, Good- hart, 8:30 p.m. Monday, June 5 Senior Garden Party, admis- sion by invitation only, Wynd- ham Garden, 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 6 Commencement Exercises, Dr. Millicent Carey McIntosh, Dean of Barnard College, admission by. invitation only, Goodhart, 11:00 a.m. Roosevelt, Sforza, Taft, Shaw Send Advisory Letters to IRC Specially contributed by Eva Glassberg, ’52 Since so many students are going abroad this summer, the Inter-| national Relations Club thought it would be a good idea to ask for ad- vice on what we, American stud- ents, can do te stimulate efforts towards a peaceful world. There- fore, the IRC wrote letters to fif- teen people, asking for such advice. Unfortunately, all the responses Mrs. R. MeIntosh To Give Address To Class of 1950 Mrs. Millicent Carey McIntosh, who received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College in 1920, will give the commencement address, the subject of which is not now known. Mrs. McIntosh was born in Balti- more, Maryland in 1898. After completing her studies at Bryn Mawr, she went to Johns Hopkins University where she received her Ph.D. in 1926. In 1940 she received her LLD from Smith College. Mrs. McIntosh is one of the few people, who have successfully man- aged both an academic and a domestic career. She is married to Dr. Rustin McIntosh, and the mother of five children, and at the same time has held many high positions. From 1922 to 1923 she taught at Rosemary Hall, and then, from 1926 to 1929, was an instruc- tor in English here at Bryn Mawr. From 1929 to 1930, she was an As- sistant in English and Acting Dean here. Headmistress of the Brear- ley School in New York from 1930 to 1947, she then became Dean of Barnard College, Columbia Uni- versity, and still holds this posi- tion. Mrs. McIntosh is the niece of former President M. Carey Thomas. ‘have not yet come through, and | we are able to publish only four letters. We have not yet heard from Nehru, Pope Pius, Trygve Lie, Al- bert Einstein, Robert Schuman, Franco, or Marshall Tito. Both Winston Churchill and Clement At- lee wrote that they received too many such requests and had made it a policy to answer none; Senator Vandenberg was unable to ans- wer because of his illness; and President. Truman sent us several speeches pertaining to internation- al relations, none of which, how- ever, contained a direct answer ‘to the question we had asked. How- ever, we did receive the following answers: From Eleanor Roosevelt: The most important thing that American students can do is to learn what their own democracy means and live it in whatever cir- cumstances they find themselves. At the present time there is a struggle going on in the world for the minds of men and if democracy is to win against communism it must be because democracy proves that it is a growing, living faith, demonstrating its faith through action. This can be done by stud- ents in schools,-in their homes and wherever they travel. It requires a crusading spirit and a determina- tion to fight for peace throughout our daily lives as we fought to win the war. From Count Carlo Sforza: The idea of a European unity, which until recently was consider- ed by many people as a Utopia, is now gaining ground as the actual reality of a not too distant future. But just as Rome was not built in a day, we can likewise assume that a goal so far-reaching as this one will not be achieved in one breath. What is — after all — even a per iod of ten years, when history is being made? It was only under Dictatorship that we have wit- nesses -(sic.) improvised pseudo- Continued on Page 2 Descartes’ Anniversary Marked By Exhibit in Rare Book Room In conjunction with the tercen- tenary celebration of Descartes’ death, the Rare Book Room has on exhibit many first editions and related volumes on Rene Descartes ‘!from the collection of Professor Paul Schrecker. Of the portraits of the French philosopher and mathematician, one was engraved “dans le gout du |erayon” by Saverien 1763, another shows him as a young man; the original is in the Museum of Toul- ouse. One picture, of which this is the only copy recorded, shows Des- cartes at his writing desk, quill in hand, two globes on the floor beside him, a skeleton on the wali, geometric instruments scattered on the desk, and the sun streaming through the window. Included in the display are cop- ies of Les Principes de la Philoso- phie, Paris, 1659, opened to the illustration of the vortices, and the catalog of the Descartes ex- hibition arranged by the Biblio- theque Nationale of Paris to cele- brate the tercentenary of the Dis- cours de la Methode, in 1987. Pasted on the frontispiece to the catalog is a postage stamp with the portrait of Deseartes after Franz Hals, issued by the French government on the same occasion. The stamp, however, was soon withdrawn because. of the scandal- ous misprint: (Discours sur in- stead