VOL. XLVI, NO. 9 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1949 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1949 PRICE 15 CENTS Quine Analyzes Characteristics Of “Identities” Genesis of Symbolism, Universals Sifted By Quine . Specially contributed by Hugues LeBlanc The De Laguna lecture in Phil- osophy was given Monday night in the Music Room of Goodhart by Dr. W. V. Quine. Entitled: “Identity”, it was an analysis of the part played by ‘=’ doth in the. genesis of universals and the genesis of symbolism. Quine opened his talk with a ref- erence to Heraclitus and his al- deged saying that one cannot bathe _twice in the same river. He stress- "ed the fact that. concrete entities or particulars, like rivers, are time-consuming processes of which we perceive only momentary stages. To restore continuity with- in our experience, we postulate that these various stages merge; we integrate them into a single spatio-temporal whole and then de fine this whole by ‘ostension. Quine then underlined the fact that many so-called universals, like red, can be manufacttired by the same process. The integration, this time, is a conceptual one; it is the summation of all the in- stances of a given universal; in our example, the summation of all red patches. Red thus explains away as the scattered total of all red parts, and is ostensively de- fined by our pointing to a given part of the sum. In our framing both of particulars and of uni. versals, we rely on Leibniz’ prin- ciple of the identity of the indis- cernibles. In framing particulars a river, for example, we disregard the temporal discontinuity of the various stages of the event; in framing universals, red, for ex- ample, we disregard the special discontinuity of the various in- stances of the property. Quine mentioned that for Frege identity was the criterion of de- notativity, since ‘=’ can be flanked only by names, and names denote Mr. Artists Perform Mozart, Debussy At First Concert by Frances Shirley, 53 The first of this year’s series of five Young Musicians’ Concerts was held on Sunday afternoon, Decem- ber 4th, at the home of Miss Ely. The concert was well-attended, and Mr. Silverstein and Anthony di Bonadventura, the performing art- ists, both students at the Curtis Institute, played a diversified pro- gram that leaned to the classical. Mr. Silverstein was especially to be commended, for he substituted for Jean Sandbank, the scheduled violinist, on about twenty-four hours’ notice. . Mr. Silverstein’s appearance necessitated some changes in the planned program. The first of these was the substitution of Mozart’s lovely first Sonata in A major for piano and violin for the Chausson Poeme. In the playing of the son- ata, which is divided into an Al- legro and a Theme and Variations, Mr. Silverstein seemed a _ bit strained. However, his technique and intonation were good and though the higher register of his playing was at times a bit strident, the over-all effect was good. Hap- pily, in the second movement the artists were more at their ease, and the lightheartedness of Mozart came through the music. Mr. di Bonadventura supplied the same exemplary pianistic support here as he did in the reading of the Mendelssohn “Concerto.” The Bach “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue” was Mr. di Bonad- ventura’s first selection, and he Continued on Page 6 Jose Ferrater Mora Continued on Page 2 Schrecker Commentary Applies To Fall Issue of Counterpoint by Anne Greet, ’50 Counterpoint’s fall issue is stim- ulating, diversified, and promises well for the year. The balance of prose to poetry is about right and a fairly good level of writing is maintained from beginning to end. Dr. Paul SchrecKer’s excellent es- ‘say “What’s Wrong With College Writing” is in fact the best crit- icism that can be made of the issue as a whole, for many of the poems and stories “echo the avant-garde of yesterday, leaving a papery taste.” Mr. Schrecker suggests two closely-allied standards that editors of college magazines might keep in mind when choosing their material; one, that what is accept- ed should “aspire to a validity in- dependent of the age and condition of the writer,” and, two, that col- ‘lege writers should take care to preserve their own integrity when | using what they have read as a model or source of inspiration. “When you read the authons you admire, their world becomes yours. But when you sit down to create yourselves, the world is no longer the same.” If Rat and Mole had ever read Plato the resulting conversation might have sounded like that of A and B in Gwynne Williams’ “Dis- perse!” the most original contri- bution in this issue. Her ideas on dispersal are delightful and the dialogue is adeptly managed. Of the stories, Herbert Cheyette’s “Hallowen” is the best. In spite of a slow beginning, an unneces- sary last sentence, and a tendency towards arty description, his story. of a lunatic is believeable, imagin- | ative, and very appealing, with an underlying meaning which is un- obtrusively made clear. The remaining prose contribu- Continued on Page 5 opher with sly-humor is Mr. Jose in, Mexico in 1941. ‘under the auspices of a Guggen- Scholar, Professor, Philosopher Gives NEWS 5 Star Cigarette by Joan McBride, ’52 Scholar, professor, and_philos- Maria Ferrater Mora, new lecturer in the. Spanish department. When we ventured into his office, he was looking -over some _ publisher’s proofs of his third edition of a “bulky” dictionary of philosophy. “It is much bulkier than the sec- ond edition,” which was published “This‘is Mr. Ferrater Mora’s first year in an American college. He came to the United States in 1947, heim Fellowship, and spent most of his time doing research in New York, Princeton, and Baltimore. | “I like it very much in New. York,” he said with a smile, “where it is, quiet, pleasing, restful, and the tools of research are numerous. There you seem to be without a Schrecker Traces Physics Principle Of “Least Action” Park, December 6: Speaking on the Early History of the Principle of Least Action at this year’s first Sigma Xi Meeting, Dr. Paul Schrecker. emphasized prineiple is the only one which has survived all theoretical revolutions in physics since its conception. The history of science is incomprehen- sible without this principle, which certainly existed _in embryonic form long before its actual formu- lation and can be traced back as far as to Leukippos in the fifth century B.C. Aristotle, stating it teleologically, said that “God and nature do not do anything in vain”. The emphasis on the qualification “in vain” remains in the scientific proofs of the Alexandrians. The principle, first applied by the Greeks to the science of optics. was adapted to geometry; it later emerged in dynamic form and as a principle of determination rather than as one of teleology. Aquinas subsequently interpreted it as a ra- tional principle, stressing the ef- ficacity of secondary causes when stating that the actions of natural Continued on Page 3 CALENDAR Thursday, December 8 4:00 p. m., Bryn Mawr Sum- mer Camp Tea, Common Room. Friday, December 9 8:30 p. m., Drama Guild Pro- duction, “Elizabeth the Queen,” Roberts Hall, Haverford. Saturday, December 10 8:30 p. m., “Elizabeth the Queen.” Sunday, December 11 8:00 p. m., Christmas Con- cert, Goodhart. Monday, December 12 7:15 p. m., Current Events: Guicharnaud, Van den Heuvel “Politics in France,’ Common Room. 8:15 p. m., German Club Play, “Urfaust,” Music Room. Tuesday, December 13 8:30 p. m., French Club Play, Wyndham. Wednesday, December 14 8:30 p. m., Spanish Club Par- ty, Wyndham. Thursday, December 15 Christmas Dinner. that. .this |. problem, though you know there are problems all around you.” Then he.added, “But at Bryn Mawr, you are not obliged to travel in a sub- way, which ‘is the end of all re- search, except for the social sciences, where you can watch how people behave in the sub- ways.” At that point, Mr. Ferrater Mora offered us a Five Star cigarette, long, flat, and mild, sold only in Philadelphia. “It gives me my only excuse to make a trip into Phila- delphia,” he smiled self-indulgent- ly. He was born in Barcelona and educated at the University of Bar- celona. He taught for five years at the University of Chile, then lectured for two years in Cuba. He is interested rather in the pro- blems and history of philosophy than in a specific field. “Philosophy is like a nucleus, around which one may study many. fields, such as biology, the Bible, literature.” One of his problems for investigation was Death, which he treated in El Sentido de la Muerte. He also wrote Sobre el Espiritu, and ex- plained that the word “espiritu” may be interpreted in two differ- ent ways: psychologically as mind, and historically as spirit. This last book is “particularly appealing be- cause of its bright green cover.” Continued on Page 5 White Discusses Quaker Proposals specially contributed by Isabel Witt and Jean Theis “We felt we did not deserve the Nobel Prize for Peace, of which we were,the partial recipients in 1948, so we began to search for some project that would better ful- fill our conception of the signifi- cance of such an award.” Thus President Gilbert White of Haver- ford explained the genesis of the report: The United States and the Soviet Union, Some Quaker Pro- posals for Peace. President White served as chair- man of the Working Party on American-Soviet Relations of the American Friends Service Commit- tee, which prepared and drew up this report. Summarizing its con- Continued on Page 3 Experimenters — (Offer Amusing Barrie, Langner Actresses Anonymous Presents Students In Two Plays by Judith Konowitz, ’51 In its first program, two one-act plays which were presented in the Skinner Workshop on Friday, Actresses Anonymous was full of surprises. The cast was neither all actresses nor all anonymous, and what one might have expected to be a serious experimental evening turned out to be a highly enter- taining, if dramatically unpreten- tious performance. The double-bill opened with J. M. Barrie’s classic “The Twelve Pound Look”... a subtle commen- tary on the emancipation of wo- men. Molly Allen handled the tongue-in-cheek characterization of Kate with ease and charm. Elspeth Winton was convincing as_ the ‘dominated, passive wife of a stuffy Sir Harry. The latter part, un- fortunately, was over-acted by J. N. Smith, whose heavy, almost slap-stick interpretation was out of place in Barrie’s delightfully light comedy ... a lack of polish probably due to the one-week pro- duction limit. The second play, “Another Way Out” by Laurence Langner... & comedy of “Immorals” was an amateur actor’s delight. The hu- morous characters and their un- Continued on Page 6 CHRISTMAS CONCERT The Christmas Concert will be given at 8:00, December 11, in Goodhart. After the Invo- cation, delivered by the Rever- end Andrew Mutch, the Bryn Mawr College Chorus will sing three Czech carols: Harken To Me; Sleep, Baby, Sleep; Strang- ers Say A King is Born; and Zoltan Kodaly’s Angels and the Shepherds. The orchestra will play Manfredini’s Sinfonia; the Haverford Glee Club will sing three carols, and the mixed chorus will sing a group of tra- ditional carols. West Point Conference Seeks Solution to European Problems by Emily Townsend, 50 “Let me urge you to remember that this is not just an idle gath- ering under pleasant auspices and with gracious hosts, to pass a few days in friendly intellectual inter- course. On the contrary, it is an institution, and I am referring to this method of conference, which lies at the very heart of our Amer- ican democratic political process.” The West Point conference on U. S. foreign policy lasted from Wednesday to Sunday ,and taught us that planning foreign policy is an almost hopelessly complex pro- cedure, that even slightly favor- able compromise agreements are miracles to be prayed for, and that all the delegates suffered from lack of adequate information. The ca dets were probably the best-train- ed in security problems which is all I can answer for. Hanna Hol- born, the other Bryn Mawr dele- ‘gate, was impressed with the mod- eration of the political groups. After four days of really hard work we came to realize that there is no immediate answer to the European situation, that every move must be made with extraor- dinary delicacy and balance, and is likely to backfire dangerously. We were disappointed at our in- ability to come to any conclusions which were compatible among out three groups on politics, econom- ics, and security, but West Point was pleased: “If you had found an answer, you would have been wrong,” said Colonel Beukema, who directed the conference. The Army was a superb host, and brought us a number of distin- guished men for help. Grayson Kirk, Provost of Columbia, part of whose opening speech I quoted at the start, Admiral Davis, who Continued on Page 2 Pi Page Two THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, December 7, 1949 THE COLLEGE NEWS FoOuNDED IN 1914 Published weekly during the College Year (except during Thanks- giving, Christmas and Easter 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. 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Because cases of cheating so seldom occur, our honor system does not need to be clearly defined. The question of supervision during examinations is left to the discretion of the professor, proctor, and student. We are in close touch with the faculty and with each other, and therefore feel greater individual responsibility to maintain high standards of academic honesty. In addition, most of us prefer to interpret for ourselves rather than to rely on the information of others. Because the college treats us as adults, we understand more fully the meaning of personal and academic honor. The Speech, [ Pray You Why do we express ourselves so poorly in discussion? When men are present, women are either shy of speaking up at all, or ramble hopelessly. Even in the small classes we have here at Bryn Mawr, where we should be free from embarrassment, we have difficulty in getting to the point, or expressing ourselves with fluency and decision. Why? One reason, perhaps, is that men are better trained in debate than women, and generally take greater interest in public speaking. At Bryn Mawr, certainly, debate is a very minor interest: the club has few members and prac- tically no attendance. Surely we are as naturally capable of debating and discussing as men, and have as great a need of being able to speak concisely and forcefully in later life. The fact remains, that though we have great opportunity for practise here, we make nothing of it. No training in public speaking is offered by the college. The freshman speech requirement is designed to overcome nasality, not shyness; it teaches clarity of diction, not of presentation. The Debate Club itself is poorly organized, and suffers from the lack of capable direction. Its subjects are not challenging, and its activities are badly publicized. We would like to see the college take the whole question in hand, and appoint some interested person to assist in mak- ing this important field of some significance to undergrad- uates. We should realize that one of the most vital achieve- ments of a good education is the ability to express our think- ing i in an effective and meaningful manner. Bryn Mawr Wayfarers Describe Geneva, Basel, Florence, Paris by Nina Cave, ’50 Last Wednesday afternoon many of those interested were given an account of the Junior Year Abroad. Four members of the class of ’50 and one alumna gave glowing ac- counts of their years abroad in Italy, France, and Switzerland — each claiming that the city they had studied in was “ the real cen- ter of Europe.” Kathy Harrington led off with the story of the Smith group in Geneva. She emphasized Geneva’s central location, both physically and culturally. You could go almost any place in Europe for the week- end; overnight to Paris, in eight hours to Milan. Politics was the most important element of both academic and social life; the uni- versity had excellent courses in international affairs, and boys didn’t ask whether a girl was pretty, but if she was liberal or not. Eva Rosenbaum was in the first scientific group ever to spend a: Junior Year Abroad. She spent the year in Basel and found the method- of teaching chemistry quite differ- ent and consequently difficult, .but her fellow students very helpful. Because Eva knew much more German than most of the group she attended a regular university science course, where she worked with students studying to be pro- fessional chemists and far ahead of her in lab technique. Mary Strumia, °48, said that Florence “is the microcosm in which you can find every facet of Western Civilization.” She went to Italy for a year with a Smith group, and spent the summer see- ing places of academic interest such as Pompeii, Rome, and Peru- gia. The group also spent seven unprecedented and gecidedly un- academic days in Capri before they went to Florence. They almost