of de la Methode). A first edition of the Lettres de M. Descartes in three volumes his portrait after life drawn and engraved by his friend, the math- ematician van Schoten, the Latin translation of “Passiones Animae” which appeared simultaneously with the French original in the year of Descartes’ death comprise much of the rest of the display. In the corner glass cupboard works of Descartes’ ‘contempor- aries and followers may be seen. Here is the first edition of Leib- niz’ early writings, and also the first of his many articles on Des- cartes. One can see a copy of Moliere’s Les Femmes Savantes, a satire on the snobbish Cartes- ianism of bourgeois women pub- lished in 1672. The works of Louis de la Forge, and Arnold Geulincx of Pierre Daniel Huet, Bishop of Soissons, of Johann Clauberg, the first German Cartesian, may also be examined. Last, in the same case are the Opera Postumae of Spinoza, and a great copy, in T. Taylor’s Eng- lish translation of Malebranche’s Search After Truth. ‘Cogito ergo sum?’ Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS THE COLLEGE NEWS FOUNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- ving, Christmas and Haster holidays, and during examination weeks) in\the interest of Bryn Mawr College at the Ardmore Printing Company, Ardmore, Pa., and Bryn Mawr College. \ The College News is fully protected by copyright. Nothing that appears in it may be reprinted either wholly or in part without per- mission \of the Editor-in-Chief. Editorial Board \ Joan McBriwe, ’52, Bditor-in-chief JANE AUGUSTINE, "2 PAULA STRAWHECKER, ’52, Copy JOANNA SEMEL,\’52 BARBARA JOELSON, ’52, Make-up FRANCES SHIRLEY, *53 . Editorial Staff. Pee EMMY. CADWALADER, 52 MARGIE COHN, 752. PATRICIA Murray; "52 Junie ANN JOHNSON, ’52. 4) JupirH Konowrtz, ’51 _Mary-BERENICE ‘Morris, .’52 4... Fipeem Karz, “53°03 : Staff Photographers FRANCINE \Du PLEssix, *52 cory +p SUE, BRAMANN, 752 fo "= * “Business Maitagers y -TAMA SCHENK, ’52 & Mary Kay Lacxritz, ’51 pros esis To ene Business Staff . Lita Hann,’ ’52: BarBARA GOLDMAN, ’53 JANET CALLENDER, 752 Joan\Ripps, 752 HELENE KRaMEX, 753 BETTY \ANN SCHOEN, ’51 ~- core Subscription, $3.00 Mailing price, $3.50 Subscriptions may begin at any time Entered as second class matter at the Ardmore, Pa., Poss Office Under Act of Congress August 24,\1912 Academic Pressure And A Healther Attitude It is generally agreed on eampus that there is ‘a definite Bryn Mawr tradition of individualism: each one to\his own lifeboat, and if there aren’t enough lifeboats to go around, let the rest of those on board sink or swim. This attitude is evi- ‘dent in every phase of college life. There is no college spirit ; attendance.at-step-singing and. similar affairs must be eked out of the smal] group who are bored with bridge, and seek ‘another méans of diversion. There is little class spirit; the little that, does exist is evidenced half-heartedly in Freshman Show, ‘Maids ‘and. Porters and Sophomore Carnival, and Jun- jor, Show. fais ae :». ‘Phis cold and introverted state of mind is commonly blamed upon the academic system, and the need of rigid se- clusion for survival. Regardless of how much bearing the academic rigidity may have upon the situation, such a state of mind is unhealthy. This has been made obvious by the more outstanding cases of nervous fat?gue during the year. Two solutions, one actual and one potential, have been men- tioned to remedy this situation. The consulting psychiatrist is already present on cam- pus ; a-consulting religious counselor has been proposed. The objections to these solutions are obvious. The very name of “psychiatrist” is an anathema to those who might need to consult him, in addition to the fact that in order to consult the psychiatrist, one must go through administrative chan- nels. There could hardly be a religious counselor in a college so rigorously non-sectarian as Bryn Mawr; a non-sectarian religious counselor is an impossiblity. There is a third possible solution, that of a personal counselor. This has never been brought up officially, but has often been discussed among the students. A personal coun- selor is a definite necessity, but he or she, once instated, could not do the entire job. There must be a revision of the inter- student relationship to provide a sympathetic background for this work. A small group of students has proposed a simple project to be undertaken in the short time remaining before the end of the college year. Atfter seven months, even those who arrived at college last fall are acquainted with at least a plurality of their fellow undergraduates. It would not be a hard task to say “hello” to the other students one passes on campus, and might be the opening wedge to the needed feeling of fellowship. This could at least be put on trial for the remaining three weeks. With the beginnings of a spirit which makes each individual: feel a common bond with