froze during the cocoon-like layers of clothes to keep warm. But according to Mary, nothing mattered except that they were in Florence; they saw Shake- speare in the Boboli Gardens, heard Francescans sing at the An- nunziata Church and studied at Fiesole. Formal study was at a Quine Analyzes Identity, Function in Symbolism Continued from Page 1 Quine himself prefers to regard quantification as the criterion of denotavitity: to be, as he once said, is to be the value of a quantified variable. The values of individual variables are concrete entities o1 particulars;; those of predicate variables, are abstract entities or universals. Quine then turned to the gen- eral problem of identity. He re- marked that identity has often been underrated, because entities are either identical or distinct and thus to assert their identity is either trivial ,as in the first case or false, as in the second. Bu’ this is, according to Quine, to en- tirely mistaken view of the role of ‘—’, We flank ‘=’ with names because the same entity may be given different names and we need a predicate to state the metalog- teal fact that all these names are designatively synonymous. Were it possible to eliminate all such synonyms ,then identity would lose much of its significance. But such a drastic reduction cannot be achieved; any symbolism must contain different variables to al- low for the formation of polyadic matrices like ‘x hates y’, and as soon as at least two different let- ters creep in a calculus, then we need the identity sign to assert that in some cases these two let, ters stand for one and only one entity. Identity is thus essentia to any discourse; it is one of the predicates which set symbolism on _lits feet, minimum, but all you had to do was walk down the street to see what you had just heard about in a lecture. : Kathy Harper and Karen Cas- sard reported on the year at the Sorbonne and they both empha- sized the importance of living with a French family and of taking regular university courses, if pos- sible. Karen urged everybody who wants to go to France to “buckle down” and really learn the lang- uage. Everybody seemed to agree that adaptation and readaptation were not unendurable and that they loved America dearly but would beg, borrow, or steal to return to Europe again. Foreign Policy Remains Unsolved for Delegates Continued from Page 1 bears the intriguing title of Chief of the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Paul Hoffman, ECA Director, Leo Pasvolsky, Head of the. Brookings Institute, James Reston, star diplomatic correspondent of the New York Times (who spoke superbly on the difficulties of extracting proper in- formation for the public from high officials), Francis Wilcox. chief advisor to the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, and Joseph Johnson, ex-State Depart- ment, all: gave us some startling insights into the impossibility of persuading the government to do what has got to be done, and the immediate necessity of getting it done anyway. In pur conclusions we were less influenced by the specific opinions of these distinguished men than might have been expected. I can- not give a summary of the conclu- sions of the conference, because the final reports of the three : ; tirely compat: winter and ended up by wearing | S'UPS were not snurely P In general, we felt the need for a Europe strong enough in all three fields to resist Russian ag- gression, armed from its own pro duction with certain capital im- ports from America, the propa- gation of democratic ideology while recognizing the necessity for co-operating with any government at all in the interests of security. the support of deflection in the satellite countries, support to Tito, the non-recognition of Spain while France and Britain remain hostile, (although there was strong minority opinion here), direct pressure on Europe to lower in- ternational trade barriers, the in- corporation of Germany in even. tual political union, the prosecu. tion of a containment policy with Russia, (the violence of minority opinion here almost drew blood), standardization of arms and estab- lishment of military bases. Rather surprisingly, we proceeded almost unanimously on the assumption that Russia’s intentions were un- changeably hostile. Dean Rusk, under-Secretary of State, did an extraordinarily able job of summing up the conference for us: he gave us no answers, but some new worries. His main point and ours: The U. S. must take strong steps to insure a minimum standard of conduct in internation- al relations. He insisted that there was no immediate solution to the questions of rearming Germany, how to handle Franco, what kind of aif we should give Tito and how much, and how probable the econ- omic integration of Europe actu- ally was, the point on which we had been most optimistic. We never quite succeeded in reconciling all our opinions, be- cause Field Marshal Slim, Chief of Staff of the British Imperial Army, entered in upon us to the sound of a seventeen gun salute. Briskly he answered our questions. The stra- tegic value of Spain was very great, he said, in direct contradic- Continued on Page 5 B.M. Alumnae Organize: Vocational Aid ‘For Seniors December. 1, 1949 To the Editor of the College News,. Bryn Mawr alumnae are work- ing on’a plan to help recent grad-. uates find jobs. A committee has been formed which met with a group of undergraduates in Octo- ber to discuss plans. As a result, a project is under way which is in- tended to reach every senior when she leaves college. An alumnae net-. work is being organized, repre- sentatives all over the country,. who will see new alumnae who come to their area and give them leads. Further details of this plan will be announced as a job conference to be held on campus the weekend of February 24th. The conference: will consist of a panel of seven members of. business and profes- sional fields who will discuss gen-- eral questions of job-getting with the..students Friday evening. Sat-. urday morning will be devoted te: individual conferences for students. ‘and the panel speakers as’ well as. with other representatives of fields not covered by them. The undergraduate representa- tive on this alumnae committee is: Margery Peterson, Pembroke West, head of the Undergraduate Vocational Committee. We hope that the students will be vocal about their ideas and wishes on the subject of how alumnae can help with jobs and will take these suggestions to her. Yours sincerely, Alice Gore King, ’37 Chairman, Alumnae Committee on Jobs: HS: Current Events Common Room, December 5.— In discussing “What is the Arab League Today?”, Cecil Hourani, a member of the Lebanese delega- tion to the U.N., presented a com- prehensive analysis of the original objectives of the Arab League, its failure to achieve them, and plans. for the future. The League was organized in 1945 in order to bring about unity of the Middle Eastern countries, and to strengthen the position of the Arab nations in the U.N. The major incentive was “the impend- ing Palestine situation. The con- stitution of the League did not provide for limitation of sover- eignty of the member states, but the implicit idea was that event- ually a unified super-state would result, Mr. Hourani. stressed the fact that “the outcome of the Palestine problem was of vital importance to the League.” Its inability to solve this problem satisfactorily led to the “prevailing view among thinking Arabs of the moment that the League has failed.” The underlying” causes of this failure, Mr. \Hourani explained, were first, the\lack of a permanent secretariat, and second, ‘their pre- occupation with purely political situations, since, in’ the long run, their political progress would be judged on a basis of the social and economic progress\ they made.” At present, two major alterna- tive solutions to the problem of Arab unification have been offered. A widely favored suggestion is a federation of those countries known as the “Fertile Crescent’ . - « Iraq, Syria,, Lebanon, Trans- jordan, and Arab Palestine. The other proposal, “Collective Secur- ity”, calls for a loose alliance of Arab. States, and abandons the idea of eventual unity. Wednesday, December 7, 1949 .d THE COLLEGE NEWS Page Three Murder In Cuneiform Ed. Note: In case you do not remember what happened in the second installment, we have just left Hildebrand Sharp with ef- ficient fingers reposing around his throat. “No!” said President Flit, “def- initely no!” In the outer office his secretary heard