her fellow student, and tlie solution of the vital need for a responsible personal counselor, whose main interest does not lie in the student’s academic work per se but in the l orientation, a real start could be made to ‘has. been a major calamity which has given birth to two World Wars. | . Today, however, it is acquiring also | ‘press the dozen custom frontiers we like. Wednesday, May 17, 1950 IRC Receives Letters Concerning World Peace Continued from Page 1 historical events. Time has shown what ‘they were worth. Let us therefore consider objectively the real situation. We have two main roads before us: one is the union of Strasbourg — the other one is the Atlantic Pact; they both lead to peace and to a better organiza- tion of European peoples. The milestones of the new world are already being layed (sic.) down. Of course, the task is a difficult one; but at this point only blind men — whether voluntarily or not — can indulge in: useless talks, speaking of Utopias. Do you know what is actually becoming a Utopia? The myth of the absolute sovereignty of the National State. This sovereignty another character, which is even more indefensible: it is becoming a. historical and a moral absurdity. The common salvation can only be found in Unity. If we would sup- (sic.) which are now separating us, we Europeans would soon be- come as rich as the United States and we would be better furnished of raw material than Russia is. And what would this superadded wealth mean? It would above all mean this: peace; and furthermore, for those who think in human terms, it would mean a _ higher standard of living for all, even in the most distant and desolate re- gions; a human dignity and peace of mind extended (sic.) at last to all the suffering folk. The Council of Europe at Stras- bourg, the Atlantic Pact operating in each of the allied capitals and — in the field of economic organi- zation — the OEEC, all these agencies are working earnestly (sic.) and loyally in the direction of this supreme and common ideal: peace in freedom. There is one thing which must be borne in mind by all free peoples; it is also up to them to act and insist. The great- er will be the initiative taken. by public opinions, the more expedi- ent and fruitful will be, in turn, the action taken by Government. |! From Senator Robert A. Taft: If we want to meet the ideology | of Communism we must. keep this country strong. We cannot adopt the deadening policy of socialism or statism or impose tremendous taxes which destroy the very ma- chinery which produces the taxes necessary to fight Communism. We cannot win by apologizing for a free system. The decisive struggle today is one of ideas and not of arms. If we can win this struggle, we need not have another war. We cannot, however, defeat Communism if a lot of our own people compromise with its basic ideas. We need to arouse the same religious fervor for the American Doctrine of lib- erty and free government as the Communists have for Communism. In such an effort, objective study by vigorous college minds can throw much light where light is badly needed. At no other time in history has our nation had a great- er need for the deep patriotic in- terest of thinking people. From George Bernard Shaw: In reply to President Glassberg’s EG/deh, dated the 9th _ instant, your students can do nothing bet- ter than to study the history of their own country from English versions and of English history from American versions, and in the light of the knowledge thus ob- tained form their own conclusions from the conflict of ‘lies, slanders, and accusations, meanwhile tak- ing such natural contacts as may come to them as they go their own ‘ways. Artificial contacts and contact parties should not be attempted. The language being common, the contact zealots will quarrel just as they do at home. _ The better we know the worse Incidentally It seems that Roorit D, Taylor, was recently the scene of great agitation, on the day that a fac- ulty conclave was held therein. The faculty apparently have not learn- ed by their experience through the years, by watching their own aug- ust presences in the process of. be- ing slightly undermined by the undergraduate sense of humor. Due to this longstanding lack of perception, the faculty were sur- prised to find themselves imprison- ed within their meeting-place by a length of rope tying the doors firm- ly closed. It has been rumored that one of. the ‘more agile members of the group departed via a window, and heroically freed his fellows. The key. to freedom was a _pen- knife wielded by the rescuer, who’ left a strand of rope dangling from. the doorknob, .a tribute: to student valor and a momento of. student daring. | Le “Te Bard’s Eye View by Barbara Joelson, ’52 Dear Mr. President, I feel I should tell you Of a sad mistake in your statis- tician’s ink: For according to everything that I can figure There is one less