him and looked up in surprise; she had never heard the President use such strong lan- guage. Generally, he was a mild man, pliant to the alumni and the pride of the local Rotary Club. He liked to refer to the students as “his boys and girls,” and the most forceful word in his vocabulary had always been “maybe.” “But President, you don’t un- derstand,” begged Mr. LeRoy pite- ously, “it’s perfect for my thesis.” “Tanto Religio potuit suadere mali,” said Dodson Smithies ‘mor- dantly, from his corner. Dr. Smithies was always mor- dant; he was also M. A. Oxon., and an expert in the history of legal theory. Dapper, distinguished, and inscrutably wealthy, what was he doing at Hiram Hopper? “I only felt, Dodson, that to write one’s Ph. D. thesis on the subject of the murder of one’s fel- low professors might be - - er - might be in rather bad taste,” said the President hastily. President Flit had the strongest respect for Smithies, M. A. Oxon., although there were members of the faculty Continued on Page 4 Schrecker Shows Growth Of Scientific Principle Continued from Page 1 things were not in vain. Copernicus’ heliocentric theory was finally accepted, pointed out Dr. Schrecker, because it followed the Aristotelian concept that na- ture moves in the simplest way. Descartes accepted the principle of least action and established a re- lation between the principle of the minimum and that of conservation. Pierre Fermat went a step further and calculated the actual deter- mination of maxima and minima. Malbranche in 1678 stressed the straightness and conservation of motion in his principle of the economy of nature, Dr. Schrecker ended with a dra- matic explanation of his belief that Leibniz rather than Mauper- tuis first formulated the actual Principle of Least Action. In a letter, not yet officially authenti-~ eated, Leibniz defines action as a . function of mass, space, and ve- locity, emphasizing the considera- tion of a minimum and the con- servation of “vis viva’. Hence Leibniz may perhaps be considered the originator of our present ver- ane &. ma oe : tr. os ihe <<, Zag Passing Our Days in a Golden Dream ExPLILATION Oe exte i) ba gt Awe A M4 — ie) ait . =) “Pooe Plates Trad ... (Ed. Note: We take pleasure in reprinting excerpts from the let- ters of Betty-Bright Page, Editor of the NEWS last year and now teaching and studying on a Ful- bright grant in Paris.) ... We went to the theatre for the first time two days ago — to see Ondine. Jouvet made a perfect- ly bete Hans, but I found Domi- nique Blanchard somewhat disap- pointing. She was perfect in ap- pearance, but somehow not as ethereal in her interpretation as I would imagine an Ondine to be. She seemed too old and too young — not a transparent inbetween. Even so I was enthralled... ... Eeek—a mouse in the closet! It seems he’s after Alice’s suit- case, and since she’s not here just now I’ll let the creature munch... Every day this room is besieged with souris... Yesterday afternoon M. Van den Heuvel drove Lucy and me up through~Montmartre. We saw the Moulins, sidewalk artists, vine- yard, view, Sacre Coeur .. . Then roared through the streets around the Are de Triomphe, Palais de Chaillot, Museum of Modern Art, Tour Eiffel, and les Invalides. His little auto has personality plus, but I was afraid we would all be taken for invalides as the little vehicle spitted and spurted about. Finally it just stopped and fumed in the middle of the Boulevard St. Germain. Poor M. Van den H. pushed and pulled. With that we called it a perfect afternoon... ... It did not take long for me to discover les jardins du Luxem- bourg ...I had an interview with the little man that brings in the sailboats. When he retires I plan to become his successor in that field of marine operations. Too, I sion of the law. enjoy particularly the balloon men, Barefoot Dancers Gyrate, Slide At Penn; Discuss Dance As Art specially contributed by Sherrill Cowgill, ’51 Four barefoot members of the Dance Club stepped out on the newly-polished floor of the Penn Gym last Friday afternoon for the First Symposium of the Philadel- phia College Dance Council. We four ourselves among one hundred and fifty dance enthusiasts, also barefoot, who filled the great ex- panse of~four “basketball courts. Proceedings got under way when Miss Kilby, President of the Coun- cil, introduced Nona Schurman from the New Dance Group in New York City, who was to give us a master lesson in technique. We wondered how any one per- son could direct so many moving bodies at once. Before long she had us all in motion—executing gyrations of every sort—up move- ments and down ones, slidings onto the floor, and traveling motions which carried us across the entire room. We were thankful not to ;be underneath the gym, where the elephantine sound of three hun- dred feet must have been rather distracting. Later there was an_ informal panel discussion on Dance in rela- tion to the other Arts. The fields of Music, Drama, Painting, and Dance were represented by James Fleetwood, Maria Ley-Piscator, Emlen Etting and Nona Schurman The first question posed by Mod: erator Malvina Thais, “Is it poss- ible to reunite the various Arts as ‘they once were in primitive soci- ety?” could have occupied a whole ‘evening’s debate. General opinion seemed to be that strong social] pressure would be necessary to ac- complish this. The question soon resolved, however, into an attempt to define the word “abstraction” which, the speakers and audience had decided, was the factor origin- ally separating the arts. The most interesting, but never- Continued on page 6 B. Bright Beams, Describes Mice, Puma, M. Van den Heuvel’s Auto liner of the compartment. although the red balloons act as laughing gas now that I have seen the red cardinals’ hats hanging in the middle of Notre Dame. oe Recent sorties: To Les Halles . . . well worth the sight of the snails, cauliflowers, truck drivers and taste of French fries after a night in my sac de couch- age chez Mhe. Rossignol . . . To the Puma Art Exhibit, a strange obscene THING in a strange, ob- scene little gallery down near the Seine. We wandered astray on a Continued on Page 4 Foreign Correspondent specially contributed by Judy Nicely, ’50 “May I inquire where you are go- ing?” Nina and I put down our bottles of vin rouge with a bump as the train lurched forward, lick- ing our lips, and looked across at the bearded man sitting in the cor- “Elles sont entrainees pour Salz burg,” the French fur merchant on his way to, Vienna answered for us jn a coarse voice. Ever since we had awakened up at the German border he had been offering us not only brioche and chocolate, but also his bitter views on the European population. “Ils sont tous les mau- dits Nazis, tous,” he whispered to me now, “ne regardez pas.” I looked up once more at the “maudit Nazi.” He was watching me and his eyes were frankly laughing. It was a challenge. “Yes,” I said, “we're going to Salzburg.” “But why,” he said, still smiling, “why do you and your friend drink red wine for break- fast?” Nina and I looked at each other and giggled; we felt very hollow inside and wonderfully giddy. There was no dining car or sleeper on the train, we explained, Cooks-wagons-lits was on strike, and we had sat up all the way from Paris. We felt very adven- turous and took another large! swallow from our bottles. | “We must finish this befofe we | get to Salzbugg,’ I explained gaily; “we have camembert too. Would you like some?” “No thank you, my dear, I think it is better for you to eat it.” The Austrian looked at us like a fond uncle and patted Nina’s hand. “Your parents are meeting you in Salzburg? You are English?” “Oh, no!” we answered in chorus now down to the*bottom of our bot- tles and throwing all caution to the winds. “Our parents are in America, they think we are in the Loire valley looking at chateaux; no one knows we are here.” Suddenly the crazy quality that had been such a vital part of our trip to Austria ever since its con- ception upon learning Strauss on the Piazza San Marco in Venice seized us with all its force, and Continued on page 4 Friends Present Ideas For World-Wide Peace Continued from Page 1 tents, he reviewed the basic con- siderations on which it rests: There is a desire for peace throughout the world. The United States and Russia, the two main potential threats to this peace, are not likely to change their opposing philosophies for some time, but great as are the differences be- tween communism and the western concepts of political democracy, there are also similarities in their goals and enough possibilities of accomodation so that both sys- tems can survive side by side. On the other hand much of the policy of both countries is determined by their mutual fear. The Friends Committee followed these observations by the comment that a heavy armament program weakens democratic government and. tends to strengthen authori- tarian rule, and concluded that “the evidence does not justify the conclusion that either the United States or the Soviet Union intends, at the present time or in the fore- seeable future, to promote its for- eign policy by means of military aggression.” The report proceeds to propose possible steps for relaxing the present tension between the two powers in three fields: economic relations, the government of Ger- many, and policy towards the United Nations and its disarma- ment effort. The speaker also emphasized the fact that these were merely sug- gestions, and that the committee did not consider them either defin- itive or __ sufficient. “] don't Between the Leaves : Shippen Gives Realistic _ Simplified Account Of Moses by Barbara Joelson, ’52 Katherine B. Shippen, Moses. Harper & ‘Brothers, New -York, 1949. 