person in the country than you think. It’s this ‘way: You see I went home this weekend And the census-taker came, with his questions, to the door. “How many live here?” he asked politely, “Well, my parents and my sister and myself make four.” Up to that point all seemed quite in order, But this morning at college, imag- ine my surprise “ When there was the census-taker counting noses, And he counted mine—so the cen- sus now lies! Tell the World Almanac, Mr. President, That either statistics should be ed- ited right away. For they counted me twice, a tragic error, And there’s really one less person in the U. S. A. NOTICES Essay Prize All «manuscripts for ~the ~M. Carey Thomas Essay Prize for Seniors must be submitted not lat- er than Saturday, May 20. Manu- scripts should be turned in to the President’s Office. Late Luncheon Luncheon will be served late on Friday, May 19, to provide time for the Class’Day speeches. The long-playing recording -of the Haydn Mass in D Minor as performed by the Bryn Mawr and Haverford chorus and orch- estra has been released for sale. The Mass is under the direction of William Reese. The solos are sung by Elizabeth Jean Conner, Nancy Ludwig, Robert Grooters, and Thomas MeNutt The price of the record is $6.75 for chorus members and $8.00 for others. NSA Regional Officers Refuse to OK Motions Continued from Page 1 tion from the student body of Lincoln. Mr. Brock reiterated that such action was “completely out of order with the principles, pol- itics, and practices of USNSA.” Little was heard of the contro- versial motions on the Bryn Mawr campus, but at several other uni- vertsities there was definite reac- tion. ‘As a result the NSA head- quarters felt it necessary to ab- solve NSA from any part in the resolution. . - ah Freshness of Vision Advised in NEWS Criticisms To the editor of the COLLEGE NEWS: I found the review of the Arts Night Dance Production disap- pointing and misleading. Although it seemed to have been written sin- cerely and _ conscientiously and each dance was analyzed thought- fully, it failed to convey the “lift” that one had in viewing a success- ful performance. I feel sorry ,for the ‘reviewer if the first dance seemed too complicated for her to understand, ‘but I: question -wheth- er she has the right to give the im- pression to the large number of that they were, merely “the sort of thing the dance club should be doing.” And if her judgment is to be harsh, I believe that she should not allow herself to be uneven in her judgment. For instance, her decision that the Death of a Marionette was successful and Marche Slave was not, seemed dictated largely by her indulgent attitude in regard to the former and her rigid intolerance in regard to the latter. It is high- ly debateably whether comedy en- ables. the artist to laugh off his mistakes as if he intended to make them . An artist performs at all times with purpose and authority. Originality of choreography can be greatly marred by indecision of movement and inconsistency of concept. On the other hand, lack of originality can be considerably and projection of mood. ‘Originality Not Essential I believe that the audience could feel and enjoy the technical skill and the serious concentration of the dancers in Marche Slave, with- out craving originality and novel gesture. i As for the reviewer’s criticism of Rhapsody on a Windy Night, I am amazed at her preoccupation ,with the “embarrassingly poor” ‘parts. Why does she attack the inexperienced male dancers? Their presence in the dance represents a step toward a more complete real-~ ization of the possibilities of dance composition, and I felt that they performed with vigor and sincer- ity. It is natural for spectators to disagree with the choreographers. in some respects, but her critical reaction seemed to prevent her from feeling that the dance as. a whole was an exciting and success- ful affair. If she ¢hooses- to dissect the dance rather than take it as a. whole, ought she not be sure of her: facts? She is right when she says. that| more than a small part of a dance’s success depends upon the feeling within the dancer herself, but I think she should make it | clear that although this feeling- will inevitably show in the facial expression, the dancer aims to translate her feeling into the lan- guage of movement, of which the facial muscles are a very small part. Need for Comprehensive Crew And what is the reviewer’s auth-- ority for her outline of the best. procedure of composing a dance? Is she reviewing the end result. with a freshness of vision or has. she delved into the process of com- position and decided on her own how a dance should be composed ? There is no rule about the number of choreographers. The best pro-.