1382 pages. Katherine Shippen’s new book is a retelling of the story of: Moses for young people. She feels that Moses’ story is a “living story” and endeavors to make it more easily comprehensible and to give it the realism that the Biblical ac- count may lack. In simplifying such characters as Moses, Aaron, and Joshua, Miss Shippen has in- evitably, destroyed some of their dignity by putting empty or point- less words in their mouths. This is especially true of Moses dur- ing his early years. However, this. is offset to a certain extent by the clarity and restraint used in the language throughout the.book. Realistic Description Moses is mainly based on Ex- odus, with a little taken from Numbers and Deuteronomy. At the beginning of each chapter Miss Shippen quotes the Bible verse concerning the event she is re- counting: a dignified and effective touch. Among the best features of the book are the author’s descrip- tions of the countryside, the cos- tumes, and the people that Moses encounters. Combining a bit of ancient history with the Bible story, she manages to achieve the realism and the color that consti- agree with your proposals, but I am very happy that they have | been made, and by a group that | could not be. accused of being pro-- communist,” President White quot- | ed one State Department official as | saying. Another remarked that he | would be greatly relieved if he | could feel that his decisions were | to be based on honest moral princi- | ples, such ag are embodied in the | Quaker report, rather than on an) attitude of bribery on the part of | the United States, countered by| the threat of blackmail from other | countries. | In general, Mr. White conclud-| ed, the committee has been en-| couraged by the reaction, to the| report, in the press, in letters’ of | comment, and in informal remarks | by those who wouldn’t dare state them formally. The Quakers, Whose main goal was that their ideas be considered and discussed, can feel that it has been partially achieved. They are continuing their work; studying now, with ex- perts, principles of mediation, on which they plan to draw up a memorandum for United Nations personnel. tute the main appeal of her ac- count. These qualities are parti- cularly well handled in the descrip- tions of Egyptian life under Pha- 'yaoh and in the flight of the He- brews, both(.of which are made very real. Unnecessary Logic I objected a little to Miss Ship- pen’s trying to give a logical rea- son for the “pillar of cloud’ and the “pillar of fire” that the Lord set before the Hebrews; and also to her implication that the Ten Commandments were not told to Moses by. the Lord, but were mere- ly a consequence of his thinking “about what the people must do if they were to be acceptable to Jehovah.” However, these instances are greatly in the minority, and in general the author treats the Bible story with a genuine rever- ance. The combination of the Old Test- ament narrative and Miss Ship- pen’s colorful sketches of the back- ground makes Moses an interest- ing and enjoyable book, and the Continued on Page 4 Plumes, Cauldron, Tragic Eyes On Display In Rare Book Room by Barbara Joelson, ’52 The exhibit that. is on display at present in the Rare Book Room concerns the English theatre in the eighteenth and nineteenth cen- turies. The trends are depicted by three groups of engravings. The first group was printed in 1711, and is from the earliest illustra- ted edition of Beaumont and Flet- cher. It consists of illustrations for various plays popular at the time, and is especially interesting be- cause it suggests the manner in which the plays were staged. This is particularly true in the picture accompanying The Island Princess, where in the foreground several agitated persons are standing on what closely resembles a stage, and the flaming castle behind them suggests a painted curtain. This set of illustrations also includes pictures for The Humorous Lieu- tenant, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, and The Scornful Lady. Many of these show amusing situ- ations and wonderful detail in facial expressions. The second group, printed in 1774, is from Bell’s edition of Shakespeare’s plays. These engrav- ings are very highly regarded by collectors, and have often been torn, out, leaving few complete copies in existence. Notable among the illus- trations are those accompanying Macbeth. One of these shows the witches’ scene, complete with flam- ing cauldron, skulls, bats, snakes, and a crescent moon. Facing this is a portrait of David Garrick as Macbeth, coming from the murder of Duncan. In addition, this series has a picture of Mrs. Barry as Constance in King John, in which she is tearing her headdress in a “grand geste.” She has a sensi- tive yet strong face, and is dress- ed in an exquisite panniered gown. Bell’s edition also portrays Charles Macklin in ‘the role of Shylock, Continued on page 5 Se A Page Four THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, December 7, 194° LAST NIGHTERS Strindberg’s ‘‘Father” Judged Bitter, Undefined by Joan McBride, °52 To one who is familiar with the plays of August Strindberg mere- ly by hearsay, they may seem to bear a close resemblance to those written by Ibsen. Even for an ad- mirer of Ibsen, however, they are bitter fare, exhibiting personal hatred rather than social con- sciousness, and lacking Ibsen’s clarity and understanding of uni- versally comprehensible charac- ters. Such a play is The Father, pre- sented at the Cort Theatre. Born from the author’s innate fear, ‘and consequent loathing, of the female sex, it shows the culmination of a wife’s merciless efforts to drive her husband insane and seize full power over their daughter. It is the story of a sensitive, intelligent, but far too high-strung cavalry ‘ captain, who for years has lived in “a cage full of tigers.” This in- cludes his wife, the nurse, his mother-in-law, personified only by a few malevolent shrieks, and his adolescent daughter. The chief tiger of them all, his wife, has been baiting him for years; her final means of torture, implanting a doubt in his mind that he may not be the father of their child, is but the ultimate blow in a long series of battles in their war between the sexes. Strindberg, too, is waging his own war against womankind. It is an unreasoning’ conflict, not against the evils that befall all humanity, but against women be- cause they are women, whose one goal is the destruction of men. Strindberg’s attitude is said to have sprung from his own un- happy marriage; however, it is an unfair one, and what is worse, one which seems to fall short of its aim to make the audience sympa- thize with it. Perhaps this lies in his representation of the Father himself. The cavalry officer, as portrayed by Raymond Massey, is at least to the modern audience an unsympathetic character. This cannot be entirely the fault of Mr. Massey’s interpretation of the role, for in creating him, Strind- berg seems at variance with his own views. The audience realizes that here is a form of injustice, an obdurate force, which is as unreas- oning as the demonaic mother her- self. No father who desires to Continued on Page 6 Fr. Club to Give 2 Christmas Plays The French Club Christmas pre- sentation this year consists of two pieces. The first, “La Farce Joyeuse