- cedure for adapting the music to. the dance has not been decided upon, but it is generally conceded that the dance should be given pri-. ed as an accompaniment after the: - Continued on Page 4 — people who did not see the dances ~ redeemed by fluidity of movement — ority and the music should be add-- Wednesday, May 17, 1950 THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Penn State Astro-Physicist Considers Possible Physical Basis of Bird Navigation Continued from Page 1 denly dip to avoid it. I wondered how, developing as quickly as they did, without training and presumably without much intelli- gence, they could navigate so skillfully.” Mr. Yeagley eventually acquired and then sold again those same pigeons—at a price each time be- fitting their advanced age and re- duced number. His transactions were continually confused by the fact that the pigeons kept coming back to their old home. The most impressive of these returns was the last.and tragic one—a flight of ninety miles. home. from. a gun range in, Philadelphia.. Mr, Yeag- ley’s interest. in homing... pigeons then waned; for a. time his,-atten- tion was absorbed exclusively (as he said) .by pole. vaulting and dates. “Years later “when I had become a physicist”, Mr.. Yeagley ~came across an article in the National Geographic, which explained that bats can fly blind because their ears have a peculiar sensitivity to high frequency sound waves. “Here was the solution, within the boundaries of physics, of one of the puzzles that I had noticed from the door of the blacksmith’s shop. I began to read up on the other puzzle, bird navigation. I happened on the suggestion that birds are aware of influences in flying through the earth’s mag- netic field. I began to look for an- other physical factor as a guiding influence in bird navigation. “One evening I took down Web- ster’s Dynamics of a Particle (I’m not awfully good at math, but it’s always fascinated me) and just happened to open to an explana- tion of coriolis effect. Coriolis ef- fect. is caused by the rotation of the earth, and is a function of lat- itude. If.a bird flies.over the earth directly parallel to the equator, it experieces no coriolis effect. But if it flies north of the equator, it is being accelerated to the rignt to a greater or less degree, de- pending on “its distance’ from ‘the. equator, because of the rotation of the earth beneath it. Thus if a bird flew’ in a perfectly straight line, meaning to reach an object at gome distance, it would find itself to the left of that object. In the course of thousand's of years, birds have presumably learned to adjust themselves to the coriolis effect. Latitude lines are lines of equal coriolis effect. Magnetic effect can be considered as: existing on lines radiating from a spot near the north pole. These line cross each other in such a way that identical combinations of magnetic and co- riolis conditions can exist in two Places on the earth. It is Mr. Yeagley’s theory. that pigeons are guided in flight by lines of coriolis effect and by lines of magnetic ef- fect, and that they regard as Buy Your Summer Clothes Now says NANCY BROWN Bryn Mawr Avenue + TENNIS SHOES ! either of the two places where exists that combination of magnetic and coriolis effect to which they. have become accustom- ed. (Mr. pieces of evidence to support his Some he has found pigeon journals. The pigeon jour- nal is the periodical of pigeon racers, who race their pigeons in speed of home-coming. “The pig- eon is the poor man’s racehorse” : said Mr. Yeagley. Mr. Yeagley has experimented with, the effects of the earth’s magnetic field on the flight of pig-j eons. He attached copper discs to the wing of one set of pigeons, and magnetic discs to the wings of another and then released, both sets of birds at the same moment, at the same distance from home. He found that the magnets retard- ed and confused the home flight of the birds. With the help of others interested, Mr. Yeagley hag train- ed pigeons to fly home to the area around State College; he has then taken them to the so-called conju- gate point in Nebraska, where the same magnetic and coriolis lines meet and has tested their flight home. Enough birds have been found and reported on the direct route home to State College to indicate support for this theory. Another man interested in Mr. Yeagley’s theory has trained birds in Nebras- ka and released them in the East. Mr. Yeagiley also explained that | the atmospheric conditions and the landscape of the two conjugate ' points are very dissimilar; it seems a further indication of the influ- ence of magnetic and coriolis ef- | facts, that in spite of this dissim. ilarity the birds seek to fly from one conjugate point to the other: Mr. Yeagley concluded with an account of some of the proud ex- ploits of his pigeons. He is at preesnt training wild ducks for further experience in electro-mag- netic effects, “What I like about this prob- Jem,” said Mr. Yeagley, “is that there’s no profit in it. It’s of no earthly use to any big industry.” One susjects that another reason is