du Moyen Age”, is a med- ieval farce which has, only recent- ly been discovered and published. The full title is: “La Farce nou- velle et fort joyeuse des femmes qui font accroire a leurs maria que vessies ce sont lanternes’”. The new and most joyous farce of the women. who make their husbands believe that bladders are lanterns. The two main characters, played by M. Guicharnaud and M. Van den Heuvel, have fishwives, and » speak the worst Parisian slang. The other three parts are played by Catherine’ Harper, Beatrice Freeman, and Sybil Amic. The second piece is a nativity play. It consists of a Christmas Carol, “Chantons, je vous en prie,” set to pantomime. The Virgin will be played by Francine du Plessix, Joseph, by Ellen Shure, and the Angel Gabriel, by Karen Cassard. Catherine Harper is the pro- ducer, and Nana McBee,. the stage manager, of the two plays. They “will be given on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 8:30, in the Music Room of Wyndham. The admission is fifteen cents (free to members), and re- freshments will be served. od The German Club To Give “Urfaust” The German Club play this year will be Goethe’s Urfaust, which has been chosen instead of the usual nativity play in honor of the Goethe Bicentennial. It is presented jointly by the Bryn Mawr and Haverford German Clubs. The cast includes Dr. Foss and Dr. Pfund from Haverford and Mr. Politzer and Mr. Janschka from Bryn Mawr, besides students from both colleges. Susan Jungbauer, from the Graduate Center, is director, and Mr. Politzer, faculty advisor. The play will be given on Monday, Dec. 12 at 8:15 in the Skinner Workshop. It will be followed by the traditional German Club Christmas party (with refresh- ments) in Wyndham. Murder In Cuneiform Continued from Page 3 who felt that Dodson would stick at nothing. | ee, Wee, It was late afternoon when Hil- debrand Sharp, dizzy and aching, awoke to find himself in a cramp- ed, darkened room; his head prop- ped up against the tiled wall. He looked feebly at his watch. 5:30. He had cut four classes; the Dean would not be pleased. Slowly he arose and reached for the doorknob. It came off in his hand. “My God, what’s going on here?” he cried, but the only ans- wer came from the ventilating sys- tem. “He, he,” it said mordantly, “Il get you yet,” cried Hilde- brand. And wrenching away the grate, he crawled through the ven- tilating system to the outer world a free man. * * * “Mr, Chairman,” said Dr. Part- ridge, Professor of Forensics and Public Speech, “may I propose a resolution?” The rest of the faculty stirred in their seats; the meeting had been a long and futile one. “Yes, Partridge,” said the Presi- dent wearily, “go right ahead.” The Professor waited for atten- tion, cleared his throat, and as- sumed the stance held by Daniel Webster in a painting over his desk. “Be it resolved,” he read, “that the President and faculty of the Hiram Homer Hopper Memorial ‘College do solemnly state that the murder of one of their number is a policy not to be encouraged at any time in the future and that it is one basically opposed to the best interests of that member’s family friends, and employers.” Here Partridge’s voice was drowned out by the sound of ap- plause. He flushed with pride. “I think it’s definitely the best we can do for old Shotwell,” he said. “May we vote?” The motion was carried almost unanimously. Only two dissenting voices were heard—that of Dr. Cratchett, who felt that the reso- lution implied an aggressive atti- tude toward the Soviet Union, and that of Miss Lemmon, who was not at all satisfied that this was all she could do, ok * * Two hours later, Miss Lemmon was found dead, an expression of horror on her face. To be continued next week Shippen Retells Story Of Moses for Children Continued from page 3 simple sincerity of her style makes it easy to read. It would be suitable for children from about eight or nine to thirteen. Moses is an agree- able way to become acquainted with the Bible story, though it could never be called a suitable substitute for it. _ Katherine B. Shippen is an _|alumna of Bryn Mawr. | sea diver.” Swigs of Vin Rouge, French Fur Merchant, *“‘Men Among Sharks’? Pave Way to Salzburg Continued from Page 3 rolling back on the shabby plush seats of the old Orient Express we laughed and laughed and laughed —drunk with excitement and won- der at the enormity of our own boldness. The Austrian looked first at one and then the other. His eyes took in our proper tweed coats from Peck & Peck, our cotton skirts, our neat traveling bags with the Cun- ard label on them, and then turned .o our laughing faces with amaze ment. “You are very crazy little girls,” he concluded at last. “Fortunately I too am going to Salzburg for a few days before Vienna; you must let me help you.” The Frenchman cnorted and retreated beneath his coat collar. We looked at the Austrian with renewed. interest. Pages of manuscript were spread out on his lap, a large book lay be-, side him on the seat; he reached into his pocket for a card. “Have you read my book?” he asked. “It is caked in English Men Among Sharks. I am a deep tion in the world, and calmly hand- ed us his card. It was too much to believe, and Nina and I sat silently pinching ourselves for the next few mom-, ents, not quite daring to laugh and trying desperately to attach some segment of reality to all that was happening. Sontehow our Vien- nese deep sea diver with a black beard, offering to take us through Salzburg, was not what we needed to bring us down to earth. Mean- while, as the soot thickened over the “nicht hinauslehnen’™ notice on the window ledge, the terrible dead plain of Germany had turned into bright green fields that seem- ed to be bursting with life; a flock MAIDS AND PORTERS The Maids and Porters will come carolling from hall to hall on Wednesday, December 14, after 10 p .m. This year, they are directed by Julie Stevens, 62. They will sing spirituals and traditional Christmas car- Shorts by Emmy Cadwalader, ’5 Last Thursday, Nov. 31, ie Class Swimming Meet was held. The Senior Class won the meet, with a score of 38-36 over the Jun- iors, who came in second. The Freshmen were third, and the Sophomores finished last. The Sen- iors were particularly active, and showed up with a great many swimmers. The Volleyball Varsity Squad is now in the process of being form- ed. The Captain is Lois Maconi, and Margie Partridge is.the Man- ager. There has been a tremendous turnout this year at the Basket- ball Varsity tryouts. The selection committee doesn’t know how it will ever pick the teams, because there are so many good players. The officers of Basketball are as fol- lows: Sue Savage, Emily Town- send — Co-Captains, and Claire Liachowitz, the Manager. The way it stands now, the coming season looks very promising. Who was he?! He announced it as if, it were the most ordinary occupa- | of birds wheeled suddenly across a next compartment came the sound of a harmonica. uniformed officer came in. burg,” he said. Nina and I sprang, up as if it had been a command. ““T will take your bags,” said our deep sea diver as the train rattled will find a taxi and go to the bank, the post-office, and the tourist bu- reau. Once you have your money, your meal tickets, and a_ hotel room, I can show you Salzburg.” He certainly had everything un- der control. Nina and I looked up at him and said “Danke sehr” very dutifully, and he put an arm around each of us and winked. The fur merchant gave us a last .disapproving glare and said, “Au revoir, mesdemoiselles, amusez- , vous bien in Autriche.” If there was any sarcasm in his voice we drowned it with our ‘laughter. Following our Austrian through the customs I looked at Nina and smiled. It had been a good trip. Now bulbous baroque steeples and small gnome-like figures in green caps and grey Tyrolean capes swam before my eyes, and even before we came out of the station into Salzburg itself, the music of Mozart had mingled with the heavy rain and charmed out all other sounds from my ears. into the wet rainy station; “we' corner of the sky, and from the] The door opened, and a green-| fifty - eight ‘the tinkle Jester, Majesty Vary “Elizabeth” by Jane Roller, °51 “Silence, fool!” Cease your chat- ter or you'll miss the queen. At she’s a_ passionate “Salz-| witch, and her ways are bound to win the audience Friday and Sat- |urday nights, when Hlizabeth the. Queen is presented at Haverford. Glimpses at rehearsal reveal col- orful castle scenes punctuated by of the jester’s bell. Stalking on stage in authentic,. richly brocaded costumes, the act- ors seem to revel in the new age. and world in which they are sud- denly living. But grandeur and style are quickly shaken off be- tween scenes, when sleepy actors, snatching catnaps, stretch out flat on the floor. Even on stage, oc- casionally glory takes a fall—as when a nobleman does, over stairs that aren’t there. Throughout the play the radiant focus of attention is the queéeit=— Neither her age nor stiff Eliza- bethan gown and ruffs are deter- rents to her flare of temper and passionate embraces with Lord Essex. Handsome and twentyish, he is tormented by his conflicting: desires for her and the kingdom she rules. There are contrastingly light. moments with the court fool. He is the airy bubble of flippancy, that. doesn’t burst even when soundly trounced by her majesty. “Strum- pets are they all,” is his reflection. Continued from Page 3 trip to the Louvre ... so we went in, only to be shocked out of our wits by the pictures. I turned to throw. some smart comment... when my eye fell on a young, bearded artist-looking individual (Puma, I suppose) with an eagle eye, (animal-bird combined). I changed my mind about speaking. - To the ballet de Monte Carlo, where I was in _ seventh heaven as sylphs flitted here and there to the tune of Chopin, as the black swans beat their wings to Tschaichowsky,and as Leonide Mas- sine of the Red Shoes fame danced Le Beau, Danube... . The second class I’ve ever taught — the first one occuring the hour previously — will be one of ten-year-olds who’ve studied English for a full five hours. “Il y aura peut-etre des problemes de discipline,” adds the elevator wo- man ‘sweetly, “et evidemment il faut leur parler Francais.” I near- ly pulled the emergency switch at that point... Sorties of special note to Bryn Mawr professors ... M. Van den Heuvel gave me a lecture on the care and feeding of portillons automatiques before he sailed away. I would like for him to know that his sage counsel fell on eager ears| Wednesday night as four of Ex-Editor B. Bright Page Charges Portillons; Meets Eagled-Eyed Puma, Cries ‘““Eeek—a mouse !’” us headed to the theatre, my mo- ment of glory arrived. The portil-. lons were closing as we tore down the stairs, but I rushed headlong into them. Unfortunately, I’d for- gotten what he said about push- ing with all one’s strength and in fact I didn’t have much left by then, but I did manage to scream to the others not to be afraid. They took the hint and plunged through behind me. We were luck- ily in order of size, so that the thinnest at the end only lost a button off her jacket as she squeezed past. The metro driver was screaming French epithets, but the passengers were in stitches. and we were blushing furiously, but we made the metro in a blaze of excitement. I beamed the whole evening ... SPANISH CHRISTMAS The Spanish Club will present an “interlude” by Cervantes en- titled El Viejo Celoro on Wed- nesday, December 14, at 8:30 in the Common Room. The cast includes Christine Zimmelman, Anne Warren, Glafira Vizcarra, Renee Veron, and Jane Wick- ham. Subsequent features of the evening will be a pinata and Christmas caro] singing. SKIRTS 652 Lancaster Ave. rf Bryn Mawr EVENING DRESSES $25.00 .UP COCKTAIL DRESSES SPORTSWEAR FRANNY HOWE, Inc. Just beyond the ‘Blue Comet’ == ne B.M. 3577 SENORITAS ! !! THE MEXICAN SHOP will help you give your room a South-of-the-border accent! SUBURBAN SQUARE ARDMORE Your Christmas Portrait BY ROBERT JONES Phone BM 3598 Today ; 989 Glenbrooke Avenue at Conestoga Road ‘epdnesday, December 7, 1949 THE COLLEGE NEWS _Page Five Hallowe’en, Disperse, Blank Verse, Sanviete, Make Fall Counterpoint Continued from Page 1 tions are less successful. Francine du Plessix’s “The Earrings” is a well - constructed, well - told story, but lacks a certain vividness of emotion or atmosphere. “The Cup of Deserving” by Richard McKin- ley restates the well-worn theme of 1948, Brave New World etc. NEWS Finds Professor Proofreading New Book Continued from Page 1 | Mr. Ferrater Mora’s courses at. Bryn Mawr include Advanced Spanish Composition and 19th andj 20th Century Thought, which is a/| mixture of literature and philoso- phy in the style of the essayists. He published a book on one of them, Unamuno, in Buenos Aires in 1944, He asked suddenly, “Is ‘high-| brow’ a sophisticated term, even in the nice sense of the word?” It is in the nice sense of the word that _he applies the term to Bryn Mawr. “T like it—people here are anxious to study. They have an academic standard.more like Europe, more purely academic. I do not. deny usefulness of instrumental and domestic studies, but this is more learning. In a bigger university, | one studies Latin and shorthand ‘and does not. understand the differ- ence — I think Bryn Mawr under- stands it well!” Mr. Ferrater Mora then added something that seemed to sum- marize his whole attitude on edu- cation: “Learned people are more simple than others. Learning causes some kind of simplicity, in the good sense of the word.” As we left, he exclaimed with amazement, “This College News! It’s so quick! You must have a wonderful printer, almost as quick as the New York Times, but of course you do not have as many columns as the New York Times.” His final words were, “Thank you for a pleasant moment.” | CHRISTMAS CARDS! CHRISTMAS CARDS! christmas cards!! CHRISTMAS CARDS!! RICHARD STOCKTON’S HAS ALL KINDS Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr Deck the Halls With Bows of Holly! Everything from JEANETT’S BRYN MAWR The ‘after movie’ place That is really an ace! HAMBURG HEARTH BRYN MAWR ° Sweaters * Slips, Stockings ® Hand Sewn Loafers at POILIP HARRISON Lancaster Ave. Bryn Mawr Varied and Balanced The lengthy descriptive para- graphs with which it begins are hard on the reader. T. John Knopf’s “The Meeting” seems as if it were going to say something compre- hensible at any moment, never does, but is nicely written. “Little Red Flags” by Barbara Wakeman is frequently amusing but over- done, and “Why We Fled the Red Terror” by Sidney M. Cone, III, seems out of place in a magazine devoted to creative writing. Mr. Schrecker’s warning “habet aliquid ex iniquo ..” (which the Counterpoint board , inappropriate- ly used as a title for Emily Town- send’s poems) is _ practically negated by. her admirable versifi- cations on two themes by Donne, one by Browne, and one by Logan Pearsall Smith. Her restatements of poetic prose in blank verse are skillful and imaginative. Of the purely creative poems the most mature are the first two sonnets in “Leaves from an Air Force Diary” by Charles Hughes. Al- though at times the dramatic pre- sentation of a picture or an inci- cent results in rhetoric and overly- pat statements, his best lines ‘achieve a singular purity of ex- pression. Jane Augustine’s “Au- tumn Tree” shows nice handling of imagery, although her allit- erative, hyphenated language JAKE’S HARDWARE STORE Hardware for every need 918 Lancaster B.M. 0979 Compliments of the Haverford Pharmacy Haverford seems a little ponderous for her subject; equally vivid are her “Lines Edged in Black.’ Helen Goldberg’s two poems, “After- noon” and “Poem,” are smoothly written, say little, and are inter- esting for the way in which she uses words in unrelated contexts. “Troubadour at Les Baux” by Pat Ripley is charming; “Cordon Bleu” starts well but is overly-burdened by metaphor. The third of Lucy Turnbull’s “Three Storms” is brief but memorable; the first two are weakened by too many adjectives. Nick Norton’s “On Seeking Further Than We See” seems a loose, flowing prose rather than poetry. The repetition of conjunc- tions, vague pronouns and adjec- jtives gives a slight biblical flavor but ~betomes monotonous. Peter Gould has contributed sev- eral effective black-and-white illus- trations. Of the photographs, which are all interesting, Francine du Plessix’s “Roman Siesta” has the best composition. Counterpoint has given us a readable and provocative issue. Perhaps it is only inevitable that most of the contributors seem to have learned so far only to pick up and to preserve, but not the final “abolishment ofthe model- pattern through a creative syn- thesis.” Walter J. Cook Specialist Swiss and American Watch Repairing Located in Harrison’s Bryn Mawr, Pa. ~ California NAT'L (Agency) 49 W.44N YC Rare Book Room Offers Flaming Castle, Skulls Continued ‘from Page 3 carrying scales and a knife. Mack- | lin was the first actor to play Shy- lock as more than a mere comic