that he has become very fond of his ducks and his homing pigeons. “home” Yeagley has found various theory. in There will be a square dance held in the Haverford gym Fri- day night at nine~o’clock, im- mediately following a Charlie Chaplin movie. Bryn Mawr fac- ulty and students are invited. Admission 25 cents. Murder In the Mosque by Helen Katz, ’53 The Mohammedan, with the blue eyes showing out from slits’ in his yellow face, wrapped the cloak tighter about him and stepped out of the alley. He hurried into the mosque and crept up the aisle. He stopped behind a bowed man | facing Mecca; slowly he withdrew a glimmering blade from his robe. He prayed aloud, his voice in uni- son with that of the man in front of him, and then, rising slowly, plunged the -knife into his back. * * 6 The = salugi chief - inspector - of - the - Bag - dad - police - and - fire - depart- | attention to his. notices, to what ments - combined) stood sneaker- deep in blood. Outside Mohamme- dans could be heard wailing at the top of their voices. “Ahem!” he said. “Ahem!” And then, “We have a murder on our hands! I notice that this man has very short. arms. I do not think he could have reached around and stabbed himself. Therefore, I con- clude that someone has stabbed him. This is murder.” he said in his most serious tone. His face firm and determined. He stroked his temples and looked severe. His mother was British. The wailing of the Mohamme- dans increased. “Sir,” said the lugi (Mohamme- dan for assistant-chief-inspector- of - the - Baghdad - police - and - ‘fire - departments - combined) “the people are raising:a terrible rum- pus, — we’d better ‘find out who murdered their leader at once.” “We shall,” said the salugi, “and not you may be sure that he will be seriously punished for his crime.’ | The salugi looked perplexed. “Now | then, who are our suspects. The only people in the mosque at the time all say they were facing Mecca, and didn’t see. One must be lying. Bring them all in here at once.” Three ugis (Mohammedan for under - assistants - to --the - chief- inspector -.of - the - Baghdad - police - and - fire - departments - combined) brought in the suspects; there were twelve of them. Al! were wrapped in white cloaks and had slitted eyes peering out from yellow faces. The dead man’s wife arrived at that moment on the arm of an ugi. She was wailing also. Still facing Mecca, the salugi questioned her. “Did your husband have any enemies?” “A few, you see, he went to Princeton.” “T see,” said the salugi, thought- fully. “This poses a problem.” He Continued on Page 4 Sleeping Beauty just stirred at the kiss... What woke her up was really this: Qonk sins (Mohammedan for '| ‘Acting Techniques of Delsarte, specially contributed by Frederick Thon Continued from Last Week Hanmer, who recently played the psychopathic murderer in Man, and Sanford Meisner, merly of the Group Theatre. Han- mer, asked how he prepared the role of the psychopath, told how he developed everything as if it were completely logical to him. Asked eae he and the director worked® together, he answered, “We fought. But -we knew each other very well and could resolve our conflicts as they arose.” ~An actor, he declared, should pay less the critics said, than to his own judgment of his work. Style in acting he believed to be “a coat put on afterward, but the rack should be there first.” He spoke of the Actors Studio in New York as one of the means whereby an actor can further his development, although at present the waiting list, is unfortunately several thou- sand long and the studio must necessarily remain small. Mr. Meisner defined the training of the young actor as being prim- arily “the breaking down of what prevents him from responsive ac- tion.” He sketched the develop- ment of actor training from the early Delsarte theory based on ex- ternal imitation of the results of inner experience; for instance, the hand to the heart for “in love,” ete. Delsarte emphasized grace of ‘bearing and beauty of voice, the actor imitating the emotions but actually experiencing them. This whole facade crumbled under MEET AT THE GREEK’S Tasty Sandwiches Refreshments LUNCHES — DINNER | ing that the Acting was discussed by Don) The | for- | “did not Stanislavski Discussed at Vassar the impact of modern psychology | and realism. Stanislavski, search- ing for truth in acting and know- inner aspects, the elements of the unconscious, are the most difficult to . develop, formulated his theories as a means to release the creative impulse. He invent his system of training any more than Freud in- vented the unconscious.” The body must be responsive to inner pres- sures; actors do not need beautiful bodies, do not need to move and speak beautifully — but their bodies and their voices must be responsive, free. Only motivated action is theatrically effective. If the action is merely external, then it is “merely the false