character, and give him the evil, scheming aspect that Shakespeare delineated. The third group is from Ox- berry’s English Drama, and was published in 1820. Among these sketches are Miss.Tree as a wing- ed Ariel, in an Empire style gown; Bartley as a jovial, sharp-eyed Falstaff with plumed hat. and, and the | Monty Woolley beard; scandalous, but delightful, Madame Vestris as Apollo in Midas. There are also two pictures of Charles Kemble: one ASqftomeo, and the other as the armoured Faulcon- bridge from King John. The por- trait of John Philip Kemble clear- ly depicts his tragic eyes, powerful face, and the characteristic Kem- ble nose. Most striking of all are the three pictures of the celebrated actor Edmund Kean, in the roles of Sir Giles Overreach, Coriolanus, und Hamlet. The display as a whole is most enjoyable to look at, as it com- bines detailed art work, entertain- ing and skillful characterizations, and a very alive impression of the early English theatre. Foreign Policy Remains Unsolved for Delegates Continued from Page 2 tion of the West Point experts who held it to be a death trap for in- he called the | “carnivorous sheep” and the most |dangerous people in the world, and insisted that what Europe needed most was. confidence and psycho- logical security. “If you want to ‘comfort a man you don’t send him a note of sympathy and a five dol- lar bill,” he said, “you go and stand besides:him.” “Do you mean we should send fifty divisions to France?” asked a cadet. “Have you fifty divisions to send?” ask- ed the general. West Point brass looked discreet. 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Editors, Selected F trade-marks mean the same thing. and GOLD is Velome LIK, Momber 0 268 -- usiness Managers step Meeting the gang to discuss a quiz—a date with the campus queen—or just killing time between classes at the University of Colo- rado in Boulder is one of the favorite places for a rendezvous. At the Owen’s Sandwich Shop, as in college off-campus haunts everywhere, a frosty bottle of Coca-Cola is always on hand for the pause that The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company © 1949, The Coca-Cola Company Page Six Strindberg Play Found Dark, Gloomy, Unclear Continued from Page 4 separate his child from her moth- er, who. wants to remove her indi- vidual soul and implant his own in its place, can be in accord with any humane opinion. At first, how- ever, even in commonplace dia- logue, Mr. Masgey seems to be de- livering a series of Friday after- noon elocution lessons, which con- ceal any real warmth or credibility that the Father may possess. As the play moves toward its climax, the dialogue between him and the Mother, played by “Mady Chris- tians, consists of long, splenetic speeches which would be more in place at a political rally than 4 Swedish military outpost. The difficult final scene, however, the cracking of the captain’s mind, is played with pitiful beauty by Mr. Massey and recalls his previous excellence as an actor. Miss. Christians is the dominat- ing factor in the play, although she interprets more “goodness” into the captain’s wife than the author intended. When she taunts her husband with the doubt of his paternity, he says, “I won’t appeal to your feelings, for you have none —therein lies your strength.” By her vacillation between merciless- ness and a slight show of kindness, by the inherent nobility of her per- formance, she seems to belie some- what this keynote to her character. ¥or the most part, however, she is a sneering menacing evil, Strind- berg’s own typification. of the per- ditious woman. Her closing line to her daughter, after her husband has died in a straitjacket of a broken heart and a broken spirit, “Now you are my own child!” is one of the most terrible curtain lines in all theatre. Grace Kelly plays the daughter with a simpering, whining insipid- ity that makes either parent’s interest in her, The captain’s old nurse, his only re- maining tie with the benevolent world, is portrayed warmly by Mary Morris. She exhibits excel- lent stage presence and, in her scene when she lulls*the Father in- COMPLETE YOUR ROOM with @ LAMPS | @ FURNISHINGS at Suburban Hardware 836 Lancaster Ave. one wonder at: THE COLLEGE NEWS Wednesday, December. 7, 1949 Bryn Mawr Traverses Penn’s Polished Floor Continued from Page 3 theless debatable points made dur- ing the evening were these: Dance and Drama can never achieve the complete abstraction of Music, be- cause they are presented through the medium of human expression; the Arts sometimes influence and sometimes are influenced by social development; and, finally, Ballet as an expressive art will probably be absorbed by Modern Dance. The final event was a demonstra- tion of the means of expression through dance movement. Miss Kilby closed the meeting by ask- ing whether the Symposium should become an annual affair. We thought it should. to donning the straitjacket by an analogy to his childhood, the only thoroughly touching bit of acting in the play. Two Ibsen-like char- acters appear: the pastor and the doctor, played by«Philip Huston and John D. Seymour, displaying all the pomposity and confusion of a Mr. Manders. The set is a fine example of how a stage can appear stark, gloomy, and cluttered at the same time— which, indeed, are the characteris- tics:of the play itself. Because the characters and their complexes are not clearly defined, much of the impact of the tragedy is lost. In fact, one is not sure whether or not The Father is a tragedy at all. Lowbrow and Bohemian Spice Langner Comedy Continued from Page 1 subtle lines required and received a broad interpretation. Production manager Sally Shoemaker seemed to maintain a laissez-faire policy in regard to indi¥idual strategic devices for stealing the show. One of the more successful comedians was Libby Grey, who put every- thing she had into her role of an affected Bohemian, complete with rolling eyes and fr’s and over- bearingly seductive bodily contor- | tions. Howard Shoemaker managed to be consistently low-brow, and | maintained a hilarious dead-pan expression in his portrayal of a dictionary salesman. Paula Straw- hecker’s sardonically disapproving maid was good for several laughs, and Trish Richardson’s broad ges- ticulations added vigor to the general hilarity. In his treatment of the pompous Pomeroy Pendle- ton, Robert Reynolds overdid it to the point of monotony. In general, the evening was en- tertaining, but dramatically unre- warding. The experiment in ful- filling a campus need for more act- ing opportunities has potentiall- Pa A z Mozart Sonata, Bach Fantasy and Fugue Included in First Young Musicians’ Concert Continued from Page 1 played it admirably. His technical equipment was adequate for the piece, and every note of the scales of the Fantasy stood out — no- where was there any fuzziness or evidence of an inability to cope with the requirements Bach placed upon the performer. The fugue, too, was well-woven into a result that was stately and moving. If one felt at times that there was not as much contrast in dynamics as there should have been, one also felt that Mr. di Bonadventura was suiting his playing to the size of the room, and that in a larger hall the contrast would be greater. In place of the group of smaller pieces formerly scheduled, Mr. Sil- verstein played the last two move- ments of the Mendelssohn “Con- certo” in E minor. In the Andante, especially, Mr. Silverstein’s tone was good, and even the highest notes were clear and well-rounded. The Allegro was played with great ties. These can be most fully real- ized if the “Actresses,” in the fu- ture, select plays which offer more of an artistic challenge. eee MEET AT THE GREEK’S Tasty Sandwiches Refreshments LUNCHES — DINNER DRESSES - SUITS - BLOUSES at Nancy Brown 28 Bryn Mawr Ave. (under the Country Bookstore) spirit, and even if a hint of the stridence did come back in the faster passages, it brought that section of the program to a stir- ring close. For the closing group of the af- ternoon, Mr. di Bonadventura play- ed Chopin, Debussy, and Prokofieff. The F-sharp major Impromptu of Chopin was expressive and beau- tifully played, as was Debussy’s “Reflets dans l’eau,” which was gossamer-like in texture. The Pro- kofieff “Toccata” was played with no waste motion and showed again the perfect control and mar- velous technique that had charac- terized Mr. di Bonadventura’s per- formance throughout the after-~. noon. 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