eyelashes on the cadaver.” Each action must be “the source through which the pipe reached into the oil,” and the source of acting talent lies there- fore within the unconscious. The two concluding speakers were Martin Manulis, of Westport, who pointed out the threat of tele- vision by saying Tuesday night has repeatedly proven to have the lowest box office because of the Milton Berle program, and John Wharton of the Playwrights Com- pany who proposed the decentraliz- ing of the theatre by encouraging community theatres. He was cer- tain that the theatre would sur- vive because it serves the all-im- portant purpose of resolving ten- sions (catharsis). DINAH FROST wishes you all HAPPY SUMMER! oe Student Center Tulane University New Orleans, La. Red - White - Blue In New Orleans, Louisiana, a favor- The Philip Harrison Store 866 Lancaster Ave. ite gathering spot of students at Tulane University is the Student Center because it’s a cheerful place + = —full of friendly collegiate atmos- For phere. And when the gang gathers Graduation | around, ice-cold Coca-Cola gets the Congratulation call. For here, as in university FLOWERS haunts everywhere—Coke Belongs. oat ¢ . Ask for it either way... both p from Plus 1¢ trade-marks mean the same thing. a State Tax _— them in Phila. at LIT BROS. - WANAMAKER’S " JEANNETT’S dudy Bond, Inc., Dept. C, 1375 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. BRYN MAWR~ slice BOTTLED UNDER AUTHONTY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company © 1950, The Coca-Cola Company a Page Your Murder | In The Mosque Continued from Page 3 rubbed his Van Dyke, and did an around-the-world with his yoyo. Deep in his thoughts, he started to hear the woman ask, “Would you like me to show you the people my husband was playing bridge with last night?” “Ah-ha!” the salugi cried, “A sore loser did it! Now we’re get- ting someplace!” The widow point- ed to three men in the group of twelve. One had blue eyes, one had brown eyes, and one had green eyes. The salugi ordered them searched, but none of them had any weapons on them. “One of you three is the murderer,” he proclaim- ed. “Who was El Cosmo’s part- ner?” The man with the blue eyes nodded. “Did you win?” The man nodded in the affirmative. “Then you’re OK. I arrest you two as partners in crime for the murder of El Cosmo, the leader of the Eastern Mohammedan world. It is my duty to warn you that any- thing you say will be held against you.” One muttered Betty Grable, one fainted. Quick as lightning, the ugis sprang into action. They brought in cameras, set up kleiz lights, clamped handcuffs on the two accused men, and revived the unconscious one with a bucket of water. “Talk,” snarled the salugi. Amid great noise, hundreds of Be- lievers had crowded into the mos- que, all wailing and pointing at the two men. The man with the blue eyes looked around him, amazed at the attention that the two were get- ting. Flashbulbs went off, news- reel cameras hummed, and an- nouncers canvassed the onlookers to get their opinions. Finally, he could stand it no longer, and shrieked “I did it! I did it. Give me'‘some attention too!” He reach- ed out, focused the cameras on himself, and clawed at the salugi’s uniform. “Yes, yes, F won last night,” he continued, “but I hated him. I kill- ed him. He’s been antagonizing me for years, and last night was the last straw. I had just bid and made a grand slam in no trump, and he said, ‘That’s all you Harvard men are good for, — Bridge!’ So I kill- ed him, and I’m glad of it!” He turned to the camera, smiling, and repeated, “I’m glad of it!” * * * The salugi stopped filing his nails long enough to smile benign- ly at the widow and answer her questions. “Oh, of course, I sensed it was the blue-eyed one all along. Once ran into a case something like his down in Java, a few years ago. The only reason I arrested the others was to get him to talk. Knew it was he all a long. Yes sir, knew it all the time.” The widow looked up admiringly at him, and murmured “How?” The salugi whispered almost in- audibly, “Yale, ’27.” We have that Extra Special Graduation Gift you are looking for RICHARD STOCKTON LANCASTER AVENUE THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, May 17, 1950 Haverford Professor Will Speak to Seniors Continued from Page 1 Dr. Foss arrived at the Haver- ford Co-operative Workshop, where foreign teachers were being fam- iliarized with the United States, in 1940. He was discouraged due to unsuccessful financial ventures and found in the atmosphere of the Quaker college the spiritual “lift” he needed. He has been a teacher, judge, lawyer, lecturer, and busi- nessman but has maintained throughout his life a deep love for philosophy, which he is now teach- ing to Haverford and Bryn Mawr students. In 1948 he was elected Haverford’s favorite professor. Besides ‘the books he wrote in Germany, Dr. Foss has written two books in the philosophical vein since he came to America — The Idea of Perfection in the Western World and Symbol and Metaphor in Human Experience, which came out last fall. Dr. and Mrs. Foss have two sons, one of whom is studying and painting in Paris, and the other of whom is sched- uled to assist Leonard Bernstein in the instruction of orchestral conducting at Tanglewood this summer. Correspondent Deplores Fault-Finding Criticisms Continued from Page 2 Before I prove to be doing to the review exactly what I am complaining that the reviewer has done to the dance I shall close my letter with the plea that review- ers cease to devote their energies to finding the flaws in productions and allow themselves to feel the imipact of the performance as a whole. Sincerely, Alice Lattimore Rest Your Eyes! Have Some Hamburgers and French Fries AT HAMBURG HEARTH BRYN MAWR, PA. “The Captain’s Death Bed’’ and other essays BY VIRGINIA WOOLF AT THE Country Bookshop Opportunity in Business There are never enough Gibbs-trained secretaries to meet the persistent demand. Write College Course Dean for catalog Katharine Gibbs 230 Park Ave., NEW YORK 17 33 Plymouth St, MONTCLAIR i1 E. Superior St, CHICAGO 11 155 Angell St, PROVIDENCE 6 90 Marlborough St, BOSTON 16 When examinations make you blue, The College Inn is the place for you! THE COLLEGE INN Bard’s Eye View The Compleynt of an Ousted Senior or © Is an old hoop stick all I mean to you? Specially contributed by Anonymous, 50 We endure tne scornful stares With which our superior wisdom is met We are quite ready to share Our table with the rabble, and to let The Freshmen outstay us up late: ‘but the thing Most excerable, insolent and gall- ing Is when they view our room—the humble nook Where dreams and hidden things and an occasional book Have lain, our sacred room with a possessive look. Oh! They will put the bed right there, their curtains are too short, The walls will be the perfect color for the picture of the fort Is the closet roomy enough? there matting on the chair? They will change the window cush- ion—just as soon as we’re not there. I will let them pity us when the comprehensives come I will let them steal away all my special private stones I will let them find the tower Climb the trees, invade the bower Ring the bell and tame the birds But if they want to escape an is Philadelphia Inquirer, Flashlight Instrumental In Discovering Bone Carrier of Wyndham Roof ’ Continued from Page 1 Undiscouraged however, I went to another window; darkness and void. But suddenly, just as I was about to remove my nose from the screen, there leapt up at me out of the blackness a face! But such a face as I have never seen — pale and wild-and eerie! My knees turned to water, and the flashlight, shaken beyond endur- ance in my trembling hand, went out. After having yelled in panic for (a) a friend to come and com- fort me, and (b) another flash- light, I felt somewhat fortified. Somehow the flashlight got lit. and slowly and hesitatingly I shined it over the roof. The beam crept down to the left and back without exposing so much as a bottle of suntan oil. But sudden- ly, as the light began to spread to the night, there surged up out of the darkness, trembling with righteous indignation, an enor- mous and bristling raccoon. He sat and looked at us vindictively, and then, waving his tail, scooted atrocious kind of doom They’d better come to see ME when they come into my room. START SUMMER RIGHT WITH A CATALINA BATHING SUIT poyce lewis headfirst down a vine. We almost collapsed! That it was a raccoon who had been bring- ing those bones up onto Wynd- ham roof had never occurred to us. That’s when the fun began. Since then, our roof has been in- vaded, at all hours of the day, by men bent on catching the raccoon. They set a trap for it two nights ago, but the only thing that got caught in it was me, and that was quite by mistake. Last night at dinner the maid came in and solemnly announced that at 11:00 a man would be around to watch for the “animal,” and at about 11:15 we heard gunshots in the garden, but what happened nobody knows. We are still waiting, never knowing what new developments each day will bring forth in the mad adventures of Wyndham and the raccoon. ENGAGEMENT Bebe Bordman, ’50 to Townsend Scudder, Jr. Compliments of the Haverford Pharmacy Haverford 1930, Liocsrr & Myers Tosacco Co. | Theyre MULDERL Theyre TOPS fe At the University of Texas and Colleges os and Universities throughout the country CHESTERFIELD is the *BY RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY largest-selling cigarette.* ZACHARY SCOTT Famous University of Texas . Alumnus, says: ~ ‘*T have always smoked Chesterfields and I know that you’ll like them, too.’ Soe STARRING IN “GUILTY BYSTANDER” A LAUREL FILMS, INC. EDMUND L. DORFMAN PROD. RELEASED BY FILM CLASSICS, INC, ADMINISTRATION-LIBRARY BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS